The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1920 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME 26.
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The County Democrat.
E tered at the Te<?umteh, Oklahoma, po»tof/ice, as second-clan moil under the act of March 3, 1879.
TECUMSEII, POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920.
NUMBER 44.
Senator Thos. Pryor Gore Will Win By Big Majority
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Soldiers Denounce
Submarine Warfare
Ex-Service Men Resent Ferris’ Charge That They Are Lined Up
With Bolshevists and Draft-Dodgers Because They Support Sen-
ator Gore; “Ferris Slams Our Intelligence and Insults Our
Manhood,” They Say.
(Prom the Durant Democrat.)
In view of the fact that an enorm-
ous amount of political propaganda is
being distributed in this section of the
state, seeking to create a prejudice
among' the ex-sohliers against Senator
Gore, we have decided to publish this
statement showing how the ex-soldiers
of the Armstrong voting precinct stand
in the contest.
Although it does not behoove us to
become a party to any political con-
troversy; however, out of a spirit of
candor, after investigating the
charges made against Senator Gore
by Mr. Ferris, we find that there is
nothing but misrepresentations and
downright falsehoods inspired by po-
litical zealots that have no respect for
the truth.
A typical example of these charges
the politicians are making against the
senator is, that he tried to obstruct
the second Liberty Loan, and at the
time that tho Daily Oklahoman was
setting type claiming that Senator
Gore was obstructing, he was making
a speech in New York for the iOail ahti
as a result of one speech, over twenty-
five million dollars of that issue was
subscribed, almost as much as the en-
tire amount allotted to the state of
Oklahoma. Among other things tho
senator said in this Speech, wus this:
“To fail in this strugglo would be the
crowning tragedy of all human ki*-
t dry.”
We do not believe that Mr. Ferris is
playing fair when he allows such a
groundless accusation as the above to
be circulated, and then refuse to meet
a blind man and make them to his face.
■ As ex-soldiers, we believe in open war-
fare, and not in this underground and
’ deceptive kind the politicians are car-
! rying on against the senator.
| To tell us as Mr. Ferris does that we
are lined up with a bunch of bolsheviks,
anarchists and draft dodgers is a slam
at our Intelligence and a challenge to
the manhood of the thousands of red-
blooded Americans who are supporting
268 VOTES IK
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Oklahoma City, July 28,—It is ad-
mitted, everywhere, that the preiden-
tial candidates on the democratic tick-
et thi^year will carry the state of
Ohio, the home of tlireo candidates for
presidential honors, and the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee have it
figured out by states that with Ohio
Gov. Cox will win easily, getting 263
votes in the electorial college when j
only 264 arc sufficient to elect. This
vote was figured out as a conservative
estimate and with no intention what-
ever of making claims for boosting
purposes.
TO THE VOTERS OF
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY
Senator Gore.
Howard Rambo, Co. K, 64 lnft.
J. P. Floyd, Sup. Co. 115th Reg.
Jake Floyd, Co. A, 343 Mg. Bn.
Lester Rambo, U. S. N.
G. E. Cumbre, 127 Mg. Bn.
O. L. Enghals, Co. A, 21st Eng.
Adrian Uoule, 'Co. Si, 327 Jnf. 82
James S. Smith, I. M. C.
f Chas. C. Payne, Co. I, Ord. Dept.
J. F. Horn, U. S. N.
Lemey E. Heard.
TO THE VOTERS:
The campaign is nearing the close
and I have been unable to see all : f
you, so take this method of communi-
cation.
Qualifications, experience and effi-
ciency should be the consideration in
selecting a Superintendent of Schools;
upon this, and this alone, I am making
the race.
Eighteen years of continuous educa-
tional work in this county has kept me
in touch with your schools, and their
needs; and has fitted me to preform
the duties of County Superintendent.
If I am your'choice for this office T
will continue to give the same faithful
service and undivided interest in the
education of the children of this coun-
ty, thnt 1 have given in the past.
Sincerely,
(Pol. Adv.) LOLA C. DURHAM.
PROMINENT CITIZENS ENDORSE
CLYDE PITMAN, COUNTY ATTY,
Fanners, Merchants, Bankers, Labor
Union Men, Ministers and Mothers,
From All Over Qie County Commend
His Administration.
Mrs. Ollie Conway leaves this week
for points in Kansas where she will
spend' her vacation.
Mr. Clyde Pitman,
County Attorney
Dear Sir:
Realizing the great importance which
the Office of County Attorney bears
to the taxpaying public and the moral
welfare of every man, woman and child
living in the county, we the underaign-
|« d citizens desire to state that we have
acquainted ourselves with your official
record during the period you have been
serving us in that office, and that af-
ter becoming familiar with the work
you have performed and the results
you have accomplished, we desire to
| express to you our approval of your
table and economic administration and
to assure you of our renewed and un-
' qualified confidence.
We are pleased to endorse and com.
mend von for tho vigorous and effect-
(Cont'iued on Page
An Extra Service
The service we reader to depositors does not
end when we hand them a pass book and a
check book. In fact, it just begins to show at
that point.
In addition to the unusual personal attention
given depositors, we safeguard their money un-
der the State Guaranty Fund.
“Section 3 of the Act of March 11, 1909, (Ses-
sion Laws, page 121-123) created a depositors’
guaranty fund for the immediate and continu-
ous protection of depositors in State Banks.”
—and it will be a pleasure to explain this ex-
tra service to you.
As you may know 1 am a candidate
for County Superintendent. 1 have
endeavored to carry on a clean cam-
paign expecting to bo elected on my
qualifications and fitness for the of-
fice.
My opponent Mrs. Lola C. Durham
and her husband W. F. Durham, assis-
tant County Attorney have persistently
spread the rumor that I am extremely
wealthy and pay an Income tax. in
this connection 1 wish to make this
statement: 1 have never paid an in-
come tax and my salary as a teacher
is my sole wealth, if anyone can prove
otherwise, I will withdraw from the
race for County Superintendent.
1 have tried to make a thorough cam-
paign over the whole county, and per-
sonally acquaint the voters with my
qualifications ami ability to serve you
as County Superintendent, and 1 regret
that it is necessary to deny campaign I 276,000.
falsehoods. The County Superintend- j ;(u.y
ent's office should be filled by a com- i
potent person, and 1 believe my qual- j Endowment at
ifications merit your support at the;5^ q00.
primary election Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1920. ! totai am0unt of premiums re-
Margaret Applewhite Chaney. ! ,.e;vc,i 0n thils insurance, including
(i’ol. Adv.) monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and an-
The publisher of the Democrat is in-
debted to Lester Crater, one of the j death i088C8 according to the
good young farmers living west of Te- BlperionC0 Table of Mortal!-
eumseh, for one of the finest water- ..... , . 40
melons for this time of the year we
ty has been found to be less than ,40
have even seen. Lester is a real melon 1M r c1 nt' . ' ne
\ full and comprehensive report 01
grower and has many customers in Q t Lif<j In9Urance ' —
the city who buy regularly from him ..... ..... lfl
every year.
W. S. Bicknell and son Wm. Stanley
returned Monday from a two weeks
trip to New Mexico.
Campaign of Villification and AI is repress
entation by the Opposition to Senator
Gore Has Fallen Fiat; Farmers
Laborers Practically Unanimous
Him.
MANY APPLICANTS
FOR POLICIES
A total number of 159,979 applica-
tions for converted Insurance have
been approved by the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance, according 10 an an-
nouncement by Director R. G. Clioliue-
ley-Jones who is making public at thus
time figures of a preliminary report
on United States Government Life In-
surance, prepared in the insurance Di-
vision of the Bureau for the period
ending June 30, 1920.
The total amount covered by these
converted policies is $511,821,500 and
classified as to the forms of policy
offered by the Government, the con-
verted insurance is distributed as fol-
lows:
Ordinary Life, 17,462, $77,986,000.
20-Payment Life, 45,208, $182,830,-
500.
30-Payment Life, +,184, $19,859,500.
20-Year Endowment, 71,011, $168,-
Endowmeut, 8,925, $35,353,-
Age 62, 6,189, $27,-
If all indications are correct, Senator
Thos. Pryor Gore will bo renominated
at the Democratio primary election
next Tuesday by a majority of between
20,000 ami 25,000. This estimate of
the Senator’s majority is based on a
careful investigation of the political
want it or not.
When you enst your vote next Tues-
day remember thin:
Senator Gore i.as never side-stepped
an issue. He always came out in the
open.
It was his measure, more thuii uuv-
situatioii in every county in the state j thing else thut fixed the price of whent
and is as near unbiased as possible. j at $2.40 per bushel.
Wo believe that practically the same 1 It was his measure that prevented
condition exists in most of the counties a tax of 2 cents on every gallon of gas-
of tho state, as will be found in Potta- I oline you use. You automobile owners
watomie County, which is this: Sen- j have been saved a neat sum by that
ator Gore is at least 75 per cent strong- one act alone.
er with tho farmers, laborers, railroad I It wus bis fight that prevented the
FINE WATERMELON
nual, was $10,135,557.28.
The effective interest rate on total
invested assets is 5.00 per cent.
Tho ratio of death losses to gross
is to be
issued as of December 31, 1920.
PURCHASE GIN AT PINK.
Ramsey Drake and Jess Spoon, two
________ prominent young men of this city, have
Wheeler Hendon, a former resident purchased the cotton gin at 1 ink Xron*
of this city, but who is now in the J. V. Simon, anil will begin repairing
banking business at Crowder, Okla., same in a few days preparatory to t ,
was here t)iis week visiting friends.
ginning
season.
Another Wounded Soldier's
Letter to Scott Ferris
Durant, Oklahoma.
July 26, 1920.
1, Scott Ferris,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
I have watched the papers to see
what reply you had to make to the
offer Thomas F. Chase made you in hie
letter of July 2nd, 1920. So far as I
am able to learn you have not taken his
thousand dollars, as the American Na-
tional Bank of Oklahoma City says
the money is still there and no demand
made for the same. 1 understand you to
say you will not pay any attention to
it because Chase is only a truck driver
and your political supporters say the
money did not belong to Chase.
I will give you two hundred and fif-
viathan December 14th, 1917, landed
in Liverpool December 23rd, 1817, and
landed in Le Havre, France, December
31st, 1917. I joined the First Divis-
ion, Company F, 16tli Infty. in the
trenches January 14th, 1918, and from
then until November 7th, 1918, 1 was
in the line with the FiVst Division
except for the time 1 spent in the hos-
pital disabled by wounds made by
German bullets. While X was “ over a„d will win.
there’’ you were safe in Washington,
self-exempted, although you were of
military age.
1 believe in fair play. I fought for
men, etc., than his opponent, and in
cities, he will have very near an even
break.
Another thing that points to the
Senator's renomiuation is that the Fer-
ris managers and those in touch with
his campaign, are now saying the
election will be close. There is none
price of cotton being fixed at 18c or
20c per pound. Think of that, farmers.
It was his measure that reduced the
price of the postage stamp from 3c
to 2c 011 letters, and "c to lc on postal
cards. Business men and others are
saved quite a sum of money, and we
believe this is the only act whero the
of that sureness displayed around their pro war price on any article has been
headquarters as is generally so in evi- returned. Think about it.
denee in a political headquarters as the You, who had to pay income tax, and
time for election draws near. {especially if it amounted to very much,
The Gore headquarters is just the op-
posite. There, an observer will find
perfect confidence and a feeling per-
meates the air that tbelr man is right
At Gore headquarters you will find
this condition:
They know that Senator Gore has
fair play. I would like to see you show | been a friend of the farmer, the labor-
some. I have listened to you speak; T er, the railroad man; In short, the
have heard Senator Gore and I have worker. They know that these people
read the Congressional Record, aDd I 1 the voters—are not going to forget his
will give you two nunoreu ana m- don’t see how any ex member of the work for then, in the Senate, and are
lollars in Liberty Bonds if you will A. E. F. who smelled German gun- going to the polls and show their ap-
denv under oath the charges made powder can have the heart to vote for ,,relation by giving him their votes.
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Iney General of Oklahoma, with money
I sent him from France. I saved the
I money out of the mnnificient wnge of
a dollar a day; a wage which the Con-
gressional Record shows yon were nn-
I willing for me to have. I saved the
money because there was no place for
I me te spend it.
I I sailed from New York on the l*-
..ollan., come get pie believe in fnir piny, and thnt in
in the First Nn- this campaign Senator Gore has been
Go jfet his thoo«n<l
iny bond*. Ther —-------- ■
tienal Bank, of Idabel. Oklahoma, for wilfully misrepresented
nfe keeping. They will be delivered They know the voters
to TOO when vow make and publicly of tho policy of an Okl<
acknowledge the rffi*vit rbqi^otel per ia refusing to print
bv Thomas F Chaos. |l» ‘he Senatorial race, sax
Respectfully.
LAFE G. SHORT.
and villified.
lo not approve
borna City pa-
thc real facts
pobey be-
ing one of dictatorship, trying to force
something oa the voters whether they
should not foget that it was on Sen
ator Gore's motion you are allowed to
pay in four installments instead of all
at one time. This is quite a conven-
ience to thousands of people, as it did
not force them to take so much out of
their business at one time, and there are
hundreds who wou'd have had to bor-
row money to make the full payment
at one time. /
There are many ether beneficial mat-
ters Senator Gore has accomplished
since he has been a member 'of the Sen-
ate. We could enumerate more, but
space forbids. *We believe the voters
hsve their minds made up as to how
they will vote, and that nothing that
can be said will change many votes.
The lines are drawn atd the race down
the home-stretch is on. There is only
one thing we would suggest to the
electorate i« the Senatorial race:
SENIORITY COUNTS. Senator Gore
is oa the most powerful committees of
the United States Senate. Vote for
'Gore. Let’s gv forward and not back-
ward.
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Henderson, L. P. The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1920, newspaper, July 30, 1920; Tecumseh, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937211/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.