Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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News Items That Were Crowded Out Last Week
•CN CRAWFORD AND
HI8 NEW
Vivian DeArman, Hattie May Lyon,
Gladys McCollltuer, Meeers Marlon
Northcutt, Lee Gallahar, Mark Mc-
Colllster, Rupert Sims, Blake House.
On Thursday night Mrs. L. A.
Snow entertained with a six o'clock
dinner complimentay to her guests,
Miss Anna Varnon and Mr McCreery
of Kiowa, Oklahoma. Tie color
scheme for The evening was pink and
tlue, the handsome dinning table be-
ing a thing of bea ty in the decora-
Hons of lovely Marschal Neil roses
and caranations. It was
Mrs. B. B. Talley, who resides
eouth of town is reported to be quite
ill.
Miiss Vera Hlckerson returned from
a visit with friends and relatives at
Gould Oklahoma, Tuesday night.
Clyde Hogan returned Tuesday ev-
ening from a business trip to Wal-
ters.
t pond, or $75.00 per acre on land that
8EAN6RY" j ■* too sandy for corn! See
| But I have another lot planted on
Who said rain? Well, whoever it | oat stubble, and these are "Just
wam said the truth, so let It rain! j walking about," and bid fair to out-
Very busy people are the Greer: shine ail the rest, so if you hear of
county farmers juet now. j a bean crauk over this way, you can
W)ell It does seem as if our fine j Just say, "that's him."
Governor Gruco struck the key-note j Of course, you have heard about
test winter when he called on all t>h* j alfalfa. But have vou planted yours?
candidates for county offices to pledge; Too much trouble" do you say? Yes,
pledge themselves to a course of j but what Is more trouble than a cot-
thrift and close economy in county 'on crop? The reason we get along
affairs, by cutting out unnecessary J no well with cotton is because we have
■Oputles, and earning their salaries j been raised to know and love It, but
by personal attention t/> the duties of j you Just ask a Dutchman from New
their respective offices. To© the York who is fiddling with his first
mark, boys, governor-Cruce stands at; cotton crop, and he will tell you that
the head of the class-^that makes it1 It Is more trouble than "Carter's
honorable of course. j oats." t
Some ol us "hay-seeders" are very ! BEN CRAWFORD,
•Ml students. Barnum had our case Blake, Oklahoma.
In mind when he said: "The Amerl->
can people like to be hum-bugged." HE MADE GOOD
Right now we are paying several
thousand dollars a year to a set of James Arthur Noble arrived Sunday
bu«y politicians called the "State afternoon to spend Che summer with
Board of Agriculture," to tell us how Mr. and Mrs. J. O. McCoHlster.
to farm when nln*i out of every ten Mir. Noble entered school three
taxpayers know more about the soil jears ago under the direction of Mrs.
and real live crop-growing than any McCollltter, In the Chicago Univer-
*nan in the state board. I move that *Ky and began to study law. After
•we, the taxpayers and farmers of Ok- two years of hard and industrious
lahoma, in the Interest of economy study at that school, he entered, this
and clean state government, get busy year, the Columbia University at the
and piiit the whole hunch out of busin- city of New York, and there received
ork. j his law diploma and his A. M. degree.
Say, neighbor, have you seen na- In November he took the examination
♦lire's objetct lesson? Which one? for foreign consul for the United
Why her are a few of them Here States government, after having re-
and H!:ere among the sandhills are 1 ?ived the appointment, and passed
little neglected bunches of fruit trees wltih high standing.
called "orchards." Just now these Ne<xt year Mr. Noble will attend
are shouting back a sWeet volume of Oxford University, after which he
Juicy reproach for the way their own- a ill go to assume his duties at his
«jrs have neglected them in •;heir fool- 'appointed pest. He he will rank as
i*h worship of "King Cotton." Our cne of the leading men of a nations'
good old German brother, MIkeman, scholar and diplomat, all because he
was calling loudly on July 1st for had the will to amount to something.
help to handle hl« great crop of early and do seme thing.
Wheeler peaches. The sight of those
trees, literally loaded down with rich, MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEETS
fed, Juicy fruits -"as 'big as your'
fiat"—is enough to make a cotton far- The Greer County Medical Asso-1 every way. After a shoit discussion' The Loyal Daughter Sunday School
*ner wish for someone to kick him for elation met in Mangum this week and j as to ways and mear.-. and respond-! class of the Central Christian Church
trying to grow cotton on lanijs too a great number of its members were j jng to roll call with "bandanna bal- [ will serve an ice cream supper on'the
loose and sandy for anything but prsent. Two very Interesting and in-! lads," ttbet veterans departed and the court liouse lawn on the evening of
trees and vines. I structive papers were read by" two of | regular program was had. It being August Cth—election night/
I know w be ire there are a few nine Its most competent members, and af- j a Florida program. Mirs. G. A. Brown
Jf«ar old wine sap apple trees grow- ter a few pithy discussions on current | opened with a short talk on Florida.
ittg wild in the edge of a neglected topics, <t'he meeting was adjourned to | Reading — "A Florida Nocturne,"
Miss Mary Orth who ihaa been vis-
iting here with Miss Norma Lee Pace,
ele- j lefti Tuesday for her home In Wich-
gant three course dinner, the first • ita Falls, Texas.
being a vegetable course, with spring ——
chicken, the second a salad course | 'J. S. Jaskson and mother left Tues-
and the third most delicious nut day morning for Plainview Texas,
cream and cake. The feature of the where they will spend a portion of the
evening was Mrs. Russ Jacobs who summer.
Jmi^sonateeJ Uhe 'V.oon" serving _____
maid, and doing It so well tthat 'the | Miss Ola Madden went to Granite
guests did not recognize her for a Tuesday afternoon to spend a few
while, but thought theTe were being ' days with 'the Carloss' who are at
waited on by a genuine coon. When the springs camping for a few weeks,
she was found out the company roar- ■'
ed with laughter. After the dinner | Miss Marguerite Whitney, who has
the guests repalreo to the parlor been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Yoder of
where the game of rook was played. Mangum, deiparted for her home at
Those present were: Messrs. Ma- Topeka, Kansas. Tuesday.
rion Northcutt. Leon Brown, McCrea-
ry, Frank Chastain. Tyler Crittenden, Roy Bradshaw Jeft for Vernon,
Mioses VeTna Yeager, Lucy Snow, Texas, Wednesday morning to spend
Anna Vernon, Viva Brown, Ruby the remainder of thesummer in that
\Y]i rater. , city.
The U. I). C's met in regular session J- H. Hawkins returned
Tuesday afternoon with Miss Lela the latter part of last week from Ok-
Rude. Owing to the extreme heal. lahoma 'City, wher hei had been at-
the' attendance was not so large as tending the; board,of education,
it might have been, buiC quite a bit :
cf business and an • interesting pro-1 M'rs- Coleman, the mother of Mrs.
L. A. Snow, and Mrs. J. S. Coleman,
both of Oklahoma City, are visiting
with Mrs. Snow for a few days.
giam was rendered. Veterans Put-
nam, Heatly, Keitche.n and Todd re-
presented a committr to confer with
the Daughters at this meeting rela-
vive to the eintertaii.r;.cnt of the re-j' The avocation Or agriculture lured
union of the district brigade which Howell Cocke to the hay fields to
has teen invited tc in: rt in Mangum the south' of this city this week, atf
on August 1st tnd 2::.'. T^e ladies, which placa the Is toiling amid the
as they always do, iexpended to the rays of Apello's radiant smile.
call and promised thei. assistance in j
field that now have from Kheree to meet again with the Jackson county
«lx bushels of apples per tree. With association In Altus the first Tues-
100 such trees per acre, how much day in August.
<. would that old blow sand flat be worth j 1 ■
fa «JV>les? PHILLIPS-McAULEY
Again. I know of four or five
•%4nre rods of bcrmuda grass that Miss Margaret Irene Phillips and
Dr. Rufus Leroy Holt has- been ap
pointed by the State Medical Asso-
ciation to read a paper on a current
topic, at its annual meeting in May*
1913.
Mies Lela Rude.
Reading—"The Legion of Honor,"
Mrs. J. H. Hamilton. !
Reading—"On his Blanket cm the'
Ground," Mrs. J. A. Powers. ' |
Reading—"Dreaming In the Tren-
ches," Mrs. G. A. Brown.
htow has more good grazing on It than Mr. Funis McAuley were united in | Paper—"Sketches of Generals E.
<caa be found on ten acres of pasture marriage Wednesday morning of last I KJrby, Smith and James McIntosh,
land adjoining it. See? The work week at slx-thlrty o'clock, at, the Pres.1 Mesdames G. A. Brown and C . P.
Mock on ithe farm adjoining this byterian church. Rev. Hogan officia- j Hamilton.
Crass *re literally starving for grass ting. Discussion— "Legal holidays in the'
att 50 acres of land just like bermuda The bride Is a beautiful and accom- South," led by Mrs. Brown, followed , ®ana ^°'-ands "tl*e 3011 Bustaine<*
Km* to hold down. Did some one pi 1 shed young lady of our town who j by Mesdames Gentry, Powers, Ham- a ver> serious injury from falling off
whine out, "Oh, it takes a lot of work ' has many friends who were denied i ilton and others. |a 'ad(^tr at ^ bonl'e Tuesday, but un-
to «t out bermuda grass!" Shame on '(he privilege of seeing her married, i Duet—"Old Folks at Home," Miss der careful attention by Drs. Camp-
you! Go to the ant, 'thou sluggard! and the groom is an Industrious young1 Lucy Snow, Miiss Anna Powers. | be" and is thought the child
Well, here's another one and its a man who has for the past year or so Most delightful music with Miss j soon be up-
real new one- itoo. I had heard them worked at the Home Lumber Com- Annie Lou Powers at the piano and
I J. M. Cheek got his arm broken last
| Tuesday as tbe< results of an unruly
! animal, called the mule, which he
I was trying to manage. It is hoped
, that he will soon recover from ti.e in-
. jury.
REV. H. P. CREGO, A. B. B. D, Dean of Southwest Baptist College
Professor Crego was born April 22 , spending nine years preaching In
1809, at Napoleon. Mich, and reared Kap., he took a tly-ee years course at
on a farm. At the age of fifteen, he ; Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester
went to Jackson, Mich, where he | Pa., where he received the B. D. de-
spent two years in one of the: best gree in 1905. For three and one-half
high schools in the country. He ne^xt years he was pastor at Cape May, N.
took two years in the Academic De- J., and then came to Oklahoma, loca-
partment and two years in the Col- ting at Blackwell. For one and one-
lpgiate Department of Colgatev Uni-' half years, he was paster at Blackwell
versity of Hamilton! N. Y„ the oldest and Professor of Philosophy in Okla-
one of the best Baptist schools in the hema Baptist College. He Is thor-
country. Returning to his dative (oughly equipped for his work hene,
slate tie completed his, work for the ; and wil) do the most palntaklng work
A. B. degree at Michigan University, • of his life in building up Southwest
Ann' Arbof, Mich., in 1893. After Baptist College.
fonists taugibt. | RUSSELL ITEMS
The following quotations from the
Industrial Democrat, the socialist or- * Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Kildow spent
gan published at Oklahoma City, Ok- Tuesday with their son at Gould,
'lahoma, show that this same doc- Mrs. J. P. Glazier went to Mangum
'trine is being taught right here in Sanday to spend a few days.
Oklahoma today. It says: | Jesse Thompson is fcjuite sick. „
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kimbro spent
"If socialism does not eveiitually
Sunday with Mr. and Mirs.Aaron Hare.
of the bean crops of M[exlco, so
I wnt there for a bag of beans last
winter. We ate of thiem and found
them to be rich, sweet and fine for
•Aoking -much better than we pay
(grocers 8 1-3 cents i>er pound for
al) over Oklahoma. Now we have
them growing everywhere. In the
warden*, planned early, they are mak-
bushels of finest, tender snap heme, where they enjoyed an all day
'bwtt.ii. dost- beside half dozen fancy party or picnic. Conversation, music,
wilt t>f garden beans usually grown, and progressive Rcok madethe day
whf.it, are almost s failure, while the one of rare pleasure. At noon the din
lonwrs seem sure for twenty- ner and lunch was served in the den.'
toy? biihhel.s per acre. See? Unique place cards were luscious
Wefj, < am a born experimenter., so peaches with a mlnature flay thrust
1 planted a gcod bunch of these in the top and a card with the name
pan v. Baby Rude with the violin, enter-1 The suit which T. L. Daugherty
The young couple left on the early tained .the guests. Delicious refresh- held against the Rock Island for the
morning train for points In Texas, ments of cream and cake were ser- injury of his food, was settled by com
where they will spend their honey-
moon and visit relatives.
On the fourth of July a crowd of
"•'e younger set prepared their lunch
and went to the spacious Powers
ved. Mrs. J. B. Annis of Colorado Promise Tuesday, in which the rail-
City, Texas, was a special guest. ' road payed over five hundred dollars
| to the plaiptiff and assumed costs
Mrs. John Little has been on the ot the
sick list but Is now able to be up. '
Miss Willie Kennedy and Mrs. Em-
Mrs. Felix Russell Is reported to ma Faulkner entertained the Loyal
ill this week. i Daughters Sunday School Class last
do away with thev home, the faipily, | Roy McKenzie left Sunday for ^
the marriage relation and *he Christ- catur Tenn > where he will attend a
ian religion as we now have them, j aormal preparator to teaching at that
as well as the private ownership of. ,
property, then we hope the peqple Mrg ^,lroge Morow i8 0n the 8lck
will gide-track scoialism and send ' ligt thjs week
it direct to hell without change of Mrs. L. ^ Johnson and daughter.
car9- 1111 Ruth, of Mangum spent last week
For further Information I would re- with Mrg j p Glazier
<er you to W. ,F Lemmon's book, en-] M,3S Fannte ThomI>son 8pent Sat.
titled, THE (EVILS OF SOCIALISM. urdajr and sunday ^ Reed vis-
He gives many qofctatlons from | itin8 fiends,
leading socialist writers, show- • HassaHl was well 'represented at
ing their exact position on the mar- 'the picnic at Cave Creek Saturday,
riage question, private property and j Forest McKenzis of Mangum, spent
(religion. There is nothing plainer last week with Roy McKenz'e.
than the fact that socialism means to • Qulte a crowd ^Joyed a singing at
abolish private property, marriage | Mr- Readings Saturday night.
and the Christian religion, and. estab- 1 Miss Maudie May is visiting her
lisihi collective ownership, infidelity brother at M!arie.
Mr. and Mrs. Cid Northcutt spent
Friday night in Mangum.
Mrs. T. N. Russell will leave this
and free-love in their stead.
The question is, not what a major-
Dr. J. H. Barr of Reed, was
gum visitor Wednesday.
Tuesday evening at their beautiful | leaders, and it is the leaders
ity of socialists believe in, but what j ^e^k for Indiana to join her husband,
their leaders believe and teach.. This ; who has heen that state for gever.
is what we have to fear. The social aj weeks.
ist party is like any other political | Mr. and Mrs WJUie Jam^g of ch„.
party: -the majority will follow their dre38i Texas visiting the latter,3
lonHorc on/1 it ic t li . . 1 nn rl A»a t It n t _ _
Man- home on Carolino Avenue. A pleas
I ant time socially was enjoyed by all
I who were so fortunate as to be pre-
H. Landrum of Altus, was in sent
beans oh Jtiue 2|)th, on a good spot
wtoere the wind had blown away my
fcaffir corn close to. «otne thickets
the rabbits are "as thick as
bojt.' and now they are aa "f'ne as
* fiddle." and not a bite have the rab-
bit* taken of these Mexlcanos
of each guest. There was plenty of
good things to eat and the crowd
heartily enjoyed this feature of the
day. late in the afternoon they sep-
arated, each one going to their homes
feeling that they had celebrated the
4th in not only a pleasant, but a ,
Dr. S
Mangum on business last week.
W. S.
Tuesday
Mrs. A. S. Jones and daughter were
that
shape their principles. Their leaders
will convert them to their principles
just the same as the leading mormons
converted their followers to polyga-
my, and the leading Mohammedans
converted their followers to Moham-
medanism. and as the leaders of the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sorrell.
HNRY.
Bradshaw went to Grai.lte driving on the fourth, and has start-
afternoon on business. ed under a barbed wire fence, which 'French, revolutionists converted their
—to all api>eaance, was easily done, bar followers to their ideas. The leading
Mr and Mrs. Webber of Ijeedy, are the horse became frightened before ^oclalista have already so influenced
visiting Mr. and Mr* Fox of this city.
Think of it—you "bloated out men safe and sane way Those present
of the sandhills"—25 bushels equals were Misses Alnnie Lou, Ruth and
J.&00 pounds tier acre at 5 cents per Grace Powers. Virginia Hamilton, ter.
The baby of Mr and Mrs. WU1 Nor-
man has been quite ill but is now bet-
they were well under the wire, and
threw them into the fence in such a
way that Mrs. Jones was badly hurt,
while Miiss Jones sustained a slight
! injury.
CFFECT OF SOCIALISM
the "common herd" so that a major-
ity of them are skeptical and biased
against the churches and religion:
and a large per cent of them stand
pat for the abolition of private prop-
erty. Infidelity and free-love, and If
their number continues to increase in
MANGUM ROUTE 3
Justk-e and they were dishonest, de- this character. They were Infidels, as samples of social equality. They
Jceitful. retengeful and (reach- and their principles led to immorality tell im that these people did not mar-
Socialists tell us that if we had so erou* and *ere continually fighting and free love. A large per cent of ry, that then there were no servants
■ciaJism, and all tbr means of produr ; amonlC themselves What is true o< the socialists today hold to the same nor masters, and that the women were
*,toa and distribution were collect- jAmerican Indians is also 'rue of skeptkal and anarahal principles free because they could choose the
nt ii'il all would be prosperous i a" unrivlli»*d and savage tribes in that tfte French revolutionists held to; father cf their children. This is what j principles In their platforms In plain
a»4 *tappy. and men aouid be more ,h'* *orid who are llvjng nearest to and the socialists are publishing and they call the "mother-right." They ( words so that the people can under
rebmeus than they are under the pre ' •oc,»,l«m. | distributing the same kind of liters- tell us that ma riage Is the product of stand thetn; but they had as well do
«ai *y*t«>m that then brotherly ( Ti># people a ho believe In the radi- ture In this country that was dMribu- rspitallsm. or private property Herr this for they are continually scatter-
would exist among men and C*1 principles t* socialism are not the ted in France prior to the French rev- Rebel, a great social'ts writer, says,
fkess would be do iaoeative to graft. P*0?1* believe in the true prto- oiution. and they intend that |t shall "To establish capitalUa tke selfish
ciples of Christianity. Toese believe hate the same effect upon the Amer-jowner at property established mar
in the abolition of private property 'raa people 'hat it had on the people raig*. in order *hst be might beget
which is nowhere taught in the bible of France j in heir to Inherit his wealth In this
•or la the ortboMot churches Prt- The Preach revolutionists reached . way and for this very purpose the
rate porperty Is a safeguard to the so great a hmt that on a stated day fa'her right superceded the mother
J. M. Prentice has been on the sick
list for the past few days.
M. B. McKinnev was a Mangu.n via-
itor Monday.
H. A. Clemm was on the sick list
last week.
L. S. Hughes and family attended
the picnic at Brinkman last Satur-
day.
Quite a number of candidates at-
tended the picnic at the Gault pas-
ture Saturday. '
the future as It has In the past, it is! <*uit* * numb«r *as at the Dean
only a question of time s^ien their 90,1001 house to bear the "tale of woe-
principles will prevail. I,oW ^ ,h* candidates Monday night.
j J. 8. Cowling had the misfortune
The socialists dare not put their to get a good hoiee ruined on the
4flnl nloa Isa »kAi — ■ l.lf I. * — » -■ i _ .
rob-'
i aad
'<h»e< would he no stealing nor
ma* and prostituUoa. wtcheds«asi
rrimn- «imM cease
AS ftat one has to do to see that
tfctE Is false u to the history of
eawuita I nil—Mies aad pso-
bars appesarhsd nearest
The I it il n Indians wage slsve aad aaahs him free
aad tmtr land sad aasr other thtags
aad tksf and ae ladlvtd
hoaw. aad the oaly thlag that caa they prohibited all netigtoae worship. {right." Again, he aaya. "The reig* of
lift the laborlag man shore the level broke the chareh belU aad molded, tfcs mother right implies coasmun
them into raaaoaa. homed the bible Issa. sgaallty at all. the rise of the
rwsetetlsalM who be- aad «>ao—«od amrrlage as aa as fa^errtgfrt implies the rmga af prl
•riscaiiag his neighbors Mr thlag aad It was called "the or vale property, aad e»a the appras
•at always aa hoasst aer diaaaro of adaltry " !a> aad eaalavemsat of s amia This
writers aftea refer ws to cornapaala eaartly with what maay ,ery
lag literature which teaches these
things They keep this out of their
wire last week
E. R. Plerson a as on the sick list
last week but is wae better at the
present writing.
W. D. Fa alt of near Hobart, visit-
ed at the home of his patents Mr
platform aad then w«hen accused of, aad Mrs J V Ewalt. a few daya ago
teaching such, refer to their platform ] g. G. Glnn aad wile attended the
and say This is all we teach. This picnic near Rr<4 last Saturday
shewa t haft they are a lot of coaalag J Cora la suffertag from the waat
and deceitful hyporrits who are try- of rain the past few daya.
lag to decoy people la to their raaks j Cottoa aad Nad Is
aad they haow that their prtartple« hat s IKtle rata weald he a
If pat lato prartlre. woald fill the eflt
rid w*h moral wreck aad rah: yet |
they ten as that socialism woe* LOKT -Oa
»«hl«g ftae.
ear tv ill red aad aacaga tribe* af the'ether leadlag socialist writers
tv ill red
«ho had an tUags
whh what the FVeach resale
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