The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1903 Page: 4 of 8
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CONVENTION A SUCCESS
j which gave so much help and in-!
eouragiiii,nt to all and tilhe!
Luri'i Att( iK'ar.co and Mut h In- fa thlfcl de.i M • r Ji nnit
(in
•I n for !i< ■ t,i rit f . talk on j
t!." nii'n y and help departwent,
;::id t|M. very instruct v.- .Juni'• t
Lr;.gue servic on Thursday!
morning; and to Re . A. I'
lieo.-g and to Kev. \V. dward,
pi . sid-ut of the 1-ague f, r 1,1s
ess- interest and zeal tadefforts (a
WCC nukiog the Convention a socowi;
"'.vii for his very splendid . id in
pi®, siructiro talk ok bow t'> study
terest at L- imjuo M jelirg
The Epworth L lm>* cm;
tioti winch ' . > I Th
Ii iiT! ' - i • :
interest .• g . •! j. • :.•
kind eve; li M m
Everyone < f thi "or
e i satisfa. ■' 11 "- .'. t.
und aiso the h'«.- p - !
them by the II' in.
'Die convention throughout v. s i .
characterized by a spirit if e;. 'Win
tliiihiasm.
The following d•; / tes rr.d Letter From R
visitors wero present from dif- Rev. J. T. Purvis, former pus
fer<*nt li'airufcs* of tli<: dihtri'.'t: , t t, , , .
Columbia Kev. J. W. Boosn. ' "l tl"' Chri,,tt,n obnrch 81
okarche Rev. II 0. Moore, l'"s P1*6®. writes Geo. E. Qil-
Flora Moore, Elitb Arnold, Olive ®°*®, o£«th s city, tbe following
FARM LOAMS
LOWEST RATES
To 3noour£9 Immigration.
sIOST
nd
ti
AND
FAVORABLE• .
th* I
ill?
! of lar. i
The R i'k Island System i-
makh ;.' ; n effort to encnnragi
immit,': ition
to int, ■
ness
territ
In •
Hi
questl,
J T. Purvis.
If You \\ ant to
Sell your
M. Pri st
Okeene H L Malcoiiib, Rue-
hel Sherwood, Mamie BoberlR,
Edith Na . lor, Ui , ah Mi.; ,mu.
Guthrie L. llowes, Ali e
Shearer. Daisy Alexander, i . A.
J ohnson.
Kingfisher Charles Childi-rs.
Chester Preston, 1 i• • v. >V. i„
Woodward, JdiltonCil . ; t, Wine
Gilbert, Mablo Preston, Mabel
Nichols, >iune Steele, Yutoju
Stone, Ada Woodward, Ralph
Miles, P. J. Y . ms, Mrs. J. C
Roberts, Garnet McWethy.
Kiel- Mrs. John < 'i i- r. Mi-s
Pool, <1 raci Trusj • r.
D iver- Rev, C II. McDer-
mond, George Rouch, Jennie*
AlcDermond, Cora li t ' v, M
Robinson. Mrs <■ R . i;.
Mrs. C. ll. M' Derin id, Del;.
Newberry.
Fairview Ni lie Deem, A; <•
Bower.
Cashion Carrie Lsmgnecker: I
Hitchcock Mrs \> Satterlee
Waukomis Rev. h I'. Darby
Mabel Shari.lee, Kate II i tni l,
James Wilk M< i -sa Dcrt. j
< • ire ' Slii
Lacey • . W. .--> it!l
Marshall- (.'. N. <iowan.
The forenoon of th«- i; -1 day's
proceedings was d- .oti-d to
talk on Junior work by Miss Jen >
Hie Jackson and the ron: 'It:
"Tin; Sociable Social" by Rev.;
(i rose. As S'ile tit for M rs.
Stark of Lavina. Mr Johnson
talked on "The I'ipwortli Li i^' ie
Pledge." This address was fol j
lowed by a general discussion.
In the afternoon there v..is a
business moetiny at which thel
following ollicers were elected
for the ensuilii,' year;
Rev. W. !•;. Wood ward, Pres.;
Kingfisher; <'. L IJuy.irt, 1st V
Pres. (. .:!i,'ie; ('.iri'io lyingfieek
er, d V. Pres. Cushion; N
I )eem \ . I 'res. I', r.iew; \\
letter
in
' irding his misf >rt
juence of the Tot
Toj> ka, Kan , June 1 <~v, j03.
DkauGkokgk: Yours receiv ]
1. I appreriate what you have1
r.!y knows how i.iuch. but ti
Y
Farm
List It with me,
C. II. MILLER,
' into Okli.hoTun. as
• st capitalists and bus;
i professional men in the
y.
s undertaking it should
e active cii-cperation o!
es;dent, fortius reason;
re ]>i-ple tliere are in
>.'. the higher the pric•• i
v. .: be and thi.1 greater j
will te the prosjv-rity of every!
man and Woman in it.
'I he plan which will be followed i
is to publish, in Eastern farm j
>■ i 1: i)'>. .i tic i s fi i n lli.ci.s j
and bu s.ness men who have made j
money by coming to Okla I i
h< !ii . Litters sliould go int" t
. - e# the extont of statinir
PROGRAM AN:)PRIZES
For Fourth :.-Ay 1907, Hennessey,
Oklahoma.
Sunrise saluh .
('.JatIiUiii]•; 1.1;• |..] by li> nnessi
all.
a. m.
band.
iuusi Hennessey ban I
Invocation—Rev. 15. D. Ci li^-i\
h" ■ •) . , r;i* • ■•; i f ;•!•-]■,• i ■n < lineh ('an
Music—double quartet.
Address Hon. C. F. Irvin, El I uo.
IN'i l.K.Ml. Site Foil OINNKIl.
-'"1 P- o. Assemble at park, led by baud, Fat and Lean base
ba i clubs and L'r.vn lennis clubs in rostume.
Song d> ;!il,- c;ua rt• 1,
Add : • ss (Port1!' Johnson. Ol-rla! I r, I: I ;i City.
No games or amuso nents on the streets until after this address
mediately following which a match gaum of base ball and lawn
tints will "1); iv«'iI , -t of the park.
' " "i;.t;-ii !• ats vs Leans (ilennesscy'.s business men)
Base
h >w much money the writer had I Pr,z'' ''-vr' - L. Swim- Ice erf-am to winners.
■ • •: ru-riv .1, what he did. ' ^:luk ' '!'s vs- !1 "nos.sey, prize Tennis Racket
I'on^ccov A T 'W'T ,srf7ss;i:\lias ®® witb Criwd tten adjonrna to Main street.
ien.,tSSe>, U. I. wawhat bethinks of that por- Cli mbmg greased pole, open trt tbe world, prises, pair $2.00 shoes,
1 tton of Oklahoma in wbich he is I riHerzberg; lOOpounds Favorite flour, hennessey Roller
done, Uoci only knows how much. I but tbe water was too deep g^flocated. In , rder to preparel 'u'- • • Joiner.
You ask me to give you a his h(. t,„(k in thc. fire stati I such a letter, it is not necessarv 'ft the pig, giv< n by O. B. Kidney.
torj of my experience. I willies ... . '. 'thit the writor aiu<nM o ' Im. mulerace—9entries, lstpriz;, 100 pounds Liberty flour,
try, but if I had the tongue of an 6 fireman wanted to ge writter should possess I Parrqers miU; 2nd prize, buggy whip, F. P. Sylvester
angel, and could live to be as old aft"r his family but no one sl"cl:-! quauications as a literary m men's race—over 215' founds, prize 915 00 suit clothes, Cish-
row for
iaij;
you."
. it
"I
Ch
Methuselah, I could not tell it would row ti
all. Hut to begin, for days we Chesleigh
had watched the waters rise
with no fear of danger. Friday
came, and X went down to the ^ne oarsman. They started got
bridge at 2 p. in. At :> p. m. the woman and two children and
Mrs. Purvis came down and said two men, one of whom was
t ie wat -r was in sight i f our ,trnrii, ... ,i i , ., ,, ,, . . but
,, i . urunir, ana ne eaps.zecl the boat.
u - Chesleigh got the largest child |oro^,' ha"esting operations, etc. I
° 1 swam to 5, r.t can also be used to advantage.
rue. At -1 p,
do to r ' j-it
in. Ch«*slei
{K?r,
? he
We ate
town to
fin the avenue.
Iiiin again until
ui. \\ hen dark
cam i
had t
h
tor rum,
will go and s
jsleigh ;
1'
\ plain 'on l.ian,; 2nd pri/.1. p'.;r X i in sii
Gf ■ 'Vdlt.y 11 it race f e- am it '
' brand c iff >e, Frank-C txson; 1
• t. , , ° •Armiintrout's Gallery; 150 vanls; a rill
than Uond descriptions ofehmat- Son, and a hunting coat by Pain Bros
ic and other advantages. I ^Foat ric e for boys under lo years, ton t enter
Pi
man. On the contrary,
raight-forward statement
facts is of much greater \
Hen-y Z'lh -r.
S, a I V I • 1 -i, p'1 t id s S i ll
1 'I i'. el s i i |ih it (graph >.
or a sii it gjn by Munch <.V
'holographs, not of persons, I <'Ioth-s. li tmphrwys Supply Co.
t of cattle, feed lots, growing y°u° 1ne.n srace, 1QJ yards, ages Is
prl.'.e, si:, suit clothes, Ehler Dry <. ,ods <
to L',",
priz>, li iy's suit
or more to run,
JujC*.
1 ur
the water vc.it
We did !. It S-:
Tuesday at.'ij).
came that Fri-
day e- .ing. Mr. and Mrs. St'v-
al had taken refuge in our hojse
to-otla r with us. Th-re were
-• ven persons. The water d. >v,'
us to tile upper -fay at ll
o clock. I measured the water
every ti ,riy minutes. The night
was an ideal one, the wind was
low, and everything as far as
nature was concerned was fine.
When daylight came on Satur-
d iy morning 1 re all/, d our con-
dition. We were in an upper
story, around us raged torrents
of water 14 feet deep. At thi
time there were eight fi
guy wire oi an
electric light pole, and held the
child untid after daylight (over
three hours), when a bar;; knock-
ed them into the water and
caught Chesli ,-rh under it. lie
got out but lest the boy; swam
to a tree, got into it and remain-
ed there until Sunday forenoon
-30, "hours. Ilis tongue was
two inches thick, they say, wl.ea
they got him.
I lost all my stuff except what
was up stairs that is very littio
but God delivered us. I desire
to thank you and all who respon-1on fruit display at th
di d so liberally to our needs. ILouis World,s Fair next ve-
il.
Letters are desired not only; Kemper.
farmers and farmers' wives, but I Bohemian sack rr
also from merchants, school
teachers, clergymen—from every
one. in brief, who has a story to
tell and who knows how to tell it.
Jxo. Sebastian,
P: SM-nge:- Tragic Manager,
Chicago, Illinois.
potato race, 5 entries, 1st prize, $3 fruit picture, F. W. Beach;
- i prize, pair shoes, John A. Ratlii;'; 3rd prize, goose, C. 11.
Watch Your Truit.
Oklahoma fruit is among thel
very finest grown anywhere, and |
the Territory can carry off hon-j
St. j
if
pri? '. ./. ,i. ('.inle.v and Geo. Stiglitz.
k race, priae, gold ring, K L. Sheets.
Ladies foot rape, Sto enter, 1st prize, handsome trimmed hat,
^Twu ii ' priae, handsome trimmed hat, Mrs. Jackson.
Wheel jarrowcontett, 5 entries oi more, lstprize, $3
* rarhe B ill; 2nd priz i, $8.5 ) rocking chair, W. II. An Iri
Hoys race, la t i 20 years, luJ yards
bat. F. A Dinkier.
Girls'foot race, not ove 1,'year:
pattern, J. 11. Bash.
Band coacert and beautiful fireworks at night.
mandolin,
5 W.
l>r.v.re^uhitioa ball and
entries, prizo, $2.50 dross
av < >
tand i/s the pray
I could see
■ and keep y u all j fruit growers in every county of
f • I wish; the territory will take hi>!d of the I
. talk,! matter and help.
ove I r- .
•ry ii'uit grower will have
six inch s of water in tny house.
The current was as swift as a talk, for a week. (.•
cannon ball by that window, and tn a" inquiring friends. You j
crashing against the house and must write soon. Lovingly your j some particular fruit this year;
trees were barns, outhouses, friend. j. T. Purvis. Ilbalis exceptionally fine, and if!
cottages, horses cows, dogs and BaakBoport. " samples of all these best fruits!
Aot a boat in s.ght, and i ,. , . !can be secured for the Oklalio-1
rnsco excursion Rates
TO
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
O'^dcn and Salt Lake City, Utah
Cleveland, Sandusky and Put-In I5ay, Ohio
Buffalo, Niagara F:allsChautauqua Lake
Detroit, Port Huron, Mackinaw City , Petork
rankfort and Charlevoix, Mich.
Milwaukee and Madison, Wij.
St Paul and ninneapolis, Minn.
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va , Cold Sulphur
Key,
:li tlN';The F^lTluerchantsN^ «^red for the Okiaho- White Sulphur Springs,' W. Va , Cold
JDimmick, IM. V. Pres. Kiel; allwere^^^nd Bank of this citv issues the fol- it will beat the world. Sprigs, Covington. Olasco, Va.
Alnni, k:;;:.!1;;,.,"UtEro^ttrlhe8h ^of^; lowing report of its condition at . ^ Ver your orchard or fj^pers Ferry, Kanawha Falls, W. V«,
nessov Mabel Preston Junior rn. ^Wttil01 chi,dren and the the close of business June s.-c what yon will KOUltd trip tickets to above points Otl S£
baaguoBupt. Kingtisher. 11:J">? u'""' ■ ' '' '""1 ? p,, . 1 have that is above the average, I Jtlfie 1st until Sept. , oth, limited to Oct. 313
Rev. W. E Woodward of fCine- iiuf?; st*£r ./ RESooarra I then glvp these particular trees I" addition to these rates we have cheap
, . . . ' Wlitle, and .Mr.-. I';,!-.- ,,l. ' " ' -' b varlnttc • 1
fisher was el «cted as a delegateI ;.\Vr' ""l' , .lU'VN v:".
to attend the Int. rnat ional con --v . . 1-^." , • TTi'-' '
Volition to be held at Detroit in «,'• " '
July, and Kev. .I. .M. Strong ofi J'1 1 roa(1 th
this city as alt ti. te.
' I). Dicult ies in 11 ' .■:• r111 Le
Work" was the su;., -ct of ■ • rv
Interesting paper by .M ss
Florence Rcitl. Timidity and in
dilTi rence she tho iglit wore too
of the greatest diffuculties. I ler
piper was followed by a general
discussion.
There was also an interesting
pa] er on "Uiflicultios in the
•lunir lv igiie work" 1 • -.id by
Miss Mabel Pros ion of King'ish
■ «;r. This paper was also follow-
ed by a discussion.
After a short talk on the
'"Lpworth Hniversity by Pro-
id ing Klder Sto -kwell of the
! Perry district, Presiding Elder
j Doty made a talk on "Temper-
. mir e in (Iklahoiua."
The m ean :at loiiof the (, 11th 1 i"
j District Conference was perfect
I'd, l)r. Illity, bei ii:- eleeti -I .
man and Rev. Darby, secretar\.
In the evening Rev. II. K
Moore jircached a missionary
sermon.
As an expression of their ap
preeiation of lavois shown bv
the He jK-ojile, the dele
gates in their resolutions said,)
I "Resolved. That we the dele-
gates assembled expri ss our
sincere thanks to Rev. J- M.
Stromr for his . are and | lainst li
j Ing ill Jiroviiling for the enter
1 ai 111111 -i 11; to the I'ipwortli League
for their royal r< eejition into
their town; and to the 'ontlonicu
who so kindly donated their
earria res lor the ;c coin inodat !■ n
of the delegate^; a 11'I to the
members and trustees of the
<lliristian church for the usi■ of
their building for the lectui'
Tuesday evening. Also to ti,
citizens of I h ui lies se \ f, ,r thei r
ho s pi t a I i t. inopeni 1 tliei r lioun -
to tliis body and ■ the press of
the city for notices and other
favors. Also that we li irtiu
i1 >111 mend this work of Rev. W
10. (I rose, representative of the
I Methodist Kpiseopal book coil
corn, for his lecture Wednesday
liiglii and other appreciated talks
1m, and we all prayed.
and th 'ii we sang, "Angels Keep.
inir Watch," and "My Father
Knows," out of the 20th Century1
song book's. Saturday was ci el
and windy, the water roseslow- cnmru
ly all day until S ji. m At J:h", Oepov.t
p in., a bo it e ime along and said
' ley woual t: l-.e tlie Woillf-n, so
Mrs. P., Mamie in .' Mrs. SUival
climbed into the boat out of the'
window. 1 did not tell them
fib'. I w s afraid t • f ,1 r"
fear they would got excited. 1
watched them go down Harrison 'A 1"
stre, t as fas as I conld . ■ • them,
and then I asked <. ,d to wat li '•
over theni. 1 never exjjected to a !■
sei them until we met in heaven, j'
S 11tirday night 1 'in-." and v. th 11 •
came darkness. KIcetrie lights I
out, III. oil a ad not a star to be "
seen. All that we could hear
was "Help; help! for God's sake,
help! The angry swish, of the
walters; the darkness was in
tense, and then to add to the
horror ol the situati in, lire broke
out at two lumber yards.
The long hours of the night
went by and morning came.1
1 We lead and prayed, and then
came smother trial. I was told!
that Chesleigh was drowned.'
I The two men who were with me
j lost their nerve gave up that i
I left me to lieep up courage and!
i comfort Herbert. We were giv
| on a box ol crackers and some
onions, thu only thing we had
j 1 roin Friday supper until Sun I
I day; no water until Sunday after
i.iajiilitiks
♦ fmept i- correct,
S. I . KICHAUDSON,
jhsip
M
P
. Agent.
;hita, Kansas.
1 our s
raflfari!
fl
in eifi
ne.'-se
iJl'■"1 iso.-ond class| rates to California arc
- ' 1: Jo;:-. I ."1. Rate from Hen-
s" -x,!' ' 1-', the round trip rate
to Los Angeles and San Francisco
K trw
aso and via Coin-
at nearest K. 1'k
W.c STKVI-NS LOYAL J Mlt.Lia;
Stevens iS: Miller,
. ... Attorney's-at-1 aw....
Notary in Office.
OT'Onoeln thc Dr MAradltli bniMin* «•
noon, when I crept to the gut
tor and punched a hole in it
and caught some water in a
cup. From this time on until
o'clock Tuesday evening wo
wall lied, waited and prayed.
At that hour we were taken out.
When we reached the bridge
(one end of which had washe d
oilton Saturday just after Mr.
I'. and party had crossed) w.
found a cable, ami getting into a
rope swing We wore pulled across
to friends, family and safty.
Now for ('hesleigh'sexporience
II" tried to get home at U o'clock
A. li. ClJUAJn, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
I)U. W. r. ricCARTY,
Uison, ()' la
All calls B..S- ■ „omptl
night and day.
sale daily,
3 ist.
- „, , -ap rates to
viiK .s speciivl care and select VflMOUS Other paciccs,
-•oi: •• of ti; • ti; 1 -st specimens to Iiyou contemplate a trip this snmnier, get out
send to th. fair. J rates, time and connections.
C. u. Miller of Hennessey is! Call or write lKMi j. t i r : ;) ,\.;cnt or address the
1 Ho. . \y .1,1 • T.. . /, undersigned
iiouoiaiy >\ ria s t-air Commis- " , ..
-1 1 • r for tills county, and will! ' '
sejid you directions i .r pn serv !
; ing the fruit, or if you call on him ' _
! will supply jars, prcservingiluids
I etc. By furnishing some of your | "
finest fruits you will not only Mi
help the entire exhibit but you ' f
will advertise your county as a!
fruit section, which will be of
great benefit in building up and 7
i developing this section of tho; -'
Territory. Samples are wanted ; ?
of the best of every kind of fruit | (|
;. | grown in the Territory.
SiliR'S OSIIG STORE I
is tjie piace to go for
drugs and medicines.
We carry in stock a
complete line, and
handle none but the
best. It will be to
your interest to see
us if you need any-
thing in our line.
We also carry a nice
line of stationery,
toilet articles, ctc.
Come and see us be-
fore buying else-
where.
MUll'S UUlli S10RE.
(Mist e
will be only £ Hi 1 (f
Choice of R lutes—via El
ratio. For information, ca
is.and Ticket O .ice, write
J. S. ricNALLY,
Div ision l^is. Agt.,
Oklahoma City, O T.
THE
TRAVELER'S FAVORITE
ySw yy
THROUGH SERVICE
Lktwecn St. Louis, kansa-. City, AUmpliis, Uirmintcham, Paris, i'ort Worth.
I'ort Smith. Wichita, Okluhmna City
And Points in Missouri Kansas. Ai kansas. bliHsisaippi, touisiana, Toxaa,
► in raiisoun n ur n, ni i.ansas. Diississippi, i.oilisi
Oklahoma and Indian Territeoiea. Indiana and Uline s.
Inlortiiatu n i s t. twin *rvli e and t .u ; ll. trut-i '■ . n,.t.vr^n.ittcr, promptly furnished udoq
appUcatiou io B. F. DUNN
Div pass acENT
Wichita, Kt.
TJ-JF
X JL JlJS
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OI\E DOLLAR A. YEAR
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