The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-30
AMOS APPOINTED
CRUCE ADVISER
Appointment of Vinta Man is Recog-
milton of Loyalty to Cruce BY
People of Craig County

The appointment Of f. S. e. AWoS
of this city as private secretary to Gov
ernor-elect Crnce is a merited honor
and is taken by the people of Craig
county as recognition of the loyalty
of this county to the Ardmore man in
his two campaigns for governor Mr.
Amos was one of the most consistent
Cruce workers in the state and his
many friends here are pleased with his
appointment. The Oklahoman on Sun.
day has the following to say of Cover
nor-elect Cruces appointment:
"Governor-elect Lee Cruce Saturday
announced the appointment of his pri-
vate secretary, his chief clerk and the
official stenographer of the governors
office.
"F. S. e. Amos of Vinita, editor of
the Vinita Leader, will be the governor
elects secretary, w. f. Kerr of Okla
homa City, managing editor Of the Ok
lahoman and the Free Press, will be
Mr.. Cruces chief clerk, and Miss
Lavine Woods of Ardmore, will be the
governors stenographer.
"These are the only announcements
of appointments the governor-elect
will make prior to his inauguration,
January 8. During his visit to Okla
homa City, Thursday and Friday hast,
Mr.. Cruce made these announcements
to newspaper men, to be made public
Sunday morning.
"In his appointment of the two men
who will be more closely associated
with him in the four years he is chief
executive of Oklahoma, Mr.. Cruce, has
selected newspaper men. That he has
done so is tribute to the newspaper
fraternity of the state, and to the two
men who in the field of journalism
were among the foremost in supporting
Mr.. Cruces candidacy for governor of
Oklahoma.
The appointment of private secre-
tary and a clerk, is a purely personal
matter with the governor-elect. They
do not come under the head of news
paper appointments. These two men
will advise with him and will assist
him in the conduct of the ship of state
during the next four years. They are
the purely personal choice of the gov
ernorselect. ''"t
Both have reached the top of their
chosen profession In the state One is
editor of prominent paper Of the side
of the state. the other managing editor
of the largest paper in the state. They
will bring to the governors Office an
experience gained in one Of the great
est schools of learning, newspaper
office. Both are young men. Mr..
Amos is thirty-nine years old. and Mr..
Kerr is thirty-two. Both have had ex-
perience in the political arena.
Mr. Amos, who is to be the governor
elects private secretary, has been a
school teacher as we'll as a newspaper
man. He is a West Virginian by birth
having been born January 2, 1871 at the
town of Amos, in that state Later he
moved with his father and mother to
Lampasas, Texas and attended the
Aten and Centenary colleges at Lam
pasas, being graduated with an A B
and an A. M. degree at the latter place
He was member of the faculty of the
Oklahoma university at Norman fol
three years, when he moved to Vinita
and taught school for two years, Al
that place he took up newspaper work
and has been associated with the Lead
er since He is member of the Viniti
school board, helped to organize The
Oklahoma Historical society, and was
its first president He is an Elk,
Knight of Pythias and a member o
the Modern Woodmen of America.
Billy" Kerr, as the chief clerk of tn,
governor-elect is known by the prom
lent politicians of the state, is one o
the best known newspaper men il
Oklahoma.
Miss Woods who is to be MI
Cruces stenographer, has been EN-
ployed in the law offices OF Cruce {
Cruce, brother of the governor-elect a
ArdmoTe.
In the appointment of his two pei
sonal aides, Mr.. Cruce has paid tn
newspaper fraternity compliment
and has picked the cream OF the prC
fession in the state.