Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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CLEVELAND COUNTY
VOL. XXIV
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. APRIL 27, l«lo.
NO. 43
W. S. Bowlan Commits
Suicide At Lexington
FRANKLIN NEWS ITEMS
BY It. A. BBIGHAM.
VV. S. Bowlan, a prominent |
farmer about 50 years of age, liv-
ing east of Lexington, committed
suicide ot his home yesterday at
12:30 o'clock, by taking a quanti-
ty of chloroform.
Before he died he informed his
family of what he had done, but so [
far as we know he gave no reason j
for taking his life.
Mr. Bowlan had lived in the
southern part of the county for
several years, and,was regarded as
a most industrious farmer and a
worthy citizen.
The deceased is survived by a}
wife and several children.
Bessie Clement Wins
Spelling Contest
At the county spelling contest
held in Norman Saturday. Miss
liessie Clement. I ;i year old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Clement
of West Norman, was the cham-
pion speller, making a clean record
having spelled the 100 words cor-
rectly. She wdl represent Cleve-
land county at the state spelling |
contest to be held in Ok lahoma I
City in May.
Miss Onia Dungaii. of Willow j
View, took second place, spelling
i(S out of the 100 words. Miss!
Sydtia Cline, also of Willow View,
scored !)">.
for the hidden treasures. All who Will Care for Students
attended express themselves as
having had a most delightful time.
The writer tilled his regular ap-
Mrs. Fox Passes Away SI.50 Per Year
Arrangements are being made by
the Practical Service committees
W. McNabb is on the pointment at Stella last Sunday, ,,t the ^ W and Y M (' \
Death of Obadiah Wynne
Mr. Obadiah Wynne, aged (it!
years, died at the home of his son, j
Will Wynne, in Oklahoma City, j
Tuesday evening at 10 o'clock, af- |
ter an illness of several months i
with Plights Disease
The funeral services were eon- \
ducted by liev •lolmsou, of Okla-j
homa City, at the IJaptist church i
in Norman this morning at 10
o'clock, with interment in the 1.'
O (t. P. cemetery
The deceased is survived by
five sous and two daughters, only j
one of whom resides here, A. L. i
Wvnne.
h ergu so n-Cai mon VV c d <J i n g
Mr. <\ (i Ferguson, of Okla-
homa City, and Miss Minnie Car-
moil, of near Norman, were happi-
ly united in marriage at the court
house Saturday. Judge B. F.
Wolf officiated.
Mr. Ferguson is a prominent
young business man of Oklahoma
City, while the bride is the beauti-
ful and accomplished daughter of
Mr. and Mrs -I. M Cannon, of \
Monte 4.
They will reside in Oklahoma j
('it v
County Registrars Meet
There was a meeting of the pre-
cinct registrars of the county at
the Court House Saturday after-
noon, where they received their
supplies.
Uepresentative II O Miller, Sec-
retary II I,. Sadler and County
Registrar -I. R. Stogner explained
the new registration law to those
present.
M<id 1 11 u mb Amputated
•I. II Bennett, Sr., of s-l-east,
was taken to Oklahoma City Sat-
urday by his sons, -Ino. and Jess,
where he had his thunib amputated.
I lc cut his thumb on barb wire
some months ago, aud blood poi-
soning was feared. Mr. Bennett
is 77 years of age, and has an ex-
cellent chance for many more
years
Patronize our advertiser.*
Mrs. J
sick list.
Mrs. W. C. Smith visited Nor-
man on Tuesday.
Give the writer your subscrip-
tion to the Enterprise.
J. R. Stogner was here from
Norman on business, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gill were
Norman visitors on Tuesday.
"Bum" Preskitt of Norman was
here last Friday on business (?).
•1. W . McNabb marketed a load
of hogs in Norman one day last
week.
A number of our people attended
a box supper at Adair last Friday
night.
Dan Cable waB in town Monday
doing some trading and hobnob-
ing with friends.
Newt Davis, of near Stella,
passed through Franklin last
Thursday en route to Norman on
business.
A tine shower of rain visited this
section Tuesday. It was fine ou
corn and will assist that crop in
coming up.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy McNabb
have had a very sick baby with
measles, but we are glad to note
that it is much better.
Bro. Barber, the Free Metho-
dist pastor, filled his regular ap-
pointment at the sehool house Sun-
day and Sunday night.
A large number of the young
people of this community attended
the literary society at Pleasant
Hill last Thursday night.
•i. W. Vowell came over Monday
and finished breaking our garden,
which entitles him to a p od vege-
table dinner this summer
Mrs. S. •!. Schultz aud children,
of Norman, spent, several days
here last week visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Gilland other friends.
Mrs. Ada Curry, after an ex-
tended visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. McNabb, returned
last week to her home near Henri-
etta.
Prof. J. W. Sturgis, of the Uni-
versity at Norman, was here Sat-
urday looking after his ranch east
of Franklin. He also owns a num-
ber of farms near Stella.
Wess Barnard replanted corn
again this week as usual. Don't
know what he will do when it gets
too late to plant and replant corn.
Probably he'll go fishiug
Mr. and Mrs. E. E Gill were in
from the Southgale community
Monday trading. They are getting
everything in readiness to attend
church regularly at Franklin from
now on.
Grandma Gill, who has been in
frail health for some time, is slow-
ly improving and her many friends
sincerely trust she will soon com-
pletely recover and be up and
about again.
The ladies of the Methodist
church are arranging for a pie sup-
at the church on Friday night,
May 5, the proceeds from which
will be used in making repairs on
the church and parsonage.
Prof, and Mrs. R. 11. Barb gave
their pupils an Easter egg hunt
Friday afternoon, and all entered
the hunt with peculiar interest and
all report a jolly good time. They
are planning a school picnic at the
close of school.
On Sunday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs .1 W. Vowell gave an Easter
egg hunt to the young people of
this community and about a hun-
dred people were in attendance, in-
cluding a number of older heads.
About twelve dozen eggs were hid-
den and the young people had a
most interesting time searching
and had a large congregation at
for the care of students who will
Interscholastic Meet
and 0. The citi-
both the morning and evening !Uten,j
hours. The late heavy rains dam- jiere ^|uv ^ -
aged farms and crops in that com- zem of No'rmttU Bre ,)ein(,
munity, but the farmers are up and Vttssed to ge(.u„, ,)1;iodatio,.s for
going and will finish planting corn ,^e vj8;fors
this week. During the last two days ol the
The little 5-year old son of Mr. j meet the Y. M. C. A will estab-
and Mrs. Frank McKittriek, of|)i8htwO information bureaus for
Hico, was brought here to the the convenience of the visitors
home of its grandparents, Mr. and One of these will be stationed in
Mrs. J. 8. McKittriek. where an j the gymnasium and the other iu
operation was performed for Km- ; the Administration building. Com
pyemia following pneumonia. Dr. ' mittees from both the Y . \\ . and | Baptist church, to which faith she
R. Kiumett I hacker was the at- ^ . M. i' ,\, will meet all trains 1 was true unto her death SI e was
and cars on Friday and Saturday a member of the Order ol the Ka-t
the high ern Star and the Rehekah lodue ol
Lexington, Oklahoma. In Octo-
As usual the \ t V\ (' A. will ber, 1911, she was united in mar-
serve refreshments in a large tent riagc to Mr. C. V. Fox of Sulphur
near the gymnasium A spe-m) Springs, Oklahoma, and to this un
linner will be served on tin- Satur- ion was born two children, the lit
Mrs, C. V. Fox, recently ol Ok
lahoma, but who has been living in
Crowley for the last two mouths,
died last Friday afternoon about
six o'clock.
Lucy May Fox was bom in l'p-
sher county, Texas, iu November
1888. She lived in north Texas
with her parents until the spring
of 1900, when the family moved to
Oklahoma, in which state she lived
until last December when she came
to Colorado for the benefit of her
health.
At an early age she professed
Christianity and unite,| uiil, ihe
tending physician and lie was a
sisted iu the operation by Dr*. I of the meet, to direct
Russell & Sehaffer ot Oklahoma ! school representatives
City.
At the Methodist church here
next Sunday morning, beginning
promptly at 11 o'clock, the fob
lowing program will be rendered: | day of (be meet. Much of the
Song
Invocation.
Song.
j Religious Education in
j Churches.—Prof. 1!. II Barb.
Song.
The Church, the Servant of the themselves of these meals,
j Community.—.1, W. Vow€iI.
Duet—Miss Pearl Wright
| .Miss Hat'tie Blackburn.
The Pastor as Related to
! Community—,1 W McNabb.
Song.
) Co-operation Among the Church
j es—E. E. Gill.
Quartet.
tie three-months old baby bo;, de
parting from Ibis lite on the I'ltb
day of last December, a week after
the family came to Colorado.
The body of the deceased was
brought to Rocky Ford Friday ev
funeral services were
j food and supplies for this enter
•' prise are being contributed by the
) townspeople and business men of
thi/j Norman. Visitors from out ol
I town, University students and
| townspeople are expected to avail | ening aud
held at the Ustick Funeral I Ionic
'• 1 Should any one fail to be can- j at that place atfour o'clock Natur-
al^! | vassed by the committees on ae- day aftenoon. Serv ices with eon-
j eommodations for the visitors, ducted by the Rev Win ( rawford
the they are asked to telephone a re- of the First Baptist church, and in-
! port of the accomodations availa- ferment was made iu the Valley
j t'le and the price thereol The View Cemetery, along side of I In-
lit 1.1 e luiby whout
such a
Co-operation of Laymen WitL ,' .'-pvseiitntives while here.
lowest possible figure is desired for remains of the
the expenses of the high school had proceeded the mother
Pastor—Mrs. Jannie Bonham.
Solo.
Wise Administration of Finance.
—Mrs. R. II. Barb.
Song.
Benediction.
At the evening hour, the pastor
short time before.
Mrs. Fox leaves besides the lms-
Lieut-Gov. M. E. Trapp, of TuDa, band and little daughter, two sisters,
was a business visitor in Norman Mrs. L. S. Horton, of Alexandria,
Friday
Mrs C. S Bobo returned Ti
will preach on the Price of a day evening from Atlanta, Ga.
j B'rthnghtor Selling the Soul. w|iere she attended a M E church
Special music consisting of qnar-
t tet and solo will be a feature of the meeting. Iler mother, Mrs
service. Everyboby cordially in- R- •' Crow, who has been visiting
vited to all the services. in Texas, accompanied her home
| Louisiana, and Mrs. A. M Myers
j of Lexington, Oklahoma: and live
brothers, J. E. Fox, of Sitlphui
Oklahoma, W. H. and B. F. Fox
of Durant, Oklahoma. 1. 0. Fox of
Norman, Oklahoma, and D M.
! Fox of Swink, Colorado, to mourn
; her departure.—Swink (Colo.)
Advocate.
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Owing to the great advance in
the price of paper and everything
used in the making of a newspaper
it is impossible to is ue a newspa-
per for $1.00 per year without a
financial loss to the publisher, and
we are not financially able to
stand a loss, therefore we will
have to adopt the plan of $1.."i0
per year.
As mtinv of our subscribers'time
expires on July 1st, we are going
to give you until 7 o'clock July
1st in which to renew your sub-
s' ript ion, however we trust I hat all
will not wait until the hist day, as
a few dollars each day between
now and .Inly 1st would be greatly
appreciated.
Il you arc in arrears, now is u
mighty good tune to renew, aud
remember, 't you wish, yon have
the privilege of paying for two,
three lour or live years ahead at
t he old rate of £ I ill).
We trust that no one will object
to the raise iu price, as it is abso-
lutely necessary in order to make
any profit at all, and we know
that you arc willing for us to make
a fair profit,
Cl I VI' I.Wl) Col vn hjNTKItl'KISE
To the Voters and Citizens
Of Cleveland County
Heine a candidate for -lierilf of
I les'e|;ilii I ' oil lit \ oil tie' democratic
ticket I will state a few reasons
why I think 1 am due some consid-
eration at the polls on August 1st-
In the lirst place, I realize that I
am asking lor a very responsible
ollice, a place where a man conies
into contact with almost every
phase of life, iu many eases cool
; and deliberate .judgment is neces-
sary, treating everyone with due
< oii: nidation, giving justice to all
dike.
I also realize il elected sheriff, I
w ill have to subscribe to an oath
of office obligating myself to en-
force all laws, which I will do with-
out fear or favor.
Knowing that taxes are high in
Cleveland it shall be my
aim. if elected, to run the sheriff's
ollice as economical as possible,
with ec< moiuy and efficiency as my
motto.
Last but not least, a word to ray
[ opponents and democrats in gener-
al, knowing my opponents io be
men of high ideals and fair-minded
!l believe that they will make a
I campaign that will be a credit to
j the party, whose principles and
aims should be is high as any iu
the land
Having been a citizen of Cleve-
land county for twenty seven years
and have lived live miles east of
Noble for I hat lengtli of t line, it.
will not be hard to find out what
my standing is.
Please investigate to your entire
satisfaction
Yours truly.
Fkkd Amnios.
Apple Crop Fine
Prof. Otis Wa.de -late nursery
and orchard inspector, was here
from Oklahoma City Monday and
Tuesday, assisting County Agent
i.las Lawrence in spray Mig demon-
stration and orchard work.
Mr. Lawrence informs us that
the apple crop is most promising,
;in fact most of the orchards are
[entirely too full at the present
time. He also states that the
cherry crop will be good, but that
practically all of the early vareties
of peaches have been killed. How-
ever, thert will be a fair crop ot
of the ('ling variety.
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Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1916, newspaper, April 27, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108552/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.