Democratic Leader (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1922 Page: 1 of 4
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DEMOCRATIC LEADER
VOLUME 2
pi wi-isnr.n kvfrt mrnsDAY tahi.kqiaii, oheiiokee nu >tt, okla., THURSDAY. AUGUST : 1, 1922
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NUMBER 16
Dead Nefrn Found.
r i r* j . ' a number of
FA Grandy. negro, about 28 or honor of May
1 > years old, was shot and killed
On Thursday afternoon Mifs
Margeret Grumpier entertained
little friends in
Elise Pyeatt of
.. , , , „ Siloam Springs and Frances P tk
on a trail northeast of the Meips of Muskogee. The afternoon
■<choo! house site, where the' was pleasantly spent in games
h use was recently burned, and an amusing contest in which
northeast of Hulbert,. His hit Mary Mc Spadden was success-
and a small spot of blood w*re fui "and was given a dainty
found near the trail through the1 p0lvder pufl. Punch and c ok-
woods. The body was found jes were served to the following:
bout thirty feet from the trail Lillian Hastings, Margarie Reid,
in a small water course. He had Frankie Ritchie, Marie Edwards,
baen shot with a rifle or pistol, Walieah Graham, Freddie Ded-
ths ball entering the breast and mari) Marion Grumpier, Mary
rnt coming out. The shooting, McSpadden, Winnie King, Hilda
it is said, occurred Thursday, Haglund, Juanita Ghormley
the 24th of August, and the body Marie Hargis, Imogene Douglas
vas found on the evening of the
25th.
Two negro men, Ed Cowling j
and Louis Bean, and one woman,!
Elr.ora Bean, are in jail awaiting \
preliminary hearing August 31st ar|d Mrs, W. L Cole and
at Hulbert. \ son returned from Colorado Tues-
— - day.
SEQUOYAH THE AIRE
City Schools will
will open Monday and every
school child should commence to*
Harnage, ht grade.
The teachers will
meet for a
Fofi sfcQ'UOYAH SUlLDlNOi
... M j L. F. Battles, Supt., 8th and
tpen iV£Xt PiOlluBy^'th mathematics! Mabel Hudson,
——_ ;8th and 9th grades! Iva King,
The Tahlequah public schools 8th and 9th grades; Myrtle Liech.
and every fthgrade; Mrs- KmK> 5th grade;
Alma Williams, 4th grade: Vera
day to get ready to begin the Allison' lst and 2nd *rads: Mrs"
next year's work.
The first move in the opening „
will be at the Methodist church tv d«r mstitute on August SI
at 0 o'clock Monday a, m. and September ] Altth>. me t-
tho faculty will be pleased to they will study the i !
have all parent, present, fcelins cond.ttons m Tahlequah and out-
, • . -li v. _ line genera! plans for the year
that acquaintance will beget a^
more hearty support during the s .. .,
year that will inure to the bene- 666 quickly relieves cold,
fit of the students, the parents'
and the faculty, as all may then First Load Of Cotton
work in harmony,
New beginners should be there
at the opening of school, as no On last Thursday
primary pupils will be classified one of oui
later than the first of the third j brought to
week.
Let everyone interested.
Robt, Harp
progressive farmers
Tahlequah the first
I load of cotton. It was purched
and by Lawrence-Wyly for 8 cents a
ROOKS
ROBERT S
MEMORIALS
The extremely high quality of the
granite and marble out of which
they are artistically carved makes
Roberts Memorials as durable as
they are beautiful.
r~~ 1 j5* glad to show you the large variety
; X' of design* in Roberts Memorialt and tell you
why it is that Roberts Memorials coH no more
than ordinary monuments.
A. W. CAREY
HULBERT, OKLA.
Lib
ews
LIBERTY NEWS.
The good rain Friday morning
cooled the hot winds and made
life more pleasant.
Miss Grace Blevins of Tahle-
quah and Miss Stella Ghormley
of Grandview visited W. ,S.
Ghormley and wife from Mcrday
until Thursday. Miss Grace
taught our last term of school."-
It is reported that a flow t>f
five million feet of gas has been
Struck or. Spring creek and
gusher is expected. Casing has
been ordered from Tulsa to case
off the water, when they expect
to shoot the well.
Mr. Thomas Watkins and sons,
Garlin, Henry, Berly and Bud
Delay started Sunday to Ken-
wood to work in the timber
Mr, and Mrs. Frost Fivekiller
i and children returned from Sal-
I lisaw Monday. Mr. Fivekiller
! has been transfered to Stillwell
and will leave for that place
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Belt and
son James returned Monday
from Clarksville, Ark., where
they have been visiting the past
several weeks.
John Fields endorses the weak-
kneed national administration
a and do-nothing Congress too
cowardly to act in a time of crisis
when strikes are materially in-
Misses Louise Pearson and
Ruth Allison attended the Beta
dance in Muskogee last Friday
night. They were the guests of
Mrs. J. B. Crew.
Mrs. M. A. McSpadden and
Miss Madeline McSpadden, who
have visited Mrs. Tom Watts of
Muldrow for the past three
weeks, returned home Thursday.
Lucien Wyly, midshipman in
the U. S. Naval Academy, will
arrive home Sunday from his
first cruise, which included visits
to Panama, Cuba and Nova Sco-
tia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thompson
have aa guests this week their
niece, Miss Frances Thompson of
Muskogee.
Miss Nell Stapler left Tuesday
where she will
the Bloomfield
John Fields is busy writing j
letters to Democrats urging them |
to vote for the man while he'
terfering with the progress of
business as things now are, yet|f°r Ardmore,
he wants you to vote for the man. | teach piano in
Seminary.
Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Treadwell
and son and Mrs. W. T. Rich-
works at the big saw mill plant. t p0jnts t0 j0hn Fields, but you 'ards came home Sunday from a
Mr. Warnes' son is reported will never hear of John Fields ,week'3 trip in their car to chel"
to be improving. ^\e hope for voting "for the man" if the man sea>
his speedy recovery. j happens to be a democrat. I Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiggins and
Mr, James Lyman from near ! The republicans have held their daughter and Mrs. H. B. Tehee,
Moody was in this community' state convention and we may who drove to Oswego, Kan., re-
circulating a petition in the en-' again expect the old "vote for turned home Saturday.
deavor of getting a bonus of the man" but if they are allowed: Mrs. Lulu Brackett and chil-
fifty dollars per month for our
soldier boys.
A prayer meeting was began
Sunday night. The attendance
«v-as small, but the interest
good.
MRS. MARY E. MEIGS
we are all interested in the sue pound, the ioad amounting to
$112.80
cess of our schools, be at the
opening and each do his part,
that the progress of the students
this year may surpass the
achievements of years gone by.
The following constitute the
faculty for the city school for
the year 1922-23.
TEACHERS FOR MISSION BUILDING 1,1^n(]e'rs sister of Mrs. Walt-
J. B. Anthony, 6th grade: An- ^ ' returned to their home in
naGuinn, 4th and 6th grades, gaturday after
Eva Cook, 3rd and 4th grades: * herc>
May Wagner, 3rd grade, Ruthj ^
Simms, lst and 2nd grades; Mad
eline McSpadden, lst grade.
Tuxie Ballard of Greenleaf
was in town Friday after some
dynamite to be used on road
work in his district.
Mrs. B. G Fletcher, mother of
Mrs. Dr. A. Walters and Mrs.
few
David King came home Friday
I from a week's trip to St. Louis.
Produce Wanted
We are located on corner, back of
the First National Bank, and will
pay cash for your Chickens, Geese,
Turkeys, Guineas, Eggs, Hides, etc.
GET OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU SELL
G. B. WALLACE
PRODUCE CO.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
On last Sunday afternoon,
August 27th, Mrs. Mary F.
Meigs, widow of John R. Meigs,
was laid to rest in the Ross
Cemetary near Park Hill. The
funeral service was held by Rev.
E. D. Cameron, paster of the
First Baptist Church of Tahle-
quah. The body was laid to rest
by the side of her husband and
others that she Joved. Mis.
Meigs leaves five children, twen-
ty-one grand children and two
great grand children, She was
a member of the Moravian Church
and was a very devout christian
woman, She was eighty years,
six months and twenty-nine days
old. The old Ross grave yard
is a beautiful place and is the
sleeping place of some of Okla-
homa's greatest pioneers. Thsre
was a large crowd at the funnrral
and a beautiful service was held.
Miss Marguerite Manus left
Thursday for Tulsa. She will
teach near there this year,
to pick your man you may
he is a republican.
Owen Covel left Wednesday
for Catoosa, where he will be
vva8 j superintendent of the school
there. Mrs. Covel, Miss Covel
and Mrs. R. M. Dannenburg ac-
companied him to Muskogee.
Misses Pearl and Vance Sitz
leave Friday for Hominy, where
they teach during the coming
school year.
Miss Kathleen Redburn, who
has been the guest of Mrs. Lon
Holcomb, Mrs. L. H. Timmin
and Misses Dannenburg of Mus-
kogee for the past two weeks,
came home Wednesday.
Miss Clara McCollum will re-
turn home Saturday from a three
weeks' visit in Okmulgee with
Mrs. John Lunney and Mrs. Cur-
tis Wilmot,
Mrs. W, F, Germann of Sul-
phur Springs, Ark., returned
home Tuesday from a short visit
with Mrs, John Carding, who is
still very ill.
Misa Ada Norris, who has vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Ross, re-
turned to Muskogee Monday,
Mrs. Ross accompanied her for a
short visit.
know dren, John West and Miss Ma-
mie West left Tuesday for Caney,
Kansas. Mrs. and Miss West
will teach in Oklahoma, near
Caney.
John Gulager left Monday for
Stigler to go with the Stigler
Post of the American Legion to
Keota and Eufaula to put on a
concert. Mr. Gulager, who is a
member of the Rhodes-Pritchett
Post of Tahlequah, puts on ar.
act of trick roping. He was
trained by his cousin, Will Rog-
ers, who is now appearing in the
Follies in New York City. Mr.
Gulager gives his services to the
Stigler Post and will be glad to
help out any other American Le-
gion Post
Mr and Mrs. L. L. Leslie ar-
rived home Thursday from New
York City Mrs. Leslie spent
the summer there studying piano
and voice in Columbia Univer-
sity. Mr. Leslie went to accom-
pany his wite home.
Mrs. Pearl BaggettP and daugh-
ter, Miss Daisy, went to West-
ville Monday to visit Mrs. Mary
Holt.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reid and
children, James, Cleo and Mar-
jorie, motored to Muskogee Fri-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Thornps n
and children spent last week end
with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reid.
Miss Amanda Finley returned
home Monday from Checotah,
where she visited Mrs. Gene
Finley Puryear.
To prevent a cold, take 666.
Miss Mary Gulager of Eureka
•pent Monday in the city
Wattie Foreman, William Con- Mrs. Ed Sharp and daughter,
don and Sid Billingsley motored Emily, who spent the summer in
to Muskogee Tuesday returningI Brownsville, Tenn., will return
that night. home the latter part of the week
Dr. A. Walters returned Wed- Mrs. Frances Pack of Musko
nesday from a business trip to'gee, who was the guest of Miss
Tulsa. j es Mildred and Margaret Crump
Mrs J. T. Attebery and ron, to. returned home Friday.
Randall, came home Wednesday Miss Ruth Ferguson, who will
from an extended motor trip to' teach in Wainright, went there
Miami, Vinita and Afton.
Wednesday.
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