Lexington Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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LEXINGTON LEADER.
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VOLUME 19
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MA\ 20, loIO.
NUMBER 35
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES
Largest Class in School's History
--Five Boys and Four Girls-
Prof. Rice Leaves
The Eleventh Annual Commence-
ment of Lexington High school was
held at the Baptist church last Fri-
day evening, May 13. 1910. It
was the largest crowd that ever as-1 honor
advice given to the "Class of 1910".
Ho is an able speaker and this
class was very fortunate in securing \\ ashington, DiC., May 16,1910. g;
his services for the occasion. —At the request of Gov. Haskell s g;
Minnie Alice Greemore gave the attorneys, Charles H. Stuart, of Mc-
"Validictory." It was well written Alester, and O. T. Smith of Guthrie,
and showed much time had been the democratic members of the t
spent in its preparation. Her ap-j Oklahoma congressional delegation S£
pearance made a fine impression | have requested President Taft to cE
and the able manner of delivery j have a thorough going investigation 5X
proved her to be one among others made of the so-called townlot pros-
w h o have won f o r themselves | ecution in Eastern Oklahoma for | ST
lilt; purpose of ascertaining whether
Washington Letter
sembled hereto witness the grad- The diplomas were presented by the cause of good government re-|S^
uating exercises, and many were re-; Prof. W. N. Rice in a pleasing way quired the prosecution of theseifcS
fused admittance, because there was ' that was instructive to all. This is cases. . ST
not room for them in the house, j Mr. Rice's last year at Lexington, The republican members of the'
The interest shown this year in the [ and we are sorry'to part with him, delegation have refused to partici-
school was made manifest that for a better man for the place could i pate ixi the movement which pro-
evening by the large attendance, not be had, but we wish him well p0ses to give Gov. Haskell and gr
Nine graduates seated on the stage wherever lie goes. Prof. Rice will others a "square deal" in the
premises!
with the school board and profes- j always have a warm place in the
sors made a sight that will long be hearts of the people of Lexington
remembered by those present. The 1 and surrounding country,
decorations of flowers were display- After the benediction by Rev. E.
ed in a manner that made every- (H. Creasy, the many friends con-
thing beautiful. gratulated the members of the class,
Miss Tula Hobson rendered se- and wished them success through
lections on the piano in a manner life.
which pleased her hearers very
much. Mrs. T-. J. Massey, of Ft.
Worth, Texas, and Mr. Win. Bar-
rowman, of Purcell, sang solos,
which were much appreciated.
Rev. C. T. McKee oin ned the pro-
gram with prayer, after which the
Salutatory, by Alma Irene Massey,
was delivered. This oration was
neatly gotton up, and showed much
zeal and energy in its preparation.
Her delivery was excellent.
Thomas Earnest Hawk read a
paper on the "History" of the class.
He interested the audience very
much as it was the first of its kind
ever written and read in Lexington.
It was well prepared, and gave
history of the class through the
years in the high school. It was
read in a very able manner.
"Tomorrow the Great Deceiver,"
was the subject of William Hosea
Toggle's oration. This subject was
well handled, and .though many
hours were spent on it, we know
it was very profitable to him, as
. Heavy Rains Monday
Lexington and vicinity was visit-
ed by an excellent' rain Monday,
which was highly pleasing to the
people, however the rain in and
about Box was entirely too heavy.
Crops in that vicinity were badly
damaged. The land washing very
badly in many farms.
Yesferdiy we were again visited
by a fine rain.
Alumni Banquet
The Eastern Cherokee rolls are
closed and cannot again be opened Sj£
according to Senator Owen. Sev-
eral protests have been received
from the Cherokee Nation against «■—
this action, in the most part from
people who claim a share of the
$4,800,000 payment about to be
made to Eastern Cherokees.
Guion Miller, who prepared the
final rolls and who will make tlie
payment has gone South to make
preliminary arrangements incident
to the payment.
If there are any skeptics who be-
lieve that nothing is more hetero-
genious than Mulligatawney soup
let them be introduced to what
constitutes congressional correspon-
dence in Washington. All sorts of
letters are received here. For ex-
A Whirl Wind of Fortune
Sweeps the country occasionally—favors a man here and there.
A tornado of failure usually strikes get-rieh-quick propositions just
at harvest time.
The steady, persistent saver takes time to save—time to investigate
—llses judgement in his business matters and come- out in the end with
something worth while.
• Deposit your money with the hank which believes in sa
being safe. That's Lexington's .Oldest and Strongest Bank—
and
Quite the most interesting event ample, one of Scott Ferris consti-
of commencement week was the tuents recently addressed him thus-
t]ie | Alumni banquet held at the school b" Dear Congressman: My father
house Saturday night. The new is a blacksmith. He has been sick
class w a s first duly initiated, fur several weeks and unable to
capital
$25,000.00
THE
Business Founded
by S. C. HAWK.
In 1891
Farmers State Guaranty Bank
of Lexington, Oklahoma. -
EVERY DEPOSITOR GUARANTEED AGAINST L0$Sv
claimed that
business man
Nothing can be told however, but work. Please send me a copy of jenjingS witli
well as entertaining to his hearers.
The oration, "The Neglect of j tions than of any other superintend-
Little Things", by Ruby Laura en* of the school.
Griffin, was delivered in a pleasing! After a solo by Mrs. loin Massey,
manner. We heard many compli- 'ier llsua' Phasing manner
ments on it. especially, and she!^ '"
should be proud of her ability."11''1'
This was a good subject. an<
not have been treatei
anyone in the limited
some of the boys seemed to think I the diseases of the HorSe: 1 he
the goat rather rough riding. Congressman, of course, supplied
Prof. \V. N. Rice gave an address the necessary volume.
which was very much appreciated. Senator Owen the other day re-
He has endeared himself to the) ceived a letter from a friend who
hearts of the Alumni as more class- i wanted a supply of Pheasant eggs,
es have graduated under his instruc- also a pension. He probably w ill
Mr.
Kendall, superintendent of
hool the
ould |0-1. in a very interes
ting way ri
better bv!t(l amusing incidents thai
time given ! happened while he was superintend
her
ent. and gave an instructive
ilon William Turk proved him- on the higher education.
orator, and the
audience
with his
Accomp-
li treatee
self
was more than plea
oration. "The Value
lished Purpose", was well
and delivered. It stands
of the best orations in the
of Lexington High School.
"Good Roads" brought
tention of the audience immediate-
ly after John Henry Gooele stepped
to the front of the stage. The sud-
ject was well discussed, and is. an
important question before the peo-
ple. His every sentence was to
the point.
The girl from the country, Mary
After an elaborate two-course
luncheon, Miss Corinne Mitchell as
toastmas'ter of the evening, spoke a
few words of welcome to the
as one | alumni in general, and the new
history j class in particular. Jack Goode,
in behalf of the class of 1910, re-
the at-1 sponded in a very able manner.
Custer Burke gave a toast to "The
Absent Members", and the differ-
ent classes were eulozied by ardent
members of the same. The retiring
get neither, as Uncle Sam has not
gone into the egg business and only
provides pensions for ex-soldiers.
Proceeding on the theory that
Oklahoma would rather have a half
term hf 1903- loaf than none, the House the other
ill- day took what is considered as the
aat first step towards winding up the
affairs of the late Five Civilized
talk Tribes. In short the lower House
has gone on record as favoring the
the immediate sale of the surface
of the segregated coal and asphalt
lands in Oklahoma, embracing
nearly -1X0,000 acres. Thus has
the gloom which attended Five
Tribes legislation ever since Repre-
sentative Creager introduced his
bill been raised.
More desirable, of courge. would
have been legislation disposing of
the mineral, as well, but the Ad-
ministration has turned a deaf eai
every banker and
in the west having
the Indian had one
time oi: ..iiol'uei taken chattel mort-
gages on the personal properity of
the Indian to secure to him the
payment for merchandise and other ,(;r
legitimate debts. Chairman Burke
agreed on Mr. Ferris' amendment
to have the objectional feature eli-
minated from the bill.
Sophomore-Senior Banquet
A jolly company of thirty-six
boys and girls of the Senior, Junior
and Sophomore classes of the high
school, and the teachers, met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. ('has.
•emore last Thursday evening.
All enjoyed themselves socially for
i while. They were favored with
on the piano by
Turk. Lois Perkins
selei
some
Misses Florene
and Ruth Greemore.
At 10 o'clock they . marched
couples to (Jranger's boarding hou
G. j where they,
mi- "'eli supplie
to eat. The
Geo. G. Graham Announces
With this issue of the la ader hi
pears the announcement of G
Graham for the Democratic nomi-
nation for County Attorney.
Mr. Graham is the present incum-
bent of the ollice, serving the people
of the county his first term as coun-
ty attorney, and has made a splen-
did record as a presecutor and look-
ing after the legal and financial in-
terests of the county. He is a hard fin
conscientious worker and can al- did
ways be found at bis office unless anil
out on official• business. | ''ro
Since taking his oath of ollice
Mr. Graham has vigorously prose-
cuted every law violation brought ent. A short talk by Mr.
to his notice. on the "social good of st-
and the
brought tin
1 ison and
long to be
After the
}f the S
talk in honor o
and Mr. Jack Gooel
; Prof. Rice then mad
which seemed to put
on the radient face -
were rec eived with a
1 table of good things
elegant supper, with
i-c of old clu-- male-.
pleasing , smiles of all,
i- classi - into closer un-
made the evening one
remembered by all.
• supper, Mr. Troy Grif>
ophomore -. gave a splen-
Henry Tarp Announces
In thin issue of the Leader ap-
pears the announcement of Henry
Tarp for the democratic nomination
for Trustee of Lexington Township.
For the past four years Mr. Tarp
has been clerk of the township
board and has certainly made a
splendid record in that capacity.
He is always present at every meet-
ing and does his whole duty as an
official in an earnest and conscien-
t ions manner.
Mr. Tarp asks for the nomination
for Trustee; lie i- amply qualified
lor that position in every respect
and \vi>n111
He i- wel
by practic:
Town-hip, I
many years
uiiquestioni
make
deal
(1 lavor;
and his
ile. for
era
(lieial.
known
in the
ere for
y is
has 1
ieen a
worker for the -tier
ie Seniors,
responded,
brief talk,
it her spark
those pres-
Hutchin
h enter-
tir
the party.
Carefully consider thi-
ol Mr. Tarp before c;
ballot on .August 2nd.
candidacy
isting your
president. Miss Era Gandy, in a i to this proposition and there seem
few well chosen words, spoke
the work of the Aliimni.
The following new officers-w
ir no likely-hood of
these lines for some-
Lou Merritt, chose "The Advantages eli ( ted for tin- ensuing year: Harry
and Disadvantages of Rural Life". [ Hutehin, president; Mort Sewell,
She pictured the out-door life so J vice-president, and Alma Massey,
that all present wished they lived j secretary and treasurer.
on the farm, where they .might
breathe the fresh air. work among
the flowers anel listen to the songs
of the bird-. She handled the sub-
ject well, and the delivery was ex-
cellent.
Harry
to lie little
action along
time to come.
Senator Owen and Representative
Carter stated to-day that in the
event Congress cannot be induced
to go further in the matter of wind-
ing up the affairs of the late Five
Corinne Mitchell and Eliza-beth
Ferreter, of 1905; Lucy Griilin,
Mrs. Mable Kugle and Gaines
Fay Everett Sherman read the Mitchell, of 1907; Mary Harness.
"Prophecy," the only one ever given j Mrs. Edith Fox, Claude Perkins,
at commencement exercises. This: of 1908; Minnie Odell, Mrs. Rachel
paper was well read, and we hope Barnett, Jim Mitchell, and Mort
Those present w e
Hutehin, Arthur Sherman and Civilized Tribes they will accept
Custer Burke, of 1904; Era Gandy, what they can get at this time^md
carry on the fight at the next ses-
sion of Congress.
Representative Ferris played an
important part during the debate
in the House oil the Omnibus
Indian Bill. It was through his ef-
He has never played the role of tamments
persecuter and has many times l"r the evi
amicably settled neighborhood and
factional quarrels without the aid
of the courts.
His many loyal friends think
that one gooel term as county at-
torney, he justly deserves another.
The democracy should carefully
consider the candidacy of Mr.
Graham before casting their vote on
August 2nd. '
completed the program
A Quiet Wedding
his class mates may never be as he
prophesied. Though somewhat
funny, a good paper resulted, anel
it was enjoyed by everyone.
The annual address was deliver-
ed by Prof. J. F. Paxton, of the
State University. He held his
audience for an hour, and many
good lessons were taught, also much
Sewell, of 1909; Tom Hawk, Jack
Goode, Minnie Greemore, Alma
Massey, Solon Turk, Ruby Griffin,
May Merritt, Hosea
Everett Sherman, of
ors were Messrs. W. N. Rice, W. money on his personal effects,
L. Kendall, J. O. Fox, A. J. Har-
nett and Perry Kugle; Mesdames.
J. H. Hutehin and T. J. Massey.
Singing Convention
The Cleveland- County Semi-
Annual Singing Convention will be
held at Mt. Zion, ^ mile south of
Box, Saturday night anel Sunday,
May 21st and 22nd.
All the classes are requested to he
forts that a provision which seeks
to further restrict Indians in the
disposal tif their personal properity j repre sented, and all singers are cs-
was defeated. If the amendment pecially invited. We earnestly urge
Tuggle and had succeeded a restricted Indian that all come out and help to make
1910. Visit-j would have been unable to raise the Convention a grand success.
W. M. Bpatright and Miss Lillie
McJimsey, both of north of Lexing-
ton, were quietly married at the
home of Jno. Boatright in Lexing-
ton Sunday at 3:o0 p. m. Rev. II.
Jl. Everett performed the- ceremony
in his masterful manner. Owing to
the inclemency of tin we itln-i no
guests were present.
Mr. Boatright is one of Cleve-
land county's most industrious and
enterprising farmers, whily the bride
is the beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
McJimsey.
An excellent supper was served
at the home of the bride's parents
Sunday evening.
This newly wedded couple have
the best wishes of a host of friends.
Buys New Machinery
A. I1'. ( launch and 1.. \\". N'>rtli-
eutt have formed a partnership with
A. B. Black in the Farmers Gin,
and they have pun based a new
outfit of gin stands anel a complete
new outfit of machinery, which will
soon arrive.
They will within
gin work on the gin,
for tin' coming seas
to be ill first-class -1
cotton thi.- fall.
I. u
ready .
•xpect
in the
I'tting
i. and
ia pi
Farm Loans
1 represent liartlett Bros., Land
ifc I. >an Co., of St. JoseVh. Missouri:
Branch ollice at Guthrie. Lowest
rati - and best terms. Interest and
commission concurrent.—S. S. Den-
ison.
no Dinner on the ground for all.
matter what they might be. This T. J. Castleman,
was considered as a step backward Miss Mable* Crane,
by Representative Ferris, who i Secretary
Receipt books, a large
Missionary Society Meeting
The Baptist Ladii s Missionary
Society met with Mrs. Fryer Wed-
nesday evening, May 18. There
were seventeen present, anel con-
siderable work was accomplished,
upply : The society adjourned to meet next
Vice Pres. j just printed and for sale at the j Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. T.
I Leader office. 10 cents each. | J. Strickle,
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Fox, J. O. Lexington Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1910, newspaper, May 20, 1910; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110416/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.