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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
OF Interest to Women
T ELE P H o N E 745


/ Verify it might have been a movie
In those days Of no telephones
when one wished to have party
the word was simply passed around
that the crowd would meet. Never
were there enough chairs for all the
guests, and sitting on the bed, tables
or floor only added to the meriment.
The refreshments, quite often these
were apples, we're passed in tin pans
and the spirit Of hospitality thrived.
The Knights Of Pythias were or
ganized early in Chickasha, bringing
new social activities When J. Fl.
Griffin brought his bride to Chicka-
sha that order gave an elaborate re-
ception in their honor.
The West Hill Tennis Cub also
added to the social life of the Cow
ing community, having it's court in
the middle OF Kansas avenue, almost
in front of where w. C. Harwens
House now stands. Later the court
was moved to the northwest corner
Of DR.. T. H. Williams grounds.
AT this period of the city's life.
Chickasha proper was situated where
the present business district is. but
there were few suburban" homes
out as far as Tenth and even
Twelfth street. Between these resi-
dences and the town was bare pas
ture land where the Indians often
camped. If down town resident,
wished to visit a suburban friend.
he would very likely have to find
his way through a host of Indian
tepees.
Among the suburbanites were Mr.
and Mrs A. l.. Nail, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Light Mr. and Mrs. Mart Lou
than, Mr. and Mrs Ben Hampton,
Mr. and Mrs J. B. Sparks, Mr.. and
Mrs Morgan Hamilton and Mr.. and
Mrs J. H. Griffin.
When Chickasha numbered about
LOCO inhabitants, Mrs f. g. Riddle
and Mrs. Griffin decided it was large
enough for real literary club. SO
they proceeded to organize the So
rosis Study club In visiting their
friends to interest them in this new
movement, Mrs. Griffin says they
'ad to climb innumerable barb wire
'ences as almost all the yards were
'nclosed. with such fences to keep in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02

Those Were Days.

''N'N DNJ
Chickasha was an infant of only
few weeks growth, its swaddlinl
clothes a group of mere shacks down
near Two street and Chickasha
avenue when its social instinct firs
expressed itself The Organization
Of the Presbyterian church. with
Rev Eugene Hamilton the pastor
two months after the town was 10
Gated in April 1892, was quickly fol
lowed by the organization of the
Presbyterian social circle The fol
lowing Thanksgiving the churcl l'ave
big dinner in a building botW zen
Second and Third streets, follc- ing
the example of the Pilgrim fathers in
expressing their thanks for this
bountiful new land with feast. And
feast it was indeed Turkeys, some
what less expensive than they are
today, were donated by almost every
one in the town and the surrounding
country, and turkey plenty and
then some more was the feature Of
mat fRst public dinner According
to Dr.ND M. Johnson, the finest and
most elite social event Of those early
days was the first wedding in the
June OF 1892. Joe Cadell, deputy
marshal, was the groom, and Miss
Minnie Ice, a pretty girl who lived
on Line creek, was the bride The
function was public and took place
down town in a building about whers
the Kozy theater now stands. Con
trary to custom, at this wedding the
habilments of the groom attracted
more attention than the dress of the
bride, and are still related with
laughter by the pioneers. Mr.. Cadell
wore his high boots and rough every
day clothing, carried his two six
shoot%s and held long black cigar
in his mouth while the ceremony
was being pronounced His wild ap-
pearance was accentdated by the
long black hair he wore Which was
sticking out in all directions. The
was composed of few
Chickasha citizens and a large crowd
of cowboys and Indians. Occasional
ly a war whoop punctuated the cere-
mony. The only refreshments serv.
ed We're those which the guests
brought along in their hip pockets.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
Mission Circle Meets

The Mission Circle Of the Chris
tian church met at the home of Ms
j. E. Wright, Friday evening, Nov
1st. The meeting was opened by the
, singing Of the hymn, You Can Be a
Blessing followed by prayer by Rev.
G. b. James. Another hymn, ANY
where With Jesus" was followed by
prayer from Mrs. Wright Miss Lu-
cile Pipkin. president Of the Circle,
conducted the business and devotion
al periods, taking for the lesson, Gal
5-16-26 after which she made a
beautiful talk on the lesson by way Of
explanation
Following this period the Circle
was favored with a beautiful hymn,
The Love that VIII Not Let Me Go,
by Miss Irene Elliott The leader for
the evening, Miss Lee Dona Stone,
took charge Of the meeting and did
her part splendidly First on pro
gram was the topic, Women and
Children as Seen in Our Cities" by
Miss Fern Wright, who had with great
care prepared her topic Next was
an effective reading, The Way" by
Helen Wright Following this, Little
Leila Stone favored the meeting with
a beautiful recitation. The Madonna
of the Curb" No little girl could
have given this more beautifully
than she did Next ON program was
an address by Rev c. b. James,
which was full Of good, helpful adj
vice to the young people and was
greatly appreciated by all The Cir
lie felt very fortunate by having Mr..
James present After his beautiful I
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Low QUOTA FOR
GRADY DANGEROUS
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sense of responsibility. He tries to
keep himself fit because he wants
to be of the best service to his coun-
try. If an armistice should be de.
clared, the soldier would take the
position that his job is practically
finished, He would have more Gdle
time that must be taken care of and
for that reason the war agencies will
have their hands full aand they will
need much money to carry on their
work They will need more money
in the months after peace is declared
than while the war is in progress.
for they will have more to do. The
work during the war is a picnic for
the Y NJ. C. A. and like organiza-
tions in comparison with what it will
be after peace is declared"
Organization Explained
The different phases of tie work
were explained by District Chairman
Austin and a general discussion was
entered into by the district and coun-
ty heads. All county ehairmen pres.
ent made reports on the various or
CARNATIONS showing that the district
as whole is we'll organized, and
to light the fact that hun
dreds Of people in each county will
be actively engaged in the work. The I
Of the organization ex-
lends from the state directors to the
precinct and school district units.
The point that was stressed
throughout the explanation of the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02

address the meeting was closed with
( the Circle Of prayer, opened by Mrs.
Foster who was visitor at the meet
ing and closed with the benediction.
The social hour was then much en-
ioyed by all, with good singing and
music Division b. served delightful
refreshments of cream and waters
The Circle meets the first Friday
evening in each month. All young
people interested in the work are
welcome.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02

pected to reach this country unit
after early this month.
List Articles Barred.
The boxes may be filled with any
combination Of articles, except those
on the list barred by postal Off
cials. The list Of articles barred by
! the postal authorities is as follows:
L. All spirituous. vinous, matted
fermented or other Intoxicating liq-
uors.
,. All kinds of poison and all ar.
J ticles and compositions containing
poison.
j. Explosives of all kinds
A. lnflammable machines and me.
chanical, chemical or other devices
OF compositions which may ignite
or explode.
Note'-Under this classification
would come cigarette lighters. etc.
8. Liquids or liquifiable articles
fragile articles and other admissible
matter when not packed in accord
ance with the requirements of the
postal laws and regulations.
Z. All other articles which NAV
Kill, or in any wise hurt. harm. or
iniure another, or damage or deface
or otherwise iniure the mails or
other property.
Nothing should go in a Christmas
parcel which will not Keen fresh
from the time of packing until
Christmas.
Dried fruits and other food pro.
ducts should be packed in small tin
or wooden boxes, one-quarter TO one
half pound size.
Hard candy including chocolate
would probably be safe in tinfoii or
heavy cardboard, but no soft choco-
iates nor anything that could possi-
oly be crushed should be used. as
the remaining contents Of the pack
age might be spoiled thereby.
Several dainties packed in oblong
tin boxes holding each quarter OF
pound Will provide a- better variety
Tor packet than a larger quantity
Of a single confection.
No liquids nor articles packed in
glass should be placed in the pack
lge.
For wrapping the gifts. use a kha-
n-eolored handkerchief, twenty-seven {
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02

After hearing the evidence as to
the points of religion involved, the
court sentenced the man to 5 years
penal servitude
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
Knlts in Two Wars.


Mrs Julius A. Thornton, the moth
er Of Mrs. d. H. Sigmon, is knitting
for soldiers for the second time in
her life. She is rs years Of age and
has knit y pairs of socks for the
Red Cross since America entered the
war. This record is all the more re
markabe because Of the fact that
Mrs. Thornton was confined to her
bed about nine months of this time,
but was ever faithful to her knitting
Mrs. Thornton's home during the
Civil war was on a plantation near
Jackson, Miss, and her husband Ser.
geant John A. Thornton, was
slave owner. She was a witness to
the devastation and horrors of the
Civil war and had often expressed
the hope that she would never live
through another war, but such de-
sire does not prevent her from do
ing all she can to help the boys in
khaki She also reads the newspa-
pers every day and is well inform-i
ed on the war.
During the Ciiyl war, Mrs. Thorn.
ton knit for her husband and three
brothers, all of whom were in the
Confederate army, and in addition
to this she spun the thread for her
husbands clothes She says the
knitting was very much the same
then as now Sergeant Thornton
was never wounded though bullets
cut his Clothes but one brother
died from wounds received on the
battle field
Two grandsons, John O. Sandidge
now in France, and Earl Thornton of
the L. S. navy, both Ft. Worth boys,
are Mrs, Thorntons fighting kin, up
holding the traditions Of their grand
father and great mcles, who fought
Tor what they believed to be right.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
"FLU" CLAIMS VICTIM

James Donaldson, aged man resid-
ing at 521 South Fifth street, died
at the residence at an early hour
Friday morning. Influenza il given
as the cause of the death Mr.. Don
aldson retired to bed as usual Thurs
day evening and passed away some.
time during the night. it is reported.
Another member of the Donaldson
family is seriously ill with influenza
at the home. No funeral arrange
ments have been made, pending
message from relatives in Texas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
SELLS HOME HERE

]. I. Smith has sold his home at
1912 Iowa avenue u. Clyde Kelley.
The consideration was $1,000. NJ. b.
Emerson, real estate dealer, made
the deal Mr.. Smith and family will
leave in a few days for Kansas City.
where they will make their future
home.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
TO HANDLE PACKAGES
FOR YANKS

Continued From Page One)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
STEPHENS soLoN HERE

L. H. Morton, Stephens county
senator-elect,. was in the city Friday
afternoon. Mr.. Morton is county
chairman of the United war work
drive He attended the meeting of
the district workers held here FRIDAY
afternoon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
SOCIETY NOTES

+ + T. + + i f. + = = + i +++
Mrs. J. r. Mayer and little son, Da,
Yid Lamar, Of Galexico, Cal, arrived
in Chickasha Yesterday for a visit
with Mrs. L. c. Hutson and other
friends
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
inches square.


No parcels will be accepted by the
Grady county chapter after Novem-
Der 90 Office hours to prevail in
the conducting of the Christmas par
eel office in the Federal building
will be from 8 till II and till >, ac-
cording to local chapter officials.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-02
WOMAN PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Florence Kniss, wife of Sam
F. Kniss, living one miles southeast
of Amber, died at the home Friday
evening at Z o'clock Funeral servi-
ces will probably be held in Chicka-
sha tomorrow, it is announced.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
The Tale of a Dog

He was only dog, with tail that was
brief,
But waggish, as tales often be;
His name had been Sport, but his life had
been grief,
And he chung like brother to me.
His life had been hard and his bark on the
seas
Of adventures and piracies grim,
And he raised wonderful, mathematical
Aeas;
For they multiplied quickly on him.
He was only dog, with passion for cats,
A subject he often pursued;
His pleasures came mostly from worrying
And ransacked rubbish for food.
He gathered great stores of old footwear
and clothes
And offcast supplies and debris,
And filled the back yard with old trousers
and hose;
And he chung like brother to me.
He was only dog, with a bark that was
And a. quite irresistible whine;
He rolled in the mud when the clothes were
hung out
And shook himself under the line.
He loved to pursue the sweet study of flow
ers, &.
Nor had he a teacher-the elf:
But spent many studious, summer-day hours
In digging things out for himself.
His welcome was kind as a welcome could
be,
For up to my friends he would slip.
Ere they were aware of his proximity,
And give them sly little nip;
Through nights Silly hours he would lie
at my door
And rattle betimes on the latch;
And rythmical noises on rug and the floor
Told me he was toeing the scratch.
He was only dog, with nopride of descent;
And one night where the stars CLEAN
and shine,
l found him asleep with the life in him
spent
When the town clock struck eight he
strych-nine.
Twas meet thus in meat he should meet
him the end
Of his tail, which was short, as you see;
And don't grudge the tear in my eye, for
friend,
For he clung like brother to me.
j. W. Foley
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
:. 20 RY :.
From Our Exchanges
A Song of yesterday

o lovely day of Easter! Thou art the dear
est thing
That comes with Joy and solace in all the
happy Spring;
The fairest flowers and purest, the song
most glad and clear
That stirs with bouyant music the pulses
of the year.
Fair is April sunshine; strong the March
winds breath,
Calling all the little leaves from frozen
sleep of death;
Precious is the fragrance that scents the
locks of May;
But what is all their beauty to the blessed
Easter Day.
Laugh the meadows snooded in ribbons
green of grass,
Silver-breasted swallows in long homeward
flight do pass;
All the land is smiling with the little flowers
at play
But the promise of the message is more
jubilant than they.
Lifting go the bright streams, singing as
they run;
Hide the dimpling shadows from seeking of
the sun;
Small wee lambs are bleating in safe and
sheltered fold;
The newer day is dawning on the darkness
of the old;
Still art thou the fairest. When thy feet
pass by
Through Gods silent acres, all the seeds
that lie
Waiting for His harvest, planted still and
deep,
Thrill beneath thy footsteps, waken from
their sleep.
Rise to Joy and glory; rise to hope and love;
Rise to bloom and bourgeon in fairer fields
above;
Rise to lift and strengthen, with healing
touch and kind,
The hearts that else were broken, the eyes
tina: else were blind!
0 come thou in the dark time, or come thou
in the bright,
Thou art the chiefest treasure of all the
years delight;
OF all its best and rarest the one divinest
thing,
Thou fadeless lily shining! thou crown and
son of Spring!
Mary Elizabeth Blake.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Chinese MoCCasin

On account of the extreme cold that
characterizes the winter months in Eastern
Manchuria, the Chinese have developed a
peculiar variety of cowhide moccasin, which
is generally worn by all the farmers, cart
drivers, lumbermen and others whose occu-
pations require their being out of doors dur
ing the winter. In the warm months of the
year low shoes, which are made with cloth
sides and leather soles, or in many cases
with quilted cloth soles, and which fit snug
ly over the socks, are worn. In the winter
such footwear offers no protection against
frostbite and freezing, and the problem thus
presented has been solved with that simple
but ready inventiveness which characterizes
the Chinese countryman, by producing a
one-piece cowhide moccasin which, having
but one seam, furnishes footwear that can
be worn with comfort in the snow.
In order to keep the feet warm the moe
casins are made sufficiently large to permit
the feet to be swathed first in long strips of
cloth and then to have variety of soft, dry
grass closely packed around them. The
result is a shoe which appears clumsy, but
which is soft, warm, and almost water
tight.-E1.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Putting the Pig to School

A school teacher down in North Carolina
saw that a farm paper was Offering one pure
bred pig As premium for certain number
of new subscribers. She got the necessary
subscriptions among the parents of her 60
pupils, had the children build modern
pen on the school land, and gave the porker
a large public reception with an illustrated
talk on pigs. The school went to work
clearing land. planting grain and grass plots,
forage, raising cabbage plants to sell for
other feed; and the subscription grunter
soon became the nucleus of demonstration
farm. More land is to be purchased and
expert aid will be brought in to make per-
manent this stimulus to the local agriculture
The-house-that- Jack-built was only a pig
pen, but the effect will be to make life bet
ter for that entire community. And the
school teacher did it! Some of the local
oficeholders down there must be rejecting
with horror that when women have the vote
it may become necessary for oficeholders
to get busy on such jobs as that, and then
there won't be much time to loaf around
the county courthouse and chew.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Alaska Haven of Wild Fowl

Until the acquisition of Alaska by the
United States it was wonder where certain
wild fowl went when they migrated from
temperate climes on the approach of sum-
mer as we'll as snowbirds and other small
species of the feathered tribe. 1t was after
wards found, observes a writer in the KAN
sAs CRY JOURNAL, that their habitat in
summer was the waters of Alaska, the Yu-
kon river and the lakes of that hyperborean
region.
People wonder where the wild fowl come
from. They see the sandhill crane, the
wild goose heron and other fowl every spring
and fall pursue their unwearied way, but
like the wind, they do not know whence
they come or whittier they 60.
Up on Golovine bay, on the North side
of Norton sound, is the breeding place of
these fowls. All the birds in creation,
seemingly go to that country to breed.
Geese, ducks, swans and thousands upon
thousands of sandhill cranes are swarming
there all the time. They lay their eggs in
the bluestem grass in the lowlands.
Myriads of robins and swallows are there
as well as millions of magnificent grouse,
wearing red combs and feathered mocasins.
You can kill dozens of teal ducks, or
grouse a. fat as butter balls in few mo-
ments. The wild fowls and bears live on
salmon berries and huckleberries, with
which the hills are literally covered.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
How Hing Signs Laws

Most people will tell you that the King
must sign every act of Parliament before it
becomes law. 1t will astonish these peo-
pie to know that acts of Parliament are not
signed by King George. When Parliament
passes an act, as, for example, the recent
military service act, which conscripted all
the single men, copy on vellum is placed
in safe custody in the House of Lords and
Endorsed by the clerk of Parliament. If
the act is one concerning money, as, for
instance, the budget, the vellum copy is
also Endorsed by the speaker. How does
the King give his consent to an act of
Parliament Well, he gives it by what is
known as a royal commission. All the
various acts that are passed at about the
same time are named in this commission,
and the King signs this. The King must
actually sign this commission, but should
he be. for any reason, not able to do so, the
royal signature may be specially stamped
upon the paper. But according to the law
this stamp can only be used in his majesty S
presence and by command given by word
of mouth.-Pearson' Weekly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28

Easter-tide

Say, how shall we keep the Easter-tide,
When the glad Earth smiles like a fow'r
crowned bride,
And her lord, the sun. in his shining place,
As giant, rejoices to run his race;
When birds and bells in sweet carol and
chime
Are telling the joys of the blessed time,
And Nature is thrilling with ecstasy
o what shall our song our keeping bel
Shall we challenge the world with swelling
pride,
Shall we wear its pomp, that the Lord
denied,
Shall we follow the things of death, when
He
Hath vanished in triumphant victory?
Shall our Easter die with the altar Aow'rs
And praises that burst from these lips of
ours?
Aye the Lord is risen in verify
Say, what shall our JOY and our keeping bel
o friends of the Master? what can it be
But the feast of truth and sincerity,
Unleavened with malice or wickedness,
The heart to forgive and the heart to bless,
The eyes that shall pity our brother thrall,
Since Jesus has died and risen for all.
In the Gospel spirit and love to bide,
Lo! this is the keeping of Easter-tide!
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Resident Officials
NJ | R R 0 R E TIES

"A walking stick has been invented that
can be converted into camera tripod.
Two wretched looking tsamps were
brought before Texas Justice of the Peace.
Addressing the worst-lookiug one, the
Justice said: ''Where do you live?'' 'No-
where "And where do you liver" said
the Justice addressing the other one. Give
got the room above him."
Pat and Mike were in a front-line
french which had been under continuous
bombardment fifteen hours. Suddenly
Mike jumped up, grabbed Pat and shouted
above the shrek of the bursting shells:
"For heavens sake, Pat, scare mel I've
got the hiccoughs.
Mrs. Flatbush:-"Does your husband
believe in the protection of our forestsf''
Mrs. Bensonhurst:-"Does her Why,
say, if ever we had another war over here
that would be the first place he would make
for!''
-sI hear that Swiddler has written a
new three-act comedy"
'Yes, he read it to me and two others of
his oldest friends yesterday"
"And what did you think of it,
swell, we all thought one of the acts
superAuous.
(which one was that?''
"Oh, we each chose different act.
Mark Twain, SO the story goes, was
walking on Hannibal Street when he met a
woman with her youthful family.
$50 this is the little girl, eh?' Mark
said to her as she displayed her children.
"And this sturdy little urchin in the bib
belongs, suppose to the contrary SEX"
''Yassah, the woman replied; "yassah,
dat's girl, too"