Lexington Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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J. M. TUGGLE,
The LaadJag
Grocer and Baker
Sells The Best Flour
LEXINGTON LEADED.
(Consolidation of You Alls Dolns, Established 1899: Cjeveland County Leader, Established 1891.)
"Entered June 9, *1. at LoxiuKlon. Oklu. 11s second-class malt.ir. under Aet of Congress <pf Muroh 3, 1879."
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The LEADER
* PRINTING
Always Pleases.
VOLUME 19
FOR FAVORABLE
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1904.
FARM LOANS AND CORRECT ABSTRACTS OF TITLE SEE THE ANDREW KINGKADE COMPANY. NORMAN.
NUMBER 9
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY
\ Valley Grove Items. £
Health is tolerable good.
Miss Margaret Corbett is very ill
with typhoid fever.
The Mexico fevor is raging high
in these parts. .J. B. Farley will
start iu a few days.
Cotton pickiug is about over.
toward everything in life. As if
what the children learned at the for
mal school did not depend on what
they 1 named at home, upon how re-
iceptive their tnindh jjad been made
i without themselves going into their
children's lessons interesting them-
selves and awakeniug and quieken-
ing interest.
No parent can wisely trust auv
ROBBER TOO RAW
OIL MILL FOR LEXINGTON
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Icnpt cloki? at Sioint. I)i11 that did not
^ j save them from the ravagen of the
A Very Interesting Oil Mill, i,oisoners Today .lesse Borthick.! M,HK M«ne Hoix-ruon. .« <i gr mi.
an enthusiastic sportsman, circulated m"t'"'r' Mrs- Pure!!, and little
a paper, and soon obtain* d the sig. |ci,"si"' Wlie Brown, of Norman,
natures of pruinhient and wealthy V'S'',M' Miss Leila Stryckle. Sattir
., . , . , . , , citizens, subscribing amounts from
i tug the. noon hour, todav entered in the office of Uuo. A. Teanue last , , ti,., i
I % * i " ! ODO iloihir t mi- Iitiiiilr.il .1.^1!. %-_ ''I' '
the Platte Vajloy bank, demanded ' evening, F. i\ Monely was elected
jtho bank's cash and on refusal of chairman and Geo A. Teagne secre-
Farm Hand Makes Poor Suc-
cess of the Business
Platte Center, Neb. Nov. 22.
William Hulden. a farm hand, dur
Meeting Held Last Evening
A meeting of those interested i
an oil mill for Lexington was held l
part of the training of the child I
Cashier Barney Schioeder to surreu- , tary of the meeting,
Belew A Sons have ginned about wholly or even principally to nurses I
MX) bales of cotton up to date.
Our school is progressing nicely.
with Prof. Bamsey at the helm. j HAD
Miss Mary Browu visited Miss An- j
oie Anderson, Sunday.
Harvey Brock's pony is hitched at, j
Mr. Stone's almost every Snnday i
evening.
and teachers Evening Post
A MANIA FOR SLASH-
der it, shot th? latter in the breast, (officers were elected:
mllictiiiL'
The following | forth (j l|(
Committee to
be
paul as set
not fatal {effect permanent organization, E.
escape in a j Alttfre, ('. X Curtis, .lay Sherman, | a
liar t > ote
> and footing up .'I,
dollars which will
>\\:
Believing that any person who
■"| will maliciously lininiHt *r poi^m tu j
loj* is unKif and dangerous to I
civil society, and bt'in^ (icsirions |
ING AT GIRLS
Young College Student Cap-
; amounts from
hunilri d dollars. ; 'Rebecca lodge went to Nor-
ut -i\ hundred j111:1" -^'""day afternoon, where they
assisted in iuatitutiiig a lodge in that
city that evening I l ey returned
I tie-day morning.
H If Brown, l Irani I.e, hirer of
Oklahoma, was hen- instructing the
Ihe A !•'. .v. A. M.
locol lodu
tured After a Second At-
tempt to Murder a
Young Woman.
Mrs. P A. Holmes received a tele |
gram Friday that her son was dying I Salt Lake. Utah, Nov. lit. Key j,Jer' evtJ|1 tbouBh he ba,J "haoged I mauetit organization,
at Whitefield, I T. She immediate- Scott, a young college student, whose i b'H and removed .1 glass eye Au oil mill will
serious but
; wound. He made his
| buggy without securing any tuouey. Tom Gibbon, S. C. Hawk, S. A
! Holden was pursued aud later cap ; Haves. F. P. Moselev, .I D. Lydick1 l , ,, . ... . , , « .. .
! tured by Sheriff Carrig, after the land 0*, A. Tcagne.' C')inU,","'-V foul<« r"! "f | fr'"" h rl,i"-v 1*'>'■
j robber hail fired at his pursuers. I F. P. Moselcy aud Geo A. TeugueL ^hen you know anything worth
Sheriff Carrig and a posse cap- were appointed to ^et prices on ma-■ ^ i publishing, jou would do n* a favor
tured the robber'nine miles west oflthiuery our names as a reward for the de bv ringing up IS and telling ,|„.n
f Norman, will I - will tell several thousand.
; ot auv person for poisoning dogs in! aii
assi«t iu the per-| ti, , r ,, , | A" '' subscribers who pay «! .00
« Til*1 ('It V 11I I- I I . 1 • 11 < i • In l>« I . - J
Platte Outer. He was taken back W. M. Hayes,
and positively iilentli/ieil by Schroe- here .Monday t.
'the city of El lleuo; amount to lie
, paid 011 the arrest and conviction of |
before !)• ceniber 1st.
wearing when he did ; groat thing for Lexington, and there
)y left for that place. But when she | mania is to kill women, was captured ' ')e wus
arrived he was dead. j today after making his second at- footing.
There will be a township Farmers «t murder. He narrowly ev ! The bandit gives the name of Billy pay iu
Institute held at Valley Grove school Jcapetl lynching at the hands of an ! Holden. and says he has been work Tm
infuriated mob and was safely land- ''"Ids near Ocouee of the
jed in jai! by the police. ! for about two months. His home. \ terms
The murderous assault occured at 'le "''-vs 's Michigan, lie is about take stock,
the intersection of Main and Second M',Jpars a"'"' Inert- will in
South streets, the busiest corner of Schoeder's wound which was at j evening at I -
the citv. Iu broad davligLt Scott ilirst 'hou8ht ^ be fatal, is now be interested are
house about the 15th of December.!
Look out for the program, the \
■jovs and girls need something of |
•hat kind to ease their minds from
cotton picking.
-rtainly be a!',",, f I tn .January 1. Ii(0r,
'any person for such offimse. : 1 1 r
I and get the lienefit
I here are nearly forty names on ..
is ui> question but what it will be a | j«jp ' .mm
enterprise.
farmers who
)il mill all
for it. and most of tliem \v
will be dated
Subscribe now
a month's free
have heald talk
speak iu favorable
Buckhead Items.
i met Elsie Gallagher 011 the street
laud suddenly reaching out with a
large pen knife, slashed her across
j lieved to not be serious
; struck a button on his
COIIlSe Was deflected.
The ball j ent.
st and its'
a meeting .Monday
clock and everybody
ei|uest 'd to be pros
every one perfectly good for
many times the amount named. The
money is deposited in the |-',l |{eno i
Stale bank and will I" paid the hour i
; j
iirned The owners of j
di teruiiued to iiiak'.- it I
p 'iso 11 • • r-. Kl ll'eilo j
that it is
good dogs a
hot fur t li
I lemocra'.
The scent of mince aud pumpkin
pie is in the air, aud the turkey 's
roostiug high.
Mrs. Mamie Cook is putting a new
roof on her house.
Mr. Ball, of Box. has bought Mr.
Reader's farm on the river.
Mt. Zion and Box united iu
thanks Thursday. T h
* | the throat, cutting a deep gash about
an iuch iu length. The act was seen
by a number of people, who ipiickly !
GLOBE SIGHTS
(AtcliiMiu (vIoIh*.)
NEW COMMANDMENTS
Thou -halt not go a\v:.v fi
Did you ever know a Kentuckian
| who didn't carry something odd 111
surrounded the youth and handled home to do thy trading, nor thy son [the way of a pistol, a knife or a bot-j
him roughly until be was rescued by nor thv daughter. ' tie':
the police. I he girl was not sen- ] Thou shall do.whatever lieth
ously hurt.
MEETING
Uev. M A
I Denisou, Tex;
I weeks ago ii
j the Methodist
to go houie o
TO BE RESUMED
l assidy. evaugi
i~, who was here some j.,)
a revival meeting at
L-huich, anil who had
account of sickness
I There once was a chap at a dunce, .
1 Wh" H,lw « f'«n .Imp by mischance;
As In- stooped o'er the l| ior
Something ripped and he tore
From the room with a split in his—-
K'oves. Fuck.
1 I u 11 j>reat e inliinatii 11 sales,
which will take place next Th nrsday
and I'riday. The one Thursday will
^ at the Fairview Stock Farm. K.
' K. Alkire. manager, and on Friday
the Partridge farm, ('. N. Curtis
At the police station Scott
women get so well acquainted | church closes.
were held at the Box church.
,. W. always look for a fuss when j soon as the out
: 1 n thy power to encourage aud pro- j(wo
! mote the welfare of thine own peo-|4l . ... .. , ., . , , ,.
piviu" i fes8ed that he had made a similar! pie. | that they lay their souls bare to, made for him to be
servic!s!H8SI,u,t uP()n Mafy Burton about five 3. Thou shall spend thine earn-! ^ ' n'*,'' "'l-" i!""' . ,
When a man otfers you a cigar, j virkpatrick Lad alr.aoy
weeks ago.
i ings at home, that they may return
! from whence they came
nourishments to such as
At busiuess we make our living. I after thee.
AT BUSINESS
and
re ! aud you know be is doing it purely
may come!
1 as a matter of courtesy, should you
! take or refuse it?
This being true every young person, •}. Thou shalt patronize thy heme 1 Reminding a husband that he once
Horace and Howard Elliott, of j
Box, visited their aunt. Mrs. Dragooj
Thursday.
John McKinney and wife, went to/ , , , . . .
should get a business training. I merchants and thy home printer; fori said he loved his wife is as irritating I
Most commercial schools only give a j yea, verily, doth not thy home print - ! as to remind any one of a broken j
, . course of bookkeeping adapted to Jer spread over the lantl tiding of thy 1 New Vear resolution.
Lu a Menasco, Saturday night. those who expect to make profeBBiou-J goodness and greatness that the peo-
O'car Drugoo and .John Lewis at jal bookkeepers. The Capital City ! pie shall patronize them.
ale, Wedues | Musiness College, of Guthrie. Okla , | ,"i Thou shalt not ask credit, as
manaj^'i
Miss Lellia Stryckle was called to
the be<l side of her brother, Joliu,
who is very sick, at Ktowah, Sunday
and remained with him until Tues-
day. She reports him improving at
present.
The crowd to Oklahoma City yes
terday afternoon were Messas. aud
! Mesdames H. A. Ingram and [{. A.
Isom, Miss Melissa King. .1. D.
: sire that all take au active part when I *">dick, 1>. U . .James, A A. Sloan,
j we begin anil let us pray God for a| 'J "'"ghani, S. !•. Sewell, II. Turk,
I will return tomorrow (Saturday) anil!
the meeting will he resumed just as'
' 1 i"
at the Presbyterian
Arrangements were
here last. Sun-
learned
j arranged for a meeting which has re. j
I suited in much good. Now
de-
Wanette, Wednesday.
Miss Cora Wheatlev
visited Miss I
tended • Dr. Huston's
day.
.J, A. McQtialie, of Oklahoma City,
collector for the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company, was at Buckhead.
Tuesday, inquiring for oue "Lock,"
w bo is not.
gi\cs iu addition to this a thorough | goods costs much
money, and the
After you have beeu with some I
people five minutes you are as full of!
unimportant secrets as an old cush i
with j
daily
! ion is of pins.
merchants brain is burdened
bills His children clamor daily ; when the worm turns and refuses|
of actual bread, and his wife abideth at home to mak' huckwl,Mt cl,kes every |
to finish, j for lack of such raiment as adoreth inoru'ng' she does a good turn for j
Spring hill News.
course of business training ami lec-
tures on business methods in gener-
al. Their course is one
; business work from start
They have from 150 to 2IK.1 students | h e r sister. Blessed—ves, thrice Ithe health of tbv family.
in the bookkeeping department at all ; blessed — is the man who pays cash. • When a man comes from a little
times, all of which are actively en ! Thou shalt not ask thy printer town to a large one, the people in
gaged 111 actual business w 0 r k. j to take two dollars for a three dollar ! the little town are never as sorry as
There is in operation in the large ; job, because some other poor printer Christians should be if he fails,
and extensively equipped commercial J will do it for less money. The other
1 room, three banks a private, Stafe j printer may steal his stock and 1111
1 and National Bank -two large whole- J derpay his help. Ff thou trade with
sale houses, two Commission offices,1 MUch as he. thon art accessory to his
crime.
7. Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against the town where thou
dwellest, but spealc well of it to men !
gracious revival
T. <). S11 asks, Pastor.
CREAMERY MEETING
The creamery and ice factory will
be put in operation 011 the 30th and
all the stock holders are requested to
bi present on that day.
Jay Sherman,
Chairman of the building committee.
be 1 Freight office, Post ( Mice, Insurance
j office, Bond Indernuity Co, Kecord-
Weather is fine.
Kverybody busy picking cotton
A good rain would certainly
appreciated.
Breaching by liev. Kirkpatrick, ers office, two large Kmporiums.be
Sabbath, Nov. 2", 1(HM at I o'clock sides a number of retail houses,
p. m. All cordially invited. Kach aud every student tills the va-
rious positions to be held in these
Oklahoma City, OK. George F. jvarlous offices, stores and banks, j
Duncan a ltd Edward Woodman, j 0,,t t>V(*r-' business hii.I legal
of Portland, Me., W B. McKinley,! l)HPel ttlat wollltl PaHS through that
of Campaign, Illinois, and S. V. Nel j oflioe in t,u' ''"^uess world, keep j
son, of Ft, Wayne, Indiaua, have ar- ,he ,")oks au,i n,an"«« the hnsiness 1
rived to go over the route of the In- j"f t,1Hse larK« concerns.
terurbau Electric Line from this city Should you desire to know more
to Sulphur Spriugs, I. T. They are; Hl,0,lt ,his practical school of "Learn
stockholders and announce that the ''-v doing, write for their lar
The Artful Editor.
i UcprfNi-iitaiivc Itrnwulow of Ten-
| urs-ct ii-'ls that omc lie wa- run
| 'H"R a .'oiintr\ |i; pcr dtiriug cani-
paign liau's and wa-. printing" "lielit-
I log lani^uaee c\i i'\ wcil . 1 Mic
who day. just after the paper was .nil,,
works more angry than to have her I a big man. armed uiili a oluli,|in
Nothing makes the
I husband praise the appearance of
the woman next door who is an idler
| Boy Hardwiek, H. L. Manor and ,1.
'() Fox.
I lie heaviest tax payer in Lexing-
ton i s The First Natioual Bank.
Personal taxes of Lexington amounts
to (KJ. The First National
Bank pays almost one fourth of this
amount In round numbers |0(I7.
Till.
Mr. and Mrs. i'led H. Tathivell,
of < IklahoinaX"iI v, came dow n Mon-
day to visit Kev. T, O. Shanks and
| family, Mr Tathweir return ed
j Wednesday but Mrs. Tathwell and
son, Homer, will remain on a visit
' f.-r some tiling
) -11:o. P'Uingardner. the boot and
shoe maker, of Purcell, was transact-
business in town. Mondav, and
aft
walked into
1\ uiipjiivd
'i-^e I'rigliti 1
n! lici\a
\ isit the dry goods stores any
ernoon, aud you will laugh at the j but that
stories of hard times. What do thei',v:l "i'
I - iu II!.in
lhat In
!<• W< 111. I "
1 le -lanci
I w 11
• Hill . j
hunt I 1
people may be proud of the,
Kx
buy at dr
knows.
that thou home town and its home ! wome" do with all the stufl' tbey|ai
xls stores'' No tnauj '.'
I'"
Occasionally a man refers to the]
"Burlington rowt," aud another man
looks at him pityingly
DOUBLE WEDDING
A double weddiug r.ccured at the
home of Mrs. Lou Williams at 7:30|
; (i:|>
"N (
line will lie built at ouce.
vey has been finished.
The sur
j illustrated catalogue of bookkeeping,
i business, shorthand and typewriting. it|1(.ir
Wednesday. The contracting par-: should have said "root " Those of
tie; being Alfred B. Hammond and you who usf "rowt" should
Miss Maggie Williams aud David W. ashamed of it.
Henderson, of Denisou, Texas, and Tbl,re is a t.ert;lin mifortuui,tB
Miss Mabel \\ illiauis. It was a very ; ,ul.!aD(.hf)|y genl|,)[I1HU l)f w,10ln you
quiet home wedding, only a few of [ haVB heard, his name is Dennis,
most intimate friends being
. , . went up .th! I.
hh tt4uu"b he! u 1 ■ 1
n • \\ IllLM \\ 111 pi X
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
Bev. J. S. Lamar, presiding elder,
THE HOME SCHOOL
And now there are mothers good j wi" l,rmeb at M«th°dist church j ""^ "i'.ridw
well meaning mothers throughout!"'" a. m. and 7,.>l. p. 111. Sunday
this laud of ours, who are saying,
"Well, I'm glad school has begun
again and took the children off my
miuil."
As if the children were not in
school all the time, never so much in
school as when they're with their
parents, drinking in with all their
eyes and Mis, manners, morals,
modes of thought, mental attitude
Quarterly conference will be held at
tht church at 10 a. in. Monday. All
the official members are requested to
lie present.
T. O. Sninks. Pastor.
At this time of the year, the child
reu living in the country are almost
convinced lhat their mother think*
more of the turkeys than she does of
tliem — lix.
present. Eld. W. A. Howe, of Moore,
tied the knot which made them hus-
bands and wives.
were very beautiful
popular youug ladies of our city.
A man just defeated for
ithce would
a cheerful
I while here paid 11- a pleasant call by
I advancing a dollar on subscription.
A few of the young folks had a
nice tint.' ut the residence of Mr and
Mrs. .1. S. Little. J'hur-day evening.
Apples and cake were served.
1 A crowd of Lexington's nio-t pup
A jular young people had a delightful
h-1 time at the residence of Mr. and
a" j Mrs. J. W. Marciim last Friday
'' night They indulged in various
games and were rutertained for some
j time by MissJLuiille Klkiu. who ren-
. ... - dered some of the latest pieces of
Say American Sohooli Art Best. ! music. At about the eleventh hour
I iiitotl Stale- Consul I-)ii*ilrie'i. 'if J11*t*y bid their hostess good night,
l^Ti'irn, 1 lennam. lia< hecu niak.ii;; and ate patiently waiting for lie'
! "I1-
1 IKr I.
ud 1I1.
tairs
Iiv'^ 111> o
lair.I and m
net be, hack during 1!
t of tin- stairs it •>
h. 1 asked: "\\;!!.
I" of this 11 irtV slice!
s." -aii! Bi'ov.'iil..
! iiis desk i;is
I'll,- second man
lil.iw disappeared.
1 lie cither ■* not rc-
wiil.m did not go
.lav to tin.I out.
sin.
welcome Mr, Dennis
companion.
There is much iu the latest
Suggestion. You can blacken
faii
any
Mr. Hammond is a very popular |"ne ' t',mraot*'r ' )' suggesting
aud industrious young man being! ,w,l< The
employed at F. P. Moseley's cotton ! L'la"n tb4t 0UK ean L'"re cor"M b-v
gin. while Mr. Hender.on is an em- "dieuloun.
ploye in a railroad shop at Denisou.
Texas. ' THE SPORTS OF EL RENO
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Irft yes During the past three months
terday for Denison their future home, more than a hundred dogs have beeu
while Mr. ami Mrs. Hammond will;poisoned in El Beno. Many of them
remain in the city. were va.lu l4e animals, and were
1 1 .en
lilparc! willi
I'nitid Slate-. Mr. Diedrieh, who
;.s ioiig a c.llcgc professor in lllis
com•!r\, declares most emphatically
lliat in iii- judgment l!ie "I'ni'cd
Si,lies 1 t'ler to.lav facilities lor col-
leu i::'rti'it.lciiiical and postgraduate
studies, equal in qtianlity and qual-
iI\ to tiio-st- offered b\ am cottiltrv
in' ( ll.l \\
ailce al •iinau univi-i' i!ie :' g .
I'tg- .tnai i 1 ciitinually. '"'ere '«
less poteiu'v t.idax than there used
to be iu lite e .pression, "kle was ed-
ucated al it- .ad." \111erica11 *fti-
drnts ha\e learned to appreciate the
advanla'-es olVered hv Ainerkan ed-
ucational iusHtuHom.
an iiilivei «ilies j|jnil. wj1PII thi-v are airain call,
1 : ' . |i to go there and partieqiati
in
good lime.
K. F. MeMath, pr.sidtnt of the
MeMatli Surveying Co.. and wife,
who have lieen here for the last two
weeks, left for San Autonia, Texas,
yesterday. The geutlt man is very
\mericau attend ! much pleased with this country.
.1. W. Johns. 11 died Tuesday at
t h it home of John Masham, four
mills noitheast i.f the city, and bis
body was laid away iu Willow View
e suieter v, Weilnesdav afternoon
Bev. T. O. Shanks conducted the fit
neifd serr ices.
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