The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1915 Page: 3 of 4
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BEAR IN MIND
The fact that this Store can save
you money on a thousand articles
We handle New an.l Second hand
Furniture* One visit to our store
will make you a regular customer
Remember we Sell for Less
Blalock's Racket Store
East ol City Hall.
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% Watch and Jewelry V
-REPAIRING-
IS OUR SPECIALTY
Bring your Watches to us and have them
MADE LIKE NEW!
Giving, ^7/ie ^Jeweler
West Side Square Mangum. Okla.
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Imrmrn f* CHrtQakle •PP" I0
jw «*# bhwk Mwil af Mam-
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Huh M*ik*w «* uJ H*1 MrKai« i
M«rs*4 4aa4*y fro* Medicia* Her*.
Ok l*-> <** •htro Uw k*e*
ti >kla* tor tk* pat ikr** ***k Mr
XrKaiaki • e*ft*rta« fraaLa eprala.
•4 aafcl* wkkk k* r*c** *4 akil*
I bar*
Mlii Willi* 1**11*7 :*fi Tu**4ay for
La*ton eft*r ep*a4iag li * w**h Mro
vuuiat frl*a4i aal r«Ull ro.
Dn Wyle and Nuaaerv. at Of
It* «*r* Muiaa • .alloc* W*Ja
day
i*4 ka«
la*
Mlaar* Haetrif* an4 Opal M* na
r* viaitlng tb*lr lUlir, Art* McCal-
ley. la Chkka*ka, tbW ***k.
Phono S> for your lc*—PKOI'l.Tii
ICR CO. Wad
Dr Sti-arboroagh and wlf*. of Goal
i.r Mangum vliliors da:urday «v4
Sunday
Frank Elgin spent the first of the
week in Oklahoma City on legal but
loess.
H. E. Oakes and wife, 8. P. Holt
and wife spent Sunday at Granite.
Mrs. Hora<e Hulgius is reported
very ill thia week.
Q. D. Walker, who lives three miles
north of town has been here this
week under surgical treatment.
Mrs. R. A. Slngletary, who was op-
erated on some ten days ago, is re-
ported to be recovering nicely.
Jim Tatum, of Sentinel spent part
of the week here visiting relatives
and frl«nd3.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jackson spent
the latter part of the week on their
farm near Del^i.
Hoyt Gragson and Horace Doolin
left this afternoon for Wichita Falls Miss Vela Summers left Sunday for
Texas, to spend a few days and dol-i Texas, where she will attend a sum-
mer normal for a couple of month3.
Misses .loella and Beatrice Bole*,
of Granite, are spending tne week
with their grandmother. Mra. Batty
Herbert Wileman was in El Hen >
Sunday afternoon and Monday mora
ing on business.
Mrs. Arthur Jackson and children
returned from Elk City, where they
have been vlsi'ing for the past week
J. E. Taylor spent the first of the
week in Oklahoma City on business.
W. W. Wittington, of Lawton, was
a Mangum visitor Tuesday of this
week.
Wylie Pierce, of Marie, was a Man-
gum visitor Saturday.
MONEY LOOSE AGAIN
FARM LOAN money is easy again.
John Dyer, of the Blake commun- I and Cunningham &Dickey have plen
ity, was a Mangum business visitor j ty at the old terms, cheapest and
today. Mr. Dyer had a load of fine | best farm doans in this end of the
peaches, which he raised for the state. Write them, or phone. They
market.
A. C. Cravey has been confined to
his nome this week on account of
sickness.
come and act quiekly.
tfadv
Miss Alta Booher returned to her
home in Frederick after spending a
week with her sister, Mrs. Ona E.
Daws.
Mrs. W. S. Yeager and children ate
spending the week in Oklahoma City
visiting relatives.
Mtrs. Coke Witt is spending a few
day3 with relatives at Headrick.
Elmer Joiner and wife spent Sun-
day with friends at Vinson.
Jess Gully and family left Tuesday
for Medicine Park, Okla'noma, where
they will spend several days.
John Nelson returned home Friday
from Fort Worth, where ne has been
attending school for the past nine
months. John led his classes and wag
one of the best all round athletes In
school.
HAIL, HAIL, HAIL!
West Holland and wife of Brink-
man, were Mangum visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kim motored
to Sayre, Sunday.
Coke Witt and H. L. Meacum were
Sayre visitors the first of the week.
Basil Melton came in Tuesday night
from Dallas, to spend a few days vis-
iting relatives.
~Mi3ses Addie and Clara Patton re-
turned from Kansas where Miss Ad-
die has been under medical treat-
ment for the past two months. Her
condition is very much improved.
The fact that wheat is double value
to w'nat the crop was last year,
makes it imperative that you pro-
tect it. See ZACK T. PRYSE.
Misses Florence Burden and Blanch
Kelley, will go to Granite next Thurs-
day night to participate in the pro-
gram to be given on St. John's Day.
A. M. Siewart. of Hollis. «u her*
moat of the week ivpreeentlng B *rt
Baldock In th* preliminary bearing
Miss Laura Todd, of Elk CUy. vl
ltfd relatives nere th# first of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Scarborough, of
Gould, were guesti at the home of
their daughter. Mrs. J W. Hkkerson.
over Sunday.
WE NEED FAnM LOANS
We have orders for more farm
loans, and will offer the best term*
ever put out for $1000 to $3000. Loans
on good quarters. You ought to get
the cheapest money. We pay out lik-?
a bank when you sign.* Try the Best
Farm I^oans. <2 tfadv
CUNNINGHAM & DICKEY.
Miss Nannie Lee Hlckerson spent
the first of the week visiting friends
and relatives In Gould.
Mrs" Curtis Veach. of Altus, spent
Sunday here the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Latimer.
Miss Dessve Ambler returned from
Heed Friday, where she ha3 been
teaching a very successful term of
ichool.
I* mil) Mre4i* n
la Maagaai L*ai w**k
r P K*aik*a e«*4 f*ailr •***
e*U*4 l*> Mtaiua l**t aaek a*
ra-im of tk# 4*«'k of Mr* K*>i**a
f «fc-r J A M. Wai f«
llaaiaio* Kr &*■ t sf J*a*r
• lib l->* J ►' tabk family s*r*raJ
4*m la* **k.
owto4 to hi* a«t Ua iag aaaiplelelf
r*0t*r*4 froa hu r*«ai aserailoa
ai ik* I'orJor t eepit*l. «•* J W
rtui..a .«n w*a ua*bl<* to fill b>a r*«u
Ur «ppotaim«ni faadar
Mr* J Ray an J «hil4r*e Mra W
G Holly and ■ hitdren Mlw* Med*
H« t<1 ant MolIU Ni:>p-rt and Tom
Mil', J O Tuton aad Homer Rog
era link 4lnn*r a: ih« A. 1 Kalkn«r
borne Muaday
I P Mood. J M MKIuffln. K I
Fatkaer. J. O Tuton. IC4.ll# Palkner
and Hob and Char!!* Mood upeat the
biggest part of Saiardty nlibt fish
Ini To prevent trouble we won
tell bow many they raugot
All Woomen are n n'ieaied lo be
pr**eat at the n«*i meeting aa there
will be eome very Importaat bu«ln «
lo b* transa<-ted Including an Inltla
tlon.
I. P HooJ transacted bualneta In
Rrlck one day (tat week
Raymond, the «mall «on of J. R.
McClure, was bitten by a rattle-
snake Saturday afternoon At lasts
accounts he waa getting along nice
ty. - •« « •• au "J
J. H. McGuffln and family, of Erick
spent thi week end vUltlng relative.*
and frlenJs In our community.
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
JI
FREE PORTS ^
BUILDERS OF
SONORES8 SHOULD OIVC THEM
PREFCRKNCE IN APPRO-
PRIATIONS.
7 -
By Peter Radford.
People's Ice Company, phone 50,
Sout'n Side Square. tfadv
Mis3 Willie Balthrope." of Reed,
passed through Mangum Sunday en-
route to Elk City, where she will
visit friends and relatives.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
Cause No. 2520.
n the District Court in and
Greer County, Oklahoma.
The six year old 3on of S. W.
Broiles, w'no formerly liven in Man-
gum, but who now lives in Granite,
fell from a tree Wednesday morning,
breaking his teg in two places.
Mrs. J. N. Caddell refurned Sunday
I from Texas, where she was called on
Cheapest jnd Best Route to San Francisco
LIMIT
—THREE
MONTHS
$51.60
GOING—
Leave Mangum, W. F. & N. W _~.11:15 a. m. 1st day
Arrive Woodward, W. F. & N. W 5:10 p. m. 1st day
Leave Woodward, Santa Fe 11:25 p. m. 1st day
Arrive Alburquerque, Santa Fe 6:30 p. m. 2nd day
Leave Alburquerque, Santa Fe 8:30 p. m. 2nd day
Arrive Barstow, Santa Fe 1:10 *• m. 4t'n day
Leave Barstow, Santa Fe 2:55 a. m. 4th day
Arrive San Francisco, Santa Fe 6:00 p. m. 4th day
RETURNING—
Leave San Francisco, W. P. .9:10 a. m. 1st day
Arrive Salt Lake, W. P. 3:35 p. m. 2nd day
Leave Salt Lake. D R. G. 4:=V0 p. m. 2nd day
Through Royal Gorge 2:55 p. m. 3rd day
Arrive Denver, F. W. D. C 8-15 p m. "!rd day
Le«Ye Denver 11:30 p. m. Zri day
Arrive Mangum W. F. A N. W. _11:15 a. m. 5tb da/
Routes by Portland and Seattle some higher. Call 169 for other infor-
mation regarding routes, or write
C. L. FONTAINE, G. P. A.
Wichita Falls, Texas
F. C. DONNELLY, Local Tkt. A#t
Mangum. Oklahoma
VAN ETTA BAYLESS, Plaintiff,
va.
JOSEPH R. BAYLESS, Defendant.
The State of Oklahoma, to Josep'n R
Bayless:
You are hereby notified and warned
that on the 4th day of June, 1915, Van
Etta Bayless, filed her petition in
the office of the Clerk of the Di3-
trict Court of Greer County, Oklaho-
ma, against you for a divorce, for
the care, custody and education of
Joe Harry Bayles3 and Lou Kather-
ine Bayless, for a decree of court
granting to her all household and
kitchen furniture, for counsel fees,
for $25.00 a month alimony, for all
costs of 3uit, and general relief, upon
the grounds of non3upport, cruel
treatment, gross neglect of duty and
adultery, and that unless you answer
the petition of plaintiff field in the
office of the Clerk of said court on
orbefore the 30th day of July, 1915,
the same will be taken as true and a
judgment rendered accordingly.
ANDREW McCUTCHEON,
Court Clerk.
By ONA E. DAWS, Deputy. ad
PLAINVIEW NEWS
Mrs. Bailey, wife of John Bailey,
living just across the county line in
Beckham county, died last week.
Mrs. Bailey was well known in Greer
county and was the mot'ner of Miss
Willie Bailey who worked in the
county clerk and tie county treasur-
er's offices for many years.
Mrs. J. P. Hill Is on the sick Hst.
Jim P. Brown underwent a minor
hospital at the Border hospital last
week.
Billy Harrel. of Erick, attended
Sunday school at Plainview Sunday
Little Edna Falkner is very sick
this vreeV.
E. O. Hill and family visited
Hugh Pole home Sunday.
This nation Is now entering upon
an era of marine development. The
wreckage of European commerce has
drifted to our shores and the world
war Is making unptecedented de-
mands for the products of farm and
factory. In transportation facilities
on land we lead the world but our port
facilities are inadequate, and our flag
is seldom seen In foreign ports. If
our government would only divert the
energy we have displayed In conquer-
ing the railroads to mastering the
commerce of the sea, a foreign bot-
tom would be unknown on the ocean's
highways.
This article will be confined to a
discussion of our ports for the pro-
ducts of the farm must pass over our
wharfs before reaching the water. We
have in this nation 51 ports, of which
41 are on the Atlantic and 10 are on
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second
Congress appropriated over $51,000,-
000 for Improving our Rivers and
Harbors and private enterprise levies
a toll of approximately $60,000,000
annually In wharfage and charges for
which no tangible service Is rendered.
The latter Item should be lifted off
the backs of the farmer of this na-
tion and this can be dons by Congress
directing Its appropriations to ports
that are free where vessels can tie up
to a wharf and discharge her cargo
free of any fee or charge.
A free port Is progress. It takes
out the unnecessary link in the chain
of transactions in commerce which'
has for centuries laid a heavy hand
upon commerce. No movement Is so
heavily laden with results or will
more widely and equally distribute
Its benefits as that of a free port
and none can be more easily and ef-
fectively secured.
Penalty of Politeness.
The woman was aged, feeble and
leaned heavily on a thick cane as she
t.jved slowly aloifg. She hesitated
as she approached the crossing at
Fourth and Jefferson streets. A young
man of excellent appearance and
gentlemanly manner, assuming that
she feared to cross, touch ad her gently
on the arm, and, cap in hand, volun-
teered to conduct her over. The kind-
ness met with dire results.
The old woman straightened up
slightly and wagged the big stick
menacingly.
"Get out of here, ye bfcld scallywag,'
she 3gid. "Sure a lady can't walk the
street without you mashers is after
'em. Get along wit' ye!"
The young man retreated in con-
fusion.—Louisville Times.
Europe's Population.
People are in the habit of thinking
of China as the most densely popu-
lated !and in all the world. The grrat
loss of life which usually attends
floods !n China helps to maintain this
ld«a. Few people realize that Eu-
j rope's population Is slightly denser
the tbaD tnat of China.
I According to census, the Inhabitants
G. H. Tubb and family took dinner of China number 439,030,000. As China
at the N. B. Hood home Sunday. I 13 about one-t<>nth l#rger than Europe,
A party at the N. A. Lawson home (the density of poni'latU>o of the two
one night last week, was attended. slightly Uvora Europe.
by a large crowd.
I—Introductory
Tkroaak tk* Prww **r io at Agrt
ealtare aad ' 'n* «rt*. ik* m***«f
aluiU of iku aeitaa will b* ia*N*4
to ike pwblltf fummi *o4 uk*d to «*>
Nw* * bimmi* tu ei«ttta*tkia M«a
vlto acfctov* ulk. aa4 a*a
•ito talk e*l4oBi ackiBt- There I*
ao a*rk iklaa u a aui*r tkiaker. aa4
be*>11/ la *l«ar* a clue* rumpeatoe
to tralb
It eli! b* a greet privilege to etaa4
by lb-, aid* of m-n *tw ran roll I*
pl*c* *b* oorn r*to** of Indaetry. to
aeeurlel* with tn*a *bo c*a loob
at lb* *orl4 aad e«* to the butiom
of It, lo common* with m*n who can
b*ar tbe roar of clvillaailoa a fe*
oeoturtee away
Too oftee we llatoa to tbe rabble
elemeat of our 4ay that criee oat
agalust every man who achl«vee.
"Crucify blm" Mankind never baa
and probably never will produc* a
generation that appr*clat*e tb* g«nlaa
of Its day Tbrre never will be a
crown without a croee, pro«r«ee with-
out sacrifice or ao achievement with-
out a challenge
This u ag aae of service, and that
man fa greatest who s*rve* tbe l*rg-
eet number Tbe preeent generation
baa done more to Improve the con-
dition of mankind than any clvlllsa-
tloa since human motives began their
upward flight. Tb* Greeks gave human
Ufa Inspiration, but while her orators
wer? speaking with the tongues of
angels, her farmers were plowing
with forked sticks, while her pbll
osophers were emancipating human
thought from bondage, her traffic
ao«e4 oa Iw wbeeto4 earl* drtea*
a*4 Oftiiwe* 4ra*a. by eleven. eUt
b*r art lela were pai*U«g 41 <
4raama o« eaavaa. tk* street* sI
peo*4 Atk*a* war* ii*kt*tf ay i
braada 4lpp*4 la taUoe
Tito g**l*e at pae« aae* saagkt H
*ro*** tk* latoll*#t ao4 etlr tk* seal
bat Jk* aaaiar mt*4e of u>4er art
e**klaa to serve Civtltaatloa kae aa
al***4 u> Amarlra tk* greataat tail
of tk* gr**t**t aa*. **4 tk* gnalsal
m*a ike I e**r trod tk* gr*at**t plaad
ar* aolving It Tkelr *cki*v*oM
kava aaluunded tk* whole world aad
w* ck*ll*ag* every as* and natlaa
to nam* men or pro4octa that oafl
approach In creetlva genius or a
tarful skill In orgaalsatlon. tbe aur^
veloua achl*v*m*nu of lb* trenaam
oua men of tbe pr*e*ot day IBdlauaj
can pfr.ee a button aad turn a lldf
oa multiplied millions of homes; Vail
can take down th* receiver and talk
with fifty millions of p*opl*. 1
Comtek's reaper can harvest tk4
world's crop, and Pulton's steea ea>
fine movee the commerce of U
and see
Tbe greatset thing a human belag
can do la to serve hla fellow meo;
Chrlet did It; Kings deeree It. ant
wise men teach IL It Is tbe glory ol
this practical age that Bdlaoo could
And no higher calling than to b*ooss«
tb* Janitor to civilisation; Vail tk*
meaeenger to mankind; McCormletl
the hired hand to agriculture, aad
Pulton tbe teamster to Industry, and
bleaaed la tbe age that baa suofc
masters for Its servants.
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
II—L. E. Johnson
On Two-Cent Passengar Rstes
II
The farmers of
this nation are
vitally interested
in railroad rates
and equity be-
tween passenger
and freight rates
is especially Im-
portant to the
man who follows
the plow for the
farmer travels
very little but ha
is a heavy con-
tributor to the
freight revenues.
Some of the
states have a two cent passenger rate
and whatever loss Is Incurred is recov-
ered through freight revenue. The jus-
tice of sdeh a procedure was recently
passed upon by the Supreme Court
of West Virginia and the decision is
so far-reaching that we have asked
L. E. Johnson, president of the Nor-
folk and Western Railway whose road
contested the case to briefly review
the Buit. Mr. Johnson said In part:
"Some ten years ago, passenger
fares were fixed by the legislatures
of a large number of states at two
cents a mile. As a basis for such
economic legislation, no examination
was made of the cost of doing the
business so regulated, nor was any
attention given to the fact whether
such a rate would yield to the rail-
way companies an adequate or any
net return upon the capital Invested
In conducting this class of business.
"Such a law was passed In West
Virginia in 1907. The Norfolk and
Western Railway Company put the
rate Into effect and maintained it for
two years. Its accounting during
these two years showed that two
cents a mile per passenger barely
paid the out-of-pocket cost and noth-
ing was left to pay any return on
capital Invested. It sought relief from
the courts. Expert accountants for
both the State and the Railway Com*
pany testified that the claims of tho
railroad were sustained by the facts.
Two cents did not pay the coat oC
carrying a passenger a mile. Tte
State, however, contended that the
railroad was earning enough surplua
on Its state freight business to give m
fair return upon tbe capital used la
Its passenger as well as lta frelg^l
business. For the purposes of tlM)
case, the railroad did not deny thia.
but held to its contention that tha
State could not segregate Its pas*
senger business for rate fixing with*
out allowtng a rate that would b4
sufficient to pay the cost of doing
business and enough to give soma
return upon the capital invested life
doing the bur (Bess regulated. Thlgj
was the issue presented to the Sn4
preme Court. Its decision responds)
to the judgment of the fair-minded!
sentiment of the country. The Su-
preme Court says that, even though!
a tallroad earns a surplus on a par*
ticular commodity by charging rea*
sonable rates, that affords no reasoQ|
for compelling It to haul another's!
person or property for less than cosLi
The surplus from a reasonable ratei
properly belongs to the railway comf
pany. If the surpluB Is earned fronty
an unreasonable rate then that ratal
should be reduced. The State may*
not even up by requiring the rallroadl
to carry other traffic for nothing oft
for lesB than cost.
The decision Is a wholesome oi
and demonstrates that the ordlnt
rules of fair dealing apply to rallwi
companies. The fact that one maki
a surplus on b'ls wheat crop woi
never be urged as a reason for cc
pelling him to sell his cotton at lesai
than cost. It would not satisfy thaf
man who wanted bread to be told
that lta high price enabled the cotton
manufacturer to get his raw product
for less than cost In this case the
court reaffirmed the homely maxim
that each tub must stand upon lta
own bottom." '
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
III—Julius Kruttschnitt
On Financing Railroads
The farmers of
this nation need
to become better
acquainted with
the railroad men
and their prob-
lems. It is only
those who know
that can give us
information
the farmers of
America should
listen attentively
to what the men
who manage rail-
road property
have to say. Mr. Kruttschnitt. exec-
utive head of the Southern Pacific,
has written an article dealing with
the financing of railroads. He said
in part;
"The financing of a railroad Is a
function which the people, through
their servants, the Railroad Commis-
sioners and the Legislators, have
never attempted, but it is a most im-
portant problem, especially to sec-
tions of a State where new railroads
are needed The placing of securities
haa been left entirely with the pro-
moter and owner of railroads.
"Tbe immediate determination of
what earnings the railroad shall be
permitted to receive and what bur-
dens It shall have put oa it la in the
kaadSjOf other servaats of tk* public
—the Legislators and the Commis-
sioners.
"Managing a railroad is quite differ-
ent from managing a government
where the money is raised by taxa-
tion. When the expenditures, for
good reasons or otherwise, increase,
taxes can be equally Increased. The
railroads, while servants of the pub-
and I ,lc. cannot raise money with such
ease and facility. The railroads must
keep their expenditures within their
Incomes because while they have
some control over their expenditures
they have almost no control over their
incomes, their rates being fixed by
public authorities.
"There is not a railway manager In
the country today who is not fearful
that under the press of increasing de-
mands the transportation systems of
the country will, in a few years, break
down, unless the railroads are allowed
to earn larger funds wherewith to
build It up. There are vast sections
of the country, especially In the West,
where more railroads are needed and
they cannot be built unless the rail-
ways raise new capital.
"People Invest money in order to
make money, and they are skeptical
as to whether they can make money
by investing in concerns that are dealt
with stringently and unfairly. Rail- I
road securities must be made more
attractive to Invite investments, and
in order that they may be made more
attractive, the roads must be allowed
earning* that will enable them to
meet the increased capital charge*.,
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Watt, W. O. The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1915, newspaper, June 17, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281892/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.