McCurtain Gazette. (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 10, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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McCURTAIN COUNTY MADE
GOOD ON W. S. S. PLEDGES
lit your mon#y
in our
NATIONAL
l BANK
13.
Volume
Mabel» McCurtain County, Oklahoma, Wednesday, July 10, 1918
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McCurtain County is large in area
and much of it lies in the mountains,
and many of the districts are re-
mote and without telephone or tele-
graphic communication.
For this reason the local board has
found difficulty in getting returns
of pledges in the late W. S. S. drive,
ending June 28th. However, on Mon-
day, returns were in from 82 out of
85 school districts, showing pledges
amounting to >824,206. The county’s
Quota was >800,000.
The three districts which have not
yet sent in their reports have quotas
totaling more than >30,000. These
outstanding pledges should bring the
county’s pledges up to >900,000 or
>100,000 above its quota .
The Gazette considers this a splen-
did showing, in fact better than many
counties with greater population and
wealth than McCurtain County, and
shows the splendid organization of
the county and the activity and pa-
triotic work of C. L. Ellers, Mrs.
Tinker and others having the work
in hand brought results far above
common expectations.
In every drive for Red Cross, W.
S. S. and Liberty Bonds McCurtain
County has answered nobly to the
government’s call and will continue
to go over the top meeting, all furth-
er demands of the government.
Safety for your money and service are two things for
which our National Bank stands.
Come in and open a bank account with us. We shall
give your money the safety which our being a member of
the Federal Reserve System of Banks insures. We shall
give you the service of a bank which holds its business by
treating its customers right.
Come in and do business with us.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
TO THE VOTERS OF
Mccurtain county.
DRIVE AGAINST ARKANSAS
DRAFT RESISTERS IS ON.
DR. WYNNE, OCCUUST
Idohtl, Oklahoma Phone No. ST
»d “as E«;iEidKd.s
GLASSES SCIENTIFICALLY FITTED
.. J11*8 il“trict'y ,the work of a Specialist of Disease of
E.ye\. 0ne who knows the diseases of the Eye and es-
Ms° No?e> Throat, Mouth and Teeth.
,^ADENOIDS and Tonsils:—I am prepared to do the op-
eration for their removal at each visit to IDABEL. ^
One regular visit each six weeks. Phone 51 or inquire
Johnson Hotel. IDABEL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8th
Heber Springs, Ark., July 9.—The
exodus of women and children, un
der guard, from the stronghold of
the draft resisters of the Cleburne-
White county line has begun, and
will continue until all noncombatants
have been cleared out. This work is
j preliminary to the big drive of to-
i morrow, when it is planned to bring
the draft resisters to bay. It is not
yet ascertained definitely how many
men are in the band, but the con-
sensus of opinion is that there are
about 14, and it is known that they
ceased when that organization pass-
ed out of local control.
Miss Collins was very popular in
Idabel and enjoys the friendship of a
wide circle. Her duties as steno-
grapher for the County Attorney of
McCurtain County brought her prom-
j iuently before the people, especially
I with those having business in the
.County Attorney’s department, and
her uniform courtesy and pleasing
_ disposition and personality won for
. her the friendship of the entire pub-
. .. . be. For two years Miss Collins has
heavily armed. Three of them been with the County Attorney’s de-
ar* Ud„e er e" fr°"! C“mp Plke and Payment of Choctaw County as
Tw“ automohe| rifles' atcno*raPher' her home in
iwo automobile loads of women Hugo.
and children, including the mother of . , ¥
^ — ~ - After enjoying their short* vaca-
Hosts of friends of each of the
contracting parties await their ar-
rival that they may pay them tribute,
as their great popularity deserves.
IDABEL SUFFERS FROM
SHORTAGE OF WHEAT FLOUR
For the first few days this week
Idabel merchants have been complete-
ly out of wheat flour and as a con-
sequence housewives all over the city
have been serving com bread exclu-
sively, or using other substitutes.
Because of this shortage in the
local Hour supply Fred Wilkins clos-
ed his bakery temporarily Monday.
It is stated, however, that a supply
will be received in a dgy or two when
merchants will be able to supply
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nine of the Osbourne children, under - - ' ' _______
14 years of age, were brought in to-1
day. Although martial law has not
as yet been declared in Cleburne
county, to all practical purposes mar-1
tial law exists.
l FRENCH ACHIEVE A
I am a candidate for the office of
County Superintendent of Public In-
struction of McCurtain County before
the democratic primary to be held on
August 6th. For a number of years
I have been engaged in teaching in
the rural schools of Oklahoma. The
experience gained while so engaged I
think qualifies me for the duties of
the office to a greater extent than
would have been the case had I been
engaged in teaching in city or town
schools. It is a fact that seventy-
five percent of the scholastic enum-
eration of McCurtain County is in
the rural communities. The teaching
conditions of these rural schools are
such that they require a closer sup-
ervision
NEW LOCAL SUCCESS j l^ntaT^
‘ toft Mf’Texas.
have been in
San An-
WED
r While waiting for the German high)
command to show its hand in begin- ——"--
ning a new assault, the allied forces J HUGO THE MECCA FOR
on the western front are giving the THOSE WHO WOULD
enemy little opportunity to perfect i
Irrt ^ laUnchin* Prominent Idabel Attorney Marries
nmh to th? ™ y‘ “Ct°; °n the i Formw Stenographer Here-Will
north to the Champagne front, in uTe Here
eastern France, there have been sud-
den thrusts at the German lines, st| Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
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— ~ "•Irjats.'sirs.s
feel that my experience and training
fit me to be of material assistance to
the teachers of the county in their
work and to our public school system
as a whole.
Owing to the fact that a large part | This particular blow wa3 struck by ro otUhom. „ _
of my time is taken up in discharg-; the French west of the Oise and T’ £'JT* t*™* T
n/g local patriotic duties I shall not "orth of the Matz river, on the bat ' £T*’lling “
be able to see all the voters of the' tlefield where the Gomans were L. r , “ tke holy
county before the date of tthe pri- stopped short in their attempt to I £offilLTnT T/i,Rev-* c; MiU-
mary, but I desire to ask of the vot- hew their way through to Comniegn. , Th* ,^PPy C0Uple left
er, a fair consideration of my claims 1 early in June * ComPleKn-, immediately for Dallas. Fort Worth
.i— — . . — _ i and Eagle Pass, Texas, where they
whether or not I
them personally.
am able to meet
Respectfully,
F. S. PHELPS.
the will visit the army camps, friends
HUNS KID THEMSELVES.
on the part of the County _
Superintendent of Public Instruction German Press Says Baker Has Ex-
than do the town and village schoools, aggerated Figures.
due to the fact that in the latter _
schools usually a sufficient number of Washington, July 9.—-Publication
teachers arc employed to justify the in Swiss papers of the text of Sec-!
principal or superintendent giving a | retary Baker’s letter to President
The French advanced along
Compiegne road, northwest of An- and relatives.
heu.1 and occupied the Loge and Mr. Arnett is prominent as an at-
Porte farms on each side of the high- torney in this city as well as ting
is imDortnnt^fr11"^ Tf haVe taken foremost >n many activities for the
is important from a defensive stand- advancement of the city and her in-
which The T dT" tHC r rCa ^ I tereSts‘ He Was ’nstrumental in the
in this part oftae ^ °f H°mC
area. , Guards and was given the rank of
---- Captain in that organization, which
IDARFI nnva iv has recentl>' been merged into the
IDABEL BOIS IN FRANCE National Guards. He is also Secre-
Wnrd w«. - „ , 'tary of the ,0CaI exemption board and
Word was received last week of has. as well, taken an active part in
GOODS IN SEASON
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Hay Machinery
MOWERS
RAKES
SIDE DELIVERY RAKES
BUCK RAKES
HAY PRESSES
REAPER ATTACHMENTS
part of ench day to directing the, Wilson giving the American troop the 8afe aPr'v»I >n France of Homer the Red Cross W S S and Libertv
Wrion ” U"der hiS SUI>er' i move"lenta t0 Europe by months I *Ior*a"- Bill Oakley, Basconv Coker, Bond campaigns and h!s aHJmhS
* 'caused German authorities to permit Herbe« Dooley and Claud Scott. ! self to be a true patriotic citizen
I have made a special effort to fit j its publication in Germany, accord ' TW“ *--------— ’ Patr,°t,C c,t,Ien
ROWLAND
Hardware and Furniture Co.
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myself for rural school work by j -np: to a dispatch received from i
taking special training in rural school j 3erne.
problems in the University of Ken- j The Kolinische Zeitung published
tucky, West Kentucky State Normal j the letter under the heading: “Amer-
and the Oklahoma Southeastern State lean Bluff,” the dispatch says and
Normal School which schools rank1
among the best in the country.
I believe the best teachers and the
most experienced teachers of the
county should be employed in the
rural communities, and the younger
and less experienced teachers should
secure work in the supervised schools
and if elected to the office to which
I aspire I shall study the needs of
each community to the best of my
ability in order that I may learn
their needs and will use my best ef-
forts to assist these communities in
each case to secure that teacher who
is best suited by experience, temper-
ment and professional ability to ren-
der the most efficient service to dis-
tricts in which they shall teach.
A number of years ago I deliber-
ately chose teaching as my lift work
and I am not uaing.it aa a stepping-
stone to some other profession. I
commented as follows:
“Mr. Baker thinks he will be able
to dissipate all doubts about exacti-
tude of his figures with his recita-
tions. It is, however, only the usual
American bluff. We know from reli- j
able sources that the figures in ques- i
tion are inordinately exaggerated
and in no way correspond with the
truth.”
GAZETTE’S SUBSCRIPTION LIST.
The Gazette has received the fol-
lowing new subscribers and renewals
this week:
Anthony Williams, Foreman, Ark.
Mra. D. T. Homan, Idabel.
A. E. Clarlc, Idabel.
P. J. Thomas, Haworth.
Robert Butler, Idabel.
Mack R. Phillips, Bismark.
Deposit Your Government Bonds in This Bank
Taking our receipt for same. We become responsible to you for
the bonds, collect your interest and place it to your credit If you
were to lose your bond it would be just like losing a twenty dollar
bill, no way to identify it.
Deposit with os and relieve yourself of that danger.
DAN STRAWN, President.
FIRST STATE BANK
EDGAR DOOLEY, Cashier.
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