Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 13, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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Locals, and Personals
—Mrs. Alice Isom is visiting her
parents in Lexington.
—Miss Elizabeth Armstrong left
Friday for Paul- Valley, where she
will visit for several days.
Mrs. J. P. Dellinger left today
on an extended visit with friends and
relatives at her old home in Gotebo,
Okla.
—R. A. Seawell, who was in Drum-
right, has returned to Norman and
is now working on the new buildings
at the University.
—Call at Barbour's Sanitary Gro-
cery and get a No Wheal" recipe
book. Free for the asking. 6 3t
— Mrs. Ray Berry eriv.-ed F.'.day
from Pitcher, where -:e has been
■.anatcing ' c Berry ; vture ov..
—Fred Berry has arrived hon e
.from the Drumwright and Cushint o 1
fields, where he ha? been for several
weeks.
—Mrs. E. S. Moomau, who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Moomau,
returned to her home in Lewisbuig,
Virginia, Tuesday.
—Mrs. W. R- Clark, wife of the
county rintendent. spent Sunday
visitirg : ei parents near Noble.
—Worthington Taylor is spending j
a brief furlough from Camp Travis
with his mother, Mrs. John Taylor.
W, R. Clark, representing the
Norman Oil Mill, is attending a meet-
ing of oil men in Texas.
—Calvin Black is now in charge of
the Jewel Tea Qpmpay's business
here. Calvin is well known in Norman
and the -urrounding community and
savs he's on the "go" all the time.
LlO**3
—Fred Amrein was here from No-
ble today, telling of the fine rains and
I excellent crop prospects in that lo-
I eality, and incidentaly subscribed for
—Sidney Bobo arrived today from Dajiy Transcript.
Camp Doniphan, coming over to: '
spend the week-end. eH is in the1 Miss Adabelle House, who was
Quartermaster Corps. -.eaeher of English in the Chickasha
, high school the past year, is visiting
—Eentoin Petty, young soldier, and ^ Norman she was unanimously re-
the on of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pet- e]ected to the position.
ty at Noble, was here Friday. Ben-
ton is off on a thirty-day furlough, j _McDaniel & Matthews have sold
a very fine delivery car to Fred Mid-
—Miss Lena Ramsey returned Fri- (]en(]0*rff. it is a Dodge, and one cf
day evening from Noble, where she tbg ]atest improved cars of that de-
had been visiting friends for several tion made by hat •- r.pr.ny.
day.
—L'arl Edwards, son of Mrs. John
C. D. Sheldon and sons, Awards, is now in Loveland, Colo.,
Mrs. o. J. Williams is home from
Tishomingo, Okla., where sue was
called by the illness of her little
grand-daughter, 1\izabetn Maloy. She
left her some better, but not yet en-
tirely out of danger.
—Mrs. v- ohciuuu -—. towards, is now m .. ,
Carl and Edwards, are now domiciled where he has a good position with a
in the Tucker house, east of Lni- ^aj.pg sugar factory. Earl is a bright musician.
versity campus. \ -ounjj man, and is "'making good" |
, n every resnect. I —Grandpa and Grandma
—Ms. Jack Alley and sons left Fr:- ,
day for Camp Bowie, Texas, where
—Geo. Dodd was in from his farm
on the banks of the Soutli Canadian
this morning and reports a little rise
that stream yesterday, but not
enough to hurt anything. The river
is up, but just running a good stream, j
■—Notes From Camp Travis: Ralph
A. Hamilton, formerly of Norman, ,
and now a member of Headquarters j
Company, 345rd Field Artillery, wa> '
recently promoted to the rank of 2nd
class musician. Wm. C. Quigg, a ;
member of the same company, was j
promoted to the rank of list class 1
L. M.
, Wynne are rejoicing over the steady
—Vincent & Muldrow have pur-j recovery of their little grandchildren
they will visit Major Jack Alley, who (bagecl t)le Margaret Gamble proper- it Newcastle. Their son-in-law, D. P.
is stationed there. *v corner, Duffy and DeBarr, for- Nowlin, was in on Saturday and tells
no i p .,'ierly owned bv Robert Morter, pay- of their long seige with typhoid fev-
—R. L. Pierson has sold Sarah b. ^ ^ consists „f three lots er, one of them thirty days sic i and
Wagner lot 22 and part lot -i in ' , ' house. the other nineteen but that both are
block 20, and part lot 1 in Linco n recovering.
Addition to Norman for $2850. j _M.gg Eva Clifton is here from j
,. "7", i Okmulgee visiting Mr. and Mrs. —Graham Johnson visited his bro-
~W" P"'^lU T t'^Preskitt and Leonard Clifton. Miss Clifton for- ther, Lieut. Neil ohnson, at Camp
Ok.a., visiting . ' merlv was the head of the Enplish Travis last week and tried to enlist
family. J. i • expects to go mm department in the Norman high in the aviation corps, but found they
him and spend several days. The Jg" many frien(ls here. were not enlisting in that depart-
two gentlemen are brothers. school and _r y , ^ H(1 put Wg appli.
Robert Rucker returned Friday -Harold Gimeno left Friday to take | cation and hopes to soon be notified
from Pitcher where he ha been look- up his duties in the large missionary , to appear.
:nB after the inteests of the Rucker Po^. |stho ^ ^ fann,
store- He says the Rucker store is of P~f. jnd Mr •££ . „ Lkt e River on Sunday and says
enjoying a fine patronage ,n the mm- m the Spanish der , ^ ^ ^ ^ #g fin# ag hp pv„
ing district. ' aw tbem ;n ],jg experience. The
—Rev E O Whit well, who is in —Lieut. Neal R. Johnson has prob- < otton is a fine stand and very thrif-
eha-re of the Y. M. C. A. work at a ablv started overseas, his parents re- ty the corn shows up well and the alf-
rl,™ in New Mexico, is here visiting ceiving his civilian clothes off the ulfa could not be improved on. t arm-
bis family 'i few davs. He looks well f,:30 train Wednesday. Lieut. John-ers are feeling good in that locality
in his khaki, and seems to be getting -on has been stationed at Camp lover the prospects.
y.,unger. He en'r.yg the life. Travis. 1 _Robert McCurdy, son of Mr. and
_ Mr- F \ Barker, who has been; Mis. E. J. McCurdy, returned Sun-
isiting her son and daughter-in-law, day from Chicago, where he was ad-
j,', ,„ul Mrs. j.. p. Barker, for the . nutted to the naval reserve officers
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Meat Business
The meat business cf tr.^ country is
conducted by various
By small slaughter-hcusc:; 1 •.
Bv local Abattoirs or small Packing Houses
bath
Using only a part of the 1.oca! live stcck supply
Gr:d
Furnishing only a part cf the local demand for meat.
These slaughtering and dir,riru'!T?5 agencies fill
a well defined but nec< ssarily restricted place in the
distribution 01 the products cf live stock.
But only packers tike Swift & Company,
DU y " - are able to under-
vitally important,
it'O
that
SCri!'-,
more
organizeo on a
take the service
involving
An Obligation to the Producer
To purchase for spot cash all the live stock tr.e
producer may send to rrarket for slaugnter.
An Obligatit n to the Consvmer
t ?ratable t< c-vc-ry consumer, everywhere, in
season and out, the full supply and variety ot meal
^ , , , - ti"Mt the market affords,
products, qi tne hi[ji . >t standarc tnai me
Year Bock ti interosf.RC -1
'
..res-, Swift &■ Company.
Unit:. S: Yards, Ov.on «, Illinois
U VV C
& Company, U. S. A.
All rural schools i i t' countv
closd, the lads being in the ti
in-: harvest and care for the
• . in harvest a-.,! .-are • .r n* « - jj,. md Mrs. L. P. Barker, ior u - -
there have been several . a. ,w0 wt,„Us, ,xpects to return to tra.nmg sehoo m that cty. He was
, rieve- dans- - a owed to return home, but he ex-
summer schools in session Ito Cteye NoWe tomorrow to visit he, daugl ( h# caHed jn about two weekg.
ter Mrs. Wm. Harri
I county, but, according to the
• :r.xri of the County Superintendent
the ■ will be few this year.
—Robert Morgan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. D. Morgan of Norman, and a
geologist for one of the large Okla-
homa oil companies, has resigned his
position, to take effect soon. Mr.
Morgan resigns to enter the service,
erpecting to join the Aviation ^ orps.
Ex-County Commisisoner W. R.
Jennings was in from his farm in the
ea-'ern r—
- : .' crop prospects are excellent in
that part of the county. Mr. Jennings ^tter t)ian oklahoma
was prominently spoken of foi tne —
l . ocratic nomination for sheriff, but
teds us he feels he cannot afford it
at "his time.
peels to b called in about two week:
He will spend the intervening time in
Mary Mildred and J. 0. Jr.. little University summer session, pre-
«„n and' daughter of Mr. and Mrs.^nn, on mathematics that
T O Fox of N'orman. came in Mon-, ■! ... d of naval officers.
day for a two weeks visit ..t tlu
country home of their giandi-i-rent-.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Corpenter.—1/ t-
ington Leader.
V E. Breese came is from Kan-
sas last night and will remain here
. ., several weeks, looking after his in-
3 was in from his farm in the uregts jn oil ,in(1 zinc properties. He
part of the county and tells . ^ bepn jn New Mexico ^rd other
pa'i-ts of the West, but finds no place
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Young vis-
it"! their son, Edgar, at Camp Bow-
>, ti.is week, Mr. Young returning
Thursday and Mrs. "Voung o{poets
: i _< t home Sunday. They found
thfcir son in good health and good
spirits, bu say the boys are disap-
! pointed at not being on their way
overseas; that they are 'rarin' to .
and are in fit condition in every way.
Mrs. F. Th Van Dyke and chil-
dren, Margaret and Howard, left Fri-
day ev. ning for Iowa, where they will
visit relatives for some time.
—Clyde Pickard has purchased
from Ola Lee Morgan a G-room house
in northeast Norman and another of
the same size in the northwest pa: -
of town.
-.1. A. Ilullum was here from Okla-
—Miss aKte Barbour, who has been
finishing out a term for a high school
tv:.cher of the Tulsa schools who has
been called to war, returned yester-
day. She will be connected with the
7 isa high school the coming year
at an excellent salary. She is regard-
ed as one of the best teachers in
th stat.
—On Friday afternoon, May 31, at
Pauls Valley," Okla., at the home of
the bride, the marriage of Fred Ward
and Miss Bernice Rush wa3 solemn-
ized. Both were foimerly students
in the University. The groom is now
stationed at Houston, Texas, where
he is in the Aviation Corps. Ward
•wa : member of the Oklahoma Daily
staff last year, and was a substitute
tf. lor in the Norman high school.
—Judge Ben. Williams is home
from Ardmore, where he assisted in
ai vi.eie . > |the prosecution of the Bi«-bie.s for :.ie
h",m: Cit> today visiting . - ;-autn j murdep of Wm. Lake, and says it w..
v . •!(,. ■ ne of the most cold-bloded mur-
after his prop ru mteres s. ' I der cases that has come under his ob-
servation—premeditated and mali-
property
Hullman seems to grow youiif!'"-
the years slip by; loc.ks almost the
same as he did twenty- five years ago.
-Harold Pool, son
jus. The Bigbies, father anr two
K>ns, were held over to the District
Court without bail and Mr.
them
of Rev. and
Mrs R D. Pool, left Friday evening William* w:i! Ai.^ea- against
for Blackwell, where he ha= an [when their trial .3 caHed.
agency for an aluminum company.
Harold is an industrious, conscien-
tious young man, and will make a
sucees> of anything he undertakes.
Through the Vincent & Muldrow
real estate agency Mrs. Potts has
sold her big residence on Univer-
sity boulevard to R. W. Ilutto, cash-
ier for the Security State Bank.
Clair Palmer, efficient cashier and
secretary for the firm of Muldrow
l ewis, has tendered his resignation,
to take effect Saturday evening, June
8. Mr. Palmer expects to enter mil-
itary service.
—Mrs. S. E. Hamilton and family,
consisting of two daughters ar.d a
son, are arranging to move here from
Custer City, Okla., and have pur-
hased the Ludeman property on Jen-
kins from Clyde Pickard, paying
$2500.
-P
kard Brothers' Ford Motor ("a
orfc the flowing
First National Bank
OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
OFFICERS * ND DIRECTORS—Ed. B. Johnson,
Jus. 0. Maguire, U. C. Berry, C. 1). Adkins, !'hi! 1
Kidd, ( has. S. Smith. Wm. Synnott, F. Caruthers.
This bank is always prepared to rrtet the legit 1
mate business needs of its patrons, and solicits your
business on merit. Courteous treatment and careful
attention to business matters combined with con-
servative business policy assure security and satis-
faction
A LOCAL BANK FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.
I>.\vis Corbett has enlisted in the
Hospital Corps at Camp Bowie, "id
was immediately transferred to F
- j Sam Houston. He is a brother of
T<> ring cars to 0. H. Buxton in the j founty Treasurer Jim Corbett, and
, „ , , T-, I t'he sanlc sort of a reliable en-
First. National Bank of Norman, Okla.
—Okla Bobo and Merle Smith.
two young Norman h'.eh schc
who joined the army and left
Logan, Colo., shortly befo <■ 'h. <
: t-f school, have been transferred to
("amp Joseph E. Johns:.' .
iile. Fla. Both are :-i the ' •
1 'i -.stor's denartment.
ten-mile flat, L. P. Parker. Minne-
tonka Lumber Co., Joe Dufran at
N'ohle, and Mike Kunkle. Also a fine
Sedan-Roadster to R. F. Ellinger, the
Noble hanker. Mr. Ellinger is a be
liever in well equipped ca^s and had
a electric starter put on his
i.vhinc.
ergetic young man.
-A party of several young Pur-
N'it'ht Watch J.
lite an experience with a patient of
Miss Imogene and Subert [ury-
fi!l left Friday morning for Cordell
where Miss Turyfill will visit until
Tuesday. Subert wil remain there
through the summer, having
a position with a large
F. Jepson had house.
-Chief Sanderson found four crap -Lee Wood-, editor of the Dun-
shooter. playing the game in the can Eagle, and postmaster at that
storage barn in the City Park 011 was here today visiting Mt>-.
Sunday and haled them before Judge yy00,i w]10 , . spendine a few day
secured ^ ^^^<1^ "wo Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L
business J;;rc VdUsed upon a showing that W. Gooding. Mr. Woods says Dur.-
11,i v were mere "sweaters"—just can is a real town now, oil and gas
—A partv of several young rur- quite >. wwrm,™ a — looking at the game. 1 production being good and pro--
.. .. : Onen \Bain 1 cell boys and girls arrived today, j the Oklahoma State Hospital Friday | —Fred E. larmnm well-kn. nects bright for more. Several wells
- ^S^eI^ Martin have re: an(1 be the guests^ of Reland ; nh, t;> Aman^escaped from.t:he^uan. news^per man Mi- Willi. Mae Toggle who_ has ;f ^ of 280.barrc, capac
. rl(.(l to Noraian, after being >'
Shooting at Purcell: Following-
ng loose and dis- weeks ago to join the service. As ' ^rcturne(l to Norman a quarrel, Win. Melton, linotjpe op-
darkness. How-1 vet, there has been no appointment of ■M. m ^ ther, erator for the Purcell R. -.ster, shot
I at an early hour j his successor at the University. student of the summer term- and severely wounded a negro at t 1 a
. as a p0int on Saturday evening. The dis-
N. Be
■ ha'
be the guest- of Reland nlg':t. A man escaped irom tne guara |newspaper nun . • ' '"V " .Mis- Willie Mae Tuggle who lias
R.:„ t,1 r, Smitli Thelma Lindsey. and came down town, where Mr. Jep- sor of journalism in the I niversi ,, attending the University at
aration in Fd'n-i' Stogner Walter Richards and j .-o: took charge of him. He escorted is now stationed at Camp Nicho s, homo the latter part ity have been -truck in t .a* oca.
several weeas taking a vacation in Edna StO^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ but j New Orleans. La., as a member of the N . n n. few days .. .
F,. Worth. Pallas, Galveston and at Robert McCa^ «■ ; .h(v the (loor, his captive National Army. Tarman left several ast ^ 1 and Mrs. J.
other Texas points. They report a an cntertamment and dis- weeks ago to join the service. As he, p_ar _ „
very pleasant visit, and a marked im- of the guests tonight. ^ ^ ,
nmvpmpnt in Mrs. s nealtn. • , ,
. The reception of the sumnie** ever he was captured — v .... i - ,, ^tuuent ui uie duh h*v* -
months " school tudeT "en by the First M. tl mrning. _ | ^ Arres~Upon comp]aint TJnZ Leader. W ^
E. Church in the> church partor.> last ^ ^ an<, baby „f tho county attorney, who based ]>r #n<) yf —
-With the general supposition mat night was well^ atten . --I are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Everett S.I his allegations upon the information <jUnir Ml. Bel.rv- parents at | attempted to pass him.
all the slackers in Cleveland county bad weather condrior. t v Davis Mr Smith taught one voa" received from the family and neigh- , ^ ^ , rhallil3 is u..„ formerlv Miss Bo
nave seen the light, and that there is began to arrive abovt eight 0 clock of En(fineerin(r of ,!ie bors, Wm. Dodd, automobile mochan-, Ada tor
no more use for a jail of such a na- j and until e < o-m<. n - I Univertity, but has been working for 1 ic, was placed under a $1000 peace ^ ^ father, Mr. Robt. C Berry, newspaperman, and considerable ex-
ture, the "slacker's jail," which has parlors were the scent f The American Concrete & Form Co.,,and appearance bond. Wednesd-.y. It relati^s. Dr. Berrv is mak- eitement was occassioned over the
been stationed just in front of the nment and enjoymcn • - ' )if Bioomington, 111., until recently, is charged Dodd drew a gun on 1 . , ., nwfM,\ deg.c in his; matter. Melton's friends declare they
War Savings bank on Main street, |turn was attended b> sc w,u.r he wceJ(ted a positi„n with his wife and otherwise mistieated . ^ ^,rk citv. an(1 is in will force the Africans to flee from
has been destroyed. The old "slacker j people, all of whom expressed th _ ,.,vlivvay Department of, her. He gave bond for his appear- ■ of al -ence :he city, should they push the matter
Jail" will long be remembered but selves as being highly Plea«ed oklahoma. They will make their ance in District Court, which con- ^ J .c further.
it is hoped there will never be occa- the manner in which they were en ^ 0](]ahomii jveneg July lst. 1 ■ «t ng ,
Bion for another. jtertained. ' I 1
The dis-
pute arose after the negro had pushed
Mrs. Melton off the sidewalk as she
Mrs. Melton
"week or so an1 Charlie is was formerly Miss Bonnie Walker,
•iceted here tod a.' to visit a while daughter of W. H. Walker, ^retired
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