The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XIII
The Granite Enterprise.
Granite, Greer County. Oklahoma, Friday September 6. 1912 .
NO. 17
§
FIRST BALE
1912 SEASON
Sold on the Streets Friday
Morning, 11 l«2c Betides
Liberal Premium.
The first bale of the 1912 crop
of cotton was brought into Gran-
ite last Thursday afternoon and Establishment
G. M. Wsgonneller 1.001
B. Black i.oo;
Jim Christy .so1
In addition tn thin, it is the
custom of The Enterprise to give
a year'* {subscription to the two
first bales each year, and these
go to Meiwrft. York and Reeves
this year. I^ast year they went
to Messrs. 0. G. Smith and Joe
Guest.
STORE BURGLARIZED.
OPENING A BIG CROP
EXERCISES OF ALFALFA
Granite Public Schools Begin Messmore Bros Realize
the Term Monday with a
Good Attendance.
I With a fine enrollment for the
first day, and in the presence of
, of Hackett 8 number of patrons, the
ginned at the Farmers' Kin. Bros Broken Into Friday Granite public schoi 1 began the
The grocery .tore of Hack.lt 'T Monday m"rnin*
Bro«.«a« broken into «ome time Jndernl08t "U"p,c,0U8 circura
Tom York, living on Brown Bros,
place west of the mountain was
the owner, and realized 11 1-2
cents per pound for his cotton,
in addition to a premium of $27.-
50. The bale weighed 415
pound*, and netted Mr. York
$75.22 besides the seed.
The bale was bought by Wal-
ter Brown at the above price,
after some spirited bidding by
T. W. Baker. J. T. Hedley and
P. A. Watson, all of whom will
buy cotton on the streets this
season.
Through the efforts of Walter
Brown and the editor a total
premium of $111.00 was raised
among the liberal and progres-
sive business men of Gianite.
It was decided to make up a
premium for the first five bales
this yean, and the money was
divided, 25 per cent going to the
first bale, and the remainder of
the sum to be divided equally
between the next four bales.
Walter Reeves, who is farming
on the Bartlett place east of
town, brought in the second
bale Friday. He sold his cotton
to the Farmers' Gin company, at
4 cents per pound in the seed.
The load weighed exactly 1500
pounds and, with Mr. Reeves'
share of the premium, brought
him the neat little sum of $80.62
for the bale.
Bert Cross, living west of
tow-n, captured the third and
fourth premiums, he bringing
one bale Saturday and one Mon-
day.
William Thur, living south-
west of Granite arrived in time
to get the fifth and last premium.
Several other bales arrived
just a little too late to get in on
the premium, but received the
top market price, and the cotton
season will be on in full blast
shortly.
Follpwing is £he jist of pontri-
bqtqrs tq the prerqiun} T"und in
Qrapite this year;
LanU, Willis & Caddel $10.00
Farmers'Gin Co. 10.00
Potts Gin Co, 10.00
Tinsley & Slaton 10.00
Hockaday Mere, Co 5.00
Farmers' State Bank 5.00
The Dixie Store 5.00
B. F. Harlow 5.00
Friday night and a Hack of flour
and a quantity of sugar taken.
Entrance was effected by prying
open the back door and lifting
the bar securing same. While
the flour and sugar were the
stances.
After the scholars had been
enrolled, the following interest-
ing program was carried out in
the auditorium:
Song—America.
Scripture reading and prayer
only thing* miaaed, Mr. Hackett;, ™mn« and prayer
says there could have been other £ ,the Superintendent. Dr' J' A-
goods taken and not be miaaed. I "c^"^ch'ln*
Does were secured from the re- P,ano "olo 'Mrs Cl,ra Dun
formatorv, and an attempt made
i can.
to take up the trail but the ani-
mals were unable to get away
from the store. The tracks of a
heavy wagon were found in the
alley back of the store, but these
could be followed no farther
than where they entered Main
street.
S. S. CONVENTION.
At Mangum Thursday and
Friday Well Attended.
The annual convention of the
Greer county Sunday school as
rociation at Mangum last Friday
and Saturday was reported by
all present a most pleasant and
profitable occasion. The atten-
dance was very large, and the
speakers for the occasion were
all that could be asked. Granite
was particularly wel represent-
ed, the following delegates being
present from this city represent-
ing the churches named.
Methodist Church—Miss Nina
Baker, F. M. Maloy, Mrs. K. C.
Cox, Mrs. George Brown, Perry
Mulanax, Misses Nellie Foster,
Jewell Morrison, Bessie Wood-
rome and Fay Houston.
Presbyterian Church Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Harlow, Mesdames
J. W. prehrqer and jqsper Mess-
H}ose, Misses Lena and Clara
Cabiness and J. L. Jvetchersid.
Baptist Chqrch —Mr. and Mrs.
Lara Austin, Mr. and Mrs. B, C.
Caddel, R. B. Goooh and Mrs,
A. Nunnery,
Piano solo—Miss Clara Cab-
iness.
Reading Miss Hockaday.
Piano solo—Miss Nunnery
Talk by Dr. McLauchlin.
Talk by W. D. Hockaday.
Talk by J. L. Ketchersid.
Talk by S. D. Williams
The enrollment in the different
grades and the teachers was as
follows.
High School —Prof. Louis Lis-
ten, principal, 36 pupils.
Eighth grade-Miss Huldah
McMillion, teacher, 17 pupils.
Seventh grade—Miss Lula
Heiley, teacher, 16 pupils.
$39.15 per Acre and Will
Get Another Cutting.
Messmora Bros. finished
threshing their alfalfa seed last
week, and off 50 acres they har
verted 181 bushels of reed, which
at the low cost of $7.50 per bush
el gives them $27.15 per acre this
year from the seed alone. In ad-
dition ^ the seed crop, they have
already harvested twe crops of
hay, which aveaged $6 per acre
for each cutting and the land
will yet vield another cutting
this season.
This gives the owners a total
already harvested this year of
$30.15 on land for which they
paid $4i per acre two years ago.
With the additional crop which
is already assured, the land will
more than pay for itself this sea-
son. Where can you beat this?
Anyone can do as well if they
will try. Better send for your
friends, and decide to stay in
Greer county.
range the need cotton and the!
bolls in a man's shoe box
neatly as possible. Roll yourl
stalk of cotton in a cloth or tow'
sack just tight efiough to make1
it easily handled, but do not!
break the liraba.
The Kafir exhibit consists of Above Four Ounces Rates
Ave head., compact and u even Are by Poulld V.ryiof
NEW PARCELS
POSTMEASURE
To Kafir and Maize Growers
To those who are going to have
Kaffir and Milo Maize to put on
the market I would insist that
they have their grain threshed
as there isn't any market for
this crop unless it is threshed,
in length as possible.
Where corn is in condition to
harvest it should be gathered
and weighed in the presence of I
two or more disinterested per-
sons. If it is not ready to har-
vest, get two or more disinter-
ested persons to certify to their
estimate of the yield, and you
submit this estimate with your
written history.
THE JUDGES MUST HAVE
THIS INFORMATION.
The cotton yield can be only
estimated for the county contest;
but this must be dane, and this
estimate submitted with the
written history the same as for
corn.
If the Kafir yield cannot be
ascertained definitely, it must
be estimated and the estimate
submitted the same as for corn
and cotton. Eighty pounds or
heads directly from the field
constitute a bushel.
Exhibits must be identified by
number and not by name.
For any further information
write at once to B. M. Jackson.
Special Agent.
with Distance.
- - except local. Now the way to
Sixth grade—Miss Clara Cabi-. get^he most out of yoyr crop is
Austin Merc. Co.
State Guaranty Bank
Granite Merc. Co
| Gooch Ha-dware Co.
i Hackett's Cash Grocery
J. E. Burke
|R. C. Moss
^Rounds-Porter Lumber Co
fcester's Cash Store.
Messmore Bros
W. R. Veale
Sellave Bros
G. M. Brown
F. Morrow
J. C. Butler
. T. W. Baker
J. R. Atkisson
';®ity Bakery
C. Huber
E. (J. McRee
gjgW. A. Smith
£ Roy C. Burke
W. M. Browu
, Dr. T. J. Nunnery.
j H M. Brown
|J. L Hviicr
5.00
5.00
3.00
3.00
2.50
2 50
2.50
2.50
250
2.00
2.00
200
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1 (10
1.00
1.00
1 00
New Trial for Mr#. Stowe.
MjE. Ora Stowe, who was con-
victed of the murder of a man
named Mullins at Mangum, and
given a four year sentence in
the penitentiary, has been grant-
ed a new trial through the ef-
ness, teacher. 25 pupils.
Fifth grade —Miss Sackett
Healey, teacher, 35 pupils.
Fourth grade—Miss Anna
Parten, teacher, 31 pupils.
Third grade—Miss Lena Cabi-
ness, teacher 35 pupils.
Second grade—Miss Lena
Cardwell, teacher, 36 pupils.
First grade—Miss Wetherall,
teacher, 43 pupils.
Total-274.
The first grades and the pri-
mary are comhined this year,
which accounts for the large
numher in that room.
An additional levy of 1.9 mills
will be necessary to carry on the
school for the full nine months,
and an election for this purpose
has been called for Saturday,
Sept. 14. The election will be
held at the school building, be-
tween the hours of 2 p. m. and
7 p. m. The law requires that
to vote this tax, it requires at
least 30 per cent of the legal
voters of the school district. At
the last school election there
were 299 votes cast, aud to carry
the levy't will be necessary for
it to receive a majority of the
ncn niai till UUgll UltJ tfi- " "
forts of her attorney A. R. Gar- j votes cast at the coniI'ng election
The second trial will come! at least 90 people vo!in*-
ret.
up at the January term of the
district court.
To Place Big Engines
Beginning September 1,
To Owners of Automobiles.
All owners of automobiles will
take notice tnat there is an ordi-
nance against running at night
the one thing that should inter-
est every one; you must prepare
your grain to meet the demand
of the market, and to do this I
am going to give you what I
knovv to be facts; first the grain
should be thoroughly dry when
threshed so all the busk will turn
loose and give you a nice clean
berry; second, the machine that
threshes your grain should be so
adjusted as to prevent cracking
the grain; third, the screen
should be so arranged that all
cracked grains wculd fall
through under the machine thus
saving the expense of having it
cleaned after you get it threshed,
which of course would be an ex-
tra expense to the producer.
Those who we depend upon to
buy this grain want nothing ex-
cept the whole berry.
Elmer Tompkins, who is an ex-
perienced thresherman tells me
that this grain can be cleaned
by the proper adjustment of the
screens while threshing.
Now let all parties interested
try this experiment.
Yours Truly,
Geo. L. Allen.
Au Up-to-date Machine.
The Hockaday Mercantile com-
pany sent out their new Eagle
Kaffir Corn header to the State
reformatory Wednesday for the
purpose of trying it out. The
machine was in charge of J. L.
Hester, and it certainly does the
work. In the short time of
thirty minutes the header filled
a 60 bushel wagon box with
heads, and did the work even
better than the average farm
hand would do, as there were
very few heads left behind it.
Farmers who have a big crop of
maize or kaffir would do well to
invest in one of these machines.
See them at Hockaday's ware-
house.
As usnall.v 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 four days.
For sale by W. R. Veale.
ft, i i 11111 uc^kciui/ci it tut j w u """K «t liigil I
Rock Island will put on engines j w,th°ut lights and also against
of the 1200 class, whereas the «£* while^Hit? ifiS
engines now :n use are of the j «,f Granite
700 class. This is done so as to j There have been frequent vi- InT T T*!at
be able to handle the bumper olations of same and the Board °* ' address us,
crops which are expected this iof Truus/,ees have ordered the j sub->ect "T^e benefits of the Ag- j '
fall The 700 class pneinp whi marsh?" to-see that the ordi-1 ricultural Club to our rural 01
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Farm Products Exhibits.
The Greer and Jackson county
Corn, Cotton, Kafir and Canning
Club Exhibit will be held at
Mangum. Okla., Sept. 14, 19^2,
The judging of tne exhibits
will begin at 2 p. nv
The meeting will begin at JO.
a.m. The State Agent wftl be
here and talk to us. Prof. J, M. j
There are a great many peo-
ple who want the newspapers to
do their roasting. In other
words, they think newspapers
are in the roasting business. If
they get a grievance, instead of
going to the scource of their
troubles and registering their
kick and taking what follows,
they think they have a perfect
right to call on the newspaper to
do their kicking and take their
cussing. The nex* time you feel
like calling on the newspaper to
kick for you remember the papt r
has troubles of its own, and do
it yourself.
Washington, Ang. 31-In reply
to many inquiries for infortna-
tbn. Senator Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., chairman of the Senate
Committee on Postofficen and
Post Roads, has prepared the
fallowing summary of the pro-
visions of the new parcel post law
which will become effective Jan.
1, 1913:
Any article is mailable if not
over 11 pounds in weight nor
more*than 72 inches in length
and girth combined, nor likely
to injure the mails or postal
equipment or employes.
Flat rates of 1 cent per ounce
up to 4 ounces regardless of dis-
tance.
Above l ounces, rates are by
the pound or fraction thereof,
and varying with distance as
follows :
Rural route and city delivery,
first pound, 5 cents; each addi-
tional pound, 1 cent; 11 pounds,
15 cents.
50 mile zone, first pound, 5
cents; each additional pound, 3
cents; 11 pounds, 35 cents.
150 mile zone, first pound, 6
cents; each additional pound, 4
cents; 11 pounds, 46 cents.
300 mile zone, first pound, 7
cents; each additional pound, 5
cents: 11 pounds, 58 cents.
600 mile zone, first ponnd 8
cents; each additional pound, 6
cents; 11 pounds, 68 cents.
1,000 mile zone; first pound 9
cents; each additional pound, 7
cents; 11 pounds, 79 cents.
1,400 mile zone, first pound, 10
cents: each additional pound, 9
cents; 11 pounds, $1.
1,800 mile zone, first pound 11
cents; each additional pound, 10
cents; 11 pounds, $1,11.
Over 1,800 miles, first pound,
12 cents; each additional pound,
12 cents; 11 pounds, $1.32.
The Postmaster (Jeneral may
make provision for indemnity,
insurance and collection on deliv-
ery, with additional charges for
such service, and may, with the
consent of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, after investi-
gation, modify rates, weights
and zone distances, when exper-
ience has demonstrated the need
therefor.
Walter Won't Stand for It
In reporting the new arrival
| at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Reeves last week, some freak
the types made us say that it
ban. an average of tona; the \ ^corn 5 « 1ft*
of 2.000 tona. Workers ^forThe^oUon Sf'Z°' 3 j f ten ot «"* selected, ^r^fke't "a? didn'tT
' . . A. S. Ross Ma.-shaii ; from your acre of corn. Thpv cnir'K|IKe mat, as ne didn t or-
Birthday Party.
Master Lewis Duncan, enter-
tained with a porch party on his
first birthday Saturday. The
little tots spent the afternoon in
their own way. After which
luncheon was served. Those
present were Lyle Smith. June
Nunnery, Raymond Parr, Emma
and August Pawson, E. W. Cad-
dell, Dorothy Noaman. Ruth
McClure, Francis Ruggles, Mar-
ion and Paul Slaton and Oral
Messmore.
1200 class will haul an
busy strengthening the
be ready for them.
v,,v WI OOIIIC, -
track to i. A. S. Ross, Marshall. from your acre of corn. They
j Notice ordered to be given by must all ba as near the same
Board- length and as uniform in size
der no girl nohow.
"I have a world of confidence
1 0O 'n Chamberlain's Couuh Remedy
100 for I have used it with per*
success," writes Mrs. M
I-00 fo:d, Pocl^v.ll.r. ! i ]
1.00 fc> V, R. Yea).
Hay Press for Sale.
— Diarrhoea is always more or
frum butt to tip as you can find, less prevalent during September.
The cotton exhibit consist* «w" Be prepared for it. (!hnrrKpp.
Digestion and Assimilation.
It is not the food taken but
the amount digested and assim-
ilated that gives strength and
vitality to the system. Cham-
berlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets invigorate the stomach
and Jiver and enable them to
preform their functions natural-
ly. For saie by W. R. Veale.
Say! Don't Forget]
Onstott has ink, ; encils and
lots of other school supplies
Try him and jou will go no
other la:e.
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Hill, Charles E. The Granite Enterprise. (Granite, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1912, newspaper, September 6, 1912; Granite, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc282129/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.