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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-21
REB PHILLIPS
ON THE STAND
Testimony Of Supposed Star Wit
ness In Monroe Murder Trial
Not So Important
REAL DEFENSE COMING SOON
Main Witness For Defendant viii
Try To Prove Shooting Was
An Accident

Reb Phillips, next ~ the star wit
ness In the Monroe murder trial. testi.
fled this morning for the defense but
wus not as Impressive rs he might
have been After taking the stand
he was Invited by Monau Pruiett, lend
Ing counsel for Monroe to tell the facts
about the affair at Grace Goods hOu>y
In his own way.
Phillips didn't testify until he reached
the cross examination stnge, that the
woman had on stockings, IN one Of
which It Is lntimated that she con
cenled the purse containing the $500
taken frOm Monroe Phillips testified
That he WAS IN the hallway ON the sec
ond floor, having Just come out of the
dance hall when he heard the first
shot Oh the floor above He saw
Grace Good coming down the stair
way, hc said, and saw her reach down
with her left haud aud pull up her
skirts. With her right hand she got
something that looked to him Ike Il
pOcketboOk he testified
The attorneys for the defense did
not let Phillips 80 too far lu his state
ments about what took place In the
house. He said the woman ran north
In the hallway and that was the last
he saw Of her In little while h,
started bnck to the Kingkade hote
and Monroe passed him at the alley
on Santa Fe, also going to the hotel
When He Met Monroe
Phillips said he met Monroe fir,l
that day about 10 o'clock In the fore
noon I'm front Of the Western Union
Telegraph office on Broadway They
went to two clothing stores first ant
then to the automobile sales house,
on BOardway, where they looked at
u number Of automobiles. Later they
went 10 the Lee Huckins for luncl
and about o'clock In the afternooi
went together to the resort ON Broad
way Monroe wanted to see Ear
Sims, he said, and was told at tn
Klngkade that Sims had gone TO Grac,
Goods place
On cruss-examlnatiOn Phillips wa
asked about his testimony at the pre-
liminary trial. At that time he state,
explicitly that the woman had takel
CONTINUED on Last Pagel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-21
Flight Is Doubted

Nevertheless II Is questioned here
that anything 80 vital as the flight ot
the Russian army, as indicated by VI
emma reports or n perilous break In
the Russian front has occurred.
Experts are Of the opinion that the
Russians are fighting rear guard ac-
tlons while withdrawing their armies
practically intact. They suggest that
either the Russians have no intention
of defending I,emberg TO the last, or
have prepared their main defensive
lines on positions not yet reached By
the Germanic forces. with less than a
score Of miles separating the Austro-
German lines from Lemberg, these
Continued on Iasf PaRe.I
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-21

x MlLLEDGEyILLE, Ga. June Il
y - Al the Georgia prison farm, \
y dressed IN stripes denutng the H
y lowest Crude prisoner. Leo NJ. u
X Frank today again protested his X
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\ yictlon that the day Is not fur Il
y distant when will be- eNuner T.
X Hted. " x
x Frank said that he had hnd X
y no intimation Of what was 90 X
y lng to happen late lust night Z
\ when Officers went 10 his cell IN n
. Allnntn 10 get him for the trip X
x here. lie expressed gratitude 4
\ toward Governor Slaton mud Y
= said he felt lnultyely that he y
4 would at lenst commute his sen. Y
tence. X
X Frank will be- known as Con X
= Wet No 9Oj' X
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-21

WASHINGTON, June 2l.-The Ok
lahoma grandfather" clause, restrict
ing the negro vote was annulled ~ un
constitutional today by the suprem,
court. q
The court held that Oklahoma had
not meant TO provide a litoraey test for
It, voters II the restrictions as 10 thos,
qualified TO vote In 1865 were Illegal
and hence struck down that test, nj
though holding that standing alone
such q test was unconstitutional.
The decision was unanimous.
Chief Justice White announced IN
the decision that II WAS q violation Of
the tenth amendment to select an arbi
,rary date, such as 1866. In fixing th,
qualification Of voters. The decision
is said 10 reach grandfather clause
legislation In many southern states.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-21
" GRANDFATHER"
CLAUSE IS VOID.
Oklahoma Restriction On Negroes
Vote Called Unconstitutional
By Supreme Court
TRIBUNAL 'SDECISION UNANIMOUS
Violation OF Tenth Amendment To
Select Arbitrary Date In Fix
Ing Qualifications
GOVERNOR RETICENT.

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-21
EXTRA POLICE
QUIET ATLANTA
Clubs And Near Beer Saloons
Closed Following Announce
ment OF Communication
GOVERNOR DOUBTS HIS GUILT
Mass Meeting Takes Exception
To SlaytOn's Statement; Pris-
Oner Bears Stripes
CONVICT No. g65

4 = 4 X Il = ~ 4 y
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-26
When Youth is Dead

Youth is the blossom of life.
Youth delights in color and gladHess
and concord of sweet sounds. Youth
is fond OF purple and fine linen, of
lifting up its voice in yodelings to
the moon, of walking the earth as
prince or princess of the blood. The
fiamboyant hatband or "frowzy-
blowzy" hair Is only an incident of
youth, even as were bangs and frizzes
and spit-curls in the fair girlhood
of forty years ago.
Once in the dear dead days beyond
recall a young man on whom 1t was
dawning that the world was his, ar
rayed himself, after the manner of
his kind and time, In black coat,
ice cream trousers and box-toed
shoes; and he wore satin vest flu
minated with pink and green rose
buds which would have been the des-
pair of the old monks who spent
long days painting decorative initial
letters and tail-pieces in solemn old
tones; and he sported tie that was
a gonfalon; and his browning glory,
aside from the silk kerchief peeping
from his left-hand breast pocket, was
soft braided leghorn hat Of old
gold, which shone like the gilded
ball on the state house dome in the
rising sun. Oh lawsey, and ah me!
And one Sabbath at the ringing of
the church bell this young Solomon
appeared in all his glory at the gate
way to the old church; and a man
without music In his soul; a man
with eyes dull to the harmony of
colors and with heart dead to the
faint echoes Of his own lost youth;
clod Of a man owning half Sec
ton Of land and big cribs of corn
and a herd of swine, stepped for
ward and, with a grin of malice,
stuck out one horny forefinger and a
dirty thumb. felt of the texture OF
the coat, studied the effect of the
italian sunset hat, the Highland
necktie and the decorated waistcoat,
and drawled: Sonny, thems bet
ter buds n ever had, md got $40
acres OF good corn groun'!" You see,
old Georges heart was dead and his
soul shrlveled to a cracklin', though
he still kept livin' on.
And so, beloved, one may not be
able to put down a finger and say,
Here Is the point where youth died
In the soul; and here is the point
where fretful, 'querulous old age be-
gan cutting deep lines and etching
wrinkles on the heart" But mayhap
the surest indication that the point
is forever passed, is the tendency, of
the one whose youthful heart ia dead.
to pronounce ipse dixits on the dress
and furnishings of youth,-E, e.
Kelly In the Toronto (Kas,) Repub-
lican.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-26
To Him that Hath

In the biography Of Charles Oar
win, we read of his youthful appre-
citation of both music and poetry.
Then for many years he was 80 much
engrossed In his scientific work that
lie forgot everything else, At the
last Of his life, he desired once more
TO enjoy the music and poetry In
which he had formerly taken pleas
ure; but what before had been in
spring music now was only irrltat-
ing noise. The poetry that had once
uplifted him, now bored him SO much
that he could not keep his mind on
what he was trying to read, Music
and poetry meant nothing to him.
Other tragic instances Of the same
kind of loss are frequently seen.
There are many In the world who
once found comfort and strength and
inspiration in religion. For one rea-
son or another. they neglected to cul-
tivate that side of their nature.
Years afterward they turned once
more to religion for the things they
had once gained from it-but In vain.
Neither comfort nor strength came.
Thereupon they dismissed the consld-
GRAFTON of religion from their minds.
They had satisfied themselves of its
unreality, There are thousands In
America today In that state OF mind.
Suppose that In his later years OAR
win had addressed himself to the
task of proving that music and po-
etry were nothing more than illu-
sions without objective reality-be-
cause OF his inability to lay hold on
that reality? Not many would have
been impressed or convinced, because
most Of US would know that he failed
to appreciate music only because his
own musical capacity was lacking.
The case Is the same with the more
unhappy man who sees nothing in
religion, and who denies it's truth;
the root of the difficulty Is not In re-
ligion; it iS In the atrophy Of the
mans capacity to lay hold on the
reality OF religion. To him that hath
exercised that capacity shall be given.
and he shall have abuudance-but
from him that hath not exercised
that capacity shall be taken even
that which he hath.-Youths Com
panion.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-26
Growing Miniature Trees

For many centuries the Japanese
have closely guarded the secret OF
growing miniature trees. Indeed,
until recently they did not allow the
trees to be taken out Of the country;
wealthy people kept them as art
treasures. Now, in America, dwarf
trees bring a good price, and are used
as house plants and table decorations.
BY following the plan here described
almost anyone can raise diminutive
trees with little trouble.
Get a few large. thick-skinned
oranges and halYe them. Remove
the pulp and cover the outside of the
skins with thick shellac. That will
keep the skins from shriveling. Fill
the skins with fine, rich soil, and
plant therein seed of whatever tree
you wish to rajse-or rather two or
three seeds, to insure at least one
good specimen.
Make a stand of some kind SO that
the growing tree can be kept in an
upright position. and set the plants
where they will get plenty Of sun;
but do not keep them in room that
is likely to become overheated. Wa
ter them regularly. but not too pro-
fusely. After q time the roots will
begin to come through the orange
peel. When that happens. cut the
roots of flush with the outer surface
OF the orange peel. but be careful
not to injure the film of shellac.
1t is the cutting OF the roots that
stunts the tree. When the tree has
reached maturity you can transfer it
to a more attractive holder. COnifers
such as cedars. pines and cryptic
merias can be readily stunted: so
also can other eVergreens. as Hex anu
Citrus trifoliRta. Some dwarf cedars
have been known to live more than
Ave hundred years. Fruit trees. such
rs the orange and the plum, blossom
and bear perfect fruIt.-Yopth's
Companion.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-26

Look at that fellow" exclaimed
cynic to The Gazette the other day
aa he referred to we'll known bust
ness man, the sincerity of whose re-
ligion is questioned by those who
know him best. His example and
that OF others like him, form the
principal barrier that keeps me from
the church. He pretends to be
Christian and is not; / do not pre-
tend to be Christian, but l am
far better than he, because am not
hypocrite. If he is an example OF
righteousness, then | do not want
anything to do with either the church
or your so-called religion"
The trouble with the subject Of
our friends observations, is that he
is using the cloak of the church to
hide his real life and to further his
business schemes; the trouble with
our critic friend is, he does not want
to become identified with any relig-
ious organization. He erToneously
persuaded himself that he is a moral
man and that he is better than the
church member, simply because he is
able to designate one single subject
whom he knows to be entirely un-
worthy.
Our friend goes even further and
assumes, or for convenience sake
pretends to believe that because one
unit of the body ecclesiastic is bad,
that the entire structure is faultry.
His stumbling block is the fact thar
he does not desire to become Chris
tian. He has never experienced the
sunshine of divine love and imagines
he 10 presenting great argument
against the church organization.
AS far as one man, or any set OF
ment, permanently hurting the cause
of Christianity by playing a duel ex-
istence ia concerned, there Ia abso-
lutely nothing to 1t.
Fortunately, no man hath by the
length OF his prayers, or the pieS
of his countenance. or the activity of
his Christian service. established
standard of Christian faith. The AL
mighty established that and 1t has
come up through difficulties, 1t has
overcome tortures, II lived through
inquIsItions, 1t has made Its way
over bloody path OF history; 1t arose
above pestilence, death, terror and
catastrophe.
And all along the way the voice Of
the scoffer and the scornful, grow
ing, happily, less in volume all the
time, has told US that this human
incident or that has killed Chris
tianity,
So let no man shed crocodile tears
for the Christian faith because some
active worker has siippedi It wasn't
the fault of his faith nor the result
OF 1t that he sllpped-I was tue
real lack Of 1t.
Weep not for me-" said the Mas
ter, two thousand years ago. and,
my words shall not pass away"
And they never have-they never
will!
1t is no reflection on Christianity
when 1t fails to save a man or is mis-
used by him as a pretense, any more
than the real salvation OF a soul
through Christian faith is rsfiec-
ton on the industry and real inten-
lions OF Satan.
The devil 10 frequently defeated
but his followers never get discour-
aged. Gazette.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Schneider
arrived Saturday from Detroit, Mich
igan, for visit at the home of Mrs.
Schneider's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
]. Terwilliger.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-29
PEOPLE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS

elected. In other words, it would not
into Office because he happened to be
on the Republican or Democratic
ticket. To make the necessity for an
election at other than a regular State
election clear, it need only be stated
that nine out of every ten men who
go to the polls, never know even the
names of the men who are running for
the Office of State Superintendent. If
anyone doubts the absolute accuracy
of this statement, he should ask him.
self and nine other men the names of
the two men for whom the people
voted for State Superintendent last
November.
A second plan for the securing of
an efficient man for this most impOr-
tant position would be to have him
appointed by a strong, non-partisan
School Board. 1t must, however, be
understood thoroughly that such a
board would have to represent the
mass of people of the whole State as
well as the school men and women.
In either of the above cases, it would
always be to the distinct advantage of
the State Superintendent to make
good" so that he might continue in Of
fee. Under the present system he
must hold the Office for four years
then go back to teaching or he must
use his position to secure for himself
some other political Office.
That the schools, and especially the
rural schools, must be gotten out of
politics goes without saying. The
people and the legislators are sure to
see this in big, broad, patriotic way
and carry the amendment. Afterwards
the legislature can surely be trusted
to learn what other states are doing
with this most important Office and
then decide what is best for the school
children of the State. The time is now
ripe to act, because the people and the
men who will represent them at Frank
fort this winter, will be more than
willing to do anything in their power
to further the interest of the children
who can not help themselves.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-29
Action of Single spoonful Sur.
prlses Many.

Columbia people who bought the
simple mixture of huckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc., known as Adler-i-ka,
are surprised at the INSTANT effect
of a SINGLE SPOONFUL. This
remedy is so complete bowel cleanser
that it is used successfully in appendi-
citis. Adler-i-ka acts on BOTH upper
and lower bowels and ONE SPOON
Ful relieves almost ANY CASE of
constipation, sour or gassy stomach
ONE MINUTE after you take it the
gasses rumble and pass out. PAUL
Drug Co. Adv.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-29

see-four good horses and a wagon
for example with four horses at $3.50
apiece, $500; the cost of shoeing and
harness is to be considered, the whole
will cost not less than $1,000, adding
in the cost of maintaining these horses
at $500 month is $500 year and
you have to add that to the original
cost. In six years your thousand and
horses and wagon is gone, as they will
be worn out. The maintenance will
cost you not less than $500 a year
$500 per day. We may say that the
same team will do double the work
over a macadam road as they will do
over dirt road. So that the farmer
in the item of four horse team, wagon
and driver saves at least one dollar
per day by the use of macadam road.
When the farmers have calculated the
saving of one item of transportation,
the taking of their products to the
market, leaving out the pleasure of
travelling over the macadam roads to
himself and to his family, leaving out
the advantages to the children in at
tending school, and his family attend
ing church, leaving out the features
of bringing him closer to the market
VI " LlAO 1A44lA Ol luS UdSlS VI QOlldA ;
and cents, there is no better invest
ment to the producer than in the max
ing of cheap and convenient means
of bringing the farmers commodities
to the market.
But let us take broader and higher
view. Every man who casts his ballot
In the hope of receiving some pecunia-
ry or personal benefit, either in emOlu.
ments of Office or some pecuniary ad-
vantage is a menace. By that | mean
that the man who votes simply to
keep up some political organization,
the man who votes at the call of a
boss, the man who votes for money
in hand is menace to the liberty OF
a free people.
This government rests upon the dis.
interested devotion to high ideals of
citizenship. 1t is the foundation upon
which the republic rests because a
majority absolutely rules in this coun.
try. And whenever that majority
ceases to be honest this government
will topple like house of cards.
What has preserved this govern.
ment for hundred and fifty years OF
more? will tell you: The simple
citizen seated in cane bottom chair
on rag carpet before an open fire
place, with a Bible on his knees and
his family grouped about him, his head
bowed simply and reverently asking
God to guide him through the night
and arising In the fear of that same
God at dawn to take up the simple
tasks of the day. He votes of no
thought of profit to himself, but for
the good of his family and the honor
OF his country and the glory Of his
God. This is the power upon which
this republic rests and must forever
rest
The Adair County news., 1915-12-29
War Upon p5inl

Pain is a visitor 70 every home and
usually it comes quite unexpectedly.
But you are prepared for every emer-
gency if you keep a small bottle Of
Sloan's Liniment handy. 1t is the
greatest pain killer ever discovered.
Simply laid on the skin-no rubbing
required-it drives tae pain away 1t
is really wonderful
Mervin H. SoisteI Berkeley, Cal i,
writes: ''Last Saturday, after tramp
ing around the Panama Exposition
with wet feet, came home with my
neck SO stiff that 1 couldn't turn. l
applied Sloan's Liniment freely and
went to bed. To nv surprise, next
morning, the stiffness had almost dis
appeared. four hours after the second
application 1 was as good as new. "
March, 1915. 25c. For sale by PAUL
Drug Co. Adv.
The Adair County news., 1915-12-29
A Permanent Cure For
Chronic Constipation

Although those may dispute It who
have not tried it, yet thousands of
others, who speak from personal expert
enee, assert that there is a permanent :
cure for chronic constipation. Some
testify they were cured for as little as
nifty cents, years ago, and that the
trouble never came back on them, while
others admit they took several bottles
before steady cure was brought about
Ueirs sHny syrn1 neiI 1e5erreo 70 h rs Dr: H. card
the market for over a quarter of q
century and has been popularized on it's
merits, by one person telling another.
The fact that it's strongest supporters
are women and elderly people-the ones
most persistently constipated-makes it
certain that the claims regarding il as
permanent cure for constipation have
not been exaggerated.
1t is not violent like cathartic pills,
salts or waters, but operates gently,
The Adair County news., 1915-12-29

Naturally no sane person cares ito
Jump out of the frying pan into the
fire." Sane people always want to
know, they are from Missouri and
must be shown.
Since the matter of taking the State
Superintendent of Public instruction
out of politics and of allowing him to
succeed himself, has been widely dis
cussed in the papers of the State, the
sane people are asking themselves
and other people questions. Some of
them are asking, eff the Office is taken
out of politics and he is to succeed
himself, will he be appointed by a
board or will he be elected, and how?"
Others are asking, But if he is allow
ed to succeed himself in Office mightn't
a shrewd fellow get in and stay in for
ever and ever?" These questions are
the ones which every sane taxpayer
and voter in the State should ask him
self.
Before answering these very point
ed questions for the sane people of
the State, it should be stated, and
stated emphatically, that people every
where are extremely anxious to get the
schools and the whole school system
out of politics. The point which both
ers the parent and voter is: what is
the best method so that definite re-
suits will be accomplished? If the
legislature which convenes this win
ter should pass favorably on the
amendment eliminating the name,
Estate Superintendent of Public In
struction," from the Constitution, it
would still have to be voted upon by
the people of the State at regular
election. After the amendment had
been passed both by the legisla-
ture and the people. the manner of Sc
lecting or electing a superintendent
would be taken up by the legislature
at the State.
If the people acting through their
representatives in the legislature, still
Tished to elect the State Superintend-
et :, it could be done on an "off year"
when no State officers were being
The Adair County news., 1915-12-29

to the consignee. The farmer does
not calculate. He calculates the cost
of the production in a rough way, by
taking cost of the land, taxes, labor,
and tools. When he calculated what
it cost him to get In fifty bushels Of
wheat on his wagon or thousand
bushels of corn in his bin completes
his calculation. But he has not esti-
mated the cost Of that article to its
entirety, for no man comes to his bin
for corn or to the thresher for his
grain. Until he has calculated the
cost of transportation he has not made
an accurate estimate of the cost of
production. What is the actual value
Of a free public highway? Let Us
The Adair County news., 1915-12-29

without gripping and without shock to
the system. 1t contains tonic proper
ties that strengthen the stomach and
bowel muscles so that in time medicines
OF all kinds can be dispensed with ami
nature is again solely relied o.
Among the legions who testify to these
facts are J. F. Blankensfip. Sharon, Tenn.
and Beulah L. Rogers. KOsmosdaIe XIV.
and they always have a bottle of it in tho
house, for it is a reliable laxative for All
the family from infancy to CID age.
Anyone wishing to make a trial Of this
remedy before buying it in the regular
way OF a druggist at fifty cents or one
have sample bottle sent TO the home
free of charge by simply addressing DR.
w. b. Caldwell, 405 Washington St.
Monticello. Ill. Your name and address
on postal card will do.