The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 116, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 26, 1922 Page: 1 of 6
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A New Topcoat is Wanted .
for Main Street Before Winter I
Comes. | \
! i ii-: Norman Transcript
Will Lack of Eight Hundred
Dollars Oust Our Home Dem-
onstrator?
VOL. X NO. 116
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA, TIM S')AY, SEl'TEMBIiR 26, 112.'
PRICE PIVK CENTS
WARRANT ISSUED FOR
ALLEGED SALESMAN
OF EXAM QUESTIONS
JOHN BLACK, 1R.. CHARGED
WITH SELLING
COPIES
TEACHERS ADMIT GUILT
Three Confers to Having Bought
List of Ouestions From
Defendant
A warrant char trine fohn Bla^k,
Jr. a teacher in the McClain countv
schools and former resident of t'
county, with having sold stale
teachers examination questions to
uu dioates for certificates was filed
L.v County Attorney I L). Hollar"1
lau Monday afternoon. The com-
plaint was filled following a mooe
made Saturday into the allege ' ir-
regularities of the examination by
local officials and a represent itive
o: the state attorney general's of-
fice
Black is charged hv M ^ Maud--
Northcutt. county superintend'nt.
with having sold the o.uestious to
three or four applicants for certif-
icates, for $50 each. I he Questions
were obtained from the state sup-
erintendent of public instruction's
office, it is believed. The questions
are said to have been sold here
about a month prior to the e> un-
These Student Leaders
Are Prominent in School
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which was held hert
Here
mation
April.
Thirty-five of the teachers who
took the countv examinations her
last spring were suhpoened to the
county superintendent's office Sat-
uday and (questioned concerning the
alleged fradulencv. Officials said
three admitted having purchased the
questions from Black.
1 he penalty for silling the ques-
tions provides for a fine of not less
than $100 and not more than $300
and a jail sentence from thirty davs
to six months in the county jail. In
case a man is found guilty on this
charge lie is forever barred from
obtaining a certificate in this state.
The penalty of those who ad-
mitted buying the questions calls
for a revoke! < o th< teacher's CRIMINAL
(eitificate. They ma\ apply for an-
other certificate within a year's
time.
Robert Bell, president, upper; Miss Pauline McKinney, secretary,
J®": M'ke Monroney, editor Oklahoma Daily, right; and Howard
BONO ELECTION WILL
BE HELD HERE SOON
CITY OFFICIALS SAY
CITY DADS ASK $100,000 FOR
IMPROVEMENTS IN
NORMAN
RAPID GROWTH IS CAUSE
Storm Sewers. Water Mains. Sewers
and More Equipment for Fire
Department Needed
A bond issue of $100,000 is asked
by the city officials In the coining
bond election to be held here O
tober 5. The puroose of the issu-
ance of the bonds is to make some
needed improvements in the city wa-
ter and -fewer system, fire and street
departments.
The rapid growth of the city in
the last few months .including se\
< ral additions to the corporate lim-
its has necessitated the laying of
new sewers and new water mains.
This extra expense was not taken
•.are of in the city budget allowed
by the excise board for the fiscal
v<- ir and city officials urge the peo
pie to become acquainted with tin-
need of the apnropriation asked be
fore going to the polls.
'J'he bond issue includes $18,750
set aside for add tions to the sew
< r s . stem, $27,500 lor improvement
of the water mains. $18,000 is ask
Property Owners Are Relieved
of Cost of Installing All Storm
Sewer sand Water Connections
ROTARIANS RAISED
PLAYGROUNDS FUND
AT MONDAY SESSION
SEVEN ARRESTS MADE
BY OFFICERS SUNDAY
six
\ en deh ndants paid homage
to the countv law enforcement Sun-
av and a similar number suffer-
ed the attention oi County Judge
eorge Allen Monday morning.
1 hree men charged with gamb-
ling drew fim-s of $25 and costs to
■i pl'-a of guilty while the fourth
plead not . niltV and was released
Hv raising $000 at their regular on |>0n(|.
weekh meeting held Monday noon I e .mse it wn his first offense
at the Christian church the Rotary t man charged with having been
club 1 id their nart in providing found drunk drew the
Norman iddies with a playground penalt)
HUNDRED DOLLARS IS
PLEDGED BY CLUB
MEMBERS
REDUCTION OF FIVE
PERCENT IS MADE ON
TOTAL PAVING COST
plaintiff did not prove
that paving price was
exonerate
NEW ASSESSMENTS MADE
minimum
by
vor
Marsh, treasurer, lower.
the 4'l5ig Four"
super1
The civic clubs of tin city have
committee on playgrounds 1 he
different committees nut rccenih
and decided that Norman should
have full time play and athletic in
structor. etiorge Abbott is now em
ployed half time by the Board of
Kduc.-tion and tin committee r<«
ommended that, if the money could
be rais.'d Mr. Abbott should be
i • _ f. . mw,fl ,, * , .... . on full time instead of half time,
l t -r the expense of drilling two , , ... , , .
,,.,.11.. , ........i : 1 he Rotanms have raised one hall
of the sum suggested and the Lions
are c\,>ected to assume responsi-
bility for the other half.
new wells and purchasing of a new
— a.'r compressor. $14,500 is asked for
, the purchase of a new fire truck
,• . ,. .ol u,e to ,,iak« 1(,r a successful year for and additional hose and other ... , ,
University ot Oklahoma student as- the student association for 1922-23. equlnment for the fire department , cTm!tt,? " playwound
socmtioti this year. "The Short-I'atit- i-reahie." or S(, inn i« ,i... decided that all oruani/ationv u
clubs and busines
houses should be given the - banc
leadership, in short, all
In thein are tied nn the re ^
- - the drudgery ami the over Roh,r I. Bell, law junior, Mo- $15,000 i- reonested to defra\ th,
tnat^Koes (Contmutd on page 2) expense of installin
to uefra
new storm
COUNTY COURT OPENS COTTON GROWERS FILE
MONDAY WITH THIRTY CHARGES AGAINST MEN
TWO CASES ON DOCKET IN CLEVELAND COUNTY
FAMOUS EVANGELIST TO
OPEN MEETING SUNDAY
The amount asked by the city of
ficials *or the laying of storm sew-
ers. water main and sewer system
m addition to the drilling of two
new wells and installation of au
lir compressor totals $79,250 which
i- a . reater : art of the bond issue
asked for and which Ins been made
imperative hv the sudden and ranid
growth of th" town The se -e-
and water main allowances asked
for are for a w additions in the
it v The ^15 000 asked to cover
Charging that the members have the est of storm hewers tie ess
iolated ttysir contracts and that fated b.\ the laying of ' new pa.
i .ilen .tr of tin couTitv court tnoy . ill not sell their cotton to the ing.
to contribute to the
the playgrounds. TI
Kducation will take
art and the various
ire < xoected to rais
Sduipping of
Board of
care of its
atrons clubs
money for
An alleged whisky salesman was
released on < 10:Ml bond.
FIELDS TO SPEAK HERE
NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT
I i Ids. lenublican candidate
lor i.'o\ crnor. will speak iu Norman
Saturday night. September .30. at
< i ht o clock in the countv court
house, according to information re
ceived from G. l>. Graves, republi-
can county chairman
I 11 ''Is is accompanied on this
camnaign p ur by lohn T. Bailey
and Irwin I'age. who will also ;id-
dre-ss the crowd. 1 he gubernator-
ial candidate's address here / will
wind up a week of braking though
out tin central part of the state.
he purchasing of equipment. Any
uie wishiim to contribute should set
i" (.: the following committeemen
\
FORGERY CHARGE TAKEN
TO DISTRICT COURT
CASES WILL
FIRST TO COME UP
IN SESSION
BE ASSOCIATION CLAIMS THAT
MEMBERS VIOLATED
CONTRACTS
Fifteen civil suits and sevcnteei
criminal casts are included in th
be
A re. ival meeting, starting Sunday,
will be conducted in Xorman for the
next few weeks by Rev. Theodore
Copeland, nationally known evange
hst The i*i0' ting will he h( d at the
•^1. 1"- ch. South, according to
VV. I.. Broome, pastor.
1 he revival .■/ill -pea with tht ser-
vices S-;nda\ morning. Dr. Copeland
1 ; known .1 over the country as one signment on the civil matters.
?/ ,tv 1,*>t ' ^ 'i-ts and Hearings tin motions, demurrers
rootnc i diets that rman will be ;md defaults, constitute mont of
treated to .« re-Pal. .}l;. rivj, (j, ,|a,t. The criminal dock
i - r "i J ' rt^ :roul 1 ' °vt'f l^e ct is e.pectcd to take up most of
l. nited States ; v nothing hut the i u,.,;lal and Wednesday, officials
best of Kjfv. ( opeland and their ho, ing to conclude the civ ;l hearings
! raise of him unstinted. in one day.
a Inch is -xheduled t • open with assocafion after agreeing to do so,
it.dge Cieorge Allen on the bench offic ials of the < )klahoma Cotton
Monday October 1. 1 lie docket is (irowers' association entered suits
in the district
against sever;
I n .. . i, . Daniel Sharp was bound ovefr to
I aulkner, CcorKi- Mihott. I'aul ll.strn t (. ,,„rt on $lnoo bond hv
lamphell. Dr. (.avtree h.lhsnn, t ,,limv |„,|Kl. vn,,M Mon,|.lv „„
'r 1 ,,arKe of ohlaininic monev on false
''r' t' rise. lb made bond.
Sharp was alleged to have forg
«-I ^'p name Tom Duggard on
a check for $1>H.
' * .u ials at tin l irst aXtional
hank where he attempted to cash
the check notified the authorities.
•x«Nected t< last for three dav
The criminal docket will
- an.led shortK after 9 o'clock on
Monday morning Most of the
s are violation of state liquor
laws
Jurymen have been summoned
md will apoear Monday for as
At the present time the city w 11
e pumping 400 gallons of water
r minute and c\ery hit of
ourt here Monday being used, Durin • th pas' sum
Cleveland county mer a water shortage in Xorman
was threatened and « itofficial-
are asking for $18000 s< as to be
al)le to <lrill new wel's and nut the
water department in shape for any
kind o! a call on its resources.
Ibc fire department is in sad
need of a new truck. The present
ruck has been in use for s\ years
and may, at any time, go to piece*-.
be next to impossible to
nt truck because of
I hen thf increase
listricts make
Buy Your Heater Before
Winter Comes
Now is the time to get your heating stove. Don't
wait until cold weather.
We are featuring a solid east iron combination
coal and wood heater in all sizes. It is a pleasure
to show goods.
Lev/is & Taylor
Where Your Money Buys More
Main at Peters
judgments ranging in size from
£24 to $100 art asked in the suits,
the amount varying with the num-
ber of bales sold to date. Members
• f the associat on agreed to pay
iquidatcd damages in cas- they
violated their c< ntract, it was af
leged.
M ml.era of the cotton growers It v.oul
<sociation at the time of signing repair t
the contra.: agreed t . dispose of all the fire hazard.
their proclcct through the associa- in thf size of th
cordi"" to alh-gat'ons. This -n additional truck almost impera
contract applies to all cotton mark tive. city off'c-rs believe.
eted for the next seven years, the Kicks come >'n evev day to tin
pet«t*n** •>!'•■ - • city b -ause of the dirty streets,
Action will be brought against The addition -f 96 bio s of payin.
and fiftvtu more to be built make*
! urthcr violators of the contracts
who continue to dispose of their
cotton of their own accord, officials
declare.
I he ' /irl R< -serves, the junior or-
.1. iz.ttion of the N oung Women's
( '*• ' 11 ^ ociation, are 158,000 at this time.
;!tf in tile I nited States, includ-
ing ' Panama and the Hawaiian 1
lands.
it iaitx ssib'e for the old street
sweeper to make it's rounds over
the «hole nave,I district and the an,l ,h, v had com..il.-d
need or a motor driven truck, p ek
K McCall
In nresidtut of any natrons c'ul
The playgrounds will he open dur
ng the summer as well as during
lie school term The equipment
'ill be evenly distributed among
he four ward schools. Washing-
oii, b terson. McKinb-v and l.in-
oln. The olayground supervisor
'11 take charge at once but it
\ater | . in be some time before all the
11 1S rounds are fully equipped. Games
! uch as those of the famous play
izard, Dr. Ain/el will be condn t
• ! until the .(iiiinment is installed.
The Rotary club endorsed the
vork of tin- Home- Demonstrator,
1 M?«s I 'ora <1 iodwin and voted to
1 the ( liamlnr of Commerce in
ing Miss Goodwin in the conn
v tor another year. Th- women's
•!ubs of the c euity h've already
| lureed to subscr-l-e $250 in :nain-
' linimr the offite for another vear.
This leaves $(>40 to be raised a -
ording to t \\ . Kuwitzky, secre-
'ary o' the chamber of commerce.
Miss Goodwin out'ined. in brief, the
vork and scope of the home dem-
• onstrator. and Miss Brown, chief
j home b • 'orsM a.tor for the slate
I-rave .i short talk along the same
line
R. V Downing and C W . Shan-
ion were in charge of the program
question-
naire of .35 questions which, in an-
DEFECTIVE FLUE STARTS
BLAZE IN HOUSE HERE
I-ire starting from a defective
i lie broke out in the Lee Turby-
f'i! house. 214 \\ est Symmes, Mon
day morning and caused a loss o-
ap:>roximatel\ three hundred dol
Propert) Owners Benefited
Storm Sewers and Water
Connections to Pay
Property owners in improve-
ment districts 36 and 37 are
rc ieved of storm sewer and wa
ter pine connections, and the
Cit\ of Norman must pass an
assessment ordinance levying
assessments against the several
tracts and lots benefitted by the
improvement.
A five percent lump sum wiil
be dtducted from the cost of
all naving included in the re-
c( nt'.y completed p.'Ogram in the
two districts.
I he oayment of the first in-
stall n.ent on all improvement
work is not due until thirty
days after Sept. 25, and cash
options will be extended until
that date.
The City of Norman cannot
issue street improvement bonds
to the VI. R. Amerman Con-
struction company until thirty
days after Sept. 25. The city
clerk cannot sertifv to County
Treasurer Lydia Briggs anv de-
linquent assessments until forty-
five days after Sent. 25.
That, in brief, is the context of
the deci-:: n handed down Monday
by I)i-«tr ct Iudje C . C. Smith when
t.ie te-ti noin in the paving suits
ti. v t'e city had been ititroduc-
• The c.is. was submitted wit'i
out argument. About 300 city pro-
' rtv "v i"'ra and tax pavers wer -
>Kaintif • m the a tion brought
U'.ait st the City of N'ornian and the
Amerman ( o ,-trn. ton company,
asking an iuiuintion against the
die.-it,,ii ' f recent assessments
for paviii" la.iug of storm sew-
er1-, and ♦ making of water con-
i ns.
!..rs.
I he house was a two story *tru
trre and it was not lear- e(| whethi
the loss was Ct vered bv insurant
or not *
The
subi
leva
Dc
Ctlve
wiring started the
" ''arks "lying and. a k result, an-
! her car bust into flauu-s on North
1 ort r lat' Sunday. Damage esti-
mated at $25 was sustained bv the
1«- before the blaze was taken
iiit> control hv the fire department.
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
IS SERIOUS IN NORMAN
up style of street s« en, er that can, sweirn*. would make the
be used both night and day is felt ask himself the
Mr and Mrs. Tom
daughter were at th-
Stirman ind was th
fair Sunday, you ol
reader •• } he employment situation i
on est ion How blue." said B. S. Graham 'V sec
itizen am I .' I he mem reatry. Monday "W e
hers voted to decide which question ..jvrI1 an th(. aitj th;it
ood
court held that the evidence
ted did not sustain the al-
ns of the property owners in
? ' the paving costs has been
loaded about fifteen or twenty per
cent. Attorneys for the plaint ffs
contested tin legality of the pro-
ce< ••• o- 'he cit\ officials in receu
the t i l** and lettinu tin- con
tr.u t alleging that the prices
i:ar. d were extortionate and in
c. v es of the sum guaranteed by city
a thorities a few months ago.
fudge Srii th ordered that th •
• -oss pe;iti< ner. M. R. Amerman,
have and recover judgment against
the c.v of Norman for the construc-
tion ot storm sewers in the sum of
$39,829.38 and the sum of $11,646.31
tor makinur water connections, less
an erroneous charge of fiw percent,
have about The total cost of the two improv
we will be meuts le-s the deductions amounts
C-O-A-L
It has been predicted that this winter
will he the most severe since 1(.H4. fie that
as it may. now is your opportunity t<> fill
your coal bin. Later you may he unable to
j^et the kind of coal you want.
McAlester Lump 3ll $14.00
Creek (Arrow Head) Lump $12.00
( hestmit Nut Mixture - $10.00
-Mc Alester Mine Run $9.25 to $11.50
J his coal is in our vard now.
Kimberlin & Burch
Phone 1111
101 West Symmes
Coal What Am'
. ' "Port.nit one Do aide to irive this semester." to $48,001 "1. exclushe of inter.-st
whi -h i' resiie. t tin- laws l„ MMt,. „f tt,,. ,h.lt the -y. !ht. rat(, 0|- sjx tM |„
nr Ti! ",° lc"18"1"' ""e.ful t'a- Placed over .100 men thiss.-nu-v- affixed
n ? L . ;ln are you willing ,er and would probably place SO The court held that the above
the growitur disremr? for th " law1 "Jore' w'" 110 *eneral mentioned improvements were made
of th e l ml t , 'h chan?e «>me.«er in the situa- m compliance with a regular cor
01 . Ia?,p that has come with turn. Graham continued
orohibition.- was the oneMion which true." he -aid. "that mum
was con
portant
ered to he the most im-
A submarine cabl>- weighs from
two to three tons a mile, and in man-
ufacturing it 10 per cent allowance
is made [or "slack." This is a cable
made to span 2000 miles of ocean i*-
made 2200 miles long.
an- coming in but these
filled as rapidly as they
with us These calls ave
to ten a dav.
"It is tract entered upon between the city
Id jobs and the construction company, but
ma
Under th#
d in Burma
jobs are there assessments will not b<
listed ' i' 1 n all property in the two
' itfht :ro\ement districts. I it v of fit
will apportion the ass( ssments
ac'-ordance. ith th benefits de
new constitution adopt- **<l 'rom th< improvements
women of that
•qual rights with
This trade mark on
the inside of the top
of Buster Brown Shoes
s a guarantee that they
will satisfy.
School Shoes
That Can Be Depended Upon By
Careful Mothers
As important as the proper books are ti
shoes for school. I.uster I'-rovvn Shoes
the essential features—perfect fitting, good appear
ance, durability—and they should be of interest
every mother, especially during school days.
$3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and up
Buster Brown Shoe Store
HOLLAND & SHERMAN
207 East Main
rrect
imbinc
to
I he order of the court follow-
"I IRST That the cross pet-
tioner, M. R. \merman. have and
recnvi r iud^ment against the city
oi \'or nan on account of the con-
struction of said sewer tht- sum
of .S39.H20.38 and the further sum of
$11,046.31 on account of the con-
struction of said water connections,
less erroneous chars, of five per-
cent making a total cost of $48,901
01. together with interest thereon
from the date o; sa'd dat< hereon
afiixed .it the rate of six per cenf
"SKC>N*D:—'That the plaintiffs
ha\( ami recover judgment direct-
inu the defendant t itv of Norman,
together with tin cit\ clerk of said
< itv. to deduct from the assessment
lievied bv virtue of said ordinance
number 345. against the property of
said plaintiffs and all other property
owner- in said street improvement
district number 37. th- proportion
ate amount included in said assess-
ment ordinance number 345 cover-
ing said sewer construction, and wa
ter connections as heretofore set
forth: and that after such deduc
t:( n is made then the said de
entiant ;?\ of Xorman and the
ity clerk shall from said sum de
df'-t. live per cent additional, and
shall enter said corrected sums up-
on the asses incut roll in the office
«'i 1 v clerk, and so corrected
in c la ne with this decree, the
nam* shall constitute valid liens,
(Continued on page 2)
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