Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1902 Page: 1 of 6
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MET AND ORGANIZED
The Cotton Grower* Meeting in
Mangum Last Saturday.
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\Vt»|lifuuk, \V I. Sir|*llritwiit
Geo Mtltaniel, Wrslev \\ ilmin, J,
M Mcldta. W W Morgan C K.
Watitlaud, T A, M«»rri» C S
WILL HAVE A FARMERS' YARD Hughe*, F. M Montgomery. J 1 >.
_____ j Martin, J J. More-land. John Tu)'-
D | .. I . _ en, F. M. Rancy. X. It. lackey.
Resolutions Passed Regarding j. L. Byar*. A p Over»treet. j
Public Cotton Yard—Move \'. ,'ortl, H.:.,}. Alldrcdw. j f.
To Fff#rt F.walt. F. \\ . June*. Will O, Rol»
10 ciiect Permanent er*on, J. o. Marton. J. F. Cowan.
Organization. C. F:. Jacob*. H. C. ('.arnett. w.
s. Tackitt. Joe Miller. 0. C. Mur
Punuant to a eli poUi.M i„ w "wSSTi B
SlZ'tr™ "" OrotKh. ' T*H . Bjfrn, C» W
of the cotton growers of Greer --
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THE ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Were Turned on lor the First
Time Last Saturday Night.
IT IS AN UP-TO-DATE PLANT.
L . m uni iiai
Both Incandescents and Arcs Give and L«u 1
a Clear. Bright and Steady
Light—Street Lights Burn
All Night Long.
in# liy Mr A C While
Tin- v telling wa* \ci>
Iv iprnt in varkm* kjiiu*
and aortal i«m\creation while lat« r
on nt» were wrvrii Tht» mark*
•ur of tin- ini»t |>Ka«aiit event* hi
Mangum * *uctetv
Th"- |-i(-M iit were, Mi»*e* Nora
Campbell Btw»ic Davis. Iluela
lleauchanip, l.ela Price. Mavnie
Tripnett, Nona Shad
ow Them
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tects the
CASE
in all the
for 25
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trill take noticf
re named Court
extreme cruel-
ilea and muss
by said plain-
aid action f<*
s prayed for
SWcourt.
IE
im all pr*'*1
of
county wet at the arbor on the
east nide of square, Saturday, Auk
30, at a p. m.
The meetiiik was called to order
byj. D. Martin, who stated the
object of the meeting. H. I). All-
dredKe was elected chairmau of the
meeting, and Juo. F. Ewalt secre
tary. The following named gentle-
men were appointed to draft resolu-
tions: J. IJ. Martin, John Taylor.
W. O. Byars, F\ M. Kaney and C.
C. Murray.
While the committee on resolu-
tions were out short talks were
I made by Win. Funderburk, C. P.
Hamilton and Chas. Sawyer, repre
senting Jackson & Wilson. Each
of these gentlemen expressed them-
selves as willing to buy all the cot-
tan that they could get without
any particular preference to any
yard, just so correct weights were
given.
The buyers for Gilliland & Co.,
and Blake, were called for but were
either absent or did not care to
respond.
The resolution committee,
submitted the following report:
Whereas, an emergency exists
for the farmers and cotton growers
of Greer county to take action for
the weighing of their farm pro-
ducts, we. the committee, beg to
present the following resolutions:
Resolved: That while we do not
wish to antagonize the interests
of any man, or set of men, we most
heartily condemn the spirit that
any man or set of men, shall dic-
tate to the seller where he shall
transact his business.
Resolved; That we advocate
that a yard be established in Man-
gum, with a farmer in charge, in
order that the seller may have the
privilege of weighing at such yard,
if he so desires.
Resolved; That we recommend
to John Rose that John F. Ewalt is
suitable man to have charge of
such farmers' yard.
Resolved; That a copy of these
Resolutions be sent to each of the
Mangum papers, The Star and
Sun-Monitor for publication.
The resolutions were passed up
on by sections and adopted as ap-
ars above. The meeting voted
effect a permanent organization
nd on motion the chair was au-
horized to appoint a committee of
ix, of which himself should be one,
o draft constitution and by law
id report at an adjourned meeting
o be held at the same place next
* turday afternoon. The chair
an appointed the following named
rsons to the committee on organ-
tion: O. J. Bacon, J. F. Ewalt,
M. Rainey, R. E. Dever, S. J.
y, H. D. Alldredge. On mo-
on the chair appointed J. D. Mar-
n Sr., Sam Porter and Joe Moor-
nd a committee to confer with
ohn Rose, the man who was duly
lected by the people as public
McDougle,
Gillespie.
8. L. Penix. J.
THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM SOLD
D. M. Wright 4k Co., From Missouri,
Bought Out Adam Snowdcn-HU*
Mathls Retained at Central.
• Adam Snowden has sold the
Mangum telephone exchange, and
the toll lines owned by him in con-
nection, to I). H. Wright & Co.
The deal was closed and the trans-
fer was made 011 Tuesday of this
week. Mr. Wright is from Ray
county, Mo., and came to the terri-
tory but a few weeks ago. His
partner in the business is Judge A.
Gordon, the presiding judge of
Ray county, Mo. Judge Gordon
will not come to Oklahoma at pres-
ent, at least. Mr. Wright will
have full charge of the telephone
exchange and system and savs he
will make improvements that will
benefit the service. The price paid
by Wright & Co. for the plant was
$7,200. Mr. Snowden bought it
about a year ago, paying $5,000.
There are now 154 phones on the
city exchange. It is a good pay-
ing property and Mr. Snowden
would not have sold but his health I
is not good and he found it neces- j
sary to retire for a while from ac-1
tive business.
Miss Bell Mathis will be retained
as day operator at the exchange,
which fact the patrons of the tele-
phone will be pleased to learn as
she is efficient and at all times
pleasant and accommodating.
H. I). HKNRV.
STONE.HAULEK MAKRIAUE.
den. M.»kHi» Miller, Kate Carlm-k
Margerit Bell. Fayetlcville. Ark .
Kate Gunu, (Juaitah. Tcxa* Aliuu
Currefther». Ita*cu Texa*. Mc**r*
Luther Wilnon, Harry Hodge*. J.
~M „ . - . .. . . . W. Hook*. H. I). Henry, Dell Cur-
The pulley wheel, which 1* of uatlur* W T. Fuuderburk. Bruce
SISrfi! V 'T.,c 0 I"]*'-1 Spark-. Jim Norton, Kugetic Doug-
which had teen delayed and on las*. W C. Jacol* and Prof. I.ee,
which dejiended the starting of the
new electric light plant arrived la*t
Saturday morning and Saturday
night the electric lights were turned
011 for the first time in MaiiKum.
It was quite a siKht to many of the
inhabitants of MaiiKUiu and' to the
people of the country around for j
the arc lights made a bright glow
on the leaden sky that could lie
seen for many miles. They are
the first electric arc lights ever
seen in Greer county.
The arc lights are of the latest
improved make and give a clear,
bright and steady light and are
without the sputtennK and wink-
ing of those of older designs.
Mr. E. W. Poth. owner and
POWERS' CONTRACT
County Commissioners Seem to
Place Confidence in Mim.
THEIR CONTRACT WITH HIM.
Entered Into Contract With
Powers to Manage an
Important Case.
It Came Off at the Methodist Parson,
age lout Sunday Without Pre-
vious Announcement.
Reports from all over the county
show that Mangum paid the high-
est price and premium for the first
bale of cotton. Mangum leads in
everything, even in handsome
women.
THE CANTATA OF ESTHER
Will Be Produced In riangum About
September 20 Entirely by
Home Talent.
manager of the plant, is a practical
machinist and electrician and
knows just how everything should
be and he may well be proud of his
new plant as it is first class in
every particular.
Many people visit the plan-
nightlv to see the wonderful pro-
cess of manufacturing lightning.
The lights are giving excellent
satisfaction and Mr. Poth is being
flooded with orders for lights from
both business houses and residences.
He had, to start with, fifteen arc
and two hundred incandescent
I lights but is p-.tting in more every
J day. There was a prospect of
trouble between Mr. Poth and the
management of the telephone sys-
tem because the telephone wires
around the square were too low.
The law requires electric light
wires to be run under other wires
and the telephone wires were not
high enough to admit of it. But
the parties who bought the tele-
phone system this week promised
to put in taller poles or remove
them to the alley so .the threatened
controversy is at an end.
THE BULL TICK BOARD.
While the democratic orators arc
trying to make out that Powcm is
not much of a lawyer the fact ex-
ists that the Board of County Com-
missioners have had confidence
enouKh in him to employ him in
important cases to look after the
interests of the county. If Powers
i* a grafter, as they say he is, he
was certainly stuart enough to get
——— j in his work on a democratic county
Chestcr M. Stone and Miss Stella 1 ,Joard as lhe fo,IowinK will show. '
Hagler were married at 2:30 p. m. This coutract entered into this
last Sunday, by Rev. Roper, of the 5th day of July 1901, by and
First M. E. Church. The cere- between John W. Shartel and J. A.
mony was performed at the parson- Powers, parties of the first part and
age. This is an event that Man- the Board of County Commissiou-
Kum society has been expecting for Iers the County of Greer, in the
sometime, but the popular couple s Territory of Oklahoma, party of
most intimate friends were not put the second part.
on to the secret of where and when WITNESSETH:
the event was to take place so that, That the parties of the first part
it was a surprise after all. Mr. 's hereby employed by the party of
Stone is one of Mangutn's well the second part to represent it as
known young business men, and «ts attorney, in the Supreme Court
the bride is a handsome and popular °f the Territory of Oklahoma, in a
court would not meet again until
lite fir*1 week in tk-toTirr The
touttg fellow* face look on a *cr-
ii>u* 4*|«e% t at otter and he inquired
of Mi. t'U'hol* what he thi>ui;hi he
ought to do a Unit it. Mr luhoU
"UggeMed that lie wait uiilil aftel
Octolier 1, thai it would not h«
lotiK Ifcput} Clerk Floyd Mc*
A _ Neul's face wa* buried in a big
Present Democratic County Board record l«»ok and J c. Gilliland,
who hap|ietied to lie ill the office,
was intent I) viewing the landscape
from the south window- but a mis-
1 chieviou* smile was lurking about
his mouth. After some talk, ad*
j vise and suggestions Clerk Echols
J suggested that perha|» Judge Clay
had some blanks and he would go
I with him over there to see. They
went to the Judge's office and there
the young man got what he wanted
and departed in good spirits.
LETTER FROfl A POPULIST.
W. B. Hardin (lives His Views o« the
Questions Now Before the
Voters or Orser County.
young lady. She is a sister of Mrs. 1 case to lie appealed by the second
T. B. Chapman and is keeping party from a judgment in favor of
house for the family during the ab- j Clark & Courts and against the
senceof Mrs. Chapman, who is second party, wherein the question
visiting in Siloam Springs, Ark. It °* liability of the second party for
seems to be quite the popular thing the indebtedness of Greer County,
among Mangum young people to get Texas, is involved.
married secretly, not even letting And the parties of the second part
their relatives know until after the agree to prepare said appeal and to
ceremony. The Sun-Monitor ex- j prosecute the same with diligence,
tends best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. 1 a»d the party of the second part
C. M. Stone. 1 will pay to the party ot the
first part for their services a contin
Frank W. Dale, who as inspector gent fee equal to 15 per cent of the
for the Oklahoma L,ive Stock Sani- amount ot the indebtedness in suit
tary board, was in Mangum and ! named and in all other actions pend
Greer county a great deal last sum-1 ing to recover on said County of
mer and fall, was in Mangum M011- j Greer, Texas, indebtedness or
day. He is now representing the ! brought against said county, if the
Ryan-Robinson commission com-1 proceedings result in a final decision
pany of Kansas City and is work- ] to the effect that said indebtedness
ing up business for his firm in cannot be inforced against Greer
Western Oklahoma. Mr. Dale has j County, Oklahoma.
ireigher, relative to opening a pub
c weigher's yard in Mangum.
*he following farmers and cotton
Towers signed the roll of mernber-
t*ip of the permanent organization:
L. W. Stover, A. B. Snipes, H.
, Byars, J. H. Dennis, I. J.Tomp-
ins, G. R. McLemore, Gus Stov-
le, J. H. Wallis, G. H. Storks, E.
. Fears, J. B. Armstrong, L. L.
aylor, J. D. Gault, I. B. Lee. C.
Whitmur, J. W. Billingsly, C.
Gillasfiel, G. T. H. Angling, J.
. Burton, C. L. Sawyer, J. L.
weet, R. R. Smith, J. H. Calla-
rj-mmm interested
rased that o« ray, M. Wells, J. T. Katchum, J.
—i-o—S. Smith. M. C. Daniel. J. S
riley, C. W. Pickett, E. R. Pier-
Inral producrt
the County
in-4
the test » ,
10• J- M. Rmner, J. P. Lowen, J.
l- Forest, A. T. Stow. J. E
hompson. R. O. Smith, W. T.
• 1 tools, Wyndom Marble. A. M
larkham. W. H. Carpenter, L
illiams, F. B. Wakefield. W. O
arber. J. P. Lassiter. D. D Rock
». E. W. Euley. D. M. Colwell
R. Curry. I. R. Warren. F. R
G. W. Blue. J. M Wile-
O. P. Elliott. B. F. Jones.
Reeves. C. C. Tillman. J. C.
That excellent cantata "Esther
the Beautiful Queen," will be pro
duced by home talent at the Man
gum opera house about September
20. Rehersals are being held three
nights a week at the Methodist
church. It is to be a church bene
fit. Rev. Roper and wife have
general charge of the affair and
their son, a very talented young
man, is directing the music.
A cantata is a sort of opera
poem set to music and with charac-
ters, chorous, etc. In this case the
pretty bible story of love and pat
riotism in which Esther, a Jewess
and favorite wife of the king of
Persia, figured, is cleverly told in
verse and arranged as a sacred
opera. It will be a very nice en-
tertainment.
Dr. Finney is painting some spe
cial scenery for the production and
is doing excellent work. The doc
tor is an artist of ability but he
does not make it a study, simply
paints for pastime.
Miss Etta Robertson returned
Wednesday night from Mangum,
where she has been the guest of
Mrs. A. G. Herndon for some time.
Miss Robertson fell and fractured
the bones and tendons in her foot
one day several weeks ago and her
stay in Mangum was prolonged on
that account. She reports the
former Yukonites as doing well.
Mr. Herndon is secretary- and
treasurer of the mill company and
owns the Commercial Hotel. H. E.
Oakes is president of the mill com-
pany and is interested in a whole-
sale grocery: he is also building a
new home. Dave Doyle bought a
good farm near Mangum and is
general manager at the mill. The
just finished a new
lots of friends among the stock
men who will be glad to do busi- j
ness with him and many of them j
remember favors he did for them |
while holding the position of in-
spector.
District court, with Judge Gil-
lette on the bench, will open in the
new court room next Tuesday.
The balance of that week will be
taken up with court business, the
petit jurors are to report the follow-
ing Monday, September 15. Court
will be in session here all the bal-
ance of this mouth. Next month
Judge Gillette is to hold court in
Kiowa county.
J. A. Powers,
John*W. Shartel.
Parties of the First Part.
G. W. Briggs,
Robt. J. Lowery,
R. L. Thompson.
Parties of the Second Part.
You Ki ow What You Are Takin
When you take Grove's Tastless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is simply Iron and
Quinine in a tasteless form. No
Cure, No pay, 50c.
Candidates Attention!
A meeting of all the candidates
on the citizens' ticket is hereby
called to be held at the office of
James Brown, over the First Na-
tional Bank, on Tuesday, Septem-
ber g, at 2 p. m. Important matters
are to be discussed and it is desired
that all candidates be there.
J. A. Powers, Chairman
A bright faced, husky appearing
Mr. Editor: Since I have
heard and read so much from the
opposition 1 can no longer defer
pointing out some of the mistakes
they are making. Judge Clay said
in his speech at Mangum. "There
are more falsehoods being told now
than in any campaign Greer county
ever had," and since listening to
his speech I agree with him in the
statement. Mr. Clay stated that
the citizens' move started in the
U. S. land office. The populists
of Greer county know this to be
utterly false. No such honor is
due to our republican friends. The
fact is the populists originated this
move which was seconded by the
republicans and cheered to the echo
by democrats all over Greer county.
Again Mr. Clay was mistaken in
his statement that we have no plat-
form. We have a plattorm
that was duly adopted and
published. He further stated that
ne knew that Van Dyke and Pow-
ers would run 011 the citizens' tick-
et sixty days before the convention
was held. Now this is possible
only through the power of prop-
hesy which I do not think Mr.
Clay possesses. I being a delegate
to the convention and in close
touch with the move from its in-
ception and being a member of the
committee sent to ask J. A. Pow-
ers' consent to allow his name to
be placed on the ticket for county
attorney I can state with absolute
certainty that such statement is un-
true. I went to Powers at his office
and stated my mission. Mr. Pow-
ers said: "I favor leaving politics
out of county affairs, I favor the
citizens' move, but I am not a
candidate. I want no office and
would rather support some man
that neeas it as tne race would in-
terfere with my practice, and furth-
er my wife's health is such that I
can't leave home now." But we
would not take "No" for an an-
swer. "I said the people want you
to run, you are our cUoice. You
know the people, they know you,
young fellow appeared at the you know the law and all condi-
county clerk's office Tuesday and ' tions better than any man in Greer
applied for marriage license. Clerk county." Then said Powers, "I
Echols informed him that he was
very sorry, that he was out of
blanks and the commissioner's
would yield if my wife was well
enough for me to leave her." This
Continued on Fourth Page.
Will be ill Mangum On or About
September 12 to Personally
Examine the Situation.
It has been announced that the
date for the appearance of the
Oklahoma Live Stock Sanitary
board in Mangum is September 12
and that the board will go from
here to Sayre, Roger Mills county.
There will be in the party W. E.
Bolton, Thomas Morris and Z. E.
Beemblossom of the board, Federal
Inspectors E. J. Allen and J. D.
Irwin, Territorial Inspectors R. H.
Hohn and John Sullivan.
The board will examine into con-
ditions in Greer county and persons
interested in having the present
quarantine against the county
raised should try and see that the
board is convinced that it should
be done.
A Boy's Wild Ride for Life.
With family around expecting
him to die, and a son riding for life,
18 miles, to get Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, W. H. Brown, of Lees-
ville, Ind., endured death's ago-
nies from asthma, but this wonder-
ful medicine gave instant relief
and soon cured him. He writes:
now sleep soundly every night."
Like marvelous cures of Consump-
tion, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, j
Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its j T Also the justly celebrated COLE'S HOT BLAST HEATERS. We can make you an exception-* i~
matchless merit for all Throat and i "J* alK- 1r>«- if a ctntro nmi*
Lung troubles. Guaranteed bot-1 ^
" GRAIN DRILLS
Its Rather Warm, Wc Admit,
■TO BE TALKING ABOUT STOVES-
But the time will surely come when you will need them, and I want to call your attention to
the fact that we have got them and have two more cars contracted at the old price. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that Stoves have been continually advancing this entire year, by placing our orders
early in the season we will be able to make as low a price on them as we did last season, which
means that you can buy a Stove, either Cook or Heater, at about 15 to 20 per cent less than they ^
— are actually worth. Our line embraces The Very Best Goods on the Market, including the
FAMOUS BUCK'S BRILLIANT, GOLDEN RULE AND MAJESTIC RANGES ^
ally low price if you need a cook stove now.
DISC PLOWS and
It is time to plow now, and will soon be time to plant. The Rock Island and New John
Deere Disc will plow, no difference how hard the ground. Next comes the seeding, which can best
35.000-bmbd elevator M Horn-
C. P. Smith. A. L. Morr- to be a great
phreys » abo prosperous and his few of their friends from
Frank (Oie Oicson > is getting mm their ttsoal charming
les 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles
free at R. C. Hannah's drug store. ! ^
Tho .»,«,♦ . _ u™ u . L»eere l^isc win plow, no cnnerence h<
dowi fo? £ S, ^ be done with the Superior Disc Drill.
again. ,s „ opcra„o„ J ^ WA«ON» «nd SUOtilEft.
A PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENT. ^ We are still doing some business along this line, and our stock of them is complete, embrac-
(♦ ing the very best on the market. We are headquarters for Saddles and Harness. Hardware.
r. and /Vs. Thorns Milam Eater- ¥ Queensware. Wind Mills. Pumps. Pipe. Cylinders. Wagon woodwork. Wire. Nails. Etc Please
talned a Party of Yo«^ Folks $ hear in mind that ** carry the largest and best selected stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries in the
Last Friday Eveainc. ^ county—prices always in line.
-—— J|L H m our nvuil «■ to (ire oar patraa. the my be* •Nntn
, _ . . ,, . * trlrag to ■!!a M «■ OTTT w; po—T»t«
5^ evening Mr. an,! g} f-fAMTI .TON Succemor to
Kuncnruv.
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