Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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Mangum Sun-Monitor.
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MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1909.
VOL. 19. NO. 31
SIGN THE PETITIONS
Use Your Influence to Help Knock
Out the Unfair Election Law
I DON T PUT IT OFF DO IT NOW
One of the Unpopular Features
of the New Law is That it
Requires Even Farmers
to Register
It is urged by Joe H. Norris,
chairman of the republican state
committee, that every possible
means be taken to rush the work of
obtaining signatures on the peti-
tions to the governor asking that
the election law be referred, l'he
petitions were sent out by Mr.
Norris more than three weeks ago,
and it isnecessry that they be filled
out and returned to him immedi-
ately, as the time is drawing short
in which to file them. Circulators
of petitions should be careful in
obtaining signatures to see that
each man fills in his name, post-
office address and county properly,
and if he lives in q city the street
and house address also.
"Talk about your educational
test" said Cash Cade, republican
national committeeman today, the
democrat who happens to be in dis-
favor with Governor Haskell and
his machine ring, will understand
just what the Taylor ribbon ballot
election law means in that respect,
for I tell you this law was passed
to perpetuate the Haskell wing of
the democracy in power to the ex-
clusion of every thing else and of
every other brand. I am opposed
to the Taylor ribbon ballot election
law for the reason that it gives the
party in power, the governor, ab-
solute control over the people of the
state. It does not mean only that
the republican, or socialist, or other
party is in danger because of this
pernicious law, but also it give;
to the governor the one man power
to make a martyr of any member of
the democratic party that happens
to secure a nomination by the
people that he does not like.
SOCIAL SIFTINGS
IIV MRS. H, A, MICKEY
Mrs. Mark Pace and children left
Sunday morning for Marshal, Tex-
as, for a visit with relatives.
***
Mrs. F. C. Holmes and little son
and Daisy Mae Stone will leave Fri-
day for visits in Waurika and Par-
is, Texas.
***
Rev. H. S. Davidson will preach
in Altus on Sunday. There will
be no services in the Presbyterian
church on that day.
***
Mrs. A. Duff left Wednesday for
Neosha, Missouri,for a stay of sev-
eral weeks.
***
Mr. J. C. Wood returned the last
of the week with his charming
young bride whom he married in
Lindsay the past week.
sk**
Miss Flora Orth returned from
Oklahoma City on Tuesday.
***
Messrs M. and C. Pace are in St.
Louis this week.
***
Mrs. J. O. McCollister gave a
dinner in honor of the Seniors and
Juniors on Friday night. This
was one of the most pleasant even-
ings of the many enjoyed by the
young people at the beautiful
home of the McCollisters. Mrs.
McCollister is a most gracious host-
ess and :s ably assisted by her
daughter, Miss Mabel.
***
Mrs. Geo. Winburne gave a re-
ception on Thursday in honor of
her daughter Mrs. LaCompte which
was largely attended. Ihe young
people were well entertained in the
evening.
***
The Basket Ball team went to
AltUH on Saturday where they de-
feated the Altus team 10 to 2.
The Mangum girls are proving
themselves pretty strong players.
***
Miss Miriam Blanton who taught
school and incidentally lacerated
the heart of more than one young
man in Mangum was married in
Nashville, Tenn., recently to Mr.
Vick Hubert, a wealthy miller of
Minneapolis, Minn., and is resid-
ing in that city.
**+
The W. T. Funderburka enter-
tained the Owls for the last time
this season. Mrs. Doyle and Mr.
Locke won first prizes. Mrs. Jac-
obs and Mr. Oake«, the consola-
tions. Mr. Oakes received a pair
of motor glasses and it is rumored
that he is to purchase an auto to'
match them. The club meet this
week with Mr. and Mrs. Russ Jac-
obs.
***
Ihe Entre Nous met with Mrs.
Burchell Davis on Thursday. The
pretty spoon was carried home by
Mrs. F. C. Holmes. The club
meets this week with Mrs. Doyle.
***
Mrs. G. E. Warner and little
daughter Mae, and Mrs. C. Nance
of Colorado, left this morning for
Illinois for a visit with near rela-
tives.
***
When it comes to running a
church what an easy time the
"Lords of Creation" do have. All
they have to do is to plank down a
little money and eat their share
of the dinner it takes the women a
aay or two to prepare and tire
themselves out in serving. This
week the Methodist ladies served
lunches two days. The Baptist la-
dies furnished the banquet for the
Odd Fellows and the Christian la-
dies are prepaing an entertainment
to be put 011 the last of the week
while the men sit quietly by and
whistle "Let the Women do the
Work."
***
"A Hiawatha, Kansas, man goes
to the millinery store with his wife
to buy her hat. The milliners say
he is a nuisance and harder to please
than his wife." A Concordia,
Kansas, man goes to the millinery
store without his wife ana selects
the hat she has t<TXfrear or go with-
out." That's nothing a Mangum
man goes to the millinery store
just to see the milliner and nothing
is said about his being a nuisance.
GENERAL ELECTION
Very Little Interest Was Taken as
Primary Settled City Offices
a hosts in Town.
Last Thursday at the hour of 10
p. m., the unlucky number of thir-
teen spooks wandered around the
square and halted at the W. 0. W.
hall for refreshments. The outside
guard was overpowered in his
fright and the regularity of the
hall was turned into tumult with-
out a moments warning. A letter
of introduction was presented but
so abruptly was the a ttention of
the Woodmen circle taken that the
sovereigns refused to move. After
due consideration the cool heads
repaired to a refreshing spread of
punch and cake which cannot be
equaled only on such occasions.
W. O. W. are grateful to the W.
C. for the surprise for it was a
great surprise to all the members
present and a glorious treat.
Sundav School Notice.
On the third of May there will
be held a Sunday School rally and
all of the various Sunday Schools
are invited to attend as well take
part in the meeting. A report from
each one is desired. Bro. Nickols
gives this date for the rally as it
is the only one open before the
state convention at Enid in latter
part of May. This meeting will
be held at the Christian Church
and beginning at 8.15.
You can get 13icents per dozen
for your eggs by trading at Trip-
pet's Cash Store.
The Jackson Auto Co., of Ho-
bart, had an agent in Mangum
lately with a car. The first car-
load of automobiles for this town
and adjacent points are already on
their way and representatives of
the company here assure us that
there will be several mote consign-
ments. There has risen much of a
demand for these machines at this
place and many citizens are talk-
ing of getting new ones. This is
a bad feature for the poor family
horse but there is very a few sand
beds in the county that are known
to tsick a motor car so it will go
just as well as the old horse and
buggy.
Pure hog leaf lard, ten pound
buckets, $1.25, five pound bucketB,.
$.65, pure cooking oil, per gallon,
at Trippet' Cash Store.
ALL PROPOSITIONS CARRIED
The Magnificent School Buildings
Will be Built—The Vinson
Interurban Franchise
was Cranted
The general election held in:
Mangum last Tuesday resulted inL
all the propositions carrying.,
The $80,000 school buildings are an .
assured fact. A franchise was»
granted to the Rock Island to -
build across the lots to the cotton
platform. A franchise to the Vin-[
son road, an interurban line that f
will connect the two towns was al- [
so granted. ;
Very little real interest was tak- .
en in the election but a few enthu-1
iasts were at the polling places ask-1
ing men to vote for the proposi-
tions. On account of the small *
percent of republicans in the city*
there was no need for placinng ;her
candidates names on the general
ticket as no one was runing against
the chosen office holders of the pri-
mary April 6th, but they were jput
on as a matter of form.
Ihe spur to the cotton platform
was not of much interest to the
citizens but to the cotton men and
buyers it meant that they could
get their cotton loaded on the cars
at such little percent of actual loss
and insuring faster delivery to the
markets and will partially do away
with the expensive cotton wagons
and teams.
The interurban to Vinson was of
as much interest as the school house'
proposition. Very little public J
sentiment was against it for Man-
gum realized that the town of Vin- *
son would be dependent on this |
place for all necessary goods, etc. >
The company under the leadership»
of Mr. Solomon, has not fully de- •
cided as to the power they will use, r
whether electricity or gasoline, f
But it is understood that large [
cars are to be operated for the hand-,
ling of freight and light ones fo^
passengers. As gasoline has been :
used to advantage at several other t
points this may be the power used. •
A right of way has been gone over "
and as it is only twenty four-miles;
out there the Company will not have
much track to lay. £
Every citizen should stand inthef
front rank and help to build ouri-
school houses up. No better draw-r
ing card to Mangum is in evidence
today than our schools. Fully half?
the inhabitants of the town are*
here because of the fine school and8
they mean to take advantage of it.
We built the new school house used"
as a high school and thought thatn
it would be sufficient but as soon{.
as it was erected the flood of schol-i-
as increased and we stand todayd
with crowded schools and an oldn
building that is full passageway for"
all cold winds in the winter. This*
will be different soon for the new
building will have sixteen rooms'1
and four ward buildings, cut-j
ting off a good per cent in this way,,
and helping to relieve the child-e
ren of the long cold walks they},
have been subject to. The pictureo
of the proposed building has beend
on display in the window of thee
Mangum Drug Co . for some0
time.
Another proposition was whether!'
if the bonds were issued it would
be advisable to levy a tax against^
the citizens for paving off the $80,,.
000 bonds. This was fully carried.
The following list of men weree
on the ballots as candidates but
as they had no rivals it was just tor
carry out the law: For Mayor,9
C. M. Thacker; City Clerk, John
Tomme; Police Judge, T. F. Mc- '
Millan; City Treasurer, Percy Cor- •
nelius; City Attorney, H. M. Thack-jj
er; City Marshal, J. L. Lyon; As-f
sessor, J. T. Johnson; Street Com-g
missioner, W. B. Henry. On the#
school board were Lon McKinney,!
Treasurer; K. W. Lanford, First#
Ward; J. L. Guthrie, Second 1
Ward; Lee Hawkins, R. F. Maloy,""
Third Ward; J. C. Gilliland.-
Fourth Ward; Councilmen First.
Ward. A. B. Carlos; Second, Ward
D.J. Doyle; Third Ward, J. A. Mc-
Kibban; Fourth Ward, A. M.
Stewart.
Milk buckets, churns, dashers,
crocks and butter moulds at Trip-
pet's Cash Store.
the right commission merchant, stiiiJi IIJIECT UCnC
your products to him solid. Do not |, ij, | . IVIlL I MLLKlZ
divide your shipments between two or
more houses in the same market, as
by .0 doing you brin* your Koods in Had a Big Meeting Last Monday
competition with themselves and you " a J
and Tuesday of This Week
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Visiting Members of the Or-
der and Showed Them
Our Resources
also show a lack of confidence in all
the houses you are shipping to.
Third, always put up your fruits and
vegetables In neat, new packages. It
is a mistaken idea of economy to use
old, dirty and (as Is often done), half-
dilapidated packages of any kind. be-Qfy Extended Every Courtesy to
cause the cost la a few cents less.
Good fruit will often look poor In old
packages, while poor fruit will fre-
quently show up fairly good in new
ones.
Fourth, select your products care-
fully, making as many grades as may
be necessary and packing each grade The Odd Fellows of the Oklaho-
aeparately, putting a distinguishing ma District met here last Monday
mark on each package of different and Tuesday to celebrate the twen-
grade. Never top up your stuff by put-tieth anniversary of that order,
ting poor or inferior grades in the bot-Three were about three or four
tom or center of the package andhundred visiting and town mem-
good on top. This is a fraud, and lffa t)resP„t Mondav was a verv
you expect honesty from your com-Der® pr*senF; Monday was a very
mission merchant, you must set himPretty day but on Tuesday a dis-
the example of being honest y0urself»8reeable north w»>d blew, spoil-
and not try to make him a party ta'n8 the pleasure of out-of-door
your dishonesty in robbing the pur-meetings. But this was fully
chaser of your fraudulently packed made up for in the good cheer that
goods.
CORNSTALK HOLDER.
How a Serviceable Device Can
Made Out of Two Rake Teeth.
Secure two rake teeth, as shown li
Fig. 1, from an old hay rake and afte
To Hold Cornatalka.
heating bend the ends of them straigh
as shown by the dotted lines. Plact
the teeth together opposite each oth
er and fasten them with a bolt ant
large washers, using a round woot
plug that will just fill the hole in th(
circle of the spring. A, Fig. 2. W'hei
heating the ends and bending them
says Popular Mechanics, • make
prevailed at the upera house where
most of the meetings of the diff-
erent lodges took place.
Mangum citizens set out to boom
their city and show it off to advan-
tage. Accordingly the court house
was decorated on the outside and in
the middle was festooned with the
national colors. The stores of the
city also put forth flags of wel-
come and hung the national colors
in the prominent places around the
square. On Tuesday after the
program the Twenty Thousand
Club took the visitors in hand
showing them the city. Carriages
were provided and Mangum in all
her glory stood forth to them. This
was a rare chance to advertise and
the twenty thousand club made
good inthier vow to show it off.
The prorgam opened Monday,
the 26th, with a welcome address
by A. M. Stewart also with an
address by O. P. Elliott for the
Mangum Order. The welcome
address in behalf of the Rebekahs
was made by Mrs. Maggie Brad-
shaw. These were responded to
hook on one end and an eye on the . . . ... , , „..
other in which to attach a chain t>^ ?« addressjollowed by Oliver
hold the holder together around theBlack, of Oklahoma City. At7:dO
etalks while tvtas. • the time was taken up by team
— - work and a reception by Rebekahs.
On Tuesday, the second day, the
meeting was opened by the mem-
bers singingt he lodge ode. This
was followed by a prayer by the
chaplain and an address by the
president E. C. Foster. In the
afternoon a parade was given
with the Mangum Fire Depart-
ment eaily dressed in colors and
about eighty buggies were in line
showing the visitors the city. The
fire department lead the van with
t he automobiles next and followed
by the buggies and carriages of the
members. This shows the amount
of interest taken in our city and
how the merchants intend to boom
it. The parade went over the prin-
cipal parts and took the sight
seers along the pretty drives, past
neat cottages and yards of our cit-
izness. The night was mostly
taken up with degree work and at
midnight came the banquet with
toasts and much good cheer for
. . Mangum's future. Mp.ny fine dish-
WOrk.es were served and all in attend-
ance wtre full of the town's prais-
es and the home order.
Logan
For Fine Watch
"Mean as Ever."
Rear First National Bank Oppo
site Post Office.
Special
Attention
Given to
Complicated Cases
of EYE Strain
Of School Children.
25 years experience in
fitting glasses, with the
best equipped optical
office in Oklahoma.
DR. WARNER
tl« Comni.1' ' '
ti. Dickey wishes to make
aic city loans on good city pro-
perty.
ON THE RURAL ROUTES
Notes Picked Up By Free Delivery
Carriers on ttielr Regular Daily
Rounds.
Mangum R. F. D. 2.
Miss Hall, formerly with Gilli-
land *s, is now at Mrs. Locke's Mill-
inery Store, over Snow Grocery,
where she willb e pleased to have
her friends and customers call.
See Miss Hall, Formerly with
Gillilands. at Mrs. Locke's Milllin-
ery store over Snow's Grocery be-
fore buying your spring hat.
Mrs. Alice Norman has been on
the sick list for the past week but
is better at the present writing.
Misses Oilie Yarbrough and Ethel
Jones spent Sunday with J. R.
Jones and family.
Mrs. J. F. Smith of Clayton,
N. M., is visiting at the home of
her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Crisp. She reports three feet of
snow in Mexico when she left last
week.
Miss Vada Kerchner of Granite
is visiting her sitser, Mrs. L. A.
Bond this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Fullerton ac-
companied by Prof. L. A. Bund
and wife visited the Fullerton irri«
gation farm on Turkey Creek Sun-
day.
J. A. Mc Waters returned from
Ft. Worth Saturday where he left
Mrs. McWaters under the care of
a physician.
J. W. Jones and wife of Man-
gum visited relatives on the route
Sunday.
A delightful children's day pro-
gram was rendered at Gyp Hill.
No. One, Sunday morning. A
large crowd was present, dinner
was served on the ground and
everybody reports a grand time.
B. R. Cameron Jr.. visited rel-
atives in Olustee several days last
week.
Mr. bscar Briley and wife of
Route One came over and sang with
the Gpy Hill class Sunday even-
ing.
Mangum Route No. 4.
Miss Hall, formerly with Gillil-
and's, now at Mrs. Locke's [Millin-
ery Store over Snow Grocery, will
trim you a hat to order subject to
your approval. Come and see her.
Prof. Frank Elsea spent Satur-
day and Sunday with friends in
Mangum.
The party at J. W. Keek's Mon-
day night was attended by a large
crowd of young folks. A nice
time is reported.
A large crowd of young folks of
Marie and vicinity visited the big
cave north of Jester. They had a
nice time and a good dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Busby spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
Mrs. M. A. Goodman of Route
Four.
J. K. Rankin was in town on
business Tuesday.
W. A. Nelson has erected « new
windmill at his home.
W. H. Hunter has rented Dr.
DeArman's farm and is making a
crop there.
Ben Crosby spent Saturday and
Sunday with R. V. Martin and
family.
Mrs. Percy Martin spent last
week with her sister Mra. E. P.
Eddy near Warren.
Mrs. Edna Martin of Hollis ia
up visiting her father-iA-law, J.
D. Martin and friends near City
view.
R. V. Martin is plantinfg cot-
ton. A ready crop looks fine. He
says we need a light rain.
Mangum R. F. D. *
Miss Martha Knox, assistant
teacher at Martha, was the guest
of Miss Jeffie Doughty Saturday
night.
The school at Madge closed
Friday, which yvas taught by Prof.
Dan Gilchrist and he is back borne
again which accounts for some of
the smiling faces we see among:
the girls.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Washburn
are the proud parents of an eight
pound boy born on the 26th,
Several of the patrons of the
route attended the 101 show in the
city Monday.
Mrs. R. C. Clarkson who for-
merly lived on the route but her
home at the present is in New
Mex., is visiting her parents in
Blair also old friends on the route.
Spring Branch has a fine ball
team. They challenge any other
team in three miles of their ball
ground.
Miss Effie McCurdy of Lugert
Okla., is visiting relatives on the
route this week.
J. D. Martin and J. S. Barton
made a business trip to Blair Mon-
day.
Mrs. James Sheriden and Mrs.
G. W. Gilchrist are on the sick list
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ewalt of
Route Three visited at the home of
J. E. Carpenter Sunday.
Miss Maud Cbambles is home
again with her sister Mrs. W. W.
Grimes, having lost her position
and most of,her wearing appearal in
the Gilliland fire.
Bro. Witt preached in the morn-
ing and Bro. Starkey preached at
night Sunday, at Mt.Zion church,
Bro. McAnally will preach there
next Sunday morning.
The farmers are well up with
their work some are harrowing
corn and some few have begun
planting cotton and most all are
wishing for a good rain.
Whenever you want anything
good to eat call Vick Grocery Co.,
Phone 294.
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