Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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Mangum Sun-Monitor.
Orcsr Coaaty Monitor Butablahad 1S»0.
MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1911.
VOL. 22. NO. 9
conference over
First Meeting of Western Oklahoma Metho-
dist Conference Is Now History
WELL IS A GOOD ONE I WILL BE BIG MEETING
Contractor Stubbs Has About
Completed New City Well
Indications are That Many Peda-
^ gogs are Coming to the Meet
CITY NOW HAS THREE WELLS
The first annual conference of the
Western. Oklahoma District of the M.
E. Church, South, was held at Man-
gum last week, commencing Wednes-
day and closing Sunday evening.
The Western Oklahoma conference
was created last year at Ardmore,
when the state was cut up into two
conferences, the eastern and the
western. ;ithe western half letxtends
as far east as the eastern boundary
line of Oklahoma county, and north
and south from Kansas to Red river.
In this conference there are 143 pas-
torial charges, presided over by ©ev-
en presiding elders, and comprised
of about 25,000 members.
When the Western Oklahoma con-
fercnce was created last year at
Ardmore, Kev. J. S. Lamar, wno
■was there, invited the conference to
hold its first annual meeting at Manr
gum, and the commercial club aleo
sent a very urgent request that it be
held here, and Mangum was chosen,
and judging by the expressions of
the visitors all of them are heartily
pleased with their entertainment.
The 'meetings were held in the com-
modious Methodist church, and were
presided qver by Bishop Collins Den-
ny of Richihond, Va., and Rev. R. S.
Satterfield of Cordell, was chosen
secretary. The morning sessions
were devoted to the transaction of
routine conference business, while
the afternoons and evenings were de-
voted to committee Work and devo-
tional services.
The churches showed a healthy
growth during the year, the increase
in membership being something like
4,000, and the financial showing was
also good considering the unusualry
hard year.
The Mangum church and its pas-
tor, Rev. J. 8. Lamar, are to be con
gratulated upon the showing It has
made during the past four years. Ev-
ery year at the conference it has been
one of the few churches to show up
at the conference with every cent
of the pastor's salary and other
church assessments paid. It has also
made a net growth In membership
during these years of 100
members, and now has a membership
of 448. They have also built a mlgnl-
ficent new church building at a cost
of approximately |30,000.
There were something like 200 pas-
tors and delegates and their wives
here during the conference, and on
Saturday and Sunday there were a
large number of other visitors here
attending the sessions. Among the
visitors were several high officials ins
the church among whom' were Dr. E.
B. C happell, editor of Sunday School
Literature; Dr. George B. Winton,
editor of Missionary Voice; Dr. Jno.
M. (Moore, General Secretary of the
Board of Missions; Or. W. F. McMur-
ray, general secretary of the Board
Flow of Water in New Well is Es-
timated at One Million Gat*
Ions Per Day
FIVE HUNDRED ARE EXPECTED
Mangum Teachers Preparing to
Call and See How Many You
Can Care For
(Continued on page 8, Column 1)
Contractor C. A. Stubbs, who has
the contract for digging the new well
for the city department, is finishing
up his work and within a few days
the well will be ready to turn over to
the city. This new well, if anything,
is better than any of the previous
ones that the city has put down.
We were talking with Water Com-
missioner McKibbin yesterday and
he informs us that according to es-
timates that the new well will fur-
nish 1,000,000 gallons of water dal-
ly.
This well is located at the south-
east corner of the cotton compress,
about one thousand feet northeast of
tthe pumping station, and la much
better than either of the older wells.
Now that thie conference Is over
the people of Mangum should begin
to earnestly co-operate with our local
teachers in providing entertainment
(or the teachers of thie Southwest Ok-
lahoma Teachers' Association, which
will convene here on Nvember 30th
and December 1st and 2nd. This will
he quite a meeting, the association
comprising all the teachers In fif-
teen counties of Southwest Oklahoma,
and it is esUmated that there are
2,000 teachers who ane eligible as
members. It is expected thae there
will be fully 500 teachers from over
the state outside of Greer county, and
the hotels of the city are Inadequate
to,handle such a crowd of visitors.
Members of the local entertainment
court in session;
County Court Grinding This Week-Had to
Draw a Special Venire of Jurors
The people of Mangum should be committee will call upon the people
very thankful for their water supply,
and should advertise It to the world.
Gen. Superintendent Sullivan and
Roadmaster Robertson, of the Wlclfl-
ta Palls & Northwestern Railway,
were here Tuesday and looked the
well over and were very favorably Im-
pressed with it
THE HUNTING 8EASON
OPENED WEDNESDAY
ANNA LAURA IS IN TROUBLE
Judge Todd Issued a Temporary Restraining Order in an At-
tempt to Prevent Removal of District School House
Annie Laura School District No. 13,
located a few miles west of the city
in thie White Flat community, is again
stirred by factional fight among the
people of the district.
A portion of the patrons of Annie
Laura became dissatisfied with the
present location of the school build-
ing and petitioned County Superin-
tendent Sims to call an electiqp for
the purpose of removing the building
to what they thought would be a more
convenient location.
The election was called and held a
fsw weeks ago and the vote at the
•lection was 34 for removal and 12
against. The proposed new location
is north of where the building is now.
However those opposed to removal
did not give up by any means. It
seems that a majority of the district
board were against the removal prop-
osition and they refused to sancUon
the removal though one member
of the board was one of those favor-
ing removal.
Monday some of the citizens from
that community engaged the sen-ices
of Charlie Martin here, and they
went out there that night and began
tearing the house from its foundation
and loading It on the wagon and mov-
ing It to the proposed location.
Bright and early Tuesday morning
* Messrs. H. B. McMath and G. W.
Curtis, tt^ members of the board
wno opposed removal, came to town
and engaged the services of Lawyers
Eagln and they filed with Judge Todd
an application for temporary Injunc-
tion restraining J. W. Lassiter, N. B.
Jones, W. C. Norris, C. H. Hatton and
C. E. Martin, et al, from removing or
in any way interfering with the house.
The application was granted and the
matter will come up before Judge
Brown for final bearing. The style
of the suit was School District No.
13 ex rel H. B. McMath and G. W.
Curtis vs. J. W. Lassiter, N. B. Jones.
C. U. Hatton, W. C. Norris and C. E.
Martin, et ai.
In the petition of the plaintiffs they
allege among other things that these
parties ane engaged in removing and
attempting to remove the building be-
yond the legal limits of the district,
and that It to without warrant of
law; that on the night of November
13th they went to the school house
"seoeretly, surreptitiously and riot-
ABOUT PAYMENT OF TAXES
Attorney General West Renders an
Opinion as to Time For Payment
of Taxe^k-Half Due November 1
A few weeks ago we published the
section of the session laws of 1910
referring to the payment of taxes and
called attention to the confusion ex-
isting as to the time of paying them,
and since that time the question has
come up in other counties and the
attorney general of the state has ren-
dered an opinion on the subject.
Following is the copy of the letter
written to the county attorney of
Canadian county:
Honorable J. L. Trevathan, County
Attorney.
EIReno, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir—Receipt is acknowledged of
your letter of October 12th, request-
ing an opinion as to whether the
county treasurer can collect the first
half of the taxes, without penalty, ^
any time prior to January 1st, and
when the last half becomes delin-
quent
Section 2, Chapter 120, Session
Laws of Oklahoma, 1911, is not as
plain in meaning as it might be, but
our opinion is that it means that the
first half of the taxes levied upon an
ad valorem basis for each fiscal year
is due November 1st; that the first
half becomes delinquent on Decem-
ber 2nd, and unless the first half is
paid on or before January 1st, the
whole of the tax becomes delinquent
on that date; if the first half Is paid
on or before January 1st, the second
half does not become delinquent un-
til June 15th, thereafter.
Yours truly,
THE ATT'Y GENERAL.
By Davenport.
(Continued on page 5, Coin
4)
FINAL SERVICES SUNDAY
Next Sunday morning at the Meth-
odist church Rev. C. H. McGhee who
has been presiding elder of this dis-
trict will preach his farewell sermon
here, and In tha evening Rev. Lamar,
the retiring pastor, will preach his
farewell sermon Rev. MoGJ
been transferred to Frederick, while
Rev. lamar has been transferred to
'Lawton, and they will both leave
next week tor their new stations.
Wednesday incoming bright and
early one could see the Mangum
sportsmen coming down town with
their trusted shot guns on their
shoulders and some of them looked
like a veritable warteng arsenal. One
might have thought that the people
had been warned that Crazy Snake
was threatening an invasion of the
city with bis band of Indian'warriors
but upon inquiry we found out the
hunting season for quail had . opened
on that day, and they were merely fix-
ing to go out and slaughter the little
birds.
The season opens on November
15th and continues until February
loth. In order to hunt, unless you are
hunting upon your own premises or
premises which you hold under a
lease, it is necessary for you to pro-
cure a license, which will cost you
$2.50. The deputy game warden for
this county, or County Clerk McNeill,
can accommodate you with the li-
cense, and some of the local hard-
ware dealers can also supply you.
of the city, probably Saturday, to find
how many people you can take care
of dlrlng the imeeting, and they desire
to find as many places as they poss-
ible can. iLet It be understood right
now that these teachers are not ibo be
kept free, they are to pay the people
thia regular hotel rates, and every
home should accommodate just as
many of them as they can comfort-
ably.
Begin to plan now and see how
many you can take care of so that
you will be prepared to gtve the com-
mittess definite answers when they
call at your home. Manglm'a repu-
tjitlon as a convention city is at,stake
In this meeting, and if we fall down
here we can not expect to get any of
the larger (meetings. The meeting
will be second only to that of the
state meeting of the teachers, and we
must entertain them in a fitting man-
ner. The local teachers are doing
everything in their power, so let our
people co-operate with them.
County court, convened promptly
last Monday morning at 10 o'clock
as was announced, with Judge Todd
presiding, and H. ,M. Mills, court re-
parter, (Mrs. Edna Mills, clerk, and J.
D. LVlartin as bailaff.
The first thing was the empannell-
ing of the jury. Several of the ju-
rors who were summoned for service
were excused for cause, some for
sickness and other reasons.
Next the docket was called and the
status of the cases ascertained and
announcements made, and a few de-
fault matters were heard. Tuesday
the work of trying cases beg|n and
up tftll Wednesday afternoon the
court had kept right up with the as-
signment.
On account of so many of the ju-
rors being excused, it was necessary
to summon a special venire of ten
men, and following is a list of those
drawn for service.
J'. W. Hawkins, Granite; J. w. C.
Stephens, Reed; Eugene Moseley, of
Granite; C. A. Hughlan, Mangum; B.
J. Berry, Willow ;J. W. Elder, Gran-
ite; E. R. Davenport, Granite; R. L.
Barker, Mangum; E. C. Bills, Man-
gum; and E. D. Tlmmons, Marie.
On account of the death of the de-
fendant, the case of G. A. Gilliam vs.
C. L Jones, was continued for the
term; the case of G. F. Border vs.
J. D. Sen tell, was dismissed ats the
cost of the plaintiff; also the case
of Border & Campbell vs. J. B. Nor-
man, waa dismissed at the cost of
plaintiff; the case of the Rock T*lanfl
Stove Co., vs. Sentell, et al, a suit on
notes, resulted in a judgment for
plaintiff's; the case of J. N. Caddell
& Co., vs. Western Union Telephone
Co., was dismissed at the .cost of the
defendant; and in the case of J. A.
Thompson vs. S. H. Tittle, Sheriff,
plaintiff Thompson obtained a judg-
ment for the recovery of property In*
volved.
The case of J<. I. Ttate and Ola
Ttate vs. C. R. 1. A p. railway com-
pany was dismissed with prejudice.
This was a case in which the plain*
tiffs claimed damages In the sum of
1100 for damage to household goods
which occurred In shipping them from
Lyons, Kansas, to Mangum, about De-
cember 14, 1910. The case was tried *
In Justice McMillan's court on Itv
24, 1011, and resulted In a verdict for
plaintiff for J102.75, with costs aal
from this judgemsnt the
company appealed. The oase was
continued at the last term of court,
and since that time it has been set-
tled out of court.
Wednesday the court was occupied
'In trying the civil case of 8. Bachst-
der vs. F. B. Felke, which was an.
appeal from former Justice McJCU*
lan's court.
This was a case growing out of the
gas and oil boom which was started
in the country around Doxey, In Book*
(Continued on Page 4, Column 4)
AFTER FREE MAIL DELIVERY
City Counil Adopted Resolution Asking for Free Delivery-
City is Going to Build Some Side Walks, Too*
LADY WIN8 DISTINCTION
At the meeting of the Oklahoma
Federated Women's clubs, held at
Chickasha last week, Mrs. G. A.
Brown of Mangum, was awarded the
literary prize offered for (the best
short story poem. Her poem was en-
titled "Those Oklahoma Winds," and
as Mrs. Brown is a very talented lady
we are sure that she gave a very
vivid description of our winds.
NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS
News from Every Section of Old Greer as Told by The
Sun-Monitor's Special Correspondents
A WORD TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS
The Sun-Monitor wants to publish all the news of each neighborhood
each week, and we would appreciate it very much If our correspondents
would bear this in mind and be sure and send us a news letter each week.
If you send a letter one week and then miss the next one, the people of
your community become impatient at not finding the news of their com-
munity. We appreciate what you have helped us in the past, and only call
your attention to this matter because we feel sure you will co-operate
with us and help us to make the Sun-Monitor a better paper.
Another thing we wish to call your attention to is to mall your let-
ters to us so as to reach us not later than Tuesday afternoon. Here lately
a good many letters have been received too late for publication the week
they were received. We only call your attention to these things because
we feel that it wUl be no more trouble to you and it will help us to get out
a better paper for you.
REED, ROUTE NO. 3
It is cold enough today to suit most
anyone. We haven't had very much
pretty weather for nearly three
weeks.
Mrs. CM la Parker and son Paul
went to Manguma Friday and had to
come back throagh the cold norther
that blew up Saturday about noon.
They got pretty badly chilled.
Mrs. Martin to still sick. Mr. Ram-
sey and Mrs. Hollingsworth were at
Mrs. Martin's Snndsy evening.
Dir. Con Diamond to to tears Har-
mon county tonight to go to either!
Mississippi or Louisiana. He does
not like Oklahoma a little bit.
Mr. Bullard and John Pops were
near Granite and Willow two or three
days last week.
Mr. W. D. Ellis went up to Vinson
to his sister's. Mrs. Woodrige, Mon-
day.
There were several people from
along this route in Mangum last Fri-
day who had the pleasure of coining
home In the sandstorm.
Mrs. George Ramsey and Mrs. Hoi-
lingsworth spent the day with Mrs.
(Oonttaued on page 8. Column 2)
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POSTOFFICE DISCONTINUED
Thie postoffice at Marie was discon-
tinued on Wednesday, November 15,
and the supplies of that office are
stored here with Postmaster Critten-
den. This was one of the few re-
maining Greer county postoffices, and
was one of the land marks in this
county.
Some weens ago Postmaster Davis
at Marie sent in his resignation and
the department did not rind anyone
to take his place, and for this reason
the office was discontinued. The of-
fice has been serving quite a large
territory and no doubt will be missed
greatly.
The imall that has heretofore been
going to Marie will be left in the
Mangum offioe, and those who live
between here and Marie, and who
have been receiving their mail by the
Star route carrier will receive their
mail as usual. Those living between
Marie and Jester, though, and who
have been receiving their mail from
the Star route carrier from the Ma-
rie postoffice will have to send an
order to Postmaster Crittenden be-
fore he can send their mall out by
carrier; and those living between
Mangum and Marie, who have been
served by the star route on the re-
turn trip from Marie to Mangum will
have to send Postmaster Crittenden
an order to forward their mail to Jes-
ter. If you don't happen to get your
mail now, you will know what Is the
matter, and just send Postmaster
Crittenden the order snd you will get
it henceforth.
This lesves only four Greer county
postoffloee now that are served by
Star routes. Reed, Jester, Russell and
Blake. The Star route runs from
Mangum to Jester and return, supply-
ing but the one office. Another
route runs from here to Vinson snd
return, and besides Vinson only sup-
{ j lies one other office, while the
route from here to Russett supplies
only two offices. Russell snd Blake.
To a great extent the rural routes
hare killed the smaller offices in
Greer county. Mangum hss four ru-
ral routes leading out from M. Jester
has two; Granite hss four; Rsed hss
four and Blake has one.
At a meeting of Mangum'a city
council Tuesday night a resolution
was is trod need by Councilman Ds-
Arman and seconded by Councilman
Swttzer asking the postal department
to extend free mail delivery to Ma*
gum. The resolution was unanimous-
ly adopted, and It to to be hoped that
the department will consider It fav-
orably.
As we understand the free mall de-
livery situation however, when the
effort waa made about two years ass
to obtain ths service, the Inspector
who was detailed to Inspect ths «Mr
with reference to sidewalks, toM
the citizens that if tbsy would haws
the sidewalks put In ho would rsa>
ommend the service as soon as it waa
done. The council ssems to think
that they now have in sufficient side
walks to justify the Installation OC
the service.
The council also passed a
tion asking for bids from contractors
for buUding cement sidewalks alone
South Carolina avenue, where ths
property owners have failed or re-
fused to put them in themselves.
Among those who have not put in the
sidewalks Is Councilman DeArman
himself. However tbe city plans to
put them In and assess tbe cost
against the property and collect it
for taxes. •
All of the councilmen present ex-
cept Councilman DeArman voted for
the passage of the resolution calling
for the bids. The advertisement will
be found elsewhere in tbe Sun-Moni-
tor.
WANTED
month. Box <8, Altos,
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Following Is a list of marriage li-
censes issued at County Judge Todd's
off toe during the past week:
l&nce G. Ms,rtin, to wed Miss Fan-
ny M. Roberts, both of Mangum.
I'has. M. Norris and Miss Virgin
M. Caugbey, both of Mangum.
Willie M. Pittard and Lovle Lea,
both of Vinson.
Emmit Watts of Reed, and Mtoa
Ural M. Scivally of lVnson.
LOST—Thursday morning on road
between Powers frm south of town
nd Powers home In Magum*
Monitor office or rstarn to Miss Man
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