The Guymon Democrat. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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The Guymon Democrat
Vol. XII.
GUYMON, TEXAS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,1918.
NO. 32
.ARLIE ESLINGER BREAKS _ : at Texhoma and who is a friend of i
JAIL AT TEXHOMA Broce's, proceeded to joy ride out to
his girl's house a short distance from!
Escapes in Stolen Ford and is Captur- Texhoma in the Ford. When Mr.1
Ed at Trindad—Other Texhoma
Sensations.—
Borce had terminated his visit and
wanted to return to Guymon he miss-
ed his car and concluding that it had
gone Claytonward in the hands of a
thirsty thief, he gave an alarm but
Everett was soon discovered out by
his girl's house trying to persuade the
balky Ford to return to its owner but
STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC
The border town of Texhoma has
l>een all agog for the last week or
more. Sensation after sensation has
bobbed up and the average citizen
is prepared for almost anything to ^wouldVt" budge.
happen.
On Thursday of last week Arlie Es-
lingsr, a Cimarron county product
-was arrested at Texhoma on a charge
■of cow stealing and placed in jail for Complaints have reached me from i
safe keeping or until he could be time to time of overcrowded trains j
removed to the jail at the county | an(j unsatisfactory conditions prevail-
seat. Thp Texhoma bastile is a con-; jng jn SOme sections of the country in j
crete affair with seemingly safe locks j passenger tmn service. I feel cer-
and bars but Arlie did not find it. tajn that there are grounds for some j
so for with some aid from the complaints, but I am sure the public,
outside the bars gave way to saws on w;n be interested to know that the'
the night he languished there, and, | reasons are tW0f0id:
being featherweight he readily eased First) the great number of troops
himself through the hole made in the now being handled over the various'
window where the bars were cut and railroa,ds between home and the can-|
was soon out in free atmosphere once tonments, between the different can-|
more. He had an inclination to tra- tonements and then to the seaboard,
vel and travel fast, but Dr. Ellard's jg making extraordinary demands up-
Airship not having reached comple- on the passen(?er car an sipping car
tion, this next fastest thing he could equipment of the country. This has
find was a rattling good going Ford,! cause(] a scarcity of day coaches and
belonging to Arthur Neild and Jack. s,eeping cars which it is imp0ssible to
Oecil, the real estate men, and so remedy immediately.
Arlie concluded to fly away in the. Secondly, the increased demands up-
said Ford and he did. Eluding the | on track am' terminal facilities for the
eagle eyes and strong arms of the law ■ transportation of the tremendous
until Tuesay morning when he arived| amounts 0f coal, food supolies, raw!
at Trinidad, Colorado where he was; materials, other things required for!
arrested in possession of the missing m|iitary and naval operations, as well
car. He will be brought here for as for the support of the civil popula !
preliminary examination as soon as tion of the C0UntrVl force the largest,
requisition papers can be secured rassib]e curtailrrent of passenger;
and will be arraigned on the charge trajn Bervicei The of
of grand larceny. We understand troops and war materials are, of j
that he is now under a suspended | couse f,f paramount importance and,
sentence,for car stealing. He is a-( mugt be pivcn at a„ times the rjght
married man, 25 years old, only of v;av
•weighing about 105 pounds. ,. , , ,, ,
. , , , . It was honed that the increase in
A young man who was employed in . ..
• ,, . , . m passenger rates recently made would
one of the banks at Texhoma by the , . , .
D ... ,. ,, have the wholesome effect of reduc-
name of Howard Bellis, dissappeared . ,
, , ... j 1 ir.g unnecessary passenger traffic
-on the 10, dav of this month and soon, . , , .. ' ,
... I hroughout the country. The smaller
after his departure several discrepen- ,, . . , , .
„ , ,. j nurnl er of passengers who travel
You Will be Interested
To Know
Our stock of Dry Goods and Groceries were
never more complete.
Our prices on Dry Goods are far below the
market value.
ft will pay you to buy now for the price
must go up with each new shipment.
We are making an exceedingly low price cn
the Famous Automobile casings and tubes.
5000 miles guaranteed.
J. G. McLARTY.
Central Merchandise.
Guymon, Oklahoma.
ANOTHER VERSION
OF TYRONE BRAWL *
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
AMERICAN BOYS IN FRANCE
cies, it is alleged, were discovered
the greater the number of locomotives
in the bank's business, and whale thei , , . ,
. „ . . . and cars and the larger the amount of
amount of the shortage is not given , , , , . . . ..... .„ ,
' \ J J_, x -I •„ track and terminal facilities will be
to the public it is reported that it will . , . .... ,
. , ' , 1 freed for essential troop and' war mat-
run up in the four figure column.
The bank is not materially crippled by
this operation and continues to do
business as heretofore, and is on a
solid and firm foundation,
The young man who is said to be
only 18 years old, had a sweetheart
erial movements. Engineers, fire-
men and other skilled laborers will al-
so be relased for service on troop and
necessary freight trains.
Among the many patriotic duties
of the American public at this time is
of course, and he visited her and then! the duty to refrain from traveling
went via of Hansford and Amairllo ^necessarily. Every man, woman
in a car, leaving the car at that place! and chl,d who can avoid usin* Passen-
which was the last heard of him. It, *er trains at this time sh°"W d° «>•
is reported that he gave a driver! 1 earnestly hope they will do so. Not
S50.00 to drive him from Hansford i on,y ^ey liberate essential trans-
to Amarillo in a three hour jog, a P°rtation toilities which are neces-
distance of 150 miles. | sary for war P<™es, but they will
On Friday night of last week aj save mol,ey which they can invest in
S75.00 cowboy saddle was stolen ( Liberty Bonds and thereby help them-
from some pnrtv at Texhoma. We ?dves as wel1 as their country; and
have not learned the particulars. j the fewer who travel- the ™ore ample
On Sunday afternoon another the Passenger train service will be.
alarm was turned in which j I mriy add that consitently with the
proved to be a hoax. Len Broce | paramount demands of the war, every
residing two and one-half miles Possible effort is being tnade by the
south of Guvmon was at Tex- Railroad Administration to supply the
homa irt his Ford and had left, largest possible amount of comfort
it parked in the street when Everett! and prompt train service. .
Waye. a young man 19 years of age, If W. G. McAdoo.
who also, lives near Guymon, but wasj Director General of Railroads
Having followed American sign
boards all over France, Dr. Ellis, a
writer in the Boston Transcript, tells
what he has seen. He has talked with
Americans in every branch of the ser-
vice and is writing from the front,
where one has to carry a gas mask and
a metal helmet.
Thp physical fitness of the Ameri-
can soldier is marked. They are al-
ert and strong, in the pink of condit-
ion.
"What giants! How will you ever be
able to ever f^ed them?" was the ex-
clamation of a French woman when
the American soldiers first came to
her town.
The American soldiers are the best
fed people in France. They have
good wheat bread and all they want
of it, and every thing else necessary
to health.
With traditional adaptability, the
American soldiers have Settled down
to the life in France, at the bases on
the march and at the front, as if they
had been used to it always. They are p. i.sTOFFICE RULES
not merely enduring the war, they are
enjoying it. There must be some!
grouches in the army, anything rise
would be contrary to human nature,! A supplement was offered the Dem-
but I have not met any of them. The
amazing cheerfulness and good nature
The following article has been con- f
tributed by a party who, we presume (
does not want hlis name published, or' t
he would have signed the article, but #
as we have stated elsewhere in this .
issue we have no interests in this af-
fair, and therefore give the Miller (
fcide of this disgraceful affair. 1 (
Tyrone, Okla., Aug. 20, 1918.—"The ^
business men of Tyrone allege that the „
statement in the Democrat of last <
week concerning the trouble between (
the Davis Bros, and Mr. Miller of the t
Tyrone Observer, was an insult to the _
lawabiding citizens of that town; they ,
allege that the assault on Mr. Miller ,
was cowardly and unwarranted and ,
that it was beyond a doubt,—a pre-
meditated assault; that in the alterca-
tion Mr. Miller was defending himself
after the manner of a manly man, us-
ing his bare fists and had knocked Bill
Davis down several times and at this
stage of the combat Tom Davis enter
ed the fray and stabbed Mr. Miller
several t:mes, but even againsts such
odds Miller defended himself in good
form until weakened by the four dan-
gerous knife wounds received at the
hands of Tom Davis. It is not neces-
sary to go into lenghty detail in deacri
ing the affair for the words "cowardly
and unprovoked assault" describe the
caU the American regulations "Purit- affair in the °Pionion of eye witnesses!
anical." They are astonished at the1 and the l>"3'"ess men's organization
high standard of p«-r*onal conduct re- i of Tyrone- Th's s me organization al-1
puired both of officers and men. That' so al!egcs and states for a fact that:
the idealism c.f the code is attained j BiU Davis' in particular, has been a
to a great extent is -M en in the ruddy menace to the peace and dignity of the
faces of the boys, t' eii high good hum! community by reason of his frequent
or and the zest with \ hich they undr-
take work and play.
In health, intelligence, character,
these American soldiers are as fine
a body of itaen as the world has ever
seen.
PROTRACTED MEETING AT
THE BAPTI8T CHURCH
On Sunday Oct. the 13. we cxpect
to begin a series of meetings. Rev.
Dan Curb of Woodward Okla. one of
our State Evangelists is to do the
preaching. He will have with him an
evangelistic singer. We ask the co-
operation of all Christians, and the
attendence of all.
J. H. Agee, Pastor.
REGARDING SUPPLEMENTS
School Begins September
2nd. Are You Ready?
Get ready for the n|ew term by letting us furnish all the
supplies that will be needed. We carry a full assortment of
everything used in the schools. Then in the matter of supplies
we afford you a direct saving on nearly every item—either
through better quality or lower price.
Here are a few things that might be needed:
Tablets, Pencils, Pens, Pen Holders, Inks, Erasers
Rulers, Crayons, Writing Paper, Composition
; Books, Slates, Sponges, Paste, Musilage,
Book Straps, Etc.
You will avoid a great deal of inconvenience by buying this
week. Next week the store will be crowded and there will be
more or less confusion. Our assortment, however, will be com-
plete no matter whon you come.
W. L. WANSER,
"The Rexail Druggist"
"THE STORE THAT HAS IT FIRST"
Buy W. S. S. At Our Store
ocrat this week to be inserted in this
issue but under the regulations it
of the" troops" "is' a'ma'rveir' They "un-, is aSainst the law to use supplements
c'.erstand their job, and have buckled, to newspapers except under certain
down to it, confident of themselves, of regulations. The following section
their allies, of their home folk, and of. taken from Pa^ 43 °{ U. -S. Postal
victory in the war. They know that laws and regulations might be much
war is not one splendid dash at the foe
but an immenst enterprise—the larg-
interest to those concerned as well as
some newspapers that have been dis-
obeyng this rule.
"Publishers of matter of the second
class may without subjecting it to ex-
tra postage, fold within their regular
issues a supplement j but in all cases
the added matter must be germane to
the publication to which it supple-
and regimental officers "are instnTcted ments- that is to say, matter sup-
to watch ovtr the mental and moral ^lied to comP1,ote that to which is
as well as the physical wellfaer of the added °r supplemented but omitted
boys. The stories about the preva- to the rcgular issue fbr ^vant of'
lance of immorhlitv and xlfsease are! *Pace' time or *reater convenience,
false. The soldiers are in better con-! Which %suPPlements must in every
dition physically and morally than the case be issucd with th* PU^ation.
same number of men at home.
est and most important that the
American government ever embarked
upon. In that Knowledge, they cheer-
fully do work at the base, or fight
like veterans at the front.
General Pershing's care of his men
is detailed and peristent. Company
disturbances originated by h'm of
which the above stabbing affray as al-
leged and unprovoked assault was the
culminating feature. The business
mroi of Tyrone, by unanimous action,
of those present at a meeting of the
Commercial Club last Saturday voiced
the above sentiment and expressed
their wi!l:ngness to sever all relations
with tlv Davis Brothers, business soc-
ial or otherwse. This statement repre-
sents the consensus of opionion of the
busines men and lawabiding citizens
of Tyone without gong into extensive
detail".
SOUTHERN REUNION AT
TULSA
The Confederate Veterans, Sons of
Confederate Veterans and the South-
ern Confederated Memorial Associa-
tion will hold their annual reunion this
year at Tulsa, September 24-27. Rail-
wry cuts of one cent a mile each way
from all parts of the country have
been granted by Director General Mc-
Adoo of the Railway Administration.
Tickets will be placed on sale about
September 19, good for return pas-
sage until October 31.
A fund of $100,000 has been pro-
vidled by the people of Tulsa to enter-
tain the reunion. W. Tate Brady is
chairman of the general committee
and Nathan Bedford Forrest is gen-
eral secretary. A mess hall and
sleeping arrangements have been pro-
vided for from fi,000 to 10,000 Confed-
erate veterans, who are to be preferr-
ed gue3ts of the reunion committee.
A new law went into effect '
on the 1st day of July which *
increased the rate of postage '
and placed a tax on advertising '
which has entailed an addition- 1
al expense in the publication '
of this paper. While nearly all
other publications in this coun- 1
try have raised the price of sub-
scription we have not yet done
so. but we are now compelled
to revise our subscription list
and weed out those who are in
arrears any great length of
time—especially those who re-
side outside of the first zone, as
the farther away you live from
this place, the greater the post-
age we must pay to send you
the paper. We are willing to
do our part, but we also want
you to be willing to do your
part if you expect the home
news. Look at the date on the
label following your name and
you can see how you stand.
Some of you are more than
three years in arrears and you
well known we cannot stand
this nor is the Government go-
ing to stand for it either.
Uncle Sam is directing that
print paper be conserved as
well as food and he is to soon
promulgate an order that we
will have to make a sworn
statement each month, begin-
ning on September 1st showing
the amount of paper consumed
each month. All free copies
aH mnecessary exchanges are
e'imin?ted, and the discontinu-
pr^e cf subscriptions that are
not renewed and paid in ad-
vance at the time the subscrip-
tions expire are also ordered.
So you now understand that
yoi) must help us to help you.
We've been good to many of
you a long time, so now help
us to obey the wishes of Uncle
Sam and at the same time aid
us in keeping our paper up to
the high standard that it has
always maintained. Every sub-
scriber helps the Government
that much.
Remember
to pay up your arrears and also
remit for the paper in advance
if you expect the paper to con-
tinue to come to your address.
U. J. Warren has returned from an
extended visit at Hutchinson.
SEARS AND ROEBUCK
ADVERTISE
Sears and Roebuck must have se-
cured a copy of the Guymon Demo-
crat of rrcent date and found that the
merchants of this place were a little
slow about advertising, and so conclu-
ded to do a little themselves
! for last Sunday a whole truck
{ load of their catalogues came in
the ma:l addressed to the farmers
and other prospective buyers and
it will be only a short time until the
money order window at the post
office will be overtaxed, sending Texas ,
county dollars to Chicago for goods
that thev could buv at home much
cheaper, if the merchants would only
advertise and let the pooDle know that
they have what they w nt.
General Pershing's motherly solici-
tude for his men recalls an incident of
the Civil war. From a small New
England village a company went forth
commanded by a fellow-townsman.
The boys in the company had grown
up under the eyes of the captain, and
he felt a fatherly interest in their wel-
fare. Every man he knew intimate:y.
In the camp where thi?y were sent for
training they were drilled by a West
Point officer. This officer was pro-1
fane, very profane. The captain]
from purtain New England was angry
and disgusted, after the drill was
over he sought out the officer and told
him that the mothers of most of the
boys in his company had personally
asked him to look after them; that he
had promised to do so, and further
more that there was a fine for officers
swearing in the army, and if the offi-
cer continued his profanity on the
morrow he (the captain) would
march his men away while the offcer
was drilling them. The officer was
furiously angry but there were no
more oaths.
General Pershing's men are ercelv-
ing this kind of personal consider-
ation. French and British officers
case be
It will be ascertained from this
that printed matter furnished else-!
where than at the office of publica-
tion, to be used as supplements to;
various newspapers for this purpose
sha'l not be accepted as supplements.
Circulars, handbills, show bills,
posters and other special advertise-
ments shnll not be accepted as sup-
plements.
Advertising sheets consisting en-
tirely of advertising, or of a com-
bination of literary or pictorial mat-
ter shall not be accepted.
DOG GETS COYOTE BAIT
A. B. Shftw who resides in the Plain-
view neighborhood missed one of his
nice fat turkeys and upon investiga-
tion found the carcass partly devoured
by the Coyotes lying in a pasturrfnat
far away*from the poultry yard; so he
procured some strychnyne and imbed-
ded it in several places ofthe remain-
ing carcass of the turkey, thinking
of course that Mr. Coyote would re-
turn soon for another feast, but later
in the dav to his astonishment he dis-
covered that his valuable dog had beat
the coyote to the bait and now hp is
minus both a turkey and a dog.
THERE IS HEALTH IN
Orgatone' Treatment.
We have accepted the agency for Orgatone
Treatment for Guymon. In Orgatone we think
we have the best treatment for all stomach,
Bowel and Liver troubles that is made.
Come in and let us show you the treatv
ment and explain it to you.
F. D. Hood Drug Company.
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Baxter, C. S. & Murr, D. J. The Guymon Democrat. (Guymon, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1918, newspaper, August 22, 1918; Guymon, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metapth351941/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.