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Mangum Weekly Star.
VOLUME XXVIII.
TEN PAGES
MANGUM. GREER COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, JUNE 8th, 1916
TEN PAGES
NUMBER 51
STORM DAMAGE
IS VERY GREAT
I COL. WATSON VISITED MANGUM
Col. A. P Watson, who It will be
remembered, was impeached and re-
moved from the office of corporation
commissioner at the last session of
the legislature, Is again * candidate
for the position and in furtherance
Losses From Wind, Hal and Rain are
POPULAR YOUNG [WANT WEST PIERCE
COUPLE HARRIED, STREET WIDENED
That Mr. and
Mr} l
l me
Malcolm Mop-
ot that candidiacy "was" m'Mangum'ria80n «re amon« most popuUr
Tuesday afternoon and spoke in his M*"Sum people to be married for sev
Interest -Jeral years was amply demon strated
Col. Watson has thousand, of b> the reception accorded them Mon-
friends throughout the state who •»«>' evening when they arrived from
- I .. || fx . 1 have never believed that he received Lawton on the evening Rock Island.
Immense—Crops Literally DeStrOyM a square deal at the hands of the leg-1 They had Planned a quiet wed(«ns
_ I a • mww I . lslature and they are rallying to his ®,ul Monday Mr. .1 rrlsslon »ent to
But Fortunately No Lives Were Lost support in the Pe5ent campaign; YTto\t T y
OUl * UI lUMawl/ * w ^ spoke on the west side of the square ried *t the home of the bride.
■ for about three-quarters of an hour, Immediately following the wedding
Leaving in its path property des- ■ property has been reported from this- reviewing his record as an official ceremony they left for Mangum, but
and the evidence upon which he was
ousted from office, ;and concluded)
i with an appeal to his friends that
they assist him in this campaign to
vindicate himself and he ha3 many
friends In Greer county who will sup-
port hljn In this race.
troyed worth thousands Jof dollars, j section.
and fields devoid of growing crops, j J. w Ryder, who owns a farm a
one of the worst wind and hailstorms ' few miles south of Granite, had 15u
to visit Greer county in a number of j acres of wheat which It was estima-
years visited a section of country \ ted would yield 18 or 20 bushels per
south and ea3t of Mangum Sunday I acre; 110 acres was damaged by the
night; In some sections destruction hall to where it is estimated that the
was more complete than In others,: yield will not amount to more than
while in no other sectlpn of the j four bushels per acre
ccunty did the storm do any great j shug Barnett, who lives ne^r
damage. j Blake,, also had a promising wlu-at
The storm area varies from three crop, and following the hall he says
to seven and eight miles in width and jje wju surprised if he makes any-
extends from the Harmon county line, I thing.
near Russell and Shrewder, directly. Many others have suffered severe
across the county, a Ht*-e north o -og8eg on graiu crops, losses they can
east; the country Immediately south nQt repalr. t)ie i03ses to growing
and west of Mangum In thei .Ladessa. cropg cotton, corn, etc., is great but
community, seems to be the wors {he farmerg ca, yet piant cotton with
damaged; in this section crops were reasonable chance of making a good
literally beaten Into the earth, sever-, yjeld; many of them are alredy at
REV. A. R. 8PICER HERE SUNDAY
Rev. A. R. Splcer, State Secretary
of the .Oklahoma Christian Mission-
ary Society, and Bible School Super-
intendent will speak at the Central
Christian Church Sunday at 11 a. m.
and 8:30 p. m. In the morning he
will speak on "The State Convention
at Claremore." and in the evening
"Talents and Power in Church Life."
Rev. Mr. Splcer Is a strong speaker
news of the happy event preceded
them to Mangum and when they
Property owners living along Weit
Pierce Street, west of the city hall,
are very anxious for a wider street,
and have asked the city commission-
ers to buy or condemn a portion of
the north side of the lot formerly oc-
cupied T>y the Cltixens' iLumber
Company, just south of the city hall,
and make the street wider.
A delegation ot cltiseus living on
West Pierce street, who have them-
selves donated a part of their proper
ty to widen the street, appeared be-
fore the city commissioners Tuesday
evening and asked that the matter
stepped off the passenger here they |be considered; the proposed widening
Were met by three or four hundred of
their fiends; conveyance up town
was provided for them. Mrs. Morris-
son was escorted to an automobile,
but friends of the groom had provid-
ed a different sort ot conveyance for
hint
Jno. Brown, of considerable local
fame as a shoe shiner and donkey
Jockey, was there with his best train-
ed donkey—trained specially for this
occasion, and friends of Mr. Morrifc-
sol; had engaged this donkey to con-
vey him up town. He was placed on
the donkey; and with a brass band
leading the procession, the start was
made for town.
The groom, though he looked very
pale and nervous, experienced no dif-
al houses were destroyed or damaged. ; 1 ' t ( t and will bring to all a message that i pale and nervous, experienced no dif
and orchards valued at hundreds of lh\t some aro not repUntlng cora lU reallv worth whl'e If you want faculty riding his steed; the ant-
whlle some are not replanting corn,iknow what l8 belng done ,n the gtate w had been specially trained for
this occasion and showed no unruly
disposition; by the time the proces-
dollars are almost totally wrecked. j hoping It will yet come out and make
, At Russell both the Baptist and v,e,d
Methodist churches were blown sev- ' u
era feet off their foundations, and. The loss to property and growing
crops by reason of the storm will
mount up Into the thousands of dol-
=TO ~
Mangum; many of them have suffer-
ed destruction from hailstorms every
><=ar for the past three years, and us-
ually it has come later in the sea-
son when there was no hope to re-
plan*; and recoup their losses.
In-Mangum the storm did quite a
belonging to J. D. Burkhardti was
wrecked; the residences occupied by
Nolly Brown and J. G. Jones, were
totally destroyed and the household
goods scattered In every direction.
Fortunately no one was seriously in-
jured.
^ So u' h e a s t o f Man gum, the big barn, ^ ^ ^
belonging 1 re k. destruction was nothing like it was
the finest In the countj, was wreck _ ^ nQ buildlng8 were des.
the biggest ralus to
thro :gh the organized missionary ac-
tivities of the church, be sure and
hear Dr. Splcer at the morning hour.
For a great, lifting, helpful sermon,
do not miss the sermon on "Taler.ts
and Power in Church Life."
Sunday school at 10:00 a. m , J.
iLeadbetter, superintendent. Every-
one will reeclva a welcome at the
Central Christian church.
ed; three buggies and an automobile . -outjof town, r
sjf'aas Trnjrt
hundreds of dollars.
East of Mangum, while the des-
truction to crops, from hall was as
confylete as south of town seems not
to have suffered so severely from the
wind. At least no destruction to
less than an hour.
In the northern and western sec-
tions of the county there was no re-
port of hail or violent winds, and 4he
rain will be of Immense benefit to the
growing crops In .these sections.
THE WEEK'S COURT
HOUSE HAPPENINGS
slon reached the square there were
fifteen or twenty automobiles In line
and hundreds of people in the proces-
sion on foot.
When Gully's Drug Store was
reached the procession halted a short
time when the groom, still astride
his noble steed, was led Into the
drug store, where he made a short
speech.
After about an hour'3 march, the
grom was relieved of his task of rid-
ing the donkey, 'much to his relief,
apd he went to the ^lk club rooms
where a number of his friends gather-
of Pierce street lis very deeirabje
for several reasons; it will make the
street more sightly, will add to the
convenience of the public, and last
but not least, will give the city fire
department more room. As it Is now
when the fire wagon emerges from
the fire station there is barely room
to turn in the narrow street.
The commissioners agreed to take
the matter under consideration and
see what can be done, and will take
the question up with the owners of
the property and see if some equita-
ble adjustment cannot be made
During the month the city clerk's
office as shown by the report of Mrs.
Watkins, collected $1,083.08, of which
amount $668.48 was criHected from
water rents and $330.50 from occupa-
tion tax.
Aside from allowing the usual
monthly batch of claims, approving
reports and calling the election to
vote uipon the question of Issuing
bonds to buy and equip a city park,
no other business of importance was
considered.
FUNDS WILL BE
NEARLY EXHAUSTED
That the county commissioners
number oi nis menus ^ - p ^ ^ up the,r ,nnuaI
The county commlsloners did not!ed and extended congra u a ons an . esttmate figure<i very clpsely upon
meet as a board of equalization this ^est w,9hes. tbe exact amount of money that
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison are among wouid be required to conduct the bus-
the most popular young people in lnegB the county during the year
STATE TREASURY
'MAYJiET MONEY
Unless the unknown heirs of John
SOCIALIST TELLS OS
WHAT SOCIALISM IS
Editor Mangum Star:—In a reeent
A. Gossellne get busy at once and j ""e you take a crack at all socla,
claim $1G0 and some cents on depos-,«Bts; you say when a man becomes a
It in the office of court clerk awaiting socialist he is not capable of percely-
thOm, the treasury of the state :ing honest motives> others, for his
of Oklahoma will be enriched by that .reason is blinded by passion and pre-
Ljudice else he could not remain a
amount. member of such organization.
Years ago John A. Gossellne died
leaving some property In Greer Now Mr Editor knowing you as I
county; Telia A. Gossellne was aP- *>• I don t think you elieve 'such
pointed administrator and the estate |dope as that; I think It *as a slip of
was administered, but some of the Uie tongue and not of the head and
heirs were never located; Just before heart.
statehood, Judge Irwin, then dlntrl'11 It isn't a question of what Staliard
Judge of this district, ordered that ; or Clark gets; the quest»pn is, is so-
the $160 be deposited In the office of jciallsm right or wrong.
the district clerk until claimed by the . "The ethics of socialism are ldentl-
proper heirs: the money has remain- ical with the ethics of Christianity.—
ed on deposit In that office and last | Encyclopedia Brlttanlca
week County Attorney Garrett filed j "Socialism Is a theory of society
suit in district court asking t'|at the ! that advocates a more precise, order-
money be escheated to the state. i}- and harmonious arrangement of
treasury of Oklahoma. I the social relation of mankind than
The Oklahoma laws provide that ! thai; which has hitherto prevailed."-
money or property of this chSmcfer ,Webster s Distlonary.
remaining unclaimed for a period of | "Socialism is simply applied Chris-
seven years shall revert to the state tianity—the golden rule to every day
" " life."—Prof. Ely.
'Socialism Is a word haviug two
distinct but related meanings; pri»
marlly it is used as a name of a cer-
tain philosophy of history and method
of Interpreting and analyzing social
MULES i phenomena; in the second place.
j since the philosophy and method have
as one of their principal conclusions
Horses 5 to 9 years old. 15 1 Inch to,tj,at BOCjety is evolving toward a co-
ld 1 inch high; I want some nice rid- operative stage, the word is used to
ing horses; also some horses weigh-, designate a co-operative social organ-
Ing 1250 to 1000 lbsi j lotion where the means of produc-
Mules 4 to 10 years old, 14 1-4 to 16 , tlon of wealth are the collective prop-
1-4 hands high. All stock must be erty of the workers, while the goods
trei'sury, and it is in accordance with
thi* law that the suit is filed Un-
le^ the heirs make known :heir Iden-
tity and claim the money soon it will
revert to the state treasury.
WANTED—HORSES AND
week, but adjourned to meet again
on June 15yi when they will consider
the highway situation in Greer coun-
ty, and on June 16th and 17th will
sit as a board of equalization to ad-
Just errors in assessments; it is hard-
ly likely that any of the assessments
of this year will be raised, but in
case any property is raised, the own-
er will be notified and given oppor-
tunity to be heard before the action
is made final.
Only two new suits have been filad
in district court 3lnce our last report,
as follows: O. A. Lock vs. First
State Bank, usury; State vs. Un-
known Heirs of John A. Gossellne,
suit to escheat money to state treas-
ury.
Hardly had the month of June
been ushered In before the marriage
license business In Court Clerk"Well-
man's office began to pick up; dur-
ing the week a t«)lSl of seven permitp
have been issued to the following
parties: Leonard A. Graham, Araa-
rillo, Texas, and Miss Bertie L. Ma-
nlre, Rocky, Oklahoma; ^E. E. Slpes,
Hammon, Oklahoma, and Miss Ella
Downs, Vinson; Alva L. Balrd and
Mr3. iLydla Balrd, Jester; Will W.
Ivens, Mangum, and Miss Gussie
Bailey, Oklahoma City; J. H. Thoma-
son and Mrs. M. D. Lafferty, both of
Mangum: Robt. P. Wells, Quebec,
Canada, and Mrs. Minnie Fields, Ho
bart; Earl Foster, Drumright, Okla..
and Miss Alta Sawyer, Mangum.
Only one new complaint has been
filed In county court In which John
Balrd is charged with having whis-
key in his possesson for unlawful
purposes.
Mangum; Mrs. Morris 3on is the
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Sims
formerly pastor of the Methodist
church here, and has been practic-
ally reared1 in Mangum; she is a
1915-16 is shown by the present con-
dition of the various funds.
The Jaw provides that the commis-
sioners 3hall fit the July meeting
—• make an estimate of the amount of
young lady of pleasing manners, lova- j money requ,red for the varlous funds
ble disposition, prominent in church i durjng next fiscal year, and pro-
and social affairs and withal one of hjblt8 tbem from spending any money
the most popular ladles in Mangum; excess of that estimate; in some
Mr. Morris3o_n is a young man counties it has been the practice to
thoroughly worthy of the bride whom | the estimate rather liberal, but
he has won; he has been a resident
of Mangum for about two years, com-
ing here as an employee of the
Wichita Falls & Northwestern rail-
way. During his short residence In
Mangum he has, by close attention
to business and uniform courtesy,
made friend3 out of all those wl^
\Aiom he has had business relations;
so valuable a man has he become to
the company that recently he was
not 30 In Greer county; the commis-
sioners figured the minimum amount
necessary and their estimate as ap
proved by the county excise board,
represented the minimum amo'int
necessary to run the county during
the year.
There Is only one month more,
June, of the present fiscal year, and
81 the com-u='ic" of th?' - r '• --or
of tfi3 funds will be practically ex-
ELECTION CALLED
ON PARK BONDS
An election has been called for Sat-
urday, July 1st, at which time Man-
gum voters will settle the question
of the Issuance of $10,000 for the pur-
pose of buying and equipping the fair
grounds, northwest of the city as a
city park.
The proposition has been pending
for some time and recenF.y a petition
signed by tLe majority of the busi-
ness men of the city was presented
to the commissioners asking them to
call the election on the proposition
and in compliance with this petition
the commissioners on Tuesday even-
ing called the election.
The fair grounds were bought sev-
eral years ago by the Mangum Fair
Association for the purpose of using
the grounds as a home for the coun-
ty fair; the fair never was a self sus-
taining proposition and eyery year
the business men of Mangum were
called upon to go down in their pock-
ets to provide funds to keep it going;
the fair association was never able to
ipay off a mortgage that stands
against the grounds and had it not
been for the passage of the act ait-
thorizing the county to take charge
of and hold free fairs It is doubtful
if another fair would have been held
at Mangum.
In the free fair law there is a pro-
vision that the town where the free
fair is held must furnish free to the
county the grounds where the fair Is
to be held, and if the bonds are voted
it is proposed to purchase theWesent
fair grounds, build the necessAry ex-
hibit buildings and tender It to the
county free of charge as a place to
hold the county fair.
If the people of Mangum desire to
retain the free county fair it is up
to them to provide the grounds free
of charge; since the present grounds
are already partially equipped and
since It has been used for years past
as a place to hold the fairs, no more
satisfactory location could be found
than this location.
Should the bond Issue be voted the
stockholders in the old county fair
association will not receive back the
money they have put Into the fair
proposition; they will not even re-
ceive back the money they hare put
into the land and improvements, "so
the citizens may be sure this is no
promotion scheme upon the part of
real estate agents to unload upon the
city worthless land.
The question simply resq)ves itself
into a question of whether or not tha
peope of Mangum desire the land
to be used as a home for the
free fair, the expenses of which are
born by the taxpayers of the ^county;
If they do, the city mu3t provide
grounds and buildings, and no better
location than this can be found; nor
can land be bought cheaper and the
improvements made cheaper than at
the present location Study the prop-
osition careful'v and The Star be-
lieves there will be no dissenting
votes.
promoted to agent for the road at lbau8ted and in none of them will
Mangum, In which position he Is mak*jthere be a great unexpended surplus.-
ing good. Below we give the amount estlma
The Star Joins the many friends of d for the vari0Us funds, together
the happy young couple in extending I lth the amount unexpended at pres-
congratulations and best wishes; may|en(.. poor and lnsane> |12 800, unex-
pended, $67.46; contingent $3,800,
unexpended, $25.66; road and bridge,
THANKS
/// ,
their married life be both long and
pleasant.
OFFICERS COLLECT
LOTS OF MONEY
sound. Now If you have anything of
this kind for sale don't fall to see
me before you sell, as I will pay you
all your stock is worth.
Barn North of Court House.
W. D. BLACK,
51 ltadv Mangnm, Oklahoma.
A LONG AUTO TRIP
Frldey morning Messrs. Ju C. and
W. D. Gully and families left for an
extended trip to visit relatives In
Texas, making the trip overland In
J. c. Gully's Cadillac car. First they
will visit relatives at Brownwood
Texas, after which they will go to
Corpus ChrlstU Texas, for a short
stay before returning to Mangum.
which are to be consumed become
the private property of the individ-
ual."—Encyclopedia Americana.
Now, Mr. Editor, If you are right,
the highest authorities are wrong;
surely you do not think Webster's
reason so blinded. Your for a square
deal,
J. T. WALKER.
HORSES AND MULES WANTED
To those friends and neighbors
who assisted In replacing our home
recently destroyed by fire, we extend
out sincere thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Knight
and family.
Court Clerk Wellman's monthly re-
port for May shows collections ft>r
that month to have been the largest
in the history of the office; a total of
$637 63 was collected and turned into,sane fund this year was larger than
iha fop* usual for the reason that out of this
$3,500, unexpended, $308.12; court,
$9,000 unexpended, $1,093.04; salary,
$19,375, unexpended, $2,141.6(;; wid-
ows' and orphan's, $200, unexpended,
$15; s'ate highway maintenance,
$2,000, unexpended, $1 749 4^; state
highway construction, $4,500, unex-
pended, $541.06; sinking, $7,319, un-
expended, $2,877.36: separate school.
$200, unexpended, $55; special court,
$10,000, unexpended, $440.92.
The estimate for the poor and in
MANGUM DEFEATED WILLOW
Last Friday afternoon the Mangum! the county-treasurer while j"*"?1 /h°f ^mmi'slloi
Last Friday afternoon the Mangum (tne county - |fund thi commissioners bought and
ball team went to Willow and defeat-learned amounted to $403.88, indu farm_ ^
ed the Willow team by a scoro_of_4 j^h^total of $637^0 ttaf olio w | ^ ^ ^ ^ reduct(on
to 2; the game was very Interesting ing amounts - ----- ,
one from start to finish and was not sources indicated: marriage licens ,
finally decided until the close of the $46.50: civil fees, district cour ,
ninth inning. $268.28; criminal fees, district court,
Willow is maintaining one of the $11.80; fines, district court, $100.00,
best amateur ball teams In the south- county attorney's fees, dlstrjct court,
west part of the state and have de- $40; civil fees, county court, $15.65;
feated many of the best teams in this estate and guardianship fees, county
section, but the Mangum boys were,court, $116.05; criminal fees, county
too much for them. The same teams court, $24.60; county attorneys fees,
are to meet again Saturday afternoon
at Willow when the Willow boys hope
to get revenge for their defeat. The
county court, $14.75.
County Clerk Hearne's monthly re-
port shows that office to have been
batteries for Mangum lajt Friday a good revenue producer for the ccun-
were Messrs. Duffy,
Faulkner, catcher.
pitcher, and
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
(Holmes Nichols, Pastor)
The pastor will preach at
both
J hours. The evening sermon will be
I am buying mules 4 to 9 years old, |"How Backslidden Believers Regard
14 1-8 to 16 hands high: horses 4 to Consecrated Christians." The morn-
8 years old, It to M Mg*: 1
am now located at the Old Bex Barn.
South side square; show me your
Ing sermon will be "Have You Re
cetred the Holy Ghost Since You Be-
lieved T" (Acts .19:8.) All are cor
stock before selling, as I can pay you dialljr Invited to worship with as.
the price. D. H. Pershall. 51 Mr Strangers welcomed.
ty during May, though not so good as
for some of the months In the past;
his report shows that during May his
Another fund, the special court
fund, out of which the payments on
'he court house have been made, will
be eliminated in the future, the last
payment having been made on the
court house this year: this will mean
a reduction of approximately $10 000
In the amount of money raised by
taxation.
It is likely that there will be ma
terial reduction in the amount of
money asked for this year, though
the amount to be raised by taxation
may not be very much less than rais-
ed last year, coming about by reason
office earned and collected a total of |of the small unexpended balances left
1817 65, which was turned into the from last year's estimate to apply on
this estimate.
county treasury.
County Treasurer Hall's monthly
report of tax collections shows the
May collections to have been rather
small; only $5,967.95 was collected
during the month, which was appor-
tioned as follows: .state tax, $782.40;
county tax. <f 1.898.47; cities and town-
ahlps, |1,B97.68; school tax, 12,288.56.
Rev. 3. W. Solomon, of Reed, was
in Mangum Monday on his way to
Oklahoma City, where he will trans-
act business for a few days; he said
people of Reed country were happy
because of the fine rain that visited
them Sunday night.
CARPENTER AND
STALLARD TO MEET
It will be remembered that some
time ago arrangements were comple-
ted tor a series of debates between
Senator J. L. Carpenter, of Mangum,
and H. H. Staliard, of Snyder, who
has since been nominated by the so-
cialists for congressman from the
seventh district.
A 3erles of ten debates "^rere ar-
ranged. beginning on June 21st and
ending on Saturday, July 1st, at Man-
gum. Following is a list of dates and
places for holding the debates;
Willow, June 21st, 8 p. m.
Brinkman. June 22, 8 p. m.
Bloomington, June 23, 8 p. m.
Reed, June 24. 2 p. m.
New Hope. June 26. 8 p. m.
iLadessa, June 27, 8 p, m. 1
Hester, June 28, 8 p. m.
Granite. June 29th. 8 p. m.
Consolidated No. 2, June 30, 8 p. m.
Mangum, Saturday. July 1st, p. m.
The public Is cordially Invited to
hear these men debate; both of them
are well qualified to discuss social-
Ism and they will prove interesting
and Instructive.
FOR SALE—One second hand Stand-
ard mower, In god runntng order.
One second hand Moon Bros, buggy,
In good condition. A few tons of nice
bright headed malie. Fer prices see
W, F. Hearne, at county olerh's of-
fice. #1
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