Mulhall Enterprise. (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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MULHALL ENTERPRISE.
Tenth Year.
Mulhall, Oklahoma, Friday, May 9, 1902
No 19.
Paint
Do you intend to paint your house or barn this spring
if so use the Lincoln Paints as it lias stood the test and goes
farther and lasts longer than any other paint on the
market.
Paper
Do you intend to paper your house soon, if so call and
sec some of our bargains as we arc selling at 25 per cent
discount in order to make room for our spring stock of
paper,
W. M. HATFIELD & COMPANY.
( MAS. K. HILLINUSLEY. PnsicU'iit.
J. II KI»M»»M>S()N. ( ushltT.
It. S It KM •« iS. Ass't ( ashler.
CAPITOL NATIONAL BANK,
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA.
CAPITAL STOCK S100.000.00. SURPLUS $16,000.00.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
Solicits Accounts of
Merchants. Farmers
and Corporations
CHATTEL LOANS TO FARMERS A SPECIALTY.
(A. «i. nimwF.it. «':ipit;ilist. Utica. V Y. .1. M. FnMONimoK. (iuthrie,
DIRECTORS: « . It. liuookK Guthrie. I I' Kelly, Guthrie,
f ('H A!i. E. HiLLmoSLKY. Guthrie.
ATTEMPT SDICIDE.
Minnie K' lly Tires of Life and
Tries to Leave this Cold
World by the Stryclv
nine Route,
RESISTS MEDICAL AID.
any hurt liacl been received. "it
Monday another heavy rain fell not
quite equal to that of Sunday. Asa
result of the rains, township trustees
and road supervisors will he the most
Nought after people in the country.
Iteports from all directions tell of
.. . . ..i i ii soldiers or their sons,
the washing out ot bridges and cul-
verts. Hardly a bridge escaped with- '
out some damage to the approaches.
The complaint of scarcity of water in
the ground is now done away with.
The scanty rainfall and the extremely
dry season last year had rendered the
subsoil dry as a bone, this is now all
Tuesday just after the noon hour a ('banned. The stin k water quest ion
messenger came from t lie Sceley home IJS thus settled for some time tocome.
Mathew Murdock estimated at least
one third of his corn distroyed by the
wash. We hope this estimate may be
cut down by favorable weather,
Iteports of damage to dams and
fences are numerous.
out assistance in the presence of the
registrar. Quite regardless of ail}
favoritism that may Ik-shown to tin
while voters, the southern franchise
laws render :in excellent service to I he
negro voters either educiitional or
property qualification, or txith. The
ballot is of no value whatever to the
negro who is not tit toexerciso it. The
existence of reasonable i|iialitie;it ions
as to literacy and property furnish
excellent incentive to progress, valu-
able on all account and harmful on
none. The best and wisest friends ot j
the negro race are not worring them-
selves at all aUuit new southern fran-
chise laws. No southern state has
made provisions which exclude the!
negro of intelligence and property.
The Virginia constitution provides
for au improved educational system
and advanced method of control
over railroads and ot her corporal ions.
I'rom "The Progress of the World."
ill the American Monthly Heview of
Kcviewsfor May.
OBITUARY.
Died at the home of his son Frank
Phillips May (itti Um2at six o'clock a.
m. Henry Marquis Phillips in his
Kid year. Deceased was Ikuii in Pick-
away. Co. Ohio, December lit 18111.
j lie was left an orphan at an early
age. and made his home w it h his uncle
' A bra in Piatt, with whom lie removed
I to Illinois at an early day. Piatt Co,
I was named after this uncle, lie was
I married .I line ii. 1st J to Miss Sarah
Kcart, seven children were born to
them only two survive him. John and
I'rank who live herewith their fami-
lies.
lb- has made his home here the past
three years with his sons, during all
this time he has been very feeble sel-
iway from home. II,
Jeffries the Champion.
At the contest held at the Kdtnond
normal May Mr. otto Jeffries was
declared the winner and will represent
that school in the oratorical contest
at («lit brie May i.'.». The other con-
t est ants were Clarence Fit/.patriok.
Ncdd Maun. Kate Sohaoffer. Liz/.ic
Iving. Pearl Netiart and Mignon Ash-
ton. Mulhall claims an interest m
N!i Jetfries as he spends a I part
of his vacat ions here with his uncles.
manent roll of voters all applicants
ot her wise qualified who are able eit her
to read or to give a "reasonable" ex-
planation of any section of the new
const it lit ion w lien read to them: this doin getting
in addition to taxpayers and to old \ was of a cheerful! disposition and Iniic
his allliction uncomplainingly, lie re-
tained his facult ies to the last, ex press-
in search ot a doctor, whose services
were needed to save the life ot Miss
Minnie Kellv who had taken strych-
nine. Miss Kelly is an orphan child
about 18 years old. and anieeeof Mr.
and Mrs. Sccley where she makes Iter
home when in Mulhall. She is, toan
observer,a well favored girl, possessing
health, beauty and a volupliious form,
and apparently always happy. Hut
how lilt leonc knows, from appearance,
of the real condition and troubles
locked in tlie heart of man.
Miss Kelly gave no reason for her
rash act, other than that she wanted
to die, and was t ired of life.
The poison was taken in a cup of
coffee at her noon meal, and after
swallowing the coffee she told her
aunt what she had done. Mrs Sceley
tried to have her take an antidote for
the poison but she stubbornly refused
and declared she took it to die and
would not take medicine. Mis. Sceley
could do nothing with her and sent
for I lr. < liilders who hast ily drove out
tot lie Sceley In ime. Shi
take medicine from the doctor and
fought to keep from doing so hut was
held and au emetic forced down her
throat.
The manner of taking the poison is
perhaps the only reason for her recov-
ery, for had the strychnine crystals
been desolved she would have died be-
fore medical assistance reached her
bod side: and. too, had she taken the
full amount intended she would have
died, tint a portion of the poison
stuck to the side of the cup and what
she swallowed was only sufficient to them,
cause her severe contracting pains,
and will keep her con tilled to l lie
house for several days.
That the gen-
eral purpose of t his clause is to rive
an opport unity for enrollment to white
voters, while excluding illiterate ne-
groes. is not denied by any one. Vet
it does not follow, as many people as-
sert . t hat t here is any thing radically
unfair in this plan. Generally speaking,
the illiterate white man possesses
greater political capacity than tin
illiterate negro. The important part
of a measure of this kind is not the
tfinjhtrary hut the premaiieiit method
that it introduces. The permanent
plan in Virginia is to be a yearly poll
tax of ti.."><», besides which each appli-
cant for legist ration must be able to
write his applicat ion clearly and wit li-
ed himself as willing togo, lie had
been suffering with cold and other
troubles since last fall, lie had been
helpless and fined to his lied hut
two or three weeks.
His funeral took place from the
house whore he died, at In.ito a. in. May
7. liev.J. C. Hoove conduct ing t liesor-
v ice of singing anil pray er after which
t ho Masons, of which order lie wasa
member, look charge of t he ceremon-
ies. lie was laid to rest in Hose Lawn
ceinotcrv.
HEAVY RAIN STORM.
gentle and timely rains
THE NEW OFFICIALS.
Men who w ill look after the citys
welfare for the coming twclve montlis,
make improvements and guard the
exchequer.
Trustee for the first ward.
J. F. IH m )PEs.
Trustee for the second ward.
W. II. Wick. r.
Trustee for the third ward.
C. A. FliAsKH.
Marshall for all I lie t lie w ards.
PETKK TATE.
• J. K. liui-ford eleark.
W. M. Hat field t roasurer.
Monday was election dav as desig-
nated by law. but the people ot Mul-
hall beat the polls several days, for
refused to when the men who are now declared
officials were noiiiatiated they were
elected, because t hey had no opposit-
ion. While there was I ut one ticket
in the field we lielievo there is general
satisfaction ut the out come and the
new officials will take hold of city af-
fairs w it h llie goo<t will and support
of all citizens. There Is need of work
in our town, work on the stroetsand
drain ditches, work on the alley sclean-
ing up the garbage, and hog pens,
work on the side walks, replacing and
repairing so one can safely walkover
work on a few ordinances
regulating the building of walks, and
the council will need its backbone to
do all Ibis, besides there is need of
several other improvements city
water works, and a city park but if we
can't get all we need lets get a part of
it. The city can be cleaned from
garbage and her sidewalks repaired.
Will the council have this done.
Hoof in tho carcass lias boon reduced
from lo* to lu cents by the packers.
COl'N I Y CI.EKK'S REPORT,
Percent of taxes collected by tilt
county treasurer of Logan
the quarter ending March ill. I'.mj, as
reported to county commissioner and
verified by Hie records of the count\
clerk.
Territorial and County fund * xsltii H7
Township and Municipal
found
school fund
Total tax abstract for l'.ml l^Tlsu ;
Ni percent i if Territorial and
('ouiity fund * 82
811 percent of Township and
Municiital fund ilss-p; ou'
8U per cent i if School fund.. toil".', .">:t
Total 1*9151.17
Alll't collected 1st quarter
Tor. and ('o. fund $ 48718 77
Ain't collected 1st quarter
Twp and Municipal fund
Ain't collected 1st quarter
School fund
lialanco of last half lax de-
linquent after .1 imo Uil,
psiL'
Total .
Guatemala National Bird.
The little republic of Huatomala
decorates its coat of arms, its stamp
and its official document with the pic-
ture of a lieautiful parrot. The hird
is of a rich green color, w it Ii frequent-
ly glows to a lengt b of 4 or foot. It
is found only in I ho forests of (iuate-
mala. The green parrot of Quetzal,
as if is called, has tieen made t be nat-
ional emblem ot (■ natomala. just as
the American eagle has become the
uational emblem of the I'lilted States.
\lid the parrot perches gracefully up-
on a pedestal in I ho<iuatetnalastamps
in lie 111 lie sa mo as t lie great eagle w liicli
screams from t lie reverse side of the
American dollar.
The (tiiateiiialans are very proud of
I heir nut ional bird, and have Written
many songs and poems about it. The
pa i lot w as selected t'i ir t he uat ional em-
blem because it was found very bard to
catch, and since, when once imprisoned
it a I way s kills itself rat her t ban remain
ill capl ivit y. Theliliorty loving people
of tfits Smith American republic say
this hird, which so skillfully eludes eap-
tureand dies rather than surrender, is
typical oftheir own country and its
People.
The Quetzal lives iu the wildest
parts of the mountains, and visits the
neighbor hood of the towns or cities.
The only parrot over brought out of t tie
mnty for 'orrest arc caught by the native Indi-
ans. The parrots are too w ary ever to
lie caught in a trap. The Indians first
watch l he parrots, sometimes for day s
at a time, until they discover their
haunts. Then they smear the limbs
| of surrounding trees with thiol, glue.
4m.-,.-,7 : The parrot perches on the sticky limb,
.'•niti'.i i • '* '"'I'' ''1st. The natives remove
the bird from the limbs by the simple
expedient of cutting oft their feet. For
manyyears it was supposed by scien-
tists all over the world that the green
parrot grew wit limit feet.
No parrot has over been brought
from its forest home alive. They
struggle desperately when caught, and
when they tiiid they cannot escape
ti icy kill themselves. They always
commit suicide in the same way by
pecking at I heir breasts. They calmly
pooka hole through the outer skin un-
jtil the jugular vein is exposed. A final
peck severs the artery and the bird
quickly bleeds to death. The Quetsal
'lies, but never surrenders. The green
parrot stuffed, tint with its foot mis-
sing, is to tie found iu natural history
museums all over the world. Hut no
one has over succeeded iu keeping a
specimen alive in captivity.
271 hiM
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D< »i!s(
< 'ount v < Merk.
Don't Start Wrong.
Don't start the summer with a
lingering cough or cold. We all know
what a "summer cold" is. It's the
hardest kind to cure. Often it "hangs
nn" through I he entire season. Take
it in hand right now. A few doses of
One Minute Cough Cure will sot you
right. Sure cure for coughs, colds,
croup, grip, bronchitis, all throat and
lung troubles. Abt-olutely safe. Acts
at once. Children like It. ''One Min-
ute Cough Cure is the liestcough medi-
cine I over used," says J. II. Howies,
<>roY«'ton, N. ii. "i never found any-
thing else that acted so safely and
quickly." \V M. Hatfield \ Co.
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' Lumber, Hardware and Implements . A
The
have been so welcome and beneficial
lo crops culminated on Sunday after-
noon the 4th in a deluge of water cor- j
tainly not surpassed for five years. | ' ~ , ~~
At about 2 o'clock the clouds that, had The F»nch"e "> Virginia.
been threat ning all day wore reen- j Tile Virginia constitutional conven-
forced by a cloud from the north ac- foil, which began its work nearly a
companied with some wind that year ago, completed it early In April,
covered the earth. It poured down ' and adjourned lo convene again ou
May 22, for the purpose either of pro-
claiming the new organic law or else
of submitting it to popular vote, lis
chief problem was solved on April 4 by
for about two hours and until the
streets were rivet's of water. The
wind soon ceased and no damage re-
sulted from that source but the
weight of waters did much temporary
damage. Corn was washed out and
covered up, gardens were llattoned
out, in fact the spectacle would be
very discouraging if it were not cer-
tain that a few days of sunshine and
favorable weather will heal the dam-
age until it will be hard to realize that
Nickle
Plated
Copper
Ware.
We are showing • this
month a nice line of Nickle
Plated Copper Ware, Bought
direct from the factory and can
give you some good prices,
its adoption of an article dealing w ith
the suffrage question. The Virginia
plan adopt a principle that several
other states have put into force, known
as flie "understanding clause," as a
temporary expedient forashort period
-that is to say, until January 1, 1!mi4,
local registrars may put on a per-
| Carey 'Lombard Lumber
i }, E, HARTZELL Resident Manager,
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