Johnston Co., OK - The Wapanucka Press, September 1906 ****************************************************** 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, 6 September 1906 BEEN TO NEW MEXICO A party of prominent farmers of this section returned Friday evening from a trip to New Mexico where they went to look up claims for government lands, The following gentlemen composed the party. P. J. Ellis, R. M. Witherspoon, Charley and Robert Lucus, M. A. Butz, John White, Pat Ridley and M. E. Smith. They took up their claims 20 miles from Texico which is near the Texas line. Some of these gentlemen will move to the new country this fall while others will go later, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- KILLED AT ATLANTA South McAlester, August 30 – Edward Richmond, the Federal convict who was killed in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday afternoon was sent up from the Territory for robbing a train with the Stearns gang some five years ago near the town of Caney. Richmond was convicted and sentenced to ten years and his principal in the business, Starnes, is now serving a life sentence in the Leavenworth penitentiary. The two men were among the most strenuous that were ever sent up from the Territory. Stearns was a one armed man. He held up the train with an imitation pistol which he made out of a tin can. When arrested his armless coat sleeve was stuffed with straw. The robbers would have gotten away if it had not been for one thing. Hon. Haden Linbaugh of Atoka was on the train that night. Only a few weeks previously he had defended Stearns in the courts and had not forgotten his voice. The young attorney told the officers who the robbers were and in a short time they were rounded up and in prison. Richmond was regarded as the most desperate of the whole crowd. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMISSIONER’S COURT The August term of Commissioners’ Court was in session here Monday and Tuesday, Judge Hicks of Atoka, presiding. The replevin cas of Cris vs Jackson was decided in favor of Jackson. This case came up from Ego, being a controversy over the ownership of a horse. Mr. Jackson was given possession of the horse and awarded $5.00 damages. T. J. Cantrel, charged with cutting wire fence on the Statler farms was bound over and admitted to bond for appearance before the Grand Jury. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUCTION SALE On Saturday, September 8, at my place at Salt Springs, Zenobia post office, to the highest bidder, ten head of fine bred horses, five cows and calves, two wagons, one carriage, three cultivators, one sulky plow, three walking plows, household goods and about thirty head of hogs. Terms: Cash or bankable notes, payable, October 1, 1907. with interest at 8 per cent per annum. T. A. Rutherford ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROMINENT MAN DEAD William N. Barker Passed Away Friday Afternoon William Nixon Barker, an old and respected citizen of Wapanucka, passed away last Friday at 3:15 p.m., death resulting from uraemia Mr. Baker was born in Walker County, Texas, January 30, 1835, where he grew to manhood. In 1855 he was married to Miss Susan Mosely. To this union three children were born, one girl and two boys, all of whom survive him. They are: Mrs. M. E. Keller, of Konawa, I.T.; James Barker, of Escondido, California and Theodore Barker of Shawnee, Oklahoma. At the beginning of the Civil War Mr. Barker enlisted as a private soldier in a Texas regiment of the Confederate army with which he served until the close of the war. At the close of the war, he returned to his old home and engaged in the mercantile business at Dodge. He went to Wilbarger County, Texas, in 1880, where he engaged in the mercantile business again. Was elected and served a sheriff of that county from 1886 to 1888. Shortly after this time he moved to Shawnee, Oklahoma, where in 1896 Mrs. Barker died. In 1900 he was married to Mrs. L. J. Rudd at Shawnee. They came to Wapanucka in 1901, where he acquired considerable property and was active in all measures calculated to advance the interest of Wapanucka and this section of the country. He was a member of the Wapanucka Lodge, No. 125, A.F.& A. M. which Lodge took possession of the remains and conducted the funeral exercises with their impressive funeral ceremony Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Rev. W. P. Holland preached the funeral sermon. Mr. Barker was a communicant of the Baptist church, a member of Stonewall Jackson Camp, U.C.V., whose members also followed the remains to the train, and a member of the Farmers Union. The remains were escourted to the 4:48 p.m. train Saturday by one of the largest funeral processions ever seen in this city. They were taken to Shawnee, where interment occurred Sunday afternoon. During the hour of the funeral the business houses were closed, out of respect and the high esteem in which the deceased was held by the people of the city. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCONEE NEWS Oconee, September 3 Mrs. Owan of Olney, has moved back to this community. A. J. Lowe has completed the erection of a fine dwelling on his farm in Young County, Texas. He is on his way home now to gather his crop. Arthur Whiteside and Alford Hilburn left Saturday for Tahlequah to be gone a year in school. Miss Aiken of Coalgate has accepted the position as governess at the home of W. P. Jemison. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COPE DOTS Cope, September 3 Mr. Culberson is figuring on starting a singing school at Cope. W. R. White was on business at Mill Creek last week. J. W. Beck goes to Lindsey this week where he will reside in future. We regret his departure very much. Z. H. Take and Dr. Hardy attended a Democratic rally at Bold Springs Tuesday night. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNERAL OF MRS. GAMBLE Word was received here last week of the death of Mrs. C. R. Gamble, mother of Mrs. Fountain, which occurred at Denver Friday night, August 24th. The following account of her death is clipped from the Mexico, Missouri Ledger: The remains of Mrs. Gamble, widow of the late C. R. Gamble, formerly of this city, who died of consumption in a hospital in Denver, Colorado, Friday night, arrived here Monday afternoon of the 3 o’clock Wabash and were taken tot he city cemetery for interment. The service was conducted by Rev. Wallace, of the Presbyterian church, of which deceased was a member. Mrs. Gamble was 58 years of age and leaves three children: Messrs William Gamble of Kansas City, Groom Gamble of Spokane, Washington and Mrs. Fountain of Wapanucka, I.T. the latter being with her mother during her illness and the time of her death. The pallbearers were: J. J. Steele, S M. Locke. P. M. Harding, W. H. Kennan, William Brown and W. H. Ritchie. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our heartfelt thanks to the many friends who so kindly assisted in caring for our husband and father during his late illness and death. To all we extend our sincere thanks. Respectfully, Mrs. W. N. Barker, Mrs. M. E. Keller, Theodore Barker. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCAL NEWS Arch Forgey was over from the Kittie community Tuesday. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steward last week. Henry Roberson, who has been with the Ball Co. during the year, has moved to Texas. James B. Farris returned Friday from a months visit and recreation at Mineral Wells, Texas. He returned greatly improved in health. T. A. Rutherford, the well known farmer living near Zenobia is selling out and preparing to move to Colorado. Squire J. W. Wallis was down from near Kittie last week. B. Nash was among the prominent farmers in town Monday from Kittie. Bud Davis was over from Kittie Saturday on business. Robert Wilson has gone to Durant to attend school. Mrs. L. E. Creekmore is visiting her relatives at Madill this week. Walker Hunt left last Saturday evening for Ft. Smith where he goes to attend business college. Miss Lucie Killingworth of Ada has come to take up her duties here in the public schools. J. D. Dumas, Lee Hog, Mr. Ross, Al Nabors and many other prominent farmers and others were over from Ego Monday in attendance at commissioners court. Rev. C. E. Robertson tendered his resignation as pastor of the Presbyterian church in this city Saturday evening. He has been called as pastor of the Ada Presbyterian church, and will go to that city within the next three or four weeks. E. D. Berry has gone to Dallas, where he has accepted a position with a life insurance company as superintendent of agencies. Mrs. Dukes of Talihina has been here some few days visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Powers. Dr. Heflin has returned from New Mexico where he spent the summer. C. R. Greeson, the prominent farmer of Belton was in town Tuesday. Rev. W. P. Holland closed the protracted meeting at Worcester school house last Sunday. Baptized seven, six women and one man, at the crossing near the Academy on Delaware. A large number of people from Wapanucka were there. J. E. Workman, of Olney, one of Olney’s prominent merchants was in the city yesterday and while here bought a stock of boots and shoes. ============================================================================= The Wapanucka Press, 13 September 1906 HAN GING AT VINITA Vinita, I.T., September 4 Robert Cotton was hanged here today in the corridor of the United States jail for the murder of his wife, Cynthia Cotton. The condemned man slept well last night and ate a hearty breakfast this morning. The death warrant was read to him just before noon and Cotton walked between two guards and mounted the scaffold in the corridor of the jail. A prayer was offered by Rev. Hawkins. The trap was sprung at five minutes past 12 o’clock. His neck was broken by the fall and in six minutes he was pronounced dead. Robert Cotton murdered his wife, Cynthia Cotton on August 6, 1905, by stabbing her with a knife seventeen times and was tried by Judge J. F. Parker, Jr. at the May term of the Federal Court at Sallisaw. The jury was out only ten minutes, found him guilty and imposed the death penalty. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MURDERER ARRESTED City Marshal W. S. Johnson Tuesday arrested a young boy 16 years of age by the name of B. H. Hickman, near Viola, wanted in Wyoming for murder committed on June 27th. The boy has confessed and Marshal Johnson left Tuesday evening to deliver the prisoner to the authorities in Wyoming. It is said that at $500 reward was out for the arrest of this boy. Another young man who is also charged with being connected with the crime has not been found. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- EGO NEWS Ego, September 13 T. F. Horn, W. W. Hatter, Wilber Traylor and Will Sammons all left this part of the wineyard bound for western Texas on day last week. We hate to give up these good citizens but our loss will be the other country’s gain. Among our many visitors this week were: J. T. Walker, H. H. Flowers, J. A. Jordan, Calvin Adams and James W. Morgan. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCAL NEWS Dr. J. D. Enfield was down from Oconee Tuesday. W. Z. Aycock the well known planter of near Ego has moved to town. E. E. Bell was in the city from Zenobia Monday. J. F. Headrick, the well known farmer of Viola, was attending to business in the city Monday. J. P. Wheeler was among those who came to town Monday from near Zenobia. T. N. Moore was over from Ego Monday. He says that cotton as been considerably damaged by boil worms. C, M. McRae, who recently moved from Ego to near Lawton, Oklahoma, was back among his friends here this week. He likes the country around Lawton very much. Judge J. T. Fowler has been over to Ardmore this week on business. Robert Kimbrough was over from Ego Tuesday. Ben Crawford and A. Y. Casey were over from near Zenobia Monday. Miss James of Boggy Depot opened school at Ego Monday. Mrs. W. N. Barker and children have gone to Van Buren, Arkansasm to stay with her daughter, Mrs. Cly Wood. Dr. Cooper and wife of Roff have been visiting their brother Burr Wells and family here. J. D. Phipps was over from Ego Friday. Mr. Phipps says the cotton crop of his section is not good. L. Fountain has returned from his summer trip to Missouri and points in Colorado much improved in health. L. C. Ball and Mr. Foster are preparing to open the Farmers Union Cotton yard. D. Kennedy is arranging to leave this week for western points in search of a new location. He is not likely to return to Wapanucka. W. A. Hollenbeck of Denison passed through the city Tuesday going to Viola to look at his property there. J. A. Jackson was over from Lehigh this week. Mr. Jackson is one of the owners of the Wapanucka Hardware Co. W. R. Belt, W. O. Salmon and A. G. Hancock were in attendance at the ginners’ meeting at Milburn Tuesday night. Bur Wells was out to his farms last week. He found that the worms had badly damaged the cotton crops in the valley, but he reports good corn. Wells is a great hog and hominy man. He is Johny on the spot when he has plenty of hogs and corn. Mr. and Mrs. Moore of Ashflat spent three or four days with Mr. and Mrs. Bur Wells last week. ============================================================================= The Wapanucka Press, 20 September 1906 OCONEE NEWS Oconee, September 17 Rev. Black of Missouri, preached a series of sermons at Kittie the past week. The meeting was well attended. J. N. Gilliland is sick at present. S. C. Muldrow is the happiest man around here. He has ten boys and two girls. A. J. Lowe is back from Texas. He will go back there as soon as he finishes gathering his cotton and corn crop. G. C. Howard of Hunton left Saturday for Texas. N. H. Addison and J. T. Carter of Hunton are shipping cattle and hogs this week. Joe Whiteside is in South Dakota. Hampton Bros. sold out their cattle last week. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- KITTIE ITEMS Kittie, September 18 Last Sunday evening Mr. Tom Duncum and Miss Della Lowery were married. We wish them a long and happy life together. Mr. Alex Davis and Cleve Goff were in Kittie on business Monday. Misses Ora Goff, Florence Scott and Rosa Daint were visiting Miss Lillia Murphy Sunday. We are sorry to have to report that Mr. and Mrs. Bud Davis have been sick the past week. Ernest Kitchen left Thursday for Texas. Turner James and wife of Byrne were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bud Davis Sunday. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of the power vested in me by an order of the United States Court for the Central District of the Indian Territory; and of my letters of Administration of the estate of Joe Cunish, deceased. I will on the twenty- second day of September, 1906, between the hours of two o’clock and four o’clock in the afternoon of said day at the “Old Joe Cunish Place” in the Central District of the Indian Territory, about four miles south of Wapanucka, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand, thirty head of cattle and seven head of horses belonging to said estate. Charles Younger, Administrator ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIBERAL REWARD We will pay $20 reward for the following described mules: One black horse mule, about 12 hands high, branded figure 3 on left shoulder, and C on jaw. Also one mare mule about the same color and height about 9 or 10 years old branded H (the H laying on side) on left thigh and small split in right ear. Notify First National Bank of Mill Creek, I.T., or our authorized agent. W. R. White, Cope, I. T. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAFFERN – PINGLETON At his residence Sunday, Rev. W. P. Holland united in marriage, Joseph G. Daffern and Miss Lena R. Pingleton. DILLON – RIDLEY At the home of the bride’s father, M. C. Ridley, last Sunday, R. B. Dillon and Miss Lena Ridley were united in marriage. Rev. W. O. Holland pastor of the First Baptist Church, performing the ceremony. SMITH – NASH At the home of the bride’s father, B. Nash near Kittie, last Sunday, Edgar Smith, son of O. D. Smith of near Zenobia, and Miss Mary Nash were joined together in the bonds of wedlock, Rev. W. P. Holland, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Wapanucka, performing the ceremony. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCAL NEWS T. A. Creighton has been sick several days but is better now. Miss Lucie Loomis is visiting friends at Ardmore. I. E. Chester was over from Viola Saturday, shaking hands with his many friends in the city. C. L. Galey brought to market Saturday some fine popcorn which he raised this year, Like all other feed crops popcorn has done well this year. C. M. McRae after visiting his brother, Dr. J. P. McRae, for a few days, left Saturday for his new home at Lawton. Dr. Gray has retuned Sunday from Bokchitto where he went last week to take a position. He did not like the proposition. Mrs. J. E. Walton is visiting relatives in Texas. Capt. A. A. Faulk was confined to bed last week but he is up now. Abe Wolverton has leased the round bale gin and will run it this season. J. S. Morton was hurt last week while doing some heavy lifting at the ice house, but he is going about this week. Dr. J. F. Renegar came up from Ardmore and spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in the city. He is doing well at Ardmore. J. E. Anderson was down from near Franks last week. Mr. Anderson says the cotton crops of that part of the country are poor. W. M. Cole brought to market Friday some fine roastingears from a crop planted in June upon the land where potatoes had grown, The corn is very fine. Bring your hides and furs to W. L. Bell wagon yard and get the highest market price, Ben Crawford left Sunday for a few months trip to points in West Texas and New Mexico. Mr. Carwford has been in poor health the past several weeks. William Long, another enterprising farmer on one of the Fountain places brought in the second bale of new cotton Saturday. It was bought by Walton Skeen for the Wapanucka Trading Co. The city council met Monday night and passed the license tax ordinance. No license was imposed upon mercantile and business houses, The Baptist church will begin a tent meeting at Wapanucka on Tuesday October 2nd. Rev, T. C. Carleton of Muksogee, state evangelist of the Baptist church, will conduct the meeting. Rev. Holland baptized for applicants of admission to membership with the Baptist church Sunday near Warcester school house, making eleven new members in all. B. Nash came in Monday from a trip to New Mexico where he filed upon land. C. D. Price was over from Ego Monday. Dr. McRae attended to business at Milburn Tuesday. Rev. F. E. Shanks, pastor of the M. E. Church, will preach at Zenobia next Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and here at night. ============================================================================= The Wapanucka Press, 27 September 1906 COPE DOTS Cope, I. T., September 27 Mr. Mickle returned this morning from Tishomingo where he was called to see his sick son. Mr. W. A. Carpenter has sold out to Dr. J. H. Hardy and left for Texas. Dr. Hardy looks natural around Cope. Mrs. Fred Ebesch is on the sick list this week. Jim Townsley and H. F. Livingston were Cope visitors Sunday. Mrs. W. R. White is visiting in Wapanucka this week. Judge J. T. Fowler passed through Cope en route to his ranch today. Messrs. J. R. Hensley and W. H. McCartey attended I.O.O.F. at Viola Saturday night. J. R. Hensley went to Wapanucka today on business. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- McKEE JAMES DEAD McKee James, one of the best known and highly esteemed full blood citizens of this section, departed this life at his home near Byrne Tuesday night after being ill only about two hours. Mr. James was in town most all of the day Tuesday and appeared to be in the best of health. He was between fifty-five and sixty years of age and leaves a wife ad several children to mourn his demise. The children are all grown and are: Mrs. S. L. Taylor, of Wapanucka, Mrs. D. W. Hodges of Lehigh, Ben James, the elder son who lives near Byrne and Jesse James who is attending Austin College at Sherman, Texas. The remains will be buried at the family grave yard near Warcester school house this afternoon 2 o’clock by Odd Fellow and K. P. Lodges of Wapanucka. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOOD WORK OF JOHNSON Received $500 Reward For Arresting and Delivering Bad Man City Marshal W. S. Johnson arrived home Tuesday from his long journey to the far western state of Wyoming to deliver his prisoner, the young Hickman, wanted for murder there. When Chief Johnson arrived at his destination with the prisoner it was very cold and a light snow was falling. He delivered his man and received for his good work $500 reward. This is only one among the many instances wherein the brave Wapanucka officer has successfully captured or helped to capture desperate characters. When it comes to dealing with and learning the tricks of the bad man Johnson is there with the goods. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUNTON NOTES Hunton, September 26 Mr. Calhoun has moved his goods and the post office into his new building. Give him a call. Elder Black of the Christian church closed a meeting at Kittie last Monday night. G. C. Howard left a few days ago for Young County, Texas. E. O. Simmons and Y. J. Howard were transacting business in Wapanucka Saturday. Brother Armstrong preached his farewell sermon to the people at Wilson Sunday. Mr. Harve Hathaway and family left for West Texas a few days ago. Bro. James Andrews will preach at Wilson next Sunday. Come out and hear him. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRAWFORD IN TEXAS The Press is in receipt of the following letter from Ben Crawford who is at Childress, Texas: Editor Press – According to promise I will write you a few lines. I reached Childress in the rain and found mud but not the sticky mud I left. There is fine land in this country that raises everything. Corn is making this year from 30 to 50 bushels peer acre and they are shipping it by the car loads the remnants of last year’s corn crop. But the main feed crop and those most popular are Milomaize and Kaffir corn which the old settlers tell me make every year in abundance. Wheat and oats have made fine this year and the farmers are putting in a good acreage of wheat but the chief crop is cotton. This is a great cotton country. The estimated average this year is only about 1/2 bale per acre though many fields will make more. I have met here two of my old Kentucky friends. I find social, hospital people, a good school and the various churches well represented. It seems to be a good place to live, but I have not looked around as much as I expect to do. One other think I was about to forget that suits me and that is the taxes are low, only about one cent on the $100.00. I think any of the boys that are coming through here would do well to stop and see for themselves. Land prices are very reasonable considering everything. I promised to write to several of the boys but it is not easy to find time to write much on the wing, so this will do for my letter to all of them. Respectfully, Ben Crawford ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCAL NEWS George Perkins was over from Fillmore Saturday. W. J. Forester was down from Hunton Tuesday. J. R. Hensley was over from Cope Monday. C. B. Hathaway, a prominent farmer of near Oconee, was in town Monday. A ten pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Criswell Monday. Lost – Double barrel shot gun No. 10 gage britch loader, lost north of Wapanucka. Finder will please leave same at Press office. - T. H. Hathaway, Oconee, I.T. C. C. Hightower with Mr. Stewart in charge, is preparing to open the Farmers Cotton Yard on west end of Choctaw formerly the Farmers Union Yard. Hon. C. A. Skeen, the Wapanucka statesman, farmer and banker, who is making such a rousing campaign in the 104th district, will, no doubt, be the tallest and most picturesque member of the constitutional convention. Mr. Skeen will not only be seen but also heard. Ardmore Demorcat Rev. Hancock and wife are visiting his father, A. G. Hancock. Miss Inda Lindsey was here from Sulphur last week visiting friends. A. Forgey, the well known farmer of near Kittie, was in town Monday. A. Y. Casey left today for Texico, Texas, where he goes to join Ben Crawford in a tour of the west. Mrs. W. T. Copeland returned Monday from Haileyville where she spent a few days visiting her brother. Mrs. A. J. Roberts left the first of the weeks for Ladonia, Texas, where she goes to visit relatives and friends. Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Cusenberry and Miss Hancock are prepared to do dress making in room r, in Statler building and solicit patronage of the ladies. Rev. Mr. Hancock and bride came last Friday from Austin, Texas, where they were married recently. =============================================================================