Pauls Valley Democrat (Pauls Valley, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF GARVIN COUNTY.
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PAULS VALLEY DEMOCRAT
VOLUME XVI.
PAULS VALLEY, GARVIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919.
NO. 28.
EXHIBITS AT s LINDSAY BANK ' 8R00KS RESIGNS
ROBBERS CAUGHT TREASURER JOB OVER TAK .
The County Free Fair held In
Pauls Valley on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday was Well attended Oind
while the exhibits were not as nu-
merous as had been anticipated the
quality on display was fine and made
a plendid showing. The results ob-
tained were encouraging anVl the ed-
u ational Mature of the fair was
worth the time and effort of those
who were instrumental in making it
the success that was obtained. Owing
to the fact that no fair was held last
year made it hard to get up steam
and get everything going good the
first year but with the results obtain-
ed and the interest stimulated it
should be an easy matter to get larg-
er exhibits and better interest in this
ar^.ual event next year.
To T. D. Felts, the county agent,
and Miss Vermillion and Mrs. Ware
the home demonstration agents are
due the largest credit for the success
of the fair as they devoted their en-
tire time for weeks making prepara-
tions and helping to gather the exhi-
bits and interesting those who had
stor k to bring them in.
We are endeavoring to get a list of
the premiums awarded for publica-
tion which is being compiled by Mr.
Felts and will publish same as soon as
availaple which will we hope be
ready by the next issue of the paper.
Mr. Felts is preparing the county
exhibits to be sent to the state fair
the latter part of this week and will
be on exhibition in the Garvin
County booth at the Oklahoma City
State fair.
AT COURT HOUSE
APPOINTED DEPUTY SHKRIFF
Sheriff C. F. Worley has appointed
G. T. Shook as office deputy to suc-
ceed Harry Oliphant who was ap-
pointed County Clerk and Mr. Shook
entered upon his duties Tuesday. Mr.
Shook has been with the Goad hard-
ware store for a couple of years re-
cently having had charge of this gen-
tleman's store at Paoli. He is quali-
fied to take care of the books and
look after the duties of the office and
is a splendid business man who is
well liked and has scores of friends
who will be glad to learn he has ac-
cepted this position. Mr. Worley is
fortunate in securing the services of
as splendid a fellcw as Mr. Shook for
this position.
Sheriff C7" F. Worley accompanied
by County Attorney Monroe usborn
arrived Sunday with Jim Baldwin and
Charles Lofton, two of the three men
who participated in the Lindsay bank
robbery a tew days ago. Both men
pled guilty before Judge Swank on
Monday and w«*re given a sentence of
30 and 20 years in the pen each res-
pectively. Baldwin drew the thirty I been reelected b\
years because he was under a twenty! health has been
year sentence now tor the same crime
and is out awaiting an appeal while
Lofton the younger ot the two men
drew the twenty years.
They were caught by the Chief of
Police of Frederick at Collinsville,
Okla., who were after them for the
At the adjourned meeting Monday "*ounty Assessor \V. If. Ilousor and j
of the Board of County Commi* ton-! Chairman Ed Parks of the Board of
ers the resignation of .Ms. A. Brooks [County Commissioners were in
as County Treasurer was received and j homa City several days the past week
Sam B. Harkreader was named to uniting the lax valuation question
succeed Mr. Brooks, effective October settled before the State Board. Mr.
1st. • Mouser, the commissioners and sever-
Mr. Brooks is serving his second al citizens went before the State board
term as County Treasurer, having' sofye days before to protest the
a big vote, but his raises in Garvin County and were suc-
uch that he hasj l easful in getting a satisfactory ad-
been unable to give any of his time: jhstment, but it appears that the rec-!
to the office lor severaL months and , <" rds of the State Board as recorded!
for this reason tenderecr his resigna-jdid not show that the raise has heed
tion which was accepted with regrets taken off horses* cattle and personal I
by the Board who knew the sterling property and a few other items and it I
qualities of Mr. Brooks when he was | was over this question that they were)
able to look after the office personal-i forced to go back to Oklahoma City, j
lion. H. M. Carr and other prom-
inent citizens have issued a call for a
Okla-1ma<* meeting to be held at the Dis-
trict Court rooms in Pauls Valley at
3 o'clock on Saturday, September
| 20th to take action towards adopting
I resolutions endorsing' the League of
Nations as proposed by President
Wilson, ihe resolution will be pre-
isented to the President upon his ar-
rival at Oklahoma City on Sept. 26th.
j Everybody invited to attend this
mass meeting and take an interest
I mnd active part.
BKOOU CORN PRICKS STHONO.
Prices have been
thei't of an automobile from a doetoriiy. Mr. Brooks has sold his home in|The State Hoard had sustained the as-1stronger the past week
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considerably
n broom corn
at Frederick and when he arrested
them they confessed to the robbery.
Sheriff Worley was immediately no-
tified and went to Frederick Friday
and brought the men home Sunday
and when brought before Judge
Swank entered their pleas of guilty.
They were driving the ear they had
stolen when they robbed the Lindsay
bank. The Chief of Police did not
know he was alter bank robbers un-
til he made the arrest and they made
the confession. However he will re-
ceive the rewards as offered, $1,000
each for the men. The third man who
was with them at the time the rob-
bery was committed has not been ap-
prehended^
Sheriff WoTley left Monday after-
noon for McAlester with Baldwin and
Lofton who will immediately begin
their sentences.
this city and with Mrs. Brooks will i sessment as returned by the assessor Jnn<l market is much better than
leav e soon for south Texas where they | and fixed by the county equalization ,llas been any time this season. Buy-
go for the benefit of his health. board by a vote of four to three but|er> have been bidding right lit'
Mr. Harkreader wi}o succeeds Mr. I the records showed that the vote was
Brooks is well known in this county I four to three against Garvin County
is a heavy land owner and has been
a successful farmer and stockman
until he moved to Pauls Valley about
a year ago and took an active inter-,
est in the Central Garage which he
has been assisting to manage. He
has scores of friends who will be glad
to learn that he has been appointed
to fill out the unexpired term.
MR. AND MRS. CHAMLEE
ENTERTAIN
SCHOOL BOORS—NOTICE
NO PROMOTIONAL EXCHANGES
Exchanges on School Books must
be^made "GRADE FOR GRADE"; a
fourth reader for a fourth reader, etc.
and NOT a lourth reader for a fifth
reader, etc.
School Books will be on hand as
fast as supplied by the State Deposi-
tory.
BAKER DRUG CO.
PALACE DRUG STORE.
LADIES TAKE NOTICE
INFORMATION WANTED
The Red Cross wishes to get in
tou:h with the following persons, any
information as to their present post
office will be appreciated:
Lonie Long.
James Franklin Womack,
Mary Elizabeth Pruitt.
Ella Vernon.
Lena C. Finley.
Nathan Alexander Wood.
Mary Payne.
Please notify, Mrs. M. A. Lasater.
Home Service Sectoin, Pauls Valley,
Oklahoma.
Forty-eight years experience re-
pairing sewing machines of all makes
enables me to guarantee my work.
Instruct on all machines. Perman-
ently located in Pauls Valley. Phone
No. 435 or 105.
"LOUIS K. WALKER. _
COMMITTEE TO WELCOME
PRESIDENT
The state wide organization that
has been formed to welcome Presi-
dent Wilson and his party to Okla-
homa City and the State on Septem-
ber 26th will have on its personnel
several Pauls Valley citizens. Those
who have been named as members of
the reception committee and receiv-
ed notice that they will be expected
to be in Oklahoma City on the above
date to act in this capacity are: H.
G. Butts, Walter L. Hart, H. M. Carr.
W. R. Wallace. H. F. Tidmore, C. F.
Hart, Forrest Thomas and Jesse Al-
exander.
COTTON BEGINNING TO COME
Cotton picking was started this
week in most every precinct in the
county and has begun to come pretty
rapidly, several bales a day and with
in a week or ten days will be coming
in at a heavy rate. Prospects are
fine for the largest yield in several
years and the price is ranging up
above thirty cents which makes the
fleecy staple look good and promises
to put our good farmers out of the
hole once more and on the road to
prosperity.
AJr. and Mrs. T. L. Chamiee enter-
tained the following guests at their
pleasant country home with a dance
in honor of Mrs. Tredwell and daugh-
ter, Miss Thelma of Dalton, Georgia,
who are their guests for the week:
Misses Essie Reaves, Maud San-
ders, Shannon, Murray, Mr. and Mrs.
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon John-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hart, Dr. and
Mrs. Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Kimberlin, Mr. and MrB. Brinley,
Mrs. Hancock of Bradley, Mrs. Joe
Johnson, Mrs. Bondell of Royal. Mes-
srs Ben Wright, Walker Trahen, How
ard King, Grant Murray, Theo Hart.
Dock and Fred Sanders.
After dancing ice cream and cake
were served.
on these items named. After taking
the matter up with the different
members of the state board and the
assistance of Attorney General Freel-
ing and other state officers Mr. llous-
er end Mr. Parks succeeding in get-
ting the matter straightened out and
thus saved those who pay on horses,
cattle and personal property a valua-
tion of about eighty thousand dol-
lars. Garvin County had met the
thirty per cent raise exacted of them
by the State Board and these gentle-
men felt they were entitled to have
their valuations as rendered sustained
by this board.
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t ers have been bidding right up and
showing more interest in the buying.
Prices have ranged $50.00 to a hun-
dred dollars a ton better than
been offered here since the season op-
ened. Lots of corn has been coming,
all facilities for handling the brush
has been taxed to the limit and the
new warehouse has been doing a big
business handling the brush for the
buyers and storing some for thefar-
me;*B. However the bulk of the
brush has been marketed and will not
be so heavy from now until the last
comes.
SALVATION ARMY
ORIVE COKING
Miss Roxie Hughs has been named
as chairman of the Salvation Army
Home Service drive that will be held
Seutember 29th to October 4th for
funds for this organization and has
bc^n busy selecting precinct workers
who will assist her in puttinp tho
county over in this drive. Letters
have been sent out to those selected
asking them to call Friday and get
literature for circulation and instruc-
tions for conducting the drive. Miss
Hughes has been very active in get-
ting her organization perfected and is
confident that the county's quoto will
be met in short order.
PLANTERS (.IN 1IEADV
BY SATI RDAY.
OLD CONFEDERATE VETERAN
WATER BOND ISSIE CARRIES
The election on Friday to vote ad-
ditional water bonds in the sum of
.$20,000 went t)ff very quitely with a
very light vote being cast. The bonds
were carried by a substantial majori-
ty of the votes cast and the City Com-
missioners will proceed to issue the
bonds and make the necessary arran-
gements to drill additional wells and
purchase machinery to operate them.
IfOuis K. Walker who came down
from Purcell Monday to sjiend a few
davg repairing sewing machines is an
interesting old gentleman and a vet-
eran of the civil war, having fought
fpr the lost cause on the southern
side and is conversant with southern
events for the past decade. Mr. Wal-
ker has had 48 years experience in re-
pairing sewing machines of all makes
and understands the game thorough-
ly. He is a very courteous old gen-
tleman who makes a friend of every
one he meets and as there is no other
;fc rson here who makes a specialty of
this class of work he should get all he
can do which is evidenced by the fact
that he has been busy ever since he
arrived in town Tuesday. His adver-
tisement stating , where he may be
found if needed will be found in this
issue of the Democrat.
EIRE DESTROYS BVILDING
AND CONTENTS.
F. W. Morgan, manager of the
Planters Gin Company, announces
that they expect to be ready for gin-
ning by the coming Saturday. All
has work is being pushed in an effort to
train out the machinery on Friday
and have everything in readiness for
business by Saturday.
The gin is equipped with five 70-
saw stands of the Lummus automatic
make and has a capacity of GO bales
in daylight run and 100 bales in
twenty-four hours by working two
shifts.
Every modern convenience known
to the ginners is embodied in the new
Planters Gin and they expect to be
able to take care of the business at
all stages of the season.
The old warehouse on the lot in the
rear of the First State Bank caught
on fire about 8 o'clock Saturday
morning and was a mass of blazes
before the fire department arrived on
the scene. Two streams of water
was soon thrown on the fire however
and prevented is spreading to any
other building. The new fire truck
was tried out on a fire for the first
time and did excellent work throw-
ing a strong stream of water that no
doubt did much towards retarding the
progress of the fire. The building
and contents were a complete loss.
About four or live thousand dollars
COTTON PRICES GOING IT
The local cotton market took a
sky-rocket Wednesday and went up
to 31.75 in the lint and around 12c in
the seed. Later it cropped back a
half cent but is still strong and looks
gool for 35c before another week.
SELLS FARM NEAR BRADLY
Porter Bros., real estate dealers,
closed a sale on Friday in which they
sold a 220 acre farm pelonging to Joe
Ball located 2 miles east of Bradley
in Garvin County to B. A. Mantooth
worth of broom corn, hay and other | Rosedale for the consideration of
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. McGaugh mo-
tored to Sulphur Sunday afternoon.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween S. B. Harkreader and J. H.
Cunningham, ot Pauls Valley, Garvin
County, Oklahoma, under the firm
name of "Central Garage" was disolv-
ed on the 16th day ot September, 1919
by mutual consent: J. H. Cunning-
ham, is hereby authorized to collect
all debts due to said partnership, and
all bills will be paid by him.
Dated Septernl/er 16th, 1919.
S. B. HARKREADER.
J. H. CUNNINGHAM.
School Books
and Supplies
All your supplies necessary for School Work are
to be found at our Store.
The New Adopted Books will be received within
the next few days. Don't forget we have the most
complete stock of School Supplies in your county.
i If You Want
List It
to Sell Your Farm
With Us
stuff stored in the house and no in
surance on any of it was among the
loss. The telephone company were
heavy* losers, having one of their big
cables carrying over 200 wires burned
into. Service to patrons particularly
in the east part of town has been par-
alized while workmen have been
busy repairing the cable.
$27,500.00.
NEW BRICKS GOING I P
III ILDING FINE HOME.
E. L. McCrummen, formerly of Pa-
oli, has purchased lots on north Paul
Avenue and started the erection < f a
$15,000 home that when completed
will be one of the most beautiful
homes in the city. The McCrummens
will occupy this residence when com-
pleted.
Work on the two new brick build-
ings for F. N. Pruitt just east of J.
E. Goad's hardware store is coiping
along nicely and the walls are hearing
completion. Three weeks more if
material can be had will see these
buildings finished and ready for oc-
cupancy. J. A. Stokes and Ben
Wright have one of the buildings ren-
ted and will open a grocery store
whife the other has not been rented.
WE HAVE SOME BUYERS WHO WANT
WASHITA BOTTOM FARMS.
By having an office in Pauls Valley and Purcell
each, we are enabled to locate a large number of
buyers and can make a quick sale at the best price.
If you need a farm loan come to see us. We rep-
resent the largest companies doing business in Ok-
lahoma and can lend you liberal amounts at low
rates. Your money is ready for you the day your
title shows good. We have had several years expe-
rience in lending money on real estate in this part of
Oklahoma and will give you a service which will be =
appreciated.
INDIANS RECEIVING PAYMENT.
Application blanks for the forth-
coming per capita payment to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians have
(been received at the local post office
and banks. Many of the applications
have already been filled out and re-
turned to Muskogee. According to
advices received mailing of the
checks will commence on or soon af-
ter September 15th.
Choctaws will receive a per capita
payment of $140.00 each and the
Chickasaws $200.00 each.
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BARBER SHOPS CONSOLIDATE
Avry & McGee have consolidated
their barbershop with the shop re-
cently purchased by John and Bill
McGee from Walter Roundtree and
the two are now located in the old
Roundtree quarters and these four
gentlemen working there.
RESIDENCE FOR SALE
I have decided to sell my home
place Jn Pauls Valley located * just
south of W. M. Freeman's on North
Oak St. Occupied at present by R. L.
Phillips. If you want to buy this
place write or phone the owner, C. A.
Sanders, Lindsay, Okla. tf.
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BAKER DRUG COMPANY
THE NYALL QUALITY STORE.
Phone 52. Pauls Valley, Okla.
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I PORTER BROTHERS |j
jj 2nd Door W. Post Office.
PAULS VALLEY. PURCELL.
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WHO'S
Your Farm ^
Loan Man •
See Walter L. Hart for sudden service, a cheap rate
and liberal amounts. Write or call collect.
H WALTER L HART
1 * PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA
| | Office Phone 442. Residence Phone 428.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF
The First National Bank
PAULS VALLEY.
SEPTEMBER 12th, 1919.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts -- — - — $463,873.04
Bonds, Securities, Etc. - -- 95,790.87
United States Bonds .. .. — 256,245.00
United States Certificates of Indebtedness 40,000.00
War Saving Stamps 5.499.00
Bank Building and Fixtures 25,800.00
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank . . - 4,500.00
Five Per Cent Fund 4,650.00
Cash anil Sight Exchange - — _ - 191,415.17
Total 11,087,773.08
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock I $100,000.00
Surplus Fund — - — ........ 50,000.00
Undivided Profits 13,853.23
Circulation .... 93,000.00
Bills Payable 25,000.00
DEPOSITS H05.919.0K
Total |1,087,773.08
Officers:
T. G. Mays, President.
J. ii. Thompon, Vice Pres.
C. F. Grant. Vice Pres.
E. \V. Low, Cashier.
J. n. Roach, Asst. Cashier.
b. A. Sparks, Asst. Cashier.
►o«o;
Director*:
r. G. Mays.
J. B. Thompson.
C. F. Grant.
W. C. Van Hoozer
E. W. Low.
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