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ELGIN OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22 J9I5
NO. 14
Farmers'
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I Vaughn Hdwe Co! Christmas compliments
Dealers In
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Hardware Implements Fumirure
isornns and baskets.
4 If you want satisfaction in our line
try us for our prices are right.
Your business solicited on a merit
basis.
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We wish nil our customers friends
and thooe whom wo want to bo our
customers a joyful Merry Christ-
mas and a very happy New Year..
BYRD & WOLCOTT
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By Figuring With
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On The Elgin Routes.
Currier Laslev purchased n
young mulo team Friday from
K. L. Halbrooks of Sterling and
U now sailing around his route
behind them.
School at Mistletoe between
routes A and 2 dismissed
short time last week on ;iccnu
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irouteAwcre among the busi-
i Hess callers in Lawtoh Saturday
i J. M Sandorfcr and family of
route I! expect to leave tomorrow
for Uirtu Ark. where they will
. make their home
1 Carrier Cost and family visited
! hor nurenta nonr Fletcher Sun-
V'day.
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Bill Hunt of route A was tran
sacting business in Lawton Sat-
urday. Clifton Dunn of route 0 left
of the illness of tho teacher
Miss Decker. '
Christmas day is not a holiday
i- ..i ...:.. .. il.. i.!ll
fnake their rubripsoi; thai I today f-ra visit at May wood Mo.
thv. but will not go Saturday! Mrs. John Lodes of route 3 is
Jan. 1. I visiting in Okarcheo.
II. E. Good of route 2 has been I Aaron Sorrels of route 2 went
sunmmoJ as ; juror in county ; t0 Oklahoma 'ity today.
mZL'ZSVi LaWl0" ""I J.A.WoIftainovinr to the Wil-
Monday Jnniu J. 'son farm on raite 3 vacated by-
B. It Wolcntt has rented tho   M Samicrfer.
farm of C. M. Wolcott on route' . ....
2 and will niovo to same the first! Jess Met nv has moved to th.
part of January. p-nc or u.w. i o;nn on rouie j
K. A. Murray Miss Jane Mur- vacatc.l by J.A W olf.
ray Mrs. V. E. Murray and sons A now bov arrived recently at
Arthur and Marvin of route A i the home of Lafe Brown on route
made a business trip to Law ton 3
T-.Tr.RU li a bit? linnclsonic roomy up lo-tlie-mliuilc S.room homo with
-Li ccry nn.dcrn con entente until (urracc tlclrlc llr.lils full
cotncnlcil liascmcnt llial on can bullil tor t2SC0 to $30001 Can ou
ciinnot.
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the .former's new
Saturday in
Ford.
H. E. Clino and family were
in Lawton on business Saturday.
Geo. K. Morgan and family
"Forded" to Lawton Saturday
on business
Mrs. Geo
Some Rustling.
A ladv remarked Tuesday that
there would not be any Cham
pion today the way the editor i
was hustling nroiind in the post
West nnd little baby office with the Chrisltins pack-
of route 3 have been visiting the ftGr()S. But herd is the paper
past week at tho home of her I just the same for nothing over
parents nt Manitou. jatopa its publication ugularly
t c vi .i ..!C. lmirtitpr ami on uiih:
Hallie and three sons of route 2
nutoetl to Lawton on busine-s
Saturday.
C. S Walling of route 8 re-
turned Monday from an over-
land trip to Marlow. where he
was visiting his son Scott.
0. H. Putney and daughter
Edna of route 3. and Mrs. It. A.
Harrel of route 2 were in Law-
ton Saturdny on business.
II: L. Cromer and wife of
routo 3 and Mrs. H. C. Choens of
However the editor did do
some rustling around Tucsiav
the cancellation of slumps at the
Elgin postofficp on that day be-
ing $2.02 moio than on any pre-
vious dav in anv former vear
that the office has nny record of.
This increase is all the morn
noticeable when it must be con-
sidered that the t fiice has one
less route tlnn in former years
the cancelhtion on old roule 1
now going into the Fletcher
office.
Wo ti.iva the nrchllrct'a
wurKIni; n'.i.na nml call-
inatvH coinpleto fur tlili
ri-Bliirnro come In nml
pee Hie ilttnlls uf romfurt
unit iiunllty. W will
rliiiw you not only how
joti ran tillmlnnto "extra"
rob ix In liuiuiltur but hovr
jiii i ran btlM t!imni;)iuut
with durable He jic udalilu
Southern
Yellow Fine
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K-ltlwiit It cfwtlnc yim n
rent niorp. Tint la onlj'
li-riiuso UnTe niu exiep-
tlonally lan'i. cliolcn
Hoi-ks of IiIhIi - roili)
Koiithrm "Yrllow I'lno
luiiiticr on tho innrknt
Just now nt very iimdor-
nlu prlees. It'n a rare oji-rortunU;.-.ACT
NOW.
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T. R. BENNETT Local Manager.
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BEST MARKET
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Met Defeat.
In the basket ball game here i
Saturday night between the
Elgin and Fletcher high school
teams the local team met defeat
by the score of 37 to 10. It
seemed to be an off night for the
ocnl team as two weeks previous
V this game it defeated Apache
23 to 12 and only played a little
over half thegame. The Apache
had
I dents: Elgin O. H. Putney;
I Geronlmo T. H. Ketels.
Presidents of Epworth Leag-
ues: Elgin J. H. Willhite; Hul-
en Miss Self.
Tho following wero nppointed
ns a committee to estimate the
nnstor't salary Mrs. Alma Howe
W. W. Garwood J II. Heddin.
These mot with tho pastor and
made the ppportionmrnt as fol-
Yard or Residence.
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NEWLOCATION
We are now in our new
building on G streat first door
norlh ox' the post office
vhere wo would be pleased
to meet "all our old customers
and njary new cues.
In order to meet the demands
team not long before that
defeated the Fletcher team
No one seemed to he able to
'account for this hard luck al
though l he fact thnt the .boys!
hnrt hail very utile practice n.nce
1 tin' Apache game and had one
man on thf team who had never
 played in a match game cannot
lie ignored.
Two 20 minute halfS wcrei
phved and at the end of the first
I half tr e acore stood 1.1 tofi. Dur-
imr tlin dPfrmll lin 1 I' let ClH'l'
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made 22 scores and Elgin 111
holding the per cent down bet-
ter than in the first half. I
Tho Fletcher players v'orc:
center. Aihlev; forwards Nev-
ille and M Hinson; guards Mil-
ler nml Fi. Hinson.
The Khin players were: center
Ernest Kitsmiller; forwards' Ila-
gle and Cline; Kuards Putney
and Schumann.
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Kolerees. wiiitmo oi iigin
Breckner of Fletcher.
lows; Elgin $275. Beaver Rend
$275 Hulen $200 Geronimo$150.
npaver'Bond was selected as
tho meeting place for the next
conference
w fi tit ' "n
Elected Officen.
The following new officers
have just b"en elected in the
lodges for the ensuing year:
.Masonic.
W. M. Ren.'M. Coffin.
S. W W. W. Brunskill.
.1. W G. W. Coinpton.
Treasurer T. F. Harney.
Secretary W. D. Pugh.
Eastern Star.
Worthy Matron Miss Mattio
II iniilton.
W. Patron C. W. Compton.
Asst. Matron Mrs. Ida Gampton.
Conductress Mrs. J. M. Hihds.
Secretary L. C. Coffin.
The appointive officers will be
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First Buiiner.8 Scsnion.
Thf firit quarterly conference
of the FJtiin Methodist circuit
wns held Sunday afternoon with
Di.t. Supt. Collins presiding
H. P. Wettengo
retnry.
The following wore confirmed
and approved ns members of the
quarterly con ferei once:
Sunday school supertnten-
! selected next Monday night or
St. John's Day Dec. 27. wjhen
t th" two organizations will hold u
I joint inbtallnlion in Coffin's hall.
School Notes.
Tho Christmas program'. will
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was elected sec-1 '""..K"" "v U1C "l "
rniiay iwivriiuon i hub ncuu
commencing ?t 2:30.
School will dismiss Friday for
a week's vacation.
Champion nds get results.
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BOLLS
I Bring your bolls to Ligm vnere
I you have always received the
J highest price.
Highest price paid for cotton
and sead.
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of onr growing business have
employed another cleric.
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New Schedule.
Commencing todajv Dec. 22
the schedule time for carriers on
routes 2 and 3 out uf Elgin to
leave the office is 0:15 a. m..
which is 15 minutes earlier than
formerly on account of the
change in time table of the
morning Frisco train east bound.
Holiday CloiMf
The Elgin poBtofiico will be
closed on ChristmaH and. Now
Year'B days except for one hour
after the west bound train goen
bo buy your stamps and money
orden tb day before.
For Your Kiddies.
There's a mighty homy filth-
pufin in this issue of the Ciiam-
I'lOM that will rodch the heart of
every man and woman and fair-
ly thrill tho children. Why not
sit down this evening and read
it aloud to the little ones? Head
to them also the interesting fea-
ture nrticle describing the meth-
ods of gathering mistletoe which
appears on the same page
Shortestpey.
Yesterday.-. jec. 21
dateof.iHewiiftersc
wns the
'solstice which
is the borUHK day of the year.
erry Christmas
In looking over our business for the past year
we find that the largest item of our resources does not
appear among the figures on mir funncinl statement.
It is that intangible yet wonderfully forceful item
-your friendship.
To you our friends. at this time of greetings
we extend our sincere thanka for helping us to build
wel'. It is unnecessary to adk your continued patron-
e your loyalty is proven. ( i((v4
Our nim for the coming year will be to still fur-
ther promote this friendship nd servo ytu well
BANK of ELGIN
W. W. Bruntkill
president.
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