The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 251, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 29, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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Tuesday Evening, May 29, 1917.
THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
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miNClPALLY
About PEOPLE
Society
Phone 134 (or plumbing repairs. D.
E Andrews. 11-21, 23. 26;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rush and son
were in the city yesterday from Cache
A. L. Lund puts in wtudov
V'Hone 194. 411 D Ave.
K«aa .
9-15-tf
Mrs. C. L. Clotheir of Fletcher was
visiting with friends in the city today.!
Pictures, frames, choice moulding
at A. L. Lund, 411 D. 12-14tf
C. W. Clift motored to Duncan today
on a brief business trip.
bee F. C. Roof at the Planing Mill j
for job work, 806 Ave. H. 5-7 1 mo p
.Miss Bow has returned from Ard-j
more, Okla., where she visited rela-
tives.
Joe Edwards left yesterday for
Kansas City where he will be for two
week" looking after business matte's.;
Join the Club. Put a Famous Hoos-
ier Cabinet ir the home at $1 a week.
Jones Furniture Co. 10-6tf'
Mrs. H. Ridgley left yesterday for
Carthaee, 111., where ^h>> will spend the
summer with friends.
I have an 80 acre tract six miles
north of Lawton for lease. F. A. Park-
inson, in Lawton Ford Bldg. 5-29 3t
A. L. Lund has just received the
largest shipment of window shades
ever brought here. Prices right.
12-30 3t
There's
another
good
thing
about
delicious
biscuits
• made
with
COTTOLENE
They
are
wholesome
FREE! Cook book containing 239
recipe* by famous cooks sent free.
Write The N. K. Fairbank Company,
111 West Washington Street,
Chicago, 111.
THE COMMON PRIVATE. ^
(By Chaplain C. H. Barnes.)
Then- are I.ieutenants and a Captain,'
n ;> Company well run,
There's a Major to attend to each
fcntalion,
Then there's Colonels and there's (len
Do You Dread Hot Weather?
Does It cut your energy, disturb your stomach or bring
.•ou near prostration? The well man isn't afraid of heat
• i ffrrjxwx*^ vwrrm we* ti imSXK&y&SffliiiSfiXs:
Club.
On Thursday the Wednesday Auc-
tion Bridge club will hold a picnic at
the home of Mrs. Rol Robertson on B eraltf of various degree,
avenue Then th«*re are privates of importance,:
most surely.
Mrs. E. (). Flood
Will Entertain. °n thc fteld of l,attlc- in a miffhty I
Mrs. E. 0. Flood entertained the onward charge,
three circles of the Baptist church this Who is U bears the brunt and fi*ht8!
afternoon with a social meeting at her' w'^ a couraKH large.'
j,onie Tis an easy question answered and
to each will relate
Married 'at Parsonage. That '' is th" common- >'"s — ■ "j « ==
Elmer C. Potts of Roosevelt and1 private. , Listen, lovely bride: The honey-;or ten days. If any person anywhere
Miss Rose Adkins of Marlow were mJon is over whcn >'0U1' hu8bll"d pre-; wants an ad in this book, write or
married yesterday, Rev R S Satter-iIn the dreary trenches, where all may|fers to stay down town and set lunch phone J. 1-. Ncely, Secretary of Fair,
field performed the ceremony at the
Jut it is trying on the weakened body.
BUILD UP YOUR STRENGTH
G#t your difwtion in order, remove til irritation, di«p*l *11
•tacnation. Put yourarlf in ahnpe to enjoy the summer with •
good tonic.
PERUNA INVIGORATES
It r<«tor®g thc perfection of dici'Mion and r« move* thi-inliam-
ed condition* (catarrh) that make you weak. It fr««h*n the blood,
steadied the nerve*, and Kupplicn jual what you n*td to enter the
hot seawn with ronfidenew.
Peruoa is a real tocir, with especial efficacy in catarrhal con-
dition*.
Liquid or tablet form—whichever is re out convenient—will
safeguard your health.
Tlie Peruna Company, Columbus, Ohio
parsonage, 704 D. Mrs. Monroe Pal-
mer, a sister of the bride, was present.
Young People Wed
ded Last Evening.
Last night at the home of Rev. A.
1L. Leake, Miss Uayle Crawford and
Mr. Thomas Phipps were united in
marriage. This young couple is well
be gloomy and wet,
To whom should w«* lift our hat, and
never forget?
Is it not the common private, with a
courage strong,
Who will gallantly fight or charge to
resnt a nation's wrong.
In the
rather than go home and pret kissed.
at once before
150 or 470.
it is too late. l*ho e No.
Sometimes a man is so afraid of
burglars he buys an eighteen-dollar i RHEUMAViSM.
pistol to help guard a dollar and, If you are troubled with chronic or
ninety-five cents in cash. muscular rheumatism give Cham-
ber Iain's Liniment a trial. The relief
WHOOPING COUGH. from pain which it affords is alone
One ef the most successful prepar- worth many times its cost. Obtainable
ations in use for this disease is Cham- everywhere.
THE MOBILIZATION CAMP.
silent night, when nature seems
at rest,
and favorably known to a number of|who is !t walks his Post to the throb-!berlain's Cough Remedy. S. W. Mc-
Lawton people. The bride is the daugh- bin* in his bre 8'. Clinton, Blandon Spring, Ala., writes,
iter of Mr. and Mrs. Hub Crawford,|And if an approaching step is heard,1 "Our baby had whooping cough as
and has resided here since the early' wilh a brace he 8t0P8 square, j bod as most any baby could have it. (By Chaplain C. H. Barnes.)
days. Mr Phipps is a prominent1'8 " not ,bc common private who:I gave him Chamberlain's Cough As you scan the old Par&de ground
I young business man and is employed shouts, Who comes there?" 'Remedy and it soon got him well."jWith its soldiers training there
by the Coco-Cola Bottling Co. Lawton I Obtainable everywhere. You are struck with awe and wonder
will be the home of the newly weds and
j they have many friends here who wish
ithem success and happiness.
In the bivouac of night when all is
lonely and still BKi
Many are the longing thoughts, and
dreams of home that thrill;
The Sunday school classes of the Pardon the suggestion , but how,So lhlnk klnd'y ot the P"vates, the
Southern Methodist church of Mrs.!w°"ld't to do to draft all the automo- men who fill the ranks.
Cliff and Mrs. Sneed, went on a hay!bile 8Pe«d fiend8 in,° the aviation|For many a lend<ir henr;(Ki lai1 ex
ride to Medicine Park Monday night. |corPs*
About forty young people made up the
crowd.
ecutes
flanks.
movements by their
Miss Lois Winn left yesterday for Misa Ruth Evans who has been
Edmond where she will attend summer teach'n£ herp in th * public schools for
aehool. the past year, left today for her home
in Kansas.
Miss Lillian McDowell, a teacher in
Our position is simply this: If j
grandma is going to wear girl clothes, I 'Tis not for him to ask, but he takes
grandpa has got a right to wear! it as it comes,
breeches that button onto his waist. I If its marching, fighting, charging,
; I i done like the beat of drums;
'So wherever duty calls him, whether
DONE WONDERS FOR ME." ! hard or hig ,ot>
_ The common private bears it all, it
I have been a sufferer from stom-
ach trouble for a number of years,
and although I have used a great
the Apache schools, is a guest of Mrs. \ Gilbert Winn has returned to Okla-
A. H. Garvin for the next month. homa ci,V to w««me his work with the
Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co., after
New shipment of $10 Milans just re- sPend'nB a few days here with his number of remedies recommended for
ceived for $5. Mrs. A. H. Garvin. parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Winn, this complaint, Chamberlain's Tablets
5-28 2tI 'is the first medicine that has given me
1 Our observation is that the aver- positive and lasting relief," writes
Mrs. Abe March returned yesrerday a*c man is Cladder for having ances- Mrs. Anna Kadin, Spencerport, N. Y.
from Duncan, where she had"been the tors ,hat were warriors <han for hav-|"Chamberlain's Tablets have done
guest of her sister since Friday. a °hance 10 be a warrior himself, j wonders for me and I value them very
highly." Obtainable * erywhere.
We do hemstitching and picoting COTTON MARKET
Bring us your work. Prices reason-
able. Singer Sewing Machine Co., 317' NEW YORK.
3rd St. Phone 162. 3-19tf Open
July 21.18
Rev. J. S. Lamar, 812 E Avenue, Oct 20.80
leaves today for Texas county to be j ^ec 20.85
gone until Friday.
Sales 100,
Mrs. Lace Fitschen and daughter
matters not.
If your thoughts you would declare;
FREE FAIR For as you look, think and ponder
CATALOG BEING PRINTED. Your very heart goes out with pride
For you see the boys who've answered
SI500 in ' ash Prizes at County Fair.
Also a Like Amount at fhe Various
Township Fairs—Get Ready For
the Fair.
Although it is dry and discouraging
at this time the Free Fair Directors
are planning to hold one of the big-
gest Comanche County has ever
had. is one yea aho/e all others
that the warmers need encouragement
And flocked to. Old Glory's side.
At the mobilization camp,
At the mobilization camp,
Are the boys whom we trust
In a cause that is just
Upholding humanity and Old Glory.
You see men with former service,
You sec also the Rooky there,
You see men from all vocations
The fair will help to do it. Regard-1Training so they can do their share,
less of the drough and in view of the,You see the squads as they're drilling,
national crisis the farmers are doing You see the whole company too,
their part the very best they can, it is!You see them on the practice march,
up to everybody else to assist and en-;And it thrills you thru and thru,
courage them in every way possible.1
We must not become discouraged, it j At the mobilization camp,
will rain one of these Jays and then At the mobilization camp,
Miss Onda and Miss Gladys Parmenter
have returned from a week's visi1 with July
friends in Oklahoma City.
Fresh Fish and Spring Chickens, al-
so oleomargerien at the Gartrell
Meat Market. Phone 149. 414 D Ave.
Oct.
Dec.
Then speak of him kindly, or don't
speak at all,
For in our great victories, the pri-
vate's praise is small,
Though he charges bravely on and ''Gee" how crops will grow. Are our nations fighting men
subdues the foe, About three thousand copies of the Who'll give good account when
"Tis taken as a matter of fact he above premium list will be published Upholding humanity and Old Glory,
should have done just so. .in a neat catalog form. Aside from the'
County Fair Premium List we will Let your minds run back thru the
Yet, there's Lieutenants and there's likely also print the premium list of years
Captains and ther's Majors the various Township Fairs, giving And you'll think of battles gone by,
and there's more, dates of same, etc., the racing pro- Then you see in this training soldier
Class Organized Such as Colonels and the Generals, gram will be printed in this booklet A spirit that never can die;
2L50 an(j staff men by the score, as well as full information and pro- Tha spirit born in our forefathers
-L10 Last njg-ht at the Domestic Science And we need them, yes, we need them, j gram of the exposition. It still burns in the hearts of men,
21.18 room at the high school, the second we need them every one, While the Fair Association has al- Who fight for humanity and Old Glory
New York spots, middling 21.85. cjass jn First Aid auxiliary to the Red But remetrber the common private, leady secured a large number of ads To achieve victories as then.
Cross was organized. The membership the man behind the gun. we did not feel like finishing the book
I includes twenty-five or less members. without giving everybody in the coun- At the mobilization camp,
Nineteen members were taken into the Another reason why a woman is a ty an opportunity to place an ad. We At the mobilization camp,
20.21 class last night. Mrs. Fred Thompson, woman is because she would rather feel that advertising space in this Are the boys brave and true,
Second First Aid
NEW ORLEANS.
20.13
20.13
20.23
Mrs. Frank Land of Boulder, Colo.,
who has been here visiting her broth-
er, Fred Cowell, for the past three
weeks left yesterday for her home.
20.41 president of the local society, is anxi- have the right kind of shoes than the!splendid, book is well worth the money Who're ready to fight for you
20.42 nna thQ, rnni-o r,f tVio vnnHM. iMcrht trin<t nf foot as a business proposition and of | Upholding humanity and Old Glory.
course the more ads we get the larg-
ous that more of the younger girls right kind of feet.
New Orleans spots steady, mid- j0jn( especially in the hospital supply
dling 21c. Sales 1,064 including 200 on department. The work is practical and
Another thing: Why doesn't Mr. Lu- er we can make the book.
Close
2.67
267
210 H
182 .
150
1.23%
89%
es 552.
kansas city grain
Open
May Wheat 2.66
July Wheat 2.09
F. a. Parkinson has moved his of- gept> Wheat
fice from the City National bank build- May Corn
ing to the new Ford building .opposite jujy corn 141%
the postoffice. Phone 77. 3-23 6tjgept. Corn 126%
Dec. Corn 92%
Mrs. L. H. Fouts, accompanied by
Dr. Fout's mother, Mrs. Sarah A. « I I J i j j
Fouts, left yesterday for points in L. LUIIU pllio III Trill
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, to be gone ||Atjy class. Phone 194
feveral weeks. jp .
411 D Ave.
W. W. Childres, a banker from Tip-
ton, was in the city yesterday in the + + + + + + + + + * + + + + +
interest of district work of the South- ^ maxwell. ♦
ern Methodist church, of which he is , Th(i Wor)d.9 Greatest Motor Car ♦
an official member. ^ Value ♦
♦ gilkey-jarbob hard- ♦
Prof, and Mrs. Redford have opened ^ WARE CO. *
a school of dancing at Carney Hall,
teaching Ball room, fancy and folk ^j
dancing. Lessons strictly private
tires i PRICE «•
money to loan. ^ Ozark Tire Shop ^
I have plenty of money to loan on ^ Phone 1092. 411 C Ave. ^
City Property.
hedge. i will be benficial to themselves and ther Burbank invent a spring chicken
Galveston spots, middling 21.30. Sal- others even though their services were that run more to ham than spurs,
never brought into actual work. The
ladies are busy at present making pil-
low cases, sheets and pajamas. Three
dozen pillow cases have been finished.
There is an inspector for each line of
garment finished and the requirements
must be conformed with. The hospital
supply department has decided to hold
two meetings each week—Wednesday
afternoons and Friday mornings. The
regular class meeting will be held as
usual.
YOU NEED A SPRING LAXATIVE
FARMERS'
ADVERTISING
COLUMN
"Come on Over, See
My CornFall Off!"
"I Tat 2 Drops of 'Geti-It* on last
Sight-Now Watch-"
"See—all you have to do is to use
your two Angers and lift the corn
right off. That's the way '(lets-It'
always works. You just put on
about 2 drops. Then the corn not
only shrivels, but loosens from the
toe, without affecting the surround-
ing flesh in the least. Why. it's al-
most a pleasure to have corns and
Free to farmer suhsrribers of the Lawton
''(institution in Couiaucbe aud Cotton Coun-
ties.
Stock advertising, Wants. For 8ale and
Exchange; also Farm Llelp Ada apd Poal
try.
i'bese fiee ada will be limited to SO words
and will be run ft times frte—said ads will
not be enlarged to cover other things—do
not request it.
Write the ads out, count the words, and
mall them t« the Lawton Cnustitutloa.
l-9tf
f. s. sneed.
TUB ONWARD MARCH of Timnchiti*.
w and deep seated Coughs Is
\V arrested by Doctor Pierces
x At Golden Medical Discovery.
X® In those scrofulous a ndl-
tlona of tho blood which la-
vile Consumption jl^severe,
A
\ lingering
Lungs, ¥
uauwiuu , iu
C<>ughs, and Weak
__ngs, which threaten jou
with this lata] dlMMe. n4
when other help hfcl <*1tea
—thli modlclae Is ft prowa
"XT1* bIood-el ni«r,
Itrength-restorer, Md
__ IfnMST
rrtiraat affections, and In every dlseaM
It never fails to booeflt or core,
tablet or liquid form.
Mas li D Root, 419 Wat ChtekMkf
botUes he wa cured.
-u,t wta*r. when ItoJ ™ 1?.°
.arssi ft
««i w Lave Uirj caiJa « cuugta.
PRINTBtS' INK
HAS been resporv
sblefor thounmcb
of business successes
throughout the country.
Everybody in town
may know you but
they don't know what
you have to sell.
Adreriisiai WH1 Htlp Yoi
"Hat Wu m
■ m Quick Paacral That
Hal Wltk •Gcta-It'.
LOST—Brown horse mule, 3 years old.
Seen at Ft. Sill last Tuesday even-
|ir p. H. C. Marxsen, Phone KX-52.
FOR SALE—Good Mebane cotton
seed at $1.50 per bushel. 16 miles
southwest of Lawton, 2 miles east and
1-2 mile north of Hulen. Phone Gero-
nimo 5161 line 31. T. H. Ketels, Route
11, Geronimo.
FOR SALE—On time a steel gran-
! ary, good as new, capacity 280 bush-
els wheat. F. H. Smith, Elgin, Okla.
5-29 tf
WANTED—Man and wife without
I children to chop cotton and help
- • • • free. F. H.
5-29 5t
W«« have space at the following pric-1 Dr. King's New Life Pills will re-
es: Jmove the accumulated wastes of win-
Pages with premium list running ter from your intestines, the burden
through the center, top or bottom of the blood. Get that sluggish spring
spsce about one-third page, $2.50. j fever feeling out of your system,
Whole page, $5.00. brighten your eye, clear your com-
One-half of space at top and bottom' plexion. Get that vim and snap of
of pages $1.50. good purified healthy blood. Dr.
Short professional ads arranged on | King's New Life Pills are a non-
special pages, $1.00. | griping laxative that aids nature's
The book is in th«* press now and i process, try them tonight. At all
will be finished within the next week .druggists, 25c.
Your wagons and imple-
ments should last longer
Every farmer knows his
wagons and machinery will
last longer if kept out of the
weather. It is equally
important to have them
protected from sun and rain
when in use.
#
I harvest, house furnished
; Smith, Elgin, Okla.
"G«ts-It" makes the use of toe-
Irritating salves, bundling bandages,
tape, plasters and other things not
only foolish, but unnecessary. Use
this wonderful discovery, "(lets-It,**
for any soft or hard corn or callus.
It Is the new, simple, easy, quick
way, and It never falls. You'll never
have to cut a corn again with knives
or scissors, and run chancea of blood
poison. Try -Gete-it" tonight.
"Gets-It" la sold everywhere, Sfte ' .
l.tSwrwcTSk ^."CTfJagofui! * WANTED—To know who has re^-
M the world's beit corn remedy by | tered Duroc male hog, near Lawton,
\V. L. Sutherland, Powell Drug Store for service. Address J. R. Eckhart, K.
and Lawton Drug Store. ! 4, Lawton. 5-29 5t
| STRAY—Jersey cow, fawn color,
| branded 66 on left hip, came to my
house two days ago. Owner will find
same there. M. J. Bullard, east Miner-
al Wells. 5-28 5t
THE GUARANTEED
FARM WAGON MINT
is the one protection that we can recommend.
We guarantee it to give a durable and lasting
finisn. Ordinarily a gallon of it will repaint
all the wagons and machinery on the average
farm.
In addition to saving many times its cost
every year, this paint will keep things look-
ing spic-and-span.
Devoe Farm Wagon Paint is made in
green, red, yellow, blue and black. Which
color do you prefer?
A. L. LUND
Wall-paper, Picture Frames, Glaaa, Window Shades
LAWTON, 411 D AVENUE • OKLA.
PAINT DEVOE PAINT
DAILY EDITION
4 nti-
Being
jernment
EN EXPECTED TO RE-
iEUISTER COMPILED
DEU SEaVELANCE.
Peace Officer
Federal Agent
tionK UeinK Hounded up
untry—Organized Oppo-
ment lo be Suppressed.
Ms.
K, May 31.—The taking
isus of all anti-conscrip-
tartpd throughout the
by government agents,
who are expected to re-
:er, are being compiled
L>« kept under surveil-
man's, no conscription
thataten thousand New
I refuse to register. The
on against militaTyiam,
adquartert for ths pur-
! legal advice to fifteen
us who will not register,
of conscriptable youths
nployment at govern-
None are accepted how-
inti-ionscrfptionists ars
?w York, Chicago, San
sveland, Philadelphia,
roit and Buffalo.
iptionialH Arrested.
May 31.—Three ar-
le today by the depart-
agents in a round up of
'tiists. Two students
i wore arrested charged
ind distributing litera-
stand against registra-
{s weie held in several
the city, where speak-
tho selective draft plan
tliB not to register, de-
teed of a democratic
to defeat conscription.
i— Sr *3
Veil in Hand.
(as, May 31.—Govern-
tounced today that the
conscription were well
s Orders to Officers.
letter has been sent
On Pace Four
mer 5th and D
IOS.
larket
tion to furnish
nred Meats.
> city, Orocer-
han other plac-
r lb.
nil water he is
jf sausage, it
ly and will be
ndav morning,
iera.
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t SUNDAY
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ID NIGHT
CUEHrrEOARK
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; Adults 20c
AT NIGHT
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