Ottawa CO., OK. - Newspapers: Fairland News, Friday, Feb. 16, 1912 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Submitted by: Judy Michaels *********************************************************************** MRS. S.D. AMES DEAD Fairland was shocked on last Monday morning at an early hour at the report that spread over the town that Mrs. Sam AMES was dead. Mrs. AMES was as well as usual on Saturday. Sunday she was stricken with neuralgia and Dr. MILLER was called, and she rallied and was thought to be getting along all right. About 5 o’clock Monday morning she grew suddenly worse, and the pains had reached the regions of the heart. Neighbors were hastily summoned and Mr. AMES went for the doctor. When the doctor arrived she was unconscious and lived but a short time. Mr. and Mrs. AMES had lived here all of their married life, seventeen years, and had six children, the youngest being but two years old. The deceased was a member of the Christian church, and her funeral was preached at that church by Rev. M.N. DAVIS, the Baptist pastor, the Christian pastor being out of town. Her remains were interred in the city cemetery. The bereaved husband and children have the sympathy of the town and community, as they are left in very bad shape, three of the little ones being under six years of age. LEAP YEAR VALENTINE SOCIAL The girls, old maids and the widows of Fairland entertained the boys, old bachelors and widowers with a leap year party at the home of Mrs. J.P. SPLANN on Monday night. Partners for the evening were secured in the following way: Names were written with invisible ink upon hearts. The gentlemen were met at Shepherd’s store and each presented with a heart, which upon being warmed revealed the name of his partner. The rooms were appropriately decorated with hearts. All the games smacked of the season. These guests attended: Messrs. SHEPHERD, RITTER, VANN, Clyde AUDRAIN, CAMPBELL, Reuben AUDRAIN, MILBOURN, LONG, THOMAS, ELLIOTT, McCULLOUGH, YOUNG, WALFEN and FREEMAN. DEMOCRATS ELECT DELEGATES A democratic precinct convention was held at the city court room last Saturday night for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention at Miami tomorrow. The meeting was called to order by D.W. FREEMAN, who in turn was elected chairman of the meeting, and J.P. JAMES was chosen secretary. The meeting then went into the election of delegates, resulting in the election of Joe LEMASTER, Frank GAINES, Frank AUDRAIN and S.T. LINCOLN. J.P. JAMES was chosen precinct committeeman and the meeting adjourned. LOCAL NEWS Will HEARD has moved into his new residence on the south side and is tearing his old house out of the street, thereby removing one of Fairland’s oldest landmarks. Will HEARD and Bert ADKISON have put a new concrete top on their well on the south side and Mr. FINK has added a pulley, all of which adds to its appearance as well as usefulness. Another business change was effected this week, Leonard CONNER purchasing a half interest in the Fairland Grocery from Y.E. McCLENDON. Mack and Len will make a hustling good pair of fast drivers or we miss our guess. We had just been wondering what had become of the spring poets, when J.W. COONS burst forth with his M.O. & G. song to the tune of Casey Jones. Say, come over and sing it for us and we’ll pass the hat. Mrs. Sam MAY visited in Afton a couple of days last week. Mrs. EMMERT and little daughter Fay, left Monday for a visit with friends in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Frank WATSON, of Seneca, were the guests of R.M. PAGE and wife over Sunday. Mrs. W.A. LANDRUM, of Claremore, spent several days visiting friends here the past week. R.Q. JAMES was over from Miami, Monday. Ed. PENINGTON orders the paper to his brother, Will, at Topaz, Mo. Fre. DARL and W.T. FRANKLIN, of Route 1, are new readers of the Good Old News. Dr. EDWARDS is having a walk put down in front of his property on Main street this week. E.E. PRICE left Monday as a representative from Frisco lodge A.F.&A.M. to the Grand lodge which meets at McAlester this week. Mrs. Dave HARLIN was an Afton visitor Wednesday. Ely DRY renews the subscription of his father at Spokane, Wash. Floyd ROBERTS and F. McGHEE went to Miami on a pleasure trip Sunday. Leonard CONNOR moved to our town last week and is now a permanent fixture. J.M. KEATON, late of Missouri, and W.E. GOINS, both of route 2, enrolled with us Saturday. Grandma SANFORD returned to Afton Wednesday, after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Chester HAMMONDS. Mrs. T.W. HORN and daughter of Joplin attended the funeral and burial of Mrs. Sam AMES here on Tuesday. M.T. MABREY left last Saturday night for Shell City, Mo., to bring his honk wagon back to the land of opportunity. Mr. and Mrs. S.B. HUDSON, of Tulsa, have been visiting here this week. They are thinking of moving back to our town. SHILOH NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J.A. HELM spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J.E. McFARLAND. Mrs. and Mrs. Henry WHIPKEY spent Sunday with J.L. ENGLAND and his family. Grandma ROBERTS is very ill this week. Mrs. Olive BLAYLOCK has been right sick but is reported some better. Bige CHANDLER and family called on T.A. ELLIOTT last Sunday. Mrs. Rebecca ENGLAND is visiting her daughter in Vinita. Mrs. Ann McFARLAND spent Sunday with Mrs. Jack ENGLAND. HUDSON CREEK Cleat EDENS had business at Grove last Monday. Mesdames Jim GARMAN, Dave WINTERS and John EDENS visited Mrs. W.C. JAMES last Sunday. Crawford CONNER and family called on Mr. and Mrs. EVERMAN Sunday. A new boy arrived at Charley DARNELL’s one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry NOEGEL were back on Hudson Creek the first of the week. Sammie LARIMORE of Miami was visiting his uncle, Jim GARMAN, last week.