The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1904 Page: 1 of 6
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, IS 'HALLOWE'EN. BETTER TAKE IN YOUR GATES, CHAIN DOWN YOUR OUTHOUSES, AND BE PREPARED
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Altus. Greer County. Oklahoma. Thursday, October ?# 1904^
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DO NOT BE
DECEIVED
SHODDY ARTICLES CAN DECEIVE YOU.
MILLER
BROS. & CO
Price
Discombobulators.
Trade with the merchant who will sell
you good relfable grades and brands of
merchandise as low as the fellow who
deals in chips, whetstones and trash!
WHO IS RIGHT?
We have been hero all the time, we have done our utmost
to build up our town and country, we have always sold our
goods as low as was legitimate, we buy your cotton—often
shouldering a loss on declining markets--we have stood by
thousands of our good farmor friendsand in turn havestood
by us and we are still stanning by each other. Do not be
deceived by false statements of "'spot cash and strictly one
price." No merchant on earth ever sold strictly at one
orice. I have seen merchants self a Quilt for $ 1, next day
sell same quilt for 90c, next day for 80c, next for 60c andIso
on. You may have seen it yourself! Do not let idle mumb
skulls, busy bodies and dirty gossipers lead you off by say-
ing that "every brick in our new house was paid for by the
farmers" and all such stuff as that! Is not the town equal-
ly as valuable to the farms as the farms is to the town I It
-ot, why not sell your land here at $ 10 to $30 per acre anp
go west far away from any town and buy land at 50c per
acre. The town is valuable to every farm in 15 miles of it,
so get right, join in, we are pulling for Altus and the coun-
try around it. Don't pull against your own interests; all we
want is a square deal and we get it from the intelligent buy-
ers. ______
We Have The Low Prices on Stuff and Don,t You Forget It.
We Handle The Best
Grades of Goods
Schloss Bros. Clothing
Stetson, Hawes and Beav-
er Hats
Ladies Tailor Suits, Skirts
and Jackets *
Immense line of new up*
to-date Dress Goods and
Staples
We will sell any article
for less money
$17.50 worth of trade,
elegant morocco dic-
tionary free.
$25 trade,elegant leath-
er covered dictionary
free.
$35 worth trade very
fine thumb index
Websters dictionary
free.
$5 trade Arbuckles cof-
fee free.
Clothes M&kera
BALTIMORE NEW YORK
YOURS FOR TRADE
HULEI UK. t CO.
ALTUS, OKLA.
The Rocollection of Quality Remains Long After The Price b
Forgotten.
UNVEILED!
Woodman Monument to the Son of D. W,
Jones With Impressive Ceremonies
at Blair Sunday-
The Maugum, Altoa and Blair
lodges of Woodmeu of the World
npveileda handsome monument
OTor the grave of Henry, hoii of
D. W. Joues, ai Blair Cemetery
last Sunday, at 2 o'clock p. m.
The oeremouies attending the un-
roiling were solemn aud impress-
ive, aud were followed with doe-
oat atteutiou by the 1,000 or more
Woodmeu in attendance.
The Mwgu
the ritualistic services arouud the
frave, while R. A. Shields of
Hair acted as Master of Oere-
mouies. An interesting address
I 'was delivered aud one of lilair's
popular womou recited a poem
appropriate to the occasion.
Among the members of Altus
lodgo who attended were Consul
Commander L. M. Bowman and
wife, Mr. aud Mrs. P. P. Steele,
Dr. aud Mrs. C. G. Spe*rs, Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Steele, T. V.
Williamson, W. A. Riley, S. A.
Seaton, B. F. Sawyers, H. A.
Talley, C. D. Chadwick, Lee
Smith, Victor Smith, John How-
ell, Will Peace, C. J. Jacobs,
Johu Hodges and others whose
names we did not leani.
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Banks-Reeves.
At the hom« of the bride's pa-
rents, Mr. aud Mrs, T. A. Banks,
in this city, Mr. Will Reeves, of
Eldorado, and Miss Dora Banks
were nulted in marriage Sunday,
October 28, at 11 a. m., Rev. E.
L. Massey officiating. The
bridal couple were attended by
Miss Reeves, sister of the groom,
and Mr." Martin, of Eldorado,
Miss Willie Welch and Mr. M. J.
Wellborn of this city. A large
number pf guests witnessed the
ceremony, at the conclusion of
which the bridal party were
driven to the M. E. church,
South, where they attended morn-
ing service. An elegant and elab'
orate dinner was served at the
Banks home at 1 o'clock, the
guests including all those who
witnessed the ceremony at the
previous hour. In the afternoon
the bridal couple, accompanied
by Miss Reeves and Mr. Martin,
drove to the home of the groom's
father, about eight miles south
of Mangum, and on Mouday
went to Eldorado, where they are
at home to friends. Mouday
night a receptiou was tendered
them at the Beach Hotel by Mr.
F. M. Wood, uncle of t^he groom,
in whose large mercantile estab
lishment Mr. Reeves is a valued
employe. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves
have" the best wishes of many
friends in this city and vicinity
Hard Luck Indeed,
The Fates appear to be against
our good frieud aud subscriber, A
J. Merritt of Martha. Last win-
ter when the band gave an Old
Fiddler'a Coutest, Mr. Merritt
and his son Lawrence were among
the contestants, and aa both are
good fiddlers they wou prizes
One of the prizes was a quart bot-
tle of rare old whisky ; but be it
known that both Mr. Merritt and
; his sou are strictly temperate
aud do not use liquor in any way,
|shapo or form. A few months
I ago when the managers of the
i Confederate reuniou gave a simi
lar contest, two more qnart bot-
tles of tarantula juice fell to the
lot of the Merritts. This was the
very irouy of fate, but Mr. Mer-
ritt mauaged to, come out whole
by a little judicious "swapping''
amou£ the other prize wiuners,
who thought it a burning shame
that such delicious wet goods
should fall to the lot of men who
had so little use for them.
Injured ft is Foot.
Chas. Light, son of J. Y. Light,
out of our valued subscribers liv-
ing near Olustee, was the victim
of a painful accideut Tuesday
morning, which occurred on the
farm of Ray Beard five miles
northwest of Altus. Mr. Light
was driving a team of mules. He
started to climb upon the wagou
when the team soddeuly moved
_i forward, causing him to lose hit
| hold and fall from the brake beam
' to the ground. The wagon wheel
j ran over his foot, sprained the an-
1 kle and injured the the tendons.
[' Drs Fowler it Sanderson attend -
,ed him, after which the youug
FARMERS!
You can buy the very best quality of
SEED WHEAT
of the Leger Mill & Elevator Co. We ordered several car
loads for the wheat growers of this section, and are sup-
plying them at BARE COST. BETTER ORDER NOW, for it
won't last long.
LEGER MILL <Q ELEVATOR CO.
S. J. JACKMAN. Manif..
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ALTUS NATIONAL BANKi
Capital Stock
$30,000.
The liank where you want to depoilt your money.
The Hank that acrnnio<latc« Its eu«tomcr* and friend*.
The liank that iffeni yon »afc and conservative management.
The Itank that carries insurance to cover every dollar of IU depositor* money.
ALTU5, OKLAHOMA.
New It rick llulldlng Southeast Corner Square Next to rontofflce.
^ TAKE THIS TO J
I J. R. McMAHAN'S DRDG STORE !
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I ALTUS, OKLAHOMA. «
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FOR PURITY OF DRUGS AND AC-
CURACY IN COMPOUNDING THE SAME
HAS BEEN TRUSTED MORE THAN 50,000
TIMES WITH PRESCRIPTIONS AND HIS
WORK AND PRICES HAVE BEEN SUCH AS TO
MERIT YOUR TRADE.
WATCH THIS NUMBER GROW.
No. 10650.
Date, October 28, 1904.
I*
for a couple of weeks aud will
walk on four feet, for awhile.
Minstrels Coming.
Allen's New Orleans Minstrels
had a full honse, or rather a full
tent, at their opening perform-
ance last eveu-ug, and everybody
was pleased with the entertain-
ment afforded. It was free from
anything objectionable whatever,
and newer by far thau many Greer couuty, but I regret to say
minstrel companies seen iu the that I must decliue
Perry Steed's Withdrawal.
Blair, Okla., Oct. 25.
To the Republican County Cen-
tral Committee of Greer Couu-
ty, Oklahoma:—
Gentlemen.—I thank you, aud
through you my fellow Republi-
cans, for the honor couferred up-
on me by our couuty conventiou
iu nominating me for the high
and responsible office of sheriff of
opera house. The music was
good. There were some excel lent
voices in the company, the danc-
ing was strictly up to date, and
the cake walking brought forth
great applause. The two bands
made a good showing on the
st eets today. It is particularly
worthy of mention that greater
courtesy is accorded patrons by
the ushers and attendants thau
usually witnessed 111 teut
shows.—Ft. Worth (Tex.) Mail
Telegram. This company will
show in Altus Tuesday, Nov. 1,
New Saloon Open.
Martin Bros., the new south
side saloon keepers, opeued their
place of ousiuess in the old Trip-
pet building Saturday. When
all the improvements are com-
pleted the place will be oue of
the best of its kiud in the town.
A partition will be erected mid-
way of the house, aud the rear
end will be cevoted to a pool aud
billiard hall. Martiu Bros, are
courteous, accommodating gen-
tlemen, who hope to receive a
reasonable share of patronage.
Three Children Burned.
A dispatch from Mangum iu
Wednesday'* Oklahoman relates
a sad occurrence at Coralea Mon-
day, when the home of Jess4 Ev-
ans, a well to do farmer, canght
fire in the absence of Mr. and
Mrs. Evans, frightfully burning
their three children, aged four
If I could have spared the time
to have made a thorough cauvuss
of the county I believe I could
have wou eveu with great odds that
oppose us, but circumstances
would not admit ot it. My pri-
vate affairs demauded my time
and atteutiou and I found it im-
possible to give the matter prop-
er consideration. I therefore beg
you to allow me to withdraw and
respectfully ask you to see that
my name is not printed on the of-
ficial ballot. I would suggest al-
so that as the time is short uutil
election that no one be named as
my successor, but that the plae»»
be left blank in the interest, of
the independent candidate, John
R. Byers.
I have known John R. Byers in
au official capacity since 1890and
have been intimately acquainted
with him and will ask my friends
to support him.
Again thanking you aud wish-
ing for our ticket aud party all
kiuds of success at the coming
election, I am Yours truly,
Perry Stbid.
Holiness Meeting.
Rev. Huekabay, au evangeliat
of the Holiuess church, will be-
gin a aeries of meeting* tonight
(Thursday) at the M. E. church.
South, contiuuiug through next
week. All are cordially invited.
We've seen aome dust atoms
in our career, but the on* thai
and two years and oue • few, ....
months old, who had been left! -truck us head-on Monday after-
alone iu the house. The two old-. «<*>" and night waa about the
er bora have aiuce died. The worst for quantity of dart and
origin of the fire is a mystery, as power. It only fa-
there waa no fire iu the house , quired a day or two to clean mp
man re'uted the editor's cratchw the time the parents left. after th® ,torm*
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1904, newspaper, October 27, 1904; Altus, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403489/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.