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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 23
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1914
NUMBER 2g
KALPA COURT
MEETS HERE
Have An Interesting Trial
Monday Night At Methodist
Church
I Garrett, Arthur Sherman and
, John G. Hardie and the attor-
I neys proceeded with their argu-
i ments. Both sides made able
and eloquent speeches and held
the jury "spell bound" for over
an hour. Bailiff Cecil Faull
then conducted the jury to the
jury room and after 5 minutes
deliberation they returned into
court and Foreman E. W. Wynne
announced that a verdict had
been reached. Clerk Fielding
Winton read the verdict, "Not
Guilty," and congratulations to
The Kalpa Court of the Kalpa
club of Purcell held one of their
much talked of mock trials here
Monday evening at the Metho-
dist church before a crowd, -
which filled the church to over- both sides followed.
flowing. The club which is! The meetmg then adjourned,
LTTde yrir—U>,e Kalpa Co.nt ,e„ in their
L
showing and all who attended
heartily enjoyed the program of
the evening.
After an introduction by Rev.
Isaac Armstrong of the Metho-
ds church. K3v. A. J. French,
coming work and especially
"trials."
Visitors from Purcell and oth-
er members of the club present
were: Montgomery Stitt, Har-
old Realty, B. C. Clark, Matt
'hard times."
ET us pause fn llfe'B pleasure and
count Ita many tears.
While wo all sorrow with the
poor;
There's a song that will Unger for-
ever In our ears,
'Tis hard times, eupi# ugain no more.
CHOitUb.
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary.
Hard times, hard times, corne again no
more;
Many days you have lingered around my
cabin door,
Oh, hard times, come again no more!
While we seek mirth and beauty and mu-
sic light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the
door
Though their voices are slisnt. their plead-
ing looks will say:
Hard times, come again no more.
There's a pale, drooping maiden who tolls
her life away
With a worn heart whose better days
are o'er.
Though her voice would be merry, tis
sighing all the day:
Oh, hard times, come again no more!
Tis a sigh that Is wafted across the troifc
bled wave;
Tis a wail that Is heard upon the shore.
'Tis a dirge that is murmured around th«
lowly grave:
Oli hard times, come again no more.
—Unidentified.
A
popping corn.
NP thai* they Ml -P0P£iM corn.
Jiihn BUM ami Susan ruttor;
TROUSDALE ITEMS
The fine rain put the ground in
1 u!.t0a; „ ' good conditon for a good crop this
John Utiles as fat as any ox. and Susan *
editor of the McClain county Robertson, Rev. Holcomb, the
ITcws gave a review of the work
being done by the club, com-
mending them in the highest
terms, .assuring them before
Lexington citizens that the peo-
ple of Purcell were pleased by
Misses Josephine Gillette, Grace
Vaden, Alma Faull, Grace New-
born, Lotis Myer, Jimmie Cal-
houn.
A Child Shall Lead Them.
During an Episcopal couven-
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their efforts to bring recogni-, ^on jn p>os^on one 0f the bishops
tion to themselves and to their
fat as butter, . ^ .
And th-re they «at and shelled tha earn ..... fnlnmnn and children
ai. l r.iked and stirred the Are, marJ coleman alio tnuutui
And t iik' I f different kln.1 of . ars and ()j (\,nvon CitV. Colorado, are vis-! John
llltched thflr chairs up tdnher. «
lting her parents J. W . Redwine and
THEN Susan she the popper shook, and
John he shook the popper, ( Iie.
Tin both their faces grew as rwi us sauce Oscar Catledge and family of |
pans made of copper. | . . . . .
And tli- n they shelled and popped and CjuUIo COlint.v are VlSltlllg relatl\eS
at oil kinds of fun a-poking, . , . nnnillllin:iv
And h" haw-hawed at her remarks and in till, t Olllllllllilt\ .
she laughed at his joking j Conkling of Ilelsel went to
\ nd still they popped, and still thoy Tecumseh this week after gome
pe,T' ,uhn's mouU' w"" "ke " ',01, nursery stock.
And Sirred the lire, anil sprinkled salt. p ^ Adams and W. F. Hayiies
an I > hook and Bhook the poppe r.
The elm !, struck nine, and then struck transacted business
ten. and still the corn kept popplnK
It Kir It 1',,-n r.tl'M' k tw. IV.-. an! 1 UCMl IV -
• Btiu no aiifu of BtoppinK , J, B. Boeck is enlarging his her-
\ N John he ate, and Susan thought ,.y patch and nl.-0 Setting Out a lot
A Ih.. ,-nrn did non and patter, ' .
more fruit trees.
OLD CITIZEN
PASSES AWAY
Wesley Nesbitt Died
Tuesday At The Age
Of 68 Years
and patter,
Till John cried out. "The corns aftre
Why, Su m, wluit'a the matter?"
Said si. "Jnlin Stiles. It's one o'clock:
you'll die of Indigestion!
I'm Blcli of nil this popping c-<y-n: wh>
don't yoj pop the question?"
—UrildHritincfi
BASEBALL
ANOTHER
BIG SHOWER
First Game of The Season orountl Is Now Thoroughly
Was Played Last
Week
town.
Following Mr.
French's talk
had an experience he will long
remember. He was a portly
1UUU,1,"6 * *v;—'' man, weighing over 300 pounds.
Mr. Gains Mitchell, High Shei iIT cjne afternoon while walking
of the Court, opened the comt j trough Boston common he sat
and the trial calendar was read,; down on one of the benches to
one or two cases continued and ],eg^ when he attempted to get
when the case of the State of i up he failed in the effort. He
Oklahoma vs. G. \\. W inton ^rJed again and ^failed. About
charged with the murder of J
L. Hendrick was called, both
sides announced themselves as
ready for trial of the case. The
alleged murder was committed
in the city of Peth on November
17th, 1913. The plea of the de-
fendant's counsel was self-de-
fense—that Mr. Winton fired
upon the deceased only in pro-
tection of his own life. Eight
shots were fired—the weak point
of a witness for the defense be-
ing the Statement that the de-
fendant used a "six-shooter."
The state attempted to show
that Mr. Winton was the at-
tacking party and had made
threats, previous to the killing,
upon the life of the deceased.
Attorneys Roy Glasgow and
David C. Stephenson were coun-
sel for Mr. Winton while W. A.
Wilcoxsen and Gerald Calhoun
were the state's attorneys. The
witnesses examined were the oklahoma and he is well pleased
High Sheriti (Gains Mitchell), t.he country.
Rastus Riley (Raymond Clem-:
ent), City Marshal (Albert Dr h jj Wynne, Oculist
Hacker), and an employee of During the balance of March
the Peth \\ holes ile Grocery (S. ajj Qf April my office in Ok-
M. McCuiston), witnesses to the lahoma City win be closed while
killing- I am in attendance upon the eye
this time a little girl, poorly
clad, came along and was at-
tracted by the struggle of the
bishop. Stepping up to him she
said;
"Don't you want me to give
you a lift?"
The bishop gazed at her in
amazement and exclamed:
"Why, you can't help me. You
are too little."
"No I am not," she replied. "I
have helped my papa get up a
great many times when he was
drunker than you are."—Homi-
I letic Review.
Lewie Matthews of South
J Bend, Intl., arrived Wednesday
to visit his sister, Mrs. L. B.
j Higbee indefinitely. This is the
' first time they have seen each
! other in thirty years and so are
enjoying the visit doubly. It is
also Mr. Matthews first visit to
The baseball season was opened
in Lexington Friday afternoon when
the team made up of a combination
of the Seniors—Commercials and
ophomores of the high school was
defeated by the talent furnished by
the Freshmen and Grades by n score
of 7 to (5. The game demonstrated
the fact that there is much available
material for a strong high school
team and in all probablity an organ-
ization -ill beperf ted and a sclie-
■\> arr;,n_ • The gam* Friday
lasted only five innings but was full
of some stellar hatting and fielding
both teams. The lineup was as
follows: Sen—Com—Sophs—pitch-
er G. Merritt; catcher,C. Merrit;Jim
Soaked And Prospects
Good
Tuesday evening the news went
round that John Wesley Nesbitt, an
old time citizen of Oklahoma had
died a) 5:15 p. m. after a long ill-
ness. Mr. Nesbitt was one of the
,'1U" real pioneers in Oklahoma having
,(xiii{,ti>n coule j() jjie Chickasaw country
j more than forty-two years ago when
few whtie men lived within the bor-
ders of the present state.
Mr. Nesbitt was born March 19,
1840, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
from which place he moved with
his parents to Table Rock, Neb-
raska. where lie remained until lie
was '25 years old. See the oppor-
tunities in the cattle business he
came to the Indian Territory and
"• -• , 'followed the business until 1907 ai
transacted business at Lexington tilne jle moved to Lexington
Carl Green attended the I. 0. O.
F. lodge at Box this week and re-
ports that the boys there are doing,
good work.
J. E. Queen, Will Sylor and Sy
Williams are sawing lumber near
Asher now,
F. Carnutt and Dexter Wright
Another Big Spring Rain
Another one of those big spring
rains fell Sunday evening and tin-
week has been made up of some
very peasant spring weather.
Reports coming from all over the
countyjto show the Sunday night
rain to have been general a nil the
farmers are in very high spirits over
crop prospects. The outlook now
could not be better. The general
conditions are much better than
_ ..esdu.
W. M. Simerath and his father,
who have been prospecting in Colo-
rado returned Thursday stating that
opportunities were monopolized
there even greater than here.
Mrs. Carnutt is on the sick list.
J. I!. Wood has purchased a
young team of mules.
J. W. McElroy and wife visited
J. B. Boeck and family Saturday.
Several new • subscribers have
been added to the telephone line.
last veaf and an altogether promises 'Tuesday ori bu iiu---
with his family.
For the past few years Mr. Nes-
bitt has been in poor health and in
1911 made a trip to Colorado in
hope of finding relief. However
his health continued poor and his
illness ended in deatn on the last
day of last month.
Funeral services were held at the
home at '2:30 p. m. on April 1, be-
ing conducted by Rev. Isaac Arm-
strong. The body was then interred
in the Lexington cemetery.
Mr. Nesbitt leaves a wife, a
brother and other relatives to
mourn hi- lo-~. The Leader joins
with his many friend- in extending
for a bountiful yield tire flattering
The rain commenced falling here
Sunday evening about 8:30 o'clock
and continued in a downpour for
c. v.. - | two hours. The rain was accompan
Gray. 1st base; Carter. 2nd base; | ied by hail and a little wind, but
shortstop, P. Merritt; Elliott, 3rd j a very little damage is reported,
base; E. Gray, left field; Stevens;! All the small creeks were lilled
center field; Simpson, right field, I to over flowing. Trees are leafing
for the Fresh—tirades—Nemecek. {out f.i.-i an 1 (hi- week has certainly
catcher; Center, Corbett, pitchers; | established the fact that spring i-
lst base, Center; Higbee, 2nd base; j here.
Conkling, 8rd base; Northcutt; left]
field, Robinson; center field, Isom, j Spring Hill
Everybody come to the
per Friday night at Sprin
Judge McClain then read the
courts instruction to the jury—
E. W. Wynne, Rev. Isaac Arm-
strong, J. C. Crossman, N. E.
Edwards, Everett Sherman, Geo.
Blackwell, Herbert Wright, Jas.
Gray, Rollie Mitchell, Chester
and ear hospitals of New York,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. My
next visit to Lexington and
Purcell will be during early
May. See my card.
E. A. Denison for insurance, adv
Henderson Items
A nice rain fell in this vicinity
last Sunday night.
G. B. Lawson went to Henderson | sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
CARD OF THANKS
Words are inadequate to express
my heartfelt gratitude to the many
kind friends who so willingly as-
sisted me in the dark and trying
hours of the last sickness and death
of my dear husband.
Mrs. J. W. Nesbitt.
Breeding; j
right field. Baxter. Hill
acted as umpire his work as an arbi-
trator showed that, with more exper-
ience. he would fill that capacity
very creditably in P>ig League
games. The score by innings.
R H E
Grades—Fresh 300 31—• 5 3
Sen—Com—Soph 120 30—(I 5 4
brings jm''-
The hail storm Monday night
did quite a good deal of naniage to
gardens. «
Mrs. Elmer Clauneh is very sick
this week.
Farmers in this community are
77 , getting anxious for it to quit rain-
A wedding, which this paper fall . ^ ^ ^ ^ p,ant com
ed to chronicle and for which we ^ an(, wifg flnd Fran(,eg
here make apolgies, was celebrated ^ Newville visited at the
February '24tl, when Miss Ellen I ^ gundav
Josephine Daily and Mr. William Sudderth and family were
Mitchell Bridwell were united I t(I o{ Lnthur Waddle Sundny.
marriage at Purcffl, Father Van ™
Wees officiating. Both of the coiv
H. P. Sasser and Claude Hamilton
were visitors of Henderson Satuidas
night.
H. F. Williams and W. E. Sand-
ers visited Wild Cat School House
lest Friday, it was the Classing of
Mr. Stogners School.
Henderson vs. Trousdale will
play baseball at Henderson Satur-
day.
C. 1'eed and Tom Sutterfield
were visitors of H. I'. Williams
Sunday.
Bill Brown was a visitor of N<>r-
pie sup-j man Srtuaday and Sunday.
Hill and
L. (■ Pantier, Doctor of Dental
surgery. Office over the postollice
Phone 2-S(i, Purcell, Oklahoma.
Res Phone 129. nriv
W. T. Scott, J. H. Baughmari
and Tom Scott have been busy
this week remodeling and painting
Mrs. M. E. McFadden's house. It
will look like a new house when
they get through.
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accommodations and good service csnsi.-tent with s:ifet} and
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trading parties have a host of warm
friends here, the groom having
grown to manhood near Lexington.
He is now in the employee of the
Santa Fe railroad at Purcell.
His bride came to Purcell some
five years ago from Chicago and is
one of ti e charming young ladies
of that city.
We extend congratulations to
Mr. and Mrs. Bridwell and wife
all kinds of prosperity.
Kev. Bean pfeaches at Spring
Hill Saturday. Saturday night and
Sunday, April 4 and 5.
Miss Martha Taylor called on hei
Millinery that meets the require-
ments of good taste at Mrs. Ellon's.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thai k our friends
mil neighbors who so kindly as-
-i-ited us dtiriiu the illness and
leath of our beloved husband and
! father, and espei ially do we wish
to thank the L'-xtngton high school
tor the beautiful flowers.
Mrs. A. E. McColloch.
Ruby McColloch.
George and Cerry Roach of Al-
leny. Texas, vi-ited this week with
J. C. Dowdy and J. B. Threat.
Fr- d Amrein was here Tuesday
shaking hands with his many
friends. He says he is meeting
with much encouragement in his
race for sheriff.—Cleveland County
Enterprise.
Smartest and most exclusive
millinery at prices most reasonable
at Mrs. Elkin's.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Blackwell of
Lexington spent Sunday with Mr.
sistqr Mrs. Paden in Purcell Satur- and Mrs. A. J. Thompson Sunday
day and Sunday.
Miss Marie Jarrett of Lexington
was the guest of Mrs. llardwick
Saturday and Sunday.
Tom Caskey and family visited
his son at Wanette from Friday un-
til Sunday.
assortment of garden seeds
in bulk or package. Tom Keller's
(iroctrv. Phone
Farm Loans
1 represent Bartlett Bros., Land
! & Loan Co., of .St. Joseph. Missouri
Somebody borrowedjny post hu- Branch office at (iiithrie. Lowest
rates and best terms.
adv E. A. Denison
A Borrowed Post Auger
ger and if they will please return it
I will gladly lend it to them when
I get through with it.—W. K.
Breeding.
See the moving pictures at ILick-
ler's Theatre everv Tuesday, Thurs-
day and Saturday evening.
| FARMERS STATE GUARANTY BAM |
jgj Chfti. Greemore, Prpjident. M- B- Northcutt, ( nshlet
For Sale: Oats and corn for cash
I or on time. See \\ . II. P. Irud-
'urcell.
Mules For Sale,
One four year old mare mule,
weighs S00 pounds, not fit for ship- g< °"'
ping but fine for farm use. Cheap-j q00(] gecon(i hand buggy and
est mule in this countrv. See Leo-1 y00(l second hand harness for $30.
pold llle or T. H. Glenn. —W. K. Breeding.
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E. M. Abernathy, President R. M. l.vans, C.asliier @
Security State Bank
Lexington, Oklahoma
Security and Service Are the Qual-
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If you are depositing your money here and transact-
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and you may be assured of our friendly considerations at
all times. . .
Your patronage during the past year has been very
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