The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-07-17

The Bank of Haileyville, with a cap
ital of $4,000, has deposits of $4,000,
and cash and sight exchange of $4O,-
600.
The Oklahoma Fruit and Melon
Growers Association opened up Offices
in Cbickasha with R. e. Starnes in
charge. Starnes is from Louisiana.
Dependent because of i'll health
George Rutter. coal miner of Krebs,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor He was so years
old and unmarried.
w. c. Canterbury, the newly elect
ed president of the Southeastern state
normal school was greeted very warm
ly when he arrived in Durant to take
charge Of the school.
Stratford is making preparations to
hold three days celebration there
commencing July 16. All candidates
for state Office have been invited to
attend and address the voters.
L. D. Moore of Gotebo was stabbed
in the abdomen by a stranger in a
restaurant in Chickasha. The men
quarrelled over whether AL Jennings
would run first or second in Grady
county.
Ernest Firebaugh, 14-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Fifebaugh Of Grace,
none, died as a result of burns re-
ceived from fireworks igniting in his
pockets. One-half the surface of his
body was burned.
Irving, the eight-year-old son of Irv-
ing Topsy and wife, died of lockjaw at
Ponca City. He was running about
when he stepped on thorn which
penetrated his heel and lockjaw de-
veloped few days later.
One Of the tragedies of the harvest
field occurred at Alva when W. Foster
Marshall, youth, aged IS, suffered
sun stroke and became suddenly in.
sane. The youth became violent and
was placed in the Alva hospital.
Two hundred acres of wheat which
had been stacked was destroyed by
fire in field near Kiowa. The fire
was Of unknown origin. About 5000
bushels of grain we're destroyed with
$500 insurance to cover the loss.
Within the next few weeks all the
Oklahoma national guardsmen will be
immunized from Typhoid. For several
years anti-typhoid vaccination has
been compulsory in the regular army,
but until this year the serum has not
been given to the national guard.
The most serious Fourth of July
accident at Tulsa was the probable
fatal injury of Anna Vanschoick age
s. who was shot through the body by
stray bullet. At the hospital where
she is being attended, physicians do
not believe she will live. John Brady,
the little son of W. Tate Brady, form
ef democratic national committeeman,
had three fingers of his right hand
blown off by the premature explosion
of huge firecracker.
Oklahoma cities last week showed
a big increase in business, while
neighboring cities showed decrease.
Dun reports that the bank clearings
in Muskogee increased AZ per cent
over the same week last year; Tulsa
40 per cent, and Oklahoma City 81
per cent. North of us st. Louis de-
creased IA per cent, Kansas City
per cent, Wichita IL per cent, Topeka
per cent, st. Joseph 16 per cent. On
the south Fort Worth fell off 4 per
cent.
Willie George, aged 10, was killed
by lightning near Province, eight
miles east of Ardmore Thursday after.
noon during a light shower of rain.
The boy was sharpening his hoe in
the cotton field when the fatal bolt
struck him.
Five thousand people attended the
Dewey roundup July 4th. The roping
contest was won by Clay McConicle,
whose time was twenty-five seconds.
McConicIe, who is the worlds cham
pion roper, scored his victory, while
roping OF tie.