Ardmore Jury Acquits Smith in Murder Case
Jeff Smith was cleared by a Ardmore district court jury after a murder charge tied to the killing of bootlegger Joe Carroll. The same day Judge Freeman rejected a state motion to dismiss murder charges against six of nine Ardmore residents, citing ongoing evidence gathering and the defendants right to public vindication.
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Ardmore
Jeff Smith
Joe Carroll
W. F. Freeman
Wilson
John L. Hodges
H. H. Brown
Freeman
Carroll
Ardmore Jury Starts Trial in Carroll Murder Case
Ardmore district court began selecting a jury for nine prominent Ardmore men charged with murder in Carroll's death. Jeff Smith faces similar charges as trial proceedings unfold. The case centers on a masked anti Ku Klux Klan parade in Wilson and the assault on Carroll during a warning to leave town.
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Ardmore
Joe Carroll
Wilson
Jeff Smith
Carroll
J. B. (Curley) Smith
Ridpath
R. L. Beede
G. C. Whitechurch
J. H. Pitts
Tom Hailes
Frank Cardwell
W. L. T. Hiltor
J. A. Gilliam Carroll
Smith
John Smith
Judge Denounces I W W Leader After Prison Term
In McAlester Oklahoma Judge Brewster condemned Arthur Berg an I W W organizer after a syndicalism and sabotage conviction. He sentenced Berg to ten years in the penitentiary a $5000 fine and all court costs. Attorney J J Carney of Oklahoma City filed notice of appeal to the criminal court of appeals.
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Mcalester
Brewster
Arthur Berg
Berg
J. J. Carney
Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Harrison Out on Bond for Car Theft
Jim Harrison, jailed on a felony theft charge over an automobile at Francis, was brought before the district court and held on a $2,000 bond. Bondsmen posted the delay and he was released from the county jail.
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Jim Harrison
Francis
Harrison
County Court Opens at Allen After Holidays
County Judge Crawford will open the county court at Allen next week and keep it in session throughout the week to dispose of all pending matters. The announcement outlines a full docket and continued sessions until completion.
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Allen
Tal Crawford
Care of Young Chicks and School Board Hiring Quirk
The column ends a series on chick care with detailed feeding and housing steps for hatchlings from incubation through the first weeks. It stresses warmth, gradual feeding, grit and water with safe containers, and careful watching of the brooder. It then shifts to education, praising Supt. Floyd for urging careful library selections and vetting teaching applicants, noting nepotism and political influence in Texas school boards.
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Floyd
Texas
Two Local Club Meetings Noted For Poultry Talk And Aprons
Mrs. Duvall reports two last week club gatherings of unusual interest. The Pickett Women’s Club met at Mrs. Parker’s home with all but one member present and held a round table poultry discussion. The March meeting is set for Mrs. Cantrell. The Parish Chapel Girls Club met at Mrs. Pennington’s home with only one member absent and spent the session making aprons.
County club members begin early hens and gardens
Mrs. Duvall reports that the ladies and poultry club members of the county are starting early with their chickens this year and will soon have four lot of them hatched. Gardens are also coming in for early attention.
Agent Hill Reports Higher Cotton Acreage This Year
Agent Hill says farmers sowing in Georgia report increased acreage in cotton with potential gains up to fifty percent over last year. He cautions it is early to finalize totals but expects significant expansion across farms and goats mentioned in passing.
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Agent Hill
Gardening Talk Delayed By Household Demands
A speaker notes it is a good time to discuss gardening but fears Mrs. Norrell will push him to speed up chores so he can return home earlier. He spent about an hour tending a small patch last week and expects the ground to be ready for planting around May 1 if the moon aligns for planting.
Advertising value of a two line reader in the News
The column notes a two line reader advertisement in the daily paper offering frying chickens for sale at 20 cents per day. The ad has generated about $20 in sales so far and customer repeat business suggests continued effectiveness.
Norrells method of feeding baby chicks gains notice
Growing interest in chicken raising prompts discussion of Mrs Norrell's feeding method for baby chicks. The technique has shown promising results and draws attention from new hobbyists and small keepers alike.
Dairy cow testing shows feed costs vs milk output in Iowa study
Weekly Produce Bulletin from Chicago reports Iowa cow testing associations measure feed costs per hundred pounds of milk. Common cows cost about 1.13 dollars per hundred pounds while good grade cows cost 0.63 dollars. High grade Holsteins yield more milk with different costs, proving value of pure bred sires in dairy production.
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Chicago
Iowa
New Whiskey Ruling Tested in First Complaint Against Still Owners
The new state law making possession of mash or a functioning still a felony faces its first test as Ben Nipps and Jess Daniels are charged after police confiscated a complete still and 250 gallons of mash. The law carries 1 to 10 years, with lawmen pledging intensified countywide actions.
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Ben Whipps
Jess Daniels
House of Representatives
Walton
J. W. Dean
Nipps and Daniels
Wick Adair
Byers Chapman
W. W. Walker
Christians Vote New Church Here
The First Christian Church congregation unanimously approved building plans by H L Winey for a $75,000 church house with basement and two stories. It seats 1200 in the auditorium and holds 1000 in Sunday school rooms. The project uses a ten year building and loan plan to liquidate debt. Rev Davis expects construction soon at the corner of Teenth and Broadway.
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The
First Christian Church
H. L. Winey
Winey
Davis
Christian Church
Teenth and
Broadway
Haskell for President Club Planned in Muskogee
An announcement says a Friday night meeting will organize a Haskell for President club in Muskogee. The group supports C. N. Haskell, Oklahoma’s first governor and current head of a major New York oil company.
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Muskogee
March Trades Day A Big Ada Business Event
Ada marks March Trades Day with prizes and attractions promised by the Retail Merchants Association. Crowds from surrounding counties expected to travel to Ada to win cash prizes, a car prize, and awards for parade participants. Parade forms at 1 30 p m in front of the Chamber of Commerce on East Main Street and travels to Market Square for prize awards.
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Ada
Retail Merchants Association
Red River
Arkansas Line
Rock Island
Chamber of Commerce
East Main Street
Main Street
Townsend
Twelfth
DML Showing in County Hopeful
Work cleaning out the discovery well in Bebee field section 32-5-5, owned by Carter-Lowery syndicate, many days from completion. LaSalle and associates prep to drill in section 31-5-5 west of discovery as Carter-Lowrey shuts its new well briefly. Morris farm test on Ada east shows oil and gas at 500 feet, deep sand expected to improve. Geologists from several companies eye Ada area with more countywide drilling anticipated this spring and summer with at least twenty five wells projected.
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Bebee
Carter- Lowery Syndicate
LaSalle and Associates
Carter-Lowrey Syndicate
Ed Gillette
Ollie Lancaster
Morris Farm
Ada
Allen
Francis
Steedman
Carter Lowery well in Bebee territory delayed drilling
The Carter Lowery discovery oil well in Bebee territory section 32-5-5, was to be shot this afternoon but noon announcements say the shot will be postponed a day or two. The well hits sand at 1750 feet, about thirty feet thick, with soft upper sand and hard sandstone below. Other county activity includes Lancaster and Gillette awaiting ten inch casing at 700 feet near Norris farm, where a 500 foot showing was recorded.
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Discovery Oil
Bebee
Carter-Lowery
Lancaster
Gillette
Norris
Boll weevil fight begins with movie in Ada
The boll weevil campaign opens in Ada on Monday March 5 with a free moving picture at McSwain theatre at 10 a m and a lecture. The film was made at a Louisiana government experiment station. On Friday March 16 Ada hosts a meeting with J A Evans Washington T A Milstead district agent J N Roach Atoka P W Vaught Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association and Dean M A Benson A and M college to discuss control strategies for the weevil menace this year. Government leaders acknowledge national and state action to curb the pest to protect prosperity.
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Ada
McSwain Theatre
Louisiana
J. A. Evans
Washington
T. A. Milstead
J. N. Roach
Atoka
State Board of Agriculture
P. W. Vaught
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
Dean M. A. Benson
A. & M. College
Presbyterians Lay Cornerstone in Rainy Dedication
The Presbyterian church cornerstone was laid Sunday in a basement ceremony despite rain. Clergy from Episcopal Christian Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian groups offered prayers and readings. Dr Whitwell spoke of a future church hub offering shelter and study space, akin to a community Y M C A role. A sealed box was deposited and dedicatory prayer was given by Orville Snead.
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Presbyterian Church
Widney
Episcopal Church
Rev. Davis
The
Christian Church
Ball
Methodist Church
Morris
the Baptist
Molloy
Miller
Whitwell
Orville ‘Snead
Building Fund
Farmers Favor Greamery Here in Pontotoc County Vote
Ralph Waner J B Hill Roy Givens and Lankford Shaw met Stonewall Allen and Francis business leaders Monday to gauge support for adding 1000 cows to Pontotoc county dairy herds to back a Ada creamery The idea pleases local business as shipments of cream and poultry boost creditors and bankers report creameries could stabilize loans Mr Hill is contacting other states for cow supplies but has not confirmed commitments.
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Ralph Waner
J. B. Hill
Roy Givens
Lankford Shaw
Stonewall
Allen
Francis
Pontotoc County
Ada
Chamber of Commerce
Agent Hill
Hill
Oklahoma Legislature Taking Up Key State Measures
Oklahoma City reports the legislature plans final action on two bills. The senate will vote at 6 p.m. on a $1,250,000 warehouse measure to aid and establish elevator and warehouse systems, with opposition and debate anticipated. The house will consider a banking measure to pay depositors of failed banks and strengthen the guaranty fund, led by Fred Hansen and J B Harper with J B Tolbert opposing.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Fred Hansen
J. B. Harper
J. B. Tolbert
Kiowa County
Market Commission
State Board of Agriculture
Jones
Oklahoma report urges public utility status for building materials
Oklahoma City February 26 Recommendations that cement wholesale and retail lumber crushed stone sand and gravel industries be declared public utilities and regulated by the state corporation commission were in a committee report. The Ada and Dewey plant operations are described noting cement could be produced at 1.10 to 1.30 per barrel while current price runs 2.25.
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Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commission
Ada
Dewey
Senate Leader Calls Market Commission Bill a Vicous Measure
Senator Harry Cordell denounces the administration market commission bill as vicious and vows the senate will not pass it or the free text book bill. The Oklahoma lower house rejected a Disney motion to recommit, ordering a 20 percent cut in departmental maintenance from 7,455,000, after a two hour debate, 47 opposed and 4 in favor.
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Oklahoma City
Harry Cordell
Senate
Cordell
Disney
Muskogee
House Committee On Appropriations
District Court 10 Prepares For Heavy March Civil And Criminal Dockets
District Judge J. W. Bolen begins a sweeping Motions docket in criminal court March 12 with about 200 motions. Civil matters follow March 13 with roughly 148 matters. Non jury civil matters are set for March 14 and 15. The criminal jury docket will be taken up in April, bringing the court’s heaviest docket yet.
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J. W. Bolen
Bolen
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W. W.s
Byron Norrell
DML
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