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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 23
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. JUNE, 5. 1914
NUMBER 38
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PUBLIC HEALTH. iwas brought there by typhoid Lindsay Case. July 14th, 1914
The schools over the state are carriers. Two children who had ,P, .
closing or Tiave closed. The typhoid some weeXs before had l!'se ' 1 lindsay,
tinue for work for the summer of apparently recovered. changed to Cleveland Count) on a
the older boys and girt* has When the disease was first change of venue from Murray coun-
about arrived. Remember that recognized the State Health De- ty, has been set for trial July 14,
they have been housed up for a partment furnished anti-typhoid i' f„r(, \.,.-uillm r
long while and are not so used to vaccine to vaccinate all children .. . ' ' . '' '
the hot sun as those who have and those employed at the insti- 18''liar"etl wlJh tile klllll>8 61 ' A very pleasant afternoon was spent
been working right along and tution. Schenck, editor of the Sulphur
in needlework followed by delicious
have been out in the open air Three children contracted ty- Democrat last August. Able attor- refreshments. The guests invited
and sunlight. Let them go to pioid after the first dose of the neys have beep employed by both Uf,r„ MPs.l-inie« \k-in I! .mptt \i,-
work IV degrees. Let them get vaccine but after the second . si(jes aml „„ (loubt th;triaI wi„ ? *1 Vrliins and Miss May me Per
seasoned and bronzed and in a dose not another case occurred . , .. . . jerKinsnno .>nc ua\mi ni-
very short time they will be able in the institution. Fifty-five pa- hard fought trom -Hart to finish. iiing] Mrs. Clarence Peery, Mrs.
to do much better and harder tients were given the vaccines.! c , , r - D . John Mas->y and Mrs. J. M Mas-
work than if they jump into it In a small way this shows the example (if CIVIC beamy
from'the start and are weaken- value , of preventive medicine ir. ■ Few yards in Lexington ar.Mr.ori
ed thereby at the beginning of institutions. I feel that a ser- posing to the eve than that of I), i "Biir Storm" Landed Success-
the sunder season. Give them ious epidemic was averted by N KeHev in thp pouthea8t part ofj fu,|v.
an occassional holiday or at least using the vaccine at the Orphan-; _ The «Bi Sto/m-. billed for
a half holiday. Bear in mind age. . iuwu. menowers, vines anu r s s
that. "All work and no play _Truly yours, es look tine, and- are kept up in the j ha„ <J>].y - ou\imt. an(, featurecj
Mrs- Claude Perkins
Afternoon
Th« weekly meeting of the Tues-
day Afternoon Club, with Mrs.
Cloud. Perkins as hostess, was one
of the most enjoyable of the year,
makes Jack a dull boy," and that
the same may be said of Jennie
as well as Jack.
There is every reason to be-
lieve that along with bountiful
crops in Oklahoma we are to
Weeds and Grass Causing
Trouble.
Intermittent downpours Sat-
urday again hindered the farm-
have a summer with t large de- ers in their work and heightened
crease of illness. From various the serious situation which is
towns in the State aiul from the beginning to confront them,
gather should the rains
(Signed) JOHN. W. RILEY.
best shape possible.
about the residence is well tended
and the place is a good example of
civic improvement spirit.
Pioneer Citizen Drops Dead
P. H. Barrier, over sixty years
aid, and one of the early settlers of
Everything| one of the best all around times
Lexington people have enjoyed
this year—a crowd which filled
the hull was on hand to see the
comh g and departed with re-
luctai ce at its going.
Tli< "Big Storm"—in other
word- box .-upper given by
the lo Igi ■ was interesting as well
as entertaining. The earlier part
of the evening was spent in lis-
tening to talks by State Manag
larger cities, also, we gather I should the rains continue to fall.
news of clean up campaigns. A The weed and grass question is Cleveland county dropped dead in
number of them are offering causing lots of trouble—with a Fred Reed's drug store at Norman
prizes for the cleanest premises .a;, small opportunity ol solv- Sunday morning about9:30o'clock, or Forgan of Oklahoma Citv and
a"3 he,.m0!t, bea51lUl yf Ih.'r a ?St Try The deceased was waiting for a i some very good quartette music
and back-yards. With a clean has practically stopped work.' c 7 . }>v irvini fuel Jot> Hi"-
loctorwhom he liad called wheni,^ i. , -r ^
dmost instantly. 1^' R W Ban"er and 'L B" Co1
town and well kept streets and, but some few farmers have
alleys there is not much chance braved the mud and are making
of disease epidemics. Has your war on the we^ds regardless,
town done anything along these Much f tin cotton has been
lines? ("drowned out" and all other
The State Department of crops are suffering from too
Public Health has 011 hand a much rain. Work in the alfalfa
pamphlet giving the details of fields has been periodical and
how these 'Clean up Campaigns'i more or less damage has been
should be begun and carried out. i done the hay. It is hoped the
If you have not received one rain will cease right away. July
send to us for it and we will be and August will need some of
glad to send you one or several the moisture that is falling now.
copies of tiie pamphlet. j Even at this stage if the rain will
The Health Week conducted at cease and the country favored
Muskogee beginning May 24th, j with some "soakers" during the
was a greaLsaflf'a-Jt.v:.- cuu- .uiidill* of-the summer, the south
A
PLANS A
BIG CELEBRATION
Rousing Picnic Will Be Held Under The
Auspices of The Woodmen of The
World And Preparations
Are Now t'udervvay
will have all mat-
big, glorious uele-
Lexington will celebrate the 4th for preparation
of July! The Woodmen of the ters ready for a
World will have charge of the cele- iiiation.
bration and it will le a rousing J Prominent speakers'Will be here,
picnic with everybody ; candidates are coming, good band
music, plenty of good drinking
water, races, ■ contests-, merry-go-
ducted uftd
ia. Dc
nd* will still come out alright
— a Jbirnip«p..c: fpv'if be „
sured.
Health and was aided in every
way possible by the citizenship — —
of the city of Muskogee. The 1 Rural Carriers Meet at Purcell,
health exhibit was perhaps the ! Rural carriers from Garvin,
best ever shown in the State McClain and Cleveland counties
and the addresses and lectures; met at Purcell ^Saturday in con-
were of a much higher order! vention. It was* the annual meet"
than usual. Health Week and, ing, which is always held on Dec-
Health Days in other cities and oration Day. Conditions were
towns will follow the one in Mus-1 discussed and matters for the
kogee and several are already i betterment of rural carriers ser-
scheduled. j vice were talked. The next an-
After the summer vacation nual meeting will be held in Lex-
many of your schools will start ington. May 30th, 1915. Dele-
he fell and died aimusi IU31UI11I.V. I !• . 1 . 1.
! mis. , Drill work was put on bv
Barrier came to Oklahoma at thc;the Qircle team followed by the
opening of the eonntry apd has re- team' which will represent the
sided in this county' since that i local fudge at the encampment at
time. He has been a rural carrier ' t- Sn. i.h. Aik., the latter part
. v .1 i • 11 lot the month. Both teams called
at Norma., the past s.x years. He 1Qrth mU(.h fn)m the ^
was lennessean by birth. He; crowc[ pre.sent.
owned his original homestead which The sale of the boxes was the
is one of the best farms in the Little ! source of much amusement,
Rivpr Locality keen bidding and a good sized
' ' ' sum—between forty and fifty
Mrc I R i Rnhprtcnn Hipq dollars—which will be expended
Mis. J. b. A. nODe 1 ISOt< Uies for umforms to help the team
Mrs. J. B. A. Robertson, wife ofj make a good showing at Ft.
Judge Robertson, who is a candi- Smith, Some of the boxes
V : .. d u... :utic non.in'itin 1 fancy prices and some
, 1 . niM odd pairs ate their contents—
for governor, died m Oklahoma each lady.s name beoing in the
Citv on Monday. She was a fine box and the purchaser having
woman and had numerous friends her as his partner for supper:
in Norman, where she visited fre- event will be remembered
quently. Funeral was held and |a long time*
durial made
Chandler.
Woodmen
invited to come and enjoy the oc-
casion. Although definite plans
have not been completed, the pros-
pective celebration calls for plenty
of excitement for big and little.
I here will be something doing
every minute of the day and tin
rounds, stands, confetti, fireworks,
sideshows and other attractions
will, furnish plenty of amusement.
Baseball games will furnish ths
baseball fans with some good dia-
evening will witness a grand dis-lmond exhibitions.
at
was
her old
home
up in August. Before school be-
gins see to it that your build-
ing and the water supply and
out-buildings are put in good
condition. Have the water ex-
amined; have the building aired
and fumigated and see that the
toilets or privies are put in good
sanitary condition.
The following letter from Dr.
John W. Riley, president of thej
Oklahoma State Medical Asso-
ciation, is self explanatory. A
word to the wise should be suf-
ficient :
Dr. J. C. Mahr.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dear Doctor:
Last fall three children from
St. Joseph's Orphanage of Ok-
lahoma City were found to be
suffering from typhoid. These
three cases yvere removed to St.
Anthony's Hospital and a care-
ful inquiry into the sanitary
conditions of the institution,!
water and milk supply, failed to J
show any cause for infection.
It was evident tjjat the disease j
gates from here were Carriers
E. C. Mathies, P. 0. Smith, J.
D. Bland and A. G. King. Of-
ficers elected were 0 M. Moore of
Byars, Eugene Ward of Purcell
vice president; and E. C. Math-
ies, Secretary-Treasurer.
From The Byars News And
Advertiser of May, 29. 1914
F. B. Swank of Norman, Candi-
date for District Judge of this the
14th District was here Wednesday
in the interest of his candidacy.
Mr. Swank has many friends in and
around Byars yvho are constantly
speaking words of praise for him.—
Ex.
For Sale
One McCormick single row cor
binder, in good condition.
J. J. Brown.
Hackler's Theater for high class
motion pictures.
Ready for the Alfalfa.
One barn already completed,
and one being finished this week,
are the preparations being made
I for alfalfa, the south end's sure
Word came to Lexington Tues- j crop every year. John Graham,
day night of the death of Mr. W. who owns about one hundred and
D. Hall, living one and one hal fifty acres planted to alfalfa, has
mill's cast of here, which occured JJJfi y a . '5arn' 32
' , ■ , , , | feet by 98 feet with a capacitv
I he deceased hadj0f 15 j.()ns an(j Burkett is
for several years, finishing a new' alfalfa barn,
24x80, with a capacity of 150
tons, on his fine farm south of
Lexington. W. T. Scott and G.
T. Scott have superintended in
I the yvork. Several large barns
afternoon with interment in the! have been erected this season
Lexington cemetery. A large fol-jand big raisers are all in good
lowing of friends were at the servi-1 shape to take care of their crops.
ces to pay their last respects to the Ir ~ ~ ~
; Mrs. Henry Haselwood left Fri-
day for her home at McAllen, Tex-
one of the pioneer as after a few days visit with her
W. 0. Hall Dies
at 10 o'clock
been an invalid
suffering a stroke of paralysis some
time ago. Funeral services, con-
ducted by llev. Robert W. Leach
were held from the home Thursday
play of fireworks and music. Every-
thing possible will, he done to
make it the most successful picnic
and celebration ever staged here.
At a meeting of the lodge Tues-
day evening the plans yvere gone
over and committee on arrange-
ments appointed. They are busy
'i ou should plan right now to ba
in Lexington 0.1 the 4th of July
guests of the \\ . 0. W. Bring your
baskets well filled and enjoy t!.«
day. Come early—stay late and
don't miss anv of the fun. You
will he assured a good time and
at work and with three weeks j the children will have a big time.
deceased.
Mr. Hall W£
citizens of the county, coming here
about fifteen years ago. He was
one of our most highly respected
citizens—held in high esteem by ' where she has been visiting—Kan-
all his acquaintences. He yyas sas City and Oklahoma,
born in Franklin county, Kentucky,
April 19th, 1845, being 69
cousins. Mr. and Mrs. 1). N. Kellev
Mrs. Haselwood lives only eight
miles from the Mexican line but re-
ports less excitement there than
vears I Omar Horrtor is treating
, ,, , 'iidence property, on the hi
one month, and 14 days old at his
us res-
. to a
coat of paint, greatly improving the
death. He came here from Gray-! looks and appearance of the place,
son county Texas, in 1900. HisjW. T. Scott is doing the work,
surviving children are: Mrs. J. F. I which insures a good job.
King. Mrs. Monroe Burkett and
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In This Bank's Success
Equal Treatment to All, Fair Interest,
Courtesy, Safety, Personal Attention, Con-
servative Management, Careful Loans, En-
terprising Service, Modern Safe Guards.
We Appreciate Your Business
The Farmers State
Guaranty Bank
Chas. Gree.nore, President.
M. R. Northcutt, Cashier
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Miss Josie Dilden of Lexington,
Mrs. Otha Carter of Sulphur, Okla-
homa. Mrs. Maud Inman of Sher-
man, Texas and Mr. Claude Dilden
of Lexington. The sympathy of
the entire community goeH out to
the bereaved relatives.
Alfalfa baling is the order of the
dav and everybody is working hard
taking care of the big crop. Lex-
ington has been deserted this week.
Johnnie Holmes of Corbett was
calling on friends in Lexington Sun-
day afternoon.
Key Boyd For Sheriff
In this issue of the Leader ap-
pears the initiiori: - i ininmncement
of Key Boyd of Norman for the
democratic nomination for sheriff,
subject to the action of the primary
August 4, 1914.
The subject of this sketch was
horn in Arkansas 34 years ago, and
21 years ago moved with his par-
ent" to a farm east of Denver where
he worked 011 the farm and attended
school for 1(1 years.
For the past four years he has
been employed in the mercantile es-
tablishment of It. C. Berry
where he remained until about
May 1st when he entered into an
active and aggressive campaign.
Key Boyd has never asked for of-
fice. although lie has taken an ac-
tive interest in political affairs since
he became of age. He decided to
become a candidate after his friends
over the county had repeatedly
urged him to make the race.
Mr. Boyd is one of Cleveland
county's splendid young men who
will enter the race on his merits.
He is a man of excellent judgement,
cool and deliberate and would make
an ideal officer.
He has a large following over the
county arid is nopular among his
acquaintances.
The democrats of Cleveland coun-
ty should consider his candidacy.
His nomination means that the
Eor Sale:—A bicycle in good con
dition—see Adolph 1 lie at Ille's
grocery store.
H. M. Phillips, jr., arrived from
Norman Monday to spend a few
days with relatives. He is u neigh-
ew of Mrs. D. N. Kelley and H.
M. Phillips.
For feed stuff—call Low's Mill.
John Franing of Norman was
here Thursday afternoon to spend a
few hours with his many old time
friends. He tells u- he is a pros-
pective candidate for the nomina-
tion for representative and his an-
nouncement will probably appear
soon. Mr. Franing's large follow-
ing over the county would make
him a contending factor in that race.
one of our
e return them
living in town
empty cases
next Sheriff of Cleveland
will be a democrat.
All persons having
empty cases, mill plea
it once. All persons
who have one of our
please notify us at once and we will
come and get them. Look around
around and see if you cat. find one.
Leopold Ille, 8tea.il Bottling works,
Phone .'S9.
Mr. Joe Colbert of Criner, Okla-
lahoma visited Mrs W. Nesbett
Monday.
RENALT for kidneys and blood.
It is guaranteed. For sale at the
Owl Drug Store.
Just unloaded car of A No. 1
corn.—Ed Low.
Farm Loans
I represent Bartlett Bros., Land
A Loan Co., of St. Joseph. Missouri
Branch office at Guthrie. Lowest
county I rates and best terms.
adv
E. A. Denison.
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Sol, Ward of Corbett was in town
C. DenKS To IVlt Calm Texas i Friday and Saturday mixing with
the crowds here. He is wearing a
happy smile and says he is enjoying
the campaign thus far.
Several copies of the Mt. Cal.r.
(Texas) "Banner were received here
Friday, which Mr. D. C. Jenks, for-
n.erlvjpf the Leader, recently pur.
chased. The paper shows a good
line of advertising and evidence
of an enterprising city. Mr.
Jenks has many friends here who
will wish success in his new loca-
tion.
For Sale
A good Moon buggy-
Soo Horrtw Brothers,
-a bargain.
E. A. Denison for insurance, adv
Mrs M. A. Wallace spent the
week end at tHe home of Elmer
Clauneh. She reports Mr. Claun-
ch's place in fine condition, es-
pecially fruit and strawberries.
Ice! Ice! Ice
I am in the ice business again
this year and am ready and waiting I
for your orders. Phone 39, Leopold i
Ille.
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Your Business Here
Is Confidential
Business deals of almost every nature eventually in-
volve a hank transaction and the officers and employees
realize the obligation resting upon them to keep such trans-
actions to themselves, quite as much as the lawyer or doctor
does the safe guarding of their clients and patients.
It is an unwritten law of this hank that all business
of whatever form intrusted to it shall be a closed book ex-
cept to those vitally interested. You can depend upon this
absolutely.
THE SECURITY STATE B4NK
Lexington, Oklahoma.
E. M. Abernathy, President It. M. Evans, Cashier
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