The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 283, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 10, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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PAGE THREE
THE LAWTON CONSTITUTiON
Save "Your Coupons
LOOK FOR
THIS SIGN
Because it meant that the merchant
who ha* one at hi* door is aenrin«
your best interests.
The Alton Goods Coffee com** to you always fresh
roasted and with its fuD natural flavor and strength
"It goes further" "It dnnks better*
THE ALTON MERCANTILE CO.
ENID, OKLAHOMA
WritQ For Catalog
SNAP SHOTS.
Of course eloquence is eloquence,
but an orator is not nesessarily a
jumping jack.
The -faster married people live the
quicker they get a divorce.
Every man ought to be at least per.
mitted to lake care of iiimself ac-
cording to law.
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♦ BEAVER VALLEY ITEMS. ♦
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The singing convention at Fletch-
er, July 4, was well attended and
gome fine singing was done.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sanders went
to Sterling Sunday to e? their sick
ESQ
^Tthe ALTON goods.-g.
« « *> « !♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦ • ♦ manche county.
* * Walt Blumenshine is now the
♦ RICHARDS. * proud possessor of a fleeting fashion-
able Ford and glides along with his
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Everything is continuing to look
lovely in these "digging" the Fourth
having passed without anything of
importance or unusual transpiring.
"Sane and safe" sounds more like
celebration of our great day than
burning Are crackers, houses, barns
wife and two little Kalts as if the
world owed him a living and had li
iiuulated the liability.
gannymedes.
Full crew" does not mean today'daughter, Mrs. Bill Davis, who has
what the same words meant twenty- the typhoid fever.
a t ... ,.„ru „„„ Mr. Baker is thrashing Mr. Hoop-
five or thirty years a*o. |
The individual who ponders con- erg oats this week.
tinually over his or her own happi-! Davie Brooks visited Moll.e Porter
ness here and hereafter is too selfish ISunday^ ^ ^
"itTgett'ng so that good advice is down Friday to visit relatives and at-
considered an insult even by young tend the picnic and singing conven-
[ ... ,tion at Fletcher Saturday and Sun-
boys with pips.
Flatterv is sweeter than honey and day.
the honeycomb, and there U plenty of Noraand Nellie W'lker.onspen
it for all the suckers. , Wednesday night with Bertha and
The sort of following that marks a (-race Baugh.
man strong is not a following of men Mr. and Mrs. Harrel, a sister of
v u aunnartAd but u fol- Mrs. Cloud who came some time a«o
by whom he is supported, out u 101
lowing of boys and girls whom he to visit returned to the.r home at
lowing 01 " , 1 Burneville. Okla., Sunday.
himself must support | A number of people from this vi-
Wars may come and wars may k". .... . r, . ■ „
but Old Greed and Old Envy will con- cnlty attended the picnic at Fletcher
- • • Saturday and the singing Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Winters visited her
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs.
Weaver at Fletcher Friday and Sat-
urday.
Ethel Ricketts spent Friday night
at the Baugh home.
BIG BONNETT.
REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY
We have the most modern machine
shop in southwestern Oklahoma, and
are prepared to do all kinds of machine
repair work, including threshing ma-
chines and all other farm machinery.
HucK Auto Company
We fix 'em fight. AH work guaranteed
407-409 E AVE. PHONE 742
tinue to fight each other to a finish.
Tom lambert of Denver, Colorado,
representing the Wm. Young Co., of
Pueblo, Colo., is in lawton looking af
NOTICE.
My office will be closed until Aug-
ust loth. J. D. LENORT, Dentist.
DANCING AT MEDICINE PARK
DUming me irntncio, * —
and bonfires, and depopulating the {ter the buying of tax sale certificates,
barefoot boys like we "uster do when .This company owns more than half a
we wuz a kid.' ! million dollars worth of certificates
This part of the terrestial ball will! scattered in all parts of the United
soon he known as the Bachelors Beat ( states.
if a few mo.t of our feminine popu-1
lation leave to visit relatives. Mrs. I John jjcKinney and wife and duu-
Claudi Bently has been visiting her I shteri of fcoliver, Mo., are here visit-
brother for some two weeks in north-1 t(ip famjjy 0f J.'w. Paynter, 502
em Oklahoma. Mrs. Herman Bently . A avenue, Mrs. McKinney is a niece
left for Arkansas last week for a ; jjr paynter s, Mr. McKinney is the
several days' sojourn with kinfolks,! owner 0f a large abstract company at
and A. B. Sperling is whiling away1 Boliver.
the lonely lagging hours while j
his family visits relatives for two; CALWELL HIDE CO.
weeks at Comanche. ; _____
Mrs. Tom Sperlh.;,' visited Mrs., Ig the place to Bell your cow, horse
Moltham near Cannon school hou^f: hk)es and w00i, The very top market
last Thursday. d Market stronger than ever
Prod King has followed inJh. ^ ^ befoie „ aUver.
wheeltracks if several of his neigh- ^ ^ ^ 0ne b)ock west
bors; sold In ufivlhg team and pur- ^ l9wton Ice Co] 123 F Ave. Phone
chased a Ford. If this buying of, 3^
Henry's keeps on the farm wagon, the ^
buiEgy, the hack, the surrey and the ritrAI CARRIER EX-
sulky Will be relegated to the dump MOTOR RURALjCAKKIKK
pile to be resorted to and run no more ' * *
forever' ' Motor Rural Carrier Examination
About everybody from this part of,for Cache. Faxon, Lawton, Fletcher
the county attended the singing con-, gnd indiahom , August 14th; citizen?
vention at Fletcher last Sunday ar.d ^ county eligible; special course of
all report the greatest meetir.g of ,he jinstructioni $10.00; particulars free,
organization. Federal Civil Service School, Kellogg
Gailen Worsham and mothar from ■ Washington, D. C. 7-8 3tp
Rush Springs are visiting old friends '
here this week and incidently par-j ROCR ,gLAND NORTH BOUND.
taking of the roasting ears, garden ,
truck, fish and other delicious deli
-ies which this, the land of prom-, No. ,0«- Uave at 8.30 A. M.
ise and fulfillment boasts of. INo- 112 ' 61
Baker's thresher is doing full dut> or an a '•
now and most of the available -,cn in No. 700-I^s ut .8.4o. P. M.
the community are endeavoring to 705_Leaw, at . ... 11:50 A. M.
keep it busy. ' 703—Leaves at 7:05 P. M.
Com looks more and more Mae,
The Medicne Park management hai
erected a dancing pavilion and same
will be opened for use on Saturday
night. Special music will be secured
land the dances will be made a feature
! of the season's entertainment. Miss
Carryee Rone, dancing instructor of
Oklahoma City, will have charge of
the pavilion and will teach
dances. The pavilion will
advertised List.
July 7, 1915.
LETTERS—Anderson
Co.: Burnam, H. R.; '
(2) Evans, E. M.; Fuller,
Monroe; Hensley, Dr. H
aid, T. C.; Morgham,
the naw | Moore, G. M.; Nelson, Robert; Peters,
be open'Mrs. M.; Ritcheson, Earl: Robertson,
H; McDon
Hearham;
every night .except Sunday and .spe-1 Frank; Shepard, Lynie; Tecyman,
cial music wil be provided for Wed-1 Willie; Worthington, Mrs. Ed; Whit-
nesdays and Saturdays.
7-8 3\
Remember the ice cream social to
be given by the ladies of the First M.
E. Church, tomorrow evening, on the
church lawn. Cake and cream 10c.
7-8 at
FARMERS'
ADVERTISING
COLUMN
Free to subscriber* of the Lnwtou Coo
fltltutlou l Comauche uud Cotton Coun
B«toek advertUlim. Want., for Ml. and lhe>'
ing, Grover; White, Frank
DEAD LETTERS—Roch, Ethel
Mae.
CARDS—Hoakingorne, Mrs. Stella;
Woodson, Mrs. A. E.
All the above remaining uncalled
for two weeks from date #ill be sent
; to the dead letter office.
When calling for any of this list
please give date.
Respectfully,
.ROBERT LANDERS, Postmaster.
GIRLS WITH BEAUTIFUL FACES
I OR GRACEFUL FIGURES.
| American girls have a world-wide
| reputation for beauty, but, at the
; ,ame time, there are girls in our
1 cities who possess neither beauty of
face nor form, because in these in-
stances they suffer from nervousness,
! the result of disorders of the woman-
ly organism. At regular i tervals
suffer so much that thei"
Throw your busnfofroiJ into high
Gear up hy Long Distance Telephone
Telephone-usage and profit-dollars are so related—
"tooth and gear"-that to idle along on the loose pulley
without the use of The Long Distance Lines makes the
road to success an uphill pull.
Rales to nearby points are listed in your directory.
Pioneer Telephone
and Telegraph Company
j
i
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SCHOOL CHILDREN
Every Student in and around Lawton should take advantage of the
special prices during vacation.
iveriiBiuic. v ituin. -
; ;ilso Farm IIelp Ads and Pool
Exchange
ThM free nils, will IX llmlte.l to 30 wordl
jjnil will l.e run 11 tlinM Mia <1
not lie enlnrged to cover other thlngn- di
""Tliu 'slm'k ndvertlalng Is * hlg 'Wng^toi
the farmers. There Is some one "
strength leaves them; they are so
prostrated that it takes days for
them to recover their strength. Of
course, such periodic distress has its
1*,,'°'j bad effect on the nervous system
Teeth Cleaned
30c.
Silver Filling "iOc
Gold Crowns $1
Bridge Work
per tooth .. $4
Porcelain Filling
$1.00
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
STAR PAINLESS DENTISTS
322 1-2 C Avenue Dr. W. A. Evans
Phone 290.
R' yiu can Bnd >1' The withered and drawn faces, the
1 . J . unha/.pl bar IP
bumi>er and our hearts are longing
No. 7
for the time to come when we can ^
hear the beautiful golden ears bump- j
ing against the bump board, as we
gather in the fifty bushels per. |
A letter fron. J. T. McCraw and j
wife, who are visiting down in the
rough and rocky Garvin county where
they formerly lived, reports roads the
worst they ever saw, crops ruined by
hail, storm and rain and thing de-
vastated and destroyed generally. We
are slad to remain and reside in Co
Chattanooga Branch
15—-Leaves at ....11:55 A. M.
—Arrives at ....3:30 P. M
"ur'w.J'tt dark circles and crow's feet about the
In our K11r.11 Advertising Column leyes, the straight figure without
Jnltftolhlii""" Conituutlon. (those curves which lend so much to
v.r i- . T, I feminine beauty are the unmistakable
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 01 ^ of womanly disorders.
hotel, a 160 acre farm. V> rite a) when a g|rl becomes a woman,
462, Lawton, Oklahoma. 7-9 -1
when a woman becomes a mother,
— , l when women pa" through the
PLUMS FOR SALE $1.00 per bush-
FRISCO TIME TABLE.
No. 10.
No. 9 ..
No. 407
East.
Arrives
8:10 a.m.
West.
Arrives
1:15 p. m.
.. .10:00 p. n.
el. Fine for jelly and canning. H.
A. Phillips, Route 2, six miles east
and two miles south of Lawton. Tele-
phone XX line 515.
Departs
8:15 a. m.
Departs
1:20 p. m.
$400,000 FIRE
changes of middle life, are the three
periods of life when health and
strength are most needed to with-
stand the pain and distress often
caused by severe organic disturb-
ances.
At these critical times women are
best fortified by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription, an old
lawton
Mestage
No. 5
LOSS IN JUNEMcl^ss
LUvU 111 JwM regulated and in excellent condition.
j Mothers, if your daughters are
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 7.— ,Weak, lack ambition, are troubled
Seven were burned to death in Okla j wjth headaches, lassitude and are
homa during the month of June, ac-|pale and sickiy> Dr. Pierce's Favorite
cording to the report of State Fire presCription is just what they nee
Marshall C. C. Hammonds to the in to sure|y bring the bloom of health
surance commissioner given out tQ tbeir cheeks and make them strong
Monday. and healthy.
The total waste resulting from fires lf you are a sufferer, if your
was $400,435.70, but when the $300,- daUKhter, mother, sister need help
885 loss caused by lightning striking : Ret Dr pjerce's Favorite Prescrip-
oil tanks, the loss from ordinary fires,'Uon jn ,iquid or tablet form. Then
/— iM= Ik™ tliB loss for jjjjj.pgg |)r. pierce, Invalids' Hotel,
SNAP SHOTS. |
It may be all right to hitch your
wagon to a star, young man; but
don't be surprised if you have motor
troubles.
Oar idea of a thrifty person is one
who takes a kodak 011 his vacation and
brings home some of the scenery he
buys. •
The reason a man thinks he under-
stands politics is because he talks it.
It must be admitted also that
Methuseleh got by very well befoie
breakfast foods were invented.
Another thing we have often won-
dered over is whether a woman lath-
ers her corn before she shaves it with
her husband's razor.
I As a general thing, when wife re-
igards husband as her meal ticket she
I doesn't go in for dieting.
DYNIMITE
NOT ABOARD
By the United Pre.?3.
I NEW YORK, July 8.—The Phila-
delphia wired yesterday that the big
| dynamite trunk that Holt is known to
' have had is not aboard. The careful
I searching of the piers during the load-
ing of the Saxonia has led the officals
to believe that it is not aboard that
' vessel either, although no word has
1 een received from the Saxonia.
To the Business
Men of Lawton
prSTrffi "sucb'r^nU. g~.«.o
£2 prid. which is sti—d.
$90,550, is far less than the loss for
June in 1914.
Losses from cigaret and cigar
smoking for June, 1915, showed an
increase over the month in 1914. Loss
'of $3,900 was caused by careless
smokers, according to the fire mar-
shall.
Hammond expressed in his report a
belief that the Oklahoma record last 'thirty-two public service cor-
year of three fires from the indulg j porations ,)aJsed by the board of
A. V. Simpson, who was called at
the bedside of his mother, Mrs. S. M.
Simpson, who has been very ill for the
past two weeks returned to his home
in Avinger, Texas, as she is im-
proving very fast. j f
Mrs. H. G. Haygood who has been
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. C.
W. Simpson returned to her home ir.
Dallas, Texas.
Pi.'ffalo, N. Y., and receive confidenti-
al advice from a staff of specialists,
that's free; also 136-page book on
women's diseases sent free.—Adv.
HIKED $178,000 A DAY.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 8.—In a
'ence in exposive patriotism would be
beaten this year.
Dutch Boy
White Lead
JIWl BHUI'-l I " *
equalization Tuesday the assessments
were raised $178,000 over the assess
ments on the same companies a year
ago. The corporations represent elec-
tric light, gas and power companies.
The board will be working on these
OATS WANTED
Will pay the highest market price
delivered at 27 and 29 C street.
SAN ANTONIO GRAIN CO., 'conce™~s for the next two or three
G-25 1 mo. H. E. DIEL, Agent, j days
L. J. LATHRAM.
Third Street
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly | j jj Russell was kicked by
The Old Sundird gtn.rml Mrengthenlng tome, I • . ,tv badlv in-
urove's tasteless chili TONlc.driTe« out horse yesterday ana preiij u«uiy
MiUril.enrichet the blood, build, up the .yfUm. I . , but not dangerously.
A true Tonic. For .dull, and cluldren. 60c. jureu
I Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wolverton, ac-
companied by their neighbors, Mrs.
M. Hawkins and daughter, Marguer-
ite, drove up in their car from Law-
'ton Monday to see the great celebra-
tion, returning home the Bame day,
J whither they were accompanied by
j Miss Susie Wolverton, who had been
I visiting her sister, Mrs. II. M. Tilton,
and family.—Anadarko Tribune
1 Try a Costitution V'ant Ad.
ABUNDANT FLUFFY HAIR IS
IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE DANDRUFF
Ho. often hear . beautifulI worn." , JSSia'o "31 ta'r 1^5
referred to u havli.g rinal li'ai. « po.ltlv# retulU and 111 d.llcale.but
Denud. that head of It. l air and In- —-•>
uniuu« -
.teao of a queealr. royal benrlnK ' have
a (right. The hair mak™ all the dlff«r-
nca. To hava that *lorlou abundanoe
of radiant hatr which alwaya crown.
ratal head.'' ona ahould uie Nrwbroa
H«rp1cld«.
Herplcld* r«pr# ent« the last
word In
rafrtahlng odor recommend N.wbro'a
llerplclda to l«J'«a of reduamant «ver -
*Ne'wbro'l Herplc'.da In «Hi and "
U ...Id and guarantead to do all thai. !•
clalmfd If you are not .atlalled jour
money will b. refunded.
Appllcatlona mad. by tha beat Darbara
.cSrUTTwr. U deatr..;. and halr dr—
For Sale at
POWELL DRUG STORE 328 C Ave.
>w to make Law- •
«et city la South- •
loma. Boost. •
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DAILY EDITKHt,
DENT
UTINC
10NFER
<SING TO GO TOr
, TUESDAY TO
ILSON.
EU.S. FLA6
lis U. P. Con*,
ation Changes
f Reply.
). C., July 12.—
1 official text of
the American
mrfare, as it af-
strengthens tha
tciala that a most
delation! between
! been reached. b| .
feel the United
i accept the Ger-
e future conduct
on the high sea*
ermany vo disa-
3 Lusitania with
1 one hundred
view, has
lie outcome of
present cleariy
10 action by the
least another
Sunday. Several
to measure fill-
ed responsibili-
curred by the
ir. framing a
lation firmly,
ill go to Corn-
ty or two to
Wilson. He said
study the note
imunicate with
the German
call on See-
the week
r ht can be of
lation. No en
■de for a con-
irobably
idnesday.
-The under-
| s a United
it Germany is
11 concessions':
al great Ger-
:ed under the
the war ends,
g to abandon
is proposal is
d States ask-
Yners w illing.
undoubtedly
further says
of Germany
is was lost ia ' . I
> English. He ■'
1 shades of
the tone of
12.—Preai-
ditorial com-
to get public
the German.
5R SUNIMX
A-oen Lawton
Port Sill waa
all fans were
first gamo
and the sec-
seven inning
in favor of
Worth, Tex—.
:e.
1 '"ommuni-
No. 133, A.
jy evening,
k sharp for
the Master
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