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Oklahoma Bis Society
THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 21
LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. JULY 26. 1912
NUMBER 45
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FOR CONGRESSMAN M
HI reiuuiribtr him kindly (or his
'ft of the Muikogee Pair bill in
- last legislature.—Muskogee Time's
Betaocrat
HON. J. B THOMPSON STRONGLY
ENDORSED BY THOSE WHO
KNOW HIM
«OOD CONGRESSIONAL TIMBER
• Joe B. Thompson, of this place, who
||s a candidate for Congressman at
'Large, was born on a rented farm In
[(iraj'son County, Texas, forty-one
[years ago, and he grew to manhood
on a farm in Grayson and Montague
:cofcuties, Texas, and secured his edur
cation by working in the summer and
jt>y baching and attending school in
[the winter months. When he reached
file age of eighteen years he secured
jtt certificate and taught school for
.three years, during which time he
[studied law at jiights and was ad-
mitted to practice law before Judge
•Brown, now Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of Texas, at Sherman in
j (112, when he was twenty-one years
of age. He immediately removed to
.rdmore, where he lived one year,
then to Purcell, where he lived
~r years, and then to Pauls Valley,
tore he has lived during the past
QHeen years. Ha was one of the or-
Kjiliers of the Democratic Party In
tnfc old Indian Territory at McAlester
4p 1M2, and has never missed attend-
iftajr* upon a precluct, county or state
ifljpjivefttion since that date. He was
t itl^gate to the National Convention
Kansas City in 1900 from the In-
Cijin Territory, a delegate at large
tota the State of Oklahoma to the
Jnver Convention in 1908. and was
ardent Bryan supporter and as-
r|£ ted in his nomination at both con-
ventions.
ne has always been an active fight-
ing and aggressive Democrat. He
[wjs a "Jim Hogg" bemocral in Texas
be) tere he moved to the Indian Terri-
tqry and became a "Bryan" Demo-
ijfSfct In lS9(i He has made a sue-
' ;•« of all his undertakings, and
ows no such word as fail. As a
mtr boy, school teacher and as a
IWyer he was successful. Cor twen-
years he has ranked as one of the
ing lawyers of Oklahoma. From
to 1910 he was chairman of the
ocratic State Committee of Okla-
tpa, ~ad uuihie, thai lime co.i-
icted the campaign for the adop-
of the constitution, the campaign
tbe election of the first state and
"unty officials of the state, the presi-
ej^tial campaign of 190S and the prl-
campaign of 1910, and since
• be has been a member of the
±t Senate of Oklahoma,
foe Thompson has a public record
A Democrat for twenty years, as a
yer, as Chairman of the Demo-
ic State Committee, as State 9en-
, and as delegate to the National
ocratic Conventions In 1900 and
I. It Is a long record of fidelity
tbe people's interests; and he
c£uetf to the people of Oklahoma, not
•A untried recruit, but as a seas-
•4 veteran, bearing on his body
scars of many conflicts.
The Democrats of Oklahoma will re-
ct credit on themselves by honoring
f Thompson with the nomination
Congressman at Large.—The
uls Valley Democrat.
Joe B. Thompson'of Pauls Valley
Is 16'omlng up as democratic candl-
fat« for Congressman at Large. He
t«it the £><lfcDle plainly what he
ttfftidl for lft the way of progressive
idrfiiuttotloftir (111 Otty Derrick,
tftf 54, lflfc
Prospects.
LEADER IN INDIAN AFFAIRS
Echols For Congress
Senator Bob Echols of Elk City
has announced his candidacy for |
j one of the three congressmen-at-!
| large. Hob has been a member of j
the state senate since statehood and Lexington Had the Biggest
Crowd She Has Ever
Had.
THE BIG
CELEBRATION
has been one of the recognized lea-
ders of that body. During his first
term lie was chairman of judiciary j
Tho now maharajah, Ripu Singli, is
The wetaher of the past week lias the son of the deceased rajah. Sir
, i , , r Helra Singh Malvinda Bahadur, O. C.
I been especially hot and" the farmers s , G c r E of Nabha, wUoge
| are beginning to feel the want ofj death was announced December 27,
have some. The The state of Shabha is one of
I rain.
I.et us
j corn is showing the
some,
effects i
the
CANDIDATES ARE VISITING THE
PEOPLE
Hon J. P., Thompson, of Pauls Val-
Iff. one of the candidates for Con-
*fcssman-at-large in this state, was
ft the city visiting friends the first of
(tie week, and incidentally, putting up
Stakes and riders for his political
Wnce
The writer has known "Joe" Thomp
son for fifteen years He is one of
the strong men of the stale. In all
tbu time he has been prominently
UTentllied with the democratic party,
tad he has often stood In the fore-
front when the battle raged the
ierc.est. His character as a man is
Hove reproach, and there is not one
<et in his private or public life that
oan be distorted into wrong doing,
lis conceptions of the oftlre he aspires
are of the broadest, an0 the people
bo have knowledge of his past rec-
who have information as to his
trader as a man and as a citizen,
111 not hesitate to speak of these
fects to their neighbors and tb«lr
Mends.
Thompson is a man of a great deal
ff political foresight. He Is of the con-
ductive type and believes in prog-
Hh from every view point. The peo-
i]e make no mistage If they select
gun as one ef the Congressmen from
llU state, (iurllck Review.
The announcement that Senator Joe
npson of Paula Valley will be a
Hldate for the nomination for con-
sman at large will be pleaaing in-
nation to Mr. Thompson's host of
pads Joe Thompson as a chairman
tbe democratic comsslttee far the
ft election under statehood, proved
haeir to be not only a hard-work-
: and energetle ieffleortt, but a man
ahllity, and ha woa a host of
Is In that campaifea Thempsoa
managed to heap these frleada
won otbeif since then. Musko-
droutli and it would seem that a
good shower must come or the
yield will be effected seriously.
Cotton is one plant that stands
the need of rain the best of all and
the hot weather seems to strengthen
the plant instead of blighting or
stunting the-growth. It will be
needing tbe rain before many days
however,
Alfalfa is heading for the third
cutting and the raisers of that crop
still feel highly contented and well
they should as it will always yield
them dollars.
Along with die hot weather
comes
health and everyone should be par-!
ticulnrly interested in the care ofj
themselves. Good crops are tine
but good health brings greater ha;
piness and results in the end.
the three Phulkian states of the Pun-
jab, but as the Maharajah of N'abha is
the direct descendant of Baba Phul,
the great common ancestor of the
Phulkian chiefs, therefore the rajahs
of Nabha are regarded with special
reverence by the two other chiefs of
Patiala and Jhlnd, and have great in-
fluence among the sikh community.
Moreover, the original place of their
forefathers, a village named Phul, aft-
er the name of their common ances-
tor, is in the territory of Nabha state
Nabha state Ib about 1,000 square
miles in extent with a population of
300,000 and annual revenue of about
twenty lakhs of rupees This state is
In alliance with the British throne.
and under the treaty the Rajah of
Nabha has the right to inflict capital punishment in his territory.
His Highness the Maharajah Ripu Daman Singh Is only twenty-eight years
of age but has already distinguished himself in the council chamber, for he
was a member of the Supreme Legislative Council for two years at Calcutta,
the greatest of danger* to durlng which time he introduced the Anand Marringe bill. In addition to
" this he is a social refoimer; he hates idolatry and ablurB the caste i-ystcm.
Morrow fqr Sheriff Picnic Base Bali.
«!. II. Morrow, candidate for One of the big featur> - of the po-
sheriff has made a trip over the I liticul pienia and celebration was
south half of the county and says the ball games. Friday Lexington
be is now resting his case with the and Purcell played the -. or, being
Soon £e Ready.
Work on the canning factory
going on nicely. "It i- now only
question of day.- until we can -
is! voters. He hn« made a hard b.
1-2 t.
Ill litVi
a j for the nomination and expect- tojtefios wer<
>e ! carry Cleveland county's vote. He Higbee ft
world. Peaches are coming '*t now| late. Morrow is a firm advocator the Higbees and tbe Blanks,
and tbe factory will start bi. liieiii ol hones i. campaigning
of Lexington., Bat-
ihickweli and Arthur
xington and Evatt
Cleveland and McClain county's; has mad• a clean campaign and at and Holmes for Purcell.
fruit and vegetables being put into no time /a# said anything to hurt Saturday morning a rather inter-
cans and sent out to feed a hungry | the personal feelings of any candi- esting g;Hne was arranged between
One
_ Mr. Votei, one side were Lou Higbee and his
first. Everything will be handled | consider well this time- before you I boys and on the other the two
as it comes in in sufficient quantity. I vote a- there are some things of Black families. The score was 4
It is thought that next year far-1 great importance that are left for to 2 in favor of the Blacks.
mers will raise many vegitables and | you to decide oil August (>. Friday evening Wayne and Lex-
thai they will pay close attention! If you vote for Morrow you vote.ington played. The score at the
to raising a good qimlity of both for a man who. is in favor of the time of quitting was 13 to 18 in fa-
best interests of our county. j vor of Wayne but the Wayne team
If you vote for Morrow you know forfeited tho game to Lexington by
you are voting for a man who is op- quitting. Batteries were Stevens,
posed to the liquor traffic. (Brown and Higbee, for Lexington
If you vote for Morrow you are j and Lancaster and Holmes for
voting for a man who has had 12 Wayne.
years dealing with the public—not j
a few men but men in all walks in j Higbee Solid i/l South t.'ld.
life. The following business men of
If you vote for Morrow you vote Lexington made Norman a formal
for a man who knows what the far-
mer as well as the man in town
wants. He has b£en a tiller of the
soil all his life.
If you vote for Morrow you vote
for a man who has the grit and
backbone to enforce the law on the j tainly be gratifying to his many
rich as well as the poor, prince or friends in other parts of the county,
beggar. If he is sheriff all will be This is the first time fn the his-
j treated alike. ' tory of Cleveland county's politics
If you vote for Morrow your vote I that such a representation has ex-
goes to a man who has made the: pressed itself so strong for one ofj
campaign on his own strength. He i its most worthy citizen.-. In -olic-
tius no party bossus, is not in theiiting the support of the voters of i
ring, he is not trying to buy his Clevednd county, these gentlemen I
way to office with neither cigars. I ask you to cansider tiie following!
money nor whiskey, everybody has | fact-
received the same treatment in this; I. That -Mr. Higbee ins been
campaign. No, he has not made a connected with tiie sheriff - office
promise to men in every locality to as deputy for the past five years,
! make them deputies. and his record as a fearless law en-
No, he has not made a promise i forcing officer is beyond reproach, j
land if you vote for Morrow you are! 2. That he is one of the heavy
'only voting for one man not 40. i tax payers of tbe south end of the
j and if you elect him he will not [county.
; ask you to pass the pie to hitn and
his sons and grandsons. He is a
democrat two times only.
(Political Advertisement)
fruit and vegetables. L will pay
in the end to bestow a little extra
care on the quality. (iood fruit
and vegetables bring a much better
price than poor ones.
False Statement.
I would like to call the attention
of Mr. H. L. Sadler to that portion
of his speech Saturday night in
which he made the statement that
Lexington contains three wide open
bootlegging joints where in fifteen
minutes liquor could be obtained
by him. I. as city marshV. of Lex-
ington deny such accusation and
brand the statement a- false as he
reported it to tbe people.
\\ T Scott.
Regular -<-rviees at the M
j church .Sunday as follows:
Sunday -• hool it 9:45. pr -.m ,!ng
at 11 a. m.. Epworth League •<'
6:45 and preaching again by the
pastor at 7:30. Prayer meting
every Wednesday evening \t 7>!0.
To these services the publi • is < • r-
dially invited.
Re\ A. M. Miiier. Pastor.-
VOTE FOR
J. AJc/fi tirt*
visit Tuesday and stated most em-
phatically that they wanted L. B.
Higbee for sheriff, and backed up
their arguments by the clean record
of Mr. Higbee, and tbe solid sup-
port of his home people will cer-
Do Your ^eet Ache?
For Sheriff
•S. That be is a democrat of the
first waters, and deserves the undi-
vided support of the loyal demo-
crats.
The following gentlemen were in
the party: Win. Moutaw. Frank
I have a remedy for tired, aching Claunch, L. tile. I). N. Kelley,
feet. Come and see me and let me ! Claude Perkins, Ed Jarboe, Rev A.
fix up your shoes with the Diamond j M Miller. E. M Abernathy, W. It.
shoe support Also have a good Ferguson, John R Massey. T. W.
remedy for corns and ingrowing toe Keller. L. W. JS'orthcutt, E.J. Kel-
nuils. J. D. Robinson. Ier, Wm. Marcutn. R. A. Isom and
v John H. Asbury
LISTPIN! For 30 days I will
I make a full upper and lower set of Edgar J Kel!er ha* a big lot of
i teeth for $12. Fit and quality j Hog and Field fence at the very
guaranteed. — Dr Branha.m, -Lex-1 lowest casl price,or on fall time on
ington. Okla good note.
committee no. I which is ordinari-
j ly considered the most important
committee of that body, and is now
chairman of tlx* committee on con-
gressional apportionment, and has
been active in tbe support of a long
list of the most important legisla-
tion that has been considered by
tiie legislature.
Senator Echols 1 i\-fs on the west
side of the state and is one of the
men making the race for congress
who is big enough for the job. It
is our opinion that the three con-
gressmen-at-large should be selected
from different sections of. the state,
taking into considerations the qual-
ifications of the candidates.
Mr. Echols will have a large fol-
lowing in this section of the state,
and his friends are confident that
he will be one of the three men
who will be nominated in the pri-
mary next August. Should he be
nominated he will of course be
elected, and we believe that the
people of this state would find in
Bob Echols a man well worthy the
honor as well as a man pre-emi-
nently fitted to represent them in
the national congress. He is one
of Oklahoma's leading democrats
and has been in the forefront of
every battle for democratic suprem-
acy and a white man's government
since statehood.
Pollticul Advertisement
The Web Worm.
Many reports are reaching this
office of damage by web worms in
various parts of the state. The
damage is not limited to one imp,
but extends to cotton, alfalfa and
one or two other crops impartially.
This insect is not hard to con-
trol if steps are taken in time to
prevent its spreading, but if no ef-
fort is made to check it until the
entire field is infested, it is hard,
indeed, to prevent considerable
damage by this pest.
Web morms invade cotton and
alfalfa from surrounding weeds and
grass. Where fields are not already
infested a deep furrow should be
plowed around the field to prevent
the worm from spreading from the
weeds and grass to the crop.
Where the crop is already infested,
spraying is the only successful
method of control. Plants should
be sprayed, as thoroughly as possi-
ble with the following solution:
Lead arsenate, two pounds: water,
•50 gallons, As many of the worms
will be found underneath the leaves
care should be taken to apply the
solvtion to both the under and up-
per surface of the leaves.
If tbe crop to be sprayed is alfal-
fa. which is to be cut and fed to
stock soon after spraying, the solu-
tion should be weakened to the
vroportion of one pound of lead ar-
senate to 50 gallons of water, and
the hay should not be fed for some
time after cutting. If the alfalfa is
at all near tbe cutting stage perhaps
the best way to fight the worm is
by mowing the field at once.
In cotton fields, where tbe web
worms are not yet present in large
numbers, their ravages may be
checked to considerable extent by
thorough cultivation as tbe worms
are not able to cross newly plowed
ground readily.
For full information regarding
this insect address a personal letter
to the Oklahoma State Board tf
Agriculture, Demonstration Farmj
Department, Oklahoma City, Oklu-j
homa; or to the Oklahoma Experi- j
nicut Station, {stillwater, Oklahoma, i
One good second hand !t|-inch I
Old Hickory w-njon for sale I
EVERYBODY CAME IN
People from Miles Around
Came and £n!oyed
Themselves.
If was a grand success. Ever*
body came. They came on trains,
in automobiles, wagons, buggies
on bicycles, horseback and walking
Those who are competent to know
say that Lexington had on Saturday
July 20, one of the biggest crowds
that she ever had.
The lirst day of the picnic started
out with a medium sized crowd
All the candidates who spoke had
good audiences. The out of town
speakers on Friday were Hon. J. W.
Mansell, of Hobart, candidate for
congress from the fifth district, and
Ben Bouldin of Elk Cit^ candidate
for congressman at large. Both
made interesting talks to an atten-
tive audience. Friday night a joint
debate took place between Hon.
Oliver Akin, Cleveland county's
present representative and a candi-
date for re-election and Hon. N. E.
Sharp one of bis opponent- in the
race. Both men having official
records the talks were devoted to
explaining their own records and to
showing up the mistakes of the
other man's record.
Saturday was the big day. Of
the out of county candidates who
spoke Hon. J. V. Callahan of Enid,
candidate for congressman-at-large
was the first. He spoke for some
time to a good crowd.
After noon while waiting for the
coming of Senator Owen whose
train was late, Hon. J. A. A. Rob-
ertson of Chandler, candidate for
congressman-at-large made'a short
talk. Senator Owen arrived about
4 o'clock when he was given the
tent and spoke the rest of the after-
noon. He devoted himselr to ex-
plaining his record and the charges
that have been brought against him.
All county candidates who cared
to address the public were given a
chance to do so. Those taking ad-
vantage of this opportunity were
J. D. Grfgsby and (leorge Graham
candidates for county attorney, G.
M. Roberts candidate for county
super.ntendent and H. L. Sadler
candidate for sheriff.
There were amusements in abun-
dance on the grounds for the child-
ren and for those who did not caro
to hear the speaking. There were
side shows, snake shows, merry-go-
round and stands of all kinds.
The baloon ascension did not ma-
terialize though it was through no
fault of the premoters. The rider
came but his baloon did not. The
phone wires were kept hot in their
efforts to locate the baloon.
Messrs. Parnell and Shears are
ti be congratulated on the way that
they handled the picnic proposition.
They left no stone unturned and
stopped at no expense to make the
uffair a success.
A Bean---Can You Beat It?
Harvey Mayberry sent in a cou-
ple of beans to the Leader Monday
measuring 20 inches in length.
They were raised 7 1-2 miles east
and 1 1-2 miles north of Lexington.
Mr. Mayberry calls them the yard
bean, named probably on account
of the great length. When you
pass the Leader office notice the
bean in the window and see what
one of the Route Three farmers can
raise.
For sweeps, hoes, forks, grain
eraddles. mowing evthes see Edgar
J. Keller.
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