Orphan's Home Journal 1905 Sep - Jefferson County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Nita E. 19 Nov 2006 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/830 The Orphan's Home Journal Cornish, Indian Territory (now Jefferson County, Oklahoma) September 7, 1905 The Cornish Post office Article from the Daily Ardmoreite published Sept. 5 about the moving of the post office in the middle of night from the business center of town to a new addition where nothing but a blacksmith shop, a bank, and possibly a residence was located. There can be no doubt that the reason of the removal of the post office was for the promotion of this new addition… urging removal of the postmaster… the postmaster entered into conspiracy with parties who were attempting to force the business men to moved the entire town of Cornish to the addition which they laid out… office was moved a half mile from its former location to entirely outside of the original townsite… e… Churches (with people listed) Methodist… MRS. LEE WOODS, superintendent; MISS CROW, secretary Cumberland Presbyterian… W. C. HOGAN Societies W. O. W. … C. E BRASINGTON Con. Com.; W. J. CLOWDUS, clerk Farmer's union… JNO. A. BARNARD, pres.; W. C. HOGAN, secretary Masonic… J. L. MCKASSON, W.M.; J. R. DAY, secretary Order of Eastern Star… MRS. L. JACKSON. W. M.; MISS ROSE MCMURTRY, secretary MESSRS. GILLIAM and TRIMBLE two men from Pella, Texas who bought out PHILLIPS & BARNARD, are arranging their house preparatory to business. The firm will be GILIAM & TRIMBLE Photo Co., Mr. Gilliam says he has been in the picture business nine years. Chagris, Sept. 4 Another week has passed and gone and the farmers are making preparations to gather in their crops. Cotton is sorry on account of the boll worm. There is some sickness in the community. MISS EDDIE MOORE is reported sick. EDWARD MOORE, son of E. P. and M. C. MOORE, had the misfortune to get his ankle sprained by falling off a horse. Born to Mr and Mrs. REUBEN MOODY, a daughter. D. J. DEMING and family of McComb, Okla., spent a few days with relatives here. E. W. DEMING of Ardmore, who has been visiting his sister, MRS. M. C. MOORE, left for Illinois Bend, Texas to visit relatives there. PROF. OXFORD of Healdton was in our burg Friday. W. J. MOORE left for Ardmore. J. H. MORRISON of Cornish passed through here en route to Ardmore where he went to have a bullet removed from his knee. Mr and Mrs. HESTER of Hewitt were pleasant visitor at W. J. MOORE's Friday. The Methodist are hold a series of meeting at Dixie. 29 have joined the church and several others converted. Signed by Blue Eyes. Local and Personal Our dear friend W. R. CARTER returned to his home here this morning. NATHAN ALLRED has returned from his West Texas trip. DR. SUTHERLAND and PERRY EARLE were at Chickasha on business. BENNIE BECKHAM says he has lots of kaffir corn and will half of it to get the other half cut. MESSRS. DAVIS, NEWBY and SEYMOUR OGILVE are building a dwelling northwest of Cornish. M. C. ALEXANDER of Gladys, Texas, formerly of Cornish, paid this office a very pleasant call today. NATH ALLRED, FRANK GRAHAM and MISS MATTIE EWING are reported on the sick list. HON. W. C. HOGAN and NEWBY's black horse have returned and Mr. Hogan's report is the President assured him that everything will be all right. Mr and Mrs. H. W. BECKHAM of this place have been quite sick. REAN RACHAELS dug a well on his lot in the west part of Cornish and struck plenty of good water at depth of about 14 feet. JOHN BARNARD has placed the Journal man under lasting obligations for his mechanical service in bringing an unruly press to time in the way of making it perform in the proper way. The prairie west of Cornish caught on fire this morning and is still raging. The supposition is the fire got out from Mr. DULANEY's thresher as he went that way to thresh JOHN GOODE's grain. J. S. SHAW, TOBE GIBSON, THAD MCKASSON, T. J. DULANEY, GEORGE BENNETT, HANK DULANEY, W. L. CORNISH, HENRY CARTER and J. H. CORNISH made business trips to Ardmore. D. L. GRAHAM is curbing wells this week. Mr. Graham is a good man, but we believe that he is at least as a good a well curber as he is a man. Bring yours wells to D. L. GRAHAM, Commerce Street, Cornish. A. J. WILMOTH, a barber from Nocona, Texas, has rented office space and opened up shop in the front of GILLIAM & TRIMBLES building, north of EARLE's Grocery. This makes three barber shops now in operation in Cornish. MRS. TRIMBLE is sick. Let the good women of Cornish remember the deserving strangers in their midst; welcome them and give them aid and assistance when and where needed. Chickasha, I. T., Aug. 1905 W. D. FORD, as a representative of D. H. KELSEY, was here today hearing applications for the removal of restrictions from Indian lands. He examined 22 applicants and states he finds the Indian citizens in this locality above the average in intelligence. RICHARDSON & co., Real Estate Brokers, Land Leases and City Property at Cornish. ========= September 28, 1905 City Officers Mayor-- E. C. BRATCHER Recorder--W. E. WILLIAMS Marshal-- D. C. CARPENTER Assessor-- OTTO DULANEY Aldermen: WILIAM DULANEY, DR. M. BRADSHAW, T. J. DULANEY, BEECHER CUMMINGS, S. SHAW Mr and Mrs. TRIMBLE and Mr. GILLIAM made a business trip to Ardmore on a vehicle propelled by PEERY EARLE's mules. MRS. F. M. TAYLOR returned from Marietta where she visited her son BEN TAYLOR and family. BENNIE BECKHAM left here about noon for Ardmore with three bales of new cotton on his wagon. Ardmore will catch lots of cotton from here if the buyers there will do the right thing by the people. Local and Personal Mr. CROW's family are out in the country this week. MISS WILLIE NEWTON of Red Oak was here last week. ROBERT HARPER, the barber, has put in a new fine barber chair in his shop. J. ASHBURN of Hartsville, Texas arrived here last week and says he is here to stay. MRS. NEWMAN of Cornish is visiting her daughter MRS. LEANDER WILSON at Marlow. Little CLYDE, son of WARREN and RUTH ROBERTS, died from diphtheria on the morning of the 27th. CLAY TAYLOR, one of CornishY's carpenters, is again at his bench after a two weeks visit in Kansas City. Cotton is coming in lively new to the Cornish gin. MR. DULANEY will likely do a good ginning business this season. MR. CREEL and family of Chagris have moved into their new home in Cornish, near the Christian Church. G. T. BENNETT & Co. are adding to their house, making it 130 feet long. We are expecting something attractive there soon. Professor and Mrs. HOGAN are both very sick. SAM JONES and family from near Atlee moved into our town the first of the week. Mr. Jones is the engineer at the new gin. M. E. HARRIS is out among the people. W. R. CARTER moved from Cornish to the MCCAULEY farm four miles east of Hewitt. The professor is going to try his hand at farming. We wish him success. He offers his home in Cornish for sale. Our Special Correspondents Elk, I. T., Sept. 25, 1905 We have had some of the best revivals here this summer that we have ever had. BRO. STEGALL held about four weeks meeting here and there were something over 30 people converted. There is quite a difference in the boys around Elk now. BRO. BRAD HAYS, the Missionary Baptist preacher, baptized ten persons Sunday; there were about 350 people present. ED INGRAM was married last week; the people of Elk and vicinity congratulate Ed as he is one of the leading young men in the community. MISS MYRTLE POOL made a pleasant trip to Texas, visiting her relatives. Yours in Christ, GEORGE W. COLLINS Died -- On Wednesday morning of this week of diphtheria, CLYDE, four year son of Mr and Mrs. WARREN ROBERTS, after an illness of only three days. The remains were interred in the Cornish cemetery Thursday afternoon. Clyde was a bright little fellow, a sweet tempered child, the idol of his parents, bud of promise to his aged grandparents, the favorite of all his relatives… A shrill, shrieking hideous sound was emitted from something resembling a steam whistle in the neighborhood of Red Oak Thursday afternoon. Perhaps some one had re-discovered the big bear in the plum thicket and was giving the distress signal. So many changes and improvements are taking place in our little town that we can scarcely keep up with them. The latest notice is that E. C. MORRIS and ALBERT MOORE are putting in a stock of fancy groceries and are opening up for business in that line in the house being vacated by G. F. BENNETT & Co. Both men constituting this new firm are well known citizens of Cornish, who have a wide acquaintance among the people as honest capable men, all of whom wish them abundant success in their new venture, MORRIS & MOORE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Jefferson County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/jefferson/jefferson.htm