Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 25, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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OFFHW. NEWSPAPER OF CLEVELAND COUNTY AW THE HT\ 0 *****
CLEVELAND 0>l)\TY ENTWR1SE
CONSOLIDATION OF CLEVELAND C-Ol NT NUMBER t.
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VOLUME XXV11.
ALTE
enemy rearguard is
gradually yielding
N, HUNS
IPREPARING STOREROOM
i FOR MOVING OF STOCK
Prisoners Declare They Were
Ordered to Hold Off Ameri-
cans to Last.
ADVANCING CAUTIOL^Y
TOWARD STRONGER I ORCE
Fifteen New Divisions of Re-
serves Thrown in to Halt
Further Moves.
50 men in draft
bade farewell by
friends at depot
Workmen are plastering and kal-
somining the walls of the storeroom
in the McMakin building recently va-
cated by the Spangler drug and con- ; ——-
fectionary establishment, prepara-j ju]v Contingent Leaves on r^pet
tory to the moving in of the G. M. i;il Train for Camp 1 ravia
Davis Nickel store, until recently at 2 0 Clock.
owned by Carter brothers
wnea oy ww t/\
The Davis store will probably oc- PEACHF.SSF.RV LI) U>
cupy its new home within the next
two or three weeks.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
ISSUES GIN LICENSES
| OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok';:*., Ju.y -
'—The issuance of licenses to colt
| gins in Oklahoma has been turn.-
over to the federal food administration
for Oklahoma by the national adini :
istration.
I C. B. Amos, federal foou ailmi;u.>.
Itor, announced today that the! d
iministration would i sue 1"-^" " ^
j I all which obtain license n . .1 - ■
TR AIN LOAD OF MEN *tate ,orporati„n commission.
half-inch rain is
IN
By FRED S. FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
FRANCE, July 24.—Despite or-
ders to hold to the death, the crown
prince's rear guard is being forced to
jrive way before the allied attack
along practically the whole battle-
front.
Prisoners declare the units of the
rear guard were ordered to remain
at their posts and hold off the Amer-
icans to the last. Before the violence
of the American assault they are be-
ing wiped out or taken prisoners.
Proceeding Cautiously
The advance is proceeding cautious-
'solo
>#'S
Cotton, Corn and Kafir Will
]5e Benefited by General
Showers.
Military Relief Committee Di-
rects Giving of Fruit to All
Going Through.
Norman streets were thronged
Wednesday with people from all | .. . j \l.jke' APE
of ,* county Who «r. M. Hare
Thrift Stamps.
Inn
Appeal
IS ui u.v -
i to say goodbye to the drafted men
who left on a special train at 2
o'clock for Camp Travis, Tex. Fif-
ty-five men were in the quota from
The half-inch rain which fell in this county, but only fifty were en-
No "and the northern part of
Cleveland county, where rain was ventei y sic -ni. .
most needed, will bo of unlimited com going, wu Manager John Hardie
benefit to the corps in general, said The tram urer of the state war savings com-
Countv Agent L E. Bogan Tuesday in reaching Norman, having been ne
morning The rain if thought to layed along the way in picking up
have been general, although no ac- men at v"10"Sa9f°Us^htij,'' (lifferent
curate report ^s heen received from oca^ q o^ TueS(Jay> as a
the south end of the county. ,ulmber of men not previously called
Corn on which tassels have not been iirJfK tVio pnntina.ent. Six
STAND
reversing retreat;
ENEMY pours TROOPS
INTO SOISSONS FRONT
Crown Prince Suddenly Countermands With-
' drawal of Forces and Evidently Determines
to Fight It Out on Marne.
400,000 GERMANS IMPERILED BY STEP
Policy Believed to Be Dictated by l ear of Domes-
tic Upheaval If Expected Victories Are
Not Won on Schedule.
Thrift stamp and baby bond sales
the war savings stamp bank from ,
March 23, when the bank opened, to
July 1 amounted to $30,406.10, ac-
cording to the report just made by
~ " to the treas-
ne advance la —- i vjuih uu -— . .i
y at all points, however, owing to i burnt or which is in the "shooting
jhe great mass of German reinforce- j stage of development, will be tene-
ments and their increasing resis- |'porarjiy saved. This will affect about
tance. On many sectors the battle. one.third of the county's crop, ac-
occasionally loses all resemblance to cording t0 Mr. Bogan. Kafir has
j on<l nnnnars as > i._i
been helped materially, but cotton,
of all crops, will derive the greatest
benefit from the rain. Pastures,
which were in a burned-out state, will
now be revived.
Cloudy Weather Helps
Cloudy weather, with the absence
rearguard action and appears as
though the Germans intended to
make a permanent stand. New Ger-
man reserve divisions are being con-
stantly identified.
The bitterest fighting is proceeding
north of Jaulgonne where the Amer-
icans are enlarging their bridge-
h Americans are pressing northward j according to Mr. ®0Ra^ ^v0 mf°™
alone the main road fiom Chateau inches of rain within the next X
Thierry to Fere-En-Tardenois, one oi days would mean a real tor
their principal communication cen cotton crop in Cleveland county Mr.
ters. In this region our forces cap- Bogan added.
tured Mariefarm, an important strai- "riant your gardens" is the urgent
egii point. 1 plea of the county agent. "At no
! time will the conditions be more fa-
M ARCH TELLS OF i vorable for a fall garden than at
AMERICAN ADVANCE
mittee at Muskogee. Since that time ,
the sales at the bank have averaged ^
more than $2,000 a week.
Baby bonds sales are holding up
,leu very well, according to Mr. Hardie,
, . , oix.iv.Vo has been able to make good week-
were sent with the contingent. S . | ■ • g tQ the Muskogee head-
men from other places were entrain-1 lv 1
ed with the local quota.
Men Are Remembered
' Cleveland county men were each
presented with a comfort kit and a
housewife. The kits were made by
Neighborly Club No. 7 and the
housewives by the Girls' War Relief
| By United Press.)
PVRIS .lulv 24.—(12:35 p. in.)— Artillery liijMmn
is proceeding violently between the Aisne i.nd the Marne
and bet wee the Marne and ltheims, the I ret. eh war off
reported today. German counter-attacks west of Rheims
an, th«
and Roi winds, both artilleries were greatly active,
communique naM* ^ ^er-atiacked at
«p m; the vrigny region the French broke the enemy
assaults and maintained their positions.
esistance and in-
club. They were also given lunches
and magazines.
The three hundred men on the
train were served with fresh peaches
Cloudy weatner, wiui mc nam .. .
of hi eh wind, will i>e very beneficial, by the Red Cross military relief com
mittee. Most of these were given by
Lexington people, through the
ouarters. Information as to how BY WEHli MILI-LR.
Cleveland county compares with United Press Staff Correspondent
other counties in the state has not _no-05 a. m.)—The German crown prince
yet been obtained, but Mr. Hardie PARIS Jul - < ^ & 8lratcgit. retreat in the Sois-
furnish"wm dlta onlhU point this U^Rhdms sahent and hail determine.! to light it out t'"'"
This borne'out by German prisoners to-
"Tell the children that they are for- creasing milton, me . , order ha, been countermanded,
getting to buy thrift stamps, said day. who declared thi ™ military experts believe t.er-
Mr. Hardie Monday. "Since school cortc\ 0ffer no explanat nf u huge retirement
has closed we have not sold so many polilicians. fearig the internal ettects <
member that the^government needs 1 forced the change <:i fn ordfir new divisions into the
vorable
j present.
rery accurate weathei
fair fei
ti
| By United Press. 1 j ^ n(jt
WASHINGTON, July 21.-In ^ I bureau " but prospects seem
face of at least fifteen German ( morf. rain i. be concluded,
visions of German reinforcements ;
allied armies fighting in the;
Soissons-Rheims salient haw stead-1
ily advanced during the last three j
.days, Chief of Staff March told cor- ;
respondents today.
Between the Marne and Rheims the ,
enemy has been puf-bed back on a,
ten-mile front to a depth of from one!
and one-half to two miles
Ctrl Musician
Would Become
A Camoufleur
..uall . A little fun manages to creep into
Germans have only one rail: war activities. The following letter
line over which to carry out their re- j written in all seriousness has just
forts of Mrs. E. J. Keller. J. E, Bell,
of northeast of Norman, also contri-
buted a bushel of fruit.
The military relief committee wish-
es to express its thanks to all those
who contributed the peaches for the
men. "It was a generous gift, and we
want all the Lexington people who
helped to know that we appreciated
the donation." said a member of the
relief committee.
county to send men
t8 farming congress
Varied Agricultural Interests to
I5e Represented at Still-
water.
The
and I would like to have some
information about the duties of a
musician in that line. 1 am a —
lini&t. I am nineteen years old
I will await vour early reply
and oblige.
Respectfully,
Miss —
The inquiry was referred to the
treat, unless they have constructed ' heen received by the recruiting sec-
some' minor field tracks, he said. tion of the southern department, Ar-
Lord Tired of Partnership j my y. M. C. A., from a town in
It seem that the Lord has become j Texas:
tired of his partnership of "Me und ; Dear Sir: 1 have bten reading
Gott," March declared during his de- j about the camouflage department
scription of the grear. Franco-Ameri-
can offensive of the last week. ^
The German retreat, he said, in
some respects similar to the Austrian
dash back across the Pitve. A storm :
had concealed the allied movement?!
that made possible thrs pushing back j
of the enemy. That was what March |
referred to when he declared that j
the seJf-niade partnership of the ^ v.'ise heads of the headquarters for in-
kaiser and his "Gott" bad gone awry, j terpretation. The only logical solu-
Germans Choose Retreat It'cn was the following:
Taking the situation as a whole, | Miss Nineteen-Years-Old will go off
March pointed out that the tfermans to one side of the German lines and
had made a bold decision for retire- p]ay her violin feelingly. The ten-
ment, relying on the cover of night j der-hearted Huns, hearing the music
and the seclusion of smoke clouds to (?), will think it is some animal in
hide their withdraws!)!. Along the j distress and all will rush over to ren-
Marne itself, the Americans and der assistance. With the way clear,
French have crossed the river. at a the allied armies will march directly
number of points and now hold pos- : to Berlin, and the war will be over-
session there. ' al because of the camouflage music.
The response of the Germans to! Simple, isn't it? The idea will be
Foch's counter offensive, was to! sent to the war department.
throw in a large number of reserve ——
divisions, which had not been used! AGREEMENTS
when the German drive for Rheims FXP1RE WITH SALES
started. j '
It is the belief of General March ! OKLAHOMA CITY, July 20.—All
that fifteen reserve divisions were price agreements and other matters
thus used.
:e money every week and that
.eryone should do his bit.'
War saving stamp pledges for
June and July should be paid within
the next eight days," Mr. Hardie
urges. By the end of the month all
pledges should be met, so as to start
off with a clean slate on the August
business. A few June pledges and a
considerable number of the July
I pledges are still outstanding.
! Do Yoa Know
How to Write.
To Germany.
"Are there stamps enough on this
letter to take it to Germany?" in-
quired a voice from a considerable
" distance below the lower level of the
general delivery window at the post-
'(,r rd the change in plans.
The crown pyim-e continues '«<•' th „ the
pocket, «" « reinforcements trom *.
V • British front. limited at from 125,-
German losses in this region are now estimated at
000 to 110,000 ... ncluding 2B,060 prisoners.
prepared for last
STAND ON BATTLKKKON'l
KY JOHN DE CANDY,
United Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, uly 24—(4 p. m.)—The
REGUETS TO Rhi'OH^ ,
ru VT FOUR GERMANS
DIE!) ON H!S HANDS
Cleveland county will be well rep
resented at the Farmers' congress
which will be in session at Stillwater , office the other day
all next week, under the direction of
the Agricultural and Mechanical col- )
"To send it to Germany?" The
I postmaster himself, happened to be
There are no agricultural or- , ^ tbe window, seemed somewhat sur-
prised that the owner of the rather
grimy fingers should want to send a
letter to such a generally hated coun-
try as Germany.
"You can't send a letter to Ger-
many now," said the postmaster, as
he turned to more important busi-
ness. And the author of the letter
with its address in a childish scrawl,
still with a rather puzzled look on
her face, hurried out of the office.
WITH THE AMERICAN
UiMY N THE < II tmi'A'.M
July IS.— \fter killing or ca!>-
turing the crews of lour ma-
chine guns and lakmg a boch.-
filled trench with hi* autcm.itu
rifle until the survivors sur
rendered. Sergeant j. V. Lrown
walked into American head-
quarters late yesterday with
159 prisoners.
"I am sorry, sir. that I was
unable to bring in all I had.
he said in reporting, "but tour
of the wounded died on me.
lege.
ganizations that will attend the con-
gress in b body, but individuals will
represent the different agricultural
activities.
F. L. Hill, progressive farmer liv-
ing six miles north and two miles
east of Norman, will represent Cleve-
land county's dairy interests. M. C
P.ogle will go as a representative of
creamery and Holstein cattle
the
business. J. II. Johnston, owner of
the Johnston pure-bred cattle ranch
in the Ten-Mile flat, will attend in
the interest of Shorthorn and Duroe
Jersey cattle raisers. William Barr,,
retired farmer of Norman, who is
deeply interested in corn production
in the county, will represent that
phise of farming.
County Agent 1,. E. Bogan will at-
tend, representing all the agricultur-
al activities of the county. Others
will probably decide to go at the last
moment, according to Mr. Bogan.
THOMPSON AND CHAN DUN!
VltRIVE SAFELY ABUOAD
WASHINGTON. July 18.—Repre-
sentatives Joe B. Thompson and
Thomas A. Chandler of Oklahoma are
members of the party of twelve con
You can't send a letter to Germany.
How many of you grown-up folks
knew that?
Yes, but you can. There is just
one way of communicating w'th an
American in Germany—most Ameri-
cans who are in Germany are in
prison camps—and that i3 through
the American Red Cross.
If you want to know just haw it is
done, call at the office of the home
service section of the local chapter,
in the same building with the coun-
1 ty draft board, and all the :.s ;istance
you need will be given you.
There, little girl at the pc
window, is your chance to send that
letter to brother John.
73 Men Called for
Examination Monday
Cards notifying seventy-three men
recently reclassified in Class 1-A to
report for physical examination Mon-
day morning at 8 o'clock were mailed
out late Friday afternoon by the local
draft board. The medical examiners
will make an effort to get through
the entire list on Monday.
This action by the board is the last
Ptep before calling men into service.
When the examinations are completed
Germans appear determined to avoid
a prolonged retreat and are reported
to he prep .i inr. for a desperate stand
along the piesent battlefront.
Further allied successes under the
r diticn« '! thus imppril inor« than
400,000 Germans in the Soissous-
Rheims pocV't. as their forces within
the salient i-ave grown to that figuu
French and American troops <
coming the bitter resistance, are prog-
ressing northeast of Chateau Tliieay
and nouth oi the Ourct|.
The enemy position at Oulchy-Le-
i hateau (which already is reported
to have beer rendered untenable oy
the allies) is out-flanked.
NORMAN MEN T<
OFFICERS' CAMP
R. Hei
FJ.
Two No
list of ele
thousand
feurth it)
r tnd K. N. Conner Among
., r i l it rf a Thousand
te He Admitted
man men are included in a
ven civilians chosen from a
applicants to attend the
ier! training schools at
•••: PrB
each man. and notifying him of his Ark. They are George Hoy Berry
r and R. N. ' onnor.
Physical examinations of the 152 Berry and Connor have already
• <■> iust placed in Class 1-A from been acepted fox the camp by g.
;,'u 1L take Place soon, probabl* dant at A. and M. college at St, 1-
Clasg 1 \ water, throogh whom civilians make
n are b. r :: called for examination applicat ■ ft" the camp. The two
this time, as no men have yet been
ailed from any other class.
vOTI< F, TO MEMBERS OF
< (U \TY FOFI.TRY CLUBS
camps t< '
will be -■
'.Camp
fantry, ;t
Ra
.Inch the Oklahoma men
an for Held artillery, at
ary Taylor, and for in-
.inip I'ikc.
If Haun Selected
I affecting the price for the 1917-18 cot- gressmen who are reported as having
ton crop will expire with the disposi- arrived Wednesday at a I
Prof. Kriege, the German agent i tion of that crop, according to a tele-
charged with arranging the terms of gram received by C. B. Ames, federal
the Roumanian peace treaty, replied food administrator for Oklahoma,
to protests against its harshness, "do .from Washington.
not complain. If you knew the p^ace , Differentials and margins of profit,
conditions which are awaiting your 1 zones and rules which have been es-
former allies, you would be the first (tabiisheu will remain in effect, how -
to recognize Germany's treatment of ever, until they are replaced by sim-
Roumania as favorable." j ilar rulings.
rench pon
or : ,eir way to the battlefront to ot
serve the fighting. The A* •
Bailed for France about tv
ago and plan to visit Er.gia .<i. Sv. .1-
zerland arid Italy.
Mrs. N H. Edwards left Monday
on a month's visit to friends and rel- j
atives in Ottawa Kan , and Kansas ,
City. [
Norman Woodman at Vur
John Fox of Norman, iistriot i-ipniy
c" the W. O. W., was here Monday
in the interest of the W 'odtn.'i; >d.;e
lie found everything in nne rndi
tion here, excellent spirit prevailing
and all things looking good for W>xid
craft in Purcell. The new uniforms,
olive drab in color, for th<> Woodmen
drill team will arrive in a few d iy
Purcell Register.
You boys arid gir:
.j; tut first page oi
id address it to jr.
hit 1 have it
s should now tea''
your record bool
t, ! en mail it so
to t; •with me
i.'i Stillwater July 28.
li is very necessary th;..
till out your record book &•
ards to me as soon as >
have some reports in at ;
i I am counting that you w
j yours at once.
! Do this now .
I vgent
hould
:11;ni the
U tar I
Unit and
semi in
L. E. E'. rar County
Ray H H um who is well known ill
Merman, i- era' of four men admitted
Y„.m Oklahoma City. He wilt enter
the artillery branch of the service.
1 Mr Haun is now manager of the ser-
vo- department f the Oklahoma
Publishing company, a d h: ' direct
charge i f the promotion activities of
•|, Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman,
| published by that company.
Many articles
being sold at le
Morrison's.
n nieiehiindc i .ire
than an I price <kt
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Fox, J. O. Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 25, 1917, newspaper, July 25, 1917; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108644/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.