The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 22
LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. MAY 16. 1913
NUMBER 35
SCHOOL CLOSES
There Are Three Graduates
This Year Who Received
Four Year Diplomas
A SUCCESSFUL TERM
The Best Term of School That
Lexington Has Ever
Experienced
The Lexington public school will
close the school year of 1912-13 * on
Friday (to-day) and a three months
vacation will ensue. It will mark
the close of unquestionably the
best school year in the history of
education in Lexington. Three
graduates will have finished the
first four year course ever taught
here.
vens,
Lois Perkins, Mabel Thacker, Mrs. Banner Oil & Gas Company
Lula Austin. Mrs. Hattie Edwards'j As positive and direct evidence
and Prof. N. H. Edwards. Miss toward establishing the fact that
I erkins takes charge of the primary J (1j| antj gil8 exist about this good
room for the coming year. Her j little town of ours the Banner Oil with Miss Callie Bahner Sunday,
work has been in the third grade. & (jas Company has been organized W • F. Karris was out in Canada
Mrs. Lula Austin will have the fifth i and steps toward the developing of district Monday after hay
and sixth grades. Miss Hiacker the field are in progress. The in- Len Waggoner and Miss Anna
will continue to instruct in English corporators are John H. Astjury, Mitchner spent Sunday evening
and language. Mrs. Hattie Ed-j w. A. Ward and John Gallagher. ! with W. I!. Bullock and wife.
wards will head the music depart- The directors of the new company J. T. Gallagher was a Lexington
ment. The remaining teachers | have not as yet been selected. The visitor Friday in the interest of the
How About The Park?
Well, lets sftund that trumpet
will be selected at the next meeting concern is a mutual one.
of the board of education. : Toward making the Banner field
1 he annual reports of the secre-ja producing oil and gas geld, some
taries of the two literary societies, eight thousand two hundred acres
the Athenians and Websterians, j 0f land have already been leased,
show a remarkable amount of work Jt is the intention of the company
and improvement. The Websterians ! t0 take in a body of land from three
have secured fourteen new pledges | to five miles square.
for next year and the Athenians The new company will perhaps
eight. 1 he keenness in rivalry be- await the outcome of the test well
tween the two organizations has I „t Shawnee which
They are Lucian Henry Ste- j ')rought out much latent talent in I drilled. Should a
Wylie Cicero Merritt and ja" literary lines and the outlook) he found in the
Adolph Frank I lie. Lucian Stevens j ^or nex* year's exceedingly bright,
will enter Mt. Hermon University,! "ne ^'ie 'wo literary so-
Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts, where j ,:'et'es< a great deal of interest has
he intends taking an electrical en- ')eeu taken in the public speaking
gineering course. Cicero Alerritt | t^eP«lrtnieiit. I lie programs have
will enter the University of Oklaho-1')een rendered every Friday after-
ma and is also contempla ing an i110011 during the school year con-
engineering course. Adolph Ille I S18tlng °f debates, orations, extem-
inteads taking the commercial l,oralle°us speaking, readings, cur-
course to be offered next year by Iren' events, essays, piano and vo-
thu Lexington High School and in j ca' selections, original poetry
test
is now being
showing of oil
attempt, active
work will start and the drilling will
be rushed. May the time be short
and may our undivided hopes be
blessed with a greasy coating ot
the oily product and the accom-
panying "filthy lucre.''
Tom Strickle Home
Tom Strickle returned home
Monday night from Rush Springs,
ind Oklahoma, where for the past ten
the meantime he will lie associated'''"' Publishing of the literary paper, (lays he has been acting as singer
with his father in business here. I ^ie Lexington representative in the j for Evangelist Abe Mulkey during
The three boys are all strong stu-: oratorical contest lu-ld recent-1 a great revival meeting which
dents and have enviable records in ; '-v Stillwater won two gold nied I closed Sunday night. The meeting
their high school career. All have j a'u as place prizes in both the was a great one, being some bun-
been identified with all organiza- oratorical and extemporaneous dred and twenty-five conversions
tions for the betterment of school speaking events. in the ten days. Of the new con
Athletically, the high school has
made great strides. In football
the team competed with the lead-
ing teams of the state and won
ecognition.
All in all the school year closing
has placed Lexington a long way
high schools of
life and their influence will be
missed.
In addition to completing the
regular prescribed course, the three
graduates have taken special work
that will aid them greatly in oh*
taining advance study credits.
They have seventeen credits and ' toward the leadin
with that number they will lie given j ''ie state.
adyanced standing at the universi- u , „ ,, . .. —. _
, Wi'S. J F Sfwcktey At El Reno
verts, sixty-eight united with the
Methodist church, thirty-two with
the Baptist, and eight with the
Christian. We have it authori-
tatively told us that l oin Certainly
sung his way into the hearts of the
people there.
ROUTE ONE.
Miss Ruth Farris spent Sunday
with the Misses Marsee. | again for the dty pnrk n|1(J b(mch |
Miss Emma Matthies took dinner i of civic tmproven)ent. Several
boosters have enlisted in the cause
and some definite action should be
made. It is alright to be slow and
easy and to take plenty of time but
in this case—immediate action and
no resting and waiting is absolutely
necessary and essential if Lexington
is to have a park this summer—we
can do the resting after we have the
park.
The plot of ground at the water-
works station is the best place in
Lexington for a beauiiful little
park. The great big shade trees
are already there and «(i is the
grass. All it needs is a little labor.
I he boy scouts can be enlisted in
the cause.
Now is the growing season of
the year. It is the time to set out
some flower beds and otherwise im-
prove things. With a little dona-
tion a small basin could be built
and filled with fresh water and a
fountain. Haul a couple of loads
of sand and make a playground for
the children—a little spot where
the mother can take her children
RAISE COOD COWS
All Cream Can Now Be Dis-
posed of for Cash Through
Tom Keller.
Banner Oil & Gas Co.
Messrs. E. C. and H. W. Daniel
and E. ('. Matthies called at the
Matthies home Thursday evening.
Miss Augusta Matthies took din-
ner with the Misses Daniel Sunday.
Miss Era Spencer returned home
from Purcell Saturday.
Jeff Boston and Rev. Hendry
took dinner with W. li. Bullock
and wife Sunday. Rev. Hendry
filled his regular appointment at
Shiloh M E. church Sunday morn-
ing and evening.
Otis Davis and wife of Norman
spent later part of last week with
W. E. Davis and family near Alamo.
Miss Ruie Davis was a Noble
visitor Monday. Miss Delia Milam
returned with her to spend a few
' , _ and while they are Ousy playing.
The infant child of Sam Donnell I n.„ ' , ,
the mother can enjoy a good chat
died last Friday of whooping cough. wi,e her friends.
Interment was made in Banner
cemetery Saturday.
Mrs. <!. W. Merritt and son Sam
called on Mrs. Henry Tarp Tuesday.
BOUCHT BY TESTINC
•
You Get Exactly What Is Com-
ing as. Soon as the Cream
Is Delivered.
A cream market has been estab-
lished here in Lexington which will
be a great benefit to the town and
more especially to the farmers who
will produce the cream and bring it
ill at
Tn view of the fact that each
member of this year
part in last year's commencement
exercises, having graduated from
■tile three year course, there will be
no graduating exercises this year.
Next year's class will consist ol
Anna Sandusky. May Haekler,
Maude Northcutt, Chester (• arrett.
Raz/.ie Stevens, George Merritt and
Edgar Keller.
Space will not permit us to tell
of all the progressive steps that
have been made in education in
Lexington and her public schools
during the past year. Prof. N. 11.
Edwards has demonstrated that he
is a wide-a-wake, live, energetic
school man and his retention for
next year meets with the approval of
every school patron. He has
"made good" and will have the
The Home Mission society of the
dass took i Methodist church, south, is vers en-
thusiastic over tla work for the
j coming vcar since the report of the
! annual meeting of the society at
El Reno by Mrs. J. F. Shockley.
who attended as a delegate from
the church here, has been made.
Mrs. Shockley is the progressive
president of the local society.
The meeting was a large one and
the president brought home much
j data. The Home Mission ladies
j are an energetic number of the
leading women of Lexington and
are doing much good to further the
interests of the church here.
Earl Ste*ens is
home nt this writing.
Die Deutche GeseJl«chaft met
with Lucian Stevens, ein Mitglied,
at his parents' home near Lone
Star Friday. It was ein grosses
fest.
Miss Margaret Kennedy of Madill
s visiting at ( '<. It. Richardson's.
Miss Oliida I'uryear who is cm-
ployed by the Smith Mercantile
Co. at Lexington spent Sunday
with homefolks near Lone Star.
Miss Nettie Stevens and Messrs.
Mort Sewell and and Fred Kemp
called 011 Miss Edith Hunt Sunday
evening.
Misses IIadley and Audry I'ur-
year transacted bu-ine-- in Lexing-
ton Tuesday.
event. These invitations must be! Miss May Merritt called at the
presented at the door. 1 Stevens' home Tue-day.
Parents will please accompany J A. Nemeeek was out in Banner
their children so as to avoid un-1 district this week.
necessary confusion. | Some good road work has been
The enrollment of the music class I done ea«t of Banner this week,
is now t\venty-six. a decided in- i Other work is being contemplated
crease over their first class. All of I and it- time to gef busy.
the pupils have been working dili-1 Herr von Boden.
gently during the school year, and
their musical talent shows a marked
improvement.
Second Semi-Annual Recital
The Lexington High School Piano
| class will present their second semi-
annual recital at the M. E. church,
south. Friday May lli at v o'clock.
Owing to the large attendance at
their first recital the class has been
i obliged to issue invitations for this
I his idea of civic improvement
need not start with a public park.
Make your own little park at home.
*1 our own family can enjoy a little
playground. You lie the first and
you will soon see how many are
going to follow your good example.
The idea is a very contagious one,
you will observe.
I Jet busy now while the sun
shines and the growing season is
on. Look to the civic improve-
I ment idea.
Dr. H. H. Wynne. Oculist.
Specialist of the eye, ear, nose
and throat, of Oklahoma City, will
be professionally in Purcell, on |
Saturday, May 24. The scientific !
continued co-operation of the citi-1 application of lenses (glasses) to)
zenship of Lexington and her ad-
jacent school territory.
The total enrollment of the Lex-
ington public school this year has
been 4^2. The board of education
has re-employed the following
teachers for next year: Misses
TROUSDALE
Another lovely rain Saturday to
help bring up the cotton and crab
grass.
J. T. Coleman and wife and J.
the eye receives my attention. One I "• Stover and family were visiting
regular visit each month. Purcell with A. M. Sanders and family
8 to J p. in. Lexington 1 to SjKundav.
J. II. Martin was a pleasant cal-
ler with J. B. Boeck Friday.
A goodly number attended the
singing at the home
and wife Sundav.
p. m. Inquire at the office of|
Baird s Drug Store in Purcell or Dr.
R. E. Thacker in Lexngtou. adv
E. A. Denison for insurance.
Teachers To Do Summer Work
The teachers of the Lexington
liettie T. Davis was born in
Montgomery county. Tenissee. Dec-
ember 21). 184;>. At an early age
she was converted and united with
the Cumberland Presbyterian
church. The church was only three
miles from her birthplace and it
was known as the church of Bethel.
It was her favorite of all churches
and she remained a member of]
Bethel church until about three
years after her marriage, At this
time she lniiveil her membership
to Georgetown, Grayson county.
Texas, and her membership -till j
remains in the church there.
1 lie deceased and ('lias. I!. Lynn j
were united in matrimony October
21, 1809, and to this union four
children wi re horn. Four sons re-
main tn mourn the loss of a trac
and loving mother, whose sweet
Any farmer who will milk three
to four cows will have an income
each week' that will pay his dry-
goods and grocery hill and go
along way toward paying all of his
other expenses such as taxes, farm
implements, etc., and leave his
crops free of mortgage in the fall.
I'om Keller has been induced to
buy the cream brought in and he
will pay the highest market price
in cash which permits the farmer
to trade where he wants to atnl
where he can get the lowest cash
price; and the cash in hand gets
the lowest prices. This alone saves
the farmer quite a sum in the
course of a year.
We have a paper printed in the
north in which there appears the re-
port of four creameries. The report
shows that they paid the farmers of
that community $;Ui5,000.00 during
the year 1912. That is exactly
•flOOO.OO per day. Sundays in-
cluded Now, there is no reason
on earth why we cant do the same
thing here, us we can produce
cream here at less cost than they
can in the north.
Every farmer should think over
this cream question. It means
j ready money and easy money to
11i111 every day in the yeai.
Mr. Keller will buy the cream
I every Tuesday and Friday. The
cream is tested and paid for in cash
and while the price fluctuates the
same as in.other staples still it is
always better than bringing ill lnit-
ter and taking it out in trade!
Farmers, Think this over and in-
vestigate it's merits thoroughly.
Public schools will do summer work | Christian influence lives after her.
in bettering themselves for service She is not dead but has gone to her
next y ar. Miss Lois Perkins will reward in that land where there are
attend the Central State Normal at no parting words spoken and she
Edmond specializing in primary
work. Miss Mabel Thacker will
attend the summer session of the
University of Chicago taking an
advanced English course. Mrs.
Lula Austin will spend the sum-
mer in Tenessee. Prof. N. II. Ed-
f J. T Jones' wards and wife will spend a month
I as insttructors in the Cleveland
will lie waiting and watching for
the family to come up higher.
Funeral services conducted by
Rev. II. II. Everett, were held at
the Christian church in Purcell
Tuesday afternoon. We extend
our deepest sympathies to the be-
reaved relatives.—A Friend.
Special Announcement
The most popular general news
and' farm paper in Texas is Tne Dal-
las Semi-Weekly Farm News. It is
read by more people than any oth-
er publication in the southwest. It
is the favorite with men readers,
woman readers and boy and girl
readers, because it has something
for all of them, and the best to he
had at any price. The Lexington
Leader and the Semi-Weekly Farm
News will lie sent a whole year to
any address for $1.7"). We accept
and receipt for all subscriptions at
this office. We do all the ordering
and take all the risk. adv t. f.
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52 Per Cent Reserve
The Farmers State Guaranty Bank of Lexington has
the largest cash reserve of any hank in Lexington or Purcell
I his is a broad assertion hut nevertheless figures will tell
anyone having any knowledge of banking. They will show
our claim is right. See the call statement of bank condi-
tion April 4 and compare.
I his hank is under safe, conservative management.
We want your business.' {
FARMERS STATE GUARANTY BANK
Clias. Greemore, President. M. R. Northcutt. Cashier
Directors—Chas. Greemoret M. R. Northcutt, W. S.
Whorton, <i. W. Merritt, O. L. Beckner.
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Walter Williams and family spent
Sunday with J. B. Boeck and fam-
ily.
County Teachers Institute at Nor-1
man. Mrs. Edwards will take a j
course in fine arts at the summer!
Eye and Author Williams, Claud ! -^ssion ,,f the state university.!
W'omack and Dudley Knox were Urof. N. II. Edwards will also en-j
the guests of I,. L. Sanders and r0" in tlle superintendents course.;
family Sunday.
L. G. Pantier, Doctor of Denial j
'surgery. Office over the Chickasaw
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A nice cool room at the
will make you sleep good.
Barker! National Bank. Phone 319, Purcell,
adv Oklahoma. Res Phone 12'-'.
NO PROFESSION'AI, EXPERI-
MENTING, but all the latest
known safe methods used to make
dental operations painless by Dr.
S. 1). Wilson, Dentist. Purcell, Ok-
lahoma.
Strawberries!! Strawberries!
Home Growy, Glenwood Fruit
Farm, Lexington, Oklahoma.
Sold by box or crate. Full Quart
boxes loc. 24 box crates $3.00.
Dewberries and blackberries in sea-
son. Next sk ason will have straw-
berries in carload tots. Everything
guaranteed.first class or money re- „ ...
• Bargains m listers. Fw
| funded. I hone your wants to El-1 pi.mt;r ,,mj cultivators at Edgar J
Her Claunch, Manager, R-$T>.
J. F.hocktey. the loan man.
Leids in Low Cost Insurance
The showing of results 011 a particular policy for one year or a
number of years is not always a fair comparison; but th« following
co r pari sou. which shows the Average net cost in 11)12 on policies is-
sued daring ihc 5 years IW07 to It'll by the 20 lending Part icipnting
and Non-Participating companies
A\' iau«' Annual N• -t Cost for Five Visirs n UIf policies. Issued at Age 4a
by Participating Companies.
I'nion Cent ral .Wai'st < '<'inpet iter Highest <-ost A vg. Co.s
Ordinary T.if• ■ ? 4.M ' f>r> '•<; i -•jc.-ki
Twenty Pay Life
N'on-Partieipattng companies conipau'-l with I'nion ( « nt ral. sane lui^is
I'nion Lowst Highest A\ > \ *ar*
('••lli ral Non-Par Coinp Non-Par Uoui Non-Par Co.s
Ordinary Lite vm."i k. >--'7oil
Tvmity Pay Lib- JJ.at. Jl o.:>7
A TVn \ • *;t■ ■ Avenge is St i!i .Won- l'a\ < rai •• to tin- I'nion < nt ral
Net Premium Rate Lowest of All.
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