Free Lance 1907-Jan 18 - Jefferson County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Nita E. 20 Nov 2005 Return to Jefferson County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/jefferson/jefferson.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CaB.2ACI/784 Some Items The Free Lance Addington, Indian Territory (Addington, Jefferson County, Oklahoma) THOMAS J. CROSS, publisher and editor Thursday, January 18, 1906 Personal and Local Mention Born to Mr. STANLEY and wife, a fine girl. BUD PRICE butchered a hog Thursday that weighed 400 pounds. A. D. SMITH left on the noon train for Enid on business. DON CAMPBELL and family were guests of the BILLIES family last week. C. B. ARNOLD made a business trip to Pauls Valley. DAVE HARTZOG made a flying trip to Terral Wednesday. R.L. WELCH was in Chickasha on business. JIM KEITH, HENRY PRICE, FRANK LINDSAY and WILL BRUMMITT went to Ryan. EWALT BOONE lost three horses from his stable and thinks they were stolen. DON CAMPBELL says there are at or near Terral 75 cases of smallpox and Mr. WATSON lost a child Friday from that disease. The Brick Yard started again Wednesday. Glad of this, as more shale has been secured. MR. WAYMIRE will run it regular and the last kiln was simply fine. BOB SMITH, one of our substantial farmers who lives northeast of town, was on our streets Tuesday. Bob is a good natured jovial fellow and we are always glad to see him around us. MISS LILLY MANLY, niece of J.S. PRICE and wife, left for her home Tuesday. She made many friends while here and we thought she ought to have stayed longer. Don't think you will have to leave Addington for your spring and summer millinery. S. H. WITHERS is going to have a complete up to date and complete stock. MRS. BESSIE PERKINS, of Boyington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. THOMSON, who spent Christmas week her, has been missed very much by her many friends here since she returned home. WADE SHANKLE, who until recently lived three miles east of Waurika, is now a resident of Addington, having moved into a house belonging to the Johnston Lumber Co. in the southwest part of town. MISS ANNA RHOADS, of Calumet, sister to MRS. S. H. WITHERS, spent part of the week visiting Mr. and Mrs. WITHERS here. WILLIAM VAUGHN, that jolly old gentleman who makes the blind see by fitting their eyes with the purest crystal spectacles, has had some varied and exciting experiences. In his younger days, he was of an adventurous spirit and at one time embarked on a whaling vessel of which MR. HOWLAND was master. The shipmaster was the grandfather of EDWARD GREEN, who is sole owner of the railroad running from Terrel toward the gulf. Mr. Vaughn was in the employ of the wealthy shipmaster at the time of Mr. Green's mother, daughter to Mr. Howland, was married to Mr. Green's father. It was not long until their ship was wrecked off the coast of a South Pacific island and a portion of the crew cast ashore among the natives. They were on that island for two long years before relief came. The people were governed by a queen, and when the castaways were discovered on her domain, they were taken to before her. They were nervous, not knowing they would have to pay the death penalty ! for encroaching on her territory. After a long consultation, she seemingly concluded they were a valuable addition to her subjects for she gave each of them a servant and waved them away. Their servants were all that could be desired and the next two years were spent in a pleasant but profitless manner. They raised potatoes and other vegetables, had fish and native fruits and lived like kings. Some days we will get Mr. Vaughn to tell me all the details. LEE PERRY of west Texas has been visiting his brother, SAM PERRY, one of our enterprising farmers, this week. Mr. Perry is a good example of what a nervy American boy can do in the way of getting started on nothing. When he was a young lad, SAM fitted him out with a pony and saddle and he stared for the cattle country of southwestern Texas and soon became a full fledged cowboy. He save his money, put it in cattle, and in a few years, had a herd of his won. Several times he passed through here on the way to market with a consignment of his own cattle. Not long ago he closed out and although a young man, found himself the owner of a bank account that would make many an older man envious. He will probably engage in the cattle business when he goes back to Texas. There are several new advertisers in the paper this week which our readers will do well to consider. Among them are FILLMANS's photo gallery, MRS. REHN's dining hall at Hastings, BRASSINGTON & MILLER real estate dealers at Cornish, DICK WHITE, shoemaker, H. A. HALL & Co. at Comanche, ROBERTS business college at Chickasha. Many of the farmers who live nearer Hastings than here always marketing their cotton at Addington, claim they get better prices for it than any other place. I. J. ATON and J. C. KINDER, both of whom live within four miles of that town, always bring their cotton here. M. W. RIDGEWAY, who lives near Hastings, came over Monday and did considerable trading with our merchants. The little son of MRS. BECK wandered away from home Saturday and as dark came, the family was very anxious about him and began searching for him, and GUSSIE found him over near the old pit toward the school house. REV. HEADRICK who moved here from Linwood is now turning over the soil preparatory to the coming crop. MRS. BENSON SMITH of Madden Grove was in town this morning, trading and getting the family clock repaired by Jeweler CROSS. WOOD CARRITHERS and wife were in town trading Thursday. MRS. R. S. DILLINGHAM left Monday to visit her parents. C. L. LEATHERMAN, secretary of the school board, is having some printing done for the school. W. H. KING, who owns a fine farm four miles this side of Hastings, is one of the most successful farmers and he doesn't raise one boll of cotton. He says he can make more off wheat, corn, hogs and cattle and proves it by showing that his fall wheat pastures all his stock, that the straw after threshing furnishes the roughness and shelter, that his grain brings a good round price, that instead of having to worry his life away getting cotton pickers, when winter comes, he has his corn and wheat in the granary. If not gold and is prepared to take life easy. MRS. KING is just as much of a hustler as her husband. Her poultry, butter and eggs always brings the top prices. Talking about butter, we had the good fortune to get hold of a couple of pounds of her nice golden make a day or so ago, and it would make a sick man well to sit down to hot biscuits and that butter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Jefferson County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/jefferson/jefferson.htm