The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, June 28, 1912 Page: 1 of 10
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 21
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LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. JUNE 28..1912
NUMBER 41
NEW FACULTY
F0RSCH00L
Board Met Last Saturday and
Selected a Strong Faculty
for the Next Year
Lexington Hijih. ^eliool
FULL AFFILIATION
School is Now Fully Affiliated
With the Stale University
At Norman.
N. II. Edwards, superintendent
$1000.
Miss Maliel Thacker. principal.!
$65.
Miss Era Gandy, 8th grarde. $60.
Mrs. Lula Austin. $50.
Miss Ora Holland, $55.
Miss Kate Wise, $55.
Miss Anna Lou Puckett, $60.
Miss Lois Perkins, $40.
Mrs. N. H. Edwards, music, $200
for term.
Such will he the corps of teachers
for the Lexington Public schools
for the school year of 1912-13.
The board of directors of the pub-
lic school met Saturday and elected
I'rof. N. II. Edwards as superinten-
dent for the coming year. Prof.
Edwards has been at the head <>t
the Noble schools during the past
year and at present i* teaching in
the Cleveland county institute. He
attended the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college of Kansas at Man-
hattan for five years ami was recog-'
nixed as one of the leaders in col-
lege in linee both literary and ath-
letic. Prominent school men look
upon him as one of the ablest in-
structors in the entire state of Okla-
homa and the school board should
be congratulated upon the wisdom
of their choiee. His wife, Mrs. N.
H. Edwards will be at the head of
the music department. She is t
talented mOsician and that depart
ment will be one of the strongest
of any in the smaller town schools
of Oklahoma.
Miss Mabel Thacker will act as
principal for the coming year. She
received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts from the University of Oklaho-
ma at the close of the present year.
She is well qualified for the place
and under her direction the high
school corps is greatly strengthened.
The work and ability of Miss Era
Gandy, Mrs. Lula Austin and Miss
Kate Wise is well known to the
patrons of the Lexington schools
and their re-election meets with en-
tire satisfaction of all interested in
good schools. Miss Ora Holland
has been connected with the public
schools at Pauls \ alley the past
year. She lias been a teacher in
the Lexington schools and her qual-
ifications need no comment from
us. She is regarded highly by all
the patrons of the school. Miss
Anna Lou Puckett has been a
teacher in the Wanette schools the
past year and since she is a former
Lexington girl she has many friends
who will be glad to welcome her
back into school work here. Miss
Lois Perkins was a member of this
year's graduating class of the pub-
lic schools here and was known as
one of the brightest girls in school.
That she will "make good" there is
no room for doubt.
With the faculty that has been
selected the public schools of Lex-
ington should see the most decided
progress in their history. With the
interest already manifested here by
the people of the town and the in-
clination of the patrons to co-oper-
ate with the teachers in working for
the upbuilding of the school, Lex-
ington should have cause to feel ex-
tremely proud of her public school.
The board also took a very pro-
gressive step Saturday ween they
added another year to the high
school course offered, making it one
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MORE GOOD REPUBLICAN
RAIN FALLS
Ground is Now Thoroughly
Soaked and Prospects
Never Better.
CONVENTION
Mass Convention Met at Nor-
man to Select Can-
didates.
FRUIT IS VERY FINE NO STEAM ROLLER
Corn is Shoulder High and is j Candidates Are Selected For
Growing Fine and Cotton 1 Most of the County
is Looking Fine. Offices
J, W, MANSE' L, SPEAKS HERE TO-DAY
candidate for mkss m district
affiliated with t . • >i:it<- unive >ity.
This means much t i graduates of
the school and wiien t.iey enter the
state school they do -o as str ttg.it
freshmen without the hand!-, ap of
being required t i w irk o . t L .<
units.
Lexington should hive a very-
successful year athletically also as
Prof. Edwards is an athlete of note.
He has had several years-experience
I it 0;'. Culture.
The Oklahoma Agricultural Ex-
periment ■ located- at Still-
water I. as ji..-'. published an inter-
% bullt-t: on Cotton Culture
wr I>y u. O. Churchill and A.
H. W'ri^'it. One of the most inter-
esting tilings in this bulletin is a
map showing the cotton production
Carpc..te 8 lievcs in Good
Roads.
1!. L. Carpenter who lives six
miles east and one south of Lex-
ington has been doing some very
effective work on the roads in his
neighborhood the past few weeks.
He has completely graded 1-2 mile
and has it in better shape than any
in the various counties for the tiiree other road in the neighborhood of
j ears 1908, 1909 and 1910. This L e x i n g t o n or Purcell,
ski a footfall dlayer and liasdecid.-i tnap also si. . v. - by means of shades He uses a split log drag for finish-
ability as a coach, He has refused the different areas of production, ing the work and has proven beyond
lucrative offers from such schools ; One would naturally suppose that u doubt that it is the thing for the
as the University of Indiana to act i the counties producing the most j roads. Mr. Carpenter is a real
as athletic director. He is enthu- j cotton would lie near the southern j worker for good roads as he has
siastic over the prospects for wiu-, boundary of the state and that pro- been doing all this at his own ex-
ning teams in football, base ball Auction would decrease as one went pense and time. He is above the
and track. Prof. Edwards, will also j north. But this is not true. This!age limit for road work but still
devote much time along debating j ]lmp shows two areas of maximum , thinks it better for him to do his
lines. j production, there being one j piirt than to let the roads remain a
Lexington should indeed lo >k for-, n0rth of the center of the state and j disgrace to the community. It
ward to a tn >st successful school the other in the southwestern cor- j would be a good thing for the com
year both in word and in fact.
Oeatn of ftoiand 3 ack
Roland, the little nine m>nth*
old son of Mr. and Mrs „W titer G.
ner. In 1910 Lincoln county led j munity if others would follow his
with 3d.333 bales and Lincoln I excellent example and try to make
county is northeast-of the center of their roads the best in the county,
the state and joins Oklahoma coun- Those who have been over the road
i ty. Pottawatomie county came },e |las worked say it is as level and
Black, died .V>: lay mg.i aftei a j seoonj with 33,49!) bales and thin ■ smooth as Main street in the center
short Llness or cor.^esU i.i of hie ,.ounjy adjoins Cleveland on the | of Lexington.
brain. Funeral services were held ; ,Ja„t These two counties together
Tuesday, morning a* 10 .o'clock at: ,vUj, a part of Payne, Okla-
the Catholic enure1! coud'i..t -d hy j homa and Seminole countiesconsti- j Senator Owen will address the
Father Wilburton of Pur. • i• !■"-1 tute the area of greatest production. voters of Lexington and vicinity on
111 [n the other great area in the south- the '20th day of July, if nothing
t lit- „.„i 0{ tile state Jackson happens to change the date. A
with 27,o")4 Sal'- - and Robert L. Owen club has recently
"J j Coiiia'i: :.e is .-.tcond with 29,013 been organized in Lexington and
j o.iies. Parts of Harmon, Greer. vicinity which consists of over 200
I Kiowa, Tillman, Stephens and'.Jef-'members at present and the organ-
Senator Owen to Speak
terment was ma Je in t ie
cemetery. Roland w.«.< a c
tie fellow and his dea'h c i ll '
deep sorrow t > his parents
have the sincerest synipi'
friends in their - irrow.
i west.*:
lj count,
i e a
! fers
on court
in this area,
surrounded
production
5,000 hales
of four complete years and directly sale b Edgar J. Keller.
Eli) A.l.'dl tj.- )p
Lexingt >a win share in the. great
wheat cron of 1912 for Oklahoma.
The big crop is Oeir.g harveste 1
and lots of it is on the w..y to tiie j ,lreu o{ srnii(|
big markets. The crop is expected , n,,rtheast a
to yield about twenty million j ^^east is !
bushels. It has been estimated
that if all the wheat raised in Okla- ^
homa should be placed on cars and
made into a single train, that train
would be more than three hundred
miles long. When tha rear end
would be disappearing from Lexing-
ton the engineer would be sighting
Kansas City.
$20,(XX),000 will be realized by
the farmers of Okl llioma as a re-
sult of the wheat crop and it i3,
only one of the many surprises that' LISTEN! For 30 days I will
Oklahoma is going to spring in ig- , f,,|i upp„r ) [0WjJr sf.t of
riculture this year of 1912, t9eth (or pa aa,i quality
One good Eclipse bay rake for guaranteed.—Dr. Buanhvu, Lex-
1 with- i izers are at work procuring more
•i-i are members every day. The club is
of fair i endeavoring to have a big political
s are comprtsi
These t'.v i ti1
• t:ie counties
:at is fr. ;n 5000 to picnic here on the day Mr. Owen
The northwest is the' comes, and will try to have several
st prod/, t:on :,;.d the j candidates for state and county ,of-
close second The fie.es present. Further notice of
an area of com-; the date will be given in the Lea- j jt kn(,wn
paritively small production which der within two weeks or as soon as !
writer thinks may be due t >two| it is determined upon.
causes One of these is that muchi A. F. Claunch,
of tiie land i very rough and | L. W. Northcutt,
broken ami tiie other is that much t Geo. C. Burke.
of it is segregated Indian land j Committee.
which has heretofore been closed to
settlement. After this land is sold
thete will very likely be a big'
change in the areas of cotton pro-,
duction i supply you with anything in the
Saturday night and Sunday saw
another one of those bumper crop
making rains and old Mother Earth
seems to have her thirst of a few-
days ago very amply satisfied.
Lexington and the south end also
share in her contented feeling.
Nobody can carry a grouch about
the crop prospects now and it real-
ly does good to see how the pessi-
mistic ones fail when they would
grab at a last straw.
We have had sufficient rain to
run the crops along in good shape
for possibly three weeks but the
condition of the ground and the
amount of rain that it has received
will demand that more moisture be
had to keep corn and cotton in the
best of shape.
Crops absolutely could not look
better just now. Corn is from six
to eight feet high on some farms
while the majority of it will strike
the shoulders. Oklahoma will
have ohe grand crop and Lexington
will not be slighted in the least.
Cotton is also coming in great
shape. Some fields will have
blooms inside of two weeks. The
clamp weather oi' tliu p^til few days
has put a few bugs and lice on the
stalks hut the wann weather will
kill them in short order. A bale to
the acre will be the yield in the
south end this year.
Then there is another crop, alfal-
fa. the crop that grows you money
every hour. The yield on the
second crop promises to outdo the
first one. Some hay was down
during the last few days rain but
not enough to cause any serious
damage. When the weather be-
comes a little more settled the crop
will soon be handled.
Millet, milo maize, kafiir corn
and cane have also come in for
their share this year and these
products while not as staple as cot-
ton and corn mean hundreds of
dollars to the farmer who planted
them.
Really, regardless of presidential
year, Lexington and her business
men should look forward with eager
ness and interest to the fall that is
approaching With all these bum-
per crops being brought to market
and a good price for all of it, what
a prosperous fall this should be to
all, farmer, merchant and banker
alike!
Lexington in a good year cannot
be beat as a business town so we
should get ready to line up every
farmer and his crop for Lexington,
Surrounding towns will be bidding
for his crop and since Lexington
depends solely upon her- country
trade for sustenance it behooves
her to be up and doing and making
that the merchants of
Lexington want the business and
crop of 1912.
The republican? of the county-
met in mass convention Monday
morning at the Cleveland county
court house at Nrfrman for the pur-
pose of getting candidates to file
for the coming campaign. The
meeting was called to order by
Aaron McDaniel and Clyde Pickard
occupied the secretary's chair. An
interesting account of the Chicago
convention was made by Hon. J.
IS. Dudley who attended from Okla-
homa. It was a straight business
talk and proved interesting to all
alike.
It was a harmonious meeting and
the steam roller faction which
tooted its way through the conven-
tion when Roosevelt and Taft was
the issue was little in evidence.
The erstwhile brave and bragga-
dosio was scarcely audible or dis-
cernible. The aftermath of the
Chicago happenings was in the air.
Several candidates expressed
their willingness to make the race
for the different county office- and
while a full ticket was not arranged
Monday, a committee was ap-
pointed to see men who would
probably try their luck. The ticket
thus far reads; for representative,
A. E. Jenkins; for county treasurer,
John G. Lindsay; for sheriff, Claude
Pickard; for county superintendent,
Miss Adah Blake; for commissioner
1st district, Capt. Colin McKinney;
for 2nd district, W. K. Breeding of
Lexington; for 3rd district; Col G.
I). Graves.
After the business of candidates
filing was concluded the conven-
tion adjourned sine die.
We have several pieces of choice
real estate for sale in Lexington.
Itef ore you buy see us. We can
way of cheip homes, houses to
rent etc. List your property with
us. Breeding, Everett & Marcum.
Back Rakes for sale by Edgar J.
ington, Okla.
i\e: l"r.
Joe Green's Little Daughter
Dies.
Las< Thursday the little eleven
year old daughter of Joe Green who
lives five miles east of Lexington
died. She has been sick since last
February. The remains were in-
terred Friday morning at 10 o'clock
at Willow View, the funeral services
being conducted by Rev. R. W.
Dodson. Many friends extend their
heart felt sympathy to Mr. Gjeen
and family in their great loss.
Just Fix Up a Little.
Lexington in appearance still has
a great deal of room for improve-
ment. Many places have been re-
paired, graded and otherwise im-
proved this spring but a great deal
of work remains unfinished. Men
who have the welfare and well wish
of Lexington in the future have
looked around them and have
"fixed tip."
One thing that causes this town
to look run down is the substantial
crop of weeds that the village is
supporting. On every hand we
have weeds—the common enemy.
It should be ordered that the weeds
be cut and at once ae every day
they are allowed to stand they en-
danger the health of the commu-
nity .
Weeds are unsightly, a nuisance
and a disease and germ spreadfer
and a Hy and insect breeder—the
rendezvous of the mosquito. No-
body loves a mosquito and the way
to get riil of him is to strike, at the
place where he lives and thrives—
or at least gets ready to thrive.
The people of Lexington should be
interested in their health and since
this is a matter of individual and
personal concern every householder
should get out the first evening pos-
sible with his hoe and harvest his
crop of weeds. He will be killing
several birds with one stone and
how much better everything will
look. Think about it.
For sweeps, hoes, forks, grain
craddles, mowing eythes see Edgar
J. Keller.
See our new stock of art squars,.
matting and Linoleum atEdgarJ.
Keller.
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