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THE SHAWNEE MTWB HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1912
EVENING EDITIOM
THE SHAWNEE NEWS-HERALD
OTIS B. WEAVER Publisher
CHAS. P. BARKETT I(l""r
LOU S, ALL A HO A3sl*tnnt HiinIiic*sh Manager
Business Office Phone 278. Editorial Office Phone 321.
Entered as second-class matter Dec. 4, 1911, at Shawnee, Okla.,
under act of March 3, 1879.
DAILY NKW8-IIEKALD Nl llS< IUH10N:
By carrier, per week. JOc
One month, by carrier
One month, by mail
Throe months, paid In advance «
Six months, paid In advance J2.00
One year, paid In advance |4.UU
WEEKLY NEH'8-HEHAM) srilSCKIl'TIOKs
By inall, six
By mall, one r *r '1,ou
atlon as It Is, and not as it ought
to be. Ohio has the right idea, of
course, but there are many other
matters to consider. For instance,
punishment of lynchers, much as it
may be merited, will not square the
courts for letting worse offendeis
go unpunished, and tbe fact that
they so often do that stands as one
reason for tho fact that lynching
Is more common to this country
than any other pn the map.
LEAP YEAR.
WHO IS DOIXU IT? a npver yet ascertained how the
Oklahoma democrats want to be importers managed to find out whai
careful that all this talk about "in- j he said. Had he permitted the in-
terests" by Senator Gore and other ] porters to remain and had asked
Wilson boosters does not stampede
them away from their own inter-
ests and into the power of a politi-
cal interest that Is as selfish and
detrimental to the public good >•-
any of the "big interests" that are
used by demogogues to scare the
people into submission. Woodrow
Wilson has four active press bu-
reaus, sending out daily thousands
of letters to the press and hundreds
of thousands to individual voters and
political leaders. This requires a
staff of high salaried writers and
managers. These bureaus are send-
ing out columns of boiler plate
booming their candidate and decry-
ing Clark, Harmon and other promi-
nent aspirants for the nomination.
This costs a great deal of money
even if tho papers "fall" for the do-
nation of their space. Who Is fur-
nishing it? Not Senator Gore, Bill
Murray or other Wilson supporters
in Oklahoma, certainly. Yet the
News-Herald, and we presume that
every other democratic paper in Ihe
state is in receipt of free boxes of
, plate, express paid, containing the
pleadings of Senator Gore and oth-
ers for the nomination of Wilson
and his attacks on other candidates.
The Hon. Wm. H. Murray is mak-
ing a personal appeal to his friends
for Wilson and underscoring the
declaration that 'he is not only po-
litically but personally interested in
the success of his candidate. Why
should Oklahoma officeholders and
politicians betray such personal in-
terest in the selection of a candidate,
and who is paying these bills for
Wilson, the man who because of his
alleged purity felt compelled, upon
entering politics, to make an appli-
cation to Carnegie for a penslou?
Some "interest" with a good many
hundreds of dollars to expend for
postage campaign dope and boiler
plate is certainly backing the spon-
taneous (?) campaign of this new
convert to radical democracy un-
less his spokesmen have and man-
agers have begun the work of dis-
pensing the patronage in advance.
This might account for tho frantic
and strenuous efforts some men are
making to carry this state for Wil-
son, though it does not explain the
mystery of who is furnishing his
expensive campaigu.
0
THE EXCLUDED RETORTER,
There seems to be a disposition on
the part of certain congressional
bommlttees to exclude tho reporter.
This is unnecessary and is an ar-
bitrary action on the part of such
Committees. The reporter of the
aewspaper is a representative of the
people. It is his right and functiou
jo convey to the people the new3
)f the day and to keep them in-
formed as to what their servants aro
loing.
There are many things done oy
nen in public life which are dis-
creditable. It is only natural that
ihey should seek to conceal sucn
ihortcomings. If they are worthv
>f the office they fill they have noth-
ng to fear from the reporter, -f
hey are not worthy, It is the rea-
on they fear tho representatives of
he press.
They may exclude the newspaper
nen, but if they do it is nine
thances out of ten that the reporter
vill get the news anyway. He has
i system of his own. Walls have
•ars, sometimes, and confide in the
lewepaper men. How they acquire
be news, where it comes from, who
tag violated a caucus confidence,
hese wise men in politics often a9k
h6mselves. The reporter does no*,
inswer, but the news items speak
or themselves.
In the recent Stephenson investi-
gating committee report there ap-
>eared this paragraph:
"At this point the speaker request-
d that all reporters be excluded
rom the room. This was done and
he speaker then went on to say."
Strange as it may seem, what tho
peaker went on to say was pub-
ished in full tbe next morning. He
that not all of his remarks be pub
lished, he would no doubt have been
accommodated, but his radical wav
in attempting to suppress legiti-
mate news brought with it a recoil
that caused the speaker much em-
barrassment.
Judge Plttman, in declinging to
exclude the puDllc from hlB couri-
room a few days ago, acted wisely.
His remarks were characteristic,
caustic and correct. The people have
right to know what the publi?
officials are doing and should not
be excluded from the courtrooms.
Much Is probably published which
should be eliminated. This can be
accomplished, but in a different way.
A distinguished speaker recently
addressed 600 diners and excluded
all representatives of the press from
the room. The next morning his
speech was published in full. Dnl
the banished reporters thrust
through the doors fly in again
through the windows?
He does not know and never will
know, but this he does know, that
his speech was obtained in some
way and published practically as it
was delivered.
In their efforts to suppress news-
paper men they are not wise. Tho
chances are that It will be a garbled
version that is published, but the
news will be published and all may
rest assured on this point.
The best way is to take the re-
porter into confidence, not make an
enemy of him. Explain why it 1b
best that some matters should not
be published. The reporter is a
considerate soul, loyal to his paper,
but with a heart that overflows
with sympathy and generosity.
If there is reason in the request
it will no doubt be granted.
But tho reporter deliberately ex-
cluded will find out what was said
and done after his departure, and
if any one doubts it, just let him
try the experiment. Commercial Ap-
peal.
V LESSON TO LYNCHERS.
A year ago last July Carl Ethe*-
ington was lynched in Newark, 0..
and in trials that have followed
there have been thirty convictions.
One of these was for second de-
gree murder, thirteen for man-
slaughter, seven for riot, and nine
for assault and battery. So, even
In Ohio, lynching a man doesn't
seem to be as serious a matter ub
killing him by a simpler system.
When there are so many to punish,
none of them is likely to be soaked
severely.
But, probably, one shouldn't find
fault with the Ohio system; ou ths
contrary, that commonwealth de-
serves such credit as it may gain
from doing more to discourage the
mob method of manslaughter than
any other state has done. Which,
you may feel, isn't a great deal;
nothing, in fact in most of them.
But it isn't a cinch that Ohio will
keep up tbe pace. A great deal
depends.
This Etherlngton person, for in-
stance, was somewhat different from
the average center of attraction at a
necktie party. Ho was white, for
one thing, and the lynching grew
out of a liquor and lid row, as we
recall it; that means he was due to
have the sympathy of one side or
the other, so it naturally followed
that, more pressure was brought *o
bear to punish those progressive per-
sons who thought the law moved too
slowly.
The punishment meted out in
Ohio is a lesson to the lynchers, all
right, but it won't stop the system
which combines punishment and re-
venge. It may discourage lynching
in tho vicinity of Newark, or make
the mobs use better judgment in se-
lecting their victims. But lynchings
will continue to be the regular thing
down in the b'ack belt, as well as
further north when occasions of that
kind arise.
All of which Ib nothing like a de-
fense of lynching, but merely i
statement of facts presenting a situ
Well, Doris dear, the time has come,
The one year out of four
When maidens fair may pick and
choose
And even up the score.
TIb your turn now to talk of love,
Tis my chance to be wooed;
Upon my bachelor reserves
You may at last intrude.
I daresay you have found me slow,,
Your patience I have tried,
For, bless your heart, each time we
met
It seemed my tongue was tied,
Whenever 1 have meant to say:
"Let's go through life together,"
I've mumbled stale and silly things
About the doggone weather.
Because, you witch, you were so
cool,
So "absent" and serene
That, as the slang expression goes,
You fairly "scared me green."
An arrant coward. Well, perhaps;
At guessing you are quick,
Hut now it's your time, lady-mine—
Let's see you turn the trick.
That little sniffy air of yours
Has very plainly said
YOU deemed It quite an easy thing
To ask a girl to wed.
Now put your courage to the test—
(You're blushing like a rose)!
I double-dare you, Dorla dear,
To come here and propose!
—Sara Beaumont Kennedy.
Just a "
Opportunity may knock at vour door but once. Necessity knocks
dally. A bank account puts you In position to take advantage ol
opportunity and is invaluable to you in times of necessity.
Saving part of your wages is only a habit and onco contracted
becomes a pleasure. The longer you wait, the harder it is to
start.
Try our excellent facilities
Get a Bank Book now.
The National
Bank of Commerce
CAPITAL AM) SURPIJ S, $11.",,000.
before there could be a regular gen-
eral municipal election under the
charter.
Forgive the length of this com-
munication, and I shall trouble you
not again.
Respectfully,
W. T. WILLIAMS,
January 23, 1912.
1100 Reword 1100.
LIVE NEWS FROM WACO.
Waco, Jan. 23.—It seems
though real spring has come.
Some of the farmers have started
to plowing in this vicinity.
Walter Mitchel has been hauling
out some meal and hulls from
Shawnee.
S. C. Schies sold a fine beef to
W. N. Wilson Monday.
The little son of Dr. C. M. Boss
who has been very ill, is improving
very rapidly.
Quite a number from this com-
munity attended the services at
Bethel Sunday.
A. D. Wyant, like several others
of this part was detained at Shaw-
nee on account of the cold snap.
W. N. Wisdom purchased some
cattle of Mrs. J. J. Barne last week.
Robert Dolllns has left for the
western part of Texas for a better
location.
Miss Effle Whitten and Mr. Joe
Pope were married Saturday eve-
ning. The wedding came as a com-
plete surprise to their friends. We
wish the contracting parties a long
and happy life, and may their path
be strewn with flowers.
The stork brought peace and hap-
piness and prosperity to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Schies, Sun-
day morning, by leaving a fine pair
of twin girls. Mother and children
are getting along very nicely.
A fine baby boy arrived at th«=
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Barnes
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Jack Ross has been on the
sick list the past week.
Lou Mallory took advantage of
the cool snap last week by butcher-
ing his hogs.
Fred Heart and wife were out
from Shawnee and attended the serv
ices at Union.
self if he follows the lines of his
model. And always he will abuse
useful and decent people who may
not feel the same as he does about
It He will sling slang with ribald
recklessness which makes a joke of
thfe Reverend he will use as a han-
dle for his monicker. He will get
much of the money which should bet-
ter go to the faithful pastors who
work hard for humanity and a living.
Always lie will get the money, and
he will herald his comings and go-
PEOPLE'S FORUM
Judge Williams Explains.
Editor News-Herald.
Dear Sir: I see that one state-
ment made in my communication of
the 22nd, inst., is susceptible of a
meaning 1 did not intend. When 1
said that an intimation that there
would be no city election this spring
was so astounding as to sugge.it
The readers of this paper will De
pleased to learn that th-sre is ix least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
'Jure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh, being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
.nd mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation o!
the disease by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in do-
ing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powere
that they offer one hundred dollars
for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials. Ad-
dress F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c.
lngs with all the exaggadaclo of the some ulterior motive or interest be-
greatest show on earth.
(bind the propostition, it wa
For it is along those lines which my purpose to insinuate that the
Sunday works, and it is sad enough
to think there is to be another like
him. Perhaps, after all, there may
not be. It may be that this sporting
editor does but take a sporting
chance like the promoter who backs
a new Hope. And the Hope in his
hands may prove a dub, thus send-
ing the promoter back to box score*
and grand old hope. There may be
but one Billy Sunday, and, slanting
at that more endless eminent divine
from this discourse, we should say
that one is about enough.—Atchison
Globe.
Six people were killed Sunday m
Philadelphia, while on their way to
church. It's bad enough to run Sun-
day trains, but at least they should
quit running over people who are
going to church.
A SPORTING EVANGELIST.
Usuully we find cheerful news ou
the sporting page, if there is any
news at all, which there may not be
during the bowling and basket bull
season. Still, even the bowling
scores are news to some, and good
news to all but tho losers. But there
are exceptions now and then. Occa-
sionally there is too much Johnson,
or one reads with regret that the
collosal cinder didn't go broke or
flabby, but even that isn't the limit.
Comes a dispatch from the wilds of
Oklahoma which irf:
This sad news conveyed by the
pink sheets Is to the effect that one
"Red" Condon, sporting editor of a
Tulsa paper, and discoverer of Carl
Morris, is to become an evangelist.
Which, of itself is all right, assum-
ing that there are not enough evange-
lists, and an abundance of sporting
editors. But Condon announces bold-
ly that he will follow as nearly as
possible the inethodB which have
made Billy Sunday famous and rich
and disagreeable.
Briefly analyzed, that means he
will be a blatant booster for a hell-
roaring religion—and himself. Never
bv any chance will he overlook him-
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News-Herald had this ulterior pur-
pose or interest, and therefore take
this means of removing from the
minds of your readers the idea that
1 intended any such insinuations.
1 was not pointing at The News-
Herald, but see that I was careless
in conveying this impression. It has
been noised about for some weeks
that, there would be no city elec-
tion this spring. The fact is that
1 have been imformed that Mayor
Martin has said that there would
be no city election this spring.
And another person who is being
benefited largely by the present ad-
ministration has said, - so I am in-
formed, that there would be no elec-
tion this spring. This same party
will be very materially benefited
financially if there is .no city elec-
tion. These were the things my re-
marks referred to. Just one more
point and I am through. You mis-
take my position, and I also think
that of Mr. Clayton, when you say
we predicate the tenure of office
provision upon a general municipal
election. I do not so predicate the
tenure of office. To my mind the
idea of a three year tenure of of-
fice is clearly well distinctly sa
forth in the charter. Section 2, of
article 17, specifically provides for
a three year term for mayor and
city treasurer. Section 6, of article
3, just as specifically provides for
a three year term for aldermen after
the terms of those elected at the
first election. These provisions fix
the tenure of office. The fact that
the date of the approval of the char-
ter was uncertain, constrained the
board of freeholders to provide for
the calling of a special election for
the election of the first set of elec-
tive officers under the new charter,
and as the board had already fixed
the time for the first general mu-
J niclpal election for the elections of
I may or and city treasurer, on tha
| first Tuesday in April, 1912, with a
three years tenure of office, tho
t^*ms of the first mayor elected un-
der the new charter had to 'be left
indefinite, to be more or less tha i
three years according to the da'e
the charter went Into effect. If the
charter had been approved and gone
I into effect at once, the first, or spe-
cial election for electing the first
' set of officers under the charter
would have occurred not latter than
December 20, 1908, the mayor elect-
ed at that time would have held
office for more than three year*
without any violation of the terms
of the charter, except for the pro-
vision of section 4 of the schedule
His successor would be elected the
first Tuesday In April, 1912. The
mere incident that the election for
the first set of officers under the
charter was held up and postponed
by litigation, does not change the
entire system of the beginning and
ending of the terms of office of the
elective officers under the charter
And whether we consider the elec-
tion held In April, 1911, a special,
or general municipal election can-
not change the results and conclu
slons reached. Being held on
date fixed by the charter for the
holding of a general munclpal elec-
tion does not change the essential
character of the election. By the
terms of the charter and the fact
of the transaction from government
under the old, to government under
the new charter, a special election
for inaugurating the government un-
der the new charter, was necessary
Becker
Theatre
Thursday, Jan. 25
The Comedian who always pelases
BILLY
((SINGLE)
CLIFFORD
IN
THE MERRIEST MUSICAL COMEDY
STAMPEDE
The Girl
The Man and
The Game
85 Clever People—
85 Per Cent (ilrls
18 Tuneful ('atcliy
Numbers
The Success of Two Season, with a
Capital "S.w
The complaint is made that on
account of all this muck-raking you
can't borrow any money. Nothing
is left but the awful alternative of
going to work.
A Dreadful Wound
from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail,
fireworks, or of any other nature, de-
mands prompt treatment with Buck-
leu's Arnica Salve to prevent blood
poison or gangrene. It's the quickest,
surest healer for all such wounds, as
also for Burns, Boils, Sores, Skin
Eruptions, Eczema, Chapped Hands,
Corns or Piles. 25c at all druggists. *
Prices—25c, 50c, 75c. $1.00, $1.50, box
seats, $1.50.
Be wise, get yours ea' \y.
Public Drug Store Tuesday.
A Hungarian Pompsll.
A dispatch from Budapest
aouncee that a Hungarian archa«olo
gist, M. Duday, ra certain excavation*
which he was superintending near
Zsibo, in Transylvania, has discovered
the site of the ancient Roman city of
Porollssum, and is enabled to r'econ-
struct the town. 7 he houses have re-
sisted the ravages of time, being sub-
stantially built of brick and adjoining
one another. The rooms are very
•mall, but regular in form. M. Duday
has also come upon the ancient thea-
tar, of great dimensions, which should
give some idea of the size of the town.
The archaeologist considers that Pon>
Uasum had a population of SO,000.
An Empress and Her Tea.
The late empress dowager of Chins
was a great epicure in regard to her
tea. To add to the flavor she used a
curious flour mixture, equal parts of
dried Jaslmlne and honeysuckle. The
honey in the flowers sweetened the
tea ever so slightly and the blooms
gave it a pungent taste, which the
empress liked. The first leaves of the
great plantations in China are al-
ways reserved for the imperial use.
Camomile.
It is said not only that decoctions
or the leaves dried and powdered of
the common camomile will destroy
Insects, but that nothing contributes
so much to the health of a garden ar
a lumber of camomile plants dls
persed through it No greenhouse o<
hothouse should be without camcmiU
In a green or in a dried state; eithei
the stalks or flowers will answer.
Time's Changes.
lflldmay is a philosopher It hit
way. The other evening Mrs. M. gave
him a scolding that would have made
almost any other man crazy. But
Mildmay said never a word In reply.
He only murmured to himself: "And
that la the woman I used to hold on
my knee and call my little pootaj
wootsy I"
Did Good Work Early.
At 19 Sc*d1o gained the battle ot
Pana and .lames Watts revolutionized
the Industries of the earth by making
steam the most powerful agency In
the progress of mankind. It was at
Oils age, 29, that Shelley died after en
richlng the world of literature with
his unrivaled poetry
Many Unknown Regions.
On any map of tlie entire world It
i Impossible to Indicate all the un
known regions, since many of them
are comparatively small. A map
showing every section of the earth's
surface as yet unmapped would b«
dotted with thousands of such areas
8uffers for His Deftness.
The moat suspicious woman whom
we have heard of recently lives in
Edgewater. She has become con
vlnced because her husband Is able to
hook her waist in the dark that he
can't be true to her.—Chicago Record-
Herald.
Trouble Maker.
"De man dat loves to make a dls
turbance," said Uncle Eben, "is a good
deal like de honk horn on an automo-
bile. He kin make folks get outln' de
way, but leave him to hiase'f an' he
he won't git nowhere*."
A man who wishes to maintain
faith in the obedience clause of his
marriage contract, should be careful
of his commands.
"After four ^ our family had died
of consumption 1 was taken with
a frightful cough and lung trouble,
but my life was saved and I gained
87 pounds through using
DR. KING'S
NEW
DISCOVERY
W. K. Patterson, Wellington, Tex.
PRICE 50c and $1.00 AT <IL DRUGGISTS.
USE WYETH'S SAGE AND SUL,
PHUR, A HARMLESS REMEDY
THAT MAKES THE HAIR
GROW.
What a pity It Is to observe so
many people with thin and faded hair
and then realize that the most of
these people might have a fine, heal-
thy head of hair if they would but
use the simple "sage tea" of our
grandmothers, combined with other
ingredients for restoring and preserv-
ing the hair. No one, young or old,
need have gray hair, weak, thin or
falling hair, dandruff or any trouble
of the sort if they would but use
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem-
edy. On the contrary, it Is possible
to have healthy, vigorous hair, of per-
fect color, by a few applications of
this remarkable preparation.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy quickly removes dandruff,
leaves the scalp clean and healthy,
promotes the growth of the hair and
restores the natural color of the hair
which has become faded or gray, ft
is a clean, wholesome dressing, which
may be used at any time and with
perfect safety. Don't neglect your
hair. Start today with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur.
This preparationls offered to the
public at fifty cents a bottle, and is
recommended and sold by all drug-
gists.
Special Agent, Wallace Mann, 9th
and Broadway.
In China they aro rapidly turning
live Chinamen into dead ancestors.
THE HOME OF GOOD PICTURES
TBE GEM fr
^^ON BROADWAY"*'
Three good pictures for today,
guaranteed to be first time shown iu
Shawnee, for 2 o'clock until 10:30
p. m.
/
THE OLD DOLL.
Featuring John Bunny.
THE RANCH GIRL'S TERRIBLE
MISTAKE.
Pathe—Western Story.
AS IN A LOOKING GLASS.
Biograph Drama.
With n Song on the Victrola While
the Operator Changes Reels.
5c--The Gem -5c
ON BROADWAY.
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