Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 8 JUDGE RAYMOND Was Nominated IN THE REPUBLICAN CONTENTION AT MUSKOGEE. Convention in 75th District—Carry Out Will of the People. Deputy U. S. Marshall Ledbetter, a Democrat, By Force and Arms Takes Chairman Miller From Hopkins Defeated in Regular Re- The people won a victory in the nomination of Judge Raymon at the convention of the 75th constitutional delegate district, at Wiley Jones' ball, Muskogee, Tuesday, October 9th, 1906. The caucuses in the twelve precincts were held last Tuesday. Judge Raymond won in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 8th precincts, and had thirty uncontested votes. In the 4th precinct Grant Foreman, who was leading the Hopkins men, took the chair and announced that he was chairman of the caucus and would name a committee to select the delegates. No chairman had been elected. Foreman said Sanson told him to take the chair and keep it- and that he intended to do so, and if any one interfered some one would be hurt. A motion was made to name a chairman. Foreman refused to put the motion, and at once called upon a deputy United States marshal named Randle, sent there by Leo E. Bennett, and said: "I want you to clear the house." Randle then drew a six-shooter and threatened to shoot Wesley Collins, and drove all out of the caucus room. Forty men, who were for Raymond, then elected a chairman and secretary and proceeded in an orderly way, just outside of the building, to name four delegates to the convention and instructed them for Raymond. Grant Foreman and six men who followed him also selected four delegates, but never organized a caucus. A similar plan was pursued in the ninth precinct. Alex Richmond called the caucus to order and said Sanson told him to be chairman and he would put no motion letting the caucus choose its officers. Deputy United States Marshal Dave Adams was there. Raymond's friends had thirty-six men there. The friends of Hopkins had eleven men. Morgan Carroway insisted that the caucus had the right to name its own chairmen and other officers, and Sanson, who lived in the 76th district, could not name the chairman. Richmond at once appointed a committee to select delegates. The thirty-six Raymond men then elected a chairman and secretary and proceeded in a regular way to elect six delegates. The Hopkins men marched out and named a like delegation. In the 12th precinct Ed Merrick, a Hopkins man, called the caucus to order and said Sanson told him to run it and he would name a committee to select delegates. There were just seven Hopkins men there, while seventy-one men were there for Raymond. U. S. Marshal Bud Ledbetter, a democrat, armed, was there under orders from Bennett to help Merrick. Merrick refused to entertain a motion to select a chairman whereupon the caucus proceeded to elect a chairman and secretary Muskogee, I. T., Friday, October, 19 1906. and proceeded to business. The seven Hopkins men then bolted and named a delegation of five men. The regular caucus then selected five delegates and instructed them for Raymond. The convention gave these fifteen votes to Raymond which made him forty-five in all. Raymond had every deldgate elected from the East side, the leading white ward in Muskogee. Hopkins had two precincts only, the 10th and 11th, three delegates each, or six votes in all. These forty-five men were at the convention with their credentials to give to the Committee on Credentials when appointed. James Huckleberry called the convention to order and read a letter from Tom Sanson saying he appointed him (Huckleberry) to preside as chairman. The forty-five men protested that the convention had the right to select its own chairman and officers, and that Sanson had no right. Huckleberry refused to entertain a motion to elect officers, saying he intended to act as presiding officer. James Miller, a prominent white man from the 6th precinct, was then placed in nomination and unanimously chosen chairman by the thirty uncontested votes and took his seat. Huckleberry then ordered Deputy U. S. Marshal Bud Ledbetter, a democrat, armed and sent there by Bennett to help Huckleberry, to arrest Miller. This he did. Ledbetter grabbed Miller with one hand, holding his revolver in the other and dragging him down stairs took him as a prisoner to the city hall. Sargeant Martin refused to receive Miller, saying it was no crime to preside over a Republican convention. Ledbetter thought it was, unless it was the man Bennett said should be it. Miller then started back to the hall. Ledbetter then drew his gun and said to Miller: "You G d son of a . . . if you go back there again I'll kill you." Miller was game. He went back to the hall, took the chair and proceeded with the business of the convention. Morgan Caroway and A. S. Hammond were chosen sec'ys A committee on creedntials composed of Archie V. Jones, W. H. Davidson, and A. Davis was appointed and reported as above stated. The temporary organization was made permanent. A committee on resolutions was than appointed and made its report through Chairman W. H. Twine. Judge Raymond was then placed in nomination by Percival Adams, a leading lawyer of the Muskogee bar, and received forty-five votes. The six votes for Hopkins had bolted. The Huckleberry crowd, seeing they could not buldoze the convention, withdrew and said they had nominated Hopkins. They passed no resolutions. The Hopkins crowd was composed entirely of federal officials from the Court House, headed by R. P. Harrison and the Dawes Commission. They began to kick and fight as soon as they found that they were in the minority and that even the federal ring with an armed U. S. deputy marshal could not rule the people assembled in peaceable convention. The action of Huckleberry, Sanson and Bennett, as well as Hopkins, who was operating all the time with Haskell and reporting to him and who 'sanctioned all their acts in refusing to let the convention select its own officers and brutally attacking C. C. Ayers, W. H. Davidson and other good Republicans who were simply contending for the right and for what has always been the right and practice in all conventions, in naming its own officers, is receiving the condemnation of all good men in all parties. Such conduct was unprecedented. As soon of the Republican convention adjourned, Hopkins went over to the Turner hotel at Democratic headquarters and reported to Haskell, his political partner. Hopkins can gain no support by such tactics. This is a free country and it will never do to begin party organization here with armed men. The fact that the Hopkins men boiled the convention shows that they knew that their conduct was wrong and would never be approved by the voters. Hopkins had previously accepted a Democratic nomination with Mr. Haskell in the 76th district and the fact that Raymond beat him seven to one in the caucuses and convention in the 75th shows that the Republicans did not endorse his conduct. After the nomination, Raymond, who had never been active in the canvas and had not been at the convention, was sent for and made a speech which was received with deafening cheers. Five hundred men then rushed forward to shake hands and quite a reception was held in the hall. The regular convention at which Raymond was nominated and the rump convention at which Hopkins was named certified the nomination to the Districting board. The Resolutions Adopted Are as Follows: "The Republican party believes in a square deal for every man, under every condition, on every day in the year, whether it be in politics or business. It pledges every man fair treatment in his personal affairs, his business affairs, his transactions with his neighbors, and in the exercise of his political rights. It guarantees to every man the right to cast his vote on all questions and on all occasions as he thinks to be right and will use every effort to see that it is honestly counted as he cast it. The purity of the ballot box in this Republic is the only guarantee of representative government. If the right to vote as he pleases is taken from any citizen of the Union, just to that extent do we weaken the foundation of our great country. Not only must this principle control and be upheld by all good citizens in all elections to decide the issues between the great political parties of the country, but it must prevail at the caucus and in the primaries where men meet to decide as to whom shall be the candidate of the party. In building the Republican party in this new state force and intimidation must not be resorted to by either party to the contest in the primaries or at the caucus because if used will lead to its use and abuse at the regular general elections in the contest between the parties. It is unjust, unpatriotic, unrepublican and unAmerican. All the great achievements of the last half century have been the work of the Republican party. Its great record guarantees the same high grade of statesmanship for the future. We approve its splendid past; we vouch for its future. We favor its tariff policy giving labor to American workingmen and living wages. Free trade times have been the ruin of the American la- No 5 borer and the family of the American citizen. The work on the Penama canal has ben the result of Republican statesmanship and Republican push. It commands the applause of the civilized world. The Republican party has met every emergency as it arose and decided to the satisfaction of the American people and to the profit and advantage of western civilization. We endorse the unsurpassed administration of Theodore Roosevelt. It has been clean, it has been brave, it has been fruitful of results big with American advantage. It has been the pride of our own country and brought admiration from countries beyond the sea. We want to elect a Republican delegation to congress from the new state together with two Republican senators who will be true to this people and help Theodore Roosevelt in his good work. Clipped from the Fort Gibson Post. Oct. 11'06. Muskogee I. T. Oct. 17 '06. Re it resolved by the Executive Committee of the 75th constitutional Delegate District in the 10th Recording District of Indian Territory that: Whereas we recognize that C. W. Raymond received 46 votes out of 52 at the recent Republican convention, to nominate a candidate to the Constitutional Convention and that he carried all of the Precincts in said Districts at the Republican caucuses except two. Therefore, we recognize him as the regular Republican nominee and pledge him the support of said committee and we urge all Republicans to support him and this committee at the poll Nov. 6th. 1906. Morgan Caraway. Chairman J. E. Crane, Sec'y. L. F. Fue Member of com. If you want class legislation of the worst kind. If you want to be driven from precinct caucases. If you want Jim crow cars. If you want blacklegs and gamblers to represent the race. If you want the shot gun policy in our new state then vote for the Six Shooter gang. On the contrary, if you want good government vote the other way. One Gambler appointed by the Ring as Sargeant of Arms at the Convention and another appointed to represent the colored people at the reception of the Vice President. This shows in what high estimation our people are held by the ringsters. Muskogee Cimeter. v October 19 1906 Deer are tramping down Connecticut crops. They must be enforcing the game laws in that state. It cost more to live last year than during any previous year since 1899. But, after all, it was worth the price. In four years $400,000,000 has been spent in the United States on automobiles, and the horseless era is as far removed as ever. A bigger and better Valparalso is promised. Nevertheless, none of the civic improvement societies recommend such radical shake-ups. Belva Lockwood says it is just as necessary for women to study law as to learn to cook. A good many other women seem to take the same view of the case, and they are not studying law either. A Colorado man, while shaving, tried to brush a fly from his nose. He succeeded, but lost the end of his nose. It is a good plan to use the other hand than the one containing the razor when brushing flies. An English inventor wants London to banish smoke and stifling fogs by generating electricity for its light and power at coal mines 120 miles distant. He says the cost of the plant would be $17,000,000, and that the loss from the smoke nuisance in London is $10,000,000 a year. The proposition is sound that the best way to suppress smoke in a city is to keep it out. News comes from Burlington, Vt., that America Vespucius Spaulding has sued Christopher Columbus for $17.50. Christopher Columbus has been boarding with America Vespucius, and one discoverer apparently discovered that the other discoverer thought he had discovered a soft snap. So does history again repeat itself. The original Columbus, it will be remembered, was mistaken as to what he had really discovered when he reached America. We need not have the slightest fear that civilized man is going to become degenerate from city dwelling or any of the other strains of civilization. Contrary to popular belief, declares the Success Magazine, the white man of to-day has a lower death rate, a higher average length of life, is taller, heavier and stronger than any of his predecessors, or any known race of savages. Almost any company of American and English soldiers will contain men who can outrun, outwrestle and outswim the best athletes of any native tribe. Did anybody ever see anything like the disappearance of jiu-jitsu? A year or two ago everybody was listening open-eyed to marvelous stories of skill with which slender little men overcame giants by a simple twist of the wrist. Teachers of the mystic art were appointed for West Point and Annapolis, and other colleges were to get them as fast as they could be found. Then our American athletes very obstinately refused to be unjointed by any of the little tricks, but flung the jiu-jitsu experts on the floor, and jiu-jitsu was forgotten. In the event of the Donegal county council's decision to sell the old Lifford prison being confirmed by the local government board one of the most historic jails of Ireland will disappear. Within its walls, says the London Daily Mail, were once confined many notable offenders, including persons concerned in the Irish rebellion and a number of French prisoners who were captured in the sea fights off the mouth of Lough Swilly. Napper Tandy, rendered famous by the lines in "The Wearing of the Green," was incarcerated in this old prison. Fairbanks' Itinerary. Muskogee, I. T.—Grant Victor, chairman of the Indian Territory executive committee, today made public the itinerary of Vice-President Fairbanks, who will make a flying trip through Indian Territory on October 23. The Republicans are welcoming the vice-president in view of the fact that he will follow in the wake of William Jennings Bryan, who recently visited the new state. Mr. Fairbanks will not only go over the same territory, mile for mile, making more speeches than the "peerless one" did, but he will visit fourteen towns and cover sections of the country not visited by the Democratic leader. The itinerary of the vice-president follows: Arrive Coalgate 7:15 a. m. October 23; Lehigh, 8:10 a. m.; Atoka, 8:30 a. m.; South McAlester, 9:40 a. m.; Eufaula, 11:05 a. m.; Checotah, 11:30 a. m.; Muskogee 12:10 p. m.; Coweta, 2:35 p. m.; Broken Arrow, 3:05 p. m.; Tulsa, 3:45 p. m.; Claremore, 5:25 p. m.; Chelsea, 6:15 p. m.; Vinita, 7:10 p. m. Congressman Threatened.—Claimed Old Feud Is Back of the Difficulty Tulsa, I. T.—Charles E. King, a real estate dealer, today it is charged attempted to kill Congressman T. E. Scroggy, of Zezia, O., in the latter's winter home in this city. King entered the yard armed with a double-barreled shotgun, called Scroggy, his brother and nephew from the house and, it is claimed, threatened to exterminate them all. He was prevented by neighbors, who took the gun from him. A feud of log standing is alleged to exist between the men, dating from political trouble when King was county treasurer and auditor of Warren county, Ohio, many years ago. King had been drinking. New Canadian River Bridge.—Washout Cost Midland Valley $120,- 2000 in Land Trusts Muskogee, I. T.—The Midland Valley railroad has begun running trains over its bridge across the Canadian river between here and Fort Smith for the first time in sixty days. The bridge was first swept away by high water two months ago. Just after the bridge was made passable another wall of water tore it out again. It is estimated by the officials of the road that the inconvenience cost $2,000 per day, or $120,000 in all. This does not include the rebuilding of the bridge, but only the traffic, which is very heavy on that line. Indian Traits Change. — Avarice Overcomes Superstitions as They Mingle With White Men. The Indian of the southwest, as soon as he comes in touch with the white man, becomes mercenary, is the observation of Edward H. Kemp, the traveler and lecturer. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp are presenting an illustrated lecture on the wilds of the west at the Orpheum this week and many of their views show various tribes of Indians. Mr. Kemp formerly had six illustrated lectures but five of them were destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake. "That was a loss from which I can never recover," said Mr. Kemp last night in talking of it. "I had pictures that can not be duplicated, as many of the Indian ceremonials have been dropped and it would bankrupt a rich man to pay for the privilege of taking the views. When I took them the Indians were not mercenary and if you get them to pose at ali or could steal a march on them the pictures were yours for the taking. Now they want $10 for the privilege of entering a village with a camera and tips for every pose. Formerly the Indians seemed to think that the pictures had taken part of their being away, as they did not understand how they could be entire with an image of them on paper. Since they got to charging for poses, they do not care whether they are whole or not." Purchased a Tank Farm. Tulsa, I. T.—C. H. Marcum, general manager of the Guffey Petroleum company, of Beaumont, Tex., today closed a deal for a tank farm of 500 acres near Tulsa and will commence at once the tankage of 3,000,000 barrels of oil from the Tulsa field. SACRIFICED LIFE FOR CHILD. Ing, Persistent Attempting Rescue. Checotah, i. T. About $25,000 property loss and one life is the result of fire which started in the center of the business portion of the city between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning. About a dozen frame buildings were burned. Mrs. W. P. Stoker was alone with her two children, aged ten and twelve years, in the upper part of one of the burning buildings. When awakened, she evidently grabbed one child and carried her down stairs. The other child followed, but it is the general opinion that she did not know it, and went back up stairs after it, where she perished. Her screams could be heard all over town, and her rescue was impossible. Her charred remains were recovered after the fire was subdued. Her husband, who returned this morning, is prostrated. All of the buildings burned were frame, and for a time it looked as if the entire business portion of the town would go. But little insurance was carried. COTTON CARNIVAL. Atoka Commercial Club Will Give $500 in Prizes. Atoka, I. T.—The Atoka Commercial clu' is perfecting arrangements for the big cotton carnival to be held in Atoka during the last week in November. The club will give prizes amounting to five hundred dollars and the cotton growers have only to bring their cotton to Atoka to have a chance at the prizes. With every bale of cotton ginned in Atoka a free ticket will be given and from these coupons the drawing will be made. The new Barbee gin is now in running order, making two gins in Atoka. The cotton yield is better than was expected a month ago, but still small. The continued rains and the high waters caused the principal damage. Pump Independent Oils. Bartlesville, O. T.—The formal opening of the first independent pipe line ever built in either Indian Territory or Oklahoma took place Friday, when the immense pumps of the Uncle Sam Oil company were set in motion in the stations of the company at Bartlesville, f. T., Tyro and Cherryvale, Kas. The line was given a thorough test and the pumping of 2,500 barrels of oil per day from the mid-continent field to the refineries of the company at Atchison and Cherryvale, Kas., will begin Monday. This company is now purchasing several thousands of barrels of oil weekly helping materially in relieving the congestion of the Bartlesville district. BIG CORN DAY. Broken Arrow Received Two Hundred Wagon Loads. Broken Arrow.—Last Saturday was a big day for Broken Arrow. Farmers unloaded 200 wagon loads of corn at the elevators, the price being 30 cents. The corn this year is of an extra good quality and by the time it is all marketed the shipments will reach the million bushel mark. OIL COMPANY SOLD OINTEREST. Standard Local Company at Vinita Sold 2,600 Acres of Leases. Vinita.—The Standard Oil & Gas Company Saturday afternoon disposed of its interests to the Vinita Gas company. The Standard was incorporated by Vinita parties, and owned leases on 2,600 acres of undeveloped property in the Coodys Bluff field. The Vinita Gas Company is the corporation which has recently acquired of the Warren company the franchise for supplying this city with gas, and as its gas properties lie in the Coodys Bluff field, it purchased the Standard properties in order to be assured of plenty of gas. Oklahoma's corn crop this year will reach 125,000,000 bushels, an increase of 35 per cent. Indian Territory will produce 100,000,000 bushels. Had New York Sized Up. It was a severe criticism made on New York city by a visitor from Nebraska who said: "Yours is a 'short change' town. In three days I have had seven different persons try to cheat me by returning too little change." INTERESTING CONTEST. Heavy Cost of Unpaid Postage. One of the most curious contests ever before the public was conducted by many thousand persons under the offer of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., of Battle Creek, Mich., for prizes of 31 boxes of gold and 300 greenbacks to those making the most words out of the letters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts. The contest was started in February, 1906, and it was arranged to have the prizes awarded on Apr. 30, 1906. When the public announcement appeared many persons began to form the words from these letters, sometimes the whole family being occupied evenings, a combination of amusement and education. After a while the lists began to come in to the Postum Office and before long the volume grew until it required wagons to carry the mail. Many of the contestants were thoughtless enough to send their lists with insufficient postage and for a period it cost the Company from twenty-five to fifty-eight and sixty dollars a day to pay the unpaid postage. Young ladies, generally those who had graduated from the high school, were employed to examine these lists and count the correct words. Webster's Dictionary was the standard and each list was very carefully corrected except those which fell below 8000 for it soon became clear that nothing below that could win. Some of the lists required the work of a young lady for a solid week on each individual list. The work was done very carefully and accurately but the Company had no idea, at the time the offer was made, that the people would respond so generally and they were compelled to fill every available space in the offices with these young lady examiners, and notwithstanding they worked steadily, it was impossible to complete the examination until Sept. 29, over six months after the prizes should have been awarded. This delay caused a great many inquiries and naturally created some dissatisfaction. It has been thought best to make this report in practically all of the newspapers in the United States and many of the magazines in order to make clear to the people the conditions of the contest. Many lists contained enormous numbers of words which, under the rules, had to be eliminated "Pegger" would count "Peggers" would not. Some lists contained over 50,000 words, the great majority of which were cut out. 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GET RICH If you are a young man willing to rough it a little come to San Francisco and receive the highest wages paid anywhere on with it everybody and no questions asked if you are willing to work for your day's work for more than a fair day's pay. For parturients address BUREAU OF PUBLICITY, Room 544 Union Trust Bldg., San Francisco W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 42, 1906. THE @IMETER. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER 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. E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. For Govenor of the State of Oklahoma, Hon. John D. Benedict. of Muskogee, I. T. For Delegates to Constitutional Convention Seventy-Fifth District, Charles W. Raymand Seventy-Sixth District, Who are you for, the people or the Six-Shooter? Eevery body knows what that means. All Deputies had Six-Shooters at all the conventions But they failed to bluff the boys in the trenches. Old Huck now thinks he was elected Chairman. Well strage things will happen when a man is under the hypnotic spell of Ring Rule. The reception of Vice President Fairbanks should be one in which all parties and all factions could join, but Doug and his clan have done their level best to make it a factional party blow out and as usual they handed the Negroes a package by putting them on the tail end of a Reception Committee which means less than nothing. The Republicans of the 75th District are in good shape to give the opposition the greatest drubbing they ever had. The gang with its nonpartisans, city building populatic outfit are up against the real thing this time. Its the hit dog that howls and you can hear them howling all over town because of the gashes made by the keen blade of the Cimeter in last issue. It is reported that at a meeting in Republican Headquarters on Monday night C. B. Douglass being present, an attempt was made to get Hon. P. B. Hudson to decline to run as a candidate but Hudson, stood "pat" & will be elected to represent the 70th District, the opposition is too small to defeat him. Old man Gordon may think he is Sharpe but Sharpe don't think he is old man Gordon. Can you see? Doug would not permit the Chairman to appoint any colored men on the reception committee except those with the Hopkins Bucher combine Even R. H. Morrs the King of the Green Cloth was appointed and such a respected citizen and minister as Rev. A. R. Norris was left out. Straws show which way the wind blows How can the moguls and self appointed bosses go against Jones in the 76th District when the people have spoken and is the man. He will skin both the Democratic and Popocratic nominees. The country delegates have all stood pat for Raymond and the town delegates follow suit. The great masses of the people in the 75 District are for Raymond and will vote for him. All we ask is a free honest ballot and a square count This we must and will have. The law is that a delegate cannot be chosen as a candidate for the constitutional convention. Now we are told Bucher was a delegate to the late convention in the 76th District and if true then he could not be chosen as a candidate. Jones is the candidate of the Republican party in the 76th District. They say that the Brewers are for Hopkins and that the church people are for him. Now we wonder whether the Brewers have joined the church or the church has joined the Brewers, which is which? Old Tillman is raising Cain about the amalgamation in the South. He gives white men a hard rap for commingling with Negro women. Wonder if the old cuss just found that out and why does he not advocate the lynching of all the white men guilty of the crime or may be he is afraid that the Judge might say "he who is without guilt throw the first stone." They say he will lecture here soon. Tillman is coming and Gordon has switched. Cant tell which is the lesser evil, but the public will have to stand them both and by the way, neither of them amount to anything. Hopkins is marshalling his forces for a vigorous campaign and the boys in the trenches and at the forks of the road are preparing to give them a warm reception. The lily whites are dying hard. The news comes from all over the Territory of their devilish autocratic schemes, but the hand writing is on the wall and the boys in trenches will roll up such a majority on election day, that lily whites will get into the Democrat party if they can or some other party because there is no room in the Republican party for them. There are a few black fellows [only a few[ who are traitors to the party and traitors to the race. These fellows parade the streets daily telling what great influence they have and how they can deliver the rank and file to the enemy, of course, the common people have nothing for these loafers to do and they cant sell out anything except themselves and then cant deliver the goods because some of them cant vote. Doug. Arch and the others took Hudson up and promised him any old appointive [office if he would just resign or get out of the way somehow. They remind us of the devil who took Christ upon the hill and offered him the world if he would only get down and serve him and at the same time the old devil didn't own a d foot of land. Gordon and Sharpe the new Partners have adopted Douglas' sobriquet of "henchmah" poor old Gordon he cant stand 24 hours politically in one place to save his soul from hades and Sharpe well he is just Sharpe by name and nature and old gordon is just dull and foxy, we never thought the old man could be guilty of double dealing, but then——Oh what's the use he's a cipher that's all Fifty four men walked into our office and asked permission to sign a petition for Judge Raymond to become a candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention They signed the petition and then said they, each of us will stand sponsor for ten votes for that candidate. Now there are several other petitions and at this rate Hopkins cant be certain of his own ward vote. It will be a land slide for honest government. Some of the Coyotes like drims, knight of the green cloth morris isac and the balance of the bunch who are in our opinion fighting for Jim crow cars are doing their level best to degrade womanhood and manhood among the white black and red and it looks to us like the $ is the moving spirit of the outfit. James Parkinson the candidate from District 73 is an old Abe Lincoln Republican who is fighting ring rule and we are informed by J. A. Roper that he stands Pat and is against Jim crow cars. Such a candidate is a Republican and should receive Republican votes. The black phalanx cannot afford to go against such a man. Down in the 75th District it is the people against the ring. Its the people regardles of politics against the Ring rule in either party. Some of the patriots [candidates] are praying good Lord, good Devil they dont know whose hands they will fall into. Pete West the leading Democrat of the weak kneed Demies is reported as saying we cannot go back on such a good man as Hopkins. He is right on the Negro question and right all along the line & etc. Can any Republican support Hop after that? The greatest outrage in the history of American politics was the attempt to bulldoze and steal the nomination on the Republican ticket by lily whites non-partisans and popocrats. The common people will bury these devils so deep on Nov. 6 that Gabriel's trumpet will fail to call them from the dead. Isaac the Lawyer who is now convicted and sentenced to the pen is taking quite an active part in politics in Muskogee. Isaac is an ungrateful individual and as dangerous to the best interest of the Republican party and the race as the burning fires and explosion of h—— to a mountain of dynamite. It is such fellows as he that would make the new state of Oklahoma worse than the Twin hells for our people. Should he not be eliminated? The Negroes at S. McAllester at Ardmore at Atoka and other places are standing pat against Jim crow cars and the lily whites. They arefighting the enmies of a "square deal" until h----freezes over. We are proud of the fight our boys are making for liberty justice and right. The eyes of the world are now upon the new state. we must do four duty and do it well if we would have the commendation of all honest men the world over and we desire the respect of our posterity. The future of our people for all the time to come depends on our action now. Jones the candidate in the 76 District is as far ahead off both Haskell and Bucher as the sunlight is of a tallow candle; his ability is unquestioned and he is able to beat both of them on the stump and carry of the honors. The Negroes who are opposing him should stop and think and then compare the personality and individuality of the candidates and then ask themselves who has the nomination of the Republican party If they then desire to vote the Democratic Popocratic of Autocratic nominee, all WE have to say is may God have Mercy on YOU because WE cant. GREAT IS THE FLOPPER Poor old vacilating Gordon, is an astute observer of remarkable revelation, he has just discovered that the credentials of the Raymond delegates were not given to Huckelberry. A man especially an editor should be a man or a mouse or a long tail rat, anything by which a man could identify IT. What did the little boys and girls say, when they read the names of the Reception Committee for Vice President Fairbanks in Thursday's PhoEOix. and find the name of a much convicted, common gamb'er. Douglas says in substance if you want to be an honored and respected citizen in your community and get on the "Reception Committee," be a GAMBLER etc. and I will place you on. TO REPUBLICANS: We are anxious to have every Republican in close touch, and working in harmony with the Republican National Congressional Committee in favor of the election of a Republican Congress. The Congressional campaign must be based on the administrative and legislative record of the party, and, that being so, Theodore Roosevelt's personality must be a central figure and his achievements a central thought in the campaign. We desire to maintain the work of this campaign with popular subscriptions of One Dollar each from Republicans. To each subscriber we will send the Republican National Campaign Text Book and all documents issued by the Committee. Help us achieve a great victory. JAMES S. SHERMAN, Chairman. P O. Box 2063, New York. Phone No. 6 for the Best Henrietta Coal, $4. per ton. Gaither Wood and Coal office. Cor, 4th and Elgin Sts. When the lion has quenched his thirst in blood. and when the anaconda has swallowed his prey they sink to rest and cease to pursue their trembling victims So we thought it would be with the lily whites and their dupes but the insatiable appetite of these cusses cannot be satisfied and it is a war to the knife and the knife to the hilt. "So mote it be." NOTICE. Let me build you a house on small installments, thereby, saving your rent money, and living in your own house all the time. See Rev. J. M. Dade, Miner London, Susie London, Fannie Tucker and Nancy Lynch, as to the way I treat my customers. Will loan money for 5-7 &10 years on Farm lands and City propety, in any amount where it is well secured. Make short loans also. No. one English Block. Muskogee, I. T. W. P. Fields. AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustling agents for this paper and will pay liberly for good work. If you want to make money, write at once—W. H. Twine. FOR SALE. Bargains—if taken at once Four fifty foot front lots in the city Muskogee, for $150.00 each. One lot 115 ft. front by 200 ft. deep. A corner lot for 400.00 When travling and have accation to stop over at Atoka, I. T. Call on Mrs. Fannie Lynch for good meals and clean beds. Tarylers Home. Meals at all hours, cool dinning room and Pool hall, Call to see when you are in Boynton, I. T. Meals 15 and 25 cts. Wm. Alcarn, Prop. DOMINOES FREE TO Boys and Girls. If you'll tell us the number and kind of live stock your papa will ship this year, you'll get a nice set of dominoes. Rice Brothers Commission Merchants. Kansas City Stock Yards." P S-Give papa's name in full. THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruction by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educators. Experienced and competent instructors. Takes spare time only. Three courses—Preparatory, Business, College. Prepares for practice. Will better your condition and prospects in business. Students and graduates STUDY LAW AT HOME Victoria For your Drugs, School Books and STATIONERY. 106 Main Street. Pioneer Abstract Co. IOWA BUILDING This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. KIRSHBAUM ENTS FURNISHING GOOD ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Hats, Underwear, Suit V. E. McCLURY Agency, English Block. gee W. D. BREWER Wholesale and Retail Dealer in HARNESS AND SADDLERY es A Specialty Hand Made Harness Alwa New Time Effective May WEST Leaves 7:45 a. m. No. 52 Leaves “ 1:10 p. m. No. 56 “ “ 2:00 p. m. No. 54 Arrives Arrives 7:00 p. m. No. 58 “ 6 Local Accomodations Daily Except etteville and Muskogee and Nos. 58 and may between Okmulgee and Muskogee. will connect at Okmulgee for north and sou ct ar Fayetteville for St. Louis and all reka Springs line and west from Monett a ingham and Bryand to Springfield. .. KIRSHBAUM. GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases W. E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee IT. W. D. BREWER Wholesale and Retail Dealer in HARNESS AND SADDLERY Fine Saddles A Specialty Hand Made Harness Always in Stock. 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. --- Next to Bank .. KI GENTS OF ALL Shirts, Hats W. E. Knox Agency, Ea Muskogee W. D. W HARN Fine Saddles A Spe FRISCO SYSTEM FROM HERE TO THERE WEST No. 53 Leaves No. 51 " " No. 57 " " No. 55 Arrives No. 55 & 56 Locat tween Fayetteville cept Sunday betwe No. 51 will connu will connect ar Fay points; Eureka Spi phis, Birmingham PHONE 302 WE CAN DENT HBAUM. FASHING GOODS SCRIPTIONS. Oberwear, Suit Cases McCLURE, I.T. REWER Retail Dealer in AND SADDLERY and Made Harness Always in Stock. TimeCard Active May 20th EAST n. No. 52 Leaves 11:25 a.m. n. No. 56 “ 7:45 a.m. n. No. 54 Arrives 5:35 p.m. n. No. 58 “ 10:00 a.m. Relations Daily Except Sunday bekogee and Nos. 58 and 57 Local ex-gee and Muskogee. Gegee for north and south. No. 52 or St. Louis and all intermediate and west from Monett and to Mem- l to Springfield. New TimeCard F. A. STEBBINS, Ag't. 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. THEWINNINGSTROKE If more than ordinary skill in playing brings the honors of the game to the winning player, so exceptional merit in a remedy ensures the commendation of the well informed, and as a reasonable amount of outdoor life and recreation is conducive to the health and strength, so does a perfect laxative tend to one's improvement in cases of constipation, biliousness, headaches, etc. It is all important, however, in selecting a laxative, to choose one of known quality and excellence, like the ever pleasant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., a laxative which sweetens and cleanses the system effectually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after effects, as it acts naturally and gently on the internal organs, simply assisting nature when nature needs assistance, without griping, irritating or debilitating the internal organs in any way, as it contains nothing of an objectionable or injurious nature. As the plants which are combined with the figs in the manufacture of Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth considering in making purchases. It is because of the fact that SYRUP OF FIGS is a remedy of known quality and excellence, and approved by physicians that has led to its use by so many millions of well informed people, who would not use any remedy of uncertain quality or inferior reputation. Every family should have a bottle of the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a laxative remedy is required. Please to remember that the genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size only, by all reputable druggists, and that full name of the company—California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed on the front of every package. Regular price, 50c per bottle. CONDITION OF IRISH FARMERS. Modern Methods and Cooperation Are Needed in the Island. John Dryden, former minister of agriculture for Ontario, has returned from the old country, where he was acting as one of the representatives of the imperial government on the commission appointed to investigate the working of the department of agriculture and technical instruction in Ireland, says the Montreal Family Herald. The commission determined to examine the officials of the department, the heads of agricultural bodies, private individuals and all who could give evidence concerning the working of the department and the methods best calculated to carry out the intention of the statute. Mr. Dryden expressed himself as being favorably disappointed with the agricultural possibilities of Ireland, and declares that as a paying proposition he would rather have his farm there than in Ontario. "I do not think," said he, "that it would be easy to find a better agricultural district of its size than that found in Ireland, if one deducts two areas, that of the peat bog district, whence is secured the peat which takes the place of much of the coal and timber for fuel, and what is termed the congested district—hardly expressive of the real condition, for it is but sparsely settled. It is situated on the west coast, and is mountainous, rugged and stony—the little patches of tillable soil having to be worked with a spade, as it is impossible to use machinery. "The balance of the country compares very favorably with any other agricultural district I know of. Some of the grass land is magnificent, and the climate is lacking in extremes. It will, in my judgment, grow almost anything. "For some years practically no attention has been paid to the organization of the agricultural classes. They have carried on their work as their fathers did before them, a good many of the holdings are small, and as a result the best was never brought out of it." Rebuking a Dog. With the opening of the hunting season the usual crop of stories about dogs and shooting has begun to spring up. This one about the jealousy of an English setter was told the other day to the Observer. "I had two dogs that season," began the man who told the story, "one about nine years old, the other less than a year. Both were setters, the young one being a pup of the old dog. The first day the law was off I took both the dogs for a try at the birds. The pup, though I had worked him in the field but little, showed that he was going to be a hunter, and from the very first covered his ground and made his points without flushing the birds but once or twice in the whole forenoon. He made such a fine showing that I made a good deal over him that noon, when we rested for lunch, and the old dog was sort of left out of it. I suppose it made him jealous, and that afternoon he wouldn't hunt at all. The pup worked out fairly rangy, but the old dog stayed close to our heels. Finally losing patience with the old fellow, I half turned, and said, pretty much in ordinary tones: 'Don, if I couldn't hunt any better than that I'd go home.' And go home he did, and all that season he never would work when the pup was in the field with him. When the pup wasn't there he was as good a dog as you'd find anywhere, but he was jealous and sore at the young dog." Society's Conversation. The subject of talk sanctioned by the smart world of London to-day are as follows: Racing, stocks and shares, politics (in small quantities), chiffons, bridge, motoring—and now ballooning—with current gossip on the marriages, deaths, debts and divorces of our dearest friends and acquaintances. M. A. P. Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Procrastination is the thief of time. One Bottle or Less. Malaria is easy to contract in some localities, and hard to get rid of that is, if the proper remedy is not used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees one from it promptly and thoroughly. It is guaranteed to cure any kind of Chills. One bottle or less will do it. Let honesty and truth be your motto Won't Turn Loose. "I insist on saying that Hunt's Lightning Oil takes hold quicker and lets go slower of aches, pains and sore places than any other liniment I ever saw. It just won't turn loose till you're well." "I never have a little ache but what I sloch it on. And ere I get the bottle corked that little ache is gone." Tricks of Smugglers. Double-bottomed bottles and other vessels are common contrivances for smugglers. In order not to awaken suspicion they are usually filled with some beverage, beer or wine, and this is duly declared by the man in charge of the vehicle in which they are carried. At the present time, however, the officers are never deceived by the double-bottomed bottles, nor, for that matter, by the hollow horse collar, which at one time was a favorite dodge for the alcohol smuggler. New York has 71 women on the police force. They are known as "police matrons." Louisville, Ky. Microbe of Gray Hair. They have discovered a new microbe in New York and it is quite popular among actors and society women. It is called the chromophage, its special function being to turn the hair gray at a comparatively early age. The handsome actor who has those white hairs on his temple that the women admire so is full of the chromophages. Baldheaded men are immune from the microbes. He only attacks the hair, and a man without hair need not worry about the chromophage. For years it was thought that a process of the blood killed the coloring matter of the hair cells, but scalpologists in New York combat that theory. They say it is the chromophage. The microbe does not like heat and for that reason the woman who uses the curling tongs is less likely to have gray hair than the one who puts her hair up in papers. When a woman has occasion to sharpen a knife she gives it a few hard swipes on the first hard substance she sees. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE Discontinued the use of our products without package. The public may rely on our services of imitations. Sold only in question. WINNING STR A ordinary skill in playing brings the high winning player, so exceptional merit andcommendation of the well informed, andat of outdoor life and recreation is ofstrength, so does a perfect laxative toin cases of constipation, biliousness,important, however, in selecting a known quality and excellence, likeup of Figs, manufactured by the Calxative which sweetens and cleanseswhen a laxative is needed, without anyhas it acts naturally and gently on theassisting nature when nature needs,irritating or debilitating the internalcontains nothing of an objectionableuse of plants which are combined withthe use of Syrup of Figs are known tophisfiguifically upon the system, the remedial approval as a family laxative,being in making purchases. Of the fact that SYRUP OFFigs known quality and excellence, andahas led to its use by so many milli-ute, who would not use any remedy or prior reputation. Every family shoegenuine on hand at all times, to useis required. Please to rememberup of Figs is for sale in bottles ofputtable druggis, and that full nameCalifornia Fig Syrup Co., is plainly pvery package. Regular price, 50c p San Francisco, Cal. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50 & $3.00 Shoes BEST IN THE WORLD W.L.Douglas $4 Gift Edge line cannot be equalled at any price To Shoe Dealers: W. L. Douglas' Job- bing House is the most complete in this country Send for Catalog SHOES ESTABLISHED 1876 CAPITAL P2,500,000 Misses & Children's shoes, $2.25 to $1.00. Try W. L. Douglas Women's, Misses and Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear they excel other makes. If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how carefully W.L. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other make. Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L. Douglas shoes. His name and price is stamped on the bottom, which protects you against high prices and inferior shoes. Take no substitute. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes and insist upon having them. Fast Color Eyelashes used; they will not wear brassy. Write for Illustrated Catalog of Fall Styles. W. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. 12, Brockton, Mass. READERS of this paper desiring to buy anything advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substitutes or imitations. New York, N.Y. ‘HANDS RAW WITH ECZEMA, Guffered for Ten Years—Spread to _ Body and Limbs—Cured by the Cuticura Remedies. “T had eczema on my hands for ten years. At first it would break out only in winter. Then it finally came to stay. I had three good doctors to do all they could, but none of them did any good. I then used one box of Cuticura Ointment and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent, and was com- plete\y evred. My hands were raw all over, inside and out, and the ec- zema was spreading all over my body and limbs. Before I had used one bot- tle of Cuticura Resolvent, together with the Ointment, my sores were nearly healed over, and by the time I had used the third bottle, I was en- tirely well. I had a good appetite and was fleshier than I ever was. To any one who has any skin or blood dis- ease I would honestly advise them to get the Cuticura Remedies, and get well quicker than all the doctors in the State could cure you. Mrs. M. E. Falin, Speers Ferry, Va, May 19, 1905.” Another Enemy of Sleep. All sufferers from insomnia will sympathize with their fellow victim whose sad case is reported in the Hog Wallow Kentuckian: “Jefferson Pot- locks has been complaining to the deputy constable on account of his being kept awake at night by the light- ning bugs.” —_—_ Or. Williams’ Pink Pills Have Cured This Form of Debility in Hundreds of Cases. “Four years ago,”’ says Mrs. F. Mor- tison, of No. 1922 Carson street, South Side, Pittsburg, Pa., ‘I took a cold which turned into the grip. This trouble left me all run down. I was thin, had backache much of the time, had no ap- petite, my stomach was outof order and I felt nervous and unstrung. “While I had the grip I had a doctor, but I really suffered more from the con- dition in which the influenza left me than I did from the disease itself. I felt generally wretched and miserable and the least exposure to cold would make me worse. I couldn't seem to get any better until I began to take Dr, Williams’ Pink Pills. I very quickly noticed a benefit after I began taking them and they restored me to good health and strength. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are a wonderfully good medicine. Thanks to them I am now in fine health and have had noreturn of my former trouble. Irecommend the pills to everyone who is sling and take every opportunity to let people know how good they are.” Dr. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs, Morrison because they actually make good, red blood. When the blood is red and healthy there can be no debility, The relation between the blood and nervous system is such that the pills have a very decided action upon the nerves and they have cured many severe nervous disorders, such as partial pa- ralysis, locomotor ataxia and St. Vitus’ dance, that have not yielded to ordinary treatment. Their double action, on the blood and on the nerves, makes them an ideal tonic. All druggists sell Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, or they will be sent by mail post- paid. on receipt of price, 50 cents per x, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Wile liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. ‘When you buy WET os WEATHER 1/46’ CLOTHING _ 2.42). you want “Qu ‘x complete CY cate Mey Service? ql fF, a/| y) These and eeree other good paint ' TF TOWER'S FISH BRAND G Sheuyeker 7 : ony {temo ) ° waar QRS in NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered from All parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers, Personal. Cc. F. C. Smith, a Leavenworth, Kan., financier and former proprietor of the Leavenworth Post was found dead in bed recently. The Marchesa Del Grillo, better known as Adelaide Ristori, the cele- brated Italian actress, died recently in Rome of pneumonia. Joseph H. Glidden, inventor of the barbed wire fence, is dead at his home in Dekalb, Ill. Charles E, Magoon, the newly ap- pointed provisional governor of Cuba, has arrived at Havana. President Roosevelt is credited with a desire to succeed Senator Platt as senator from New York when his term as president expires. Dr. Max Hempel, a German educat- or with 4 national reputation and a writer on scientific subjects, died re- cently in St. Louis, Secretary Shaw addressed the Ken- tucky bankers and their guests at Louisville recently. Senator Beveridge, who is ill at Brookline, Mass., has been compelled to cancel several speaking engage- ments, In one day recently President Roose- velt received more than 1,200 persons {n the East room of the White house. Gen. Funston has been relieved of the command of the American troops in Cuba and will return to his duties as commander of the Pacific coast station. _ Mrs, Jefferson Davis is again re- ported seriously ill at the Hotel Ma- jestic in New York. ©. BE, Schoellkopf, a well-known real estate agent of Kansas City, Mo., re- cently died suddenly while on a train near Yates Center, Kan, Jacob Sleeper, late American chargé at Havana, has been transferred tc Caracas, Venezuela, as secretary of legation. A farwell dinner was given in honor of Gen, Fred Funstos by the Cubar veterans previous to his departure from Havana to the United States. District Attorney John B. Moran has formally accepted the nomination fo governor tendered him by the Massa chusetts democrats. Miscellnaneons. The cotton crop in Oklahoma and Indian territory is reported to have been. materially damaged by the re- cent heavy frosts. ‘The Farmers’ National congress has adopted a resolution demanding the passage of a law prohibiting dealings in futures and puts and calls, Fifteen negro convicts, inmates o the Arkansas state penitentiary, es- caped recently from a camp in the Boston mountains. The grand jury at Atlanta, Ga., has returned indictments against 20 white men for participation in the recent rioting there,’ Representatives of the various com- mercial bodies of Kansas City have ratified the contract for a boat line between that city and St. Louis. The Southern Pacific, Texas Pacific, and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroads have formed the Soutnerr Fruit Dispatch company for the quick transportation of California fruit t eastern markets, Mount Pelee, on the Island of Mar. tinique, is reported to be again ir violent eruption. A marble statue of Verdi, the Ital. fan composer, the gift of his coun trymen, was unveiled recently in Ney York. . The recent remarkable discovery of a quick, easy way of making and using a new germicidal gas, gives to sufferers from catarrh, hay fever, and all throat and lung diseases a very | certain cure. This may mean life and health to many of our readers, who can obtain full particulars by writing Box 684, DuQuoin, IIL, A laying hen is better than @ stand- (ng mill.—From the Scotch. Never Fails. There is one remedy, and only one I have ever found, to cure without fail such troubles in my family as Ee: zema, Ringworm, and all others of an itching character. That remedy 1s Hunt's Cure. We always use it and it never fails. W. M. Christian, Rutherford, Tenn. LITTLE THINGS AND BIQ@, Differentiate Between the Essential and the Non-Essential. Little things are often of great {m- portance, but when they are so they are not little. The pinion of a watch wheel, for example, in one sense is little, in another sense it is not so at all; for when it is not perfectly ad- justed, tnv watch {s worthless for time- keeping. It is not size that makes a thing little or great, but its relation to the end for which a number of things are combined. If a thing is essential it is important. Because so many oj the people who are always preaching the importance of little things fail to discriminate between the little and the non-essential, they often make a wretched mess of the management of their own and other people’s affairs. Theoretically, if every factor that con- tributes to a result is perfect, the re- sult will be perfect; but practically, for want of time, strength and oppor- tunity, the efficient man is compelled to neglect some things for the sake of others; and, in order to do this and yet secure the main end, he has to discriminate between the essential and the non-essential. The one who is thoroughly imbued with the false doc trine of the importance of little things, spends his strength without discrim ination, and usually succeeds in miss ing the main chance.—The Watchman With the exception of the stage vil lain every man has his good points. NO DAWDLING, A Man of 70 After Finding Coffee Hurt Him, Stopped Short. Yrhen a man has lived.to be 70 years old with a 40-year-old habit grown to him like a knot on a tree, chances are he'll stick to the habit till he dies, But occasionally the spirit of youth and determination remains in some men to the last day of their lives. When such men do find any habit ef life has been doing them harm, they surprise the Oslerites by a degree of will power that is supposed to belong to men under 40 only. “I had been a user of coffee until three years ago—a period of 40 years —and am now 70,” writes a N. Dak. man. “I was extremely nervous and debilitated, and saw plainly that I must make a change, “I am thankful to say I had the nerve to quit coffee at once and take on Postum without any dawdling, and experienced no ill effects, On the con- trary, I commenced to gain, losing my nervousness within two months, also gaining strength and health otherwise. “For a man of my age, I am very well and hearty. I sometimes meet persons who have not made their Postum right and don’t like it. But I tell them to boil it long enough, and call their attention to my looks now, and before I used it, that seems con- vincing. “Now, when I have writing to do, or long columns of figures to cast up, I feel equal to it and can get through my work without the fagged out feel ing of old.” Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich, Read the book, “The Road to Wellville,” ix pkgs. “There's a reason.” | A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the An» putation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, veteran, ef Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., says: “I had been showing symptoms of ’ kidney trouble from mat", the time I was mus- Ye tered out of the 2 army, but in all my maar y life I never suffered er as in 1897. Head aches, dizziness and a | sleeplessness, first, and then dropsy. 1! mye. lll OO showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was mus tered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897, Head aches, dizziness and sleeplessness, first, and then dropsy. f was weak and help- less, having run down from 180 to 140 pounds, I was having terrible pain in the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled until it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Doan’s Kid ney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, the urine became natural, and all my pains and aches disap- peared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan’s Kidney Pills. For sale by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. ¥. Advancement in Afghanistan, The ameer of Afghanistan has em gaged an electrical engineer to im stall electrical machinery in the fac tories in the new towm which he is building, 30 miles north of Cabul. The arms and ammunition factories will probably be moved there, and manw facturing industries started. HEALTH IS THE FIRST ESSENTIAL It Helps Women to Win and Wepd Men's Admiration, Respect aud Lave 7 tonpire nacdretion, Cespech, ea ioe There is a beauty in health whieh {a more attractive tomen than mere reg larity of feature. — eee. He Char EF Rrown ¥ To be a successful wife, to xe love and admiration of her hi should be @ woman's constant, 'o At the first indication of {1-1 painful or irregular periods, hk: ache or backache, secure Ly Pinkham’s Vegetable Com; begin its use. ( Mrs. Chas, F. Brown, Vice- Mothers’ Club, 21 Cedar Terrage, Springs, Ark., writes: wt Dear Mrs, Pinkham ;— “For nine years I dragged es able existence, suffering with and panels weakiey saa were, outs in and we ness, Lome a pes ee eae mulering as [ginny tS had been cured by Lydia BE. Pinkham'’s etable Compound, and I determined to tey At the end of three months I was a a woman. Every one remarked about om Bet eat aes un jokham's pound bul 4, = entire system, cure ot felélike a new weman, Iam sure it make every poterieg woman strong, welland happy, asithasmé.” | ‘ ‘Women who are troubled with pain- Tioaling (or Gatuledce), dleplecsmente ting (or lence), iapeasmation OF USTs ee eee ii wn" feeling, dizziness, tEese, indigestion, or nervous prostratien er be restored to perfeck health an emengts by taking Lydia B® Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, GEN. PORTER GREATEST LIVING INDIAN. The action of the Democratic caucus at the city hall in Muskogee last week in refusing the appeal of General Porter, the leading Indian of the Indian Territory to put a regular Democratic ticket in the field in the 75th. District has caused no end of comment. No man in the 75th District is so widely known as General Porter and his advice on all party matters and should have great weight. He is the Gov. of the Creek Nation and his people would have been proud of his nomination as a delegate to help make a constitution. He would have poled the full Democratic vote and would have been a credit to the party and the country But General Por- Wny don't Haskell challenge Jones? he continues to challenge Bucher but when he tackle Jones then the fur will fly because Jones is intellectually prepared to hang his hide on the on the wall. It would be worth hearing when these two political Gladiators meet. Sellers the druggist from Eufaula who was tried on a whisky charge at the last term of court was acquited by a jury. It is a hard matter to enforce a law that is not supported by public sentiment. The majority of jurrors don't think it much of a criime to take a drink. We have no unkind words to say about Mr. Bucher. It seems to us that he is unwittingly being used by people who are not his real friends and who don't mean to stay with him to a finish. We despise the individual who won't a slick oily tongue beguile a good man into wicked ways. Bucher is too good a man to be sacrificed upon the altar, that a less worthy person should succeed. We are informed that Hon. C. J. Jones. has been invited to be present at Vinita when the Vice President visits that place and to take part in the ceremonies. Quite a difference in the actions of our home committee touching Mr. Jones who who is the party nominee in the 76th. District the home of Haskell and Bucher. ter was thrown down without a shudder and the young men of the party took it upon themselves to say such old wheel horses could not give party ad vice at this time. These young men will be in a peculiar perdicament should the Democratic party choose General Porter as its candidate for the first Governor of Oklahoma. No one doubts his courage, capacity and statesmanship. and his counsel will be in deman when trouble comes to the Democratic party. General Porter is the logical Democratic candidate for the convention and the voters of his party so regards him. His counsel should have prevailed. The people against the Sixshooter will be the slogan in the campaign for delegate. SUMMER TOURS. Low Round Trip Rates FRISCO SYRPM Via FROM HERE TO THERE Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington and the northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, New England, Wisconsin, Ontario and Quebec Resorts. All summer resorts in the Southeast. Also to St. Louis and Chicago. 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