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Mangum Weekly Star.
volume wcvict" eight PAO£» mangum. tmh count*, oklahoma. march 5. U14. EIOHT paoej num»eh J.
business men ^ 'another pioneer
work roads gonetohis reward
mangum, and* county, oklahoma, march a. t«i4.
garrett explains jcourt house bunch
his position' worked roads
Who said Greur County people wcicr W. M. Mitchell, or I ncle Bill Mltclv bdltor Mangum 8 ur. ^ (|,e|r regular monthly meeting ut !
not good roads ootbuiltsU? Whoever **H, as he was known to his ho.t r>r . ^ cumber of good citizens havt court house Monduv and soot, i
made suih an assertion would certain Mangum und Greer County (trteada cMne to me and Informed me that tront-cted the business on hand and!
Jv have seen plenty of evidence Wei tiled on Friday lust at Mineral Well... qulu, , few |)eopie did not approve of a,)imirn„rt Tuesday. Outside of re"cU
nesday to have refuted the statement Texan, an a reault of paralysis. Bom > thf! farl Umt j had not prosecuted A |M thp monthly reports of the various
had he I teen on the Reed road, west threo years he suffered a partial par K (;rooki for acta committed while ha orf|<.er8 untl checking over the r-
from Mangum, where about 4tx» met alysls while visiting at the home of wa8 rounty aaaeaaor. My own conduct a and aUowlnK ri.gUlar claim.,
chants, lawyers, farmers and varlo.H (nla daughter. In Clovls. New Mdxlco. ;m connectu>n with this matter was .*» „othl out of lho ordinary happened
pther occupations spent the entire duy and from thU he never recovered. a"«i entirely In harmony with that policy I ftt he nu,Pttu<
working en the road. 'since that time It has been realized,^e uniformly followed since I have Treasurer Hall s report
In Mangum every loyal townbulWLr the end was net l.r distant. jbeen your county attorney, that • tVuule over $K.OOO was
cloaed his business and clerk and pro | I'ncle Bill Mitchell was well known |nad not thought u nw^Bary to ™*,,d , fleeted and apportioned to the va, -
juietor worked side by side on the in the territory comprising old Gree public my -connectionwi h hi. wrig |ous fund„ this month. Of this amount
- in the early days he settled nation. I have tried to administer the collected
• " - ' affairs of this office, to the best Inter . 191.. taxes was collettea
. . j. I Two new suits were flied in the dis
what democracy
has accomplished
public road from early morning till County.
sundown Not onlv this the farmers !on a farm near where Martha Is now
along the road turned out in lars located. a:>d lived theie until he was eat of the PtjW,c oikTad during the week. both
xxrs'Mirrir ™ THE v«™ o, THE
me or nis anuctwn aooip faiemem uy u.e tIlIBi, Elder- also E C
o r— - - H vmrs »co Duilim his resident Llcned without notice to the owner iu K*1-0 against Hugn Eiaer. a .
. White ^ - «Uji £ £
OUi 10 wniic r lift HUU |;iu|iuaru iUAv .
the farmers and business men Join here ie ,na e
forces and devote a days work* io|«re deeply grieved because
building better roads, and they met
of n-Jrlng renditions from the assessment 4*tate mortgage aKalnst
clieet to the different tax rolls, town- *el'-
Only two marriage licenses were l«-
heartydeception. They came back t j VVhlle sitting in ^jneralwe"» ^ea'^oTthe 'property^in 'aued by Judge Thacker's office durln;
were
funeral
at the
Mangum and reported progress made 'Friday at mealtime, he was suddenly
and interviewed the business men. ani seized with another stroke o fparaly-
almcBt without exception they a«rerfd|fiu. and the end came In a very t:,v
to close th^lr business and devoljmlnutes, before he ever regained con-
Wednesdav to road building. pcl^usners. The remains
A mass meeting was held Monda-, \sMVPe* to Altus where the
... » »■ services were held Sunday,
W B, Henri «a, .ppolnted general jMcthodlK Cl.ureh. Rev. SimB, cl tM>
overseer of the work and h? was au-j^tJ- officiating.
thorized to appoint as many lieuten j I'ncle Billte was an honored sl-
ants as he wished. As stated before. j vivcr of the war between the states,
it was decided to start Wednesday lie having served with distinction in
morning, but on Tufesday it loked as:the Confederate army, and was an ac
if we were going to have bad weather tive member of the Confederate Veter-
Wednesday and the work was called fans. He was also a member of tue
"off. Later though it developed ti1 at
the day would be pretty and peopl«
were called over telephones and told
Masonic lodge, and an honored one
too, he having joined that fraternity
while in his early manhood, and bot'i
to report for work, and the men got j these organizations were represented
started to work about 7:30 or 8 o'clock, at the funeral service. Not only thii,
Had it not been for the impression
that the work had been called of!
there would have been many more
people, both town people and farmerr-.
at work.
Tco much praise cannot be given
the workers. They worked hard ail
day long, and they have results to
show for their work, too, and with a
littlq more labor this will be one o£
the best pieces of road In the county.
While there is glory enough for all,
much cf the credit belongs to Horace
Oakes and Bill Henry, and the various
gang bosses, for without their enthus>.
iasm and interest in the matter, it
would have never been a success.
W. B. Henry, who is recognized gen
erally, as an authority on matters of
this kind, says that if the men had
been hired to do the work it would
have cost $1500.00 to accomplish the
results that were accomplished in this
one day by the farmers and business
men.
In Mangum all the business houses
were closed and those who came to
town could do nothing but wait till
the business men came in. Right be e
it might be well to state that until
further notice there is no use to come
to town on Wednesday for all buqiner,s
houses will be closed and our business
men may be found out on the road."
working to help make Greer Coun'.y
roads better. We are Interested i'J
these roads and we want to help the
farmers make them better.
MANGUM MAN RE-
CEIVES PROMOTION
This week Luther Maloy succeeded
Edgar Fears as manager of the local
Cameron 'umber yard, and Mr. Feavs
has been promoted to the position of
host of friends from all over this
section of the country were there to
pay the last respects to a friend tluj
had loved and respected.
Although a man of deep conviction,
Uncle Billie Mitchell was a man who
made friends rapidly, and to know
dim was to love and respect him as a
man and a citizen, and c« beha'f of
the citizenship of Mangum and Gre^r
Co*ntJif4H«5 Star1 Pauses a moment to
shed a tear in respect to the memory
of this good man.
the mass meeting
adopts platform
Greer County, I made up my mind the week, as follows: Albert J. Bar!:
that he must resign or action would cr. Mangum, ami F.ssie Trammel!,
be brought to put him out; but I could ;Brinkman: Samuel L. f arloss, Man-
not bring an action to put him out of gum, and Miss Leila As'dns, of Gran
office without an order from the hoard lte
RICT OF OKLAHOMA:
I hereby announce myself a candt-
da'.e at the coming August primary ior
the nomination of Justice of the Su-
preme Court cf the State of O'dahonu.,
from the Fifth Supreme Court Judicial
District.
Owing to the fact that most of my
;ime from now until the primari^
will be taken uf> In holding courts 1.'
the several counties of ray Judicial di.-
expense to the county. I wanted '0ffice except that of sheriff was clos-
sults quickly. I did not^ want hinwo ^ all(j 0f c.ourse that office could not
therefore adopt this as one of
methods of informing the voters of my
might have found a reasonable doubt
About fifty or seventy-five Greer
County democrats met in the assem
bly room of the court house last Sat-
urday afternoon, pursuant to notice —
given at the mass meeting the pre-;and accfriitted him. This would h
vious Saturday. So far as can be been true in any proceeding to oust
learned from the originators of this|him from office, as this proceeding 1,
movement, it had for its purpose only | in effect a criminal proceeding a
the discussion of the issues of the (the verdict is guilty or not gul ty.
assess the taxes for this year. II 1 cjcse f01. j8 never known just what Qualifications foi this office, ti usting
bad to go into court, with all the mlght be urgent need ,that under the circumstances I may
lays that could occur. It might have of ;these officials. Each of the county ji a,doned for 80 doIn "
been that he would have done the as- f^lcers proved themselves hard wo~k- I have served as District Judge In
sesslng for this year. 1 believed it an[j from wbat the boys say it «s the 18th Judicial District of Oklahoma
best to c-ffer him some inducement to tha( Judge xhacker and Judge since Statehood, and prior thereto
resign. I did: I proposed that if ne ^rrett win Hkely have more mercy |held the position of District Judge foi
would resign and put the county t0 wt,en it comes to sentencing bootleg- j fourteen consecutive years in one of
no expense that I would not make I ^ work the county roads, for, the largest districts in Texas, whlcu
- - " "" 6 at that time included. what is now
Greer County, Oklahoma, and the Su
preme Court reports of these states
will show how my decisions have
stood the test in the appelate courts
I believe the twenty years, and
more, I have served as District Judgt.
has, to a great extent, especially fit-
ted me for the high office of Judge of
our Supreme Court, and the fact thai
the people who know me have five
times elected and entrusted me with
their most sacred personal and prop
erty rights, should be sufficient evi
dence to those who are not personnlly
acquainted'Vith me, of the judgment
of those who do not know me as «o
my qualifications for a judicial office
and of my personal Integrity.
I do not believe any man should as-
pire to an office, the duties of which
he did not believe he could discharge
with satisfaction to the people ana
complaint against him myself, 011 the reali./e jugt about Vhat the wor?
'acts before me, but if an Individual means
came to me and insisted, that he 011
Drosecuted I would do so. No one I —£
has ever urged me to prosecute Mr. been satisfied with the valuation pla^-
Crook on any matter connected witn !€<j upon It by the Owner to raise it,
bis office as tax assessor. It has but that the law required him to mak-i
come to me that I have been paid mon
ey not to prosecute and that I received
part of the money that Crook got bv
his wrongdoing acts. I pity the man
who can thus slander the name of a
man whom many have known a quar-
ter of a century in this county, and
whose *very act has always been open
to the public. If I was the crook you
out a duplicate sheet of this raise an i
leave with the owner. Mr. Garrett
also called Mr. Crook's attention to
the condition of the tax rolls, wherein
the valuation had been increased
above that shown upon the Rendition
shpet? in many instances, this of
was iu general terms without
specifying Individual cases. He said
would believe me to be don't it loo* to Mr. Crook that there was nothing
more like I would have tried to have • * ^
kept him in office. My hands are not
tied, in this matter either by promi3?
or money. Do you not know that al-
though I might have believed that I
had a good case against Crook for
violating the criminal law, twelve men
coming campaign, and while a plat-
form was promulgated, yet the instru
ment itself says that it Is in no sense
meant to bind any member cf the
meeting and is put forth merely for
the puropse of having the various is-
sues discussed.
Only two or three suggestions con-
tained in the platform caused any dis
cussion. The first proposition to
cause discussion was that of the «us-
gesticn of abolishing the district agri-
cultural schools. When this matter
came up George Wilson got into the
game and made a hot campaign
speech against the resolution: A. U.
Garrett and B. L. Tislnger defended
the committee report, and it w«.s
adopted, only one man voting against
it—that man being Wilson.
The subject to bring on the greatest
manager cf the retail department of I discussion though, w as that of usury.
- - 'For two hours the discussion waxed
this company for northwestern Tew-
and Oklahoma. Henry Miller succeeds
to the position of bookkeeper, former
ly occupied by Mr. Maloy.
Mangum people will rejoice to learn
thai Mr Fears has received this recu*
nltion. It was in Mangum that Mr
Fears began his business career, till.-
ferred to Altus, where he remained ^ood
until last winter when he was pro-
warm, and the money lenders were;
scourged, but the clause relating to
usury as finally adopted means little,
for It distinctly provides that no mem
ber of the meeting is bound by the
clause and leaves each individual free
to espouse the same opinion he had
when he went into the meeting. Th»
Have I not seen men acquitted when
the evidence convinced almost every
other man except the jury, as have
you As I stated before it was quick
results I was after. I obtained them,
in doing so I was mindful of your best
interest, and was net seeking to ad-
vertise myself by getting to bring an
action to oust him from office. I pre-
sume men who always hunt something
to get themselves in the paper about
would have much rather had a lon^
drawn out fight in the court, to get
that he could do but to demand hl3
resignation, stating that he could not
force him to resign unless authorized
by the board of county commissioners
to bring a suit to oust him from office
and suggested to Mr. Crook that while
he believed he was guilty under the oi,h i am t-n
law of violating the statutes against ;rpat rftanon8lb,„tie;
forgery in the second degree, he wuold
make Mr. Crook the proposition, "That
if he (Crook) would resign without
putting the county to the expense of
bringing a suit to put him out, that he
would not file any complaint against
him unless some individual came to
him and insisted upon a complaint be-
ing filed." Mr. Crook stated that he
had not Intended to violate the lav/.
him to bring an ac^t on .agains 1 . are [n t)ie seiection of the Judges of
Crook to put lura out their highest courts. This importance
did not resign. Mr. GarretT>™?mphasLd this year in Oklahoma
: ! rong language to express himself thrge new
and did not leave any doubt in our;"->
drawn out fight in the court ro ge and am not leave auy ^ » jjud must be eleoted t0 fill the va
what I secured, without notoriety, at|mir.d« as to bis sincerity in demand lfanc{es cauged fay the resigllations of
least at the time. I shall not mate
this article tco long. I will see many
of you before the next primary elec-
tion,'and if you are not satisfied with
this explanation and the statement of
every member of the board of county
commissioner of Greer County, which
follows, tell me wherein you are noi
satisfied. You haye a right to criti
cise my official acts, but be fair, be-
fore accusing me of crime or wrong
doing, do me the justice to investi-
gate, before making up your verdict.
Yours sincerely,
A. R. GABRETT.
ing Mr Crook's ^slgnation^ The , ^ ^ wimamB> and ;fae
was nothing ^id^fpriU thal ^a8 hls' expiration of the term of Judge Hays
as Mr. Garrett stated that was his ( * ctfuUy lnvite the most care
final proposition, that he had to makp thorouah
Mr. Crcok as he had satisfied hlmse,^
. t 1 .consideration by the voters of this
that Mr. Croox *as in bad. in the way character, qualifier
he had done. On Mr 'u^s and recorTas a man a„2 officer.
Carrett was requested to meet w, ij measure up to the stand-
the board of commissioners just
soon after twelve o'clock as be could.
District court was in session and we
knew that he was busy in court. Ho
came about one o'clock, we all three
were present, and we told him we hal
found things even worse than he hsd
told us they were on Monday morn-
ing, and while we were discussing the
Mangum, Oklahoma. - offect Qf thp conditions of the tax
March 3rd. 1911. !.ol,8 bv these raises in the
To the Citizens of Greer County. ° " va|uat;on by Mr. Crook. Crock cam";
lahoma: !in jnr Garrett was telling us tha'.
As it has ccme to our knowledge 1 there was but one course for us
Afier this question was disposed of .that the county attorney A R. Gam t . iniraue as to putting Mr. Crook out «f j
w *r nlank„ of the proposal is charged with wrong doing In con „fflce and tiiat was for us to pass a..
moted to the managership of the Man- f adopted ir short order .nection with the resignation of J. R order authorising him to bring an ac
gum yard. Our people rejoice no les, ™ j-rook as tax assessor of Greer (
in the promotion of }"******'' (or\ w_ 0 Ryars roilde . ,pee< h In which we herewith give Just what «
he has "been a resident t^"^ ^atform should .concerning tW._n.aUer
rCouat.
occurr
fveral veers and Is
of great ability, and we
"ITr^dirt tha. h* presented to every candidate fort on the morning of the first Mond 1
■ — JL t.„ an office tor his rejection or approval in January, this year. Mr. Garrett ca.l
U will only he a 1^ew ye.s wl.en t^ ,pprov^ ol ^ aJ1 of us ,<th Mr Cr^k Into cH
too. will be c«.led ajon to fill high ; alforai. ,h„ the voters shouH office We y«d not know Just wa*
.tor it ions | jhr wanted but he soon informed u.
For the nex? three or four «onth.- j c„ p,ge 8. Column 1.) j]{*> first Mkel M* f rook If he
Mr Ftsn »UI ret*In hU re*ldenr-e • e*er <orres^oaoed with Use a'to^a-
Mangum, hut will later move lo | tA#rtl»W •TA*$ TO MltT jgeaeml .boet hl« duties as aw«
WkbiU Fall*. Teu». where he wltl! JMr he had not G.rr'
hte he.Jqwrer» j ^ m^tmg of the Emu.a thee s.ld Mr Crook It has e€m* u
m*n nida' »» knowledge that *» ».ny »ne«anr.
there will be.ym have rhaaaed The near*. •• U'
art. reedtOee shewn mt nieaanu alle>'
lo aw #igaed ua by the yraytti awn*
aad mm** the ralaart— higher TM
{he aM rmm had ao rtghs la «a That Cravy
?«a «M have the If fm had a« ed tei
order authorising
Uc.p for that purpos". Mr. Garrett dl
not chanite the subject but stated lo
Mr. Croo'4 Just what he had advlse.l
the board, sad agatn repeated ju.<t
shout what be had to Mr. Crook
We will have them for seed an
table UkC at the following store*
Norman. Davis. Crossland. Saf-»
shout wna. ne ua-i " 1 Grocer* Co.. Spo»u*s Oar |K>tato<>s
Mondsy morning, saying tha. he «.ut ,rHnlMl nor
A
[S'«f has been railed tc
iereatac.. at shirk tMae
■ ' 1 a.Hdatrir far hstattoa All
niM, ainr Chat V. I Bradaha* l«ad viewer* •>» ar«saUv la
Im aar UM af ihbt a na* fk«ai« he preeeet
Tha nrire te
NOTICE
either resign or something would
doae Mr. Crook begged to be al
to asse*.« the taxes for this >ear
Mr. Garrett said be had ao roan
la him and would not aaree to
thing of the kind That he *
chance to do tigbt aad be did •
H. aad the people of this caaati
ea tit led tc saother a
* "I
far tha
MBOM
na aal
(By SCOTT FERitlS.)
In dealing will, the accomplishment
'cf our party sine© It* return to poweir
I shall first deal with ths actlvltle,
'of the democratic house when It came
'into power during the sixty-second
'congresn, when the senate und the
(presidency were controlled by the re-
publican party. I shall seok to stand
side by side and compare, If you
please, the vote and activities of tha
two national parties and try, if we
may, to ascertain who was keeping
the faith and who was faltering, halt-
ing and trampling upon the people's
rights.
Election of Senators by Direct Vota.
House joint resolution No. 39, pro-
viding for election of senators by di-
rect vote, passed the democratic house
on April 22, 1911. (See Congressional
Record. 1st seas. 02nd Cong., p. 243.)
The vote stood 295 for, 17 against.
Sixteen of the seventeen votes against
the bill were republicans; I pause to
regret that one democrat failed to
keep the faith.
It will be observed that the passage
of this resolution on April 22 was one
month and four days after the demo-
crats came into power and was thirty-
eight days subsequent to the conven-
ing of congress in extraordinary ses-
sion. The promptness with which the
democratic party acted on a matter of
such supreme, importance to the peo-
ple Is simply significant of the fact
that the democratic party is willing to
do in office what it agreed to do while
trying to secur^ office. The passage
of this resolution in office was simply
permitting the people to do well tor
themselves what had heretofore too
often been poorly done for them by
the too often inferior legislature, of
thei country. It was simply permitting
the people to do well and cpeqly and
aboveboard tor themselyap what legis-
latures had too often bean dolng poor-
ly, dishonestly and clandestinely tor
them. »
This legislation has been an Issue
in every campaign since my early
childhood: yet with the republican
party in full control of both branches
of the government and in the White
House for sixteen years, they had
each time promised it on the stump
while securing votes and each time re-
fused them and turned them away
while in power.
Publicity of Campaign Expenaea.
On the 14th day of April, 1811, the
democratic house, ju.t thirty day.
subsequent to the convening of the
first session of congress after the
democrats were turned into power in
the house branch of congress, passed
by a unanimous vote a bill providing
that In the future the American peo-
ple might know who paid the ex-
penses and who received the money
for the election of their congressmen
and senators. (See Congressional Re-
cord, first session, Sixty-second Con-
gress, page 2<38.) 307 voted for the
bill and r.o one dared to vote against
it.
Later, on the 20th day of April, 1912,
the democratic house passed again
unanimously a bill requiring candi-
dates for the presidency to make
known the names of their contribut-
ors and to fl'e a full and complete
itemized statement tthereor. These
companion bills make It possible for
the American people to know who
furnished the money to control elec-
tion; this lets them know who will
control their congressman after hia
election. These companion bill,
again take the people into their con-
fidence.
Again the democratic party is doing
in office during the first year bf its
return to power what it had promised
to do while securing office. Again
the party was rendering substantial
service to the people, which the re-
publican party had steadfastly refuse J
to do. although in full control of the
government for sixteen long, weary
>ears.
Farmere" Free Lilt
Tbls bill passed the house on the
6th day of May. 1911. by a majority
of 127. Democrat* voting for. 209:
and no democrat again** Republicans
for. 27; and 109 against This bill la;-
,ter iwued the seaate. was vetoed by
Jyour then republican pre*Ideal. Wl'
— ,ltam Howard Taft, on tkr l*th day of
laa to do with It. 'August. 1911. This bill passed lb«
te Mr Garrett s c®ur«e j democratic haose a second ti aw dae
sow It was the heat a«HI |ng the slgty-eeroad coagrtaa,
®*r roua*' co* pmrt a third tlaae during tha lira*
mindful of the great responsibilities
which rest upon the judges of courts
of last resort, and especiaMy in this,
our new and growing State of O'.vld
homa, the laws cf which are yet in a
formative state, and where its Su-
preme Court decisions for years to
come will be the basis and guide for
future acquisition of property rights.
The standard of these decisions will
investigation and
ard of qualifications for a judge
the State Supreme Court, I shall high-
ly appreciate their support at the An
gust primaries, and if nominated ar.d
thereafter elected, I pledge the same
conscientious effort to protect and
promote the public Interest as has
heretofore characterized my services
as a public servant.
Earnestly soliciting your vote .».id
thanking you in advance for the sup-
port you may render me, I beg to re-
main.
Your faithful servant.
advt. G. A UROW V
SWEET POTATOES.
for
are not irrigated nor kiln-dried. Th«
are in fine condition and will give sat-
isfaction.
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