The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 23
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, JANUARY g 1914
NUMBER 17
Standing cf the Teams.
vv L Pet.!
Freshmen 8 2 S"i7
Senior? 5 - .7">r>
Sophomores 4 2
Grades 4. 2 .666
III tlie high school basket ball
league, the Seniors defeated the
heretofore unconquered freshmen
by a score of 25 to 7 Tuesday even- j jie an(j |,j, family.
iug. The game was full of brilliant , Mr Hooper of this community
playing and both teams fought j ju,« purchased a new piano.
hard. A good sized crowd was on ^{rs \ Sudderth was the guest
hand and some lusty rooting re- ,,t Mrs. Oliver last Saturday .«ft>-r-
Spriny Hill
The farmers around Spring Hill
are wishing that it would dry up so
that they could go to farming.
Jim Sudderth's little hoy is on
the sick list this week.
Cieijrge Morris is preparing to
move to Oregon to make his future
ho we. His friends regret to lose
VOLUNTEERING IN MEXICO.
suited. Russell Conkling of the
freshmen sustained a sprained
wrist at the beginning of the second
half and the loss to his team handi-
capped them. However the seniors
were not to he denied during the
entire game and ^hey deserve full
credit for their victory.
The high school students are very
much interested in the series and
the rivalry between the teams is
growing all the time. A cup
will be given to the winner. All
the teams are in the running and
the race'will narrow down to the
margin of a few points if the pres-
ent form continues.
The lineup in the Tuesday game
was as follows: Freshmen, guards,
Whitsett and Baxter; center, Ar-
nold (capt); forwards. Ward and
Conkling. Nemec ek. Seniors,
guards. Elliott and Keller; center,
Higbee; forwards. Merritt and Ste-
vens (capt). Timekeeper, Carter.
Umpire, Grossman,
wards.
Refer-e. Ed-
noou.
Preaching at Spring Hill Satur-
Hill Saturday and Sunday was
well attended.
Mrs. Elma Sudderth was over at
Purcell'hist Saturday.
Prof. Higbee is planning on j
starting a basket ball team at
Spring Hill. We wish him success
in the venture. •
Mr. Coley out near Hard.scrabble
has moved to near Spring Hill.
Quite a number from Spring Hill j
attended the box supper at Denton j
last Friday night.
Miss Winnie Edwards of Bailey,
Texas, is here visiting her sister.
Mrs. J. D. Anderson.
Quite a number id' friends called
on Miss Emma Oliver last Sunday.
W. H. Felts and wife returned
home Friday from a week's visit
with H. 0. Rice of Oklahoma City.
Frank Nelson and wife were the
guests of Jim Sudderth Sunday.
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-Thomas in D-atroit
W ord From Canada
Tom Strickle.writes the Lead-
er from Stoughton, Saskatche-
wan. Canada, that he is exper-
iencing his first sure-enough
Fire Destroys Anholt Residence
The G. I'. Anholt residence,
on the Anh< It farm six miles
west o!' Purcell, was completely
destroyed by fite New Year's
winter. The grounif for the day together with all the hous«>-
past two months and halt' has hold effect-'. Mr. Anholt, who
been covered with snow fronv is the father-in-law of Leopold
; three to five feet deep, with the I'le, carried some $800 insurance
I thermometer standing from ion the house and estimated i*s
fifteen to twenty degrees below loss at something like $1500.00.
zero all the time. People there | Since the day of the fire they
give little regard to the cold,; have been staying here with Mr.
driving as far as twenty miles and Mrs. lilt*.
to town to do' trading. Ice | Mrs. Anholt, who has been
freezes to a depth of from five sick for th > past six weeks, was
Charlie Oliver and Harold New-1
ville went to the social down at
Hugh Percy's near Denton Satur-1
L. G. P.mtier, Do tor of Dent ti . ,
: day night.
surgery. Office over tl£ postoft.ee j Mattie Grace Chrigtian an(|
j her brother, \V illard, of near W an-
I ette w ere up visiting John Black-;
Lexington Widows Turned
Down
A somewhat unusual case was
decided by the board of county
commissioners Tue-day at N> rn an.
Three widows of Lexington had
made application for "pensions" un-
der the Oklahoma compulsory
school law. providing that children
'hall attend school a certain num-
ber of months in the year. There
is a provision that widows or
others who depend upon the labor
of their children for a liviiihood
Phone 286. Purcell,
Res Phone 12'.).
Oklahoma, i,
v adv
E. A. Denison for insurance, adv well last week
oicei
Red Oak
Rev. W. F. Ethridge has moved
here from the Science Hill district.
Fred Smith has sold his farm to
C. F. Avers and will travel in Ari-
| zona for his health.
C. E. Ayers has sold his farm to
I Nathan Cobb, and wili move on
the Smith farm. His children will
j continue in the Red Oak school.
hi the corn judging contest at
J the school last Friday Sam Brown
and Sofa Cobb tied for the lirst
prize.
A Sund
last Sunday with i . ft. Ajers as j the time the children are in school,
superintendent. j ,, |( Brown, with two
I he wide-a-wake farmers of | children, applied for a pen-ion of
| district are planning on cutting; per- «MWi. Mr- Bell R.p.er
down their acreage of cotton «nd j two chUdren. applied for $12
j will plant a lot of kaffir, milo and
teterita. l'hey know the cotton
I grafters cannot tieat them out of a
! year's work on this crop.
The subject. "Resolved that fear
of punishment has moulded human
1 conduct more thai) the hope of re-
ward." was debated at Council
! creek l ast Friday night. Aftirnia-
la.v school was oiganized j 8]la|| |>e gjven an allowance during
ay with t . 1*.. Ayers aSj.i ti,- cltijilr.n .• re in -i oi.
per month and Mrs. M. E. \\ :mu k.
with five children applied for $1 >
per month.
The board of school director- ap-
I proved the applic itio: - and ; -ked
that the pension- he giv?n
A protest war 'iVi 1 by son ct: 1 s
over fifty of the leading citizet - ol
M 5narnwKHHfc®«
That the passtflg year has been
one of increased prosperity. We e.\=
tend our cordia! season's greeting and
it is our wish that the cowing year of
1914 may bring to you a full measure
of afJ the good things that you are
seeking for.
We thank you tor the patronage
you have accorded our bank during
the past year. We uant to continue
to merit your business and during the
coming year our efforts will be di=
rected toward giving you even better
accommodations and financial help.
Yours for a
iperous
New Year
The Farmers State
Guaranty
Lexington; Oklahoma
Chan. Pctn. M. 8S. Mortficutt, Cashier
tivf. K. L. Castile and (' C. Baily;
Negative. Luther Smith and Attor-
ney Welch. The decision was
given the affirmative.
Vandeaver-Rigg
Mr. Will Vandeaver of near No-
ble ti in! Miss Edna I'igg of Pleas-
ant 1'lains. Arkansas, were married
December 2!>. 191S. at the home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mr-.
Charles Rig^. They left at once
for Oklahoma, and are now at home
on their farm six mile- east of No-
ble.
Mr. Vandeaver has grown to
manhood near Lexington and is
Lexington on t u
would establish l
The idea of the
that if the pen-
there would I
tiled from all part
The board of
fused to grai.t ti •
w d that
precedent.
Dtesf a ti tS
to seven feet. Tom says he
doesn't get too far away from
the stove, though, and has not
taken up with the idea much of
standing the "twenty-below"
weather—preferring to stay by
his Oklahoma habit. He is get-
ting along fine in a business way
and says his lumber company is
doing a good business.
Delightful Evening at Evans
Home
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ev-
ans entertained most delight-
fully N'evv Year's eve at their
pretty home in the north part
of the city honoring Miss Estel-
le Tuggle. who spent the holi-
days here from Chickasha
where she is attending college.
The home looked especially in-
viting. decorated in holiday
flower.^. Dainty refreshments
were served at 11 o'clock. Those
who enjoyed the pleasures of
the evening were the Misses
Pearl and Johnnie Whitsett,
Maud Northcutt, Marie Jarrett,
Georgia Whorton, Florence
Turk, Gladys Simpson, Anna
May Simpson, Lois and Mayme
Perkins, Haze! McBee. Willa
May and Estelle Tuggle, Mes-
srs. Irving Higbee, Fred Kemp,
Solon Turk, Emmett Tuggle, Ed
aid Chas. Blackwell, Clarence
Northcutt, Chester Garrett.
John H. Asbury, Oral McBee,
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Misses Simpson En'ertah
One of the most unique enter-
tainments of the seas''!' w- wit-
neseed Friday evening Jan irv 2n !
when seventeen li" e girl• -- -j
bier® with their dolls at the-iiacious [
and hospitable bene of t • little
Mi-ses Simpson' by invitation,
well and favorably known. I he , {vpii in honor t the "litt' M.--es
bride is an accomplished young! ^telle and Will i May Tuggle. All
lady that he niav well he proud of. j t!i;it goes to niake y ife 'PP>
was in evidence in t'le par! >r it the
ime. Some i t the n st
striking features of the evening
were, "liing Around tin R -y."
Party Honoring Lois Perkins
Mr. an i Mrs. Claude Perkins
entertained Satur i&y evening
iiQii'-ring Miss L :- Perki"-.
>gressive pitch was the game
f the evening after which re-
freshment- were served to the
Miss-- Hazel McB;?e, Constance
Thacker, Mayme Joe Ethridge,
Johnnie and Pearl Whitsett,
Thelma Marcutn, Will McFad-
den and Mayme Perkins, Mes-
srs. Bazzie Stev ens, Nigel Deni-
son. Chester Garrett, Irving ]
Higbee, Harry Carter, Adolph
Ille, Louis Corbett, Prof, and
Mrs. X. H. Edwards.
laying on the cot in the bed room
on the morning of the fire, while
Mr. Anholt was out feeding the
stock. She noticed the smoke
coming through crevices in the
wall and crawling to the kitchen
door, opened it and the smoko
burst out. She called "fire!" and
Mr. Anholt came running to the
house, but the flames had
spread over c'ne kitchen and be-
fore help could come the house
was enveloped in flames. They
were unable to save anything,
several very valuable heirlooms
and family relics being burned
up. The fire '? supposed to
have been caused from a defec-
ts e flue in tli • kitchen.
Mr. and Mrs. Anholt, who are
both well on towards eighty
vears of age, nave the sympathy
of all in thei'i disastrous mis-
fortune. At such a time in life
the loss of their homo is certj li-
ly regretable.
Drag Those Roads
Now is the time to get out and
drag those roads that have
been causing so much trouble of
late. The mud and rains have
worked the roads up to a depth
of from six to fifteen inches and
it" a drag is put on them NOW
you will see ,some good roads.
The rural carriers say the roads
need improving and they should
know. Don't wait until some-
body else commences work!
Commence at once. R. L. Car-
penter. living seven and throe
• uarter miles southeast of here,
iias good example by drag-
ging hi;- road and it is in fine
-hape. Follow his example a d
■<ut your road in as good shape,
thereby benefitting yourself
and everybody else.
Mrs. E. M. Abernathy return-
ed Sunday from a New Year's
visit with the Speic" family at
Kingfisher.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Vandeaver LV1IS jn evidence
gave a delightful dinner December | Simp:
31. in honor of the newly-weds.
We wisfi them a successful future
and "may every blessing (iod can
give he theirs.—A Friend.
Ben Ferreter Buys Restaurant
On Friday of last week a deal
was closed whereby Hen Ferreter
purchased the interest of ('. E.
I tanner in the Merchants Cafe, the
new owner taking charge at once.
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rat<-
Farm Loins
•-■iires.'-nt Bartlett Br<
■ill ( i" - i is"ph.
■ ;i o : • at, (tutlirie.
.. Land
' -souri
Lowest
"William Tremble Toe at I "i<on- s •
don Bridge." In the irenntine
punch was served in a ver • d«irate
manner from miniature punt i ups
and the little gue-t- were ti i ie to
rejoice at the bounteous amount of
striped apples an 1 peppermint
sticks. After the 'wee" guests hud]
frolicked for some two hours they
Ben is the pioneer restaurant man trooped into toe ?: an y g
here and has always "mode good" ' dining room where a tea party of j ■ •
at the.husine-s. We trust si„ cess J ranch *pd p*|trie out to resemble I
will continue with hln > j tigers, lions, goats etc., wttssei ed.j
At eleven o'clock they agai re-
Notice to i ax Payeis tired ti the iliuii ^ r !i v" ;er- de-j
I have the tax books for Lexing- licious hot choeo' itt ! d fruit ( ke
ton City. Lexington and Canadian was served.
to*'.nships. Vour taxe- will be- [hiring the ve ; [•
Or. H. H. Wynne. Gcu!i5':
Specialist of the eye. e ir, none
I throat, of Oklahoma City, will
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Saturih" Jan. 24. Tf -scientific
ipp!i ?• of lei.- - (glasses) to
the eye receives "■" 'i.ttention. One
each month, f.exing-
to 5 p. in.
I juice ti otticej of Dr.
[\ Th-i :<-r or i'alaee Drug Store
; jco or Baird's Drug Store
i in Hi.lv
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Security State Bank
LexinJtoin, Oklahoma
Securit) and Service Are Qual-
ities We Offer
come delinquent January tenth, and
"if not paid bv that date, eighteen i
percent penalty will be added.
Wm. Moutaw.
1 have bought i fawn-color ped-
igreed .Terse* bul to !>e at :ijy place
.siKjn. P. W. Booker.
awarded to Willo Mav Tuggle for
being the younge-t, N'aud N • -tli-
cutt the next youngest and Kstelle
Tuggle oddest dressed one.
(Special Bargain—Wacres >' lacd 1
see .1 F hboc'tlev. 1.1
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■ !r business wit • '.ve fed i Imt ai
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Your patronage
much appreciated We
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luring *tlie past
iuvit" ''on iu the
. ear has bee
coming ye
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Make Our Bank lour Bank ;
K. M. Abernathy, President
R. M. Evans, Cashier
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