Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1915 Page: 1 of 10
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Mangum Weekly Star.
VOLUME XXVIII. p
EIOH
MANGUM, GREER COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, SEPTEMBER 2. 1915.
EIGHT PAGES
NUMBER 11
WHERE TEACHERS
ARE TO TEACH
As anounced recently, the Mangum
t ublic schools will open on Monday
morning, September 13th; the fore-
noon will be occupied in organising
and classification, and in the after-
noon the teachers will meet with th>>
irreg ilar pupils for classification ana
examination. On Tuesday morning
the regular class work will begin.
It Is expteced the school attend-
ance this year, especially in the high
school, will be greater than ever; In
the hif-h school a corps of seven In-
structors will be employed, as fol-
lows, W. W. Isle, of Norman, a grad-
uate of the University of Oklahoma,
who will teach history and civics;
Mrs. Tilla" McIntosh, so well known
in Mangum, and who has for years
taught mathematics in the high
school, will agialn have charge of that
department; Miss Alta Sawyer will
again teach science, and Miss Lola
Pickerill will teach modern lan-
guages; Miss Eva Ives, a graduate of
the University of Oklahoma, will
Save charge of the English depart-
ment; she is a new teacher in Man-
gum, as is also Miss Bessie Snell, an-
other University of oklahoma grad-
utes, who will teach Latin. Another
teacher, who will have charge of the
teachers' preparatory course, has not
yet been selects^
Two other teachers employed In
the high school building are Misses
Ella Gooden and Dora Dellis, . who
will teach the eighth grade. The
manual training department will
again be in charge of O. J. Palmer,
who was here last year, "while Miss
Maude Bandell, a graduate of the A.
& M. College, at Stillwater, will have
charge of the domestic science de-
partment.
Pupils from the first to seventh
grades, inclusive, will Attend the Cen-
tral school building; W. F. Cloud,
from Hobart, is again principal at this
building :the first grades will be In
chargd of Misses Willie McKinney
and Nina Davis; Misses Wayland and
Kate Powers .will teach the second
grades; Misses D'cy Wilson and Ber-
tha Terry are assigned to the third
grade; Misses Mayme Watkins and
Bootie Townsend will teach the
fourth grade; Misses Eula Sims and
Ru'h Noll will have charge of the
fifth grade; Miss Cleo Yarberry and
another teacher to be selected, will
teach the sixth grade; Mr. Cload, the
principal, and Miss Julia Rice will be
In charge of the seventh grade.
The south ward school where
grades one to four inclusive will be
taught, is to be in charge of Miss
Mary Hamilton, as principal, who will
teach the first and second grades;
Miss Lee Wilson is to teach the third
and fourth grades. j,
A teacher is to be selected for the
north ward school, Miss Mar.v Pow-
ers, who was elected to that positlop,
having resigned.
The Union Hill and Lake View
schools will not open for a month or
two yet, and a teacher for Lake View
is yet to be selected.
FAIR BOOSTERS
TOURING COUNTY
BAPTISTS HOLD |
A COUNTY MEET
This morning about fifteen or twen- The Greer County Baptist Associa- I
ty autoinotiHes tilled with Greer coan- jtion held an eventful session at Gran-
ty fair boosters, accompanied by the lte this week, beginning Tuesday and '
Mangum band, left for a tour of the closing on Wednesday evening: the '
country to advertise the fair to be assor iation was called to order by >
held here for four days, beginning Kev. J. W. Solomon, the moderato' '
.September 15th. elected last year, and In the election
The boosters are live ones and are of a moderator quite a spirited con- j
going out solely for the purpose of test ensued. Rev. Holmes Nichols,
advertising the fair, inviting the peo- pastor of the Mangum Baptist church,
pie to come and bring exhibits and wan elected over ItexK J. J. Rlslnger. j
thereby build up a better feeling to- | Messrs. D. W. Spann and J. W. Haw-
^ward the fair. In this connection it kins were re elected clerk and treas-
might be remarked that the fair this 1 urer, respectively, without opposit-
year gives promise of being the mo«t ton.
successful one ever held in Greer j The Granite church had filed pro-
county, both In point of attendance test against seating {he messenger
and the number and quality of ex- from Lake Creek church, and like-
hibits. y wise the Lake Creek church had fil-
Not only is much interest being'ed a protest against seating the mes-
taken in the county fair, but the dlf- senger from Granite church; the
ferent. township fairs larsi creating'trouble grew out of Granite's church
more interest than was anticipated. J having reconsidered their action in
Willow people are planning a big granting a letter to Rev. Nunnery
occasion at Willow on September 8th, some time ago, over which action a
when the Willow township fair will be suit Is now pending in the district
held there; likewise, Hester, where court of Greer county.
the Quartz tonshlp fair will be held | The moderator appointed a commit-
on September 10th, are planning big'tee of flve compo8ed 0f Mssrs. Han-
things; the people of Quartz tonship gon Water8| Roger8, Dennis and
are L-oing to serve barbecued mea', Ramseyt t0 investigate^ the matter;
pickles, coffee and bread to all their tWQ of the niembers of the commit-
visitors on that Occasion; also theytee Megsrs Ram8ey and Dennis, took
ire planning for the llvest township no part in the committee proceedings,
•"sir in the county. If all pie town- des|rjng That the matter be referred
sh'ps over the county take as much ba(k tQ the agsoclation for hearing,
interest in their fairs as the people The other
three members made a re-
of these two townships, the town- port tQ the a8soclatlon that ln their
ship fairs will prove fully as interest- judgment the Granite church was
ing as the county fair. . jf|.,ly withill lt8 rights in refusing a
Secretary Covington is well p1eas-j,ener to Rev. A. Nunnery and in with-
ed with the outlook for a b'g atten- i drawing fellowship from him, and the
dance at the fair, and says that the assooiatlon adopted this report.
exhibiis will be better and more num- I „
erous than at any fair in tlfe history
of the county. I.et every farmer be
u'e>od come; bring the whole fam-
ily. It costs you nothing, so come and
boost the county fair.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION
The board of county commissioners
Last Saturday Herman Wpe, secre- are to meet next week^and the prob-
tary of th^ loca^ civil service board, ; abilities are they will have the most
conducted an examination for motor j interesting session they have ever
rural carrier, with about sixteen ap- held; the appointment of a couit
.plieants taking the tests. The fourjclek to fill out the unexpired term of
routes at Granite are to be consoli- Andrew McCutcheon will be pi&de at
COURT CLERK TO BE
NAMED NEXT WEEK
dated into two routes, to be served by
automobile delivery.
CUPID RECEIVED
A SEVERE JOLT
Although apparently a most pleas-
ant and accommodating fellow, Court
SCHOOL LAND TO
BE SOLD SOON
In conversation with A. M. McKln-
• ney, assistant secretary of the school
land department, Monday, he inform-
ed a Star man th»t the school lands
in Greer county would be sold, prob-
ably some time about next March.
Before the lands are sold the land
and the Improvements will have to bo
reappraised; he said that the apprais-
etp'would probably reach Greer coun-
ty within the next few weeks, when
the Work of appraisal would begin.
There are about 283 farms ln Greer
county belonging to the state; these
this meeting, and this is. the question
which is arousing "so much interest
in the meeting.
There are several applicants act-
ively seeking the place, all of them
well qualified and popular and each
utving a large following, asking
their appointment. Among the appli-
cants mentioned are Tyre Jeter and
O. F. Lovett, from Brinkman; I. N.
Well man, of Granite; Ed Overstreet,
cTerk Ona e" Daws on some occasions' Fred Swltzer, H. M. Maloy and W. S.
appears as a hard hearted and cruel jMoore- o( Mangum. Perhaps there
man when he Insists on following jar* other applicants whose names
strictly the laws in such cases made we have not enumerated for the rear-
and provided; doubtless he appeared son we have not heard of them,
to two young couples last Monday j ona e. Daws was appointed to hold
morning as a man of the latter class tlie office temporarily and as a solu-
when he rudely shattered their hopes . tion Gf the matteT the commissioners
and aspirations, temporarily, at|niaj. decide the appointment perma-
least, of entering upon a hapipy wed- neilt.
(led life, all because they couldn't con- j „ .—
vince him their age was sufficient to ,uOST—Suit case, between Elm river
entitle them to wedding permits. and Brjnitman. Rewahi ir returned
The two" young men, Messrs. Earl to G. W. Hogan's Blacksmith shop.
Anderson and Clayton Upton, ,pre- j north of City Hail, Mangum. 11 2tadVi>
«ented themselves at the clerk's of-
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REV. J. FRANK NORRIS, of Fort Worth, Texas
Who will begin a series of meetings in this city Monday, Sept. 6, 1915, under the auspices of the several
Churches of Mangum. Rev. Norris is a noted evangelist, and everyone is invited to 'hear him.
THE WEEK'S COURT
HOUSE HAPPENINGS
BETTER BABIE8 CONTEST
The Fair Association of Mangum
wishes to notify all parents expect- j
lng to enter their babies in the Het- j
ter Babies Contest this year that en-1
WHY TOWNSHIPS
CAN'T PAY BILLS
S. P. Baird, a farmer living near try wUl Positively must be male bo- j County clerk Hearne aHd the other
the Jackson county line, was arrested (ore the fair; the catal°gue sta,pa members of the excise board are hav-
by Sheriff Henry last Saturday upon 'hat entries may be made after the ing considerable trouble because of
a charge of transporting whiskey; he falr begins, but since vthe ag3 limit the failure of the state board of equal-
was attending the picnic at Blake. has ben Increased to Include children lzatlon to certify the values of the
Mr. Henry's attention had been call- ,rom 8,x months to six years of age, public service corporations to the
ed to him and he examined Baird's 80 many more 'entries are expec ted county assessor so he can certify to
wagon, flnd'ng two quarts of whis- that thqre will be time only during the county exci«e board the values in
Vey stored therein. He watched the the fair for examinations; so if you the different townships, cities, school
wagon and soon Baird's wife appear- want your children to have the ad- districts of the county.
ed and took the whiBkey and started vantage of this contest, either phone Estimates were filed with the coun-
to a nearby field of maize; Sheriff or write one of the committee named excise board in July and oidinarily
Henry stopped her, wheh she claimed below and they will fill out the entry they meet In August and approve or
the booze belonged to her and was for ,blank for you. Do not neglect this, reject the estimates; this year the
her own personal use: later she ad- for you may be d suppolnted after the 8tate board has not certified the val-
trltted that it wasn't her's and Shs'r- fa'r begins If you iiave not entered l]e8 and the co .nty b^iard Is powe.less
iff Henry placed her husband underj'he baby. .Examination will take to do anything until the state board
flee as soon as the office was opened, 'clayton Upton, age 21, were under
just before eight o'clock, and asked age.
for license; the young ladies, Misses I The father of one of the young 1^-
Nannie Riley and Becky Copeland, (dies «ho was to be married to Mr.
waited in the latles' rest room while Uipton. told the officials here to go
the young men were to get the per- aiiead and issue the permits and let
mits; while the clerk was filling out! them be married she was 16 years
tfhe necessary applications, he became |of.ag"6. Mr. Daws still refused to is-
susplclous of the girls' ages and^isked I mio the permit because the law pro-
them to bring the girls so he could vides that the parents must either to
see them. 1 present and give their consent or elar>
The girls came to the office ln com- file their written consent.
pany with the boys and told the clerk Tlio other couple, Earl Anderson
they wore eighteen years old; how- aped 2fl, and Nannie Riley, aged 1*>
ever, Mr, Daws was not satisfied, >and ' found little ln the situation to com
MRS.
MRS.
MRS.
G. W. WINBURNE,
T. J. HORSLEY,
J. L. GUTHRIE,
Comittee on Entries.
NEY NEEL, President of ^ t0 thftt letter:
will be sold to the highest bidder, the ; refused to issue the permits, because
present lessee having the privilege
of taking the land at the highest bid
offered. They are sold on long time
rayments, hut ln case an outsider
buys fhe land ho must Immediately
pay th^» leessee the aippralsed value of
Ills improvements.
The sale of this school land will
giean much to Greer county; It will
mean that we will have that many
more home owners; it will mean
quite a material addition to our tax
rails, thereby lessening the burdens
of other taxpayers to that extent.
The first sale of school lands under
the new appraisement was held this
week in Wtoods county, *nd reports
he didn't believe they wore eighteen
years of Vge. He told the boys that
the girls didn't look that old and be-
sides they were still wejarlng short
skirts and It is said, looked like they
would still enjoy playing with dolls.
Having met with an unexpected
obstacle ln the person of Mr. Daws,
the yottng people retired, downcast,
doubtless thinking this was a cold,
cruel old world: It was long before
Sheriff Henry was ln communication
with their folks and learned their
story.
They had started out Sunday ev-
ening to attend church at Dryden, and
probably did attend services, and
f«rt ti.em; their parents dliin't glvo
ti.r j r consent for themj to wed.
I^ato In the evening tho young .peo-
ple left for their homes netr Dryden
sadder and probably a goo I cieal wis-
er; doubtless one of the couples, Mr.
Upton and Miss Copeland are 'lappUy
married by this time and will livi
happily, while the other couple, Mr.
Anderson and Miss Rllpy, unloas their
parents relent in their opposition to
the marriage, will have to enjoy
single blessedness for a few yearn
more. «
One thing might be remarked rlgnt
here; unless you have the parents'
consent ln writing, or the parents are
present in person to give their con-
arrest.
Louis Allen and. t. N. Vanarsdale,
two farmers living north^ of Mangum,
have charges pending against them as
a result of a feud existing between
them; Allen Is charged with pointing
a pistol ar Vanarsdale, whlle__yanars-
dale vhas a charge of malicious mlchlef | Call one of these ladies on the tele-
pending against him. ! phone and be ready to answer the
Quite a bit of excitement was caus-i questions given'below In the entry
ed Monday evening when J. IL Reedy, !blank' °r 8Gnd the information by
tiving in the west part of town, com- 1 matl to them.
plained that some boys had destroyed
one of his bee hives; the boys were 1
brought into the sheiiff's office, given
<t gcufrt lecture and turned loose. The
heea were located In a cottonwood
tree about 18 inches In diameter, and
the boys sawed the tree down.
business in Court Clerk Daws' of-lJ';n,ry /
fico this week has heen pretty good; ^Bmo ^ chlld ;
four new suits were filed in district! ®"1® of I,aren s
court, as follows; John M. Prentice 1 ross
vs. Mary A. Prentice, divorce; D. H.
\Wlght vs. A. (' Cravey, et al, suit on
note; J. M. Jenkins vs. Willie Jenkins,
divorce; 8usie >L. Chaney vs. F. B.
Felke, ruit to set aside conveyance of
roal estate.
place the Becand and third days of th ■ acts; by reason of this fact the bus-
fair. iness of the townships, town and
MRS. W. T. Ft'NDERBCRK, , cichool districts is tied up for not a
warrant can be drawn against this
year's estimates until they are ap-
proved by the county excise board.
Many people having claims against
them are anxious for their money and
it Is causing no litle inconvenience.
Recently County Assessor Overall
wro*e Auditor Howard about the mat-
ter and following is a copy of the ro-
ars that the land brought consider*- then decided to^eome to Mangum and sent, if you are under age, there will
bly mora than the apt>V»lsed value.
'be married.
to eome t
All of
th«m except b« no permit Issued by Mr. Daws.
MRS.
, the Civic League of Mangum.
MRS:\V. T. FUNDERBURK, Sec-
retary Civic league, 'Mangum.
Application Blank
(To be retained by Commltfee.)
. Division
I Age (In months)
EASTERN STARS CELEBRATE
Tuesday evening of this week the ,
ladles of' ti»e Eastern Star celebrated
In adltlon to the new suits filed J the anniversary of the organization of,
hsuod thren marriage that order; members of that order'
and Masons and their famillos gath
Oklahoma City, Aug. 27, 1915.
Mr. N. W. Overall, County Assessor,
Greer County, Mangum, Okla.
DEAR SIR: —
Replying to yours of the 23rd Inst.,
you are adviiied that I will certify
to you all p ibllc service corporations
which have been assessed by this
board up to this time, with In the next
few days. However, the board will
meet on September 15th, at which
time there will be a great many pub-
lic service corporations to be assess-
ed and It will be impossible to cer-
1 tify them all to you before that time.
Very truly yours,
E. B. HOWARD.
State Auditor.
this office has
permits, to the following parties;
Jesse Praitt and Maude Tucker,
Reed: Wm. C. Word slid llattle M.
fltowe, Brinkman; Jesse Lrftin ant!
C.vrtle Pipkin. .Vta&on.
Oils and White Star Gasoline, Peer-
ered and listened to an Interesting j less Burning Oil and Solar Oil, Lubrt-
program, after whlcto refreshments) | eating, Auto and Motorcycle Oil. De-
were served. The meeting was well j fiance Oil Co., Albert Caudle. Agent.
attended. j Phone your wants to 465. 10 tfavd
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Wileman, Herbert. Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1915, newspaper, September 2, 1915; Mangum, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc286155/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.