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Just An Idea of the Kind of Clothes
—The Large Variation to be Had at this Store
Above are three models illustrating — Conservativeness Semi-conseiyative
and extreme These models and over a dozen others in this Spring’s newest
patterns of all wool cloths tailored to a perfection can be had at the Model at
any time but particularly now the choicest are in abundance and your size is
here in perfect fit no matter how you are built $15 up to $40
Straw Hats
The
largest and best
ment in town
$2 to $10
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The Home of
FRANCIS
T E Miller has men at work put-
ting in the cement floor in his new
building The second story has been
completed and the I O O F and A
F A A M lodges have moved In
While they are engaged in raising
the coal chute the Frisco Railway
Co has a Brown holster here to load
coal upon the engines
The last cold wave did not kill any
thing In this end of the county It was
very chilly but the mercury has again
gone up and we hope it will remain
there
Every thing in the business line
still rushing and our merchants are
very busy dealing out goods
Lee West road supervisor is now
engaged with a crew of men putting
in a concrete culvert across Main
street at Meaders avenue
The state health man was in town
one day last week rounding up the
bos Some of them were gien
piece of his mind
J S Robins has sold ins -In acres
faun noitli ot' town to - oil peo
ple The considei at ioi ’-1500
Tlie Odd Fellows and ii-ons have
now a first class place to hold theii 1
meetings- Thej are in the second 1
story of the Miller building and have j
eveiv thing up to date in the wav of-
fixtures W P Chism is having his build-
ing on north side of Main replaster-
ed an dotherwise renovated for the
reception of the Bean Merchandise
Co
SUNSHINE
Mr and Mrs Littlfield went to Ada
one day last week
Mrs Sarah Blake went to Rolt
Sunday to meet her son G Frank-
lin Blake from Camp Bowie who was
on his way to Muse to attend to some
business affairs
Arch Pettigrew has been visiting
his mother for a few days but has
returned to Camps
Mr Leslie Hewitt and Annie Van-
zant were married Sunday at the
home of the bride Leslie is a good
farmer an honorable citizen secre-
tary of our singing class a man of
sterling worth and we wish him Joy
Tlnce Crisp president of the Coun-
cil of Defense at Onward was In our
community on business this week
Q F Hooks made a business trip
to Ada Monday
George Pitt and H E Llnsley vis-
ited Blue Mound community Sun-
day where Mr Pitt ' was making
some pictures -
The children of W H Brents
county commissioner are sick with
measles
Cotton planting in the order of
the day ' BELLE
Pig At the Fair
Oh 'Mamma you ought to have
seen the -sight I Saw while-1 was
gone list they loaded me into the
wagon ns you know before I left I
thought they were just playing with
me as they always did but they
took me off a long way and put me
Into a place that I had never seen
“Plattsburg”
Men’s and Boys’ Oxfords
Dark Tans and Blacks
Styles
$250 to $1250
All
QUALITY SHOP
EVERYBODY’S STORE
Kuppenheimer and Society
DC
before It was a house that was very
small and I -never saw the like of
hogs in all of my life There were
large ones and small ones like me
My closest neighbors were two little
gelts about six months old but their
names I did not learn There was the
awf ulest mass of people you ever sow
They were coming to and going from
my house all the time They would
come up to my house and some of
them would talk about how pretty
I was and some would say what pret-
ty hair I had some would say my
bones were too small and my ears
flopped too much and my face wasn’t
dished enough but one man came
around and said I was the best pig
there and gave a boy a blue ribbon
which he tacked on the front of my
house Then my master came
around and tacked a sign on my
house reading that I was for sale It
made cold chills run over my back
a i at first for I thought I would never
get to see you again but I did not
civ lor I did not want to look bad
Oli I lot got to tell you lhat one
tune my master came and fed me and
when I ate all of my feed up a girl
told lum to teed me more She suio
was pietty BILLIE HUNT
Stratford Okla
Notice of Sale of Real Estate
In the matter of the Guardianship of
James Blevins a Minor
Notice is hereby given In pursuance
of an order of the County Court ol’
the County of Pontotoc State of Ok-
lahoma made on the 18th day ' of
April 1918 the undersigned Guard-
ian of the estate of Janies Blevins a
minor will sell at Public Sale to the
highest bidder subject to confirma-
tion by said Court on Thursday the
16th day of May A D 1918 at 9
o'clock a in at the County Court
room all the right title and interest
of said James Blevins a minor in
and to the following described real
estate situate in Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma to-wit: The
Northwest quarter of the Southwest
quarter of Section 8 Township 5
North Range 8 East ‘ in Pontotoc
County Oklahoma
Said real estate will be sold on the
following terms and conditions to-
Wit: Cash in hand upon confirmation
of the sale by the Court
Bids for purebase thereof may be
in writing and may be filed in the
County Court or delivered to the
undersigned
Dated the 18th day of April 1918
GEORGE W BLEVINS
Guardian
C O BARTON Atty
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Please Return Gun
At the home guard drill ot Mon-
day evening one of the men carried a
gun home with him These guns are
to be kept at the Sheriff's office
hence Capt Sugg would appreciate It
If the gun is returned at once
Get your adding machine paper at
tb News office
Double Breasted Beaufort”
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Men’s and Boys’ Shirts
Manhattans and others Madras
Crepes Silks
$1 to $10
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Brand Clothes
A TRIBUTE TO THE
MEN OK THE NAVY
An honor to our flag the Navy
boys Yes we are glad to meet them
any time and anywhere They stand
for all that represents our Republic
especially those who are away irom
home and kindred separated from
the sweetest and kindest Influences
of Individual home life standing
guarding every thing that is fair
minded high minded and honorable
performing a duty that is outside of
the public observation
Here away guarding the welfare
the safety of our people the navy is
that arm of the public defense the
nature of which duty Is dual in that
they relate to both peace and war In
times of peace the navy blazes the
way across the trackless deep maps
out and marks the dangers which lie
in the routes of commerce in order
that the peaceful argosies ol trade
may pursue safe routes to the dis-
tant markets of the woild There to
exchange the varied commodities of
commerce It penetrates the jungle
and the tangle of the intei -l rnpiral
legions it stands ready to staie to
death or to die troni exposuie it
pushes its way into the icy lastnesses
ol the north or of the sunny breezes
of the south in order that it may
discover new channels of trade it
carries the influence of your power
and the beneficient advantages of our
civilization to the secluded and her-
mit empires of the eastern world and
brings them into touch with our
western civilization and its love of
law for the sake of the land Rather
than for fear of the law’s punishment
it stands guard upon the outer
frontiers of civilzation in pestilen-
tial climates often exposed to dis-
ease performing duties and holding
their Influence with the world’s pace
in reputation and character The
bones of navy men lie in every coun-
try of the world or along the high-
ways of commerce They mark the
resting places of martyrs to a sense
of duty that is stronger than any
fear of death They guard the in-
terests of the people the prestige of
our nation the glory and renown of
its flag
I wish I were able to buy Liberty
bonds but sicknesB and death and
short crops'last year has got me out
and down I am cutting and handling
cord wood to feed my team and fam-
ily as I made no corn laBt year
Respectfully
J F MILLIGAN
CUT BONO
What is hope? A smiling rainbow
Children follow through the wet
'Tls not here still yonder yonder
Never urchin found it yet
What Is life? A thawing iceburg
On a sea with sunny shore
Gay we Ball it melts beneath us
We are sunk and seen no more
What Is man? A foolish baby
Vainly strives and fights and frets
Demanding all deserving nothing
One small grave Is what he gets
- — Thomas Carlyle
MICHIGAN YOUTHS
IN CRIME PACT
Inspired by Lurid Pictures of Ex-
tortion Scenes Seen in
the “Movies”
Mt Pleasant Mich — Six schoolboys
ranging In age from fifteen to seven
teen years and members of prominent
families here are believed to bo the
members of the gang of blackmailers
operating under the direful title of the
“Black Four” with the object of ob-
taining through threats of death
money from business men and other
well-to-do citizens
It Is believed the daring youths were
led into a life of crime through wit-
nessing the many "vampire” and "un-
derground” pictures shown' In the
The Boys
Called Themselves
Black Four"
“The
“movies” The names of the school-
boys have not been made public and nc
arrests hove taken place
The boys are said to have confessed
to threatening George H MacGllllvny
a druggist of Mt Pleasant with de-
struction of property in case he refused
to hand over $500 A letter containing
the threat was found under MacGiili-
vay’s drug store door The boys called
themselves the “Blak Four” Only
four boys were at first members of the
band which was organized some
months ago Two more were admit-
ted later
John S Weldimin president of a
state bank and one of the wealthiest
men In the county received a letter
threatening himself and family with
death If he did not leave $30000 burled
Jn a certain place
The Charter of the "Black Four” it
in the hands of the sheriff and readt
as follows:
"We do hereby promise to be loyal
to our gang and risk even death for Its
honor and glory and to the traitor
death”
HOLDS DOWRY LOSES HUBBY
Wife Chaeges That New York Attor
nay Demanded $10000 or a
Divorce
New York — “Your father got fh
best of me He promised me $1000(
to marry you and he didn’t give me s
cent I don’t care w hether he gave yoi
the money or not The money belongi
to me You are responsible”
This declaration according to tin
complaint filed by Mrs Selma Levin
son in n suit for separation from Isani
Levinson a lawyer was made by thi
defendant just one month and two dayi
after their marriage
The plaintiff alleges the dofendan
told her he would get the money I
not in an agreeable way — In one thii'
would be disagreeable
“If you don’t give me that $10000
then I want to get a divorce” the plain
tiff says she was told
According to Mrs Levinson she re
celved $10000 as her dowry but th
defendant did not get It nor was hi
promised it
MAN STUMBLES ON FORTUNE
Janitor Picka Up Paper and Flndi
He’s Hslr to Half of $600000
Estate
Greensburg Pa — C E Ellsworth
janitor at the public school building
swept out the rooms as usual the oth
er night A bit of paper caught hit
eye and he read that he was heir tc
half an estate of $000000
The estate Is that of Robert L Ells
worth aged elrfhty-elght who died It
months ago at his home In Washing
ton and left his entire fortune to hit
‘nephew In Greensburg and his sister
Mrs Elvina Blndon of Washington
1 The nephew here had loet all tract
of his uncle neither having aeen not
heard from him for more than forty
years Soon after he received notlct
' of his fortune from on attorney
9600000 Acres of Wheat In Kanaaa
Topeka— The Kansaa board of ag-
riculture haa estimated that 8500000
acres of M'inter wheat have been sown
In that state Based on 100 per cent
condition of the state's growing wheat
Is 701 per cent or lower by 08 points
limn was reported n yeur ugo The
government apportionment of wheat
for Ivurmns was JO 000 000 acrea
s
ffiniT IF MC
non nM
Statement of 'work done by the
Pontotoc County Chapter of the Am-
erican Red Cross The following hos-
pital garments have been shipped
from the Chapter
40 dos convalescent robeB
30 dos suite pajamas
40 dos hospital bed shirts
50 doz underdrawers
10 doz undershirts'
20 doz operating gowns
10 dOz operating caps
Total 200 dozen or 2400 garments
Knitted articles as follows:
306 sweaters (
111$ pairs of socks-
92 muf fillers V
81 pairs of wrisUets' '
62 helmets 'f-
Total 1659 knitted articles' ""r-
Surgical dressings: -t '
24275 8x4 compresses ' ' v
424 4x4 compressea
440 Scultetus bandages '
9500 2x2 wipes - -v --
$05 triangular bandages’ t '
40 heel rings i
4 6-yard rolls
' Total 34989 dressings
Sundries: '
22 dosen wash cloths
3 dozen cup towels to Camp Doni-
phan 104 comfort kits at $150 each for
boys at camps
42 property bags for wounded sol-
diers 17 aprons for Belgians and French
2 shawls for Belgians and French
We have the following garments In
stock: i
80 dozen suits pajams
60 dosen undershirts
40 dosen hospital bed shirts
40 dozen helpless case shirts
40 dozen drawers - ’
Total £60 dozen or 3120 garments
Materials are advancing eo rapidly
it is unfortunate that we are not
prepared to buy for future work
The Chapter is also doing a lot of
refugee work for the French and Bel-
gian children We have ready to ship
35 Layettes for the Infante and will
have about’ 500 little aprons together
with a lot of underwear
The material for these garments
has been purchased with funds raised
by the Junior Auxiliaries
In addition to the Auxiliaries of
the Chapter Rolf Stonewall Allen
and Francis the following places are
at work on hospital or refugee gar-
ments: Vanoss Maxwell Center Fitz
hugh Franks Lula Steedman Ced-
ar Grove Happy Land Oakman
Horseshoe Ranch Lovelady New
Bethel Hall’s Hill Onward School I
Conway Dolberg Jesse Lawrence
Colbert and Jones Chapel
Napier Auxiliary (col) Is very ac-
tive They have made 40 comfort
kits and 40 hot water bag covers
also undershirts and underdrawers
It Is the desire at Chapter head-
quarters to get work Into every
school district Interest is growing
rapidly in the work and several
places have asked that they be or-
ganized as Auxiliaries which will be
done in thnear future
Is it any wonder we are continual-
ly having socials and entertainments
for benefit of the Red Cross?
It takes much money to run a
Chapter like the Pontotoc County
Chapter But think of the comfort
we are giving "Our boys” who have
sacrificed everything to help to keep
America free You may be interested
to know that the materials alone for
the above mentioned garments ’and
articles have cost $703243 You can
readily see where the money goes
MRS ORVILLE SNEAD
Chapter Secretary
GERMANS EVADE FOOD
PRICE REGULATIONS
(Bj tiK Associated Press)
Washington April 2 4 — Price fix-
ing in Germany has been a failure
and profiteering exists everywhere
says the April bulletin of the Bureau
of labor statistics The upper classes
are rolling in wealth while the mass-
es are in abject poverty
Not daring to tax the people di-
rectly the bulletin sas money is
raised lor the war by flouting loans
These loans although taken to some
extent by the wealthy classes are
really paid tor by the people who
have to pay exorbitant prices With
impoits cut off the land does not
produce enough to properly sustain
life
Shortly after the war started max-
imum prices were fixed on commodi-
ties but these says yie bulletin were
evaded by dealers and producers
Regulations of the amounts of the
necessities sold to one customer was
attempted but resulted In much illic-
it trading at high prices with the rich
getting the much needed commodi-
ties German government figures show
the cost of living toh ave increased
117 per cent but the buletln says
these figures do not show the real
facts Buying has to be iltcltly done
to get the goods and enormous pri-
ces have to be paid
CONSTABLE FORCES AUTOISTS
TO 11UY LIBERTY BONDS
St Louis Mo April 24 — Auto-
mobillsts who do not wish to buy Lib-
erty Bonds would do well not to
speed or to violate any other autorao-
blling law in Carondalet township
near here Constable Jacob Pfeifer
and everal ot his deputies have an-
nounced that all such law violators
will be given the alternative of buy-
ing a Liberty Bond or suffering ar-
rest with the subsequent fines in
court
Pfeiffer and his men first set out
to sel fifteen bonds In this manner
but the first day’s business netted
seven 'sales and it was decided to con-
tinue the work throughout the period
of the Third Liberty Loan campaign
This decision Is patriotic for every
sale represents a loss of $430 to the
arresting officer as that part of the
amount he would receive as a fee for
apprehending the offender
Alfalfa hay 76c per bale W C
Rollow 4-23-5t
Silks
Crepe
De Chehes
Foulards
Are what you
present time
need at the
We have the Crepe de Chine
in all colors
Our new arrivals In SUks are
the prettiest that can be found
in the markets
Our ' Foulards were quite a
while coming blit they are here
now The patterns are the clas-
siest that we could find
Come In and
them to you
let us show
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Dept Store
112 E Main St
FAMOUS MUSICIANS
COMIIIG TO ADA
The high school through Prof
Fentem has contracted for twor are
musical treats next winter Arthur
Middleton will be here again some-
time In December and Lucy Gates
will appear In February
Middleton received a warm recep-
tion on the occasion of his recent con-
cert here and will be given one even
more enthusiastic on his return Miss
Gates is declared by the ablest crit-
ics of the day to be one of the great-
est coloratura sopranos In America
Henry T Finck critic for the New
York Evening Post has unhesitating-
ly given her warmer praise than even
Galli-Curci
Alfalfa hay 75c per bale W C
Hollow 4-23-5t
Cuilee Clothing at Burk’s
4-23-5td-ltw
Burk’s for ladies’ ready-to-wear
4-23-5td-ltw
DISTRICT AND COUNTY
The News is authorized to an-
nounce the following gentlemen as
candidates for the respective offices
named subject to the Democratic
Primary:
For District Judge:
ARDEN L BULLOCK
For County Attorney:
WAYNE WADLINGTON
For County Treasurer —
D W SWAFFAR
For Sheriff —
bOB PUNCAN ( i? e-election I
For County Tax Assessor —
NICK HEARD (Re-election)
For County Clerk —
MILTON GARNER
For County Weigher:
O J LEE (Re-election)
JOHN WARD
For County Judge —
OREL BUSBY
J O COWART
For Representative
O W Taylor
For Co Commissioner
W H BRUMLEY (Re-Elec)
For County Commissioner (2nd Dist)
R L MOSS
J I LAUGHL1N
W B SELFRIDGE
Commissioner 3rd District:
HENRY F BIBB
'W H BRENTS (Re-election)
For
WANT ADS
FOR SALE— 200 bu Mebane cotton
seedW E Walker Ada R F D 2
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FOR SALE — High grade Durham
and Holstein milch cows Fresh S
L Robertson 1-4 mile South and 1-2
East ot Ahloso 3-14-12t
FOR SALE — One of the best farms
in Pontotoc county 160 acres Im-
proved Terms Possession Jan 1
1919 Address "T” care of News
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FOR SALE — 4 cars eorghum seed
all varieties You will find them at
W C Rollow’s hardware store R
C Jeter Ada 4-4-ttw
? 9k BLACK MINORCAS— Eggs
per 100 deliver-
ed Pape’s strain — K E McDonald
Steedman Okla 4-1 1-3 tw
CANE SEED — Select recleaned Am-
ber Orange Folger’a Early $660
per hundred Order now before sup-
"— Fort Scott Fuel Sup-
ply Fort Scott Kansas
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