The Local and Personal News
1 tens that* Will Interest Everybody
A. P. Smith is
day.
in Okemah to-
Red Star
Trading Co.
flour at Farmers
A. P. Smith was a Holdenville
visitor Wednesday.
Full vamp shoes at Farmers
Trading Co. No trouble with
cut off toes.
Second hand wagon cheap
Farmers Trading Co.
at
Heard Grocery Co. has a com-
plete line of hats and shoes.
Miss Bessie Starns came home
from Oklahoma City, last Fri-
day.
Fine assortment of combs,
brushes, sundries, at Hughey &
Parsons.
Fred Sage, of Shawnee, wa3
the guest of W. R. Blake, Mon-
day.
Ladies' skirts, shirt waists at
Farmers Trading Co. Special
values.
The City Meat Market will use
the room vacated by Slocomb
Slocomb, for feed and flour.
If you have second hand fur-
niture or anything else to sell,
call No. 44. Bro. Cronk,
Get that new cook stove from
Farmers Trading Co. They have
the Buck and Wesco lines.
Mrs. Moon, of Morse, mother
of Mrs. D. E. Dean, died Sun-
day. Mr. Moon is also serious
ly ill.
J. B. Roe almost cut off a
finger while splitting wood this
week. The ax did not strike the
bone.Sbut cut the flesh off one
side.
Miss Minnie Maide, of Willis-
ton, Tenn., is visiting her uncle,
S. R. Griffin.
Mrs. Hollow entertained a few
friends last Friday evening with
a dinner party.
How about a new saddle.
Some special bargains at Farm-
ers Trading Co.
Miss Mildred Edward, of Ft.
Smith, Ark., i s visiting her
uncle, R. S. Boyd.
F. L. McKnight returned
Wednesday night from a two
weeks visit in Ft. Smith.
It is time to figure on your
farming tools. See Farmers
Trading Co., before you buy.
Dr. Levy, the optician from
McAlester, will be at Florence
Hotel, Thursday, February 2.
S. A. Brooks has moved into
the Hilsmeyer property, recently
vacated by I. H. Cunningham.
W. M. Bell has begun work on
h i s residence o n Canadian
Heights. It will be built of
stone and contain ten or more
rooms.
You will need something to
fence against the chickens this
spring. The Farmers Trading
Co., have a fine line of poultry
netting.
A marriage license was issued,
today, to George Lewis, 35, and
Rosa Beard, 28, both colored and
giving Weleetka as their place
of residence.
R. Morrow, living near Oke-
mah, was here this week with a
load of fat hogs, butter and eggs
for the market. He says the
better prices he receives here
warrants the long haul.
J. S. Breshears was a visitor
in Missouri last week, having
gone up to look after an estate
in which he is interested. He
found it necessary to file a suit
to bring about a division of the
property.
We sell and Guarantee Ben
Hur flour to our customers. Ev-
ery sack positively guaranteed.
Douglass-Bell Mercantile Co.
The "Fifth Sunday Meeting"
of the Baptist association is in
progress here. All the preachers
of this district are here to dis-
cuss church matters and to
preach. The public is invited to
attend and will be well repaid
for so doing.
The postoffice department has
established what might be called
a "mail division" here. That is,
the mail clerk north on the Frisco
runs between here and Sapulpa.
This makes about four hours run
daily for the clerk, but in a con-
versation with him a day or so
ago he told an American repre-
sentative that while heretofore
the run had been longer, there
had been two men in the car,
now that it is shorter there is
but one. The post office depart-
ment, in order to cut down the
big deficit, is cutting down the
number of employees wherever
they think it possible, and this
happens to be one of the places.
LAWYER BROUGHT TO BOOK
The Bank Guaranty Law Held Constitu-
tional by the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Inquisitive Friend of an Attorney Dis-
covers He Had Been "Defraud-
ing" the People for 15 Years.
A caller at a lawyer's office no-
ticed a small black book with an
elastic band around it, and asked
what it was.
His friend replied that it was1 a
New Testament, used for adminis-
tering oaths, etc., but had got worn
out and was held together by the
band. He also remarked that he
book had been in use for 15 years
find had never once been opened dur-
ing all that time.
The visitor asked to look at the
book, removed the band, and, taking
Dne look inside, suddenly collapsed
a helpless state of laughter. He
rocked and rolled in his chair, and
roared again, his friend frantically
asking what was the joke. At last,
the visitor having recovered some-
what, but with tears streaming down
his cheeks, he said, with gasps:
"Why, you thundering fraud, this
book is no New Testament! You've
been swearing folks for 15 years on
a "Readv Reckoner."
The Weleetka Guaranty Bank.
Washington, Jan. 3.—The Bank Guaranty
Laws of Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas were
declared constitutional today by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
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Mr. and Mrs. Brooks and
Miss Maude Brooks returned
from a visit in Texas, Friday.
Geo. Clarkson has been select-
ed as a member of the school
board, vice Lake Moore resigned.
Quality considered Ben Hur
flour is the cheapest you can buy
Douglass-Bell Mer Co, Agts.
When you know an item of
news, be sure to give to the
American. Our telephone num-
ber is 57.
Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Knowles
are rejoicing over the arrival of
a daughter, Tuesday, weight 10
pounds.
Bread being the staff of life
why not have it good. Ben Hur
flour is quality flour. Douglass.
Bell Mer. Co. Agts. Phone 56
J. A. Pearse will ship about
400 head of cattle to the markets
tomorrow. He has been feeding
them in Sanford's for the past
70 days on Oil Mill products and
they are in condition to top the
market:
Cleo Reed, through her attor-
ney has filed a petition in the
district court asking for a di-
vorce from her husband, Robert
Reed. See alleges abandonment
and non-support. They were
married in Bokoshee.
The second number of the
High School Observer, edited by
Messrs. Heard and Hinds, wa£
issued this week.
A light rain fell last night, ac-
companied by enough thunder
and lightning for a regular April
' 'goose-dro wnder.".
For Sale—Two baby carriages
in good condition. These will be
sold cheap as I have no use for
them. J. N. JONES.
If you have trouble with your
eyes dr your eye-glasses are im-
properly fitted, consult Dr. Levy,
the optician. Will be at Florence
Hotel, Thursday, February 2.
Iliff Cunningham has resigned
his position as cashier of the We-
leetka Guaranty Bank, to en-
gage in the land business. He
has fitted up an office in the di-
rector's room in the rear of the
bank and will doubtless do a suc-
cessful business. D. W. John-
ston. who has been connected
with the bank the past four or
five years, takes Mr. Cunning-
ham's place as cashier.
B. D. Updike, a nephew of ex-
Governor Haskell, who is now
held in Oklahoma City on the
charge of murdering A.O. Chris-
tenson and T. D. Anderson, will
be remembered by Weleetka peo-
ple, as one of the two detectives
who was employed by the Law
and Order League in Weleetka
a couple of years ago to secure
evidence in boot-legging cases.
Updike was here about two weeks
but nothing came of his efforts
as a Sleuth. Updike killed
Christensen and Anderson with
a revolver, following the inter-
ference of the two men, when
Updike was beating his wife.
The murderer was partly intoxi-
cated at the time of the shooting.
For fresh fruits of all kinds
the City Bakery.
LET YOUNG GIRL ENJOY YOUTH
A young girl should avoid the
somber clothes of a grandmother.
Debutantes—probably from the new
delight of wearing grown-up
clothes—fancy themselves immense-
ly in black velvet or satin; if it has
some passementerie with chenille or
jet, th-;ir sense of pride knows no
bounds. One might aa well encour-
age a lark to croak! Youth, fresh-
ness, girlishness—it is the moat
beautiful thing in the world. Let a
young girl enjoy everything—every
moment, every second, every gift of
life as it comes—and not try to pre-
tend she is blase. If popularity
were but as attainable as age, she
need only wait for the impact of its
sudden approach.
WHY WOMEN WANT SUFFRAGE.
Cardinal Vannutelli says that a
woman's place is at home and het
greatest ambition should be to have
one of her own. The wife, he says,
can do better in her own home than
on the platform. So she could with
the right sort of huBband and the
husband is often only what condi-
tions make him, so the women by
their votes would change conditions,
which would change the husbands,
and then the women would enjoj
their homes.
Thus is one of Oklahoma's best laws finally upheld H
and there is no longer any doubt that we will always |f|
be able to do as we have in the past: ft
Offer to Depositors the Absolute Assurance, backed
by the Guaranty Fund of the State of Oklahoma^
that money deposited with us is always safe and
may be drawn out at any time, no matter what
might happen to our resources.
Is it not worth thinking about? Can you afford
to take chances of loss, even though the chances
might be small? Why not be absolutely sure?
Start an Account with us today,
you will find us
Right
NEW YORK'S WATER POWER.
The total water power of th«
state of New York, without inclu-
ding that of the Niagara and St.
Lawrence rivers, has been estimated
at a million and a half. Eight hun-
dred and eighty thousand of this ia
undeveloped. The New York wa-
ter supply commission has recently
recommended that the state expend
$20,000,000 to develop this water
power, which it estimates would re-
turn an annual profit of $1,400,000.
ALASl TOO TRUE.
"The world comes to him who
waits," remarked the moralizer.
"True," rejoined the demoralizer,
"but he is dead when it gets there."
The Weleetka Guar-
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