The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 148, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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OKLAHOMA CITY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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The Daily Transcript
VOLUME V.
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1917
NUMISKK 118.
SELECTIVE DRAFT
The western district exemption
board in session at Oklahoma City yes-
terday listed the following: men of
Cleveland county as eligibles for the
next call:
Bert C. Anseller, Lexington.
Edwin C. Daniel, Lexington.
Ernest Elliott, Norman.
John D. Hinton, Trousdale.
Henry F. Barnett, Norman.
Geo. W. Bowling, Lexington.
Willard rff Halmark, Capitol Hill.
Jess D. Biggers, Norman.
William C. M-.ppes, Norman.
Frank W. Smith, Norman.
Walter N. Biggs, Moore.
Edward J. Blackwell, Minco.
Samuel W. Deskin, Norman.
Martin H. Jones, Lexington.
Enos L Albritton, Norman.
Walter A. DeWitt, Noble.
Herbert E. Wright, Lexington.
Geo. W. Wells, Smithton, Ark.
Ben I). Boesken, Norman.
Colonel L. Christian, Norman.
Edwin Bennett, Norman.
James R. Head, Noble.
Clarence Sinks, Norman.
John R. Rose, Lexington,
William H. Bruemer, Norman.
Homer C. Helms, Norman.
Joseph A. Horncock, Lexington.
John C. Yickers, Norman.
Wiley C. Merritt, Lexington.
Robert H. Waddle, Lexington.
Chas. J. Young, Norman.
Albert E. Turner, Mcore.
Tandy E. Houchinfi Moore.
John F. Sargent, Norman.
Virgil L. Barnard, Norman.
William F. Krohmer, Newalla.
Roy J Martin, Trousdale
Boyd L. Bacon, Newalla.
Robert E. Church, Norman.
Jesse Tillson, Norman.
John C. Vickere, Norman.
I. W. W.'S NOT GUILTY
It now appears that the I. W. W.'s
were not guilty after all of causing
the big wreck on the Frisco a few
days ago by which several persons lost
their lives. As soon as it occurred
the news was heralded all over the
country that I. W. W.'s or German
sympathizers were the guilty parties,
and large possees of officers were
organized to hunt them down. Three
boys of 12 and 13 years of age have
confessed that they had caused the
wreck by leaving two pieces of scrap
iron on the tracks where 'they had
been playing.
! Let Us Give Thanks,
Because—
NOTICE! WOODMEN CIRCLE
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving will be generally ob-
served in Norman with religious serv-
ices, family reunions and Thanksgiv-
ing dinners. Union services will be
held at the Southem M. E. Church,
and especial services at the Episcopal
and Christian Science churches. The
postoffice and banks will close all
day, and many of the business
houses for part of the day. The Uni-
versity has adjourned until Tuesday,
and the Norman public schools let
out this afternoon until Monday.
Many Norman citizens are leaving to-
day to spend the day with relatives
and friends at other points.
lfifj"\Ve have been given the opportunity to
serve mankind as we once served our-
selves in the great day of our Declaration of
Independence by taking up arms against a
tyranny that threatened to master and de-
base men everywhere and joining with other
free peoples in demanding for all the nations
of the world what we then demanded and
obtained for ourselves."—WOODROW WIL-
SON—Thanksgiving, 1917.
*
On Tuesday night, Nov. 20, Mrs.
M. G. Meadows, state manager for
the Woodmen circle, met with Har-
mony Grove No. 108.
She made a good talk for the up-
building of this branch of Woodcraft
and she appointed Mrs. Theodasia
Morrow as local deputy to solicit
membership in Harmony Grove.
By order of the Grove.
H. G. GOODRICH, Clerk.
| —Thanksgiving bouquets, 50 cents,
tat the Levy Greenhouse.
CITY M'JST PAY RENT
FALSE REPORTS CONCERNING
DESTRUCTION OF VEGETABLES
For some time sensationaj articles
have appeared in the newspapers to
the effect that in some places large
quantities of decaying onions, potatoes
and cabbage were piled along railroad
tracks, particularly in Chicago, and
that there was evidently a conspiracy
op the part of produce men to limit
food supplies and thus reap high
prices.
The cases in Chicago have been in-
vestigated by the Illinois federal food
—1 I administratior, assistant U. S. attor-
An automobile driven bv Mr. C. W. |ney -eneral ar>d U. S. secret service
Eichhorn got in front of the fire men at C^ago. The investigation re
IN FRONT OF FIRE TRUCK
The War Department has given
notice that towns and cities in which
selective draft boards are located must
furnish quarters for them—must at
least pay the rent. It therefore be-
hooves Norman to come to the front
with $3?.E0 for the rent of the pres-
ent quarters for the next three
months, and a subscription paper is
now being circulated to raise the re-
quired amount. If the members of
the board give their services without
compensation (which they are doing
and are very energetic and conscient.i-
jous in the performances of their
|duty), Norman as a whole can cer-
jtainly do her part. Do your part in
helping the good work along.
truck while the la..., going to a
fire this morning and wrj consider-
ably damaged by the impact. The
accident occured on Uni. Boulevard.
The truck, driven by Chief McKinney,
was going at a good speed and could
not avoid the collision, although the
driver did all he could. As it was,
the automobile was just pushed out of
the way and the truck went on. It
is lucky that it was not damaged
more than it was. "If persons will
persist in getting in front of the fire
truck when it is going to a fire," says
Mayor Hutchin, "they must take the
consequence. The driver gives every
possible notice of his coming and peo-
ple must get out of the way with
their wagons and automobiles. Not
only will the obstructors have to stand
the damage to their vehicles and
themselves, but I favor an ordinance
severely punishing anyone who in
anyway obstructs the firemen in the
discharge of their duties, and it will
certainly be enforced to the letter."
The fire was in the basement of
the R. V. Downing house at 512 Uni.
Boulevard, and was put out without
any damage except from smoke.
vealed the fact that less than 2 per-
cent of the potatoes arriving in Chi-
cago during October was lost because
! of frost. What potatoes had been
dumped were frozen. Every year
frozen vegetables are dumped. No
evidence was found that there had
been wilful destruction and no viola-
tion of the law.
Delayed transportation, changes in
the weather, unskilled grading and
loading are likely to result in loss of
vegetables, and often unfounded re-
ports are circulated that efforts are
being made to increase prices by de-
stroying food.
MIGHTY FINE RAIN
The rain of Tuesday and Tuesday
night measured 1.20 inches, the best
rain we have had for three months.
It was general over Oklahoma, re-
ports from all localities bringing
news of good rains. And it looks as
if we were going to get more.
—You are certain to avoid fireless
nights if you lay in a supply of wood.
The coal situation demands it.
"Books
Worth
While
AT RIGHT PRICES
Joseph us $1.35
Encyclopedia of Quotations $1.35
Funk & Wagnall's new Standard Dictionary,
full leather indexed $13.50
Webster's Imperial Dictionary, sheep indexed $5.95
Century Book of Facts $1.75
Ridpath's History of the World, 9 vols. 3-4 leather—$25.00
Plutarch's Lives, 5 vols., large type $5.75
Emerson, 5 vols., large type $5.75
Bret Harte, 25 vols. : $12.50
Harvard Classics, 51 vols. $32.50
New Standard Encyclopedia, 12 vols. $25.00
Thoreau, 5 vols., very De Luxe , $7.50
Chas. Lamb, 8 vols., very De Luxe $12.00
Poe, 10 vols., very De Luxe, full leather $18.50
Fielding, <i vols., full leather $13.50
Many fine sets of books at cut rates, among them Dick-
ens, Kipling, Thackeray, Stevenson, Tolstoi, Shakespeare,
Scott, Irving, Kingsley, and many others.
L. RUTLEDGE, Stubbeman Building
Barbour Says
Read our advertisements every
week. If there is anything in them
| that you do not like tell us about it.
| If something in them pleases you be
doubly sure to speak to us about it,
for we never get too old or blase to
enjoy praise.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
If there are any ladies who have
never used Zona Pomade, and we sup-
pose there are a few, we urge them
to send 10c to the Zona Toilet Co. at
Wichita and receive by mail a sample
ibox. It is just the right size to carry
I in your hand bag and is an exact copy
I of the 50c powder only smaller.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
' We can sell you the Grafanola at
most any price, it depends on the kind
you think you need, but be sure to buy
quick if you care to get one before
the holidays. If something less ex-
pensive will do you we will sell you a
Stewart Phonograph for $6.50.
♦ ♦ ♦ «
"Gray hair may be honorable all
right, but it is a honor I am not seek-
ing," said a young man the other day.
j "In our family early gray hair is an
{inheritance and comes 20 years earlier
jthan it snould. So I used Scotch Tone
j Hair Restorer and my hair and
moustache is now restored to the ori-
J ginal color and are softer and better
than ever."
♦ ♦ ♦ «
| R member we are the agents for
jCurtis's Publishing Co. We will take
your subscription for the Saturday
Evening Post or the Country Gentle-
man.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
There are a thousand uses for a
Kodak and you would never think of
more than half of them unless you
own a machine. We still have a selec-
tion and you would do well to buy now,
while the selection is good and the
price is lower than it will be later.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
The sale of Big 4 Hand Lotion has
increased greatly this year; in fact,
the manufacturers tell us that each
year for the last three years the sale
has doubled. We have been figuring
if they can keep up that per cent of
increase for 100 years they will have
all the money in the world.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Barbour & Sons
NORMAN, OKLA.
GREATLY IMPRESSED
A cablegram from Japan says that
members of the Japanese commission
which recently visited this country
and have returned home, were tre-
mendously impressed with the wonder-
ful resources of America and the won-
derful strides it had made within a
few months towards preparedness for
war.
The commission was given every
opportunity to learn what the United
States was doing in a financial way,
in an army and navy way, in the way
of conserving food and fuel products,
in the manufacture of guns and muni-
tions and in every other way, and
evidently returned home fully per-
suaded that America was one country
whose good will was very much to be
desired.
It was Colonel Roosevelt, we be-
lieve, who was insistent that a show of
strength was a great encouragement
towards peace; that other countries
would be careful how they imposed
upon a country prepared to uphold
its rights. Therefore, this visit of the
Japanese commission has been a won-
WORK OR WORKHOUSE
Oklahoma City, Nov. 28, (Special.)
—"To be idle is an offense against the
government now, no man's time is his
own, it belongs to the nation, and if
an able bodied man won't work for
wages, he should be made to work on
the road gang."
That is the message to citizens be-
ing sent out by the Oklahoma State
Council of Defense, which has been in-
formed that in many sections high
wages have resulted merely in idlers
working one day a week or two or
three, and loafing the rest of the
time. A movement is being pushed
especially in the eastern part of the
state to rid the entire country of ev-
ery man who will not work.
j The labor problem has become an
I acute one in every industry, farmers
jand managers of shops, stores and
factories getting along the best they
can with boys and women taking the
place of men. With this condition ex-
isting, a wholesale campaign against
vagrants is being pushed throughout
the state.
NO TRANSCRIPT
ISSUED TOMORROW
In order that the Transcript-Enter-
prise force may duly give thanks,
there will be no issue of the Daily
Transcript tomorrow — Thanksgiving
day.
derfully good thing for America, for
Japan's big man now know what they
would be up against in. a ws; with the
United States.
COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
The program of the Cleveland
County Sunday School convention,
which was held at the Norman First
M. E. church, November 25-26, was
carried out with few exceptions.
Fourteen Sunday schools reported
to the secretary previous to the con
vention and three more at the con-
vention.
The following Sunday schools of the
county contributed to our count j
pledge of $50, made to the state asso-
ciation, as follows:
First Methodist Episcopal,
Norman . . $4.on
Corn . . 2.00
New Mt. Zion 1.50
Independence . 1.80
First Presbyterian, Norman _ 6.00
Nazarene, Norman 1.50
Stovall . . 1.50
M. E., South, Norman 4.50
Stella . 1.77
Baptist, Norman 5.00
New Hope 2.00
Christian, Norman 7.50
M. E., South, Noble SV.OO
Presbyterian, Noble 5.00
Dripping Springs 1.20
Mr. Sabin, (individual) LOO
Total -$51.27
The county secretary donated $4.00
for printed matter and stationery.
Fifty dollars was paid over to Mr.
jC. H. Nichols, secretary of the state
| association, leaving a balance of $1.27
in the treasury.
j The following officers were elected
for the following year:
County president, Jas. Stufflebean
(re-elected); county secretary, Melvin
McCollough (re-elected); first vice-
president, Mr. R. G. Fritz; second vice
president, Mr. Guy Lackey; elemen-
tary superintendent, Miss Wilma
Wickizer.
In behalf of the convention, we
thank the people of Norman for their
generous hospitality, and the Sunday
pchools who contributed to the state
association pledge, and to the people
of the First M. E. church, Norman, for
the use of their church building dur-
ing the convention.
MELVIN M'COLLOUGH,
County Superintendent.
—"Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gilkey are
now domiciled at 327 West Gray.
BE PATRIOTIC
-have a Wheatless dav
M'GINLEY'S
BE PATRIOTIC
—have a Meatless day
Department Grocery
Suggestions for the Thanksgiving Dinner
BAKERY DEPARTMENT
Fruit Cake, Cocoanut Cake, Marble Cake, Chocolate
Cake, Fancy Cookies, Parkerhouse Rolls, Rye Bread,
Graham Etfead, and White Bread.
CANNED PRODUCTS
Plum and Fig Puddings, Currant Jelly, French Peas,
Asparagus, Tuna Fish, Shrimp, Pinentoes, Pumpkin,
Mince Meat, Pears, White Cherries, Pineapple, Apricots,
Ripe Olives, Midget Sweet and Sour Pickles.
MEAT DEPARTMENT
Chickens, Beef, Pork, Oysters, and Cheese.
FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND NUTS
—Green Peppers, Cauliflower, Parsnips, Carrots, Tur-
nips, Grape Fruit, Cranberries, Oranges, Grapes, Let-
tuce, Celery, Cabbage, Green Beans, Egg Plant, Pecans,
Almonds, Brazil Nuts, and English Walnuts.
COFFEE DEPARTMENT
Home of City Pride Coffee and University Special.
F. J. McGinley
Phone 101
Phone 671
City Property and Farm Lands-See Pickard Real Estate Co., and Farm Loans
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