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The Norman Democrat-Topic
Historical Society ™
VOLUME 26.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1915.
NO. 21.
BOARD SELECTS TEACHERS
The Norman City Hoard of Educa-
tion met Monday night and selected
a number of teachers for next year.
Salaries were increased from $10 to
$2.50 per month. The teacher- select-
ed are among the best in the state
which assures the public schools of
Norman to l>e second to none.
Prof. N. H. Edwards who has been
-uperintendnt since the first of the
year, ha- proven to till the position
in an acceptable manner and his se-
lection was made unanimously by the
board at a previous meeting.
The following are the teachers and
their positions:
Prof. N. H. Edwards, City Superin-
tendent.
High School
D. F. Myers, principal.
W. YV. Scott, manual training
Eva Clifton, English 1st.
M. L. Cotten, Latin.
W. S. Carper, English 2nd.
Jessie Trevarthen, history.
Mabel Davison, domestic science.
M. S. McMurtry, science.
L. O. Wison, mathematics.
Washington School.
Principal, to be selected.
Helen Olander, 7th grade.
Ruth Burch, 6th grade.
Lillian Gooding, 5th grade.
Avis Sellers, 4th grade.
Elizabeth Bell, 3rd grade.
Emma Engleman, 2nd grade.
Grace Roark, primary.
Jefferson School-
Principal to be selectd.
Bernice Taylor, 8th grade.
7th grade, to be selected.
A'ola Helms, 6th grade.
Susie Taylor, 5th and 6th.
Blanche Holland, 5th grade.
Tine Webster, 4th grad.
Calla Webster, 4th grade.
Sophia Martin, 3rd grade.
Foy Runyan, 2nd grade.
Teresa Donnelly, 1st and 2nd pri-
mary.
Josephine Brown, 1st grade.
Emer
athetics.
Mrs. James M. Gresham returned
last week from a visit with relat
at Wetmore, Kansas. She was
companied by her niece, Miss Lorena
Capshaw, mathematics and: .Veil, who will visit here for a fe\
weeks.
/Vex/ 77me
Bay at ffo/ne
WHEN YOU BUY AT HOME—
YOU SEE WHAT YOU BUY "BEFORE" YOU
PAY OUT YOUR MONEY.
YOU ARE SURE OF GETTING KNOWN ' RELI-
ABLE" BRANDS OF GOODS.
YOU HAVE NO "FREIGHT" TO PAY.
AND WE ARE HERE 365 DAYS OUT OF THE
YEAR TO 'MAKE GOOD" ON WHAT WE SAY
AND SELL.
BUY AT HOME—BUT ONLY BECAUSE YOU
CAN BUY FOR LESS.
HARDWARE, FLOUR AND GROCERIES.
Joseph Nelson
The First National Bank
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA
Capital ^-d Surplus $70,000
E. B. JOHNSON, Pres.
WM. SYNNOTT, Cashier. PHIL. C. KIDD, Vice-Prea.
Efficient Service
Prompt Deliveries
The place to buy your Groceries, Meat and
Bread.
Our Spring Dry Goods are now on display.
Come in and see the latest designs.
Dorothy Dodd Shoes for ladies can't be
beat.
Phones 101 and 247.
McGINLEY'S
MOVING PICTURES
IN RURAL SCHOOLS
Psychologists say that 87 per cent
of all we learn comes thru the ey
1 his fact is being utilized in many
cities and in some states by a depart
ment of "Visual Instruction." Th"
Extension Division of the University
will offer the following Visual In
struction service for six months
next year, October to March:
Typewritten lectures will be sent
to each school subscribing for the
service, which are to be memorized
by the teacher or some one appointed
by him. Once each month a set of
stereoptican slides is sent illustrating
one of the lectures which is to be
delivered as the slides are shown
Following this will be about 20 min
utes of the finest moving pictures
The University Extension will also
employ several tine music instructors
who will be sent to any community
desiring them. For full particulars
concerning this work, address;
J VV. SCROGGS,
Director, University Extension
Norman, Oklahoma.
WATCH THE CITY PARK
There is something doing at the city
park these days and a whole lot more
will be doing and done within the
next thirty days.
Mayor Lindsay and the park com
mittee with Leo MlcMakin as chair
man have decided that the people of
Norman and especially the children
shall have a place to go r recreation
The city park is an ideal place for
this purpose. The shade trees are
now large enough and furnish enough
shade for Norman's more than 1000
children besides all of the grown-ups.
The old dead limbs are being
out, the weeds and grass are being
mowed, flower beds are planted,
wading pool 30 by 40 feet and 20
to 24 inches deep is under construction
and will be ready for the boys and
rls to wade in to their hearts con
tent by next week.
Chairman M\cMakin and the park
committee are formulating plans to
build a lake that will cover a couple
of acres of ground and will be from
three to eight feet deep.
The new administration is con-
vinced that the way to have civic
improvements that will be beneficial
to all is to get busy and construct
them.
Watch the city park grow under the
new administration.
DEATH OF MRS JANE E HAR
RINGTON
iMirs. Jane E. Harrington, an old
resident of Cleveland county, died
May 13, 1915, in the southern part of
Ceveland county, Oklahoma, of ill-
ness and gradual decline, caused from
weakness and old age, at the advanced
age of eighty-five years.
She was an original homesteader in
the Pottawatomie Indian reservation
at the opening in 1891, at which place
she resided until her death.
Living the life of a devoted Chris
tian, having been a member of organ
ized church for some fifty years, the
many milestones of her eventful life
were marked by christian acts of kind-
ness and administrations, to friends
and kindred, and at its close ushig
life's burden as a pillow, has lain
down to peaceful rest.
1 he deceased leaves of the seven
children only three surviving
mourn their loss: C. H. Harrington of
Norman, A. L. Harrington of Lex-
ington, and Mrs. P. D. Roach of Wa-
nette.
Interment was had at the Mt. Zion
cemetery in the presence of many
sympathizing friends and neighbors.
Rev. A. T. Harbor, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, officiated.
TRAIN NEXT MONDAY
Perhaps the best answer to the
port that the Hessian fly is "killing"
the wheat crop is the fact that the
railroads are rushing hundreds of
threshing machines to Kansas, Okla-
homa and elsewhere in the south-
west to take care of the crop which
wil be ready to harvest next month
Next Monday the Sana Fe will run
through Norman a special train of
fifty cars loaded with threshing out-
fits from the Rumely company, every
outfit having been sold before the
train started from Chicago. The value
of this single shipment is placed
$100,000. The train will arrive here at
9:55 a. m. Monday, May 24, and Agent
J. J. Raker has arranged to have it
stop a few minutes to give farmers
and others an opportunity to see it.
The train will stand at the Santa Fe
station.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
R. E. Morgan, 21, and Marguerite
Thompson, 18, both of Oklahoma
City.
J D. Fonville, 21, and Mabel Craw-
ford, 19, both of Oklahoma City.
L. S. Vaughan, 24, and Laura Sal-
ter. 20, both of Oklahoma City.
IWiHiam B. Richards, 30, Oilton,
Oklahoma, and Miss Bertie Pinnick,
24, of Norman.
Herbert T. Gearheart, 22, Oklaho-
ma City, and Minnie Barth, 18, Quan-
ah, Texas.
A GREAT PEOPLE AND
A GREAT PRESIDENT
Baltimore Sun: There is one pre-
dominating thought in the American
mind today, and that thought is ex-
pressed in the word, 1 usitania. We
are all thinking about that crowning
horror of the war, but there could
be no greater tribute to the American
people than the sanity and self-con-
trol which they are displaying under
exceptionally trying circumstances.
The American press has exhibited
commendable calmness and com-
posure; the man on the street has
been as self-restrained as the pres-
ident. 1 here has been no "rocking
of the boat," no violent and rabid
utterances from any responsible
source; no attempt to excite prej-
udice or fire the popular heart. The
strongest undercurrent of public
feeling excited since the war began
has been set in motion by the Lusi-
tania tragedy, but we have stood firm
and refused to be swept away by it
We have a right to be proud of th
magnificent manifestation of what
the President calls National normal
force. Europe showed us nine
months ago how difficult it is for
great Nations and great rulers
face calmly emergencies that appeal
National pride and passion
are showing Europe now how such
emergencies should be met—we are
giving the world an object lesson in
National self-command We do not
know whether we should be prouder
of our President or of our people
Happy are the people who have such
a President at a crisis like this; happy
the President who has such
people behind him.
At this time above all others he
has need of National sympathy and
support. Like Washington in the
Revolutionary epoch, like Lincoln
the Civil War era, he bears the
weight of an incalculable responsi
bility. But their course was clea
compared to his, which is surrounded
by many elements of doubt, many
complex and far reaching issues. He
is confronting a new situation, he
sailing a clouded and uncharted sea
A mistake at such a juncture would
involve consequences to this country
and mankind beyond the power of
human calculation. Emperor William
probably did not realize his respon
sibility when he said the words which
plunged the world into war, though
he has doubtless realized it pro
foundly many times since; but
have the satisfaction of knowing at
hour like this that we have an
official at the head of our Government
who will deal with this question
one charged by God and man with a
supreme trust, and who will be true
to that trust in the sight of Heaven
and of his fellow-men. But what
National and moral responsibility
rests on him today, and how careful
we should be not to vex his soul by
vain or foolish counsel. The Amer-
ican people can help him most and
best by continuing to maintain their
admirable attitude of masterful self-
control. Neither they nor the Pres-
dent will be actuated by fear, by self-
ish considerations, by passion, prej
udice, anger or revenge. Whatever
we do or whatever we refrain from
doing will be the result of National
conscience and National conviction
We do not believe the American
people and the American system
government ever stood* out more
splendidly in the white light of a
great crisis than they do today
shaken by passion and unafraid of
the future under the strain of a great
and grievous test. Let us thank
Heaven we have a captain at the
wheel to whom we can trust our
honor and our interests, and let us
wait with quiet, confidence until he
gives the word.
THREADGILL
DIES SUDDENLY
HOW PIGS GAIN
Young animals make more pounds
of gain from their food than when
older. Dean Henry, of Wisconsin,
gathered a lot of data on this, and
found that 138-pound pigs required
293 pounds of feed to make 100
pounds of gain; 78-pound pigs re
quired 400 pounds of feed; 128-pound
hogs, 437 pounds of feed; 174-pound
pigs, 482 pounds; 226-pound pigs, 498
pounds; 271-pound pigs, 511 pounds
and for the 330-pound hogs it took
535 pounds of food to make the 100
pounds of gain, or nearly twice as
much as for the 38-pound pig.
This emphasizes the importance of
pushing the hogs from the start in
order to make the most economical
gains. It has been found at the North
Dakota Experiment station that April
pigs can be made to weigh 200 to
250 pounds by November 1.
C. F. TEEL
Optometrist
Orr
Barbour's Drug
Store
Norman,
Oklaliuma
Dr. John Threadgill, aged 07 years,
died suddenly at his home in Okla-
homa City last Friday afternoon.
He had taken his usual walk in the
down town district Friday morning
and retuned home for lunch. After
luncheon he told the members of his
family that he was feeling tired and
would go to his room and lie down
a while. Soon afterwards, his daugh
ter, Miss Frances Threadgill, heard
him scream and rushed to his room.
Before medical aid arrived he had
breathed his last. Funeral service^
were conducted from the Presbyter
ian Church Sunday afternoon and it
was attended by several organizations
of which the deceased was a member
and hundreds of his personal friends
A number of Norman people who
had been associated with the deceased
during his residence in Norman also
attended. Mr. C. 11 Bessent was one
of the pallbearers.
Dr. 1 h read gill came to Norman
from Taylor, Texas, in 1895, having
secured a contract from the govern
ment for the care of the Oklahom
unfortunates. In 1901 he disposed
his interests here and moved to Ok
lahoma City where he became one
her leading financiers, town-builde
and statesmen.
The last time that Dr Threadgill
was in Norman was last Octobe
when he attended the Williams polit
ical meeting and requested his Nor
man friends to support Judge Wil
liams for governor. Dr. Threadgill
was born in North Carolina and join
ed the Confederate army when h
was only sixten years old.
In 1870 he moved to Brenham, T
as, and began to practice medicine
In 1873 he moved to Taylor, Texas
and in 1895 moved to Norman.
To know Dr. Threadgill was to ad
mire him, and his hundreds of Nor
man friends will always hold him in
grateful remembrance.
Mrs. Threadgill and two daughters
Mrs. W. T. Salmon, Miss France
and one son, John Threadgill, Jr
survive him.
HIGH SOCIETY AND WILSON
President Wilson, speaking in b
half of Berea college, which was
founded for the education of th
mountaineers of eastern Kentucky
emphasized a new phase of conse
vation., It is estimated that there
are three million people in th
mountains and hills of the south who
lacking education, are living th
primitive, almost sterile, life of thei
ancestors who came to these wild
mountain homes from British aim
houses and debtor's prisons in the
early colonial days. Rather than
work for the slave-holding aristoc
racy of the south, they pushed on in
to the wilderness where, though na
ture was niggard, she was yet kind
than a man-owner. iThey have main
lained a high sense of honor and in
tegrity, and are inefficient in the
modern sense only through lack
education. Said the president:
"What America has vindicated
above all things else is that native
ability has nothing to do with socia
origin. It is amusing some times to
see the airs that high society give
itself. The world could dispense
with high society and never miss it
High society is for those who have
stopped working."—Public.
STATE FAIR PREMIUM
LIST FOR 1915 ISSUED
It's ready for you. The Premium
List announcing in detail all feature
events, classes, departments, rules and
regulations and amusements for the
Ninth Annual State Fair and Ex-
position, 225 pages bulging with pre-
miums and awards, is ready for ex-
hibitors. A copy can be secured free
on request to I. S. Mahan, Secretary
State Fair, Oklahoma City.
The contents in brief are:
The Fair period will be eight days
Saturday, September 25, to Saturday,
October 2. Information covering
transportation, freight /and express
rates, entry requirements, privileges
and concessions, contracts, premiums,
fees, closing dates for all departments
is given.
The Hiorse Show, Paine's Fire-
orks, Makovsky's Band, Five Big
Time Vaudeville Acts, constitute the
evening show, every night in front of
the grandstand. Heretofore the
horse show was a separate attraction
Auto races, two days; harness and
running races, four days.
In the cattle division there are 605
prizes; over 300 in the horse division;
eight pages are given to listing prizes
for swine. Fifteen prizes are offered
for county exhibits—$200 and a silver
cup for first. Three hundred and ten
prizes are offered for public school ex-
hibits. Boys' and Girls' Clubs will
be more prominent this year. All
members should have a copy of this
book. The Oklahoma Bankers' As-
sociation offers five scholarships at
A. & Mt College, valued at $160 each
to winners.
Day admission will be 50c; night,
25c.
Mr. O. M. Morris departed last
Friday for his home at Quincy,
Kentucky.
Commencement Program
OF THE
Norman High School
AT THE
High School Auditorium
May 21, 1915. 8:15 p. m.
PROGRAM
Orchestra Prelude —University Orchestra
Opening Prayer Rev. M. F. Cowden
Salutatory Marios Gooding
Valedictory Etta Clifton
Music. Bridal Chorus Girls' Chorus
Commencement Address T. W. Butcher
President Kansas .State Normal
Music—Lovely Night Girls' Chorus
Presentation of Diplomas C. W. Shannon
( losing Praypr Rev. E. S. Benjamin
GRADUATES
Marion Paul Gooding
Lee Marie Berry
Margaret Francis Goodrich
Roy Wesley Holland
Nnuvie Francis Brown
Harry Houston Ambrister
Maud Acree
Janet Grace Allan
Olga Hobo
Raymond Hugh Goodrich
Naoma Capshaw
lleulah Caldwell
Jennings Bryan Griffin
Gretta Mae Cahall
Lena liylinda Sadler
Sadye 1 lyde
James Burl Johnson
Percy Lee Welch
John Grade Wynne
Bruce Milton Kidd
Bertha Benton Corbin
Glaydys Lenore ('lardy
Maud Ellen Hoover
Virgie Veatrice Iiaswell
Elva Herinina
Alice Marguerite Klugas
Gladys Helms
Charles Jackson Young
YVilnia May Wickizer
Hester Ellen Williams
Martha Ella Smalley
Anna Mae Simpson
Maud McGuire
Julia Isabel Emery
Lockie Leora Moffett
Clara Eichhorn
Homer Cortex Helms
UcEtte Kerne Clifton
Maude Lucine Proffitt
( hloc McEhlancy
Eva Marie Flood
Esther Monica!
William Walter Schulze
Greta Mabel Mitchell
Kathryn Gale Blackert
Lillie Annie Allen
C'oleen Hullum
Alice Flood
Edward Smith
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