The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GREER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
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MANGUM. GREER COUNTY OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. MAY 11 1916.
VOL. 26. NO. 3s
MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN WOMEN'S DISTRICT CONFER- DEMOCRATS NEARLY THRIBLE
ROAD BUILDING MOVEMENT ENCE DRAWS BIO CROWD SOCIALISTS AND REPUBLICANS
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Monday afternoon P*rcy b.v. to b built. and Bearing It on Th* Women'* ML«lonar> j H iriy ,WNV not a commercial club [hollis
X. W. Lanford. of Ka **ll. Frank |tb. abm. bull, tb*r# wou'd b* lit J®' tb« Mangum Dfttrict of tb* <lrth
Overton. R. B Hne!l. J. W. Solomon, ti* or no non*/ left for road con-
of Heed, Will Brown. Neal MrMll |.traction purpo**., ben%a In tbrer
intereatlnc aermon from a former 1 «• *><«• 1* <e* *rr,al IploesBlp of OklVbomanowUy. ^l~n #r*bl* ,rou,'>* r-ported between the
Un. BIU Hourk and <;«org* Bull. of|y*ar« we would be In about the aime
J*at*r. and R. A. Bingl*tary «t>nt fl« «bat wa are now In. .
ov*r to Oranlt. to meet wltb the Tb„ ldw| by najjy
county comtniailonera and tba war .lmph# .B(J ^ ^
den of tba reformatory In regard topfX)f1ubI<| .nd prart|r„ „(M o|
tba «ood road. laaue wblrb la a v.ry :obtaining aufflHent money for roaJ
important laaua to Over county nt bll„dtag, n< tha| „
SraaenL do th# work There baa baen quit*
During tb. evening every feature j a bit of difference aa to the amount
of tbe work waa tbreabed out. It bav of bond* to b* leaned, tbla however
bovs WIN CHAMPION- Oreer county r*|litran report that
——— I SHIP tn*r* ba bern little or no troubl* In
odlat rburtb opened Ita annual meet- | dar* ay tber* I* a tow® In Oh- - reglatarlng ao far In many < ountl**
tag laat Wednaaday evening with the half tbe aia* of Mangnm tbat | Tbf( fc|<h ^ ^ cban) In tba Mate there ha. be*-n conald-
ing baen about a week after the good jean ba ..tiled before tb* time to vote Mo"* ^e#*«,r. of Mangum. Mr., Can- arrythlng wblrb looked like It might
roada meeting held here and th* com- on them If tbeee atepa are taken | r' of Marth*- •« <> tb* young people > a benefit to oar city haa been tak
mtttee had bad an opportunity to) Figuring on a 1200.000 25 year ba-j"*** wp,ww,"d by speaker. from an bold of by the Retailer*" Aaaocta-
talk to the taipayer of toe county and I.I. (tbl. amount la merely an exam *nd *nd " not
r*t th*lr Idea, aa to tb* b**t way ofjp,. wa do not *ay tbl. * the L?" J ,h " T ,n,*r*"t,n* '••'¥• «
raising money for building good .mount which would b* *ot*d. bat iS™ ' ** W" ,* P^"nl 'he pa.t which have b^n of mater-
i.ra usln* It for a demon.tratlon) anH I** V* '0ua* pe°",e. 0 , Man" M ,Dtt,rtmt to ,h• ,own • * {h* rom-
|fium, Aisrated by Altus and Olustee (reunify. At flmt (Unc^ on© would
beloved Mangum pa.tor. Rev. J. And If there I. a town In Ok ,h„ ^ Ho|[u for ^ reglatrar. and tbe ,o,em. but (hero
Sim., of Lawton. 'aham. a. large a. Mangum *bat ha. „.,urdll, |b. d#cld,ng |HM V|| bean no troubl* reported yet In
On Tburaday a bualnea. .ea.ion no ortanlwtlon of tbl. natura, we ara' , |h# ,nUrrol#. ,«r*r county, and yesterday rloaad
'•ating all day. waa held, following bSn.ed of tbem For tbe paat aev- b>|d #nd Ho|Jta r#ro|,;«be time In which voter* can regta-
ter. however tber«. |. . provision for
all who were .way from their voting
praclnct during the time given them
to raglater. a'ao to thoa* who were
alck and could not go to tba reglatrar.
Tba booka will be open to tboae be-
coming of age, who are not now of
tb devotional eserclaea led by Mr. "•I yeara tbe Retailer*' Aaaorlatlon ^ ,n (b# t#Jld
J. O. Mct'olllater. A number of good bag been taking tb* place of the'
papera were read on tbe work of tbe i the commercial club, but la tbat fair
dlatrict Among otbera were paper* i to the member, at tbe Aaaoclatkm. to
by Mra. Marion Dodaon and Mr*., tot them carry tbe entire load? Ev
are using It for a demonstration) and I
'« _i .l.. . . , . I« ™i«ru uj ahuh ana wiuaiee munnv. At first «i
There la ample money provided for | 'tb* J ^ nd conducted by Mr*. R. E. L. Mor- naturally think (hat moat of the bua
tba upkeep of roads. In tbe new I**" Th"^-y ^ About ataty Ineaa men In town were member* of
but little provided for the construct, Prtnc-Ipal Into i^ " *q,h ' y°UDg P<M>P'e c<M,tumed to repre^nt this a**oc|atlon. but this I. not the
ion work, which of course. H tbe , ■ S<'^uld .mmrnt ti I 8 the h"thPn nat,OD" the world case, a* there are no banka. lawyer.,
mata Item of expense. Now theljj^ ^ r^JT j_ 7ax evr-"'t !Bpp~red * «"««rant doctor*, newspaper, and we dare say
onestlon arises, "which Is the best °°0' to b® levy not entranceil mar(.hJng to the mus|c ,n
method for raising ample fund, for tnore ,h"n ,he mo nt wh,cb | beautiful procession taught the lm-
constructlon work." A* .t.ted In last wo,lW b® «Pe >ded on the roads If preM,ve ieB80D8 the m|M|onarJe<,
week's paper, the maximum amount the bonds were not voted, and with are |earnjnx 1n beathen landv The
that can be raised by tax levy, which no additional tax on the taxpayer* oho,r wore wri|te robes and rendered
could ba ueed for conatructlon work To" can take the f,«urw and beautiful music, making the scene
would be 118,000 per year. Out of *" ?ou P'*"*. ■«*>■ y®« ^ef and talk, the more impressive. The
thii amount miret come the coat of thr0"*h y°" W 1 s^e ,hat the bon(1 leadinK role was played by Miss Al-
buildlng bridges, and under the new teBue ^ the OD,y m"n' "° far ,hatito Sawyer, as usual her rendering
law, a bridge the length of one like has been devlned, whereby tbe money deserve8 8pecltI mention. It seemed
any of the road bridge, across Elm can he raised, and the work *ccom- no one eJge coul(J hgve dQne w weJJ
or Salt Fork would be In the neigh- P ^bed- Fo>- ,f tbe bridge, above |Tbe scene (hat wjJ1 ^ rem^mbered
borhood of 115.000. and in some in referred to. must be built In the next )ft „fe tJme by mwt Qf ^ ^ ^
atance. might be more than that three year" (and the people are little folks of the primary department
amount. At the very best this would ^'amoring for them now) where ..Je8U8> ReIlglon ••
leave only $3,000 a year to build tb* n one-v comlnS from instruct The we,com€ addregg by Mrg j L
roads with, and at one glance It can roads?
be seen If we are to build many In last week', paper we stated that
bridges that there must be some oth- at the pood roads meeting held here
er scheme devised. And it is well on First Monday night, that it seem-
to say here that within the next two ed to be the sentiment of the people
or three years three bridge3 will present not to vote the bonds, and j speakers. A happy response wa s gfv-
_ _ __ ___ - , —? en by Mrs. Rayb-irn Kim berlin, of Al-
Tba team left Norman Saturday
Bight atd reached Mangum on tbe
afternoon train Sunday, and were
met by a large crowd of Holt!, people
who bad heard tb* new., and had
2Z J* ^ z
•ome. Hollis hi proud of their boy«.
Guthrie for the women, Elbertlne
Broome for the Juniors, and Francis
McKnight for the primary society.
The .Mangum members were quits
proud of the talent displayed by thes*
In their honor. After .pending sever-
al hours visiting Mangum rriends and
many other lines of buslne.. .re not congratulation* they all
member* of the Association, when as ! eparte<' 'or bome In car..
a matter of fact If we had a Com- j ° ——
merclal club practically every busl-jw* w' - putting on contest
neas man In town would belong. We | ■
would like to have view, from differ The W. O. W. lodge, of Greer coun-
ent business men along this line, jty are going to have a degree team
But we suggest an early organisation | contest, which will be held in Man
of a live comemrcial club. L*t'. rake I gum June 14th and 15th. At which
.ome of the moss off our backs and
come to the front.
and ahould b* as winning auch hon-
ors aa tbl* ahow. that they have tbe
beat high school team In tbe «tate.
The band from Hollla accompanied . . „ ,
th* a. n i . j complete report of all precincts tbl.
tne crowa over Sunday morning and,_„_. j .v
- •. -h- h.1l JLm IT** tb°" " "" °°"
...n M.«l «.!«•,I„„. Tk . -horn ..
for* tha general election, which will
glv* all th* young men who are eli-
gible a chance to register.
>1t will ha ImpoMlble to glv. th*
buys greer county land
Mexican Affairs
take a turn for the better. In faet, the Mexican peo-
ple as a people are not all like Zapata and Villa.
Some of them are well-cultured, refined and accom-
plished. The Mexican nation reminds us of some of
our systems; we've been dragging around for years
trying to find a way to get relief from some chronic
ailment. It may be rheumatism, which is usually
easily cured by Chiropractic. Or it may be a game
shoulder or a lame back which makes life miserable
indeed. Some mornings we get up and have to start
off with the day on the installment plan because we
have to get "limbered up" as we say. Many times
we think this must be endured to the end of life.
This is far from right. We need to take Chiroprac-
tic adjustments from a man who knows his business,
that's all; that old time elastic step-quick move-
ments and upright carriage will be the mark of dis-
tinction in our make up. Then how much better
we will feel, too. Health is our portion if we only
get a few tense muscles relaxed, a few vetebra in
line and other adjustments made, that's all.
If you are suffering from some chronic ailment
consult us. It won't cost one cent. You are abso-
lutely under no obligation whatever.
Investigate this Wonderful Science.
It is a Pleasure to tell you about it.
Dr. SIMMONS
THE CHIROPRACTOR.
PHONE 253. FIRST MAT. BANK BLOC. MANCUM, OKLA.
tus.
Mrs. Bobo, of Norman, secretary
of the council, .vas on the program
3£veral times and made excellent ad-
.jdr^Bses; other proAinent out of . town
.visitors were the two Mrs. Sims', Mr«
|l>andrum, Mrs. Hall, of Altus, and
Brother Hendry, of Granite.
I It is good for Mangum to Invite
| such people to our city. Such con
ventions make us a better people and
advertise our hospitality In the best
way. May they come again.
we still contend that this was the
sentiment, however, some of the par-
ties who were most bitterly apposed
to the bond issue, at that time, have
expressed themselves in favor of it
after it was found just how much
money could be raised annually by
the tax levy. The Democrat wants it
distinctly understood that we are in
favor of Issuing the bonds if that is
the be3t way to raise the money, and
it looks mighty good to us.
carnival coming
On last Saturday a contract wa?
made betwen a carnival company and
the merchants for a carnival to be
held here during the last part of this
month.
The dates and particulars will be
published next week. It has been
some time since Mangum has had a
carnival, and as the one which will
b* in Mangum is a good one, and will
bring many visitors here who would
not come otherwise.
lecture was splendid
D. S. Griffith, of Quanah, Tex.*,
was in Mangum the latter part of last
week, and while here though so much
of Greer county soil that he purchas-
ed half a section of land near Jester.
Mr/'jrifflth went out in the Jester
community to look over tbe land and
when he reached there he stated that
he had found what he was looking
for and the trade wa consummated
in a very short time, through Gi-1
lisple and Pryse.
This gentleman says this is the fin-
est country he ever -saw for all
kinds of farming and lamenting over
the fact that he can not get posses-
sion of the land which he purchased
until the first of next January, as it
has been rented until that time. He
stated that our wheat and alfalfa was
far ahead of any he had seen this
year.
time a loving cup will be given the
team which does <the ."best degree
work. There are 16 Woodmen :od*e*
in the county, and they will all com
pete for the prize. The secretary
state, that each degree team must
furnish their own candidate for the
contest. The contestants will be gov
erned by the rules adopted by the
head camp. There will be more in
connection with this contest publish,
ed at a later date.
to west texas
T. N. Slaten, Lee Johnson, Jdm
Simpson, and Tom Trammel, left yes-
terday morning for Western Texas
where they will spend several days
fishing and looking after farm inter-
ests In that section.
notice to masons
On next Tuesday night, May 16th,
M. W. Grand Master Arthur James
Weir, will be in Mangum, for the pur-
pose of meeting with Mangum lodge.
AH members of the lodge are urged
to come out and meet the M. W.
Grand Master, also members of other
lodges are requested to be with us.
There will be an address by Mr. Weir
and other entertainment for the vis-
itors in the way of a luncheon.
S. VAUGHAN, W. M.
W. O. WATT, Secretary.
Dr. John R. Abernathy of Okmul-
gee, was here Monday night and
made a lecture to Masons at their
hall. The lecture was well attended
and the Masons who attended say
this is one of the best lectures on
Masonry every delivered in Mangum.
Dr. Abernathy is a very able lecturer,
and holds the attention of his audi
ence better than most lecturers. We
trust that we will have this gentle-
man with us more in the future.
Steve Johnson and "Pat" Murph-
ey, two of Altos' society bright lights.
| were stepping about In Mangum so-
ciety Sunday evening.
thacker visits mangum
Chas. M .Thacker, perhaps the wid-
est known man in Western Oklaho-
ma, was here the first of the week
visiting friends and incidently regis-
tering while here. Most people know
Judge Thacker is a candidate for the
nomination of Supreme Judge, which
position he now hold*, and most of
them feel that he will have little
trouble in being elected, as those
who know him best know he Is the
man for the place.
Mr. and Mr*. D. B. Trowbrdidge.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Jones and Mrs.
Mack Bowlen motored to Granite
Sunday afternoon in tbe Trowbridge
car. %
greer county baptists plan
evangelistic campaign
About twenty representative Pap
tist ministers and deacons met at the
Baptist church last Friday night to
plan to evangelize every nook and
corner in Greer county. After con
siderable discussion in which all took
a part, they agreed to employ a mis-
sionary for full time and put him on
the field at the earliest possible date.
His work will be under the direction
of the local associatlonal board, and
he will be instructed to get in touch
with every organized church and
mission point In the county between
this and the meeting of the associa-
tion in August. Rev. John F. Elder,
who now lives in Mangum and whose
friends in the county are many, is
already reaching out into the rural
districts, having preached at Ladessa
last Sunday to the delight of his
erstwhile friends in that community.
Mr. Elder is pastor at Mountain
View for half time, and will give the
remaining time to evangelistic work
di.ring the summer months. Mr. J.
W. Spann, formerly of the Lake
Creek community, but who is soon
to locate in Mangum with his estim-
able family, attended the meeting
and made a splendid talk on the work
under consideration. He gave the
brethren to understand in the run of
report* from .re a. follow*.
Mangum Ward On*—160 demo-
crats; 23 socialists; 20 republican.;
total, 213.
Mangum Ward Two—143 demo-
crats; 32 socialists; 1? republican.;
total 196.
Mangum Ward Three. 83 demo-
crat.; 15 socialists; 15 republican.;
total. 112.
Mangum Ward Four, 85 Democrat.;
4 socialists; 10 republicans; total,
101.
Country Box, 60 democrats; 50 so-
cialist.; 20 republican.; total 130.
Granite City, 143 democrats: 40 so-
cialists; 30 republicans; total 218.
There figures are taken from the
registrar's books Wedneeday morn-
ing, and stated above In some Instan-
ces they are approximated, and the /.
were also «eve?al resgtsterlng finde-
pendents, this number Is added to
the figures accredited to the demo-
crats; no definite figures however
can be obtained before the latter part
of the week.
The tota!s of the boxes above are:
democrats, 698; socialists, 164; re-
publicans, 112.
wanted horses and mules
Horses 4 to 8 years old, 15 to 16 1-4
hands high, with good bone and body.
Mules 5 to 10 years old, 14 1-4 to 16
hands high. Horses don't have to
be broke to work or ride, but must
be broke to lead. All stock must be
sound. Bring your stock to my barn
north of court house and I will pay
you every dollar I can afford to pay
for them. W. D. BLACK.
47 ltadv.
buys land here
Chas. Red el Spencer, of Oage, Ok-
lahoma, was here the first of the
week and made a deal for a half sec-
tion of land in this county, through
C. R. Roberts & Son. Mr. Spencer,
like most prospectors coming to Greer
county, was well pleased with tha
conditions here, and will move his
family here sometime this fall. We
his talk"that "he" was"wlth"them *in"the ' understand the consideration for the
good work contemplated. 1 land was $14,500.
ROOFING
H H
Better be sure than sorry when
it comes to making or fixing your
roof. We can fix it right, and right
quick, too.
There's something behind our
Roofing Reputation!
Hartman Bros.
Kodak Supplies at HANNAH'S Drug Store
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