The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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_fOR P ""AND SATISFACTION GO TO J, W. LOVHTT. THK FURNITURE MAN
THE IJKEEK COUNTY DEMOCRAT
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MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915.
VOL.25. NO. 26
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SCHOOL ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON NEXT TUESDAY
Oa ant Tueeday tbe *oi*n of Maa
(in will b« given aa opportunity -o
My who will b« tbelr next «et of
■cbooi irtkum, m ob that day there
will be a acbool vloctloa, at which
tin)*' four member* from tbe (our
ward* will be nominated. atao a trea-
aurar.
The traaauWa offlQe la now being
•ought by two of tbe be*I known men
in Greer county, and tbelr friend* are
making many apeculatlone on U«e out
come of tbli race. The two gentle-
men who are running are: Mwnri H.
Y, Hoover and Fred Swltr«r. It wn
rumored that Mr. Hoover would not
be a candidate on account of the fact
'.hat he resided outside of tbe Incor-
porate limits of tbe Qlty. bat the law
does not specify where a man shall
live other than in the school district.
The candidates from Ward 1 are:
Arthur Cocke and C. M. Spoon; Ward
2. Dr. Holt and J. P. Ball: Ward 3.
S. A. Broome; Ward 4. l*eytou E.
Brown and S. D. Auld. The three can-
didates from outside the city are: W.
M. Castle. <L. S. Hughes and B. F.
Wetsel.
Ward Throe ha? the distinction of
•TOLC DOCTOR'S PILL AQ
Ob laat Friday evening Dr. Dawaon
drove his automobile up In front of
bla office and left bla medicine In
nta car. but when ha went to look for
tbe <-aa« It was gone He at flrat
thought someone was playlnt a Joke
on htm and aaid nothing of the mat-
ter until it was neceaaary for blm to
make lnqulrlea. and found that no one
soemed to know who bad tbe rase. He
reported the matter to tbe offir«-i,
and they made a search but so fa.*
they have been unable to locate the
missing article. Juat what value a
medicine case would be to an average
person I* more than we can figure
out, but evidently some one needed
some medicine, and wanted to save
setting a prescription.
louis cruse dead.
county
field and
MEET
track
mao doo killed
Tuesday morning about 3 o'ctork
A. C. Hill wa* awakened by a noise
out 1b 'be nail on the galery and go:
up and west to see what it waa and
found that a stray dog had picked
this particular place to tbrow a fit.
Mr. Hill took a shot gun and drove
the don out from tbe porch, and
■lartM smind the bouse, bat the dog
turned at> ! and ran at blm. whcrwup-
At a iweBl meeting of tbe Athlet-
ic < oum ll It was derided to hold the
annual county field and track meet
at Maagum on Friday and Sa'urday.
May TCb and fin. t cieae otherwise
apetlfled all children of the Ors*r
county arbools not doing above ninth
grade work are eligible to enter In
each conte«t where individuals com-
pete. a gold medal will be awarded^ Mr. Hill shot him through the
tho winner of first pUue and a allver head, and It l useless to say that tbe
medal will be awarded the winner of dog |« now vary dead About three
senond place. In each contest where o'ckyi Monday afte-noon the offl-
teams compete a penant will be awar-(ceri were notified that there wa« a
ded th« winning taam- The exact mad dog In town, and made a search
time and place of holding the differ- but failed to find any. and «up|>oaed
ent event* will be announced later. | that people Imagined the dog we*
The following are tbe events of the. mad. but Mr. Hill aaya he haa aeen
meet: several mad dogs and there waa no
100 yurd dash, ahot put. 50 yard question but what thia dog was mad
da4n, hammer throw, 220 yard dash.. j> >oplt> w ho own dogs should keep a
discus throw, 440 yard dash, running [close watch on them and If any sym-
broad Jump, 880 yard dash, running tom* of rabbles appear the dog
big Jump, 1760 yard daah, one mlle^hould be killed.
relay race, one half mile relay race.
mules wanted
I>ouls Cruse, t'ne 7 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cruse, of thia city.
died Saturday at 11.45 a. m., after a
lingering illness of about three weeks joJd.
with scarlet fever. The remains
were laid to rest In the Rlvers«de
50 yard three-legged race.
The following even's will be open
to all pupils of Greer count> school*: j >nj )n tj,e market for some mules
50 yard daah. shot pu'. 220 yard 14 t0 14 , 2 hand;, h)gh 5 ^ 9 year8
dash. [old .chunky bulit. and free from
Tho following ev<nt. w"l be op-n blemishes. 1 am in position to pay
j to ail boys not over Tomicen years as much as anybody for hese mules,
being tiie only ward in whlcta there; (>metery Sunday afternoon. Ilev.
Is only one candidate. | Holmes Nichol- conducted the funer-
The elecetlon will be held at thejn, gervjces
court house, and peoplo who are ac- j n
customed to voting at their regular
precinct booths, will vote this time
at the court house. Messrs. Zack T.
election board in session
Pryse, Frank Eagin and Judge Snow
will hold the election in the room oc-
cupied by Judge Snow.
marriage license
Tne following licenses hare been
Issued since our last publication:
H. J. Elkins, 52. to Francis Thomp-
son, 22, both of Reed.
Elisha Rimmer, 24, to Lucy Wil-
liams, both of Mangum.
R. H. Saddler, 55, of Mangum, to
Dovie Albers, 24, of Reed.
organized a degree camp
On last Thursday the W. O. W.
team and several of the members met
and organize a degree camp. The
purpose of this camp Is to confer the
degress known as the "Morning De-
wee" to members wishing to ttake
this degree. The first meeting of the
camp will be Bome time t'ne last of
March. The officers of the camp will
be elected on next meeting night.
The Mangum degree team is practic-
ing regularly under the direction of
Captian Grover Gray. This team is
known asCompany I, 139 regiment.
Captain Gray state* that he would
■be glad to talk with anyone desiring
to join this regiment. Preparations
ere being made by this regiment to
attend the- Uniform Rank Encamp-
ment at Norman, which will be heid
some time this spring.
eugene harris dead
Eugene Harris, who for the past
few weeks has been suffering from
tuberculosis, died at his home on last
Tuesday morning. 'Mr. Harris was 26
years old and leaves and wife and 2
small children to mourn his loss. The
remains were interred in the Brink-
man cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
:eijuBJO jo ss3|jh av < 0 •sjssdiv
jo p<*8oduioo 'pj.Boq uon^oi Xiuno.>
Monday of this week the Greer
J. A. Stout, of Marie, and D. T. Cov-
ington, of Mangum, was in session
making the necessary preparations
for the school elections which will
be held next Tuesday, at Mangum,
Granite, Brinkman and Willow.
charged with selling whis-
key
Eli McCarty, of near Russell, was
arrested Friday by Sheriff Henry on
the charge of selling whiskey. There
are two cases against him, and the
bond was fixed at f500 in each case,
which he has not been able to make.
prisoner tried to get away
card pf thanks
We wish to thank our kind friends
and neighbors who were so layal and
true to us during the recest illness
and death of our son. Louis. May you
all be rewarded for your loyalty and
•kindness.
kindness. Especially do we thank
the Odd Fellows and Rebacahs.
MR. AND MRS. J. W. CRUSE,
AND MRS. G. A. McCURDY.
On last Saturday morning about
5:30, a county prisoner, by the name
of Alvin Henry, set fire to his bed and
then gave out the alarm hat the place
was a£ire. He was allowed to go af-
ter some water from a nearby hy-
drant, and he made several trips,
but the last bucket of witer he went
after he failed to return, so JaMor
Donald Counts got busy, tracked him
to the river south of town and phoned
Sheriff Henry to bring the horses and
dogs, which he did, and accompanied
by Ed Henry, the trio trailed him by
the aid of the blood hounds, to a
point about thirteen miles southwest
of town, where he was finally captur-
ed. This was the first time "he
blood hounds had been put on a real
live trail, and they never lost the
trail one time from the time they star-
ted until the reached the man. They
are just young dogs, and if handled
and trained as they have been in tne
past will be the most valuable dogs
ir the state by the time they are one
year old.
8S0 yard relay race. 50 yard dash.
Tnere will be contests to determine
the county championship Ir. base ball,
boys' basket ball and girls' basket
ball.
The following other contest's will
also be held:
Spelling, boys' deelamotory, girls'
declamatory, vocal solo, piano solo,
violin solo.
ekins-thompson
H. J. Elkins, a very well known
resident of the Reed community, and
Miss Francis Thompson were mar-
ried at the home of the bride on last
Sunday. They will make their fu-
ture home on the Elkins farm near
Reed.
but don't expect as much for th°m
as you got a year ago, as the market
will not Justify U. But 1 will give
you every dollar I can.
No grays or light duns wanted.
W. D. BLACK.
Barn North of Court House, Man-
gum. ROklahoma. 38 ltadv
—— —o —
mountian view
better
keep your
home
boys at
balloon
ascension
march 15.
monday,
Ted LeVan, who made such a fine
balloon ascension here about two
weeks ago, will make another ascen-
sion on next Monday March 15th.
People who saw the last flight made
by Mr. LeVan, say it was one of the
best ever made in Mangum, and if
the weather is favorable on the
above date, Mr. iLeVan will go to a
listance of 3000 feet.
He ex.pects to make the flight at 1
In conversation with an officer this
week we were informed that an effort
was being made by the officers to
have all small boys keep off the
streets after nine o'clock at night
unless they are with their parents.
The officers say they will put the
boys in jail and make them stay all
night if the parents do not keep a
closer watch on them. One night last
week two young boys who were
neither ten years of age were found
asleep in a dry "goods box by Mr.
Burden. He put one of them in jail
and let the other go home on the
promise than he would keep off the
streets at night.
o
doings of dan cupid
To t!he Greer County Democrat:
Your good paper has been coming
to my addrees on route 3, Reed, for
a lon<* time and I take this opportun
ity to inform all my friends that my
lios:.office address is now Mangum,
Oklahoma, Route 2. We have just
moved to this vicinity and found good
people for neighbors.
We have had so much rain lately
that farm work is somewhat behind.
Our school here in progressing nice-
ly with Prof. Spann, principal.
MORE ANON.
b. G. MYERS.
OUR SCHOOLS
A Department Devoted (or the Upbuilding of Greer Co. Schools
Cdiisd by mih Kete Terry
Covington had invited im out to make
- Mpeerhea." Mr. l*rk>e la aa ex-coun-
ty h'jipoi tttcbar aad waa certain'.y
at hone. Bob llachett and Jim Kv-
an« entertained the audhmr* with
aonga. after which Ml Hon Carver de-
livered a abort talk on the old line
ac'nool in Ho nth Carolina. He waa
followed by Mr. Price, who told them
of hta experience aa teacher In Mia-
aouri and later In Oklahoma, them
came my term. We returned home
delighted. Mr. Covington la doing a
trreat work at Fairview The good
people arc taking a great deal of in-
tereet with him an ibvlr leador. A
committee, Mraarti. Evans and Mc-
Clung had ralwed nearly $50 to buy
an organ. We hope to have the in-
atr.im«'nt by the next meeting of the
society. A nmall library has been
purchased and the pupils are using
the books. W. A. Swin, Allen Price
and Walter Brooks, are mebers of tha
Mr Sidney (lurrhan of tbe Wild
Cd «bi> I baa one of 'he targeit
Itotli brua'n brigade* in the county,
nearly every child owning and ualua
a tooth bruab.
MUa Jeaale Kcbola, Gyp Hill No. 1,
waa in town Saturday purchaaing aup-
piiea with money made the niKht te-
le re at the box aupper. Tbe neat
ami) of <24.12 wai made, for which
the acbool la very thankfud.
Mr. Grover Thompson, of New
Hope, reports hla acbool progresalmc
with Minn Ida Kirk assisting until a
teacher has been elee'ed to fill tnt
place of Miss Mabel McCoIllster whe
ha* reaigned on account of her health.
'.Mr. W. M. Covington, teacher of
Fairview school, called to the office
Saturday for blank contracts as Miss
Nelle Foster, of Granite, has been school boa<*d, and I am told are be-
employed to asslJt him for the rest 1 hind Mr. Covington in every way.
of the term. I The literary society has been a great
—~ success. The young >people are inter-
A copy of the School Messenger, a , ester and the older people are with
most excellent little scnool paper eJ!- them. May wo have many sucji ao-
ted by County Superintendent Nelms < letles In our rural school meeting
cf Tillman county, has found Its way j at least twice each month, during the
to my desk. This paper is printvd school and once each month during
once a month and the -subscription vacation.
central christian church
calendar
Bible School 10:00 a. m.
Communion Service 11:00 a. m.
Preaching Service 11:30 a. m.
Junior C. E 3:00 p. m.
Christian Endeavor 7:00 p. m.
Preaching Service 8:00 p. m.
Laides' Aid, Monday 2:30 p. m.
'Prayer Meeting Wed 8:00 p. m.
Choir Practice, Friday 8:00 p. m.
The C. W. B. M. im>ets once each
month, time and place to be announc-
ed.
Please notice that from now on
through the summer all our evening
services will begin promptly at 8
o'clock instead of at 7:30 as hereto-
fore. All other services remain the
same.
Tne services next Sunday, both
morning and evening, will be of a
special nature, looking forward to our
price is twenty five cents. Mr.
Nelms expects to have the help of
his teachers in editing it and we be-
lieve it will be a success.
ddddll etaoin etaoin shrdluuppuprfrrf
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. King have been
called to Arkansas on account of ill-
ness of Mr. King's father.
Mr. King is teaching the only night
school in thi3 county. We understand
that a number of patrons are very
much interested and are attending.
Yours for a sood school,
c. e. GRADY.
notes from hester
Mts Kate Tcrvf,
Mangum, Oklahoma.
DEAR MISS TERRY:
Everything is moving along nicely
here.
We are all making a long haird pull
ATeacher who Is willing to give that to make this one of the most success-
much extna time to the district is to
to be commended.
marie school notes
ful years of sc'nool work we have had.
We have splendid entertainments
every two weeks by the eighth grade
and ninth grade.
On the night of the 20th of Febru-
ary we had one of the most unique
and sucrf^ssful entertainments which
we have had. It was known as Col-
onel Night, Admittance was three
-cents per foot. As each person was
measured, a little hatchet, pained
The little god with the arrow does
some remarkable stunts at times, but
one of the quickest matches that has
been made in this part of the coun-
try in many days was the mato.n be-
tween one R. H. Sadler and Mrs. Do-[annual celebration of Foreign Mis-
vie Albers, whose hearts little "Dan" sj0n Day, Sunday, March 21st. It is
touched in the short course of about the sincere hope of the pastor that
three weeks. On la3t Sunday Mr. every member of the church will
Sadler decided that he needed a i make an earnest effort to be present
housekeeper and needed one bad. and at both the services, and bring one
must have one in a very 3hort time,
so he goes to the home of Mrs. Albers
and layed his love at her feet, at the
same time telling her that she would
or more friends with you. Sunday
morning he will speak on, "The Call
of the World," a missionary sermon,
dealing not with dry statistics but
money loose again
FARM ix)AN money is easy again. I o'clock.
and Cunningham & Die key have plen- °
ty at the o4d terms, cheapest and I Rev. A. Nunnery, of Granite parsed
best farm doans in this end of the I through Wanguja Monday enroute to
rtate. Write them, or phone. They! Granite from Hollis, where he had
rome and act quiekly. tladv bpent Sunday preaching.
be expected to help provide for his j with live truths. A few people per-
five an her one, the agreement was haps are really missionary in spirit, j
soon made and Monday the two made a few perhaps are really anti-mis-
their way to the court house, where sionary. But the trouble after all i3
they procured the necessary creden- that the most of us are just simply
tials, and then and t'nere in the pres-; non-missionary because we do not
ence of about thirty witnesses werej study missions and we have never
joined in the holy and sacred bonds | caug'at the vision of a world redeem-
of matrimony. Judge Wylie Snowed. Come let us study this big ques-
performed the ceremony. Mr. Sadler | tion together.
give3 his age at 55. and the bride 2 4. j Sunday evening the service will be
0 Iboth evang>elistic and missionary. The
Mangum Chapter No. 114 O. E. S.,[ pastor will preacn on the theme,
meats the second and fourth Thurs- I "Whosoever Will May Come—And
days of each month at 7:30 p. m. Hall J Whosoever Comes Must Go." The
second floo■ of Jackson fc Wilson!two great imperatives of the gospel
building. Visitors always welcome, lof Christ are "Come" and "Go." Re-
Next meeting March 26th. initiation, j member YOU are always welcome at
Refreshments. I THE HOMELIKE CHURCH.
We have only enrolled fifty-three
up to the present date, but expect to
have a3 many as sixty-five within
the next two weeks.
Mr. J. W. Wheat will lecture at our
school Friday night, March 12th. The j
patrons are taking great interest in red, white and blue was pinned on
this and we expect to have every one them, which served as a ticket,
of them out to hear him. | We used the twe lower rooms and
The (Literary and Debating Society the small hallway between them,
is doing nicely, and I as teacher, cer- j Miss Woodard gave a short, but
tainly apprecite the interest being splendid program, portraying the
shown. The program last Friday characters of George and Martha
night was very good, four boys de- j wia^hington with a small boy and
bating. girl. After the program Miss Mic-
We have not had a game of bas- Minn, of Martha, gave several read-
ket ball yet, but expect to play Brink- jngg j^at we'-e enjoyed very much,
man Wednesday evening. We were to q-^e guests were then' invited into
have played Annie I^aurie last Sat- ^e next room. In the hallway the
urday but bad weather prevented. A domestic, science girls had a booth de-
game will be played with Blooming- corated with red, white and blue
ton Friday. We have no hope of win- crepe paper. Here t'ney disposed of
ning from Brinkman, but we are fjne candies and other nice things to
meeting Blomington evenly as neith- tlley ha<| learned to make.
er of us has had a game this year. In other room the eighth grade
Yours for a better school, ;had a booth in one corner of the
BERT WADE, , room decorated in a very pretty way
Principal. wjth class colors, old gold and
— o purple. The ninth grade nad a booth
jay buckle notes isimiiar to the eighth but decorated
very prettily with their colors, pink
School is progressing nicely. We and wj,i>te. From these booth the 2
have enrolled eighty and practically serVed delicious and numer-
al! those of school age are in school.
The patrons spent February 22nd
in levelling the school ground.
The proceeds from our box supper
amounted to J27. This money is to
be spent for fencing the sc'nool
ground and for play ground appara-
tus.
i We have erected one gaint stride
'and are going to purchase a valley
1 ball.
i We are going to spend Friday even-
ing, March 12th, in planting trees on
!the school ground.
gtty FINLEY. Principal.
trip to fairview
ous good things to eat.
It has not been my pleasure to
attend a more enjoyable affair for a
long time, and everyone seemed to
have had a thoroughly enjoyable ev-
Continued on last pa^e
plenty of money for farm
loans
See us or call us at once if you need
money. We are able to make cheap
loans again, and have plenty of mon-
ey at the be3t rates. Most liberal
I contracts and best options to borrow-
Last Friday evening J. G. Price, an l Jerg 32-adv
I drove out to Fairview. >Mr. W. M.| COVINGTON & BROWN.
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