The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-11-25
CHICKASHA
OBSERVED
THANKSDAY
Churches, Charity, Lodges
People all Join in
Celebration

Thanksgiving day was observed in
Chickasha more universally Thursday
than it ever was before, because the
people have more to be thankful for
than ever before.
Practically all business houses OBJ
served the day. indicating their volume
of trade during the past eleven months
in the year has been such as to ill.,
their hearts with gratitude and their
purses with the coin of the realm.
The post Office was closed the grsis-
er part Of the day and only sufficient
clerical force retained on duty to han
die the incoming and outgoing mails.
the latter Of which was lighter tnan
usual because the business men we're
engaged with dissertations over turkey
and cranberry sauce
The City han was practically desert
ed and, even from last nights con
tinued festivities, but one drunk re-
ported for examination. TWO negroes
in darktcwn are reported to have en-
saged in shooting scrape- that Is
one shot while the other ran-but
neither received scratch. Three
men this morning paid fines into police
court for gaming yesterday.
Prisoners Thankful.
The few prisoners in the county jail
had reason 10 be thankful for they
were Yesterday served with a regular
turkey dinner. 'rhe only unhappy
feature about the jail dinner was that
there were bur two in the cells IL eli
Joy it.
Poor Are Remembered.
Through the efforts OF capt. and
Mrs, Manning Of me Worlds Faith
Missionary association" the poor OF
the city were remembered yesterday,
the contributions for the purpose hav
ing been graciously given by the bus
ness men Of the city. Thirty families
or something like one hundred and
fifty persons We're served with dinner
which was delivered at the homes
Clothes and supply of coal was also
distributed wherever 1t was found
needed "The people received the
gifts with unusual pleasure, said Mrs.
Manning today Some Of them were
IN exceptionally poor circumstances
and several were widow women who
barely scrape together living from
washing" The total contribution thus
distributed amounted to something
like s1OO
Churches Hold Services.
AT the First Baptist church yester-
day morning a surprisingly large crowd
attended the union services held by
the churches Of the city in observance
of Thanksgiving. The united church
choirs> furnished the music and Or. NJ. !
l.. Butler, pastor OF the First Mefho-
dist church, delivered the address. his
subject being taken from the second I
verse Of the one hundred third Psalm:
Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and for
get not all His benefits" It was an
interesting sermon and, befitting OF
the day and the sermon, the audience
was unusually attentive
In the evening the young peoples
societies of the various churches of the /
CITY held a union meeting at the Metho-
dist church and. following Thanksgiv-
ing services, served refreshments.
They also formed a permanent organi-
zation. The Young Peoples Union,
which embraces all young peoples
church societies, planning to hold regu-
lar moashly meetings.
Lodges Celebrate.
An all-day meeting Of Mason, con
cluded with banquet at night by
Of the Eastern Star marked
a DAY Of observance in the loca. Ma
sonic order A number OF other secret
societies held celebrations Of the DAY
CHIEF among which, aside from the Ms- [
sonic meeting, perhaps, was the semi
annual ball given by the local lodge
Of Elks. The ball was an unusually
brilliant affair.
Sports Missing.
Owing to the fact that there was no
football game scheduled for chiclSasha
the local sporting fans had to console
BY wondering how "the
game was going and BY receiving teIe-
graphic returns carly in the evening.
Widespread rejoicing came when 1t
was learned shortly after supper that