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Mangum Weekly Star.
AND THE GREER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
VOLUME XXIX
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INTERESTING MEET
TEXAS CONGRESSMAN WILL
SPEAK.
Congressman Rufas Hardy of Cor- ■
; sicana Texas will speak in Mangum, |
on Thursday October, 26 aj 8 p. ni.
Congressman Hardy is a very high
class gentleman and one of the lead-
MANGl'M, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, OCTOBER 12, 1916
COL. HARVEY GIVEN ROUSING RECEPTION ~
10 PAGES
NUMBER 17
LlOTr ANSWERS CAR-
PENTERS OPEN LETTER.
c.v.c...... „..v. Monday was a red letter day for | here tonight. It is the greatest tribute
The District meeting of the Wood- ers 0f j,js 8tate. His speech will bo ! Mangum. It was a day long to be ever offered to the cause of good
men Circle was held in Mangum, Sat- a great treat to anv who will come renlembered for the spirit that per- roads. I have I
urday of last week. It was well at- j hear him. He is a man of scholarly at- "Mated our people and the things
tended by delegations from the dif- tainments and worthv of honor. His comPllshed b-v them. More than
ferent "Forests" not only in Greer, address will be free "though equal to hur>dred automobiles joined the .
county but from each of the surround- any chautauiiua lecture. Come hear a I arfe in honor of Col. Harvey and the than here in Mangum tonight. It
ing counties. It was a very successful j j^eat Democrat speech. Ozark Trail. Fifteen hundred school means that you have a great organi-
and interesting: meeting and hugely
enjoyed by all the visitors and mem-
bers The initiatory work was given by
the Hobart team and more than twen-
The Ad let.
children joined in singing and shout- ; zation and wonderful leadership here
ing a welcome to the greatest boost-! in Mangum. If 1 were to build a
; er in the greatest genuine cause ofj gileat bouquet for the towns and
Hon. J. L. Carpenter. L
Mangum, Okla.
My Dear Senator:
I hereby acknowledge receipt of:
your open letter of date of the 4th, j
inst., and received by me on the 5th, ^ The Greer County Sunday School
~ " annual meet-
Thursday and
ikogee, de-
thought of sooner is just a co-inci~ livered several addresses on the work
dent and not to take any undue ad- of the Sunday School and the duties
vantage. i of the church members in the mattei
1 take it that vou wrote the com- of Sunf, y 8choo) wolk- ]t was a very
munieation in good faith and not for e,xcelle"t series of meetings although
ty local candidates were initiated into j 0ne st°P wont take >'ou verJ' far,
the rriysterv and secrets of the wierd | You've got to keep on walking;
woodcraft of the Circle of the W. O. | 0ne word wont tel1 folks vvho you are, am|
>V. A chief feature of the meeting! You've got to keep on talking. Five
was the address by Miss Dora Alex- 0ne lnch wont make >ou ve. y tall, tlie
i^nder of Omaha, Supreme clerk of' ^ ou've got to keep on growing;
the Circle. Also Miss M. G. Meadows ' 0ne little ad wont tell it all,
one of the chief officers was in at- j You've got to keep them going.
tendance and delivered a very line ad- '
<!ress on the work of the organiza- COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
Con, and the benefits of its work and
its purpose. A very sumptuous ban- The county Court held several day
alomr the the purpose of misleading the voters J the attendance was not as good as
ttlUllK till. | . , i iiciia] Rftfillf tlioro chnii / Uavo Ko> n
advancement the country has known ; people that have greeted me
in many decades. The town was alive
tinguished guests from neighboring J anh the upbuilding tl.up-
towns from Anadarko to Wellington. eJ schools, roads and a monetary sys-
1 he spirit of the times was in evidence : te01. More than 1000 miles of the
on every hand and gladness and prom-,0*i,k Trail have alreadv been built;
ise glowed in every countenance. The | an(j marked.
visitors arrived from Altus at
and a procession reaching twice
nd the public square celebrated
that the people know your record, ,lvered aonie ve,'y fine addresses. If
Yes, the public understands that you'thesc KOO<l PeoP|e would come to Man-
are a politician and have campaign- *um with big colored posters adver-
ed the county several times and late- tising their lectures at ;t good round
There were by actual count
• jet was served at noon by the ladies session this week
of this lodge. It was indeed a feast, The tollowi ;ases were disp08ged | coming.
royal. After partaking of the exqui-
site variety of Oklahoma's rarest and "
choicest delicacies one was left noth- . State vs. Wm. Gar
ing to wish for except to be well con- >te bootlegging, dismissed. ^ unjque and beautiful floats. The I tov*ns on tho route
tented evermore. Ye editor was given r rank Curry, vs. R. E-. Wood, ver- Mavor, Dr. G. F. Border met the
Material evidence of the truth of diet for the plaintiff, $87.50
these statements.
The towns of Hobart, Hollis, Altus,
Bloomington, Willow, Blake, Russell
and Ladessa were here.
100 ries more than 300 automobiles each!
agree with vou that the people are delivered very fine addresses. The of-
irrison, of Gran- aut°'"°* iles m the procession, besides | day, which means more than 1200 peo-; familiai. witV, your reoor(1, for 1 have rtcers for the cominK year are: Pres.
issed. P.er80ns o" h°' ^back, and sev- plet daily travel through the various heard them h* so themselves. wylie Snow, Vice-Pres., J.\S. Briley,
You next stute your platform and ^ec* Bailey, Supt. Missionary
Col. Harvey also stated that in se-j say that 1 have not publicly announ-' Mrs. J. O. McCollister,
pool hall without licenses, vcrdict for were proud to give them the best of j suffeested also that all corners should no one else who does not know it that
defendant. all oui hospitality. be rounded. He advised that the chief! my platform has appeared in the T> >r nr . , nmnlT nr
State vs. M. Hopper, bootlegging, More than sixty delegates came from material for hard surfacing the roads | press and on cards and on circulars I UL ULAI VUIUI [ ML
j verdict of not guilty.
Hobart, Granite, Cordell, Lone Wolfe, jn this section are clay and sand mixed
State vs. Ross Alderson, pleaded Reed and Vinson. The great deter- in proportions of three to one or two
guilty. Fine of $50., and 30 days in mination to do and do well in the ; rtne. Also that we had considerable
jail.* ' minds of all present shows a dis- ; good gravel in some sections. Floyd
State vs R B Carloss for contempt Pos'tion to succeed that can onlv mean Thompson of Oklahoma City also de-
, J }"n'failinc to an'near as'witness Fin- one thing, and that is that we shall' livered some interesting remarks on
Country ItlaT'wX ' • - dinner in this the organization of the trail.
ouruiy met last lhursdaj „<•«<, on fV, f„ contest for the best Highway and the Features of the evenings entertain- , , .
Tul Addresses were made'bv I A11"55 Mary V Morrison for support 1 rai'-. Man8'uni was prepared merit were the address of welcome by | the different tickets; 1 take it that horse belonging to T. C. Douglass ca-
LCamnter G^LWU^n! ofminorchild'ren suppoit fQJ. the occasion. A banquet hall was Judge H. H. Edwards, address of in- j you ask that question in good faith vorted about for a minute, tUm«l
candidate for state Senator and H — ; in waiting decorated witii bright flow - troduction by W. K Hearne, and and that you really believe that the, his heels toward the sky and in less-
H. Edwards, Chairman for the Coun- TRAIL MAP IN PREPARATION. ^ entire host of^isTtms & At '"seven ton''***** JUdgC Sma" °f WeUinK* votefrs are demanding an.l expecting time than it takes to tell it he was
tv democratic committee. !?*, ^ . me to announce who I am supporting dead. He probably broke his ncck in
and is being given a general circula-
tion; I feel perfectly able to take care
of my campaign and if my reports are
any ways near the facts you will have
your hands full to take care of your
own.
You next ask me to state who I am Last Thursday morning when the
supporting for the different offices on big parade passed down the street a
Waters, Geo. L
Ready.
Wilson
J. H.1 three of the competing routes
: which had been ordered by the Cham-
al® ber of Commerce and served by Pres- j
RA USH—THURSTON.
m p; la i5*ri„Chu™r DttrinB the Banquet
At the home of Rev. and Mrs. Holmes
Nichols, last Monday night at nine
o'clock, was solemized the marriage
of Miss Anna Roush to Mr. Jesse
Thurston, both of Granite.
tion among the delegates to the Ozark
Trail Convention there next month.
COMMISSIONER'S HEARING.
among whom were Judge A. R. Gar-
rett and Messrs Wolfinger of Hobert
and Templeton of Wellington. Rev. E. ]
L. Morgan also made a very enjoyable
response.
After the banquet the crowd retired !
Corporation Commissioner W. D.
, . Humphry held a hearing in Mangum, | to the district court room to hear the
Kid. J. H. Pennock, missionary of last week in which a great deal of evi-: chief object of the meeting and the
Greer County Baptist association pro- dence was taken in regard to the re- greatest address on good roads and
nounced the ceremony in a most
beautiful and impressive manner that
united the two happy hearts in life.
After the ccremony congratulations
MARRIAGE LICENSES
O. M. Schlosser, 22 Granite,
Winnie Spears, 19 Granite.
Jess Thurston, 27, Granite,
Anna Roush, 24 Granite.
N. W. Draper, 25, Cement,
Guthrie Gable, 20 Mangum.
Claude Martin 25 Mangum,
Marie Uecke, 18, Mangum.
date or party during my candidacy
would be a breach of good faith and
inconsistent; my candidacy is inde-
pendent of party lines or party candi-
dates; and will continue to be during
j my candidacy or until Nov. 7th, at
which time I will exercise the right
of every American citizen to cast a
ballott for whom I choose.
hat for the purpose of buying another
horse. Before the day was out almost
a hundred dollars in cash was provid-
ed and the Douglass family will never
miss old Dobbin except as his memory
lingers in their hearts. There w*as
never u better town on earth than
Mangum. They are the biggest heart-
ed people and the most liberal class
were extended; after which they took
their departure for their homes at
Granite.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurston are too well
known to need any introduction to
the people of Greer County. Mrs.
Thurston will be greatly missed from
the circles of young people among
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
cent advance in ginning and in price good citizenship we have ever enjoyed
of bagging and ties made by the gins j The addl es of Col. Harvey was an
in Greer County. The gins at Man- appeal that should lift every hearer w tnJW
gum, Brinkman, Hollis, Gracemont, to a better, higher plane of thought There will be no services at the even- [ ents.lf you*squirm much' more" some I A. Gord"©^'/'dO Guur.Tu^Ban"^^
Granite and Hester, were made de- and action. He said in part: "If I ing hour on account of the special j of your ffiends might believe that Sampson & Short, $2.00, Jackson £.
n \* t n O fill1. VVOfA ouciltf Kir ivvon t /Inmnn. mnniimv n 4- Tl7~ i i . > i ..... — — _ _ ..
The sermon Monday morning will the game fair? You have the reputa-
be "Co-operation with God and Man" j tion of being unfair with your oppon-
Tl 1 : .L- .. " . . ' rr
Yes I am the lone Independent can- of business men to be found anywhere
■ ' The following is a list of persons
who gave to the fund:
L. S. Noble, $5, W. D. Gully, *5 J.
P. Ball $5, Mangum National Bank,
$2.50 C. M.Stone & $2.60 Dixie
Store $2.50 Mangum billing Co.,$2.50
' didate, and you, as you say are the
i nominee of the democratic party;
: should this not give you advantage
' enough, Can you not afford tf play
on the stand. The gins claimed-their
advance from sixteen and two-thirds
whom she has been a leader for many j to twenty cents per hundred was
years and has the respect and esteen- caused by advanced prices of repairs
OT all who know her. Mr. Thurston j anfj ^bor, and that the advance from
has a wide acquaintance :n Southwest ow ()o|,ar to one thirty live for bag-
Oklahoma, and is admired
good (|ualities.
for his,
ging and ties was caused by advanced
cost in the price of these materials.
They clai.med these had advanced
from eighty cents per bale last year
1 to one dollar twelve cents per bale
Examinations for teachers certifi- , this year at wholesale. Much evidence
cfites will be held in the office of the was given to counteract this and to
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
County Suprtintondent in Mangum,
October 26, 27, and 28 beginning at
8 o'clock cach day.
KATE TERRY,
Co. Supt. Greer County.
SALESMEN WANTED
Industrious man to give part time
to sale of lubricating oil and grease,
specialties and paint. Commission bas-
is until ability is estblished. Perma-
nent position and wide field when
qualified if desired.
RIVERSIDE REFINING COMPANY
f-17 Cleveland, Ohio.
CADDO/COUNTY FARMERS
INTEREST IN HIGHWAYS.
J. A. Hyndman, E. E. Lucas, Harry
Wagner, Geo. Zink and A. E. Deaver,
autoed to the Cisco School house in
Caddo County, Wednesday night, and
attended a meeting of the farmers of
that section relative to the Central
route of the Ozark Trail.
This meeting was attended by fif-
ty-five farmers, who agreed to build
the road through their township com-
mencing at the Kiowa County line,
and running east six miles. At pres-
ent four miles of the road has been
worker!.
show that the gins were paying no
more for labor this year than last, |
and that no repairs had been made
this year sufficient to cause this ad-
vance in the cost of ginning. The far- i
mers claimed this advance was mere-
ly an advantage taken of the higl'
price of cotton, and was unfair and
confiscatory. Especial stress was
made of the fact that the gins had
made this advance without the con-
sent of the Corporation Commission.
Some of the witnesses against the gin
companies stated that gins were un-'
fair to them in the grading of cotton
and that weights were often unsats-
factory. We hope to give a full text
of the Corporation Commission's de-
cision next week.
A Yankee Farmer's Maxims.
Keep up with improvements.
Think small things important.
Take pleasu)re in your woik.
Don't ruin stock by low fencing nor
bad feeding. ,
Don't let fences sag and fall down. ,
Don't let fowls roost in trees.
Have your stock well sheltered. i
Don't leave wagons, tools arid farm I
implements exposed to the weather.
own. J lister, $1, R. M. Caldwfll, $1, H. IL
You conclude by stating that you Edwards, $1, A. R. Garrett, $1, H. D.
will make a number of speeches and ! Henry $1, D.T. Cuvington, $1, J. Vf.
invite me to meet you and divide time. Morgan, $1, S- A. Broome, $1, Fox
To this 1 must decline as my cam- Chambers, $1, O. P. Elliott, $1, Hugh
' paign has been planned and partly ! Bugbee, $L L. A. McCcllister $1, D.
J carried out and it could not be chang- R. Dial $1, B. L. Tisinper, $1, W. T
jed at this late date without the loss Funderburke, $1, Henry Hoover, $1,
i of time; my campaign will be short |W. B. Henry, $1, L. H. Muloy, $lv
and yours long; so my time is valua- Daylight Store, $1, Clay -H«ll, $1. F.
I hie; and again Lee I doubt if you can > G. Barlow, $1, H. D. Bennett, $!.
j get a hearing at any point in the i James J. Brock, $1, C. Oscar Stone, $.1
county, and am sure that we both J W. L. Jeffries, $1, J. W. Lovett, $1,
could not. A. L. Freeman, $1, J. S. Andrew, $1,
With assurance of my personal re-. Young Bros. & Guthrie, $1, G. F. Bor-
| gards,
' adv.
Yours ti^ly,
O. P. ELLIOTT.
. der. $1, Spoon & Co., Si, James L.
McGee, $1.50, G. W. Boyd, $1.50, J.
C. Leavelle, $1.50 \V. M. Clark, .75.
•• W. D. Young, .50 G. W. Hail .50 R. C.#
GERMAN SUBMARINES IN Hannah, .50 Dr. Holt, .to J.\\'. Cham-
AMF.R1CAN WATERS, hers, .50, Wylie Snow, .50 S. R. Ben-
nett, .50 Alva Ymk, .50 Byon Samp-
Three American submarines sank /*'
nine ships off the east coast of the Wickenham, .50, F. S. Gentry, X0, O.
United States October 8th. There 'hroJcr; '5?' L'A: "i'
, were four British ships, one Dutch, J- W" Short. J° H- Wchards, .50, J.
one
whose
claimed IIU uve went iuri uui. ui, mm .... . ... ..
reports no definite news was obtain- :46' Zj^mern^n,
i able. U. S. battleships rescue.) many ^ u H")rV W' .am-s. .25
of the crews and passengers. These Heck. .25 Cash, .25, A. Hesson, .10
(iei man ships did not come w ithin the apann, .>0.
, limited three mile limit in any of '' ' "
ON THE TRAIL.
WtH. lUul 4*1 ILloil Mlll;nf UI It I'UH II, P ~ r. . . —. . .
one Norwegian and 'three others' 5" . 'f* ' '
whose nationality were unknown. It is „u v vi; "mn a'
claimed no lives\vere lost but at last "* * ' s' • £
Don't hang harness in the dust, nor
Nine farmers for the township still forget to oil axles.
cast of the Cisco school house, met j Never go to town without business.
Congressman McClintic's Speaking Dates
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18
their activities, but were near the
limit on several occasions. This gov-
ernment is seriously considering act-
ion in the matter. Conferences are be-
ing held and the President may pro-
test their activity so near our coast.
Their actions however will not be
a violation of international law un-
less they act to the extent their activ-
ities constitute a blockade of Amer
ican waters.
One German submarine entered
Newport Harbor October, 7th. It re- PROMINENT REPUBLICAN
mained only three hours, and depart- TO BE HERE SATURDAY
Central Christian Bible School.
Number present Sunday Oct.,8th,
166. Amount of offering 6.74. Classes
for everyhody. If you are not attend-
ing Sunday school, a hearty welcome
awaits you. Come Sunday, 10 a. m.
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH,
J. LEADBETTfcR, Supt.
Miss KATE TERRY, Secy.
with them and decidcd to call a meet- f Don t be stingy and penurious, but; 10:00 a. m Brinkman. 10:00 a. m Hester | ed us .,uietly as it came. The only act
. H I PIH^ice old-fashioned honest and hon- 2:a0 p. m Willow 2:30 p. m Blake! pe, formed was u delivery of papers Former Congressman C. E. Ci-a-
! ° economy. > t 8:0® p. m Bloomington 8:00 p. m . .* New Hope to Ambassador Bemstorrf. This sub- ger of Muskogee, who is touring the
• ,i fn fkA il ii u pi r m ' TUESDAY OCTOBKR 17 THURSDAY OCTOBER, IS) ! marine neither took on provision* nor; state in the interest of tho Rc publictw
^ ^ Kim 110.00a. m Reed 110:00 a. m Granite | cot I. L l«al traveled 1700 miles and Cause will speak in Mar gum on rext
:om1 movement ali>e.--Kio«a County | returned Wednesday from Arnett 12s30 p. m Jester j 2:80 p. m Mahgum ; was still supplied with p'w.tj of fuel! Saturday night October Iat the
where they held a busj teim of court. j8:00 p. m Plainview ,8:00 p. m Cor.solidated No.2!an*! food. assembly room of the court house.
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Jessee, Elmer V. Mangum Weekly Star. and The Greer County Democrat (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1916, newspaper, October 12, 1916; Mangum, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc282573/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.