Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1918 Page: 3 of 12
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The firet time since the present
management has been in charge, the
Republican is late this week. The
delay is caused by our paper not
having arrived, although it was
shipped from Oklahoma City by ex-
press on Tuesday.
Fresh potato chips. Bob Morris
Groceries.
Grove Odle, of Chapel, was in
Pryor Tuesday.
“We can’t no news—jist War Sa-
vings Stamps.”
J. H. Langley transacted business
at Miami Monday.
Chas. Hairston went to Muskogee
Sunday on business.
C. L. Samuels transacted business
in Muskogee Tuesday.
Jap Smith was a business visitor
in Vinita Saturday night.
A new awning has been put up
in front of the City Bakery.
This town was treated to a migh-
ty bum batch of ice last week.
We are headquarters for picnic
lunches. Bob Morris Grocery.
Tom Snodgrass was u p from
Choteau Monday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gordon, of
Chapel, were Pryor visitors Tuesday.
Ibuyandsell milk cows. J. W.
Cox, Phone 158, Pryor, Okla. 17-tf.
R. B. Garrett and daughter ar-
rived home Sunday from Kansas
City.
The home of Barrington Hall and
Severs Blend Coffee. Bob Morris
Grocery.
Mrs. E. M. Bowers returned home
Friday from a visit to relatives at
Muldrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Tinnin and Miss Ve-
ra Chamberlain motored to Salina,
Saturday.
« Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Casey living
on route 3, were in Prvor Wednes-
day morning.
Mrs. Wattenberger arrived home
Saturday from a visit to relatives
at Centralia.
Milt Butler, foreman o f the
Clipper, transacted business in Mus-
kogee Sunday.
Clay Clark came down from Camp
Funston on a furlo last week. He
says he likes soldiering fine.
Clarence Whitaker spent Friday
in Muskogee visiting his sisters,
Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. Barnes.
Mrs. S. A. Parker, who has been
quite ill the tast week, is reported
greatly improved at this writing.
Mrs. Ralph Campbell and little
daughter, Dorothy, left Sunday for
a visit to relatives in Kansas City.
Ice Cream Social at Cole school
house Friday, June 21, for benefit
of the Red Cross. All are invited.
Born—Saturday, June 15, a 10 lb.
girl, to Mr. and Mrs. Moz Alberty.
All parties are reported getting
along nicely.
For Sale—One and one half miles
S. E. of Adair; 28 head of cattle, 1
team of mules. 3 horses and farm
implements, buyer can get lease of
240 acres for next year. Write or
call if interested. G. F. Reimer,
Adair.
Old Sol's scorching rays are send-
ing folks pell-mell to the swimming
pool. Tuesday night there were
over a hundred at the park. Sixty-
eight “bathers” were counted in
the pool at one time. The kiddies
seem to enjoy it most.
Geo. Bullen was over from his
home near Wycliffe attending the
war meeting Sunday. Mr. Bullen
says there are only a very few "slack-
ers" in his district and that when
this gentry are cleaned up on l.fe
will be more like living.
Mrs. G. W. Tilly and little son,
George, Jr. and daughter, Pauline,
asrived home Thursday from Camp
Pike, Arkansas, where they spent
a few days visiting her husband,
Dr. G. W. Tilly, who is a surgeon
in the service of Uncle Sam.
Judge Brewster, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for district
judge, was up from Pryor today,
feeling the political pulse. He was
accompanied by the well known war
worker, J. Howard Langley, and
Misses Mozelle Langley and Virginia
Shutt. The party motored up.- Vi-
nita Daily Journal (Monday).
Let the Depth of
Your Pocket Show
the Depth of Your
Patriotism .
While you are at home tonight, many Ameri-
can boys “over there” are out in the rain and mud
dodging death from bomb and shrapnel
While you are enjoying your evening cigar,
some American soldier may be smoking his last.
The boys in the trenches are risking their lives
for you; and you are not even asked to risk your
money ior them. But you are expected to loan
your money—loan it at four per cent compound in-
terest, the highest rate the Government has ever
paid.
Pledge yourself to buy War Savings Stamps on
JUNE 28
NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS DAY
The more money you lend the government
the sooner the war will end and the less American
blood will be shed.
National War Savings Committee
This Space Contributed for the Winning of the War by
PRYORS GREATEST STORE
Phone us vour grocery order.
Bob Morris Grocery.
Misses Gertrude Suggs and Ger-
trude Huggans took Sunday even-
ing’s train for Muskogee.
If anybody had the idea in their
head that the people o f Mayes
county are not awake to the war
conditions, they should have been in
attendance at the big war meeting
in Pryor Sunday and they would
have probably changed their mind.
Walter Cantrell living on the
Will Boggs left Thursday night | Large can of Apricots 22c. Bob Mrs. Fred Allred was a Muskogee
for the Great Lakes Training Camp, (Morris Grocery. visitor Sunday
to enlist in the navy. j r „ xt
L. E. Nugent was qmong those T w , . .
Miss Josephine Mitchell and Miss from the Pensacola neighborhood , J -hutt and daughters return-
^ j .. A- r. 6(1 Th“rsday from a visit to relatives
who attended the war meeting Sun- at ciaremore
day.
Rice flour, Barley flour, Oat
Mozelle Langley visited friends in
Muskogee, Saturday.
Clem and Bob Cole and Mark Yel-
ton, of the Tip neighborhood, were
trading in Pryor Saturday.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Mar-
tin, Tuesday, June 18, 1918, a boy.
The youngster weighs 9i pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Veitch, and
meal flour and corn flour. Bob
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Stirling of Ma-i . .
zie were shopping in our city Satur- °rr,<’ L’rocerj '
day- “ Word came last week to Rev. Sage
Clyde Spears, editor of the Sa-i^at h'8 cousin, Dr. Hubert Sage
lina Herald was in Pryor Tuesday 1 who had been saving as a physician
and paid his respects to the print under British flag in France,
Clarence Whitaker arrived home
Squaw Hollow ranch added his . last weeR from Washington, D. C. jshops'
name to the Republican’s list of. where he is taking naval training. ' Miss Gladys Downs returned to
readers this week. Mr. Cantrell , n ,
savs he has been bothered a vreat Harvey Ellis- who is attending!her Come at Mo- Fnda-V- lurs' c’inei “^racaen arrived
‘ . K school at Kansas City, spent Sunday jaf,er a pleasant visit at the home of j home Thursday from Camp McArth-
i ea y transien campers at is j visiting relatives and friends in Pry- her aunt, Mrs. D. C. Parker, in this I er, Texas, where she paid a visit to
nr } city. i‘ • • ■ •• •• - •
died from injuries received in a re-
cent air raid.
Mrs. Ethel McCracken arrived
of whom savor of 0r
place, many
“slackerism”
The labor shortage has not been !
nearly so acute as was at first ex-
pected. The names filed in the of-
fice of County Agent Dickerson as
labor reservists, have not been in-i
vaded. Tuesday morning there
were five huskies in overalls waiting
at Dickerson’s office for a "call”.
A. E. Young and family arrived
home Thursday from a very delight-
ful motor trip to Winsor, Mo.,
near which place Mr. Young owns
a farm. He said he went up there
with the intention of disposing of
his Mo. holdings, but crops looked
so nice he decided to hold on to his
for awhile yet*
J. A Stohlhand. who lives near
Moore's Springs, came over to the
war meeting Sunday, and stayed ov-
er to attend to some business mat-
ters Monday. Mr. Stohlhand was a
pleasant caller at the Republican of-
fice Monday morning and renewed
his subscription for another year.
He says the com in his locality is
needing rain badly.
1A7E are glad to announce
I? that our repairs are com-
pleted. We can now fur-
nish you Fresh Ground Corn
Meal, Corn Chops and other
Feeds. We are also prepared
to buy or sell all kinds ol Grain
and Prairie Hay.
Hogan, Hayden & Co.
L S. BOULDEV, Manager.
her husband. Mr. McCracken ex-
\ pected to leave soon for the port of
embarkation for France
Toy Phelan, of Salina. was a Pry-
or visitor Tuesday.
■ | Senator and Mrs. A. W. Killam and
a J. E. Mann were among the Locust
a Grove citizens at the war meeting
J j Sunday.
Paul Snyder arrived home Sun-
day morning from Chicago, where
he had been attending school for
the last year.
Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Taylor of
Kansas City have been visiting the
last week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Fults.
W. A. Smith left Saturday for
Glassgo, Ky., to visit his aged
mother, whom he has not seen in
twenty-five years.
The Republican editor was in Vi-
nita Saturday night. While in that
city he was the guest of W. F.
Allen of the Journal.
Station Agent Webster was driv-
ing around in an automobile last
week. We don’.t know whether he
has purchased it or not.
Mrs. R. L. Terry has arrived home
from a visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Fisher, at Galveston, Texas. She
reports a very pleasant trip.
This week will see most of the
wheat and a good portion of the
oats in the shock. Lots of farmers
are working night and day.
Mrs. Iva Lee has resigned her
position as cashier at the W. A.
Graham Co. Miss Merle Young has
taken the place temporarily.
Mrs. C. L. Thompson and daugh-
ter who have been visiting at the
Bob Morris home, returned Satur-
day to their home at Sapulpa.
John Martin was down from Vi-
nita Friday on business. A little
bird tells us that John may return
to Pryor to remain permanently.
Miss Mary Langley has been
appointed to the position of deputy
S court clerk in the place of C. G.
Ligon. who resigned to enlist in the
navy.
Did you ever try to get out a
newsy paper in hot weather, when
there is absolutely nothing going on?
Its some job—if you don’t believe
it try it.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Francis, Mrs.
Corder, and Roy Harding motored
out to "Bat’s Roost" Friday, where
another Red Cross auxiliary was or-
ganized.
Miss Florene Thornton ac-
companied her brother, Tom to her
home at Muskogee, Tueseay after a
a pleasant visit with relatives in
this city.
Harry Seaton, chairman of the
Speakers’ Bureau of the Defense
Council, is up against it for speak-
ers since the candidates have been
taken off the list.
Pies McLain was a pleasant caller
a t the Republican office Monday
morning. Pies says he put in all
day Sunday shocking grain and he
was about all in.
Gertrude and Ruth Fults, of Se-
dalia. Mo., have been visiting at the
home of their uncle and aunt. Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Fults in this city dur-
ing the last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W T. Haddan of
Salina returned Monday from a visit
to relatives in Lincoln county. Mr.
Haddan says there has been lots of
rain down there and that there will
be lots of fruit, including peaches.
Poe Bittings was in from the
Tip neighborhood Tuesday. Mr.
Bittings says most of the wheat out
bis way is in the shock and thresh-
ing will begin next week.
Tim Jackson of route fi, was in
Pryor Saturday and called at the
Republican office. Tim or ered the
paiter sent to Edward Sexton at
Ft. Sam Huston. Texas.
Jud Nettleton came near elean-
| ing up on the Republican for re-
porting him in the newspaper busi- ... „, „ .
u .. Misses Edna Mae Whitaker,
ness in Arkansas . He says the n lL n „ , „ ,
■paper he was connected with was in Uor0,h)'“d ,Helen Ra'5,°"
"Missouri". Well. whaf. the differ- ri't“rn'<l Sa,Un"“-V »'>» * I’1"""
ence.
week end visit at the home of Mrs*
J. R. Lawson, at Muskogee.
Mrs. Ola Barnes and son, Bryan
came up from Muskogee Saturday
and visited over Sunday at the
home of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Whitaker, in this city.
Messrs. Carl and Raymond Beard-
j more, accompanied by their sister,
Miss Verna, arrived home test week
from a very delightful visit with
their brother Roy Beardmore and
| wife, near Concordia. Kas. While j
they made the trip up there in their j Miss Bertha Reed, of Checotah,
car. they had to return on the train. Stopped off here Friday for a short
as they found a party who wanted visit with friends. Miss Reed was
the Oakland worse than they did, enroute to Washington, D. C., where
so they disposed of it at a good pro- she goes to accept a government po-
fit. jsition.
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Harding, L. D. Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1918, newspaper, June 20, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956464/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.