The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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she Granite Enterprise,
vol.. XIII
Granite, Greer County, Oklahoma. Friday August 23. 1912.
NO. 16
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TYPHOID
VACCINE
ORDERS OWN BERT BELL
MONUMENT MURDERED
The New Treatment Now
Being Successfully Used
in This Vicinity.
Chri* Mad*on of Guthrie. Thorn
as. for many yearn, was known
a* the Oklahoma guardsmen.
Learning: that the new vaccine The three practically rid the
treatment a* a preventative of southwest of the Bdl Boas. Dal-
typhoid fever was being used in j ton, Dooley and Casey outlaw
this vicinity hy Drs. Wiley and gangs.
Nunnery. The Enterprise man Thomas was born at Atlanta,
asked them for a statement of Ga., in 1850, and ut the age of
the results so far obtained and 12 years wac made a courier in
secured the following: the troop of his uncle. Brigadier
"Typhoid vaccine is now be- j General Thomas, of the Con-
ing used in all the large hospi-1 federate army. At 19 he was
tals and all the armies of the appointed a member of the At-
world. It is administered I lanta police force and went to
hypodermically at intervals of | Texas two years later. There,
ten days, requiring thiity days while a messsnger for the Texas
deputy marshals In the south-
west. died Thursday morning
here of a complication of Bright's
disease and heart failure, after
an illness extending over a
period of two years. He was 62
years of ago. I
With chief of Police Willi.m C.pt. JHnle. Lowrey. See. to Former Granite Boy
Tilghman of Oklahoma City and I
it That His Grave Will be
Properly Marked.
of
Assiaains
Saturday
Victim
at) Lindsay
Night.
or three doses to secure complete
immunity from the disease, and
is supposed to be used only on
subjects who have never had
typhoid, and are under the age
of 45 years.
The immunity produced by
the administration of the vaccine
is supposed to last for a period
of three years. According to
the medical Rec<Jrd of Dec. 7.
1910, the surgeon-general of the
United States army reports a to-
tal of 11,771 cases of vaccination
against typhoid. Out of the to-
tal number vaccinated there has
developed to date three cases of
typhoid with no deaths, while
out of 120,000 soldiers not vac-
cinnated there developed over
20,000 cases of fever with the
high mortality of 7 per cent.
These are actual statistics, and
prove without a doubt its protec
tive properties in typhoid fever.
The vaccine is being used suc-
cessfully by us here this year,
and we are more than pleased
with the results so far obtained.
In one case where several mam-
bers of the family had been down
with typhoid fever, one member
who showed symptoms of ty-
phoid, wanted to be vaccinated
as a precaution. However, after
getting the first dose, and al-
ready having the disease on him
he developed typhoid, but fever
subsided in seven days, and he
is at present making an unevent-
ful recovery.
We have administered the
treatment to 300 inmates of the
reformatory with the result that
not one case of typhoid has de-
veloped at the present time
amung those who had been
properly immunized. Nine
cases of typhoid developed be-
fore the three doses had been
administered, having had only
one dose. Out of these nine
who were partially immunized,
six cases of fever subsided
Express company, he saved $22.-
000 for the company when a
train was held up.
He was appointed a United
States deputy marshal in Indian
territory during the first admin-
istration of President Cleveland
and served for many years
He was the first chief of police
of Lawton, serving for six years
and he served for three years as
deputy marshal again.
MRS. FEATHER DEAD.
Captain James Lowrey, of gert gej|t wj,0 former|y lived
Missouri, recently paid a visit n#tr Granite, and j8 we„ known
to his son John Lawrey. ofihere§ WUs the victim of a mys-
near Lone Wolf. While in this j terioui murder at Lindsay, Okla.,
section, he came with his son to j Saturday night. Bell was
Granite and inspected the works 8hot one time, and died almost
of the Oklahoma Rose Granite! instantly.
company. He was so wellj Two men. Jim Eatman and
pleased with the class of work
being turned out that he placed
an order for a $150 monument to
mark the grave of himself and
that of his wife, writing the in-
scriptions and giving the design
Rusty Engle were with him at
the time. They claim that the
trio were walking down the rail
road track near the town, when
they were suddenly confronted
by two masked men, who order-
Well Known Former Granite
Lady Passes Away at Enid.
News of the death of Mrs. R.
P. Feather, which occurred at her
home in Enid last Sunday, will
be a shock to the many friends
of this estimable lady in *ranite.
An account of her death is fur-
nished The Enterprise by Mrs.
J. E. Miller, nee Miss Alice
Rickel, as follows:
Jennie, wife of Reuben P.
Feather, died of tuberculosis at
her home about two miles south
of Enid, Oklahoma, August 18,
1912, at the age of 63 years, 4
months and 25 days.
Mrs. Feather was an old res-
ident of Granite, coming here
when the town was new and re-
maining until a few years ago,
she and Mr. Feather moved on-
to a claim in New Moxico. Last
fall after a visit among old
friends in Granite, they came
to Enid, making their home
with a son, Fred, this spring
moving a short distance away,
from which home she passed
from earthly suffering to her
father's home above. She was
a great sufferer the last few
weeks but at the last calmly go-
ing to sleep Two sons, Ross in
early boyhood and Max in the
prime of young manhood, pre-
ceeding her in death. Besides
jn j her sorrowing husband, one son
wanted himself. The monument | ed them to throw up their hands,
was finished and shipped to Mr.
Lowrey's Missouri home last
week.
Captain Lowrey is now in his
84th year, and is a hale and
hearty old gentleman, looking
good for many years to come.
His wife is still in good health,
though she did not accompany
him to Granite. They were
married in 1855, and have now
lived together for over fifty-
seven years. Captain Lowrey
has been a Mason in good stand-
ing for over sixty-two years, a
record seldom attained by any-
one.
Eatman and Engle say they
complied, but that Bell went for
his gun, when one of the masked
men shot him dead. There
were no other witnesses to the
affair.
The story of the two men,
however, is regarded as fishy, to
say the least. Bell was shot in
the neck, the bullet ranging
downward, lodging in his right
lung. Physicians say that it
would be impossible for a bullet
to take this course if fired into a
man while he was standing.
They say that Bell was either
sitting down or had been thrown
Among the interesting relics idown in a struggle when he was
owned by him is a stout old shot.
fashioned hickory walking cane. m Both of the men who were
The stick was cut and used for with him were held on suspicion,
some time by Henry Clay, com- and officers suspect that the
ing from the Clay home in Ken- killing was the culmination of a
tuckv. The cane was cut in crap game in which Bell came
1828, and has now been in use out winner.
for eighty-four years. From ap- Bert came with his father,
pearance it is yet good for an- James Bell, to Granite in 1903.
other hundred yeais. He was married to Miss Ollie
Captain Lowrey still carries Pawk, living south of town some
a more youthful appearance years ago, and is survived by his
than many men of fifty, and is i widow and two children. The
an interesting talker on any ' family left Granite about three
subject, he still retaing an in- j years ago, going to Lone Wolf,
sight ou public affairs that is where they lived something like
remarkable for one of his ad- j a year, after which they went to
vanced age. I Lindsay.
the chicken pox or diphtheria;
one child had diphtheria. Of
119 children only four of them
had underwear, and it was bit-
terly cold. We had to run all
the way from the station to
Labor Temple after we got to
New York to keep from freez-
ing.
Mr. Foster: You say only four
had underclothing: what was
the condition of their outer
clothing?
Miss Sanger: It was simply in
rags. Their coats were worn to
shrads.
Mr. Foster: Were the children
pale and thin?
Miss Sanger: Yes sir. and I
want to say that when they had
supper it would have brought
tears to your eyes to see them
grab the meat with their bare
hands.
Mr. Foster: Did any of them
have on woolen clothing of any
sort?
Miss Sanger: No sir.
Mr. Foster: And yet they all
worked in woolen mills?
Miss Sanger: Yes sir.
In his veto message Mr. Taft
has much to say about the "wool-
en industry" and "foreign la-
bor." He makes no mention of
these poor victoms of the woolen
trust's greed.
THE CADDEL
GIN IS SOLD
Messrs. Lantz and Willis
Now the Owner of this
Property at Granite.
New Millinery Firm.
Mrs. J. M. Armstrong has
purchased a half interest in the
millinery store of Miss Dora
Ross, and the ladies will in fut-
ure conduct the business under
the firm name of Ross & Arm-
strong. Miss Ross left Thursday
for the east, to lay in a supply of
the latest fall styles in millinery.
Mrs. Armstrong will be found at
the millinery store, where she
will be glad to see her customers
in the dressmaking line, and
promises them bAter service
than ever before.
First Open Cotton.
The first open bolls of cotton j
for this season was brought in i
Sunday from the farm of Messrs i
Veale and Alexander southeast I Special correspondence.
WASHINCTON LETTER.
(By C. H. Tavenner.)
three days, two cases subsided
in five days, and in one case
the fever lasted six days.
There are no sore arms or loss
of time resulting from the
treatment as in smallpox, and at
the present time there has been
no reaction whatever from the
administration of the vaccine.
We have given Ihe treatment
to all the reformatory inmates
and officers and a number of
private patients, as well as tak-
en it ourselves. The vaccine
treatment is now acknowledged
and used by all the leading med-
ical authorities in the United
States, and it is an established •
fact that typhoid fever can be I
prevented by vaccination."
Heck Thomas Dead.
Lawton, Okla., Aug. 15—Heck
Thomas, for many years one of
ths most noted United State*
Fred of Enid and three grand-
children, Enid and Maxine of
Enid and little Max of Texas are
left to mourn her departure.
She will be much missed, leav-
ing a large circle of friends in
Michigan, where her early life
was spent, also in Tennessee
and New Mexico as well as at
Enid and Granite. In Granite
she was a member of the M. E.
S. church, a faithful S. S. teach-
er and worker, a member and
worker also in the Home Mission
Society and the W. C. T. U.
In her last illness she was
tenderly cared for by Mr.
Feather. Fred and his wife us
weil as thoughtful neighbors.
Washington, Aug. 20.—In the
light of the president's vote of
the wool bill, which vote gives
the woolen trust a continuance
of its privilege to plunder the
consumer while at the same
time paying its workers starva-
tion wages. A page from the
hearings in connection with the
Lawrence strike inquiry makes
interesting reading. The wit-
ness is Miss Sanger, a trained
nurse. (Page 226, Hearings on
House Resolution 409 and 433.)
Indian Killed on Track. IHE TESTIMONY.
Near Rochelle, III., an Indian Mr". Pou: Miss Sanger, were
went to sleep on a railroad track iy°u instrumental in taking a
and was killed l y the fast ex- i number of the strikers' children
press. He paid for his careless- ! away from Lawrence during the
Often its i strike?
of town. Open boils were also
reported Saturday by Mr.
Pfautsch, living in the west part
of town, and John Regian, whose
crop is just south of town. The
first bale was brought to Granite
last year on the 26th of August,
but it will be somewhat later
this year. Texas' first bale
reached the market just twenty
days later this year than last,
and it is said that the crop will
be about that much later here.
Funeral services were held avi.r . • ,t t i i
the home at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday I ^ I t,! !'aJ<
p^ye?>andAaSefewC ' ™ 1" «-'f
comfort (o the loved ones and|lnai bott,e free at VV R U'al«
friends gutht-red to pa> a last -j. ,
tribut • i e *oriti i i tiie flo • Wan.ed.
tuvwn c.is K«** * is. o L « i t A few ch./!:s Loan* on City
in rm-nt n t'-- Enid c.-mct^r „ r u- j t r R R. Naon .*
ness wilh iiis life.
that way when people neglect * • 0 -u-
oughs and colds. Don't risk i Miss Sanger; Yes sir.
your life when prompt use of Mr. P°u: y°u talk W1*h
Dr. King's New Discovery will j those children about their man-
cure them and so prevent a dan- ner of living?
gerous throat or lung trouble. Miss Sanger: Yes sir. I found
It completely cured me, in a (, . . •., ..
shtut time, of a terrible couirh ,hat ,th« children-there were
that followed a seven- attack of 119 of them ,n m>' party-seldem
Grip," writos J. R. Watts, Floy- ate meat, and their physical
dada. Texas., 'and 1 regained condition was the most horrible iShaw. —Enid Daily Eagle.
The Confederate Veterans'
Re-union at Ada, Sept. 4-6.
Doubtless many veterans of
the Confederacy who are read-
ers of this paper are planning to
attend the reunion at Ada Sep-
tember 4-6. Reports from there
indicate extensive preparations
looking to the entertaining of
those who attend. The veteran
and his wife will be entertained
free of charge. The railroad
fare will be only one and one-
third for the round trip, and
every veteran should make a
special sacrifice, if necessary, to
attend this gathering.
Commander-in-Chief of Trans-
Mississippi Brandon will be
present. Besides him others,
including Senators and Con-
gressmen will be present to ad-
dress the veterans who attend.
In Honor of Miss Rickel.
Mrs. J. Elmer Miller of 1102
East Randolph entertained Wed-
nesday with a 6 o'clock dinner
in honor of her sister, Miss
Alfaretta Rickel, of Granite,
Okla.
After dinner hours were
spent in music and games, an
enjoyable feature of entertain-
ment being the writing of tele-
grams to Miss Rickel. who is
soon to depart for her home.
Guests were Misses Rickel,
Euna Eberley, Florence Fager,
Kittie Coulter. Adeline Miller,
Delight Miller and Minnie A.
A deal was closed Tuesday by
which Messrs. John Lantz and
John Willis became the owners
of the Caddel gin property locat-
ed on lower Main street. The
consideration was given at $6500
and the new owners took charge
Wednesday morning and began
the work of repairing machinery
and getting things in shape for
the coming season.
While he has only been here
for three years, Mr. Willis has
proven himself one of the most
enterprising and substantial citi-
zens of the county. He will be
in charge of the office work at
the plant, while Mr. Lantz will
look after the operation of the
establishment. He has been in
the gin business for the past
nineteen years and knows it
from start to finish. For three
years he was in charge of the
mechanical end of the Lantz &
Moss gin here, while last season
he was with the Farmers' gin,
which property paid a 33 1-3 per
cent dividend the first year of
its operation.
The Caddel gin is the newest
one in Granite, having only been
run two seasons, and is one of
the most modern and up-to-date
in the county. It consists of
four 70 saw Murray stands with
all modern improvements.
Mr. Lantz commenced work
Wednesday morning getting the
plant in shape for the coming
bumper cotton crop which is
now practically made in this sec-
tion.
Mr. Caddel, the former owner
who is one of the most extensive
cotton farmers in the county,
still retains a small interest in
the property, and will continue
to bring his cotton to the Gran-
ite market.
BIG REALTY DEAL
Squire John Willis Buys 480
Acres Near Bloomington.
'Squire John Willis closed a
deal with Dr. Austin Monday, by
which Mr. Willis became the
owner of 480 acres >f fine land
near Bloomington, in the north-
western part of the county.
The consideration was given as
$14,500, the doctor taking some
town property in on the deal.
The farm is regarded as a good
one. and Mr. Willis expresses
himself as well pleased with his
purchase.
Painful Accident.
Mrs. W. C. Litton, living just
west of town, was painfully in-
jured bv falling from a wagon
Monday night after attending
the services at the Christian
tent on College avenue. She
was using a chair by which to
get into the wagon when it gave
way and she fell across it in
such a manner as to injure her-
self seriously internally. Mrs.
Litton was taken to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. McRee,
where she was attended by Drs.
Wiley and Nunnery. At this
writing her condition is regard-
ed as critical, though hopes are
I have ever seen. In the first
place four of the smallest child- An ordinary case of diarrhoea
ren had chicken pox, and can. as a rule, be cured by a
thev had not received any medi- *in*ie of Chamberlain's now entertained of her ultimate
i .. ti it Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea recovery.
1"ent,on- The>' Remedy. This remedy has no
mg about a.nong tne ot::sr child- superior for bowel complaints Qn r.sv are and Glassware at
ren apparently without noticing For sale by W. R Veal". fn-' Kubw> Hard *-*re Store.
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