McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 21, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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idabel., mccurtain county, oklahoma Saturday, august 21,1920
NUMBER 52
A COTTON WARE- CITY SCHOOLS
HOUSE WILL LIKE-
LY BE BUILT HERE
IN TIME TO CARE FOR THE CROP
OF THIS SEASON—COMMIT-
TEE IS NOW SELLING STOCK
IN ENTERPRISE.
iM'CURTAIN COUN-
OPEN THE FALL TY BUILDIG AND
TERM SEPT. 13 LOAN ASSOCIATION
ALL BUT ONE OF THE TEACH-
ERS HAS BEEN SELECTED—
T. A. HOUSTON IS SUPT.
The Chamber of Commerce held its
regular board meeting Thursday 113th,
night and transacted routine
The city schools will open for the
fall terjn on Monday, September the
All teachers have been elected
busi- w'th the exception of one.
ness Following is the faculty:—
C." F. Mitchell, of Oklahoma City, I T. A. Houston will be the city su-
state supervisor of cotton classing ; perintendent of schoools.
and marketing, was present and out- Miss Middlebrooks, of Hope, Ark.,
lined to the board the necessity of I Principal of the high school.
building a warehouse here for hand-! C. E. McGuire, of Shults, principal
ling the cotton crop of this section.: °f the junior high school.
The chamber of commerce already! Miss Eunice Ftfoshee, of this city,
had a committee at work on this mat-
ter, and on Friday morning they met
with Mr. Mitchell, and it was decid-
ed to have a meeting of all the cit-
iens at night.
The meeting was called to order at
8:15 by Chairman Waldo Watkins,
who after stating the object of the
principal at the Herndon building.
Mrs. S. N. Park, of this city, prin-
cipal at the George building.
Miss Caples, of Lavern; Miss Bur-
rough, of Arkadelphia, Ark.; Mrs. M.
R. Phillips, teachers at the high
school.
Miss Seabright, of Yantis, Texas,
meeting, called upon Mr. Breeding, |teach in the junior high school,
the government cotton classifyer, to; Mrs. T. A. Price of this city, art
.tell the meeting why a cotton ware-! supervisor.
house was especially needed at this Miss Crane, of Hugo, music super-
time. He made a short talk in visor.
which he outlined the many reasons Miss Wooten, of this city, domes
for housing cotton, the principal one tic science.
being that cotton which was not car-! Miss Annye Black, of Foreman, Ar
ed for would damage, and that the, kansas, piano.
buyers would not pay as much for it; The following teachers have not
as they would for cotton that was put bepn assigned: Mrs. J. W. Higgs,
in a warehouse. A general discus-1 Miss Armstrong, Miss Floy Scott,
sion followed, and a motion was Miss Fair, Miss Gladys Fulmer, of
made to appoint a committee to soli-1 ^'s c'ty; Miss Looper, Albion; Miss
cit subscriptions for stock in a ware- Banister, Hugo; Miss Berthold, Hai-
house company. The chairman ap- leyville; Mrs. Pickens, Dierks, Ark.
pointed S. G. Swan, Leonard G. Her- With such a faculty as this we
ron and N. H. Bridges. should have 8 splendid school this
The matter is also to be taken up, year-
with the county farmers union which —=
meets here next Saturday.
HAS STARTED OUT WITH SPLEN-
DID PROSPECTS—HAS HAD
SEVERAL LOANS APPROVED.
The McCurtain County Building
and Loan Association has started out
with very bright prospects.
The secretary informed a Gazette
reporter that they have alrea'dy made
several loans, which the board of di
rectors have approved, and that they
have a large number of applications
to be acted upon at the next meeting
of the board.
The ground is being broken and
preparations made to start the erec-
tion of several residences in this city
on which this association has made
loans
WHO IS DEPOSITING YOUR DOLLARS?
ARE YOU?
It makes all the difference in the world. Your bank account is your financial thermometer.
Every deposit credited in your passbook is a mile stone passed on the road to success.
Peel off an extra $5, $10, or $20, each payday and bank it. Don't let the other fellow deposit your
dollars.
YOUR ACCOUNT WITH US WILL BE APPRECIATED.
! American National Bank
THE RED CROSS
WILL HAVE EX-
HIBIT AT THE FAIR
WILL ALSO HAVE FLOATS IN
THE PARADE AND A MODEL
HEALTH CENTER
R. C. NEWTON, President
Idabel, Okla
F. B. WEST, Cashiei
WAS FINED $15.
CARD OF THANKS.
Jim Ross, a negro was arrested
WARRING FOUND
GUILTY; GIVEN
A LIFE SENTENCE
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
WAS RATIFIED
BY TENNESSEE
The McCurtain County Chapter of
the American Red Cross is planning
big things for the Free Fair next
month.
They will have big exhibit at the
fair, floats in the parade and a model
health center. The latter is to be un-
der the supervision of Miss Elizabeth
Krafft, a nurse who has devoted heri
life to the work, and who was a Red
Cross nurse in France for fourteen J
months, and had charge of several!
j wards in a large hospital.
| These are features that should at-
j tract a great deal of attention.
Tuesday night by Night Marshal W.
M. Smith on a charge of whipping
his wife. He was fined $15 and costs
in Mayor Mitchell's court Wednes- ^
day, and placed in jail in default of I
pftyment.
We wish to thank the good people
of the Shults community for their
kindness shown us during the illness
and death of our little son and broth-
er, especially do we thank Drs. Wil-
liams and Moreland.
MR. and MRS. M. E. BRIGHT,
and FAMILY.
FRANK BOYD
Died at the Home of His Father
Horse Shoe Lake Wednesday
Frank Boyd died at the home of his
father on Horse Shoe Lake Wednes-
day afternoon, of fever. The re-
mains were laid to rest at Denison
j cemetery Thursday afternoon.
THUS GIVING WOMEN OF U. S.
CHANCE TO VOTE IN PRESI-
FOR POISONING HIS WIFE NEAR DENTIAL ELECTION.
POTEAU A SHORT TIME
AGO.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 18.—Ten#
! nessee today ratified the federal wo-
Poteau, Aug. 19.-Out less than man suffrage amendment. The low-
three hours, the jury today found er house of the legislature by a vote
Ed Warring guilty of poisoning his' * o to 46, concurred in the action of _ .
wife and immediately afterwards the theSenate, ^ 8 ^ ^ union doing the best year's work, at
judge sentenced the man to the pen-
itentiary for life.
Warring received the verdict with
There was no state to act favorably and the amend-
THE B. Y. P. U. OF
FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH WON CUP
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FOR THE UNION IN THE STATE
DOING THE BEST YEAR'S ;
' WORK.
The Baptist Young People's Union
of the First Baptist church of this
city, won the state cup given to the
£
no apparent emotion.
demonstration in the packed court
ratification resolution by a vote of. the B y p {j Assembly held
25 to 4. j near Davis.
Although it was the thirty-sixth The beautiful cup wilj ^ engrav-
ed and presented to the union at the
State Baptist Convention to be held
at Blackwell in November.
meat will become effective as soon
room but it was evident that the ver- as certlf'ed ^ Bainbridge Colbj^see-
diet pleased the people generally. reta^ state' whether 17,000,000
The trial of Warring was one of women °* the W11 v°te "V DCDADT AC TUC
the most notable in the history of this the Presidential election in Novem- J\tf U|\l Uf f fl£i
county. Warring was charged with *>er remams to be determined
having administered styrchnine to his
The House still has an opportunity
wife, thereby causing her death. Ito resc;nd *s actio*, and preliminary
He denied the charge, alleging that^P* for testing the legality of rati-
if she died that way she must have Nation by this legislature if recon-
taken the poison by mistake. sideration should fail have been
The woman's stomach was sent to taken ** the Tennessee Constitution-
Dr. Edwin De Barr, state chemist,! al Lea*ue on the *round that the As*
and he testified in the trial as to the sembly had no authority to act
evidences of poison. '
The trial was hotly contested with BANDITS ROB MAIL TRAIN
Lungsford and Bulgin and Tom Neal
defending Warring and County At- In the Outskirts of St. Louis
torney McCurtain and R. B. White Make Escape,
representing the prosecution.
TY CHAPTER
OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS,
SHOWING THE WORK DONE
SINCE THE FIRST OF MAY
Dodge Brothers
MOTORCAR.
SPECIFICATIONS:
ENGINE—30-35 H. P., 3-point suspension, uni( power plant, 4-cylinder
"L" head cast in block. < .
OILING—Pump and splash feed. Eccentric pump, driven by spiral
gears from crankshaft.
COOLING—WATER. Circulated by centrifugal pump. Tubular radia-
tor.
tery
CANDIES
CIGARS
Are You Trading At The
Crystal Palace
IF NOT
? WrtY
NOT
We love each and every one
of you and want you to
make this place your place.
So start trading with us
today and don't put off till
tomorrow what you can be-
gin todaj.
Everything new and sani-
tary—come one, come all;
you are welcome
Sandwiches
Soda
St. Louis, Aug. 18.—Four men held
up Misdburi Pacific passenger train
No. 5 from St. Louis for Little Rock,
Ark., on the outskirts of this city
shortly after 8:30 o'clock tonight and
escaped with four pouches believed to
have contained registered mail.
The McCurtain County Chapter of
the American Red Cross has been
and' under the direction of Mrs. Arden P.
Brown, as secretary since the first
of May, and during that time the fol-
lowing work has been done:
In May the chapter handled 55
cases, in June 104, and in July 116.
These cases include compensation for
soldiers, the care of soldiers' fam-
ilies, securing training for soldiers,
placing those who need treatment in
The quartet boarded the train at I hospitals, etc.
j 8:30 o'clock when a stop was made
1 at Tower Grove, three miles from the
1 Union station, and took seats in the
smoker, next to the mail car. After
the train left Tower Grove they en-
tered the mail car with drawn revol-
vers and forced the clerks to line up
against the wall.
As the train neared the outskirts
! of the city one of the bandits pulled
; the signal cord,'stopping the train.
' The mail sacks were thrown out and
i the bandits jumped after them and
j disappeared. ^
The robbery was reported when the
j next substation was reached and po-
i lice were sent to the scene in auto-
mobiles.
CARBURETOR—Special design, automatic air valve type.
IGNITION—Distributor, automatic spark advance.
STARTER—12-volt single unit starter-generator, 12-volt storage bat-
FU$L SYSTEM—Vacuum feed. Fuel tank at rear; capacity 15 gal-
lons.
CONTROL—Levers in center of car, mounted on transmission case.
Control lever on ball pivot with locking device for each speed.
INSTRUMENT BOARD—60-mile speedometer. Oil pressure gauge.
Locking, ignition and lighting switch. Ammeter. Carberutor aid adjust-
ment. Instrument board lamp.
TRANSMISSION—Selective sliding gear type, three speeds forward
and one reverse. Two annular ball bearings. All gears chrome vanadium
steel heat-treated and hardened.
CLUTCH—Dry multiple disc—ball thrust release mechanism.
REAR AXLE—Full-floating spiral bevel gear type. Four bevel gear
differential. Chrome vanadium steel, heat-treated and hardened.
SPRINGS—Chrome vanadium steel. Front, semi-elliptic, rear, three-
quarter elliptic.
STEERING GEAR—Chrome vanadium steel worm and worm wheel.
BODY—Sedan, 4-doors, five passengers, divided front seats. Coupe,
three-passenger. Touring Car, five passenger. Roadster, two passenger.
Business Car, Panel or Screen types, 1000 lbs. capacity.
TIRES—Touring Car, Roadster and Business Car, plain tread front, non-
skid tread rear. Sedan and Coupe, Cord.
WHEELBASE—114 inches.
WINDSHIELD—Clear vision, ventilating.
EQUIPMENT—Electric horn; robe rail; foot rail; license brackets; tire
pump; jack; tool kit; tire carrier with demountable rim.
Dodge Brothers reserve the right to make, changes or improve-
ments in the construction or equipment of their product at any
time without obligating themselves to install the change or
changes on any car previously sold.
JOE LOFT1N
Phone 300 Next Door to Jail, Idabel, Oklahoma
During July the chapter handled PJ
16 compensation cases; secured ap- ,
proval of 18 boys for training. This \ t
gives them $80 per month, transpor-
tation and tuition. They also record-
ed 13 dischaiges, had 100 interviews,
11 physical examinations by Dr L
ii. Hill, the public health service
physician for the county, wrote 164
letters and received 101 letters.
At this time there are seven ox-
soldiers in the hospital at Houston,
for treatment. < j
Miss Elizabeth Krafft, trained
nurse, has been employed by the
chapter, and will organize classes in
home hygiene and the 'care of the
sick in all of the branch chapters in
the county. She is now working at
Miss Minta Foreman, superintend- Broken Bow and on the Eagletown
ert of Wheelock Academy, was shop-'front, where she found the people
ping in the city Thursday. very much interested.
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Old, W. J. McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 21, 1920, newspaper, August 21, 1920; Idabel, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc99746/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.