The Headlight (Carmen, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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CARMEN ALFALFA COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MARCH 22 1918
No 36
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S 0 S CALL — TO THE MEDICAL
PROFESSION OF OKLAHOMA
The Council of National Defense is
sending Major Henry D Jump M R
C to Oklahoma to hold a rally of all
medical men of Oklahoma on Satur-
day night March 23rd at Oklahoma
City This is to be a monster rally of
the medical profession of Oklahoma —
every patriotic physician of tn tatfc
should be present The National Coun-
cil at Washington presents the follow-
ing facts:
" “The number of physicians now com-
missioned in the Medical Reserve Corps
is 17430 Jn the Medical Corps Reg-
ular Army National Army and Na-
tional Guard there are about two
thousand more This number at ten
to the thousand soldiers will provide
for any army of two million but an-
other million are about to be drafted
and this will require five thousand
more No one knows how large an
army may ultimately be called out
We must provide physicians for the
army no matter how large it may be
There is a dearth of surgeons and in-
ternists of the first class Good men
and young men are needed All are
classified and will ultimately reach
their proper places Cases of negli-
gence published in the papers are iso-
lated but show how alert the war de-
partment is to give the soldiers the
best cure possible Many capable men
are not yet in We want all physicians
under fifty-five to pass the examina-
tion 'A Volunteer Medical Service
Corps is being formed and will be open
to those who cannot join the Reserve
Corps The surgeon general is pre-
paring one hundred thousand beds for
the sick and irretrievably wounded in
this country No wounded will be
brought back here who will be able to
get to the firing line again soon Peo-
ple who think the war will soon be
over are short-sighted No thought
of early peace appears at headquar-
ters If the businessman would apply-
to this situation the same rules and
fqr-sight as he does to business he
would see the folly of thinking peace
will come soon Preparations go on
apace for a long war and a very large
army Recently it was published that
the government had contracted for ten
million uniforms eleven million pairs
of woolen gloves twenty million pairs
of shoes twenty million pairs ' of
stockings eighteen million blankets
seven million overcoats As no man
wears but one overcoat at a time it
would look as if they meant to have
a very large army”
Now is the time that the medical
profession are called upon for sacri-
fice and patriotism They have met
every demand in the past and this
second call will not fall on deaf ears
BINGMAN ET AL ACQUITTED
' The jury in the damage case of Mrs
Carrie Garwood against Rev Bing-
man T W Lemmon W S Galloway
and Sheriff McCrady brought in a ver-
dict in favor of the defendants Sat-
urday evening after twenty minutes
deliberation The trial occupied al-
most the entire time of Friday and
Saturday and a number of witnesses
were examined Mrs Garwood alleg-
ed that her reputation was damaged
to the extent of several thousand dol-
lars and that she was arrested by the
parties mentioned in the suit without
any authority of law and falsely im-
prisoned She was arrested one night-
last summer for conducting a hotel
without a license The case was a
complete victory for the sheriff and
men assisting him and is one of those
cases that should never have been per-
mitted in court
SCHOOL PUPILS CONTST
Eagle Chief township schools will
be represented in the county contest
at Cherokee by Noreen Crooks and
Venettia Reynolds winners of read-
ing and song at the township contest
held here Tuesday night Competition
this year for the honor was not as
spirited as in past years there being
but two contestants in each of the
events The program was as follows:
Oration “The Flag God Bless it!”
Kenneth Carothers Reading “Her
First Recital” Noreen Crooks Read-
ing “The Sermon that Made Soldiers”
Frances Mercer Vocal Solo “Des
Hold my Hand Tonight” Gertrude
Prentiss Vocal Solo “The Old Old
Love" Venettia Reynolds Piano solo
“Faust” Pauline Kephart
SNOW FOR RED CROSS TUESDAY
Tuesday night “Sunshine and
Shadows” will be presented for the
benefit of the Red Cross at the Lyric
theater It is a home talent produc-
tion directed by Mr Slosson who is a
veteran theatrical performer A very
capable cast of young people have
been working hard in the rehearsals
and the public is promised a very
pleasant evening’s entertainment The
play is a good selection with dramatic
situations properly balanced by good
clean comedy Good music is also en-
gaged for the evening
It has been some time since a play
bas been presented in Carmen and
there should be a good crowd turn out
for this occasion
FARMERS’ ORGANIZATION DATES
A series of meetings is being held
in the county this week at school
houses by John A Simpson of Okla-
homa City president of the Farmers’
Educational and Co-operativ6 Union
of America Mr Simpson is an ex-
cellent speaker and is well posted on
thep roblems of the fanner It is de-
sired that these meetings be well at-
tended Dates are announced as fol-
lows: Monday March 2rth Lambert
Tuesday March 26th Dist No 47
east of Cherokee
Wednesday March 27th Dist No
45 west of Cherokee
Thursday March 28th Amorita
Friday March 29th Pleasant Ridge
Dist No 43 north of Carmen
Saturday March 30 Glasgow Dist
east of McWillie
TELLS OF WAR CONFERENCE
At the Lyric theater Monday night
a large sized crowd listened to Rev
P E Bingman in a masterful recount
of the war confrences held recently in
Oklahoma City at which addresses
were made by prominent people who
had visited the battle front among
them Lieut Paul Perigord of the
French army Bingman is in the 40-
minute class of speakers and the whole
time was filled with striking exposi-
tions of war activity The speech
brought Carmen people to a realiza-
tion of the magnitude and seriousness
of the great war and the necessity of
every one taking up whole-heartedly
the burdens imposed upon the citizen-
ship in support of the war program
That the war will last several years
is the conclusion of all who have been
in close touch with the fighting forces
Rev Bingman at his own expense
attended the conferences in Oklahoma
City and his address here was given
as a war service imposed upon him
by the stale council of defense It is
worthy of repetition in any place
Music for the evening w'as furnished
by Misses Ella and Rosa Sutter and
was greatly enjoyed A silver offering
was taken at the close of th’ program
and a nice sum wns turned into the
Red Cross treasury
JUNIOR RED CROSS ACTIVE
The week closing March 25th is a
special drive of the Junior Red Cross
to gather garments for Belgian Relief
work and the Carmen school children
will visit every home in the district
Tuesday and Thursday Clean gar-
ments for wear and bed coverings are
wanted Be ready for the children
u -d encourage them in the great work
of i?lief
AUCTION FOR RED CROSS
Saturday afternoc" on the streets
of Carmen there will be held an auc-
tion sale of goods donated to the Car-
men Red Cross An auctioneer will
sell the offerings to the highest bid-
der beginning at three o’clock
There will be articles of all kinds
offered for sale: chickens eggs seed
hay ready-made garments cooked
food implements household utilities
and a great assortment of goods of
all sorts Several automobiles have
canvassed the country about town
and a surpising amount of stuff has
been donated for the sale It is ex-
pected that the event will be attended
by a large crowd and that the bidding
will be gspirited
Parties wising to donate something
for the sale will notify Mrs W S
Galloway or bring the donation in to
the sale
WHAT THE BOYS SAY AFTER
A FEW DAYS AT CAMP TRAVIS
How does it feel to be picked up out
of a grocery store or bank cashier’s
cage and be dropped into an army
camp as a soldier? What is the spirit
of the selective draft men recently
arrived at Camp Travis Regardless
of idle talk take the following ex-
cerpts from the letters of the new
“rookies” to their folks at home and
their home papers Let them answer
“One good thing is we have every-
thing sanitary No uncleanliness al-
lowed and we are well fed have pies
nearly every day Tell all the boys
not to worry It may be hard for a
few days but gets better as we be-
come accustomed to the change
“Army life seems to agree with the
men and from a physical standpoint
it is wonderful The boys are all sat-
isfied which is due largely to an ef-
ficient staff of officers and few if any
would return to civil life now were
the opportunity offered
“Everything is in the line with the
government’s policy of giving the sol-
dier the advantages offered by clean
competitive sport which develops in-
dividual initiative as well as offering
a diversion
“Army life at Camp Travis is not
what mbst of the people at home think
it is We are treated the very best
The Y M C A furnishes the boys
with good music good picture shows
church and other pleasures that are
possible We have plenty to eat and
a good bed to sleep in also plenty of
clothing fo wear- Our barracks are
electrically lighted There are plenty
of stoves tpd lots of coal to loke heat-
“We send our greetings to the folks
at home and ask them not to worry
for our greatest worry is thinking that
the home folks are bothered when the
fact of the matter is that we ore hav-
ing a better time than they can
imagine v
“If any individualTiad a privilege
for which to be thankful for your
brother husband or sweetheart has if
they are connected with the National
Army and you who are at home should
be thankful that your family is re-
presented in this gigantic task the
upbuilding of humanity
“I have seen service in the navy and
in the army I enlisted in the navy
and was drafted in the army If I
had any choice again it would be for
the drafted army for one never saw
greater opportunities for a man to
develop not only as a soldier but also
as a man physically and mentally
“I have no doubt that all of us find
things different to what we were ac-
customed in civil life For my part
have encountered rules I never knew
existed but don’t see how this grand
army could exist if it wasn’t for them
“Every day I remain in camp I
have a growing feeling of pity and
contempt for the man who seeks by
somd subterfuge to evade draft and
service Now that we are here we
are going to do everything within our
power to accomplish the purpose for
which we were summoned We were
ignorant before or I venture to say
without anv feeling of possible con-
tradiction that nearly everyone of us
would have volunteered
“Never in the history of the w’orld
with all its great armies were sol-
diers so well cared for as we are —
housed in well heated houses well
clothed and abundantly fed with none
of the sufferings and inconveniences
to bear that marred the paths of all
great armies who have fought on bat-
tlefields of the world Because of the
broad scope of our training it is
sometimes hard to realize we are
training for war instead of getting a
training to make one a better man
physically and a better citizen gener-
ally” JIM GARWOOD DEAD
Early Wednesday morning James
Garwood died a his home in Carmen
Funeral services were held that after-
noon by Rev Cottrill and the body
was laid to rest in Carmen cemetery
For some years Jim had been in
a weakened condition from disease
and his end was not unexepected His
was a life of misspent manhood and
he lef a record of crime He leaves
a v iocv and several children The
funeral was attended by a number of
business men and the services were
llj more pathetic because of the ab-
sence of friends of the deceased
HIGHWAY OFFICERS TOUR ROAD
Tuesday morning Carmn was visit- Carmen experienced the most disas-
ei by Cyrus S Avery and E Bee trous tumey of the season at Wichita
Guthrey president and secretary of last Friday when the boys met defeat
the Albert Pike Highway whose
headquarters are at Tulsa They
were traveling the route for the pur-
pose of inspecting it prior to mark-
ing from Hot Springs Ark to Colo-
rado Springs and were accompanied
from Enid by T W Lemmon John
Smith and other good road enthusiasts
who attended a meeting with the Enid
Chamber of Commerce Monday night
On this trip the officers also in-
spected and considered the route pro-
posed by Cherokee and very soon will
announce their decision as to the per-
manent location of the highway and Fairmont Colleges Although the
through this county The road will be team was defeated they stayed over
palinly marked for this summer’s until Sunday and saw some good
tourist travel to Colorado Springs games Thq Wichita high second team
The Carmen boosters feel that the were the final winners by defeating
chances to secure this road are very the strong Viola team and their broth-
favorable and confidently expect good ers the Wichita fiirst team This in-
news from the conference of the cident places Wichita in a peculiar po-
officials sition for they have two teams of
equal strength but the first team will
DRILL FOR OILWEST OF TOWN
Location for an oil well has been made
on the John Whitney farm fifteen
miles west and two south of Carmen
and it is announced that material is
on the way and the well will be spud-
ded in soon The company is ably fi-
nanced and the test -will be thorough
as the report of consulting geologists
was most encouraging Several Car-
men people are owners of property in-
eluded in the 15000 acre lease of the
prospecting company
RED CROSS BUSY AT WORK
Forty members of Carmen Red
Cross were in attendance and at work
at the hall Tuesday afternoon and
work is progressing rapidly There
were twenty-five present the preced-
ing Friday Mrs Winslow director of
the 'work has been caUed-to T cpeT& a gfrlsr'kte riding gliodworlrat the1 Red —r:''
by the serious illness of her sister Cross hall and it’s “Good Night for
the Kaiser” with this spirit prevailing
The freshmen
Miss Jessie Dean and work is going
on much the same as though she were
present though her influence is missed
It is urged by the working force that
more of the ladies turn out as they
can be put to work Every one should
give at least one afternoon each week
There will be different kinds of work
so every one can find something they
can do Quite a number are knitting
at their homes
Last Friday the work aclomplished
consisted of 200 12x18 compresses 15
slings 50 tapes 375 2x2 wipes Were
wrapped and 400 folded
Worlf finished Tuesday was: 80
4x4 compresses 300 2x2 compresses
35 basted triangular bandages 12 fin-
ishd triangular bandages one-half bolt
of gauze cut
There is plenty of material on hand
for the work for several weeks
NIECE WILL WRITE SAD TIDINGS
Adjutant General Henry P McCain
Washington D C has the painful
duty of notifying parents and de-
pendants of the death of U S sold-
iers All official messages of the
death wounding or capture of our
boys will be over the official signature
of the Adjutant General One of his
large corps of stenographers is Miss
Ruth Stevens of Kahoka Mo a niece
of Mrs Hattie Boyce of Carmen
FAR AND NEAR CARMEN
The earlv oats are coming up nice
ly
Mrs Eli Garner is able to be up
and around again after a brief ill-
ness Wm Griffin is driving a new Dodge
Brothers car
Mrs Dell Patterson vsited the lat-
ter part of last week with Katie Wake-
field Running incubators and planting
garden is the order of the day
Frank Silks and family called on
Eli Garner and wife Tuesday after-
noon Mr and Mrs Earl Marsh entertain-
ed at their home Wednesday evening
in honor of the latter’s brother Burton
Hall of Camp Travis Texas who is
home on a short furlough There were
67 present with 18 families being re-
presented The evening was spent
with music and various games and re-
freshments of apples oranges and ba-
nanas were served Every one enjoy-
ed themselves and all departed at a
late hour wishing Burt good luck and
a safe return
CLEANED AT WICHITA TOURNEY
at the hands of the Eudora Kans
high which had been defeated only
once last season and that came at the
hands of Lawrence the north Kansas
Champions The game came at 2:45
Friday afternoon in the Forum with
Eudora playing a fast clean game and
always leading Reber their star
forward played a wonderful game
When the time whistle blew the score
stood 59-13 The tournament was held
by the Wichita Y M C A and the
boys were well treated by this organr
ization as well as by both the Friends
£ used by Coach g in
!°U£n?ment at Lawrence Friends lost
th® collge char?Pion-
p 0 L c ‘ e Carmen lineup
used on this trip was: forwards West-
fall and Middleton guards Morrow
and Brown center Harvey and sub
Hixson Carmen was the only Okla-
homa team present
At the boys’ assembly Monday the
I® tjiejr f‘p and ei e
fewere dlvlded ln!° fo“r s(luad3 of
eight men each and active military
training started The coporals in
charge of the squads are: Albert Mer-
cer Maurice Kelley Horace Brown
and Purl Hixson All of the corporals
availed themselves of the military
training last summer and gave their
men some drill in marching The
more complicated evolutions will be
practiced later In the meantime the
led last Friday’s
chapel and provided readings by Les-
ter Roush and Oscar Moser and a song
by the freshmen quartet
Miss Ella Miller the lady farm-
agent employed by the county spoke
before a special assembly of the high
school and the eighth grade students
last Wednesday on food conservation
and club organization among the stud-
ents between the ages of 10 and 18
The garden club includes growing can-
ning and the drying of green vege-
tables for winter use while the poul-
try club provides that each member
shall prodcue 45 baby chicks Sev-
eral students were interested and
signed cards of membership Instruc-
tions are to be sent from Cherokee and
Miss Miller will visit each club at
Jeast once a month to help the stud-
ents The fize rf the gardens are lo
be at least cne-tenth of an acre and
snvi-h vegetables are to be planted as
may be dried cv preserved The ob-
ject of this movement is to produce
food at home for ourselves ‘as well as
for our hoys “over there”
' The seniors and faculty of C II S
were royally entertained at the home
of Mrs Moseley at Goltry Monday
evening Although they had some dif-
ficulty in getting there that was more
than counterbalanced by the hree-
supper that awaited them Irish stor-
ies were told in honor of St Patrick
and a short biography of that patron
saint was given Games and sumic
furnished entertainment for the rest
of the evening Every one was full
of mirth and anx’ous to do justice to
Irish cheer At a little past eleven
the merry party took leave of the “pig
in the parlor” each one feeling that
they never enjoyed more the mirth and
joviality of Old Ireland (Reported
by Grace Tucker)
DEATH PLUCKS A FLOWER
George Willis son of Mr and Mrs
Albert Bensing seven miles south-
west of Carmen died March 13 1918
aged 10 years and 9 months He
was born in Pekin 111 His parents
three sisters and one brother mourn
his death A little brother died in
1909 on the 16th of January at the
age of two months and just a short
time ago a little baby sister died
Card of Thanks — We wish to thank
the neighbors one and all who so kind-
ly assisted us during the sickness and
death of our darling baby daughter
and our dear son George — Mr and
Mrs Albert Bensing and family t
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