The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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The County Democrat
E tered at the TerumsA, Oklahoma. po.>toffice. as accoMd-i'Inst, mull under the act of March 3, 1879.
VOLUME S6.
TECUMSEH, POTTAWATOMIE- COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, .JANUARY 30, 1930.
N I’M HER 18.
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WORLD’S DEBT PLACED
AT $200,900,000,000
Papfcr Currency Throughout
World Increased 600 Per
Cent Since 1914.
NEW C*iSES DISTRICT COURT HOUSTON APPOINTED
- TO SUOCCEED GLASS
The following eases have been -
filed in District Court the past Will Be Succeeded As Secretary
week: j Of Agriculture By Edwin
EDITORIAL.
New York, Jan. 26. — The
world's debt was estimated by the
National City Rank today at $200,-
000,000,000, compared with $40,-
000,000,000 in 1914.
Paper currency throughout the
world increased 600 per cent since
1914, while the gold reserve be-
hind it increased only 40 per cent,
according to statistics compiled
by the bank. The face value of
paper currency of thirty principal
countries, which totaled $7,250,-
000,000 in 1914, had increased to
$40,000,000,000 at the time of the
armistice and to $50,000,000,000
in December. 1919, exclusive of
$34,000,000,000 issued by the Rus-
sian Soviet Government.
Germany, Austria - Hungary,
Turkey and Bulgaria siiow an ad-
vance in note circulation from $1,-
200.000. 000 in 1914 to $12,300,-
000,000 at the close of the war and
$18,770,000,000 in December, 1919,
the*gold reserve falling from
$600,000,000 in 1914 to $327,000,-
000 in 1919, the ratio of gold to
notes declining from 49.7 per cent
in 1914 to 5.5 per cent in Novem-
ber, 1919, and 1.7 per cent in De-
cember, 1919.
In the eight principal countries
of the allies paper notes increased
from $1,166,000,000 in 1914 to $2,-
420.000. 000 in 1919, while the gold
reserve increased from $516,000,-
000, a ratio of 44.3 in 1914 and
59.9 in 1919. •
E. L. Rosebush vs. William It.
Cunningham, suit to quiet title.
James Thompson vs. Security
L. Meredith.
A Word to the Convention.
Saturday, the Democrats of Pot-
{tawatomie County will nleet in
n, j convention to select delegates to
--------------r___ ...... .. Washington, Jan. 27-Two th(1 Stat(1 ,.oim,ntion whi“h ig t„
State Bank, Shawnee, suit for per- more changes in President Wil- |)(, m MU8ko F«b. 5.
sonal damages. son s Cabinet were made today At the State convention, among
POTT. COUNTY BOY IS
LAST TO RETURN
B. H. Kirk of Asher Last Oklaho-
man in Expeditionary Forces
to Return From France.
Washington, Jan. 26.—B. 11.
Kirk of Asher, was the last Okla-
homan in the American Expedi-
STRANGE WIRELESS
SIGNALS RECEIVED
Marconi Says They Come From
Outside the Earth, Pos-
sibly the Sun.
E. F. Rawlings vs. L. W, Miller, and a third is expected in the near othpr U) ........ ., ^ttioil|ll tionary Forces to return to Amer-
suit for commission due for sale future,
of property. * 1 David Franklin Houston of St.
Armor M. Tefertiller vs. J. E. Louis, Mo., who has been Secre-
Guild, H. L. Guild and I. T. Allen, tary of Agriculture since the be-
quiet title to land. ginning of the Wilson adininistra-
Alice Clary vs. Ed Clary, di- tiou was given the Treasury port-
folio and Edwin L. Meredith of
.vorce.
Ethel C. Robinson vs. Philo C.
vRobinson, divorce.
Mamie Rose, vs. Guy Rose, di-
,vorce.
l)es Moines, la., was named to suc-
ceed him as head of the Depart-
men of Agriculture.
The third Cabinet change ex-
chosen A *,a- De arrived in
aboard the Northern Pacific yes-
aud
New York
R. S. Turner vs. Edna Turner, pected soon is the appointment of
divorce. a Secretary of Interior to succeed
N. M. Williams vs. J. D. Wil- Franklin K. Lane, ,wno desires to
liams, Shawnee Milling Co., and retire to private life. Mr. Lane’s
Union State Bank, divorce and in- successor has not yet been select-
ed and officials generally would
Committeeman is to Tie
National Committeeman should be , , . „
a great big, hroad-guaged, full- a,ul ,s at ^amP, Ml‘rntt.
grown, unselfish man, who will do *V‘W ," lth t,1,‘ other n,eI",1-
his full duty l.v his party and not ol th« laf. contingent. He
be plaving 1.,'this or that side. wlH &° to Washington, where the
but having in mind all the time °fthl‘ Lxp.sli-
the best interest of the democracy
of the State. Let the East side and
the West side be wiped out and
let’s take the whole thing ns a
whole.
tionary Forces will he closed up.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the farmers of Pottawatomie
and surrounding courses:
, We take pleasure in announcing
With these ideas m view, we in . , ,..... ,, , , ,
n . i i, , to you that we have made arrange-
Potta watomie county should also ... ,, ,, ,,
, ,, xr : meats with Mr. R. (. urecn to take
bridge the North Canadian river t)|e mai Inent aml control of
vith the kind of political timber OHr bl,meh ll0Use to be iocated in
w. r. ™ r
elements of all kinds, where Mr.
,,,, ,, .. . T, .. Green will be pleased to meet you
„ , 1 , _ ,_______«and go into lull particulars as to
our method of doing business.
vs. J. 1). Clair, et al
to land.
quiet title would be.
In choosing Mr. Meredith to
succeed Mr. Houston, the Presi-
at
|ious success in the coming con-
gests.
Prof. Roberts, teacher at New dent selected a practical farmer as wat(Hnie county is noti by a h>llg
Hope school west ot lecumseh, well as a business man. Air. Mer
returned Monday from Tennessee edith is editor of Successful Farm-
where he was called on account ing and before establishing that
of sickness of a relative. paper was publisher of the Far-
shot, on as high a plane as it
should be. With the better cit-
izenship, the women, now to take
ja hand, we hope to see the party
London, Jan. 27.—Interruption
of the Marconi wireless instru-
ment by mysterious decipherable
signals, which were noted before
the war and have been publicly
referred to since, are especially
featured in the Daily Mail this
•morning and discussed by Marconi
in an interview published by the
paper.
“We occasionally get queer
Hounds and indications which
come from, outside the earth,”
said Signor Marconi, “We have
bad them both in England and
America. The Morse signal let-
ters occur with much greater fre-
quency than others, but we have
never yet picked up anything that
could be translated into a definite
message.
COUNTY COURT.
Man is « taking animal, an, Ad Tluta -°“ * W*,wr •*"* '*
way you look at him. The hustler ^be World, a director of the
ever has been. The women should
takes to work, the laggard takes Chicago Federal Reserve 'Bank Lh.aVe an ?qUal rePr“*ntati®n
a snooze, the warrior -takes a l J-lf". l‘the .eo,,,,t;v convention and an
Judge Clarence Robison has
been holding a term of County
Court this week, a number of eas-
Call and see him, two doors east es being tried, both to the court
of Willard Hotel. and to the jury.
Yours for business at one profit. ' Judge Robison’s court is run in
SWANSON PLOW CO. In business-like manner and suits
To the fanners of Pottawatomie j brought in bis court are placed
County: on the assignment for early trial,
I wish to announce that after ! and in this manner the docket is
11 and was one of the excess profits I | mimber 0f delegates to the iv‘s*Dng tiie Swanson Plow Com- not allowed to become eonjeated.
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punch at his enemy and the coin- a{jvisers of the Treasury Depart-
ed takes to his heels. And. when raen^ appointed in 1917.
there’s nothing else to
everybody takes offense.
take,
In a statement today at Miami,
Fla., Mr. Meredith said one of his
first undertakings as head of the
Agricultural Department would
be to work out some method of
getting crops to market “without
too much lost motion.” He is ex-
pected in Washington within r
day or two.
Meantime, Mr. Houston will
succeed Mr. Glass, who will take
itis seat in the Senate to fill the
unexpired term of the late Sena-
tor Martin of Virginia, after serv-
ing as Secretary of the Treasury
for little more than a year.
Dr. Hugh S. Cummings of
Hampton, Va., was nominated
Surgeon General of the Public
State convention as the men.
Some men will say the women
are not capable, that they do not
(understand the political game.
Let us just say in this connection,
I some men know too darned much
for the good of the party.
Let’s profit by the G. O. P con-
vention. Let’s have a real harm-
onious convention and show the
great State of Oklahoma that the
principles of democracy are su-
preme, and that we propose to
place Pottawatomie county at the
head of the column.
i pany factory and salesroom in
Muskogee and investigating their j ^r- J- A. Ambrosy of Tucson,
method of doing business, 1 have Ariz., veterinary surgeon, has
decided to accept the management ; moved to this city where he will
of the branch house to be located D)e permanently located for the
in Shawnee, where I would be 1 practioe ol veterinary surgery,
pleased to meet all of my friends
The Democrat, $1.50 per year.
REAL ESTATE LOANS, prompt ac-
our j tiou. Seo H. R .Nichols, Room 2, Nich-
Qfve 1 ols Building, Tecumseh, Oklahoma.
Our English friends should not
blow up over little incidents that
crop out in our investigations of
the conduct of the war. I’oliti-
TT r . „ . , , , „ cians do not always voice the sen-
Health Service today by Presi- (timents of the people of this coun-
dent Wilson. He succeeds Dr.:
Rupert Blue, whose term expired ■ '____
Jan. 15.
$198,654.63
2,264.24
Charter No. 6660. Reservo District No. 10.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
First National Bank of McLoud
At McLoud, iu the Stnte of Oklahoma, at the close of business on Dec. 31, 1919.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, including rediscounts, (except those
shown in b and e)...............................$198,654.65
Overdrafts ................................................
U. S. Government securities owned:
Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par
value) .............................................7,000.00
Pledged as collateral for State or other deposits or
bills payable .......................................6,000.00
Owned and unpledged ................................2,861.00
War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps actually
owned ...................................... 101.38
Total U. S. Government securities ..........................
Other bonds, securities, etc.:
Securities, other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks)
owned and unpledged ......................................
Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent of
subscription ..............................................
Value of banking house, owned and unincumbered .....9,500.00
Equity in banking house.....................................
Furniture and fixtures .......................................
Real estate own d other than banking house...................
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank....................
Cash in vault ami net amounts due from national banks........
Checks on banks located outside of city or town of
reporting bank anil other cash items .......................
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from
U. 8. Treasurer ...........................................
LADIES AID ELECT OFFICERS
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church met at the
home of Mrs. Jack Morgan Wed-
nesday afternoon and elected of-
ficers for the following year. Mrs.
J. L. Fortson was elected presi-
dent; Mrs. E. I). Klapp, vice presi-
dent. Mrs. E. M. Newell, secretary;
Mrs. Ii. S. Caldwell, treasurer.
! Raford Hill is here from Rang-
er, Texas, for a short stay.
Byron Stewart was here from
Sulphur the first of the week vis-
15,962.38 dtiug relatives. Byron is notv em-
ployed by the Carter Oil Co.
TOTAL...................................................... *390,471.64
4,4 ‘ ’ Mrs. Iila M. Lewis is in the East-
900.00 era part of the state this week vis-
iting Eastern Star lodges. Mrs.
9.500.00 Lewjs wil lmake her headquarters
1.800.00 . T, ^
125.00 at Hugo.
36,771.95 *
119,559.79 Mrs. M. M. Henderson anil Mrs.
J. I). Bralv attended the State
96.12 , Women's Democratic Committee
meeting in Oklahoma City Tues-
day of this week.
Senator Poindexter has chal-
lenged General Wood to a debate
in South Dakota. Having been
among Lhe noisest of the oppon-
ents of the treaty in the Senate,
Mr. Poindexter ought to be in ex-
cellent form for long distance
talking.
•The people of the United States
are soon to be asked to give to
the Near East Relief fund not
only to feed and clothe the starv- j
ing peoples of Western Asia, but I
to control disease in that country I
and keep it from being spread |
across the ocean to America and |
carried in railroad trains into the
homes of* Americans.
E. Lynn was here from Asher
Monday.
JUST RECEIVED— -
A CAR LOAD OF WAGONS AND FARM TRUCES WITH EITHER
WOOD OR STEEL WHEELS.
Owing to big advances in factory prices on wagons ami trucks, our
uriees will be slightly higher than last year btit wo know that we
bought at the RIGHT price in the present market ami aro going to give
out customers the benefit of the savings.
We have on hand from last years stock one 2 3-4 in. Old Hickory farm
wairoti complete with bed, brake and seat. Special price for this
only ... ................................................. *136.00
Also. One Avery 3 1-4 Farm Truck witih hitch. Special price for^this
only
. $65.00
SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF AVERY AND EMERSON FARMING
IMPLEMENTS.
Lewis Hardware Company
“The Store that Satisfies.”
350.00
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in ............................................$ 25,000.00
Surplus fund ..................................................... 5,000.00 chain.
Undivided profits ...........................................
Circulating notes outstanding ................................
Cashier's checks on own bank outstanding......................
Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject
to Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days):
Individual deposits subject to nherk...........................
Certificates of deposits due in less than 30 days (other
than for money borrowed..................................
Total of demand deposits subject to reserve........*335,696.54
LOST—Automobile tire, Racine
white rubber, 30 x 3 1-2, also weed
Lost Thursday morning j
74.02 between Tecumseh and the Mis-
7,000.00 sion> Liberal reward offered.—
l.,,01.98 V. E. YOUNG. Tecumseh.
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you've RON ALL OVER XO\NN
APXER NEWS 'N WRlXTEN COL-
nun\s op sxufp,folks'llxmrow
Xhe PAPER DOWN 'n SAW? XMERE .
AlNX NOTVUN' IN IH’PAPEReV/
TOTAL ....................................
Of the total loans and discounts shown above, t
and discount was charged at rates in excess of those permitted by law (See.
5197, Rev. Stat.), exclusive of notes upon which total ebarge not to exceed 50
cents was made, was *1627.50. The number of such loans was 23.
Slate of Oklahoma, County of Pottawatomie, ss:
I, W. H. Hollia, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of mv knowledge and belief.
W. H. HOLLIS, Cashier.
6abicrihe<l and *woru to In'fore me thi« 13th day of January, 1920.
(Soul.) My Com. Expire* Jan. 1921. J. P. Miller, Notary Puhlie.
Correct—Attest: H. T. DOUGLAS. D. V CRIST. OWEN H. HARM A DUKE,
Directors.
287,017.54 John I). Rockefeller is stagger-
ing around under ^even hundred
48.6,9.00 ,„iiii0n dollars worth of Standard.
_ Oil stock. The |>oor. unfortunate, I
.............. *390,471.64 overburdened man! No wonder
amount on whheh interest oil took another junt|) the other
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W. S. Bieknell has purchased
the interest of F. S. Douglas in the J
Bieknell & Douglas grocery store. I
Mr. Douglas is to he president of j
lhe Home State Rank which will
often for business in thia city in .
the uext 30 daya. 1
You Can’t Beat
This!
FLOUR
Best IIUMRENO brand, used and recommended by
women who are noted for their expertness in bread
making.
$3.50 a Sack
COFFEE
Best all brands, rich in delicious aroma, and a delight
to the epicure.
CANNED GOODS-
An endless variety, embracing every essential and del-
icacy for the table.
FRESH ME ATS-
Name anything that is GOOD and we can hand it over
the counter to you.
Prices Always Right
Anything that pertains to Groceries or Meats we have at
the least possible price.
PHONE 65 IF IN A HURRY
BOYD BROS.
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and the farmers of this and sur-
rounding counties, and go into full
particulars with you as to
method of doing business,
us a call, and let s talk it over, j Subscribe for the Democrat and keep
Will open for business about reb. p0gted on nil county and state hap-
.15, 1920. R. C. GREEN. 'penings during 1920. $1.50 per year.
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Henderson, L. P. The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1920, newspaper, January 30, 1920; Tecumseh, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937828/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.