The Harper County Democrat (Buffalo, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1912 Page: 3 of 4
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j5.G. Gline Hardware Go,
Anchor, Lyon and Emerson
BUGGIES
Bain Wagons
Charter Oak Wagons
Abingdon Wagons
All kinds of Shelf and Heavy
Hardware. Tinshop in con-
nection. See our Harness line.
Windmills Pumps Tanks
ir
i
r
All Repair WorK Done
li
Mina Mary Cline, daughter of S£
('line, is reported on the nick list.
Our list of another twenty live sub
scribers was crowded out this week.
i his is campaign year and you slioud
keep up with events, head the liar
per County Dmnjjrat the ollicial eoun
ty paper-only 81.90 per year.
Louis Fades, democratic precinct
committeeman for Weiglein precinct,
accompanied by his son, was transact-
ing business in the county seat Tlmrs-
| day and Friday.
The following, whose names did not
appear in the railroad bonus list pub
! lished recently, have reported to this
office: Cora Meeker, Charleston, 8150;
II A Isham, Charleston, 8100; II \'
Merry, Mullalo, 875.
Messrs I’etligrew, Menton and Head
rick of Kibby, were before the hoard
of county commissioners the lirst of
the week on business relating to ttie
establishment of a public road to Sup-
i piy-
Nliout your wares!
Cool loans money on farms, tf
Every day or two spring sticks it's
liead out and then pulls it hack again'
C 15 Herndon, of Martina, was in
town the latter part of last week.
Mat Nelson was mixing with the
crowds in Muffalo Saturday.
Several new residences are being
contemplated in Muflclo.
Tom Young and Sam Prophet were
seen on onr streets Saturday.
John Cooper was up from near Kib
by the latter part of last week .
Candies at Cool's that please every
body.—tl
Messers Pettigrew and Gass were
up from near Kibby Saturday trail
sacting business and attending Tern
pie’s sale.
Gearge Martin was in town last Sat
urday and sold ye editor some alfalfa
seed, which was raised by Allen Pot
ter.
LOST—Small red water spaniel dog,
curly hair. Leave information at this
oflice, or notify I.. M. Coffey. Reward
tor leturu. 1 f-
SI lid v of I’rnbaliilil Ics on I'lve of Ap-
proaching Campaign Show Splen-
did Opportunities for Dem-
oeruts.
We do not recall any presidential
year slinlo 1884 in which the study
of probabritics based on previous
elections and on actual indications
of popular H'-nliincnf. was more in
tores!tug and more pit/,sling than it!
Is on the eve of the approaching
campaign. I .caving aside tiny es-
limaly of the currents of opinion or'
the effect of particular nominal ions
l,y the two parties, there are eer-l
In in figures which will bring out the
complexity of the situation.
Mr. Taft was elected by 1121:
electoral voles to 162 for Mr.
Mryait, a majority of 151* in it total
of 18M. Ills total vote was 7,678,-1
tins, and his popular majority was
1,2tilt,Sit 1, a little more Ilian 17 perj
,.(.,,1 Hut. decisive as tills looks
there were five states in which 52
electoral votes were won by plural-
ities of less than 5 per cent of tbej
j total vole, or, in other words, a!
change of one vote in twenty in
those states would have made a dif-
Reputation-:-
This store lets catablisln.nl a Rrputa
tion of being the ciiterioii ol Quality.
Our line of Spring nu.l Summer (rootle*,
consisting of Dry GrOO(ls» Sil083,
Notions and Groceries are more
up-to-date this spring than ever befoie.
Our prices on everything are very reasou
able. We can save you money.
W. h. Spillers.l
Don’t fail to see nty up-to-date dis-
i play of Millinery, collors, jabots, frills,
j hand bags, fancy belts and beautilul
ready-made corset covers.
Conte in today. ,
5 ours for business, I fere,tee of lo t in H.e Electoral ( ol
Mrs Kindt lego. Tim incident shows, as like
West Turner St., McMinn"building, incidents have shown in the past,
the extreme intricacy of our sys-
tem of election for the Chief I'.xocn-
liviH office, and how it lends to linl-
Mr Durham, editor of the Republi-
can, moved his newspaper plant into
When you want that garden plowed llie papiJe building the lirst of the
" week.
see (’, 1’. McYickers
We print sale bills—print ’em quick
and print ’em good —tf
W I. Norris was trading in town
Saturday “Put nty aatne back on the
list," said be.
The Crissttp boys, from over north
ot Charleston, wete trading in Muffalo
last Saturday.
John Wagoner was over from near
Charleston last Saturday and handed
us a couple of subscriptions.
Harper County farms for sale or ex-
change. Write or C. It. Cool—The
Land Man, Muffalo, Okla.-tf
M A Treadway was transacting bus
iness in the counay seat trout Charles
ton the latter part of last week.
You never beard of the Democrat
saying anything about a man that
played a fair game did you?
Ed Sontag lias installed an up to
date shoe machine and is prepared to
handle all kinds ot shoe work.
When in need of dental work, see
Dr. It. W. Woolwiuo at the Harper
Hotel.
There is one thing everybody agrees
upon, that is, that this has been some
winter.
The Democrat received about a ton
of paper stock this week and there is
not a pound of cheap stock in the lot.
We bought it for the cash and thus can
compete with the cheap stub that is
turned out by some shops anti at the
same time give you much better stock.
Charlie lUdke and Karl Mrockwav
have been assisting Mr l’appe in the
erection of bis new home in the north
part of the city. Mr Pappe is going
to retire from active business this year
and will devote his time this summer
to truck farming on his acre of gro und
out there.
Mrs Greer has moved her ntili.tery
store into the Ov ler building, and Mrs
Kindt has moved into the McMin j Joe Walden, one of the most exten
building. | si ve and successful farmers of the
j Prospect \ alley neighborhood, was
fin calculations when political par-
lies are nearly equal in strength
ami feiVi'lng is find lulling.
This year there will he 515 1 Kloc-
lorttf votes, eouuling Arizona and
New Mexico, with three votes each
ami 266 votes will he reqirettd for
alt election- If the states could be
DIL*L»OIN Rffist5er2N5°
on to vote as they did in |
iiiii'h bother ami expeitscj
be saved and our readers
not lie interested in this ttr-
Hut let us suppose that this
in, each state the parly which!
•si elec-
relied
I '.ms,
would
would
tic').*,
yea r
j was the strottger in tlie tat
tion for Governor should
Jin the vote for President. The Klec-
Is a Black Perch cron Noruian
Stallion, D 3 ears old, 1<‘> hands
11itr 11 and weighs 1300 pounds.
PEDIGREE: Site. Walt oil 15524. hn by
Jarissairo 15522 (3277,. out of J unit h 15523
(12009). she by Valliiint 404. Junissairo
15522 (H277> , he by Dngobert 2X31. by bril-
liant 75C-. he by brilliant 750. by Coco II
(7X4). etc. Dam. 1 tin 15521. site by l’tigo
15519, out of Pearl 15520, she by Money
_ Maker 4110, etc.
Terms: $10.00 U> insure standing colt.
DAVE is ail eligible Jack, with mealy nose, K’. hands high
ami weighs 1030 pounds. Terms same as for horse.
Will stand the season of 1912 at my farm. 3 miles south and 3 1 mile west of
Willard, and 5 miles northeast of Melvim, Okla. ___
W. E3. I3CDI3I3S.
C *K& JtfS* 3S335
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|MR. FARMER!
5553SSSS ^
Hockaday Paints and Oils at Tem-
ple’s
Dave Kendall called at our sanctum
Saturday and threw a dollar on our
desk for a year's subscription to the
popular paper.
The board of county commissioners
have been in session this week. Mem
hers present: J W Carl, G M Carpenter
and F H George.
Muffalo just as well prepare for a dull
spell for a while, as the farmers are
going to have pleauty of work to do to
keep them at home
Wanted-3" head of horses to
pasture on grass this summer. Plenty
of water and grass.
J II McYickers, 3 23 1 t f
Henry Isham was over from near
Charleston Saturday, and came in to
I ay us his aspects with a big shining
dollar
A number of friends and rel ttives
of our esteemed citizen, James T Hoy,
assisted him to celebrate his 73rd
( birthday at the Hoy home Wednesday
\VAN TFD— Somebody to help drive of this week
cows to pasture- Call on Mr aud Mrs
Greg Dandy.
\V It Storer and A P Grimm, of west
of town, were trading
Saturday.
in Muffalo last i
Mr and Mrs Oliver Keith, of near
Kibby, were trailing in Muffalo
Saturday.
Mrs John Tucker, of the Kibby
neighborhood, was a pleasant csller at
Dr. Oyler, Dentist, will be in Muffalo,
March 28 to April 18th. Come in and
have that tooth ache sto| ped.
Mr and Mrs T II Moredock, of near
Willari, were trading in the county
seat last Friday. Mr Murdock had
|aat Itis subscription pushed ahead auotlier
year.
Fast Friday and Saturday we enroll-
ed seventeen subscribers upon our rap-
this office Ee latter part ot Ust week . idly growing list. This makes just a
I few less titan a Hundred new ones dur-
Cool’s Cafe, night or day, is a nice , ing ttie month ol March,
place to get a good meal and get it
f ' <1
quick, -tf
Have you seen the new Hue of baby
cabs at the Muffalo Furniture Store?
CG Hadke is preparing to ere-tresl- j „„ Ki|ldt moved her stock of
deuces for C W b.monde Clinton Cos j mil)iuerv Roods int0 u,e budding re-
by and C barite smith, of west of B.tf-1 ^by ,jroS., Ulis
week, where Iter customers will tiud
Iter in th° tutnre.
Among the Willard folk wlto were
in our city la^t Saturday were: Mr and
Mrs J R Meeuian, Mr anti Mrs V W
Drown, Mr ami Mrs F M
falo.
Steve Durham went down to his
homestead the lirst <>f Hie week to re
build his house which was destroyed
by lire ast fall.
It is
right now. C R Cool for
property, tf
transacting business in tlie county
seat last Saturday. Mr Walden tells i
us that Mrs Walden's health is not t
very good this w inter. While in town j
he called and ordered his name put.
back on onr subscription list.
A large bunch of \\ i Hard people
were in Mullalo last Saturday, attend
ing the Temple sale and transacting
other business. We looked over the
bunch and found that almost to a
man, they all read the Democrat, and
of course, read Temple’s bird ware ad
and Rest's Seed l’uiato ad in the Dem-
ocrat.
.Joe, you may thiuk you ara having
a jolly good time knocking on litis
paper, but we will bet you our last
year’s straw h it that you are losing
more friends than we are subscribers.
We don’t mind you punishing us for
' supporting you. but darned if we don't
j believe you r just a bit too fat to
! t'avel very fast when the home heat is
I run. Don’t get sore now just smile.
Mr tind Mrs Fisher, of the McKint
! neighborhood, were trading in Muffalo
j tiie latter part of last week and made
1 the editor of the Democrat a pleasant
j call. They said they heard that we
j were back at our post again and that
] Charlie wanted the paper. We taught
school in Mr Fisher’s neighborhood j
I one year and found the Fisher family j
, to be very line people
Walter Rose, who lives down toward
Kibby, was in town Saturday, and
tells us that some of his neighbors met
at his bouse recently and tint they
held a political convention of their
own, in which everybody participated
rather lively. Walter says he held
down and by strenuous efforts pre
vented a rough house. I’olitics are
surely warming up some of late-
Ambrose Dttrrell, of near Readout,
was in the county seat last Saturday,
and made this office a t net call. Mr
Dttrrell informs ns that he will be a
j candidate before the primaries for the
I nomination on tlie tepublican ticket
I for sheriff ot Harper county. Mr Dor-
lnl'.'i I votes wf
uld then be cast
IS
shown in Hie following summary:
u
Rcpublica.il
Democrat
1
Calif ornia
1
Alabama
2 j
6
r<>lor;nlo
•;
Arkansas
'•*1
If
Dclaw arc
Gonnert irui I
Idaho
l
Florida
6
(!
Illinois
2'*
(leorgia
t
1 o' v a.
1
Indiana
5 :
C-w
Ka nsas
III
Kentucky
1
§
M icliiguil
1 5
Louisiana
1 n j
h
M in ncsot a
1 2
M a i n e
<; ;
\1 issouri
1 8
Maryland
S :
f
XobrasUa
S
Massachusetts
i8j
P
New Hampshire 4
M ississi ppi
It*
i
1 Pennsylvania
::k
Montana
4 |
u
| Rhode Island
• i
Nc vada
:;
Ci
i Son I It Dakota
.»
New Jersey
i t
i Tennessee
1 2
New York
4 5 I
j Utah
4 North Carolina 12
Vermont
4
North Dakotas
Washington
7
Ohio
2 t
West Va.
8
Oregon
*• |
\Y isronsiu
i:;
(ikhilionia
id
i
S. Carolina
Total
23 t
Texas
20
Virginia
t 2
Wyoming
3
Total 2
9 4
Democratic
majority, 63.
( Arizona, 3
and
New Mexico,
3
omitted.)
This remarkable
change js due
1 «>
This is just to mniml you that wo rojiioseut the
old Reliable St. Paul Insurance Company, and
want to write your insurance ou that wheat crop
this 3 ear.
The prospects for an immense crop are line, and |
you cannot run the risk of losing it by a hail
storm.
Call and see us, or let us call aud see you.
HERREN & HERREN. Buffalo, Okla. ^
G wiAS SNlNi -SiSii -Cxli ilSCWilNlSlEiKiftB -«. - ww w C:
?!
Merchant Tailor-
Suits Cleaned, Pressed, Dyed and Repaired at
Reasonable Prices.
Shoe Repairing Also Done*
3UFF/\L_CU\ - - OKI—A*
the states of Connecticut!.
M ;t i ne, Massach usetts,
Indiana.
Montana.'
Divest when the sign is right. It is 1 Drown. Mr and Mrs F M CUyeomb. n || has the appearence of a man who
Buffalo I J H and Chis Hannon, Sant Wise, 1 O will make a telling campaign, and
! ... ■ . . . . a... i . > i _____111 .. ■ l. ■. l.aA flail *1 n t li.'l r
J Miller aud U
Riley.
RAILROAD!
While Buffalo has not yet a Railroad I am
going to sell EASTER HATS at rail-
road prices Our millinery has Juus arrived,
and from Gage Brothers, Chicago,-manu-
facturers, not jobbers. A better i|uality of
millinery has never been shown in Harper
County See them before you buy
Mrs. Greer,
Opposite
Po^t ortit
while a republican he has the appear
anceot being such a mau as would till '■
the place with credit to himselt and
the people.
Edgar 11 Gtorje. recently cotnmis
aioneil county commissioner for the
second district by Governor CTttce,
vice A l MoBihiney, resigned, was
transacting t usmess in town >atur
diy. While we have never been
brought In personal contact with Mr
tii urge, be has the appearance ol being
a man of lirui convictions and bust
ness ability Those who know hint
are loud tu his praise. Mr MeLlhiney.
we are informed will soon leive far
Canada, win-re he expects to make
1 Ins future home.
WANTED At once. Three Five
, Agents and Merchants tu every comity
to handle Ml ST Tilt t REAM" tu
Dost Cards. Samples of sixteen tie
j signs made I up**:i fecw.pt of ten vents
and a two vent stamp. I.'oer*! prop*
■ sit ion opcu uutil April "2'lh- Wiile
today
Gu» at W t'Tt n.\ IV-st Laud Lv,
WNchUa, Kaus.
Onr old friend C Nossman, wito liv
Now"I'ersex*1 'now Y<>vkHi'Dako- j e.i just across the line in Kansas, from
Ohio! Oregon, and Wyoming, all; W iilard, was transacting business m
„r wllkh have elected Democratic Muffalo the latter part ol last week,
Governors, after giving their votes and called to see how b.s subscription
i„ 1908 to Mr. Taft, while Nebraska j stood Mr Nossman by rights belongs
and Tennessee did just the contrary, to Harper county and we <*re in a\o
elect ing republican governors after of introducing a measure, anywhere
vZi Z Mr nrva». we «•«» Brt It through, provtdtng for
have placed the states in alphabeti- his annexation. “I just dropped in to
•al order ..,‘l thev show the more] tell you that I renewed for the Demo-
elearly how the changes have look- crat and the Democrat is whatJLwhnt.
en out in every part of the Ftilon.( Hy gum. 1 am a democrat . 1 the w y
OH its face the table, with its heavy I through, and while 1 cant vote
n ,,,. ii *ri)|.r coQiitv, l cun do u lot of talk
Democratic majority .nay well , ! .Po he tellovva who do,” said he
ig-st a "tidal wave sweeping o\« r tug to me letto
every section of the Union. It does:
j not take a very close Inupeetion to
see that it is not so simple as that.,
For example, the neighboring and David Andrew Wheeler, was born
! important states of New York and jt, Cass couuty, Mo., on May loth, IS.»o.
New Jersey with ti votes for one j Was r*iswl and lived there until IWG
la„j 45 for the other in all -- when with his family he moved to
after electing Democratic Governors w©ods county. Okla., where he stayed
republican major- Uk13, when they moved to litetr
‘ ' present home in Harper county, Okla.
In Die year I8b*i he aud Miss Jennie
llinote were ni irried and have lived
DAVID ANDRLW WHEtLER.
in t910, elected a
11 y in the popular branch of their
legislature in 19tl. In New York
this was a sweeping reversal and it
ii <-otikl be relied on to bold for
this year if would by itself wipe out
lit- indicated democratic majority
in the Klectoral t’ollcge. Or if
Old >. which voted ft*r Taft In 10**8
and for Harmon at the stiiue time
hIioiiIiI vole for the Kcpblhuan ean-
didatc lliis year, and if Indiana
tBrough storm aud sunshine, through
sunsliiue and sorr .w, ac.-ordi.it to
God’s perfect law. until he was taken
awav on March 19.2.
Drolle r \\ >vr was converted and
i .Hied the M-ih alist Episcopal t’hurch
,. I.-vie Mar School House, ill June
* 7 in a meeting by Her. I.artbee
a’lipbcll. «'* J remained true lo G »d
a*, llie time of Ids
Board ol Trustee:
death
\\ hell going t" the iiprt iting
t ible
should l»' true lo its clMilee «*f 19**8 -------
il would break down Hie majority; t., t|ie Mid. tekiug his place as a work
sliown by ttic laliY and give the Ke-
puldieans a majorby of four On *t«e
..Hew hand, no ean-ful calculation
would put Tenlu-mi1 ilowu as sur**
for the Itepuldb-ans litis year. Ih-
j cause I he I’attereou machine was
smashed in 191**. or would include
N* Br.iska in a safe KeptlWksH i-ol-
: i,tun Is-catisc ISryanisin g«H !«>•»
tires* no- to le- endured t«« years
i aso. cr would count mxsHy oti
nninher of relatives who truly say ho
was ever kind and true; a man of God.
The funeral was conducted by Itis
Fastor. and his body laid to rert
in Lone Star cemetery to await the
great resurrection.
Rev J L 'Veils, Fas’or.
Card of Thanks.
Mrs Jennie Wheeler and family, take
this way of thanking all for their kind
help an l sympathy during the sickness
and death of our loved luisbi'id aud
lather.
Mrs Jennie Wheeler.
Loyd Wheeler.
Arlie Wheeler.
Ella w heel. r.
Mrs Audiy Durrell.
An.brosj Durrell.
That business man in Muffalo who
boycots this paper can gamble on one
safe proposition and that is, that he
will lose more tliau he gains. We
don't have to have his business to sue
ceed. We cannot be expected to trade
with him or give him auz corsilcra-
tion whatever in this piper, which
goes lo evary :n»o t und corner of the
county, as well as a log outside circu-
lation. Every day l inner* conic, into
our office and in«|Mire who it e* that
is knocking on Hus paper iu Buffalo,
We haven't told except in a lew in-
stances, hut vre know ol several t*l-
Icws It re who have aiiea ly l»t*i cos-
l*» llic ru»i« ” ■" . .
er at all times, anil was Gltairuiau •»! the tomers because ol tb**ir cut tbroat
Itolicy. We arc willing to give every
man a lair --h txr ait not until si arc
t-uiivi ice l tint th y are gmu ; «•» f*r-
disease he dietl. he said. “If
not
(lie
III
I do
live through it I am reidy t-> g *.
which all lielieve wh*» knew Ins i
Her ot MSe au«l hi» l liri»tian exauip r
lie hires a wite an«l hve < lilMreS
|,.,\d. Arlie. Aii.lrv. Ella and I rvdmk
: Miseoari, with iu» pluraU*j for TmJ* togv Uat with a Iniat'of Iriemis ami *
• of tjjo.—!*rw York. Times. i
Slbt HI tilt* IMffttHwi# *•
divul till*ir
II *11 ti *«» the piddle
W ** kd* 4
ti'ort lor tliuw who
•t ••.H.-r consHkir4* ton *ud
ns Uh* |
no m o h -r».
r u. i
Tu*- 1. tnd Man wll*
I4IIU5. I«)5l
your 1 nat with him.— If
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