The Ravia Tribune Dec 1904 - 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 Tribune, 1 December 1904 The irrigation congress, which recently adjourned at El Paso, Texas gave Indian Territory recognition by electing Sidney Suggs of Ardmore vice president and by appointing A. Grant Evans of Muskogee on the executive committee. Bill Risley, who was convicted of the killing of Munsey Vaughn, in Lawton, received a sentence of four years in the penitentiary. William J. Twombs, one of the depositors in the Citizen’s Bank of Enid was adjudged insane by the board of insanity. He has been ordered taken to the hospital for the insane at Norman. Crockett Wright, a Choctaw Indian, was lodged in jail at South McAlester for the killing of Mary Russell at Fort Towson. Wright attempted to shoot the deputy who made the arrest, but was overpowered before he could do so. John W. Whiteman was arrested in Oklahoma City on the charge of embezzlement while he was county clerk at Van Wert, Ohio. Requisition papers were granted and he was returned to Ohio. J. A. Martin and Avery Moore, brothers-in-law, had some trouble at their home, near Comanche and each severely wounded the other with knives. Mrs. I. Ashby of Weatherford has filed with Governor Ferguson a petition for a pardon for her husband. Dr. Ashby who is serving a sentence of four years in the penitentiary for the killing of Charles Griffith, a druggist. The killing occurred several years ago. Ashby claimed self defense. The preliminary hearing of Frank Wilson, charged with the killing of Henry Heiss near Medford in 1899, was held at Pond Creek. After hearing statements of attorneys the judge remarked it was useless to continue the proceedings and the prisoner was discharged. Cupids Capers On the evening of November 16, at the home of Rev. J. C. Scivally, Reese Wilson and Miss Pearl Tidwell were married. Bro. Scivally said the word that made them one. This notice had been delayed. W. H. Pittman went to St. Louis Tuesday afternoon. Miss Eva Morse, Mrs. F. A. Chapman and Miss Nora Chapman and Mrs. Eddy and children attended the St, Louis Fair this week returning Wednesday evening. The Ravia Tribune, 8 December 1904 BULLET PRAIRIE Miss Myrtle Colley was awarded the cake for being the prettiest girl present. Mr. Cummings is suffering from an attack of lagrippe. Grandma Oswalt is on the sick list this week. Sam Klotts and brother of Viola were visiting relatives here Saturday. Mr. Costilloe were visitors here Sunday. Miss Dillard and Elsie Moore of Anvil Rock visited friends here Sunday. Little Vivian Cummings is reported quite sick. Tommy Johnson of Viola is visiting her sister, Mrs. Oswalt. John Labrier, who was ordered arrested as an accomplice of William Regnier in the killing of Will Rowan in north Beaver County several weeks ago, has been released on a $7,500 bond. Regnier has been convicted, but has appealed to the supreme court. The body of William Slatterly, the man murdered in the Wichita mountains by a companion, was taken to Chillicothe, Missouri for burial. Mr. Slatterly resided at that place before moving to Oklahoma. At Forney Spur a large barn belonging to Tom Jester was destroyed, as a result of a prairie fire. The barn was filled with hay and grain and the contents were a total loss as there was no insurance. Mrs. Claudine Caudill of Arapahoe, O. T. is visiting her sister Mrs. Charles Pittman. W. H. Pittman returned Monday from a trip to St. Louis and eastern points. He purchased the stock and fixtures for his drug store on the trip. Bud Burns who has had a severe spell of pneumonia, is, we are glad to learn, convalescing nicely. Miss Eva Morse went to Tishomingo Monday. The Ravia Tribune, 15 December 1904 ARMLESS WONDER Oklahoma City, O. T., December 11 – J. H. Payne known as the "armless wonder", who has been in Oklahoma for the past two weeks giving exhibitions on the street, is in jail for shooting A. E. Wachter. The two men had a misunderstanding and last night while in the Turf Saloon Payne quick as thought pulled a revolver from his pocket with one of the stubs of his arms cocked it with his chin and shot Wachter in the leg and thigh. Payne’s arms are not more than three inches long, being deformities from birth. He uses his feet altogether. He can lather and shave himself as quickly as any one with two hands, He can deal cards as fancy and quick as the best expert card shark. He feeds himself with his feet. W. L. Parker has rented the T. A. Ross house. Tom Ross has moved out on his farm west of town. J. E. Watson of Mill Creek is the new section foreman. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Dolman are moving back to Ravia this week. R. L. Jones of Troy was in Ravia Monday. Dr. Trinkle of Russett was arrested in Ravia Tuesday with a valise full of whiskey and taken to Tishomingo. We don’t know the merits of the case but hope the doctor will come out of it with flying colors. Meda, daughter of Quanah Parker war Chief of the Comanches was united in marriage to A. C. Birdsong of Marshall, Texas at Dallas. Both were attending school at that place. Judge M. L. Garrett has been elected mayor of Tishomingo to fill out the unexpired term of mayor,,,(cannot read name) resigned. A fair lady has also elected him to preside over her household. Honors are being showered on him. Assistant Cashier Smith of the first National Bank of Madill of the Dunlap system, left November 23 taking with him about 21000 of the banks funds. As he went through Sherman he went to the bank and ordered $5,000 sent to the Madill Bank. He has not been found although sought diligently and with tears. A BOY KILLED Chester, the 12 year old son of S. T. Lewis, living north of town, while riding over to the home of a neighbor on an errand last Monday morning, was thrown from the horse and killed. The little fellow was found by an older brother by the roadside. When found in a dying condition. His brother asked what was the matter but received no answer. He expired suddenly without speaking a word. Tishomingo News TRUE STORIES OF THE FRONTIER By Rev. J. C. Scivally Well I will give you another incident. During a meeting held on B Creek in the Western part of the Chickasaw Nation there was a man whom we will call Mr. C. His family consisted of himself, wife, three daughters and one son. The youngest was a girl whom the family called "Pet". The mother, two oldest girls and the son were all members of the church. Mr. C. claimed to be an infidel, but was very kind to Christian people and treated them with much courtesy when they were around him. But he would say in a jocular way that "Pet" had more sense than to run off after the church like the other children. So during the meeting we have mentioned "Pet" came in to the alter one night and knelt at the mourners bench. Directly I saw Mr. C. coming to where she was. Said I Mr. C. where are you going. He said I am going to get "Pet" out of here. Well said I let her stay it will not hurt her. No said he I will take her out. I said let her stay for one prayer. No I will take her out now. Now he didn’t want to disturb anyone so he very quietly knelt down to whisper to her and tell her to come out of the alter. He acted very gentlemanly about it but just as he got on his knees the preacher called the congregation to kneel in prayer and Mr. C. couldn’t get out so he quietly remained on his knees and Sister Jackson was called on to lead the prayer. She began praying for her infidel neighbor. Now his tow girls and his boys was their father at the alter and mistook him for a penitent and came rushing over the people to him. When the prayer ended they still held on to their father. The preacher got near him. He took hold of the preacher’s pant legs near the bottom, the preacher stooped down and said "what will you have" "I want you to help me out". "Well said the preacher do you want to take Pet out. No just help me out she can stay." So the preacher said to the girls and their mother "your father want to get out, perhaps he just came in for one prayer." So his wife and children got up and took him out. But the devil got in him and he cussed around awhile and got in his wagon and went home, leaving his wife and children to walk the distance being only tow miles they soon walked it. The next morning he hitched his mules to the wagon and started to church, but he let satan get the advantage of him and he flew into a rage and got out of his wagon and cursed the church and preacher and said he would never go to church again. So he turned back and left them with the wagon and team and said he would go to Fort Sill which was about forty miles. Sister C. came on to church and told me how he had done and wanted me to go home with her for dinner, and I said I would go. After meeting closed that day I got in the wagon and went home with them. They searched the place and could not find Mr. C., so we ate dinner supposing he had gone to the Fort. After dinner I lay down and took a nap. After awaking we talked a while and finally Mrs. C. told one of the girls to make a fire in the stove warm the supper and we would eat and go back to church. The girls had made a fire and come back on the porch when we heard Mr. C. who was about two hundred yards down in the corn field. He hollowed a very keen screaming hollow … (to be continued) The Ravia Tribune, 22 December 1904 A BLOODY WEEK Last week was a bloody one for this section. A. J. Milburn was shot in the bowels by City Marshal Burns, at Milburn. Ben Works was shot through the hand at Lester, part of the hammer of his own pistol and a Winchester ball going through that member. John Chance, near Troy was accidentally shot in the back of the head by John Gallion while trying to shoot a hawk. They had been out hunting and were sitting by the road side, when the hawk flew by. As Galion fired Chance unfortunately rose in a stooping position so that the top of his head received the charge. A piece of skull and some of his brain was shot off; but at last accounts he was still alive. Both men were farmers are men of families. It is not thought at all probable that Mr. Chance will recover. Saturday night an intoxicated man fell out of a hack going to Tishomingo and under the wheel which ground off one entire ear. W. S. Reeves, a fireman on the Rock Island, was killed in the yards at El Reno last week by being struck by an engine. His home was in Glasgow, Kentucky. Bela Hinkle, a Rock Island railroad conductor who was arrested at Chickasha as one of a gang who had been connected with the wholesale robbery of cars, has been found guilty. Sam McCoy, a full blood Choctaw Indian, was burned to death in the South McAlester hotel which was destroyed by fire last week. He was a guest at the hotel at the time of the fire. W. L. Parker started Tuesday for a ten day visit to his old home in Alabama where the big red apples grow and the water looks like liquid crystal. J. R. Strond built a residence in the country this week for Mr. Anderson. Misses Nannie and Mertie Wade of Hickory, I. T. visited the family of T. J. Minnis this week. Santa Clause is at Dick Robertson’s Restaurant with Wire Works, Xmas candies, fruits figs, raisins and nuts of all kind J. W. Byrds old stand. Dick is Santa Clause Special Agent. LOST – One badge with the words Las Guicemes San Juan and Santiago and R. R. Connected Badge about the size of a half dollar. Finder will be rewarded. L. F. Beard A. J. Milburn who was shot at Milburn died Monday. John Chance who was shot near Troy is still alive. W. T. Tuck a solid and substantial resident of the Baum neighborhood came in Tuesday and had us credit him up with a wheel on subscription. J. W. Suttles we are glad to note is up and about again after a severe tussie with pneumonia. A. A. Chapman went to Wylie Tuesday. Tom W. Edwards came in from Denison Tuesday where he has been stopping sometime. J. L. Griffin and Arthur Owens of Troy were in Ravia Monday with cotton. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wade of Hickory visited in Ravia Saturday and Sunday at the home of T. J. Minnis father of Mrs. Wade. C. C. Graves tells us he will move his mill up on the right-of-way and use his engine for sawing fire wood as well as grinding. Married – At 2 o’clock p.m. Sunday at the home of J. C. Owens father of the groom Troy, I. T. Arthur Owens and Miss Willie Tonsley. Rev. Barnes officiating. "Old Santa" came by this morning on his annual Christmas whirl. Among the many nice things he left us a baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Spence. W. M. Patton took the train Monday for a visit to his brother in Arkansas whom he has not seen in nine years. TRUE STORIES OF THE FRONTIER By J. C. Scivally.. and then said "Glory to God" Mrs. C. and children went over the fence almost like gray hounds but they went down the wrong rows. As they went down Mr. C. came up some other corn rows. By this time he hollored again. So his wife and children came running back. He had professed religion. So they had great times. Pet professed religion also the last time I saw them they were a happy family. Well another incident, I think it was in 1885 I was on a circuit, bordering on the Red River, in May. I sent an appointment to a neighbor in a bend on the river. They had run one out. So I went prepared for most any kind of treatment. The appointment was for Saturday night. I timed my arrangements so as to get in the neighborhood and got my supper. After supper I started in company with a young man to the school house. He said the men and boys had organized a debating club to meet that night and he did not know whether I would get to preach or not. Now this young man did not belong in the neighborhood where we were going. Well said I we will go and see. So when we got there I hitched my horse when I heard them talking in the house I heard one man say every time we try to have any thing here some preacher comes along and breaks it up. But said he if that preacher comes we will all go down to my house and debate in my yard. So I decided at once what I would do I went in. The gentleman that was doing the talking came to me and said "Are you the preacher?" "Yes" said I. He said my name is Henderson and we are going down to my house to have our debates and I don’t recon you will come down there and interfere with us. "No" said I. "I did not know you had a debating club organized or I would have set my appointment for some other night and now you all go on with your debate and I will come over tomorrow night and preach. Well you don’t mean to run it over us he said I said no I try to have common sense. He said that was a good thing to have it keeps a fellow out of trouble sometimes. Now said he I want you to get a judge for us. Alright said I. All the older women that had come for church got up and left, one of them said as she went out of the door well this just beat’s a hen a pecking. I acted as judge for them and tried to appear like I was interested. They closed about eleven o’clock. I announced that I would preach for them the next night. The next night I returned found a large congregation. I told them all I asked was for them to do as I did the night before to act as judge the man who approached me the night before and asked me to act as judge said with a twinkle in his eye boys he’s got us grabbed. So I had attention congregation. When we went back to that place to preach again we decided to hold a protracted meeting. The people were not done with their crops but I had so many places to hold meetings I had to begin early. Now during this meeting there was a Mrs. K. and daughters who attended the meeting they became very serious and were penitents. Mrs. K came to me after service and asked me if I would go to their house and pray in the family. That she had been married twenty-three years and there never was a preacher in their house. I said yes mam I will come tomorrow at 2 o’clock p.m. I was going to church the next morning and when passing Mr. K’s field he sent his boy out to the fence and gave me a note which read as follows "Mr. Preacher you must not come to my house to pray today when I get ready for a preacher to pray in my house I will let him know it." So I went on to church. I went home with one Mr. Ayers. He tried to keep me from Mr. K’s but I told him I was going for if I didn’t he would say that was the way with preachers they just went around to hunt something to eat. After dinner at Mr. Ayers I went to Mr. K’s two women went with me. I went with the intention of praying out in the public road if he refused to let me pray in the house. After getting to his house and going in his wife introduced me to him he never got up out of his chair. To be continued. Married at Sulphur, Mr. Frank Clark and Miss Wright. Thence they went to Oklahoma City. Both the young people resided at Ravia. Married at the home of the Brides Parents,, Thursday evening at 8 p.m. on December 8th 1904. Miss Jessie Musset and George M. Holland. Miss Musset is formerly of Corpus Christi, Texas. Mr. Holland of Ravia, I. T. At the time of the wedding both, Bride and Groom were attending Draughons Business College, they will continue to attend school until the Christmas holiday, then they will visit the groom’s parents in Ravia, I. T. The Ravia Tribune, 29 December 1904 Posses are still out after the burglars who killed Sheriff W. M. Russell of Hugo but so far they have failed to find any trace of them. SHERIFF RUSSELL MURDERED Saturday night on a Choctaw train, Sheriff Russell of Hugo, I. T. and Sheriff Russell of Grayson County, Texas were guarding two prisoners accused of robbing a store in Sherman Sheriff W. M. Russell of Hugo was shot from the outside the car and instantly killed. The train was slowed up near Mead when the shooting occurred. The two prisoners who were handcuffed together jumped off the train and made their escape. Sheriff Russell of Grayson County was sleeping in another car at the time and when he found the prisoners had escaped went to Sherman after bloodhounds which were put on trail Saturday night. At this writing nothing further has been learned. The above particulars were furnished us by Deputy Marshal Budges a newspaper says the shooting was done by the prisoners with a pistol they had secured. F. L. Green of Tishomingo passed through Ravia Saturday on his way to spend the holidays at Rising Star, Texas. BULLET PRAIRIE Austin Cummings and Bert Oswalt visited relatives at Viola last week. The Box Supper Saturday night was a decided success. Miss Janie Lane was awarded the cake for being the prettiest young lady present. Mrs. Jackson Oswalt and son, and Mr. Austin started Tuesday for Mississippi to spend the Christmas holidays with old friends and relatives. Mr. Massingill and family of Denison are visiting Jim Lane this week. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Bandy spent Sunday in Ravia with their nephew, B. R. Bandy. Samuel A. Robinson, who was convicted of manslaughter by the Caddo County district court and sentenced to serve eight years in the Lansing penitentiary, has appealed to the supreme court of Oklahoma. Morris S. Simpson, a dry goods merchant at Lawton, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are placed at $39,000 and assets at $26,000. Surety bond payment is given as the cause of the failure. Miss Lettie Lawson who has been visiting her sister Mrs. W. L. Parker left this morning for her home in Texas. Harry Byrd visited in Tishomingo Wednesday. Married – Sunday December 25, 1904 at the residence of the brides father 3 miles north of Tishomingo. Mr. J. R. Stround and Miss Ollie Spears, Rev. C. C. Vannoy officiating. Ah there Jim! Pretty Christmas gift! Many return of the happy day. Married – Sunday December 25, at the residence of the bride’s father, Frank Couch and Miss Bertie Rhmines, Rev. Hueson officiating. Frank is a lucky man when it comes to Christmas presents. B. M. Sharrock’s barn caught fire Wednesday about 12 o’clock and came near burning up a lot of corn and hay and the structure. Two charred matches were found where it caught and it is supposed that some boy threw them down after lighting their cigarette or that it was set afire. Dr. and Mrs. Baum visited Mrs. Baum’s father near Mill Creek Sunday. L. D. Mandrell of near Emet was in Ravia Saturday. Dr. Moss of Tishomingo spent Sunday with Ravia friends. Washington Beard and family are visiting friends and relatives in Preston, Texas. W. H. Main and family visited in Ravia Sunday. Dr. M. M. Webster went to Troy Tuesday. Tom Hulchens and sister Miss Della of Wyatt, I. T. on their way to Blossom, Texas for the holidays stopped over with J. Beard and family. They will return to Ravia New Year. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Johnson went to Mill Creek Saturday. Mrs. J. E. Unsell tells us she was the recipient of a fine silk dress as a Christmas present from her sister in Kentucky, Oscar Forbess and family of Ada spent Christmas with relatives in Ravia. Mrs. T. J. Minnis went south Monday to visit relatives near Dallas. A J. McFarland and family of Ada sent Christmas at the home of his brother S. E. McFarland. MISSTATEMENT CORRECTED Last week we published a statement that George M. Holland and Miss Jessie Mussett were married at Fort Worth which we learn on investigation was false. It purported to have been sent by one J. J. Jennings at the request of Mr. Holland; but the latter denies that there has been such a marriage. We regret that we were misled into publishing such a statement but under the circumstances could hardly have avoided it as everything connected with it seemed proper and it came to us in due course through the mail. TRUE STORIES OF THE FRONTIER By J. C. Scivally I walked across the house and shook hands with him. Then we sang and song and I said we will read some scriptures sing another song, and have a prayer. I thought now would be his time to abject but he never said a word. I read a chapter in The Book then we wand a song. I then said "Lets kneel in a word of prayer." We all knelt except Mr. K. Now I obeyed the bible injunction watch as well as pray. I kept one eye on him while I prayed. After some praying he got up very easy from his chair I thought he was going to leave the house, but to my astonishment he knelt down by his chair. I then shut both of my eyes for I was not afraid of a man who would pray. After prayers I stayed with him till after supper and prevailed on him to go to church. His wife and children were converted. He was penitent when the meeting closed. When my meeting closed he …. 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