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SATURDAY.
ER 11. 1916
OVERCOMING ILLITERACY
Georgia has long beer -
In the matter i>f educatior V
IS.62 per capita in the s .
48.S3 and Oregon $7.60, G
capita Only three
And it wasn't mere si
xew. As the state super
large!) a matter of prirrM
ic. education in this sta v -
cent period. The idea - r t
to educate a few of -
the many. To this hour it <r
tabor and inbred fe->! rp '
But res! democrat;
zena have swung around
any state to train and et
tnt has a right to refuse
enacted a compulaor. ><
Having provide.i for
state is now turning to •
adults. One white n-.a;
be casta or write his nan •
taterdent, there is hope.
"It has been shown b;
"that the ordinary mti: •
and do simple number
stigma of illiteracy—
if there is not more tht.
If it's so easy as " at
having any illitera--^ ;
For yean? Georgia •...
people took the law ir. •
aace an any man ^ .".argt
that innocent men r.av> -
When they rue short of i
and if they are not sat
eharged with crime an
and is behind the grs wa - •
•>«Ipower the guaria. take
oaer o-jt and har.g v in: -
I taiefy need ic tha* ?ta*e
. the mr b spirit wil! fade aw.. .
coirts ir.steaif f .akirg -
| iMK'tM of the
Strip" **rd  ;■
and the mob-law will fade awa% !
of the
Dakr
FOK RENT—3-room house, tooth and
east of freight depot. Also two
r, ~ r.ouse furnished Enquire Dr D.
B Easley, Phone 55. 2578tp
FOR RENT—14 room -coming house
—phone 221. or cali first door
sooth of Heck's Gtnr 242.
ss fo
it of
Althc
:&UQIM
irt of
FOR SALE
la g ciu-
- it wa#
moc rat-
til a re-
irer and manape the affairs of
icalJy impossible to chance the
y old leaders on this fiubject-'*
imphed. The majority of citi-
« that it i> the chief duty of
1 its citizens, and that no par-
an education. So Georgia has
ndance law.
srruction of the children, the
oblem of educating illiterate
ery six cannot read the ballot
for the.-e. says the state super-
in several counties." he says,
r. can be taught to read, write
nouK' :o remove forever the
ace of five or six weeks, even
or two of training each day."
exc .se ..■< there for any state
fe < mental incompetents?
known as a state where the
r. hands and wreaked venge-
rime, and it ha? beea proven
at the hands of lawless mobs.
Georgia, they burn a nigger ;
■r. a man is tried, after being
to the penitentiary for life
• rving his term, they go in.
#ion of the keys, take the pris-
"ompulsory education is cer-
r.ey get it, in years to come,
her c:::£en  will resort to the
nto their <rr« hands Okla-
t. the of the Stars and
. ..ate tfii rising generations
ke ice before a summer's sun.
FOB SALE QUICK—One team coles
and one pony for cash. Can he seen
at Dar. Hart's bam. J. D. Callage.
256-*t.
FOR SALE—Old school building at
Dry Hill, a bargain. Apply Mrs.
Earl Anderson, Board of Education
Ronms. over Brasoi's Drag Store.
J57-4W.
FOR SALE—Two good milk cows.
Phone 353 2M-3tp.
FOR SALE—Overland roadster, $250
—first class condition, recently
overhauled. Ideal Garage S. Ohio
street. Phone 151. 253-St.
FOR SALE — Drtrtng or deEsery
team, harness and buckhoard. Ap
ply W. M F.. eare Derrick 20 -tf
FOR SALE—Old r.ewspefers, S« per
handle, at TV Derrick office.
17S-tt
Doing What?
Learning to dance for One
Dollar, at Cain's Acade-
my.
Next class starts Monday
night at 8 o'clock.
Only One Dollar for the
term of eight lessons.
This includes One • Step,
Fox Trot and Waltz.
M. W. CAIN
Phone 285
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o O
o Dr. Charles C. Situ* o
o Dr William Penn Sima o
DR5. SIMS
Practice limited to Pri-
vate Dincas'- and Dis-
eases of the Rectum
Kulkerson Building. Op-
posite Post Office
oooooooooooooooooo
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HENRY HERGERT
"Frmcfci*"
Mtreluala' Polk*
PKona 244
R®J   Lub. b Room
• • • • •
To bt published Oct 30, Nov. 20
NOTICE
n th« District Court of Cr*«k Coun-
ty. Oklahoma
   . PlaintifT,
WANTED
m
Do ro
•▼•ni
Wilbi
Up/'
FR
hairdr
Cro «
BISF
225 1-
Pho
Ch
WANTED—A position st housework
by ycung lady. Address M B., care
of Derrick. 245-tf.
WANTED—A position as clerk or
cashier in store. Have had experi-
er-e Address Myrtle, care Derrick-
245-tf.
WANTED TO BUY—A shack of one
or two rooms. Must be cheap. In-
quire for L. at Derrick office 243-tf.
WANTED—To borrow money on
good city property Apply L S. A,,
st Derrick office. tf
LOST
LOST—Pocketbook containing about
$50 or $55 In currency. Also bank
book on W id-West Bank of Kan say
City, with name W. M. Lingon. Re-
turn to owner, manager Princess La-
II Campbeli Ru.-^ell evtr gets to heave: ., he won't be there die> Company at Pastime Theatre,
 # weeks until he will have a minute club organized and and receive reward. 257-t.
'art out to initiate a petit ' r .ne Jesus Christ. There
a doubt about him ha\ r j* e to initiate a petition
rtiiu the devil, bat ever?' ikJaiioma knows Campbell
a fighter, anci if the de\ u bristled up to him, he would, with
i« aasastance , f J. K. An -..-ti- a and a few more of the faith-
I, soon begin work on the petr. in.
ATt«r-New York, Ir ia•
their Lea vt vote for H . -
butaft«r the rvral vote ar : ■ -
'jo foiling in. the tables - • '.
run te pick oat Hughe.-' v :
*as finished. After a'.l the --a:
ind Kew Mexico were : a. fr
 h*ktr. California -
eachec over and gerUy
traw that broke the cur... - 1
Cotarew over ic good si ape.
linois and Michigan sent in
! thi ugh tnat he was elected,
e of the laboring men started
ed. It was then that we be-
and never let up till the job
; but Minnesota. California.
Hughes stood with one lone
) for a few hours and then
• .it that one. That was the
ck—in other words, it put
STRAYED OR STOLEN
The most pernicious person witii
wrick - ety has to deal is the fel-
low whv is alwtyi jmpu^ning the mo-
tives of :ro*e who do not a^ree with Beetle Goff
hin. It is unfortunate for a mar. to v«.
be built that way, but it u net right Thomas God Defendant
to hate him. When you hate a man • No. 5590.
> u :r.;are yourself more than y.u State of Oklahoma, Creek county, ss.
would a normal human being. When Said defendant. Thomas Goff, will
he ur-ierstands ycu. if your motives take notice that be has been sued ia
are pure, he may come to hate him- the above named court ia an action
sr.i when a man hates himself for divorce and for the care, custody
he U a micnty good suoject for God and control of three minor children
and his fel. w man to work opon. It of the plaintiff and defendant above
is the fellow who is stuck on him- named, Gretchen, Mary and Wilii-
self. and dissatisfied with other*, the am Goff, and must answer the peti-
devi feels he -an depend upon.— tion filed therein by said plaintiff on
or before the 9th day of December,
1916, or said petition will be taken
ss true and a judgment for said plain-
tiff as prayed for therein be rendered
accordingly.
Attest: W. R CAST EEL,
Clerk of District Court.
By H. H. Burns, Deputy.
Cope A Arnold, Attys. for Plaintiff
Publish in each issue of daily for
three consecutive weeks
State of Oklahoma, Creek county, ss.
Before Chas. L. Hogg, Justice of
the Peace in and for city of Drum-
irght
Continental Supply Co Plaintiff
vs.
0. R Lang Defendant
LEGAL NOTICE
Said defendant, 0. R Lang, will
up for - me bout* -.his winter in this notice that he has been sued m
section. Buck sa>s he has an offer for the above named court upon an ac-
Tommy to go to South America with count for merchandise in the sum of
the troupe of ring performers booked $41.11, and defendant must answer
to appear in Buenos Aires, and may ' the petition filed therein by said
accept. plaintiff on or before the 29th day of
* ■ November, 1916, 10 o'clock a. m., or
The usual it y for hunters seems said petition will be taken as true and
o be growing owing to the fact that a judgment for said plaintiff for
more people than ever are going to 4.41.4! and ^ attachment there n
the scene of the shoot in automobiles, had and granted, will be rendered ac-
cordingly.
—  Continental Supply Co., Plaintiff.
Fred A. Wagoner, Atty. for Plaintiff.
McAlester News-Capital.
PilesrPUes!
I Remove Any Case of Pile , no mat-
ter how long staadmg. So Cutting.
No Cauterizing or Tyins Off. With-
out detention of Work or Pleasure.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Special Attention Given To Chronic
Female Disorders.
Phone 51, or write
DR R. L HUDSPETH'S
Sanitarium
Shawnee. Oklahoma
Lou Buck has assumed tte manage-
ment of his brother. Tommy Buck, a
feather* <-ign: boxer, and will rigr. han
Black mare, brand on left hip,
"F-S," lame in left hind leg. weight
700 pounda. Bay mare, weight about
—————O — 300 pounds, bushy mane, very small
Did the election go to suit you? If not, you have a poor way ^kite spots in forehead, heavy built,
helping yourself. Don't get sore—that won't do any good! Arfdress or phone 3. Tiger Livery,
te thiaf is certain: You ha\e got to put up with them, no 510 00 reward if returned to Herman
itter how distasteful it is. It is the duty of every good citi- P- 0- Box 923, Drumright,
*, regardless of politics, to lend his support to the new offi- Oklahoma. 255.
a aa long as he thinks thev a-.e doing their duty. ■
 O  SUFFRAGE UNDE RDIFF1CULTY
THE TOWN SLOUCH
By ELLIS M. CLARK*
The Tulsa World, in its hour of desperation, says Hughes v-.- .. „ ••
iB°t yet given UP hopes Just as we expected—The World is tio'n „ the >uff taue. ^
tig hard! If Hughes dou t know that hope is a star that rises rprnift tva * , . , .
to up. w, «,k, thi. -0 inff-rm him. 0:,r to ZS'^L^.
forms have declared for it, the candi-
dates are committed to it and there
{he  ia to «et back on the supreme bench, if such a thing is
tiWe.
very little opposition among the vot-1
er*. And yet the chances of obtain- i
ing it are slim.
The trouble lies with the state eon- j
yo.
be n
ia in
When the untold million.-* of •' u.d before the judge
U judges on that great day ,we can't help but think that the
.who gets the greatest eulogy—the man who will sing the   wllu ulo
*** ;lnd *et the brightest star in his crown, will be ,titution. That document seems to
^ have been ingeniously deviaed to pre-1
0 —— vent any improvement whatever It
Despite the repeated threats by the secialists and repub- cannot be amended except by a rote
a that they would carry the state at tne recent election, of at leist three-fourths of the dti-
failed to la:id a man Let it be known that Oklahoma be- iens voting in the whole state, and at
1 to the sohd South and is safely democratic. least two-thirda of those voting in
 0   each county of the state.
President Wilson 1 iayed golf on election day, after he had It is the latter provision that con-
I. What Mrs. Wilson did is not recorded, but the chances stitutes the obstacle. The suffragists
hat ahe stayed at home and walwed the floor all day, won- may carry twenty-fire counties out of
£ what the outcome uould be. 28 by an overwhelming majority, and
 o — if they fail to get two-thirds ia the
Vn ">ther thing e do not look for soun. and that is a photo- twenty-sixth, they lose Only four
1 of Governor Williams and Bill Murray, with arms en- hnndre<J TOt*s against suffrage in Si-
Duh/ 
WOMAN
OIL PROPERTY WANTED
Developed Uum, Proven Laad, Good
Prodoctioa
We are in the market tor dealrable
oil lands or lease*. Want developed
or proven property. Will buy good
production. Submit us anything you
have, from 10 barrels to 1,000 bar-
rels per day. Will deal with princi-
pals only. Not in the market for wild-
cat acreage, but may consider same
later. AH dealings treated as confi-
dential. Call or address
BEN FSANKUN OIL COMPANY
324-338 Iowa Building
232-SOt Tulsa, Oklahoma.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Mte' Cawk na Ju,t Simpiy On
Lin* at Clsanin' Ox's Pip*.
>n«*lrlr.A ot whimsy
W>'- fa*, frtJkj
Two iclna a f*«:in« fuj
With ! re* >mi t—, took.
Four :nak* you druaa.
Next day you r«p«r.t of yaw S*Uy
H. H. Sheloon, Pastor
Next Sunday the morning theme
will be: "The World's Greatest Peda-
gogue." Evening theme: "What is a
Christian T"
A large Sunday School was on hand
last Sunday. Splendid
greeted the minister.
The First National Bank
In our New I oca. >n, Corner M road way and
Ohio in ue, Umiurl(|iil. Okla.
Capital - $25,000
Surplus, Proflls - $10,000
Conservative, Accurate, Accommodating. Our Service
Embraces the Smallest and Largest Transaction*.
R. B FARRIS, President. J. G. BENNETT, Vice-Preaident.
J. H PERRY, Cashier.
I
CAYLORD R. WILCOX
Lawyers
Practice in all courts, both State and
Federal
Room 104. Drumright State Baak
Building.
DRUMRIGHT, OKLAHOMA
Accuracy- reefsion
Prescription Work Demands Accuracy and Precision
We Meet Every Demand
A complete line of Toilet Goods and Acceuoriii
BRASH'S
Phone 87 The Rexall Druggist
/
SOMETHING NEW
Camelford
Truck Attachments
$50.00
Convert your Ford into a Camelford Truck
and save $300.00
S. Ohio St.
IDEAL GARAGE
Agents for Ca neltord Truck Attachmeoti
II GUARANTY STATE BANK
Drumright, Oklahoma
THE HOME BANK
Capital - - $25,000.00
Surplus - - 5,000.00
DIRECTORS
C. C. MARSHALL, President
ARTHUR DAVIS, Caihier
L. B. GRANT, Vice President
E. C. MORRIS, Asst. Cashier
DR. M. C. LOVELL
Every Officer, Director and Stockholder of.'thij Bank i« *
resident of Drumright and interested in its upbuilding. Our
business will be conducted in the interest of and for the
people of Drumright and vicinity. We solicit your patronage.
All deposits in this bank are guaranteed under the State
Laws of Oklahoma. Better be safe than sorry.
DR. F. P. EDMONSON
THE CHIROPRACTOR
Acute and Chronic Ailments of Men, Women and Chil-
dren. No drugs or knife.
Office:
Evans Rooms Building, ground floor. Hours:
9 to 12—1 to 5—7 to 8. Phone 165.
SANTA FE TIME TABLE
IF YOU
Train* Out of Drumright
No. 426 psgr for Jennings, Tulsa con
Departs 10:06 a. m.
audiences No. 456 local 2 Cushing-Shawnee con
Departs 10:45 a. m.
U th' dsbiu's good s man rarely ot>
lects :o th' ;lsce bis wife
for the vit u-ion
The present corps of Sunday No. 430 passenger Jennings-Tulsa con
School offlcers and teacheri were re- Departs 8:40p m
d around each other's neck singing: "1 Love You."
 o 
Vhen /red Parkinson was over here a month fcgo. he said
erra county would nullify a 40,000
majority in the rest of the state.
The outstanding fact of the situa-
tion is thst New Mexico furnishes a
good example of how not to make a
constitution. And it also <eoma te
ew to the irne; !et the chips faM where they may; allow foT^ffr^T^^enaUento^t;
s sur - of election. Wonder what he thinks about the out
owj
i to dictate to you, and do your dutj ..a you see it.
 o
Perhaps the only way New Mexico
can get the vote for its women is as
e predicted all along the line ' .;.t the next vice-president a gift from the .-est of the country
be from the state of Indiana.  0 
———O  Cotton has gone so high that pretty
one women who went out and .1 ooped 'em up for  oon the woolen mills wont be able
, must have a great disgust for whiskers now. , to afford it In making woolen doth.
/?af corn
ants to go elected ioT th« ne" f<*r. with the No. 432 psgr. Cushing & Guthrie "thru
exception of two Uachen. Depart, ,5p.m. (lay over here,
 ^ ">* hlbit—eora« to Sunday No. 458 loca: Jennings dpts 5 05 - -
School and church next Sunday.
City Drug Store
L«m Far Oil u4 Ca*
Have you leaaed your farm? If not
ls4 « figure with you. W« will drill
on good acreage or pay bonus Give
us the information direct and let u. No. « "pas^YgirlroVjen"^
help you by cutting out the middle rives i
man. Work from the land owner di-
net to tha oil man. Call oa or addrea
BEN FRANKLIN OIL CO.,
324-326, Iowa Bldg.
242- Tulsa. Oklahoma
Want a cook.
Want a dark.
Want a partner,
Want a situation.
Want a servant girt,
Want to sell the piaaa,
Want to sell the bugg^,
No. 438 psgr Cushing departs 5:49 p. Want to seU^ur
Train* Into Drumright Want to «p1I nnt, u .
No. 427 from Cu5hin? ar. ^ Wam tQ ifiU yoJ
v n j"s I , 8:20 s. m. Want customers for snythln* at aH.
No. 455 ,o-al froa Jennings and Tul- Advwtja* your wants in
No. 431 psgr from Guthire and Cash-
ing. arrives 11:30 a. m. (lay over)
• • 3:25 p. m.
'4^" from Shawnee and
Cushing, arrive, . . .4:45 p. u
No. 437 passenger from Jennings, ar-
 6:44 o.  
PWa* No. tO for ^
Have The Evening Derrick sent to
Tow regular, at 10c per weak.
Advertising bring, cb  
Advertising keeps tha old l's,
Advertising insures seceie,
Advertising shows energy,
Advertise, don't bust
Advertising is "bi ,"
Advertise long and
Advertise wall.
Advertise in
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rick.