Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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FOR FURNITURE AND SATISFACTION GO TO J. W. LOVETT, THE FURNITURE MAN
Coasolldstes April •.1901.
-Monitor.
MANGUM, GREER CODNTY, OKtAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,
SUFFER LAPSE OF MEMORY
In County Court Last Week a Witness Failed to Remember
And Was Ordered Confined in County Jail
vot. 21. NO. 51
Last Saturday county court adjourn-
ed for the term, after having been In
session, for about ten days. During
the term several cases were tried,
and eome headway was made toward
cleaning (up the docket, but tne weath-
er has been so hot and there has .been
so much work in court lately that no
one felt like continuing the term any
longer. The next term will be held
in November.
Saturday morning Judge Todd sen-
tenced Alex Jeffries, who had
t>een convicted otf botlegging. His
penalty was assessed at sixty-five days
in jail and 9250. fine.
Glen Finley, who was a witness in
a booti^ggdng case, had a lapse of
memory last week when he was plac-
ed on the witness stand and he could
not remember anything hardly. Judge
Todd ordered him sent to jail to see
if he' couldn't refresh his memory, and
the next day his memory was still
toad. He was then fined 950 for con-
tempt. His case will be appealed.
NOTICE.
August 23, 1911.
Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma.
To the Cotton Raisers of Greer Coun-
ty:
This is to inform you that l will
weigh cotton this season at the Farm-
ers Union Warehouse cotton yard.
Youf patronage will be appreciated.
W. O. BYARS, County Weigher.
PROPOSED LIQUOR BILL.
Following is a copy of the proposed
bill which will be voted upon by the
people of Oklahoma some time during
the next year. Already the work of
securing signers to the petitions call-
ing for the election has comenced and
those in charge of the measure are
making an effort to secure 75,000
names to the petition, but it is only
necessary for them to secure 65,000.
Unlike the bill submitted last fall,
which made the incorporated cities
and towns the unit, this bill makes
the county the unit, but auows incor-
porated. cities and towns tne right to
pass upon the question separately. In
other words the cities can' not vote
whiskey on all the rest of tne county,
NEIGHBORHOOD HAPPENINGS BOYS PRODUCED GOOD CORN
News from Every Scction of Old Greer as Told by The
Sun-Monitor's Special Correspondents
VINSON VISITOR.
Our community is needing rain very
much to hold up late feed and cotton.
Mr. Homer Hughes and wife are
proud parents of a fine girl.
Mr. Elmer Lathem and wife are
the happy parents of a fine 10 pound
girl, born the 4th.
Mr. O. B, Willis has made quite an
improvement to the town o- Vinson—
a new hardware and implement house,
which will be a great benefactor to
our town.
Cotton picking is the order of the
day now. The gins are getting busy.
Mr. Pence has returned from an ex-
tended visit to his old home in In
diana. He reports a great time.
Mr. Frank Heath of Mangum was
tary, Stella Sorrell. Enrollment com-
mittee: Roy Covington, Lucy Hukill,
Dora Mason, Ruth Sorrell, Audra Han-
son, Fannie Thompson. Program com-
mittee: W. E. James, Hendrix Pick-
ett and Jim .Kirby. The Union will
meet every Sunday evening at 7
o'clock. Let all the young people
come and take part in these services.
Earnest Martin is up from his re-
cent illness.
Cotton picking is beginning to claim
the attention of the farmers now.
FARMER BILL.
Exhibits at Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Meeting Here Last
Week Aroused Interest-List of Winners
THE LAW IS EFFECTIVE.
Eye Glass Fakirs are Rapidly Being
Run Out of the State by the
Optometry Law.
mangum, r. f. d. 4.
neither can the rest of the county pre-jout us 1]» his car Saturday and
vent the people of the cities from. bunda>r- Come again Frank; we like
having the licensed saloon if they so'to 8ee y°u hfcve a good time.
TROUBLE AT THE
WATERWORKS PLANT.
Centrifugal Pump at the New Well
Has Been Out of Commission
8ince Friday and Crippeld
Plant.
, The water works has been running
under a great handicap since last Fri-
day, when the pump at the new well
bl'bkts. They have been pmaping the
water out of the new well into the
old one and then pumping it from
there.to the stand pipe, but something
went wrong with the pump and we
have been forced to rely upon the
supply of the- old well, and as a result
the pressure has nt been very low.
In many parts of the city the pressure
has not been great enough to force
the water through the pipes to the
second story of buildings, and it has
caused great inconvenience.
. Tuesday a pump was fixed up and
a gasoline engine attached bui it fail-
ed to work, and yesterday a steam en-
gine was attached.
the pressure has been very low.
gine was attached, which also has so
far failed to work.
Mrs. Pumroy Chambless, of Reed,
Oklahoma, is visiting Mr. T. D. Beau,
and is under the treatment of Dr.
Bennett. She has been sick for some
time but we are giad to learn is bet-
ter now. We hope she is on a rapid
road to recovery.
MAY BEE.
HESTER HAPPENINGS.
desire. The proposed bill expressly
provides that the laws now in force
shall remain in force until the legis-
lature passes laws vitalizing the new
section of the constitution, should it
be adopted. Following is the copy of
the bill:
Be It Enacted By the People of the
State of Oklahoma:
Subdivision A—That the constitu-
tion of the State of Oklahoma be and "
the same is hereby amended by re-! The Baptist meeting began here Sat-
pealing section seven of article one of urday a- m*' conducted by Rev. Brink
said constitution styled "prohibition; of Kansas-
Article submitting the same separate-1 Mr" 114X8 Wai"pler, of Duke, has
ly to a vote of the people," and which b€€n visiting tr1*n<ls near Hester,
was submitted to a separate vote of Several of the Hester people attend-
the people and adopted by the people ed the Sunday Scho°' Convention at
of the State of OKlahoma at the gen- Man«um Saturday.
oral election on September 1<, 1907, ^lr' Watts, of Guthrie, has
as a part of the constitution of the' b€en vislting his Bister, Mrs. E. A.
state, and which relates to the man- Ktrk'
ufacture, barter, giving away, trans- Mlsse8 Minnie and Anna Kirk were
portation of, or otherwise furnishing Ehopping in Mangum Saturday,
of intoxicating liquors within the Mlss Ne",e Maddox took dinner
State of Oklahoma, and that said sec- with Miss Sampler near Mar-
tion,|8even cf article one and said sep- tha"
The Baptist meeting commenced at
Hester Saturday night.
Pierce Wpinack of Tahoka, Texas,
visited at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. G. F. Doughty, last week.
Miss Dora Chapman is on the sick
list this week.
J. w. Young and family of Reed are
visiting relatives on the Route this
week.
The Sunday Schools on the Route
were very well represented at the
convention in the city Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs. c. M. Deer of Lott, Texas, Is
One of the progressive laws passed
at the recent session of the state leg-
islature, which was in a sense experi-
mental, is proving to be a success nd
the conditions in the state, as regards
the sale ot eye glasses, seems to he
considerably improved. Senator Wll-
i liams, of Weatherford, fathered a bill
i in the last legislature which had for
its object the elimination of traveling
peddlers of eye glasses and placing
the practice of optometry on the same
The boys and girls of Greer, Jack*
son and Harmon counties, hare
onstrated that they can raise goo*
corn under adverse conditions, even
If their parents can not succeed. At
the meeting of the boys and girls cora
growing club held here Friday and
Saturday of last week, the exhibits
were remarkable not so much for the
number of them but for the high
quality of the individual exhibits.
There were more and better exhibits
than there were at the county lair
last year, and had the meeting boon
held a little earlier there is no doubt
but what the number of exhibits
would have been much greater, and
that the attendance would have been
much larger. As it was, though,
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of the human body. The law was con-
sidered stringent in that it provided a
fine and imprisonment for any one
who sold optical gods at a place other
than an office or regular place of bu-
siness but this feature seems to be the
most successful Item in the bill. For
years Oklahoma has been a harvest
held for traveling opticians who sold
all kinds of glasses and fitted aU kinds
arate article cf the constitution be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Up to Legislature.
Alma Kirk spent Sunday with Miss
Kegina Williams.
We are grieved to learn of the death
of Mrs. J. c. Collier, of Martha. Our
Subdivision B-The legislature at ** W"h h*r bereaved r*la'
its next session shall enact laws per-
wanted
Good team mares, or mule team,
harness and wagon, in exchange for
business and furnishings of splendid
hotel, in good county seat town.
For particulars address
P. O. BOX NO. 243,
51-2*
mitting and regulating the sale and
manufacture of intoxicating Lquors in
this state. The legislature at its next
session shall enact such laws as will
permit, at a general or special elec-
tion the qualified electors of o.ii tha.
part of any county in this state that
live within the boundaries of such
county and outside the corporate lim-
its of all incorporated cities, towns
and villages in such county to allow
and permit or forbid the manufacture,'
sale, bartering, giving away or other-
tives.
Miss Pearl Jenkins spent Saturday
night with Miss Hallie Wooldridge.
Several of the Martha people were
at Hester Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Hayes, of Texas, has been vis-
iting her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Smith.
Miss Linnie Peters spent Sunday
with Miss Thirza Wicker.
SUNUEAM.
visiting at the home of her son, J. sJ of ocu,ar troubles. Complaints were
Deer. | made aH over the state by people who
Mr. and Mrs. VV. H. Givens are had been "8tung" by some traveling
visiting relatives on the Route Sun-1takir and ln many cases serious injur-
day. |,€8 to the vision had resulted. The
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Watts jf Tem-! Btate authorities had investigated
pi, Texas, have moved to Greer and! many complalnts and Had never been
are now at the home of their daugfc- abIe to meet the situation owing to
t^r, Mrs. E. A. Kirk. the factt hat there was no law appli-
Miss Myrtle Anderson came home ca,ble- Williams, of the state
Sunday after visiting at the home of S€nate> who had been concerned ln
her uncle, at Cyril, Oklahoma, last other medi<:al f^ts in the legislature,
week. while a physician, had long observed
Mr .Henry has the road in good the need for th,s klnd of legislation
shape east of the city to J. D. »Mar- and at the 'lft8t 8es8lon introduced a
tin's place. Sandy hills disappear 1)111 coyering the practice of optome-
like snow on a warm day before that try* wWch WM H»S*ed, The bill pro-
of his,. v vid€d fPr th« appointment of a State
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Moseley of Lott, Hoartl t>,: Opfbmetiy and BBeattU* rfWC-
Texas, visited at the home of J. K.1 tlve August Governor Cruce
of
REED, ROUTE 4.
Andrew McCutcheon this week re-
ceived a letter from Speaker Champ
Clark which we publish below. Mr.
McCutcheon last week took a poll of
the democrats of Mangum to ascer-
tain their choice for president and
wrote Clark a letter telling him of
the results and following is .ur.
Clark's reply:
Speakers Room,
House of Representatives,
Washington, Sept. 1, 1911.
Mr. Andrew McCutcheon,
Mangum, Oklanoma.
Dear Mr. McCutcheon: I thank you
very much for your kind leuer of Au-
gust 28th. While I have never brotch
ed the subject of the presidency to
any human being, 1 deeply appreciate
the Interest my friends are taking in
the matter. In some places they are
even forming Clark for President
clubs. I believe the first one was
tormed in Oklahoma more than a year
ago.
Cordially your friend.
CHAMP CLARK
Hurrah for Reed's young farmers,
wise furnishing of intoxicating liquors We learn that Lenard Penley took
in all of the territory within such first prize and Mies Jessie Lee Grag-
county, by a majority vote thereon of son second on cotton at the a»ricul-
the qualified electors of such county; 1 tural meet at Mangum last Friday and
and the legislature at its next sess'on ' Saturday.
shall enact such laws as shall permit1 Mr. Henry Robertson is* building a
the quautied electors of any incorpor i new barn on his farm.
ated city, town or village in this! Township Trustee, R. B. Wetsel,
s'ate to allow and permit or forbid; and Road Boss Cox, are putting in
Mangum, Oklahoma ! ^ manufacture' 8a'e. barter or giv-! some iron culverts at the Dean school
j 118 away of intoxicating liquors with- house this week.
in the corporate limits of such city,,! The Reed gin has put out 14 bales
town or village by a majority vote' of cotton to date.
tbereon of the qualified electors of' Mise Eubanks, from Texas is work-
such city, town or village at a general! ing in the Postofflce now.
or special election; and until suchi A. H. Higgins, of Route 4 went to
time as the legislature shall enact j Mangum Tuesday with a load of sor-
laws in conformity to the foregoing,! gbum molasses from his mill,
the laws enacted heretofore by thej Houston Faulkner, of Reed, entered
legislature of this state" forbidding school at Mangum Monday.
appointed W. K. Grady, of Stillwater,
W. B. Hale of Weatherford and H. D.
Brandt of Cherokee. The law provid-
es that no one can practice optometry
without a license and that license can
be obtained only by examination or
exemption. Since the state board was
organized two examinations have been
| h6ld and 125 examined. The optome-
j trists engaged In the legitimate prac-
I tice have given the law their best sup-
W. J. Roberts is on a prospecting port and in that remarkably short
M. A. Copeland and li. F. Ha'-rls, time the fakir 1138 practically
witli .tUJr families, atten.JM th? f..n-; driven °'ut cf th€ state. One feature
cm cf j J. c. Colin- at Marital of the biu which is very ««ective is
•Monday. jthat the license must be segistered
Mrs. Dora Hambright is visiting with the ccunty clerk 01 tne county,
relatives at Mangum this week.- ( the sarae as a P&y3ician's license.
Elder W M. Powell and j-I. L. I Througlx the press the people are also
Eaves attended the Baptist associa- i b€ccming acquainted with the fact
Peoples and other relatives on the
Route last week.
Joe Chapman and Levi Williams
left Tuesday for Lott, Texas.
If someone would mail calendrs
which show the legal Holidays it
would save some of the patrons
going to the boxes on those days.
MANGUM, R. F. D. 2.
ty.
Following is a list of the winners
of prizes:
Best ten esrs of corn—Dewey Chas>
taine, |5.00; 2nd, Willie Wortmafton,
12.50. Best sample kaffir corn—JMyr.
tie Lackey, Blair, 12.00; 2nd, Arthur
Clampitt, Granite, S1.00. Best saat>
pie milo maize—Offle Best, M»nr.»
>2.00; 2nd, Katie Longmire,
Route 2, ll.oo. Best cotton—Leonard
Pehley, Reed, Route 4, $2.00; 2a4,
Jessie Lee Gregson, Reed. |100.'
Best canned fruit—Myrtle Grant. Dry
den. Route 1. 92.00. Beat tomatoes—
Orian McMath, Reed, 92.00. Bast
watermelon—Custer Cowan, Mangum,
Route 1, 92.00.
Following is a list of those wkS
were awarded a special prise of 91.0# -i
each: *
wiibum Jenkins, Herman R
Dennis Talley, Joe Gibson. John
son, Iris Bills, Charley Bills,
Cunningham, J. fc.
Park, Burl
Perryinan, Frank Venabte.
Barker, Frank and Gus Huglia.
and Haskell Pruitt, Frank and
ward Walling, fclyde Harris,
Cheek, Charley Anderson and T. 8.
Boyd. There were four or five ot
those who were awarded prizes who
took away their exhibits before
Jackson secured the tags ahd
names of the exhibitors, and
prizes will be held until they get
names. If any of those whose "n
appear in this list, or who had entrtea,
fail to get their prizes within the next
few days, write Mr. B. M. Jackson,
Mangum, Oklahoma, giving your mm
and postoffice address.
Following is a letter from Mr.
Jackson:
tion at Reed last week.
Woodford Strother and Earl Mc-
Kinzie left Saturday for Commerce,
Texas, where they will enter college.
that it is unlawful for a
CLARK SAYS "THANKS."
the manufacture, bartering, giving
away or otherwise furnishing of intox-
icating liquors shall remain in fUn
force and effect, but immediately
thereafter shall stand repealed and be
of no effort.
Subdivision c—If the foregoing con-
tained in subdivisions A and B shall
be adopted by the qualified electors
of this state, then all of that which is
contained in subdivision B shall be
snd become a part and portion of the
constitution of tbe State of Oklahoi
and shall be known and designated as
article one. section seven, of said con-
stitution .
Well as this is my first, attempt will
stop to see where thie lands by wish-
ing success to the Monitor and its
many readers.
UNCLE JOSH.
(Come every week. We will be
very glad to hear from Route 4, reg-
ularly.
fakir to come to the house and ped-
dle his wares and they are gradually
leaving the state. Another feature
Elder J. J. Risinger filled his reg-! whlch Proteots tlle Interests of the
ular appointment at Mt. View Sun-! peop,€ ls that with each bill of opti-
day. 1 cai goods the optometrist is required
W. m. Davidson of Elmer is visiting 1 to giv;e th€ customer a "Bill of Pur-
at the borne of his parents, Mr. and ' chase on a specified form authorized
Mrs. J. R. Davidson, this week. | b ythe state The faklr cannot legally
Mr. and 'Mrs. Lige Emmerson left! U8e thal form and tbe warnings which
Monday for their home in Dibble, Ok- bave been glV€n peop,e are making
Mangum, Okla., Sept. G, l»li. •
I take this opportunity to thank the
traveling [ bankers and business men of Matt*
gum for their loyal support of our
work in putting up the prizes, and
we will try to show our appreciation
by giving you a good entry Hat at
the county Fair.
To the Bays snd Girls:
V B. (.'launch arrived home t*e lat-
ter part of .ast week from Colorado
where be has been visiting during the
summer.
ALFALFA SEED FOR SALE.
Over 2w bushels 01 choice alfalfa
•eed for sale at 99-50 per bushel.
Guaranteed to be pure seed, free from
Russian thistle sad other weeds J.
H. Sullivan. Mangum. Oklahoma.
Route 3. Phone s b a on 2200.50-4
RUSSELL RAMBLINGS.
lahoma.
John Goss of the Pott country, Is
back transacting business.
Miss Mabel McReynolds entered
school at Mangum Monday.
Mrs. W. O. Fox of Mangum, accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs. French, of
Dawson. Texas, spent' Thursday or
last week at the home of T. B. Mc-
Reynolds.
J. A. Wheeler is picking on his
fourth bale of cotton and thinks he
MANGUM, R. F. D. 1.
Miss MeII Nelson returned home
Mrs. D. T. Flood has returned trom | Sunday after an extended visit to ber
a visit to her mother, Mrs. T. B. Rob-| uncle, Mr. Geo. Nelson and family.
erts, at ^Middling, Texas.
Those who attended the Baptist as-
sociation at Reed last week report a
pleasant time. The association goes
to Brinkman next-year.
The farmers on this Route have be-
gun cutting feed and picking cotton.
The Methodist revival meeting be-
gan at Center Point last Sunday.
buslfaess slack for the traveler. An-
otuer feature which is making the ped-
dler fight shy of Oklahoma is that
there is a reward offered by tbe state
board to any one who reports a fakir
who is convicted.
These reports can be made to any
licensed optometrist or to any mem-
ber of the state board. The reward
goes to the person reporting the ped-
dler and not to the optometrist. The
penalty for practicing without a li-
cense Is 925.00 <0 9100 fine and 30 to
S>0 days in jail, or both.
Remember to get your corn. Kalr,
maize or cotton ready by 4e 16th, m
that we will have plenty of time to gat
it to the state Fair and get it plinsd.
You have been told where to send ft
in your respective counties, bnt of
you can send it to me, or direct to tto
Fair easier than to the designated
Places that will be alright. If you
send it direct to tbe Fair prepay tfca
express on it.
B. M. JACKSON.
CALL FOR UNION MEETING.
BOYS GROW GOOD CORN.
Our attention was called Friday
morning in the court bouse to some
samples of corn that bad been brought
in by Frank and Edward Walling, ag-
Mangum. Okla., "feept. 6.—Saturday
was a great day in Mangum, threa
meetings to be pulled off, the Sunday
Schol Convention, the Farmers' Inatl*
tute and the Farmers' Cnion. Tfcs
first two mentioned was a success, so
tbe union, not wanting to interfere
postponed their meeting until lata#.
Now you are called to meet Saturday,
the lStto of September at 10 o'clock.
Bro. Roberts of Hotiis is assisting1 community attended tbe S'inday
Bro. Gutledge in a protracted meet-! School convention at Mangum.
* 1™ 7 „ ed 10 *nd 12 years respectively. These at the assembly room of the court
- large number of people from this boys certainly have had good success house in Mangum. AU men whohav*
tag hero. The tent ia located south
of Russell on Bro. McAfee's place.
Lsst Sunday evening the following
©Boers were elected at the B. y. p.
U.: President. Gordon Woods; vice-
president, Willie Henderson; secre-
Mr. J. B. Spruill returned lsst Sst-
I'tdsy from s prospecting trip to the
vicinity of Corpus Christi, Texss.
Mrs. Will Slatoo snd children siv
(Continued on Page 5, Column S.)
wRb their corn, anrt while they only
raised one acre, they worked It well.
This one acre of corn was plowed four
times, snd hoed once. These boys
will some ot these daya be expert farm
ers, and if they have as good success
in the future as they had in raising
corn, they will no doubt be rich men.
has*
ever belonged to the order are urged
10 be present. There ts ing>ortaat bo*
■taees for you to consider We ata»
Invite the Harmon county union t»
meet with us. Brethern don't fail to
J. B. SPREl'LL,
J. M. PRICK T.
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