Saturday Morning Advertiser (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 2, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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1ATURDAY Morning Advertiser
DURANTr OKLAHOMA . SATURDAY OCT. 2 1920
NUMBER TWENTY-SIX
BANK OPEN
AUTOS EXACT
DEATH TOLLS
ROTARIANSHAVE iCOTTON MARKET
A BANK TELLER
NEWDIRECT0RS
k SATURDAY
A PICNIC SUPPER IS UNCHANGED
THWARTS FORGER
HAVEBEENNAMED
"'T f
...lUKHCIAl. NATIONAL
IJTWOl'EXrOB BUSINESS
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a
. i.i. nt nine o'clock.
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R .1.. mnicrcial National
tMUrant ." bc thrown open
lr.. i ..! ...ill ho in full
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Eu-lt f remodeling the home
in-titution was so great
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B ......i nf the bank decided
&rt.iU' any formalities on
s.nnv. but to open lor busi
ed out' the clad hand to all
arandp' after ousincss.
ittcriur of the building makes
..tMriiiv appearance with an
mount of room light and ven-
lo makf the building comror-
ir officials employees and cus-
t Xhe ault and fixtures are
iitpt tvpo and blended with
ijaiou interior decoration plan
ir Hoaxing appearance to
i
srs of the bank arc G. A.
t reJi nt; Sam W. Stone
'dtnt: W. E. Clark cashier.
r.th fnc others whose names
bt been announced will com-
bo.'iul of diiectors.
irectnri of the new bank are:
I A Mjmjii S.im W. Stone. W.
i C. I!. Cochran O. L. Shan-
IjiarJ Holmes Ed L. Speairs
)!attke- ami C. G. Shane.
OKLAHOMA STAGES THREE PA-
TAL AUTO ACCIDENTS WED-
NESDAY FOUR KILLED SIX
INJURED SOME FATALLY.
Two women were killed and a four-months-old
baby was injured proba-
bly fatally when a Rock Island pas-
senger train struck the car in which
they were riding In south Chlckasha
Wednesday.
Letters and papers found on the
bodies give trje names of the women
as Mrs. Roy Hampton of Houston
Texas and Mrs. Eunice Maurer of
Bradley Oklahoma.
E. W. Davis was instantly killed and
his wife thought to be mortally hurt
and T. C. Ticer and wife and 12-year-old
daughter were more or less
seriously injured the same day when
the automobile in which they were rid-
ing was caught'at a crossing east of
Oklahoma City by a Frisco passenger
train.
They all were from Shawnee and
were going to the State Fair.
Margaret Rose 20 was drowned
and Harry Foltz was seriously injured
Tuesday night when the motor car in
which they were riding plunged
sixty feet off the Missouri Oklahoma
& Gulf Railroad bridge into the
Arkansas River five mile3 northeast
of Muskogee. Miss Laura Pickering
who was driving the car and Charles
Eowf another passenger were not in-
jured. Eowf lives in Dustin Ok.
and the homes of the other three
are in Muskogee.
adies' Coat Suits
20 to 50 per cent off
IMhing reserved at these prices; Every
Mm the house is now offered at these
BIG REDUCTIONS
Why we Cut the Price
Our ready-to-wear houses have re-
puced their prices and we are Retting
Ike benefit of it. In keeping with our
lolicy to give our customers the best
ralues to be had for the money we be-
ieve it nothing but right that the -pub
ic should share in these reduced prices.
Four of the best manufacturers of
iigh class Suits are represented in our
'all showing Printzess Peggy Paris
iunshine and Millar Mandell Suits.
It is impossible for us to reach all our
ustomers bv rchone- so we make this
ublic announcement that all may have
ichance to reap the benefit of these un-
isually low prices.
hr Policy of Doing Business
Our aim is to erive our patrons good
reliable merchandise at a close margin
tf profit. Our selling prices for this
ason have been marked closer than
m the Suits we offer in this sale at
1 to 50 per cent off are real bargains
nw is the time to buy. Don't delay
nake your selection while we have a
Sod run of sizes.
ferndon-Whitaker Company
AT UROWN & COMPANY'S OLD STAND
ONE-HUNDRED PEOPLE ENJOY
ROTARY PICNIC SUPPER AND
PROGRAM AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH THURSDAY NIGHT
HAS BEEN FROM TWENTY TO
TWENTY-THREE ALL THE
WEEK WITH LITTLE PROS-
PECT OF ADVANCEMENT.
More than one-hundred nconle were . Thn nri.. nr ottnn nnb . i.
in attendance at the Rotary Club's 'slide toward the bottom last Satur-
picnic supper and program held in the day and Monday from which It has not
basement of the Presbyterian church up to the time that this was written
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock the ' shown any sicr.s of recovery.
atrair having been moved from the Thursday and Friday the price re-
city park at the last moment owing mained practically stationary with
m I uuen urop n peraiurc. no indications of any change one woy
Tables several of them were built nr anntw. h -nnn. f r;.v. (
for the occasion and they were loaded on the local market being from 20
with everything good to eat from the to 22.
customary fried chicken and home-i Various causes have been assigned
boiled ham down to coffee and cigars i for the drop in prices; contraction of
nuumuns wauea iamc ana Kotarmns credits temporary overstocking of the
their wives and daughters and sons ' mariet and a big crop are all blamed
filled all available seats. for jit. However whatever may be
After the feast an enjoyable pro- the cause the price has fallen until it
gram was indulged in. J3 now claimed by many to be below
First of all were a couple of trio I the cost of production. What the
selections by Misses Bcrnice and Etta future may hold no one ventures to
Louise renaieion ana uamiua McKin-! predict.
ney.
Then several excellent selections by
Morrcll's orchestra.
Dr. John Colwick then spoke for
ten minutes on "Conservation of our ; not being sold at present prices
cm.uren ana iaia ociore me members Up t0 Thursday there had been a
and guests a most important prob- j totn o 2i54o bales ginned in Durant
emr . counting round bales as half bales
Messrs. Leon Coleman and Jewell exciU3ive of the square bales ginned
Hicks then entertained the guests by thu Mitchell Gin of which no rc-
with a couple of selections of Ha- port couId be obtained.
waiian music on guitars. . . .. - .
D. S. MacDonald chairman of the The gmmng iccord of the four gins
rlnli .nmmIH n I' .....t n . '" operation nere is as luuows.
lTarmiiia fln T net mnrwi-
The weather during the past week
has been all that could be desired and
cotton has been coming in rapidly.
A good deal is being sinned that is
277
.spoke for ten minutes on the general I. 5 .lJ"T X-ru i
subject of -Boys' Work." Mr Mac-' l 2GG bacs;
Donald told of the committee's work ' .
in making a survey of the boy situa-l Planters Gin Last report 407
tion in Durant the object being to bales' B'nncd this wcek' 2" bae3;
ncertain how many boys of school . to gmned 70G bales.
age aie not in school why they are not ! Dccs 9nLast rePrt 207 bales;
in school and he finding of ways to 8'nne1 th'3 wcek 283 baes5 ginned
aid them. This work is being carried toater 5;)0b.alesV
on by Rotaiy clubs all over the coun-). Mltehi'" Gm-La81 report square
ti-v nn.i i oi.of ! mt jmnnrf.n . bales 127: (no report was obtained
matter demanding attention. t0 uare bales ginned by this gin
Vniin!no. tw iontinn h Mr ince our last report) round bale?.
Coleman George Rorie spoke for ten' J"1 "Port. 3; since last report 300
minutes of matters concerning the uu"-a' "'"' uuu "alKa B""'cu "'"
wclfavc of the children. season 405.
Another selection by the orchestral p1rcc have been the lowest this
nndsomo remarks by President W. E. I wook of any tm.c this seast;?; Frl"
Utteibnck who acted as toast master ' nr"'"ff ftton was selling on
ilo-cd the Bcshion. I trwl at twenty two to twen y-
tlucc ccnti as compared with twenty-
s-even cents at the same time
"J. B. ROBERTS" HAD CHECK FOR
$750.00 MAKES GET AWAY
WHILE SUPPOSED MAKER OF
CHECK IS ON THE PHONE.
The vigilance of Earl Hotchkin a
teller in the Durant National Bank
saved that institution a $750.00 loss
on a check bearing what looked like
the signature of C. B. Cochran local
attorney but which according to Mr.
Cochran was a forgery. The incident
occurred just before noon on Wednes
day morning. The would be forger is
at large having made his get 'away
while Hotchkin was in the act of as-
certaining tile genuineness of the sig
nature irom Mr. Cochran.
The party presented the check for
$750.00 for payment saying that he
would take a part of it in cash and the
balance on deposit to his own credit.
The check was made out on ono of
Mr. Cochran's own printed forms and
down in the lower left hand corner
had a nota. on supposed to represent
a description of the matter on which
the check was in settlement. Hotch-
kin believe that there was some ir
regularity in the signature and called
Mr. Cochran over the phone. Mr.
Cochran was not as quick in denying
he had issued such a check as he
might have been according to Hotch
kin and the would be depositor and
forger saw that the jig was up so
he beat it and made a quick disan
poarance before he could bo stopped.
How he came into possession of the
bank check which must have been
torn out of Mr. Cochran's check book
is unknown. The imitation of the siir-
CH AMBER OF COMMERCE NAMES
FIVE NEW DIRECTORS WHO IS
TURN SELECT OFFICERS FOR
THE ENSUING YEAR.
The Durant Chamber 'of Commerce
elected five new members of tb
board of directors last wcek who with
the five holdovers constitute the board
for the ensuing year.
The newly elected members are H.
L. Cox W. E. Uttcrback W. K. Gill-
strap Forest Johnson and C. W.
Brown.
The holdover members aro C. D.
Shane S. E. Boswcll Sam W. Stone
red Lowcry and Ed L. Speairs.
Tuesday the new board elected the
officers of the Chamber for the com-
ing year as follows. President C. G.
Shane; First Vice-President H. L.
Cox; Second ice-President W. E.
Utterback; Treasurer Green Thomp-
son. The contract with A. B. Davis as
secretary was renewed or rather rati-
fied by the new board.
The Durant Chamber of Commerce
is in a very flourishing condition and
is planning to be very much on the
job in the future as in the past.
nature was very clever and had the
check been for a small sum would
have undoubtly gotten by most paying
tellers.
Mr. Hotchkin described the man as
about 20 years old about fivo feet
eleven inches tall light complexion
and well dressed in dark suit and
blnck hat and of medium build.
STORM DAMAGE AT ADA
last
' week.
Ada and surroundimr territory was' KPot quotaUons on llay
wMted by one of the strongest winds "0 were: Now Orleans 2.1; New
and rainstorm in its history between j k. 2''-5i Dalas' 2r'1; Houston
1 and 2 o'clock Monday morning. 22.o0; Galveston f.To.
l'ive large plate glass windows were sced wn' a lte hMcr. than ""t
blounoutof business houses. A num-wcck and Thursday mora .t was
ber of small garage and other small clu"'ed on thu .stjeet at 28; one buyer
building? were blown down and much however was offering .13.
damage done to the cotton in the
couniy.
HELL QUITS HELL
Peter Hell has grown tired of the
jibes of his friends and strangers on
his name. His son O. Hell other
wise Otto said he attracts too much
attention on hotel registers. Then lit-
tle sister Mary sometimes called
"Merry Hell" joined -with the rest of
the family in a petition to Judge Mc-
Goorty of Chicago for permission to
poke an "e" out and put an "a" in the
name. They will be "Hall" in the
future.
3I0V17 PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TO BE SHOWN
Missouri has a population of 3-
403547 an increase of 110212 or 3.3
per cent over 1910 the Census Bu-
reau announced today.
Missouri which ranged as sev-
enth State in 1010 drops to eighth
place in the list of States thus far an-
nounced. St. Louis with an Increase in pop-
ulation of 85808 makes up approx-
imately four-fifths of the total gain
for the State.
Coming Down! Coming Down!
Everything from "Tin
Lizzies" to "Butter
Beans". everything
from "Soup to Nuts" mml
The only thing we
know of going up is
.. . . ... i t.
Hoi Air anu wie i?!
"Length of Ladies' w-.w
Skirts."
We are
READY
We do not believe there's
a store in Durant or Bry-
an county who was so
near reody for the " Slump
in food prices" as we
were.
" Tis true" there are Grocery bwres in uJ?Zture
Bryan county who have higher stacks of Future
Stuff" in their warehouses but "yours truly" had
rather have "His" stacked in the Bank and be in a
W E. . STRICKLAND
Come around to our store "Py Cash and Pay Lesa" you are
not under obligations to the man who old you on credit you
paid credit prices. "He got hie."
Calling Your
Attention to the
ffri
Big Price Reduction
ON PAGE FOUR
And to Hundreds of
others we can't men-
tion m every depart-
ment of our immense
Fall Stocks all new- -well
selected and of
Best Quality as advertised.
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Evans, E. M. Saturday Morning Advertiser (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 2, 1920, newspaper, October 2, 1920; Durant, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc83178/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.