The Headlight (Carmen, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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CARMEN ALFALFA COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JULyY 1924
No 51"
AIL SET IN CARMEN FOR
NATION’S BIRTHDAY FETE
Municipal Park la Used for Celebra-
tion — Day of Rare Fun Is
Arranged for All
V -
Fourth of iuly in Carmen will be
a most enjoyable holiday for all tbo
people The celebration is to be held
in beautiful Carmen park the finest
Tecreaticn park in northwestern Ok-
lahoma providing bathing boating
games and amusements for young and
old- Plenty of shade1 and pure water
is available and more than a thousand
people are expected to attend the
- ilav’s entertainment
Music will be furnished by Malone’s
band ?nd it is right ut to the minute
with lively and spirited music They
will give two concerts
Th® basket dinner at noon is the
old fashioned kind where neighbors
greet neighbors and everybodv eats o
the best victuals the best cocks in tbe
Tand have prepared
' A pr on-ram o'f sports is arranged
-with prizes The ball game is another
featur Gclf tennis croquet and
"horseshoes will - entertain a trreat
many players Swings teeler-totters
nnd sliooery slide will lamuse the
younersters Thfre is something fo-
everyone Nr? admission is charged to
the nark or ball game You can have
a bin- tipie w!tbout paving a cent or
-you can snend as much as you want
Ton swimmino- boating and cold drinlc
The fun will last into the nin-ht
with a grand display' of fireworks The
park is electric lighted
Athletic events start at 11 a m
with noises of $1 first POc second anu
25c third Must be at-least three en-
tered in each event The urogram is:
Picycle Pace for boys over 3 6 nears
pieycie Pace for boys under 16
lop vard Pace for men
PO "V’ard "Pace forbA7s under 36
po--y-nrH Taeefer 4rinls vndr 16 -
fiO Vard Fat M°n’s Pane
po Y°nd Le"n r?aco
At 12:30 basket dinner will be
ap-no(i
Hand Concert at 1:30 and speech by
T
3:30 "Rail Gme Cherokee vs Car-
ISP” (K’ds) '
AH Day: golf tennis crcquet
“horsest’oes swimming boating
PppH Concert at 8 in evening
Disnlav of fireworks at night
DAY AHEAD OF (TIME
Friday the 4th being a holiday
mail will not-be carried on the rural
routes and The Headlight is printed
Wednesday night so as to be out in
the mail Thursday morning -
TO SECURE BETTER WHEAT
Some time in the near future a
demonstration will be held in Carmfti
for grading and selecting seed wheat
This is being arranged by County
Agent George F Newton who will bo
assisted by agronomists of the A and
M College Chas W Watson of the
First National Bank is working
with the county agent to secure local
interest in -the event
It is a matter that should he of
prime interest to wheat growers The
new grading of grain for protein
content sugke‘sts a selection of seed
rich in protein and without any
doubt the value of wheat crops may
be increased to a large extent by
proper selection of seed
No date has as yet been announced
as it depended upon when the college
men may be able to ger here
FRISCO TO IMPROVE SERVICE
On- authority from the passenger
department of the Frisco Lines an-
nouncment was made in Enid this
week of improved service to be in- Warren S Stone grand chief of the
augurated beginning July 15 Through ' Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pullman service will be put on be-
tween Enid and St Louis
Plans announced some time ago
for improving the roadbed of the
Frisco from Enid to Avard through
Carmen have been adandoned for tho
present due to the prevalence of the represented had voted unanimously
foot and mouth disease in California in favor of national prohibition Mr
recently which had a depressing af- Stone stated at this time that -savings
feet on transcontinental business Ulti banks deposits had increased witn
mately the reconstruction will be ef- twice their former rapidity since
fe'eted Freight from California is rrohibi: ion In the twenty years be-
to be routed from Santa Fe road over fore prohibition depositg showed an
the Frisco from Avard to St Louis increase from $2935000000 to $13
and points east thereby saving the 382000000 but from 1920 to 1922
longer milage of the former road they increased $3313000000 he said
it
Large photograph— Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi making the Yfmote address at the onenin- nf
Dero-aatic national convention In Madison Square garden New York city Inset — George Bron “
J lornas Taggart of Indiana the two “Big Bosses” discussing McAdoo-Smitli dendlocYof the early proceedings
NE THING that is responsible
for inefficiency in public of-
fice is a sort of mawkish senti-
ment sometimes indulged in
- campaigns which
overlooks quali-
Needed ty r fiications of can-
every good citizen will regardless ot the office didates and el t
party affiliation make the sentiment 1 v
tLth:mA lPrCf theitwerd thi“ - often hear somecW thata"
mg and help to see that these pnn- n CJndiate needs the office It’s
j
ionaT ffairade perman‘nt in ’he nat‘
Republican Partyfat'National Cqnven-'
tien in Cleveland Ohio Declares for
Law Observance and Enfocrement
" '
The Law Enforcenemt plank in the
platform of the Republican Party ad-
opted at its national convention re
cently reads as follows:
“We my st have respect for law
We must have observance of law We
must have enforcement of law The
very existence of the government
depends cn this The subsfrutition of
private will for public law is only
another name for oppression disorder
anarchy and the mob rule
“Every government depends on the
loyalty and respect of-- its citizens
Violations of the law weaken- and
threaten government itself No hon-
est government can condone such act-
ions on the part of its citizens The
Republican party pledges th® full
strength of the government for the
maintance of those principles by ihe
enforcement of the Constitution and
0f au jaWs”
United States and Canada Sign
Liquor Treaty
Protection of this country’s laws on
the north was further insured on
June 6 when a treaty was igned in
Washington by representatives of the
Canadian and American government-
with the purpose cf suppressing the
smuggling of liquor and narcotics
across the Canadian border Minister
of Justice Ernest La Pointe and Sec-
rotary Hughes signed the document
Each government agrees to furnish in-
formation on request regarding ship-
ments of artivles etc across the in-
ternational boundary when the im-
portation is subject to duty
Prohibition Has Increased Savings
Depostis Says Warren Stone
brought down the applause of 1209
members of the National Association
cf Mutual Savings Banks assembled
in New York on 'June 7 for their
fifth annual convention when he told
them that the brotherhood which ho
-il V muvnic IJt'CL’S L1IC- J ± AJ a
time to quit voting Tor a person that
r--ds the office stiff vote for the per-
son the office — -
Don’t allow any foolish sentiment'
to corrupt your common sense- ff
every man in the countv that needs
the salary paid by official service
were elected to some office there
would be ulenty of candidates and not
cnoorh offices to satisfy them all
It is a poor argumen1 that bestows
vr-t®' linen a candidate to supply
his needs rather than the needs of the
T-errle whom he is fo serve -Wlien
you v-t° this fail if you want on
economical and tax-saving adminis-
tration vote for the man the office
needs rather than for the man who
needs the office
The outcome of a case in court over
a deg hinges on the interpre'ation of
a foreign word If this word proves
to be a verb the fellow who stole the
dog will get the rest of the sentence
CIbis i houhts for
' tho Week
Sun ay
th:: jit: wknly song — Tiiy
l:io FoiiLf of Musi s tle servant
9 Hrul ninl tho uf 1 lu? Iinih
I vinr threat rnl marvellous are
Thy works foivl Co l Almighty jtisf
j and true are 'J iiy ways Thou JClntx
of saints — Kev 15:3
Monday
T t’ST AND Tins ITT — A God
truth an-1 without Iniquity Just j
rlslit is he — Dent 32:4
of
iml
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Tuesday
BIO IX TOARXIOST — Whatsoever
tly hand iimieth to do do It with
thy mi gilt — iOccles 9:10
Wednetday
ADMIT THE MAKTETI — Behold I
stand nt the door and knock if any
nmn hear my voice and open the
door I will come in to him and will
rup with hint and lie with me He
thnt hath an ear let'him hear what
the Spirit saith — Hev 3:20 22
Thursday
G I A DN ESS AND SINGING Serve
fltdneas come be-
Ihe lord with
i fore TIis presence
4 I’ 100:2
with singing- —
Friday
SUFFICIENCY
of God — II Cor
-Our sufficiency is
3:5
Saturday
GOD CREATED ALL — All things
were made by Him and without
Him was not any tiling- made that
was made — John 1:3
onnnn of Illinois and
AMERICAN LEGION NEWS 1
Oklahoma Branch
With five candidates already an-
nounced for Department Commander
cf he American Legion the Veterans
politics' are new Waxing hot
The Oklahoma Legionnaire of June
26 Candidates Issue carries the an-
il t — H1C
nouncements :f J C Crowson Atok
J- F Hatcher Chickasha A W Hor-
ten Tonkawa Dr C A Johnson
Wilson and H'MUMountcastle Fort
Gibson seeking the state leadership
of the Oklahoma Service men
Unusual interest is centered in this
race not only on account of the pro-
mintnee of those seeking office but in
that all sections of the state are re-
presented by well known candidates
and in addition these veterans repre-
sent five distinct professions
Crowson is known as “The Fighting
Parson” of Atoka and served in the
Chaplain’s corps during the World
War
Hatcher is now principle of the
Chickasha "Senior High School
Horton is Secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce at Tonkawa
Johnson is a practicing physician
at Wilson
Mountcastle is a lawyer with of-
fices at both Fort Gibson and Musko-
gee Friends of the various candidates
promise to be on the ground early
at the State Convention of the Legion
at Ada on July 23-29 to line up the
incoming delegates on the “right way
to voe for State Commander”
The Ada Legionnaires are working
strenously in making preparations
l'or the “biggest and best” state meet
of ihe Peace Time service men yet
held in Oklahoma
Cody Fowler State Commander of
the Legion has returned to Oklahoma
City after a two-weeks trip to Florida
A meeting of the Sate Executive
Commit' ee of the Legion has been
called fo-r Sunday July 6 dt Ponca
City
In conjunction -with the state ex-
ecutive ocmmiitee meeting the Ponca
City veterans are also eniertairing
Legionnaires from all posts of Kay
County
Ground was recently broken ai In-
dianapclis Ind for the National Am-
o’-'can Ler’icn headquarters building
the first to be built in the Indiana
Work! AVer Memorial Plaza project
Notional Commander John R Quinn
dedicated the ground and turned the ’
fiost spadeful of earth The memorial
when completed will cost more -than
$10 000000'
The “Sioux Falls Press” South Da-
kota known as a staunch supporter
cf thJe Legion recently announced
that they would give a trophy cun to
The American Legion post ranking
' highest in activities this season Fri-
endly rivalary has been aroused with
the result that community develop-
ment work by the post is being ex-
tende'd Posts have been asked to let
the Press know of thcir activities
McADOO GAINING STRENGTH IN
BATTLE OF BALLOTS
Denirrratie ' Convention Casts 39lh
Vote Wednesday Night at 9:20
Without Any Choice
At 9:20 Wednesday night no choice
had been made for the presidential
nomination by the Democratic conven-
tion in Madison Square Garden New
rrk which had finished its 39th bal-
lot McAdoo was leading the field
with 499 votes the highest vote yet
received by him' On a poll of dele-
gations from Missouri and Oklahoma
each of which were under the unit
rule the vote cf these states added to
McAdoo’s total on this ballot Okla-
homa left McAdoo on the 26th bal-
lot and had been casting its vote for
Sen R L Owen a favorite son Smith -was
in second place with 320
In the last two ballots McAdoo had
gained 55 votes
Reception of" returns by radio was
reasonably clear but Ihe convention
was noisy and the following is nr-t
"ven as complete nor free from error
The name of Cox was not heard on
the 39th ballot but on he 37th he had
votes The vote as heard on the
39th ballot at'7:20 ip Carmen follows:
McAdoo 499 Smith 320 Davis of
West Virginia 71 Underwood 31
Ritchie 18 Glass 25 Ralston 32
Robinson 17 Davis of Kansas 3 nec-
essary for nomination on the ballot
731 There were a number of ab-
sentees GOOD RAIN Tl ESDAY
A rain nf more than a half inch
fell here Tuesday night which is of
great benefit to growing irops It
also make early plowing of stubble
fields rossible' and plowing will
star ed in many such fields next week
Harvest is finished and threshing
" is ’progressing- except -for- the brief --
stg-r occasioned by the rain It is
- estiniaied tbat the yield will be from
21 to 28 bushels with the average
about 25 A dozen or more new com-
bines in the fields here this season
cut down the number of harves em-
ployer's and good weather for -vc-rk
made the harvest easily accomplished
There was no shor'age of men and nb
ever surrly of help Wages were
from $350 to $400 thomrh in so n®
rases as low as $300 Several thresh-
ing rigs are working and qui‘ e a bit
rf grain has already been marketed
The wheat markr' has onened favov-
ah’y and indications are that the price
will be improved as the season ad-
vances CAM’S PLATFORM
r‘®-yng to reau®st for copy of
rlafvom upon which I am makin
v°ce as independent candiait® for he
U S Senate
I am no1- yet racing — if- the “acci-
dent” which I do not belive willccur
does cceur mv platform will be
“Too much cf a 1hing is plenty and
wa have already had it” — Campbell
Russell V7
NEWS FROM AUGUSTA
Fred Gordon and family of Lokeba
was here last week looking after his
property i
Clyde Laut stayed all night at Frank
Brown’s Saturday
Junior Ward is cold drink stand in
the Cox-Henry north elevaior office
Birney Ring went - to Oakwood
Saturday and came back Sunday
We have heard a number cf people
express their regret of being unable
to at :end Mrs Salter’s funeral on
account of harvesting or threshii g
and for that reason we would like to
see her funeral oration published as
it would no dcubt be appreciated
Chloe Ring returned from Clinton
Tuesday after a weeks visit with her
sister Mrs Pearl Lansey
The 4th of July means something
besides Independence Day to AjUgus’a
- ivlv -r e u—
folk 'for out of eight families who
live on this street three were married
on the 4th and one on the tlurd
The old sayin “cutting and thresh-
ing” has got so it means what it
says since combines have come into use
Mr and Mrs Erie Anthony of
east of Aline were visiting relatives
here Sunday
in a recent copy of the Oklahoma
Legionnaire Carmen is refered to as
the “Queen City cf Alfalfa” a nice
compliment alright but just now it
probably would be more appropriate
to say “Wheat”
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