The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
The Lexington Leader jj suiting sue
HAROLD H. KOYALTEY
Owner unci Editor
Entered at the postoffice at Lex-
ington, Okla., as Second-class mail
matter.
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By LESLIE SOMER8.
•++++++++++++++++++++++++
She ran down to the end of the
lane when she caught eight of the
little white mail cart coming up the
hill. The March air wbb fresh and
keen, with a hint of spring.
"Got a letter from New York state
for you, Sue," said the old mall car-
09 ! trier, comfortably
WILLOW MEW
The rain which fell Sunday was
very pleasing to the farmers of (his
vicinity.
H. Pruitt and wife spent Sunday
afternoon at the home of her par-
parents, J. L. Burns and wife. .
George State left Monday for
Lindsay where he will put in a
broom com crop.
Ilazel Lohden spent the week
end with Annie Sasser.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sue colored a little and laughed. , Hugh PayDe. fr0m Waf>> ngton
Ho jogged on along the country Oklahoma is visfting liis mother,
road, and Sue sat on the Btone wall Mrs. C. Payne this week.
ua KVhBnmai1 box \° r,ead heir letter- Mrs. Lydia Hollowell spent Sat-
It *as an answer to her advertise
ment. urday night and Sunday with her
"Dear Madam: "While 1 have not daughter, Mrs. Obe Coleman.
Visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis Cline Jr. Sunday after-
noon were the Misses. Myrtle and
Ceuiamac Wallace, Svilna Cline
had years of experience In farm work,
jl should like to apply 'or the position
you offer. Am fond of horses and all
animals, was brought up on a farm
The ColtowUg ac-acaacemeata ' and ca:i rssaajc azie tha size Qt yoars,
have been made subject to the ac- j I am sure, with profit to yourself. Am
tlcii of tho Deaiocjatte primary, twenty-seven, uiiiuarried, and so aux-
If you are tired, thirsty, or feel I Nancy Hall potato plants $2.00
1 weak, try a glass of Special ftrew per 1000: $9.00 for 5000 delivered.
Mr. bar! McDonald was a guest at nie's. Tomato plants, 25c per 100.
Emma,Hatfield.
August 8th, 1916.
RATE—$10.00 on all county of-
ficers except county welgrer and
commissioner, the rate on these two
being $5.00. All announcements
fees are payable strictly in advance
of publication. This rule will be ap-
plied to all impartially.
FOR SHERIFF:
Pre(i Amreln
Ira King.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE:
Geo. O. Burko
FOR COUNTY TREASURER:
Jim L. Corbett
Denver Runyan
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY:
Tom Cheatwood
Troy W. Griffin
FOR BOUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
W. It. Clark
Kate Harbour
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
H. O. Miller s
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
2nd District.
Sol Ward, (For re-election)
J. L. Sudderth.
FOR COUNTY CLERK:
V. T. (Boss) Lindsay,
j. E. Carrier
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR:
W. E. Barnard.
FOR STATE SENATOR, 19th Dist.
Jep Knight.
COUNTY WEIGHER:
W. L. Hartln
John W. Skinner of six one easi
authorizes vis to announce him as
candidase for County Commissione
of Cleveland County, District No. I
subject to the action of tlio Rcpub
lican primary August 1, 1910.
It is time all ti e candidates wen
putting their name before the vol
ers down here through the Leadei
announcement column. The peo
pie of this part of the county de
pend on the Leader to know tlx
claims of all the candidates, liet
ier come in. The time is ripe.
It is a very unappreciative person
who will not respect the property oi
other persons or public property
It would be a very deplorable stab
of affairs to have to make regula
tions against the mutilation of tin
benches in the park.
Ed Low is building a squirrel
cage for the park. Hope we won'
have to cage some of those win
frequent the park on account o
rudeness or disorderly conduct. Wi
havn't started a zoo yet.
Hay and Hogs
The hay crop is now being har-
vested and the hav is plentiful ant
of first class quality, and is bring
ing at fair price.
With the marketing of the hay
crop the first money of the season's
farming begins to come in.
Hogs are at a good price, tin
market ranging at about nine cents
The hay and hogs makes every-
body fee! good.
Mrs. Wynne's Brother Beat*
Mrs. E. W. Wynne was called to
Jamesport, Missouri last week on
account of the serious illness of a
brother. She arrived at his bed
side just a few minutes before he
died. He was conscious and was
able to talk to her. then closed hi.'
eyes and peacefully passed away
The many friends of Mrs. Wynm
here extend sympathy in her houi
of sadness.
Those specials for Saturday, Mav
20th quoted by E. I.. McElderry
in these columns are below present
wholesale cost. It's your opportu
nity to gave from 00c to $1.00.
ious to shake the dust of the city off
my heels and hit green fields again
that I'd walk from here to Spring Val-
ley if you say the word.
"Hopefully yours,
"BART WILLIS."
"I think you're taking a fearful risk
on your shoulders, Sue," her mother
said after she had heard the letter.
"You could hire the farm work done
"I won't do that this year, mother
dear. Last spring we tried it, and It
was a perfect frost."
Accordingly, Spring Valley had a
thrill the end of the week when a tall,
determined-looking young man swung
off the early boat train with a suit-
case and asked the way to the Loomis
farm.
Old Mrs. Loomis saw him from the
sitting-room window and went out to
greet him. As she said later to Sue,
she Just couldn't help taking to him
right away.
"You'll have to suit Sue more than
me," said Mrs. Loomis. "I'm sure I
like the look of you real well."
Suiting Sue was a curious occupa-
tion, Bart found out. She liked him
at first sight, the same as her mother
had, but she had no intention of let-
ting him know the fact.
The first day of his Rrrtva! she i«d
his &!' eve: the ucied. II-o
found that day by day she was beside
him when he least expected to see
her, advising, correcting and consult-
ing with him.
"You see, I love the land and I want
to build it up," she told him. "Father
just took and took from it year after
year and wondered why it didn't
bear for hjm, but I'm running it dif-
ferently. I never liked tho house,
though. It's so bare and lonesome
looking." ,
"Perhaps toward fall there'll be time
to do something with it," Bart said.
"Ycu can do wonders with cement
and paint and ideas."
"But—" Sue hesitated. "I thought
.—you only said you'd stay until the
summer's wortf was done."
"1 like It here," the city boy an-
swered briefly, lifting his head to the
sun and air and beauty of it all like
the horses, Bess and Ready, out in the
pasture. "I'll stay as long as I suit
you, Miss Loomis."
Under his care the old farm seemed
to put forth its very best efforts to
(make good. There had never been
|such a garden crop, even Mrs. Loomis
said.
"Don't it seem good to have a man
ground?" Mrs. Loomis said to her one
early morning as Sue cooked break-
fast. "It'll be right lonesome when !
ne's gone."
Her own heart echoed the words, j
but Sue laughed. Wasn't she the man j
around the place? They wouldn't need {
any assistant manager after the crops
were harvested and fall had come.
She hurried out of doors and down j
the lane with food for the turkeys, j
and met him half way with the milk !
pails.
"The land glows this morning, ;
doesn't it?" he called to her happily, j
"I was slow because 1 went over to j
look at tho lower meadows. Wish
you'd forget about your hay down j
there next year and t've mo those
lush fields for prize cattle. I'd start \
with six and buy more land as we ]
needed it. Don't you want to take on
a partner, Su§?"
Ho spoke her name unthinkingly,
quite as If he were accustomed to it,
and Sue was silent, looking away from
him at tho stretch of home acres.
"It's sucl) a bully little place if it's
treated right. I've been planning
some new tilings for next year—"
Sue looked up at him quickly, her
•yes full of surprised acknowledgment
of what his words meant to her.
"I thought Bure you'd go to the
dairy farm. They want you and they
can pay four times as much as I can
down there."
"No, they can't Sue." His voice
lowered until It seemed to her the
whole world must h«ld Its breath to
catch what he was" telling her. "I
*ant to go shares on the farm here
with you. I've got some money saved,
enough to put into the place and stock
it up right for us. And I want you,
too. I won't take the farm without
you." %
"Mother's waiting for the milk for
her breakfast, and I forgot all about
It," she faltered. ' Oh, Bart, some-
body'll see you from 'he road."
But Bart never appeared even to re-
member the road. There was Just the
lane in its dew-drenched sweetness
and the fragrance next to them, and
Sue held close in his arms.
(Copyright, y the M< i lure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
Callie" Umphfres and S. D. Worn-
ack and wife.
Mr. Burnett of, Tishomingo spent
a few days of last week with his
uncle, Mr. Ben Burke.
Obe Coleman was a business vis-
itor at Purcell Saturday.
J. P. Palmer and wife were
pleasant callers at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Holiowell Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Y. Umphfres visited her
mother Mrs. Walls, last week.
Annie Sasser was a guest of
Hazel Lohden Saturday night.
Visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Cline Sr. last week were
Mrs. J. Hatfield. J. Carrier and wife,
Charley McKamey, Norman Brodie
of Banner and Ben Petty of Nor-
man. *
Elmer Carrier and wife enter-
tained a number of young people
of Miss Cora Gowan Sunday
Mrs. Maude McCanon of Shaw-
nee visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Bird Ward last week.
The close of the Willow View
term of school is at hand and we
are all very sorry indeed as it iTas
been one successful ferm of school.
Walter Cheatwood and wife were
pleasant visitors at the Mr. Cline
home Sunday evening.
Arthur Burns is on the sick list
this week.
Rev. Carson delivered an excell-
ent ' sermon Sunday evening at
Willow View. He had a large
congregation.
Eugene Carrier visited William
Upten Suadaj- ccenfng.
Prayer meeting every Sunday
night at Willow View. Everyone
invited.
Garrett Plant Co.
BOYS—We will pay 2 cents for' 2w.36 Wayne, Oklahoma,
soda bottles. Robt. Evans and wife and Ewing
L. ILLE. ! Abernathy, of the Security State
j Bank were in attendance at the
Earl Simpson of Norman was in I Banker,s Convention in Oklahoma
town Friday visiting friends here, j City, Wednesday.
PURE HOG LARD
CRAWFORD Phone 81
Saturday night. A large crowd
was present and all report a fine
time.
.Mios. "GtKie .SJeKaiaej from
Tribbey spent Thursday with Miss
Saturday, May 20th, we will give
you some genuine specials. Here
they are: Misses tan and white
slippers up to size 2. for only 75c.
Women's tan low cut shoes at only
$1.00. They are all good quality
and did sell as high as $4.00.
E. L. McElderry, Purcell.
Rev. S, B. Wilkerson held last
week a series of meetings at the
Baptist church in the Franklin
neighborhood. He reports good
meetings.
Remember this is the last week
of Joe Schwartz' Administrator's
Sale, Purcell.
Mrs. Abernathy was a business
visitor in Norman Wednesday.
Saturday and Monday
5c per dozen above the market
price for eggs. Rucker's, Purcell.
BUGGIES BUGGIES BUGGIES
We have a nice iine of buggies and would be pleased to have
you call and inspect same. A Hercules buggy and a set of our
shop made harness will make a lasting combination and the price
is right.
FLY NET TIME
We have a largs stock of fly nets to select from, get a net to-
day and protect your horse. $1.25 and up.
HORTTOR BROTHERS
Buggies, harness and repairing,
Ladies vests each at only 3 l-2c.
Rucker's, Purcell.
Have you takftn the idv.'ir?1igp of
Joe Schwartz' Sale in Purcell. This
is the last week.
MRS. £. A. DENISON
Successor to S. S. Denison.
FIRE and TORNADO INSURANCE
FARM LOANS and REAL ESTATE
Office ia old Picture Gallery Building.
NOTARY PUBLIC
In the May Number
Of the Magazine Section of
Lexington Leader
Will appear several features that will be a real treat to the readier of this paper
"The Laws of The Nation That Was"
By J. Berry King, of Talequah
The'Cherokee story by Mr; King
is only one of the few features that
will illuminate the pages of this
big Oklahoma magazine. If you
are not a subscriber to this paper,
send us the subscription price $1.00
per year and receive a first class
county paper and the Magazine
Section. •
A wonderfully interesting and Fascinating
article tracing the historv of the laws and tradi-
tions of the Cherokee Indians, Mr. King has
spent several months digging through the ar-
chives in the old Cherokee capital at* Tahlequah
and will present the readers of this magazine
with some of the interesting history of our own
state that thousands of our people did know.
Mr. King is one of the most brilliant writers in
the state and his article on the Cherokee laws is
so comprehensive that it will be a permanent
feature of Oklahoma history.
Almost one hundred years ago the Chero-
kee Indians, highly civilized and a competent
people, operated a constitutional government
with a code of laws and a system of courts that
favorably compared with the modern courts of
the American states. Our government is but
nine years old. The Cherokee government was
in operation three quarters of a century before
our time. You will want to know the intimate
history of our own state.
One of the purposes of the Mag-
azine Section is to collect and pre-
serve for the furture the early his-
tory of Oklahoma. The article of
Mr. King will be authoritative his-
tory one hundred year from now.
The Magazine section can be se-
cured only in conjunction with this
paper. Every subscriber the Lex-
ington Leader receives the Magazine
Section free of charge.
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