The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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tiie lexington leader
VOLUME 26
LEXINGTON. CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10 1917
NUMBER 48
LEXINGTON'S BATHING POOL
DRAWING LARGE CROWDS
SKl.KCTI VK I>KUT
! l,OCAI< SIWT TEAM (IN HIKE TO
WASHITA
The examinations for the select-
The local hov scouts left Monday ive draft began In Norman Tuesday
. | accompanied by their scout maater,! morning at aeven o'clock and will
llev. Richards, on a hike to the 'continue cad, day until ail in the
Washita river They will camp near' 1 rlst cal liav.. been examined. About
i>aoli. This is the first liiks the liat' of ,lu' candidates have been ex-
The Lexington bathing pool was.t ^ ^ tobacco kovs have taken since organizing and ! amined up to the present time. Sev-
opened to bathers Monday u>rninc , • ^ whi,p Jn p()0, or bath no doubt it will be great help to them j eral of this number will probably be
and has been well occupied ever since | n | ^ furlhering thoir knowledge as to turned down on account of physical
"especially in the afternoons and ven- housfr allowed inside of inclos-j the dutv and life of scouts. The disability These will be re-examined
tags. Everyone is enjoying the sport. • without tickets or paid en- team is composed of some flften j by Dr J M Williams and In each
both the bat hern and onlokers a. nig | bright boys and thev are willing to case if his report corresponds with
well. The pool is proving to be tm . a„owed in ,)0ol un-1 work hard to become true boy scouts. I that i.r the examining doctors. Bobo
the greatest attraction in Lexiug-, >• f in vears except when j and McLaughlin, the candidates will
ton at present and is being patron-1der the ag ^ or (.hil,,er-j «oi xTy < oiNCIL OP \ati<>\ M.I. be ew Phy.ici returns on each
ized by a goodly number ot Lexttif, • P DKI KNSI-: | candidate are necessary before he
ton's citizens--both old and young, one. eg artmltted ,0 swim' 'can make claim for exemptions on
Bath houses, sidewalks, Hghts ana _ • _ m (() # a m each j wuh the ftW,roVnl ot the Council! other grounds than physical disal.il-
inclosing fence are being complete j |„r Defense of Oklahoma. Mrs. K \ . it.v. It is < stiinated that about «ev-
this week and improvements a,re be- N. ' e an0wed to sit on fence Foster, of Norman, has been appoint- enty-five percent will file exemption
ing rushed so as to have everything | ■ • i..~ ... Mt ilme ilin mninritv nil ffrmillds of
GOME TO LEXINGTON'S
CELEBRATION AUGUST 17 & 18
,"R anv time 'ed by tile Woman's Committee
iu readiness tor the for'"a_ °'H 9 N allowed in pool unlessIChairman of Cleveland county. Ther<
Friday and Saturday, August l<m *>" I .
and 18th—Picnic days.
j they wear an approved bathing suit-are several lines of work that
will
. „ hftthine suits have! 10. One hour constitutes a swim'come under the supervision or this
bee* placed for hire, should any onejwhen renting a bathing suit. |committee .such as preservation of
wish to bathe who has no suit. A
fee of twenty-five cents is being
claims, the majority on ground
dependent families
The following lioys from Lexing-
ton ami vicinity have heen exam-
charged to swim by the company,
where the suit is furnished and fif-
teen cents when you furnish your
suit. Season tickets axe being sold
for the reasonable price of $2.00
with the privilege to swim any time
and any length of time.
-- incil up to date*
11. No one allowed to use soap | foods, social work, child welfare with
or towels in pool. 1 many other things. An effort will) I-has. Mitllow
12. No swimming allowed on Sun- [ be made to enist the help of every | pendent parent
day from a. m. to 2 p. m. | woman in the county to make her
13 Not responsible for accidents.' feel that she Is an important factor
14 Not (responsible for vajluabfles j in the work in the I nited States.
unless left with manager. I "Never before.'' says Mr. Hoover,
15 Any vioateion of these rules^'bas the American woman faced the
will be considered sufficient cause opportunity and .responsibility tha*
Lexington, di
of the company.
are the Woman's Committei
\OTlCF. TO all womkn
and any length of time. , « ' * from entrance to the pool, are before her today." So let us think
Arthur Rresseau has "eenemp y , . admission to pool and act well. The Food Adminlstra-
«d by the Lexington Amusement com-j when bathlng sult „ ,i()„ is s(.nding out pledge cards thru
pany to act as ma ^e 9trlct in-! rented- 15c per hour when you furn- the postmasters for each woman to
at all times, and he has , it sign and retprri. You are urged to
atructions from the dlrtctors o . houses will be closed at be patriotic enough to sign and re-
tuat all rules are properly observed | 1. nights. turn these cards
ind carried out Mrs. Arthur Hrow .ui, ^ These rules may be changed it matters not where you live or
will act as manager of the Ladl®* I ny time by orfier of the president what your opportunities or conditions
bath house, having control of the j ' —
renting of the ladies suits.
The company is doing everything |
possible to make this a nice pleasure j
resort at all times, one that will be
indorsed by every live citizen of Lex-
ington and one that will draw visit-
ors to Lexington from all the sur-
rounding country and sister towns
A set of .rules and regulations have
been drawn up by the company and
have been posted in conspicuous
places at the pool. These rules are
all good ones and everyone should be
interested in seeing that they are
propery respected.
The Lexington Amusement Com-
pany respectfully invites all churches
to use the company's bathing pool
as a place to hold their baptising!.
The following rules have been
made up to date:
j John Washburn, Lexington phy-
sical disability.
Wm. Hughes. Lexington, wife
and child,
John Tarp, Lexington, wife.
WylieC. Merritt, Lexington, wife.
Murry Black, Lexington, physical
disubitiy
THi; I Ot KTII I'AVMI VI
The fourth payment of thirty per
uumuiia centum on Liberty Bonds purchased
wm ask Ion installments is due October 15th.
1NMII NiCKMKNT I.I'M'IIKON
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Marcum an-
nounced the engagement of their
(laughter. Miss Thelma, to Mr. Willis
I Morlcy of Oklahoma Ctiy, with an
I exquisite luncheon given at the home
i>f Mrs W. M Whitsett, Monday ev-
ening.
j The color scheme was yellow and
| white and was carried out iu the
menu as well as in the decorations-
The dining room table was espec-
ially attractive. The chandllier had
!a shade of natural yellow flowers,
J from which yellow streamers extend-
ed to each pace where the announce-
. ment cards were conceaed In yellow
daisies
Those present were the Misses
Thulnia Marcum. Maud JNiorthcutt.
Mayme Perkins. Elizabeth Keller,
i Johnie Whitsett, Ethlyno Marcum
and Willie Mae Tuggle, Mesdames
J Irvipg Higbee. H. II. Holmes and
Geo. II. I'erkins.
1. No loud, profane or vulgar la
guage allowed.
2. Anyone conducting his or her-
self in a manner not becoming to a
lady or gentleman shall be barred
from entrance to the pool.
3. No spitting iu the pool at any
AT THK METHODIST chvl'rch.
your loyal service and devotion. Tlier"
will be a meeting in the near future
with the c.omnlittee of men who
As chairman of the Woman's Com- have been appointed by the Govern-
mittee of National Defense Work in jor of the Council of Defense ot Cleve-
Cleveland county, I have been asked land county to elect officers and ap-
to urge the women to fill out the i point committees. Permanent offlc-
pledge cards and return them. 'Theirs will also be elected. A committee
Food Administration is sending them]from each town and community will
to every woman through the post-,be appointed in the early fall. There
masters This is a patriotic duty.! will be a registration of the women.
let's show our patriotism.—Mrs. E.jshe will be asked to state what ser-
Foster |vlce she <an Perform best, whether
- i in the kitchen, cooking, canning or j <,crniaii Atrocity In Kansas'.'
4\|> cvlikorma kail-j translating a foreign language It! it may be that German agents
i \nos is hoped the women of Cleveland ' were rot behind the selling of court-
ROAD titf. I . , . nlustpr contaiuinp tetanus germs in
Legas fight over land at last j county will do their part in helping ;'1{imsas and nlinois. The chances
nded Titles revested in the United , with the war —Contributed. seen, t0 |„, t)lat they were. Certain
• . „n(iB bv act of congress or- j it is that the government that, as
dered to be opened under homestead: |,,.xjnKtoii was visited by a «i«all 0^'"'nVlJluaa^1'*^'oVa^nd' and
laws for settlement and sale. I wo j |ooa] shower Wednesday marning northern France, pilaged homes and
alt- 111 . . 1 . .. *u: V . _. ..k!l.lp.in
The payments must be made on or be-
fore that date acording to the offcic-
lal statement of terms and conditions
of the sale of Liberty Loan bonds
issued by Secretary McAdoo of the
treaseury at the time subscripjtions
to the bonds were invited. Whether
the bonds were purchased front the
treasury or from the federal reserve
banks or thru other banks or agen-
cies it is important that these and
succeeding installments be paid
promptly
ltl<; COTTON CKOl*
Lexington is preparing to handle
1 the bumper cotton crop which will
• be harvested here this fall. lloth
1 Kins have been overhauled this suin-
i liter and are I11 a first class state of
repair, the machinery being placed in
tip top shape so that the farmers in
I the south end are assured of a good
I class of ginning.
| A large acreage has been planted
'in the south end and theyield will be
one of the largest in many years.
Cotton has the best prospects of any
one crop and it is sure to bring a big
price. Every farmer should prepare
to bring his cotton to Lexington this
fall.
Sunday School 9:45.
Preaching It a. ra.
tying."
Sight Reading class 7:1") p. ni.
Preaching at 8:15 P. m.
\V. J. Richardi, Pastor.
The Misses Anna and Mary San-
dusky, who have been attending
school at Edmond, have returned
home.
cum.
W. K. Breeding is having his build-
ing on Main street repainted this
week with red paint, trimming it
with yeilow,
million three hundred thousand acres 1 greatly
Containing some of the best timber
and agricultural lands left in the
,United (States. Large copyrighted
map showing land by township and
sections, laws covering same and de-
scription of soil, climate, rainfall
elevations, temperature, etc.. post
paid one dollar Grant Lands Loot-
ing Company. Portland. Oregon.
Mrs. Alvin Ba.rnett and children,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Barnett returned
Thursday from a weeks visit with
relatives in Rush Springs.
Miss Rtuh Conley returned Mon-
day from Purcell where she has been
visitisg relatives for several days.
\tuerica Had to Fight
••Submissione to the brute force of
Germany by France by Russia by
England in the last two years would
Drobably have ended the demotra-
cicw of the world; have put
^'-Senator r L. Owen before
the Senate, April 16, 19ii-
Meet your friends at Lexington
August l"th and 13th at the big
picnic. Thoy will sure be here.
T P Garrett sold his Chalmers au-
tomobile to Mr. Bart Bougher north
town thia week.
fci ruLi.v freshening up things t'rom | enslaved men, women and children,
the warm sun of the past several i will not hesitate to bring plague to
, .. „,in ... the citizens of America if they are
days. Heres hoping we will g \ to do it. There are no new at-
some more of the "wet goods" in rocjtjes for Germany to commit, none
the next few days. I they will not commit in America if
they ever reach our shores.
Miss Elizabeth Keller delightfully -
entertained a number of her friends! "■'• and Mrs. Fred Reynolds Miss
here Friday afternoon in honor of Florence Teel and Ed Crawley of
. „ , . ,1 Vivrman were here Sunday visiting
her guests, Misses Frema aud Arltue 1 .Mxrmau ei
, t i \ir and Mrs. I). N. Kotsenbocker.
Johnson of Norman. ! tlr- , .
.Miss Letie Kestenbader returned
I home with them and will visit a week
Plan now to attend Lexington's jn N-orma„
Big Annual celebratiou, August 17 j
and 18 Gearge Blackwell was a visitor to
. 77" , i Oklahoma City Saturday.
Is your paper paid up:
Mr. Robert Wynne and daughter,
Miss Bessie, visited Mr. Wynne's
brother Friday of last week.
Mrs Long of Ada visited her sister
Mrs. R. A. lsom several days the past
week
Free Toll Over the Big Bridge
To all Cleveland County Customers on
purchase of $10:00 more
Hart Schafiner & Marx suits and over-
coats for fall
Stetson Hats, Selz Shoes
1 * ' 14 MCC Gents' Furnishings,
\\ , W . J ;\ lN Purcell, Oklahoma
The Store For A/en And lioys
m/ffssw
START
BANK
At the Baptist Church
Suniisy School 10 A. M
Pr« ohiug 11:00 A.M.
B. Y. P. U. Meeting 7:45 P. M.
Preaching at 8:1 r p. tn.
Prayer Meeting W'ednesJa.v S ;t.m
Tiie W. M. U. will meet Thurs-
day at 2:.'!0 P. M
Kveryone is invited to he present
at all of these services.
Lee L. Reeves, Pastor.
Save It Now
Hundreds of thousands of acres of
corn in Oklahoma will not yield any-
thing at all to the planters unless it
is in the ofodder or ensiage that
can be obtained from it. It is im-
possible to overemphasize the im-
portance of saving every bit of this
feed.
After experimenting on the farms
of the Oklahoma A. & M. College,
President .1 W. Cantwell, who is also
a member ot the Okahoma tjtate
Counci of Defense, is advising that
farmers do not fail to fill all silos
in the country, even if they must
buy the corn. "Even at thsi late
date," declares Mr. Cantwell, "many
farmers can yet construct, pit silos
and fill them at a. profit. Lack of
sufficient forage in the drouth strick-
en regions makes it imperative that
this be done when possible. Full In-
structions for making pit silos can
be obtained Crom our county agents."
J. It Stogner and family, accom
panied by Mr. Stogner's father of
Texas motored down from Normau
Sunday and spent the day at the L.
K. Holloway home eaat of town
Lexington Kxpeets her BiggeM Crowd
Here and is Making Preparation.
I Everything is shaping itself exact-
ly right for the largest and best pic-
nic and celebration Lexington has ev-
er attempted and five thousand peo-
ple should be here to enjoy the speak-
ing and different attractions on the
17th and 18th o'f August, a week
from today and tomorrow. If you
miss this celebration you are missing
| one of the big events of the season,
j The two big days and nights will
: be full of fun. There will be some-
thing doing every minute and hour
| of the two days. Everybody will be
here on those big days, so you must
make arrangements to be here your-
self. Prominent speakers will ad-
dress the crowds on the leading ques-
tions of the times.
Judge J. L. A. Robertson will ad-
| dr> lit" people at 2:3C o'clock in
the City Park on Saturday of the pic-
! nic and Judge J. VV. Bartholomew
at :: .50 on F riday. IJon't fail to hear
i these men. they -vill Interest you.
| There will be games and sports.
Lexington will entertain the crowds
royally. The large and comfortable
bathing will be one of the leading at-
tractions of the celebration. Swim-
ming and diving contests have been
arranged for your amusement. Come
and enjoy a nice swim in this pool.
There will also be the usual attrac-
tions that are characteristic of good
old time celebrations, plenty of
shade, ice wate.r and red lemonade.
The Vanderslice Wild West Show
and the Faoklam Brothers pteani
Swing has been secured among the
big attractions for the picnic.
It is expected that great crowds
will be here during these days from
Norman, Noble, Purcell and all other
nearby towns- The picnic is being
advertised widey aud preparations
are being made to handle a. monster
crowd. The entire town is interest-
ed in this big free for all picnic and
we want you to come and have the
time of your life—both old and
young.
This will be one of the largest
eclehrations of the season and in the
history of Lexington. Fill up all the
baskets and come and eat and enjoy
the two big days and nights of solid
fun and amusement.
Chas. Todd of Purcell was a Lex-
ington visitor .Monday aud while here
gave our bathing ^pool the "once
over.'' declaring it to be a "dandy."
Mrs. F. P. Moseley returned Tues-
day from a few days visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Monroe Osborne, Mrs.
Moseley's little grand-daughter, Miss
Nancy Trant Osborne, returned home
with her and will visit here while
her mother is vistiing in Galveston
Miss Aline Collins entertained a
few of her friends with a slumber
Tuesday night. Those present were
the Misses Gladys Adams, Frances
Smith and Marguerite Denison.
Jim Baughman received word
Monday that his father, who is do-
ing some carpenter work in Kansas,
had the misfortune to fall Crom
scaffold and break his shoudder.
Miss Lila Yoho. who was operated
on for appendicitis last week, is re-
ported to be improving rapidly.
Miss Motolene Houston of Coweta
who has been attending school at
Edmond, spent the week end at the
1). N. Kestenbader home.
The water is fine. Come in to the
picnic next Friday and Saturday and
enpoy a swim. Plenty of room for
all.
Several of Lejtingtou's citizen*
have been enjoying fishing trips on
the Washita the past week, and some
cod luck has been reported
THROUGH all life's seven ages there
is the need of a hank account
hut not through all life's seven ages
will there he the chance to save. While
you can, start a Bank Account and
keep it alive.
FARMERS STATE GUARANTY BANK
Get \ our Bathing Suit
We have a lull line of
Boys' Ladies' and Gents' Bathing Suits
All Sizes and Styles, 50c antl I p
We Can Fit You
SHERMANS SHERMAN
Pure Drug Pharmacists
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Whitsett, Lee. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1917, newspaper, August 10, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110789/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.