The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1912 Page: 1 of 10
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
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VOLUME 22
PROGRESS
ATSCHOOL
Everything Getting Along Fine
Under the New Man-
agement.
HEAVY ENROLLMENT
Many Have Enrolled for the
High School Twelfth
Grade Work
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1912
Afler several weeks work the
Lexington High School is fast at
taining a condition that will place
it in one of the best positions in its
history for doing A No. 1 work
during the school year. After the
change' in the classification some
confusion resulted for a few days,
but owing to the untiring efforts
of the able teachers, everything
is now moving as uniformly as
could be expected for the third
week of school. The new method
of classification enables the teacher
to give longer recitation periods to
the classes, and much more indi-
vidual work to the pupils. Al-
ready the pupils are showing good
results from the change in the
classification. Owing to the fact
that no promotions will be made at
Christmas all parents are [urged to
send their children to school at the
beginning of the term, especially
parents who contemplate starting
their children in the primer class
at the middle of. the year. There
will be no beginners class then.
Commencing at Christmas all pu-
pils just entering school will be
obliged t« enter a that '"ij al-
ready done a half a year's work in
the grade. The enrollment has
now reached the 800 mark and is
increasing every day and is large
in all the grades. In the High
School the enrollment has reached
the (50 mark. Seven pupils have
already enrolled for the twelfth
grade work and good prospects for
more are in view. For many of the
boys who were obliged to work
and yet desired to attend school
for the twelfth year's work, ii has
Street fecene Lexington
$
M
been attained from their experi-
ments.
The boys, football team has
been practicing faithfully for the
past three weeks, and played their
first game Saturday afternoon with
Lindsay High School.
The girls have organized a ten-
nis club which will commence its
work in the near future; a ground
will be secured and placed in con-
dition west of the school building.
All patrons of the school district
are cordially invited to visit the
Inauguration of Dr. Brooks.
The formal inauguration of Dr.
Stratton I). Brooks as President of
the University will take place on
October 21st. Elaborate prepara-
tions are being made for this im-
portant event by the State Board
of Education. Invitations are be-
ing sent to the presidents of the
leading colleges and universities
and other prominent educators of
the United States, and to state olfi-
cials, alumni and other friends of
That means money coming back
to the country, it means prosper-
ity.
Every day this week cotton has
been rolling in and the gins are
running steady.
In fact conditions are growing
been arranged for them to recite | brighter and brighter. Help make
their studies in the morning and be jbrighter by pulling all the
dismissed from school in the after-1 business here you can. Show the
the University. The program will
school frequently during the term | open wjth the forma, inauguration
and note the high grade of work ceremonies on the morning of the
being done by the classes this year. j21st. 0n the afternoon of that day
I addresses will be made by promi-
Cotton Coming nent educators. In the evening,
Lexington came into her own an educational rally is planned to
Saturday i" :< cotton way and the |,.> it Oklahoma City.
fall season was given its first real! This event will be one of the
impetus. Sixty-seven bales of cot- most auspicious in the history of
were marketed here Saturday and j the University. Dr. Brooks has
at the prevailing price the money! great plans for the Universsty and
realized totaled over four thousand j has been making progress toward
dollars. I the consummation of these plans.
Those who have met him realize
that he is indeed one the great ed-
ucators of the country, and that he
is just the man to handle the situ-
ation at the University.
farmer you have the bargains and
he will be coming all the time.
Franklin Not Discouraged
William M. Franklin of Madill,
Oklahoma, a candidate for the nom-
ination for Cpngressman-at-large on
the democratic ticket, received
nearly 22,000 votes running ahead
of several strong men in the race
Dr. H. H. Wynne. Oculist. and not far behind the winner re-
Specialist of the eye, ear, nose ceiving the lowest vote.
and throat, of Oklahoma City, will [ Among the other things he said:
lie professionally in Purcell, on "1 felt that 1 had only a chance af-
Saturday, Oct. 26. The scientific j ter Mr. Murray announced, as tin
application of lenses (glasses) to
the eye receives my attention. One
regular visit each month. Inquire
at the office of Baird's Drug Counties—a legitimate argument.
Store or either physician locally in! It is evident from the returns that
Purcell or Lexington. !I would have been nominated if he
had not been in the race. He had
If you make a success raising-1 ri ht to run iind J believe will
wheat and oats you must plant j make a good congressman.
effective argument was made that
he would be one of the nominees
and that we lived in adjoining
noon, doing their studying at home
for the next days work, and thus
having the afternoon in which to
attend to their work. The scientific
course seems to have the largest
enrollment, while many are taking
the college preparatory course.
Twenty-two high school pupils are
enrolled in the instrumental division
which is being conducted by Mrs.
Edwards. Much interest is mani-
fested among the pupils fop this
line of work.
The laboratory has been equipped
with good substantial laboratory
tables, and sufficient apparatus for
laboratory work in zoology, botany,
physics and physical geography, your seed right. You can do this j On account of sit-kness, 1 could
I he pupils enjoy this kind of woik|j,\ buying a l>tickc\ Gram diilliu^ do many things I intended to
and excellent results have already from Kdgar J. Keller. |do ()n U)e (.ye Jf the election and'
.. .. .. wag jjgpj jrom gpeilking for five
I days the week before the election.
II do not feel discouraged, especial-
ly since I received many more votes
j than some of the worthy gentlemen
and led the ticket at many places
I where I was able to speak.
| 1 wish I could personally thank
1 each one who supported me.
j 1 am glad to say that my interest
in the triumph of the democratic
I party, will not be abated.
Since no one has successfully as-
I sailed my character or record, I do
| not feel that I am politically „a
I "dead duck." I believe that de-
feat overcome strengthens the mus-
I cles of character. _
A complete listing of some of the
best farms in Cleveland county.
See or write, J. F. Shockley, the
land man, Lexington, Okla.
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The Farmers
State (juaranty Bank
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The: old Reliable Farmers Bank that has stood
by the farmers through the hard times. In favor
of anything that is beneficial to the fanners. We
stand for 15 cent cotton and will render any assist-
ance to bring about conditions that will enable the
farmers to get what their products are worth.
Speculating and gambling on what the fattneis pro-
duce are strongly opposed to.
Farmers State Guaranty Bank.
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Roads Being Improved.
Reports from the rural carriers
say that the good roads question is
attracting much attention among
the farmers. During the past ten
days some effective improvements
have been made. S. W. (lentzel.
living six and three quarter miles
east and one south, and L. M.
Montgomery, living on the adjoin-
ing place have graded and dragged
the road laying by their places and
have placed it in the best of shape.
The stretch of road there was a
dangerous one, hard to travel, but
these enterprising farmers have
eliminated that feature.
Another farmer who has made
improvements in his road is John
Taylor, living six and a ,half miles
east :>;id one north. With Arch
Nemecek he has graded a half mile
stretch of road and made of it an
up to now highway.
Josh Lohden, road supervisor
has just completed a fine new
bridge ten miles northeast of here.
The bridge is built of Oak and is a
decided improvement to the roads
in that locality.
Township Sunday School Con-
vention
You are cordially invited to at-
tend the township S. S. convention
at Spring Hill. Sunday, Sept. 29th,
1912.
10:00 a. m. song and praise ser-
vice.
10:15 a. m. address of welcome,
E. B. Nelson.
10:30 a. m. response, II. II. Ev-
erett.
10:45 a. m. reviewing S, S. les-
son. J. I) Fairchild.
11.00 a. in, relation of the S. S.
to church, A. T. Barber.
11:30 a. m. why we hold S. S.
conventions.
12:00 in. dinner on the ground.
1:30 p. in. special music.
2:00 p. m. address, county pres-
ident.
2:25 p. in. necessity of parents in
S. sjMrs. Mary Mitchell.
2: 40 p. in. responsibility of S. S.
teachers, Rev. Miller.
3:10 p. m. solo; special.
3:25 p. in. the use of the black-
hoard, .Mrs. Alexander, of Norman.
3:40 p. m. discussion, by Super-
intendents.
4:10 ]). in. past, present and fu-
ture of our organization, Mrs. D. N.
Kelley.
4:20 p. in. special music.
FOOTBALL
GAME WON
Lexington High School Defeats
the Lindsay High
School
VERY INTERESTING
NUMBER 2
they played. They played together,
helped each other and consequently
I they were all stars. For Lindsay
the Bell brothers were ground gain-
| ers. I'. W. Swartz is the coach of
the Lindsay team.
Prof. Edwards is se'nding-the boys
through some good workouts this
week in preparation for the game
either Friday or Saturday.
Score
of 19 to 0. Lindsay
Had Just Beat
Purcell.
With a dash anil vim that be-
speaks good football, the Lexington
High school team defeated the Lind-
say team Saturday on the local grid-
iron by a score of 19 to 0. The
game was interesting from start to
finish, made the more brilliant by
the stellar way in which the locals
handled the forward pass. On fif-
teen occasions the locals resorted
to the forward pass and on thirteen
of these occasions they were success-
ful. Lindsay played a dogged,
stubborn game but were dazed and
bewildered into a helpless eleven
by the open style offered by coach
Edwards' "Hopefuls."
The largest crowd that eVer at-
tended an athletic event here was
on hand to greet the teams. The
yelling squads recently organized
by thehigh school students were out
in full force and some effective root-
ing was turned by the leaders. For
the short time in which Prof. N. II.
Edwards has had to develop a team,
the showing made Saturday is re-
markable. Lindsay had defeated
Purcell 12 to 0 and from that result
were looked upon as dangerous hut
their defense was strong only during
the first few minutes of play.
Neither team scored during the
first quarter but at the opening of
the second the locals got busy with
the forward pass and Cicero Merritt
planted the pigskin safely behind
the goal posts for two touchdowns
while Ed Blackwell added another
point by booting the ball over the
cross bars for goal. The third
quarter was a repetition of the first,
the ball see-sawed back and forth
with the advantage favoring Lex-
ington. With ten seconds only to
play in the fourth quarter Jim
Mitchell grabbed a forward pass
and went over for the third touch-
down. Final score: Lexington 19,
Lindsay 0.
The result of this opening game
assures a most successful season in
football for Lexington. The town-
people should get behind the team
and support it. A good football
team means much to any town.
The lineup in the came Saturday
was as follows: Sherman, right
guard; Dufiy, left guard. Kemp,
center; T. Griffin, Watson, right
tackle; lligbee, left tackle; G. Mer-
ritt. right end; Mitchell, left end;
Stevens, quarter; Merritt(capt).
left half; 15. (iriflin, right halt;
Blackwell, full back.
Every member of the team de-
serves credit for the way in which
Methodist Orchestra
Last Sunday morning Will Breed-
ing organized an orchestra which
will play for all the regular services
at the Methodist cuhrcli. The fol-
lowing musicians have entered
heartily into the scheme: Jim Mitch-
ell, cornet; Gains Mitchell, clarinet;
H. J!. Golden, trombone; Mabel
Thacker, violin; H. II. Everett,
violin; Mrs. Will Breeding, piano.
This week they have been practic-
ing some special music for the Stin-
day services. With such a capable
leader and such good musicians
there is little doubt but that soon
Lexington will have one of the best
church orchestras iu the state.
Mr. Breeding says that lie will
add other pieces I just as soon as
available talent presents itself. He
will not stop on anything short of
the best.
Hurt in Bicycle Wreck.
Elmer Booker, the invincible
"Sauce," is nursing several severe
bruises this week, the result of a
bicycle smashup Monday evening.
Speeding down the big hill with an
oil can hanging on the handle bars,
matters became complicated and
soon the rider was doing a marathon
on his head down the hill. In re-
lating the accident Sauce says after
his chin had plowed a furrow about
2(i feet in length and more or less
deep he raised and lighted safely
on his feet.
Tucker-Hayes
Miss Lillie Hayes and Mr. W. II
Tucker were married Saturday even-
ing at the Barker Hotel by Rev.
Louis Moohead, Immediately after
the ceremony the young people left
for Purcell.
Regular services at the Methodist
church Sunday as follows:
Sunday school at 9:45, preaching
at 11 a. in., Epworth League at
6:45 and preaching again by the
pastor at 7:30. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7:30.
To these services the public is cor-
dially invited.
Itev. A. M. .Miller, Pastor.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our thanks
through the columns of the Leader
to our many friends for their love
and sympathy for during the sick-
ness and death of our little darling
Aline.
Sam Ashton.
Flora Ashton.
Mr. and Mis. Tom Critcher. Mr.
and Mrs. J. K. Shockley and Mrs.
Lizzie Granger went to the state fair
Tuesday in Mr.
It. C. H.
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Mc Jimsey-Moler
Married, Sunday at 3:00 p. m. at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. N.
Kelley in Lexington, Miss Bessie
Mc.Iimsey and Mr. George Moler,
the ceremony was performed in a
very impressive manner by Elder J.
I). Fairchild. Only a few neighbors
were present. We wish them a long,
happy and prosperous life. They
will reside east of town.
A big deal on Wire. See Edt
I. Keller.
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IT PAYS!
If You Are a Depositor
Of this bank you can depend upon accom-
dations that arc consistent with your ac-
count with us.
Although times arc hard and mpney
scarce our depositors always jret the accom-
modations they need. Build up this fall
and prepare for next year.
YY'e Have Money to Loan Now on Short lime
Security State Bank
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