The Harper County Democrat (Buffalo, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
THE LEADING NEWSPAPER.
PRINTING THAT’S
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Neatly Promptly f...... You (Jet All You Borrow. S'
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
County Convention to be
Held at Buffalo, Sat-
urday, Oct 5th,
1912.
COMMITTEE TO MEET ALSO.
In accordance with a resolu-
tion passed by the Democratic
Central Committee at their meet-
ing in Buffalo, August 31st, the
Chairman and Secretary of the
Committee have issued a call for
a county convention to be held
in Buffalo on Saturday. October
5th, 1912, at the hour of 10:30
P. M.
Respectfully,
E. M. Claycomb,
Chairman.
E. Lee Adams,
Secretary.
BUFFALO SCHOOL NOTES.
The object of this convention
is to gather the democratic lead- .... .
ers of the county and the party f 1?e redact,.on of absence and
candidates together preparatory tfrd,ness dur«ng fair week over
tn nnpnimr fka Li..- preceding week indicates a
Report for the third week end-
ing Friday, Sept. 30, 1912.
Total enrollment 140; present
enrollment 133; absentees 27;
days lost 22 3-4; tardies 6; min-
utes lost 49.
The high school and intermed-
iate departments report no tar-
diness this week.
Arthur Fowler has enrolled in
the ninth grade.
Elmer Shiflet has again return-
ed to his place in the high school
after an absence of a week.
1 he reduction of absence and
to opening the campaign in Har-
per county.
The members of the County
Central Committee are also call-
ed to meet the same day to make
arrangements for the beginning
of an active campaign.
The call issued by the Chair-
man and Secretary of the county
Committee is as follows:
“Pursuant to a resolution pass-
ed by the Democratic County
Committee of Harper county in
session at Buffalo, August 31st,
1912, we the undersigned Chair-
man and Secretary, as directed
by said resolution, hereby issue
a call for a County Convention
ADVERTISING THAT
ADVERTISES.
Largest Circulation in Harper County^^**^
GLEANINGS.
Some Sparkling Gems
Gleaned From Various
Sources,,taj ouluclIine p,.
Either Miss Kathesine Henry jinal in latter life,
a pretty high school teacher of | A young lady who
63 in all. "
'The proud parents who have
their babies’ pictures taken in
the nude don’t stop to think
what an embarrassment they
may sometime prove to the orig-
South Norfolk, Conn., will wear
low white shoes and white hos-
iery throughout the winter, re-
gardless of snow, rain or cold,
or Lester Wyeth will wear a
stravv hat until spring. This welffed "one wiii‘ listen
will be the case because
~ ....^ tries to
keep house on her musical edu-
cation will find married life rath-
er flat and out of tune. A poor-
ly fed man isn't in a position to
enioy the best music, while the
to most
any kind without kicking.
The man who spends his leis-
ure hours improving his mind is
making an investment that will
pay more than a hundred per
cent.
Uncle Sam—“Honestly, What Are You Running for,
dency or for Revenge?”
-From tlie New York Herald.
the Presi-
his teacher. Examine the re-
to be held in the town of Buffalo Wr *7 commend the child for good
Oklahoma, on the 5th day of Oc- •grades and encourage him to
tober, 1010 "*■ ‘■i'— i»._____e m make better. If some
A
healthful school interest that
will show in the final results of
the year’s work, if persisted in.
The present week will com-
plete the first month of school.
Some time early in the coming
week, the pupils will be given
their report cards for the month’s -—
work. Parents should carefully er remove the cause, that your |*work of his grade during the
examme these, report;^ as this child may work under as iittle istudy Periods at school. The
is the best method by which the handicap as possible. Getting; Pupil who expects to spend all
parent may judge the work of an education is a long hard job evenings and nights on the
the child and of the efficiency of and the child needs all the en- sheets, at parties, etc* will fall
the teacher. Don’t sign the re- couragement and other advan- far short of winning promotion
port without looking at it. That ta£es that are possible for him in the end.
will not be fairto your child nor to have. But with all these ad-
vantages that are possible, the
boy or girl who will not settle
down to earnest, zealous work
” wv u»ov uctausc Of 3
wager they made today.
Miss Henry is a consistent ad-
mirer of T. R , and dotes on Bull
Moosers. Mr Wyeth is partial
toward Miss Henry but has no
use for Rooseveltism. After
church last evening they argued
the matter. Today they met
again and acknowledged the
wager before friends.
A French doctor says that you ! Baby Hands! In all the world
are liable to bring on insanity I f^ere is nothing half so strong,
unless you lay in bed fifteen or in a11 the world there is nothing
BABY HANDS.
twenty minutes after you wake
up. There is no need of special
asylums out this way.
Criticise not, lest ye be criti-
cised.
Thyre’s a reason in everything
—except women.
Some politicians are afraid
that with wireless politics they
will be unable to make the con-
nection.
half so pure. It seems at times
as if God created babies that
weary men and women might
not abandon faith in Him.
What tongue can tell, what
pen can describe what a baby
means? Everything that is holy,
that is beautiful, that is good,
clusteres around a baby. Tiny
hands fasten around our hearts
with a mighty grip that
naught but death can loosen,
and men and women are nearest
>ber, 1912, at the hour of 10~30 maHe better- .If some of the cannot hoPe to ma
.. M., for the purpose of ratify- ^ra. are low, inquire the cause &ress- No pupil (
ing the county nominations, pro- and he]P the child and the teach- ,above th« primary
mulgating a county platform and "
to take up such other matters as
may be necessary in support of!
the democratic party in Har-
per county. This convention
shall be made up of delegates
from the various precincts of the
county to be elected by the vot-
ers of the said precincts at the
regular polling places on Tues-
day, October 1st, 1912, at the
hour of 2:30 P. M.
The representation in the con-
vention by the various precincts
shall be one delegate for each 10
votes cast for Governor Cruce in
1910, which is as follows
Frecinct
Browning
Roosevelt
Martin
Sheridan
Jackson
Wolf
Murray
Doby
Bailey
Buffalo
Lincoln
Saline
Laverne
Stockholm
Bryan
Kilby
Fern
Flynn
May
Haskell
Supply
Weiglcin
Cai ter
Lnr.e Tree
Queer.
This world is paradoxical,
hr„ln a„k; J!?. ' KyouUwouldrii at* alf old pal,
Women may be the wine of a,'m,,l,en ana women are nearest
! life, but they would strenuously ! ™ wb«n they kneel at a baby’s
object to being put on the shelf *eet‘ man mav pvor
until properly aged.
Some people do not care to lay
of anv grade vLT ,UIU ,*»'•,up treasures in heaven foe fear
can do all the ' mUS S a> °n the levek i that they will never get there to
Beacon. : t.njoy them.
Yel ton
Sp< ermoore
Delegates
3
3
2
6
2
3
5
3
2
4
4
3
3
1
2
2
2
1
3
2
1
2
1
4
4
the autumn hat
THE PRICE Ok THE HAT is a matter very few women can
anord to overlook.
It is AN! IN IERESTING FACT that the prices at GREER’S arc
Sensationally Low. *-
The first showing of Fall and Winter Hats, Saturday Sept. 28.
For ONE week I will sell Millinery at extremely low prices
Mrs. R. M. Greer, - - Buffalo. Okl»
Colo- state primary befc ra
, , ,, . „ .. , ueiievea in, tne Diood o
he had As a.matter of political history martyrs and the heroes, the an-
it would be interesting to know guish of the oppressed and the
"ho was clerk of court when *■— * ■*
Adam got his marriage license.
ROOSEVELT “ACCEPTS.” <*"of p»pi«
- neur>u .1 , . been nom'nated by a convention
T h e spectacle o f Theodore ch^thich Irks”! 7 ^ B'"' Party- his de'
Roosevelt “Accepting’’with pro- meanor of the brio-ami a i '“tees in Kans. were voting for
testations of gratitude the nomi- when demandino- hie fr h bls ekctors- As Roosevelt had
nation for the presidency at the from his associate ban lit-/'^ T ?eClare(1 bimseIf the nominee
hands of the Bull Moose con ven- onei Roosevelt “acce pte^;. 1' lonP beforerthe Chicago gather-
tion is calculated to melt the nomination u-ith f„i 1. and ^ad written the plat-
hearts of his countrymen. While i To be we it was hisbv rieht [°"n',here was really nothing
it was not exactly unexpected. „f preemption Never1Vr » f°r U* "convention” to do ex-
it was nevertheless tear-compell- moment was there a chanr f cePt make a noise. And that is
ing. It was so distinctly a ,H-]
Plam people, re-.Uy0„e Had such a , with,h! £' £ I^cliot the statement.
The man who wanted to take
feet. No man may ever know
the thoughts of a mother as she
bends over the babe for whom
she went down into the valley of
the shadow. A halo ever rests
over mother and infant, as if
they had caught something of
the radiance of another world as
they lingered at the eternal
gates.
Every baby is a completed mir-
acle, and is so priceless that
kingdoms are worthless in the
balance.
In that wee form is wrapped
up the holies, the ambitions, the
illusions, if you will and our il-
lusions are often the most pre-
cious things we have-of a man
and a woman. For that morsel
of humanity a woman has paid a
terrible price and a man has
pledged his honor and his life.
All that we have fought for, all
that we have believed in, all that
countless generations have fought
for and believed in, the blood of
The woman who went after
her husband with a stick of dy-
namite evidently intended giv-
ing him a regular old-fashioned
“blowing up.”
An exchange says that all Am-
erican girls are born with voices.
bute of the
tears of the slaves, ail that our
civilization means and all we
hope it will mean rests with our
babies. It was for them the mil-
lions who have gone before
strove; it is for them that we
must strive if we are men.
presented for the moment by Zl^onbeen nre^lta “ «uli Moose, with the delegates! Th f " "T"
Pinchot, Garfield, McCormick r?!!? b pressed the un- answering ayes’ between hymns Thecman who want^ to uwe ...
FWkm* viinti.nin . fortunate person who offered it 0f nrai-** Norm™. ‘ • °ut a fire insurance policy on his ,wbl,c* “ "*» »u«i|m*»i a consu-
The record of the democratic
party from the advent of state-
hood is one almost without a par-
allel among the states of the re-
It has adopted a consti-
instincts of progressive legisla-
Itions recently adopted by the
s 555322 -----« ■■■
Ttte member. „f ,he ^n.y ’
c u.trml Committee are also call- on hand to witness the gloriom t- .1 nd‘ C. Journal Aug. 9, 1912. .
ed to meet on the same date each consumption of Uteir wul T ^ ,>rPsen,H A
member of the committee shall last Feb. When they met to-eth ^ ^ unusual not toisay un-
be a delegate to the convention, er in Chicago and issued " the exampk' ®f a n,atl ingress h a s adjourned.
^ ,MUca the having his name voted on in a That’s some relic/.
A dispatch sav
b> have a building K2 st«»ri
1 «ith a (lag pole 151) feet
[that. The whole thing
s higF
aix>\ •
sound.
ary. the bank guarntry law. com-
IHilaory education, the mine in-
in spec I ion law. the child l»l»or
law. and manr other wi-«»- and
1 vi'cai. nit «u«nv .sounci;
I liitt auutKf .st.jfi which makes63
nf Uk* peofiie and
right to rule.
the i»‘op|v
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Adams, E. Lee. The Harper County Democrat (Buffalo, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1912, newspaper, September 27, 1912; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc941276/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.