The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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The ENTERPRISE and the WEEKLY ORLAHOMAN One Year For Only $1.25
The Granite Enterprise
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vol. x
Granite, Greer County, Oklahoma, Friday, Oetober 22, 1909
no.
EFFECTUALLY BROKEN IS
PROLONGED DROUTH HERE
Two and One-Half Inch Rainfall Brings Relief from the
Most Destructive Drouth in Southwest Oklahoma
for Nearly Twenty Years.
The prolonged drouth which has prevailed throughout
Southwest Oklahoma since early in June has been effectu-
ally broken. Rain began falling Sundav night at 12:30,
and continued almost steadily until early Tuesday morning,
From the best information obtainable it is estimated
that about two and one-half inchs of water fell, and the
downpour was so steady that little, if any, run off, but was
absorbed where it fell by the thirsty soil.
The rainfall was general throughout the western part
of the state, and has put the ground in excellent condition
for fall sowing, and farmers are preparing to put in a large
acreage of small grain in this section.
Sunday
RELIGIOUS,
Services at Church
of Christ.
J N. Armstrong, president of
Cordell Christian College, will
preach at Church of Christ Sun-
day at 11 A. M. and 7:30 p. m.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Revival at Methodist Church
The revival meetings at the
Methodist church are still in
progress and characterized by
quiet and thoughtful attention,
and can not fail to bring forth
good results in a better citizen-
ship for our town. The evange-
list, Rev. R. F. Lyon, who has
come in our midst, most highly
recommended by his former
presiding elder, is a man of im-
pressive earnestness and rare
spiritual life and power. His
sermons are a treat in logical
argument and direct appeal, and
awaken intelligent and though-
ful interest 011 the part of all
who hear him. No one can
listen to one of his earnest mes-
sages without receiving a vision
of a bit.er life ar.d awakened
desire to attain it. We urge that
every person in our town who is
interested in its progress, would
not neglect this opportunity.
Preaching service every day at
3:00 and at 8:00 P. M. preceded
by a rousing song sei v.ce conduct-
ed Rev. J. E. Buttrill.
COTTON MARKET.
there are few men of Mr. Rick-
el's age that are able to gather
their entire family around them
on their birthday in a new coun-
try where the children are apt to
ba so widely scattered.
OKLAHOMA BEST
Remains steady at 13 l-4c at
Granite this week.
There has been but little cotton
marketed in Granite this week
on account of the rainy weather
he total amount being but little
over 100 bales. The price rema-
ning steady at 13 l-4e. However
the gins are all busy at the writ-
ing, Thursday afternoon, and the
bright sunshine will cause things
to pick up in this line again now.
J. H. R1CKEL
Celebrates 73rd Anniversary
October 19.
J.H.Rickel celebrated his 73^
anniversary with a family re-
union on Oct. 19. All of the
children and four grandchildret
being at home for the occasion.
John came up from Mountain
View and Mrs. Mary Young ;uid
son Lawrence, from Roosevelt.
The event was indeed a pleasant
one, and exceptional inasmuch as
C. C. Napper Writes From
His New Home in Missouri
The Enterprise is in receipt of
the following which we gladly
publish, knowing that the writ-
er has many friends in Granite,
who will be glad to hear from
him:
Maiden, Mo., Oct., 14.
Dear Editor:
Your paper I receive every
week certainly makes me feel
good. I enjoy reading it very
much. The crops out here are
fine, better than ever before.
Lots of cotton raised here and
it is very good, and it is bring-
ing good prices. It is selling at
$4.72 today just as it is picked
from the boll, they don't have it
baled and then sell it, but just
sell it on the wagon. Corn is
certainly fine, and stock peas,
enough were raised to fatten all
the hogs in the county. There
are immense numbers of cattle
and hogs raised here. We are
all well except my daughter
Laura. She has been very sick
and says she likes Oklahoma
best. With best wishes to all I
am as ever your friend, a
C. C. Na^er.
NEGROLOGICAL
new Wichita Falls and North-
western as soon as it is complet-
ed out of Mangum. Friends of
Mr. Mapper will be glad to learn
of his promotion, as he has been
in Granite for several years and
is well known here.
Painful Accident.
J. L Stone, of the Dixie, sus-
tained a painful accident Tues-
day afternoon while opening a
box of new goods. A sharp nail
was protruding from tl)e box,
and in turning it the box slipped
from his grasp in such a manner
as to cause the nail to strike the
back of the hand tearing a
deep holebetwen the second and
third fingers.
Antis to Meet.
The Oklahoma Anti-Horse-
Thief Association, State and
National, will meet in conven-
tion at McAlester on Wednesday
Oct. 27th, for a two days sesion.
This Association has done a
great work in the fourteen years T . ( ,
. , . , • , • • r\i 1 elegram trom the
it has been doing business in Ok-
lahoma.
Since organzing in Oklahoma
the Association has captured
over 400 thieves, sent 272 of
them to prison recovered fully
100 thousand dollars in value.
The state Lodge will pay $1000
dollars in rewards this year in-
cluding the $100 dollars that they
offered for the capture of Alf.
Hunter who killed Sheriff Garri-
son on account of the wounding
of Fait Sanders af Ardadia, «
member of this Association.
REFORMATORY LOCATION TO
BE DECIDED NEXT MONDAY
Governor's Secretary, W. B. Anthony,
to Warden Flournoy, Brinps Welcome News
Citizens of Granite.
"Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 21.
"Hon. s. M. Flournoy,
"Granite, Okla.
"Board will meet Monday Oct. 25, to take ac-
tion in regard to Reformatory location. No-
tify Baker and others. W. B. ANTHONY,
"Secretary to the Governor"
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
Town and Country Culled for Newsy Notes by Live Cor-
respondents of The Enterprise.
CAMPBELL'S CROSSING.
Little Gladys Austin.
Gladys Austin, 2-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Austin, living one mile east of
town, died suddenly Saturdav
night of an attack of miningitis
The funeral took place Sunday
afternoon from the residence of
the grandparents, Dr. and Mrs.
Austin, of Gianite, with inter-
ment in the Granite cemetery.
NEW LUMBER YARD
Ira
Napper gets Deserved
Promotion.
by fowler
Mr. Jesse McMurtrey is suffer-
ing from a slight attack of fever
this week. We hope to see him
out again soon.
W.Olds and W.T.Greenlee are
home again from an extended
trip through the southwest part
of the county. These gentlemen
own a very fine farm near the
town of Eldorado that yields
considerable revenue each year
and they have been down looking
after it.
Uncle Jim Walker is busy as a
bee in a tar bucket, snaking off
bales of cotton to town, hauled
in two last week and did not
onsume but four days out of the
week thera by leaving two days
in which to look after the widows
and orphans; a week well spent,
don't you think so.
Railroad, well yes the Witcliita
Valley is being cross sectioned on
the old survey through the sand
one half mile east of Willow some
of us fellows are mad as rip be-
cause it don't run across our
places, the road is going through
on the half section line and most
every body is giving the right
of way accept but a few that do
not like to have double fences
between them and the neighbors'
cane patch. The above is only
hear say and may not be a word
of truth in it, so don't take any
exceptions but your humble serv-
ant would be willing to move his
dugout off the right of way, if
the road comes by Campbell's
Crossing. Speaking of wide
places in the road, well the old
Campbell's Crossing is certainly
a wide place. Last year when
we had so much rain, theold river
humped herself up and washed
Bill Wright's whole crop of bull
rushes away land all and now it
is half mile across where two
years ago was only about two
hundred feet. How is that for a
wide place in the road.
Impossible, we sometimes think
there is nothing impossible, the
writer came from Texas to Okla
some ten .years ago, brought
a wagon team and a few rags
and now we have not much else
but rags, but anyhow we resolv-
ed to get ourselves on a cash basis
and to do this, it seemed im-
possible, seeing this could be ac-
complished only by buying just
what we had to and pay cash till
at last we found ourselves out of
debt and about thirty cents left.
high price and the merchants are
selling goods cheap for the cash.
Stop buying on credit, if you
can't pay cash, just do without
till you get the cash and likely
you will do as I do, buy your can
goods half dozen at a time, when
if it was on credit, buy never less
than a dozen and sometimes in
case lots. Now bro farmers. I
think we can bring great relief
o ourselves and our families as
well to get ourselves on a-cash
basis and stay that way. Some
of our merchants, no doubt would
pay but little attention to us
when we come to town but that
is all right, we don't owe them
anything and if they sell us
staple goods cheap for cash,'let
us pay cash as we go and then
we wont owe. Enclosed find a
one dollar bill for which please
wrap up a few more copies of the
Enterprise and send them out
on Route 2. Can use at least ore
each week.
The foregoing telegram received yesterday morning by
Warden Flournoy from W. B. Anthony, secretary to the
governor, brings news that will be received gladly by ev-
ery citizen of Granite, and all interested in the toWn.
The fact that Governor Haskell was busy with the adjust-
ment of the affairs of the Columbia Bank and Trust Com-
pany at Oklahoma City, and Judge Connors being out of
the state has delayed a meeting of the board until this
time.
While the delay has at times been discouraging
fact remains that we are ahead of other towns that
secured state institutions, as some of them
located.
the
have
are not vet
OAK GROVE NOTES.
People are progressing nicely
picking their cotton owing to the
fine weather to gather it. If the
weather continues pretty, it will
soon all be picked.
Mrs. Dorman and son, Willie
of Granite visited Mr. and Mrs.
Adair last week.
Mr. Earl Foster of Moore, Okla |
formerly a resident of this com-
munity, is visiting his friends
and relatives here.
Miss. Florence Preuit visited
Miss. Zema Ross last Sunday.
We are glad to se? Mr. Robert
Blain back with us again and
hope he has decided Greer Co is
good enough for him.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Carter,
Okla. visited Mr. and Mrs. Ross
Sunday.
The singing at Mr. and Mrs.
Bakers Sunday night, was enjoy-
ed by all present.
The singing at O. G. Sunday
afternoon reorganized and wil
meet at three o'clock promptly
hereafter.
There will be a box supper at
Oak Grove next Saturday night
Oct. 23. Every one is cordially
invited.
days last week.
Mr. C. E. Robinson accompaiK-
ed by Mr. C. E. Askins left one
day last week for Missouri on a
prospecting trip.
The young folks of this com-
munity enjoyed a sing>ng at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wills of
Granite spent Saturday night
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs
J. G. Wills.
Mrs. C. E. Robinson is visiting
with her sister, Mrs C. E. Askins
of Louder.
Mrs. Will Leffel is reported as
being very sick at this writing.
Mrs. J. L. Boaclie and Miss.
Lillie Morris were in Mangum
last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Clem of
Pleasant Valley, visited with Mr.
and Mrs. M. N. Carver Sunday.
Success to the Enterprise and its
many readers. Skakespher.
HEADQUARTER ITEMS
By "Johaaie Skipper."
We are rejoicijig to see the
nice rain which fell Sunday and
Monday.
Mr. Babek has recently re-
moved to his new home on LaKe
Creek.
J. H. Holden, who has been
sick for some time, is improving.
Sunday with Mrs. C. A. Garrett
of Granite.
Mr. Charlie Vlum and Miss
Minnie Dempsey were married
Sunday morning by Rev. Taylor
Cagle.
Several from Headquarter at
tended the show at Hobart last
week. i
The farmers of this neighbor-
hood are very busy picking cotton
Mr. G. E. Newton had hi;, al-
falfa thresiied this week.
Mrs. G.E. Newton has relatives
visiting her from Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M, Litton and
little daughter Mae returned to
their old home in Tenn. Sunday.
Roy Clem has been sick with a
chill this Week.
Mrs. Marshall Shropshire and
children visited Mrs. W. H. Eva.,s
Sunday.
C. C. Holden returned from
Weatherford, Okla|where he was
attending school.
PLEASANT VALLY
The rain Sunday night and
Monday dan aged cotton consid-
erable.
The singing at the church
Sunday was well attended.
Singing every Sunday, every
lady invited to come and take
a part.
Mr. and Mrs. Mp Coun of Tex-
Harry Brown, of Granite,spent I ;i\d wero visiting Mr, and Mr<
Saturday night and Sunday with \y. j. Adams Thursdoy.
The McClure & Naftzger lum-
ber company has opened a new
vard at Martha, and have placed
Ira Napper, who has been with
the yards here for some time in
charge. This makes five yards 1 Now it seems easy to tell others
now o^ned by this company how it is done, this is the opporV
and they expect to put in at leas t 1 une time for all farmers to pay
one more at some point on the 1 cash up as cotton is demanding a
FAIRVIEW NOTES
After an absence of some few
months, 1 will try and write.
Rain, Rain, "O my" but who
said this was a dry country?
Mrs. Ada Morgan of Charles-
ton, South Carolina, is visiting
with her aunt, Mrs.W.T, Sowers
Bert Wills, substitute on route
3, carried the mail a couple of
Earnest Brookshire.
People are delayed with cotton
picking now on the account of
the rain, but think they can be-
gin again about Thursday.
Charles Holden is now at home
working on the farm.
J. F. Gill made a business trip
to Willow Thursday.
C.C.Clark and f: imily spent
Sunday afternoon a vith J. H.
Holden and family.
Jocie Maxey is quite > sick with
typhoid fever at this \ vriting.
Mrs A Lyons of Gr anite visit-
ed her parents Mr. a, id Mrs. J.
M. Pendly Monday,
The singing at Lake Creek wa>
wjii attended. E\ -try body is
invited to come and take a pan
in the singing evi :jy Sunday
evening.
Pauline Bratton and Stella
Clem spent Saturd. jy night and
Miss Mary Haekett of Weath-
erford Texas, came in Wednes-
day and will make her home
with her sister Mrs. Walter
Reeves.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thrower
returned Saturday from Roswell
N. M.
Several of the Willow young
folks attended the singing Sun-
day. Welcome visitors tome
again.
Mr. Kirkland has sold h a
crop on the Greenlee farm to
MrWarton and will move to
KafTman Co. T«xus.
A Subscriber.
Mangum hair Postponed
On account of the rain, the
M.uigum Fair, which was to have
Opened Tuet-day. did Hot open
until yCiterda>, and will contin-
ue open until Saturday night.
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