The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1915 Page: 1 of 10
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
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VOLUME 24
LEXINGTON. CLEVEL AND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. JUNE 4. 1*15
NUMBER 38
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It Was a Clean Town part of the citizenship of Lexingtonl
That was the expression passed! woul<i b,in& "U t0, Pas* withi" *
by everyone who visited* it. Tlx, very short time and tins town woul 1,
streets were well kept, the lawn< | take on a spirit of progressive^
were well kept, .he residences.were1 ** ould carry it along wi> a
i A\ rush—once sturted it would currj
painted, trees were trimmed, the i ,
backvards and alleys were clean | everything ahead with it, even
and sanitary, and the town grew have been talked,
accordingly, attracting all 81trangers bau ,m9 beeu talked. and
who visited it and encouraged them ^ ^ conceilBUB of opin.
to come and make it their home. ,, panecial-
j • 1 ion that both would pay—especial
There was an undeniable air o ^ ^ interurban extension from
prosperity and business to that They may not be here
town, the people were happy and. ^ ^ ^ it ig u 8afe ,)redic-
healthy, t ley wor<et oge >u or ^ th|lt tlie time jg not far distant
the upbuilding o their-comtnun.ty Lexington will have trans-
They lent their hearty support to | freight facilities as
every enfcrpnse for its advance- « ^ l)eing poggi.
ment, there were no KNOCKERS. (^ ^ ^ interurban
the green eyed mons er- ealousv - j ^^ ^ ^ the reward
found no admirers they tried ho,.-, ^ ^ ^ reHi(Jence^ well kept
estly and .willingly to blp each ^ ^ ^ yardg) we„ kept
other and m so doing helped them- ^ ^ ^ genera,
selve8, , , ,■ t ' upkeep of property will be recog-
That town had a tvetownad- ^ ^ ^ fortibly too. Real
ministration, men who thought of j egtate valueg would be revolution-
the whole rather than the few., ^ ^ o{ an
Thev had a small and economically | whoae h
President Charles C. Moore Making the Official Opening Day Ad<
dress at the Panama=Pacific International Exposition Feb. 20
managed electric light plant,
modern and up-to-date waterworks
system, &. ceain of small and beau-
tiful parks, it was talked of as a
town that did things; the talk bore
all the pure essence of truth too.
Lexington has many of those
h
urban, and to those whose interests
were in good condition would be
passed the cream of soaring values.
With these things ahead the future
of Lexington looks roseat aplenty
but a few knocks can ruin the fair-
est chances, and in knocking, you
T.pxineton has many 01 most* , ,<
° . i ,.i deceive nobodv but yourself, so
things of which this town bonsted. * , . i
inings oi wnicu take on that disposition that made
It has the natural scenic beauty take 0,1^ #
,t has many pretty homes, it has ,Utle d and
lots of good 00s ers it has a wid- „ J^ ^ ^ ^ ^
awake core of officials, it has an ^ ^ ^ ^ fd,ow.
excellent country back of whi(.h wiU eventually bring
'substantiand'thrift yclass 'of J, the good things which every booster
mers, it has good churches and good enjoys.
ministers and it has good schools.
' But has it clean alleys and back-
yards? You can answer offhand
that question with only a slight ob-
servation. A casual observer would
at once note that a very extensive
and well established weed crop is
residing within the city limits at
present. W eeds are to be found in
all their prolific abundance in every
part of the town and let it be said
here that when such is the case 110
town can be called a healthy town.
The mayor has asked that you cut
your weeds. It is only a small
duty now but left undone it can be
counted a source that will make
work for serious results soon. Lex-
ington should be like the aforesaid
town that put a very stringent ban
on weeds—that town positively and
emphatically prohibited weeds
and Lexington should be as good
as that town.
Other towns are doing these very
things that Lexington is holding
back on, they are making their
towns good places in which to live,
they are providing an environment
that breeds business, prosperity and
health. It is not entirely a matter
to be placed 011 the shoulders of a
city council, rather it is an individ-
ual responsibility—a case of each
man doing his part.
Many things are possible here—
electric lights, clean alleys and
mayhap an interurban line. They
TROUSDALE.
Charley Sheffield transacted busi-
ness at Oklahoma City Friday and
Saturday.
R. M. Hart and J. B. Boeck
while attending the school land
Tree Butchery
Don't let inexperienced people
monkey with your trees. Rather
take your saw and trim them your-
self—you will have fun doing it and
you will gain a respect for trees that
Movies Aid Temperance
lessee's meeting at Norman Satur- j will last for some time. It takes a
day visited Thomas Cheatwood and tree a long time to grow a branch
family Friday night where they
were highly entertained with ex-
cellent music.
Howard Oliphant and family,
while visiting relatives near Den-
ver, attended an excellent Odd
Fellow supper, Saturday night
given by the Denver lodge.
J. R. Rogers and son were Nor-
S. V. Hariis left Thursday for
Richmond. Virginia, to attend the
old soldiers reunion. On his way
to Richmond he will pass through
the door yard of his old home where
he was born in north Mississippi.
For Sale-*-One 20 II. P. steam
traction engine; cheap. Robertson-
Archer Co., Purcell.
For Sale—One 20 H, P, Steam
Traction engine; cheap. Rolertson,
Archer Co., Purcell.
Strawberries!
Strawberries!!
man visitors Friday and Saturday. ' >hape it. The center trunk
and some fool can spoil the tree in
about ten minutes. There are a
few simple rules which are easy to
follow-
Never cut out the central trunk
of tree. If you want a bushv tree,
plant a tree which grows in that
fashion. It the tree is not planted
the shape you want, don t try to
of the
Now is the time to send in your
order. 15c per box. $3.00 per crate
of 24 fuH quart boxes and absolute-
ly clean of dirt and sand.
One million strawberry plants
for sale June 1 to 10 25c per hun-
dred, $2.00 thousand. Varieties:
Klondyde, Aroma and Nick Ohniu.
The finest early and late berry that
grows. It's not uncommon for
berry growers to make f50Q to
$1000 per acre on strawberries*
Give your bov and girl a chance to
make some money. June is a fine
month to plant strawberries. One
of our greatest men said that maybe
i "God could have made a better
j berry than the strawberry but he
inever did
A large crowd attended the -W.
O. W. decoration exercises at the
Crapper cemetery Sunday.
The farmers are very busy putting
up hay and plowing and hoeing
their crops.
Roy Sanders and wife and Ott
Sanders and family visited L. L.
Sanders and family Sunday.
Mrs. Maud Snow and daughter,
Leona, visited Mrs. Minnie Boeck
and family Monday.
J. \V. Cheatwood and wife visited
R. M. Hart and family Sunday.
L. L. Sanders visited J. B. Boeck
Sunday evening.
J. A. Moseley and family visited
S. J. Puckett and family Thursday.
J. M. Massey At Ruckers
It is now Manager Massey as of
old at Rucker's cash store in Pur-
cell, that gentleman having again
taken his former place. Mr. Mas-
sey delivered the goods the first
time and he has been rewarded bv ;,
Send or phone your orders to
Glenwood Fruit Farm
more than possible, they are [ One mile east of Lexington, Okla.
tree is needed to withstand the.
storms. #
Don't cut any limb that is larger
than the wrist of your hand. If
you will 1 :'im carefully, little by
little each year, you won't have to
cut limbs bigger than your finger.
The only trimming a tree needs
is to have the branches cut from be-
low so that they do not hinder trf-
fic. If this means cutting a big
branch, paint the end at once and
itop decay.
If the tree is decayed, clean out
the hole as a dentist cleans out a
tooth. You can make a cement
filling if you want to go as far as
far as that, but at any rate, the
tree that is cleaned and painted
will last much longer than the one
that is allowed to go on rotting.
Notice
The ice wagon will deliver ice
until 11 o'clock every Sunday-
Magistrate Leach of the second
New York district, which includes
Brooklyn, Queens and Staten In-
land, finds the moving picture show
against temperance. In 11)07. he
says, with a total population of
1,775,000 in the district, there were
10,000 persons arraigned for drunk-
enness. Last year, with a popula-
tion of 2,267,625, there were only
S..°)S2 arraignments. For this the
magistrates held the moving pic-
! lures primarily responsible, and so,
' declares Magistrate Leach do the
saloon keepers.
Judges, police officials and social
workers seem agreed that the saloon
is gradually ceasing to be the poor
man's clubs"—to the extent at
least, that numbers of workingmen
do not spend their evenings in sa-
loons as they used to do. They
may drop in for a drink or two on
the way home from work, but after
the evening meal they are much
more likely to take the wife and
children around the corner to the
moving picture than to wander oil
to drink with other men and settk
the world's problems across the bar.
j morning. Get your orders in by
being returned. Under his wide- (bat time as we will positively close
awake methods the Rucker store is ()n j|ie bour. No orders will be
expected to grow fast—business is J filleii after 11 o'clock. Leopold I lie.
already good with them. Just at ——
present Manager Massey is in the presh Strawberries Daily
midst of a "Million Dollar Sale.
and they are doing a tremendous
busine.-;—the writer being witness
probable—co-operation upon the
Phone No. R-35
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At Hardwick & Sudderth's Sani-
tary Grocery. Choice berries, home
, . . grown fcpm Glen-Wood Fruit Farm,
to a crowded store ast Thursday ^
The sale has the usual characteristic _
low prices put out by this store. por ga]e; A brand new two-horse
Mr. Massey's many friends and the v,lrreVi good brake, storm curtains,
store's many friends on this side of everything complete. Ihe surrej
the river are glad to hear of Mr. has not been run any. I find it too
• . „l heavv for one horse. W ill sell 011
Massey s remstatemen i fall time; note to be approved by
T" ~ I either Lexington bank. See W. K.
Try the Roberts Lunch Counter. Breeding, Lexington. Oklahoma-
Capital and Surplus, $18,000
"Safety First"
Or. H. H. Wynne. Oculist.
Specialist of the eye, ear, nose
and throat, of Oklahoma City, will
be professionally in Purcell, on
Friday, June 4. 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 a. m.
Inquire at • the office of Dr.
R. E. Thacker or Palace Drug Store
in Lexington or Baird's Drug Store
in Purcell
Mrs. 1). N. Catherman of An-
thony, Kansas, is here visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. II. Baughman.
Hi Downing and wife drove down
from Norman Saturday afternoon in
their new Ford to spend the week
end with D. N. Keller and wife and
their guest Mrs. L. Faubion.
1 want to buy a good, young cow
must be fresh. W ill pay a liberal
price. Would prefer to exchange
dry goods. See \\ . K. Breeding at
Breeding Drygoods Co.
STOV A L L.
Mrs. Vaughn Glenn .spent several
days with her mother, Mrs. Agee of
Lexington, canning cherrie-. while
Mr, Glenn kept bachelor's hall the
past week.
Mac Dodgin of Oklahoma City,
(Stovall's chamhion cotton picker
last fall) came down in his car and
is visiting friends lit re this week.
Misses Carrie and Millie Bettes
and Mac Dodgin motored up to
Spring Hill and attended tin enter-
tainment there Friday night.
Belton Philbeck was a visitor at
Robert Bettes' Sunday morning.
Ed Ross and wife. Grandma Page
of Lone Star, Tom Jarboeand wife,
Hollis Jarboe and wife of Corbett
were Sunday guefts of Mrs. R. Jar-
boe.
Sunday School is still progress-
ing nicely, visitors being Clifford
Williams. John and Lorin Center.
'reaching next Sunday night.
Everyone invited.
James Rowntree of Tishomingo
visited his father-in-law, R. Jarboe
Monday.
Misses Valley Center, Ruth
Friend, Mattie Harryman, Messrs
John Center and Mai Jarboe were
callers at the W. X. Carter home
Sunday evening.
Harry Bridwell and wife spent
Sunday in Noble visiting their aunt,
making the trip in their new Ford.
C. I. Adams and wife, Mrs. H.
Friend and Ruth were callers at
the John Suchy home Saturday
night.
Mesdames Harryman and I lie,
Messrs Wilson and King attended
school-land meeting at Norman
Saturday.
Susie McCready of Noble spent
the week end with her cousin,
Willie Bridwell.
Ruth Friend returned from a five
months trip in Kansas. Saturday.
Frank Harryman and wife were
Sunday guests of Mrs. II. Friend.
Vaughn Glenn and Mac Dodgin
visited Rev. Johnson Saturday.
Mrs. Harry Bridwell spent the
night with Mra. Ed Clifford Wed-
nesday.
James Smith and sons were busy
baling hay for Vaughn Glenn Wed-
nesday.
R. O. Smith, mail carrier of route
four, made his trip horse-back
Thursday oe account of the muddy
roads.
Ed Clifford and wife, Lou Morris
and wiie visited at the \\ ill Black-
well home Sunday evening.
Mrs. J. D. Bohannon and grand-
daughter were Sunday guests of
Mrs. N. Harryman.
Misses Carrie Bettes and Smith
and Mac Dodgin were out autoing
Sunday morning.
Alf Cossey of Corbett and Byron
Little of Purcell were callers at the
Vaughn Glenn home Friday.
Ily Downing and wife of Norman
spent the week en 1 at the D, N.
K el ley home. Mrs. Faubion, who
has spent the winter in Oklahoma,
returned to Norman with them,
where she will spend a f-;w days be-
fore leaving for San Francisco to
attend the exposition.
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Northcutt, Cashier @
Chas. Greemore, President.
The $50.00 Rebate
Mr. Ford has authorized'the statement to be published
that he would pav back to purchasers of Ford Cars between
August 1. 1914, and August 1, 1915, the promised rebate
os $50.00. Now that this rebate is assured place the order
for a car.
J. F. Shockley, Agent f
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Ohlahoma Cily, May 4, i9I5.
Security State Bank.
Lexington, Oklahoma.
Dear Sirs:
You are hereby advised that the banking laws of this st.it,; pro-
vide that the officer of a state bank permitting or paying an overdraft
becomes personally liable on his bond for same, therefore you are here-
in notified that any overdraft as allowed in your bank is to be cons.d-
ered as a personal obligation of the officer allowing same < ..nseqjient-
ly we respectfully request that you refrain from paying any checks of
your customers unless they have sufficient funds on depos.t to cover
same. . .
I am of the opinion, if your bank makes it a practice not to pay
overdrafts, it will prove beneficial not only to your officers and bank
but to your customers as well, as we consider overdrafts one of the most
undesirable features of a banks business, and a practtce that should De
eliminated entirely. Very truly yours.
K. C. Stuart, Assistant Bank Commissioner
The above fetter from the state banking department is self explanatory
Security State Bank
E. M. Abernathy, President R- M- Evans, Casluer
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