The County Democrat (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE COUNTY DEMOCRAT
OFFICIAL COUNTY FA PEN
Volume XXVIII
TECt'MSEII. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2.1, 1912
Number 20
WORK TO BE J. M. THOMPSON
STARTED ON ANNOUNCES
BIO DITCH FOR SHERIFF
BONDS SOLD AND Tfl£ MONEY IN IS WELL KNOWN ALL OVER THE
HANDS OF TREASURER COUNTY—STANDS FOR STRICT
Harmon-Clark Combination Romp
on Wilson Men at Co. Convention
T. M. KIRK.
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
For some time the question of
draining Little River has been sue
In another column in this is- 1
of the Democrat will be
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under consideration. Ail efforts found the announcement of Jim
to start the work has been un-
successful, butat last all obstacles
nave been removed. The §50 000
bond issue to cover the expense
has been consumated and the
money is now in the hands of the
County Treasurer.
Thompson for Sheriff, subject to j
the action of the democratic!
primary.
Mr. Thompson is a native of
Virginia, but has been a resident
of Pottawatomie county ever
since the opening. Hehaslivtd
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Majority of Harmon Delegates Go To
State Convention—High Handed
Ruling By A. D. Martin, Who
Called Convention To Order.
The digging of this ditch means in the south part of the county j
mire to Pottawatomie County
than any-thing that could hap-
pen. It develops 30,000 acres of
the best land in the county which
today is unproductive due to
in Eason and Burnett township!
continuously. At present, he is
a resident of Wanette, where he
has served as constable f. r some'
time, and has been a great help
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overflow. Every tax payer should in breaking up the bootlegging |
CAMP CABLE
PASSES STRONG
RESOLUTIONS
rejoice to know that the work is
to be started within ten days.
The contractor has praotically all
the material and machinery on
the ground at McComb to do the
work with. The property owrers
in this district are to be compli-
mented upon the way they have
stuck to the proposition as they
have had a number of set-backs,
but they have been persistent
■and have at last gotten out of the
woods.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
and lawlessness, not only in the i
sou'll part of the county, but has
been a big help to the Sheriff's |
force in cleaning up Shawnee.
Mr. Thompson is a firm, be-1
liever in a strict enforcement of!
all laws and solicits a most care- j
ful investigation of his qualifies- ,
tions for the office to which he,
aspires. He says he is for econ-
omy in county and state, but pot j
to the extent of hindering law j
enforcement; that if the people ;
honor him with this office, he j
will honor them with a clean,
economical administration of the
affairs of the Sheriff's office.
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AGAINST THE HISTORY NOW BE
ING USED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN OKLAHOMA
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At a meeting of Carrp Cable
No. 976, of the United Confeder-
I ate Veterans, of Shawnee Okla.
HOY II. II. SMITH
Let I s Pray.
Who fought the Shawnee gang to a stand-still in the County
Democratic Convention, and who told Mayor Martin that his arbi-
trary exclusion of proxies and refusal to allow appeal from his
i rulings was nothing but the methods of a highwayman.
STATE MEETING WILL BE HELD
IN GUTHRIE MARCH 5-6 7
—INTEREST GREAT
All things are now ready for
the great convention of the Okla-
homa Sunday School Associa-
tion, which will be held at Guth-
rie, March 5-6-7.
The interest manifested at this
time throughout the state gives
promise that this will be the best
convention ever held in Oklaho-
ma, as well as the largest. Every
Sunday School should be repre-
rented by at least' one delegate,
and more, if possible. Pastors,
A preacher, at the close of or e pQ^ CONGRRSS
| of his sermons ,said : “Let all in
the house who are paying their
debts stand up.’’ Presently every |
man, woman and child, with one!
exception, rose to their feet.
The preacher seated them and j
said: “Now every man not pay- j
AND NOT LOR •
SUPREME COURT
GEO. AND MARTHA
WASHINGTON TEA
AT PRES. CHURCH
ing his debts stand up.” The ex-
ception, a careworn, hungrylook-
ing individual, clothed in his last
summer’s suit, slowly assumed a
perpendicular position.
ONLY CONGRESS MAY OBJECT TO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A REAL
held Feb , 11th 1912, the follow-
ing Resolutions were passed.
Resolved : That we the mem
bers of Camp Cable in camp
assembled do hereby unanimous-
ly condemn the United States
Histories, both in the grades and
also,in the higher branches now
being taught in our Public
Schools, and we most earnestly
pray our Honorable State Board
of Education to eliminate said
Histories from the schools of
INITIATIVE AND REFEREN
DUM LEGISLATION.
GOOD TIME DON’T FAIL TO
ATTEND.
I Washington, Feb. 19—Only j
How is it, ray friend,” asked j Congress and not the Supreme; Church are arranging for
the minister, “you are the only 1 Court of the United States may J >nost delightful time at the Pres-
man not to meet his obligations?”
“ I run a newspaper,” he an-
swered meekly, “and the breth-
superintendents, teachers 8re my
other Sunday School officers
should embrace this opportunity
to hear of the worlds greatest
leaders in Sunday School work.
Every delegate you send means
a live, enthusiastic worker for
your school all during the year.
The very low rate of one fare
and one third for the round trip
from all points of Oklahoma.
Tickets on sale March 4th to 6th
inclusive, with limit of March 9th.
Prof. E. O. Excell, author,
publisher, and great song leader,
with his own books and accom-
panied by his own p;anist, Mr.
Alvin Roper, who has completely
charmed the audiences a t the
Worlds Convention at Washing-
ton, D. C., will conduct the mus* |
in. Rev. Franklin McElfresh,;
Ph. D., Chicago, great Teacher j
Training Specialist, International j
Sunday Sc h o o 1 Association;
Mary Foster Bryner, Chicago,1
Elementary Specialist, Inter-)
national Sunday School Associ- j
ation ; Arthur T. Arnold,'General;
Secretary W. Va. Sunday School |
Association and Adult Bible!
Class Specialist; Thos. V. Ellzey,
General Secretary Louisan Sun-
day School Association, wi h a
large number of other prominent
workers, who will attend and as-
sist in important conferences,
object to the initiative and ref-
erendum method of legislation in
the states, so the court itself de-
cided today.
That tribunal held that the
question of whether « state still
maintained a Republican form of
government guaranteed by the
Mr. and.Mrs. J. E. McKinney : Federal Constitution after it
are receiving the congratulations | adopted the initiative and ref-
of their friends over the arrival erendum method was a political
subscribers,—
“Let us pray
minister.
exclaimed the
of a 12 lb girl at their home.
problem for Congress an not a
judical one for the curts.
The decision was based on the
claim of the Pacific States Tele-
Miss Marno Dickerson who has
been the guest of her cousin,
Miss Louise Dickerson, for some phone and Telegraph Company
time left Wednesday for h e r) that a tax upon it, imposed by
home in Illinois. I the inatiative and referendum
___ ---) method in Oregon, was unconsti-
Fashion Hints
tutional. The initiative and ref-
provisions in Missouri, Califor-
nia, Arkansas, Colorado, South
Dakota, Utah, Montana, Oklaho-
ma, Maine and.Arazona hung in
the balance. An adverse decis-
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! ion would have affected proposed
legislation of that character in
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many states.
Chief Justice White announced
the deoision of the court. None
of the justices dissented.
Violates Republican Precedents.
No wonder that Republicans say
that Governor Wilson will not do. He
violates all their precedents. He does
not write at the bottom, "Burn this
letter." And when the letter Is pub-
lished, he does not say that the re-
cipient Is an InfamouB liar, nor pro-
ceed to prove by other letters that the
A beautiful Regina Hat shown
make up the personnel of the by Neal Gladish A Co., Teoumseh friend to whom he wrote is a horae-
and MoComb. thief-New Tork Events! Post,
Oklahoma, to t h e end that
higher graded History that i» j Walker and J.
more truthful and will give a fair
version of the conflict between
the States and its cause, may be
Adopted.
Resolved: That Educational
qualifications being equal w e
„ , _ , , | most earnestly recommend that
I be 1,idles of the Presbyterian . , , , ,
„ I teachers from Oulahoma be em-
ployed in our F’ublic Schools.
Ordered: That the above res-
olutions be spread on the min-
utes of our camp and a copy of I Lemirand
same be submitted to the County | The next committee appointed by
Democrat, Shawnee News-Her-j Mr. Price was on delegates to
aid, and the Oklahoman for pub- the state convention who were
lication. ✓
Respectfully Submitted, S. A.
B. Heart, T. B. Hogg and J. L.
Cotten, Committee.
byterian church, this Friday
evening, a very entertaining pro-
pram has been arranged consist-
ing of readings, recitations,vocal
and piano solos by some of Te-
cumseh’s best talent.
Program: —
Song—America.
Piano Solo—Mrs. C. A. Knight
Reading—Carrie Jordan.
Vocal Solo—Mona Outcelt.
Reading—Mrs. Oscar Russell.
Vocal Solo—Mre. Jack Morgan
Piano Solo—Mrs. Louis Hen-
derson.
Recitation—Robert Shoemak-
What might be considered a
foxy move was pulled off at the
county convention in this city
Saturday. The convention was
I called to order by A. D. Martin,
Secretary of the County Central
Committee, who assumed all the
authority of the convention and
arbitrarily ruled that no proxies
would be'counted in the organi-
zation. This high-handed as-
sumption of authority was re-
sisted by those who wanted to
see a decent convention held, but
Martin, high and mighty, stood
pat. The names of W. C. Price
and R. R. Hendon were placed
before the convention as candi-
dates for temporary chairman,
Mr. Price winning by a vote of
89 to 72 The fun continued.
Mr. Price did just what the Har-
mon-Clark combination wanted.
The first committee to be ap-
pointed by Mr. Price was on cre-
dentials, who were W. N. Maben,
E. E. Hood, J. P Cook, R. L.
F. Farrell. The
next was committee on order of
business which was composed of
W. L. Blessing, D. L. Long,
Wm. Beatty, D. M. Newell and
O J. Spepcer. The next com-
mittee was on resolutions. That
committee was S. P. Freeling, J.
W. Lewis, R. J. Ross, Tom
Southgate, F. J. Fleming, Theo.
and 3. M. Ramsey.
BIG “SPUDS”
Vocal Solo—Mr. Cahill
Piano Solo—Mrs. Culvert.
Reading—Sadie Cotten.
Vocal Solo—Mabel King.
After the above program
J. D. Lydick, J. W. Green, H.
Tims, Ed O’Conner, Wm. Beatty,
Ben Venable and W. L. Bless-
ing.
That committee had things as
they wanted it and the way they
! made hay for Harmon was a
inimnrc rKiir:caul,’on' ^ie men were
IlTlrUK I 3 LMJL all taking a much needed rest,
_ but the Harmon men were not
tired, so they did the work. The
following names were selected,
J. H. Woods, S. M. Ramsey, H.
SIX LARGE CONSIGNMENTS OF
POTATOES FROM ABROAD ARE
AWAITED IN NEW YORK.
' ing, E. E. Hood, C. F.
New York, Feb., 15-—Six large j F. J. Fleming, E. W.
' I’ims, J. W. Green, W. L. Bless-
rendered refreshments will be consignments of potatoes are ex-
served.
Everyone will be expected to
pocted to arrive in New York
from aboard during the next two
Barrett,
Whitall,
Ira Sims, J. V. Willis, R. R.
Hendon, Joe Bradburn, L. G.
Pitman, Ed O’Conner, W. N.
pay the amount in cents to cor-j days, bringing the total receipts j Maben, McLain Taylor, Wm.
respond with their birth date, for the season up to a million
That is, say you were born on gacks. The duty on the entire
the 6th day of the month, you ! quantity will foot up to nearly
would pay six cents, and so on. $700,000.
Beatty, J. F, Farrell, J. W.
Longworth, Frank Gilbert, R J.
Ross, J. D. Lydick, S. P. Free-
jling, Wm. Demland and W. F.
If you want to have a real good j Imports will decrease from I Durham,
time and the date of your birth now on, as Germany and France I After the Harmon men had
is not too high up on the calen- j are both buying heavily in Ire-j put the fixings to the Clark boys,
dar.be on hands, you are sure land and England. This is the | they, the Clark’s began to go up
to not be disappointed. first year that America has gone ! in the air, but the Harmon’s told
_ j aboard for potatoes since 1908. j them to keep quiet, that it was
Remember dear boys, he who j In the United States growers j too late then, that the convention
laughs last laughs best. raise about seventy • five bushels j had adjourned, that they would
of potatoes to the aore, while in j fix everything at the state con-
program.
Frantz Diokerson and Jim i England and Ireland the crops'vention. The Clark followers
Morrison took in the convention, j run from 200 to 235 bushels to! seemed to think there had bet t»
at Oklahoma City, Thursday. the aore. too much fixing already.
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