MCGEE - INDIAN TERRITORY
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THE CHICKASAW NEWS
VOL. 4 MCGEE, I.T. THURSDAY MAY 10, 1906 NO. 20
[This very interesting sentence is at the top of page one]
"Muskogee has two negro policemen."
[but no further news about this follows]
ECHOES OF THE EARTHQUAKE
Dixie Weaver, a U.S. soldier and a brother of Editor Weaver, writes the Ada News
from San Francisco that people were shot while carrying their own goods from
their houses. The soldiers had orders to do it.
He says:
"I can right now see lines of people, hundreds of yards long, waiting for bread.
I saw one little girl, cold and hungry, buy a loaf of bread and start away, when
a Chinaman knocked her down with a pistol, grabbed the loaf and ran. He ran but a short
distance, for soldiers spying him, shot him down. From that time on, Chinamen
were killed like rats. The state militia were put on gaurd, but they got to killing people
so indiscriminantly they had to be taken away. They were a terrible nuisance."
The soldiers, as well as the people seem to have been crazed with fear and
excitement. The Coronet says only one man was shot, the prominant merchant shot by mistake,
while riding in an automobile. But there are too many witnesses like Weaver on
the other side. This whole matter ought to be investigated.
Dr. J.P. Beam, of Midland, was with us Saturday. On his return from the
medical convention he stopped at Ada and listened to them talk depots on the O.C. The
people there, he says, think there will be two depots between Ada and Byars;
one right south of McGee, and the other between Midland and Center.
There seems to be no end to the people who are preparing to come to the new
town as soon as it is located and the lots are on sale.
Mayor Alexander and wife, of Asher, O.T., were in town Sunday. They were
inquiring about the new town and expect to move to it when it's lots are put
on the market. A number of Asher's people will move over we are told.
Sunday night we had a slight frost; but nothing was seriously injured. Since
then the weather has been unusually cold and disagreable. Crops though are
all looking well.
OBITUARY
Judge J.F. Lewis, a prominant Indian citizen, died Friday May 4, 1906, at the
home of his son in law, Leonard Hyden. Judge Lewis has held many important
positions in the tribal government and was one of the most highly respected
members of the Chickasaw tribe. He was consulted on every matter involving
contested citizenship claims, having posession of the rolls of 1830. He leaves
surviving him four children, Clay and Frazier Lewis, Mrs.
Julia Williams and Mrs. Ruth Hyden. The remains were interred in the city
cemetery, Saturday May 6, with the solemn and impressive Masonic burial cerimony.
G.W. Merrill has completed his storm cave. As the old saying goes, he said
he was not afraid of storms but his wife was.
Mrs. Jones who has been very sick for some time is improving nicely.
Mrs. Bud Blevins and Mrs. Shipman were in town trading salesday.
Grandma Patterson says she has some frying chickens now. I think
I will take dinner with her before the big meetings come on.
A young lady came to Henry Bowie's last week and I suppose she has come
to stay as she has said nothing about leaving.
Strawberries are getting ripe. Ask those young folks that were but picking
them is they arn't.
Millard Harding made a flying trip to Sulphur Springs last week to visit
his parents.[A "FLYING" TRIP?]
G.P. Yeager and family have gone to Midland for a few days and are
at work on the yard there.
Gus Loyd is on the sick list.
Blue Loyd says he had slept with one eye open for quite a while to
watch for mad dogs and for the last week he had slept with one eye open to
watch the storm clouds until he is expected to be called "Green" Loyd instead.
Work on the new railroad is progressing nicely and everyone seems to be having a good time.
L.G. Huddleston's team ran away Wednesday while his little boy was barrowing
with them. They tore down his fence and wood pile, but no serious damage was done except to the kicking end
of his son.
A.M. Jackson is having his house repaired and painted.
W.P. Rotenberry returned today to Kansas City.
Frank Voges of Shawnee, was here Saturday.
A.M. Jackson will move his cattle to Tuttle this week.
John Burris of Hico, Texas, was in the city Saturday.
G.W. Roberts and D. Hall, of Hart, were in town Saturday.
Will Walker, of Okra, was here trade day.
H.W. Hall says planting is about all done in his community.
Mssrs. D.M. and Whitt Hyden, Jr., went to Chism Monday.
J.E. McKee, of Shawnee, wants to keep posted on the new town and orders the News sent to him.
Cap Stewart of Bowie, was the guest this week of his uncle, W.E. Quillian.
H.C. Evans has been down three months with rheumatism but is up at last.
Mrs. Zoe Laird of Roff, visited at the home of her father, Jeff
Gabbert this week.
J.E. Hendon, of Ardmore, deputy district organizer for the W.O.W. was
in town Friday.
A.V. Thomas had Irish potatoes for dinner Sunday. He still claims the
blue ribbon on gardens.
Sam Boatright will pay you as good or better prices for hogs than
you can get at the railroad and will take all you bring here.
J.T. Fitzpatrick, of Denison, was visiting his brother in law,
Tom Ward, last week. He thinks he will locate in the new town.
C.O. Wright has bought a stock of drugs in Hart and is moving them
up this week. He will occupy one side of th I&Y Grocery store.
Dr. Cantrell, of Port, O.T., stopped here Tuesday. He will go to Citra
and engage in the practice of medicine.
W.B. Quillian gave an entertainment to the young people Wednesday.
Everybody seemed to enjoy themselves.
The Methodist Sunday School will have a Children's day, the first Sunday in
June. Everybody is cordially invited to attend.
A.C. Reese is here from Payson, O.T., 18 miles north of Shawnee, to hav a cancer of the face treated
by Whitt Hyden.
Dr. J.F. Rogers and lady, of Byars, were here Friday. They expect to
purchase lots in the town.
J.W. Loyd had a very hard chill last week. He says he was very sick
almost in a dying condition.
Mrs. Rickey was killed by lightning while catching her chickens 6 miles
south of Ada on the evening of May 1st.
Deputy Knowlin came in with Alex Tabacco, charged with manufacturing beer. - South McAlester
Capital.
L.H. Ashford and C.R. Chitwood of Byars, are building a barber
shop just east of A.C. Cromer's store. George Parks, also of Byars, is having it put up.
PREACHING - Eld. Thos. Knowlin, of Elmore, will preach at the Christian
Church Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night before the 3rd Sunday in
May, also Sunday and sunday night. Everyone invited.
Messrs. James Patterson, of Krebs, and Robert Patterson,
of Alderson, were here Saturday and ordered the News sent to them. They own
some fine land near town.
Messrs. Caudle, Arthur and Everton left Saturday with their
combined shows. They are good people and have a fine show. It is well worth
the price of admission. It is a good clean show, on that anyone can afford
to attend.
THE SNAKE GOT HIM - While A.J. Brumley was walking beside a load of
wood Saturday, and limping a little on the foot he cut not long since, and
deeply engaged in studying up a horse trade, the mage of Old Nick suddenly
reached out and wrapped itself around his arm. Right then he wasn't lame,
but would have taken first prize as a high jumper. When he returned to the
wagon he saw it was a blacksnake that had probably crawled up on his brace
beam.
A.M. Jackson and his family are good friends of the paper, they take
five copies. He orders it this week six months for his daughter, Mrs.
Henry Pruitt, Cornish, I.T., and his son, Oscar Jackson, Mill Creek.
May his family tree continue to flourish.
W.P. Pierce says he will show the best made colt on trade day. Who can
beat him? The Chickasaw News will give a copy of Gleason's Veterinary Handbook
for the best made colt shown here next trade day, and will tie a blue ribbon
on him.
L.D. Shipman told us Saturday "that" roosters egg had been set and
hatched and was larger than the common chicken. The rooster (or hen) is a
large gray neck bramah and has every appearance of being a genuine rooster.
It tries to cackle when it leaves the nest.
A number of people from Byars, Asher, and other places went out to Nat
Bowie's Wednesday on a report that he was to give away lots on his proposed
new town. But Mr. Bowie says he encountered delays at the Muskogee Indian
office that he had not expected and would have to postpone the date.
W.D. Hayes calls our attention to the fact that coal oil is non
explosive, and if people would not lose their heads, and would take time to
throw out into the yard sputtering lamps that they can't blow out, a burn
would rarely occur from this source. This writer has tried to explode a
karosene lamp but failed to do so. It burns very fast and that seems the
only danger. Try to explode one some day.
Mesdames W.B.M. Mitchell and A.E. Larkin and Miss Ruth Hyden
left for Chilton, Texas, Saturday to visit realitives.
Judge Joe A. Edwards thells us that he is fixing up papers for the
enrollment of quite a number of Indian babies.
BOWIE SCHOOL HOUSE ITEMS
Everything is flourishing this week, no sickness, and the weather is fine
so far.
Mr. Tolbert is finishing his well, which he started some time ago.
W.T. Neal said he froxe out Tuesday evening plowing, and had to put
his coat on.
A good sermon was delivered at the Bowie school house Sunday, and a good crowd
attended.
Edgar says "Everything on Mr. Shults' place belongs to me."
We are confident he woulod enjoy the ownership of a part of what is on
the place.
Crops are looking fine through these parts.
A large crowd of both young and old people attended singing Sunday night and
a good singing was the result.
Prof. Geo. W. Neal has about recovered and school has begun again.
Nat Bowie went to Muskogee on business this week.
The R.R. work is moving right along.
Bill Reynolds is working for George Gosnold this week.
Success to the "Neighborhood News".
I suspect I had better ring off, as Pa is ripping me up the back about plowing.
I am respectfully,
Pa's Plow Boy.
NOW I HAVE A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHRASE "NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS".
TALK IS PICKING UP ABOUT A NEW TOWN. LET'S SEE WHAT NEXT WEEK BRINGS.
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