The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 12, Ed. 1 Monday, July 31, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME THIRTYtTHREE
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, MONDAY,Jl LV .ti. 1922.
NUMBER TWELVE
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BOTTOM'S
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA
Letter to Corporation
Commission
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Rev. A. L. Williams
Leaves on Vacation
Good Roads
The time is drawing near for us to
„ . j „ .. „ „„ decide whether we will have a hard
Rev. A. L. Williams left Friday on ^ .
... ,. , . , , , „ surface road through Cleveland
a month s vacation which he will use ™ n j. i-
assisting his father. Rev. J. W. Wil- county- from 0klahoma County Ilne
' , southest of Oklahoma City, through
hams of Sayre, Oklahoma, in a re- '
. . ,i . , t> Moore, Norman, Noble and Lexmg-
vival meeting: near that place. Rev. ' ' ^ .
. ... ....... . . ~ ton, east to Pottawatomie County
I. W. Williams is pastor at Sayre,
and out from Savre a few miles is a
community church under his super- Now have you fully made up your
vision, and it is at this church that mind? If you have or have not don't
Rev. Williams will hold the evival. ™ake a mistake and vote against the
interest of your county.
1 t/ ll There has been and is some dis-
Miss Helen Keller cussion as to what kind of road
Gets Life Certificate would be built in case the $500,000
road bonds should carry. The road
Miss Helen Keller graduated from committee and county commissioners
Edmond Normal School this week and after careful investigation found the
received a life certificate. Miss Hel- gravel road was much better and
en is to be congratulated on her sue- more practical than the concrete
cess and the completion of o long r0ad, and a much cheaper one built,
hard study course. The gravel road could be built with
home labor, therefore the whole
Catholic Ladies committee including the commission-
^ i ers went on record favoring the gra-
vfllllt Keaay vej roacj> and ;n case the bonds car-
Saturday afternoon, August 5,
everyone holding tickets will meet at
the stand on the postoffice block
where the quilt will be given away.
Oklahoma City, Okla., July 2tith,
1922.—Mr. Campbell Russell, Com-
missioner, State Corporation Com-
mission, Oklahoma City, Okla.—
Dear Mr. Russell: Will it be possible
for you to tell me why it is that a
non-resident of Purcell or Lexing-
ton is compelled to pay excessive
bridge toll3 for passage over the
Lexington-Purcell bridge which I
understand is owned or at least con
trolled by Mr. Dorset Carter?
The price charged residents of
those town? where tickets are pur-
chased is (for automobile with one or
two passengers) twenty five cents.
I was compelled to cross this
bridge last week in my automobile,
was alone, and was held up for a fee
of $1.00 and was informed by the
toll taker that this was the regular
charge-
It would seem that this was a rank
case of discrimination and from a
source where there is no cause or
justice for such excessive fees, for
as I understand it, this old rickety
bridge which is in very poor repair
did not cost the present owners any
thing except their time in th8 pro-
motion and sale of stock and bonds.
Your consideration and response
will be very greatly appreciated by,
yoitrs very respectfully.—F. F.
Thompson.
Office of Corporation Commission
oT Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okla.,
July 27, 1922.
Mr. F. F. Thompson, 717 Insurance
Building, City.—Dear iSir: Yourlet-
ter of the 26th complaining over dis-
crimination in bridge tolls for pas-
sage over the Lexington-Purcell
bridge is received. We have had no
complaint on this subject until with-
in the last few days when a com
plaint similar to yours was received.
This matter will be given further
consideration and investigation, and
the prevailing schedule of charges
will have to be justified or changed.
Very truly yours—Campbell Rus-
sell, Chairman.
Did You Ever Stop
To Think? |
That if your face is long and \ r
gloomy, ar.d you talk "poor business" , E
all the while, YOU WILL HAVE IT. =
That newspaper advertising is a =
good improvisor of business. =
That you should have strong co- E
operation between the business men 55
of'your city at all times in order to =
keep your city known as a "growing j =
city." j E
That parents today, quite Viaely z
provide plenty of good rich milk for j jj
children, thus safeguarding their; =
health and aiding their progress ir. | =
ichool. j =
That you should boost the dairy z
industry. Better Dairying makes E
better business. Better business =
builds a city. j E
That if you want to "SAVE =
WHEN SHOPPPING" read the ad-; E
vertising columns of your newspa- i s
pers- ' E
That the retail trade is on a better j ^
basis now than at any time since, s
the after-the-war boom. E
That trying to be what we are not s:
always spells trouble. j =
That your business and your city s
need advertising. E
That business men are benefited by
coming in contact with each other.
The benefits and advantages offered
by your chamber of commerce to its
members are unusual. If not already
a member you should investigate and
become an active member.
That advertising is the breath of
life in busienss.—E. R. Waite, Sec-
retary, Shawnee Oklahoma Board of
Comflhsrce.
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Now's The Time I
To Kill All Vermin |
I Such as:
Mites, Lice, Flies, Fleas, |
Bed Bugs, Mice, Rats, |
Weasles, Hawks, Etc.
We have a Guaranteed Fly |
1 Chaser, which will kill the flys §
1 if don t stay away from stock. |
Swat the Boll- Weevil
| Palace Drug Co. |
Arthur Sherman, Prop,
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Boost Your Home Town
(Continued from last week.)
ry they intend to stay with that is-
sue.
Vote for the hard surface roads.
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WE ARE THE
Smallest State Bank
IN LEXINGTON
Our business can be more carefully
guarded, therefore, by our able directors.
The domestic and business habits of all
our officers are so well known in our
community that that is our greatest ad-
vertising medium for new business; this
together with courteous treatment to
our patrons has made the
SECURITY STATE BANK
A Dependable Bank
GIV^: ,1}S rA, JRIAL
Mrs. E. M. AtyrnathJd ,
c; President.
A. G. Hudspeth,
, Cashier.
Electric Wiring
Is Inspected
Mr. Guy Postelle of the Oklahoma
Inspection Bureau was in Lexington
Friday checking up the electric wir-
ing of the business houses It will
depend all together on the condition
of the wiring whether your insurance
rates will be lowered, raised or re-
main as they are.
Tommorrow Will Be
Election Day
We presume by this time every
man and woman knows whom they
will vote for, and not make up their
minds after they go into the booth.
There are so many candidates
running for every office there will
be -a large assortment to choose
from. One should know the platform
of every man running for office, but
that would be difficult to know un-
less you heard every one of them
talk, and that would be hard on the
candidate and the people too.
Remember the men and women
you put into office will have the
right to remain there for two years,
therefore cast your vote carefully
and vote for the good of the county
and the state.
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EDITORIAL BREVITIES FROM
LIBERTY, A MAGAZINE OF
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
be
An old divine uttered a great
truth when he said: "There is
enough religion in the world to sink
it and I fear not enough Christianity
to save it."
A spiritual reformation can never
effected by the employment of
carnal means and methods. A reli-
gion that makes an appeal to force
certainly cannot be called Christian.
Christ did not ordain policemen to
promulgate the gospel.
Some people have an idea that the
civil government has a right to leg-
islate upon evry subject under hea-
ven. In America at least the Fed-
eral Constitution has placed certain
limits upon the powers of Congress
and upon our state Jegislatures,
abridging their right to enact reli-
gious tenets into civil law or to in-
terfere with the free exercise of in-
dividual conscience, unday laws are
hostile to these Constitutional pro-
visions, and when enforced override
the constitution.
We have tw0 substantial bankts,
many mercantile establishments
which would do credit to much larger
places, two meat markets, which is
not often, found in a place of leas
than one thousand population.
We have grocery stores, pressing
establishments, a drug store, a con-
fectionery, harness shops, eating
places, garages, where all your motor
troubles can be adjusted, hardware
stores, telephone exchange, lawyers
real estate offices, insurance offices
and all lines of business necessary
to the well being of any community.
Of churches we number five, the
Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Church
of Christ and Central Christian. We
have a number of fraternal orders,
the Masonic, I. O. O. F., Woodmen
of the world, Woodmen Circle, East-
ern Star and Rebeccas. We have a
large church attendance and Sunday
school attendance.
Also we have a commercial club,
live wires who look after the needs
of our community, both from a civic
and commercial standpoint. Our
neighbors are friendly and our lives
are tranquil, usually going about our
affairs in the even tenor of our ways
If you are seeking a new location
come to Lexington; we will welcome
you. We have room and need for
new substantial citizens, men and
women who are sturdy, and reliable,
who would be an asset to any com-
munity or town. We invite you to vis-
it and investigate our resources, and
we trust you will find a place where
you would be willing to bring your
children where their future training
will be on a par with places of larger
population- We are close to the Ok-
lahoma University and that is
another advantage offered to the
student. Last and not least of the
things we have to offer you is a
weekly newspaper, the Lexington
Leader, which has the interest of
each and every one of you at heart.
We desire to please. Our policy is
and always has been to put out a
paper, clean wholesome, and reada-
ble. Your child can read the Leader
without it first having to be cen- j
sored. Space forbids or we would |
tell you more about Lexington, the
wonderful little city of the Canadian
valley, where a strong and happy
people dwell in peace and harmony,
some looking out into the future with
farseeing eyes and others whose life
work is nearly finished looking to-
ward the setting sun of life, as the
shadows fcrow longer on the grass
which will soon carpet their last rest-
ing place.
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Alvin Barnett
Phone 11 Where You Get What You Want
Pure Lard, per pound 15c
Bring Your Bucket
Compound Lard, per pound 15c
Boiling Beef, per pound 10c
Hot Barbecue, per pound 20c
PURE SAGE HONEY
Sur,e Has a Delicious Flavor
Fruit Jar Rubbers, 3 for 25c
Fruit Jars All Sizes
For Sandwiches we have anything that
you want
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Broom corn wire in rolls or bale
ties, the proper kind at the right
price.—Beringer Hardware Co.
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Statemenet of the
! FARMERS STATE j
GUARANTY BANK
= Close of Business June 30th
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $124,444.80
Overdrafts 587.00
Furniture and Fixtures 2,500.00
Bonds and Warrants 49,427.02
Cash 93,443.36
TOTAL.... $220,975.16 |
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock 15,00000 |
Surplus and Profits 7,934.49 |
Deposits 198,040.67 |
De-Discounts NONE |
Borrowed Money NONE §
TOTAL. ...$220,975.16 |
Burkett Motor Co.
Sells New Car
Monroe Burkett sold to the Hack-
ler family this week a new Ford car.
This is fine for the family and good
for the Burkett Motor Company. Pa-
tronize home firms when possible.
Ai-
The above is correct
HOBT. EVANS.
R. A. FRANKS.
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Denison, Mrs. E. A. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 12, Ed. 1 Monday, July 31, 1922, newspaper, July 31, 1922; Lexington, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110969/m1/1/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.