The Blair Progress (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1911 Page: 1 of 7
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THE BLAIR PROGR
VOL. 8
BLAIR. JACKSON COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28 1911.
NO.lt
Come To The Fair! ii
As we only have it once a year, we should mix
a tittle pleasure with our hot weather, short crops,
and low priced cotton and forget the blues for a few
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Some will say, "Come to the Sales," but we are
not going to ask you to do that..If you need any dry
goods we have as good as the best and as cheap as
the cheapest. And I expect if you will price around
before you buy that you can make money by buying
from us :: It is almost the first of October
now and we poor devils that have put up the grub
to make this crop will need some money, and will
have to have it or we will have to put on a Sail in-
stead of a Sale.
Dry goods are not cheap in Blair yet, just wait
a month or so and you will be able to get them
about right. Come in and see our stock and get our
prices.
Reid & Hawkins
A Feather ti ift fc Att^s
Cap.
Last Friday in front of the
City National Bank in Altus a
little mound of earth like a
grave was seen with a head
board bearing the inscription,
"Attorney Hankins' political
Career Ended."
It is presumed by some that
the elite of the city who have
been openly and defiantly violat-
ing the gambling laws of the
state are out of humor with Mr.
Hankins for not giving his un-
divided attention to bootleggers
and scalawags of the town who
do not pay taxes and ride in
automobiles.
If this be the case, it should
ake every respectable, law
biding citizen of the county a
s .rong political partison of Mr.
Hankins. A man is best known
by his enemies, and if the above
surmise be correct, our efficient
attorney has a most desirable
gang to oppose him.
The Newly Weds
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Swanson County is the hard-
est corpse to keep down that has
appeared in these parts lately.
The doctors have all agreed that
the blamed thing is dead, but it
makes so much fuss it has. been
impossible to hold a funeral ser-
vice.
Secretary of Agriculture, Wil-
son, has been chosen Honorary
President of the International
Brewers Congress. Uncle Jim
is trying to advance the price of
cum and rye.
A movement is on foot in Tex-
rs to evangelize the Methodist
Church. Perhaps bteps will bo
taken to make it more dificult to
secure furloughs when recruitu
are enlisted.
Rev. T. C. Jones and wife
arrived in town on last Wednes-
day morning after traveling
3400 miles.
The two weeks trip was made
by steamer from Tilghman, Md.
across the Chessrpeake Bay to
Baltimore thence by rail to New
York City. From New York
they had a 2300 mile sea voyage,
stopping half a day at Key
West Florida, thence across the
Gulf of Mexico to Galveston and
from there via Dallas to Blair.
Mr. Frank Huber and vwife
met the coup'e at Altus and
brought them over in his tour-
ing car.
Great was the surprise of the
minister in findting such a change
in the parsonage. The ladies of
the Home Mission Society and
friends of the church had spared
no expense or trouble in making
the home as cosy and comfor-
table as possible. The young
bride who left father and moth-
er, loved ones, and friends to
come West and aiinister to others
as a preacher's wife in Oklaho-
ma was given a little surprise
on last Wednesday night that
she will not forget soon. The
night was still and hardly a
light could be seen burning in
the homes as the good people
had gone to sleep (the women)
while the men were preparing
for a noise that would not only
awaken the "nerwly weds" but
even their wives, sisters and
sweethearts.
A group of men were seen
hiding under some large trees
and their heads were turned
toward the Methodist parsonage
In some of their nan ds could be
seen bright shining instruments.
If the two loving souls in that
home had only known they
would have sought shelter else-
where for their first night in
Blair. At last not a light could
be seen burning in the haunted
house. The "new weds" had
retired not to sleep but to talk
and plan for the future. Visions
of cow boys and real live In-
dians were impressed upon the
mind of the wife while the
minister was trying to comfort
and assure the one whom he had
brought so far away that no
harm would come to her. Just
then an undescribable thing
happened. Cornets, drums, a
whole brass band, plow shares
different kinds of farming im-
plements pipes and other im-
plements of the prairie sounded
forth upon the mid night air,
scaring nearly every one in
town. The wolves which had
come forth from the mountains
to steal chickens hurried back to
their hiding places while some
of the inhabitants awoke think-
ing the town mu^t be on fire.
What happened on the inside of
the "haunted house" that night
will never be published. Ti e
banc1 continued playing as the
war of noise continued and only
censed after the minister ap-
paared with the only cake the
house contained passing it out
to the crowd. The next thing
demanded was a speech which
was given thanking the band
for the music, when some one
yelled "how about the noise?"
Finally the crowd vanished
through the darkness and the
memory of that night will live
and the story of "the welcome
home" will be told in Eastern
cities and to the coming gener-
ation. Cor.
Tie leckhert Building
On Monday the 18th inst. • the
brick layers begun on the walls
of the Lockhart store building
and have made unusnal progress
to date. This is to be one of the
largest and most modern store
structures in this section, being
fifcy by one hundred feet with
partition through the center.
Blair never has been on a boom
but has just grown to meet the
demand. Every dollar invest*
ed is home capital, and the occu-
pants of the buildings own them.
This is no small or inconsiderable
item as a town of brick stores
owned by the occupants elimina-
tes the heavy monthly rent bill
and ^ives the lowest possible in-
surance. Thus it is easy to see
why Blair business men can af-
ford to pay more for barnyard,
dairy and farm products and sell
goods for less than others.
Notice.
Any one Having an acconnt
against W. C. Wills or his fam-
ily, please file same with Mr.
Hancock at the Citizens State
Bank.
W. C. Wills.
The Altus Democrat says it is
a lie about Attorney Hankins be-
ing dead. That has the ring of
the true metal, that all good
people like to hear.
Abe Martin says our girls, el-
bows look like goats knees. Won
der what the grounds of com-
plaint Abe has against his goat-
ship.
A Prerogative ttned
It now appears that if Gov.
Cruce does not shortly resume
the ruins of government every-
thing and criminal in the state
will again be turned loose on the
state. Acting governor, McAlis-
ter turning them loose indiscrim-
inately, seemingly without re-
gard to their claims to clemency.
During the short time he has
been in the governor's chair, he
has turned loose 37. The offense
for which this job lot of social
menaces were convicted range
from petty larceny to manslaugh-
ter and the terms range from
life imprisonment to a 30 day
jail sentence.
We would not go so far as to
say that the verdict of a jury
should be executed to the letter
in every cas«j but we do believe
that in no case should the pardon-
ing power be exercised except
upon the recommendation of
the jury that renders the ver-
dict.
Oodles of Crickets
Austin, Texas, Sept. 22—Mil-
lions of cricket3 took possession
of this city Friday and are suc-
cessfully combating the rights
of the original residents. This
morning Austinites awoke to
find the business district black
with the plague. The entire
fire department was called out
to combat the situation and tons
upon tons of water were being
thrown on the walls xand side-
walks with a view of trying to
drown the crickets and wash
them out of the streets through
the storm sewers. For four
hour* the principal business
streets were several inches deep
in wrater and black crickets. In
the residence aection the crickets
remained unmolested.
Satarday A Mf ley
Saturday was a big <tay in
Blair. From early in the morn*
ing to late in the afternoon the
streets were filled with vehicles
and the stores with people. But*
iness wss lively and every body
in a good humor. Blair reaches
out after trade and gets it There
ia a reason. Can you tell whyi
After fighting its way inch
by inch through the U. S. Con-
gress, Reciprocity met its water-
loo in the battle of the Canadian
ballots last Thirsday. If those
blooming Canadians fool with us
we will raise our own wheat
and let them dress in straw.
In the "Round about town"
locals in the Dallas News of 20th
we find an item of which the
following is apart: "Rev Thomas
C. Jones, who is pastor of the
Methodist church at Blair, Ok.
and who has lectured in the east
as "Jones from Oklahoma" is at
the Southland Hotel with his
bride whom he married recently
in Baltimore. Rev. Jones ia a
native of Baltimore, but isaetive
in the upbuldirifcof the new state
of Oklahoma in its religious and
civic life".
Mrs. R. Et Dopaldson returned
Thursday last from a two
months visit at Cordell, and
Custer City.
The Missouri minister that re-
signed because his salary wor
too high will find a hearty wel-
come awaiting him in Oklahoma.
This state cpuld accommodate
a number of preachers that
would work on the grass,
Not a cost Sale but one that will let us
and you both live.
We carry a line of Shelf Hardware, un-
equalled in Blair. Granite ware, Queens ware,
Glassware, Tinware, Pumps, Pump fittings
Guns, Ammunition, Twine, Cotton scales,
Knee Pads, Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, wagon
covers and bows, Oil cans, White Rose gaso-
line, Automobile oils, Spark plugs, Batteries,
for your phones, Collars for your mules, Har-
ness lor your horses, Muzzles for your calves,
Collars for your dogs, Charter Oak cook stoves
and heaters, Coal hods, Stove pipe, Shovels,
Tanks, Well casing, Eve trough, Well buckets
Gasoline engines, and Chalenge windmills.
We want to treat you right and ask
you to call and see ui when in need of any-
thing in our line.
Thanking you for past favors, we are
Yours for Business,
Dearing, Tinsley & Co.
Undertakers & Embalmers.
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Owen, J. B. The Blair Progress (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1911, newspaper, September 28, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc287248/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.