Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1913 Page: 1 of 12
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Mangum Weekly Star.
VOLUME XXVI.
ten pages.
mangum. greer county, OKLAHOMA. december 11. ItlS.
TEN pages.
district court to con-
vene here january 7,
List of Petit Juror* Drawn Por Jan-
uary Torm District Court Which
Convenes Monday, January
1 1914.
I<a*t week Judge Brown lisued an
order directing Clerk McCutcheon and
Sheriff Tittle to draw a lint of forty
names to serve as petit jurors in the
coming term cf district court for
Greer County, which term will con-
vene on Monday, January 7, 1914.
Last Friday these officials execut-
ed that order, drawing the following
list of names of citizens: A. B. Car-
los, C. F. Clay, G. F. McLamore, H. L.
Karris, W. H. Dickey, Jim Cotney,
Chas. Sessions, J. V. Bannister and
J. A. Houpe, of Mangum; G. S. Mitch-
ell, T. S.. Balllngee, J. H. .lolyison, G.
W Pickering, 11. F. Elkins, D.. A .
Belmore, J. B.. Jones and J.. M York,
of Granite; G. B. Gaddis, J. M. Gib-
bins, C.. C. Holden, C. F. Montgomery,
P.. H.. Morgan, W.. M.. Ryan, J.. W..
Miller, Wicks Price and Tom Dooley,
Willow; Geo. McDaniel and Allen
Fouch, Brinkman; W. T. Bradley, J.
M.. Gilbreath and L. L Simmons,
Jester; N. W. Overall, J. H. Elkins, J.
M. Harbor and W. M. Carrie, Reed;
R. C. Clarkson and H. T.. Wicker,
Hester; Thos.. Hawkins, Blair.
These men were summoned by reg-
istered mail at a coBt to the county of
about $5, while it would have cost
several times that amount if officers
subpoena them. This Is one law the
6ubjoena them. This is one law the
legislature passed last "winter that
saves the county some money.
The assignment of cases for the
term has not yet been published, but
it is hardly so heavy as in former
terms. As soon as it is given out for
publication we will publish It in the
Star.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
ORGANIZE CLUB.
Live Wire Young Democrats at Gran-
ite Organized Young Men's Dem-
ocratic Club There Last Night.
—A Good Move.
E
dy,
His Christmas Eve Dream
Ielks held their
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Efka
Mangum Lodge No. 116S, B.P.O
Hold Annual Memorial Service at
Thoir Lodge Room Last
Sunday Afternoon.
Each and every Klks lodge in th
country hold a memorial service
the first Sunday In December,
memory of the departed brothers w
C. Walsh, residing near Granite,
was arrested the fore |>art of the
week on a charge of obtaining prop-
erty under false pretenses. The
I'o charge grows out of his having mort-
In
IIIf II11'i Ul uir !•••• »« w < Mill K* H't'wn will ui hid ntivum iiiwi % -
have answered the call of the Grand gaged Home orses to W. .1. Leffel,
Exalted Ruler, and In accordance with und it Is said he never owned the
this custom Mangum Lodge No. 1169 horses.
The reports of the county officers
ihow that the sounty collected a pret-
.. ty good sum from t'.ie various office*
mem ttnu u.e In diirlng the month of November. Mrs.
welcomed t< attend Watkins headed the list, her offlco
having collected the sum of $34S.lO,
next came Judge Thacker, he report-
ing collections of $322.07, while his
reports show that he earned only
$L' 18.72. This is accounted for by rhn
fact that he has been collecting some
held their memorial services at their
lodge room last Sunday afternoon
The several relatives and friends
the departed brothers and the public
general were
these services and the lodge room w
filled with people when Exalted Rul
re P. A. Janeway called the meeting
to order.
The services were opened with
■prayer by Rev. J. W. 'Moseley, pastor 0f the fees In old cases.
of the Presbyterian Church, who In
very Impressive manner beseeched
Divine blessings upon the members of
the order, and upon the relatives and
friends of the deceased brethren. Next
came the opening exercises by the of
ficers of the local lodge. Which w
followed by an appropriate musical
program, and a memorial address by
Hon. A. R. Garrett, in which he called
attention to the admirable traits of
character possessed by the departed
brethren.
The Mangum lodge of Elks has been
very fortunate during its existence,
for although it has a membership of
something like 200, yet during the
five years of its existence here it has
lost only seven members from death
four of whom passed away during the
last year. The deceased members arc
W.. F.. Tvgard, Sr.; A. G. Herndon, H
Byers, H. L. Crittenden, Geo. G.
Stultz, R. W. Bercher, and W. H. Ja
cobs
ELECTION RESULTS
IN MANGUM LODGES
iLast night at Granite a bunoh of
bustling young democrats of that sec-
tion organized a Young Men's Demo-
cratic Club, to be affiliated with the
State Federation of Clubs. The new
club starts off with a membership of
twenty and this membership it is ex-
pected will increase rapidly. Follow-
ing are the officers elected for the
club: W. W. Robinson, president; L.
GooOh, vice president; C. E. Gra-
,, secretary.
This is the first young men's dem-
ocratic club to be organized in Greer
County, but the Star hopes to see the
young democrats in every voting pre-
cinct in the county form a club, for
these clubs can accomplish a great
work for democracy. The new organ-
ization starts off with a membership
of twenty, but it Is expected to in-
crease rapidly. Every democrat in
Greer County between the ages of 18
and 35 years is invited to join the
club.
At the next meeting of the club,
December 15th, some prominent out-
side speaker will be invited to be
present and address them and
democrats are invited to attend. —
We suggest to the young democrats ta Claus and tell him their wants, and
in the other voting precincts of the we would publish their letters in the
county that they follow the lead of Star. The time is rapidly drawing
the Granite young men and organize near when old Santa Claus will have
a club for democracy spells op- to make up lists of what he wants to
portunity for the young men and
WHAT THE CHILDREN SAY TO SANTA CLAUS
Last week the Star published an
all invitation to the children of Greer
County, inviting them to write to San-
above all other classes they should
be interested in maintaining the su-
premacy of democracy. Why not or-
ganise a club In Mangum?
o——
NEWSPAPER MAN POR GOVERNOR
Sayre Standard Prapoaes Chie. J.
Sealy aa Head of the Independent
Stat* Tick* Next eYar.
In the paat few months tbere has
been considerable ts'k among the re-
publicans, progressives, socialists and
a »■»+" class of disgruntled democrat-
ic politicians about an Independent
movement next year—a fusion—the
purpose of which Is to wrest control
of the state government from the
democrats and turn It over to this
bunch.
Chas. J. Seely, editor of the 8ayr»
Headlight, has been active in host-
ing the movement, sr.d last week the
Sayre Standard proooaed to the in-
dependent* that they nominate Seel)
as their candidate for governor
Seely Is known to many Mangum
people. He waa an employe of tSe
Star for a few months at one time,
hat for the paat two years ba»
bee* at Sayre iter* he edits aa)
manage* the Sayre HeadHrht We
- erewtth print *$* article from tka
Fin* Mu4aN
Pnnsi a re-feat 'Wt ta tkt »e-
li nfsIM of the *tat* rte adttar of tbe
Ftaadard was pleasantly sarprtead to
teara that * *»» *ommm rasas."
eaaaag n* poifUrtaas af tbe state «*a.
rhaa i Peaty oar Miss t
get for the children and we advise
children to hurry up and tell their
wants, for you know Santa Claus does
not like to wait till the last minute to
do (his shopping. He prefers to do his
shopping esrly while the stocks are
full and when he will not be bothered
in advance for the nice presents. I am Claus will call on you and bring you
Your litlte friend, some nice presents.)
LUCILE WOODARD. !
~ " ) Dear Santa Claus: I want a little
Dear Santa Claus: Please bring ship, rubber boots, police suit and hat,
me a doll with black, curly hair and cowboy suit, Christmas tree and base-
candy, apples, nuts, ball. Robert wants a play dog, cover
ed wagon and train.
JAMES and ROBERT GILLILAND,
sleepy eyes; . ,
beads, oranges and a ring. From one
who loves you; aged 7 years.
VIOLA BILI.S.
P. S.—Please bring baby brother a
sulky.
Dear Santa Claus. Please bring
full and when he will not be bothered me A do]] wlth bIack ;iair an,j 8i„epy
with such large crowds as be would ^ a necklace and a >'<ng some
be if be waits till the last few days But>^ and a brooih, a trunk, ap-
vefore Christmas to do bis buying. pJeg ud orange«. To ,he one I love.
Below we publish a few of the let- yrom CLETA BILLS, aged 9 years.
_ publish
ters received from children, telling
what they want:
Mangum, Oklahoma, Dec. 7. 1913.
Reed, Oklahoma.
Dear Santa Claus: I want a bicy-
cle, an air gun, some nuts and some
fire crackers.
JAMES RE1D McFAtLL,
612 Okla. Ave., Mangum, Okla.
Dear Sarta Claus: I want a Irish
Mall, an air gun, nuts and fire crack-
ers.
WILLIAM McFALL,
612 Okla. Ave., Mangum, Okla.
Some of the Mangum Fraternal O
ders Have Already Elccted Offi-
cers for the New Year, and
Others Will Elect Soon.
Some of the fraternal orders it
Mangum have already elected officer?
for. .the ensuing year, and some others
have not yet elected their new offi-
cials but will in the near future.
Last Thursday evening the Wood-
men of the World met and elected
their officers as follows: Consul
Commander, J. M. Longmire; Ad vis
ory Lieutenant, W. B. Skaggs; Bank-
er, Roy McMillan; Clerk, Thos. Tur-
vey; Escort J. C. Longmire; Watch
man, R. L. Stiles; Sentry, A. J. Jack
son; Manager, G. C. Moore.
The Odd Fellows at a recent meet
ing elected officers as follows: Noble
Grand, E. P. Bingham; Vice Grand, J.
W. Cruse; Secretary, Thos. Turvey;
Treasurer, J. B. Norman.
Last Saturday evening the Masons
elected the following officers to serve
them during the ensuing year; Wor-
shipful Master A. C. Cravey; Senior
Warden, J. R. Trisler; Junior Warden,
Dr. R. L. Holt; Treasurer, S. Vaughan,
and Secretary Louis Tittle.
The Modern Woodmen met last
night and elected officers as follows:
H. H. Wyman, Consul; J. W. Page,
Adviser; C. C. Hays, Banker; J. W
Chambers, Clerk: Dr. T. J. Dodscn
Physician. On the second Wednesday
night in January. January the 14th,
officers will be installed and a ban
quet will be served, and a good time
is anticipated.
The Knights of Pythias will elect
their officers at the next regular
meeting, Tuesday evening, December
16, at which tim eall members are re
Mangum. Okla.. Dec. 6. 1913.
Dear Santa Claus: We are five
Dear Santa Claus: Christmas Is orphan children out here at the south-
,t west corner of the fair grounds, at
drawing near and I must write you ^ ^ Chance ,f „ „ ^ too
what 'j3|0uld Md gave much trouble wil you please stop and -
very kind to me last year and « ^ ua ag you p*,,„ here going on your start out on your journey Christmas
me several presents. Itho g Journey Christmas? We wont write do not forget me Here is what I
would try and be yen* good «»>■ *!£. a long letter eo we will close. want: A music ictl and a Holy Bible
BO you would Visit m aga n I . ( NELLIE K1LLIAN. aged 15. and I have a sister; the wants Holy
so many things yon are leaving at tne
store, that It ^ j MAY WLUAN. ^
many things I fear, but dcar ««,M. JKg8IB KILLIAN. aged 10.
if yon will bring me a UUle dreMe SADIE KII-UAN. aged 8
r™ ".r/J s.., «..«
Mangum, Okla., Dec. 7, 1913
Dear Santa. Ctaue: When you
Bible and "a ring, and my brother
aants blocks and candy. We
are cocntin* the day* till you come,
ixrringly.
MARY HOYLE HEATLY.
1 :> • ' -t-ty will '«•-
Sayre Headlight, in wfckk Mr. SaeW iR power la the greet State a*
makes a strong p'** fOT »* oklahoma bat we a*«o believe la tea
eat ticket as a means of pattiag ih* fitaeee of thing*, aad If pe'-
. -rattr party oat of baalae^ i" chance a bull mooeer Is to occupy tk-»
Oklaboau. sad wkfc-% attracted wtd-- po^txta of chief «rstl»» by ■'!
<M**d atteattoa over the Mate, aum* let h be aar ■ oalemparary aai
to Save ftnhM tke laeptraOaa aad f#ik, u>wa»maa CW J Bsaley ~
af Ms adaptaMHty as __
the MO ma pee staadsrd bearer «■ tee
raepalsa <f 1»1« Mr <wty Is a rmm- ATTENTION SOYS.
vtarlag writer, a *>er*i»test ngbter.
aad bis yiresaal re«eaaMaare ta E«- Waated. few
Oe*era«r Hae*e« «IS aia Ma M«M» c A Pesateae at P»*«V.»a Pf«M*r*
la every part af tfce state Friday aft* races from J ta 6 rrtr*
rtc* M-H
STUDENTS RECITAL.
will band is l» the list of officers
we will glsdly mate meatlon of them
The stedents nf the Flae Arts De-
tmrtme>i; of the *>»t»r« Baptist Co»-
lege win give s recital at the aadlto-
Isn of the Baptist ehereb temorro*
PTiday ereaiag. I Member lltk. "»t
Irk the public Is cordially lavttel
ta be preseat No adaidtra fee will
be charged Aa «>irail«at program
has beea prepared fee tfce —
sad those wb" i«»sd will be well re-| CLAY COMB SEED ******
paM far their troable |»-lt pd adv Gmrmim. t«l%
NUMBER 2S.
THE WEEK'8 NEWS AT
THE COURT HOUSE.
Happenings of tntsreet at Our County
Court Houae Since Our Last
Report.
quested to be present. -oo/io
The members of Sunflower Grove, ess.os. ~ --y
aoxlHary o, ... W«k-..
District Clerk Andrew McCutch-
eon's report shows that he earned
$in.7(> during t''ie month, but his col-
lections showed only $89.25. County
Treasurer Hall also had a pretty go .d
collection of fees during the month,
due to the tax sale. He received a
total of $09.75 for issuing certificates
of tax sale, and for issuing certifi-
cates of redemption he collected
$17.<10, making a total of $86.75.
November was a banner month with
County Clerk Hearne, he having ia-
sued 92 hunting licenses, turning over
to the county treasurer therefor, $92;
he collected $20.75 from various other
sources, making his total collections
amount to $112.75.
Some "of the old bachelors of Man-
gum and Greer County, some of whn»i.
seemingly have given up all hope of
ever inducing some lady to becone
their partner for life .will have reason
to take new heart, fcr last week Sam
nel S. Busby, aged G9, living near
Brinkman, asked for and received a
license to wed Mrs. Eliza Tabler, ali«o
of Brinkman. Judge Thacker did not
question the groom to ascertain
whether or not he was of the required
legal age—'twenty-one years.
Another couplfe though had consid-
erable difficulty In obtaining their
permit, but in this case as well as
most other cases, where Cupid and the
law conflict. Cupid triumphed and
Rev. John W. Sihs pronounced the
ceremony to at made W. J. Taylor, of
Hammon, Oklahoma, and Miss Nettie
Byorm, of Childress, Texas, man and
wife.
Th© young couple arrived in Man-
gum Friday afternoon and the groo:n
went to Judge Thacher's office and
asked for a license. Judge Thackjr,
who is himself no "sprlng-chickeu,"
was suspicious of the young man's
age and asked him regarding it. The
boy stated that fee was twenty-one,
but Judge Thacker is one of these fel-
lows who is very careful and who
wants to be sure he Is right before he
acts and told the young man that ho
was not satisfied and would require
further evdience before issuinb the
necessary permit. It was arranged to
call up tlhe boy's father at Hammond,
who informed Judge Thacker his son
was not quite twenty-one, but that he
had no objections to the wedding. He
was told that It would be necessary
for him to file his written consent, ac-
knowledged before a notary public,
before the license could issue. By
this time the soutihbound passenger
train had left Hammond, so the per-
mit could not arrive in 'Mangum TI
Saturday afternoon. The couple re-
mained here and Saturday afternoon
as soon as the southbound train cane
in and the permit arrived, the license
was issued, with the result before
stated.
County Treasurer Hall collected
quit? a bit of the 1913 tax last month.
Both the Northwestern and Roc't Is-
land Railway Companies paid the first
half of their taxes, the Rock Island
contributing $4,386.19, and the North-
western paying $3,302.90, • making n
total for the two companies of $7,-
Up to date about $16,000 ot
of the World, are to -Jt tnis aoar- ^ ^ ^ _
*<*>" tb*!TtCsur *n. Blair, and Miss Violet Queen,
night the Udles o officials 0r*nlt*: Ernest Pierson. Jester, an<f
"J0 eSS M,M L-wrence "ugh„. of Mangum
The Rebekabs have already nutrw r'ww urrnirhcmn rv*unti
their officials for the coming year.
■i„...... Ud M.' IO^v«... toi.
..IK, n. -Ith „tUn, (or „ toltrfc.
follows: Noble Grand. Mrs. Emma
Halve: Vice Grand. Mrs. Sallie Nel
son: Secretary. Mrs. Lettle Stone: Ft
court which convenes early In Jan-
nary. A large number of witnesses
eon: Secretary. Mrs. i-ewie swnc. r.- 8ummoned. and a great
nanclal Secretary. Mrs. Andrew Mc- ^ t<> b<?
DR
BORDER EXAMINES WATER.
Acting upon orders from the head
I be traffic depsrtmeat of the Rock
Cutcheon: Treasurer. Mrs. Ida Brown;
Trustees. VHss Kat# Dsvis. Mrs. Ol-
He Stone and Mrs. W. M. Tueton
The Elks do not elect their officers
st this season of the vear. Their an- of i
n.ial electioa will not be held uatP Island rellway company. Dr. POwler
he tatter part of next Msrch Borter r^U waek *ecnred ssmples of
Possibly there are other lodges who the
have or wbo will In the near fotu-e la
elert office ra sad if the secretaries
SWEET CLOVEN.
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wster from the Rock Island well
the northern part of the city aad
also the water from which the tea ta
BMkle that ta furnished the company
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th«m to det»rmla» If tbere ware aar
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