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T!ie Davenport New
Vol. 7. No 21
DAVENPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY", OKLAHOMA., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915
THE BAPTIST REVIVAL
COMES TO A CLOSE
The Sunday night service
closed a ten day's revival
meeting, conducted by Rev.
I. M. Phillips, of Springdale,
A.rk., at the Baptist church
here.
Altho few souls were con-
verted to Christ, and Bro.
Phillips was somewhat dis-
appointed in the results of
his labors here, we feel that
great and lasting good has
been done by the little re-
vival here. It was in word
and in truth a revival. It
has revived an interest
among the Christian people
of this town, who were prac-
tically dead.
We feel that seed has
been sown for a great re-
vival here in the future, in
which many will come over
to the Lord's side.
Let everyone work and
pray until the return of Bro.
Phillips, in July 1916 with a
bi^ tent, that the harvest
may be great.
COLLEEN SMITH DEAD
With regret we record the
deit.li of little Colleen B. Smith,
the seven year old daughter of
Mr. and Mr?. W. R. Smith, who
were rr si lei its of this place
until November 1914, when
they left Davenport to make
their home in Burgin. Ky.
Colleen had I een ill for some
time an ! Mr. and Mrs. Smith
took her to the Danville Hospital
where she passed away at 11:30
a. m. June 22.
The many fiionds in Daven-
port express their heartfelt
sympathy to the >ereayed ones.
Swat l he fly !
Carcherfioost?
Read I he New Era.
Next Sunday's Uncle Sam's
birthday.
Oh, say! By the way, where
is your fly swatter?
It is rumored that Davenport
is soon to have a garage.
We have lots of old papers for
for sale now. They're c leap.
Ciop inospec18 are good here.
Especially the fly and misquito
crops.
H. Gibbo.is, one of our lead
ers on Chandler Route 5, died at
his home Sunday,
Mrs. May Smallwood, of Bris-
tow, wa* here Sunday visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Argabiight.
YV hatever you do, vote for a
nine months school and a suf-
ficient. levy to maintain it
Boys! You don't have to go
'way off somewhere to find the
harvest. Just harvert a few of
jour daddy's weedp, while he
Kits up town and talks about the
war.
('lean up!
Boost good roads.
Surprise your face with a
smile.
How about tint nine months
school this year?
Your prescription is in safe
hands at Moore's store.
Preach something good, then
practice what you preach.
It isn't good roads that cost so
much. Bad ones are more cost
ly-
Paris Perswell was thru here
Monday on his way home to
Sparks.
Opening your eyes to the good
in others is like opening the
blinds to the sunlight.
J. T. Hamilton and M. II.
Nickell .vere transacting busi-
ness in Tulsa last week.
The Cage l) )y s have returned
from a three weeks visit with
the Langer family at Pryor.
It seems to us as tho the fine
"crap" of weeds in this town,
is just about ready for harvest.
If you have an American flag
and are proud of if, stick it up
somewhere so everyone can see
it.
Miss Martha Helton, of Ripley,
passed thru here Sunday on her
way to Sapulpa to visit her
uncle.
Don't you think the travelling
public enjoys the fine scenery
between the two depots here?
Weeds!
C. D. Hill has our sincere
thanks for some nice apiicots
which he left at our office Moil
day afternoon.
Now's the time to cut the
weeds, not thi3 fall after they
have gone to seed and planted a
crop for next year.
Miss Genevieve Claik, daugh-
ter of Champ Clark, v\ as mar-
ried yesterday to James M.
Thompson, an editor.
We finished, this week, a book
of minutes for tlie Colored Okla-
homa District Missionary Bap
tist Association. We can print
anything.
The 4th of July edition of the
Prague Record was a dandy, in
three colors. Bro. Nipper is
sure a live one and is giving
Prague a paper all deservant of
the liberal patronage it receives
As far a3 we can lerrn, this
town is entirely out of debt.
Still, it can't afford to hire the
weeds on the streets cut. We
know of towns this size that are
in debt 40 or 50 thousand dol-
lars and > et manage fo keep the
weeds cut.
A little old two for a nickle
show hit town this week and
did not have much success.
They smeued their ads all over
the sidewalks which was plain
evidtnee that there was not
much to the outfit. Whenever
you see a bunch hit town that
are too pinchy to get out bills
and smear the sidewalks all up
to save expenses, you can figure
they are a bum outfit. A man
with the ability to run a good
show has brains enough to ad-
vertise it.—Camargo Herald.
FROM "DE TUCHMAN"
Piedmont, Okla.
June 27,1915
D.;ar Folks at Home:—
Roy Harrison came over here
Sunday and he and I went over
to Eldridge's. (\vhe"e Abe lives.)
Roy is sticking to his job like a
cat would to a gristle. * * *.
1 am now working for J. C.
Hunter, the fellow 1 worked for
last summer. He has about 95
aciesof wheat and oars to cut
yet, and probably will get done
this week, if we get along well.
Threshing will commence the
5th of July. Roy, Abe and 1 all
have a job on the machine.
*****
Well, of all things, I saw 33
jack rabbits while going two
miles the other morning.
This harvesting isn't like
playing "Do Tuehman," but
there is more money in it—and
—and—more chigger bites.
* * * *
So long, till I hear from you
again. Answer soon.
Deweey M. Tryon.
Boost for better roads.
Nyal remedies at Moore's.
Have yon cut those weeds yet?
Isn't it alto it time to swat the
fly?
A gnen stamp with every 10c
purchase at Halls.
Someone loan us a scythe so
we can cut our weeds.
A big bundle of old papers for
a nickle at the New Era.
Mrs. W. P. Woodruff has gone
to Catale, Oklahoma, for a few
days visit with her parents.
Irving Stacy and E. E. Mas
sey were transacting business in
Chandler one day last week.
Celebrate the 4th and forget
the war. It's clear across the
ocean. We're here in peace.
The Baptist people have de
cided to have prayer meeting
regularly on Tuesday nights.
Just 'cause the other fellow
don't boost is no sign you should
knock. Throw your hammer
in the well.
The fanners around here have
had a haid time getting their
oats cut on account of the con-
tinual rains.
John Taulbee has been having
the weeds cut on bis vacant lots.
We wish the city would try the
same thing on the streets.
Plato Kimball, Roy Rounsa-
veil and Bryan Hie key left Sun-
day afternoon for the harvest
fields near Koine, Kansas.
Mrs. O. D. Groom and child-
ren will leave Friday to spend
the 8Unimer with her parents on
the farm at Waverly, Mo.
Flies are prosperous around
this town. They live on milk
and honey and the best in the
land, and lide in automobiles.
T. L L v\ is left Sunday for
Lehigh, Okla , where he is in-
stalling a now gin. C. C.
Chance, of Ohico, Texas, and
Lee Manning, of this place, ac
companied him to help iu the
work.
Schwadt de phly.
Mrs. Minson is on the sick list.
Are you reading the "Black
Box?"
Full details of the fire on an
inside page.
R. D. Edwards was in Chand-
ler Monday.
Hurrah for the Fourth of July
but let it be sane.
Mrs. Baugus was shopping in
Chandler Monday.
Lots of grain and less cotton
in this county this year
Miss Lela Bullington is cleik-
ing at Oliver Ingenthron's.
Miss Nelle Hall is visiting
Miss Jem Eliott iu Chandler this
week.
Mrs. R. A. Baugus and daugh-
ter, Miss Mattie, spent Tuesday
in Kendrick.
Miss Edith Ferguson, of Park
land, spent last week with her
sister, Mrs. T. L. Lewis.
Judge Chas. B. Wilson, of
Chandler, was thru here Sunday
on his way to Stillwater.
Mrs. C. K. Ferguson has been
quite sick the past week, but is
improving at this writing.
Lawton and Fairbanks Tryon
returned Saturday night from
Piedmont, where they had been
for a couple of weeks.
Quite a number of Davenport
people took in the Chautauqua
at Chandler and report the
music exceptionally good.
Matt Duhr, one if Oklahoma's
oldest newspaper w l iters, is in
this part of the country, visiting
with C. JI. Mendenhall.
It isn't your town, it's you!
Clean up YOUR own back yard
(and the front one, too) and the
other fellow will 'tend to his.
Ed Matlock, w ho has been at-
tending I he teacher's normal at
Okemah for tho past month,
returned home Saturday night.
Go to church next Sunday
and thank God that you live
with Uncle Sam in "the land of
the free and tho home of the
brave.
Compare the beautiful school
campus with the large crop of
pretty (?) yellow flowers on the
vacant lots and streets in the
same vicinity.
Dr. Roberts, Dentist, has lo
catcd in Davenport, and will be
at Dr. Nickell's office next Fri-
day, Saturday and Sunday,
July 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
Granville Giigs'oy, Ralph
Nash and Clauie Adams prac
lioed with the Stroud band Mon
day evening. Hobart Baugus
took them over in the car.
There are several farmers in
this coniuiuuinty who seem to
have tune to sit around on the
street cornel n and cuss and dis-
cuss the swiftness of the growth
of "crap grass'' since the recent
rains.
A gentleman, passing thru
town the other d iv, was heard
to remark: "There must be a
great public school interest in
this place, judging from the fine
school bjildiug and beautiful,
well kept lawn they have."
"TONY THE CONVICT"
A BIG SUCCESS
Last Saturday the Daven-
port Cornet Band put on its
play: "Tony, the Convict."
This is a strong play, re-
quiring some mighty good
acting, and we must say
that everyone did well.
Claude Adams as "Tony"
could not be beat, and the
part of "Weary Wayside
from Wayback" just suited
Granny Grigsby. Nelle Hall
as "Lena, the heroine" act-
ed the part with queenly
dignity. Lucille Irvin play-
ed "Sally, the servant girl"
to perfection, while Dora
Grigsby had her customary
part "the cranky old maid."
Mrs. Rose J. Wright, who
has been chosen as principal
of our school for the coming
year, has had charge of the
getting up of this and sever-
al other plays in this town,
and when you hear of Mrs.
Wright taking charge of a
play, you may know that it
is a good play and will be
well rendered.
Misses May Robberson
and Rubye Olson furnished
special music. Receipts
were something over $20.
Davenport has awakened to
the fact that they, as well as
other towns, can have a good
ball team.
Sunday afternoon witnes 'ed
the best game of base ball that
has been played by the home
boys for several years.
The boys played their second
game with Sparks this year, on
the latter's ground, and layed
them away to the music of 5 to
4.
Our manly pitcher, Patterson,
had too much pep for their boys.
They just couldn't connect up
with the pill. He made a record
for which any pitcher anywhere
should be proud, striking out 21,
allowing no walks and only 2
hits. He aljjo handles the stick
a little bit, too. His first time
up put some ginger in the boys
when he pounded the ball mto
the timber and went clear
'round.
Little Pat Anderson also did
some good hitting and excellent
base running, scoring twice.
Davenport's difficulty for a
ball team has been the lack of a
pitcher and catcher. Now vyp
have both, and let us, as out-
siders, all get the harness on
together and boost for the bajj
team, for there is no reason why
we can't have as good a ball
team as any in the county.
—An Enthusiastic Fan. •
BEST GAME FOB YEARS
Work on Dr. Baird's house
has been completed and it is
now one of the nicest houieu iu
town.
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