The Beggs Independent (Beggs, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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DID YOU KNOW THAT THE INDEPENDENT HAS MADE ANA VERAGE SUBSCRIPTION GAIN OF THIRTEEN SUBSCRIBERS A WEEK FOR FOUR STRAIGHT MONTHS?
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(SPEAKERS TO APPEAR
' JiM Hepburn County Attorney
Okmulgee
T Anthony Okmulgee
W R Rower Melbodlut Church
J O Payne School Superintendent
Her McMenls BaptM Church
Theee are five of the principal apeak-
era who will appear at a Gltiaena Mane
uitetlng to be held at the Empress
Ttwtre next Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock
The meeting la cnlltd primarily it
a la nndtratond for a public dlxcttHaion
of moral betterment and law enforce-
ment and win be aponaored by the
Civic Club
' If you bar any troubles or com-
plalnta to make regarding condition
in Begga the club wants you to bt
there to tell about it It la understood
that th meeting -will be open o th
audience for diacuaaion on any general
or specific question Other speaker
than those announced above will ap-
pear on the program ‘
PUBLIC MASS MEETING AT EM-
PRESS THEATRE SUNDAY
OCTOBER I AT S PAL
“In accordance with suggestion)
from several different sources it hat
been decided that the Civic Club wat
the proper organisation to call' ant'
sponsor a mass meeting for the purport
of having the publlo In general to as
semble and discuss any and all matter)
in which the public at large Is vitally
in" vested
"It Is a fact that the only powlhlt
nn hod of a successful adminlatratlor
of justice a proper enforcement ol
the will of the majority which la th
essence of Democracy la by publii
meetings In which a frank discussion
of the matters that are vital to the wel-
fare of the community Is indulged
' 'Public officials are the Servants ol
the people and not their Masters
Therefore tho People are entitled to li-
bra nl and their will must be reapectei
regardless of the opinions and maehln
atkm of politicians
“Therefore you are urged to be preo-
' rut and will be given an opportunity
- ? express yourself od any matter rele
Vast - If you fail to attend and the
meeting does not take such act loos at
you approves you will have no one tr
blame bat yourself Came and let's get
together and Stake Begga the "fittest
place to live" on the map Able apeak
eta will be present to ltmd tbeir assist
a nee and address the meeting but It
Is for yoa and you are urged to speak
yoac mind on any subject brought for
wsrd
- At the Empress Theatre Sunday
Afternoon at 3 o'clock
(Signed) MINNIE 8 DRINKER
President of the Beggs Civic Club
WHEN THERE
QASHYONE
SALOO'I Hi BEGGS
To begin with the beginning —
back la the days when Begga was
Beggs heftre Oklahoma wae Ohio-
line and aaoved sut of team aa the
tint while ama asm! in with a
pack aa his bath Sept It II
When a tittle Mx leg
was the enty abeeee joint" la
Begga aad aegreee and Creek la-
de ap the patreaage
the tint teat stare wee torn-
ad the first hease faallt
Neal Auto Supply bow
steads by J Wales aew ef Kaput-
pa — back to the thae when dim
Kelly purchased a Iws ream house
aad two lots la I he very heart of
the city fur l
Dears k iht present thus cover-
all the business house- stories aa
the faaellao reffawrs soar Beggs
ana the eil camps and the growth
the ritf- has made la Us
days aad Us "beam" days
‘ AU this wilt appear la I
tare pretiaa sf the
tarh week wrUh pictures aad facts
I accompany It end it the title of
Who’s Who aad Why la
Deal mkm these stories
WORK ON PAVING t'l KB IK
STARTED AGAIN TODAY-
READY TO PAVE— ENGINEER
'
After halting work on tbe 17 Idocfc
’(ting project for more ibau a week
paving crew a were heck on tbe Job
again Ihis mornlug toying tho curblg
aa Choctaw street
l Engineer Wheeler said today that If
' the water supply held up and the pipe
line bringing water from the Deep Fork
' wee Mg etiough to keep an a-lcquate
' supply on baud that tbe work of toying
the patriot hone weald be started owns
time nett wreh
INCREASE IN
DEMAND FOR
FEDERAL AID
ONLY ' FEW STATES FAIL TO
START ROAD PROJECT
"aved Highways Jump la Mileage
Pram ltTI to 7AM U Last Fis-
cal Year According to Repart
JUNE IS A RECORD ' MONTH IN
- - MILEAGE COMPLETED
Ou June 30 1921 iTie close of the
fifth fbe-nl year since the passage of
hi- federal aid road act which Is ad-
ministered hythe Bureau of Public
Roads Culled Slates Department of
Agriculture tlie stntes and federal
government bud completed 7-100 mile
of road and 17077 miles were tinder
xmstruetlon Including the work com-
pleted on projects under const met ion
the states hare completi-d work which
entitles them to draw on the federal
treasury for 1181)15616 There Is al-
io a balance alloted but not earned on
projects now under construction
amounting to 00375030 Of the two
appropriations which have been made
r federal aid there is now only $18-
D35I4 remaining unobligated Twelve
of the states have obligated tbeir entire
illotment and several othera have only
a small amount to tbeir credit
During the laat fiscal year the total
f completed projects Jumped from
UI77 to 7400 miles and tbe projects
under const ruction Increased from 14-
440 to 17077 miles The money earned
y completion of work baa grown from
'40007881 a year ago to 118015515
it the "end of this fiscal year Hie
i mount earned during the year was
1788 17034 or nearly twice as nineb as
he amount eemeddurlng I he four
rears preceding "
The new projects submitted during
the year bring tbe total amount of fed
era! aid obligated np to 247050430 as
-ouipared will) 1998393i6 which wss
he sniount obligated on June 30 1920
t Ihis rate It Is expected that the
mull balance of 18 (KM) 000 sill unoh-
'Igated will he taken np within a very
short time
Tme month of June wss a record
month In every way The mileage of
jomplcted projects Inew-ancrt by more
-baa 1200 miles morh than twice the
mount reported for the month of May
Funds allotted to work actually under
construction increased by $13670926
STATE LIBRARY
TO GIVE PRIZE
FOR BEST ESSAY
SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL IIE
ONLY PARTICIPANTS
If there's a boy or girl In this com-
munity who would like to have 25-
then that boy or girl had better get
busy Twenty-five dollars worth of
books (and the winner may select
rhem) will be given aa the grand prize
to some student In rural - or grade
chool who writes the best essay on
the "Use of the Traveling Library"
All eeays written in this county will
be turned over to the cnonty snpertn-
undent end the winner will be given a
fine book and the winning essay sub-
mitted to the state contest -The
Oklahoma Library Commission
('loom 831 State CXpItol has Just an-
nounced the contest and the partic-
ulars ere as follows:
Who may enter — Boys or girls of
rural or grade schools
Time Limit — Essays mast reach tbe
office of the library Commission on
or before November 25 Library Day
Subject— '‘The Coe of tbe Traveling
Library” (Not to exceed 500 words)
Prise — Twenty-five dollars worth
of book first prise fifteen dollars
worth of books second prlxei ten dol-
lars worth of books third prise
(These are In addition to the county
prise of a book)
Judges— Three respomdble end capa-
ble persona will he selected by the Ok-
lahoma Library Commission
County superintendents and teachers
have already been notified of lbs con-
test and no doubt practh-ally all coun-
ties will enter However Jhe people
of this county feel that they have some
student whose essay wlU take tbe grand
priae Information will he supplied by
(lie superintendents or by writing to
Mrs J R Dale secretary Oklahoma
Library Commission
PAGE THE S P C A
Mother— Willie your father tell me
he caught you shooting crape You
cruel boy don't you know the poor
I Uttto crape enjoy Bfe as much as any
thing els I — After Three O'clock
ASSOCIATION WILL
CARE FOR CHARITY
PLAN CLUB UNION
The organ grinder the hat shiiker
the urchin nnd the "glniln p (he price
f a meal" brggnr will find tbe means
to the eud thru the Association of
f'baittie organization hereafter If the
hiinlm-ss films will lend their coopera-
‘Ion to this newly organised order
The UKaocliitiou is made up of rep-
resentatives of the two churched the
Civic (Tub and the Red Cross and all
who are deserving of public charily
will make demands directly to the as-
sociation If gditns work out
The association plans to ask a small
monthly contribution tq be placed in a
permanent fund to take care of every
form of charity Business flrma will
fie expected to turn down all demands
made upon them by alms hunters wMh
the n-plv 'tliat we mnke our contribu-
tions to charity thru our local organ-
isation if you are deserving of help
see 'them and they will take care of
you"
' In other words the plan will make
chnrity a business and the dlstrlblutlon
of funds will be token care of system-
atically - All those deserving of help
will he taken care of by the order and
‘hose who practice charity as a graft
vl 11 he excluded the streets will soon
he cleared of lieggani and deserving
'ndlvhluals and families will be eared
for the charity order believe '
Tills method Is being practiced in
many places Business firms are pla-
carded with signs reading "Charity Is
a business wlJNiis we make our dona-
inns ‘to the d Cross If you arc
worthy of help our money is there to
ake care of you" Ve have no lime
for solicitors — there la an organloatlon
In this city to look after your need''
-We Is-lleve lu Charily to the extent
of protecting It— our contribution an
made monthly — see the Bed Cross we
have paid our dura” These and othet
nethisls tend to stop those who solid!
under false pretenses and at the same
time It protects organizations who an
Jtservlng of the publiegood- will and
It-gtves every" business firm a ready
tspouse for all demand made upon
I by charity -
COUNTY ROAD
CONTRACT IS
LET BY STATE
The contract ' wn let Tuesday for
the Okmulgee-Bcgg bard surface road
lieforo the Btate Highway Commliotlnn
in Oklahoma (Tty to an Oklahoma
City coiiKtruction company
The highway will cost about 27000
a mile and will streteb from Okmulgee
to Begga as part of a road which ul-
timately will he Imilt across the entire
county It Is planned to Imtld tbe bard
surface road on to Henryetto soon
Work oil tbe highway will he aton-
ed w Ithin the next ninety days accord-
ing to county engineer Tway The con-
tract also calls for tbe construction of
three lirhlgea
A LINE O’ CHEER
I y John Kondrtck Bangs
THE ANTI-BOOM
WHATPER that tbc world
may bo
That all of ua look for-
ward to
la which a pur felicity
Awatta th spirit tru
Whatvr b th natur of
That (olden raalin f wandroua
bliss is
Tta sura that Honor Cbeer
Leva
Make Paradis of this
(Copyright)
and
Average Intelligence Lew
On a blsls of tests made on 1500000
soldiers 600 school children 500 de-
llnquent boys and 250 feeble-minded
individuals a writer In the Journal of
Applied Psychology states that the av-
erage mental age of adnlts to only
thirteen years This means that the
average thlrteeo-year-old bny though
of course he dues Dot know nearly so
much as the average grown man la
hie equal In Intelllganee
THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
They uwite me to parties
nd MTchaon vd ttu
whan I rtvucn prefer old
clotU And quiet
And tKeyre so
WR'e tmt Ive Kwd
tKe Keert to'
dirty it
im"
CO-OPERATIVE
CHIICn MEET
IS CALLED OFF
rosser rro speaE on ku klux
KLAN ntOfOPLES
"One Hundred Prrmal Americanism
Subject Sunday Reeaiag— Review
ef Ku Ktoxs Ariivitle
NO TIME TO MINCk WORDS SAYS
PASTOR -
It has liven decided that the meeting
which was scheduled for a cooperative
meeting lietweea the Baptist and the
Methodist Churches Vie annulled that
I lu so Air as tbe “cooperation" Is
eomerned Therefore all obligations
scoured upon the Lodges City oum-IL
School Board etc are cancelled In so
far as 1 am coneemed or havqflieen In-
strumental In securing inch pledgee of
“cooperation"
JV-pilr servletw will be held el
IIWflueffiodlKt Cbnroh Sunday morning
and evening tlie subject for the morn-
ing hour will JXi tbe "Authority of Je-
sus" x
At the evening boar the subject wit!
be "fUavbadred Psmrent Americans"
Patriotism alh-glaned to our Flag and
Government separation of Chnrch and
Btate White Supremacy and a num-
ber of other terms will be defined
- A review of the reported activities of
the KuKlnx Klsn wID ilao be a part
of the program
This to no time- for playing with
words but tbe attitude of the Church
and the lies! citizens of Amto-ica must
he announced In no unecralu term
Kpecial nmxlc will be rendered ap-
propriate to the occasion and this I
the first of a ferries of dtoraasions of
these vital issues Come and bear the
first and announcement will be made
each service aa lo the nature of the
subjnet to follow --
The Eji worth League will meet at
4:43 ptn and the Sunday School at
3 :46 a in
Midweek service at the Church Wel
jesdsy' evening at 7 -M Tb- service
rttimlay will begin at II a m and 7 :4f
pin
’ W R ROSSER
Pastor
EQUALLY TRUE
'The rapidly Increasing divorce rate
Indicate that America la indeed be-
coming the land of the free” remarked
tbe wit
"Yes" replied his prosaic friend
‘but the continued marriage rate sng
Seats that It to still th borne of the
brave" — Legion Weekly
NEW TEIJCPHONE DIRECTORIES
Advertisements or changes for new
Telephone Directory must be made at
owe I am out of directories and must
pilot at owe GEO E OOODHEAD
Changes In telephone listings mnst
lie made at once
I NTO THE END -How's
tldsf aakid the lawyer
-Ynnve panted alt bankers In your
will hi be mll bearers Of course Ifs
all right but wouldn't you rather
choose some frlanls with whom you
are on better terms P
"No Judge that's all right Those
(allow a have carried me for SO long
they might aa woll finish the Job”—
Legion Weekly
t - —
HE FOUND HIMSELF
Believing himself to be the sole snr
vlvor of a shipwreck upon a cannibal
Isle he hid for three day In terror of
bia life Driven out by hunger he dis-
covered a thin wisp-of smoke rising
from a clump of btisbee Inland and he
crawled cautiously thither to study tbe
typo of savapw about It Just as he
reached tlie clump be heard a voice
say "M by In hell did you play thaP
card?" lie dropped on his hands and
devoutly raising his balslw cried :
Thank God they are Christiana"—
After Three O’Ciock
SHREWD TRADESMAN
Fattier: Who gave yon that fin cut
on the aldn of your head Johnole?
Hon : Nobody give It to me pop
Father t sharply 1 : Nobody? Be ca re-
fill now!
8on: Nope nobody give It to mt
got it in exchange for two black eyes
and a bloody nose— Legion Weekly
' Life la full of linn pplonimr ala Near-
ly all of tho letters marked "Postage
Due" contain s' milara from some oil
promoter — Aflei Threw O'clock
Whea people see the ad "We wlU aril
your bouse "they don’t know whether
It’s threat or a promise— After Three
O'Cloek
TESHtM IS
CAUSE COLES
CITY ATTORNEY HAYS IT WAS j
NOT UCGAL PROCEEDl'RE
EvMeare Given at Sheriff Trtol
Believed by Cole to Have Been
Cause of Resignation I
WOULD NOT BACK ORDINANCE
APTKR IT WAS PASSED
Heeanse the dry of Beggs loot her first
legal sklrmlvli la court las t the reason
Nutt certain eouncil members will ask
for the resignation of City Attorney
H A Cole according to the wont of
Mr Cole who said this morning that
tbe rumor came as a resul of the tes-
timony be gatft luthe aherifr trial
at Okmulgee last week
Attorney Cole uld that be stated at
tbe time tbe ordinance was passed that
it would not stand up la court unleoa
it could be shown that the storage of
over 150 gallons of oil within tb dty
limits was exceedingly haxardoun to
tbe rest of tbe city He said that wbee
he went to Okmulgee last week that
those living In the vicinity of the Rex
Petroleum company's storage tanks
would not go with him to 'testify al-
tho they had made the complaint It
waa due to thl reason that tbe eity
lost be said
Cole testified on tbe witness stand
that be was In Begga in 1920 and in
1921 and that tb rity was In a good
condition morally now and better than
It had ever been before He was credit-
ed with making the statement that
Begga waa aa Ideal city end that It
was so largely thru tbe efforts of the
sheriffs force Now Cole believes that
the rumor regarding bla resignation
Is tbe result of this testimony at rive
trial
The Independent was given to under-
stand Inst week by J W Vandiver
IV Mullins and J W Rtout that tbe
council had unanimously agreed to ask
(or Cole') resignation Cole said today
(list the council' was not unanimous
on the matter but Diat he waa willing
to tender his resignation any time be
was asked lie said that bla practice
demanded all bla time anyway and
that be planned to resign the first si
next month
FIRE HAZARD
GREAT-WATER
SUPPLY SOON
For Isck of enough members o make
a quorum the rity omuxil failed to
make a e ontract tost night with tbe
OH Plates comiainy to furnish water
to tbe rity by way of pipe line from
tbe Deep Fork The contract would
have been made for ninety days at a
cost of 1000 per month
Today it railed and the rity Is well
supplied with water for a short time
at least Not enough water fell to fill
tlie dam and the supply la still limited
Whether tlie contract will be token
np again was not stated
RED CROSS TO
EXAMINE ALL
SCHOOL PUPILS
WILL OBSERVE NATIONAL DRIVE
FOR MEMBERSHIP
Haas are Under Way to Give Pahtle
Dinner aad Observe Anuiitles
Day With Program Next Meath
Fourteen cases were given free treat-
meat end eld thru tbe local chapter
of the Red Cross under the direction
or the Civic Club last month
An examination of all school child'
ren for physical defects to bring plan-
ned in the near future 1
Observe Xaillsael Drive
Loral organisations will observe the
National Red Cross drive next month
la Its membership campaign 1 Mrs
F rakes will have charge of the drive
end every business firm end resident
In Beggs will be solicited to pay 1 for
membership fees in the Red Cram for
the coming year Many school children
will participate la tbe work'and it to
expected that Beggs’ quota wilt be
raised with ease
Public Dinner Anuhdtoe Day
Plans are under way to hold a pub-
lic dinner Armistice Day November It
aad (o observe the holiday with a pro-
gram Tbe movement will be epoaeoved
probably by th combined effort of all
the civic organisations of th elty
IF HE ISN'T TOO BIG
GET HIM YOURSELF
THAT'S BEGGS IDEA
Arrest the tow violator yourself!
If be takes your automobile just go
bring Lila Into camp
If be forges s cheek on you Jo your
own aluethlng 1 abide your time and
when you see him take bit gently by
the collar and waits him Into tbe police
station
At least that Is the way tbe are
doing It over in Begga now
When tbrv bandits held np R R
IJmhocker near Beggs over a month
ago took his money and hia auto aud
left him to walk home It made him
mad As Limhockrt- said ’the tin liszle
was not ' much of a haul but It was
handy around tbe bonae the money
wasn't much hut it kept the tin llulr
going" hut when tbe bandits brutally
lerked his wife out of tbe car and
threw her out beside the road welt
aa Limhorker said that '‘made things
different"
"I am going to get lose three hi-jack--td”
Lltnhncker told' the Independent
mornlug Lfter tbe robbery "II
Continued decline la roadltloa of
cotton brought tho October 3 estimate
of the l 8 Department ef Agrlculure
for the Oklahoma crop to 006 900 hatoe
Production for the entire country to
Ciliated at (L537000 bales
Condition of Oklahoma cotton to
pieced it 38 percent of normal while
‘he average condition for the country
to 422 percent Estlmatees are based
u the condition of the crop on Hep-
mher 25 ' ’ i
Tlie growing season this year la aald
to have beea the worst oa record the
crop showing a steady derliae daring
tbe entire season with a loos for th
country as a whole of 1066 (XX) bales
during the months of Anguat and 8X-
tember Condition reported as of Rrp
tember 25 to 122 points below the
worst previous record
There will be but Uttle crop aad
practically no top crop oTer ant of
he belt according to the depamacat'e
statement Inveatlgatioiui show that the
noil weevil has advanced almost to the
limits of the belt thru the lower third
nf North Carolina Into eleven counties '
of Tennessee and over moat of Arkan-
sas Oklahoma and practically all other
cotton state The peat haa appeared
In greeter numbers and haa done amre
damage than haa been experienced
Hlnce Itq drat invasion It I iplak
This year’s Oklahoma crop la hot
dtlle more than a third of last year
not made from one to five trip to Os- '
I according to II H Scfauts statistician
ami gee He haa been la Bristow a nun- J J
I of the bureaa of markets and crop ca
ber of times He spent a three weeks I
vacation just loafing around tbe coun-'
try Once be dropped In and told tbe
Independent he waa going over to
oiay take mi a mouth to do It but If
-hex-ate In tills country I’ll bring them
in" he said
The police la Okmulgee Hived him
the trouble with due of them Herachel
Goditard who la alleged to have been
the leader hut Limhockea waa Instru-
mental In bringing about tbe arrest
Then the thing "b lowed over" More re--wnt
hi jacking overshadowed the case
sod Goddard waa turned loose under
iioud Lliaborkcr didn't like that idea
much so whea a negro was hl-Jaeked at
Okmulgee laat week he volunteered bis
services and with three other Okmulgee
officers Goddard was again brought
into court He was identified aa th
road ageat by the negro and now be Is
using held on two charge
Rut Goddard waa only one of three
Limhorker had not overlooked that
fact tho It may have slipped the minds
Hhe prrbHe Mnee the hoM-up not a
week Ins passed that Limlioeker has
Druuiright and he might bring back a
hi-jackcr The next day be came la
galu to say be bad missed him Ilr
tade a down trips to Ka pulps visited
1 to speak In Kiefer 8Uck and Drum
right and Wednesday be wound up In
Okmulgte just a a freight train eras
pulling Into the yards and with two
peace officers arresed Ed Wlnton who
it is alleged la the second of the three
road agents1 The same day he drove
(mm Okmulgee to Kaptilpa where be
found a certain group of four men
landing on a street corner Approach-
big them be addressed the central fig-
ure In a friendly manner aa Jack Far-
ley "Your name is Jack Farley Isn't
it?" Limbocker asked Tbe man looked
blm over carefully and assented that
it was Limbocker asked him If hr
would step across tbe street with blm
as he wauted to talk to him a minute
Farley was taken directly to a police
mas who was waling on the corner He
was token to Okmulgee yesterday b)
Limbocker and turned over to tbe city
authorities ’I bad beea carrying a
warrant lu my pocket for these tw
for more than two weeks" be it Id to-
day “I have plenty of evidence to coo
vlct Farley and I don’t think we will
have any trouble getting tbe dope on
Wlnton And that will even up the
asst
LYONS TAKER FORGER INTO
COURT IN AB8CENCE POLICE
Beveral weeks ago R A Lyons of
the J p Martin stores gave aa 880
check on the Liberty National Bank
of Tulsa in payment of an account Tbe
check was reported loot end another
as written but about the same-day
the original check waa returned lo Al-
nert Biggs The signature was a forg-
ery It waa alleged Evidence secured
lead to the Identity of the forgpr
Yesterday J A Fores ere ef th Ti-
dal Oil company was walking down the
street in Begga whea he was spotted
by Lyons Without waiting to get
policeman Lyons collared bis man and
took him up to the police station and
turned him over to the department
GODDARD BOUND OVER ON
ISAM BOND TO AWAIT TRIA1
llem-bel Goddard alleged hl-Jack ei
and robber of R E Limbocker on th
night of August 23rd and who wat
again brought into court tost week and
'dcutifled as the road ageat by a negn
taxi driver aa the ama who had bekl
him np near Morris was held over ye
terday ou a baud ef ISAM -Goddard
bed felled lo make bond tail night
COTTON CROP
CONTINUES T0‘
DECLINE NOJ 33
BOLL WEEVIL PLAYS HAVOC
DURIN SEPTEMBER
f
Oklahoma's Crap This Year Only WH
not ef HR South Is Ik
Greatest Sufferer ' '
‘ — —
FORECAST NHOW8 DECLINE IN
ALL COTTON STATES
timatea cooperating with the state
t xwrd of agriculture Growers In Ok-
lahoma last year averaged 12 to IS
UalcH each 8cbuts states while this
year’s average will not be above 3
ales aud in some counties la the south
east pert of the state here wUI no be
bale to every three growers One
picking Is expected to take all of tbe
cotton In some sections while la othera
lie first time over will average from
IK) to 89 percent of the crop Hchuts
estimates that more than 36 percent
of the crop to already la the bole
Following to tbe department of Ag-
riculture forecast of production and
condition nf the crop on September 25
In percentage by normal of elates: -Virginia
forecast 19000 and condi-
tion 53 percent
North Carolina 489JKM) and 54
Kotith Carolina 644060 and 40
Georgia 722000 and 33
Florida 16000 and 60
Alahama 468000 and 46
Mississippi 046000 aad 48 '
Louisiana 246000 and 41
Arkansas 677000 and S3
Texas 1863000 and 30
Tennessee' 217JXM) and 62
Missouri 48000 and TO
Oklahoma 406600 aad 38
J'allfnrnia 68000 and 73
Arizona 46000 aad 81
All other states 7000 aad 83
CALL MADE FOR
0LDCL0THES
WOULD CLOTHE SCHOOL CHILD-
REN IS PLAN
Member of the Civic Club will eaO
Tuesday afternoon lu cam Cor buadku
of old clot bee to be used for th school
-hildren amnnx the poor A vdp ra-
ponse waa given tost week after th '
all thru the paper some of the donors
phoning In from the country Hrraral
bundle were toft at the IX R Yeuag
Ts-nx attic store end ethers ptoeed out
n porches were missed eatirriy owing
to the feet that the Club entertained
Miss AUee Robertson uaexpdetedly and
lid not get around to call far I
You are requested to tie the t
in a eonrenlewt bundle aad
ml oa the front porch where they sda
m sen from tb attest If feu hue
a pfeusr a call to thu Cemmavetol
Hotel D R Yeuag msreanta save
v Red Croce headquarters wtt bring
tom eon after theSL
The clothe will be made over by the
"tdr club under the direction of the
Red Cross and the E!(k Bchuol Ct
ic Urinate etosem wUI he eallrd ta ts
aid la th work
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Wright, R. C. The Beggs Independent (Beggs, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1921, newspaper, October 7, 1921; Beggs, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2306267/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Advertising%22: accessed July 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.