The Oklahoma Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1913 Page: 1 of 6
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THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRAT
VOLUMS VI "" '
weil know
negro kh1c0
monday lught
Tlf-T
Thaggard
Henry Davis « negro, was found
dead Tuesday morning with a bal-
let hole through his toad, the bul-
let entering juft above his left eye.
The body was lying face upward
near the north window of the
negro cabin on the promises of S.
T. Pickett, in the aoutheast part of
town.
Evidently the body had been
placed in that position by the slay-
er to divert suspicion, and leave
the impression that the negro had
been killed while trying to enter
the house through the window.
Blood stains in the house mark-
ed the trail of his ajsassins show-
ing how they had carried him out
of the house and around to the
north window.
The tumbled and disorder con-
dition of the beds and furniture in
the house indicated that the mur-
derers left in a great hurry. . •
A pan of water near a pool of
blood indicated that parties had1"' Oku.
first tried to wash up the blood
stains to carry out their plan to;
leave the impression that the dead'
negro was shot while trying to;
enter the house through the win-j
dow.
No one could be found near th<
negro when the body was discov
ered about 6:30 or 7:00 o'clock
Tuesday morning. The wife of th
dead negro was located not fa
away in a negro shanty, in com
pany with* another negro woman
Both women were immediately ar-
rested and lodged in jail tnd latei
put through a grilling examinatioiD
by members of the sheriff's lorce)'MESH
At first they dented any know'
ledge of the killing, but later^ad
mitted that a negro named Fatt
did the shooting du.ing a violen
quarrell between Fatty and Davi
during which Davis attempted ti
strike Fatty with an ax
After the killing Fatty disa
peared in company with anoth
negro named Evans and as y
nohing definite has been learne
of their whereabouts, but the sheL
iff's force have notified the off|jdency
cials of all surroundng towns to b^ve(j ^
on the lookcut for any one answer^^,^
ing to the description of the twe pt0pcr
men, and it is expected that th^
fugitives will be speedily appre-i
hended and brought to trial. y ner-
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The team was chaper-
oned by Miss Witcher, coach, and
Miss Parker, teacher of voice in
the Altus high school. Jfmmie is
always pulling olf stunts, but nev
er before has he done anything
more in keeping with our idea of
the appreciation we feel for the
victory the Altus girli had to play
so hard to win.
Evefy moment from the first
practice until the last whistle blew
the girls have made a hard fight
for this pennant which they have
nobly won.
PERKINS-WATKINS DRY
00008 CO. TO EXPAND
Next week the Perkins-Watkins
Dry Goods company will take the
wall out from betwen their build-
ing and that of Mr. Moreau on the
north and will in the future.occupy
the fifty feet instead of the pres-
ent twenty-five feet. We note with
pleasure the expension of his com-
pany and now Altus has four dry
good stores with a fifty-feet front.
Mr. Chilton expresses doubt as to
whether he will have room enough
rftf-f'tfie'f®ssionerV (or the big \
ith th
mis. rim
.give musical
you
alt Blk.
, Wednesday evening at
eight o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Geo. E. Thorpe, a m"fifal
given by Mrs. Thoipe's pupils, as-
sisted by Mrs. W. T. Williams as
reader. The home was elaborate-
ly decorated with roses and car-
nations which added to the de-
lightful aad well rendered pro-
gram. t
All selections were given from
memory and were, according to
the hundred and twenty-five
guests present, the feature of the
season. The readings by Mrs.
Williams added much to the suc-
cess of the evening.
A beautiful boquet otf flowers
were given each of the partici-
pants in the program.
The following numbers were
rendered:
Coronado Ewcn
Miss Harrell
■eading The Rival Braves
Mrs. Williams
el.ody in F Rubinstein
baprist workers
10 hold confer
ence ust of may
They will work with ...
committees already appoL
will confer with local businl
for new work where there UJ r
none. Blaine- Tulsa and Litation to the Dance
gee counties have already i
teed $500 each in special pr
the winners at Tulsa in 0
and it is expected that every
ty in the <state will follow s
A SWELL WEDDING
Von Weber
Mrs. Fears
:adil* Selected
Mrs. Williams
-ngratulations Eggeling
nata Op. 27. No. 2.. .Beethoven
Miss Harrell
itches' Dance McDowell
Mrs. Fears
:ading... .The Soul of the Violin
Mrs. Williams
no, March Miiitaire Op. 51 No
Schubert
Mrs. Fears—Miss Harell
PUPILS TAKE HONORS
. W. T. WILLIAMS'
The following is said to
been the production of a {
after havng imbibed to a -
degree on boot-leg hydrant 11
He had been given the acco
a wedding to set up which
mixed with a sale bill as fd
Public Sale: Wm. Q. Jone
only son of Mr. and Mrs. /
Jones, was disposed of at/At the oratorical and declama-
auction. to Miss Lucy Arpry contest of the schools of this
on my farm, one mile bounty held here Friday night,
Leonardville, in the pres^rs. W. T. Williams' pupils cap-
seventy five guests, included practically all the honors,
followine- to-wif: 7 mi/The following being her pupils:
head of cattle, Rev. Jacty Lala Bristol, Lois Grey, Horace
Hensley and Leslie French. All
the pupils of Mrs. Williams made
an excellent showing and would
the knot, weight 1200 r.
foot. The beautiful horn
bride was beautifully
with one John Deer p.
sulky hay rake- one feec
one set double harness,
before the ceremony
nounced, Mendellsohn's
march was given by o
cow, one jersey to be
April, carrying a large be
The Baptist workers conference
of Jackson county, Oklahoma,
will meet with the Altus Baptist
church on May 29 and 30, and the
following program will be render-
ed:
THURSDAY, MAY 29.
Eight o'clock
Devotional Services-Rev. Meritt
of Mangum.
Sermon—Rev. Strickland, Olustee
FRIDAY. MAY 30.
Nine-thirty A. M.
Devotional Servire—Rev. Walter
Savage, Friendship.
What Baptists Consider Scriptural
Baptism—Rev. J. F. Elder of
Martha.
Jackron County Missions—Rev.
Shehan anJ Rev. Pendleton of
Eldorado.
NOON
2:30 p. m.
Devotional Services—Rev. Roland
1 West. Prairie Hill.
Women's Work in Jackson Couny
—Sister F. M. Kennedy, Eldo-
rado.
The Church's Greatest Need-
Revs. S. E. West and C. R. Rob-
erts, both of Duke.
8:00 p m.
Devotional and Song Services-
Rev. J. W. Hopper and Bro. J.
C." Collier.
Sermon, "The Lord's Supper"—
Rev. J. F. Elder, Martha.
The foregoing program will be
followed with round table discus-
sions >of the various subjects as
they arise and the public is invit-
ed to attend and espeically the
membership of the churches of
the county. Every one present
will be expected to take part in
the exercises?
The date was changed from 22
and 23 to 29 and 30 on account of
the graduating exercises being
held at the Baptist church on the
22 and 23.
Farm Congress Association; B. M.
Jackson, U. S. farm demonstrator
of Jackson, Harmon and Greer
counties and C. B. Caldwell of Ok
lahoma City, relative to organiza
tion of agriculture chamber of com
merce. Judge Orr also spoke.
The club especially enjoyed the
speeches of the farmers of this
county and would insist that more
come in and discuss this with us.
We also enjoyed the other ad-
dresses which is what every farm-
er in the county should hear. It
is time well spent for the farmers
to come to Altus on the special
meeting nights and listen to the ex-
perts that we have with us.
Come in and meet with us Mr.
Farmer we want you and by your
doing this you will greatly benefit
both of us. We intend to make
Jackson county the best county in
the state and to do this we must
work together.
Mrs. L S. Woodman of Qiianah,
Texas, has purchased of Mrs. Wel-
den the City hotel and has taken
charge. Mrs. Welden is now as-
sisting with the Comm cretholia
sisting with the Commercial hotel.
or. impkbt
to lecture here
nexi week
die jackson
countr meet a
great success
The Jackson County Oratorical
and Athletic meet which was held
here May 1, 2. and 3. waa the
greatest success in every particu-
lar that it has ever been. On
Thursday afternoon Olustee and
Altus played for the baseball
championship and Altus won by a
score of 1 to 0. The feature oof
the game was the fielding of both
A series of lectures under the
auspices of the Ladies Aid society
of the First Christian church of
Altus, will be given on the nights
of the 12th, 13th, and 14th of May,
by the lecturer and traveler, Rev.
A M. Lumpkin, A. M.
He has made two trips to for-
eign lands, collecting many curios
which he will * exhibit He has
fourteen costumes of different na-
tions which he wears while lectur-
ing on different countries His sub-
ject is "Strange Sights and Pecu-
liar Things in Foreigii Lands."
Prices of season ticket (three
lectures) $.100. Single adult tick-
et 35 cents School children 10 and
15 cents At district court room of
A coroners jury was empanelledtyelids
about 7:30 Tuesday morning, pre-pf dc- '7"*K a
sided over by Justice of the Peace I mFII/f V ti CPTCVl
L. A. Pelley, and after due investi- j |"L ff L I LLLlJ I LI/
\ nation, returned a verdict of death ________
caused by a gunshot wound in the | I 11 Y nfrippUy
head by a person as yet unknown]' Vl I ' VII lULfilJ
to the jury.
The body of the dead negro was
taken in charge by the undertak-
ing department of the Goodman-
Floyd Furniture company to await
further developments, and will
probably be buried by the county.
WILLIAM McDONALD
r Tr-rk Tn-wnmr — uiauiwi tuun room or
DIED UNnNOWJ, court house. This lecturer was here
w rv TT" „ • • four years aS° at the Methodist
l i J C" Wm- McDonald is all that is church and was much appreciated
have captured all the honors, had known of or about an old man •
not one of the bunch been umfortu-! about 60 years of age that Jiej in |
nate enough to "just simply for-la rooming house owned by Mr.j PLANTS FOR SALE
Jarbo at 117 South Main street Cabbage Tomatoes, Peppers;
j Monday at two o'clock with com-'35c per hundred, 300 for $1. rural
JACKSON COUNTY
FIRST IN COTTON
Jackson county leads the scate
in the production of cqtton for
the year of 1912, by 1,217 bales
over the nearest competitor. The
number of bale? raised in Jackson
being 41,326. Kiowa coming Second
N yvith 40,109 bales, Lincoln third)
" ; with 38,64o hales. Jackson coun-
ty has an Increase fot the vear of
1912 over the year of 1911 of
14,626 bales, «he number orodu.:-
ed in the year of 1911 bein.r 26,700.
The state prediction for 1912
was 1,005,016 and for the year
of 1911 1.016,538, or a decrease of
11,522 bales.
take oath
Last Monday night at the regular
meeting of the city council, the
oath of office was administered to
the following by County Judge
Williams:
Cage Beach, mayor; J. L En-
glish. marshal; J. H. Jackson, city
clerk; S. Aycock, treasurer; Dad
Snider, street commissioner; C. C.
Hightower, alderman first ward;
Leslie Burd. alderman third ward;
T. G. Baddock, alderman fourth
ward. J. R. McMahan, alderman-
elect for second ward being absent
sr.d J. H. Lawson, city attorney
re-elected, also being out of town.
After the taking o< the oaths the
incoming officers took charge of
the meeting at which there was no
business transacted.
Mayor C;«ge Beaca made, at the
unanimous request of those orcs-
ent. a good common sense talk .
| with many gOod points which it
BASKETBALL TEAM EN- would be well for all of us to be
TERTAINED AT DINNER governed by. He took up the pro-
I hibition question which he is di-
J. W. Agnew entertained the Al-1 recti y apposed tc, but which he in-
tus basketball team, which won sists that he will enforce as well
plication of tuberculosis and pneu-' phone R K 15
monia. j .
Wm. McDonald had worked fori°ne' air"
some time with a section gang on
"COYOTE" A NEW COUNTY
TO THE NORTH
The citizcns of Lone Wolf have „ B„„6 u„
issued a proclamation prcclaming j the Wichita Falls and Northwest-
that city to be the county seat of! ern, but it seems that he never I
the woulj be county to be known j talked of his past or from where he |
is "Coyote" which constitutes the .m-. It is understood that on|
Dill township With Lugort as a!different occasions he mentioned!
court town I being married, but further than \
There seems to have teen a mass that nothing can be learned. His j
J. O. Allen, route
3t.
meeting cf the citizens of Lone
Wolf at which meeting this proc-
lamation was issued
EREOLETHIAN CLUB TO
MEET AT DR. BRISTOL'S
This evening the Ereolethian
club will meet with Mrs. W. C.
Bristol at which time the regular
routine of busines and program
will be caried out, after which a six
o'clock dinner will be served to
the husbands of the club in honor
of the celebration of Dr. and Mrs.
Bristol's twenty-third wedding an-
niversary.
body is being held in the McCleary •
morgue awaiting answer to manyj
telegrams that have been sent out:
trying to locate some of his rela-
tive or friends. It is hoped that
some trace can be had of them at
Scranton, Pa.
commercial club
getting down to
right
INTERESTING MEETING
OF AGRICULTURAL
AND BUSINESS CLUB
the pennant for 1913 «t the meet on! as al! other laws.
the 1. 2 and 3 of this month, at
the Orient Hotel on last Sunday at
neon with a "feed."" A real nice
lunch hid been prepared for this
occasion, which all enjoyed. "Hie
following members of the team
were present: Lizzie Neal, cap-
tain. Camie Blasingame. Amy
Maopin. Jessie McCarty. Deloris
Wier. Odie Rizzi r and Jessie
The morning "of the first day as
police judge Mayor Beach tried
three two of which pled
guilty and the other was found
guilty. All these cases came from
the resort known as the Mogul. J
We believe Mr. Beach will make '
us a good mavor and police judge!
and we shall do all in our power to j
help him make a success. •
The Dan Tillman harness shop
has moved from his old stand on
South Main street to East Broad-
way in the old Jacobs & Chappell
second hand building.
Friday morning Altus and Vic-
tory basketball girls met in a hard
fought game which was won by
Altus with a close score of 3 to 2
which made the Altus girls cham-
pions.
< Friday afternoon at Hightowers
field the athletic events were pull-
ed off. A large crowd attended,
estimated at 8,000, notwithstand-
ing the fact that a strong wind was
blowing some good records were
made.
Those who broke the former
county records were, Aycock in
the 100 yard dash, the 220 yard
dash and the 440 yard race. Sloan
in the half mile race, Kirby in the
mile run.
The results were as follows:
100 yard dash: Aycock, Altus,
first; Bates, Olustee, second; Deck-
er, Altus, third. Time, 10 2-5 sec-
onds.
220 yard dash: Aycock, Altus,
first; Decker, Altus, second; Craig,
Olustee, third. Time 24 seconds.
Running broad jump: Thaggard,
Olustee, first; Thompson, Head-
rick, second; Aycock, Altus, third.
Distance 19 feet.
440 yard dash: Aycock, Altus,
first; Lee, Headrick, second; Bris-
tol, Altus, third. Time 37-seeotads.
Shot put: Russell, Altus, first;
Caves, Altus, second; Johnson,
Headrick, third. Distance 38 feet,
7 inches.
Half mile run: Sloan, Altus,
first;! Wilkerson, Olustee, second;
Reed, Blair, third. Time 2 minutes
and 20 seconds.
Running high jump: Pendleton,
Altus, first; Rodgers, Headrick,
'second; Meyers, Prairie Hill, third.
Height 5 feet. 3 inches.
Mile run: Kirby, Altus, first;
i Ford, Headr'ck, second; Davis,
Blair, third. Time 5 minutes, 11
seconds.
Pole vault: Pendleton, Altus,
first; McNeil, Altus, second; Mc-
Millan, Headrick, third. Height 9
feet, 3 inches.
Relay race: Altus, first; Head-
rick, second. Time 4 minutes, 4
seconds.
Tom Aycock of Altus won the
allround honors With 21 points,
i Clifford Pendleton of Altus won
second with 10 points.
The tennis championship was
won by Eldorado. In the doubles
by Garlond Talbott and Earl
Hooks; in the singles by Garlond
Talbott.
The baseball game between
| Navajoe and Rock which was to
chants organization there was a ty. in this Public-spirited enter-
very interesting program having iprise> and while rendering his
the following speakers to make ad-1 s^ai"e the financial support de-
The following is what every
member is supposed to follow, to
the best of their ability. The
monthly dues being one dollar
($1.00) Study it carefully and
drop into the secretary's office and
sign one. ■ navajoe ana kock wnicn was to
The undersigned takes pleasure' decide the rural championship has
in this opportunity to join hands I been contested. The score stand-
with his fellow citizens of both the | ing 1 to 0 in the favor of Navajoe.
c v and «*,n rv T-v Oratorical contest: Horace Hens-
On Tuesday night at the regular ~. l4rc j
meeting of the Farmers and Mer-'Clty ,and c^ntry ot Jackson coun- j
' - 1 _ tv in tVliC
ley. Victory, fir-t; Garland. Mar-
tha. second.
Declamatory, boys:
iu uianc au-i . - - — —r-i i^ctiaxnaiory, uuys: Jessie Le-
dresses: Mr. Markland off four Is,res a'so to P^e(fee himself to the vick. Center, first; Lester French
miles east of town. C. B. Cobb ofin?ore imPortant duty of taking the j Base Line, second.
Olustee. J. F. Meek, secretary and j PerSQf a* interest and in j Declamatory, girls: Lala Bris-
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF ALTUS- OKLAHOMA
Cordially Invites You and Your Friends to Attend a Free Lecture on
uiustee, J. r. Meek, secretary and! pcrsai ai interest ana in, Declamatory, girls: Lala Bris-
manager of the Oklahoma Retail I s.how,ng a real sPirit of co-opera- j tol. Altus, first; Lois Grey, Vic-
Asociation and also Exposition *l<?£; ! tory, second.
The declared purpose of the j School exhibits: Best rural
Commercial Club of Altus is to en- school exhibit. Victory; best .town
courage county-wide co-oneration •)<> ' ah..,. u„„. j
commissioner of the Oklahoma'
CHRISTIAN SCfENCE .
by
JUDGE CLIFFORD P. SMITH, C. S. B.
of Brookline. Massachusetts
A Member of the Board of Lectureship of
The First Chnrch of Christ. Scientist. In Boston. Massachusetts
XT THE COURT HOUSE IN ALTUS. OKLAHOMA
FRIDAY* MAY 16 1913
At 8:00 p. m.
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courage county-wide co-operation
so that every trade center and sur-
rounding community may help and
be helped in the effort to promote
a more profitable farming indus-
try for Jackson county, through
both inci eased production and im-
proved markets.
schoo! exhibit. Altus: best domes-
tic science. Blairt best town school
art exhibit. Altus.
High school exhibits: Best zoo-
logical drawing. Myrtle Goodfel-
low. Headrick: best historical map.
Roy Jarbo. Altus; best mechanical
drawing. Raymond Collins. Center:
m . .. uiiwinK, nijrmunu \~oinns. v enTer,
• , w« can.b«st serve our best science note book. Viola Hy-
mdmdual welfare by all getting fer. Altus: best history or Enelish
together in the interest of our com- note book. Freda Bowman Blair
mon ^ prosperity—upon business
principles. Therefore we must
cultivate a stronger social fellow-
ship and develop a genuine work-
ing spirit between the country peo-
ple and the townspeople.
^te Signed.
Grade exhibits: Best physiolo-
gical drawing. Lee Roach. Duke;
best mechanical drawing. Willie
W'llineford. Altus; Best essay on
"How to Grow Cotton" Lee Roach.
Duke; best essay or "Butter Mak-
ing." Johnnif Cctrley. Martha.
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