The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1916 Page: 1 of 5
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FOK FURNITURE AND SATISFACTION GO TO J. W. LOVETT. THK FURNITURE MAN
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MANGUM, OREKR COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 6, 1916
VOL. 26. NO. 17
DISTRICT COURT BE- DISPUTE OVER FARM NOTES OF INTEREST (SCHOOL BOARD TO CROP REPORT GIVEN ALLOW CO. DEMON-
OINS BUSY SESSION ENDS IN SHOOTING FROM CO. SCHOOLS ENFORCE THE LAW OUT BY AGR. BOARD STRATOR'S 1916 PAY
District court began Moodar with i Tom MlUsr, of near Granlto. luu a Coonly Snporlotandpnt Mies Kate
ob, of the largest dockets la rorsnt Irnkn hip bono a* a rwull of a abut Terry la preparing a .-ampoiga to got
year* to be clear*! All day MondAv flred Wedaeeday by Jerk Ward. also child of acbool Me ta o Ue
was takan up with motlona. d.mur <>' the Oraalta community Ward bad county schools
rora and similar matters. On Tuee wld bla farm to Dr. Wiley, of Gran
day. Ram Plckslslmer was frsed of a "a. who baa raatad It to Millar Mil
charge of boot lagging. and Jim Dul- >*r wagted pos.s.lon Immediately. «ry scbooMaw.
worth received tha minimum of 30 but Ward bad advertised an auction
daya In Jail and a 160 fin* on a aim- aals. wanted to r*maln unUI ha
liar charge. That evening began tha bad bald the aale However. ha offer
raae agaln.t Tom Vlchara. a nagro. «d to give up all of tha largo hou.o en on LgyPt this month.
chargad with murdering Andraw Cur to Millar excepting two rooma. Af-|
Tha c u|aratloa of
all tha taachara of tha county *111 bo
a ureal balp In enforcing the rompul
wry i
Tha «tarao|ilcal lactura court,
eblcb la being given among tna ru-
ral schools of the county will ba glv
lay, "another negro. The killing oo-t" * boated argument Tuaaday. Mil I
eurred In tha Maria nalghborhood on '" attempted to hit Ward with a|
SPRING BRANCH NOTES
October'Wth^ Up to the Ume of'goln'g, Pi— °< Iron, when the latter pulled During the first week of school a
to preaa. the Jury had not returned out hi. gun and fired. Miller waa tak- plo .upper was given at wblch we
ft verdict. to Granite for treatment, and Ward ndt«*d 116 which la being u ed to pa> jr*am amj conRmuieii iriiBrno ui-
* Moat of Thuraday afternoon wa. telephoned Sheriff Henry to come af- a Janitor. fanae.
taken up In preparation for tho ter h,m- ,Ie WM brou*ht to Mangum, Two weks ago we i.ad a box aup The board ha* chosen Mary Har
State's caae against A. W. naldock. but released thllt afternoon aftor per to obtain money for the purpoao per. from Anadarko, to take charge
making bond. Both are well known In of giving the acbool a Christmas of the negro achool, to be opened
their community. tree and |14 waa made. Each pupil Monday.
o — waa nicely remembered with a little
METHODIST NEWS. gift, bealdea nuts and candy. The pa-
trons brought their gifts which maac
In regular meeting Tuaaday nlgl t. I monthly crop report of th«j In regular meetlag Monday, tha
the arbttol board adufteil meaaurea to board of agruuliuro for Dm-em county commissioners appropriated
atop truancy which baa lately become I** ahowa the growing condition «>f $too to pay their ahar* of the salary
ery noticeable. The atata truancy *heat In Greer county to bo 7ft p. r of the county farm demoaatrator for
law compela five months' attendan e crDl whkh la 12 par cent lea. than | m. ftnlepu and state governmeata
for Dwsuibi'r, 1114. la practically j furnlah |700 of the 41200 to this of.
all countlea there la a decrease. The flee, provided the coun'y furnhhea
average over the state la 9 per cent (their share la many countlea this
less than in Noiember, owing to dr> work baa proved to be a very valuable
* «-a i her and insects. He porta from j help to tha farmera. and It la the
over the atato show much dauiaif j canter of a aplendld free county fair
from the green bug. The past few ' plan.
weekn have been splendid weather nida were recaa|*ed for the coo-
for this Insect and a continuance of atructlon of th«i auperlnt.mdent's
auch woathur will find the amall home on the county poor farm. Ifow
grains very serloualy damaged In „Yer. some of the bidder, did not la-
many county. The couditlon f elude the coat of material. In their
atock In thia county Is shown as 97. bids. and they were given opporta*
94 and 96 per cent. respectively. for uty to revia« their figures It la eg-
cattle, boga and poultry. Hllgh'ly perted that all blda will be in i. >J he
e«rh year, aad the hoard aet aalde the
comlag five mon'hs for the eompul
aory attendaace period for tha elty
schoola. Several caaea of truancy
hava been reported lately, and tin
board Intends to be very rigid In the
enforcement of the law. It provide*
that any one may make a complaint
to the county attorney, and provide,
a fine of not over tlfl.O© agalnat the
parent or guardian for each offense.
A
charged with being an acceaaory to
the killing of E.T. Hurt here. this
summer. Twenty five talleamen were
summoned and aa many more ordere
A deputy waa eent to the Ttrlnkman
and Willow communltlea with aum-
mona for twenty-five Jurors late this
afternoon. From the progress now
being made on the case, It will require
moat of Friday to complete the Jury.
An extra forty names were drawn
today for Jury service next week.
They were: R. L. Thompson. J. D.
Graves, G. 8. Satterwhite, H. L. Me-
cum. Q. C. McKenzle, W. E. Barker,
J. E. Carpenter, W. I. Lowe. P. J.
Boyle, Silas Allison, q. B. Parker.
E. C. Madden and H. F. Ritter, all af
Mangum; A. S. Coffman. Joe Flynn,
Otto Grauman, G. M. Armstrong, Ed-
ward Miller. J. A. Roberts, I. N. Den-
ton. J. D. Vines, A. L. Sherk, W. C.
Pickering, W. P. Mercer, and I. B.
Berry, all of Granite; A. P. tLjimpert,
Miss March Carlock and Mrs Jam- the tree quite a thing of beauty.
ison have returned to their home* in We wlah to express our thanks to
Oklahoma City and Altus after a pleas- Mrs. o. D. Lewellyn, Mrs. Castle, and
ant visit in their old home in this city. Mrs. W. S. Hager for their efforts In
Mr P. J. Boyle and wife attended making the Christmas tree a auc-
Sunday evening services. In these scr- cess.
vices there were eleven members in the
No applications were received fjr
taking 'he school cen.ua. The work
will begin after the 15tb of this
month.
REBEKAH3 IN3TALL 0fficer8
E. G. Wooldridge, a prominent stew-
J."a 'Rwnsey,^"o"Rutherford and c! *rd of the Methodist church at Vinson.
At their Tuesday night meeting,
the Rebekah lodge installed officers
The board presented us a cabinet j for the coming term, as follows:
Junior choir led by Mrs. D. W. Gor- which Is greatly appreciated by both, Mrs. Ida Tims, N. G.; Mrs. Julia
don which added much brightness to the teacher and pupils. We are prepar- j Henry, V. G.; Mrs Jeanette Hart-
service. Mr. Trisler had charge of the lng to give a litle play In the near,man. Sec.; Mrs. Bertha Bennett, Rec.
regular choir for Sunday's services; he future. Things are moving alon* Sec.; Mrs. Mack Poole, Treas . and
is a good leader and makes the music nicely with us now.
pick up and go. Mrs. Dickey being in- Those who were neither absent nor
disposed, did not attend. tardy for the month are:
C. A. Session's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elsie B. Harris, Eula Lee Sweet,
J. W. Ryder, of El Reno, attended ser- Henry Sweet, Walter Cox. Hiram
vices with him. Judge Ryder is editor Horn, Floyd Horn.
of the El Reno Democrat.
FROM WHITE FLAT
White Flat school Is gradually com-
H. Mooney. of Brinkman; D. A. Jack- attended services Sunday evening, hav-
eon W P Houck W T Bradley J. 'nK brought his daughter back to attend ing to the front. Our registers show
McKissack, J. H. Campbell and J. t Mangum school. a total of ninety-one. About fifteen
B Harris, of Jester; J. N. Cost, of1 Miss Goldie Dickey and Duval! Hall of these are in the high school de
have returned home after a pleasant partment
week spent with the latter's parents About twelve are working out for
near Norman, Okla. They also visited basket ball. The first team will be
friends in Chickasha. I chosen In a few days, and after the
Mrs. G. W. Hall had the Junior Mis- middle of this month. Coach Wallace
sionary Girls in a watch party in the believes the team will be able to meet
Baraca Room New Year's eve watching .strong opposition.
the old year go out. Refreshments were I Some work is being done in debat-
served and a very happy time spent in ing.
games and other interesting pastimes.
Another watch party was given by the
Epworth League at Mrs. Dickey's resi-
dence where about thirty young people
Willow. Dan Schuster, of Russell; A.
H. Dennis, ofBlair, and H. J. Elklns,
of Reed.
TO OPEN 8ATURDAY
H. B. Richards, who Is establshing
the Red Cross drug store, In the
building formerly occupied by the
First State Bank, expects to have his
display cases filled to be ready for
business Saturday. R. C. Winchester,
who moved Into the same building,
has his stock In shape and waiting on
his trade. The building has been re-
modelled so as to be more conven-
ient and give better display.
Two new cases were filed in dis-
trict court this week. They were.
City State Bank vs. R. L. Brown, et
al, suit on note, and L. F. Vowell vs.
W. B. Henry, sheriff, damages. In
the last case, the plaintiff asks $1000
damages for alleged false arrest and
mistreatment.
THANKS THE PUBLIC
Other Interests claiming my atten
tlon, I have resigned as editor-mai
ager of the Democrat. Mr. Anderson,
formerly In newspaper work at Cor-
dell, Hobart and other points, suc-
ceeds me, and 1s in charge with this
Issue.
I heartily thank the friends and
patrons of the Democrat who have
made It possible for me to claim
successful management during the
past twelve months. I trust that yon
will continue to support It; I assure
you that, with proper support, Mr.
Anderson will give you an excellent
paper.
Assuring you at my appreciation
for your every kindness and favors
in the past, I am
Respectfully,
W. O. WATT.
STORE CHANGES HANDS
7 ACRE CHICKEN RANCH FOR
8ALE
Walter Brlley and family, of the
Blake community, were Mangum vis-
itors Tuesday.
F. B. Tims, who resigned as under-
taker for the Oklahoma Furniture
Company, has accepted a position
with the Norman Grocery.
Friday of last week a deal was con-
spent the evening in social enjoyment, summated, in which J. J. Latham and
music and games, about ten o'clock re- P. B. Tims sold the Oklahoma Furnl-
freshments were served, and just at five ture Sompany to W. I. Goodpasture,
minutes to midnight Scriptures were Mr. Goodpasture assumed charge of
read and all dropped to their knees and the store Saturday, and has been
after a short praver the New Year was very busy since arranging the stock,
ushered in singing the hymn "Nearer He is adding an excellent line of wall
Mv God to Thee." papers,
Bro. Grady Carpenter and wife, Bro.
W. G. Brown and other visitors attend-
ed the evening services.
Supt. Switzer and wife spent Sunday
... . „ j u ... Joins Mangum on east; nice peach
V s tt ng in Olustee and Bro. Bradshaw s •
Liu j, j.i C a orchard and 5-room house. This 1«
verv capably handled the Sunday school.
L. - y , . ... . . a snap for a good chicken ranch or
F.vervthmg moved along hke clock ^ ^ ^
TL Blanche Kelly and her mother terms. ZACK T. PRYSE. 26ad
spent Sunday in Granite visiting friends. Blossom Epls(m> who was worklng
Bro. Tom Wasson and fam.ly return- ^ ^ ^ 80utheagt of
ed home from a week s visit in Missouri here> died Tuesday of ,pneumonla. He
Sunday. was 23 years old. Burial was In the
We Methodists regret very much to Martha cemetery_
see W. O. Watt leave the Democrat edi-1
tor's chair. We not only appreciate his Tfae Wattg Muslc store> which was
kindness toward our church but also ap-'located on the 8Quth glde Qf the
preciate the live paper he has been is- Bquar0 wafl moved to Altug Tuesday,
suing. The Democrat has been very Th0 stock wag packed the latter part
kind to "s. 0j iast week and Monday.
Br.o Morgan insists that all of us at-1
tend prayer meeting and that each\of us jake Latham, who for the past sev-
ask one to come with us. Better some eraj months, has been connected with
of us stay at home, for if all of us the Oklahoma Furniture Company,
should go to prayer meeting one time I Bold h|B interest and is now with the
we just know the world would come to ^vett Furniture Company.
an end right away and wouldn't sleep
any for a week.
Our attention was called Sunday night
to the end-seat-hog question when some
visitors several times had to crowd by
the knees and step on the toes of some
Chaplain; Miss May Adams. Warden:
Mrs. Aline Dyer, Conductor; Mrs. J.
T. Howard, Right Supporter to Noble
Grand; Mrs. Minnie Perrett, L. S. N.
G.; Mrs. Will Norman. R. S. V. G.;
Miss lx>la Dial, L. S. V. G.; Mrs. Sal-
lie Nelson, Inside Guard, and Miss
Treacey Campbell, Outside Guard.
There was a good attendance, and
several talks by visitors and home
members made thp meeting a very
interesting and profitable one.
NEW STUDENTS ENROLLED
City Superintendent R. M. Caldwell
reports about 100 new students en-
rolled after the holidays. The pre-
vious enrollment of 1200 has been
Increased to 1300. Children being re-
leased from the cotton fields, and
new families who have moved here
after the beginning of school make
up the Increase.
more cattle were on hand In thl.
county during the past month than
In December, 1914, but hogs and poul
try show a very litle less.
The report also shows the estlma
ted amounts of crops atlll In tho
hands of the farmers of this county
as follows: cotton. 11 per cent; corn.
69 per cent; wheat, 24 per cent, and
oata, 36 per cent. Condition of the
soil, as regards moisture, as shown as
67 per cent
In a separate report from the board
of agriculture, the wheat acreage of
this county the past season is given
at 18,267 acres, with an average yield
of 16 bushels per acre and a total
yield of 292,272 bushels. The averastf
yield per acre over the state is given
at 12 bushels.
contract let by Saturday or M« Uay
THE COTTON REPORT
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT,
With this, the first is.ue of tho
New Year, the Democrat Is uod*-r
new editorial and business or"
ment. It will be a difficult -r*
for the new editor manager t< deal •
a large number of the subscrib* r uid
patrons of the paper without t'wrlr
coming in, and we cordially lm te ev-
eryone to visit us. Owing to tho
start of a new business year, the
merchants have been too busy' for
personal calls as yet; however, well
get around soon. Mangum mprrhants
are respectfully Invited to consider
the excellent medium offered In the
Democrat for intelligent, profitable
advertising. If you are not an ad-
vertiser, or If you are not a subscrib-
er. it will be a big pleasure to us to
talk these things over with you.
SCHOOL NOTES
.
EXAMINATION OF COUNTY
TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES
We regret to have to call attention
again to the absence of young people
from our morning services. We are in-
sisting that some arrangements be made
sinner who persisted in holding the end | now, this very week, to have the chil-
seat. The first fellow that takes a seat
ought to get in the middle of the pew
(bench) and th^ next one sit close to
him. This would save the ushers em-
barrassment and protect your sore corns.
dren and young people hear the gos-
pel once or twice a month. It is too bad
that many of our children and young
people hear as little gospel preached as
an African Pagan.
The examination for County Teaoh
ers' Certificates and also for certifi-
cates to teach 'n Sumiaor Normal in-
stitutes. will be yiven January 27-28-
29th, 1916. No other examination for
Institute Certificates will be given
this year.
KATE TERRY,
County Superintendent.
FIRE AT MOORE HOME
The fire department was called out
Monday about 2 o'clock to the W. S.
Moore home where a small fire was
threatening to turn Into a big one and
do serious damage. Children playing
with matches is given as the cause
and damage was estimated at $25.00
to contents and $6.00 to the house.
Seniors are Entertained
On last Monday evening Mr. and
Mrs. B. E. Davis entertained with a
Christmas party for their forty two
sons and daughters, together with
their daughter's beaux. The house
was beautifully decorated In Christ-
The report of the United Stattos
department of commerce, issued Jan-
uary 1, shows Jackson county still
well in the lead in cotton ginning,
with 87.045 bales to her credit. Only
Kiowa and Garvin counties are also
are above the 20,000 mark. Greer
county has 19,135 bales, compared
with 30,842 in 1914. The report in-
cludes ginnlngs up to December 13.
No county in the state produced as
much cotton in 1915 as in 1914. The
total for the state Is given as 513,552, j massy stuffs and various amusing
compared with 1,069,018 In 1914. games were played, after which an
o I elaborate luncheon, consisting of
W. O. BUTLER DEAD jchicken croquettes, date sandwiches,
nut bread, pineapple salad, olives,
W. O. Butler, aged 62, died Tues j pickles, coffee, snowballs and fruit
day afternoon at the home of h'a cake, buffet style. Upon departing,
daughter, Mrs. Crawley Vaughan. can-1 the class members were presented
cer of the stomach being given as the I with 1910 class pins as Christmas
cause of death. Tha body was ship-1 gifts from their class parents. They
ped Wednesday mornirg to Troupo,, were a surprise and were highly ap-
Texas, for Interment He formerly predated by the class.. Special
lived there, but had made his home j guests with the Seniors were present-
here for several weeks with Mrs. ed with carnations.
Vaughan and another daughter, Mrs.
Perry Merchon.
Besides the two daughters here, Mr.
Butler leaves another daughter, Mrs.
Miss Frankie Simpson entertained
with a party for the Sophomore class.
Games and music were enloved until
J. C Bowman, of Troupe, two sons, j a late hour, when dainty refreshments
at Orange, Texas, and one son
Seymour, Texas.
RACKET 8TORE MOVED
at
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
(Holmes Nichols, Pastor.)
The pastor will preach at both
hours. BUSINESS AND RELIGION,
will be the morning sermon, and
WHO'S SON IS HE? will be the even-
ing theme.
Mrs. Ruth Nichols-Gates, of Dallas,
Texas, will sing at both services. All
are cordially invited to worship with
us. Strangers welcomed.
The Blalock variety store has been
moved from the Moore building, Just
east of the city hall, to the first build-
ing south of the Famous, where the
Crossland grocery was formerly loca
ted.
Methodist Church, Sunday, January
9th, 1916.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.; Junior
League at 3:00 p. m.; Senior League
at 6:00 p. m.; preaching at 11 a. m.,
and 7:00 p. m., by the pastor
Good music at all the services. All
are cordially Invited to worship with
$32,157.00
Was the December business pass-
ing through the Farm Loan office of
Cunningham & Dickey. They do the
biggest business and make the best | School girls,
farm loans on Oklahoma and Texas
lands. —adv.
T have moved my Jewelry store to
the north side of the square in the
building formerly occupied by the
First State Bank, where I will be bet-
ter situated to meet the growing de-
mands of my patronage.
R. C. WINCHESTER.
Jeweler and Optometrist.
were served by the hostess, assisted
by Miss Irene Simpson. Special
guests were Miss Nellie Clay, of
Thomas, Okla., and Miss Helen Mo-
Guire, of O. C. W.
Last Thursday, Dec. 2\". 1915, one
of the big basket ball games of the
season was played here between the
Granite and Mangum teams. After
a good hard-fought game, the score
stood 28 to 8 In favor of the M. H. S
bobys.
On the same date there was a girls'
basket ball game In Mangum, the
participants being the Granite High
School girls and the Mangum High
The Orani'e girls were
victorious, the score standing 26 to
12. The Mangum girls are striving
hard in their practice to turn defeat
into vicitory. They now have a Quo-
tation from Woodrow Wilson as their
motto: "If you fall, make your fail-
ure a stepping stone."
FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING
The Fifth Sunday meeting of the
Greer County Baptist Assooclatloa
will meet at Hester on Thursday ev-
ening before the Fifth Sundny !n this
Charles Brown, who had been vis
us. A special welcome to strangers.1 Itlng friends here, left Sunday for a I
The Junior choir will sing at the ev (visit at points in Texas, after which J month, and will continue over Sun-
ening service. ;be will return to his home at Den- day. Printed program will appear la-
R. E. L. MORGAN, Pastor. ver. Iter.
COLD CURES at HANNAH'S Drug Store
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