The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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The Granite enterprise.
Vol. 3.
Granite, Oklahoma, Thursday, June 5, 1902.
No. 6.
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Who Stole The Bell?
Some time during Tuesday night some
dyed-in-the-wool villian, or villians,
did steal, purloin, and with evident
malice aforethought, carried away and
hid, concealed in a rainwater barrel or
other place, the bell which has serve !
to notify the progressive citizen of
Granite and surrounding suburbs that it
was time to chew. The bell had been
stationed in front of the Hotel de Rock
Island and its silvery tones have sounded
and resounded upon the balmy air
ninny and divers times. In fact it
seemed that its sole mission was to dis-
turb the peaceful sleep of the just.
And now just as the populace were be-
coming used to it some low-down, mean,
sneaking cuss stole it. When the loss
was discovered Wednesday morning no
time was lost in securing another bell
and placing it upon the pedestal where
the old one had done duty so long, and
now its chimes may be heard morning,
noon and night, and then some, sending
out the glad tidings that "Curfew shall
ring out" in 'spite of the evil-minded
ones who stole the first one.
Robinson-Scarborough.
Sunday June 1, occurred one of the
most pleasant weddings seen in Granite
for some time, when Mr. Thomas M.
Robinson and Miss Dollye Scarborough
were joined together in the holy bonds
of wedlock. "'
The young couple left soon after the
ceremony for Cordell and other Okla-
homa points where they will visit rela-
tives and friends for a short time and
then return to Granite and make their
future home here.
The Enterprise extends congratula-
tions.
Memorial To Congress.
At the last meeting of the Territorial
Central Committee it was decided to
petition Congress in the interest of re-
apportionment of the Territory. A pro-
vision of this kind '^as passed the House
and it is now in he 'lands of a Senate
committee with a view to urging this
action. The following memorial was
prepared by a special committee ap-
pointed for the purpose:
"To the Honorable Members of the
Congress of the United States of Ameri-
ca:—Your petitioner, the Democratic
Territorial Committee of Oklahoma,
would respectfully represent that the
Territory of Oklahoma is, under the
organic act of Congress, entitled to 13
members of the Legislative Council
thereof and 26 of the House of Repre-
sentatives to be apportioned to the
Territory as nearly as may be accorded
to the population of the districts, and
that the apportionment for Legislative
purpi-es has not been made since the
year 18 5. Since that time large scopes
of the wilderness Territory have become
populous, cities have been built and
under the present apportionment prob-
ably 25 per cent of our present popula-
tion will be without proper representa-
tion in the next Legislative Assembly.
We therefore pray your honorable body
for the passage of House bill No. —,
providing for a reapportionment of the
Territory of Oklahoma and providing
an appropriation therefor to the end
that all sections may be properly repre-
sented in the Legislature. For which
vour petitioners will ever pray.
"J. o. Blakeney.
"R. A. Neff.
Lqn Wharton."
DEMOCRACY'S STANDARD REARERS.
The Official Count Decides the Contest
of May 24.
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The Democratic County Central Committee met Friday and officially can-
vassed the returns from the Democratic primaries of May 24. Sixty-nine out
of 81 boxes were in. Two and possibly four polling places failed to hold the
election and the other eight were in the extreme limits of the county and were
delayed by high waters and the Cental Committee fixed Tuesday, 8 p. m. as a
limit when all boxes must be in the hands of the chairman. Except in one place
these boxes did not materially alter the official count made Friday. The results
are a sweeping victory for the opponents of the court house scheme. Lowery,
who is "ferninst" it, was renominated from Altus township, and Reagan of Duke
skinned court house Thompson by a handsome majority and consequently tears
as big as ordinary court houses are appearing on the blanched cheeks of the
Mangum boomers and it is now a two to one shot that it will be at least 2q
minutes before the foundation is laid. The following is the official count made
Friday night:
BOERS SURRENDERED.
probate judge.
T. P. Clay 1602
Jarrett Todd 1161
county attorney.
Chas. M. Thacker 2787
sheriff.
Jasper Nelson - 2150
A. C. Bragg 955
county clerk.
S. E. Echols 1637
Fred C. Switzer 1098
W. Prcs.on Pringle 299
county treasurer.
C. W. Cole 744
D. F. Michael 707
Geo. R. Moore 514
G. B. Townsend 464
Lee A. Womack 331
J. E. Taylor 310
register of deeds.
G. T. Russell 733
Jas. W. Scarborough 624
Jas. A. McKibbin 505
J. J. Salter 410
Rjbert Heatly 295
H. E. Warlick 202
\V. L. Kizziar 201
J. O. McCollister 76
superintendent of schools.
Miss Laura Moore 2749
tax assessor.
S. D. Ba n?tt 986
W. A. McAnally 898
G. S. Huling 695
L. T. Dent 391
county surveyor.
Wm. Mitchell 3017
public weigher.
W. W. Pulliam 2874
county coroner.
Tom Laurence 350
H. C. Maxwell 117
Shelton 81
Chris Huber 19
B. F. Van Dyke 2
MANGUM TOWNSHIP.
commissioner.
Geo. W. Briggs „ 1094
trustee.
E. C. Moore 1186
treaurer.
T. W. Baker 1064
justice of the peace.
(Two highest elected.)
T. F. McMillan 1005
J. W. Ryder 939
J. N. Olds 134
constable.
(Two highest elected.)
J. R. Copeland 727
W. P. Holt 644
John T. Stevens 217
J. E. Dikes 195
clerk.
Floyd McNeil 394
DUKE TOWNSHIP.
Eighteen boxes out of 29 gave for
commissioner.
Reagan 342
Thompson 192
Neely 26
Francis township, which is in the
same commissioners district 10 out of 13
boxes gave
Neeley 129
Thompson 129
Reagan 25
Reagan *8 total 367
Thompson's total 321
Neeley's 155
ALTUS TOWNSHIP.
Lowery 519
Mitchell for county surveyor has the distinction of polling the highest nura-
I ber of votes for any county office and of the names on the ticket McCollister
j polled the lowest.
Nelson for sheriff made a phenomenal race and Echols for clerk went through
the only break in the lines of the alleged combination.
McKibbon made the finest single handed fight ever known and while he
went up the creek with others his strong personality and splendid organ-
izing powers convinced the public that he is one of the strongest men in the
party.
Scarborough and Townsend considering that they were caught between the
upper and nether millstones did not get scarred up so badly.
Switzer for clerk, who bumped up against all the weight of Mangum's local
prejudice, got tangled in the whiskers of the second term ghost and though com-
paratively unknown throughout the county made a race that made their eyes
stick out for awhile.
Lord Kitchener Cables The Sews
From Pretoria.
A dispatch dated London, June 2,
says: "Peace has been declared after
nearly two years and eight months of a
war which tried the British Empire to
its uttermost and wiped the Boers from
the list of nations.
"The war has come to an end with
Lord Kitchener's announcement from
Pretoria that he, Lord Milner and the
Boer delegates signed terms of sur-
render.
"This announcement had been antici-
pated for several days and it was defin-
itely forecasted in these dispatches;
but its receipt Sunday afternoon took
the Nation by surprise, as everybody
had confidently believed that the House
of Commons would hear the first news
today. The edge of anticipation with
which Great Britain awaited the prom-
ised statement in the House of Com-
mons from Balfour, the government
leader, was still further dulled by the
following message from King Edward
to his people, which was issued after
midnight:
" 'The King has received the welcome
news of the cessation of hostilities in
South Africa with infinite satisfaction
and His Majesty trusts that peace may
be speedily followed by the restoration
of prosperity in his new domains and
that the feelings necessarily engendered
by war will give place to earnest co-
operation on the part of His Majesty's
South African subjects in promoting
the welfare of their common country.'
"How greatly King Edward's insist-
ence that peace in South Africa be se-
cured prior to his coronation influenced
the present agreement will probably not
be known until the private memories of
the present regime are given to the
public."
the news in washington.
Washington, June 1.—The officials of
the British embassy here share the
jubilant feeling existing in London over
the termination of the war in South
Africa. They view with much satisfac-
tion the close of the long struggle.
Official notice of the signing of the
terms of surrender came to Mr. Raikes
the British charge here in a cablegram
from the Foreign Office. It was very
brief and in accord with the statements
contained in the Associated Press dis-
patches. It probably will be communi-
cated formally to the United States
government tomorrow.
The impression prevails in official
circles that the terms of surrender named
by the British in their negotiations with
the Boers have been very liberal in
character, perhaps from the double de-
sire to bring the war to a close and to
have this happy event formally pro-
claimed before the coronation of King
Edward in June. From a commercial
point of view the cessation of hostilities
will result beneficially to American ex-
ports to South Africa, the reports issued
from time to time by the Foreign Com-
merce Bureau of the State Department
showing that they have suffered consid-
erably since the beginning of the war
several years ago.
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Ryder, J. W. The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1902, newspaper, June 5, 1902; Granite, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403388/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.