The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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The Granite Enterprise.
VOL. XIV
Granite, Greer County, Oklahoma. friUay, Noveniohcr 7. 1913.
NO. 26
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Since Sept 1. Precipitation
Has Been Over Fifteen
Inches At Granite.
According to City Judge M*m-
more'* ruin g igue, ju t ftftoen
mid half inctie* of rain has
fallen xt Granite *in!e tnu flint
d*y of September. the -U/ tne
ng dumm jrjlrou 1> *■** brois-
e i The average rainfall in • hi
acti ' «a^h yeirii only it little
over 18 inches. and it will be
thus .seen that we have aimost
reaoh.ed the average in the last
two month*.
Fanners hiv tha' pr>«p«*cta
for wheat were nev -r better
than they are now. A large
acreage h«s been sown, and the
crop certainly looks encouraging
nt this time With a very little
rain in the spring this section
will harvest one of the best
crops ever grown.
The wheat c-ou will b« a won-
derful help in carrying stock
through ihe winter also. All
of the e>-rly wheat is now far
e lough along to s ipply excellent
pattur-tge, and some fanner-
say there is not, enough stock in
the country to keep it down, and
prevent it fr^m jointing in ease
we have a mild winter.
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G. H. S. 12— Mangum 19,
Last Friday afternoon, the
veteran and boasted team of
Mangum received a near thresh-
ing at the hands of the light but
fast team of the Granite High
School.
All the odds were in favor of
the orange and black, and the
betting ran on a scoie of 50 0
for had not the Mangum squad
defeated the Hollis aggregation
by a nice margin, crippled up
the brag Hobart line till it was
hardly recognizable, and swamp-
ed the heavy Altus High School
by the unheard-of score of 86 to
7? Small wonder that the
Mangum rooters were surprised
when the Crimson and Black of
Granite held their gridiron
heroes to th? small score' of 19-
12! ! !
Ph i game opened with Granite
receiving, and the visitors
walked down the field, slowly
but steadily, displaying good
headwork of quarterback McRee
till an intercepted forward gave
the locals the b^U. Granite's
playing on dePense was better
than it ever was before during
the whole season Doughty, at
center, was unu-ually quick at
detecting the piays and so skil-
fully did the tackles, Cooper
and Gentry, l reak up the local
interference that the runner
was often thrown for five and
six yard losses. P. Briggs, at
right end was a very valuable
man at conn«c in,r with toe long
forward passes by Elliott at
half. Davis, at full, played his
new position like a veter«n, but
his toe wasn't in it's usual form
R. Briggs, at the other half,
made gom, gains around the
ends, altho' he was hampered by
an injury received at Sentinel.
Beyond a doubt, the all around
stars of the contest were Capt.
Rrfus Elliott, whose broken-
field running and plowing thru
the most formidable lines is un
equaled by any High School half
back in western Oklahomn; and
Wild, playing left end. wh*se
ability to get at the .nan with
the ball, «>v n thru the ciosMt
interference, made the dread
MinnenotN Shift an eiwy mat-
ter for the visitor* to break up.
Altho playing against a man
ites'ly twice his ix«. during
th# ivhole game, in everv play
around Mangum'* right end,
Wild never once failed to throw
the runner for • big loss. The
first quarter ended 6 toO for
Mangum
The visitors bame back *trong
in the second quarter and easi-
ly out-played the heavy Mangum
ites at everv angle of f Kit ball.
The Granite xquad displayed all
through the g*m the mwt
sportsman like co-Hue* and plav-
ed only cleci legitime • bill.
Only twice did M ing un trv the
Granite line, for Willis and
W. Briggs a$ guards, with
Doughtv'a defensive center, so
ablv withstood the rushes of
the heaw Orange and Black
icks that they eirlv gave up
hope of defeating the Crimson
and Black by straight plays,
and resorted to tricK plavs and
shift form anon* the rest of the
game
Altho' Granite H S. did not
win in score, still the victory is
great and defeat at the hands of
good clean athletes, like those
put out by Coach McPh^tters,
never car ies a sting of disgrace.
Next Friday Mangum meets
Cordell, and a good game is ex-
pected as each team has aspira-
tions for the S ate champion-
ship.
Granite Girls Win.
In a very exciting and interest
ingly played game, the Granite
High School girls Basket Ball
team defeated the Mountnin
View High School girls by the
score 10 to 7.
Both teams played good ball
from start to finish. This was
the first game our girls have
played this season and with a
little more coaching and exper
ience, they will make a team
that no team in the State can
defeat.
The game was very interest-
ing from the time the whistle
blew. After three minutes of
play.
One of the Granite forwards
threw a field goal. Both teams
were playing to win and at the
end of the first half the score
stood 6 to 4 in favor of G. H.
In the second half, Mt. View
got one point in the lead, but
Granite soon tied the score by a
fsee throw.
Both teams were fighting for
a victory and victory came for
Granite in the last four minutes
of the play. Granite scored a
free throw, time was called and
the gam^ was won by G H S.,
score 10 to 7.
COTTON STILL
DECLINING
Top Price 12 1-4 At Granite
Yesterday, With Bollies
Going at 7 \o\9x
Due to ihe bad weather sirce
Mondav, but little cotton has
been coining in, and rht price
is still on the down grade. The
top at Granite yesterday was 12
1-4 cent*. while "bollies" w« re
I going st 7 to 9 centx, and in
very poor demand.
Up to date there have been
ginned 1347 bales at this place
ao far this season, distributed
among the various gins as fol-
lows:
1 insley & Slaten 597
Peoples' Gin .680
Farmeis' Gin 170
Ginners here are of the opin-
ion that the crop is half ginned
at this time, the most optimis-
tic of them placing a total for
Grani fe this year at about 25C0
oales.
Cotton Crop Short.
The tabulation of cotton statis-
tics for Greer county by the cen-
sus department shows a total
ginned in this county up to Octo-
ber 18 of 4193 bales against 9180
at the same date last year. This
shows a decrease of more than
one-half for this year as com-
pared with last year.
A Monster Sweet Potato.
C. M. Davis living thi.ee miles
east of town, was showing a
potato here this week which he
said weighed 13 1-2 pounds
when it was taken from the
ground, though it had 0 ' i i
since then. The tube.- Ijj.cjd
more like an average size pump-
kin in size than it did a potato.
Mr. Davis was preparing to send
it to his brother in Missouri,
who had acted rather skeptical-
ly when he was told that sweet
potatoes grew to the size of a
man's leg in Greer County.
DELAYED BY ILLNESS
Mr. Huppert Writes That He
Will Be Here Today.
Mr. L. A. Huppert, an oil op-
erator of the eastern part of the
state, who was expected to be in
with a rig last week, writes P.
W. Raemer that he has been de
layed by sickness in his family,
but that he expected to arrive i>i
Granite today or tomorrow with
tworiggs and would be ready
for business at once.
Due to bad weather this week,
there has been little doing in
the oil business here, but we
are informed tnat several new
prospects are under considera-
tion, and we expect to have
some interesting news for our
next readers next week.
Senator Gore Here.
United States Senator T P.
Gore passed through Granite Sat
urday on his way to Mangum,
where he was billed for a speech
Quite a number of his friends
and admirers met the senator at
the train to shake hands and ex-
change a few words with him.
Mrs. Gore accompanied him, as
she does on nearly all of the sen-
ator's trips over the country.
Tonight
Tonight, if vou feel dull and'
atupid, or bilious and constipated ,
take a dose of Chamberlain's
Cablets and you will feel all
right tom arrow. For Sale by all
dealers.
Ladies' Coats, $4 19 at The .
Dixie.
Farm Home Burned.
The farm home of Mr. Thom-
as (Uncle Tom) Stout near
Bloomington was totally des-
\ firj about noon Tuesday.
The fireorignated from the ex-
plosion of an oil stove.
The house was said to be one
of the best in that community.
The Enterprise was unable to
learn what, if any, insurance
was carried on the burned
building.
Cause of Insomnia.
The most common cause of in
somnia is disorders of the
stomach and constipation.Cham-
berlain's Tablets correct thesa
disorders and enable you to sleep.
For saie by all dealers
Have you tried a hot grape
juice these cold mornings?
Mrs. W. M. Snow of Mangum
with her parents, Mr. and Mrf.
W. E. Cardw ll this week.
County Commissioner U. J.
Davis w*n in Mangum attending
the regular monthly meeting of
the Comnmsioners court, Mon-
day and Tuesdcy.
E. W. Whitley returned Wed-
nesday from a six week'a trip to
Odeil and other Texas point*.
Joe Flynn is now book-keeper
for the Hockaday Mercantile
Company.
E. Hester went to Anadarko
Monday to buy a carload of corn
which he expects will arrive
this week.
The Dixie Store is selling the
dry goods. They are making
such low prices.
Leonard Laswell, a former
Granite citizen, now of Mangum,
was shaking hands with old
friends here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bond came
over from Mangum Sunday after-
noon for a short visit with friend
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Crowley Vaughn
of Mangum, Spent Sunday with
their sister, Mrs. Will Smith.
Rubbers and overshoes. Rub
bers for the little folks at The
Dixie.
A. O. Edwards spent Saturday
and Sunday with the home folks
at Lone Wolf.
Mr. and Mrs. Lora Austin were
Mangum visitors Friday.
Miss Clara Tompkins has
qualified as assistant to Post-
master Cox, and entered upon
her duties at the postoffice,
LOST— An old comfort, while
using it for a buggy robe. On
account of associations will pay
a liberal reward for return to
Mrs. E. Hester.
Elmer Morris made a business
trip to Mangum Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moss went
to Mangum Tuesday evening, to
attend the Broom-Richards wed-
ning at that place.
A contempary concedes that
the world may be growing bet-
ter, but it insists that there are
too many 3-cent men riding
around in 4j>3,000 autos.
W. M. Roark, of Mangum, has
established a second hand store
in the McGeehee building where
he is prepared to do all kinds of
stove, bicycle and gun repair-
ing.
For Sale or Rent—Two busi-
ness houses and three residences
See Charles L. McGehee.
An error occurred in The Dixie
Stores advertisement last week
which has caused considerable
confusion, and we wish to made
a correction. The types make
make us say that this popular
store was selling ladies' coats
for $1.75, when it should have
$4.49. The Dixie always sells
good just as cheap as you can
get them anywhere, but they
have no ladies' coats that did
not cost them more than twice
that sum wholesale, and of!
course could not sell them
for the figure advertized. We
regret that such an error oc-
curred. and want to do all in our ;
power to correct it.
J. E Smith and family left
Sunday for their new home in
Missouri, which Mr. Smith re-
cently traded for. They will
still hear from Granite regularly
however, as Mr. Smith advanced
hia subscription figures to The
Enterprise up to Jan. 1. 1915,
1 before leaving.
Mrs. Helen Tompkins and
daughter, Mis* Izora, visited
with friends in Mangum over
Sunday.
Quite a number of Granite
citizens visited Mangum on Mon-
day, the occasion being the re-
gular first Monday trades day.
Why not Granite revive her re-
gular monthly trades day? It
brings quite a number of visitors
to town that would not come
otherwise.
L. (Dad) Klein returned Fri-
day from a four months visit with
his daughters in Nebraska and
Iowa. Mr. Klein says he is glad
to get back to Granite again,and
that there are lots of worse
places to be found.
A. H. (Red) Williams, one of
Granite's well known citizens, is
here this week looking after
business interests. Red always
keeps up with the Granite affairs
and handed the editor a dollar to
keep The Enterprise coming to
his home at Knowles, Okla.
Don't shun a business man
and refuse to trade with him
when vou have cash simply be-
cause you owe him for past ac-
commodations. The way to get
even with him for his kindness
is to patronize him when you
have money and pay for what
you want.
Rev. M. T. Aklen, former pas-
tor ot the Methodist church at
Granite, was here the past week
visiting with old friends. He
was on his way to the conference
which met at Norman this year.
Mrs. R. C. Cooper paid The
Enterprise a pleasant call Friday
and handed the editor a dollar to
advance her subscription another
year.
Frank Sanders, a we'll known
farmer on Route 3, called on The
Enterprise Saturday and handed
the editor two dollars, one for his
own subscription and the other
to send his father in Illinois the
paper for a year.
A mean looking letterhead has
lost many a dollar for business
men. If a man is to be judged
by the coat he wears, he is also
to be judged by the letterheads
he uses. An artistic and busi-
ness-like letterhead has frequent
ly been a basis of credit. It
may be looked upon as a good
investment and you will never
miss it by investing in the neat
work this office can give you.
Something Doing at Granite.
Brother Hill, of the Granite
Enterprise, issued a paper filled
with booster matter last week.
He told about the prospects for
the early construction of the
finest granite polishing plant in
the world, the sale of a farm for
$4500, the discoveiy of natural
gas in paying quantity, the pro-
posed expenditure of $300,000 in
erecting new buildings at the re-
formatory, the inauguration of
work on the new North Fork
bridge, etc. As a climax he told
how the Granite foot ball team
walloped the Mountain View
team to the tune of 20 to 0. —
Greer Co. Democrat,
BIRTHS.
To Mr and Mrs. Will Green-
lee, Thursday, a girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hug-
gin", Friday, a boy.
No Hunting Allowed.
On our lands under penalty of
law. -C. R Praitt. D. L King.
DEMOCRATIC
VICTORIES
Eastern Elections Tuesday
Favorable to National
Administration.
Election Summary.
John Puroy Mitchell, democrat
snd running on fusion ticket,
elected mayor of New York City
over Tammany candidate by
plurality of over 100.000.
Deposed Governor Sulzer e-
lected assemblyman from a New
York City district by big major-
ity.
Elected Democratic governor
of Massachusetts over three op-
ponents by big plurality.
Elected Fielder, President
Wilson's candidate for governor
of New Jersey for whom Bryan
took the stump recently.
Maryland elected Democratic
senator and- congressman.
New York elected three Dem-
ocratic congressman.
New York turned down many
democratic candidates for the
assembly because they voted to
impeach Sulzer and elected Re-
publicans.
Greatest interest in Tuesday's
elections centered on the mayor-
alty race in New York City and
the Massachusetts and New
Jersey gubernatorial scraps.
Tammany hall was given the
severest blow Tuesday that it
ever received when its candidate
McCall, was defeated by John
Mitchell, running on the fusion
ticket, by a majority of over 100
000. Mitchell quit his new
powerful federal position of col-
lector of the port of New York,
to which he was recently ap-
pointed by President Wilson, to
make the race for mayor against
the Tammany Hall clique. De-
posed Governor Sulzer was elect-
ed to the assembly from an east
New York district in a big run-
away race, the heavy vote being
a blow at Tammany methods in
the impeachment of the goven-
or.
New York elected three demo-
cratic congressmen, one of
whom was to succeed the late
Tim Sullivan. The State legis-
lature is in doubt, many demo-
cratic candidates having been
defeated because of voting with
Tammany and against Sulzer in
tne impeachment proceedings.
It was a complete triumph for
the democrats in Massachusetts7
where a governor and a state
ticket were chosen in a four-
cornered fight. Walsh, present
lieutenant governor, was elected
by a plurality of 50,000 over
Gardner, republican. Eugene
Foss, present democratic gover-
nor and candidate on the inde-
pendent ticket, ran fourth.
In New Jersey, James F.
Fielder, democrat, who succeed-
ed President Wilson as Governor
was re-elected. He had the
support of the National Admin-
istration, several members of
the cabinet taking the stump in
his behalf. President Wilson
and his policies were made the
dominant issue in this fight.
The elections as a whole were
a victory for Democracy and es-
pecially in the Eastern states
where the policies of the nat-
ional administration was made
the paramount issue.
Highest prices paid for hides
and furs. Also sell oil and gas
at lowest prices.—Harry Brown,
Granite, Oklahoma.
Rubber Boots and Slickers at
The Dixie.
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