Democratic Leader (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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DEMOCRATIC LEADER
V0" "K 1 PUBLISHED 1VBBT THURSDAY
- W.HR DAT OCTOBKR K'H.HT
WILL BE BIGGER THAN EVER
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Next Sales Day in i'dii i C j IIU11 villi
Le S(it.urday) Ocotber 1st, mqre mer-
1'ifi havo entered Into the sales
l«i^ program and next sales day there
v ill be n;rr barpa;ns than ever be-
knov.n In Tahlequah.
■Ywiare to come and take advan-
: of the trad'ng Inducements be-
• offered by the merchants.
VI the merchants backing sales
v will have a special low price ar-
for you, so prepare to be in
Tahlequah, Saturday, October 1st.
Kx-Oovernor Haskell is comlmr to
r 1 lahoma and will deliver an address
u ,tunlay at McAlester. Upon learn-
i •>- that Kv-Oovernor Haskell wns
omlnp to Oklahoma his many friends
'' Cherokee county urged him to vis'1
Tihlequah, but a wire was received
Tn. sday to the effect that he exceed-
ingly regretted that time would not
permit him ro visit Cherokee County,
hut he hoped to see and meet as man/
as he conld at McAlester on Saturd.-n
ni.xt.
F\RM BARN ItrRNI I)
The barn on the farm of Ed Holdea
wo miles northwest of the city was
destroyed by ftro Monday evenln
Two vagons, one thousand bales of
"ay and sorao other art cits were oou
sumed. The value of the barn we are
uninformed, but It was insured f<„
$500. T6c origin of the fire i. Un-
known.
GOOD FARM ron s\l,i:
80 acres four m les north of Hu'
bert, Okla., quarter mile of good
school, three room house, forty acr-
in cultivation on n. P. D„ in free
range county and quarter of mile o
Fourteen Mile creek. Two hundred
yards of eoa! mine of IS fnch vein
Also 30 aeros ene mile enst of M<
Oo see these farms. They ane bar-
gains. For further particular- '
dress Post O'flcc box (i, Hulbeit.
Okla. j0^
MAURI AGE MCKNSES
Tiu- f marriage II >u«r. i
were issued dur.ng the past wecl^ at
the office of th Court i < 1
Karl Freeman, 23, Oaks and M ss
May Bell Slrong, 17, L<«ch.
.I°sse H.rvklns, 29 and Miss Rh'oda
Hicks, 20, Uth of Moody.
Hugh M. Morris, 48. and Mrs. I'earl
McKinney, 2:, liotli 3f Barbc
J., pjr i'hirow, 21 and Mrs. Marv
Battles, 18, Loth of P.it Gili ah.
Jerry Curb WaltniaM, 22 and Miss
Annie Mitre, 18. both of Mooav.
At the meeting of the Republican
Stat^ Central Committee at Ofklahom..
City last Mnday, A, C. Alexander Wii
elcctwl chairman to succeed Jim H-
kff olutlons wore adopted co n-
mendlnr; tht entire delegation In :
Cress. No exception having been mm
we take it that the commeiidatlon !u
eludes Men ick.
REAL FSTATE TIM NH
T o f<'(Mng roal er.tate ir,\ i«fc s
were mado of record In tho '.•v."' *'
t'lerk office during fb" past >
Tles.<i«: V '.Mams ft al to Orou-r
TIi'm on. 10 acres 2t-lfl-20,
J. W. Crepory and wife to Clarence
Stone S3.S4 acres 10-IH-21. $4flno
T, J. Mat tin and wife to Noel Rob-
bin«, 70 acre* 9-19-21, $.1110.
GUT N TK\ TK IN
T*:v'r — r'e.idrtj guilty to hohli.,
up tiie First Staio It.!: Lomm
Or. /o April 2.r I'.vt, Bunh YVoo.l i «>'
r.ihlef,i|Qh and Cbp 'es Rraekt.tl >c
Claremore were er.el. sentenced .■
ten years in the penitentiary by Dis-
trict 'udge r «• >er Wedia
The third man In the ease, Curti
Haves of ftlllweM, was couv.
rioeths ago and is serving u I0-..-i ■
se:it* nee.
MILLIONS EATING GRANS
Berlin—Twenty mllllo". persons are
on the vrrge of starvation in rlrour' •
stricken Sections of Russia, subsisting
mainly on moss, grass and bark of
trees, according to Information from
"reliable Russian sou res." Refugees
are reported peering Into Moscow and
Petrograd by thonsands and fleelu«
bopeleasly In every direction.
The parched earth it Is sa sertod,
Is opening up great crevices and well
and rivers nre drying up. Colin-
has withered on trees and a numw-
of villages nre reported burlng. A'I
cattle in the stricken districts haw
been slaughtered to provide food, hut
It Is believed Impossible to ivrt i
catastrophe unless food is received
from outside sources.
NUMBER IS
COTTON AGAIN CP
The gins were paying 7 cents for
cotton Wednesday. The market bnv
lug recoviaed from tbe flurry of Mir
past few days when the market wus
down to «1x and a quarter cents.
Mrs, P.. Vann Fuller o' Welling wa-
in town Monday (l opping.
The Grand Worthy Matron of the
Eastern Star will be here on the :Mt
to instruct the chapter.
The students fiom Tahlequah w1-
havo pledged Greek letter frater„iK
at the University of Oklahoma ar
Shelton Lawrence, Sigml Chi: Hsv
Thompson, Sigma Alpha EosiW
Rober Crew. Beta Theta Pi npd M<
P.uth Allison was pledged to PI B"t
Phi Sorority.
The faculty of the N'orthe Mt< ••
Normal entertained Tuesday evenln
with a reception In honor of the n^-
ia< tnbers off the faculty.
During the evening this procrpi-
waa given:
Piano—"Valse Chromat n-je- ' Gadar
Miss Helen Arendell.
Voice a—"Where My Caravan H<-
Rested." Lob-
b—"The Land of the Sky Bin'
Water," Cadmen
Mrs. Leslie,
Voice—"Love. Here is My Heart"
M!8s Hughes.
Punch and wafers were served b
Misser Margnrctte Davis, Virgin1
Tod and Wahtell Parks.
ltepuii el Condition of
The First National Bank
Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
As rendered to the Comptroller of the Currency a: the close of business, Sept. 6th ,1921
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $324,999.IB
United States Bonds 50,000.00
Liberty Bonds j2!l49,0G
War Saving Stamps 85.0"
Federal Reserve Bank Stock 3,000.0ft
Banking Building 8J50.00
Furniture and Fixtures 1,200.IX
5 Per Cent Redemption Fund 2,500.00
Revenue Stamps 61.24
Citv and Count Warrants 4:}(>ni>".
CASH AND SIGHT EXCHANGE 71.fi56.3-
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock .$ 80,000.00
Surplus 20,000.00
Circulation 48,200.00
Undivided Profits, 2,887.39
Reserve for Taxes 3,352.03
Reserve for Interest, 239.44
DEPOSITS,
>3.01
Total
5 538,:-41.Total
The above statement is correct.
$538.341.«vi
H. B. UPTON, Casliu- .
POSTMASTER EXAMINATION
At tho request of thn Pnstm ti-
General, the United States Civil Ser-
vice Commission announces an er>
competitive examination to lie
on October 8. 1921, to f«H tho position
of postmaster at each of the office-
hereinafter named at which a vaean
cy exists. It Is expected that ap
polntments will be made as result o'
this examination unless It Is found
in the Interest of the sen-ice tn fill
any va-^ncv by reinstatement, Iran*
fer nr pr iinol.ion. This Is not an ex-
amination undor the Civil Servlcc Act
and rules, but Is held under an Exec-
utive order of May 10, 1923, provld.
ing for snch procedure-
Following Is a list or Oklahoma
post office* which there are vacan-
cies. with tho annual salary and date
'of vacancy in each case.
| Hulbert, salry $1,400, date of va-
cancy April 1, 1920.
Examination will be held at Tahle-
quah.
Applicants must submit to the ev-
amfnatorf on the day of the exnmm-
ation their photographs, taken with-
in two years, securely pasted In the
space provided on the admission cards
sent them after their appllcntons are
filed. Tin types or proofs will not
be accepted.
Application form 2241. nnd form 2,-
223, containing fu]l Information as to
the requirements to bo met nnd tha
character of the examination to be
given, may be obtained from any mi"
of the vacancy offices listed, or from
the United States Civil Service Com-
mission, Washington. I). C. Applica-
tions must be properly executed,
showing tlie examination point at
which the applicant desires to be ex-
amined and must be filed wiii", the
Commission at Washington In time to
arrange for the examination at th •
examination point chosen.
United State* Civil Service Com .
-TACIT I®RSlfOH,
Ixx-a' Secretary,
Board, U. S. Civil Service Kxamtners
Honesty
Is
Not Chimed
But
Practised at
This Store
HELP!
HELP!
Bring The New York Store Out Of Debt
We are Raising $30,000.00
Beware
of
Baits
You Are At
Home
At This Store
And are doing a good job of it but have not yet come up to the standard. Of course time will tell, people are loading up for
the winter months now because they are buying goods from us at less than wholesale cost at this SALE OF ALL SALES. Come
and see for yourselves. Below you will find a few of the reasons why all the people are flocking to the NEW YORK STORE'S aid
and here they are: MORE GOODS FOR LESS MONEY, because we have lots of them and MUST RAISE THE MONEY TO PAY OUR
CREDITORS and must do this the quickest possible way and the only way is to cut the inside of the low prices that are already
marked on our quality merchandise. All of our lines are complete, it goes without saying that The New York Store always has the
prettiest things to wear and we have more and prettier things this year than ever before.
A FEW OF THE THINGS WE SELL FOR LESS THAN ANYONE
Shoes Shoes Shoes
At Less than Wholesale Cost
One lot of Mens Work Shoes guaranteed all leather
or a new pair of Shoes $2.69
Slash price • • *
One lot of Ladies Shoes worth up to $6.50 Q J .4 g
S'a^h pnee • •
One lot of Ladies Tncotine suits, beautifully trimmed
worth more than double the price we ask $11.85
S'" Ok lotolUdiei.ll wool Velours. Sil.rtone,. 1T,n-
seltones and other materials thet you will see ^ "j 0 ./5
anywhere. Slash price •
Yes we sell it for less al all time, and | Q Q
now more than less Ginghams
Mens Best Overalls, Slash pnee
Boys Overalls, all sizes, 4 to IP
Slash pnee
OOc
H o
Hosiery
Ladies Hose
Children* Ho e
Mens Hose
12c
12c
10c
Best Outing
Full sire Double Blankets, 72x80
Slash pnee
12 1 -2c
$2.65
Ladies Hats less than Wholesale Cost
NEWARK STORE
Best Pliire to Trade
Where the Big Sale Goes On
$12.50
Mens Suits
J20.00 ana $25.00 all wool Suiu
Slash sale price
$30.00 and $35.00 best made suits, real 01 D "7 C
nifty stuff. Slash price. ¥ ' 0«l W
One lot of Mens Pants worth up to $7.00 CO C C
Slash Price . . $Z.0D
One iot of Boys Suits $8.00 values
Slash price
J. B. Stetson, big shape hats worth $8.00 (C "7 C
and $9.00. Slash price
3 for
Canvas Gloves
$4.39
6.75
25c
wmmmmmm
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Democratic Leader (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1921, newspaper, September 22, 1921; Tahlequah, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc98691/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.