The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-12-12

Inc Lincoln county fOulJTy uSSO-
citation held its third annual poultry
show In Stroud December l, and 8.
The Southwest Teachers Associa-
ton met last week at Clinton and
the Northeast Association at Musko-
gee.
In the past season, $4,000 bushels OF
wheat were marketed at Amorita,
bringing to the farmers of that section
more than $4,000.
Farmers in Geary trade territory
have marketed $4,000 bushels of corn
there this season and received approx
Imately $4,000 for it.
The trial of ]. c. Lindsay, charged
with numbering ]. Y. Schenck, edi-
tor Of the Democrat, will be started
on December 10, at Sulphur.
Two thousand dollars worth Of
gambling paraphernalia was brought
to Saltwater following a raid on sew
eral gambling houses in Cushing,
The bond of John fremont, held at
Chickasha for the murder Of Sherman
Woodward, has been reduced from
$4,000 to $4,000. He is still in Jail.
Charley Bowers is held in the coun-
ty jail at Cherokee on a charge Of
killing j. French and fatally wound
ing George French in a row after a
card game.
The case OF William McBrine, for
mer warrant clerk in the office of the
state auditor, and accused of embezzle.
ment of state funds, will not be tried
until the December term of the Logan
county district court.
Since the first of January, Temple
has paid to the farmers of the sur.
rounding country more than 100000
for farm products and by the time the
year closes this sum will be increased
to more than 100000.
Following a row, City Attorney w,
Il. Allen, of Bartlesville, drew 40
calibre revolver and fred two shots
at Arthur Kinds at Dewey. One of
the bullets struck Kinds in the left
shoulder, inficting dangerous
wound.
The Garfield County Farmers Mu.
tual Insurance Company, the first com
pany organized under the new state
law providing for mutual insurance
companies among farmers, has com
pleted all preliminaries of preparation
and begun writing insurance.
w. e. Gill, president of the North.
western State Normal at Tahlequah
rendered his resignation to the state
board OF education to become can
didate for the democratic nomination
for state superintendent of public in
struction. His resignation was &C
cepted by the board effective Decem
Der !.
Tulsa, with $4,000 inhabitants, ac
cording to population will furnish
greater number of contributors to the
federal income tax, it is estimated
| llluH any OlutT tllH III Nllt bilANN
States. Local statisticians have figured
It out that there are approximately
1000 persons there who will be effect
ed by this tax,
Onie Minyard a 16-year- old Indian
ola lad, has been awarded the trip tC
Washington given every year by the
Oklahoma Cotton Seed Crushers' asso
citation for the best showing Of cotton
for 1918. Minyard raised one and one
half bales to the acre on two-acre
patch, and sent samples to the state
fair and International Dry Farming
congress which took first place.
A second Ratchet murder occurred
in Muskogee when C. S. Everett, gro
ceryman, was found in his store with
his skull crushed and cut. The first
killing of the kind was that of b. f.
Richardson, furniture deaelr, who was
found murdered in his store. In both
cases the killing had been done with
a Ratchet or sharp instrument
Inc government IepOlJ vi SObtOh
ginned In Oklahoma prior to Novem
Der "a Of the present season shows
that 5S,270 bales less of cotton have
been ginned than was ginned during
the same period in 1912. The report
shows that during the season of 1912
and prior to November IA, 725,00f
bales were ginned as compared with
666,736 during the present season.
That Eli Jones, after shooting his
wife in their home at Moffett, Okla.
was murdered by an unknown person
was the verdict returned by a cor
oners jury Jones shot his wife in
the presence of their children. The
children fed to the home of neighbor
and gave the alarm. When neighbors
reached the scene Jones was found
dead with two bullet wounds in his
head.
A civil service examination will be
held at Romuius, Pottawatomie coun
ty, for postmaster, December 10. Last
year the Office paid the postmaster