Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 93, Ed. 1 Monday, April 20, 1903 Page: 1 of 4
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Chickasha Indian Territory Monday April 20 1903.
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An Era of Advancement and Progress for Chickasha is at Hand. The New Council has begun Work. Citizens give (hem Your Support.
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PURCHASE
Enables us to offer special inducements
to our many customers fcr ten days.
This lot consists of a large quantity of
men's odd pants shirts and overalls.
Everything in the lot is bought at less
33 1-3 per cent and is placed on salo
correspondingly.
Largo lot of Men's Hats in the new shapes
regular price $3.00 this week $2. -IS.
Large lot of Men's Odd Pants nil sizes
Btyles iuhI prices up ti $3.00. .Reduced to
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Men's shirts in new bright patterns and of the
ticttt standard brands worth up to $1.50
this week at i50 -19 and 9c.
Men" Flannel Suits
5.0u 0.00 7.50 S.00
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We aro htro to do your cliauinjrand dyinjr. All work
S neatly preyed. Wo are not tailors but Cloanere ond
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flew and Second-Hand Goods.
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to know in regard to banking.
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the accounts of women and we
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We Charge our Own Soda
Using Only Distilled Water
Our Ice Cream is not only as Good as
Others but the Best in the City.
WEST SiDE DRUG STORE.
'.angf-list Srntli's Pulpit lle-
nuirks W'vvQ Objootud To.
A Row In Th3 Baptist Glturch
Trouble Nirrowlj' Averted by
the Tactful Action of Pastor
Thompson Wlio Gave Out
a Hymn Just In Time.
ThotP I'Hiue very near hemy ft
urst clar-a row a'l'ie Bujitist cliurcb
ast nigiif ami today tbe trouble
lnu been o:i ever bfviy'tt tongue.
Serious tr .!! was only averted
iv ibe pRsior liev. Thompson
who culled np ii the eongretrstion
o sing a hjuin ut u criiieal junct-
ure and thus avert'-d strife which
veined ecrtaiu to come. The story
m a lou; one nud like most troah
u of thii kiu t hus uittiij fcide i-
H'loj u!l of them fj.-i ui-iin to tl.
u:hui argument hut too leDgthy t
go iu.o.
Two we.ks ho Kev. W. W.
Smith who claimed to ho unevan-
gelist showed uj Kt the church
one Sunday inoiningand aif.de him
self ncquaiuted w.tll the pastor
lie taid he hiei jint closed a very
sueoee-feful melting at Anlniore
and would like to bein one here.
Out of pore courtesy liev. Thomp-
son invited him to fill his pulpit
hat morning and invitid him to
house where ho kept biin one
Week extending him every cour
tesy.
Kev. Smith was very anxious to
hegin a revival meeting and told
the pns'-or po. Kev. Thompson
laid the u.atti-r before the leading
members of the congregation but
they did not tt em very favorably
impressed with the idea. The fact
of the matter whs they were not
very favorably impressed with
Saiitb. Some of them a majority
in fact thought the t imu wits noi
ripe to begin a meeting. The city
election was at hand some of the
church inembera were interested
and could not give their whole at-
tention. But Kev. Smith was per-
sistent. He told wonderful tales
of his success at Ardinore. and
asked thetn to telephone to the
church there if they bail doubt of
his Ability. He exibited a choice
assortment ot newspaper clippings
told more tales and finally reall)
mraiust their belter iudtsDient. ibe
preacher was allowed to go ahead
und hold the me ting the member
i r.'iid-iiig to niie iheir a."sistanr
.ut w ik whou-hmriemy tor is
-neeeptt.
I'lie nieetiig eomturuced and
tor the first few n;ghts it promised
to become a great religious revi
val. Kev Btnith was very origt
tial iu his methods. Htf went
around to the stores saloons and
gambling houses and held services
and prayed for th people conduct
ing tr"m. IIn argued religion ou
the streets nnd both by his manner
and way of living and conducting
himself tried to be diflVreut from
the common herd and to attract
attention.
His method ot preaching was
sensational. He made remarks
from and used language in the pul-
pit which the church members and
a great many people outside of the
church tbought decidedly oat of
place. au:S very uncalled for. The
people of the town begau to com
ment ou it. aud soon the congre g.
tion began to f.ill oil. The mem
SIDE FOUNTAIN I
NOW OPEN.
bers of the church begau to stay
twy aud a breach ouenid between
the evangelist and his family and
followers on one bide aud the pas-
tor and church members on the
other. The breach widened imper
ceptibly and little things were
said and done on both sides which
added to the tlaine. Ou Saturday
Kev. Thompson inserted a notice
in both papers stating that the
meeting would close Sunday night.
This angered the evangelist and
brought the strained relations to a
violeut climax Sunday night near
the close of the service.
The exact language used accord
ing to Kev. Thompson and Mr.
CharlevillPi a deacon in the church
was as follows:
The r vice was nearing its close.
Rev. Smith was talking of the re-
vival auJ said that it had not been
a success No one disputed Ibis
statement tor it was a very evi-
dent fact. But when Mr. Smith
made the further assertion that it
the ceeting had been a failure it
wa9 on account of the baptist
church and any body who said it
wasn't ou account of the baptist
church was a liar. Ero. Charlevtlle
quietly arose in bis place and said:
'Brother if you are a christian
vou won't use suchianguage in our
pulpit."
The evau2elist stalled to reply
when Kev. Thompeou seeing that
trouble was iuiiueut und wishing
to avert anything In the nature of
a scandal quickly arose aud an
nounced a hymn. I he organist be
gan playing "Blest be the tie
that binds.' Smith jumped to his
teet and began waving tiis arms.
honting to the choir not to play.
saj mg "No you don't sing.'' Kev.
IhompBOU motioued to the ebon
to continue aud said to the evan
gelist ''You don't preach again in
this pulpit.'' l'cople began jump
ing to their feet all over the
church and confusion reigned. Mr.
Smith kept shouting und waving
his anus saying that the meeting
would not close; that he was going
to the opera honse to preach and
all who would stay by btru aud help
him to come to the altar and give
him their hand and their conlribu
tions. cople began leaving the
church and over half o the congre
nation left the building. The choir
managed to continue the. hymn to
the end when the pastor as the
est means of stopping the confus
ion raided his arms aloft and pro
nounced the benediction.
An Express representative in
terviewed llev. Smith this morning
on his si te cf the case. 'This
thing has been coming on for some
time" be said "the preacher
Tuompson has been workiug to
have me shut out for several days
past. He's been around talking
to the members of the ibinch try -ing
to turn them against nie and
he hasn't succeeded. That's prio
oipally what's the matter. He ad
vertised Saturday that the meeting
wouHl close and never said a word
o me about it. 1 hat made me oot
I've heeu giving the gospel to 'cm
oretty heavy latih.and they don't
like it. The whob- 'hing started
ver an fcrgtitneot we had I homp
ina shiiI Cm 1st hud an earthly cor
rupt body like man. I said he
hadu t any such thing and prover
it by the Bible. Then he got sore.
and hrs been sore ever since. Why
I saw this thing coming on several
days ago. That's why I ' came
down yesterday morning and rent
ed the opera house. I'm going to
continue my meeting there and
siill preach the gospel. Come out
and hear uie."
Kev. Smith held a meeting for
men only Sauday afternoon. In it
he asked all (be men who had not
broken the Seventh commandment
to stand up. Sis persons did so
among them Rev. Thompson. "Yes
six old liars"' remarked thcevange
list. Kev. Thompson left the meet
iug in supreme disgust.
It may be stated with confidence
that the Baptist church in this city
will in no wise snflT from tho in
ctdeuts or last night. 4 he tnea
hers feel that they are not to blame
for the disseusiona which have
nnseu. 1 tie enurcn is one ct me
strongest in the community and
stands squarely at its pastor's back
ia thia mutter as m aa oihois.
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The
Royal Hotel Came
Being Destroyed-
Near
Fierce Blaze Sunday Morning
Barns and Outhouses in Rear of
L'niou Hotel Burned and a
Disastrous Conflagration
Narrowly Averted.
Chickasha is having ft lively ex
perience with fires and she is also
learning what a s-plendid invest-
ment her little chemical engine has
been. The engine has oidy been
in use the past six months but in
that time if it has paid for itself
once it has paid for itself a dozen
times.
It was uboutill o'clock Saturday
night when the usual noise of pis-
tol sbots shouts and whistles etc
warned the people that another
fire was in progress. Those who
heard the alarm and had retired
lost no time in gett'ng to their
front doors where a red glare in
tbe heavens warned them that a
lively blaze was in progress some-
where. It was at the Koyal and
in a few moments hundreds of citi-
zens were speeding toward the ap-
parently doomed structure. To
many cf tbem it seemed as if no
power on earth could arrest the
flames and save the building from
destruction.
At the rear of the hotel just
north of tbe kitchen separated
therefrom by a distance of less
than ten feet stands the water
tower a structure twelve feet square
at the bottom tapering in tho form
of pyramid to the top on which
stands a large tank which supplies
Ike hotel with water. This tower
has two stories one room in each
both of which were used as sleep-
ing quarters by the colored help.
About 10 o'clock a colored dish-
washer came in and prepared to go
to bed. Two days before the
lamp had been broken and had
not been replaced so he took the
stump of a candle lighted it stuck
it on a box covered with a news-
paper and straightway turned in
aud went to sleep forgetting all
about it. The candle burned down
ignited the paper and the negro's
negligence came near costing him
his life.
The red glare of the flames at
tracted the attention of one of the
cooks aud the alarm was prompt-
ly given. The fire department
responded promptly and arrived
ou the scene when tbe tower was a
see-tbiiig roaring mass of flames
Not one in ten tbought the build
ing could be saved but the boys
wpnt to work with their usual
trood spirit determined to give tbe
best service they bad. It was then
the little chemical engine proved
its worth Tbe spray from the
machine had scarcely touched the
building when the Harries were
suuffed out as if a wet blanket had
suddenly been thrown over them.
The firemen worked rapidly and
better work was never done any
where. In less thao fifteen annates
very vestige of the tire was ex-
tinguished and the big ho.ei the
only one Chickasha now possesses
was saved from destruction as if
by a meriacle.
The Sre department has receiv-
ed many nice compliments on their
effective work and they deserve
them every one. Had it not been
for the engine and their thorough
knowledge of howto handle it the
hotel would surely have been sac-
rificed. The second tiro occurred about
8:30 o'clock Sunday morning and
might have been even mote disas-
trous in its results than tbe blaze
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GUITAR'S
mandolins
violins;
BANJOS.
From the cheapest American
make to the highest grade
Washburns. You will tind'.nir
prices in this lino far below the
averaire retailers.
HALTOM & OWSLEY
Next to Cltlien n Uank.
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POSTPONMENT.
We regret we will be unable to offer ISIR JONATHAN
SEGARS until about April 15th.
WHITE MAN BROS.
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HOUSE!
Enough Said When we mike tbe statement that for reliable
merchandise at the right price THE BIG CASH STORE is tho
place to spend that hard earned Dollar. For 10 days beginning
April 20 to May 1st
We will offer some rare values in various
lines
Beautiful line of Lawns 4c
Fine line Dimity 5c
Regular 10c Ginghams 7c
The best values in Chickasha in
Lawns and Dimity all colors
ranging from 8J to 15c
Beautiful line of Mercerized
Charubray for waisting L'5c
Our Mercerized Crepe in all the
new shades L'5c
Cold Embroidered Swiss in pas-
tel shade only lioc
Come to see us acd we w iil save you monoy.
BIG CASH STORE
CHICKASHA I. T. J. G. MAS FROP.
PRO
The new weave of
weur like a Brussels
Ingrain. We carry
colors and patterns.
Be Sure and
"Medallion"
Houso ckaning time is here and you may
neod a new ilattitig or Rug- Our stock is
complete. Also just received a lot of
PORTIERES & LACE CURTAINS.
Let us frame your ricture. We have the
best line of Mouldings etc. in town. A
pretty Mat and Frame improves any Pic-
ture. Don't forget we sell you anything on
Our Easy Payment Plan.
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Next to Chickasha Ave. and Third St.
Our Stock of
Wall Paoer
haa arrived. Forty-Qve patterns
to select from ranging from
lO to 50 Cents
a bolt. Border same price as sido
wadsand ceiling. Let us show
you what wo have
EROWNSCH PHARMACY.
1213 Chickasha Ave
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Our entire line of Whito Mercer-
ized Oxfords on sale only 25c
Our ready to wear department :
Tbe best heavy Skirt in town $1.50
A leautiful Skirt -with 3 satin
bands well made ouly$2.50
Shirt Waisti all kinds and prices
from 35c to $3.00
Our old reliable Hamilton-Brown
Shoo department is the largest
in Chickasha.
Ingrain Rug. Will
and as Cheap as an
this rug iu all sizes
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Shepard, Horace W. Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 93, Ed. 1 Monday, April 20, 1903, newspaper, April 20, 1903; Chickasha, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc728748/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.