Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 229, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 15, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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ONE-MAN ARMY i1
; GETS OVATION
Sergt. Hercules Korgis of Lynn
Acclaimed a Hero.
HE BAGGED 25G GERMANS
Himself a Prisoner and Wounded,
This Fittingly Named Son of Greec®
Persuaded His Captors to Surrender
and Led Them Into the American
Lines—Hia Friends Think Ho Has
Earned a Congressional Medal.
Bergt. Hercules Korgis, one-man
;Vin> of Lynn. Muss., captor In one
•da\ uf 2MGermans, Including a mujar
and seven other officer*, recipient of
the Croix de Guerre and French.
Medallle Mllltnlre, was especially hon-
oured upon his bome-coniing. On Iiin , —
^Mrlval at Camp Devens he received j
Als first home greeting from a com- j ■
m pnltiee of Lynn citisena who had gone 4
—-there to meet him. He hits l>een or- |
^_"«Ulnii'il the Rergeant Yorke of New j
-JBnglanil. Before he volunteered in ■
- <tbe army he was the chef, second cook. ■
-dishwasher, wiiiter, cashier and pro- I _
■prietur of a small restaurant In Mar- j
|ket square, West Lynn. He gave up j ®
_ bis business anil his ambition to eon- 1 1
-duci a big restaurant to fight for Un- B
~ j*.le Sum, enlisting at Syracuse, N. T„ j
^ inoon after America entered the wnr .
«od was assigned to Company L of , M
^_-Wbe Twenty-third infantry. j g
Early in July, 1818, his division j
it "over the top" for tbe first time, '
_ Vierxy. ■
etorf of Sergeant Korgis' feat is 11
In the Stars and Stripes, on the
(ttflty of the captaiu of his com-
OKLAHOMA EDITOR SAVS BIG BED CROSS
NICE THINGS ABOUT US' MEMBERSHIP DRIVE1
From the Colony Enterprise, pub-
lished by F. S. Armstrong, who is! Already arrangements are being
known to a number of Drumright peo-'made in Drumright for the member-
pie, we clip the following regarding i-hip campaign of the American Red
the recently reported riot in this!cross, and all support possible should
city The Enterprise editor states be- be given this worthy organization at
low what he knows about Drumright this time,
and tome of its citizens: ' in order to have a Red Cross nurse
"It -. ems that the Tulsa World is for Drumright we must show to head-
ut her game, trying to give a black quarters that we are alive and that
ey>' to that booming 1 ttle city of we are willing to back the Red Cross
Drumright. We personally know to the limit, and that we are willing
Mayor Nicodemus and Chief of Police I to back the organization with our dol-
Ary to be'men of the highest type of lars; a renewal of membership only
gentlement, who stand for law and costs a dollar or a new membership
order first, last and all the time. We only costs a (dollar; the magazine
also know Lou Allard. You can l>et membership is the same old price, one
a thin dime that the Drumright Der- dollar.
rick will be fighting to the last ditch j In the recent disasters on the Gulf
when the fair name of Drumright is1 coast, the Red Cross was the tender
at stake. We clip only a part of the hand and went to the relief of those
Derrick article, but this is enough to who were suffering and In need; in
show that Drumright is not a place j every case of disasters of any kind the
where crime runs at riot." i Ked Cross is always on the job ready
to administer to those suffering from
floods, fires or any other cause. In
peace or In war the great organization
of the American Red Cross has borne
the burden of the afflicted, and now
let us be faithful to this great friend
of the poor and the needy, of the sick
and wounded, and make this campaign
in November a great success.
1 have promised the County Chair-
man that \ e will do our part in this
drive, and that our membership will
be up to the standard established by
Drumright in former drives, and I ex-
pect that the people of Drumright will
back me up'in this work.
ARTHUR O DELL,
Chairman of the Membership
Campaign.
See the
Strand.
Acrobatic dancer at the
Hotels, restaurants and private
families supplied with Clear Springs
bottled water. Phone 253. 132 tf
SQHOOL ITEMS
The entertainment of the Kanunta
Klage Club, with Miss Anderson, read-
er, which was prevented by the rain
last Saturday, will be given Tuesday
night, October 14, at the Baptist
Church.
$1.00 SOCIAL HELD AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON
FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. 17
The ladies of ' the Presbyterian
church will hold a $1.00 social at the
church, Friday evening October 17,
the proceeds to be used for the benefit
of the church.
LOST
A blue Serge vest. Finder ret
to Vic Holmes at the Briggs l.uin
Company office and receive rewi
JUST ARRIVED
Big shipment of hand crochet
Knitted goods. Mederva embroil]
!pillow slips, carriage covers, silk lv
j At Tot's Toggery 22
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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCl
ATED PRESS
If you have the Itch, don't scratch
It does not cure the trouble and makef
the skin bleed. Apply BALLARD'S
SNOW LINIMENT. Rub it In gent,
ly on the affected parts It relieves
Itching Instantly and a few appliea.
tlons removes the cause thns per
forming a permanent cure. Sold bj
City Drug Store.
The Associated Press is exciu
lively entitled to the use for re
\ publication of all news credit*
% to it or not otherwise creditec
in this paper and also the loca
* news published herein.
* AU rierhts of republication ol
* special dispatches herein an
* also reserved.
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i was in a deep, inaccessible dag-
out that one high German eommander
*w«s found—the one the Yankee regl- i
"ment concerned In his capture believes
to have been a major general," the
_ ~Btory goes. "Certainly 35 men guarded
bim as If he were very precious to the
German army, and he was whirled
awav in an auto to u high French ■
ibeadquarters as If he might have In- ! n
formation Important enough to s<
-without a moment's waste of tin-, .
His Bag of 256 Boches.
"But no prisoner capture was ir-e
— impressive than the bag of 256 bodu
,— -including eight officers, whose meek
«nd painless surrender wns negotiated
on the first day by a single Yankee jjj
•wgeant. The sergeant is only five feet ^
_ tlgh and his name is Hercules. Sergt. 1
Hercules Korgis, Twenty-third In- ; ■
fantry. lived up to the reputation of 1 M
bis given name by walking into a large i j
dugout, extracting therefrom six Ger- ;
man officers and 250 soldiers, and
marching them back, under a small es- s
cort, to the regimental prison cage, g
obliging them to police the field of
Hounded men on the way.
Serut. Hercules Korgis Is a Greek ■
t>y birth. He was in the Greek war | g
that preceded the present explosion of j
Europe, and lie wns gay with many ,
tnedals when he weut to America and I B
settled down in West Lynn, Mass.
"The first morning of the advance j B
Sergeant Korgis was shot through the
peck by a German machine gun, and, ®
thus wounded, he wus taken prisoner, a
He was borne off Into an easily de- ! p
(ended, well-munitioned little ravine,
where a whole German company lay ■
unnoticed by the Yankees, who swept ; ■
t>y them and far beyond. As the day pg
■wore on these Germans saw that they
were trapped, but they also saw that |
they could make their captors pay a III
fccavy price for their final subininsion. g
Persuaded Thjtn to Surrender. : g
"Serjeant Korgis, who speaks a
^mattering of half a dozen languages,
drew on all the German he knew for 1#
•n eloquent hnrnngue that carried the ' «g
■day. Early in the afternoon they de- t ^
Cldetl to surrender, and sent him forth
negotiate their safe passage to the "
ijj
^ , "With his wound dressed, but still
paining htm. with mud and blootj all ti
-over him, he was a wild-looking envoy g
wfcen lie ran into some French sol- i m
diers. who decided he was a spy uud | ~
were all for shooting him then and t —
there. He dissuaded them, pursued S
j nii caught up with some stray Anier- ^
leans from his own outfit, laid the
tase before them, and, led by one Cor-
jporla Wiley, they weut over for the S
,jfurnr.il surrender. ■
* > _ "£lKre 'vas one nervous. excited ex- g
<ha*nge of shots between one unruly
ICermiin machine gunner and onr dls- ■
_ jtmstfnl Yankee before the whole 265 £
tannnheil out of the ravine and,were p
' ieacorted by the sergeant to regimental
- -headquarters. Tbere his own officers ■
'^pounced on the sergeant and had him ■
Went back In the ambulance to the field £
(kocpital. His wound bad been well
dressed by a Germ%p surgeon, who
-later became one of his prisoner*." i
{Sergeant Korgis has not yet been g
•recoct ized by the American army for
—deed, beyond the regular citations
Jar bravery. Officers of the Second dW I
,vision and friends In New England are |
-i working to obtain a Congressional (
I l«r him.
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Ship Named for P res* Workers. ■
Tbe Bteanier Editor, named by the ' g
iGnited States shipping board in honor
~ of the newspaper men and women of "
ithe United States and Canada, was ■
.launched In the presence of cheering _
l«cores of members of the National
jBdltorial association, gathered In ■
-^Seattle to attend the association's 191& ■
•eition. The Editor Is a 6,000-toa g
Here Is the Opportunity
You Have Been Looking For
You Want to Save Money and Now We Are
Offering You the Opportunity to Do So
OCTOBER 9 TO THE 19
The High Cost of Living Has Gone Glimmering at This Store and By
Consulting the Following Prices You will Be Convinced That It Is So
It is necessary that we reduce our stock for resasons tHat will be made known later and while it is
seldom that a grocery store ever puts on a price reduction sale to close out its stock there is always a first
time for these things and we are the first ones to do it in Drumright. It is always customary for all grocery
stores to make special prices on certain goods, listing them as staples in order to araw tiade, but it is an un-
usual thing for one to make a sweeping price cutting sale of everything in a grocery store. We are making
that kind of a sale and if there was ever a time when you could save money on your grocery purchase it is now.
READ READ READ—AND—PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT
Spuds, Per Bo. $2.00; Sack Lots, Per Lb. 3c
40c Table Queen Coffee 35
3 lbs. Table Queen Coffee 1.00
10 lbs. Table Queen Coffee 3.00
4.r>r Oriental Coffee 40
3 lbs. Oriental Coffee 1.10
10 lb«. Oriental Coffee 3.45
50c Red Fox Coffee 40
10 lbs. Red Fox Coffee 3.75
60c Golden Grain Coffee 45
10 lbs. Golden Grain Coffee 4.25
60c Barington Hall Coffee 50
10 lbs. Barrington Hall Coffee 4.50
60c 3onnett Coffee 50
10 lbs. Bonnett Coffee 4.75
60c Gold Plume Coffee 50
1U lbs. Gold Plume Coffee 4.75
60c Fo* >es Quality Coffee 50
10 lbs. Forbes Qual ty Coffee 4.50
60s Arbuckle's Coffee 45
10 lbs Arbuckle's Coffee , 4 00
2 tall cans Pet Milk 35
1 case Pet Milt (4S can$) 7.55
2 tall cans Bordens Milk 35
1 case Bordens Milk <4S cans) 7.55
1 case Hebe Milk (48 cans) 6.00
3 baby Pet Milk 25
1 case Baby P- M (72 cans) 5 65
3 baby BordenV ?.i : 25
1 case baby Korar r il' 5.65
Tall Shaffer milk 15
15c Tomatoes (No. 2) 3 cans 40
1 case Tomatoes (No. 2) £4 cans 3.00
20c Tomatoe.' (No. 21-2) 2 cans 35
1 case Tomatoes (No. 2 1-2) 24 cans 3.85
20 corn. 2 cans 35
1 casp corn, 24 cans 3.50
15c Hominy (No. 2 l-2> 2 cans 25
1 case Heminy iNo. 2 1-2) 24 cans 2.85
2#c Carnstion Kraut (No. 3) 15
1 ease Caraation Kraut (N . 3) 24 cans 3.4#
20c String Beans, 2 gans 35
1 case Sti ing Beans, 24 cans 3.60
30c Wilson's String Beans 20
20c Peas, Confidence, 2 cans 35
1 case Peas, Confidence, 24 cans 3.60
20c Extra Sifted Peas, 2 cans 35
12 cans Extra Sifted Peas .v 1-85
30c No. 3 Pork and Beans, 2 cans 35
1 case No. 3 Pork and Beans 3.90
25c Van Camp Pork and Beans 20
1 case Van Csmn Pork and Eeans, 36 cans ... 6.50
10c Ked Beans, Scans 16
25c Post Toasties 2D
35c Catsup, Wilson Certified 30
12 bottles Catsup, Wilson Certified 3.00
25c Pink Salmon, 2 cans 45
1 case pink Salmon. 48 cans 9.75
35c red Salmon, 2 cans 65
1 case Red Salmon, 48 cans 14.25
30e Wi'son 'Certified) Salmon 25
Macroni 10
{Sjuj.f.o.;; 10
Noodles 10
33c Oats 30
15e Oats, 2 for
30c Calumet Baking Powder 25
25c Health Club Baking Powder 20
30c Leading Lady Baking Powder 25
Gallon Peaches 90
1 ca: e gallon peaches (6 cans) 5.10
Gallon Appricots 85
Case Appricots 16 cans) 4.80
$1.30 gallon Goose Berries 1.15
6 gallons Goose Berries 6-60
Gallon B'ackberries (White Pony) 1.40
1 case Blackberries (White Pony) 6 cans... 8.10
Gallon Blackberries - 1-35
Case Blackberries. 6 cans" 7.80
Gallon Goodwin's Apple .Butter 1.40
1 Case Goodwin s Apple Butter, 6 cans 8.10
Gallon Catsup 85
1 case gal. Catsup, 6 cans * 4.80
Gallon Glass Jugs, Mustard 95
Gallon White Karo Svrup 1.00
1 case White Karo Syrup, 6 cans 5.70
Gallon Red Karo Syrup 90
1 case Red Karo Syrup, 6 cans 5.20
1-2 gallon White Karo 50
1 case White Karo, 12 cans 5.70
1-2 .gallon Red Karo 45
1 case Red Karo, 12 cans 5.20
75c gallon Seal Sugar Cane Syrup 50
Rice 15
100 lbs. Rice 13.50
Navy Beans ; 15
100 lbs. Navy Beans >...12.75
Lima Beans >. 17 1-2
100 lbs. L ma Beans 15.75
Red Beans 12 1 2
100 libs. Red Beans 11.50
Pinto Beans 10
Fowlsr Peaches, 2 1-2 35
3 Fowler Peaches, 2 1-2 1.00
1 case Fowler Peaches, ,24 cans
C F. C. A, Peaches 2 1-2
3 cans C. F. C. A. Peaches 85
1 case C. F- C. A. Peaches, 24 cans 6.45
jOc Louis Peaches 2 1-2 40
60c Del Monte Peaches ". 50
60c Del Monte Pears 50
40c Goodwin's Jellies 35
3 Goodwin's Jellies 1.00
45c Clover Leaf Preserves 35
3 Clover Leaf Perserves 1.00
50c Goodwin's Perserves 40
4 Goodwin's Perserves 1.50
6 lbs. net Crisco 2.20
3 lbs. net Crisco 1.10
$3.ftO Compound No. 10 2.50
45 lbs. Compound 11.50
Trade Your Liberty Bonds for Groceries
4 bars W'h t« Flysr Soap 25
17 bars White Elver, Soap 1
10# bars Swifts WfciU Soap * 25
4 bars Clean Katy Soap 25
1« tars Flake White Soap 6.25
4 packages Rub-No-Mo 25
4 packages Sea Foam 25
Light Ho*se Cleaner 05
21 packages Light House Cleaier 1.00
l**i bars Lava Soap 8.56
$1.#0 Brooms 75
75c Brooms 60
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Phone 61
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