Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 8 Social Equality vs. Immorality. On last Monday, September the sixteenth, a white man met his death in a house of ill fame kept by Negro women to pander to the lusts and passions of white men who persist in breaking all laws; the laws of common decency as well as the laws of the land—which specifically prescribe that there shall be no amalgamation or cohabitation between the races. We have always opposed this kind of business and have asked our white friends to do the same. This place is known as the "bucket of blood" and yet the entire race must suffer for this act and other acts committed under similar conditions. Ida Lee, a Negro woman is now in jail charged with murder. We have always contended that such conditions would produce results like that of yesterday. Why don't these Democrats who are always cussing about social equality stop these miserable members of their race from practicing it and forcing it over our vain protest. Get at the root of the evil. Stop these white men from consorting with Negro women and this question is settled. Our stand is for good morals against bad and if our democratic friends would curb the immoral propensities and the lusting proclivities of their males our stand would not appear so useless. And again there would be no need for them to become nervons over the cry of Negro domination and association. AN APPEAL. Negroes of the Indian Territory and the new state of Oklahoma appeal to the Negroes and all liberty loving people in the United States to aid in helping them TURN DOWN the constitution of the proposed state of Oklahoma which has just been ratified by the people of the state. We especially appeal to the Negroes of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island to lend us their assistance in defeating a constitution that is not republican in form and one that is contrary to the Enabling Act. Help us to defeat a constitution that lays the foundation for the disfranchising of our people in the new state and for giving us Jim Crow Cars and other class legislation and measures calculated to humiliate and degrade the whole race. It is earnestly asked that every lover of fair play will go to his Congressmen and Senators and interest them in our cause. In the recent election held in the proposed state, some of the most brutal and fraudulent tactics that ever disgraced the records of a treacherous party were freely used. One Colored man, J. C. Adams, was killed at Checotah because he and others desired to see that the ballot box was delivered to the proper parties. Near Muskogee 109 Colored voters stood in line all day but through the slowth of the Democratic judges who were in the majority, were deprived of their vote. At Taft, Indian Territory, a Republican stronghold, the polls were not opened until ten o'clock a. m., but closed promptly at 6 p. m. More than 100 Colored men were not permitted to vote al though they stood in line for hours. All we ask is a "square deal" and this the constitution denies therefore we ask that it be not approved, If President Roosevelt refuses to issue the proclamation, and there are many good reasons why he should refuse, then we may look to the American Congress for a new enabling act that will throw the proper safegaurds around the ballot thereby guaranteeing equal rights to all citizens under the law and discriminating against none. Negroes of the proposed new state will send a delegation to Washington to present the case to President Roosevelt and we ask all race papers to to take up the cause among the people. The Phoenix is trying to steal into the Haskell band wagon and if the Times Democrat don't keep a very close lookout the Phoenix man will take the reins and proceed to drive. HE IS A BAND WAGON CLIMBER. September The conduct of the Democrats at Taft and other places shows just the kind of government we may expect under them. We advise the Negroes in each Nation to hold a convention and arrange to send a delegation to Washington to protest against the rotten con. This should be done at once as delays are dangerous. * 109 Negroes stood in line from eight a. m. until, six p. m., and did not get to vote by reason of the underhanded democratic tactis yet with all of this, we carried the electian. If white Republicans remain helplessly inactive and allow the election to be stolen from them then they have themselves to blame. The killing of Rev. Adams of Rentiesville at Checotah shows the exact brand of Democratic hoodlums they have out there. Adamis was a quiet, inoffensive citizen and and was discharging the duties of citizenship in safe guarding the ballot box and demanding that the it be delivered to the proper custodians. He gave up his life on the altar of fair-play. Douglass and the Poeonix say issue the proclamation and give us statehood. It is a Goebel constitution and should be turned down. It is asked that all people who believe in justice and right to use their influence at the National Capital against the Goebel constitution. Two white men watched the ballot box all night last night and both were alive this morning. This is exactly what the Colored boys were doing in Checotah when one of them paid for his loyalty to good government with his life. BOYS IN THE TRENCHES BLACK, WHITE AND RED PLACED THE BALLOTS IN THE BOX THAT READ VICTORY FOR US AND NOW IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT THE BOSSSES WILL ALLOW THE ELECTION TO BE STOLEN. 20, 1907. NOTICE! By request of large number of the prominent Colored citizens of Muskogee and vicinity, I herewith call a convention of the Negroes of the Creek Nation to convene in Muskogee on the 26 day of September, 1907, for the purpose of taking such steps as they may deem best suited to protect their interests in this country and for the purpose of raising funds to defray the expenses of delegates to Washington who will present our cause to the President. Let every community send at least one representative to the convention. Other Nations desiring to join us are at liberty to do so. The Hon. S. D. Russell of Langston, Oklahoma, Chairman of the State Advisory Committee, was in town to-day among the boys. He is hopeful regarding final results and has done good work for the party. IN THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF THE IND. TER., AT MUSKOGEE. Henry Spangler, Plaintiff, vs. Mattie Spangler, Defendant. Equity, No. 7860. Warning Order. The defendant, Mattie Spangler, is warned to apper in this Court within thirty days, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Henry Spangler. WITNESS the Honorable William R. Lawrence, Judge of said Court, and the seal thereof, at Muskogee, Indian Territory, this seventh day of September, A. D. 1907. R. P Harrison, Clerk. by D. J. Dickey, Deputy. Watkins & Budingluel, attorneys for plaintiff. Mont I. Sharp, attorney for non-resident defendant. FOR SALE. 75 acres of growing corn on the Geo. Mayfield farm about 2 miles south of Summitt that will average 20 bushels per acre. Inquire at the Cimeter office or Mrs. Susan Richardson at Summitt, I. T., on the above farm. --- No 51 W. H. Twine. Indian Territory Has a Larger Crop Than Last Year. Muskogee, I. T.—More cotton will be grown in the Indian Territory this season than was raised last year, and the market has opened four cents a pound higher than it did last year and three cents higher than the top price last year, says S. B. Lock, who buys and concentrates cotton at five compress points in Indian Territory and who is one of the oldest cotton buyers in the Territory. The upland cotton will not be as good this year as it was last, but it will be earlier and not any of it will be ruined by early frost, as was the case last year. All the upland cotton will be marketed within sixty days. It is rated at fifty per cent of a crop The bottom land will make 25 per cent more cotton to the acre this year than last year. There is so much more of the crop in the bottoms than on the upland. The acreage in cotton in Indian Territory this year is almost six per cent more than it was last year. Last year the crop was short 33 1-3 per cent of the big cotton years. This was due to a late wet season and the frost killing so much of it. The biggest crop of cotton that has been raised in Indian Territory for many years was four years ago, but the difference in price that year and this will make the year's crop more valuable than that of 1903. The season has opened this fall with seed cotton selling at four cents a pound while the top reached last year was $3 \frac{3}{4}$ cents. Four cents in the seed means between twelve and thirteen cents in the lint or bale. There are five concentration points for cotton in the northern part of Indian Territory. They are at Muskogee, Sapulpa, Weleetka, South McAelster and Fort Smith. In the southern part there are large compresses at Durant, Chickasha, Ardmore and Pauls Valley. Every compress has its own trade area and the railroads are not allowed to ship cotton through one of these concentration or compress points to another for compressing. The farmers' unions have been building gins and warehouses of their own and the cotton buyers are considering this as an important element in the cotton business this year. TO HOLD THANKSGIVING FEAST One Thousand Indians of Five Tribes Will Dance This Week. Claremore, I. T.—One thousand Indians, Shawnees, Osages, Murdocks, Delawares and Cherokees, began four days of festivity last Wednesday on what is known as the old Spi Buck place, near Turley, I. T., the old "stomping ground" of the Shawnees, for over fifty years, located on the falls of Caney river, and is one of the most picturesque places in Indian Territory. The celebration is an unusual one, an old custom handed down for 400 years, according to John Taylor, an inter-married Cherokee, who was made a member of the organization over twenty years ago. It is a religious feast, at which they show their appreciation to the Great Spirit for the prosperity of the year. A large fire is built, and for four nights weird dances are held, the Indians lying on blankets and sleeping and smoking during the day. Hundreds of years ago, according to Taylor, only the squaws held these dances. They would build a fire and dance in the flickering light each night awaiting for the male members of the tribe to return to camp with game and provisions for winter. Things have changed since then, and the Indians have made it an annual festivity, a feast offered to the Great Spirit for the prosperity of the year.6 BULL DOG AS THIEF CATCHER El Reno, Okla.—A bulldog proved himself successful as a police officer here Friday. A negro seized a bolt of silk from a dry goods store, but was discovered by a policeman who, with about fifty citizens, was chasing the negro through the streets and alleys of the city when a liveryman turned a huge bulldog loose. The dog grabbed the negro by the trousers and held him until the officer could place him under arrest. HOLDING THEIR WHEAT. Oklahoma Farmers Are Waiting for Higher Prices. Guthrie, Okla.—While the total yield of wheat in Oklahoma this year will be little more than half of the year previous, owing to the ravages of green bugs early in the season, farmers are not discouraged, as they expect to make up for the loss largely by the increased price. The tendency of wheat to advance in price has encouraged many Oklahoma farmers to hold their crop for more money. Last year the freight rates made export business unprofitable but lower rates put in effect by the railroads to Galveston and other export points this year have given this feature of the business a big boost. As a result there is such a demand for good wheat for export purposes that the millers are complaining that they cannot get enough good wheat to keep their mills going. Although the wheat harvest has been over for two months and most of the crop is threshed, authorities differ on the total yield of wheat in Oklahoma. C. V. Topping, secretary of the Oklahoma Millers and Grain Dealers' Association, estimates it at 8,000,000 bushels, while J. E. Woodworth, statistician of the Oklahoma board of agriculture, basing his estimate on reports received from every township in the territory, estimates the total yield at 10,500,000 bushels. This is a considerable falling off from the yield last year, which was 19,000,000 bushels. Eufauia Cotton Season. Eufaulia, I. T.,—Eufaula's first load of cotton for this season was brought in last Wednesday by G. F. Voshell, a well known farmer who has lived at Old Town for several years. It weighed 1405 pounds and was sold to Brown Bros. for 4 cents a pound, a cash premium of $42 was made up by Secretary J. N. Thornton of the Eufaula chamber of commerce, and given to Mr. Voshell. About an hour later, two more loads came in, and altogether there were six loads brought to Eufaulia the same day. The last load arrived about o'clock that night. Several other loads have been marketed here since, but it will be about two weeks before the big cotton rush is on. Joint Blown Up. Fort Gibson, I. T.—The resort of Lillian Hamilton, the negress, proprietress of a notorious joint in the "red light" district, was completely demolished shortly after midnight Thursday night by an explosion of dynamite. There were several inmates in the house at teh time, but they escaped without serious injury. The police are working on the case and several women, whose husbands had been frequenters of the resort, are suspected of the crime. The house with its furnishings was completely demolished entailing a loss of $500. The house has been running several months. Lillian Hamilton is well known to the "under colored world" of Muskogee. NEW STATE TOPICS. Oklahoma City declares that another evidence of her metropolitanism is the fact that she has a barbers' college. 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S. goes down into the circulation foreign matter and restores the blood to its permanently curing every form of skin leses and any medical advice desired sent free sale at all first class drug stores.IFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. 1,408,732 SOULS FEDERAL CENSUS PLACES POPULATION OF NEW STATE AT 1,408,732 OKLAHOMA, 718,766; INDIAN T'Y, 689,967 Four Small Districts Lacking, Which Will Make a Slight Increase Population by Counties GUTHRIE: The special federal census of the entire state as made public here shows the population of the twin territories to be with but four districts lacking (one in Cimarron one in Roger Mills, and two in McCurtain counties) 1,408,732. Oklahoma having 718,766, and the Indian Territory, 689,967. The official census by counties is as follows: Adair 9,115 Alfalfa 16,074 Atoka 12,018 Beckham 17,379 Beaver 13,364 Blaine 17,227 Bryan 27,867 Caddo 30,241 Cherokee 14,274 Canadian 20,110 Carter 26,392 Choctaw 12,340 Cimarron 5,223 Cleveland 18,460 Coal 15,585 Comanche 31,738 Craig 14,955 Creek 18,365 Custer 18,487 Delaware 14,274 Dewey 13,399 Ellis 13,978 Garfield 28,300 Garvin 22,787 Grady 25,420 Grant 17,638 Greer 23,624 Harper 8,089 Haskell 16,865 Hughes 10,945 Jackson 12,829 Jefferson 18,672 Kingfisher 18,110 Kay 24,757 Kiowa 22,165 Logan 30,707 Love 11,134 Lincoln 37,293 Latimer 9,340 LaFlore 24,678 Major 14,307 Marshall 13,081 Mayes 11,044 Murray 11,948 Muskogee 37,467 McLain 12,888 McCurtain 10,359 McIntosh 17,975 Noble 14,198 Nowata 10,453 Okfuskee 15,695 Oklahoma 55,849 Okmulgee 14,361 Osage 15,322 Ottawa 12,227 Pottawatomie 43,272 Pawnee 17,112 Payne 22,022 Pittttsburg 37,677 Pontotoc 23,057 Pushmataha 8,295 Roger Mills 12,230 Rogers 14,485 Seminole 14,687 Sequoyah 16,249 Stephens 20,148 Texas 16,448 Tillman 12,867 Tulsa 21,693 Wagoner 19,529 Washington 12,813 Washita 22,005 Woods 15,517 Woodward The population of the principal cities is as follows: Oklahoma City (with additions) 40,043 Shawnee (with additions) 11,692 Enid 10,879 Guthrie 11,648 Muskogee 14,418 McAlester 8,412 El Reno 5,370 Ardmore 8,749 Tulsa 7,588 Wagoner 2,950 Durant 4,550 Holdenville 1,868 Chiçkasha 7,869 Geary 1,565 Watonga 1,608 Sallisaw 1,698 Okemah 1,027 Weleetka 1,020 Kingfisher 2,214 Bristow 1,134 Sapulpa 4,259 Ryan 1,115 Altus 1,927 Madill 1,587 Marietta 1,391 Vinita 3,157 Chelsea 1,249 Claremore 1,064 Collinsville 1,075 Pond Creek 1,157 Hennessey 1,573 Poteau 1,726 Sulphur 2,935 Henrietta 1,051 Okmulgee 2,322 Checotah 1,524 Fort Gibson 1,063 Coweta 1,105 Norman 3,040 Shattuck 1,009 Afton 1,070 Stroud 1,313 Perry 2,881 Pawnee 1,343 Cleveland 1,441 Penca City 2,529 Blackwell 2,644 Newkirk 1,778 Tonkawa 1,238 Bartlesville 4,215 Walters 1,243 Lawton 5,562 Hobart 3,136 Duncan 2,451 Anadarko 2,190 Frederick City 2,036 Chandler 2,334 Broken Arrow 1,383 ORDERED TO PAY OVER SECRETARY OF INTERIOR INSTRUCTS AGENT TO PAY SEMINOLES THEIR LEASE MUSKOGEE: The secretary of interior has ordered the Indian agent to pay over to the allottees their half of the royalties arising from oil and gas leases in the Seminole nation. This money has been held up ever since the leases were made there on account of peculiar lease laws. The Curtis act provides that when oil leases are made they shall be made with the tribe and the allottee, and that one-half of the royalty shall go to the tribe and half to the nation. Since that time the fullbloods have been placed under the charge of the secretary of interior. The mixed-bloods and freedmen, however, are not and their status is not known. Under the wording of the law the Seminole council would have to be convened every time an oil lease was approved. There probably will be some ruling on this by the secretary soon. The royalties on oil-and gas leases have been piling up and the Indian agent did not know what to do with the money. The royalty that belongs to the tribe is still pending further legislation. The oil territory has been extended to the Seminole nation and oil and gas have been found at Wewoka and other places and most of the nation is now under lease, most of the leases yet to WHAT FATHER AND HARRY ACCOMPLISHED WHAT FATHER AND HARRY ACCOMPLISHED AN ILLINOIS MAN WRITES RE- GARDING HIS SUCCESS IN WESTERN CANADA. Change in Homestead Regulations Makes Entry Easily Accomplished. "Nothing succeeds like success" is an old and true saying having many applications in Western Canada. The following letter is an illustration. The writer, Mr. Gerts, left Chicago a short time ago and the success he has achieved may well be gained by anyone having pluck and energy by locating on the free homestead lands in Western Canada. A change recently made in the Canadian Land Regulations concerning homesteads makes it possible for any member of a family to make entry for any other member of the family entitled to a homestead. For instance, a man may now make entry before the local agent for his father or for his brother or brothers, or for his son or sons, or for a sister or daughter who may be the head of the family having minor children depending upon her for support. A sister, daughter or mother are also entitled to make entry upon a homestead. The only fee required is $10.00 for each entry. A great saving in railway expenses is thus made. Read what Mr. Gerts has to say: Battleford, Sask., Aug. 4, 1907. Dear Sir:— Thinking a letter from us Northwest settlers might interest you, and I write a few lines and let you know we are progressing finely and well pleased with our new home. When I think of the many hard working, industrious men east with families who are struggling for a living and doing the strenuous, laying up practically nothing for old age and the thousands of acres of land here yet to be plowed and cultivated capable of raising sixty to eighty bushels of oats, thirty to forty bushels of wheat, it certainly seems a pity the two cannot be brought together. But I will repeat, this country is only for the industrious and thrifty; also I might add, it requires some capital to start. A man should have at least a team of three good horses; better to have mares so as to have some colts coming along each year. It is best to bring them with him as work horses are high. He should be able to purchase plow, disc and drag, harrow, drill, binder and hay rake. Of course several taking up claims or buying land near together can divide up the purchasing of the above machinery and exchange work. This plan will work well for a few years or until crops will warrant each individual to purchase a full outfit. We have 480 acres of as good farm land as lies in the famous Cut Knife district. Every foot can be plowed. Last year our oats run 60 bushels per acre. I sold them for 50c per bushel on the place. The indications are for a good crop this year, though we were very late in seeding owing to the late spring. Last winter was the coldest known in this country by the oldest settlers (some who have been here 35 years), but with a comfortable house and plenty of firewood, which we hauled four miles, we passed the winter quite pleasantly. The air is clear and dry. Some of the days I came from work I was surprised to find the thermometer registering $ 4 0^{\circ} $ below zero. Though we never keep fire at night, we had nothing freeze in our cellar. Our stock and chickens wintered fine. I have a yearling heifer, who It is quite easy to perform our duties when they are pleasant and imply no self-sacrifice; the test of principles is to perform them with equal readiness when they are onerous and disagreeable.—Langford. would hold her own is any "fat stock show." She has never had a drop of milk since she was four months old and has never had a mouthful of grain. A gentleman who saw her made the remark, "He bet that heifer had eaten her head off with grain," but would hardly believe she had never had any grain. This is a great country for growing all kinds of vegetables and we are certainly enjoying our garden. The flavor of the green peas is especially fine. Last season Mrs. G. canned a lot of them, and we have enjoyed them up to the fresh crop. I am sorry I did not have time this past season to attend to transplanting trees, but will keep the land I had prepared worked up for next season's planting. I received a number of small trees (ash and maple) from the Government Experimental Farm at Indian Head. I put them around the edge of the garden and they are doing fine. I also received quite a lot of other seeds, oats, wheat, potatoes and rhubarb roots which were acceptable. It is useless for us to bother with garden flowers as wild ones grow in profusion. We are located near a fine creek, the water of which is soft and fine for bathing and washing. We have a well of water near the house, 32 feet deep and 21 feet of water all the time, though it is harder than the creek water. Land which could be bought for five dollars per acre three years ago is now worth $14 per acre and steadily advancing each year. All kinds of improvements are going on. Steam plows and large threshing outfits are already in. Roads are being graded, bridges being built across rivers and creeks. Last year I took my family, also wagon, across the Saskatchewan river in a row boat, swam my team across and now the contract has been let for $200,000 bridge at that place. The C. N. R. have run their final survey from Battleford to Calgary, running west about one mile north of us. The C. P. R. have run a survey, which runs northwest passes about 500 feet from the northeast corner of our farm. The country will soon be covered with a net work of railroads and it will keep them busy hauling the output of grain. It is certainly encouraging to us settlers. Two years ago, Harry, my son, and I as you know unloaded our car at Saskatoon and drove 130 miles to our claim. Last fall we had only 18 miles to haul our wheat to railroad and as you see, the prospects are we will have a railroad at our very door and a town near-by. This district can support a good town and it will be well patronized. Harry arrived home at 12 p. m. last night after going fourteen miles to blacksmith shop to get plowshares beat out. The shop was full of work and it was eight p. m. when Harry left for home and parties still in line to have work done. We will need stores nearer and good mechanics. We are all enjoying the best of health which is a great blessing. When we left Chicago over a year ago my youngest son's (four years of age) health was so poor that I almost despaired of raising him, but he is certainly a hearty, healthy little fellow now. The pure fresh air has done him worlds of good. So to sum up the whole. Why should we not be glad we made the break? A good farm, stock increasing, health and an independent life. What more can we expect? Did we have to make an effort? You can bet we did and hustle, too. Should you pass this way with your shotgun this fall, we should be pleased to let you shoot prairie chickens off our grain stocks. Respectfully yours, CHAS. M. GERTS AND FAMILY. Coal of Interstellar Space. "Quite recently," says an English journal, "the heat of the sun has been reproduced in an electric furnace, and Sir James Dewar has obtained the coal of interstellar space." THE @IMETER. W H. TWINE . . . . Editor. C. T. HUME. Advertising Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. CO ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUSKOGEE, I. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER The boys in the trenches fought nobly. They stood in the hot sun all day long wating patiently to vote. And after all, through democratic trickery, hundreds of them did not get chance to vote but enough pushed through to save the party. The Black troops fought nobly. They dealt the rotten constitution a hard blow. Governor Franiz has 200 majority in this county. It could have been and ought to have been one thousand. Muskogee is a Republican town, the county a Republican county. We elected every man on the Republican ticket, majorities not large, but big enough for all political purposes. There is no logical reason why the city should not be carried by the Republicans all the time as we have the votes and that's all that is is necessary. The Phoenix threw up the sponge on the day after election and printed Haskell's picture on the front page. In the evening the Demoarat printed the same cut. Now the querry is, which is the better democratic paper? Douglass wants the city governed by a commission. He is tired of Republican rule, which is true of all democrats who have tried and failed. Democrats are now clamoring to be governed by a commission but they never utter such wishes until Republicans get in power. If the present officers have grown tred of their official duties and obligations they are at liberty to resign and we will elect other Republicans to fill their places. One never hears them yell about a commission in Oklahoma City nor any other Democratic city. Negro Troops Returning Twenty-fourth Regiment Ordered to New York from Philippines. Washington, Sept. 12.—General Oliver. Acting Secretary of War, to day issued an order, which provided for the relief of a number of regiments that have been serving in the Philippines for more than the full allotted term of two years. A point of interest is found in the fact that included in the returning organizations is a Negro regiment—the Twenty-fourth Infantry. With the despatch to the Philippines of the Twenty-fifth Infantry some months ago the United States was left without any Negro troops except a few calvery men at West Point. When the proposition was first made to return the Negro troops strong protests were made by Congressmen representing communities where it was reported these troops were to be posted. General Oliver settled the matter by ordering these soldiers into his own state. On February 15 the Twenty-fourth Infantry is to sail from Manila for San Francisco and proceed by rail to New York, headquartes, band and two battalions, to take station at Madison barracks, near Watertown, and remaining batallion at Fort Ontario near Oswego READ AND THINK. Political Platform of C. B. Douglas, 1906. The Resolutions Were Written by C. B. Douglas, Himself and Presented to 11 Other Editors Who Voted FOR Them. We, the members of the republican Press Association of the Third Congressional District declare as follows: Whereas there is an apparent misunderstanding existing among the voters of the district as to the position of the party on the so-called race question, and, Whereas, the republican party has DISCHARGED its OBLIGATIONS to the NEGRO in that it gives him full civil rights, equal with every other citizen and still stands for that policy. Therefore, be it resolved by this association that the republican party of the Third Congressional District is OPPOSED to NEGRO DOMINATION in any sense. That it stands for separate schools, SEPARATE COACHES and SEPARATE WAITING ROOMS for NEGROES which shall have equal facilities and comforts of those furnished other races. That it is opposed and WILL USE EVERY MEANS at its command to PREVENT the nomination of negroes on any elective ticket, seeking the suffrage of the other races. On this declaration of principle all classes and all nationalities of citizenship are earnestly invited to allign themselves with the party of progress and prosperity. C. B. DOUGLAS, Muskogee Phoenix S. S. COBB, Wagoner, THOS. A. LATTA, Bartlesville, MATT TELIN, Afton, W. E. Dixon, Dewey, B. W. Barnes, Haskell, W. O. Kennedy, Muskogee, A. S. STERLING, Holdenville, CLARK SMITH, Claremore, W. F. HEAD, Webbers Falls, R. B. HUFFMAN, Checotah. 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If You Want to Hat - «ve Food that you can eat and di- gest, come to 226 South 2nd St. where WwW, W, Purner | will accommodate von with the atest delicagies of the season at | prices to suit, Before you sell or Jease (your land see the OHIO REALTY Co, Room 7 ‘Turner Bnilding. Holbert & Freeman CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS ESTIMATES AND ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FURNISHED Phone 320 or Call .612 South 3rd St, THE CIMETER JOB PRINTING CO. THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE tat comeratns Gahan ton a qReasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing Hoar oi tt wef or ser soaked Cane ~sX South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. — Nickens & Nickens, Props. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING ABSTRACTS of THLE, ASURANC, SURETY BONIS end QEAL ESTATE eS ee en A I Muskogee Cimeter, W. H. TWINK, Editor, MUSKOGEE, - ~~ _ IND. TER. — ee it 1s the man who {8 not afraid of the present that need not fear the fu ture, A New York woman gave onions the credit for her 107 years. In onion there ig streneth, If you want to be told that smoking oes not hurt you, go to a doctor who uses the weed, A right to run down the rest of the world does not go with the purchase of an automobile. Mark Twain can sell his Jokes for 30 cents a word, but what does be do when he wants a nickel? Paris is thinking of building “get off the earth” subways for pedestrians. This ix the automobile age. The new ten-dollar bills appear to be the most popular yellow backed literature ever put on the market. Admiral (juln, who says that Japan wants to live at peace with the world, evidently desires to be a good juin, A Chicago lawyer boasts that he has lived for 61 days on nothing but water. When is he going to come ashore? Is Prof. Osler listening? A Boon- ville (ind.) man is still an active working news “boy” though he is 85 years old. A Chicago man claims he was robbed of $100,000 on a train in Switzerland. They have dining car a la carte serv. ice there, too? Phe foundation stone of the tempie of peace at The Hague has been laid, which is more than can be said for the foundation stone of peace. The world’s history can be read in the stars, according to Sir David Gill, though it is not beiieved they mention “the names of all the presidents, Mark Twain says he understands Engiish humor. The trouble about Twain, says the Omaha Bee, is that you never can tell when he is joking. “Occasional separations are good for married peopie,” says a woman writer, We judge that is a popular view, on looking at the divorce courts, Japan may be experimenting with war balloons, too, but when Japan does things Iike thet she doesn’t send fnvitations to the newspaper re porters. A Toledo physician has been sued for $10,000 worth of kisses. As the lady is 45 years old, he must have or dered a wholesale lot for distribution among his friends, Egyptologists now have a_ poor opinion of Rameses IL, but_as he has been dead for some thoifsands of years it is not believed that it will bother him much, That London piekpoeket who was arrested in Chicago made a mistake in coming so far west, says the Chicago Dally New® He should have re mained in New York, where the peo- ple would have loved to have their pockets picked by a crook from dear old London, “In Kansas,” says an exchange, “the stern arm of the law has stepped in and decreed that bakers shall no longer knead dough with their feet.” It is high time, therefore, for the stern foot of the law to selze the cabbage raisers in its sinewy grasp and utter the im- perious demand that. they shall no longer pack thelr sauerkraut in bar- rels by the process of tramping it witb their bare hoofs, a aa No Grace. Zour-yearold Anna was Invited to take luncheon with the family of one of her little friends. Before they par- took of their meal, the head of the house usked a blessing upon the food, during which time Anna chattered con- stantly, Not wishing to reprove the child, her‘hostess said, “I suppose you don’t have grace at your house.” ' “Oh, no,” the little girl replied, ‘we have Bessie.”—Harper’s Magazine, Makes Pain Go Away. Are you one of the ones who pay in toil For your right of way through this life? If so you will find Hunt's Lightning Oil A friend which will aid in the strife. To those who earn their own way by their own labor, accidents occur with painful frequency, Burns, bruises, cuts and sprains are not strangers to the man who wears corns on his hands. A better remedy for these troubles does not exist than Hunt's Lightning Oil. New in Natural Historv. Not all English childrengare well posted on live stock. The following “howlers” are from essays exhibited ata recent show: “The young horses have long legs, so that it might keep up to its mother when wild lions like the lion and tiger are after them to devour them.” “The fowl,” declares still another, “when alive is used for cock-fighting and when dead for its beautiful feathers.” “The pig gets its wool coat off in summer. Then we get the wool of it. The pig is re- garded as a bad creature.” “GONE TO THE DEVIL.” London Inn Responsible for Origin of Common Saying. The old inns of England have been responsible for the origin of many common sayings. An instance of this is the proverbial phrase “He has gone to the devil." On Fleet street, London, near Temple Bar, was once a tavern which was known by the strict- ly old-fashioned name, “The Devil and Saint Dunstan.” It was famous for its good dinners and excellent wines, and received a large patronage from the lawyers of Temple Bar. It was familiarly known as “The Devil,” and when a lawyer left his office to go there he usually left a no- tice on his door, “Gone to the Devil.” There were some who patronized the tavern to the neglect of their business, and the notice was so regularly exhib- ited on their doors that it finally came to be used to characterize the man who was losing his grip and going to destruction.—The Sunday Magazine, FOUND OUT, A Trained Nurse Made Discovery. No one {s in better position to know the value of food and drink than a trained nurse. Speaking of coffee, a nurse of Wilkes Barre, Pa., writes: “I used to drink strong coffee myself, and suffered greatly from headaches and indiges- tion, While on a visit to my brothers I had a good chance to try Postum Food Coffee, for they drank it alto- gether in place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks after using Postum I found I was much benefited and finally my headaches disappeared and also the indigestion. “Naturally I have since used Postum among my patients, and have noticed a marked benefil where coffee has been left off and Postum used. “I observed a curious fact about Postum when used among mothers, It greatly helps the flow of milk in cases where coffee is inclined to dry it up, and where tea causes nervousness, “I find trouble in getting servants to make Postum properly, They most always serve it before it has been boiled Jong enough, It should be boiled 15 to 20 minutes after boiling begins and served with cream, when it is cer- tainly a delicious beverage.” Read “The Road to Wellville’ in pkgs, “There's a Reason.” MR. JOHNSON NOT TO BLAME. Good Old Lady Understood How the Mistake Occurred. There is a good old lady who cannot resist speaking well of all her ac- quaintances, On Thanksgiving day she told the colored man who did chores about the place that he might go into the barn- yard and help himself to a chicken. The man obeyed with alacrity and was most profuse in his thanks, In the course of afew days the lady's husband informed her that on Thanksgiving day neighbors had seen Mr. Johnson seize two choice hens from the coop, “I did teil him to take one,” con- fessed the lady regretfully, “but, you know, dear, how intensely Mr. John- son celebrates the holidays. Why, he simply cannot help seeing things dou- ble.” THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA, Were Treated at Dispensary—Did Not Improve+Sutfered Five Months —Perfect Cure by Cuticura. _ ’ “My three children had eczema for five months. 4 little sore would ap- pear on the head and seemed very itchy, increasing day after day. The baby had had it about a week when the second boy took the disease and a few sores developed, then the third boy took it. For the first three months 1 took them to the N— Dispensary, but they did not seem to improve. Then I used Cuticura Soap and Cuti- cura Ointment and in a few weeks they had improved, and when their heads were well you could see nothing of the sores. Mrs. Kate Keim, 513 West 29th St., New York, N. Y., Nov. 1,5 and 7, 1906,” A Little Courtship Comedy. ' A good-looking, well-to-do bachelor of Manchester was being teased by some young women of his acquaint- ance for not being married. He said: “I'll marry the one of you whom on a secret vote you elect to be my wife.” There were nine women in the com- pany, Each one went into a corner and used great caution in preparing her ballot and disguised her handwrit- ing. The result was that there were nine votes cast, each receiving one. The man remains a bachelor, the friend- ship is broken up, and the women, all mortal enemies, united in the one de- termination that they will not speak to the man again.—The Tatler, Disillusion. The American contractor stood at the base of the great pyramid and looked at the venerable monument in disgust. “It's a big pile, all right,” he said; “and it may do well enough for Egypt, but if a man in the United States should turn out a job of stdne work like that the papers would roast him from Hoboken to Hegewisch.” Turning away disappointed, he con- soled himself by taking a ride on a camel, which animal he found fully up to all the descriptions he had read of it. Her Bad Break. “Here's a pretty good coat, if you want it,” said the farmer's wife, with a generous smile, Young Hilary Wearinesse, the tramp, spoke politely, yet with some slight hauteur, “Yer kindness, ma’am,” he said, “should be a sufficient excuse for yer ignorance; but ye oughter know I can’t wear no sack coat with this here silk hat.” — For Twenty Years. Other chill remedies have sprung up, flourished for a brief season, then passed away—even from memory—but for twenty long years Cheatham’s Chill Tonic has been in the field of action, The reason js simple. It has the merit. It actually cures chills and fevers, while the majority of others merely promise to, One bottle guar- anteed to cure any one case. HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR. Thousands of Soldiers Contracted Chronic Kidney Trouble While in the Service. The experience of Capt. John L, ly, of Co. E, 17th Ohio, now living at 600 East Second street, Newton, Kansas, will intereat the thou Atay sands of velerans who ® came back from the ee eM Civil War suffering tors «tures with kliney Com me! plaint, Capt. Wly Bays: Ke oe *Y contracted kidney Pheer trouble during the Bs ee) A Civil War, and the oe. ts heded casional attacks fnal- Me a EM ie develoved fate a« WHEE SELE POM, FER Departs A tip sauds of veterans Who ] Bd came back from the see Civil War suffering tors «tures with Kliney Gomes Po plaint, Capt, Wly hays: if Rl “Y coatracted kidney Pheer trouble during the PS AM Civil War, and the oc- A Mf Fede] costonal attacks fnal- . ly developed into a chronic case. At one time | had to use a crutch and cane to get about, My back was lame and weak, and besides the aching, there waa a distressing retention of the kidney secretions, 1 was in a bad way when | began using Doan’s Kidney Pills in 1901, but the’ remedy cured me, and | have been well ever since,” . 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Aa the Revised Homestead G R Regulations of Canada, 3 Thousands of home- steads of r60acres each are now available, The new regulations make it possible for entry to be made by proxy, the oppor- tunity that many in the United States have been waiting for, Any member of a family may make entry for any other member of the family, who may be enitied to make entry for himself or herselt. Entry may now be made before the Agent or Sub+ Agent of the District by proxy, (on certain condi: tions by the father, mother. son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader. “any even numbered section of Dominion Lands in Manitoba of the North-West Provinces, excepting and Wi, not reserved, may be tome: Steaded hy any person the sole head of a fatnily, Or mate over 1? years ot age. to \he extent of ong fuarter section, of LW acres, more OF leas The fee in each case will be $10.00; Churches, schools and markets convenient, Healthy clinate, splendid crops and good laws. Grain-growing and cattle raising principal industries For further particnlars as to rates, routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to J. S, CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri, iid takin. uaenai ebay ° éce antce ne, DEFIANCE STARCH—:. rc. —other starches only 12 ouncesmsare price and “DEFIANCE” 16 SUPERIOP QUALITY. The First Steamboat. About a dozen years before the 13 English colonies declared their inde- pendence from the mother country, William Henry, a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, attached a steam engine to an old bateau and managed to steam for some distance down the Conestoga river, but by some mishap the boat was sunk. Not “Just as Good”—It's the Best. One box of Hunt's Cure is unfailing: ly, unqualifiedly, and absolutely guar- anteed to cure any form of Skin Dis- ease. 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. You do not learn that you may live —you live that you may learn, RED CROSS BALL BLURB Should be in every home, Ask your grocer for it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents, A girl isn’t necessarily a peach be- cause she has a stony heart, Smokers have to call for Lewis’ Single Binder cigar to get it, Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, Il, | He who reigns within himself is ‘ more than king.—Milton, pee ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use “L, asi ie BN a ae i al W. * DOUGLAS ah BEST IN , $3.00 & $3.50 SHOES shin , Way" SHOES FOR EVERY MEMBER OF a " THE FAMILY. AT ALL PRIOES. rie 0 any one can prove W. 7” G25,000 \hesnr2 joes not sgeks « cit fy oa Reward (mere Mon's 33 & $. 92 shoes a Tas i" than any other manufacturer. Wit > Vey THE REASON W. L. Douglas shoes are worn by more people QAR E fn all walks of lifo than any other make, is bechuse of thelr stay ae excollent style, easy-ftting, and superior wearing qualities, Vinee ‘The solection of the leathers and other materials for each part are: Of the shoe, and every detail of the making is looked after by at Py the most completeorganization of superintendents. oremenand nS skilled shoemakers, who recetve the highest wages paid in the N kes shoe industry, and whose workmanship eannot be excelled, CN f If Leoul take you into my Large factories at Brockton, Mass., "J and show you how earefully W. ls Douglas shoes are made, you Sir, | f ‘ would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, May \) your longer and are of ureator value than any other makes sag ot ee 4 GI Edge and $5 G Shoes cznnot be equaited at any price. IA Ee AO ee ee oe OT Bangles name net price stemperton bots Tene No Substitate. Ask your dealer for W. L. Dougias shoes, If he cannot supply you, send direct to factory Shoos sent everywhere by mail. Catalog free, W.L.Douglas, Brockton, Mase $100 REWARD For any case of Chills or Fever, Swamp Fever, Dumb Ague or any ailtment due to Malaria that Schaap’s Laxative Chill Cure fails to cure if taken according to the Directions. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents. Prepared only by JOHN SCHAAP, Ft. Smith, Ark. ie « SEMD FOR PREC tu.us, Treatisr on i (PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED sott.risiSeiissrnstaa Cas] Opportunity Knocks Why Not Open the Door? Land is the Basis of All Wealth. It is Getting Scarcer All the Time and Consequently Prices are Bound to Go Up. Buy Now When You Can Get In On the Ground Floor. Read the Following: : Bowie, Texas, April 19. 1907. Dr. C. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas, Dear Sir:-—I_ purchased a farm and two lots in your Atascosa County ranch from Mr. Farrington, your agent at Alvord, Texas. Several of my friends became interested and wanted me to go and look at the ranch, and ] have just returned from an investigation of it. I spent two nights and one day on the ranch, and went over as much of it as we could while there, and I aia entirely satisfied with my purchase. I found the land as good as recommended, It is the largest single body of good land, so far as I could see, with the least amount of waste land that I was ever on. With best wishes, I am Yours truly, ¢ J. H. MESSER. Dr. Simmons will sell you a truck farm of from 10 to 640 acres in the garden spot of Texas, and two town lots for $210—payable $10 a month without interest. Write today for literature, views of the ranch and name of nearest agent. DR. C. F. SIMMONS, 215 Alamo Plaza, San Artonio, Texas. DEFIANGE Cold Water Starch makes laundry work a pleasure. 16 02, pke. 106, Tr amiciod wih! Thompson's Eye Water We Pay Gash to Boys and Girls Many bright boys and girleare making weely after sehool working for us. Lf you wantthe same chance, rend stamped envelope today for samples. Novuing to buy. Propies Preston Co, Station RK, Cinetonati, Ohio, PAINLESS DENTIST SET THETH i 5.6 cciiccc sce eceeeecs BE,00 BEST GOLD CROWNS ..........-. $4.00 BRIDGE WORK ............000000+5 3,00 FILLINGS .....c.seseee0eee06. 50 cts up TEETH Extracted Without Pain....50cts EXAMINATION FREE. Phone 938 Dr. G, LL, KNEBEL 4th & Okmulgee, State Building, Rooms 1-2-3. Muskogee, I. T Money to Loan H. P. SHOWALTER GENERAL INSURANCE | | Insurance Assets Milwaukee Mechanics Fire Ins, Co. 6.600 cece cee ee eee eee UT59179 Northwestern National Insurance Cov... che eee eee eee ee ee 4,505,095,00 Michigan Commercial Insurance Cos sees cece ee cee ee tee ee ee BAF835.00 Columbia Insurance Co, eee sees eee ee cee eee wee eeees wee 6 106,028,00 Cosmopolitan Fire of New York... cece ee cece ee were eee oe 6 733,830.00 Ohio German Insurance Co....ee cee eee cece eens cence eee ee 6 628,311,00 Merchants & Planters Insurance Co. .seeeseee ce ee ee eee ee ees Home Co, Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Co... 6. eee eee cee ee eee ee 6 1,000,000,00, Fideiity & Deposit Co, of Maryland .. 6.06.66. ce eee cee eee ee 6,188,569, 99 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.....66 0 cee eee eee ee © 220,000,000,00 Pacific Mutual Accident Co,...... csscee secccscvees eee e+ 10,908, 298,00 Durfey Hardware DON’T FORGET THE BigSale At DURFEY’S HARDWARE Special Sales Ways Tuesday of each Week, Watch the Windows CREEK UNDERTAKERS BILLINGS AND CULLUM Caskets and Funeral Regalia Always on Hand ; IN OFFICE DAY & NIGHT. PHONES 986 & 481 If you caw’t get us on one phone, try the oiher, 200 S, 2rrict. St. Muslkogee,l, “Tr, Pioneer Abstraet Wo. This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Gothere for correct information, Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskoyee, I. T. Home Undertaking Comipany, Ragsdale, Davis and Davidson. Geo. W. Davis, Manager and Funeral Winoaetar ] | WHY PAY RENT? \ We sell you a house and lot for $10 to $200 cash. Balance like rent. We also sell lots on payments. Get our prices. MARTIN & QUARLES, Phone 1230. 312 West Okmulgee Street e Notice. Let us pay off your mortgage and save your place. I have several neat new houses and lots to sell on install- ments—Kasy terms. | Every man and woman who trades with us isable to bny a home, | Tloan money at 8 per celit ‘interest. Come to see vs to day. Ww. P. FIELDS. NO. | ENGLISH BLOCK. Every business man, both Colored and white should pat ronize the Afro Amertcan Ba kery. It is the best in town. COMPLETELY ANO COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO ‘THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the ‘WORLD'S FAIR CITY’* For Abadia " aseunluaw, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Wrision Passenger Agent, JOPLIN, Mo, ; THE GIMETER JOB PRINTING GO. | / THE QUICK MAIL ORDER HOUSE | fn 7 {We do business by fair competition , and conservative methods :: :: +: : {Reasonable rates made consistent " with first-class printing :: :: 3: {Try us once and you will always i . lead ua your work :: ¢ 33 33 3: ‘ | <8 South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. : Nickens & Nickens, Prps. ge | _ : - : Kirshbaum : GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, | Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases W. E. McCLURE Knox Agency, English Biock. MUSKOGERE : : t Recah res t be Mr. W. D. BREWER DEALER IN Harness of all kinds. Saddlery made in the Shop. Pere ee 119 South Main Street.