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Mangum Sun-Monitor.
tMfWUI Oman
of the V. •. UCIm. Uwtrfct.
THURSDAY, APRIL u. i*M.
VOL. 14. NO. 16.
OKLAHOMA,
GREER COUNTY,
liiliricil
MANGUM,
THE COUNTY BOARD
Grtcr County's Texts School Und
Leased at Thrw Cent* PcrAcrt
ELDORADO TO INCORPORATE
N«w Township Apolntnwnts.—
Chester McCormeck Relieved
Prom Paying Costs of
His Prosecution.
The lioard of county cominisaion-
ers met in regular session on April
4, with ull metnliers present.
W. L. Harris was appointee!
clerk and K. T. Richardson treas-
urer of Teacross township.
The lx>ard refused to entertain
the motion of Neatly & McFarlin
to rescind the motion made March
I, cancelling the liquor license of
said firm at Hollis.
On April 5 a petition was pre-
sented from residents of the town
of Eldorado, asking that the town
be incorporated. The petition was
accepted and an order made for an
election to lie held on April 19, at
the school house within the pro-
posed limits of said town.
The official bonds of many of the
officers of the new townships re-
cently created were presented and
approved.
J. W. Smart was appointed con-
stable of Texola township. The
resignation of G. W. Yearta, as
constable of Duke township was
accepted and he was appointed
justice ot the peace in Eldorado
township, and W. V. Wilson con-
stable in Eldorado township.
The appointment of Will Peden
and C. B. Claypool as deputy sher-
iffs was approved.
Chester McComack. who in Sep-
tember last was convicted of at-
tempting to commit abortion and
sentenced to six months in jail
and to pay costs of prosecution,
petitioned to have that part of his
sentence relating to costs removed,
as he had no tnonev or "financial"
friends from whom he could obtain
it. The petition was grantedi to
take effect April 15.
By order ot the board, all the
outlying lands on the east side of
the corporate limits of Mangum,
which had been taken into the
corporation by a former order of
the board, were thrown out again,
and the corporate limits made the
same as before the former order
was made.
J. E. Griffith's application to lease
the school lands owned by Greer
county lying in Cochran and Hock-
ley counties, Texas, accepted. His
bid was three cents an acre. The
tract contains 7,338 acres and the
amount Mr. Griffith is to pay to
the county is $54.26 per quarter.
The lease is to run three years.
Rebates on taxes to the amount
of about $130 were allowed to var-
ious persons.
The quarterly reports of officers
were approved.
The Frances & Western tele-
phone company was granted privi-
lege to operate telephone lines on
public roads of Mangum, Francis,
and Duke townships.
The following township officers
were appointed. Martin Sheets,
clerk of Delhi; Charley Duncan,
clerk of Coralea; J. W. Rose, treas-
urer of Coralea; T. W. Yates,
clerk of Elmer; Elmer Gardner,
clerk of Martin: G. W. Gilliam,
treasurer of Madge; J. W. Buller,
treasurer of Martin; J. G. May-
field, clerk of Salton.
County Treasurer Cole's quar-
terly report shows' that the total
amount of cash on hand April 1,
in the various funds was$55,664 13.
Board adjourned to meet first
Monday in June.
fttaagwm skhool.
For mouth ending April »tb.
Total enrollment to date. 033-
Average attendance for month.
73 per cent
Number urdy, 77.
Number neither at*ent nor tar-
dy. t#4
Visitor*. 131
Corporal punishment by teacher*.
Corporal punishment by super-
intendent. none.
The third grade in charge of
Miaa Hattie Garrett won the half
holiday for l»e*t general record.
The firat grade in charge of Mr*.
Olson and Lauua Howard came in
again for honor*, they having had
a-, the largest number neither ab-
sent uor lardy. Kate Carlock s
fourth graders have distinguished
themselves again; this time bv go-
ing four weeks without a single
tardy. Union Hill bad the great-
est number of tardies this month.
W. A. Allen, Supt.
FARMERS' MEETING
THE FIOMT FOR COUNCILMAN.
Roger Mills County Echola Hot on tha
Trail of tha Oreer County Echols
-•Oraar la tha Battle Oround.
A BIO CONVENTION
Sweet, dill and sour pickles in
bulk at Snow Gro. Co's.
R. E. Echols, ot Elk City, arriv-
ed in Mangum Monday morning
and expects to remain in this coun-
ty and camp on the trail of our
own R. C. Echols, editor of the
Mangum Star, until after the dem-
ocratic primaries to be held about
three weeks hence. It will be re-
membered that the two Echolses,
one a Roger Mills county man and
the other of Greer couuty, are both
candidates for the council, the up-
per house of the territorial legisla-
ture. At a meeting of the council
district committee held in this city
two weeks ago it was decided to
leave the matter to a vote of the
people at primary elections to be
held in the three counties constitut-
ing the district—Greer, Roger
Mills and Day. The Greer county
Echols thought he saw in this plan
a scheme to beat him and he pro-
tested against the primary election
plan, but it carried in the commit-
tee. The Greer county Eahols still
protested and proceeded to appeal
from the decision of the council
committee to the territorial com-
mitee to have the primary plan set
aside and a delegate convention
ordered. The Greer county can-
didate would have a cinch in
delegate convention, as Greer
county would have more delegates
than both the other counties, but
he is evidently afraid to submit his
chances direct to the people through
the primary election plan. Mean
while the Roger Mills county
Echols is here for the purpose of
presenting his claims to the Greer
county democratic voters and to pro-
test against the plan of his Greer
county opponent to prevent the
names of the council candidates
from going on the democratic pri-
mary ticket in Greer county. From
present indications the thirteenth
council district will have two demo-
cratic candidates at the general
election, both named Echols, one
from Greer county and one from
Roger Mills, one nominated by pri-
mary election and the other by
delegate convention. The only
other way out will be for one or
the other of them to back out and
that neither one is apt to do as they
are both of the class of politicians
who do not know when they are
beaten and won't give up until they
have to.
Another feature that has lately
been added to the affair is that an-
other Elk City, Roger Mills coun-
ty man, W, P. Francis, has an-
nounced his intention of getting in-
to the fight, but the figure he will
cut will be small as he does not
amount to much.
Let the merry war go on, it may
furnish a chance to get some good
men in office this fall, in Southwest
Oklahoma.
Proceedings ol Farmers* Institute
Meeting Held Last Saturday.
GOOD TALK ON GOOD ROADS
A Committee Appointed to Take
Up end Push the Project ol
a County Fair for
Greer County.
The Greer County Farmers' In-
stitute held its regular meeting in
the court house Saturday. A very
good attendance was had and the
meeting was interesting, though
the advertised program was not car-
ried out on account of the absence
of some of those who were expect-
ed to take part.
The meeting was called to order
shortly before dinner by President
J. D. Martin. The minutes of the
February meeting were read and
approved after a song by the City
View Glee Club. A letter from
Secretary Thorburn, secretary of
the board of agriculture, was then
taken up, notifying the institute of
the apjxjintment of Col. Sidney
Suggs of Ardmore, John Golobieof
Guthrie and Chas. M. Thacker of
Mangum, as a committee of three
to co-operate with a committe of
like number, appointed by the
board of agriculture, in drafting
and securing the passage, at the
next meeting of the legislature, of
a bill looking to the improvement
of the road law. Suggestions from
those present were asked for by the
chair, as to what the institute con-
sidered was needed most in road
improvement. This opened the
way for a general discussion which
was interrupted by the noon recess.
The meeting re-convened at 1 =45
p. m. and the discussion continued.
Mr. Thacker when called on said
that he had been unable to give the
road matter any special attention
as yet, that it was a hard question
and he desired to make no definite
statement as to a feasible plan for
road improvement until he had
studied the matter. He mentioned,
however, a plan that had been tho t
of; The abolition of the office of
county surveyor, or rather merging
that office into another—a county
supervisor of roads—the ^ officer
holding that p'ace to be a civil en-
gineer appointed by the county
commissiors, his duties to keep
greer fully represented
Oraar County for Fruit-
David Kennedy, of Ru»*«Il.
in Mangum last Friday and t
at the jU'jk-Mohito* office to have! Republican Clans ol Oklahoma
his paper changed to the new po»t faQwi at Guthrie Last Week
office of High!
Mr. Kennedy expressed great
faith in Greer as a fruit country.
This spring, he saya, he is putting
out Iiel ween aoo and 300 grape
vines. 150 blackberries. 75 goose
berries. 73 dewberries. 30 June
berries, 123 rhubarb plants and 100
horse radishes He is also setting
out 1000 catalpa trees, which he
expects to use later on for posts.
Mr. Kennedy advocates the plant-
ing of the dwarf varieties of fruits
where possible, as they will with-
stand the winds much Iwtter.
The I lest place in Greer county
to buy your lxx>ks and stationery
is the Postoffice Book Store, who
will give the winning candidates in
the voting contest at Trippet's
Cash Store a fine morocco-bound
teachers' bible.
OUR CONVICTS ARE EXPENSIVE.
Southwest Come Out Short On
Delegates But Long on Al*
ternatcs—0. P. Elliott
Elected Alternate.
Advertised Letters.
April 10, 1904.
Redding. Martha
Roach Haden
Smith Wilber
Sanderson. George (J)
Shmmon. Deasy
Swartaentniber. J. L.
Trice Luther
Wright. J. C.
Wiley. Iva
When calling for the above, pleaae say "ad
rertised. W. c Shaddek.
Postmaster
Carrol. Miss Mary
SSSi
Fite. Mrs. Mattie
Frost. Newt
Hodge. Brier
Ladd, Mrs. Fannie
Morrison. H. M
Franklin McYaugh's celebrated
Felmo brand sifted June peas at
Snow Gro. Co's.
Call up the Scn-Moxitor office,
telephone No. 5, and tell us any
local happenings or personals that
may come under your observation
We are always glad to get tbem.
poll of road hands and see to the Monitor during the past
construction and maintenance of '---
good roads. The plan also con-
templated a small road tax. He
also mentioned the plan of oiling
the sandy roads, as is done in parts
of California, the oil mixing with
the sand and forming a concrete,
impervious to wind and water. A
number of others were heard on the
same subject, among them N. B
Claunch and A. T. Martin of Man-
gum. A. E. Williams of City View
and Squire Lowry of Blair.
The question of a county fair at
Mangum was taken up and dis-
cussed next, with some interest,
and a committee was appointed by
the chair to call on the farmers
and solicit memberships in a fair
association to be formed later. A
charter has already been secured
by Mangum business men for such
an association and if the farmers
exhibit sufficient interest in the
matter, a company will be speedily
organized and it is possible that
Greer county may have an agricul-
tural fair this fall. Those appoint-
ed on the committee are as follows:
J. W. Holdridge, Duke; T. B.
Jones, Marie; N. H. Lackey, Man-
gum; J. M. Wileman, Erick; T* J.
Williams. Willow; R. E. Dever,
Willow, S. J. Berry; Mangum; W.
S Allen, Blair; K. C. Cox, Granite;
L. H. Martin, Martin; F. F. Park-
er, Martin.
The institute adjourned to meet
the first Saturday in August.
Cameron Lumber Co. carry the
largest and most complete stock of
lumber, shingles, sashes, doors,
blinds and cement in Greer, and
they will give the winners in the
voting contest at Trippet's Cash
Store a fine rocking chair each. If
you are in need of lumber it will
pay yon to get their prices and let
them fill your bill.
The celebrated White Lilly Flour
manufactured for Trippet's cash
store is made from selected soft
wheat thoroughly scoured before it
is rolled and only the choicest part
of the grain used, the balance go
ing into other brands of flour. The
White Lilly is the best flour ou
earth or anywhere else for light
With every
biscuit or white cake.
When vou come to boy wire bear j sack of White Lilly you get five
in mind that the Eagle makes the j votes for a free railroad ticket to
best and cheapest fence you can, the World's Fair. Contest end |
build, Baker Perfect or any other May 1st. Are you helping your j change
wire made by the steel trust not: friends get these tickets or would riage Mr. . hearer ha
excepted Let ns show you.—C. you rather see the other fellow * drawn a priz
P. Hamilton. friends use them* |rroR congrat
Oklahoma Paid Kansss $ I J,049 For
Keeping Convicts last Quarter
Oraar Had 17.
The care of Oklahoma's convicts
for the quarter ending March 31
cost the territory $13,948.80, of
which $13,168,80 was for their
maintenance. $5,850 was for cloth
ing furnished on discharge and $195
for cash.
The report of Warden Jewett
shows an increase of three in the
number of convicts at the close of
the last quarter over the quarter
ending December 31. Forty-two
were received during the quarter,
and thirty-nine released. The to-
tal number of convicts at the close
of the quarter was 347.
In the number from the various
counties Pottowatomie leads, with
Logan county second and Lincoln
county third. The number from
each couuty follows:
Beaver 2, Blaine 7, Caddo 8,
Canadian 27, Cleveland 9, Com-
manche 9, Custer 5, Day 2. Dewey
7, Garfield 10, Grant 2, Greer 17,
Kay 32, Kingfisher 6. Kiowa 5.
Lincoln 34, Logan 47, Noble 12,
Oklahoma 32; Pawnee 15, Payne
14, Pottawatomie 52, Roger Mills
6, Washita 5, Woods 16, Wood-
ward 7.
honor Roll
The following named persons
have paid, or some one paid for
them, subscription to the Sun-
two
weeks:
A. N. Prague, Mangum.
Dr. Rutland,
W. H. Gibson,
C. U. Williams, "
J. F. Hunt,
O. Carribine, "
J. J. Lauderdale, "
T.B.Jones,
A. E. Campbell, Blair.
H. T. Russ, Vinson.
S. M. Richardson, Vinson.
Thos. Stines, Leger.
C. C. Eagleton, Duke.
J. R. Penu, Reed.
J. L. Hargrove, Willow.
J. H. Rickel, Granite.
W. H. Kittell, "
W. L. Taylor, Delhi.
J. A. Clarkson, Koreb.
A. M, Clark, Eldorado.
Geo. Neighbors, Granger, Tex.
O. J. Bacon, Chamal, Mexico.
Geo. Hammerly, Iuka, Miss.
Mrs. Bertha Keene, Keensburg,
111.
Shearer-Mathls Wedding.
On Thursday, April 7, at 8:45
p. m. Miss Belle Mathis and Mr.
Frank Shearer were united in mar-
riage. The wedding took place
at the home of D. H. Wright,
owner of the local telephone sys-
tem, on North Willie street and
was a quiet and unpretentious af-
fair. Mr. and Mrs. H. Mathewson
being the only witnesses outside of
the immediate family of Mr.
Wright. Rev. Roper, of the First
M. E. Church performed the cere-
mony. Mr. and Mrs. Shearer
have gone to housekeeking in the
Tom Ladd property, which Mr.
Shearer had previously bought and
furnished. Mr. Shearer is cashier
at the Rock Island depot in this
city and is an excellent young
man. The bride is one of the best
known and most popular young
ladies of Greer couuty. For two
years prst «he has been head op-
t erator of the local telephone ex
In the lottery of mar-
The republican territorial con-
vention held in Guthrie last Thurs-
day was a large and enthusiastic
gathering of the representative
men of the party. There were so
many delegates and favorite sons
who were entitled to, or by court-
esy given, seats on the floor of the
convention that there were not
seats enough for the delegates who
were located in the rear of the hall
and the convention was held in the
Brooks opera house, the largest
public auditorium in the city. The
Greer county delegation was locat-
ed on the back row of the parquet
and three delegates could not find
seats and had to stand up in the
aisles.
Greer county was represented by
a full delegation of fourteen and
all voted as a unit on all questions
there being no friction or conten-
tion whatever. The main workers
on committees, in caucuses and on
the floor were James Kelly and
Chas. H. Eagiu, both experienced
politicians and personally acquaint-
ed with the leaders from various
parts of the territory.
As had been expected this con-
vention was a unit for Hon. B. S.
McGuire for congress, and Cash
M. Cade for territorial committee-
man and the only contest from the
start was over the question of se-
lecting the six delegates to repre-
sent the territory at the big Chica-
go convention. The Greer county
delegation was for Omer Benedict,
of the Hobart News-Republican
for one of the delegates and up to
midnight on convention eve he
was, to all appearances, the strong-
est man in the race but about that
time something occured, or was
said, or transpired, or was heard
that turned the popular tide
against him and in the running the
next day he was about one hun-
dred votes short of the winning.
But Greer county voted solidly for
him. The great west, southwest
and southern parts of Oklahoma
were left out in this election, all
six of the Chicago delegates hav ■
ing been chosen from the northeast
quarter of the territory. It was
not just as many of us would like
to have had it but the unexpected
is often encountered in the fortune
of politics.
The south and southwest came
out strong; however, in the voting
on alternates Greer, Kiowa, Roger
Mills and Day each being favored.
The delegates and alternates elect-
ed were as follows: Delegates—
Seymour Foose, Blaine county;
John H. Cotterett, Logan; A. H.
Jackson, Caunadian; W. D. Fos-
sett, Kingfisher; Robert Lowry,
Pawnee and G. W. Teterick. Kay.
Alternates—O. P. Elliot, Greer;
O. K. Benedict, Kiowa; I. L.
Hoover, Roger Mills; George Carr,
Day; J. P. Dudley, Cleveland; C.
H. Yates, Osage Reservation.
There was much discussion and
airing of ideas in the committee on
resolutions. The most talk was
on the school land question. Many
theories were advanced but finally
they were all turned down and
nothing said directly on that point.
John Jensen, of Red Rock, was
chairman and John P. Hickman,
of Perkins, was secretary of the
resolution committee. Governor
Ferguson and Delegate McGuire
were present at the meeting. The
only decided opposition to the
stat-hood plank in committee came
from F. C. Goodrich, of Oklahoma
county, who insisted upon an un-
equivocal declaration for single
statehood but yielded when the
words 'favoring a single state to
be admitted in 1906" were inserted
in the plank.
After endorsing President Roose-
velt and instructing the delegates
to Chicago to vote for him. oulogiz-
attached when ita conditions
make It ready We therefore in
dor* the bill by the committee on
territories which h*% been introduc-
ed by Chairman Hamilton, favor-
ing a single state to lie admitted
in 1906. and is now pending in tb«
Lower House of Congres*. and we
urge the immediate passage of this
bill, that the people of Oklahoma
may save that sovereignty which
their wealth, population and ex-
alted citizenship so entitle them
to."
Another section of the resolutions
commend Delegate McGuire for bis
work to secure the expenditure of
national funds for irrigation in Ok-
lahoma. Other sections were:
"We congratulate the people of
Oklahoma on the acknowledge-
ment by Congress of the declara-
tion of the republican party iu Ok-
lahoma in the last campaign for
some plan of equalization of the
school funds of Oklahoma and In-
dian Territory in the proposed ap-
propriation by Congress of five mil-
lion dollars in lieu of school lands
in the Indian Territory and as a
partial offset of the splendid school
land endowment of Oklahoma,
We point to this as the direct re-
sult of the policy of the republican
party in the last campaign.
"We invite the people of Oklaho-
ma to assist the republican party in
the election of its candidate's as the
surest way for the accomplishment
of good government, nationally,
territorially and locally. The his-
tory of Oklahoma in congress
proves that the only way to accom-
plish anything for this territory is
by the election of a republican
delegate.
We endorse the national and
territorial good roads movement.
We pledge our encouragement in
every way possible to the better-
ment of the highways of Oklahoma
and to the furtherance of the vari-
ous organizations in this territory
for this purpose."
E. P. McCabe, after failing be-
fore the committee, offered a n
amendment to the resolujions in
convention and secured its approval
of the provision in the Quay state-
hood bill prohibiting the legislature
of the state from making property
rights or education a requisite of
suffrage.
The atmosphere of the conven-
tion contained bacteria not condu-
cive to the health of the old Flynn
crowd, but Frank H. Greer offered
an amendment praising William
Grimes for his loyal service to the
republican party in the last eleven
years. Mr. Grimes was succeeded
as national committeeman by C.
M. Cade.
The fourteen delegates who rep-
resented the republican party of
Greer county in the big convention
were: James Kelly, Chas. H. Ea-
gin, O. P. Elliott, W. C. Shadden
and H. L. Crittenden of Mangum;
J. E. Coen and L. G. Brown of Le-
ger; T. J. Molinari and J. B. Smith
of Granite; James Little, of Mar-
tha; J. H. Smith, of Olustee; R. E.
Powers, of Warren; J. D. Worford,
of Erick: W. H. Matherly, of
Texola.
Resolutions.
Pythian Period XL. Apr. 12, '04
Since the All Wise and Omnip-
otent Father, the Supreme Chan-
cellor of the Universe, has seen fit
to call from our midst our beloved :
brother, Knight H. G. Jones, M. D.
Be it resolved, that by his un-
timely death, this lodge most sin- I
cerely feels the loss of a faithful
worker and earnest brother; the
medical profession loses a compe- I
tent member, and his home ties I
have occasion to deeply mourn the I
loss of a kind and affectionate son |
and brother.
Be it further resolved that, asl
evidence of our fraternal love fori
the deceased brother, and of ourl
condolence with his mother andl
kindred, a copy of these resolu-
tions be spread upon the statute
of this lodge, that the same be pub j
lished in the Mangum papers, and
a copy of the same be sent to hia
mother.
E. Wade Himes.
T. J. Dodson.
J. T. Johnson.
Committee.
The winner in the voting conte
at Trippet's Cash Store will ea
get to read the Mangum Scn-Mo
ing Delegate McGuire and Gover- j ixor and Mangum Star free
nor Ferguson and approving the | charge for one year, begin
construction of the Panama canal , May 1st, as the proprietors of
the resolutions said: ' paper will give them a year's
I The republican party has de- script ion.
clared for twelve years for imme- ■ ,,
coo. 1 Try a "' Pride of Greer.
, jertainl.. .
the SrN-Mox- bate statehood for Oklahoma
ates them both.
sen ting that the Indian
Territory'' five cent cigar on the market.
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