The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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The Carter Express.
VOL. 9.
No. 17.
CARTER, BECKHAM COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, JULY, 12, 1918.
GEO. W. CAIN, EDITOR.
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Beginning next Saturday and lasting one week
we offer the following cut prices in slippers.
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I THE DIXIE STORE
FIRST STATE BANT STATEMENT
Repirt of the condition of The
First State Bank of Carter, Beck-
ham County, Oklahomd, at the
dose of business, June. 29, 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts.. $124,840.11
Overdrafts, secured and
unsecured........ 200.04
Stock, Bonds, Warrants
etc.........1........794.00
Banking house..........3,000.00
.Furniture and fixtures.. .1,500.00
Liberty Bonds ..........5,447.00
Checks and other cash
Carter District Votes a
CARTER,
OKLA.
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The,annual school meeting for
the Carter school district, passed
off very smoothly Tuesday af-
ternoon, a big majority of the
people being well satisfied with
the results of the meeting.
A term of nine months was vo-
ted, also an extra ten mills levy
was voted to cover the estimatec
expense of same.
Fatal into Accident
The nine month’s term carried
items................330.17 I by a large majority, the vote be-
Securities with Banking
Board..............1,150.94
War Saving Stamps.......20.17
Rills of Exchange........3^3.23
Cash in Bank and due
from Banks.......26,120.02
TOTAL........$163,775.68
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid in . $15,000.00
Surplus Fund-......... 2,220.00
Undivided Profits, less
expenses and taxes paid. 1,857.56
Bills Payable..........10,000.00
Individual deposits sub-
ject to check---- 113,545.95
Time certificates
of deposit.........21,152.17
TOTAL........$163,775.68
State of Oklahoma, County of
Beckham, SS: I, J. C. MacKenzie,
Cashier of the above named Bank,
do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief, so help
me God. J. C. MacKenzie, cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me this 10th. day of July.,
1918. G. C. Mitcfcel, Notary Public
My commission expires 1-31-20
Correct-Attest: A. L. Thur-
mond, Clias. W. Crooks, Direc-
ors.
ing 114 in favor to 49 against,
while the vote for the extra levy
carried by a still larger major
ity, 102 to 27.
It was decided to begin the
school the first of August and
run till October 1st, then there
will be a vacation during Octo-
ber and November to enable the
school children to aid in the
gathering of the crops.
Mr. E. C. Simmons was elected
as the new member of the board.
Several teachers for the school
have already been employed, all
of whom come well recommend-
ed, so as the present situation
stands there seems to be nothing
to prevent a first class school for
our town and district for the
coming term. The people are
more united in the desire for a
first class school than they have
been for years. They have very
clearly made up their minds that
the children of this district are
just as much entitled to the ben-
efit of a good school a s the
children of other parts of the
county and state.
DR. ASBURY
DENTIST
SAYRE, OKLA.
We have just received a letter
from Henry Pryor in which he
orders the EXPRESS sent to his
address. Henry is one of the
Carter soldier boys who is sta-
tioned at Camp Cody, New Mex.
M. F. Pruitt, a prominent far-
mer of the Retrop conmunity,
lost his life in an automobile ac-
cident on Friday afternoon of
last week when his Ford car
turned over on him out four and
a half miles southeast of Carter.
The accident happened near the
home of Sam Simpson while Mr.
Pruitt wa3 trying to ascend a
steep hill. Mr. Simpson’s daught-
ers were the first to get to the
car after the accident. They
noticed the smoke from the ex-
haust the excessive smoke
doubtless being caused from the
extra oil that went into the cyl-
inders after the car turned over,
the motor continuing to run for
some little bit after the car
went over into the gulch.
No one knows exactly how the
accident happened as there were
no eye witnesses but the general
opinion is that Mr. Pruitt stalled
his car in going up the hill and
instead of applying the brake
and letting it coast down the hill
slowly it is thought that he put
his foot on the reverse which
shot the car back with consider-
ably rapidity making it harder
for him to keep it in the road
consequently the wheels on one
side dropped off into a hole six
or eight feet deep by the road-
side, causing the car to overturn.
Mr. Pruett’s body was caught
directly under the front end of
the car, the windshield brace on
the right side breaking and the
end attached to the car catching
him in the breast just over the
heart crushing his life out in-1
stantly.
The remains were buried at1
the Retrop cemetery Sunday!
afternoon, by the Masonic Lodge.1
It is said that the largest crowd
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Groceries
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We are endeavoring to keep on
hand constantly a good clean, fresh
stock of Groceries, and we are glad
to have you call in, or phone in,
and give us your order. We will
serve you to the best of our
ability. '
Your Trade Appreciated
fi. fi. PERKINS GRO. CO.
groceries and Jresh Sweats
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ever assembled at the cemetery
was present. Several cars of
Carter people attended. Some
attended from Sayre and other
distant points. A son a n d
daughter-in-law came in from
Beaver County. A son Henry is
in the U. S. Navy in France, so
of course could not be present.
The ladies’ Red Cross work
rooms have been changed from
the postoffice building to the
second door east of the Perkins
Grocery store. The present lo-
cation is said to be very much
cooler than the former as it has
a frontage on the south which
J permits the rooms to get the ben-
efit of the south breeze.
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Cain, George W. The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1918, newspaper, July 12, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956714/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.