Rush Springs Landmark Sep 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, 6 September 1913 THE DEATH ANGEL Roy Jack, aged nine years, son of G. A. Jack, died on Saturday and was buried in the cemetery on Sunday. Funeral services were held by Rev. R. H. Denny. Death to the aged is sometimes a relief but coming to one in the spring time of life is an illustration of the saying, "The aged must die, the young may die." The Landmark extends its sympathy to the bereaved family. SCHOOL AFFAIRS Names of teachers and different grades are given below: High School - Prof. E. R. Scheimann and Miss Rice. Grades - G. H. Cuthbertson, seventh and eighth; Miss Allie Young, fifth and sixth; Miss Hattie Hamond, fourth; Miss Minnie Stephens, third; Mrs. Alma Glover, second; Miss Birdie Montgomery, primary. At present Miss Young is substituting for Miss Rice and J. S. McCormick for Miss Young. One hundred head of cattle have been stolen from the ranch of W. W. Payne near Duncan. Officers can find no trace of the thieves. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mrs. A. H. Davis is visiting her old home at Gracemont. Mrs. George Leftwich of Oklahoma City was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leftwich this week. Miss Joyce of Missouri, will spend the winter with her aunt, Mrs. George Kannal. E. S. Ridgeway, after an absence of two years in Missouri, has returned to Rush. He says things look good to him here. Chickasha visitors: Mrs. Beeson, Miss Ethel Harper and her guest Miss Cooper, B. M. McGowan and wife Ed Williams and mother, Henry Milleur. P. Stifflemyre had born to him on Wednesday a 13 pound boy. His neighbors say that Mr. Stifflemyre has been strutting around since the event like a Shanghai rooster. Mrs. E. M. Herndon, of Indiahoma, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Childress, returned home Monday. Mrs. Childress accompanied her as far as Chickasha. Mrs. Andy Warren, who has been visiting relatives here for the past three of four weeks, ahs returned to her home in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Bible spent Tuesday in Chickasha consulting an osteopath physician concerning Mr. Bible's injuries which he sustained in a fall from a motor car. Mrs. Marshall, who has been keeping house for her son Billie, left for Oklahoma City Sunday. L. Coleman is visiting his father and mother at this writing. He will leave in a few days for New York. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mrs. Newton has her brother as guest. Mrs. A. E. Perry is a guest of Mrs. J. M. Bentley. Messrs. Kolfkorn, Lewis and Bess are new subscribers to The Landmark. Miss Crawford, a former teacher here, spent Saturday with Mrs. Hampton. Ross Cox writes back from Galveston that he is enjoying himself hugely; goes in "bathing with ladies in Gulf of Mexico." A marriage license has been issued at Chickasha to Charley Fitzhugh and Miss Allie Stephens, both of Rush Springs. A. N. Murphy & Son, live insurance agents, have something to say in this issue of The Landmark. Rev. Avery Dickerson, of Kremlin, Oklahoma, visited the family of his father-in-law, M. M. Turner, this week. A negro named Jones Chapman, now serving a 25 year term in the penitentiary for murder, tells how he murdered a white man named Matthews. He detailed just how the murder had been arranged between him and the wife of the murdered man, how he struck him over the head with a club, and then grabbed this throat and choked him. Afterward he threw the body behind the mules in the stable where it was later found. The killing of two police officers in Guthrie by a negro is the result of the two races living or trying to live in the same locality. The negro is by nature a beast and his pretended civilization is only a slight veneer. Scratch a negro and you will find a savage. The only way he can be controlled is through fear and trouble is certain to occur in any community where he resides or has a being. When in Chickasha don't forget to stop at European Hotel, just across the street from the County Court house. Nice rooms, clean comfortable beds, and an absolutely straight house where ladies are both respected and protected. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Huskey, Managers. 49-tf Rush Springs girls attending schools at other places: Miss Carmen Hampton, Chickasha High School; Miss Mamie Coyle, Chickasha Business College; Harry Caywood, Fort Worth Business College; Cornish Mayo, College at Commerce, Texas. Frank Burross gave his new auto a trial trip on Sunday, running it out to Lawton and Medicine Park, and returning, a distance of 105 miles. The Landmark, 20 September 1913 SOUTH RUSH Mrs. Lugilla Browning and Miss Ada McCormick of Byars are visiting their parents at Rush this week. Miss Ada will remain till her winter term of school opens. Mrs. J. M. Howell left Saturday for a visit to relatives in Mississippi. Her sister and niece returned with her. C. L. Beard, a former resident of this community, and father of Mrs. N. J. Penn, arrived a few days since from his home in Kentucky. Mr. Beard had the misfortune to loose his wife a short time since. Grandma Potts is much better at this writing. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS J. M. Jones sold four wagons last week. George McCleskey is still at Fort Worth but on the improve. Miss Juanita Curry is attending school at Commerce, Texas. C. W. Harper has erected a fire-proof barn near his residence. Mrs. Anderson, of Chickasha, was among the visitors on Tuesday to Rush. Miss Ethel Harper has returned home from a visit to Edmond. J. W. McCall, on Route No. 2 is a new subscriber to The Landmark. Chickasha visitors: Prof. Schiemann and brother-in-law, Mr. Smith, and Mesdames Jones and Beeson. F. M. Patton, of Quanah, Texas, son of George Patton, came in Tuesday to help his father finish the Finley building. Jeff Williams, a brother of John H., who owns a good farm on Little Rush, left on Monday for Good Water, Alabama, where he goes to spend the winter. He ordered The Landmark sent to him at that town. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lee, September 11, a 10 pound boy. The stork was handicapped by a rain storm and both the boy and rain received a warm welcome. Ed Beeson, railroad agent at Newark, Texas, accompanied by his wife, is on a visit to his parents. Ed is not only a good railroad agent but a good friend of The Landmark. J. W. Wigham, one of our southside farmers, thinks the rain will make late feed stuffs, such as kafir, grass, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and peanuts. Mrs. D. H. McCarthy, now sojourning in California and having a good time generally, wants The Landmark sent to her new address. Mrs. A. E. Perry, of Coalgate, who has been a guest of her sister, Mrs. Bentley, has returned home. Dr. Finley was a witness at Anadarko in the case of Clarke vs Rock Island Railway. Mr. Clarke was in the wreck at Ninnekah. The Landmark, 27 September 1913 CULTURE CLUB Mrs. J. M. Bentley was hostess and leader last Tuesday. Program as follows: Roll call. Miscellaneous poets. Story of Beowulf, from History of English Literature, Mrs. Kiernes; The Nation and the Language, Mrs. Bentley; Sketch of King Alfrod, Mrs. Hampton; Select Reading, Mrs. Cox; Music, Mesdames Dawkins and Childress. Mrs. Ernest Crittenden was elected delegate to Federation of Women's Clubs at Tulsa, November 10, Mrs. R. S. Cox alternate. One visitor, Mrs. Green. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Cox, October 7. Col. William Busby died at his home at McAlester on Tuesday, 23rd inst. He had held high positions in business and Masonic circles in Oklahoma. TRIP AROUND THE WORLD Dr. G. V. Hale, of Los Angeles, California, writes The Landmark that he will leave the following week on a trip around the world, and to enable us to keep tab on his whereabouts will now and then drop us a few lines. ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE State of Oklahoma, Grady County - In County Court In the Matter of the Guardianship of Lucy Holloway, nee Perkins, a minor. Now, on this thirteenth day of September, 1913, Sam M. Holloway, guardian, having filed herein his petition for the sale of the real estate described in said petition, for reasons in said petition stated, it is ordered that said petition be and hereby is set for hearing on the thirteenth day of October, A.D. 1913, at nine o'clock a.m., at which time ll persons interested in said estate are required to appear and show cause, if any they have, why an order should not be granted for the sale of so much of the real estate of said Lucy Holloway, nee Perkins, a minor, as is necessary for the reasons in said petition stated. It is further ordered that a copy of this order be published for two successive weeks in The Landmark, of Rush Springs, Oklahoma. N. M. Williams, County Judge. ACME GLEANINGS Jim Horn's wife and daughter left several days ago for Woodward, Oklahoma, to visit son and brother. Jiles Steger has been disabled from cotton picking for several days with a mashed finger. Several of the Acmeites attended the social at Boss Fatherree's last Thursday night. All report a good time. Cliff Williams has moved to Acme. He is working for the Acme Plaster people. Jim Ruff and Louis Brown attended court at Anadarko last week as witnesses for J. C. Clarke of Rush Springs. Deck Jolley's children, who have had the fever for the past thirty days, are improving slowly at this writing. L. W. Steger went to Rush Springs on business Thursday. Jim Seay has been on the sick list the past few days. Billie Marshall will leave for Texas next Monday. Billie has been bill clerk for the Acme Plaster people the past year. Mr. Blaylock who h as been working at the mill this summer, has moved to Rush Springs. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Miss Fowler, one of the teachers at the public school last year, is visiting the Carnival. Mrs. I. S. Bess is absent at Maysville, attending the funeral of a sister. Dr. Finley had the misfortune to lose by death one of his fine team of horses last Friday night. F. P. Bradley, Grady County's popular and clever clerk, accompanied by his wife, visited the Carnival on Wednesday. J. A. Slation, president of the First National Bank, took a day off and in order to rest up visited Chickasha. The following is a list of the names of Rush Springs people who won prizes a the Grady County Fair at Chickasha: Elbert Cast, Henry Heatley, May Bruner, Clifford Herrel, Olis Cast, Ira Cast, L. V. Morris, James R. Phillips, Samuel Myers, and J. R. Cast. Mullen & Mullen of Ardmore are new subscribers while J. D. Watkins of Mountain Park and Mrs. John Kiernes renew their subscriptions to The Landmark. The cool nights indicate that Sam Cox and R. E. Harris, coal dealers, will now have their innings, while the ice man will have to go way back and sit down. CARNIVAL NOTES Miss Carmen Hampton visited her parents last Saturday. Mesdames Williams, Rockhold, Kiernes, Milleur, Bible and James were in Monday and fixed up the Home Improvement Club exhibit. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Irwin, east of town, were Carnival visitors Wednesday. M. M. Turner, presiding genius at the exhibit hall, regrets that the town people were excluded from exhibiting. Mrs. Sibley of Oklahoma City, a guest of Mrs. Ed Williams, was a Carnival visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Long visited her parents C. McCormick and wife and took in the Carnival. J. C. Cast and sons, who took so many prizes at the Grady County Fair at Chickasha will exhibit same here today. The Chickasha Star gives Dr. Riddle, of that burg, a sly dig by saying that when Uncle Jonas Cooks wants to get a real live number for his home-grown Chautauqua he should bill Dr. Riddle for a few remarks on "Why I an not United States Marshal." --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html