Orphans Home Journal 1905 - Jefferson County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Deborah 22 Apr 2007 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/823 The Orphan's Home Journal Cornish, Indian Territory (now Jefferson County, Oklahoma) Thursday, April 6, 1905 Election Notice The regular annual election of officers for the incorporate town of Cornish was held at the Court House April 5, 1905 for the purpose of electing the following officers for the ensuing year. The City Ticket For Mayor: E. C. BRATCHER 31 votes; J. A CUMMINS 24 votes For Marshal: D. C. CARPENTER 28 votes; S. J. SHAW 24 votes For Recorder: W. E. WILLIAMS 28 votes; W. J. CLOWDUS 21 votes For Assessor: OTTO DULANEY 36 votes For Treasurer: SEYMORE OGILVIE 30 votes W. L. CORNISH and F. M. TAYLOR, each received several votes, yet they both positively refused to serve in case they were elected, hence we do not give the number of votes they received. Aldermen: DR. M. BRADSHAW 30; G. W. THOMPSON 29; T. J. DULANEY 33; S. S. SHAW 29; J. J. CLOUGHLEY 29; J. L. MCKASSON 24; W. P. EARLS 24; W. W. DULANEY 44; CLARK SMITH 28; S. P. TUCKER 13; A. M. DULANEY 15. The election of our city officers now is over and every one who wishes to do right will join in helping them enforce the laws. We were well pleased with our old officers who were nice gentlemen, but as they have been in office two or three terms, we thought a change proper. Our new mayor is a good man and will make us a good mayor. He is against gambling and those High Healed Hoedowns which are disgracing our little town. I am glad he is against low graded things. We need gentlemen for officers as well as private citizens, and certainly no good citizen would endorse a low down-thievish gambling den. Cornish Is On the Line A report reached this office this week that the Rock Island Railroad Co. was ready to complete its Enid and Anadarko branch from Waurika to Ardmore. Cornish is located about midway on the proposed new line. The grading is completed to Hewitt 20 miles this side of Ardmore and about two miles of the track on the same and will be finished in the course of a few months. NATHAN ALRED, D. L. GRAHAM and another gentleman have moved G. A. REED and family back to Ryan where Mr. Reed will again enter the newspaper business. Local Page MR. DAVIDSON, farming north of Cornish, was in today and stated he had planted 100 acres of corn. C. A. YOUNGBLOOD was here organizing a Modern Woodmen lodge. It is reported by good authority that the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company will begin a survey through this section in side of a few days. J. A. DAVIDSON, H. S. OGLVIE, and J. D. INGRAM held the editor up Saturday and paid for a full year subscription for the Journal. Those the kid of men we need on our list. SAM THOMPSON, CALL LANKFORD, TOBY GIBSON, BURT ASHBURN went to Addington. LUTE JACKSON is building a new house. MR. MCMURTRY has completed his residence. ELDER J. T. RAY of Marietta was a caller at this office Saturday evening; he is agent for the JOHN A. DIXON Publishing Co. W. C. HOGAN will be the local agent for this place. JOHN H. TAYLOR was in Cornish Saturday. L. D. GRAHAM was a pleasant caller at our office this afternoon. G. W. THOMPSON will preach at the Christian Church Sunday. B. RAY BEEMAN has arrived at the office and will join the Journal printing force and we look for a great improvement in the Journal. Mr. Beeman comes with a splendid recommendation with 11 or 12 years experience in the printing business, and is prepared to do any kind of job printing. Mr. BEEMAN is a Christian man and says he is well pleased with our very beautiful little town and thinks this will be his future home. J. W. BECKHAM and WILLIE SHAW are doing the Journal press work this week. MR. DAVIDSON of Cornish and MR. TANDY of Lone Grove were callers at this office Saturday. A new mercantile company will likely erect a large brick building near this office in the near future. The loss of the land office, a destructive hail storm, a cyclone, then a disastrous fire within two weeks is the hard luck record of Tishomingo. We extend our sympathy with the suggestion that the enterprising citizens of the capital of the Chickasaw Nation concentrate their efforts to develop the water power of the Pennington Creek, the granite quarries close by, and the fertile valleys adjacent. Then a permanent prosperity will come to them and the historic town will be second to none in the Washita Valley. Printed in the Muskogee Phoenix. ELDER A. J. ROWEN gave a fine lecture here Sunday night on intemperance and will preach here the fourth Sunday of this month on "what must I do to be saved." ELDER GARVIN, Missionary for the Mullens Association of the Baptist Church, preached at the Cornish school house Friday night, will preach at Red Oak Saturday night and at Ingram Lane school house Sunday. W. J. BOWDRY, druggist, and DR. DOSSY (DOSSEY) of Marietta are prospecting and express themselves as believing Cornish to have the brightest future. It is reported at this office that certain town parties have bought the HUGH KERLEY property for the purpose of running a gambling hall and saloon. Now boys, you know J. B. JONES has just returned from South McAlester where he delivered a horse thief, and we people of Cornish have just as much love and respect for a horse thief as we have for a gambling-saloon-keeping-thief. P. T. HAMILTON, lawyer at Tishomingo, is locating here.. Mr. Hamilton says that is not a better section in the Chickasaw Nation than Cornish. FARMER EASON was in town Saturday. GREEN BAUCOM was in town today. ALBERT MOORE, JOH HARVELL, HANK DULANEY, BENNIE BECKHAM, DR. L. B. SUTHERLAND, E. C. BRATCHER, E. F. MORGAN went to Ardmore this week. MR. WARREN of Ardmore was here this week. Tooth Truths ROBERTSON, SMITH & SANDERS, Dentists with offices at Duncan, Comanche, Marlow, Ryan, Waurika and Hastings. Will be in Cornish in April or May.