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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 23
LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. MAY 2g. 1914
NUM3ER 37
BOOSTING FOR
GOOD BAND
Prof. N. H. Edwards To
Norman
Prof. N. H. Edwards and wife
left Saturday morning for Norman
where tliey will make their home
for the coming vear. Both will be
connected with the Cleveland county
| Teachers Institute which convenes
I in Norman in June, Prof. Edwards
Local Talent Promises Some
Good Music Right
Away
V^-iVnics and 4th of July time will as instructor and Mrs. Edwards in
noon be here and Lexington will charge of the music. They will at-
need a band to satisfy the music— tend the state university in the fall.
During the two years, Mr. and
Mrs. Edwards have been connected
with the schools here, they- have
taken an active part in the social
and moral affairs of the town. The
local school has been handled vetV
successfully and the plan of Work
raised very materially. They have
a host of warm friends here who
will wish them a continuance of
success in their coming years work.
loving celebrators who will be here
to enjoy such occasions. Lexing-
ton can have that band. She has
had good bands in the past. No
one thing can advertise a town bet-
ter, furnish more amusement and
cause more pride in the town than
a good band—Lexington has the
material and will have a band.
Preliminary arrangements are
already completed and a first or-
ganizotion meeting has been held.
Several of the boys gathered at
Kellers hall Friday evening and
talked the situation over and all
were of one opinion—that an effort
be made to get up a twenty-piece
organization, secure a director and
get ready for the closing months of
the campaign, picnics and other
celebrations and summer evening
concerts. "The boys and the instru-
ments they play, who met Friday
evening were Jim Mitchell, 1 -t cor
net; Rollie Mitchell, 1st cornet;
Adolphllle, baritone; Emmett Fug-
gle bass drum; Jess Hackler. Tenor;
Herbert Wright, tenor; Elmer Hook-
er, tuba; Ed Blackwell snare drum
Prospective members are Earl
Stevens, Joe. Horton and Irving
Higbee, Ira Wright, Gains Mitchell.
Lewis Corbett, Chester Garrett,
Will Breeding and Lee Whitsett.
With this number to start off the
bandprospects look good.
Several ofthe business inv.. fav-
or a plan which calls for a 4th of
July picnic' here to be placed in
charge of the band boys. In times
past out Side promoters have come
in and taken off the money which
A Big Storm
Lexington, Friday night May 29
the Ladies are coming with well
filled boxes, and they want some
fellow to buy them at a reasonable
price to help out the W. 0. W.
teams. The bovs need the money
bad—will you loosen up and help
not only the boys but the commun-
ity as weN. Their wili be good
speaking by leading W oodnen.
Everybody come and enjoy the
evening. Committee be on hand.
I have received the information
through a letter from our State Ex-
aminer and Inspector. Fred Parkin-
son that reads as follows:
Mi. lii ii W! i-eli.-
Dear Sir:—
Your report to this office show-
ing estimate made for expense of
county government, in the good
county of cleveland for the fiscal
. ai- eiiui'.'ig Jun* 30, iv* 14 hIiow-
that the percapita cost is $4.ON.
This is a good showing, and your-
self. the good board of County Com-
missioner-, and the other officers as
well, are to be commended for your
rightfully should have been kept successfull efforts in the interest of
at home. The band could be given the tax payers of Cleveland ( ounty.
a substantial boost, financially, and
Lexington citizens and farmers
about the town, a good, live cele-
bration. Lexington should cele-
brate the 4te of July and it is time
preparations should be in the mak-
ing. Encourage the band and a
celebration for the 4th of July.
Mrs. Marcum Afternoon
Reports from Republican Blaine
County, shows the per capita cost to
be #4.53, Republican Ellis County to
he $4.53, Republican Noble County
to be $4.98. Republican Creek Coun-
ty to be $*.00. Republican Nowata
County to be $6.95, Republican
Washington County to be 18.50.
( The average per capita for the
several Republican counties is $4.90.
Mrs. William Marcum entertained , The average per capita for the
Tuesday afteanoon at her spacious several Democratic counties is'¥3.77.
home in the southwest part of town | Fred Parkinson
in honor of the Tuesday afternoon State Examiner & Inspector,
club. The occasion was one that ]
was greatly enjoyed and the club District. Judge R. McMillan of
members—all present—spent a very Norman was down 1 uesday morn-
, . ,. 0 • , • .. i ing visiting with his many Lexing-
pleasant afternoon. Special invited ^ mu, ^ e|K, frien(h the in.
guests besides the club members terests 0f i,js campaign for supreme
were Mesdames Abe Myers, L. W. judge. He is carrying on an active
Northcutt, Alvin Barnett. Edgar J. campaign for that office and judg-
Keller and Mrs. Tom Mayfield of from press reports is making
XT ti i . j i r headway fast. He will return here
Norman. I he hostess served delic- gometir^e (luring the summer and
10us refreshments at 5 o'clock. j wi|[ prohably favor the voters with
ia speech.
If your neighbor does not read j r . . . ,
the Leader ask him to subscribe. 3 Hackler s 1 heater tor ug ) c ass
months for twenty-five cents. I motion pictures.
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We Appreciate Your Business
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Chas. Greemore, President.
Alfalfa Crop Being Cut Dr. Huston Dies
The first alfalfa crop of the yen' Dr. O. P. Huston of Cowet a-, Ok-
is being cut and baled this w^ek ' lahoma died Wednesday evening,
and all available help is busy tak-Mny (i at 8:00, death resulting from'
ing care of the large yield. As it j a stroke of paralysis while in the
is there has been a rather scarcity barn feeding hi- horse. ■
of hands and the balers on sonv Dr. Huston formerly lived on the
farms have run both day and night' Sudderth place for several
shifts. The few days r a i n I years and afterwards moved to j
of last week did not damage Lexington where he lived a couple j
the hay nearly so much a- °* years. lie was well known
predicted. j among the business men here nod
R. L. WILLIAMS
SPEAKS HERE
The first crop is a little late, due
to the cool weather which has pre-
vailed thus far and also on account
of the heavy rainfall. The growth
has been retarded to some extent
and the first cutting might be said
to be about a three-fourths crops
Even at this date it will be ixr sil>!e
to cut five crops.
Several balers have been bought
this spring and many additional ac-
res of alfalfa planted. The E. M.
Abernathy Alfalfa Mill, two mile-
north of town is grinding again 111i
year and Mr. Abernathy tells us lie
already has orders for five carload
and many inquiries coming in ev
ecy day. Between fifteen and
twenty men are employed at'the
mill. With 250 acres in alt ilfa,
Mr. Abernathy tops the list of the
big misers of this money-making
crop. J. L. Graham, south of
town, has about 150 acres, >,'• ah
Burkett also living south of towt
lm* about 100 acres. C. B. Threat,
north of town about 100acres, Sam
Hawk, north of town about fifty
acres, A. F. Claunch—P. W. Book
er—Will Purnell—about twenty ai -
res—Milton Sherman, living south
nf town about 45 acres, C. M. Mos-
es, about 35 acres, and several oth-
er- with several acres.
Prospects for the year are line
and with good weather the i •' ing
months bumper yields will be
turned out on all the lands about
Lexington.
River Still Causing Trouble
The South Canadian river is still
at its work destroying property and
the past ten days has added many
hundreds of dollars to its toll of des-
t r u c t i o n—the Lexington-Pucrcell
wagon bridge being amongst the
sufferers. The wooden approach
to the briclge has been all but out
the past ten days and unless the
river recedes and undercuting eras-
es, the approach will be washed out.
The approach was condemed for
traffic Sunday and only pedestrians
are taking chances an walking over
it. It is warped and twisted to
such an extent thai a new approach
will be needed.
A rise was noted Sunday after-
noon and watchers were stationed
on this side for the night. The
channel was driven hard against
the bank and undercut badly all
Sunday evening and night but the
approach sood it allright. The riv-
er is still quite high and some fur-
thur rises are expected.
Several bridges, wasded out by
the big rise a few weeks ago, were
carried away by the rise of last
week.
Dr. H. H. Wynne, Oculist.
Specialist of the eye, ear, nose
and throat, of Oklahoma City, will
be professionally in Purcell, on
Monday, June 1. The scientific
application of lenses (glasses) to
the eye receives my attention. One
regular visit each month. Lexing-
ton 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. Purcell 9 a.
m. to 12 m.
Inquire at the office of Dr.
R. E. Thacker or Palace Drug Store
in Lexington or Baird's Drug Store
or Dr. McCurdy in Purcell.
his many friends w ill regret to hear
of his death.
At the time >1 his death lie was
59 years old. He leaves a wife find
daughter to n urn his I besides
many friends.
The account of his death was
taken from tin Coweta Star which
Mr. Thos. Hooper of Route 3
brought in ti' the Lender.
Gnins Mitchell-President
Gains Mitchell, who fur some
time has been connected with J. J.
Frank's at Purcell, was honored at
regular meeting of the Kalp.i Club
of Purcell. Saturday evening by
election tn t, office of President.
The Kalp. C •• !• eompost i! >1 the
v prominent young
11. The honor was
nd the club should
more successfully un-
See Sen Greet Players
One of those items which slip our
notice each \\> ek, was the trip of
several of. the young people of Lex-
ington to Norman to witne- the. Economy and System Main
productions given bv the Ben Greet! , . . _
«- I:,,,,/ Argument in Speech
evening. "As You Like It" anil To Large Crowd
"A Midsummer Night's Dream1'j
were presented and those who went -L'dge Robert L. \\ illiams of Ok-
from here say thlt acting was the ''l'1<)1"a candidate for the
verv best. The players are famous democratic nomination for gover-
all over the United States. Those nor "Crossed a large crowd of vot-
who went from here were the Misses
Johnnie and Pearl Whitsett, Lois
and Mayme Perkins, Messrs Irving
Higbee, Guy Dowdy and Ed Black-
well.
Strong For Civic Work
Purcell citizens have shown that j
they are strong for having a clean I
town when a petition to be
sented to the city commissioners
ers here Friday afternoon. Wil-
liams is a pleasing and convincing
talker and his candidacy was favor-
ably augmented by his visit here.
Mr. Williams platform ind the one
he put up to the voters here is a re-
duction of the state's expenses—
making the state's agents self main-
taining. He proposes to make the
^ : state institutions self supporting,
: likewise many of the state depart-
wns circulated and practically everv
.. . . , ., .... I Mr. \\ llluini s promise to the peo-
citizen of the town signed it. Thi- . '
. i, , ,. . pie, should he he nominated and
petition calls for immediate action— . •. .
, • I, ,, . ,, .I-, .[elected to the office of governor, is
clearing ill alia vs of all rubbish and ! , . '
the lowering of taxes a sunplication
nl methods in bundling the state's
business—going after the small af-
majorit,\ i.:
men of Put
well placei;
continue eve
del his adil-.i -tration of affairs
Beginning "■ iturihiy, May 30th. ti
number of political meetings will be
held in W. -tern Oklahoma in the in-
terest of the andiihtey of Hon. F. E.
Herring, of Elk <ity. democratic can-
didate for Governor W ithin the
past few days a number of well
known citizens of Beckham and sur-
rounding counties hav< volunteered
their services to assist Mr. Herring
in hit Campari and have already
been assign eflSlates by the ElkCity
Herring Club on Saturday, May
30th, Hon. J. A Whitehnrst. of
Sayre, will speak at Thomas and
Custer City; Judge J. A. Milton, of
Erick, at Cordell nndRockey; Sena-
tor R. E. Echols, of Elk City, at
Weatherford and Clinton; Rev. T. S.
Mathews, of Elk City, at Sentinel
and Hobert.
In addition to the above named
speakers Judge Frank Mathews, of
Altus, and Hon. Sam Massingnle,
of Cordell, will till other appoint-
ments, the dates for which have not
yet been arranged, and a number
of other speakers well known at
home and abroad will be billed to
speak in Mr. Herring's behalf. With
the enthusiastic interest being
manifested by the leading cit-
izens til Mr. Herring's home section
"of the state, with the loyal sup-
port of the voters of the southwest
counties where the large democratic
majorities are- polled each elect-
ion, and wit^i his record as ti busi-
ness man who has shown his abil-
ity to cope with business proposi-
tions. Mr. Herring occupies a posi-
tion before the voters of the state
that cannot fail to attract a strong
foiling.
The strong endorsement given to
Mr. Herring by Farmers' Herring
CluPs in his home county is also
another element of strength that
will add to hie popularity in ever
agricultural district of the state,
Therehave been many farmers in the
western part of Oklahoma who have
been able to pull through the try-
ing days of pioneer life who would
have been compelled to leave their
farms had it not been for the finan-
ial assistance of Mr. Herring. They
remember and appreciate it.
nuisances. What's the matter with (
Lexington" Is it necessary to get
up a pet ion here—let every man
attend to his own and there will be
no need of one.
Some Fine Strawberries
Dr. Robert Thacker presented us
with a box of line strawberries Mon-
day morning fresh from the five
acre patch on the Glennwood fruit
farm. The berries were large and
luscious and as tine as we have had
the pleasure of seeing. The yield
this year is a very good one Dr.
Thacker will not -hip any of the
berries but will take care of the lo
cal demand and the market at Pttr-
Just Exactly Right!
When the dust is on the counter
and the cobweb's on the shelf,
there's no one in the store hut
your own dishearted self, and your
stock is getting shelf worn, and
everything looks stale and hills
enough are coming in to make a
banker pale. Oh! then is the time
a fellow is feelin' kind a' blue, and
is puzzled with the thought of the
proper thing to do. In such a sit-
uation but one remedy applies. If
you want to get the customers, you
have got to advertise.—Ex.
Mo Transfer of School Fnnds
County Superintendent Kate Bar-
bour litis stated that under the new
law no school district tax, state or
county, apportionment can he
transferred from one district to art-
nother when a pupil is transferred.
School ooards must give their con-
sent for pupils to enroll front anoth-
er district, Those contemplating ti
transfer must make application by
June 15.
Ice! Ice! Ice
1 am in the ice business again
this year and am ready and waiting
for your oiders. Phone 39. Leopold
I lie.
fairs and running the business sys-
tematically and along simple lines.
He left iinmediatsly after his
speech for Norman where he spoke
Friday evening to a large crowd at
tin .court house there.
Lost Suit case
Lost suit case between Lexington
and Noble, containtng Ladies ap-
pend and purse, finder please re-
turn to this office and receive re-
ward.
For feed stuff—call Low's Mill.
All persons having one of our
empty cases, mill please return them
at once. All persons living in town
who have one of our empty cases
plfise notii.v..us at once and we will
come and get them. Look around
around and see if you can find one.
Leopold Ille, Steam Bottling works,
Phone 39.
Dr. Emmett Thacker came down
from Noble Monday morning to
make arrangements for moving his
family to that city. The doctor
says he is doing well in his new lo-
cation and his many friends in and
about Lexington will he glad to
hear of his success.
Mrs. Chas. DeVorss of Norman
came down Monday to visit home
folks and other friends.
Dr. T. V. Hill and Tom Critcher
went to Oklahoma City Monday
where an examination was made of
Mr. Critcher's knee which has been
bothering him a great deal the past
six months.
Judge F. B." Swank came down
from Norman Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sherman
returned from Norman Monday
where thej attended a reunion of
the J. Ii. Holland family on Sun-
day.
Ed Ferreter, «r., returned Satur-
day from a few days visit with his
son. Richard, at Mountain View,
Oklahoma.
Farm Loans
I represent Bartlett Bros., Land
A Loan Co., of St. Joseph. Missouri
Branch office at Guthrie. Lowest
rates and best terms.
adv E. A. Denison
Your Business Here I
Is Confidential
Eor Sale:—A bicycle in good con-
dition—see Adolph llle at lile's
grocery store.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sherman had! Judge J. h. Sharpe of Purcell,
as their guests Sunday, Mr. and . •■i.iu'i.IhL. for supreme judge, was,
Mrs. Scott Upp of Tulsa, Oklahoma.1 lieri; ''rtdav afternoon in company
; with R. L. Williams, and made the
I crowd, which bad gathered to hear I
Notice Williams, a few remarks. Much!
I will give 10 per cent of all cash favorable comment is heard regard-
trade Saturday to M. E. Church. ing Mr. Sharpe in and around Lex-!
K. Blake ington.
@cept to those.vitally interested. You can depend upon this
absolutely.
« THE SECURITY STATE BANK
@ Lexington, Oklahoma.
(g) E. M. Abernathy, President R. M. Evans, Cashier
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