The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-05

f. T. White was in Oklahoma CITY
Monday.
The Rev. ]. w. Stewart, presiding
elder of the Ardmore district, spen
the past few days in Sulphur holding
quarterly conference. He preacheC
two able discourses Sunday.
PrvtS. Cecil Robinson Of Sulphur
and Thomas Othoar Wiley Of Mil
Creek, have recently been discharged
from Camp Pike, and arrived home
this week, and will be the first Muir
ray county boys to return to civil
life. Both are well qualified young
men.
Messrs. D. F. Ellis and F.. NJ. Rice
were in Sulphur Monday holding
commissioners court.
Col. w. ]. Scott who is drilling
an oil well near Dougherty is here
this week attending to business mat
ters and attending court.
Phil Gafford, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. +. Gafford of this city, is here
this week visiting his parents, after
having received his honorable dis
charge from the officers training
school at Waco, Texas. Mr.. Gafford
will return to his former position
as city clerk OF Sulphur Springs,
Texas. from which duties he has
had leave of absence while serving
in the army.
Maj. Walter Caldwell, a cousin of
Mr.. and Mrs. John a. Haste of this
city, has recently won the French
cross of honor, and the American
award for Distinguished Service i'll
France.
Miss Lee, a new teacher for the
O.S. ID. who has been teaching in
Louisiana, has arrived in Sulphur
and will take up her duties as a reg
ular member of the O. S. D. faculty.
o. L. Smith, prominent farmer,
and former county commissioner,
living between Sulphur and Wynne-
wood, was in the city Monday, and
received a German helmet from his
son, Manly Smith, who is with the
American forces in France. The he'll
met showed signs of warfare, and
also had the name of the German
soldier written inside the helmet.
Mr.. Smith prizes this souvenir very
highly.
The oil test being made on the
Mat. Wolf farm near Davis has
resumed drilling after having been
shut down for some time waiting
for casing. The well is down l5OO
feet, and it is the purpose to go
25O0 feet to make good test.
Sergt. Samp p. Hale of Davis,
who is now in the service at Fort
Worth, was in Sulphur Monday,
.ransacting busines, while he is en-
owing a short furlough home.
d. T. Price and son of Ardmore
Irrived in Sulphur Monday to make
heir future home. Mr.. Price will
lave charge of the city cemetery.
lis family is at present visiting rela-
ives in Eufaula.
The "flu" epidemic is raging in
he rural districts near Sulphur.
'almer, five miles north of Sulphur
las as many as 90 cases this week,
nd the committeeman Mill Creek
nd Drake are seriously affected.
)nly a few cases are reported in
he city of Sulphur.
X. /. Buchanan, whose residence
urned a month ago in the big west
ide fire, is now rebuilding a nice
on the same location, west /
.leventh street.
Ben Jones, county chairman for
le December Red Cross drive, is
cry active with his organization
ow completed for the membership |
On account of the influ-
1za now raging in many parts OF
le county the speaking program
i'll be abandoned and more active
ork with the committees carried
4.
DR.. G.. w. Sullivan has recently
turned from an extended visit with
5 wife at Marathon, Texas. Mrs.
lllivan has been quite i'll, but is
wv much improved. |
Elder r. B. Musgraves has been
lied to the pastorate of the Church
Christ at Sulphur and will begin
5 service with that church on Vim
avenue next Sunday. He will
each twice a month. Elder Mus
aves is a strong young preacher
d has been making his home in