The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1913 Page: 3 of 6
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It looks rainy this morning. That
ctrtainly makes us feel good, as
the farmers are very anxious to go
tu plowing.
I he principal news items in th;s
action are matrimonial.
Mr. J. H. Coffey and Mrs. Don
nie Fields drove to Rev. W. J.
hvans' residence Sunday morning
and were joined in the holy bon-U
o' matrimony. We houc for them
o long life, peac: harmony mi
abundant success.
We are hav>i;- -.sles pretty of 'c,i
H.ese days. \zens fro.n
nute 3 rttends'l t'ne'lPlatt sale
Gyp Hi'l last week, and quite ai
uumber will be fit Mr. Hix' sals, not expected to live. She at once
>cuth of Olust*. today. It seems returned to Fate to find that her
one could conjecture, had not John
Walker taken advantage of the
doctor's absence and built him *
car shed.
Jim. the fourteen year o'd so.i
of I. S. Riddle, got his leg broken
Monday while wrestling at school,
hence will have to soenci some
time confined to his bed.
J. A. Clarkson has had company
most of the week from Martha,
and Jim if possible, is slimmer
ihan ever.
Mr. R. 0. McWhorter who has
been quite sick for two weeks is
slowly recovering.
Mrs. W. H. Clarkson with her
chi'dnen, spent the holidays with
her parents at Fate, Texas, re-
turning la t Sunday week, and on
Wednesday after Reaching home
she received a telegram stating
that her father was very low and
ip.at many are having sales for the
purpose of selling off their
plunder and buj;:i g new.
The younv' i >ople seem to b?
having a big rime skipping the fan-
tastic toe. L>ues are quite the
fad.
Mrs. Mary Nichols from Elmer,
is visiting Mrs. Bonnie Evans.
The examination of the high
school at E'mer was held last
Thursday and Friday. Sever.il
failed but they are going to try it
ag?;n.
Quite a number of young people
were at Bro. Evan's Sunday to
see the wedding pulled off.
Mrs. Coffey is visiting at Jim
Thompson's this week. It is cur-
rently rumored that she will qo to
laaho this spring. She has'two
sons and one daughter there.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Co.1-
ity of Parma, Idaho, a black-
headed girl. She arrived Dec. 30.
They call her Alma Irene.
Some of the farmers of route
three are cutting their stalks while
is dry, so they will be read / for
plowing when it rains.
Girlij.
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Well, our oil machine is still
"prospecting," but owing to break-
downs it hasn't made much head-
way.
Seven new pupils were added to
the enrolment of the Southland
school this week, bringing the list
up to twenty-seven.
The boys and girls at Prairie
Hill have organized basket ball
teams and are rapidly getting in
shape to compete for/ionors at the
next county meet.
The wide-awake members of
this comunity have called a meet-
ing at Prairie Hill Saturday eve-
ning to petition the legislature for
an amendment of the Consolidat-
ed high school law. If every
place in the state would do this we
should have little trouble in getting
such matters properly adjusted.
Mr. Bert Evans will soon move
his family to Mangum.
Ben Swindle has moved over
southeast of Altus.
L. H. Ratliff was a business visi-
tor in ^ltus last week.
Gladdon Morehead has return-
ed from Pampa where he has been
in r, visit,
Mr. Dave Jones^ entertained a
number of our young people at his
home Saturday evening. All re-
port an excellent time.
Prof. Kern Jones, who is princi-
pal of Aaron No. 2 spent the week
end with T. R. Simonds.
The Methodist church is plan-
ning to build a parsonage at Prairie
Hill. A nice little sum has already
r>cen contributed.
Reoorter.
father was even worse than was
anticipated. He lived only a few
days after her arrival.
A number of persons have been
grunting with the grip, but most
of them have recovered.
Mrs. J. H. Wilson is in Mangum
visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. C.
Winchester.
Miss Floyd oi Quanah, Texas, is
here visiting Miss Ella Shields.
Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Clark have
taken their little son, Mervil, to a
specialist in Wichita, Kansas, to
be treated for nervous trouble.
W. C. White and Joseph Huber
wqre in Altus on business last
Monday.
Mrs. Fannie McElroy of the
Altus country spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Blair.
J. C. Shield left the latter part
of last week to teach in a business
college in Chatanooga, Tenn. He
wi'l be joined by Mrs. Shield late<\
The business men are pushing
collections as never before in the
history of the country. The flat-
tering prospects for an unpreced-
ented cotton crop caused both
farmer and merchant to over buy,
and the blighting by the freeze
of these prospects caused both to
underpay.
RUMOR OF IMPEACH-
MENT PROCEEDINGS
Rumors will not down that the
legislature soon will be the sce'i?
of impeirhment proceeding
against one or two of the high
state officers. There was a strong
undercurrent of expectation in the
house of representatives Tuesday
due to an unverified report that
A HAPPY LAUGHING
CHILD IN A FEW HOURS
Mother! Don't scold your cross,
peevish child! Look at the tongue!
See if it is white, yellow and coat-
ed! If your child is listless,
drooping, isn't sleeping well, is
restless, doesn't eat heartily or is
cross, irritable, out of sorts with
everybody, stomach sour, feverish,
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Attorney General Charles West aJ-|breath bad; has stomach-ache, diar
ready had prepared the prelimi- rhoea, sore throat or is full of cold
nanes of one such proceeding, and. it means the little one's stomach,
that it might appear on the floor of liver and thirty feet of bowels are
the house at any time. .filled with poisons and foul, con-
Whether the rumors ace based stipated waste matter and need a
upon "inside information" or upon
the general inclination of many of
the legislators to wish to ascertain
if anything is really "rojten in
Denmark," as expressed in the
number of investigations already
ordered or requested by formal
resolutions, was not learned. When
the question was put to the attor-
ney general, whether he were pre-
paring proceedings against any of-
ficial, he replied emphatically,
'You should not ask that question.
I do not care to talk about such at
all."
The hearings of the senatorial
investigation committee, the Mc-
Brine case and the forgery charge
arising out of the famous Red
Book contract of course would af-
ford substantial grounds for such
rumors, though the latter specifi-
cally name one state official who
has not heretofore been publically
mixed up in any alleged irregulari-
ties.
DEMOCRAT REPRESEN-
TATIVE AT BLAIR
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. W. P. Chalmers announces
the following subjects for his ser
vices at the First Presbyterian
church next Sunday:
"The Flower of Human Happi
ness" at the morning service.
"Monuments and Monumenr
Building" at 7:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services and wor-
ship with the Presbyterian con
gregation.
This will be Mr. Chalmers last
Sunday in Altus, as he will go to
Lawton to accept a charge as soon
as Rev. Griffith the former pastor,
returns. Rev. Chalmers has made
many friends during his short stay
here wh5 profoundly regret to
learn of his early departure.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
REQUEST LEGISLATION
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With the object of drafting a
more cogent and comprehensive
road law to present in the legisla-
ture, the legislative committee of
the association of township offi-
cials met at the Lee-Huckins hotel
Tuesday afternoon. The main
points embodied in the bil' include
clauses where the county commis
sioners will have authority to es-
tablish and maintain county roads
and the township officials the
same authority in their respective
townships.
The bill introduced in the legis-
lature by Representative Morris
designed to abolish the township
organization made up of trustee,
clerk and trersurer, was touched
upon at the' meeting but no action
was taken.
The town of Blair was visited
by a representative of the Demo-
crat this week, &nd all sorts of good
reports of Blair and her progres-
sive people were brought back.
The noble boys of the Blair Week-
ly Progress, Dennis and Ben
Beaver, were his bighearted hosts
while there, and the Blair editors
who had just ki'led a fatted pig
opened their dining room to the
Democrat man who found that
biscuit, fresh back bone and spare
ribs, country sausage (all pork)
with ^ pepper and sage flavoring,
swiming in a pool of red gravy—no
need to say any more—no such
living like it.
The town people seem to be in
a fine spirit—all talking prosperi-
ty, all well except one or two cases
of La Grippe, and a'l saying good
things for southwest Oklahoma.
Business meh and farmers alike,
were interviewed, said the future
looked bright and promising.
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gentle cleansing at once.
Give a teaspoonful of Syrup of
Figs, and in a few hours all the
clogged up waste, undigested food
and sour bile will gently move on
and out of its little waste clogged
bowels without nau«ea, griping or
weakness, and you will surely
have a happy and smiling child
again shortly.
With Syrup of Figs you are not
drugging your children, being com
posed entirely of luscious figs, sen-
na and aromatics it cannot be
harmful, besides they dearly love
its delicious taste.
Mothers should always keep
Syrup of Figs handy. It is the
p/woq pue a;i 'tpeuiojs Ajuo
cleanser and regulator needed—a
little given today will save a sick
child tomorrow.
Full directions for children of a!!
ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the package.
Ask your druggist for the full
name, "Syrup of Figs and Elixir
of Senna," prepared by the Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup Co. This is the
delicious tasting, genuine old reli-
able. Refuse anything else offer-
ed. Adv.
The best line of staple hardware
js being offered by the Altus Hard-
ware company, and the finest tem-
pered implements only are on their
she'ves.
NOTICE, RESTAURANT AND
HOTEL MEN
W. D. Duke has opened a shoe
shop in the rear of the Altus Hard-
ware company. Mr. Duke is an
efficient cobbler, ?nd will do the
kind of work which causes satis-
fied customers.
Mrs. H. L. Whitbeck and chil-
dren arrived this week from Okla-
homa City to join Mr. Whitbeck,
who is manager of the Blair-
Hughes Wholesale company. They
wiM occupy a residence on Hudson
street.
The best shelf hardware only
is offered the customers of the Al-
tus Hardware company. They
might sell cheaper goods but they
would not give satisfaction, and
these people have found that the
regular customers are the satisfied
cusomers.
For sale or rent, good hotel
with good trade; will sell cheap;
$100.00 maleable range. Mrs C.
G. Walker, Walker Hotel, Altus,
Oklahoma. 1 mo.
THE SUBJECT OF PRAYER
and you will receive your share
in proportion to the wisdom you
exercise in making the selection.
If you order your
DAILY BREAD
from the Altus Steam Bakery you
will receive bread made from the
best flour, by experienced bakers
and in clean and sanitary surround-
ings.. Try a loaf of the Altus
"Steam Bakery and you will have
reason to give thanks.
KEEP YOUR MONEY AT HOME
Our choice Flour is sold by
all merchants; you can get it
at the right figure. You can
get the right price for your
grain and all grain products
at our mill.
LEGER MILL COMPANY
THE CASH PAID.
The highest cash price paid for
4-1 ill kinds of second hand goods at
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Deputy Ford from Altus wa
hunting jurors and witnesses in
Blair Wednesday. Of course he
would never come here for a de-
fendant in a case.
Dr. Clarkson kept the lumber
on the ground for several day;
while he wa* trying to decid -
whether to build an automobiir
house or a garage, and just wha*
the outran* would have been. no
OPEN DAY AND NICHT
PHONES 77*13*>
! The Mesrs. Fullerton of route *
| *ere here today on business.
R. D. Barnes, postmaster at El-
dorado. spent the night here last
night.
Do you ned a good stove? Don't;
buy till you see the excellent:
quality of stoves sold by the Al-|
tus Hardware company. j
McCleary Undertaking Comp'y
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
107 W. COMMERCE ST. KNOX OLD STORE
PPICTUR1 FRAMING AND REPAIR WORK
WE HAVE THE AGENCY
- For the celebrated Ravenwood Nig.
gerhead Coal, both in lump and nut,
which ia the beat round coal mined.
We also handle other kinds of coal.
Our Motto
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YOURS
TO
PLEASE
the
9est coal of* the\
maiulet
Which always means a satis-
fied customer.
Wm. CAMERON & CO., Inc.
SOUTH
MAIN
ST.
The City Hotel
Mrs. Lena Welden, Prop.
We cater to regular Boarders and Roomers
Prices will interest you.
Close in and 59 E. Commerce
convenient - i Blk. from Square.
Draw a Check
A check accaunt is a tre-
mendous convenience—one
that saves both time and
money. It enables yon io
make payment of debts la
JiiBt the amounts you wlsa
right down to the odd cents,
and it is a perfect receipt ia
Itself when you pay a bill
with a check. Open an ac-
count today. No waiting to
get bills changed or going
to a bank to draw out the
money.
The Citizens State Bank
F. B. Jones, Presideot. J. W. Richardson. Cashier. C. WHogsett
Assistant Casbier. DIRECTORS: J. C. .Jones. J. L. Hughes W A
Raucum. r. w. Hogsett. J. W Richardson, P. H. Jones.
Deposit* Guaranteed
Altus, Oklahoma
Altus Machine & Boiler Company
Look at the sign!
Don't it remind you that your
breakdowns, mochinery and boiler
troubles are lessened since our lo-
cating in this very prosperous little
town, that we are here and ready
with our up-to-date machines to
make all your immediate and nec-
essary repairs without you having
to send your wants and money to
some other town, we can do the
work here and use the money here
also. We roll plough discs cold.
Visit Our Shop!
; The Altus Machine & Boiler Co.
Pipe, Fitting, Valves and Shaping Eztra
THE ALTUS STATE
.BANK;
Where the people deposit,
posits Guaranteed.
SOUTH EAST CORNER SQUARE
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THE WHITE GIN
We have just installed our clean-
ing system and will say that we
are giving entire satisfaction as to
fine samples and fancy prices ask
our customers who have tried our
boll machines and be convinced.
We still make a speciilty of ex-
changing planting seed among our
patrons at heretofore.
We will show you our apprecia-
tion in every way possible. Come
and see us.
THhe WHITE GIN.
J. E. Hurdt. Mgr.
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Thacker, John Riley. The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1913, newspaper, January 16, 1913; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281046/m1/3/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.