Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1911 Page: 1 of 10
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Boost for the big celebration Thursday December 14th. The new bridge
lexington" leader
VOLUME 21
LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FRfDA V DECEMBER 8 „77
FOUOAYS piNCTON
DEBATE HEBE! WlNSAGAINl
NUMBER 12
A
GUARANTEE
IS BETTER
THAN
,A PROMISE,
BY GUM''
The Supreme Court did a-great thing when it declared
the BANK DEPOSIT GUARANTY LAW CONSTITUTION
AL. US FELLOWS that don't know anything about bank
statements, when we see them, we cant tell whether they are
good, bad or indifferent.
Now we do know that when we have got
a dollar in a State Bank, she is as good
as a Goverment Bond.
Those fellows in the east buy government bonds that pay four
per cent interest and pay sixteen per cent premium for them.
I buy four per cent Time Certificates of Deposit and they
don't cost me a penny premium. They are just as safe and
just as good as a Government Bond. By gum she is a great law.
Deposits In Our Bank Are Protected By The Guaranty Fund
Of Oklahoma.
Security State Bank
Lexington.
Two Prominent Debaters Willi r ■
u Lexington Gins Doing Big
Be IIere Next I • n • ®'
tir , 1 Busings. 4._>5y g |
Week I
I I p To Gate
I \
Arrangements have been
made for a great four days re-
ligious debate to be held in Lex-
ington, commencing Saturday,
December 16th, at 10 o'clock.
The principal speakers during
the four days will be J. R. Welch
and H. F. Oliver. Mr. Welch
will represent represent the in-
I f w'" g've version
| of the Bible. Mr. Oliver will af-
firm that. the Christian version
I oi the Bible is the only correct
j one.
The debates will be held in
j the mornings and at night. The
i exact place where the sessions
i * i u ^as n°t been selec-
ted but further announcement
will be made next week.
An audience of several hun-
dred people should greet the
speakers as this promises to be
the most interesting event
scheduled here in some time
Both men are forceful talkers
and have their subjects well in
hand.
Santa Clans Will
I Thanksbiving day in Lexing-
ton was observed fittingly. It is
, doubtful if a more delightful
i more perfectly ideal Thanksgiv-
ing has ever fallen to the lot of
[ Lexington people. Everybody
who get out either took a ride
into the country, went hunting
(Or visiting. Many attended the
| Turkey football game at Pauls
| \ alley. Some went to Norman
and a large number attended th
hop at Purcell in the evening
: rhe great national holiday was
I thoroughly enjoyed.
!e 1
n^fhi*f*on ua'- again vvon hon-
ors,thRf time being awarded first
place jn the amount of cotton
marketed this season, with 4259
bales up until Tuesday night of
this week. The showing is a
remarkable one and shows just
city S°*' ac*,acent ,0 this
The two gins here, the Anti-
Trust and the S. T. Williams
gin have also made the top score
among the gins- 0f Cleveland
county. The Anti-Trust gin
leads all other gins iri the
?™u,nt. °f cotton handled with
1590 bales ginned up until Tues-
2?nyi"lfrht- ,The S" T- Williams
gin is second in the county with
something over 1250. This re-
port is made up by W. E. Barn-
ard, gm reporter and inspector
who was here Tuesday.
tops both Norman
and Noble in the amount of cot-
ton handled. Norman has
marketed something like 2500
bales and Noble has received
about 1200 up to date. Nor-
man has two gins and Noble
also has two gins.
According to the cotton men
. here there are about 1600 bales
| yet to be marketed which will
, niake the total number received
in Lexington for the season
close to 6500 bales. The aver-1
| age price per bale this season!
I has been about $40.00. which'
; will .nviv-e about $250,000.00 in
! ™one>' which will be paid out1
for the staple,
The highest price paid thh
season was in the latter part
19 11
Taxes Now Due
Pay Them At The
Farmers State Guaranty Bank
And It Will not be Nessary To Go To Norm,
F/iRMERs ou^f^TY BANK
depositor's' oulaSanteed
GUARANTY
op-
ng" Store Next Week
Scrua Clans \\ ill Be At 1 he Owl Drug Store Next Week With The Most Complete
Lint, ut noiiday Goods Ever Shown in The Citv.
i he hop given by the India-
homa Club at Purcell Thanks-
giving was one of the most bril-
Jfeht social events of the sea-
n. The grand march was lead
promptly at nine o'clock. The
McCotnb orchestra of Norman,
furnished music tor the occas-
ion. 1 he guest list numbered
one hundred and twentyTfive.
Many out-of-town guests were
in attendance. Twenty-five at-
tended from Lexington.
ROUTE No. ONE
Is is on the
Testing The Eye
When you find that glares are
needed go to an optican and have
your eyes examined
Doo't l.oo«« Sight
of the fact that you will ruin your
eyes by neglect. Eye strain causes
headache, nervous prostration and
other ills of body and mind. All
this can be prevented by the use
of glasses properly fitted and ac-
curately made
L G. SHERMAN
THE JEWELER
At Owl Drug Stare
■Mr. and Mrs. Roy Margon of
Oklahoma City, spent Thanks-
giving with I*red Mathies and
family.
Mr. H, Daniel.-
sick list this week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Bakhaus
were Norman visitors Monday.
Ed Daniel of Oklahoma City,
spent Thanksgiving with home
tolks here.
Miss May Merritt began her
term of school at Science Hill
Monday.
. Miss Georgia Townley spent
thanksgiving with her parents
at Purcell.
Mrs. Anna Taggart spent
thanksgiving with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stafford.
I- ul^S.¥ay Merritt gave a de-
lightful farewell party Saturday
i e\ ening. The guests were as fol-
! lows: Misses Elsie and Chris-
tine Olson, Edith Hunt. Nettie
Stevens, Mamie and Jewel
Thompson, Hadly and Audrey
Puryear, Messrs Earle Stevens,
J-'lenn Hunt Mynvon Moseley
Dutch Mathies and Mott Sewell
Maggie Vanwinkle Dead
Mr:;. Maggie Vanwinkle, wife
of J. W. Vanwinkle, died at her
home east of Corbett Friday
morning at. o'clock, aged ;50
years. Mrs. Vanwinkle had been
a constant sufferer for .the past
year. She leaves two sisters, a
brother, a husband and two
u' n'n t0 mourn her loss. Rev.
, ' .• Mays of Box conducted
the funeral services after which
the deceased was laid to rest in
the Box cemetery.
Farewell mother, f a r e well
mother
Peaceful be thy silent rest;
Slumber sweetly—God knew
best
When to call thee home to
rest.
I-are well mother, farewell
mother;
We must say our last fare-
well,
lill W2 meet beyond the river,
Happy there with thee to
dwell.
; The Democrat-Topic at Nor-
. i1 started a semi-weekly
which further complicates the
newspaper field in the county
seat town. The first issue has
reached our table and it is full
ot news and also a good line of
advertising. Success to the
semi-weekly.
CARD OP THANKS
Many thanks to all who lent
a helping hand in the last sick-
.tP^ the death of precious
little darling, Edgar Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall.
Only a few more days until
Christmas shopping will be in-
augurated and Lexington stores
will thronged with the vuletid*
gilt purchasers. Indications
point to an active Christmas
business this year. Conditions
here are really better than in
most any jart of Oklahoma,
cotton has been good although
the farmers here have suffered
trom the low price of the staple.
Regardless of that, most of the
people are well shaped up in
money matters and as a result
Christmas trade should be live-
ly. Early purchasers get the
bargains; the pick of the dis-
plays and the sooner you sret it
over the better. '
of August and up until the mid-
dle oi September. 'I he price
then hung around .11-00 cents.
Early in October cotton slumped
at ti ibuted to the large acreage
planted and a bountiful yield.
The amount of cotton re-
ceived here in 1910 totaled
something like 6000 bales. The
pi ice of cotton last season av-
eraged something around 12
cents.
Lexington has two of the
best gins in the county. The
Anti-Trust is owned by Frank
C launch, Woodson Northcutt
and A. 1!. Black. The capacity
of the gins is 40 bales per day.
/ he gins contain 4 80 saw stands
1 h e Williams gin is owned by
S. I. Williams of Purcell and has
a capacity of 50 bales per day.
It contains 5 80 saw stands. Ed
Low is the Lexington manager
ot the Williams gin.
Close to Lexington, there is
the Cossey gin, nine miles south
the Willow View gin 6 miles
northeast; the Henry Green
gin, 10 miles northeast; the
yuilhn gin, 11 miles east. Most
all of their cotton is marketed
at Lexington.
(•inning will probably contin-
ue until the first of February.
1he gins still average something
like 25 bales per day which
shows that a goodly amount of
the crop is still in the field.
For cotton land, Lexington
has a territory close in, that is
as fine cotton land as one could
find in the south. The land av-
erages in value around the $80
mark. The yield this season in
th® ,strip- starting five miles
north and continuing on the
south of Lexington 5 miles with
an eastern limit of six miles,
tliat has averaged three quar-
tors of a bale to th* j-iere this
season. Bumper crops'are grown
against the most trying circum-
stances.
The coton season has . b en
anything but a failure in Lex-
ington and consequently money
matters, while not of the bes;
are in the best shape of any
section of Oklahoma.
TROrSDALE
M. A. Baxter was an Oklaho-
a I ity visitor the first of th
Council fyjee
* ; <
The city council met at the
council room Tuesday evening,
it being the regular meeting
for the month. All members
present except John Massev, J.
P. Purkins. Kill of W. T. Scott
tor seventeen days work al-
lowed. Rill of Manhart & Fer-
reter for feeding prisoners al-
lowed. Rill of City Marshal W.
, I. Scott lor killing dogs allow-'
|
The resignation of City Clerk
Charles Blackwell was accepted
I and Roy Hardwicke was an-
pointed to fill the unexpired
I term.
The matter of sidewalks will
be brought up at a special meet-
Dec Cp>thd f°r Tuesday ni*ht'
Fines amounting to $70.00
was turned into the treasurer
lor the months of November.
The matter of street auction
ot bankrupt stocks was discuss-
ed but no action was taken at
this meeting.
Adjournment was taken until
Tuesday, the 12th at 7:30 p. M.I
I he Baptists have made ar-
langements tor the erection of
willZ't-J1]0 meelin*
"ill be built close to th - llnm-
lmgton store.
Mrs. Laura Blancett, of Shaw
ne? , last week in the
neighborhood.
I" la Nickels is moving onto
the I'rank Quillans farm.
Or. R. !•, Nesbitt, of Tecum-
seh, spent several day$ recently
on business.
F. G. Williams and J. R. Roeck
"shed making molasses for the
season Friday.
Mrs. R. Hoffman who has
been sick, is reported some bet-
CARD OI' THANKS
William Barnard of Norman
iTaf here Tuesday on business.
Bill talks as if he had the politi-
cal bug a buzzing in his bonnet
Anyway he has countless
friends who will hope that he
will decide to get into the com-
ing campaign for some office
In appreciation of the favor
laJrfu "t bf £Ir- Jay Sherman
and Mr. .Jack Ethridge, in solic-
iting money to defray the ex-
pense of papering the parson-
ifhe-' T- jant t0 thank them for
j their kindness, co-operation and
j interest in the promotion of re-
I Igious work. Also we want to
(thank all those who contributed
l liberally, and assure you we
.certainly appreciate the finan-
cial help you have given us, as
well as your influence in such a
worthy cause.
Home Mission Society.
Farm Loans
j f "-Present Bartlett Bros., Land
I & Loan Co.. of St. Joseph. Missouri;
| Branch office at Guthrie. Lowest
j rates and he<t terms.
S. S. Deuisoti.
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Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1911, newspaper, December 8, 1911; Lexington, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110496/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.