Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1918 Page: 4 of 10
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MAYES COUNTY REPUBLICAN
L. D. HARDING, Editor
Baterad in the postofflce at Pryor,
Okie., u second class matter.
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THURSDAY, OCT.
24, 1918.
Sheriff.
lice of -herift of Maye» county 1 shall
greatly appreciate your support a the
polls at the eeneral election in Novem
Cer If elected, I shall endeavor to the
best of my ability to conduct the office to
the best advantage of Jhe taxpayers of
the county. h-Lp0r^rWnSma.
COUNTY JUDGE.
1 »m a candidate for re election to the
office of County Judife of Mayes County,
on the Republican ticket. Your support
at the polls will ^f»MrENEYd-
FROM THE FRONT
France, Sept 30, 1918.
Dear Mother,—
The day is cloudy and some cooler
than it has been and I don’t like to
see it coming on for we have some
pretty cold and nasty weather. Of
course, we are taken well care of,
have plenty of good warm clothes at
present and will get our heavy weight
soon.
A bunch of us are in the office now
talking over old times when we use
to have our tent on 4th and Main
street in Tulsa. Those sure were
some days. But nothing to compare
with the last three months 1 spent at
home with you. Will be glad when
the time comes so 1 can spend the
rest of ray days at home, and 1 don’t
think that will be very long off. Of
course we can’t tell, but here’s hopin
it wont.
I was on one drive where myself
and the detachment that was with me
went over the top with the infantry.
We marched right in behind them.
Sometimes you don’t have to go so
close and again you have to stay
right with the Infantry you are with.
Some people may think that we have
“bullet-proof jobs,” but they are mis-
taken. But I must say our company
has been the luckiest I ever saw. As
the Germans say "God is with us.”
But 1 think they have found out that
he isn’t with them so strong now. But
I think he is with us. I was with a
certain infantry some time back, and
they were lined up for supper and a
sergeant came along and said he
wanted some men to go on a raiding
party. Well, I never saw the mess
kits fly in so many different ways in
my life. They all wanted to go. Some
of them went over and came back
with thirty or forty prisoners, singing j
“Glory! Glory! Halleluyah, while(th<' J
name of the Regiment goes marching
on”. They sure have lots of nerve. j
That is all they need to be a good
soldier, and believe me, we have Urn
best.
We were on one front and the rat
were just awful thick. 1 woke up j
and flashed my flashlight out in th \
middle of the floor and there sat a
rat with a can of com beef by his -id*
and on the other side a dictionary
looking it up to see whether it wa
good to eat or not. I bounced onn of |
my hobb-nails at him and he left
“Tout de Suite.”
Another funny th;ng occurred to
one of our fellows. He said there
was a rat that was determined to;
sleep with him. H said he ran him !
out two or three times and he kept
coming back, so he just got over and
gave him half of his bunk and he said i
he couldn’t tell who had the most I
“cooties”—he or the rat,because he j
had lots of them. If we donot get |
any letters we sit down and read our|
shirts and <we usually get quite a bit i
of news.
It is supper time, so I will stop.
Your son
Sgt. Paul Wilson,
Amb. Co. 167, 117 San. Tr.
American E. F., A. P. 0. 715.
they can all be tvue. I saw a little
French girl and a Cathfelic sister,
whom they had mistreated (the girl
was only about 14 years old. Our sol-
diers freed a great crowd of civilians
who had been in captivity for four
years. But I won’t try to tell you
much of these stories because you
can read them in any newspaper any
day. But many of them were ob-
liged to semi to our own hospitals.
The Americans have gained a bril-
liant victory this month and when
their operations first began, an end-
less stream of German prisoners were
going by all the time.
The coming 27th of this month will
be my birthday and I am wandering
just where I will spend it.
The envelope I am sending this in
is a German envelope. A lot of the
boys have gone “souvenir crazy” and
have all kinds of things with them but
it has not affected my brain much yet.
I had a letter from Earl the same
day I received yours and he says ho
feel and looks 10 years younger. Fie
expects to be drafted but says he is
ready to go.
A fews days ago an amusing thing
happened. The military police were
bringing back a number of "Bosch”
prisoners to the rear and behind them
came a wounded American with two
Bosch prisoners walking in front of
him. The American did not have any
gun but merely a club. When one of
the boys shouted to him, “say where’s
your gun,” he answered, “Aw hell! I
don’t need any gun.”
I still have not run into any of the
boys from home, but 1 may any min-
ute. Do you know what division the
most of them were in?
I also had a letter from Dan Fisher
a day or so ago. He has been over
here for some time. He is a corpor-
al in the M. I’. I told him I had been
writing to Gladys Watson in Andrews
and I don’t think he liked it very
much.
1 met a mighty nice French girl the
last time we were hack in the S. O. S.
and have heard a couple of times from
her. The first time she wrote me in
English and the last time in French.
We are having very nice weather
for this time of the year.
I had a letter from Viva Hall, one
of the “Studio Bunch from San An-
tonio.” She was in Galveston and
Mayes FOR STATE SENATOR Craig
County J. H. BUTLER County
Vinita, Okla.
Thirty four years a resi'dent of Northeastern Oklahoma.
Fourteen years postmaster of Vinita, Oklahoma.
Member of Sixth Oklahoma Legislature from Craig County.
A Republican but not a partisan.
Ilis broad, liberal views assures his constituents regardless of
party, a square deal.
VOTE FOR HIM NOVEMBER 5th
J. C. Hogan.
W. A. Worsham.
Chas. D. Campbell.
PUBLIC
of
Registered Shorthorn Cattle
PRYOR, OKLAHOMA
Tuesday, October 29,1918,1:00 p. m.
Rain or Shine, at the J. C. Hogan farm, one-half mile west of Pryor.,
France, Sept 18, 1918.
Dear Mother,—
I received your letter a few days
ago. Paul and I are both well. I am
now writing you from territory which
has been held by the Germans for the
last four years. 1 used to think that
some of the so-called German atro-
cities were only created by some ones
imagination, or most of them anyway.
But having seen the effects of them
with my own eyes, I know now that
10
Good
Bulls
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Reds abd __. .
Roans
Cows,
€oivs with
Calves,
35 Heiiers
Scotch and
Scotch
Tapped.
Cattle
Females for
the Speeder,
Begi ner and
Farmer.
Bulls for
Herd Headers
All Cattle Tuburcular Tested. Health Certificates, together with
Pedigree, Furnished Sale Day.
TERMS—Cash. Parties wishing credit should arrange with their
home banker. For catalogues and particulars write,
HOGAN & WORSHAM, Pryor, Okla.in . orc
CHAS. D. CAMPBELL, Apache, “ JUwners-
Auctioneers: Herriff, Young, Draper and Boatright.
E. M. Bowers, Clerk. LUNCH SERVED BY THE RED CROSS LADIES.
was going to Bing and from there to
N. Y. City to study.
I am sending you my warrant for
Sergeant 1st Class which 1 have been
neglecting to send home for several
months.
The 18th of next month will make
us a year since we left the States.
I really don’t know anything else
to say, only that 1 would enjoy being
at home and eating some of your fried
chicken very much. 1 believe I have
only eaten chicken once since leaving
the United States and that was at the
home of my French girl’s chum back
in the “S. O. S." The French are the
greatest cooks in the world. But I
would enjoy home cooking for awhile
1 am sure. Give my best regards to
everybody.
Lovingly Your son,
Sgt. C. H. Wilson
CHRISTMAS PARCELS TO THE
SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
No Christmas parcel can be sent a
soldier in France until you receive
from him a tag bearing his name and
address, so there is nothing to do till
you receive this tag When this tag
reaches you take it at once to your
local Red Cross headquarter (do not
give it to them or to any one else,
simply show it to them) which will
entitle you to a cartoon 3x4x9 in.
which you will fill with the articles
which you will fill with the articles
you wish to be sent take it to the
Red Cross inspector (unwrapped)
who will examine it and if there is no-
thing in it that is not permissible, and
the weight unwrapped does not ex-
ceed 2 Ilis, 15 07.., you will have it
wrapped in the presence of this Red
Cross representative, paste the tag
that the soldier sent you, on the out-
side of the package, put the required
postage on it (which is 25 cents plus
1 cent Revenue for 3 pounds to Hobo-
ken, N. J.) hand same back to the Red
Cross employe, and he will see that
it is started “over there.”
If you do NOT get the tag, or if
you lose it, you have lost out and can-
not send a Christmas package as
there will be only ONE tag issued to
each soldier, if this is lost on the way
here, he will not get his Christmas
package.
All other necessary instructions will
be given you at the time you present
your tag for the paste board container
at your LOCAL Red Cross headquar-
ters.
All the parcels must be on their
way to France by November 20th, so
you must act quickly, when your per-
mit tag reaches you—nothing in the
fore-going affects a parcel sent under
a permit from the proper military of-
ficers to a soldier, but is relative only
to Christmas packages.
William H. Bell,
Member R. C. Christmas Parcels Com.
IHI
A "Scoop.”
The Salina Herald had a “scoop”
last week, or at least it contained a
piece of news that no other paper in
the county had, notwithstanding
the fact that the lawyers and peace
officers live in Pryor. We do not
know why this piece of news was
kept so quiet. The Herald’s "scoop”
follows:
“Joe Phelan, who is charged with
the killing of John Partain and was
being given a preliminary hearing
before Judge Crouch, made his es-
cape from the old Jolly Hotel, at
which place he was being kept, last
Friday night.”
Message Probably Delayed?
Notwithstanding the fact that the
friends of K. B. Howard are spread-
ing the word that Congrrssman Bert
Chandler has not been standing Ijy
the president, up to the time of go-
j ing to press wc have heard of no
note from President Wilson to the
"faithful” in the First Congression-
al district to the effect that they
should get behind Howard and turn
Mr. Chandler down.
The facts of the matter is that
Mr. Chandler lias voted right on
every war measure thut has passed
the house during this Congress, and
these facta cannot be refuted.
Bazaar Postponed.
On account of the prevalence of
the Spanish Influenza, the Bazaar
to be gived by the ladies of tjie Me-
thodist church has been postponed
until a later date.
For District Jh4|c.
E. M. Probasco, present County
Judge of Craig county, Republican
nominee for District Judge, sespect-
fully solicits your support at the
polls November 5th.
Time is money. You may gain a
whole hour on October 27th. but you
will have to sit up so late to bet
the full advantage of it that it ia a
question whether it will be a gain
after all.
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Harding, L. D. Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1918, newspaper, October 24, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956366/m1/4/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.