Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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MANGUM, GREER,.COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY
VOL.19,. NOr3o
SOCIAL WHIRL
artiqs, Club Meetings and Other
Social Events of the Week
ATHERED AND RECORDED
5 T
of
Hey Hitfid on the Wings
Time From the Pres*
, I 1.,
cnt to, the, Ijrcat
Has-Been
Mri. T. H. White and little
Bugger, ,,^Hlian,. spent s^;yej;al
»ys (last we^k with relatives in
)wn.
.ruurtj^*
Mrs). E. fi. Sutton had gorie to
)klaHoma'for a two weeks visit.
I it 'J v f"
Mr^. G. I,. Wilson, Jr., left.Sat,
rday for h.?* Jbwme in Pauls Valley,
ler sitter,,.Mies T^jpp^t,, ftcc^m-
aniefl her.
T | Oil Xt'ffttfUtVMMS- VW'W
Peyjton Brown, 6t' Edfnohd, was
isitiig his parents Judgq and M,rq.
Irown. *'* ' *
*** A*
S. Thompson. iof^o^ie; texas,
'isitep his sisters, Mioses Etfima
jid flattie Thompson Tuesday.
I; ***
B. p. Squire returned from Hot
iprinigs, Ark., on Monday.
1 'T*,!,* '
Led Hawkins was in Guthrie the
irst af the week.
*„*
Mr*. Harris and Miss Harris, of
)an Antonio returned to their
Home on Wednesday after a visit
*f some time with Mrs. Van Wag-
loner.
***
Mrs. Dr. Dawson left Wednesday
morning for Detriot, Mich.
***
Mrf. Roy Tinsley returned Mon-
iay from Hot Springs, where she
las been for the past month.
***
Miss Sallie Harris was the guest
leveril dayB this week of Mrs. Lee
Hawkins.
V
Mrs. G. L. Wiinburne will give
a recaption ih honor of her daugh-
ter, wfho was recently married.
"V*
A darty of young Misses chaper-
oned by Mrs. Elliott speht Satur-
day in Granite. They were Misses
Maryf Tackett, Daphne Dodson,
Rein Elliott, Dixie Young, Flora
Wrigit.
***
Mra. J. 0. McCallister will en
tertaija the juniors and seniors of
the hifeh school on Friday.
' In spite of the disagreeable
night! the Owl Club met with Mr.
and Airs. Doyte on Saturday night
and although the forbidding clouds
kept a few at home, there were
three tables of players..
***
Mra, Janeway and Mr. Funder-
burk won the prizes.
***
The! beautiful club spoon was
won bly Mrs. Doyle at the meeting
tof theEntre Nous at the home of
Mrs. jjarlow on Thursday.
*** 1 '
The young misses of the I. 0. U.
Club Will hold a business meeting
on Saturday and will probably dis
band for the season.
r*f '• v . ,
Thei-e is an J old saying and a
very frueune: «. "Ihatyod'U neyer
miss the water until the well runs
dry." Tuesday night's fire about
iprove| it.--j rvmliol iSutrv
, in- .-.ur
Mrs.C. D. Nance, of Dennisou,
Colors do, is the guest of hfer sister
Mrs.
E.- Warner.
i*.
said; "but he was up there hunt-
ing and he went to sleep and slept
twenty years."
Qranite's Crop Bluer.
Granite's 1909 cotton season
closed Saturday and the surprising
fact is shown that the receipts
here far exceed any year in the hisi-
tory of ' the town. Early in the
season the Enterprise published in
estimates based on interviews with
the Granite ginners placing our
receipts this y^ar at 10,000 baled
and at\the time "it seemed a reason-
able estimate but an early Novem-
ber frost- cut the estimate some-
thing like 25 per cent, ,®his was
inclusive of "bollies," aa 'the un-
opened b^lia are called and is prob-
ably not far frog# the mark but
the ^ntii/e'
bolles" up to ^MUrday itiight is
$930 bale?. 0^ tlds nijflfljjer 17308
were.ginned hejre and tn«j run is
divided as follow^: Ijlliotij;. &
Brown, 2864;- Tinsley ;-Sl^OO.
2639; Potts-Gin Co., 1805.
The Foster & Trotter cotton yard
has weighed 7880 bales and the Potts
people have ginned and shipped
1000 bales that were not weighed
here ag well as fifteen cars, of
"bolls>* of ten tonpvto thje )cir.
This making a magnificent total of
8930 bales. A .conservative. estU
liate'of the value of the crop Is
$40 per, bale, or a total pf $387,J20p.
Every dollar of this money has been
distributed in Granite ana added
to its other resources, makes it one
of the best towns in the state. Last
year's prop was 7200 bales, showing
that tyiisseason's run was 1780 bales
better than last and it is safe to
predict that next year will show a
corresponding increase as We have
been making a similar increase ever
since the establishment of the town.
Cotton men estimate that the
average yield per acre in the vicin-
ity of Granite this year, including
bollies" has a half bale per acre.
Can any portion of Oklahoma
or of any other state for that mat-
ter show a better record?—Granite
Enterprise.
Culture Club
The Mangum Culture Club held
an enjoayble evening with Mrs. G.
A. Brown, Mrs. Duff leader for the
lesson in Grecian history.
The program was well arranged
and some interesting papers were
read, dealing with the government
of Greece, which, though a mon-
archy has many democratic fea-
tures. \\-i -
The differences between the Greek
and the Roman Catholic Churches
were studied, and it was brought
out that the influence pf the king
was weakened because he is a Lu-
theran. not one\of the national
church. The king is considered a
amiable figure but his diplomatic
influence with the royal families
of Europe is often of gre&t benefit
to his little kingdom. The Gre-
cians are intensely patriotic and
still retain many of the noble
traits which made their ancestors
the intellectual soverigns of the
world.
Her patriotic men of wealth
show their pride in their native
land by endowing national art gal-
WILL SPLIT COUNTY
Governor Haskell Has Called for
an. Election on May 22nd
IT WILL BE NAMED HARMON
After Present Governor of Ohio
' Names of the Chief Conspir-
ators who went to See
Gov. Haskell
On Monday, April 19th, Governor I
Haskell issurt. his proclamation41
calling a special flection on the
question of forming a new cdttnty
oil it of, the southwestern „ portion
of Greer county and a small slice
off the southwestern portion of
Jackson county.
-->> The date of the ejection is set
Mr May 22.
Provision is made for the elec-
tion of a full set of eounty officers
at the time of the county divisiaft
eleqtion and t^e date set for p. i-
m^ries for the1 nomination of candi-
dates for county offices its May 8.
/ The new countjl ii to be 'named
Harmon.
The following paragraph; is from
the Qkla|)aibatj[ of April 20.
"Hhe i petitioners had first
thought of naming the new county
HolliB, being the same name as the
principal town in that locality, but
when the governor called their at-
tention to the fact that original
Greer county had been added to
Oklahoma largely through the eff-
orts of the present, democratic gov-
ernor of Ohio, who was at that
time attorney general of the Uni-
ted States in President Cleveland's
cabinet and is worthy of the com-
pliment, the entire delegation ac-
cepted the suggestion and substi
tuted the name."
The chief conspirators in this
deep lain plot for the second butch-
ery of once "Grand Old Greer"—
those who constituted the delega-
tion that waited on the governor on
Monday in the interest of this
Hollis real-estate booming scheme
—wereW. B. Groves, W. L. Hollis,
Dr. Pendergraft, W. E. Abernathy,
R. A. Williams and W. S. Cross.
Representative J. J. Savage, E.
M. Savage, E. M. Stewart and L.
W. Burnett.
It is now up to the people of that
portion of Greer county whether
they want to give up their claim
to the county seat so long estab-
lished, the magnificent .court bouse
already built, etc , and trust to
luck and a lot of hungry office seek-
ers and real estate boosters to
sometime be as well fixed aagin as
they now are for county property
and conveniences. Perhaps those
who petitioned for the new county
were told that taxes would be
less? Did they stop to inquire on
what sort of theory—much less a
fact—such statements could be
based?
Governor Haskell, of course, was
delighted with the opportunity to
issue the proclamation. Mangum
and this portion of Greer county
voted against him and he would like
Petitions Being; Circulated.
The petitions, sent out by State
Chairman Joe H. Norris,' Vf the re-
publican state committee, are now
being circulated throughout, the
state, itj is necessary jt^ jge# in .the
>t|i^lmbwnb4)q ofj thijrtfe^i thousand
aiglWrs Mtiticniiig thfe governor to
call an election 6n the newly created
Taylor - election law, iThich,
through its general registration
feature and its provisjofl»3|for an
endiess chain of electlp* machinery
will cause the disfranchisement of
thousands of the intelligent farm-
ers, laboring men and business men
of the state.
The tijhe is limi MnT andj £baii>
BIO STORE BURNED
Gilliland Mercantile Co.'
s Big
Double Store Was Destroyed
LOSS ESTIMATED AT $' '5,000
mad NorWs urg^i the greattstlpin-A
on th|9.part oft He circa latei*. 1th-
roediately aftei Ithe blanks ard flll^d,
ry isho^d be tOrnea ii]Mw5Mnp$jr
either the republican icoiinty
chairman, or state committeeman
and sent Immediately to Chairman
Norris. ""
No man can sign but one petition
and under the law no petition can
contain,more than twenty nances.
None but qual ified electors ('an sign
-—those male citizens, twenty-one
years did, who halve lived ih the
stqte a year, in the county sii
rhonths and in the election precinct
thirty days. It is not necessary,
however, for a man to i'be in ' his
precii|cti or county when he signs,
just so he gives his correct addrew.
Each petitioner must sjgn on, the
numbered line on ®the petition in
regular order. He must also prop-
erly fill in his county and post
office, and street address, if h^
lives in town. To the meh, who
circulate the petitions, the follow-
ing instructions are given: First,
Be sure that each signer complies
with the above instructions. Se-
cond : After the petition is signed
by no more than twenty voters, the
party circulating the petition, and
after signing the affidavit and fill-
ing in his own post office address,
acknowledge the same before a no-
tary public. He cannot swear to
the petition before a Justice of the
Peace.
Three: Do not detach any peti-
tion from the pamphlet.
from
iron
Thought to Hive Started
An Electric Smoothjng
Total Insurance; W^s
About $40,000
This .'ia^Ke ;$juhle store of the
Gilliland Mercantile Company, oc-
cjfij&ing' a buifiTtr.g 50x100 f let on
thrf west/ aide of the, court house
squai e, Mas ^omWetaiy destrc jred by
fire Tuesday rflghjl.; The lc ss was
abs o iu t.e) y^'ciwft p 1 e t », not
a thinjf^a^sived from /the large
Stock of goods- and Mrdlj one
stone was left on top of anoi her of
the front' wall of the building.
The sld^ waHsr-ttbich were divid-
ing walls^jefcyvfeen that and other
building^ and built "1' stone stood
t&e test w^thoUt iferious dams fce and
tfj# fire w&9 confined to ti p one
tiuilding. The total Toss b f this
fir^ is placed at. about $75,00) with
inmrancil to thfe amount of about
half that li^ur*.
Mr. Gilliland says the stock was
,Worth about sixty thousand dollars
ind was insured for abon half
that amount. '
Mr. fun^erburk. who own Ed the
building, says' the [building, (helv-
ing, etc., was worth ten or ifwelve
thousand dollars and he carried six
thousand dollars insurance no them.
The fire wbb discovered
9:30 p. m. when the flames
from the windows in the r^ar of
building.
The whole store room was a mass
of fire and smoke by the tinfe the
people got there and no attempt was
made to save anything from the
building.
The fire department did excel-
lent work but the facilities were
inadequate for putting out a fire
that had gained such headway and
the most they could do vtas to
confine the fire to the one Ibuild-
ing and in that they were, quite
successful.
The many friends of the i Gilli-
ands deeply sympathise with them
in their misfortune
Mr. Funderburk announces that
he will immediately begin the con-
about
burst
ed C. C. Barton and wife of Route
Three Sunday.
Mrs. Pearl Smith was shopping
in the city Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cary Gray are the
proud parents of an eight pound
girl born on tbe 14th.
Miss Jeffie Doughty is spending j struction ofa new building (on the
this week with her brother Arch Bjte 0f the old one and it is quite
leries, museums, public libraries |tQ see the county butchered to
and in the restoration of ancient
temples. In 1896, the Old Olymp-
ian games were revived, through
the munificent gift of George Aver-
off, who built of Penteikon marble,
a magnificent amphitheatre on the
spot where stood a similar edifice
in the fourth century. King Ed-
ward, of England, was present and
American athletes won many hon-
ors.
The club will meet on April 28,
with Mrs. Hawkins, with the fol-
lowing program: j j "f. .
Roll Call. Responses from Greek
Literature.
"Greek Life."
XVI, .. ...
"The Royal Family of Greece."
•Mt'i'The Greek People"'?;;'!
12!
Chapters
XIII,
j t ■ ^, I " j 1 I '
Th^ Home Mission Society of
of Methodist rQhnrch had a social
meetitg Monday. A delightful re
past was served, each lady con-
i tributing there to.
T • * ' 111
*
A teacher was trying to explain
the j word "transfiguration."
' "Don't you remember the transfig-
uratioh on the Mount?" She
asked.: "Who was it who was
transfigured and changed in appear-
ance op that occasion?" After a
moment of thoughtfulness one
bright boy raised his hand. "I
can't J^at remember his name," he
' William Mathis. \frho a few
months ago avos arrested on, two
charges,of obtjuning money or,^pc}ds
under false pretences, and who
disappeared leaves his bopdsmen
to worry .oVfer the two thcusaha
bond that he was put under pend-
ingTrial, was brought in Monday by
Sheriff: Richerdson, o*f Beckham
coun,ty. Zack Brown, one,of the
bondsmen for Mathis, had offered
$100 for his arrest.' Sherilf Rich-
erdson picked the young man up,
brought him in and got the re-
ward. Mathis is now( in jail. Bob
Mathis, and Warren Gregg are
both in jail at Gainesville tin the
charge of horse stealing.
Subscribe for the Sun-Monitor
pieces and the town killed.
The election has been called and
it is now up to the people of the
west and southwest parts of the
county whether they will allow
themselves to be used as the tool
of office seekers and town lot
boosters, for those two are the only
classes of people who will be bene-
fitted by the creation of the pro-
posed new county.
. Advertised Letters.
AiVer,- Shaw: Blair, Master
Frank; BJack, H. -M.; jCajrpenter^
Will; Conmer, Mrs. Clestia; Cran-
fill, Cl&ude; Finley, Blanche;
Grubbs, J. W,; Gregg, H. H.;
Hays, Newell; Manefere. Mr.;
Marshall, J. M. ; Moore, Jesse Lee;
Mitchell, Marvin; Newsomei Loole;
Newton, Mrs, C. C.; Parker, Delia
B.; R^mley, A. T.;R6ed, J. W.
Toggle, C. H.; Willison, Mrs.
Mary; Woodward, Will.
Big' Farm Loans.
w. H. Dickey is hunting for
some big f*jm loans. He has as
client that will give special induce-
ments for them. Cash waiting in
bank. He will come to your home
to close up. Best offer in the field.
Write or phone him, rear of Cur-
reathers.
Typhoid epidemics have started
from insanitory refrigerators. The
Bohn Syphon is safe, Hamilton's
exclusive agent.
Doughty, who lives on route 4 of
Altus.
The singing at Mt. Zion Sunday
was well atteuded.
J. O. Nailon, of Snyder Okla, is
visiting old friends on the route
this week.
Chas Hunter, who lately moved
to thie country from Iowa, pur-
chased a span of mules from J. H.
Schryvfr a few days ago paying
the neat sum of $500 cash for
them.
Demp Barton ar.d wife of Granite
were over visiting home folks
Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Stubbs, of Man-
gum, has been the guest of Miss
Rosabel DeBerry for the past two
weeks.
Clifton Davanlt is in School
again after a severe case of the
measles his recovery was very
rapid after a visit from his teacher
wno carried him some flowers
among them was an easter lilly.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Forbes are
happy over the arrival of an eight
pound girl born on the 18th.
Mrs. J. D. Martin on returning
from a visit to her soninlaw C. D.
Carpenter Sunday dropped one of
the lines and fearing the horse
would run she jumped from the
buggy and sustained bruises which
will confine her to her bed for a
few days.
Miss Ethel Tackett returned to
her schoc?! duties at Center Mon-
; day after a sh6tt visit with llome
folks at Mangum.
Mrs. Jessie Smith and Mrs.
Newtou, of Route Two visited
Mrs. R. 'A Thomas Saturday
evening. The ladies greatly ad-
mired Mrs. Thotqas fine Buff Orp-
ington chickens.
The Bohn Syphon is the refriger-
ator you have seen so exclusively
advertised in the magazines. We
have a complete stock—Hamil-
ton's. L .
City Loans.
W. H. Dickey wishes to make
some city loans on good city pro-
perty
ilkely that he will make thj»
building a two story structu
The Lee Hawkins buildin , ad-
joining the Gilliland Store < 1 the
north and occupied by the M igum
Drug Company on the lowt floor
and on the upper floor by t
ces of Drsv-PcArman & Nort
Neel and' Attorney J. A.
were threatened and some
waa donre to the room on th
floor by flames licking in at
stairs windows but much
damage was done to the fu
of the occupants
from the building.
in removing
e offi-
(ivvt-rs
mage
upper
e up-
reater
lture
caught about forty pounda of fish.
1'eek Keeling caught a large snake
which on investigation proved to
be an eel.
.T. V. Emert ahd Miris ' Hbrenpe
Lo^sdon W^re ubited in marriage
Sunday at (he Home of tb<' hride'a
parents, " , , . ,
.Whjle Mr. Logsdon was going:
home from Mangum the other day
his horse jumped from a high grade,
turned the buggy over and dragged
him ncarfy a hfllf a mile, yet'he es-
caped unhurt. 1
All the preachers in town, an-
nauaced frvni the pulpit the mass
meeting to take place on Monday
night to boonrMangum. We just'
heard of > a preacher who beeatWe
involved Ih fl'nfW town bodtp artdl
after a Six days hustle in real es-
tate, he ttrose in the pulpit apd
gave'o^'t b.ia. 'SjjyRtiay. morning te*t.
in, ttys,,jfasijipn: "You will find,
my text in Mathew's addition to.
the Gospel, blockftve, lot 42. >
St#s Carpenter happened to a sad
actfldent 'Sundiy riigbt, While
ho'ttie froWi prayer rx^eetj ^is parse
rap away throwing, frimoiit #pd
broking, foe anWe.
Any one wwatimg pet rabbits
apply to Walter Westbrook satisfac^
ti®» guaranteed. 1
H1111 - 11V.. ■ i :--v JIM.
1 Maoguai K. F. D. 2. 1 in
Call on Mra: Locke for your
spring MiliInery. Three big stores.
Manguum, 'Granite, and ' VinsPn.
Read ad irt! this issue.
Mrg.R. W- ,Wiis°n is reported on
thqa'qMist.
H. W. Earl returned last week
froitn a short visit with his parents
at D6od City, Texas.
Rev. J. C. Scivally, of Reed,
preached at Gyp Hill, No. 2, San-
day evening.
J. H. Savage, of Boyd. Texas, is
spending the week with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Barton.
J. A. McWaters left Sunday for
Ft. Worth where his wife is taking
medical treatment.
MisBLillie Whitener, of Mangum
Route Four, spen; Sunday with
Miss Lillie Schofield.
R. S. Rogers, of Stephens
county, Okla., is visiting his
brother-in-law, Rev. J. J. Risigner.
Green bugs are reported doing
some damage to wheat and alfalfa.
Walter Watson and family spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Curbo.
W. H. Gibson was in Mangum
on business Friday.
R. H. Copeland, of Comanche,
county, Okla., is visiting his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Copeland.
Rev. J. J. Risinger .filled bis
regular appointment at Mountain
View Sunday.
C. "L. Sharp, of Russell, is
moving on the Simson farm near
Gyp Hill.
Mangum Route No. J.
Buy your spring millinery of
Mrs. Locke. Three big stores in
Mangum, Granite and Vinson. See
ad'in this issue.
Miss Mamie West was in town
the fire is a mystery but it is
thought that it started frjtm an
electric flat iron probably lent with
the |ieat. on, in the milliniry de-
partment, as it seemed ti have
originated in that part of the)house.
ON THE RURAL ROUTQS
Notes Picked Up By Free Delivery
Carriers on their Regular Dally
Rounds.
The origin of! shopping last Wednesday.
flangum R. P. D. 1.
See Mrs. I Locke bffore yo|i buy
your spring hat. Thre* big-stores
in Mangum, G^aniteand Vinson.
Read the ad, jn tl>ia issue.
D. F. Westbrook jeftone day last
week for fiis old home in Georgia
on learning of the serious sickness
of(his m9t^ef. . ■ ,. r.y
The stork visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs 'Parker recently
leaving twin girls. Nowi Mr.
Parker steps high. |.
John Hunt andpec(c Keeslipg are
expecting to make a trlpto Wjestern
Texas soon to looku.aut.for a loca-
tion.
Jake Shinn is very ill witHpneu-
monia. We hope he will rdcover.
G. R. Logsdon has purchased the
Little Jessie and Opal Goodman
spent last Saturday night with
their sister, Mrs. J. K. Busby.
DeeO. H. Goodman left last Sun-
day for Russell, Okla., where he
ill attend school this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rankin were
in Mangum last Saturday trading.
Will Beaumont Goodman is vis-
iting relatives at Looney and Rus-
sell this week.
Messrs M. B. Clark and J. H.
Sullivan finished the new tele-
phone line out to their places Mon-
day.
J. F. Ewalt is going to put in
forty acres in Bermuda grass for
a pasture.
Miss Daisy Bel veal has been
quite ill for the past few days.
Mrs. C. C. Barton spent Monday
ev^njr^ with her mother, Mrs. J.
F'/Ewftlt.
J, P., Thornton is preparing to
leave old Greer county and will
make his future home in Texas.
W. F. Busby will soon have his
corn'plowed over the first time.
Messrs b. P. Printiee and W. B.
Lard were, in town, on business last
Saturday.
Mangum R. F. D. 4
Mrs. Locke will make
new feather cleaner from thei orig- Mrs. LocKe will make you a
inal owner. spring hat to order subject to your
E. Holloway is building a large approval. Three big stores. Man-
cellar for the purpose of scoring gum. Granite and Vinson.
potatoes, etc., for the winter. Five of the family of W. P.
Several of the boys went fishing Hall are sick with the measles,
over on Turkey the other day and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Smith visit-
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