Carney Enterprise. (Carney, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1913 Page: 3 of 12
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CARNEY, O
CARREY ENTERPRISE
Published every Friday,
BY H. S. HERBERT.
at One Dollar a Year.
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LOCALISEWS NOTES.
CARNEY "CRE^M DAYS.
Fridays & Mondays
Bring your cream to us, correct
test and highest station prices. Get
better test than when you ship.
Can save you money on cream
cans. We pay cash for cream.
Concordia Creamery Co.
A. F. Sharp, Agt.
Eld Turner will fill his regular ap-
pointment at lh« Christian church
next Sunday, morning and evening
Elmer Wilkinson came down from
Yale Sunday and spent the day with
relatives here.
An optimist is one who dosen't care
what happens just so it doesn t hap-
pen to him
Mrs. Park Brittain came down
from Drumright Tuesday to visit
homefolks.
Hugh Odell came down Sunday
from Cushing and spent a fiw days
here.
Born, to the wife of Frank L> *ty
Saturday, a nine pound boy baby.
S. A. Strader made a business
trip to the east part of the state the
first of the week.
Every student who possibly can,
should be at the school house the
first day of the term, next Mondav.
Ambrose Upshaw and Virgil U[>
shaw made a pilgrimage trip to Still
water Tuesday.
Miss Beulah Wilcox left Saturday
for Bethany college at Lindsbary
Kansas where she will studypiano anrl
voice during the coming school year
The town board met Tuesday night
in regular session for a few minutes
Outside of allowing a few bills, no
othar business was transacted-
Farmers are hustling to get their
hay baled before the rains sets in, i
such a thing as rain should happen
this way.
We see it stated that flies cost
the United States $157,000,000 an
nually. Let everybody swat them
therefore save money as well as the
health.
Wm. Oliver of North Topeka,
Kans., spent several days here look-
ing after his farm interests He
made an interesting talk to the
deavor Sunday night
We have been visited the past week
with several old fashioned dust
storms,which was most disagreeable,
filling the eyes and ears with dirt.
Twenty-six persons were killed
and about fifty wounded Tuesday
^morning when a collision on a Ntw
York railroad occurred. The train
was leaded with people returning
from a summer vacation.
August is said to have been the
hottest month for several years.
The mercury was above 100 for
twenty-four days. September starts
out well, the tempature the first four
days having been above 100.
Page says he is in the market for
cotton at the highest market price
all the time, and will be in good
shape to gin all the custom cotton
brought in after September 7th.
Have put in new saws and brushes
and everything overhauled.
That the farmers residing on rural
routes may bebrough in closer touch
with the merchant of the smaller
towns of tne country, Senator Gore
has requested Postmaster General
Burleson to mate a great reduction
in the rates now in effect. When
the Oklahoma farmer desires a small
package mailed to him from a mer-
chant in the town from whence his
rural route starts, he is forced to p;<y
five cents a pound. Not infrequent-
ly he has topaymore postage thanthe
contents of the package is worth.
Consequently the dealer as' wall as
'be farmer feels handicap?*'' ,n 'h
I transaction Senator Gore be'. !>?ves
that if the rule were reduced it would
tend to make the parcel post of ever,
reater value to the farmer and the
merchant than it now is. The pres-
ent rural route parcel post rate is Sc
This scribe paid our neighboring
town of Tryon a visit last Friday,the
first time in several months, and lik<-
all other towns, found it pretty dull.
Our old friend J. M. Wadman, we
were sorry to find in very poorhealth.
Dr. Barclay was the busyest man ir
town setting wagon tires and doing
general blacksmishing. E M Payne
feeds the hungry and does a confeo
tionery business. Every one is pa-
tiently waiting for something to turn
up or for Gabriel to blow his horn
Oi course we called on Bro Barger
of the Star and exchanged a few
with him.
The parson made a [good hit in
predicting it dry for this season but
we have faith it will be different next
year.
A Piano Recital.
The pupils ot Miss Beulah Wilcox
gave a piano recital at her home
Thursday evening, August 28, 1913.
The invited guests were Mesdames
West, Strader, Pickett, Schwab Wil-
son, Hopper, Wilkinson; Misses
Ethel Dean, Nellie Pendergraft;
Messrs. Pickett, West, Strader,
Hopper, Wilson, Ed Bellaiti, Car-
ney Dean and Clifford West.
The following program was given:
•The Battle ot Spion Kap".. ..Butler
Imo Pearson.
Towrelav" Paul Lawson
Elnora West
My Papa's Waltz," (four hands)
Streabbog
Myrtle West Una Wilson.
Okla." Intermezzo, Two Step
Oscar Lehrer
Mildred Wilcox.
"Spring Song" ) (Mendelssohn,
b. «'consolation" j
Consolation
Emma Pickett.
'Corn Flower Waltz," (four hands)
Baumbach
Mildred Wilcox, Imo Pearson.
"In the Alpine Hut," Gustave Lange
Mina Pickett
a. Old Folks at Home,
b. Massa's in de cold, cold >■ Foster
ground,"
Myrtle West.
Linnet Waltz," Hart
Una Wilson.
A Love Token," (four hands
Mareno
Beulah Wilcox^ Emma Pickett
Mrs. Wilcox was assisted in serv
iug by Mrs. Audrey Wilkinson and
Miss Nell Wilcox.
Repor'.ed
Story of a Home Merchant.
"Yes,"remarkedthe country mer
chant to the newspaper man. "1
certainly have a snap. The whole
sale house send me duns every month
and draw on me at sight but if I send
t> bill to a farmer he comes swearing
mad and quit trading at my store
While I am hard up for cash many
of those who owe me are sending
cash in advance to a mail order
house. If I contribute money to any
cause people say I am a bidder foi
trade ; if I don't they say I'm a hog.
Evefy day I am expected to dig up
for everything that comes along,
from a raffle ticket to a church fund
by th; people who say I ought to be-
cause they do their trading here, but
my friends, Shears & Sawbuck don't
buy tickets nor help the church funds
and yet get cash in advance business
•If I sell a pair of pant« I must
treat the family to cigars and candy
If I buy a load of potatoes I must do
the same. Customers who are able
to pay hang on to their money, while
I pay 8 per cent at the bank to get
ready cash. I have a big business
during hard times and poor crops
.rom people who are willing to ttade
with me providing I can duplicate
catalouge prices and w*it until har-
vest time for money.
"My scales weigh too heavy when
I sell sugar and too light when I buy
nutter. Iamatheif, a liar and a
^rafter. If I smile I am a soft soap
hyprocrit; if I don't smile I am a
urump.
"This certainly is a snap."
And then he looked over $10,000
worth of book accountt, all good and
wondered how he could raise $350 to
meet a sight drafi tomorrow.—Ex.
En-
Hicks, the weather m:m,. who by
the way is a Methodist minister and
aught to be all tight, says that we
are in for anothej dry season next
year. Here is what he quotes in the
September issue of his Word and
Works, taken from his almanac pub-
lished last fall:
"We do not believe that the Jupi-
ter period, central this year (1913)
on March the 2nd, has yet brought
its final crisis of dryness and drouth.
John R- Will and Grandma Shoop Hence the seasons of 1913 and 1911
returned from their visit to Pensyl- > we fear( w;n experience disastrous
vania and Missouri Sunday accomp- short in diffused,general rainfalls
anied home by Miss Mary J "in-1 .
•Which is it, chiggar or jiggars?
says an exchange. Do you know?
We mean what you get when you go
blackberrying, and we're not "fer;
iri« to the berries, either. All out^
lives we called them "chiggers
We've used the word serenely with a
calm unbiased minct, confident that
no one could call cur English int.
question. But here comes another
ellow just as positive and presistem
and says its "jiggers" so we look r
up. It is—its all of that and more,
Webster must have had'em and re-
alized that it takes lots of names to
do justice to some animals. You can
call them chigue, chigre, ceghre,
cehgo-, chigger or jigger, but after
all the feeling is about the same.
We believe wi'll stick to" chig-
gers "—Ex.
A mass meeting was arranged for
Tuesday night to discuss the water
question for fire protection. About
a dozen citizens met on the side walk
in front of Rogers store but no defi-
nate action was taken. An adjourn*
ment was proposed to meet tonight
under Woodman Hall, and if the
people of the town are interested
they will attend. Water for fire
protection is very necessary, but
somehow the ^people are not very
enthusiastic over the Tiatter. Don't
'■•"if
We have a scholarship in the Cap
ital City Business College, at Guthrie
which we can save money to any
boy or girl who wants to take a col-
lege business course. It is one of
the best of its kind in the state. If
interested call at this office.
New Meat Market.
I have opened a meat market in
the building one door south of Stra-
der's drug store, and will k.ep at
ali times fresh and cured meats.
Give me your patronage and I will
treat you right.
II. B. KELLY.
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