The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 289, Ed. 1 Monday, March 8, 1920 Page: 1 of 4
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THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
VOL VII. NO. 289.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY. MARCH 8. 1920.
Retailers Operate Credit
Bureau To Benefit People
Who Pay Their Just Bills
Mash Note Artist f^niinf\/ WpIIq AfP University Students
Gets Busied With ^""7 Who Work Way Are
Return of Spring nUniliny Full U3)f Good Pay -McCall
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Man Is Sized Up Before
He Reaches Town
of Residence
How is your credit rating? i
Bankers and merchants will toll'
you that a good credit rating is one
of the best assets you can have.
With a good rating you can buy
'many times more tlrin you have
ready money to pay for, but with :i
poor rating you may buy only what i
you have money for.
The credit bureau of the Retail j
ers association is maintained and
operated for the best interest of,
the people who pay their bills. Sec-
ondary is the protection o f
the merchants against those pen-1
pie who do not pay their bills.
When a new resident moves to
Norman, the secretary obtains h <
name and address. Then to the
town from Which he comes joes !
a qucstionaire a standard form.
Usually it is sent to the a 1 iation
there, but if no organization o:ists j
it goes' to the bank or leading mer 1
chants.
Questions Aske l
The following questions ire ask
ed:
"How long have you known
the subject? Does he piy his
bills promptly? Did he leave
any unpaid bills? Amount? How
long standing? Is he a user
of dope or intoxicants? What
has been the extent of his cred-
it? To what amount would you
credit him on open accounts?
Amount of real estate owneri?
Further remarks.
With the return of this qverv
sheet, a classification card is made
out and placed on fi'c. When this
man applies for credit at any of the
Norman stores, the owner phone-
the secretary and asks for the rat
ing. Of course if the man did not
htave a good rating in his former
town and left unpaid bills, lie is
unlikely to get the desired credit
here.
After he has lived here thirty,
sixty or ninety days and applies for
credit at a new place, the secretary
calls up his merchants and ascertains
new data regarding the new citi
zen. The reports are entered on
his card as new information.
It is therefore clear tli.it all peo
pie should keep their bills paid
promptly and not leave them unpaid.
Credit is a good thing to have and
should be protected.
The credit bureau is operated by
the Retailers association and has no
connection with the Chamber of
Commerce.
In many cases. Secretary Kuwit
zky says, he obtains a rating be-
fore the party comes to Norman.
When he learns of a prospective
citizen he immediately gets a line on
him, so that he can give the in for-
MOHAMMED VI.
New Photograph of Mohammed
VI., Present Sultan of Turkey
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STATE SWINGS INTO
GLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
News From Over Oklahoma Publish
ed by State Health Department;
How About Norman?
ARDMORE—Has public health
nurse who investigates health con-
ditions of school children and holds
free baby clinic twice each week.
M VNGUM—To have sweet potato
curing and drying plant. This means
saved sweets" instead of "decayed
smells."
HOMINY—Women are organizing
community nurse and hygiene move-
ment.
PERRY—Construction of storgae
dam begun.
SHAWNEE—Work begun on $65,-
(M) annex to city hospital.
HOMINY—Sanitary improvements
include new sewer lines and one out-
let for all.
TULSA—Construction on St. Johns
$1,500,000 hospital has begun.
With No Trouble
The mashiest of mash note writers
is at work in Norman. Gifted with
the ability of fantastic comparisons,
the writer, who signs his name "X 1
Nor^wairbestgwi,h JfiE Storm of Past Week Did
his amorous art. ! m''r '
There has been considerable spec-t
ulation on the part of those who re-
reived the notes regarding the iden-
tity of the writer, but as yet local '
Shertocks have met with poor
mation to the merchant upon the
man's arrival.
The second annual Pay-Up cam-
paign now being put on by the re
tailers of Norman, offers a splendid
opportunity for all to pay their bills
and obtain a -new rating—a glood
one. Pay John Doe, Doe will pay
Richard Roe, and Roe wilt pay you.
You get lvack your money which
has paid three accounts.
It's a £ure thing—you can't lose.
Persistent
Advertising
Benefits the Advertiser
and the Public as Well--
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THE advantage of advertis-
ing lies in the ability of the
advertiser to place his pro
duct before the people when they
are most apt to want his merchan-
dise.
The advertising columns of the newspapers
are a certain index of the successful business
houses of a city or town. The rule holds good
in every metropolis in the civilized world.
Printers' ink has made thousands of men rich. The
bold advertisers are the successful business men.
Those that launch out and scatter broadcast facts
and figures, keeping their business ever before
the people, never relaxing never retreating,
but always pressing forward pushing ahead
never have to regret "lost opportunities' or
"what might have been,' but unbounded success
is theirs, to which the world pays homage.
sistent advertising.
Many a success is attributed to luck or a
favorite of fortune when the real source of the
success was though the channel of judicious, per-
*
Everybody may know you are in business
but do they know what you sell and what you
are selling it for? Or are they passing right by
your place of business and paying more for an
article than you are selling it for, because they
do not know what your prices are?
Think it over, VT
cess in their efforts to r'.i:i tile let-
ter-writing Romeo to earth.
A sample of the "gentU'iluii*:
handiwork is reproduced below:
My Dear:—
Every time I think of yon my
heart ilops up and down like a
churn dasher.
Sensations of exquisite joy
caper over me like goats on a
stable roof, and thrill through
me like Spanish needle; through
a pair of toe-lincu trousers.
As a goosling swimming with
delight in a mud puddle so swim
I in the sea of glory.
Visions of extatick rapture
thickens like the hair of a black-
ening brush and brighter than
the hues of a humming bird's
pinions, visits me in my slum
hers, atul born on thvir invisible
wings, I reach out to grasp it
like a pointer snapping ;>.t a blue
bottle fly.
Ba! While away from > ou 1
am in meloncholly as sick as a
rat.
\\ ben first I behold your an-
gelic perjections, I was bewild-
ered, my brain whirled around
and around like a bumble 'iec
under a glass tumbler, my eyes
stood open like cellar doors in a
country town. My tongue tefc.--
ed to wag, and in silent adora
tion I drank the sweet incense
of love as a housekeeper .join-
eth out a cup of hot coffee
With-these'few remarks if this
will enable you to see the inside
of my soul 1 shall be as happy as
as a woodpecker 011 a wild cherry
tree or a stage horse in a green
pasteure. Yours to death,
X. Y.
Not Harm Derricks
In County
With good weather promised foi
this week, drilling on the Cleveland
County Development company test
well 011 the Braman farm in Jl*90-le.
will soon produce results, officials of
the company announced this morn
ing.
The well i- no a working twenty-
four hours a day, competent drillers
being secured to run two lowers.
Drillers say the well is considerably
below the 2,500-foot mark an 1 in the
Pennsylvania formation.
This formation is considevjd fav-
orable
BLANCHARD LOSES IN
FINAL GAME AT ENID
Both Boys and Girls Go Well But
Defeated in Semi-Finals
In Basketball.
Running well up into the semi-
finals at the state invitation basket-
ball meet at Enid last week, Blanch-
ard proved itself a worthy bidder
for district honors at the Fifth dis-
trict meet this week at Oklahoma
City.
1 lie Blanchard girls also showed
up well, winning three games before
losing to Blackwell 26 to 20 in their
fourth inning. Jefferson, Garber and
hnid lost to this team. All were
good games, the Eagle says, and
Blanchard clearly out classed them.
Sport scribes on both the Eagle
and News, afternoon papers in the
northeast state city, give especial
mention to Lee Kitchens andTChester
Morgan. Compared to the mention
received by other players, these two
must have played some ball, others
being cited only in the line-up of the
teams.
Norman will meet the Blanchard
hoys in the tournament at Oklahoma
t ity this week, it is considered like-
ly that the local girls wi
against the girls at Edmond.
''The university student of limited
means, say the boy or girl who is
earning all or a portion of his ex-
penses through college. i> mere
prompt in the payment ot bills than
the student who is supplied with
ample funds," said S. K. McCall, in
discussing the subject of student
credit Saturday.
"I do not need any hettct recom-
mendation for the h<>;i" • an ! trust-
worthiness of a lad," Mr. MeCtll
added, "than the tact that he tells m<
that he i; earning his way through
college. I kiow from experience
that such a lad can be tfi-.ted." Mr
McCall remarks that i i all tli
twenty years of his experience as
merchant here in Norman, lie could
remember only one instance where
such a boy had tried to beat his ac
count at the McCall store The Mc-
Call store does an extensive business
. VW....WV . .... with university students, and is said
the pocket of gas hit to know the business habits of uni-
, versity students better than any one
else in Norman.
Ample Funds Poor Pay.
On the other hand, Mt McCall
says, students with amp'e funds, and
whose parents are tin lm.si m ini
gent, arc the students who give him
the most trouble with then accounts.
"It is those students vho play so
ciety to the greatest extent that are
careless in paying up their bills.
' The credit our store does , mong
students of the university is about
30 percent of the enrollment,"
Mr. McCall continued.
Girls are much more prompt in
handling their accounts than bovs,
according to Mr. McCall, and girls
issue fewer "hot" checks than boys.
"In cost cases the hot checks that
come into our store are mistake;,
and we seldom have trouble collect
ing any of them . "In the past several
months we have had only cme case
Officers and Directors of
Norman Country Club To Bel
Elected at Tonight's Meet
AGES OF NEWEST
ARRIVALS TOTAL
•JJY> YEARS, SAID
T h c oldest feeble-minded
couple yet brought to the state
hospital arrived last week, accom-
panied by Sheriff K. Ii. Rhyme of
Stephens county. The couple was
from Duncan.
Mrs. Dick Beng ir. the oldest,
being 106 years old. and hot hus-
l)'ind ti i 96 y cars to liis .veilit.
1 he couple had become quite
weak in their old days, the sheriff
stated, and "got tired and tried
to "burn ttio r house."
HAROLD LAWTON
Recently Appointed Editor of the
London Daily Graphic
at 740 feet and when an oil showing
was made in a shale formation
2,012 feet.
No Lease Trouble.
This company is formed of Nor-
man and Cleveland county men and
intends to make a thorough test of
this wildcat territory. The contract
is to go at I t .3,500 feet and it is
said taay go deeper if nothing is
struck before that depth is reached.
No trouble has ben experienced
in leases as other companies opera-
ting in Cleveland county haw snag-
ged. All the land desired has been
leased by the company.
Reports from the Atlantic Petio
leuiii test in 22-8-2e indicate that this
well also is running full time and Is
working at 2,4t)0 feet, according to
the drillers.
The National Oil company test in
14-7-1 w lost their tools and have
shut down.
Hi* Macklenburg hole in .32 «s-le
is shut down at 1,840 feet waiting for
casing, it is said.
No derricks were blown down or
damaged in the Cleveland county
field, report* from all the wells stare.
Reports from Tuttle indicate that
the wildcat test there is now getting
--e to the 2,500-foot mark.
\ water well there is attracting at
tention by the fact that it seeps oil.
Gallons of oil are skimmed off the
.urfa. v each day, and car own. is ay
t will run their cars the same as
.jasoliiie. It has been tested and found
to l>e of high gravity.
Many geologists have inspected the
eli and its location, and claim that
shallow fiel<i is located there.
YALE—Ladies's Civic league s
leared of all rubbish and will be
will play used for "beauty spot" for citizens
' this summer.
Ki,io"5The Liberty "o15
Monday and Tuesday
A story of the Golden North and the titantic battle be-
tween two exceptional men for the love of an enchanting
woman.
S. A. Lynch Enterprise Presents
Clara Williams
HERSELF, MAYALL AND EDWARD COXEN IN
"Carmen of the Klondike"
An epic of snow-bound Alaska, the golden goal of the for-
tune seeker—where men measui e their brute strength and cun-
ping for the possession of Mother Earth's treasure—where raw-
boned pioneers of civilization combat the elements and wrest
from the snow-clad hills the pure gold that builds great cities
far back of their ranks—where men are as yet untainted by hy-
'pociisy—where they think with fists hard as steel, and love
with hearts of children.
Also the Best Known Man in the World
JACK DEMPSEY
in
"DAREDEVIL JACK"
A human story full of throbbing action, and thrills that
Really Thrill.
Also a Mack Sennett Comedy
"SEE BILLING FOR TITLE"
Full of Mack Sennets Beauties
Coming Wednesday and Thursday—William Fox pre-
sents Madeline Traverse in "Lost Money.' Mack Swain
Lp "Adventures of Ambrose" Billy West in "A Scented
Romance," Also a new chapter of 'Adventures of Ruth.'
ill which it was necessary to'ask the
aii! of an outside party to help in
collecting a bad check," he explain
ed. About 90 per cent of the
checks received by the McCall store
are good, records show.
MANGUN—lj to have modern
creamery with capacity for handling
product of 1,500 cows; cold storage
in connection.
DISTRICT COURT IS
STILL GRINDING OUT
Today Taken Up Impanelling Jury
to Try Civil Docket; Argument
Started in First Cas€.
District court convened this morn-
ing to try the civil cases which re-
main on the docket. This consti-
tutes the hulk of the work for this
term.
I he Most of the morning was
hosen were: If. A. Bennett, C.
t. Downing, Fred Harris, W. G.
Jury, George Leffonholtz, J. E. Mat-
lock, C. A. Richards, J. B. Smith, Leo
IJllman, J. F. Whitlock, C. H. Gar-
nett, and George Orenbaum.
I he first case called for trial was
that of Mrs. E. J. Neal vs. J. A.
Holmboe, et al, in which the plain-
tiff asks damage to the extent of
$1,000. She alleges that she fell into
a ditch, which had been left uncov-
ered by the Holmboe Construction
company.
The plaintiff is represented by
Lewis and Eagleton, and the defend-
ant is represented by Everest,
Vaught, and Brewer.
Late this afternoon, testimony had
been taken and the attorneys had
started their arguments.
V\ ill power is God-given, but the
devil often takes possession after de-
livery.
Hope, with some of us, never dies.
There is always a possiblity that con-
gress may some day adjourn.
SECURITY
ABSTRACTCO
of Cleveland County
BONDED
ABSTRACTERS
Now ready to furtiisl
abstracts on short notice.
Experienced Abstracters.
Office Over
First National Bank
F. B. STALDER, Sec.
M. S. ROBERTSON, 1'rcs.
MANY HEAR LECTURE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Appreciative Audience Listens to in-
teresting Talk; Tutt Introduced
by Tully Nettleton.
\n appreciative audience listened
with marked attention to an interest-
ing lecture on the principles of
Christian Science, delivered by Dr.
John M. Tutt of Kansas City, at the
Cniversity auditorium Sunda\ alter
noon. Many visitors were here from
Oklahoma City, Purcell, Washing-
ton and other points.
Dr. Tutt, a pleasant gentleman and
convincing speaker, was introduced
by Mr. Tulley Nettleton, second
reader of the local church, who said:
"Friends: In this university com-
munity one must be rather particular
about what he calls sciences, so,
when we say that Christian Science
is the subject of the lecture we are
to have today we ought, perhaps,
to show a clear title to the name.
'Science' ".
"One of the distinguishing features
of science is that it is based upon
a principle or set of principles. Mrs.
Eddy, in giving the name 'science'
to her discovery, declared God to be
the Principle of this science; not
an anthropomorphic God sometimes
merciful, somettimes vengefu)!, but,
as Jiaines says, 'The bather of light
with whom is no variableness, neith-
er shadow or turning.'
"Another characteristic of a science
it-- exactitude. Mathematics says,
for instance, that five plus • seven
equals twelve; all of twelve, not a
unit more or fraction le^. Sim-
ilarly, C hristian Scienie affirms that
God and his ideas make up all of
the universe. In Christian Science,
then, we can no more believe a ma-
terial creation, unlike and in addi-
tion to what (iod created, and all
within the real universe, than we
can believe that five plus seven plus
yet another number still equals
twelve. Exactness such as this makes
Christian Science an absolute science.
"A science however, is usually bas-
ed not only on principles an dexact
logic, but also upon demonstration-
The Science of Christianity is be-
ing demonstrated today as Jesus
C hrist demonstrated it, in the healing
of sickness and sin. All around
you in this audience are people win-
have been raised from all manner
m diseases and enabled to live up-
rightly by virtue of this applied
science.
"These proofs of power are the
reasons why a Christian Scientist
says not, 'f believe', but says "I
know.' And herein is our case com-1
pletcd, for the word science is de-
ri\cd from the Latin "scire/ which'
I means "to know.' It is therefore as!
! knowledge, based on principle , exact,
and demonstrable, that Christian
Science establishes it right to the!
name science.*'
The lecture of Dr. Tutt will be i
found entire in this issue on page I
three.
By-Laws Provide Nini
Dirctors; Submitted
For Approval.
i lie by laws and constitution «
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atU'' : i;. t te-! Ii. thl
' t>, i.r
held at tin cit> in . ti eht at 7-J
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night by the chairman I
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midnight, it is reported. The
mittee was A H. VanVleet, i ;u]
Spotttwood and Fred Kced.
Spott I
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l">rati. ti | ai•. .„ ,. .. Uic con|
Pa y at $ • '. cation ,v.,|
made if •: tin seal and secretary)
'■.ml,
Officers To Be Elected.
l
tonight. r niporarj officers apl
pointed the first meeting of prosp&fl
' organizers will turn the aii.nrl
• ei to theit suc< s< >i t< >nigtu
1 hc> are Prof. L \ rurley, chauf
man, E. I . Kimberlin, secretary, an J
I 'hiI ( . I\ I'M, t ivaM!n r.
Acting now as ,i corporation, ai
preliminary moves \\< i bte rapids
dispensed with and real activities ail
a country club will begin immecjlj
ately, Kimberlin stated. L
' 'u' the elicticfl
of nine directors, according to thl
committee on the constitution
I bese als<> will be - U cte I tonight L
i
ed for tonight s meet and Cl^airtnaT
I urlev urges all members to be ol
hand for the first real meeting m thl
club. 1
"will give series of
lectures on MUSie
rhe first lecture >f a series by thJ
lepartment of public music of thl
myersity will be given Wednesday
t il o cl " Alberta Blaclq
voice instructor, in Room 206, Finl
• ''at men!
: children's voices in breathing exl
I
I ater in the series Dean Holml
berg will leoture on "The Orchefl
tra." I
1 hose interested in these subject!
re cordially invited to attend.
honor norman man's
birth anniversary
Horonlttg J. L. Conking's sixtyl
children! da lighter in law and gnand
>ixth hirtlulay anniversary, his seven
children gathered at his residence al
•C Last Hubert street yesterday in
a surprise family reunion. I
of the affair cam^
ivn to dial
ner and saw the table prepared fo/
the i In the < mter was a hugd
< lke, topped with twenty-two canl
• lies, each candle representing thre/
• < a; s of his age. L
fhe out "i-town children present
W R. A • 'onkling ol
t. I "ins, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Conl
' I
Mrs. M. M. Crane of Purcell.
After an afternoon of unlimited
: '• a-urr tor the gentleman, grouj
ictures were made celebrating thl
ccasion.
KREMLIN—Stockmen are going
to establish tubercular sanitarium fori
stock.
PRAYOR—Has begun enforce-
ment of chicken law.
GOOD FARM
NEAR NORMAN
One hundred ten acre farm within
two miles of "The University City" for
sale at a reasonable price. Seventy
acres bottom land and 15 acres in alfalfa.
The owner will trade this good farm
for business or residence property in
Norman. Possession will be given at
once. This is a bargain that will not be
open long. See us at once.
Smith Brothers
West Door Odd Fellows Building
Phone 280
University
Theatre
"Home of the Super-Silent
Drama."
MONDAY AND TUESD'Y
Thos.H.lnce
ENID '
BENNETT
Virtuous
Thief"
REWARD!
One hundred dollars worth
of thrills, smiles and tugs at
your heart in this gripping
romance of a girl's love and
sacrifice for the sake of her
brother's honor. She was
scorched by a man's unhoiy;
love, scorned as a wanton,
branJed as a thief, but when
the reckoning came—Hur-
ray! You will be glad you
came.
Also a comedy and Pathe
New!
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