The Davis News (Davis, Okla.), Vol. 36, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1930 Page: 1 of 10
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VOL 36-NUMBER 49 !
DAVIS OKLAHOMA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 1930
$150 A YEAR
KiwacisCltib
Visits Woodlant
A most enjoyable evening was
spent by Davis Kiwanians an
their famines -on Friday Sept 5
when the dub paid a visit to the
Woodland community theseconc
of a aeries of such visits: being
paid to nearby communities b r
the Davis group Nearly all the
Davis dub attended as -did (mpr
of the Woodland folk
The keynote of the meeting
struck after a box supper provid-
ed by the Woodland ladies was
the improvement of relations he
tween city and country and on
this subject several speeches were
made by Kiwanians to be repliec
to in like manner by their hosts
“Let’s visit with each other mote
and get better acquainted” was
the spirit expressed by every
speaker viewing the mutual de-
pendency of city and country am
the impossibility of the most cor-
' dial relationship without closer
acquaintance f
Rev Hiictsa Gild
As Cbridha Faster
Rev hi M Mitchum Las been
called to the pastorate of the
Christian church succeeding Rev
A N Julien who recently moved
to Purcell He has held services
at the church each night the past
week and services for next Sun
day morning and evening are an
nounced when all members are
urged to be present
Rev Mitchum is working on a
degree at the Oklahoma Univer-
sity which he will get at the close
of the first semester He will
hold services here each Sabbath
He will move his family here at
once
Mr and Mrs Chitwood
and W T Kelly’s
Trip to Kentncky
Left Davis Aug 5th to Ard-
more where we took No 70 high-
way to Durant and DeQueen
Ark and Hot Springs where we
spent the night a distance of 365
miles then by way of Benton
Little Rock into Memphis where
we crossed the Mississippi river
on the big bridge high enough for
steamboats to pass under turned
north on No 33 highway to Tip-
ton Ripley Dyersburg Union
City into Fulton Ky on to Clin-
ton Ky where we visited for
several days Made the trip of
Tl miles in two and one half days
Saw many things of interest
while on the way such as rice
fields tobacco and tomato fields
but more interesting for me was
where I was bom and the place
we left when my father moved to
Texas in 1870 and the place
Faiir Visitors
We will appreciate a friendly call at our
office while you are in town attending
the Fair
If you contemplate building anything
from a chicken coop to a home we’ll be
glad to give yon the benefit of our know-
ledge of building materials We have
plana for all kinds of farm buildings as
well as homes and will be glad for you
to look at them There will be no obligation
C M Mayo Lumber Co
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where we crossed ‘the Mississip
river We visited the Reelfa
lake made by a volcano sinking
the earth It is 4 miles wide an
12 miles ilong and is noted fo
plenty df fish We had a big fig i
dinner there the three ulus ant
my cousin Jdbn'B Day his wi:
and daughter Nancy She is one
of Kentucky’s best lawyersan
Ihe etateisonly woman lawyer
We -visited Hickman -and -saw
theboats crossing the rivern
also Columbus where there was
tone big battle fought rand also
saw the big anchor and chain that
Gen Pillow put across the river
to keep federal -gunboats from
coming down 'ihe Mississippi
river During the big ’rise two
blocks of Cdlumbus sank into the
river with a great lossbf life and
property so they moved the res
of the town on top of the bluf’
and the river bank is still plough
ingcff
Coming back we ’crossed the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers Where
they come together at Wickley
on a boat which -put us m Miar
ouri and across the Ozaiik moun-
tains op (60 highway The way
was beautiful and tetsdff prett
towns through Missouri an
Kansas but the drouth was abaix
the same on all cuir route (except
Kentucky which - seemed the
'wanst They were having a water
famine in same parts of the state
-laving to bring in -water on
trains and distribute it to ti)e
people We came on 66 Highway
romSjpringfield Mo to Okla
toma City We struck (Olda-
homa at Quapaw by way Miami
Ularemone Tulsa Bristow Ed-
mond Oklahoma City and on
down 77 highway to Davis
Mrs W Y Chitwood
Court Hcuso News
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C C Cohoon and F E Heiple
attorneys of Oklahoma City
i ransaeted business at the Murray
County Court House on Wednes-
day IraPotes Sheriff went to Ok-
ahoma City on Wednesday on
Miriness
J C Powell County Attorney
went to Oklahoma City on Wed
nesday' ' ' ‘'f "
Lynn W Norman Assistant
bounty Attorney went to Okla
loma City on Monday
J H Casteel County Judge
and W M Webb Deputy Sher-
iff went to Dougherty on Tues-
day to investigate a juvenile case
in that neighborhood
J T Wheeler attorney of
Wynnewood transacted business
at the Court Honse on Monday
Our home town gives most of
us our prosperity Look out how
you injure that prosperity by
spending money elsewhere
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Exhibits are in plaoe andxbefline and also vrill be pleactd with
eighth annual Murray County
Free Fair is 'now m progress at
Davis starting today -and con-
tinuing three days Since we
have mo regular fair grounds ex-
hibits are placed in buildings on
iOr near Main street -namely: -In
Francis Bros old stand—
Agricultural exhibits with J E
Cunningham in charge domestic
arts Mrs- H L Adams in charge
school exhibits Jacob Vanderslice
Precinct democratic meetings
were held yesterday to select dele-
gates to the county convention
in charge flowers and plants158 Sulphur The
Mrs R B Hutchins in wmg were elected from Davis:
South Davis— Thos W Frame
Mre R B Hutchins in charge
farm women's club exhibits Mrs
Susie Bdkeraupt
In Chigley Hardware— Open
class domestic science' Mrs
Wyatt vChigley and Mrs L H
Greer in change 4-H club girls’
exhibit Mrs Susie Baker borne
demonstration agent' in charge i
The poultry exhibit 'is in the
Petty old etand with Joe Mc-
Pherson and A L Pitchlord in
(barge
Horses mules bogs sheep and
goats are in ’Tom Greer’s barn
Dsiiry and beef cattle are placed
in (the Ferguson barn J R
Crippen is superintendent f live
stodk
In all of these departments you
win find splendid eriiibita which
are well worth your time to see '
Judges for the Fair have been
armonneed - by Sec Lewis as fol-
lows: Livestock — Clarence Joaehin
county agent Waurika
Agriculture - E E Scholl and
W BShotwell assistant directors
rf extepsiqn A- AM Crflege::
Poultry— F O Trick Lexing-
ton Okla
Domestic Arts and Domestic
Science —Mrs Edith Craig county
H D agent Walters Okla
Fine Arts and School exhibits—
dra Fay Baker Ardmore
Aside from the exhibits pro-
i rams will be put on each day for
he entertainment of visitors
Sulphur talent will furnish the
program this evening having
changed their time from Saturday
as first announced The Sulphur
and will be here and we are as-
sured good music as well as other
interesting features
Dan Diehl and E E Scholl
district extension agents also are
expected to be here this'evening
and make brief talks
Friday the band from State
Training School at Pauls Valley
will be here to enliven the occa-
sion with music A series of con-
gests will be held including hog
calling watermelon eating fat
men’s race ladies’ wood-sawing
aby show beauty contest and
many others Prizes- offered by
Davis merchants will be given
the winners
A terrapin derby will be held
each day and from present indi-
cations this promises to be an ex-
citing feature
Much interest is being shown in
he big rodeo to be held each af-
ternoon Expert riders ropers
and rodeo entertainers are here
or the occasion and thrilling con-
tests in this line are assured
The past season has been hot
and dry and very unfavorable
crop weather Products at the
'air demonstrate what can be
done under such unfavorable con-
ditions Visitors will be surpris-
ed to see some of the excellent
specimens on display and will
winder how it was done This
s one of the benefits of the Fair
ome and learn what and how
the “other fellow” does things
This is your Fair Come and
lelp make it a success You will
t nd attractive exhibits in every
the entertainment featuring
J E Cunningham Is president
of the Fair and S £ Lewis it
secretary
Delegates Selected
For Co Convention
Perry Thomaseon L F Cooper
Mrs L H Greer Earl Rowe E
BTnrner S A Brown M G
Ts&ey Mrs R L Talley W A
Gabel W I Meyer L H Greer
R Helms Lon Willis Jno
Bounds ' 1
V yest Davis— j H Dunn Mrs
Tom Greer C H ’Willis C
Strickland D F Ellis H S
Emmerson George Hunt J- C
Kelly V
North Davis— Mrs Carl Kay
Miss Clifford Walkup Abe Mul-
key W W Short Carl Kay
John Davis W- Y Chitwood J
W Reedy -- Y
Says Money Available
v For Pasture Seed
County Agent lewis states that
theU S Department of Agricul-
ture has authorized the loaning
of money to farmers for the pur-
chase of seed for planting fall
pastures Loans to be made to
nttaforho- are finable to get othdf'
credit Rate of interest
notes to be due July 1st next
year
Opening Play “Mys-
tery of third Gable”
A chilling thrilling mystery
play 'The Mystery of the Third
Gable” is promised the patrons
of the Davis Little Theater when
that group opens its winter season
on Friday September 26 accord-
ing to Gordon Slover who is
directing the play Rehearsals
are underway and members of
the club are very enthusiastic
about the play which they say is
one of thebest evj written by
Lindsey Barbee several of whose
productions have been presented
by local groups
“There is a tenseness in the air
from the moment the curtain first
rises until if falls after the last
act” the director states “We
promise that the curtain will fall
twice on a real thrill and once on
a genuine heart-throb”
The year’s schedule which is
now being made up includes a
highly modern musical and snap-
py interpretation of Uncle Tom’s
Cabin written throughout by
members of the Little Theater
and “The Bad Man’v in which
Holbrook Blinn scored a tremen-
dous hit on the New York stage
and which Walter Huston is bring-
ing back in talking pictures ‘
Cast and other details of “The
Mystery of the Third Gable” will
be announced in next week’s
Davis News
Marriages Increase
In Oklahoma
Washington Sept 9— The De-
partment of Commerce announ-
ces that according to the returns
received there were 35789 mar-
riages in Oklahoma during the
year 1929 aa compared with 28-
472 in 1928 representing an in-
crease of 7817 or 257 per cent
This increase is due in part to a
change in the marriage laws of
Texas effective July 1929 re-
quiring 3 days’ notice to be given
before the issuance of a marriage
license In 1916 there were 20-
049 marriages performed
During the year 1929 there
were 8252 divorces granted in
the state as compared with 7762
in 1928 representing an increase
of 490 or 63 per cent In 1916
there were 8693 divorces granted
There were 164 marriages annuli
ed in 1929 as compared with 172
in 1928
In Murray county there were
216 marriages m 1929 and 209 in
1928 Divorces in 1929 were 44
as compared with 47 the previous
year
Rose Party
Celebrating the event of her
8th birthday on Wednesday
Sept 10th little Miss Nonna
Gene Gilliam was the honoree of
a delightful party given by her
mother Mrs Howard Gilliam
Games contests and music
featured the entertainment Con-
test favors were won by Olyne
Dale and Doris Dixon
Pink and white was the color
note that was carried out in the
appointments
lee cream and cake was served
to the following guests:
little Misses Madeline Martin
Olyne Dale June DaviB Jacqu-
line Davis Betty Jo Davis Eliza-
beth Helms Doris Dixon Doro-
thy Alice Dixon Charline Mc-
Cord Barbara McCord and Mer-
rell Garrett
Marriage Licenses
R C Barker 26 and -Ruby
Cook 21 both of Maysville
Walter Alvin Lowes 31 Sul-
phur and Mrs IdaBethal Lowes
28t Edmond Okla
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Legion to Pay State
' Boy’s Way at College
Some boy in the State Training
School for Boys at Pauls Valley
will go to school at John Brown’s
College Ark this fall with all
expenses paid by the Oklahoma
City Capitol Hill post of the
American Legion
Frank Martin superintendent
will select a boy of outstanding
merit and release him to attend
the Arkansas school
The boy will be chosen from
the standpoint of scholastic abili-
ty initiative and behavior
Try a can of our Gold Plume
coffee on a guarantee
McAdoo’s Grocery
Our New Fall
KNOX H ATS
—have arrived in colors to match every com-
plexion in sizes to fit every head ’
There is a hat suitable for every occasion in the
variety of new styles of Knox Hats for autumn
HERBERT GARRISON
MEN’S WEAR
GM Dodson’s House
Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed the bungalow of
G M Dodson in the west part
town last Friday morning about
4 o’clock Since no one was at
home at the time the origin of
the fire is a mystery ‘
The fire had gained good head-
way when discovered and the
fire department really had no
opportunity to save the building-
The -house and contents were a
complete loss Mr Dodson car-
ried $1500 insurance on the build-'
ing The building cost $2250
when built six years ago Mr’
Dodson said
Return From 10000
v Mile Motor Trip '
Dr and' Mrs A P Brown re- l
turned last Friday evening from
four months’ motor trip On the'
trip they were in 18 states Old
Mexico and Canada and traveled
10400 miles '
Leaving Davis they went by '
Dallas Texas and got Dr j
Brown’s two sisters Mrs Anna '
B Stidham and Mrs G O ’
Green then went through New
Mexico and Arizona to San Diego
Cal Visited the Yosemite park
in California and made a trip to
Old Mexico then went up the :
Pacific coast to Vancouver B C ‘
Then through Yellowstone park ’
Montana North Dakota Minne- :
sota and Wisconsin to Duluth
Minn crossed the northern pe-
ninsula of Michigan In North-
ern Michigan they stopped and :
fished about three weeks and re-
port fine success From there !
they went to Detroit Mich :
wherethey left Mrs Stidham
with her son Melvin R Stidham i
Then took Mrs Green to her
home at Dallas and came on to 1
Davis
Dr and Mrs Brown state that -they
had a delightful trip but '
found things dull and dry every- '
where they went The trip was
not new to them they having
made a similar trip several years
ago ' i
Fairs Are Time-Keepers
Fairs are the time-keepers which
mark the progress of communities j
states and nations They stimu- -ate
the energy enterprise and '
ntellect of the people and quicken'
luman genius A comparison of '
ideas and products is educational :
and instructs the hand and brain
says an exchange
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