PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
The Ladies Aid Society of
the M. E. church gave a magnifcent (sic) dinner
on election day and served ice cream throughout
the afternoon in one of the new buildings on Main
street. The money so raised will go to aid in
paying for a Methodist church soon to be erected
in this place.
The laying of the
cornerstone of the Presbyterian church will be
conducted on the Fourth with impressive Masonic
Ceremonies. Several grand officers of the Masonic
order will be here for the occasion.
Miss Mamie Miller,
of Guthrie, is visiting relatives here.
The big rain last Monday
was hard on cotton, but is assured a big corn
crop for this section.
Waurika will poll a
larger vote at the next election than she did at
the one this week. A number who had votes failed
to go to the polls and many others who would have
voted had not been residents of the city quite
long enough.
W. A. Skinner, of
Dallas, is here on business.
New school building and
new churches are evidences of refinement, culture
and morality, as well as prosperity.
J. A. Doremus, of
Duncan, is among the business visitors.
A few signboards put up
on the prairie showing the direction and distance
to Waurika would be a profitable investment for
this city.
A number of new families
have located in Waurika during the week.
The crops in the
southeastern part of the county, where the fields
have slope enough to afford drainage from
excessive rains, are exceptionally good.
This county should have,
and could have by a little work, as good roads as
one would care to travel. Yet in many places the
roads are impassable for a loaded wagon.
Some of the most bitter
partisans Waurika had in the county seat election
were men who had never been in the corporate
limits of the city. These people had allowed
themselves to become biased by the lies and
slanders circulated by enemies of Wau- rika.
- B. Herring,
of Duncan,
Okla., was in the city
Wednesday.
A man named Hodges
was
arrested here Wednesday
at the request of officers of Walters. We
understand that Hodges is wanted there on
the charge of assault and battery.
Jeff Stallings of
Randelett, was in the city yeseterday.
R. L. Newton and
wife left Wednesday for Lawton on a business
trip.
D. O. Watkins will
lecture in this city on the evenings of July 18
and 19. His subject will be "Socialism
Exposed."
Miss Lilla Bourland,
of Hastings, was here on a visit last Saturday.
J. M. Hotch, of
Temple, paid this city a business visit during
the week.
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J.
P. Bourland, of Hastings, was greeting
friends here this week. J. C. Harris, of Hastings,
was a Sunday visitor to this city.
M. B. Mills, of
Cleburne, Tex., was a visitor to Waurika last
Sunday.
P. O. Brock, of
Denison, was a business visitor during the week.
F. C. Crum, of
Anadarko, was here on a prospecting tour during
the week.
Wm. Boyle, of
Anadarko, was here Monday on a business trip.
N. C. Bliss and G.
T. Anderson, of Apache, were Waurika
visitors during the week.
R. G. Wayne and
wife, of Kansas City, were in Waurika this week
guests of the American Hotel.
Felix Hall, a
prosperous farmer living near Grady, was in the
city yesterday
C. X. Johnson, L.
E. Smith and F. C. Stubs, were
among the Fort Worth traveling men who were
calling on Waurika merchants Tuesday.
J. A. Marley and
P. C. Giles, of Hastings, were visitors to
this city Tuesday.
J. A. Myers, of
Opie, was here Tuesday calling on friends.
Sam Longley, of
Ryan, was in the city Tuesday.
Fremont Boyle, of
Anadarko, was a business visitor to this city
Tuesday.
W. R. Martin and
G. P. Jones of Temple, were here Tuesday
on business.
A better roadway leading
to Waurika from the southeast portion of the
county should be opened up just as soon as
practicable.
B. C. Underhill, of
Wichita, was calling on the businessmen of
this place Thursday.
H. E. Russell, of
Macon, Tex., is in the city.
N. C. Peters, of
Apache, was here Thursday.
W. T. Wescott, a
St. Louis traeling man, is here calling on the
merchants.
There was a brisk real
estate business in Waurika this week and last.
Parties from a neighboring town purchased
thirty-two lots from one real estate firm.
The Press is two days
late in making its appearance this week. The
editor was called to Petersburg and could not get
back until Wednesday at noon, and he had no once
to do his work in his absence.
A
Public School Building
Tuesday ground was broken
for the erection of a $20,000 public school
building in Waurika. The structure will be of
brick, of two stories and a basement. Mr. Acklund,
who recently completed some fine buildings at
Colgate, has the contract. The building must be
completed by October 1st. We
understand the building is to be a modern one in
every respect and that every care has been taken
to make it as near fire proof as possible, and at
the same time it will be arranged so that it can
be emptied of the pupils quickly in case of fire.
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Mr. Lewis was
seriously injured Thursday by some heavy lumber
falling on him.
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