The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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FOR K. RN.T. RE.ANU >. ^ACTION OOjWVwTwV^. THE FlRNIri3Ki1iffir
THE (iREEli, COUNTY DEMOCRAT
lo the Manilam Suu-&lo>
Hi *-•••• ia (.
c • ••Mai.j April « I IK)I
INDIANAN PRAISES
GREER COUNTY
INVeSTOR wrire$ to his home papbr of his trip to this
section. thinks it a great country
JTY, ()*vLAH<
THURSDAY, JANUARY
VOL. 24
NO. 16
SCHOOL OFFICII TO OROANIZf
MCRRlNO VISITS MANGUM
EFFORT TO INCREASE
Meeting CaHed for liiurtfty. January Wast $,a*
Gov*' no
Greer
CHURCH ATTENDANCE
3rd. to Perfect Organisation «f
Sahaai D.strict Offieara of
Oraar Caunty.
Mlaa Terty bu called i meeting of
the M'boul Officer* ol this ronntT tc
be held at her officii oc nest Satur-
day Tlia purpoae uf Ma mealing U
lo compton tbe plans Inaugurated 1 Rfk (,1ty at>out fourt
• >'ine three week* a«o a ban a joint He furmerly redded
treating of lie teacher* and officer, and I* wall known by
A pronujit.nl cltlsen of Indiana. • ■ - - ■
-bo*e nam- are are not at llbert) l | «HOP LIFTER GETS
the. one wrbo baa bean making ex 10 OAVS AND 10 DOLLARS
■ •■naive InveHtinenia In farm loan* In
C rear County through Mr. J. O. Mc *'9h«*an Vaar Old Lad Staala Mani
t "Water, visited tbia country recent- ®«ra Sat From City Drug Store
ly and when be returned to hi* home and Sella It for H.ftO.
toarn wrote an article for tin home —
paper. The latter ia good evidence of j Charley Hoien *a* aigirehended
ihe opinion capable men form of thia i for mealing a manicure set |
country after a peraonal Inveatlga- from ,h« City l rug Store. The «r- j Pro| *>«®<J
lion. We reprint the latter ao far a* ! re,t WM made by the city officer*10 "tud> .
I* refer* to Greer County. | the boy waa turned over to the I,aw *ud adapt the work of the board*
I found Mangum the county ae*t I cou,,tJr Sutborttlee where he plead Ito meet the new co
cf Greer County, to be a very beautl- J *uHty, wan fined $19 and sentenced I,he ne*. provialon*
it 4.000 people, with to ten day* in jail. piacea the handling
li ItlAitovn nh.. rn k.. , I ll** Kfk| WRa 1 alna.l — * •" f 11 A «. _ fllllflS In tlia holloa
County
• i' I lit;
*ld«mi of tbi*
but moved to
n yearn ago.
nth of Altu*
•II tbe old
MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE. SECONDED BY MEMBERSHIP TO MAKE
ORGANIZED EFFORT TO HAVE ALL COME OUT SUNDAY
*a* held. It wa. found there were timer aettlet* her* .eopa^lall, among!
r ,T kT! I* m*"Un,i' Pr-C' I " # ,MU,*n"n • h « warm
Im' r ,5!! i y Th" I "«« *• bene who are becoming
offl< era decided to get up a *ep*tate (active In bis bebair
organisation The meeting Saturday \Vhij« ban Mr Herring viaited the
I* for the purpoae of making arrange
ment* for the permanent work of the
proiioaed society. Another object I*
the new provision* of the
ful (own of about
!>emorrat office and nrpreaaed hlm-
fcelf as confident rf getting tha nom
inatlon
WORKING FOR JUOOC CLAY.
The friends of Judge T. P. Clay
Wilde at recta, new modern churches
and acbooia. good banks and atorei
and beautiful well painted homes. Al
to meet the new condltiona. One of
the new. provisions I* that which,. x, r. vjay
of tbe district' "jJnnlBg a quiet but what is
The set was valued at $7.50. After!fund> I" the hand* of the county ' \"t?*1, effec,ive
a. so.' treasurer Inatead of the dl.trlct treaa- ' _h behMT Uat we«*
Wfl iueu al After ,,,uu ' ">e nanos or tne county i camMj„n hj>1 . h ,, ,
and ecbools. good banks and stores 1 taking it out the boy sold It for |1 50.! treasurer Instead of the district treaa- ! h« i. f - a ♦ ' MIJ- Lll8lt week
■>. ... «„«b, I.. m.r. "r- Th. ... .„ee, - . LnSfdSTte' toTuilrirt
•b.l T.„ n . r«. for hi. m.,n„ u.r, l.t. ;
ao one of the largest and most mod
ern cotton glna whlcb I saw any-
where I visited Mr. J. O. McCollls-
ter, a prominent real eatate and loan
man. v o Is one of tbe prominent and
active citizens of Mangum and in
hen he was caught
sha! Teuton a race for his money. J u*rJr 1>l
Teuton walked up to him and asked
him If Ills name was Charley Bolen.
When Teuton turned away to get
someone to identify him l*e boy ran
away. Teuton followed immediately
' i-miun vi .uauguui miu iu — iwuuweu 1 uuneuiaieiy.
close touch with his county and those overtaking the runaway In the east
a A {a f>onl Ua n a ^ A •# *.1 imrt r\t tnu n wKoe U „ 1 i a - I
part of town, where he had taken re-
fuge under a porch.
adjacent. He a a candidate'for the
legislature from his county a year
cc-o. On a bright afternoon we took
a trip about thirty five miles In his
auto over the gently rolling prairies
ol that county, and everywhere there
were thousands of acres in good cot-
ton: t'-ese features gave the land-
scape a most beautiful apeparance.
The land in this county was more uni-
form and productive than any I eaw.
The soil is a dark chocolate loam
with a mixture of sand. This make1
Idf al cotton land, for it contains the
elements that offer the greatest re- ! S'm€r' Who hails from the
sistance to drouth. Such land is sell- ™l,.°W COUntry' was tr,ed befo™
Ing at from thirty to sixty dollars an ^US"°e Turvey'■ and fined for
having whipped his wife while on a
farmer's hou8e burned.
The residenc e of A. M. Keith, who
lives In the Horse Branch * country,
lost his home and contents by fire
last week. We are not able to learn
e extent of the loss but hear noth-
ing was saved.
ancosm Judge ti. "a. Brown, who
trip rogers manaoitr I rUBni"* for of the Su-
RS M^AQSR | prerae Court Practically all of
of the famous. Greer county will vote for Judge
j Clav and not oniy that but will talk
mote carpenter improving.
Mr Mot* Carpenter, who waa badly
crushed In a gin at Hlak* om* alx
week* ago, it will be remembered, un-
derwent an operation at tbe l)r. I>e-
Arman hoapkal last week The oper
atlon was nece**ary to adjuat some
piecea of bone In hi* forearm, which
> examination by the X-Kay
lae showed wore aepa rated from
the principal arm bone ft was auc-
ce *fulty performed and tbe patient
la making rapid Improvement.
young men to
to meet at granite.
fined for whipping his wifp
r. ..j ' ,v,,, l«,R
The many friends of Mr. Trip Rog- «*nc"(%cy throughout the dia-
ers will be glad to know he has ac ^\.HeJ* weJ> known ■"
. « .. . | ov®r the district and we venture
cepted the managership of the Fa- the prediction his support will be
mous. Trip is one of the most capa- satisfactory from every section,
ble and best known dry goods men in I improving THE STREETS.
this county and the Famous has done
well indeed in selecting him as man-
ager. str. Rogers was formerly with
Trlppet Bros, here and late has
been manager of the Famous store at
Willow. Nearly everybody in Greer
County knows an* likes Trip.
acret while the average loan on
quarter sections runs all the way
from $800 to $1500. I talked to two
farmers while we were doing the
cotton gin, and pumped them vigor-
ously for information. One told me
that he had one hundred bales of cot-
ton last year from 210- acres, which
at present price would bring about
$6,800. His crop was not so prolific
this'year, although not a failure by
any means. Muohf of his present crop
" as injured by heavy rain which came
Just at tbe critkwl moment and dash-
ed the fibre to the ground, and drove
it into the dirt. All with whom I talk
ed were sure this was the worst year
they have had there since their short
career as a state, cn account of no
rain last winter and no reserve mois-
ture in the soil to start the crop, and
all are just as optimistic concerning
the fine outlook next year, as the soil
is already watered abundantly."
spnee some ten days ago. He is
about fifty years old. A year or two
ago his wife had him under a peace
bond for protection.
Street Commissioner -.fnith has
had teams at woik on the streets
thia wetk draggirg them with sur-
facing implements. This is a wise
move and if followed persistently
wi'lgive Mangum a system of
'streets that cannot be excelled.
IN MANGUM'S SOCIETY SET
The Young Men's Democratic club*
of Greer County will hold a meeting
at the opera house in Granite Jan-
uary 5th, for the purpoae of organiz-
ing a county club. All democrats be-
tween the ages of seventeen and thir-
ty-five are eligible and it la hoped a
full turnout will be had from each
c ommunity. It is a worthy move and
deaervc* support of all democrats.
Willow Has Oil Company
Citizens of Willow and sur
rounding country have organized a
co-operative c.mpany to investigate
and develop the oil prospects in
that community. Leases ou five
thousand acres were secured Tues-
day. Roy Gaither is the leader in
the movement.
the baptist church.
Preaching by pastor at both
marriage licenses.
I rreacnir.„ ulilM
Items of Interest to Manfum's Social World Gathered by The hours- The morn«n«r theme will be
I "The Ideal life". At the evening
Pen-ocrat's Society Editress
( arlyle Petree of Kingfisher is vis- Mrs. Guy Waite returned from Car-
iting his mother, Mrs. Eaton. I margo Monday.
jury commissiosers to meet.
^Samu;el Chandler, 22', Mangum and
Bertha iLeard, 19, Mangum.
A. B. Snipes, 50, Mangum, and Par-
ma Stiles, 30, Mangum.
Walter Morris, 27, Mangum, and
Minnie Jordan, 16, Mangum.
M. A. Fluty, 21, Mangum, and
Louise Herlong, 18, Mangum. _
W. B. Armstrong, 23, Paducah, Tex- chafine dish party Saturday evening
as, and Jeffie Fauihion, 23, Mangum.
WSlliam W. Sanders, 32, Mangum,
and Alice Osborn, 20, Mangum.
Mrs. Ffed Sterner has bee® vi^ttljig
her parents in Frederick.
Mr. P. P. Prultt of Ardmore was
here during last week end.
Miss Dixie Young entertained at a
the sheriffs race.
Miss March Carlock of Oklahoma
City is spending the holidays with
relatives.
, Misses Jeffie Young and Mabel
The race for sheriff in Greer Coun- | Hughes attended the Assohiatlon at
Miss Nettie Rowland of Hobart
ty already gives promise of a lively i Tutea
interest. Several candidates are feel-
j ing out the situation and it is likely , — ,
Judge "Browi* has appointed D. C. that there will be four cr five very spent V:e week end with Miss Mary
Jester, J. W. Ryder and Frank Over-! popular men out for this office. Will Wright.
ton as jury commissioners of Greer j Henry has stated openly that he will ' —
County, and has called them to meet be in the running and J. A. McKib- Miss Athlene Johnson returned to I
in Mangum Janu^y *5th, to seledt a bin, Will Teuton and J. L. Lyon are her home in Clinton Friday after vis-1 „ 8 Eula Sims and D
almost sure to be candidates. There,' 'Hng Miss Mabel McCollister. - ® J a'6 spending fcen days
are several other possibilities, but so
iMr. Ernest Sampson of Frederick-
spent Sunday in Mangum.
Mrs. J. L. Lyons and Lennie are
spending the holidays at Binger.
Miss Myrtle Leveret of- Elk City
is the' gue3t of Miss Laurabelle Sla-
ton.
Miss Josephine Burden of Coal-
gate spent the holidays with her par
ents.
Mr. John Moseley of Durant spent
the holiday with his parents Rev.
and Mrs. J. W. Moseley.
. sav v. veiling
services the pastor will preach the
3rd. sermon of the series on the
general theme "The Ten Command-
ments", namely, "How The Third
Commandment May Be Violated".
We most cordially invite you and
your- fnends to worship with' ue
next Sunday, the first Lord's day
of the New Year. Come, and bring
others with you, and let us start
1914 aright.
If it is a fair morning, we will
have 350 in the S. S. Inspiring
music at all services. Strangers
welcomed.
Holmes Nichols, Pastor.
venire of 100 names for district court
and the same number c-f county court
jurors.
o
thacker visits us.
John Riley Thacker, the versatile
editor of the Eldorado Courier, broke
into the Democrat office Christmas
! ay while the editor and his devil
were out taking Christmas. It's all
right J. R. You are welcome any
time, day or night.
joseph cullen root dead.
far as the Democrat is advised, no j -M1ss Wattie Dean Hooper of Am-
one else has definitely decided on ar'Ho. Texas, arrived Friday and is
the matter
the guest of her numerous friends.
Joseph' Cullen Root, Sovereign Com-
mander of the Woodmen of the World
and originator of that order and of
the Modern Woodmen, died at Hen-
derson, S. C., last Wednesday night.
Few men in the United States have
lived to become so well beloved as 1W1U,
the founder of tbe Woodmen order, jsion.
Million* of men and women had
learned to regard him with real love
and respect.
dr. border called to hollis. | Miss, Mary Powers is attending the
—1 j State Teachers Association at Tulsa
Dr. Border was called in consults and visiting friends in Norman and
tion in a case at Hollis Saturday. A °klahoma City.
boy named Looney, son of the regis- j —
ter of deeds of Harmon County, was ' Mr- and M|*S- Peyton Brown are
seriously cut in an affray with anoth- having as their dinner guests on New
toot leg whiskey is Years, Mrs. G. A. Brown, Leon Brown,
Goodwin Crittenden and Miss Mary
Hamilton.
er young man. Bootleg whiskey
said to have led to the cutting
at central christian church
TheVe will be the regular ser-
vices at usual hours, but there will
be some special features. At eleven
there will be a Fellowship service
in which it is desired that every
number of the congregation partic-
'Pat?- Brief reports of the oast
Miss Jesse Rowland of Hobart re- j ear's work will be submitted along
turned Sunday after visiting Miss witn the recommendations of the
Alire Hunter. Official Board for the coming year.
Thfre be a short message en- Wuiu OI square, ur ixey -
Misses Eula Sims "^Gltajj. into «he j ln
music and a sermon on ' 'The Found-1 houZb *** °' MsngUm' ^ F C*
ation of The Christian Church"-,>
A cordial and hearty welcome to' A11 Persons living within Mangum'3
I who attend nilr sorriooa «0 , f invirons will be visited Friday after-
noon and invited to attend elrnrch on
Mr. and Mrs. J.
Pryor.
with
Battenfield at
Miss Alta Sawyer is attending the
Association of Teaihers at Tulsa, and
visiting friends in Oklahoma City and
Chandler.
J. O. McCOLLISTER RETURNS.
On Monday night Rev. Merrill en-
tertained the members of the Royal
Glearoers Sunday school class at his
home. Numerous funny games were
played and enjoyed. Dainty refresh-
ments of fruit cake and hot chocolate
were served.
A *td« movement. *uKK*'«tod by
J «V t'addeil, a daocon and on* of tha
leading member* of tbe Flr t
Cburrb. ha* been launched by
leadlna church** In Mangum to g«C
•verybody to attend wrvice* on Ui«
flr*t Sunday of tbe new year.
The matter wa* taken up at the
ministerial alliance meeting Satur-
day and the pastor* of the several
• hurche* were a*kwd to aopoint com-
mittee* to perfect an organization
thai would personally vUlt every reat-
dent of Mangum and vacinity and gat
hi* promise to be preaent at soma
church nest Sunday. Each pastor
appointed six women and three men
to meet at tbe n^hodUK church to
complete plan* for tbe work. Thlg
committee met Monday afternoon
and appointed tbe working commit-
tees and divided tbe territory a* fol-
lows:
First district—all of Mangum eut
of the S W. Ry tracks, Mn*. E. R.
Tinsley. %
Second district—-all the mills, gina,
brick plant, etc., Dr. R. L. Holt.
'Ihlrd district—all business housea
on the square, A. R. Wilson, chair-
man; J. N. Caddell, F. G. Barlow, Q.
B. Towneend, Dr. Anderson.
Fourth district—all south part of
town, east of Oklahoma avenue and
south of Lincoln street, Mra. R. H,
Jacobs, chairman; Mrs. H. L. Mecumj
Mrs. T. E. Fears, Mrs. W. A. Merrill.'
Miss Lee Wilson.
Fifth district -all of Oklahoma and
Pennsylvania avenues, north of tha
square, Mrs. R. L. Holt, chairman;
Mrs. D. W. Gordon.
Sixth district—North Mangum. Mra.
Chas. Rutter, Mrs. B. E. Douglass.
Seventh district—West Lincoln and
West Pierce, Mrs. E. E. Embree,
chairman; Mrs. Ney Neel.
Eighth district—All territory south
of Lincoln and west of Oklahoma
avenue, Mrs. D. H. Pershall, chair-
man; Mrs. Louis Tittle.
Ninth district—All territory east of
Carolina and north of Pierce, Misa
Dora Harris, chairman; Mrs. H. H.
Wiyman.
Tenth district—All territory east
of Carolina west of N. W. Ry., south
of Pierce and north of Lincoln, Mrs.
J. I. Young, chairman; Mrs. H. F.
Ritter.
Eleventh district—All territory west
of Oklahoma avenue and north of
Pierce street, Mrs. J. W. Madden
chairman; Miss Casey, Mrs. W. C.
Terry, MrS. A. C. W.ttt and Mrs. Nan-
hie Powell.
Twelfth district—All business hous-
es north and east of the square, R. D.
Martin, chairman; M. H. Mills.
Fourteenth district— All businesa
houses south of square, Dr. Ney Neel.
all who attend our services is ex
tended by the membership.
Street C<Jmmission* r Pink Smith
was taken very ill Sunday with an
attack of appendicitis.
Mrs. Edgar Fears entertained infor
Friday night Miss Gladys McCollis-
I ter entertained five girls with a slum-
. ....a, Mgur rears entertained Infor- ' f
J. O. McCollister returned from an mally Monday night fcr Miss Wattle ' H ^
extended trip through the East last Dean Hooper. Music and games were 1 ,D honor of M,8s Watt,e
Wednesday night. He visited Wash- enjoyed after which refreshments or J100^1"' °ther gUe*U Were ia"
ington. New York. Boston and other cake and hot chocolate were served ' evening and all vi.ited
points on a successful business mis- ' tbe Woodro*- Saturday morning at
VI- Qn. w„„ 0 rv_. ten a dainty breakfast was served to
r ;Wi- "r:.'".** T: 8 D-A™"> Misses Ho p r. Po^rs.
spending the holidays with their son >. ,, . „ M1
Mr. M. H. Pate spent the Chriat Mr. Temple DeArman. at Walnut ^ McCo,,te«*.
ma« holidays in Texas Springs. Texas
Wm. Burden, son of R. L., of this
city, is visiting the home folks this
week. \\>n. lives at Electra, Texas.
sentinel citizen
locates in masgum.
R. W. Hulett. of Sentinel. Oklaho
ma. moved to Mangum last week, and
stopped temporarily with Mr. Single-
terry, of the Border hospital. Mr
Sunday. The workers are very much
in earnest about the matter aud it is
hoped that every church in Mangum
will be filled to overflowing at tbe
Sunday services. The First Baptist,
the Methodist, the Presbyterian and
the Central Christian are behind the
movement and each is preparing a
special musical program for tbe oc-
casion.
TOO MUCH SNOW BALL.
Som>f ten or fifteen boys were ar-
rested last week for playing snow
„. ball. The boys became a little too
Hulett is one of the most active citi- careless, turning a pleasant recrea-
Continued on Pair** 2
w.*- mwi ■< u e <i«- j areiess, turning a pleasant recraa-
*ns of Sentinel, and Mangum is very tion into a nuisance, and in order to
glad Indeed to welcome "im to thia bring about a little more oonserm-
city. He represents tbe Thomas J tisra the city-
Milling Company, but it ia likely he Usaary to tai
*111 enter business here soon 1 have not beei
found it nec-
The cases
Wrights Ham pickle, Hannah's Drug Store
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