The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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[he Granite Enterprise.
tirawitc. Greer County. Oklahoma. Friday September 20. 1912.
NO. 19
PREPARING
FOR BUSINESS
a specit'lty of manufacturing!
and but ing cheap articles that;
re iMMirrally u*ed in the house* |
hold and on the f.«rm By very1
artistic, yel deceptive advertis-
ing, they have been able to un-
load million! of dollars worth of j
COTTON IS
COMING IN
Montgomery Ward Company 'hiH cheay Bluff, on the people Granite Buyers Paying Beat
Srnrl. Po.tmmter Mrk^ ; of thlS COUIltry. making th*m n • , a_.t- . ..
Send* Postmaster McKee
a Nice Rubber Stamp.
Postmaster E. G. McRee was
notified a short time ago by
Montgomery Ward & Company,
a Chicago Mail order house
which most everybody has
heard of. that they were going
to send him a very useful pres-
ent. He received this present
Monday and ft proved to be a
rubber stamp with that com-
pany's name on it, to be used
in stamping their names on
monev orders made payable to
them. This little rubber stamp
k will be quite a convenience,
alright, to postmasters and will
save them some time, where
there is a large volume of mon-
ey orders payable to one con-
cern.
Evidently Montgomery Ward
& Company are figuring on get
ting the "cream" from the good I
crops produced over this part of j
the state, or they would not be j
sending out these stamps to the
Prices of Any Town In the
Southwest
from 100 to MM) per cent profit j
on everything. If you doubt!
this in the least, dear reader. '
and think that you are really! co,to" beginning to
getting a good deal when you with a vim these days, and
send your money to Montgomery
Ward ffi Company, get a state-
ment of their annual profits and
then open your eyes.
From the products that will be
marked and sold in this part of
the county this year, there will
be enough money in to keep all
the people in ease and plenty, if
the money is spent at home
where it should be. It will also
enable the home merchants to
withstand any demand that may
be made up on him for credit,
should drouth, storms or other
uncalled for calamities occur.
BIG LAND DEAL
A. W. Parr Trades Two
Farms for Missouri Pro-
perty.
A W. Parr returned Saturday
postmasters. We consider it an j from Missouri,where he closed a
awful s ab at the community
and simply cannot understand
how any fair-minded, intelligent
person can send their hard-
earned cash to that firm or any
other mail order house, after
experiencing the difficulties that
this part of the state 1ms gone
through during the past two
years—times that will be re-
membered for years to come by
the merchant who had goods to
sell as well as the man who had
to have the necessities of life on
a credit. The merchants of
Granite—almost to a man—have
strained their own credit with
the wholesale houses who han-
dle standard goods of every des-
cription, that they might ac
commodate and supply on a
credit the needs of the very
class of people who will send a
lot of their cash to mail order
' houses this fall. It is neither
right nor fair to the home mer-
chant, nor even to the man who
sends his money away for goods.
This blood-sucking firm of
Montgomery Ward & Company
has never done anything for this
community, state or nation.
From an actual standpoint of
value, the firm, and all its for-
eign employes, are not worth as
much to this government as the
humblest citizen of this commun-
ity. V\ e have been info rmed on
very reliable authority, that one
of the head members of this
firm is a half breed negro, mar
ried to a white woman and
spends most of his time wcllow-
ing a.-ound the nobility of
Eurdpe. His firm works sever®!
thousand employes, not five per
cent of whom are paid living
iSvages. Yet this same firm has
\he unmitiga'ed gall to ask the
great pradusing masses of this
country for the cream of their
trade, and unually their great
campaign for businesa is made
at the season of the year when
it most hurts the small dealer.
The people by patronizing
such firms as Montgomery Ward
& Co. have brought some new
national problems before the
whole nation, and problems
which will prove expensive be-
fore they are solved in the in-
terest of the folks who caused
them. .\P:i:.y mil ionaires have
been bred in the last few year?
This and «ther like firm:-- mak •
deal with W. T. Adams in which
Mr. Parr turns his two farms in
Greer county for a very fine
rarm in Dunklin county Mo. The
deal involves a consideration of
$12,800, the land of Mr. Pari
going at $40 per acre stnaight.
He is well satisfied with the deal
and has already rented his Miss-
ouri farm for $8 per acre stand-
ing rent.
Mr. Adams was be e some
years ago, living one year on the
Gober place and also working for
Smith & Brown for some time
He makes the change for the
benefit of his wife's heaith, she
having enjoyed gcol health
while here before, and has been
sick almost all the time since
leaving here. Mr. Adams will
live on the farm which Mr. Parr
bought of J. C. Evans. vvhile his
sons will take the farm near
Lone Wolf.
with a big bunch of buyers on
the street at Granite who are go-
ing the limit, farmers are well
pleased with this place as a mar-
ket.
Street iHuyers here this year
are W. S. Lancaster, T. W. Bak-
er, H. H. Rule, B. C. Caddel, R.
J. Hacked, Walter Brown, and
Claude Moss, and when they get
through bidding you may know
that you have very near the New
Orleans price for your cotton.
Granite buyers were paying
65 cents more on the bale Wed-
nesbay than any other mantet
in this vicinity, and buyers at
one market were threatening to
quite taking New York market
reports and get the reports from
Granite.
The price has played right
around 11.25 all the week, with
very little very variation. Buyers
however, appear to be apprehen-
sive of a slump before very long,
and advise farmers to get their
cotton on the market while the
price is good.
Bring your cotton to Granite,
the be.-t market in the county.
FULL TERN
FOR GRANITE
Purposes Saturday.
; there should not be but one de-
I pot between Mangum and North
j Fork and that it should be lo
cated between twelve and four-
teen miles north of Mangum
(Willow is just thirteen) and
I that there should be a prepav
Citizens Vote Additional station only on each side of that
Levy of 1 9 Mills for School deP°L
Since a switch track was put
in at Willow in July 1911 the
earnings up to July 1912 by the
railroad amounted to $3,528.10
which would be equivalent to an
in and out business of $8000,
earned without an agent
Stock pens. Willow has a good
supplyofsoft water and has a
small water works system for
supplying the town. The order
calls for the facilities to be
completed by October 1st. 1912,
Home Mission Society.
The Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church South hold their
regular monthly business meet-
ing Wednesday, September 25,
at the church. All members are
urged to be pie;ent as we have
some important business to dis-
pose of. We are having unusal-
ly interesting meetings on the
study of The Delinquent and De-
pendent Child and urge your at-
tendance at the usual business
meeting to help U3 decide son
questions of local work.
Mrs. F. M. Maloy,
Press Sup't.
As usnallv treated, a sprainee
ankle will disable a man for three
or four weeks, but by applying
Chamberlain's Liniment freely
as soon as the injury is received
and observing the directions
with each bottle, a cure can be
effected in from two to lour days.
For sale by W. R. Veale.
Granite is First as Usual.
The first carload of cotton of
the 1912 season was loaded out
of Granite Monday. The ship-
ment went from here to the Ho-
bart compress, and was shipped
by W. S. Lancaster, who is buy-
ing on the streets this year. This
was the first shipment of cotton
from any station on the Mangum
branch of the Rock Island this
year.
The second car was loaded
Tuesday by H. H. Rule, who
buying for W. E. Lampkin, of
Hobart, and this car also went
to the Hobart compress.
At the school election held at
the school building Saturday for
the purpose of determining
whether Granite should have a
seven or a nine months term of
school this year, the nine months
term won out by a handsome
majority. The eletion called for
an additional levy of 1.9 mills,
it requiring this additional sum
to continue the full nine months.
Due to the fact that the tax val-
uation this year is over $300,000
less than last year, this addition-
al sum was necessary in order to
keep the Granite school going.
Granite as usual showed herself
in the path of progress, and vot-
ed the additional tax, thus assur-
ing the usual term of school.
Only one district in the county
was called on to vote a smaller
tax than Granite. Mangum school
district was called on to vote a
tax of 4.5 mills, while the con-
solidated school district south of
town will be called on to vote
ten mills if (heir school is to run
for the full term.
Lone Wolf had to vote 4.5 mills,
Spyder, 4.0 mills and Hobart 2.5
mills to keep up their schools
this year.
Out of a total of 264 votes cas
Saturday the count showed 153
for the levy a«d 111 against.
PLEASANT VALLEY.
The people of this community
are busy working the road,
heading maize, etc.
New Dressmaking Parlors.
Mrs. Albert Caudel, of Man-
gum, has opened dressmaking
parlors at The Dixie store, where
she will be pleased to have ladies
needing an} thing in her line call.
Mrs. Caudel comes recommend-
ed as ar. artist in her line, and
ladies wanting the latest thing
in up-to-date dressmaking will
do well to give her a call.
Heavy Rains This Week.
Granite and vicinity were vis-
ited by heavy rains Saturday
night and Monday morning, also
Monday night The downpour
com^s just right for the grain
crop already planted, and will
also be of great benefit to the
late cotton and feed crops.
The Man Who Succeed.
as heads of large enterprises are
men of givat energy. Success,
to-day, demands health. To all
is to fail. It's utter folly for a
mar. to endure a weak, run-down
half alive condition when Elec-
tric Bitters will put him ri«rht on
his feet in short order. "Four
bottles did me more real good
than ar.y other medicine I ever
took," writes Chas. B. Allen.
What We Never Ferget.
according to scince, are the
things associated with our early
home life, such as Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, that mother or
grandmother used to cure our
burns, boils, scalds, sores, skin
eruptions, cuts, sprains or
bruises. Forty years of cures
prove its merit Unrivaled for
piles, corns or cold-sores. Only
25 cents at W. R. Veale.
Willow Wins Again.
The Corporation Commission
at a recent hearing ordered the
Wichita Falls & N. W. Ry. to
build a Depot, Stock pens, Cot-
ton platform and additional
Switching facilities at Willow.
The order is a very strong one
and recites the situation very
thouroughly, and says that Wil-
low was a good country town be-
fore the Railroad built through
the country and that it is situat-
ed in a black land district and
has four or five business houses,
one bank in a good brick build-
ing with another room adjoining
for a mc-rchantile business; a
good two story Brick school
building; two churches; a tele-
phone exchange and a water
works system, and that the town
has reached its present sige un-
der the most adverse circum-
stances, for the first eighteen
months it was without any rail-
road facilities whatever. The
Conmission practically admits
that it made a mistake in allow-
ing the Railroad Company to
build two depots between Man-
gum, and North Fork of Red
river, and says that it was the
understanding that the railroad
would take care of all the old
Health in this community
not very good. Melvin Harbin
is very low with typhoid fever.
Miss Guss Span is slowly im-
proving.
Mrs. A. W. Morris and son,
Lewis spent last week with her
sons, Edd and Cari Morris.
Eugene Greenlee left Monday
for Edmond where he goes to
enter school.
The dinner given Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Campbell was enjoyed by all.
Those present were, J. W. Mc-
Gavock, Clifford Cross, Alvin
and Hugh McGavock, Alvin
Byram, Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Barker, Zelma McCuistion, Nora
Carothers Connie Morris, Esther
Roberts, Annie Spann, Ruth
McGavock and Mary Byram.
The protracted meeting closed
at Pleasant Valley Sunday night.
Rev. Don Hockaday preached
the closing sermon.
Several from this community
attended the Beckham county
association at Cedar Mound last
week.
J. W. Carother6 is attending
court at Mangum this week.
EXHIBITS
COMING IN
Interest Shown Indicate* an
Excellent Display of Farm
Product* Tomorrow.
BIRTHS.
To Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Beddo,
Tuesday, a girl.
To Mr, and Mrs. O. K. Hen-
son, Friday, a boy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Jay Smith,
Sunday, a girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Muse,
Tuesday, a girl.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cross,
Sunday, a boy.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to express our heart-
felt thanks to our many kind
friends and neighbors for the
noble assistance rendered us
during the long spell of serious
illness in our family. Especially
do we feel that the recovery of
our children was due to the
watchful care and attention giv-
en by our physician. Dr. T. J.
Nunnery.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cannady.
Numerous articles for the
farm exhibit at Granite have al-
ready been brought in, and from
the interest shown we will have
a splendid little show here to-
morrow.
Be on hand, bring something
for an exhibit, and spend the
day with your friends, the busi-
ness men of Granite. The pre-
miums are worth an attempt to
win when it costs so little trouble
and judging from the samples
already brought in, the judges
will have a hard time selecting
the best.
In order to guarantee absolute
fairness in judging the exhibits
of cotton and cunned fruits, they
will be numbered instead of
being marked with the names of
the exhibitors. Thus it will de
impossible for the judges to
know whom the exhibits belong
to, and they cannot be accused
of playing any favorites.
Exhibits of cotton will be num-
bered by the yard numer, a
sample of the bale from which
they were taken being all that is
required.
The exhibits of canned goods
will be numbered as they are
brought in, and no one will know
to whom they belong until after
the awards have been made.
All exhibits will be taken care
of and held subject to the own-
er's instructions. You need not
be afraid that you will not get
back your products if you want
tnem.
The Schwartz building next to
the Oddfellows' hall is now open
where exhibits may be left, or
they can be turned over to Geo.
M. Brown, S. M. Alexander or
C, E. Hill, who will see that they
are properly numbered for dis-
play.
Be sure and come to Granite
tomorrow with something to
show what you can do on your
farm, and to see what others
can do.
FOR SALE or exchange—My
property just east of Granite;
consisting of fine residence, and
15 acres choice land under hoc-
wire fence- Good well of soft
water, cellar sheds, poultry
yards, hog pen, partition fences
etc. Have garden, young or-
* * * * * #
SCHOOL NOTES. *
******
Chapel exerciseses Monday
morning were conducted by Dr.
McLaucblin. In his address to
the scnool he spoke especially of
the proper use of the English
language. If each teacher will
be careful to use good English in
the school room, the pupils will
notice it and follow her exam-
ple. The chapel axercisea' are
held at 9 o'clock on Mondays
and Thursdays, and the faculty
will be glad at any time to have
tne patrons present.
Basket ball season is here
again, and great interest is be-
ing shown in all of the upper
grades. Last week there were
two basket ball games played
uetween the girls of the high
school and the boys of the gram-
mar grade. Both games were
Digestion and Assimilation.
It is not the food taken hut
the amount digested and assim-
ilated that gives strength and
vitality to the system.
berlain's Stomach
Tablets invigorate
and liver and enal
preform their functic. _ | ... Ji .r,MriB
ly. For sale by W. R. Veale. sound and wtll." Trv them, and freight tra ns at Wil'ow the in the Navy <?e;ar!m*nt who
On'y 50 cents at W. R Veale. town had built up as large as its took 30 days leave for an imag- Don't overlook the moving
competitor a. ci did a good busi- inarv illneLs wouid have a real ^'cture® tbe airdomeon Thurs-
A few choice L ;na . n City j u-eensware tnd Glassware *t ness if the uurser £.hould nve. hh Jich
trcpert r Ho K Chris H i.Hard, ar , St Tne Com, say ihatenvek*etteafe««c, treatment, v&gn Sttd^hu.
Wanted.
chard and shade trees, and 81 so close that it was hard to tell
acre crop of kaffir corn and ' who were the champions.
The foot ball boys have also
eek, and
play the
Good
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Hill, Charles E. The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, September 20, 1912, newspaper, September 20, 1912; Granite, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281914/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.