The Waynoka Democrat (Waynoka, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912 Page: 1 of 10
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The Waynoka Democrat
VOLUME 4.
Successor 'To The Waynoka Tribune
WAYNOKA. WOODS COUNTY. OKI.A' >MA, THl RSDAY, U GI ST 16 1912.
NUMBER 28
THE FINE RAINS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE PUT OUR FARMERS BUSY
Present Day
Political Drift
We are facing a crisis today;
tl>e electorate are divided a dis-
organized mass; the fact that
there is a unity of interest in no
sense seems to direct a unity of
conduct. There is a position
which the masses must take,
whether they know it or not,
if they would eradicate present
evils and protect themselves
against future ones. It is a
plain immutable law that there
can exist no piratical band of
predatory characters who will '
be able to pursue their avocation |
of robbing the people at large j
unless this band is protected by
the people themselves, either by
affirmative effort on their part
or by disorganization and indif-
ference.
At present there is wanting on
the part of the people a unity of
thought, heart and purpose. Sub-
ordinating all of the higher
things of civil life to a low order
of political life, the masses in-
dulge in a destructive political
warfare in a petty way, either
for a so-called honor of office or
the small consideration that the
office promises to pay. Each
petty political aspirant is sur-
rounded by a coterie of ad-
herents and advocates whose
duty it is to clamor his merits.
The question of whether the as-
pirant has merits scarcely ever
enters the mind of his frantic
and never tiring advertiser; in
other words, bur politics have
reached a patent medicine adver-
tising level.
Politics are rent and torn to-
day by four elements—“Repub-
lican”, “Democrats”. “Progress-
ive” and “Socialists”. As a
matter of fact, there will never
be any protection of the common
people against the aggressions
of the organized rich until they
resolve themselves into one party
with a common sympathy, a
common heart and a common
purpose. Every time we organ-
ize a “new party” we take one
step backward, for soon a new
party will acquire strength and
become powerful, or it will add
to the number of petty, helpless
organizations. If the new party
becomes powerful it falls into
the hands of predatory interests;
if it does not, it can have no
effect but to battle with and de-
feat the common good.
And so there rages a storm
that will not quiet. The con-
duc‘d of minute political factions,
vibrating and conflicting, until
the whole becomes a seething
political sea that even He who
stilled the waves of Galilee is
unable to still.
The problem which looks so
great and mysterious is but a
small one, and depends upon only
a few elementary principles well
executed, which are as^follows;
Consolidation of masses into a
powerful body ad /erse to special
interests.
The education of the masses
to seek the merits and motive of
candidates.
The control of trusts by a sin-
cere. practical application of the
law with reference to their oper-
ations.
The elimination of jealousy.dis-
appointment and revenge on the
part of those who have suffered
defeat, or who have been denied
some petty desire.
These wid be discussed in fu-
ture issues of this paper.
Contributed.
Whew! if only a half of the
mean things the admirers of
Taft and Roosevelt say about
each other are true, either of
them ought to be in solitary con-
finement, let alone running for
office for the highest position in
the land. They are conducting
Woodrow Wilson’s campaign for
him in great shape, and all with-
out cost to anyone but them-
selves. Mighty nice of them,
isn’t -t? “Sick ’em.’’-Alfalfa
County Democrat.
Methodist vs. Congregational
As previously slated, the Con-
gregational ball team crossed
bats with the Methodist nine on
the Miller diamond last Monday
afternoon.
The game was heated from
start to finish and quite a num-
of good runs and other plays
made by both sides during the
game.
Rev. W. I. Palmer refereed
the game and at the close the
score stood 6 to 21 favoring the
Congregational boys.
LIFE'S DISAPi uINTIVIENTS
ANTTOGUWsrro@N
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l. 2&L ': ADT054
While the editor of the Way-
noka Democrat was in Alva
Monday we had the pleasure of
meeting the editor of the Alfalfa
County Democrat, Watty Wat-
kins, who is a democrat of the
tried kind and a writer of great
ability. Watty is also the man-
ager of the Cherokee Band.
Mrs. C. E. Hilton’s brother
was a guest at the Hilton home
from Saturday till Monday.
We Insure
COMPLETE SERVICE
COURTEOUS TREATMENT
The State Insures
The Safety of Your Deposits
Under the Guaranty Law.
THE
ConMiiercial Bank
CAPITOL STOCK $10,000 SURPLUS FUND $1,000
W. M. Stark, Pres. C. C. Skilling, Cashier
j We Earnestly Ask a Share of Your Patronage
Mysterious Fire
Last week at Wichita a rather
queer incident took place in the
way of a mysterious fire in the
home of a prominent resident.
The family was at first attracted
by smoke issuing from a clothes
closet and, upon investigation,
found the contents on fire and
could not account for same, as
they had not been awav from
home and there was no way pos-
sible that they could conceive
that fire could originate in the
closet. However, it was soon
extinguished, but to their great
surprise they found their home
on fire again in an entirely dif-
ferent place, and this was also
hastily put out. When to their
horror it had broken out again in
another place, alarming the fam-
ily and hundreds of people who
had gathered at the home, and
who watched the mysterious fire
start just any place in the
house without any fire about the
place at all. The wall paper
would begin burning or the lace
curtains in different parts of the
house or the floor coverings,
right before their eyes, without
any chance of fire whatever until
they had extinguished thirty-five
different fires in the one house.
The occupants packed prepara-
tory to leaving the place as their
only devise was that some myste-
| rious power had hold of the fire
: bug, ____
Sam Gamble’s little son was
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badly burned about the eyes last
j Tuesday morning by the explo-
sion of a flash light powder with
which the little fellow was play-
ing. It is* very deplorable in-
deed when such things occur,
but it is to be hoped that the
eyesight will not be injured.
Another Game.
Next Monday afternoon the
baseball teams of the Church of
Christ and of the Congregational
Church will cross bats again.
This will prove a very interest-
ing and exciting game. Both
teams will play for their life.
Coming Soon
The weed inspector is coming
to Waynoka real soon, and it will
be a hard hit. for WaynokaiRs to
read in the following issues of
their home papers that our town
was condemned for being a har-
borer of an over abundance ot
rank weeds.
What is the matter with the
city funds? Would it not be
proper and well spent money to
c'ean up the town? Only the
business portion and the park
should be considered city prop-
erty, for every resident should
have sufficient pride to extermi-
nate the weeds on and around
his individual property.
Let’s get /busy and make a
cleaning that will be noticeable
at a distance, for the sake of the
healtli of our people—as well as
looks. __
The fire reported to be at the
Boyle residence and started by a
gasoline stove last week, was a
false report, but was next door
to Boyle’s and was started by a
match thrown carelessly on a
bed after lighting a cigarette.
Union Services Next Sunday
Night.
Next Sunday night a series of
Sunday night union meetings
will be begun in the Methodist
Church, These meetings will
prove a great source of blessing.
Come and enjoy these meet-
ings. ___
R. A. Hendrie was a visitor to
several points here last Friday.
He is high in his praise of the
crops over the country, and es-
pecially does he compliment the
town of Curtis for its cleanliness
and beautifully kept streets and
town in general.
Mr. Coates and daughter, Missj
May, returned from Chicago the '
latter part of last week, where j
they had been attending Mrs. j
i Coats’ brother, who has been j
very sick. -
Big Rattlesnake
Ed Seaman, in going home
from the show about 9 o’clock
Monday evening, noticed some-
thing peculiar on the sidewalk
and after scraping it off with
his foot, upon closer examination
found it to be a big rattlesnake.
This is a good indication that
the snakes are being harbored
by the great amount of weeds
and we are surely in need of a
weed inspector and R. A. Hen-
drie is going to help us work out
a scheme to have this official
pay us a visit of inspection in
the very near future.
The Sunday School contest of
the M. E. church is gaining rap-
idly and the teachers are well
pleased with the outcome of the
result of the contest. Many that
are being drawn into the Sunday
School will make life long schol-
ars, while with others it will be
temporary. But it may make
impressions that will be lasting
even though they only attend for
a short time.
S. C. Harmony has perfected
arrangements whereby he has
the local agency for Woods and
Alfalfa counties for the Anglo-
California Trust Co., through
which any one so desiring may
arrange to pay all cost of every
nature to the San Francisco Ex-
position and return by paying
only $1.00 per week.
John Acord who has been in
Texas for some time on a pros-
pecting trip, bought quite a nice
little farm in the truck farming
district of Southern Texas and
is contemplating moving down
this fall.
The recent fine rains in this
and other parts of Oklahoma
are causing the merchants to
smile as well as the farmer, as
the merchants are very depend-
ent on their farmer friends.
Marvin Coulter, who has been
under treatment for appendicitis
at the Cope home, was sufficient-
ly improved to be moved to his
home, near Waynoka, Sunday
morning.
J. E. Barber and wife are in-
tertaining a fine eight-pound boy
at their home, who arrived on
the day that they had been mar-
ried just one year.
Mr. and Mrs. Cass and little
son, and Mrs. Taylor and daugh-
ter of Missouri, are visiting in
our city.
Notice
Thi ministers using space in
the Democrat for the series of
weekly sermons aie Kindly re-
quested to have copy in office not
later thali Friday of each w eek
for the following issue. We ap-
preciate this feature but in jus-
tice to ourselves must have a lit-
tle system to know just where
we are. To expect this amount
of copy all the week and at the
last moment be apprised of the
facLthat it will not be brought
in, works quite an ineonvenienr.
as it takes time to manufactut •
copy. We extend an invitation
to all churches to bring in any-
thing you have for different
church services. We are always
ready to assist in every way pos-
sible.
You should see and talk with
S. C. Harmony about the $1.00
per week plan to the San Fran-
cisco Exposition and return. This
means the provision of expenses
for the trip, which everybody
will want to make, without in-
convenience and with little cash
outlay. Mr. Harmony has the
local agency for Woods and Al-
falfa counties.
Rev. Harry S. Scott and wife
were in Avard attending the big-
tent meeting. Rev. Scott was
the speaker for the evening and
delivered an able sermon, which
was spiritually received by the
large crowd in attendance.
Mids Lizzie Coulter, who has
been spending some time at the
home of her sister, Mrs. W. D.
Cope, left the latter part of last
week to visit with relatives in
Vici. Ok la.
Mr. and Mrs. Brookhouser,
who have rooms at the pleasant
Frawley home, have as their
guests this week their daughter,
Marie, and sons, Everette and
Owen. ____
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. De Yoe of
Wellington, Kans., were ‘guests
at the home of Mrs. Phelps and
daughter from Saturday until
Monday of this week.
Mrs. Scoot, w ife of the Read-
i ing Room manager, and little
son, William Todd, are on a visit
to Mrs. Scott’s mother in Cali-
fornia, for tiie hot days.
Mrs. Mack Davis motoed some
ladies to Alva Friday. The party
were: Mrs. (flapper, Mrs. Mon-
fort, Mrs. Weber and Mrs. Les-
prance.
J. E. Bai’ber was considerably
bruised up last ’ week by being
thrown from a rake while in
operation. A grinder was throw
on his legs, which caused vtn
painful bruises, but we are glad
to note he escaped with <>nl.
bruises, as he was in quite a ba
predicament for a while.
Mr. G. H. Footitt was a vis
tor to Cherokee from We lm>
day till Thursday.
Mrs. Clyde Hepner and little
daughter, Melva, who have been:
on an extended visited with her j
parents at Coffey vi He, Kans.,
returned home last Friday.
Jess Wyckoff and family of
Mooreland spent the latter part
f tie- w»-‘k at the Wile * Lnm-
| bert home.
Attorney *V. G. Bessey* was a
business visitor „to Alva the lat-
jter part of last week.
first Nations Barik
CAPITAL STOCK—$25,000
J. A. STINE, President
W H. OLMSTED, V-Pres
R. W. WAIDLEY, Cashier
WE PAY INTEREST ON ALL TIME DEPOSITS
DIRECTORS
J. A. STINE, L. L. STINE, G. E. NiCKLE,
W. H OLMSTED .and R. W. WAIDLEY
VVe Solicit Your Business
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Smith, J. Lee & Smith, Marvin. The Waynoka Democrat (Waynoka, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912, newspaper, August 15, 1912; Waynoka, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc848442/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.