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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15
at Alva and Anadarko.

at Alya and Anadarko.
1t will be noted that the schools are
to be located on contest plan, which
leaves the matter largely dependent on
the interest, the farmers and the peo-
pie living in the small towns feel in
the advancement of their agricultural
welfare. 1t has been found thus far
that business men are often very wide
awake to the opportunity offered for
improvements in farm methods and
the certain increase in profits result
ing from a study of better farm man
agement. The A. & NJ. college authori-
ties are now wondering whether or not
there will be ten, of these schools dur
ing the coming season, and where
these schools will make camp.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15

revoked at any time prior to death.
In the case j. 5. Holden against John
p Lynn, appealed from Usage county,
which was affirmed, the commission,
in an opinion by Commissioner Ames,
reversed the supdeme court of Okla
homa Territory in its holding in the
case of Williams against Steinmetz,
10th, Ok, page 104. The court today
held that when an action of trespass
is brought against the owner of cattle
which have broken through the fences
and destroyed the plaintiffs corn, evil
dence is properly excluded which tends
to show that the corn was grown and
held in shocks on Indian land, culti-
waited by a lessee whose lease was not
approved by the secretary of the in
terror.
Another holding of the court was
that one who writes his name across
the back OF a non-negotiable note does
not thereby render himself liable to
the assignor as an indorser, unless in
addition he undertakes to become liza
BILE either by written or Grad agree
ment. The case was chat of A. +. Steel
VS.. Frank Hudson, appealed from Paw
nee county, which was affirmed.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15
WHITE OAK SCHOOL ITEMS.

We nave peen very busy bunch
the last two weeks with term examina-
tions. Thanksgiving exercises, etc. Now
that examinations are over and most
every one made good we can feel re-
Iieved Tor another three months.
The little folks in the north room
have organized literary society and
will give their first program on Friday
before Christmas.
The eighth years have dropped read
ing and taken up physiology for this
term.
Miss Hazel Sherhart visited with us
Monday.
The fifth and sixth years have start
ed another grammar contest for the
term and are doing some fine work.
There are a number of new students
in the north room this week.
Viera, Maye and Julia Jones are abb
sent on several weeks visit in Ar
kansas.
There were quite number of pa
irons and visitors out to our Thanks
giving exercises. We are always glad
to have visitors and wish more of the
parents would come out on regular
school days.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15
DEATH BED STATEMENT
DECLARED NOT BINDING

Oklahoma City, Dec. f4-Words
merely uttered by a person on death
bed, proposing to transfer property, is
not in itself valid without an actual
passing of the property, was the hold
ing of the supreme court commission,
division $, in an opinion by Commits
sioner Ames, presiding. The case was
that of the Apache State Bank against
Florence Daniels Administrative of the
estate of her husband James Daniels,
deceased appealed from Rogers coun-
ty, which the court reversed and re
manded. In the absence of will the
wife and Daniels father were the legal
heirs, and the suit was brought TO
force the listing of bank stock held by
the deceased. thereby to prove that
part of the same would be the property
of the father
The case turned upon the action of
Daniels on his death bed attempting to
bequeath certain securities to his wife
for her exclusive enjoyment. He called
his wife to the bedside and stated that
he gave to her all his bank stock, all
his property and diamonds, held in a
strong box then being in an adjoining
room. Daniels handed her key to the
box as he said the words, the wife
then possessed the only other key in
existence. Nothing else regarding this
particular property was done by Dam
ielsfi and the court in reversing the
court below nolds that the transaction
as outlined did not constitute a valid
donatio causa mortis, for the reason
there was not the actual passing of
the property sought to be so trans
ferred.
The court outlines the Oklahoma law
regarding wills, etc, and calls atten-
tion to the absence of statute govern
ing a gift causa mortis, therefore, the
court says, it must search common
law In Roman law, from whence
comes the common law, the court says,
five witnesses We're required in addi-
ton to actual delivery of the property.
At common law no specified number
of witnesses is required, but the gift
must be established by clear and con-
vincing evidence, and must be accom-
panied by actual delivery of the sub
ject matter. the court says: Mere
words, of course, cannot constitute a
gift either inter vivos, or eausa mortis,
because that would conflict with the
fundamental notion of consideration
as the basis of contract.
Mere words unaccompanied by de-
livery could only be promise, and the
gift would not be complete, whereas,
the court says, to be valid it must be
entirely executed, for the reason, if
there remains anything to be done, the
donor may refuse to do it,
A gift causa mortis ton account Of
DEATH differs from a gift inter yiyos
(between the living) in that it is ire
vocable, while it differs from a legacy
in that the donee than takes direct
from the donor, and not through his
estate. A gift causa mortis may be
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15
oklahoma paIIx output Of oil.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 1S.--Statistics
compiled in Tulsa this week contain
some interesting figures on the daily
oil production of Oklahoma The total
daily state production is $4,000 bar
rels, of which amount the Prairie Oil
and Gas company takes about $4,000
barrels; the Gulf Pipe Line company,
$4,000: and the Texas company, 49,
600 barrels. The remainder is taken by
smaller pipe line and independent re-
finery companies.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15
TENTED SCHOOLS
FOR AGRICULTURE

During last summer, number Of
professors employed at the A. & NJ
college devoted five weeks to holding
lencampment schools in different coun-
ties OF Oklahoma. These men and
women went out to the people and
worked with the same sincerity, as
teachers in tents, as they had shown
in the classroom and laboratories of
the college. The people were greatly
pleased and benefited. The work will
be continued next season.
There will be at least five encamp-
ment schools of agriculture held in
different portions of Oklahoma during
the summer of 1912 by the A. & M. coll
'lege and district agricultural schools,
under authority given President Con-
nell by the state board of agriculture
at a meeting held in August last, as
provided in the following motion,
which was adopted.
Moved that the A. & M. college be
authorized to hold six-day schools of
agriculture next year, the contest by
counties to be based on total member
ship of the Farmers Institute to count
lone-haIf; and the second one-half bas-
ed on attendance at three regular meet
ings held during the wear at any time
after September 1 The attendance to
be based against the total member
ship shown by the institute as in the
first case. AS many as ten six-day
schools-two in each supreme court
judicial district-are hereby authoriz-
ed. The counties winning during the
past year are not barred from this CON
test"
There may be ten Of these encamp-
ment schools held in Oklahoma; there
may be only five, depending upon the
Interest manifested by the different
county Farmers Institutes in support
ling their work and sending in their
reports. The active season for Farm
ers' institute work is now on. Two
teams of lecturers are now in the field
working amongst the farmers, under
the direction of State superintendent
liz. p. Ansley Notice has been given
the presidents and secretaries of the
county Farmers Institutes in all coun-
ties of the state, asking that they re-
port before January ] whether or not
they expect to enter the contest for
one of the six-day schools. Upon these
reports will depend very largely the
decision by the college authorities as
to how many schools will be held next
summer. The attendance last sum-
mer at the five schools held at Madill,
Pawnee, Alva, Anadarko and Miami
was satisfactory; but President Con-
nell believes that a larger attendance
should be expected of the schools to
be held in 1912. Last year the college
had two tents, car load of live stock
and a quantity of scientific equipment
which were used in holding the six-day
schools of agriculture and domestic
science. Twelve lecturers from the A..
& NJ. college and the six district agri-
cultural schools gave the instruction
and made practical demonstrations.
The attendance Increases steadily as
the school moved from county to coun-
ty, until more than two thousand peo-
pie attended during each week Of work
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15
s25O,OOO DAMAGES
SOUGHT BY |VEY.
In His Petition Against Railway Com
pany Gus IVey Tells Of His
Downfall.

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. AT one
time rich with splendid prospects, now
poor and with broken ambitions; once
of splendid physique now dope
fiend, once a strong, robust man, now
a weakling and dependant, and all be-
cause a train jerked suddenly and
threw cinders, says Augustus E. Ivey,
prominent Cherokee, who was at one
time new spaper man of this city.
With prospects, riches, health, and
one eye gone, Ivey is now suing the
Fort Smith and Western Railway COM
pany in the United States district
court for $25O,000 damages although
he would be satisfied if the jury which
hears his case should give him more.
Iyey alleges that on May 8, 1908, he
was a passenger on the Fort Smith
and Western from Fort Smith to Guth-
rie when the train as it came to We
leetka, began to jerk violently, belch-
ing sparks and cinders, smoke and
dust which filled the car on which he
was riding and filled his eyes.
A portion of the dust and cinders
he was unable to remove and as re-
suit, he says, he has suffered all the
untold agonies of death. More than
that, for more than two years he says
he has suffered the agonies of ten
thousand deaths.
In his petition, Ivey tells what he
might have been, what he might have
become if he had not ridden on the
train of the defendant company over
its rought roadbeds and behind en-
gines which were very defective. He
tells of the rich lands and properties
which he held before that fatal day,
rich in a speculative way which with
his able management would have net
ted him untold wealth.
He tells of his magnificent form and
figure OF which he was proud when
he weighed $50 pounds; of the time
he ran for state Office and was de-
feated by only few votes. Now, lyey
says all his prospects are gone of ever
gaining any political renown, his lands
have been squandered to pay doctor
bills and the possible profits flown 70
the four winds.
But worse than all he says is the
fact that while under IL doctors care
he was compelled to take morphine,
cocaine and opium until now he has
become a dope fiend" unable to stop
the fearful habit From strong robust
man he has become a physical wreck
unable to work or make living. Dur
ing his sickness he has lost over sixty
pounds.
His face has been idsigured by the
loss of one eye which was removed
after a cinder apparently worked its
way out from behind the, eyeball caus-
ing the blood to squirt out and por-
ton of the eyeball to dissolve.
Il do not know what the court or
jury will think I deserve, he says.
Il have suffered al 1.-THE agonies OF
death, The pain and anguish have
suffered is beyond human power to de-
scribe and I will leave it to the jury
which hears my case to determine the
damages which should recover but !
think it should not be less than $3.50
600, for which | pray
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15
Quick Work of Maidstone.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec 13.-The mad.
stone" owned by Mrs. S. L. Larkin OF
this city, which was successfully ap-
piled to seven Collinsville school chill
dren recently bitten by mad dog
was this week brought into service in
the case of Mrs. II. Preston of Hominy
who was bitten by a mad dog. Mrs
Preston was accompanied to Tulsa by
her husband, and returned home again
the same night, satisfied that she had
been rendered immune from the dread
ful disease of hydrophobia.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-15

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25
WILL CELEBRATE
HOLLY FESTIVAL
Organization Seeks to Check
Wanton Destruction of
Beautiful Trees.
[SpccLal to The rImns.nIsnn,.h

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch
Lahca stcr, December a4.-The recent
editorial in The Times Dispatch on the
preservation OF the holly trees was
mighty appreciated by many people
In the Northern Neck. especially by
those who for many years past ha We
oeen endearoring to prevent the
wholesale destruction of these trccs
that add so much to the bcaut,. Of
Inc forests of this region during the
winter season. Some years ago an
organization was formed here in Inn
caster. with headquarters at the
ancient village OF Kilmarnock, TO edu-
cate the people against tho wanton
destruction Of the holly trees that
had pcen going on for many years
Every winter thousands OF boxes filled
with branches OF holly were shfpped
10 Northern and Western markets from
this region, and in some sectIons
"here molly trees had been plentiful
one could ride for miles through the
forests without seeing n holly tree
iilled with berries. Tho organization.
OF which John a. Palmer. of Silmar-
mock was the moving spirit. has done
much to arrest this wanton destruction
OF the holly trees of this section. To
add an clement of romance to the
organization a holly festival is celc-
oTated every Christmas week at XII
''i''o> ~ "htH solut young woman IS
elected queen OF the holly realm"
and crowned with impressive cere-
monies. The coronation is followed BY
bail and banquet and the occasion
is now the great social event of the
Christmas season in the lower counties
OF the Northern Neck OF Virginia.
The celebration Of the holly festival
is 10 take place next Wednesday, and
extensive preparations arc on foot
to make il the most successful and
brilliant affair In the history of tho
organization. Miss Agnes Palmer. of
Kilmarnock. is tho reigning oueen.
and her minister has sent out Il proc
lamation commanding all her loyal
subjects to attend the celebration.
which Will take place next Wednesday
evening in the Castle of Kilmarnock.
1t is expected that the contest for
the queenship will be animated; and a
great crowd will attend
The United States revenue cutter
Apache has been cruising during the
past week in the waters Of tho Rap
pahannock and Its tributaries, eSamin-
ing motor boats 10 see If thew are
complying with the national regula-
lions Some of the boats were found to
DE improperly equipped with lights
and life preservers. for which fines
have been imposed on their owners.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Dunaway, Of
Richmond: Ralph and Cyrus Chiffon,
of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
and Miss Alice Chiffon, Of the Fred
ericksburs State Normal School, are
here to spend the Christmas holidays
with their parents and triendn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25
FLAMES DESTROY
NEWSPA Err PLANT
Purcellville Has Fire, and Moth
ing Is Saved From Ruined
Building.
lsIeeisl e The ,rilnes pispaleh.

Especial to The Times Dispatchl
l.ccSburg. Va, December .i.-t'ire OF
wn origin destroyed tho plant OF
the Blue Ridge News. at Purtellvillc.
on Tuesday night. and the dental office
of DR.. Davis which was In the same
building. The blaze was discovered
about o'clock in tho composing room
Of the prs ing office. and had gained
such Roadway that It was impossible
10 save anything, and the entire plant
Is a complete loss. DIR. Davis's loss
was also heavy. nothing being saved
from his office
The loss on the building and con-
tents is about $4,000, which was only
partially covered by insurance. The
building belonged to DR.. Davis
Mrs. Emma Tavcnner wife OF Al
pheus Tarcnncr. of Lincoln. this couu-
", died suddenly at her home in that
town on Thursday morning of heart
failure, aged siNty-two years She
Is survived t'y her husband. four daugh-
ters and two sons, as follows: Mrs
Charles w. Rudy and Miss BERTHE
Tavcnncr, of Missouri: Mrs Robert H.
orrtsor. of Pennsylvania: Mrs. Howard
Birdsall, of Round Hill, and John and
Claude Tavenner, of Lincoln. One sis
ter, Mrs. Levi White. of Washington,
u. c., also survives.
w. w. Finley. president OF The South
crn Hallway, has purchased the estate
of ninety acres. known as Loretta" on
the Bethel Road, about two miles from
Warrenton, OF John s. Gaines. It Is
understood that President and Mrs
Finley will tako possession soon and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25

as North Dakota Is concerned. In the
congress elections OF 1910 $4,000 Re-
publican votes were pollcd In North
Dakota. 1t would thus take only 5uv
signcrs TO make Colonel Roosevelt :,
candidate before the Republicans OF
the Slate. The La Toilette leaders
would like TO sec tho former President
note his disapproval of any movement
III North Dakota to bring him into the
race. Colonel Roosevelt has not con-
demned the action OF his friends IN
Nebraska. and doubt Is expressed tina,
he Will do anything in the case OF
North Dnkota.
Oregon Rcpublicans. according to in
formation received here, are stron.s
Tor La Toilette at the present TIM,
u is the general belief that Mr. Ii,
sc o,,H,ts WOULD lost ground there II
against him. Mr.. Bourne ADVOCATED
me denomination of Mr. Rooseycit In
nsVo' ne held out until the Rcpubli
I'm I'm M rai Convention OF that year
.'d registered It's viii. There Is said
70 pc bad blood between Senators La
rolic,te and Bourne. The suspicion
MAS long been entertained here that
INNER himself and that he is en-
xions OF the prominence given tho la
ioiiette hoom- Where he viii limo
ut IL problematical.
That the La Toilette moycmep, vu,
DC matted unless Colonel Roosevelt soon
makes II clear that he Will not he a
candidate next year is generally admit
yea by the friends ~ the Wisconsin
ScnaNr' Everything was moving
smoothly at the La rolicttc headoi,ar
tcrh nntii prominence was given t,olo-
neI Roosevelt as a possibility In 1912.
ninrc thrn IN" La Toilette managers
nave Deen IN a state OF uncertainty a .
na,e Republicans identified with tho
IN the meantime Senator La Fol,
iettc is going Il head with big can
paign. lie Will soon start for In
u it,ana and Ohio. where he will de-
h,ser series OF speeches. in which
re ne Viii outline his platform. Upon his
,uTh 70 Washington he VIII present
taarii nills designed as substitutes FOR
nose nose That arc TO be passed by tho
,o .rtss House. Mr. La Toilette
laIiu proposals Will part Of rho
Platform upon which he Is 10 70 before
Inc Inc. Republican National Convention nf
i'IZ as presidential candidate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25

hand TO this end he wrote her "A
iettct ana stuck it in his ovcrcoat
pocket to take TO the post office.
Several months ago Mr.. schmidt
who had prospcrcd greatly as an apple
grower near Winchester. was looking
over some old clothes and came
across an ovcrcoat that looked good
TO him. lie sent it TO a tailor to have
1t made over. When II was returned
the taller sent along with it the let
ter schmidt had written TO Mss
Jacobs. but had forgotten u mail. lie
then recalled how he had ceased his
attentions to Miss Jacobs. beiicvinS
that she had spurned him, Us he had
never received reply to his letter
lie learned that she had married. I'D
ward Kip, and after his death SHE
married Fred. Gallon and removed
to Wayncsboro. Thcy did not getalong
well together. SO their wcddcd life
terminated In the divorce court
living alone near Winchester.
The finding OF the letter that was
never mailed revived the old love,
and Schmidt determined to find, il
possible. the girl whom he had wooed
In his younger days. His inquiries re :
suited in her being found at Wayncs-
boro. free to enter into the maria &c
which she herself had desired lcng
ago.
Mr.. Schmidt wrote to her, inclosing
the old letter he had written in Balti-
more. His proposal was accepted, and
no time was lost obtaining n marriage
license and minister. Mr. and Mrs.
Schmidt came to Winchester a few
days ago. and they are now celobrat-
ing the Yuletidc at their handsome
country place near this city
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25
LOVE LETTER is FOUND
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
Failure to Mail 1t Interrupts Romance, but Its
Discovery in Old Coat Brings
1t to Life
1t to Life.

,tSpecial 10 rho Timcs-Dispatch.l
ihchcster, Va. December GA
letter written over twenty years ago
to II. :. schmidt, formerly OF Baltt-
more but now wealthy fru!t-growcr
near Winchester. to his sweetheart.
III which he popped" the matrimonial
question. and which was found in
Schmidts ovcrcoat pocket by "a tailor
has been the means OF closing Il 70.
nance which sounds like fiction. bur
Is nevertheless true as gospel. Mr.
Schmidt and his bride, who was for.
merly Miss Augusta jacobs of
WaEnesboro Ia. are now celebrating
the Christmas holidays at their home
In Frederick county.
The chances are Mr.: Schmidt would
have been married to his frs, love
years ago had he not forgotten 10
mail the letter OF proposal. In tho
meantime, the bride has had two hus-
bands and the bridegroom one wife
Until her last wedding the bride
was known in Waynesboro as MIR.
Gallon. She was the wife of Fred
cfick Gallon, superintendent of the
Pen Mar Water Company, and she di-
Norced him three years ago. From that
time until ller marriage to Mr.. Schmidt
she supported herself By working In
Waynesboro. although she owned "a
comfortable home and had a bank
account
AS Miss Augusta Jacobs. she came
TO this country from williams Haven,
Germany. and located in Baltimore,
where she had numerous suitors. one
OF whom was r. $. Schmidt, n fellow
countryman. who was starting to nuke
his fortune In the New World. He
wooed the fair German girl ardcntly
ana determined to win her heart and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25
{ haIrr,ers.
aDS MOTOR CARS VI
Gordon NJ! !s..gg.cs Company u.
O,,xn.ox0 49,,
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA

spend large part of their time there
Pismer. both of lower I.oudoun, weres
married at Daysville, this county. on
Wednesday. 5
Scaleky.' the new $500, 900 home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry %. Gilpin. near,
soNce. Clarke county. has been com
plcted, and Is enc of the lIhndsomcst
country homes in Virginia. The house
Is modelled and named from Scaleby.
Castle. in England. tho original home
of the Giipins. s
\ carp weighing thirty nine pounds
was caught recently In the Potomac
River near Brunswick.
Ample provision for farm nemonstra-
ton work. to include not only corn
growing. bu; also fruit, grass and other
farm production, was made By the.
Loudoun county Board of Supervisors
last week. An appropriation of 500
Tor next year was made. to which will
nc added similar amount from State
funds. III. NJ. fIoSe. the present den-
onstration agent was chosen to con-,
tinuc the work T. Q. Sandy, state
demonstration agent, came from his,
homo in BurkeVille 10 attend, and Henry
Fairfax and other leading Loudoun
county citizens appeared in behalf of
the work Loudoun's appropriation of
SOLO is the largest yet made By any
OF the forty counties III the State which
have taken up the demonstration
work.
The December term of the Loudoun
county Circuit Court, Judge L. S. Tur-
ner presiding. adjourned for tho holi-
days on Thursday last. and will re-
convene on Tuesday, January ?, 1918,
to complete the business of the Deem
her term 5gNtH,