The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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Don't Fall to Read the Opening Chapters of our Thrilling Serial Story: "THE WRECK OP THE TITAN*
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The Altus Times.
Vol. 10.
Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Thursday. May 16, 1912.
No. lfr
A FAVORABLE RE-
PORT IS EXPECTED
FROM ENGINEER
Once on The Ground Hobart
Believes He Will Be Firm,
ly Convinced.
The Uecikiou of the department
of Interior at Washington to send
an engineer to Southwest Oklahoi
ma to survey the sites for the pro-
posed irrigation projects, shows
that the department is wobbling
and if the investigations are con-
ducted iu a fair minded manner it
is expected thut the department, at
the first opportunity will see that
Oklahoma gets the relief that it
has been lighting for despite the
contrariness of Director Newell of
the Reclamation service who lias
done all he can to throw cold water
* on the Oklahoma projects.
The people in Kiowa county
have believed that once they get
an engineer on the ground to make
a survey of the site and to investi-
gate the feasibility of the project
that the victory is won
They realize the needs of irriga-
tion, and believe that the project
is wholly feasible. If the engineer
thinks after having made his in-
vestigation and survey that it is
feasible then the farmers of Kiowa
county will get it.—Hobart Demo-
crat-Chief.
REFUSES TO
TALK EXCEPT
TO SWEAR
Nothing Can Be Learned of Rel-
atives of Carl Cannon,
Storm Victim.
i
Carl Cannon, the supposed-to-be
deaf and dumb man who had a
thigh broker in the Lugert cy-
clone, and who has since been
cared for at the local hospital with
the other patients, has been giving
the hospital physicians and at-
taches a world of trouble. Can-
non appears to have been a wan-
derer on the face of the earth be-
fore the storm, and with his 15
year old son has been almost ev-
erywhere. The trouble partially
arose over the natural solicitude of
the physicians to ascertain some-
thing of his relatives, where they
are, who they are, and if they
were able to do anything for him.
From the first Cannon has been
an obstreperous patient. - He de-
manded a day and night nurse,
insisted on pulling of his band-
ages and throwing them over the
room, thus necessitating extra
care and attention, cursed the phy-
sicians and nurses impartially,
and found fault with everything,
no matter what was done for him.
The physician* appealed to the
sherriff's force one day when Can-
non sent his son to consult a law-
yer, intimating that he intended to
file a damage suit.
The matter culminated Tuesday
morning, when the boy threatened
to kill Drs. Landrum and Fox
with a razor which he carried.
The boy was arrested, and is now
in the custody of the sheriff.
Meanwhile. Cannon senior may be
turned over to the county authori-
ties, a» the physicians insist that
th y have done their last for him.
A Thrilling Story.
The tale of how 2.0110 passen-
gers went to their death in mid-
ocean through the striking of an
jifWrg by the greatest vessel afloat
cannot hut tie a thrilling narrative.
Read the first chapter* in the
Tunes at an early date. " The
Wreck of the Titan . "
16 GRADUATES TO
HOLD THE BOARDS
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
Second Annual Commencement
of High School Friday Night
at Baptist Church.
The season of the "sweet girl
gruduute" is here, and the stentor-
ian tones of the class orator und
prophet will soon be heard in the
land. Already the youug maidens
are getting their frills and 'furbe-
lows iu shape, while the tailors are
making up new suits in which to
suitably clothe the budding young
lawyers, doctors, journalists, etc.,
as they step forth to take their
first plunge into real, aggressive
life.
And Altus is to have part and
parcel in this event. Next Sunday
morning, at the Baptist church,
Rev. T. W. Griffiths, pastor of the
Southern .Presbyterian church, will
deliver the baccalaureate address
to the grads. Following this, an
alumni association will be organ-
ized later in the week, and a re-
ception to the class will be giveu
at some convenient home. On
Friday night at the Baptist church,
selected because it is the largest
auditorium in the city, the com-
mencement exercises proper will be
held. There will be flowers,
presents, a sea of white dresses and
smiling faces, and all the accom-
pauiaments for such an occasion,
and you will not be a loj'al citizen
of ^ltus if you miss it.
There are 16 graduates this year;
Sam Kimberlin, H. E. Williams,
Jasper Pendleton, Minnie Thomp-
son, H. P. Kirby, Omega Rawls,
Hermon McCord, Velma Harrell,
Jeff Ooodner, V. R. Williams,
Roy Baker. G. W. White, J. R.
Baker, Durward Grace, Georgia
Ford, Willie Harper. The class
motto is "Impossible is un-Ameri-
can;" class flower, marechal neil
rose; class colors, old gold and
black. The program is given else-
where in this paper.
Delegates to Mangum.
The state conference of the Wo-
man's Missionary Society of the
M. E. church, South, will convene
at Mangum Friday for a five
days' session. Delegates from the
Altus society are Mesdames J. R.
Jameson, S. A. Heatly, W. E.
Sanderson, N. W. Shearburn, W.
H. Rutland. Mrs. T. M. Robin-
son, vice-president of the state so-
ciety, is a candidate for the presi-
dency. She has the support of
the Altus delegation, is a splendid,
capable official, and will probably
be elected.
BAND CONCERT
IN THE AIRDOME
NEXT SUNDAY
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HE Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Oklaho-
homa Press Association, which convenes at
Muskogee Friday, May 24, for a three days'
session, promises to be a record breaker in point
attendance, over 300 of the 550 editors of week-
ly newspapers in the state having notified the secretary
that they will be on hand. A "Cost Congress," one of
the first ever held in the state for weekly newspapers, will
occupy most of the first day. Muskogee is going to spread
herself in entertaining the press gang. The Press Club of
that city has raised $1,000 for the purpose, and this sum,
in addition to the amounts subscribed by the Chamber of
Commerce, Manufacturers' Association, Retailers' Asso-
ciation and other organizations, will give the tired coun-
try editors, out on their annual vacation, all the fun and
amusement they can possibly extract out of a three-days'
meeting arranged for their pleasure and profit.
YOU CAN VOTE
FOR ANY MAN
YOU WANT TO
Doors Will be Thrown Open,
No Admission Charged and
Everybody Invited.
In order that the audience may
be seated, and in response to the
request of many of the ladies, the
Altus Merchants' Band will give
its regular concert next Sunday in
the Empire Airdome, at 4 o'clock.
The doors will all be opened wide
and everybody is welcome. The
airdome will I* partially shaded at
that hour.
In the absence of a band stand,
the con<*erts have l>een given un-
der difficulties this season, the
band Wing frequently interrupted
I by do^ fights and other disturb-
ances. and the airdome in accessi-
ble to everybody. Kemenil<er.
I the concerts are free.
And Whether You Are a Dem-
ocrat, Republican or Social'
ist Makes No Difference.
The mooted question of whether
or not a voter was bound by party
ties in the casting of his ballot,
aud bound to support the nom-
inee, no matter how badly he hat-
ed him or how utterly unfit for
office he might be, if the voter
happens to be a member of that
particular party, has at last been
settled by Attorney General West
in an opinion to the county attor-
ney of Haskell county. The opin-
ion follows:
"Voters are not bound by pa.-t
party affiliations, but are free at
each primary election to partici-
pate in the nomination of the can-
didates of any political organiza-
tion represented. Any voter hav-
ing designated his party aud re-
ceived his ballot is thereby limited
in his choice to those particular
candidates whose names appear on
the ballot called for.''
There has been much discussion
relative to whether a Republican
could vote at Democratic primaries
and vice versa, and this phase of
the subject is settled in the opin-
ion, there being no statute pro-
viding that a man may not vote at
(whichever he desires.
St. Paul's Mission, Episcopal.
Rev. John C. Fair will hold
service at the Mcsonie Hall Snnd»>
morning. May 26. at 11 o'clock.
The public cordially invited.
CITY DRUG STORE
NOW OWNED BY
J. R. M'MAHAN
$480 Took Over a Stock Worth
$1500, While the Fixtures
Went for $710.
The City Drug Store, located in
the new McMahan building on the
south side, which recently made an
assignment to H. B. Bellenger,
trustee, for the benefit of its credit-
ors, has come into possession of
J. R. McMahan, having been
bought by him at trustee's sale,
which was held a few days ago.
With a bid of $4S<) for the stock
aud $710 for the fixtures excepting
the soda fountain, the store, one
of the handsomest in the southwest
part of the state, was knocked
down to Mr. McMahan. The stock
is said to have invoiced about
$1500 and the fixtures $1150, and
Mr. McMahan and C. B. Stone of
Oklahoma City were the only bid-
ders. Mr. McMahan has placed
Brace Braddock temporarily in
charge of the stock, and will en-
| deavor to find a buyer in some
! good drag man. who will either
| operate the store in its present lo-
cation or move to some other city.
Repairing Orient Bridge.
The bridge gang on the K. C.
M. & O. came in last Sunday with
I the pile driver and material to
i overhaul and repair the bridge
1 across Red river. The recent rise
i in the river has forced the bridge
<>ut of line and they are making
| the repair* so that the danger to
It he traveling public may be kept
at a minimum.—Elmer Dispatch.
PROGRAM OF
PRESS MEETING
AT MUSKOGEE
Twenty-first Annual Convention
of Editors Opens Friday,
May Twenty-fourth.
The official program of the twen-
ty-first annual meeting and cost
congress of the Oklahoma Press
Association, to be held at Musko-
gee, Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
May 24, 25 and 26, was announced
at a conference of President 11. W.
Shepard of Altus. Secretary E. 8.
Branson of Thomas and Clarence
B. Douglas, secretary of the Mus-
kogee Chamber of Commerce und
representing the publishers of that
city, held in Oklahoma City last
March.
The predominating feature of
the meeting will be the cost eon-
grass, in charge of Mr. Ten
Brooke, secretary of the Kansas
City Typothetae, assisted by E. N.
Kerr, editor of the Times-Demo-
crat of Muskogee. It is expected
that fully half the meeting will be
devoted to this feature.
Muskogee is making elaborate
preparations for entertaining the
guests lavishly. There* will be a
ball, a gridiron dinner, automobile
rides, luncheons, banquets and the
like.
The complete program follows:
Friday Morning
Headquarters, Turner hotel.
Registration of members and ses-
sions at Commercial Club rooms.
9:00 a. m.—Prayer by Bishop
Thurston, of the Muskogee Dio-
cese of the Episcopal Church.
Address of Welcome, by the Maj-
or of Muskogee.
Address on behalf of the commer-
cial interests, H. B. Spaulding,
president of the Commercial
club.
Response on behalf of the Press
Association, John Golobie, edi-
tor of State Register, Guthrie.
President's annual address, Hor-
ace W. Shepard, editor Altus
Times, president.
Announcements and adjournment
for lunch.
Friday Afternoon.
Cost Congress lead by Mr. Ten
Brooke, assisted by E. N. Kerr.
Ten Minute talks, addresses, ex
periences, etc., on cost finding,
how cost systems work, etc., by
the Association, lead by the
chair.
4:30 p. m.—Auto ride, "Seeing
Muskogee."
9:00 p. m — Ball tendered by citi-
zens of Muskogee to the Press
Association.
Saturday Morning.
9 a. m.—Serenade by Commercial
Club band.
Appointment of committees.
Address—"The Moral Influence of
the Newspaper," Bishop Hoss,
M. E. Church, South.
Paper—"The Woman Journalist,''
Mrs. Lucy Easton, editor Chat-
tanooga Times, Chattanooga,
Okla.
Question Box.
Saturday Afternoon.
2:00 p. m.—Election of officers.
Reports of committees.
Selection of next meeting place.
Miscellaneous business.
4:00 p. m.—Interurbsn trip to
Hyde Park and East Muskogee.
Saturday Right.
9 o'clock—Gridiron dinner at
Turner Hotel.
Election of Poet "Lariat," Col
Clarence B. Douglas, master of
ceremonies.
Sunday.
9:00 a. m.—Leave Muskogee by a
special train over the Frisco to
Tahlequah and picturesque
TEACHERS ARE
SELECTED FOR
SCHOOL YEAR
Many of The Old Corps Will
Remain in Altus Schools
Next Year.
At a meeting of the Board of
Education held in this city last
week, the following teachers were
elected for the ensuing year. All
were selected at this meeting ex-
cept Mr. Decker, who was chosen
to head the schools several months
ago. One more instructor remains
to be selected; a teacher of mathe-
matics for the High School. Be-
low ure the teachers, grade choseu
for, and salary:
W. H. Decker, Supt $150.00
Bert McClelland, Principal of
High School 122.22
Rose Witcher, High School
80.00
Flora Corn, High School.. 75.00
Viola Bond, High School . 70.00
Gertrude Parker, music and
art 80.00
Elizabeth Gay, 8th grade . 75.00
Bessie Williams, 6th " 70.00
Verna Shrewsbury," "... 70.00
Gola Bible,— 5th " ... 65.00
Elsa Baxter,... 5th " ... 70.00
Lena Kennedy, 4th "... 60.00
Lucy Mills 4th"... 60.00
Mrs. Zaidee Bland, 3rd grade
65.00
Ruth Chisum, 3d grade . 65.00
Lucy Kimbell, 2d " 65.00
Mrs. Bert McClelland, 2d
grade 65.00
AdaShelton, A 1 grade.. 65.00
Mrs. Maud Kimbell", A1
grade 65.00
Clara Turner, B lgrade .. 70.00
Mrs. Carrie Samuels, B 1
grade 70.00
Bettie Dilworth, Principal ~of
Ward School 85.00
SINGERS MET-
HAD GOOD TIME
LAST SUNDAY
Over 1,000 Persons Attended
the District Singing Con-
vention at Navajo.
With an attendance of some-
thing over 1,000 persons, many of
whom could not get near the
church, the annual singing conven-
tion of District No. 2, of the Jack-
son County Singing Society was
held at Navajo church Sunday, J.
A. Chenoweth of this city direct-
ing.
Many persons from Altus were
in attendance, and the convention
was very successful. Chorus sing-
ing occupied most of the time, al-
though there was good class work,
solos, quartets, etc. One of the
most appreciated features of the
occasion was the big basket din-
ner, spread on the grass under the
shade of the trees. There was
plenty to eat for everybody, aud
Navajo cooks are famed far and
wide.
Two weeks from this date an-
other convention will be held at
Prairie Home.
Cherokee Hills, returning, stop
at historic Fort Gibson, visiting
the old barracks, the Oklahoma
school for the blind and places
made famous by Henry M.Stan-
ley, Washington Irving. Jeffer-
son Davis, General Sam Hous-
ton. James G. Blaine and other
national characters, returning to
Muskogee at 6:00 p. ni.
Transportation to the Muskogee
meeting and return in exchang*
for advertising has been granted
by the Frisco. Rock I.-land an«i
Katy railn-ad-
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Shepard, Susie W. & Shepard, Horace W. The Altus Times. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc404030/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.