FOR FIIRNITIAND SATISFACTION GO TO J. V*. LOVETT. THE FURNITURE MAN_
THE (JJI1.ER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
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MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1915
VOL.25. NO.«
PROMINENT GREER COUNTY
FARMER HAS DISAPPEARED
THC FACTS ABOUT tni
FAIR BILL
FRIK
Oa laat Sunday morning abou.  i 
o'clock D. D Tllley, oh of lb" b «t
ko(*B clttieni la Greer rouaif. I*lt  
hi. bone about s mile*  nt of Man I R^ijrjng lo the article written by
sua. and fronj that lima until now t a . David Kennedy and publlahaM] In the
fca  not been heard of or im. I Xaiiw Star of June 17. over bin
Ho roac about five-thirty. ata  H««tura. I wl.h to atata that Mr
breakfast wltb bia fa Hy. got up ^nnodjr baa ""took* th. fact that
fro. th* table* and went outbid., re- ™!!y _
turning la a f«« minute*, aad want
out again. He waa not aeon after ba
laft tba aouM th* aacoad time
Oa Saturday evening about ftva
o'clock, ba went to bla home from
tbe (laid, and told bla people he waa
going fishing, and asked for aome
bread to ua« for bait. He took about
one and one half loaves of light bread
and waa auppojed to have gone to the
incuth of Mulberry creek, about on*
mile weat of bis home. He waa not
wen on tbe creek, however, but re-
turned none about 1:30 Sunday mor-
ning.
After bis disappearance, on Sun-
day, hia family thought little of bis
absence, as be was accustomed to
spend the day away from bome oc-
caiicnally, and they did not become
uneasy until Sunday night when he
failed to return. Early Monday mor-
ning a few of the neighbors were notL
fied, and a search about the premises
wias made, His trunk wbicb toe al-
ways kept locked was left unlocked.
on Juno B. 1916. waa duly advertised
and tba call for said election waa
made by the county denaonatratton
agent of tbe 1'nlted States Depart
meat of Agriculture as provided for
in House BUI No. 3S0, Introduced by
Mr. Nasblt and pasaed by the legis-
lature of tbe atata of Oklahoma in
1*15.
In Juatlce to myaelf and Mr. Pare,
who were present at that meeting. 1
wiah to atate, as stated to the voters |
at that meeting that 1 bad no inter-
eat whatever in the adoption or re-
jection of the free fair bill by Un-
vote™ of Tllley twnshlp. My motives
were purely that of any other pa-
triotic citizen. I took no part in 3ald
meeting except to explain the pro-
vlslona of tbe bill as passed by tbe
legialature. After I had done this,
the votera of Tllley townahip, there
assembled, caat a unanimous vote in
favor of the bill and proceeded to elect
two of their good citizens to repre-
sent them as members of the county
and township fair association.
In reference to Mr. Pace, I wish to
state that the tax records of Tilley
township show that he is one of the
GRANITE HAS SECURED BIG
ATTRACTION FOR JULY 4TH.
Spar la! to tba Demoemt
Graaite, Oklahoma, June 34. 1911.
Toe arrangamenta rommlttaa for
the Odd rellow'a iIralc •« Oraaita. on
July 3 and 4. announce that arrange- |UB)
menta are progressing  atl«ta<-tor ly. 1
and promlao tbat the avant shall be
ona nevar before equalled on tbooe
occasions.
MRS. CU2ASKTH WAULING OIAD
Mrs Elisabeth Waling, wife of J II
A. Walling, who Uvea w «t of Man
«rd at bar bome early Tuetday
morning. Sba bad bean In iat er
NEGRO GOES ON WAR PATH
AND SHOOTS AT ANOTHER
ITMlL TALIAFERRO DEAD
Ml*a Ktb«l Taliaferro. S5 yeara old.
i alater of Mrs Itert Baldock died
ery suddenly on laat tUmrJay night
bout twelve o'clock Mlat Taliaferro "hw b> mother negro man, but
poor health for the paat several | cairo to Mangum about the first o  Investigation It  a< found thai eat
month*, but ber condition waa not J March and has made ber uome wltb ****' lindley had ahot at "Hsiwf,'
Ob laat Saturday night abov !
o'clock, there waa soma excita
in negro town Hut exclteaseal mm
about all there was to It -It  ae re-
torted that a negro man ut4 ares
Tbe committee were "Stumped' j f«nsldered serious by ber relatives \|Pt. Haldock since that time For the * other negro, who It It alleged wai
and two guns which he kept in the , largest taxpayers of that township,
trunk were missed. J therefore, he unquestionably had a
There were no tracks which would j lawful right to take part in that
indicate which way he went, but the meeting and work for and support
entire community for miles each way b ' «• in h's Judgment, it was
.. , . . , for the betterment and further de-
from his home has been searcned. , _ A . '
„ , , ■ _ velopment of this township and
Monday morning about twenty farm- c;reer county.
ers commenced the search, and in the j deeply regret that Mr. Kennedy
afternoon about thirty farmers, and was not present at that meeting so
Messrs. W. B. Henry, Lige Reeves, that he, too, could have read the bill
Ohas. Rutter and W. O. Watt, of and taken part in the meeting, as I
Mangum, searched the nearby farms, believe that he would have voted
valleys and the river, which is about f"d w°uld *et v°-* in favor °f
., , , . . bill when once he understood the
one mile south of his home. On
Tuesday afternoon there were six au_
tcmobile loads of searchers from
Mangum went to the iplace and made
another search, for miles in every di-
rection, thoroughly satisfying them-
selves that the missing man was not
in the community.
provisions of the same.
R. A. SINGLETARY.
Respectfully yours,
NOTICE TO FARMERS
this week when tbe aeroplane man
wltb whom they were figuring arbi-
trarily raised bis price from 9260 to
|«£0.
They immediately got tbe wires bo:
and Wednesday received the follow
ing telegram, which was answered a-
below:
"Kan«as City, Mo., June 22.
I. O. O. F. Committee.
Granl'e, Oklahoma:
Will guarantee you two flights for
9300, one hundred dollars each addi-
tional flight. Do you wsnt flight*
July 3, 4 or 5? Wire acceptance Im-
mediately. Addresi care Centropolls
Hotel, Kansas City.
J. R. RICE, Agent Cliff Aero
plane Company.'
The following reply was made by
the committee within twenty minutes
from the time this message was re
ceived:
"Granite, Oklahoma, June 22.
J. R. RICE, Agent Cliff Aeroplane Oo.
Centropolis Hotel, Kansas City.
Accept your terms of 9300 for two
flights on July 4. Forward contract.
I. O. O. F. PICNIC COMMITTEE.
This assures the aeroplane attrac
tion, which is one of the biggest
events the Odd Fellows have ever at
tempted to pull off, and visitors to
our annual picnic will have an op-
portunity to see something that but
few in this section have ever had an
opportunity to view.
A contract was closed this week
with the RichardsonJHarrison Carni-
val Company who will have their big
shows here on that occasion, and
have a reputation that is nationwide
for high class amusements of various
kinds.
Every possible convenience for the
comfort of the big crowds expected
will be made.
There will be plenty of barbecue
for those who come without their
and friends.
Monday she was in apparent nor
real health, but early Tuesday moro-
Ine took sick, and died before a doc-
tor could get to ber.
In order to make the best showing dl so that none will have to go
possible at the state fair in Septem- a hungry
her, it I3 necessary that we get our
For some time Mr. Tilley s family Bxhibits of bundies of grain now. The grounds are now being cleaned
and intimate friends have noticed that g0 j ask as man£ as will to bring to UP and Sulphur Springs Park,
his mind was in a demented condit- my office on first floor of t'ne court scene of so many big gatherings
ion, but not thinking strange of his house, as many as three bundles past, will be made more at-
actions, as at times he was as ration- each of your best wheat, oat?, barley tractive than ever.
al as ever, thinking hs woul recover and rye. Bring in your samples by Come to Granite July 3 and 4, and
shortly. His family had. kept close next Wednesday, as we Mpecl to enjoy tne nation's natal day with the
work the bundle? up for the fair at most hospitable people to be found,
that date.
F. D. WATSON, Special Agent.
Mangum, Greer county, Okla.
paat two montha «b« has been em-
ployed aa Dr. Miller's office girl.
She was In apparent good health
Saturday night up until about eleven
o'clock. She and her sliter were up
Mr. and Mrs. Walling have lived | town until about ten o'clock Saturday
In this county for several years, and j night. They went homa and sat on
their friends are those w'no know the porch for a time. Mrs. Baldock
them. In *|>lte of Mrs. Walling # age. retired, and Ml*i Taliaferro went to
she waa always ready to make anoth- | the bath room and took a bath, about
er happy and cheerful, looking on the eleven o'clock. After taking ISe bata ,
bright side of life, in spite of her ill ! ahe went to her sister's room and told . door, pulled a big gun, an told U a
health. She leaves « husband, 3 her she was very aick. Dra. Miller Ito t'ome owl of the bouae. Aa tbe • «
daughters and 3 aons to mourn her ! and Cherry were called in, but ^he Icame <)u: of the house he fired aa
loss. The three sons live in this Idled shortly after they arrived. Thf 1 "Sammy" and supposed ha bad kt'iel
county and tba daughters, who are | rause 0f her death is said to have hlm and started to run, but wii star
intlBiata wltb Hadley'a wife.
Some time after Hadley had re-
tired, he missed his wife, ar.d cna
menced to make a search for teat
Each time he made Inquiries a* «aa
told that his wife had not beea jwev
He finally went to "Sammy's" mmm
and here he found his beloved la the
household of another man. ThK «f
courts, Infuriated the already "peev-
ed" Hadley, and he bursted dow* ike
all married live in Texas. All of the
children were present at the funeral.
The Democrat Joina her large circle
of friends in extending sympathy to
the beraved relatives.
GOVERNOR'S HOME GUARDED BY
TROOPS
Tension at Altanta Relaxes but Exe-
utive Takes No Chances—No
Further Demonstrationa Made
been acute Indigestion.
She waa a member of the Baptist
church, but since coming to Maugum
ped by Robert Hulett, who beard ti*
ahot and got up to investigate S. lit
waa turned over to the officera m*
had been a regular attendant of tne P^ed In Jail, and a search was raft*
Christian church. She leaves a j 'o' the supposed inpuried "Saiawr*-
mother. two sisters and two brothers, I "Sammy" was found, however,
who live at DeLeon, Texas, and Mrs.
Atlanta, Ga., June 22.—State troops
Tuesday night continued to guard the
suburban home of .Governor Slaton, | ducted by the Peoples' Ice Company
Baldock, of Mangum.
The remains were lai/* t: rest Jun-
day afternoon at four o'clc 1: in th?
Riverside cemetery.
SOME GUESSING CONTEST
* A guessing contest which was con-
not scratched. The tJullett west
| through his clothing but never bort
the negro.
Hadley went before Justice coait
Monday morning, and plead guilty  
tarrying a gun, and was released af-
ter paying a fine of (J25 and cost-a
. It is stated that Hadley pleaJed the
"unwritten law."
watch on him for.the past two weeks,
but Sunday .morning he managed, to
leave the house without anyone see-
ing which way he went.
Some time ago he had talked to a
neighbor about going to New Mexico,
and it i3 thought by his friends he
decided to leave for t'nat place and
set out afoot.
Every town and community in the
Southwest has been notified of his
disappearance, and people for miles
in every direction are keeping a watch
for him.
When he left he wore a large black
hat, a pair of overalls, black coat,
and about number 11 shoes. He h-as
a slight limp in hi3 left foot which is
crippled.
After t'ne search, his family aad
friends are (.onfident that he has left
the country, but do not know wbich
way he has gone. It is likely howev
er. that he will be heard of this week
There is no domestic trouble which
could possible be the cause of ni3
leaving, as ha has been very affec-
tionate toward his family, and noth-
ing wa3 evident in his manner before
leaving tbat h-e was net in the" best
of humor, nor that he was preparing
tc leave.
NOW LOCATED
IN MANGUM
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors, who so kindly assisted us
In the recent illness and death of our
sister, Mis3 Ethel Taliaferro} Es-
pecially do we thank the county of-
ficiate for their kindness during our
hour of bereavement.
MR. AND MRS. BERT RALDOCK
The Overland Bedd ng Company
came to Mangum Wednesday of this
[week, unloaded their niatre3s Tenova
ting machine, and are now located on
the North side of t'ne square.
The business of thj3 company i3 to
Renovate cotton mattresses, as they
have a machine bu'lt especially for
this purpose. It not only cleans the
cotton of the matrresses, but kills ail
'the germs, making the matresa as
good as new. They also have a large
supply of new ticking, which they put
the mattress in after it is thoroughly
cleaned. These people also make
new mattresses.
J. E. Ferguson is the manager of
the company and comes to Mangum
highly recommended as an honest
who will welcome you with a glad
hand.
Several speakers of note have been
invited, and their acceptance is ex-
pected daily.
There will be amusement and en-
tertainment for all, and your pres-
ence at Granite that day will be a
pleasure to yourself and the good
people of this hustling little city.
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE IS
CONSTITUTIONAL
UN-
hnt. a1! wa3 quiet both thera and in
the city after the demonstrations of
Monday and Monday night by peopla
most bitterly opposed to the cummu-
tation of <Leo. M. Frank's death sen-
tence. State and city officials said
they anticipated no further trouble,
but as a precautionary measure, ad-
ditional militiamer were held under
arms at the Fifth regiment armory
and extra policemen were available.
Governor Slaton spent several
hour3 at his office in the oapitol
Tuesday attending to official busi-
ness. A (policeman accompanied
him to and from his home in an au-
tomobile. There was no demonstra-
tion. The governor said Tuesday
night that the guard of soldiers was
continued at his estate to prevent any
possible attempts at damage to the
property. He could not say when the
troops were be removed.
"The crowd which visited my house
Monday night was not composed of
the best people of Atlanta," declared
the governor. "Tuesday I have re-
ceived telegrams from hundreds of
people in Georgia and throughout the
country congratulating me upon my
aption in this case."
on la3t Saturday created no small
amount of interest. A 300jpound
block of ice was placed in the diapUty-
window, and everyone was requested
to call and guess how long it would
take for the ice to melt. The guess^
ing was absolutely free and cost n<^
one anything to make a guess. There
were 181 guesses, ten number of
hours guessed ranging from 25 to
138. The block was placed In the
BOARD ELECT8 PRINCIPAL
One problem which ha3 confront*!
the school board perhaps more that
any other was that of electing a >rta-
cipal for the city school3. it wxt
stated some time ago thut Mr. Warft
had been elected but resigned to ac-
cept a position with the GraoalK
schools. Since that time the hoart
has been busy trying to find a saJta-
window at exactly ten minutes after bIe man for the Place- 0n Weinov-
ORGANIZE TOWNSHIP
REED
FAIR AT
ancestors could not vote, to the rat-
ification of the fifteenth amendment
to the federal constitution.
The immediate decision of the
court'3 decision was to uphold the
conviction of two Oklahoma election
officials who denied negroes the right
to vote in a congressional election,
dealer, and also a man who is tho- The court held that these election
In probably one of the most impor-
tant race decisions in ita history, the
supreme court of the United States
Monday annulled as unconstitutional
the Oklahoma Constitutional Amend-
ment restricting the suffrage rights
of those w'no could not vote or whose _ Ponder and W. T. Taylor were elected
as directors to represent the Jester
Township Fair.
Th Free Fair Bill is meeting with
approval from all parts of this state
and many counties have organized
the township3. There are still three
more townships to be organized in
Greer county which will be done in a
ihort time.
nine Saturday morning, and was
melted at 1:57 Monday morning, tak- i
ing 40 hours and 47 minutes to melt. I
Messrs. J. S. Lipe and W. R. Gil-
christ both guessed it would take
40 hours and ten minutes, and were
the closest guesser3, missing the |
time only 37 minutes. Mr. Lipe was i
the 12th man to guess and Gilchrist _5r
tne board. Miss Mary Hamilton
day at a call meeting of the board, V_
W. Isles, wa3 chosen for the place
Professor lies comes with many re-
commendations from the school*
which he ha3 taught, having had m*-
eral years experience in high schenf
work.
The remaining vacancies in tie
grades were filled at this meeting oJ
the 136th. They were each awarded
a $2.50 ice coupon book.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses
have been issued since June 15th:
Samuel H. Crocket, 28, of Welling-
ton, to Grace Mitchelf, 26, of Man-
gum; William S. Smith, 27, Halbrook,
Arizona, to Annie Lasater, 17, of
Mangum; Raymond I. Collins, 20, of
Blair, to Lillian Aubrey, 19, of Blair.
The latter two couples were mar-
ried at the lot sale here last Tnurs-
day. Revs. Morehead and Holmes
Nichols, performed the ceremonies.
On last Saturday Messrs. W. P.
Ponder and R. A. Singletary went to
Reed, as was advertised to assist in
the organization of the Jester Town- j Each of the brides were given a free
ship Fair. After the Free Fair Bill I lot, the license being bought and the
was explained by Mr. Singletary the I ministers paid for their services by
organization was perfected. Messrs. the town lot company. A large crowd
Roughly acquainted with his business.
He has been in thi3 business for the
past several years and state that he
has never nad a single dissatisfied
customer. They have their own wa-
gon, and call for and deliver matre3s-
es the same day. They invite people
to come to their plant while in oper-
ation and watch how they do their
work.
People who have old cotton mat-
tresses chn have them made as good
as new. put in new ticking, at a very
reasonable figure.—Adv.
officers should not ignore the potency
of the fifteenth amendment in wiping
out state constitutions the word
"white" as a qualification for voting.
The negroes of Oklahoma will have
the right to vote in any election in
Oklahoma until another bill is passed
which will be constitutional.
TO LOAN
91,!
gage.
00.00 on good farm first mort-
for 2 or 3 years
CUNNINGHAM ft DICKEY.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
At the morning service the pastor
will preach the seventh of a series
of sermons on "The Seven Words
From the Cross," the Scripture text
being: "It is Finished." As a sequel
to this series of sermons the even
attended these weddings.
WEEKLY WEATHER FORE-
CAST
Oklahoma City, June 22, 1915.
Issued by the U, S. Weather
Bureau, Washington, D. C.
For the Week Beginning
Wednesday, June 23, 1915.
For the Gulf State3, embrac-
ing Louisiana, Arkansas, Okla-
homa and Texas.
Fair weather with continued
high temperature is probable
throughout the week.
some time ago was assigned to fb?
Justice school wa3 transferred ta tie
principalship of the south warfi
school. Miss R^tta Maloy will teacti
the school at Justice. Miss Maude
Bandell, a teacher in the A. &
college, was assigned the head of the
domestic science department. Mist
Julia Rice graduate of the CentTir
State normal, as assigned the 7tk
grade. Miss Cleo Yarberry was natr
signed to the sixth grade, and
Bertha Terry the third, taking t"ht
place of Miss Norma Clay who -ww
elected for this grade, but resiguei.
All of the vacancies have been fi®-
ed, and there is little doubt that anr
changes will be made. Aboard of ex-
aminers for the city schools composed
of Mis3 Kate Terry, R. M. Caldwel„
and W. F. Cloud was appointed.
NEW BOY AT JAMESOR
A fine boy, weight eight pounds
arrived at the home of Mr. and Mr 
Robert Jameson Tuesday evening. Tfc
7 o'clock, and was made very wel-
come as a proper addition to the
little girls of the family. He will be
known as Robert, Jr.—Altus Time*
CARD OF THANKS
j We wish to thank our dear frienfe
who so kindly assisted us in the sh«i
and unexpected illness and death
' our dear little Harold, who depart*!
I this life June 16th We cannot firC
          Dr. Scarborough motored over from : words to express our gratitude tw
ing sermon will le "Watching Jesus Gould early Sunday morning taking those who  8 an^ to oth^
on the Cross," the. text being. "And I Mr and Mrs. J. T. Scarborough home fho *ould have done so if they ftxfl
Sitting down they Watched Him I wir biin , known it. \\e miss him here has
! know all his sorrows and suffeT'mga
are over and he Is now with Jesw.
J. E. Taylor spent the latter part of • Hia Mama.
last week in Oklahoma City. CHARLOTTE MeWATERX.
Sitting      
There."
All are cordially invited to worship |
with us. Inspiring music. Strangers
welcomed.
KodakSupplies at HANNAH'S Drug Store