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The Muskogee Cimeter. THE NEGRO CONVENTION Of The Creek Nation Vol 8 Muskogee Sept. 26. 1907. The Negro Convention for the Creek Nation convened at ten o'clock a.m. and was called to order by W. H. Twine. A temporary organization was formed through the selection of W. H. Twine as chairman and L. A. Bell as secretary. The temporary organization was made permanent. After considerable discussion the following committees were appointed: On resolutions; A. V. Jones, Capt, George Robinson, P. A. Lewis, J. A. Roper, W. Rentie, Committee on delegates; E. D. Nickens, P. A. Lewis, Steve Grayson, P. B. Hudson, L. A. Bell, Committee on finance; Jake Simmons, Haskell, H. C. Reed, Lee; Wm. James, Chase; J. H. Stevens, Beggs, S. L. James, Sapulpa; L. E. Willis, L. L. McShann, Tullahassee; Geo. Wade, Wybark; Dr. Evans, Ft. Gibson; Dr. Smith, Clarksville; P. B. Hudson, Alex Feryman, Ga'esville; J. H. Reeves, Rentie; J. E. Thompson, Clearview; Mose Grayson, Henryetta; Frank Haygood, Sharp; R. J. Chatman, Bald Hill; Rev. N. A. Robinson, F. P. Brinson, Rentiesville; J. H. Lewis, Porter; E, L. Barber, Red Bird; John Simmons, L. A. House, Co veta; O. W. Gurley, Tulsa; W. Watson, Grayson; J. F. Davis, J. Fonville, Rex; O. W. Bradley, Henry Taylor, F. M. Haynes, Boley; M. C. Perry, Lone Landrum, Checotah; J. N. Jackson, G. P. Phillips, Eufaula; Wm. Vann, Newby; Frank Knolls, Bristow; Noah Alberty, A. R. Penn, Lonetia or Wagoner post office; J. A. Roper, Steve Grayson, Okmulgee; Felix Driver, W. B. Riley, Faft; John D. Phelps, W. D. Huggins, Wagoner; P. A. Lewis, Inola; L. E. Nero, Broken Arrow; Morris J. Sango, J. H. Smith, J. T. Trimble, L. W. Sango, L. F. Fue, Muskogee. The Committee on resolu M. Hon. S. D. Russel. Leader of the Black battle line in recent Campaign. Friday, CONVENTION eek Nation Hon. S. L. Leader of the Black Camp tions reported ringing resolutions which will appear next week. After the resolutions had been adopted the Committee on delegation made a report of the selection of the following named delegates: W. H. Twine, J. A. Roper, H. C, Reed, J. H. Lewis, W. A. Rentie, L. A. Bell, A. V. Jones, A. G. W. Sango, Mose Grayson, John Simmons and also ten alternates. J. W. Sippes was elected treasurer of the Financial committee which was ordered to report collections to the Secretary and Treasurer. After many good speeches, and some routine work the Convention adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman. The entire Creek Nation was represented and there were visitors from other Nations present. It was a convention of the common people. Reporter. Reporter. D. Russel, battle line in recent campaign. MURDER MOST FOUL. POLITICAL VAMPIRES Bathe In Human Blood. Mr. Editor kindly publish the the true story of the murder of J. C. Adams; it is as follows: On the evening of September 17, after the polls had closed in our beautiful little city, it was suggested by Mr. Vandiver, one of the election judges, that he had better take the ballot box to Eufaula, the county site of McIntosh county. All agreed to this suggestion but after wards this judge got in communication with J. B. Lucas of Checotah and decided that he would carry the box to Checo ```markdown ``` September Dr. Batty of Haskell refused to serve on the finance committee and refused to say whether or not he was in sympathy with the movement. Negroes at his home will of course remember this. "Those not for us are against us." 27. 1907. tab. This sudden change very naturally created the suspicion in the minds of the Colored people that something was wrong so they offered to send an escort along with Vandiver which offer he accepted, remarking that he would not object if a dozen went. However, only five went; one white and four Colored Republicans. Vandiver, and Hood both election judges, carried the ballot box to Wrights hotel in Checotah and then both of them left the box at different times, presumably to see J. B. Lucas the Democratic committeeman, thus leaving the ballot box in the hotel near which the five escorts were stationed. After some time the faithful gaurdians seeing signs of discontent among the rough element, concluded to leave. Just as they were leaving, George Odom, Democratic City Marshall appeared on the scene and with a volley of profanity that would shame the devil himself, flourished his revolver and threatened the lives of the five men. Adams threw up his hands as he was commanded and was shot dead on the spot; the white man, Mr. Thomas was brutally beaten over the head with a six shooter by Odom and would have been killed but for the interference of a sober citizen who discovered that Thomas was a Mason. Did these judges when they went to see Lucas, plot to have the men from Rentiesville murdered? Did they desire to steal the box because it came from a Colored community and was therefore overwhelmingly Republican? After the murder of Adams, Odom was arrested by Frank Jones, Deputy United States Marshall and carried to jail. This killing was a cold blooded murder done for political reason and the excuse of drunkenness on the part of the officer should not stay the execution of the murderer. Our earnest hope is that the officers of the law will see that the murderer receives the full punishment which the law prescribes for such red-handed deeds. No 52 Reporter. Horrible Method of Sulicide. Most people have at some time witnessed revolting sights, but the falling of a suicide from the cathedral tower onto the pavement, 210 feet below, into the midst of the hurrying noonday crowd, upon whose faces and clothes his exploding debris scattered itself, which was seen in Antwerp recently, beggars description. A merchant known as Jacques Simons quietly left his wife and two children at home, as if to go on some business errand, made straight for the cathedral tower, climbed it, and without an instant's hesitation, hurled himself into space. History relates that no one has jumped from this tower since the suicide of its architect, to whom a popular legend of the sixteenth century attributes the same fate, small bits of brass marking the spot on the pavement where he fell. Dugald's Explanation. Staying at an inn in Scotland a shooting party found their sport much interfered with by rain. Still, wet or fine, the old-fashioned barometer that hung in the hall persistently pointed to "set fair." At length one of the party drew the landlord's attention to the glass, saying: "Don't you think now, Dugald, there's something the matter with your glass?" "No, sir," replied Dugald, with dignity; "she's a gude glass and a powerful glass, but she's no' moved wi' trifles." The Entire Family. Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism. Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises. Mamy for Burns, Scalds and Aches. Sis for Catarrh and Chillblaines. I use it for everything, and it never disappoints any of us. It surely yanks any old pain out by the roots. Hunt's Lightning Old is what I am telling you about. A Firm Stand. "That man who has been asking for employment," said the private secretary, "says that he knows all about railroading in this country." "He does, eh?" rejoined Mr. Dustin Stax. "Well, just inform him that if he tries to tell it we will sue him for libel immediately." 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 all itching character. Its success is not on account of advertising, but because it surely does the work. One box is guaranteed to cure any case. Shrewd Scheme. Traveler in Parlor Car—Porter, that man in front will give you a quarter for dusting him off, won't he? Porter—Yessir!" Traveler—Well, I'll give you half a dollar to leave the dust on him and not brush it off on to me. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Gone, but Not Forgotten. In a recent single issue of the New York Herald, among the "personal" advertisements were 70 which asked information of the present whereabouts of certain persons, some of whom have been absentees for more than half a century. One Bottle or Less. Malaria is easy to contract in some localities, and hard to get rid of—that is, if the proper remedy is not used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees any one from it promptly and thoroughly. It is guaranteed to cure any kind of Chills. One bottle or less will do it. A woman, 71 years old, accused at Feltham, England, of intoxication and disorderly conduct, said she had been "keeping up" her mother's birthday. Her mother was 98. 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. Transmission of Warts. "Recent experiments show that the popular belief that warts are communicable is warranted," says a writer. "Inoculation of healthy tissue with blood obtained from a wart will cause the growth of a similar excrescence. It is thought that these growths contain an ultramicroscopic germ to which is due the transmission from one person to another. At all events, persons who have warts should take measures to have them removed at once." There is more Catartr in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catartr to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catartr Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulators and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 78c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Tennyson's Melancholy. After meeting Tennyson for the first time, an Englishman asked the poet's friend, Jonas Spedding, if his temperament was as melancholy as his countenance indicated. "Well," Spedding began, thoughtfully, "I fancy when he is alone Tennyson finds himself in very grave company." Actual Facts. For upwards of fifteen years Hunt's Cure has been sold under a strict guarantee to cure any form of itching skin troubles known. No matter the name less than one per cent. of the purchasers have requested their money back. Why? It simply does the work. A well at New Burlington, O., yields both salt and fresh water. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT S. DISEASE DIABETES. BACKACH FR375 "Guarantee" U.M.C. U.M.C. 405 C.I. U.M.C. 1910 BIG GAME CARTRIDGES The man who has saved up money for a big game trip—who has traveled miles—endured hardships and finally gets a milsfire instead of a moose, is one who does not use U. M. C. Big Game Cartridges. TUMORS CONQUERED Overwhelming Proof that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Succeeds. BAD BLOOD THE SOURCE OF ALL DISEASE Every part of the body is dependent on the blood for nourishment and strength. When this life stream is flowing through the system in a state of purity and richness we are assured of perfect and uninterrupted health; because pure blood is nature's safe-guard against disease. When, however, the body is fed on weak, impure or polluted blood, the system is deprived of its strength, disease germs collect, and the trouble is manifested in various ways. Pustular eruptions, pimples, rashes and the different skin affections show that the blood is in a feverish and diseased condition as a result of too much acid or the presence of some irritating humor. Sores and Ulcers are the result of morbid, unhealthy matter in the blood, and Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison, etc., are all deep-seated blood disorders that will continue to grow worse as long as the poison remains. These impurities and poisons find their way into the blood in various ways. Often a sluggish, inactive condition of the system, and torpid state of the avenues of bodily wasto, leaves the refuse and waste matters to sour and form uric and other acids, which are taken up by the blood and distributed throughout the circulation. Coming in contact with contagious diseases is another cause for the poisoning of the blood; we also breathe the germs and microbes of Malaria into our lungs, and when these get into the blood in sufficient quantity it becomes a carrier of disease instead of health. Some are so unfortunate as to inherit bad blood, perhaps the dregs of some old constitutional disease of ancestors is handed down to them and they are constantly annoyed and troubled with it. Bad blood is the source of all disease, and until this vital fluid is cleansed and purified the body is sure to suffer in some way. For blood troubles of any character S. S. S. is the best remedy ever discovered. It goes down into the circulation and removes any and all poisons, supplies the healthful properties it needs, and completely slightest trace of the trouble for future outbreaks. The whole volume of blood is renewed and cleansed after a course of S. S. S. It is also nature's greatest tonic, made entirely of roots, herbs and barks, and is absolutely harmless to any part of the system. S. S. S. is for sale at all first class drug stores. Book on the blood and any medical advice free to all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. 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PURELY VEGETABLE slightest trace of the trouble for fur blood is renewed and cleansed after a greatest tonic, made entirely of root harmless to any part of the system. drug stores. Book on the blood and THE SWIFT Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I was told by my physician that I had a fibroid tumor and that I would have to be operated upon, I wrote to you for advice, which I followed carefully and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I am not only cured of the tumor but other female troubles and can do all my own work after eight years of suffering." Mrs. S. J. Barber, of Scott, N. Y. writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "Sometime ago I wrote you for advice about a tumor which the doctors thought would have to be removed. Instead I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and to-day am a well woman." Mrs. M. M. Funk, Vandergrift, Pa. writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham :— "I had a tumor and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound removed it for me after two doctors had given me up. I was sick four years before I began to take the Compound. I now recommend Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound far and near." Such testimony as above is convincing evidence that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound stands without a peer as a remedy for Tumor Growths as well as other distressing ills of women, and such symptoms as Bearing-down Sensations, Displacements, Irregularities and Backache, etc. Women should remember that it is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that is curing so many women Don't forget to insist upon it when some druggist asks you to accept something else which he calls "just as good." Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, 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. 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"Your honor," said a prosecuting attorney in an Alabama backwoods court, "the prisoner at the bar is charged with killing one of the most exemplary citizens of this county. Thomas Jones, your honor, was in every respect a model man. He was a member of the church; he was never known to bet on horses, play poker, drink whisky or use tobacco. He—" "Hold on a minute," said the judge. "You say he never bet on a horse?" "That's what I said, your honor." "Never was known to play a game?" "Never your honor." "And he never drank liquor?" "Never drank a drop, your honor." "And he didn't chew tobacco?" "Never took a chew in his life." "Well, then," said the judge, "I don't see what he wanted to live for. There wasn't anything in life for him, and I don't see why he ain't about as well off dead as alive. Release the prisoner, Mr. Sheriff, and call the next case." 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 through 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. S. Infantry, Fort Crook, Nebraska." New Method of Cutting Steel. A new method of cutting steel is said to have been patented by a Belgian engineer. The process consists in first heating the metal by means of an oxyhydrogen flame and then cutting it by a small stream of oxygen gas, which unites with the steel and forms a fusible oxide, which flows freely from the cut. It is said that the cut is fully as smooth as that made by the saw, and is only 1-100 inch wide. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. Economical Boarders. "Do you know any Bedouin Arabs, Mr. Slimm?" asked the boarding house lady. "Why, what are you talking about, madam?" "Well, I read in the papers, to-day, that the Bedouin Arabs can go a whole day and only want a few dates soaked in melted butter. I thought I'd like to get a few of 'em to board, that's all."—Yonkers Statesman. How She Did It. "Mrs. Chauffeurly is always running down people when I go out with her in her auto. "Doesn't she ever get arrested?" "No, they can't arrest you for gossiping, can they?" Liquor Interests Will Transform Their Oklahoma Plants. Oklahoma City, Okla.—Representatives of St. Louis brewing interests having breweries and saloons in Oklahoma have arrived to prepare their property here for other uses in case they can't beat prohibition by having the election on the proposition declared illegal. The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, of St. Louis, owns the State brewery here and a large amount of other property in Oklahoma. The companies will have their breweries converted into ice plants and other industrial establishments. There are about fifty saloons in Oklahoma City, and probably 1,000 in the entire territory, which will be put out of business. There is a brewery and wholesale distributing house for the Heims at Guthrie. Commenting on the success of prohibition in Oklahoma, Rev. Mr. Dinwiddie made the prediction that within five years prohibition would be in force throughout Missouri, banishing the saloons and breweries from St. Louis and Kansas City. BLAMES EXPECTED STATEHOOD. Gresham Gives Reason for Unprecedented Wave of Crime. An unusual record was made this week by the federal court at Antlers, where in two days and a half the grand jury returned forty-five true bills, every one for a felony. No misdemeanor indictments were returned. The list includes an unusually large number of homicide cases. James Gresham, assistant district attorney for the central district, who had charge of the grand jury at Antiers, says that conditions in that district lately have been decidedly out of the ordinary. He says he cannot account for the increase of crime unless it arises from the fact that the criminal element think that with the coming of statehood there may be a disposition on the part of court officials to become lax in their prosecutions, or that the change to come may cause many of the pending cases to be abandoned. NEW CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OPEN. The Second for That Denomination in Oklahoma This Year. Cordell. Okla.—Cordell's two institutions of higher learning both opened for the year's work during the week. The academy conducted under the auspices of the Dutch Reformed church is now starting on its second year. The Christian college is just starting in on its first year's work. Its new building is not quite completed, and temporary quarters for its collegiate work have been secured in the Reformed Academy building, while the preparatory work is carried on in the Christian church. This is the second new school that the Christian church has launched in Oklahoma this year, the other being Christian University just opened at Enid. STABBED BY UNKNOWN HAND. One Dead and Another Seriously Wounded in Light in Durant, I. T. Durant, I. T.—As the result of a fight Wednesday at Blue, I. T., ten miles east of Durant, Wade Nicholas is dead and John Anderson is so seriously cut that it is thought that he cannot live. The affray occurred back of a store building in the little town, and it was not known for some time that the trouble had occurred. Both men walked to the Nicholas home, some blocks away, where Nicholas died. NEW TERRITORY RAILROADS. The St. Louis, Springfield & Oklahoma Western railway was chartered today, with $3, 750,000 capital. It will build from Lawton, northwest through the Chickasaw nation to Sallisaw, 250 miles. Incorporators: J. J. Beall, J. D. F' Jennings and A. F. Fricke, Oklahoma City; C. S. Stocker, Stigler; W. T. Douglas, R. Downing, A. O. Goodenough, C. J. Webster and T. J. Hartman, Sulphur. What Remains to Be Done In the Matter of Oklahoma. Guthrie, Okla.—If President Roosevelt issues his proclamation approving the constitution of the new state of Oklahoma, just adopted by its people, and there seems to be little real reason to doubt that he will, statehood, which has been sought for eighteen years, will become an actuality not later than October 24. Under the Oklahoma law the various county boards have ten days in which to canvass the vote and certify to the state election board here, so that the results must all be in the hands of the state board by September 27. As soon as the returns are received by the state board, that board must canvass them, decide all contests, and certify the result to the president in Washington. Unless an unexpectedly large number of contests are filed, that work should all be completed and the certified certificates started on their way to Washington in a week. From the date on which the certified result of the Oklahoma election reaches him, President Roosevelt has twenty days in which to either approve or reject the proposed constitution of the new state. If he approves it and issues his proclamation, the entire state government provided for in the constitution comes into existence at once. Prohibition will also become immediately effective, and can be enforced without any additional enactments by the legislature. That body is to be called together by the governor, to meet not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after statehood becomes effective. Its first session will therefore begin sometime between November 9 and November 24, and may under the constitution continue for 150 days, although all other sessions are limited to sixty days. On account of the great amount of work which will have to be done by the first legislature, it will undoubtedly take advantage of the full time allowed to it. BEATEN AND TIED TO TRACK. Victim of Territory Bandits Narrowly Escapes Death Under Train. Pryor Creek, I. T.—Beaten into insensibility and bound to the railroad track at Dawes' Switch, four miles north of here last night, S. A. Richards recovered consciousness just in time to throw himself back from the rail and break the ropes that held him before a heavy freight train thundered by. Richards, while walking along the Missouri, Kansas and Texas track, near the switch at 8 o'clock last night, found a suspicious looking package tied to the rail, and while attempting to remove it was assaulted by three men. After his narrow escape from death he walked into town and reported the matter. It is being investigated by the officers, and Agent Pagler. It is believed an attempt was to have been made to hold up Katy passenger train No. 3 as it passed Dawes switch. WEALTHY INDIAN TRIBE. G. W. Pease of Tulsa Says Every Osage is Worth $40,000. Sulphur, I. T.—G. W. Pease of Tulsa, an Osage Indian, is in Sulphur drinking the mineral waters for nervous and stomach troubles. Mr. Pease figures that every Osage Indian is now a capitalist. The big royalties and the advance in the value of the lands make the Osage worth about $40,000 per head. REQUISITION IS REFUSED. Statutes of Limitation Apply In the S. W. Hicks Cace. Guthrie, Okla.—Governor Frantz Friday denied the requisition of Governor Campbell for the return to Texas of S. W. Hicks, wanted in Montague county on a bigamy charge, and recently arrested in Oklahoma City. The papers in the case show that the alleged crime was committed in 1895 and the indictment was not returned until more than three years afterward, when the statute of limitations had become effective. C.B. FIZER M.R.C.B.FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky., writes: "I have suffered with kidney and other trouble for ten years past. "Last March I commenced using Peruna and continued for three months. 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"Very much, indeed," answered the man with the loose-fitting evening clothes. "What kind of a car do you run?" "Oh, I am not a motorist. I'm the sheriff in a town with a good level piece of road running through it." The greatest cause of worry on ironing day can be removed by using Defiance Starch, which will not stick to the iron. Sold everywhere, 16 oz. for 10c. The Edison company of Milan, Italy, is at the head of the largest hydro generating syndicate ever formed in that country. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. He knows not the value of flowers who never botany. 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 Hon. James Harris of Wagoner is man of whom the whole party may well be proud. His county is the banner county. He has led his forces to victory when the traitors claimed that he would sulk in his tent. Results count. Mr. Harris has made good. He believes in a square deal and is the idol of the Republican party in that district. The Phoenix man gave up the fight before any one could tell what were the results. Great fighter is the Phoenix. "Nit" Republicans have won a victory and they do not mean to have the fruits of that victory stolen from them by the Democrats even if the Democrats are assisted by a few traitors. If the Democrts had really wanted statehood they would have been willing to deal out even and exact justice to all men in the constitution but they had become druken on the wine of temporary success so they straightway proceeded to commit political suicide. Negroes of the new state are arroused and will take the fight against the unholy constitution to the Nation's Capital and there ask for a square deal which has been denied them in the misfit affair called a constitution. The man who says that Roosevelt dares not turn down the constitution does not know Teddy. He dares to do what he believes to be right at all times. This has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Haskell is not governor and if the signs of the times point truly, he never will be. The Democratic scheme is to throw out the big Negro precincts. This is their intention in all counties where Negroes reside and the Republican party succeeds. Let the people who stand for fair play do what lies in their power to have the constitution made by Cockle bur Bill turned down. Read our advertisements and trade with our advertisers, they deserve your patronage. The Pheonix vies with the Times Democrat in its effort to put out democratic political dope. In fact, it would appear that the row between these two papers arises out of the desire of each to become the mouthpiece of the Democratic party. The Evening Democrat has the lead. Democrats are trying to steal the county and they have even displayed the amount of pure gall necessary to the trial of the same game in Wagoner county where democrats are as scarce as fiddlers in heaven. The people should raise the money in haste to send the delegates to Wa$hington. Every one should do his part. It will never do to make an Arkansas or a new Texas out of Oklahoma. The two old hells are sufficient and there is no need of a new one. This is a Republican state in spite of the usage of the old worn out stealing methods of the Democrats. We have Republicans who are brave enough to demand their rights and if need be fight for them. We beat them fairly and squarely and now they want to take it but here we check mate them again—they can't have it. Field Marshall. Hon. C. E. Hunter, Field Marshall of the recent campaign, had a herculean task to perform. He gathered up the scattered forces of the Republi can party that were still smarting under the crushing defeat of 1906 and forged a thunder bolt which he hurled into the democratic ranks with such force that they became terror stricken and have taken to flight. As a commander of Republican forces, he has no pear in the territories for his is the greatest victory of all. In spite of camp followers and traitors, he carried Muskogee county—a feat that so surprised the bosses that they have not recovered until this good day. The present good fighting shape of our party is due to this gallant leader who, after the first battle, knows his soldiers better and in the next conflict will be able to handle his battalions with greater ease as traitors will not be placed in command of any of the divis ions. The black batallions are loyal to their brave and gallant chief and stand ready to charge the enemy at his command and anxiously await the next battle. The fellows who desire to turn down the common people have decreed a meeting for October 3,1967. Of course the common people will pay no attention to that class of men who favor jim crow cars and the constitution. Just watch for the break, it's cominig. Girl Svengali Drives Man to Steal $100,000. New Orleans, Sept. 14—Charles E. Letten, the aged tax collector and churchman, who embezzled $100,000 declared today that he had been hypnotized to steal by a pretty young Colored woman, Virginia Reed. This amazing confession was made shortly after he was found in a patch of woods on the Mississippi river where he had been hiding for three days without food. He had removed his shoes and was standing on the bank, fearing to jump, when policemen who had been pursuing him since Tuesday swooped down on him and balked the suicide. Hypnotized for Four Years. Latten, who is sixty years old and has a wife and three grown children, confessed that for four years he had been under the hypnotic influence of Virginia Reed, a beautiful young mulatto woman, whom he first met while promenading Call street on Sunday afternoon. "She had a remarkable attraction for me," said Letten. "I could not resist her. I stole $100.000 systemetically through 'kiting' the accounts each month, and found it easy to deceive the State Auditor for four years. "Most of the stolen money I turued over to Virginia Reed and she invested it. She owns several blocks of valuable realty in Baton Rouge and New Orleans." Herein is another case wherein a Southern white gentleman placed himself on social equality with a Colored woman, but if any Negro residing uear New Orleans should happen to be caught in the act of making love to a common white woman or even found talking to one, this same Latten would be the first to come forward to head a gang of gentlemen for the purpose of mobbing the Negro, for daring to put himself on social equality with white people. -Editor. Chicago Broadax. Since the days of Adam this has been the cry of man caught in his guilt: "The woman gave me and I did eat" thereby placing the blame on the woman. In this case, a white man desires to practice social equality and claims to have been hypnotized. Only a few nights ago, about 12 o'clock, it is reported that some of the young white fellows of the best families were seen on the Frisco track near a certain resort in which black women are inmates waiting to be invited in: Perhaps they were hypnotized? Perhaps. Good people who are loud mouthed in the protestations against mixed schools, waiting rooms, cars, social aquality etc. would do well to turn their efforts home and preach against the social equality practiced by their sons, brothers and fathers. It is a blamed sight worse to be seen sneaking, dodging around Negro dives at night than it is to attend school with Negro Children. YET WE WANT NEITHER TO BE.—Editor. Political Platform of C. B. Douglas, Editor Muskogee Phoenix. Clipped from Phoenix of September 25, 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. 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. 3121/2 West Okmulgee Street FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. 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Beer put up in tablet form looks like another wicked side door contrivance of the enemy. A man loves a woman because he wants to. If he marries her it is because she wants him to. Julia Ward Howe says the world is growing better, but she is 88, and naturally can't go out much. By the way, did you ever notice what your toes think when a fat woman steps on them in the street car? Anyhow, the proposed society of the Sponsors of the United States navy will include a lot of pretty girls. It is said that Cleveland girls are smoking cigarettes to ward off mosquitos. That is not all they will ward off. The overproduction of French wine, genuine and bogus, is almost as fraught with peril as overindulgence of it. A Georgia man shot the postmaster because his mail was late. His defense will probably be "the unwritten letter." A Buffalo preacher says that hell is full of peek-a-boo waists, so man can't dodge the job of buttoning them even after death. "Are the people apathetic?" asks the Kansas City Times. We don't know as to that, but we can say that most of them are perspiring. As a result of this anti-whiskers crusade, an Iowa man shaved off his spinnakers and was thrown out of the house by his wife, who mistook him for a tramp. That dinosaur is variously reported as having been found in Oregon, Wyoming and Montana. But remember his immense size, which probably accounts for it. Automobiles are being sold in Borneo, and we may suppose that the wild men over there will at once join in the march of civilization by applying for jobs as chauffeurs. Mme. Emma Eames says she doesn't believe she will ever marry again However, she has just started for Europe and there are many hard-up gentlemen with titles over there. One way to get rid of a mosquito, explains the Baltimore Sun, is to firmly slap him in the face, and at the time exclaiming haughtily: "That for you, sir," or madam, as the case may be. Complaining about the quality of the modern umbrella, Mr. Max Henry Newman writes to a newspaper: "A good umbrella is somewhat like a good poet, hard to find." Why not buy one, Max? A lecturer on "The Philosophy of Art" at the Harvard summer school declared that beauty, which is a function or entelechy subsisting between an organism and its object when the adaptation of one to the other is complete and harmonious with the organism's act of perception, is grounded upon the psycho-physical character of the organism, which determines the form of the beautiful object. All of which goes to confirm us in the belief that beauty is only skin deep after all --- KNEW VALUE OF AN OATH. Colored Witness at Least Was Aware of Its Pecunlary Worth. Clarence S. Darrow, the well known lawyer and essayist, discussing the Haywood trial, in which he played so prominent a part, said the other day: "Some of the evidence in that trial was so transparently false that it reminds me of a case that came off in Alabama a few years back. One of the witnesses in this case was an extremely ignorant man. As his testimony progressed, his ignorance became so shockingly evident that the judge, looking sternly down at him said: "Look here, sir, are you acquainted with the value of an oath?" "The witness answered anxiously: "'Jedge, I hope I am. That thar lawyer on yer left hand glimme six dollars to sw'ar agin the other side. Thet's the correck value of an oath, ain't it, jedge?" Origin of Scotland's Motto. It was thought by the Danes to be cowardly to attack an enemy after nightfall, but on one occasion when they were waging war in Scotland, they deviated from their usual rule. 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