The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 107, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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3,400 Students Expected By I
University Officials ,\-A
For Fall Semester, Sept '
VOL. X NO 111
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The Norman Transcript
Three Days of Thrills and Fun
September 14, 15, 16
At Cleveland County Free Fair
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1922
PRICE PIVE CENT8
SCHOOL TEACHERS TO
BE GUESTS OF LIONS
"Ladies Night" On September 26
Premises to Be Big Feature of
Monthly Program
Engineers At Oklahoma City Com
puting Cost of Marking A"
Y
Norman Streets
Wednesday night and arranged the
pro- ram ior "Ladies Night."
Russell ftrown of Ardmore, dis-
trict governor of the Lions club will
^r eak on the work of the club. Mr.
Hrown makes one visit each year to
the Lions clubs in his district.
A round table discussion of the
school children of the city will be
held, Mr. Campbell said. Members
A11 ... . , , , of the Lions club will sj>cak ?nd sev-
" public school teachers ot Nor- era| ^uegts will be called on for a
man will be entertained by members rLVsp011 s,., |ie said. After the bus!-
°! ,l<5 l?.ns. S!u. a, !K , ?<>^t rr*l,Jar ne^> has been disposed of the corn-
Ladies Night to be held September mitt, t plans to have stv. r:J mn.i.-al
20 at the North Methodist church. ^,,ri|}„ rs
The club members' wives and Mrs I Al, citv superintendents and i.rin-
joe L a\ i., secretary ot the Red ' cipals of schools, and the presidents hind the project announced Wednt v
ross. wi.L e among the honor Qf t})(. patrons cl.ul>s v\ill be the day, following word from the com-
guests of the Lions club at their missioned that they were behind the
regular luncheon next Tuesday, movement.
when the same questions that are to < ity Manager I d Hayes stated
be discussed "Ladies Night" will be Wednesday that he has -sent eugin-
"MM [f L TW° ^odamace
OF STREET MARKERS
Though no definite action way-Taken
the city commissioners' meeting North
A small grass fire was responsi-
ble for the department answering a
call to 314 West Eufaula street
about 11 o'clock Wednesday morn-
ing. The fire was extinguished
without difficulty.
The department was called to 404
LOCAL CORN KING
HAS GOOD EXHIBIT
AUTO REGISTRATION
FIGURES GIVE JOLT
Tuesday night,
ing every street
outlook for hav
Norman marked
within the next month's time looks
xceedingly bright, those who are be-
Pe^simists and knockers and mem
hers )i the Ancient Order of Gloom
got a jolt when the lifJJ automobile
registration figures tor United
States came out, according to R. 1 .
Klein, Goodyear Service Station
dealer at 231 East Main street.
-.lock 1 uesday afternoon when an ner of state premiums for many n,.sv i-onditfor's ' iml t'^ ' t ' ih t
auto m the neighborhood caught years, announced Wednesday that his
lire. With the exception of a little exhibits this year turned out much
Boys Clubs Have Good Line of Ex-
hibits In Corn Th-« Year; Barr
Is Optimistic
pioneer grower of
William Barr, , .
I'inlcy avenue about 5:30 Oklahoma Silver Mine corn and
Tuesday afternoon when an ner of state
damage
damage
to he wiring of the car no better
was reported.
year
in quality than he had ex-
out ot
guests
'"There are two objects in enter
t'Oriing these guests," Paul N. Camp-
bell, chairman oi the entertainment
committee said Thursday. "The brought up
first is to explain to the teachers and
officials of the citv schools the plan
the Lions club has worked out for
assisting the school children this
winter. Many of them need clothing
and tood. I he second object is to
get the teachers of the city acquaint-
ed with the l.ion club members and Only neod $6.75 more.
uir wi\ts. When a check for the above amount
1 he enter Imminent committee, arrives at the headquarters . of the
consisting oi Paul Campbell, William Marion Kdwards ("beadle Student
. i nnidt, Arthur Williams, Dave Loan l und association, the (money
Mckown and R. W. Hutto, met will be turned over to loan
YOUTH SENTENCED
ON THEFT CHARGE
Only Six Dollars
Needed to Put Over
Cheadle Loan Fund
ll«>tel Alexandria
• OS AN'GFl.ES
I wish to announce that
1 will be home Pridav,
and will enroll
Saturday at Varsity
from <) a. m. to 12 m, in
Aesthetic Dancing.
MISS FRONT L. ASHER
associa-
te ' tion at the university and put into use
lor students, officers announced Tues-
day following two $5 donations that
were turned in last week.
Work of raising $1,000 as
fund to be used to assist
and deserving university students and ager May
also to serve
rs to Oklahoma ( ity and that they
are at work on finding out the ap-
proximate cost of the marking sys-
tem. The engineers will make a re-
port at the next meeting of the com-
missioners and definite) action will
then be taken, he intimated.
A committee from the Lions club
composed of G. I',. Graham, A. II.
Lcwi< and R. W. Hutto, has been
appointed to co-operate with the
committee in seeing the project over.
•\ report of the Lions committee will . ^',ams >«K ed the petition
be given at the next meeting of the fort^ t,,( known facts in the <
club. is reported that Strickland wj
In case a street-marking program is Kran{ about Lexington and would
provided for and the money raised
|ior the work, students in the uriiver-
loati sity will be given preference among
trugglmg those seeking employment, City Man-
declared
Homer Strickland, a delinquent
voufh charged with petit larceny in
connection with a theft of $2.(H) from
Donald Sprowls of Lexington, was
brought to Norman Tuesday by C. 1.
Adams and turned over to the ju-
venile court of the county. Judge \l-
'en sentenced the boy to serve six
years in the reform school at Pauls
Valley. He is now fifteen years of
setting
sc. It
a va-
pected.
Rarr was a bit doubtful that his se-
lections would be up to his usual
standard when questioned a few
weeks ago. He had not yet picked being
his exhibit for his annual county biles a
booth show which he enters for show of this
nirposes only and not for premiums, bought
memorial o the lentative plans of the eonimission-
late Mrs. ( headie, \va^ started here ers is to have the names of the
by several eiti/ens about eiRht months streets marked on the curbs it is
«Ko. l'.arly plans o fthe workers were understood, similar to Oklahoma Citv
In ruisp n turn itiiimi nf 11 (II 111 I „ #1,J. t / • '
in tins way much money can be s^iv-
nothing about his former home nor
why he was in the town. It is be-
lieved that he has a father living in
Monday, Texas. Nothing definite,
however, could be ascertained con-
cerning his parents.
minimum of $1000. Thi
will be loaned out to students in
sums of $100 on a revolving basis.
Officers of the association report
that already $983.24 has been pledg-
ed. Out of this amount $798.55 has
a ready been paid into the hands of
the treasurer. The remainder is ex-
pected to be paid within the next
two weeks.
1 hose making recent pledges are
Dr. G. W. Wiley and F. J. McGin-
ley.
Officers hope to raise the remain-
ing $0.75 within the next week.
th<
project
announced.
are working on the
COMMITTEE CONTROLS
UNDERGRADUATE WORK
The continued drouth had damaged "A
his crop and the chinch bugs had hoi*g
sapped many of his finest e;irs before nearl
they had hardened.
\fter checking over the selections
and comparing them with the scores
of last year, Parr feels that he can
again successfully compete with the
best that the .state at large has to
otter Flu- rain that certain portions
of the state has received this year
gives his competitors a decided ad-
vantage, he pointed out, but Parr
feels ihat his prospects are at least as
bright as those of a year ago when
he took lirst at Oklahoma < ity and
the sweepstakes at the Muskogee fair.
1 he boys' club will have the best
list of entries that have ever been
shown in Oklahoma, he reported.
Parr is supervisor ol th<
hibit this year. Tin- ten-cl
at the state fair will find
( ountv with an entr\ that
thousands c
sice, jhe people of this country own
1.4JK./73 more automobiles and trucks
now than they did a year ago, an in-
crease of 15 per cent, Klein said.
"It means just two things—one,
that this country is a long ways from
broke, and two, that autonao-
re not regarded by the people
country as .i luxury to be
only in flush times.
a matter oi fact Americans
within the past twelve months
Us many cars as the rest Of the
the world owns altogether. Statistic- I
ia'is figure that there are about 12,-
800.000 cars running in the world, all
of which but about 2,000,000 are
owned in this country," the dealer
declared.
FLEER AGAIN WILL
HEAD LOCAL SCOUTS
urcessor Of Thomas Kowr Named
Executive bv President Monday;
Few Changes Made
boy
ub entries
' leveland
bids fair
Office uf Dean of Undergraduates
Abolished- Gittinger to Be Chair-
man Committee of Seven
Good Quality Furniture At
Less Than Sale Prices
You may visit Furniture Sales, Furniture Stores and
even Furniture Factories, but you will not find furni-
ture of better quality at lower prices than you will find
bere.
The suite we are illustrating today is not of the
highest quality and price you can buy—we don't make
any such claim—but it is of solid construction, has
good appearance and will give you more service than
man; suites you will pay double what we ask for it.
I hree-piece Oak Davenport living room suite—a
davenport, two rockers, upholstered in imitation Span-
ish leather; quickly changed into a full-sized emergency
bed, priced here today at only $47.50.
Other items of furniture justifying a visit here be-
cause of their quality values and less than Furniture
Sale prices.
8-piece Walnut Dining Room Suite $150.00
8-piece Oak Dining Room Suite $75.00
3-piece Old Ivorv lied Room Suite $85.00
3-piece Walnut Bedroom Suite - $75.00
3-piece Grey Ivory Bedroom Suite $87.50
9x12 Axminster Rugs $27.50 to $30.00
Good Dressers from $12.50 to $18.50
GoodOak Rockers $5.00
Good Leather Upholstered Rockers $7.50
Good Heavy Stool Chairs $2.00
9x12 Grass Rugs, all shades - $12.50
Throw Rugs $1.50 up
Good 50-pound Mattresses from $6.50 to $10.00
Simmons Steel Beds from $9.00 to $12.00
Simmons Steel Springs from — $4.50 to $7.00
LEWIS & TAYLOR
Where Your Money Buys More
Main at Peters
We Deliver
Y. M. C. A. Installs
Waffle Shop For
University Folks v
. . " memI
In order that university students sunie
may be able to curtail actual living
expenses while attending school
here the Y. ,\J. C. A. will open a
waffle and sandwich shop and sell
eats ut actual cost, H. S. "I'hebie"
Graham. secretary,, announced
I hursday morning.
I he vvaffie shop will be located in
the rear of the new "V building,
next to the Masonic dormitory.
Work of putting the place in readi-
ness has been completed with the
• \< . ption of a little refinishitig | |,e n charge of all entertainments
huh should be unshed this w.-.-k and the student conduct
o carry
hired.
off first honors, Harr de
ommittee of seven faculty
rs has been apno'nt. d to as
•barge of the undergraduate
system control to take the place
ormerly held by Dr. Koy Gittinger,
former Dean of undergraduates it
was announced by Kmil R. £ raettli.
secretary of the board of regents,
Wednesd av.
Dr. Gittinger who has had full
nutrol of all student social affeirs
and conduct, will act irf the capacity
of head of the committee which will
l'<- Vnnvn as the comrni" •• on stu-
dent welfare. This committor will
COUNTY FAIR OPENS
WITH DANG THURSDAY
Throngs of Visitors From Over
County Exam ne Exhibits at
Opening of Fair Here
\iiiiouuceinent of the reappointment
"f ( «cil II I leer as Norman scout
executive, was made by Dr. J. I.. Day,
president of the local council, Mon-
day following a meeting of tin exec
utive committee Sunday afternono.
I'leer s term of office expired Sep
temher 1. lie assumed! charge of
SLAYER Of FARMER
DRAWS FOUR YEARS:
SELF DEFENCE PLEA
W A. HARMON GETS MINI-
MUM PENALTY ON MUR-
DER CHARGE
ASSAULTED MAN UNARMED
Jury Deliberates Five Hours Before
Returning Verdict Slain Man
Under Peace Bond
\ verdict of manslaughter and a
sentence of four wars in the peni-
tential was returned by the jur\ at
a late hour Wednesday ni«rht in the
<a e oi \Y. \ Harmon, local ririn-
r charged with the murder of C li
( iimtnons neivrhbprirn^ farmer, on
?ning of April 18. last.
I he verdict was returned by the
iurv after t deliberation of n arly
1 ive hours, rhe ca*e lasted for four
da vs. ooeniiur last Mondav rnornin
The sentence of lour years was
the minimum that can be given on
a manslaughter charge.
Quarrel Over Land
The evidence in the case tended to
show that Harmon came to Norman
e\eral >-ar- ago with his wife and
two sitiail children and entered into
an agreement villi Commons v\ h re-
by he would sub base a portion of
( nmnious r« nt land two miles from
Norman, usiri'.- the latters farming
nn.lefiients in il> cultivation.
A disagreement concerning t'-e
terms of the lease led to hard feel-
ings between the two parties and
Harmon, his w I'e. and (i. M Dallv.
bis lather'-in law, swore out a peti
lion placing Cuninions under a peace
bond.
Commons Under Peace Bond
Harmon testified under examina-
tion of the state that he was afraid
A. M. Drauver, university student,
will have charge of the' kitchen!
Graham declared, aiui-two other stu
dents will assist in waiting oil the
tables.
Graham stated that all food will
be sold at a bare margin over actual
cost and that students will be given
savings where ever po-sible.
Miss !• lorence Rohrbaugh is
teaching in the hi"li school at Red
Rock, Okla., th s year.
PEARS! PEARS!
Xow ready. All you want.
GLENWOOD FRUIT
FARM
Lexington, Okla.
ii> general
Dr. Gittinger will not retain the
title of Dean oi under^mdua/es but
wili be chairman of the student wel-
are committee which will approve
ill dances.
The committee will hold meetiivs
•ver.v Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'
lock. Disciplinary matters will
onie before ihe convoke- at the
: -ecular meet'ngs and while cases of
j tin! Tits charged with misconduct
: vill be acted on also.
The oth r member* of the commiV-
ee are Miss I* the I Lyons ^tlviser of
von'tu. and secretarv ot the new
ommittee; Prof. Fredrik Molmberg,
•ean of the school of I ine Arts:
Prof. Victor
iw: Prof. H
*he school of journalis-n: Prof. Kd
ar Meacham, nrofessor mathemat-
ics: and Miss Ella Mansfield, profes-
-or of mathematics and former ad-
viser of women.
Most of the entries in the poultry,
livestock, farm product and women's
club exhibits had been (jntered as
the third annual Cleveland County
Free l air opened here today.
The cattle and horse show registry
shows a lar^e incfeasr o\«r last year's
exhibit with over forty-five head. The
display of pure bred stock is one of
the best that this state can boast,
said T. I'l. Smith, superintendent of
this department. "tv
Rucker and Sniallcy have fifteen of Honor "r ' IIU,I"1K ot
the local organization on March 1, (>i Curninons and that he believed it
la I, upon tin resignation of Thomas
Row'e, who accepted a position as ex-
ecutive of the Bartlesville organiza-
tion at that time.
I 'eer assumed charge of the scout
work Monday, lie* announced Tues-
day that work of outlining a program
lor the year would be begun at
once. All troop leaders will continue
with the work under I-'leer.
I hree inter-troop meetings will be
held here a^ soon as organization is
further perfected, Meer announced.
j)ne of these, n court of honor, will
1 lu'M *.<.!.(hiv. An niter-troop
hik( will be a feature of the new pro-
gram. A general assembly of all
troop-, will be held once a month, ac-
cording to plans now being worked
J..
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS
their best Hereford cattle and M. K.
Shivcs of the State Kami has enter
• d tlilrte.v| oi their Jersey cattle,
five horses and two head of mules
in tin name of the Hospital.
Shr.lt/ Brothers have four choice
bead .if pure bred Angus cattle and
lour Percher hi horses. Tinney
Gleason has entered a span of black
mules and Sawyer and Williamson
have registered four Shorthorns.
Neighborly Clubs /, 1(>, -5 and 24
H. Knln professor of have interesting displays this year.
Herbert, director of District school number 6 has an at-
tractive array of their work and the
' one Star local of the farmers union
has a large entry.
The poultry display is by far the
largest in the history of the fair and
many premium pens are on the list
of entries. The boys' clubs are there
with many attractive cages of prize
birds. Two boys from Noble have
'entered 4(1 head of poultry, it was na-
nounced. Turkeys, ducks, geese, rah
bits, guinea-pigs and pigeons also
feature among the displays.
the
the Court of
ill be held on September 21
lor the purpose of awarding merit
badges to several scouts who have
onipleted the required work during
urnrner, the executive declared
Ihe Hoy Scout Congress which
•i- organized by I leer soon after he
r,:' '"to office last March, will be
organized this year.
RED CAPS ARE OUT.
dangerous to have him on the land.
He told of coming to town on the
morning of the shootin*:, and testi
fied that he returned, to his home
and found Curjiuions plowing in his
(Harmon's) field.
He entered the house, took out his
gun, a double barrel, sawed off shot
gun, and went out to where Cum-
mons was plowing, according to the
testimony. Testimony bore out the
statement that Cummons got off the
plow and was shot as he started for
the slayer. The shot entered his
Ueck and the lower f art of his face,
kniinjf him almost instantly. He was
found to be unarmed, though testi-
mony had been entered to the effect
that he had made threats against
Harmon n *£veral instances yrior to
the affray.
Cummons was a single man and
had no relatives near here. He lived
ill Norman and rented the land upon
which he and Harmon farmed.
lurors were Gould Dodd, Ben
Russell. I 11 Summers. C. I. Owens
G T Childress. T. A Keener. R. K.
May. I G. Blackburn. Fred Grill, R.
' . \loifitt. Kraiik Hartman and Joe
Slairer
Tom Mayfield and Sylvester Grim
were attorneys for the defense.
WARNING IS GIVEN NORMAN FIREMEN TO
STATE CONVENTION
Your Attention About a Minute,
Please:
Nim will neefl a Fountain Pen this year.
\\ e have a proposition to make to von. (ret a
Parker Fountain Pen here—there are few
equals, none better—and we will stamp your
name on it in gold letters Free.
I his is a new idea, adds to the attractive-
ness of your pen, and should it become lost,
is much easier to find because your name is
on it.
Rexall Pencil Tablets Have
More Pages
We have them made especially for our
trade. I he large size has about a third more
paper, and the small size almost twice as much
as the ordinary tablet you buy.
Buying school supplies at the Rexall Store
is pleasant as well as economical.
TAe
205 E WAIN. " PtIONE 9
NOBLE F. HILSMKYER, Man gfr
Buster Brown
Hosiery and
Footwear for
the High
School Miss
Entering into that higher
plane of education, the high
school miss will want to be a b't
better dressed than when in the
grades, especially as to her hos-
iery and footwear.
W e anitcipated her needs and
have Buster Hrown hosiery and
footwear in styles which will
fulfill her wishes.
Prices are moderate and qual-
ity is built-iu to uive servicc
and long wear without detract-
ing from pleasing appearance.
We invite
High School
a visit
Miss.
from the
Buster Brown Shoe
Store
HOLLAND & SHERMAN
207 East Main
The first "frosh" cap is out.
Hartbsville boasts of the first
reshman to spring1 into the lime-
hght. according to B S. "Chebie"
Graham, secretary of the V M. I .
y. who Wednesday afternoon sold
the iirst freshman cap of the year.
I he freshman caps are ' being
handled this year through the Y M
( ^ ;in«' a saving of tweiitv-fi\e
<<nts nver last vear's price is being
made, it was pointed out.
Graham declared Thursday that
l.-WKI of the caps have been ordered
but only 300 have been received to
date. The remainder of the ship-
ment is exported to arrive here by
the first of ne\t week.
I reshnien who are contemplating
busing their caps this week have in-
timated that the yearlinps who delay
may , xpect a warm reprimand.
l ire C hief George McKiiuTey, I irr
Marshal Claude Summers and Hill
Warren and John Humgarner. fire-
man. left Sunday for Tulsa where they
will attend the annual convention of
State liremens Association being
held there on Septemebr 12, 13 and
14.
Discussion of fire fighting methods
and introduction of new wrinkles In
tin fire game will occupy most of the
time during the three days' conven-
tion, the. X or man delegates said.
The 'ocal delegates expect to re-
turn about I rid;iy night or Saturday.
Miss Y aim ah Davis, who j s teach-
ing- in the high school at Pauls Val-
le\ this winter, wi'l spend the week-
end at the Delta Gamma house.
u
The Trial of Jesus
i/
Prince ( reeling of Onlahoma ( ity,
former Attorney (ieneral of Oklahoma
has been invited to give his lecture,
" The Trial of Jesus" at the first fall
meeting of the I'resbyteritn Brnther-
hoAi Class.
Sunday Morning
AT 9:45 O'CLOCK
* )
AT THE
BILLINGS THEATRE
You, and Your Friend, Are Invited to Coma
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