Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. RED BIRD, I. T. They Say It Is The Best Opportunity Yet Offered Negroes. Vol 7 No movement for the betterment of our race in recent years has attracted such wide spread attention and enthusiasm as the opening of the new town located twenty one miles Northwest of Muskegee on the M. K. & T. R.R. Its promoters, the Red Bird Investment Company, has spent thousands of dollars in advertising and as a result hundreds of colored people from all the country are visiting Red Bird. All that we have talked with on their return are more than satisfied with the place, and say that the company have not said enough in their advertising in praise of Red Bird. Some of these visitors to Red Bird have written us letters, giving their views of the town and country, and requested us to publish same. Two of these letters, (n) signed by P. C. Waltoc and H. E. Frith and the other signed by Prof. J. H. Johnson, we published some time ago. We have had hundreds of requests for copies of the paper containing these letters, from men from all parts of the country who had heard about them, and the edition was long since exhausted. To satisfy the many enquirers, we have decided to reprint these letters, and those interested will find them elsewhere in this issue. The Sisson Industrial College will be located at Red Bird, our Bishop, Rt. Rev. Evans Tyree, having accepted a liberal offer made by the Red Bird Investment Co. for the location of the college at that point. We are informed that it will be second to none in the South in size and equipment, and beauty of architecture, and will make Red Bird the educational center of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The Red Bird Trust and Milling Milling Co., composed of wealthy colored people, has been organized and incorporated under the laws of Oklahoma with Muskogee, I.T., Thursday, February 15, 1906. 500,000.00 capital. They propose to engage in the ginning, milling and coal mining business, and will no doubt give employment to a large number of people. We are giving the above information, as it will save us an endless amount of correspondence, and because we believe that the Red Bird movement is one that should receive the hearty co-operation of the race papers, and of everyone who has at heart the material welfare and upbuilding of our people. Red Bird is a pioneer strtly colored to blazing a path that will follow. Build where manufactur ing mercantile establ and professions, as well as all the mumbler, though not less honorable avocations, will be filled by members of our own race, adding to our wealth, teaching us to be independent, and compelling the respect of our white brothers. A town where the local government will be of Negroes, for Negroes, for Negroes and by Negroes. LETTERS To the Editor of the Cimeter. Dear Sir:—Having been on the road since Dec. 22, with the purpose of visiting the different towns in the Indian Territory of which there are many I left Pittsburg over the Missouri Pacific for Coffeeville, Kansas; from Coffeeville to Nowata from there to Bartlesville; and from there to Wagoner and other towns in the Creek Nation and ended my trip of prospecting because I found at Red Bird, I. T., the ideal spot on earth for a progressive business town. The Red Bird Investment Company does not advertise the possibilities of Red Bird and vicinity and the country surrounding it strong enough. They should tell more of the good farming lands and the opportunity a man has here to make an honest living and get every dollar he makes. Here in this eden is plenty of timber for all purposes just think that you don't have to buy your wood. The owners give it to you; all you have to do is to load it up and haul it out of the way. The farmer cuts it down for you but he declines to load it on the wagon for you however. My friends in Pittsburg, Kansas know that I was sick when I left home, and was sick in Coffeeville two weeks but when I got to Red Bird and began to drink this water found around here in a few feet of the ground I recovered. The water is excellent, soft and pleasant to the taste; excellent for laundry purposes and plenty of it. I am really delighted with the water. if I knew how to describe it I would. The locality is excellent and healthy, just elevated enough to escape the Miasmatic conditions that are so noticeable in many parts of the territory. I find the people of Red Bird and surrounding country industrious, intelligent and desirous of increasing their numbers of the same kind of people from the states. I heard an excellent sermon Sunday and I never saw a more earnest and deserving people in any country. The people here welcome the pains taken by the Red Bird Investment Company in securing the Sisson Industrial College for Red Bird. I. T. They are delighted with the idea that this place will be in the near future the educational center of the new state of Oklahoma. To men of my race who have money and and want to do some business ought to come to Red Bird. The finest brick and tile clay in America is to be found here in great quantities. The prospects for oil and gas are exceptional as we are right in the gas belt with flowing wells in five miles of this place. The Katy Branch of the M. K. & O. runs right through the town. A new road is surveyed right through the town from Wagoner to Okmulgee and to my mind this is the place for good people to live in. The Red Bird Trust & Milling Co., incorporated is planning to put in a cotton gin and grist mill, and a. big store at once, they are making headway rapidly. It is a great enterprise No 22 and has the confidence of all the people. I see that there is a splendid opening here for a lumber yard here for some colored man who has money. Thanking you for your valua ble space I remain yours truly, CHARLES PITTMAN, Pittsburg, Kansas. Red Bird, I. T., Dec. 23rd, 1905 Editor of the Cimeter: Please allow space in your paper for a few lines to my people about Red Bird. We spent a day at Red Bird and found the location much better than has been advertised, and will say that the Townsite Company has not gone far enough in advertising that town. We found the location for a town the best in the country. Fine water. Coal right in town. We saw more corn than we have seen for years; we found corn pik up in bins all around the town. Cotton and corn grow side by side. We can say this is the best country that we have ever seen for the Negro who wants to make money, and get a home that will be a credit to himself and family. People are coming to Red Bird every day and we will say that if you want to get in on the ground floor, come to Red Bir and see for yourself. This is really the Negroes last chance. Our present home is at Newport, Ark.. but in a few weeks our address will be Red Bird, I. T. Success to the Cimeter. You have caused us to move. H. E. FRITH and P. C. WALTOG (continued on page 12) Subscribe for the Cimeter and keep posted on all the new developments at Red Bird. We will have a correspondent stationed there in the future, and will give you all the news. William Lloyd Garrison, delivered in Faneinl hall, Boston, December 11, 1905, at Citizens' Cantenary Celebration. Issued in pamphlet form for 10 cents per copy, with cut of Garrison. A great oration on a great man at a great occasion. Send money or stamps to BOSTON SUFFRAGE LEAGUE, 3 Tremont Row, Room 19, Boston. Mention this paper. When answering this ad. say you saw it in the Cimeter. The oration should be in every negroes' home. ED. Perley’s Opinion and Price, Chief Justice Ira Perley, after his retirement from the bench, opened an office in Concord, N. H. He was a man of the strictest integrity, and his in- dignation would be aroused whenever he scented a fraud. One day a man called upon him for advice and set forth the facts which showed that he had craftily worked a net around another, the circumstances of which he seemed to delight in. After he had finished, he asked the judge what his opinion was. The judge jumped up, and, with great emphasis, sald: “What is my opinion? My opinion {fs that you are an infernal scoundrel. Five dollars.” Cae s wad. i “ae ay * (i Fae” LN Nh ee [ae Sh cok ae ‘get fee oS. i A % a he se A r See on We ° i z Lo wy | b Pp ? % Wiehe”. ai ee 7h igs Wr hoy) | a ae Hs pe Yj ps Cae ho i Nei” ee? FRANK P. LEWIS, Peoria, M1. Originator of the Tin Foil Smoker Pack- age. The man who has made Lewis’ Single Binder Straight 5c Cigar famous among smokers throughout the West. Cats That Eat Olives. A woman in Philadelphia has re cently discovered that her six cats are passionately fond of olives. She says they will leave milk or fish or any of the foods that cats are sup- posed to love if any one offers them olives, Although they are an acquir- ed taste with human beings, cats seem to take to them naturally, and she found that the cats in the houses of her friends seemed to be quite as fond of them as were her own pets. Woman’s Trials. ‘The bitter trail in a woman's life fs te be childless, Who can tell how hard the struggle mar have been ere she learnt to resign herself to hor lonely lot? The ab- sence of this link to bind marital life together, the absence of this one pledge to mutual affection {8 & common disap- pelntnént, Many unfortunate ngnpiee become estranged thereby, Even if they do not drift ag one may read the whole extent of their disappointment in the eyes of such a childless couple when they rest on the children of others. To them the largest family does not seem too numerous, In shy cases of barrenness or child- lessness the obstacle to child-bearing Is easily removed by the cure of weakness on the part of the Woman. Dr, Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription has been the means of restoring health and fruitfulness to many 8 barren woman, to the great joy of the household, In other, but rare cases, the obstruction to the bearing of children has been found to be of a surgical character, buteasily removable By Balniees operative treatment at the Invalids’ Hotel and Sur- ieal Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., over which fr. Pierce of the "Favorite Prescription” fame presides. In all cases where chil- dren are desired and are absent, an effort should be made to find out the real cause, since it is generally so easily removed by proper treatment. In all the various weaknesses, displace- ments, prolapsus, inflammation and de- Dilitating, catarrhal drains and in all cases of nervousness and debility, Dr, Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the most efficient remedy that can possibly be used, It has to its credit hundreds of thousands of cures —more in fact than any other remedy put up for sale through druggists, especial M for woman's use, The tngredi- ents of which the “ Favorite Prescription * is composed have received the most positive endorsement from_ the leading medical writers on Materia Medica of a the several schools of practice, All the ingredients are printed in plain English on the wrapper enclosing the bottle, so that any woman making use of this famous medicine may know ornotly, what she is taking. Dr. Pierce takes his pa- tients into his full confidence, which he ean afford to do as the formula after which the “Favorite Frescription* is made will bear the most careful exam- ination, Dr, Plerce’s Pleasant Pellets are the best and safest laxative for women, ve Muskogee Cimeter. —_—_—_— W. H. TWINE, Editor, ‘MUSKOGEE, - -_ IND. TER. | yan oe : INDIAN TERRITORY NEWS. Uomal Dank With @ Capital slock OF $25,000. An oll company hay been organ- |zed at Okmulgee and 100,000 feet of drilling contracted for, The Broken Arrow Democrat re cords many,new settlers locating on the farm Idhds in that vicinity. The Elk club at Muskogee recent- ly incorporated, has organized and will proceed to build a club house. Osage fullbloods have organized a Baptist church at the Indian vil- lage under the direction of Rev. Burnette, The Frost hotel at Westville and seven small buildings adjoining were destroped by fire, The loss may reach $10,000. Chickasha has extended the elec- tric light franchise to a company for ten years and many improvements will be made. Henty Parsons put a couple of shots through the Salvation Army’s drum at Caney. He is serving out three months in jail for it. The Indian police have closed the Bank of Hanna because they failed to pay tribal tax, but the bank is do- ing business in a nearby drug store. ©. R. Martin of Haskell claims to have a mad stone seventy years old, which has been used with effect a number of times and never failed tc give relief, Only twelve ‘“‘introducers” for selling liquor were sentenced at a Muskogee court last week. The number of “‘introducers” seems tc be falling off. The Ardmoreite claims to have inside information that the Frisco will build from Ardmore to Wichita Falls at an early date. The distance is about 100 miles, The statements published by the national banks of Indian Territory as per order of the comptroller of the currency, are showing a g00¢ healthy business generally. Muskogee is making a great ef. fort to dam the Grand river and fur nish power, Engineers and promot: ers are looking the ground over an¢ (pronounce the plan feasable, Dr, R. W. Foreman, who was de- prived of his license to practice at Chickasha, appealed to court and has been reinstated. He has now brought suit for $19,000 against ri- val practitioners, The Rock Island Teachers’ asso elation has just closed a very suc cessful session at Chickasha. Judg Dickerson dlivered a splendid ad dress on “The Power of the Tru Teacher,” George Bolton, charged and con. victed of murder at the last term o court, was brought before Judge Lawrence at Muskogee and _ sen tenced to life imprisonment at For' Leavenworth, Jerry Brown, charged with kill ing Esau Roberts at Boynton, wa sentenced at Muskogee to thret years in the penitentiary and to pa) a fine of $200. His attorneys ap Pealed the case, The John Smith Gas company which is developing the -local field brought in a fine gas well at a dept! of 400 feet. just half a mile west o Put Away for Good, “A worthy widower up our way," sald a man from St. Lawrence coun- ty, “has had the misfortune to bury three wives. He is now living with his fourth, who has two boys by a former husband. One day the subject of divorce was being discussed with some visitors, and one of the latter quoted St. Paul’s remark to the effect that ‘He who putteth away his wife is guilty of grievous sin.’ One of the lads looked up and said, ‘Why, that can’t be so, for pa’s put away three or four, and he’s a deacon.’ ” Garfield Tea, Mild Laxative, Regulates the Liver, Kidneys, Stom- ach and Bowels, cures Constipation and Sick Headache. Send this notice with your name and address to the Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., for free sample package. Sold at all drug stores. Send us the name of your druggist. Burglar Shouts Police. Says a Paris telegram: While an architect named M. Georgel was sit- ting in his office on Monday he heard a knock at the door, but as he desired to be alone he took no fotice and went on with his work. A few minutes later he heard a key moving in the lock, 80, not doubting that his visitor was a burglar, the architect armed himself with a revolver and hid behind some curtains. A moment later the burglar entered and proceeded to rifle the room. Then suddenly he started an grew pale, In a mirror he had seen a revolver leveled at his head from behind the curtains. “Open the wia- dow,” ordered the architect, “ang shout ‘Police!’” The burglar had no alternative but to obey, and was speed: ily arrested. Unprecedented Action. “Young Boomwaller is a rank fall- ure as a legislator!” indignantly said the Hon. Thomas Rott. “Why, when in the «* ‘rae of debate I denominated him "Cre for he struck me on the nose, had been at all ac- quainted with parliamentary usage, he would have known that it was per- missable only to hurl the calumny back in my teeth! There is a yellow streak in that fellow, as sure as you are born!”—Puck. Right Kind of Corporation. In a church two young men agregd with each other to raise the $1,000 salary of a missionary. Others heard of it, and offered to take a share, but were met with tha reply. “There is a close corporation and there will be no vacancies except in case of death. You can go and form another like it.” <<, ay 7 DODDS '"% Z KIDNEY 2 CaF PI LLS = ; ay Ss. ear Ba RSet COUNCIL HILL, IND, TER. frit, totutin tise Creek Nation, 25 miles from Muskogeoand surrounded by the bestagricultural land in the Territory, Ithasa brick R. R. station with cement platform, 12 ft. granitoid walks on business street, modern two-story school house and many other features which help to make a first-class modern town, Musueges, x. x, Union Townsite Co, ———— INSURE Your dwelling, Farm property or stock of merchandise in the MERCHANTS & PLANTERS INSURANCE CO. Of Muskogee, I. T, . We want a Good Agent 4 tor in the Indian Territory: Ow Cures Blood, Skin Troubles, Cancer,’ Blood Poison. Greatest Blood Purifier Free. 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It is folly to be wise to all you cee and hear. Catarrh and Headache. Mrs. Z. E. Goforth, 2119 Holly St. Kansas City, writes: “After using a sample bottle and two 25c bottles of Hunt's Lightning Oil I am almost well of Catarrh. It stops my headaches. It is the best medicine I ever saw and I just can’t keep house without it” She is right. ae all some men are good for is to keep up the fires. OT oe ar aare y i Go. Z FM NP Sore gn SE Sane iS aa * ) eas ‘a ae Se) eer Ga cee ees: See PSS is PR eS Serious Business facing a bear without U. M. C. cartridges in yourgun. They have terrific striking force and are sure fire. Buy of your dealer. U.M.C, cartridges are guaranteed, also standard arms when U.M.C. cartridges are used as specified on labels, ae SAGA THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Agency: 313 Broadway, New York The Governmnt of Canada rT: S IN Gives absolutely Dy RN FREE to every 4 TE A settler one hun- £9 Ab PA dred and sixty w ry F1Ag scres of land in G fa Western Canada, Land adjoining this can be purchased, from railway and land companies at from $6 to $10 per acre. On this land this year has been produced upwards of twenty-five bushels of wheat to the acre, It is also the best of grazing land and for mixed farming it has no superior on the continent, Splendid climate, low taxes, railways convenient, schools and churches close at hand, Write for “Twentieth Century Canada” and low railway rates to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to authorized Canadian Government Agent— J, 8. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri, (Mention this paper) JOHN W. MORRIS PS Washingion DG Successfully Prosecutes Claime. Late Principal Examiner U. 8, Pension Bureau, Syre.in civil war; 15 adjudicating claims; atty.since hand ata eerie ot Asem fi REGORY'S. SEEDS agra sowere—suregromers. Bol f 5 sar gem catioguePRike WOOO “Spec ie Se ns W. N. U., MUSKOGER, No. 7, 1906. ——— ed XO 11100 a Ol SF meat Couen ern taste cont use pe “ in time. Sold by druggista. eH “CONSUMPTION 4% 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Alox. Senna Rockelle Salad Anise Seed Peppermint Bitterballen Salad Worm Seed Clarified Sugar Wintergreen Flavor A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Flitcher NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 Doses - 35 CINIS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Flitcher In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Tells Why Deeds Were Not Issued to Osage Lands. Guthrie, Okla.—Cassius R. Peck, assistant United States district attorney, has filed in the supreme court, on behalf of the Osage townsite commission and W. L. Miller, acting agent for the Osages, their answer to the writ of mandamus in the case recently brought by George W. Simcock, to compel the issuance of deeds to certain property to which Simcock claimed to have preference right of purchase by reason of improvements and possession. The answer especially denies that the improvements on the lots in question were "permanent improvements," within the terms laid down by the interior department, and quotes instructions from the secretary holding that fences surrounding lots which do not contain other permanent improvements cannot be so considered. Neither can native trees in place, or mere shrubbery, but where an occupant has planted ornamental trees of value, or fruit trees, they may be treated in connection with the buildings as "permanent improvements." Mere temporary "shanties," which are not of a permanent or lasting nature, or which are not permanently attached to the soil, will not do, and in the case of buildings moved from the Midland Valley right-of-way, they cannot be divided so as to hold more lots than they did originally. "Improvements" which were not on the lots prior to March 3 are not to be regarded. The members of the commission insist that they are governed by these instructions, and that is not their duty to issue deeds under the circumstances. SLOAN'S LINIMENT AND VETERINARY REMEDIES are a necessity to every Farmer & Stockraiser. MAI'LED FREE. Sloan's Treatise on the Horse, and Sloan's Advice on the Care of Horses, Cattle, Hogs and Poultry. Send your address to DR. EARL S. SLOAN, 615 ALBANY STREET, BOSTON, MASS. They further question the jurisdiction of the court because the decision as to permanency and possession is in their discretion and is not a matter for mandamus. They further plead that they are officers of the interior department and not subject to control by this court. A telegram from the secretary of the interior directing that all deeds be held up is attached as a final reason for non-compliance with the demands made upon them. TWO JUDGES DISAGREE. Opinions Relate to a Case of Alleged Usury. Muskogee, I. T.—Judge W. F. Lawrence of the Western district, practically reversed the decision of Judge Raymond, his predecessor, in connection with a case of alleged usury. He holds that the legal rate is 6 per cent interest when the transaction is bound by a contract and the money lender charges over 8 per cent all interest charged above 6 per cent is illegal and is forfeited. Judge Raymond ruled that when money was loaned at a rate exceeding 8 per cent both principal and interest was forfeited. According to Judge Lawrence's decision, the law does not contemplate that the principal shall be forfeited in case usurers interest is charged. FOOD FOR BOYS and GIRLS The more natural diet is more palatable, invigorating and strengthening to body and mind—right to the contrary with unnatural, improperly prepared food, which stunts the growth, dwarfs the mind, causes a lack of will power, and steadiness of nerve. No doubt that fifty per cent of the failures in life can be traced to improper diet when young. DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD is a natural food, and is healthy for growing children. Let the children try It, and note after continued use the mental and physical vigor it imparts. Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat Wholesale Man Dies. Lawton, Okla.—Theodore Schultz, died suddenly of heart failure. He came here in the early days from Pittsburg, Kan., and had been connected with a wholesale house ever since. He also formerly lived in Kansas City. He leaves a widow and five children, also a mother. Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts. "IO Cente a Package. As much nourishment as three loaves of bread." Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD COMPANY, Chicago, Ill. DEATH SEEMED NEAR. How a Chicago Woman Found Help When Hope Was Fast Fading Mrs. E. T. Gould, 914 W. Lake Street, Chicago, Ill., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills are all that saved me from death of Bright's Disease, that I know. I had eye trouble, backache, catches when lying abed or when bending over, was languid and often dizzy and had sick headaches and bearing down pains. The kidney secretions were to copious I know. I had eye trouble, backache, catches when lying abed or when bending over, was languid and often dizzy and had sick headaches and bearing down pains. The kidney secretions were to copious and frequent, and very bad in appearance. It was in 1903 that Doan's Kidney Pills helped me so quickly and cured me of those troubles and I've been well ever since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Makes No More Bets. An Ita'ian student, having lost all his money at the gambling table, killed himself at Nice recently, leaving on a table in his room, written on a card, the words: "Rien ne va plus," the phrase used by the croupiers to announce that no more bets may be made. New Version of Biblical Truth. A Sunday school boy recently gave this account of the prophet Elijah: "Elijah, the prophet, was carried to heaven by a whirlwind, and the children stood up and cried, 'Go up, thou baldhead! Go up, thou baldhead!' and before he went up he divided the red sea." AN/AEMIA CAN BE CURED Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Make New Blood and Strike Straight at the Root of Disease. Anaemia is just the doctor's name for bloodlessness. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually make new blood. They cure anaemia just as food cures hunger. They cured Mrs. Thos. J. McGann, of 17 Lincoln Place, Plainfield, N.J., and they can do as much for any other pale, weak, ailing, bloodless person. "In the spring of 1903 I did my usual house cleaning," says Mrs. McGann. "and soon afterward I began to have the most terrible headaches. My heart would beat so irregularly that it was painful and there came a morning when I could not get up. My doctor said I had anaemia and he was surprised that I had continued to live in the condition I was in. I was confined to my bed for nearly two months, the doctor coming every day for the first few weeks, but I did not improve to amount to anything. "Altogether I was sick for nearly two years. I was as weak as a rag, had headaches, irregular heart beats, loss of appetite, cramps in the limbs and was unable to get a good night's sleep. My legs and feet were so swollen that I feared they would burst." "One day, while I was wondering how long I could live, feeling as I did, I received a booklet telling about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I read it and told my husband to get me some of the pills. Before the first box was gone I felt a change for the better. I have taken about twelve boxes and although I was as near the grave as I could be, I now feel as if I had a new lease of life. I have no more headache, the heart beats regularly, my cheeks are pink and I feel ten years younger. I feel that I have been cured very cheaply and I have recommended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to lots of my friends." For further information address the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Thoreau: Despair and disappointment are cowardice and defeat. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drugs refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box. 25c. Jordon: Worry is the most popular form of suicide. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—MRS. THOS. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. W H. TWINE Editor. R. WOOD, Ass't Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE Gen'l Solicitor E - D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. There is harmony in the Republican party, the democrat stories to the contrary notwithstanding. The meeting of the Republican leaders at Atoka is another epoch in the history of the party in the B. I. T. The street corner loafer and loud mouthed politician should be squelched. Let him hire a hall in which to spout. The democrats want to get a Negro on the ticket so they can raise the race issue. The cusses did it last year and want to repeat. A citizen of Muskogee will address the United Republican clubs of Chicago at their annual banquet and Muskogee will be represented. The title to the property in Red Bird is O. K. We have made some investigations along that line for the reason that some of our readers have asked if the Company could make a good title. The banquet at Jones Hall was a success in spite of the fact that some of the Negro doctors knocked on it. These cusses should remember that other people have hammers. Are you hit? "Then holler." We will elect a republican ticket this Spring. The efforts of democracy to create a row will come to naught. The Negro understands what the demies want him to do and he will do the opposite. The immoral teachers are in great glee because for the last two issues we have given them a rest. We have been busy with other fish but they need not think we have quit the trail The affidavits will come at the proper time. We don't want to see a man on the Republican ticket on account of his color. Competency alone should rule and then again we want to see the kind of a ticket that the democrats don't want, and everyone knows what those cusses want. A teacher who will have one child thrash another for any offense committed is not fit to teach. The parent expects the teacher and not some pupil to inflict punishment when necessary. It takes more than one thing to make a competent teacher. Such teachers must go. The South McAlester Capital, the leading democrat paper in the Territory, sets out as one of the cardinal principles of the party is to establish jim crow cars and other jim crow laws in the new state. This should line up every Negro against these hell-hounds and we should begin in the city campaign. Report shows that the Negroes at Tulsa joined in with the white republicans who opposed Soper,candidate for member of Territorial Executive Committee and some cusses say the Negroes were bought. We brand the statement as a d—lie. The Negroes have been reading the Cimeter and they are a unit all over this territory against the man who stabbed us at Claremore. Our memory is still good. The Blade is the successor to the Pioneer and a dull knife it seems to be. The staff have been hipnotized by C. J. Jones and they have established a Mutual Admiration Society. Hume, the spasmodic quill pusher from Texas assisted by the erratic Jones from Mississippi are responsible for the slush that appears in the editorial columns. When these gentry hold their nightly meetings it reminds us of the famous saying in Kentucky: "All corn is full of kernals and all Colonels full of corn (juice). FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Division Passenger Agent. JOPLIN, MO. WEST EAST No. 53 Leaves 7:45 a. m. No. 52 Leaves 11:25 a. m, No. 51 " 1:10 p. m. No. 56 " 7:45 a. m. No. 57 " 2:00 p. m. No. 54 Arrives 7:45 a. m. No. 55 Arrives 7:00 p. m. No. 58 " 10:00 a. m. No. 55 & 56 Local Accomodations Daily Except Sunday between Fayetteville and Muskogee and Nos. 58 and 57 Local except Sunday between Okmulgee and Muskogee. No. 51 will connect at Okmulgee for north and south. No. 52 will connect ar Fayetteville for St. Louis and all intermediate points; Eureka Springs line and west from Monett and to Memphis, Birmingham and Bryand to Springfield. The Territorial Audit Company at Your Service. Our bank examining department is under the supervision of an able bank accountant of many years' experience; we are prepared to furnish officers, director and stock-holders, who are otherwise unable to obtain fame, a true statement of the bank they are interested in. If you are contemplating Investing in Real Estate improved or unimproved, we will give you a true report of the Title and Value and probability for advancement, thus placing you in a posi-position to know whether it will be profitable as an investment. Our engineering department enables us to report on the construction and architecture of any building or plant. If you are contemplating Investing or Buying a business we will furnish you expert opinions of its management, value and condition. We will examine and report the true condition, financially and otherwise, of any corporation or business you are interested in. If you want to incorporate your business under the laws of the Indian Territory, we will advise you how to proceed and perfect the organization in every detail. If you want to know the value of any stock of a corporation, we will investigate and report. THE TERRITORIAL AUDIT COMPANY Alexander Richmond, President and Attorney. Rooms 102, 103 and 104 Old Homestead Bldg. Muskogee, I. T. "Not the Cheapest but the Best" All the Latest Styles in Photographic Art. "Cloudy Days" as Good as Sunshine. Lace, Drapery and Flowers, Lady in Attendance. Studio open Sunday from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. FRISCO SYSTEM WEST No. 53 Leaves 7 No. 51 “ 1: No. 57 “ 2: No. 55 Arrives 7: No. 55 & 56 Local Act tween Fayetteville and cept Sunday between C No. 51 will connect at will connect ar Fayettev points; Eureka Springs phis, Birmingham and PHONE 302 The Territoria If you wish to establish a system of keeping your accounts or improve on the present, call on us. Our bank examining an able bank accountan pared to furnish officers erwise unable to obtain AUDITS H. E. HARKRIDER, Ag't. Company at Your e. We will make regular audits of your books thus assuring you of an unbiased and unprejudiced knowl. edge of the true condition of your business. THE MUSKOGEE REPUBLICAN CLUB Meet at Jones Hall and Elect Officers for the Ensuing Year, Etc. BANQUETED In Commemoration of "Lincolns Birth Day. The Muskogee Republican Club met Friday night Feb. 9th and elected the following officers: A. G, W. Sango. President. B. F Brown, First Vice President. M. W. Guy, Second Vice President. J. B. McCullough, Third Vice President. E. D. Nickens, Secretary. Thomas Shaffer, Asst., Sect. Ed. Jefferson, Treasurer. James Smith, Sargt., at arms. Never before in the history of the Negro Republicans of Muskogee, has so much harmony existed as was shown Monday night at the Banquet at Jones Hall; All personal feeling was left at home and over one hundred men was of one accord. When the toast master, Mr. L. T. Brown, arose to announce the program, he was loudly ap plauded, for every one knew that he was the right man in the right place, and master of the situation. After a few well chosen words he announced the program, which was as follows: Lincoln the Emancipator—A. G. W. Sango. The Young Republican—J. H. Lilley. The Creek Citizens Political Future—W. A. Rentie. Our Territorial Executive Committee—A.S. McRea. Politics and Business—W. Scott Brown. Oklahoma and Indian Territory—L. F. Fue. Political Independence—S. W. Isaac. Southern Republican—A. V. Jones. Muskogee Republican Club— W. H. Twine. Political Destiny—A. E. Patterson. Abraham Lincoln—Milton W. Guy. A. Square Deal—Frank W. Reed. Lincoln The Statesman—H. N. Johnson. After the program had been rendered and the boys had been served they mingled together and talked over plans when put in action will meet every opposing plot that has or ever will be planned against the NegroRepublican. Every speak- er spoke of the firm stand en by the members of the Muskogee Republican Club and pledged themselves to help make it second to none in the country. Reporter. Reporter. THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER CO OUR CUTS TALK ENGRAVERS-PRINTERS DENVER 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. 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Train No. 4 leaves Dustin 2:30 p. m., arrives Muskogee 5:20 p. m. O. M. SEWELL, General Superintendent Send the blank below to our address and receive one of the best magazines on the market today. The Cimeter and Adams Magazine $1.00 per year. Please send me Adams Magazine for one year. Name ...... Post Office ...... County ...... State ..... Sadler Hardware Co. Has just received a New Stock of HARNESS and has a PRACTICAL HARNESS REPAIRER In their store. Bring your work and have it done both NEAT AND CHEAP. 218 WEST OKMULGEE AVENUE DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed. Builders' Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing. Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. Why buy Your From a company you do not know. Keep your money at home buy buying from the They live here and will treat you right. Yard located west of Jones' Building, near Masonic Hall. This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY iLOYD LUMBER COMPANY GLOYD LUMBER COMPANY 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 appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit 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. New orlean Pensa MARD orleans, Mo Pensaeola ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM One fare plus $2.00 Tickets, Feb. 21 GEO, H. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., re plus $2.00 for the Roul ckets, Feb. 21 to 25 inclusive LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Little Rock One fare plus $2.00 for the Round Trip. Tickets, Feb. 21 to 25 inclusive GEO, H. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Little Rock, Ark. J, S. McNALLY, Division Pass, Agt. Oklahoma City, O, T. Muskogee, I. T. CORRAL --- Professor Boyd Dawkins says that whales once lived on land, and by long usage to swimming had their claws converted into paddles. 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 blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the disease and weakening the strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The propietors 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. Periander of Corinth: Nothing is impossible to industry. A TRAINE After Years of Experien Regard to T A TRAINED NURSE Mrs Martha Pohlman pains down through my limbs so I could hardly walk. It was as bad a case of female trouble as I have ever known. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, however, cured me within four months. Since that time I have had occasion to recommend it to a number of patients suffering from all forms of female difficulties, and I find that while it is considered unprofessional to recommend a patent medicine, I can honestly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, for I have found that it cures female fills, where all other medicine fails. It is a grand medicine for sick women." Money cannot buy such testimony as this—merit alone can produce such results, and the ablest specialists now agree that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the most universally successful remedy for all female diseases known to medicine. · When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful periods, weakness, displacement or ulceration of the female organs, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation, backache, bloating (or flatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excita- WANT "There comes an oppo Perhaps this is Special Representative w this community. Must ha Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Succeeds Where Others Fall. WANTED. "There comes an opportunity in every life." Perhaps this is your chance: Special Representative wanted (man or woman) in this community. Must have good references and be willing to work. Address H. S. HOWLAND, 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. $100 Reward. $100. Address F. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. H. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. H. Mrs. Martha Pohlman of 55 Chester Avenue, Newark, N. J., who is a graduate Nurse from the Blockley Training School, at Philadelphia, and for six years Chief Clinic Nurse at the Philadelphia Hospital, writes the letter printed below. She has the advantage of personal experience, besides her professional education, and what she has to say may be absolutely relied upon. Many other women are afflicted as she was. They can regain health in the same way. It is prudent to heed such advice from such a source. Mrs. Pohlman writes: "I am firmly persuaded, after eight years of experience with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, that it is the safest and best medicine for any suffering woman to use." "I immediately after my marriage I found that my health began to fail me. I became weak and pale, with severe bearing-down pains, fearful baekaches and frequent dizzy spells. The doctors prescribed for me, yet I did not improve. I would bloat after eating, and frequently become nauseated. I had "In my family medicine chest no remedy is permitted to remain unless it proves beyond doubt the best to be obtained for its particular purpose. "For treating all manner of skin troubles, such as Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm, etc., Hunt's Cure has held its place for many years. I have failed to find a surer remedy. It cures itching instantly." When Your Grocer Saves he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. ED NURSE nce, Advises Women in their Health. bility, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feelings, blues and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. No other female medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. The needless suffering of women from diseases peculiar to their sex is terrible to see. The money which they pay to doctors who do not help them is an enormous waste. The pain is cured and the money is saved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It is well for women who are ill to write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. The present Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, her assistant for many years before her decease, and for twenty-five years since her advice has been freely given to sick women. In her great experience, which covers many years, she has probably had to deal with dozens of cases just like yours. Her advice is strictly confidential. Sound Succeeds Where Others Fall. ortunity in every life." your chance:— wanted (man or woman) in have good references and be on Avenue, New York City. It Will Stay There. R. M. Swann, Franklin, La. Committee Appointed to See Secre tary Hitchcock OBJECT TO THE 480-ACRE LIMIT Independent Producers Claim Meeting Was Held One Hour Earlier than Called Bartlesville, I. T.—The action of a small party of producers in advancing by one hour the meeting called for 2 o'clock and appointing a committee to go to Washington, is resented by a large number of local and visiting oil men who came here to attend the meeting of Indian Territory oil producers, called last week, and reached the hall at the appointed time only to find the meeting in the hands of men who are known as pro-Standard, although independents also had part in the meeting. At the opera house at 1 o'clock, M. A. Low of Topeka, was made chairman, and Victor Martin, secretary. A general committee, consisting of M. A. Low, C. B. Wiser, E. R. Kemp, B. B. Anderson, C. L. Bloom, W. S. Raydure, O. P. Boggs, J. S. Glenn, W. S. Mowris, M. L. Lockwood, R. D. Rood, J. H. Evans, John Shell, W. H. Hoffman, David Gunsbery and W. H. Johnson was appointed. The committee met in secret session and appointed two sub-committees of five each, one on by-laws, and one to go to Washington. The members of the latter committee are M. A. Low, W. S. Mowris, E. R. Kemp, O. P. Boggs and W. H. Johnson. The secretary declined to state the purpose of the visit to Washington, which is to be made at once. It is known, however, that the committee will for one thing ask a modification of Secretary Hitchcock's rule which requires that one well be drilled within a year of the approval of each lease. There is no prospect of the Prairie Oil and Gas company at any time in the near future taking the full production of the field. Many producers believe that the Prairie has refrained purposely from taking the products, in order to thus give excuse for the low prices. Engineering this movement, the Prairie would break down one of the rules of the secretary of the interior as a preliminary to breaking down that other rule which prohibits one individual from holding leases in excess of 480 acres. One prominent pro-Standard man is alleged to be largely interested in leases far in excess of the prescribed number of acres. Many producers here are anxious to have it known at Washington that the meeting held here was not representative, and that the committee represents the views only of its members and the smaller number who participated in the short notice meeting. What is wanted by the independent producers is an inquiry as to why the Prairie, which monopolizes the field, does not take the production. Unless the committee takes up the matter with Secretary Hitchcock it will not fully represent the desires of the independent producers here. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in 4%-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Commercial Exactness. A retired merchant of an Eastern city relates the following incident as illustrating the strictly methodical style of doing business which distinguished the early merchants. Having occasion to settle an account with an eminent and honored firm he was sent by the firm which employed him to deliver a note on demand for $1,600. The word "dollars" was abbreviated so that it read dolls. The dignified head of the house received the document, and adjusting his spectacles, read it and handed it back to the messenger, saying, "Young man, we don't want sixteen hundred dolls in our business. Take it back and have it made dollars, and I will accept it."—Philadelphia inquirer. Bogus Doller. Deacon Butterworth worked off a doller on us last week with a hole in it. The Deacon called and left a doller for subscription and we was so surprised at him doing this that we forgot to look at the doller until after he had went. We know sure that we got it from the Deacon however for it's the only doller we have had for quite a spell. We have been trying to spend it recklessly here and there ever since, but so far without success. Unless we can work it off on somebody we desire to state that we will stop the Deacon's paper. Doggone anybody who would try to pass a bad doller on a person!—"Bingville Bugle" items in Boston Post. "Mothering Sunday." The fourth Sunday in Lent, which is also known as "Simmel Sunday," is called "Mothering Sunday" as well. In many of the country districts of England the young people who are in service and various other employments visit their parents on this day, and the afternoon services are largely attended by girls and their mothers. This custom is very strictly observed in Monmouthshire and there is much to be said in favor of it. A BOY'S BREAKFAST There's a Natural Food That Makes Its Own Way. There's a boy up in Hoosick Falls, N. Y., who is growing into sturdy manhood on Grape-Nuts breakfasts. It might have been different with him, as his mother explains: "My 11-year-old boy is large, well developed and active, and has been made so by his fondness for Grape-Nuts food. At five years he was a very nervous child and was subject to frequent attacks of indigestion which used to rob him of his strength and were very troublesome to deal with. He never seemed to care for anything for his breakfast until I tried Grape-Nuts, and I have never had to change from that. He makes his entire breakfast of Grape-Nuts food. It is always relished by him and he says that it satisfies him better than the ordinary kind of a meal." "Better than all he is no longer troubled with indigestion or nervousness, and has got to be a splendidly developed fellow since he began to use Grape-Nuts food." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over Body Cured at Expense of Only The Cuticura Remedies cured me of my skin disease, and I am very thankful to you. My trouble was eruption of the skin, which broke out in spots all over my body, and caused a continual itching which nearly drove me wild at times. I got medicine of a doctor, but it did not cure me, and when I saw in a paper your ad, I sent to you for the Cuticura book and I studied my case in it. I then went to the drug store and bought one cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura Ointment and one vial of Cuticura Pills. From the first application I received relief. I used the first set and two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and was completely cured. I had suffered for two years, and I again thank Cuticura for my cure. Claude N. Johnson, Maple Grove Farm, R. F. D. 2, Walnut, Kan... June 15, 1905." Find Cat in Well. After being missing for two weeks, a cat belonging to a family in Wiltshire, England, was found clinging to the side of a well thirty-five feet from the surface and just above the water. She was apparently none the worse for her experience after being brought to the top. Rich. Juicy Radishes Free. Everybody loves juicy, tender radishes. Salzer knows this, hence he offers to send you absolutely free sufficient radish seed to keep you in tender radishes all summer long and his great SALZER'S BARGAIN SEED BOOK. with its wonderful surprises and great bargains in seeds at bargain prices. The enormous crops on our seed farms the past season compel us to issue this special catalogue. SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY. and receive the radishes and the wonderful Bargain Book free. Remit 4c and we add a package of Cosmos the most fashionable, serviceable, beautiful annual flower. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Drawer W., La Crosse, Wis. Lying Seldom Profitable. Just when and where and how to tell a lie that is better than the truth is an inspired possibility that is hardly probable.—John A. Howland. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. In response to Mr. Stubb's ultimatum Mr. Allen comes back with something that is a cross between an edict and a defi. Don't It Jar You? To have a cough that you can't leave off—even when you go to bed? Put it away for good by using Simmons's Cough Syrup. It heals inflammation of the throat and lungs—gives you rest and peaceful sleep. Governor Hoch may be pleased to learn that three saloons in Leavenworth were put out of business Saturday. They were destroyed by fire. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen is Nature's great remedy—Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption, and all throat and lung troubles. At drug-gists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. Money may be the root of all evil, but how we do like herbs! Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Self conceit fits some women like a squeaking shoe. DATE EM WEBSTER SCHOOL SHOES *THE SHOES THAT PUT ST. LOUIS ON THE MARK* When you buy a Pair of Shoes for your boy or girl, Write the Date in the lining, in ink. Clover Brand SHOES STAND EVERY TEST Got the DICTIONARY That is FREE with every pair of Webster's from size 11 up. IF YOUR DEALER SAYS "NO" HE IS REFUSING YOU YOUR MONEY'S WORTH Werthheimer-Swarts Shoe Co. LARGEST FINE SHOE EXCLUSIVISTS ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. PRICE, 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE HAS NO EQUAL FOR HEADACHE ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Anti-Gripine to a dealer who won't Guarantee It. Call for your MONEY BACK IF IT DON'T CURE. F. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. Mrs. Hooperton Convinced She Had Struck Real Bargain. "Ah, my dear," said Mr. Hooperton, "I'm glad to come home for once and find you smiling. By George, it seems like old times. Makes me think life is still worth living. What's happened to gladden you?" "O, I've been just dying all day to tell you. It's awfully good news. You know Mrs. Biddle, who runs the intelligence office? Well, she sent me a circular to-day announcing that she proposed to make a material reduction to her regular customers. Hereafter any one who gets more than ten girls a month through her agency will have to pay a fee of only 75 cents instead of $1 for each. Isn't that lovely? We'll get the benefit of the reduction right along."—Chicago Record-Herald. Try It Once. There is more actual misery and less real danger in a case of itching, skin disease than any other ailment. Hunt's Cure is manufactured especially for these cases. It relieves instantly and cures promptly. Absolutely guaranteed. Besant: The man of meditation wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. 50c. There is Genuine- The Genuine Californi The full name of the is printed on the front The Genuine- Syrup Packages Only, Knowing the above v tions made by piratical co dealers. The imitations therefore be declined. Buy the genuine alw It cleanses the system gentl when bilious or constipat kidneys, liver, stomach and by men, women or childr effects from actual use and laxative remedy of the wee Always buy the Gen There is only One Genuine-Syrup of Figs, The Genuine is Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. The full name of the company, California Fig Syrup Co. is printed on the front of every package of the genuine. The Genuine- Syrup of Figs- is for Sale, in Original Packages Only, by Reliable Druggists Everywhere Knowing the above will enable one to avoid the fraudulent imitations made by piratical concerns and sometimes offered by unreliable dealers. The imitations are known to act injuriously and should therefore be declined. Buy the genuine always if you wish to get its beneficial effects. It cleanses the system gently yet effectually, dispels colds and headaches when bilious or constipated, prevents fevers and acts best on the kidneys, liver, stomach and bowels, when a laxative remedy is needed by men, women or children. Many millions know of its beneficial effects from actual use and of their own personal knowledge. It is the laxative remedy of the well-informed. Always buy the Genuine- Syrup of Figs MANUFACTURED BY THE Louisville, Ky. PUTNAM Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any any garment without ripping apart. Write for free boo PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. One 10c package colors all fibers. They dye in cold water better than any other dye. You can dye any garment without ripping apart. Write for free booklet—How to Dye, Bleach and Mix Colors. MONROIT DRUG CO., Unionville, Missouri. [continued from page 1] THE NEGROES' LAST CHANCE. This is a very bold statement, yet it is true. Negroes' last chance for what? I answer the negroes last chance to get homes where he will have an equal chance of developing his physical chance to his advantage, and be a man among the men of the world. Let me call your attention to the last date of homeseekers for this year. On December 19th I purchased a ticket at Perks, Ill., for Muskogee, I. T. When I boarded the train with my wife, what did I see? Four hundred white homeseekers, of which some were from Chicago, some from Indiana, some from Wyoming, some from Michigan. Most of them were land owners who had sold their farms from $50 to $70 per acre, all going or coming to the West and Southwest; lots of them came all the way to the Indian Territory, and lots of them went to Oklahoma. Besides the 400 that I met when I got aboard the train they were getting on all along the way. When we reached Springfield, Mo., we numbered 700. How many colored, all told? Only five, dear reader. Can you not see clearly why it is his last chance? Simply because he is just too slow. The colored man seems to be a being who can not believe what me, or A or B, or any one else says. He more or less will have to wait until some one else goes, sees, and thoroughly investigates, and then wait his arrival back and make a dozen or more public speeches before he will yet decide to move from his dusty bed, and say I will go. And when the head of the family has decided to go where he can do better, then family troubles begin. The wife will just swear, "I am not going; we have a little home here; Mars Jennie get a little mad sometimes, but Lord a massey, I can put up with that better than I can go wa' out yander; may die out there," and such like and a thousand other excuses she will form. Next comes the boys and girls. They will get in line with mama, and hence the old man will drop his head and sigh. And alas! The white brother reads, thinks, and then acts quickly, gets in on the first flow. This compels the poor negro, when he does make up his mind to go to that good place he has heard about—he always has to take lodging upstairs—sometimes in the barn. It has been asked, why is the railroad giving such low rates to the territory? If you come and look at this country, as I do and have, you will see the reason clearly. Since I have been in the territory traveling over the different railroads, I see more fine timber hauled and thrown away than I saw in my little town, Perks, Ill., for the mill men to make lumber out of. Well, why is that? Simply wants those colored men east and south, who are able to take advantage of their opportunities, to come out here, form their corporations, get their mills, buy and cut this lumber up for buildings. It is much needed. I see the finest walnut lumber in saw log lengths put aside to rot and waste away, as well as oak and other kinds. Now, you see why I say it is their last chance. If you delay much longer, truly the white man will have all, and then it will be too late. Then the old man, when he hears of the grand procession of opportunities that have passed, then the old lady will certainly get the blessing. Think of the different states with its crowded thousands, working lots of land just to make a living. Why not thin out the corn of chance and transplant a few scions out here in the Indian Territory, where you are needed. Where your farming skill will bring you ten-fold. If you fail to come, your white brother and others wont. The land here in the Creek nation I am told by the farmers at Red Bud grows from 60 to 100 bushels of corn per acre, with one plowing. Bale to $1 \frac{1}{2}$ bales of cotton per acre at two plowins. If this land was put to the standard of art cultivation, I don't know, and would like for some one to tell what it would produce. Mr. Negro, please think and act before you be too late. Yours for the race. PROF. J. H. JOHNSTON. Red Bird, I. T. BOYNTON, I. T. Mrs. M. A. Watson of Vinita sent one dollar to be added to the building fund of Allen chapel. Rev. Wm. H. Buchanan has been transferred from the A. M. church at Asho Creek to Okmulgee. He took charge last Sunday. The farmers of this vicinity are plowing between snow and freezing. Joe Cherry, having disposed of his livery barn, has gone in search of his wife who is supposed to be somewhere in Texas. Rev. Walker, the Baptist missionary, was here last week on his official tour. The missionary sisters gave a supper for the benefit of the cause. We have very little sickness, few marriages and fewer deaths in this town. Good place to live, this. The "trocly" loyal of Boynton congratulate their Muskogee brethren in the stand taken in the re-organization of the Republican club. A battle is ahead. Count on Boynton to be in the thickest of the fray. No lilly whiteism in ours. CHECOTAH. I. T. "Hew to the line and let the chips fall where they will and may," says the politician. But there will be a bug found under the chip after the political cloud has cleared away this year. The people around Checotah are glad to see the union of the Republican clubs at Muskogee. They must have concluded to take the example from the Checotah Republicans. In union there is strength, remember Loy We are glad to note the arrival of Mr. Jacob Ernest and family of Homer, Ill. Mr. Ernest seems to be a man of great means and the Checotah people are glad to have such a man among them. His granddaughters, Miss Maud Ernest and Miss Madge Thomas, seem to be well pleased with their future home. Mr. J. G. Toliver was a subscriber to the Cimeter last week. The Cimeter wishes Mr. Toliver success in his restaurant business. Mr. Willie Love was a subscriber to the Cimeter. The Cimeter will not have any trouble in subscribers. Mr. William Parnell went to Texas last week on land business. Last Sunday was church day here, Rev. Prince stirred up the Eagle's nest. Dr. J. M. Grandison of Oak Hill, W. Va., is expecting to make Checotah his home. Dr. Grandison is a graduate of Leonard Medical college, Raleigh, N. C. The colored school celebrated Lincoln's birthday with speeches and songs, and also a good number of patrons being present to endorse the advancement of the school. Mr. James Eagle has a very bad scar over his eye, which was caused by a bite from one of his male friends. Mr. Eagle hopes he will not make another mistake when he gets hungry. Mr. L. Burr is still doing the shoe repairing on front street. Mrs. Buchanan was in Muskogee last week to have some dental work done. Mrs. E. J. West returned the other day from Muskogee where she has been visiting her daughter. She is glad to say that Dr. L. M. Banks did some good dental work on her teeth. Mr. M. C. Perry still believes that the Cimeter is the paper for the colored people. He advises all his 500 LOTS FOR SALE! CARNAR ADDITION We made the blocks larger than usual, we believe most persons purchasing a home this distance would want at least three or four acres. : : : : Fiftee minutes walk to street ear line. The first street running north and south, is 30th St. The first street running east and west, is Okmulgee. Then Broadway, etc. friends to subscribe for the Cimeter. Mr. Reed Landum still have them smiles on his face, surely there must be something going to happen between he and Miss S. You'd better see Temp'e or he will tell the Cimeter about you, and the would will know it Subscribe for the Cimeter, "that's the time. WARNING ORDER In the United States court for the Western district of the Indian Territory, at Muskogee. Lizzie Miller, Plaintiff, vs. No. 6457 Equity. Ed. Miller, Defendant. The defendant, Ed Miller, is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Lizzie Miller. Witness the Hon. William R. Lawrence, judge of said court, and the seal thereof, at Muskogee, this the 9th day of February, 1906. (Seal) R. P. HARRISON, Clerk. By D. F. DICKEY, Deputy. P. L. Garrett, attorney for plaintiff Wm. S. Peters, attorney for nonresident defendant. CHILDREN WHIP EACH OTHER. Principal of Dunbar School Invents New Method of Punishment. A. Lou Gee and Lula D. Ellis had a fight a few weeks ago, whereupon Mrs. Gee, mother of A. Lou, went to see the principal of Dunbar school concerning it; and to satisfy Mrs. Gee he assured her that he would hold Lula Ellis while her daughter whipped her. Now this was too good for Mrs. Gee to keep, so she talks it so that it reaches Mrs. Ellis, who on the following Monday noon goes to Dunbar to stop it, but as the principal was not there, and did not receive the message left by her, the whipping goes on, but not just as he promised Mrs. Gee it would; instead, he holds Lula while A. Lou whips her, then he whips both, after the whipping Mrs. Ellis sees the principal again and asks him what kind of ruling did he have at that school, and told him she did not not approve of his way of correction, by having children whip each other, she sent the children to school to be corrected by him when they needed it and that was alright,the principal then told her, if he had known she did not approve of it and had he received her message to waip the child himself it would not have occurred as it did.--Reporter. Prospective investors should address the Red Bird Investment Co., P.O. Box 230, Ft. Smith, Ark., for blank applications for stock, or for detailed information. If any of our readers have city property for sale or want to buy a home in Muskogee or a small farm or if they want to sell farm land they should see Fred W. Davis in the Oklahoma building. They will find him a man of his word and one that will give them a square deal. THE MK AND MISSOURI KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY. 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