The Duncan Weekly Eagle. (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1923 Page: 2 of 4
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Fl!):CAIl rELUY EJI
Dl’NCAX OKLAHOMA
Shaw D Ray
Editor
TrlrplMNie 304
FOREIGN RLTRKSKNTATIVES -Robert
F Douglas T Maqurtt
eildiag Chicago W I Ward Trih-
im Budding New York
EoUrrd at tba Duncan Poatofflee aa
claaa matter
THE AMERICAN'S CREED
1 belie to la the Halted SUtea
f America aad the principles of
freedom J attire equality aad ha-
unity apon which it waa feaaded
mad for which Americaa patriot
Imre girea their lire and for-
taaeo "I believe It I my duty toward
my country to loro its t support
it constitution to obey it law
to reapect Ita flag and to defend
K against all enemiea"
CLASSING SCHOOLS
ARE WRL ATTENDED
THR00GH0UT STATE
Much Interest I Shown In the Cotton
trading Demonstrations —
New Date Announced
Cotton classing schools being held
at different point over the state by
laaser from the Oklahoma Cotton
Groweds Association are proving
Jiighly successful Great interest is
reported as being shown by members
'who attend the schools and many in-
telligent questions are asked regard-
ing the operation of the Association
Methods of handling and' classing
cotton are brought out very clearly
at the schools and the relative values
of the different grades and methods
" of accounting as well as the classing
work are thoroughly covered
New schedules are announced as
follows: Elmer Friday April 20
and at Blair Saturday April 21 '
Chickasha Monday April 23 Rush
'Springs Tuesday April 24 Marlow
Wednesday April 25 Comanche
Thursday April 26 Waurika Friday
April 27 Ryan Saturday April 28
Hastings Monday April 30 Apa-
che Tuesday May 1 Lawton Wed-
nesday May 2 Indiahoma Thursday
May 3 Chattanooga Frida May 4
Randlett Saturday May 5 Walters
Manday May 7
Muskogee Monday April 16 Fort
Gibson Tuesday April 17 Braggs
Wednesday 'April 18 Muldrow
Thursday April 19 Salisaw Friday
April 20 Vian Saturday April 21
Wagoner Monday April 23 Ok-
mulgee Tuesday April 24 Beggs
'Wednesday April 25 Weleetka
Thursday April 26 Okemah Friday
April 27 Paden Saturday April 28
Bristow Monday April 30 Depew
Tuesday May 1 Mannford Wednes-
day May 2
JFUNERAL CORTEGE ONE OF
LARGEST IN CITY’S HISTORY
The funeral service ‘ over the re-
mains of Miss Willie Brewer which
was held at the Methodist church
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
was attended by one of the larges!
crowds that ever attended a similar
service in the city Arriving at the
ihurch the cortege was preceded by
twelve beautiful young flower girls
former playmates and classmates of
ieceased while six stalwart young
men also former classmates of the
sopular young woman acted as pall-
bearers The casket as it rested
iefore the chancel rail of the church
was a veritable bank of beautiful
lowers attesting in a marked degree
o the popularity of deceased
Pastor Douglass preached a feeling
ermon and offered words of sympa-
hy and of hope to the bereaved fam-
ly relatives and friends At the con-
tusion of the service friends of Re-
leased were given the opportunity to
riew for the last time the form of one
who had occupied so large a place in
he hearts and affections of the peo-
ple The procession of sorrowing
iriends then wended its way to the
lemetery where the remains were laid
:o rest with appropriate ceremonies
No death recently has occasioned
more universal sorrow Death is sad
inder any circumstance but when the
frim reaper cuts down one just in the
doom of beautiful young womanhood
t is heart-rending The bereaved par-
ents and other relatives have the deep-
sst sympathies of the people in their
great loss
o
" YOUNG PEOPLE MARRY
Yfr Vaughan B Williams of Wynne-
wood Okla and Mias Alta Coburn of
Petrolia Texas were married at the
parsonage of -the -Methodist church
Sunday afternoon Rev Walter Doug-
lass officiating The young people
are well connected and the marriage
iKre was the culmination of a very
pretty romance
Mr Williams k an oil man and the
bride a popular young woman of
the oil belt of Texas
a limn
PIECE OF PAPER
The Bank Check and How It Per-
forms Many Different Serv-
ices for Business
Americans am the greats! uar
ef baak ckeeke la ike world La
t baa eight per real of all baalaeee
transaction la tba Halted State In
condaeted with mosey or t put It
Bother way mere Uma alne eat of tea
traaaactloaa are roodaoted with com-
mercial loitrumeat ef which one ol
the moot tm portae t I the chetk'
The an of the check hne become
universal la America bocauea It le oan
of the nlmpleat yrt moat efficient boat
neaa device aver Inveatad Tba baak
transaction of Mr Smith the store-
keeper tllaa’r-ite la a general way
thoaa of- ah other business people
Storekeeper Smith's customers pay
him for tba good h rile to them
both with cash aqd check At tha end
of the day he coiint op the proceed ol
tbs day' bulaee and find hi sales
have amounted to any $509 What
doea ha do with this money T Ha owaa
n largo part of it to tha other baalnata
concern from which ho purchased at
wholesale the goods ha la aalllng
Soma of theaa companies are In Mr
Smith's town and others are located
at noma distance from It Evan amall
business would ba a clumsy compli-
cated and time-wanting affair unions It
wars for the facility of tha bank check
Whan a Chock Is Useful
Mr Smith could pay his bills by
sanding cash by mall bat thin method
of payment would ba nowise because
ef the danger of tba money being
lost la transit Again ba might go oat
aad buy express or postal maaay or
ders for tha amounts doe bat to d
this regularly would require a great
deal of hla time aad would Involve
needles expense Beside a money
order does only halt tha work a bank
check does Although It is In reality
a kind of n check drawn by the ex-
press company or by the poat office
In favor of soma person or firm It fa
not returned to Mr Smith after It has
been cashed but goes back to the ex-
press company or to the post ofllcn
that Issued It On tho other hand a
cashed check after It come back to
the bank and i cancelled I returned
to Mr Smith who can keep It as a re-
ceipt in proof of tha fact that his bill
has been paid
More than this In order to keej
accurate records Mr Smith wants t
have ona account in which nil hta r
celpt can be entered and oat ol
which all payments can be made H
therefore adopts tho coarse that moat
other business men and women fol-
low Ho takes hla $509 to the bank
where It Is safely kept aad can be
drawn upon as needed The teller ea-
ters the amount la n small pass book
which Is n record of deposits The
pass book Is issnod In Mr Smith's
name and Is banded te him togethet
with e supply of blank checks Mr
Smith Is now ready to pay hta MUi
by checks np to a total of $500
A Comploto Record
His check will be received at an
bank where the Indorsement of ths
person to whom It is made payable
which la written or stamped on the
back of tho cheek Is known to be
genuine The bank receiving the
check wilt either pay or credit It te
the payee and then send it on to the
bank In which Mr Smith deposits hti
money where the amount will be do
ducted from his $500 balance The
check after being properly cancelled
will be returned to him at the end ol
the month He will then have a com-
plete record showing that he deposit-
ed $500 that he drew checks of say
$120 to pay some of hi bills that he
has a balance left of $380 and that his
bills have been duly paid as shown by
the cancelled checks with the indorse
ments upon them ( ’
The bank will pay all checks pro
sented to it bearing Mr Smith’s sig-
nature as given on his signature card
In any sums covered by the-amount ol
his bank balance which 'lie contin-
ually increases by deposits aad de-
creases by checks drawn against hU
account This process of making do
posits and issuing checks continues
day after day both the depositor and
the bank keeping their own records
Millions of such transactions are
handled every day by the banks and
trust companies of the United States
In one year more than two hundred
and fifty billions of dollars in check!
have passed through the New York
Clearing House alone -Payments ol
these vast sums are made without the
use of any actual money A wonder
ful system has been built up by the
use of the small slip of paper we call
the bank check The check Is essen-
tial to the buslfces and commercial
life of the present day
THE COMMON INTEREST
OF BANKERS AND FARMERS
i
Bankers and farmers alike ar In-
terested In a 'permanent profitable
agriculture Banks have reased to he
mere money-changing institiitio"8
they are public san-iee sta'ione bi
expect to pay in service for what thi-v
secure In profits Agriculture at the
present time is going through a eeri
ou crisis There are many problems
in production and marketing to be
solved There is a call tor close and
sympathetic co-operation not only be-
tween bankers and farmers but be-
tween all Irtelllgent citliens of our
great commonwealth— J H Puel-
icber President Americaa Bankers
Association
tie i:o:iey ra
TUnNEO CAPITALIST
The Others Took to Socialism
- and That Is How the
Fight Began
y JOHN OAKWOOO
Just karause yaoplt hear tba term
"high laeaes” so much thay gat ths
Idas that tba wbola subject af Isaac
la ovar their beada A a matter ®f
faet It Is right on a laval with tbelr
bread baakeia It has more te do
wish ovary day grab' than aaythlng
alas
a a a
Finance has barn daacribad aa the
art of applying money to practical
end- A maa Is a capitalist when ha
accumulates enough money' allher out
of hla own savings or by borrowing
at merest tha savings of others to
buy a farm or build p factory and
bagini manufacturing food or soma-
thing else he can sell to others at
a profit That' finance It sound
simple But I heard a story about
a monkey ths other dsy that mad
It even simpler
a a
Far he It from me to make a mon-
key of a capitalist— but this wae a
very wise monk He lived in a oo
with a dosea various other kinds of
moakeye Their food waa usually
thrown In ready to eat and each took
hlo share But one day tho keeper
threw In eome black walnata hard
as rocks AU tho monkeys vainly
split their tooth on them and they
would have starved a ter as the
results of their I bo re went But one
of their number who woo of a morn
intelligent species than tho rest did
some thinking Then ho accumulat-
ed a couple of rocks ho found la tho
cage aad cracked tho ante between
thorn Ha started a food factory HE
WAS A CAPITALIST Ho had prop-
erty that Increased his ability to pro-
duce food — that added to hlo economic
power
'
But trouble began Tha other mon-
keys grabbed tho kernels - and ate
thorn up as fast as ha knocked them
out of tholr shells THEY WERE
SOCIALISTS There wore other
tones aad they could hava cracked
their own walnuts but thay hollared
la dividing np share aad share alike
what the Capitalist produced The
Capitalist monkey got eo mad that
he did the e&me thing to their heads
aa ha did to the note He cracked
them' -The soo keepers had to put
tha wlaa monkey la a 'cage by him-
self te prevent useless slaughter
- a
Human society handles a situation
Ilka this better There are those who
don’t waat to work-there are those
who have not tire capaotty to organ-
Isa enterprise — there are thoee who
want more than tha share they earn
—there are those also who waat an
sqnal division of wealth and now
aad than thers U n rumpus about It—
an outlaw strike or ‘evolution or some-
thing Bat as a general thing the
present eeelal ardor folly protects ths
farmer and tha manufacturer and oth-
er capitalists In thair property righto
aad enables thorn te receive their
just pay for what they produce It
also provides a reliable money sys-
tem aa a medium by which fair ex-
changee of ' different products and
services can ba made and later on I
will tell you a story about that
FINANCIAL THINGS
THAT “AIN’T SO’
By FRANCIS H 8ISSON
Chairman Public Relations Commis-
sion American Bankers Association
Josh Billings’ famous observation
that "the trouble with the American
people Is not so
much their igno-
rance as the tre-
mendous number
of things they
know that - ain’t
ao" has particu-
lar application to
popular "infor-
mation’’ on finan-
cial subjects to-
day Among these
“ain’t so's" of
common belief are:
The view that a high tariff assures
any real protection to American pro-
duction The theory that highly restricted
immigration is of benefit to American
labor
The impression that the Federal
Reserve Board was responsible for
the deflation in commodity prices in
1920 and 1921
The idea that the United States can
maintain an Isolated position in world
affairs
The notion that railroad stocks are
watered: -
The illusion that Wall Street dic-
tates money or credit conditions
The fancy that the Interest of any
class or section can be permanently
furthered at the expense of the gen-
eral interest
The phantasy that fiat currency can
add'to the wealth of the nation
The delusion that capitalism ts re-
sponsible for economic and social ills
These beliefs have been 'propagated
by catch phrases ndt by proof Some
of them serve narrow selfish Inter-
ests Others give psychological dis-
content something to blame for trou-
bles imaginary or rising from other
causes None of them help the solu-
tion of public problems Until their
distorting Influence Is eradicated
from public opinion they will confuse
the real issues and make t'T economic
ansettlement
Something to
Think About
By F J trJLKER
Tin: STM IIKYONP
JI'XT U step beyond the liarrian
which ha vo eo king defied uo and
we are were nf our ground certain of
renllalwg ur fondest hoo and
marching on and uo with tho vtotona
Tho thought thrills uo with elation
hat how hard It la to ntako the final
iride when we are worn and weary
Unman na(ure la prone to looe cour-
age when the chase in tiresome
It Incline to become disheartened
when carefully worked out plane and
calculation fill immediately to pro-
duce anticipated result
The fotal fault with iuot of uo la
loch of patience coupled with on Incli-
nation to be governed by Impulse
rsther than reason at the turning mo-
ment when everything Is dependent
on cmliune and firmness of purpose
We Incline to haste when we should
go slowly and take accurate account
of our energy where we should oon-
erv It that our mind may not be
filled with four and finally overcome
with alckenimj apprehension
In business as in love most of our
miserable failures result from oar re-
fusal to consider seriously thp step
beyond
For some paltry reason a whim of
the fancy or n laxity of activity wo
find ourselves at tho crucial moment
weary of the chase
So we sit in the Inviting shade of
n friendly nook' while our more am-
bitious rivals steal n march upon no
and capture the prise only n step
beyond our Impatient reach
The blame to our own But the
truth never penetrates our souls until
tho clear perspective of yearn given
on n sharper vision which enables ns
to see our folly
It lo not until then that we fully un-
derstand onr shortcomings
To make amende for our own de-
ficiencies we proceed to pees nround
ndvfce to onr intimates which na n
rule falls on barren ground They
know net
There la but n step between suc-
cess and failure likewise but n step
between hope and despair When tho
occasion cornea for action very few of
us alas know how to tnako the step
though It Is Inviting and has an air
of simplicity '
And yet there Is probably no other
movement more vitally Important to
man’s future success than the step
Just beyond
( kjr MoClor Wwiipapw Symdteata
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
“PLUCK
EXCEPT as a synonym foe
courage pluck appears to
have little In common with the
words which are-derived from
tha French root-word "coeur”
meaning "heart” but in reality
they are very closely allied
having their parentage In the
old belief that the heart la the
seat of bravery “Courage” and
“courageous” both bear testi-
mony to this belief having come
down to ns by way of the
French while “pluck” Is essen- J:
tially Anglo-Saxon and was for-
merly the slang term for the en-
trails of an ox or steer When
the butcher laid open the car-
cass of the animal he would di-
vide the great arteries leading
to the heart cut through the
windpipe and then lift or pluck
out the heart and lungs refer-
ring to the entire mass as “the
pluck”
Merely aa an Indication of the
comparative Infancy of the
word Sir Walter Scott wrote In
his journal in 1827 that a certain
man was “wanting In that arti-
cle which Is blackguardedly
called pluck’ ” For a number
of decades past however the
word has been sanctioned by
the best usage In English and
this butcher’s colloquialism has
taken Its place alongside the
aristocratic words of the lan-
guage ($ by th Wheeler Syndicate Ino)
Had It Learned
Diner— I have eaten much better
steaks than this one
Walter (through force of habit) —
Not here sir not here— American Le-
gion Weekly
-O
a G’vii oitl is
AFrOlIITED IVELFAfE
ivoriEd i:i cj:eau
The Order Appointing MUs Robertson
Was Signed By President
Harding Today
Washington April 16— An execu-
tire order permitting the appointment
of Mixa Alice Robertson former rep-
resentative from Oklahoma as wel-
fare warker in the Veterans’ Bureau
was signed today by President Hard-
ing The order authorise the ap-
pointment of Mis Robertson jvithont
submission of the usual civil service
examination
Mins Roberteon retired from the
house at the end of ths last fongreaa
having been defeated by a Democratic
opponent in the November election
CHURCH NOTES
Methodist Church
At the morning and evening sen-ices
of the Methodist church Sunday
a total of 79 were enrolled leaving
160 who signed cards at the Rayburn
revival yet to enroll Thirty-three
were baptized t the two services and
46 joined by letter or otherwise who
had already been baptized
The day was ideal and the people
of Duncan caught th spirit every
church in the city being crowded at
the various services It was truly
day of great rejoicing and will leave
an impress upon the people for years
to come
At the Methodist church standing
room was at n premium nnd the crowd
for one thing demonstrated the glar-
ng need of n new house of worship
The pastor announced that the church
now has around one thousand mem-
bers and declared that the present
church building was built to accom-
morate a membership of about 250
asking in all candor just what could
be done to relieve the situation
Rev Dougltss in order to partially
relieve the congestion at the Sunday
school held the men’s Bible class at
the city hall and 66 men were present
and took part in the service
It is expected that the churches of
the city will he richer by at least one
thousand members as a' direct result
of the Rayburn -revival ’ Christian
Duncan is now on the job in deed and
in troth
Counting the 81 who joined the
church Wednesday - night Pastor
Douglass has taken in 160 members
and says he has just 160 more cards
signed by those who expressed a pref-
erence to join his church Baptism
by immersion will be administered to
several candidates Friday evening
the baptistry of the Christian church
having been secured for the service
First Baptist Church -
Yesterday marked the first anni-
versary of Rev Elmer Ridgeway’s
pastorate of the First Baptist church
and was a big day in that organiza-
tion being the first Sunday after the
close of the Rayburn revival
Beginning with a Sunday school at-
tendance of 654 the building was
packed for every servied throughout
the day closing with a great baptis-
mal scene when 59 candidates were
buried with Christ in baptism There
were 83 additions to the church yes-
terday making 160 since the close of
the revival with as many more who
should yet line up for service
During the twelve months since
Rev Ridgeway became shepherd of
this flock there have been 509 addi-
tions to the church nearly doubling
the membership of the congregation
And during these few months a great
Sunday school building has been add-
ed and the old building remodeled un-
til it is now one of the most complete
religiouB workshops in the state But
the services yesterday demonstrated
that 'already this building is too
small and more room must be provi-
ded especially for some of the larger
Sunday school classes The men’s
HATCH
a nn
We are now prepared to take care of all of your watch troubles
We repair Spectacles Clocks Men’s Watch Ladies’ Bracelet WatA-
xs and all kinds of Jewelry
If you have a high grade Watch don’t take any ehnnce-tAe
t to the place where St will be properly repaired Every town needs
man that can realy fix and repair watchao and not junk them up
You will find that man who can fix your watch to your entire natte-
faction at the—
PAYCJE’S JEWELRY eOdP’V
826 Main Street -
-
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o
COMMUNITY FORUM
-
By J F McAfe Community
Counsellor Uni of Okla
Save Tho Babies
Mot human beings die before they
begin to live Tho highest mortality
of all ia 'among infante Thin la a
trrible waste Cannot wo stop H?
la getting horn wo inflict thp moot
excruciating pain which the human
system knows Lotting half of onr
infante die before they begin to tin
is poor reward for mothers who pay
this terrible price
Our Federal Government has a
children’s bureau devoted to vigorous
and scientific methods in stopping
this waste They are spreading edu-
cation in maternity and child nurture
among American mothers One of
their methods i the employment of a
four or five ton auto truck an infant
clinic on wheels capable of going
wherever there are road- It has al-
ready visited several Btates
This trucks with its corps of four
workers a woman doctor a trained
nure an expert dietician and a
chauffer has been secured for a full
year of service in Oklahoma It is
called the Children’s Welfare Special
It will operate nnder the direction of
the State Department of Public
Health
Its itinerary began the middle of
March at Oklahoma City where it
was inspected by members of the leg-
islature After a period in Oklahoma
County it moved south and will con-
tinue in the southeastern portion of
the state until August Opening in
the fall in the east central and north-
eastern portion of tho otate it will
move westward The later itinerary
has not yet been arranged '
The work is with and and for the
pre-school child and his mother
Twenty-five or thirty babies or young
children will be given a thorough
medical examination each day and
mothers will be instructed in best
methods of child care - Much printed
matter will be given out
This ia a start What next? Ought
not Oklahoma to have a clinic on its
roads for the next ten years until
every mother who does not know how
to care for her baby can be reached?
How can we best save the babies?
Parent la San Antonio
San Antonio April 14— The par-
ents of Oliver Kruli American min-
ing engineer who was kidnapped aad
is being held for ransom near Tor-
reon live in San Antonio Word
has been received by the parents of r
the missing man Mr and Mrs W F
grail that their son had been- taken
captive on the night of April 6 at 6
p ra i '
- The 49th annual race of the Ken-
tucky Derby will be run at Church-
hill Downs May 19 The Derby is
the oldest classic event of the Am-
erican turf-
Bible class had 61 present yesterday
morning and these men expect to run
this class well over one hundred The
Mizpah class of women was almost
as large
One of the most encouraging feat-
uresc of the work in this church is
the activities of the young people’s
organizations 133 being in the B Y
P U groups last evening
j Chrutiaa Church
The Christian church packed both
services Nearly twice as many in
Bible school as previous record at-
tendance Eighty-seven received in-
to fellowship Outstanding feature
of day was assembling $20000 pled-
ges for new church building Active
work on securing location and erec-
tion will begin at once Reception
new members Thursday night
STAMMERING CAN BE
CURED
Arrangements for treatment during
the summer now being completed Fo
information write Prof J W Shep-
herd University of Oklahoma Her-
man Oklfi
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