Pontotoc Co., Oklahoma - 1909 Roff Eagle, Roff - News Articles Submitted by: Sharon Crawford okbits@cox.net ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== 1909 Roff Eagle, Roff - News Articles February 5, 1909 With this issue the Roff Eagle changes hands, L.R. BOYD having sold his interest to William FELTER, who will take charge of the editorial end of the page. John DURAN remaining as a partner in the firm and continue in charge of the mechanical end of business. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 1909 After June 9, 1909 it will be unlawful to hunt in the state of Oklahoma without a hunting license. Cost for a license will be $1.25 a year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 30, 1909 Dolberg News Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank DILBECK of Dolberg, a big baby girl. J.R. ETCHIESON has returned from Arkansas and I think he is contented with this country. Mr. CONDER and Charley KITCHEN will move this fall and we will miss him in Dolberg. Will CLARK and Grover CASTLEBERRY have returned from the broom corn country. Mr. HENDRIX went fishing last week and reported a nice time and lots of fish. Last Tuesday John TAYLOR and George BRASHEAR went to Wynnewood and some time in their rounds returned with a fancy apron in their buggy. No one has learned how it came in the buggy. Mrs. Edna BIRD went to Tupelo to visit her brothers and sisters. We wish her a good time. Mr. FARRIS of cresco, will move out close to Dolberg this fall. Mrs. Ben ALLEN spent Saturday afternoon with her sister, Mrs. Charlie THOMPSON. On Thursday D. HALL went to Minco to visit his son, J.T. HALL. Will also visit his son, J.M. HALL, at Tuttle and Dr. S.S. WIDENER at Jefferson, Okla. before returning home. Brantley WRIGHT and daughter and grandson of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, are the guests of his brother, A.J. WRIGHT. (These are the brothers to my great-grandmother, Lucinda Ann WRIGHT BURNETT) Laxton News: Mr. MOORE of Palmer visited his daughter, Mrs. David GARRETT of this place last week. Mr. and Mrs. DENSMORE were in Roff last Saturday shopping. Mr. CLARK and wife of Ada are visiting their son, Horace, and family at present. Considerable sickness through these parts of late. Tom IVEY of Bailey, Okla. visited in this community several days this week. Doc LYNCH and family visited at Franks last Sunday. The little daughter of J.W. LYNCH has been quite sick for the past few days. Lightening Ridge: Jeff FUSSELL and wife and Andrew YOUNG and wife spent Saturday and Sunday at Sulphur. Joe CHILDRESS and wife visited the latter's parent at Ada last week. Ike WEBB and wife spent the latter part of last week at Sulphur. Joe SELLERS of Stephens county, Okla. spent Sunday and Monday with his old friend, Robert McKNIGHT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUGUST 27, 1909 Vanoss New: Dr. CREW and family left Sunday for Washington, Okla. for a few days visit with their daughter. Mrs.W.J. COLLINS and son, George, returned Sunday from an extended visit at Sulphur. J.P. KAISER and family visited relatives at Center Sunday. J.E. KINSEY and R.W. ALDRIDGE went on Sunday to ada, where they had been summoned to serve as jurors in the county court. Rev. T.C. MARTIN has sold his crop to COPELAND and SLOAN of Center. Mr. MARTIN left Saturday for the west. Mrs. Ida OWEN has been very sick for the past few days and is still no better. Walton ALTON returned home last week after several weeks stay in the eastern part of the state. Lace HUDDLESTON and family of Wayne, Okla. visited his wife's parent, C.L. JONES and wife, the latter part of last week. Mrs. Tom TARKENTON and children of Ada, visited her brother, Ed KINSEY, last week. J.H. MULLINS, one of our prosperous farmers, picked out a bale of cotton Friday and carried it to Stratford, he got a little better than 11c for it and $50 premium, which make the bale net him $98.40. There will be considerable cotton picked this week. Owing to the dry weather cotton is opening fast. Hart News: Mrs. Harriet BURNETT has been visiting Cash LAND'S family at Foster, the past two weeks. C.N. UPTON and family, William BURNETT(my great grandfather), and R.M. BURNETT visited Mr. RUSHING of Bellvue on Sunday. W.F. EAVES and family returned Monday from Waurika, where they had been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Alfred WHITE. They also visited J.O. CROSS of Maysville. Amos TAYLOR and family came in from New Mexico on Monday and are visiting Mrs. TAYLOR'S parents, J.H. SUTHERLAND and wife this week. Jim says he don't like New Mexico, says it is too dry for him. They went there last November. Mrs.LINDSAY and children of Dolberg and Mrs. SPARKS and children of Phillips, were the guest of Mrs. LINDSAY Monday. FRANKS NEWS: Leon KAHN of Roff was in our town this week. Mesdames WATTS and J.H. HAMPTON visited relatives at Seminole, Okla. this week. Mrs. WATTS then returned to her home at Tye Valley. Mrs. McCOY of Ardmore is the guest of her sister, Mrs. B.F. BYRD, this week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 3, 1909 Hart News: A number of our people attended the meeting at Vanoss on Friday night. Among them were: The Misses WRIGHTS, India LINDSAY and Ben ALLEN and wife. Joe JOBER and wife entertained the young folks with a play party Saturday night. All had a good time. The road overseer, D. HALL, is having the lumber hauled for the new bridge. It will be constructed right away. Johnnie PITTLE of Stratford was in town Wednesday visiting Frank BURNETT. Rev. and Mrs. T.N. WATKINS went to Stratford Friday. Wm. TABOR of Corley was in town Thursday. Bob BROOKS of the Daniel neighborhood was in town Friday. Jeff CAMPBELL and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. JOBER, Saturday. Paul GARRARD of Maysville was in town last week smiling at all the pretty girls. Mr. and Mrs. BLOOMINGKEMPER has been in Hart the past two weeks looking after the gin business. We understand he has bought Messers. THOMPSON & BURNETT'S interest in the gin. Charlie THOMPSON and his wife spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. WRIGHT. Rev. and Mrs. BELL were the guests of Mrs. LINDSAY Sunday. Mrs. HALL called on Mrs. EAVES Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Bud LUNSFORD and Grandma LUNSFORD were guest of Mrs. JACKSON Sunday. Mr. CAMPBELL and son, Pat, went to Stratford. FIRE AT HICKORY Monday night a fire at Hickory totally destroyed the building and stock of goods carried by the LENDER Mercantile Co. and the building occupied by the Peoples Bank. The buildings occupied by H.C. BOWEN Drug Co. and PHILLIPS general merchandise were slightly damaged. The bank vault contents were not damaged and on Tuesday morning the bank resumed business in another building. The stock of goods in the PHILLIPS store were moved into the street and as it soon began to rain, they were moved into another building and damaged considerably in moving. the drug stock was not moved and is practically unhurt. The timely rain probably saved several buildings from the fire. The insurance on the burned buildings and stock was carried by Roff insurance agents, who went to the scene on Tuesday and viewed the loss. Buck AGEE and his family of Dolberg were the guests of Ben ALLEN. Quite a number of our people attended the baptizing (sic) at Vanoss Sunday afternoon. Among them were: D. HALL and family, the Misses WRIGHTS, Frank BURNETT, Roy THOMPSON, Irvin and Ed UPTON, Luther THOMAS, Lester BLOOMINGKEMPER and others. H.O. SUTHERLAND came in Sunday from Francis, where he has been teaching school. He has dismissed his school until the 1st of November of account of the students having to pick cotton. Rev. L.H. HOMERICK of Texas, who is visiting his daughter, Mrs. SHIELDS, preached for us on Sunday. We hope he will call and preach for us again as the announcement did not reach us in time. Vanoss News: Prof. STEWARD dismissed his school at Belvue last week till after cotton picking. D. HALL and family and Miss Lina WRIGHT of Hart attended church here Sunday. Prof. E.N. JONES closed his school at Lone Tree Friday until the first of November. The people of Vanoss have organized a Sunday school with T.A. ANDERSON, superintendent, and Lorena ANDERSON, sec'y and treas. We hope to see our S.S. progress as we believe that is a good place to raise children and make an impression on their minds while they are young. Bill JONES and wife moved to Ada Sunday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 17, 1909 E.H. HARRIMAN, who died last Thursday, controlled more miles of railroad then any other one man in the United States. He was identified with the Standard Oil group of financiers, and was their manager. Personally he was worth probably $50,000,000 but exercised control over at least ten times that amount.(Hart News) Dolberg News: Bob DONAHUE has been up near Comanche, Okla., to see after his land. Brother WATKINS was at Dolberg Saturday and Sunday. The Baptists of this place have called him to preach for them another year. Hart News: A young lady came through Hart Wednesday noon inquiring the way to the nearest railroad station, stopping at R.M. BURNETT'S. She gave her name as Virgie GIPSON and stated the she was from Arkansas, but didn't know what part. Also stated that her parents had been dead about three months and that she had come to Stratford by train and had her things shipped there, and had also paid the last money she had for a bed in a hotel at Stratford and had left there Wednesday morning without any breakfast. Mrs. BURNETT gave her dinner and told her she could stay with her as she wanted a home. Mr. BURNETT sent his son to Stratford Wednesday evening to see about her things. He inquired about her having stayed there and gave a description of the young lady and found that about thirty men were out looking for her, as she is the daughter of Mr. TIGG, a Methodist minister living north of Stratford. Her parents suppose she was mentally deranged when she left although they can see no cause for her leaving and knew nothing of it at the time. Mr. TIGG took her home Thursday. (Mr. Rufus M. BURNETT and wife, Mrs. Harriett I. FULSOM BURNETT) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 29, 1909 Cresco News: Born to John POLK and wife of Cresco, a few days ago, a boy. We went Sunday to get them to turn Uncle John loose but he had already gotten loose and was gone. Mr. and Mrs. JETER and little son of your city were in this part Sunday gathering grapes. Mrs. FILMORE of Chickasha is visiting her son, Will. W.J. SMITH has returned from a visit to Abbott, Okla. Willie BLACKWOOD has returned home from Pauls Valley. We thought we were going to have that wedding Sunday, but it did not come off. Perhaps they will capture the $5 at the trades day. Mrs. Sallie FRAZIER and Grandma POLK visited Charlie DRENNAN and family Sunday. Fitzhugh News: Mr. and Mrs. Ore SUMNERS of Pontotoc, are visiting A.W. COPE. Mrs. John WHITE of New Mexico, is visiting her mother, Mrs. FRANKLIN. Miss Tempie DANDRIDGE of Atoka, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Albert CARTWRIGHT. Mr. and Mrs. Albert CARTWRIGHT are entertaining a new girl baby. Born to Mr. and Mrs. TULLY of Fitzhugh, a baby girl. Mrs. D.L. LEBO is visiting in Tulsa this week. Mr. and Mrs. G.H. CHANCE have returned home from a visit to the Dallas Fair, where they heard President TAFT Saturday. Hart News: Uncle Tom CODY is improving. The cancer has come out of his neck and it is hoped he will soon recover. Charlie GOBER and family left Wednesday for Shawnee where they will make their future home. John CLAPP and wife of Byars were the guests of the Charlie POSEYS this week. Jim TURNER, A.J. WRIGHT, J.A. PIRTLE, Lonnie BURNETT(my grandpa), A.D. CAMPBELL, J.B. WINN, Henry UNDERWOOD, H.O. SUTHERLAND, Ervin UPTON, W.W. WATSON, Homer THOMPSON, J.L. MARTIN and Charlie THOMPSON each took a load of cotton seed to Stratford Friday for the gin company. W.A. LINDSAY and family of Dolberg, were the guests of his sister, Miss India LINDSAY, Sunday. Quite a number of our young people enjoyed a candy breaking at Tom ALFORD'S at Corly Saturday night. The little child of Alonzo FLOWERS departed this life at 11 o'clock Saturday. The remains were interred in the Hart Cemetery Sunday. We extend our sincerest sympathy to the bereaved parents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- November 26, 1909 Frank BURNETT, one of the best young men of Hart community, was married to Miss Lucy BROWN of Lindsay at the residence of R.M.(Rufus)BURNETT at Hart last Sunday. Both of these young people are well known and popular in their communities, and the best wishes of their friends go with them. They left Monday for Clayton, OK to spend a few days with relatives. (Benjamin Franklin Burnett was born March 1891 to Rufus and Harriett (Fulsom)Burnett) Old Mary VOLIN, an old negro of this place is said to be 112 years old but is in very feeble health now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 24, 1909 Card of Thanks: I desire to thank the Odd Fellows, the Rebekahs and the many kind friends who so kindly assisted in the last illness and death of my wife. May God bless you. D.N. DUNAGEN. J.W. WEBB of Foster, visited his old friend and school mate, C.L. BERGER, Friday night. He was on his way home from Muskogee where he had been to buy himself a farm. He said he would soon move up there. R.M. BURNETT was called to Blanchard Sunday by the serious illness of little grandchild. Ben ALLEN'S little boy accidentally got hold of a bottle of oil of cedar Saturday and drank part of it. The child was quite ill but is some better at present. We hope no bad results will follow. Mr. PAYTON and Bud PAYTON of Fitzhugh, visited Charlie POSEY the last of the week. Mrs. R.L. HUNTER and daughter, Miss Ruby, went to Stratford Saturday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 1909 Hart News: J.L. DAVIS and family left Wednesday for Duncan where they will visit Mrs. DAVIS'S mother, Mrs. George WHITE. Mr. DAVIS will move to his farm near there soon. We are sorry to lose them as they have been residents of this place a long time and are well liked by all. Rev. and Mrs. T. N. WATKINS visited Mrs. WATKINS' sister, Mrs. Tom ALFORD at Corley Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank BURNETT left Monday for the eastern part of the state where they will visit Frank's uncle, Walter BURNETT, a few days. Mrs. Amos TAYLOR of the Choctaw country, is visiting her parent, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. SUTHERLAND. C.N. UPTON and family left the first part of the week to spend Xmas with friends in the Choctaw country. (C.N.Upton was married to Rosa Bell Burnett, daughter of Rufus M. Burnett) W.H. BURNETT is visiting his brother, Neely BURNETT in the Choctaw country over Christmas. ( Wm. H. Burnett is my great grandfather, his brother Cornelius T. Burnett lived in Clayton and Rosa Bell Upton was his niece) Dave ANDERSON stopped over Wednesday night with D. HALL. He was on his way to Tishomingo. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur HART of Maysville, spent Thursday night with W.W. WATSON. Sam PYRON, of Maysville, is the guest of W.W. WATSON. Vanoss New: Oscar MEDLIN of Dike, Texas spent several days visiting old friends here last week. It had been about nine years since he left this part of the country. His father, W.L. MEDLIN, was one of the early settlers of this country. Jasper KNIGHT of Texas, spent the holidays with the MITCHELL boys. Johnnie HURT returned Friday from Elmore where he had been teaching music for some time. C.K. DEARMAN and family went to Blake, Okla. to spend holidays with his parents. J.S. JONES was appointed deputy sheriff last week. We think they made a wise selection when they selected J.S. to that position, as he is a good, quiet and fair minded man and believes in law and order, which we had during the holidays. They say Jess had considerable practice with his little boy two or three days before Xmas. said he would arrest the boy and put him in the cellar then let him get loose and shout halt! and bring him back again, and one time they say he deputized Uncle Chas. JONES to help him with the lad. He held his pistol on the boy and make him stand while Uncle Chas. tied him. That is okay Jess. No man can get perfect without some experience and practice.