The Davis News (Davis, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1908 Page: 2 of 10
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fHfc DAVIS NEWfc.
By FAY I,. CROSSBTT.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAK.
Entered nt the post office nt Davis, Oklu
iioma, as second-class mull mutter.
BADLY BURNED.
On Tuesday morning Mrs. Sid
Carder, who lives 6 miles south
of Pauls Valley, was badly
burned. She was rendering lard
and while standing near the pot
her dress caught Are. No one
was present at the time except a
small boy who was too badly
scared to render any assistance.
Mrs. Carder finally put the fire
out by falling to the ground and
rolling over. She was burned on
her back and both arms, and her
injuries are serious. While it is
thought she will survive she will
likely lose her left hand.
Lem Hopkins of this city is a
brother of Mrs. Carder. He
went to see her yesterday and
sa\s her condition is serious.
"W. B. Lain, representing A.
L. Wolff & Co. of Oklahoma
City, was in Federick a few-
hours and purchased twenty-five
hundred bales of cotton at an
average of 8i. He left for Gran-
field Thursday morning."
The above clipping from an
exchange shows how our old
friend Mr. Lain "goes and gets
'em." No matter what he is do-
ing he puts vim and energy into
his work—and of course he suc-
ceeds.
Livery Barn at Roff Burned.
This morning about 8 o'clock,
the livery stable of Cooper
Brothers was discovered lo be in
flames. The fire originated in
the lofl of the stable where a
large quantity of hay was stored,
and the tlames had spread so rap-
idly when the fire was discovered
that it was impossible for any-
one to go inside to save any-
thing.
There were 22 head of horses
in the barn and all were sacri-
ficed to the fire fieud except one
which in some way, made its es-
cape though badly burned,
Eighteen head belonged to the
stable and four to other parties.
Sheriff Tom Smith had driven
in from Ada late the evening be-
fore and put his team in the
stable. Both horses and buggy
were lost. The fire department
made heroic efforts to save the
nearby buildings which on ac-
count of a high wind blowing,
was iu great danger. Cooper
Brothers' loss: $(5,000. Insur-
ance; $1,750.—Roff Eagle.
Program.
The following program will lie
rendered at the Presbyterian
church Christmas Eve:
Song, "Stand up for JesuB,"
class.
Talk, Sunday School Superin-
tendent.
Recitation, "How Grandma
Danced the Minuet," Margaret
Kendrick.
Pantomime, "Lead, Kindly
Light," Overton Karnes, Louis
Gober, Charley Hutchins.
Recitation, "The Oue-Legged
Goose," Gracie Scliiff.
Kive little Christmas caudles,
by five little girls.
Recitation, "When de folks is
gone," Margaret Kendrick.
Play, "The Christmas Guest,"
by eight girls.
"The waiting for Santa Claus,"
Sunday School classes..
Distribution of gifts.
Believing that his machine
will revolutionize the cottou giu-
uiug business of the country,
Jack Lindsay almost perfected a
model of a new gin. He claims
that the machine will gin cotton
four times as fast as any ^in now
in operation. It has two s
cylinders and instead of the cus-
tomary brushes compressed air
will be utilized for this purpose.
—Alex Tribune.
For Sale.
200 acres good second bottom
laud, adjoins corporate limits of
the town of Davis. Price right.
Mark Tracy.
You can get blank notes, mort-
gages, deeds, etc., the new Okla
honia forms, at The News office.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
WRECKS
The financial coast is strewn with
wrecks—fortunes lost through bad in-
vestments, or incompetent or dishonest
management. But those who place their
business with this bank escape all these
dangers. WHY?
STATE GUARANTY
Your deposits are guaranteed against
loss by the Guaranty Fund of the State
of Oklahoma.
We Solicit Your Account.
THE FIRST STATE BANK
DEPOSITS GUARANTEED.
OFFICERS:
Thos. Grant, President, T. H. Slover, Vice President,
J. F. Ellis, Cashier, P. T. Francis, Assistant Cashier.
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I J. T. MILL 1
Dealer in
Senator William M. Franklin
of Madill, representing Marshall
and Johnson Counties iu the
State Senate, was married Sun-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock to
Miss Louise Young of Berwyn,
Ok., at the resideucu of the
bride's parents.
Col. Young, the bride's father,
an inter-married citizen, is a
prominent stockman and farmer,
and has been active iu politics
for several ye:irs, and is now a
member of the Chickasaw Sen-
ate The bride's mother is re-
lated to Gov. Johnston of the
Chickasaw Nation and other
prominent families of the Chick-
asaw tribe.
Senator and Mrs. Franklin will
spend the holidays visiting rela-
tives and friends in Oklahoma
and Texas, taking up their tem-
porary residence in Guthrie,
where the Legislature convenes
in January. Their permanent
and future home will be made in
Madill.
Hints for Xmas.
An exchange gives the follow-
ing helpful hints for selecting
presents:
For the wife:
Diamond Ring.
Bracelet,
Furs.
Piano.
House and Lot.
Candelabra.
Certified Check.
Horse and Carriage.
Trip to Europe.
Government Bonds.
Cut Glass.
Music Cabinet.
Tiara.
Favorite Authors.
Hand-painted China.
For the husband:
Suspenders.
Wed In Pullman.
Checotah, Okla., Dec. 21.—On
a northbound Katy flyer that
was bearing them away at a
speed of 00 miles an hour toward
the land of the rising sun on a
honeymoon for a fortnights dura-
tion, C. W. Cain and Miss Bessie
Knisley, Checotah society idols,
were married. The minister had
been dispatched from McAlester
and the license had been ob-
tained at Muskogee. The cere-
mony was performed in Musko-
gee county between Oktaha and
Muskogee.
Oklahoma City to Prague.
Oklahoma City, Ok., Dec. 19
—G. B. Stone, representing the
Chamber of Commerce, departed
tonight for Cleveland, Ohio, for
a conference with A. C. Dustin,
president of the Fort Smith and
Western Railway, relative to
building a line to this city from
Prague, Ok., at once. Business
men assure the company $150,000
worth of freight business per an
nura if the road is built.
How to Drive Rats Away.
Get a 10 cent can of concen
traled lye, sprinkle it liberally
in every rat or nause run possi-
ble. Do this about twice a year.
Rats, as is well known, fre-
quent moist places beneath floors
aud their-feet are nearly always
moist. As soon as they step ou
the lye it causes their feet to
burn; then they lick their feet,
and there iB more burn, if they
smell it there is more burn, and
they immediately emigrate.
This I have found more effective
than traps, dogs, cats or poison,
and it does as well for mice as
rats.—Ex.
T. B. Love, Commissioner of
Insurance and Banking, of Tex.,
iB contemplating a campaign for
the education of school children
on the subject of fire. He be-
lieves if lectures were given
once a week in the public
schools, the danger of fire from
ignorance would be materially
reduced and a great saving to
the state result. Ohio has
adopted this system.
Queensware and Glasswaie,
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Bridge and Beach Stove*
and Ranges,
New Home Sewing Machines
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give us a call. Hot
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GUY BARBER SHOP.
Franklin-Y9ui<g Wedding, DANGER FROM EVERY POINT
Navigation of th® Air Puta tha Finish*
Ing Touchaa on Perils of
Humanity.
The aeronauts have given to dwell-
ers on the earth a new peril. In Ger-
many an airship crew landed on the
roof of a house and went through.
Dragging the anchors have occa-
sionally ripped up fences, and would
rip up humans if the latter were not
agile. Objects dropped from a bal-
loon can hurt when even a little ob-
ject has dropped from a mile or bo in
the air.
Dragging rope from a low balloon
has possibilities of danger both for
the balloon and for the people and
property that may be underneath it..
The time is coming when we shall
have to look out for occasional explo-
sions beneath beneath us that send
manhole covers flying in the air, for
vehicles of all kinds on the surface,
and for the airship dangers over-
head.
"RESCUED" AT A FIRE.
There was some boasting of ex-
traordinary presence of mind shown
at fires, when an excitable man, in
answer to a tale which had just been
told, said: "Why, -that's nothing!
When 1 was in New York I heard of
a big fire. I strolled out to see it.
I found an old gentleman half out
of a fourth story window gesticulat-
ing and calling aloud for help.
Everyone seemed paralyzed. No lad-
der or escape would reach him. The
crowd said he must burn to death.
I rushed wildly forward and said:
'He shall not!' I called for a rope. I
threw him the end, he caught it. I
told him to tie it around his waist.
He did, and I pulled him down.
Gentlemen, 1 saved that man from
being burned to death."
WRAPPED IN MUSIC.
£"JU>,
SHE HAD A JOB.
President A. B. Storms of the
State college, Ames, la., in his new
lecture, "Are We Sane or Insane?"
tells the following incident in his
discussion of the mad rush of Ameri-
can youth to get positions, to get at
something that will bring them
money.
"My sister who served as a mis-
sionary once asked a raw Norwegian
girl if she didn't want to serve the
Lord.
" 'Nope,' said the girl, 'Aye got a
yob.' "■—Unidentified.
RESTORING HIS SENSE.
"Come with me," said the police-
man on the beat to the fake blind,
deaf and dumb beggar on the corner.
"The squire will give you a hearing
to-morrow."
"It will ruin my business," shout-
ed the dumb man, "to give me a
hearing. What's the use of a blind
man's seeing his finish?".—Baltimore
American.
LONG-LIVED IRISHMEN.
Among applicants at Donegal for
old age pensions are three peasants
who return their ages at 111, 108
and 106 years. One of them does
not understand a word of English,
and still affects the knee-breeches,
swallow-tail coat and caubeen of
two generations ago.—London Mail.
SIQHT-SEEING SIMPLIFIED.
"What a splendid device the cam-
era is for the convenience of tour-
ists I"
"Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox;
"the next time I go abroad I'm go-
ing to anchor in Paris or Vienna
and send a hired man around the
continent to take snap shots."
NOT A BROMIDE.
"She is crazy to get married."
"Yes, I think so."
The strange thing about this is
that the person to whom this remark
was addressed didn't come back with
the bromide: "Well, most every-
body is."—Detroit Free l'reas.
ANOTHER TRUST" PLANNED.
Growers of the cocoa bean in
South and Central America are plan-
ning a trust to control the price of
cocoa.
HOLIDAY
DEFINED.
"Tommy, what is a nuisance?"
"Please, ma'am, it's something be-
longs to somebody else."
Removal of restrictions blanks
at The News office.
Our store will this year, as in years past, be
Santa Claus' headquarters. We have a well selected
stock and can sell holiday goods
25 per cent Cheaper Than Ever Before.
We have many beautiful things on exhi-
bition, as a visit to our store will prove. We
desire you to call and see our
Jewelry and Silverware,
Libbey s Cut Glass,
Hand°painted China,
Fancy Lamps, Toilet Articles, and ornamental and
serviceable Holiday Goods of every description. We
realize the financial conditions and have made our
%
prices to correspond. So come early and get choice.
Remember we save you 25 percent on Holiday Goods
and 33 1-3 per cent on Libbey's cut glass.
CITY DRUG STORE
THOS. W. FRAME, Prop.
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TREE PLANTING IN MEXICO.
The federal government has ap-
proved the donation of $10,000 an-
nually and this city (Vera Cruz) of
$5,000 for the planting and conserv-
ing of small fonests on the large sand
hills, known as the "medanos," which
surround this city. For some time
the planting has been going on and
soon incoming passengers will note
fine luxuriant vegetation on the
places which now present such a bar-
ren appearance.—Mexican Herald.
A PRACTICAL GIRL.
"She is engaged to a man with
a very modest salary."
"But she has risen to the occa-
sion."
"How?"
"She's having her French maid
learn to cook."—Kansas City Jour-
nal.
THE DIAGNOSIS.
Sloboy—Doctor, I'm troubled
with insomnia. I tumble and tosa
in bed all night long. What do you
suppose is the cause of it?
Doctor—Perhaps you are worry-
ing over that bill you have owed me
for the past two years.
AN EXPLANATION.
"You are a pretty sharp boy,
Tommy."
"Well, I'd ought to be. Pa takes
me out in the woodshed and stropi
me three or four times a week."—
Harper's Weekly.
HIS ONLY CONSIDERATION.
Friend—Go easy or you'll hare •
smash-up first thing you know.
Motorist—Don't get rattled, old
chap. The firm that sold me this
machine guaranteed to keep it in
repair for a year.
She—Don't you think she tains
great pains with her singing?
He—"Gives," I think would b*
more appropriate than "takss."—
Pick Mc Uo.
Blue Ribbou Flour still leads
all nt hers. R. L. Freeman has it.
HUTCHINS BROS.
Undertakers
and Licensed Embalmers.
Caskets, Coffins, Robes, Etc.
THE INGENIOUS ABORIGINE.
GALVANIZED AND
PAINTED IRON ROOFING
"Well, my son," remarked can-
nibal chief, "I'm wondering whatV{ can |
make of you—
"I have It! You'll make a first-rate
flue brush." And he did!
TOUGH LUCK.
Dave Gibson came in with a story
he got on 11 recent trip to Indiana.
"There was an old farmer I knew
who always complained about every-
thing. He was one of these rural
pessimists.
" 'Seems blamed funny,' he
whined, 'that some of us gits all th'
luck, an' others don't never have no
luck ner nothin'. Now, there's my
son, Jake. He's 31 years old, come
next April, an' he's ben married four
times. An' I've had ter stick ter th'
same ol' woman all my life.'"—
Houston Post.
FINE FEELING IN BOSTON.
A Back hay woman expressed her-
self very forcibly on the negligence
of her friends in sending her letters
of condolence on the death of her
lapdog. She was walking along
Commonwealth avenue with a
younger woman—and her voice was
at a high pitch. "I am glad to say,
my dear, that you had the good
sense and breeding to write to me.
Some of my friends, I regret to say,
dill not do so, and I was quite cool
lo them at the luncheon the other
day."—Boston Hecord.
PROOF POSITIVE.
Kind Lady—And arc you really
and truly hungry?
Husky Hobo—Sure, ma'am. Why,
I'm so hungry dat I'd be willin' t*
till up 011 health food.
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