The Texhoma Times (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 3, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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The Texhoma Times
ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT
VOLUME 18
TEXHOMA, TEXAS COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 3.
NUMBER 10
RAY CRISWELL STABBED LONG'S PRODUCE HOUSE
WEB WHARTON WEDNESDAY! DESTROYED BY
CAUGHT WITH 4'i
FIRE GALLONS OF ALCOHOL
GEO. ARNOLD BADLY BURNED BRIGGS STORE AT GUYMON ENTERTAINED BIG
.WHKN GASOLINE EXPLODES I FLORENCE WAS ROBBED CROWD THANKSGIVING DAY
Victim of Pocket knife Walked One
Block to Doctor's Office After Be-
inn Stabbed—Condition is Consid-
ered Serious.
W. A. Wharton, a prominent ranch-
man residing about 10 miles south-
west of Texhoma, and also connected
with the Wharton & Barnes Real Es-
tate Company of this city is in a se-
rious condition in a sanitarium at
Dalhart as a result of wounds sus-
tained from a pocket knife in the
hands of Ray Grlswell, residing on a
farm adjoining the Wharton ranch.
The affray occurred in the Whar-
ton & Barnes Real Estate Office Wed-
nesday afternoon. It is said that the
trouble came about over a stalk field
that Mr. Criswell has rented near the
Wharton place and was trying to
rent the stalk field to Mr. Wharton
for pasturing purposes. It is also
said that no hard feelings existed be-
tween the two men previous to this
incident, and it came as a shock and
surprise to friends of both parties.
According to witnesses, only a few
words were exchanged before Mr.
Wharton was stabbed, and several
minutes elapsed, and it was only af-
ter blood was discovered and after
Mr. Criswell had left the room that
Mr. Wharton knew what had happen-
ed.
The knife went through a vest and
according to the attending
physician, entered the flesh
about 2 1-2 inches below the heart
ami went in fully 2 inches deep. Af-
ter he had discovered what had hap-
pened Mr. Wharton walked a block
to the office- of Dr. Hargrove where
the wound was treated. He was later
removed to a sanitarium at Dalhart,
1 from where at this writing (Thurs.)
the report comes that his condition is
considered as being serious.
It is veryjnuch to the regret of the
entire community that this has hap-
pened and it is truly hoped that Mr.
' Wharton will soon be on the road to
recovery.
| The frame building and its con-
tents located next door east of the
Johnson Bros. Garage was complete-
j ly destroyed by fire at an early hour
I Sunday morning.
The building was owned by John-
son Bros and was occupied by the
Geo. Long k Son Prouca^ Co. Some
insurance was carried on both the
buildings and its contents. Nothing
! was saved from the building.
; L. M. Mallett of the Mallett Merc.
I Co. also experienced a rather heavy
loss when a considerable amount of
; flooring and other building material
j that was to be used on the new Mal-
lett building was stored in the rear
| of the lbuilding. also went up in the
smoke.
I The fire boys were on the job with
I the hose only after considerable ef-
I fort in moving cars in the Garage to
i clear the way for the hose carts. Thev
water was turned on finally after a
I conglamerated messefl up affair of
! "Who's got the key to the water main
\ etc."
| It was fortunate indeed that the
| wind, ami a strong gale at that was
I blowing from the north—otherwise
j half the'town might have burned be-
j fore the fire could have been checked,
j Does Texhoma need an improved wa-
j ter and light system and more fire
i fighting equipment—We'll say she
! does. I
\ The next loss may be yours. See
; the Farmers State Hank about your
i Insurance before it is too late. 10-lt.
! BOXING CONTEST RE-
SULTED A DRAW
JOLTING THE CROOKS
! The boxing contest at the Strand
j Theatre last Saturday, Homer Biggs
i of Griggs, Okla., vs. Geo. H. Asher of,
San Francisco resulted in a draw,
j The bout was to have gone six rour
j ;ind it was in the sixth when one of
; the judges decided there was too much
| rough stuff and went into the ring.
The interference and the rag chew-'
ing among the promoters caused the
bout to cea^e and it was then the jud-
ges rendered their decision.
Good days are ahead for baseball.
The .sun again shines britftyjy upon
the national sport. Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis, fearless federal ju-
rist, is the new czar of the baseball
world^ with annual salary of $24,500,
with out interfering with his judicial
duties. With Judge Landis in abso-
lute control the public will again re-
pose sublime faith and confidence in
the future of the sport. It will be
fair and clean, because Landis himself
is both of these. No man has ever
had influence or pull enough to move
him from a coarse which he deemed
to be just and right. The new czar
has a kind and sympathetic heart for
the unfortunate, and he dearly loves,
little children. But to professional
crooks and evil doers he is probably
the greatest terror who ever sat upon
the federal bench. Long live baseball
—and Landis.
COME TO TEXHOMA
WHERE TIMES ARE GOOD J
At Hutchinson, Pratt and Haviland, I
Kansas it takes the price of three bu- j
shels of corn to purchase one dozen j
eggs at Texhoma. Okla. Moral; Live j
in Texhoma where times are good.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The usual services will be held Sun-
day morning and evening, the pastor
preaching at 11 and 7. A cordial in-
vitation is extended to all to attend
theses services.
ROGER H. FiFE Pastor.
In this great land of the free most
people are slaves in one farm or an-
other. What's yours?
A Permanent Service
As the First National Bank is a thoroughly estab-
lished institution, it affords a permanent banking
service for the depositors and patrons. We cordial-
ly invite new accounts on the same basis as the ser-
vice which we have rendered our depositors in the
pW and we can assure our new patrons that they
will be as thoroughly satisfied as our older patrons
have always been.
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR OF 1906
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Texhoma, Oklahoma
This bank under United States Government Super-
vision. NONE STRONGER
STOCK HOLDERS FINANCIAL RESPONSIBIL-
ITY OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
A man registered at the West
Main Hotel in this city la-.t M >rday
by the name of W. B. Thomas, Pales-
tine. Tex. and was taken in custody by
Deputy Sheriff J. H. Settles charged
with having in his possessiv>n and
soiling alcohol.
Suspicion was aroused Monday
night when the alleged Mr. Thomas
became intoxicated and upon investi-
gation 4 Vb gallons of alcohol were
found in two suit cases in his possess-
ion. It was developed that he had
sold one quart of the "bug juice" for
the handsome sum of $25 but was
forced by the purchaser to take back
his property because it contained a
good portion of benzine. He was ac-
companied to the county seat Tues-
day morning by Deputy Sheriff Set-
tles and arraigned before County
Judge Geo. M. Frittz at which time
he plead guilty and was placed under
a $500.00 bond, but at this writing he
had failed to make his bond.
Thomas is an aged man, probably
50 years of age. He claims to be an
ex-railroad conductor. He has been
in Texhoma upon previous occasions,
and has upon one occasion registered
at the West Main Hotel as Thos.
Jones, Ft. Worth, Texas, in replying
t questions from the officer he ad-
mitted his name as being W. B. Tho-
mas_ and claims to have hailed here
direct from Er?aso, Texas. He says
he purchased the alcohol across the
line from El Paso in Old Mexico.
T.EXAS SCHOOL NOTES
The play, "A Poor Married Man",
:':ivcn in the Texa.- school auditorium
by the teachers, some business people
and pupils last Friday, was attended
by a large crowd and everyone is re-
ported to havo enjoyed it immensely.
Jupiter Jackson (Mr. Daniel) is still
teaching Latin and Algebra after hav-
ing eaten the famous lobster salad
that put an end to all his troubles.
Not so with Latin and Algebra.
The members of the Lone Star Lit-
erary Society are doing some fine
work and we expect to carry off some
medals next Spring at the contest at
Canyon.
Rah! Rah! Rah! T. H. S.! T. H. S.!
The basket ball teams are going to
hayc some very interesting games
soon. Let'* have a large crowd of
boosters.
A number of new books are expect-
ed to arrive soon for our library.
The Parent-Teachers Association
will meet Dec. 3, and a very interest-
ing program will be given.
A number of students are still ab-
sent heading maize. We hope to see
them back in school soon.
HONOR ROLL
The pupils that have had perfect
attendance for November are quite a
large number:
PRIMARY ROOM
Emmitt Bennett, Fred Hale, John
Games, Carl McCli'ndon, Horace Win-
ney, Floy Fry. Merle Bush, Cecelia
Fincher, Naomie Lloyd Helen Mallett
and Roberta Wood.
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE
Dorthy Moore, Ovelea Hollis, Sadie
Huskey. Earl Caple, Roy Hickman,
John Kittle Ermel Chesser, Erman
Hollis and Donald Moore.
FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE
Vida Harmon, A. B. Fincher, Joe
Ben Mason, Delza Criswell, Elliott
Ma on and Eugene Hamilton.
SEVEN'. H AND EIGHTH GRADES
Jay Hook. Norman Walker, and
Jewel Keith
Geo. Arnold was badly burned a-
bout the face and hands Monday as a
result of an explosion of a 2-gallon
can of gasoline. The accident occur-
red on the McCrea place, south of
town where Mr. Arnold was employed
as engineer on a tractor engine.
The engine was runnig ami was in
the act of g ing dead when Mr. Arn-
old picked up a 2-gallon can full of
gasoline and in an attempt to keep
the engine in motion began pouring
the gasoline from the can into the
"breath cap' and at this instance the
engine backfired, ignited the gasoline
causing the explosion.
Mr. Arnold was immediately rush-
ed to Texhoma where medical atten-
tion was given him by Dr. P. M. Har-
grove. The burns, it is . aid went deep
into the flesh especially on the hands
and arms. His fuce was burned to
the extent that his eyes were swollen
closed, but it is not known at this
time whether or not the eye sight is
effected.
Mr. Arnold's friends are sorry for
his misfortune and hope for him a
"speedy recovery.
CLOSED DOORS
The Briggs and Arbuckle store at j
Florence was robbed of approximately j
Si.OtXi worth of goods Saturday esen- •
ing, when bandit.- backed a truck up i
to the back entrance and practically i
cleaned out all of the most expeniive
apparrel in the store. C. C. Briggs
and B. D. Arbuckle, who own • threv'
stores in Hutchinson, were called to
Florence Sunday to invoice the 1<«j... 1
All of the silk shirts, neckties ami |
leather coats In the store were tak_>,n.'
About forty suit.-- and one hundred!
and fifty pairs of shoes were a! -o ta-j
ken. They estimated their loss at;
S-HMIO. No clue of the robbers has j
yet been found.
The above appeared in Tuesday's
Hutchinson Gazette. C. C. Briggs of |
the above named firm i. also connect-1
ed with the firm of Briggs & Briggs
of this city.
It look* as though the farmers of
• the Unite States are going to be left
holding the sack, and that the repub- j
lican administration is going to get j
its dollar wheat.—Hooker Advance.;
If we don't miss our guess the de-
mocratic administration will already
have the $1 wheat before the repub-
licans get a chance at it
?!:tny folks from Texhoma and oth-
"" ghboring towns took advantage
ot r'u« invitation extended them and
and spent the day in Guymon laat
Thursday, Thanksgiving day. The
large crowd was entertained with a
foot ball game in the afternoon be-
tween Guymon and Hooker high
schools, the game resulted 13 to 7 in
favor of Guymon.
At 7 o'clock a basket ball game was
staged between the Texhoma and Ty-
rone H'crh schools. The game was
rather a one-sided affair, Texhoma
taking the champions down in defeat
to th^ tune of "6 to 5.
After the basket, boll game a high
M'hool pla.1 wa - given at the audito-
rium, after which a big dance was
held at the pavilion down town in hon-
or ot the Guyr.un Post of the Ameri-
can I.eg'on.
Everyone seemed to have spent the
day and evening in fun and enjoy-
ment.
Necessity, we are told, is the moth-
er of invention. It may be. But be
that as it may. the inability to secure
booze has converted many a family
cellar or basement into a home brew-
ery. Old receipts have been dug up,
new ones have been studied out, and
t,hc worft of brewing the home drink
goes merrily on—behind closed doors.
Thirst is a mighty hard thing to buck.
It grips you, and tears you, and de-
mands you insistently that it be
quenched. And water, some say, is a
very weak and unsatisfactory substi-
tute. Yes. home is a great institu-
tion in this happy land of ours and
the brilliancy of its inventive faculties
is never dimmed. Perhaps that is why
thev call it "home brew'".
BAND REPOR r
LADIES MISSIONARY MEETING
The regular meeting of the Ladies
Missionary Society of the First Chris-
tian Church was held Wednesday af-
ternoon St the home of Mrs. E. IA.
Hanson, with about a dozen of the
members present. The meeting was
called to order by the president, Mrs.
C. L. Swan and Rev. Roger H. Fife
led in prayer. Mrs John A. Gex, the
secretary read the minutes of the
previous meeting, and offered a con-
siderable amount of new missionary
work for ,he society to undertake.
The leader of the meeting was Mrs.
C. It. Yatf s and the subject was "The
Necessity of a Savior." Most of the
members present toqfc part in the dis-
cussion of the subject. The last hour
of themeeting was spent in a social
way, greeting and introducing strang-
ers, and in the enjoyment of the de-
licious refreshments served by Mrs.
Hanson. The meetings are on the
first Wednesday in each month.
It is always easy to start a panic
in a crowd of people by some one
starting the cry of fire. It is like-
wise just as easy to start a financial
panic by some one continually crying
hard times and spreading the under-
ground rumors about what is going
to happen to the finances of our
country. The south has had a bad
year and thi:= has been emphasized
by the low pVice of cotton and the de-
pression resulting from the sudden
drop in prices, but the country has
come through many much more de-
pressin situations and there is no
use for anybody to get unduly exci-
ted. What we need is for us all to
sit steady in the boat ami not rock
her by a continuous cry of hard
times.—Waurika (Okla.) News-Dem-
ocrat.
VICE RESIDENT THOS.
R. MARSHALL LEC-
TURED AT DALHART
| Vice President of the United States
Thomas R. Marshall elivered a
! lecture at Dalhart Texas the night
of December 1, 1920 under the auspi-
ces of the Lyceum association. Mr.
Marshall is considered by the plat-
form as one of the best and most en-
tertaining lecturers and those v. no
iwent for many miles to hear him had
' no regrets for the trip. Besides it is
something out of-the ordinary for us
to have the opportunity in this west-
1 ern country to hear the Vive President
of the United States.
Band is still progressing nicely.
Nov. bal. on hand $53.90
Collection 99.50
Notes secured by mortgage 50.00
Total $203.40
IJaid Times for printing 2.50
Roy Butterbaugh, Instructor .... 76.00
H. A. Mallett stovepipe 1.00
Boyer stove pipe 1.00
C. C. Reed, 2 months rent 14.00
Total $93.50
Dalance on hand, including note
1... $109.90
The band will give a free band con-
cert at the Strand Theatre Dec. 17,
1920 after the picture show. The
doors will be open free to all after
the show at 8:00o'clock sharp. Ev-
erybody Invited. A special invita-
tion to all the subscribers and citizens
of Texhoma. Remember the date,
Dec. 17, and that the concert is free
after the show.
J. W. WICKSTRUM. Gen Mgr.
! At the expense of modesty, we
suggest that a subscription to this
paper would make an ideal Christmas
present for your friends at a distance.
I Shop early and shop often.
TIMES' RENEWALS AND NEW
SUBSCRIBERS THE PAST WEEK
W. D. Stilwell, Denver, Cola.
Mrs. D. H. Cinnamon, Garber, Okla.
Peter Ructten Twin JMaffs, Wj*.
Dr. I. H. LaMar, Texhoma.
Mrs. J. L. Kinsey Emmett, Idaho
Noah Palmer. Clinton, Ind.
C. L. Swan, Texhoma.
Another cold wave rushed upon
Sundav and continued only until Mon-
day. The Theimom&ter's lowest reg-
ister that we noticed was 15 degrees.
The weather has moderated consider-
ably and it looks now as though we
are entering into a mild winter.
Tis aaid that immigrants from the
Rod cnteis of Europe are coming in-
to this country at the rate of ten
thousand a day. Well, next to heav-
en it is about the best place they
could find.
Well Off.
"After all a iuau never knows when
he's well off."
"What's happened now?"
"I was Just thinking what a fool I
was for trading off io.v Liberty bonds
for oil atook."
Nut Walter Wanted.
An old lady, after waiting In a con*
fectlonery store for about ten minutes,
grew grossly impatient at the lack of
service. Finally she rapped sharply on
I he cnimter.
"Here. youiiK lady," she called, "who
waits mi the nut* 7"—Everybody's Mag-
azine.
Tht ConMQUtnet.
"At the antl-dug lueHln* nobody
rau.t«led the speakers."
"That wan ilie reason, then, there
were so many biting remarks." •
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
On Dec. 1st. we will go on a cash
basis. When we say cash we mean
cash, not thirty days. Nothing will
be charged so don't ask for credit.
Signed,
JOHNSON BROS GARAGE.
OSBORN BROS, GARAGE.
NOTICE
Furnace and plumbing work. All
kinds of repair work. Stoves, sewing
j machines, etc. Phone No. 1005.
110-tf J. J. KIMBALI.
ProtectsiV&iMSSpbS i£j£
When Oklahoma enacted the DEPOSITORS' GUARANTY LAW it sound-
ed an advance note in banking legislation. Since then many states have pass-
ed laws to guarantee deposits in state banks.
Toay state banks of Oklahoma are regarded as safe as any in the world.
The STATE GUARANTY FUND holds approximately half a million dollars
in cash and convertible securities which would be used to pay off depositors
immediately and in full in case a state bank should fail.
The DEPOSITORS GUARANTY LAW also provides the machinery for
raising more money from the banks if the fund should be insufficient to pay
depositors. The banks are protected, too, by rigid and frequent examinations
by the state.
Open an account here. Have the satisfaction of knowing that every dollar
of your deposits is protected against loss.
"No depositor has ever lost a dollar in a state bank in Oklahoma."
The Farmers State Bank
Guy W. Slack, Pres, C. A. Tilghman, Vice Pres.,
Gen Roy Hoffman, Directors
C. L. Swan, Cashier
I. M. Slack
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