Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXVII.
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MANGUM. ORIIR COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. FEBRUARY 11. 1*11
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ANOTHER PIONEER
CONE TO REWARD
A death which wMwwl alike both
relatives ud Mwih. occurred la
Maagaai at 3 otlNk«tirdir
lag. whoa Marshall L. Balum.
DEFENSE LAWYERS
ARGUE DEMURRER
Of
pawed to the Great Beyond. Uncle
Ealum had been serloualy 111 tor
about a week oaly.+at for a lone time
b« haa been suffiriag with cancer
of the Mver aad his frleade and ret-
stives hare realised that he would
not mach longsr remala oa this
earth to spread good cheer aad hap-
pineea, as way ahraysifls custom.
Uncle Bstam was oaeW the truly
grand old asa of Orasr county aad
was Knowa aad Mirhd peitaaps
more people of this section that any
man who has over lived here; even
la his latter days, whoa be was suf.
ferine rraa disease, never did ho loss
the bright, cheerful disposition with
which natare had endowed him and
always It seemed that his first
thoughts were as to the happiness of
others.
In addition to his thousands
friends throughout Southwestern Ok-
lshoma, who will most keenly feel the
loss of his friendship snd kindly ad
vise, deceased leaves five children,
Mrs. M. E. Jones, of Mangum; James,
Eouis and William Ealum, who live
near Altus, and Mrs. Eliza Hill, who
lives In Missouri; In addition
these relatives he leaves a number of
grandchildren and other relatives
who mourn his death.
Uncle Ealum was born 74 yean
ago, in the state of Missouri; he
moved to Greer county, Texas, about
twenty-five years ago, locating near
t'ne old town of Frasier, now Altus.
In 1893 he moved to Mangum, having
been appointed a deputy sheriff un-
der S. H. Tittle, and continued to
live here until the time of his death;
In 1896 he was appointed register of
deeds of Greer county, after it be-
came part of Oklahoma, and was el-
ected and re-elected to that office,
holding it until 1»03. whsn he volun-
tarily- retired therefrom, 8lnce
retirement *ȣ has
txen living most of the time "here
with his daughter, Mrs. M. Jones,
but has 3pea?"a great deal df the tlma
visiting his other children.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon, t'ne remains being accom-
panied to the last resting place by
both the Masonic and Odd Fellcw
lodges, of which orders deceased was
an honored member. He was among
the .oldest members of the Masonic
fraternity in this section of the coun-
try, having been a Mason for nearly
■half a century; he took an unusual
interest In the work cf this lodge and
rarely did ne miss a meeting of it
until his health became such that he
could not attend.
The local Masonic lodge conducted
burial service at the grave, and as
the beautiful, yet simple, ceremonies
of that ancient and honored order
were pronounced, many friends in the
audience shed tears in memory of
their deceased friend and brother.
One of t'ne largest crowds to at-
tend a funeral in Mangum for years
attended his funeral, Masons, Odd
Fellows and ott.er friends coming
from several towns over Southwest
Oklahoma to pay their last respects
to his memory.
His death brings sadness to friends
snd relatives, and the Star extends
heartfelt sympathy to them, yet we
knew his spirit has entered that land
of everlasting teat and peace, tor Ms
trust was In God aad his faith was
wall
County Judge Thacker convened a
regular term of coanty court last
Monday msrnlng aad heard motions,
demurrers, default esses, aad pleas of
familiarly kaowa '<* Uacls Balum, an- Imiltjr In criminal cases, after which
swered the call of his Maker aad court was adjourned over till a later
date la this moath.
Judge Thacker In planning to bold
a jury term of oounty court along
about Marc'a ISth, and Is getting the
docket. In shspe so ss to be resdy by
that time.
About the cnty case of public la
%ere3t to be heard Monday was that
of the 8tate of Oklahoma vs. John C.
Keys, J. R. Bond, et al. This is s
esse growing out of the conspiracy
against Or. Border here last summer.
Keys Is one of the owners of the lo-
cal electric light company aad he sad
Bond are accused of taking part In
t'ne conspiracy.
Former Congressman E. L. Fulton
and J. W. Johnson, of the firm of
Burwell, Crockett St Johnson, of Ok-
lahoma City, represented the defend-
ants and presented a demurrer to the
Information. Their demurrer was ar
gued at great length both by County
Attorney Garrett and the visiting at-
torneys. Judge Thacker took the mat-
ter under advisement and will render
a decision at a later date.
For Incubators—the beat—go to F.
8. Gentry's. S« ttodv.
NEW PASTOR AT THK CENTRAL
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The new pastor called by the Cen-
tral Christian Church, Rev. Wbert
Allen Taylor. of Lawrence. Kansas,
arrived laet Saturday and began his
ministry with the Mangum congrega-
tion on 8aadav. Rev. Taylor Is a fo--
me? Oklahomaa. having fraud*ted
toons Phillips University nt Enid,
after whlca he was pastor of Chris-
tian churches nt Ornnby. Mo., and
Klngsaan. Kansas. He haa been do-
ing gradual* work la the University
of Knnsns this year aad eoaaes from
tie city.
r ai la later* a wife aad two
til Jota hi* he-* aa aa
a« they caa find a writes I« pier* to
OH! CAN THIS BE P088IBLE7
Tne socialists of Rogci Mills co-ir-
ty are already torn asunder by sttifo
and discord and one of their newly
elected officials ia being asked to
permit his resignation (which all so-
cialists are supposed to file before
they are elocted) to become effective
at once. The trouble arose over the
appointment of a republican deputy
weigher, and the charge is made that
the elected offflcial sold two appoint-
ments at 935.00 ea^b, . The county
weigher is resisting his resignation
takinasfteL WdjlalMs "kumrids" in-
sist tlaThe mult go. It is also re-
Ported that other socialist officials
•ato have made suspicions propositions to
firms to patronize them in buying
oounty snppltee providing a liberal
commission la paid tor the business,
all of which goes to show that social-
ists like other men are only human
and are as liable to seek an office for
the sole purpose of graft as members
of any other -political party. In the
meantime the citizenship of Roger
Mills county is entitled to the sym-
pathy of the outside wo-ld, even
though the condition in which they
find themselves was brought about
throug'n their own foolishness.—
Sayre Standard.
TO VISIT OUR
RURAL SCHOOLS
A number of Mangum people who
are desirous of asclatlag Miss Kate
Tsi'ry la her work of building up ti#
rural schools of Greer county
creating more Interest In school work
In the various commuaities, met at
the Central school building on Tues-
day evening and planned tc visit the
various rural school dist-lcts of the
county.
On toe occasion of these visits it Is
plsnned to provide entertainment to:
the people, some one will go along
to provide music, or some one who
will give recitations, aad some oa#
who la a speaker will accompany
them.and they.will entertain the peo-
ple. It ii to be a sort of chaatauaaa
affair and If It is possible every ru
rsl school district in the county will
b« visited.
The rural schools are making
great progreas now and Miss Terry
and those Interested In the work pro-
pose to visit them, co-operate with
them in their local entertainments
and to to3ter the growth of the com
munity spirit.
A committee consisting of Super-
intendent R. M. Caldwell, Miss Kate
Terry and Miss Alta Sawyer was ap
pointed to prepare programs for the
various meetings, and Rev. J. W.
Mc-seley is to see Mangum people who
have automobiles and see if they will
rot provide transportation to the va-
rious communities.
Nearly every one of the talented
musicians, readers or singers of
Mangum, some of whom 'nave mor>
than a local reputation, were present
and active in promoteg the work;
also our ministers and members of
the faculty of the city schools are
enthusiastic and are co-operating in
every way with Miss Terry.
These entertainments will be a
good thing for both town people and
the rural school. It will promote
goo^ fellowship between country peo-
ple and town people and will help la
building up community interest 4a
toe variofca districts.
Mangum people who have .can
could not. possibly, spend an evening
more profitably than in assisting in
work of this kind; (Miss Terry sad
those co-operating with her ought to
be encouraged to keep the good work
going.
UNCLE SAM ENTERS
A NEW BUSINESS
Get your Incubator Oil at Young
Bros. & Gut'nrle's. 34 ltadv
. DAVE GULLY WAS HERE
CANNOT ALLOW
AN OVERDRAFT
Many of the big bank failures sad
scandals connected therewith during
past years have beea, la a Ia~ge
tn-aaors, traceable to the custom of
permitting depositors to <jVtfi«lrdw
tneir accounta and tho government
officials at (Washington, who giave
charge of national baaka, liava been
growing more strict every year on
this feature.
Recently the comptroller of cur
rency, John Skelton Williams, sent a
letter to every national bank In the
country advising them that they were
absolutely prohibited from permit-
ting a customer to overdraw his ac-
eount and askiag that each bank's
beard of dkeotors pass a resolution
to this effect. Hereafter before you
write a check If you have aay doubt
as to whether you have moaey oa de-
posit to cover same, you had better
find out before you write the check
because banks sre compelled to obey
these rules.
The officisls of toe state banking
department have issued orders upon
th|s question to the state banks and
they also are prohibited from per-
mitting customers to overdarw their
accounts. As the matter now stands
none of the Mangum banks can per-
mit an overdraft so H is up to the
depositor to see that he has money
on deposit to pay his check or else
have tuem turned down for the banks
cannot violate these orders. Follow-
ing is the letter sent out by the comp-
troller of the currency:
WANTS TO WORK
THE ROADS AGAIN
Do you want a job? Uncle Sam has
entered the employment agency bus-
iness and is undertaking to find Jobs
for the jobless men; also he is under-
talcing to find men for the job3.
Recently Postmaster General Bur-
leson and the Secretary of Labor
worked out a plan whereby the gov-
ernment will take up this work us-
ing the post offices over the country
as a mean of reac'ning the people
and where tho laborers out of em-
ployment may file their applieatioos.
This week Postmaster Town send re-
ceived supplies and Uncle Sam's em-
ployment office is now ready for bus-
ass la Mangum.
If you are out of a Job aad waat
work go to the poetefflce and secure
one of th* bleaks, fill It out, aad file
It with the poatmaate-; he will tor-
ward It to the proper department and
aa soon aa the departaseat can find
place for you. you will be notified.
Blanks a~e also provided for those
bo nay waat laborers; if you aeed
Dav Gully, who for several years
was a cotton buyer on the streets of
Altus during the season, wa3 iaere
a few days ago, passing through from
Mangum to join his wife and child-
ren, who had been visiting at Brown-
wood and Quanah. Dave is now
prosperous Mangum druggist, and
says he has forsaken his first love
(cotton) entirely. Dave is one of the
best fellows in the world, and hi3
many friends are glad to know he is
succeeding in drugs.—Altus Times.
OFFERS GOOD
SUGGESTIONS
The Civic League in their meeting
of February 2nd. discussed many
plana for the future. One most prom-
inent was for beautifying the court
yard. They believe that every wake
awake citizen of Greer county will
interested In that idea. Mayor
Border haa been interviewed and haa
promised that the city will furnish
the water for irrigation, la we caa
get the pipes laid and grass sot.
Why can't Greer oounty be as en-
terprising as Jackson aad Kiowa
counties our sister counties? Each
have a much aightlier court yard
thaa we. Of course, wo have the
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, Jan. 28. <1915.
To The Beard of Directors.
Gentlemen:—The granting by some
banks of accommodations in the form
of overdrafts is objectionable and can
not be countenanced by this office.
This practice should cease entirely.
To facilitate the accomplishment of
tkia result, t'ue subject has been tak-
en up by this cffice with the banking
tmea*a <* various staftaa*. and.
£ autkovtil**;.. have gensrslly
agreed to^take the. neeefsary a£«o«r
to secure the effective lo-oppratlon
of 3tate banks la attaiaiag the end
desired.
You are requested to adopt a res-
olution directing that no' officer or
employee of your bank shall pay more
or Charge to the account of any de-
positor any check of such depositor
when there are not sufficient funds
cn deposit to the credit of tho draw-
er of the check to meet the same.
Please forward a certified cot»y of
the resolution to this office as soon
as it 'oas been adopted. Let the reso
lution show the names of the direc-
tors .present at the meeting.
Pleasie acknowledge receipt with-
out delay.
Respectfully,
JNO. SKELTON WILLIAMS,
Comptroller.
—o
Mangum, Okla, Feb. 8th, 1915.
Dear Bditor:—
It is about tlma we were prepartag
for our road ' v or king Movement.
There Is no doubt sbout the good ac-
complished last year, and from in-
quiries from farmers I believe we can
do more this year.
Now you know, and I know, that It
woa the genernl opinion among the
farmers that tho towa mea would
aot, ncr could not, get out on the
roads and do much In the way of maa
ual labor. I believe I am safe In say
Ing that illuaion has been dispelled
Everybody went on t'ne roads aad did
the best they could, and that was
good. Now oar farmers are going to
support this movement. They have
reason to believe us town fellows will
throw dirt. They sre hotter fixed for
feed this yesr thsn they were Inst
year. So far as I can learn there will
be a great deal of enthusiasm behind
the movement in the country dis-
tricts. Let us not have sny I
In town.
Let us go out Wednesday, March
3rd, and do the biggest day's work we
have ever done In a single day. The
way to get the work done is to get
ready before hand. Let'3 have a mass
meeting called at an early date and
organize our forces so that when the
day we begin rolls around we will
be ready to start at seven o'clock in
the morning. Bill Henry says he is
ready now, and that is a good start.
Joe Elliott, O. P. Elliott, P. A. Jane-
way, B. H. Squire, H. Matnewson. L.
S. Noble, C. M. Stone, R C Hannah,
Jess Gully, Lee Ewlng, J. D. Cur-
reathers, T. S. DeArman, Percy Cor-
nelius. Lee Hawkins, B. E. Davis,
Porter Pruitt, J. W. Lovett, Tom
SJatcn, C. P. Hamilton, J. E. Watts.
Ed Overstreet, J. W. Chambers, F. 8.
Gentry. J. W. -Morgan. Ashley Wil-
son, Andy Jackson, R. B. Henderson.
W. S. Bradshaw. and every other man
who if able bodied and public spirit-
ed should be interested la this move-
ment.^ There -are soma things wa
caa get 'Wat will benefit the entire
country if we only* go after thenT ~
tret's go.
Let's have a mass meeting. Let's
organize. Let's get out those shov-
els, pick3 and crowbars, and then let
us use them on the public highway.
Yours very truly,
H. E. OAKES.
REP. McCOLLlSTER
WRITES PEOPLE
Oklahoma City, Okla., Fab. 6th.
Bditor Star:—
When any oae tails you that a maa
who truly tries to repressor his peo>
pis In the legislature aad stays oa
the Job ss he should, does not do any-
thing, tell them for me that he does
not know whst ha is talklag about,
la addition to being on seven staad-
Ing committees in the house, I am at
preseat chairman of fnroe sub-com-
mittees snd on another sub-commit-
tee and, believe ms, I am havlag to
work night and day and even 8unday
to keep up. The session Is over half
finished and I ksvs not missed a roll
call, nor a committee meeting aad
hnva voted on every bill or motion
that has come up; whether I have vo-
ted right all the time, will be proven
later, but I have tried to do that at
least.
A great many bills of importaacs
have passed the house since my last
letter, so many of them that I can
hardly mention all, but the oil con-
servation measure, the pool hall bill,
regulating the pool halU In incorpor-
ated towns and villages. The genera'
insurance bill, the railroad hospital
bill and many others and today the
bill creating township and county
fairs in every county of the state.
The appropriation bills are all be*
ing thoroughly discussed and an ef-
fort is being made to hold them down
to the minimum and some cutting and
slashing will be done and a man hold-
ing a job under the state will havo
to earn his salary and there will be
no sinecures for any man.
Strong talk Is being made as to
having an Investigation of the fire in-
surance commissioner's office snd if
smoke is any indication of fire, he
certainly should be gtten a thorough
looking over; If all, right this will
set him right in the minds of th$ peo-
ple and if guil|y tlie. Should
NEWS NOTES FROM
MANGUM SCHOOLS
THE WEEK'S COURT
HOUSE HAPPENINGS
News at Greer county's court house
has been short during the week
just passed. Sheriff Henry'3 office
has been quiet; what few petty law
violators we have had among us seem
to have learned that our sheriff is
watching them aad Is always oa
guard, and if they ever fend aay in-
tention of violating the law. have evi-
dently abaadoaed it.
Couaty Superintendent Miss Kate
Terry haa received returas from t'aa
enumeration from all but about two
of the Greer county school districts.
It is important that these reports be
in her hands by February ISth or your
school district wiU lose its portion of
the apportionment of school money
during /I915. Better lcok into this
matter and see that the reports are
Placed in her 'nands. She has made
-arnest efforts thla year to obtain a
omplete en numeration of th* sehool
help, all you have to do is to fill out (trees, but the rest growa up In weeds.
t'ne blanka and they will be forward- Now that we have toe walks in. let
ed to the proper officials and Uncle!the good work go on. Let us have
~tam will endeavor to find just the' nome road working days in Mangum
kind of men you are looking for. jaa well as in the coantry. Business ' hlldrea of th* coanty for only in thla
The results of thla experiment will men help 'o grade th* court yard and, **y we obtain that portion of
b* wa:ched with Interest throughout j school children help to act the grass, ('he slate's school fund, tc whkhwe
the coantry. As yet the department Let us have some rivi* prid*. The sr* entitled. • ' - '
t»as aot attempted to work out any- jteachers aad school children In the! As an ladlcatioo of how dull thlaga
thing *ic*pt th* problem of aecariag country are beautifytag taeir Sail J !*"• at th* court aoas*. oaly two mar
Jobs for farm laborers aad laborers {lag. aad ground, which la a beautiful 'leg* llrena** have been Issaed dur
for the farm John, but ta*y export '• asatmeat la after rear* tjey will j'Mt tW peat week, aa follow. H. 3.
gradually sridea ta* scop* at the ear-1 look hark to thai tiase aad think with I '*ria. pradarteh. Oklahoma, aad Mrs.
*ks aatil an braacho* of kahcT in c*v-|pe-td*. *i helped ~ |Jma»o Howard. Maagum: E. D Dler
Karri* Maagum
Ov*caU waa at
rm laborers aad UOo.^ers lags aad ground, which la a beautiful r «a* """«
s John, bat taey esport "o |eea'meat la after roars t j*y will *ng the peat i
Idea (ho scop* at tho ear- [look hark to that tins* aad thlak with Davtn. rradsrfc
1 branches at labcr Is cev- Iprtds. *1 h*lpod " jJraal* Howart
I Now. lot aa thlak (Ms over aad do nad CoMIe Ha
a eoaathtag. Ihst th* vtstUa* pabttr Caaaty Asm
r th* Waadrsw Mattoae .ay patot w«a prtda sa ear beaattfal **»1a*asaa aad
'f ■ 1 —i ef anart yard La eo reset*, aa tor Me '"Msg taaee I
» V y I"- ** ** "VSmiTU-Ji.o—
A movement to eliminate tardles
ha3 been launc'ned by the teachers
and pupils in the Central School;
Superintendent Caldwell has prom-
ised that as soon as tardles have
been eliminated from the building (in
whic'n there are 7 hundred) for an en-
tire wee'e, additional play ground
equipment will be installed. The in-
terest is so keen in all roc-ms thnt
the unfortunate way farer who dares
come in late can scarcely withstand
the storm of disapproval from 'ni3
fellow classmate 3. The rooms that
have been perfect in punctuality dur-
ing the week are:
First Grade (three sections) MIssoh
McKinney, Davis and Melton, teach-
ers; Second Grade (one ae tlon) Miss
Kate Powera, teacher; Fourth Grade
(two sections) Misses Mary Powers
and Mnyme Watkins, teachers; Fifth
Grade (twa aecttoaa) Misses Ham'l-
toa aad Sims, teachers; Sixth Grade
(two sections) Mlnsea Reeburgh aad
Wright, teachers; Seventh Grade
(one aection) Mr. Cloud teacher.
The chapel exercise la the High
School Wednesday morning constat-
ed of Instmmentnl and vocnl music
by member* of the High School, and
scripture reading with appropriate
and interesting remarks by Mts. Mc-
Intosh.
Messrs. Henry Miller nnd George
Hall of the class of 1913 were pres-
ent. una represented their clsss in
presenting to tb« Hltfn School two
handsome picture*
M- Ward r*pr*«*nted th* High
School and in n f*w remark* *xpress-
«d *M>reclatlon at th* gtft-
TW ha»ket ball team will play *h*
a«conJ gam* with th* 1-on* -Wolf
High School, at Low* Wolf n Fri-
day night Th* hoy* defeated th*
Lao* Wolf 'earn Imi week, by a uaor*
of 4 to 1A Th* Loo* WoIT
hctds tho cbsmplsasUp tor eeath
know It
The bill for the maintenance aad
building east wlag W tho Granite
reformatory waa reported oat of the
commRtea today aad aa doubt wiM hO
paased.
The deficiency appropriation for
this institution has to come from tho
senate as by an agreement between
the two houaes the aenate has charge
of all deficiency bills coma through
there first nnd by this arrangement
we avoid double work, one bouse
having certain Institutions and tha
other the rest, and bills are intro-
duced only In one house and when
acted upon they go to the ot'ner, vice '
versa. Respt.
J. O. McCOLLlSTER.
A SUMPTUOUS DINNER
W. G. McGuire, a g-eat big whole-
souled Jolly son of Erin, celebrated
his fiftieth birthday last Sunday by
Inviting a number of hi3 friends to
dinner with him at the Caaey Cafe,
and among those present were J. M.
McCandless, Jas. Ball, Oacar Stone,
Clifford MCGuire, Wm. Hancock, and
one of the Star force.
Tho dinner wa3 heartily enjoyed
by all those present and all of the
guests hope to live and be able to
celebrate the anniversary of Mr. Mc-
Guire's birthday fifty yeara ftrom
now; though Mr. McGuire aolemnly
claima he Is fifty years old. t'oera are
many people who do not believe he
l.t that old, for he haa been known to
display mere energy nnd life thaa
many of our alxteon year old boys;
besides dividing tlma la look lag aftej
his New Mexico ranch snd hi3 Oreo?
county Interest* ha Puds time to
devote to some of Mangum's fair la-
dlea aad perhaps thla la the reason
maay peop'a suspect ho le aot so old
as 'ne claims. At aay rata MeGuIro
is a Jolly good fellow aa aay of those
who partook of his hospitality oa
Sunday will teatify. aad ha may be
fifty years old la years, but he aelth-
er looks nor nets like It.
When you have trouble with your
plumbing, call Ui. and get the best.
U tfadv F. S. GENTRY.
PLENTY OP MONEY FOR FARM
LOANS
Soe aa or call aa at oar* If you seel
ty. We are able to mak* cheap
Moot liberal
of at th* h*st rate*,
contract* aad boat optloao to
COVINGTON 0 RBOWX.
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