The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, January 11, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLU'IviE 2"
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 1318
NUMBER 18
Make Yourself at Home
In This Bank
You will enjoy the feeling of fellowship and security that rightfully
belongs to members of our banking family. Your welcome here
does not depend upon the size of your account.
If you need money tell us your wants. We are glad to accommodate
our customers and friends whenever possible.
Security State Bank
Mrs. E. M. ABERNATMY Pres. M. R. NORTHCUTT, Cashier
Registration Day
For the Women
of This District
Cleveland County
Woman Run Over
By Auto Driver
l ■—
Mrs. Jennie Jons and Mrs. Ellin
1 McDugal and their three children
escaped death by a narrow margin at
j Oklahoma City last Saturday morn-
' ing, when a reckless auto driver ran
Into tjia crowd.
Mesdames Jones and McD«gal
were reported as being run oyer by
the car, and although badly cut
about the body, their injuries were
about the body, their injuria ware
not considered serious. An ambu- j
lance conveyed them to a hospital in
that city where they were given medi-1
cal attention.
The little children were thrown
aside by the car but luckily not one
of them were hurt.
The driver o{ the automobile did '<
not stop. He was reported as trav-
eling at a very high rate of speod and '
the women and children were un-
warned of the danger.
The Oklahoma City police are in- j
vestigating and are in posesson of |
Ihe license number of the car. It is
thought that the oar is owned by a
resident of another city.
0A8TERN STARS INSTALL OFFI-
CERS
and unpleasant We receive very lit- , .. meetine „f the or-
tle news and comfort We find noth- At U,e re*ulrtr meeting ot ne or
Soldier in France ing to buy and are not happy in the!cr of the Ea8tern ^tar' the following
Orient. 1 would be very glad to cor-1 officer8 were in8talle tftr the enSU,nB
Letter From a
The registration for women will
Pruitt
from a French soldier. The letter
start Saturday, Jan. 12, (next S&tur- ^ written ,n French, and as Mr.
4ay.) This registration is voluntai} pruitt wag unat,ie to translate it,
aud you will not be drafted into was tj,e L,eader force, we are in-
service. debted to the kindness of Miss M.
If you are saving food, teaching pontenie,r , one of the Leader's valued
school, or what-not, and want to give readers. The letter follows'
some of your time to the govern- November 9, 151 i 7.
ment while it is in war, if it should Mr Edwin Pruitt.
The following letter was received respond with amiable person of your | y«ar.
, , . society who would give the "poilar j Mrs. Robert E
■uitt, who lives near Lexington _ , , . . . I i
the comfort and kind word that he
needs.
We keep up good couragw 'in spite
of 33 months of war. I have never
been wounded, yet I have taken part
in about the worst battles that can
have taken place on the French and
; Belgian front. Really I am doing
I my duty with zaal and devotion in
the Orient. I hope you will give con-
sideration to my requst, and not for-
aeed you, you will have an oppor- j j i,ave received your kind and
tunty to say so. pleasant letter of July 7, the,Wore I ge7themtle French soldier, who Is
The registration for Lexington and honor you with my name. striving for the noble, common cause,
surrounding country will bo in charge You ask the name of soldiers who Here ,g {he a(ldreas of my lieutenant
of Mrs. Edgar J. Keller, and wiii b« have taken part since the beginning jf yOU wjHh information of me. Rene'
held in the office of tU Lexington of th campaign (or war.) I do my Gillei Lieutenant, 227th regiment,
Leader. 'self the honor of presenting myself. 15th company, first army of the Ori-
liiere vTitl be otiiei' i<eglstraiou • -« ..aSf?ISitJo • Uwule. out, d. P. Slb-1.
ftays to bo announced later. ot the first class. 227 regiment of in- Hoping to receive your good news
Women are urged to go to the fantry' 15th comPany- fourth batal" soon, I presnt you my most respect-
T,earr : town to them and register ,on- 1 am married and the father of fuI honlage. Rest as9ured 0f my
next Saturday, Jan. 12th.—Mrs. E.
■ A. Foster, County Chairman, Wo-
men's Committee Council of Defense.
t. <). ( . I LODGE HELD THEIR
ANNUAL HOME COMING
Last Monday night the Odd Fel-
lows lodge of this city held what they
term their annual home coming meet
ing which was attended by the Odd
Fellows and their families.
After their .regular business ses-
sion the lod'ge went into open ses-
two fine boys who are named Henry
and Albert.
I am at the front since Jan 10,
1915. I have exactly 33 months of
service at the front. I have fought
in Flandors in 1915, and in the Mense
until April 1915. From Ap,ril to
September in Meurte and Moselle,
and in Argonue from September to
December 1915. From February to
April 1916, at Verdun.
Oh, Verdun! Of that we do not
speak. Oh!
Svans, W. M.
Mr. T. W. Keller, W. P.
Mrs. Monroe Burkett, A. M.
Mrs. W. Iv. Breeding, Con.
Mrs R. M. Northcutt, Asso. Con.
M,ra. Robert Thacker, Sec.
Mrs. John Massey, Treas.
Mrs A Hutchin, Chaplain.
Mrs. J. P. Perkins, Marshal.
Mrs. John Kemp, Organist.
Mrs. O. L. Hortor, Aa-
Mrs. Lee Smith, Ruth.
Mrs. Kelley, Esther.
Mrs. Alvin Barnett, Martha.
Mrs Ferguson, Electa.
Mrs. T W. Keller, Warden.
Mrs. Robert Evans, Sentinel-
most profound respect.
Devotedly yours,
LOUIS CLAIREFOND, i
Soldier of the First Cass.
LIKES THE LEADER
P. A. Holmes one of the Leaders
valued readers was transacting busi-
ness in Lexington the first of the
week and paid this office a pleasant
call. He and Mrs. Holmes have just
! returned from Chickasha where they
Two Strong Banks
in Lexington
THERE is great deal ot money buried
around the homes or hid someplace or
other.
Why take chances on having your money
stolen when you have TWO STRONG
BANKS in your town, who guarantee your
deposits against loss of any kind. You
take in> chances whatever when you deposit
your money in any state bank in Oklaho-
ma. Why have a guaranty law if you do
not deposit youi money in a state bank.
It is better to be SAFE than SORRY.
FARMtRS STATE GUARANTY BANK
Chug. Greeuiore, I'rai. It. M. Evans, Cashier.
John T. Kemp, Asst. Cashier
have been spending the holidays with
their son. He states that he has
J. H. Daniel was a -pleasant caller gtruck it lucky in the oil fields of
at the Leader office Monday and Texas—oil having been struck on one
among other things renewed his sub- of hjs holdings during the week the
scription and also had us send it to eider Holmes were visiting there. Mr.
his son, Ed C. Daniel at Fort Rosen- Holmes says that he has just finished
c.rans, Calif. Mr. Daniels says that ome improvements at his country
is in receipt of a letter from his son, home in the way of building an addi-
The terrible Verdun, in which he states that he and all tion and putting in concrete porches
COMMERCIAL CLUB HELD HIGH-
WAY MEETING TUESDAY
The Commercial Club held a called
meeting Tuesday afternoon for the
purpose of discussing business mat-
ters of interest to Lexington in re-
gard to the Oklahoma, Texas and Gulf
highway.
The meeting was filled to uic'-r
with Chas. Greemore in the chair and
the nature of the business to be
transacted was stated to he members
present.
The purpose of he meeting was to
select a large delegation to attend
the annual meting ot th association
which convenes at Sulphur today at
11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of Mr Munn. Failure to comply with
electing officers for the ensuing year, this ruling will subject the dealer to
and to plan a more extensive im- , „ , ., , . ,
provement of the highway during the heavy Pcnaltl('s- Requests for blanks,
year. After discussing the proposi- and all correspondence with reference
tion from every angle, it was decid- to this food survey, wou' l be made to
ed to appoint a committee of six who Mr. Munn. The object of the enter-
should make preparation to attend
the convention at Sulphur, and that n(,5 f()od survey is to infr.'-m the
this committee should solicit as many government of the amount of food and
men as they could get to go with them feeti stuffs now available so that
made by the members, and after that
a light lunch was served to those
present. December we fought in
It was raporte daebsinb shr hh and Alsace. Since Jan. 4. 1911, af-
It was reported as being the best ter having
meeting of its kind that was ever
held by that lodge in Lexington.
the Knock Out Blow
the ltidge 304, the Fort de Malan- other Lxington boys at that station and has built a new barn also
sion and a number of good talks was court, Mort Homme (Dead Man.) are now wearing the stripes as non- Mr. Holmes nays ,1hat there is
There we fought like lions. During commissioned officers. This speaks nothing too good to say about the
May we rested. From then until rather well for the boys as they have Leader. He says that he and Mrs.
the Voges only been in that camp a limited time. ^ [£olmes deciced that the past two
weeks issue of the Leader were the
best papers ever published in Lex-
ington. This of course makes the
management feel mighty good We
like to know that we are pleasing
you with our efforts and we will
Thank
you brother Holmes. You have no
tail grocers that their prices on sugar idea how much we appreciate such
have been in excess of the margin renjarks Call and see us any time
charged in normal times. He warned vou are in town
i them to reduce their prices or their
licenses would be revoked. Two of
the firms do business in Oklahoma
braved the submarines, JTqq d Chief Gives
we landed in the Orient. We fought
at Allome. Well in fact, we are in
Servia, in the famous ring of Cerna,
M
'SONS HAD THE GRAND MAS- northeast of Monaster.
TER OF THE STATE WITH
THEM
Jrand Master Hogan, most wor-
shipful Grand Master of the Uasonic
Lodge of the State of Oklahoma, was
the honor guest of the Lexington
lodge last Thursday night He treat-
ed the Masons to an excellent lecture
that was certainly enjoyed by all
present. The lecture was along the
line of the Masons interest in this
great world war that, we are now en-
gaged in. and offered some excelleut
food for thought by the Masons.
Those who missed it missed some-
thing dorth while.
J. E. Wheeler was in town Friday
aad renewed for another year.
1 would enjoy the ice cream you
were eating the day you w.rote me,
very much. We have 65 degrees
centrigrad-above zero. It's very warm
Dr. Stratton D. Brooks of Norman
federal food administrator for Okla- strive even harder to do so.
homa, has sent notices to several re-
iactioaaars- Resu Brotheri
We both cry the Sale
articla at the same time
GIVK US THS TRIAL OK
A 8AL1E
Fur dates call olEc« o!
Ttsnseriot t Nwraiaa or lex-
ington Lejdsr at Lexiu$t< !>
Oklahwwa
,J, E. BEAN & VV. L. HKAN
A. C. Pruitt was in town Tuesday
from th-j farm Mr Pruitt is
City, and one each in Cushing, Mor- reader ()t ,he Lpade;.
is, Blackwell, Muskogee and Sapulpa.
Our special Saturday, Jan. 12—All $12.50
$14.00 and $16.50 suits sizes38.40, 42,44,
Saturday only . . . . S10J30
Every good citizen will strive to save,
and also strive u) produce as much as he
possibly can that the war -might be short-
ened.
w
y TK • 1 T m
The Ster^ !>;*
JANES
Hm and Boy*
Prescriptions
When you have sickness in the family and have a doctor call,
he usually leaves you a prescription for you to take to the drug store
to h:ivf! it filled. You should be careful as to which druggist you take
it. If you will always bring them to this drug stare to have them
filled you will always get satisfaction, because we have a registered
druggist who kaows kis business.
Also when in need of anything else carried in a first class drug
store, w* hare it and invite you to give us a trial.
Uncle Sam Must
Know all Food
and Feed Holdings
Every dealer In food and feed
stuffs, however small, and every ho-
el, restaurant and commissary, whick
has as much as $250 worth of food
aud fd stuffs on hand, must make
a report of his stock at once to Cecil
E. Munn, 502 Patterson building,
Oklahoma ^Ity, Okla. Proper blanks
will be furnished on application to
Mess.rs. lireeding, Ethridge, Duffy,
T W. Keller, Martin. and Jay
Sherman were appointed by the chair
man as the committee.
The committee was instructed to
get to work immediately and use ev-
ery effort to get as many as one hun-
dred farmers and business men to
attend this Sulphur meeting.
There was no other business that
demanded the club's immediate at-
tntion so adjournment was taken.
these may bo properly i served and
Distributed, and proper foods and
feeds produced next yea -
PLAY KV HIGH SCHOOL FACUL-
TY WELL ATTENDED
The play "Mrs. Iirigg's Poultry
Yard," exhibited here last Friday
night for the second time, by the
high school faculty of Lexington
schools, was attended b ya large and
appreciative audience. This play
one ol the gins here, and who got lna(ie a decided hit with the people of
me of his fingers badly lacerated in Lexington, and the faculty feel very
me of the saws a short time since,! 'grateful to ,rth liberal (;aio naoni
'lad to have the finger taken off last! grateful for the liberal attendance
Friday. j accorded it at both presentations.
IIAD riNGER AMPUTATED
Monroe Pinkston, an employe of
invest
Company
Hi
m a norcse
There is being organized in Lexington a company known as the
Home Cave and Mining company, with Dr. T. V. Hill of Lexing-
ton as president of the company. This company is made up of busi-
0968 men and farmers who live here, ssauisnq asaqj jo [HjaAos pu*
men will leave here Friday for the Miami lead and zinc fields where
they will go for an investigation of the proposition. If you desire
to go with them be on hand and go investigate aud seo for yourself
how easy it will be to make money by an investment in this company
Mr. L. E. James, an experienced mining man, has the organiza-
tion of this company in charge for Dr. Hill and his associates. He
is now in Lexington located at Dr.Hill's office. Call and see him and
talk this matter over with him. Join the crowd of business men and
go and see the actual operating mines. Any one who invest* as
much as $500.00 will have his railroad ftTre paid to the fields and
back, or if not found as represented, your fare will be refunded.
Pa!
Oroil Store
iace
SHERMAN & ShV.RM
■ Pure Drug Ki'.afassifcesiite
L E.
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Little, Ed F. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, January 11, 1918, newspaper, January 11, 1918; Lexington, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110811/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.