Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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MANGl'M, GREEK COt'NTY, OKLAHOMA, TIITRSDAY, SKKfEMBBR n, 1904.
VOL. 14. NO. 39.
He U f,n «o «»«« .bc WILL HOLD FOR PRICE [dollar. )lr tlilni further. how*
BIG DAY AT GRANITE
Bwb«(uc Wat a Great Succcu
Fully 1500 Paopla Wert F«d. _
_____ jed to »uppurt * *ing!r statehood j ____ 'better afford to borrow money on
MtGUIRE MADE MANY FRIENOS .urn!! BORROW ON WEIGH CHECKS | '^^S*
charge* and bold lor a higher
I llimillop Nil dor* not call for tbe
kind «j« •utehoou I ha! he »«ntcd[
Cot.«.<i„>w,n Agree NollaSell
not set hi* hill through he coo«mt- J For Leu Than Twtlve Canto.
■tag
'ever. Out nmiir\ loaned in larger |
amount v would Iw madt >oum.|-J
■ erable cheaper.
The question next considered!
wa* Mhttbtr ibe producer could
SHOOTING AT ERICK
The Mangum public «cbmb
|o|ieueil I hi* wrrk 4iid are now down
I to business and working very nice-
Mathews Did Not Show Up and
Carpenter Stood Up Against
the Republican Champion
—Was Dead Easy.
given by the citizen* of Granite!
last week was a grand success in
every way. The crowd wan large
and good uatured. the program was
well arranged and well carried out.
the banc ball game and race up the
mountain were interesting and the
dinner was great,
Among the speakers were Hon
B. S. McGuire, delegate to con-
gress. J. L. Carpenter, of Man-
gum. chairman of the democratic
county committee; C. C. Worrall,
of Hobart, chairman of the demo-
cratic county committee of Kiowa
county, and a socialist speaker from
Hobart.
Granite did not make the mis-
take this time that had always been
made there before of locating the
picnic grounds two miles from the
town. Tbey had it right in town,
on the main street between the
business houses and the mountain.
The speakers stand was located un-
der a large elm tree that afforded
shade for the speakers all day and
this was supDlemented by two ar-
bors one on the east and the other
on the north so that the large crowd
could comfortably see and hear the
speakers. The program opened at
the speakers stand at 10 a. m. J.
L. Carpenter was introduced. He
made a very good speech from a
democratic stand point, when it is
considered that the democrats have
so little to talk ou in this campaign.
On the subject of the tariff he grew
enthusiastic and made a regular
free trade speech. On the subject
of statehood he fell down however, '
He was not as well posted as he
might have been ai/d laid down the
bars for McGuire, who heard it, to
come in and give him a skinning.
It was 12:30 when Carpenter con-
cluded his talk and the master of
ceremonies, Mr. Stillson, announc-
ed the program for the afternoon
and then announced dinner. There
was the great feature of the day.
Jack Owens was chef and pre-
sided over the roasting of the eight
beeves that had been slaughtered
for the feast and of the sixty gal-
lon pot that the coffee was boiled
G. W. Briggs, K. C. Cox and
J. W. Ryder were stewards and
waiters.
Two pine tables, one hundred
feet long and three feet wide had
been built on the tennis court and
enclosed in a wire fence. On each
table were arranged twq rows of
rations—a liberal supply of meat,
bread, pickles and a cup of coffee.
No knaves, forks or spoons, you
are supposed to eat with your fin-
gers and take your drinks straight
at a barbecue. When all was ready
K. C. Cox mounted a box and
stated that as the crowd was too
large for the table room he request-
ed the men and boys to wait and
let the women and children eat
first and that there was plenty for
all. The crowd gallantly accepted
the terms, the wire gate was opened
the men and boys fell back and the
women and children went to the
feast. The men waited outside
and watched the women until they
were filled, then the tables were
replenished and the male portion of
the crowd was given an inning, j
There was plenty of bread, meat i
and coffee for
Independent Buyers Settle
Question of Cotton Weighing
in Favor ol the Elected
County Weigher.
The Greer County Farmer* In>
tK* !""*• ut n,*k* immediate *ale» on
!"€ the oprn market
lor the Indian Territory which wa«
done.
He «aid a caucus was held by the
democrat* on the question of voting
for the bill and, while -ome of his '
democratic friend* among the Con- ;
gresiinicu were in favor of the Nil j
I,. and wanted to vote for it. by the j
The political picnic and barbecue ?11**? th'> J*6*1 lo
- ~ "it and when the vote wa» taken ..... _ . . , , .
every republican in the Horn* voted * ?, cl ° ^
r
The democrats oppose the bU, " " Armstrong. Mrcretary |intervals to outakle or
J. M. Brook*. Father ol the Town, | Lyti^,*"
Shot R. W Scott With Shotgun.
THE VICTIM IS STILL ALIVE
The Tragedy Occurred In Brooks'
Corn Patch — They Were
Neighbors—Brooks is
Under Arrest.
Regarding the actiou of the cot
'ton buyers in e*tabliahing a pri
I vatc «cjle and demanding that all
cotton ;>urcbased by them *hould
j lie weighed over this male, there'
were *e\eral strong and Wtter I A . ,
, speeches some advocating hauling 1 A "hooting affair occurred
! cotton to other railroad towns, morning. J.
(other- suggesting that the baled *k*. who originally owned
the town*itr of Erick, shot R. W.
Scott with a shotgun. At last ac-
inde-
here to-bwe pui>li*htd and their
alignment are aliout as at first ar-
ranged except that Mt«» Jill* Dun-
ham who wax to have charge of the
primary department resigned and
returned to her former acbool in
Illinont and Miaa Bertha Temple-
ton, of Sherman. Texas, wa* ehct-
ed by the hoard to fill the vacancy,
l'rof. McLauchlin ha* shown him-
self to tie a manager of ability in
the excellent arrangement of the
schools and the system and order
that prevail*. This promise* to be
the Imnuer vear for work and pro-
gress in the Mangum school*. As
yet no choice has lieeu made for
imply hecanae .bey think theycan| ... ^ Ipendem buyer,. who ahonld •«« Mnjmt in . JSkTpSSitol
rSKij °" h*ml[K'^^or^h";.w" j "°~ "o' ,,,*n umu
ss sr 1,3 'jgz | i„ ^1 r t j
that if he i» Iwaten it will mm 11*5'J I.Ute.1 int«v«)». O. L. Gihh.,.. .! Scott in hl« corn Jutch -te.ling| Tht. lo(Ion Krow„, o( Crw
To the Cotton Urowars'
Joe Bailey and his followers in the
senate to believe that he is right
large turnout of farmers was on,'. Cfnct»»»K the storage of cotton ,
r p. m., the opening hour.!^r?„e, ara<?un^' Iai,d.^",n»; at
A report of the committee which4^!*te<' II1,erva,s- O. L. Gibbon, <*icorn whjJe Scott's friends claim
wa* appointed a week previous. 1^/^ ZZL?!*™*: j that Scott went out to feed hiahogs t^LwJintd ^
the public weigher and the cotton
i for the purpose of
whereas if McGuire is returned to!. ... .. urm. v
congress his election .,U tend to j [" I Texas,
im-iti 111 tiiiu' il^ot and said lie represented . .. . u .
& Neflle, ol llonston, | »"•' <•"« *«*
bich would be only too
glad to have all the cotton the
farmers could bring to town, aud
weighed where ever the producer
chose to weigh it, so long as the
weights given were correct. The
was all his company desired. J.
T. Johnson, another buyer, repre-
senting Wooten & Potts, of Chick-
asha, put in a bid for the Institute
farmers' cotton, saying in reply to . -
the question, "on whose scales | }n the community,
must it be weighed,'' "It doesn't
make the least difference in the
A motion was made |
prove that Mr. Bailey is .ronnand!~ and souring
he may get ont of the »ay ami let " fi*t "■«, P™»P« P*>'
the bill become a la. obligations, .as
Mr. McGuire ma.ie the "ate-«'folio., """""""
ment that if Senator Joe Bailey j
wtll withdraw his objection to the RESOLUTIONS.
Hamilton bill it will become a law 1 Your committee appointed to
in an hour after congress meets. 1 '°ok into the matter of holding cot-
Mr. Carpenter in his speech called i ton for 12c. or more, and to con-
the Hamilton bill names because he ! sider the question of patronizing
said it gerrymandered Oklahoma! the public weigher, beg leave to
in favor of tbe republicans. Mr. submit the tollowing.
McGuire explained that what had ' From information obtained from
been done in that line was simply reliable and trustworthy sources world."'
for the formation of the new state, we feel justified in recommending
that after tbe state was formed the that the cotton producer hold his
legislature had the right to change cotton for better prices and in or-
the congressional districts. der that those who have obligations
Mr. Carpenter insisted that only to meet and are reiving on their
CongTess made congressional cotton to discharge said obliga-
districts and McGuire insisted tions, your committee visited the
that be was wrong and there ' three banks doing business in Man-
were many in the audience who 8um a°d we find them willing to
knew that McGuire was right and | advance to within five to fifteen
Carpenter was mistaken. McGuire dollars of the then market value of : are the fyst and third Wednesday |
! made this proposition to the audi-1 cotton, charging for said moil-1 of each mouth
If Judge Carpenter is right1 eV usual Tate of interest, they re-
I agree to vote for Frank Mathews, ; quiring that the owner have the
if I am right you all agree to vote |cotton insured, and weighed and
forme," but one old democrat i n ' deposit with them the certificate
the rear spoke up and said, "No!/ of weight. In view of the forego-
He knew McGuire was right. '"g. therefore; be it
(tbey live neigh
l»ors i called him over into his com
patch and sh»t him. A sack partly
filled with corn was lying near
where Scott fell.
Neighbors say that trouble had
been brewing between the two men
for some time.
Brooks was placed under arrest
and a preliminary hearing will pro-
bably be held today at Krick.
Both men are quite well known
Scott is a bar-
ber and has some very staunch
friends but had a Reputation as a
buyers of Mangum have been set-
tled to the satisfaction of all parties
concerned. The weighing of all
cotton iu Mangum is to be done
under tbe supervision of County
Weigher Pulliam, or Mr. Pulliam's
deputies in Mangum.
J. D. Martin,
Pres. Farmers' Institute.
H. H. Armstrong,
Sec. Pro Tem.
W. T. Fundkrburk,
Bl.akic & currkatrters.
Jackson & Wilson,
Merchants.
W. W. Pulliam,
County Weigher.
McCjuire held the attention of his j Resolved, That jie, the Greer i bales have accumulated, is to ad
scrapper." Brooks had reserved
and adopted that producers should a.tract of Il,,d adjoining the town-
gin cotton, store it either at home Is,te where he resided and Mr. Scott
or in town, as they desired, and;aml h,s fa,ni,y were his adjoining
notify outside buyers that on two 1 ntlghbors- A special train visited Mangum
days of each month, this cotton : DISTRICT COURT NEXT WEEK. Tuesday with the division superin-
would be sold by its individual I tendents special car and the Rock
owners to the highest bidders. Xhe As8l|fIlinent o1 Ca#e8 ,ndlcatM i Wand pay car attached. Among
Tbe plan was considered a happy : Thlll Jud |rwh| lntends to d ! the officials on board were H. M.
one. and was adopted unanimous- Brines*. Criminal and Civit. I ?ai!0?ki division superintendent;
J- r. Johnson, division road mas-
.r, 0 . , , ter; F. C. Kunnells, division train
lf The September terito of the dis-1 master; W. O. McIntosh, special
A motion to the effect that those {trifJt court 111 and for Greer county (agent; the claim agent and the pay
who needed ready money and still ^|]I convene at Mangum on Mon- master. Superintendent Hallock's
desired to hold their cotton for a I Jay September 26, with Judge C. , visit resulted in his promise to dou-
higher price, should store their j J"; Ir™ presiding. The judge, in , ble the capacity of Mangum's cot-
cotton at a place designated by the ] hls orderot assignment of cases ; ton platform but he had nothing
states that default and exparte ! to promise in the way of better pa§-
ly. The days named for the salt
secretary, who when one hundred
audience and made a good impres-'County Farmers' Institute, and
sion. He spoke nearly two hours, the cotton producers here assem-
The democratic spellbinder from bled, will, as far as practicable,
Hobart and the socialist spoke later j hold our cotton for 12c. or better,
but many of the audience did not i We- y°«r committee find that at
remain to hear them. the last general election held
1 Oklahoma Territory, that among
FARMERS ORGANIZE AT WILLOW other officers elected was a public
j weigher; that he has complied
with the law in all respects and
Foroied a Club aiUl Will Hold Their
Cotton for Better Prices—Will
Meet Again Monday Night.
A meeting of the farmers of the
Willow neighborhood was held
Monday night at Woodman hall,
Willow, to discuss the question of
organizing a farmers' club for the
advancement of mutual interests,
and with the special object in view
of holding cotton for an advanced
price. J. S. Berry was made
chairman and L. G. Cousins, sec-
retary. It was decided to organ-
ize a permanent club, and forty
farmers who were present signed
the membership roll. A commit-
tee was appointed to draw up
forms of constitution and by-laws
and submit them to a meeting to
be held on Monday night. At
that meeting, it will probably be
decided as to whether the cotton
is to be-stored at Willow or Man-
gum. These farmer organizations
are all right and should be encour-
aged.
stands ready to transact the busi-
ness for which he was elected.
Your committee further finds
that there is an effort in certain
quarters to divert the cotton
weighing busines from the public
weighers to the private weighers.
The purpose and object of said op-
Republicans Attention.
all, and the meat i A mass convention of the repub-
was very fine as barbecued meat | licans of Mangum township is here-
always is. At 3:00 o'clock those j by called to be held at the office of
long tables with their piles of frag-1 Barlow & Cunningham on Tues-
mentsof the feast were a sight to j day September 27 at 8 p. m. for
"see.
About 2:00 p m. the proceeding:
at the speakers stand were renew
by "music by the band" after : fices, and for transactiug such other
which Mr. McGuire was introduced j business as may be presented
are fully convinced it is not to help
the producer.
Therefore, we, the Farmers' In-
stitute and the producers here
assembled, do condemn any effort
to transfer the cotton weighing to
private weighers.
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this meeting that we patronize the
public weigher, and that we urge
any and all cotton producers to
weigh their cotton and other pro-
ducts over the scales that are tast-
ed by the sheriff of Greer county,
%nd where we find an officer elect-
ed by the people of Greer county,
and is under bond to faithfully and
correctly perform his official du-
ties. A. T. Martin.
J. A. McWaters
H. H. Armstrong.
Committee.
It was moved that the report of
; the committee be adopted, the mo-
I tion was seconded, and declared 1
vertise for a loan on it at a low
rate of interest, was carried.
A resolution was adopted thank-
ing Wm. Harris for the use of his
hall the previous meeting, and an-
other resolution that all members
of the Institute should subscribe
and work for their two county pa-
pers, the Sun-Monitor: and the
Star, was adopted unanimously
A movement to organize the
farmers of every school district in
the county under the charter held
by the Institute, was set 011 foot,
and the meeting adjourned.
The next regular quarterly meet-
ing of the Institute will be held
the first Saturday -in December.
position to the public weigher are ro
your committee unknown, but we^THE HAMILTON ADVERTISEMENT
Demonstration and Special Sale of
Majestic Ranges was Great Sue-
cess-'J. T. Kins; a Winner.
cases are not set but may be h^ard. senger and mail service,
at any time during the term, the! _ _ _ _L_
consent of the court having been u
first obtained. The first day will! rn®° "f"ey' watermelon man1
be devoted to empannelline the 7 [°wn Monday with eight
juries. The balance of the week I J"elons th^ weighed from ninety
is given up to civil cases in order £Mr' Ha"ev
that the county attorney may be 1 thp ? water melon grower of
- • y the country. His ninety-two
On Monday, October trd the ! wasL 861)1 to the
r, v^uJCI jru, me World s Pair has not been beaten
taken up| Mr. Haney has made
with the grand jury
On Monday, Oct
criminal docket will
be
d"^7ol CS,g MondaTtd "7"'* T k°°"S
Tuesday. On Wednesday cLoher j £!
furn to^he^cfvu'docket^aiul wort : TC]Uh"m onThe "h ^
r :£'x
October 15 after a three Teeks ! ^ "" "SEED."
term- : \ Look at this, a fine stock of old
double stamp, high grade, popular
( „ , ■ brands of whiskies, prices from $3
1 He Tftllnarino- noma/l I at/: ti m
Roll
named
Honor
'There has been something doA/"" .f.ollowing namfd persons j to $6 per gallon. Tennessee white
ing at Hamilton's hardware store j tl^em, snbscription°'to fhe^SuN-1 Man^m^Bar?' Humphrey,
Monitor during the past two' proprietor. '
weeks:
the past week. The demonstra
tion and special sale of Majestic
ranges resulted in the sale of six-
teen ranges, the price running
from $57 to $65. The store was
crowded everyday during the dem-
onstration, and all were delighted
with the fine biseuits that were
made and baked, "while'you wait"
on the Majestic range. Mr. Ham-
ilton had advertised that on Mon-
day, September 19, he would give
away a Buck's Hot Blast heating
stove valued at $25, and also a |
buck-horn handled carving set val- j
ued at $8. Tickets were given out | ®titute held on Saturday,
free during the week. On Mo*
I the purpose, if deemed advisable by j bv the chair to ' , ^'a,f° day the prize stove was set up and !to
ngs the convention, of placing in nom- sion In this re c w ! fired UP out in the street in front organizing
;ed | mation candidates for township of- ijiand cashier of the CitV Xati™'"Iof Hamilton's store, and the fact' c,atlon- 1
John Dei ter, Mangum.
J. B. Whitefield, Granite
Jno. M. Harkey, Madge
G. W. T. Hawkins, Mangum
R. F. Watts, Chamal, Mexico
W. L. King, Gibbon, Texas,
W. J. Foulks, Dryden
W. O. Smith, Mangum
W. C. Jones, Dryden
Rnfus Holt, Mangum.
At a meeting of the Farmer's In- 1
„ , Septem- j
ber 17, a committee was appointed |
inquire into the feasibility of
and made the great speech of the j the good of the republican party
' of Greer county.
day.
liland, cashier of the City Nation
I al Bank, was called on to give the jv"
| meeting some idea as to the cost of | j"
m oriRE s Speech.
Mr. McGuire is an excellent
speaker, he presents facts and sen-
sible argument and does not deal in
theories and bomba«t He talk*
plainly and to the point, and di-
rectly to hi« audience and does not
soar away to dreamy heights of
oratorv.
not make a definite statement to
j that question as it would depend
H. L. Crittenden,
Chairman Twp. Com
C. I . Cunningham, Sec'*. greatly upon the amount of cotton
Have you tried that Fancy Lump R'ven as security and the amount
Kelsey? If not, of bhmkjf desired. When asked as
to borrowing money on a single
bale for 30 days he replied that
the bank would loan from thirty
I N
ti
-tatenoo
coal at Sentell &
you should try it and know tbe dif-
ference io McAlister coal. It is
the best coal mined in in the Ter-
ritory.
a truck growers' asso-
The committee will re-
demonstrated that it would P°rt to President J. D. Martin on
n well the cheapest kind of Saturday, October 1. It is under-
securine monev on stor^ r'"tk coal- Qoite a crowd attend *tood th,at tbe r^port will be quite
Mr. Gilliland replied that he could ^ the drawillS whlch took place favorable and that an effort will be
at 4 P- m. on Monday. The $25 made at that time to form a truck
prize stove was won by J. T. King 8rowCTS association, with the ob-
a dug-out dweller, of Tillev towc- K01 °f garden farmers and truck
ship, who sold it at once for $20. Kr?wers combining to facilitate
The ei|;bt dollar carving *et went* ^llPm^'"t of the-K.- products to mar
to Mrs. Sal he Hegger.
Dal
New* and Son-Mi
>r ft
to forty dollars on the bale, and
that tbey never made loans with a
smaller amount of interest than one
The place to I
Rogers At Rattan
kinds and make lo
prompt delivery
north of Roval ho
ket. While it will be a sort of off-
spring of the Farmers' Institute
• teed »s at it will he an entirelv separate in-
tbey keep all stitution. The x>mmittee is coa-
st prices and posed of David Kenned v chair
tore one block man Windoni Marble H H
W. O. Smith, living five miles
I north of Mangum brought in some
fine samples of milo maize and cot-
ton stalks Saturday. There were
| six head of tbe maize and they
weighed three and a half pounds.
. The cotton stalks were large and
well fruited and as they stood at
the Sun-Monitor office door Sat-
urday and Monday thev attracted
much attention.
All persons wishing the correct
time will please call central as they
now have a fine regulator, placed
there through the courtesy of Dr.
Warner & Co., jewelers and op-
! ticians.
For Sale in Floyd County. Texas.
"A beautiful stock faun of 4643
acres, all fenced and subdivided iu-
to farms and pastures, all smooth
rich plains, except about 300 acres
in Blanco Canyon which has fine
breaks, some ver> fine subirrgated
land, water and plenty of timber
for fire wood. 150 acre- planted
in cotton and other crop* Resi-
dence three miles of cvuit bouse.
One of tbe finest stock farms in
Floyd connty. Will sell altogether
•* 1 £66 acres with residence alone
Address W M Massik
f*k>}dada Fk>)d count* Texas.
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