The Checotah Times from Checotah, Oklahoma • Page 9

I I The Birth Stone Forf January is the Garnet And is the emblem of constancy, fidelity and friendship. By ardent physicians it was sometimes prescribed as a pre- I ventative of poisonous and malarial and other infec- Seen regarded as the emblem of love and the wearing of I I i it has insured the owner against fickleness in esteem and affection. We mount these by hand in 14 karat diamond mounting, use genuine garnets, and sell from $3.50 to $5.00 Other styles in solid gold" $2.00 to $3.00 Jos. Mazer, Cbecotah's Grandest Jewelry Establishment. Two and Checotah.

ANNUAL ELECTION. New Officials For the First National Bank-of Checotah. On Tuesday, afternoon of this week occured the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Checotah when the following directors for the institution were chosen for the coming year: A. C. Naron, W.

J. Henson, K. H. Shepherd, C. W.

Lowry, J. W. Perry and Walter Long. The directors then held a meeting and selected the following officials: President, J. W.

Perry. First VIee Pres.K.fl. Shepherd Second R. J. Koch.

Cashier, R. D. Martin. Asst. Cashier, Herbert L.

Wood. A dividend of 7 per cent was declared making a total of 15 per cent for the stockholders during the past year. Besides the dividend a fine balance was carried over to the undivided profits. This a handsome showing and demonstrates that the First National Bank is one of strongest and most prosperous in the new state. A.

V. ROBINSON DEAD. R. FIRE AT BRUSH HILL. Fine Residence of M.

Y. Kill' ingsworth a Complete Loss, The fine new $1500 residence of M. Y. Killingsworth of Brush Hill burned some time Wednesday night. The origin of the fire is unknown.

Only a few pieces of furniture and some clothing were saved. Insurance to the amount of $1800 was carried on the house and contents and barn. The house was built about a year ago and was one of the best in that section of the country. AA IN SOCIETY. Mrs.

W. B. Young entertained in her charming way a few of her intimate friends Wednesday afternoon of last week. A dainty, lunch was Mrs. Will Clark entertained the Bridge circle Friday afternoon of last week at the home of her mother, Mrs.

Fisher. A two course luncheon was served all report a fine time. Mrs. A. H.

Livington has been on the sick list for a week but is improving at present Miss Josephine Cain and Miss Leota Wiley entertained the Sophomore Literary, Club last Checotah Heights. Delicious refreshments were served. The young people are enjoying the snow and ice skating has become the latest hobby and several sleds have made their Rebecca, of Sunny Farm Opera House Thursday Jan. 21. B.

Robinson's Father pires at Waxahachie, Texas. R. B. Robinson received a message early Thursday morning conveying the sad intelligence of the death of his father Wednesday night, from heart trouble, at Waxahachie, Texas, where he went a few weeks ago for his health. Mr.

Robinson will be remembered as a former resident of Checotah and his friends are shocked to hear of his sudden death. No particulars have yet been obtained but his sickness was doubtless of Mr. Robinson was 72 years of age and leaves a wife and 7 sons and 3 daughters. The remains passed through Checotah Thursday evening, being taken to Lexington, Mo burial. Mr.

R. B. Robinson went to Muskogee at noon yesterday but did not accompay the remains to their last resting place in Missouri. WELLS-vH ARRIS. A Romantic Wedding of Irby Couple, Miss Fannie Wells, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. J. H. Wells, of Irby, and Mr. Robert Harris of the same place, eluded their parents and relatives Sunday and were united in marriage.

The young people are well known in Checotah and in the vicinity where they live. Last year the bride was employed as compositor on the Enquirer. The groom is a popular young farmer and the couple will make their home on a farm near Irby. The Times joins in congratulations. Notice of Application For Pas' sage of Special law.

Notice is hereby given that there will be introduced in the Legislature, bill providing for the formation of a County Court District, in the County of Mcintosh, and'providing for theholdingof Court in the town of Stidham, in said county, and providing further for the appointment of a Court Clerk, by the County Commissioners, who shall be a resident of said Court District, and shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars per annum, and it is Ihe records of said Court shall be kept at the town of Stidham, Okla. (Signed) fe. D. L. SMITH.

frDeath of Mrs. Bunk Chatfen. Mrs. Gertrude Ghatfen wife of, BuntChaifen living "'12 miles south east of Checotah died Sun- LOCAL NEWS, Chas. Freeman went to Guthrie Wednesday.

Mrs. J. H. Taylor was a Muskogee visitor Wednesday. Tom Stone and wife were Muskogee visitors Wednesday.

Gordon Price and H. Li- 11 1 Mmrwyrmnrwffigtk tame that a new punctuation mark be J- J. Lawson returned Friday from a business trip to Sidney, Ark. Will Torrans left Tuesday night on a business trip to Kansas City. A Riggs of Everton, is the guest of W.

M. Jones and family. Ira Marsh, were Eufaula yesterday. C. L.

Gustavus business visitors County Superintendent L. G. Mcintosh was a Checotah visitor yesterday. Dr. and Mrs.

Dempsey left Saturday for their old home in West Virginia. Mrs. G. G. Hendrix was down from Muskogee the first of the week visiting friends.

James Thrift of Madison, W. is the guest of his cousin, Attorney R. J. Thrift. Mrs.

R. L. Batteese returned Wednesday from a weeks visit with McAlester friends. day night, after a short, illness. She' was 33 years of age, came to 1 this country 3 years ago from was the mother of 5 children.

The Times extends sympathy. Miss Maude Adcock left Friday for Galveston, Texas, where she will spend the winter. Livingston ieft" Saturday night for Rock Island, 111., on a 10 days business trip. Everything in building new, clean stock. CARSON LBR.

CO. Sumner Collyer has accepted the position of night operator for the Katy at Muskogee. Willard John a prominent business man of Muskogee was a Checotah visitor yesterday. Mrs. W.

P. Rogers and children left Saturday for Kansas City on a visit with relatives. Mrs. T. R.

Cantrell and son Lewy returned the first of the week from a visit at Lead Hill, Ark. Miss Iva Maitland returned Sunday night from Marianna, Ark where she spent the holidays. J. R. Brown of Jonesboro, 111 was the guest of Mr.

and Mrs. J. M. Amerson Friday of last week. W.

W. Naron arrived Tuesday from Eupora, Miss and is the guest of his brother, A. C. Naron. R.

F. Vandiver and family who have been living at Hollice, moved back to Checotah Saturday. Miss Olive McCeinness of Carr Creek, is the guest of Cheesie Mcintosh and family this Mrs. L. Henderson left yesterday for her home at Stroud, after attending the funeral of daughter Mrs.

Chaifen. John Freeland and family arrived this week from Iowa and will live" on the Wineblood farm northwest of Checotah. 'W. J. Roberts, one of the best and most substantial farmers in the vicinity of Baiford, transacted business in Checotah presiding Elder Wv Duh- klewas in.

Checotah Saturday and Sunday, holding quarterly conference Saturday evening and preaching Sunday morning at the Methodist church. WOULD HAVE READERS PAUSE Frenchman Idea. That More Punctuation Marks Could Be Employed-with Profit. While Borne language masters are discussing the propriety of abolishing several of our punctuation marks and in direct opposition to the practice of omitting these characters entirely in print, says the Temps, Prof, a new added to those now in use. He says, further, that he has given the matter years of consideration and study, and has come to the conclusion that an inverted comma terminating in "a fat dot" should be used.

The professor adds that we read too much and too rapidly. The mind has no time, he says, "to pause, and digest what has been read, and this is due to the fact that the punctuation is imperfect." The reformer intended at first to introduce a long and "emphatic" hyphen, but thought that the size might be considered "brutal." Prof. Ricquiei-'s punctuation scheme lias been placed for consideration in the hands of the Academy of Sciences. FIRE AT MUSKOGEE A Loss of $125,000 Is Estimated, Muskogee, Jan. Starting from the Explosion of a pan of grease heading on th6 range-in the kitchen of the Saratoga restaurant, owned by A.

R. Hadley, at 115 North Third and was able continue his work. Mrs. George Brownr Francisco, who had lately arrived to visit her David Hall, with quarters on the top floor of the German building was carried down a ladder by Fireman Bour- iv. naaiey, at 1x0 jsorm mira an Winford, of Leon Ricquier of tte Hafl of the grease soaked and Harry Gwirmup also escaped walls at 8:15 o'clock yesterday OFF WIS MIND.

"My dear," said Mr. Smith to his one morning as he was starting for Hie office, "you mustn't expect me home very early to-night, as I will have to dictate V'6 letters." "All right," was the response, "but I wish vou wouldn't work so hard." Tie left his office at the usual hour and went to the club and sat down at the card table with tliree others. "Just a moment, you fore we deal the cards, keep my word with my of you must take down tate: 'A, L.Sjjt^Uj^Y There, those letters mind." fellows, be- I've got; to wife, what 1 dic- 1, are off my CONSIDERATE. During the recent tuberculosis congress in Washington one of the German delegates hospital. He was I institution and' modern arrangenn tVlu'fi having larirc Inn one visited the icriees.

as to a hivspi'a" of it. naval shown over the ly admired its it and conven- he inquired iiij' close to the and seemim: to form a part lit; was told that it was the brewerv. he think of Weekly. sanl. you evcrylhins' Americans WORK DOES IT.

"Contentment is not a good said Mrs. Wilkins Freeman, 1 at a dinner in New York. "Xot contentment, but dissatisfaction, is what causes progress in the world." She smiled. "If we look for the contented man," she said, "we will usually find him asleep when he ought to be at work." Mr. and Mrs.

who have been Col aid Mrs. E. several weeks, for home Doss Gibson, the guests of M. Hawkins for left yesterday at Salem, Mo. Mrs.

Hawkins accompanied them as as INFORMATION. "I have often heard," said the inquisitive foreigner, "of 'race May I awsk what a race issue is?" "Why, cert. It's my sportin' paper," answered the native. rejoined the foreigner, jotting it down in his notebook. morning and within four hours "German building, in which the restaurant was located, and the Carolina building adjoining, both three story brick structures had been completely consumed.

From Broadway, on the north, to Okmulgee avenue, on the south, the flames swept a clean path and only the smoldering ruins and portipn of tottering brick walls remain." The flames were prevented from spreading west of the German building by the heavy brick fire-wall. West of the Carolina building the space intervening between it and the Colorado building was covered with small shacks and these were hastily emptied of contents and razed to the ground to prevent the fire demon from communicating to the Colorado building. The ground floors of the two buildings were occupied as business rooms by various concerns; the second floors were filled with office rooms and the top floors were occupied by roomers. There were scores of narrow escapes rom deathby the lodgers and a number of heroic rescues. But so far as was known, last night no fatalities occured, although tbifr.

rumor was curreht that one man was seen to rush street up the stahway of the German building apparently to save some of his belongings and and was not seen to emerge. This rumor, however, could not be verified and is" not credited. While the fire was getting under headway George Gramer, a lineman employed by the Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph company, who was endeavoring to tear out telephones, was severely cut by falling glass on the first floor of the German building and was removed to the city hospital. A plate glass window crashed and a silver entered his left arm ripping through his sleeve and cutting a long gash in his forearm, from which the blood gushed out in a stream. A tourniquet was hastily improvised to stand the flow of blood and he was hurriedly taken to the hospital.

C. W. Harris, a lineman for the traction company, was badly shocked by a live wire while on top of the Barnes building severing wires to prevent possible accident from live wires dropping into the street among the crowds, and was thrown about four feet by the electric force and rendered MADE CLEAR. you haVe been to Paris "Could you understand the people over there "Well, they always succeeded in making themselves understood when there was a hotel bill Statesman, FACT8 IN THE CASE "There goes the viilage poet," fi Ah, I suppose that bundle under his arm.is manuscript." "You. may suppose so, but as 1 matter.of fact that bundle contains a quart of liquor which he purchased of the village 'blind Age-Herald.

WHAT 00 ES ME CATCH 1 3 a married man goes for a train late in the inorning he misses the Observer of. Events and "but when he goes home later" at, night catches State partially fl moments. He soon recovered down the All three were scantily clothed, having been driven from their beds by the flames. The fire marks the most destructive conflagration that has" occured in Muskogee since the memorable fire of Feb. 22, 1899, when the greater portion of the growing frontier town was swept by flames.

Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm. Opera House. Thursday. Jan. 21.

Will be given by Miss Bessie Leigh, of the American Lyceum 1 Bureau of Oklahoma City. Benefit of Ep worth League. Admission 25c. Children under 12 yrs, 15c. New Citizens.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Troup arrived Saturday from Texas to take possession of their farm 1 miles west of Checotah which Mr.

Troup purchased last summer. The Times is pleased to welcome these excellent people among us. Baptist Church. Sunday morning text "Baptism." Acts 2:38. Evening text "Coming:" On account of bad weather last Sunday evening the B.

Y. P. U. was not organized but will be next Sunday evening at 6 o'clock. D.

E. Mellichamp, Pastor. Notice to Teachers. The examination for teachers wijl be held at Eufaula on January 28 and 29. All teachers who have temporary certificates and all 8th grade applicants will be examined for diplomas.

L-. G. MCINTOSH, County Superintendent. The Times Makes a Bid for youf Job Printing. Start Bidbt IF IT'S A TRIP TO TEXAS, MEXICO or CALIFORNIA You will be thoroughly satisfied" it your ticket reads by the Missouri, Kansas Texas Railway -agent particulars of Winter Tourist now in effect "points, or write W.

ST. GEORGE General taseofn St. Lodt, Ma..