The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-10-03
FACTS ABOUT TULSA
AND BIG REUNION
FINANCIAL STRENGTH IS
EQUAL TO ANY UNDER
TAKING
BANK STATISTIC SHOW WEALTH
Ready to Entertain Old Confederates
September 24-27 inclusive
A Solid Week Of
Pleasure.

tulsa, Okla, August-When the
ex-Confederate soldiers. and their al
hed organizations, select q city in
which to hold reunion, IL they have
never met in that city before, desire
tor information concerning the new
meeting place is widespread through
out the southern states The Con-
lederates last year in Washington
city selected Tulsa, Okla, as the place
Tor the reunion of 1918. 1t was the
hrst time an Oklahoma city had been
selected as reunion city, and the
interest already mentioned attaches
70 Tulsa first, to Oklahoma second.
The first and most important con.
slderation among the very large num-
Der OF people interested in reunions,
Is the matter of ability Of a reunion
city to finance the meeting. 1t is we'll
known that, to properly entertain a
Confederate reunion, from $4,000 to
100000 Is necessary. The question,
therefore, in the minds Of the people
OF the south Is, "Can Tulsa furnish
the money!"
No )nfederate reunion city has
more money, population considered
than Tulsa. Few of them have as
much. with no consideration as to the
population. A brief statement OF Tul-
sas financial strength should dispel
any doubt that may have arisen on
this score. In fact. the fund for en-
tertaining the reunion Is already sub
scribed and assured. One hundred
thousand dollars, il necessary. will be
expended to entertain the reunion.
A consolidated bank statement re-
veals the strength of the community
In money. Under the comptrollers
call Tor bank statements OF the date
OF May 10, 1918. the banks OF Tulsa
showed the following wealth:
Total capital and surplus. 81. .OSO, 900
Total undivided profits. s49O.159 23.
Total deposits, $52.33G.215.57.
Total resources, $59,6S2.974O2.
Examine now the table OF bank
clearings. In the month Of June, 1918.
the total clearings, as shown by the
report OF the clearinghouse associa.
ton were $47.0S2. .04517. Taking these
ngures as monthly average for the
year, the total clearings for 1918 will
be 1864, 4,984,540. This statement Is
under. rather than above. the figures
Tor the year. because the clearlngs
are increasing every month. II Is
safe to estimate the total bank clear
tngs for 1918 at six hundred millions.
The clearings in June. 1918, were 60S
per cent above those OF the same
month OF 1917.
While Tulsa is the great money
center OF the southwest, her people
are patriotic also. They are giving
and lending their money to the gov
ernment for war purposes In large
volume. At the close of the campaign
for the third liberty loan, the COM
munity had donated and loaned to war
purposes $1S.607,9OO This statement
includes three or four comparatively
small donations to educational and
charitable institutions, altogether
amounting to less than a million dol
lars. So, Tulsa has contributed more
than $17,O00.0O0 to the various war
loans and straight donation funds.
Her quota OF $4.600.000 in the third
liberty loan. was subscribed in less
than a week.
A community that enjoys the hnan.
'cial strength that these figures in.
dioate. can finance any undertaking
1T may invite. Tulsa invited the
iConfederates to come here with their
1913 reunion. fully unders anding
what II would cost. And Tulsa will
pay the reunion bill.
Tulsa will not only pay the reunion
bill. but she will pay it ungrudgingly.
She will also extend the glad hand
to all reunion visitors. The dates Of
the reunion are Sept. 24-27 inclusive.
The railways have granted a rate of
one cent mile each way. tickets to
60 on sale September IS. good for
returning home as late as October 81.