Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1913 Page: 1 of 6
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Mangum Weekly Star.
VOLUME XXVI.
300,000
GAYNOR'S BODY
•IX PAGES MANGUM. GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. OCTOBER 30. 1S13.
1UE AUTHORITIES PAYS A BIG UFE~
SUSPECT FOUL PLAY INSURANCE POLICY
CHILD BORN MONDAY EVENING STATE REPRESENTATIVE OP NA-
TO YOUNG LADY SOUTH OP TIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM-
CITY—THE AUTHORITIES FEAR .('ANY HERE TUESDAY — PAID
FOUL PLAY. i $11.00 TO ESTATE W. H. JACOBS.
•IX PAGES
No. 19
Through a solid mass of humanity which backed the streets, regard
less of the drlxsllng rain, sixteen horses, led by eight firemen and eight
policemen, drew the pageant car on which rested the flag-draped coffin con
taining the remains of Mayor W. J. Oaynor of New York to Trinity church,
where the funeral services were held. The first figure near the hearse on
the right is Former President W. H. Taft.
CARTER COTTON ! EVENTS AT THE
COMES TO MANGUM
DURING THE PAST WEEK MAN
GUM RECEIVED 924 BALE8 OFF
WAGONS—TOTAL TO DATE IS
3,200—LAST YEAR 7,080.
And still Mangum's reputation as a
cotton market is growing. The farm-
ers living in this section of the coun-
try are rapidly learning that tne cot-
ton buyers here are paying toem the
top market price for their cotton.
This is best attested by the fact that
farmers are here almost every day
from quite a distance with cotton,
some of them living much nearer otn-
er towns than they are to Mangum.
TMs morning a party of twelve or
fifteen farmers who l*ve near/Carter
brought 46 bales to the market here.
This cotton 'aad been stored in the
yard at Carter, but the farmers were
Dot satisfied with the price paid by
the Carter buyers, so Wednesday they
loaded it o- wagons and brought it to
Mlangum. The cotton was of fairly
good grade.
Mlangum buyer3 can De depended
upon to pay all that cotton is worth,
and this being a very sfcet crop year,
most farmers are anxious to get all
their cotton is worth.
Cotton is being marketed pretty
rapidly now and It ies more tan likely
that the bulk of It will have been mar-
keted within the next few weeks. The
receipts tola year are far below what
they were at this date last year. One
reason for this however, has been the
fact that we have had considerable
rain and had weather this fall while
last fall the weather was Ideal for
pioklng and marketing cotton. Anoth-
er reason la the fact that the crop
this year is poor and picking is much
slower than usual.
The price reached high mark of the
season during the latter part of last
week, 14c. and some of it just a bit
more. Monday however the price be-
gan to decline and ever since has been
declining a few points every day.
Wednesday noon the price ranged
fi»m 13c to 13 l-2c. In the judgment
ol practically all of the Mangum buy-
ers the price will go to 15c per pound
before tlbe close of the season. It is
anticipated that cotton will be brought
in more rapidly since we have had
frost than It has heretofore. The yield
this year is going to be far below
what it was last year, but Just how
much less nobody knows.
ATTENTION FARMER#
Believing that we are due our
patrons the rery best service possi-
ble to be gained by long years of ex-
perience In the gin buslnesa. we are
pleased to announce to the farmers
that, in addition to a thorough over
hauling and replacement with new
machinery wherever needed of an al-
ready modernlr equipped ginnery, we
have installed what Is conceded to
be by all who hare used or seen the
Machine work, one of the greatest
inventions of the age for successful
handling of dirtr. trashy. boll cotton
This marhiae is called the S" Loals
boll extractor aad its mission is to
finish the Job begua by the field pick
«r* easely, separate all dirt, traeb
aad barr* fwa tbe rottoe before de
liter? to gte Haa4» A ti waste ma!
ter takes oat of tbe cottoa la csattf
*4 oeutde of tbe gta beeee. tbe ctaaa
ad cotton Is M directly tato ro i boi
COURT HOUSE
HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST
WEEK AT THE COURT HOUSE
WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT IN-
TEREST YOU.
Business is perhaps duller in most
departments at the court house than
it has been for many years at this
time of year. Fact of t'je matter is
there is hardly anything of news val-
ue that happens there these days.
Both the justices Putnam and Tur-
vey, are taking life easy with only a
few civil cases to hear once in awhile.
Sheriff Tittle and his force, while
keeping a close watch for evil doers,
do not find anything of any Impor-
tance.
Mrs. Watkins and deputy Miss Glas-
cock, are pretty busy releasing mort-
gages and recording new ones. Mr.
Hearne keeps selling a few hunters'
licenses along, and aside from this
there Ivsery little doing in his office.
Some of the merchants In Mangum
are co-operating with Mr. Hearne In
his efforts to keep Greer county mon-
ey in our county treasury by* selling
hunters' licenses for him.
County Treasurer Hall and Deputy
Louis Tittle are collecting a little
1912 taxes along. During the past
month they have collected something
like $9,COO. Next week the sale of real
estate In Greer county upon which the
1912 taxes have not been paid will
take place. Tttls week 1s the last
week so If you (have not paid your
1912 taxes on your real estate you
had better hurry, unless you want to
pay a great big per cent of interest
upon same.
District Clerk McCutcl'eon being in
Dallas, his wife, Mrs. McCutcheon Is
holding down the office in his place,
and she is doing a good job of it, too.
■County Attorney Garrett has nothing
much to disturb his quietitude these
days.
Judge Thacker has Issued only two
marriage licenses during the past
week, tihe fortunate couples being J.
G. Culwell and Alice M. Loyd, Jester,
Oklahoma: Elbert Scott and Helen
Flora Tyler, of Reed. Oklahoma. Aside
from this he has done nothing much
except work on the records, an^ these
he Is getting in fine shape.
Monday evening a doctor from Mar-
tha was called to see a young lady liv-
ing soup:: of Mangum, but when he
arrived he found that she had given
birth to a child, but there was no
child to be seen. He reported the fact
to the county health officer at Man-
gur who in turn reported to the
county attorney's office, and yester-
day afternoon County Attorney Gar-
rett and Sheriff Tittle made a trip to
the place where tfhe family lives and
mad" investigation.
The young lady admits having given
birth to the child but dees not know
what became of it after it was born.
Her father, according to the story
told the officials, knew absolutely
nothing of the matter.
The officers made a thorough search
of tihe premises but could find no
trace of what disposition had been
made of the child's body. The officers
will make another trip to the place
tomorrow, wnen it is possible some
arrests will be made. As yet no war-
rants have been issued.
J. H. Johnson, who Is state manager
for the National Life Insurance Co., of
! Vermont, and who resides at Oklaho-
i rat City, was here Tuesday and while
I here paid off a $11,000 life insurance
I policy upon the life of W. H. Jacobs
who died here recently as the reiult
of a gun tffcot wound.
This U one of the largest life insur-
ance policies ever paid in this section
of the country, and the settlement wast
prompt, and satisfactory. That is one
of the characteristics of this company,
prompt i>ayment of losses and fair
treatment.
Mr. Johnston has been associated
with The National for a number of
, years, but before he became Identified
| with this company, and while identi-
1 tied with another one, he had the dir. -
Unction of .paying off the first old line
insurance policy ever paid here. This
was twelve years ago, and ever since
that time he has made frequent trips
to Mangum, and is well known here to
many of our people.
PRESIDENT WILSON CASTING
BALLOT
President Wilson, for ths first time since March 3, returned to his
Princeton homo to participate in the recent primary eleetlon at which Gov-
ernor Fielder was nominated for the offlce to which he succeeded President
Wilson. Tbe picture shows President Wilson In the act of placing his ballot'
In the box.
FOR SALE OR TRADE—Good sec-
ond-hand automobile in good condi-
tion. CUNNINGHAM & DICKEY,
Ptone 1C5. 19tfadv
Your coal bill goes a long way when
burned in Cole's Hot Blast Heaters.
They are fuel savers. 19-1't adv
j FOUND—On S. Pennsylvania ave
nue. a pair of gold nose glasses. C|ll
at Star office and pay for this notice
and receive same. 19-lt adv
| LOST—One fur neck piece, south-
east of Mangum between Bob Ander-
! sons and W. W. Grimes. Return to W.
' A. Douglas and receive reward.
19-lt pd
NEWS OF INTEREST OVER CO.
Happenings of Interest During the
Past Week as Reported by Star's
Special Correspondents in the Var-
ious Communities.
TO CORRESPONDENTS. In ord er to be sure tlhat your letters will be
printed it is absolutely necessary that your letters be mailed not later than
Tuesday, so they will reach Mangum not later than Wednesday. We can
not publish the paper on time if we can not get the copy early, and we
must have your correspondence by W ednesday noon in order to be of any
service to u». , ^
One other thing. In writing letters to the Star confine your letters to
telling the news. If you want to express iyour opinions on dancing or
other tnlngs wTlte It In a. separate letter and sign your full nam© to It, else
It will not be published at all.
At
coot «• ter* In-
stalled four of these great machines
and we Invite nil farmers and others
Interested to call and see ths 8t.
Louis Boll Extractors In operation-
Custom ginning has always been our
specialty and we guarantee satisfac-
tion in every detail. Special atten-
tion given to the catching of clean
planting seed free from burrs and
dirt. We run two sides. We gin
your picked cotton on one and your
boll on the other and fiat keeps tbe
man with his picked cotton from set-
ting the other man's boll sample,
wiirh you get where the boll and
picked cotton are all ginned oa the
same stands Give us a trial and
see If we do not give ron tbe be*t
gin service yon bare had. We clean
I be gin good every algbt before quit-
tint
Tbaaklag yon la adinai i tor yowr
5«af masse Rnvmhllt
TlMBMvT * TICKER
Two Marks East
of Stsaiv c Itndv
tor tbe Stsr_fi.it
BLAKE BLATINQS.
Carpenter Gin Company passed the
five hundred last week. This Is more
than they expected to get the entire
season when they commenced ginning.
Mrs. Julia Busby Is visiting uer sis-
ter, Mrs. W. O. Northcutt this week.
The little boy of Mr. and Mrs. John-
son Is very sick with dlptherla.
Miss Fannie Thompson and Brother
Billy visited friends in Reed Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. E. J. Parkey of Russell and
Mrs. Lizzie Johnson were visitors at
the home of Walter Johnson last Sun-
day.
p. M. Morrow made a business trip
to the community near Duke Monday.
Willie Roberts is up and about but
still a little weak.
UNCLE NICK.
MANGUM ROUTE 2.
Mt. A. T. Perry man was In Mangum
on business Monday.
S. G. Wed die of Elmer visited at the
(home of his daughter, Mrs. A. W. Per-
ryman several days last week.
J.A Houpe Is reported on the sick
list.
J. If Longmlre had the misfortune
to dislocate one of his shci Mers last
week while shocking nwghum.
N. B Dial snd H. L En*- * left Sun-
day for Tulsa where they -rill attend
the dry farming congress
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Simson are at-
tending the fair at Dallas.
Some of tbe farmers oomplsin that
their alfalfa baa been badly damage**
by worms
Mrs E 8 Roberta of Indiahoma left
for "er home Monday after a sbor*
visit with her mother Mrs M A Kee-
aedy
J. O Crisp had tbe misfortune to
breeh <*»e of bis ringers Tbatndsy j
while working ssi bis bay
V N Klmmer was ta Mangum with
(st'«s Saiertay
Was Jessie (Mb? of Kltda New!
k, Is vtwttag at tbe hems at heri
Mrs ti W. Mania
Clark was la Mangum ■«*!
Hester Happenings.
Wylle Lambert and H. T. Wicker
attended the State Fair at Dallas,
Texas, last week.
Mr. Marvin Hogan who has just re-
turned from the U. S. Army is visit-
ing friends aad relatives.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Gildhirlst, a
girl, on the 26th.
Mrs. Tom Flndley and two sons of
Springfield, Missouri, are visiting M.
H. Little.
Several cases of whooping-cough is
reported here. Mr. War re Radney's
baby is in a serious condition.
The Missionary Society met at Mrs.
R. A. Farmers last Monday.
Boll pulling is in full sway In our
part of t)he community.
Dennis Talley has returned from
Vinson, Oklahoma, where he has been
working for the past two weeks.
MVs. 8. R. Helms left for different
points in Arkansas last Tuesday.
Miss Mattie Foraker spent Sunday
with Miss Nellie Maddux.
Wheat la growing fine. It is making
splendid pastures.
Rev. J. E. Kirk will fill his regular
appointment Saturday and Sunday.
CITY COUNCILMEN MANGUM MEN AID
TO GET NO PAY FREDERICK PEOPLE
SUPREME COURT OF OKLAHOMA
HOLD COUNCILMEN IN CITIES
OF FIRST CLA8S NOT ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE PAY.
MANGUM MEN WEN TTO FRED*
ERICK THIS MORNING TO AS-
SIST IN FINDING DEAD BODIE8
IN CITY WELL.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court in
July iheld that councilman serving in
a city of tbe first class in the state of
Oklahoma were not entitled to receive
any compensation whatever for their
services. The case decided was that
of Johnston versus Carrico, from
Oklahoma City. Johnston was serv-
ing as a city councilman in Oklahoma
C'ty and received a warrant for hie
services, presented same to Carrico
who was city auditor, and he refused
to honor same or to pay It. Johnson
sued a writ of mandamus to compel
him to (honor it, but the court refused
to sustain it, and on appeal the su-
preme court sustained the lower court,
holding that councilmen were entitled | badly injured, with the probabilities
to no pay under our statutes. that one would die. Following is an
In Mangum our councilmen for sev- i account of the accident taken from
eral years have been paid at the rate one of the latest papers:
of $50 per year for their services and j Frederick, Ok Is., Oct 28.(Special)—
to our knowledge no one has ever Ml. A. Dean, former mayor of Freder-
complained of the salary Iting too lick; Jt O. Wagoner, former chief of
much, or that the councilmen did not police, and three other men were kill-
earn it. The fact of the matter is it, ed and two seriously injured hero
is a hard matter to get good men to Tuesday morning In a cavein of many
serve on the council, and probably tfbe ! tons of brick wall, concrete, derrick
salary would be no Inducement what- work, wooden timbers and dirt at a
ever to them. City Attorney Powers I new wall being constructed at the city
In talking with a Star man this week | waterworks plant. The men
Yesterday afternoon County Judge
Thacker received a telephone call |from
Councilman Burkhardt at Frederick,
asking him to send a force of men
from Mangum down to Frederick to
assist ttoe people there in locating the
bodies of tbe men who were burled in
the cave-in in the city well Tuesday.
The call came too late to secure the
men so they could go on the evening
train south, but Mlarshal Tueton and
Night Marshal Burden secured a force
and they went doWn this morning.
As stated before, the cave-In oc-
curred early Tuesday morning, and
resulted in the dent)h; of five men al-
most instantly, while two others were
seemed to be of the opinion that the
city could recover all the salaries paid
to councilmen In years gone by, hut
thought it would be a had policy to
undertake It and hardly thought he
down in the well, thirty-i-ve feet from
t)he surface, constructing a brick can-
ing when the accident occurred.
The dead:
Mont A. uean, SO yearn of age, con-
JESTER NEWS
D. C. Jester and wife and Mrs. Pon-
der from Reed left Sunday for Dallas,
to attend tbe fair.
L. J. SAcMInn snd fsmily visited
with Wm Echols Sunday afternon.
'Mm. John Cowsn spent Monday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Poer
Meda Peevey spent Saturday night
with Monett Houck.
Mr* W J Brown and Mrs W. P
Houck were shopping Is Mangum Sat -
urdny.
Mr* W. I* WalUrh sad children
speat Friday afternoon wle. Mr* Jobs
Cowan
Dr. Poer Mr R H aad < barter
Head*? and wife were shopping la
Maaswm Monday
MARR1K1* Ai tbe Methods*
rharrh at l» C Ssatay MgbC bhr
CwtsteH ant Ml** MkUie Unyt We
wtab tar the yoang c oapis n long sat
prwsprrewe Hto
A L Routes and family. C. D P»-
(Cswtiesst e* Page X CMsss 1|
would take any action 1" the matter, tractor; J. O. Wagoner, 45 years of
Surely it would not be for the age, assistant foreman; John Odell,
best Interests of the city to stir up a laborer; Robert Wilson. laborer;
muddle over this affair, for everybody George S. Wlells, laborer.
knows we have officers who esrn ev- Those injured were:
ery cent of the money, and we do not Alva Dean, son of M. A. Dean, legs
bedleve there is a citizen of the city crushed; Oliver H. Brewer, laborer,
who would begrudge them the salary chest crushed, internal Injuries, may
The fact of the matter is they are paid die.
toe little in proportion to the time None of the bodle8 of the dead men
and work required. j had been recovered at a Iste hour
o —. Tuesday night, although 'hundreds of
The fourth quarterly Conference for I volunteer laborers were working In an
Mangum Circuit will be held at Wes- I effort to remove the debris from the
ley Chapel Saturday and Sunday. Pre- , well.
siding Elder Mitchell wiH preach Sat- | Alva Dean was Imprisoned by tim-
urday 11 a. m. and Sunday 11 a m. bera and brie*, and while able to move
Conference 2 p. m. Snturday. As this his head and body, could not relense
closes the work of the year it la very his legs. He bad not been freed late
important that all officials attend. The Tuesday night. It ia believed that hie
pastor will preach at Wtoite Flat Sun- Iegs badly crushed and he Is snf-
day IX a. =- aad at North Mangum 7
p. m. C. H. ARMSTRONG. Pastor
CHANCLER'S GIN BUSY
Irwin Chancler's gin is a busy place
these days, and doubt'ess the reason
lies in the fac that he has shown
himself to be the friend of are farm-
er. starting bis gin early in the seas-
on and running aa long a* there Is
any cotton to gin. Irwin is one of the
best ginner* in this section of the
country, and all cortoa ginned by him
make* a good sample He ha* the
latest improved machinery. is ease-
ful ia hla work treat* the farmer*
right aad ssake* friend* of them—
ted an Korea O
r tbe *tarl Kiss
want good gtns
fertng greet pain wfeen conscious.
Physicians had him under the Influ-
ence of opiates part of the day.
Brewer was gotten out about two
hours after t-e accident occurred very
little of the wreckuge falling on him.
The well in which the ncrldent oc-
curred was 20 feet In diameter and
had been drilled to a depth of forty-
five feet. The men bad constructed
the brick casing down to a depth of
thirty-five feet and were starting
work on the lower portion
When tbe men went to work Tues-
day mornioi they found nine feet of
wnter in the well Xenrty all this was
pumped out and thea tbe ssen went
down to continue tbe brtca work.
There were two platform* suspended,
on wtilch tbe awn worked, oae mt a
depth of ahowt twenty-five feel, tbe
other at a depth of thirty-ftre feet, to
wblrb potat tbe **ll bad be*a ron-
plated Alva Dean, nnd O H Brewer
were on the epper platform tbe ether
gasotbse engh
• Site * >k bias
Stth which the
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Wileman, Herbert. Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1913, newspaper, October 30, 1913; Mangum, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc284888/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.