The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1918 Page: 4 of 11
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Thursday. November 14. till.
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Don't put off that Christmas box.
Rush It out as quickly a* the label
reaches you.
One of the Christ ma gifts every
bay overseas wants Is mall—lots of
toot let tem.
Lots of folks went to churcb Sun-
day. Just because the "flu" ban was
Mf, who wouldn't have none other-
wise Privileges lost for a brief
time are better when regained
Maybe the kaiser was bunting a
quiet place to think when be went
to Holland. May his days be short
aed fretful. Whether done by na-
tion or some individual, the kaiser's
opportunity to get hit in the bead by
aaything from a German peasant's
ballet to a French soldier's cannon Is
toe good to make him a good life In-
aarance risk.*
Give for thankfulness! Never
elnce this horrible tragedy started,
aaay months ago, have we had so
aiuch to be proud of—so much to be
tfcankful for. Never have we had
■Kb an occasion to give. So let's
Shro Uberally, wonderfully, magniflcl-
ently! Not a dime of all tbe money
w® can contribute, will be wasted—
not a dime of the tremendous fund but
that will bring joy and happiness to
the boys we think so much of—the
boys who brought victory quicker that
we could even hope. Here's Co them
May their War Work Campaign get
more money than they can need.
other one. I saw Lee Bewley and
Charlie House the other day. Their
bunch relieved us Didn't get to see
Scott Smith or Frank Ames. Would
sure have liked to see John Brett, but
did not get to. Everyone is greatly
elated over our victories and the
peace moves. Sure hope it comes
soon. Would love to see all of you.
Hope 8is and the kid are doing fine
Lots and lots of lore to all.
Your loving eon.
John H. Stone.
that it is with this Government, or
eve* one issuing from it, that th^ al-
lies will enter Into peace negotiations.
The news makes it evident that the
Government with which the allies
have treated is not in unchall- nged
authority A body calling itself the
Workmen's and Soldiers' Council has
set up a claim to authority in Prussia.
and another such body seems to have
been organised In Bavaria This Is
probably true. too. of several of the
other States of the German Empire
It is not apparent as yet what is the
question at Issue between these two
factions, though presumably it Is that
of whether Germany is to be a repub-
lic or a constitutional monarchy
There Is still another question that
must
peace negotiations will be practicable
It is the question whether the seVeral ">e films and also the snap shots of
State- of Germany are to continue ««!« Bill But I don't hardly know
their federal relaUon under another hi™ for he has grown so much since
form of government, or whether jonrte I was home Thanks very much for
of. them are to become independent <endln* the films I can't send you
The dispatches show that separatist ny of the pictures from here, but will
movements are arleady under way, <ry and save them until we get back
prompted, apparently, by a disincline have had some rain an.l
tion to continue in partnership with «< •* * turned a little cooler. This has
Prussia. All things in Germany are been the hottest place 1 ever saw
in a fluid state just now. and not nn- Am glad to hear you have plenty of
til the returning soldiers shall have rain at home now. Hope papa can
manifested their desires is the cry- get lots of work done this fall,
stalllxing process likely to begin—Dal Tbe cool weather has stopped most
FROM CLARK BONHAM.
I'SS Leonidas. Oct. S. 1918.
My dear Mother:
How Is everybody at home this
be answered before definitive; rainy evening?
Received your moat welcome letter.
las News
FROM JOHN STONE.
Oct. IS, 1918.
My Darling Mother:
Am out of tbe front again and feel
ing fine. We went in with the French think about the
of our sickness and we haven't had
so much to do for the last few days.
Everything Is just about the same.
From what we bear and see of the
war I don't see how it can last very
much longer. But of course we can"
tell. The Germans seem to be losing
all the time, but they don't want to
give up. We will just have to go
ahead and show them who is who.
How is everything coming at home?
What kind of a school is Guss going
to now? Mama. 1 sure would like to
be home and have some of that fried
chicken and ice cream you wrote
about. We sure don't get anything
like that over here. But I haven't the
least idea when we will be starting
back to the stales, so there is no use
wishing for such things. Has Pearl
heard any more from Scott? 1 wrote
to him but did not get any answer.
Mama. I wish you would send me
some magazines occasionally, please,
for we don't have much to read over
here and can't get anything.
What do the people In tbe states
FROM ZEC SMITH.
good dugouts. They are so deep If
they were in the Rtatw we would be
afraid to go In them, but tbe deeper Oct. I, 1918.
the better over here Dear Mother: _
Say. 1 will tell you all about what Will drop you i few lines to let
"going over the top" means when 1 y°u know that I am still ahe to- eat
get home for I have sure been over, and know the rest.
Empey's story won't have a chance l haven't had a letter from you aa
with mine, tor I think I can add a lot yet. It Is the same with me as It was
to what he wrote. But anyway we with Jesse I suppose. Wll hear later
went over and believe me. old Fritz aft soon as the mail'Tan get around,
"drug It." and 1 think they are still 1 have received some letters but they
running for I haven't seen one for were forwarded.
several days. j have made an allotment t<? you of
It is real fun going over the top; 120 per month. You may not get it
ju.-t like a Fourth of July celebration, the first month or two, but you will
only a little more exciting and the sooner „r later You can Just use It
fireworks are great And It Is worth unlti | Ket bai k Did you ever get a
the money to see those Huns run We jeUer to Jess? I wrote to him but
sure got a bunch of them. It was hav«, nevt>r retelved any reply; and
certainly a game bunch that come gcott also
over, not afraid of anything It was We ^ ^ rQol WMther
real fun. so different to what I ex- her<j n(m The c,J|nmte ,g
pected I don t see why they run d,ffprent wb,t „ WM ,n California
like they do unless they are short of b„t , am b„(.omtnK .customed to It.
I heard a "V" lecturer the other
and our division was the one tha4
captured Mt. Blanc ridge, which
caused the Germans to evacuate on
both sides of Rhelms. I have seen
some hard battles hut this one has
them all beat. I have been at Chau-
teau-Thierry, Soissons (or the second
Battle of the Marnei the St. Mihiel
drive and this one.
sure do help me.
Answer soon please. CLARK.
men. for If the Americans had
«ood places as they have you ■"
not Jar them loose with all the ex-
plosives you could get over here. But
hey Just haven't the nerve, that's all.
I hope Gen. Pershing's statement
will come true, HeaVen. hell or Ho-
hoken by Christmas Here's hoping
it will be Hoboken
I guess you have heard of (Censor-
ed) getting killed in the drive I
guess that is all the Cordell boys that
got hurt. We hope so. anyway. I
saw Roy T one night this week and
Joe A comes over every few days. I
saw Junior Ic the drive the other day.
the first one of the boys I had seen
since we went over. He Is Just fine.
Say. we sure bad some dinner to-
day. Fried spuds, rabbit, tomatoes,
salmon with some kind of dope in it
and plenty of good bread and coffee.
Isn't that some dinner for a soldier
anyway, out In No Mans Land.
I must close Don't worry about
me at all for I am doing fine. Write
me all the news and send some papers
If you like for I generally get every-
thing yon send now.
With lots of love from your
Son and Bud.
Roy Cochran.
P S. Mother send some writing pa-
per every time you write for we can
hardly get anything to write letters
on. And send some more kodak pic-
tures. Roy C.
Co. D, 344 M. G. Bn, A. E. F.
nigbt and he said something about the
hot winds burning the corn in Ok-
lahoma. Was just wondering wheth-
er It hit you or not. I bet it did. it
generally does.
I just finished reading the paper
and I see things are still coming our
way in this old war. It wll take
time, that's all. not much though.
Ain seeing lots of Interesting thlv
Old buildings and towns, a century
old. One can judge the progress of
the age from that. It s hard to tell
about this country, it has naturally
run down from the four years of fight-
ing, but it has the material for a
boom after it is over. It may be slow
but It will come. The people are very-
easy to agree with and are Intelligent
as a rule. There is a class distinc-
tion, more than In the States, and
0>ey are not educated as a whole like
we are. They don't enforce It as we
do. Their school buildings are small
and are not equipped as they should
be, Is tbe way it looks to me. Of
course I don't know anything about
their mode of teaching. It is hard to
learn much about the people until we
can speak a little of the language.
Am getting cold, will write more
later. Your son. ZEE.
Co. C, 115th, Fid. Sib. Bn.. AEF.
Parkers for new boxed stationery
Parker has it—the Rexall store.
Cordell National Bank
No. 9971
Established 1901
A strong Bank, with the
Equipment, the Experi-
ence and the Strength
to give our Customers
the best Service.
Give us a trial.
J. M. ARMFIELD, Presides!
J. M. Callaway, Vice-Pres. Floy B. Armfield, Cashier
UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
W. 0. McAdoo, General of Railroads.
TIME TABLE CHANGES.
St. Louis-San Fransisco Railroad
A change of schedule of passenger trains at
this station will he made 12:01 a. m., November 17.
1918. Details of changes wil be available aat. the
L KKAMKK, Kderal Manager.
FROM ROY COCHRAN.
September 26.
Dear Mother and Sisters:
I wonder how you all are today. I
hope you are all as well as 1 am I
Your many letters ] never felt better In my life. If I felt
I got two of them | any better I believe I would have a
hile at this last front. Sure hope all i run-away, but not from the army, for
_ I , _ • _ I tkl., i .1.
OUR LIMITED SPACE
The Beacon regrets its inability to
publish many articles, leters, poems
and other matter submitted for pub-
lication. However, we get our supply
of newspaper on the same basis that
we are allowed a quota of sugar or of
flour, and must necessarily limit the
amount of outside material which we
can publish. We must omit many
things we would be glad topubllsh. and
try to choose things of greatest in-
terest to our subscribers. Please
hear in mind in sending us communi-
cations of any sort that we wish very
much to pubMsh anything of general
Interest, but cannot acept letters or
articles mainly of personal interest.
THE ARMISTICE.
Those who have said that Germany
■uat "be beaten to Its knees" If peace
was to have possibility of permanence
should see in its present posture a
perfect fulfillment of their demand
it is only an armistice that It has
signed. and the dictionaries tell us
that an armistice is a truce, a "mu-
tual agreement" tosuspend hostilities
temporarily This document an
ewers to that definition only In the
aomlnal sense. The element of mu-
tuality is absent, since aceptance of
military necessity, the supreme law
at that Germany which was. And,
lutead of providing for a temporary
■aapenslon of hostilities, this armis-
tice ends them by rendering Germany
helpless and Impotent; incapable of
raaewlng them even if it should be
Vlred by the desire to do so. in
reality it is not an armistice, but
capitulation, a deed of surrender
which the representatives of Germany
algned. and Its defeat would not have
been more conclusively witnessed If
Geaeral Hindenburg had enacted the
traditional ceremony of offering his
■word to General Foch. Indeed, the
sens* of dofest Is heightened by the
ctrcaiustancu who gave Germany'!
Mbmlssion, for does It not testify to
tfce overthrow of that militarism
which It was the foremost purpose of
the allies to destroy? If humiliation
li the cure of conceit, helplessness of
pride, we should see both in the terms
at this armistice and the conditions
which compelled an acceptance of lt„
aa assurance that the world will not
i have to defend Itself against the
ision of a powerful people mad-
I by those distempers.
Thcpe from whom General Foch ac
espied Germany's submission rep re
—HI tbe Government which exists
wmhmt the regency of Frederick Kbert,
the leader of the Socle! Democrats In
the Reichstag That Government pro
hrns to speak tor all the people of all
kingdoms, principalities, duchies
mi free cities that constitute the Ger
■•a Empire. Undoubtedly It spoke
Mr Will truly la accepting the armla-
ttee Bat there U aa yet ao certalaty
of you are making It O. K. I receiv-
ed the clipping giving Oscar French's
letter, but haven't had tme yet to see
If he Is with this regiment or the
you know I am crazy about this Job.
We are still pretty close up to the
front. They keep us dcdglng those
big shells all the time, but we have
OUR
STATEMENT
State National Bank
At Cordell* In tbe Stats of Oklahoma, at the close of business November I. 1*1
RKHOtlt'EI
22.BOO .00
s.ooo.oo
Loans and discounts. Including rediscounts I
VL^heeSe "•(her^haw l.lbrrt> leaktai Inrladlaa I . a.
re rl If rate* of ladekledeaa ) i
T 8 bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value)
u! 8. bonds a ad certificates of Indebtedness owned and
Liberty L^an Bonds.' 2*. 4, and 4V4 P«r cent unpedged 10,000 00
Liberty Loan Bonds, iw,. 4. and 4 V, per cent pledged to se-
stets or other deposits or bllla payable
Honda, Serurltlea. e«e (other than I'. H.):
Securities other than V. 8. bonds (not Including stocks)
owned unpledged
Stocks, other than Federal Reserve Bank stuck
Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (SO per cant of subscription)
Value of banking house
Furniture and fixtures -
Real estate owned other than banking house
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank -
Cash In vault and net amounts due from national banks _
<'hecks on banks located in same city or town of repurt-
To't«,rn-k.:::::: :::::: . :: *«>:«>
Checks on banks located outside of city or town of re-
porting bank and other cash Items
Redemption fund with U. 8 Treasurer and due from U. 8
War Ravings Stamps Certificates and Thrift Rlamps ac-
tually owned ... —
PUBLIC SALE!
I am a teacher in the public schools of Washiia county and have decided to
sell my cattle, not having time to look after them. Will sell at public auc-
tion on R. E. Skelley's farm, 4 miles west and 2 north of Rocky, 2 east
and 2 north of Sentinel, and 6 miles south of Dill, on
Friday, November 22
The following property, sale to begin promptly at 10 A. M.
FIFTY HEAD
Of CATTLE!
10,000.00 20.000.00
4.3S4.I4
200.00
1,100.00
1S.TM.M
1.250 no
1,000.00
IS.SS0.55
SS.11S.4S
1.SS0.00
200.00
TOTAL ..
.. I210.4S4.0S
LSABILITIB*
Capital stock paid In S
Surplus fund —
Undivided profits I11.49SSS
Less current expenses. Interest and taxes paid 4,021.4S
Amount reserved for taxes accrued
Circulating notes outstanding — ...
Net amount due to National banks
MeeaM deyealfa tether thee beak depealla.) rakjert to SSeeervei
Individual deposits subject to check
Cashier's checks outstanding ....
Total demand deposits IIS4.521.62
Tier **paella ask|wt «• Rr.ei~.ri
Certificates of deposit, (other than for money borrowed)
7,477.42
41S.4S
22.SOW.OO
S2S.1S
Stats of Oklahoma. County of Washita, se:
I. I. L Hull. Cashier of the above-named bank do solemnly swear that
the abovs statement Is true to tbe best of my knowledge and belief.
L L HULL. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sth day of November, HIS
Fdknk E. Psan, Notary Pubic.
1 ' Correct—Attest:
A. U. Beets,
a W. F Taylor.
J. O Dedson. Dlrectore.
My commission saplres Aug. It.
V
CONSISTING OF
- 9m •
35 Cows, Some Choice Milk Cows and some
that will calve soon; 15 Yearlings and Calves
and 1 Extra Good Bull, two years old.
LUNCH WILL SERVED ON THE GROUNDS.
Positively No By-Bidding;
TPTR Sum8 of *10-°° and under cash 0n sum over $10 a credit of twelve months will be given on
1 HtlMViO. approved note, bearing 10 perceut interest from date or 5 percent discount for cash. No prorer-
ty to be removed until settled for. * *
GROVER THOMAS, Owner
Col. J. N. Riley, Auctioneer. The State Bank of Rocky. Clerk.
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Anderson, A. W. The Cordell Beacon (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1918, newspaper, November 14, 1918; Cordell, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc269955/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.