The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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VOLUME 24
THE LEXINGTON LEADER
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER lb, 1914
NUMBER 5
A Modern "Abe Martin" !'>« w:>8the I-M"a "f Uve, NVi"'r:
, ,i „ i I He had been reading the advertise-
Plnlosophers teach us ambition ,
... « inents and knew that that was the
and success is largely a matter of i . , .
. |. -.i ,i „ j oourse to follow in buying,
environment, live with the living, ..
.... , . ., A new house and a new wne
that is live wires in the Oommer- . ,
, . ... called for some new clothes, and
cial world of today and jou will ^ Mary by the arm. he lead
soon become a live wire by assoc. ^ ^ w K Breeding
lation, be a moseback and ~D ^ ^
ate with the mosshacks and voui ' . ..
11 > „j knew they handled a complete line
will be termed a dead one and ,
... ,. i,t of millinery, ladies ready-to-wear,
who of us relishes the thought of
such a condemnation. Neverthe-
less, it is an indisputable fact, then
in life why not be like this modern
Abe Martin, whose quaint philoso-
phy and more especially his rare
foresight, in this instance, have
been a source of stepping to some-
thing better and keeping the wallet
filled with money wasted in thought-
less buying. It follows;
Our Abe Martin was a country
boy with a head full of horse sen=e
and an eye for business. Born of
foreign parentage of German decent,
be early left the land of his nativity
attracted to Oklahoma in the good
year of our Lord, 1914, by the cheap
lands advertised by Neal Smith, the
leading real estate, farm loan and
insurance man of Lexington, and
only recently did buy a nice little
farm of Mr. Smith. Now Abey was
no Jew although his name might
mislead you; he was a throughbred
in homespun breeches and his bus-
inesi motto was: A penny saved
is a pennv made. He knew the
way mapped out by his honest dad
He married! Figured out his road
to success; first it was a home for
his "bird" and he must needs have
a good one, Down to the Trudgeon
Lumber Co. he went and figured
with J. 0. Motsenbocker on his bill,
knowing that this yard alwavs kept
a standard stock of lumber of all
shoes; caps, boys' and men's cloth
ing and an up-to-date line of dry
goods. It was a revelation to Abey
and Mary! And they had been
around some too. Why, you could
find the same things here that you
find in large city stores and Abey
patted his pocketbook, for he knew
that some poor little dollats would
be in some rich man's pocketbook
had he tarried in the city to shop.
Mary looked more like a queen
than ever before to the happy Abe
when he left the store. Sorter
made him look dingy by contrast.
Abey decided it should not be so.
He looked down the street and saw
a sign, "The Royal Tailors" the
home of the Million Dollar Look
and he knew that there was the
place to buy clothes that fit and
were fit to wear. He ordered a
suit out of one of the large style
books and was told that he would
have to wait just one week and he
would have a suit direct from the
country's fashion center, New York.
Now this was Saturday and a busy
one in Lexington so Abey pulling a
watch out of his pocket, bought at
A. T. Roberts, the well known jew-
eler, saw that "feeding" time was
at hand. Where to eat? A. T.
Robert's restaurant. He had heard
some other fellows talking about
that place and they said it was
SUNDAY'S TOLL
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been select'd by the membi rs of
the Senior class.
Ethel Kershaw, a member of the
i Senior > la--, has been absent for
some time on account of the illness
of her mother.
TI • Senior class plared the fol-
| lowing current events on the Bulle-
tin Board Monday:
King of Roumania is dead. His
nephew will take his place.
Monument erected at Euline,
Maine, in honor of Bendict Arnold
forgetting him as a traitor.
Myrtle Elliot returned to school
i Monday after a weeks absence.
Another test rejoiced the hearts of
those taking Plane Geometry in |
which Louis Corbett, Lee Whitsett.
Clinjon Kendrick, Ethel Elliot and
Ruth Hill came out winners, each
making 100 per cent.
Tuesday was the first day which
we required arificial heating and
• , 1 lor. Greet the next governor of Ok-
Supt. R. W. Balmer and the janitor - aml ^ what hp „as t0 say
I Many did not get to hear Judge Wil-
liams, when he spoke here during
the primary and''he fact thdt they
will have another opportunity is
gratifying to them.
JUDGE R. L. WILLIAMS
Who will speak in Lexington next
Tuesday, October 20, at 1:30 P. M.
The Democratic nominee for govern-
or will tell of tlie things he st-uds
— £vi.r>s in Baltimore American.
PUBLIC SALE
bills that bring the crowds and get the pr'ces— There's a bit import-
ance attached to a neat and attractive bill. We will be pleased to
quote you reasonable prices. See us.
! the lexington leader
were kept busy to look after the de-
Ifects as most radiators are leaking.
Mrs. Crossman has joined the < ler-
jman class and now belongs to that
class of students that are making
rapid strides fn the educational line.
Miss Frances Newville is another CORBETT ITEMS
one of our progressive maidens who j, j. Brown,, T. 15. Kees and J. Z.
has joined herself to the happy hand Beckham were Lexington visitors,
of L. H. S. I Wednesday.
Bodie Mitchell, A1 f Cossey and
phone
pedo Sulky and found out that Mr. 'delight to the happy future in
Keller carried a complete line of j for them and a warm spot in
a standard siock oi .umuer ^ ^ ^ eiU and tbev
kinds and had a reputation forhon-1 ^ ,( w.,.,
est and square dealings. I hey gave
him a reasonable discount and he
went on his way rejoicing. J. H.
Baughman, the carpenter was given
the contract because as usual he
figured him a low estimate and
Abey had also heard of his work-
manship and knew it to be of high
standard and that he would assured i - ... , . ,
„ , . I things and Abey and Mary nevei
a well bu.lt house. House complet- *
and Abey thought of his motto
They had chilli and hamburgers
and pie and all kinds of short or-
ders and my! but they enjoyed that
dinner, followed by a good La Resta
cigar at the Palace Drug Store and
a cold drink for Mary. The Palace
was just filled with different litt!
farm implements.
Mary said she wanted some of
the Jackson Square brand <>f coffef -
so they stepped into the J. M. J ug-
hf>arts for Lexington and her
hjneb of money-savers.
store
their
'live'
ed, Abey needed furniture: Didnt
take long for him to decide: Took
Mary, the dearest of the dear, and
went into see the big stock at the
Marcum & Isom furniture and hard-
ware store and say, Abey was sur
missed a thing. They made up
their minds that this was the place
for medicines, perfumas, toilet ar-
ticles, kodaks and cold drinks.
Thev were overjoyed to find that
this drug store carried the Nyal
High School Notes
i r, nmr, I Another week has rolled around
i le grocery store, and found a com-
. , i:„„ ,t in peace and tranquility, A tew
plete and up to the minute line oi
, ,, i, „i quizes were given and some or tlie
these goods as well as a stock oi, . . , .,
. . . ,i , Kn i I diligent ones are rejoicing while
groceries that could not be dupn-] ... , , , . ,■ , .
" , ■ i t ■ 1 some of the indolent inclined do
cated in a town the size of Lexing-
. . i th v not •show «uch a happy expression,
ton so that Abey opined, fhey,
, t, t , There were three made happy in the
had the very kind of Hour both hud .
T\ i laet algebra examination. MiBBes
1 i (in wanting Kunsds Duiniond j
wanting r., , Margie Hill, Empo Mays ami Mr.
brand known for its excellence and i
, , .... i;. >ree Johnston each received one
good bread making qualities
A House Bargain
For Sale—1 will sell my resi-
dence and lots in Lexington and
take cotton in payment at ten cents
per pound. If you want a good
home in town at the right price,
see me. One of the best locations
in Lexington.—L. \V. Northcutt.
A Prize Sweet Potato
We have on display in our win-
dow, a prize sweet potato, raised
by W. M. Roberts of Lexington.
The potato is of the Nancy Hall
variety and weighs S 1-2 pounds,
Mr. Roberts dug it out of his garden
Monday afternoon and it is too bad
it wat not found sooner as it would
no doubt have won blue ribbons at
the couuty and state fairs.
Boston Wins Championship
The Boston Braves of the Nat-
ional league won the worlds base-
Mrs. J. A. Cossey and children were
visitors in Lexington Sunjay.
R. E. May marketed cotton in
Lexington Wednesday.
Johnnie Holmes was in Lexing-
ton Wednesday.
Luther Brown and family of Co-
manche Co. are visiting his father
J. J. Brown this week making the
trip in Mr. Brown's car.
P. M. Ward and wife visited the
S. A. Ward home Sunday.
J. M. Dean and wife, M. A. Ward
visited the 8. H. Cossey home Sun-
day.
Misses I'earl Corbett anil Ruth
Hill were week end visitors with
home folks.
Miss I'earl Corbett delightfully
entertained a large number of friends
Saturday night. There were pres-
ent;.!. M. Dean and wife, P. M.
Ward, and wife, Misses Bertha and
nucv nuo out-
, ,, . , line of remedies. Mr. and Mrs.
prised and very pleasantly too. . , , ,
, • , Martin were more than pleased
Here were bargains galore, so many
that Abey wished that he had built
a larger home. He found every-
thing he needed to furnish his home . ~
, , i the conclusion that it was a pretty
when he . , .,
with their treatment at the Palace.
They spent the afternoon looking
over Lexington and both same to
from cellar to garrett and
jood business town. All the mer-
asked about terms, Abey smileu
...T ,,, chants seemed to be good sulistan-
^ on sure are liberal was . , , . . .. ,
tial business men and the stocks of
goods were excellent, considering
the «ize of the town. They visited
the Lexington public schools, met
the teachers and were shown '.lie
again.
all he could say. And just then.
Abey thought; the house needed
painting so off he rushed to a tele-
phone and called up W. T. Scott.
the painter, and then and there . ..
, , , . , different rooms and given an idea
leal to have the house , ... .
about the work being done.
He wanted a
Abey bought a fine Newton
neat and attractive job and he wagon o{ Mr E. j. KelIer because
knew he would get that kind from j^g (]urai)ility and its great life in
W. T. (Babe) Scott. running and the way it stands the
Abey was overjoyed! He knew wear, he also bought an Avery Tor-
closed a
painted at one
j A thought came to Abe about
I winter as they were passing Leo-
pold I lie's so he went in and in-
quired regarding the price- of «<>«>,
—here they carried domestic lump
,md McAlester coal, -elling it at
county scale weight. Abey knew
thAt meant a fair and square weighty
so he laid down his order for tw ',
tons. They ate a tine supper oi
fish and oysters at the Merchants!
Cafe which they make a specialty
of and it was some supper. 1 hey 1
were also told toat the farmers wen
given a big dinner on Saturdays of
each week for twenty cents. i he
service was good and they were
treated very courteously.
championship by defeating I Pe rl 8n,ith- Jul" Weaver Luh,
Philadelphia Mhletics of the Ruth E Z>' "nd
American league four straight games i l!row"' Maude Nor"'CUtt' Aurl,li;
, r • i) < t and Ever Ward, (iem Clay, and
the series ending in Boston I lies- ' ^ ,,
Messrs Brown Cossey, urover Clary
(hundred per cent which means per-|{jj
feet There were several who made
above 90 per cent which is a good
eh' 1 ,/ing. I uaj. iuv iiijui Kuiuv «*(*o tJiiijci. I . .
A Websterian mixed quartette i jjeforg a crowd estimated at 35,000. ' 'ohm s, hi...
was organized consisting of Missef |over 100.000 people saw the four I Jalues De Jamette, lom Weaver,
Lena Phillips and Rose W ilson and | garaegi ti)e gate receipts amounting j ani' Bill Moil taw. After mil. i
to over #200,000.
day. The final game was played i'
and Jesse
Messrs Hurbert Wright
Ha: kler which gave some fine se- j
lections Friday at their program. ,
Mrs. Jack Ethridge, Mrs. J. F ;
Shockley and Mrs. J. H. Teagm-
wen. visitors at our si-huol Friday
and they expressed th^ir ppreciat-
■ ion of our work in very laudabh
■
terms, stating tiiat they were proud
of he Lexington School.
Master I!. 0. Smith, son of R. O.
games were indulged in, the guests
j departed for their homes.
Travi- received word from
ravi- Wednesday morning |
her, Mrs. Wadligtcn,
herman, Texas.
Dit
Mrs.
that her
died Tuesday at
Dr. H. H. Wynne. Oculist.
Specialist of the eye, ear. nose
Thed' 'eased was quite well known and throat, of Oklahoma ( ity, will
having visited here during the sum-! be professionally in Purcell, on
,ner- _ _ _ Friday. Nov. 13. The scientific
J. J. Stevens and wife entertained j application of lenses (glasses) to
the eye receives my attention. One
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Smith, was promoted from the 3rd
Then they spent the even-110 4t]i grade. His work having
ing at Hackler's Theatre and saw a j such that we thought it wise to ad-
nice,'clean show, the Adventures of j vance him.
Kathlyn was being shown that day I The Athenian Literary Society
in place of Tuesday the regular j will give a German Program Friday
night for the great motion picture.
And in the evenitg by a bright
mellow October moon they drove
to their little nest, happy and light-
hearted and looked forward with
If you want to hear something about
the Vaterland" come out and hear
this program. You will not be dis-
appointed.
Class pennants' and pins have
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At Bairds
M. R. Northcutt. Cashier
Chas. Greemore, President.
You can always find suitable and useful gifts for your par-
ties. Of course space will not permit us telling the entire
list. All we can do is to assure you that you can find just
the very thing you are wanting or else suggest to you.
When you are in Purcell pay us a visit
We will always be glad to welcome you
Baircfs Store
Purcell, Oklahoma
tit dinner, Sunday, for their
Ruzzie, who was home from Nor-
man,where lie is attending the state
university. The guests were Bertie
Boggs, Edith Hunt, Willie McFad-
den, May Merritt, Mayrae Thomp-
son and Mr. Emil Mathies.
Try the Leader threa months, 2Sc.
regular visit each month. Lexing-
ton 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. Purcell 9 a.
m. to 12 a. m.
Inquire at the office of Dr.
R. E. Thacker or Palace Drug Store
in Lexington or Baird's Drug Store
in Purcell
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PROJECT
Your money by placing it in a guaranty
bank where there is no danger of loss.
Your money deposited in our bank is
protected by the state and is as safe as
a government bond.
Careful and Conservative!
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I THE SECURITY STATE BANK f
Lexington, Oklahoma.
Abernathy, President 11 M. Evans, Cashier (gj
rurceil, ^KJanoxiid f E M. Abernathy, President H. M. avans, vasnu i (gj
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