Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Cleveland Coun 'r Enterprise
'Successor to The Peoples Voice"
VOLUME 19
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MARCH 23, 1911.
NUMBER 38
MANY POPULAR CANDIDATES |
It IsNot Too Late To Be Nominated
And Win. Candidates Who Begin
Early Have A Larger Field To
Work In.
Some of the candidates who are not
working very hard would be surprised
if they knew of the large number of
coupons and ballots that som- of their
friends are sending tj this office.
When the votes are published they
will be astonished at their high stand-
ing and will regret not starting in
earnest at the beginning.
Many ballots and coupons are going
to waste every week that you can
have for the nsking, andcommencing
now you will have the promise of them
before your rivals.
Even though you have a piano is no
reason why you 6bould not compete
for this one as we are confident that
any lady in this vicinity could use
just such an instrument as we are
offering and be proud of it. and at the
same time he declared the most pop-
ular and ambitious lady in the entire
community.
It is not to late to be nominated as
you have a chance equal to th^ rest,
besides we have some exceptionally
good propositions to offer the candi-
dates later, and you will have the
opportunity to get in on them.
We wish to know in the start who
the ambitious candidates are and for
this reason we are goinp- to triple the
the votes on every merchant's coupon
and ballot—subscription coupons not
included in this offer—voted on be-
fore APRIL 1ST 1911, and to the fou-
eandidates having the largest num-
ber of votes from these
ballots, we will give in
following prizes.
1st Prize Official
20,000 Votes.
2nd Prize Official Ballot worth
15,000 Votes.
3rd Prize Official Ballot worth
10,000 Votes
4th Prize Official Ballot worth
5,000 Votes.
Here is your chance not only to
triple your vote, lx.t receive 20 000
extra votes. Coupons and ballots al-
ready voted will count in this offer.
SHALL YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE
OP IT? This offer will positively not
appear again.
Do not fail to read the standing of
the candidates two weeks hence. It
will show the results of good earnest
work of some of the candidates who
took advantage of .the special offer
to increase their chances of not only
winning the special prize, but also
the grand prize, as every vote counts
one more towards winning of the
piano.
coupons and j
addition the
Ballot worth i
Official ballots are given by this
paper for special work.
NORMAN
Mrs. C. R. Lawrence.
Maysel Bell
Baptist Church
Mrs. H. P. Myers
Etta Garber
Magerie Eskew
Madge Mays
Myrtle Britt
Ethel Riggle
Merta Manire
Anna Kahoe
Mattie Wise
Alie Lassiter
Goldie Dollarliide
Tine Webster
Mary Nolan
Myrtle Montgomery
Myrtle Levy
Katrine Abies
LEXINCI ON
Nettie Stevens
Edith Hunt
Dora Brown
Alma Massey
Mary Taylor
ElsieWynna
Elsie Kemp
Louis Perkins
Reuby Griffin
Mary Bowling
Moore
Nina Farris
Mable Boston
Mamy Smith
Barney Maaldin
Florence Larkin
Exsie Womack
Winnie Bishop
Lillian Foster
Clara Black
i Anna Hummel
Anna Harris
NOBLE
Lela Rogers
Bessie Wantland
Minnie Scott
Ethel Fessenbeck
Lillian Jackson
i Mizzie Mefford
FRANKLIN
M. E. South Sunday Sohool
STELLA
Miss Emery
NEWALLA
Winnie Way
Rosa Thompson
Myrtle Barton
j Jewell Edwards
Wanette
Lula Menasco
The Home Circle Column
Pleasant Evening Reveries---A Column
Dedicated to Tired Mothers as They
Join the Home Circle at Evening Tide.
Crude Thoughts from the Editorial Pen
Our prisons are rapidly being filled
by those who make the mistake of
beginning life at the top of the lad-
der.
What a happy world this world
would be if the innocency of child-
hood's tender years couid be carried
thru age. So while we are training
them in the way they should walk,
let us watch our own footsteps, and
not cut off their harmless mirth to
suit our tastes that have grown som-
bre with age and care.
Be as careful to keep the weeds out
of the minds of your children as you
are to keep them out of your garden.
But rememb;r something will grow
there. If you don't plant them with
easily, my friend. Cheer up; walk on
the sunny side of the street; live
where you can catch the south winds.
Sunshine always warms and cheers,
get more of it and give it out, you
have lived in the frigid zone too long
already. We would like to send a gulf
stream of joy into jour life. Give us
a chance. Read the Home Circle
Department and you will always wear
a smile. It is the best known tonic
for the "blues."
The parlor as a parlor will soon be
a relic of the past. The very name
semis to suggest stiffness and lack of
comfort The new houses will have
the beat room, the one in which the
whole family gathers, a warm, sunny
place, a home room in its truest sense,
good grain, the tares will take root I "he next generation will not waste
in spite of you. Keep a library of j spaco on parlors. Perhaps a little
good clean boons, and by all means ! library, for privacy, will also be in-
keepyour dome paper before them, dispensable to many. This cherry
room of the future will hold the piano
What are those whom we meet in
society to us as compared to our own
| home circle? Why do we taue pains
to be polite and agreeable to them
and neglect thos^s who have the
strongest claim upon us? It all conies
about bee mse we have got into the
wrong way of thinking. We have put
HERE ARE THE BOOSTERS
Votes on Subscription
Remember we have a lot of sub-
scription money standing out and will
give votes tor all money you can col-
lect. You can secure a ri ceipt book j
at this office • that will give you the The following merchants are
privilege of'taking and receipting for j . .. ,, • „ , , ,
,, h _ , . boosting the piano contest and
all money you collect and now is ° 1
the time to lineup your friends and are always pleased to give COU-
relatives. Watch for the big Induce- j pons or votes with your pur-
ulent that we have to offer next week ! chase.
on subscription money,
prlae you.
I- will sur- F< j, McGINLEY
Candidates' Ballots
Every candidate is entitled to a
candidate's ballot worth 250 votes.
We have in our possession a ballot
for each candidate who can vote the
ballot for another candidate provid-
ing she calls or writes us within the
next two weeksand instructs us what
to do with the ballot. As soon as you
vote the ballot for another
candidate your name is omitted from
the list of popular candidates. The
candidates who find it impossible to
devot their lime to try and win a
prize should not neglect to vote their
ballot forsome other candidate. Only
candidates whose names appear in
this week's paper can vote and do
candidate can vote or -ign more than
one ballot.
the general books, the pictures, work
baskets and everything tbat serves
loyal hearts. Speed the day.
It isclaimed that all of the presi-
dents of the United States had good
mothers. It is said that John Q.Adams
until the day of his death said the
the borne in the background, when it j prayer his mother had taught him.
should occupy the foremost place in \ Lincoln said, "All that I am I owe to
our thoughts. , mv mother.'' Girfield kissed the
' winkled face of his mother on the
To make a boy into a pure man, a ('a? °' bis inauguration and said,
mother must do more than pray. She 'Yo'i brought me to this. ' Grover
must live with him in the sense of Cleveland said, "Worldly honors or
comrade and closest iriend. She ^ wo> dly perplexities will never cause
must stand by him in time of tempta- me forget the lessons my mother
tion as the pilot siicks to tae wheel : taught me. As the shadows length-
when rapids are around. She must en t-he memory of a mother's love be-
STATE UNIVERSITY ITEMS
Church of Youngstown, Ohio, itere
also has the University been rno-t
fortunate. Dr. Ryan comes highly j ____
recommended as a forceful and bril- |.;a Fleming of Enid, captain of the
liant speaker. Sooner baseball team and star player
j of last year's aggregation, re-entered
Alfalfa Stands Drouth Well the I niversity last week alter r e-
That alfal'a in Oklahoma can with- j vere attack of typhoid fever.
stand a several months drouth with
very little damage, is shown by the
reports which give the condition on
February 25, 1911, to be 79 4 per cent
as compared with 79.2 per cent on
September 25, 1910 and 80.4 per cent
on the same date a year ago. The
alfalfa acreage planted last fall has
practically all been abandoned on ac-
count of the dry weather, but very
little of the old alfalfa was damaged
by the drouth, except that on hard
soil upland. The report Indicates that
quite a largo alfalfa acreage will be
planted this spring.
Akin Made Good
Hon. Oliver H. Akin, representat-
ive of Cleveland county in the lower
house of the state legislature made
good in every sense of the word dur
ing the term of the legislature.
Mr. Akin was yerv active in se-
curing the appropriation for the law
building for the University, and in
passing other bills in which Norman
is interested. He was a joint author
of the bill makinga"'board of control"
for all the •education institutions,
which was one of the most important
acts of th ■ legislature. Ho also se-
cured bills legalizing ihe funding
bond election for the extension of the
sewer system to the river, two bills
which Norman was espeically inter
ested in.
Mr. Akin certainly proved his
worth as a legislator. He worked early
and late for his constituents, and
certainly made a line showing
never desert him to go off to super-
intend outside duties any more than
the engineer deserts his post and goes
into a baggage car to read up engi-
neering when his train is pounding
across the country at forty miles an
hour.
bstlmatcd Crops In hands Of
Farmers
According to the returns from seven-
ty-three of the seventy-six counties
repoiting, the Oklahoma farmers still
baye on hand 27.7 per cent of the
90,000,000 bushel corn crop: lti.1 per
cent of the 22,000,000 bushel wheat
crop, and 39.5 per cent of the twenty
million dollar oats crop, and 11 1-2
per cent of the 920,000 bale cotton
crop produced last year, which shows
that the farmers ot Oklahoma are
prosperous as this amount is much in
excess uf tbat held by them on the
same date last year.
Whoever takes a child into his
love, may have a very roomy heart
but that child will fill it out. The
children keep us from growing oldland
cold; they cling to our garments with
their little hand and impede our pro-
gress to petrifaction; they win us
back with their pleading ejes, from
cruel care; they neyer encumoer us
at all. A poor old couple with no one
to love them, is a most pitiful picture
but a hovel, with a small face to till
a broken pane here and there, is
robbed of its desolateness.
A taste for music, poetry, pictures,
etc., tends to destroy the attraction
for the vulgar. A home of beauty,of
taste and refinement always tends to
elevate and ennoble the mind; and
cultivate the spirit, of contentment.
Beauty fills the world, as well as
heaven, il we have eves to see it. It
is open to all. The rose is as fragrant,
the lily a* white, and the hyacinth as
delicate y blue, when cultivated by
the poor, as by the jeweled fingers of
the wealthy.
comes Intesified The vision grown
dim with age becomes cljat and pic-
tures of childhood days rise before us
in their perfections. It is well so few
instances are on record where a
mother has failed to impress her
children with the value and purity of
a mother's love.
District Court News
Lee Williamson was sentenced to
the penitentiary at McAlester, last
week, for disposing ot mortgaged
droperty.
On Nuui ay i'n i-. Mclie - Robt.
E. Lee, Henry Weltch and Will Jen-
nings were each given a sentence of
1 year in the. penitentiary, for grand
larceny. They are the parties who
robbed the Moore gin.
A divorce was granted N. I. Allan
from L C. Allan.
Sheriff I. B Sale left yesterday for
McAlester with the six prisoners who
receivad sentence during the term
of court.
The University Concert Company
gave an entertainment at Marshall
last week in the interest of the Uni-
versity Extension t'ourse. A crowded
house is reported by the preformers.
The company has had several recent
calls f rom various parts of the state.
Vernice E. Danner has been select-
ed by the local members of the Pro-
hibition League to represent them,
and through them the University, in
the Oklahoma State Prohibition con-
test which will be participated in by
ail the universities and colleges of
the state, Danner is a fluent speaker
having once represented the Univer-
sity in Intercollegiate debate.
Artie Reeds, the University gradu-
ate who is serving on the Venezuelan
geographical survey, writes from the
wilds of that, far country that his
duUes are ha/.ardons along the swift
mountain streams and in tne treach-
erous bogs He says that the average
native sleeps in the open because ho
is too indlient to build a house.
Reeds was formerly a star athlete at
the University.
Active Candidates Get Busy
As many of the candidat s whose
week's
Fries Gets Long Sentence
i 't'be jury in the Leon Fries murder
j trial returned a verdict Thursday
morning, finding th-i defendant guilty
of muider in the first degree, and
j left bis punisnment for the discrtion
j of the court.
names appear in this week s piper i ju(jge [{. McMillan passed sentence
do not intend to try for a prize, you Friday, givin; Leon Fries 99 years
should as'< them to vote their candi- :(t har(, lal)ur in the penitentiary at
date's ballot for you. Get busy an d I McAlester.
all ji u can and receive the benefit WHB a tiarcj fought case from the
of the spec al tr.p e vote offer. i beginning, anil County Attorney Geo.
;G. Graham deserves much crelit for
Kinds Of Coupons And Ballots | tbe manner in wliich he handled the
Contestants' ballots are dipped prosecution and his argument receiv-
from this paper every week. ed many comments.
Merchants' c ni;>on< are given by I Attorney Twyford used a score of
the meichants. , affidavits to prove that the defend-
Subscription coupons are uiven by jant. was an epileptic and made strong
this paper for
subscriptions.
money collected on j plea to have him coinmiteu to the
i asylum instead of the penitentiary.
It is the mothers who hold the world
in place. They are the balance wheels
of the universe. They hold the scept-
er of power by controling the affect-
ions ol men. "The hand that rocks
the crad.e" has controlcd armies.
Maria Theresa que led the tumult of
a mighty army in Austria by raising
her fair hand, and wea-e to d that all
was hushed to sib nee, as in clear
sweet tones, she spoke, "i'he bravest
battles that ever were fought have
been fought by the mothers of men.''
Help Her Win The Piano
'I'd like to see her win that piano"
That sonnds well, but wBat have you
done to m >ke her believe you are
telling the truth? What can you do?
Here are a few things that will help
her win it and prove .that you mean
what you sav:
1-t. Subscribe for the piper to be
sent to that friend of yours who used
to live here and moved away.
2nd. Every time you buy a dollar's
worth of goods and pay cash for it,
demand a merchants' coupon, then
vote it for your favorite candidate.
3rd. Subscribe for this paper to be
sent to your relatives who live at a
distance that you don't have time to
write to.
4th. Ask your neighbor who does
not take this pap ;r to subscribe for
it and have the votes credited to
your favorite candidate.
5th. Save all your contestant bal-
lots.
ti h Pay your subscription to this
paper a couple of years in advance
and give her enough votes to put her
in the lead.
It you do not do any of these things
don't say, "I'd like to see you win,"
for she will know it is only talk.
UNIVERSITY LECTURE COURSE
Last Number On The University
Lecture Course, Thursday Even-
ing, March 30th, at the Franing.
The final number on this extraor-
dinary successful course will be given
by the company of Native New Zea
landers that have made such a wond-
erful record as entertainers this
season.
Their prsgram consists in present-
ing customs, songs ctc. of their na-
tive land. The entertainment is a
kind of Polynesian, play, picturing
the old, wild life of a savage tribes
of the South Seas, in sharp contrast
to the present day civilization of the
same people, who now boast on the
best government under the sun.
Seats for this number may be i
served at the usual place Tuesday
morning preceeding the date of the
entertainment.
General adminission 50c.
Tennis received a pronounced stim-
ulus at the State University last week
when it became known that John T.
Bailey of Albion, and P. D. Maxwell
of Aidmore, all state champions in
doubles, had offered a handsome
prize to the winners in doubles of a
tournament to be contested in only
by University students here. Asched-
ule will be made out at once and the
preliminary matches will soon be un-
der way.
A University Cress Club has been
ulyani/.ed by a number of under
graduates who are ambitious to enter
the alluring but practically non-re-
munerative profession of journalism,
which prolesBion in its ordinary an-
alysis is taken to mean newspaper re-
porting. J II. Highsaw, Chas B.
Steele, it. A. Howe, U. Webb, V. E.
Danner, Barnes McCain, S. E. Tracy,
Harry .loTly, Chas. II. McCormick R.
A. Tylbert, H. H. Halselland O. De-
Porte are the sailors who are embark-
ing on the inky seas that wash the
shores of the land of Linotype. V.
E. Danner, formerly editor of the
Norman Daily Independent, is presi-
dent of the club.
Chickasha Man Wins
Chickasha, Okla., March 20—H. B.
Johnson Monday won the blue ribbon
and $100 prize in the killing contest
at the Fort Worth livestock show.
Two loads of Johnson steers that were
slaughtered at one of the packing
houses dressed out 07.2 per cent.
Marriage License
The following marriage license
have been issued duringthe past week.
Harry W. Coleman, 24, Moore,Miss
Lillian May White, 20, Moore; T. J.
Daveis, 35, Oklahoma City, Miss Nel-
lie M :Cauila, 21, Oklahoma City.
Little arms encircling the neck will
make the heart light, over which no
diamonds sparkle. All the grand
pictures and splendid works ol art
one can possess will never adorn a
room as do the smiling fares of those
dearest to us. The things that may
be bought are pleasant to have, nor
is wealth to be dispised; but never
pity the poor man who has the wealth
that gold cannot buy, nor the woman
whose jewels are those of which Cor-
nelia was so proud—good and obed-
ient sons.
You get "down in the mouth" too
Speakers Selected for Commence-
ment Week
The selection of speakers for the
commencement week exercises has
just been announced by President A.
Grant Evans. United States Senator
Robert L Owen will deliver the com-
mencement addre^ Senator Owen
is known not only as a leader in pub-
lic affairs out a'so as an orator of
magnetic power and matchless elo-
quence. As one of the leaders of the
Senate his reputation has spread be-
yond the confines of the nation. The
University has been fortunate in se-
curing Senator Owen for the; occasion.
Well known as a laborer for progress
and a friond of edocition, this man of
scholarly attainments will come to
the graduates of the institution with
a message truly inspiring a id ennob-
ling.
This baccalauroat! sermon will be
delivered by Rev. William I). Ryan,
pastor of the Central Christian
Eighth Grade Examination
The Annual Examinations of Ap-
plicants forf'ommon School Diplomas
will be held April 6th and7th at the
following places; Moore, Norman
Noble, Lexington, Stella and Valley
Grove.
All applicants must be examined
in the following branches; Spelling,
Physiology, Composition, Civics, U. S.
History, O i la. History, Grammer,
Arithmetic, Readln", Agriculture,
Geograpn .• and Penmanship
Pupils may take examination in
part of the subjects in April and fin-
ish the remaining subjects the next
examination which will be held May
I8th and 19th.
Pupils failing to make the requir-
Deatli of Rev. Shackelford
Rev. W. ti. Shackelford died at his
home in Norman at 1 a. m. Friday.
He was born at Danville, Montgomery
county, Mo., March 24, 1836. Was
convertedln 1851 and joined the M.E.
eburch South. lu 1872 he was licens-
ed to preach, and was received in-
to the Missouri conference in 1878,
Bishop Doggett presiding. • He was
ordained a deacon by Bishop ICenner
in 1890, and ordained Elder by Bishop
of Cranberry in W82. He served as a
teaveling minister for 23 years in the
Mis-ouri conference. Was superan-
uated in the fall of 1901, and moved
to Norman in October 1901, where he
has since resided, and served as a
local mi'. Uter in tla-M.E. church
I South for tile past 9 j ears.
He was striken with blindness in
i April 1910, and was stricken with
paraly:-i", February 24, 7911. For the
I three weeks prior to his death he
I was blind, speechless and helpless,
ed average, may retain grades ot 85 H(? leaves a wife, daughters and
per cent and above, and complete the nine grandchildren to mourn his loss.
branches upon which they failed in \
the following examination. j special -.ale on domestic at Ruck-
Tile graduation exercise will be j er>s un Friday March 24th. Regular
held in Norman sometime in -June. 1()c balf-blcechcd L. L. domestic for
B. R.
McDonald,
County Supt.
Trade at McGinley's and get cou-
pons with cash purchases.
~lc per yd. Limited 20 yds to a
purchaser. Extra good yard-wide
full bleached domestic that sells every
where for 10c per yard, at Rucker's
only 7ic per yard.
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