The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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OFFICIAL PAPER Or
LINCOLN COrNTV
chandler Tribune
OFFICIAL PAPER OF
CHANDLER CITY
Vol. VIII
Chandler. Oklahoma, Friday, August, 7th 1008
No. 30
BRYAN CLUB
Alfalfa Bill and Henry
Johnson to speak
Saturday night
at Court
I louse
Chandler has a Bryan Club
with over 200 members. A tern
pm ary organization was formed
List Thursday night by selecting
<L A. Smith president and Bob
N*‘al secretary.
Permanant, officers will be
elected next Saturday night and
tlie meeting will tie addressed h,\
A'fofa Bill ” Murray and
Hon. Henry S. Johnson, Demo-
cratic C indidate for Congress
from the tirst district. Every
liody invit d.
mcclean-adams
At, High noon. Wednesday 1
August 5t.h., Miss Elsie H. |
\d mis became Mrs F. O. Mr
(llean. Tne c>u pie were ttia rried
;-i the brides borne and many
f i lends and relatives were pres
c nt. Eirl i ’i ster was liest man
:inet Miss Sa.vde Mase.ho brides
maid. The bride looked beau
iil'ul in her pure vvlrte dress
which she had worn as her com-
mencement dress and also fm
1 lie euinmenseiiient of her mar
1 ied life. The groom wore a full
Press black suit and looked man
iy and handsome.
Rev. humid performed the
l eremony which was simple and
1111 iressive. After the weddir g
delicate refreshments wi re ser-
ved and later the guests spent
a pleasant hour in .joyous conver-
A DEFENSIVE
ORGANIZATION
FARMERS OF LINCOLN COUNTY TO HANDLE THEIR OWN PRO-
DUCTS. THEY HAVE INCORPORATED WITH A STOCK OF
$20d,000
FARMERS UNION COTTON COMPANY
J. S. 3EMMING; PRESIDENT, W. R. PNENIS; SECRETARY AND
TREASURER, W. T. GOOCH; BUSINESS MANAGER. WILL BUILD
AND OPERATE GINS AND WARE HOUSES TO HANDLE THE
FURMERS UNION COTTON
youngj
sation and viewing the
peoples many presents.
In tile evening the happy eon-1
pie left >r Wi -Ivta Kansas the
first point Hie.’ will visit on their j LVu’iw-'r! k! s*’
CHANDLER R F D 1
Mr. and Mrs. li E. Arnold re
turned Sunday from Cushing
where they visited relatives the
l>ast week.
Misses Nola <’alien, Olg.i
Wykert and Lueib- Finley Tf
j Wellston visited at Mr. P.elicit’s
Tuesday.
M r. and Mrs. Warren Culvert
j mode a business trip to (Juthi in.
j Monday.
Mr. Casey of Chandler visited
I at Mr. Ellis’a fewdays last week.
Miss Frances Cox of Trvon
I has been employed hs teacher
lor the winter term of school at,
1 fame Star.
Have you seen the new carpets
land rugs at Marcus?
Gerald Stett inn nil has gon“ to
the Buyers Association at St.
Ixmis. He will be gone about
ten days and will represent the
Stettin and Light Plant.
Some of the Members of Board of Directors
HOVER,
Agra.
honey moon.
J). i uillisfie.
Agra.
C. F. HU KS,
IventiricW.
VV. T. GOOCH,
Chandler.
.1 A KOKH IT
Wellston.
s. !>KMMI\<;
Cimndlcr R. R. ;
ANDERSON,
< ’aruey.
W. R. I»H • N IS.
A r-;i
Mrs. Shelly Logan entertained
a jolly crowd of young people
Wednesday evening in honor of
i;i-.tm w i Miss Flora Logan.
Ken <4 rlcu. _______________
WARWICK R F D 1
Shall the Farmers of the Unit-
ed States Hunt roll the price of
their own products or shall the
Cottonseed ()d Trust and the
Mrs. Ella Walters and ohildrei
from near Edmund visited hei ... ...
. V.'ttle I rust, sav what the prier
sister Mrs. J. vest several '
days last week.
of cotton shall he?
For more than the half of a
century the farmers have
struggled for industrial freedom
against an organized, aggressive,
powerful combination that' has
sought with considerable suc-
cess to coni roll the prices of not
only manufactured but of raw
material as well.
Many organized at'empts on
the part of the farmers have
fni'ed.
Organizations have been
wrecked on political rocks and
annihilated thr< ugh .jealousy and
infidelity of nembership but no
sooner is one organization
IL H. Denver s box hue all wrecked than tiro indomnitu hie
kinds of lruit lust week. * *,,,J i spirits effect another and each
day it was peaches and another)
it was a tine sped man of cantn j 'hire it is stronger than the old.
1 mpe. Now if some one would Each new organization profits b.v
give us some nice fried chicken the errors of the old and each
we would be all right. one develops skill and business
It is with pleasure we annouce J ability from its membership,
that. Henry Schwegman is rap d 'Che greatest organized victory
l\ improving. His mind is clear :(.vel. achieved by farmers have
Miss Rusha Kephart, planned j
a surprise on her mother Iasi
"Saturday evening the occasion
being her forty-ninth birthday.
Frank Hayes bought a cream
s-’partor Monday and proposes 1
hereafter to handle the milk with
less labor and more profit.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freyer's
twin boys were two years old j
Sunday and we were treated to!
a large slice oi their birthday
cake.
The carrier on route one is tali
ing his annual vacation and his |
substitute is striking the high
places along the road.
thousands of dollars.
This partial success have in
spired the farmers with conti-
deuce and in almost every county
they are organizing to gin and
market their own cotton.
The Farmers Union (kitten
Compilin' lias hem formed in
Lincoln County and a charter
taken out for $200,000. The
head offices of the organization is
now located in the Hincli'.v
building in Cliandh r with Gon
eral Manager W. T
Secretary W. K
charge.
a failure,
to distill
and will
loans on
to make ihe venture
They will endeavor
jealously and dist rust,
attempt to prevent
stored cotton.
The business men of Chandler
have extended the glad hand to
the farmers and arc doing all in
their power to make the company
a success. They want the farm
or to got every possible d- liar
out of their cotton. The mer-
chants of Chandler and other
Gooch and j loa ns have a common interest
Plienis m|and should lend every possible
i assistance to make t he ventu re a
Floor bordering
1.1. Marcus.
for rugs at
is believed to he making his way
to tin* negro settlement near
Cliickasha.
The negro seiz»d Mrs. Wilhoit
at her home and threatened to
kill her if she made a noise. She
screamed and this alarmed the
neighbors. The negro escaped
without doing her injury.
Joe Eagleston and wife came
in Sunday and Mr. Eagleston
will till his old position in Neal’s
Hardware Store.
Miss Edna Cochran is here
from Davenport spending a few
days with Miss Frances Sandors.
Mrs li. L.
Iioma (jt.y is
Slack.
McDonald ofOkla-
visiting .\ iss Rose
Gins have already been located I success. A success lor t he
at Chandler, Davenport, Carne y, tanner is a sneess for the mer
Agra, Kendrick and Sparks anil j chant. A failure on the part of
ware bouses will he built in cm
nection with each gin.
| the farmers means business fail-
lure on the part of the merchants.
( liristian Church, J Clarenci
Read Pastor. Services I 1 a. in
and tGIO p. in. Morning subject
"The Greatest Work in the: Mrs DU. Young of Wellston
World." Evening subject, “A visited Mrs. A. Banister, Wed
Lovely Message.’’ A cordial nesday.
welcome is extended to all. All -—
members of the church are
urged to be present at tile fore
noon service, your pastor has
something special to say to you.
Mrs. Harry Wolfe went to
lalioma ('ity, Thursday.
Ok-
i g unand h s general health is
good. J is tn.iny friends in this
vieiniry will he very much pleas
oi to learn of tins good news ns
no was held in highest esteem by
all who knew him.
Mrs. A. M Marshall left Fri-
day for Colorado Springs when
she will spend the month of Aug-
ust.
('has. Tilghniao and wife have
gone fo Colorado Springs for a
lew weeks stay.
This will enable the farmers
to gin their cotton and store it
for an advantageous sale. It al-
so enables them to so|J their
cotton in large shipments. It is
proposed to have every bale ac-
curately graded so that it will
not he necessary to have the hale
all cut to pieces b.v the time it
reaches the compress.
It must ho remembered that
NEGRO AS-
SUALTS
WOMAN
The only place to tret your car
pets is at J. Marcus.
Mrs. Hugh Dean and
Hiles of Carney came in
desday to attend the W. C.
Convention.
Mrs.
Med
T. U.
S. J R iwley
I'liu rsda.v.
went to Sparks. I M rs. Josie Roseberry was tl,
i Meeker delegate
I U. Convention.
to the W. C T.
Threatens to kill her
It slit: screams, hut
doesn't carry
out threat
Chickasli i, Okla . Aug. 4.
A
been in the last two years by the this sort of organization is go ng j
southern farmers in the controll I°u all over the south. It this
I of the cotton market. (were net true the Lincoln Coun-
Althougli the organization was | ty organization would have but I
far from perfect it is not at ail little weight,
improbable that from three to It appears certain that an
live cents tier pound more was ! organization that is Pig enough j
realized on cotton than would and close enough can absolutely I negro assaulted Mrs. Wilhoit,
have been paid had tlie organiza- controll the price of cotton but near Rocky kord, 22 miles south
1 ion not existed. This effort the farmers have tackled a big *’est ot here, and made his es
alone has made many millions of job. cape. After a search lasting
dollars for the cotton farmers The Colton Oil Trust and the nearly all day, Sheriff Louthen
and Lincoln County has no doubt cotton buyers for different trusts il M posse returned this even-
boon benetitted hundreds of will try by every possible meat s •'g empty handed, ihe negro
II C. McGauvhey came home
Thursday from Ktnsas , ity.
Jack Slinffor went to (Iklalmmn
City Thursday.
M rs
j St roud
Ben Cad waladt
is here visiting
< 'adwaluder and family.
r of
John
Say,
M ,i reus
you neeil
has then).
a carpet, J.
Mrs. Embry Foster and child
ren came home from Guthrie.
Tuesday.
Mrs. L. B. Rousseau
daughter Grace, are here
! Topeka, Kansas vi.sititing
Olive Wilson.
and
from
M iss
Mrs. Abbey Hillernirtn. State
President of the \V. C. T. U
, came in Tuesday evening to at
[tend the Cot vention.
A. Banister came home Tues-
day from Western Kansas.
Lace curtains,
and matting at J.
Mrs. Jim Dill who has been
here visiting her mother Mrs.
H H. Ward, returned to Sapid; ,
j Tuesday. MissWincie Ward io
rugs, carpets coinpanied her anu will remai
Marcus. ! until school commences
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Smith, G. A. The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1908, newspaper, August 7, 1908; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc915084/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.