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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
7
Services on the first and third Sundays at 11 am and Sunday evening every month. Sunday school at 9 46 am under W L Roddie. Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 8 pm. Junior League Sundays 2 30 pm. Senior League Sundays 7 pm. Woman's Home Missionary first and third Wednesdays. Sunday School 9 45 am under J T Higgins.
Sunday morning services at 11 and evening at 8 led by Pastor J D White. Sunday School at 9 45 with Orville Sneed as Superintendent. Junior Endeavor Society meets Sundays at 2 30 pm. Ladies Aid Society meets Mondays at 2 30 pm.
Sunday school at 9 45 with W C Duncan as superintendent. Preaching at 14 a m and 8 15 p m. J R Union 4 p m and S R Union 7 p m. Ladies Aid and Mission Society Monday at 4 9. Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 15 p m. C Stubblefield Pastor.
Services Sunday morning at 11 and Sunday evening at 8 00 Rev C B Smotz pastor Sunday School at 10 am L T Walters superintendent Ladies Aid meets first and three Wednesdays and C W B M Officers Thursday in each month Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening 4 8 00 The Christian Endeavor Society meets at 3 pm
Sunday morning service at 1 as 8 00 p m Sunday School at 9 45 am Reverend W M Wilson pastor Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 00 pm Senior League 7 00 pm Sunday evening Intermediate and Junior Leagues Sunday afternoon Home Mission Society Monday 3 00 pm except 3rd Monday Foreign Mission Society 3rd Monday 3 00 pm Teachers Meeting Tuesday 8 00 pm
At 9 45 a.m. A N Harrison superintendent. Prisoner meeting every Tuesday evening at 7. Ladies Aid Society meets every Wednesday afternoon at 3.
W C W Lodge Ada Camp No 568 Woodmen of the World meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays at the 100 O F hall Visiting Woodmen are welcome.
Ada Aerie number 1746 holds meetings every Wednesday evening in the ball on South Townsend inviting members and affiliates to attend the regular session.
Ada lodge No. 82 of the I C F holds weekly meetings each Thursday night. A. T. Deaton serves as noble grand and C. M Chauncey is secretary.
Ada Rebekah Lodge No. 146 meets on the first and third Tuesday nights each month. Noble Grand Mrs. C. M. Chauncey and Secretary Mrs Olive Baker are listed as officers.
Railroad timetable shows Eastbound trains 508 due 9 15 a m and 510 due 4 10 p m. Westbound trains 509 due 9 40 a m and 507 due 9 00 p m.
Southbound No. 111 is due at 11 10 a m and northbound No. 112 is due at 4 05 p m as listed in the schedule.
Westbound No 3 arrives at 12 25 a m local at 11 30 a m. No 2 arrives 3 49 p m local 12 45 p m.
Classified notice invites readers to place want ads in the Daily News columns at one cent per word with quick insertion and local service. Includes guidance on ad size and contact process through the paper office.
Atlanta Aug. 12. Mr. Jordan declares the present cotton crop is the poorest in his recollection. He wired Secretary Wilson to deny a World interview claiming the crop will be reasonably good, warning of injury to Southern cotton growers from misinterpretation. No word yet on Wilson’s reply.
Ardmore Oklahoma August 13 a persistent rumor says William H Murray of Tishomingo president of the constitutional convention speaker of the first legislature and possible 1910 governor candidate seeks to own a daily paper in Ardmore home of Lee Cruce who may oppose him for the democratic nomination It is whispered William A Durant Indian politician would become editor and lead Murray campaign in this state section Durant and Murray have visited recently
The Daily Oklahoman reports Gov. C N Haskell refuses to comment on an afternoon paper article accusing him of profane language. He says there is nothing to say on the subject and heads to Sulphur to rest and drink the springs. Accompanying him are Roy Oakes and a stenographer. He plans to handle official duties while at Sulphur.
New York dispatches report Speaker Cannon plans no retirement announcement yet. He says he will announce when ready and that constituents will voice retirement if appropriate. Also notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. LeGreve and Miss Edith Wightman of Albany, Georgia to Mrs. 8S. W. Hil.
A sermon extols mothers as pivotal to child discipline and national virtue. It urges constant maternal involvement in children’s diet, health, morals, and education, and cites examples from history of mothers shaping leaders and scholars through care, prayer, and example.
Guthrie Oklahoma August 13 plans are in hand to make the Arkansas river navigable from Cimarron to the Mississippi with four harbors at Fort Smith Little Rock Tulsa and Muskogee. Each harbor would feature a dam and locks at an estimated cost of 500000, aiming to start next summer and finish by 1913 to permit spring and summer freight.
The Aug 13 dispatch describes a October convention in Guthrie to form a state group promoting African colonization under the Abraham Lincoln African Aid and Colonization Society led by Capt. N. B. Easton. It notes meetings in Sapulpa, a Gana Ark colony, and new colonies in Southern Oklahoma and other states. It also reports Governor Haskell urging President Taft to revoke local booze licenses, seeking federal action to enforce prohibition nationwide.
The Trans Mississipp i Commercial Congress meets next Monday August 16 in Denver with the Southwestern Shippers association from Kansas Oklahoma Texas present. The Southwestern executive board including J L Powell J H Johnston H H Haines C B Bee and R O McCormick will attend. They seek endorsement of a seaboard freight rate aligned with waterway rates via Galveston to boost Southwest port traffic.
J H Davis Ada booster returns after over a month traveling through Colorado Springs Salt Lake City Seattle Victoria and Vancouver He sailed from Seattle to San Francisco describing the voyage delightful He says the northwest is wonderful yet Ada Oklahoma is the greatest country on earth.
Hon C M Chauncey grand secretary of the Oklahoma Grand Lodge of I O O F says the proposed Ada auditorium would attract and secure many large conventions early, boosting the town's profile and economic activity.
A reflective piece argues happiness stems from inner attitudes not surroundings. It contrasts cheery generous hearts with selfish ones, noting how outlook shapes mood, behavior, and how seeds of truth or justice blossom or wither in each heart.
Ardmore Milling company members learn of J. O. Whaley death at his Gainesville Texas home. Whaley, founder of Whaley Mills in Gainesville and other northern Texas cities, retired about four years ago after selling his stock. He was described as about 65 to 76 years old.
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