Lexington Leader. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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J. W. TUQQLE,
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Grocer and Baker
Sells The Best Flour
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LEXINGTON LEADER.
(Consolidation of You Alto Doins, Established 1899: Cleveland County Leader, Established 1891.)
"Entered June 8.1908, at Lexington. Olcla. s seconil-cliVHS mutter, under Act of Congress of March 1.
The LEADER
jt PRINTING j
Always Pleases.
VOLUME 19
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1904.
NUMBER 7
FOR FAVORABLE FARM LOAMS AND CORRECT ABSTRACTS OF TITLE SEE THE ANDREW K1NGKADE COMPANY, NORMAN. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY
GIRL COMMITTED SUICIDE
V Miss Ivis, tbe 10 year old daugh-
ter of Mrs. John Green, committed
auicide by taking strychnine, at the
home of her mother, near Poud
VCreek, yesterday afternoon. Cause
unknown.
' Her remains were laid to rest in
the Craper cemetery, this afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
^ MAYBERRY-BROWN.
/ A very quiet wedding took place
at the residence of Rev. \V. F. Led-
low last Thursday oveniug at 8 p.m.
The contracting parties being Mr. E.
C. Mnyburry and Mrs. Agnes Brown,
both residents of our city. Rev. \\.
F. Ledlow olliciating.
The grnoni is one of Lexington's
v most enterprising citizeus, who is
well and favorably'liked by all who
know him, and is well worthy of the
ulady of his choice.
The bride is a beautiful aud high-
ly respected young lady of our city.
The youug anil hippy couple are
now housekeeping, and the Leader
wishes for them a long and happy
wedded life.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
Cleveland County Shows a Unanimous
Democratic Victory ,
EVERY CONDIDATE WINNING WITH -A GOOD MAJORITY.
ALMOST HUMAN
from
DELINEA -
The whole Democratic ticket of
Cleveland county received a hand-
some majority at the pollt Tuesday.
The result of the electtou shows what
confidence the people of the county
have with Democratic candidates and
the principals for which they stand.
A hard fight was made throughout
produce.
T. L. Davis has both the theoreti-
cal and practical experience to make
a successful surveyor.
Dr. Hoy Stoops is a youug man
eminently qualified to fill the office
of County Coronor.
Jos. Cobb was easily elected Couu
the county by republicans and their ty Commissioner (if the Second Dis mud that she never ha
allies, the populists, to defeat our j trict. Mr. Cobb will perform the j or damages her harm ss.
ticket, but when a party has such ! duties of this office to the satisfac On Sunday night
candidates as we can proudly boast i tion of all persons of this district.
of, no ward politicians can hoodoo: W A. Taylor and J. F. Deuisou
'THE CHRISTMAS
We fata the.following from the | TOR
Massachusetts Plowmen: The December Delineator, with its
}• armer William H. Ellis, of j message of good cheer and helpful
Bloomington, N. ^ owns a little i neBa, will be welcomed in every home,
white mare called Whitefoot. Every The fashion pages are unusually at-
scbool-day morning Whitefoot hauls i tractive, illustrating and describing
Mr. Ellis s two little girls in a wagou j the very latest modes in a way to
to the school house, a mile froui | make their construction during the
home, and after leaving the children j f,,„tivaseason a pleasure instead
there the little mare turns round j Qf a task, and the literary and pictor
and trots back to her masters house |j.,| features are of rare excellence,
without any driver. When t b e | \ selection of Love Songs from the
school closing hour approaches, Mr. j Wagner Operas, rendered iuto Eng
Ellis hitches Whitefoot up and starts !iish i^y Richard de Oallienne aud
her off for the school house and in j beautifully illustrated in colors by ,
due time she crimes back with thelj. (j, Leyendoeker, occupies a prom j
little girls. She is so careful und|juent place, and a chapter in the j
expert in passing vehicles on the j Composers' Series, relating the l(o-
,\1 r. Kllis's
! malice of Wagner and Cosima. is an
| interesting supplement to the lyrics,
j A very clever paper entitled "Tin
hired man drove Whitefoot over to| Coui t Circles of the Republic." de
Middleton on his way to New \ork j scribes some unique phases of Wash
the people iuto voting against them, are two worthy men and were elect j Bafore embarking on the cars here! jn"ton social life is from an unnam-
Various campaign lies were trumpted | ed to the offices of Commissioners of | be tackod a piece of paper on the; contributor, who is said to write
I up against the untarnished character j the 1st and 3rd districts, by large ^ wagon seat containing this notice: | froI!1 (|„, ;NIK,r circles of society,
of our candidates, fait the returns j majorities. These gentlemen will I ••Don't stop this mare She belongs i There are short stories from the
should iteach the republican pop j perform their duties faithfully. j to William H. Ellis, Bloominglitirg, j pt,UB uf K, Hopkinson Smith, liobert
poli ***♦ | ami will go home all right." and clrant. Alice Brown, Murv Stewart.
ulist that there is honesty
tics.
KNOWS HIS FRIEND
A farmer in speaking before an in-
Hon. E. L. Cralle will ably repre-
sent the citizeus of Cleveland and
I Pottawatomie counties in the council
stiHite of his profession recently said: I for the next two years Mr. Cralle
•'As a rule the farmer knows no firm- j9 a business man of large experience i
er friend than the country press.
The home paper is distinctly the
As we were unable to get the exact
vote of each candidate, we will just
say that each received a large vote.
Some receiving a large majority over
two opponents.
then turning the mare's head home
ward, he let her go. Sure enough,
she covered the distance, a long nine
miles, iu safety, aud at a pace that
brought her home in about an hour.
interests of his
farmer's own paper, supported
directly or indirectly by the farmers sentative) bas beeu
#who compose the backbone of the
printer's subscription list and large-
ly for what the enterprising mer-
chant advertises. Now, brothers,
* let us not forget our friends. Let.
us see that our subscription is paid
and will see to tli
constituents.
Hon J. D. Lydick, our next Repre-
inned against
more than he has sinned. Since
only one perfect uiau has lived iu
this world, and he was crucified, it
seems as if our legislator is nearly
the opiriion of most people on this
subject. Did you ever count the
words in a column of ordinary news-
paper print? There are about, two
perfect because <fi.be manner in!,. . , . , .
1 . j thousand words in a column. Sup
"RUNNING" A NEWSPAPER,Mrs- Charley Carnell, Dead.
People think it is easV to "run" a | Charlu-V I'-mell. of Noble,
newspaper. An exchange says that wh" ha bt!eu 'l"ite H'ck ,ur s0,ne
one week's experience would changeitimP witb t>'Pbo"1 fever" l«,S8e,,l ., ...
away at the home of her father, onej milny hI>w'1b1 articles on topics relat
mile' south of that city, Monday j to woman's interests within an.
Cutting and Elmore Elliott Peake.
and such interesting writers as Julia
Magiuder. I,. Frank Baum and
drace MacGowan Cooke hold the at-
tention of t h e children. Many
Christmas suggestions are given in
needlework and the Cookery pages
are redolent of the Christmas feast.
In addition, there him the regular de-
partments of the magazine, with I
THE SMALLEST COIN
The smallest coin in the world hav-
ing a genuine circulation is probably
the Maltese "grain," a tiny fragment
of brouze about as big and round as
the top of a slato pencil and worth
only one twelfth of a penny. The
Maltese are not a wealthy people and
are iu there daily purchases exces-
sively retail. All old civilizations
become so. There was a time in the
West when twenty five cents, "two
bits,' was the smallest sum asked
for anything and the smallest change
known. One may now carry a pock
et full of copper cents all over the
region west of the Missouri and nev-
er Hud an opportunity to be rid of
one of them. So also it was not
many years iu Chicago. To see how
times have changed it is only neces-
sary to note the fact that suburban
fares on steam lines are often frac-
tional Tickets are for sale that cost
seven or nine or eleven cents the sin
gle trip, and if one pays on the train
the conductor will make change iu
pennies The Earth.
BIG SALES
The merchants of our city all re
port big sales. The people know
where to come when they want to
sell their grain, cotton and produce
of all kinds, and also where their
money will go farther when they
want to buy goods of any kind, con
sequently they do their selling and
buying in the city of Lexington.
STARTLING FACTS
which tbe republicans of Norman pa-1 ... . ..
before the first of January and a year radiug ju dsmocratjc clothiug I Pose J°" slt liown an(l vvrite a ll,ous"
ie advance if we cau afford it. The
man or paper that fights our Iwttles
••hall have my support. Another
thing, the merchants who advertise
are the oues who make it possible
N for us to get a good local paper, and
the men or firms who are too penuri-
ous to advertise aud help support
the local press have no right to the
farmers' patronage. 1 propose here-
after to go to a good live advertiser
and a man who will do his share iu
supporting the local press. thus con-
* trilmtiug to my support, rather than
buy of a man who proposes to takej^ t.ontrHry
all and give uothing in return. If
0farmers as a class would support
their frieuds, the other fellow would
goon go out of business.—Granville
Correspondent in Alton (111.) Demo-
crat.
Mr. Lydick for no reasou on earth,
also a few old democrats iu this city
simply because they wauled to fight
someone, aud consequently they
fought Mr. Lydick. Now to the
fighters of J. D. Lydick, go away
back and take a seat, and don't ever
fight a good man again, for you will
always lose. Mr. Lydick is, always
has been and always will he a friend
of the Uuiversity of Oklahoma, not
aud words on some subject, and then
another thousand on auother until
you have written eight or ten thous-
and. Try it, and see if it is right
easy. Keep that gait up for a
month, a year, and see if it is easy.
Thou chase a local all over town,
and after you liava gotton the facts
all right, condence them into a few
lines—an hour's work that cau be
read in a few seconds. Do this for a
evening. j without the home. ■ livery young person should know
She leaves a husband aud four- . I that the average wages paid for un-
(•L.UUetwto mouru her loss. Tbe|^® ® Valley Of the Missis- labor in this country is less
youngest oue being quite sick at! Sippj. ! than foOO a yr, r; the average paid
present. Her remains were laid to. While it is true Oklahoma, Indian jto skilled labor is about *1000 a
rest in the Noble cemetery Wednes- j Territory and Texas invite the difference of $700 a year,
day afternoon. I Homeseeker and others in search of j If ,l"' skilled laborer works 110
J he deceased was a sister-in-law j a profitable investment aud business jyears at the same late, this make-*
of our townsman, W. J. Reid. , competency, there is another field
j along the Frisco System quite recent-
FATAL FIRE IN A HOTEL ,iy opened to those interested in a per I
! soual bettermeut of fiuauoial
sources.
On June 1st, the line of railroud
heretofore known as the St. Louis,
Four Perish in Flames 011 Tex-!
as Oil Field.
dozen items that seem insignificant
withstanding what a few one-by-two .. ., • . i l . .• i_a
H J ' after thev are printer!, but whiebfyou
country school teachers and a disap- i, " ■ . . ., , ..
1 , f ! know are important; then have the
pointed office seeker have to sav toi -. ... • . .
' ' items criticised ana inaccuracies
pointed out to you when it is too
H#w Animals Prepare For
Winter
The best-known example of such
active preparation is probably that
of the l eavers, which first make a
pond by damming a stream and
throwiug the water back over laud
..which was formerly dry. The liea-
vers first cut down trees with their
sharp, chisel-shaped incisor teeth,
and float them down stream to tbe
"point at which they wish to build the
dam. Brutfh is also floated down,
aud with the addition of stones and
-• mud tbe structure is made solid and
water proof. In the poud thus made
the beavers erect staunch huts, chief-
ly of brush, with roofs well above
the surface of the water, and door-
ways well below it. In these dwell.
A. Nicodamus has been employed
by the honest people of Cleveland
county to prosecute all breakers of
the law To all evil doers he is a!
terror, which fact accounts for his !
uot reteiviug a larger majority.
Judge N. E. Sharp sat on the
bench so well during the last two
years, that the people decided they
had better retain him for auother
term. So they did.
Robt. Bryant, the Sheriff elect of
Cleveland county, will make oue of
the best sheriffs this county has ever
had
Houston, Tex . Nov. N. Tue Sil-
ver f^ueen hotel, in the Sour Lake
oil field, was rlestroyeiHjy tire today.
Memphis it Southeastern (now Frisco
System), was extended to St. Louis,
thus making a territorv iu Missouri
late to correct them. Oh, yes. it
easy to "run" a newspaper.
A SURPRISE WEDDING '
Claude Phares, son of Mr. aud j
Mrs. A. R. Phares, of Clinton, was j
married Tuesday at Webster City,!
Iowa, to Miss Gussie Hutchin, for-1
merly of Cliutou. j „ Guthrie, Okla., Nov. I). Albert P.
The groom clerks in the store of i Saunders, aged fifty, prominent iu
Sawyear k Phares, aud
with his friends The bride, is a
worthy young lady. They arrived
in Clinton yesterday and will soon
Pour persons were burned to rieatb. i antj Arkansas, along the west bank
The dead are: C. E Lew is, of Spin | Qf >|iHHiKHippi river, accessible
die Top; Lee Hamilton, of Spindle, by wgy of st
lop and Jack Smith and wife of Nen | -p^e prt)SH1]t service consists of
Hanover. : pHH(W(D^^r train leaving Union Sta
Several were seriously injured, j tjou 7.10 ., m. (kijy for Capt, (.irar_
The cause of the fire is unauown. j iJeau, Luxora, Carruthersville aud
| intermediate points to Memphis, also
A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
' the Cape Girardeau accommodation
KILLED HIMSELF | (daily) leaving Union Station 4:20 j
p. ui.
Some years since, perhaps a quar-
ter of a century, this section was
reason
$21,000 more he will earn than the
unskilled laborer. But suppose the
skilled laborer puts out his $700 su
perior earuings each year at C> per
cent compound interest, this would
amount to $r>3,$)47.70 at the eud of
the 30 years.
It seems like a fairy tale, to good
to la; true; but a total investment of
$135 and five months time in a busi-
ness and shorthand course iu the
Capital City Businsss College, at
Guthrie, Oklahoma, prepare* a young
person to do the skilled lnl>or and
save up the $700 a year.
This is tbe oldest, large st aud best
equipped commercial school in the
two Territories. Students enter any
tiuie. Write for free catalogue.
The people showed by their ballot "ousekeaping.-Clinton Reg
'ister.
! The bride is tbe daughter of our
! towusmau, A. Hutchin.
HORSE IN A CLOTHING STORE
that they wanted Kobt. Stogner to
regiater their deed* during the next
two years. . ,
When you get a good man, keep
him, ao the citizens thought wbeu
they voted for F. O. Miller, laat
Tuewlay.
Roland Hughes, who has so faith
fully tilled the office of County ' A runaway horse attached to a de
Trea«<lrer for the present term, whs ' livery wagon created havoc iu front
ageiu elected to that office, aud will I of the Union de|>ot yesterday. It
inga tbft little auiuials lire all winter, jsatiefactorily protect the people'a j first collided with a Kausae City,
popular couutv aud territorial |>olitics, killed :
' , . , . .. i avoided by reason of want of de
bimsrlf hero tonight by shooting J
. . .... , .. ... i 1 velopmeut or prugressiveuess; now,
himself through the right temple.: ' .. ..
TI ... i • l . r i however, it is considered equal, an
H« was a republican candidate for; 1
. . , , , f . ; tbe homeseeker and investor mav
couDty comroiamoner, Imt was defeat-! ... ... _
. j • . > .< i, . • ,1. 1 measure, to Oklahoma, Indian Terri-
ed and tbia is thought to have led to \
A, ... u i 4 i „ 4i- -tory or Texas Tbe chiiu^e iu con
the iiucide. He left letters outliu- i J
I. . . „ . , ... dition throughout was sccomphsbed
; iv>g hia financial condition. 1
Pockets Are Coming In
A snire to be-welcomed - with - joy
bit of information is that pockets art*
coming in again. It is uot tluit the
winter coats will show more pockets
than for many long season, but actu-
ally that the tailoi made dress skirt
will lie made uitli a big, roomy pock
et. However, the dressmakers who
have at last consented to makeH skirt
from time to time awimmiug out uu-
t der the icu in search of aquatic plaute
or tbe bark of trees and shrubs grow-
ing near the water. Wheu this food
fails or is unattainable the beavers
fall back ou the bark of birch and
other saplings which they carried
down to the bottom oT the pond and
stored away near their huts in the
rautumu.—November Woman's Home
Companion.
As tin Schsolboy Undtralaad It.
- -— ( Bar# i ihe exact answor of a New , . . , , . ,, . «
Bi.nauuau nn Union Aha .cho.ll.ay to tke maintained by tbe Wisco System,
HUBSWay Oil UnlOn AUe. tnccil , ..Wlll| It m^aninr of th« word joperatiug, as it does, nearly 700
In This Way. ' « .' ' miles of railway in tbe immediate
tfcer* that Routorf Ilk* fcaM,' and what i
art their maaatoj*?" j Mississippi \alley, less than . 00
"Hall, where yon npeu the dure aBd ! miles distant from St. Louis.
te ia; bawl, t>awli g along a boy that The soil is exceedingly fertile.
wob'i S" oi skiiol; aiil, what tk« aboa- .
maker cliai#e you 25 ««>ata for to anl I crops invariably abunilant, timber
ymir shoe; all. *11, v ryb«4)y in tbe interests extensive aud resourceful
by large governmental expenditure,
i i , i ■' with a packet are isauini; notices to
j a progressive people and extended \ 1 R
[ railroad facilities promoted and
The Leader for neat job priating
money in the future, as in the past ) Kas., electric car and the driver,
A hard fact was made against hi in j Walker Johnson, was throwu from !
simply because auother man wanted i the seat aud seiiously injured. He
the ottice, however it takes facts and ! was
world."—Success.
uot fight# to dowu a true an I
man. '
Most every school teacher of auv
standing in the county, voted to re-
elect F. B. Swank, County Superin-
tendent, which fact is an excellent
recommeudaticn.
proved
wagou,
mantled.
Humility.
taken to his home. It then i bf, lllr fli„
. ■ )i*ml ill# ll«n;
next; <a)k the in4 l
l) lh bow ih^ ii« mivleM h«ad;
tliii.* huinllily w« FVt «l
♦ k.. cn:.L 4a. j i• i mmfk of 'very uitfHtr niittd:
the iimsh of the delivery \ Th« i>igii«*Hi-jifi«ii iowki#^
.„t • i .i , , i• I AiMl i**i M (
wbich was thoroughly dis-j Uir r*wi« ikat
Th« Ituir khul bi l« a fiwrhrr «. ar.
It then | -j.;
jood I crashed into a cab and in the
block ran iuto a heavy dray. This i
Those desiring additional partiuu
lars will receive immediate response.
Address, Passenger Traffic Depart
'merit, FRISCO SYSTEM,
St. Louis.
The force of the collision
threw the horse iuto the entrance of
a second-hand clothing'store, where
Toucan rest assured that \V. L j it was subdued.--Kansas City Jour
Uartaii will properly weigh your|ual.
Pariaian Land Value.
Tbe value of laud in tbe rlty et
Varl* w ali|btly less tbaa 71 veate a
1 aeuare aieter (ahuat ie\ aenare feell,
nr a tetal et }1.4 i,
I If you have frieuds visiting you,
or you are visiting friends ling up
IS, and tell us the news.
Call on the Leader for line
itiereial printing
tbeir patrou* who order these skirts
to the effect that the pooket is not to
be need as a substitute for the geuer-
oua "Peggy from Paris" bag or anv
of the other big wrist bogs which the
•hop* showing ■ November Woman's
Home Companion.
SLEEP AND BEAUTY
Women who sleep a great deal and
comfortably, who are addicted to
niijifiand regard niue hours of ivhoh-
some rest as absolutely requisite to
their physical well being, are the-
women who defy the frosting hand
of time. These are the women whose
wrinkles aie few and far between aud
whose eyes remain the brightest and
ckeeks the rosiest for the lougest per-
iod aft«w tbe bloom of youth has
led.
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