Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 33, Ed. 2 Thursday, February 8, 1912 Page: 2 of 6
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Mangum Weekly Star FARM LOANS
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BIG AND STRONG MAN
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LOW RATE
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TERMS
PUBi-ISHED BY THE
STAE PUBLISHING CO.
(Capital Stuck *15,000; Pj||$|jl|fjl Mortgage lllV$t!Mflt
•otered at the Poatofllee. at Mangum
Oklahoma, as Second-Class Mall Mat-
U apparently, Democratic Way* ana Means Coin-
In later <laya.;»tttee, courteously supplied the ex-
; HtKiaker with the desired information,
| "VV<* have placed th«se articles on.
the free list for tlic benefit of tli»(
' American people," said Mr. Under-1
WHY SPEAKER CLARK IS LOOICAL
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY.
FLOYD McNEIL FOR
COUNTY CLERK.1
I n't a few locul contest* locate
>•'»! speller," and then send thai
to the State coiiiest to capture
W. S. YEAGER. Local Man.B.r, the prise for Oreer county? We have
tlie best schools in the state here and i wood. " i he uncontested testimony always found beneath the
A true servant of, th. p«
Mangum, Oklahoma.
>ple is nut;
cloak that!
w;iy not let the outside know it by
Subscription Rates
One Year
Six Months 50
Announcement Column
Subject to the democratic Primar
lea in August the following persons
iMk the following offices;
'FOR COUNTY ATTOKNKY
M. H. MILLS.
H. D. HENRY.
FOR COUNTY CLERK
W. F. HEARNE.
FLOYD McNEIL.
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN-
TENDENT
d. t. covington.
perry jeter.
miss kate terry.
little energetic advertising?
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The Star is in receipt of a circular
new bug-house start8.
Arrangements have been made by
the State Hoard of Affairs for U;e Im-
mediate resumption of work on the(alias "Alfalfa Hill," alias "Cockleburr
Eastern Oklahoma Hospital for the Hill," alias Colonel Murray, the man
Insane at Vinita. The construction j that never stops running fcr office,
of the buildings has been delayed fori who now comes and offers himself up-
several months because of a mlsunder-jon the National Convention Alter and
standing as to tbe availability of the desires to go to Baltimore at the head
funds appropriated, |20t»,000 was ap- of as fine a bunch of "Wild Western-
propriated by the legislature to carry Jers" aa ever invaded tbe sacred (or
on this work, but tbe contract for tbe profane) precincts of a down-eastern
shows that sewing machines are Lx- shelters the man who Is loudest in
two buildings calls for only $140,000.
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a two-edged sword.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
g. w. (wash) hall.
frank meadows.
ing sold to the rich and poor alike in bis attestations of humble and honest
this country from 9ti to $45 a ma- servitude. Lifts often deceive and
chine, and yet are being laid down, sometimes appearances mislead, but
com'inunicaUo'n from Wtn. hT Murray. n'e,*hl pa,d' ,n th® °rlent for •MS.'aftw one Is tried for a long time and
yet the gentleman from Illinois would found to be everything that the duties
ask tbls Congress, In the name of the( of the position demands of him, It goes
manufacturers or tbe United States, f without saying that he Is a mighty
to retain a prohitltive tax on sewing'good man to keep.
machines and other like articles In Such is Floyd McNeil, who tbls
order that we might trade for terms f week, announces In tbe Star that he
in foreign markets for the benefit of'la in tbe race to succeed himself as
men who have already made many, county tlerk of Greer county, subject
millions out of the American people.) to tbe will of bbe democratic party
But 1 say to him when we barter in at tbe August primaries. Floyd Is
trade In tbe real necessities of the possible known by every voter in the
convention. He takes us into bia con-
fidence by saying that he can't "trust
the politicians in tbe state conven-
tion without precinct and county in-
structions" and that he is in favor
of a progressive candidate—prefer-
ably Wilson on a Bryan platform.
Let's send him, boys. All we will have
to do Is to clean him up, black his
shoes, give blm a plug of battle-ax
FOR REGISTER OK DEEDS
mrs. mary watkins.
FOR DISTRICT CLERK
ed. overstreet.
FOR PUBLIC WEIGHER
n. b. claunch.
w. o. byars.
will trotter.
FOR COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR
A. B. CARLOS8.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
PRECINCT NO. 1
C. McAULEY.
The Saturday morning blizzard
came very near catching the "ground-
hog" napping.
There was present at the organ-
isation of a Wilson Club last Satur-
day afternoon six democrats and one
republican.
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It seems that the presldental situa-
tion is shaping itself into the question
"will Bryan be it or will it be Roose-
velt."
It has been asked "Can a good man
get into politics?' Yes, of course he
can; but he never gets good until
after he gets out.
The Hock Island railroad has noti-
fied the Oklahoma City chamber of
commerce that it wijl haul seed free
to points in the state where seed is
seeded.
.How does Bryan and Roosevelt
sound to you? Has a kind of a fam-
ily ring; but some how or other there
is a little unpleasant taste in the re-
collection some where down the line
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Now that Mangum has succeeded in
getting her name 'n the "pot," let's
keep on dancing around that congress-
ional "pork-barrel" until they throw us
a "bunk" just to get our mouths shut.
Maybe so Ferris and Gore were just
"kiddin" us on that federal building
matter, but we are taking it serious
and will enter suit for a breach of
promise if they don't come through
and make good.
State Treasurer Robert Dulop re-
ports that on December 31 there was
in the treasury or deposited in the
banks the sum of $1,667,930.24. War-
rants .that have been drawn, in the
treasurer's office, amount to about
$1,000,000, and $67,556.81 have been
paid. Of the general revenue fund
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1
1912, there is yet on at the first ofj
the year, $216,932.33. Tnere has been
- about $400,0<H», in taxes collected.
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Senator La Pollette, who thinks he|
Is running for President of the United j
States, made a speech in Philadelphia,
a few days ago in which he said the'
money power owned the newspapers.!
W« have just received a request from)
Mr. La Follette's managers this week j
asking ua to accept some free "boiler|
plate" matter to be run in furtherance!
of Mr. La Follette's candidacy. In |
order to prove* the truthfullness of Mr <
La Follette's statement we herewith
decline his kind offer.
The Democrats or the national
House of Representatives assisted by
twenty Insurgents passed the metal
tariff reducing the tarirr on iron and
steel thirty-five per cent. The same
day the democratic house caucus de-
cided not to report the public build- an(j a gjjyer quarter and if he don't
ings bill carrying an appropriation of nau the vice-presidency It won't be
$16,000,000, and the battleship bill bid
carylng an appropriation of $24,000,-
000. Not within memory of the pre-
sent generation has so good a record
been made in a single day.
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American people, we are bartering
and trading in the life blood of pov-
erty.
We are not ashamed to go to the
American people and say that when
county. « any there be here who do
not enjoy bis acquaintance they cer-
tainly must be residents of tbe "sticks"
or else are very new comers.
For several years Floyd has filled
oklahoma health
meet.
strength in organization.
squad to
Hon. Kred P. Branson, chairman of
the State Democratic Central Com-
mittee has issued a letter directed to
j all the Democratic precinct committee-
men of the state urging them to take
The State Department of Health up matter of organizing the Demo-
announces through its superintendent, crats of their precinct into clubs It
Dr. C. H. Mahr, that it will hold a j8 suggested that this work be taken
school of instruction in Oklahoma up at the precinct conventions Febru-
City, during the week following Feb.'ary jq tjjjs j8 an important sugges-
19. All City and County superintend- tion and one that should be given con-
ents of health ^have been invited td sideration. Oklahoma is a Democrat-
attend. The week will be devoted ,to jc state with a pronounced Democrat-
instructing the doctors as to their'ic majority, and with all the Dtfmo-
duties under the health laws of the crats of the state voting the state
state, and advising them how they wju j,e ^ emphatically Democratic
proceed in certain cases. Conditions as other states which have never been
of health over the state also will be considered doubtful. 'The only way
discussed and suggestions offered as to get the fuu strength of the party
to improvements that should be made. to the poi|S j8 to organize, and the
' X | best place to begin is in the precincts
A state spelling contest has recent- and the best time February 10.
ly been Inaugurated in Oklahoma in ' X
which every county in the state is ex- mr. cannon gets information
pected to participate. This year the • ===== •
meet will be held at Oklahoma City' Uncle Joe Cannon, "High Protec-
on May 8th and 9th. What is the tion Joe." wanted to know, When the
an article is manufactured in this'the office of County Clerk acceptably;
country so cheaply, that it can com-'acceptably to everyone who has had
pete in all the markets of the world,) dealings with him, be they fellow of-
we are willing to place it on the free'fleers in the discharge of their ^ver-
Ust for the benefit of our own peo-Zal duties or the people In their general
Pie." rdemands upon the office. He is ever
The metal bill, which alBO places ready to give Information to any and
on the free list, iron ore,1 nails, cash,'everyone who calls upon him and to
registers and many other steel and j'do it in a way and manner which in-
iron products, and makes reductions Variably makes a friend of the enquir-
on all metal gOods, averaging 35 per er.
cent, passed the House by a vote of His office has always been the verw
210 to 109. The articles placed on picture of neatness and order; his
the free list are being sold by Amer-j books and records have always been
ican manufacturers much cheaper to found a model of correctness and full
foreigners than to home consumers." j in detail and completeness. His long
—; X— ^service in this department of the
Sound Reasons Advanced by Promi-
nent Democratic Organ Why Ha
Should Be Selected to Lead
Party to Victory in 1912.
(N«w Orleans Item.l
Washington and New York believe
that the Democrats are going to win
the presidency in tbe 1912 election.
Mr. Rooaevelt aldeftepped the tariff
and passed It on to Prealdent Taft,
and Mr. Taft aealed hla fata when he
signed tbe Payne-Aldrl"h bill and la-
doraed It aa tbe best tariff measure the
country baa know*.
Tbe Democrats cam* Into control
af the house of representative* aad
made Champ Clark speaker. Mr. Clark
was able ta organise the houae at rep-
reaentatlvee In such fashion that the
cBarlike authority of tbe epeaher was v
delegated In great part to the rank
and file of the bouae from whlcfr U
ahould never have been taken.
It requires a bigger man and aa
abler man to aucceaafully bead a lagla-
latlve body which haa powers of Jts
own than It doea to act aa an autocrat.
Mr. Clark auccessfully piloted the
house through a session that redunda
to the credit of the Democratic parky
and the country* who exerclae author-
ity and accomplish things never wholly
please anyone—but the average reajilt
of the experience, bralna and honesty
is success, and Mr. Clark la In the tor-
kirk tells why
'county's official family places every
he's for clark.detail of the office right at his fingers'
end, and most generally he is able to
give the required information without
a look at the records.
Numbering his every acquaintance
(Okla/homan.)
In a statement given out yesterday
Gen Brant Kirk declares that Speaker
Champ Clark is the "champion lion of as a personal friend Floyd will be able
American democracy." j to "come under the wire" upon elec'
"Clark," he says, "is the only demo-tion day with as many votes to his
cratic aspiiant for the presidency who ^ credit as possibly any other contest-
has been on the firing line all these 'ant on the track. He has been tried
many years. While Clark was If ad- ''and not found wanting. He is worthy
ing the charge of the social phalanxes °f your support.
of the democratic hosts his opponent, I —
Mr. Harmon, was lukewarm1; and Mr. will trotter for
Wiilson was lined up with the ^nemy ' county weigher,
in more than one desperate national
campaign for political supremacy.
Party loyalty should be rewarded with
Copyright 1911
Michaels, Stern fic Co.
Rochester, N. Y.
After more than a twenty year's res-
idence in Greer;' mV. Wi M. Trotter
party /favons, always, when ability, determines to enter thfe political field
and experience and fitness for affice and tijiis week announces for the of-
! warrant it—as is surely the case with fice of County Weigher of Greer coun-
j Mr. Clark, who has done a thousand ty, subject to the will of the Demo-
times more for Oklanoma democrats , cratic Primaries in August.
Never before having been in poli-
tics for himself, Mr. Trotter might
be considered by some to be a "ten-
der-foot" so to speak, upon the polit-
ical track, but his wide acquaintance,
long residence and past occupation
make him a candidate to be dealt
with right from the start.
For some years he has been weigh
ing practically all the cotton brought
to Granite. And when a man pos-
sesses tihose qualifications that at-
tract to him the friendship of both
The Star this week takes pleasure buyer and seller and causes them
in announcing the candidacy of Miss! both to work for his support, he has
Kate Terry for the office of County i developed a strength that will go a
Sohool Superintendent, subject to the, long way toward carrying him to the
action of the August primaries of the j goal of success.
Democratic party. Miss Terr)
who owe him a debt of gratitude and
will pay it in the face of blinded oppo-
sition, offered by high officials, who
! have their sworn duties in Washington
and who have been popccrats, and bol-
and who have been popocrats, and
boltocrats and autocrats in more cam-
paigns than they nave been demo-
crats."
miss kate terry for superin
tendent of schools.
has
had seven year's experience in active
school work, three of which hrfve been
in the county, and four in the city
schools. She holds a first grade cer-
tificate and has given perfect satis-
ln the early days Mr. Trotter came
here from Texas and launched into
the stock raising and farming occu-
pation. Like most others, he met
with indifferent success, but obtain-
ed a fine farm home a few miles south
faction in every community where1 of Granite where he lived until seven
she has taught and in every depart-
ment of work that she has attempted.
Miss Terry's qualifications for the
position cannot be questioned; neith-
er can her ability to fill this office sat-
isfactorily, both to her fellow teach-
ers and to the public in general, be
years ago when he moved to Gran-
THERE IS A REASON
How often have you read that statement in as
many different advertisements, but we
wish to advance a new theory
THERE IS NO REASON
There is absolutely no reason in the world why
your clothes shouldn't always become you.
Let us show you why "MONOGRAM
CLOTHES" will become you best
The Monogram
OUTFITTERS FOR MEN AND BOYS
*
Mangum
Oklahoma
champ clark.
tunate position of a man who has done
a hard job well.
The speakership of the house of .
representatives Is the most Important
position in our public life next to the
presidency. Mr. Clark, therefore, comes
into direct and natural contrast with
Mr. Taft. Both have absolute standing
among the people of America for hon-
est intent in what they are doing. Taft
has succeeded in making a series of"
blunders in handling men and In pass-
ing on affairs. Clark has worked along
broad lines and has made a brilliant
jjucceBs of tbe big work he baa bad S
to do.
Since Clark was elected speaker, ha
has been mentioned for the presi-
dency. No public man could fail to be
flattered by the prospect of the Demo-
cratic nomination. The speaker has
subordinated his personality and what
ambitions he may have to the good of
his party. He has sought harmony In
the house of representatives, harmony
among tbe leaders of the party in thi
country. He has steered the cause ef
bis party so as to render good serv-
ice to the country, and has sought to
make it sure that some Democrat will
win rather than to Insure the nomina-
tion for himself.
It requires a big man and a strong
one to hold true to a position like this.
The speakership ofTers a thousand
chances for advertisement and for
political advancement If its holders
will but use it. Mr. Clark has kept
himself in hand His only important
public deliverance was his defanse of
the Democratic majority in the bouse
against Mr. Taft'a charge that the
ite to weigh cotton. He opened as a
deputy under Capt. T. S. Bryant,
since which time he has every year,
either in an official capacity or other-
wise, weighed the farmers' cotton.
He has always been a consistent dem-
doubted. She has been nearly a year,ocrat, supporting the ticket loyally,
filling the position of assistant to and now for the first time asks the
Sup t Sims and she is now thoroughly1 suffrage of this many friends in the
conversant with every detail of the efforts to win the Public Weighers'
office and can easily and readily step race; feeling, that if elected, he will
into the first position without any be able to serve the people of the
usual friction or delay in acquainting whole county as faithfully as he has
a new official with the work of the served the farmers around and the! Democrats were playing politics. Mr"
merchants and cotton buyers in Clark carried off the honors in thi3 da-
It should be bourn in mind that the (iranite. J bate.
laws qf this state especially provide X The qualities of tried experience, of
that ladies with experience in active NOTICE TO CREDITORS. personal eligibility, of conservatism
school work are eligible to hold the In the County Court of Greer County, combined with honesty, will jount in
c-fflce of a county superintendent, and State of Oklahoma. j Mr ciark s favor when the Democrats
In so doing, they unquestionably had In the Matter or the Estate of Gert-1 meet ln convention next year. The
n mind her equality to men In everv rude L. Stubbs, Deceased: I doubtful west*
ways in school work; hence all pre- All persons having claims against | yet has not become of Waahl^b*°aa
judlce winch any voter might enter- the said Gertrude L. Stubbs. deceased.! Mr. Taft Is He will beat Taft If nom-
tain against ladies holding office should are required to present the same wlthllnated against bim. because Le will
be laid aside in this Instance and the the necessary vouchers to the under-(have the support of a united Democrat-
mind of the voter be made up entirely signed administrator at bis residence *c Par*y and draw atrengtb from
along the line* of qualification and the in Mangum. Oklahoma, within four if® dlsaatiifled insurgent wing of tbe
best interest of tbe schools of our months of the date hereof, or the same can
county Being thoroughly imbued will be forever barred. Today Champ Clark Is the really
• c. A dl I BBS. | Got. Woodrow Wilson of New J«r-
Aomin 1st rater., S4»y u t brilliant man; but jon bow he
, seems too new Harmon, oa the oth-
er hand, seems too old. Beth are mak-
ing themselves professional candidates
aad the t&ea who stt la Judgment is
the aext Democratic rational toavea-
, tion will be of the ainred est raiiefr
j desirous of taking no c ha aces a* op-*
poaed tc proved »nJ iong-trfa* assrtt
aatf aatisfactory Hrrica
with a
ested
iooI work and unusually inter-'
do you hold warrants?
i. IX MAKTI.N. Treas
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