The Democrat-American from Sallisaw, Oklahoma • 1

I of RETORIOAL SOCIETY Sate House Democrat-American Is read weekly by more Than 6,000 People. DEMOCRAT AMERICAN, Volume LEGIONAIRES GO TO MEETING AT EUFAULA Among memb of the local American Legion post and Auxiliary to attend the district meeting at Eufaula last Thursday, were: Bert Cotton. W. A. Peters, Wes Casey, Mrs.

J. Wofford, and Champ Crossno. They report a very interesting and instructive meeting. On the program were Dr. Wescott, Muskogee, who spoke on hospitalization, Milt Phillips, Norman, on legislation; Herb Schall, Ponca City, on membership.

Other notables present were Glenn Noble, department service officer, Franzal Couthran, Checotah, district commander, and John Gullagher, of Muskogee, Franzal Couthran acted as master of ceremonies during the session; and John Gullagher had charge of the Americanism program in the evening. Entertainers were Cry Boys quartet from the A. and M. College, Stillwater. Cliff Butler, of Muskogee won the oratorical contest for the district.

Next district meeting will be held at the Memorial post. Veterans Hospital, Muskogee, August 15th. FORMER SALLISAW MAN DIES IN ROSWELL, N. M. Word was received here this week, of the death at Roswell, N.

of W. S. McCullough. Mr. McCullough is well known here, having served as county commissioner.

He owned considerable property in and around Sallisaw. No information as to cause of death and the time or place of interment, was available, Rambling Thoughts BY THE EDITOR -RT- There's really no excuse for anyone in this part of the Country going hungry these days. Berries are plentiful on the hills and are free for the picking. Last Friday we purchased a gallon of huckelberries from an Indian boy, paying him forty cents, He had picked that day nearly eight gallons of the berries and found a ready market for every one, giving him a cash income of $3.20. Contrast this with the "ragged bottomed fellow who sits around on the street corners, cussing the government because he isn't "given an income" or the worthless cuss who calls at your back door every day for a hand out.

-RT Buck Wheeler and Gib Cody have promised to take me fishing and I'm getting mighty impatient waiting for them to make good. What's matter fellows, afraid the editor might" wipe your eye?" -RTA move is on foot to organize a men's class among all the Sallisaw churches. First meeting will be held Friday evening. at which time officers will be selected and time set for future meetings. A good move, and has our endorsement, -RTAnyway, will say this about Gib Cody and his fishing.

He will certainly stay as long as he can see and being that he usually "brings in the bacon." -RTYou possibly remember the guy who stated this spring that all the fruit had been killed by frost. Anyway in spite of his prediction, there is a very good crop of all kinds of fruit and berries in this section, -RTSure, it's hot but that's no reason for a let -down in advertising, and otherwise scratching for business. -RTWe have been mildly criticized for jumping on the Missouri Pacific for allowing weeds to grow as high as a tall man's head, along their right-ofway in the City of Sallisaw, and at the same time not mentioning the other unsightiy places around town. We have not overlooked the other weeds, and if they are not cut soon. will have to call some more names.

Give us time, Mable, -RTA town the size of Sallisaw should have enough Civic pride to keep down the weeds and clean up in other ways. Remember, hundreds of tourists pass through our town every dayand their impressions of the Community are gained from what they are able to see along the streets through the town, The 30, Number 18. Peace Officer At Roland Attacked By Unknown Person County Attorney Ed Armstrong and Deputy Sheriff Bert Cotton are investigating a mysterious attack on Ira Wofford of Roland, about 1 o'- clock Sunday morning Wofford. according to information, answered a knock at his door, and was confronted by a masked man with a pistol. Wofford grabbed at the gun with his left hand as the man fired; the bullet passing through his hand, The marauder left hurriedly in an automobile, and up to the present time no clues have been uncovered as to the identity of Wofford's assailant.

The wounded man was rushed to a Fort Smith hospital for treatment. Holcomb Purchases Threshing Machine A. E. Holcomb, living one and a fourth miles south of the Sallisaw dam. closed a deal Monday for a Case threshing machine, with equipment, and expects to be ready to thresh grain for the farmers of the county, by the end of the week.

All small grains are reported to be excellent, and the acreage this year has been materially increased. Brother of Local Pastor To Preach Sunday At Presbyterian Church Rev. A. G. Wallace, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Wellington, Kansas, a church of over six hundred members, will preach morning and evening for the Presbyterian congregation.

This brother of local pastor of the Presbyterian the local pastor of the Presbyterian in Wellington. Kansas for more than thirteen years, and has seen it grow from a membership of three hundred to more than six hundred. He was a commissioner to the General Assem bly of the Presbyterian Church which met recently in Columbus, Ohio, and while in that part of the country inade an extended tour of the eastern part of the United States. He has never preached here before, and out of his long and rich experience as a pastor, will have a message well worth hearing. He is spending the last Sunday of his vacation in Sallisaw.

All are invited to come and hear him. SPECTACULAR AIR SHOW TO BE STAGED SUNDAY ON DRAKE PRAIRIE A thrilling and spectacular air show will be presented by the Dare Devil Aces Flying Circus Sunday afternoon at 1:30. The show is given under the auspicies of the Sallisaw Fire Department and will be performed on Drake Prairie, two miles south of McKay hill and seven miles southwest of Sallisaw. The Dare Devil's are composed of the best stunt flyers in the country, including such nationally known aces as Lt. Eugene McCurdy, Lt.

Bud Bruce, Claude Eure. Kenneth Larson and Wade Murraw. Every type of exhibition stunt flying imaginable will be performed. Lt. McCurdy dives at the ground at the rate of 150 miles per hour and picks up a handkerchief; Kenneth Larson, world's youngest transport pilot, and Wade Murraw feature a hair -raising closed course race.

Claude Eure exhibits maneuvers necessary to perform to obtain pilot's licenses; breath-taking aerial stunts, exhibitions of ballon busting: precision flying; dead stick landings, and serpentine cutting are also included in the performance by the Dare Devil's, The climax of the show is reached when Lt. Buddy Bruce. dare-devil parchute jumper, leaves an airplane from the altitude of 5,000 feet and falls within 1,000 feet of the ground before opening his chute. Bruce will make his death-detying jump with a broken collar bone. which is still in a cast.

He received this last week at Tahiequah. Lt. Bruce gained national recognition a few years ago for his sensational stunt work in the motion picture's of "Dawn "Hell's and Souvenir programs will be available to all who attend the air show Sunday. OLEANDER GOES THE RAMBLER ONE BETTER A local Citizen, who evidenly reads the Democrat American closely, has the following to say, relative to two paragraphs appearing last week in the Rambler's column. "Your reference to "flag day" One would presume that you had been "browsing around" long enough to learn that even patriotism has a cash value.

The only way to get a lot of people to raise a flag on flag day, or any other day for that matter, is to put a doilar under it. Talk about honoring the flag I'll bet you a peck of turnips to a years subscription, that if the local Legion post should parade down main street, there would not be six people remove their hat as the emblem of their country passed by." "You also criticize the condition of the Missouri Pacific right of way; which cause us to wonder if you have ever noticed the weeds along the side-walk between the Wheeler yard and Judge Wall's residence and the piles of brush on and adjacent to the side walk on each side of the street? And the weeds, in the alleys and on the vacant lots all over town. All over town you may find conditions rivalling the Missouri Pacific right of way, and the pity of it all is that "civic pride is so dead" that nothing is done to remedy conditions. OLEANDER." EASTERN STARS WILL MEET FRIDAY The No. 96 chapter of the Oklahoma Eastern Star will meet Friday evening, June 25th at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Hall.

Officers and members are particularly urged to attend as this is the last meeting for the semi month. Special dispensation has been received for adjournment of the chapter meetings through July and August. BERT COTTON TO INTERN IN HOLLYWOOD HOSPITAL Bert Cotton, Jr. left Thursday, after a week's visit in the home of his parents. Mr.

and Mrs. Bert Cotton, Dr. Cotton who received his MD degree from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, this spring will begin his internship at the Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, California the first week in July, Dr. Cotton will 1 be joined in Portland. Oregon by a classmate, and from there a two-week's trip to Cheynne, through Yellowstone Park.

and various other places of interest will be visited by them before going to California. MEN WANTED A call has been issued to the men of Sallisaw, to meet at the Ritz Theatre next Sunday morning at ten M. Something interesting is promIsed. No admission charge. Be there.

ATTEND COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Mr. and Mrs. H. Bowling and Mrs. Carl Woodward, Mrs.

Frank Keown and London Howard of Vian attended the Vacation Bible school commencement exercises held at the Presbyterian church Sunday night. Church Directory BAPTIST CHURCH REV. W. E. ROCKETT, Pastor Sunday School 10 o'clock M.

Morning Worship, 11 o'clock M. Evening Worship, 7:45 P. M. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH REV. D.

C. WALLACE, Pastor Sunday School 10 o'clock A M. Morning Worship, 11 o'clock M. Rev. A.

G. Wallace Pastor First Presbyterian church of Wellington, Kansas will preach the service. Evening Worship at 8 o'clock p. m. Rev.

G. Wallace in charge of the services. METHODIST CHURCH REV. CODY, Pastor Sunday School 10 o'clock M. Morning Worship, 11 o'clock M.

Evening Worship, 8 o'clock M. The Official County Newspaper. Dedicated to the Interests of Sallisaw and Sequoyah Co. Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Thursday, Meeting Here To Consider Offer Of Compromise By Ry. County Commissioners and County Attorneys from LeFlore.

Adair and Sequoyah counties met in the district court room in Sallisaw Thursday morning to consider a compromise settlement from the Kansas City Southern Ry. for taxes for the years 1934, 1935 and 1936. Alex Tindle and Ora Gordon, county Commissioner, and E. G. Carroll, County Attorney represented Adair County, LeFlore County was represented by Clyde Followell, County Attorney, and Sequoyah County by County Attorney Ed Armstrong, Carl Frix, Frank Connelley and G.

J. Patton, County Commssioners. SHERIFF'S RECORDS Jack McClanahan, Sam Waters and Houston Cotner, all of Vian. were arrested last Thursday, on information filed by the County Attorney, and charged with robbery. This case was reopened by County Attorney Ed Armstrong, the trio) having been formerly released by Justice of the Peace.

The County Attorney, after further investigation, ordered the re-arrest of these parties. Cotner and McClanahan made bond, and Waters is in jail, Haskell Berrett was taken up by the sheriff's department June on a charge of rape. He was released on bond. Charley Duvall, of Vian was placed in the county jail Saturday on charge of public drunkenness. MARRIAGE LICENSES Nine licenses to wed have been issued this week.

according to records in the Court Clerk's office. They are: Woodrow Price to Geraldine Benge, both of Sallisaw; Edgar Peoples to Flora Cowett, both of Vian; J. D. Rowland to Inez "Correll, both of Sallisaw; Clayton Fleetwood to Delto Edwards, both of Muldrow Albert Hackney to Lizzie Miller, Vian; Barney Callahan to Audra Bagley, Sallisaw; Joe O. Greer of Camdenton, Missouri to Halrhea Matthews of Ft.

Smith, Arkansas; Sam Toney to Mamie Cook, both of Webber Falls and Earnest Davenport to Geneva Morris, both of Cookston, Two divorces suits were filed last week and granted by Judge E. A. Summers Tuesday. They were: Alice Hall vs. Ned Hall and Mary Black vs.

Kie B. Black. HALF MINUTE INTERVIEWS Being expressions from folks you know. gathered by members of the Democrat American rorce. Hugh Smith: "I want you to to sure and see that picture at my show tonight." Charley Hutchens.

Sheriff: "Since taking over the office of sheriff of Sequoyah County, one hundred and twelve warrants have been issued, and one hundred and six served." Bert Cotton, Deputy Sheriff: "Ed Armstrong is a dandy. He was out with me all day investigating case. He has always cooperated in every way with the sheriff's department." F. M. Dudley, Assistant Attorney General: "All the county officers, and especially County Attorney Ed Armstrong, cooperated in every way in our investigation of alleged irregularities in the county commissioners office." Fred Johnston.

City Manager: "We have a mowing machine going full time. cutting the weeds in various parts of the City." Carl Frix, County Commissioner: "I welcomed the investigation of my office, by the attorney general's department, My office and its records are public property, and not only the county attorney and attorney general's office are welcome to make investigation, but any other Citizen of the County." Gib Cody, Methodist pastor: "I want you to be sure and come to the men's class meeting at the Ritz Theatre next Sunday. June 24, 1937. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL OPENS IN VIAN, JUNE 24 A ten day vacation Bible school, consisting of study and dramatization of various Bible stories, as well as training in art and hand- work will begin Thursday, June 24 in the Methodist Church at Vian, Sponsoring the Bible school are Rev. Quaid and church workers of both the Presbyterian and Methodist Church.

The school will be in session from eight until ten o'clock every morning, There will be no cost connected with this school, and is open to every child who desires to attend. School Board Calls Special Election Patrons of Independent school district No. 1, Sallisaw will be given an opportunity next Tuesday, June 29, to vote an extra five mill levy, for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1938. The election will be held at the City hall, and polls will open at 7 a. and close at 6 p.

m. Officers chosen to hold the election are: J. C. Woll, inspector; Arch Young, clerk, and Oscar Capps, counter. Tishomingo School Gets Carnegie Grant Tishomingo, June 23.

Murray State school of Agriculture is one of two junior colleges in Oklahoma that will receive $3,000 from the Carnegie corporation of New York to develop the school's library, Clive Murray, president, was informed today by Robert M. Lester, secretary of the corporation. The grant will consist of $1,000 a year for three years, beginning with the school year 1936-37, the first payment being available immediately. College officials may select the books desired, but they are to be purchased by the corporation. which is buying $300,000 worth of books for junior colleges throughout the nation.

The second Oklanoma school a- warded a grant was Bacone Indian college at Muskogee. WORKERS ARE ADVISED TO HELP EMPLOYERS TO KEEP WAGE RECORDS Workers should cooperate in every way possible to aid employers in keeping accurate wage records and making exact reports. Labor Commissioner W. Pat Murphy advised employees today. "Employers are required to make reports each quarter on the earnings of each employee," Murphy said, "These earnings are reported and recorded for unemployment compensation purposes, and in every instance the report must include the worker's name and his social security account number.

"An employee who has left the service of his former employer since January 1, and who has failed to report his account number to his former employer, may lose credit for the wages he has earned and thus deprive himself of part of his unemployment benefits. To insure the crediting of the worker's wage to the proper account, all such employees should immediately notify their former employers of their social security account number." Employers who do not know the account numbers of persons who have left their employ since January 1, should seek by every possible means to secure a record of these numbers from their formers workers, Murphy said. If the employer cannot obtain the number of a former employee from the worker, he should fill in a Form SS-5 for the former employee. giving as much of the required information as he has available, Until June 30, the employer should file this form with the local postoffice, and after that date with the nearest field office of the Social Security Board, The employer will then be advised of the number assigned to the employee. Mr.

and Mrs. Ray Weems and family of Oklahoma City were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs, L. Hines this past week end, Albert Peters and Lester Sparks went to Mill Creek Sunday. They were accompanied home by Mr.

Sparks' mother. who has been visiting in Mill Creek MULDROW SUN, Frank Dudley Completes Hearing Here Wednesday Frank Dudley, Assistant Attorney General, who completed a two day investigation, Wednesday, into alleged irregularities in the office of Carl Frix. County Commissioner, made the following statement to a Democrat American reporter: "The investigation nas been completed, all witnesses have been heard and testimony taken, and I am not prepared to say at this time just how the testimony taken will effect the investigation. I have had thorough cooperation from the County officers and especially from County Attorney Ed Armstrong, throughout the hearing." The hearing was held in offices of Wall and Green, local attorneys, and was ordered on complaint of some few citizens of the County, FRIX MAKES STATEMENT "At the request of a petition signed by 5 citizens of my district to the Attorney-General, Frank Dudley was sent to the County Tuesday to hold an investigation of my office. Some two months ago, Wall and Green, attorneys of this county were hired by a few of my political enemies to make an investigation of my office.

Mr. Green and Mr. Mayo spent several nights securing the affidavits of people in my District in regard to the way the welfare had been handled. "These affidavits were presented to county attorney, Ed Armstrong, who held an investigation of my office and at the time of the investigation, offered any assistance to the county attorney, also wrote the attorney-general stating to him that I welcomed and wished for an investigation of my office. I also went before the state welfare office in Oklahoma City requesting an audit to be made of my welfare records and Mr.

Fred Ratcliff of the state welfare office was sent to this county and checked the walfare records in my district and reported to the state welfare office and the county attorney that he found no irregularities. "Still Mr. Wall and Mr. Green were not satisfied and presented to the attorney general of this state 3 petition signed by Mr. Roy Holder, and others asking for an investigation by the attorney general office, Mr.

Frank Dudley of the Attorney General's office came to Sallisaw Tuesday and spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Mr. Green's office and that time a number of witnesses selected by Mr. Mayo and others were taken before Mr. Dudley." "I see from the morning paper that Mr. Dudley has completed his investigation and left town." "I welcome this investigation by both the county attorney and the attorney general for I have nothing to hid from the public, my office and its records are public property and not only the county attorney and attorney general officers are welcome to make an investigation, but any other citizen of this county is welcome too." "The fact is that I point with pride to the accomplishments of my office for the past two years, trying to help my neighbors and the people," "I have not at any time sought to favor anyone nor seek to punish any enemy and this spirit will govern my actions for the next two years." Ed Armstrong makes the following statement concerning "the case." The first complaint that was made to me about Carl Frix's office must have been sometime around the first part of April when Wall and Green asked me to come to their office.

They informed me that they represented a number of persons supposed to be some sort of Business organization, I believe. who employed them to investigate Mr. Frix's official act, At that time they asked me to immediately file charges against Mr. Frix based on the evidence which they had, Of course I refuse to file charges against any one until I have made the proper investigation, They furnished me with copies of 12 statements. "I made a fair and impartial investigation of those statements, and obtained additional statements from each of the parties except one (who refused to give in one).

I also checked the various County Records to verify the truth of each part of the statements, and obtained certificates from the Various County Officials (Continued on Page Two) VIAN PRESS, Vol. 21, No. 18. RELIEF 'CAREER BLASTED BY WPA ADMINISTRATOR If any employees of the Works Progress Administration. whether they be administrative, supervisory or enrolled clients, contemplate making federal relief a "career" they are just fooling themselves, This warning was broadcast today by Ron Stephens, state WPA administrator, in an emphatic bulletin instructing everyone on a WPA payroll to "be consistently and aggressively in search of suitable private employment" and to "take advantage of the first opportunity to separate themselves from the Works Progress ministration payroll." This bulletin Was addressed to all district directors and staff officers who were instructed to "please see that this bulletin has wide circulation and as much publicity as possible." "I would direct attention to the fact that the Works Progress Adminisration program, like its predecessors, has never been anything but expedient and temporary to meet the existing emergency," reads the bulletin, "It appears to be a foregone conclusion that further reductions must be made and the provident thing for anyone to do is to accept this fact and be prepared.

if possible, "Project workers themselves should not accept the idea that their temporary employment on government projects may be considered by them as permanent security for the future, There is every indication of returning normalcy in business activities, industrial operations, agriculture, etc. This justifies the government's posttion that reductions must be made, Individual resourcefulness and getic effort to again assume full responsibility for personal welfare must again be established, "The greatest possible degree of cooperation on the part of everyone concerned is hoped for. The necessity for this cooperation includes private industry in general in the offering of employment to the employable sons now employed by the Federat government." MATTHEWS BROS. SHIP OVER 50 Tons OF GREEN BEANS Matthews Brothers, local buyers of green beans, have purchased and shipped over fifty tons so far this season. Price, according to Mr.

Matthews, has held up well, and the growers have realized two dollars and better per hundred for the crop this year, SEEN and HEARD DOWN THE "MAIN A certain young gentleman with a good nose for news none other than li'1 Johnny Denton threatens dire things if his name appears in these hyar columns SO we won't mention Add-Aulda Rosson to my already long list of "See all Hear all but Tell James Pointer very busy taking his daily siesta, Finis Cox with an infectious grin -acting very much "in the know" Ed Armstrong's main contention seems to "never trouble trouble, until trouble trouble's you" Baker Wall and Watie Wheeler in front of the Wonderland on a hot afternoon sit on the curb for one those good, old fashioned confabs. Jimmy Clark, gazing into space -thinks dreamily of Colorado for his health's sake Which brings to mind a recent day dream of my own featured in rather a big way lofty. snow-capped peaks in some far distant clime but I was brought back to earth by the good sizzling June sun of this my own old -my Native State and nothing in the distance more enchancing than a puff of dust such is life! "Backward, turn backward Oh, Time in Thy flight seems an excellent theme for these days when the very young generation look pretty comfy in their brief sun-suits,.