Johnston Co., OK - The Wapanucka Press, November 1907 ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Mary Achterhof USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** The Wapanucka Press, 7 November 1907 MULBERRY GROVE Bud Goforth, who has been attending school at Harley Institute, returned home Tuesday on account of ill health. W. A. Baker went to Ardmore Friday on business. Capt. E. P. Goforth and W. A. Baker have been preparing a carload of corn to be shipped to Madill. E. P. Goforth and R. Dupree returned from Claremore last Saturday where they attended the meeting of the A.H.T.A.’s. SPRING HILL NEWS Mrs. August Remmert and children have gone on a visit to relatives and friends in Missouri. Isaac Spring took a trip to Legate to visit a brother last week. Joe and Henry Walton are improving in health slowly. Mrs. J. I. Herrin and daughter Miss Ross visited Mrs. Thrasher and daughters, Tuesday. Elisha Herrill went on a business trip to Tishomingo and Ravia last week. S. O. Smith of Wilburton visited at J. L. Walton’s last week. Mr. Cole Pittman of Oklahoma is visiting his brother J. Pittman. Grandpa Cox of Cope has been visiting friends in this neighborhood. Mr. S. L. Walton is on the sick list this week. BROMIDE BRIEFS John Downey is putting the lumber on the ground for his new residence. I. J. Smith is putting the material on the ground for his new residence. Roy Stewart and sister of Wapanucka were at the springs Sunday. The young people of Bromide organized a literary society Saturday night. Mr. Zimerman president, Mrs. Dr. Taylor, secretary; Miss Essie Cummings, editor. Let the good work go on. Mr. Wade, president of First National Bank and wife, were at the springs Sunday. Mr. Kelley and Miss Jessie James of Byrne were at the springs Sunday. Mr. Kinifick and party are expected to be in Bromide in a few days. OCONEE ITEMS November 4 Some of the farmers will change places. Some will go to New Mexico. Reeves Nash who went there sometime ago is back. Says it is no place for a one eyed man. O. R. Wood left last week for Lalande, New Mexico. Mrs. Herrigan has moved to Olney to spend the winter. John Armstrong will run the Harrigan store during the winter. Lafayette O’Neal went to Missouri a few weeks ago and married Miss Lena Kernek. She came home with him but returned to finish a school. The Hamptons who went to Texas some time ago are back here. SPRINGBROOK SAYINGS November 4 I. E. Chester is having cotton ginned today. A. J. Cupp was in town on business today. Rev. McCutchen filled his appointment here Saturday and Sunday. Elder Gripp preached Sunday night. A J. Lame is arranging to rent a place near Ego. Bro. Lane is a good citizen and neighbor and we hate to see him leave the neighborhood. Walter Simpson is talking of moving to Boggy Depot. HELD FOR MURDER Charged With the Murder of His Step Child Pomp Jones, a white man who is alleged, murdered his seven month old step- daughter, Ella Ritchie at Milburn, last Sunday, by administering morphine to the little one on an apple, has been brought here and lodged in jail to await the action of the grand jury. At the time the little one died, and all during the course of the preliminary hearing which was held in Tishomingo Wednesday and Friday threats of lynching could be heard and for a time things looked squaily for the prisoner. Feeling had gone to such an extent that extra guards were called for by the marshal’s office to prevent a lynching. The facts as gathered are about as follows: Pomp Jones was employed in the restaurants around the little town of Milburn, and on last Saturday gave the baby an apple to eat on which he had put a quanity of morphine and as a result of eating the apple the little one died. The elder little step-daughter, Eula Ritchie, was also given an apple to eat on which was spread with poison, but she threw the apple away after she tasted it and found that it tasted bitter. Little Eula testified that she saw her step-father put the poison on the apple. Pomp Jones, the prisoner, denies that he did the deed, and refuses to make a statement. Ardmoreite WILSON SCHOOLHOUSE Bob Henderson returned home last Sunday from St. Louis where he had taken his little cripple daughter to be treated. Some of the farmers are looking gloomy over the money matter, but we hope that everything will work out for the best. E. O. Simmons says it don’t bother him. He has lots of corn and plenty of potatoes. He is all O.K. R. B. Howard and family visited T. J. Howard and family this week. ============================================================================= COPE DOTS November 5 L. G. Drain has secured a school at Eagleton. It will pay him $50 per month. J. W. Baiton and wife visited R. D. Hall and family Sunday. Mrs. Mickle gathered her cotton crop last week and returned to Rae. O. D. White will move to the Mosley place this fall and Mr. Cole will go to his farm east of Wapanucka. Mrs. C. G. Drain has returned from Boggy on a visit. KITTIE NEWS November 4 Mr. Fate O’Neal has the blues since his wife left. She has gone back to Missouri to finish her school. Mr. Goff says if it don’t rain soon he will have to stop ginnig on account of water. Grandpa and Grandma O’Neal were visiting down at Oconee Sunday. Miss May Clifford was visiting Miss Inez Cully Sunday evening. WILSON GROVE Rev. Hook preached here Saturday night and Sunday. W. A. Underwood attended the burial of his uncle, Mr. Marlow, who died at Hickory last week. Oscar Stewart visited his cousin Arthur Jones Sunday. Mrs. I. C. Jones visited Mrs. S. W. Richardson Sunday. LOCAL NEWS Lee Hogg was over from Voca Friday. J. G. Kimbrough was down from near Connorville Saturday. J. R. Williamson was up from Kingston the first of the week. Miss Clay Statler has returned from a visit of several weeks at Sherman. Col. E. P. Goforth and W. A. Baker were over from Fillmore Monday. W. W. Williamson of Mill Creek, was visiting his father N. R. Williamson, and family first of the week. W. W. Scott has just completed putting on a gallery and re-covering the house belonging to W.. M. Dunn in the west part of town, J. C. Wallis was down from Ashflat Saturday. Mr. Wallis says the cotton crops on the flat are poor but corn is fairly good. Dr. J. F. Renegar, who has been residing at Leopold, New Mexico, the past year, has returned to Wapanucka and will be one of us again. Our people are glad to have the Doctor come back to live among them. J. R. Swoffer of Copeland, was in town Saturday. Mr. Swoffer was elected constable of the Wilson Township in the recent election and he will make a good officer. R. S. Graves and sons, W. H. and H. S. have been busy the past several days gathering their corn. They have already cribbed a thousand bushels and have 150 more to gather. All this was made on 40 acres. J. N. Walton and the editor while driving around Sunday afternoon called on J. L. Walton at his home down in the Maytubby school house neighborhood. Mr. Walton is a farmer who knows how. He was made in the neighborhood of 1,000 bushels of corn and has something like a 100 head of hogs to feed it to. About 3 o’clock Monday morning citizens living in the neighborhood of town jail were aroused from their peaceful slumbers by the moan of a dozen of the booze brigade who had been placed in the lockup Sunday night nursing a Peruna jag. It seems that the town has been negligent with providing for its guests. He was cold and built himself a little fire on the floor. The fire burned through the floor and became uncontrollable and he squealed for help. Several procured an axe, knocked off the lock and extinguished the fire. A few minutes longer, it is said, and that fellow would not be here to tell how it happened. J. L. Crews made some substantial improvements on his residence property last week, by the addition of two porches and moving one of the rooms around more conveniently, which adds much to the appearance of the place. Joe Dudley did the carpenter work. LOCAL NEWS Mrs. R. R. Rose has been quite ill. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Channell last week. Capt. J. R. Plummer was over from Olney Monday. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Gentry this week. W. J. Engler, one of the hustling young farmers of the Bromide vicinity was here yesterday. Miss Jennie Wallace returned home from Durant Sunday where she has been attending school to assist her mother who is in poor health. ============================================================================= The Wapanucka Press, 14 November 1907 WORCESTER NOTES Gip Colbert and his wife are visiting Mr. Worcester. Marion Worcester and Eloise James are taking a few days rest from Collins Academy and are spending the time with mother at home. W. M. Hackworth will move to T. W. Greenwood’s place near here. COPE DOTS November 11 Jess Barden is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Marion McCarty are the happy parents of a ten pound boy. Jim Sinclair made a trip to Hickory this week. T. W. Riley was looking after business near Cope today. Miss Myrtle Drain’s cousin from El Reno is visiting her this week. Pauline Attaway’s little cousin from Haileyville is visiting her. N. G. Gatlin is preparing to move to Texas. ============================================================================= KITTIE NEWS November 10 The gin at Kittie caught on fire Saturday but the flames were put out before any damages were done. A few of the young folks around here enjoyed singing at the home of J. M. Clifford’s Saturday night. A good many of the Kittie young people attended the singing at Mr. Springer’s Sunday evening and all report a nice time. Grandma Kerr left Sunday to spend the winter with her son at Jesse. ============================================================================= SPRINGBROOK SAYINGS November 11 Mr. Hallenbeck has returned to St. Louis. SPRING HILL NEWS November 11 Died, Monday night, at the residence of Eastman Maytubby, Miss Dora Duke, aged 19 years. Mr. Fred Emory and Fayett Walton started for Wilburton last Tuesday on a business trip. Little Herbert Posy has been sick but he is better now. BOY KILLS HIS LITTLE SISTER The 16 year old son of W. W. Manning, a farmer residing one and one half miles southeast of Center, accidentally shot and instantly killed his little 4 year old sister Saturday morning. The boy was in the house tinkering with a shot gun, while his sister sat near by on a bed. Suddenly the weapon, a muzzle loading shot gun, was discharged, the contents striking the little one in the head and literally blowing her brains out. HUNTON NOTES November 10 J. S. Cox returned home yesterday. Mrs. Joe Dally of Bromide came up yesterday to see her mother, who has been sick with slow fever for the last month. James Nunn and wife left Friday for their new home in Oklahoma. Mrs. Hill, Mr. Crowell’s mother-in-law, returned to Hunton Friday. The good people here welcome her home. John Calhoun and wife are visiting his father, J. W. Calhoun of Hunton. Oskar Warden and J. W. Calhoun returned last week from a trip to Texas. LOCAL NEWS Homer Carrell was over from Belton Friday. Capt. A. A. Faulk and W. S. Hinchey have both been sick the past week. County Commissioner W. E. Brogden of Belton was in town Wednesday of last week. Frank Juhan, now engaged in the saw mill business at Glover, was here during the week. Mrs. W. S. Johnson has been in Sherman the past three weeks attending the bedside of her brother who is not expected to live. J. F. Kiser one of the representative farmers of the Springbrook community, was attending to business in town Wednesday of last week. At a call meeting of the city council Friday evening a loan of $500 out of the special bond sinking fund was made to the school board. This was done in order to provide cash for salaries of teachers. Mr. Henderson returned Thursday from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he has been for several weeks. He says that the financial situation from appearances in the north, is gradually improving. Eight houses were burned at Vian Wednesday night of last week. LOCAL NEWS Abe Wolverton was over from Marietta Monday. Robert West and Jack Nixon have returned from Colorado. J. B. Wyrick and J. E. Gillmore were down from Wilburton Tuesday. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ream last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Owens are entertaining a fine new boy out at their home north of town. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hudmon last week. ============================================================================= The Wapanucka News, 21 November 1907 VOCA NOTES The young people of this community attended a party at R. C. Saveges last Friday night. Those present report a nice time. Elsie Harth and father are preparing to move to Georgetown, Oklahoma, next week. Miss Myrtle Hipp was a welcome visitor at Miss Lula Hale’s the past few days. Prof. J. M. Guise, of Copeland, was here prospecting for a school last week. J. C. Hale went to Durant on business last Friday, returning Saturday. Our old neighbor G. W. Montgomery, has returned from Mead where he has been visiting. The Misses Kerbow and Griffin are visiting Miss Della Smith Saturday night and Sunday. The tackey party at Mr. Burris’ Monday night was quite a success. Those present were Misses Lula Hale, Florence and Laura Burris, Myrtle Hipp, Ona Kerbow, Alice Griffin, Julia and Lucy White; Messrs. Lubert Broidrick, of Caddo, J. E. and J. C. Hale, John Miller, J. D. Petty, Will and Buss Burris, Sam Kimbrough. Mr. Petty and Miss Laura Burris won the cake for being the tackiest couple. LOCAL NEWS W. F. Combs, one of Springbrook’s best farmers, sold cotton here Monday. J. W. Hickman came over from Sherman Friday and spent a day or two with his parents and friends. Harry Wilkerson came down from Haileyville Saturday to join his wife who has been visiting relatives here several days. L. Fountain shipped four choice Poland China Pigs to Neel-Manning and Harshbarger of Romeo, Colorado, this week. Those hogs are royally bred and Mr. Fountain is justly proud of them. B. D. James came down Monday from Byrne. Mrs. B. L. O’Neal visited her daughters at Ardmore this week. On Monday the Rock Island and Santa Fe railway systems put into effect the two cent per mile passenger rate throughout Oklahoma as provided by the constitution. Miss Jennie Wallace visited friends in Coalgate Sunday. Grant Snedden, of Coalgate visited T.C. Wallace Sunday. M. A. Butz and Miss Clay Statler are attending the Trans-Mississippi Congress at Muskogee. The grand jury in session at Purcell this week failed to find a bill against Pomp Jones of our city who was charged with poisoning his step-child some time ago. Jones had a hearing before U.S. Commissioner Stoval in Tishomingo and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury which failed to find evidence sufficient to make a bill against him. Milburn News W. S. Graves and sons, who live out north of towns took advantage of the cold snap last week and killed a fine lot of meat. SPRING HILL NEWS We were sorry to give up our school teacher, Miss Louie Drain, last week. However, Mr. Addison of New Mexico induced her to change her name and we had to submit. They started for New Mexico their future home Sunday morning. Mrs. Rosa Herrin has gone to Ravia to attend school. Mr. Lee Jamison is attending school at Wapanucka. The mother of Mrs. Minnie Arbogast died the 6th of this month at Dalton, Missouri, aged 92 years. Mrs. May Thrasher had a brick chimney built last week. Work was done by Mr. Johnson of Milburn. Mrs. Will Posy is having the chills. J. W. Overton and family of Kansas, are visiting J. L. Walton and family. Mr. Overton is a brother of Mrs. Walton. MULBERRY GROVE November 15 The two little girls of R. Dupree who have been very sick with slow fever are convalescent. Mr. and Mrs. Tate of Cope visited at Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Goforth’s last Thursday. Mr. Tate will soon move on a place of Mr. Goforth’s. Mrs. J. D. Epperson’s baby has been sick with chills and fever. Bud Alred and Fred Goforth will return to Harley Institute at Tishomingo Sunday where they will resume their studies. Misses Fannie and Pauline Epperson attended a box supper at Springbrook last Saturday night. Miss Louie Drain who has been teaching school at Maytubby school house, was married last Monday. So Maytubby school house is now minus a teacher. WILSON SCHOOLHOUSE Prof. Senson school has been rather small on account of cotton picking, but we expect a good school the rest of the term as farm work is about over for this season. A E. Simmons made a flying trip to Wapanucka Thursday. There was a candy breaking at Tom Guynn’s Saturday night. The young folks all report a very enjoyable time and plenty of candy. C. C. Stubblefield, R. B. Howard and Clide Chapman went to Lehigh Friday. T. J. Howard and family visited R. B. Howard and family Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Allen, who has been sick for sometime is able to be up again. James Hamersley is going to move back to Hunton again. LOCAL NEWS J. M. Stewart returned Monday from a ten day’s trip to Texas. Fine Bullard is no longer connected with me in the dray business. C. C. Hightower O. W. Feemster and family have moved back to Gentry, Arkansas and his place is being filled here temporarily with the Southwestern Lumber Co. by his brother, W. R. Feemster. J. M. Burns of Charles City, Iowa, is here for the purpose of investing in some farm lands. He will be at the First National Bank for the next ten days and those who have farm lands for sale should see him. KILLING AT POLLARD Pollard, Oklahoma November 17 To the Press: Last night at a box supper at the school house, given for the benefit of the church Charley Ingraham, a well known farmer entered drunk and attempted to shoot the house full of holes. Jim Reihnart, one of his best friends, attempted to take the pistol from him and was shot three times, dying instantly. Ingraham was brought to Idabel by some or the citizen and placed in jail to await trial under the laws of the new state. EGO NEWS W. T. Tomerlin went to Wapanucka Friday. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Morgan has been very ill for several days. Mr. Poke of Nail has moved near Ego. Will Breashears is having a nice house built on the widow Jones’ place. D. S. Moran ahs gone to Madill on business. Mr. Lee and sons went to Wapanucka Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Rigsby went to Wapanucka Saturday. T. P. Clay and M. L. Moran went to Wapanucka Saturday. Joe Roberts carried cotton to Wapanucka Saturday but did not sell. JOHNSON CHIEF DEPUTY W. S. Johnson of Wapanucka has been appointed chief field deputy to Sheriff N. H. Simmons and was sworn in Tuesday at Tishomingo, after having made the required bond of $3,000. Wapanucka being the largest and most important commercial point in the county, Mr. Johnson will be located here. The other deputies are: J. M. Williams, office Dept., Tishomingo, J. H. Dayton, Jailer, W. T. Clark, Mill Creek and Jeff Waldon, Mannsville. ============================================================================= The Wapanucka Press, 28 November 1908 SPRINGBROOK SAYINGS November 23 W. L. Simpson has sold his lease to W. J. Foster. A J. Lane has rented a place from A. W. Carvatt near Coatsworth. J. L. McCutchen has bought Nock Kirkpatrick’s new place and moving to it. The Misses Jamison of Maytubby were visiting the Misses Walden Sunday. Mack Simpson is moving to Coalgate. We understand that Mr. Nichols is coming out from Ardmore to take charge of the Hallenbeck & Nichols farm. We understand that G. W. Harris has rented at Oconee. We have heard that Walter Mitchel has rented where Mr. Harleston lives and will come back to his old neighborhood. Bro. A. J. Tripp has been very sick but is better now. KITTIE NEWS November 25 Mrs. Barnette and son Johnie left Sunday for Dallas where she will undergo an operation on her eyes. Miss Inez Cully was visiting at Mr. Whiteside’s Sunday. Misses Leola O’Neal, Lizzie Welkers and May Clifford visited Miss Zora O”Neal Sunday. L. M. O’Neal and family visited Mrs. Schmelzer. SPRING HILL NEWS Mrs. May Thrasher visited with Mrs. A. L. Sims Wednesday. Mrs. Drain and Grandma Snidere visited with Mrs. J. I. Herron Thursday. The Misses Jamison visited at Springbrook Saturday and Sunday. Another of our pretty girls has changed her name. Sunday at Ardmore Mr. Hedrick and Miss Fanny Swader were married. Mrs. John Epperson and children visited with Mrs. Thrasher Monday evening. Misses Pearl and Hazel Jamison entertained at their home Monday evening, Misses Fanny and Pauline Epperson and Messrs. Drain and Grows. VOCA NOTES D. A. Petty went to Atoka on business Thursday. R. H. Kimbrough is erecting a snug little dwelling on his place one and half miles east of Voca. W. White, one of our prosperous farmers, carried cotton to Caney Saturday. J. I. Herrin went to Copeland on business Friday returning Saturday. Miss Myrtle Hipp who has been visiting Miss Lula Hale, returned to her home at Caddo last Thursday. Mr. Luther Brouderick of Caddo spent Saturday and Sunday with his friends here. COPE DOTS November 25 Mrs. Hensley went to Rae Thursday. Gilford Drain made a business trip to Tishomingo last week. Mrs. J. Feggitt and Mrs. Gatlin spent Sunday with Mrs. Thomas. George Thomas and John Williams spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Attaway visited their sister near Hunton Saturday. F. Mosely has gone to Tupelo to look for some cattle lost sometime ago. Gilford Drain shipped hogs to Fort Worth Saturday. D. Cobb visited J. H. Gordon Sunday. Oll Feggett and cousin, Hallan Veach, returned Sunday from Texas. Miss Docia Lee spent Sunday with Mrs. Thomas. WILSON GROVE November 25 I. C. Jones and W. Dudley took loads of turkeys and chickens to market Friday. Rev. Hook is to preach here next Saturday and Sunday. Perry Thomas and wife started for West Texas last Saturday. LOCAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Benson of Ingasoll, are visiting their son, J. E. Benson and family. Judge Skeen and son Walter spent Sunday in Lehigh. Dr. A. Stephenson of Wapanucka was in Atoka Tuesday enroute to Denison. Indian Citizen Mrs. C. I. Hightower is visiting her sister Mrs. A. Stephenson in Wapanucka. Indian Citizen Rev. F. E. Shanks, who has so faithfully served our people for the past two years, has been returned here by the Annual Conference of the M. E. Church South. Our people certainly have cause to congratulate themselves upon securing Mr. Shanks for another year. He will divide his time between Wapanucka and Coalgate. C. W. Williams of Bromide, is preparing to move within a few days to Brooks, Coleman County, Texas. Mr. Williams is an old citizen of our section, a substantial farmer and one of our best men whose removal will be regretted. Harry Byers visited relatives at Lehigh Sunday. Misses Nova Ball and Jennie Wyrick have returned home from Liberty, Missouri, where they have been attending Liberty College. Dr. Skeen has gone to New Mexico where he will look for a location to which he will move. Miss Nellie Wallace has returned home from Durant where she has been attending school. Mr. Kreger was down from near Olney Saturday. His mother and brother have recently moved to New Mexico. A. P. Moran has been suffering with chills and fever. L. C. and T. A. Jones, prosperous farmers living near Ego, sent the Press last week a sample of turnips raised by them. The turnip is a whooper, probably weighing ten pounds and shows what can be done in this garden spot of the world. Judge Wolf on Tuesday issued the first marriage license in Johnston County, the parties being Mr. W. D. Thompson and Mrs. Julia Glover, both of Wapanucka, Capital I. E. Carter came over from Springbrook Monday. Mrs. E. O. Loomis is visiting in Missouri. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. James last week. E. A. Durham and the Wapanucka Trading Co. both put on big sales Saturday and a large crowd is expected to be here. Both are among our most popular stores and a large trade will come to each. The Johnston County Abstract Company of Tishomingo, with $5,000 capital stock has been organized. The incorporators are S. C. Treadwell, John T. Young, C. S. Stephens, H. O. Newman, W. W. Hedges and W. L. Lawrence. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------