The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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FOR FURNITURE AND SAin. ACTION GO TO J. W. LOVETT. THE FURNITl KK .VIAN |
THE CJREElt COUNTY" DEMOCRAT
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MANGUM. GREEK COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARYS, 1914.
VOL. i*. NO. 21
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The Valiants
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full of th icddcriKM* and
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A story dramatic, ardent and
sympathetic, one to be fol-
lc . • J with unflagging Interest.
— ''rtroit Frte Press.
!m America
It begins well ind ends Detter,
while between is no page or mo-
ment that drag sor" lets down."
— Chiiugo K'\ itrd- Herald.
We will run this story as our
next serial. Don't you think
you would enjoy reading it?
First Installment Soon
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KIdora
NEW GARAGE FOR MANGUM.
Mr. W'll Clack, formerly of Phoe-
nix, Arizona, has installed an automo-
bile garage and repair shop at the old
Rutfcer barn, on North Commerce St..
He has put in modern equipment and
is prepared to attend to the needs of
auto owaera in the m« st expeditious
and workmanlike manner.
VISITS GRANITE.
AMC% OR If GINS WORK
I Work of L>ating Property for TasaDon
• s Started by Cravey and His
Deputies
1 t'onniy A i «or Craroy and bt
! iep.it|«-s hat* begun thr work of as-
!M salug pioporty for taxoe At a
i mwilni uf lila appoint**** In bl* offlc«
Mcnday In trut-lions for making a*
•mistnenM serf given and a bast* for
valuatlotio as agreed upon, it *.
ii<-<'t- sar> that some understanding ' •
arilved it as to the vnluatlnos which
should be | laced on different cU *
of property In ord*r that uniformity
'.f values would obtain throughout '
the count..'. Assessing ts now In a«-
live operation In every 'ownshlp In
the count), some of the deputies hav-
ing startej out Tuesday, others later
In the neok.
At the time of this writing the fol-
lowing aPi>olntments had been made.
J. II. Camubell, Ralney Township.
H. E. V'arllck, Bloomington Twp
W S. \\ i!hlte, Tilly Township.
T. J. B'trrten, Quart/. Township.
J. I. Muaoner, Mangum Township. .
Mr. Crive.v blmsolf will assess the
i lties and towns.
One striking feature of the new
plana is the instruction of Assessor
Cravey to his deputies to give each j afternoon, and
"opy of his assessment in or-1 program,
der that any Inequalities may be ad-|
IN MANOUM S SOCIETY SET
Itcmi of Intfreii to Hanfum't Social World fathered by The
Democrat's Soocty Cditroi
I. TUIngrr made
\VI< ilta falls last
bust ■
Mrs
and Mr
in
I Moore Is tialting friend*
o. oklahoma
ia . High Is the yueel of Mr
J O. McColliater.
ent
Mlaa Kua May who wai
visiting ,trr sister Mr«. Karl Hmlth'
In (Irsaite *aa called ba<k Ha'urdsy
noon to aula* iLealle Power*. son ofi
Mrs, J a Power*, who was taken'
violent!) Ill Friday night with acute I
append!• Pis. The many friends of
"Little J dge" as he Is called, will be
iilad to hear his conditiou Is Improv-
pnrt of this Ing
Mrs.
*e left Tuesday for Nor
he entered the Pnlveraity.
Will Nonnan and
< n visiting in (iraolt
'■ runt.
The C
lie Annan
: triii k uian ' —
Mian ln% Oakes entertained on Mon-
day eve.i rg at a farewell party given
in hoaor m /earl Lowe. who lert
xamea «.-re played at several table*. |
IKirotny Mr. Lowe was presented with a floor
pillow, in the Y. M. A. C. colors, gray
and maroon, us attest prize. Bill 81m* i
made a .spiel In behalf of the I. (J. H.
girls. Tt-iicious hot grape Julee and
cake *ero served. The guests were
has tjone to On- Miss N*r-na Lee Pace and her guest.
Miss Williams. Misses Alice Hunter,
j Vera £-'addel. Beula Jacobs, Nanny
Ulan Club met Wednesday and Opal Caddel, and Kay Marie Cre-
ad an interesting! so, and I ••ill Sims. Morris ( haffin,
i Raymond Boyle, Marshall Nichols
— Gordon .Mow
A
Charming
Rives
Romance
The Valiants
of Virginia
Blake House h«
<n !r Chickasha.
•red
Johns
. Fairford Oodson. Zearl
jnsted b-fore the hooks are taken upt jj!gs p«ari Tomrne of White Plat j I-owe and P.yon Katten.
by the Board of fountv Commlsiaon.Lpent tjie week end with Mr. and Mrs.
ers.
I John Toinine.
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REV. HAWKINS TO CLINTON.
Mis:
Rev. J. L. H. Hawkins and family
moved t y Clinton, Oklahoma, la;-:
week who re Bro. Hawkins will serve
as pastor of the Baptist church.
Rev. Hawkins was pastor of ti^e' brother.
Baptist Church here for many years!
until luast year ho resigned to en-
gage In the evangelistic work. His
work here was x&ry effective, as the
new church Is largely the rest|lr of
his activity and industry. He has a
nio^f exceiient family and the people
•here regret to have them move away.
Miss- Beulah Cox entertained at a
— j beautifully appointed dinner Teusday
Nellie Lyons was indis| osed J evening for The Round Table Club,
e* but is able to be back at; Illness prevented the presence of
j Misses Grace Powers. Katheryn
Walte and Matnye Tucker. Covers
were laid tor twelve including Misses
Beulah and Dora Cox. Virginia Ham-
ilton, Bess and Jesse Watts, l/iva
Hoovef, I ee Wilson, Ida McCandless,
Vonnie Johnson, Beatrice Stubbs,
Gladys McCollister and Hattie Mae
Mias Mary Peary, of
ent t!ie week end here
Brinkman
with her
Miss Partheiua Gregory of White
Flat was ti e week end guest of Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Freeman.
Mrs. T. S. DeArman is visiting Dr.
and Mrs. Travis Hudson in Welling-
ton, Texas.
Hobart Congreaslonal Candidate
.Makes luformal Statement
STAND ON VITAL ISSUES
Favors System of Uural CreJit.
Banks National Proh bition. Dir-
ect flarketing for Cotton, mid In-
come an j Inheritance Tax
TO THt VOTERS OF THE SEV-
ENTH CONGRESSIONAL DIS-
TRICT:
Ir. announcing for congress, I
deem it tvy rlui; to state to you
very plainly my position on the
most important public questions.
I Favor:
1.—A reduction pf the interest
paid bv farmers to a commercial
basis by a system of rural credit
banks chartered, regulated, and
festered by the ft der a i goverrnent.
2-—A direct matkvting of the
GRANITE ORGANIZES CLAY CLUB.
Y'lie. editor of the Democrat had
tue pleasure of spending the after-
noon in Granite. Granite is a very
live town, already perceptably feeling
the impulse of the activity attending
the new building work at the reform-
atory. We visited the two printing
plants there, the Enterprise and the
Worker, fr.d found Bros. Hill and
Nunnery in the best of spirits.
Judge T. P. Clay, candidate for.
| Judge in ttiis district, went to Granite
Monday night where he addressed the
Young Men's Democratic, club on the
issue# of the day. \V& understand the
enterprising democrats of Granite-
!have organized a very live ('lay -Iub
and have already enrolled about or.*'
hundred r.ic-mbers.
Judge Clay will get practically a
scliu vote in Greer County.
Mr. Je£f Wilson has returned to
I Snyder ifter visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Cocke.
Miss Nina Baker of Granite spent
Friday and Saturday with friends
iiere.
Lyou. Boiled ham, French Mu, i~ cotton cr<^ frotn pfodtrce* to'
tatoes. Mushrooms in gravy, fruit sal- th<? ppjn|,er thr0Ugh cotton ware-
ad. green pepperasplc. asparagas on ; hoUPc corporations,chartered. reg-
toast, tomatoes, celery, pickles, olives,! u|atecj arij foatered by the govern-
liot tea, gciatine. sandwiches, whipped ment.
cream and doughnuts were served.. ,} ;* *■
„ -i.—An absolute prohibition ot
After dinner music was enjoyed for!,v„,: * e
I awhile, then the girls went serenad-
I ing. Miss Cox was assisted by her
sister, Mrs. E'lison.
Wali Street gambling in farm pro-J righteousness.
HS good a
as you have ever
read. A ftory with a
universal appeal—
wholesome, inspiring,
engrossing. A Story for
old and young alike*
A Story for the home*
Be sure to get
the issue with the
first installmentI
to return to Washington.
17.—I stand for the Home, the
School, the Church, the State and
Nation: and believe in clean poli-
tics, good government and civil
MASONS INVITED TO VISIT BLAIR
The blair Lodge A. F. and A. M. will
Mr«. C. F. Mitchell bks returned exem' l f-v £i" entert>d apprentice and
n; Mt. c,"ott where she was called
. ti:e i'.icess and death of her moth-
er, Mrs. Welch.
fellowcraft degrees at their lodge
rooms Sn'urday night. All,masons in
Greer County are invited to attend.
ducts.
4.—A marketing bureau main-
tained by the government to assist
and faciliiate the marketing of
farm products.
5.-*-Ii*rigation for Western Ok-
lahoma n> means of large and small
reservoirs ami pumping plants
where ever feasible.
STILL COLLECTING TAXES.
CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT TO KILL.
Frank Crowley had his examining
trial before Justice Turvey Saturday
and was bound over to await the ac-
tion of the district court in tae sum
of $800. He is charged with having
hit a Mr. Carver on the head with a
heavy hame, inflicting a wound that
car 4~hear proving fatal.
DR. GAVIN VISITS MANGUM.
Evan Garvin, a prominent sur-
, County Treasurer Hail advises us
I tha: he is still collecting taxes from!
I persons who overlooked he matter
| prior to the time w hen the penalty i
attached. A matter of eighteen per i
wnt interest can be saved by paying
' hem now.
FIRST MONDAY A HUMMER.
The bigogst crowd of the seasontfas
in Mangum Monday. This da yjms
become quite an institution Kere, and
the size, of the crowd Monday indi-
cated^it to be a very popular custom.
Horse trading, stock selling and trad-
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sims of Olustee.
spent the week end with Rev. and
Mrs. J. W. Sims and Mr. and Mrs. H. l e- ie V-
B. Richards. j'soa or Mia
LESLIE POWERS SICK,
6.—An equitable distribution of
the joint earnings of capital and
labor without destroying popular
government.
7.—A progressive inheritance
r ol; i and income tax on gigantic estates
18.—-1 stand for any and all leg-
islation that wiii restrain greed
and avarice, help and encourage
the wrak and unfortunate and
hring about social and industrial
justice ajid moral reform in this
country.
19.—I shall mak - no entangling
j alliances to s?cure votes and if
ers, the fifteen. ...
J. A. Powers has been |an^ ia^fc incomes.
se:ii.:i*ly ill this week, suffering from
Rev. C. A. Armstrong wfis here from j an attack of anpendicit^. r;e
Davidson t esday with^his little, son,;llas ,;een too sictc to under-o an o;<-
vyho is taking treatment from Dr. G. j era'.ic-a.
i !Jia?iel!^or an injured eye.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson from near!
jcha'anooga. Tennessee, °arrived Fii-;
| day for a visit with Mr. and" Mrs. J.1
M. 'Blackburn. .
: MOTE <
Me
afternoon
cure Club will meat Fridasy
•vPh Mrs. A. W. Duff. The
elected to Congress, I promise you
faithful and conscientious service
such as 1 trust will reflect honor
upon myself, credit upon this dis-
trict and subserve t <e besi interest
of our country
I would be giart t end copies
8.—Strict regulation by the state, of this announcement at d my dis-
aml nation of the issuance of stocks cussion of the same :n detail, to-
and bonds by railroads and other ;gether w th other capipaign liter-
public utility corporations to pre-1 at are f r r!istribiif ion to any
vent the watering stocks. friend upon request. Letters will
j rfenter ■ 9;t"the Shepherd-Hubsnn Resolu-1 reach me addressed to Hobart.
slowlV recovering ition now p^ndsng in congress, sub- JaMES R. tolbert,
0 mitting n.nional prohiJ?iiion as a: Hobart, Okla.
constitut'n!ia<i amencknent to the! p
ELIMINATING CANDIDATES.
Out in commisisoners precinct two
they havr; a way of thinning out can-
subject will he Current Events with j he
carpenter wno was sano-ts-:- S{ates f„r ratification.
injured in the Blak^ gin tx<s' fail Hasj lC.V-An honest economic and
so far re-overed at, to be taken hoc - j p,0l!reggjve administration in cv-
from the DeArman ii,ospita! where ery department of the government.
several months. When I 11.—An et;d of the grafter,
r. : hi general was the order of the sPecial i:!-'tion in regard to the T%v, - hv o -aid '"ver at all,
iti.ii'.red it was uncertain.!gambler and drunkard in public 1 didates ;h:it mlght be copied by other
(tay. The candidatteg, active and
geoa of r^obile, Alabama, has been In i prospective, did not fail to take ad-
ManKum several days visiting Dr.
Itorder, who is an old friend. It may
Le that Dr Garvin will°locate in Man-
gum.
vantage of the opportunity tc- press
• heir claims.
<" ■ YT1N HAS NEW UNDERTAKER.
GREER COUNTY
MEDICAL SOCIETY.
The
ama Canal.
— j ■ en-
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Watts, Mr. and j
Mrs. F. S. Tinsley, Mrs. A. R. Wilson.)
Mrs. Valatia Jacobs, Mr. Roy Tiasley,!
Misses Jewel, Dicy and May Wilson,'
motored to Gould Sunday and werejouv
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reeve*. ■ e
now thought
the ;;se of his
finally
mangled limbs.
! iife.
12.—The
national democratic
BIG NORTHER TUESDAY.
do \
upon us Tuesday.
The many friends of. Miss
He was fDrmerly with J. M. Walker
but has been in business for himself
at Hobart for many years
regular monthly meeting of the
Mr. Robt. fMyler has taken charge 1 Gr. (V f 'ountv Medical Society was
of the undertaking department of the | held in this city Monday night. Two j O'Neii. who visited Mrs. P. E. Brown able to ta'k alx> t it. The air wa>
Walker-Martin Furniture Company, able and interesting papers were read; several cars ago, will be interested filled with -and. the wind blew fifty
—one by Dr. Williams of Russell on in hearing o fher marriage to Mr. miies an hour, and the therjnometer
"A Plea for Typhoid Vaccination, the Small, a prominent lawyer of Well- dropped many degrees. Altogether i'
other by Dr M. M. DeArman on "Uter- j ington. Texas, on January 26th at v.-as the most disagreeable day of th-
o |jne Fibroids." Both papers elicited < Canyon City. s^yson
DR. BARR REMAINS IN GREER, j lively discussion and the meeting did: — —
| not adjourn until after midnight. The Isch Ga Bible Club was enter- GOODIN
Dr. J. H. Barr, of Reed, had planned : o i taincd at a buffet luncheon given by
to move to Portales, New Mexico' city Attorney Percy Powers bas j Miss I ma Oakes Saturday evening at
where he has purchased property butj beeu busy this week moving his fath-, six o'clock. Salmon loaf, pickles
has decided to remain in Greer Counter's library from the Hawking build-{olives, tea, saiad, sandwiches, choco-
ty. Dr.
E.
furnituri
communities with good advantage.
: There were four candidates from the
(platform of 1912, and lam in i XcTth side of that P^inct for com-
iheartv accord with the present! m:ssione" The people there felt that
j democratic adinistration and tha lf the>' 8100,1 anv show t0 set the wln-
! policies of cu* great leader, Wood- j ner if was "ecessary that the num-
.. WiUnn : her be decreased to one. So the citl-
•rohably isn't news to most of' r' A vv,i;,on , t. _ ,
read-;s tha' i live norther: l:i —I am against the demagogue ! zeas called a meeting at Deer Creek
Vbout I bj'Pocrit and false pretender in! sch°o1 house last week and had a
~ straw vote, the candidates agreeing to
law that Pul' down in favor of the one having
i enables the wealthy few to monop- {he largest number of votes. Geo.
! olize the natural resources of tne
I country, restrain commerce, manu-
i facture and transportation, and
levy tribute upon the necessities ofi who has lepresented that precinct
• life at will. I very ably many years has refused to
If).—I am opposed to any fur-' be a candidate for re-election.
ther legislation on tfce present tar-1 <>
NEW QUARTERS.! ifTa"d ™rr™cy Questiofs until thel
existing laws upon these subjects,
are thoroughly tested.
the only c onsolation we can get cut of i Pub''c (^ ce.
Zoe such a visitation however is being1 14 ~~I am aPainst anV
o-
MOVED TO
Bulls was decided on as the one who
should make the race and the others
ipromptly withdrew. Mr. F. H. King,
HOLINESS REVIVAL.
> tding, the North Okiahotu*
lti.—I am opposed to the -Pork! ReT,val services are bein? held at
■ man. has moved hia stock to, - sv?tem in congress bv I the °Id GoodiQ« stand OI4 Xc,rth 0k*
Barr is one Of our most vai-j ing. where Judge Powers had offices j late cake and fruit tapioca were serv- the brie , building formerly occupied millions of dollars are aD. I lahoma \venue. by Rev. S. C. Priek-
ued citizens and the people of this I for so many years, to the City Hall., ed. After the luncheon, all the girls by the Farmers Cas-i Grocery, where proj,rjate(j annually not for merit- j ett> Pasto'. assisted by Rev. A. R.
country ar- glad to note he will con-1 This constitutes one of the best law [attended the basket ball game be he will b-> better located to care for orious and necessary improvements Hodges. .?f Topeka. The meetings
*inue to reside in this county. (libraries In the city tween Olustee and Mangum his trade tnan he was
but to aid the numbers
igresa
Wrights Ham pickle, Hannah's Drug Store
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Taylor, J. E. The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1914, newspaper, February 5, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc280984/m1/1/?q=%22new-sou%22: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.