The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, December 28, 1917 Page: 1 of 10
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OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA
The Leader W ishes its Patrons and Friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year
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VOLUVII. 27
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. KRIDAY. DECEMBER 28 1917
NUMBER 16
X',,' Ti."'- PejJpfll Ifl '< 111
Tax Collector
Here in January
Prosperity and Happiness
yew
Year,
1918
is this bank's best wish for this community.
Right methods help good wishes to come true. This means the or-
ganization of each farm and the wise development of its resour-
ces1 such as—
Diversified crops based on live-stock production; increased acre-
age; bigger crops of corn, alfalfa' clover.
Improved Dairy Cattle; more and better hogs—and don't forget
the Silos!
You will find us always ready to help the good work along with
every financial and business aid that this strong, progressive bank
may safely render.
TO
In a communication received by
j the Leader, Collector of Internal Rev-
■ enue, Hubert L. Bolen, states that a
federal income tax officer will be sta-
tioned at the postoffice in Lexington
on January 23, 1018, remaining sev-
eral days, and will bo ready and will-
ing t assist all persons subject to
| the Income tax to make out their re-
r.rns without airy cost to them for
'lis services.
Returns of incom for the year 191 7
must be made on forms provided and
furnished by the government for that
j special purpose, and must be made
before March 1, 1918.
I On account of a great many peo-
jple not understanding the law and not
j knowing how to make out their re-
turns, the government will send this
^ expert to Lexington to assist them,
I but the duty is on the tax payer to
| [ make hims^'f known to the govrn-
ment. If you, who are subject to
I the income tax, fail to make a return
, by March 1, 1918, you are liable to a
jfJ! penalty ranging from $20.00 to
[' *1000.00 or to pay a fine or go to
iail. It's best not to take any clian-
-es. Call and see the income tax
Ppf| (\u\cc !'nan If you are not sure'about be-
',, ^ \'n* RU,)Jeel to the ,ax y°"1111,1 be,|"r
landed VV ith Pull Quota (,sk him about it.
A The collector suggests that every-
Mrs. Keller one of the Red Cross body starts fjgUrj„g np now his in-
The high school play presented by t0i )nii1'ee appointed to serve in the J ?onig and expenses so as to he ready
the Junior-Sophomore pupils at Kel- i''0<1 (-'ross Christmas membership With the figures when the xpert ar-
ia or and expense to produce, but ]er's opera House Tuesday night was -mpaign that she is unable to give } rives Expenses, however, don't
s nee receiving so many compli- repo,rted as being a grand success in tho exa< 1 status "f the wark done by! nlean (jPbt. new machinery buildings
ments on them from many of our both a financial and entertaining iat committee during the campaign, (0I. anything like that They mean
readers, we leel that we have been way The se£ts wer0 a„ Bo]d ]onJ, ba_ on account of Mr. Robert Evans, the
paid for both labor and expense and fore the play bep;an and many more t her member of the committee be-
time put out on them. could have been sold had the hou9«i llg confined to his home on account
Several of Ihe old time readers )la(| a iarger seating capacity Prof sickness. She states however that
of the Leader came to the office last rarson lleaires us to announce that the full quota of members allotted
week and this week and expressed anv in(.0nvenience upon the public ^ this section of the country has been
their appreciation of the paper in no ln tho way of not having a geat after secured, and she says that she will
uncertain terms, claiming that tho having paid for it, that he offers an nave a detailed report of the work
they nad been readers of the Leader apology in behalf of himself and the tlone b>' the committee ready for
anywhere from ten to twenty-six ciass jt was an ^ne to a misarrange- next weeks issu of the Leader.
years they had never read an issue mont or „ mlsunderstanding between
1917 a
Prosperous
Year
Mrs. E. M. ABEkNATHY Pres. M. R. NORTHCUTT, Cashier
«R amiKBBeaQKiBEB
ravcni' fv .'
'~j.ru ix? wm ^^rna
Leader Receives
A Great Many
Compliments
The last two issues of the Leader
have required a great deal of time,
Higii School Play
Tuesday Night at
Opera House
of the Leader that they really appre- tho3e havlng U(,kRts fw sale
ciated more than those of the past
two weeks.
Such remarks as these, especially Christmas Tree At
from the old time readers, are caleu- Baptist Church
lated to make the management of
the paper take the "bighead"—if we The chi,dren ol the Baptist Sunday
had time to do so. But we have not ,hool ha(1 a Christmas tree last
the time to indulge ourselves in such Tuesday night which was enjoyed
a luxury, nor the inclination. We can hy a groat ,h].ong of peopl(, The t"ree
truthfully say that the only effect wag beautifulIy decorated and loaded
that such remarks have pon us is v.jtb nice
to make us form a resolution to make
each week's paper just a little bettei
than the preceding one—and in say-
what you spend in making your mon-
ey interest, taxes paid, hired help,
amount paid for goods sold, seed
stock bought for feeding, rents, (ex-
cept for your dwellings), etc. In
short, income includes about every
dollar that you get.
Oscar Elmer White
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the good people
I' Lexington and surrounding com- held December 21 at
iunity for the invaluable assistance church in this city.
presents. A nice program
was rendered by the Sunday school
members. Henry Reeves and Velma
Wil'iams, dressed as Mr. and Mrs.
ing that we are handing our readers Siinta Claus delivered the presents
the highest compliment ln newspa- from tbe tree
perdoom in return for their appreci- Among ,he numbers that
Funeral services for Oscar Elmer
White, who was instantly killed in
'he auto accident last week, were
the Baptist
Rev. L. L.
rendered during the recent death of 'teeves conducting the service, and
ur husband and brother. We feel! immediately after the local Woodmen
hat words are not eloquent enough' of the World Camp took charge of
i express our heartfelt thanks .the corpse and accompanied it to the
Mrs. Osca.r White, j Lexington cemetery where they plac-
W. L. White, I od to rent with a very impressive
J. M. White,
Mrs. O. F. Perkins
c eremony.
Mr. White was born January <i,
1 885 and died December 19, 1917
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Keller took He leaves a wife and four children,
ri: tmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs three brothers and lie sister to mourn
alright north of Lexington. j is demise.
One year ago today we wished you all
a happy and prosperous New Year.
We have prospered as never before
Hut we have not been happy with this
great con!liet of war on our hands.
Those that cannot fight should lie will-
ing to give up their money to carry on
this war, We have all made money the
past year. Now let us spend one-half of
it for freedom.
We wish all our friends and customers
another prosperous New Year.
FARMERS STATt GUARANTY BANK
Clmp. Greemore, Pres. r. m. KvflnS( flashier.
John T. Kemp, Asst. Cashier
Services at the
Baptist Church
Next Sunday
Rev. L. L. Reeves, pastor of the
Baptist church, will fill the pulpit
next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
and at evening. Sunday schoof opens
promptly at 10 o'clock Sunday morn-
ing. Hev. Reeves will also preach
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at
Stovall. Everyone is cordially invi-
ted to attend these services
were
rendered on the program were a
couple of solos by Miss Estelle Tug-
glo and a recitation, "Mr. and Mrs.
Santa Claus," by Henry Reeves and
Velma Williams that were especially
enjoyed by th" audience.
Likes The Leader
ation.
We want every man, woman and
child in the community to be a
booster for the Leader. We want you
to get light behind the proposition,
and when you do we will have the
best weekly paper in the state of
Oklahoma.
We heartily thank you for the
many compliments that we have re-
ceived the past week and will prom_ w- K- Breeding, one of ur live
ise to try and deserve them in the ,real es,ate dealers, met us on the
future. street Saturday morning and extend-
ed us the hand of good fellowship
and complimented the last issue of
The Leader in the highest terms. He
stated that Mrs. Breeding was also |
wif I pleased with the issue. That is
what we like to hear. We want to
please the lady readers of the paper
above nil tilings, and we like to have
them tell us when we tlo please them.
It only make us work the harder.
Not Hurt
Earl Gray was a pleasant caller
at this office Saturday. Mr. G.ray was
the owner of the truck that ran off
the bridge here last week when Oscar
White was killed. Mr. Gray says that
other than a general shake-up he was
not injured and is able to be back
on the job.
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A New Buick.
J. B. Collins, one of ou,r hustling
merchants, is about as happy a man
as you meet these days. He is the
possessor of a brand new Buick auto
A Letter From One
of the Boys on Ship
A letter from Johnny Rule to his
parents who live north of town states
that the ship on which he is at sea
mobile which lie purchased last week Vn" lhe ^ "n st,lel),'n was rammed
by another ship not long since and so
— — - — , badly crippled that she had to lay in
a port in France some twenty days
lor repairs. No one on the ship Von
Stueben was hurt but two of the sai-
lor boys on the ramming ship were
killed.
Auctioneers-- Bean Brothers
We both cry the Sale
article at the same time
OF
GIVE US THE TRIAL
F'ir dates call ottice of
Trai/.-';ipt at V rmnn «.i : • \-
ingtnn Leader at Lexington
Oklahoma..
J. E. BEAN & W. L. BEAN
Bought, a New Jitnev
We wish to thank our friends and cus-
tomers for the liberal patronage accord-
ed us during the year 1917 and solicit a
continuance of it during the coming year.
You will always find us prepared to
meet your wants in the drug line with
everything that is kept in a first class
drug store.
We wish you all a happy and prosper-
ous New Year.
J. A. Mixon, or.
• 'v. transfer tci
he has pitrch: sed
" iilch equips him
■ of on- progres-
intVrms us that
anther Ford cat
better than ever
) before to serve your wants when In
•J need of transfer service.
a t s$ ^
O £8 ..'V
I Ha
■«. >' il
'jo Store
" iir.UN .5: SHERMAN
n.
o Pharmacists
Bought Fine Farm
J. M. If ackwell closed a deal t liis
week with J. F. lioyston wherein
Mr. blackwell becomes the owner of
one of the finest farms in Cleveland
county.
Mr. Boydston has only recently
purchased a fine creek' bottom farm
northeast of Tecumseh, in Pottawa-
tomie county, and will move to il at
an early date.
Saturday and Monday
Big Day in Lex.
Saturday and Monday were cer-
' dnly big days in Lexington. The
streets were crowded from early till
late on both days with eager Christ-
mas shoppers. People were here
froc every .part.
Tho merchants all did a big busi-
ness and those that had Christmas
goods will have very few to carry
over, and some of them none
Lexington has been known as the
best trading point in the county fat
many years and each year sees its
trade territory cover a greater scope
of country.
The merchants of Lexington are
enthusiastic bosters for the town
md never fall to advertise Its ad-
vantages as a trading point when the
pportunity p,resents itself. Then
Lexington has a reputation—also
j:;cl;."d up by the merchants of
selling cheaper than they can be
bought at other towns. The mer-
chants believe in quick sales and
•iinal profits and that is what makes
this town such a good trading point
San Antonio Wedding
M,r. Adam Duncan and Miss Addie
Carothers were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony December 17 at
San Antonio, Texas.
The groom is in training at Camp
Travis. He Is an industrious young
man of the Willow View community
and thi' bride is a charming little
lady of the Denton community and
eli liked by all who know her.
These young people have a host
of friends in their respective com-
munities ..ho join in extending con-1
emulations and wish them muchi
e " t and prosjuirii; ,
An Old Time
Reader of The
Leader Calls
E. Duffy, one of our substantial
farmers who lives three miles north
of Lexington was a caller at The
Leader otfice Friday and renewed his
subscription to the paper for another
year.
j Mr Duffy is one of the old timers
here, and lias been an ardent reatler
J of the Leader for the past 2fi years,
j lie says that he read the first issue of
| tho Leader that was published and
| lias been reading it continuously
since. When a man reads a paper
for 2(1 years and comes in and re-
news for the 27th year it is a sure
sign the paper has been giving him
service that he appreciates. There is
not telling how many dollars tho
Leader has made for Mr. Duffy dur-
ing those years of continuous
weekly visits to his home. One
special bargains advertised in it
by our merchants might have saved
l ini the price of several years sub-
cription Call again Mr. Duffffy,
ou are always welcome to our office
I at any time.
Christmas Tree
At Methodist Church
| The members of the Metho-
■ I ist Sunday school held a Christmas
tree Tuesday night. There was a big
audience present and all enjoyed a
good program rendered by the Sun-
day school pupils. The tree was
beautifully decorated and well loaded
with presents. Old Santa was well
represented in the person of Teddie
Farris.
Clyde Kostenbader came in Sunday
to eat Christmas dinner with home
folks. Being in the employ of the
Ford .Motor Co.. of Fort Worth, Tex.,
as assistant foreman in the repair
department was compelled to make
his visit a short one, leaving for
Fort Worth on the midnight train
Tuesday night.
Mr. Robert Evans was 011 the sick
list Wednesday being confined to his
room.
Read the Ads
in the Leader,
and Patronize
the Leader's
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Little, Ed F. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, December 28, 1917, newspaper, December 28, 1917; Lexington, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110809/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.