Democrat American (Newspaper) - June 25, 1931, Sallisaw, Oklahoma All Roads Lead To The Town That Has A Good News Paper The is a Combination of Sequoyah County Democrat and The Sallisaw The Best Asset Any Town Can Have Is A Wholesome Spirit of Friendliness and Good Cheer SEQUOYAH COUNTY Vol. 24, No. 22 JUNE 25, 1931 THE SALLISAW Vol. 6, No. 39 solution of prut IS e Arrest of Bailey and Smallwood Throws Little Light On Slayer Of Gore Official HENDERSON IS CAPITOL SCRIBE FOR 10 PAPERS East Oklahoma Publishing Company Inaugurates State Service For Its Readers Who is the man who fired the shot that killed R. H. night watchman at near the midnight hour of March 11,1927? That which has been puzzling many people during the past several and which authorities had hopes of answering last week with the arrest of Leacher still remains The charge of which has hung over Bailey's bead all this will be according to County Attorney Fred am still working on the the county attorney have been unable to find any evidence pointing to the guilt of He gave it as his opinion that the mystery of the Pratt shooting is still as far from solu tion as Although the charge of milder against Bailey has been he Is held on several other Acting on a Sheriff George A. Cheek Sunday wired the chief of police at for information about and yesterday received the fol lowing to your telegram of June 31, stating that you have in custody Joseph Lee Denver No. 11378, real name Leacher on charge of murder and auto will say that this man is wanted here for jumping bond in criminal I take it that you are going to prosecute this man there on your and if he is I wish you would place a hold over on him for this and an officer will be sent for his advice from you that we can have A reward of is offered for his Sheriff Cheek stated that Bailey will be turned the authorities at Denver right with a tor Muskogee where he is want ed for Bailey's J. W. who la thought to have been an accomplice of his in where the two are supposed to have been operating a confidence will be turned over to authorities of Grady on charge of automobile Last In. an effort to obtain further information with which hold Bailey on the Pratt murder Sheriff Cheek and County Attorney Green went to Oklahoma City where Henry a former companion of Bailey prior to the murder at Smallwood was brought to Sallisaw by the and thor His story tallied exactly with the story told by An attempt was made to get further Information from a man in to whom Smallwood was alleged to given the name of the man who killed tout VP to morning no reply after telling his story of the events previous to his separation from was on Page 8) Answering the newspaper call of the Oklahoma Publishing publishers of ten enterprising newspapers in eastern has engaged the services of Nat Henderson of Haskell county as capital correspondent with headquarters in Oklahoma Constantly endeavoring to give its readers throughout eastern Oklahoma a service equal to if Eassing the larger metropolitan the East Publishing company inaugurates this capitol service at a time when political questions hold much interest and glamour for the reading This is mainly because of the political significance of the news of the day which is closely allied with the business Undoubtedly in the next political both state and economic issues will The thoughts of outstanding business leaders today are mingled with Another source of intense interest and one which is causing wonderment is the administration of our William S. Everybody talks about Much is said and written of his proposed tax initiative Governor whose prominence in dealing with economic problems from an executive has reached from ocean to and naturally his name beams in the limelight for the next president of the United It is therefore a ripe time for the East Oklahoma Publishing company to place a correspondent at the Capitol Equipped with a liberal an eminently successful legislative and this augmented with several years of Representative Henderson was the logical person the East Oklahoma Publishing company looked to in making the JOE CAR IS WRECKED ON HIGHWAY J While on their Way from their home in Seminole to Eureka last Saturday evening at about 8:30, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Knowles and two children had a very narrow escape from Injury when their Chevrolet car collided with a Ford car on the highway about two miles west of They met the Ford car which was without It was filled with a group of colored ball Apparently blinded by the the driver of the lightless Ford into the oncoming Fenders were smashed and other minor damages to the Chevrolet were Fortun nobody was The dam aged car was brought to town by Hampton's Mr. and Mrs. and who are well known were on their way to Eureka for a visit with his THREE NEW ARRESTS ON LIQUOR CHARGES boehr urges use of false arrest case dismissed tuesday Judge Ruling Defendant In Case Brought by Wilbanks E. W. PRYOR TO HOLD MEETINGS HERE The following new arrests have i made since last according to records of the court clerk's office Harrison for Possession of George for Possession of Intoxicating F. H. for Possession of Intoxicating The case of Ted Harrison and Eula for Possession of was taken up in Judge court Harrison was Eula Pearson plead guilty to attempting to manufacture intoxicating and iher sentence was deferred until the Monday in war on utilities Church people of regardless of will thoroughly a series of sermons to be delivered by Rev. E. W. of who arrive Monday to assist Rev. W. Telephone Company Rates Rockett in a Training School at the Is the Major Governor Declares TOTAL OF 398 ATTENDED HERE SUNDAY The trial of the case of Arlene against the bonding company for Sheriff Geo of Sequoyah which came up in Federal court at Smith Tuesday of this resulted in a at the request of attorneys for the according to Sheriff Sheriff Cheek stated that the opinion was in favor of the and he was on the verge Of Instructing the jury to that when the defendant's attorneys requested a thus dismissing the This case resulted from a charge brought against Sheriff Cheek and his bonding company for false in which she 4o have been held in the county Jail When served with the Cheek was in Fort Smith official therefore immune to The also gave his name as and on that account he was not made a party to the Damages were asked 4>y the plaintiff In the amount of The case went before Federal Judge Attorneys for the defendant were Watts and G. C. RAYMOND DAUGHTER BADLY BURNED LAST TUESDAY Governor Murray began his threaten I ed attack last week upon Visiting Minister Dairy Specialist Showed Wonderful Resources for And reasonable Five Sunday Schools of Sallisaw report a total attendance of 398 last which is an increase of 90 over the previous A bad weather condition was responsible the low attendance on June 14th, it was ex Following Is the table which tells the School 14th 21st Gain Christian 78 98 20 Baptist 65 95 30 Methodist 55 79 24 Presbyterian 50 66 16 60 60 Total 308 398 90 COURT ROOM REPAIRS TO BE SOON The repairs to the District Court Room will probably be completed by the end of this The workmen are busy putting on a celotex covering over the celling and upper walls of the A specially prepared flooring will be applied to the These Improvements will serve to ab sorb the sound of the court thus making court procedure more Mrs. Fred Wilson has returned to to resume her school work L. Northeastern after spending the week-end with Mr. First Baptist Church Rev. Hatchett Is a brilliant an earnest and and a man pleasing forceful personality Rockett recently returned from a similar meeting held with Rev. Hatchett in The preaching service will begin at and utilities in in an 8:15 each beginning effort to about read 29, and continuing eight ment Previous to the preaching service there Charging the companies were not as will be a Training conducted fair as the Oklahoma Natural Gas in four This school will which last week voluntarily each evening at 7:30 rates to 50 cents per 1,000 cubic The Junior Department will study the chief executive announced he the book for under would into play bombing planes the Instruction of Mrs. W. E. and grapeshot and Intermediates will be taught by nel and everything necessary to bring Rev. W. E. the text book be- them to obedience of law and a reason ing In able And Is the Promises Action title of the textbook to be used by the He desires to certain facts who will be taught by Rev. E. before he proceeds and then he will W. action in a way that will bring The Seniors will study them to their in Christian The instructor ne not for this section has not yet been the maJor The Ben Tele but will probably be somebody from phone put ln a system out of QUt upon hundreds of There will be no teaching on employees and left their rates Where day or Sunday according to they were the The Ok Rev. All persons interested company has done The four year old child of Raymond Torbett of near severely burned last Tuesday while playing with matches at Her clothing caught fire and the child was severly burned about the body and The child's burns were dressed at local physician's but her condl tion remained so serious that she was taken to a Fort Smith hospital Wed The last report was that the burns are healing and she is slowly recovering from the are welcome to come and sit In at any thc 8aine of the whether they wish to | enroll in the school or NINETEEN CARLOADS OF FARM PRODUCTS SHIPPED A total of nineteen carloads of farm products have been shipped out of Sallisaw over the rail road since June 15, according to Wesley freight This includes seven cars of potatoes seven cars of beans by freight and 3 cars by three cars of mixed fruits including etc. Wednesday of this five cars of beans were All these pro ducts are going to eastern and northern - SIX MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED BY COURT CLERK Put Money Into Circulation PAY YOUR BILLS PROMPTLY This Enables The Merchant to Pay His and To Stock Fresh Goods For You Lets Help Each Other To Help Ourselves will be recalled they wanted to be taken over by the government during the war and were taken I between the Armistice and making of final An extra force was put rates raised and then they were turned back to the companies and they reduced the employees less than they were before the put in a dial threw out of employment of people over the United States and maintained the same They have a very objectionable method of requiring a great sum of money to be deposited in order to have a telephone in a Is a forced loan and is on Page 8) We are talking much about hard times and unfavorable economic but do you realize that right now the best food In the world the That is what the farm women of Sequoyah county were told in two meetings held this by John W. of dairy specialist from the A. & M Mr. Boehr pointed out that there is an acute shortage of dairy cows in this county to supply the real needs of our He stated there should be at least four or five cows on every not necessarily to produce dairy products to but to produce food the grow ing bodies of the boys and girls who will be the future citizens of Sequoyah dairy He is not a program to get rick but to make a comfortable This is a program that is hard to put The men are not especially because they are looking at it primarily from the cash and the cream market is But the women can help put the and they will do it when they realize the great importance of dairy products for good wholesome food at The first meeting was held ln the basement of the Presbyterian in Monday The second meeting was held Tuesday after at At the Sallisaw thirty-two women were and at the Sycamore meeting there 25 ln These meetings were of tremendous Import once to the to Fred home demonstration Who was instrumental ln bringing Mr. Boehr to the Mr. Boehr was greatly enthused at the prospects for the county and expressed a desire to make a return trip and help the people of the county to build up a prosperous dairy It's largely a matter of the people becoming he they may be able to persuade the men folks to get solidly back of the The speaker pointed out that the lm thing in dairying is proper Farmers should recognize the fact that dairy products must be handled not only with ordinary but under conditions of strictest This is true because dairy products are very easily contaminated by contact with foods utensils or while other foods under similar conditions would remain In connection with the Farm Women's Club regular demonstrations are Women in this work are termed Farm women who wish to line up in this work should conform to the following Keep at least two dairy so that the supply be constant throughout the and reserve at least one gallon of milk daily for a family of This should furnish a quart a for each child and at least a pint for each Butter should be used at the table three times The speaker painted a beautiful picture of living conditions in which he visited last contrasting the contentment and prosperity of the people there with the nervous tension atmosphere of He pointed out that without exception a dairy country Is always a prosperous o is with a great future I Mrs. J. L. of Addressed Group In Meeting Monday Night E. W. HATCHETT The citizenship of made up of men and women of strength and It is a county of beauty and resources and unlimited It is pre-eminently a county for the building ox homes and the raising of happy This development come only through a consistent program of Christian This was the theme of the splendid Complete details will be found elsewhere in this o- COUNTY FARM PICNIC AT THE DAM ON JULY 13th. Rev. E. W. of will address delivered Monday evening by arrive to begin a series of Mrs. J. L. of at the meetings at the First Baptist meeting of the Home Builders Pro tive and Educative held at the Methodist church in Mrs. Holcomb spoke feelingly of her great love for Sequoyah brought about through her years of residence She plead with her hearers to The annual Farm Picnic sponsored by work faithfully at the task of members of the Farm Women's ing living conditions and attracting Clubs of Sequoyah will be held others from outside to make their at the Sallisaw Dam all day July 13, homes ln the according to Mrs. Fred home Speaking of patriotism the speaker demonstration This event will brought out the fact that 900 men of be attended by the women of the Sequoyah county went to war and members of the 4-H never came were true and fanners and others she they died ed in agricultural for their But we can be patriots by living for our The acid test of patriotism is nothing more nor less than a desire and an effort to be a good The meeting Monday was presided over by G. R. of president of the The first number on the program was a piano solo by Miss Emma Sue KobeL who played a very charming number to the delight of all followed by some music by the String composed of Frank Floyd Rhodes This group played several numbers which were greatly of State Highway No. 17, and the building of an all-weather The president next called on Roy scenic highway through eastern of the homa is virtually to who spoke briefly of the ideals which Rev. W. E. President of make possible the of a Scenic Highway and progressive Mr. Rockett was in Wilburton He stated that within the next twelve making arrangements for a months an effort will be made to select ing of the association to be held there the best community in Oklahoma in in the near He reports that which to live and rear a and are already busy hauling pressed a desire that Sequoyah county terial for the road south of might win this through and a survey has been ordered of the the efforts of the Home builders road between Sallisaw and Following this came the splendid All of the boosters of completion of address by Mrs. mentioned this highway are Rev. at the beginning of this Rockett stated and seems confident Then the president called upon John that the be a It has w. dairy specialist from A. & been pointed out that this route will M. who had been brought to not only be a splendid scenic the meeting by County Agent C. G. but will provide a much needed outlet and at Mr. request for the farmers in Eastern Oklahoma Mr. Boehr took the county agent's as a This place on the program for a discussion gram of practical farm roads is an idea of the subject a Mr. of Sam chairman of the state Boehr pointed out that dairying has a highway commission who is reported distinct relationship to better td in sympathy with the proposed He pictured the contentment of Euro- Rockett Keeping in Tench With Highway and Officials Regarding 11 extension of No. 17. The following marriage licenses have been issued by the court clerk's office since last George 25, and Rebecca 20, William O. 40, Ft. and Mrs. Nellie 34, Ft. Clarence 32, and Opal 20, Marble John 21, and Ruby 18, Clarence 27, and Cable 25, ' 8. O. 23, Ft. and Christine 23, Ft. CAUGH FATAL TO PIERCE fit of proved fatal to Jesse when the violent straining caused a blood vessel to resulting in Pierce died shortly SEQUOYAH'S FARMERS HAVE CLUNG TO THE MILK COW Statistics recently released by the V. 8. Department of Agriculture show very convincingly that despite the tremendous decrease in of real estate and shrinkage in number of head of livestock in this county since 1920, the farmers of Sequoyah county have clung to the Dairy These figures show that there are 48 percent less horses in the county than ln 1920, the drop being from 5,727 to 3,006. There are about 8 per cent less the drop being from 6,454 to 4,944. There are about 30 percent less hogs now than ln 1920, the drop being from 26,165 to 8,150. There are about 35 percent less chickens than in 1920, the drop being from 118,155 to 76,405. With all these there Is a decrease of only about 4 percent in the number of milk In 1020 there were 4,901 old Bossy Now there are 4,797 of MERCHANTS ON FRONT STREET WILL INSTALL NEW AWNINGS A flock of new awnings will soon make Front Street a cooler retreat during hot days of Six of the merchants on that street have ordered and expect them to be install ed some time this They Sal Trading Palace Drug J. C. Her ring and Rainbow o MEMBERS Henry secretary of the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce requests the to broadcast the information that the Chamber needs a number of new This organisation has a number of projects now under way which will help build Every business firm ln town should be a member and a booster for the Chamber of Galsworthy says his actional people create A GOOD NEWSPAPER IS THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY Of what value is a newspaper to its A newspaper can't build a it can't make a good one out of a bad it can't make a town It can't bring it can't improve the it can't rebuild churches and enlarge the It can't defeat bad candidates for office and it can't elect good at least not very But a newspaper can encourage A newspaper can be the eyes and the voice of the It can watch the trend of it can note the Important things other communities are it can keep the people and then It can LEAD THE A newspaper published by a successful man or woman can point the it can show how things can be it can encourage people to go it can create a wholesome atmosphere in which people can realize trie beauties and joy of and then progress Is Can any other institution render greater service to Shaw profession of help I say to and small city publishers who have an honest determination to get whose ambition is to render and whose hearts are filled with profession of be peans who are told of the health and vigor of the youth of those brought about largely because their bodies were made strong and healthy by constant use of dairy Mr. - Boehr insisted that to have a real home It is necessary to build to recognize stability and Only by so doing can one live a happy Other speakers on the program were not called upon because of the lateness of the It was announced that President Bixler will call another meeting of the Association in the near at which time another interesting program will be o- CHRISTIAN MINISTER WILL TRY THE Rev. Ertel pastor of the Christian Church in has resolved not to let the hot weather get his He has had circulars printed in which he advertised his congregation Sunday which time he will preach on the Mason's Here's how he will get his He will obtain a large cake of put it in a tub and let several electric fans play over the cooling wafting the gentle breezes of cooling ozone back over the This is perhaps the first project ever started ln Raymond Frye and son of New after spending a few days here as guests of Mrs. Sadie Frye nave gone to Ark. to visit Mrs. Mr. Frye accompanied Mrs. Frye to but returned to New Orleans after a brief visit 11 59 200?110104
