The Willow Times (Willow, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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RENEW! RENEW! '« ry of OhLhuma M.. ;.iti . f
C f course you do r.ot
v tin! the l imes to btop,
and we do not want to
lose you as a reader, hut
u e intend going over our
I st and those in arrears
it lit have to be cut off un-
Icss they renew. We give
this warning so that you
< tin renew and not miss
a copy.
Farmers Have Cash
The farmer is in better financ-
ial condition than he has ever
l.een, is the opinion of all the
merchants. Credit is used lo.** to-
day than ever before in the his-
' have paid lo?tj *i4n«Hr;.? iVliU.
and haxegood bunkotvuunU left.
Stork* are told of many renters
who never had a bank account
until thin year.
Mr Claude McG jvv.m, wife and
the latum father were vhitin*;
in Erick Saturday nijtht and Sun-
day.
J. 0. Tuton of the Mangum
Star, was in Willow Friday.
On account cf our correspond-
ents failing to send in any letter?
this week, we are a little *hort on
news, having been unable to sec-
ure any ourselves. If you have
any news, tell us about it.
The following is the sfardirg
of the piano contestants for the
uiik i r:<!ir g 1 ti-, l.'ih 1! 16.
No. 10. 92, 153, 5, 89, 141, 53,
6, 123, 2, 14 S,
Mcwr* Howard Hitting?ley Herd
Hi'sk* kiid MiMid Ji luijc Hi'Vfc*
and* l.ora tlndtrwcwd m**r.t a
very evening
Uv the W. S. Im m h m<\ 100 wan
played and refreshments terved
through out thecvcnirg.
Me>wj Orion nnd Almend
1C en try. MIkcb Th< lrr.a I lowers
: ."nd Adtlie Vinson motored to Cra-
j uite Sunday.
Miss JohrveFl« wei* rj cnt Si n-
I day with Mi«s Lola Underwccd.
Mi«s Florence Shirley rn t Mr
j Hoy Knight motored to Mangntn,
Saturday to attend the teachcra
I meeting.
W. M. Hudson •hired tt.
stored pigs to Brady City, Tex.
and aUo Mr Hill of Jester,?purc-
hasetl one registered pit? from
him.
W. 8. tso.n L Ca have t kl
their er.ttr.' *t « k ot Mt'at. a
Martha, to K. T. I >\!. Mr He ..
will move to th.it | lace ar.d t.ik
charge of the store ai once, L.v-
ing sold his farm near Willow, to
I rani. Cuvvie/.
J. J. IUI.« r and ti O tlugee are
a tending the W.O.NV. meeting
af Chickasha this ww?!<.
W. M. Hudson wai i i town,! ..
e iday and extended his hubacrip-
tion for one year and ulso ha 1 ue
send ihe p«.. • r to Airs M. b.
hud.son of Oglesby, Texas and
Mrs Maggie Fletcher of Cate&vi.le
Texas. "Go tliou and do like*, e"
C. C. Holden is in Okla. C.ty
attending to business this week.
JimDoarman of brinkman was
in Willow .Saturday.
jOuFiHmfBvtl
/vNew Francc> i
• iv&'&r
i'-
$4
w.
¥
ii
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I will sell at public auction at my farm 1-2 mile west & 11-2
miles north of Willow, the following property, on
Horses
1 Gray horse, 7 years Old
1 " " 10 "
1 Black " 8 "
1 " mare 8 "
1 Dun horse 4 "
1 Blue mule 4 "
1 Bay horse 8 "
1 " mule 4 " " wt. 80fl
1 Bay mare 3 " " " 1100
l Bay mare 8 " "
l " " li " " gentle buggy pcny
u horse 12" 41
Cattle & Hogs
9b> 1 Cow 4 yrs. old will bs fresh soon
14 head of good red cows and heifers
1 Durock sow
10 Durock shoats just weened
FEED
I 25 bushels of com grown la st
' year, 200 bushels of maize, a-
bout 1500 bundles of fetterita
and 15 or 20 tons of good hay.
Implement:
2 new Lion Buggies
2 now low wheal wa^on; 3 1-2 in. tires
1 3 1.4 Sludebafcer wagon wide tires
1 31-2 Peter Shelter wagon
2 Moon Brother Buggies
2 Sets buggy harness
12 " wagon "
1 Chattonage 3 disk plow
" 14 in. sulkey plow
" i2 in. walking plow
" " " Subsoil plow
" walking lister
" John Deer Lister
" 4 foot 3 s3stion harrow, 013 stalk cutta
one Georgie Stock, two double shovels, ont
McCormic binder good as now, two cultivators,
t;. 38 go-devils, o.i3 mraar & raka
1 no 15 De Laval cream separa-
tor, one iitcubalor 175 egg, one
175 chick brooder, 200 half gal.
cans of frvit, other things to nu
merous to mention.
LUNCH ON THE GROUND
TERMS; All sums of $10. and under, cash. On sums over $10. a
credit of 12 months will be given on approveu notes with inter-
est at 10 per cent per annum. A discount of 10 per cert will
be given for cash on sums over $10. No property to be remov-
ed until terms of sale are complied with.
E. T. REED, Owner O'Doniiell Bros., Auct em
C. C. Holden, Clerk.
\ ihe little town of
"NV.v 1'irnee,"
1 mlN'H fl .III (JtlP-
l>t t 1I1.-iv lived nu
old nut ti by I lt«*
V uaino ul I'irry Kan-
•** ' eldon. II w wn
about nitty year*
••f lige, n wealthy
• •I t ach«l<r, u!ii>, with itic excep-
tion ot it hi>UMi*kiH'|>«r, llviil nlniie
In a grwat weuilirr-benico ultl uiait-
kIoii on 1 ho river roud. lie IIveil
11 very NecliHlcil klnil uf Hf«, won
setdotn acea «po« Um itntii <>t the
town, nnd nttracted wry little ntten-
. t!<m when ho wnii iid-n. There wore
hardly ten people In the pine* that
Knew the man or unythlti},' coiiccmlnf
hit) Ufa
Yet ihero had boi>n it tliiin In the
life of Perry Kiinrhloti when ho had
nil meted a j;rent doal of attention,
mid won tho t.yinpnlhy and pity of
the wholo town. That hail been over
forty years n«o. uud In the meantime
tho town hail chnni;od from h village
Into a elly Tho old fumllloii had died
out and tho younger fonorutlon h«d
forgotten tho history of Perry Fan*
eldon.
It wns Chrlstmoa eve nl«ht and bit-
terly eohl. Sloet and snow drove with
liu-i'Kxnnt fury ngalnHt tho great Freneh
windows. The heavy old oak doorn
raftlotl and shook, while tho wind
ihrllled mournfully ninong tho many
old-fnsliioned gabion and chimneys.
Perry cat gazing Into the Are. Ills
hair was snow-white, bis eyes were
dark nnd tonight thry had a tragic,
gloomy look.
On the old colonial furniture tho
sinister fuoos carved grlnni d hor-
ribly end tho Iron <Iu,vn s«>emed to
"Wetl, V/cil—I Hope the Children Aro
All in Bed."
grip tho floor hard, as though they
were repressing some dark emotion or
evil thought.
Forty years ago this night Perry
was a happy man, for tomorrow he
was to marry tho beautiful Miss Nel-
ly Leroy, daughter of the rector of
fit. Agnes.
Ilut that great factor In tho event*
of a man's career, fate willed other-
wise, for only a few days before the
wedding was to take place the brldo-
to-be was stricken with a fatal illness
nnd Ices than a v.ook later was laid
away in the village graveyard.
After tho funeral l'erry Fanchloa
shut himself up. almost alone, in the
great house. Time moved on and peo-
ple forgot! One by one his friends
li ft him, until at ln£t he stood alone, a
rt ranger in a stranger world <
About this time the poorer people,
the destitute of the city, became awnre
of the fact that they had a friend,
a very good mysterious friend, mys-
terious beenuw, try as they might (and
did) they never could discover his
Identity
One time when a severe landlord
was about to turn a |M or family out
of the home they lived In. because
they were not utile to p«y the reni.
that family found the required amount
sod u short note asking theta to *<*-
<"*f t th«* money as a gift, by tbe fire-
place. Krvrral times incidaats Ilk*
rhls occurred among the unfortunate.
t.« ( as to where the*e mystrrtous pn*
rota came from, or by whom pmu-ot-
rd, none could ever tell. But the chUK
dren suspected San'a Ciaua ot baviim
• t,T<1 n Itw* r t er.
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Roper, Ira T. The Willow Times (Willow, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1916, newspaper, December 15, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276470/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.