Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, May 29, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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was' made defendant Monday lit a
$10098 damage suit J J. Jenkins
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Mr. Jenkins through his. attor-
neys Crockett A iWler; allege
thai Judge Freeny " slandered his
good name' by accusing' him ot being
a thtf a lair a forger' and various
other unbecoming nanes KmvAl
ip Instance at which. Judge Weeny
la charred .with slandering tke
plaintiff Is December 1 1913 at the
liome of the defendant about trine
mues cast oi uaaao wiiuu mesa
wprds were uttered to Jeff Lawlls;
"Jenkins meaning plaintiff) is a
thief ahd forger a note on me and
stole my oats and walnut timber."
And later on the defendant Is. al-
leged to have made defamatory re-
marks against .Jenkins to various
citizens of that section of the coiin-
try la fact it Is alleged that at one
time lie stated: "Jenkins Is a
grand rascal and. a thief a liar and
a scoundrel and ho robbed me in
day' tlmo and now ho comes and
steals at night."
Tke plaintiff states iri'hls peti-
tion for damages that .tho charges
are false slanderous and malicious
and that he has been' greatly injur-
ed and damaged in his good namo
Wd reputation and has been made
to suffer groat mentaland physical
Tain and anguish and has been ex-
Tosed to public contempt hatred
nd ridicule of which ho put at tho
""'aum ot $10000 damages.
Jenkins is a fanner and owng"80
acres of land near tho homo ot
Judge Freeny.
Traxu: Sunday meeting.
This is tho last call for the fifth
'Sunday meeting with the First Chris-
tian "church in D(Urant. jVe are aax-
'lous that ail the; members" of our
-churches in the countybe with Us
Sunday.. Following the 11 o'clock
service" we will serve dinner in the
dining hall. We want this to be a
veritabJe love feast and we jrattt you
to enjoy it with us. .In th$ after-
noon we" will discuss the queetten of
-ev&ngellzinz Bryan county. Atnlght
Brother Chaney of Caddo will preach
on the. "Plea of the Disciples.' If
posslblo wo want you to come Sun-
day morning and stay for this ser-
vice. "Wo .will take pleasure in Hav-
ing you la our homes tdr the night
Wo are expecting many to come
Into this meeting from our churches
In tho county but we aro equally
anxious that the scattered disciples
attend this meotlnf. Just remember
that if you are a - member1 ot tho
. Christian church that you are lnyltf
d and "fchatwe shall expect you Do
not' disappoint us. Cmoe.
Ernest J. BradleyMJuister.
COLBERT SCHOOLS CLOSED.
Co)bertT public schools closed to?
day for the; summer. Approprlatd
closing exorcJsQS being held 'Thurs-
day and Friday nlgh.ta ln the school
auditorium at that place. Thursday
nlght-an excellent program was Ten-
dered Including .niuslcal-' numbers!
readlncs. 'recitations and' drills." The
Ingram ocKeduled for Friday nighTl
included a niuslcal program and a
one-Met play5 'Entitled "TJioObsInato
Tamily' .Next to tho 1'ast- number
of tho Friday night-program was tho
presentation" ot diplomas to the-l
graduating class by A. N. Leecratt
clerk of tho board 6f school trustees
for the district.
ENDYMION PRESENTED.
The expression' department of tho
Oklahoma Presbyterian College-"' ou
" Wednesday ntght presented the beau
tlful- throe-act drama entitled En-
dyralon' at tho Opera House as tho
last ot the winter lyceum course and
wlilcji wasllberUy attended ln spite
i ot inclement weather. The play tho
plot of which deals with Grecian
mythology interspersed with light
comedy w'as very Intqersllng and
. the entire production was dellghtf ul-
lyptaged under the " direction of
JUss Nina Qschman. head of tho de-
partment of oxpresslon. Tho cos-
tumes vwero especially elaborate.
WILLIAMS VISITING HERE.
Hon. 'Rohert Ij Rob) Williams
' ' 18 spending a "ftw' days at-honvrvi's-
ltlng bis fattier and sister and shar-
. ing in tho visit of his brothw Rev
-. Williams of Alabama. He will re-
v'''ialM?r. the marriage of his sister
'!"-"Mlss Myra to MrvPaul Walker on
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- ' S y . 'ON A TRIPIN THE EAST.
ni L. Coxrpf theCitizens Loan
and Realty Company Is in the east
' on An nxtonded bualnnsn trln. Whlln
away .he vWllli. VisiNew York B'wiJ
j ioa wasfiwioB j;-iHaagtpaia; anu
oVhprBaatera clflea arid will combine
pleasure with business. '" f
A RLOQOLHSS BATTLK.
JMtafrf Hurt and Cpnstbk Adams
KcHntf Sbdts M t)M IMrd with
BooMegiers near Bokchlto. No
On Hit and Quarry Escaiied.
Sheriff Hart and Constable Ad-
ams of Bokchlto pulled &Vf a blood-
Um. pistol battle wlfh bootleggers
iMoaday night 'south ef Bokchlto.
N one was injured but the offlcors
captured a fly gallon keg ot "white
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Sheriff Hart received a letter
from Bokchlto Monday In which it
was stated that a shipment of boozo
had been brought to that place and
If ho would come down he could
get tho boozo and tho peddlers. ...Ac-
cordingly ho went down on thoev-
ening tra.in to investigate. The
officers located tho boo south - of
the city but whe.n the raid was
started the bootleggers opened flro
the officers returning th fire but
as it was dark no ono was hit al-
though bullets whistled near tho
heads of the officers. After tho ex-
change of shots tho officers located
the booze. The information given
the sheriff -was that there was much
more than this-and the officers are
still after tho romalnder and als6
the men and they have a pretty
good Idea who the guilty parties are.
If Jlioy aro captured thejr will bo
TieldTor' attempt to kill as' well as
for violating tho prohibition law.
ANOTHER BANK MEETING.
The Dallas Clearing. House asso-
ciation has called a meeting of 'all
tho basks in- Reserve 'District No.
Eleven to moot In Dallas Saturday
of this week to form a slatp for tho
directorate ot the. now regional re-
serve "bank recently organized and
which will bo located at Dallas. Of
tho nine directors six aro eolcted by
the 7.25 member banks and the oth-
er three aro ap'pointod by the Fed-
eral Reserve Boards and it Is' ex-
pected that "politics" wJll Be- "play-
ed" extensively In thV Selection' of
tho elective directors. ' .
BxUXSPOIIiiv EXERCISES.
The exercises of the Presbyterian
College which 'were to have been
held oh; the campus -Wednesday were
spoiled by Jhe heavy rain which vls"-
lted this" section.. Elaborate prepar-
ations bad been made for them.
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. It will b the brightest happiest week of their lives. It will expand !-'
their knowledge. It wjijl start them thinking m the right direction
' . The .Children's Chautauqua has twobigvairiis: To deyelop the habit of
healthful recreation in boys and (girls; toteacli them how to play to thefeesl-
'advantage to do; away with all .the elements of roughness on the playground
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And its second big aim is to interest boys and girls in
KirHcl Whcif rtr-o Tho-ni1
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';' - Every one knows what birds are. But does every one know .that the
"business of raising corn and-wheat and al -agricultural crops is dependent
upon the birjds? That the damage to theagpcultural interests of the country
"iast.Year from insects amounted to more? money than was .spent -for public: .
education? Birds et 'insects; ' ll-V ' ' ffir
'We are going to show boys and irlslhpw to care hr birds. How-to v
protect them and feed. and shelter -them! "We want evecyl bdy and gitp;n
know. their valued : Inshort tqj know. all ibput birds.n '&$.' ' ''$'.-
J- Itwill be lots' of fun .Games story? tell ing and-manw
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will be a'"' feature
f .A trained
'iCnt'ybu see enough in that for
jli so get a vnauiauqua- season iicttep -ana givexnem
thatrcoslSglittie and are worth so much.1 ' ' - il
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TOllVIIib BIG MILL.
S. L. Ford of Shawnco Bought Heml
& Son Btwiness and Plant and Win
Eqntp Modern Flour Mill in Cow-
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A deal was consumated this week
whereby Messrs. D Head and Son
for many years in the - wholesale
grain business here M eut their
localrlaterests to Mr.Ji'Lljfyd Fovd
of Shawnee Oka-. who Js o'rtb of the
nrlnclnal owners of 'the J'Bliawnnn
Mill ft Elevdtor comDanvi and Mr-
Ford will tako charge of the business
In the near future. Tho considera-
tion was not given out tot publi
cation.
Tho Shawneo Mill & Elevator com-
pany Is one of the largest llko con-
corns In the southwest and operate
some five or six large mills already.
They havo recently bought a mill at
Hugo which gives thorn two In
Southeastern. Oklahoma.
It Is the intention of Mr. Ford so
we aro told to immediately build
and equip hare a mammoth flour
mill with a" capacity of about 300
barrels per day and which will bo
kept in steady operation.
Messrs. .Head and Son have madri
no public announcement of their fu-
ture business plans.
RETURNED FROM TRIP.
Mr. and Mrs.C. C. Hatchott re-!
turned Thursday from a twenty-days
vacation irip -wnne away tney via
v . m 7 lT 7last fall and exhibited In Durant as
Virginia: Nashville. Tennfc u aS ln town n tho coun.
ihlngton. D.i ana other places la and small Then the flllff
Red
Washington
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TPTANIO VaOTIJIS GET NOTHING:
Washington May 28. Because
the Titanic struck an lcoberg lnstend
of another British shirp tho su-
preme court today held that tho'
owner the Oceanic Steam Navigation
company was entitled to have Its
liability for loss of life and property
ln suits brought in American courts.
.limited ln arpcrdance with mari
time law. This means that those
who sue ln American- courts will get
virtually npthlng tho law limiting
liabHlltles to salvage from tho
wreck and the passenger and freight
money collected for the voyage
about $91000 ln all. The total
claims against jthe ' company liavo
reached $18000000.
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Put the Boy and Girl in the
(Mdren's aautauqua
- of the 'Children' Chautauqua.
directdPand'an athletic
A Chautaudua Ticket Alaite
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to the f Children' ? Chautauqua
ALDWIIf-HA MOVIE CAMERA. !
Will Complete rictttros of Durant
and Bryan Comity to lo Shown'
Along with other Oklahoma E
htblts at Fmmhm Exposition.
m. . iM vr- rft r -n-i.i I
.win ot the Wlde-Awako Studio re- Kle case to come before the district
eelved an Ernemann motion plcturo court next month is that case entit-
eimera with Its various attachments ed George R. Broadwell against tho
ad now has It completely assembled t county commissioners ot '.Bryan
ready for any sort of work Th6 county !h which tho plaintiff seeks
'camera was made in Dresden Gor-
n-fcnts known to tho profession and
cost as much as a good automobile. I
p It will bo remembered that
ing tho fair last fall representatives is a principal sum of $48604 with
brjtho Panama .Exposition commlsr. Interest 'or several years
slori attempted to make many hun-j Tho petition of tho plaintiff is tho
dreds of feet of film of Durant but largest over J lied in a court here
the weather conditions wore so bad anil consists of about 700 legal slz-
.that much of the film was rulned.ed pages the bulk ot which is cloSely
However tho pictures of tho fair and printed in script typo and tho names
many other subjects woro passably I dates and amounts filled in with a
good but the"fllm was nover shown. ' typewriter. There .are 1403 Indians
The betfer part ot tho pictures that J who ask thru Broadwell that thoy
fwore good have been preserved and get their refunds for taxes paid
the work will bo continued by Mh
Baldwin with W; S. Sterrott as di-
rector. (f
'' In addition to work contemplat-
ed. In Durant many scenes will bo
fmado In thb other towns of tho
county as well as farm scones por-
traits of well-known people and
fwhatever appears of interest. Sev
eral week3 -will be required to fin
Ish the reels after which they will '
'.bo. assembled with tho reel made
will bo handed to tho Panama Ex
position commission to b.eishown as
.mat ooay wisnes. !:"
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OPINION ON PRIMARY.
. ELETION LAW.
Anvopinion of moro thati'ordlnary
Importance to voters . in tho Stato
was that given Tuesday by Assist
ant Attorney General Claude Dav
enport relative to voting in me pri
mary election. The opinion say&j
that a person intending to vlte a
straight ticket in tho general elec-
tion is not entitled' to vote a ticket
t a different political party in tho.
primary. The opinion would con.-
skue 'the law to preyent any person
voting a different ticket in the pri-
mary than that which they intended
vntlner in 4hn franbrnl filerttnn ..
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matfwill look after1
.your boy or 'girl these
TAX CASE UP IN JUNE.
$18000 Case ARaln.it CouAty1 Coh-
missloncra for ItcfHnds on Iimm
Taxes to be Hcardtii District Court
Next Month.
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to secure judgment against tho
Indians who were afterward relloveu
of paying taxes by the U. S. Su-
dur-iPjeme Court. The amount involved
prior to tno tax uecision.
Regardless of which way the case
goes in the lower court It will likely
be appealed to the-highest tribunal;
and derinlto outcome of the case Is
not imomdlately in sight. There aro
many differences'' of opinion among
nttornoyflns to the merits of the caso.
Itsis th6ught that Judge Hatchott
will disqualify himself in tho caso
ia which event tho governor will so-
lert a special judge to hear th? case.
BACCALAUREATE SERMON.
One ot the largest crowds that
ever gathered ln the Christian church
ot this city assembled last Sunday
morning on the occasion of tho bac
calaureate sermon to the graduates
of the Oklahoma Presbyterian Col-
lege which was delivered by Rev.
Herman Jones pastor of the Presby
terian church. Just before tho de-
livery of tho sermon a inUslcal-pro-gram
was rendered.'
RACE PROMOTER
' . SUES GOVERNOR.
R. J. Allison tho Tulsa race pro-
moter has sued Gov. Cruce and Gen.
Canton for $39290' for stopping tho
betting on races at tho Tulsa track
meet. McAdams .& Haskell aro at
torneys for Allison.
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$48000 SUIT 'FILED
W. It. Collins Sues M. L. Kofcerts mm!
tho 1911 OU and Gas Co. fe J?s
session of 43 Shares of Com(mmt'
Stock. ' '
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Suit was filed in the district curt
this Week wherein W. R. CoMls
formerly district clerk ot Br'ya
county a resident of Florida asJw
tho coujt for possession of frt'
three shares of tho stock of the 1911
OU and Ga"s Company valued at
$43000b.whck he alleges In his p-
tltlon is held by M. L. Roberts Il
legally. Hayes and Mcintosh are at
torneys for the plaintiff.
In his petition tho plaintiff allegos
the following facts': That on Jan-
uary 6th 1913 he borrowed from
tho First National Bank of Durant
$2500 and that M. L Roborts sign-
ed the note as security and that to
protect Roberts he turned ovjef'"to
him 42 shares of the stock bfstho
1911 OU arid Gas Company. That
a written agreement exists between
he and Roberts to the effect that the
stock was to be retained by Roberts
for; the only purpose ot protecting
RobettSliabliity: on the note and
that the earnings-. of the stock were
to be applied to tho payment ot tho
debt until the debt was paid after
which tho stock was to bo returned to
Collins. That there has been con-
siderable dividends upon the stock
wblch the plaintiff bcllios la suf-
ficient to pay tho debt although
tho exact amount is not known. That
M Li Roberts has nq Interest in the
stock further than as security for
tho payment of the note to the bank.
Thau the defendant M. L. Roberts is
asserting ownership oftho stock
and refuses to render any accounting
to plaintiff of the earnings pf the
stockor to surrender the stock.
Plaintiff asks that he be given
judgment against M. L. Roberts for
tho forty-three shares ot Btock or
their value Roberts to retain a lien:
on the stock for an amount equal to
any unpaid balance that may remain
"on the note and that tho Hll Oil
and Gas Company be ordered to f3-
sue duplicate shares of the stock ln
the eveit that the original shares
are Incapable of being delivered to
plaintiff.
The case will probably come to
trial in June when the non-jury
setting of the district' court will' be
convened commencingpext Monday.
FOUR TSCAPE lmOM;JAIL..
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Prisoners took advantage of Substi
tute Jailer at 11 O'clock Tuesday
Night and Made Their Getaway.
Two Returned and Gave Up.
Four prisoners ln tho county jail.
through securing an advantage over
the substitute jailer made their es-
cape from tha Jail Tuesday night
about 11 o'clock. The mon wero
Guy Taylor Dave WIdener Fletcher
Lambrlght and Will Droko.
The regular jailer Clark was off
and Will Gossett was working as a
substitute. About 11 o'clock one of
tho m$n asRpd for quilt saying that
ho was Cold. As Gossett opened tho
door jot the jail to hand it in Lam-
brlght grabbed him it Is said jerk-
ing him inside the jail and at the
same time Guy Taylor Is said to have
Jerked the guard's revolver away
from him following which Gossett
was simply tramplnd . under feet
while the four made their getaway
After about two hours liberation.
WIdener came back to the. Jail and
surrendered. ' Wednesday morning
Taylor who lives at Boswell cam
back stating that he did not care to
go ou dui wouia serve out nis
tlmel He lives at Boswell and said
he went homo Tuesday night on a
freight train.
Will Droko and Fletcher Lam-
brjght .have not been heard from.
One of tho men will be charged with
the theft of tho gun. Droko' :lt
will bo remembered escaped fi;ani
the county road gang some time
ago nnd was arrested a few; days
ago. ( t't
ROGERS BOUND OVER.' "'
Monday afternoon Bill Rogers
charged with embezzlement o.f- a
palrjf mules was given a prelimin-
ary hearing before County jfudga
Rappoleo and was bo.und over la
tho sum of $1000 which ho made.
It Is alleged that tho mules .'wero
taken from JUdgo R'. C. Freeny.
HETURNED FROM OREGON! i
James Yarbrough jr. returned
Tuesday from Eugene Oregon vhe)o
ho had been called- on account- of
tho Illness of his father Georgo
Yarbrough -who1 went to that jsiajto
from Mead n few months ago.' Jle
says that his father? is greatly lira-
proved and getting along toicelyiO
NEW BABY BOY. -'$$.'
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Mr? and Mrs jMric EdenS arpftka
lproud parents- of a ten-poundfmhy
boy since Tuesday night ih answer
to the question. "Boy ortJglrl'T'M.r
Edens replied "Right-handed pitch-
er' You see. Sir Edens Is fMbasfe-
ball player by profession. -Jrfqther
and child are. both doing nicely;
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