The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, January 21, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma Historlcl Society
THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 25
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 1916
NUMBER 19
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McClain County Poultry Show wiii Be Held In Purcell, February 3, 4 and 5; $2.50 In
Premiums. Contestants from Everywhere Invited to Come.
Committee, A. T. McElderry, J. C. Hanks, W, H. Rainbolt
NOTES FROM
HIGH SCHOOL
Doings For the Past Week At
the Local High
School
SENIOR NOTES
Miss Ethelyn Marcum is substii
tuting for Miss Bowling, who was
called home by the death of her
brother, J. Lloyti Bowling.
Those making highest grades in
the senior class for the month are:
Ethelyn Marcum, 95 1-2; Clara
Hackler and Agnes Rule, 85, and
Mayme Joe Ethridge, 93.
The Athenian Literary society
will give an Edgar Allen Poe pro-
gram to celebrate the anniversary
SI'STAINS SERIOUS INJURY
Miss Maud Northcutt, who is
teaching in the public school in
Noble, was brought home Friday,
suffering from a broken ankle,
which she sustained in a fall on the
ice, while going home from school,
Wednesday afternoon. In company
with Miss Kate Wise, the two girls
had just remarked that a person
would have to be very careful and
the next moment both fell and Miss
Northcutt's ankle was broken. Dr.
C. E. Northcutt treated the broken
bones and she is recovering nicely.
It was indeed unfortunate and her
many friends here trust her recov-
ery will only be a matter of a few
days, and that she will soon regain
her wonted health and activity.
Revival at Central Christian
Church
Evangelist J. L. Haddock who
of Poe's birthday a week from Fri/ held the great meeting at Purcell
day- fifteen years ago is conducting a
short meeting in our city. His ex-
perience as evangelist for twenty-
five year?—having traveled over a
large portion of the world—enables
him to interest all people who hear
him. There have been 12000 peo-
ple come into the church under his
ministry and he hopes to be able
to rally thousands of others to the
cross. If each one will do his duty
SOPHOMORE NOTES much good may be accomplished
In the quiz in geometry last during his stay here.
week Pearl orbett made highest -£"j,e meeting has be°n announced
All people are
JUNIOR NOTES
Lucille Burns held the highest
average in the Junior class this
month. Her grade was 96 1-4,
which is the highest grade made by
any student this year. Lewis Cor-
bett averaged 94, while Jala firogan
and Joy Shlnn ranked third and
fourth.
Nothing doing in the Junior class
jrthis week We are all too busy
making the highest grades in
school.
grade which was 100.
Sophomoers have almost finished till 'Sunday night.
course _inZoology and are expecting j cordially invited to attend and t.ike
part in every way. The church is
an examination.
The highest grade in the Sopho-
more class was made hy Pearl Cor-
bett and was 95. The other aver-
ages ranked as follows: Ella Thom-
as, Sam McFadden, Mable Gray,
Ruth Lissauer, Johnnie Rule and
Winnye Sudderth.
Jesse Hackler re-entered school
Monday and enrolled in the Soph-
omore class.
FRESHMAN NOTES
Many of the Freshman class will
be enrolled in the Physical Geog-
rahpy class which is just being or-
ganized
well lighted and heated—all can be
comfortable, and a glad welcome is
extended to all.
Services begin each evening at
7:30 and at 11 a. m. Sunday. Sub-
jects: Thursday. "Dialogue between
Christ and Satan;" Friday, "I
would that you could understand;"'
Saturday, "A good man's conver-
sion;" Sunday 11 a. m., ."Ten ver-
Bunyan's ••Pilgrim's Progress ' is iong v gund 7:20 p. m.. ''Solo-
absorbing the interest of the ninth ! '
mon's Funeral."
Come and bring your friends.
grade English class
There ure now thirty two Fresh-
men on the rol'. The largest en-
rollment during this year was thir-
tynine.
Ruey Lurry nag withdrawn from
school and returned to her home
at Trousedaler
Earl Rushing, who has been out
of school for some time, has re,
turned.
Most of the Freshmen have brav-
ed the cold weather and attended
school every day, although some liv-
ing the country were unable to
come.
The highest standing for the
month was made by Leon Moses
with a grade of 93 1-2. Hulda
Morris ranked second and Blanch
Meritt third
FROST PROOF GARBAGE PLANTS
I will take order for frost proof
cabbage plants until February 2nd,
for delivery between the 10th and
15th of February. P.rice twenty-five
cents per hundred. Please send in
your orders to H. M. Hardwick,
phone 23, Lexington, Oklahoma.
j ner.
Miss Hazel Bowling left Friday i
for her home at Norman, called by Don't forget the Big
the sad news of tha death of her, Sale is now going o
brother, J. Lloyd Bowling. She re- Schwartz'.
turned to take up her school work,
Wednesday. j The Women's Home Missionary
I Society did not meet Tuesday due
We will appreciate your trade-! |°nnthe conference meeting at Nor
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UON(Jl{ESKM AN JOE
Editor's Note. We
week an article from
Register.
THOMPSON
reprint this
working and most satisfactory public
servants it lias ueen their pleasure to
j deal with. Nothing is too small to
! receive his prompt attention. He is
\\ e respectfully ask that | never too busy to serve you and is
Luther!
New Owl Drug Store Sold
Messrs. Arthur and Everett Sher-
man sold the Owl Drug Store on
Wednesday of this week to Mr. A.
F. Claunch and Dr. T. V. Hill. The
work of invoicing is now on and the
new proprietors will assume charge
at once. Improvements are con-
templated that will make the drug
store a first class one in every part-
icular. Both of the purchasers
have a large acquarntance, Mr.
Clauch having been prominently
identified with the farming and cot-
ton interests here for many years
and Dr. Hill, one of Lexington's
most successful physicians.
The deal was made through John
H. Asbury, We predict a success-
ful business for the new firm and
| feel they will cover their particular
j field in a highly satisfactory man-
Clearance
at Paul
Alvin Barnett, Phone 11.
and which several of the mem-
bers were attending.
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Want to use your money.
Want you to use our money.
Want to prove that we need you.
Want to prove that you need us.
Want to offer every banking conven-
ience.
Want you to use our better banking
facilities.
Want to be a bank like you would like
your bank to be.
Call In, Now and Then
Chas. Greemore, President. M. R. Northcutt, Cashier
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FARMS
you read it carefully and learn of I just as thoughtful and careful of the
Congressman Thompson's record | wishes of the humblest man as he is
and what he is standing for. "f the l>,eas>'r*'s of Princes and presi-
H | dents.
January ib here and yet no one "He carried every * precinct save l
has announced lor Congress against ! only Oklahoma—and nearly every
Joe Thompson and, tr*e it from me, precinct at the 1914 primary and he
no one will be found so foolish, not«lt;ave the opposition the iace Of their
withstanding a few soreheads and lives in Oklahoma County. He car-
self appointed bosses have been ang-, rjed every county, save one only-
ling for a year to get some sucker , Logan—at the 1914 general election,
to nibble. jand he lost Logan by a scratch. He
"Fact is, there is not now,and nev- will carry every county i„ this dis-
er has been the slighest opposition trict at both the primary and gener-
to him ajjioug tlie people. On the al election in 1916, no matter who
contrary, the people are for him ' may be his opponents. File this
more solidly perhaps than for any away and write me how far I am
other man in the State. If you de- wrong when the returns come in
mand proof of this, scan the elec- "He knows better perhaps than any
tion returns, primary and general other man of this district, the needs
election for 1914. i of the people; he was a citizen of it
•Confronted in the „rimary cam- j long before it was created. He mov-
paign by most bitter opposition: in a : ed to Indian Territory in 1892 and
district created expressly to insure j has gone through all the hardships
his defeat: assailed on all sides of an^ privations of the pioneers who
the most malicious, vicious and laid the foundation of this common*
slanderous campaign known to this j wealth and. with infinite sacrifice,
state, (somewhat famous for such J built up our institutions. He has
exhibitions,) he went quietly on his! not been an idler On the contrary
way, uttering 110 unkind words, but ! his has been a busy life of service'
in simple, straightforward manner The esteem in which he is held by his
laid his record before the people. ; neighbors—those who have worked
I he tact of the matter is he is un- • side by side with him and knaw him
beatable in this district, not only in j best—is reflected in the election re-
the Democratic primary but by the turns Trom his home county— Ga.r-
Republicans, as well, at the gener- Tin.
al .,eTleCti~P I "His Public .record is a long and
Joe Thompson does not post; he honorable one, dating back far he-
does not grand-stand. He is open, ! yond statehood. Born within a
frank and honest in all that he does i hundred miles of the district he rep-
or says. It is true he hag a few j resents in Congress, raised on «
enemies over the district—men who ! farm, educated in the common
wanted appointments and, when they j schools of Texas: as teacher, lawyer,
failed to get them, began to slander i Chairman of the Democratic State
him. Such opposition will help. Central Committee of Oklahoma
rather than injure. The people can-i from 1906 to 1910, State Senator
Alvin Baniett, Groceryman
Alvin Barnett, who recently
purchased the grocery stock of J. M.
Tuggle, assumed charge of his new
business on Monday of this week.
i Everything points to a successful
! business for him. For ten years he
j has been connected with the T. W.
j Keller grocery and he knows the
business from most any angle, has
the knack of buying goods right, is
a good trade getter and trade holder
and with the good stock that'he
will carry, should annex a generous
share of the business of this com-
munity. Mr. Barnett has installed
a delivery wagon, will urge prompt
service, and his phone will be
eleven. We trust the new institu-
tion will experience a good healthy
business . and feel certain that such
will be the case.
Improvements Un The Tuggle
Building
W. T. (Babe) Scott completed
the work of reburnishing and other-
wise improving the interior of the
J. M. Tuggle building Friday pre-
paratory to turning it over to the
new renter. Mr. Alvin Barnett. Mr.
Barnett took charge of his new bus-
iness Monday morning. Mr. Scott
painted the ceiling of the building,
kalsomined the walls and to say
the work was neatly and correctly
done would be doing nothing more
than giving the actual facts, The
building looks fine and will add
greatly in giving Mr. Barnett's
stock the right kind of appearance.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
ENACTED FRIDAY
W. D. January Kills Milton
Keck, Alleged Seducer,on
Road Near Moore.
not be ^deceived. They will learn,
on inquiry, that an office was the
price of such friendship.
"Those who are against him dare
not base their oppositiort on his rec-
ord and it is impossible to get them
from 1910 to 1912 and a Member of
Congress since 1912, lie has dis-
charged his duties as citizen and
public servant, with such fidelity as
to render him far stronger in this
district than is his party He re-
!u>,!!nC|T lll8jr'°rd, Whe" ,hey wn-jeelved at the 1914 general election,
demn linn. When their attention is 4,754
invited to his record they change the lican
subject If he always votes right
and always talks right, why their opT
position? We repeat, why? it can
be explained in a few words: they
cannot control him. He acknow-
ledges no master, wears the collar of
no bosS or set of bosses. On the con-
trary he is the Congressman of all
the people in the district. Every-
one who has been to Washington
since he lias become a member of
Congress, or who has had occasion
to writP him on any subject, will
testify that he is one of the hardest
more votes than his Reptib
opponent. This exceeded
Wilson's lead ove,r_ Taft in 1912 by
1.242 votes, and, in this connection
it is well to bear in mind that the
Republican party in 1S12 was torn
by internal strife while it had
practically united in 1914 Three
thousand Republicans and Socialists
will vote for him in this district
who will not consider any other
Democrat that might be named.
"The secret of it all is that Joe
Thompson loves and trusts the
folks and the folks love and and
trust and love him."
TROUSDALE ITEMS
Another loyely snow fell Tuesday.
Practically all the shareholders of
the No. 7 telephone line improved
the line making some needed im-
provements.
T. G. Hart was a pleasant visitor
at J. B. Boeck's Sunday.
J. W. Red wine has been snow-
bound at Lexington for two weeks,
W. A. Williams took the school
census Monday for the Davis school
which he says is larger than former-
ly-
W illoughby Coleman who has
been feeding cattle near Chickasha
returned home Saturday.
For up-to-date merchandise fco to
Paul Schwartz Clearance Sals.
For Sale
Four acres of land, joins the
town site on the south, intersects
East Third street, level as the floor,
rich as the Nile valley, has a good
five room house, and some fruit,
known as the old Avev place, owner
lives in Dakota, Price #900 00 a
snap for some one.—Wm, Moutaw,
Agent. 19-2t
B. Y. P. U. Program
Doctrinal Meeting, What changes
did God work in me when I was
converted? January 23, 1916,
Report of membership committee,
Emma Long.
Bible readers quiz, Jim Baugh-
man.
Leader in charge, Albert Elliott.
Song.
Scripture quotations. John 6:29
and 47, Jack Lee; John 5:24 and
John 10:27-28, Aline Walker.
What conversion means, Pearl
Corbett.
God changes our minds about
sin, Jennie Higbee.
Our hearts are changed, Lydia
Northcutt.
Our attitude isdiffrent, Ruby Mc-
Collough.
Our standing before God is
changed, Alfred Smith.
Scripture quotations: 2Tim. 1:9,
kph. 2:6, Nellie Womack; Col. .'5:4,
Matt. 5:14, Jesse Hackler; 1 Thess.
5:9-10, 1 John 4:17, Oliver Ken-
drick.
Song.
The Leader hears that Mrs. 11. A.
Center slipped and fell on the ice
the first of the week breaking one
of her arms. We hope to hear
that she will soon recover from the
injury.
Socialists Notice
Socialist Local of Lexington is
requested to meet at City Hall,
Saturday, January 22, 1916, at 2
o'clock p. ni.—J. W. Blackwell,
Secretary.
The preliminary trial of W, D.
January for the killing of Milton
Keck will be held before Justice of
the Peace Daniels in Norman on
Friday, January 21, 1916, com-
mencing at 9 o'clock a. in. Attor-
ney Ben Williams will defend Mr.
January, while the state will be
represented by County Attorney J.
D. Grigsby and other county. •
The tragedy occurred last Friday,
Mr. January meeting the young
man on the road home from Moore
and demanding that Keck marry
his daughter, whom it is alleged he
had seduced. Keck refused flatly
and January opeued fire with a 32
calibre, firing four shots into the
body after his victim had fallen to
the ground. He then came to Nor-
man and gave himself up. About
December 15 the January girl at-
tempted suicide, after®tehe had in-
formed her parents of her condition
and the father brooding and worry-
ing over the deplorable state ot af-
fairs, could withstand it no longer
and it was then that he made his
demand of Milton Keck. Mr. and
Mrs. January are prominent and
substantial people living east of
Moore, The parents of the young
man, killed, are also prosperous
and pioneer farmer folks. It is in-
deed a terrible and heart rending
affair, bringing sadness to the hearts
of all.
Mr. John Keck, father of the
young man arrived home from Tex-
as on Saturday. The funeral of
young Milton Keck was held from
the home of Milton's parents, six
miles due north of Moore on Mon-
day afternoon at 1 o'clock, with
Rev. C. P. Kelley, of Capital Hill
conducting the services. Milton
was 18 years of age last May and
was the only son of Mr. and Mrs.
Keck. He was well liked by his
associates and regarded as a fine
young man by all in the communi-
ty in which he lived; a hard work-
ing, industrious and clever young
man. It is to be regretted that
such an untimely end should come
to one so young, especially in the
manner in which he met his death.
Doing Good Work.
Martin Larran, manager of the
Modern Steam Laundry in Purcell,
says the satisfaction he is giving
his patrons and the good work he is
doing, is building up a large trade
for his steam cleaner and presser.
This institution is going forward
rapidly, taking on the good things
that invite business in their line.
What's more they are doing their
work on a "satisfaction first or
money back" plan that is making
their good intentions something of
merit.
Notice
2000 choice peach trees for sale.
—Glennwood Fruit Farm.
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| Security State Bank §
Farms For Rent
And work stock for sale. We
have some farms for rent for one
third and one fourth rent. See me
at Farmers State Guaranty Bank,
Chas. Greemore.
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Of Lexington
Capital 510,000.00
Your deposit is protected by the
Depositors Guaranty Fund of the
State of Oklahoma. Your busi-
ness solicired on the basis of
sound banking.
Security State Bank
R. M. Evans, Pres. M. G. Abernathy, V. Pres.
E. B. Abernathy, Cashier
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