The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Historict SocleW
THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 27
LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1917
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NUMBER 8
RESULT OK THE DRAFT KXAMI- COMIXO 1 HIGH PRICES AND COMMUNITY
NATION I ClUversIty of Oklahoma Young Men's CO-OPERATION
The local county exemption board Christian Association (iospel I , "
1, j i. , ' kt , . t„u We are inclined to view the pres-
finished its work at Noiman last; Team , ent cra o{ h,gh Jwlceg ag couduPc,
Thursday in examining uore men for A great treat is in store this week entirely to the benefit of the farmer,
the selective draft to fill Cleveland J end for the citizens of Lexington a"d to regard him as a very fortu-
county's quota. The result of the Through the auspices of the Central °a'e '"dividual. True, he is more
examination nf the I exinttnn hovs is 1 Christian, the Methodist, and the Iort""a'e tlla he has been in times
examination of the Lexington boys is ^ ^ y , p?8t, but whUe „e has bpe„ rel,eved
as follows:
Passed—Claimed No Exemption
Martin H Jones
Herbert E Wright
Robert S Waddle
John H Ross
Porter W Scott
Joe M Miller
Edward J. Blackwell
M C. A. Gospel Team have been se-
jof some burdens he has been saddled
Rejected—Physical Disability
Joseph M. Richardson
Lonnie Eldridge
Wessley Gallimore.
Raymond N Webb
Passed—Claimed Exemption
Will Bowling
Wm R Mitchell
Edwin C Daniel
Earnest Elliott
G W Bowling
Murray R Northcutt
Virgil E Bohannon
Jesse L aC.rter
Earl S Matthews
i w"h others. Not all the high prices
| cured for Friday, Saturday and Sun-, have benefitted him.
day; November 2, 3 and4. j We are apt to view the farmer as
This team is composed of Williad! Livi"g entirely on the farm and off its
M. Wickizer (captain), chairman of ?n one sense thisi i s true,
! out tn another sense not. While his
Deputation Committee at the Univer- products come from the farm, much
sity, Chauncy H. Black, General Y. I of those means must be exchanged
M. C A Secretary at Norman. Prof. 'or commodities that do not come
T. E." Sullenger. and Hesler Wyand, I '"'p,'. l,!e larln'
. . ,. „ . .1 'he farmer must wear clothes, and
pianist for the I niversity Glee Club. | these must come from the manufac-
One feature of the work carried j turers and merchants. He must have
out by these young men is that con- farm implements, 'and these he can-
Better Let Us
Clerk Your Farm Sale For You!
ducted under the Young People s De-
partment. The boys and girls will
be glad to know that a special meet-
ing is to be held Saturday for the
young people. A surprise is in store
for all who attend.
Other meeting to be held by the
team will be: a Friday night meet-
ing at the Central Christian Church
at which time Mr. Blacn will spean on
t ie subject, "Remember Jesus Christ"
a Saturday night meeting at which
time Mr. Sullenger will speak on the
subject, "The Roads of Life " a Sun-
day afternoon meeting for men and
not make. He must have wagons and
buggies, and, if he is to enjoy life as
his city brother, automobiles, and the
prices of these articles are soaring in
company with the products of the
farm.
Hut what we started out to remark
was that the farmer can in large
measure meet and overcome the ef-
fects of the high prices of farm im-
plements by a well-planned system of
co-operation. And it looks'now as
though this plan will have to be
adopted. The demand for war sup-
plies has diverted the energies of
many large factories, and a shortage
of farm implements is freely pre-
dicted.
in this event co-operation in the
We attend to settlements, assume al! notes taken, paying
you Cash.
Our Terms Are Low
If you can't call in person, call us by telephone and set
the date. Get our terms—Now!
Security State Bank
Mrs. E. W. ABERNATAY Pres. M. R. NORTHCUTT, Cashier
I ing addressed by Mr Wickizer on the Purchase and use of the more costiv
STATE TURNS TO
PAIGN
FOOD CAM-
one for women, a Sunday night meet- ot tai'ni tools will prove not only
i subject "The Gates of the Kingdom !!'V,C'k'tabI1e bu' Profitable: There arfl
t o litany tools used on the farm, where
. or what Saves. one implement may be made to do the
A complete organization in each Lexington seldom has the opportu- work of several farms. Every farmer
county in Oklahoma has been desig- nity ot- iieal.jUg young met* from our knov. s what they are, and it is un-
nated by Stratton D Brooks, federal .. necessary to enumerate them w„
food administrator far Oklahoma, to htate tnnersity and as much should ,nere|j A .• ... -
take the pledge card campaign to be made of this opportunity as possi
every home in the state- The sign- hie-
ing of these cards does not involve
a promise to eat less food,
involve a promise to co-operate
the food administrate in conse
certain classes of foods, and
so far as possible ithose
grown in the community in order to , ... .... supplies
conserve shipping facilities. It is do I10lhlI16 without >°ur <=°-opera- g^ry community co.ry
merely a promise to do- one's duty tion. Tell everybody else. All are should give this matter seriots con-
to the country and to the lads at the urged to be present. Make these side,ration this fall, while planning
front. ! meetings a success. j for that record crop that will be need-
ed next >ear.
School Will Re-Convene
CONSOLIDATING NORMAN PAPERS
Monday Morning 1" order to give Norman one good
r . , .-I ,• weekly newspaper and one good
r!:e Lexington schools which (lis daily newspaper, the Norman Trans-
it) ifsed some two weeks ago, will " fi'ipt and the Cleveland County En-
terprise have purchased the Norman
inerelj would impress the fact that j again take up their work Monday Democrat Topic Daily and Weekly
operated^ o^y ™' ing ^o«t fail. Most of .he -
Married Now!
W lien this issue of the Leader
reaches its readers the editor will
have been married the short time
of three days. The young lady in
the case who has agreed to take
"The government calls on some
of us to risk our lives fo,r the coun-
try," a proclamation issued by Gov.
R. L. Williams stated, "it calls on
THOMPSON-CHANDLER
Mr. James Thompson of Purcell
some of us to lend our money, and and Mlss Ethel chandler of Lexing-
Missionary News
it calls on each and every one of us . united in marriage Sunday tu m- «• o •
to co-operate in the regulation of ton weie united in marriage Sunday ( The Mtsfion Society met Tnes-
our daily habits. That person who morning, N. O. Ray of the Church of ();|v aftprnoon at „ h f , Q
fails to meet his obligations in any Christ performing the cesemony. ,
way fails in his duty as an American The groom is a prominent youngI Ethndge, Those present were:
citizen. I man of Purcell while the bride is the 'he Mesdames Milt Sherman. Stev-
1total I Coal Prioe«f Fixed | , ,r _
The price the consumer shall pay daughter of Mr ann Mrs^ W. F.
for coal in Oklahoma has been fixed Chandler of this city.
by the fuel administration. It is the ( The happy couple will make their
price at the mine, plus freight, plus home at the home of the brjde,a .
a gross profit of $1.50 a ton to cover , .
shrinkage, insurance and overhead rents. They have the well wishes j
expenses for the dealer, plus dray- of their many friends here for a long i nounced later
age expenses. A obbers' commission • and haippy wedded life.
of 15 per cent on the mine price is
also allowed The mine price, which '
went into effect on Oct l is $3.50 a Liberty L 0 a a Can ieS
ton for run of mine; prepared sizes'
$4.30; slack, $2.25. I The Liberty Loan carried in the
ens, Moseley, Richards, Wright,
Higbee, Farris, Shockley, Collins
and Miss Mamie Joe Ethridge.
I The next meeting will be an-
cially and greatly helping the farm
along with their work.
Hallowe'en Party
A Hallowe'en party was given
by the Mission Society of the
Methoaist church Wednesday night
at the Mystery Theatre. A large
crowd was present and an enjoy-
able evening was spent by all. The
guests were all appropriately
dressed which brought forth much
merriment.
printing line
lias caused the suspension of count-
less newspapers all over the state
and many towns and cities which
have tried to support two or three
newspapers have found the task too
great and have given way to one
newspaper. Properly managed, one
newspaper can give any Oklahoma
town its full share of publicity. Nor-
man publishers finally came to that
conclusion and we predict a very suc-
cessful experience for the Trans-
cript-Enterprise combination.
^hes^i.plic s are .^0,r McAlester | south end of Cleveland county, the
coal. That from other sections is j
slightly lower. The consumer may; amount subscribed being better
either pay the retailer his price for j (|jan $14 Q00.
From this showing lias
delivery of the coal from the bin
or he may hire his own drayihan-
These prices were set by the Ok-
lahoma fuel administration after a
conference with the coal men.
Almost everything else is Oklaho-
ma now is secondary to the necessity
of saving every bit of the states cot-
ton crop. The tremendous econom-
ic value of the crop, which influen-
ces practically every other industry 1
igain
proven that she will carry her part
in anything that is for the good of
her country, Lexington is well
represented in the U. S. training
camps, both army and navy. And
her citizens who are not permitted
is such that it demands first at'en-1 for (|)ejr country what these
tion of everyone in the cotton belt.
Commercial organizations, county j boys are, have shown their patriot-
councils of defense, schools,—every
organization and every citizen who
can possibly do so, must aid in the
movement to relieve the labor short-j war t0 a K'l)rlous victory.
ism bv lending their money to the
government to aid it in waging this
age
Mrs, E. M. Abernathy returned
Monday from Dallas, Texas, where
she was called Saturday on account
of the serious illness of her sister,
Miss Elizabeth Bilan. Miss Bilan
was operated on at the St. Paul
hospital for appendicitis and at
last reports is recovering.'
There were a number of Lexing-
ton's citizens who worked hard in
soliciting for bonds. The Ladies
Committee were among these earn-
est workers. They did excellent
work all of them volunteering their
service last week.
We were unable to get a list
of the bond buyers for this issue,
but we will publish the complete
list in our next week's issue.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our sincere
thanks to our many friends and nei-
ghbors who so willingly helped us
Fire broke out at the Loftin Gin during the sickness and ,leath of our
beloved son and brother, Wyman,
an those who remembered him with
May
hereabout 4 o'clock Monday morn-
ing, caused by the striking of a the beautiful floral offerings
match, piece of steel or rock going God send his richest blessings upon
through the cleanser. By. the,you is our I'rayer.—Dr. T. V. Hill
quick work of the workmen with 1 and family-
M.
At the Baptist Church
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Preaching 11:00 A. M.
B. Y. P. U. Meeting 7:4o P.
Freuching at 8:15 p. m.
Prayer Meeting H ednegdav S ji.iri
The W . M. I will meet Thurs-
day at 2:30 I'. M
Everyone is invited tn be.present
at all nf these service-.
Lee L. Beeves. Pastor.
The wedding occured at Purcfel
Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. Father
Van Wees officiating. The cere-
mony was a very quiet one. being
no fancy frills or elaborate decora-
tions, and only a few friends were
present.
Church ot Christ
the fire extinguishers the fire was!
. , i The two sons of County Judge
soon under control and no damage ,.1 ok. , ,, „ .
« j Burke, Robert and George Burke,
resulted except the burning of a ages eight and six years, each pur-
quite amount of cotton th-ough the chased a Liberty Bond from the pro-
gin. ; ceeds of hofcs raised by them
Saturday Specials
$4.00 Stetson Dress Hats $3.50
$3.00 Dress hats $2.50
$2.50 Dress Hats $2.00
These Prices for Saturday, NOV. 3, ONLY
Hart, Schaffner and Marx Suits and Overcoats
Mackinaws $7.50 10 $18
Shoes Underwear Sweatercoats
W W. JANEStt'SSfcr
Personal Service
is really good
*
Banking Service
You will always findour's themost
EFFICIFNT SERVICE
FARMERS STATE GUARANTY BANK
Bible School at 10 A, M.
Regular worship including Lord's
Supper every Sunday at 11 o'clock
Preaching every 2nd and 4th
Sunday by N. O. Kay.
Prayer meeting every Thursday at
7.30 p. m.
Some weeks ago I offered my res-
ignation to the congregation expect-
ing to move about November 15th.
| An urgent, appeal was made by many
I of the most devoted members of the
t congregation for me to remain for
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank' a"other year-
Bougher of route one, Saturday a| After considering their wishes and
All parties doing
fine baby girl.
nicely.
M,rs A. Hutchin is the proud own-
er of a Liberty bond purchased from
the sale of milk and butter
For Sale—Thoroughbred S. C.
Rhode Island Red Cockerels.—Mrs.
Vaughn Glenn, R. F. D. No. 4, Plione
F5151, Lexington
Auctioneers— Bean Brothers
We both cry the Sale
article at the same time
GIVE US THE TRIAL OF
A SALE
For dates call office of
Transcript at Norman or Lex-
ington Leader at Lexington
Oklahoma.
J. E. BEAN & W. L. BEAN
the great need of the Church of
Christ at Lexington, I decided to re-
main with the work here for an-
other year. Now let all of Us who
love our Lord and his cause put our
shoulders to the wheel and make a
heroic pull for the prosperity of the
Lord's work. Let us have no slack-
ers of shirkers or those who in any
I way pull back or retary the progress
of those who have a mind to work.
Let us invite all our forces and
use them for the glory of God. the
honor of the Christ and for the sal-
vation of immortal souls. In this
j way we can make the church a tower
j of strength for good in this communi-
ty. Let every member and friend of
[the church try to be present especialy
I at Sunday School and worship every
•Sunday.—N. O Ray
Rev. W. J. Richards is attending
j the annual conference of the Method-
1 ist church which convened at Clinton.
Oklahoma this week.
es
(jood Fresh Chocolat
Just Received—Mueller-Keller s Famous Sov-
ereign Chocolates
Thick-Smooth-Coating—Fruit and Ground
Nut Centers—Nothing Like Them
Movie Star Chocolates—1 lb. boxes for 50c
Choose Your Favorite Movie Star
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Pure Drujj; Pharmacists
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Whitsett, Lee. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1917, newspaper, November 2, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110801/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.