The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-10-23
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES


Nov 9-Indlan land sale, Hugo.
Nov 26-Colorado Aggie VS.. A. 81 NJ
Oklahoma City.
Nov. SO-Dec 5-oklahona State Poul-
try Federation, Muskogee.
Dec. 4-19-North Central Okiahoma
Poultry Association, Perry.
Dec. 14-20-Ti"man County Poultry AS
ISOLATION. Frederick.
Dec. 15-20-Soutnwestern Oklahoma
Poultry Association. Hobart.
Dec. 16-19-Mountain View Poultry AS
ISOLATION. Mountain View.
Jan. 4-9-BIg Center Poultry Associa-
ton. Enid.
Jan 5-S-Elk CITY Poultry Association
Elk City.
Feb. 2,6-;L ?gan County Poultry Asso-
citation, Guthrie.
April. 19l5-southern Commercial Con-
gress, Muskogee.
Rev. L. L. Johnson, pastor Of the
M. e, church, South, at Clinton, died
of heart failure last week.
With a class of seventy-seven the
fall reunion of the Scottish Rite Free
Masons was held at Guthrie.
A shipment of 600 bales Of cotton
was made from Ardmore last week
direct to Liverpool ana other ship
ments were made to domestic mills.
The Indian Journal, published at Eu-
faula, claims for that town the credit
of being the best cotton market on the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad.
One hundred ninety-two bales Of
cotton have been stored in the Yale
bonded warehouse awaiting return
of normal prices for cotton. The ware
house has a capacity of 1000 bales.
w. L. Amonette, a farmer living
near Madill, was shot and seriously
wounded by a tenant named Scott.
The shooting was the elimination Of
a quarrel over crop rent due Scott
surrendered to the sheriff.
Six hundred visiting Knights of Co.
lumbus were in Shawnee to celebrate
Columbus day. Large delegations
from Oklahoma City, Ell Reno and
Enid came in a special train. A big
parade was a feature of the celebra-
ton.
With more than two hundred and
fifty ministers present, Bishop w. O..
Shepard of Kansas City, Kan, opened
the annual conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Guthrie, as.
sisted by his cabinet of church super.
intendents.
Emile Sculier. SO, native Of Bel
GUM, committed suicide at Coalgate
by shooting himself in the mouth, the
32-caliber revolver ball emerging at
the right side of Sculier's head. No
reason for Sculier's suicide is known,
other than he had recently state that
he was weary of life.
James Williams, a blacksmith Of
Warner, was killed in a gun fight near
that town while acting as a deputy
sheriff in assisting. to serve papers.
Two members of the Hushridge family
have been arrested and one member
of the family is in the hospital here
suffering from wounds.
That farmers of southern Oklahoma
already have commenced on plans for
reducing cotton acreage in 1915, is
the cheering news brought to Okla
homa City by State Senator c. C.
Shaw of Tishomingo Senator Shaw
says the farmers have begun plant.
ing winter wheat and that in many
localities the wheat is coming up.
w. R. Lence has assumed the
presidency of the Oklahoma State
Bank at Enid, having purchased con-
trolling interest from the Commerce
Trust Company of Kansas. Lence sue
ceeds John P. Cook, who will be as
sociated with the institution as vice
president. Donald D. Davis will con-
tinue as cashier. Lence was terminal
agent Of the Gould Inns at Memphis,
his former home.
F. M. Shore of Tulsa, OKLA, who
for eleven years has been charged
with the murder Of Nicholas Mclvain,
was acquitted at Wilburton by a jury.
Judge ]. H. Brown several times had
refused to discharge the jury. Shore,
a former United States deputy mar.
shall, killed McElvain near Howe,
Okla, eleven years ago. He claimed
it was an accidental shooting. The
case, through delays, came to trial
for the first time last August.
Lee Marsh, aged 40, shot and killed
Arthur Andrews at Ell Reno. At the
coroner's inquest, testimony tended
to show that about midnight Marsh
and his wife were awakened by tap
ping on the bedroom window. Marsh
armed himself and upon going out
side saw a man crouching near the
house at whom he fired two shots,
according to the testimony. One shot
took effect in Andrews neck produc.
ing instant death. The coroners jury
found that Andrews came to him
death at the hands of Marsh under
that tended to exon
crate Marsh. Immediately following
hte jury verdict Marsh was released
Cy Williams, Cliff Walker, r. A.
Beard of Oklahoma City, ]. w. Cham.
bers of Mangum, c.. p. Henson and w.
J. Burns, were found guilty by iury