Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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MAYES COUNTY REPUBLICAN
VOL. XL
PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPT, 19, 1918,
No. 30
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
The First National Bank of Pryor Creek
PKYORi OKLA
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS AUGUST 31. I 0 18
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts, - $270,051.65
Overdrafts, . - - 603.82
U. S. Bonds at par, - 20,500.00
Other Bonds & Warrants • 46,531.97
Stock in Federal Reserve
Bank, Kansas City, Mo. 3,000.00
5 per cent Redemption Fund, 1,025.00
Cash tc Sight Exchange N4.S02.0I
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock,
Surplus,
Undivided Profits,
Circulation,
Deposits
t 50,000.00
40,000.00
2,612.61
20,500.00
312.801.84
$426,004.45
$426,004.45
State, County and City Depositary
OUR FIRST MEMORIAL
Hon. Gabe E. Parker of Muskogee,
Superintendent of the Five Civilized
Tribes, delivered the address here
Sunday afternoon at the first memor-
ial service for a soldier boy from
Mayes county, fallen in battle.
It was expected to have the ser-
vices out of doors, but on account of
the lowering clouds and threaten-
ing weather the committe in charge
changed their plans at the last min-
ute and changed the place of meeting
to the Methodist church, at which
place at the appointed time, one of
the largest crowds ever gathred in
the church assembled to pay tribute
to Mayes County’s first martyr to
the cause of Democracy, Grover Al-
bert Sullivan, who died from wounds
received in action in France.
Mr. Parker gave a splendid address,
which was listened to with close at-
tention. The church was decorated
THE FAIR IS ON
Yesterday was Entry Day at the
Mayes County Free Fair. It looks!
now like there would be an extra
large range of exhibits. A carnival
company is here with a band and
there will be plenty of music. Work-
men have been busy all week getting
the tents in shape for the exhibits.
The fair management is so busy that
we have refrained from asking many
questions, but if you ve here, you will
find out for yourself what is in .store
for you.
Next week we shall endeavor to
tell about the various exhibits and
maybe the list of prize winners. In
the meantime, we welcome you to
Pryor. Help yourself to anything in
the wav of hospitality
FROM OLIVER JONES
Ft. Hancock, N. J.,
Sept. 8, 1918.
with the national flag intermingled Dear Father and Mother:
with those of our allies. The music
was furnished by a picked choir from
all the churches and was most fitting
to the occasion.
This is the first service of the kind
that has been held in this section—
would that it might be the last—but
so long as the war lasts no doubt
there will be others from time to
time.
The committee in charge made a
happy selection in its speaker for the
occasion. Mr. Parker is not only a
very prominent man in state and
national affairs, but he is a gentle-
man, a patriot and a Christian. On
the stage with him were Chief S. H.
Mayes, Judge O. H. Graves, Rev. C.
P. Francis, Secretary of the Mayes
County.Red Cross Chapter, Rev. J. N.
Edwards, pastor of the Baptist church
and Rev. J. Abner Sage, pastor of
the Methodist church.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 9:45. G. E. Hendrix,
Supt.
Preaching 11:00 a. m. Subject-
God’s Stewards.
8:00 p. m. The Mystery of Godli-
ness.
B. Y. P. U. 7 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 8 p m.
Choir rehearsal Friday evening at
8 p. m.
2, 72;
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
CONSERVATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE
PRYOR. OKLAHOMA.
STATEMENT AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS AUGUST 31.1018
RESOURCES
LIABILITIES
Loans and Discounts . 240,152.27
Capital Stock
$ 25.000.00
State and Liberty Bonds . 37,550.00
Surplus .
25,000.00
U. 5. Treasurer Certificates 27,500.00
Undivided Profits
3,229.36
Banking House & Fixtures 8,250.00
Bills of lading (hay) . . 5,816.53
Cash and Sight Exchange $ 51,220.22
Deposits
. 317,259.66
$370,489.02
$370,489.02
Officers and Directorai
T. H. Hayden J. D. Hinton
E. M. Bowers
C. B. Markham
J. C. Hogan
S. E. Samuel
E. S. Bouldin
I received your letter and was glad
to hear from you. This leaves me well,
and I hope it finds you the same.
There has been two letters returned
to me, unclaimed, that I wrote to you.
Well, 1 passed my overseas exam-
ination all right this time—the first
time I failed on account of being too
light but now I weigh 160 poundsand
feel fine. We will go over some
time this month. The sooner I get
over the better 1 will like it, for I
have had six months training on the
big guns and I believe I can shoot
as good as any of them
For a charge for one these guns,
it takes 400 pounds of powder and
the steel bullet weighs 2200 pounds!
and it shoots 75 miles. I would like'
to use one of them to bombard some
German city over there.
You knowr, all they have to do is
to turn the American boys loose and
Germany won’t last long. I am glad
I am one of the three million boys
that are fully equipped and ready
to fight for our old flag that has
waved over the land of the free for
142 years and never knew defeat.
Answer soon. As ever, your son,
. Oliver Jones
Co. B„ Ord. DeL, S. H. P. G, Ft. Han-
cock, N. J
“By your fruits ye shall know
them.” Whatever the principles may
Every one welcome to all these ser- be which resulted in the bombing of
vices. i the Federal building in Chicago, they
J. N. Edwards, Pastor, are mighty poor principles to hold.
1930 MAYES COUNTY REGIS-
TRANTS
Nineteen hundred and thirty men
registered in Maye'i county last Thors
day between the uges of 18 and 45.
The number from each precinct as
given by the returns follow:,
Pryor, Ward 1, 26; Ward
Ward 3, 57; Ward 4, 71.
Adair 1, 107; 2, 67; 3, 36.
Hogan, 1, 81; 2, 67.
Murphy 1, 33; 2, 67.
Center 1, 75; 2, 53.
Bryan, 1, 72; 2, 96; 3, 93.
Ryder, 1, 40; 2, 52; 3, 58.
River, 1, 37; 2, 56; 3, 88; 4, 42.
Saline 1, 95; 2, 125.
Number native born citizens 1914.
Naturalized citizens, 8.
Citizens by father’s naturalization
before registrants majority, 1.
Declarant Aliens, none.
Number whites, 1588.
Number negroes, 70.
Orientals, none.
Indian citizens, 270.
Indian non-citizens, 9.
Mexicans, 7
Ages of registrants and number of
each age:
18, 195; 19, 144; 20, 153; 21, 6; 22,
0; 23, 1; 24, 1; 25, 1; 26, 1; 27, 1; 28,
2; 29,0; 30, 1; 31. 0; 32, 68; 33,113;,
34, 115; 35,' 89; 36, 97 ; 37, 124 ; 38,
118; 39, 110; 40, 110; 41, 95; 42, 96;
43, 124; 44, 78; 46, 104.
The questionnaires are being sent
out to the registrants this week. As
the men are called to the service, the
Republican will publish their names
as heretofore. Owing to the scarcity
of help in this office, we are unable
to publish the names of the regis-
trants at this time, but we under-
stand the Pryor Clipper is publish-
ing them this week.
This is a mighty good showing for
Mayes county. The number of reg-
istrants is much greater than had
been estimated.
OFF TO O. U.
Following is the list of the boys
who have gone from here to enter the
Student’s Army Training Corps that
has been established at the Univer-
sity at Noonan: Gordon Bristow,
Oscar Brown, Richard Drew, Carr
Gatew'ood, Basil Tedlock, Morris Bul-
lock, Dewey Moore, Ross Young,
Hugh Stites, Joe Millei Jr and Sylba
Adams.
RED CROSS LUNCH NETTED
$82.86
The Fim^ial Committee of the
Red Cross served lunch at the Ben
Ballenger sale Saturday, Sept. 14,
and netted $82.86 as a result, We
wish, as a committee to thank Mr.
Ballenger for his many donations,
including a coop of fine White Leg-
horn chickens, which brought $15.85
We also wish to thank the ladies who
assisted us, and donated many good
things to eat. Also the merchants
who donated to this sale.
Mrs. John Harrison,
Chairman Financial Com. R. C.
STRANG
Mrs. Buster has completed hi
building on West Broadway.
Wheat sowing and cotton picking
is all the go in this locality at this
time.
Brownie Lewis is making extensive
improvement in his home on West
Broadway.
John Wyley and family attended a
family reunion near Siioam Springs,
Ark. Sunday.
Miss Lucille Yeates left Sunday for
Pryor, where she will attend high
school this winter.
. The mining shaft at Spavinaw is
down to the depth of 60 feet with
night and day shifts at work.
Miss Callie Harris is attending the
State Normal at Edmond, with the
view of making herself a more effi-
cient teacher.
Fred Capple and Stute Hicks each
have built a nice cottage on East
South street and with their families
are occupying the same.
Mrs. Beuna Rasmus and daughters,
who had been visiting at the home of
Mrs. Rasmus’ father, C. J. Harris
through the summer, have returned
to their home at Roswell New Mex.
Strang did herself proud on regis-
tration day by giving an old fashion-
ed barbecue to all present and suffice
it to say, the meat was well cooked,
seasoned and juicy, as Uncle Beverly,
colored, 80 years old, supervised it.
Uncle Beverly has barbecued more
beeves than there are cattle on
Lynch’s Prairie now. A darkey who
was eating a hunk of beef and drink-
ing black coffee was heard to re-
mark- “We got the best town in
Mayes count;, and Strang is not only
good todav, l at she is good all the
SOME PARADE
A parade was pulled off in Pryor
Thursday afternoon that was some
parade, considering that it was gotten
up on about fifteen minutes notice.
At a meeting of the Defense Coun-
cil the evening before, tin idea was
discussed and a committee composed
of Tom Harrison and Harry Seaton
was appointed to get u;. some kind of
a parade to celebrate i h registration
of the 18 to 45 year olds.
The boys got busy and had banners
painted the next morning and passed
the word around that a parade would
be pulled off at four o’clock in the af-
ternoon. At the appointed time the
committee was on hand with the ban-
ners and in less than fifteen minutes
the parade was formed, the newly re-
gistered men in front, followed by the
older men who were not required to
register.
The -inarch was taken up, continu-
ing to the J. Howard Langley corner
and at this place there were one
hundred and ten men in line. This
number was augmented until when
the parade wound up at the flag pole,
corner of Main and Adair streets,
there were more than 150 in line.
Surrounding the flag staff, three
rousing cheers were given for “Old
Glory. The crowd then dispersed.
In the lead of the parade was a
banner inscribed "18 to 45” and a
little farther back another “Fourth
Liberty Loan.” Still another “You
Lick W. S. S. and We’ll Lick the
Kaiser.” In the rear, carried by the
older men a banner inscribed “We’ll
Back You Up Boys.”
This little exhibition of “pep” was
spontaneous. All entered into the oc-
casion with a hearty good will. It
certainly would have been a tough
bunch for the Kaiser to meet.
HANDICAPPED
A person without a vote is handi-
capped because voters choosp repre-
sentatives to mu'te law? for them.
Voteless persons cannot choose re-
presentatives to make laws for them.
Women without votes are handi-
capped before the law and politically
The voting class can make a mighty
demand through their chosen repre-
sentatives, while the voteless women
humbly present a petition.
The vote is an instrument for get-
ting the kind of government that you >
want.
The vote is a weapon; without it.
woman is defenseless, exploited, ban I-
icapped.
Men found they needed the vote
and they got it.
Women find they need the vote and
are trying to get it.
Oklahoma women arf asking Ok-
lahoma men to give them the vr 3.
Remove the women's handicap.
Vote for woman suffrage Novem-
ber 5th
WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED
The various exhibits and attractions
of the Mayes County Free Fair are
located as follows:
Horses and mules, east of Republi-
can office, Main Street.
Cattle, two tents, soui.ii of Court
House.
Hogs, just east of cattle tents.
Agriculture and Poultry, southwest
of Mayes Co. Abstract office.
Women’s Culinery department,
needle work, school work, Red Cross
in office of County Agent, opposite
Republican office.
Baby Show in Red Cross rooms.
Red Cross stand on comer west of
Citizens bank.
Carnival west of Court House.
Mayes County Free Fair, Sept 18-21 time.”
COURT ADJOURNED
The Mayes County Bar presented
to Judge Davis a petition to adjourn
court until a later date on account of
the large amount of war work in
connection with the questionnaires
which the lawyers have on hand at
this time. This petition was supple-
mented by a similar petition from
the Mayes county Defense Council.
Judge Davis acted favorably on the
petitions and adjourned court Monday
until next Monday. All civil cases
will be postponed, but the few crim-
inal cases on the docket will be
cleared up.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Painter of
Dawes, Misses Eunice, Irene and
Marjorie Murray of Archer, Mrs. Jas.
Taylor, west of town, Oscar
Green of Bald Knob, Tom McElroy of
Hazel, George Kragen of Union Cha-
pel, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hedrick
of Welch, Mrs. George Weioert, Mrs.
C. Pimburton and daughter Alma,
of New Home, were among shoppers
noticed by our reporter in Pryor Sat-
urday afternoon.
John Larry who is suffering from
a relapse of typhoid fever is reported
improving at this writing.
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Harding, L. D. Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1918, newspaper, September 19, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956663/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.