Renfrew's Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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RENFREW'S RECORD, ALVA, OKLA, FRI1>AY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1911.
Renfrew’s Record
Published Every Friday.
J. P. RENFREW, Editor and Pub.
STANLEY HPI'IIHIKR, Hus. Mgr.
TERMS: ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
TELEPHONE NO. 1B7.
Entereu at the pomofllce at Alva. Okla an
•ecoud clam, natter
ALVA MARKETS.
Wheat, No. 2 old.................95
Corn ................. 90
Hogs........................... *5.50
Oats .................. 30
Eggs.................... 14
Butter........................ ■ 20
Hens, per lb....................(,7
Turkeys........................ 99
Springs .......................... <(9
Kaffir..........................55
Broom Corn . . ..... *00 00 *150 00
PROPOSED OONSTTrmriONAL
Director shall receive pwy
more CRI CK ASKS AID
PROVISIONS LX>K THE RECALL, than sixty days in any one year.
(k.l Any Director removing
of from his District, shall cease to be
a member of the Hoard.
(l.l The President of the State
(TA>SK JOINTS.
The western farmers who hav.'
been complaining that reciprocity
gives the Canadian farmers all the
best of it, must be surprised to note
the Canadian farmer’s warm opposi-
tion to the measure because it gives
all the advantages to the American
farmer. K. C. Journal.
Reciprocity with Canada received
an overwhelming defeat at tlie elec-
tion held there. The Liberal govern-
ment was completely overthrown.
Papers of the United States who were
so badly scared over reciprocity
need not “view with alarm," as Ca-
nadians seem to feel just as bad as
you did about it.
A family in St. Louis minted Tay-
lor had three sons born at one birth
in 1900 and they were named res-
pectively William Taylor, Jen-
nings Taylor and Bryan Taylor. The
triplets are now lusty eleven year
olds. Mr. Bryan met the lads dur-
the national democratic convention
in St. Louis in 1904 and the hoys
looked so much alike that he could
not tell one from the other. No race
suicide about this, Teddy.
Be It Enacted by the People
the State of Oklahoma
Section 6, Article V. Any legisla-
tive measure rejected by the people Board of Agriculture who is serv.ng
through the power of the Initiative at the time of the adoption of this
and Referendum cannot be again Section shall, unless sootier removed
proposed by the initiative within for cause, continue in office for the
throe years thereafter, by less than remainder of the term for which he ings were denominated by the several
twenty-five per centum of the legal was elected, and the President shall
voters; Provided any proposed continue to he elected as'lty law pro-
amendment to the Constitution ol vided.
this state, the substance thereof Im.) All laws now in force with
having been submitted to a vote of reference to the duties or compensa-
the people by the Initiative, shall not tlon of the State Board of Agrieul-
be again submitted within live years ture or the State or County Institutes
thereafter, except upon petition sign- not in conflict with this section, shall
ed by fifty per centum of the legal continue in full force and ■effect,
voters; nor shall any measure reject- (n.) All that portion of this
ed by the people be again submitted section, beginning with Paragraph
within live years thereafter, except "b" and continuing to the end of the
at a regular election. section, shall be subject to atnend-
_ nient by the legislature or By initia-
Be it enacted and ordained by live petition as other laws are sub-
file People of the State of Oklahoma: ject to amendment.
Monster massmeetings in the three
churches Sunday night drew about
three thousand persons to the First
Christian, church tabernacle, the
First Presbyterian church and the
First Methodist church. The gather-
speakers its "a united effort for the
suppression of vice.” The appear-
ance of Governor Lee Cruce at the
First Christian church tabernacle
was greeted by hearty applause. He
declared the gatherings of so many
persons for this cause a healthy
sign that Oklahoma City will be
made a better town in which to live. ! sailors
Maine’s election for prohibition or
local option was a badly warped af-
fair. In a state where 120,000
votes were cast, the first reports
said "wet” by 700 majority. The
next day reports announced nearly
500 "dry." The final count on the
vote shows "wet" by 26 majority.
If “Maine went, liell bent for Govern-
or Kent,” as the old song had It,
she Is still bent pretty badly in that
direction when she doesn't know
whether she is wet or dry.
FURNISHES SCARE HEADS
FOR A WEEK
Ayres K. Ross, one of the early
graduates of the Northwestern Nor-
mal School, has been in the lime-
light the past week by holding the
fort as superintendent of the Walter
schools, in Comanche county, near
Lawton, against the superintendent
elected by the new school hoard.
Nine of the teachers appointed by
the new hoard walked out one day
last week, followed by the great ma-
jority of the pupils. Only two
teachers, who were appointed by the
old hoard, and about 20 pupils stay-
ed with Eyres. A temporary injunc-
tion issued against Mr. Ross by the
district judge, dispossessed him
Monday morning and the newly ap-
pointed superintendent at once took
charge. The case will come up for
final hearing in December or Janu-
ary. We know nothing as to the
merits of the case, hut Ayres has
shown himself to be a stayer at least,
and if his claim is good, we hope to
see him reinstated.
Section 31, Art. VI.:
a.) A Board, of Agriculture is
hereby created to be( composed of
eleven members, all of whom shall
be farmers, and shall be selected in
manner prescribed by law. Said
Board shall be maintained as a part
of the state government and shall
have jurisdiction over all matters
affecting animal industry and animal
quarantine regulations, and shall he
the Board of Regents of all Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Colleges and
shall discharge such other duties
and receive such compensation as
may he provided by law.
(b.) Until otherwise provided by
law, said Board shall consist of a
President and ten Directors; each
Director shall be an actual farmer
for three years next preceding his
election; such Director to he elected
by an Annual State Institute, which
shall assemble at Stillwater, Okla-
homa, on the second Tuesday in Au-
gust of each year; such delegate to
be elected at the Annual County In-
stitutes which shall be held at, the
Couuty Seat of each county on the
second Tuesday in July in each year
between the hours of two and five j
o'clock p. ni.: Provided, that after
the first State Institute held hereun-
der at which directors for each of the
five Supreme Court Judicial Districts!
shall be elected, only such counties
as are contained within the Supreme
Court Judicial Districts wherein the
term of a Director will expire, or a
vacancy shall occur, will he required
to elect delegates. Each director
shall be elected by the County Dele-
gates from the Supreme Court Ju-
dicial District within which he re-
sides.
(c.) N’o Director and no employee
of the State Board of Agriculture
shall receive any compensation for
attendance at such Annual County
Institute, nor for attendance upon or
around any session of the State leg-
islature unless requested by such
legislature to attend for the purpose
of furnishing desired information.
(d.) The County Delegate to the
State Institute shall he a farmer, and
elected by the votes of such. Any
farmer who is a legal voter in the
county shall be entitled to vote for
such delegate without the payment
of any fee.
< e.) No employee of the State
Board of Agriculture shall be eligible
State Superintendent Wilson Issues
Statement to District Boards.
On Monday morning, about five
o’clock, the great French battleship,
Liberte, anchored in the roadstead
at Toulon, France, was found to be
on fire. Four explosions, each of in-
creasing violence followed and in less
than half an hour later, the great
magazine exploded, tearing the mon-
ster seven million dollar battleship,
wide open and instantly sinking it
in 4 0 feet of water, the gunners at
the guns firing a requiam as the
ship went down.
Five hundred and seventy-six men
were on board, most of them in their
hammocks, when the first explosion
occurred. Instantly the shouts of
'snuve quit puit,” (save hitn-
The governor told at length of the self who can) was heard all over the ,
difficulties met with in the enforce- doomed vessels, and the men rushed !
C.XNDX AND WARSHIPS
The editor of an exchange has fig-
tired it; out that the people of this
country consume every year 250 mil-
lion dollars worth of candy. He says
that this amount of money would
build 100 warships.
Now 1 do not know where the edi-
tor got his information concerning
the amount of candy consumed. My
opinion is that his figures nre most-
ly guesswork, but assuming that
they are correct and granting that the
250 million dollars would build 100
warships, which it would not, if
they were the kind of warships we
are building now,I would still say it
is alot better to spend the money for
candy than warships.
Some kinds of candy no doubt are
damaging to the human system, hut
good pure candy is not. Pure candy
is pure sugar in the form of candy
and thehuman system demands a
lot of sugar. Warships are the most
expensive relics of barbarism and un-
less the building of them together
with other military expenditures is
checked, the result is going to he
national bankruptcy for the lead-
powerB of the world.
Personally 1 do not spend money
for enndy. I have no doubt that a
good many people spend more for
sweets of that kind than they need
to spend or than is good for their
health, hut as between candy and
warships my vote Is for candy.
Mail and Breeze.
That all schools of the state will
have to close in the future when the
levy for the year Is exhausted, ow-
ing to the fact that no deficit can he
j created, is the opinion of Attorney
General West rendered some time
ago, and in relation to this opinion
anil the law with which it deals,
State Superintendent R. H. Wilson
said Thursday:
"There has been considerable
comment recently relative to a rul-
ing of the attorney general regard-
ing outstanding indebtedness againsi
school districts. I believe this rul-
ing has been misunderstood by
many. In the first place the attor-
ney general holds that a district
hoard cannot create an indebtedness
when a levy has not been made for
such purpose. He further holds that
a district must use its income and
revenue for a given year to main-
tain the schools of the district for
that year, that no part of the in-
come or revenue provided for one
year can be used to pay a supposed
indebtedness incurred prior to that
year.
“He also holds that no deficit can
be created, except where a levy has
been made sufficient to provide
funds to maintain the school and the
district lias failed to collect full
amount of taxes. In this event, an
outstanding warrant would be a
valid obligation against the district
and might be termed a deficit, in
This case, such warrants might then
be funded into bonds under the pro-
visions of article 7, chapter 8 of the
compiled laws of Oklahoma, 1909.
"When( the levy of any school dis-
trict has been exhausted It has no
power to make a purchase without a
vote of the people. This is not a
vicious law, as many seem to think,
but is intended only to protect the
interest of the people. It perhaps
would have been well to have provid-
ed for the taking care of the pay-
ment of all outstanding warrants be-
fore this law went into effect. Prac-
tically all of these warrants have
been given in good faith by the
board and are being held by innocent
purchasers. 1 do not believe it is
nient of the laws by the chief execu-
tive.
He described tne manner in
which influential citizens attempt to
prevail on him to stay his hand
where their interests were at stake.
In referring to the task undertaken
by the gathering looking to the bet-
tering of local conditions, Governor
Cruce declared I hat if they thought
ideal conditions could be brought
about in a short while they would
soon be undeceived. “You are en-
listed for this fight for all time,”
he asserted. The remedy offered by
the chief executive was that all citi-
zens who wanted to see the laws en-
forced to the letter, take their pat-
ronage away from all persons who
were doing business of any charac-
ter in violation of the laws. Other
speakers at the First Christian
church tabernacle were the Rev.
Curtis E. Mogg, the Rev. J. H. O.;
Smith and \V. J. Caudill.
Uniform resolutions adopted at
the several meetings called for sup-
port of the officers who were en-
deavoring to keep down lawlessness.
The firm stand taken by Governor
Cruce, the state enforcement officers
and deputies and helpers were
commended. Other officials whose
« ,
conduct of official duties was com-
mended were the county judge and
county attorney. The sheriff was
urged to co-operate with the county
attorney. A paragraph in the reso-
lution is a« follows; “That we de-
plore the action of the lieutenant
governor, while acting governor, in
paroling and pardoning criminals,
notorious for their repeated viola-
tions of the law.”—Oklahoman, Sept.
25.
to the rail to jump overboard. That
same shout was heard upon the field j
of Waterloo, 96 years ago, when the
last desperate charge of the,, Old'
Guard had been hurled against tlie 11
rockj’ squares of British infantry .on-
ly to be driven back into irretriev-1
able rout. But when the great
ship's bugles sounded (he order, “To
fire Station," discipline overcame the
panic and most of the brave seamen
went to their posts and like their
brave little countryman, Casablanca,
more than 100 years ago, remained
there until "the burst of thunder
sound,” hurled them into eternity.
27 4 of the ship's crew are accounted
for, but 450 of France’s gallant sons
sleep beneath the quiet waters of the
harbor of Toulon, while the tricolor
of their native land waves above
them from the masthead of the
wrecked vessel, which with some of
the upper structure still remains
above the waves.
It is at a terrible cost in men and
money by which the great civilized
nations of the world are enabled to
keep on a war footing. Is it not
about time that the nations would
devote a little more attention to
plans that will secure universal
peace?
It
Costs
Nothing
to come to us first and see
what we can do for you
and show you what we
can save you on your
bill of
SCHOOL BOOKS m
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
. RESOLUTIONS.
the (lass of 1904 in Memory
•I. Milton Rutledge.
Whereas, God in His divine wis-
dom has called from his earthly la-
bors, our beloved class brother, J.
Milton Rutledge, therefore be. It
Resolved, that we, the members of
We have a complete stock
of County. City and Nor-
mal SCHOOL BOOKS
We will buy your old
Books, or take them in
exchange on new books.
MONFORT’S
DRUG AND BOOK STORE.
the class of 1904, of the Northwest-
ern State Normal School, extend out
most sincere sympathies to our class
brother, Lyman V. Rutledge, aud to
the bereaved mother and sister ir
their sorrow; and be it further
Resolved, that in the death of J.
Milton Kutteoge, tne class of 1904.
has lost a most worthy member; the
alumni, a member who was always
interested in the welfare of the
Northwestern, and the state, a teach-
er who ranked among the best in the
profession.
Be it further resolved, that a copy
of these resolutions be sent to the
family of the deceased.
Edith Norris,
Blanche Grant. Doughty,
Pearl Bickel Wilson.
-s|ap A'utt iinqs .toil 'aiuSapip qons su the intention of any district or school
gate be eligible to appointment to
officer to avoid the payment of any
just claims. On the other hand, the
people need protection and school
boards should be cautious in the is-
suance of warrants in excess of the
levy made.
"The new district warrant stubs,
if properly kept, will furnish infor-
mation that will protect the clerk
in this particular. Certainly the
schools in the future will have to
close when the levy is exhausted, re-
gardless of the term contracted for."
WELLINGTON’S SUBTLE RETORT.
We submit the following for sup-
plementary reading in connection
In
any position under such Board for
twelve months after the date of the
State Institute at which he is a dele-
gate.
(f.) On the third Tuesday after
the issuance of the Governor's proc-
lamation declaring this section adopt-
ed the Annual County Institutes for
the current year shall be held in
each county and shall he in lieu of
the Annual County Institute herein
provided to he held on the second
Tuesday In July of such year; and
four weeks after the date of such
County Institutes the State Institute
shall meet at Stillwater, which State
Institute shall be In lieu of the An-
nual State Institute for the current
year herein provided to he he’d on
the second Tuesday In August.
(g.) At such State Institute ten with John Bishop's “Waterloo"
Directors of the Stat^ Board of Agri- the Cleo Chieftain:
culture shall he elected, two from Wednesday, 19th October, 1836—
each Supreme Court Judicial District. Lord Fitzgerald made us laugh at
and they shall Immediately thereaf- dinner today with a story about John
ter determine by lot their respective Wilson Croker, whose pertinacity of
terms of office. Two of such direc- opinion is well known. He was lay-
tors shall hold office for a term of ing down the law after dinner to the
one year, two for two years, two for Duke of Wellington, and according
three years, two for four years, and to custom asserting the superiority
two for live years; added to the term of his own information on all stth-
of each shall he the time Intervening Jects, having even flatly contradicted
between the date of such eletioti and the duke, who had mentioned some
the second Tuesday lti August next incident that had taken place at the
following. Battle of Waterloo. At last the eott-
(h.) Two Directors shall be elec- versatlon turned upon the use of per-
ted by each Annual State Institute• Mission caps for muskets of the
thereafter. No Director shall be army, when Croker again maintain-
elected tq succeed himself. ed a directly opposite opinion to
(i.) No director shall he appoint- that which was urged by the duke,
ed to any salaried position under the who at last good humoredly said to
Hoard during the term for which he him, "My dear Croker, I can yield
was elected. to your superior information on most
(j.) Directors shall receive points, and you may know ti great
such compensation and perform such deal more of what passed at Water-
duties as now provided for the ntetu- loo than myself, but as a sport fi-
lters of the State Board of Agrlettl- man I will maintain my point about
ture, or such as may hereafter he percussion caps.”- Thomas Ualkes’
provided by law; I’rovlded, that no Journal in Kansas City Times.
A
Yes Talk is Cheap.
Ever notice how anxious some people (especially mail order houses)
are to impress you with the fact that their merchandise is better than you
can possibly buy for the money elsewhere.
1 hen again did you ever notice how absolutely silent they are about
the brands of goods they have for your consideration.
You know it does not take experience in merchandising to buy cheap
(no name) goods. Any old chump with the cash could do that.
But it does take both experience and careful study to determine
which of the many well-known manufacturers produce the best product.
We feel thal we—after over seventeen years of careful study—have
gotten together the very best lines.
We offer the following lines as low in price as you will pay else-
where for far inferior makes.
“K.UPPENHE1MER” Clothes for Men.
“IDERHE1MER” Clothes for Boys.
“WOOLTEX” Clothes for Women and Girls.
‘•MUNSING” Underwear for the whole family.*
Guaranteed “WUNDERHOSE” for the whole family.
American Lady Corsets.
“Peters” Shoes for the Ladies and Children.
“Walk-Over” Shoes for Men.
Make our store your store. 1 rust in our experience and put confidence in our
earnest desire to give you the best possible values at the money, and then if any-
thing does go wrong we are here to make it right.
Our shelves and racks are now loaded to the limit with all the new Tall Styles*
This is your irvitation to come and save.
IMS US. DIV SIIIS CO.
TWO BIG ROOMS.
525 and 527 SOUTH SIDE SQUARE
FOUR LITTLE SPECIALISTS.
ALVA, OKLA.
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