The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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FOR Fl'RNlTcl'-£ AND SATISFACTION GO TO J. W. LOVETT. THE FI RM I I RK MAN
THE GREER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
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MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 19J4.
VOL. 24. NO. J7
TWO PROMINENT MEN DEAD
O. F. COX Dt AO
J. C. WILSON
O.
f Co*, at* of jdv
lift r Mttliri dli<d a* Ncimmt Mpt
Thursday at 12:30 o'clock About
a year * > Mr Coi wim stricken wti.
l«raly ln. and In January laat h* «i>
taken !u Norman to tb* nult«rt|R.
ao«1 up to the time &f bit death his
rondl'lonit giww st.-adlly wofae.
body wan brought bare and Interred
In tbt Rfceralde cemetery fliturdaft
Mr. Co* came to Mangum *b«i the
town win very young, and etgajed In
the hotel business, and remained la
that bualness until a few yeara age,
whan his' health would net panril
him to longeT iw after business. He
w*i highly respected and had many
friends here who Join with thla paper
In extending to the ter*aved family J
their alncereat sympathy. He leaves i
a wife and three daughters.
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LOG ROLLING AT WILLOW
Kaat Mangaut
I Mi!!
. affec'
took to h
fb chronic broil eft Is, and
I «ome alx weeks ago.
"r Wilson cam# to thla county
jut twelve year* ago and baa re-
ed n Mangum the j aa« six years
«aa an upright and blgbly rts-
ted cltitea and haa a boat o'
■r,ds who *re sorry to learn of his
ith. The funraal servi<**s wer*
d at the East Side Christian church
'. J W Sims oficlatlng. He body
* 1'Ud to reit Kn.lav nvtning In
Riverside cemtery. He leaves a
• and four children, three boya and
girl. Thomas, the youngest son,
C hicago, and was unable to at<
the funeral.
BUYS NEW CAR
In
On Saturday, June the Cth Willow Ssrs. Percy Cornelius, Roy Tra-
will have aplcnic under the auspp-ds wick, Horace Wesley and Marsha!!
of the W. O. W. order of that placfr. , Wilson went to Oklahoma City Satur-
There will be eight other W. O. V,'. 'da>- Mr. Cornelius purchased a new1
lodges there to take part In the work I H udson 33 car while there and they
The committee on arrangements has;returned overland in the new car.
secured several attractions, a bra*?
Judge R. L. Williams, Candida te for democratic nomination for gov.
ernor, will spetk hare on Firet Mond ay, June 1st, at the assembly room
of the court houae.
band, etc., and from reports the pic-
nic will be a success in every way.
•MERCHANTS TO'SUSPEND ROAD CHARLES EVAN6 FOR
WORKING
PUBLIC WEIGHER
Owing to the fact that all the main
ro^fls leading into Mangum have been
WorkW/Stfrtffrfr,* it Ykt
that the farmers are very busy
In the announcement column of the
epo«?*T *WU*ia wac*.JtfJbu0d the
name of Charles Evans, who is a can-
dldate for the office of public weigh-
their crops at the present time, It is „ of Gr€er fouity> -tabiect to the
thought best to suspend the road wor-
king for some time, or until the farm-
ers can get caught up with their
work. It 1b a very busy season ct
the farm at present, as cotton plant-
ing has been held up on account of
the rains, and while the farmers have
a chance to do their planting and
plowing it would be a sacrifice to
ask them to take their teams and
help work the roads. It will only be
a week or ten days until they will be
busy in the harvest field also with
the cutting and baling of alfalfa, and
tha merchants think it best to hold
up for a month or such matter until
the farmers gets his crops taken care
of.
BURT-COLE WEDDING
Mr. W. J. Burt and Miss Sibyl Cole
were united in the holy bonds of mat-
rimony at the hofne of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cole, * t
Cole hights, southeastern part of this
city at 7 a. m., Sunday, May 17, 1914,
Rev. Thomas W. Griffith, pastor of
the First Presbyterian chruch, offi-
ciating. The newlyweds left on the
8:20 Northwestern train for Galves-
ton Texas where th^y wiTl ei end their
honeymoon.
Mr. Burt is a conductor on the
Northwestern, and Miss Cole is one
of Altus' fairest and accomplished
daughters. The News extends con-
gratulations.—Atlus News.
Mrs. Burt is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Cole, and lived in
Mangum many years, prior to goln-g
to Altus, some five years ago. she
has many friends here who Join with
this paper in wishing the young peo-
ple a life of happiness and pleasure.
SCOVILLE NOT COMING
Word has been received from Dr.,
Chas. Reign Scoville, who is conduct-
ing a great revival at Wichita Falls,
and was announced to bold a service
in Mangum next Monday night, that
he will be unable to reach here for the
service.
general, but it is unavoidable.
action cf the voters in the democratic
primaries held ,on August fourth, 1911.
Mr. Evans came to Mangum many
years ago, and has since made this his
home. When he first came here he
engaged in the gin business and dur
Ing bis residence here he has worked
for three of the various gins in Man-
gum. About three years ago he pur-
chased half interest in what is known
as the Moore Gin, and ran it until a
short time ago, when he sold his in-
terest and turned his attention to the
coal business, but recently he has dis-
covered that so many coal yards in
Mangum did not pay, hence he has
decided to take up/something else.
Charlie," as his friends know him,
'has made friends since coming to this
county. His work in the gin business
brught him in contact with moet ev-
ery farmer in the county. He has
always dealt honestly with his fel
lowman, and while there is sometime?
strife between the farmer and the
ginneis yet we have never heard a
word against Mr. Evans as a man or
as a ginner. He is a man with few
words,' courteous, kind and consider-
ate, and in all matters tends strictly
to his own affairs.
Mr. Evans promises that if he re-
ceives the nomination in August aad
Is elected in the fall election that he
Will tend strictly to the weighing of
the cotton himself, and will not hiiy
some one else to weigh the cotton,
but give the office his sole attention
He promises further that ever man
shall have a fair and square deaL
And if the voters find that Mr. Ev-
ans is the man they want, we do not
hesitate to say that they will have
voted for a man worthy of their con-
sideration, and a man who they will
not regret they have elected.
8NOW-HOU8ER
W. D. Snow and Miss Fern Houaer.
of Blair, were married at that place
Wednesday of last week. Mr. Sndw
.Is a brother of Justice Wylie Snow,
also a nephew of U A. Snfew oft**
city, and he having lived here sever-
al years ago, has many friends who
are glad to extend congratulations.
Oklahoma Fifth in Wheat Producing
States
REMODELING RENO
The old awning on the Reno Is be
ing torn down this week and a new
one will be built on the south and
east side of the building.
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SPENT 8ATURDAY NIGHT FISHING
John Castleberry, Morris Chaffin.
Ivan Cunningham, Oscar Yarberry
Harvey Allen and iLoy ©rigsby spent
Saturday evening on Fish Creek in
search of the finney tribe. They
caught a good many fish but say they
were father small.
FISHING PARTY RETURNS
Late statistics give 'Oklahoma as
fifth in the wheat acreage, and it is
thought that when the harvest i3 over
Oklahoma will climb nearer to the
top.
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Ugt Half. of. Ows-Juoa 15 ,
The last half of the 1913 taxes will
be due on ot before the 15 of June,
and if not paid by that time they will
draw 18 per cent interest from that
date until in November, at which
time tax titles will be Issued against
the property and the same will be
sold.
,v .ft*
Judge Samuel W. Hayes, candidatefcr democratic nomination for United
Statea Senator, will apeak here en Friday afternoon, June 5tH, at two
o'clock. |
Mangum Boy Hikes
Tfarry8
Stovall Proposes to Walk to"
Berkeley, California.
PROCLAMATION
NEW ORCHE8TRA
Homer Dodge Cain, one of Man-
gum's popular music teachers has or
ganixed an orchestra and had some of
the latest music, which . is being re-
The disappointment will be ; heased, and in a short time Mangum
will have one of the best orchestras
in the country.
STALLARD-CORNELL DEBATE
June 15th is the date set for the
debate to be held here between G. W
Cornell and H. H. Stallard. Mr. Cor-
nell is candidate for Congress on the
democratic ticket, and Mr. Stallard is
a candidate for congress on the so-
cialist ticket
RALPH MAKES GOOD SHOWING
Durant, Okla, May 22.—la the last
of the series with Paris today Durant
won by a score of 6 to 4. The game
was won by Heatly's home run with
| two men out- ia the fifth.
A fishing party composed of Mes-
srs. Lacy Noble, H. Y. Hoover, Joe
Thompson, Frank Mathews, Geo. and
Wesley Boyd .returned Tuesday after-
noon from' a three weeks' fishing trin
in the east side of the state. They re-
port a good catch of fish, and they had
a good time to say the lea3t.
A New Awning
By virtue of authority vested in me
as mayor of Mangum, I hereby issue a
proclamation designating Sunday,
May 31, 1914, as Decoration Day.
There will be speaking by Rev. Holm-
es Nichols in the court house square.
Everybody is cordially Invited to take
part and bring flowers. After the
speaking the people will then march
to the cemetery and decorate the
graves.
G. F. BORDER, Mayor.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
A new awning is this week being
put in front of the Mangum Drug
store, which adds matrially to the
a| pearance of the building.
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FIFTH 8UNDAY MEETING
The fifth Sunday meeting of the
Greer County Baptist Association will
be held here the last of this week.
Many delegates are expected from all
parts of the county, and preparations
have been made to take care of all
visiting members of the association.
In another column cf this paper will
be found the program.
o
Mrs. James Faulkner of Dallas la
visiting friends and relatives on R.
1 this week.
CEr<TRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH
(Holmea Nichols, Pastor)
Prelude—''He Leadeth Me"..„Tri*ant.
Doxotogy.
Hymn.
Prayer.
Anthem—'"Thou Did'st Leave Thy
Throne Schnicker
Announcements.
Scripture.
Offertory Largo-Handel
Solo—-"There is a Green Hill Far
Away" .*— Gounod
Miss Bagby
Harry Stovall, 19, of Mangum, Ok-
lahoma, proposes to walk from Okla-
homa City to Berkeley, California,
leaving Oklahoma City, Monday, May
25. Stovall announces that be will
start without funds and will make ex-
penses along the way by taking sub-
scriptions to magazines.
The youth graduated this year from
the Mangum high school. His father
and moter are both dead and the lad
is on his own resources, having work-
ed his way through high school. He
proposes to enter California univer-
sity for a course in mining engineer-
ing. He hopes to earn enough on the
trip to pay for on year's schooling.
He has relatives at Berkeley.
Stovall's itenarary will take him
throug the Panhandle cf Texas, New
Mexico. Colorado, Utah and Nevada.
His equipment consists of a khaki suit
similar to the boy scout uniform, a
blanket, cannister and small articles.
He wil send his baggage through by
express. The youth will carry with
him a letter of introduction from Gov-
ernor Lee Cruce to Governor Hiram
Johnson of California. Mr. Cruce's
letter states that Stovall is worthy of
any aid the governor of California
may give him.
Stovall is inexeperienced at long
distance walking but expresses con-
fidence that he will be able to make
the distance afoot by September 1.
He called on the governor Thursday
THE PLANTING OF COTTON
By tho (
same can be said of the other crops.
There are some farmers who live in
the tight land districts who have been
unable to finish all their spring plant-
ing owing to the continued wet weath-
er, and from tbe present indications it
will be several days before they can
do any work in the field. The acreage
of cotton for Greer county will not be
quite so large this year as many of
the farmers have in large fields of
wheat, which will cut their cotton
acreage down considerably.
OUR PARENTS
SSSSEr H0,m" N'cho,s - • ' ' *■" « c*
Benediction.
Prelude—"March in G" Geo. Swift.
Hymn. i
Prayer.
Hymn.. }
Scripture.
Offertory.
"The Vesper Bell".... —Agate
Special
Sermon .... Rev.'E. A Howard
Hymn.
Benediction.
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Emmitt Summers of Dallas visited
Mangum friends and relatives here
this week. He is one of the Mangum
boys who went to Dallas several years
ago, and he states that all of the boys
have good positions and are doing
well.
'The Price of a Soul," is the sub-
ject for the sermon announced at the
evening service next Sunday. The
song service begins at 8:15 p. m.
The ladies will give a special pro-
gram In the Bible school at 10:00 a.
Everybody Is cordially Invited to
attend.
We regret very much to have to an
nounce that we will not have tbe Sco-
ville Evangelistic Company here Mon-
day night.
Unclaimed Letters May 25, 1914.
§ at
Burden, J. T.
Bowero, Lillian, Mrs.
Lobbfn, E. D.
James, J. L.
Phillips. Maude. Miss (2)
Scott, Will, Mr. and Mr?
Whrti calling for any of the above
pleaae say "advertised" May 25, 1911
G. B. T0WN8END, P. M.
Mangum. Okla.
til Monday.—Daily Oklahoman.
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Mrs. Alice Granlea and little daugh-
ter returned to their home in Ana-
darko Sunday after a visit with Mrs.
Granlea's sister, Mrs. Mote Tucker.
When Pa is Sick
When pa is sick,
He's scared to death.
An' ma and us
Just holds our breath.
He crawls in bed,
and puffs and grunts,
And does all kinds
Of crazy stunts.
He wants "Doc" Brown,
An' mighty quick;
For when pa's ill, ,
He's awful sick.
He gasps and groans,
An' sort o' signs,
He talks so querr,
An* rolls his eyes.
Ma Jumps and runs.
An' all ot us,
An' all the houso "~y
Is In a fuss.
An' peace and Joy
Is tmighty skeerce
When pa is sick,
It's something fierce.
"TO!
University Summer Session Open to'
Students on June 12 j
Norman, Oklahoma, May 28.—The ]
University of Oklahoma is preparing |
to receive the largest number of stu-
dents ever enrolled for summer work. I
This year's session will begin iume- j
diately after the commencement ex-,
ercises, registration taking place on
June 12 and 13 and actual class work j
beginning on Monday,, June 15.
The session will cpatinue for eight i
weeks closing on August 7th. A spe
cial series of lectures by educational !
autorltles, including Dr. A. .E. Win-:
ship of Boston, Dr. Henry F. Cope of |
Chicago, and Professor Staurt A. Cur- j
tiss of Detroit has been arranged to !
gether with cutber lecturers, confer I
ences and musical events aside from I
the regular class work. An especially j
large registration of teachers is ex
pected for the coming session.
When Ma la Sick
When ma is sick,
She pegs away;
She's quiet though;
Not much t' say.
She goes right on
A-doin' things.
An' sometimes laughs,
Er even sings.
She says she,don't
Feel extra well,
But that It's Just
A kind o', spell.
She'ss be alright
Tommorrow, sure.
A good old sleep
will be the cure.
An' pa he sniffs
An' makes no kick.
For women folks is
Always sick.
An' ma she smiles.
Let's on she's jlad—■
When ma is sick.
It ain't so bad.—Ex.
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Watt, W. O. The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1914, newspaper, May 28, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281676/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.