The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1922 Page: 2 of 8
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DUNCAN BANNER FRIDAY SEPTUUEIt 22 11X1
SUNDAY’S matiee
CLOSED THE SEASON
Players Scatter To Homes For Win-
ter May Be New League For
Neat Season
Sunday closed tho base ball season
in Duncan For the first time in her
history Duncan this year saw league
ball and supported the game loyally
throughout the season It was a mat-
ter of regret that the team represent-
ing Duncan failed to get in on the
little “world's series" but the fans
are nevertheless satisfied that the
Ihinean team ran aecond best in both
halves of the split season In the
first half she finished only a few
games behind Chickasha and in the
second half was just dhe full game
behind the league leaders Clinton
Injuries and illness played havoc
with the locals' climb for first place
honors In the last half At a time
when she needed to win games the
Duncan team was shot to pieces with
injuries and the illness of one or two
players and the games lost during this
crisis porved her undoing The fact
remains however that Duncan closed
the season with by far the strongest
team iir the league and would have
copped the hunting had It been possi-
ble to do ao Clinton played in luck
during the Second half and got a
good start which the locals were sup-
porting the hospitals— so great in
fact that even though Duncan won
-almost 75 per ceht of her games she
could not overcome the lead with
Clinton winning consistently
Today very few of the players who
represented the Oilers remain in Dun-
can Manager Brownlow will winter
at his home in Marlow
Pitcher Ferguson left fdr his home
at Dallas today j
Yeager lives at Galveston Texas '
and will return there for the winter '
Pitcher Miller has secured employ- j
ment in Duncan and will remain I
here His team-mate Catcher Blair i
will do likewise
Catcher Hayes lives at Chickasha
and has employment there
Speer is interested in Duncan busi-
ness circles and will take up the work
where he left off when joining the
Oilers
Wilburn lives at Frederick but has
promise of employment here for the
winter and may locate The same is
true of Tboley Tooley's home is in
the "Hoosier State” Indiana
Bellah lives at Hollis and left last
night for his home
Fant has business interests at Law-
ton but it is certain that he will dis-
pose of these interests and remain in
Duncan He and Mrs Fant will spend
their honeymoon in a visit to Georgia
the former home of Mr Fant
' Youree lives in Dallas and will win-
ter there
Ned Seeley home run swatter ex
traordinary haa gone to his homo at
Royse City Texas Pitcher La Roe
left last week for his home at Green
ville Texas
The Duncan base ball team was
composed of gentlemanly players and
every member of the team conducted
himself in a manner to win unstinted
praise from the fans Not one act by
the club or any member has cast re-
flections upon Duncan at any time
and they have really been an asset
to the city '
Whether Duncan will be in the lea-
gue next year and whether or not any
member of this year’s team will be
seen in a Duncan uniform during
1923 is a matter yet to be deter-
mined The fact stands out however
that Duncan was the best ball town
in the circuit and this fact may be
the meanB of placing her in a class
with the larger cities of the state next
year There is already talk of a new
league apd Duncan is mentioned
prominently in connection with its
organisation- - ’
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COMMUNITY FORUM
J E McAfee Community Conn-
selor University of Oklahoma
A
e ‘
Why De People Leave the Tewa fer
the CityT
Because they want to live in a big
place and to boast of big business
Some are afflicted with a disease of
the mind called megalomania '
Because they wish to enjoy mod-
ern conveniences paved streets good
sewerage good store well appointed
houses theaters— all the modern im-
provements ' ' '
' Because they are tired of petty
gossip where everybody knows every-
thing about everybody else and makes
everybody else’s personal affairs his
business
There are other reasons are not
these the main ones? '
-Gossip is petty indeed and it is
no wonder people want to run away
from it On the other hand some
people consciously desire to lose
themselves in a crowd they wish to
go where their neighbors will not1
know much about them
1 Modern conveniences are very de-
sirable indeed and if they cannot be
secured elsewhere than in the cities
they are worth going after there Yet
theer are many inconveniences of big !
cities which theaters and big stores
cannot make up for Their rush and
dust and rattle and bang tend to
shorten life and spoil the disposition
Megalomania is a disease which has
destroyed more civilizations in the
past than any other malady Living
in a big crowd does not necessarily
cultivate a big soul Millions of very
The town can cultivate all the real
virtues of the big city and can avoid
most or all of ita evils But so long
as it fails to cultivate those virtues
people will continue to desert in
spite of the serious evils of the cities
Why cannot we cultivate in our
town all these virtues? Where shall
we begin? How far can we get with-
in the next twelve months?
HERRIN GRAND JURY
RE-CONVEIIES TODAY
Believed Will Have Returned Over
Hundred Indictments by Time
- To Adjourn
I
Marion 111 Sept 18 — (Associat-
ed Press) — With the re-convening of
the special grand jury tT Investigate
the Herrin mine killings after a ten
day recess reports are current that
the grand jury will have returned ap-
poxinjntely ono' hundred indictments
when it ha1' completed its work which
it is expected !o do ths week'
Seventy two ime Villa have been
returned aid tv nty-six men have
surrendered be-1" arrested All
prisoners lia"c ?xn warned by their
attorneys not to talk even among
themselves giving ruse to the supposi-
tion that the defense lawyers fear de-
tectives have been indicted in order
to obtain evidence for the prosecu-
tion ’ ’ '
I —o — — - - r‘v
Retailer Mm! Tonight
Attention of the members of the
Retailers Association is called to the
meeting at the district court room
at 8 o’clock tonight This is the reg-
ular meeting and every member is
urged to be present Secretary Sham-
el says important matters are to be
taken up and they demand the atten-
tion of every member of the associa-
tion '
UNCLES! SELLS
GOODS DY RADIO
American Concerns Tipped Off
Foreign Sales Openings by
' ’ Commerce Department
To
little people
crowd
can make- a very big
The centenary of the decipherer of
the Rosetta stone is being commemor-
ated in Paris ’ The Rosetta stone
contains the key to the ancient writ-
ing of the Egyptians and was discov-
ered by a French officer in 1799 at
Rosetta near Alexandria Champol
lion the French Egyptologist found
the key to the writing after eight
years’ labori ' He was only 11 years
of age when he started deciphering the
hieroglyphics on the stone
Members of the British Expedition
to Mount Everest managed to reach
a record height of 27300 feet more
than half a mile higher than man ever
scaled mountain heights before
Sad So Sad!
There “was a lady frpm Weehawken
From morning till night she’d be
talking ‘
But a slip of her tongue
Punctured ter lung 1
At her grave stone folks are now
gawkin’ ‘
Tipping off American business men
by radio as to foreign sales openings
in order to get tho jump on America’s
competitors for the world’s 'markets is
the Commerce Department’s latest
promoting stunt
Inquiries for American goods com-
ing into the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce from consuls
commercial attaches and other govern-
ment representatives in foreign coun-
tries are now distributed to New Eng-
land manufacturers " and merchants
through tha air by the Bureau’s Bos-
ton office in collaboration with tho
WGI broadcasting station at Medford
The service was tried out one night
last week for the first time aa an ex-
periment By first mail tha next
morning several letters were received
from nearby firms One of the lead-
ing New England manufacturers of
artificial leather who happened to be
“listening in” that night learned of
two possible openings for his goods
one in Mexico and the other in Col-
ombia He was much ploaaed com-
mending the Department of Commerce
for taking -advantage of “this moat
valuable time saving device” In the
opinion of another New England mer-
chant the new “sell-ji-by-air” service
should appeal particularly to the out-of-town
manufacturers and merchants
who are not in daily contact with the
offices maintained by the 'Commerce
Department in Boston New York
San Francisco Chicago New Orleans
and other leading cities “For exam-
ple” says this executive “there are
many manufacturers interested in ra-
dio who wish to sell abroad but who
are prevented from keeping in con-
stant touch by frequent visits and tel-
ephone calls with the trade openings
reported to the government agents
Aa the radio stations reach many out-
lying cities it would seem that this
service should be of especial value to
more distantly situated business men
within awide radius” t
Selling American goods in foreign
markets through tho help of ether
waves can be readily extended to oth-
er parts of the United States in the
opinion of Dr Julius Klein director
of the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce Director Klein pointed out
that this bureau maintains 34 district
and cooperative offices in this country
in - addition to the Boston branch
The sending out of the information in
each case is a problem for the local
manager to arrange with some nearby
broadcasting -station as all of 'them
have been authorized to undertake the
work he said " ‘ ‘
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DUNCAN OKLAHOMA
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STATEMENT AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPT 15 1922
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $47991173
Bonds and Warrants 5348793
Federal Reserve Bank Stock 330000
Furniture and Fixtures 1622135
CASH AND SIGHT EXCHANGE 28854683
Total $81146784
LIABILITIES
Capital J- $10000000
Surplus and Profits 1495061
DEPOSITS 1 - 72651723
Total
$84146784
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OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
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J M Armstrong President
J A Blaydes Vice Pres E E Brown Vice Pres C M Browder Vice Pres
J B McLendon Cashier ' Ira M Lang Asst Cashier '
S J Brown
W P Fowler
J W Whisenant
Sid Jones
R H Brown
Report of the Condition of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Duncan Oklahoma -
Condensed from Report of the Comptroller at the Close
of Business September 15 1922
Resources
Loans and Discounts— $75414939
Overdrafts I li ‘ 91021
Redemption Fond - 112500
Banking House Furniture
and Fixtures 3750000
"Real Estate 159125
Federal Reserve Bank
' Stock 360000
Uv S Bonds — 14150000
Sttteof Exchg 854813
Bonds and Wts 6441027
Cash and SlghtT
Exdh 23&2641A 350722010
Liabilities
Capital 8tock $10000000"
Surplus and Profits ' £255316
Reserves 847570
Circulation — 22210010
- DEPOSITS 69718919
Total V 1115019841
Total $115019811
The above statement is correct
W L SMITH Cashier
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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J R PRENTICE President - F R PRENTICE Asst Cashier
D C TETER Vice President AiS MOORE
W L SMITH Cashier B A HLAVATY
THE BANK OF GOOD SERVICE"
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DUNCAN OKLAHOMA
Report of condition at the close of business
September 15 1922
RESOURCES ' ' '
Loans and Discounts $ 51617107 -
Overdrafts 46448
Trade Acceptances r 1 1 1713804
U S Liberty Bonds 2580000
County Warrants 274218
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank 165000
Furniture and Fixtures 917427
CASH AND SIGHT EXCHANGE J 46010316
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TOTAL $103414320
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock 3 5000000
Surplus and Undivided Profits 1 899634
" RE-DISCOUNTS - -L'” NONfc
BILLS PAYABLE I NONE
DEPOSITS 97314786
TOTAL ? - --- --3113414320
1 he above statement is correct
I V PRUITT Cashier
We attribute the steady and substantial growth of this bank to the
fact that we always endeavor to do a strictly conservative hanking
business safeguarding' our depositor by a large cash revert e as evi-
denced by this statement
OUR MOTTO —
"SERVICE WITH SAFETY” -
Every share of stock in this bank is owned by residents and
property owners of Duncan and Stephens County It is distinctly a
home institution officered and directed by home people1
Officers and Directors s -
' L- L- Humphreys President T
- ek Active Vice-President - L V Pruitt Cashier
E E Clark Vice-President Paul D Cole Asst Cashier -H
W Sitton JG Cole G J Schick
“THE BAIIX WHERE YOU FEEL AT HOME”
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Opened For Business Dec 1st 1921
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Leeman, Ed J. The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1922, newspaper, September 22, 1922; Duncan, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1742625/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.