Rush Springs Landmark Aug 1912 - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Mary Achterhof 4 Nov 2007 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== The Landmark, 3 August 1912 W. C. carter, the young telegraph operator who killed A. Leavitt, a merchant at Henryetta, Oklahoma, has been bound over to the district court without bail on a charge of murder. At the preliminary no eye witnesses to the shooting were found but several persons testified that they heard the shots and saw the merchant run from the store and fall to the sidewalk. NEW FASHION Out at Altus the marriage ceremony was performed between J. W. Richardson and Mrs. Lulu McCay, a dashing young widow of 27 summers. At the conclusion, the bride was seized by her mother and two sisters and dragged to a small tank filled with about two feet of water and mud and there, after a struggle in which she lost most of her wedding finery, she was adroitly and thoroughly ducked in the slime. The same process followed for the groom at the hands of his brothers. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS J. A. Murphree, of Topeka, Kansas, is down on a business visit to Rush. Dave Cox could not stay away any longer from his babies an is again at home. J. R. Kilgore, a prosperous farmer of Stephens County, visited The Landmark yesterday. Mrs. Bates and son, of Nashville, Tennessee, sister and nephew of Mrs. McMicken, are guests at the parsonage. Rev. W. P. McMicken, of Rush Springs is a fine young preacher. He is doing well. Western Methodist J. C. Coffman, another old-timer in Rush, but now a resident of Hill County, texas, is up on a visit. The Landmark is authorized to state that Z. T. Bailey is not a candidate for Constable of Rush Springs Township and hopes that he never will be. Died on Monday, July 29, Samuel Sparks. Mr. Sparks had been ill with typhoid fever for two weeks and was on the improve when a relapse occurred. He had been a resident of Rush for several years. Mr. Sparks left a wife and three children. The marriage of Mr. John Cox and Miss Jessie English is announced. Both are Rush Springs raised young people and have many friends and relatives here, who, with The Landmark, extends good wishes. A GOOD ANIMAL OWNER F. E. Sperling is the owner of a family horse aged twenty-seven years. Notwithstanding the horse has outlived his usefulness for many years. Mr. Sperling accords him the same good treatment extended the other animals he owns in the way of provender and shelter. His example is a good one to many who often turn their old animals out, after a life of faithful servitude, to perish on the highway. Thad. Cabler, one of Rush’s prominent lumber men in its early days, dropped in to see us last Saturday. Old Father Time has dealt gently with him. He carries his age well. Dr. Gerard, of Ninnekah, was among the visitors to Rush last Saturday. This is the first time The Landmark has had the pleasure of meeting the doctor for the past five years. SOCIAL AFFAIRS Mrs. Sam Cox entertained her sister, Miss Elsie Seeney, of Duncan, last Monday. Music, games and icy refreshments gave the young people a very pleasant evening. Young people "chivaried" the bride and groom at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. English. The Landmark, 10 August 1912 Dr. B. B. Owens, of Hartshorne, suicided Sunday morning last, by shooting himself through the heart. Financial embarrassment is the cause assigned. If everybody committed suicide who were similarly situated a great many small towns would be depopulated. DEATH OF WILLIAM J. HUNTER The Landmark received notice last week of the death of William J. Hunter at Santa Anna, Texas. Mr. Hunter visited The Landmark family a few weeks ago, went from here to Mineral Wells, improved in health, went home and died the next day. He was a prominent and progressive merchant and belonged to an old Texas family, his grandfather, Dr. Hunter, was the first child born in Texas after it became a State. Mr. Hunter leaves a wife, four children and many friends to mourn his loss. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mrs. Crouch has returned from a visit to Arapaho. Mrs. McCarthy is in Oklahoma City this week. Miss Tadlock, of the Huntley-Hill Mercantile Store, is visiting relatives at Fort Worth. Mrs. Connie Blue received a present from the stork last Thursday, August 1. Miss Ethel Harper is absent on a visit to Livingston and Cleburne, Texas. F. C. Blakely is in Chickasha attending the meeting of the county election board. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbreath died on Thursday night from Typhoid Fever. Harvey Williams, sick with typhoid fever, is now on the improve. Dr. Hampton and family, who have been on a four-weeks visit to Missouri, are expected home today. Catherine Huskey, of Chickasha, spent the past week with Mrs. Childress, Mrs. Mayo and others. Mr. Ed Dawkins received news last Sunday of the death of his sister, Mrs. Lamb, at Normangee, Texas. Lawrence Lindsey, state financial clerk at Norman, was a visitor on Monday to relatives and friends in Rush. H. P. Ellis and wife will leave in a day or two for Hot Springs, Arkansas, where they go to partake of the beneficent effects of its celebrated water. Elder J. W. Tennyson has just returned from Texas where he has been assisting in a meeting. He is the appointed pastor of the First Baptist Church at Rush Springs and pastor of the Baptist Church at Bradley. Z. W. Bailey and wife left last week for their old home in Arkansas, where they have a son and daughter still residing. Mr. Bailey expects to be absent until next spring. Mrs. Harper prepared cream and cake to entertain the Embroidery Club but the threatening rain prevented a good attendance. Hon. R. L. Glover takes his defeat good naturedly, knowing that it is a long lane that has no turn and everything comes to him who waits. SOCIAL AFFAIRS Mrs. Collins gave her daughter Thelma a party in honor of her eighth birthday last Saturday. A large cake was illuminated with eight colored candles. This, with delicious cream, was shared with twenty- five children. Mildred Bullard and Catherine Huskey were out of town guests. Last Thursday Mrs. Sam Cox entertained what is known as the frying size boys and girls. Mrs. Rice gave a surprise party for her daughter Volena. The young people enjoyed games and melons. The Landmark, 17 August 1912 CARD OF THANKS I desire to return thanks to the good people of Rush Springs and surrounding precincts for the warm support given me in the primary on August 6. If elected in November I promise them a faithful and impartial discharge of the duties incumbent on me as County Clerk. Respectfully, F. P. Bradley MASTER’S VINYARD Funeral Services Little Pearl Gilbreath was laid to rest on August 8. Funeral services were held under the porch and shade trees where she had played from babyhood. Rev. Brown selected for his text 2nd Samuel, 12-23: "I shall go to him but he shall not return to me." David wept and fasted while his child was sick, but when it was dead he arose, changed his raiment and ate bread. The glad note in this lesson is that we can meet and know our loved ones on the golden shore of eternity. A sweet tribute of love was paid to the little girl by her Sunday school teacher and class, who followed the casket, bearing flowers as a parting gift. Judge T. J. Dickerson, formerly of Chickasha but not of Edmond, has been nominated by the Republican primary for United States senator from Oklahoma. GUARDIANSHIP OF MINOR CHILDREN State of Oklahoma, Grady County – In County Court In the Matter of the Guardianship of Lillie Colbert. Teddy Colbert, Rex Colbert, Minors. Now on this tenth day of August 1912, Manuel Colbert having filed in this court his petition showing that it is necessary that a guardian should be appointed for the person and estate of Lillie Colbert, Teddy Colbert and Rex Colbert, and praying that letters of guardianship issue to Manuel Colbert. It is ordered that said petition be and hereby is set for hearing on the twenty-sixth day of August, 1912, at 10 o’clock a.m. and that notice thereof be given by publication in the Rush Springs Landmark for two consecutive issues, and by posting in three public places in Grady County, one of which shall be at the front door of the court house in Chickasha. N. M. Williams, County Judge. SPRAY FROM THE SRPINGS Mrs. C. W. Harper was a visitor to Marlow this week. Joe Slaton visited relatives at Pauls Valley this week. Mrs. Sam Cox and her sister Elsie visited Duncan on Tuesday. Mrs. Sparks, whose husband died recently is quite sick. Miss Winnie Walker of Danville, Illinois, is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Walker. Mrs. J. J. Hendricks, sister of W. H. Bailey, is visiting relatives here. Mrs. McCarthy is again at home from a pleasant visit to Oklahoma City. Henry Mileur has a crippled arm. Cause: Monkeying with a broncho. L. W. Steger has returned to Rush after a protracted absence. While absent he visited four States and says that crops around Rush look better to him than those of any locality he has visited. R. E. Harris, of Antrim Lumber Company, has in his office a watermelon weighing 61 and a fraction pounds. This is the largest we have seen this season. It was perfect in proportion. Mrs. E. Coyle of Rush visited over Sunday with Mrs. W. C. Rucker, returning to her home Monday. Minco Minstrel. Mrs. Seney, of Duncan, while on a visit to Mrs. Sam Cox, received a wire from Baltimore, Maryland, that her father was very ill and left immediately for that city. Mrs.. W. H. Gilkey, of Chickasha, district secretary of the W. H. M. Society, will meet the ladies of the society and Methodist church next Monday, August 19, at 3:30 p.m., at the church. A good attendance is hoped for. The Landmark, 24 August 1912 Heck Thomas, a noted United States deputy marshal in the early days of Oklahoma, died at Lawton on August 15. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mrs. Leka has been quite ill the past week. Miss Mattie Dawkins is visiting friends in Chickasha. Willie Bailey is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jackson, at Ninnekah. Harvey Williams, who has been seriously ill, continues to improve. G. W. McCown returned home on Wednesday after a week’s visit to relatives in Rush. Mrs. A. D. Smith and sister, Mrs. Hedricks, are visiting in Cheyenne. D. C. Huskey, of Chickasha, was a visitor to his farm near town on Monday. Mrs. Bullard and children of Chickasha visited Mrs. M. J. Collins on Wednesday. Mrs. J. W. Wigham is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Jim Grice, at Sunset, Texas. Miss Pearl Smith entertained a number of young friends Tuesday night. Mr. Zwank and wife of Navarro County, Texas, is on a visit to Frank Burross, their son. Mr. Zwank is independent of railroads, as he uses his own auto to transport himself and family over the country. Dr. Girard of Ninnekah was seriously injured and is still confined to his room. He attempted to stop a runaway team of mules and was thrown under the wagon. The young friends of Z. T. Briggs, nephew of John A. Dixon and wife, gave him an impromptu entertainment Monday night at the residence of Mrs. Mc Carthy. Dr. Finley reports the appearance of a new girl at Mr. Hatter’s, seven miles west of town. George Kannal has been busy the entire week opening up his large stock of fine furniture in preparation for Opening Day. F. P. Bradley, of Chickasha, the new county clerk, was in town Monday rubbing up against his friends. "Uncle Johnny" Moore, one among the oldest residents of Rush Springs, is seriously ill. It was deemed advisable to transfer him from his home to the lower floor of the Masonic Temple building, as the air was fresher and cooler. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mrs. G. H. Crittenden is on the sick list this week. A. C. Bumpers’ infant child has bee quite sick. Mrs. Throop of Dallas, Texas, is a guest of Mrs. Taylor’s. Mrs. Thomas is on the improve, sick with typhoid fever. Harvey Williams, Joe Milleur and Mrs. Milleur are all up and about from their recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Simonds have been entertaining Mrs. Simonds’ mother the past week. Prof. Herring returned last Saturday from a vacation in North Carolina and Kentucky, looking rested and in good health. He was accompanied by two of Mrs. Herring’s nephews, Richard and Wylie Hawkins, who will attend school here. Miss Rhoda Hall, on of the popular school teachers, having spent her vacation at Doby Springs, is again back in Rush, ready for duty. H. P. Ellis and wife are again at home from a brief sojourn at Hot Springs, Arkansas. They report an enjoyable time. Under the care and manipulation of Dr. Bentley "Uncle Johnny" Moore has about recovered his usual health. H. N. Mullican I again back at his post in Chickasha from a pleasant visit to his parents near town. Margaret Starr, of Tishomingo, returned home Monday after several weeks visit with Mrs. Beeson. Though only ten years of age she is a good musician. Elsie Seeney who spent some time with her sister, Mrs. Cox, this summer employer her spare time in studying music under Mrs. Childress. R. E. Harris is macadamizing the sidewalk in front of the Antrim Lumber Company. This will be a great convenience to pedestrians in rainy weather. Joe Warren and family are again back in Rush. He says the town is a good one and he proposes to take root and stay with it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html