Rush Springs Landmark Nov 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, 1 November 1913 THE DEATH ANGEL Mrs. G. A. Jack, who was operated on at Chickasha a few days ago, died at her home south of town October 26, 1913. She leaves a husband, four sons and two daughters to miss her. Mrs. Jack was a kind loving mother and wife, a consistent member of the Methodist church, where her funeral service was conducted by Rev. Denny. He said in part: Death, sooner or later, must come to all. All may not have to suffer as she did, but all must die. He spoke of the suffering of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemene, in Jerusalem over the sins of his people, and on the cross. Sin alone makes death hard. We weep when our loved ones dies but Christ said we should weep when they are born and rejoice when they die. To die in the Lord is to live eternally. He closed with the prayer that the death of this Christian woman would be the means of drawing her husband and children to God and Heaven. A large crowd of sorrowing friends followed the flower decked bier is its last resting place in the Rush Springs Cemetery. SPRAY FOR THE SPRINGS Mrs. Leka will attend a wedding at Stillwater. Mrs. Stumm and Miss Blanch are visiting in Chickasha. Mrs. J. A. Lee leaves soon for Stillwater, Oklahoma, to visit her daughter. John Q. Newell, of Jennings, Oklahoma, is to be United States marshal for the western district of Oklahoma. Rush Todd, of the Antrim Lumber Company, paid one of his periodical visits to Rush Springs on Monday. Mr. Wylie, of the "big store" of Montgomery & Wylie of Marlow, was among the pleasant visitors to Rush to Wednesday. R. S. Cox is confined to his residence with an attack of typhoid fever. It is hoped his illness will be of short duration. Earl Evans is at home visiting his parents. For several years past he has been leading a seafaring life on board one of the government's warships. Life on the briny deep seems to have agreed with him. G. W. McCown and J. W. Herndon renew their subscriptions and J. T. Morris orders his paper changed from Sterling to Rush Springs. Mrs. Dan Jackson left Saturday for a visit to her parents at Braggs, Oklahoma. Her husband accompanied her as far as Oklahoma City. Carmen Hampton, Ole Beeson and Harvey Williams, Chickasha students visited home Friday and Saturday. Harvey is making a record as a football star. The Landmark, 8 November 1913 ISSUE MISSING The Landmark, 15 November 1913 PUBLIC SALES On Monday, November 17, there will be a public sale at the J. T. Strickland farm, three miles due west of Rush Springs, consisting of horses, mules, hogs, chickens, farm implements and household goods. Monday, November 24, a public sale will take place at the farm of S. Bennett, four and one half miles northwest of Rush Springs. This sale consists of horses, cows, hogs, farm implements and household goods. On Friday, November 28, T. L. Curtis will have a public sale at his farm, five miles west and one mile south of Rush Springs, consisting of horses, cows, and farm implements. Free lunch at noon. SCHOOL NOTES Lee Johnson has entered the ninth grade. Glenn Allen, of Wilmer, Texas entered the second grad. He will stay with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen, while attending school here. Willie Huntley, Johnny Hogue and Paul Jones are reported as having made a perfect record in spelling during the first week in November. Lena Klofkorn has been absent from school the past week on account of illness. Cecil McGuire has entered the second grade. W. A. Borah, former mayor of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and real estate man, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life, charged with murdering his wife and daughter and attempting to destroy the evidence by burning his residence. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Chickasha visitors: Dr. J. W. Finley, Mrs. J. S. Jones. Margaret Harris is on the sick list. G. M. McCown was in Chickasha Wednesday on business. Lee Woods, of the Duncan Eagle, was a visitor on Wednesday. Mrs. Murdock is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Stum. H. P. Ellis and wife and Ross Cox, of Chickasha, were Sunday visitors. R. S. Cox is improving so rapidly that he will be able to be out and attending to business in a short time. Miss Maymie Dawkins, after a two weeks' stay at the Dallas Fair, is visiting uncles, aunts and cousins galore in southeast Texas. Friends of Rev. R. H. Denny and wife are much disappointed that they were not returned to Rush. The new pastor, Rev. M. T. Allen, is highly spoken of. Many friends will be glad to learn that George McCleskey and wife have returned form their prolonged stay in Texas. He will resume his former position in the First National Bank. The change will give Frank Burross, who has been acting as substitute, a chance to get on the outside and smash up that new automobile. E. W. dent, cashier of the First National Bank, has been honored by Gov. Cruce appointing him as one of the thirteen delegates from Oklahoma to attend the Fifth National Conservation Congress, which meets at Washington, D.C., November 18, 19. 20, of the present month. Walter Jones, deputy sheriff, arrested and carried to Chickasha on Thursday two men charged with stealing corn from a farmer five miles southwest of town. Grandma Moncrief has had as her guest this week Mrs. Pruner, a fullblood Chickasaw Indian and an old friend; also her niece, Miss Anderson. F. P. Bradley, county clerk, was in town Wednesday. He says things look good to him in and around Rush Springs. R. E. Harris made a business trip to Chickasha Wednesday night. M. E. Harris, superintendent of the Cornish Orphan Home, was mixing with our citizens on Monday. The Landmark, 29 November 1913 IN MEMORIAM Beatrice, the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jones, was born April 18, 1912, and died November 19, 1913 with that awful disease scarlatina. All was done that loving and faithful hands could do but in spite of all this the wicked disease worked its way and death came and relieved her of all her suffering for evermore. Little Beatrice was sick only a few days. Though the days were few oh how she did suffer until the blessed Lord called her from this old world of wicked sorrow and trouble to that bright home above where her sweet little soul shall know no sorrow. Grieve not, dear parents, as those who have no hope for your loss is Heaven's gain. We know by the blessed word of God that our sweet baby is at rest and that she was only budded on earth to loom among the purest in Heaven. How sad it was to see that sweet little sister, so small, to understand, begging mama not to let them take her baby off. Oh, how that did crush the poor little mother's heart no one knows except those who have drank from sorrow's same sad cup. We know it is hard to give up those we love so well but we must remember that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son for us, and in our grief we must look to Him who doeth all things well, so try, though your heart be broken, to be submissive to His will. Sometimes we think there was something else that might have saved her life. So, look not to yourselves or earthly friends for comfort but to God, who has said I will not leave you comfortless. Oh, what a sweet consolation for us to know that if we do the will of our Lord some sweet day we will meet little Beatrice in that heavenly home where sickness and death can never enter. Weep not dear father and mother for your babe is not dead, but asleep in Jesus where none ever awakens to weep. One precious to our heart is gone, a voice is vacant in that home which never can be filled. A Cousin (O.B.) SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS B. O. Lindsey has issued 47 hunters' licenses up to date. Carmen Hampton who is attending school at Chickasha spent Thanksgiving at home. Miss Pearl Smith, at school at Norman, spent Thanksgiving with home folks. G. W. Hill went to Oklahoma City Thanksgiving to visit his daughters at school there. Will Forman is confined to his home with an attack of catarrhal fever. Miss Lela Wegner, who is attending school at Chickasha, is spending Thanksgiving at home. "Pat" Beeson's recent illness was brief. He is a good salesman and when absent from the store his place is hard to fill. C. W. Harper, real estate dealer, says that the demand for farms around Rush Springs is greater than the supply. Arthur Jones is a new subscriber to The Landmark while P. C. Baker renews his subscription. Charles Stienmetz, a farmer near Verden, Grady County, has returned from a three months trip to Germany. He reports the people there fairly prosperous but many of them are looking forward to the day when they can come to America. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html