McCurtain Gazette. (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 63, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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McCurtain
Volume 13
Gazette.
FIGHTING FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
TRAIN VIEWED BY THOUSANDS
They were all here Monday. feeling that they had seen some-|
They came in from the high-' thing worth while,
ways and hedges, from the little; Apparently what interested
house back of the farm and from t*le crowd m03t the shot-
the prosperous home by the side I a,G1“ airpIane'
, ... , , ; althojgh this had a close rival in
of the road, and they all brought. mieenwerfers or trench mortar of the draft. ................
their patriotism along. guns, captured by the Americans; the slacker class, a class partic-
The occasion was the active' at Chateau-Thierry. Two other I u,ai'ly unpopular in Oklahoma
beginning of the drive for the interesting big guns were the | because Oklahoma people are pa-
Pourth Liberty Loan subscrip- captured German 77mm, and the! triotic and loyal. Wright is also
tions. and the coming of the great French 75, the type of'wanted there on a charge of se-
Liberty Loan Special bearing !&un that gave the Germans their jduction. Thus he faces a double
grim and silent trophies from j first set-back at Verdun. Of the! crime. the one as reprehensive
the bloody battle fields of France j smaller guns the Lewis machine 83 other and by the time Un-
—guns and other war Implements gun and the Chaucat auto riflle cle Sam and the state courts get
magazine gun were the most no- through with him he’ll wish that
Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, Wednesday, October 2, 1918
Number 63
is sure to catch them, no matter
from what section of the coun-
try they came.
B. R. Wright is wanted in
Atoka county for alleged evasion
This placed him in
captured from the Germans by
our brave American boys, the
French and English in the late
fighting around Chateau Thiery,
Cantigny and other places along
the battle line, where for more
than sixty days a veritable hell!
of shot and shell has marked the
hours.
The train came in over the
table.
Many who have sons over
there were mightily interested in
the complete equipment of an
American soldier.
The aerial bomfcs and the
depth bomb, the former to be
dropped from the clouds upon
enemy and the latter used by U-
Frisco from Ashdown, arriving* boat chdsers to send death to the
here at 11 o’clock Monday. enemy beneath the water,
The train was manned as foI-| centers of attraction.
were
he had shouldered a gun and
gone hunting Huns along the
Hindenburg line on the road to
Berlin.
Wright was returned to Atoka
where he will be called upon to
explain his conduct.
lows:
Officials: J. W. Claiborne, as-
sistant superintendent Red River
Division: T. E. Fountain, road-
master; E. Stringer, division
foreman, all of Hugo.
Train Crew: Conductor, J.
H. McDaniels; engineer. John
Meredith; fireman, W. G. Mor-
row; brakeman, A. L.
Every fighting front in Europe
was represented on the train in
the presence of two French and
two American soldiers. Francois
Kerjeans represents two fronts.!
Idabel State
Bank is Now
National Bank
i^icocms iv\u irunis.
The other fighting fronts were younfi:e9t bank in Idalx
represented by an arial gunner °Pened its doors less than
The Idabel State Bank is the
Idabel. It
seven
uy an anai gunner ------------— ------ wv,vm
named Jacobson,and Sgt. Nolen, years ag0, and has experienced a
an Alabama boy who lost an arm Irapid and substantial growth.
Wood; at Chateau-Thierry, also by an-
other French soldier, Private 0.
Sam-Mac Johnson, whose fight-
ing name is Farcis. Gazette will
have more to say of these dis-
tinguished soldiers in another is-
porter. Will Tyos; all of Hugo
Immediately after the train
was run on the siding at the foot
of Main street those accompa-
nying the exhibit marched up to
the War Savings Bank, where sue.
on immense crowd had gathered, j Like the American soldiers in
eager and anxious to see and France are going over the top
hear all. The Hon. Cone John- the men and women and child-
son, of Tyler, Texas, was the j ren at home are carrying on and
speaker. On the platform with : putting the Fighting Fourth Lib-
him was a part of the exhibit.! erty Loan over without faltering
the most interesting of all—four and with an enthusiasm calcula-
soldiers who have stood the. ted to strike consternation to the
brunt of battle and are now out1 Kaiser’s soul—if he has one.
of the game from wounds re- McCurtain county’s quota is
ceived while hurling the Germans $314,500. Of this amount Idabel
back in the battles of recent j is pledged to raise $42,000. Each
date which really turned the school district in the county has
tide of battle in favor of the al-1 its quota, and reports coming in
lies. Two French and two j today indicate that a majority of
American soldiers gave living j them have already pledged them-
proof of the fact that there is selves for their full quotas, and
Its capital stock was $30,000, and
on September 30, had a surplus
fund of $3,000, and on that date
individual deposits aggregated
$307,812.34.
On the 1st day of October the |
Idabel State Bank ceased to ex-
ist. The state charter was re-
linquished and the bank was na-
tionalized, taking on the name of >
cording to a telegram received!
Thursday by C. R. O’Neal, which!
reads as follows:
‘‘Swan won first, Latimer
third, Weems fourth, on cotton.”
(Signed) “Tyler.”
Two Idabel
Boys Died in
French Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Greeley1
were officially notified by the1
War Department that their son,!
Thomas J. Greeley, 24 and un
married, died in a training camp
hospital in France August 30.
Thomas J. Greeley joined the
colors in May and on the 28th of!
that month left Idabel for Camp
Bowie, where he was in training
until he was sent overseas in
July.
Young Greeley came to Idabel<
with his parents in 1914, from
Central America. He was a
likeable young man and made
Inany friends here, all of whom
regret his untimely death. He
Is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Greeley, also two
sisters, Mrs. J. H. Henderson,
Balboa, Panama, Central Amer-
ica and Miss Winnie Greeley, of
this city. His brother, William,
is with the colors in France,
where he has been for about a
year.
DR. WYNNE, 0CCUUST
Idabel, Oklahoma Phone No. 57
My entire time devoted to Diseases (medical and surgi-
cal) of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
GLASSES SCIENTIFICALLY FITTED
., Jhis strictly the work of a Specialist of Disease of
the Eye. One who knows the diseases of the Eye and es-
pecially diseases of the Nose, 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 57 or inquire
Johnson Hotel. IDABEL, IDBEL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
Another Idabel
Boy Dead at
Willie Harrison was the son of
; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harrison,
old and respected citizens of Ida-
bel. He was 22 years of age.
Trnininet /\»**«*« He-’oined the colors May 29th
M I Cliff\*Qnip | i nd was sent to Camp Merritt
- i for training.
W. H. Harrison received a tel- Mr. Harrison informed the
egram Tuesday morning from Gazette that he had instructed
Camp Merit, New Jersey, bring-! the authorities at Camp Merrit
ing the new3 of the death of his to have the body sent to Idabel
son, Willie H. Harrison, at 8:30 for interment, but at the time no
o’clock a. m , October 1, but the funeral arrangements had been
nature of the disease which re- naade, and would not be, until
suited in the young man’s death officially notified of the action of
was not divulged in the message, j the camp authorities.
Paul Dillahunty- / .
Mrs. C. H. Crawford, who
lives about seven miles south
of Idabel, received a telegram
from Washington, dated Sep-
tember 28. bringing to her the
sad news of the death of Paul
Dillahunty, in a training camp
somewhere in France August 30.
Paul left Idabel on the 28 of
July for Camp Bowie, and re-
mained in training at that can-
tonment until he was sent over-
seas. He was 23 years old, and
war over there, and that they
played a conspicuous part in it.
But of these soldiers we will
speak at length further on. Mr.
J. N. Fortner introduced Mr.
Johnson to the audience. Cone
Johnson i> a familiar figure in
Texas politics, he is known in
Oklahoma and has a national
reputation as an orator. He was
for a year or two a solicitor in
President Wilson’s cabinet, be-
ing one of the legal advisers of
Secretary of State Lansing. He
is an eloquent orator, a forceful
speaker, and convincing in his
argument. He told plain truths
in plain words and at no time
did the audience lose interest.
After the speech making was
over the crowd surged down to
the Frisco station, where the ex-
hibit train was parked. The ar-
rangement was complete for
handling the crowd with the least
friction and for more than an
hour a steady stream of humani-
ty poured into the first exhibit
car and were kept moving to*
ward the rear where they filter-
ed out through the rear exit? all
then some.
Today the county-wide drive is
on- All business houses remain-
ed closed and the day was obser-
ved as a holiday.
In Idabel booths for the sale of
bonds, presided over by patriotic
men and women, are found ev-
erywhere. and bond salesmen are
canvassing the residence district.
They are meeting with success,
and at noon a campaign manager
informed The Gazette that Ida-
bel’s full quota will have been
secured before night. The same
is expected of the county.
To hell with the kaiser.
American National Bank. The
capital stock was increased by
$15,000, and its officers are: R.
C. Newton, president; Henry R.
Latimer, vice-president; J. B.
Goolsby, vice-president; S. E.
Barnett, cashier with the follow-
ing board of directors: John C. i "j ' ol u m?0'
,, , w,, 0. , _ ; i and was very much attached
SSmtr :
a son of the late Mark Dillahunty,
whose home was at Shults, near
Idabel. A brother, Guy Dilla
hunty, survives him, his parents
being dead. Before entering
army service Paul made his home
with Mr. and Mrs. Crawford,
to
McCurtain Co.
Took 3 Prizes
at State Fair
McCurtain County took first,
third and fourth prizes on cotton
at the Oklahoma State Fair ac-
A Coincidence-
Was it the hand of fate, or
simply a coincidence? Thomas
Greeley and Paul Dillahunty
were beth from the Idabel sec-
tion. They joined the colors
within a few months of each
other, were trained at Camp
Bowie, and both assigned to ser-
vice overseas. Both died on Au-
gust 30 in France from pneu-
monia.
GOODS IN SEASON
Cane Milk
Syrup Pans
Syrup Buckets
Springfield Wagons
Jno. Deere Buggies
Rock Island Hacks
ROWLAND
Hardware and Furniture Co.
i
Slacker-Seducer
Now in Tods;
Arrested Here
Slackers seeking safety in Mc-
Curtain county are sure to wake
up from their dream and find
themselves in the clutches of the
law. Sheriff DeWitt’s dragnet
Let Our Bank be of Service to You
A BANKING INSTITUTION SHOULD BE AS HUMAN IN ITS BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
AS THE MODERN RETAIL STORE—READ TO RENDER PROMPT PERSONAL SERVICE.
IF YOU APPRECIATE A PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE OFFICERS OF A BANK* IF
YOUR ACCOUNT DEMANDS OR NEEDS PERSONAL ATTENTION OR CONSIDERATION
THESE THINGS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FIRST STATE BANK, YOUR ACCOUNT LARGE OR
SMALL RECEIVES THE SAME CAREFUL ATTENTION. SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS FOR
YOUR LIBERTY BONDS AND STAMPS FREE, WHETHER YOU ARE A DEPOSITOR OR NOT.
FIRST STATE BANK
DAN STRAWN, President. EDGAR DOOLEY, Cashier.
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Old, W. J. McCurtain Gazette. (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 63, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 1918, newspaper, October 2, 1918; Idabel, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1043138/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.