The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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Uncle Sam
AND US
The firm is now "Uncle Sam & t"s." The partnership was not
of our seeking, but we have accepted it cheerfully and will live up
to our obligations under the contract-
Uncle Sain has seen proper to place a fixed price on your
and affidavits in certain cases.
Section 96. The Questionaire, an-
I swered and sworn to in strict accord-
| nee with these rules and regulations
! and in strict conformity with the
; pecific instructions governing each
? cries of answers, and each separate
nswer) must be filed with the local
oard oil or before the se"enth day
rom the mailing of the questionaire.
't shall be the duty of every regis-
trant to whom a fiuestionaire has
x-en mailed, but who for some rea-
son, has not personally received said
questionaire to apply to his local
board for a copy thereof Failure to
•• (be notice and questionaire
will not excuse tile registrant from
responding within the time limit, nor,
ill it be ground for extension of
ime.
He has- been careful and fixed a just price.
Our part of the contract is to see that the quality is fully up to
the highest mark.
This we have done, and your Christmas l'ires will burn clear
and bright if your coal comes from our ya,rds. Our stock is the
cream of the mines.
If vou are not already a customer of ours, a trial order will
coin nice you that you should be.
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Report? of decreasing l'-boat ac-
tivities indicate that the U. S. Navy-
is fast submerging the submersibles.
Church of Christ
Bible * cliool .it in A. M.
Regiil.it \v.;<-:r,i In itnline
| .Slipper ' ■ i :v Wuri'1 ■ . i 1! <>V! <•,k
I Preaching ever '2nd and 41li
Sunday I>> N. 0. U:iv.
Prayer ti ■ etin« ever.. Thursda; at
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Ql USTIONAIRE
The questionaire has been adopted
as a means of bettering the selection
of mn for th eselective draft The
blank form is very elaborate and the
persons concerned will have to be
very careful of the answers they give
to questions, as they are required to
make affidavits as to the truthfulness
of them.
There has been a board known as
the advisory board appointed over the
county in order to assist the men in
making their reports. It should be
borne in mind that these advisers are
not responsible for any answers that
may be given, but merely assist in
filling out the blank.
The men who are adjacent to the
towns of the county need not come
to Purcell to find out the particu-
lars. Each town has a man who can
tell them as much as they can find
out here.
The date of the questionaire has
not yet been decided. It will be in
i be near future. Seven days are giv-
en for the .registrant to inaKo the an-
swers and return the document.
There must be no evasions of the
questions, the truthful answers must
be given.
Some sections of the regulations
regarding.the questionaires follow.
Sec 91. (a) The Questionaire shall
consist primarily of a number of
questions, divided into 12 series of
questions (addressed to and to be
answered under oath by every .regis-
trant) designed for the purpose of
ascertaining the status of every reg-
istrant in relation to the various mat-
ters, things, and circumstances con-
stituting ground for exemption or
deferred classification. The Question-
aire shall also contain, as an integral
part thereof, affidavits in support of
claims for exemption or deferred clas-
sification in certain cases hereinafter
specified It shall also contain par-
ticular and specific rsgulatons and
instructions to registrants concern-
ing each series of questions and the
procuring and filing of certificates
A Look Into Our Tinware
will convince van of its quaiitv and
• ,
careful manufacture
A critical examination of work
we do in
Tinning
'will he just as satisfactory. Give
lis a trial and prove that we merit
' your patronage.
McDonald's Tin Shop
Purcell. Oklahoma.
An
Christmas Gift
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Take your choice.—A Kissel Kar or a Monroe Automo-
bile.—Look them over and you will find that these two
cars offer everything that provides for comfort, conven-
ience and economical upkeep. You can reach me by
phone at Norman, if you are interested. My headquar-
ters—Mclntires Garage. I will be glad to demonstrate
either of these cars to you. It will serve the purpose of
showing you much more than I could hope to tell you in
an advertisement.
13. M. BRAD>
Distributor McClain and Cleveland Counties.
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EVERT GERIGHEI r
REOCRQSSePENf
FOR RELIEFWORK
LIE CIRCULATED BY AGENTS OF
UNSPEAKABLE KAISER
IS NAILED.
HOW SOCIETY IS SUSTAINED
Half of Membership Fees Provides
Sufficient Funds for Adminis-
trative Purposes—Where
Subscriptions Go.
Hirelings of the unspeakable Kaiser '
have circulated more lies with refer-
ence to ihe American lted Cru s than
any otln i American oi :> ition. One
of tht-n lies was to the effect that a
big percentage of the millions of dol-
lars subscribed for linl ' - wo. k i
went to officials of the o -cii:/.ation.
This statement has no b,,. in t
whatever.
One hundred and twenty mill i :i
dollars was subscribed h.i the Red;
Cross by Americans last Jun.', and
not one penny of this morn v litis been
spent lor administrative work. When |
a membership in the Red riuv; is is-
sued, say lor $1, 60 cents of this
amount is sent to headquarters at
Washington for the administrative
fund and the remaining 50 ct nts is
kept by the chapter which issued thu
membership.
Where the Money Goes.
Not all of the $120,000,000 sub-
scribed in June has been collected.
Collections on Nov. 1 totaled $79,895,-1
355.68. Of this amount $9,129,389.21
is being returned to Red Cross chap,
ters for local relief work and the pur- j
chase of raw materials to be niado j
into hospital garments and supplies.
In addition to this total, appropria-
tions from the war fund up to Nov. 1
amounted to $40,851,259.20, of which i
$26,934,416.86 was for foreign relief. I
These foreign relief appropriations j
were apportioned as follows: France,
$19,581,240.47; Belgium, $720,001; Rus-
sia, $1,428,040.87; Servia, $493,203.76;
Roumania, $1,518,398.76; Italy. $214,-
i00; Great Britain, $1,060,520; miscel-
laneous foreign, $113,012; Armenian j
and Syrian relief, $1,800,000.
There has been apportioned for sup
plies, etc., for United Slates forces in
this country, $3,488,729; for hospital1
work, $379,500; for sanita.y service
about cantonments, camps, $183,500;
for miscellaneous items in United
States, $108,487.60, a total for thu
United States army of $4,120,216.60.
Other appropriations advanced for
hospital funds amounted to $220,000
The sum of $7,659,000 has been ex
pended in the purchase of raw ma-
terials to be worked into hospital ear- ,
ments, bandages, surgical dressings,'
etc., by various lay workers through
out the country. As local chattel i
purchased this material at cost from
the national organization, this sum
will eventually be returned to the
war fund.
Other German Lies.
Another lie is that American sailor:;
are sending word to friends that they
are receiving so mant sweaters and
other knitted garments that they art.
using them for mops aboard ship. |
The Red Cross, through George \V
Simmons of St. Louis, general man
ager of the Southwest District, recent
ly appealed for all knitted garments il
can possibly get. There is a pitiful
shortage and winter is coming on. Nc
matter how many knitted articles
went aboard a ship, none of them
would be used as mops.
Still another lie is to the effect that
Mrs. Frank V. Hammer, chairman ol
the St. Louis Red Cross Chapter, re.
ceives $15,000 a year for her services,
and that George W. Simmons, chair-
man of the Southwestern District, re
ceives $30,000.
Both Mrs. Hammer and Simmons do j
nate their services and pay their own
traveling expenses. In addition, Sim
mons and Mrs. Hammer have each
made large personal subscriptions tc
the Red Cross fund.
Yarn for Sweaters Is Free.
Another baseless German lie is tc
the effect that the Red Cross is sell
ing yarn to women who are knitting
sweaters and mufflers for the soldiers
The basis for this tale is a rule en.
forced by the Red Cross, which re
quires a small deposit when yarn is
turned over to applicants. The deposit
is refunded when the knitted gar I
ments and left-over yarn are returned, J
That a sweater knit in St, Louis f i
the soldiers in France was sold by Red
Cross worker* and identified by the
woman who knit It by a piece of cur-
rency sewed Into the fabric is anotihei
German lie.
Heads of th« Red Cross Society in
8t. Louis branded this as a bald fabrl
cation. Nothing kandled by the Red
Cross Society la aold.
Useful Ghistma
Art Squares.
Rockers.
Bed-O-Port
Pictures.
China—in odd pieces.
Dinner Sets
Bicycles for Children.
Go-Carts for Baby.
Come in my store and you will find some-
thing that will make a useful Christmas jj
present for any person.
Edgar J. .Keller
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KIVK DRAFT CLASSES
Order in Which Selectives Will 15o
Called to the Service
The Provost Marshal General has
authorized the following classifica-
tion of selectives into five groups, in-
dicating the order in which they will
be called into service.
CLASS 1
1. Single men, without dependent
relatives.
2- Married nia.u (or widower)
with children, who habitually fails to
support his family.
3. Married man dependent on wife
for support
4 .Married man (or widower)
with children, not usefully engaged,
family supported by income independ-
ent of his labor.
ti. Men not included In any other
description In this or other classes-
6. Unskilled laborer.
CLASS II
1 Married man or father of moth-
- rless children, usefully engaged, but
family has sufficient income apart
from his daily labor to afford reason-
able adequate support during his ab-
sence.
2. Married man, no children, wife
can support herself decently and
without hardship.
3 Skilled farm laborer engaged
in necessary industrial enterprise.
4 Skilled industrial laborer en-
gaged in necessary agricultural en-
terprise.
CLASS ill
1 Mai' with foster children de-
pending on daily labor for support.
2. Man with aged, infirm, or in-
valid parents or grandparents.
3 Man with brothers or sisters
Incompetent to support themselves,
dependent on daily labor for support.
4 County or municipal officer
5. Firemen or policemen.
6. Necessary artificers or work-
men in arsenals, armories, and navy
yards-
7. Necessary custom house clerk.
8 Persons necessary in transmis-
sion of mails
9. Necessary employes in service
of United States
10. Highly specialized adminis-
trative experts.
11 Technical ar mechanical ex-
perts in industrial enterprise.
12. Highly specialized agricultur-
al expert in agricultural bureau of
State or Nation.
13. Assistant or associate mana-
ger of necessary industrial enterprise
1 4- Assistant or associate mana-
ger of necessary agricultural enter-
prise.
GLASS IV
1. Married man with wife (and)
or children (or wiflowe,r with child-
jren i dependent on daily labor for sup
j port and no other reasonably ade-
quate support available
2. Mariners in sea service of mer-
chants or citizens in United States.
! Heads of necessary industrial
enterprises.
4. Heads of necessary agricultur-
al enterprises.
CLASS V
1 Officers of States or the Unit-
! i d States
2 Regular or ordained ministers.
I 3 Students of divinity.
4. Persons in military or naval
service.
5. Aliens.
6. Alien enemies.
7 Persons morally unfit.
K Persons physically, permanent-
ly, or mentally unfit.
9 Licensed pilots.
If you see her standing pensively
j and absent-minded beneath the mis-
tletoe- just take a second thought.
In Areola, 111., fond parents art
buying Red Cross memberships foi
children of all ages, including new
born babies.
Everyone cannot "go across" and
fight, but everyone can "come across"
with a membership in the Red Cross
and thus help those who do fight
Suffering humanity in many nations
is calling to us for help. VY'ti can
help through the Red Cross.
Trancients Take
Notice
We are still on the line and are going to
remain. We want all our old customers
and as many new ones as possible to stay
with us as we have stayed with you. You
will recognize our car by the J. A. B.
Transfer to Purcell on the windshi >ld.
J. A. Browne"
"The Old Reliable."
Phone 72 Lexington 205 Puree
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