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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 25
LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, JUNE 23 1916
NUMBER 41
A.t.tend Commercial Cli^b Meeting at tlie l>ark 1 Friday Evening, 4-::.K.)
5,000,000=ft. Gasser
at Eason
Good Prospects for a Big Oil
Well are Very Promising
The following is from Shawnee
News-Herald. Saturday. ®
The news was received here Sat-
urday afternoon that a 5,000,000
foot gasser had been brought in by
the Wanette Development Co., near
Eason, in 5-6 2. A tine sand, be-
lieved to be the Bartlesville sand,
was struck at 3.150 feet. A slight
mishap to the machinery caused a
shut-down Saturday afternoon. The
sand had been drilled but one foot.
Word from Wanette Saturday night
was to the effect that there was
much water in the well, and the
present intention is to drill on
through the present sand.
The news from Wanette caused
instant activity among the oil men
in this vicinity and many leases are
said to have changed hands Satur-
day afternoon.
The News-Herald received this
word from a member of the Wanette
Development Co. Saturday evening:
"We struck a guod flow of gas at
e,150 feet, but there is so much
water we cannot tell just vet how
good it is. Because of a slight
breakdown, operations have ceased
but only temporarily. We will
probably drill on through the sand."
Mass Meeting at Purcell Saturday
Night to Organize Company of Militia.
AN OIL WELL
Won't it be nice when we have
signts like this all over Cleveland
county? It's coming, too.
A call has been issued from Pur-
cell for a mass meeting to be held,
at the court house in Purcell Sat-
urday 'Juiie 34'i St"8:30 -jn ta:-
tion of such a company in
thei
counties of Cleveland and Mc Clain;
be present at the meeting Saturday i
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purpose of organizing a company of If a company is organized itis(
militia. ! probably that they would be sent to •
It-is wisb-ef those promoting on Ifep border patrol in Texas
this organization that all those j or in the event of war with Mexico,'
who are interested in the organiza- j they would likely be sent in there.j
Church of Christ
A large audience was present at
all the Services last Sunday. All
the church seem in fine spirits about
our approaching revival which we
are expecting to start next Wednes-
day night. We are anxious to have
the church going people of this cum-
muniy to hear Prof. Armstrong.
He held a meeting here last year
and is known to many of our people!
yet I think a short sketch in regard
to who he is and what he has done i
will not be out of place. He grad-
uated at Nashville Bible College.
Nashville Term about 20 years ago.
For five years he was professor of
Greek in that institution. He re-
signed this position to accept a
similar one with the Potter Bible
College of Bowling Green, Ky.
He was president of ihe Western
Bible and Literary College at Ad-
dessa, Mo. and since 1908 has been
president of Cordell Christian Col-
lege.
Hear him.
Death of Millie Bettes
The death of Miss Millie Bettes
Sunday evening came as a shock to
the entire community. After a
short illness from typhoid fever
which she seemed to have in the
worst form from the start.
Millie was born July 22, 1895 at
Marcella, Ark. Died June 18, 1910
7.35 p. m. She joined the Mission-
ary Baptist church at lalpa, lexas j)rjge party in their honor,
in 1908. She lived a true christian I n 0f t|iejr little; friends were
JOE B. HIGBEE
For County Superintendent
Miss Mabel Thacker Married
The Commercial
Club Meeting
Good Meeting Friday Evening
and Work Taken Up.
i The Commercial Club
! The were thirty-two business njen
at the city park last Friday evening
for the meeting of the ..Oommercj/v!
Club. The commitee on rules and
by-laws reported and after discuss-
ing and amending their reports, the
rules and by-laws were adopted.
In accordance with thermovisions
of the by-law five directors of the
Club were elected, tliev being Robert
Evans, J. M. Tuggle. Tom Kellar,
E. W. Wynne, Ed. Low and J. F.
Shockley who met together and se-
lected the permanent officers of the
association. Their selection resulted
in the naming of Chas. Greemore
Surprise Party
The Misses Helen, Mildred and
Grace Keller, daughters of Mr. and
MrsTom Keller were very pleasantly
surprised Monday night with a sur-
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pre-
and her noble life will live long in : g(jnt an(] they all haJ a raogt gior.
the memory of her many friends. | joug evenjng spent in playing games.
Funeral bervices were conducted at UgffgijQjentR were served and the
the home by Revs. Bean and Wil-1 party adjourned well pleased with
kerson. Followed by a large con-1 their happy evening.
course of friends the body was laid j —
to rest in the Lexington Cemetery.; Neal Smith and Lee Whitsett
The entire grave was covered with went down to Ardmore Wednesday
beautiful flowers by hers class-mates to look over the oil fields. Mr.
in the Sunday School. She is al- Smith has extensive interests in
ways ready and willing to do her some oil land leases, and Lee, mth
...... ... , j. • j a number of others in Lexington ie-
part. Millie will be sadly missed | cent]y acQuiret, interests in tfie Rex
at home and by all the commnnty. j qjj Company's leases in the Heald-
ton Fields. We are hoping we all
... r, . r anrir«<T Hill I get rich quick in these oil invest-
Miss Do\ le . , i ments. and are hoping for our friends
community stepped on a nail at her favQrabie regorts with superlative
liome Tuesday morning and blood
poison set up almost immediately, i
She was brought to town Tuesday
afternoon where she received med-
ical aid. The last word we have is
that she is improving.
Here is a good view of our park and a picture of our Commercial
Club in session last Friday afternoon. Picture by Mrs. C.E.BIancett
Lecture Postponed
The lecture to be given under the
auspices of the Ladies of the Meth-
odist church has been indefinitely
postponed on account of the ability
of the lecturer to be here on
date.
See Salomy Jane, a Comedy Dra-
ma, Paul Armstrong's gr^at play.
Produced in California Red Woods.
The best of the season. At the
Mystery Theatre, seven reels Ten
cents, Friday night. June23.
Chas. Greemore, president of the
Farmers State Guaranty Bank,
made a flying trip to his farm and
ranch near Henderson Sunday and
returned Tuesday. He says crops
are very good considering the
tnat j heavy win had .out there. The up-
| lands are washed badly ind the
> valleys are wet, crops being much
retarded. Pastures are good and
the cattle are doing well. He
made a tour through the section
i covering the Eason country where
they are prospecting for oil and
finds the well about 3100 feet deep
Married: In the parlors of the
Kingkade hotel in Oklahoma City,
Saturday night, June|17,1916, Rev.
Frank Roach united Calvin J. Hob-
son and Miss Mabel A. Thacker in
marriage, and they have gone to
Drumright to reside. The bride isi| pregidenti Harold H. Royaltey
a member of the 1 hacker family of | 4 , ,,, lL 0,
Lexington and a charming young
lady.—Norman Transcript.
The Leader wishes the hap-
py couple all of success and happi-
ness.
Mrs. Roy Sherman III
Monday afternoon Mrs. Roy Sher-
HJhn had quite a serious operation
for a ruptured blood vessel. Mrs.
Sherman is resting nicely at the pre-
sent.
Arthur Brosseau traded his Ford
for an automobile Monday, and now
is riding in a Dodge Bros, five
passenger car.
sec-
trea-
A card from Jess C'henowcth tells
jus that he will be here the first of
next week and be prepared to thresh
If you are in need of a tliresher,
Mr. Chenoweth will want to see
you.
Darrell C. Jenks was over from
Purcell Thursday visiting friends.
Mr. Jenks has not been well for
some time but we hope that he
may soon regain his usual health.
See Mrs. E. A. Denison for farm
loans at lowest rates.— adv
Mr.
Mrs. Steve
with pood indications for gas show-1 taUi.c ^um ^ur")u1.1
ing that there is oil somewhere
ueai if not in that well. The re-
cent storm did much damage to or-
chards in that vicinity. The or-
chard of J. W. Hudson has perhaps
one hundred bearing trees uprooted
and ruined.
Trv the Leader three months, 25c.
anxiety.
Willie Brimm of Sapulpa re-
turned to his home Monday after a
visit with his grandmother, Mrs.
M. A. Wallace, and other relatives.
.lep Knight will represent
the Legislature. Pol. adv.
| Mrs. J. P. Wallace of Sapulpa is
you in j visiting Mrs. M. A. Wallace here
this week.
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Want to use-jroiAr. 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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Let the Children Kodak
to visit friends and relatives.
Hutch in
Tuesday
Keep the date and title of your pictures by using the
autograph kodak. 1 here are no game laws for those who
hunt with a camera.
...Palace Drug Store...
Perscription Druggists"
Tom Ceatwood, candidate for
county attorney, came in Saturday
with a coat of tan. Tom explained
that he is earnestly seeking the of-
fice of county.attorney and has been
hitting the high places in the
country districts for the past sever-
al weeks. He says he has seen
practically every voter in the
county,
The Parry buggy is one of the
light running and strong built kind.
Marcum & Isom.
retary, and Everett Sherman
surer.
The dues were fixed at fifty cents
per month. This money will be
used to finance the work of the club.
The object of the club is to aid in
the upbuilding of the business in-
terests of the community, to do such
things as keeping good roads, and
see what may be done toward get-
ting a few manufacturing establish-
ments for Lexington. The matter
of seeing about the interurban for
Lexington will probably be taken
up enthusiasticlly soon,
There was quite a hit of enthus-
iasm displayed at this meeting, we
believe that the Commercial Club
is here to stay.
A discussion about the steps ne-
cessary to have the Lexington end
of the Canadian bridge was taken up
and resulted in the naming of a com-
mittee to confere with Purcell Re-
tailer'j Association relative: to tak-
ing this matter up with the corpora-
tion commission and have another
steel span built on this end.
Come out next Friday evening to
the meeting of the Commerical
Club. If you are not now a mem-
ber submit your name to some mem-
ber of the Club and have it voted
on at the meeting Friday. We need
members and you need to be a mem-
ber. More members more good.
Vote for Jep
5ol. adv.
Knight, Democrat.
Colorado nut coal, the only and
best coal on earth. Try some and
be convinced.—L. Ille. Phone 39,
| Jim Baughman left Sunday for
j Ft. Cobb for a weeks vacation at
| the home of his brother-in-law, Geo.
! Bovdstun,
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends for their many kindnesses
during the illness of our darling
baby. Mrs. V. Page and children.
Hercules buggies and good har
ness.—Horrtor Bros.
Mrs. Lukinbill of Oklahoma City
renewed her subscription to the
Leader last week.
Miss Stella Strong
I the week with her sister, Miss Lula
| in Oklahoma Citv.
Hot weather is coming. When
you are in Purcell, rember the cool
Bn<l refreshing fountain at J. J.
spending j Franlts's where the soda dispensers
are always ready to serve thirst dis-
pellers.
Farm and City Insurance
Fire, Tornado and Hail
•FARM LOANS...
MRS. E. A. DENISON
NOTARY PUBLIC
PURE HOG LARD
CRAWFORD Phone 81
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Your deposits in this bank
are protected by the Depositors
Guaranty i unci.
!f you are In need of funds to finance
your undertakings call on us. We are in
position to care of your wants that are
consistent with sound banking.
We solicit your banking business on
above principals.
Security State Hank
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Royaltey, Harold H. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1916, newspaper, June 23, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110731/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.