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Mangum Sun-Monitor.
official Organ urthtf I". S. Uod OffltM. Mangum District.
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MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, NOV EMBER 12. 1903.
VOL. 13. NO. 46.
THE RACE CARNIVAL
The Program Listed Three Days
And Attracted Many People.
RACING. RIDING AND ROPING
It Was a Very Successful Series
of Events. Sharp Competition
Between Running Favorites
Causes More Races.
The race meet aud contest carni-
val held three days last week in
Mangum attracted many people to
town and there were several thous-
and on the grounds each afternoon.
The program opened Thursday
afternoon with a riding or "broncho
.busting," contest. Will Mathis,
of Duke, was winner of the first
prize, Will Vaughn second, and
Frank Wright third.
The prizes were, first prize $50,
second $15, third $10.
The next event was a harness
race in the 2:30 class. Prizes $75,
second $25, third entrance fee. The
first prize was won by Black Jack,
owned by Will Black, the mule
buyer, Brown Dick second and Billy
Pace owned by Clint Pace, third.
A running race, qaarter mile
dash was next. The enirees were
Joe Brockwell, owned by Arm-
strong Bros., of Roger Mills Co.;
Bob Peters, owned by Killum of
Mangum; Red Fox, owned by Geo.
Hurst of Washita Co.; Smokey
Payne, owned by Mr. Payne of
Quauah; Mickey, owned by Mr.
McKibben of Greer county and
Slim Jim, owned by Mr. DeAmond.
The horses got a fair start and the
race was a very pretty one Result-
ing in Smokey Payne winning first,
FOR A SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
Tha Oklahoma School Board Prepar-
ing to Mahsa Fine Display of
School Work at World's Fair.
Guthrie, C. T., Nov. 7.—When
Oklahoma open * the doom of tier
building at the Louisiana Purchase
Centennial exposition at St. Louis
on May 1, 1904, among the grand
exhibits from the territory, the
youngest child of the Purchase, will
be the educational one that is now
being arranged for under the direc-
tion of Superintendent of Public
Instruction, L. W. Baxter, and the
territorial board of education.
The work of preparing this ex-
hibit has been divided into three
sections. The first section embrac-
es the territorial and higher insti-
tutions of learning; the second,
schools of cities of the first class;
the third, rural and village .schools.
The preliminary steps necessary
to secure uniformity and the best
results contemplate an exhibit of
STARTING DELAYED
The Mexico Colonists Will not Get
off as Soon as They Expected
BECAUSE OF YELLOW FEVER
They Might Run into the Disease
And Anyway Would Most
Likely be Delayed
by Quarantine.
Owing to the probability of being
delayed indefinitely on the road by
quarantine at Texas towns and
points on the Mexican border be-
cause of the yellow fever scare tht
Blalock Mexico Colony has decided
to delay the starting of the detach-
ment. that was to leave Mangum
on November 12. until the first
week in Decernber.
This matter had been seriously
school work at Oklahoma City, at'discussed privately by members of
the territorial Teachers' Associa- the colony and 011 receipt of the
tion. which holds its annual session
at that city ou December 28, 29 and
30 of this year. This exhibit will
be conducted under rules laid down
by the St. Louis world's fair educa-
tional commission, and to stimutate
interest in the enterprise, the Ok-
lahoma commission has arranged
to give several prizes as follows:
A $10 library to the best exhibit
from a town or village school of
three or more teachers; a $5 library
to the second best; also a $10 li-
brary to the best exhibit from a
country school of not more than
two teachers: also a $5 library to
ihe second best; also a I5 prize to
the best individual exhibit in each
of the above classes of schools.
Other prizes will be offered for
work in the schools of cities of the
Red Fox second and Slim Jim third. I first class, and the higher educa-
The prizes were first $85, second | tiotial institutions, to be announced
$25, third $10. later, the awards to be made by the
On Friday there was a roping
contest^ The prizes were $100, $50
and $*5 and there were many en-
trees and quite an exciting time
but the ropers all seemed to have
bad luck and very poor time was
made. The prize winners were G.
Fuqua first, ROss Davis second and
Quincy Sewell third. Time 1:13,
i:«5. 1:23- .
A three-eighths mile dash run-
ning race was next, but so much
time was taken up in scoring that
darkness approached before they
had got a start off and the race was
postponed until Saturday afternoon.
On Saturday about 4 o'clock the
runners got off and the result was
a winning for Joe Brockwell, with
Smokey Payne second and Red Fox
third. The first prize was $100,
second $50 and third $25. The
starters were Red Fox, Smokey
Payne, Joe Brockwell and Slim
Jim.
There was a roping contest Sat-
urday not down on the program
with $100 divided into three prizes,
$75 first, $15 second and $10 third.
The winners were John Jones first,
time 37 seconds; Tom Fleemaa sec-
ond, 42^; Will Racy third, time
49^-
There was a large and enthusias-
tic crowd in attendance each day
and much money was wagered on
the side in each event.
Two important running races
have been matched to come off
next month, one a quarter race on
December 5 between Bob Peters
and Red Fox and the other on De-
cember 7 between Red Fox and
Smokey Jim fb of a mile, one hund-
red dollars has been put up on each
race and Will Smiley is holding
the stakes.
Monday Horning Exercises.
The Baptist church has been
kindly tendered Central school for
Monday morning exercises. This
is a great favor, there being no oth-
er place where the Central schools
may meet together.
The ministers of the town are
requested to be present at these
meetings. Bro. Farmer will read
the lesson the first Monday of every
month.
Bro. Roper the second. Bro. Dav-
idson the third, and Bro. Falkner
the fourth.
For the other mornings of the
week, the 8th, 9th. 10th, and nth
grades meet in Mr. Duke's room
The 6th and 7th with Miss Eagin
The 3rd, 4th and 5th with Miss
Kate Car lock The 1st and 2nd
with Miss Rushing. Visitors wel-
>me any tine Please come in
ithout knocking at the door. You
ire always welcome
w A Alls*.
world's fair commission.
From the exhibit at Oklahoma
City the county superintendents'
association will elect a committee
of three disinterested school per-
sons to select sufficient work to
make the exhibit at St. Louis.
County superintendents and teach-
ers will be asked to hold a meeting
of the various county teachers' as-
sociations some time in December,
not later than December 12, 1903,
and prepare a county exhibit to be
forwarded tp the territorial associa-
tion. This exhibit will consist of
school work that can be shown in
any way. Drawings, illustrations,
maps, charts, bound volumes of
written work well graded, all spec-
ified and catalogued, will form a
scientific and invaluable part of the
exhibit. Persons interested will
find adequate means of showing
unique methods of work, material
and product, and illustrations.
COMING TO flANOtin.
following telegram by the transpor-
tation committee last Saturday it
was immediately decided to act on
the suggestion. The telegram was
from Agent H. A. Smith, of the
Mexico railroad that the coiony is
to go over and reads as follows:
"In view of danger of delay ac-
count quarantine situation, think
it advisable to defer movement un-
til first week in December. Have
more fear of complications arising
account Texas conditions than any-
thing in Mexico. Advise here
quick what you desire in .the mat-
ter." The committee telegraphed
Mr. Smith that the deferment would
be made in accordance with his
suggestion.
The colonists all say they have
no fear of the fever when they get
to their destination as their infor-
mation is that the yellow fever has
never been known to exist in that
part of Mexico. But why should
these pe\>Ie take such risks? Why
not remain in Greer county where
they are sure of a good home and
some of the comforts of life instead
of going away off there where they
will have to wait years for civiliza
tion to reach them and then per-
haps die in despair. The farmers
who remain in Greer county will
as a whole, live longer and happier
have an easier time and make more
money than their neighbors who
go to Mexico.
A CRAZY DARKEY TRAMP.
Wont Through Orwr County Last
Wsek Causing Alarm.••he Was
Arr«at««l and Saat Away.
There was a negro in town last
Tuesday, but as he did not tarry
long no one molested hint. No one
knew where he came from nor
whither be traveled, but the uext
morning wheu Lawyer Kagin came
to town by the river road he heard
along the way reports of the black
stranger. At the home of Mr.
Nally the darkey stopped and re-
quired Mr. Nally's daughter, who
was alone in the house, to get him
something to eat. After eating he
departed peacefully. He stopped
at a number of houses in that vicin-
ity and his presence in the neigh-
borhood alarmed some of the wom-
en, but those who met and talked
with him saw that he was harmless
as lie was not more than half witted.
It was considered unsafe, however,
to let the negro remain at large in
the county and Deputy Sheriff
Yearta was put on his trail. Year-
ta is the most successful "sleuth"
in Sheriff Nelson's army of peace
preservers and when it was report-
ed that Yearta had gone after the
negro the people felt relieved for
they knew that Yearta would bring
him in. The boys say that when
Yearta goes after a bad man he
carries a lantern so that he can
hunt in the night as well as in day-
light. Sure enough Sunday eve-
ning in came Yearta with the crazy
negro in tow. He had caught him
down in the extreme southwest
part of the county. The negro was
lodged in jail that night and the
next morning a purse was made up
in and about the court house and
he was sent "East" oh the traih.
MANYSHOWSCOMING
The Long Felt Want for Theatres
is to be Filled all at Once.
SEASON OPENS SATURDAY
Four Theatrical Companies. Each
Producing Special Plays, are
to Visit Man jum With-
in Six Days.
C. W. Gilliland will write your
fire insurance. Call on him at his
office in Johnson-Border building.
FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING.
Of the dreer County Baptist Asso-
ciation to be Held at Rock
School House.
Dr. A. ilonetta of Guthrie Will be at
Mangum Hospital Each Satur-
day Thia Month Only.
We wish to announce to the com-
munity of Greer county the
coming to Mangum of Dr. A. Mo-
netta. He is an expert in the de-
tection and correction of defective
vision. Eighty per cent of what
is commonly known as headache of
all kinds can be traced to some de-
fect in the optic nerve. This de-
fect may be slight, but like other
diseases it grows with neglect.
These disappear completely when
proper glasses are worn. The
doctor is prepared to give the most
thorough examination of the eye
free, the same service as you can
get in any large city, and to grind
special to fit the eye. He makes a
specialty of complicated and diffi-
cult cases. Particularly those who
have never succeeded in obtaining
glasses to suit their eyes. If you
are wearing misfit glasses you are
surely wearing your eyes out. The
doctor has had 25 years' experience
and can fit your eyes when others
fail. If you do not need glasses
he will tell you so.
Examination free. Artificial
eyes inserted free.
Dm. A. Monhtta,
At M'g'm Hospital Saturdays only.
I will have for sale after the 12th
of November the following trees
and plant* Catalpaa, Russian
Fifth Sunday meeting of Greer
county Baptist Association to meet
at the Rock school house, six miles
north of Duke, with Mt. Zion
church No. 2, Friday, 10 a. m.,
Nov. 27. 1903.
Introductory sermon by Elder
West, alternate B, S. Ross.
Which is the more important,
the "go" or the "baptize" of the
great commission? S. F. Hawkins,
J. K. White, Arthur Anderson.
To what extent is the pastor re-
sponsible for leading his church
into mission work? R. C. Farmer,
Ira Parton, M. L. Sibbily.
How can each church have a suc-
cessful Sunday school? J. W. Sol-
omon. R. J. Morgan, J. H. Mc-
Cuiston.
The executive board meeting will
be held Saturday at 2 p. m.
Sunday, 10 a. m., Sunday School
rally. 11 a.m., missionary sermon
by W. J. Evans.
3 p. m. Orphan's Home rally.
It is hoped that all the pastors
will be present and that each church
will send some of its best members
with a contribution for association-
al missions.
J. C. Collier,
H. G. Finley, } Com.
R. E. L. Farmer
Get Gentry & Sultan's prices be-
fore you buy your hardware, tin-
ware, queensware, stoves and
paints.
A FOOT BALL GAME.
Mangum High School Team Played
Its First dame Away From
Home And Got Skinned.
The Mangum high school foot
ball team went to Hobart last Sat-
urday to accept a challenge from
the high school team of that town.
The Mangum boys started out in
good spirits confident of winning
an easy victory for they fully real-
ized the fact that for school kids
they are pretty good players, but
when they arrived there and cast
their optics over the big fellows
that made up Hobart's line they
realized that they were up against
a hard proposition. Instead of
having school boys of their own
size and age to play against as they
had supposed the Mangum kids
found that the opposition team was
made up mostly of grown men who
had had years of experience and
training in the game. The conse-
quence was that Hobart won an
easy victory, the score being 28 to
a goose egg. There will come a
time though when Mangum will
show Hobart how to play foot ball.
the mangum line up.
Center—Sebourn Garrett.
Quarter back—Olen Jones.
Full back—George Curry.
Right halfback—Geo. Winburn.
Left half back—Tom Armstrong.
Right end—Horace Wasley.
Left end—Herbert Carlock.
Right tackle—Roy Maybee.
Left rackle—John Maybee.
Right guard—Lawrence Roberts.
Left guard—Horace Owens.
The Superior Disc Force Feed
Drill insures good stands of wheat.
C. P. Hamilton, agent.
Lovers of the drama in Mangum
feel a deep set yearning for a thea-
tre. There has been no entertain-
ment of that character in Mangum
this season, but now the long felt
want is about to be supplied, and
with a sudden rush. Within the
coming week there are to be all
kinds of stage plays at Mangum
opera house—from a Shakesperian
drama to a Peck's Bad Boy comedy,
and each by a different company.
The season will open Saturday No-
vember 14, with Sheakespeare's
"The Merchant of Venice" by
special company with Joseph De-
Grass as Shylock, the Jew who de-
mauds the pound of flesh, support-
ed by a good company. Joseph
Shipmau, a manager of long expe-
rience, is in charge of the produc
tion and that is a sufficient guaran-
tee of its good qualities.
Monday. November 16, comes
Maharra's negro minstrels, oueof
the best minstrel companies on the
road and all who enjoy seeing a good
minstrel show will have the oppor-
tunity.
On Wednesday night of next
week comes Peck's Bad Boy, by a
competent company under the man-
agement of C. F. Brotherton, who
holds the sole right to produce the
play south of the Mason & Dixon
line.
On Thursday, November 19, we
are to have Beecher & Stanley's
great production of Ten Nights in
a Bar Room. This*company trav^
els in its own special palace cars
carrying a band of twenty people
and will give a grand free street
parade.
There is a program of theatrical
events covering a space of six days
that any town might well be proud
of and it ought in a measure to fill
the long felt want in the mind of
the Mangum theatre goers.
See the beautiful line of cut glass
at Warner & Co's., jewelers and
opticians, south side square, near
Gilliland & Co'«.
OF INTEREST TO COLONISTS.
A Lattar From the Secretury Tailing
of • Cash Assessment Now Dua
From th« Shareholder*.
THE NEW BRICK PLANT.
Wanted. Cattle.
To trade furnished hotel in Ana-
darko. Okla.. valued at $4,500, for
cattle, or would winter 300 head.
Mb. ,oC box 36. SZ**o.
—— es Benuie Mathews. Fannie Long.
To Cure a Cold la One Day. Maud Johnson. CarrieCollier. Mol-
TEACHERS' EX AfllNATION.
List of Those Who Were Granted
Certificates From the Octo-
ber Examlaatioa.
A teachers' examination was held
in this city on October 30 and 31,
and of the persons who took the
examination the following were
granted certificates: B. Hudsoeth.
E. A. Duke. F. C. Switzer. W. Y.
Switzer, W. H. Dennis. R. W. Lar-
kin, C. W. Edwards. E. F. Kenne-
It is Turning Out Brick at the Rate of
40 Per Minute and a Kiln Will be
Ready to Burn Next Week.
The new pressed brick plant is
now iu successful operation and is
turning out a very fine quality of
nicely polished pressed brick at the
rate of forty bricks a minute, or
24,000 in a ten hours' run. This
process of brick making is a novelty
indeed to a person who has never
seen brick made except by the old
way—moulding them from ground
mud and laying them out in the sun
to dry. These bricks are moulded
entirely by machinery, from dry
dirt. The shale from which
the brick are made is brought up
to the mill in a tram car where it
is dumped into a big hopper
and all ground to a fine powder, it
then goes into the big press where
it is mashed together by a most
powerful weight, exceeding a mil-
lion pounds to the brick, and comes
out in hard and polished bricks.
The bricks come out of the press
four at a time and are carted off to
the kiln. They will have a kiln
ready to start burning by the mid-
dle of next week.
The best of pumps and windmills
at Gentry & Sultan's at close prices.
Doesa't Respect Old A*e.
It's shameful when yonth fails
to show proper respect for old age,
but just the contrary in the case of
Dr. King's New Life Pills. They
cut off maladies no matter how se-
vere and irrespective of old age.
dyspepsia, jaundice, fever, consti-
pation all yield to this perfect pill.
2jc at Hannah's drug store.
E. E. McCollister is local agent
. .. . - . —| Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Il,e Rowe. Deasie Adams. Cora Mat-. - - -»—
mulbernea. rhubarb or pie plant Tablets All druggists refund the lock. J«*i« Hamilton. Catharine 1 for German Alliance insurance
anal nnr«i> ruii<ii ... ... " n < . I
Chamal, Tamps., Mkx.. 11a, 'oj.
Mr. W. O Byars.
Mangum. Okla.
Dear Sir—At the last meeting
of the board of directors they voted
an assessment on the company's
stock of $2 per share, gold, to pay
the interest on our $25,000 land
note. This falls due the 3rd of De-
cember. so it will be necessary to
get it up as quickly as possible. I
want >ou to see or send word to
the members on the euclosed list
and collect the $2 per share from
them, and when you get all togeth-
er you can send New York or Kan-
sas City exchange, also send me a
list of the names and amounts each
one paid.
Our surveyors are moving right
along with their work. Had six
bunches of Mexicans cuttiug out as
many different lines last week.
They average about four miles a
week to tlu bunch. The yellow
fever has all disappeared down be-
low our «outh line and we have
raised the quarantine. We have
been having a few chills and fever,
but I don't think they will last long
as everything is getting so dry now.
I have just received a letter from
Mr. Pardo in which he gives some
instructions to the colonists who
are coming next time, though he
says he sends you a copy. We are
going to instruct Mr. Pardo to have
a bond made, so you people can
cross the line without having to
deposit any money. In having the
certificate of character made please
add the names of W. K. Womack
and J. F. Briscoe, they were acci-
dentally left off of the one Mack
made for us. Also add the names
of O. J. Bacon and F. M. Priddy.
Mr. Pardo and also Mr. Shatter
both write us that we will get our
dutymouey back soon, which is
very encouraging news to us.
We are all anxiously awaiting
the coming of the next bunch of
colonists. Yours truly,
J. L. Sweet, Sec.
special notice.
Every colonist in Greer county
should pay in his assessment so
that it can all be sent off together.
All who attend the meeting in Man-
gum Saturday will be expected to
pay then and those who do not at-
tend will ple&se send amount to me
direct and I will return receipt {<¥
same. W. O. Byars,
Chairman.
Bridge, Beach & Co's and Corn-
stock Castle Stove Co's stoves for
sale by Gentry & Sultan.
White Maa Worked the ladlaaa.
A w eek ago last Sunday the Ea-
gle printed an account from its reg-
ular Oklahoma correspondent of a
proposed grand pow-wow to be giv-
en to a thousand Indians of vari-
ous tribes by Chief Quanah Parker,
who has for a long time annually
spread such a feast for his brothers
of his own and other tribes. A dis-
patch of yesterday states that the
Wichitas, Caddos, Tonkawas, Kio-
was and his own tribe, the Coman-
ches, showed up in goodly numbers.
Quanah entertained them for two
days, killing forty fat steers, but
when the dancings were over, *vhen
the heroic deeds had been related,
he wanted his red brothers to go
home. The visiting tribes did so.
They had to, for they were only
allowed a four days' leave by their
agents.
But some townsite grafters from
Cache, a little village near Chief
Parker's house, got theComanchea
to stay, and for the last three days
excursions have been run into
Cache. The pow-wow has been used
as an advertisement. Chief Parker,
despite his five wives, is a sensible
and civilized man, and he dislikes
having white folks make monkeys
of the Indians, hence he is angry.
But the townsite men of Cache pull-
ed off three successful excursions,
and don't seem to mind very much.
They had a few Indian pony racea
and a few squaws in red blankets
for an attraction
We handle uothing but the best
grade of McAlister coal, both lump
and egg. Sentell & Kelaay.
Phone 36.
r*Uid,, rooc, «<i hoi*v-1 it fails ^ 0 „
J ,L * i Grove * signature is on each box
yard, south of depot —David Ken , „c *
nedv - '
-— A full line of rides aod shot gun«
subscribe for the Son Monitor }uM received at Gentry 4 Sultan s
Roberts. Kittie Hughes and Pearl i company
Hollanshead. SJO.M* la Lam mm tam
E. E. McColh*ter is local agent j O McOoUrster has $20,000 to
for the Austin fire insurance cum- ' loan on choice Greer coonty farm*.
p*ny dnrmg October See him now
If von want anything invest
twenty-five cents in a Si n Moni-
tor Bargain Column notice and see
if it don't bring good results.
E. E McCoilister
glass tosoraooe.
writes plate
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