The Indian Journal from Eufaula, Oklahoma • Page 1

Baccalaureate Sermon By Dr. Paul Kern, at High School Sunday. Graduating Exercises Tuesday Evening May 10. Concluding one of' the best school terras Enfaula eyer had, the schools of "the city close this -week, with a baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning at the high auditorium by Dr; Paul Kern of the Southern-Methodist University. exercises and the presentation of diplomas will 1 )0 at the high school Tuesday evening, May 19th.

Those in the graduating class and who will be awarded diplomas are Misses Dossie Ammons, Hopkins, Gladys High, Emma Hitchcock, Tishie Montgomery, Clara Patter son, Catherine Pyle, Melva -Primrose, Sne Ann Saltsman, Stevella Yarbrough; Messers John Buford Gloster Cathey, Grayson Fount'Irvin, Tom Marr, Louis McLane, William Montgomery, Morrison, Alfred' Tolleson, (Juentin Thompson, Clifton Dement. Postgraduates are Misses Goad and Kittye Mcintosh. program Sunday morning, promptly at 11 o'clock, be as follows: Processional; Miss pi- Miss Mills, violin. Invocation; Rev. Luther "Waggoner of the M.

E. church. Quartette; Misses Worthington and Glazner and Messers Glazner and Drew. Announcement; R. J.

Mullins. Song; Come Thou Almighty King; congregation. Sermon; Dr. Paul Kern, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Song; Onward Christian Soldiers-congregation, Benediction; Rev.

Forrest V. iMcFatridge of the local Baptist phurch. "The program Tuesday evening p. Processional; Miss Priddy piano Miss Mills, violin. 4 Invocation; Rev.

Forrest V. McFatridge of the Baptist church Miss Emma Hitch cock. Class Prophecy; Miss Ammons. Valedictorian; Miss Montgomery. Violin Solo; Miss Address; Hon, M.

A. superintendent of public instruction. Selection; Girls' Glee Club. Presentation of Diplomas and Honor Benediction; Rev. Luther Wag goner.

Mrs. Bertha Bellamy and Miss Grace Robbing of' Tulsa were the guests Monday of Mr. Mel Met calfe, Miss Alice Metcalfe and Mr. Tom Metcalfe. MAN'S NECK BROKEN AS CAR OVERTURNS ON DIFFICULT CURVE Jim Voil, Former Stidham Man, Killed instantly Saturday.

Senior Class Will present Green Work of Grade School Students Stocking At High School Friday On Exhibition at High School Evening) May 15 The senior class of the Eufaula high school will present "Green a very interesting drama in three acts at the audi Junior Class President of 0. U. Melville E. Metcalfe won the presidency of the junior class for Wednesday Wednesday May 20, ji xt year at Oklahoma Uniyer from 1 to 6 p. an exhibition ity.

There were six'candidates of the Work of the grade schools jf or the place as it is' considered of the citv will be shown at the an honor to win it. It is said that drama in act at the audi-, Patrons 'and lyoung Metcalfe made a splendid torium Fnday evening, May 15. are urged CiU11 ign speec on Monday, the The ay --gotten up underthe 1 before the election. His fra- drrection of Miss Kathleen Red- 1 nl Kappa Phi is quite Babe Ruth, as he is today in a New York too sick to play with the Yanks, tosses and frets because he cannot help his team break its toeing stmak. burn and a real treat is said to be in store for those who attend.

In other cctomns of Journal we are publishing the program in full. Dossy Eufaula Raises $200.00 for ground'Association in 15 Minutes It took the citizens of Eufaula jjust 15 minutes to raise' $200.00 for the Eastern Oklahoma Playground Association, when it Avas properly, brought before the members of the Lions club at their luncheon here Thursday noon. Every member of the club responded with a liberal donation and with the assistance of a few outsiders the amount assessed against the southern end of Mc-, Intosh county, raised right now. Head of Masonic Lodge to Visit Eve, May 28 Gilbert W. Bristow, most worshipful grand master, head of the Masonic lodge in Oklahoma, and Wm.

M. Anderson, grand secretary of Oklahoma, will visit Eufaula lodge No. 1, Thursday eve- i ning, May 28th. They promise a message of much interest to all Masons. A large number of Masons from over the county as well as adjoining counties, are expect proud of him.

Fred Sargent Buys Confectionery Store. Fred Sargent of Muskogee, has purchased the Rogillio confectionery store in the Sorbe building from Mrs. R. J. Mullins.

Mr. Sargent is remodeling the building on the inside, putting in a new soda fountain and other- Junior-Senior Banquet. The annual junior-senior banquet was given in the Home Economics rooms of the high school building Wednesday evening. There were sixty-five guests present to partake of the pleasures, and' all report one of the season's most pleasant oeca-- sions. The following program was observed: J.

Mul- -lins. i .,11. Orchestra. The Ann Salts- main. Our Metcalfe.

In Nelson: IL S. Orchestra. Our Alma Marr. Piano Hurt. H.

S. Thompson. as aujimiujg improving the place, and ed to be present. All local Masons when completed, will have one of are urged to.attend the meeting the nicest and most modern stores of the kind in this section of the state. The name of the place is to be changed to "The Green Frog" confectionery.

Tishie Nash, The Eufaula Mercantile Company Under New Management. The Eufaula Mercantile Com pany has been taken over by Varney's. This firm is operating a chain of department stores in Oklahoma. Mr. West, who is one of the firm, will be in charge.

Their buyer has left for the east where they maintain a buying office, to buy -a complete line of ladies ready-to-wear, dry goods, shoes'and men's clothing for the store here, which will bo arriving in the next ten days. The store is now being remodeled inside to take care of their additional stock. Big Rain Here Sunday Makes Mcintosh County Crops Look Very Promising A slow, ground-soaking rain fell over Eufaula and Mcintosh county here Sunday night that gave the farmers of this tion of the state a splendid season. Outside of the oat crop, which lias been damaged some by chinch bugs, the prospects for a- bumper crop for this time of the year were never brighter. Alfalfa received the first cutting last "week and is turning out exceedingly well.

Corn has been plowed over; some of it as many as two times; Cotton is up to a good stand and is being plowed this week. Most of the fajrmera of this section expect to begin chopping, the first of next week. All other crops in this county, including meadows, are doing splendidly. MARRIAGE LICENSE D. M.

'Herron, 48, Webbers Falls; Alma Herron, 38, Webber Falls. Jim L. Voil, 35, garage owner at was instantly killed o'clock Saturday afternoon when his automobile turned, over on a sharp curve on the Jefferson-highway near Voil was speeding from Eufaula to Checotah to spend the night before returning to Cromwell Sunday. Witnesses estimated his car to be making 45 miles an hour as it rounded the first curve of the S- curve in the highway. One wheel slipped off the road, and the driver's efforts to steer back into the road caused the car to turn turtle four times.

Machine Catches Fire Voil's neck was broken, and when witnesses rushed to the car, which had, caught he. was dead. The-car burned for an hour. The body was taken to Checotah, and there was identified as that of Voil, well-known former Stidham man. Voil leaves a wife and four children, residing in Cromwell.

When Voil's partner's wife phoned the to Mrs. Voil, she was almost prostrated, but said she would go to Checotah at once. The body was sent to Stidham, for burial Sunday morning. Mr. Voil has some children buried there, and his wife said he told hex to bury him there.

Voil has been in the garage business for several years, and for some time worked, in Muskogee as a mechanic, it is said. He and his partner established the Cromwell garage at the start of the oil boom there. If Results are Carefully Checked Up Shopping in the Large Cities Must Carry a Tremendous Overhead. Another Newspaper for Eufaula. II.

M.j and J. G. Butler, father and son, of Grove. Oklahoma, are here with a newspaper plant and will begin the publication of a paper here some, time next week, or just as soon as they can get their plant installed. It is said they will start their publication with a daily.

H. M. Butler has published newspapers in Quinton, Grove, Pryor and we understand other towns in the state. His son, J. is said to have edited a number of newspapers Oklahoma.

The new paper is located in the Tom Connors building on Main street. BE HONEST ABOUT IT Don't Ignore Plain Facts About Costs You Must Pay in Taking Shopping Trips to Our Rig Facts and Figures for Consideration. How much does 2 and 2 make? Figuring the advantages of buying from Eufaula merchants is as simple as that. It is a question of elementary arithmetic. When an out-of-town merchant begins talking "quantity buying" and "quantity selling," he is trying to confuse you with high-sounding- terras so as to make yon lose sight of the fundamental issue.

All you have to do in that case is to get out pencil and paper to bring him down to brass tacks. Figures are bound to tell the truth. What do they show us? Big Town is 100 miles from Eufaula on the main line of the railroad. Other things being equal, the largest store in Big Town- can save its customers more money than the smallest store, and on the grounds urged by our Big Town merchant ''quantity (Continued on back page of Paper.).