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The Muskogee Cimeter. THE REAL CAUSE OF RACE TROUBLE IN THE SOUTH Is Brought On By White Men Consorting With Negro Women. Vol 8 In view of the terrible state of affairs in the South will you permit me to ask you a few questionious in regard to a proposed remedy for the crime now so much talked of—rape and mob violence? I say smash the nail on the head if you want to drive it in, not hit all around it. Did it ever occur to you Mr. Editor that the white men of this country are directly responsible for the fundamental root or cause of considerable of this trouble between the races? Did it ever occur to you that the disgraceful and unholy cohabitation of white men with Negro women is partly, if not primarily, the cause of retaliation in the shape of Negro men attempting rape on white women? I say did it ever occur to you? Let those who wish, dodge the issue as much as they please, let those who may, hit all around the nail instead of smashing it on the head, but I say, and I speak from observation in many states, that this crime of cohabitation of which I have spoken is carried on in a flagrant and alarming manner in some, I might say in all, of the southern states. Especially throughout the South I have travelled extensively, in almost every nook and crook in every county in every state of the South, and I speak of those things which my eyes have seen, being by nature a very close observer, I tell you that much of this trouble is caused by the vile, low, contemptible cohabitation of self-styled southern white gentlemen with Negro women, some of the above named gentlemen standing high in their respective commun Muskogee, I. T., Friday, January, 11, 1907. nities, so high in fact that their immediate neighborhood is swarming with mulatto children What I am writing here is no secret, hidden and kept quiet from the world at large, but so bold are these warts on society that, in some places, they even perade their own self-degradation, and boast of their iniquity. Look around you, inquire, seek and you shall find. Now I say, find out these dogs, hold them up to the world, brand them with the brand of justice, disapproval and social ostracism; run them out of evey neighborhood where honor and respectability are held above self-degradation and beastly passion, and let them know, beyond a doubt, that they will not be tolerated. My God! What can the men of the South be thinking of? Is not the hand writing on the wall most plain, where all who run may read? What right have these vile curs to jeopardize the whole race in the South by this unholy procedure? What right have these blots on humanity to humiliate our women in this way, for our women know it and blush for shame. And why should we men of the South tolerate this human scourge; why should we not rise up and smite them with a burning brand of public and social ostracism, and send them back out or somewhere, anywhere, they can secure their just reward. The time is now. Psate no more about a foreign cause, take the real cause, we know what it is, and remedy it. Do it now. I am a southern white man and thank God I love this old South with my whole heart and soul, and it makes my blood boil to see what our country is being brought to, partly because of the example of some of our so called southern men. But I thank God again that there are thousands of noble southern gentlemen who condmn and abhor there things, and the time has come to sit no longer timid and silent while these things go on but to act. In addition to the above from an exchange it may be said that daily upon our streets can be seen something more that will stir the brute in the Negro and this is white ladies riding in narrow-seated vehicles on same seat and under same laprobe with a Negro driver. For God's sake, ladies, stop this If some of you were to hear the remarks we have heard made about you as you drove across the square you would ride on the tail end of a dray wagon, pulled by a bull before you would get under the same laprobe with a Negro in a $500 buggy.—From The People's Paper, Charlotte, North Carolina. Court convenes on Monday, Jan. 7. The criminal docket is quite large and it will take three weeks to clear it. Frank Read, the policeman who was so murderously assaulted by outlaws in the north part of town is out again and will soon be ready for duty. All Negro troops have been ordered to the Phillipeline Islands. Is this revenge on account of the protest against the discharge of the 25th Infantry. It is now certain that the building will go up on the Market square. This means great things for Main & 2nd Sts. One fellow has introduced a bill, to become a part of the Constitution, preventing the National Government from bringing troops into the state to quell local disturbances. This is evidently made for the purpose of protecting white hoodlums who go raiding and killing Negroes. It is an echo from Arkansas and Texas. The people of the New State No 16 have good memories and the members of the present Constitutional Convention will find it out when they offer themselves for offices. The Anti-lynching Bureau will hold a meeting at Bailey's hall on Tuesday night. The books will be open for membership. Rentiesville Club sent in $40.00 for the recent campaign and Victor promised to send a receipt for the same. No receipt ever showed up and we guess the money was used to elect Haskell and the other Democrats. Vic promised to send each man a gilt edge receipt but to this good day none has shown up. Attourney Mott is still after Tams Bixby's scalp and there is some possibility of his having the said scalp hanging to his belt when he returns home. While the other fellows are making strenuous for the judgeship of the Eastern District, Judge W. R. Lawreuce is going on in the even tenor of his way attending to his business. When it comes to a show down this quiet man may be a formidable candidate. The grounds around each of the Colored schools should be graded and sidewalks built just the same as the white schools. We believe in separate schools but we ask equal accomodations. We do not wish anything more and will be satisfied with nothing less. Is not this square? Mr. Guilick, secretary of the Commercial Club has resigned and will accept a position at South McAlister as secretary of tht Commercial Club there. Muskogee looses one of her best hustlers when he leaves. He has done more for the town than any other man, although he may not have given money he has given what is more valuable-work. He leaves friends here among white, black and red men who will always have a kind word for this loyal, hustling town-builder. Read The Cimeter. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE. IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS Paving at Adriacre has been postponed until spring. Dr. A. N. Willey, aprominent physician of Shawnee died recently. Oklahoma City entertained the state association of nurserymen Tuesday. The city directory population of Muskogee shows 25,000. Five thousand quarts of nitro-glycerine were stored in a magazine at Dewey, three miles west of Tulsa, exploded recently. The town of Dewey was shaken as if by an earthquake, windows being broken and other damage done. The shock was heard in Bartlesville, many miles south. No one was killed. Governor Frantz announces the appointment of Senator E. J. Murphy of Arapaho, as regent of the A. and M. college at Stillwater. Senator Murphy succeeds Hon. T. J. Hartman, who has resigned and moved to Sulphur, where he entered the banking business. J. E. Dyche, who become territorial superintendent of schools Tuesday and thereby ex-officio member of the board of regents for normal schools, was elected president of the board at its meeting Friday. February 5 is the date that Mayor Dick Jones of Lawton has fixed for the bond election. On that date the qualified voters of the city will vote for or against an issue of $300,000 for municipal improvements. E. T. Monsor, a prominent coal operator and capitalist of Winona, Ill., is now in possession of eight of Cleveland county's best farms, closing the deal this week. The consideration amounts to $60,000 and the farms will be rented by Mr. Monsor. He thinks Oklahoma has a great future. The Murrow Indian Orphans' home, located near Atoka, will soon be moved to the site which has been donated to it by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Representatives from a number of the commercial clubs in the two territories met in Oklahoma City and appointed a committee consisting of Sidney J. Roy, Shawnee; S. Howard Leech, Chickasha; and A. W. McKeand of Oklahoma City, to prepare charters and other preliminaries for the organization of the Oklahoma-Jamestown Exposition company, capitalized at $100,000. The purpose of the company will be to collect an Oklahoma exhibit for the Jamestown exposition. Bond Decision Is Important. SOUTH M'ALESTER: Though not officially announced, it is understood that Judge Dillon of New York, the bond expert, is to announce a favorable decision in the matter of the $200,000 bond issue which McAlester is to expend for the new public school system and the extension of the water and sewer extension into the north end of the city. This decision will affect the bonds of all the territory towns, as they were all issued under the same congressional enactment. Spitzer & Co., the buyers of the bonds, refused to take them solely upon the ground that they should have been issued under the provision of prior act of congress. Frantz Names Delegates. The following list of delegates have been appointed by Governor Frank Frantz to attend the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress to be held in Denver, Col., January 24 and 25, 1907. J. C. Dennison, Beaver; Nicanor Trujilli, Beaver; Juan C. Lounzo, Beaver; D. W. Armstrong, Omega; J. L. Montgomery, Gracemont; J. Leeper, El Reno; Ike Summers; Sterling; Frank Fillmore, Arapaho; Harry W. Sexton, Arnett; Ned Brown, Enlid; William Garrison, Pond Creek; G. A. Porter, Martha; T. N. Athey, Blackwell; J. A. Lindsay, Kingfisher; C. A. Morris, Hobart; J. A. Douglas, Perry; John Fields, Oklahoma City; O. F. Hinds, Berlin; George L. Bishop, Cordell; G. J. Lenherr, Alva; C. A. Newcomb, Tangler. BARGAIN SALE TO-DAY GENERAL MERCHANDISE DRY GOODS BOOTS AND SHOES MARDWARE STOVES RANGES GENERAL MERCHANDISE MATS CAPS FURS BOOTS & SHOES CLOTHING DRUGS PRESCRIPTION GENERAL MERCHANDISE MATS CAPS FURS BOOTS & SHOES CLOSED CLOTHING Give your town a chance by patronizing your local merchants and you may confidently expect its growth in business and population and a raise in real estate valuation. Send your money to the catalogue houses and you may look for the reverse. The picture tells the story of the possibilities. Give your town a chance by patronizing your local merchants and you may confidently expect its growth in business and population and a raise in real estate valuation. Send your money to the catalogue houses and you may look for the reverse. The picture tells the story of the possibilities. TRADE AT HOME Why Farmer Should Give His Support to the Local Merchant. PRESERVES HIS OWN MARKET Depreciation of Village Property Must Inevitably Mean Depreciation of Agricultural Property and Encouragement of Monopoly. (Copyright, 1906, by Alfred C. Clark.) The most serious problem that confronts the rural towns and villages of this country is the competition offered local enterprises by the catalogue houses of the large cities. It is a problem for which a solution must be found if the prosperity and stability of the nation is to stand. And the solution of this great problem lies in the han: of the people of the towns and villages and the farms, especially the farms. The people of the rural communities have everything to lose and nothing BARGAIN DAY BARGAIN SALE TO-DAY GENERAL MERCHANDISE MERCHAN DRY GOODS BOOTS AND SHOES MARDWARE MATS CAPS STOVES RANGES GIVE your town a chance by patr may confidently expect its growth in real estate valuation. Send your money look for the reverse. The picture tell to gain by sending their money to the catalogue houses, by passing by their local merchants and sending their dollars to the concerns who have absolutely no interest in their communities. But there are some things the catalogue houses do for you and the first and greatest of these is to assist materially in bankrupting your community. The dollars they take away never come back to you. They will never help to make a city of your village. They will never increase the value of your real-estate holdings by making local improvements. Let us look at the subject from the standpoint of the farmer, for it is the --- farmer who is the greatest patron of the catalogue houses. The town or village one, two or three miles from his home is his market for the butter and eggs and other produce of his farm. The half dozen or more merchants of the town, each anxious to obtain his full share of the business of the community, maintain a competition that affords to the farmer at all times top prices for the products of his farm. It is these half dozen merchants that make farm profits possible; the profits are in no way due to the catalogue houses of the cities. But the farmer persists in sending his dollars to the city. He wants a buggy, or a set of harness, or a pair of stockings, or any of the necessities or luxuries of life, and to get them he takes out his mail order catalogue and looks at the finely printed cuts, reads the well written description, and, passing the local merchant by, the merchant who has purchased his produce at the best market prices, the merchant who has helped to build the community, he sends his dollars to the catalogue house in the city and takes what they choose to send him. What is the result? One after another the doors of the local stores are closed, and where at one time there were half a dozen mer- BARGAINS DISE BOOTS & SHOES CLOTHING DRUGS PRESCRIPTION GENERAL MATS CAPS FURS BOOTS & SHOES CLOSED CLOTHING ronizing your local merchants and you business and population and a raise iney to the catalogue houses and you may is the story of the possibilities. chants, each bidding for his share of patronage by offering fair prices for that which the farmer had to sell, there is now but one merchant who has a monopoly, not only of the selling, but of the buying as well, and he pays what he pleases for the farmer's produce. The farmer can continue to send his money to the catalogue house in the city for his supplies, but he cannot send his produce to the same place. In disposing of that he is absolutely dependent upon his local merchant, and by his patronage of the catalogue houses he has killed competition, and must now take whatever is offered for what he has to sell. Mr. Farmer, are you helping to kill the goose that is laying your golden egg? Are you sending your dollars to the catalogue houses and by so doing killing the local industries of your town? Are you putting your merchants out of business, and creating a monopoly that will pay you what it pleases for the products of your farm? If you are doing these things it is time for you to stop and consider the future. You will have to look but a --- little way ahead to see the result, and it will not be an attractive picture that greets you. The prosperous community of which you are now a part will fade like the summer flowers before the winter winds, and almost as quickly. It is the fact that there is a market within close proximity to your farm that makes your acres valuable. The men who maintain this local market for you are the men who cause the railroad trains to stop at your town. Take them away and soon the town will be wiped off the map. The churches will close for lack of support. The schools will cease to be a pride, and your sons and daughters will lack the opportunity that is theirs by right of birth, and your acres, that are now valuable because they lie in close proximity to a market, will show a depreciation that will astonish you. Your interests are identical with those of the merchants of your town. By sending your dollars to the city you may cause the merchants to close their establishments, but when they are forced to this they can pack their stock of goods and go elsewhere, but you cannot pack up your farm and move it; your acres must lie in the bed you have builded for them whether it be fair or foul, and it is "up to you," Mr. Farmer, to spend your money at home, and in this way you can solve the greatest problem that now confronts this country. Will you do it? DOWN A FLUME INTO THE SEA. Lumberman Was Carried 3,000 Feet and Shot Into the Ocean. With a dislocated leg, a twisted ankle, numerous cuts and abrasions and large patches of skin burned off, S. J. Demaresq, a lumberman, is in a Vancouver hospital thankful that he is alive, after one of the most exciting adventures that a man ever went through and came out alive, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Demaresq was at work at a lumber camp on Hotham sound when he slipped and fell into a dry shingle flume. Down this, for 3,000 feet, he shot at so great a rate that the skin was burned from his body by the friction. From the end of the flume he shot a distance of 25 feet into the sea. He managed to keep afloat until he reached some rocks, 150 feet away. He was too weak to clamber upon the rocks, but managed to cling to them until he was rescued by his wife. His wife was on the island, a quarter of a mile away, and was informed by her frightened children that a man had shot down the flume and was clinging to the rocks and shouting for help. Unaided the woman launched a heavy boat and put off to the rescue, little dreaming that the imperiled man was her husband. When she reached him her amazement and terror at discovering his identity made her so weak that it was with difficulty she was able to drag him into the boat. Nevertheless, she succeeded in doing so, and then managed to get him from the boat to the house. Then she set off to the lumber camp for assistance. Two campmates of the injured man rigged an improvised stretcher in the boat and rowed 25 miles through heavy seas until they reached the steamer Kootenay. The injured man was placed on board and brought to the hospital here for treatment. The physicians say that he will recover. In After Years. Father Time had been swinging his scythe for 20 years when they accidentally met again. He was a bachelor of 45, bald and slightly disfigured, but still in the ring. She a spinster, fat and 40, but not as fair as she used to be. 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This paper takes the place of the old Searchlight. Prof. Gordon is Editor. We wish for the new craft a pleas- ant and profitable voyage on the journalistic sea. There is a great doal of talk about certain Republicans hav- ing made a slate for the county officers. We can,t believe this has been done because the peo- ple will not stand for any star chamber business, And again we can’t put up any such deals. There must be a giving and taking {f any compromises are made and <all parties interested should be considered. If the Silk Stockings wish to win they) must at least take the fellows in who don’t wear any (silk) socks. It’s a bad idea to count the chicks before the eggs are hatched. Some of the blame things might turn out to he rotten. The very latest is that Judge Dickerson ,is in the lead for Judge of the Eastern district and that G. A. Porter has a cinch on the Marshallship of this district and John Aberna- thy U.S Marshall for. the Western District and John Embry“, 8, Attourney for the Western Diitriet. Both of the last named will have theit offices in Guthrie, O. 'T, Tt seems that the Democratic press especially, and all others opposed to the Negro are trying to make the public believe that the Negro soldiers at Fj Reno have planned the murder of their white officers. Of course there is not a word of truth in the charge- They hope to get the presidents notice and there- by be the next in line for a share of the crumbs from the political table, A few weeks ago the same cusses: claimed that a white woman had been As an addition to Renriesville, I. T. Lots rang- ing from $35. down to $10. Call onor write F. P. Brinson, Reatiesville, |. T. W. T. Escoe, Pres. W. H. Sims, Secretary. J.B. McCulloch, Vice Pres. J. E, Johnson, Treasurer-Cashier. 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Is it possible that the moral sense of the offiicers of the law is so blunted that they tacitly agree to the flagrant jand open violatious of law and order?’ Must our boys. be. left alone to fight the temptation offerrd by these gambling hells? It may be that the grand jury will not forget them and that in the very near future the pro- prietors of these dens and their hangers on will be brought to a ‘sudden stop. Let us hope so and let us hope that at least one minister will touch on this topic in his Sunday discourse. We believe it will be done un less the proprietors of these gambling hells have bulldozed, bluffed the menwho should stand like stone wall against the vice and crime that follow in the wake of these gambling dens. These dens must go and the thugs who make possible their existence must move on. Pioneer Abstraet Co. This Company makes absolutely correct 5 abstracts of title, Gothere for correct information, Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T'. ~. & A. Estes For your Drugs, Shool B0Oks and STATIONERY. 106 Main Street. The Demeratic aggregation at Guthrie are worried over the Negro question, They promis- ed [before the election to give the Negroes h—, and they have done their level best to keep the promise but they dare not put any Jim Crow jn the Con- stitation, The leaders at Washigton tell them “its load- ed’’, and we believe the county boundary line to be loaded also, Tv 4 THE GIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. , THE QUICN MAIL ORDER HOUSE ; ———— {We do business by fair competition 7 : and conservative methods :: :: :: GReasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: 3: :: :: ty us once and you will always eend us your work :: 3 st : 3 —————————_—_— Se 203 South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR boils dodp tortellini hahe tetety listen! DIED. On Thursday night the Moth- er of Mrs J, R. Green departed this life, the cause of death be- ing heart disease. The remains received interment Friday and the funearl services were con: ducted by Rev. Rose at the Central Baptist church. Many friends of the family were pres ent and followed ihe sad proces: sion to the cemetery. Mr, Green has the sympathy of the community in his loss. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS ef TITLE, INSURANGE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE neous sae jeanne ® pester aa AGENTS WANTED We want energetic bineting agents for this paper and wi pay liberly for os work. If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. WILL GET A DEED TO A LOT IN MUSKOGEE, I. T. MURRAY WAS APPROACHED UNKNOWN BOODLER HAD $5,000 TO SPEND ON "ALFALFA BILL' HE REPRESENTED DAVIS WANTED DAVIS TO BE NAMED AS A COUNTY SEAT Democratic Caucus of Delegates Divided on Course Touching Use of Money—Will Wait for Definite Charges to be Placed Before Convention GUTHRIE: The proposition of investigating charges made in the newspapers that boodle has been used in making the county map of the new state was discussed in a caucus of Democratic delegates here Thursday afternoon. Henry Johnston, who called the caucus to order, declared in favor of an investigation. The deliberations were held behind closed doors. During the caucus President Murray stated that a man who said he represented the town of Davis, in Murray county, offered a bribe to locate that town favorably for the county seat. Murray said the man called him up over the telephone, stating that he would like to have a talk with him on county boundary matters. Murray refused to grant an interview. Murray said the man called him up later, stating that he would be a candidate for sheriff and that he would like to talk over politics with him. Murray stated that he turned down this proposition and that this man went to a business man who was a friend of Murray's and stated that Davis had 85,000 which it would use to get several townships added to that county, and asked the business man if Murray would accept it. The business man expressed the opinion that he would not. The alleged Davis man then asked the business man to put out a feeler. Murray said that his business friend then told him all about it, and that he refused to consider the proposition. All who spoke in caucus expressed the belief that no delegate had accepted any money, and no delegate made any charge of graft against another member. Many expressed the opinion that there should be a public investigation. Delegate Pittman moved that a committee of three be appointed by president Murray to conduct the investigation. President Murray opposed this, saying that if he appointed the committee his opponents would charge that he named men who would white wash the investigation. Then Kornegay of Vinita offered a motion that an investigation committee of seven delegates, be selected by the convention, two of which should be republicans, and be elected by the republican minority. The general sentiment seemed to favor this motion, but action was deferred. Delegate Hayes of Chiekasha and county boundary committee expressed the belief that an investigation would be unwise until some definite charge was presented to the convention. By a resolution introduced Friday morning by Delegate Haskell of Muskogee, and adopted by the convention without opposition, the committee on rules has been constituted as a special tribunal to investigate the charges which have been made from various sources regarding bribery in connection with county boundaries and other matters. It is to summon before it all persons who are supposed to have any knowledge of these charges, and make a full report of its investigations to the convention. The fact that the committee will have no way to enforce the attendance of witnesses will, of course, not interfere with the performance of the duties intended for it by the convention. If the witnesses do not appear, the committee can report back to the convention that no testimony was given before it tending to substantiate the charges, and there was therefore no foundation for them. The town of McAlester adopted as its New Year resolution that it have the name of its postoffice changed. MANY SOURCES OF SALT. That from Natural Springs Is Generally Most Nearly Pure. The purity of salt depends upon the source from which it is obtained and the sanitary conditions under which it is prepared for the market. The supply of common salt, the most indispensable of all the seasoning substances both as a relishing condiment and a well-nigh universal food preservative, is exhaustless, yet even so there is salt and salt, says the Pictorial Review. Formerly salt was obtained by evaporating ocean water, a process that left many impurities in the residuum, to say nothing of its exposure to all kinds of dirt in its shipment from seaports. The Turk's island or rock salt, which is still largely used in pork packing and in the manufacture of ice creams, comes to the United States in holds of vessels continually subjected to dirt and foul odors. Upon its arrival it is again handled, then packed in coarse burlap bags, permitting dust to sift into the salt. In this condition it reaches the consumer. Latterly, however, the product of salt springs has largely taken the lead in this country not only for table salt but for meat packing. The annual production from this source in the United States reaches more than 40.000,000 bushels, the state of New York in the vicinity of Syracuse furnishing a large proportion of this important supply. Most Youthful Professor. The youngest professor in the eastern states is William T. Foster, professor of English at Bowdoin college. He supported himself from a very small child, educated himself and at the age of 17 had saved enough money to start to college, when he found that he could not enter because he had never studied Latin. He was told he must have two months of Latin and it was just two months till the time he had planned to enter Harvard. He was not dismayed. He sought assistance, devoted the two months to overcoming the obstacle—and in September successfully passed his examination and entered college. NEVER TIRES Of the Food That Restored Her to Health. "My food was killing me and I didn't know the cause," writes a Colo. young lady. "For two years I was thin and sickly, suffering from indigestion and inflammatory rheumatism. "I had tried different kinds of diet, plain living, and many of the remedies recommended, but got no better. "Finally, about five weeks ago, mother suggested that I try Grape-Nuts, and I began at once, eating it with a little cream or milk. A change for the better began at once. "To-day I am well and am gaining weight and strength all the time. I've gained 10 lbs. in the last five weeks and do not suffer any more from indigestion and the rheumatism is all gone. "I know it is to Grape-Nuts alone that I owe my restored health. I still eat the food twice a day and never tire of it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. The flavor of Grape-Nuts is peculiar to itself. It is neutral, not too sweet and has an agreeable, healthful quality that never grows tiresome. One of the sources of rheumatism is from overloading the system with acid material, the result of imperfect digestion and assimilation. As soon as improper food is abandoned and Grape-Nuts is taken regularly, digestion is made strong, the organs do their work of building up good red blood cells and of carrying away the excess of disease-making material from the system. The result is a certain and steady return to normal health and mental activity. "There's a reason." Read the little book "The Road to Wellville" in pkgs. What is Pe-ru-na? Is it a Catarrh Remedy, or a Tonic, or is it Both? Some people call Peruna a great tonic. Others refer to Peruna as a great catarrh remedy. Which of these people are right? Is it more proper to call Peruna a catarrh remedy than to call it a tonic? Our reply is, that Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. Indeed, there can be no effectual catarrh remedy that is not also a tonic. In order to thoroughly relieve any case of catarrh, a remedy must not only have a specific action on the mucous membranes affected by the catarrh, but it must have a general tonic action on the nervous system. Catarrh, even in persons who are otherwise strong, is a weakened condition of some mucous membrane. There must be something to strengthen the circulation, to give tone to the arteries, and to raise the vital forces. Perhaps no vegetable remedy in the world has attracted so much attention from medical writers as HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. The wonderful efficacy of this herb has been recognized many years, and is growing in its hold upon the medical profession. When joined with CUBEBS and COPAIBA a trio of medical agents is formed in Peruna which constitutes a specific remedy for catarrh that in the present state of medical progress cannot be improved upon. This action, reinforced by such renowned tonics as COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS, CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED, ought to make this compound an ideal remedy for catarrh in all its stages and locations in the body. From a theoretical standpoint, therefore, Peruna is beyond criticism. The use of Peruna, confirms this opinion. Numberless testimonials from every quarter of the earth furnish ample evidence that this judgment is not over enthusiastic. When practical experience confirms a well-grounded theory the result is a truth that cannot be shaken. RHEUMATISM CURED The Circulation Stimulated and the Muscles and Joints lubricated by using Sloan's Liniment Price 25c. 50c & $1.00 Sold by all Dealers "Sloan's Treatise On The Horse" Sent Free Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Grett Good REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. DEFIANCE Cold Water Starch makes laundry work a pleasure. 15 oz. pkg. 10c. RHEUMA CUP The Circu and the lubrica Sl Lin Pric Se "Sloan's Address Acquiesce in the present without repining, remember the past with thankfulness, and meet the future hopefully and cheerfully, without fear or suspicion.—Diogenes. One box of Hunt's Cure is unfailingly, unqualifiedly and absolutely guaranteed to cure any form of skin disease. It is particularly active in promptly relieving and permanently curing all forms of itching known. Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm and all similar troubles are relieved by one application; cured by one box. When members of a family quarrel a lot of truth leaks out. --- THE CANADIAN WEST IS THE BEST WEST The testimony of thousands during the past year is that the Canadian West is the best West. Year by year the agricultural returns have increased in home and Canadian Government offers 160 acres FREE to every bona fide settler. FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Some of the Advantages The phenomenal increase in railway mileage—main lines and branches—has put almost every portion of the country within easy reach of churches, schools, markets, cheap fuel and every modern convenience. IN THE EVERY MILLION BUSHEL WHEAT CROP of this year means $40,000,000 to the farmers of Western Canada, apart from the results of other grains and cattle. For advice and information address the SUPER- MANSION at 100 W. 10th St. Iowa, Canada, or any authorized Government Agent t J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. TISM RED Aviation Stimulated Muscles and Joints ted by using Loan's iment e. 25c 50c & $1.00 Sold by all Dealers Greatise On The Horse" Sent Free Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because for the time they are not remembered. Take Garfield Tea, the Natural Laxative, for constipation, indigestion, liver and kidney derangements, and colds. It is made of Herbs. Guaranteed under the Pure Food Law. Nothing pleases a homely woman so much as to have a man compliment her figure. Smokers have to call for Lewis' Single Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Some men can't even do their duty without making a fuss about it. AN IMPORTANT CASE Patient Cured of Ataxia Gives the Entire Credit to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. S. C. Wellock, of 114 Cleveland Avenue, Everett, Mass., the wife of an employe in the government works at Chelsea, says: "I had been troubled with nervousness for ten years and the disease kept growing on me. Then I learned that I was suffering from locomotor ataxia. I had terrible tremblings in my right leg which would get rigid and when this happened in the street I had to stand still until it passed away to keep from falling. My right arm felt as if a thousand needles were pricking it. The sheet touching my knee in bed would nearly cause me to scream out with pain and both knees were so weak I could hardly stand. "I had to use a cane and be helped about by my son. Then the pain began to settle in the calves of my legs and the muscles became numb and quivered constantly. The cords under my knees seemed to be drawn up tight and the terrible shooting pains in my legs would nearly drive me insane. My toes became numb and at times would prickle as if needles were being thrust into them. My eyes became dull and black spots floated before them. My heart was very weak. "My attention was called to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I bought several boxes right away and soon felt relief. I was so pleased that I kept on taking them until they cured me entirely, and I have had no symptoms of the trouble for over a year." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists or sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. A booklet, entitled "Nervous Disorders," sent free on request. Woman's Important Position. An American woman, Mrs. John Leslie—familiarly known as Mrs. Jack Leslie—who was Leonie Blanche Jerome of New York, is inofficial adviser in fashion and dress of the duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia, to the former of whom she is lady in waiting. Never Fails. There is one remedy, and only one I have ever found, to cure without fail such troubles in my family as Eczema, Ringworm and all others of an itching character. That remedy is Hunt's Cure. We always use it and it never fails. W. M. Christian, Rutherford, Tenn. Had One Night of Liberty. Edward Trickett, fire warden and formerly chief of the fire department in Kansas City, retired a few days ago and for the first time in 31 years passed an entire night at his home. ALMOST A SOLID SORE. Skin Disease from Birth—Fortune Spent on Her Without Benefit— Cured Her with Cuticura. "I have a cousin in Rockingham Co. who once had a skin disease from her birth until she was six years of age. Her father had spent a fortune on her to get her cured and none of the treatments did her any good. Old Dr. G—— suggested that he try the Cuticura Remedies which he did. When he commenced to use it the child was almost a solid scab. He had used it about two months and the child was well. I was there when they commenced to use your Cuticura Remedies. I stayed that week and then returned home and stayed two weeks and then went back and stayed with them two weeks longer, and when I went home I could hardly believe she was the same child. Her skin was as soft as a baby's without a scar on it. I have not seen her in seventeen years, but I have heard from her and the last time I heard from her she was well. Mrs. W. P. Ingle, Burlington, N. C., June 16, 1905." With too many people charity is more of a fad than a virtue. THE PURE FOOD LAW WILL Guthrie, O. T.—A considerable hardship has been worked on the druggists and grocers in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory by reason of the fact that the new federal pure food law went into full effect in the territories on January 1, absolutely prohibiting the sale of any goods which have not been relabled under the new law, while merchants in the states have the privilege of selling the stock on hand without new labels. In the territories, however, all labeled goods now on hand become dead stock and can not be disposed of until new labels are received from the manufacturers. These labels must in the case of proprietary medicines give the precentage of alcohol and narcotics and the character of the preservatives used in canned goods of all kinds. In this respect Oklahoma merchants are placed in the same position as manufacturers, and as merchants in the District of Columbia and the insular possessions. A number of Oklahoma dealers, headed by F. B. Lillie of Guthrie, secretary of the Oklahoma board of pharmacy, took the mater up with Dr. Harvey Wiley, chief chemist of the department of agriculture, who is in charge of the enforcement of the pure food law, to see if some relief could not be obtained and the merchants in the territories placed on the same footing with those in the states in regard to disposing of stocks already on hand. A memorial was sent to Dr. Wiley and another to Delegate E. S. McGuire, who appeared before the pure food commission in behalf of the Oklahomaans. Mr. Lillie has, however, received a letter from Dr. Wiley stating that he and the commission fully appreciated the position of the territories, but that the wording of the law was such that they were unable to make any change for the benefit of the territories. Every druggist in the two territories must, therefore, write to the manufacturer of every proprietary preparation which he carries in stock and secured new labels which conform to the provisions of the new law before any of these preparations can be sold. Secretary Lillie, who owns two drug stores in Guthrie, says that in his stock are articles manufactured by 1,000 firms and persons, and letters must therefore be sent to all of these 1,000 people in order to secure the protection for the druggist before he can dare to put any of these medicines on the market. It is understood that some of the drugggists here are taking the chances and selling without the new labels, although they are taking big chances, as any stranger might prove to be a pure food inspector. Mr. Lillie has sent out 500 letters so far, and will write to the other firms as fast as possible, requesting the labels required for their goods under the provision of the new law. All of the firms addressed have with a very few exceptions made a prompt response to the request. The labels which they furnish inform the public of the contents of the bottle of package and the amount of alcohol or narcotic used in the preparation. All labels must contain these words: "Guaranteed under the food and drug act, June 30, 1906." That is a necessary part of the label, and nothing can be sold without it. One of the new labels, for a catarrh cure, in addition to the guarantee, states that the cure "contains 14 per cent alcohol used as a solvent and to prevent freezing." All preparations containing alcohol must set forth the fact in some such words One very prominent manufacturing firm has refused to place the required guarantee on its hair tonic and linement, because they contain refined wood alcohol, although complying with the law in regard to its other preparations. Its action in regard to the articles named puts the druggists of the territories, who are generally quite well stocked on the preparations, rather in a holo, as they can not sell them at all. Mr. Lillie, on behalf of the druggists of the territories, has demanded of the EFFECT THE NEW STATE firm that it shall reimburse them for the stock on hand, which is thus rendered unsaleable, and if they do not accede to the demand legal steps will probably be taken to force them to do so. The druggists are, of course, more heavily hit than other classes of merchants, as the new law affects a very large part of their stock, while the grocers are caught only on canned goods and things of that kind, in regard to which the law is, however, as strict as in regard to the medicines and nothing is allowed to be sold without the new labels. Removal of Restrictions. The secretary of the interior has approved the application for the removal of restrictions from the land of the following named: Nancy Harmon, Brant. John H. Wilson, Muldrow. Letha Tabler, Grove. Leo R. Foreman, Campbell. Riley Ragsdale, BBarren. Wm. Brackett, Sallisaw. Louise Wilkerson, Claremore. John A. Keys, Wahilla. Joseph Cordray, Braggs. Georgia Angella, Filint. Luna M. McDaniel, Tahlequah. Jeffrey Collins, Ketchum. Narcissa Bigoy, Stilwell. Mary M. Foster, Tahlequah. D. A. Thompson, Siloam Springs. John Lovett, Gans. Cnaries McMaMkin, Muskogee. Susie Potter, nee Silcox, Row. Mary C. Banks, nee Spencer, Tahlequah. George W. Bell, Leach. James Rattlingourd, Tahlequah. Tom I. Phillips, Tahlequah. Charles M. Cloud, Lenepah. Martha H. McDaniel, Tahlequah. Eliza A. Potter, Row. Richard A. Collier, Bunch. Lucy Condon, Tishomingo. Albert H. Hamblin, Yubo. Lila Harris, Kinta. C. W. Grayson, Eufala. Larkin Brown, Welch. Albert P. Stewart, Wetumpka. Moses Hilderbrand, Webbers Falls James Roper, Wagoner. Choctaws. Sam Riddle, Quinton. Coleman Riddle, Quinton. H. H. Nichols, Reach. Charley Hill, Weleetka. ACCUSED OF THEFT OF HOUSE. Peculiar Case in Which no Statute Applied. Tulsa, I. T.—Accused of stealing one dwelling house, the floor from another and hen and spring houses, Charles Shepherd, an old farmer residing near Olivet, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hyams on a charge of grand larceny. The complainant is J. C. Davis, a farmer living in the same neighborhood, which is sparsely settled. Shepherd was discharged. Judge Hyams said afterwards that the man could not have been held for grand larceny had he taken the property, there being no provision in the Arkansas statutes for a case of that Lind. Big Oil Strike. Sapulpa, I. T.—A gusher, estimated as having a capacity of 2,000 barrels, discovered today two miles east of this city, has created great excitement in the oil region. The well is located in a hitherto undeveloped section west of the famous Glen Pool region. Oil was struck by the Crow Oil company. The gusher is located one-half mile south and two miles east of this city, and is three miles west and a mile north of the Glen Pool oil region, in Sec. 5, 18, 11. It is owned by B. B. Barnells, R. BB. Thompson, H. C. Miller and John Smith, who have incorporated as the Crow Oil Company. The Heart Was Badly Affected When the Patient Began Using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell, of 415 West Fourth street, Olympia, Wash., says: "For over three years I suffered with a dropsical condition without being aware that it was due to kidney trouble. The early stages were principally backache and bearing down pain, but I went along MARY BURTON without worrying much until dropsy set in. My feet and ankles swelled up, my hands puffed and became so tense I could hardly close them. I had great difficulty in breathing, and my heart would flutter with the least exertion. I could not walk far without stopping again and again to rest. Since using four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills the bloating has gone down and the feelings of distress have disappeared." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Tallest American Soldier. The distinction of being the tallest man in the United States army belongs to Ernest D. Peck, a first lieutenant in the engineer corps. He is six feet four and a half inches in height. Lieutenant Peck is a native of Wisconsin and was graduated from the Oshkosh high school. Lieutenant Peck is now on duty at Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, and has supervised the building of a military road known as Peek's Pike. He is called Pike's Peak by his comrades in the service. It's a Jarer. If you smash or bruise your finger, do not cry. If you sprain a joint or muscle, just try Rubbing a little of it on, and the pain will soon be gone. It performs while others promise, "they will cure you bye and bye." Hunt's Lightning Oil is the greatest instantaneous performer in the circus of life. Any ache or pain it will not jar loose is a fixture. Still Working for Humanity. Tennie Claflin, as she was called before she married an English lord and went to England to live in the '70s, is back again in New York. Her agitation now is to promote happier marriages by lectures and informal entertainments in churches. FRAME J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURSE. Kinsmen of Immortal George. Many kindred of George Washington dwell on and about the original Washington plantation in Westmoreland county, Virginia. The present occupant of the plantation is named George Washington. That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package containing one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. If you will be true to the best of yourself, living up to your nature, standing boldly by the truth of your word and satisfied therewith, then you will be a happy man.—Marcus Aurelius. It was mistake” to appoint James Hockiemee the or- ganization comntittee as the majority of the Negroes will not be organized by him. Thay think, judging from his antics of last year, that he is a disor- ganizer of the worst kind, A. O. Archer is another fowl of the same breed. It seems that fate is playing a strange game with the Republican party. The boys in the trenches have no great love for these two fellows. 5,000 Negro voters in the New state and not a single one of them on either of the commit- tees recently appointed by Mr. Harmon, 1s this the way have harmouy and win victories! We think not, and we serve notice on the party leaders that the Negro press of the New State is not satistied with the conditions, You must change | tactics gentlinen or ‘there will be no thing doing.”? We must have representation in party councils if we are expected to furnish votes, The idea seems to be growing that. in some way. the law abid- ing, peacable Negro is responsi- Dle and should be held account- able for the misdeeds of the bad Negro, From many sources comes the demand to the lead- ing Negroes to restrain the criminal element among us. Our own gatherings not only condemn crime, which is the proper thing to do, but they go further and urge all to do every- thing in their power to lessen and restrain the criminally dis posed, So insintant has be, come this sort of demand that seems nothing else to be done than to discover the means in our power and then apply the means to the case in hand, But what are the means’ Which way! If we had an example, an il- lustration of the thing required of us. our power of imitation would) make success certain, Bur turn where we may. we find nothing to parallet the feat which the good element among us is experted to perform, The criminals in all other races rae looked after by the sworn officers of the law and the good people are held to have done theirduty when they themsel- ves have remained law abiding, Nowhere do we find the law abiding element among white men, Chinamen, Mexicans, or Italians saddled with the re sponsibility of keeping — the criminal element among them from the commission of crime, But take it for granted that it is correct aud just to hold the good responsible for the crimes of the bad, and that they should sestrain or prevent the evilly inclined, the paramount qaestion arises, how are you going todo it? Some weeks ago ahalf dozen Negroes were cut and shot by other Negroes, all within twenty-four hours. Straightway the papers urged upon the leaders to do some- thing to put a stop to so much crime, But what is that some- thing! This was not mention. ed, The Negro is putting forth every effort permitted to restain criminals, ‘The most» powerful deterrent is not allowed him— the machinery of the law, He is not allowed an officer of his owo race, who knowing all the secrets of the dives haunted by Negroes, could do more towards breaking up such places and in running Negro criminals and “vas” to earth than anyone else, Why doesn’t the good Negvo do thist Simply because it is not his business. He has somthing else to do. Such in- fluences as education, the yos- pel, newspapers, ete.. do not reach the criminal Negro, and there is no law to make them frequent churches, go to school, or read news),pers. Of course there.is a popular fictian, sedulously held by the public that Negroes harbor Ne- gro criminals, but no _ facts have ever been presented justi- fying this suspicion, and the facts demonstrating the con- trary are passed over in silence or ignored entirely.—Express, (Dallas. Tex,) DOMLNOES -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. FOR SALE, Lot three (3)in block Ninety three, to the city of Muskogee, Indian Territory, size 100x145, Also one of the finest business lots in the town of Panama, « In- dian Territory, one block from depot, size 25x140, — Abstract shows these two pieces of prop- erty tobe all O. K, and a perfect chain of title, Address S. M. Twine, 218 1-2 State St. Pine Bluff, Ark. AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustlin agents for this paper and will pay liberly for good work, If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. Official Statement of the Condition af the @Qommereial ation’l B22" t Muskogee. Indian Ferritory, RESOURCES | LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 | Capital 200,000 00 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61 | Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 Bonds and Prewiums, 206'080 49 | Circulation 150,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 7.985 11| Deposits TAMIR 25, Cash and Exchange 189,093 48 | i $1,141,159 al $1,141,152 64 The above statemer — correct DN FINK Cashier, Creek Groeery eo. Is the to get anything in the Groceries line. Number 304 South 2nd St. Phone 912. 7 tHE GIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE ——— {We do businese by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: Reasonable rates made consistent with first-claes printing :: :: :: :: ny us once and you will always eend us your work :: 3: :: 3: 3: oo 203 South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. JONES BUILDING (IN THE REAR) ON FIRST FLOOR CO ee Oe ee a ae ee ee Let us see, says Thomas Dix- on, what the Negroes have accomplished? Absolutely noth- ing. The Negroes of the Indian Territory are going to prove his assertion utterly false. By making a great city out of Taft, I.T. Weare going to make it a grand Afro America busi hess center and also the seat of a great Industrial institution for the training of the young. Considering these develop: ments,now is the time for every good colored citizen to buy a home in Taft while they are within reach of everyonéy Think of it! For cash or on time you can get one of these beautiful lots. ¢5,00 down and from g2.50 to $5.00 per month until payment is complete, Taft is booming! Lots are going fast. See A.C. Spahn, Agent. Add, 518 South gnd, St. Phone 186 P. O. Box 274, Muskogee, I. T. ¥ 7 Xv AS “. @ e Pete Hl R Ratt, Soares nes Ie Setnen ees 60 YEARS’ i EXPERIENCE Trace Manns Ocsicns Copvanicnts &c. Anyone sending a eketch and paseription may quieeiy, ascertain our opinion free whether ap invention is ea ee AABN ‘Communica- tions st riety ‘confidential. Hi on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patente, Patents taken t! oe Munn & Co. receive "Scientific arge, in ri A handsomely {llustrated weekly. largest cir- enlation of any ecientifie fonrnal Terms, Ba MUNN £00: $i. Bold by: New York 9,361 Broadway, ew Yi UN & Cr ub ¥ 8t., Washington, ol