Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 29, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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TWO BLOODY FIGHTS CLOSING EXERCISES
— | he mot* sol cw i mull* idmm *• •
Rftull ul Quarrel* Over Pitlurr eia*» for Ihe Wir ol Ihe Mangum •* "»>""«• lo >fc# l-*'
Lend* Near Cldor«do. cm *«•••»•. Public School* •«•«»•«. ?.
TWO MEN ARE BADLY CUT UP.
The Affray* Were al
Times and Placet but in Both
Pocket Knives Were
Vigorously Used.
Two aeriou* cutting affray* oc-
curred la»t week near Eldorado at
different time* ami place* a* the
result of quarrels over graj»
The first one oecurml on Tue»da>.
Iietweeu J. A. Caldwell and J. II
Thompson in which the latter was
Cllt in eleven different place* wiih
a (tuckct knife. A party from the
neighliorhood who wa» in town
Thursday >ays Caldwell and
Tlumijison engaged in a fist fight
Thomjison knocked Caldwell down,
the latter jumped up and ran.
Thompson followed and knocked
hitn down again, the third time
thi.s program was re|ieated and
then Caldwell drew his jack knife
and when Thompson came uj»on
him Caldwell l)egati working the
knife vigorously. Thompson was
carried to R. B. Mercer's house
and Caldwell ran after a doctor.
Three doctors arrived and worked
with Thompson all night. At last
accounts he was in a serious condi-
tion but with a chance for recovery.
The most serious wounds are sever-
al in the back and one across the
neck near the jugular vein. De-
puty Sheriff James Kelly arrested
Caldwell Wednesday and brought
him to Mangum where he gave
bond for his appearance at district
court. Caldwell is married and
has a family while Thompson is a
single man.
On Wednesday another affray of
like character occurred near the
Holmes pasture between parties
named Clark and Cargill. The
latter was badly cut in several
places. The muscle of the left
arm being cut almost to the bone
and a deep cut just over the apex
of the heart. Clark had not been
arrested at this writing and we are
without further particulars.
A Fire at Quanah.
The Quanah Observer of last
week says: "Yesterday afternoon
at 5:20 an alarm of fire was turned
in which upon investigation was
found to have been caused by a
blaze at the residence in the south
ern portion of town, owned and oc-
cupied by Judge M. M. Hankins.
A strong southern breeze was blow-
ing at the time, and the flames had
gained such headway before the
alarm was given that the fire de-
partment found it impossible to
extinguish them, so devoted its
efforts to checking their spread to
neighboring property, which atone
time was in considerable danger.
The fire originated through the
carelessness of a colored servant in
drying some household linen too
near a hot fire in the kitchen stove
and leaving the room for a long
time. Mrs. Hankins was at home
at the time, but did not discover
the fire until the western end of
the building was completely en-
veloped in smoke and flame. The
loss principally upon a fine library
which Judge Hankins has been
years in collecting, is estimated at
about $3,500; the insurance amounts
to $2,000.
Ilotart t* a 11 w 1 town, a |*fetl>
town and inhabited by it***! |*«»
14c. I hi! a* tu hu»pttalit) ti I* weak
Tin onl) way we have ol knowing
I he h'».j.U«lit \ ol a town ha lite
way in which 11 treat- vt*itor*
I lot<ail lui» lKMU»tcd ol the cor*
diahty *he extend* to vt*itor*. too
Now tu a funeral the |«uple may
turn out well, but a* to turning out
ami showing cordiality to • ball
team and l»aiid from a visiting
ENTERTAINMENT WAS FINE.
There Were Drills. Tableau**.
Recitation*. Pantomime*.
Music. etc.—The At*
tcndance large.
The MatlKUtn High School en-
tertained the patron* and friend*
ol the m.TiuoI with their clo»ttig
m arrrar* »»„. in. «•» K"J°>
uuni tall team ami l«ml Milled 111 \ #
point, they are undoubtedly way
-- — When the Man
only about six men tom«, w e !hc>ini;ry ami intermediate
delegation and each of the~ were \ h attraction*
driving a bus or hack The buy* £ wt.rt. *
had to find for themselves a place
to stop.
■ Hobart in a good town but. a*
we said before, she is a back num-
ber on recieving visitor*. In the
afternoon the band after playing
several selections headed a small
procession to the ball ground north
|»re*ented were drill*, recitation*,
tableaux and jiautouiimcs.
The Boiwep drill, under the
direction of Miss KateCarlock; the
Jack O'Lantern drill by Mi** Pat-
terson. the Butterfly drill by Mes-
dames Ware and Dale, the Military
drill by Miss McMillan, the Flower
march and song by Miss Meacham.
°':rz, Hc" 0,"n' '°° PtOPk and ii.: drill by Mr.
gathered. Dale—all were beautiful and proved
Of course Holiart with her root- interesting and entertaining,
ere were there ami from Ibeir eiaeu- wbitj „K (act ,h„ ,Mch.
tahona would have thought Man-, * „ ,la(, lalK>m, (aith.
gum stood as much show 111 the ' « " 1 v
game as a fly did in the mouth of 11 > : i hVs proKram> given
a toad. But our rooters showed > J of ^ hiis ,lcr deS
they were good fellows and to ap- > * } { department
pease the apatite of Hobart took ™;<ted J rccitations. ^ntom-
all bets in sight. imes, drills, music, plays, etc. The
The ball game Ijegan at -3 Shadow Pantomime afforded much
with Mangum at the bat and from
the first inning Hobart was not in "^ TamlKmrine drill conducted
it. TheprtncH feature was he, H,,™, drill
small boys h,r«l to blanke the > and ^ R drjn,
Hobart fielders as they corn* m ?, Jordan ^ exceUeut. proeing
after running so many balls hit by ^ pup.,s ^ teach,.rs lla(t
the Mangum team. spared no pains in making thi.s
Hobart seeing that there was 110 .1 . -o1
hope for her took to playing dirty ' fcat°re of the l,roBra'" a 'P™'1
ball All the scares that llangum names reprint
got she earned, and there was no h
... , 1 i» the ouoils who were hO tortunate
frothing at the mouth or simulta- 11 . tv.r -1
1 1- ... as to pass the examination tor a
neons explosion of cnt^.sm against P Marvin
the umpire, as did Hobart P»-|Brv>„, Myrtle Sew&l. Davy Gar-
j^The home team went over to be «"• Ross Garrett Clytie Garrett
treated with some due respect and! Lawrence Roberts Ann,e May
courtesy but that a<«,rded them; fey
!"'Howler tT Mangum boys! Mr R. L Waggoner to the p„pil
wiped the ground up with the makmg the,highest average. The
Hobart team to the tune of 11 to | successful pupil was Master Hosey
16 while the band played a funeral [ T"PPetTt °j the,Second g!a^al in
.. * J Mr. Jordan also gave a meclal in
ge' his room for superior excellence,
notes. Henry Norton receiving this medal.
Notwithstanding the crowded
house and the inconvenience of the
dressing rooms the entertainment
Mangum afforded a nice and well
behaved crowd. Despite the fact
that they had to wear overcoats on
account of the reception given them,
they had a good time.
It took three pitchers to stand
! up before the Mangum sluggers.
Hobart is due credit for having
an excellent ball diamond and one
good player, Jack Lamb. He
landed the ball over the fence in
the fifth inning.
Pace, Mangum's pitcher, did ex-
cellent work in the box.
Hobart agreed to foot up the ex-
pense of the band but they over-
looked it just as the}' did many of
the bets made.
There was 110 evidence that the
Hobart team had a manager until
the ball game commenced. He
never showed up to extend a wel-
come to the Mangum boys.
If the Hobart team comes to
Mangum they can rest assured
they will be treated with courtesy.
riusical Convention.
By the authority of Prof. T. E.
Jones I hereby call a mass meeting
of all the musical societies and
music loving people in Greer county
to meet at Blair. Okla.. July 3rd,
at 1130 p. m. for the purpose of
organizing a county singing con-
vention to meet annually in con-
nection with his medal contest
meetings. The following named
teachers have agreed to assist in
this good cause, and all others are
cordially invited to cheer us with
their presence and co-operation, R.
M. Burt J. T McCollum, F. M.
Lorvorn and J. T. Stewart. Come
one, come all. and let's make this
musical Jubilee a blessing to man.
K. F. Staxtox
Cvclists should alwavscarrv a bot-
tle of BALLARD'S SNOW LIN I
MEXT. in case of accident, if ap-
plied immediately, it will suhdue
the pun. prevent swelling and dis-
coloration. and quickly heal the
KTxond* Price. 2$ and v> cent*
* C. M Stone
was a success.
This closed a term of nine
months school and so far as we are
able to judge the past school year
has been a very successful one.
Teachers and pupils deserve praise
for their untiring efforts in the
work.
Mangum has good schools and
the citizens are proud of the fact
as was evidenced by the public in-
terest taken in the closing exer-
A MOTHER'S COURAGE.
Saved a Child's Life That Had Been
Bitten by a Rattlesnake.
! The little two-year-old child of
j Walter Back, living east of Martha,
was bitten by a rattlesnake last
Fridaj-. The child was playing in
the yard when a large rattler closed
its fangs upon the little one's fin-
ger. Immediately the child began
screaming, which called the moth-
er's attention. Mrs. Back hurried
Judge Thacker had no opponent
! 011 the democratic primary ticket
j for county attorney but he naturally
! wanted to get a good vote so was j to the child and grabbing the snake
j at the polls a good portion of the by the tail tore it loose from the
j day. He approached an old fellow ; imprisoned finger. The mother at
I whom he did not know, introduced j ouce wrapped a cord tightly around
himself, handed out his card and ! tile finger just below the wound
said, I'm a candidate against no-1 and slit the wound with a razor
body for the nomination for county j letting it bleed freely. Medical
j attorney and want to beat him. I ai(j was at once summoned but the
j will appreciate your vote," and doctor upon his arrival, stated all
passed on. When he had gone the tjiat could lie done had been ac-
; old man turned to a companion and complished and the child is now
: said Thar s a man I'm going to! completely out of danger,
ivoteaginst. I wont vote for 110; Mrs. Back certainly displayed
man that talks about his opponent rare judgment, presence of mind
as he did just now." alKi bravery in coming so promptly
to the child's rescue and doing just
Among the prisoners in the proper thing at the right time,
county jail is a takir who was run- thereby saving its life. No woman.
ning a brace game
the street
except a mother for her own child.
during the races. He sold chances h-,vc caught hold of that
in a cigar drawing at twenty-five j >nake and jerked it loose from the
cents each claiming to give prizes child.
of from on*, cigar to twenty boxes "*
hut the boxes were all empty One Deering Mowers. Rakers, and all
of Sheriff Overton's deputies ran kinds of Harvesting Machinery at
him m and confiscated his layout. C P. Hamilton's.
Mangum 11 dclcttiU* ) A,
Itukn, V (> |t>at*. II I. Crittcn
den. > A. UmcUw W It llattl-
IU, J A Tfottef H K Cham!*!•
M ) G > P \V J our* K A
, (lender* ti J K Halley. J T
Rett ban
Pre* in t committee -S A. Dour
law, II 1. Crittenden, Jame*
) Hum n *
Eldorado 4 delegate*— J M.
(taker. J W. B. Tucker, K F
Carter, P. E Hankttt*
Committee It P TurnUiw. J.
\V B. Tucker. P. E !l«wktn».
Deer Creek—2 delegate*—T.,A.
Kilhau. Neal McMillan. Altern-
ated. M Pax ton. W. C. Rea
gan
Preciiut committee—Neal Mc-
Millan. Wm, Paxton. W. Echols.
Sulphur —3 delegates —B. F. J.
Davis. P. M. Smith. Alternate —
F. J. Perrin, \V. P. Ponder.
Precinct committee— W. H.
Giles. F. J. Perrin, P. M. Smith.
Ruiwell Valley—2 delegates—C.
M. Joues, S. G. Edclman.
Committee—I). W. Long. F. M.
| Lavoorn. A. Taylor.
Madge—2 delegates— Morgan
1 Edwards. J. H. Scruggs.
Committee—Frank Stansberry.
j Francis—3 delegates—J. H.
Reedy. J. W. Richardson. D. C.
j Young.
Committee, J. H. Reedy, J. P.
Smith, J. W. Bookman.
Warren—3 delegates—C. W.
Edwards, A. M. Whorton. L. J.
Peters. The same gentlemen were
elected committeemen for the pre-
cinct with C. W. Edwards as chair-
man.
Valley View—2 delegates—W.
M. Harris, J. M. Crosby.
Committee—J. M.Crosbv, chair-
man, Dick Kizzair, J. T. Hunt.
Lock - -2 delegates—S. H. Rob-
inson, R. L. Adams.
Committee — Frank Johnson,
chairman, W. H. Passmore, Paul
Truitt.
Leger — 6 delegates—M. N.
ICrain, J. P. Henderson, P. E.
Hanna, J. F:. Coen, Robert Derr,
T. K. Stout.
Committee—W. J. Kirby, J. Ed
Van Matre.
0'Neal-i-4 delegates—W. I).
Ballard, R. O. Weames, Wiley
Mudgett, John Orbison.
Committee, W. D. Ballard, John
Orbison, Murrell.
Delhi—2 delegates—Dr.G. W.
Henrv, P. A. Maloy; alternates,
W. E. Hood, M. A. Bryan.
Committee, T. A. Maloy, Dr.
Henry, F. M. Loyd.
Willow—3 delegates—T. J. Wil-
liams, K. A» Williams, W. M.
Wharton.
Committee, G. W. Reid, A. T.
Hammonds, C. H. Martin.
Spring Creek—2 delegates—J.
M. Irvin, W. M. Duran.
Louis—2 delegates—D. C. Gil-
liam —
Paradise Valley—3 delegates—
Pat Northcross, N. Tig, J. J. Ed-
wards.
Martha—4 delegates—H. C.
Doughty, James Little, James
Sheridan, Henry C. Gilliland.
Committemen—H. C. Doughty,
E. M. DeBerry, W. T. Cotney.
Erick and Dock—4 delegates—
P. D. Kenyon, W. G. Martin, H.
W. Snyder, Fred Maxey. Alter-
nates—S. H. Searl, James How-
ard, L. B. Moss, J. J. Hunter.
Granite— 6 delegates—D alias
Carver, Chas. Bewley, J. A. Wil-
liams J. W. Jordon, Ike Tomp-
kins, M. D. Colver, FZlmer Tomp-
kins, W. Z. Thompson.
Navajoe— 7 delegates—Warren
j Howard, J. M. Sanderlin, Tom
Lock. K. C. Shelton, L. T. Cox.
j Dr. C. W. Shaw. J. L. Jennings.
Republican County Committee.
I A meeting of the Republican
i County Central Committee of Greer
county is hereby called to meet at
! the Si'*-Monitor office in Man-
gum, at 8:30 a. 111. 011 Saturday,
June 7. Every member of the
committee is urged to be present
or send a duly authorized repre-
sentative. The object of the meet-
ing is to appoint a time and place
for holding a Republican county
convention to elect eight delegates
to the territorial congressional con-
vention to be held at Enid on June
25. 1902.
Z. H. Peter. Chairman
The public -quare has been
ploughed to kill the weeds.
DEMOCRATIC FIGHT.
The Prtmtftft brought k»mi
Surprtk«t lo Mangum
A GRANITE .ALTUS COMBINt
Brought Petal to Wveral Man-
gum Atpiranh and Engen-
dered Bed Blood Among
the Unlimited.
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Attn* ami U * Mkliarl th« Uiw man. uf
The democratic }iriuiary election
to nominate a county ticket was
held in this county last Saturday.
On account of high water the re-
turns arc not yet all in from the
remote country precincts, but
enough are in to make sure of who
the nominees will be in perhaps all
but that of treasurer, which is still
in doubt, the contestants being C.
W. Cole of Altus and D. F. Mi-
chael of Bloomington. There were
between thirty-five hundred and
four thousand votes cast.
A hot alliance between Granite
and Leger agaiust Mangum de-
veloped early in the day and the
Mangum fellows tried to break it
but it was too well managed, and
of the nine or ten candidates from
Mangum who had outside opposi-
tion County Clerk Echols was the
j only man the combination did not
beat. The blame for fixing up the
combine was laid 011 FYed Switzer
1 of Granite, candidate against Echols
1 for county clerk, and he is about
the only man the combination went
1 for that did not get nominated.
I11 the race for treasurer J. E-
I Taylor, the man who once "wrote
a piece" against the court house,
was the first to fall by the wayside.
Lee Womack was the next to drop
out and finally Galen Townsend
and George Moore gave up the
ghost and left the fight between
Cole and Michael. For tax assess-
or S. D. Barnett scored an easy
victory over his opponents. Huling,
Dent and McAnally, although the
latter gained on him rapidly near
the close.
For sheriff, Jasper Nelson beat
A. C. Bragg about one thousand
votes.
There were eight candidates for
register of deeds, four of them from
Mangum, J. J. Salter, J. O. Mc-
Collister, Robert Heatly, H. IC.
Warlick and W. L. Kizziar dropped
out early. McKibbeu, Scarbrough
land "Uncle Buck" Russell were
I neck and neck for awhile but Mc-
j Kibben finally dropped out and
I Scarbrough soon followed leaving
j the prize to "Uncle Buck" from
I Altus. The Granite-Altus alliance
I was the ship that "Uncle Buck"
I sailed in 011.
For probate judge T. P. Clay
j beat Jarret Todd several hundred
votes in the county.
Fred C. Switzer of Granite, S. E.
! Echols' opponent for county clerk,
J did not cut much of a figure in the.
count after all the "fuss and featli-
I ers" created by news of the com-
i bination which he is accused of
having arranged and managed.
"Uncle Bob" Lowry, com miss -
j ioner from the Altus district, had
1110 oposition but a good many vot-
I ers scratched him 011 general prin-
ciples. C
! There were twenty-odd voting
' places to hear from yet—they had
: about eighty ballot boxes out—and
' the final count may make some
1 changes but no great change from
' the above statement is anticipated.
• C. M. Thacker for attorney. Miss
| Laura Moore for superintendent,
W111. Mitchell for surveyor. Briggs
| and Lowry for commissioners had
1110 opposition.
J. R Copeland and H. S. Holt
' were the nominees for constables
of Mangum township. One re-
' markabie fact about the election
was that with the exception of
clerk I-lchoL and Clay all the best
' and strongest men who had opp«»-
sition at all were beaten, and the
consequence is that it is going to
lie a mighty weak ticket.
A -araight carload of Mason s
Fruit Jars received thi* week at C.
P. Hamilton s.
I to# u to«<«toito 1
Ti* ntafftage «»i M>»* Margaret
Ktaatwth Prue tu Mr IUW« Burr
Ml Knifc'bt I'**k |4*» * at the Mvth«»'
•bat ihnfih in thi* city on Wed
iteaday May /*, at a a. m It
a rattt). 'lamp and chilly morning
aud *41 that acithinI there were old)
ata»ul fill) |4r*eUt to ntlM** the
ounxtm If the weather hail
Urn |4ca«ant there would have
Imi a very lar|{v attendance. The
lereitMrti) wa« «tm|4e. there were
110 bttd * maid* or !*»t men The
touplc alighted lr«»m the call at the
church door, walked up the aiale
to the altar where Rev Roj*-r
awaited them while Alvin Rojwr
pl.t > cd Mcudcla«ohu' a weddlllg
march. The ceremony wan abort
but imprcwaive aud the l*ri<le aud
groom immediately returned to
the cab aud were driven to the de-
Imit while the gnest* lollowed in
carriages aud buggies. There was
little tune for tear* ami congratu-
lation* as it was very near train
tunc when the ceremony was con-
cluded and they had to hurry to get
there The bride aud groom will
Ik* gone alxnit a week on their
wedding trip They first went to
Lawton where Mr. Mcknights
father. Major H. D. McKnight re-
sides and from there they will
proltably go to Kansas City.
The ushers at the church were;
James Norton, Percy Cornealous,
R. W. Bercherand H. M. Thacker.
The bride is beautiful and charm-
ing young lady and quite popular
iu Mangum society.
The groom is a bright and prom-
ising young man, well known in
Mangum and quite popular. He
is Ixxikkeeper at the First National
Bank.
Mrs. McKnight is a member of
the Mangum Culture Club and the
club ladies have arranged to give
j the bridal couple a grand reception
011 their return from their wedding
trip. The reception will be held
at the home of the president of the
club, Mrs. John A. Oliphant 011
Thursday, June 5. Over two hun-
dred invitations will be issued.
And ;t rained forty days attd
j nights, and the mighty deep was
! broken up and the whole face of
the earth was covered with water.
I Now people how many people be-
I lieved old Noah when he told them
I that such a rain would come, but
I it came just the same. Some of
| them had an idea they could drink
half of it, and if it had been
whiskey some of them would have
tried hard to have kept back the
flood. Now some of you good peo-
ple are just as obstinate as were
those people. Your neighbors
have been preaching good sound
common sense for many months
but you go proding along, raise a
good crop, and it takes all you
make to pay your debts and that's
because you pay from 50 to 60 per
cent more for what you buy than
your neighbor, you have had this
fact pointed out to you many times,
but you are living just like your
fore fathers of many generations,
and you have heard what Darwin
said, it was you, run in the same
old rut, you sing the same old
song. Some one would do you a
favor if they would come along
and punch you off the earth, you
don't know enough to come in out
of the rain, you will live and die
aud all you know could have been
printed on one small page, and its
I no ones fault but your own.
I Just suppose some time when
j you happen to come to Man-
! gum,you come in to see the Young-
| sters,in the middle of the west side,
and see those bright, well bred
I men aud women that trade with
! them and if it don't create a desire
j In your heart for a better and high-
| er life we will be glad to donate
towards a ticket to ship you to
I Italy where you belong. We have
the best and freshest line of gro-
ceries in Greer county, a good and
well sorted line of hardware,
I queensware, tinware and the best
line of cook stoves, also gasoline
: stoves that were ever exhibited in
your county seat. We understand
' that talk is cheap and money makes
the mare go aud if you ever dark-
! c-n our door and ask the prices on
a few articles you will soon be con-
: vinced that you have lieen asleep
' not to have done business with us.
We are the only people in Greer
county that sell for cash only, and
1 our motto is. quick sales and small
profit- If you don t believe *t
jnst try us on one single time.
Formerly on the south side, but
now on the west side in better and
larger quarters.
Yours for business.
LkadButte* Garnett.
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