Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1912 Page: 1 of 10
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Mangum Sun-Monitor.
Sreer Comity Moaitor Batablahad 1890.
r»*r County Sua Batabllshad 18B«
Co .aolldatad April 6.1001.
MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, October 3i , 1912.
VOL. 23. NO. 9
J. S. SHERMAN DEAD
Vice President of United
Dies at Utica, N.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Mrs. Dr. Norton entertained sev-
eral of her neighbors Tuesday with
a one o'clock dinner, in honor of
Miases Norton of Olustee and Has-
ting of Tennessee.
A very enjoyable dance was giv-
| en at the Elk's Hall Monday night.
AT 9:42 :Xhe music was furnished by the
I Italian archestra.
States
Y.
After Quite a Siege of Bright's
Disease Mr. Sherman Quietly
Passes Away at His
Home. Gonfusion. j
H. P. Crego and wife entertain-
ed the members of the faculty of
j the Sotuhwest Baptist College, at
their home Tuesday evening, all
j were present and a very pleasant
; evening was spent in various^gam-s
James S. Sherman. Vice-Presi-1 besides music, readings etc a
dent of the United States, died last ?aJnty luncheon was sreyed. fThese
night at his home in Utica, New. informal receptions will form a
York, at 9:42 o'clock, of uraemic Part cf the col,e*e ,lfe-
poisen, caused by Briehts disease. | A theatre party was given Tues-
Vice-President Sherman was ! day evening by Mrs. Dr. Norton.
President Taft's running mate | The guests were: Mesdames, Davis,
again this yenr. He has been sick ! Martin. Ewing, Brannam, Walker,
for a long time. The attending House, Pinnell, and Misses Norton
physictans gave out the statement; and Hasting. Delicious refresh-
last Friday that there was no merits were served consisting of
chance for his recoveiy.
His death was a great shock to
many of his friends who never
realised his condition. The entire
country will be grief strickened to
bear of Mr. Sherman's death.
NEWS OF SOCIETY
Miss Willie Bailey spent Sunday
in Gould visiting relatives.
Thos .T. Zook of Kansas City, was
in town last week, shaking hands
with many ot his old time friends.
Mrs. West Holland of Brinkman,
passed through here Tuesday en
route to Jacksboro, Texas, to visit
her parents, at that p^ace.
Mrs. Joe Bay less and children
returned form an extended visit in
Tesax, Saturday night.
Frank Overton returned Sunday
morning from Dallas, where he
attended the State Fair.
J. O. McColliater and wife, mot-
ored over to Lone Wolf to attend
services there Sunday morning.
Miss Flora Ortli of Oklahoma
City is visiting friends here this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Brown
moved to tneir new home in West
Mangum, lasc Saturday.
W. F. Tygart, of [Oklahoma City
was here visiting friends the latter
part of last week.
Judge J. W. Rider, wife and
daughter, of Granite were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ses-
sions, Saturday.
Clarence Clark, I. W. Cunning-
ham and Carl Osborne, left Satur-
day night for the Dallas Fair to
spend a few days.
Nathan McGuire returned Satur-
day nieht frorti Altu3 where he has
been on business for a couple of
■weeks.
Misses Mable Broome, Pearl
Hoover and Maime Watkins return-
ed Saturday night from the Dallas
fair
Chas. Kelly of Altus came up last
Thursday night and help furnish
music for the reception given at
,the Elk Hall.
Mrs. Lon McKinney returned Sat-
urday night from Dallas, where
she has been attending the fair.
Miss Evelyn Morton of Olustee
is visiting f-iends and relatives
here this week.
Reynaud Stroube who is working
with the Pace Gin Co., of Willow,
was visiting friends and relatives
here over Sunday.
JVir. and Mrs. Alva York had
as their dinner guests. Sunday
evening, Mr. and Mrs. Abbott of
Brinkman, and Miss Grace Pryor,
and Mr. Eugene Curry, of this city.
Judge G. A. Brown returned Sat-
urday night from Arnett, where he
has been holding a term of district
court.
Mr. and Mr. A. M. Abbott, of
Brinkman, spent Sunday in Man-
gum, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Alva York.
Quite a crowd of Mangum folks
went to Hobart Wednesday to hear
W. J. Bryan deliver a lecture at
that place.
Emmett Winter, accompanied by
his sister. Ruby, came in Sunday
night. Mics Ruby will enter her
senior year in school here. Mr.
Winter will transact some business
here a few days before returning
to his home in Artisia. New Mex-
ico. ^
E. W. Broadrick, of Russell, was
in town Monday on business
peanuts, pop corn and stick candy.
These ladies spent an enjoyable
evening at the play, "Lena Riv-
ers," and we are told by one of
the ladies present that the hostess,
Mrs. Norton, wept "briney tears"
at all the sympathetic scenes of
the play.
One of the biggest events in the
way of society was the reception
given at the Elk Hall last Thursday
night, by Mgsdames J. M. Walker,
J. L. Ewing anl C. M. Stonp. The
guests ware met at the first door
by Misses Norton and Martin, and
ushered to the second door where
they were met by Mrs. E. R. Tin-
sley and Mrs. Dr. Norton, and
were then introduced to the re-
ceiving line, in which were, Mes-
dames Walker, Stone, Ewing, Mar-
tin, Brannam, Davis, Squire, Han-
nah, McKnight, Dave Gully, and
Miss Hasting. A delicious lunch-
eon was then served in the dinning
room, by Misseg Nannie, Opal and
Vera Caddell, Beulah Jacobs,
Stubbs and Guthrie. The luncheon
consisted of chicken salad, olives,
6i;atoig chips, minee, and iced
pineapple. The decorations were
ferns, carnations, and autumn
leaves. A b;g ball was given in
the evening. The grand march was
led by Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Davis,
Miss Hasting andBrodie Hamiiton.
Mrs. Russel Jacobs entertained
the Entre Nois club this afternoon.
Mrs. Janeway will entertain the
Culture Club Frjday afternoon.
Mrs. Squire entertained the Af-
termath c'ub Wenesday afternoon.
FIRST TERM
THE PREMIUM LIST
01 the Greer County Fair Show-
ing the Winners of the Prizes
LOTS OF ENTRTETMANY PRIZES
This Gives the Names and the
Prizes Each Won, as the
Secretary of the Fair
Gave Them to Us
"It thlrata and burna for dlatinctlon; and, If possible, It will hava It. la H
unreasonable, than, to axpeci that aom# man, possessed of tha loftlaat gonlua,
ooupled with ambltton aufficient to puah to the utmoat atretch, will at aoma
time spring up among ua? And whan auch a one doea, It will require the peo-
ple to be united with each other, attached to the government and lawa, and
generally Intelligent, to aueceasfully fruatrate hia deelgn.
"Dlatinctlon will be hla paramount object, and although he would aa will-
ingly acquire It by doing good aa harm, yet nothing left In the way of building
up he would sit down boldly to the taak of pulling down. Here, then, la a
probable case, highly dangerous."—From Mr. Lincoln's Speech Before the
Young Men's Lyceum, Springfield, llfci
—From the Omaha Dally Bee, March 1#, 1911.
OFFICERS AT WORK
Sheriff Nelsnn and Deputy high-
lower Make Same Raids
when it conies to playing. This
promibes to be one of the best
games that will be played here.
Mangum tea n is struggling for
the championship and they are in
a fair way to win. The boys de-
serve a good attendance Friday,
as the price of admission is only"
25 cents to all, and the people who
ff>n spare the .if»u L.ray fror.i thei?
business should attend, thus en-
couraging the boys.
Library Opening
The library of the Southwest Bap-
tist College containing nearly 5,000
volumes, will he opened to the
8 GAMBLERS 4 BOOTLEGGERS
As a Result of Two Drives Out of
Town, the Officers Caught
12 Law Violators and
Put Them in Jsil
Saturday night Sheriff Nelson
and deputy Hightower drove south-. public Friday afternoon at 2:30.
west of town in search of some law ! There will be several short addres-
violaters, which they soon found ses after which the library will be
Coming to Oklahoma
The International Dry Farming
congress which meets in 1913, will
be held in Oklahoma. It will be
helJ at one of the five following
cities: Muskogre, Enid, Tulsa,
Guthrie, or Oklahoma City. The
following counties won prizes at
the Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada:
Garfield, Alfalfa, Woowdard, Har-
per, Tillman, Beckham, Jackson,
Harmon, Cotton, Kiowa, Custer,
Caddo, Greer and Blaine. *
The Oklahoma delegation will
bring home several silver cups,
one being for the best ten ears of
corn. And this prize was won in
competition with every nation in
the world.
Arriving at the Cowen ranch, they
found eight negrues engaged in a
"crap" game, and proceeded to
arrest and bring then to town.
Monday morning the same two
officials drove over to Granite and
brought back the following persons
for breaking the prohibition law:
Dave Bryant, John Williams,
John Baker and Chas Culbertson.
They were all landed in jail. Bry-
ant made bonds Tuesday and was
released. Jno. Baker has two cases
against him; Jno. Williams will
have to answer in three cases, and
Chas. Culbertson in three also.
E E. Williams, who has been
forging some checks here, was
caught at Chickasha Tuesday morn-
ing, and will be brought back here
this week.
Patrons' Day
Parents' Day will be observed at
the High School building, Friday,
November, 8th, from 2:30 to 4:00
p. m. All patrons of the city
public schools are invited to be
present at t'lis tim*» to become
better acquainted wk.i the High
S-jhool faculty and to find out what
work our high school is doing. A
short program will explain the
purpose of the different depart-
ments. \
Floe-Morrison Wedding
Mr. Myrtle Flue and Miss Ruth
Morrison surprised their friends
Friday n'ght by obtaining a mar-
riage license and driving out to the
home of Judge Todd's where they
were united in marriage. Both
thsee young people are well known
in Mangum, and are recognized in
society circles. This paper joins
their many friends in wishing them
a long and happy life.
"Spookey" Window
J. W. Lovett's "Spookey" win-
dow is certainly attracting quitd a
lot of attention. It is a regular
hallowe'en picture, and if you
haven't seen it, you ought to pafs
by and take a look at it It is well
gotten up and makes a splendid
display.
"Lena Rivers" was Good
open for insptction. Annoncements
afc to fees rules etc., will be made
at that time. Every one is urged
to attend. Special arrangements
will be made for all public school
students to use the library at a fee
of only one dollar, per year.
Court News
District Judge Brown convened
court here Monday morning. There
were no jury cases heard just
divorce suits etc. This is done to
cle^r up the cases un the docket
which were left over frum the reg-
ular July term.
Justice Putnam has also been
busy this and last weeK. Saturday
he collected a fine which had been
standing for about three years costs
and all amounting to $35. The
offender wanted to come back to
this county and had his brother
settle up for him.
Paid for Their Fun
The latter part of last week some
young men in the neighborhood of
Marie, got a little too much
"bootleg" and proceeded to make
[ things lively in that part of the
country. A fight ensued and the
On Tuesday night, "Lena Riv- j voung men were brought to Man-
=" u-Qc nrocontori tr. a cmiii irum and immediately "jarred
Public Sale
All my personal property, includ-
ing stock, implements and house-
hold goods, for sale, to highest
bidder, at my farm, one mile south
of Ladena, on November. 14th.
C. W. Prickett.
17-4t Col. A, C. Auctioneer.
gum and immediately "jarred
loose" from some "change" to
settle up with Justicc Putnam's
court, for their fun.
ers" was presented to a small
audience at the Opera House. The
manager had booke1 Albert Taylor
in "The Game," but Mr. Taylor
is not on the road this season and _
cancelled all dates. j TOO rtflUCh Bootleg
The Mangum house was not noti- Last week a couple more boys
fied of the transfer of contracts, j living Northwest of Mangum, got
On Friday Mr. Marble was called to drinking and decided they would
by the Lena Rivers Co., from Law-1 put on a "show." They went to
ton, and no paper came until Mon-1 the Bethel Cnurch at which place
day, so he was unable to give the (services were going on and raised
play proper advertising. The few j quite a disturbance. A complaint
who attended were well pleased was filed against them, and they
with the plav. It shows just what j were brought to town the next day
five people can do. i and deposited sometihng like $32. i and Mrs. Green's baby third.
apiece to Justice Putnam's court.
|
there ap-;
(Continued from LAST WEEK)
shoes, valed at $3.50.
Southwesten Home Furniture Co.,
special for oldest married couple on
October 11th, won by Mr. and Mrs. D
Simson, Mangum route ages 77 and
73 respectively, been marreid 54
years, nverdjandise to the amount of
$2.00.
Granite State Bank, special to boy
bringing in the befit milo maize, won
by Ural Atkinson, Mangum route 4,
cash, $5.00.
Wm. Cameron Lumber Co., special
for best litter of pigs, won by J. A.
Bowman, Mangum route 4, 1000 lbs.
of coal, valued at $4.00.
Bratton's Cash Store, special for
best all-purpose colt, won by J. T.
Terry, Granite, pair Walk-Over shoes,
valued at $5.00.
. J. M. Walker Furniture Co., special
for best team of horses harnessed and
hitched to wagon Friday October 11th,
won by J. H. Sullivan, merchandise to
the amount of $2.50.
Arts and Crafts
Mrs. Russell Jacobs secured first
prizes for best single piece of pyrog-
raphy and also for best general dis-
play.
Mis Ula Moore for stenciling and
tooled leather.
Paul Hughes first and Lee Brad-
shaw second fo plate rack.
Raymond Boyles first and Whit-
ten McNeill second for chair.
Harry Welman, book case.
Whitten McNeill, desk.
Falrford godson for best display of
handicraft for bey .under 18 y6ars,
anft for the best hall tree.
Harry Wellman fo the best handi-
craft of any boy under 15 years old.
Oil Paintings
Allen Fewell first and second for
Oklahoma landscape.
F. G. Barlow first, Mrs. Shoun sec-
ond for landscape.
F. G. Barlow, animal.
Mrs. Cocke first and F. G. Barlow
second for marinescape.
Mrs. Bradshaw first and Mrs. Cacke j
second for fruit scene.
Mrs. Bradshaw for best fruit and
flower soene .
Allen Fewell first and second for
best display.
Water Colors
Mrs. Bradshaw first and Mary
Doyle second for landscape.
Mamie Frazier for fruit scene.
Miss Franz first, Mary Doyle second
for flower scene.
Ula Moore best display water col-
ors and for special fruit scene.
Pastel
Fa> Crego first and Verne Elliott
second for landscape.
Mrs. Young for flowers.
Verne Elliott first, and Fay Crego
second for black and white.
Allen Fewell first and Verne Elliott
second for ink work.
Mrsv Hartman first and second for
pencil drawing.
China
Miss Ula Moore first for best al-
round display, Mrs. Young second.
Mrs. Bradshaw first and Miss Ula
Moore second for set of plates.
Miss Ula Moore first and Mrs.
Young second for punch set.
Mrs. Young first and Mrs. Bradshaw
second for choptray.
Baby Show
It is not clearly set"out as to wheth-
er or not baby shows come directly
under the the tead' of "Arts and
Craft*" or rather in the "live stock''
department, but since the fair man-
agement has seen fit to classify this
feature of the exhibition along with
the other pretty and dainty displays,
the reporter has no disposition to
kick at the classification.
Mrs. A. A. Putnam's baby was jud-
ged first, Prof. Short's baby second,
prize
; OSUS.
Miss Kate Gardiner, fern.
Mrs. Bradshaw, begonia.
{ Miss Gardiner for hanging bucket,
| collection of plants, display of gera-
niums, display of palms*, colens, and
flower geraniums.
Culinary
Mrs. Wolfe secured the first prize
for the best collection of preserved
fruits.
Mrs. Peery first and Mrs. Howard
second for sweet pickled peaches.
Mrs. Boyd first and Mrs. Zora Nor-
man second for canned peaches.
Mrs. Norman first and Mrs. Shear-
er second for peach preserves.
Mrs. Duff first and MrB. Wolfe sec-
ond for canned pears.
Mrs. Howard first and Mrs. Boyd
second for preserved pears.
Mrs. Duff first for canned apples.
Mrs. Wolfe, sweet pifckled pearfc,
Mrs. M. J. Simpson, apple present ,
es.
Mrs. McKnight first for strawberry
preserves, and Mrs. Duff second.
M^s. Duff first and Mrs. Shearer
second for grape preserves.
Mrs. Howard first and Mrs. Ball
second for cherry preserves.
Mrs. Peery first and Mrs. Howard
second for blackbery jam.
Mrs. Wolfe first and second for
plum preserves.
Mrs. Dr. Holt first and Mrs. Boyd
second for water melon rind preser-
ves.
Mrs. Boyd first and second for can-
ned plums.
Mrs. Mudd for sour cucumber pick-
les.
Mrs. Leardbetter for sweet cucum-
ber pickles.
Mrs. Peery first and Mrs. Duff se-
cond for chow-chow.
Mrs. Wolfe on currant jelly.
Mrs. Wellman first and Mrs. Shear-
er second for tomato cutsup.
Mrs. Leadbetetr for tomato preser-
ves.
Mrs. Wolfe first and Mrs^Ball se-
cond for chili sauce.
Mrs. Embry for mangoes. t
Mrs. Leadbetter, ripe grape jelly.
Mrs. R. Holt, apple jelly.
Mrs. Boyd, plum jelly.
.Mrs. Duff first, Mrs. Wasson sec-
ond for yeast ligjht bread.
Mrs. Cocke, salt rise light bread.
Mrs. Dial, Red Star premlus On
light bread.
Mrs. R. Holt, angel food.
Mrs. Leadbetter, dough-nuts and
cookies.
Miss Virginia Ward for best pound
butter.
Mrs. William for best pound of hon-
ey, and jar of honey.
Textile
The following persons received priz-
es and ribbons for articles of handi-
work exhibited at the fair.
Mrs. Kellum, quilt, Mrs. Arthur
Cocke, quilt.
Miss Jessie Cocke, handker chiefs.
Mrs. I. N. Wellman, portiers and
battenburg.
Mrs. G. N. Stultz, baby pillow.
Mrs. S. A. Williams old ladies, em-
broidery
Mrs. S. D. Blake, Imnd-sewing.
Mrs. N. O. Monroe, embroiderled
shirt waist and embroideried table
cloth
Mrs. W. H. Jacobs, emb. pillow cas-
es.
Mrs. J. F. Tinsley, laundry bag.
Mrs. Rufus Holt, emb, dress.
iMts. R. L. Smith, bead work and
drawn work.
Mrs. M. C. Gentry, emb, scarf.
Mrs. P. W. Hamilton, baby sweater.
Mrs E. C. Cooper, small center
piece.
Mrs. Hocker, crochet tie and collar.
Mrs. Jennie Howard, darning.
Mrs. Peery, corset cover.
Mrs. ^Waters, emb. bag.
Mrs. G. L. Waite, suit emb, under-
wear. v +
Mrs. C. C. Hays, quilt.
Mrs F. N. Davis, emb. towels and
point lace handkerchief.
Mrs. Parks Ball, bonnet, pin cush-
ion, shirt, dresser set, plain sewing,
darned Mitch pillow, button holes,
best ribbon article and en.}, center
piece.
Mrs. G. B. Townsend, emb. pillow,
point lace, baby cap, Hardanger shirt
waist, Hardanger center piece, Har-
danger piano ct-ver, emb. sheet and
pillow cases, emb. half doien napkins,
slumber robe and Hardanger in col-
or®.
of this week
young woman
Mangum vs. Carnegie Monda.
The Mangum High School Foot | peared a , ^
ball team will play the Carneige , charging her former husband with
High School Football team htrrt. perjury. She alleges that he inob-
Friday afternoon. Both teams are taining a divorce recently swore
in splendid condition a.id neitner fa|?|y against ha.
team has lost a game this season.
Carneige has a little heavier
te.im than| Mangum, but we don't
think they have any better team
Dr. and Mts. Vaughn will e
tain Ihursd*; everi^s1 with
o'clock E.Howe'en dinner.
winners.
It is needless to say that there were
some differences of opinion among]
the spectators as to the correctness
of the decisions of the judges, but no
one was disposed to grunrable out-
loud.
Flowers
Miss Kate Gardiner flower box and
asparagus springer*!.
Mrs. Leadbetter, asparagus plum-
Ross Brookshire. of Willow, and
|Miss.Mattic Hancock, were mar-
ried this atferncon. at the hom*
of J. M. Maioy. in the east part of
town.
W. T. Funderburk r«?turned
Tuesday afternoon from Oklahoma
City where he had been on busi-
ness.
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