Mangum Weekly Star. and The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 5 Thursday, November 23, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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Mangum Weekly Star.
AND THE GREER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
The Churches of Mangum.
Mangum has five churches with an
aggregate membership of about 1,350
The Baptist Church of which Holmes
Nichols is pastor was organized in
1888. Since its oragnization it has had
a steady growth. In 1910 the present
building was erected, having 24 sep-
arate rooms besides the main auditor-
ium which contains balcony. This is
one of the most substantial buildings
in the city. The Baptist Sunday School
has an enrollment of 350, and on last
Sunday there were 277 present.
The M. E. Church South, of which
W. H. Roper is now pastor, is large
and commodious, having- a seating
capacity of approximately 1,500. It
was built in 1909, and is well fitted for
Bible School work. ^The present en-
rollment in their Bible School is 376,
and there were 260 present on last
Lord's Day.
There are two churches of Christ in
Mangum. The First Church of Christ
has a present membership of 150, and
had 125 in Bible School on last Lord's
day. President Armstrong, • Pres. of
Cordell College, ministers for this
congregation two Lord's Days in each
month.
The Central Christian Church of
which Oscar Ingold is pastor, has a
membership of 200, and had 178 in Bi-
ble School on last Lord's Day. The
present building was erected in 1907,
and is well fitted for Bible School
work, having eight rooms besides the
main auditorium.
The Presbyterian Church has a mem-
bership of 85 with a Sunday School
enrollment of 75, of which 50 were
present on last Lord's Day. This
building was erected in 1903. Dr. R. A.
Nesbitt is Pastor of this Church.
Egg? B. A. Thomas' Poultry KemMj
will keep the poultry in gooa conn
tion and increase the yield in t-<
We guarantee this and rexund ev-
money if not satisfied. 20-4t.
MANGUM DRUG CO. ..
MONEY IN ECGS.
Eggs are not bankable, but the
money from their sale is. This morr-
is yours for the effort. How iio
treat the hen'that lays the <><v-
MANGUM'S BANKING INSTITU-
TION*
The standing of banks of a com-
munity are the standard by which the
financial success of a community is
judged. Mangum has three of the
strongest bonks in the Southwest.
Two are national banks while the
third is a state bank. All are in a
flourishing condition and always have
plenty of money on hand to accomo-
date their patrons.
The Mangum banks are especially
interested in fostering of scientific
and deversified farming. They are es-
pecially making an effort to encour-
age the farmers in the raising of
stock as Greer County offers an excep-
tionally good field for this class of
farming.
Mangum has a bank which ranks
first on the roll of honor in the state
of Oklahoma, for banks having a cap-
ital of less than $50,000 and 14th in
the United States. This is the Man-
gum National B^hk. The records of
this bank are exceptionally good 'and
show that the bank management is
under the direction of competent men.
The First National Bank is one of
the strongest institutions in the state
| of Oklahoma. This bank is managed
\ by men who have spent many years
j in the banking business. They espec-
ially give personal attention to every
matter that might pass thrpugh their
hands for their patrons.
The deposits and the volume of bus-
iness done by this bank every year
and its steady growth is one of the
strongest recommendations as a safe
and conservative institution.
The State Guaranty Bank is hand-
led by a class of men who take an es-
pecial interest in the farmers. They
always have money to assist the farm-
ers in the movement of their crops
and always have money to loan their
patrons to carry forth any legitimate
business venture. This bank is strict-
ly a banking house and handles all
lines of the banking business.
In fact there is no city in the state j
of Oklahoma that has a better equip-
ped set of banks than has Mangum.
THE TRAIL CONVENTION
It was the big'gest good roads meet-
ing ever held in this country. There
was more enthusiasm, more people,
more cars and more badges of differ-
ent kinds than perhaps ever attended
any convention of the sort anywhert .
It is likely that perhaps never in any
country was a convention of such
magnitude held with the pole ob-
j ject of advancing the cause pf High-
I ways. There were estimated 4,000 vis-
iting automobiles in Oklahoma City,
i Tuesday. There were at a very low es-
timate 10,000 people from the yarious
towns on the various roads leading in-
to the City from the east and west.
The City of Mangum was first in the
number of cars, and the first in the
representation of delegates. We left J
with 143 cars Monday at 5 a. m. and i
several cars left later. Many of our'
cars arrived in Oklahoma City at 3:10 j
and they continued to arrive from
that time on till dark. The Mangum i
crowd wore uniforms of white hats i
with a green band marked with the |
j name of our town, ten dozen of these
hats only lasted about an hour after
| the crowd arrived at the Lee Huckins j
j Hotel, the first floor of which had]
[been engaged by our officers as the j
1 Central Trail Headquarters. The cen-!
Route arrived later than most of the j
! other crowds, on account of all the;
: towns along the route coming in oars. I
i The last towns to arrive or. the |
; ground were from thescenic or scent-
ed route as it is called, from the south
They, desiring to get in in time char-
tered a train and got in to Oklahoma
City late Monday night. There were
500 cars in the Central Route parade,
almost three hundred in the Northern
Route Parade, and a few ears from
Cordell and another town or two,
whicb claimed they were from a new-
ly discovered road which when built
would be mighty short. The Cent ml
Route train of automobiles was twen-
ty miles long. The northern route
was ten miles long. There wtre also
many delegations from proposed
routes from the eastern part of the
state, and the enthusiasm from that
section seems in all ways to promise
to equal that of Western Oklahoma in
a short time. Tulsa was well repre-
sented, having some of the most hand-
some ears in the whole parade. Guth-
rie was on hand with a big delegation.
The parade of these various routes
and towns lasted from 3:30 oclock un-
til dark, it was miles and miles long,
apparently having no end. Just as
soon as one town or one route had
passed by a given point another
would appear, and so it was the whole
afternoon and evening long. There
were a dozen bands, all sorts of uni-
forms and friendly rivalry was appar-
ent on every hand. After attending
this great convention one could haid-
ly help but wonder just how y reafr the
results would be in the mattor of road
improvement in Oklahoma within the
next year. Every town represented
| was there because it is at this time
j boosting for and building good roads,
j Every man of the whole lot v.'us there
because he, at this time believes we
! need better roads, and itanhtibn u dil
| need better roads, and that in building
good roads he can render his country
' and himself a better service than in
I any other way.
| Speeches were made by Judge Gar-
j rett of Mangum, Senator Owen, Gov-
j omer McDonald, of New Mexico, Gov-
I ernor Major of Missouri, Governor
I Williams, and a host of othor^men of
prominence. %
Our boys and their wives avid famil-
ies enjoyed the drive from Here to the
City immensely, although their color
was greatly changed by the accumula-
tion of soil along the way.
AUTOMOBILE ACt IPE\!\
Farms for Sale by J. O. McCollUter.
Good black-land farm 160 acres near
Blair, Okla., for $3200 200 acres good
farm and pasture land near Gould, for
$2,000. Ciood black-land farm near
Willow, Okla., for $1,600. Terms, part
cash, balance easy payments. Enquire
of or write J. O. McCollister, Mangum
Oklahoma. 22-tf.
MODERN BARBER SHOP.
The City Barber shop, north side of
the Square u "II hereafter be conduct-
ed in a manner especially to please
particular people who want barber
work dene fr. a proper place. Ladies
and children may call without being
oflended. Everybody especially invit-
ed to give iv; vour patronage. Only
first class barbers employed. There
will be :io swearing, bad language, or
ganrWin-;- allowed in this shop, li lies
hair dressing, shampooing and girl's
hair cutting « specialty.
23-3t. J. W. SPANN, Prop.
When our people started for the
Ozark Trail Convention, with more
than 150 cars and to be joined by SOU
more everybody was hewing we might
arrive at the City without mishap.
The progress was rapid and all seem-
ed well, but when a string of our aut-
omobiles arrived to within seven
miles of Oklahoma City, the Ford
driven by Bony Dial weiwl into a
ditch and threw the occupaats oat,
quite severely bruising Mr. Dial aad
cutting his face considerably. It seem-
ed that Dial had just turned his head
for a moment to look at something
when the front wheels struck aa ob-
struction which threw the car ntathe
ditch, tearing it up considerably. The
wheels were wrecked, the windshield
shattered and the top tom. There
were two other persons in the car with
the driver, their names w ; do not
know, as they were pick>*l up at Ana-
darko. Mr. I Hal is resting easily at the
Hospital hero where he was brought
tspital
Tuesday.
You save by buying the 10c loaf, at
Lily Bakery. 21-tt.
M. M. DeArman, M. D.
Office and, Hospital
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Jessee, Elmer V. Mangum Weekly Star. and The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 33, Ed. 5 Thursday, November 23, 1916, newspaper, November 23, 1916; Mangum, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc282536/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.