The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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F'*R FIJRNITIRK AM) SATISFACTION GO TO J. W. I.OVKTT. THK FI'RMTCRK MAN
THiji GREER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
(Sueemwr to thr Ifaiurum Sun-Monitor)
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M ANGUM, GREER COUNTY. OkLAHt THURSDAY. Jl'LY, 23 1914
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WOMEN MAY MOLD OFcICE
DECISION OF HIGH COURT
BLIND StNAIOR COMING
No qua! (Mm* Inn | rr . Ik -d by "ho
Oklahoma <-ou«t dutton la U -ra
111«km kay dUtimll.'U b*tw«en 101
#*« lu the inat'er of holdlni the of-
fice of county cl«rk. or for ihiit tn at-
tar of cl«*rk «f the dMri't courl, Is
held In i diH'lakin of the supreme
court, handed down, th. opin-
ion being written by Justice Turner.
The decision rouci In th ru« of, date*" will be itlvan un oiortunlty to |
Mrs. John Ktonv" jf Washita coun'y talk. If you are Interested n 'he
CANDIDATE SPEAKING HERE ON
MONDAY. AUGUST 3.
i
Mangum voters and cltis'tta wf>l b« ,
<clv**n sn opportunity to hear all of j
the county candidate s lay :h*1r Halm,
for '.heir rwiwtlvt' offices here on I
Monday .August 3rd. The talks will )
be limited aud al'i tae county candl- i
if Washita
who sought to ma.idamus thv county
election board to permit her name
going on the ballot for the office of
county clerk. When the election
board r 'fused to allow her iiame 'o go
on the ballot sh<' appealed to ths dis-
trict court and the position of 'he
election board was susalned. Tnen
she appealed to the higher court- The
you
county campaign you should be ou*.
on that light, as you will no doubt
be entertained.
NATURAL
MANGUM
GAS INTO
I
N. Terrlll, businesi ma tax*-/ of
, tne Tenecs^e-Oklahoinn Oil and Gas
lower court Is r v.r*ed and directed to C(Ji> who„, htJa,i<|UarU,r„ arc a' Okla
grant the mandamus.
According to the opinion of the
court there is no distinction in this
state between the sexes in the matter
of a qualfied voter. "If tha leglsla-
aure intended to disqualify on account
of sex," says the court, "It would have
used the word "elector" instead of vot-
er*.
Women are Votera
Any person who Is qualified to vote
at a school election is a qualified vot-
er, In the terms of the constitution,
and t'ne statutes, and any qualified
voter may hold office of county c] ^rk,
so holds the court, for there U no
distinction between sexes in the qual-
ifications of a voter, -such as there
inay be relative to an elector, for the
litter would clearly refer to a male
citizan.
In a previous case involving practi-
cally t'ne hame question, although it
liertained to the office of the clerk of
the district court, the supreme court
held that there was no distinction in
the qualifications of a voter, and
"what was said in that case applies to
t'nis," says the court in the present
instance.
Must Use Own Name
In the decision handed down today,
however, tha court indicates that a
woman, running for office ,or propos-
ing to become a candidate must do so
under her own name, whether it be
"Jane" or "Alice" foh in sending t'ne
case back to tha lower court with in-
structions to grant the mandamus the
court directs the election board to
certify Mrs. Stone's name of the ballot
whether it be Jane or Alice, for it cer-
(anily is not "Mrs. John Stona."
This question is one w'nich has a
state wide importance. During the
present campaign the impression had
gone out that women were not eligi-
ble to hold the office of county clerk,
or any other office than t'nat of coun-
ty superintendent, though in several
counties women had offered them-
selves as candidates for the places.
The decision of t'ne court set-
tles the matter and fomen may be-
coma candidates for the office of
county clerk as well as that of clerk
of the district court, according to the
holding of the court. Owing to the fact that a false re-
There are many women in the state port had ben circulated, either from
this this decision will benefit, as in misinformation or from malice, to t'ne
our own county, wherein Mrs. Mary effect that the Hon. S. Prince Free-
Watkins is seeking for the office of j ling, of Shawnee, a candidate for at-
clerk of t'ne cour.s. The test in She torney general, was a Roman Catho-
courts has been rather expensive to , lie, a number of his friends and sup-
homa City, was her^ Thursday and
filed with the city clerk an applica-
tion for a franchise to furnish Man-
gum wit'a natural gas f.om tho Willow
Oil and Gas field. In coavoraa'ion
with Mr, Terrill we learned that gas
in large quantities had been found at
Wiliow and that the well which 'nas
just been completed flow*, zas at ap-
proximately 1,000,'POO feet a day, the
depth of the well being 505 feet. The
well is on ihe W. II. Bowman place
one and one naif miles north of Wil-
low, and that another will be started
rext week, if th? caeing arrives, which
was shipped the first of this week
and is expected to reach Willow soma
time tne latter part of this week.
The. proposed jilans of the company
is to pipe gas *o Mangum, and In fact
all towns in this section of the coun-
try, including E'k City, Clinton,
I Sayre, Erick, Hollis, Altus and othe"
towns along the line. The cost of the
construction of the pipe line will be
about $500,000 and actual work wi'il
begin as soon as they are granted
franchise. They propose to furnish
gas for fuel and lights at a very low
rate per 1,000 feet. The granting of
a franchise will perhaps be voted on
this fall at the general ejection.
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HERRING BOOSTERS FROM
ELK CITY VISITED MANGUM
CETTER NOT BET ON ELECTION^
Arnmil rl«* tlon timw If on** ho* a
«prx'k of |>ortlng luood In him. It la
an awful temptation to have «omt<one
any that th *y think aoine other than
your favorite < aodidae will receive
'lie largeat vote on the election Well,
)ou ronalder your juJgmen' aa good
aa the other fellow'* and In mont coa
t* you want to back your Judgment
with a few do'ilur*, a Htetaon hat or
aomethln? of the ll\« nature against
the other (Sallows. Now, if you do this 'ring on Aug'tai 4th
you are subject to a heavy fine,
provided some < n« geta "sore" and
terna you In. So we are reliably Jn-
tormed that 'h? law against election
lieta Is rather severe, and are passing
'Ills ad vim* out gratis.
Mis automobiles, from Klk City,
boos'ers fur Herri i: for gov«>-nor.
visited Mangum !*'«.- Monduv Thev
arrived here aboir i; mi o'clock, and
Immedia ely after dinner tdki «n>
made by M«^iar« Ki hol* nnd Walte-
hurst. In behalf of Mr. Herring's can-
did*' > After the N|><**klii« the mem
hers of the contl ib ii' mlntled with
th« citls>na of Mangum for some time
dlsirihuHng Herring literature nnd
i-arneatly rtiquestlnic th*t (Jree- coun-
ty -tfil up a bU majority for Mr. Ha'-
APPREHENDED FOR TRANSPORT
ING WHISKEY
Sunday ("has. Carlson war a" >stod
«n the charge of conveying whiskey
Ills bond «va-s fixed at )5o 1 .j app"ar
bi-'ore the O • eN>r term if count"
cimrt and m a aatlafai . *"y sett!«-
,iient.
CLEANING OUT THE CITY WELLS
SENATOR GORE TO SPEAK HERE
NE\T THURSDAY NIGHT
JULY 30th
tne least, and will no doubt be greet-
ed by a large crowd.
PREPARING BULLETIN BOARD
JUDGE TOLBERT TO SPEAK AT
BLAKE PICNIC AND OTHER
GREER COUNTY POINTS
Judga James R. Tolbert of Hobart,
candidate for congress will speak on
Saturday of this week at Blake at
the picnic in the afternoon at Con-
solidated District No. 2, twelve miles
east of Mangum at night. Judge Tol-
bert is making a whirlwind finish to
what nas been a vary active and ag-
gressive campaign he has been wag-
ing. Judge Tolbert and his friends
feel very confident of his election. He
has many friends in Greer county.
loiter information from Judge Tol-
bert is to the effect that he will also
spaak at Willow at 3 p. m.; Brink-
man, 5 p. m., and at Mangum at 8:30
p. m. on Wednesday, Ju'iy 29.
IS NOT A CATHOLIC
Just, JUefore £f;ing to press y e r%,
ceived word that Senator T. P. Gore
will speak in Mangum on Thursday
evening, July 30, at N:00 o'clock.
Senator Gore has many friends hev
who will be g"iad to hear the blind
orator here on the above data. He
is a vary entertaining ta'iker to sav
The Hannah Drug Store is making
preparations to put up a mammoth
bulletin board in front of their store
in order to get t'ne returns from the
Primary, August fourth. The board
will show all county an 1 state candi-
dates.
the women office holders and office
seakers, as when the trouble first
started, they were compelled to hi'e
attorneys to take the mattar into
courts, and fight it through to the
supreme court. Our loca'i election
lioard, howeer, did not deprive Mrs.
Watkins from filing her name for
clerk of courts, but in some counties
the right was denied the women can-
didates.
Tne decision is final and will no
doubt set the matter at rest.
ELEVEN POUND BROWN
Mr. and Mrs. Peyton E. Brown are
the proud parents of a great bit baby
girl who arived at t'nelr home Tuesday
morning of this weaE
porters wired to the Hon. F. H. Star-
nes, mayor of Shawnee as follows:
"Mangum, Oklahoma, July 21, 1914.
To Frank Starnes, Shawnee, Okla:
"W7ire collet what'ner Freeling is a
Catholic. Answer needed today bad-
ly.
(Signed)
FRANK EAGIN,
WYI,IE SNOW
J. W. PAGE."
The following answer was receiv-
ed:
"Frank Eagin, Mangum, Oklahoma:
Absolutely No."
(Signed):
" F. H. STARNES
Tuesday morninj work was com-
menced on cleaning out the'city wells.
We'll a No. 1 and 2 will fi .at receive at-
tention, as No. 3 is out of commission
at present. It is thought tha' by
cleaning out ths wells and urging the
water users to be more careful with
■frrc water that -we wilt soon have
plenty of water for all purposes.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSNMERS
Water consumers are 'nereby noti-
fied that they can use city water
from 7 o'clock to S o'clock p. m. The
whistle at the light plant wi'il blow at
7 o'clock to turn cn water and will
blow again at 8 o'clock to turn off
the water. The officers will be out to
see that t'nis order is compiled with.
Absolutely no water for garden pur-
poses.
By order of the City Council,
LOUIS NICHOLSON,
Water Commissioner.
LEFT FOR UTAH
Dr. Dawson and son Leslie, left
Friday in their Ford roadster, for Co-
lorado and Utah. Thev expect to be
gone for several weeks.
WM. ALEXANDER SPOKE HERE
"Bill" Alexander, candidate for the
damocratic nomination for state trets-
urer, spoke here Monday in the inter-
est of his candidacy, and from what
we can aea\ Mr. Alexander will re-
ceive a large vote in this part of th^
country.
SEVERAL PICNICS SOON
Wardle Derrick left Tuesday for
Granite. wher« he jas accepted a po-
sition.
* AMES R. TOLBERT
Conservstive reports from c.U o.v*
the district indicate that Judge Tol-
bert, for congress, will carry practic-
ally every county.
Everywhere, supporters of other
candidates admit t'nat Tolbert is the
man their favorite has to beat, and
each candidate is centering his fire
on him.
By his active, vigorous and ener-
getic campaign, he has covered the
district thoroughly.
Not a To'ibert man has "flopped"
and he has made scores of votes ev-
erywhere he has spoken. -He has
Rained steadily and never lost an
inch.
He nas shown that the prospjrity
of all classes depends upon
farming conditions.
I To better agricultural conlitions,
he advocates s'rongly certain, defin-
ite and common laws providing for a
rural credit system, a direct market-
ing and warehouse system, irrigation,
etc. He dea'is in facts, not theory.
On February 5th he published hi3
platform. He stands by every plank
of it, has never wobbled or failed to
take an early stand upon every pub-
lic question.
Representing no special class of
men or trade, having made no en-
tangling alliances, he will enter the
halls of congress as the "peoples can-
didate" in reality, to fight for the
common good of all classes.
Those who know him best are his
moat enthusiastic supporters and his
The people of Greer county seem
to have picnic fever, as there are fou "
picnics scheduled in Greer county be-
tween now and election day. There
will be a picnic at Blake Saturday.
July 25, and one at Reynard's pasture
the 29th. and one at Jester and one
at Gau't's pasture on August 1st.
This certainly gives the candidates
a chance to meet the people before
the primary, as at each of the above
places candidate speaking wi'il be the
chief entertainment of the day.
PICNIC AT REYNARD'S PACSTURE
There will be a basket picnic at
Reynard's pasture, three miles west
and one mile south of Mangum, on
Fish creek, Wednesday, July 29th.
There wi'il be speaking by state and
county candidate, broncho busting
and amusements of all kinds.
Tney left in the evening for Duke,
Hollis, and will tour Tillman, Jack-
son and Kiowa coun lia b fore return-
ing to Klk City.
ED. P. HILL LEADING IN ATTOR-
NEY GENERALS RACE
Dear Editor:
Judge Ed. P. Hill, of McAlster. hai
lots of ivorm f.lends In ;iiis county.
Ed P. I HO fathered the new laws
which makex gambling and bootleg-
ging a felony in Oklahoma. The out-
law element bought enough votes to
hold up these law-, but the people
wi'il vo e on them AuTUst 4th.. We
know that Oklahoma will vote for
pure'' and safer homes.
You will recall that Judge Hill was
ead of the Investigating Committee
ojy<h ' last legislature. The committee
forced the resignation of several high
officials because of dishonesty
and extravagance Judge Hill also
fought the "Marland l.ease Steal," anij,
demanded tTi ca narration, and fairer-
treatment «to schol land lessees, in
the last legislature.
Pastors of all denominations in his
home cifv heartily endorse Judge Hill
as an able lawyer of twenty five
years experience In the highest courts
ot T^xas and Oklahoma- as an up-
right .influenzal citizen and pleasing
genileman as the sincere law enforc°-
ment candidate for attorney general.
Booilegg.er j and gamble s and cor-
poration machine politicians are fight-
ing Hil'i in Oklahoma City and In cer-
ian other large ci'.ies. Freeling, Gid-
dings and Caldwel* can have such sup-
port. That is a pretty good reason
why law enforcement people should
give him a good vo e in this county,
on August fourth.
^Very repectful'iv,
LOCAL ED. P. HILL DEMOCRATS.
CHILDREN'S SERIVCES AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
THE
There will be childrens' services,
under 'he direction of Miss-cs Gray,
Hicherson and Casey, next Sunday
evening, at the Baptist church, com-
mencing at S:45 sharp. The child-
ren of the phurch have already paid
for one of the large windows in the
churc'n and are now at wo>'k for an-
other. An opportunity wi^ be given
those present to donate to this wo"k,
and anything you might feel able to
give will be very highly appreciated.
Unclaimed Letters for Jay 21. 1914
BABY HOLT DEAD
bet ter earnesin ess,
ness appeal:
ability and aggressive-
to everyone.
A baby was born to Dr. and Mrs.
Rufus Holt Monday of 'his week, but
only liv^ seven hours, dying from
B!u« disease. The mother is doing
nicely.
Cox, Loyd.
j Don, Carlos, C. E.
Hagenbuck, F. E.
Long ,W. B.
Mackin, W. C.
Mullins, Bill
Olive, R. M.
Raney, John
Raney, John
Sanders, J. T.
Truelock, Mrs. Emma.
Walton, Eob
Welsh, Mrs. W M.
Weslow, M. A.
Whitebur8t. Mrs. E. Z.
When calling for anv of the above
please say "advertised July 21. 191L
G. B. TOWN8END. 1'. M .
Mangum, Ok'ahoma.
Jack Elkins and family of Reed,
passed thrown here Tuesday on
their way to Grandfield, where they
go to spend a tew days visiting wtt'i
COOL Weather at HANNAH'S Drug Stoi
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Watt, W. O. The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1914, newspaper, July 23, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc280456/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.