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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
VOLUME 23
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNT V. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER, 11 1914
NUMBER 52
COTTON GROWER MUST j e<i toward getting the crop out ot
<JIVK HELP field and put in such form as can
i best be handled as a basis of cred-
Uankers anil Merchants Cannot it. The First step obliviously was
Meet the Crop Crisis ! to arouse the state to the danger
Alone confronting it. This was done. The
| next step was to secure, if possible,
By Elmer E Brown uniformity of action through organ-
J Secretary Oklahoma City Chamber
of Commerce
I do not believe tl e cotton situa-
ization. Little has been accomp-
lished aolng that line. No concert-
ed action has been taken. No pro-
ation can be saved by the bankers j gress has been made in the effort
and merchants alone. The brunt \ to secure cooperative action, or a
of the fight must fall upon the uniformity in the methods
growers. Every grower must do all; The e should have been by this
in his ipoWer to hold cotton off the time a warehouse receipt prepared
market. Many of the landlords can j and approved by the attorney gen-
hold their part of the crop without j eral's office, and there sould have
aid, and so can some of the tenn- been a determined movement in
ants. They should not think of | fuu swjllg t0 gather information as
marketing for awhile, and the land ; to how best to store cotton aud how
ordg who are able to do so ought to manage a warehouse in the sef-
to plan to aid their tennants to hold es(; Jln(j ulOHt economical manner,
theirs also, even if only for the sel- j Although little expense would have
s reason that by holding botlu! been entailed, it needed the service
off the market a better price will of a body already organized to
e 0 tamed for al . take hold of it, for time is precious
If the landlords, the retail mer .jn th<s battle, and it takes time to
c ants, the jobbers and the bankers form a uew organization. It was
work in harmony in an earnest ef h0pe(j that the state board of ag-
ort to establish a fair price for j rlculture would grasp the oppor
cotton it can be done. But to ex-! tunity to lead Mie farming commuilk
pect the bankers or the merchants,, lty in the movement.
or even the two classes combined .It wa„ such all opp„rtunity for
to accomplish that result is folly performing a meritorious service
The farmers are not as helpless as for the state as does not cW to
many people imagne. Many of auci, anorganizat.ion once in a life-
then, have heretofore held their time There is still (imo to pick
cotton when there was a prospect llp tha looso eml(J ot tho work al.
foi an advance in price. A. con.- reac]y started over the state by un-
certed effor to secure their co-oper- or1;anil!0(i effort. It iB ,loped they
ation will bring a powerful stimu- will at once un(]orfake to bring into
'ant to bear upon cotton prices. , arderljr and Uom*nioUB action the
Again attention is called to the muas 0f unorganized work now in
necessity on the part of the farm-1 progre8B irl Lhe state. ft is the
ers who must have help for put-!only opportunity to effect an or-
tng their crop in shape so that the ganization that can hope for bene-
merchants and bankers can aid flcial r0sultst
them. Cotton as security is value-i
less while in the field, except for
loans from the local bankers oir * TROUSDALE, *
merchants. If the merchants ;or j Cotton picking is progressing,
bankers undertake to pass notes witu no market for the cotton-
backed by such security along to 8tlch ia ,proaperity.
the eastern jobbers they get turned j. R Woodi who llas heen visit.
down at once. | jng hig da„giiter at Wapanucka,
The cotton must be picked, ginn- returned Thursday reporting crops
ed and stored in a warehouse, or in .good but times hard.
some safe and well known place, cftrl Greeu marketed a fine hog
such as a compress with a well at Lexington which netted him
known reputation, approved by the over thirty dollarg.
merchants or banks from which aid Mrg A williams is very sick of
is expected. In many cases com- stomac)l trouble.
press receipts will be as as good as g r R Mc.Cuan finished putting
warehouse receipts, but if ware- up hi(j crop of altalfa He expe(,ts
THE REST
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WK HAVK A RIRTHRAY
aoiidated with that of (kt Tjtdw
!with This .ss^TT. I,en<ler Con,.; "T „ChaDgUd ,0
Pletes .he Twenty.,hird Year Lexington Leader," as suc-
of Its Publication ™**0T t0 b°tU Publications.
j Now we have not planned as
elaborate celebration for our birth
day—in fact none at all—but wo
are going to take this occasion to
thank our patrons for their past
liberal patronage, and extend to
thi-m a most cordial invitation for
a continuation the same. *
We are in no manner going to
attempt apology for any of our
past efforts to give a good paper lo
our readers, for we have the satis-
faction of knowing that we have al-
ways, done our best, and that is
all we can ever do.
We congratulate ourselves on
our good fortune of having the op-
portunity of being able to live and
«1ork among the goor people of
Lexington and Cleveland County,
and hope that the paper will con
tinue in the good favor of the
people in coming years.
We have a birthday.
[ The next issue of the Leader will
be the first of its twenty-fourth
year.
Although a birthday is a regular
annual occurrence, it is also an oc
easion. It is a place to bring one-
self up to and stop for a time and
survey (the past and contemplate
the future. It Is a mile post by
which we measure time.
Looking back at the line of mile
posts past, we see quite a bit of
interest. While we cannot give in
detail, a history of the Leader for
past years of its existence, we will
give a few facts concerning it
In 1891 Captain Covington came
to Lexington, and, realizing the
need of a newspaper, launched The
Cleveland County Leader only a
short time after the opening of Ok-
lahoma to settlement. The publi-
cation prospered under the manage-
ment of this pioneer in the field of
journalism for three years when he
sold it to Colonel Laney of Missouri
who continued in prosperity for a
number of years selling to Ed
Stevens, who after several years,
pas^d it on to .1. D. Lydick.
Mr. Lydick formed a partner-
ship with Charlie Coombs, who in
turn assumed the entire control for
something like a year.
Farewell party for Mrs. E. J.
Keller.
Mesdames Evnns, Abernathy and
Hardie gave a delightful party at
the home of Mrs. Evans Thursday
afternoon as :i farewell to Mrs. E.
J. Keller, who leaves soon for Nor-
man. The guests spent the after-
noon playing games and at five
o'clock delicious refreshments were
S. W. Hutchins was next in thefserved. Those present were Mes-
line of newspaper men who helped dames William Ward, R. 0. Smith
—- Donaha*
QMt
in Cleveland Plain Dsjlar.
BOUND OVER TO COURT
| that they had better not comg fur
and immediately upon re-
EUa Carr and S*un Mitchell. | ceipt of tha- word. Messrs. PicK-
> iarged With . Wholesale ard and Barker went after them,
Chicken Stealing Put I catching fliem > bed and conttecai-
n $!!0° Boaa | ing their guns before they had an
~ j opportunity to use them. The of-
I he whole community of neigh-1 fleers are after other members of
horbood eighteen miles northeast of! the gang and propose to break it
\Jr rm; n -1 nH ™ c , , I
house facilities can be secured, cot-
ton should be stored in bonded and
insured warehouses. An import-
ant part in this contest is to pro-
vide a standard form of security,
such as a standard form of ware-
house recejpt, in order to make
them acceptable to eastern bankers
as securty for loans.
The task, of providing warehouse''
is as much the farmers as the
bankers or merchants. The obliga-
tion to use hands, his brains, and
his credit to provide' facilities for
the storage is as great upon the
farmer as upon the other classes.
It is for the benefit of the grower
mainly that the warehouse is pro-
vided. In many cases farmers can
contribute cash and in other cases,
another good crop this year
A, P. Baxter and daughter,
Myrtle, accompanied by Carl
Green, attended court, at Norman
Friday.
J. B. )Boeck, who has had a boil
on his eye for the past two weeks
haB the pleasure of reading and
writing again.
H. H. Limke hauled a load of
apples to Chickasha, Tuesday.
T. G. Hart was a pleasant caller
at J. B. Boeck's Tuesday.
J. P, Carnett and A. Sigerson
each took a load of apples to Lind
say this week.
0, H. Keene and George Beck
are prospecting near Sayre.
J. M. McPherson returned from
trip to his farms near Earls-
n k.' n (i i u ii i ;•> i(ii hi.-i iicaii uni in
labor. But whether in cash or in boro where he prepared twenty five
labor cotton farmers should liolp aoreg ot Und for wheR(
to the extent of their ability. i
This cotton question is the tnost! xh0 open seagou for paying sub_
important the people of Oklahoma „crip,tion8 lB here! The Loader la
have ever had placed before them j twenty_thr{,e years old today. C5ive
It is no time to discuss either the it a b)rthday . rememberance bv
Norman, and many from Oklahoma
county, crowded Judge Linton's
court Monday, tha occasion being
the preliminary hearing of Elza
Carr and Sam Mitchel', charged
with wholesale stealing of chickens.
Owing to crowd the hearing was
adjourned . to the district court
room, and much interest was mani-
fested. Cdunty Attorney Grigsby
and J. B. Dudley represented the
prosecution while J. M. Gresham
looked after the interest of the de
fendants. Mr. Greham put up a
good fight, but could not make
Justice Linton take his view oi' tne
case and the defendants were held
in $500^ bond eacl: to appear in
district court, whicn they gave and
were released.
Nearly every spectator at the
trial had lost many chickens by the
raids of the thieves and feeling was
very strong against the defendants,
for the gang had created a reign of
terror in that community. Not only-
had they made the wholesale 3teal
in'g of chickens their business, but
had given it out that they could
"get" anyone molesting them. It
is sa!d that the farmers of the
up completely.—Norman Transcript
but
H E L S E L L
Well, we missed last week
here we come again.
Lots of sickness in the country
now.
The little baby girl of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Mosley is improving
nicely now.
Little Jason Kelley has been on
the sick list the past week.
Mrs. J. J. Kelley has been on the
sick list the past week,
Linnie Arnold is on the sick list
this writing.
Jack and Rollen and Russell
Arnold started to school at Lexing-
ton Monday.
Meeting began Tuesday night at
the new Baptist church, which has
been constructed in the past
make the history of the Leader.
Mr. J. O. Fox purchased from
Mr. Hutchins, and continued the
paper through several years of its
accustomed prosperity, in his turn
selling to Messrs. D. C. Jenks and
J. G. Hardie. Last June the inter-
est of Mr. Jenks was purchased by
the (present owner.
We would, for the sake of the
old residents, like to be able to give
some account of the past publishers
since they have left our town but
with the exception of a few that is
impossible.
J. D. Lydick has become one of I
of the prominest lawyers of the
I state and resides at Shawnee.
Mr. J. O. Fox is now publishing
j the Cleveland County Enterprise at j
Norman.
Mr. Jenks is engaged in the
| newspaper business at Mount Calm,
Texas.
As we look back over the files we
have of the paper, we are impressed
with the lives of those who have
blazed the way from the pioneer
days. We live with them, ill our
imagination, those strenuous times
from the opening of the territory,
on down through statehood, rejoic-
ing with them in their prosperity
and sharing with them their trials
and tribulations during the lean
years, and all times fighting with
them their good and winning fight
J. P, Perkins, John Wright, W. R.
Ferguson, Robert Isoiri. W. M. Mar-
cum, John Kemp, Fred Kemp, P.J.
Stovall, Herman Turk, Chas, Lis-
sauer, Perry Istom, Claude Perkins,
Tom Keller, William Partridge, L.
T. Cooki Elizabeth Denison; the
Misse^ Johnnie and Pearl Whitsett.,
Maud Northcutt, Thelma Marcmu,
Evelyn and If-Wence Turk, A1 lie
Breeding, Goofgia Whorton, Blanche
Holland, Elizabeth Keller,
past or the future. The present
! paying that subscription. Do it
looms up so big and momenl.us i now
that it should bring jut tiie pat-!
riotism of the \ hole peaipl.i ip an |
effort, to save the cotton crop. i 0L"'y u,at impulse! Subscribe
My entire effort has heen direct-j £or the Leader.
Never Behind §
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|ton, Okla. Deposits Guai
Capital and Surplus, $18,000
The bank of the Farmer, by the Farmer,
and for the Farmer
few days,
Science Sschool house
Dennis Cole and family went to
Willow View Sunday.
Ray Kelley and Opal Newton vis-
ited at the Arnold home Sunday.
Mrs T. W. Garrison has bought
a new piano.
Jack Daney and son Dennis re-
urned last week from a trip
the southern part of the
just _ _ _
short, distance north of ^0I* right and for the good of,
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neighborhood have lost $2,000
worth of poultry, single raids some-' rhrou-d
times netting the thieves as much atate
as ,,.10(1, so they had made up their Harvey Daney attended singing
rrnnds to stop it even if they had, at Davig Suruiay.
Lexington and Cleveland County • '
While we are personally acquaint-
ed with but very few of our
predecessors, we have due respect I
respect for all of those who helped I
the bring the Leadpr up through j
all the past years.
Back a few years ago the Cleve-1
land County header was opposed in
Its sedate and serene career, for a
, portion of its business by one of |
it« erstwhile publiher, who, having:
. |8old the paper, launched a new
mi take the law into their own j Miss Nettie Stevens was visitingi enterprise known as "You-All's!
'•■ns. t is said since the arrest j at GarriBOn home Sunday. j Doi'ns". But the Leader survived
ol these men some weeks ago the i j the newer publication, which died'
thie"ing has.almost entirely stopp- „ , . . .. !
e(] Read every advertisement in the
Tilm. _ | Neader and patronize the men whoj
these are the man arrested by ...
simriff . r. , „ appreciate your business.
sneiiH Pickard and Deputy Barker j-
some weeks ago. The gang had the ,
gall to send word to the officers Leader—Three months for 25c
in its infancy, the plant belnt; con-j
Glenwood Fruit Farm
Every year the food value of
apples becomes better known,
and housekeepres are becom-
ing aquainted with their med-
dical value, a knowledge that
is not to be despised.
An old physician says if he
could feed apples the year
around he could raise children
who would take every prize of-
fered for physical development.
With the apples he would feed
them bread (cornbread or gra-
ham flour) with plenty of
butter and all the milk they
could drink.
Apple Pudding
One and one half cupfuls of
flour, one small teaspoonful of
soda, two small teaspoofuls of
cream of tartar, one one table-
spoonful of sugar a pint of
salt, one egg and three tea-
spoonfuls of butter. Mix the
butter with the dry ingredients,
beat egg and mix with enough
milk to make stiff baiter.
Line a deep plate with this
pastry then cutand slice eight-
een Jonathan apples sprinkle
with sugar, a little salt, cin-
namon to taste and add hits
of butter. As for pie, lay
dough over apples. Bake
thirty minutes. Serve with a
sauce.
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M. R. Northcutt, Cashier (§)
At Raird's you cam see and buy tlie
rea! Shida Baskets
u n oomplofce ftflnortment of brown, maroon and broazo. Tliene
l>H8kofcft wore made iu Japan and wo were Inoliy vn buying our nfcock
before the proHont war ntartod Price* liavo gone ap ovar 200 per oent
on theae basket** and.they are praot.ioally unobtainable. Our pnoe
remain* the name—35c to $i.<>0 The asso.-tinent in made up of
Sandwich, bread and work (oombination) fruit and
ntork banket. (Jome over aud h h them—wo have
other intoreating novelties
Baird's Store
Purcell, Oklahoma ^
Dollars Have Wing's
It has been aptly said that "Dollars have wings."
It must be true. They get away so easily that it is
hard to keep them with us long.
The very best cage for the flighty dollar is a good,
reliable bank, like ours, where they will be safely
housed and are subject to release only on your per-
sonal cheek. It's the safe, modern, successful way.
If you ha\e not already adopted this plan, we invite
you to open an account with us, no matter how small
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