The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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FOR FIlKM l UKr ".' ^. ^SATISFACTION GO TO J. W. LOVETT. TIIK FURNITURE MAN
Til 10 (Ili RE LI COUNTY DEMOCRAT
(Sueeewor to the Mangum Suo-lionhor) v
<«minr K.ia l«h 4 | a*C .
"#/ < 8ii • «ta ii«k«4 law*
• «A>|tJa«*j April a iktil
MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2), 1914.
VOL
?. NO. 7
CHAS CARSON FORMERLY OF
MANGUM SHOT A MAN SUNDAY,1.
L AO V 8TRICK C N
PARALYSIS
WITH SENTENCES PASSED
SPIRA TORS
ON CON
•w.
O Bradford of Mt Harriott n vital part
*M 1,1,01 thr # Omas with ■' "Another entered at hi* left ntppl-
J -ca!lbw automatia revolver. by eomln* out of hi* back a boot four! - • . ......... w« «. „ v....w , u-
Chart** r«r on. of Oklahoma (Itjr, j inches below. Tbl bulK*t evidently ; ••v* n|n*. when the at/oka came on her ■enU'ncad tln-m aa MIowh Bach of
Monday afternoon 03 tbo rrowded; imiied under bIf heart Tim fall. In a ditch and unahu t«tlth* fiw • rtw. maxik>
Mm ki Katllabaum who reeldes on Monday morn In* In county court,
farm about two mllea aouth « f town jaftf Judge Tha. k-r hid h««rd a id
waa *tilali m with paralyala on laat ofrrruM a motion for a n«w trial by
Friday night. M" Ketllnbaum Uvea attorneys for tha defend, la the
on a farm by arr«elf. and she had w of th« Stale of Oklanoma vs. ( y
K ' )« out In '.he pasture to a«a about Williams, il. V. Ilenoon. It A Ilalrd.
^he stock. About sli o'clock Friday C I' Walker and J. W Chambers. b«
wunnay ar.crnoon o.i tho crowded, pnaaed under hit heart. The j"'"* ,n ■ 'Itch and waa unable to I the five were given a five months
platform at -he union station Two bullet hit l«t*e.n hhi shoulders and J010*®- N<> one was near and she Jail sentence and a fin* of ISO" and
••ore shots wetw fired but they did no* Is believed lodged undnr the shoulder f0uM mak* no to attract the (placed under $1500 bonds, whlrh they
r lias ford's body. Very fortunate blade The bullets were steel Jack- ,ul#n:'on of passers by on the nad o a' made 'his week
liey also mlased others In the «*•#*! ami iii i • « n,(he nelsabore. Hence, she lai.l In thi* T ev also filed an uddmI hnnd un>i
COTTON SITUATION SEEMS
TO BE GETTING BETTER
Toey also filed an appeal bond and
Till apapal the die to the crlmluul
<X>u. t of appeals In due time.
eater
ly they also mlased others In tbe^eted and did sot mike ragged wounds
«x>wd on the platform. Hasford wail Both Formerly of Oklahoma
r«aMng eislly at his horn.- thU mor- j "Hasford aald that he would mate
"In* and "he physician* In charge eon-'a statemont concerning the Mhnotlng
elders his chances very favorable for at the proper time ( arson former y • • — •
recovery. Carson Is In Jail where he lived at Mangum Oklahoma, where thp nort "1ornln* «u«l went over to,
doollnes to talk for publication He Hasford was formerly located. It U Ariv" ""
will probably be given a hearing to- 'reported t'nat there was tro-ibfc be-
uiarrow Itween !he two men at Mangum sev- <Irlv,nK ,h<"ra oul ot th* "e'd h* star- u In Taylor. or South Taylor Street,
"The shooting took place between |eral years ntro. Carson * hrmn ha«, t"(1 to hou « "d found her and Im- died this morning at about ten oVi
ithe nelgabors. Hence, she laid In this
'awful condition until about seven
o'clock Saturday morning Mr.
Hu.'khart, wlio farms one of her
ftrma, notified the cattle In the field
MRS. WM. TAYLOR DEAD.
iMra.i Ju,ft 48 *'* sre gol.ig *o p™
After bft<' news reaches this office that Mrs.
the
J and :! o'clock en t!:« second plat- j lately b<^n at Oklahoma City, whore
form betwci the rallroid tm^ks. Ac. [he is employed by an elevator.
mediately summoned medical aid, ■V!r'<- Taylor uas been in 111 health
and with the help of neighbors got fCT fl number of years, and for th
fording to a statement maie by Has- learn. He haV rccenCy been"'in Co^ h< r to tue hou e. She was conscl us months has been con
ford imediately after the ahootlnj?. rado for bis health. |>,Jt <°"!d nat move or talk. During trt h*'r b"d. She leaves a hus-
.' the night a chilly shower fell, leav- banil and 'our small childern, three
bc.ys and a Rlrl. We extend our
patnles io the bereaved family
DATE CHANGED FOR THE HAMP
TON 8INGERS
Carson walked up to him and asking i "He had taken a room on Elg'nth
if tie was not Mr. Baqford, ioeld out I street since coming her® and it is
not j said had gone to the station to get a 8la*e"
tola hand. Hasford at first did
reoognize Carson and said something Rxtp he had left there.
I13ft.000.000 COTTON LOAN
FUND APPROVED BY BOARD
Washington, October :i -After
week* of negotlatk/ns between bank-
ers and federal reserve board mem-
bers a tentative agreement waa reac'j
ed Saturday nlxht when the board v|r-
' aally approved a plan by which a fund
of $135,000,000 will be raised '.o care , ,
for the surplus cotton crop and extend It f* esiimated. will not «rwl ou^.
aW to cotton producers. Tin. plan is eighth of one per-ent. and the remain,
lightly different from that originally d, r to be us-d ,« make k«kh! any 1<*.
proposed, but loans will be made on 1 xes which may be incurred ou l.tann
cotton at 8 re Ms a pound bearing In- that may be mad,- on . otlo j a* the
lerest of no: more than « pe^ent for | atlpalateit rate of sis cetn.s t>er pound.
It Is provided that all eervlee,
render* d la the atfaHniatrstion of tb«
fund by voluntary comtnUiemi and
bunkers shall be without i-narge, but
that the borrower* shail pay .1 p.-r
cent on the amount loanet to thum J:i-
(o « fund which Is to be called the
guarantee fund and ehkb Is to b«
ui>ed exefulively for paying ifee nece<>-
iary expenses of adminlhti%Uou which
one with a privilege of six montas
•xtenskn.
The retervn board will have direct
upervlsion of the fund but probably
will operate through a lommittte of
bankers and business men. All de-
l'i>on tna conclusion of the whole
tranhacticn tbe amount of money left
in 'he guarantee fund will Im returned
pro rata to the borrowers.
"It is hoped tha' responses may be
received from the bankers of the lead-
about th« latter having tha best of
hun whereupon Carson said :"Yes,
you do know me and you know my
wi/e better." At this Carson opened
Hasford it 1
As soon as the doctor arrlv?d she
was revived, and is now rapidly im-
proving. George, a married son, came
Sulzberger Packing Com^, of OU.. l'° °' h*
was, and will, as soon as his mother
is said had oome to the station to1
mail a letter. Basford represents the
hnma ri-.v .« 7-nIT t i888' and wiu- as 800n « mother ^ ,n a tetter from the D,*,e '^ceum
a wUV and child lh ab!e t0 tra^1' take E«r hom« ^ °' Da"a9, Tf'Xa8' l° ReV" W
a wire and child. . , .. — .... a u«r-iii a/ ai«v nntu. u ■ !..
fine with his gun pressed against Bas-
ford'a abdomen.
Struggle on Platform
"Toe latter struggled to hold the
gtia off but Carson threw his arm
•ato Basford's back. In this struggle
Hasford pulled Carson to the platform
pavement <n top of him. Deputy Sher-
A Merrill, of this city, notice Is giv-
en that the date for the Hampton
. . , ; i ui in.- n*aa-
tails of the p a:i were not made public ing cities early next. wee .. If. favor-
Saturday night | able, the plan will be put Into im-
' ^ork t>*«iken have agreed to mediate execution. In tha' cas* -Jie
lubscrlbe fSO.COO.OOO :0 the fund and cotton loan fund will be administered
a wife and child. i. . „ „
P,, „ .. , I him. Mrs. Estlinbaum owns half a
J*I\e emp.y cartridges were found „ , , , ,
in ramnn'. Isection of land and prefers living on ""
••u w , r®volver- the farm to living with her married Court Sin&p™ "as been changed from
Mr. HasftTd was very optomlstic children j Kovember 4th, tc November 6th. The
- — — —I11"? C^rfu,1 t0!lauy and to be! This Is the second stroke of para- ,eUer 8tate3: "D'3-^rd any otoe,
around him still firing the revolver jable ° ca 1 on hlK trade in a short jV3ig she baR had tQe being^ate that may l,ave been K|ven
.time. He requested the publication of abcut a year a„0 ',eaTjn ajas November 5th is the correct date
the following notice: cirippJed condition. ' 1 °
To My Friends and Patrons: Ow- _
Or 4/\ <■ iilirrk< n T 111 l ill !
pitvMiiiviu 1 ti lup oi oiin. i/epuiy aner- J w tu • *v v/^-
iffg Charles Russell and W. s. Henry j in« to a accident I will h« a lit- TA1/CI1 ~
«,♦ h„ .<— tie late calling on you this week for'EXAMINATI0N TAKEN BY 22
yctip order. Will ask t'nat you kind-
ly hold same for me.
"W. O. BASFX)RD,
"With Sulzberger & Son s Co."
who were at the station at the time
-an toward the men at fne sound of
ik« first shot. Russell was first to
reach them and seized the revolver
from Carson's hand who was still try-
ing to fire in into Basford's body, al-
though it was later found that all the
cartridges had been exploded. Tne
two men were lifted to their feet.
"He didn't hit me" was Basford's
fiat exclamation, as he had not felt - — —
tbe bullets as they plowed through I mer'y "ved in Mangum, which is a
. m ' H.~ of
GREER COUNTY TEACHERS
The cxaminHion which c-ljsed hast
v.„. -eek, for teachers certificates, given
—Wichita Daily Times, j b>' County Superintendent. Miss Kate
The above article appeared in the j Terry, was taken by tar more appli-
Wic'nita Falls Daily Times, and is the;cant3 than evier before at this time
only report of any length that wejof year. Those who tock the exam-
have been able to obtain. The arti- ' inaction were: Ktta UoUi.itgv
CONVICTS TAKEN BACK TO RE
FORMATORY
cle states however that BasfCTd for-
bis fhesh. The officers, however, saw
t.'a«e blood staining his vest about his
abdomen and chest and on his back
and walked with him to the Miller
Dnig Store where a physician was
called. Carson was taken to the coun-
ty jail.
"He ruined my home," he exclaim
ed, when pulled away from Basford.
"Hxamina'tion showed that one of
I'oe bullets had entered Basford'3
abdomen on the right side. This bul-
let does not appear to have entered
mistake; he at one time had Mangum
in this territory while 'ne was travel-
ing saleman in thi3 state, and it will
be remembered that he was the man
who drew the motorcycle at the Book
Store over a year ago. MV. Carson,
however, lived in Mangum for a num
ber of years, and had many friends
here w'no will be scrry to learn of his
trouble. Hardly had the smoke of
the shooting cleared away before
many Mangum men went to Wichita
Falls, to offer whatever aid he might
need.
were: Etta McMurray
Vaugtian of Jester; W. 8. Symonds of
Granite; Susie B. Austin of Mangum;
R. L. Covington of Mangum; John
John Rose of Blair; Mary Virginia
Lee of Granite; Delia Edens of Man-
gum; Morie Saulsubry, Jester; Edna
Mathews, of Granite; Ruth Powers of
Mangum; May Lowman, of iLone
Wolf; Ola Wall, of Willow; Gaynell
Tho tnree convicts who have been
confined in the Jail here for some
time, were taken back to the reforma-
tory at Granite Tuesday afternoon
The three boys were unruly, and had
attempted to escape several times,
and were brought here and placed in
Jail for safe keeping, until the refor-
matory cells could be completed.
southern banks are counted <n for $35,
000,0<H> more. The remaining $50,000,-
000 is to toe raised in cotton produc-
ing states.
Secretary McAdoo outlined t'ae plan
Saturday nigat In the following state-
ment :
"The new plan contemplates the
loaning of money on cotton at « cents
a pound and at an Interest rate net
exceeding f, peraajit for a p.- iod of
under the general supwrvislcn of a <v-n-
Tal committee of the individual mem-
bers of the federal reserve board,
which committee will in turn appoiut
a commute o be known as the 'cot-
ton loan committee* and which will
ha\e actual management of the fund "
"The p'nn in Its now form is mora
practical than anything heretofore pre-
sented and it is hoped that the re.
quisltc amount may be promptly sub-
muy uu [>i urn |j£iy .sun-
scribed tha' the plan may be put into
>■ nuuiuu.iui penoo or six immediate operation
ORDERED CAR OF COTTON PICK-
ERS.
COTTON
WAREHOUSE
TED
COMPLE
A-. S. Aiathis, of the Reed commun-
ity was here Tuesday night, and waile
here wi ed railroad tiokets to a car
load cf cotton pickers, in Texas. Mr.
Matfais has In a large acreage of cot-
ton, and is trying to have it picked
out before the bad weather sets in.
FINED FOR
STEALING
SACK
COTTON
The large cotton warehouse which
was built by the merchants of Man-
gum, is now completed, and the scales
and other supplies are 'ooked for on
. every train. The management will
Wall, Willow; Elncra McGavock, of'be under t'ne supervision of W. T.
Granite; Lucy and Mollie Bowmon, Funderburk, and it is expected t!iat
of Mangum; Minnie Davis of Granite;
J. N. Roberts of Jester; Maud Lantz
of Granite; Myrtle HiK of Brinkman;
and A. S. Koffman, of Granite.
that house will be filled with cotton
I in a very short time.
Earl Short, of Sentinel, spent Sun-
day here.
The above picture represents the
w«|t known face of Zack T. Pryse,
wfco has been living in Mangum for
tha past fourteen years. It has often
be«a said that Zack could probably
get most any office if he were only
a democrat. But now. let us take all
thia^s into consideration and beleiv-
iag that if he la good enough to be
ctjrk of the supreme court of Okla-
k«aa at all. what difference does it
«ake if he Is a republican. If you
him worthy juet put an X in
ft^nt of his name II will only be a
w«tf paid compliment to a home boy
aajr may be a great help to him —adrt
LATER—"Chas. W. Carson, charg-
ed with assault to murder W. O. Bas-
ford last Sunday at the union station,
apeared in Justice Howard's court
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and
afer a brief hearing, Carson was per-
mitted by the court to be released on
a $1250 bond, pending the action of
the grand jury In December, which
Ca-son readily made.
The statement of Mr. Basford to
acting attorney T. B. Greenwood and
Atty. Hunter one of the defendant's
attorneys, and the statements of De-
iputry Sheriff Charles Russell was the
only evidence submitted."—From
Thursday's paper.
—— o
3362 BALES OF COTTON GINNED
IN MANGUM
There has been 3362 bales of cotton
ginned in Mangum this season, be-
sides the number ginned at the Chas.
Evans' gin, which burned down some
three weeks ago. We ae unable to
get the numbe of bales they had gin-
ned at the time of the fire. The other
gins have ginned this amount as fol-
lows: Seals', 370; Tinsley and Tuck-
er, 705; Farmers, 681; Pace, 610; Ir-
▼in Chancelor, 509; Har-is-Irby, <87,
making a total of 3362.
This is abcut three times as much
cotton as was ginned here laet year
a month later than thia.
DEATH AT RUSSELL
Henry/Lyons, the 19 year old son of
Mr. and Mis. Wm. Lyon3 of near Rus-
sell, died at his parents' home on last
Monday morning. Some few days ago
lie was hurt waile loading some
freight in a wagon, but thought noth-
ing of it after the soreness had left
his 3ide, and was at work again last
week, when he became 3ick and had
to be put to bed. He kept growing
woree until Monday morning at which
time he died. His remains were in-
terred in the Iiuss?ll cemetery Mon-
day evening.
PAID FINE FOR CARRYING GUN
Roy Hern don and Thomas Nash,
r.orthwes- of Mungum, were arrested
and brought before Justice's Wylie
Snow's court on F/iday of last we^k,
being charged with stealing cotton
sacks from Lee Powell, la that com-
munity. It was charged that the
hoy8 stole three sacks, but only oue
of the sacks was found. They were
tracked from Mr. Vowell's wagon,
which was in the field, to the Herndon
field, and tbe sack was found in the
possession of Roy Herndon. Young
Herndon stated that he took the sack,
but did it only as a joke, and that the
other boy, Thomas Nash, had noth-
ing to do with it. Hoy was fined $10
and cos;s, which amounted to $35, and
the Nash boy was elea^ed. Only one
of the sac'<8 were located.
B. V. Henson, a Burns detective,
who was implicated in the conspiracy
here recently, plead guilty to carry-
ing a concealed weapon here in July,
and pair a fine of $25, and costs,
which amounted to about $55.
COURT HOUSE WALKS
BUILT FAST
BEING*
Hannah Says:
In regard to those gold fish. They
mada such a hit that I have ordered
another lot so as to be able to l-'t all
of my custome r get some. Of course
you all know th:? proposition. We give
them away with every 50c purchase of
Nyal's remedies or toilet articles.
FREE GOLD FISH
The walks to the court hou3e from
the gates are being built rapidly, the
one on the west and north 3ides
are now completed and by the middle he just comes in and gets a nica
_j, , , .... U l_ 1 l. .1... • ..
A drummer who comes here every
week say3 that he would rather nuke
Mangum than any ether town on his
territory, because when he gets hun-
" wiuj/i^oru twin uy 1110 IlllUllie « aa v -j
of next week they will be completed ' little lunch all fixed up in 3ty!e that
■ ■' ... nil. _ . - L r 1 « i il c>* ullUn Vll.l tnni.v ti— n tr. „ n ... l'.. J.
if the weather stays favorable.
STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
County Treasurer Hall and Deupty
Tittle, are being kept very busy this
week, issuing tax receipts. This is
the last week, taxes may be paid
without penalty, for after this week.
commenQing Monday morning, all de-
linquent 'axes -vill be sold for the
taxes, and wuen the property is sold,
it draw3 is per cent interest from the ey
date of the sale, there is also a pen-
alty of $2.25 on each sale.
just suits his taste. He also says that
he can get these luo^he; only at Han-
nah's. We are serving more peop'e
every day and we have yet to find our
first, dissatisfied customer.
HANNAH'S FOR LUNCHEONETTE
Dr T. J. Nunnery ot GranH* wasjSCOTT FERRIS, who will speak in Mangum Saturday. October 31 at. at 12
over on a professional trip Tuesday | o'clock.
FIST FIGHT AT WILLOW
A fight at Wallow on last Saturday
between Bud Wright and an As er
ian. of that town, resulted in a fine
for each, and of all costs. The d'f-
flluKy arose over a setlement
We are sure that if you will try ou^
box of Hannah's Ccid Tablats you will
cure that cold at once: if it don't,
bring back the box and get your man-
That's tne way we do buoines*.
YES. WE STILL GUARANTEE
NYAL'S RBMEDIES
HANNAHS
(ON THE SQUARE)
THE NVAL STORE
Pbeae M
Manguas
Free Gold Fish at HANNAH'S Drug Store
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