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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
5
A compilation of farmer letters shows promising crop conditions across the county amid a boll weevil threat. The Galey correspondent returns with limited notes, and the editor warns against discussing sensitive Texas matters.
Sunday school drew a large crowd from High Hill with many young people from Red Oak. William Ginn of Jesse and Girtie Ginn of Parker visited relatives here. Bertha Kerr and Jewel Kerr shared visits with Carrie McMeans and others. Beatrice Ginn, Bessie Neely, and several McMeans relatives attended church at Steedman and social gatherings continued through Sunday evening.
The Holiness meeting closed Sunday night as Sister C L Smith organized a Pentecostal Holiness church with 16 members and many more baptized Sunday evening. Various locals visited, meals shared, and notes of community farming activity mention a heavy rain promising a big corn crop.
Farmers report good yields with boll weevil battle using drag and burn methods on squares. Cotton blooms plentiful, corn strongest in years. Beans and peas attempted as winter sustenance. Rougew family active canning. School opens with high attendance. Church revival two weeks. Social notes list visits among local families and travel updates.
The revival starts Saturday night at Wilson led by Bros Deaton and Stone. Sufficient rains promise a good corn crop and there are few cotton boll weevils observed. Mr. and Mrs. B F Golden of the area are noted in the readable text.
Foss and Vanderguff families visit relatives in Sulphur this week. Arthur Brandon spent the weekend with home folks. Esther Vanderguff dined with Miss Alice Stehens. Willie Beller had dinner with Ina Brandon. Florence Hilliard stayed with Eva and Lorena Brandon. Cullen Brandon visits his uncle Jap and aunt Cora Golden. Winnie Cassaday and her father Mr. Dodd spent Saturday night and Sunday with family.
Local agricultural notes state farmers are adopting a drag to smooth fields and burn damaged squares, with corn prospects described as better than since 1892. Fall potato planting is widespread and community social visits are frequent among Misses Eva Liddel Virgie Crump Myrtle Williams and families across Tupelo Pickett Walnut Grove Ada and Allen locales.
Miss Lydia Godby and Miss Bessie Stephens are noted in threshing and social calls. Several community members attend Pleasant Hill church. visitors include Grandpa and Grandma Murphy, Miss Ruby Johnston, Mrs. Ray McDonald, Miss Fannie and Ophelia Thomas, Miss Edna Brown, and Miss Lydia Godby. Multiple visits and Sunday calls across Ada Blanchard Franks and Pauls Valley are recorded.
Parish area residents report the Parish Chapel school began Monday with good attendance. Farmers note crops look well and anticipate modest help. Daisy Ledford of Vaness visited Zella Pennington, with several Parish residents traveling to Ada and Rebee for gatherings.
A fragment from a local column notes social visits and church activity in Blue Mound. Lillian Maddox and others are mentioned with families such as G A Pitt and G M Pitt visiting Ada. The Holiness meeting saw fourteen baptisms and frequent sights of candidates speaking.
Francis and Blanche Rains dined with Sarah and Martha Ellis while Mrs. Fred Foster visited Mrs. Rose Sunday afternoon. Glen and Ida Ellis and others were visiting Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Brock is on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. A. McDonald visited out of the community Sunday. Mrs. Foster shopped in Ada Monday. Miss Jewel Hoffs and sisters attended church Saturday. Miss Gussie Fox of Frisco stayed with her uncle, Mr. Ben Fox. Ocie Abbott visited her parents Sunday. Remember preaching Saturday night by Brother Seckenger.
Rev Claud Atkinson leads a Holiness meeting attracting large crowds while Rev McBride of the Christian church preached here. Grandpa Estes is recovering after a grave illness. Jim Ward has joined the U S army and is in San Antonio Texas. Gaither Bray and sister Bertha attend Ada school. Hardy Dial spoke to farmers on cotton culture and the boll weevil drag. Local crop prospects are decent as crops look fair. School begins with 54 students at one site and 60 at Chism. Town visits include Mrs Mat tie Holbrook and Mrs Lula Davenport. Several men work harvest, including Mack Price Luttrell Hughes Myers Blevins Godberry Atkinson Gray.
Summers Chapel reports ongoing boll weevil battle with many squares and blooms on early cotton. Some folks are picking stung squares and burning them while others assist with field work. Social visits and local gatherings noted as residents travel and host guests.
Crops remain fine aside from cotton as boll weevils threaten with higher wage ambitions. Community notes include Mrs. A L Rose and family visiting Mrs. Wylie Crane, trips to Ada by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Norman and Ben Adams, and social visits with Louise Adams and Gladys Rollins. Annie Atkerson and Jewel Cape attended a ball game at Maxwell. Bro Roberts meetings draw good attendance. Muck a mu Joy-
Last Thursday morning Hardy Dial discussed boll weevil issues. Center residents plan a July 26, 1922 cemetery cleanup with women preparing dinner as volunteers gather to work all day. Local visitors include Leo Sanders from Coalgate and Herman Eddings.
New Bethel Church drew a large crowd Sunday after a well attended Saturday night gathering. Miss Lady Bryant of Ada visited Dollie Lancaster Saturday night.
Last week’s rain refreshed the fields helping corn and cotton prospects. Boll weevils have suspended work boosting farmer sentiment toward a bumper cotton crop. School opened with 319 pupils and is expected to rise toward 500. teachers praised. Local church activities include Rev J E Clarkson and Rev P A Templeman revival services. Social notes mention Ollie Auten and Ray Auten visiting Ada. Miss Otis Gaar ill. Guynn Stegall returning from harvest. Mrs Edna Mitchell touring Anadarko. Jewel Burrows returning from Byars to visit relatives.
W R Clark, charged with forgery for issuing two state teaching certificates, surrendered and faced a preliminary hearing. Dodson, ex secretary of the state board of education, filed the charge. Clark, held on $1900 bond, called the case a dirty double-cross. A similar accusation against a negro doctor, Wakefield, also filed. he has not been located.
A Chickasha Express reader protests politicians who label voters as the “common people.” They argue such rhetoric fosters class strife and distrust, citing President Harding on appealing to prejudice. The letter urges patriotic voters to reject demagoguery at the coming primary.
Forty five students from East Central Teachers College withdraw from classes to begin teaching next Monday in East Central district. Dr. A L Linscheid notes the move due to unavoidable circumstances and urges students to remain when possible. Names of students and college men on national guard encampment are listed.
John W. Beard has received his commission as a Republican member of the Pontotoc county election board to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles T. Barney who served over 11 years. Barney resigned to run as a Republican candidate in the district judge race in the August primary.
Ada records show 1922 first six months total rainfall of 21.35 inches, per observer E. A. MacMillan. Monthly totals list January 1.97, February 0.80, March 3.65, April 7.16, May 5.40, June 1.25 inches with weather says 18 clear days in June, 10 partly cloudy and 2 cloudy.
Oklahoma City hog market shows a healthier tone as receipts lessen to six hundred head on the sale pile. Western markets report light receipts and a more active hog division.
Active market shows steady gains with top prices reaching 9.95 for average goods and bulk at 9.85 to 9.95. Stockers around 9. A week earlier the top had briefly touched 10.15, signaling volatility in the meat market.
Pekin July 19 Secretary Edwin Denby of the American navy narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon in an airplane accident over the great wall at about 4000 feet. The engine failed, the plane wrecked on landing, but Denby was uninjured.
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