The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 104, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 30, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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The University City—
Cosmopolitan People ]
t e Norman Transcript
Norman — the Capital
of Cleveland County
VOL. IX. NO. 104
BERRRY GIVING AWAY
A TUB FULL OF COLLARS
The R. C. Berry mercantile com-
pany are piving away a tub full of
men's collar*. The tub is placed on
the outside of the front door, where
it is handy for passers to take a col-
lar or two.
O*'
MRS. SHERMAN DAVIS
IS IMPROVING NICELY
Mrs. Sherman Davis was brought
home Sunday morning from a hos-
pital in Oklahoma City where she
has been about three weeks. Mrs.
Davis was operated upon for appen-
dicitis and was in a very serious co -
NORMAN, OK1.A, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Musi of the collars are brands | dition, the appendix having ruptured
which the company is not handling Her many friends are pleased to
any more. Some of the collars arc||1|>lir t|,at s|u. is getting along even
a little soiled, but if you l'an I better than was expected, and hope
your nujnber you will get a per ictly | ( completely
«ood collar, which helps some these tnat *
hard times. [recovered.
BILLINGS
N*.
Direction Josh Billings
Pipe Organ Music
Wednesday and Thursday
i p. m. to 11 p. m. continuous
A Picture That Strikes the Heart of All
William Russel in
"BARE KNUCKLES"
See William Russell in his greatest and
best picture of the season, a heart inter-
est ins
storv full of humor and pathos.
HAHOLD
IU5YD
HIS ROYAL
SLYNESS
I lis second million dollar con 4!y, one
of the best laugh producers of the season.
William Duncan in "Fighting Fate"
Notice: Heinz has nothing on us for variety when
it comes to this program. You will surely spend two
hours for clear entertainment here, watching these three
pictures.
Joint Meeting Of
Rotary-Lions club
•Will Be Held Soon
The Rotary club Monday unanim-
ously accepted the plan of the Lions
;!ul> for a joint meeting in September'
when A. R. Kroh, of Chicago, will
address the meeting 011 the subject
of agriculture and co-operation.
It is said that Mr. Kroh has a
wonderful knowledge of the farmer's
problems and in connection has a
wonderful way of talking about tins,
problems. He has made a thorough
study of the needs and importance of
co-operation in all lines, and the
two clubs feel fortunate in securing
his services for this joint meeting.
Each member of the Rotary and
Lions club will be expected to in-
vite a farmer as a guest of this
meeting, and according to this plan
there ought to be between seventy-
five and a hundred farmers in at-
tendance.
Dr. G. \Y. Wiley and family re-
turned Sunday evening from Colora-
do Springs, where they spent several
weeks on their vacation. They re-
port a most enjoyable time and a
pleasant and profitable trip, but of
course were glad to get back home.
LADIES CLUB AT MOORE
GIVES PICNIC SUPPER
-rr;,:
"Results are fcotrules and
yardsticks that measure
va'ues."
J
BUILDING RESULTS
that measure up to your
highest expectations are
what you get when you
build with our quality ma -
terials. Our lumriar and
other building materials will
give you lasting satisfaction.
After all, quality is the
thing, and we give it to
you.
Barker Lumber
Company
* •
An Exceptionally
Real Dramatic
Production
UNIVERSITY
THEATRE
WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY
Schedule 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 p. m.
n
ALLAN DWAN
PRODUCTION
itW
V '.
Mr •
BOXING CONTEST IS
STAGED FOR TONIGHT
Wall Abbott Meets Johnny Lynch at
R. O T. C. Armory—Three
Preliminary Bouts.
The boxing entertainment at the
R. (). T. C. armory tonight prom-
ises some fast work when Johnny
Lynch meets Wall Abbott in an eight
round boxing contest. Both boys are
Occasion in Honor of Birthday of
L. F. Piatt—A Feast of Good
Things to Eat.
The Ladies club of Moore gave a
picnic supper on the lawn at the
home of Mr and Mrs L. F. Piatt
in that city last Wednesday night
in honor of Mr. Piatt's birthday.
The editor of the Thanscript ac- (
cepted the kind invitation to attend j in good shape and evenly matched in
and partook of the hospitality which j Wi jght- and both have good records,
is always so generously bestowed up-, W.|M x))bo|t is a \orman buy and
Oil a visitor by the Rood people of . . ... ...
.. lias been box Itln all Ins lite. It is
Moore. '
A long row of tables stoo<J on thejr-cord in the army proved that he
lawn loaded to the guards with all j carried the necessary qualities (or
the good things the markets afford, (entertaining his opponents and keep-
Spring chicken featured the meats, ing them going, lie never lost a bat
and if any one went away chicken tie, won many and had a few draws,
hungry it was his own fault, as there I hose who have seen him in action
was a bountiful supply left. The claim be carries in either arm the
trimmings consisted of i v cream and necessary punch.
rake. | Johnny l.yncli has an enviable rec
After the feast of good things to ord Me has crushed the aspiring
iat. the time was spent in pleasant hope- of many a would-be pug dur
conversation and in playing games,'ing his career. Among the best o!
the most interesting one being, "Bid t these will be mentioned Kid Williams,
the hen cackle." .over whom he got a referee's dc-
Those in attendance were: Vision in ten rounds, \l Coffey, whom
Mr. Tate, Mrs. Thomas, Mr. and he rocked to sleep in three rounds.
Mrs. II. B. Philips aid family, Mr. Sailor Thomas, who fought a no
and Mr- A J. Smith. Dr. and Mrs. decision in Ardmore, the Jersey Kid
Grady. Mrs. Marion Piatt and faini- and Babe Moore, who lasted three
ly. Mrs. Alden, Mr. and Mrs. Simms rounds each.
and family. Mrs. Decker and family, Both men are in good shape for
,\ir. and Mrs. Wynd and family, Mrs. the go and a full house is expected
Swihart and family. Mrs. Barker, to see the event.
Miss Keifer, Miss Stone, Mr. and The contest will be preceded by
Mrs. Culbreath, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. three battles of three rounds each.
Smith, Raymond Murphy. Roy Piatt, These include the bount bet wen Bob
!. Y. Lott. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Piatt, McCall and Drake Locke, both of
and R. A. Brigham.
Norman, John E. Johnson's twins of
Purcell, and Shockey Stogner and
Frank Abbott of Norman.
Thti entertainment is being) held
i nder the auspices of the American
Legic n.
Dewey Luster,•Chickasha, graduate
j or th$ university and captain of las
of Norman, was re-;year's football team, will be the
IA. C. BOGLE ELECTED
PRESIDENT DAIRYMAN'S
CONVENTION SATURDAY
M. C. Bogl
elected president of the dairymen's j referee,
association at the annual meeting
held at Stillwater last Saturday.
Plans to increase the organization s
membership to at least 3,000 within
the next year were laid bv .the associ-
ation at its annual meeting Saturday
afternoon.
There are now 250 members. The
new plan is to .include members of
county and community organizations
in the state association and to admit
numbers of affiliated organizations.
State meetings, "thereafter, would be
delegate conventions.
Saturday's convention was the big
gist in five y.-ars. Feeding problems
occupied the greater part of the time
devoted to shop talk. The growing of
tame grass pasture was urged by dairy
experts. These officers were re-elect-
ed: President- M. C. Bogle of Nor-
man: vice-president, W. R. Petty
Oklahoma City: secretary-treasurer,C.
VV. Radway, extension dairyman, A.
and \l College.
A joint meeting of the United States
Grain Growers association, the Whea
Growers association and Oklahoma
NORMAN WINS OVER
MULHALL SUNDAY
of 9 to 3, Again Gives
Norman Long End of
Tally.
PURCELL ROOMING
HOUSE OWNER HELO
ERNEST TRIMBLE SHOT AND
Norman baseball team kept up | BOOY O^NRAILRQAD
Th
ts winning record Sunday in the
'.line with the Mulhall team, win- !TROUBLE IS
OVER WOMAN
ling easily by score
The game Sunday . ti e seven- j jessf Wa)tL.rs Youth. Held in Cleve-
:h straight same in which the Nor-! land County Jail as an important
nan (cam has had th.* larn. s<*ore i Witness.
vhci tin- Millie v as < . r. Norman j
•r. having always bee 1 Olivers in j K'1 Helton. propietor of the Cot-
heir team. are now wi; than u ri'-iKc rooming house at Purcell, was
•'-nvinced that they wi.l >'.• winners j arrested Sunday by McClain county
o the end of the season. 1 'i? Nor- | nffjeers and placed in jail there on
i the charge of killing Krn« • t Trimble
• an managers are expecting to
panics until the first of Octobe .
Next Sunday the team will go to'"' Oklahoma I ity. at Purcell Saint
Purcell for a double header- and con- day night
idence! is expressed that we will take! Jesse Wider-, a boy in his teens
"mth games, as we ^ave already won was brought t< Norman, Monday, and
wo from the Purcell team. A large i is being held in the county jail here
lumber of fans are expected to go
.vitli the players to Purcell Sunday.
Kfforts art being made to match
\ gam,- for tomniorow (Wednesday)
.vitb the Oklahoman team. The Ok-
ahoma team has won from Mulhall,
>nd if the game is played here to-
morrow, it promises to he a good
one.
On Labor Day, next Monday there
.vill be a j'aine here at the polo
grounds, between Norman and The
Wilson Packing Plant team. Nor-
nan has already won one game from
he packers, the score being 4 to 3,
as an important witness.
Trimble, who was 41 years old. was
placed on the railroad track after he
was shot. 11 is body was cut in two
by the southbound San fa le pas-
senger train.
According to Purcell officers, F.x-
elton and Trimble were both paying
their attentions to a Mrs. Vance, the
wife of a blind man who lives in
Oklahoma City. When Trimble's body
was found lie had a letter in his
pocket which the officers think he be-
lieved Mrs. Vance wrote. She de-
nied writing the letter, but her son,
nd the game was the best that has j Jess* Waters, admitted he wrote the
•ecu played on the local diamond, j leter under the direction of Exelton.
Tin game next Monday will probably .The letter was addressed to Trimble
>e a good one as the packers will J at Cement, and was signed "J." This
ry to redeem themselves, and Nor-1 is not the initial of the woman but
nan i< jusct as determined that they the contents of the letter are such as
-hall not win. I to indicate it was writen by someone
Sunday's Game. j who wished to make it appear she
Norman players were at bat 371 was the author. The boy admitted
MISS ETTA ALLEN
DIED—IN SPARTA, ILL.
Miss Etta Allan- sister of John S
Allan of this city, died at her home
at Sparta, HI., Monday morning after
an illness of 15 weeks in bed from
' complaint. She was 41 years
of age.
Mr. Allan returned last week from
< six weeks visit to his sister, leav-
tig her some better.He will not be
able to attend the funeral services.
Seed Growers association was the only
other conference of importance on the
fourth day of the farm congress pro
>ram. Comparatively few members
if the three associations were present
Saturday, so they met jointly. Rela
live merits of the rival marketing or-
ganizations United Sates Grain Grow
•rs and Wheat Growers, wen pre
ented by speakers. Short course work
on the farm congress program ender.'
Saturday.
times, making 9 runs and gettingl3
lits. while Matthews, the Mulhall
litcher struck out 11 players.
Mulhall players got runs and 5
'lits from Davis, 13 Mulhall players
being strike-out victims.
Box Score
\
Norman
; In' i I
1
Buster Brown
Guaranteed Hosiery
Hill, 2b
4
2
Miller, c
3
2
bristow, cf
4
y
Stogner, lb
4
1
' obble, 3b
4
1
1
Vowell, If
7%
V)
Davis, p
4
0
irey, rf
0
Bernier, rf
3
0
Totals
.37
9
Mulhall
AH R
Hooper, If
4
0
Shultz, 88
4
1
Boedecker, 3b
4
0
Ellis, 2b
4
1
■\linger, cf _
__ 4
0
Matthews, p
4
0
Lewellen, c
3
0
Winton. rf
3
11
Demster, 2b
3
1
Totals
33
3
this was the intention of Exelton.
Mrs. Vance told the officers that
Exelton was up late Saturday night,
and this coupled with the fact that
Trimble left Cement when he did and
that his body was taken from under
the wheels of the southbound Santa
Ke train, and that Exelton's revol-
' | er had recently been used synchron-
- i/e perfectly, according to Purcell
- authorities.
For
K'\V2 >4AN
^andCHILD^
Trade Mark Registered
I
I luster Brown Hosiery is meeting with much popularity
Initli because of the economical price, high quality and satis-
faction guarantee. We shall deem it a personal favor to have
vott return every pair of Buster Brown Hosiery which does
iiot meet with full satisfaction.
Children's Lisle Hose, fully guaranteed, white, black
or brown ^5c ant^ 50c
Ladies' Black, All Silk Hose, fully guaranteed $2.00
Ladies' Brown, All Silk Hose $2.00
Ladies' Black, lace striped Fancy Hose $2.00
Ladies' Black or Brown All Silk Hose $1.50
Ladies' Lisle Hose 50c and 30c
Men's Silk Socks, all colors 75c, $1.00, $1.50
Men's Cotton Socks, all colors 25c, 35c
Buster Brown Shoe Store
207 EAST MAIN HOLLAND & SHERMAN
Buster Brown Shoes For Boys and Girls—"First Because of the Last"
District Court
Convened Monday
Special Session
The special session of the district
• •mt for Cleveland county convened
ii Norman in special session Moil
•lay morning, with district Judge \\
L. Kagleton presiding, when the
:riminal docket was sounded- issue?
)f law settled, and defendants in
criminal cases arraigned. M otions
lemurrers and defaults were heard
Noonday.
The first case was that <>f Joe Dod
sou charged tvith killing a man by
the nam of Snyder near Lexington
about a year ago. Many witnesse
from that section are in attendance
FIRST BALE COTTON
TUESDAY MORNING
T. R. Peters, Thirteen Miles East of
Norman Brings in Large
Load Good Lint.
Mr. i. R. Peters, living thirteen
niles east of Norman brought in the
"irst bale of cotton Tuesday morn-
ug. The cotton was raised on the
•arm of Mrs. S. II Peters, thirteen
niles east of the Johnston Corner.
Mr. Peters had been offered five
•ents a pound in tin- lint early Tues-
lay morning.
Mr. Peters brought in the first bale
>f cotton last year, and said that
there have been several years past
that he could have had the first bale
had he wanted it.
Crop is Poor.
Mr. Peters says that the cotton in
liis part of the country is practically
rpined by the boll weevil, that on the
higher ground --onie of the raiseii*
will not make 25 pounds to the acre
lie says that he has about ten acres
n the patch he picked this bale
roni and that he will he doim,' well
to get three bales from it. while last
year he made about a bale and a
juarter from tin same ground.
Mr. Peters thinks that cotton will
>ri11 g a grod price this year but that
he yield is so lii<ht that coton prow-
Ms will lose heavily in the cotton
Top.
Bargain Bungalow
Five rooms, basement and furnace, bath, sleep-
ing porch, oak finish, east front, 011 a 50 by 140
foot lot, on the West Side, near the University,
possession given immediately, owner anxious to sell.
Recently reduced to the bargain price of $7500. Lib-
eral terms can be arranged.
McDaniel & Matthews
REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE
101 East Main Phone 23
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