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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 24
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. MARCH 5.1915
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NOTES FROM THE
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
Doings of the High School
Students For The
Past Week
I Wright, Roy Gillilian, Terreitl Reed,
It rschal Ross, Mildred Keller, Plos-
1 sio Stone, Ruby Washburn. Alvlne
j Daniels, Jeff Hester, Frank Scott,
I .lolin Ragsdale.
Sixth tirade — Blanche Holland,
j teacher.
Walter Wynne, .Merle Kemp, Ed-
i ward Kershaw,.
Fourth Grade.
Lillian Glllihan,. Daisie Manhart.
Andrew Giroux, Homer Ward, Fay
Claunch, Pearl Hackler,, Robert
Owen Smith, Jr.
Grade Seven Pearl Whitsett,
Teaeher.
Wilfred Ward, Frances Smith,
Helen Dodaon, Pearl Shockley,
Grace Keller. Bernice Black, Verle
Northcutt, Ethel Ragsdale, William
Heste.r, Russel Massey, Roxy
Wright.
Grade Eight
Claude Northcutt, Carl Sherman,
Raymond Marcum, Quinta Whorton,
Flora Scott, Jennye Higbee. Flora
Scoot, Marie Dowdy, Helen Keller.
First published in the Lexington
Leader. March 5 1915. 3 times.
Another month of school has
rolled around. They are' going very
rapidly now.
Another test in algebra in which
the following succeeded in making
above ninety: Willis King, Elmer
Ward. Geo. Johnston, Tom Conley,
Carl Gabriel, Winnie Sudderth.
Nellie Shockley. Ruth Lissauer,
Virgil Elliott, Grace Wilhite, Jim
Baughman' Lawrence Northcutt,
Balma Caskey, Ruby McCollough.
Ruth Conley and Clara Hackler.
The program given bv the fourth j - """
and sixth grades under the super- Death 0} Mrs. Jane Boydstun
STOVALL.
Jack Etheridge, Jess Teague and
♦ CORBETT ♦ ♦ TROUSDALE. ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Atchlev entertained We arc having line weather furl
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NUMBER 25
County School Notes
The next meeting of Cleveland
, a 11 . ... i i ii .i i county teachers will be held at
on Willow one day the past week home last Wednesday evening, much farming weathtr.
fishing, returning with about forty The evening was spent playing The people are getting along very onua'1 "u "'day and Saturday,
fish, . I games and with music until a lute well with their farm work most of March 12 and 13. Prominent
Tom Jarboe of Corbett had the | hour when they all departed wish- i them art done sowing oat?. | speakers on the program are Hon.
misfortune to lose one of his work I ing a return of the occasion in the The dredge boat here ditching li. H. Wilson, state superintendent
horses this work. • near future. Salt creek is getting along very well
Mrs. Forest Henry was a pleas- Mi*? Blanche Nolan of Oklaho-
Custer Burke of Lexington were out a number of the younger -et at their puddle ducks anil frogs but not
vision of Miss Blanche Holland was
greatly appreciated by the visitors.
They were as follows: Mesdames
Low, Bahner, Stovall, Lissauer. R.
O. Smith, Arthur and Everett Sher-
man and Miss Mattie Harryman
and others
Mrs, Jane Boydstun, wife of
William Boydstun, died Friday
February 26 at 5;30 o'clock at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert
Wynne, in Pocasset, Oklahoma.
Funeral services were held Sunday
, | morning at 10 o'clock at the Willow
The program given 'ast ru 'N > \Tjew cemetery, where interment
i was made. It was one of her wishes
afternoon by tae freshman was
great success and display ed their L^t 8he be buried in the old home
talent to a great degree An inter- (.emeten. MrfJ Boydstun had lived
esting biography of Washington was j (o & ^ o](| .(ge_80 years ?
given by Carl Gabriel, rhe history I lnonths and 9 days—years full of
of the class was given y ' I goods deeds and acts. She wo® a
Hackler, a vocal duet n u>se 1 pioneer in this community and loved
son and Horton Higbee was well
rendered as was the quartette by 1 "
Rose Wilson, Bess Rose, Horton Another Ford Limerick
Higbee and Lawrence Northcutt. There Was nian and he had a wood-
A very amusing class prophecy was en |e{,
given by John Robinson. A read- pje wouldn't steal and he wouldn't
tin
ing in Dutch dialect was given ex-
ceedingly well by Ruth Lissauer.
An oration "Nickel Behind the Bar"
given by Elmer Ward was very in-
teresting and instructive. A comic
dialogue, "Celebrating Feb. 22
was given by W innie Sudderth.
Pearl Corbett. Bess Rose Leota
Williams and Mabel Gray. the;
following visitors were present:
Mesdames Wilson. Tom sr. and Tom
jr. Rose, John King. Etheridge,
Shockley. Lissauer, Arthur Everett
Sherman. Bahner, R. O. Smith, j Miss Constance Thacker spent
Low. Stovall, Misses Mattie Harry-, Monday afternoon here visiting the
man, Lois Perkins. Frances Bahner. | Misses Mayme Joe Ethridge. Lotie
Exie Smith, and George Merritt. | Kostenbader and other friends.
The Sophomore class was enter- j
tained Friday niglit by Ray Isom.l Born—To Mr., and Mrs. Tom
On account of the bad weather Ragsdale of route one a fourteen
onlv a lew of the members were pound boy, Friday
present.
The Junior class will have charge
of the Mystery Theatre Saturday
beg,
He took two spools and an old
j can,
He built him a Ford and t.ie durn
thing ran.
Try the Roberts Lunch Counter.
A. Ward of the Corbett com-
; munity attended a meeting of the
' i county commissioners at Norman
1 j the first of the week.
ant caller of Mrs,
Thursday evening.
C. H. Sherman and wife enter-
tained a jolly crowd of young folks
Thursday night consisting of mem-
bers of the K. K. K. club, A. H. T. A
and most of the members of "The
Bunch". Charades, forty-two and
numerous others games were played.
Refreshments of fruit and cake were
served to about, thirty-four guests.
Much amusement was created over
the selection of partners for supper.
Each one was presented with a slip
of paper containing one half of an
old time verse which they were re-
quired to match.
Mrs. N. Harryman was a guest of
Mrs. H. M. Phillips Tuesday.
Sunday school is still progressing
m spite of the cold weather. The
superintendent and assistant both
being absent Sunday, Thornton
Wilson conducted Sunday school.
John and Will Suchy have been
busy the past week hauling logs to
the saw-mill. John intends build-
ing a garage for his car soon.
Mrs. Robert Jarboe spent a pleas-
ant day with Mrs. Nelson.
Grandma Jarboe is spending the
week with Mrs. Nelson.
Miss Mattie Harryman spent sev-
eral days visiting Mrs. P. .1. Stovall
of Lexington.
Mrs. Fannie Agee of Lexington
waa out this week looking after
her cattle and horses.
Homer Johnson is suffering from
a very sore loot having stepped on
a nail, which made a painful wound
H. M. Phillips spent several days
visiting John Harmon and family
at Washington.
Mrs. Milton Sherman and daught-
er, Mabel, who have been visiting
in Maquon, 111. for seven! weeks,
returned home Sunday. Mrs. Slier-
mag's father, who she was called to
see, is reported getting along nicely.
('arl Jarboe and Forest Nelson
Vaughn Glenn ma City is visiting with her sister
j Mrs. Marvin Bowling.
County Commissioner S. A.
Ward was in Norman the first of
the week in regular attendance at
the meeting of the county commis-
sioners.
Clint Potter is not doing so well
as he was last week.
A very nice crowd was in attend-
ance at the spelling Thursday
evening.
Clyde Blackburn, James Thomas,
Ben Ward and A. G. Higbee were
among the visitors to the Valley
Grove-Denton basket ball game
Friday afternoon.
L. B. and W. A. Higbee were
visitors in Wanette last Wednesday
and has reached a little over a mile. "f "ubli" ^'ruction, Chas.
They claim they, will about ;i ©ntral Stato Normal. A
mile a month. I very elaborate musical program h
The oil well in the Trousdale Oil
field is down to a depth of 1 tiOO feet.
They had a little liardluck last week,
the top of the derrick fell but no
one was hurt, however work will be
delayed a few days.
Andy Hunter and his mother
made a business trip to Shawnee,
the last of the week
Mrs. Mattie Childs and Tom Tir-
attended church at Wanettee, Sun-
W. F. Perkins, who fell from the I this
top of a building, is slowly improv- the
ing.
Mrs. W. B. Trousdale is on tiie
sick list this week.
W. Grace is under the weather
and Thursday where they went to j with exzeuia in his feet.
be at the bedside of Mrs. La Reau j Oat sowing, gardening and all
who was suffering pretty seriously i kinds of farming have been delayed
with hemorrhage of the heart, but
is reported much better now. She
is a sister of L. B. Higbee.
The Denton basket ball team vis-
ited the Valley Grove school Friday
where they had an interesting game
of basket hall. The afternoon was
not the most favorable but both
teams were eager to play and the
game was hotly contested all the
way through and when time keeper
A. G. Higbee called time on the
last lyilf the score stood 4 to 2 in
favor of Denton. Not such a bad
game considering that the V. ti.
boys have had only about a week's Sunday.
practice compared with Denton's Cleve and Lew i
two years' practice. They will transacting business
probably play another game Friday I Monday,
on Denton's ground.
Miss Bettie Clay spent the week
end with her parents. J. M. Clay
and wife.
Miss Nettie Dermid spent Sun-
day night with Miss Minnie Bowl-
ing.
Miss Ruby Clay visited Miss
Clemmie Hill Sunday.
Rev. Dean was a pleasant caller
on account of the heavy rams.
A. W. Sanders and family and
Roy Sanders and wife were visiting
L. L. Sanders and family Sunday.
Henry Wade gave J. 15. Boeck
a pleasant call Thursday.
J. H. Martin and son. Geo. and
J. R. Woods mtvde a business trip
to Wanettee Monday.
We have been informed some
parties from Norman have opened
a store at Eason—have not learned
who the parties are. however we
wish them good success.
T. B. Hart was visiting J. Boeck
Owens were
at Lexington
the
Mrs. King has been in Sulphur
this week where her sister, Mrs.
Carter is very sick. She is also a
sister of, Mrs. Burkett.
mil |
night and also sell candy ii
show. The show and candy
be fine, so everyone come and help! Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Kidd
them. [daughter, Miss Edith, who
The following pupils were neither I. ^ . , ,
absent nor tardy during Feburary. j been at the home of their daughter
Grade One: Lois Perkins, teacher, j and sister. Mrs. Wilson Cavanee
Blanche Purnell, Wyman Stevens, left Wednesday morning for other
Myrtle Ward, Gertie Allan lmaj points in Kansas and Oklahoma to
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visit other relatives before return-
! ing to their home in tireen City Mo.
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I William Moutaw seems to be get-
ting nice practice as a laywer.
He has a number of cases in dis-
trict court this term from the Lex-
ington neighborhood. Norman
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were pleasant callers at the home I at Ben Woeeler's and M. A. Ward's
of Rev. Johnson Sunday evening, j Sunday afternoon.
Bob Jarboe left Monday morning:
for Norman to serve as a juror for j ROLTE ONE
two weeks. j D. C. Townley and L. F. Cox
Mrs. W. X. Cnrter and Mrs. N w re Noble visitors Wednesday.
Harryman attended the funeral of j Clarence Garrett and wife have
Mrs, Hill at Lexington Sunday ; moved to Lexington.
evening.
Harry Bridwell, wife and daught-
er were guests of Mrs. \ aughn
Glenn Saturday evening.
Mrs. Simon Kelley and daughter
A Good Example of Civic
Improvement
been arranged and some of the best
musical talent in the state has
been secured. The full quota of
Lexington's teachers will attend
and the session is being looked
forward to with much interest hy
them.
The Cleveland county teachers
institute will be held at Edmond
summer in connection with
Central State Normal. Pro-
fessors N. H. Edwards and M. A.
Nash will represent this county.
The term will cover a period of ten
weeks time.
Cleveland county will have a
track meet this year for the boys
and girls of the grammar grades.
The V. M. C. A. of the state uni-
versity will have charge of the work.
The meet will be held April 30,
1915, on Boyd Field.
Arrangements are being made for
the district and county spelling
contest which will be held some-
time in the near future.
District Court Jurors
The following jurors are sun-
poenaed for district court which
convened Monday: E. J. Keller, D.
N. Kelley, A. P. Rolling. H. P.
Seawright, S. It. Smith, W. L. Mar*
tin. Fred Reed, .J, H. Skaggs. Clyde
Rickard, M F. Fischer, W. E.
, Haney, G, W. Giles, II. P. Alden,
•A gpod example of civic improve-]H Greenni|in w s Bowlan; R
W. Jarboe, W. ('. Kemp, Walter It.
Collins, .1. ,I.<Stevens, Thomas Cur-
W. T. Scott and T. A. Scott
have been busy this week at the J.
M. Tuggle residence, moving his
Juanita spent several days at the
home of her parents, Mr. Morrell
and wife, returning home Tuesday.
Miss Jennie Mills of Oklahoma
City spent the week end with her
parents. Mike Suchy and wife.
Misses Millie and Carrie Bettes j i,jg regular appointment at Willow
were Sunday guests of Miss W illie View Sunday morning and night.
Reed, Alois Loeft'elliolg. Ruby
Burns, Mary K.ress, Aileen Claunch,
Roy Watson.
Grade 2—Anna Sandusky, teacher
Doyal Bland, Irma Elliott, Mary
and Montil Elt'ott, Lessie Huffman
and Roy Huffman. Mary Hooper,
Lena May Justice, John Keller,
Chester Lookenbill, Carl Myers,
Jewell May. Jessie McKay, Carrie
Olson,
Mitchael Ille is back to his studies
He has been absent on account of a
broken leg.
Grade Three—Maud Northcutt,
" Johliie Roberts, Ruth Brownell, bam nnd otherwise getting the
Ola Elliott, OUie Brim, Jacob Sinnes, j place repaired in tip-top shape.
Jack Hortton, Myrtle King, Roose- *
velt Justice. Warner Northcutt, Mrs. Robert Evans has been ill
Euel Reed. Murle Lasiter, Haskell {|)e ^eek with an attaok of la
Smith. Jeff Anderson, Etfie Manhart •
Fifth Grade—Pearl Whitsett, j ® 1' ■
'preston Garrett, Catheryne Hor- Where? Wnat? When? It S Come on you country corre^pond-
tor, Ethelvn Grogan. Margarite las- Bl'eedinqS BiQ SeiTli-Annual i ents—let every locality within reach
shuer. Pauline Myers, Verna Ward, c ,
Bessie Cox. Loyme Berry, Effie
O. J. Morris of Wanettee is a
visitor at the Ed Ross home.
Miss Edith Hunt returned Tues-
day from a visit to Norman.
Mrs. John Wright spent an even-
ing with Mrs. Robt. Evans at Lex-
ington.
Mrs. A. J. Thompson is at Okla-
homa City this week visiting with
her daughter. Mrs. B. B. Blackwell.
Rev. T. H. Ward of Noble filled
ment is the residence property of j
J. M. Tuggle where workman have
been bysy, repairing and rearrang-
ing practically everything. Mr. ren. S. A. Anibrister, E. D. Ludtke,
Tuggle contemplates the erection Wm. Wald. D. W. Lee. G. W.
ol a new garage, up-to-date in every . Wr, , A Farrp]| A j D .
way. He will move Ins barn from1, _ ,
the southwest to the southeast cor- J- William*, J. H. Taylor, W.
per of his place and build a runway A. Brannon, Jess C'arr and R. A.
for his stock. A new chicken yard | Cesar.
has been built, a tine new yard i
fence built around the fronting ot j Death of Mrs. Margaret Hill
the property construction of a new : Mr(J Margaret Ki|en Hill passe,I
concrete cellar commenced and all- in St Anthonyi Hospital,
ill-all the property i, one of the neat-| okla,1()llm 0„ KrU, February
est and best improved in Lexington 26 mr fo„owi an of
Bridwe'l.
A number of men of this com-
munity donated enough work to fix
the bridge across' Wiilow creek, tem-
porarily. so the mail could cross,
last Friday. The work was bossed
by Sol Ward;
Hollis Jarboe and wife of Cor-
bett were Sunday guests of Mrs.
Robert Jarboe.
Misses Mayme Thompson and
Nettie Stevens spent Wednesday
night with Miss Bess Berry.
Miss Hadley Puryear visited with
her sister, Mrs. Walter Stevens at
Lexington last week.
Mrs. G. W. Merritt and daughter
May and Mrs. Cicero Merrritt were
Lexington callers Tuesday.
An item of interest overlooked
Mrs. Anna Friend and Teddy i was the marriage of Maggie Neme-
—certainly an inspiration to others
to do likewise. Mr. Tuggle evident-
only a few days. The body was
brought to Lexington, Saturday and
ly believes in the best and is show- [unera, gervi(;eg were he]d gun(,
ing it m the improvements he '^ ! from the residence of her daughter,
making. j Mrs. Blake, conducted by Rev. J.
' I). Massey of the Methodist church.
Dr. H. H. Wynne. Oculist. Interment was made in the Lexing-
Specialist of the eye, ear, nose I ton cemetery.
and throat, of Oklahoma City, will j Margaret Hill w.as born in
be professionally in Purcell, on | Caltfornfa, in the year 1872, being
Friday. March. 12. The scientific ! *2 years, 1! months and 2:1 days
application of lense.- (glasses) to old at the time of h« death She
the eye receives ray attention. One 'uu' niade her home with her
regular visit each month. Lexing-1 daughter since the death of her hus-
'un eli 9 a ! oill)d years ago. She was a mem-
Miller have the la grippe this week.
Mrs. Mary Green and children
visited her parents, Mike Suchy and
wife Sunday.
Sale. March 8 to 17.
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of the Leader have a good, live re-
porter—send in your community
items and lets make the Leader a
real, genuine, newsy country paper.
If you have any stock to sell, see j
Reed & Carpenter.
cek to Mr. (ireely Ward both of the
Banner neighborhood. Rev. Edgar
T. Neal of Purcell said the fateful
words that fettered them tight and
fast into the matrimonial bonds.
When the roads get so your team
won't go through remember friend,
you can still "Ford" it.
We can supply your wants in
garden seed.—Tom Keller.
Reed & Carpenter will buy your
;toek. See them!
ton 1 p. m. to 5 p.
m. to 12 a. m.
Inquire at the office of Dr. j
R. E. Thacker or Palace Drug Store
in Lexington or Baird's Drug Store
in Purcell
L. N. Moorehead of Mangum ar-
rived Monday to attend to some
business matters. He says Man-
gum ^ a line little town and that
he i- getting along fine with his
confectionery there—a fact his many
friends here will lie glad to note.
iief of the Methodist church at
Cheaiiteau. Oklahomar Mrs. Hill
leaves a daughter, two sisters and
three brothers to mourn her death
and tney have the gympathv of all
in loss of their mother and sister.
Family laundry done at 6 cents
per pound at the Purcell Steam
Laundry.
Sell your poultry to Robertson
-Archer and get full value, Purcell,
Oklahoma.
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1 FORDS
Roadsters
Five Passenger
479.00
529.00
If 300,000 are sold by August 1. 1915, a rebate of from
$50 to $t>0 will be given all purchasers under the profit
sharind plan. Up to February 1. 1915, a total of 165,000
had been sold and the number required will be reached by
the date set.
j J. F. Shockley, Agent
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igj dations to Its Patrons. <gj
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gj have a resetve, you can ALWAYS depend upon being taken jg|
™ , ure of when in need of a loan on terms that is consisteet •
© *iih good banking ®
© WE ARE ALSO AT THIs TIME in position to make ®
/gj oaps to responsible parties who have not become our pa- ^
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i® The luisines, we do not want is tlK* kind that .ire never ready .'t
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