Cherokee County Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 1920 Page: 1 of 4
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10 TIE IEM0CSATS
Of CHEROKEE COUNTY CflRBMSR*
Mr. A. B. Millar, OmWcIMW at' Any^rtmee, l/. ft A., 412*9 (of his
Pursuant to the call Issued by Ben
T. Lafayette, chairman of the Demo-
cratic SUte Central Committee, and
by virtue of the authority veated in
■e aa chairman of the Democratic
County Committee of Cherokee Coun-
ty, and conforming to the reaolution
gassed by the Democratic State Cen-
tral Committee at a meeting held In
Oklahoma City, on Monday, January
12tb, 1920, I hereby call a man
meeting convention of the Democrats
of Cherokee County, both men and
women, to be held in the City of Tah-
lequah, in Cherokee County, on Sat-
urday, January 31st, 1920, at two
o'cloek P. M., for the purpose of elect-
ing 16 delegates to represent Chero-
kee County at the Democratic State
Convention called to meet in Mus-
kogee, Oklahoma, on Thursday, Feb-
ruary Bth, 1920.
I call upon all Democrats in Cher-
okee County, both men and women,
who believe in the great principles
ef the Democratic party, and ail good
titizens, both men and women, who
Relieve that the high American ideals
which find representation through the
Democratic party, and which best
•erves the interest of our great gov-
ernment, to attend this Democratic
mass convention
Every Democratic voter, both men
nd women, who live In Cherokee
County, are called to attend this con-
vention and participate in its deliber-
ations.
J. 1. COURSEY,
Chairman
r
FARM LOANS
C^UICK SERVICE
EASY TERMS
L. C. ROSS
J
ATTKNI) THK CONVENTION.
E\ery Democratic voter, male and
female, should attend the mass con-
vention in this city Saturday, it has
lieen made a mass gathering so that
every one may express his or her
wish in selecting delegates to the
*tate convention. This is the pre-
liminary step of the coming presiden-
tial campaign and all are, or should
be. interested. Read the call signed
i> County Chairman Coursey pub-
lished elsewhere in this issue and
t(include to take ah active part for
the welfare of your party and coun-
try. Every section of the county
should be well represented.
Zeb; Hm brought *i wile for « three-room Bat during' the rear
shoot visit. 1919.
Lm Weatherford ha* sold bio MOT Br g*therfog> ttteae reports, from
milPto Don Reynolds. all lk« BH( Browas who are running
Mrs. J'm French is on the sick list themselves ragged to pay their ntit,
this. week. the Internal Revenue Bureau Will
John Carver had made a trip to have- the Information needed to see
Muskogee. that the Profiteer Smiths pay proper
Calvin Martin and Lee Weather- tax or face prosecution.
ford made business trip to Musko- The information returns now due
gee; covering payments of salaries, wages.
Rev. Tom Harper, of Gabriel, rent, Interest, and other income
pasBed through Zeb yesterday. serve useful data for running down
Mr. C. J. Miller has Just returned tax-dodgers and for checking up
from Muskogee with « load of gro- millions of returns to see that proper
cerles for the store. tax Is paid.
Miss Sue R. Sanders was the guest Large business houses have been
of Mrs. L. Weatherford Sunday after- faithfully making these Information
noon. reports for several years and have
Mrs. Oll'e Clark, of Beggs, filled co-operated whole-heartedly with the
her appointment at Ryder Sunday, government's checking system. The
Had a real good meeting. same obligatior rests on smaller
business, and m. 'irofesstouai men;
Oklahoma Cltv, Jan. 27.—(Spe- also on persons and organizations
rial)—That children are lying dead who employ secretaries, chauffeurs,
in the streets of many of the Armen- servants, or persons in any capacity.
:an and Syrian cities, and that the The revenue law requ'res the filing
people there are so badly starved they 0f the information returns In each
are forced to eat human flesh, and case where total of payments during
lhat the children crack open the 1919 to any person, partnership, or
bones of the dead persons to get the fiduciary was $1000 or more. Forms
marrow from them to eat, Is the in- 1099 and 1096, on which the returns
formation received by F. L. Carpen- must be made, are now available at
ter, o' Muskogee, secretary of the the office o' collectors of internal
Near East Relief, who will have revenue.
charge of a campaign to open in Ok- ,
lahoma on February 1, to raise funds WHEN WORK KILLS.
to relieve this suffering.
To show the conditions that exist Many people will tell you that work
in those countries Mr. Carpenter has never kills any one. But it does,
made public a part of a letter written There is a certain pace that men
bv Aimeo Vanneman Higdon, a re- travel that requires work—-work of a
lief worker in the Near East. It fol- peculiav kind—work that lears inev-
lows: itably to disaster.
"Tf the American people could re- That is the work that has dissipa-
alize that it is a common thing all ti0n as its goal.
through Armenia to see children ly- The young man who spends hours
ing liead In the streets, and that peo- chasing the wild orgies of the bright
pie are forced to eat each other, they lights is a worker. He toils diligently
would hate themselves for having jn his search for new thrills, for the
any surplus money which they would sordid and seamy side o flife, for the
not ofTer to save these poor people, "skirt' that smiles when he nods his
In some places the orphans are gath- head.
ered from the street and placed in a His brain is ever on the alert—
big open courtyard to be given one seeking, seeking, seeking—and at
bit of bread. They have to sleep on eac hstep his vitality becomes weaker
the ground with no covering. Usually and weaker.
the following morning they are in time he becomes old in his youth,
sorte'> over and the dead onee put to his frame but an empty shell, his
one side until the ox-cart comes mind a conglomeration of selfishness
arouiul to gather them up. an(i debauchery.
"In places children have been seen [t requires work to go this pace—
< racking human bones for marrow, work that l^ads to the open grave.
Rouses are full of unburied dead.
The Tariers and Turks have taken .John L. Harper, vice president and
away all foods and also seeins for chief engineer of the Niagara Falls
planting crops." Power Co., Canadian Niagara Power
— • Co.,"Niagara Junction Electric Rail-
Profiteer landlords will be held to way Co., stopped in Tahlequah Sat-
the straight and narrow path in pay- urday from 11 till 4, while on his
ing the'r income taxes this spring, for way from Phenix, Arizona, to his
, , . ,. . . . , home in New York, to visit his sis-
the tenants are uomg the driving and ter.Mv< Mrs. w. w Dankins.
holding the whip.
Revenue is sweet to the tenant who iMesdames J. D. Wilson, C. A. Peter-
has had to dig deep into his earnings SOn and R. L. Fite, delegates from
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takes his scratchy family pen in 'nr Oklahoma City to attend the
hand, searches the ink bottle for that Women's Democratic convention.
T, JANUARY 98, IMO.
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VOL. 88. No. a
J. Robt. Wyty, President.
R. H. Conch, Vice-President.
W. p. Hicks, Cashier.
R. J Wlgglps, Asst. Cashier
OOITDBK8BD STATEMENT OP CONDITION OP
THE FIRST STATE BANK
TAHLBVtJAH. OKLAHOMA
As rendered to the State Bank Commissioner at the close of business
December 31st. 1919.
RK6OURCBB.
LIABILITIES
Loans & Discounts
$370,57(V41
Capital Stock
$40,000.00
Liberty Bonds
12.04H 01
Surplus Fund
10,520.00
United 8tates Bonds
•2,000.00
Undivided Profits
264.22
Furniture & Fixtures
2 000.00
Reserved for Improvements 1.009 50
Banking House *
10,000 00
Dividend
4,000.00
Other Real Estate
544.69
DEPOSITS
653,990.75
Overdrafts
128.89
%
Revenue Stamps
333 71
Cash & Sight Exchange
312,154.76
Total
$709,784.47
Total
$709,784.47
The Above Statement is Correct.
W. P. Hicks, Cashier
Deposits Guaranteed
Percy Wyly
R. H. Couch
DIRECTORS.
B. L. Keenan
J. W. Reid
Ed Sharp
J. Robt. Wyly
Till-: TEACHERS' CONVENTION.
The meeting of the teachers- of
Cherokee County, held in the District
Courtroom Friday afternoon and the
N. E. S. N. auditorium Friday night,
was the largest, best and most bene-
ficial ever held in the county. The
seats of the court Toom were well
filled with teachers willing to impart
and receive suggestions as to the
better methe's of their work and
such gatherings will result in more
efficiency in school work. County
Superintendent Ghormley deserves
credit for the success of the meeting,
as als6 do the members of the Nor-
mal, who assisted greatly in bringing
out and making plain the better meth-
ods for teachers to follow.
MEN WANTED TO SELL GROCER-
IES.
SELLING EXPERIENCE NOT NEC-
ESSARY.
One of World's largest Grocers
(capital over $1,000,000.00), wants
ambitious men in your locality to sell
direct to consumer nationally knqwn
brands of an extensive line of grocer-
ies, paints, roofings, lubricating oils,
stock foods, etc. Big line, easy sijles.
Values beat any competition Earn
big money. No experience or capital
required. Complete sample outfit
and free selling instructions start
you. Long established reliable JiouBe.
State age and occupation. Write to-
day. John Sexton & Co., 352 ,W.
Illinois St., Chicago, 111.
Miss Emilie Adair came home Mon-
day from a short visit in Muskogee.
Mrs. Louis Adair and Annie len-
der were the guests of their brother,
Julian Linder, of Muskogee, Monday
and Tuesday.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. '
Post Office Clerk and Carrier.
An examination for post office
clerks and carriers will be helii at the,
post office in this city on February'
14, 1920. • — J •
Age limit, 18 to 45 years on the
date of examination.
Married women will not be admit-
ted to the examination.
Applicants must be physically
sound, and male applicants must be
not less than 5 feet 4 inches fn
height in bare feet, and weigh not
less than 125 pounds without ovor-
coat or hat.
For application blanks and for full
information relntlves to the exam'"r\->
tion, qualifications, duties, salaries,
vacations, promotions, etc., address
immediately, Mr. Jackson N.
I.eerskov. Secretary, Board of Civil
Service Examiners, Post Offlce, Tah-
lequah, Okla.
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Cherokee County Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 28, 1920, newspaper, January 28, 1920; Tahlequah, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc90566/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.