The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 12.
HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 6.. 1904.
NO. 32.
BSOmBBEBiL nun?? SP
AFTER THE BIG RAIN
We feel better. Everything takes on new life, and right on with nature our Store has taken on new I
life. New goods are arriving daily, consisting of new dress goods in Voiles, Lawns etc. Patterns new- I
est designs.
Choicest Selections
l.awtts -
Dimities Choice varieties -
Choicest Selection Gingham
Zephyr Ginghams
- 4c to 5cyd.
- <S 1-3 to ioc "
ioc "
12 1-2 to I5C "
From
Pen ian Lawns
Indian Li mien
6c 8c ioc 12 1=2 to 15c
15c 20c 25c
Hosiery Department
Ladies Black Hose 3 pr for 25c
Ladies fine gage Klk Hose per pr 15c
Ladies fine lace " " « " 15c
Ladies fine Maco Yarns blk " " 25c
Mens Fancy Embroideried 1-2 hose
per pr - . ,5C
Mens Fancy Embroidered Fine
Tlaco Yarn per pr - 25c
Mens Black Hose ■ 3 pr for 25c
flens' Underwear
See Our line of Mens Underwear.
Fancy Shirts and Drs per garment only
Fancy Blue Shirts and Drs per " "
The Ordinary 3.7c Garment only
-Joe
3'5c
2jc
Mens' Qloves
We handle the best man's work Glove in the
citv.
An extravalue offered at only ,50c pr
Genuine Horse Hide Glove at $1.00 "
Genuine Buck Skin " $, ()0 ><
Indian Tan " " " $1.2:5 "
Call and examine our
values. You will not
be disapointed. We
Guarantee better
treatment and better
service.
Ladies' Gloves
Ladies' Blk Gloves
Ladies Silk Gloves (all colors 1
Ladies' flitts (colors)
Ladies' Vests.
Ladies' Cause Vests each - r- ,05c
Ladies' Tape Sleeves and neck - 3 for 25c
Extra Nice Garments ■ 12 1=2 to 25c
CASHION BROS
Yours For Business,
THE BIG RACKET STORE
asm' -i
THE CITY ELECTION.
Monday's Results Were Close, and
Neither Side Car\ Claim Much 0f a
Victory. :Thn «* Members of G/>e
Board Re-Elected.
\ssessor—Ci. S. Pain.
^Police Judge-1-!!. K. YftuTreps.
Treasurer A.'W Wesl'iika.
Tow n CJerk A. H. Lyons.
Tbu^tkkh
;First Ward—Fret] Khlor.
'Second Ward—Win. Holmes.
Third Ward—A. K. Lane.
Fourth Ward—John Smith.
Fifth Ward—C. O.l<9o*i .
Those are the olficers for the city
of Hennessey (or the ensuing year, by
virtue of Monday's election. The elec-
tion passed off 'quitely, and there was
no trouble, although there was much
wire pulling and hard work by most all
of the contestants. Both sides made
an effort to gel their voles to the polls
early, and by ■! or 4 o'clock almost every
vote was in in both precincts. The re-
sults have not changed the member-
ship of the board of trustees to any
great extent as far as the members are
concerned, Wit the incoming two now
councilmen may change the policy of
the board a great deal Elder of the
First ward, Lane of the Third, and
Smith of the Fourth Were re-elected,
and Fisher of the Second, is succeeded
by Wm. Holmes, while Dr. Gose is the
•new member from the Fifth.
The contest this year was On the same
lines that has marked former elections
in this town. It was the old tight for
supremacy between what is known as
'the Elder faction and the I atie-Overton
faction. The vote is'evidence that the
people of the town are about evenly
divided as to which faction should be
'in control of the city government. The
closest vote was in the Third ward,
where Lane and J. Q. Henry tied for
trustee. The waiter was decided by
Hipping a silver dollar, and Lane won
the toss. In the Fourth ward John
Smith received one majority over .J. II.
Shaw. In the Second Holmes received
twelve majority over A. C. Fisher. Dr.
(lose won over C. T. Renshaw by
twenty-nine votes.
The new council is progressive, and
will work for what they believe to be
the best interests of the city, and it is
'hoped that there will be no stumbling
blocks thrown in the way of their ofl'orls.
Another thing, the election is over now,
and another one will not be held for a
whole year. In the meantime, this
paper urges a cessation of the personal
hostilities that have been evident here-
to-fore. The people of this town have
a common purpose, and that is to build
up the town. It cannot be done by
knocking and continually kicking on
the city officers. Cutout the factions,
and let all get to work for Hennessey.
Following is the unofficial vote:
Thistees— Fifth ward—Ehler, 1.1:
Hilbish, .'iT. Second ward Holmes, 20:
Third ward Lane, 53;
Fourth ward—Smith, 23:
Filth ward—-Gose, •'! 1; Ken-
Fisher, 1
Henry o.'i
Shaw, 22.
shaw, 5.
Assessor
tree, 2Si.
I'olice Judge
12->: Xuber, -11.
Treasurer—Wostlake
137; Mrs. Anderson 23.
Town Clerk Lyons, 2 IS
5(1,
Pain, I'M Brewer, 87; Crab-!
\ anTrees,. Ill; Hope
Dinkier
Kolachny
i;
Japs Win Land Battle.
Tokio, May 2.— The first great land
battle of the war has resulted In a
magnificent victory for the Japanese.
After five days of hard fighting, which
Came to a olimax with a gallant infan-
try charge, the first Japanese army, un-
der Uen. Ivuroki, has driven the Rus-
ians from Chi Tien Cheng, and is in
complete control of the estuary of the
> lu river. The Russians burned An-
lung yesterday and retreated to Fen
Huang Cheng.
Gen. k'urkoi reports his losses in kill-
ed and wounded at TOO and estimates
the Russians casualties to be 800.
The Japanese captured twenty-eight
pieces of quick-firing artillery, several
thousand stand of arms, a large (inan-
ity of ammunition and several hundred
prisoners, including twenty otllcers.
The ballle was fos/rht largely with
artillery, the decisive blow being struck
when the Japanese infantry, covering
a front of four miles, swept the Rus-
sians from (.hi l'ien ( 'hong ami the
Height on lho, right bank of the llio
rirer opposite Wiju, turning the left
flank of the Russian position. In the
fighting yesterday the Russians were
forced back and later compelled to
abanden Antung.
Gen. Kuroki's report says that at
daybreak Sunday morning the Japanese
j artillery opened* bambardmen of Chi From Former Kingfisher Counfy Boy
jlien Cheng which lasied five hours. The following letter has been received
■ Toward the last the range was so accur- I by the Press-Democrat from John II
ate the Russians were driven from their I Wilcox, formerly or Center township,
positions. The Japanese infantry closod . i his county.
in and stormed Hie works, drove the j As I have been gone for almost seven
Russians back and occupied the whole : months I thought it would be a asnre
line from end to end. t0 Ut you u how , am t„ a,
Russians made two stands, the in the "Lone Star state " Since Un -
report sifys. Their strength was e«ti- Ing I have been attending school at the
mated at 30,000, while the Japanese | k'eene Academy, which is a nice well
strength is said to be about one-third located school in Johnson county six
less, the exact number not being obtain- | miles northeast of Cleburne, and about
ab.!?' P'fty miles south or Fort Worth. It and
'M'unase completed their pon- the Academy home is situated on a hill,
loon bridge across the Valu Saturday which gives it a good elevation, from
morning and at once regiment al'ter reg- the fourth story of the1 home we 'have a
nnent was poured across. About II line view of thecountry for about fifteen
o clock yesterday morning the Russians or twenty miles around. The village
artillery north and east of Chi Tien has a population of about seven hundred.
Cheng shelled the Japanese patrols sont | Two railroads, tho Santa Fe, and the
of rain.
The fixed customs are somewhat dilT-
erunt to what they are in Oklahoma
one especially, tliey do not celebrate the
Fourth of .Inly, but when Christmas
comes ho treis his christ mas troo, and
j lirecraokers and then lie hus I'un all ai
onct. Then 011 the first night of May
11 he younjc folks hang what they call
1 Mav-basUets; they are made from paste-
board covered with colored paper.
Tliey are small, then they fill them full
of flowers and the young man, or lady
i whichever it may bo, seLs it down at I
the door, knocks and runs away with*
I out you seeing them, if possible.
1 think Texas is a very nice place to
I live, though I find that it is like most
any other stale in many ways.
1 School will not be out till the 9th of
from Kintiento island. This lire
sileneed by the Japanese batteries.
Later eight Russsian guns on Makao
hill opened fire, but was silenced by
the Japanese guns to the east of Winju.
June, but 1 expect to come here next
Katy have stations near the village. | year, well in fact until I graduate.
'I he school has a large farm connected Well as 1 have told you about all that
wiih it, of which mv uncle, W. IS. j would interest you I think I will close.
Etchison is foreman, and my aunt, Mrs.
Etchison, matron of the home. Of
Later both the Chi Tien Cheng and I course you know, that formerly they
Makao battieiies reopened lire on the resided in Center township, Kingfisher
Japanese and continued for two hours | county. The climate is very doMgtful
before they were silenced. | healthful, and invigorating.
In the meantime the Japanese bad j The soil is betweon a "sandy loam
constructed another bridge across the I and a hard land soil.
^alu and all through the night regi | adapted to gardening
Yours truly
John II. Wilcox,
Keene, Texas.
men's were hurried across. During i berries, and fruit. We are having gar-
Hats at Reduced Prices.
I have six dozen street, hats, and five
dozen children's, iiuis, which I wish to
It is very much I dispose of quickly. Until they are all
sweet potatoes, | sold, they can be had ai greatly reduced
the night Gen. Kuroki telegraphed the
general stall' that he would attack at
daybreak.
Didn't Need CAe Coffin.
Mountain View, O. T., May 2. Char-
les Ward, a farmer, living a few. miles
north of here, was buried beneath ton
or twelve feet of earlU in a cavein on
his farm and by almost a miracle es-
caped uninjured. He was digging a
well when the accident happened an I i
although his friends cointnonced dig-
ging at once to got him out, they be-
lieved him dead. 80 sure were they
that Ward was dead that his coiHn had
boon ordered from town. Aftor takin"
out several wagon loads of earth and
stone it was discovered that ho was not
only alivo but practically unharmed.
When the accident occured Ward threw
up his arms in such a manner as to
protect his head and this formed
j prices.
| goods.
I heso liats are all this season's
den products, such as peas, graen beans
and turnips on the table in abuudance. | 2t. Mrs. SwofTord.
The students that coino from a distant e
stay in the home, they are furnished
two hours' work each day on the farm,
or in the garden.
We hate students from Oklahoma. It is thought that tho union meeting
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. The 1 <" dio Christian church Sunday night,
home will aceomadate about sixty I tad something to do with the result of
students. Hehad this year only about | Monday's election.
hom
Foley's Honey and Tar contains no
J opiates and can safely bo given to child-
1 ren. Geo. C. Saur.
Ihirty in tho home, but wo litre pros-
pects of a fuil attendance next year,
j in tho grades and tho academic depart-
j inont we have over two hundred enroll-
j ed. Several things in Texas seem very
odd to mo, one especially that the coun-
try is not sectioni/.od, so when a person
starts to town he just starts down tho
road and It leads him there, but
difficult to tell how many miles
have gone. Another is to see the farm-
Columbia and Myrtle Items.
I ho tinost rain of the season visited
t his .section Sat urday night, and farm-
ers are all wearing a happy smile.
('has. Timm and wife, A. Cain and
wile, (.'has Ivoch and wife, II. Criner,
and Philip Sales went to "uthrie Tues-
day to the celebration of the eighty-
lil'tli anniversary of Odd lr,eH";'."hin in
America. All report a good t!rre.
Miss Kdith Iloi-en is homo from Mis-
souri where she has boon attending
school.
There is talk of instuting a Ilobeccah
order ai < olumbia. Wo hope success.
(iramlpa Cowardin of Hennessey,
spent a week w ith his daughter at Sur-
prise.
Jerry Mclindy and wife drovo over
from Grant county to visit relatives
around Surprise during the past week.
Mrs. Morris and daughter (loldlo,
wero the guosts of Mrs. Melindy over
Sal urday.
Whore is tho man who said it would
never rain again in Oklahoma? We would
like to see him.
As every ono is very busy and so is
your scribe, and items are scarce. If
you will excuse us this week we will try
and do better next week. It is rather
embarassing to write articles where no
one seldom ever dies or over gets married,
but we will do the best we can to keep
you posted from our part of tho country,
and would like to hoar fromother points
where they are more exporinced, than
You Know Who.
Sick headache results from a disor-
dered stomach and is quickly cured by
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For sale by F. A. Dinkier.
D. A.
it is
you
ESPY,
PKICHIDEKT.
CHAS. H. MOORE,
tick pilksibrwt.
NO. 6111.
GEO, E. GILMORE,
cawhikr.
adapted for asthma, bronchitis
hoarseness. Geo. t\ Sanr.
lis as
plow*
ers ploughing with i^ublo shovels, and
■pace so that he could breathe, but not j 0eorgla ™d such implemei
nove. Ho was imprisoned' in this ! r,ia;' six and "is111 inch stirring p
nanner for eight hours. on« : ors<, but nevertheless, these j
F°J5f,,,.?on.*y.uMld Tar ls. Peculiarly la good living I "think "VwM
I make good crops this year, because tliov
I have -ood prospects, and an abundance
and
HENNESSEY NATIONAL BANK.
HBNNESSEY, OKLAHOMA.
CAPITAL. - S25.000.00
A'-counts of Individuals Firms ttiitl Corporations Solicited. Evury
Courtesy Extended Consistent with Snfe
and Conservative Banking.
Foreign Exnhnngo Issued—Available in Any Part of the World.
DIRECTORS:
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