The Ravia Herald Oct 1908 - Johnston County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Mary Achterhof 18 May 2008 Return to Johnston County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/johnston/johnston.htm ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== The Ravia Herald, 3 October 1908 MISSING FROM REEL The Ravia Herald, 10 October 1908 LOCAL AND PERSONALS Ernest Fields has been on the sick list since Wednesday. Ralph Clark was attending district court at Ardmore this week. Rev. W. C. Holland has been on the sick list for the past several days. John and Tom Hale have moved to Kingfisher County, so we have been informed. C. D. Bynum was attending Federal court at Ardmore the latter part of last and this week. D. K. Hathorn has the prettiest yard fence in Ravia. Lee Jones, one of Kingston's handsome young men, was here visiting his best girl last Sunday. Messrs. Fred Elkins and Guy Kern, of Sherman, Texas, spent last Sunday in Ravia with their best girls. J. H. Holland, who has been at work at Quanah, Texas, for some weeks, was called home last week by the fatal illness of his baby boy. F. E. Dauner left Thursday evening to join his family at Indianapolis, Indiana. He may return to Ravia shortly and he may spend the winter in Indiana. Mr. Vaden, of Sherman, Texas, stopped off here last Sunday evening on his way to Sulphur to see his daughter, Miss Myrtle, who is one of the popular teachers in the Ravia school. C. B. Holland left Sunday evening for the northeast part of the county to take charge of the Coatsworth school, he having been elected principal. We understand he has a good school. D. A. Wilson, of Aleck, Oklahoma is here visiting relatives and friends and looking after his property. We understand that his brother, Reece Wilson, will move his family to Aleck shortly. The baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. H. M Bond has been on the sick list this week. Merritt Merrill was taken very sick Tuesday night with tonsillitis. He is doing very nicely. Mrs. T. B. Thompson and baby, of Emet, were here the first of the week the guests of Mrs. Thompson's niece, Mrs. Ralph Clark. M. C. Scott, an old newspaper rustler of Dallas, Texas, was here Monday in the interest of the Cotton Oil Journal and Farm and Ranch. Deputy Public Weigher Coe is having wagon scales put in at the warehouse. As the seller pays for the weighing it should meet the approval of all that the public weigher do the weighing. G. R. Redmon and family have moved to Denison, Texas. Mr. Redmon was foreman of the section here and we suppose has a like position with the Frisco at Denison. They are good people, such as Ravia can ill afford to lose. May success be with them in their Texas home. The Herald is reliably informed that Mr. Foley, the gentleman who owns the power on Pennington, has men at work cleaning off the right of way from the dam on Pennington to Ravia, preparatory to putting in electric lights at this place. The town will have four arc lights while most of the business houses and many residences and possibly the I.O.O.F. Hall and the churches will use electric lights. It will give our little town quite a citified appearance and be a big advertisement of our enterprise and hustle. Marsh Moore returned from Grayson County, Texas, yesterday morning. Marsh informed the editor that he had purchased the cotton crop on the farm he recently purchased in that county, so we suppose we are soon to lose Mr. Moore and his excellent family. May success attend them. Mrs. M. E. Robertson left last Sunday evening to visit her parents ad little daughter at Byrd's Mill, Texas. "Dick" accompanied his wife as far as Denison. Since his return he has been "sprucing up" and says he is going to have some fun while his wife is away. We cautioned him that he had better be a little careful, but he just remarked that she would never find out. T. J. Burns has purchased the Socialist Hall building and will have it pulled down and a buggy shed and sample room built on the lots between his barn and the corner on which the old building now stands. The old building has been in a dangerous condition for months, and some weeks since the city authorities condemned it, since which time it has had props against it to keep it from falling down. Henry, the 18 months old baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holland, died Thursday of last week, October 1st. Buried Friday evening at 3 o'clock at Ravia Cemetery, Rev. D. A. Shaw conducting the funeral services. The little fellow's sickness was of short duration, he having taken sick about noon the day before he died, which was from congestion. Our sympathies are with the parents and other relatives in their sad bereavement. The Ottawa (Kansas) Republic of Wednesday has this to say about Mrs. C. E. Merrill's brother: "A. W. Wiggins has today traded his farm of 175 acres on Tauy Creek, four and one-half miles east of town, to M. Carrier, of Lone Elm, Kansas, for a stock of hardware, implements and furniture. The consideration for the farm was $12,000; the merchandise is to be invoiced." The Republic speaks in the highest terms of Mr. Wiggins and family and says that they will move to Lone Elm. R. G. Guptill was at Sulphur the first of the week platting an addition to that hustling town. A telephone message was received from Maryetta Thursday morning by Uncle Dan Coffy stating that Mrs. Toon was dying. Sam Toon, her son, left on the evening rain for Maryetta to be at his mother's bedside. Clifford Barnes, of Wichita, Kansas, came in last week on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Barnes. Two more of their children, Edward Barnes, of Chanute, Kansas, and Mrs. Alice Stone and little daughter, of Quincy, Kansas, arrived this week to make gladness in the hearts and homes of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Ragan passed through Ravia Tuesday night without stopping, Mr. Ragan having orders to report Wednesday morning at a wide place on the Rock Island and relieve an agent who had to appear in court as a witness. Mrs. Ragan came back Wednesday morning and spent a few hours with friends and then took the evening train for Denison. They will probably return home today. Mrs. Ragan said they had a pleasant time visiting her parents and friends at Hope, Arkansas, returning by way of St. Louis, where Mr. Regan got a "crick" in his neck "rubbering" at the tall buildings. The Ravia Herald, 17 October 1908 LOCAL AND PERSONALS B. L. Combs, of Shawnee, was here this week mingling with friends and looking after business. Justice Chitwood patronized the circus at Tishomingo Monday and saw the big hippopotamus. Rev. J. T. Arrington, who has joined his brother at Madill in the real estate business, was here attending the Salem Association last week. He informed us that he was doing well and that himself and family were now enjoying good health. The little fellow of Berry Lesley, that was quite sick last week, and at one time life hung by a thread, is up and about. Diphtheria is supposed to have been the trouble. Richard Garner and his sister, Miss Ada, left Monday to spend several weeks with their sister at Amarillo. They will spend several weeks on the plains of Texas and may visit relatives in Hale County before returning home. Postmaster Scott received a letter Tuesday from Boston, Mass., making inquiries concerning a family named Drake, who resided here in the seventies. They are supposed to be lineal descendants of Sir Francis Drake. An estate of several million dollars was left by him two years ago. It now develops that a family named Drake did reside here in 1877. The money is waiting in England to be divided among the heirs. Denison Gazetteer John Beard and his two sons and John Reeves who went to Oil Springs to build a school house, completed the building last Friday evening. Elmer Fields came home from Ardmore last Saturday sick, having chills and fever. Elmer has improved this week so much that he will return to Ardmore Sunday evening. We mentioned last week that Sam Toon had been called to the bedside of his mother at Maryetta. We regret to state that Mrs. Toon died Thursday evening of last week and was buried at Maryetta. She had many friends in this community who will regret to learn of her death. Married, Wednesday at the home of the bride's sister at Reagan, Texas, Mr. Ervin (Bud) Williams and Miss Lula Davis, both of Ravia. The groom is one of our industrious young men, the son of H. C. Williams, the bride is the accomplished daughter of our townsman, O. J. Davis. The happy couple came in on the evening train Thursday. The Herald joins their many friends in best wishes for a long and happy married life. TROY JOTTINGS The infant babe of C. A. Owen died Tuesday. J. C. Owen went to Tishomingo courting Monday. Mr. Fields, our new section foreman, was called to Kingston Tuesday on account of sickness. Will Nelson, who has been working down in Louisiana, returned home Tuesday. Quite a number of Troy people attended court last week on account of Carl Smith's trial. W. C. Williamson has indications of Mexico fever, it is the first case we have had in time. W. C. Hooser, Jr., is having quite a spell with an abscess on his thigh. Miss Myrtle Fairchild has returned home from a long visit to Amarillo, Texas. INDIAN KILLED AT NORTON Last Sunday evening at Norton Jeff Cherry, the postmaster, shot Noah Tioga, an Indian, from the effects of which Tioga died Tuesday evening. The causes which led to the killing, so far as The Herald has been able to learn, go back to former trouble between Cherry and Tioga while Cherry was living at Mannsville. It seems that at that time Mr. Cherry was town marshal or precinct constable, and in arresting Tioga, or some kind of trouble with him, struck the Indian with his pistol, and rumor says that from that day to the shooting ill feeling existed between the two. Last Sunday Tioga and two other Indians were at Norton and Tioga, being under the influence of boot-leg whiskey, so report goes, tried to get into a disturbance with Cherry. The other Indians got Tioga in a buggy and started off with him when Tioga told Cherry that either he or Cherry had to die. They didn't go far before Tioga got out and started back to Cherry's store. Cherry saw him coming and called to him several times to stop, but Tioga kept advancing and when he started to get up on the porch Cherry told him again to stop, this time snapping one barrel of the gun, which was unloaded, thinking that would stop the Indian. He attempted to get on the porch and when he did Cherry raised his gun and fired, but J. B. Keitn who was there, attempted to knock the gun down, causing the charge to enter the lower part of his bowels, from which he died Tuesday evening. After being shot Tioga walked a few steps to a blackjack tree, where he steadied himself, and then started again, falling down an embankment fifteen or twenty feet. When parties got to him his entrils were hanging out in the sand. A physician was summoned and his wound dressed, but as stated, he died Tuesday evening. The examining trial came up at Tishomingo Wednesday. Mr. Cherry gave bond Thursday to await action of the grand jury. The Ravia Herald, 24 October 1908 RALPH CLARK ACQUITTED Jury Out a Short While Returning a Verdict of Not Guilty. Messrs. J. W. Garrett, F. L. Hunnicutt, Dr. Guy Clark, J. E. Watts, J. T. Gardner, Olen Cargile and R. T. Bland returned home Saturday morning from Marietta, where they spent a couple of days as witnesses in the case of Ralph Clark, charged with arson. In June 1907 an attempt was made to burn Clark Bros. Drug Store in Marietta. The store was owned by Dr. Guy Clark and Ralph Clark. The stock and fixtures were brand new and the burn was a great loss to these young men, but that was not the worse of it, Ralph Clark was awakened in the middle of the night by the cry of fire and rushed off to the store, when about half way there he was arrested and not allowed to enter his place of business. The burn, and arrest of Ralph Clark, was a mysterious affair. That Ralph Clark had no motive in burning his store is very plain from the fact that if it had burned to the ground and he had collected insurance he would have been looser to the extent of $1,200. The fire was discovered by a druggist by the name of Smith. The Clark Bros. were Smith's nearest competitors. It appears that Smith was very desirous that Clark be convicted. In the first place there was no call of the arrest of Clark and if he h ad not been doing a good business with telling effect upon his competitor it is believed by friends that he would never have been arrested. Milburn News No citizen in this community stands higher than Mr. Clark, and those who knew of his trouble will be delighted with his complete exoneration. A SUNDAY SHOOTING AND DEATH There used to be rough times in Denison. A man from the Territory was engaged in a game of cards, or bucking at faro, one Sunday over the Bank Exchange. Claiming that a "skin game" was being worked, (he having lost all of his money) he pulled out a revolver and shot across the table, wounding the dealer. He then rushed down the front stairway on to the street. The report of the pistol attracted a big crowd and the man made a break for the M.K. & T. yards. In a few minutes a howling mob of at least fifty persons was following and men shouting "kill him!" Crossing the railway track, the mob went northeast. On East Morton he got behind a tree and fired a shot at his pursuers. He then started on a run in the direction of Oakwood Cemetery, and was finally shot, it is claimed, by John Holdford. He was badly wounded as a number of persons fired at him. The poor fellow, after being so desperately wounded, was carried on a stretcher to the old Mike Langley dance hall, which had been dismantled as it proprietor was killed a short time previous. It was an awful scene. The man was bleeding from his wounds and his life slowly ebbing away. He lay on a pile of rubbish with hundreds of curious people gazing at him. He called the crowd about him murderers; and said that he had been shot down like a dog without a fair chance. We never in all our reportorial career ever heard such curses. He fairly screamed his maledictions, and frequently the tears would steal down his cheeks as he cried out; "You murdered me!" It was learned later that the dealer in the gambling house had been only slightly wounded. The poor fellow lingered several hours; but at last his sufferings ended and he passed away as the gloom of night decended. Who the man was or where he came from was never known, but h is death was pitiful and some people present at his death actually shed tears. He now rests in a pauper's grave, as do many who died with their boots on. Denison Gazatteer LOCALS AND PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Ragan returned home yesterday morning. Mr. Ragan had been to Sherman, Texas, for several days as a witness, while Mrs. Ragan visited relatives and friends at Denison. H. A. Martin informed the writer yesterday morning that the gin at Sasakwa had been burned by night riders. The antidote for gin burners and night riders is a few loads of buckshot fired at close range. This antidote will prove an effective preventative for all such crimes and should be vigorously put into effect. Marsh Moore and family left last Saturday for their new home near Dorchester, Texas, where Mr. Moore has purchased a farm. These people are excellent citizens, industrious and thrifty, the kind that Oklahoma or any other State can ill afford to lose. The Herald commends them to the good people of Texas. Las Tuesday evening Bullet Prairie was visited by a very destructive wind and rain storm, which demolished the school building, blew off the upper story and porch from Ed. Sharp's residence and also the upper story of Sam Newell's residence, besides destroying cotton and blowing down much timber. So far as we have been able to learn no one was hurt. Mrs. A. A. Chapman, of Ravia, accompanied by her sister, Miss Eva Morse and C. E. McIntosh, of Van Wert, Ohio, were in the city Tuesday looking after some real estate interests they have there. Sulphur News. Wednesday Jake Wilson, Dr. Caperton and two boys had some exciting experience on the Washita River. They were crossing the River on the ferry boat, having Mr. Wilson's wagon and team on the boat, but the team unhitched from the wagon. When they had gotten well into the current of the river, which was nearly full, the cable on the farm side of the river broke. Some parties from Norton were on that side of the river and they caught the cable and wrapped it around a stump. When the cable broke one of the horses jumped from the boat and swam ashore. When the cable was tied around the stump it caused the boat to careen,, throwing out the wagon, horse and occupants. The wagon was lost but the occupants and the other horse made a safe landing. The boat broke loose again, but was caught down stream a short distance and tied up. The Ravia Herald,, 31 October 1908 WEDDING BELLS There was a very quiet wedding Tuesday evening at the home of Rev. C. H. Holland. Kerr Gilstrap and Bertha Holland were united in marriage, the ceremony being performed by the bride's father; only relatives and friends of the contracting parties were present. Both the young people are well known to a large circle of friends in Tishomingo. The bride for sometimes past has been acting in the capacity of stenographer for the law firm of Newman & Lawrence, while Mr. Gilstrap is the obliging assistant cashier of the American National Bank. Hosts of friends wish the newly married couple every joy in their new relation. The Capital extends hearty congratulations. Tishomingo Capital LOCAL AND PERSONALS Jake Wilson and family returned home Tuesday morning from a visit to the Dallas Fair. B. L. Combs and son James, of Shawnee, are here. F. N. Lee, the gentleman who is here putting in the cement press brick plant, called at The Herald office Tuesday and had his name enrolled. Mr. Lee is a progressive gentleman and we are glad to welcome him to our town. Miss Mary Bingham, of Tishomingo, was a recent guest of the Misses Welch. Miss Myrtle Vaden visited home folks at Sherman and the Dallas Fair the latter part of last week, retuning Monday morning. Mrs. Dora Lovellette, of Fort Worth, Texas, was here the latter part of last week visiting her niece, Mrs. R. T. Wilkinson, who she had not seen for twenty-five years. Dr. G. M. Combest, of Troy, was here Tuesday getting material to put the finishing touches on his neat four-room residence his is building. He purchased the material from Houston-Merrill Lumber Co. Jesse Hays, who went to the Plains of Texas a few weeks ago in search of the honey pond and flapjack tree, is back home again. Jess says he is back and glad to get back and that Racia looks mighty good to him. Ola, the thirteen year old daughter of Mr. John Sharp, died Tuesday night from swamp fever. Mr. Sharp lives on John Duncan's farm in Mill Creek bottom. We join in sympathy to the bereaved parents and other relatives. Miss Edith Merrill, assisted by Miss Lilly Belle Hopson, entertained a few of her friends Tuesday evening with progressive 42 in honor of Miss Myrtle Vaden's birthday. The prize, a handsome American Beauty Rose, was won by R. H. Ragan. Those in attendance expressed themselves as having spent a delightful evening. Jeff Berden, one of the good citizens of Russett, was here Wednesday the guest of his old friend, J. W. Craig. Hardy Love, the tonsorial artist at Lee Parker's barber shop, with his wife is visiting his parents at Rylie, Texas. Since he left he has sent word back that his father was quite low and not expected to live. Hays U Craig shipped each a car of hogs and cattle to Fort Worth Thursday. More hogs and more cattle and corn is what our people should raise. These three crops are weevil proof and money getters and mortgage raisers. Try them and be convinced. Wilkinson & Sons have sold to T. B. Miner the O. J. Davis property in West Ravia for $750. We are glad to note that Mr. Miner has concluded to become a permanent fixture in Ravia; we need more farmers of his class. He got a bargain. L. F. Beard of Madill, through J. F. Pate, this week sold the two lots on the south side of Grand Avenue, above Pittman's undertaking ship, to a Mr. Petty of Ardmore, who is a contractor and contemplates erecting two good business buildings on the lots. Mr. C. T. Marcum, an old and respected citizen of our town, who has been bed-fast ever since last November from a stroke of paralysis, died Wednesday evening at 1 o'clock. The burial took place Thursday evening. Deceased leaves a wife and several children, all grown, to mourn his death, to whom we extend sympathy. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Johnston County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/johnston/johnston.html