Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-12
EVANGELIST WAS
READY FOR FIGHT
But THE BOOTLEGGER DIDN'T
KEEP ms PROMISE.
broken ARROW SETTLING
\ civic League Organllcd--Iwcnty
Enforcement mcn-NHmcS of
Liquor Users Are Read.

Special 10 the World
Broken Arrow, Sept, ll.--rhe read
Ing of the names of every person who
has received a shipment of liquor Of
any sort az Broken Arrow during the
past two months at an cyangcllsiic
meeting following sensational mass
meeting in the afternoon at which a
civic League was organized and tWon-
ty men elected 10 Dee appointed dep
uty enforcement officers hy Governor
Cucc. furnished fitting climax to-
day that was chuck fun Of reform
spirit and talk Of cleaning up Bro
ken Arrow.
A wave Of reform has swept over
Broken Arrow lately that oclipscs any
thing of the like ever before seen in
Oklahoma. The prime mover In this
agitation is Evangelist Frye who has
been conducting series Of meetings
here. Excitement is at a fever heat
and the slogan, down with the boot
loggcrs," has gone out, and the fight
promises TO hc a warm one. Broken
Arrow is peaceful little farming
community Of 1000 odd persons, and
is also noted as a school center the
Haskell state Normal school being To-
Gated there.
Sunday afternoon a mass meeting
was called, and l26 persons, all prom
inont in every line Of business in the
town, were present and organized a
civic League, with n set purpose of
making life so miserable for the dis
ronscrs Of "rcd-eyc' that the town
will soon be cleaned Of all such
The following officers We're elected:
w u. Brooks, postmaster, president;
II. II. Walters, vice president; w. r,
Brumnaugh, secretary and w, =. Fra
zier, cashier Of the Broken Arrow
State Bank, treasurer Twenty men
were also selected, whose names viii
he sent to Governor Cruce for APP
pointment officers Plans for n stren-
uous campaign will also be started.
After the meeting, the entire body
marched to the post office, headed by
the town band. and called on Post
master Brooks to inform him of his
selection as president. The organiza-
tion formed in semi-circle in front
of the door, ana when Mr.. Brooks ar
rived, j. j. N. Sykes, as spokesman
for the organization. in a few words,
informed Mr.. Brooks of his selection.
Mr. Brooks responded in the same
vein, accepting the office with pleas
ure. He said that he would make a
hard effort TO rid the own Of boot
leggers If the members would just
give him the proper support
The band then started playing,
Praise God From Whom All Bless
ings Flow" and the crowd joined in,
and as the loud chorus spread over
the town, things looked bad for the
bootlegger.
Immediately after the crowd broke
up, Evangelist Frye held an open
meeting for men. in which he stated
that during the past two months, TO-
691 pounds Of wet goods had been
shipped to Broken Arrow. lie follow
ed this up by sensational reading Of
the name Of every person to whom Ii
quor had been shipped during that
length of time. Excitement ran very
high, and the melting closed with a
great burst of enthusiasm.
After reciting the names of those
who had received liquor Evangelist
Frye stated that one bootlegger had
come to him before the meeting and
said that If he read his name, that he
the bootlegger, would put eyes on
the evangelist
IF that black-hearted scoundrel
will now step forward" said the
evangelist 81 will show him that he
can't lick me-"
The bootlegger evidently did not
like the looks of things. and the pug
ilistic encounter did not occur as per
schedule.
The bootleggers of Broken Arrow
have become extremely defiant during
the summer months, and while the
agitation to whip them out of this
place has been steadily growing for
some time, 1t recently took new life
resulting last week in a move having
been made against the pool halls
1t Is thought that when the enforce
mcnt officers to be commissioned. get
into full swing. that there will be
hard rows for the whisky fraternity
TO hoe.