The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1915 Page: 3 of 6
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TUB OKLAHOMA DEMOCRAT; ALTUS, OKLAHOMA
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NEW
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
CLOTHES
EMBRACING MOST EVERYTHING NEW IN FABRICS AND MODELS
$18.00, $20.00, $22.50
ASK TO SEE VARSITY FIFTY-FIVE
New Edwin Clapp Shoes
IN THE MOST FAVORED STYLES AND LEATHERS
BUSY WEEK fOR
BEN CRAWFORD
Wa also h« their several varieties of
squaw and dent oorn. About tin- only
crltlrkfln we had to offer on Mr. I.ark-
sy's seed farm proposition in that ha
la crowing too many varieties of tha
fwrtn sorghums all In the same Held
'and hla farming partaken of tha freak
SftNDS TIME INSPECTING
AND VACCINATING HOGS
AGAINST CHOLERA.
mowing of tha heat farm seeds. And
they are strictly honest and reliable.
Mr. Lackey's milo aeed last year teat-
ed 67 pound* per bnahet. Thla was
the beat teat on record
On Friday I held a Held cholera and
vaccination meeting at Mr. (J. L. Mil-
.. . _. . t ton'a farm west of town. We vaccl-
hlH hog form a few mi cm north of Tip- „. . , ... . .
. . nated 2.1 pigs and then hurried on
I All U/ hlif A Wa AinlltnlnaJ 1 .it I«a«<I nf
to Mr Tlnney's farm, where 35 plKH
were vaccinated, and then I passed
Early Monday morning I ran
over to Tipton where I wan met by J.
H. McMahan of Altus who took me to ■
BIG LINE OF
FLORESHEIM SHOES
IN TRANSIT
$5.00 and $6.00
GEN. KANGAROO
$6.50
Via FRENCH CALF
Baker & Hanna Bros.
"The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes"
NEWS FROM OVER
JtCKSWCOUNTY
ITEMS OP INTEREST TO OUR READERS
TAKEN FROM OTHER PAPERS
IN THE COliNIY.
From The Eldorado Courier
Last Saturday the four-year-old
child of L. N. Cope living in the Lin-
coln community wag buried in the El-
dorado cemetery, death having result-
ed from diphtheria. The child . had
been 'sick but a short time when deatti
came. The funeral service was con-
ducted by Rev. L. F. Hodnett.
Mrs. Anna Whaley, who was re-
cently severely wounded by a razor
in the hands of her husband, was able
to be in town Tuesday to have the in-
jury dressed. She came with her
stepfather, F. J. Stauble.
The trustees of the Pleasant Hill
school have employed Miss Iona Du-
vall of near Gould to teach next win-
ter. MiBS Duvall Is recommended as
a lady of excellent scholarship and re-
fined tastes and the patrons there con-
gratulate themselves upon having se-
cured so desirable an Instructor.
Uncle Ike Dalney, a pioneer black-
smith of Temple, Texas, an old-time
friend of Cage Beach, came in a few
days ago and has been a guest at the
Beach home in the Red Top commu-
nity. Mr. Dalney came into town and
accepted work in a blacksmith shop
here.
L. L. Smith has returned from *
business trip to McMlnnvllle, Tenn.
He reports a very severe hall storm
east of Altus, she cotton having been
almost totally d-'trc>ed near Snyder
C. A. Cavlness of tills place and E
S Johnson and lanuv of Louis are
visiting the family of Horace Xesbitt
sear Anthony, N Mex. Mrs. C-niness
ard R. 8. Jr., uv.> been there for sev-
eral weks
C. 8 Highsmlth waa In Altus Tues-
day on business.
t' W. Howard a banker of Freder-
ick traded some valuable property Ir
Frederick 'or the I M Baker hall
f - tion near •>«* . E. F Kenrfc-^y ef
Med tha transfer
From the Duke Times,
Mr. William Davis of Willowvale The influences surrounding stu-
community died at Norman last Wed- dents at the College are good. Still-
Robert Woodard was fatally In- nesday and
was buried in the Olustee water is a small college town and has
jured Sunday afternoon about four cemetery Thursday. Rev Humphreys no pool halls or places of vice.
o'clock by coming In contact with a ho.ding the funeral services. He had In addition to the general short
live wire on the Montana Power com- neen taken t0 Norman only a few days' course in agrloulture, there are spec-
pany's line near Little Pipestone creek ' jn' 1,elievlng hlln to be lnsa'K • ,al short cour8es ln daIr*ine that will
eight miles west of Whitehall Mr but U was found t0 be softenin« )f maQy farm b°y*. A ovular
Woodard who was one of the settlers the brain and death was the natural of info™«ion concerning the various
on the- Pipestone Reservoir project, re8ult 0ur 8ympathy *oes out -for 9hort courses at the Colle^ has Just
wfts going up the ditch with his two the bereaved- ;b«* published and will be sem to any
nephews. He noticed one of the coj - Last w°ek John Burnett returned j address in Oklahoma upon application,
per wires broken off one of the steel from Clairette, Texas, with a young Address Principal of Short Courses,
towers and hanging within two feet of lad>' who had become hia wife the!A. & M. College, Stillwater, Okla.
the ground, and state! _h;>t he was Sunday before. She was Miss Winnie
afraid stock might come in contact Cooke before her marriage, and also j CHANGE IN PARCEL
with it and be killed if was alive a sister to Mrs. Bob Burnett. We
To ascertain if it were alive he picked jwi8h the young people a hapy mar-
up some object which proved to be a,ried 'If®-
small piece of baling wire. He threw
or laid this on the hanging wire,
Kvhich was charged with 46,000 volts SHORT COURSE FOR OKLA-
He was at once enveloped in flame
and burned from head to foot. His
two nephews dragged him back some
twenty feet from the wire and tore
HOMA FARM BOYS
POST INSURANCE
For the benefit of Oklahoma farmer
boys who desire a course in agricul-
off his burning clothes. U. W. Elmer jture, but feel that they cannot afford
came to the rescue, and Dr: Packard.! to spend the money incidental to a
who was reached by phone, hurried to four-year general course, the Oklaho-
the scene. Everything possible was J ma A. & M. College has established
done to relieve the intense suffering , a Short Course in Practical Agricul-
of Mr. Woodard, who remained con- ture to cover three years of twenty
scious until early Tuesday morning j weeks each term.
when he passed away i The course this year will begin Oc-! following indemnity will be paid for
Mr. Woodard was thirty-six years tober 11 and close March 11. Theiloss of insuretf parcels mailed on and
of age and came here from Oklahoma; time was set with the idea of Interfer-1after September 1. 1915:
some three yeare ago. He waa an un- ing as |ittje ag poS8|bie with farm • Covered by three cent fee.value up
married man of exemplary habits and j work upon completion of the three J 0 *5 00- CoV(*red bV five cent fee- val-
very popular in the community. He j winters' work the student will be glv-!ie UP 10 *25 00 Covered by ten cent
leaves two brothers and his father and ( cn a certificate. \ ee- val«e <>P to $50.00.
mother, all of whom live on Pipestone
Effective September 1st, paragraph
2, Section 488 Postal Laws and Regu-
lations is amended to read as follows:
Fourth class mail shall not be reg-
istered, but may be insured against
ess in an amount equivalent to its
actual value, but not to exceed $5.00
in any one case, on the payment of a
fee of three cents; not to exceed
525.00 on payment of a fee of 5 cents
on a payment of 25 cents, in addition
to the postage, both to be prepaid by
fee of 10 cents, or not to exceed $100
stamps affixed.
This amendment provides that the
ton, where we vaccinated 150 head of
hoga against oholefa. These hogs
were In the beat of health, but as hogs
near his farm are dying of cholera, it
was thought best to vaccinate them
and prevent possible loss later. Mr.
McMahan has an Ideal alfalfa, corn
and hog farm here, and is feeding out
several cars of nice hogs at this
place. My work here saved the farm-
ers 128.70 In the cost of Injecting the
serum alone, and this man appreci-
ates my work highly.
On Tuesday Mr. Swain came In to
assist in our County Club Rally.
Only a few members were present ow-
ing to my having been so busy with
other work that I have not had tithe to i'
visit much with my boys and girls.
The few who attended this meeting
were greatly Interested, and were ben-
efitted much by the nice talk given by
Mr. Swain on the different phases of
club work.
Wednesday Mr. Ferguson, Mr.
Payne and several agents from adjoin-
ing counties met at my office and
drove out in Mr. Parker's car for an
all-day field meeting of the farms.
Our first work was visiting those
farmers who had been given seed
corn for a test of varieties with spe-
cial reference to earltness. Four va-
rieties were tested: Iowa Silver Mine,
Weld's Yellow Dent, Golden Glow and
Silver King. But we found poor re-
sults. So poor, it is hsrd to persuade
the farmers to stay another year.
Each of the extra early varieties—Gol-
iden Glow and Silver King, were near-
ly a month earlier than the native
| corn,but the quality of the grain was
; low. Reid's Yelfow Dent and Iowa Sil-
|ver Mine—seed grown in Oklahoma
last season—were far better yielders
but far Inferior to the native Jacksbn
County White.
In the afternoon we drove out to
See Mr. Speer's plat of Lone Star cot-
ton. We first inspected his general
crop planted in high grade Mebane
seed. This was fine, but needing
rain a little. We next went into the
Lone Star and all were of the opinion
that the latter cotton is much better
in every way than the Mebane. But
the chief difference lies in the early
and close fruiting habits and the lar-
ger size bolls in the Lone Star. In
this respect this cotton is very fine.
We counted 148 bolls and forms on
one fair-sized plant. This was very
[fine for upland cotton, planted May
20, this year.
Our next stop was at the farm of
W. T. and Tom Lackey, Blair, Route'
1 Messrs. Lackey Bros, are among j
our very best farmers and Seed grow-
ers. They have some very fine crops
of select feterita, golden dwarf maize,
and black hulled kafir now growing.
on to Mr. .1. H. Harrison's, where 25
more were treated, and then I hurried
back to town, getting in by late bed-
time. Having vaccinated 83 hogs at
h saving of 117.70 and teaching nine
men and rive boys how to handle hogs
and use a needle.
We are constantly up against the
; proposition of getting and using a car
in this work, as had It not been for
the use of Mr. Parker's car we could
i never have made the above long
drlv# on Wednesday, and I am won-
dering how I am ever to gather up
our Fair exhibits, without a car, but
the salary does not justify the first
cost and keep of a car.
BEN CRAWFORD.
Dr. Rutland
Specialist
EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT
AND GLASSES.
The latest scientific methods
and Instruments used in exam-
ination, testing, and treating,
including the best in electricity.
Charges as reasonable as the
general physicians.
Offioe under the Elks Hall
Altus, Okla.
THI8 WAGON
was bought and paid for by us, but It
is yours to command. Tell us when
delivery is desired, and your wagon
LOAD OF BREAD, ROLLS, PIES
AND CAKES
will be there on time. We built up
our business on the "square deal"
plan, anl our aim is to satisfy our cus-
tomers in every particular.
ALTUS STEAM BAKERY
Don't forget that our telephone num-
ber is 360.
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
ATTENDED STATE REUNION
The following party of old ex-Con-
There will be ik) entrance require-
ments to the new course. Any youngi
man with a common school education I
intormpnt wax made in Whitehall Wh° * 9iXt*en °F m°r6 °f'federates and ladies 'of the Confeder-
""""V. c.n It, .'curse ««• .. of thl. ^ UonM, l0
- an>Inatlon. The subjects taught will . . ,, n ...v.,.,.
TkQ n hnva Iq a clinultiif froill I ' J. ♦*11^1 ttlO otAtB U. C. V . KPUDlOll MuKD
Whitehall Montana newspaper Mr ^ ,nten,rt'p l,ractka' and °"l> suc* "joolds forth at Ada on the 1st. 2nd and
Whitehall. Montana, newspaper. Mr. app vlul ^ actua, fam prw.tic# The - oontpnih„. Potl Wm T„lnr
Wonrf.nl I. ..!! . i fayerobly k„o. mmno„ ^ ® I "
"" r"Wl " ,bt """■ T- Ln. .. /uA" S
praducra Ik. «rtlcl.. Duke Ttme. ^ ^
College will be available to the short ^ WMU ag lh<> accredited del.
course students legates of the Altus camp, chosen at a
As in the regular courses no tuition Meeting of the camp in the court,
Mr Jess Garrett who lives seven is charged. Liviag expenses re k>w|house Satuniay
wl'.es west of town on the Rob Cates In Stillwater. Sixty-three per cent of j To the aid men of the Loet Cause j
farm, was lying on the bed playing the students at A. A M. College *ork the meeting at Ada is the gala event j
with his revolver, when the gun was their way. wholly 0r in part, but short jf the year, an<1 lt i8 the wish of the
4 scharged. the ball plowing through coarse students should not count too ^ an<| daughters of the cause that i
leg. throagh the bed and fail- strongly on this means of support, tll<. occag^n t0 the ful-'
Ing on the qpor It happened that no Assistance will be given tbetn In find- cognisant of the fact that
bone or artery was cut and he was ing work, but thla la not always avail t W|U no, ^ their privilege to partlci
not badly injured J able pate in many more such events
bench.
The funeral was held Wednesday
at 2 p. m. at the Methodist church
From The Olustee Democrat
Peter Radford
On Church and State
The recent action of one of the leading churches of
this nation, in annual convention, demanding that the
laymen vote only for candidates for office whose views
coincide with those of the clergy on one of the leading
political issues, and direct and indirect efforts of other
church organizations to interfere with the freedom of
the ballot, make one of the greatest perils of this age, and
present a problem that should receive thoughtful con-
sideration of both laymen and citizens.
Suckling babes may well squirm in their cradles
when ministers in convention assembled release the
hearts of men and grab them by the throat, for Chris-
tianity has broken down, religion has beeome a farce and
the pulpit a failure. When the church substitutes forca
for persuasion, command for conviction and coercion for reason, the sheriff
had as well pass the sacrament, plain-clothes men take charge of the altar
and policeman bury the dead, for why a church?
It is as dastardly crime against government for a minister to under-
take to deliver the votes of his parishioners to a candidate, as It Is for a
ward heeler to deliver a block of votes to a political boss, and both ought
to be prosecuted, for the law should be no reepecter of persons.
It is as objectionable for a convention of ministers to seek by canonical
law to control the votes of church members as it would be for a convention
of manufacturers to issue orders for their employees to vote for a certain
candidate. Such conduct is offensive to decency, business morals and a crime 1
against society. Any convention, whether composed of saints or sinners 1
rich or poorr white or black, that seeks to prostitute power and coerce con-
science ought to be broken up by the police and Its leaders arrested for
treason.
A crime by any other name is a crime just the same. An ecclesiastical!
roba cannot sanctify treason, authority to preach does not carry with it
license to become a political ringstcr. or the right to teach us how to pray
give a permit to tell as how to vote No man in Joining the church should
sacrifice his citizenship, forfeit his constitutional liberties or subordinate hla
duty to the state. The earth many times has been drenched with tha Mood
of ocr forefathers fighting to throw off the ecclesiastical yoke from the —4*1
and the suggestion of a return to these medieval conditions with their horror !
and their torture should not be tolerated for a moment.
Laws should be passed prohibiting any preacher, or combination ol!
preachers, from delivering or attempting to deliver their memberahin at1
congregation to any candidate for office, and suitable legislation should ha 1
passed preserving tha sanctity of the pulpit from political vandalism. It Is
as mach a menace to chureh and state IWf a politician to occupy tha pulpit
as for a minister to preach a political seraMtf He has no more right to
preach his politics from the pulpit than a teacher has to teach his
to his pupils A preacher cannot make political trickery righteoas bT asace
"i ws than ha can aaake profanity i io|ii 1 table by practice. It Is CM
O* onlaa af fate that a preaclst may liwi a scandal as wjfl aa a
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Powell, Eugene. The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1915, newspaper, September 2, 1915; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc280382/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.