McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 58, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 11, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 14
idabel, mccurtain county, oklahoma, Saturday, September n, 1920
number 58
the Mccurtain
COUNTY FREE FAIR
WAS A SUCCESS
THROWN BY HORSE
SATURDAY; DIED
THURSDAY NIGHT
HENRY STANFORD, A FARMER
LIVING NEAR HERE, MET
WITH ACCIDENTAL DEATH
Farm Exhibits
the Best Ever Shown
| In fhe live stock department there gu a wdl.kllran
,w„ very little of merit, but therejm <vh<J has near lh|, city
Were T'K 1i""* w*
' longing to Prof. L. N. Gray «nd J. P.| horse ta>t Saturday whUe
McBryde, and Durocs, belonging to
J. R. Olive, of Rufe, and H. R. Hed-
attempting to catch another one, and
sustained injuries from which he died
ger, of this city, that were good. Mr;'Thurgd night> After the fa„ Mr.
Olive had a boar, three years old that!
weighs 950 pounds, and a sow twoj
years old, weighing 650 pounds.!
Here—Good Crowds01ive, had_a boar' ^ee years °ld that i sSotd7 w
Attended.
| fine jack.
The McCurtain County Free Fair' RoseH's
as picked up in an uncon-
scious state, and never regained con-
, _ ,sciousness.
There were also some good Jersey) Mf Stanford ^ well known
catUe on exhibits, and aUo one very | throughout the county having resid-
here for a number of years. He
leaves a wife and several children.
Greater Shows are fur-
opened Wednesday with a fair at- nishing the amusement features, and The remaing were ,ajd to resfc
the Denison cemetery Friday.
E.C. CLARK WAS
ACQUITTED OF
TUESDAY—WAS CHARGED
W ITH KILLING C. GORDON
AT MILLERTON
tendance, although the weather was-whil£ their attractions are not
unfavorable, and the crowd was not,numerous as heretofore they are all
"as large as had been anticipated. clean.
The exhibits, especially the farm! Another thing that has attracted a
products, Were good, and a great great deal of attention is the leap
many say that they were the best through space in an Overland-4 tour- j
they had ever seen in this part of in? car being made daily by W. B.
Oklahoma. Padfield, of St* Louis, a representa-1
In the Art Exhibit Hall the Red tive of the Overland ftlotor Co. He;
Gfoss was awarded a good deal of drives his car at fuH sPeed UP an in"! ,
space, but none of it was wasted as dine and leaPs a sPace fourteen feet By a JURY IN DISTRICT COURT
their Model Health Center, under the landing on another incline, with a!
supervision of Miss Elizabeth Krafft, pressure of 42,000 pounds on the j
with its hospital' bed, sanitary table, springs of the car. R. M. DeWitt, of;
first aid kit, dental display furnish- this c>ty, furnished the car from his
ed by Dr. Chas. A. Hess, with Miss, stock at the Idabel Overland Sales
Grace Millsap as an assistant, Jun- Company. | L C. Clark 'the first man to be
ior Red Cross Booth with its display The big parade was had Thursday > tried for murder at this term of dis-
of refugee clothing and canned goods and was indeed splendid. It wasjtrict court, was acquitted by a jury
donated by the girls of the canning charge of W. L. Neidermeier, and last Tuesday afternoon, after sever-
clubs, and the Home Service Section was formed at the Sutherland Lum- al hours deliberation.
with Mrs. Arden P. Brown in charge, her Co. office on South Central Ave- J Mr. Clark killed C. Gordon about
where the ex-service men can go for nue> and passed north on Central to three years ago at a log camp near
any information and aid they may, the fair grounds. J Millerton by stabbing him with a poc-
need will attest. " ' The Parad* was headed by the Ida-jket knife. From the evidence the
In the Model Health Center Miss bel Chamber of Commerce float, j trouble started from a play between
Krafft weighs and measures the ba- with the officers and executive board I young Gordon and another boy after
bies each, day from 10 a. m. to 12 m. and the Idabel band riding in the they had retired. Clark claimed self-
and sho\Vs the parents wherein their float, which was real artistic; next J defense and was acquitted on that
children are lacking. Among other j was a car containing the president of j plea.
things Miss Krafft .renders first aid ,the fair association, Hon. J. Paulj
to the sick. j Stewart, of Haworth; followed by "njUnC Q k CM ITU
Next we noticed the exhibits «f.artistic flojt representing the town;lf[|\J J, A. dlUllIl
the agricultural clubs. In this were of Haworth; then came H. Foley of
all kinds of canned goods and sew-,the Denison School House neighbor-j
ing done by the club members. One hood, with aq individual display ofj
young lady, Miss Alta Sue Brown, of farm produce, well arranged all over!
Garvin, had 150 3-pound cans of to- a touring car; the Red Cross float
matoes, and a number of others had waa next in line and was indeed beau-)
beautiful displays. There were twen-jtiful, and was in charge of Mrs. A.,
ty club exhibits. The club members H. Latimer, and represented the —CORONERS JIRY FOLND
all wore their uniforms. On Tuesday! "other side of the world," this part j
afternoon all of the club girls attend- j being taken by Mrs. Harry Love, a |
ed the shows and baseball games at wounded soldier, by Herbert Crow,
the expense of the managers. Miss sailor by Leighton Coffey, the nurse)
Steel, of Stillwater, is the judge
WHO IS DEPOSITING YOUR DOLLARS?
ARE YOU?
It makes all the difference in the world. Your bank account is your financial thermometer.
Every deposit credited in your passbook is a mile stone passed on the road to success.
Peel off an extra $5, $10, or $20, each payday and bank it. Don't let the other fellow deposit your
dollars.
YOUR ACCOUNT WITH US WILL BE APPRECIATED.
American National Bank
R. C. NEWTON, President
Idabel, Okla
F. B. WEST, Cashier
ROSELL'S GREATER SHOWS
A NEW DEPUTY CLERK.
a good athletic show, where Ben j
Park is anxious to take on any one
in his class. He weighs 200 pounds W. W. Morris, of Holly Creek, has
and is 6 feet tall. Cyclone Scott is been appointed deputy court 'clerk to
Played at the Free Fair This Week—
Have a Clean Show
also with them and furnishes some fill the'vacancy caused by the resig-
Rosell's Greater Shows furnished ggod^exhibitions. The negro minstrel nation of J. G. Hendrix. Mr. Morris
amusement for the Free Fair this is above the average and is clean, has already moved to this city and as-
week, and we find them to be above while all of the other shows attract- sumed his duties.
the average carnival people, as their ed a good deal of attention. The :
shows are cleaner. They have no 49 Wild West is also good. They will John D, Hogue, of Moon, was in
or other dancing shows, but do have show at Bokhoma next week.
the city Friday.
WAS FOUND DEAD
AT HOME FRIDAY
AFTERNOON ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY
CHLOROFORM.
Mrs. S. A. Smith, who has lived
by Miss Lyda Higgs, and the Belgian |aboUt idabel for several years, was
the ■ Home Economics Department children by boys and girls of the j found dead at her home near N.
and said that the club-displays were city; next was the Junior Red Cross, j stone's residence, in this city Friday
some of the best she had seen. She under the 3irection of Mrs. A. G. afternoon about six o'clock.
also said that she found a number of Phillips, the design jwas tlie RedJ Justice Pete Williams empaneled a
things here that were the nicest she Cross composed of little girls, dressed coroner's jury Friday night and held
had seen at any fair and that she in red and white, accompanied by
would pass them along to help oth- .Miss Jessie Arnett as a Red Cross
ers. One of the things she thought nurse; then came county schools;
so much of was the "Kiddie Koop," then the Idabel Milling Company s bottle, labeled chloroform, was found
where mothers might check their float; then a beautifully decorated j beside it. She had wrapped her head
children and know that they were be- Overland-4 car driven by Mrs. Jack|Up jn a qUnt and an apron, and it is
ing cared for while they attended tjje Rush; then J. B. Wyrick with His; SUpp0scd tha\ she had done this so as
fair. ''This is one of the nicest things new and second hand Fords; Sethu0 inhale the chloroform, to make sure
an inquest, the jury returning a ver- j
diet of "death from chloroform." |
When the body was found a large
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at the fair and is in charge of Mrs. Rye, the Valliant real estate man, fol-
Sam N. Park, and was arranged and lowed; a few individual cars; then
maintained by the Red Cross, under came the beautiful float from Val-
the supervision of Mrs. A. P. Brown, liant, proclaiming that you could
secretary of the Home Service Sec- grow anything there; the next was
tion. Mrs. Brown ha proven herself the agricultural club float, loaded
a tireless worker, both in arranging with members of the clubs; and then
for the Red Cross exhibits and office came the Idabel Hardware Co.'s' dis-
at fair and.,in the handling of her play of farm machinery, and a few
work in the county chapter, and de- m°re private cars.
serves especial credit for the "Kiddie The fair association could not offer
Koop." Mrs. Brown was ably assist- premiums for the floats so the Idabel
ed in this work by Miss Ruby Earl. , Chamber of Commerce awarded the
Miss Grace Clowdis, assisted by following prizes in appreciation of
Miss Agnes Evans, of Millerton, de- the efforts of the people from over
serves especial mention for the way the county:
she handled the girls clubs and for Best decorated automobile, Ha-
the nice display that they put on.., ■ worth, $10.
The Idabel Milling Company has a! Best horse drawn float, Valliant,
nice Jbooth, where they had their pro- $10.
ducts on display and where they sen-- J Best truck float, Red Cross, $10. .
ed biscuit and coffee to the visitors.' The Idabel Bears and Hugo Tigers
Leonard G. Herron, the manager, was have been playing ball at the fair
in charge here and made you feel this week. The first game, which
very much at home. was played Wednesday afternoon,
The school exhibits were good as was. a good game qnd resulted in a
far as they went, but only two score of 4 to 3 in favor of Idabel, but
schools had complete displays, those, Thursday's game was one of the best
and Farmers "Hill, ever played in this city, and stood
that it would cause death. Mrs.
Smith leaves a daughter about 18
years of age.
NO SERVICES
AT FIRST METH-
ODIST CHURCH
SUNDAY MORNING AS THE SUN-
DAY SCHOOL WILL ATTEND
INDIAN CONFERENCE AT
KULLITUKLO.
There will be no services at the
First Methodist Church Sunday
morning on account of the Missionery
Conference of the Five Civilized
Tribes of Indians which is being held
at Kullituklo, and which will close
Sunday morning.
The Sunday School will go to Kul-
lituklo Sunday morning and attend
the convention.
L. P. COFFEY & SONS
Have an Elegant Dodge Motor
Hearse.
being Haworth
Other schools had only a few maps 0 to 0 up to the tenth inning wheni
snd such things on exhibition. .Hugo made three scores winning the
The display of farm products was game 3 to 0. Friday's game was al-'.\ow
the best we have seen in many days, so taken by Hugo, the score being 61
There were a few good chickens in; to 2. ______
the poultry departfent, but most of J L. P. Coffey & Sons, undertakers
the poultry were not as good as they! Tom Willingham ' has returnediand embalmers, received a Dodge Mo-
should have been. Chas. M. Smith, ex- home* from Muskogee and says he tor Hearse Thursday. This is the
tension nouItrym*n, of Stillwater, could not have stayed there unless he most elegant hearse ever brought to
was the judge ii this department. had gotten the Gazette. this city.
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Next Door to Jail, Idabel, Oklahoma
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