The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1918 Page: 3 of 4
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* GREAT SHOW AT
liberty theatre
may 8-9
Capshaw Items
TO HAVE MILITARY DRILL
IN SUMMER SESSION
A course In military training will; The weather has been very warm
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY be conducted especially for men who and crops are looking tine.
wish to qualify as instructors in cadet The Sunday scho^j at Cap-haw is
corps in the state duriner the summer ' Progressing nicely. Rev. St igles i
session of school. The drill will be of- filled his regular appointment at Cap- ]
fered for a period of five.weeks, com- shaw Sunday and a large crowd vvu,-. '
jmencing June 17 and lasting until Present.
July 19. Mr. and Mrs. Cunimings and family
j The work will be of the same na- were present at the Van Deventer
ture of that which was given the men home Sunday.
here during the past year. The plan ^',s Jessie Revore caled on Blanch
! is to have the men study the military Van Deventer Saturday night.
tactics and drill manuels and then | Bar'ihill made a business trip to
Norman Saturday.
Afternoons 2 to 6
CONTINUOUS
Nights 7 to 11
Triangle Presents
OLIVE THOMAS
Photo Drama of Romance
and Adventure
—Rev. T. II. Aszman is in Alva
today, where he will act as one of
the judges in the annual oratorical
contest of the. Alva college, whi°li is
to be held tonight.
ABBOTTIMPBOVES
GRENADE THROWING
Has Received Lieutenancy in Draft
Army and May Co
Higher
According to word just received in
Til ttie Dignified and Thrilling work them out durinS drill periods. Norman Saturday. Norman, George Abbott, a former
- - — A drill will be held three time each Miss Ruby Thomas, from Norman, Norman football star and university
week, and the periods will be one hour ls visiting her cousin, Ethel Miller, student, has received a commission as
. . • . ,, in length. The drill period has been | ^is week. ! second lieutenant at Camp Travis and
"Limousine Lite set for 7 o'clock in the evening. The j Everybody was surprised to see prospects indicate that he may re-
home by [ceive a still higher commission. Ab-
Even J,ott did not attend a training camp
uimouou". sei ior i ociock m tne evening, rne, auijjiweu
Biff Five-Act Sensational Play work will be in charge of Command- -^''sa 1' lorence Devore go i
U'ith Realistic Scenes and Inci- ant R- C. Terrell. Approximately 100 moonlight Saturday night.
dents
Picturing New
Underworld
ALSO WEDNESDAY and
THURSDAY
There's Plenty of Action, Thrills,
Mystery and Suspense in
Pathe's
"House of Hate"
Featuring the Greatest of
AH Stars
PEARL WHITE
and
ANTONIO MORENO
Set "The Hooded Terror" a
sinister and menacing figure.
York'.* men are expected to take advantage
of the summer military work.
SOONER REGIMENT MAY
GET RESERVE RATING
Miss Elsie Herman was. but his promotion came about as a re-
John Herman was the guest of Mr. suit 0f a discovery by him of an im-
Jack Miller Saturday night. proved method for throwing hand gre-
The Capshaw boys beat the South nades. This method has been taken up
Gale boys so bad they were ashamed ' with the authorities at Washington
t0 come hack. As they were practic- and nlay be adopted by the army as
Although still a matter of conjec- in? am°n* themielves a terrible ac- a regulation.
fluent happened and we are sorry to far as can be ascertained, Ah-
know that Mrs. Hagood will have to bott conceived the idea himself when
go patching again. | his company was put into that branch
Among those who were present at Gf training and his accuracy and dis-
the Van Deventer home Sunday were tance brought him to the attention of
Miss Mith and Alvis Hagood and j,;s superiors. The matter was im-
would send an ] a'so ^'u-v "il^°°d but that isn t un- j mediately taken up and the commis-
common for him. sion given without any warning. If
Everybody were surprised to see the method is adopted as a regulation,
Jack Miller take Misses Jessie De- ;t js almost certain that Abbott will
ture, the probabilities are that the
military department of the university
will he a reioprnized member of ti e
national organi'ation of the R. O. 'i'.
C. next year
Some time ago it was announced
hat the co- ernmetH
offit-n' he"r to mak.' i.
the local i:v,ent
been done, and ac..
rmmdant P C. To ••ill
will probaWy not bo
in pection of |
this ha - not
to Com- j i
ie inspection VOre " Blanche \ an Deventer home foe ^jven a captaincy and with the
' this year Saturday night. Wonder what Char-1 possibility of a still higher ranking.
Mr. Roy Butler accompanied Miss | Abbott was a sophomore in the col-
who captivates the imagination, Forever, according to the command , .. . , . ,...
and whose identity is veiled in ant. arrangements will probably be Hu^ Hagood home .Saturday mgh j ie|fe of arts and sciences when he was
r.iVBterv. His errand is death; made so that the university will lc rc-i andu was m0lre tha" gad ,t0 d" so' al,(i drafted last summer and has been in
his motive is control of the great cognized on basis of roccomendations e.u<ls ear< smSlnM training at Camp Travis since the
Walden war works. It is the most which will be made by Captain C. D.l he couldnt live without her ,first of September. He is a member
Storv Dudley, who has been at the head of j Mr®' ' German called of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater-
- ~ Deventer home Sunday 'nity.
sensationally draniatic
ever put upon the screen.
ALSO WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY
Two Kevstone Komedies
Dudley, who has been at the head of |
. the work here for the semester past. |
j There is a movement being agitated j
among a number of the state uni- j
| versities of the country relative to I
| establishment of the R. O. T. C. in all |
the state universities, at least for the
lone-
gone
The Greatest Laugh Producers duration of the war. Should this meas-
(Up Film World iure he successful, then it is assured
•*!?* f A "/?" t'lat university w'" a memher
r irSt Alfl of the reserve officer's training corps
TWO REELS next year.
of .Joyous Fun, Pretty Girls, Big . ;—- .
grunts. I ^ s 0 intenc*have c"arffe
>. i • • mi -11 ii of girl's clubs this summer will meet
Airing 1 heir 1 roubles Tuesday night at 7:30 in the domestic
A Thousand Feet of Fun, a [science laboratory where Miss Harriet
Laughs in Every Foot , Hopkins will give demonstrations of
Remember—There are no finer food conservation.
Pictures than those shown
at the
LIBERTY THEATRE
j All who have signed up for places
to teach in high schools for next year
report as soon as possible to the com-
mittee on recomendation where they
Kiddies. 5c — Admission Always the will be next year, what they will teach
Same — Adults 15c aud what salary they expect to re-
turning: Friday and Saturday— ceive.
Roy Stewart in "The Devil Dodger,"
at the Van
' evening.
Mr. Roy Hagood looks quite
j some since Miss Etta Tate ha,
| to visit her aunt.
Mr. Ralph Var.n Deventer looks
i quite dark since the moon has begun
I to shine so bright at the Herman's
j home.
i Quite a few young people taking a
car ride Saturday evening.
We wonder who Cecil Van Deventer
has made his new patent swing for
Marcedis, Gladys, Ethel or Florence.
Miss Florence Devore has been in
Norman for the past week. We guess
it got so dark she had to come back
to moon light.
Sunday is Decoration day at Den-
ver. Everybody is invited.
CLASSIFIED LINERS
LOST: A small silver chain pur^e.
Reward for return to Mrs. Hop-
wood, 509 College, phone 285.
LOST: A boy's tan slipper. Finder
please return to J. J. Shott at
Benke's cigar store.
Hico Items
A fine rain was enjoyed here Sun-
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White visited
WANTED: Three families moving to
this city in June want to rent three
modern homes. If you have such prop-
erty to rent or sell, let me kow. Of-
fice over Broken Dollar Store. Phone
410-R. Jno. S. Allen, 3t
DYEING: I liave now received my
dyeing outfit and the dyes, and am
ready to do your dyeing, and with my
many years' experience I feel I can
give you good' work and satisfaction.
I call and deliver. No. 602 East Gray.
Phone 593. PRjlCF. DYE WORKS. 8tf
5-Act Triangle Story of the Plain.;: WANTED: To buy all the old junk ! their daughter, Mrs. Martin Clinton-
ilso Wm. S. Hart in "A Gentleman
from Blue Gulch," also Marie Wal-
camp in "The Lion's Claws," also Bil-
lv West (Chas. Chaplin's double) in
"Back Stage," 2-reel Comedy: also
"His Fickle Fortune," Triangle Come-
dy. A total of Five Pictures. 12 Reels.
Can yeu beat it?
FORMER SOONER RECEIVES
INFANTRY COMMISSION
iron possible within the next 20
days' time. J. T. Dilbeck at county
scales. 16-W-lt D-4t*
All juniors and senior who desire
to do their practice teaching during
the su.nmer session shall consult
Dr. N. E. Ferriss in room 105 Science
Hall on Friday or Monday, May 10 or
13. This work will give credit as Edu-
cation 130
Word has been received here that
James L. Tatum, a former student in
t:'.e university, who enlisted at the
outbreak of the hostilities, has re-
ceived a commission as second lieu-
Irwiti Anderson, E. E. '21, and Her-
man Goldsmith, Ch. E. '21, both of
Chickasha, Okla., have enlisted in the
coast artillery and will be stationed
tenant in the infantry from the third at p0rt Logan, Colorado.
officers' training camp, which has just
been completed at Leon Springs, Tex- p,. q p Ussher, medical mission-
as Tatum was a junior in the college ary from Turkey, will speak Sunday
of arts and sciences, majoring in njght at the Christain church instead
Ideology. He was enrolled from De- 0f Thursday as was previously an-
vol. nounced.
Harold Gimeno was a dinner guest
at the Phi Mu Alpha house Wednes-
day.
The executive committee of the Y.
W. C. A .cabinet will meet Thursday
night in the rest room.
FINE BANANAS
Nice Fine Bananas, dozen 30c
Green Beans, Wax Beans, Fresh Peas,
Turnips, Beets, New Potatoes,
Cabbage, Etc.
Fancy Colorado Potatoes, bushel $1.35
Three Packages Seeded Raisins for 25c
Two Pounds Nice Evaporated Apples for 25c
Five Cans Hominy for 25c
Four Cun^ Pet Milk for 25c
Ria Box Matches for 5c
Knferita Flour—the Rest Substitute for Wheat Flour.
Corn Flour, Corn Meal. Pearl Hominy. Flake
Hominy. Rroken Rice, Etc.
Pratt's Poultry supplies. Baby chick feed
Chicken grits, Mica, Oyster Shell, Etc.
A Good line of mixed and Fancy Choco-
late Candies
U. S. Uubbs
31—Phones—224
beard, who is sick with rheumatism,
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill Whissenhunt are
rejoicing over the arrival of a boy
babe which came to their home May
the 1, 1918.
Miss Ida Church visited Miss Mary
France on Sunday night.
Mr. Mart Clinkenbeard made a
business trip to Not-mah last Tues-
day.
Miss lone Alexander visited at Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. France's Monday
nigh;. v
The social at Mr. Lypes was well
attended. A large crowd was there
and all reported a fine time.
ZINC STOCK1 FOR SALE: I have
eighty shares in the Federal Lead
and Zinc Company of Miami, Okla..
for sale at $1.80 per share. Call phone
40 for particulars. 7-6
FOR SALE: Extra good milk cow,
young and fresh. Can be seen at
412 East Eufaula. 7-3t*
WANTED—(A paper hanger to do
some work this week. Call 473. 7-3t
FOR SALE: Ford touring car, looks
and runs like new at a bargain.—
Robt. Taylor. fltf
CANF. AND KAFIR SEED: I have
a lot of kafir corn seed for sale at
3 1-2 cents per oound: also cane seed
at $6.50 per f undred pounds. J. H.
Zink, R. 4, or phone R-151. 6-3t
TRADE FOR FARM: Eight-room
modern residence within 1 block of
business district. This is one of the
_ . . . . „ ., r, , finest residences in Norman. See Robt.
Rev. Houck preached at South Gale ; Tayiar at Minteer's. 6tf
Sunday evening. There was a large J —-——
crowd and a fine sermon. I FOR SALE: Six-room house, No. 416
Miss Mary France visited Satur- j West Main $350.00 will handle it
, . , . Very libera! terms, inquire 423 West
day night with Mrs. Ben Burge-,. | £ufau[a
Mrs. Bertha Clinkenbeard is very j
sick at this writing. j RAGS WANTED: Save your rags,
Mr and Mrs. Fred Bacon are the the country needs them. Notify E.
i .*f,: ™;..i„ wi„> ! Haksteen, llo South Ponca, Nor-
proud parents of twin girls, who m#n and he,u ca], and pay cash
2-d&wtf
DIRT: Twelve loads of dirt to be giv-
en away. Come quick if you want
new Stubbeman building,
tame to their home last Monday
April 28th. The mother is getting
along fine, and the father as well as
a man could under the circumstances, i
Dr. Morgan was called to see Mr. : East Main.
W. II. France and Mrs Clinkenbeard FQR SALE: Cabbage and tomato
last Tue-day, both of whom are very piants Lee Walker, Fast Lynn
sick. I street. 30-14t*
Miss lone Alexander and Miss
Marv France went to Mrs. Lypes to
FOR SALE: Lots thirteen to sixteen
in block fifty-four and lots one to
the social on oMnday night and t.i jy |four jn block thirty-nine on East Main
Street, Norman, Okla. Address E. M.
enjoyed a fine time.
i Polk, Helena. Ark.
12-25t
Mr. and Mrs. Joe King visited Mr
and Mrs. Ed Gills on Sunday. HELP! HELP! HELP! Are there any
the social on Monday night and the> ' WOmen or girls in Norman who
last Tuesday night wa< a success, j want work? If so apply at once to
with a large crowd present. Clarence j NORMAN STEAM LAUNDRY
Jones was going to the training j
camp and his neighbors and friends poR SALE: My twelve-room stucco-
gave him a farewell visit. cement house on the Boulevard, or
will rent furnished. Dr. Melton,
Shamrock, Okla. 6-12-t d&w
PHELAN RECEIVES HONOR
FROM NATIONAL Y. M. C. A. j
Dr. W. W. Phelan, director of the |
school of education and of the local j
Y. M. C. A. has been placed on the j
Y. M. C. A. committee, thereby giving j
the university Y. M. C. A. a national j
recognition. This committee is in each
state composed of three men whose
business is to choose secretaries of
army Y. M. C. A.'s. This distribution
of power represents a change in the
national policy of the Yr. M. C. A. who
formerly handled all war work from
the national office in New York.
REPAIRING
Gasoline nad Oil
STOVES
Also Sewing Machines
Repaired in aStisfac-
tory Manner
E. WRAY, Phone 562
IINIVERSITV
U THEATRE ■
today
Henry B. Walthall
-in —
fifi
HUMDRUM BROWN
u
A stirring drama by Paralta Plays,
filled with stars of the screen.
A BIG FEATURE SHOW
Matinee 5c and 15c Night 10c and 20c
Get the Matinee Habit
MARK
REINFORCED WITH LINE?*'
SCIENTIFIC STOCKINGS
- FOR
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ORIGINAL QLAUTV
WAR PRICE
29c. AND MORE PER PAIR
AS GOOD AS EVER
HOSIEK.Y SJiLE
saturday and monday
Hosiery with a reputation. You can buy
Cheaper Here.
===R UCKER'S
L. C. GILES PHONE 59 W. C. WKIB
OFFICE—Fir t National Bank Bid
Giles-Weir Investment Co.
Norman, Okla.
FARM LANDS AND CITY PROPERTY.
Call and see us, we have some good properties listed
worth the money. See us if you desire a !ian on farm
property. If you have property for sale list it with us.
MANURE'S
Livery, Transfer and Baggage
J. A. Mclntire is again in the Livery,
Transfer and Baggage business, located
at the same old stand.
McINTIRE'S GARAGE
He has New Automobiles, accomodating
and courteous drivers and guarantees
prompt service.
Calls Answered Day or Night
PHONE 565
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