The Oklahoma Democrat. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1910 Page: 1 of 10
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THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRAT.
Volume 4 —Number 6
Altus, Oklahoma, Thursday. May 12. 1910,
C.E. Ruthruff, Publisher
MY REALM.
I AM owner of the sphere.
Of the seven stars and the aolar ysar.
•Of Caesar's hand and Plato's brain,
■Of Lord Christ's heart and Shakespeare*
strain.
—Kmerson.
So rich, so sreat a lord art thou,
Heir of the ages, prince and now?
Yet. Em rson. a realm morfl wide,
Is mine—all thine and thee beside!
—Linda S. Hlbner.
AGED WOMAN LOSES
LIEE IN FIRE
Knew Her Limitations.
He-Vnw that we are married, pet.
do you l"ve nie euough to cook for uie.'
She— Euough. darling? I love you en-
tirely too much for that.-Boston Tran-
.script.
Mrs. Mary Aid, aged 79 years
was burned to death, and Mrs. Jesse
Wade, a young woman.was seriously
burned in the fire which consumed
the house occupied by the Wade
, family on the farm of J. B. Mc-
Reynolds, six miles south of Man-
x WOOD PREHHKr
UK BEACH, Vij
ROBERT K. I UN LAP. ^
K. DON ART. CaSHIKI
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
ALTUS. OKLAHOMA
Capital Stock Increased
The Capital Stock of the City
National Bank has been increased
to $50,000.00. We desire to thank
our friends and customers for their
patronage and with our increased
capital we are better able than ever
to handle your business.
CITY NATIONAL BANK
gum, Tuesday about noon.The house
caught while Mrs.~Wade was cook-
ing'dinner andonly'Mrs. Wade, her
little four yearTold daughter and her
grandmother were at home.j AH
three got out of'the ^burning house
but'the old lady rushed back to save
j some of the household goods. Her
I grand daughter followed and brought
I her out out but Mrs. Aid ran in a-
Igain. Again she was brought out.
I but the third time the flames and
smoke suffocated her and she fell
i just inside the door. The grand
daughter was unable to pull her out
again and in the attept was serious-
| ly burned. At a late 'hour last
'night Mrs. Wade'wns ^atill *uncon-
• sciaus. The child4was unhu/t. , The
I body of Mrs. Ai l was entirely 'con-
i sumed in the flames.
J.C.0.& A. ASSOCIA-
TION AWARDS PRIZES
i WOOD. President
C. R. DONART, Cashier
The Difference.
"Mistiili WalUnh. kin y,.' U'll im- d<
diff'uucc 'tween a cold in do head 11''
a—a chicken coop wit" a hole in do
rufe?"
-No, Suui; that's a hard one. What
is the difference between a cold in the
head and a chickeu coop with a hole
in the roofV"
-De one am a case o' influenza, an
de uddah am a case o' out flew hens,
sub."
"Ladies jind gentlemen, tbe vocal
wonder, Professor Wabble Izzeers, will
now sins the popular ballad entitled
'The Lips That Caress a Stogy Shall
Sever Touch Miue.' "-Chicago Trib-
UJiS.
The second annual session of the j
I Jackson County Oratorical and Athletic j
j Association met in Olustee Thursday, ,
! May 5th. A large number of teachers,
students and visitors came in on the
j two morning trains, and most of Thurs-
j day forenoon was spent in arranging J
and putting up the exhibit work from |
I the various schools.
In the afternoon the spelling and map |
drawing contests were held under the'
direction of the executive committee. |
Prof. Mayberry of Epworth university j
was selected to pronounce the words in !
the spelling contest. Thirteen students J
from as many different schools in the j
county entered this contest. The prize, !
la S5 go id piece, was won by Jennie j
j Carter of Altus,>'ho spelled 98 out of
| the 100 words. <
The prize for the best county map of
i Oklahoma was awarded to Linnie Or-
I
J bison of Olustee.
I The boys' oratorical contest was held
! in the auditorinm of the school building j
j Thursday evening. There were three i
j contestants, representing Olustee, El-1
I dorado and Center schools. A large j
' crowd assembled in the auditorium and i
Critical Moment
Schat
Good Clothe
1)
Copyright Hart Spariner it M«*
A
YOU always come to a "critical moment" in buy-
ing clothes, as well as in landing a fish; it's the moment when yon <V
tide between the best and the next best. If you let tbe price influence
yon too much just then, you're likely to get "next best, or something worse.
If you keep your mind fixed on quality, you re pretty cerium tOibuy our
Hart Schaffner & Marx
c \ c OUl
clothes; because for quality of all wool materials, for fine tailoring, for perfection of style, for s^,
fit. they're the best clothes made today.
You'll land a prize in any clothes bearing that name.
Suits *20.00 to $40.00. Otbcr makes $10.00 to $20.00.
We have just received a shipment of the famous JULIA MARLOW SHOES for Ladies. We
invite you to call and see them.
OLIPHINT-NIX COMPANY
Thin store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
much interest was manifested in this
contest. The orations were all good
and were a credit to the contestants
and to the schools they represented.
The medal was awarded to Jonas Levick
of the Center school.
On Friday morning the teachers as-
sembled in the auditorium for the regu-
lar work of the association. Prof. Bert
McClelland of Altus read an able and
interesting paper on the subject, "Ed-
ucation of the Twentieth Century
Farmer," which was discussed at some
length by several of the teachers. The
; regular business of the association was
then taken up and disposed of, and the
association adjonrned.
Friday afternoon the athletic meet
was held at the race track north of
town. j
The girls' declamatory contest was
held in the auditorium Friday evening,
and from the great number who at-
tended, the interest and enthusiasm
manifested, it seemed to be about the
most interesting feature of the entire
1 pro Tram. The schools represented were
Altus, Olustee, Eldorado and Elmer.
| The medal was awarded to Edith Wal-
cott of Olustee and the second prize to
Ethel Spellman of Eldorado.
On Saturday most of the day was de-
voted to basket ball and tennis. Olus-
tee won the boys' trnnis game, and
Blair proved the wimer in the girls'
basket ball game. Headrick taking sec-
ond place.
PRIZES AWARDED.
Olustee school was awarded the prize
for the best general exhibit.
Spelling Contest prize, Jennie
Carter of Altus.
Map Drawing—$i prize, Linnie Orbi-
son of Olustee.
Physiology Drawing—$5 prize, Willie
Burnett of District No. 30.
Zoology Drawing—$ prize, Edjiar
Bristol of Altus.
Best Country Exhibit—prize. Dis-
trict No. 3l .
Best Towi* i^chool Exhibit prize.
Olustee public'*!:lools.
iratorical Contest-
1. Joseph Levick of Center, gold
medal.
2. Ernest Brown of Olustee. $T> priz<.
Russell Reeves of Eldorado, hon-
orable mention.
; De clamatory Contest
; 1. Kuth Waloott, Olustee.
! 2. Ethel Spellman, Eldorado.
; Ella Yeldell (2) and Willie Har-
l>er (1).
Tenns Singles
Tommy Cousins of Eldorado.
150-Yard Dash—
I 1. Luther Pearce. Eldorado,
i 2. Ross Fitzgerald, Headrick.
Robert Harris. Elmer.
I 100-Yard Dash—
. 1. Luther Pearce. Eldorado, :ln 1 •>.
! 2. Ross Fitzgerald. Hearirkh.
• :t Otis Craig. Olustee .
220-Yard Dash —
1. Luther Pearce, Eldorado.
2. Ernest Brown, Olustee.
:{. Birdsell lrvin. Eldorado.
■Mo. Yard Dash
1. Otis Craig, Olustee,
2. Harold Edwards. Olustee.
:i. Emhry West. Eldorado.
Running High Jump
1. leonard Moss. Olustee. -% ft. 4 in
2. Robert Harris, Elmer.
:t. Luther Pearce. Eldorado.
Running Broad Jump —
1. Otis Craig, Olustee, lt ft.
j '1 l/eonard Moss. Olustee,
j 3. Lutlwr Pearce. Eldorado.
Standing Broad Jump—
1. Ennis Wilson. Altus. 5* ft. * in.
2. Robert Hants, Elmer.
Otis Craig. Olustee.
WICHITA BOOST
ERSIIUL1US
The Wichita, Kansas, Commercial
Club arrived in ['Altus last night at
8 o'clock on a special train ...over
the Frisco and 'remained here over
night, leaving at 6 a. m. todav.
.The visiting party, composed of
more than a1 hundred of Wichita's
boosters, headed bv the band march-
directly to the court i house,
where a number of short talks
were made, and the "Booster
Quartette" and Fairmuunt College
Band and Orchestra ^helped furn-
ish entertainment for the evening.
A number of visitors from nearby
towns were here. jy
The officas at the court house were
fit'ed up as neaquarters for the
various sections of business enter-
j prises represented, by the party,
1 and here the business men gof
Wichita met with tbe ; business
' men of Altus, after the general
m-eting at the Court House, and
discussed business matters. The Pro-
gressive club opened their doors
to the visitors and memb-rs of the
Chamber ot Commerce, and gave
a ball to close the evenings
entertainment,
JACKSON COUNTY 1
SINGING CONVENTION
1. Ennis Wilson. Altus. t't.
2. Carl Smith. Altus.
:S. Otis Craig. Olustee.
Tennis Double Boy s' Championship
1. Oluatte*?.
Basket Ball (
1. Olustee.
unpmnship. 1S>1« -
fball Chi
iMuste*
The Singing Convention for Dit-
trict No. 2 of Jackson county met
|«s>t Saturday at 2 o'clock at Pleas-
ant Point and the business session
of he convention was a lively one
and it was voted to carry the con-
vention tn Friendship church next
meeting. On Sunday the conven-
tion promptly at 10 o'clock ^mnd
was called to order by President
Fink. At noon the congregation as-
sembled in front of the building
and after an interesting talk bv
Mr. Chenoweth all donned a flower
in honor of Mother's day.
Dinner was spread on a table prf
oared on the lawn and the large
?rowd was fed in a way that they
will remember for many days. It was
generally conceded that there was
the largest crowd at this meeting
of the convention that ever assex-
\led as such in Jackson County. The
number present * < estimated at
from 1500 to 2000.
After noon there was congrega-
tional singing for an hour .then th
Mai tha'class Ie1 by J. C. Collier
rendered several fine and difficult
iona* and the auiience showed their
appreciation bv applauding freely
at the close of e;ch song. Next the
Frit ndship _class Jlead by Louis
Carmichael sang some beautiful and
I igh grade songs which were highly
I appieciat-d by the whole congrega-
I tion. There being ro o her elsaies
represerted. Prof. B. B. F.dmiaston
of Vernon. Texas, assisted by hia
| wife rendered some v ry fine music.
' A quartette from the 'Martha calss
I <anK A duett of young men from
i the Martha cUss sang also.
A number of the old songs were
! sung by the congregation in honor
! of Moth*i's day.
The convention was dismissed by
1 Brother Stroud.
Suspicious.
1 "John." she said after dinner,
i -Yes. my dear."
"Is the drinking water at your office
tU «>r«i with clov«r-Buffalo Ei-
pr***
! user is a pur* waste of vitality.
ii,,i ty and hinders everybody
It " ays foottsl. and always dta-
gnrerttt
The Firs Engine.
Whr is a tire •■n^itte in operation a'i
tnouMlr? B- >u*e It plays white It
rlear the sour -~'*naeh,
reath and ic«te a Maitny
thereby inducing good
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Ruthruff, C. E. The Oklahoma Democrat. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1910, newspaper, May 12, 1910; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc280161/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.