The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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tnterprise.
vol. XIX
it>, Oklahoma. Friday, August 30. 11118
No 17
6RANITE BOY
6ETS COMMISSION
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Washington, Aug. 26th. Leslie
Leroy Jenaon of Granite. Okla.
has ben appointed a second lieu-
tenant in the ait* service of the
army.—Daily Oklahoman.
$40,000 DEAL
lilOSEO THIS WE;
| Uy a deal closed this week
Brown Urn*. became the own
I of Jim Butler'* $40,000 fa
consisting of &G0 acre* of la
faituated at the mouth of I
| Creek. The farm ha* 3110 ;
1 of alfalfa on it and ia a fin >
J The conaideration was
I $40,000 and is the larges t
! cloned in Granite for many y«
The Brown Bros, traded n
pieces of property including
picture ahow and meat mar!
buildings and seven r • idenc
The Brown Bros, will confir
to run the picture ahow ur
January 1st.
The town is having the weeds
cut along Main street, a thing
that should be universal.
The Enterprise has heard that
there is an oil rig somewhere
north of town, but we have as
yet heard nothing definate. We
will get that next week.
In the days of thy youth get
habit. Keep your teeth clean an:!
get an education. You pass this
way but onec. Be cheerful. If
you have fungi, or 8tain, on py-
orrhea on your TEETH, see your
dentist at once. Then keep them
clean. This is sanitation. And
health. U. S.
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red 10
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icat SIocLs
aiui*
rt«r« tn «hlpa Hwt
ip Alll«*a anil lh«
on wheat rntluna.
of writ's 1 arv ia
, and Australia. At
1 in al«lf t>ae« and
1 a re rorr*4 'o a
wt frtiro Argounn*.
r I. Australia bad
•,'<* bui>li*la of
m rvadjr for >-
port but iln-r w*r n<> ship*
Thi-n rnm* t ho nt* crop with
|H> tl|r "Iirplua of KO.UOOl-
i>kt ! • « Now Anairatla baa
approximately 1S1OO0.OOO bush-
els uniting for alilpa
India. at the omr time, bad
70.1 buolKla of wheat
stored for export. During April
..••.(**) 1 *4j bukli>-!a inure out of
the new rrop will be added to
U e plia.
Argentina cloned the last ship-
ping season with ll.ooo.uoo
bu hels of wheat left to the
ki xk available for export. Tba
new crop will add 135.000.000 to
tbe left over.
It la not a problem that tbe
wheat does not exist In the
world—It Is entirely a problem
of shipping, which f is thrown on
America the Wlga on of divid-
ing our stock >itli tne Allies.
Ail farmers ginning cotton at
Granite meet here Sat., Aug. 31
to talk over the ginning propo-
sition. Tinsley & Slaton.
Claudina Hester arrived here
Thursday from Camigie, Okla.
where she has been on a visit.
W. A. Sanderson, his nephew
and wife are here from Macon
Tenn. They arrived Thursday.
M. and Mrs. T. Hopkins awl
children are visiting Mr. anc
Mrs. Biddo this week.
There will be a lodge at the
Pleasant Valley school" house
Saturday night.
W. E. Morris of Carter is mov-
ing to the Henke place this week
Rev. E. N. Campbell closed
one of the best meetings at Lake
Creek Thursday that has ever
been held at that church. Si>
or eight conversions and twel
additions to the church.
PERSONALS
Mr. A. B. DeCordove left Sat-
urdayfor Altus to entrain for
some camp to take the place of
some young man who is detain-
ed from the front.
The outlook now shows that
our boys and girls have a chance
to be the leaders in basket ball
for the coming season. It is also
planned to have a debating team.
The high school is under the
direction of H. Pruett, superin-
tendent of five schools in U G.
No. 3, and Floss Bassett.
The four ward schools are do-
ing nicely with a total enrol'-'
ment of 236 pupils.
Mrs. J H. Roberts of Willow j
is visiting on the route this week. > j
Just received at Rogers &
Yoakum's, a large line of dishes,
cups and saucers. Cheaper than
they will be again for a Ion? j
time.
France must Import sugar today,
most of It from this side of the ocean
because the largest portion of French
sugar beet land Is In German hand?
As a result, the French people have
been placed on a sugar ration of abom
18 pounds a year for domestic use;
a pound and a half a month.* Thij
photograph -hows how the German
ave
a week*,
help win
the war
troops destroyed French sugar mills.
Thanks to the French rationing sys-
tem "the annual consumption has been
cut to 600,000 tons, according to re-
ports reaching the United States Food
Administration. Bt fore the war France
had an average sugar crop of about
750,000 tons of sugar and bad some
left over for export
GOODBYE Till
AFTER THE WAR
Ever since this war started
the Enterprise editor ha* be«n
possessed with a demre to do
his bit in active service.
We hflve heard many poop!
spring the gag that when they
jhad bought liberty bonds, W. S
S., donated to the Red Cros* and
the Y. M. C. A. they had done
their part.
Why We Fight
No ft
BWWM (iM*M Ull Cl
Mcnacct . M.« War* Our
Vary Natioaal KiiiwuM
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of tba w
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of the
Any <
at war
prevloo
I of lltl
W: ff
' of tha pumm why we ara
lib Orrniany, tneatiopi**! is
lie*, would
nr till" M
tloti inking up arttif. only rtinm#
IWMietit'O, coupled, oftefl, «ilh eiMttpleta
iitlluiv to r>•'*> .:nise the •i-rlwiwimm uf
tlw Geriiiua luemien to Amcrt' u and
. , , ... ... tha world, kfpt the United Biaten «mt
Such piffle makes this editor „f „ war t„r u,.*t\y thr.y.ura b«-
fori- ll liimlly decided to join In. In
fnit Juntlflmtlon for sjur *ith (5«r-
tnany existed ye«r^ the conflict
In Uurtiite was begun.
It liu * IxH-n ahowa that Germany,
for yeam, had been plotting within our
__ . , borders, eneouragiug ItnniigmutM to
That is why, when the Gov-1 hacume citizens aud nt the name time
enrnment called for men as vol-' remain faithful to the kaiser, she
untcent in the W which we hap. TJTS
pened to be, we made up our won! upiwaran. < s, relations between
mind to go. Tuesday we enlisted! Amoricm and Germany, were of the
a. .. , inoxt friendly character.
at Altus, and when our readers Fnmi evJ(VnC(, euppllPfJ by thP Gcr.
see this the writer will be wellj mans themselves, it has been shown
on his way to some camp, where I that Germany's «l <^rine that might
alone Is right would im-nace the very
tired. We do not believe that anv
one can set a prescribed limit
on their part in this war. Every
one should do all he can and then
some.
he will take the place of a young-
er man who is fit for active ser-
vice across the water. This is
all we can do, and only wish we
could do more.
The Enterprise will continue
to make its weekly visit just the
same during our absence. We
have a young son who thinks he
can get out the paper, and we are
going to leave it with him. Giv<
him your encouragement and
help in any way possible. The
paper will be just what the pat-
ronage justifies. If the support
is stich that it will pay a printer
to get it out, there will be little
change in it. It is up to the
patrons.
Expecting to return and take
up our work when this war is
over, we are yours very truly,
C. E. Hill
REGIMENTAL PtAft
Colors Which Second Oklahoma Real
ment Carries Were Presented
by Tulsa Suffragists.
The Second Oklahoma Regiment
goes into the country's service beneath
colors presented by the members of
the Tulsa suffrage organlzaUon. The
beautiful big silk American flag was
formally presentediSio the regiment by
Mrs. L. G. C. Hunter.
In tils speech of acceptance Major L.
W. Uook said: "I have the honor to
accept the wonderful token of your
patriotism; the thing that represent*
to soldiers, all. I take this opportu-
nity to say that the thing for which
your organization stands la something
for which there should be no necessity
to organize. Your organization Is at
tempting to attain something that wo
men are Justly entitled to and the;
are entitled to It without organisation
of anjr^ind."
FOR SALE—Five room plastered
house, good well of water, garage, cow
barn and chicken houses, 4 acres of
ground, hog fenced, "ement storm
cellar. A bargain. See WT. P. Stovali.
Independence of Uie United States Just
as surely as it destroyed that of Ser-
bia and Belgium. Just as soon as Ger-
many felt herself strong enough to
make a formal attack. German lust
of conquest knew no bounds.
Events of the last year have proven
that Germany, having split the world
In half by her creation of a Mltteleu-
ropa, extending tT"'n the Baltic almost
to the Persian gulf, was planning to
devour the halves separately. The fact
that our half of the world was being
reserved for dessert was all the more
reason why we should enter the war
while a part, at least, of the other half
was still makins® resistance.
Finally, when ■}«. '#>llapse of Russia
revealed the f.;#! That Germany was
fighting, not a war of self-preserva-
SUGAR STICKERS
The present household sugar ration
—with little chance of increas
two pounds a month in Ajnerica, two
pounds in England, one and one-hall
pounda In France, and one pound In
Italy.
Sugar bowls have been banished
from American dining cars- -a travelej
is served his portion of sugar and ne
more.
Restaurants acd hotels are restrict
ed to two pounds of sugar for everj
ninety meals served. This include!
sugar for kitchen as well as tabl<
use.
Almost 70 per cent of all the suga\
eonsumed in this country is used 1b
the household. So it is up to th<
women to make the sugar go around
Out of the last harvest the Ameri
;an people by abstinence, saved 140.
300.000 bushels of wheat to feed th«
hungry Allied nations and tflese samt
people are going to stay right on tH ' te^l °r.!>e nt her m.**rcy-
Wisar Job and see it through
tloD, I'tff one of conquest pare and
slmp'e, and that the freedom of the
entire world was menaced, any ques-
tion of why we are fighting seemed
superfluous.
The military party in Germany starts
ed the war because it believed the timo
ripe for conquest.
Proof that ambition, and not consid-
eration of Its own safety, prompted
Germany to begin the war is given by
the fact that Serbia and Belgium, two
helpless little nations, were the first
attacked.
Germany had under no compulsion,
signed a solemn treaty to protect the
neutrality of Belgium. When she
branded this treaty "a scrap of paper,'
she gave proof that all her treaties
would be so considered when her In-
terests demanded. In other words.
Germany's invasion of Belgium meant
the tearing up of every treaty which
existed between Germany and other
nations. It was ample Justification for
America going to war at that moment.
This did not spur America at the
time, but Germany's cruelties in Bel-
glum. surpassing anything ever before
known in modern history, gave further
evidence that the world was not safe
as long as such a government existed
in It.
Then came Germany's conduct on
the sea. With her battlefieet cravenly
seeking shelter behind the defenses of
the Kiel canal, Germany sent out her
submarines and began a war on un-
armed merchantmen. Women and chil-
dren were her victims. American citi-
zens by the score went down to death
on the Lusitania. The United States
made a protest, and Germany promised
to mend her ways. This she did, for
a time, until she could build a fleet of
bigger and better submarines, and then
her pirate sea warfare broke out with
fresh vigor. How could we keep out
of war when Germany, after ijithlessly
killing our citizens, deliberatley closed
the sea to us?
German plotters and spies, under
the direct leadership of the German
ambassador to .is country, worked
almost openly, blowing up industrial
plants, sinking ships in our harbors,
and menacing railroads and canals.
Germany, sparred by successes,
openly began to announce plans for
disciplining the United States. She
scoffed at the Monroe doctrine, and
tried to creute a German state In
Brazil which, in time would be strong
enough to bring about a revolution nd
overthrow democratic government
there.
By her huge armaments, her disre*
gard of treaties, and her evident re-
liance on force alone, Germany was
rapidly making the world an unsafe
place In which to live, forcing all oth-
er nations to adopt the military sys
two HURT IN
MOTOR SMASH UP
L< lie Hogg and Hollis Than*
wer<-, both badly hurt Saturda>
when the motorcycle which they
wer.- riding turned a lummir-
taul and landed on top of them
lx;nlie waa the worat hurt, he
aunt.lining a badly amaahed el-
bow. a aerioua cut on the head
and hia right ear waa partly
torn off. Young Thorpe escaped
with some bad bruiaea,' he aim-
plowed up the grave with th&
aide of hia face aufficiently to
take moat of the akin from it.
The injured.boys were picked
up by Chaney Morris who brot
them to town in doube quick
time. Drs. Wiley and Zacherv
atended thfeir hurta, and both are
recovering.
The accident was caused by
the front fender of the machine
dropping down and locking the
wheel, which threw the the ma-
chine a complete summersault.
CHILDREN HURT BY CAR
Late Friday evening two chil-
dren of Mrs. Walter Wilson were
badly hurt when they were
struck by a car driven by young
George Clampitt. The children
were playing in the road, and as
the car came close, tried to cross
in front of it. By good fortune
neither of them were run over
by the wheels, but were badl>
bruised when the car struck
them. At first it was thought
they were badly injured, but
both are now recovering.
HIT BY WINDLESS
While digging a well at hi*
home north of town Saturday,
R. M. Beddo let the windless get
away from him, and received
some painful hurts. The handle
struck him just above the eye,
cutting a gash several inches
long which required the atten-
tion of his pliysician, Dr. Lans-
den. Sam Wright, who was
down in the well, had a close call
the heavy bucket of dirt just
grazing his shoulder as it fell.
BOYS' ARM BROKEN
A little son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
K. Howard sustained a broken
arm Thursday when he was
thrown from a horse. The elbow
was badly crushed, and is con-
sidered by Dr. Lansden, who at-
tended him, as one of the worst
breaks that can be sustained. ^
ROUTE 2
The high school began Monday
morning with an enrollment of
49 pupils. Many of the pupils
were disappointed because the>
did not have a new building ana
real modern equipment . How-
ever there seems to be much in-
terest and plans are being made
for equipment in manual train-
ing and domestic science. The
board has put in new single
seats and other modern equip-
ment which is only a start to
the many more things which will
be added during the year.
The Farmers State Bank has
actually had the weeds cut
around their building, an act
that could be well imitated by
some others in Granite.
WANTED—Two. three or
The German ambition to force Gei*Jf furnished rooms for light
fin L'llltlll* All thn a#
SAVE SUGAR,
•ogax iceaas Ships—
i Saldiav*-
man kultnr on the remainder of thd'
world was well exploited. Kultnr, to house keeping.
'104 office.
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