Rush Springs Landmark May 1914 - 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, 2 May 1914 BABY IS KILLED BY A TORNADO Father and Mother of Chickasha Child May Be Fatally Injured Chickasha - A tornado which swept the north part of Chickasha last week resulted in the death of a 2 months old child of William Asper, local manager for the Western Oil Co., the perhaps fatal injury of Asper and his wife, and serious hurts to at least five others. A cloudburst preceded and accompanied the high wind. Five houses in the addition were completely demolished. That of Asper disappeared entirely. The body of the baby was found some distance from the site of the house. A stone seed house belonging t the Apache Cotton Oil Co. was wrecked and numerous outbuildings and smaller structures tipped over or blown to pieces. West of Chickasha a large bar belonging to J. W. Mayo was destroyed and minor damage was reported north and east four miles around. More than an inch and a quarter of rain fell in Chickasha in a short time. Thomas Pryor, 35 years old, shot and killed his wife and fired a bullet into his own brain at Ardmore. The couple separated several weeks ago. Mack Williamson, one of the young members of the Pauls Valley bar, has been named as a special probate attorney in the United States Indian services. C. M. Fecheimer, a Chickasha attorney died as the result of having fallen from the roof of the First National building into the alleyway below. Toddling around in the yard during the temporary absence of its mother at a neighbor's, a 2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Zachery of Hollis, fell into a cistern at Altus and was drowned. Jim Bledsoe pleaded guilty in the district court at Coalgate and was sentenced to die in the electric chair at McAlester on July 2. Bledsoe was arrested in connection with the finding of a headless body of a woman in a creek near Caddo. Arlie Browning, aged 25, was shot and killed by a boy known as Monte Wilson, Milfay, one mile east of Stroud. The killing was the outcome of a drunken row in which Browning and a man named Harry Neece, attempted to beat up young Wilson. ACME GLEANINGS Carl Johnson, Joe Dempsey, Robert Edwards and wife went to Marlow last Saturday. A A. Fatherree, Henry Brooks and Roy Smith was trading in Acme last Saturday. B. H. Odel, the well man, will drill Att Miller a well this coming week. Mrs. L. W. Steger was visiting with Mrs. Murphy, south and west of Acme, last Sunday. E. I. Williams, the ice man, is prepared to furnish you ice now at his ice house at Acme. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, from near Cement, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Lee Heard, of Acme. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS C. W. Harper is engaged in leasing land in and around Rush Springs for oil drilling. In a jumping contest at Chickasha Ulrich Beeson was declared winner. His jump measured a few inches over 18 fee. Ed Coyle has purchased and is now owner of the ground and lower story of the Masonic Temple building. This property is well located and when Rush Springs' inhabitants reach the ten or fifteen thousand mark it will be "The Hub" of the town. FIRE - BURGLARY If you want anything in our line you had better get around pretty quick for what didn't burn up the burglars are trying to steal. The burglars did not need to steal the clothing and shoes from us had they made an offer we would have taken it. So we ask you to come ahead at once and make us a decent offer. You can get the goods without stealing them. R. L. Glover AN ESCAPADE City Marshal Wyatt arrested two young men near Lawton on Wednesday charged with unlawful possession of horses. One of the horses belonged to an uncle of the arrested parties. Both young men are from Lindsay. CULTURE CLUB Mrs. John Coyle was hostess last Tuesday. Seven members answered to roll call with quotations from various authors. The subjects of the lesson were Disraeli, Bronte, Charles Reade and the "New Romantic Movement." These subjects were presented by Mesdames Coyle, Bentley, Kiernes and Miss Mary Coyle. The club voted to give ten cents per capita to the general endowment fund to fight child labor, bad sanitation and many social evils. A social half hour was enjoyed by the ladies. The next meeting will be with Mrs. E. Crittenden, May 12. Each member is requested to have some gem of verse or prose for this meeting. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS A H. Davis who has been quite sick is now able to be about. Mrs. Leka has returned from Illinois where she spent the winter with her parents. \ Mrs. Stumm and Miss Blanche were visitors to Chickasha last Saturday. Misses Montgomery, Harper and Rice were visitors to Chickasha last Saturday. Mrs. J. M. Bentley and daughter Mary returned last week from a lengthy visit to her sister, Mrs. Perry, at Coalgate. Dr. and Mrs. Finley left Saturday for a visit to Sulphur, where the doctor's father and mother are spending some time. Mrs. J. W. Childress left Wednesday for Sulphur to attend the annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary society. En route home she will stop at Lindsay for the district meeting of the Federated clubs. She will represent the Culture Club of Rush Springs. The last meeting of the Home Improvement Club was at the home of Mrs. Brightwell, near Acme. The next meeting will be with Mrs. John Kiernes. Prof. Schiemann and family have moved to their farm, six miles northwest of town. John Coyle attended a Masonic assembly at Oklahoma City last week. Mrs. Leftwich, while in Oklahoma City, had the pleasure of hearing a sermon by Evangelist McConnell. Messrs. Harris, Worsham, Beard, Morris and ourself, were among visitors to the reunion of Confederate soldiers at Chickasha last Saturday. BURGLARY The Battle Ax store was entered and robbed Wednesday night of clothing and shoes. As the safe was not blown it was evidently the work of an amateur. Incidents of this character are calculated to cause the owner to use stronger language than that attributed to President Wilson, "tut, tut." NOTICE TO CREDITORS To The Creditors of Martha S. Miller, Deceased. The creditors of the above named decedent are hereby notified that the undersigned was, by the County Court of Grady County, Oklahoma, appointed executor of the estate of said decedent are required to exhibit them to said undersigned at his office in Chickasha, Oklahoma, with the necessary vouchers, within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, to-wit: from the second day of May, 1914. Dated April twenty-seven, 1914, Eugene Hamilton, Executor The Landmark, 9 May 1914 Theodore Pruett for District Judge I desire to announce my candidacy for the office of District Judge, subject to the democratic primary in August. Caddo County has always been the friend of Grady, giving a large vote to the candidates of Grady in every primary since statehood. The Grady County candidates for state office have a right to expect a good vote in the coming primary in Caddo. May we not expect something in return. Grady and Caddo are in the same senatorial, judicial, congressional and supreme court districts. We should be friends. Friendship cannot always exist where it emanates from one side only. No married couple ever lived happily together where love sprang from only one party to the marriage contract. Friendship and love, to be perpetual, must be mutual. I beg of you to inquire into my qualifications for the office and to remember that Caddo is your sister county on the west and the fifth in population in the state. We have no candidates for a state office. Caddo only asks for the District Judge. Theodore Pruett ACME GLEANINGS Rev. Alcorn filled his appointment at Acme last Sunday preaching to a full house. Scripture lesion: Mathew, 8th chapter. Mrs. Harry James is quite sick at this writing. A C. Long, of near Little Rush, attended church at Acme last Sunday. Mr. Johnson, of Marlow, brother of Carl Johnson, was visiting in Acme several days last week. Married on last Sunday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the Justice of the Peace at Acme Loyed Merritt to Miss Alice Coffy, both of Cross township, Grady County. Buck Garrett, sheriff of Carter County, says a horse thief is the most dangerous menace to society. W. N. Rucker, of Norman, Oklahoma, is an unusual live wire. He owns stores at Nrman, Purcell, Marlow, Davis, Blanchard and Lindsay. LAWTON "DOPE" FIENDS The "dope" fiends and Lawton are becoming quite numerous and there must be a source of supply convenient for these poor unfortunates. It is against the law to sell cocaine and morphine to these people. It ought to be stopped. The following have been committed to the insane asylum at Norman where they will be given treatment. Some of these have already been there, but retuned here and resumed the habit: Benire Boucher, age 17; Fred Kooyman, 31; Sell Hough, 40; Mary Fairsheets, 43; Ernest Besser, 22; Elmer Potter, 18. This is a large list of victims to "dope" than the bad booze has sent out of Lawton. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS J. Worsham visited Chickasha on Monday. R. L. Glover, of the Battle Ax store, is absent this week, purchasing a new stock of goods. John McCrary, son of J. W. McCray, of Rush Springs, was married at Memphis, Tennessee, on May 1, to Miss Shinnaut. John H. Williams, and little son, of Little Rush, both of whom have been seriously ill, were in town Saturday. Mesdames B. O. Lindsay and Jabe Worsham are absent at Grand Saline, Texas, attending the funeral of an aunt. The Landmark, 16 May 1914 HOSPITABLE LINDSAY Many towns have done well in entertaining club women but Lindsay has, so far, surpassed them all. She has no gates and her front doors and dining rooms were wide open. The writer had a delightful stopping place in the lovely home of E. L. Hynds, who might be called an alfalfa king, having several hundred acres in alfalfa. SUICIDE BY A HORRIBLE METHOD Madill Man Saturates His Clothes With Oil and Applies Match Madill - N. J. Lampton, an old and highly respected citizen of Madill, and one of the pioneers of southern Oklahoma, committed suicide in a most horrible manner. Lampton had been in ill health for several years, and it is thought was mentally unbalanced at the time he took his life. Carefully guarding against accident, he hid several gallons of coal oil on a vacant lot near his residence. Repairing to the point where the oil was hidden, he thoroughly saturated his clothing, head and body with the inflammable fluid and set fire to himself. Lee Jones, a neighbor, saw the flames and hearing the shrieks of agony of the suicide rushed to his assistance and extinguished the flames, but not until the unfortunate victim had been burned to a crisp. Lampton lived in great agony for seven hours before death relieved his sufferings. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS While in Sulphur we were the guests of Mrs. T. B. Overton. The kindly way in which she received us will not soon be forgotten nor the dainty meals served in her pretty tea room. R. L. Glover, proprietor of the Battle Axe store, got a wad of insurance money last week. The adjuster appreciated the efforts made to save the stock during the recent fire at Rush Springs. Judge Bailey has sentenced C. A. Cooper, who lives near Marlow, to two years in the pen for stealing a set of harness, and Alva Green, now in jail, is to be tried as an accessory. Dr. Finley will be absent the coming week attending a medical convention at Enid. Dr. Hampton is absent at the state meet of Medical Association at El Reno this week. John F. Glover is reconstructing one of his buildings damaged by the fire, putting it in a habitable condition. A. H. Davis has returned form a visit to his children at Wilson. He was delayed at Waurika by high water. Mr. Griffin, an old time North Carolina printer, was a pleasant visitor to The Landmark office on Wednesday. He had sense enough when he transplanted himself to Oklahoma soil to become a money lender and ignore "the art preservative of arts." Carmen Hampton and Ollie Beeson who are attending the High School at Chickasha visited home over Sunday. Dr. E. E. Morris, of East Bernstadt, Kentucky, is on a visit to Rush Springs. She has many friends here and elsewhere in Oklahoma who will be glad to greet her. The Landmark, 23 May 1914 DEATH OF MRS. MARY POLK Died on Saturday evening, May 16, 1914, after a prolonged illness, Mrs. Mary Polk, aged 66 years. She was born in Leon County, Texas, and cam to Oklahoma three years ago. Her remains were transported to Madison County, Texas for burial. A MODEL STORMHOUSE J. B. Walker has just completed at the residence of R. S. Cox a model stormhouse. It will not only insure the safety of one during the fiercest storms but can be used as a storage room to good advantage. Rush Todd, of the Antrim Lumber Company, is on one of his periodical visits to Rush. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Miss Hammond, sister of Mrs. Dr. Evans is on a visit to Rush this week. John Ivey, of Chickasha was shot and killed Wednesday night by a negro named Blair. Wattie Foreman, office sheriff at Chickasha, is on a visit to the Springs to recuperate his health, and while here renewed his subscription to The Landmark. Joe McDonald, assistant cashier of the First State Bank, represented the banks of Rush at Chickasha last Saturday. This is a good job for Joe provided he steers clear of the "smokers." LEVERETT - McKINLEY On April 8, 1914, as the evening shadows were falling a rap was heard at our front door and opon opening it there stood a young gentleman and a young lady. The young man handed the preacher a long envelope and requested that the papers be executed, and there, in the presence of three witnesses, Mr. Louis Leverett and Miss Lizzie McKinley were united in holy wedlock. These young people are to well known in Rush Springs to need any words of introduction from me but here's wishing that their life may be useful and that happiness may be their daily portion thorough life. It was no doubt quite a surprise when these young folks let it be known on Thursday that they had been married about six weeks. All joy be theirs. Their friend, M. T. Allen SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS R. F. Lindsey, of Chickasha, visited his son Bluford and family the first of the week. On the sick list the past week: Ed Dawkins, Edith Harper, Mrs. Ernest Crittenden. Mr. H. P. Ellis, of Stuart, Oklahoma, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Beeson. Stanley Lee's little girl, who was left in a bad plight from scarlet fever, has now about recovered. Jack English, one of Grady County's pioneers, father of A. H. English was a business visitor to Rush on Wednesday. J. A. Corzine, candidate for County Commissioner, visited Rush Springs in the interet of his candidacy last Friday and Saturday. Mrs. George Bumpers, of Ranger, Texas, will spend the summer months with her father-in-law, L. P. Bumpers. Mrs. A. C. Bumpers has recovered sufficiently from her recent illness to be up and about attending to household duties. Mrs. Andy Warren, of Mineral Wells, Texas, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hawpe. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness shown us during the illness and death of our dear mother. S. H. Polk, Charles Polk Mr. Finley, father of Dr. Finley, came over to Rush from Sulphur where he has been sojourning for a time in the interest of his health. The Landmark, 30 May 1914 NOTICE TO CREDITORS To The Creditors of Charles M. Fechheimeer, Deceased The creditors of the above named decedent are hereby notified that the undersigned were by the County Court of Grady County, Oklahoma, appointed executors of the estate of said decedent, and that all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent are required to exhibit them to said undersigned executors with the necessary vouchers, at the office of Eugene Hamilton, room 414, First National Bank building, Chickasha, Oklahoma, within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, to-wit; From the 30th day of May 1914. Dated May 27, 1914 signed Eugene Hamilton, Mrs. Nellie Fisher, Executors CITATION NOTICE State of Oklahoma, Grady County - In District Court Marie Parsons, Plaintiff Vs No. 3776 Jack Harris Parsons, Defendant Said defendant, Jack Harris Parsons, will take notice that he has been sued in the above named court for divorce on the ground of desertion by his wife, Marie Parsons, plaintiff herein and must answer the petition filed therein by said plaintiff on or before the eleventh day of July, A. D. 1914, or said petition will be taken as true, and a judgment for said plaintiff in said action for divorce will be rendered accordingly. Dated this 27th day of May, 1914 Attest: S. L. Newman, District Clerk, Edna T. Watkins, Deputy E. Hamilton Attorney for Plaintiff SEEKS RELEASE Ewing Watterson, a one time resident of Rush Springs and later lived near Sterling, now confined in a Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane at Poughkeepsie, New York, wants to be released, claiming that he is now sane. He was incarcerated for shooting a man. W. R. Bleakmore, of Ardmore, is one man in Oklahoma who does not want an office. Recently appointed by Gov. Cruce to the Supreme Court he announces that he will not be a candidate to succeed himself. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS Mrs. Irwin is sick with the measles. Mesdames Hampton and Beeson are in Chickasha attending the High School commencement at which their daughter and son are graduates. Prof. Rice, who h as been teaching vocal music in Paris, Texas, visited Rush and san for the revival meeting at Church of Christ. ACME GLEANINGS Prof. Schiemann, principal of the High School at Rush Springs, attended the singing at Mrs. T. A. Bible's last Saturday night. Quite a number of Acmeites attended the ice cream social at Miss Bell Gunter's home last Saturday night. All report a good time. Stanley lee, E. A. Rockhold and Albert Smnith are on a fishing trip to the mountains. They left last Wednesday. Roy Steger and wife visited Mr. and Mrs. Moody near Rocky Ford last Sunday. Rev. Moody of Ricky Ford preached at Acme last Sunday night. Scripture lesson: Mathews 1-21. Jim Seay and Henry Edwards are on the sick list at present. Elmer Heard returned from Texas a few days ago, where he went to get married. Girsl, you will have to hurry. There is only tow old timers left in Acme - Jim Seay and William Abernathy. Joe Dempsey, Robert Edwards and family are fishing on Little Washita this week. COUNTY CLERK F. P. Bradley, candidate for County Clerk, has issued a circular to his friends from which we quote: "I shall not be able to get out and meet the people and make the campaign that I should like to make, but will use all the time consistent with the business of the office and meet all that I possibly can. If in your judgment you think I have conducted the office in a way that meets your approval and you can consistently do so, I assure you that I will appreciate your support and influence and will show you my appreciation by continuing to serve you in the future as I have in the past. When you can make it convenient I will be more than pleased to have you call on me." Abner Fletcher, who claims Chickasha as his home, is now in jail at Lawton, charged with attempting to steal a carload of cattle. SPRAY FROM THE SPRINGS John Coyle was a visitor to Chickasha on Monday. Mr. Bennett, one of the live wires of the Rock Island Road, was in town Wednesday looking for the interests of our farmers. Mrs. Riddle left Monday for a visit to her old home at Searcy, Arkansas. While absent will visit Little Rock and Memphis. J. B. Walker, J. C. Maston, H. W. Kinnard, Dr. E. E. Morris and others have renewed their subscriptions to The Landmark. Miss Richie, of San Antonio. Texas, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Beeson. After a pleasant visit in Rush Springs Dr. E. E. Morris left on last Thursday for Bloomington, Illinois, where she goes to visit relatives, en route home. City Marshal Wyatt is erecting a new residence at a cost of $2,000 or thereabouts. For Sale - Complete threshing outfit. Worth the money. Tom Jones, 4 miles south of Rush Springs. R.R. 4, Marlow, Oklahoma 2t Rush H. Todd, of Antrim Lumber Company, was in town Friday and Saturday of the past week. A SAD ACCIDENT News reached The Landmark Thursday that the little grandchild of A. H. Davis had both of its lower limbs cut off by a train near Gracemont, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Davis left on the first train out of Rush. They have the sympathy of many friends. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html