Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
VOL. XXII
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1913.
NO. 20
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„ , , ■, m, r\ • ™ nf students In Journalism Organize
Celebrated The Opening 01 A press ciut,
The Inter urban Friday
A Very Large Delegutlon From
Oklahoma City Came Down 011
the First Cars. Visitors
Were Shown the City
Trades Farm For Goods
Last week E. O. Whit well of the
About twenty students iu the j Fanners Store closed 11 big deal for
School of Journalism of the I'ni- a wholesale stock of merchandise
versity of Oklahoma arc charter j in Oklahoma City. The proprietor,
members of a new press club, form- of the wholes-tie house had died
ed for the discussion of matters re and the stock was disposed of by
lating to the newspaper and allied j administrator. Mr. Whitwell se-
professions. Meetings will be held cured the shoes, men's clothing
at least once a month and Occasion- ; and men's and women's underwear
ally oftener. Programs are to be and hosiery in the stock. A force
given by the students themselves of the Farmers Store is in Oklalio-
and addresses by prominent news- ma City this week boxing and ship-
paper men of the state are planned. ; ping goods to Norman. 'Hie stock
secured amounted In $!)■>()()
Mr.
Effective publicity for the l'ni-i™.... ■ > nud itiflaminanies i-iuurc n> msis,
versity and for the School of Journ- ! Whitwell tradingbis fine fan,, west beingcleaned up etc i'T" 'l"
onstitnte an important of-Moore in 011 the deal. The trade ju| " '' of engaging 111 dairying are desir
onsuiuie au The average citizen should have
So faras pos- ! was consumated through the agency ous <>t
™ , ,. . " \ impressed upon him his personal
will be enlisted! of Jno. S.Allan of this cty and o dei
Friday afternoon the first cars
on the new Interurban line ran in-
to Norman and a big crowd came
down from the city and joined with
a big crowd of Norman iu celebrat-
ing the opening of the line to
travel. Judge Eagleton, President
of the Cnamber of Commerce of
this city delivered the welcome ad- j al'sra wl"
dress which was followed by many ! activity of the du 1.
cities The'Tin! ve2ri!iiudbw^' the cause of building up thejC. L. Wilson of Oklahoma City.
0„ hand .0 enliven the occasion j school so that it will ultimately
with some very fine music. At thereto occupy a more important
close of the program, the Norman j position in relation to Oklahoma
citizens pressed all of the automo- | journalism.
biles iu the citA into service and Membership in the new club *
gave the visitors a joy ride over the "Ven to both men and women stud
citv and out to the new bridge and i ents, and among the charter mem-
bers are five women, who display
quite as deep an interest as the
I men. One aim of the club is to in-
' terest freshmen and sophomores
who intend to lake up the courses Qak Items
in journalism, but are not yet reg- \|;ss |j(1js a 1 wood rel
feared j lateral iu the school. Saturday from a weeks \ isiI
bv the men engaged in business in 1" tlie preliminary organisation ^.ivw ftt lMeek,.,,
1 resent time this of the club, Leonard M. Logan of
fact has Tahlequah was elected temporary
I president and Miss Grace Williams
Santa °* McAlester was chosen temporary
I secretary, Committees were also
appointed to draft a constitution
and to prepare programs for future
meetings.
Citizens Should He Made to Feci
Kesponslbillty For Surrounding
Property
The greater part of the annual
fire waste in (lie I'nited Slates,
amounting to nearly st^fiO, (MM),()()()
a year, is due to carelessness. Much
I of this is personal for which pro-
perty owners are directly responsi-
! ble, and much is municipal,
through the toleration by the au-
| thorities of dangerously intlam-
I triable construction, laxity in the
j enforcement of building ordinances
! am"
The Government Wants Dairymen
The establishment of creameries
011 several irrigation projects of the
Government during the past two
years has proven so successful that
there is widespread interest in dairy
ing among the settlers. Cnfoiiui,-
ately many of tip* settlers are with-
out the necessary capital to pur-
chase good dairy stock and for the
time being are forced to continue
the uneconomic met hod of selling
all their forage crops. A large
' number of these sett lers are Irving
Up To-Date and Novel
Advertising Methods Adopted by
4in Enterprising House
the regulation of explosives |(( opemt(, m((n> ||m(, t,m)|
allies, failure to insist
across the Canadian.
Saturday morning regular hourly j
service started on the Interurban
line and the travel on the line has
been such as to surprise the eoni-
pauv. The coming of the interur-
ban was at one time gieatly
this city, but at prese
fear is not so acute—i
almost faded away.
The train service on the
Fe for two years has been conven-
iently arranged to get Norman peo-
ple to Oklahoma City and back 011
the same day and it is not likelv
that the interurban service will in-
crease to a much larger extent, Ok- j
lahoma City shopping by Norman
WhitwcH's Farmers Store is sel
ling goods so rapidly that, it must
buy in big quantities, and goods
recently traded for are, for the most,
part in the original boxes as sent
out from New York wholesale hous-
es to wholesale house in Oklahoma
City—not second-hand or shelf-
worn stock, sucli as is picked up
from bankrupt retail stocks.
rned
with
A number of the citizens of this
district arc wasting good time and
money in Norman, waiting to ap-
pear as witness in district court
responsibility for his share of the
|preventable lire waste of the coin, *
try, which is draining the national j
! wealth. I'!very man can at least see
I that paper, old boxes and rubbish
are not allowed to accumulate ill
dangerous places or out ot the way
! corners, and can keep an ey e on bis
I lighting and heating appliances.
If these alone are attended to prop-
erly nearly half the tires could be
! prevented.
In foreign countries the owner of
property is made responsible for
tires originating on his premises
land can be held for damages done
! the property of his neighbors.
American independence may not
yet be ready for such a degree of
regulation, but its necessity could
be avoided if each citizen would
That Norman is fast becoming
metropolitan in the methods of ad-
vertising used by our merchants to
call the buying public's attention
to the many splendid values which
they are offering, also that the
wide-awake linn of Mansnr & Brew-
er are keeping up with and just a
little ahead of the times in an ad-
vertising respect is again practical-
ly demonstrated by what is perhaps
ubdi'iding their farms in 11 it* most elaborate system of adver-
get money for the purchase 1 isinjr- ever at tempted by any bus
of stock. Ibis I, ,'i- placed 011 the j iiiess house in this section, namelv :
'market a considerable area of land | ||lt, giving away of the beautiful
mi several projects where nearly -ill I'pton I'arlor llrand 1'iano which
ot the I lovernineiil land Inn been will soon be on exhibition at their
taken up. '''lie prices and terms store.
0 prices
offered are more 011 the basis of tin
need for money than on actual val-
ue, and offer excellent opporluni
ties for experienced dairymen to t )i i s
establish themselves iu communities a)l\
where the success of their enter-
prise is practically assured There
are numerous sections where good
land suited for dairy farming can
be had at prices ranging to $">o
per acre, with water ready for irri-
gation. On all these projects
the markets for dairy products,
This piano retails at $400.00 each,
guaranteed for ten years The
principal points of superiority of
lebrated I'pton piano over
er of ibis class of instru-
ments lie in the three strings in
unison with overstrung bass, the
spendidly pitched scale and true
sounding board which give the
I'pton that rich, deep, even tone
so much admired.
In a recent interview with Mes-
srs .Mansnr iV ISrewer regarding
beef and pork, are excellent and 111 i> decided innovation in adver-
there is e
tinuance for
indication of a con-
indefinite period.
while the lawyers are chewing the feel his personal responsibility with- jms l(een (|e,.ionstrated repeated
J. C. Walls Quite Sick
J. C. Wails is suffering from
uraetnic poisoning, the result of the j |)vajn
rag over the technicalities of the out waiting for a law to enforce it.
law.
The Red Oak Rural high school
renews its challange to any rural
District Court News
The jury in the case of A. W
school of the counties of Cleveland W allenburg vs. L.
or Pottawatomie for a contest in
brawn. In addition to
n the
and i
West
1 the
form
people. The Norman merchants
have and do, offer as good prices inhalation of gas that came so near the ugua| contests a team of boys
on merchandise as Oklahoma City terminating fatally, a few weeks wj|( ,.olrlpiete in stock and grain
merchants, and home people always; ago. judging with a team a like team
prefer to trade with home merch-; Ever since the accident he has fi,))m ftny aehool) and tlie Kjris „ ili
ants, when they can secure as good; „ot been well, but able to go around ,,0IMpjete in serving and the culin-
goods at as low prices. A few: and seemed to be getting back to (U.V arj
purchases in Oklahoma City no I his former self: but he took some
doubt will be made but after the j cold and Saturday when up town
Stubbeman,
administrator for Mrs. Arp, deceas-
ed, brought in a verdict for the
plaintiff for #29">, Friday morning.
Wallenburg sued for $18000. Mo-
tion is now pending for a new trial.
Rev. L. M. Moorehead vs. -I. A.
Brownell was the title of the next
case. Moorehead brought suit for
ti . „ . , . . , , , $10,000 for damages sustained in
Hie Red Oak high school opened ' , " . ,
wreck on the bridge between
its six
months winter term of
novelty wears off the Norman peo-1 complained of feeling unwell and
pie will be back trading with their ! Saturday night his condition be- j
home merchants. I came alarming and Sunday night
The Interurban will put Norman I ins condition was such as to cause !
on the map of Oklahoma in very J the doctors to di^nbt very much j
much larger and bolder black faced | if he could recover. Monday his
type, and thousands of people com- j improvement and since that time
ing to Oklahoma City, who hereto-1 he has steadily gained but is still
fore have never visited Norman or j a very sick man.
the State University, will take the
Interurban cars and pay this city a The Rev. Irl R. Hick 1914 Almanac
visit, and a visit to Norman arouses The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac
interest and the result will be a hot-; js now ,.eajv and will be mailed Thanksgiving Service
ter advertised city and a greater j pi.epai(1 foronly '15c. Prof. Hicks' The Nol.,mUi ministers have a.
growth m population and higher j flne Magazine, Word and Works, | a u> Uol(] the allliual uuioI1
real estate values. for one year, and a copy of this -rhailksKivinK service on Wednes
^ 1 Almanac for only One Dou.ak .
The most complete and reliable The plain lessons on astronomy,
school last Monday, with Mr. E.
L. Castile, principal and Mrs.
Lura E. Hunter nee McDonald, pri-
mary. She recently becoming
the bride of Mr. L. C. Hunter a
prominent civil engineer and con-
tractor of Oklahoma City. Mrs.
Hunter's decision to teach the
remainder of the school year is
! received with delight by her num-
erous friends in the district .
daily report of development in the and the correct forecasts of storms,
Mid-Continent oil and gas field is j drouths, blizzards and tornadoes,
prepared by W. H. Peek and his j make these publications a neees-
assistants exclusively in the Daily sity in every home in America.
Democrat, Tulsa. Okla. Trial Send to Word hxd Works Com-
subscription three months. $1.00. i-any, 3401 Franklin Avenue, St.
Sample copy on application. 1 Louis, Mo.
Purcell and Lexington in August
1! 12. The jury in the case brought!
in a verdict for $1800 for t he plaint-;
iff.
Tom Akin, who was charged
with stealing a horse at a picnic
last summer and staking it out,
i which starved to death, was found
guilty, and his punishment asses-
1 sed at five years at hard labor in
| the penitentiary at McAlester.
Wednesday, shortly before 110011,
the jury to sit in the second trial
of the Dr. Colby case was secured,
and the taking of evidence com-
menced after dinner. This case
was tried once before resulting in
a "hung jury." This is a case
coming from McClain county on a
change of venue. The trial will
tising they stated: "We have been
enjoying the patronage and confi-
dence of the buyers of this com-
munity for some time now and by
alway s trying to keep our stocks
complete the saying that "You can
get if at Mansnr and Brewer" has
become a household expression.
In giving away this piano we are
actuated by a double purpose, to
show our appreciation of the pat-
seeking homes in tlie 1 coiiage of our trienils during tlie
specially desirious of 1 past, also to encourage new trade
and to bring the many splendid
values we are now showing in all
lines to the attention of every buy-
er in this territory. The plan we
describing them is also | are using in giving away this piano
In view of the very high js equitable and fair to all, simply
ly that dairy farming
is the safest, surest,
long run the most pre
of agriculture to engage in.
The Settlement Agent of the 1 .
S. Reclamation Service at Chicago
is furnishing information concern-
ing location, prices, and terms to
all who are
West, but
interesting practical farmers with
capital. Many of these projects
contain a few Government farms
available for hoinesteading, and
literature
supplied
prices prevailing elsewhere for lands
suitable for dairying, the western
opportunities are regarded as ex-
ceedingly attractive.
Home Bakery
Goods
Our Home Bakery Department Is Proving
Immensely Popular.
Bread, Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts
and Cookies Baked Daily
Special orders Given prompt attention.
We would appreciate a visit from you.
F. J. McGINLEY
sgiving
day evening, Nov. 26, at theM. K.
church, South. Rev. Jno. S. Bridg-
es, pastor of the Baptist church,
will preach the sermon. The ser-
vice is arranged for the eveningIprobably last all of this week.
before Thanksgiving day because ~ ~ "
it is believed that a larger number Franklin FilCtS
of the people will be able to attend (Too late for last week.)
at that time. M. F. Sullivan and wife, of Sny-
The usual offering for the poor der, Snndayed with the people of
will be taken. This offering will this place and Bro. Sullivan preach-!
be placed in the hands of the ed us a tine sermon.
[ Charity Committee which will have Lloyd Pennick, of Oklahoma
charge of its disbursement to those attended church here Sunday,
who may be in need during the ^_ KUthle<lire. of Missouri wi
I coining winter. This committee
consists of the following: L. -I.
Death of Little Girl
The year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. P. A. Maloy, died at
their home in West Norman Thurs-
day afternoon at -5:4.> o clock, after
1111 illness of several weeks.
The funeral services were- con-
ducted by Rev. R. L. Ownbey Fri-
day. Interment in the I. O O.K.
cemetery.
The bereaved parents have the
sympathy of their many friends.
Subscribe for the Enterprise.
this, every person buying one
d 011 a r's worth of anything in
our store will receive a coupon
good for loo votes. The person
having the largest number of.votes
011 May "21, 11)14 will be given the
piano absolutely free of all cost.
No favors will be shown. Our
reputation for "square dealing"
assures our customers of that fact.'
This four hundred dollar I'pton
I'arlor Grand Piano is surely a
present worth having and we pre-
dict a very "merry race"" for votes
during the next few months.
Mansuer and Brewer are surely
to be congratulated upon their
broad-minded methods and "Trade
Hetter" advertising system.
[Edwards, .1. M. (ireshain, Bert
Baggett, C, M Keiger and Mrs. .1.
M. ('orn.
As this is a union service it is
I hoped that a large congregation
j may gather to take part in it
Rev. Kuthledge,
preach at the M K. church tor the
coming year.
There will bean old fashion com-;
fort tacking and pie supper at the
home of K. R. Johnson Saturday
night. Everybody is invited. Lad-
ies are requested to bring one pie ■
each and gentlemen bring your j
pocket books.
Football This Afternoon
Mrs. Abbott Passes Away
Mrs. Phoebe Abbott, aged 7(1
years, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. C. Allen. in M<-
('lain county, Sunday, after an
illness of several months.
She was a resident of Norman,
for several years, and has many
friends in this city. The funeral that you cannot afford
services were held Monday. \our presence is needed.
Oklahoma City vs. Norman on
the Boyd Field this afternoon.
Norman has not been defeated this
year, while Oklahoma City has
played consistent football. It will
be an interesting game, and one
to miss.
Contract With a Reliable
Firm To Paint \ our House
We have engaged the services of the most
experienced firm of painters in the country
and are prepared to figure with you on any
painting job, no matter how large or small.
We carry the A. M. Hughes line of pure
lead and zinc paints. Same are guaran-
teed for three years. We absolutely guar-
antee our work and paints to be high class
and satisfactory in every respect.
Hullum, Taylor,
Hdwe. Co.
Minteer
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Fox, J. O. Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1913, newspaper, November 20, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108426/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.