Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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MAYES COUNTY REPUBLICAN
VOL. XI.
PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APR 25,1918,
Your Choice?
bonds
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Will you lend your
money and be free -
or
board it now and pay
it out in Tribute when
Liberty is lost ?
Paid to by FIRST NATIONAL BANK Pr,»r. otia.
liberty Bonds vs. Bine Sky. Wants Him to go to War.
Have you been investing your ^ThHocal board of Gallatin county
surplus money in oil stocks, or j Mont., received the following letter
mining stocks or air stocks or any ! from'the wife of a man of draft
A Flour Ruling.
Miller—Ross.
son
other kind of stocks? Did you ever
stop to figure the returns on a ma-
jority of these investments?
Here’s a suggestion—take it for
what its worth: If you have a little
money and contemplate investing it
in any kind of stock, go to your
banker first and buy a Liberty Rond
age who could not read and write
and who asked his wife to write to
the local board and claim exemption
for him on the ground that his fam-
ily were dependent upon him for
suppo. t. She wrote the following
letter an.! her husband presented it
to the board. Here is is and it’s a
then you have performed your pat- j daisy—read it:
riotic duty to your country-this ! “Dear United States Army-My
should come first always. Then I husband ast me' to r*te a reekom-
hunt up the peddler of stocks and j mend that he supports his family.
offer to trade the Liberty Bond for
whateyer kind of stock you desire
to invest in. If he is doing a leg-
itimate business and has faith in his
proposition he will not hesitate to
accept the bond at its face value in
return for stock in his proposition.
Buy stocks if you must, but do
your patriotic euty first. In most
cases, however, the bond is the sur-
est investment to hold on to, as
your government is behind it as se-
curity and it pays 4i per cent, which
is equal to from 6 to 8 per cent, as
the bonds are non-taxable. While
on the other hand your investment
is a gamble, pure and simple. Play
‘safety first” and at the same time
help your Uncle Samuel to win the
war.
Six Men Called May 3rd.
The following Mayes county boys
have been ordered to report to the
local Exemption Board for entrain-
ment for Fort Sam Huston, San An-
tonio, Texas, on the morning of
Friday, May 3rd—Traih No. 5, at
10:26:
Victor Elwood Taylor, Pryor.
Melvin Ernest Darling, Choteau.
James Riley Sullivan, Adair.
Arthur Waybourn, Pryor.
Robert Wm. Stephenson. Strang
James Francis Cox, Pryor.
Victor Myer and wife arrived
home last week from a visit to Cali-
fornia and other western states.
Poor Fyesight
Causes all sorts of Ner-
vous Troubles—a n d
maybe that is the trou-
ble with Your Child .
WE ARE CAREFUL
YOU SHOULD BE
N. E. Parker
OPTOMETRIST
He cannot read, so don’t tell him.
Jus take him. He ain’t no good to
me. He ain’t done nuthin’ but
drink lemmon essence and play a
fiddle since 1 married him eight
years ago, and I gotta feed seven
kids of his’n. Maybe you can get
him to carry a gun. He’s good on
squirrels and eatin’. Take him and
welcum. I need his grub and his
bed for the kids. Don’t tell him,
—but take him,”
Baptist Service Flag.
The dedication service was con-
ducted at tlje Baptist church Sun-
day morning. Mayor Wilkerson
gave the dedication address which
was very good and the hearts of all
were touched, and made us feel
proud of our boys who wore at one
time members of our S. S. and B.
Y. P. U. and are now with the col-
ors.
The eighteen stars in the service
Bag represent the following:
Capt. Carl Puckett. Howard Her-
ald, Will Cater, Ernest Cater, Harry
Cater, Austin Newton, George Mc-
Coy, Walter Teeter, Nelson Gibbs,
Nile Weekly, John Burnham, Jack
Purdy, Jim Brown, Pearly Watkins,
Elmer McClarney, Jess Roberts,
Dell Crouch, Willard Rickart.
Three more stars will be added
to the Hag next Sunday. Thpy will
represent Neal Olsen. Lewis Pace
and Rufus Pace, who go in the
next quota.
Herald Under New Management
J. T. Gray of St. Louis took j
charge of the Herald Theater Mon- j
day, having leased the building for
one year, from the owner. C. E.1
Herald. Mr. Gray is thoroly fam-1
iliar with the movie business and he
promises Pryor movie fans the best;
that is in the picture game. Mr.
Gray's family joined him this week
and they have become bona fide resi- j
dents of our city
According to a ruling from the At 3:30 Thursday afternoon, in
United States Food Administration the parlors of the DeLane Hotel, in
at Washington, farmers who have the presence of the immediate rel-
on hand Hour made from their own atives and a few intimate friends
wheat can keep enough to supply sheriff Joe Ross and Miss Amelia
their needs until the next harvest, Miller were united in the holy bonds
the needs being determined on a; of matrimony, Rev. T. A. Harkins,
basis of 6 pounds of flour per per- pastor of the Methodist church,
son per month. This is where the officiating. Immediately after the
farmer exchanges his wheat at the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Ross left
mill for like amount of flour. Where by motor, in company with his bro-
he has on hand flour which he has ther and sister, for the old home
purchased outright, he will be allow-; farm near Locust Grove. From
ed to keep only thirty days supply, there the newly weds went to Mus-
C. »l». vs. Mlnnonile. kT ,°rJa„*h0rtoh0neym“,n !rip'
Mr. and Mrs. Ross returned to
Messrs. Langley, Gardner, Ander- Pryor this week and are at present
and Woodward, accompanied stopping at the DeLane Hotel. The
oy Miss Sullivan, the stenographer bride and groom are two of Pryor’s
motored to Choteau Tuesday and best liked young people. They
was joined by members of the Dist- •have a host of friends in Mayes
rict C mncil of Defense in a visit to county whose best wishes they have
some of the leaders of the Menno- for a long, happpy and prosperous
nites in that section. wedded life. Mrs. Ross is an ac-
Some of these long whiskered complished young lady, daughter of
geezers do not seem to realize that Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller of this city,
ley are in danger of being handled while Mr. Ross (everyone calls him
without gloves by their neighbors. Joe) is a native of Mayes county,
'he County Council is trying every being a member of one of the best
means in its power to get these known families in eastern Okla-
l ellows to come in "out of the wet” homa. He is just completing his
while the getting’s good, not desir- second term as sheriff of Mayes
ing to see mob violence resorted to, county and he is considered one of
lut in some cases their labors have the most efficient officers in the
been in vain. | state.
The Republican will not attempt i The Republican joins in congra-
ai this time to anticipate how the tulations and best wishes,
next dhapter may begin or end.
Should Take a County Paper.
Exceeded the Speed Limit. At a meeting in one of the school
Last week’s Oswego(Kansas) In- d*sHicts the other night the speaker
asked the members of the District
, Council of Defense if they took a
County paper. Neither of them
.did. In this progressive age, when
NoBlueSky inThis
Put your Money where
it is safe — in Bonds
ofyourown country
We are at War
Your Government
Must Have Money to
Win the War and
Must Have it NOW
XHiird/ibertyJoan
Ibis Space Is Paid tor by
The Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Don't Believe All You Hear. 36 Men CaUed for April 27.
dependant contained among many
other interesting news stories, a
list of "Marriage License Granted.”
n this list was the following: "Ezra
Josephine i everVone should be up on the do-
1 ings of the world as well as the
zanders, Pryor, age 28;
Mason, Pryor, age 30”, and there-
by hangs a tale. * Mr. Landers was
granted a divorce from his wife in
the Mayes County District Court
county, there is no excuse for any
man not being a subscriber to at
least one of the county papers. And
leas than three weeks ago. Under surely a member of the Council of
the laws of Oklahoma a divorced j L,<‘fense who does not take a counlv
man o r woman may not marry paper in his home is not 88 Pr°Kress-
again until six months has elapsed .ive as he should be t0 be a working
since the divorce. I member of so great an organiza-
Landers and his new wife came t!'on'
to Pryor Friday. The County Att- t The Counci| of Defense held an
omey and sheriff got busy and soon j interestinR session Monday night,
landed n»»- in durance a number 0f gentlemen from Cho-
teau being present. Committees
were appointed to wait on certain
men who are reported to be “slack-
landed the newlyweds
vile. Both were released on bond.
Landers is a soldier home on a furlo
from Camp Travis.
The preliminary
charge of bigamy, will be held be- Tr>i .......• ~ e .. • , „
of Choteau came in for their full
ore Judge < handler on the 30th share of consideration by the Coun-
of this month. j cil.
hearing on the jn£" The Mennonites in the vicinity
FOR RED CROSS
&
Miss Graper’s Recital
to be held at
Hiph School Audiiorium
Friday, April 26th, 8:00 p. r
Piano, Vocal and Violin
Admission 25c to all
Programs will be
given at the door
A jesting remark made by the
Secretary of the County Council of
Defense and repeater! and enlarged
upon many times, has caused a
great deal of hard feeling in the
Chapel neighborhood.
A meeting hail been arranged
for at Chapel and the teacher, Mr.
Wilkerson had been asked to annou-
nce it in the school. Mr. Wilker-
son forgot to make the announce-
ment and someone phoned in to the
secretary’s office to call off the
meeting, as the teacher had for-
gotten to announce it. Mr. Francis,
who answered the phone, made the
remark "That teacher isn’t
very patriotic or else he has a short
memory.”
The word got out that Mr. Wil-
kerson had beer branded as a "slac-
ker” and was “unpatriotic” and
the people of the Chapel neighbor-
hood, justly resented the implica-
tion and got real "sore” about it.
Now anyone who knows Mr.
Wilkerson knows that he is far
from unpatriotic and those who
know Mr. Francis knows that the
last thing he would think of would
be to say anything of the kind about
the young man. The remark made
by him was in a jesting way and
whoever carried and enlarged on it
was in big business—in some places
this kind of "tale bearing” is called
by its right name “German propa-
ganda”.
Methodist Service Flag.
The Methodist church has a ser-
vice flag containing nineteen stars,
representing the following boys,
some of whom are in the training
camps and some are fighting in the
trenches:
Paul Wilson, Clarence Wilson,
Hugh Rogers, Frank Rogers^ Vir-
gil Whitaker, Alvin Henry, Prof.
Wax, Prof. Scott. George Tippie.
Max Taylor, Woodye Kendrick,
Thirty-six Mayes county men
have been ordered by the local Ex-
emption Board to report for en-
trainment for Camp Travis, Texas,
on the morning of Saturday, April
27, at 10:2(! o’clock:
Joel Randolph, Pryor.
Earl Piumlee, Salina.
Roach Young, Locust Grove.
John Wesley Bradshaw, Pryor.
Charles Elmer Jackson, Choteau.
Robert Quails, Pryor.
Leo Roy Finley, Choteau.
William A. Garner, Pryor.
Samuel Monroe Johnson, Rose.
Joseph A. Linscott, Pryor.
Rabbit Boney, Strang.
Clifford Simmons, Adair.
Andy Walkbr, Murphy.
Ernest L. Johnson, Tulsa.
Charley Ross Buffington, Tip.
Bert Powers, Locust Grove.
Yeb Battles (will entrain at And-
rews N. C.—Acet—Transferred)
Dock Stimpson, Murphy.
William B. Crawford, Loc. Groxe.
Monroe Crow, Pryor.
Richard Wolf Parris, Rose.
Jerry King. Murphy.
Clem Carroll, Big Cabin.
Rufus Earl Pace, Pryor.
Edmond Tincup, Pryor.
Otis Patrick Crawford, Bernice.
Ear! Knox, Dewar.
Lewis Marcus Pace, Pryor.
George F. Piercefield, Adair.
James Hall Davis. Adair.
Oscar Neal Olson, Pryor.
Cleo Vernon Farr, Locust Grove
Joel Clem Bledsoe, Choteau.
Mansfield A. Brown, Ix>c. Grove.
Jasper B. Knox. Sa'ina.
Jesse Earl McCrackin, Pryor.
Mayor R. A. Wilkerson transact-
ed business in Oklahoma City the
latter part of last week. He had a
case in the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Billings and daughter, Mrs.
Hlizabeth Fausit left for their home
at Kimbol, Nebraska, Tuesday, after
Will Garrett, Tom Garrett. Rev. T. a pleasant visit with friends and rel
A. Harkins, Dr. Tilly, Nyal Week-: atives in Pryor and vicinity,
ly, F. B. Bowling. Jim Sexton, Guy
Lamb.
The first two named, Paul and
Clarence Wilson, are now in the
trenches "over there", and are giv-
ing a good account of themselves !
The balance < if the boys are at the
various training camps and some of [
them will be on the way “over there" J
in a short time.
Clarende Markham has beer1
assisting in the Bank of Adair thi*;
week, in the absence of some of the i
help from that institution.
PICTURES of Hmne
Folks carry warmth
and comfort to the
heart of a soldier.
Make tin appointment
Ta-tlay
William M. Parker,
Photographer, Phone 21
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Harding, L. D. Mayes County Republican (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1918, newspaper, April 25, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956761/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.