McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 58, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 11, 1920 Page: 4 of 8
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Published Semi-Weekly by the Ga- . c .<UW(IUI>^ aouui me i
zette Prinitng Company farm boy leaving home, and are try- in the beautiful new McCurtain" coun-^ natfonanv^o^'.Deca™
Entered at the Postoffice at Idabel, °n ? 7/ * ^ ?"! -7?' W3S that °f the State dat€ for ^ident years ago rec'eTved
Oklahoma, as second class mail - ' U8®rr"K 11 vs. L. C. Clark, who killed C. Gordon, the Democratic nofination for the
matter Millerton, in January, 1918. United States senate, on tie face o?
made by the Office of Extension The case was never in readiness for complete and unoffir-inl r«* *
Subscription $2.00 Per Year in Ad- Work of the State's Relation Service, trial until Tuesday morning, when, Thursday's urimarv « 7 i
one mi^ht PaU8e and wonder why it after completing the arraignment of the Atlanta Constitution * y
W. J. OLD, Editor and Manager 1S that farm woman doesn't be- many defendants, the case was called. '
come dissatisfied and leave the farm, and both sides announced ready. The Th« pa_ ff ,
j This survey was taken in Northern' State was well and ably represented crowded tI£wLvLJT
and Western States and discloses the by Hons. C. D. Wilkinson, County ^22 to aUend T f 5 ""
Below we give our rate card for that the farm woman's working j Attorney, and H. P. Hosey, of this ijttle ti 6 8
advertising which is as follows: |day averages 11.3 hours the year city. The defendant was represented week wo wJii K v*' "°,wever: next
Display ads, per inch 25c round. In the summer she works on , by Attorney Jeff D. McL6ndon, who dav „nri v® „ . "ours m each
Display ad on front page, per an average of 13.12 hours a day and;has been representing defendent ever • f 8 e. 0 render you
inch 35c finds only 1.6 hours of leisure. Nine- since the killing. The case was vi-l ** servlce-
rate card
iiuuis w leisure, iNine- since me Killing. The case was vi-l
Local readers, per line 5c ty-six per cent do the family wash- gorously prosecuted and" defended.' Th ..
No local will be inseretd for less than and half of those do it on a wash-1 Judge McLendon, in commenting on 1 , «!e dl8p,ay in every department
, board. Garden work is done by 56 the verdict of not guilty which was JJ County Fair was the best
^ The display in every department
board. Garden work is done by 56 the verdict of not guilty' whi^h'was °f ^ Fr*e County Fair was the best
- 5c Per cent, and 24 per cent spent six ! rendered late Wednesday afternoon T* ha™ ever had at any previous
v nu unveil xor less man zoe. j weeks of the year assisting with by the jury, said that he considered air' ^ 811 the Fair was a nice
The above prices will be charged to s°me Part of the field work. this one -of the most righteous ver- '°ne , 8" aVeraRe dai,y attend-
everybody except those who have al- Only 4 per cent have water in the J diets he had known in more* than 20 tW0 thousand People each
ready yearly contracts with this pa- kitchen, and the rest have to get it'years of criminal law practice, and ——————
25c.
Want Ads, per line
No ad taken for less than 25c,
SSh?J!f,|KER0SENE SAW MILLS are makers. We can
"art" °Wpr'ces Write or wire when
LESTER MACHINERY COMPANY
r. a. lester, Manager.
muskogee, oklahoma
Office Court & Lumbard St
P. 0. Box 792
per
GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
THE FAIR AND IDABEL.
' w get it ui uriiiiuiui iaw practice, an
from the spring or draw it from the that he was very proud of the distinc-! rw„;„i. u v ,'"T I
well. A farmer's wife of Arkansas tion of securing an acquittal before -j- f ' 18 ta g on the|
told a home demonstration agent that the first jury ever empanelled in Mc- j ° 8 c^^^^y^ot?
she worked 18 hours during the!Curtain county's new court house. ! pnmD,..
moi^th of June. She arose at 4 o'clock' - ' I editorial briefs.
stuck to the job.
Truly, Idabel was at her best last 'n morning, cooked breakfast, | aw,™- | T. . .
Thursday when several thousand peo- milked the cows cleaned the house, STUCK TO THE JOB. I « w safe to predict that the bal-
ple gathered here to attend the Free and went to the field and worked alii Jot box will never destroy interest in
County Fair and watch the biV pa- day* She came borne in the evening,: man ^ has a Sood Position either the powder-box or the rouge
VAnlrA/) cnnnnM 1 1 1 i IlOW, Who is ll Vlllf? fOmfOFtflhlv An/1 pot.
cooked supper and finished her day*s n°W' who is liv.ing comfortably and Pot-
i- -a • iwho can look into a secure future,)
good day's!had better ,et wel1 enou&h alone. ! The connection between Boies Pen-
All the signs of the times point to,rose and "Boys, get the money" is
rade. . _
The parade was a credit to McCur- work at ten o'clock at night. She
tain county and the streets were lined considered this to be a good day's i . f ■
up with several thousand people and work- Has anyone the nerve to say!.. , the signs of the times poi , . . w .
a string of automobiles nearly a mile isn't? : the mad search for men Probably a good deal closer than the
in length followed in behind the* This is the dark side of the farm '18 foing to be transformed into a mere similiarity of sound.
floats. It indeed had all the appear- woman's life and anyone who knows m searc'h for J°bs. j * * *
ance of a city of the first class with the farm hfe will take into consider-tightening of the money mar-1 No wonder the worst opinion of the
a population double the present pop- ation the many compensations that .et' plus a ^radual reflch of produc- Germans is entertained by the French
ulation. McCurtain county is fast de- come with the woman's daily round of tl0n the point of demand. are po- the latter having had long experience
veloping into a large population and work for the comfort of her family. tent slgrns that there are goinK to be of the former and thus coming to
is attracting the attention of people But we hear often the farmer who m0re men than j°'DS in the near *u" know them best-
from many of the older states. Ev- boasts of his fine equipped barns and,tU"' v • * ♦ *
ery section of this county is grow- &ood machinery, while at the same Eastern.company has recently Evidently ^he "Reds" began to
ing, new farms being opened up and time his wife has to carry water 50 tUrne<? loose 35,000 emPIoyes. An- "beat it" just as soon as the French
a good clean class of citizenship is >'ards to the kitchen, washes all the °ther let out 6'000 in a sin^Ie daJ'- generaIs showed the gallant Poles
coming into the county. The-towns famiJy clothing on the washboard Ten y0ung men passed through how to make the best of their excel
~J ... Eastern Oklahoma recently looking 'ei,t fighting qualities.
frv%. titAJ. .'..-i. l • i ^
Beauty is What Beauty Wears
Feminine beauty is certainly height-
ened by wearing becoming jewelry—
not too guady but worn with taste
and judgment. Our bracelets, finger
rings, brooches, earrings, pendente,
necklaces, lavalliers, breastpins,
wrist watches, stick pins, hair pins,
hat pins, etc., for women of taste
and refinement are unexcelled in
this section.
see them.
—L H. ALLEN
perfect and runs 3 hand churn to take care of Eastern 0kla
the cream from a Wo-a Koowl *or work—just any kind of work, an i
the last we heard of them, they
are all growing and are
harmony with each other. the cream from a large heard of
Our county fair is a big asset for cows- She is doing her part of her
this county and has been the direct bargain without a murmur, but at the
cause of many people locating among sanic time smooth cheeks are becom-
us- ing wrinkled and erect shoulders bent
~ Abraham Lincoln said he owed all he
The colored boys and girls canning was tp his mother and some
club received con
at the county fair. Many nice com- had to work in the fields and cook ov
plimentary remarks were heard to er a fireplace. Billy Sunday says:
we heard of them, they Several women of eighty-odd have
hadn't found it. been reported as actively preparing
To get back to our original warn- to v°te, but New York's one suffrage
ing—if you have a good position, bet- registrant of 106 will doubtless re
ter hold it.—Hugo Daily News. main the limit.
There is good sound logic in the
above advice and to show the cor- 11 is announced that the increase in
. - - was lv ms moiner, and some one . . —j
received considerable comment comes up with the argument that she a 6 adviCe and to show the cor- 11 is announced that the increase in
' county fair. Many nice com- had to work in the fields and cook ov- rectness of tl"s statement, look over the importation of raisins this year
Jtary remarks were heard to er a fireplace. Billy Sunday says- the "Want ad" columns of the daily ,amount to 1400 per cent. Doubt
come from the sight seers. Their ag-; "They forget that she worked herself newsPaPers and you will find these Iess no other import is so largely con
ricultural exhibits were fine and they to death and died before she reached 8fls haVe increased 50 per cent in the cerned in home manufacture.
Certain propagandists are saying
that all our military enthusiasm is
anser p°ne fnd. even intim ting that we re-
-- "vaiuii, icAas, in writing a letter jfret Joinin£ in the war on Germany,
'Country mothers are the real pow- on business to the Gazette added the i let them wait till Marshal Foch
I nt + ,« v> —-•— • • • - comes and they'll see something.
• oS- mac sne worKed herself ,
ricultural exhibits were fine and they to death and died before she reached f'is
certainly deserve much credit for middle age." 'ast s'x months and growing bigger
their efforts to make the display at-1 Women do their work for love of C8?h day'
tractive. The exhibits were in charge some one else and perhaps here is the
tJSTZJZt'01 thi5 ?'• Mc; s°'°tion " w- Urned A let,,r "°m • i>r ",inCTt
Curtain county has some of as good puts it: at Roxton, Texas, in writing
state 6rS 8S WC haVe ,n the "Conntry mothers are the real pow- on business to the Gazette auucu «.
__________ er3 the land. Eveiy time you see following paragraph which reads -as
w, t— a really great man, if you look hard follows: "By the way, Mr. Old, I* '
,8 ™akf" 3 woman 78"1 t0 JUg" e y°u'n find- somewhere, a mo- guess you know that your paper js German-V is on probation and Aus-
nhnnf Ure around the bouse | dest, tender, loving little country an interesting one. It is not only in- tna has aPPlied for admission to the
wWp 9 an^ ^Ut ^PICCe I woman 25 the mother away back, hid- teresting, but I believe your editor- Leapue of Nations. This leaves the
hirtenW to Z, I 77 dls;1 in^ modesty."—The Extension Co- iah are doing good." We have been ^mted States, Turkey, Mexico and
so toted on theTff "nd|0pm">r- ' l(l s ""Ch and it has been demon- S<""et Russi> ^e only nation, of any
try go , bed cn the chiffoneer. strated to 03 b, the people .ubScrib. conse''™n« ""I
We never could see whv a hanlc TVio p« i r i 80 ^'beral, that we have come to'
Red Cross deserves much the conclusion it is true. The Gazette Evidently the expense of election
would send an editor statement of -i "1 "T""" mucn cne conclusion it is true. The Gazette - -
his account when a notice to renew.f„g a "Kiddie^TfTr^e^hS*'" **** v ^ P6°P,e th8n an>' pa- CamP81Rning haS m°re than rifien in
his note would d0 just as well and'where f" " f ^ °J adj°ining C°Un"
make the editor feel better. !out being molested. ^ anl°Ur. sub^nption list grows
We Are Offering for Sale Some
REAL BARGAINS!
FARM LANDS
in 60 acrCS' leV€l uP,and> miles from Idabel, on Highway all
aifbarn sll Sandy l0a'"' 3 room ho"9e-
i7n ' Chard' e°0d fence" Price only $3500.00.
160 acres 7% miles from Idabel, 2^ miles from Garvin u
baLnceTed 3 i H\gh™y' 60 acres fine black bottom land,
balance red loam upland, 135 acres in cultivation, 3 good houses
good ban*, 3 wells and 1 spring, an ideal farm an'cTprlce is S
4 room hoCr!! f miI.es ,rom Garvin,. 25 acres in cultivation, good
4 room house, fair bams, 120 acres level chocolate loam upland
afres creek vaIley black land, 25 acres rocky but good pasture'
eMUy'eleMed^ThlsT la"d ?°h in ™,tiv"tion « '! and
easily cleared. This is a real bargain at $3500.00
CITY POPERTY
no fSpe!ndld 5 room bungalow, 2 lots, stable and garage in best
part of town, a snap for $2650.00.
Modern 5 room bungalow, 2 lots, east front, nice shade'in
best residence part of town. Price only $3000.00 '
n,Te.7.n?seee'r °" '°w" p'0p"ty- " —
Perkins, & O'Neal
PHm&1 ESTATE AND LOANS
93 • idabel, oklahoma
Thank you, Mr. Banker.
costs, the "education of sentiment"
requiring greater effort than ordi-
nary manufacture.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Weak Links in a Strong Chain.
yearfa^dtaow'Sto^^V* td fob'emS for sixtee"
Of wear and tear. They ^ow tkat w uade to1endure a maximum
the use of special formulas for differ^t p^ andThafw ," r °?ly by
wear from thirty-five to one hundred
Iter rars aan7tS« etC Trtn,ents of «enuine For<f Parts for both passen-
W. A.
Idabel, Oklahoma
loftin
Phone 199
Insist on Genuine Ford Parts
go ahead at once with the campaign cent per annum. So much of the
c.Z,! cL'L..«rh!vem^n ',h«!|b°The m" "
i What d0 you think Texas ought to j«etod a"d some time within the next,the erection" "he newTmpTe Zd
do about the negro who has just been jten days. some of the committee will j they feel that it will be no trouhlp
pardoned after serving eight years of ™* every Mason in the city for the all in securing the necesLrTamLt
a life sentence for a crime of which PurPose of interesting him in the pro- It is the intention of the'«! '! ♦
i he has been proven innocent?''-, ^t. It is the present pl^n to sell 'raise^^$75,m ^"'ttee to
Houston Post. That "forty acres and j bu,ldin<? bonds, which are to be sold | The building is to be erectPH „n h«
a mule which his grandfather failed '®n,y to Masons, and which are to lot recently purchased on N. third
; to receive from the Federal govern-1 ^ear interest at the rate of five per Avenue.
ment might help to console him. i
; though not to be
; quate reparation.
regarded as ade-jo1
I New York cops object that they
are burlesqued in the movies,'but
they have always been treated light-
,ly on the speaking stage, experience
having shown that a policeman can
not appear in a serious scene without
danger of provoking the gallery to
derision or laughter.
♦ ♦
! American sentiment in favor of the j
freedom of the press is influential |
jeven within prison wells. The Sing !
^ing Bulletin, for example, after a
| brief suspension due to editorial in-
discretion, is to be resumed with a
j minimum of censorship with the bold
-writer who had to be called down
l-still in the editorial chair.
ARRESTED ON GAMBLING
CHARGE.
i Constable Jack Touchstone raided
jthe gambling devices at the fair
! grounds Friday morning, but found
1 only one in operation. The operator,
Jack Anderson, was arrested
j placed under a cash bond of $50.
and
;masons of durant ready to
construct fine large
temple.
SPECIALS!
For the Balance of September |
45 pound Can Lard )8 75
Large Bucket Lard |j g5
Small Bucket Lard 95
Sugar per pound jo
Heliotrope Flour 48-lbs 4Q
8 pound* Rice for jj 00
Honeysuckle Syrup, per Gallon t2.25
THESE PRICES REPRESENT THE MARKET ON
THESE ITEMS, WHY PAY MORE THAN THE
MARKET
Durant, Okla., Sept. 8.—The Ma-
isons of Durant are starting their
| campaign to erect their new three
■ *tory temple. The committee, at a
meeting Sunday afternoon, decided to
F. A. Wooten & Sons
Phone 69 Idabel, Okla. We deliver \
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