Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 8 THE DUTY OF SELF= Respecting Colored Men. The late Constitutional Convention, elected delegates direct from the people and, which is suggestive of the sentiment of the people of Oklahoma as it now exists, and since that body of men representing no doubt, the wishes of their constituents, took especial pains to hold our race up to public ridicule and scorn, and since the political party to whom we have for years given allegiance utterly eschewed taking up our fight, but remained silent, and in many cases laughed in their sleeves, thereby and have given to our enemy, the Democratic party encouragement along these lines, and since every act, every word or expression made by that Convention was, is, and has been inimical to our well being in the new state, and as stronger proofs that we are being ignored, it might be well for colored men to fully understand that the Republican managers have latterly forwarded written invitations to all men who are in the least pronounced in party matters to meet at Oklahoma City, for the purpose of outlining a the course which the party should take, and never has, it appears, that out of our large colored population, been one, a single one of sufficient importance to the party to have met with them so that we to might be apprised of the workings of the party to which we contribute so much. Now, be it resolved, that we ask every SELF RESPECTING colored man to affix his name to this document, that we make it an open public document, so that "he who runs may read" our position in the coming contest. First. That we do not believe it prudent that we vote for the adoption of the Constitution as presented That we do not believe that we should vote for a single officer who may ask for the popular suffrage, in that to vote against the Constitution, and to vote for an officer, would be a contradictory proceeding, and that we hereby sign this as our pledge to vote for no officer, while we are voting the yoke off our own shoulders, by casting this vote against the Constitution. That we respectfully request the Republicans who may aspire for place to excuse those who have signed this and similar documents in self protection, from voting, as ordinarily they would vote were it not voting personal harm to each and every one of us. Respectfully submitted. The above was sent us by a prominent politician of Okla. —Editor. The Negroes have good memories and they can't forget what O'Hara said last year that down in the heart of every white man (he meant Democrat) there was a lynching bee. Pat Levi says he is home for keeps and that all of his efforts will be against the hide-bound bourbon Democracy that is striving to control the new state and disfranchise a large per cent of the Republican party. All the boys are getting in harness for their rights. The report sent to the Cincinnati paper by some correspondent from this town was one of the most damnable lies ever published. Of course the fellow who sent it was a Democrat. We have received letters from all over the country asking for information about the race war in Muskogee and every time we have tried to give the quotation from Shakespeare "that it is an odious lie," and we know that at the least, all decent people agree with us. NOTICE. To the Negroes of Oklahoma and Indian Territories: The constitutional convention authorized by act of congress, entitled "An Act to enable the people of the territories to form a constitution for the state of Oklahoma," has about completed a constitution which will be submitted to the people of the two territories for ratification in the near future. And realizing the importance of having our people fully advised as to the consequences that will result fro mthe ratification or rejection of the said constitution, I have deemed it expedient to call you together in convention to take such steps as will insure to the Negro voters of the two territories a fair and full explanation of this constitution. Now, therefore, know ye that I, J. Coody Johnson, president of the Negro Protective League of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, do, by virtue of authority in me vested by said Protective league, call a convention to convene in extraordinary session in Oklahoma City, on Monday, April 22, 1907, at 2 o'clock p. m. of said day. There has probably been no event in the history of the negroes of said territories when more conservative action and sober thought is demanded than now, and you are therefore urgently and earnestly requested in the selection of delegates to this convention to choose those representatives who have or whom you believe to have the best interest of the race at heart. The apportionment of delegates shall be 150 from the Indian Territory and 150 from Oklahoma Territory, to-wit: 50 delegates from Creek nation, 30 delegates from Cherokee nation, 25 delegates from Choctaw nation, 25 delegates from Chickasaw nation, and 20 delegates from the Seminole nation. The apportionment for Oklahoma shall be the same as heretofore, to be selected according to the Negro population of the respective counties. The delegates and their alternates shall be selected on or before the 20th day of April, 1907. Given under my hand at Wewoka, I T., this, the 25th day of March, 1907. J. COODY JOHNSON. President Negro Protective League of Oklahoma and Indian Territories. WWM. HARRISON, Secretary. ALABAMA Clairvoyant & Palmist I hereby solemnly agree and guaranree to make no charge if I fail to call you by name in full names of your friends, enemies or rivals. I promise to tell you whether your husband, wife or sweetheart is true or false, tell you how to gain the love of the one you most desire, even though miles away. How to succeed in business, speculation lawsuits: how to marry the one of your choice: how to regain youth, health and vitality. Removes all evil influences, cures drink habit, locates treasures, No 26 cures all nervous diseases. How can I have good luck? How can I succeed in business? How can I make my home happy? How can I conquer my enemies? How can I marry the one I choose? How can I marry well? How soon can I marry? How can I conquer my rival? How can I make any one love me? How soon will my love propose? How can I get a letter? How can I get a good position? How can I remove bad influences? of me? How can I settle my quarrei? How can I hold my husband's love? How can I keep my wife's love? Sheldon never asks questions. It will take the united efforts of the Democratic party to cross the track with the majority that it had last year and when they do cross they will meet "the boys in the trenches" with a majority from the West side never known it the politics of the town. Watch it. All loyal citizens of great Muskogee condemn the report of race war in this city and deplore the fact that the falsehood has been sent out in the world. We are a peaceable people and all races get along amicably here. Every Democrat who favors Haskell favors jim crowism. Can any self respecting Negro vote for the outfit in Muskogeo who are the pliant tools and supporters of the Haskell constitution. The fellows who were fooled by Haskell last year are repentant. You can't fool them again. Ask Pat Levi. AGENTS WANTED We want energetic hustling agents for this paper and will pay iberly for good work. If you want to make money, write at once to—W. H. Twine. Women's troubles very often occur regularly at a certain time every month. Because this may have been so all your life, is no reason why it should continue. Many thousands of women, who had previously suffered from troubles similar to yours, due to disorder of the womanly organs, have found welcome relief or cure in that wonderfully successful medicine for women. Wine of Cardui Mrs. Leota Forte, of Toledo, Ill., writes: "I am well pleased with the results of using Cardul. I have taken three bottles and am now perfectly well, free from pain and have gained 25 pounds in weight." WRITE US A LETTER Write today for a free copy of valuable 64-page illustrated Book for Women. If you need Medical Advice, describe your symptoms, stating age, and reply will be sent in plain sealed envelope. Address: Ladies Advisory Dent., The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. Price, $1.00, retail. MAN OF DELICATE NERVES. Resenthal, the Pianist, Made Much Trouble in Hotel. Rosenthal, the pianist, is one of those entitled to have his crankiness termed "the eccentricities of genius," says the San Francisco Chronicle. When he inspected his rooms at the Majestic upon his arrival very late the other night, he went softly to the adjoining doors, and placing his ears close to the cracks, exclaimed in broken English, "Zgodd, no sounds pass thees." After nodding his approval of the grand piano and the furniture he frowned at the tan-colored window shades. "Must be green." He was assured that a change would be made especially for him the next day. At five o'clock in the morning Rosenthal, clad only in his pajamas, came scurrying excitedly down stairs and into the office, where the drowsy night clerk was nodding at the desk. "Ze street cars! Noise! Must stopped! Nervous me! I cannot sleep." The clerk hurriedly sent for Manager Gustav Mann, and Mann spent two hours telling Rosenthal funny stories in German trying to divert his mind while the clerk was upstairs squaring the mangement for waking a guest on the Gough street side and ordering him to move at once to the Sutter street side as a gas pipe had burst under the floor and had to be repaired! Gives Mark Twain Laurels. Prof. Lyon William Phelps, of Yale, in a recent lecture in Connecticut, declared that "Mark Twain is easily the greatest American novelist in the history of the country's literature." For Woman's Eye B2 British Foreign Shipping. At the close of the year ended June 30, according to Lloyds' Register of British Foreign Shipping, 10,065 merchant vessels registering over 19,000,000 tons gross held classes assigned by the committee of Lloyds' Register. Its Here. The Springtime, but you still have that old cough and cold. Had it three months, perhaps—also, perhaps, you would like to let it go. If so, Simmons Cough Syrup will most effectually aid you. It's the best remedy for lung troubles put up. Found Out for Himself. Doubts being entertained as to the stability of the steeple of St. Michael's church, Bath, England, the rector climbed it and investigated. He is an enthusiastic mountaineer. A Natural Remedy—Garfield Tea! It is made of simple Herbs. Take it for constipation, indigestion, sick-headache; it regulates the liver, purifies the blood, brings Good Health. The average woman seems to think she is responsible for all her husband's joys, but that all his sorrows are due to his own foolish actions. PE-RU-NA A MEDICAL COMPOUND In any medical compound as much depends upon the manner in which it is compounded as upon the ingredients used. First, there must be a due proportion of the ingredients. Each drug in the pharmacopeia has its special action. To combine any drug with other drugs that have slightly different action, the combination must be made with strict reference to the use for which the compound is intended. The drugs may be well selected as to their efficacy, but the compound ENTIRELY SPOILED BY THE PROPORTION in which they are combined. It takes years and years of experience to discover this proportion. There is no law of chemistry, of pharmacy, by which the exact balance of proportion can be determined. EXPERIENCE IS THE ONLY GUIDE. In compounding a catarrh remedy Dr. Hartman has had many years' experience. In the use of the various ingredients which compose the catarrh remedy, Peruna, he has learned, little by little, how to harmonize the action of each ingredient, how to combine them into a stable compound, how to arrange them into such nice proportions as to blend the taste, the operation and the chemical peculiarities of each several ingredient in order to produce a pharmaceutical product beyond the criticism of doctors, pharmacists or chemists. WE REPEAT, THAT AS MUCH DEPENDS ON THE WAY IN WHICH THE DRUGS ARE COMBINED AS DEPENDS UPON THE DRUGS THEMSELVES. The compound must present a stability which is not affected by changes of temperature, not affected by exposure to the air, not affected by age. It must be so combined that it will remain just the same whether used in the logging or mining camps of the northwest or the coffee plantations of the tropics. A complete list of the ingredients of Peruna would not enable any druggist or physician to reproduce Peruna. It is the skill and sagacity by which these ingredients are brought together that give Peruna much of its peculiar claims as an efficacious catarrh remedy. However much virtue each ingredient of Peruna may possess, the value of the compound depends largely upon the manner and proportion in which they are combined. The right ingredients, put together rightly, is the only way a medical compound can be made of real value. LIVE STOCK AND ELECTROTYPES MISCELLANEOUS In'great variety for sale at the lowest prices by A.M. KELLOGG NEWBAPER CO., 13W. Adams St., Chicago Women's troubles ver cause this may have been Many thousands of women due to disorder of the wor wonderfully successful me Win Mrs. Leota Forte, of Toledo taken three bottles and am now WRITE US A LETTER Information. "Josiah," said Mrs. Chugwater, "this paper speaks of Mr. Ustler as a 'promoter.' What's a promoter?" 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U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 13, 1907. see AE SNe ne Cl Cee er CAR sis Ong (7 A <0 Ag Zo AY Teg ge “a~ Dh Rae G@ NVQ Be Godt ae% (Fh Oe oe SA Oe pT healt Sd rere nt Se ORE) A song of sunshine through the rain, ‘With shudder of despair and loss Of spring across the snow; ‘The world's deep heart was wrung, A balm to heal the hurts‘of pain, As, lifted high upon His cross, The ord of Glory hung— ‘th mace ght -sooms gg Na When rocks were rent, and ghostly Lift up your heads, ye sorrowing ones, forms And be ye glad of heart, Stole forth in street and mart; s But Calvary and Easter Day, peur iate Lownie GRA 2 6) 4 Earth's blackest day and whitest day, arth’s saddest day and gladdest day, Ware just one day apatt Were just one day apart! Susan Coolidge. tannin wna aniagihnnt DAA ibn nbnoneOnboORAROLONPINODPERDODDORDEEOOOLPDODODDIOOOCOION Symbol of Glad Easter All Nations and All Peoples Have Connected the Egg with the Creation or Renewal of Life. game time as the Jewish Passover, ‘the 14th day of the Jewish lunar month of Nisan, which most often corresponds to our month of April, though sometimes synchronous with March. The Western churches thought that it should be identified with Sun- day, and observed it on the Sunday following the 14th day of Nisan. At the beginning of the fourth century, the Emperor Constantine succeeded in having a canon passed by the ecumen- ical council of Nice, fixing and mak- | ing uniform the date of its observance, though as the rules laid down by this council for the date of its observance made it necessary to reconcile three periods, with no common measure, namely, the week, the lunar month and the solar year, the determination of Easter was for a long time a mat- ter requiring great nicety of calcula- tion, and so, as the Egyptians were skilled in astronomical matters, this was left for a long time to the Alex- andrian see to decide. The rules decreed that et of March should be regarded as the ver- nal equinox. The full moon happening upon or next after the 21st of March should be regarded as the full moon of the month of Nisan. The first Lord’s day after that full moon should be observed as Easter day. If the full moon chanced to fall on Sunday, the next Sunday should be Easter day. As all the movable feasts and fasts depend on Easter, uniformity of time in its observance was an important matter. The rules adopted by the Nicene council makes it possible for it to fall upon any Sunday of five weeks, commencing with March 22 and ending with April 25, The name Easter is derived from the name of the Saxon goddess of spring, Eostre, Eastre, or Ostera, and may be traced back to the Phoenician moon goddess, Astarte, so often asso- ciated with the hare in-Eastern myths, Hence, perhaps, the use of the hare in connection with the Easter eggs, which it is said to lay. Some think the name comes from the word oster, which means rising, and to Christians it, of course, is commemorative of the rising of Christ from the dead, The month dedicated to the spring goddess of the Saxons was the fourth month, which answers to our April, and her festival was held in honor of the opening of the natural year, to commemorate the setting free of the natural forces of germination and growth which the winter had chilled and crucified, And the solemn observance of the chureh, made beautiful by an impres- sive ritual invested with all that light and color and sound can add to a cere- mony, inspire the faithful with the thought that once again light and life have triumphed over death and dark. MM ..i se ee A song of sunshine through the rain, Of spring across the snow; A balm to heal the hurts of pain, A peace surpassing woe. Lift up your heads, ye sorrowing ones, And be ye glad of heart, For Calvary and Easter Day, Earth's saddest day and gladdest day, Were just one day apart! OR days the shop windows have spoken eloquently though mutely of the advent of the great spring fes- tival which in some form or other the classes and masses of the people are observ- ing. Easter lilies and tulips, violets and hyacinths all have spoken of the birth of a new year, of the springing forth of buds and _ blos- soms, of the thrill- VI : , a ass ‘ng of bird songs, of the breaking of ice-bound waters, of the passing of winter, and of the return of the sun, bringing with it seedtime, and the birth of new hopes and desires, sym- bolized in the celebration of Easter. And everywhere the egg, symbolic of the universe and of life, of the epringing forth from the germ of new forces and powers, has been in evi- dence. The Egyptians, the Jews, the Per- sians and Hindus, the Syrians, the Burmese, the Chinese, the Australians, the Hawalians—all have connected the egg with the creation or renewal of life. Hawaii, the islanders declare, was a great egg which some mammoth bird dropped as it passed over the seas. The Egyptians regarded the egg as @ sacred emblem of the renovation of mankind after the flood, and the Jews used it as a type of their departure from the land of the Egyptians, and with the Paschal lamb it was a part of the Passover feast. The early Christians were, of course, Jewish, and when they began to observe Easter as a Christian feast gave to the egg as & part of the cere- monial of the season a new signifi- cance, that of the resurrection from the dead. Eggs were forbidden during Lent, and so naturally accumulated, as the hens did not stop laying. Eat- ing them on Easter day signified that fasting time was over and feasting begun, 80 they were connected with joy just as were the bells which, hush- ed during the period preceding Easter day, broke into joyous pealing at its dawn. The name for Easter in the romance languages—paques in French, pasqua fn Italian, and pascua in Spanish-—- comes through the Latin pascha, from the Chaldean form of the Hebrew name for the Passover festival. Hence the eggs are pace, pashe, paschal, or pasque eggs, as well as Waster eggs, When the early Christians began to observe Easter as a Christian festival a controversy as to the ime of its observance, known as the Paschal controversy, and extending from the second to’ the fourth centuries, arose. The Eastern churches kept it at the OPEN THE WINDOWS Dangerous to Neglect Even an Ordin- ary Cough or Cold—Simple Rem- edy Ie Effective. “Good food, fresh air and rest; keep your windows open winter and sum- mer.” So we are told by the great scient- ists who are certainly doing wonders in reducing the death rate from Tuber- culosis. They also warn us not to neg- lect a cold or cough, and it is most im- portant that this advice be followed. While the cough or cold may not bring consumption, it is better to be on the safe side and take no chances. Here is a simple remedy that will break up a cold in twenty-four hours, and cure any cough that is curable: Glycerine, two ounces; Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure), one-half ounce; good Whisky, a half pint. Shake well and use in teaspoonful doses every four hours. The ingredients can be secured from any good prescription druggist at small cost, but must be pure to effect the desired results. For this reason it is always best to purchase the ingredi- ents separately and prepare the mix- ture at home. Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) should be purchased only in the original half- ounce vials put up for druggists to dispense. Each vial is enclosed in a round wooden case, with engraved wrapper, with the name—Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure); guaranteed under the Food and Drug Act, June 30, 1906. Prepared only by Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, O.—plainly printed there- on, Imitations and oils sold in bulk pay dealers larger profits, but they are dangerous to heaith and should never be used. Nervy Reggle. “Look here, young man,” thundered the old gentleman as he came down the stairway three steps at a leap. “Didn't 1 tell you if ever I caught you around bere again I would play foot- ball with you?” “Yes, sir, I think you did,” replied the calm youth. “And yet you have the cheek to call again?” “Oh, yes, sir. 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Tax Assessor—M. L, Bragdon, Treasurer, Judge Waldron. City Marshal—Chas. Kimsey. Sereet Commissioner-—-W. H. Har- per. Aldermen, KirstWard—L. BE. Prall and Ed. Alley. Second Ward—Henry Vogel and W. F. Shuey. Third = ward—Dr. Stickle and J. A. Klick. Fourth Ward—-H~ F. Showalter and Harry D. Levy. The above is the ticket. Vote her straight, boys, from top to bottom It's first class and deserves the sup- port of all good citizens, The many charges made a- xainst the Negro By the Demo- crats in to frighten the weak white Republicans out of voting will not work this year, Per haps some other time but *not now, for even the white Repub- licans have learned not to dread the familiar bogey of Negro domination, The Democrat is in the posi- tion of the Hardshell Baptist preacher, towit: You can and you can’t. You will be d— if you do and you will be d——- if you don't. Too much advertisement has been given the few Negroes who sell their birth-wright for a ness of pottage, and hereafter we shall not name them as every body knows who these traitors are and that they can’t deliver any one into the ene my’s camp—hardly themselves, All the preachers and deacons are not like the traitor cussess, The majority of the preachers and deacons are O, K. There are only a few shabby curs who wish to trade the race fora §. Who Can Vote. All male persons over the age of twenty-one years, who are citizens of the United States, or who are members of any nation or tribe in the Indian Territory and who have resided within the proposed state of Oklahoma for at least six months, and within the limits of the territory embraced by the boundaries of the precint in which they offer to vote fora period of thirty days next pre- ceeding the election, are qualifi- ed voters. Election Laws. Section 1 of the Election Laws 1006, in force in the coming election, says that whoever sells or offers to sell his vote shall be disfranchised not less than ten or more than 20 years, Where were the city police when the deputy United States marshals engaged the desperate Negroes in battle? A fairly re- liable authority declares that they flew to the rescue in a clos- ed carriage after the Jaffray had ended, This is just like a police- man anyhow.—Democrat, 3 28, The Democrat knows that Paul Smith, one of the Colord policemen was there on the ground close by Bud Ledbetter and doing his duty like a brave man, But the Democrat is net fair enough to give him proper credit because he is a Negro. There is complete harmony in the Republican ranks and the enemy are retrograding rap- idly. The black fellows wlio are looking for revenue should get it all before April 2nd and come home as they will and vote the ticket straight, The Demmies are making a gumeshoe campaign so the Ne- gro cohorts of that party say. Well! they will need gum-shoes to slip up on some of their Ne- gro cohorts on election day, Chas. Kimsey, the Republican nominee for marshal, is the very best man for the place that the city can afford. He has made a splendid marshal and the best man that the city ever had for that position, He hds done his duty faithfully and well. He is today one of the mos* popular men in town and as a Re- publican he has no superiors and but few equals. He deserves the solid vote of every Republican and every good citizen. He has made good, He went into office making no promives to anyone, dnd will be hands tied. The city has been pro- Official Statement of the Condition of the @CQommereial ation'l raz! i : —- — Muskogee. Indian Perritory, 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 759,530 25 Cash and Exchange 189,098 48 BP anes pu tip: cae $1,141,152 64 $1,141,152 64 ‘The nbove statemer —_ correct, DN FINK, Cashier, : Kirshbaum : GENTS EURNISHING GOODS CF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases W. E. McCLURE Knox Agency, English Block. MuskoGEe : : : : : . . . * Tm tected under his admintstration, which has been a clean one in every particular. He will continue to give us, regardless of politics, a square deal, He will be the mar- shal of all the people, and will do in the future what he has done in the past, and that is gove us the very best administration the city has ever had. Tho resignation ot one man does not hurt his adminis tration, He is stronger today than ever, and the Republican party is stronger than ever, as we have a united party to make the fight in the campaign. He is a sure winner, and his majority this time will be greater than last year. The candidate for city Treas- urer is Judge Waldron. There is not a better maf in town than Mr, Waldron. He is a stalwart Republican, a good cit- izen and has the confidence and respect of the entire community. He will poll the solid Repubji- can vote and will be our next city treasurer, He deserves and will get the votes of the old timers regardless of their pol- ities, 50,000 negro voters of the new state will cast their ballots against the misfit called a constitution, and Will not vote for a’ single state or county officer, Walter Downing has been selected by the Republican party to make the race for tax collector, He has held the office for one year and has made a splendid officer. His books are in first class condition, He has made more coll@ctions to date than any collector the city ever had. He has been courteous to all the peo- ple and deserves to be re-elected. The slurs cast at him by the Demo- eracy really amount to nothing. Downing w'll receive the solid vote of the Republican party, and that means his triumphant election to succeed himself. The Democrats cannot, with all their deceit and prejudice, change one vote from this honest, upright, faithful Re- publican offictal. J. B. Campbell, the Republican nominee for recorder,- is an old timer and a good Republican, His nomination is equivalent to an elec- tion, as the rank and file of the party will support him loyally, He has served one term and has given the people a clean administration. He has been fair to all, regardless ofrace,a color or creed. The books of hi soffice re O. K. He has for many years fougnt the battles of the party when not a candidate, and the boys in the trenches will see that he is given an overwhelming majority on the 2nd of April. The verdict will be ‘“‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Continue in the service of the grand old party.” He won last year when the Den- ocracy were in the saddle. Wihy not this year, when the Reppublicans have the best end of the stick. A strong pull, and all together, and the victory is ours, TO REPUBLICANS: We are anxious to have every Republican in close touch, and work- ing 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 subscrip- tions of One Dollareach from Repub- licans. To each subscriber we will send the Republican National Cam- paign 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. THE DUTY Of The Negro To The Republican Party In The City of Muskogee and The New State The duty of the Negroes in this campaign is so plain that even a fool need not commit an error. The battle is a straight out fight between the two political parties. The success of The Democrats means that Texas and Arkansas have won. It means the beginning to put into practice those hellish methods which have driven the Negro and the white Repuplican from the Southland. Both came to this fair land to avoid oppression. There the Negro was put into cattle pens called "jim crow kyars" and the white Republican was ostracised, and boycotted in business. We certainly don't want that history repeated here. Every Negro vote for the Democrats is a vote to disfranchise our people and the Negro who is so contemptible as to forge a link in the chain of slavery which our political enemies would put on us should have the contempt and condemnation of all decent people and should be driven from the community. It is a duty which every father owes to his boy and to his girl, to cast his vote for their protection under the law, that they may have an equal chance in life with other boys and girls, and they may live in a country where "Equal rights to all men and exclusive priveleges to none" is the supreme law of the land. We must not give aid and comfort to the party that on account of irs un-American tendency will drive every decent, respectable Negro out of this fair land and send him wandering over the world seeking some spot where he can have a "square deal," and where he can live under his own vine and fig tree and live in peace. Why do this my broth when we now have such a beautiful place in this Indian Territory, The Negro who would change these conditions of the race is an ingrate, a scoundrel, a poltroon, a coward and a traitor. There is no punishment too great for such a monstrosity. One who votes with the Democrats in this campaign is guilty of the political murder of his race and his own political suicide. Let us hope that there will be no one so low and mean as to even attempt to assasinate the party that gave them the great boon of freedom and the party that stands for equal rights before the law for all men regardless of race or color or creed. There is no middle ground; we must stand by our guns and help our friends in this battle or we must go to our enemies and deliver our race like Judases for thirty pieces of silver which some of the pretended preachers are chasing. The Democrats know that they cannot win this battle without the Negroes' aid and they also know that their conduct toward Negroes does not warrant them giving the Demtheir support; hence the only hope for them is to buy, if they can, sufficient votes to gain a victory. Let every true manly Negro stand up for the Republican party and persuade his brother to do likewise and also insist that the traitor get in line and if he refuse then pray to God for his temporary removal from further political activity. Paul Smith has covered himself with glory and has won the respect of the entire people by the stand he took and by his obedience to duty. Paul Smith, as a city officer, stood by the side of Bud Ledbetter and put his life in the balances for his people, his country and his party. He is O. K. and deserves the honors he has won. The Democrats are on the run keep them going. We conduct a safe and conservative banking business in all lines of banking, make bond, act administrator of estate, buy and sell lands, rent and collect rentals, and maintain an "Easy Saving" department. We expect your co-operation anc patronage. : Kirshbaum : This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T. Creek Grocery eo. Is the to get anything in the Groceries line. Number 304 South 2nd St. Phone 912. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of TITLE, INSURANCE, SURETY BONDS and REAL ESTATE Farm Loans a Specialty Second and Broadway. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, EDITOR MUSKOGER. IND. TER. NEW STATE NEWS The total city registration in Oklahoma City was 7,676. Rural routes established: Vinita, I. T., two; Dombey and Oak, Okla., one each. The Bank of Lokebo with $25,000 capital, is converted into a national bank. Secretary Garfield has asked Attorney General Bonaparte for an opinion as to the authority of the department to withhold land in the Choctaw-Chickasaw country from allotment for forest reserve purposes. The merchants in Guthrie in solemn assembly decided to observe "German day," which it appears falls on the first day of April, by decorating their stores with the "black, white and red." The highest price ever paid for an undeveloped piece of oil land was $150,000 for an acre tract in the Glenn pool district. It was recently purchased by a Beaumont man, very appropriately named Brass. Eck E. Brook of Muskogee has been appointed brigadier general of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Oklahoma. The Ironclad grain elevator at Holdenville was destroyed by fire, totaling a loss of $9,500. C. A. Birge, the Kiowa bank cashier and forger, has been brought back from Los Angeles, where he was arrested. A. J. Sutherland, Wells-Fargo Express Co. agent at Kosomo, I. T., has been sent to the penitentiary for two years for embezzlement. The interior department has approved its last fifty miles of right of way for the Gulf Pipe Line company now building in Indian Territory. The right of way is to the Red river and gives the company an outlet to the gulf. It has also approved the right of way for the Oklahoma Gas company from Tulsa to the Oklahoma line. Senator Burton of Kansas was released from jail Friday. The date for the next annual meeting of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress has been fixed at November 19-22. It will be held this year at Muskogee. T. H. Martin is the republican nominee for mayor of Muskogee. The family of Joe Engle, living near Ponca City, was poisoned by eating poke root, mistaking it for horseradish. The entire family was in such a serious condition that for a while the recovery of any of them was doubted. The Oklahoma Central railroad expects to be running trains into Chickasha by the last of May. It is rumored that a new town is to be started in the little pasture, about twelve miles south of Hobart. A three-story athletic club house is being built at Claremore. Tons of broom corn are reported to be exposed to the weather at a shipping point in Woodward county, the buyer having failed to appear and accept what he had solicited. --- Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Coincident Inventions. Almost at the same time two different inventors in different places have announced their success with electrical devices for seeing at a distance. They are J. B. Fowler and William H. Thompson. In Fowler's device four wires are required to accomplish the combined effect of distant vision and hearing. Details of the operation are withheld, however, on the plea of getting out a patent. Each inventor uses the name "Televue." Democratic Danish Statesman. The Danish minister of agriculture, Ole Hansen, is one of the most popular and democratic of the public men of his country. His daughter, desiring to learn practical housekeeping, decided, with her father's consent, to start at the bottom of the ladder. Therefore, she went to Berlin and took a position as cook at a modest stipend at the home of a small government employe. Her employer for a long time had no suspicion that the cook was a daughter of a minister of state. Varnish Secret Lost. The Cremona varnish disappeared about 1760, and so far the recipe has not been rediscovered. Whether it was a gum or an oil or a distillation from some plant or a chemical is not known, nor how it was mixed. Many theories regarding it have been advanced from time to time, and Dod, who died in 1830, claimed to have rediscovered it. He employed others to make his violins, but always varnished them himself. His varnish is very superior, and his violins command high prices. The varnishing and polishing of a violin are done usually by a woman. It requires time and practice, for the finest instruments are gone over as often as 30 times.—March Circle. GOOD NATURED AGAIN. Good Humor Returns with Change to Proper Food. "For many years I was a constant sufferer from indigestion and nervousness amounting almost to prostration," writes a Montana man. "My blood was impoverished, the vision was blurred and weak, with moving spots before my eyes. This was a steady daily condition. I grew ill-tempered, and eventually got so nervous I could not keep my books posted, nor handle accounts satisfactorily. I can't describe my sufferings. "Nothing I ate agreed with me, till one day I happened to notice Grape-Nuts in a grocery store and bought a package, out of curiosity to know what it was. "I liked the food from the very first, eating it with cream, and now I buy it by the case and use it daily. I soon found that Grape-Nuts food was supplying brain and nerve force as nothing in the drug line ever had done or could do. "It wasn't long before I was restored to health, comfort and happiness. Through the use of Grape-Nuts food my digestion had been restored, my nerves are steady once more, my eyesight is good again, my mental faculties are clear and acute, and I have become so good-natured that my friends are truly astonished at the change. I feel younger and better than I have for 20 years. No amount of money would induce me to surrender what I have gained through the use of Grape-Nuts food." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The road to Wellville," in pkgs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from simple native roots and herbs. For more than thirty years it has been helping women to be strong, regulating the functions perfectly and overcoming pain. It has also proved itself invaluable in preparing for child-birth and the Change of Life. Mrs. A. M. Hagermann, of Bay Shore, L. I., writes:—Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—"I suffered from a displacement, excessive and painful functions so that I had to lie down or sit still most of the time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made me a well woman so that I am able to attend to my duties. I wish every suffering woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and see what relief it will give them." Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female illness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. for advice She is the Mrs. Pinkham who has been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law Lydia E. Pinkham in advising. Therefore she is especially well qualified to guide sick women back to health. W. L. Douglas shoes are recognized by expert judges of footwear to be the best in style, fit and wear produced in this country. Each part of the shoe and every detail of the making is looked after and watched over by skilled shoemakers, without regard to time or cost. 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 makes. W. L. Douglas name and price is stamped on the bottom, which protects the wearer against high prices and inferior shoes. Take No Substitute. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Catalog mailed free. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. A Big Bargain for 12 Cents Postpaid. The year of 1906 was one of prodigal plenty on our seed farms. Never before did vegetable and farm seeds return such enormous yields. Now we wish to gain 200,000 new cus- tomers this year and hence offer for 12c postpaid 1 pkg. Garden City Beet.....10c 1 " Earliest Ripe Cabbage.....10c 1 " Earliest Emerald Cucumber.....15c 1 " La Crosse Market Lettuce.....15c 1 " 13 Day Radish.....10c 1 " Blue Blood Tomato.....15c 1 " Juicy Turnip.....10c 1000 kernels gloriously beautiful flow- er seeds.....15c Total ..... $1.00 All for 12c postpaid in order to introduce our warranted seeds, and if you will send 16c we will add one package of Berliner Earliest Cauliflower, together with our mammoth plant, nursery stock, vegetable and farm seed and tool catalog. This catalog is mailed free to all intending purchasers. Write to-day. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box W, La Crosse, Wis. New Danger for Burglar. A phonographic device that will call the police by telephone adds a new hazard to the dangers of the burglar's profession. When an attempt is made to force a window or door with which the proper connections have been made an electric current operates a phonograph in the garret. The machine calls up central and asks for the police station. The phonograph then informs the officers of the robbery, giving street and number, and repeats this information as long as the receiver is down. Meantime, the intruder, all unconscious that an alarm has been rung in, virtually walks into a trap, and if the call is promptly responded to is soon in the lockup. Dog's Claim to Honor. When Capt. Ronald Amundsen left San Francisco for the east he made special and particular arrangements for the transportation of his dog, of which he said: "This faithful dog, which is attached to me almost as much as I am to him, is the only one of his kind to have made the northwest passage." MRS. A. M. HAGERMANN TWO YEARS IN BED Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Cured Stubborn Rheumatism When Other Treatment Gave No Relief. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have been curing the most stubborn cases of rheumatism for nearly a generation and thousands of grateful patients have given testimony that cannot be ignored. Mr. Robert Odbert, a machinist, living at 201 Cameron Street, Detroit, Mich., had a very distressing experience with rheumatism for about two years. He makes the following statement: "About the year 1887 I felt the effects of rheumatism which gradually grew worse until I was compelled to give up work for a time. The years of '97 and '98 I was confined to my bed most of the time. I was under doctors' treatment but found no relief. My legs were swollen from the hips downward and red blotches appeared all over them. Frequently they palned me so that I had to bind them tightly with strips of linen. This sometimes relieved the pain but at other times failed to do so. At times I had to crawl to my work, using two crutches. During these spells I suffered greatly from pain around my heart which I attributed to the rheumatism. "At last my mother wrote me and asked me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I did and in a short time I found myself getting better and have had no trouble since. I may here add that I consider myself perfectly cured. I have not had the least sign of the disease since and feel better now than I ever did. For these reasons I recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to any one affected the same as I was." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or sent by mail, postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. X. Defiance Starch is the latest invention in that line and an improvement on all other makes; it is more economical, does better work, takes less time. Get it from any grocer. ALL WOMEN SUFFER from the same physical disturbances, and the nature of their duties, in many cases, quickly drift them into the horrors of all kinds of female complaints, organic troubles, ulceration, falling and displacements, or perhaps irregularity or suppression causing backache, nervousness, irritability, and sleeplessness. Women everywhere should remember that the medicine that holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female ills is Vegetable Compound herbs. For more than thirty years strong, regulating the functions per- s also proved itself invaluable in pre- gnge of Life. Day Shore, L. I., writes:—Dear Mrs. displacement, excessive and painful down or sit still most of the time. Compound has made me a well woman so tuties. I wish every suffering woman Vegetable Compound and see what relief Invitation to Women of female illness are invited to write advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham who see of charge for more than twenty her mother-in-law Lydia E. Pink- lis especially well qualified to guide S and why they hold their shape, fit better, in any other makes. The bottom, which protects the wearer against high itute. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Free. W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton, Mass. FOUND HE COULD MAKE TIME. One Call for Physician That Met with Quick Response. Life {is such a constant rush to a well-known physician that to secure a little recreation he has recourse to ruses. A visitor called one night, and began a speech to the servant: “IT want the doctor to come over as quickly as he can.” “He can’t do it!” the servant an. swered. “He left orders that he was so busy that unless it was absolutely a matter of life and death he couldn't go out at all this evening.” “But,” said the caller, “it isn’t {Il ness at all.” “What then?” “We want him to come cover and take a hand in a game of whist.” “Oh, that’s different.” The servant disappeared, and reap: peared a moment later. “The doctor says he'll be over in ten miutes, sir,” he announced. DURING THIS MONTH, Excellent Advice Which Our Readers Will Benefit By. Now is the time to get the rheu- matic poisons and foul acids from the blood and system, states an eminent authority, who says that Rheumatism and Kidney trouble are caused by the blood, which often becomes sour from excessive acids, and also tells what to do to make it pure and healthy. Get from any good prescription phar- macy one-half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion, one ounce Compound Kar- gon, three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Mix by shaking in a bottle and take a teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime. Just try this simple blood cleaner and tonic at the first sign of Rheu- matism, or if your back aches or you feel that the Kidneys are not acting right. Any one can easily prepare this mixture at home. The Small Pharisee. A clergyman's daughter, before be- ing put to bed, uttered this somewhat remarkable prayer: “And, dear Lord, this afternoon I saw out on the cold sidewalk a poor little girl, and she had no shoes or stockings on, and— and"— (followed by a silence, as though the little mind were wrestling with the problem), she concluded: “but it’s none of our business, is it, God?” Like Monks’ Chartreuse Best. Chartreuse, the liqueur of the Car- thusian monks, was the invention of an aged baker. On the expulsion of the Carthusian fathers from France the Chartreuse receipt was sold at auction for $1,750,000. The French buyers undertook, however, a losing business, for the monks are now mak- {ng their liqueur in Spain and epicures prefer it to that of the French firm. We Reiterate. That for more than fifteen years Hunt's Cure has been working on the afflicted. Its mission is to cure skin troubles, particularly those of an itch- ing character. Its success is not on account of advertising, but because it surely does the work. One box is guaranteed to cure any case, Only Woman Scene Painter. Miss Grace N. Wishaar, of San Jose, Cal, is the only woman theatrical scene painter in the United States. She was educated in Paris and painted the scenery for three New York the- aters—the Fifth Avenue, Manhattan and Herald Square. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE. A powder, It cures painful, smart- ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub- stitute. Trial package, FREE, Ad- dress A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. To be weak is often, in the end, to be wicked.—Holme Lee. OVER $1,000 A YEAR AND “LIVING.” That Is the Story of a Michigan Farm- er Who Lives in Western Canada. Olds, Alberta, Dec. 10, 1906. Mr. M. V. MeInnes, Detroit, Michigan: Dear Sir and Friend—It will be four years next May since I came to Olds, and have lived here ever since, Since I came here wheat has run from 25 to 45 bu. per acre, oats from 65 to 115, that I know of. I raised that last year, 115 bu. to the acre of the finest oats I ever saw, and oats that I sowed 3ist day of May this year went 72% to the acre and weigh- ed 41 Ibs. to the bushel. My barley went 40 bu. last year and 50 this year, and was not sown until the latter part of May. I had 3 acres of potatoes this year and sold 700 bushels and put 275 bu. in the cellar, and no bugs to pick. | We have a fine Government Cream- ery at Olds. Our cows made $41 per head and I didn’t feed any grain; only prairie hay, so you see we are do- ing well. We have the patent for our homestead now and am_ very thankful that we came to Alberta. We have made a little over $1,000 each year besides making our living. I would not go back to Michigan to live for anything. If I had my choice of a ticket to Olds or a 40-acre farm in Michigan I would take the ticket and in two years I could buy any of them 40-acre farms. This is the coun- try for a poor man, as well as a man with money. I will close, thanking you for our prosperity, I remain yours truly, (Signed) OTTO YETTING, Olds, Alberta, Canada. Box 159. Information as to how to secure low rates to the free grant lands of Western Canada can be secured of any Canadian Government agents. Sheep Raising In Australia. The greatest industry of Australia is sheep raising, mainly for the sake of the wool, but also in part, of course, for the meat. Australia now ranks second among the great sheep- raising countries, Argentina being first with 92,000,000 sheep, Australia second with 72,000,000, and Russia third with 70,000,000. Only a few years ago Anstralia was first, pos- sessing no less than 106,260,000 head of sheep. That was in 1891. Pro- longed droughts were the cause of the destruction of many millions of Aus- tralian sheep, but since 1902 there has been an annual gain. Yet these sheep were not indigenous to Aus- tralia. They were first introduced in 1797, being of the Spanish merino WHOCIOR Es so seg, FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA. Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep— Hands, Arms and Legs Affected —Cuticura Cured in 6 Days. “I had eczema nearly fifteen years. The affected parts were my hands, arms and legs. They were the worst in the winter time, and were always itchy, and I could not keep from scratching them. I had to keep both hands bandaged all the time, and at night I would have to scratch though the bandages as the itching was so severe, and at times I would have to tear everything off my hands to scratch the skin. I could not rest or sleep. I had several physicians treat me but they could not give me a permanent cure nor even could they stop the itching. After using the Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura Ointment and two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent for about six days the itching had ceased, and now the sores have disappeared, and I never felt better in my life than I do now. Edward Worell, Band 30th U. 8. In- tantry, Fort Crook, Nebraska.” Hard to Believe. “IT saw the rabbit coming through the air, and the next moment it ap- peared under my coat,” said a man who was charged in an English police court with stealing a rabbit from a shop. Furthermore, he swore that that day he had taken only two glasses of beer. PUTNAM FADELESS DY}: Jat but 10 cents per package and color 16re goods faster and brighter colors. We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by the qualities we possess,—-Suard, People appreciate the delicate taste and natural action of Garfield Tea, the mild herb laxative. Best for liver, kidneys and bowels. Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Law. Deserved Better Fate. Joseph Phillips, originator of tke famous cling peach, the finest canning variety ever produced and the enrieb- er of many orchardists, died in a hos- pital the other day at Yuba, Cal., a paw per. Actual Facts. For upwards of fifteen years Hunt's Cure has been sold under a strict guar- antee to cure any form of itching skin troubles known. No matter the name —less than one per cent. of the pur- chasers have requested their money back. Why? It simply does the work. Has Expensive Household. The cost of the sultan of Turkey's food does not exceed $5,000 a year, as he lives mostly on entrees and boiled eggs. But to feed the numerous mem- bers of his household and pay all do mestic expenses lessen his annual income of $10,000,000 by $90,000 a week. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt- waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the tron. Burglars Steal Heavy Stove. While the family of Henry Martin, of East Fourteenth street, New York, was absent at a theater, burglars broke into the house and stole a heat- ing stove weighing 600 pounds. UT ai ON" puna Cm _ eee 7: oe ee TENE ian ANegetable Preparation for As- similating Betood and Bed uta ting the Stomachs and Bowels of SN Promotes Digestion Cheerful- ness and Rest.Contains neither nen nor Mineral. OT NARCOTIC. BRecipe of Od. Dr SAMUEL PITCHER Seale feds | Rochelle Salta ~ Sood 6 a iJ Sead - Aperfect Remedy for Constipa- cite Stomach, Diarrhcen Worms Convulsions ,Feverish- ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Littl lien, |__NEW YORK. 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Look for \ him. y )) \ SEND FOR ¥, BOOK ¢ I “A Talk on Paint,” e SY Santon om the paint So” SELES Ae NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY dn whichever of the follow ing cities ts nearest you: Beet, ate, Mat nan BRISCa Rada Gitar Os neo | Wyse CASTORIA The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the : Signature \y 2 Ns In ' Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA NO. 2002 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Whereas, Miner London and Susie London, husband and wife, of Muskogee, Indian Territory, at delivered to William P. Fields their certain promissory notes in the aggregate sum of $1,491.40 for borrowed money, upon which there now remains due and unpaid the sum of one thousand, one hundred fifteen and 40-100 dollars, together with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent per annum from the 24th day of October, A. D. 1906; and whereas to secure the said indebtedness the said makers of said notes at the time of the execution thereof did deliver unto the said payee therein named, their certain real estate mortgages, with power of sale, securing him by conveying to him the following lands and tenements, viz: A part of lot 18, in block 62, of the townsite of the City of Muskogee, in Recording District No. Ten (10), in the Western Judicial district of the Indian Territory, described as "the southeast corner of lot eighteen, block sixty-two, facing Main street of the City of Muskogee 113 feet, and facing Southside Boulevard 126 feet, making a lot 113x126 feet, together with all of the improvements thereon, and said mortgages were duly recorded in the office of clerk of the U. S. Court, ex-officio register of deeds, at Muskogee, in said recording district and territory, in Record Vol. 21, Page 382; V. 23, pages 322 and 324, and Vol. 71, page 268, and the said mortgages have become absolute. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power given therein, the undersigned mortgagee and trustee in said instruments named, will, on Monday, the fifteenth day of April, 1907, next, at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the east front door of the building in which the United States Court is held, in the City of Muskogee, in Recording District No. (10) Ten, in the Western District of the Indian Territory, expose for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, the said property of said mortgagees, consisting of: Apart of Lot 18, in Block 62, of said City of Muskogee, according to the official plat thereof, namely: The southeast corner of said lot 113 feet facing Main street, and 126 feet facing the Southside boulevard of said city, together with all of the improvements thereunto pertaining; all appraised at $725.00. Terms of Sale—Will be made known at last aforesaid time and place. Muskogee, Indian Territory, March 5th, 1907. WM. P. FIELDS, Mortgagee and Trustee. Walrond & Cramer, Attorneys. NOTICE. Indian Territory, Western Judicial District, Recording District No. 10. Wm. P. Fields vs. Dave Green and Susie Rentie. Trustee's Sale. Whereas Dave Green and Susie Pentie, both single persons, on the 18th day of October, A. D. 1906, executed to Wm. P. Fields a mortgage securing an indebtedness in the sum of fifteen hundred and twenty dollars, bearing eight per cent (8 per cent) per annum from date of se- curing note said indebtedness by mortgage duly executed and acknowledged, upon the following described real estate, viz: All of the south forty-five feet off of and from Lot Five (5) (S. 45 ft. of Lt. 5), in Block Sixty-Eight (68), of the official plat of the townsite of Muskogee, in Recording District No. Ten (10), Western Judicial District of the Indian Territory, with all improvements thereon. And said mortgage was duly recorded on the 23d day of October, 1906, in the office of the Clerk of the Court, Ex-officio Register of Deeds, in Record 71 of Mortgages, at Page 262, at Muskogee in said Recording District; and Whereas, The said defendants defaulted in the payment of said indebtedness, and the said mortgage provided that in case of non-payment the grantee had power to sell said property at public sale. Now, therefore, by virtue of said provision in said mortgage, the undersigned trustee therein empowered, will, on Monday, the fifteenth day of April, 1907, next, at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the east (front) door of the building in which the terms of the United States Court is held in Muskogee, in Recording District No. (10) Ten, in the Western District o fthe Indian Territory, expose for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, the said realty, consisting of: A part of Lot 5, in Block 68, of the Town of Muskogee, Indian Territory, viz: All of the south forty-five (45) feet off of and from Lot Five (5), in Block Sixty-Eight (68), of the original site of Muskogee in said Recording District, with the improvements thereon; all appraised at $800.00. Terms of Sale-Then and there will be made known. Muskogee, Indian Territory, March 6th, 1907. WM. P. FIELDS, Mortgagee and Trustee. Walrond & Cramer, Attorneys. NOTICE. Mortgagee's Sale. Whereas, Ella London Baxter Rodgers on the 3rd day of February, 1905, delivered unto Wm. P. Fields her promissory notes, amounting to $800, with eight (8) per cent interest from date, and did secure the said indebtedness with a mortgage with sale upon Lot 21, in Block 58, of the townsite of the city of Muskogee, in recording district number ten (10), in the Western Judicial district of the Indian Territory, which said mortgage was duly filed for record and recorded in the office of the clerk of the United States court, ex-officio register of deeds of said Recording Deeds Judicial district, at the city of Muskogee, therein in volume No. 33, of Mortgage Records, at page 321 thereof. And whereas the said mortgagor, Ella London Baxter Rodgers, made default in payment of April 1st, 1905, and the same became due and owing to said mortgagee, continues unpaid. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power granted in said mortgage, the undersigned mortgagee therein named and empowered, will, on Monday, the fifteenth (15) day of April, 1907, next, at the hour of one o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, at the west front door of the building in which the United States court is held, in the city of Muskogee, in Recording District No. ten (10), in the Western district of the Indian Territory, expose for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, the said property of said mortgagee, consisting of lot number 21, in block fifty-eight, of the original townsite of the city of Muskogee, with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto appertaining, appraised at $500. Terms of sale will then and there be made. Muskogee, Indian Territory, March Muskogee, Indian Territory, March 9th, 1907. Walrond & Cramer, Attorneys. WM. P. FIELDS, Mortgagee. DESPERATE Between Outlaw Three Negroes De Seriously NO RAC DEMOCRAT DESPERATE CONFLICT Between Outlaws And Officers. A LIE. On the eving of the 26 at about 4 o'clock a tragedy occurred on north Third street that all good people regret. Three Colored men killed and one white man seriously wounded and may die. All of this trouble grows out of an anarchistic organization among some of our people the foundation stone of which is that nobody must work. An old preacher is at the head of this society and his followers are densely ignorant. They believe any and everything he tells them, This old voodoo, assisted by others has worked up a crowd of fanatics that is dangerous to any community. No intelligent Negro can advise or counsel them. They are taught to believe that all property is held in common and that they can occupy any dwelling or business house free of rent, that they must fight to death if they are disturbed by the real owners of the property. The situation is bad enough but might have been worse as there were a number of women and children in the house at the time the battle occured and is providential that they were ravied. The dense ignorance of the men who belong to this society has no parallel among our people. Under the direction of the 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 and 10 years on farm lands and city property, in any amount where it is well secured. Make short loans also. No. W. P. FIELDS, 1 English Block. ATE CONFLICT News And Officers. ad, One White Man Wounded. E RIOT. PUBLISHES LIE. old preacher fraud they have been digging all over the country wherever the spirits directed in search for buried treasure and have held meetings incessantly plotting against society. The industrious and sensible Negroes had neither time nor inclination to indulge in assisting these outlaws and it is a LIE of the basest kind to call the affair a race riot. It is just the Democrat to send abroad such a falsehood as was published in the issue of the 26th. We believe the Democrat did this for compaign purposes but surely no thinking man will give heed to such rot, as there were three Colored men with the officers trying to preserve peace. They were Paul Smith, Bass Reeves and R. C. Cotton, each was upholding the majority of the law. It has been said that Paul Smith really saved the life of one of the marshalls. The battle was a short but hot one. The fanatics were desperate and showed the customary brute courage of all fanatics, the officers of the law were just as courageous and in the end law and order won out over the outlaws. All good people are with the law; while they deplore the incident, still all of us, black, white and red are proud of the fact that law and order reigns supreme in our city. ```markdown ``` Notice. Muskogee, I. T.