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The Addington Advertiser
Addington, Jefferson County, Oklahoma
CHARLES W. NORTON, editor
MRS. CHARLES W. NORTON, local editor

June 10, 1909
Vol. 1, No. 23

MRS. E. C. EARLY and son EDDIE, arrived from Goltry, Okla., Sunday evening. Mrs. Early is a sister of MRS. LAFAYETTE NORRIS. Mrs. Norris is ill and under Dr. MOORE’s care. Mrs. Early came to stay awhile and to help care for her sister.

MRS. A. M. BOHN went to Comanche and visited her parents.

AUBREY Addington was in Waurika Monday.

ALBERT SMITH and wife of Lubbock, Texas and MRS. DOUGLAS of Belleview, Texas are here visiting MRS. J. A. SMITH west of town.

J. C. SUTHERLAND was down to Ryan Monday on business. Mrs. Sutherland drove down to Waurika in the afternoon and met him there driving home late in the afternoon.

J. M. JORDAN of Altus returned from Mena, Arkansas with a story that A. T. MARTIN of the Arkansas town was working a team composed of a horse and a 4 year old heifer to wagon and plow, as he was unable to buy another horse. Jordan brought home a copy of the Mena Star as proof should his Altus townsmen doubt his story.

E. B. RANCH Notes (14 miles east)
M. ROBERTSON gave an ice cream social and the spring folks had a good time last Friday evening.

C. EVANS made a business trip to Muskogee.

MR. LYONS and MR. GASSIE went to Ryan to attend court.

CHARLES EVANS reports seeing the effect of the cyclone that passed across the state last week as he went from Oklahoma City to Muskogee.

MR. PEARY has a very sick boy at home.

MRS. MANIA/MARIA CONALL/CONNELL is here to visit her sons CHARLES and EDWARD EVANS. She lives at Troy, Illinois.

A daughter was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. C. EVANS.

Madden Grove (6 miles northwest)
Madden Grove is a fine little place, has one church and one dwelling house, and a broom corn patch belonging to IRWIN FILLMAN and JOHN EVANS of Addington. They have a Sunday school out here that can’t be beat in the county, which will be on the Saturday before the third Sunday hold a Grand Rally to which everybody is invited to come and stay all day.

Madden Grove played a game of ball with Oak College last Saturday and won the game with a score of 14 to 12.

There is some discussion as to where the Sunday school Rally should be held. Some of the folks want to hold it at the school house and others want it at a grove in JONES pasture.

BOND & FORMBY for farms, city property, loans and insurance
E. M. BOND, notary public, J. A. FORMBY

S. L. HOLLISTER, the Big Store. We carry everything. Wagons, buggies, implements, etc.

A Realty Snap. Two choice lots in original town of Addington. BERT T. BROYLER of Lockney, Texas.

Local and Personal
MISS RENA DAVIS was in town.

H. J. HENSLEY went to St. Louis with cattle this week.

Mr. and Mrs. BROWN were in Waurika on business.

R. M. GOLDEN was at Comanche visiting home folks.

HENRY PRICE and ARCH MCNEIL went to Kansas City with cattle.

DEPUTY SHERIFF J. H. WRIGHT of Ryan has been here collecting delinquent taxes.

JESSE COOK’s house was struck by lightning Wednesday night, jarying up the family badly.

The little brother of AUBREY Addington is suffering with a severe case of malarial fever.

E. M BOND family went to the farm and visited.

UNCLE JOHN GARRETSON says he is worth cold 1000 more to day than he was yesterday. Funny, what a little water will do.

DR. MOORE reports that Mrs. LAFAYETTE NORRIS is recovering very nicely from the effects of the operation which was performed the first of the week.

A gentleman from Ryan has rented the BAKER building and put in a pool hall. We understand that a restaurant will also be opened in the same building.

DR. MURPHY reports the arrival of a boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. BOWEN on Thursday evening of last week and a girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. DAVIS Monday.

During the storm Wednesday evening, lightning struck the house on MRS. WAMBOLD’s farm and done considerable damage. The house was occupied by JIM VANBIBBER at the time but he and his family were in the storm cave and were not injured.

Word from MRS. NORTON, who is with her mother at Sterling, Kansas, states that her mother is not improving as she should and she may not be at home for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. HOHN were in the Advertiser office one evening last week and entered the paper to be sent to MRS. ELLA SMITH at Rawlings, Wyoming and to L. SCHULTS at new Haven, Missouri, each for three months. Mr. HOHN works for the Rock Island road, but has the spirit of advancement and progress and wants to see the Advertiser a success.

Fire was started on another kiln of brick at the brick plant Saturday morning. The kiln only contained 185,000 but they will be burned very carefully and will be one of the best kilns ever burnt at Addington. The Addington Press Brick Co. has built up a state wide reputation for fine brick and the last kiln they opened was the best yet.

CHARLES DRIMERTY and VERA BORDEN are visiting at the EVANS ranch.

GUY WAYKHOFF who has been making his home with DR. and MRS. STEELE for the past six months will leave Saturday for his home at Sparks, Oklahoma.

JOHN TERRELL, JOHN HUBERTINE, HENRY HONCHAN, and C. E. HORNEY of Beaver Crossing, Nebraska were here and each invested in some Jefferson County real estate. They were guests at the EVANS home while here.

RELIEF AGENT J. B. HIGGINS took charge of the Rock Island depot here Tuesday morning and will handle the affairs of the company for 2 or 3 weeks. AGENT WYLIE went to Fort Worth, then to Fort SMITH, Arkansas where he will take up work in the Auditor’s office.

Friday evening, the boys planned a chicken fry and were to steal the chickens from MR. SHELLY and take it over by the tank north of town and have a feast, or that was the plan. BEN GARRETSON had worked up the deal and after the chicken was stolen, BEN and ANDREW WHITE were to run over by the tank and wait there for the other boys. SHELLY was wise to the deal and was to come up on the boys and begin shooting, BEN was to fall and declare he was shot and the boys were to run WHITE into the tank. BILL MANIRE, one of the those acquainted with the deal, told WHITE what was told to happen, and then planned to turn the table on BEN. Well, the chicken was procured, the run was made to the lake, but the gun was fired and BEN fell, but instead of WHITE running into the lake, he grabbed BEN and dragged him into the water, put one foot on his neck and held him down till he blubbered. BEN fought shy of town all day Saturday and did not like to come out Sunday any too well.

L.L.L. Drug Store, Addington

J. W. MOORE, Ph. G., M. D.

J. C. SUTHERLAND for groceries, feed stuff, shoes and gents’ furnishings.

City Meat Market
W. A. PHARISS, prop.

J. A. ALLEN expert watch and clock repairing

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GRANDMA QUILLEN was very sick Monday.

H. L.HENSLEY left Thursday for Jacksboro, Texas.

WILL CHISHOLM went to Comanche Wednesday.

MRS. D. A. MOORE, west of town, was very sick.

MR. STROUD of Marlow was in town.

REV. HARRIS of the Baptist church filed the pulpit Sunday.

MISS FLORENCE QUILLEN is visiting at Bowie, Texas.

For correct weights on cats, call at MISS IDA PACE at the post office.

MRS. J. J. PATTERSON and MISS CLARA were visiting in Comanche.

ARCH MCNEIL is keeping time with the people with the people of Kansas City.

EPH CAIN accidentally burned his arm badly last Saturday.

HOMER KERKSEECK, while plowing, accidentally cut his foot badly.

J. N. CRAWFORD and wife left Wednesday for their home at Fort Worth after visiting their relatives here.

DR. MURPHY reports a fine girl came to live with JOHN GREEN and wife Tuesday morning.

DAVE MEAD of Diamond was in town bragging on the conditions of things out his way.

The little folks had a party at the home of WILL SAVAGE Thursday and report an enjoyable time.

A. J. NEIL returned from Kansas City where he took a shipment of cattle.

H. L. ‘JUDGE’ WELCH is now in Nevada and is expected home sometime next week.

MISS MAUDIE MARTIN left Monday for her home at Beaver Falls, Nebraska.

F. J. WELCH, who livers over on the creek four miles west to won, was in with a fine load of peaches Wednesday.

AUBREY Addington and family have been over at Temple visiting kin folks and fishing.

PROF. VERNON SOUTHWOOD, ALBERT HUFFER, and MANIRE HUFFER kept DICK MCKINNEY’s family from sleeping Saturday night with music.

Mr. and Mrs. A. M. BOHN were called Wednesday to the bedside of MRS. DAVE MUNDELL’s child at Brady, the child was reported to be near death.

REV. MR. ROBERTS will be here Saturday with the presiding ELDER KEYS and preach at the M. E. church.

CARPENTER SHELLY has been at work this week fixing up the ladies hall and when it is completed, it will be a nice enough place for any kind of gathering.

J. S. and HENRY PRICE shipped two cars of cattle to Kansas City and JONES KEITH also shipped two cars at the same time. A. J. MCNEIL accompanied the shipment.

Wanted--all kinds of amusements for Temple’s Big First Monday and Fourth of July Barbecue. For information address, E. O. TERRY, city clerk, Temple.

BOB SMITH was in town from Madden Grove and says the people are fixing all manner of good things to eat, drink and shade for the ROWLAND township Rally Saturday.

T. F. FREEMAN moved his family into the building owned by the Texas Lumber Co. in the south end of town. They had been living on the second floor of the BAKER building.

We secured a sample of the Asphaltum that is being dug over east of Mud Creek and if we are any judge of such matters, and we think we are, it is of very fine quality.

Necrology
MRS. HATTIE MELTON died at her home five miles southeast of Addington, June 10 and was buried here Friday, June 11. She leaves a husband, four little children, besides a father, F. E. LOVE, and many other relatives and friends to mourn her loss.

Mrs. MELTON was 26 years old, was a consistent member of the Baptist church for 8 years. She was loved and respected by all who knew her, and her death cast a gloom of sorrow over the entire neighborhood in which she lived. This was indeed a great loss to her family and very pathetic, as it seemed her children could not stand the loss of their dear mother…. Mr. HUFFER conducted the funeral service and offered comfort to the bereaved by reading God’s word in John 14, 1 to 3.