The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 27
LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, AUG. 30. 1918
NUMBER 51
WHERE OUR SERVICE TO
FARMERS ENDS
With your financial matters in the care of this strang hand, your mind will be
left freer to attend to the details of your work on the farm.
Do not feel that our service ends when we have received and paid out your mon
ney it has just begun. It ends only when we have given you our best service
and advice in all matters that will keep your crops moving rapidly and smoothly.
Security State Bank
Mrs. E. M. ABERNATHY Pres. M. R. NORTHCUTT, Cashier
LAST CHANCE
TO RENEW SUBS.
There are only five days left in
which to renew your subscription
to the Leader before we raise the
price to $1.50 per year.
Next Friday morning, September
6th the prices of subscription will
be as follows:
In The County
One year
Six months
Three months n
Out Ok County
\)ne year
Six months
Three months
$1.50
.85
.45
$2.00
1.25
.75
SCHOOL OPENS
WITH 228 PUPILS
FORTY=THREE
REGISTERED
s
Monday morning the Lexington
schools opened for the 1918-19 term
with an enrollment of 228 pupils in
all grades, and Prof. Jeter, superin-
tendent, reports that if j^lie first
weeks work by the scholars could
be considered as an index to the j June.
entire term, that this school year$ Ar g00n ag tbeep r))en re(urn U)e
questionnaires with which they
are; have been supplied, they will he
Perry R. Jeter, superintendent;!^. given physical examination and
Forty-three 21-yeaFold men were
registered last Saturday with the
county draft board. This was a
larger number than the officials
were expecting from this county,
since there were 190 enrolled in
will be a most successful one.
The teachers for the term
Hill Sold Cotton
Monday at $32.45
Cameron, principal; Mrs. Jeter.Mrs.
R. A. Franks Mrs. C.E. vr>rtlir-:tt,
Misses Johnie Whitsett, Leota Wil-
liams, May Holloway and Winnie
Sudderth.
The enrollment by grades is as
follows:
Primary 26, second 25, third 17,
classified.
"onxydj the.se registrable will be
called until September, according
to a statement of Ed P. Ingle,clerk
of the board. The total number of
registrants in Cleveland county Sat-
urday was almost half as many as
were registered in Oklahoma county
28. eighth 24, ninth 13, tenth
eleventh none, twelvth 20.
10,
J. M. Hill, one of our good farm-
ers, was in town Monday with a
bale of cotton which he sold for
$32.45 per hundred pounds. The
bale and the seed liked only a very
few cents of bringing him $200.00.
Mr. Hill says that he has sold i Somewhere in France.
many bales of cotton in his life but > August 6th, 1918,
never before had he received such a ■ Dear Parents:—This leaves me
Got Sea Sick But
Feeling Fine Now
price.
E. C. Mathis, formerly a rural
mail carrier from this post office,
but resigned to enter the service of
Uncle Sam at Dorr Field, Ala., was
here on furlough the first of this
week visiting home folks and friends
THIRTY-FOUR
CENT COTTON
Frank Claunch. local cotton buy-
for the J. II. Loftin Gin Co., of
this city, this week paid Torn
Hooper thirty-four cents per pound
for a bate of cotton. Mr. Hoojfer
had an extra large bale anil it
brought him considerable over
$200.00.
fourth 24, fifth 24, sixth 15, seventh j on the same day, as only 110 regis-
tered with the boards of that coun-
ty. I hose who registered from
south Cleveland were:
James Adams, Lexington.
VV ade E. Biack, Noble.
John T. Cheatwood, Trousdale.
George H. Coffey, Noble.
Marsha) Coleman, Lexington.
Sterling H. Curry, Wanette.
Charlie Davis. Lexington.
Lewis A. Dermid, Lexington.
Robert M. Fowler, Tribbey.
Ross Frazier, Lexington.
Martin L. Garrett. Lexington.
Archie F. Goode, Jr. Leitington.
Shelvey O. Hudgens, Lexington.
John Jameson, Lexington.
John D. Menasco, Wanette.
I Ion R. Treat. Lexington.
Jess Thompson, Lexington.
Jewel Umpbres, Lexington.
Jesse J. Wheeler, Lexington.
145 MEN GO TO
CAMP PIKE, ARK.
The 1 -1 •") men who were called to
training camii from Cleveland
county, left Wednesday evening on
Sanfa Fe train No. 412 for Camp
Pike, Ark.
All the men reported to the draft
board at Norman and were checked
out before train time Wednesday
evening.
Following, we give a list of those
from this section of the county:
Lexington
Conrad Nathan Baxter
George Blevens ,
Shirb Couch
Charlie Cronan
Pete Marion Crane
Earnest Elliot
George Elmer Gay
Elvin Lawrence Hitchcock
Carl Joseph llle
Ray Kelley
Arthur R, McReynolds
Andrew Harvey Mayberry
Bartley John Scott
Causby Ernest Strong
Reuben Albert Stewart
Tommie Curtis fhompson
Alexander Vinton Thompson
Sam I). Womack
Thomas Jefferson Williams
Ewing Bilan Abernathy.
Noble
Ervin Rider
John Slager
James Vertree Smith
Ceal Wilmoth
Lee Martin Witt
Homer Black
Chas. Holmes Baldridge
Claud Haden Coker
Joe Doussett
Clare>.v" Edward Davis
Walter F. Fanagan
Wilhelm Jahn
Henry Heartful Ketner
Tony Lee Monico
Hugh Hunter.
Other Points
Carl Byrely, Joseph Cobb, Henry
Cobb, Verty Ulmont Taylor, all of
Tribbey, Okla. Lester L.
Eastman
Kodaks
Summer is now in its
prime. These are ideal
days for kodaking. A
summer vacation cannot
be complete without an EASTMAN. VVe have them
in all the different sizes and styles. Films and other
supplies. See them on display in our store.
Ask Your Doctor
About our prescription department. Fresh, depend-
able drugs and reasonable prices justisy us in inviting
you to let us be your druggists.
Palace Drug Store
SHERMAN & SHERMAN
Pure Drug Pharmacists
METHODISTS IN
NEW CHURCH
I he Methodist church building
in this city has now been complet-
ed and the first service was held in
it last Sunday morning at eleven.
The building is one of best small
church buildings in the state, be-
ing constructed of brick, and the
NO CORN CROP IN
GOODOL' MISSOU
interior of the building is beauti- i all kinds of
J. A. Blackburn of Malta Bend,
Mo., wos here the first of this week
looking after business interests. He
stated that the stat of Missouri had
failed to make a corn crop this
year, and that taden as a whole
they had made a tetotal failure on
fully finished in the
modern style.
atest and most
Thanks Voters
I wish to thank the voters of this
commissioners district for the liber-
al support accorded me in the re-
cent primary. I owe my nomina-
tion to you, and as I have no oppo-
sition whatever, I will say that
when I take sea' your commission-
er, you will find me watching after
your interests to the best of my
I'avne, | ability. Very truly yours,
corops except wheat
which was fairly good.
He stated that the Lexington
country had the best crops that he
had seen this side of Kansas City.
JUST AMERICAN
lAlex; Earl N. McDaniel. John
j Thomas Lurry and Roy Jefferson J
Martin of Trousdale; Jesse T. Hen-1
' :y of Wanette.
j The rest of the contingent is
| made up from Norman and Moore
| principally, with a few from scat-
I tering points.
J. D. ANDERSON.
T, J. Oliver is this week doing
some repairing and otherwise im-
proving the appearance of his
country home. Oliver says he is
going to live right up at the head
of "G" street from now on.
feeling fine and enjoying life. We
was ... from the time we
left camp until we got here, and be-
lieve me, we sure saw lots of things
that'I never saw before. This sure,
is a pretty country, They raise al-l
most everything we raise, and lots
ofthines we don't. Tate, Petty1
and I are still togather and we have'
just come from dinner, so you see
I am feeling line. Had some good
beans, corn, beef and hot coffee. I
sure got sea-sick. I was sick four
days and "throwed-up" everything!
1 had eaten for a month. It took
us - - - - to cross the pond.
I saw some fish that looked to be
as big as old Jude. You should
seo the windmills; they sure are
different from ours. Most
wear wooden shoes with
Just today we chanced to meet—■
Down upon the crowded street;
And 1 wondered whence he came,
What was once his nation's name.
So I asked him, "Tell me true,
Are you Pole or Russian Jew,
English, Scotch, Italian, Russian,
Belgian, Spanish, Swiss, Moravian,
Dutch or Greek or Scandinavian."
Then he raised his head on high.
And he gave me this reply:
"What 1 was it naught to me,
In this laud of Liberty.
In my soul as man to man,
I am just American."
—Author Unknown.
Wagons only
ork two horses
Keep Kool
Wearing apparel. We have a new lot. of
Shirts, Collars, Ties, Underwear, Hats,
Hosiery, Hose Supporters, Pants, Belts,
Suspenders, Shoes and Low Quarters
The Quality is Here—The Price is Right
J. C. DOWDY
Ge.fi tis' l~urn!shings
in the soles. The
two wheels and the <
to them—one right ii front of the
other, 1 have ' a pocket full of
money, and yet, don't know how
people; much I have got. Some of it has
hob-nails' holes in it. All I know about it is
_■ j lhat five francs make one dollar. I
I can't understand one word that the
j French say, and when 1 go to town
' I can't tell them what I want. We
I traveled - - - in a box oar af-
| ter. we got here. The cars over
here are about half
care. Never saw a submarine all
the way. Tell everybody to write
to me, and write with pin and ink.
Every Check a Valuable Receipt
The business man, the professional man, the stock man and the farmer
all pav their bills by check, thereby getting a complete receipt and es-
tablishing a standing with the public in general that is not done when
paying cash. Shis bank will appreciate your account, whether large or
small, and will gladly furnish you with a check book. Join our list of
satisfied customers now. WATCH this SPACE NEXT week.
The Farmer's State Guaranty Bank
CHAS. (iREEMORE. Pres.
R. M. EVANS, Cashier.
R. A. FRANKS, Assistant Cashier.
large as our Closed Good Meeting
unarm* u i "
Rev. Early Arceneaux, who
| been conducting a 'three
has
Mrs. Strong Dead.
Aftrr
illness
Higbee Volunteered
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xtendmg over Last week wo stilted that our
weeks several weeks, Mrs. G. C. Strong, good friend Joe Higbee had been
wife of Private G. C. Strong, who called into the carpenter and ship-
is stationed at Camp Travis,Texas, building service of Uncle Sam. In
died Wednesday rooming at the this we were wrong. He volun-
meeting twelve had entered that home of Mr. Strong's parents, Mr. teered his service and was sent to
Answer soon. " "| Church by Baptism and nine by ' and Mr«. H. B. Strong of this city. Camp Logan-Colo., and assigned
Private SKTH PERCY j confession. He promised the The remains were shipped toj*° ''ie Quartermasters corps. He
Co. H. 1:! 1 M 6. Bu Ithe church that he would return the home of her parents in Texas, l'a(i l)reviousl'V volunteered his ser-
American Expd. Forces. j next August an.I conduct another and will be buried there ; vice to the shipbuilding department
Don't be uneasy about me for I
think these "Dutchmans" are a|. J meeting here for the Church of
J most harmless. I don't think they Christ, closed the meeting Sunday
can last much longer, since Com-1 night. He stated that during the
jpany It came across. 1 have no' ,hat
; meeting for thein.
was in town the |
week and paid Frank Davis was in
this office a pleasant call. Wl, k #nd ,„lle(J (]
L. K. Holloway
latter part of last
town coie day
n the Leader.
• but had not been called for that
j' service. Mr Higbee is consider-
J. I). Dunn was in town last Sat- able over 50 years of age, and is
urday ami called and renewed his very anxious to get a chance "««;it
subscription for another year. a Hun."
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Little, Ed F. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1918, newspaper, August 30, 1918; Lexington, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110843/m1/1/: accessed April 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.