The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 26
LEXINGTON, aEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 31 1917
NUMBER 51
LEXINGTON SCHOOLS
OPEN MONDAY, SEPT. 3
BUMPER COTTON (FIRST DRAFT DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED
CROP ASSURED COMPLETED FRIDAY AT NORMAN FRIDAY
Everything is In Readine** for
Most Successful Twin
y
Superintendent, W. N. Rice, Nor-
man.
principal, D- T. Ferguson, Edmond.
English, Miss Pern First, Stillwa-
ter.
I. M. Carson, Moore, 7th and 8th
grade.
Miss Johnnie Whitsett, Lexington.
<>th grade
Miss Laura Cooper, McCloud, 'jth
grade.
Miss Sadya Hyde, Norman, rd and
4th grade.
Miss Ethlyn iMarcum, Lexington,
2nd grade.
Miss Donna Rice, Norman. 1st
srade.
With the above coterie of teachers
the Lexington schools will open the
1917-11 term of school on Monday,
September 3rd with all indications
pointing to one of the most success-
ful years in its history. The corps
of teachers represents almost a new
lineup, only two of last year's force
being retained Snpt. Rice and Miss
Donn> Rice. All the new teat-hers
are experienced and come with high
qualifications.
The schools will again be under
i he superintendency of Prof. Rice,
who is well known all over the state
as well as In Lexington as being a (
jnan who takes great pride in the
school work and whose every thought
is to do something to better educate
the young This is Prof. Rice's third
term here this time, he having taught
herp before, from 1904 to 1907 dur-
ing which time the schools improved
greatly na they have under his re-
cent management.
A meeting of the teachers was held
yesterday (Thursday) in the high
school building and Supt. Rice out-
lined his policies which he intends'
to car.ry out this term. Meetings
will be held dally during the remain-
der of the week so as to enable the
new teachers to become familiarized
with the work they will be required
to do the coming te,rta.
The building has been renovated
and disinfected and put in first class
condition for the opening of the
coming term.
With lhe co-operation of the citi-
zens of lexington the school should
take a step higher. It is the life
end backbone, so to speak, in the
upbuilding of the town, something
that all are interested in and with
your help Lexington will witness a
very successful, profitable and en-
joyable st hool year.
workers will thus be diminished.
These conditions bring many parents
face to face with a perplexing ques-
tion: Shall they keep their children
in school and try to find help for
their houte work, or shall they keep
them at home? 1 do not belittle the
difficulty of this question, and I am
sure that the answer cannot in 1!
cases be the same. In some cases ne-
cessity will require that children help
at home, and attend school a« much
as they can I can not here enlarge
upon the value of thorough training
in the work of the elementary school,
to every child. It is absolutely es-
sential to that quality of average
citizenship that, our country requires.
Parents your children must soon turn
ish the mental and moral qualities
that will determine their usefulness
and happiness and the stability and
worth of our social instituions. From
these considerations I am writing this
to urge you to make every endeavor
and every reasonable sacrifice to
' keep them in school. After losing
j t wo or three months it is hard for
I them to enter their classes and keep
! up with those who attend regularl>.
I Hut if they mus lose the time, I en-
treat vou to keep them impressed
j with the idea that they are losing a
vital opportunity which you and they
will try to regain for them. We
who are teachers will do all we can
to help them .regain what has been
lost. Rut in work or in play we must
always have regard for what is best
in the long run for the child. We
cannot t,rifle, we cannot pretend. A
sound elementary education is some-
thing worth while. Credits in our
record books, without it, are almost
criminal deceptions-
W. X. Rice. Supt.
The Largest Yield for Many
Years is Predicted
This fall will see the harvesting
of one of the greatest cotton crops
around Lexington in sdver;i> year's
history. Farmers are making ex-
tensive preparations already for tho
The Ijornl Hoard Finished Its Work
Friday Morning, and Ha* Certi-
fied Result.s to IHstrk*
Board
The local board finished the ex-
amination of the tirst call ou Friday
morning, securing 159 real soldiers.
Forty-one of the first draft had al-
gatherim; of tn's crop The stalks ready enlisted and did not appear
are heavily loaded with bolls and fov examination, but this 41 helps
.. . to (o makB u|, Cleveland county's quota
New Fire Whistle
1 looms from tho lowest branches to
• ho top of the entire stalk. And the
ctop is now at a stage whese most
cf it will remain on the stalks until
full maturity.
Everyone is looking forward to a
fall this year that will be noted for
its high market prices on all farm
products and especially the cotton.
It is predicted that the market tor
cotton will open above the twenty
five cent mark.
There will probably be one great
problem for the farmer who har, in a
large acreage of cotton this year and
has no large force of his own with
which to gather his crop. Owing to
the army draft many of the best cot-
ton pickers will bp out of the coun-
try and consequently the farmer may j
find it difficult to secure hands to j
pick his crop Many of the farmers |
have boys who have been drafted in-
to service, thus causing him to have
to rely ou some hired men to fill the
boys vacancy. And at the handsome
price that will be paid for cotton on
the market this year the farmer can-
not well afford to let his crop re-
main in the field and damage and
probably go to waste. Every field
should be gathered clean, for it will
bring no one mouey if it is allowed
to remain in the field.
OR. C. K. NORTHCVTT RECEIVES
COMMISSION IN MKDICAI
CORPS
terurban. Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon, tho Odd Fel-
lows being in charge.
Mr. Fulkerson was a man about
30 years of age. married, and leav-
ing a wife and two small children.
Ho was a very popular young man in
Norman and the sympathy of the en-
tire city and county goes out to his
wife and children.
When searched at the jail $208
McClain county after peaches and
a county quota i ^ founrt on Jay Hnd 15 centa on
1„ addition to 41. 159 names have No were found on
been certified from which 110 ten ■ ^ ^ <mly „„
mB„ will be selected who will Hill ^ ^ They
out the allotment of 51. . i lold a story that they had been over
Five per cent of tho iiral can \vin| .... . i
be ordered out on September 5; 40
per cent on September 19; another!""1
40 per cent on October 3rd; and the
remaining 15 per cent as soon as is
practicable. The board is ordered to
consider the experience of each man,
in the selecting of th first five per j
cent as men of military experience1,
are most desirable at first.
Chief Deputy Cume to Hi* Death
From a (itinshot. Wound Receiv-
ed in a lUttle With Boot-
Icxrws Friday
The new Electric fir* whistle lias
arrived anil i* being installed a*
the Leader noes to press*. So if
you hear some strangs noise <>ne ot
these days yon may know that it ii
the new lire alarm. The whistle is
operated by an electric motor, ;md
will be controlled by switch which
| will be placed at the telephone
ofiice. and in case of fire tne alarm
can be sounded by tiie operator.
1 It is being placed on the top of the
! court house and yon need not have
' any fear but what it will wake you
I when it i? blown.
Dr. C. E. Nortbcutt received no-
tice Tuesday morning cr his appoint-
ment to first lieutenant in the medi-
cal reserve corps. He expects to re-
ceive orders to report far duty with-
in the next ten days or two weeks.
methodist
REVIVAL
HESS
KEEP TH I-', CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
(By Superintendent W N Kice.t
A serious situation confronts ev-
ery citizen of this nation. A situa-
tion that must be met and planned
for with as little selfishness and as
much of mosal earnestness as our
natures can command. We are en-
gaged in a destructive, cruel war.
Our resources, as well as our person-
al fortitude, a,re to be severely tried
Crops have partially,failed; we must,
feed ourselves and a large pari of
the world; prices of everything wej
need a,re high; wages of the laborer
and returns to the farmer fo his
surplus products are scarcely enough
to meftt these, advances. To avoid
hardship, and in many cases, positive
suffering, our work and way of lin-
ing must be carefully planned.
The. time for schools to begin is at
hand In this part of the country
abundant rains have improved cot-
ton and other fall crops so that they
promise a beautiful harvest. Many
of our young men may be called to
the colors and the supply of efficient
MISS NORTHCITT ENTERTAINS
I'
1 Miss .Maud Northcutt was hostess
to a number of her friends Thursday
j at. her home.
The evening was spent in playing
'"Fan Tan." An interesting two-
| course luncheon consisting of a sal-
ad and ice cream course was served
during the evening. Those present
were; The Misses Tuggle, Etheridge,
Shockley, Keller, Perkins, Hunt and
Bohannon.
Later in the evening the guests
joined the chivarari party which call-
ed at the Marcum home to pay its
respects to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Mar-
cum, who had just returned from
their wedding tour.
The revival of the Methodist j
church of Lexington began Sunday j
morning in the large tabernacle
near the church, and will continue1,
services for two weeks. Rev. Rich-
ards is doing the preaching and his
sermons are being enjoyed by large
audiences. Much interest is being
taken in meeting and considerablt
is being accomplished.
being held each day at 2; 30 and S
p. m. They are having good music
including special numbers at each ser-
vice. if you are not already attend-
ing these services you should begin
at once. You are cordially invited,
regardless of your religious belief.
Help make this a glorious meeting.
The following is a list of the sol-
diers secured from Lexington and
community;
Leslie IS. Denison
Geo. W. Merritt
Roy Durkett
Clarence Dossett
Fisher Armstrong
Adam H Duncan
Wm. Glenn Hunt
James W. Gray
Doc D. Tate
Paul F. Fontenier
Ira W. Huffman
R. S. Tipton
John Robinson
Doc Couch
John Tarp
Wylie Cicero Merritt
Monroe Cox
Walter Coleman
Hugh T. Payne
Thomas L. Townley
Albert R. Bryan
Pervy N. Northcutt.
Spurgeon G Kidd
Walter J. Shaw.
"Edward A. McDonald.
Wm. H. Petty.
Milus E. Magers.
Wm. Thomas Hackler.
in pro*;-, gett, o percy.
Sterling P. Thommasson
Harvey C. Bradshaw.
Samuel C. Lassiter.
When taken to Oklahoma City Fri-
day night both Jay and Holden were
recognized by the Okalhoma City of-
ficers as disrdeputable characters.
Holden having been discharged front
the jail on August 17th, where he
was serving a term for bootlegging
and a warrant being oat for Jay on
the charge of whiskey running. They
..ill lie kept in Oklahcmr City until
ti>e excitement dies dowr in Norman
before being returned for the pre-
CORBETT MOVES
MAN
1(1 \<>R
Mr. I. P- Corbett Tuesday of this
week mived his family to Norman,
where he has yurehased a fine locat-
consideraDie wnereue.i ' rwhett
Services are ed residence in that city. Mr Corbett
services I ^ rf,si(W at th(! toWu ot Corbett
east of her3 lor the past twenty-
seven years and has a host, of friends
and neighbors there who will greatly
miss him and his family. Mr. < or-
bett has moved to Norman for the
benefit of the schools there foj- his
children.
Grover Fulkerson, chief deputy of
Sheriff Ben Wheelis, was killed Fri-
day iu a battle with Chas. Holden
and John Holden, two Oklahoma City
bootleggers and whiskey runners,
which took place two miles south-
west of Norman and about a mile
north of the Norman bridge about
5 o'clock that afternoon. Fulkerson
was shot through the stomach and
liver, the ball entering about the
breast and coming out a couple ot
inches lower in the back. The shot
was fired from the deputy's own gun.
a "38" Colt's army special.
The sheriff's force was stationed
on guard at the Norman bridge on
the lookiut for some whiskey run-
ners that were reported to be com-
ing that way. They had captured
two men named Hiatt and Garbibee
on the day before, capturing 300
quarts of whiskey, and were waiting
for another Ford supposed to he con-
nected with the men captured. All
automobiles were being stopped and
searched that came that way. Ahout
4:30 Friday afternoon the officers
left the bridge and came north about
mile, where they left Fulkerson
on watch while they came to town
to get something to eat.
Very soon after this Fulkerson
saw a Ford with two men in it com
ing from tho south. He called to
them and they slowed up, and he
jumped on the running board, tell-
ing them who he was and demanding
that they allow him to search the car
They asked him what his authority
was a ltd he pulled his gun and said.
"This is my authority.' At that one
of the men. John Jay, reached down
and turned tho switch to start the
car again and Fulkerson leaned over
and turned it off and about tho same
time, hit Jay over the head with his
| gun. in the scuffle that followed the
I nun fell to the floor of the automo-
bile and was grabbed by Holden, who
| shot twice. As he shot the first
time, Fulkerson struck hia hund and
! the bullet went up in the air, and
j then Holden shot again, the bullet
The Lexington swimming pool was | striking Fulkerson in the stomach,
re-opened for business Tuesday af-th(, failing from the car.
ternoon. It had been out of com- Fulkerson's dying statement in
mission for the last few days on ac-|pal.t to County Attorney Tom Cheat-
wood shortly after the wounded man
was taken to the office of Dr. Bobo
was as follows:
•I ordered the two men in the road
imiliary trial
MARRIED
Miss Chloe Thompson and Mr.
j Chas. Iloff. Jr.. were married at
Pauls Valley Friday of last week.
| Both are young people of Wayne,
f The bride is a daughter or Mr. and
| Mrs. Geo. Thompson, and is also a
I niece of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Perkins
I of this city, while the groom is the
| M>n of Chas. Roff, a noted McClain
I county politician
Mr Roff iu a graduate of the State
j iinivciilly, 1917. and lias enlisted in
the aim;.* an,I received a commission
i as second Meiltenant, wilb orders to
' report far sttvice. Wednesday of this
' week.
The tri<ie has visited at the home
: of her uncle here often and has
i\wnib©r ot friend# hw* that lioud hor
hearty congratulations.
Swimming Pool Re-opened
Tuesday
count of some repair work being done
one the south wall. A solid four inch
wall has been constructed in place
of the other wall and the company ,
ft a i ti they now have it so that s[er to top and they paid no atten-
it will stand permanently. The poollt|OI, to me. 1 leaped on the running
has been doing a flue business since |,.ar pulling my pistol. They start-
first opening and it is certain to,(,,i to fight tne and I struck Holden
keep up the same pace the remain-' over the head with my gun. I lost
der of the season. The company ex- control of the pistol and it fell into
pects to make extensive improve- the bottom of the car. Holden grab-
bed the pistol and shot me in the
Two small tracts of land for sale.
80 acres in one tract and 140 acres
; in the other. Just north of Purcell.
1 Will sell the 140 acre tract at *40
per acre *1000 cash, balance on
time, For informatian call or see
I J, M. Masssy Lexington, Oklu.
THERE-SAFETY
IN A
Varsity 55s Are Here
Young Men's Models for Fall
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX Clothing
Come in and Try I hem On
The latest thing out You will like them.
W. W. JANES Purcell, Okialtoma
Clothing, Huts and Shoes
The* Store For Xlen And Iipys
ACCOUN
LBfflK
ments before the opening of anoth-
season, making one of the most
beautiful and comfortable amuse-
ment places in the country.
SOI.I) ANOTHER IHXIE
.Messrs. Northcutt and Brown last
week sold another Dixie Flyer auto-
mobile. Mr. Prank Dugher. living
north of town bought a late model
chummy roadster of them. Mr.
stomach. I fell unconscious for a
few moments. I heard the men say
that I would never be able to tell
| anything on them—and they had bct-
,,, VI,-rIter take me to Norman to the offic-
ers. We will tell the officers that tho
shot was an accident. I said noth-
ing to them until we arrived in Nor-
man."
After leaching Norman the men
were arrested and placed in jail.
chummy roadster of tnem. ;u ■ oklahoma City to
Bugher says he. is more thai,please| plater taken ^ ^ ,f
with hia selection ot a car and we are, ^ at once that his chances
sure ho will like it more the longer ' a \..., ;n virtno*
he runs it. Messrs. Brown and North
cutt are working hard demonstrating
their car and now havo in line a large
number of good prospects among the
farmers who intend to buy a car as
(•non as the cotton mqney begins to
roll ir
for recovery were few, but in hopes
that an operation would save him
he was put on the train to be con-
veyed to an Oklahoma City hospital.
He died on the train before they
reached Moore and his body was
brought back to Norman on the in-
TWE mail with money in the bank
has surrounded himself with se=
curity and is ready for any emergen=
cy. he need not fear the rough
weather of life's voyage.
FARMERS STATE GUARANTY BANK
Remember School Begins
Monday, September 3
We have a complete stock of school supplies
We are State Agents for school books and
can supply you.
All School Books are Strictly CASH
SHERMAN 8 SH ERMAN
l)ru£ Pharmacists
Pure
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Whitsett, Lee. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 31, 1917, newspaper, August 31, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110792/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.