The Oklahoma Democrat. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1910 Page: 1 of 13
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COMMERCIAL
I METHODISTS CONTEST
MS II MS
IZATIONS IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES
BIO INCREASE SHOWN BY CENSUS
OF THE 80UTHERN COM-
MERCIAL CONGRESS.
^issss=s«w,ff,!r'"
BAPTIST CHURCH FRIDAY NIGHT
ThbJtt.
JIH't In V.-k'i
on July ■
d '" •"
Tit < I -'
pirn <• o:
lit; avas i:n
HiOJl of th'
Hill!ml Willi
ui J,111ft.
) Medical Socl
at Altus. Okl«
l This being tt
ty!
who
Th
the general pub-
} medical profes-
watt well re pre
™ the
aliilm
of the
nolnt and full of
ah<
as to the "Hied-
•d hy l>r.-llawls
^ that the pur-
associations,
imnl down to the
lie tor the co-oper-
'rem the interns
u- n retire- i county societies,
* . , vuitlnn ohy ation of the profession IK humping out
o. visiting ph) jdJgeagejj and keep|ng in closer touch
with one another along the lines of
Me
lit-.
The III- i:u* called to order by | — ;"; vvt.lltillK an(J curlng dl-
,,sdent J W Echols and tl sod-* .«^ ^ ^ ^ |fe,
,« favored with a piano solo by Miss ^ ^ ^ ^
He aho«ed that the physician's fee
la like the price of a farmscora,
variea according to the locality-
Visiting ths tieh.
Laat, but none the less Important,
waa the aubject of viaitiag the sick.
Thia waa taken up by Rev: J. W. Jen-
niaga. and while he waa supposed to
present the laymen's view of the aub-
ject, he came so very near giving the
physicians side, that l>r. fcchols. who
was scheluled to answer him. could
only add amen
Rev. Jennings said he believed jp
visiting the sick with flowers and Wind
words, but always under the super-
vision of the attending physician. He
believes especially in the minister vis- ^
iting the sick t n£ administering ttjj
him spiritually, but be believes that
Kiriaift Laudrum. followed by a quar-
tctie, "Mas«a * in the Col4 f®1*
(i round "
*fter this the president Introduced
IK If A. Myers of Lawton, who made
tuHe an able addreaa. L>r. Mysrs
touched upon quite a numbsr of medi-
cal aubjects which are of vital Inter-
esl ic. the public. He diacuaed public
iind personal hygiene and urged upon
the people the necessity of public co-
nation With the doctor in carrying
mil theae measures. In fact, he cov-
ered the medical field aa regarda the
public's relation to the doctor, and it
it believed "hat every one present
not, only enjoyed his talk, hut that they
received soae good and valuable in-
fetmation which will be a stimulus for
and incentive for a nobler sn<t
and better life physically, mentally
and morally
WASHINGTON. l> C., July U.t The
second unnuiil census of oommercUl
urganliatlns opergtlng In the southern
States has Just been completed by
the Southern Commercial Congress.
In Shows a total Of 1M S Ths Is n net
(•aIn of :iT:i organltatlon# over if - r.*c
lords of Inst year, pr about ou* addl-
Hi. ami ilotiat orgaul/.atlon'*for each dny
j The Increase is • altered over ev- ,
Httite. no state showing a decllny
;, orise H. Me «nn. #• ••fetgry o7 th.
•.hants' Kxchans/t of St.- J.ouls, ha* ,
n longesgn service, e has held ot- j
■ for forty-six years and Is now .1 j
yt;ars of age
Charles AdolphuH Sterne, of Pales
thie, Texas, Is now so years ot age.
and is the oldest secretary In active
work. Me was s merchant ten years,
farmer aia, soldier four, hotel keeper
thirty, city secretary six, secretary of
board of trade four.
Da Witt ban* Norman®*. Teaas
is the youngest secretary. He Is
years old, editor and owner of a paper
*„d |. working for th* development
of a town that la itself only three
years old.
The salaries i>aid to commercial sec
retaries. who give their whole time to
promotion, has staawn solid improve-
ment during the year, some over
♦00, a few aver $3,0<)0 and a small
number over 15.060. The high priced
men are found in the towns that arc
doing most, and In which advertising
KANSAS CITY. July 11 Bishop K.
It Hendrix of this city. a leader In
the touncjls of southern Methodism,
mty be charged with Insubordination
and tried before a commltte of elders,
as a rehiilt or the deliberations to-
day of the College of Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Reports from Tennessee, the center
of the warfare, threatens to cause a
serious split In the ranks of the fol-
i.iAcrs of Wesley In Dixie, state that
Hlic Bishops are determined to carry
•the tlRhf 16 n finish'.
The United States supreme court
ill il ft ally have to.settl.e the dispute,
v hlch grow -out of the controversy
I t?r the ownership and control of
I Vanderhllt University at Nashville.*
i li is expected* that Chancellor J. H.
KirUland of Vanderbllt University,
will Ik' removed from his office by the
I Methodist College of Bishops, and
I nineteen members of the bounl of
trustees of the university will be eject-
•d from their trusteeship for Insubor-
dination snd defiance of the church.
A law suit wllf be brought in the
. rtrrsl eow* to mlarw the rights
of ownership and control of the prop-
erty by the Methodist Church, 9outh,
and to force the present trustees to
accept the throe trustees elected at
the recent general conference at Ash-
ville, N. C.
This is the situation In the contro-
versy thst has raged around the uni-
versity for the past five years.
William K. Vsnderbilt, hesd of the
great family that has so liboially «« •
dowed Ihls Institution, has openly eg
THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER PROMINENT CITIZEN. OF OKLAHOMA
SREAK TO IMMENSE CROWDS AT CHAUTAUQUA TENT.
logical as It was enthuslas-
'■rnor
The Chautauqua tent was packed | dress, a
■with people Saturday nlgnt tr h-ai tic
Governor Haskell and others win, d:s • l-'ollov
aiiHsed vital q;i.'.-tlo'ns before tli- P
pi" ui thlfc- i'/eiil •
| . The governor tin'l his party wi r<
met at Hollis by an am pnuiti-
who. accoinpaiilnl th. • i« fUik- *lur
they vvele met by u spepial commltte
of Altus citizens who conv
to this city In autos
iwlng tli-- • I
ipoke hi hfs <
ur. reviewing-the 1
utlonul eonvi Mtiou
The following speakers preceded j territorial rule
the governor and discussed various I He showed
phases of the political situation:
Senator E. M. Laudrum of Table
quah. candidate for stste examiner;
P. J. Yeager of Tulss, candidate for
lieutenant-governor; E. M. Ellis, gar-
field county, candidate for lleutensat-
governor; Ben Msrrlsoa of Calvin.
caadidate for socroUry of state; E
, i ir.Mr.- tilrt got-
•hamciei istic man*
jvork of the (oi 8tl-
uB(i ,ihe uii.niuis-
lood. i'iid by tlgur-
iei which-he challenged ttuy onofto
'discredit, Showed th* low iiMiilug ex-
.',l''-hem : i-enie of the state as compared to
I Kansas, nnd with Oklahoma under
d in which advertising - ' " .
i • - iMRtliPi>l'8ei the clku8e °' the tru,tees who
being brought togetbei • „hlirph.s
i the minister atfd ♦he physieihii shuuld
funds are now
for the continuous promotion cam-
paign the south which will begin In
the fail <?f 1910-
Several hundred secretaries- are do-
ing great work in small towns, serving
without salaries; among these are a
Presbyterian minister, an undertaker,
and a theatrical manager.
The training of secreUnes has
been along every line of esperience
co-operate with efto.b Other so as not
to interfere one with the Other, and
that there are times when a man's
physical condition will not permit of
was | spirit"*1 fo«t- | s,.WBpa)wr m,n Ivatl with merchant.
Dr. (CM. I. «"■<• . cJ(,'7«OTd.
gave several instances in which he
believed that the visiting public was
the cause of the death of the patient.
He stated that the friends of the sick
Rev. Davis replied to I>r. Myers
and gave the relation of the public
to the doctor He said his earliest
recollectio of a personal dealing wan
with a physician. His talk
something short, but good humored,
and the society could not have secur-
a man who could have more effi-
cient h filled the place. His time wa>>
V„ he covered the held j He st.ted t« cl...es tilling some of the mo i
p wj,t that will not soon he forgot- sometime* injute ern . nt p|aceB in the sooth. Tlic
8 • - | are endeavoring to do them good.
fen. a „ .♦ - -birtn plac
f.k|] Rev. Davis' address* dif-; _ _ _ * *'L i [ tie bearing on their work; a large pro
sul'jetts were discussed,-both j Thls
ublic's stand point and that
. " . "'the Owl C'aft
surance men stand third. Railroading
and the advertising field have produc-
ed about an equal' number; these
are in rebellion against the church's
authority, and has written Chancellor.
Klrkland a letter In which he says
that he has always understood that
the hogrd of trustees was a self-per-
petuating body. •«< that the Metho-
dist church did not OWto or control the
university. " '
Bishop Hendrli !s the president
the board of trustees. |
At the recent general conference the
church went on record by practically
unanimous vote, holding that t|ie uni
the dishonesty and
treachery of reports emanatlag from
the so-called Republican Press Bu-
reau st (iuthrle and which has been giv-
en wide publicity by republican news-
l*iwrs over the sUte. snd showed the
shallowness of republican editors who
have usod such reports without inves-
tigating their contents snd authority.
t i j*
.•..- 4;r,«rr',nd 6" *or".
Ti;,0' ll.^ i 0 v.^"r H«kel, .nd hi. W.
2T^~'UTifc Me. M.lyWtert.y tnornm. -or Oltlaltom. C,.
AN OFFICIAL WITH
A GOOD RECORD
" -—* :;v .. "
The Democrat believes that the peo-
ple are entitled to know the facts
regarding the men who seek their
versity "belongs iiT fee "simple to the j votes, and especially so about those
Methodists of the South, and instruct- who seek election for a second term,
ed the College of Bishops, of which i yjje voter cannot afford to base his
vt>tU'
|iom th
(.<■ the i
The
. aiedica;
out by
Ne::
ject :
thai
' tato.,
wi1hci::
Next ca:.
ical. Trust"
While Mr. >
the oedical
Suy-tnis: ;
yet lie stat-
abroad and.;
plain. Mr.
pecause of '
o?. advertising by the
is thoroughfy brought
H. Shepard. of the
? Altus physicians and
:ed thetr sentiments.
■ Mad-Stone.
I- mad-stone. This suh-
yet scientifically
l.aiidvum. JHe showed
honored stone had no
t a niece of an irish po-
its healing power is
that 95 per cent, oi
•- nerer infected and
ovt n d 'just as readily
of toas
of Dr.
[ spl-edd,
1 There Wcvc a t«i
en under the dirt
! Rawls, •toastmast.-r ,
! Those • responding to twwts''
I M\ Aberr.e'h.v. "Th'e Ajjpt-udv
i JJr. C..C. Spears, "My Pe.ti°nt
Dr. Miles i>er,v"r Mud.''
Dr. Johnson, "Our Wives."
Dr. Myers, "Out
i giy
Siced by J.
did not 'be
fession' hai
rcharge th
le "Med-
!. Moore,
we that
for fried
people.
eat ti
one enjoyed
:ent.
such an idea was
lat the doctors ex-
? talk was short,
■ allotted him, but
of the secretariei
i tie bearing on their work;
■losed the meeting, and tht' f ,
with their wives retired to ^ Mv
banqilet was ^ foreipn
I The following- great roovemeutii.
j have tieen inaugurated by the stale
! official tind commet'cial organizations'
"j j tiring' the year: the three Missouri
| land congresses, 'the Te:'as Industrial
j (joTlsres-s, the Arkansas land congress,
' the MisissiSpi band and Improvement
jfassociation, the .Ht'rater Georgia As-
[sociflUon. and the Louisiana Farm'
| Land Oiigress. ■ ;
.Virginitt has .under the lead'.-rship
of r.evernor >* nn, brought into jegal
'existente the, i"nit-d Agricultural
Board. This is <|em«i d prevent
dupjiration of.offort - i
waste of energy on the p:
Department of Agriculture
roads, the experiment stai
farm demonstration work
United States Dei>artirient of Asricul
lure, and of commercial organi aiions.
vil' le~,d
, tt
BiiliOji) Hendrix is a member, to take
all steps to enforce this claim
anc! liiS thf fhurch in
institution.
When' the board of trustees kithe °mC6 t0
rejected three trustees that the church , We iT?A the votor Aou!d j
iiad elected to fi" 1 ■> *• >
estimate of' a candidate upon a ru-
mor of inefficiency Or a bare s ate-1
ment that one is not qualified to fill.
Qh-he aspires.
ig-the dat'e of the
vacancies and tabled | primary elc
tion that affirmed the 'owner- look with suspicion
Eishop Hendrix | atQry
was
i thit
n both votes,'
sum and suls-;
!ar."
These 'toaats wei
the "spirit and5 und
adds much to the
Occasion.
The banquet^ was
all
IrrSgu-
. M 111
which
of the
ielt
■e of the main
ng and every-
• the fullest e«-
vent
the
the |
the
the- chtircli
h the majorky
constitutes th>
stante of his offending.
I Nothing within the. recent history
I of Southern Methodism'has so stfrred
up the church as has his action in th*'
hiatte;'.
This ca«f* Wili go 'ultimately to tfi4
i; : • ■:t • ourt of the United Stated
of' which Justice M. fi. Liirton, of
'Nashville, its a member'.
A good many Methidists are unwil-
ling to Submit Ui4 qifestiomt'j him for
idjudication,- for the reason Chat he
ate!
ents
Sliss jvi{tud ^
OlUStf ■;
iVnghr
A
. J. Ben Russell ' J
night from a business
ma City. •
Miss Annie Rober
Sunday rtmi will spp
visiting frrends ther
! uni4iiished
srimuiate
If no
this meeting than u sluiiumk l > .
, . . - . It Is expected that this
public s interest in the -subject of puh-1 * , ,
, ,. . r . . . to a united advertising
he health, this shoulci be sufficient to |
repay the medical sot'?ty for all their s
effort
CHAtlTAUQAU TgNT A mischievous boy. hatting got pos-
B : AN DOWN SATURDAY i session of his grandfather's spectacle*.
i privately took out the glasst-s. Wben
Shortly after the spesking Satur-!the oW gentleman put ttem on <*
night tfc- heavy rsin began to fall | found ** could D<rt see- ^
irhich soon loosened the earth about j "*•«* « " • 1>ve lost my ifht:"
the Chautauqua test in the aortheast thiBkin« thr " pedime«t to vfsieB
Mrt of the city. Ths heavy wirt from th* " ** "
the west which followed
W<-w dow® the teat.
tbe rain
took them off to wipe them, when,
not finding them, he still anre fright-
ened. rrled out "Why. wtaw's coM e
now? I've lost my feeling too!"
A CHECK FOR *51.000
The city cffcials received the first
toiulallmect C money on the recent After Senator Heyburn had talked
bond iss m >ug Saturday. . . ,
, . , . himself thirsty over the agricultural
A check Jot about fifty-one thous-
and dollars arrived and will be used hill, says the Washington Herald, he
•k the work commences on the munic- called for a glass of water. That
iniprov ,.mts ! reminds me, said a man in the gal
lery, "of an incident that happened
in the New York legi-lature. A mein-
"Mother," quered the pretty daugh-'
ter, sccording .to the Chicago New
"did father have bin ala;
when he married you?!' ■
"No dear," answered the mother.
"How much was he gating'.'"'
"Only W a wwe*.""
"But T suppose he had a lor of mon-
ey svvetf irp. #f#at he?"
"Not a dollar; he spwit his num.?
m Ant as he earned it."
"DM yea aiosug esasfartrtir?'
"Yes; and we were very happy "
"Well, mother, you know dear
C,hasn't hee« able r* save a cent,
but—"
"See here, v«riTng lady, if that pov-
erty-stricken dnde dares to sh .w h':
face around here again I'll ger your
father to kick him Into the middle of
next week "
It has come t,o t he ii
ev.Ocrat.editor that one
competent and capable officials huS'J Blair SuifjK
been made the object of damaging f '
statements of this kind'and we be-'
Ileve-it otrr duty to assist in placing
the ir.atter 1^6fore the voter's in the
(rue light.
The report r'^lfiUii to Mr. Ned Mc-
itfr.id, clerk Of'the district court, and
charts, that a jury'-venire *vas set
aside because his depu't-f failed to file
hefr appollrfment and oar?> of oftice |
with the count/" clerk, fh'* is given |
as an error on th.'; part oi Mr. Mc- j
Daniel," and as evidt'Sce o'f hfs incom- j
sotency, .
Now, wv have invesf/gate'ti k1#.
found'as follows:
_ :— — There was '4 motion filed ti^quasl
STORK'S VISIT. | the jury panel ,in a very impoftau
Mr.'and Mrs. Edgar' Trawick are re-1 murder case on the ground^ stated if. Ham-
i u j°'cing "ver hlrth of a- fine ten | the accusation. The matter -nevi p
a: cascJ !'ouf1(* 1)ab-v bo-v- Sunday,- July 10. The
' j ||ttje gentleman has been ilg/ned Rich-
ard Curtis.
V
,r;ied
h3s opejilv espoused the side of t'hvn-,
cellw Klrkland and those truste&s I
who are frying to •sesqiie-jtrate the un- j
iversity frrtm the' church, to use the j
words of BisifOO- Hoss.
Miss Ella V
Blair.
How.-;
Mr. &nd Mrs. (His
for a visit at Wavii
Texas points.
UGHTNiNG STRIKES AN
ELDORADO RESIDENCE ' ber had been speal tiK on a ceruin .
Rep.>t"I , . kM Altus hat a I bill for more than : hour, much to called him in. Jack I.
Jack was sitting on the front veran-
da one summer evening when FMo
ran into the street to greet an ith- r
dog. Fido's family very excfttnglf
A brooklet and a pretty maid o"ef mos-
sy stones went tripping,
And tfcen the pretty maiden said:
"I'm awful 'fraid of slipping."
The 8sucy brooklet laughed aloud, ah
it ran o'er a bowlder.
And wlispered. "She'd have surely
slipped if he'd been here to huii
her."
N«4 An AmitMr Affair.
A widower who was married recent-
Jy for the third time, and whose bride
had been married once before, wrote
across the bottom of the wedding in-
vitations: "Be Hure and come; this is
no amatuer performance."
ROYAL A*CH MASONS MEET
the accusation
went before the jifdgo f r his opinion.
We find that leading attorneys are
divided as to whether or.nwp'she fail-
ure of the deputy who1 had been le-
gally sworn in. ts file her af>f*HtttY ent
with the county clerk, had .t%y bear-
ing on the legality of the jury.
At any rate, the matter has 'irHtf
affected any other case, and the vefy
attorney who filed the motion to quash
Is endorsing Mr. McDaaiel for re-elec-
tl'oa.
I.
resident - ia
light u
atom:
W. A. Bau
ter. Dais;,
from a long
Eldorado was struck by the discomfort of his hearers
■ t a<t night's electric
. . wife and little daugh-
: ;rned Saturday night
■ s:t n Arkansas They
visited at several different points in
th* state «aa report a delightful trip
Aikansas was the childhood home of
fcoth Mr txi Mrs. Baucum and this
la their first visit to their native state
ta a number of years
when he !y a moment, then said; "I
Mr. and Mrs. Hurst ot (I.-orgtown,
Ky., are vlsfting Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Hill. Mr. and Mt> Hurst
Hill's parents
are Mrs.
office and no indictment or informa-
tion has Imh rT declared null and void
Altus Chapter Royal Arch Masons because of any error in bis record.
ou'.dn't! h,',d an inU'res,in'f meeting at the leading attorneys are agreed that
called for a glass of . ater and started I like to be Fido. mamma " i ha" la5t Mondav ni^ht these are the most important matters
off afresh Anoth- ,-mber on the why?" asked his mother ' 1 h'r* wa" a «^ dance and coming up in that office, and the un-.
other sid. of the senate was on his They don't allow him n a<snrf«t )tbe d<*ree of Mo8t Evllent Master usual record for accuracy whi< h h- ..CharU'8 L G"lHU - •'
feet in a jiffy and sat<1: 'Mr. Speaker, j with any other dogs Wh;. cortiaued j wa* conferred on M. (. Hardin
I rise to a point of ord* State your lack, they don't allow h ::: to as^oci-
. , . , .... .HAILSTORM REPORTED
point of order, responded the s;>eaker j ate with bnnself
Mr. Speaker.' said the objecting mem- j —
ber. I make the polrt of order against i Harry Hill, of Amarillo Teias. who
the member from Schohrie county f has been visiting his brother, Geo.
that it is out of order to attempt to Hill and family, the past two
run a wiad mill w th water' ~ j left Monday afternoon lor h ban-
NORTH or ALTUS MONDAY
The Democrat alitor has had consid- i
I erable busfness wftTi the district ' be painstaking and accommodating.
R. C Creed, who lives tea miles clerk's ogice. and we bate always : and we don't believe the voters of this
northeast, reports a damaging hall fouad things in first claas (oadit oo . county ran afford to consider aenoila
storm Monday and Mr. McUaa!«t his'g*patie$ tolly anything detrimental to him
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
R. H. Beard and wife of Duke, gr#
visiting relatives in the city. •
Miss Grace White, sister of W. C..
White, proprietor of the racket store
on the north side. we.nt'to Edmond
Sunday, where she will visit for some
time.
p. J. Yeager of Tulsa. Oklahoma,
cand-idate for lientenanc ; governor,
spent Saturday and Sunday in the city
in the interest of bif candidacy. •
visited friends
■wis left Sunday
i and at several-
Miss Grace Tollison of Heii.lrick,
was5 the guest Sunday of Miss Neuie
J'. B: Baiile.v of Estelline; Texas, is
visitln# relatives In and around A -
tss.
S. E. Kelley df Mollis. Sfient Hon
day in Altus.
Arch Nunnery visitetf lomefolhs <•
iVniaitr Sunday.
MV . J. P. Grooms ahd little children
I
Inhere is another Matter aaars im- i 'KSfiwain, are visiting Mr. and lira.
pdrfiBt which ths voter sh*tul4 'rd--iJ P:'(loOdman.
member. .(
There has been 470 summons is- J Mr. aid Mrs. Sherod Hartley, who
sued> out of his office in civil cases, j hlve ^ jn Altug the past montt
and not a single one has been quash- . . ,
.. , .. . returned to Kansas Citv Saturday
ed of set aside for the reason that. ''
it was issued IncorrecUy where Mrs. Hartley is under the treat-
There has been one hundred and ment of a specialist.
twenty two criminal cases filed in his I *
iii< u a" * ■
has made Is one of the b st evldeti. . - H"!,art' *1*'™ ^""dav in Altus, the
of his fitness r.,r this important po- Kue"1 of our P°*«master. j Van
tion Van M*,n>
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