The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 170, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 26, 1917 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
I ins public who have means to give,
and a few families have been offend-
; id by thrusting charity upon them
vhen not needed. Rely upon the Pro-
I vident Association to do your work,
and when their work is not satisfac-
tory discharge them. They will al-
i >vays be ready to resign without
written notice. Be loyal to your pub-
Entered as second-class matter j lie servants who act in this capacity
January 17, 1914, at the Postoffice at for you, without money and without
Norman, Oklahoma, under the Act of i.rice 1, I EDWARDS
March S, 1879.
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Issued Daily Except Sunday.
Published by the Transcript-Enter-
prise Publishing Company.
J. J. Rurke, Managing Editor.
J. O. Fox, Business Manager
SOCIETY
Ry Ress McMillan
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Chairman, Provident Assn.
Daily Subscription Rates
Mail Subscriptions, year 00
Mail Subscription*. 6 mo. 1.50
Mail Subscriptions, 1 mo.. .25
By Carrier, per annum 2.50
By Carrier, per week .05
J. F. Jarrell Here
THE PROVIDENT
ASSOCIATION"
J. F. Jarrell, special representative
of the United States Food Adminis-
tration, was a Norman visitor Wed-
nesday, in conference most of the day
with Floyd E. Miller, who is in charge
of publicity matters for the State
Food Administrator's office.
"Mr. Hoover's organization is mak-
ing steady progress with its work, but
Normar. has an organized Provi- there sti" is much to be done," Mr.
dent Association, composed of a re- Jarrell said. "People generally are
preventative selected by each church i w>H>nK to Jo their part to help win
-who act voluntarily and do the best the war- The biR j°b ia to present
they can t seek, and to find, the. real- the subject of food conservation to
ly needy poor in all parts of the city. them in sucl> manner that they will
They work all the year round, and do proceed further to conserve. Many
not begin just before Christmas. The f°"<s seem to be strong for conserva-
poor need food and clothing in sum- tion—for the other fellow. For in-
mer time as well as in winter stance, the restaurant in Norman at
weather. which I had my dinner did not observe
No one serves on this committee wheatless day. I spoke to the pro-
who desires to do so. Only through a prietor about it. He said he believed
ense of duty do they work; and yet 'n a wheatless day, but hadn't got
a well organized charity association, around to putting it into effect. How-
v.ell managed, i., almost a necessity in ever, these difficulties soon will be
any community, and Norman is no J overcome. Dr. Brooks' organization
exception to the rule, and we always 's putting on an effective campaign,
have a few who are worthy of help, It will bring results."
through no fault of their own. Mis-' Mr. Jarrell's job in time of peace
fortune is liable to overtake any fam- ls general publicity agent of the
ily in the changing panorama of life. Santa Fe railroad, and editor of the
The sun does not always shine every Earth, the company's paper. The
where, every day. - Santa Fe loaned him to Mr. Hoover
Help the Provident Association to help in the government's publicity
help the poor, is worthy of all, but for campaign.
the benefit of succesfully keeping in
touch with all the poor in our city do —Mrs. Jim Stogner and her three
not bestow charity promiscuously. It little girls, Edna, I.oretta and Ruth,
needs systematic giving. There are left today for Robinson, Okla., to
thorns among the roses and a few.are , visit Mrs. Stogner's parents, Mr. and
inclined to impose upon an unthink- Mrs. John Wilson.
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Miss Florence Fnrman is spending
the holidays in Oklahoma City, the
guest of Mrs. Otis C. Thompson.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Bobo of Okla-
homa City are spending the holidays
| with Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bobo and Mr.
; Van Camp.
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Mrs. John Taylor had as her din-
! ner guests oil Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs,
H. P. Alden, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Tay-
j lor, Mr. R. C. Berry and Miss Heleii
j Berry and Miss Yetta Alden.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Burke had Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. H. Burke ind Miss
Agatha and Miss Edna Foster as
their guests at a 6 o'clock dinner
Christmas evening.
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Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Martin of
Kansas City, Mo., are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Dellinger. Mrs.
Martin and Mrs. Dellinger are sisters.
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The R. D. C. club gave th 'ir an-
nual dance Saturday evening, Dec-
ember 22, at the Varsity Hall. Christ-
mas decorations were used through-
out the hall and also on the programs.
Chaperoning the party was Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. McClure, Mr. and Mrs
Muldrow, Mr and M:s. Dellinger ami
Mrs. Patterson of Purcell. The guests
were Misses Margrete Pendleton,
Mary Lou Patterson, Dilce Norman,
Kathryn Bowden and Lela Hope of
Purcell; Messrs Joe Bell and Emmett
Strother of Purcell; Mr. Ted Colbert
of Tishomingo; Mr Duvall Harrell of
Jones; Messrs Arthur Fur, Mack
Shead, Byron Van Camp, Archie Se-
v.ell, Frank Starkie, Wayne Rucker,
Bill Adkins, Tom Taylor, Ed. John-
son, Okla Bobo, Fat Tactic, Charlie
Wilkey and Ray Dellinger.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Kimberlin had
as their dinner guests Tuesday Mr.
Public Sale
I will sell at public auction at my farm one mile west and one mile
south of Norman, one-half mile west of State University, on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27th, 1917
Sale to begin at 10 o'clock, the following" described property:
SERVICE
GARAGE
115 S. Peters Avenue
Day Phone 49 Night Phone 273
Gas, 3ils, Storage and Supplies
WE ARE EQUIPPING FOR THE WILLARD BAT-
TERY SERVICE.
BATTERIES RECHARGED, OVERHAULED AND
REBUILT.
Inspection Free
OUR MECHANICS ARE THE VERY BEST THAT WE
CAN SECURE.
Phillips & Fraysher
Proprietors
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HORSES AND MULES
One bay mare, < years old, weight aTiout 1500.
One black mare, I years old, weight about 1400.
One gray mare, 6 years old. weight about 1450.
'One gray mare, •"> years old, weight about 1 100.
One gray mare, I years old, weight about 1500.
The.se are all extra good mares and are in
foal by m.v exceptionally Rood jack.
One gra.\ gelding, ."> yrs. old, weight about 1600.
One black Percheron stallion, 5 years old,
weight 1600.
Two good yearling filly colts.
One yearling horse colt.
Two yearling mule colts.
Two spring mule colts.
HOGS
Forty-five shoals weighing about 70 pounds.
Five brood sows.
One registered Chester White brood sow.
One registered Chester White male.
CHICKENS
One bundled chickens.
•Fifty W hite Leghorns.
HARNESS
Five sets of leather work harness.
One single harness.
One saddle.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
Two ,'1-section harrows.
One John Deere 2-row lister disc cultivator.
One 2-row I\ & O. cultivator.
One P. & O. 2-row stalk cutter.
One P. & (). 2-row corn and cotton planter with
checkrow and l(iO rods of wire.
One John Deere disc cultivator.
One Sattlev 6-shovel cultivator.
One La Crosse 6-shovel cultivator with surface
attachment.
One La Crosse disc harrow—16x16.
One La Crosse gang plow, 14-inch.
One La Crosse sulkey plow, 16-inch.
One La Crosse 14-in. walking plow.
One Deering mower, 6-ft. cut.
One Deering hay rack.
One Deering grain binder, 6-ft. cut with truck.
One P. & O. potato digger.
One King grain drill.
One fanning mill.
One cider press.
One 2-hole corn sheller.
One International feed grinder.
One 6-horse Monitor gas engine.
Two grain King scooping boards.
One high wheel wagon, 3'<-in.
One low-wheel wagon.
One P. & O. iron wheel wagon.
One grind stone.
One 1-horse cultivator.
One swill cart.
One De Laval No. 15 cream separator.
One Helle City incubator.
All implements as good as new.
Some household good and other articles too Mesdames Tom Clements, Key Boyd
nd Mrs. Black, Mr. and Mrs. C
Black and children, Misses Lyla and
Early Black and Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
thur Lewis and children.
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Mr. and Mrs. Glen Clark and chil-
dren of Ada are spending the holidays
with Mrs. Clark's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Gorton.
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Misses Mary Lou Patterson and
Kathryn Bowden of Purcell are the
guests of Miss Mattie Muldrow.
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Mises Dilce Norman and Leta Hope
are up from Purcell the guests of Miss
Mable Harrington.
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The S. T. C. club will give their
annual dance at the Varsity Hall,
Friday evening. December 28.
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Mrs. John Taylor had as her din-
ner guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Berry, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Haylor,
j Mr. R. C. Berry and Miss Helen Ber-
j ry.
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Misses Emelyn and Nannie Miller
were OklaTioma City visitors Satur-
j day.
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Mr. E. L. Cralle entertained with
j an elaborate dinner followed by a
| smoker, Saturday evening, honoring
Mr. David R. Boyd of New Mexico.
His guests were Dr. Boyd, Prof.
Reeves, Dean Holmberg, Dean Gittin-
ger, Dean Buchanan, Prof. Paxton,
Prof. Shannon, J. J. Burke and L. J.
Edwards.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wantland and
children are here from Edmond to
spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Lindsey.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Hardie had Mr.
and Mrs. James McDaniel as their
dinner guests Wednesday.
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The Bible Study club met at the |
| home of Mrs. John Hardie Friday. A |
| large number attended and a splendid
j meeting is reported.
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| The Bide a Wee club met Thurs-
j day at the home of Mrs. Ira Wheeler.
| The early part of the afternoon was
spent in knitting. A delightful piano
solo was given by Mrs. Dave Ince and
j an interesting reading by Mrs, John
Barbour, after which the club's
| Christmas box was opened. A lunch
was served to the club members and
AUTO OWNERS!
If you will see me at once you can arrange with me to get
your AUTO tires and accessories at wholesale cost. I can
save you from 25 percent to 40 percent on any and all kinds
of tires and accessories.
THE MID-WEST TIRE & ACCESSORY CO.
L. D. WYATT
District Agent, over Farmers' National Bank.
Mr. L. C. Snyder of Bartlesville l —Milton Meyer is the owner of a
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C, W. ' new Oldsmobile "Chummy", which
Shannon and family this week-end. ! be purchased from the local agents
c ,rT i . . . i some days ago.
—Scrviccs will be held every night j
this week at the Nazerene church by ;
Rev. F. B. Owen. All arc cordially in-
vited.
—Mrs. Elmer Haynes and children, I
Edna and Vernon, are spending the,
week visiting friends and relatives'
here. Mrs. Haynes lives in Oklahoma
City, and is enrolled in the Carver
Chiropractic college at that p!ac \
—Reports from the Gorton home,
where Mrs. Gorton's father, Mr. S.
M. Moore, is lying, recovering from
the effects of his accident some days
ago, state that he is resting easy and
doing quite as well as could be ex-
pected. He is still confined to his
bed, however, the dislocated bones in
his hip not seeming to knit as well as
hoped for. Many of his old friends
and neighbors visited him on Christ-
mas giving him their sympathy and
best wishes for his recovery.
numerous to mention.
TERMS: All sums of $10 and under, cash; all sums over $10 a credit of 10 months' time will
it given, purchaser giving approved notes bearing 10 percent interest from date. Five percent
Jisrount for cash on sums over $10. No property to be removed until settled for. Notes to be ap-
proved b\ First National Hank of Norman.
LUNCH ON THE GROUNDS
HENRY J. SCHMITT, OWNER
COL. G. I). GRAVES, Auctioneer.
J. C. RODGERS, Clerk.
Emery Stubbeman and Miss Ogden.
(The next meeting will be with Mrs.
! Brawley on December 27.
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The "Congenial Club" was enter-
j tained Thursday by Mrs. Will Hopper.
The afternoon was spent in fancy
, work and knitting. Mrs. U. C. Parker
was received into the club at this
meeting. After a delicious lunch the
j ' hristmas box was opened and many
useful and pretty gifts exchanged.
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Miss Agatha Burke and Grace
Bumgarner attended the annual dance
of the Phi Delta fraternity in Okla-
homa City Saturday evening.
J. W. Linton
REAL ESTATE DEALER
Norman, Okla.
Buys and sells real estate.
Twelve to fifteen houses and
fifty to 100 lots always on hand
to select from.
Pay cash, pay by monthly or
make annual payments—I don't
care.
No commission; No expense. See
J. W. LINTON, Owner.
Upstairs, over postoffice.
Red Cross
Week
mm
Buy a Christmas
Membership
also a
Home
Both on Easy
Terms
McDaniel 4
Matthews
L. C. GILES PHONE 59 W. C. WEIR
OFFICE—First National Hank Bid
Giles-V/eir Investment Co.
Norman, Okla.
WHOLESALE FARM LANDS. INDIAN LANDS A
SPECIALTY.
Money to loan on improved farms. District Mana-
ger and Inspector for Alliance Trust Company, Dundee,
Scotland; Investors Company, Edinburg, Scotland, and
R. E. Holms & Sons, Winsted, Conn.
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