The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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to the people who have idle money not
earning interest
This bank issues certificates of deposits
bearing 4 per cent interest from date of
depositing funds— thus offering not only an
equitable interest rate but assuring Safety
for your funds
Why not have your reserve fund ac-
count with this bank where it is protected
by the Guarantey Law of the State of
Oklahoma
by tak'ng tuo town of fassighy
fore Allied Drive Son !i if Soiu-
me Twenty Towns Freed From
I:rulers in Si'igie Day
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County Excise
tlu Estimate
County I
Jtoiivd Fussed
for the
air
Grady county will have n Free
Fair as usual this fall The coun-
ty excise board at its session on
Thursday passed the estimate of
money asked for the defraying of
the expenses of the fair The
county fair does not expect to
spend all the money asked in fret
they evpect "to sne a good potrion
ut thU money t " 'al'c:
have been sent out and the far-
mers of the county are urged o
bring exhibits for ''ie fair
Every farmer in the county who
lias any grain or farm product on
which a prize will be offered is
urged to bring
fair Chickasha
winning of tin-
Oklahoma Slate
do it
All owners of registered stock
who desire to show them at the
country fair are urged now to re
serve their stalls for the fair The
display of hogs and cattle will lie F-
aoou' as usual
it to the county
is going after the
first prize at the
Fair and we can
The
ML STARTS
SEPTEMBER FIRST
Meeting' Will Start Septembci
1 mid Will Continue For
Several Weeks
The city of Chickasha is going
to have the biggest revival it has
had in years A union revival
meeting will begin in this city
Septe-niber 1st Work on the big
tabernacle was started Thursday
morning and the work is progress-
ing in fine shape The building
will be Mxll2 feet
-r Thv- —-ilia ' When ' completed
will seat probably tw'A thousand
people A large platform will be
built to accomodate three hundred
singers' The evangelist in charge
of the meeting will be the Rever-
end E J Bulgln and his corp of
assistants The expenses of the
campaign will be borne by the lo-
cal members of the churches in-
terested in the movement and Dr
Balgin will get his remuneration
:t the end of the meeting in a birr
fro will offering which will be
taken
With the Fnnch Army in France
Aug 21 — General Humbert's troops
resuming their attacks against the
Germans today crowned their per-
sistent efforts over dilficult ground
by taking the aown of Lassigny
which was the cornerstone of the
German position south of the Avre
river after the fall of Munttiidicr
I'lemont the important height to
the southeast of Lassigny where
vio'ent struggles occurred in April
and which bars the ay to the
Divtlte Vulley from tlu- west was
surrounded thus opening up a way
for the French infantry to pursue
the? Germans down the valley The
Oi'val wood also was occupied pnd
General Jliimbert's men advancing
along the road from ttibecourt to
Nnyon reached the region south of
Chiry-Oureamps
The German residence appeared
to weaken during Ihe day both the
artillery and infantry ktt'ng dow
in the cffoits
the past lew days to bar t lie way
to the French !
The official statement says thili
twenty villages have been lil"- I
since yesierdiiy and that the French j
have advanced about five miles at
certuiu points
PLATKAF NOGTH OFAISXF
EEACHED IIV FKFXCll TROOPS
With the French Army iu France
Aug 21 — (5 p m)— On the right
wing of the battle front east of the
Oise the French rushed their at-
tack vigorously during the morning
taking Laval and arriving at the
edge or ll'ommiers which lies about
two miles northwest of Soissous
Several thousand more prisoners
have been taken one army coips
capturing 1600
This advance brings the French
troops to the plateau north of the
Aisne which v'll facilitate future
operations by General Mangui s
right
The Germans brought up rein-
forcements during the night and
are heavily counter-attacking at
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YV Fuller who shot and killed
McGhee was granted the
ritht to make bail by Judge Linn
Wednesday Ills bond was made at
4 50 cm) He promptly furnished
tail which was signed by James
Helm W E Sleydun W W Ross
Fuller all of Rush Springs
preliminary hearing of Ful-
I'T was held before Justice T P
Moon? in Tuesday The first wit-
ness put on by the state was Mrs
-VcGhee She told of the actual
shooting She said that she and
Ser luishand were in the lie'd cut-
Ung corn that she saw Fuller leave
lis house and come towards where
(iey were working with a sack
cr his arm When a few steps
Jom her husband he dropped the
ack from his arm and revealed
revolver He at oijce began
shooting and shot three times Iler
fcusbaiid at the first shot staggered
riK and Fa at 'the Kurd have nier-
soul" Alter shooting
uller rn as" hard as he
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Mi NEAR CEMENT
TRYS TO Bll SELF
lie Was- Despondent Over lov
fair and Decided to End it
At-All
Frank A YA'astle a young farm
hand from near Cement was
brought to Chickasha Monday in a
eerious condition as a result of at-
tempted suicide Wastle shot him-
self twice with a 22 caliber rifle
One shot was turned aside by the
ribs and another shot took efeel
in his stomach He was brouht
nt once to the Chickasha hospiVU
where he is said to be on the road
to recovery
GRAND JURY IS
CALLED FOR MONDAY
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CI!
LOSSES-
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SHOW FX-
dt 11 LY MONTH
THE EE CAE I
OADS OF
LAISOK SI-
NT OFT
Three car loads of men were sent
out this week from Cluck ash f and
Eawton for Camp Eustis Va where
they will go to work on the army
munition factory being built In eve
Regular shipping days have been
set for Mondays and Thursdays
On these days the men will be sent
from Chickasha and Lnwton to
eastern can ton men s
London via Montreal Aug 22
— Lotses of merchant shipping by
Great ISritian during the month of
July aggregating 107470 tons an
increase of 10965 tons over the
June losses
Allied and neutral gross tonnage
sunk aggregated 130532 making
the total gross tonnage lost during
the month 313011 The loss in
allied and 'neutral tonnage was an
increase ol 20 au- tons over me
j report for June
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Condensed Ftatenclnt of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of Chickiuslia Oklahoma
At the clo-o ol' business June 20 1!1X
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts 5195251445
Overdrafts- 500004
F S bonds at par 200000000
Furnifue and fixtures 1000000
Real estate owned 5000000
Slock in Fed reserve bank 780000
War K S and revenre stamps 40505
F 5 bonis o nlmnd ? 1500000
Cbsh with F S treasurer 035000
Cash in vault and with banks 2054 9400
Loads and warrants 3110755'!
lilHtv lti:5i bonds 5i02150
Bills of c!nnge 34SS23 U5S:2:Sa
Total ?L 085047 SO
LIABILITIES
Capiial I $ 20000000
K'irnles - 0000000
Undivided rrorit? 12G710l
Circulation 20000000
Reserved for axes 74 457
Dividends unpaid ' 45000
Rediscover 99 46902
Fili: Fayah'e t502tirt5
individuals M25o:l0lM
Deposits l!:uils K7XS053
Uniie-l Stales -' - S4xS57 1 l(j(s"7 1
Totr'l $lf'S50 4 7XO
The abov statement Is correct F L SLUSHER Cashier
A grand jury has been called by
Judge Linn to meet at the court
house next Monday This is the
first grand jury called iu Grady
county for over three years The
grand jury will piobe the general
law violations all over the county
Especial attention will be paid to
the gambling and' whiskey selling
charges The Council of Defense
is responsible for the calling ol
the grand jury and oyer fifty
names have been furnished by the
Council as witnesses before the
grand jury The ban on the city
of Chickasha by the officers at
Ft Sill has never been lifted and
the Council of Defense hopes to
have the ban lifted through the
action of the present granu jury
EERAL MONEY FOR
OKLAHOMA FARMERS
Helpless Oklalioinn Farmers Maj
(iet ISis Slice of - yfiOOOOOO
Wheat Keel Loan
Oklahoma City Aug 22
homa will ask the federal
menr to loan wheat seed
planting of an acreage of
-Okla-govern-for
the
at least
7-aMrTnAIITinT?JjrCMMHMIIItra I
r-2"':l0 acres of lard this fall as
sl-tte'u part of the appropria-
tion of $5000000 which will he
divided among several states This
will constitute in exciss of $1500-
000 Thi? decision w's reached at a
conference held last Saturday b
the Oklahoma State Council of De-
fense when over one hundred dele-
gates assembled from the wheat
growing states to hear the con-
di'ions under which the loan will
ri ma'1' and to confer
A Eitabrook ejirprentative of tiie
federal government who explained
it
Xo I'vin will he iride to fai'mei:-
who 'in' e ni:ide crops in t'ir pas'
I wo !- or to ii''i who have
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betWHil Septemh' :! M d
' illowing are tie- inun ja
of the men who will go in the call:
Robert Lee Walker
R C Frederick
Nobby C Giggins
' Ernest Wariner
Joseph llruton
Thomas Lee Reynolds
Clarence M Salem
George Kendrick
Henry Smith
Auson Tate
S G Ragsdale
Stephen Huntley
Roy Daniel
Ohmar Scott Elam
Daniel Wampler
Charles Reed
Ervin Ogle
Trout
Schuler
McKinley Brooks
Sparkmaa
Allen
Holmes
Division No 2 —
Egbert Autrey
Joseph Edon Merrill
Roy Calloway
Bernard Newton
Clarence Rollins
C ash w e 1 1 Burn ga r d n e r
Henry Butler
Joseph Horn
Charlie Carter
Henry 15 Lance
Auti Burleson
Elmer Thompson
Lavey
James
Major
Clyde
Verne
John
m mi waited
FOR WAR IRK
The Men Are Wanted
Work Within the
of Oklahoma
For
Stale
War
of
Charles Day in charge
S employment bureau says
two hundred common laborers
needed for war work within
slate of Oklahoma Thesf
are wanted ri-lii away and
will be put to v ork al oir-c
vk: wanting If) connect with
((' these it! : sliouhl apply at
F S L'iir'oymc rt bureau
pay will be better than threee
la is a fliiv
the U
that
are
the
men
they
All
Get Behind Your Government
Buy War
Savings Stamps
The Oklahoma National Bank
RIT BY CYCLONE
rusiiH ss I'liH'ks Eitctl by Storm
mi'Diidies Coiiml in Min-
nesota Stoi in
Minneapolis Aug 2°--A cy
clone sinking Tyler Minn a town
of 1100 inhabitants in the smith-
western part oT the slate at 9
o'clock lust night destroyed the
entire business section part of the
residence district and caused deaths
estimated at from 5 Oto 125 ac-
cording to information given out
by Great Northern railway of-
ficials here early this morning
The buildings destroyed Include
three banks the power house and
five general stores Three solid
blocks in the business district were
razed and the residence distiicls
east and west of the town swept
A Chicago and Northwestern pas-
senger train passing through Tjler
was thrown from the truck Twelve
passengers were killed and a num-
ber injured
The hospital was destroyed and
at least one nunc is known to have
been killed
Twenty bodies had been recov-
ered from the wrecked buildings
early this morning
NEWS OVER THE COUNTY
John Cast of the Little Rush
community says he will have good
corn this year Cast always raises
corn
J W Burleson of near Rush
Springs says he has been busy
heading his feterita for the past
week Burleson in addition to be-
ing a mighty good farmer expects
to make a fortune in oil kefore
very long He has an interest in
a lease In the Garber field thai is
ight close up to production
J M Denn who lives thirteen
miles northwest of Chickasha say
he won't raise a thing this year
but he is going lo stick it through
Denn says he doesn't think he will
always be In the dry belt ' His
wheat made two bushels to the
acre and he says you need a mag-
nifying glass to find it
TOWN IX IOWA MIT
lY CYCLONE
Sioux City Iowa Aug 22 — A
message received at the train dis-
patcher's ol'ice of the Great North-
ern railway here today reports the
town of Connors Iowa wiped out
by a cyclone Many persons are
believed to have lost their lives
Subscribe Tor the Star $1 a year
W! S Kilgore is now in the real
estate and farm loan business says
be thinks ihat what we md in
this county is for him to bo back
t) farming' Kilgore says it never
:ld fail to rain in this county when
he was In the farming game
Joe Nunn was a caller at the
Star office Saturday and had the
Star r-ent overcsas to Private E
Waller Fisher who formerly lived
east of Chickasha Young Fisher
rays lie I ns been in France for a
number of ru'nths and has never
'eceived h paper or a letter from
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The world's war has created a
demand jor Earners aicl fanners
r eel money to buy farm s I can
make farm loans at liv rates
Quick service A 15 T'lonipson
Office rear of Farmers Strvt Dank
Chickasha Okla 11-4t
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Condensed Statement of
The Chickasha National Bank
CHICKASHA OKLA
At the close of business June 29 191$
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts r ' 1 ?59'J59520
Overdrafts 4 SOS 82
U S bonds to secure circulation 5000000
Liberty Loan bonds 2743000
Stocks and warrants 1293865
Stiv k of Federal reserve bank 360000
Fu-niture and fixtures 419645
Real estate owned : SS400
Ci : h and sight exchange 15554519
Oil'
the
The
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Total v SS5509S31
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LIABILITIES
Capital - $100 0(10
Surplus '1 2000QIO
Fndivided prii'ots W136S403
Kererv for taxes mid interert 10075
Circulation 5000000
r:l!i Layab'e 5000000
TV-discounts wiih I'm) i-rve bank 9953173
!' ! r223SlM)
Total SS55f1's3 1
Tlie above statement Is correct
ROY C SMITH Casiite'
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Kayser, J. W. The Chickasha Star. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1918, newspaper, August 23, 1918; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1895842/m1/1/?q=led+zeppelin: accessed May 31, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.