The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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J. J. BURKE, Editor.
- VOLUME XXII.
The Norman Transcript
A Live Republican Newspaper—Devoted to the Best Interests of Norman and Cleveland County.
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1911.
R. A. BRIGHAM, Publisher.
NUMBER 6
SOME HISTORY
MAKING EVENTS 0
OFF WITH THE OLD;
N WITH THE NEW
MANY ENTERPRISES SECURED COUNTY OFFICERS GO OUT AND
•« FOR NORMAN IN IN NEXT MONDAY. JAN.
1910.
big price for :
Individual Depositors Have More
Money Now Than For Many
Years.
Norman and Cleveland county |
enjoyed a very prosperous year
in 1910, and at the beginning of
the New Year is in better finan-
cial condition than for many
years. Good crops of cotton at
record breaking prices have re-
sulted in lifting many mortgages
and left the farmers with more
ready cash than they have eve:
had before.
The bankers in Norman speak
of individual deposits being larg-
er and more numerous and that
the financial situation has alto-
gether been very satisfactory.
The total amount of individual
deposits in the local banks at
present is $750,000, which is
the best sign in the world that
.4 good conditions prevail through-
out this trade territory.
Norman merchants as a whole
are well pleased with the year's
business, and are especially jubi-
lent over their enormous busi-
ness during the holidays. Thc'y
are now looking forward for a
big business during the crniitig
year.
Despite the dry weather, farm-
crs a- a. rule are goin< right
.ill- ad •.* <t.h their work, turning
the soil and preparing for the
1911 crop.
Norman made many strides in
1910, of which she is very proud.
Some of the notable things
were:
The assurance of the handsome
Administration building of the
State University, the construc-
tion of which is Hearing comple-
tion, and which kept the people
in suspense for over two years.
9. 1911.
work is expected
The Transcript's Congratulations and
Good Wishes to Old
and New
Next Monday, the 9th, with-
out any fuss or furbelows, the
present county officers will give
place to the incoming, as fol-
lows :
Judge Fletcher Swank, county
judge, will succeed Judge N. E.
Sharp, who has held the office
for the past seven years and made
a most excellent official. If
Fletch retires, when he does re-
tire. with as fine a reputation as
Judge Sharp does, he will cer-1
tainly be entitled to congratula-1
tions. But Mr. Swank has the
ability and will make a good
judge.
County Treasurer Sherman
Davis succeeds himself. We
guess he thinks he couldn't suc-
ceed a better man, and Sherman
has certainly "made good."
"Buck" Clement will remain as
deputy, which insures good work.
County Clerk McComb suc-
ceeds himself, too. He has been
very efficient, and nobody had
the temerity to -try to take his
job from him in the last election.
Clerk of the District Court 1".
O. Miller gives place to Tom
('heatwood. As county clerk and
district clerk Frank has been |
very competent and thoroughly j
reliable, and Mr. Clieatwood has
his work cut out to come up to
the standard. But Tom will make
good in every way, we are sure.
Murray Northcutt, of Lexington,
will be his deputy.
Sheriff Ike Sale sttccceds him-
self, and will carry on the good
work for the next two years as
he has the past three. He's a
success. \V. II. Abbott will re-
The paving of the main thor-
oughfares, with prospects that j ma'n as chief deputy. \\. 1).
the work will be extended to all! Maxey will retire as jailor and
parts of the city during the com-
ing year.
A creamery station, which furn-
ishes a ready market for all the
milk that can be produced in the
surrounding country.
A hundred or more modern
residences.
l'ostoffice receipts for the last
quarter of 1910 were the largest
in the history of the office, the
total receipts of the year will
reach something like $15,000.
A new $15,000 depot.
A new express office.
Birth of the "Advertiser."
Death of the "Independent."
Rev. McCreary at Wellston.
return to his farm near Newalla
—retiring, however, entirely at
his own request. All Mr. Sale's
assistants have proven excellent
officials. Tom Cottrell, of Moore,
will be the new jailor.
Register of Deeds Stogner re-
tires to give place to Mr. J. E.
Several additions to the town. I Carrier. Mr. Stogner has been
A big increase in population. I <>nc °f '',c ,llost pop Jar ot the
county officials, and the work
has been most excellentlv per-
formed. Mr. Carrier will undoubt-
edly endeavor to keep the office
! up to the mark, and he has plen-
j tv of ability along that line.
| County Superintendent Mc-
j Donald succeeds himself. For
; three years he has tilled the posi-
tion with credit, and his experi-
ence will undoubtedly fit him
] better and better. We are cer-
Kcv. n. L. McCreary was over tain ,le win make every cffort to
from Wellston, Christinas, visit-; nlakc the schools the best in the
ing his family. He is now pastor jslale
of the M. E. Church there, and And j A Fox A. Taylor
evidently doing excellent work. J an(j 'j'onl ]51air have done good
I he Wellston News says of him . j wor|{ as COuntv commissioners,
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
The Transcript wishes all its readers a Happy New Year;
one of Peace, Prosperity and Plenty. In the words of Henry
Van Dyke: "I am thinking of you today because it is Christmas
and I wish you happiness * * * and tomorrow because it will
be the day after Christmas, 1 shall still wish you happiness, and
so on clear through the year * * * 1 may not be able to tell you
about it every day, but that makes no difference; the thought and
the wish will be there just the same * * * Whenever joy and hap-
piness comes to you it will make me glad.''
ABOUT GIVING
A story with a plain moral which may well touch home to
any one, whether he or she ever gave to a missionary box or not,
is told in the Ladies' Home Journal for December. For it is not
only those who give through the channels of the churches who
offer the like thankless offerings in charity. Most of us are glad
enough to get a little salving of our conscience at one time or an-
other, by giving to others things which we do not want our-
selves.
The ladies were all very busy with their holiday plans when
the call canie for a box to be sent to the church missionary, out
in the West somewhere. The barrel was packed and sent, with
the freight to be collected at the end. The minister's wife, out
alone on the plains, save for her husband and the two boys, open-
ed the barrel with eager hope. A hat box came first, with visions
of a respectable hat to take the place of her shabby brown felt.
But behold, an old leghorn, trimmed with faded roses. She hop-
ed for clothing for the boys, but found only some tiny baby gar-
ments. She sought in vain for a coat for her husband, and drew
out only two shabby waistcoats. A cloth skirt of good material
was there, but so spotted and stained that it was valuless. The
worst mockery of all was an opera cloak of fine pink cloth trim-
med with swansdown that shed itself abundantly all around.
The minister had spent the monev they had been saving for
the children's candy to pay the last of the freight charges. But
his wife was so stirred at the thought of the careless giving bv the
ladies of the rich eastern church that she rose in her might to the
occasion. The Box should go back to them just as it was. and the
children should have the candy, too. On the mantel stood the
missionary box with its little hoard of pennies. Out of that board
came candy money and back to the city went the box of trash.
The sequel is capitally devised, but would take too long to re-
count. In the end the big city church not only paid up the arrears
of their missionary's salary, but sent a generous box of good
things to show their shame and sorrow over the original vanity
of their offering.
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IS INVITED IP (MOL
TO ATTEND INAUGURATION OF OKLAHOMA MATERIAL SHOULD
GOV. LEE CRUCE NEXT BE UTILIZED IN THE
MONDAY. BUILDING.
chuce's special train our natural resources
'In the evening we had the
pleasure of hearing Brother D.
L. McCreary, the recently ap-
pointed pastor of the Methodist
Church at this place. Brother
McCreary disappointed its. We
heard a much beter sermon than
we thought the man could preach.
It was good—it was gospel and
gospel means—"Good News."
His subject was "Christ in (>a-
dara" and in a manner that was
both pleasing and instructive he
told us of the Gadarians and the
part thev took in the world s most j hanesty anf) intention to
wonderful drama. ; give everybody a square deal
The next two years will be suc-
Christian Science Services. cessful in the administration of
Christian Science services are that office, The 1 ranscript is
held every Sunday at the Science ; certain.
rooms in First National bank "Billy" Shelton succeeds \\
building at 11 o'clock a. m.; Sun- L. Martin as county weigher, and
dav School at 10 o'clock; testi-1 will do his best to give satisfac-
and will be succeeded by J. A.
Fox, Wrn. Jennings and S. A.
Ward. We look for good work
from them. Mr. Fox is the only
one to succeed himself, and his
experience during the past three
years fits him for better work in
the future.
Geo. G. Graham succeeds him-
seif as county attorney. During
the past three years George
has grown wonderfully In ex-
perience and legal acumen, and
demonstrated his ability, his
will make a success as county
surveyor. He has the ability and
the experience, and his work
speaks for itself.
So, it's off with the old and on
with the new, and the Transcript
extends its earnest felicitations
to new and old, wishing them one
and all a happy and prosperous
new year and a successful ad-
ministration.
The "Honk" Was Saved.
They say that Dr. Hirshfield
had quite an exciting experience
with his automobile at Oklahoma
City one evening last week. It
was the machine he recently
purchased from Dudley Alexan-
der. and he made a trip to Okla-
homa City, leaving there late in
the evening on his return. .The
machine got out of his control
on a high embankment near Capi-
tal Hill and went over into the
GOOD BUSINESS
OUTLOOK IN m\
DUN AND BRADSTREET REVIEW
CONDITIONS OF PAST
WEEK.
favorable prospects
Best Reports Come From the South -
General Improvement Through-
out the Country.
From the reports of Dun and
liradstreet we learn that the coun-
try generally is in a good condi-
tion and that the holiday trade j
ditch, falling about ten feet and I was very satisfactory. The out-
badly demoralizing the machine.; look for the coming year contains|
Then he got a man with a team
to pull the machine out of the
ditch and back to Oklahoma City,
and the team got stalled with it
just when crossing the railroad
and a train came along and fin
many elements of strength, the
financial situation being greatly
improved.
Taking sections as a whole,
the South sends especially good
reports, due to good prices real-
ished what the dump had spared.; ized from cotton. Reports for the
At last reports it is said that
about all that was saved w as the
"honk" and even it was demoral-
ized.
inonial t
day nigh
invited.
meting every Wednes- tion, endeavoring honestly and
at 8 oVlock. You are
Fischer & Vincent Sell Gut.
Norman now sports but
plumbing firm. Fleharty &
this week, having bought out
Fischer & Vincent—building, fix-
tures, stock and all. The new
firm will occupy the Fischer &
Vincent stand. The Transcript
extends its best wishes to Fle-
harty it Co.. and also to Messrs.
Fischer & Vincent, and sincerel"
wttB. a.-- collections are best,
from the larger Western centers
and the South. Some Western
points note the effect of less sat-1
isfactory prices secured by farm-
ers for their cereal crops and I
one j assign the slowness of collections
Co., ,n part to the holding of crops
out 1 by farmers.
Business failures in the United'
tates for the week ending Dec.
IJ were 246. arrainst 257 in the j
ke week of 1909.
faithfully to perform his duties
and seeing that his deputies do
(likewise.
—'Th'« Trafls'cVipV a yfeVr1 DMilfey' Alfecantfer', of cours'tf, I'tem'ain in Norman
—A. A. Solan lias returned to
Norman front Oklahoma Citv I
hopes they will both see lit toi ,-ind will stay. They all come]
1 back, sooner or later.
A Severe Blizzard.
Otoe of the most severe bliz-
zards in a number of years struck
this country Sunday night. A
stiff wind blew all day Monday,
and the following morning the
mercury registered as low as 8
degrees below zero, some, how-
ever, claiming that it went as low
as 14 degrees. On Tuesday morn-
ing it registered in the neighbor-
hood of zero, followed by a con-
siderable change in the tempera-
ture, the theremometer going
back to normal.
The blizzard seemed to have
swept over the entire country,
though but few lives were lust
and but little damage was done.
Traffic was not blocked, neither
was communication cut off, due
to the fact that the weather was
very dry, there having been but
little rain anywhere prior to the
freeze.
At Oklahoma City the gas
supply was cut short and hun-
dreds of people suffered from
cold, though no lives were lost.
The people of Norman were
very fortunate in having a large
fuel supply, and nobody suffered
and no damage of any nature has
been reported. However, all are
glad to see real Oklahoma weath-
er return again, and only hope
that in as much a^ the New Year
"came in like a lion it will go out
like a lamb."
Fulkerson-Smalley.
Grover C. Fulkerson, age 23,
and Mamie Sinallev. age 20.
were joined in marriage at the
residence of the bride's patents,
two miles north of Norman. Jan-
uary 1st. 1911. at 3 o'clock p. m„
in the presence of a larue num-
ber of friends and relatives. The
Jjride is a nte<ce oi J. W. Linton,
who officiated.
A Holiday. Monday, and Faculty and
Students Will Attend in a
Body.
President A. Grant F.vans is
in receipt of a personal invita-
tion from Gov. Lee t ruce asking
the faculty and student body to
attend the inauguration cere-
monies at Oklahoma City next
Monday, and to go in the Cruce
special train, which will be run
from Ardmore on that day. The
invitation has been accepted and
a holiday been granted to faculty
and students and they will all at-
tend.
Mr. Cruce is president of the
board of regents of the Uni-
versity and it is mete and proper
that they should honor him in
every way possible, especially as
he has always shown a deep and
abiding interest in the institu-
tion, and has made its cause his
own under any and all circum-
stances. There will be a very
large attendance from Norman,
hundreds of our citizens joining
the I'niversity contingent in do-
ing honor to the new executive.
The inauguration ceremonies
will be held at the Auditorium
in < )klahoma City, and very
i elaborate preparations for >t are
being made. It will be a gala
day foi Oklahoma Tit;. f..r i'
will be the first time a governor
was ever inaugurated in that
, city.
The Transcript extends com-
pliments of the season to Gov.
Cruce, and wishes him a pros-
perous and successful reign. It
believes he will really be gover-
nor, and. if so, believes he will
make Oklahoma a most able and
constructive chief executive. He
is a clean, able, earnest man, and
will give, we sincerely trust, a
clean ami able administration.
Oklahoma City Aviation Meet.
(>klahoma City is keeping up
with the times in more ways
: than one, and the cost is always
i the least of the considerations.
Contracts were closed last week
j for an aviation meet of three
| days in that city, beginning Jan-
uary 14th. The contract calls
for seven aviators and nine ma-
chines. A guarantee of $15,000
i is made. Among the aviators
who are to be present on this
occasion were Moisant and
Hanfiltott. Moiaant, however,
lost his life in a flight Saturday,
and his place will have to be
filled.
An Old-Young Man.
Mr. J. S. Lindsay has been hav-
ing the time of his life this week,
lie got out those old-fashioned
real steel bladed skates he has
owned since 1818, and cut the
pigeon-wing and letter "S" with
the best of the boys; better than
a good many of them. Mr. Lind-
say believes in the theory that no
one is too old to enjoy himself.
For instance, when he war sixty-
two he rode a bicycle for the first
time, and learned to ride it good
and enjoy it; then at seventy-two
he bought an automobile, and we
all can see how much he enjoys
it and how he can run it as far
and a-- fast as the best of 'em ; and
now lie savs when lie gets to be
eighty-two he'll have an airship.
All power to him. Mav he live
long to en joy ;ill these thin s and
show his bovs how tn get file best
things out of tins lile. Really he's
as young as any ot them now.
County Buys Poor Farm.
At its last meeting the board of
county commissioners purclia ed
the Leith ( lark eighty acres, five
miles north of Norman, for S4.-
(J00 The place i- entirely unim-
proved and will reed buildings,
etc.. before it CdU be made avail*.
| able.
Prof Gould Thinks No Better Granite
in the World Than in Arbuckle
Mountains.
Prof. C. M. Gould is loud in
his claims that the material for
the new capitol building should
bear the earmarks of Oklahoma
products. In commenting on
this subject he says that practic-
ally all of the materials to be
used therein can be secured at
home.
"The people of the state natu-
rally take a commendable pride
in the capitol building. They
are anxious to see the very best
material used, but at the same
; time they will not fail to com-
mend the capitol commission \i
that body can see to it that only
Oklahoma building stone, lime,
cement, brick and tile are used
in the construction of the build-
ing. To our shame and sorrow
I be it said that heretofore public
officials have not been careful
regarding this matter.
"If it is decided to use granite
in the construction of the build-
ing. there is no better granite ill
: the world than that to be found
iu the Wichita and Arbuckle
1 mountains. If limestone or
! marble be desired, there are
limestone ledges and marble de-
;-I -it-- equal to the bet.
"There can be no excuse for
the capitol commission failing to
utilize Oklahoma material."
Congressman McGuire Marries.
i Congressman Bird S. McGuire
was married Monday afternoon,
Jan. 2, 1911. in Kansas City, Mo.,
to Mrs. Ruby R. Matchette, one
uf the most talented women of
that citv, a linguist of high stand-
ing and a thoroughly cultivated
woman. She is the daughter of
I'rof. Joseph Ridgeway, for 24
years connected with the Kati-
! sas Citv schools, and her mother
i wai Mr. McGuire's first school
| teacher, the families being long
time friends. Mrs. Matchette was
Congressman McGuire's com-
mittee clerk for two years past
and the only woman committee
clerk in the present congress.
Renner's Fine Meat Market.
, Louie Renner intends to have
j one of the most modern, uptodate
meat markets in ;ii' state. To
that end, he and Mrs. Rennet
have traded their property in Ok-
lahoma Citv to Aaron McDaniel
| for the State Investment Com-
pany building (the Andrew King-
kade building), and will fit it up
! for his business. The family will
| reside upstairs over the meat
: market, the rooms being fitted
up nicely for housekeeping.
It will make an excellent lo-
cal inn for a meat market, being
very central.
The State Investment Com-
pany expects to move for the
present into the room two doors
east of the Transcript office,
which will soon be vacated by
the Flehartv-Bailey plumbing
i establishment.
The Climax.
The engagement of this com-
pany at the Franing gives prom-
ise of being the most important
coinedv event of the season. 'I he
plav. which is in three acts. i> ho
eonstrucie I as lo 1 ive •-cone for
the introduction oi eveial verv
strong situations and from
the reviews seen of the produe
' tion. "The Climax" will prove ah
entertainment of a very superior
order.
—Mrs. I.vda R. Caldwell is
,1101110 from her holiday visit witti
friends it Jackson. Miss. Mrs.
Caldwell i- instructor in elocu-
tion and expression at the I'm-
vci-mi^ ajiil her work is most
jTOgiily 'spoken of. _ '
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