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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1911.
GEORGIA FURNISHING
JUDICIAL TIMBER FOR THE
"BENCHES" OF OKLAHOMA
(The Oklahoman.)
Georgia's educational institutions
are furnishing some of the best ma-
terlal for judicial positions ip Okla
homa; at least recent appointments
by Governor Cruce makes it appear
that way. In pursuance of a bill
passed by the recent session of the
third legislature, changing boundaries
and increasing the judgeships in sev
etal districts, Frank Mathews of A1
tus and Andrew H. Ferguson of Du
rant were appointed judges of the
twenty-fifth and sixth districts re
spectively.
Each man finished his education in
Georgia. Judge Mathews graduated
from the University of Georgia In
1891 and Judge Ferguson graduated
from Mercer University at Macon in
1601. Judge Mathews resigned the
chairmanship of tile state board of
public afTairs to take his position and
Judge Ferguson resigned from the
law partnership of Hatchett & Fergu
son. His partner, C. C. Hatchett,
a member of the board of regents of
the university of Oklahoma. Neither
man was an applicant for appoint
ment at the governor's hands.
Judge Ferguson was born o
farm in Pope county, Arkansas,
1872 and was educated in the com
mon schools of that state prior to his
taking a course in Erskine College,
South Carolina, and another in Mer
cer university. He was admited to
the bar at Russellville, Arkansas, in
1901, and went to Durant in 1903.
There he formed a partnership with
D. A. Richardson, who at the advent
of statehood was elected district
Judge and who later was appointed
by Governor Haskell ns a member
of the newly created Criminal Court
of Appeals.
Many Public Office!.
Judge Mathews was bom In Tal
bot County, Georgia, 43 years ago. He
was educated in the common schools
up to his entrance Into the University
of Georgia from which he graduated
In law in 1891. In that-ycar he came
to Oklahoma Territory and three
rears later was elected county at
torney of Greer county. After serv
Ing three terms ns county attorney
he was elected a member of the lower
house of the territorial legislature
A year later he waa elected to the
council, which corresponds to the sen
ate under statehood.
In 1904 he was nominated by the
democrats of the territory as a can
didate for delegate to congress snd
was defeated by B— 8. McGuire of
Pawnee, the republican nominee. At
the advent of statehood he was elect
ed a member of the first state senate
from Greer county. After retiring
from that position he moved to Chick-
asha where be practiced law for a
rear. Later he moved to Altus. Ear
ly in the administration of Governor'
Cruce Judge Mathews, without his
solicitation, was made chairman of
the state board of public affairs, a
position be resigned in March to ac
cept the district Judgeship. Hts home
will remain In Altus, Jackson county.
Judge's Anecdotes.
Judge Mathews relates some novel|j
anecdotes, many of which he declares
are actual experiences. He was
twelve rears old before hs ever wan
dered far enough from his father’s
bsckwoods farm In Georgia to ride
on a train. Hs was that old too,
when he hoard his first brass hand,
and probably nearly that age bofore
he was permitted to wear another
lower garment than a long-tailed
shirt Thu elder Msthowa was a man
of moderate means and lived a simple
life and reared his children in paths
of rectitude and honor. Judge Math
ew's rearing showed Itself when be
made s novel race for congress—a
model race, In other words—In the
days when bis would-be constituents,
having come from every quarter of
the globe, were coining all the arts
of the political masters of the several
state* In the formation of a new
political creed In Oklahoma. It again
allowed Itself when he entered the
first state senate where he, seeking
no honor but that which should coma
from a righteous stand, stood stead
fastly against lli-timed snd extrava-
pant appropriations.
"As I was growing up, and before I
had thought of the greater opportun
ities for young men In public life, my
greatest ambition was to become a
member of a brass band and wear a
uniform and toot a horn,' said Judge
Mathews recently as he discussed his
early life. U I was plowing !n the
field one day when I heard a strange
noise In the distance. It came nearer
and nearer and pretty soon I saw It
was a.real brars band that had come
down to our neighborhood to_piay for
a picnic. I took my mule out and
went home and Immediately sought
that band, t sat np all night listening
to the music. The next night the
band serenaded the neighborhood
and I was permitted to carry a play
er’s horn. After that my ambition
was to play a horn In a barss band. 1
One day as young Mathews snd a
negro chum' of about bis age, named
Dan, were plowing In the field they
observed that a resplendaut array of
many-colored pictures were being
posted on the aide of the village
blacksmith shop- Again they took
out tbelr mules and went to a more
' Interesting scene. .The potters an
nounced the coming of a circun to the
county seat thirty dvrs later That
night it was arranged that Frank and
Dan should attend the circus. - "The
thirty days that intervened seemed
Ilk* that many years to ms and-Dan,”
The automobile is an improvement over the ox-cart, and the
flying machine is a wonderful invention, but nothing ever
has or ever will beat» the “square deal.” Our past, record
for fair dealing is an open book; our present* success is due
tc the confidence this community has in us and in our ability.
In the future we shall not change our way of doing business,
but as in the past we shall give to those who give usjtheir
confidence a square deal.
WTSpring returns, fortune smiles and meets you here in our
Keady-tO-Wear Uepartment— ready-to-wear department, where we are displaying all
the true novelties of the season without the fancy prices. Our garments are made of the right material by people
that know how to make them. We stand on the foundation stone of style, quality and price. .*♦ .\
SUITS AT $15.00
Made of all woo) serge and novel
ty suiting, in latest styles, in black
and colors, strictly tailored. These
suits are bargains that are recog
nized on sight.
White Serge Suits $12.50 to $35.00
Made of all wool French and im
perial serge, in many snappy styles;
complete range of sizes. You’ll be
well dressed if you wear one of these
suits.
SILKS
Quality costs, but ’tis the surest
guarantee. We sell only the stand
ard grades. Quality is remembered
long after the price is forgotten. We
have on display all the newest
weaves, and invite your inspection.
Foulard Dress Patterns $10.00
The famous Chenney’s Shower
proof and Valentine’s Shedwater
silks; absolutely fast colors; beautiful
range, of patterns of 12 yards each.
. 24-INCH FOULARDS AT 59c
Complete range of colors, al! new
patterns, excellent quality of silk.
Kl-KI WASH SILK 50c
20 inches wide, in pretty stripe,
white ground; the colors are black,
gray, blue and tan.
JAPONIKA SILKS AT 39c
In beautiful brocades, stripes and
Dolly Varden patterns, all shades,
especially good foundations and
evening dresses.
BLACK MESSALINE $1.00
36 inches wide, excellent , quality,
regular $1.25 grade.
WASH FABRICS
Give your eye» a treat by viiiting this department
Every fashionable weave and color is ditplayed here.
We have carefully anticipated your want*, and an
nounce with pleasure that no tuch fashionable dis
play of elegance has ever been exhibited by a wash
goods department in this section of the state before-
Visit this- department—you will be amply repaid for
your trouble.
VOILES
This season’s most fashionable weaves, silver
stripes, plain voiles, check voiles, brocaded voiles and
every other fashionnble weave are displayed here;
every width and color. Prices 20c, 25c, 29c, 35c, 50c
and 85c.
COTTON FOULARDS
In all leading silk patterns. Beautiful line of bordered
foulards with Bulgarian colorings, 27 and 40 inihes wide,
every ahade. 15c and 25c.
MERCERIZED POPLINS
In both plain and stripe effects,beuutiful range of colors,
all high mercerized, fast colors, ,15c and 25c.
MUSLINS
That rival the rainbow in colorings. The largest and
most complete showing of lawns and batiste ever displayed
here before; patterns that please at prices that please. 10c,
. 12 lc, 15c and 25c.
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
Special attention is called to the display of infants’ and
children’s hats and bonnets. New’ line of boys’ blouse,
pants and children’s dresses just received.
Boys Blouse and Shirts 50c
Made of ginghams, chambray and madras, in
pretty patterns, also solid colors, with or without
collars.
Children’s Dresses $1.00 to $3.00
_ Made of fine quality ginghams, percales and.
madras, all styles and colors, complete run of
sizes.
Children’s Hats, Caps and Bonnets
25c to $5.00
Elegant line on display, all the new shapes
and styles.
Boys’ Wash Pants 25c to 65c
New line just received; made of ka-ki cloth,
twilled velour and suiting; complete range of
sizes.
FOULARD DRESSES $8.75 to $35
In black, blue, navy, tan, green,
brown and lavender; made of excel
lent quality of silk in all the new
styles These are garments that
stand at the head in excellence of
fit, weaving quality and faultless
style.
STORE NEWS
Special skirt sale at half price.
Over 100 skirts to select from, all
good styles, but sizes some broken.
We lose money on them,- but we
gain customers.
TOILET ARTICLES
Complete stock of perfumes, toilet
water, powders and soap. When in
need of anything in this line visit
this department.
EMBROIDERY SALE 29c
27-inch fine swiss flouncing, worth
50c and 65c, per yard, will be placed
on sale Monday. To be exact there
are 2000 yards in the lot and it won’t
last long. Come early and take ad
vantage of the greatest embroidery
of the season.
TORCHON LINEN LACE YD. 5c
Pure linen torchon lace in match
sets, worth up to 15c per yard, all
widths. '
LINGERIE WAISTS $1.00
Beautiful assortment of styles,
both high and Dutch neck, short and
long sleeves, plain, tucked or em
broidery and lace trimmed.
Davison-Nicholson Company
eay» Judge Mathews.
Early in the morning of circus day
Frank and Dan, each with 75 centa
in hla pocket mounted a mule and
rode away to the county teat. They
went Immediately to the circua
grounds and lost no time entering
the first open tent where crowds were
gathered. The price of admltilon
waa 25 centa. They chuckled as they
paid It, believing that the- eider
Mathews didn’t know what the admis
sion price really was.. They saw
a'i the exhibitions otfered and spent
a large part of the remaining 50 cents
for red lemonade, popcorn, etc. On
leaving the tent, they started for
ifiCIv-jnuies, sorely disappointed that
they saw none of the things sdvertls-
ed on the blacksmith shop. Outside
a great crowd entering another tent
met their vision. The big show was
inside that tent, they heard a man
say. They had seen only a side show
and their money was about all spent
“You simply can't Imagine the disap
pointment I felt,” says Mathews. "We
had misted the circus and ail our
money was gone.”
Frank resolved to see the circus at
an honest hazard and In a little while
he had borrowed enough money from
a neighbor to buy a ticket. Here he
met another disapointment. for poor
Dan, his faithful black companion,
could not get in. Frank got a good
seat and forgot Dan in his enjoyment
of his first circus.—Toward the end
of the performance, however, he dis
covered Pan In front of him. Dan
had slipped in under the tent cur
tain.
CHICAGO BU8INE68
MEN TO VISIT TEXAS.
Chicago. III., April 15.—A delega
tion of several hundred members of
the Chicago Association of Commerce
leaves here tonight for an extensive
tour of Texts with the object of In-
vestlgntlng the trade opportunities of
fened by the. Lone Star State. The
points to be visited Include' Texar
kana, Fort Worth, Wgco, Austin, San
Antonio, Galveston, Houston, Beau
mont, Corsicana, Dallas, Sherman,
Gainesville and Paris.