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The Daily Transcript
VOLUME III
NORM AX, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 29. 1915
NUMBER 85
CLEVELAND COUNTY'S PRIZE THE ARDMORE DISASTER
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CONGRATULATIONS
Mr. H. H. Jacobs, Superinten-
dent of the Agricultural Ex-
hibit of Cleveland County at
the Oklahoma State Fair:
We, the Agricultural Com-
mittee, in behalf of the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Norman,
Oklahoma, and the enterpris-
ing citizens of Norman and
Cleveland county, wish to sin-
cerely thank you for the suc-
cess and victory you have
made possible for us to obtain
in the state contest at the Ok-
lahoma State Fair. We hope
these few words will, in a
measure, convey to you our ap-
preciation of your efforts
which have been the means of
bringing our county to the
mucn deserved rank, first
place as an agricultural coun-
ty in the State of Oklahoma.
We are doubly proud of you.
Very truly.
W. N. RUCKEK,
A. H. VAN VLEET,
H. 0. MILLER.
Norman, Okla., Sept. 28, 1915.
The latest from the Ardmore dis-
I aster, in which a large number of per-
Jjsons were killed and injured by the
-explosion of a 250-barrel gasoline tank
7 car, says that forty-two was the toll
in dead and 125 wounded more or less
seriously. The property loss will
probably reach $1,000,000. As the
l ruins of buildings are dug into and
removed doubtless other dead bodies
I will be found.
The business part of the city for
four blocks from the scene of the ex-
plosion is in ruins and practically
preparatory to rebuilding is going
forward rapidly.
"Who is responsible?" is now being:
asked, and efforts will be made to fix
the blame on the Santa Fe railroad
company for allowing the tank-car to
land on their tracks so near the city,
and also upon the Ardmore Refining
company for allowing workmen to at-
tempt to repair the tank with a steel
hammer, a number holding that a eop-
I'er hammer should have been used,
which would not emit sparks.
Thousands of dollars has been sub-
scribed to assist in relief of th?
wounded and care for the families of
men and women who were killed.
It is considered one of the greatesc
and most peculiar accidents in 'he
history of petroleum.
I. M. JACKSON
liousefurnisher and Undertaker
DEATH OK J. J. HELMS
Following is given the awards in
the countv exhibit contest, in which
thirty-seven of the best counties in
Oklahoma competed, the first fifteen r, ,,, t t ti i i
of the counties being the prize win- ; "e,rnRA lon« a"
ners. i esteemed and respected citizen of
First, $200 and Cup Cleveland 5? hi'S reside"« at No'
Second S125 Pitt«),iiro-Vi 1803 North Findley avenue this mom-
Twrf-Voo6.:P S (Wednesday, September 29, 1915.
Third. $100 Canadian
Fourth, $95 Tulsa
at 1:30 o'clock, aged 53 years,
Fifth. $90 Grady ™onths a,nd ^Vs- The funeral ser-
Sixth, $85 Comanche,JICoS Ti J* hel(i aiJthe ,He,n" home
Seventh, $80 Kiowa f* 3 ° cP- m.. Thursday, Septem-
Eighth $75 Blaine ' *91o, w'th Rev' D. A. Wickizer
Nmth. '$7n _//_7_y__7_y_y_y.r Logan oonTdu^ti',f phem- Intt?rment be
Tenth «<!5 • ('nail111 '■ F- cemetery
Eleventh, $6(f _"I""".l.""Marshali I f ^ Jas' Ja?Pfr Helms was a "ative
Twelfth, $55 Johnston '"emoving to Colo-
Thirteenth, $50 Pottawatomie 1^2?' and Ir.°™ there to Norman some
Fourteenth, $45 Caddo1 f!ftev.en <"• sixteen years ago. He was
Fifteenth, $40 Beckham' ?n £° n?st' Vp,rl?,ht man: a devoted
j husband and father, and a good citi-j
Oklahoma City Times- lz?n' I".1.913.the citizens of his ward'
Cleveland county, with, a magnifi-j — ^ * {■*> majority to,
elected him by
cent, complete display of farm pro-!'e,^se/lt the city council,
ducts, took first prize in the county I, !ol fe ^' ,!l0; Ly. #nd, •5. u""{
exhibits, the awards being made Tues- ?? ', ? reslSn by failing health,
day morning. Pittsburgh county was ® a Jara^lc stroke some
second and Canadian, third. Caddo ^ a<f„0;,"?d a, 8e50nd°"e
county, winner for the last three years u- ay ' wh'ch caused!
this year ranked fourteenth. ! wl iL • j , ,,,
The winning of the coveted exhibit' ,e'eaves a wld°w and 3even ch'ld"'
by Cleveland county comes after many, ?n.'° 'n°ul" '"sc, departure. The
hard struggles. Twice, in 1914 and^ll u', " ^ o[ne,s aj
1913, was Cleveland second, being; vJ! t^' p, ^ a. £ ,3Se"
just barely "nosed out" each time by ^ V Gladys and Rubv Helms..
Caddo county. This year howeve^, „'\£hem aA?° out the heartfelt syrn-
there was never a doubt as to the ulti-: Fif if f the community, in which;
mate winner on points, although the Transcript sincerely joins.
Pittsburgh exhibit was, to many eyes,' . "
the most artistic and beautifully pre- ^N ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT
pared exhibit that has ever been pre-!
pared by a county for the State Fair An "exhibit" that attracts more at-
and Exposition. tention at the State Fair than almost
any other is the quadruplet babies
Cleveland county, cup holder this frorn Hollis, Okla., and their parents,
year and winner of the first prize in The babies are a product worth while
the county exhibits at the State Fair, —especially to their parents, for 25
has reason to be proud of the record1 cents admission is charged to see
it has made. The exhibit made by this them, and the parents are reaping a
neighbor of ours is one of the hand- £jch reward for their enterprise,
somest ever displayed at a state fair Every care is being taken of the ba-
anywhere, and the award made by the hies: in fact, they are cared for as
judges will not have any complaint millionaire babies, with personal
lodged against it. ! physician and nurses.
H. H. Jacobs is in charge of the —
Cleveland county exhibit in the agri- WANTED—14-INCH CORN
culture building, and is assisted by
James Lawrence, county demonstra- Mr, Editor: Being unable to find
It has a full score card an ear of corn 14-inches long: at the
~ ' inclosed finct^fl.00, and
1
11
iEE
the whole hoa^e
Our stock was never more complete, and we solicit an
examination of it for anything and everything in the way
of Housefurnishings from the least unto the greatest.
LET US SHOW YOU.
I. n. JACKSON
PHONE 24
FURNITURE: and UNDERTAKING
No. 112 Last Main, Near Postoffice
WEATHER FORECAST
tion agent. It has a full score
on every farm product called for the State"Fair*
tides in the State f air association and please offer 25-cents to the first four
they are all artistically displayed. In hoy? or ffirls under 15.vears of a„e
the background are all the grasses who will bring you an'ear of corn
KT°7n ,'n that county, and they in- 14-inches Ion?; same to have been
elude all that are grown in the state. raise(i in Cleveland county, and only
Cotton is also used in the wall deco- one ear from each neighborhood.
rations, and in such a way that it jr HA.KSTEEX
adds much to the general effect. ( , Bring in the corn to the Transcript I State Fair
Cleveland county shows a great va- 0ffice> boys and ffil.1Si and t vo£r
riety of grain seeds, all arranged m a money, and also get vour name in the
,w:aV that they add much to the ex- paper.—Editor Transcript)
hibit. The fruit puts the county on
Issued by the U. S. Weather
Bureau, Washington, D. C., for
the week beginning Wednes-
day, Sept. 29, 1915,
For the West Gulf States:
The week will be one of gen-. *
erally fair weather, except
that rains and high winds are
probable the next two days
over Louisiana and Arkansas.
The weather will become cool-
er by Friday.
EACH GIVES OWN VERSION
Berlin, Sept. 28—"The general at-
tack of the British and French along
the western front is considered here
to have failed already," says the
Overseas News agency. ''There is no
possibility that the enemy will break
through the German lines, in view of
the length of the front, which is five
hundred kilometers (310 miles).
It is to he expected that the Ger-
mans have suffered losses, but the
figure of 20,001) prisoners given bv
CIVIC TALK—THE KEY
At last we have
MORLEY KILLS "VAMPIRE"
fleeting
the French and British""believed 'to forever' *Mnth
be exaggerated. At all events, the !" VC • . . „
enemy's attack has now failed, since ii
the German front is being held (Irmly ;
JOHNSON GETS FIRSTS
The "Bloody Butcher"
everywhere."
Berlin, Sept. 28.—The Gerr
. found the key that Chicago, Sept. 28.—Mrs. May Whit-
unI' cks t ' to the hy,nan, heart, ney, a piano player in a cafe, was shot
• !he (,1V1C Committee is the sole) and killed today by Washington Irv-
owner of a childrens merry-go-round ing Morley, formerly of the express
and it i> in motion all the time during firm of Ryan & Morley. whose father
the hour- n| waking, and no doubt it i said to he P. .J. Morlev, a wealthy
is revolving in the minds of the little Kansas City contractor.
children when they are dreaming,i After shooting the woman, Morley
riieamin. of the fleeting pleasure that | turned the pistol to his head and kill-
omes in childhood days, and like.ed himself. The police were told that
hadows that cross the * ho twit had been living together for
" '"an: -oon disappear >orne time, but had recently quar-
bung your child- reled and the woman refused to go
"■me. It i.- theirs to en- hack to Morlev, which angered him
ure that comes from rid- Mrs. Whitney was said to have
the map as a producer in that line, the
apple display being probably the fin-
est in the building. Corn is shown in
fifty-ear lots, and there u a good
showing of canned fruits preserves
and canned vegetables.
All the grasses and feedstuffs com-
mon to the stSte are grown in Cleve-
land county and in making the selec-
tions for the State Fair exhibit the
very best was taken. It was put up
neatly, and when the display was ar-
ranged there was nothing that had to
be concealed. The county probably
excels nerly all the others in fruits,
paanuts and alfalfa shown in the ex-
hibit in the agriculture building.
JOHNSON'S SHOE SHOP
For good work in shoe repairing
and at reasonable prices, go to John-
son's shop, second shop west of Fur-
ray's grocery on Main street. Best of
leather used and all work guaranteed.
Reliable and deserving man.
LADIES
Everybody is scrambling for those
new ladies suits and dresses. We are
saving one for you, and it is not like
your neighbor's. Rucker's.
—Miss Ruby Lindsay spent Sunday
in Oklahoma City.
—Students will find a nice line of
Stationery, fountain pens, tablets and:
inks at Reed's Drug Store.
Some LINES CARRIED BY
RUCKER'S
W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES
BOV PROOF SHOES
EDUCATOR SHOES
QUEEN QUALITY SHOES
MATCHLESS CLOTHING
KIRSCHBAUM CLOTHING
STANLYE-MANLEY BOY'S
CLOTHING
CLUETT-PEABODY SHIRTS
■' own merry-go-round., been a native of Boston where she
■' Norman is invited to lived until about a year ago, when she
rmans not ProtYd.ed th?>' ™e with theii went to Kan-.i- City, there becoming
. . corn raised only have stopped the "general offer-'some'aHnlt f'i , teachers, or acquainted with Morley. According
E. B. Johnsons tarn in McClain siv of the allies on the western front " t 1° ca!'e 1 !em' to the Doli('e' Morley had told the wo-
county took first premiuip at the but bv counter attacks, have gained To®. has taught us already man that he had passed worthless
and his white corn raised c onsiderable territory for themselves ' i® L'.hav? some one checks and she quarreled with him on
in Grady county took first prize in its according to today's official state- w L direct their play. that account
class. The latter was exceptionally j ment by armv headquarters. Ii ellevf that a public In Morley's clothing two letters
r of it weighing a I i !i tv will soon be provided for were found, one addressed to "Anv-
,f T , , . Paris, Sept. 28.—The new offensive shaf 1 1 N'?™an- hodftellin'-r of the mistakes he hid
Mr. Johnson s wheaw raised on his movement of the allies ha- resulted in „vf„ 1 )CJte<.J- dlld "nv 11 shall be made in his life, describin- the wo-
place just north of Norman, took first a further gain in the Artoi.- region fi? u:i i T" whoni ht" killed as bcinS "ten
susffar F",ch *■' *— «• ,h" —
■ r i i • 'he destiny of N
German^ counter attack in the Mother
good, fifteen
bushel.
premium sis being the best in
respect raised in Oklahoma.
RAIN DID FARMERS GOOD
. Chi
The
Pittsburg, Kan., Sept. 28.—The
heavy rains in southeastern Kar.sa-
have not been bad for the farmers;
they have forced them to good farm-
ing methods. So says Prof. B. W.
Scheib of the State Manual Training
Nopr™L - . .. , . , . . New York. Sept. 28.—The first in-
t Professor Scheib was thinking of timation of how the sporting frater
the Hessian fly and the planting of nfty viewed the "
orman in their hand
.feV5..h.ee.n.r??"!3ed: I appeal to you to comedo' our'''yard at
he Germans-left the ground between |
the trenches covered with dead.
ODDS ON BOSTON
wheat. Wheat should not be sowi
j until Oct. 12 in southeastern Kansas,
he says. That date is the dead line
for the Hessian fly and- the farmer
who puts his wheat in the ground be-
fore that time is taking pretty much
of a risk, the professor says
A BARGAIN
5 lots, 4-Room House and
outbuildings for $650.00
A. MCDANIEL
PHONE 23
THROWING THE BI LL
hances of the Phil-
nd Red Sox in the coming combat
for the world's title came today. Fred
Schrmx, the well known betting com-
niissior ". announced he commission-
ed to place at 6 to 5 on the Boston
club to win.
It has been nretty generally known
t hat the clan of Carrigan would enter
the annual classic a favorite in the
betting but acutal quotations of odds
have been held up until a definite
"The bride and groom presented
tiiE"aLSP!jCtni:'e' '}ever equaled siiKe announcement is made of the date for
the pioud Cleopatra sailed down the ,-tarting the series
perfumed lotus-bearing Nile, in her The sports' figure Boston's chances
fh inl u1Vfea'l1|t th° me U ^ An" wi" he a lot better if the series starts
Y°- st°od agape on Friday than should the opening
at the unheard of triumph.. To de- game be played on Saturday. Thai-
scribe the brides costume beggars the figure if the first game is played Z
English language and imagination Saturday. Boston will have to face
falls faint and feeble before the Her- Alexander the first two games a= he
■ culean task. She was gorgeously ar- -,ould probably come back Monday,
rayed in a calico house dress, and a With a Fridav onening would be
pair of lace curtains floated like a either Chalmers, Mayer, Rixev or Pe-
dreani about her figure. —Rushville, maree for the second battle.
| lnd., .News. Sporting men seen today were of
0. , . the opinion that 6 to 5 was a good
i Pianos organs and orchestra in- onening nrice for the odds which prob-
ii? VAt 'r I ' E' L iab'y wi" climb t0 7 t0 5 ,)efore the
, Howard, 412 East Comanche. 'end of the week.
any time that may suit your conven
ienee and watch, and enjoy, seeing the
children at play. Come, and enjoy the
merry-go-round. It was bought and
intended for you and the children in
your care.
To see the children playing at our
door makes us young- again. Soon we
will add a "Teeter" and a "Swing"
pire of fiction." warning young men
to beware of evil women, and conclud-
ing with "I am going to take the crea-
ture with me that has caused me all
this misfortune. I cannot live with
her, and I cannot live without her."
The other letter was a good-bye to
his father.
Kansas City, Sept. 28.—Washington
Irving Morley was well known as an
athlete in Kansas City. Previous to
leaving here two years ago for Chi-
cago he had taken an active part in
.h.n l„ ,h. ,h, pS: S Xftf
Up in the air and over the wall,
'Till I can see so wide
Rivers and trees and cattle and all,
Over the countryside.
L. J. EDWARDS,
Chairman of the Civic Committee.
football and basketball team. His fa-
ther, P. r. Morley, is a wealthy con-
tractor here Two brothers and a sis-
ter reside in Kansas City. Another
brother is a -tudent at the University
of Missouri.
—Don't forget the finest line
candies at Reed's Drug Store.
-—Notice: The Boy Scouts w
meet at the Armory Friday night.
—The Y. W C. A. entertained at
their annual fall party, Friday even-
ing at the Y. W. C. A. house on Asp
avenue After a very pleasant even-
ing of games and "stunts," refresh-
ments were served.
mrcL S=^; fBi'lin5s,ey> °J ?.kla^n- , ~If >'ou appreciate music you
Of tSl n-u ?• y .1 Monday should hear the Edison Diamond Disc
v n il i mother, Mrs. H. Phonograph for it beats the band.
M, Bilhngsley. Reed's Drug Store.
MONEY TO LOAN
We have plenty of money to loan on City Prop-
erty. Private or Building and Loan with
privelages like paying rent.
See VINCENT & WEIR
PIIONE 50
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