The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 159, Ed. 1 Monday, October 6, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. VII. NO. 159.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 19119.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
—
PCmc co^mm
PURCELL
Several years the writer was asked
by the ladies of Purcell to come to
their city and teli them how the parks
at Norman were made. hew and
shoqj* were the words that were used.
We told them that work was the
foundation stone, and more work was
needed in Purcell, as well as every
other city in the land, if they were
made beautiful. Real work, and not
theory, and high spun ideals, is what
is needed everywhere to transform
the earth into a fit habitation for man.
Work will cut down weeds, mow
the grass, plant flowers and cultivate
them. Work and work alone will do
all this, and the ladies of Purcell
went to work and worked the lazy
men to induce them to use the shov-
el and the hoe and to make Purcell
grow.
And wonderful are the changes that
were made. The other day it was our
pleasure to visit the city on the hill
once more and we had to look twice
to recognize the city. And work did
it. Work adorned the hill side.
Work took away the old dumping
ground that stood in their front door
yard and the result is, the kitchen
has been transformed into their par-
lor. House cleaning has been going
on down in Purcell and must be con-
tinued in Norman. Our rival city
must not out rival us.
Michael Angelo could chiles an
angel out of a rough stone and a lit-
tle more of Michael Angelo's con-
ception must be used in Purcell as
well as Norman, before the angel
has perfect wings.
Chisel away.
THE CIVIC COMMITTEE.
TUESDAY WILL BE
DALLAS SPEuiAL DAY
j Students and Townspeople Who
| Wish to Accompany Team
Can Buy Tickets
MINISTER ARRESTED
FlfK ASSAULT WITH
INTENT TO KILL
WILL DIRECT ST'JDEfi '.
INITIATIVE PROPERLY
1320 SOONER WILL PRINTERS AT WORK
BE PICTURE BOOK! IN OKLAHOMA CITY
I Tuesday will be Dallas Special
day.
' Sooner Jazz Hounds will canvass stu-
dents and faculty members.
j Round trip tickets, straight fare.
K.::: ;>c :-!3.80.
Round trip tickets with Pullman
1 accomodations will be $18.89.
\ University men may purchase tick-
ets at treasurer's office, Administra-
tion hall.
University women will see Miss
Margaret Mitchell, university exten-
sion depart .lent, basement Monett
hall, before purchasing tickets. Miss
Mitchell has been approved official
chaperone by Dean Roy Gittinger,
for the trip.
Norman businessness men purchase
their tickets from Santa Fe Agent J.
J. Baker or from Bill Campbell,
Transcript office.
One hundred and thirty round trip
tickets must be sold to make the spec-
ial a success financially.
After the Sooner's showing Satur-
day, general opinion in the Univers-
ity City is that Sooners will have an-
other all-victorious team this year.
A dispatch was received by Editor
Dewey Neal, Oklahoma Daily, last
week from the University of Texas.
The Longhorns are sending the
biggest special train to Dallas this
year in the school's history. The
band, football ptayers, and a number
of rooting organizations will be there.
Longhorn rooters are planning on
showing Oklahoma how real pep is
instilled into a team before a game.
A special section of the bleachers
will be reserved for the Texans.
Good Rain Saturday.
Mr. John Mehan was in from the
Mardock neighborhood on Monday
and reports a very heavy rain in that
locality on Saturday. He says it just
"potwed d( wtV for a tiim and meas-
ured nearly three inches before it
stopped. The rain was general all
over the country, and measured near-
ly an inch in Norman.
j An unfortunate accident occurred
i south of Moore on Friday ••venioi*
I i hat has resulted in the arrest of Rev.
! |. E. Mercer, a newcomer to Cleve-
1 land county, on the charge of assault
| with intent to kill, anil he lias been
held to the district court in the sum
of $500 by County Judge Allen, rh.c
charge may be made into one of man-
slaughter if the victim of the alleged
assault dies, and he is said to I)? in
a precarious condition at present.
As the Transcript gets the story,,
Rev. and Mrs. Mercer were in an au-
tomobile going north when they met
an auto driven by a Mr. Fagan of
Dallas, coming south. At a point
about two miles south of Moore the
two machines had a collision, and it
is charged the same was caused by
Mr. Mercer keeping to the middle of
the road, when he should have given
half of it. The Mercer machine struck
the Fagan car, overturning it and
badly injuring its occupant. It is not
reported how fast the machines were
going, but it is thought both of them
were making good time and got to-
gether at the foot of a hill before eith-
er of the drivers knew the other was
anwys close. Mr. Fagan was taken
to a nearby farm house where he is
lying at present.
It was a regrettable accident, but
it is hoped Mr. Mercer will be able
to show that it was nothing but an
accident and unavoidable. He and
Mrs. Mercer recently came here from
Illinois and were getting ready to!
take charge of their farm between |
here and Moore. They are fine peo->
pie, people who would not injure any-1
body willfully, and it must certainly j
have been an accident.
Sooner Commission Will Stimulate
Interest in Desirable Activities;
To Meet Monday
Godschalk and Departmental Editors
Will Watch for Pictures All
Year, on and off Campus.
NOTICE
Parties wishing apples on the Mc
Daniel place put in their order now.
Phone W. J. 53. W. S. Murphy. Am
still making good cider. 159-2*
Ladies Music' Club
The Ladies' Music club of Norman
will hold its first meeting on Wed-
nesday of this week at 4 o'clock sharp
in the new auditorium. A study will
be made of the grand operas to be
given in Oklahoma City this month,
and several selections will be given
from each opera. All music lovers of
Norman are most cordially invited to
attend, and all members are especial-
ly urged to be present.—Secrteary.
Renewed effort to stimulate student J
activities and to direct student initia-j
tive along proper channels was un-
dertaken by the Sooner commission
on student standards, at its meeting
for reorganization this afternoon in
room 102, Administration hall, H. H.
Herbert, chairman.
Evidence of the work of the com-
mission is already noticeable on the
campus, Professor Herbert declared,
in the organization of the freshman
class, the presentation of university
ideals and in the development of new
leaders in student affairs.
A continuation of work begun last
spring will constitute the activities of
the commission this year, it >vas said,
and committees on various phases of
student life will develop plans and
work out ways of applying them.
Vacancies on the commission, caus-
ed by graduation of seniors, will be
filled by vote of the commission up-
on the recommendations of a nomin-
ating committee.
Student members of the commis-
sion who arc now in the university
arc Otto A. Rrewer, Maurice H. Mer-
rill, Robert S. Gordon, llesler Wy-
and, Geneva Ballingcr, Fannie Inez
Bell, Florence Monnet, Ruth Glide-
well and Jennie I.csscnger.
Faculty members arc Dean J. H.
Felgar, Dean Roy Gittinger. Dr. J.
W. Scroggs. Dr. \Y. \Y. Phelau, II.
II. Herbert. Miss Margaret Mitchell.
Miss Elizabeth Jordan and Miss
Rosetta Kriegel. President Stratton
D. Brooks and Miss Helen Montgom-
ery, Y. W. C. A. secretary, as ex-of-
ficio members of the commission.
Dallas or Bust!
Strictly fresh eggs. Jones Produce
Co., 45c per dozen 159-3t
Sells Sells Property: Mr. and Mrs,
A. J. Sells have sold their property
on East Main Street to Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Roeskin, who will take posses-
sion in a few days, and Mr. and Mrs.
Sells are now in doubt where they
will get a home—for homes are migh-
ty scarce in Norman. The consider-
ation is given at $1500.
Dallas or BustI
How's This?
W. M.Langford of the Cottage
] Ionic says he is used to peculiar and
unusual names on the register but he
is willing to give the palms to this
one. Here it is. Don't pronounce it
too quickly. Clifford T. Eisenschmidt
of Guthrie, traveling salesman.
Mrs. Ed Martin is in Oklahoma
City today attending the grand as-
sembly of the Rebekahs, I. O. O. F.
An especially interesting meeting is
being held, large numbers of Odd Fel-
lows from all over the state being
present. Tuesday night will be given
over to the Rebekahs for floor work,
which will be attended by many of
;he ladies of the Norman lodge.
Adult
i,1 H'iiiiw
NORMAN HI MEN
IN GOOD SHAPE
Abbott Tiying to £:hed.>le Ganu for
Open Date; May Play Sooner
Boomers Friday.
Norman high school football men ,
are in good condition, with the ex- j
ception of Hunt, according to Coach j
George Abbott at noon today. Fri- \
lay's game with Guthrie, the opener |
this fall, left a number of the players
bruised and sore, but none of them
were forced on the hospital list.
Abbott is trying to schedule a game ,
wit Jess Field's Boomers for Fri- j
day. Fields will see Coach Bennie
Owen this afternooh and find out his j
opinion on a Boomer-Norman game.
The next scheduled game is with
Ponca City here OcW'ber 17th. Ponca
City, according to newspaper reports,
lias the best team in the school's his-
tory, and Coach Abbott is expecting a
real clash here on the 17th.
Hunt had his chin cut in Friday's j
game, but will be ready for work
again later this week, Abbott report-
ed today.
Norman supporters, who have
watched teams during their first game
of the season in past years, arc pre-
dicting a victorious schedule this fall.
Because of the rain Saturday the
team ran a few signals, but did no
crimmaging. They watched the Ok-
lahoma-Kingfisher mud fight.
TOBERMAN-SCOTT
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Starting 1 p. m., Continuous.
Special Children's Matinee from 4 to 6 p. m., each day.
House Peters and Anna Lehr
In a Drama of Love and Politics
"THUNDERBOLTS OF FATE"
Five Acts of Gripping Intense Action
Tells how an unscrupulous woman's ambition brought ship-
wreck and shame into the lives of those who crossed her
path but Nemesis took a hand in the game, and happiness
followed.
OTHER PICTURES—Mutt and Jeff in "West is East."
with a new chapter of Universal's serial, I lie Red Glove,
with Marie Walcamp, suspense, thrills and adventure.
COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
Gale Henrv in "Th eSlavey," a two-reel laugh producer; also
Albert Ray and Elinor Fair in "Be a Little Sport," Wm.
Fox's juvenile actors; also Mack Swain in "Ambroses Day
Off," with a new chapter of "The Great Gamble."
Good Old Nickel
Losing Its Value
Even the nickel cannot keep up
with old H.C.L., canvesses among
Norman merchants Saturday showed.
Of course the jitney will still stop
for your nickel.
Chewing gum can still be chewed
with the mental satisfaction that it
can still be bought for a round half
dime. But even here the fiver is
slightly battered for packages form-
erly contained six sticks while now
the usual number is five.
Pencil tablets and pencils can still
be had at the five cent price.
But the sizes are smaller.
And so it goes along—this II. C. L.
In the words of the negro philoso-
pher of the Oklahoma City Times,
"If yo' only got a lone nickel and has
not got a penny to go wid it in these
times yo' i. wo'ful'y broke."
A most pleasing home wedditiR
was solemnized at the home of Mr
and Mrs. A. W. Toberman,* +15 Elm
street, on Sunday, October 5, 1919,
at 2 o'clock p. m., with the son of the
home, Mr. John Toberman, as the
groom, and Miss Irene Scott, a
charming young lady of Ithaca, N. \.,
as the bride. The ceremony was wit-
nessed by a large number of the
f;:.-iv'.s of the groom, who cordially
welcomed the bride to our city and
wished her much happiness with the
husband of her choice, which the
Transcript is certain she will have.
Out of town guests were Miss Ruby
Saunders of Oklahoma City, and Mrs.
Mary Coffey of Warner, Okla., the
grandmother of the groom.
Before the ceremony, Prof. Wm. G'
Schmidt sang "All for You," and a
whistling solo "Rose Leaves' was
given by Miss Esther McRuer, ac-
companied by Mr. Jos. Benton. Then,
to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march, played by Mr. Lewis Salter,
the bride and groom, pseceeded by
little Esther Wilson as flower girl,
took their places before the improvis-
ed altar of roses and ferns, where
they were joined in marriage by Rev.
D. A. Wickizer, the beautiful ring
ceremony being used.
The bride was most charming in a
gown of organdie and lace and carried
a wedding muff of lillies of the val-
ley. white roses and farlayance. She
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Scott, prominent people of Ithaca,
ar. 1 Mr. Toberman met her there
when lie was attending the Aerial
Photographic school at Cornell. She
attended Cornell and the Ithaca Con-
atory of Music. Mr. Toberraan
is a graduate of the University of Ok-
lahoma and went overseas on August
10,, 1918, returning June 16, 1919,
making a splendid record as an effi-
cient soldier. He is a Norman boy
who has "made good" in every par-
ticular, one who is a credit to his
parents and to his town, and the
Transcript wishes hint and his bride
unbounded happiness and prosperity
n their new relation. They will make
heir home in Norman, where the
room will be associated with his
athcr as florists under the firm name
if Toberman and Toberman.
With the individual picture of ev-
ery university student, fifty pages de-
vitcd to student's snap-shots on and
voted to stuent's snap-shots on and
containing views from cities all over
Oklahoma state, all of the work
done by university students, except
the engraving and printing, "Every
Sooner's Sooner," the 1920 year book
will be the largest every published, I
according to Editor Harold J. Gods->
chalk. Monday afternoon.
"It will be a picture-book this year," |
the editor continued. "In the past ,
but little attention was paid to kodak '
pictures—catching the students in I
their cvery-day university life. This I
year we will pay particular attention \
to this section. We will start it off
'nil blast Friday when a corps of
snappers will follow the Frosh all
day, and Truby, the official photog-
rapher, will also catch the queen, her
attendants and the other first year
students during their parade; picnic
and flash-light pictures will be taken
at the dance.
Students will be grouped by schools
instead of by classes. All of the work
including decorating, will be done by
students. Vincent I.ackev, A. E. F.
signal corps captain, is back and in
cliargc of this work.
The state section will include pic-
tures of the most representative
building or spot in each city. The
state house at Oklahoma City, was
one example that Editor Godschalk
pointed out. Cities in the oil region
will have oil derricks, wheat cities and
cotton cities will have their products
included in the views.
Pictures of every official organiza-
tion in tile university will be included.
Lee Cromwell and Wallace Thomp- j
son have been detailed to watch for i
snaps. A staff of photographers will j
accompany the varsity on all trips j
• 4. picture the work of tram,
bahd and other organizations that
will accompany the team. They will
also accompany the fine arts club,
such as the band, orchestra, men's or
•. •'$ £ac clubs that tour the
state and snap them on and off duty.
ileal work started today. A meet
ing was held last week, when i.uitor
Go l chalk called his twenty-three de-
partmental editors together and out-
lined the year's work.
Truby, Norman, will be the official
photographer. Arrangements weri
made with him last week.
The printers' strike which tied up
all the newspapers of Oklahoma City
last week closed at 7 o'clock on Sat-
urday night, the men by unanimous
vote agreeing to return to work,
pending further discussion of wages
by employers and employes. The
men went back on the old scale, pend-
ing adjustment.
The Oklahoma states that the pub-
lishers of Oklahoma City had a con-
tract with the printers which did not
expire until in 1923. Notwithstand-
| ing the contract prices, the publishers
I by bonus and otherwise, had been
i paying much large wages than the
! scale called for, and that their posi-
tion in the matter was upheld by the
j International Typographical Union
! which ordered the men back to work,
i declaring the strike was wholly un-
I authorized. The head men of the
International put it up to the men
cither to return to work or have their
international charter cancelled, and
the men called off the strike.
The strike did not affect the job
offices in Oklahoma City, the print-
ers in those offices remaining at work.
SENATOR FRANKLIN
AT WOODMAN HALL
: Senator W. M. Franklin will be at
Woodman hall in Norman on Mon-
j day night, October 6th, (tonight)
j and make an address on the assess-
: ment question which is now agitat-
i ing the members of that order. Sen-
tor Franklin takes the position that
the raise in rates was unnecessary
and illegal and will give his reasons
for so thinking. All members of the
Order arc cordially invited.
Twenty-five per cent discount oil a
new lot of ladies sport coats, reg-
ular coats, suits and dresses. See win
dow.—Ruckers.
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HONa JOHN Hi WRIGi
The announcement of Hon. John j
H. Wright as a candidate for the ^
Democratic nomination for congress !
in the 5th district will be found in !
this issue of the Transcript. He sets
forth his platform in unmistakable! j' a vision in silks by I'.: ~'rt 1
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If you want to save one-fourth on
best ready-'o-wear, visit Ruckers.
Ed Walker was here from Rosc-
'e Okla., over Sunday, visiting his
mily. He is representing the Mor-
cotton syndicate in that place and
. cotton is coming in very rapidly.
terms, and no one can misunderstand
his position on any of the vital !
questions of the day. Attention is j
especially called to the 3rd para- j
graph of his platfoim, stating h's pn-j
sition on what is known as "state I
rights," which certainly cannot but j
appeal to the best thought of the cit-
izenship of the country—that states !
have certain rights that must be con-J
sidered by the national government. :
Every other plank in his platform is [
vital to the well being of the country I
at large and especially to Oklahoma. I
Personally, Mr. Wright is one of I
the ablest men in the district. He is j
is an old resident of Oklahoma, hav-1
ing been prominent in Oklahoma j
City affairs for many years and rep-
resented that district in the legisla- i
ttne most capably. Should he receive j
the nomination it is certain that the j
5th district would have a representa-
tive of whom they would not be |
ashamed.
Read his platform and see what he j
stands for—and you may be certain
he stands unreservedly for everyone I
of the planks, for lie is an honest man. |
Dallas or Bust!
The Missionary society of the M. E.
Church, South, will meet Tuesday
afternoon at three o'clock with Mrs. j
Harry Lindsay, on North Peters ave I
All members arc requested to be |
present as matters of importance wilt J
be taken up.—Mrs. S. J. Smith, Sec. j
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