The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 2f
LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 19!6
Election of Masonic
Held Tuesday Night
At the regnlar meeting of the A.
F. & A. M. lodge Tuesday night thp
annual election of officers was held.
A good sized crowd whs out and
participated in the election. The
results are as follows:
Claude Perkins, \V. M; E. F.
Sherman, S. VV; J. 0. Motsenbock-
ar, J. W; J. M. Massey, Treasurer;
R. M. Evans, Secretary; E. \V.
Wynne, A. J. Barnett and C. J.
Witliams, Trustees. The appoint-
ive offices were filled as follows:
I). C, Jenks, S. D; W. C. Breeding,
1. D; A. J. Barnett, S. 8; J. R.
Massey, J. S; C. J. Williams, Tiler.
Is Closing Out
E. J. Kellar, the furniture and
hardware man, on the advice of his
physician to get out doors, has plac-
ed his big stock on sale and sta.es
he will sell the whole stock at bar-
gain prices. Mr. Kellar has order-
ed some page bills from the Leader
which he has distributed through-
out the countryside announcing his
bargains. You will do well to get
one of his bills and take aijvantage
of eis low prices in making your
Christmas shopping.
Christmas Weather
Those who feared we would have
no Christmas weather this year have
no grounds for fear since the cold
wave which came Tuesday night is
still waving. Wednesday morn-
ing small flurries of snow aceour
pained the wind, and Thursday
morning a heavy snow fell, making
outside work very uncomfortable,
and kept Christmas shoppers from
town. The weather man has prom-
ised several days of disagreeable
weather.
Postponed
The farm sale advertised by mo
bas been postponed until Wednes-
day, December 27 on account of the
disagreeable weather. Everything
idvertised to sell on the 21st will
be sold next Wednesday, Come
and bring your neighbor.
Robt. Henning.
Little Cleo Skinner Dead
Cleo, the five year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Skinner, died
at the famrly home at Box, Mon-
day, December 11, after a short ill-
ness. Funeral services were con-
ducted at the new M. E. Church
Tueday and interment was made at
the Mt. Zion cemetery.
Ginners' Report
Cleveland county's cotton growers I
are marketing their crop at a much I
faeter rate this year tnan last ac-'
cording to figures just given out by
A. J. Steven. December 1. this the J
tctal number of bales ginned was1
10,175, compared with -1,054 up to
the same date last year. The 1916
cotton is almost out of the fields,
a few bales of hollies are being
brought in but the amout is so small
that the gins are not running full
time. The report for the state, end-
ing December 1, 1916, was 742,071
as compared with 145,.*!It! in 1915,
counting round bales as half bales
and excluding linters. Two cf the
principal cotton counties of Okla-
homa, Comanche and Greer, had
ginnen more ctton up to December
1. 1915, than up to that date this
year.
Our Bazaar A Success
The bazaar held by the Mission-
ary Society of Meteodist church at
the Leader office last Saturday was
a great success in every way. A
large number visited the office anc
bought liberally of the many beaut-
iful wares on display. The lineu
handkerchief sen tb the by Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson was sold at auc-
tion and was bought by Mrs. Sam
Carmen. We don't know w^iy the
bazaar was so unless because of the
presence of the Leader man and his
very talented force, but we do know
that since the ladies visited us, the
office has been much brighter.
They washed the windows and clean-
ed the front office until it shone.
You are welcome, lodies, come oft-
en.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank all my neighbors
who so kindly assisted me in my
recent serious illness. My appreci-
ation of the many neighborly acts
is more than I can express in words.
May God bless you all.— Mrs. J.
M, Newville.
At The Baptist Church
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. in.
B. Y. P. U. meeting, 0:30 p. m.
Preaching at 7:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30.
W. M. U. Meeting Thursday, at
2 p. ni.
Coal! Coal! Now is the time to
buy coal. Only the best grade of
lump coal at Ille!s--the ice and coal
man.
For Sale:—1 good mare (5 years
olfl, weight 1400 lbs. 1 good young
mare coming three years old. 1
good Jersey cow and calf. See E.
Pay your taxes to A. C. Stevens J Keller.
Phone 39 for coal. If you want |
good lump coal see Ille before you I
buy. He will save you money.
it the Security State Bank and save I >.,...
, j It Mrs. Nelson
I from Oklaooma
n trip to Norman.
Hobaugh is here
City visiting at
FOR SALE:—1 Good work horse ! the home of her parents, Mr. and
Price $75 cash or time. See E. j Mrs. J. J. Stevens.
Blackwell. 13-3t I _ .. .
I Tell your merchant you saw his
Try the Leader office tor job work.1 HCj jn the Leader.
t KM MCA TCHtt>0Lt
The sergeant in the trenches
Slid his rifle from its mound
And bared his aching forehead
Where a red-stained rag was wound.
"Tonight, somewhere beyond us,
There is holly on the door,
And children smile in sleep," he said,'
Unmindful of the war.
And somewhere there is laughter.
And hymns of praise are being sung.
Mistletoe and ropes of green
Are somewhere being hung;
Yet we who stand on guard tonight.
Expectant, sleeve to sleeve.
Our hearts by battle hardened.
Forget it's Christmas Eve!
Thru miles of hostile distance
Where the tender home thought climbs.
1 hear the frost-claimed echo
Of silver Christmas chimes.
Pardon, comrades, for my fancy
Runs wild and free tonight;
Twas but a bursting shell I heard
Off there upon our right-
Then he shouted from the ramparts
Where life and death held tryst.
At the lines of hidden legions
Thru the settling powder mist
"Must our presents be bu* teaden
Like the rest that you have sent?
Then may Christmas taith among you
Spoil your aiming and preventl
Unless you court a greater sin
Than you or 1 conceive.
Ground arms and fly the truce flag.
Make the password 'Christmas EveP
Let memory of days that were
The thirst of vengeance quench.
So the glory of the season
May invade each bristling trench;
Let every heart be softened.
Every war tense should receive
The silent, hallowed message
That is sent on Christmas Eve!"
Then, as tho his cry was answered.
Clear a bugle order rang
From far off in the distance:
"CEASE FIRING!* it sang.
And the War God loosed its fingers
At the mandate of the horn.
The Star of Bethlehem gleamed doj*/n
And Christ our Lord was born.
* N Skiatook Bank Robbed
Bank robbers blew open the safe
in the Oklahoma National bank of
Skiatook shortly before daylight
Wednesday morning and egcaped
with apyroximately $20,000 in sil-
ver, gold and currency.
All telephone wires connecting
Skiatook with other towns were cut
by the robbers to delay the spread-
ing of the report.
Mrs. Denison Moves To Farm
Mrs. E. A. Denison moved to her
farm, nine miles east of Lexington,
the latter part of last week, or rath-
er moved her household goods and
family, and will follow as soon as
, she can wind up her business here,
j She is now living on the forty acre
plac9 she purchased a few months
ago, and will not move to the home
farm until next year. Mrs. Den-
ison's Lexington home will be oc-
cupied by W. C..Butler who is now
living in the Breeding place. Mr.
| Bulter will move the latter part of
this week,
\T THE METHODIST CHUKCH
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m,
Preaching at 11 a. rn. *
"The Christmas Theme."
The evening services will be
taken up with/the Christmas Tree
Program.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even-
ing at 7:30.
One live room house with 16 lots,
good garden place in best part of
town, for sale cheap, for cash or on
terms, or lease by the year. See
W. K. or W. C. Breeding.
NUMBER 15
Lexington's Oil Well
Starts Christmas Day
After being detained in the rail-
road yards at Drumright for three
weeks the machinery that will be
used in drilling Lexington's first oil
well arrived the lirst of the week
and has been hauled to the Love-
lace farm where the derrick has been
erected. A shortage of railroad
cars has delayed the delivery of
three cars of coal, two cars of cas-
ing, and another car of tools, but
these will arriye by the time they
are needed.
The well will be spudded in at
two o'clock Monday, (Christmas
day,) when several hundred people
will he present to see the machinery
start to work. The well will start
with a twenty inch hole, the size of
tho largest wells In Oklahoma, and
will use a sixteen inch casing.
Much interest is being aroused
in the oil circles over the starting
of this well and many oil men and
oil scouts will bo here watching de-
velopments. If Monday is a pretty
day a number of automobiles will
come down from Oklahoma City
loaded with interested parties to
watch the well spudded in.
Wanted
Feed or stalk field for fifty head
of cattle. There must be plenty of
water. See Chas. Greemore at the
Farmers State Guaranty Bank, Lex
inglon, Okla. tf
All account and past due notes
most be paid before January 1st,
Edgar J Kellar.
Our
Christmas
Wish
As the year draws to its close wo hope it has been :t
good out1 tor you and that tin; incoming twelvemonth
will prove the brightest star in the firmament of your
life. May Christmas joys abound in your personal
circles and may the new year materialize the evfident
promises of great prosperity.
The
Farmers State Guaranty
Bank
©lS§K^<
kM
On account of the bad Weather I will con-
tinue my Sale one week longer.
to save money.
FURNITURE E. J. KELLER
Take advantage of this sale
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Jones, Rex D. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1916, newspaper, December 22, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110757/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.