The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 135, Ed. 1 Monday, September 8, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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Lvery Citizen in Norman Should Throw Open His Home to the Students—Rooms Badly Needed.
The Daily Transcript
VOL. VII. NO. 135.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
OPENING OF HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED PERTINENT REMARKS § |NORMAN BALL TEAM TWO YOUNGI LADIES SERIOUS^ONOITION
NORMAN SCHOOLS FOR THAT OIL STOCK? ON CLEAN UP DAY DEFEATED Af BYftBS SHOi BY BFi! v.P. /
I . ... ,, „ , i t Qhinr. According to President Brooks and
To Patrons of the Public Schools:
The city schools of Norman will
open September 15th. It is not
known to what extent it will be pos-
sible to secure the newly adopted
text books. Only a few have yet
been received by the dealers. Pupils
should seek as far as possible to pro-
vide themselves
ones' can be secured, at which time
they may be traded for the corres-
ponding new books at half price
Registration for the high school
will begin Thursday of this week, on
which day all Freshmen should come
to the office of the Principal for the
purpose of selecting courses and ar-
ranging schedules. As far as possible
they rhould be accompanied by par-
ents, who can render great assistance
in helping to decide what course is
best in each case.
The rorenoon of Friday will be de
voted to schedule making by the
Sophomores and the afternoon to the
Juniot| Seniors should come Satur-
day morning. On each day, the of
fice will be open from 9:00 a. m. till
noon, and from 1:30 p. m. till 4.
On Saturday, at 3:30 p. m„ the Sup-
erintendent will hold a conference
with the teachers and principals to |
a snap
favored
ti tr i j- . . . .i „. ^ . 1 he Norman baseball club went to
The officers and directors state that To ihe l'eop e of Norman: I , , ,
, , , • . , ; Bvafs on Sundav and plavcd a game
the affairs ot the Cleveland County i w;sh to say a few words to every- ■ '.
■ > , wish .> ... with the crack team of that town.
Development company are progress- householder in Norman, by this ai- f
• t •« i i t i comma home defeated to tne tunc ot
nig satistactonly, though not as rap- ticle in the i)al|y rranscnpt, as I cm- ^ ^ rhe bQv s;iy jt u;l
idly as they might wish, and there is |lot ,cc each one personally. J py |>m ,ju, oak
every indication that a contract can Each summer and fall we have | (hc Byars team A rctllrn game is
soon be made with the drillers to go been having quite a number of cases ; pronli^t.,i at \ornian.
down the additional 500 fctft. It all of typhoid fever. This year we have I | ho (. w))., (o0,. p;irt j„
- with last year's depends, however, upon whether the ||i«d only three mild cases. Why '®|were Lewis Gill, Wall Abbott, Jim
books. These will be used till new additional stock i-. subscribed, and al- this? ; | , p, ,.u | | lohmoii,
though considerable stock ha# been ! j think I can explain so as Fo make j Dor'ti8 gtogner, Roy Cobble, Sill
taken, there has not been enough as it clear to you. jn a town or com- barren, Puss Miller, Cliff Turner
yet to justify making the contract and nlunity where a great many person - I an(] Frh Higgins. They initiated
buying the additional casing. are ijving close together, there is al- : their new unjforms
If you have not subscribed, call ways more or less waste or filth that
at the Norman State bank and take accumulates and must be removed
the matter up with Mr. E. K. Himes, Two years ago we had over 300
the secretary. The stock books are open toilets and many oi the alleys
there and he will be glad to give you had manure piled in them; also tin
any and all information about it. Cer- cans and waste from the kitchens and
tainly you would not wish the enter- dining rooms were thrown in the back
prise to fail now by lack of interest yards, and many of the barns and
on your part. The matter is a vital lots- were full of manure. All these
one to Norman and Cleveland Coun- made good places for the flu - and
ty and all citizens, merchants and germs to live and multiply. I he flie--
property owners should get squarely and winds carried the germs to your
t « • i i •. i .....l f- ic -iiiil mnriP
behind it.
IMPORTANT MEETING
kitchens and dining rooms and made
von and your darlings sick, 1 am
' sorry to say, some sick unto death.
We cannot stop the wind, but we
can stop the flies and germs by keep-
ing our places clean. \\ e now have
1 very few open toilets and we have
The game on the City Park grounds
this (Monday) evening, between the
Tigers and the Dodgers, promises to
be a good one, for it is the second
game of the world series between
those clubs and both of them will be
out for b-l-u-d.
The Transcript understands that
the Pirates and Cubs intend playing
off their tie on Tuesday evening. That
too, will be a humdinger.
Miss Mary Baker and Miss Joy Shinn According to President 1,rooks and
Painfully Wounded-Night Watch the offtcials, the university is eon-
Ben Clay at the University Shoots 'routed h> a very serious condition.
Bullet from His "Forty-Five" -wing to the fact that the enro lment
Through Automobile Door and Into i promises to be so large that tully ive
Their Lower Limbs-Says it Was -luiulred students cannot be housed in
An Accident. ,hc reining places already available.
Unless the citizens of Norman open
| their homes more fully than they
Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Sit- laV(. done these hundred of students
urday night, N'ight Watch Pen Clay, j .v;|j ),c forced to return home or to
at the University, shot a bullet front tH s0nie other school. Anyone
his "45" revolver into an automob.le ; IV|10 may have a room that could be
occupied by Misses Mary Baker and ma(|e available for student use is
Joy Shinn, r. u'ang >n the wjuiv: ■ ; to list it. together with the
of Miss Baker in the fleshy part oi rcnta| price, with the Y. M. C. A.
her leg just below the knee, and I
Mis> Shinn in her heel. Both wounds
are very painful, but not necessarily
serious unless blood poisoning or oth-
er complications set in. Both voting
ladies were resting very easy today.
The former i- a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs J. J. Baker and the latter a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed 1'.
Shinn, and both among the highest
respected young ladies in Norman.
ecretary, phone 908, at the I nivers-
ity \T ONCE.
With jitney service, rooms north
of Main :trcet or east of the railroad
are brought within the limits within
which it is practicable for students to
liye, and the great demand for rooms
will undoubtedly cause many to seek
places farther away from the campus
than has been the case in past years-
Even if rooms would be available
perfect plans for the first clay of1 There will be ail important meeting been more careful about our pre-
school. It is the desire to have all <>f the Norman Camp, No. 11. miscs.
arrangements so definitely made that Woodmen of the World, at their h. 'i You remember we had a genera
STRUCK BY H,CJFL, £
New York, Sept. 6—*New York of-
fice men, bank clerks, public em-
ployees—men of family who are fore-
arrangements so definitely made that Woodmen of the World, at then hall "You remem >ei \u a M!U ,a j ^ |<ccp up comparatively high
teachers may be able to carry out the on Wednesday night, Sept. 10th b Clean I p Da> last Apri, an \ a • st;i,,,'0f appearance through a
« <ii e ii.., j ! nmmnfiv i 8• i \ matter l i(>1) and manv truck loads Ot I v , _ , •
The story of the happening as told ; ,or on|y a month or less, it is urged
by the occupants of the automohi'e r- 1 ,j,at such |,e listed in order that tern-
that Clarence Williams, a young man ,,orary (|uarters may be provided for
Lexington, was driving the ma- students until permanent rooms can
which belonged to Mr. Ed F. ||C obtained. This is a matter of vital
Shinn. He and Miss Marv and Miss jntercst, and every citizen should do
Joy, had been at the tent show, and w),at ))c call t0 rc|ieve the congestion.
after it was out, took a little ride over
the city. All were in the front seat!
of the machine.
regular schedule of work on that day j ginning promptly at 8:30. A matter good job, and many truck loads oi
the same as on anv other. of the utmost importance to every waste and tin cans were hauled to
Other announcements will appear Woodman, vital nut only to the the dump ground. This is why wc
in these columns during the succeed- Woodmen, but to every fraternal or- fcave been blessed with so little sick-
ing days of the week. ganization, will he discussed.
Respectfully yours,
We have to decide whether ti
Now \ve«are going to have another
standards of appearance through as
sociatioi.s are bcoming objects of
charity. And it is the same way all
over the country, teachers being es-
pecially subject to it.
While the garbage men get $1(1 a
Say, street car employee- from $40
t.C _ , _ c I Cia . V.CII .,ii,.i.. vv
A. S. FAULKNER, j vv\ ""J1,, whether aiiioe big general Clean Up Day on ScP-|to'<30a wcek aI,d other semi-skilled
J. II. Fox and daughter were here sion, for it is a matter in which eve ^ ( tjJefn ^ry a (jav or tw0 then gath-'
from Summerfield, ()kla., over Sun- one of them is interested. Promin
day, visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fox. ent •Woodmen from abroad will be
In the course of their ride ti 1 >
went through the oval at the I di-
versity. passing Mr. Clay as they
went in. As they got around to near
the Law building on their way out,
some one flashed a flash-light on
them and commanded them to stop.
The light dazzled the eyes of the
driver, who stopped as quickly as pos-
Virgil McMillan, well known young
man of the Lexington neighborhood,
returned to his home Monday after .t
visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W .
T. Rose.
Paul West, recently released from
the navy, arrived from Ada on Mon-
day morning and has taken a posi
tion with the Transcript. He will
also attend the University, taking
J. A. FOX, C. C.
He is a nephew of Mr. Fox and re- present
sided here some fifteen years ago. He
was on his way to Bethany, Okla., to
place.his daughter in the Holiness! Bruce>
school. Patc& —hGreen.Do tor
er them up with all the other waste
that will burn and burn them. Gather
up all the tin cans and waste that will
not burn and put in in containers
(boxes, barrels and wash tubs), so it
Gladys can be loaded onto the truck. \ our
containers will be left after they have
his children over to the New York
department of charities because of in-
ability to keep pace with living costs.
Bird S. Coler, commissioner of
charities, today showed facts and fig-
ures to prove that unless some assist-
ance was given to the small salaried
citizen, either in lowering li\ ing
X alLlX IIUI tuijjvu
i Green, Dorothy Quiett and Hazel been emptied into the trucks. j costs, or higher returns, that the New
Mrs Henry Meyer and son, Henry. Harrison arrived on Saturday from Any one that has a barn or stock ( , , , v,vanned
jr., and Mrs." Milton Meyer and son, j Pauls Valley on a short visit at the lot with manure MI'S! have them
Nairn, returned Sunday'from Colo- home of Mr. a),id Mrs. II. C. Arm- leaned and have the manure hauled
rado, where they have been spend- strong. Miss Williams of the same away at their own expense, but old
ing several weeks. I city joined the party on 'Monday. waste put into the alleys in con-
ainers will be taken up and hauled
away by the trucks on September 18
ami taken to the dumping grounds
Kiddies
MONDAY TUESDAY
Starting 1 P. M., Continuous
S. A. LYNCH ENTERPRISES, Inc.
PRESENTS
BILLSE
IN
"PEGGY"
In a Vivacious Version of the Ever-New, O'd Story of
Love and Fairies.
n t
Also a MUTT AND JEFF Comedy produced by
Bud Fisher.
"LOOK PLEASANT"
The greatest fun makers in existence
A Mack Sennett Production
"NICK OF TIME BABY"
Pretty Girls galore, Real Fun.
A new chapter of Universal's greatest serial,
"THE RED GLOVE"
WITH MARIE WALCAMP
COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
Madiline Traverse in "Wllen Fate Decides also Gale
Iienry in "The Wild Women" and a new chapter
of "The Great Gamble."
free of charge to the householder.
Now, let everybody get busy and
see that their neighbors get busy
and make a grand i-ucce-s of this day.
l.et it by a Day long to be remember-
ed, so that our children will tell their
children what a clean town Norman
was after the 18th of September, 1919.
Remember too, that the state and
county boards of health are cooperat-
ing in this great work and IT MUST
BE DONE.
DR. J. M. WILLIAMS,
York charities would he swamped
with demands from a cla-s oi appli-
cants never before seen inside the
doors of the department.
Several Cases are Cited
Outstanding in Coler'- statement,
were the following case-, taken as
illustrative from many similar tr-
amples :
A—Clerk earning $1,400 annually
with family oi five children, one de-
fective. Investigation by social work-
.
fective child needed care and support
others. City has taken charge oi
i child.
DEATH OF MR.
i B Office man earning $1,200 with
i family oi nine children, five were
adopted by others, when proved par-
City Health Officer. nts v , rc unable to give them proper
care and schooling.
UNIVERSITY THEATRE
(' I'.ank civ' earning $1,100 forc-
ed to give up family of four children
Manager Ray "c herry is getting | through continued illne -s, raised rent
ready to open the University 'lheatre '"K 1 |l"" co '• ct >oq
for the fall and winter season, and the | < >' " ■''<*" carnI
opening day has been fixed for Mon- with five children consented n ,,op-
day. September 15th. He will open."-" ° j^ins because of «n...il, > o
with one of the best plays he can : meet debts proved to ^
eurred attempting to feed and lie
secure—a real picture. ]
lie intends making the University ,lls family.
more than ever before "the" show Not the Down and Outer
place of the town, and to that end is; 'he object o pity t it si .a, .
. • not the down and outer, who is for< i <
making numerous improvements, • noi incuuw r
.... ' to *i i lc for char it v because of drink or
chief among which is a new curtain • -
nd a complete readjustment of the j hke troubles on sa < , o .
projecting booth and its machines respectable family man working !
and equipment. ' ^ °W ";1"1 ,a"W <iC"
Several hundred dollars have been partments, the clerks in big business^
1 spent on the improvements and i We can cite a large number of cases ,
Manager Bv+rv proposes that no where these men must keep up ap-
! pains shall be spared to make the i pearances their work, are being
theatre perfect in all its appointments gradually forced to the humiliation of
I public charity. ^
Prof, and Mrs. A. S. Faulkner are "It sounds incredible that a man
i now domiciled at No. 215 West earning $1,400 annually should be
Apache, in the home formerly oc- forced to give up one of his children,
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. lletley. Mr. But that is the case. Rents, food,
Faulkner is the new superintendent costs, prices of everything, made it
of Norman' public schools and has a positive necessity in this case to
been busy the past two weeks in get put that child in an institution.
ting the building and rooms in shape | "There are very few cases on ©ur
for the beginning of school next records for appeals for assistance
Monday. from skilled manual worker-. I hese
! trades have made their demands felt
Miss Gladys Dragoo was here from and are receiving commensurate
Oklahoma City over Sunday, the wages. It is the clerk and office man
guest of Miss Thelma Rose. i who give us our problem.
' i ■ , i course in the engineering department,
sib'e. but just as the machine stopped j ^ ^ ^ Qn a u. s.
or before it stopped a gun *e , , jn Eng|jsh waters during
the bullet coming through the door , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t.xcitil,g ux.
of the automobile and s,nking Mi s ^
Baker in the lower part of the leg and , pun-nee •
Miss Shinn on the heel.
The person who fireit the shot was
Night Watch Clay, and as soon as the
machine stopp ' -a'd to ''ave
used some abu ive language towai d
the occupants, charging the driver
with an attemi t to run liini down.
Finding the damage the bullet had
done and who the young people were.
he offered to accompany them to the
hospital but they asked to be taken -
home, and he assisted in taking them
there and calling the doctor.
Mr. Clay's version of the affair is
that the oval i- closed to travel after
>0 ,'doc1 and his instructions from
the authorities is to -ee that that inle
is strictly enforced. He has been
bothered time without number by
violators, and has his hands full at
• ] I ' : ..I i' i I '
came into the oval about 11:30 or
a er. TI • machine passed him going
at. a fairly rapid rate, so that he could
not stop them. As soon as it passed,
lie cut aero s the oval to head them
,ff as they were coining out, and
.rot ill front of the machine, flashing
his light upon the occupants and tell
■ I,g them to stop. He had his gun in
his hand, and in the scramble to get
out of the way of the machine (which
ooked as if they were trying to run
him
dischargf
Mr. George \V. McMakiu died at
Ins home. No. 502 West Main. Nor
m ' Oklahoma, at 3:10 a. m.. on >u>i-
day, September 7. 1919, aged 7.* year
mths and 10 day-. The fun-ral
services were held at the Mc-
Makiu home at >'30 this (Mon l..y)
afternoon, conducted by Rev. I heo-
dore If. Aszman, with interment in
There was a
funeral, for
iversally r<--
at
te of the old
riin'j here in
state, and al-
our most rc-
I. O. O. F .cem
large attendance
Mr. M cM akin wa
snectcd.
Mr. McMakin wa - o:
settlers of Norman, co
th lb ' ''a; of the
way - has been one of
spected citizens. He came to Okla-
homa from Texas, where he had liv-
ed for many years. He was a man
of strong convictions, one whose
word was a good as his bond, and a
devoted husband and father.
lie is survived I" Mr-- McMakin
land their three children - Leo Mc-
I Makin of Davis, Okla., Mrs. Florence
... 9 - . j Briscoe of Marlow, a 1 Mrs. Ray
down) the weapon was accident- (Mary) Fischer of Norman. To them
lischarged. Mr. Clay does not , ^ out t|,c earne-i sympathies of the
even know how the weapon got | ommUnity,
cocked, but thinks he must have done Mr_ McMakin's death wa causec
l unconsciously when lie thought the i j)V para|Vsis. lie suffered a stroke
some four years ago, from which' h<
never entirely recovered, and a tew
uri'ks ago suffered another one. He
machine was trying to run over him
\'o one regrets the affair more than
he does and lie is more than willing
to make every reparation in his pow-
er. lie is regarded as a conservative
officer and hi- friends cannot under-
stand how he lost his head on this
occasion.
The most serious criticism is the
Misses Lois Embry, But-
Aileen Miebergcr, Enid;
has been in delicate lualth for a long
time, and his death wa- not unex-
pected.
The Kappa Theta Sorority have
... moved into their new home at 541
wonder why he had the revolver in i;njversity Boulevard and are pleas-
his hand at all; the feeling being that an^|y situated for the winter. The
even if the party was violating a rule f0||0Wjng Thetas have come to make
it is by no means a crime that called arrangements for the opening of the
for such drastic measures as to Ik ('niversity:
held up at the point of a revolver. k,r ]>enn.;
"Why pull the revolver at all." say- \\ j|nia Lamar, Enid; Dorotlv. Frou-
the public. Especially is the criticism ty ^IKj \|ary Mattison, Oklahoma
'litter when the death of the young ('ity; Marjorie Cochran, Chickasha,
man in Oklahoma City a few da)- j^tjtit Moore, of Purcell.
ago at the hands of an officer under
much the same circumstances is n Rev. Monsignor Metter remember:
mcmbercd. It is also pointed out the Transcript with a postcard ilia I
that it was just providential that all ,-d at lluy, Belgium, on August 9th
three of the young people were not Hc- savs: "Greetings from Belgium,
killed; if the bullet had been just a I where I have seen the abomination ot
little higher and a little to the left it desolation as' well as in northern
would have gone through all three of France. Adequate description im-
their bodies. [possible."
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