Beaver County Democrat. (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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Local HaDP6oiogs.
Wall paper in atock at F. C
Tracy's. Every pattern is new
Call at the Racket Store nod
get your base ball Score Card.
The Commitsloners arc in ses-
sion this week.
Mrs. H. P. Garrett spent the
4tli visiting her fathor at Couch.
Junius Stones Hurrow was
killed by lightning Tuesday eve-
ning.
Let us protect your house
and barn with solid copper cable
lightning rods.
Tracv Hardware Co.
When you are in need of good
OOODS in the hardwav< , urni
ture lines, we can LUppiy you.
Beaver Hdw. & Furn Co.
J. W. Culwell returned Mon-
day evening from a business trip
to Oklahoma City.
Frank Maple and W. L. Mason
returned Sunday froin their
auto trip out west.
There was a pretty hard wind
storm reported south of town on
la*>t Wednesday.
There is much dissatisfaction
in Beaver over the resuit of the
Johnson Jeffries tight—its a good
tiling that nigger isn t here.
Most all the people of Beaver
went fishing out on Clear Creek .
the 4th. Gee, we have heard j
Koine fishy stories.
BOYD ITEMS.
Had a line rain and crops are
looking fine.
Harvesting is almost over and
the yield promises to be better
than ever berore.
Bill hnsted lo«ta fine horse in
the rain storm by lightning last
Wednesday.
Ben Kennedy and wife made
a business trip to Liberal Thurs-
day.
Willis Prator and Walter Taj
lor have purchased the S. Shaw
header,
Ray Hay den has returned home
from near Gray where he has
been harvesting.
Mrs. Moore had an arm broke
while out riding last Sunday.
Mr. Ross m«de a trip to La
Kemp Tuesday.
There was a good attendance
at Liberty Sunday School Sun-
day.
Farmers are still planting
broomcorn in this vicinity.
George.
FLOIilS PICKUPS.
Harvest is over and the knock
ing of the pitman has ceased
until next year and all tho 'arm-
ors are pleased with the ,ood
yield of wheat, as it is so much
better than they exacted.
Rube Rush toll has the brag
wheat crop of this community
Rube has a smile on his face all
most as large as a pan cake.
M rs. J. P. Heniss is on the
isick list this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Price have
by hoeing weeds out of hi- spud
crop out home. We gues* n 4th
of July once every ton yoars
would be enough for him.
Anywny Oklahoma whites can
overcome the "bad ef.ect of that
championship, and keep Okia-
LouiA negroes in- their proper
place by votirig for thai a'id
luther cl ;;• * ' i.ext.-month.
Join Gtj met . tic
candidal n- nomination t.s eon
gressman of this district, was in
Beaver on tho fourth, shaking
hands with his many friends
here. Gerlach is a nearby neigh
bor, thoroughly acquainted with
and interested in the needs of
the short grass counties, and is
making a clean and winning can-
vass for the nomination.
That a negro lms whipped the
greatest white puguLisl, the
"'white mans hope*' and now
holds the championship of the
world is of no particular interest
to the great majority of people,
otherwise than that they must
take into account the effect it is
bound to have in the bearing and
demeanor of thousands of young
negroes throughout the union
wherever any considerable num-
ber of them reside. We don't
envy those who live in "negro"
towns.
^ Tumor Bigger Than Patient.
A iurreou in China recently re-
moved ti tumor weighing 1G9 pounds
from b woman who after the operation
weight! inly 77 pounds. The woman
recovc I
Learn When to 8ay "No."
It is Kood to be unselfish and gen-
erous, b wii't carry iliat too far. It
will not .d to give yourself to be melt-
ci df*wn for the benefit of the tallow
trade: must know where to find
youi .. corge Eliot
^ Ton '
thougl
rtljg el v
4Mt to mlngi
jT&ouglit err
JTally TltowiM
an ttrnror-vluu
'hiu.v
• •:« jujt.;JUS..>
t'i ihe tii> a o. 'do of
lib evftry j
. i ilu ■ 1
Mrh iitRDjpnd travel*.
suppose Dan was jusi dicing a
vacation after working in harvest
J. P. Heniss returned from
Woods county last Saturday and
reports that crops look' fine all
over the ufcry, even in old
Bearer county.
J. P. Barrow made a business
trip to Liberal last Friday.
0. II. Rushton. is on the sick
list this week.
Mrs. Kerns was up from Hook
er Sunday last atfd spent the
day very pleasantly with J. W
Rays.
Oscar Ray and wife left last
Friday for Mineola, Kans. where
he expects to harvest and thresh
a month or so and then go to
southern Texas. Gee whiz!
Oscar isn't it hot enough here
for you.
Esco Billings and James Henis
were the guests of Orin Woods
last Saturday night.
Old Missouri Flat is on a big
boom now there was a show at
Floris last Saturday night and
Monday.
Did you all celebrate tho 4th
at Flors. any how we missed
your smiling face there but we
expect to see it at the reunion
sure.
With much sorrow and pain
and grief in our hearts we an-
nounce the illnes of our old friend
Ed Sublet—Grey Hound. When
the dog refused to eat Dr. J. W.
Messersmith was called at once
by phone and Dr. -says the
patient will probably recover
if proper attention is given, and
he gave Ed his best advice.
Oscar Jeffries was out hunting
water Sunday morning to cook
dinner with. Wonder if he had
company.
Vi.wserstr.itli and brother
•l" J IV, . 1, > SJ:, tt.ll up l
the Cimarron river a;wi report
daudy good time.
Miss Myrtle Mauser is acting
as central girl at the Floris tele-
phone central office. We bre
proud to say she is there when
you say Hellow central.
J. L. Still is the only black
smith in this vicinity. Jake
days it keeps liim'guessing when
it come* to making a new Ree< os
engine out and out, but all he
wants is time and money and he
will fix her up so it will make
the old cilinder hum from morn
till night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Barrow
were seen up in the sand hills
Sunday evening. Jake says he
was hunting up his harvest crew
but he didn't have any gun along
with him.
John Eden was in Floris last
Friday evening on business.
Mrs. Fred Nichols was the
guest of Mrs. J. P. Henness
Friday.
James Teasley has resigned
as clerk for Mauser & Co. and
has gone to batching. Jim says
fiap-jacks sure taste natural.
Fred True while working on a
dray wagon in Meade last week
had the misfortune to get his
finger mashed off and came home
He will return to Meade this
week accompanied by his brother
Hearald.
The little boy of Mr. and Mrs.
Hacker is reported sick with the
measels, but is doing fine.
Fred Wate is busy papering
his house this week. Fred says
it is much nicer these hot days
to work in the shade than it is to
ride a cultivator in big corn.
We are sorry to say that Lem
Henness has the feaver to go to
old southwest Missouri, where
he can sit on the bank of the
river and catch fish and eat red
apples all at the same time.
Fint Barrow has purchased
him a fine driving team. He says
he only likes a new buggy r.nJ
then the boys will all half to stay
close to their girls or he will
beat their time.
\\ e were visited by a glorious
rain last week and the farmers
took advantage of it and are
plowing the spring crop and
listing for wheat and preparing
for another big harvest next
year.
Henry and John Goertz?n are
looking for men who want to
sweat good, pitching wheat for
their thresher this summer.
Frank Bunch is on the Cimar-
ron stacking hay for XI Roberts
this seassn.
Mrs. Oscar Jeffries and child
ren called on aunt Lizzie Graves
Sunday.
J. W. Rav went to Hooker
Sunday evening and was accom
panied by Mrs. Kerns. J. W.
returned home Tuesday.
The little'son of Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Henness is very sick this
week but is improving.
The Speltz crop of this locality
is \cry jxjor, there are some
fields will never be cut.
Jane.
first
NORTH FLAT.
Had a nice rain. The
since last April.
Rep. A. W. Tooley started his
threshing machine last Friday
pt Henry Nichols. Wheat is
making 12 to 15 bu. per acre.
Not so many attending Sunday
school since harvest. We should
try and be prompt with tiie work
of the Lord and keep things
moving.
About eight cases of measles
at present in the neighborhood.
Walter Head went to Liberal
Saturday returning Sunday.
Topinka has landed his new
thresher and will begin work on
the big crop.
Grandma Nash, mother of Mrs
Lawrence is quite sick.
Most of the boys are through
Harvest and the country sure
looks fine with a big rain, corn,
kaftir, maise, and forage crops
doing fine and more wheat than
this part has ever grown before.
Miss Mouser of Butler county
Kansas, is here on a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones.
Items are scarce now. Every
body and their wife are so'busy.
David Barrow, Sr. will tend
separator for Dutch Kraft. Now
look out for a record breaker.
She is a 24 inch cylinder.
Miss Flossa May was leader at
League service Sunday eve. She
makes a good leader.
Rev. Imel preached us a good
sermon on last Sunday eve.
Doc Hatten was out Sunday
viewing his crops and pulling
out some of his Russian Thistle.
Hope they won't get in on us for
we don't like thistles.
Fourth of July was pulled off a
little early this year with W. T.
Meador and family. They had
thfeir ice cream and cake on the
l ist; t}ny of June, He knew he
wofeia have to 1 in the harvest
Hel l the -It 111i*Yt s«li• ■* Rarley.
We are In receipt of a letter
from our mother up in Kansas,
aud she telis us of the Peach crop
up there. One poor old farmer
thinks he will have 500 bushel of
them. Oh! those measly farmers,
we'll bet a bottle of Skunk give so
that farmer has more friends to
visit him this summer than he
has had in the past five years.
Big John.
NOTICE.
*
Alleging that ho part of
the purchase price thereof
had been i^aid, and that thg
purchaser had fradulentlv
contracted the debt, F. C,
Tracy, former owner of this
paper brought suit against
A. J. R. Smith, and caused
the Democrat plant to be
seized under attachment,
The plaintiff thereupon filed
a petition for the appoint-
ment of a receiver pending
termination of his suit, and
the undersigned has been ap-
pointed such receiver, and
publication of the paper will
be continued under receiver-
ship until further orders of
the court. All accounts due
the Democrat are due and
payable to the undersigned
receiver.
C. M. PARR,
Receiver.
Notice.
The season has now come for
hunting.
I forbid any man hunting on
my place. I want them to keep
off. If they don't want to pay u
tine.
14, 12 t p. R. McFarland
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County Court Docket.
July Term 1010.
CIVIL.
Set for July 5th, 1910.
85—Lohstrh vs. Sweet.
84—Tracy vs.
83—Wells vs.
82—Church vs.
Smith.
Morris et al
Go.:ld.
Curtis.
Robins' Curious Nesting Places.
The tvo robins which ht.ve built
their neat In the cover of a meter at
the Market Drayton Electric Light
wor-ir have many precedents In the
cholro unconventlpnal nesting
places A year or two ago a robin's
nest was built on a book shelf in a
c'sh!-. nursery at Chiselhurst which
v;ni occupied without interruption by
a nurse and chiM. Four egg3 were
lai-.?, and two young birds were
hatched out. Tv.o o \,;r robins bul't
their nest on the ax'e of a colliery
wagon in dai!y me at Seghill, in
Northumberland. Among other curi-
ous reccnt ne3tiner places have been
the breast pocket of a scarecrow at
Atlibourne, a null box in a village
forge, tho skeleton of a crow, and the
rifle range butts at Ticehurst, Sussex.
—Wcjtminater G-zette.
Buried Treasures in Morocco.
In Morocco It is customary for a
man to bury most of his riches in a
place known only to himself. This cus-
tom s practiced by nil Moors, for they
cannot mist their own family, who
would murder them directly it was
known whore the money was.
At the death of the head of a fam-
ily in Morocoo digging operations com-
mence at ones, but seldom Is the mon-
ey discovered There must be manv
fortunes burled udd ...
1 • >•. Ail *jptMO«t MUM -n
I >1 . ti \vrlte; • notice at one of the
i : 1 Uwing the demolition
j of a TUiise a cvar.Wnrab'.' s..ia oi
I «y o Icuod trjilt the wall.
77—Bingham vs.
"5—Stephens vs. Byehe&Hmna
72— Maphet vs.
70—VanHorn vs. Sthepens
29—Truman vs. Herring.
—Redimer vs. Killins.
CRININAL.
Set for July 5th, 1910.
19-4— State vs Claude Munden
193— ' vs. Gilbert Husted
187— " vs. Ernest Lieuranee
183- " vs. C. C. Cope et al
179— " vs. J. W. Culwell
178— " vs. J. W. Culwell
1~4— ' vs. Jacob L. Taylor -
173— " vs. Jacob L. Taylor
JUVENILE.
Sot for July 5th, 1910.
190—State vs. Fred Dowers.
BeUtha Turner,
Clerk of County Court.
A Moral from Florida. •*"
'" ' "• f "> thing and every-
boa/, 't here i .many hypo'
crites as you thin'-, and 10 judgo by
one's ""If ij radically wrong."—Flor-
ida Timcs-Vnioa.
ANTIQUITIES KnZZ TO ORDER.
Switzerland Proves Itself In No Way
Behind the Rest of the World
In This Connection.
atfrri«er1^? Wlil bave nn actional
attraction tais reason for the tourists.
ine '.-.e hunrirnU'i anniversary c?
the Lfr^ie for ir.J - -ndence will be
a"d th > airift>' ^habitants
of e little republic," says an Ameri-
can tour.st, "always watchful for tho
are ,r;akln- - preparations
for tas various ( .rations. Aside
.J*geant ac 1 other clv:= fos.
tb°y are laying in a stock of
hietcrie couveuir3, for which the*
know there will be a ready market?
An Innsbruck paper snys that one oj
the 5c?-5'.ar manufactured antiquities
is Ae S . Iss flag of a hundred yeara
ago. A new one is made to resemble
a centenarian by a process which In-
eludes fadlug the colors In the sun
be ►peering it with taKow and laying
it in the granary, where the mice
sood *'ve it the necessary tattered ap-
pearance. Finally it ic subjected again
to tho r*ys of Father Eun. Is mounted
on a worm-eaten, broken staff, and la
then ready for the E- -!lsh or Amerl-
trc 10 scarch of centennial
Lesson Leifntd from Nature,
it seems to me that to be quiet and
to be active, or father, to be quiet:*
jctlve, constantlj going on with nn-
iSSf.i.TT nt T" eo "M* "
scarcely to bo perceptible, this seema
to me to be an r >proi )• tov 3 pcr-
fectlri. / n8 tins taMoa We i«
from nature, v. bich is unceasingly aad
yet imperceptibly chsngipg.—Anne 7.
C iuugh.
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WJUITED SuS **D *ou
Juft? I ! desire to Join the World's Health or 1 the d1— Ui
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