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DUKE JACKSON COUNTY OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MAY 17 1923
3150 Per Year
SPECIALS
For the Careful Buyer
You Can Save Money
By buying your Implements from me
Come and see the goods
Four horse planter complete with four horse hitch rolling
coulter a special $6000
Sixty tooth harrow complete 1750
Very best riding cultivator with sweeps — see this 6000
One row go-devil with long knives 30C0
Two row go-devil complete with hitch 7500
Bois d ’Arc rim wagon special 15000
Two good surreys best make and very beautiful value fully
$175 a special at 12500
All implements are much higher now than an Jan 1st but I
want to close stock out at once Come and get your needs
B E DARBY
Groceries and Implements
Darby Says Sale
Is Big Success
Great Many People Come From
Other Towns to Save Money
on Merchandise
Last week 1350 of The Tribune
were mailed out to people of this
section of the country This ed-
ition contained the big ad of R
L Darby the same appearing in
this issue with a few minor chang-
es and Mr: Darby says he is more
than p!eaed with the results of
our efforts
Not only has Mr Darby been
benefitted but people who came
here to take advantages of the pri-
ces he offered purchased other
things from other business houses
some of whom did not carry
advertising in this edition
Mr Darby reports customers
here frQm Mangum Martha
Olustce Eldorado Gould and
McQueen The prices he is mak-
ing on most of his merchandise is
certainly calculated to draw the
crowds to the town and people
who are going to need anything in
his line will do well to remember
this sale closes Saturday May 27th
and it is doutful that goods of the
same quality will ever be offered
at these price: in Duke again
Look over the big ad agai n and
surely you will find seme items
you will need even if you have al-
ready attended the sale and pur-
chased a bill of goods
Duke Scouts are Victors
At the Scout Meet at Gould last
Saturday the Duke Scouts won
the lion’s share in all events
Duke captured the baseball hon-
ors by score of 24 to 2 Duke
also captured first in the hundred
yard dash Class A100 yard dash
Class C first and second in half
mile race Irl Smith won second
place in the half mile race in the
dressing race Sam Mays won
second First and second in high
jump and other honors
The Duke Scout ball team is
perhaps the strongest Scout team
in the county and it is said they
will challenge any team in the
county for a game
Annual Cemetery
Working at Rock
The Annual Cemetery Working
of Rock Cemetery will be on
Wednesday May 30th Every
person who has an interest in this
work will please come prepared
to put in the day Dinner will
be served on the ground Come
Come and help a worthy cause
Cemetery Committee
Another Good Rain
Monday morning about seven
o’clock the hardest rain of the sea-
son fell here and Turkey creek
has been very high since The
rain was badly needed for growing
crops which had been damaged
some by high winds of the past
ten days
Boy Scout Meet
On Saturday May 26 the Boy
Scouts of Duke and Harmon
county will rject in Duke for
an all-day rally and athletic con-
test Duke Scouts claim to have
the best ball team in this section
and several games will be played
They will be under the leadership
of Scout Master J M Combs and
will participate in’ the different
contests Below is the day’s
program:
1 Scout pace
2 Dressing race
3 High jump A B C class
4 100 yard dash A B C class
5 One mile run A B C class
f Vaulting A B C class
7 Running broad jump C
class
Dinner
2 p m baseball
C Class are boys 12 13 and 14
years old
B Class are boys 15 16 and
17 years old
A Class are boys 18 1!) and
20 years old
Boys in a lower class may en-
Card of Thanks
I wish to thank my good friends
in Duke McQueen and this neigh-
borhood for their kindness shown
me while suffering with an attack
of influenza Also to precious
loved ones who spared no sacrifice
in administering to my wants
Also the kind nurse Mrs Haux
and the good doctors of Duke
and Hollis Words fail me when
I try to express my gpatiude but
may the Great Rewarder abun-
dantly bless and reward each of
you Gratefully yours
Mrs S E Basse!
We solicit your fire tornado
and hail insurance— Stockton &
Brown Insurance Co
STRAYED— Three weeks ago
small bjark male pig Nptify E
J Anderson
B E Darby and family vis
ited in Eldorado Sunday and at-
tended the high school exercises
there and at Antioch school al-
so Rev Ma field delivered
( h e bcrcalfrureate sermcp to
both dases
Saturday a Good
Butiness Day
Big Crowd in Town and Business
Good is Report of Merchants
Who Advertise
If plans of merchants and the
Chamber of Commerce materi-
lized and there is no reason why
they should not each Saturday
afternoon in the future a free
picture show will be given This
feature is being worked out and
by another week definite reports
can be given
The advertising campaign now
started by Duke merchants is cer-
tainly getting results according to
information reaching this office
B E Darby says he notices a de-
cided increase in his business and
that he is getting back some of
his old customers who had been
trading at Altus and Mangum
and some of his old customers j
who had been going to Olustec
Ci D Arden manager of the
Farmers Store reports a decided
increase in his business as does
R L Darby and K Haddad of
the Peoples Store J F Reaves
remarked that Saturday reminded
one of old times in Duke but
that we had only started and with
proper co-operation much of the
trade that has been going to other
towns can be secured for Duke
Advertising is store news and
people read advertising these
days as a business proposition
The time when a merchat could
open a stock of goods and do
business without letting people
know what he had to selj and the
prices he is selling at are a thing
of the past all progressive business
pien hvq long since learned this
lesson
Im jBuasmess for
Y our Good
Uncle' Lon Perryman of Valley
View section was here Tuesday
and made The Tribune office an
appreciated call Mr Perryman
owns the land upon which the
Texas Gurantee Oil Co was drill-
ing for oil and says he is hopeful
the well will be completed
ter in a higher class but he must
enter all contests in that class
All contestants must present
registration cards and must have
passed the tenderfoot class
You Can’t Afford
Not to Paint Your House
More people are painting this spring than usual and you can-
not afford to not line up with your progressive neighbors
Look your house over and then look at the newly painted
home of your neighbor — then think what a beautiful town we
would have if we all painted up a bit
If you are undecided about the "color to use and other things
connected with the problem come to us We take pride in
giving you the advice you need and can show you a wide
range of colors— all suitable for this particular climate
Come to us with your paint and building problems of every
kind Our business is to assist the home builder and home
owner and you will be surprised how insignificant the cost of
paint and repairs are at this time
Daccomb-Daniels
Lumber Co
J H ABSHER Manager '
Don’t Order Goods
From Mil Order Houses
Until you havececured our prices Make out the order then bring it
to us and we will fill it for you We positively guarantee that you can
buy as cheap and in most cases cheaper from us than you can buy the
same goods from the mail order houses and
Don’t forget you get to see the goods before
you pay for them
Come and see the new goods arriving
daily Get your selections from our
our big stock
Be sure to see our swell Millinery
line in our Rcady-to-Wear department
We can please you
We are giving our customers a great many nice Aluminum Cooking Utensils and we
want you to have yours Ask us how to secure the large Dish Pan the Double
Roaster and Percolator You will be interested
The Peoples Store
“The Home of Quality and Low ’Prices”
GROCERIES FEED
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GET OUR PRICES
The Farmers'
Co-Operative Stcrifc
The Wednesday Club
The Wednesday Club gave a
miscellaneous shower Wednes-
day May 9th at the home of
Mrs B E Darby complimen-
tary to Miss Louise Clark whose
marriage to Mr Frank Stock-
ton will be solemnized in early
June
The borne was artistically dec-
orated with cupids and hearts
the colors being red and white
the symbol of love and purity
An attractive feature of the
decoration was a miniature arch
banked with ferns and roses
under which were stationed a
small bride and greom
After Miss Stella Doak had
sung “Because” accompanied
by Mrs Jas Taylor Miss Clark
was asked to unwind the “yarn
of gossip” The “yarn of gos-
sip” consisted of countless yards
cf red yarn crossed and re-
crossed throughout the house
and at intervals were placed the
"gossip” or jokes on members
present At the end of the
yarn which terminated out ef
sight was the big gossip a bas-
ket of gifts
Refreshmeats of punch and
wafers were served throughout
the afternoon by Mrs Lynn
Reeves and Mrs Garnett Phelps
who presided at the punch bowl
The membere present were
Mesdames I G Clark J H
Absher Wm Cunningham J
Burnett F Reaves L Reeves
G Phelps C Phelps J T
Peterson R H Mays C Brown
C Presley A L Perry W S
Pool J H Taylor and B E
Darby
The guests of the afternoon
were Miss Louise Clark Miss
Stella Doak MW Margurite
Stockton Mrs R L Darby
Mrs C C WallTer Airs L- K-
Lowry Mrs C D krden the
out of town guests were Mrs
Will Black of Mangum and Mrs
C A Render of Eldorido
The gifts were displ ayed - at
the Pock Club which Mr Dar-
by eutertained WednesdaV night
The evening was spent play-
ing rook Delightful refresh-
monts were served to IrJt and
Mrs Absher Mr and Mrs
Pool Mrs Lynn Reeves Mr
and Mrs G Phelps Mr and
Mrs J F Reaves Mr and Mrs
Claude Brown Mr and Mrs
Clark Mr and Mrs Cunning-
ham Mr and Mrs Perry Mr
and Mrs Peterson Mr and
Mrs Presley Mr and Mrs
Reader Mr and Mrs Camp-
bell and the guests of honor
Miss Louise Clark and Mr
Frank Stockton
All present declared Mrs Dar-
by a very pleasing hostess
Lost Money by Ordering
Cotton Chopping Hoes
Last Saturday a prosperous
farmer who lives near Duke was
in one the stores here and remark-
ed that he had ordered his hoes
from a mail order house and had
saved home money by doing so
However he found after he had
secured the merchant’s price and
added the postage it was discov-
ered that this farmer had paid
25c more for each hoe than the
same would have cost him here
Dot’t get the idea into your
head that you can save money by
Fatroniing the mail order houses
nvestigate and in most cases the
local merchant can sell you
cheaper than you can order the
goods yourself and you have the
Eleasure of seeing what you arc
uying before you are asked to
pay for it
Dowdy Truck Line
Will be glad to do your hauling
anywhere any time
Satisfaction Guaranteed
A J DOWDY The Home Man
Phone 38
Notice Farmera
We have just received a ear of
heavy cats that we are selling
for 60c per bushel We are al
so well supplied with the best of
mill feeds and will appreciate
ycur business
Duke Grain Company
at the Elevator
We have a nice stock of garden
rakes and hoes— Dascomb-Daniels
Lumber Co
Last Saturday Good
Day for All Business
Saturday was one of those old
times days like we used to have
according to reports of merchants
Many people who had not been
here in months were seen on the
streets and everyone reports a
good days’ business
In the afternoon The Duchess
opened its doors and a good crowd
attended the opening which was
quiet sccessful
T B Atherton is another one
of those good substanial farmers
who has called at the office and
had his name enrolled on the sub-
scription list
We have a nice stock of garden
rakes and hoes— Dascomb-Daniels
Lumber Co
How'
A Slip of Paper Has Revolu-
tionized Commerce
Do you know that only 7 to 7 1-2 percent of all American
business is transacted with money and that the remaining 92
to 92 1-2 percent is carried on by means of “slips of paper”
chiefly checks? Business could not be conducted on its pres-
ent scale 24 hours were it not for the bank check Not only
must every business have a checking account but the indi-
vidual should also have one for these reasons!
1 The cancelled checks for an accurate record cf expen-
ditures 2
3
4
5
Each check automatically becomes a receipt
By following a systematic method of handling ' money
the depositor’s business standing is improved
Money in the bank is protected against burglary and
theft and is less likely to be spent
Every dollar deposited in the bank improves the g gen-
eral welfare by remaining at work in useful and re-
ductive channels
If you do not already have a checking account start one
immediately with us
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