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The Davis News
Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma

Thursday, September 15, 1921

Death of J. D. GRADY
A number of the Masonic fraternity of Davis went to Dougherty Friday afternoon where they assisted in holding fraternal services over the remains of J. D. GRADY who died of typhoid fever. Religious service was held by REV. J. J. FRANKLIN of Davis. Mr. Grady was born Dec. 5, 1881 in Denton, Texas. He was twice married and leaves a wife and four children. He had lived in Dougherty the past three years.

Music Pupils
MRS. M. W. MCKENZIE of Sulphur will be in Davis on Wednesday and Saturday of each week to give both piano and voice lessons. Anyone desiring to take, please call MRS. TOM GREER, phone 66, at whose house she will teach.

Wanted. Will pay market prices for 10,000 bushels of corn and 100 chicken-eating hogs. R. A. VAUGHN

Store Burglarized
The Davis Hardware Co.’s store was burglarized Monday… Manager B. L. GOOCH estimates the value of the goods at $65.

MRS. MARION DONEHEW came home Saturday after finishing a summer term of school work at the Howel school four miles west of Davis and leaves today for Central Normal at Edmond where she expects to spend some time taking courses. Printed in the Pauls Valley Democrat.

School Starts off Nicely
The Davis public school had an auspicious opening Monday. Teachers are:
MISS MARY FRANCES SAPP, MISS BURGENIA KELLY, MISS ELIZABETH ELLIS, MISS BESS KELLY, MISS ADDIE THOMPSON, MISS BESSIE WARD, MISS LEAH RUSSELL, MRS. E. K. PAYTE, MISS BELLE GOULD, MISS LEILA ELLIOTT, MISS MYRTLE KNOWLES, principal J. R. HALE, supt. V. C. MOFFITT, MISS LAURA RADNICH.

Commissioner W. K. CRIPPEN reports that the Chigley road is graded as far as it was graded last year and the Rock Creek road has been completed.

Good six room house for rent. J. R. CLEMMONS

JNO. W. ROWE and JAMES A. ROWE and their families returned last week from the Rio Grande valley where they have been the past year. They say there are some features and some bad ones about that section, the climate and water features bring especially objectionable. They lived in Oklahoma a long time, know what this country is and believe they are doing the best thing by coming back.

GEORGE and DEWEY DICKINSON who were called here by the death of their father, G. P. DICKINSON, left the first of the week for their home at San Angelo, Texas. George works in a drug store and Dewey works for the express company. We understand that both are getting along nicely, with bright prospects for successful business careers.

M.R . HIXON and family left this morning for Shawnee where they will reside. Mr. Hixson took his family there first so as to put his children in school next Monday. He will then return and ship his shoe shop machinery there where he feels there is greater opportunity for larger business. He did not sell his home place, saying he would just rent it, as he might want to come back.

GEORGE W. HUNTER sold his two places in the west part of town and has moved to Oklahoma City. He sold the house and lot known as the Dr. Morton place to L. A. DAVIS for a consideration of $800. The other place, known as the MRS. J. R. MARTIN place, was bought by ELAM A.. DAVIS for $800.

Commissioners’ Proceedings
Motion by Crippen, seconded by Barker to refund MRS. VIRGINIA NEVENS $4.70 on personal taxes for the year 1920.

MISS VERA RAINES returned Sunday from visiting her aunt MRS. HOLCOMB at Shawnee.

MRS. J. C. STIPE of Elbing, Kansas came in Sunday to visit her mother, MRS. WALKUP.

I will have time for a few more students in music. MISS LAURA RADNICH

HE. E. RUSSELL of Duncan spent the weekend in Davis, visiting his mother, MRS. M. E. RUSSELL, and his sister, MRS. S. H. DAVIS.

This week GEORGE I. CROSS bought the south 50 feet o the M. R. HIXSON home place. Mr. Hixson has 100 feet and sold half of it to Mr. Cross.

MRS. J. B. OUTLER is in Sulphur this week, having gone to see her new grandson, a fine 9 ½ pound boy recently born to Mr. and Mrs. HARLEY OUTLER.

We have our office in the Main Café, next door to YOUNGBLOOD’s drug store. GREER Oil Co.

MISS ISABELLE THOMASON, SAM K. BIRD, BYRON BROWN, HAYDEN BROWN and OTTO M. FERGUSON left yesterday to attend the state university at Norman.

MRS. H. GERARD’s building lately vacated by the Davis Confectionary is being repainted and fixed up ready for occupancy by the EASTER Drug Store.

WILL ROY PRUITT of Tennessee left Sunday night for Fort Worth where he expects to visit relatives. He has been visiting relatives here for the pat six weeks.

The fourth quarterly conference for the Davis charge will be held at the Methodist Church at 4 p.m. next Sunday by the Presiding Elder REV. W. J. STEWART.

Mr. and Mrs. WILSON of Raymond, Washington left Monday after a few days visit with relatives and friends. From here they went to Los Angeles, California and then will return home. Mrs. Wilson is a daughter of LEE EUBANKS who lived in Davis many years ago.

MRS. W. J. MORIARTY accompanied her daughter, MISS VERA, to Chickasha where Miss Vera entered the Oklahoma College for Women. Miss Moriarty graduated from the Sapulpa school last year.

The foundation for W. I. IRVIN’s concrete building near the depot was laid this week. G. I. CROSS has the contract for erecting the building which will be 30 x 70 feet in size.

Mr. and Mrs. B. A WILLIAMS of Hale Center, Texas were here from Friday to Monday visiting his brother, JNO. W. WILLIAMS. They have been on a month’s vacation trip, spending part in Texas and part in Oklahoma. They were accompanied on their trip here by MRS. L. A. FLEENOR of Gainesville, Texas.

DR. C. I. CUNNINGHAM, dentist, lately of Sulphur, but formerly of Kansas City, will practice his profession here. He will occupy the same office occupied by DR. KENNEDY. He expects to move his family here next month.
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September 29, 1921

Family Reunion
Once more after five years, it was the writer’s good pleasure to be with the family of REV. H. D. LOW, Sunday, Sept. 1, 1921 at their family reunion. Most everyone knows Bro. Low and wife and to know them, is to love them. He has helped to blaze the trail in darker days of Oklahoma and has ever been a flag bearer for God, right and justice and has done much to make Oklahoma a great state and a good place to live. After a life of many vicissitudes, we find him in his ripe years of life enjoying the quiet, yet useful life of farmer and stockman on his good and well improved farm surrounded by good neighbors and a happy family.

Bro. Low is a musician and most of this children have his talent for music.

Five of his children by his first wife, MISS SARAH MELVINA INGRAM, an Indian woman, were present and the soft and melodious voices of the these children blending with the others was music rare, and to listen was to have a privilege angels would have enjoyed. In the forenoon we had instrumental music and in the afternoon, vocal music.

The children present: MRS. LORINA ELKINS, MISS OLA P. KYLE of Farmersville, Texas; MRS. JANIE DERRIC and husband of Calvin; MRS. FRANCIS SMITH of Stewart; HGUH S. LOW of Davis; E. H. LOW of Stewart; MRS. VERNON SMITH of Stewart.

MRS. CHARLES BURGESS of Davis, was dangerously wounded at Sixth Street and Harvey Avenue when the Ford sedan she was driving upset. A blood transfusion from CHARLES BURGESS was made Monday afternoon. Printed in the Oklahoma city Times.

J. T. HARDEN, grocer, made an assignment Monday for the benefit of his creditors. Mr. Harden is one of Davis’ pioneer citizens, having lived here about 23 years.

Romanic Wedding
MISS OCTAVIA BOLLING attended school at Denton, Texas last year. On Tuesday she left to resume her studies there. When she left, no one suspected that two days later, she would return as the bride of HERMAN CHAMBLESS, but that is what happened. The groom-to-be also went on the same train and when they reached Denton, they were married. They visited Fort Worth and on Thursday came home and received the parental blessing and the congratulations and best wishes of their many friends.

The bride is the charming and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. BOLLING of Hoover. Endowed with grace and refinement and all the attributes of lovely womanhood, she will make a wife of whom the groom will always be proud. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. F. CHAMBLESS of Hoover and is a young man of integrity and sterling worth, and stands well in the community. The couple start a new life under the auspicious circumstances and the wish of their many Davis friends is that their dreams and plans for happiness may be fully realized.
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October 6, 1921

Left for New Mexico
GUS A. SIMS and family left this afternoon for Clovis, New Mexico. They are making the trip in their cr. Mr. Sims said he didn’t know whether they would locate in Clovis or not, but they would stop there first. The trip is being made for the benefit of his daughter’s health. Mr. Sims has lived in and near Davis for 38 or 40 years and is counted as one of the community’s most substantial farmers.

LEONARD HARRELL, a prominent farmer living about two miles east of Davis, and his family left today with Mr. Sims for New Mexico. Mr. Harrell traded his farm here for a place near Melrose, New Mexico. He made a trip to New Mexico last year and liked the country so well that he was impressed to move there. His son went there last spring and is greatly pleased.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. LOUIS GARRETT on the JNO. RUSSELL farm Wednesday morning, a girl.

DR. E. L. MORTON was here from Hennepin yesterday, shipping a couple of cars of cotton seed to the oil mill.

MRS. H. M. YOUNG requests us to change her address from Wichita Falls to Fort Worth, to which city they recently moved and bought a home on Travis Avenue. Mr. Young is with one of the big department stores there.

WALTER WOODS, aged 48, died of dropsy at Hennepin last Thursday. He died the next day after coming from Texas. He leaves no family. Burial was at Hennepin.

HAYES WRIGHT, son of B. B. WRIGHT, left Monday for Tyler, Texas to enter the Tyler Commercial College where he will take a commercial course. Mr. Wright is a graduate of Davis high school.

Announcement is made of the return of DR. THOMAS P. WALL to his home at Sulphur after an absence of six months. Dr. Wall has not been well for about a year, and in April he went to Galveston for treatment. His family joined him there after close of school. He recently returned much improved in health and announces that he will be able to re-open his dental offices.

Notice. The GRANT place is posted. No pecan gathering or trespassing of any kind will be allowed. Stay out and avoid trouble. E. S. BOX

Posted. All my farms and pastures are posted. No one allowed to gather pecans or trespass. T. P. HOWELL

Needlework Club
The Needlework Club spent a very pleasant afternoon with MRS. R. B. HUTCHINS Friday, Sept. 23. MRS. FRED HUTCHINS of Mill Creek was the guest of the afternoon. After a short business meeting, Mrs. Hutchins, assisted by MRS. FRED HUTCHINS and Mrs. CHIGLEY, served a delicious ice course. Club will meet with MRS. F. W. INGALLS on Sept. 30.

Mrs. Ingalls opened her beautiful home to the Needlework Club on the Sept. 30. MRS. MCADOO of Mount Pleasant, Missouri, MISSES ELIZABETH ELLIS and BRUGENIA KELLY were guests. After the usual hour of needlework, a short business meeting was held. Mrs. Ingalls, assisted by MISSES ELLIS and KELLY, served an ice course with souvenir candy containers. MRS. J. C. KELLY will entertain the club on Oct. 21.
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October 13, 1921

Program of County Teachers’ Association
Program for Murray County Teachers’ Association Friday, Oct. 21, 1921 at Sulphur High School building at 1:30.
Invocation by REV. E. C. WEBB, pastor of First Methodist Church.
Music by Sulphur Glee Club
Welcome address by A. C. FLOYD, supt. Sulphur schools
Response to welcome by J. R. HALE, principal of Davis high school
‘Why a teacher should read the county papers,’ by J. H. CASTEEL and FAY L. CROSSETT
‘How to create interest in school,’ by MRS. EFFIE LOWRANCE, principal of the Buckhorn school
‘How to teach arithmetic,’ by J. H. BARID, principal of the Gilsonite school
‘Effects of Mothers’ Club on attendance at school’ by V. C. MOFFITT, supt. Davis schools
‘How to teach patriotism’ by MAX CROUSE, principal of the Drake school
‘My way of interesting the little folks’ by MISS NELLEN BAIRD, primary teacher of the Cameron school

“Grandma” Colvin
“GRANDMA” SERILDA Colvin died at her home in this city lat Thursday at 5 p.m., aged 89 years, 10 months, 6 days. She had been feeble quite awhile and her death was not unexpected. Burial was at Green Hill cemetery at 3 p.m., services conducted by MRS. BOB PRIEST, of the Nazarene Church.

Mrs. Colvin was born in Missouri and had been a citizen of this community about 40 years. Her husband, JAMES Colvin, died here about 25 years ago. She was a good Christian woman and held the esteem of all who knew her. She was a Methodist a long time, later accepted the holiness faith. She was the mother of ten children, five of whom survived: MRS. MATTIE YEARGIN of California; MRS. JENNEI AVERITT of Blanchard; MRS. LIZZIE CAMP of near Davis; MRS. PEARL EDWARDS of Okemah and LOUIS Colvin who lived with his mother. One sister, MRS. ADELINE NICHOLS, lives at Indiahoma and a daughter-in-law MRS. ELZIE RUSSELL lives at Duncan. A grandson, OTTO Colvin of Alma, was among those who attended the funeral. From the best figures, Grandma Colvin had 96 descendants.

The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. TOM HOWELL last Sunday, leaving them a fine boy.

Glad to report that MRS. SUSAN FRAME is reported some better.

Davis friends were given a pleasant surprise when CHARLES S. VAWTER came in yesterday bringing his bride, MISS MABEL KUGLE, which marriage took place at the St. Luke Methodist Church in Oklahoma City Monday evening at 7:00. REV. R. E REGAN, former Davis pastor now at Wewoka, who is a close friend of the groom, officiated. The bride’s parent reside at Lexington but the past two or three years, she has lived in Ardmore where she holds a responsible office position. She will continue her work at Ardmore until her contract expires, then she will become a permanent Davisite. Mr. Vawter is one of Davis’ most popular young business men. He has lived here a long time and holds the confidence and esteem of Davis citizens. He is a member of the firm KAY & VAWTER, tailors, and the firm is doing a good business.
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October 27, 1921

Married This Afternoon
At 3:30 this afternoon, BRADFORD MOORE and MISS RUTH FERGUSON drove to the home of her uncle, REV. J. S. FERGUSON, in Davis where the reverend joined them in hold bonds of wedlock. The couple then boarded the 4:10 train for Oklahoma City for a few days, then returning to Davis to make their future home.

The wedding comes as a surprise only as to the date, as it has been known by their friends for some time they contemplated matrimony.

The bride is the charming and attractive daughter of Mr. and Ms. M. C. FERGUSON and is withal a most lovely young lady. She was reared in this community and has a host of friends,. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. MOORE and is a Davis-raised young man. He is an industrious and wide awake young man and has devoted his energies to the cattle raising and farming business, succeeding nicely in his undertakings. He is now having a pretty bungalow erected in the south part of town which he and his bride will occupy when it is completed.

JAMES F. ELLIS Died Suddenly Monday Night
When the phone message came from Hennepin Monday night saying that JAMES F. ELLIS of this city was critically ill in a hotel I Tatums, his father, D. F ELLIS, accompanied by a physicians and several friends, rushed to his bedside, but before they had time to reach him, a message announced his death. As he has been on the streets of Davis only a few hours previous, and seemed hale and hearty, the news of his death was almost inconceivable… Mr. Ellis, accompanied by PRICE HUNT, left Davis in a car for Hennepin and Tatums about 3 p.m. Monday on a business trip. Near Hennepin, they overtook his cousin, Constable D. L. SLAUGHTER, who was on a collecting tour for the bank. Mr. Slaughter got in the car and accompanied them to Tatums. Mr. Ellis complained of not feeling well and decided to lie down awhile. He slept a little while, then expired. MR. SLAUGHTER, PRICE HUNT, PAUL TIDWELL and two Carter County men were with him when he passed away. He was 36 years, 9 months, 11 days.

JAMES FRAZIER ELLIS was born in Grayson County, Texas January 13, 1885, coming to this country with his parents in 1886. He attended the Davis school, then college at Whitewright, Texas and Baylor University at Waco,, alter took a commercial course…. He was chosen as cashier of the First State Bank of Davis when it was organized. The deceased was a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and member of the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World. He was a Baptist…. On Jan. 12, 1909, Mr. Ellis married MISS FLOY FIELDS and she with three children, JAMES, CHARLENE, and EDWIN, are left to mourn the departure of a loving husband and father. The deceased is also survived by his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. ELLIS, two sisters, MRS. O. C. FRANCIS of Davis and MRS. MAYBELLE MACKEY of Fort Worth; six half-sisters, MRS. E. A. COCHRAN of Wynnewood, MRS. ST. ELMO MCCORD of Gay Hill, Texas, MRS. LOYD WEBER, MISSES ELIZABETH, OLIVE and DOROTHY ELLIS and three half-brothers, EDWIN, DON and little D. F. ELLIS, all of Davis.

The funeral, held at the family residence at 4 p.m. yesterday, was one of the largest ever held in our city. A simple but impressive service was conducted by REV. J. S. FERGUSON, assisted by REV. J. J. FRANKLIN, after which the Masons took charge of the service and held impressive fraternal rites at the grave….

Out of town relatives in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. O. H. DEEL of Oklahoma city; Mr. and Mrs. M. A. SEARCY and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. COCHRAN of Wynnewood; MRS. MAYBELLE MACKEY of Fort Worth; WALTER FIELDS (brother of Mrs. Ellis) of Stillwater; MRS LOUISE JACKSON of Ringling; EDWIN ELLIS, who attends school at Booneville, Missouri…