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til .1 J t c v o ' o ' c 1 a , 1:. s: '. SI ! ' i ij ; dl la. cc c-e; lCN. re ; ty th, ar la- , wi, ad, 'V in eV I A i) f: w. .; le ' (o tt ; M' i i UV w , si !" P'" C( W It St. b. ' VVQQDRQW WILSON 1? OCCUPY PEW USED BTLINCQLN Presbyterian Church on New York Avenue, Washington, Probably Will Be Attened by Next Executive. Washington, I). ('., lee. 1 .".--Since the announcement, a fortnight ago, that President-elect Wilson and his family will in all likelihood attend either the Presbyterian church of thej(lll ninth ,.t,sj((.,lt Kls l)0(. j,, Covenant, or the New lork avenue Presbyterian church, little else has been discussed in church circles here, where the particular church to be honored for four years of the chief executive of the nation is always a matter of interest. Mr. WilBon is the so nof a Pres byterian clergyman, and an elder in the Presbyterian church of Princeton, N.J. It Is believed here that there is scarcely a doubt that Mr. Wilson will settle on the New York avenue house of worship. This is because of its nearness to the White House, its re markable history as the "chu; ch of the presidents," as it is known, and because of the fact that the Rev. Dr. Wallace Itadcliffe its pastor for sev enteen years, is so intimately wound up in national and Presbyterian life. If Mr. Wilson does attend this church in all probability he will occupy the 'Lincoln pew," used by President Lin coln during his whole life of illustrious statesmen and foreign visitors since. The pew is on the right hand side of the middle aisle, about six ueats from the pulpit. On its end is a small tablet of silver readinp, "Abraham Lincoln, lSGMSGr.." At present Mrs. Itadcliffe occupies it. At the ono hundredth anniversay of the "church of the presidents," which was celebrated nine years ago, Mr. Roosevelt, then president, sat in this pew and later made an address stand ing in it, in which he said in part: "A man would .ue a poor curen oi)Lincoln usod to sav tlu, rpason i,0 this country if he could jit in Abra-iuko(, to lipar Dp (;lir.ey was -because ham Lincoln's pew and not feel the .solemn sent? of the associations borne i.v upon him, and 1 wish to thank the people of this church for that rever ence for this historic past, for the sense of historic continuity which has made them keep this pew unchanged. I hope it will remain unchanged in ... , . . this church so long as our country endures. This evening I sit in this pew of Abraham Lincoln, together with Abraham Lincoln's private secre tary, who, for my good fortune, now serves as secretary of the state m niv cabinet". National Tone to Services. There is a national tone t: ev.-iy service held in the old-fashioned, steepleless, red brick edifice, only two and one-half blocks from the White House, which has bee nthe place of worship of more presidents than any other church here. Dr. Radeliffe prays tor "President William Howard Taft" by name; also the senate, congress and other public officials, "that they will give us right- xms legislation" The church has its own special hymn, which is sung every Sunday morning. This is the Russian national anthem adapted to the words. "Give Peace in Our Time, O Lord." Dr. Itadcliffe, while he does not preach partisan politics, never hesi tates to speak out on any question wherein he thinks a moral issue is in volved. In his centennial sermon he : said: "in the larg; and comprein n-j sve sense, polities must be preach -d; i and large duties of citizenship, the, absolute obligations of patriotism, t s- pecially in times of necessity and p M il. j must he preached in the faithful mes sage of Christ." Dr. Itadcliffe ha.s heen the close friend of hoth the occupants 01 tin White Mouse siiict- he has been in "Washington a:id so close is he -o ('resident Taft that the present chief executive invites him over to his pri vate oflice for a consultation on any government matter which affects the churches or foreign missions. Mr. Taft calls Dr. Uadiiifte "Our John ICiiox " When the two men are to-i etl;er, as is oft m the ease, Mr. Taft J OKLAHOMA NEW SIN BRIEF, invariably wraps his arm about Mr. J Captain S. V. Panish of Meuuniont. Uadclifl'e. jTcv. lias disposed- of a half interest One of the closest friends Dr. Had- i:i v." acres of production with I", cllffo ever had was the late Justice wells, to the Gypsy Oil i-ompany. Con John M. Harlan, who during all the sideration $lti),nno. years he was in Washington was an j Yesterday was " Knruieis' Day" in elder in the "Lincoln Church" and the,Tulsa county, ruder the auspices of teacher of a largo I'.ihle class, r.tor Frye and Senator Elkins Sen- were other prominent parishioners and per - sonal friends of Dr. Itadcliffe. The minister's friends here say that Dr. Radcliffe is too prominent in himself ever to he known as a "Wilson pastor Rather may Mr. Wilson he called Iladcliffcr.s parishner." The Presbyterian church honored nr ifMrtrltff, with hiehest office by highest office by electing him moderator of its general assembly in 1MS. He is now a mem ber of its executive commission and moderator of tin- Presbyterian synod of llultimorc. lif is a delegate t the I Vn-Prehbytenan Alliance, which will rie jt in Ab r;d n, Scotland, next mmu lucr. Tln-re is in c! ! ijyiii i n in this city more a'tive in nun fiinTit s for its nioiai uplift. 1'or years lie 1 as been chairman of the Sabbath observance committee, and with him have worked Roman Catholic priests as well as pas tors of protestant communions. lr. Radeliffe has long been prominent in j the movement to Ret more chaplains j apiointed for the army and navy. Scl-, dom is there a convention in town that it is not Dr. Radeliffe that is called upon to offer prayer. Eight Presidents Worshiped There If Mr. Wilson does decide to go to Xev York A wini" church he will be attendance there. The other eight were John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Franklin Pierce, James IJuchanan, Ab raham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and before his presidency Mr. Itenjamiu Harrison. After his election Mr. Har rison went to the Church of the Cove nant, which is a child of the New York Avenue church. The latter is the old est church in the city. President Pierce and his wife at tended church twice ov-ery .-Sunday. He and Mrs. Pierce also entertained the Sabbath school at a special party In the White House. Andrew Jackson withdrew lu'cause of a disagreement with the then pastor, the He v. John X. Campbell, due to the Peggy O'Neal episode. The pastor undertook to challenge the presidential pew holder. The president left the church. Mr. Campbell was later called to Albany, N. Y. It was the Rev. Dr. Phineas Dr. Gur ley who was pastor of the church when Mr. Lincoln attended it. It is well known that the latter never made a formal public profession of religion. Ill' the church, however, it is known that he wanted to do so, but desisted because of the misinterpretation which would be placed upon it while he was president. Not only did Mr. Lincoln worship every Sunday, but he was a frequent attendant at the weekly prayer meetings, coming in a back door and sitting quietly in a back pew, so as not to attract attention, air. he didn't preach politics." meaning partisan politics. Mr. Lincoln Consulted Him. Dr. (iurley was in frequent council with Mr. Lincoln. Ho knelt in, prayer at the bedside of the dying president; he delivered the eulogy in the east ......... ..r i... wi,;t.. II,.,..... l,,-. lUUH 'l t' nunc- I IIM .n , in: till, uui- i ' ' nouy to us nunai puice at. i Springfield, and on the way wrote the hymn that was sung on that occasion. One of the pastors of the church said, "I had rather sit in that, pew I if it were made of mud and dirt than in one of beaten gold; it w will be an influence1 of patriotism for our chil- jn,n an,j our children's children." j when the church w as repewed in 1SS7 ti,e retention of the pew used by Mr. Lincoln was mildly urged, but its dark coor brought a quick decision. Many thought it would be incongruous and offensive in contrast with the new oak pews A patriotic insistaneo from .a feminine source Installed it in one of the Sunday school rooms, where it re mained for years. Charles W. ftailey, an elder, presented the r solution to the annual meeting of the church in IS!:: recommending that the pew be put back in the church. This was adopted, but only after considerable delay. The tablet was placed on it through the generosity of Charles It. Pearson. Little "Willie" Lincoln was a mem ber of this Sunday school. He was very fond of Dr. Gurley. Later that clergyman was present at the child's deathbed. "Willie" expressed to him that the contents of his little Iron bank be given to the missionary society. Not long afterward Mrs. Lincoln turn ed over tin money t Dr. (Iurley. The pastor presentei 1 it to the school in these word I " "Willii'" Lincoln wantrd tln mis sionaries to have the money from his, little iron hank. 'Willie' will never (come to our meetings again. He has 'gone to live with (lod in His !. auiiful lionK1 above one of you, I woonnow May you all. y meet him there." --GAL TWO I'verv I J. i llarter. government demonstrator i in agriculture, meetings were held at 'many points in the county The following stenographers hav e 'of Muskogee succeeds him. been selected by a committee of the; The government sale of unallotted senate to serve during the regular ses- l sion: W. R. Le Conipte, Enid; Marcus i W. Truett, Oklahoma City: Miss Cath- erine Jt. fierce, UKianonta oty Irnia II. Krause, Pawnee; Mis Anderson. Oklahoma City, and Anderson. Blanc he Xeill Cape. BLOODLESS WAR III DELEWARE GO. Old Jay Defenders Fcrce Thirty Deputy Sheriffs tc Withdrew None Are Injured. Crow, Okla., Dec. l.". Encouraged by the arrival in Delaware county of Adjutant Ceneral Frank M. Canton, Sheriff Thomason assembled his force of thirty deputies Saturday night, and, under cover of darkness, approached to w ithin a quarter -of a mile of "old" Jay, where the county records are guarded by an armed force of "old" Jay partisans. Hastily improvising fortifications in front of the town, Thomason sent one half of his force to approach from the opposite side of the town. When the defenders learned of the advance upon the court house, they prepared to give battle and in the long distance fight which was waged for a few minutes, more than one hundred shots were fired, but, according to the report re ceived here, no one was seriously In jured, owing to the guarded positions of the combatants, the darkness and long range. Believing they were too greatly outnumbered to rush the town, the attacking party withdrew. Although this battle took place Sat udray night, the first news did not reach drove until early Sunday morn ing, owing to the fact that all telephone wires leading from Jay were cut. News that the county seat tight had de veloped to a point of using lire arms, therefore, was brought overland by a mounted messenger. When informed of the report of a pitched battle at old Jay, Governor Cruce stated Sunday night that he had received no official word from the seat of trouble for several days and that he had heard nothing of the reported engagement Saturday night. lie said that so many conflicting stories con cerning the Delaware county seat tight had reached him during the last week that he was unable to satisfy himself upon the real status of the trouble and in order to be reliably informed of the necessity of intervention by himself and the sending of state troops to the seat of trouble, he had dispatched Adjutant General Frank M. Canton to Delaware county Friday j night with instructions to report to him, but with no authority to take ac tion. Members of the state militia in serv ice uniform were to be seen about the streets of Oklahoma City Sunday, but Governor Cruce said lie knew nothing about these as lie had issue dno or ders for any to get ready to leave. WHISKEY MEN FEAR SLEUTH Temperance Union Man is Paid to "Clean Up" Two Counties. llarticsville, Okla., Doc. 13. That a persistent and systematic campaign against bootleggers in Washington and Nowata counties is to be inaugur ated is the announcement following the advent here recently of S. G. Cross wait of St. Louis, secretary of the Na tional Temperance union, who is said to be a sleuth of the Burns carat in following up violations of the liquor laws. Already, it is claimed. Crosswait has secured euoug hevidence to convict every bootlegger in .Nowata county, and is asking the court of Nowata jcounty to have a special judge ap- polnteu to prosecute tlie cases. I'orm- jer County Judge Van Leuven has been retained to prosecute the cases and the evidence is being compiled Crosswait is rot an enforcement olR ecr. but a detective, and bis operating system is not very different from that of "Pussyfoot" Johnson of Anti-Saloon league fame. He lias others purchase the booze, then labels the exhibits, giving names, time and place pur chased and other necessary data. That local bootleggers are in genu ine fear of this man is evidenced by the tightness of the lid, it being ditti euit to secure enough I'acchana'ian tonic to cure a bad cold. OKLAHOMA NEWS IN BRIEF. Frank V. Long, Indian agent for the Tulsa district, has resigned to e.uer , the oil business. George M. MeTXniald Indian lands closed at McAlester Sat- urday. The total receipts durine; the sale were nearly $..00,oen. Miss Porter Cai niichael, an oil num. who Cleopvas injured on a lease south of Sa Miss pulpa. died of his injuries. The body was taken to Mur.cle, Ind., for burial. The reappearance of spinal menin - gitis in Oklahoma lias caused the health department to caution local health ofhetrs to report promptly a!I suspected cases. The Parties. il!e Watt r Comnanv I has appealed to the supreme court jfrom the valuation of $100,000 1 placed on its plant by the Mite board 'of equalization. j Mrs. ii'iraui Stum, aged 2s, brooding ,o.(r fanned wrongs, hanged heibelf from a in.e at her residence four miles jv.cM ol Garix r, Okla. The body was i found by her husband a. short time later. Will lUihiiiig of Pomm was arrested at Muskogee in connection with the killing of Charley McClure of Porum. This is the third arrest made in the Forum feud district during the last ten days. The shops and foundry of the Okla homa Iron Works at Tulsa are under police guard to prevent a clash "be tween striking union workmen and non-union strikebreakers who are till ing the 200 vacancies. Representatives of cities having commission form of government prob ably will meet at Oklahoma City early during the legislative session for the purpose of adopting plans for better administration. I Inaugural ceremonies accompanying the instalation of James Burnette Ksk ridge formerly of Fort Worth, Tex., as president of the Oklahoma College lor Women, will take place here De cember 16. State Superintendent Rob ert H. Wilson will preside. I District Judge R. C. Allen has called at Muskogee a special session of the grand jury for next Thursday to in- i vestigate charges of misconduct of city and county officials. "Loan sharks" and the Porum feud cases also are to be investigated. j Vital statistics for October just cevj- l piled by the Oklahoma health depart ment show that typhoid fever leads in j the number of cases and fatalities. There were S84 cases and fifty deaths. Dipheheria was second with 147 cases and sixteen deaths. The number of births reported was 2,722; deaths, 70o. I An echo of the robbery of the Bank of Bixby a year ago was heard when J. F. Crowei of Bixby, who captured Otis Lee, the man who turned state's evidence and implicated Sam Owens, now doing five years for this crime, brought suit against the National Surety company for $."00 reward. ' The presidents of the six normal schools o 1'ihe state are meeting at Oklahoma City for the purpose of com piling data showing comparative effi ciency and cost of operation of Okla homa institutions" with those of Kan sas, Texas, Missouri, Nebraska and other states. The information com piled will be used in combating the campaign inaugurated by the gover nor to reduce the number of state nt r mal schools fro msix to two or thro GOOD ROADS PLi FOR CRAIG GOUHIY Big Convention Here January 6, Prom ises to Be Grand Success Vinita Business Houses to Close. It is gratifying to every good roads advocate in the city to note the in terest that has been shown in thi movement to organize a Craig County Good Roads Association here on Jan uary 6. Nearly every business man in the city has signed the roll of mem bership and is boosting the big con vention here January G, when the farmers from every section of the county will be invited to come here to hear D. Ward King lecture on good roads and give a demonstration of the practical use of the split-log drag. It is proposed on that day to close up all business houses for a time and give every citizen of the city and county an opportunity to learn something of the value of road Improvement and to be come a member of the organization, which will have for its purpose the ulti mate improvement of every road in the county. The roll of membership is being circulated unions the business men of t!:t e'ty for signatures. The petition is so worded that the signer indicates his willingness to become a member of the association and work for the improvement of country roads. ISvery one who signs tin- roll will have a voice in the big convention to be held January ti. at which time the future work of the association will be out lined. The only thing done by the as soeiatiou s.) far is the movement to bring D. Ward King to tiiis city. Let nothing keep you away from this good roads meeting and tell your neighbor to do likewise. This is a movement in which all are interested and it should be made a big success. FOR SALE. A fine young big type Poland China boar. Sired by Expansion Wonder. J. E. ARMSTRONG. Bluejacket. Okla. 16-17 1 WOULD STOP ' SAMPLING.1 ! Health Department Urges M-nemeit Against Medicine Makers. Oklahoma City, Deo. 1 4. The i luu.t of a 1-iw prohibiting t!e c'i-tri-bution of free medicine samp is asked in the an: nal report made by Lie pure food and drug division of the state health department to Governor Cruce. Sanitary inspection by the pure food and drug department of all places where food is prepared, manu factured or sold, is recommended, to gether with supervision of dairies and live stock for slaughter. The report asks that the annua! ap propriation for inspection work be in creased from $10,000 to $1S,000. THEO. D. B. FRFAR Attorney and Counselor-at-Law Room ' and. 2, Cherokee Building JAMES S. DAVENPORT Attorney-at-Law Office Rooms 9 & 10. New Halsell Bids VINITA OKLAHOMA DR,lH. H. WYNNE Oculist, Oklahoma CiJ Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Classes Fitted. Vinita, first Tuesday after first Monday of each month. Office either Phys ician locally or phone Dr. R. L. Mitchell No. 607. cm Oklahoma. 45o ROOMS FIRE PROOF RATES RoomsWithoutBathIIPOup Rooms With Bath$50up 44 nn ex Rooms With Bath $1.00 caff; prices sensible CLUB BREAKFAST 25$ UP NOONDAY LUNCH 40 1 DINNER. 7S DR. F. L. MARNEY Graduate Veterinarian Office, City Livery Phone 185 Vinita. OKla DR. R. L. MITCHELL Confer Building Phones: Office607 Residence Red 479 VINITA OKLA DUDLEY & BARKER VINITA HOTEL BARBER SHOP East Illinois Avenue Dr. Louis Bagby Dr.tC. S. Neer DRS. BAGBY & NEER 0 fioe in First National Bank Buildin Pains All Over! "You are welcome," says Mrs. Nora Guffey, of Broken Arrow, Okla., "to use my letter in any way you want to, if it will induce some suffering woman to try Cardui. I had pains all over, and suffered with an abscess. Three phy sicians failed to relieve me. Since taking Cardui, I am in better health than ever before, and that means much to me, because I suffered many years with womanly troubles, of different kinds. What other treatments I tried, helped me for a few days only." TAKE Don't wait, until you are taken down sick, before tak ing care of yourself. The small aches and pains, and other symptoms of womanly weakness and disease, always mean worse to follow, unless given quick treatment You would always keep Cardui handy, if you knew what quick and permanent relief it gives, where weakness and disease of the womanly system makes life seem hard to bear. Cardui has helped over a million women. Try it Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chattanooca. Meditine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn lor Sfitcial InttrucOent. tad 64-page book, "Hone Treatment for Women." tent free. J 51 DR. F. L. HUGHSON Physician and Surgeon Phones C25 Residence 525 W.Delaware Office Over Wimer Drug Store R. E. MOSS Florist North Avenue and Thompson Street Phone 521 and 461 E. A. STUBBLEFI ELD, D. M. D. Dentist Rates Reasonable Examination Frt All Operations Made aw Painless at Possible and All Work Guaranteed omnoform used for Painless Extraction OFFICE: ROOM 9. SCOTT BU'LDINO DR. A. W. HEREON Physician and Surgeon Office in Barrett Building 108H Soatk Wilson Street. Office Phone 263, Residence Phone 181 Reildenco 223 South Adair Street Vinita Undertaker Co. PHONE 243 Day and Night Calls Answered Promptly J. C. CHADWICK, Mgr., Phone 243 A call will be appreciated tt LOAN We have unlimited funds to loan on choice Farm Lands at low rate of interest. Best Contract and Payment Privilege in Southwest SEE VS BEFORE BORROWING PARKER-WISE INV. GO With Farmers State Bank. Sale of Jersey Cows I will sell a herd of Jersey cows at Gray's Barn on North Wilson Street, Vinita, Oklahoma, Saturday, December 21st, 1912, at One (1) o'clock p. m. POSITIVELY NO BY-BIDDING TERMS: Ten (10) months, with 8 per cent interest, or Five (5) per cent discount for cash. JANE PATTON HALL OWNER OF CATTLE BEX WILLIAMS, Auctioneer. EDO A It BUFFIXGTON, Clerk Don't forget the date, or the good cows you will huy from this herd. The Woman'sTonic FAR M LOANS