Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 6. Negroes of Missouri After Akins. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: "Whereas, T. J. Akins, republican national committeeman for Missouri, indorsed Dr. Leon Hill of Boonville, Mo., for pension examiner, and after Dr. Hill's appointment, withdrew his indorsement because he discovered he was a Negro; and, "Whereas, President Roosevelt has declared that the door of hope should not be shut against any man on account of his color; therefore be it Resolved. That this action of T. J. Akins is a flagrant and causeless insult to the whole race of people, rudely and audaciously flung into the teeth of 46,000 Negro voters of Missouri, nearly all of whom voted for the candidates that Mr. Akins represented; and, further, be it "Resolved, That the Republican national committee should be made to understand that the present Missouri nationational is persona non grata to the Colored Missouri republicans: that he does not represent our manhood or aspirations: that he has heaped an inexcusable indignity upon the race, and that his continuation as national committee man will be against the best interest and success of the party, and, further, that we send our protest to the headquarters of the national republican committee. (SIGNED) P. H. Murray, J. D. Miller, L. M. Miller, J. R. Pegues, M. D. Taylor Committee on Resolutions. Democratic Negro Gets Pie. WILLIAM L. SCOTT; the Liberty Party candidate for President of the United States in 1904, who claimed to be such a lover of his race and pretended to be working so hard for their welfare like some of the chronic kicking would be leaders in Logan County, was working for self aggrandizement. He has landed a Democratic janitorship. Nothing more will be heard of him while the job lasts. How acceptive some people are. —PROGRESS. Read our advertisements and patronize those who advertise with us. They deserve your trade and will sell you the best of goods. Muskogee, L.T., Thursday, Feb. 9, 1905. GEORGIA has one company of Negro militia and that company desires to attend the inauguration at Washington. The Governor as commander of State troops, declines to give the em permission to do so. Possibly the Governor thinks that men who are not allowed to vote have no right to participate in the festivities incident to an election.—PROGRESS. This is another sample of the Southern Democrat's love for the Negro and it is a strange thing to us that when some of those Negroes get out of hell and come to this haven of rest that they join in and vote for the same hellhounds that oppressed them in their old homes. We shall pray that these cusses be removed from here to—well heaven for the good of the race and the public. GOVERNOR HOCH of Kansas, to say the least, is a very plain spoken man. Some fault was found with him touching his reception of Booker T. Washington, and in answer to his critics the Governor said; "I treated Booker T. Washington as one gentleman should another. A man that is doing the great good Mr. Washington is doing is entitled to gentlemanly treatment. It would take a microscope to find the brains of a man who criticised me for what I did; would take a more powerful microscope to find his heart. Hoch is made of the right kind of stuff. You can see on the label he is not a lily white Republican. OUR old friend W. H. Twine, editor of the Cimeter, says he is not dead and that as long as he is alive the Cimeter will continue to be published. Of course that means his guns are trained and are ready for action when the conflict opens. There is one thing we admire a bout the brave old quill pusher, and that is, you can fight him politically to a bitter end, but personally he remains friendly and continues to be jovial.—Pioneer. Thanks, old friend. We believe in fighting about what we differ on and don't think personalities should be indulged in. The Colored Masons, Widow's Son Lodge of St. Louis, have bought a new hall at 2730 Morgan St., St. Louis. —St. Louis Advance. The Lincoln Club Meets. On last Friday night the Lincoln Club met. There were exactly thirteen members present and a few visitors and then it was Friday. Could there have been a more unlucky combination? After roll call the fun began and as there was two factions the number thirteen divided as evenly as possible and then the battle commenced. The regulars decided that there was not a quorum present and adjourned the meeting to the 10th. After which the rebels called the meeting on and the following gentlemen made speeches: Frank Reed spoke until the chairman stopped him. Ed Jefferson did likewise. Also E. L. Thurman followed suit. After this members of the club were given a chance. Affidavit Taylor was there in his glory and made more speeches than any one. This cuss has not been here six months but is a ready made-to-order leader. The meeting was for the election of officers and Affadavit Taylor proposes to dictate who they shall be. Some of the favorite metaphors of the speakers were: "The higher the coon climbs the tree the better he shows his head" and "the opposition must come to the butternut coating" and "we must select a leader—they are born not made." After these various harangues the rebels concluded not to elect officers but to wait until the regulars met and then skin them. It was evident that certain Lily Whites would furnish the money to get out more than the unlucky thirteen for the next meeting. There was serious danger of a clash between the Texas and Arkansas contingents which was averted. There will be a bushel of fun Friday night. The public is inuited to stay away unless their lives are insured. HASKELL ITEMS We have a great deal of sickness around in the country near Haskell. Mrs. Susie Harrison, wife of John Harrison and two sons are on the sick list this week. Miss Rachel Brown, t he daughter of Mr. G. W. Brown after a few weeks' illness with pneumonia, is out again. Prof. Johnson, principal of the Tallahassee Mission school is building two nice residences on a 120 acre farm which he bought near town. Mr. Joe Jackson's beautiful mansion will soon be completed. When finished will be one of the finest four room buildings in the country around. We will soon begin to arrange to have a house built for school and church purposes. Haskell should have a $500 house for No.18 this purpose. There have been 40 city lots sold to the Colored people. This is a coming town. Colored people have done well in and around this city the last year. 25 good families with teams come on. Mrs. Peggie Friday died at her home 4 miles south of the city this week. Deceased was the wife of Mr. David Friday, a prominent farmer, stockman and native Creek citizen. Deceased leaves a husband, 10 children, 6 boys and 4 girls and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. She lived and died a consistent christian. Her remains were interred in the family grave yard on Ash Creek Tuesday. · Who Are They?'' The Searchlight alias (brick) bond paper has become the organ of Douglass and in every issue from its birth has made assaults upon the Judge of the Western District. Now let us see who these fellows are who are running the gold brick paper. First; Gordon, recently fired from the Presidency of the Baptist College (for reasons best known to the Board of Trustees, etc.,) Second, Clark who comes from nowhere and is bound for any port that the gold brick craft may cast anchor. Third, Jones, the legal light of this ill-fated craft who stands under indictment from the Federal Grand Jury of this District: and Fourth; Dr. Simms, who seems to be the physician of the outfit and (God knows they need one and a good one) and who has been all things to all men. A Negro and an Indian (when in school in Kansas), a christian an ex-crapshooter and last but not least the manipulator of the gold (brick) bond paper that proposes to dictate to the Negroes of the B. I. T. We say to the gold bond paper that we have always encouraged race enterprises and that we trade with our advertizers and ask our patrons to do the same regardless of race, color or previous conditions and we have the courage to say that some of the giants that Clark refers to do not advertize in any race paper and we say d—n such giants. We don't think the League is anxious to take the advice of Clark, who has appointed himself as custodian of the League. Clark certainly is modest as well as prolific in his predictions. HER BLOOD TOO THIN GENERAL DEBILITY RESULTS FROM IMPOVERISHED BLOOD. The Remedy That Makes New Blood Banishes Weakness, Headaches, Indigestion and Nervous Troubles. Hundreds of women suffer from headaches, dizziness, restlessness, languor and timidity. Few realize that their misery all comes from the bad state of their blood. 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When I had finished the second box I could see very decided signs of improvement in my condition. I began to feel better all over and to have hopes of a complete cure. "I used in all eight or ten boxes, and when I stopped I had got back my regular weight and a good healthy color and the gain has lasted. I can eat what I please without discomfort. My nervousness is entirely gone, and, while I had constant headaches before, I very rarely have one now. I cheerfully recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to women who suffer as I did." Mrs. Stone was seen at her pretty home in Lakewood, R. I., where, as the result of her experience, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are very popular. These famous pills are sold by all druggists. A book that every woman needs is published by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. It is entitled "Plain Talks to Women," and will be sent free on request. Chinese Social Customs According to the laws of good society in China young widows should not remarry. Widowhood is, therefore, held in highest esteem, and the older the widow grows the more agreeable her position becomes. Should she reach 50 years she may, by applying to the emperor, get a sum of money with which to buy a tablet on which her virtues are inscribed. The tablet is then placed over the door at the principal entrance to her house. Earliest Green Onions. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., always have something new, something valuable. This year they offer among their new money making vegetables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion. It is a winner, Mr. Farmer and Gardener! JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 16c. and they will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages, 2,000 rich, juicy Turnips, 2,000 blanching, nutty Celery, 2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce, 1,000 splendid Onions, 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes, 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. In all over 10,000 plants—this great offer is made to get you to test their warranted vegetable seeds and ALL FOR BUT 16C POSTAGE, providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 26c in postage, they will add to the above a big package of Salzer's Fourth of July Sweet Corn—the earliest on earth—10 days earlier than Cory, Peep o' Day, First of All, etc. [W.N.U.] The fact that some marriages are happy and others unhappy is purely accidental. . 3TATISTICS OF THE OCEAN? Few People Seemingly Realize Their Enormous Extent. An officer of a big liner once told the writer that most folk seem to be as ignorant about the size of the sea as they are of the distance between the heavenly planets. Here are a few facts for the curious: The Pacific covers 68,000,000 miles, the Atlantic 30,000,000 miles, and the Indian ocean, Arctic and Antarctic 12,000,000. To stow away the contents of the Pacific it would be necessary to fill a tank one mile long, one mile wide, and one mile deep every day for 440 years. Put in figures, the Pacific holds in weight 948,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The Atlantic averages a depth of not quite three miles. Its waters weigh 325,000,000,000,000,000 tons, and a tank to contain it would have each of its sides 430 miles long. The figures of the other oceans are in the same startling proportions. It would take all the sea water in the world 2,000,000 years to flow over Niagara. A tank to hold it all would have to measure nearly 1,000 miles along each of its sides. Masculine Dullness. see, Alice is knitting. "One—skip two— three— Then over. Somehow, I just feel that he is going to like these slippers I've knit—Only one thing troubles me: Will they fit? And I wonder if he will like pale blue? Will he understand it—"My love is true?" Four—five—six—seven—eight—skip ten—and turn— (He'll never suspect this was hard to learn). "It's surprising, they say, how knitting holds; I guessed his size. These are number five soles; Now, with pale-blue slippers I really think The prettiest bows are a sea-shell pink; He will enjoy putting these on at night; Dear boy, he sits up till past 3 to write! With these on he will be dreaming of me— (But he says he does that continually.) Decorated with holly and mistletoe? Alice said, it's something she has made for me. [ must 'promise to wear them constantly!— The dear little angel—she only lacks wings! (If I only knew the name of these things!) Is it two pincushions—or a sachet?— Whatever it is, I will put it away." —New Orleans Picayune. To Harness Bay of Fundy. It is believed that it will not be very long before adequate steps are taken to harness some of the practically unlimited tide-water power of the Bay of Fundy and of the flats and lowlands that mark the estuaries of the streams that flow into the bay. On the Minas basin a head of from thirty-five to forty feet would be available. This, sustained by the limitless volume of ocean water, replenishing the basins every twelve hours, would afford an aggregate power far beyond the utmost capacity of Niagara. This is only one instance of the power of the Bay of Fundy that now goes to waste. At Moncton the tide rises to a height of thirty feet, beginning with the famous rushing "bore" six feet in height. This power could be utilized and the harbor improved, without destroying the fascinations of the "bore." Mr. Devery on Charity. While it is always wise to be charitable it is only vouchsafed to a few to be wittily charitable. Mr. William Devery, of police and political fame, is one of the few. He was about to assist financially a man in straitened circumstances when he was reminded that the would-be recipient of his bounty had on more than one occasion maligned and libeled him. "Oh, cut it out," replied Mr. Devery. "What's the use? I've known that fellow's slanders by heart so long that they have clean gone out of my head." It was Mr. Devery also who said that alms was in the plural because one single act of charity never counted—that one must give more than once to "get in the game."—New York Herald. BISHOP OWES HEALTH AND LIFE TO PE=RU=NA. Ministers of All Denominations Join In Recommending Pe-ru-na to the People. Public speaking especially exposes the throat and bronchial tubes to catarrh affections. Breathing the air of crowded assemblies, and the necessary exposure to night air which many preachers must face, makes catarrh especially prevalent among their class. Peruna has become justly popular among them. BISHOP L.H.HALSEY. The Bishop's Strong Tribute to Pe-ru-na. L. 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"Every individual who suffers with respiratory diseases will find Peruna a magnificent and sovereign remedy."—L. H. Halsey, Bp. C. M. E. Church. Peruna is the most prompt and sure remedy for catarrh that can be taken. Many a preacher has been able to meet his engagements only because he keeps on hand a bottle of Peruna, ready to meet any emergency that may arise. We have on file many letters of recommendation like the one given above. We can give our readers only a slight glimpse of the vast number of grateful letters Dr. Hartman is constantly receiving, in praise of his famous catarrh remedy, Peruna. FREE paid a fine pair of scissors absolutely free. We make this and other offers to get you to try our famous Cheek & Neal brand Porto Rico Coffee—the bestand richest popular priced package coffee on the market—the finest coffee for the least money. 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We can give our readers only a slight glimpse of the vast number of grateful letters Dr. Hartman is constantly receiving, in praise of his famous catarrh remedy, Peruna. and us 15 signatures, packages of Cheek & Neal coffee and we will send you post- of scissors absolutely free. We offer offers to get you to try our brand Porto Rico Coffee—the bestand package coffee on the market—the least money. Moderate in price, but CAME NEAR GETTING IT "I guess it is now pretty well settled that we will have a republican administration for the next four years," remarked Representative Dede, of Minnesota, "and I am reminded of an incident which happened in my state a number of years ago. A republican candidate for congress met his opponent in one of the backwoods districts to discuss the issues. Mr. republican spoke first, followed by Mr. democrat, who flayed everything save the constitution. He floundered around in great glory, and was evidently making friends and votes among the people, when the republican requested him to answer just one question. Mr. democrat said he would. 'Well,' said the republican, fully determined to offset anything in the way of vote-making his opponent had accomplished, 'you declare the constitution says this and says that. Now, sir, does it not say that "The United States shall guarantee to every state a republican form of government?" "It does,' answered the democrat with a rather despairing look and tone. "Then, sir, why do you preach democracy?" "This was a poser, and the backwods men yelled for the republican, and they voted for him, too."—Nashville Banner. But few men have enough confidence in themselves to believe all they say. A FELLOW FEELING. Why She Felt Lenient Towards the Drunkard. A great deal depends on the point of view. A good temperance woman was led, in a very peculiar way, to revise her somewhat harsh judgment of the poor devil who cannot resist his cups and she is now the more charitable. She writes: "For many years I was a great sufferer from asthma. Finally my health got so poor that I found I could not lie down, but walked the floor whilst others slept. I got so nervous I could not rest anywhere. "Specialists told me I must give up the use of coffee—the main thing that I always thought gave me some relief. I consulted our family physician, and he, being a coffee fiend himself, told me to pay no attention to their advice. Coffee had such a charm for me that in passing a restaurant and getting a whiff of the fragrance I could not resist a cup. I felt very lenient towards the drunkard who could not pass the saloon. Friends often urged me to try Postum, but I turned a deaf ear, saying, 'That may do for people to whom coffee is harmful, but not for me—coffee and I will never part.' "At last, however, I bought a package of Postum, although I was sure I could not drink it. I prepared it as directed, and served it for breakfast. Well, bitter as I was against it, I must say that never before had I tasted a more delicious cup of coffee! From that day to this (more than two years) I have never had a desire for the old coffee. My health soon returned; the asthma disappeared, I began to sleep well and in a short time I gained 20 pounds in weight. "One day I handed my physician the tablets he had prescribed for me, telling him I had no use for them. He stayed for dinner. When I passed him his coffee cup he remarked: 'I am glad to see you were sensible enough not to let yourself be persuaded that coffee was harmful. This is the best cup of coffee I ever drank,' he continued; 'the trouble is so few people know how to make good coffee.' When he got his second cup I told him he was drinking Postum. He was incredulous, but I convinced him, and now he uses nothing but Postum in his home and has greatly improved in health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." HIS SOCIETY "STUNT." BOWERY HERO HAD AT LEAST ONE ACCOMPLISHMENT. Effort of Tom Gould to Impress the Ladies of the Astor Household in the Only Way He Could Think of at Embarrassing Moment. When Mr. Astor ran for Congress—and lost—one of his adherents was Tom Gould. Mr. Gould was a type. He was proud of his own physical strength; proud of Mr. Astor as his choice for the national legislature. Any bibulous one who visited Mr. Gould's bar and expressed a dislike for Mr. Astor fell a prey to trouble. Mr. Astor liked Mr. Gould, being struck with his amazing garb and untrammeled manners. The ladies at his house, to whom he spoke of Mr. Gould and his eccentricities of speech and dress, were smitten of a desire to know more of him. They besought Mr. Astor to invent an excuse and have Mr. Gould to the house, where they might rejoice their eyes and ears with him. Mr. Astor made the excuse; Mr. Gould appeared. The latter wore a silk hat, a reefer jacket with white pearl buttons as large as silver dollars, checked trousers, striped shirt, red necktie and a waistcoat like unto an alarm of fire. Over all this splendor was cast a light green topcoat; for the air of autumn was chill. Mr. Astor received his visitor in the drawing-room; presently the ladies of the household drifted in, and Mr. Gould was presented. Having launched his adherent on what might be termed the tides of high society, Mr. Astor, to the end that the ladies study Mr. Gould at their ease, if not at his, made a pretense of retiring to the library in quest of certain papers of moment in his campaign. Left alone and unprotected, Mr. Gould was discouraged, and tried to hide it. The ladies themselves could think of nothing to say, but eyed Mr. Gould in timid silence. Mr. Gould began to feel the strain; that he might be more at elegant ease he paced the floor—five majestic strides one way, then wheel and return. This pedestrianism gave a measure of relief and yet Mr. Gould felt the necessity of saying something. He must screen his awkwardness from the ladies and show them how he felt at home. Suddenly, like a flood of light, a happy thought swept over him. Mr. Gould paused, half turned to his fair auditors, shrugged his square shoulders, inflated his deep chest, made a gesture with his hand, palm downward, and spake these words huskily: "Soy, lydies! I'll bet y' a hundred dollars I kin lift th' pianny."—A. H. Lewis in the Saturday Evening Post Entertained the Englishman. The two pretty American girls had met two delightful Englishmen on the way across, says a writer in Lippincott's, and had given a cordial invitation, warmly seconded by their mother, to Sir Charles and his friend to visit them at their country home. One day a message came saying the two men would arrive that afternoon. The family was thrown into a fever of excitement, and many plans of entertainment for their guests were suggested and abandoned. It was finally decided that as Englishmen are notoriously fond of a "tub," and their guests were coming directly from the train they should first be invited to take a bath. After that the hostess would rely on the inspiration of the moment. The young men arrived promptly, and after some demurring were hurried off to the bathroom. 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Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. A friend of mine who has the grip informs me that a frieze on the wall is worth two colds in the head. In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable, nervous and often cold and damp. If you have sweating, sore feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, 25 cents. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. When doctors disagree it generally takes an autopsy to decide. The woman with a bad temper isn't any more amiable when she loses it. WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 85; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Postoffice building, Oklahoma City, Okla., or Tulsa, Ind. Ter., Enid, Shawnee or Guthrie, Okla. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water FARMERS wanted to lease or break good farms of 160 to 200 acres in Oklahoma. Address E. F. SPARROW, Pawhuska, Okla. NEW PENSION LAWS SENT FREE Apply to NATHAN BICKFORD, 914 F St. Washington, D. C. W. N. U.—Oklahoma City—No. 6, 1905 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING Three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the Free Homestead Lands of Western Canada this year. Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November. All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvests."—Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance. Schools, churches, markets convenient. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. THE @IMETER, PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY GIMETER PUB. CO. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. W. H. TWINE - - - Editor. R. WOOD, - - - Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - - Gen'l Solicitor E. T. HEARNE - . City Reporter For Delegate to the Constitutional Convention: A. G. W. SANGO of Muskogee. Court to be established at Wilburton, Central District. One club, one party, one state. These are our sentiments. You may in the future be able to reach Muskogee on the palatial steamer, City of Muskogee. The gold bond paper says it has lived a number of years, etc. Now as a matter of fact the gold brick daily has been in existence a little over a month and promises to live on if all the banks fail. We hope the banks won't fail because some of them would call on the gold (brick) bond outfit to settle and there would be war in the camp of the faithful and doubtless some of them would "blow out" and leave their helpers in a sad condition. WEARY HYENA SIMMS, M. D., and Hell A-dam Clark are running the gold brick outfit this week white Funny Jaybird Gordon is on the sick list. The daily gold bond paper falls into the Democratic column nicely. The fellows at the helm are used to running Democratic matter; and it is natural for them to run the present affair. SPAIN, the brave soldier who was (not) in the Spanish war and who fit, bled and died under the commissary wagon is now a member of the Independent Negro Club who are now preparing a vigorous movement against the commissary of our old enemies, the Democrats. (Its still a long time 'till spring.) Muskogee is not large enough for more than one republican club, and those who have the best interest of the people and the party at heart, desire to see all bolters return to the fold. While we do not doubt the sincerity of a great many of the members of these clubs yet we do say that they are running after strange and false gods. THE telegram of the special delegate Cunning Jack Jones who did not delegate is the acme of ignorance, gall and conceit. Jones shows himself to be a con with its amendments it will have to be reported to the conference committee, and the final results will depend upon the action of the conference committee. The Cimeter may or may not be zero as stated in the gold brick paper but we are not a tool of Douglass at any rate. The Pioneer is mistaken. We are not in the banking business and don't need the support of the gold brick bank or any of its kind to "get by." BRACE up Mr. Search Light keep your lamps trimmed, full of oil and burning, for you are to light our people who are in search of a guide to this western country and if you falter and do not live up to that high standard of journalism, we will have to number you among those many wrecks with which the journalastic shores are strewn. THE resolutions published in this paper last week were the same as published in the evening dailies but the gold [brick] bond paper was too d—n cowardly to say anything against them until they were read in our paper. This shows about how much race pride the outfit has. Why wait until this paper published the resolutions? Were you waiting for an order from your master Douglass. We would like to see statehood come to Oklahoma and the Indian Territory but would prefer no statehood at this time to that of the present bill making it a prohibition state for 21 years. We think that the question of prohibition is one that should be settled by the people of the new state and it is one that can be settled without the assistance of those who live in other states. The people are ready to vote on the question at any time and settle the question for all time. OUR old friend Clarence Powell of the Georgia Minstrels and his associates are having brilliant success in Arkansas and Louisiana. Their show is the very best of its kind on the road and we are glad to hear of their carrying things by storm at every place they stop. They will show in New Orleans, the Crescent city, next week and their many friends and admirers in Great Muskogee are wishing for their return to this Metropolis. We don't desire the class of Negroes from the south who instead of being a help to the race, is a detriment to the race, even though they be worth an hundred thousand dollars in city property. They should remember that they were Negroes before anything else, and that ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty R. A. GIVENS, Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Etc. We carry a fine line of jewelery which is strictly firstclass and up-to-date in every respect. I carry nothing but the Best goods and of the latest design. My prices are reasonable. Call and see the latest whether you want to buy or not. North Second St., Muskogee, I. T. Hand Made Clothes, Shirts and All Kinds of Hats wealth does not make them other than what nature has made them. We have damn little respect for that class of misfit Negroes, and when they come to the Ter'y they will find that Negroes won't stand for what they represent. The present manipulators of the gold bond paper are a fair sample of Negro Democrats. Each issue of the paper shows the ear-marks of the Negro Democrats. It is hard for the southern Negro to understand these political birds of passage and yet when they live here awhile they can understand the whole thing. We think the Wagoner Bar that part that indulged in making asses of themselves in the recent resolutions condemning a U. S. Judge should now go off and soak their heads. They could pass the same resolutions touching Judge Sulzbacher because we have heard some of the same fellows who are in the condemning business cussing Judge Sulzbacher for raising bonds on their clients but of course they would not let him know it. FRATERNAL dissentions in Russia are about to disrupt the Empire. But even with all of this trouble we believe that the Russians will triumph over Japan. Personal instructions given at your home, in stenography, typewriting, arithmetic and penmanship. Persons prepared for civil service positions. None too young none too old to learn. Wm. L. Johnson, To the leading editorials in our contemporaries, the Pioneer and Searchlight we say that as the temporary chairman of the late meeting of the Muskogee Republican club that we deny the charge of corruption or bossism. We have generally found it to be that the fellows who make this charge are themselves guilty and are hunting a hiding place. We would rather fail and have the record of being true to our friends than to succeed by compromising with our enemies. We believe that the greatest sin a man can commit is that of ingratitude and the fellows guilty of it are d—n or snakes. See? Mr. Akins is a pigmy. He is so small that we believe the republican party will be unable to find him after 1908. Either Missouri must drop such men as Akins or loose the state of Missouri; 46,000 Negro voters say so in terms that must not be mistaken. LOCAL MENTION. W. H. Twine Jr., is on the sick list. Master Frank Elliott and J. T. Trimble are on the sick list. L. A. Bell of Wagoner, was doing Muskogee, Tuesday. Mr. Peters of Boynton, was doing business here Tuesday. Mrs. Carr of Ft. Worth, is in the city on a visit for a short while. Mr. Gus Rivers of Taft, was transacting business here Tuesday. L. F. Fue, the contractor, is building the shelving for the Hughes, Simmons Drug Co. P. B. J. Hudson, the hustler from Gatesville, was in Muskogee, Monday. C. G. Lowe spent several days in the country this week on legal business. Sam King has been confined to his room for several days with LaGrippe. We are glad to note that he is better now. Miss Roberta Watson returned from a visit to relatives at Talequah, Saturday. Sam Beatty (our genial Sam) can again be found in his usual haunts on South 2nd St. Bud Lowery and L. T. (Bud) Brown of Talequah, spent Sunday here with their many friends. Mrs. O. Shafer will open a hair parlor in the McCuiloch building near the Midland Valley Station. F. E. McDaniel returned Tuesday and stopped off here to attend some business with the Afro American Realty & Investment Co., of which he is a member. H. A. Pierson left Thursday for Guthrie, O. T., to wind up some Real Estate business. W. H. Twine will look after his business here while he is away. Miss Mabel Taylor, who has been indisposed for several weeks is now convalesent and again on duty at Jones' Cafe. W. A. Rentie, Cashier of the Creek Citizens' Bank, was blessed last Saturday, by the arrival of a baby girl. Mother and baby doing well and father on a fair way to recovery. Trade with our advertizers. They deserve your trade. Mr. L. E. Willis of Tallahassee, was in the city Monday on important business. L. T. Brown of Talequah, has been in the city for several days on legal business. When you need anything in the grocery line go to J. W. Sippes' Grocery, corner Elgin & 4th Streets. He deserves your trade. A three story brick building will be built on Second street just south of Okmulgee Avenue, in the Spring. The building will be 85 feet front by 220 feet deep. The Spring time will bring a great boom for 2nd street which is destined to be one of the best business through fares in Great Muskogee. The Broadaxe states that the young men of the St. Louis Forum will tuck their tails in the presence of their Lilly White masters but I want to assure the Broadaxe that young chaps of the Forum believe in voting for men as well as for parties, and when the next election comes they will prove this Walbridge was defeated because he did not treat the colored man right when he was mayor of St. Louis. Wm. L. Johnson. Mr. Editor: I thought I would write you a few lines about the conditions of the Colored people of Muskogee. I see so many young colored men around Muskogee who are idle I thought it would be good for you to instruct them through your paper to come out in the western part of the Territory where we have plenty land to clear, wood to cut and post to make; in fact all kinds of work to be done. MOSES HOWARD. Beebe Chapel, C. M. E. Church, 520 South Division Boulevard. Preaching every Sunday, 11 a. m. and 7:3 op. m. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. League—Literary department, every Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Spiritual department every Sunday, 3:00 p. m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Class meeting, every Sunday, 4:00 p. m. You are invited. REV. W. F. SIMONS, Pastor. J. B. BODDIE, Secretary. L. F. FUE, Treasurer. WANTED—Two or three tracts of good land for northern farmers at once. 80 acres to 240 acres each. Let me hear from you. H. P. SHOWALTER, Rooms 304 and 305. Iowa Building. EXCELSIO TONSORIAL PARLOR & BAT Banks & Thur PROPRIETORS 207 SOUTH SECOND STREET. Agents for Garden City Custom and Great Weste Of Chicago, Ill. ARTISTIC J WORK ON SHORT NOTICE We have the Best Eq Negro Printing Office Entire Indian Territo Have 3 Professional E IN JONES BUILDING TORIAL TRUST & SURET Abstracts Of Title ARTISTIC JOB WORK We have the Best Equipped Negro Printing Office in the Entire Indian Territory .We Have 3 Professional Men. HAVE OFFICE IN J TERRITORIAL Ab Titl Su Wr OFFICE IN JONES BUILDING. TERRITORIAL TRUST & SURETY CO. Title Guaranteed. Surety Bonds Written. MUSKOGEE, Ind. Ter. DURFEY IN Shelf and H Ware, and Ranges, Ev Builders' To All kinds of Tin Work an PHONE 205. ROW RFEY HARDWARE DURFEY HARDWARE CO. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, TinWare, and Celebrated Monareh Ranges, Every one Guaranteed. Builders' Tools, etc. and Heavy Hardware and Celebrated Monages, Every one Guarantees' Tools, etc. Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice 195. ROWSEY BLOCK. 111 N. S. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES Smith EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE STUDY LAW AT HOME TAC ```markdown ``` Dr. R. H. Waterford. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Diseases of Women and Men successfully Treated. Chronic Disease of Men a Specialty. 01-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. A. S. McREA LAWYER. 201-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. We Print News. PLASTIC JOB WORK NOTICE are the Best Equipped printing Office in the Indian Territory .We Professional Men. ES BUILDING. RUST & SURETY CO. Sets Of Title Bonds HY HARDWARE CO. INCORPORATED. Heavy Hardware, Tin- l Celebrated Monarch every one Guaranteed. Fools, etc. and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. DWSEY BLOCK. 111 N. SECOND ST. The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. Orrans Co. EVERYTHING E HOUSE ```markdown ``` OLD MAN'S TRIBUTE. An Ohio Fruit Raiser, 78 Years Old, Cured of a Terrible Case After Ten Years of Suffering. Sidney Justus, fruit dealer, of Mentor, Ohio, says: "I was cured by Dean's Kidney Pills of a severe case of kid- ney trouble, of eight or ten years' standing. I suffered the most severe backache and other pains in the region of the kidneys. These were especially severe when stooping to lift anything. SIDNEY JUSTUS. and often I could hardly straighten my back. The aching was bad in the daytime, but just as bad at night, and I was always lame in the morning. I was bothered with rheumatic pains and dropsical swelling of the feet. The urinary passages were painful, and the secretions were discolored and so free that often I had to rise at night. I felt tired all day. Half a box served to relieve me, and three boxes effected a permanent cure." A TRIAL FREE.—Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Expatriated Germans Under the existing law if a German remains abroad for ten years without having obtained special consent of the government authorities he loses his civil rights as a German subject and also his claim for protection. Don't Scratch. Some people dislike to call it the Itch, but candor compels me to admit I had it, and had it badly. Your Hunt's Cure, however, cured me after many other remedies totally failed. One box completed the cure—the first application afforded wonderful relief. My advise to those who have to scratch is: "Use Hunt's Cure." H. C. Balmore, Medford, O. T. Servants Well Fed Most London servants are served with food no less than seven times a day, says Hearth and Home. They partake of tea, like their masters, on awakening. Breakfast in the room for the upper functionaries, in the servants' hall for the lesser, is a substantial meal. At 11 o'clock, beer or milk and light refreshments are set forth, and bridge the time till a heavy repast at 2 o'clock or so. Ten, and then an elaborate dinner, and refreshments or light supper about 10 o'clock bring the number of meals up to seven. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the body of the patient, by destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Men in this world are so much alike that if you criticise one you hit several thousand. Rest and Sleep. Few escape those miseries of winter—a bad cold, a distressing cough. Many remedies are recommended, but the one quickest and best of all is Simmon's Cough Syrup. Soothing and healing to the lungs and bronchial passages, it stops the cough at once and gives you welcome rest and peaceful sleep Sometimes a man goes to the gymnasium for exercise and lets his wife split the kindling. A wise man never puts off till tomorrow what he should have done yesterday. AGRICULTURE Locked Up Plant Fertility. The problem of rendering his poor soil more productive, and his good soil still better, is one in which every farmer of to-day is interested. We venture the statement that of all the "run down" or abandoned farms in the United States there is not one which could not be made productive again if proper methods of handling the soil were employed. The failure of land to yield a crop is not due in most cases to a lack of plant food in the soil. Results of chemical analyses show that in average soils throughout the country there is in the first eight inches enough nitrogen to last 90 years, enough phosphoric acid to last 500 years, and enough potash to last 1,000 years. Why, then, if the soil contains such stores of plant food, does it fail to support crops Simply because these elements are locked up in such chemical combination that the plants are unable to utilize them. The great problem, then, of modern agriculture is not entirely the conservation of plant food in the soil, but rather the unlocking of the rich stores already in the soil, and placing them in a condition to be assimilated by plants. This unlocking process is carried on naturally by the soil microorganisms. Plants, from the mightiest forest tree to the tiniest blade of grass, consist of a complex combination of microscopic cells, each cell containing protoplasm. This protoplasm is continually changing, taking up food which is brought to it in the sap, and casting off its waste products in much the same manner as the protoplasm in the animal body. Bacteria are also plants consisting, however, of but a single cell filled with protoplasm, which, like that of the higher plants, is continually active in assimilating from the surrounding medium the food elements necessary for its maintenance. These myriads of little plants, invisible to the naked eye, in taking their food from the chemical compounds of the soil, produce in those compounds just the changes necessary to render them useful to the higher plants in making their growth. In order that bacterial activity may go on with undiminished vigor, there are certain conditions of the soil which must be provided, certain requirements of the bacteria which must be complied with, namely, temperature, moisture, reaction, respiration and food supply.—S. F. Edwards. The Ground Is Frozen. The ground is frozen and the poultry can get no grit. This fact should be remembered by every man that has poultry. It is a fact that is often never thought of, with the result that the fowls fall sick from inability to masticate their food. We use the word advisedly. The human being chews food with the teeth to reduce it to a condition where the juices of the digestive apparatus can work on it. The fowl has to have grit for this same kind of grinding. Grit wears out. It is different from teeth in this. Teeth renew themselves to a certain extent and the part that is being worn away is also being replaced. The grit in the gizzard of the fowl is all the time rapidly wearing out and must be frequently renewed. If your hens have been for a long time without grit, give them a panful and see what they think of it. The pruning of the grape vines should be attended to as soon as possible while they are dormant. Some growers do the pruning in the fall as soon as the leaves have fallen. If left till late in the winter, the sap may begin to move before the pruning is done. Women in Our Hospitals Appalling Increase in the Number of Operations Performed Each Year-How Women May Avoid Them. Miss Ruby Mushrush Mrs Fred Seydel Lydia E. Plukham's Vegetable Compound Succeeds Where Others Fail. CASH OR CREDIT Catalogue FREE. ONLY $10.00 Cash, balance $5.00 a month, buys this 3-year guaranteed Buggy—$37.50 on time payments or $33.50 cash. We trust honest people located in all parts of the World. Write for free catalogue of Buggies, Surreys, Phaetons, Spring and Farm Wagons. CENTURY MANUFACTURING CO. Dept. 348 EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. HAWKES CRYSTALIZED LENSES TRADE MARK ESTABLISHED 1870. A. K. HAWKES, Optician Headquarters for U. S., Atlanta, Georgia MAGNIFICENT RESULTS. Oldest and largest optical house in the South. Travels 14 men. Growth of the Hawkes' business phenomenal. Demand for Hawkes' glasses marvelously increasing. Over 10,000 merchants now handling them exclusively. Most profitable line for dealers. Sold to only one dealer in a town. CAUTION—The genuine Hawkes' glasses applied only Hawkes!) are never peddled, and cannot be procured except through my regular dealer. Notices—A suitable reward will be paid for reliable, definite information concerning imposters using my name. Going through the hospitals in our large cities one is surprised to find such a large proportion of the patients lying on those snow-white beds women and girls, who are either awaiting or recovering from serious operations. Why should this be the case? Simply because they have neglected themselves. Ovarian and womb troubles are certainly on the increase among the women of this country—they creep upon them unawares, but every one of those patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feeling, pain at left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back, leucorrhoea, dizziness, flatulency, displacements of the womb or irregularities. All of these symptoms are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb, and if not heeded the penalty has to be paid by a dangerous operation. When these symptoms manifest themselves, do not drag along until you are obliged to go to the hospital and submit to an operation—but remember that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved thousands of women from surgical operations When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating (or flatulency), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervous- ness, sleeplessness, melancholy. "aligone" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feelings, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. The following letters cannot fail to bring hope to despairing women. Mrs. Fred Seydel, 412 N. 54th Street, West Philadelphia, Pa., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I was in a very serious condition when I wrote to you for advice. I had a serious womb and ovarian trouble and I could not carry a child to maturity, and was advised that an operation was my only hope of recovery. I could not bear to think of going to the hospital, so wrote you for advice. I did as you instructed me and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; and I am not only a well woman to-day, but have a beautiful baby girl six months old. I advise all sick and suffering women to write you for advice, as you have done so much for me." Miss Ruby Mushrush, of East Chicago, Ind., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I have been a great sufferer with irregular menstruation and ovarian trouble, and about three months ago the doctor, after using the X-Ray on me, said I had an abcess on the ovaries and would have to have an operation. My mother wanted me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a last resort, and it not only saved me from an operation but made me entirely well." Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice and medicine have restored thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. A DREAM. MEP. TGCICORS Last night | had a drean about some of the fellows namec in your last issue which | sub mit. I dreamed I had_ crossed the river “Styx’’ with that grim fer. ryman that poets write of and the first eau 1 met was that of Weary Hyena Simms, M. D., who shrieked out ‘1 have no CURE ALL for this new applicant and then be vanished.‘ hen came wandering by an angel with hair all dappled in’ blood and cried out Hell A-dam_ and Jaybird are here, Go and get those furies and take them — to your torments, After this 1 was conducted into the regions of Pluto and there 1 saw the king of the regions with his three pronged fork stirring up the fellows who had been raising sheol in Muskogee. Things were awful hot in this receptacle and perspiration was poring from all the inhabitants except one and that was the fellow from Mus- kogee, who sails under the eu- phonious sobriquet of "*Clav- ence”? I wondered how it was that Clarence could keep so cool in these regions of fire and sul- phur, but upon closer investiga- tion [ found that there were individuals between — Clarence and the fire towit. Hell A-dam Clark, Weary Hyena Sims, M. D., Cunning Jack Jones, Funny Jaybird Gor- don, Fishing Whamdoodle eed, All Mangey Curr Spahn, o La Affidavit Taylor anda strange customer that was known in these hellish regions by the cog- nomen of Running Tadpoie ‘Toms (son). ‘The last one wes continually ia motion making eloquent — harangues to some Imaginary potitical gathering. At tnis point the chairman of hades declare! the speaker out of order and then there was sucha commotion in hell that with the very noise I, trembling awaked and for a season after could not believe L was in sheol so full of dismat terror was the time, Hark Heme. THE GOLD (BRICK) BOND OUTFIT Howls Against the Negro Business Men's League. The gold brick paper in the is- sue of Keb. 27th. attacts the Ne yvo Business Men's League be- cause said leagce is not composed of owickhng sycophants and those whose pregnant binges of the knee be nd that. thrift may follow fawning, The league is doubtless very sorry that gordon sims, lones and clark do not ap- prove of its action but hope that when these gentry become bet- ter versed in’ business tactics, ihey willat least understand a few things. Clark and his potiti- cal gang of cut-throats rush to tae defense of Orlando Mitchell, who claims that as Secretary ot ihe leazue, he was entitled — te consideration, We presiiine that Mitchell is responsible for that part of the article and he might have added that he was also un. der indic(ment in the Court. It would have been a nice thing in: decd for Mitch to act as Sec’y, then the gold bond fiends woul have had a tender morsel to car. vy to their ** Master, ’’ Evident: ty he is prominent enough anc needs no “soft soap,’? other than that given by the gold brick crowd. Evidently ail of this oust from Clark to Mitch- ell are obeying the commands of tneir Master and have been promised immunity by him when he gets on the Bench. These poor devils have been hypnotized by the ‘wild mus- tang from 'I'exas.’? Whent he gold brick paper attempts to pro- tect the independent Club (Frank Reed’s outfit) the Lincoln Club ( Lily white tools ) and the Roos- evelt club, (Lily white pure and simple.) They give away their hand and show just what they are ‘all things to all men, They are honest in nothing and as false as hell in everything. The gold brick gang are trying. to make the people believe that they represent something or somebody in so faras the Ne- groes. are concerned when in fact they represent only a small gang of leeches who are trying to suck the lifeblood of the ‘race through the gold brick shceme. GRAND PRIZE SUBSCRIPTION AND ADVERTISEMENT CON- TEST. A House and Lot V/ill Be Given to The Winner. For the parpose of increasing our subscription and advertising business, the Cimeter has concluded to offer a house and lot, free from all incum- brances, and located in the city of Muskogee, I. T., to the person who shall receive the largest number of votes in the contest. The understand- ing is that for every five cents paid in cash at the Cimeter office, for either subscription or advertising purposes, the person paying said five cents shall have the privilege of casting one vote for any candidate he or she may pre- fer. It is therefore possible for any person paying to us at the Cimeter viice one dollar for a year’s sub scription or for an advertisement, to cast twenty votes for any of the can- didates.. No employe or member of the Cimeter foree shail be eligible to enter the contest, The contest begins with this issue of the Cineter and will terminate at 6 o'clock p. m., July 1, 1905. Rules. The house and lot located in the city of Muskogee will be given abso- lutely free, with guaranty title, on July 4, 1905, to the candidate, lady or gentleman, who shall secure the greatest number of votes from adver- tisers and subscribers to the Muskogee Weekly Cimeter. On vote for each five cents paid on subscription, or two votes for each five cents paid for advertisement to the Cimeter. * You can vote for any person wheth- er the name appears in the contest list or not. Cash payments for subscriptions or advertisements must accompany the votes. ~ No employe of the Cimeter can ‘enter the contest. | No votes shall be received after the hour of closing this contest, on July 1, 1905, at 6 o'clock, p. m. | Address mail to Editor Cimeter ‘Contest, Box G, Muskogee, TT: | Cut out this coupon and enclose it with the amount of money you wish to pay on subscription or for adver: tisement, and either send by mail, or | bring in person to the Cimeter office “~ PARM LOANS. LOANS MADE TOFREEDMEN ON THEIR ALLOTMENTS Long Fime. Gasy Payments. “™™==7 James L. LomBarp, Financial Agent, Union Cental Life Insurance Company. ADDRESS: CHas. H. Lomparp, Manager, No. 207 N. Second St., Muskogee, I. T. Money to Loan on Freedmen Land. Add a few boxes of cigars to your stand or store and Increase your sales, We cau furnish you Owls, Cap- durers, Henry George, Little Tom, Agent, 305, Cre- mo, Pathfinders, and several other popular brands by the single box and sell them to you at wholesale prices. It is not much to invest, and they are sure to sell. Come and have a falk withus. . . . . . BEN ESTES, bruggist. Corner Main & Okmulgee Streets. AND THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST. Very Low Rates in Effect Daily, March Ist to May 15th ey Routes From Which To Make Your Choice. Full Infor- mation on request. Gro. H. Ler, G. P. A., Little Rorck, Ark. JS. MeNaniy, Division Passenger Avent, Oklalioma City. GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY. inate LEN TN en eee a Cee Te Pe The Ganadian Valley Trust : WE CAN ns ie. REN T sores “a YOUR Mae tnens by iting th oper REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT 4 HOUSES Canadian Valley Trust Co. } ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee eee TAKING THE STUMP. To tell about our lumber, It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are ap- preciated it will certainly do so, We see no. satisfaction or picnt in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inches, IT. Ye Cimeter Subscription Coupon, |‘ Find enclosed $.cccceee AN cess |! cents, which you will please credit to | - ‘the subscription or advertisement of | | PAddpens) Misdeniacnsanunmornscinnccna | (City OF tow!) .ccsssescceyesseesenmecesemarsecees | (State or Torts) sssnoensinnnn | ( and place......eeVOtes to the \ following named candidate in the Ci- meter House and Lot Contest: \§ Be ee pee Lh x4 & es Na Yi] Ba BRE = sgl SR et, 3 de, es ae. Oo tS q beer gui iW aa TR ee \ AA SS x Hoke! ie 1 TAS Bien Pelee Be ee fe The Afro-American Real Estate Co. is doing business at the old stand. Write H, R, Pierson, Business Mana- ger for information. Office 211 So. and St., Muskogee. ; :