The Coalgate Courier (Coalgate, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Rev Robertson former pastor
of the Baptist Church made us
an interesting: talk in assembly
Monday' morning
Last Tuesday evening the
Seniors poet and made plans for
an Annual for the high school
The school has never had ' one
and the Seniors are going to do
everything they can to put one
out this year The following
' officers were elected:Cecil Moody
editor in chief Willie H Hudson
business manager' Sybil Har
well circulation manager '
The Seniors gave a marsh-
mellow toast last Friday evening
nearly every member of the
class was present and all report
a '“dandy" time Mr Denny
Carl Andrews and Ralph An
drews of Stillwater: were the
out of town guests Miss King
and Mr Black were the faculty
members who wept with them
The Juniors gave a line party
last Friday evening They met
at the home of Miss Amye Woods
and from there they went to the
show AH of the Juniors report
a very good time
The Sophomores initiated the
“Freshies” Friday evening by
giving them a marshmellow toast
Miss Philippi and Mr Tyler went
with them
' The “Freshies" are having a
hard time getting used to high
school life It is rumored that
several ' have missed classes
because they could not find them
but cheer up freshies you will
soon learn!
From Karl ‘Tate
f
September 28 1917
Camp Travis Texas
315 T M Btry -Mr
J E T Clark
Coalgate Okla ’
Dear Editor: '
I will drop you a few lines to
let you know how I like army
life by now I like it' just fine
and dandy Every time I take
drill or exercise I like it better
We have been out on about one
mile double time this morning
We had quite a time We have
quite a bit of amusement down
here There is a Y M ' C A in
every regiment y-
There is 11 of us boys from
Coalgate in the Trench Morter
Battery Artillary It is- the
only camp of its kind in the
United States
The other boys who came with
us from Coalgate are in the
Depot Brigade
I have been (what the boys
call it) shot That is vaccinated
and oxinated My arms are
pretty sore I have three' more
to take
Well Ed tell the boys and
girls stationery and stamps are
pretty hard to get at present I
will close for this time As ever
Karl Tate Private
315 T M Btry
Wilson and Hoover Message
to people of Oklahoma
Last week President Wilson
and Food Administrator Hoover
sent personal messages to our
state by their personal repre-
sentatives Franklin K Lane
Secretary of the Interior deliver-
ed the President’s appeal and
Mr Shorthill of Chicago spoke
for Mr Hoover at the State fair
last Friday Echoes from the
two messages will be given next
Sunday morning in the Bible
Class at Presbyterian church by
two or more persons who heard
the above stated messages de-
livered Come out Sunday morn-
ing at ten and hear what your
president says to you
Publicity Committee
Roy Grove Killed
Roy Grove 26 was instantly
killed on a hay field near Brewer
by lightning about 1:30 p m
Wednesday of last week "De
ceased was for a number of years
a resident of Coalgate He is a
son of Mr and Mrs John Grove
and has a host of - relatives -- anc
friends here He is also survivec
by a wife and two small children
a little son two years' old -anc
daughter three months old
number of the relatives from here
attended the funeral
Thursday:
A Letter from Crim
A letter from John H Crim
who is in the officers reserve
training camp at Leon Springs
Tex states that he - is getting
along fine and that he enjoys the
training being given the future
officer of Uncle Sam
Brockman — Lockhart
Married— At Trinity M E
chhrch Louisville Ky last Tues-
day September 25 at 5 p m
Miss Alice Brockman of Louis-
ville to H L Lochart of the
Lockhart Oil Co of this city
The ceremony was performed by
Evangelist Mantle recently from
England The bride is an ac-
complished lady for some time a
teacher of music in the city of
Louisville where she was born
and raised and is a daughter of
Mrs Katie Brockman The groom
is a solid " business man being
heavily interested ih the Lock-
hart Oil Co with plants in Coal-
gate and HenryettaTand stations
in a number of other towns in
Oklahoma! The happy couple
came in Saturday and will spend
a few days in this city before
going to Henryetta where they
will reside: The many friends of
Mr Lockhart here wish for them
lappiness and prosperity With
these friends The Courier joins
in all good wishes
The Enlisted Man Must Help
' ' Himself '
Every enlisted man in the military or
naval for9es of the United States must
allot for the benefit of a wife or child
an amount equal to the Government’s
family allowance with a maximum
however of half his pay and a minimum
of $15 per month If he has no wife
or child and makes no voluntary allot-
ments for other dependments or for
other purposes the Secretary of War
or Navy may require him to deposit
with the Government at four per cen
turn compound interest half his pay or
so much of half his pay as he does not
allot either for his dependents or for
other purposes '
This puts the man with dependents
more nearly on a democratic footing
of equality with one who has none and
the better-paid American soldier with
the poorer-paid European with whom
he is fighting
The family allowances are based on
graduated scale depending on the
number of dependents and are condi-
tioned on allotments of equal amounts
up to half pay In no case however
doeB the allowance exceed $50 for one
family An ordinary enlisted man re-
ceiving $33 per month in foreign ser-
vice if his family is large enough may
be required to allot $1650 per month
and secure thereby for his family a
total income of $6650 Der mgnth —
From “Soldiers’ Insurance versus Pen-
sions’’ by Samuel McCune Lindsay in
the American Review of Reviews for
October 1917
Marriage License
Walter H Pennington 24 Coalgate
Miss Mary Dupiere 21 Coalgate
Willie F McCarty 25 Centrahoma
Miss Nellie Arrington 19 Centrahoma
Jason Flowers 26 Coalgate Miss
Sarah Norris 16 Coalgate
John H Jones 18 Farris Miss
Myrtle Cogglin 18 Centrahoma
Ed L Causey has our thanks
f&r a nice Jot of sweet potatoes
Coal County’s third increment
of 57 men departed Wednesday
night for Camp Travis Texas to
go into training with the new
selected National Army The
names of our boys going at this
time are as follows:
Chester A- Shelby -Alvin
L Henninger
Jasper Holland
Ed Henderson
Anderson L Lane
Thos E Harbour
Richard B Dalrymple
Noel E Powell
Geo Gardner
Oscar G Kirkland
Earl E Sherman
Joseph Roberts v
Jules Prevost
Robt R Jones
Thomas Rooson
Elbert F D Payne
Ervin Everett
William O Wiley
James I Price
Eck G Woods
John Chutan
Samual Hallmark
David P Blackbird
Richard Haag
Lute Weems
Urbano Guiliani
J E Rolando
James D Davis
Marion Brandon
Hubert Daniels -Jas
C Henninger
Herbert G Philipi
William Zeigler
James Hollman
Marvin E Christian
Hardie Gardner
Robt Lee Northcott ’
Willis D Headrick
i Lee Carter
Luis 'Carranto
Earnest S Lovinggood
Thomas Travel
Edmond Lewis
Geo W allis
Robert Holland
Harry McCracken
Francis S Christain "
Luther Shaver
Hugo H-Huckaby-Mack
Walton
Walter Lee Wood
James D Manley
Frank E Lorince-
William E O’Brien
John F Hartman
John Duke
Frank Mclnnis
Clarita
Wilburn Cartwright has accepted
position as principal of the Wardville
school in Atoka county '
P W O’Neal and son Face attend-
ed to business matters in Coalgate the
past week
The following boys of this vicinity
will leave October 3rd for the training
camp: Earl Sherman Ed Clifford Ed
win Lewis Robert Jones E F Payne
Alvin Heninger and Clint Henmger
A fine boy was born to Mr and Mrs
Clyde Kitchens Wednesday
Quite a lot of cotton is coming to
town and a good price is being paid for
same which makes the farmers smile
with contentment and happiness
Erl Sherman was a visitor at the
home of'Norman Moore Sunday
A J'Lyon our efficient druggist at-
tended the fair at Oklahoma City last
week
Norman Moore has accepted a posi-
tion with the Evans Hardware
Wilburn Cartwright reports that he
has a brother living in Johnston county
that goes to the colors October 3rd
Mias Jessie Grove returned to
ler work in Oklahoma City Sun-
day afternoon after a short visit
with her parents here Miss
Grove came down to attend the
’uneral of her cousin Roy Grove
who was killed near Jrewer
Wednesday of last week by
1 ghtning
COAL COUNTY AT
STATE FAIRS
The Courier feels gratified to
note that Coal county in exhibit:
and general arrangements of ex
hibits was classed No One for
the east side of the state at the
Oklahoma State Fair at Okla-
homa City last week and out of
the 77 counties of the state was
oply led by four on the western
side— agricultural counties for
more than 25 years! We think
this is an extraordinary showing
for our fine county' Two years
ago we were tenth and one year
ago we were seventh That’s
climbing right along up the lad
der of success as an agricultural
section Our folks are intensely
interested along this line of en
deavorancl they’re not going to
be perfectly satisfied until this
county heads the list of all the
counties in the state We’re
after the loving cup 1
From October 8 to 13 another
tremendous big Free State Fair
will be held at Muskogee It
will be well worth going to set-
Coal county was first at this fair
last year This year our county
will again have a fine display at
Muskogee and from informa
tion we are able to obtain a large
number of Coal county people
will visit the Free State Fair
First Oklahoma Infantry
Name Gone for Good
- Swallowed up by Texas
-w’
OMER K
BENEDICT In Tulsa World
Washington Oct 2 — That the
identity of the ‘ First Oklahoma
Infantry regiment is lost is con-
ceded by members of the Okla-
homa delegation in congress
In all our previous wars the
states have maintained territorial
recruitment and for scores of
years states have pointed with
pride’ to the glory of specific
regiments won on the field of
conflict ‘ ' ‘
This was true in the revolu-
tionary war in the war of 1812
in the Mexican canigaign in the
Civil war and lastly by the
Rough Riders in Santiago and
the Twentieth Kansas in the
Philippines
The passing out of existence of
the historical names of ‘ many
state regiments including the
First Oklahoma infantry only
more forcibly reminds us that
this is not a sentimental age but
a business age The principal
busin'ess of the United States at
this time is its war with Ger-
many— everything else is second-
ary President Wilson said in re-
fusing to commission Theodore
Roosevelt for service in France
“This is not a time for compli-
ment" the secretary of war and
the general staff have by their
action decreed that this is not a
time for sentiment:
The First Oklahoma infantry
is 18 years old and did valiant
service on the Mexican border
and the boys should be held to-
gether History time and time
again in all wars of all nations
has demonstrated that men fight
better and are more contented
when they are mobilized from
neighborhoods communities and
states in which they have been
brought up and in which they re-
side The?e is a community of
interest among them— they real-
ize they are among good friends
and not strangers and it seems
too bad that the cruel process of
army reorganization should dis-
turb this cementing wedge of
friendship and love for neighbors
and state pride
But this is war and we all
know what Sherman said of it
The First Oklahoma infantry
in name is gone
From The Lehigh News
Saturday night a negro named
Babe Washington got into an al-
tercation with another negro
named Prodigal Goodson In the
melee Washington whipped out
a knife and cut a long gash in
Goodson’s side and woundup by
driving the blade into his ' back
bone where it remained Sever-
al attempted to pull out the blade
but could not and at last succeed
ed in breaking the blade leaving
a part of it in the man’s back
Goodson was taken to Sherman
Texas where his wounds were at
tended to and the knife blade was
removed Washington was ar
rested in Atoka and brought
back by Marshal Cummings anc
lodged in jail at Coalgate
On account of an increased bus-
iness the Public Service Company
has been compelled to start up
their plant at this place For the
past three years this plant has
oeen idle and Lehigh has been
furnished with‘‘juice’’irom Coal-
ate We are pleased to see the
plant once more in operation
A copy of the Columbus Mon-
tana News-Democrat reaches this
office this week We notice the
name of Howard Harrison presi-
ient of the company that publish-
es the paper It is is a fine looking
newspaper and is well patronized
For several years he was connect-
ed with newspapers here and at
Coalgate moving ' to Montana
about three years ago - -
Boone Williams warden of the
state penitentiary at Granite was
calling on friends in Lehigh Sun-
day and Monday Warden Wil
liams has a town full of friends in
this place where he resided so long
le has put that penitentiary on
its “feet" so to speak or in other
words he tackled the job when it
was costing the state many thous-
ands of dollars above its earnings
each year to maintain It is now
self sustaining
Death of Mamie Enochs
In’ the death of Miss Mamie
ena Enochs 20 years 8 months
and five days of age Tuesday
morning at 1 o’clock after a long
illness this community lost one
of its brightest and best girls
who has spent the last eight years
of her life in our midst Her life
was a beautiful example of faith
and hope and charity Sincerely
devoted to home her church and
its institutions: her voice for
years has been raised in Psalms
to her Creator and unsurpassed
in sweetness and melody All
those who knew this little girl
were her steadfast friends Her
example would be blessed to fol-
ow Born in St Louis Mo January
27 1897 and coming to our com-
munity when a mere child with
ler father and family attending
our public schools church ser-
vice— always carrying her part
well — naturally making friends
wherever she went and scatter-
:ng sunshine and good cheer
along her pathway — but leaving
all for a better world It is sad to
chronicle death but in this in-
stance a gloomy sadness not only
for her father M E Enochs
sister Mrs W H Bigler of St
Liouis brother E H Enochs of
Coalgate but to all her other rel-
atives and friends The com-
munity has lost a bright and
useful girl in Mamie Enochs’ un-
timely taking away
Funeral services were conduct-
ed by Rev L C Lilly at the
Methodist church Wednesday at
2 p m and interment wa3 made
in Coalgate cemetery
atm’Alester
One of the greatest’ Scottish Rite ’
Reunions which has ever been held in
this part of the State will take place in
McAle3ter on the 9th 10th and 11th of
October ’
There are over 300 new applications
for the Degrees and the Secretary
V Mark Sexon 330 Honorary expects
a class to begin with practically the
entire number of applicants present
Indications point to a large attend-
ance of the members from all over the
State The Brethren of the Rite who
belong to this community expect to go
to McAIester There vfrill be a number
from here who are members of the
Class
All the Degrees from the 4th to the
32nd inclusive will be staged by select
teams These teams are made up of
members of the Rite who reside in dif-
ferent parts of the State and who show
their appreciation of Masonry by their'
attendance at all meetings f
The Master Mason Degree will be
staged on Monday evening October
8th and a large delegation of Rlue
Lodge Masons from over the State
will be in attendance
Immediately after the Reunion a
large delegation will leave tor Wash-
ington D C where the Supreme Coun-
cil A A S R will meet in session
from October 15th to 18th
The following Candidates elected:
From Coalgate:—
Leslie E Bay
John If Beal
’ Robert Blackbird
C D Bunch
R B Davidson
John T Hutchison
B C Maxwell
W E Maxwell ’
Warren S Moore
H L Reager ' '
From Lehigh: '
C W Barrett
Authur Cragon
Thomas A Trow
From Tupelo:
A E Hawley r
R E Fovler -
Sam Cates '
Ela C Breedlove I ' J
From Cairo:
J W B Nichols ' 1
OKLAHOMA TROOPS ARE
AGAIN DISTINGUISHED
Major Ellis Stephenson
Command 131st Machine
Gun Company
to
Camp Bowie Fbrt Worth
Texas Oct 2 — Distinction again
has came to Oklahoma soldiers at
Camp Bowie in the general re-
arrangement of troops under the
plan of consolidation which
promises to be carried out here
This time the honor has come
to the state through the appoint-
ment of Major Ellis Stephenson
to command the 131st machine
gun battalion of the 36th division
An order to the effect has been
issued from the headquarters of
Brigadier-General Blakey com-
manding the divison As soon
as the consolidation goes into
effect Major Stephenson will as-
sume command of the new
organization The 131st machine
gun battalion will be attached to
divison headquaters and will be
more or less independent Its
commander will take his orders
direct from the general com-
manding the division and will
assume greater responsibility
than that falling to the lot of '
another machine-gun command-
er The Coal County Singing Con-
ention at Eureka last Sunday
was well attended by people of
Coalgate and the entire county
according to reports furnished
us by J W Hurst The school
louse would not hold half the
people who attended but there
was plenty of dinner on the
ground for all and to spare
ubanks deservedly carried off
the banner The next conven-
tion will be held at Rocky Point
next fifth Sunday
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