Rush Springs Landmark JUl 1913 - 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, 5 July 1913 ACME GLEANINGS Mr. Metcalf and family of Marlow was visiting their daughter, Mrs. Robert Edwards, at Acme last Sunday. Ralph Talley was visiting home folks at Marlow last Sunday. L. W, Steger was transacting business in Rush Springs last Saturday. Vice President Jacob of the Acme Plaster mills spent several days in Acme last week. Rosco Payne and wife spent Sunday with home folks, south and west of Acme. Hodge Bailey has just harvested another fine crop of alfalfa. Mr. Blaylock has moved back to Acme. J. B. Cox, Mont Brown and Mr. Dryden delivered peaches at Talley & Childress store last week. Joe Coleman, O. Cowan and several other farmers were trading in Acme last Saturday. Mr. Bible was accidentally thrown from the motor car last Monday and badly hurt. Is resting very well at this writing. Mr. Craddox of Marlow is spending this week in Acme. Henry Hovis and family have moved to Marlow. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Enos Penn, of Dallas, Texas, is on a visit to Rush. Mrs. Jackson of Ninnekah, is down on a visit to her parents, W. H. Bailey and wife. Jim Haigwood, who has been summering at Wichita Falls, Texas, is visiting his family. Mrs. Walter Langham, of Oklahoma City, is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Sam Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson McCormick are visiting their parents here. Mrs. J. D. Beeson and Johnnie will spend a few weeks at El Reno with her daughter. Roy Mullican is again at home from Oklahoma City, where he has been attending a business college. G. W. McGeehee and wife left for Southwest Texas this week, to visit Mrs. McGeehee' mother who is quite ill. Miss Stella Walker left last Monday for San Diego, California, to spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. John R. Hicks. L. W. Long and James Blundell renew their subscriptions to The Landmark. The latter subscribes for two copies of the paper. G. H. McCleskey, of the First National Bank, has been absent from his desk for a few days past on account of illness. W. E. Gleason, a prominent citizen of Dewey, Oklahoma, fired three shots at his wife last Wednesday, telling her "there are too many good looking men in Dewey for your good." His wife now wants a divorce. Charles Jolly is now proprietor of the Opera House Cafe, T. C. Parish selling out. Mr. Parish will now devote his time to farming and listen to what the south winds are saying as they whistle through the cornfields. Mrs. Luther Brown and children, of Altus, Oklahoma, are here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McKinley; also Miss Elizabeth McKinley, of Altus, who comes to visit her grandfather and grandmother. Ben Wright, while plowing in G. W. Hill's field on Wednesday, was so unfortunate as to have his team run away. As he had the lines over his neck he was dragged forward and had the skin of his nose torn off, but no broken bones. Mrs. V. Caywood, Mary Cambron, Lottie Bailey, Will McGranahan and Charley Beeson are again at home from the Normal school at Edmond. A team driven by Mrs. E. L. Taylor, near town, took fright and ran away on Wednesday, throwing her out of the vehicle. Her injuries are not serious. The Landmark, 12 July 1913 HORSE STOLEN Hodge Bailey was so unfortunate as to have his horse stolen while attending the picnic near Acme on the Fourth of July. A reward of $275. is offered for the arrest and conviction of thief and return of horse. Description: Brown horse, 12 years old, weight 950, little gray in forehead, dent or hole in left side caused by hit on rib, branded flying W on left thigh, saddle well worn, cover off horn, rawhide on neck of horn cut by smooth wire, fender on left side loose from stirrup leather and tied with white leather string. ACME GLEANINGS Rev. Denny preached an interesting sermon at the school house last Sunday night. Subject: "Has a sinner a right to pray." Text, Acts 8-23 Mr. Talley of Marlow was visiting his son Ralph the Fourth of July. Ross Cox was down from Chickasha, taking in the picnic and visiting home folks the Fourth. Jim Wade, of Lindsay, was visiting his sister, Mrs. Hodge Bailey, Fourth of July. Rev. Denny, R. L. Glover and Henry Mileur all made speeches the Fourth at the picnic. We are glad to say Mr. Bible is able to walk about the house at this writing. Jim Strickland was delivering hay to the Plaster Mill people the first of the week. Tom and Jess Dempsey left for Marlow last Saturday evening. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mrs. Beeson is again at home from her trip to El Reno. Jack English and John Pursely spent the Fourth in Fort Worth. Enos Penn and wife left Friday for their home in Dallas, Texas. T. E. Rice, of the Square Deal House, was a business visitor to Duncan on Monday. Miss Velma Miller is spending a two weeks vacation in Kansas City. Mrs. Langham and Mrs. Sam Cox spent the first of the week with Mrs. Ellis at Chickasha. Clyde and Ernest Rucker, of Minco, were visitors to Rush on the Fourth. A E. Rockhold has returned from his Kansas trip. He reports farming conditions in that State bad, far behind Oklahoma. G. W. McGeehee has returned from his Texas trip. He says there is no place like home here in Oklahoma. Robert Bailey, of Kansas City, after an absence of three years, has been visiting his mother and relatives. "Not Guilty" was the unanimous verdict of a jury of twelve men in the District court of Oklahoma County on each of the charges set forth in each of the charges set forth in the accusation against Dr. J. C. Mahr, State Commissioner of Health. The Landmark, 19 July 1913 DEATH OF J. W. BAILEY A dispatch announcing the death of J. Wesley Bailey, on his farm near Chickasha, was received in Rush Springs Wednesday morning. Notwithstanding he had been a sufferer from general debility for many years past he continued in business until a short time previous to his death. He was well known in North Texas and in Rush Springs and its surroundings. For years he was a member in good standing in the Baptist church. Mr. Bailey leaves a number of relatives here in Rush. "Peace to his ashes" A man named McMahan has been arrested in Chickasha for passing bad checks on merchants. Jack Myers is in jail at Chickasha charged with passing counterfeit currency. The notes look very much like real money. Lead dollars are also in circulation. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mr. and Mrs. Seney, of Duncan, are visitors to Rush. Mesdames Slaton and Collins visited Marlow on Friday. Dr. Finley is absent on a visit to his father at Commerce, Texas. Miss Fannie Dial, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Imogene Hawpe. Jesse Smith is spending a few days with his aunt, Mrs. W. E. Bonar. Mrs. S. M. Jolley spent the week with her daughter, Mrs. Harris Mulligan, at Chickasha. Born to C. S. Huntley and wife a 11 pound boy. Mother and baby doing well. G. H. Crittenden and family are spending the week in the mountains. Pat and Charlie Beeson, Jester Wigham and others are off on a pleasure trip. Claude Lindsey and Ross Cox showed up as usual in Rush last Saturday. Mrs. W. M. Huntley and Alda Mullican are both recovering from typhoid fever. Miss Ethel Bonar entertained her young friends Saturday night in honor of a visiting friend. Lola Penn entertained a crowd of little folks on Friday in honor of her twelfth birthday. Mesdames Volenia Caywood and Edna Thomas visited friends in Chickasha Tuesday. Blufort Lindsey, accompanied by his wife, took a day off Tuesday and made a visit to Chickasha. Miss Frances Jolley is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. S. E. Durham. John H. Williams, of Little Rush, was in town last Saturday and exhibited to The Landmark photographs of his brother Jeff's from near Frederick. The surroundings and fishpond look good to the eye this sultry weather. Unless something unusual happens we will make an effort to visit Frederick the coming month of August. Dan Jackson met with a painful accident Monday night. He dropped a heavy log on his foot while handling it at his woodpile, crushing one of his toes and injuring other parts of the foot. Mrs. Bert Jackson, has returned to her home at Ninnekah after a visit to her parents, W. H. Bailey and wife. Postmaster Coyle and T. E. Rice, of the Square Deal House, were visitors to Chickasha on Monday. When John Bailey's new building is completed it will be occupied by C. McCormick as a business house and that of Dr. Finley's by A. H. Davis & Son. Oscar Beck, at the Rexall Drug Store, is agent for Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal and Country Gentleman. $1.50 per year each. The Landmark, 26 July 1913 SOUTH RUSH N. J. Penn and his sister, Mrs. Dovie Jackson, left on the southbound train Sunday morning to visit relatives at Gainesville, Texas. Miss Ethel Worsham, from Stillwell, Oklahoma, is visiting relatives at Rush. Miss Ethel is a successful teacher and has contracted for a school I her own county. Mrs. Mae McCormick had the misfortune of spraining her foot by stepping into one of the innumerable gullies in the streets of South Rush while returning from preaching Sunday night. The injury though painful is not serious. STOLEN HORSE RECOVERED Hodge Bailey has recovered his horse that was stolen at the picnic near Acme at the Fourth of July celebration. The horse was found in the road between Purdy and Kilgore. Henry Rogland, the negro, who shot a 7 year old white boy at Pauls Valley, is now in jail at Davis. Had he been captured when the shooting occurred lynching would have followed. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mrs. H., P. Ellis, of Chickasha, visiting her parents this week. Lela Wegner left for Comanche Sunday to spend a few days. Velma Miller returned Tuesday from her vacation. Mattie Dawkins is visiting friends in Comanche this week. Mrs. Sam Cox entertained the young people Friday night. Punch and cake were served. E. L. Taylor and wife have returned to their home from the country. The Crittenden families have returned from their outing in the mountains. Mrs. Childress writes us that she will return home tomorrow, after a pleasant month's stay at Sulphur. J. J. McKinley is seriously ill this week. As he is advanced in years his recuperative powers are not good. Manford Henry met with an unexpected setback Thursday night. After pressing out a sufficiency of grape juice to the amount of fifteen gallons, costing him ten dollars extra for incidentals, unthoughtedly made it airtight in a keg. Fermentation ensued, the keg empted itself scattering its contents over the room. W. M. Pursely, G. W. Hill and A. H. English, enterprising and progressive citizens, are erecting silos. Mr. English's is already completed. He will feed during the coming winter about 100 head of stock. Ed Lamb, of Herrington, Kansas, was a visitor on Monday. He was much pleased with Rush and surroundings and may locate here permanently. ACME GLEANINGS Rev. Marshall, of Tuttle, preached at the schoolhouse last Saturday and Sunday nights. Roy Steger came in from Kansas last Friday. He thinks there is no place like Acme. L. W. Steger is working at the Plaster Mill again. We are glad to say that Mr. Bibles was able to get down to the office last Monday for the first time since he got hurt. Mr. Blaylock, of Texas, was visiting his son at Acme the first of the week, returning home Wednesday. Brock Odell is drilling the well for the gin at this place. Mr. Swyhart and family were shown through the mill last Monday. Joe Coleman and son, Temple Hood and several other farmers were in Acme last Tuesday on business. Ed. Williams, the ice man, is doing a good business in the ice line at Acme this hot weather. Lewis Brown is putting in the concrete foundation at the gin this week. Everett Cooper was up from Marlow the first of the week. Billy Thomas, of near Alex, aged 24, is in jail at Chickasha, charged with the murder of his father, as the result of a family quarrel. In addition to his arrest two hired hands are charged with being accomplices. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html