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THE CHICKASAW NEWS

VOL. 4 MCGEE I.T. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1906 NO. 45 A.M. Ledford is advised by the post office department that the name Walling will have to be changed before a post office can be established here. The objection is that there are already several post offices with nearly identical names. They are Willing and Walden I.T. Mr. Ledford suggested several new names to the department.
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S.F. Van Oss, a rich capitlist of The Hague, Holland, who pricipally financed the construction of the Oklahoma Central Railroad suggested that Walling be named after Queen Wilhelmina of that nation, since it must be renamed. He promises that the popular young Queen will make a donation to the town in that event. Would it not be well for the new town to start with a good public library as the gift of the fair young Queen? How do you like "Wilhelmina"? All who favor it say aye. Make it unanimous.
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H.M Byford has bought the Mathews restaurant building on Hyden Avenue and will enlarge it into a hotel.
A DAILY MAIL SERVICE
To be paid for by those receiving mail, was arranged today between McGee and Walling. M.M. Ledford will carry the mail. He will start from McGee about two o'clock for Walling and return. The mail will be left at the store of A.C. Cromer who has kindly consented to hand out the mail. All parties who wish to get the benefit of this will hand their names and 35 cts. for one months service to A.C. Cromer or the editor of the Chickasaw News. As soon as Walling gets a post office the service will be discontinued and the funds on hand will be returned to those who paid it fi?? ????.
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RAILROAD CORRUPTION
Democrats may honestly disagree about the wisdom of Mr. Bryan's plan for an ultimate governmental ownership of railways, but there can be no honest disagreement about the absolute truth of his statement that "we have had no more corrupting influence in American politics than the railroads". This is so literally and absolutely true that it is not surprising, after all, Mr. Bryan has permitted his judgement to assent to so radical a method of reform as governmental ownership.
In the halls of municipal, state, and federal legislatures the blighting and debauching influence of the railroad lobbyist has become more and more marked year by year. It is quite possible to look back to a period not more than two or three generations ago when the railroad lobby and railroad money had little or no part in shaping legislation or in directing executive action. Yet it is unfortunately a fact today, and has been for a number of years, that no legislative body meets whether it be town council, state assembly, or federal congress, without the chance being strong that one or more railway companies has a paid representative on the membership roll.
This statement is not the slightest exaggeration of the facts. It truthfully presents a condition which has become so common in American political affairs that the people of this country look upon it as a matter of course, and to a large extent accept the evil as one for which it is impossible to obtain an adequate remedy. This torpid mental attitude Mr. Bryan challenges with his recommendation for governmental ownership. - St. Louis Republic.
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SUMMERS CHAPEL
Cotton picking is getting to be fashionable here with those who have any to pick. We will be saved the expense of advertising for cotton pickers.
Miss Beckie Knight has returned from Konawa. She says when it comes to fruit, that country has this one bested "all hollow."
Miss Bertha Williams and her mother are visiting relatives at Midlothian, Ok, this week.
Rev. E. Jones has gone six miles south of Ada where he will hold a meeting.
George Knight has accepted a position as bootblack in the barbershop at Maxwell.
W.H. Williams has gone up about Purcell, on a prospecting tour. He says if everything is "Johnny on the Spot" up there he will locate.
S.M. Bingham has rented a place hear Pauls Valley and will leave this country soon as he can gather his crop.
Tom Wilson says nothing doing in this country for him. He says soon as he can gather his crop and sell "old Button" he is going to Arkansas.
Summers Chapel ball nine was defeated by Bebee. The score standing 6 to 8. Bebee says Summers Cahpel don't know the game.
Howard Osley's baby died this week. The people of this community deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents.
In about ten days a telephone service will be established and Walling will be ready to buy all the cotton that is brought her. We have a gin here now that commenced ginning this week.
W.E. Mathews has bought a lot on Main Street between Pine and Oak and will begin a forty foot building on it this week.
Unfortunate Mistake--By mistake a rent house of A.M. Jackson was put down on a lot belonging to Dr. Putnam of Midland, Tuesday. The mistake arose from the misplacing of the blocks. The house movers were told to put the house on the lot on which the blocks had been placed. The house will be moved.
Prof. R.J. Brandon of McGee was in Walling today. He will close his school at McGee Friday and moved to his farm three fourths of a mile from Walling. He expects to open a school there in the near future.
A.L. Cox is putting up his blacksmith shop on the west end of Main street.
For Sale--Three year lease on 160 acres, 55 in cultivation. $800 and span of horses and wagon. A.H. Putnam, Midland, I.T.
Mr. Mantooth, who has bee making daily tirps to Johnsonville after his store building, says Walling has grown some every time he returns.
W.Y. Dodson returned Saturday from Lawton. He says there are lots of people there and some of the land is very good.
Since dry weather has prevailed, houses have been moving at the rate of several a day to Walling. Charley Goodwin says they are all tearing up their ash hoppers, a sure sign they are getting ready to move.
A.C. Cromer's grocery store and the First Bank of McGee's building and Gilstrap's store landed in Walling this week.
E.L. Martin has the brick on the ground for building the flue to his business house to be erected at the corner of Oak and main street. A very good beginning. Make them fire proof.
G.T. Keef and wife of Stonewall, are visiting his father.
KIZER
We are having some nice weather at present.
Farmers are busy picking cotton and talking politics.
L.D. Shipman and family of near McGee, were visiting their soninlaw H.J. Chambers Saturday night and Sunday.
There is a man in this comunity supposed to be crazy. Thursday while H.B. Edwards went to Walker, and left several hands picking cotton, this man ran the hands all out of the field except one man and he and this man had a scrap. He is about 30 years old 5 ft 8 in. high light complexion, short beard on face. Friday night some fellow came in R.D. Stanton's house where he had two young men sleeping, one by the name of Brown. This fellow jumped on Brown and choked him considerably, but he got away and has not been heard of since.
There were two weddings Sunday, R. Cole and Miss Viola Hamilton, also Al Anderson and Miss Estelle Graham
Eld. S.D. Chambers was in our community the last of the week.
HART
Cotton picking is now getting underway.
The bull wheel of the Hart gin press broke Saturday, and they had to send to Dallas after one.
W.G. Walls and B.F. Allen finished their house last Saturday. If they are not carpenters they are not anything.
Rev. Kunkle preached Sunday at eleven, and announced that if work was not crowding the people to bad, he would start a meeting here on Friday night before the fourth Sunday in October.
Miss Jennie Land of Illinois, lectured at the school house last Sunday night. She is an eloquent speaker.
Tom Tattler
Mr. Judd of Tennessee has bought property in Walling and settle here.
MIDLAND DOTS
On last Monday morning at 6 o'clock the death angel visited our town and claimed as its victim Charles A. Block or grandpa Block as we call him. He was an old citizen of this community and highly respected by all who knew him.
The farmers on Sandy say the corn that was overflowed is ruined; it is all sprouted. The creek was higher than it was ever known before.
The farmers around here are busy picking cotton.
Mr. Pyatt the townsite man, was here the other day looking after the interests of the new town, Vanoss.
Joe Warner has moved to the Choctaw Nation.
J.F. Walls has moved to Ada where he can engage in the wagon yard business.
We have had a dog killing here for the last few days. A mad dog came through and bit two thirds of the dogs and the most of them have been killed - a good thing for the community.
Chas. Berger and Mack Deaman have been drilling wells in Walling. They have drilled two.
J.W. Bohannon and Bob Hollingsworth have gone to Walling today on business.
The doctors report health getting better here now - but very little sickness at present.
Mr Rotenberry, candidate in the Constitutional Copnvention, is in town today getting acquainted with the boys.
J.S. Jones and J.P. Beems have just returned from out west.
The warm summer weather is opening cotton fast. The farmers say they will make cotton, though they thought they would not. The boll worms have quit the cotton.
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A fellow tells that he went to a neighboring town. Since that town went "dry" and was unable to get a drink. He asked a citizen about it, and the citizen said: "The only place to get a drink is at the drug store." He went to the drug store but the druggist said he would only sell it in case of snakebite. "Where can I find a snake?" the fellow inquired. The druggist said a man kept one on the next street. He went over and saw this man. "I can't do anything for you," said the owner of the snake. "I'm sold up to four hundred bites ahead now!" Garland News

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