Muskogee Cimeter
Friday, December 13, 1907
Muskogee, Oklahoma
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The Muskogee Cimeter.
December 16,1907 at 2 p.m.
211 SOUTH SECOND ST.
One new Everett Piano $350 for $100
One Wardrobe 60 " 15
Two Mantle Folding Beds 40 " 12 each
One Kitchen Cabinet 27.50 " 10
One Section Bookcase 18 " 8
One Oak Bedstead 2 Springs 20 " 3.50
One Dresser with $20 mirror " 10
Two Armchairs 3.50. " .75 each
One Porch Settee 4 " 1.50
One " Rocker 16 " 2
One Water Cooler 4 " 1
Pictures, Chairs, Books and many other household articles too numerous to mention.
Our people should not miss this sale as every article is as good as new.
HAVE YOUR AGENT ON HAND. AT 211 S. 2ND ST.
Monday at 2. p. m. Sharp
Rex Dots.
Mr. F. L. Lankster and wife made a flying trip to Ft. Gibson Saturday.
Prof. Bonds visited relatives and friends in Wybark Saturday Sunday.
Master R. Langster of Muskoee came to Rex last Saturday to visit his parents. He returned Sunday evening.
Prof. Bond's was in Muskoee on business Monday.
Miss Emma Curtis of Gatesville, Oklahoma is teaching our school.
The Reverend Mrs. Satchel is much better at this writing.
Prof. Bonds will speak on socialism at Cherry Hill school house one night next week. The Prof. is a staunch socialist.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. King are on the sick list.
Prof. Bonds of the C. M. E. church will preach a sermon at the First Baptist church next Sunday at 7:30 p. m. All are invited.
The battle will soon be on for the election of delegates to the National Convention to be held in Chicago. There are a number of candidates in the field now, but it is not a case of first announced first elected.
I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS BEING A CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE TO THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO JUNE 16, 1908, AND ASK THE SUPPORT OF ALL REPUBLICANS OF THE STATE OF GKLAHOMA. W. H. Twine.
Five Republicans voted for the jim crow bill in the house and two Republicans voted against it in the senate. Stick a pin there.
PEOPLE WHO KNOW
Goods Goods When They See Them And appreciate bargains when they need them can be found day by day attending our great reduced price sale
YOU SHOULD CALL AND LOOK THROUGH OUR LINE
Our stock is heavy and must be turned inso cash. To take advantage of this opportunity of getting your holiday gifts, will be equal to finding money. Our Combs, Bracelets, Rings, Lockets and other Jewelry is as staple as wheat.
We have a line of Christmas Toys that for quality and price can not be equaled in Muskogee. If you by your children's Christmas presents here you not only buy something that is sure to please them but something that will last. You also save your yourself money.
Muskogee Jewelry & Novelty Co.
128 S. 2ND ST. R. A. GIVENS, MGR.
SALE
AT KENDALL COLLEGE
SATURDAY DECEMBER 14
ALL DAY
Household Furniture, including Beds, Bedding, Dressers, Wash- stands, Stoves, DISHES ETC.
If you want bargains come early and stay till the finish. You can get the goods at your own price.
Horrible.
"So your father has failed, eh? I suppose he will have some money left?"
"No, everything is gone; I have have nothing left but my beauty."
"Gee! I didn't think it was that bad!"—Houston Post.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach the disease portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
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Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Riley and the Weather.
While going to the office of his publishers on a bright morning in September, James Whitcomb Riley met, what seemed to him, an unusually large number of his acquaintances who made the conventional remark about the weather. This unremitting applause pleased and amused him. When greeted at the office with "Nice day, Mr. Riley, he stopped at the door and answered droly: "Yes—yes—I've heard it very highly spoken of."
His Advice.
"Well, Uncle Josh," said the fond mother after her daughter had trilled a few times for the purpose of impressing their relative from the country, "what do you think of it? Would you advise me to have Daisy's voice cultivated?"
"Yes, I guess I would. Git it cultivated a while and then have it seeded down. Gosh, but you people seem to be warm-blooded here. I'd freeze if I had to depend on them steam pipes for heat."
One Thing Held Him Back.
"There was a racket of some kind in our house last night," said the man who lives in a flat building. "Screams came from one of the rear flats and everybody was looking out the windows to see what the matter could be. Various exclamations and conjectures were made by the rubbernecks and soon several women were screaming in sympathy. Presently out of the awful din rose a deep masculine voice exclaiming in exasperation and with the manner of one feeling around in the dark: "I'd go for a policeman if I could find my pants!"
BOTH GAINED
Man and Wife Fatten on Grape-Nuts.
The notion that meat is necessary for real strength and the foundation of solid flesh is no longer as prevalent as formerly.
Excessive meat eaters are usually sluggish a part of the time because they are not able to fully digest their food, and the undigested portion is changed into what is practically a kind of poison that acts upon the blood and nerves, thus getting all through the system.
"I was a heavy meat eater," writes an Ills. man, "and up to two years ago, was in very poor health. I suffered with indigestion so that I only weighed 95 pounds.
"Then I heard about Grape-Nuts and decided to try it. My wife laughed at me at first but when I gained to 125 pounds and felt so fine, she thought she would eat Grape-Nuts too.
"Now she is fat and well and has gained 40 pounds. We never have indigestion any more and seldom feel the desire for meat. A neighbor of ours, 68 years old, was troubled with indigestion for years; was a heavy meat eater, and now since he has been eating Grape-Nuts regularly, he says he is well and never has indigestion. I could name a lot of persons who have really been cured of indigestion by changing from a heavy meat diet to Grape-Nuts." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville" in pkgs.
FIVE HUNDRED ARE DEAD
FIVE HUNDRED ARE DEAD
GREATEST LOSS OF LIFE THAN ANY MINE EXPLOSION
MOUTH OF MINE CLOSES IN WORKMEN
Workmen Are Held in Pits and Suffocated by Gas—Caues of Disaster Merely Speculative—Coffins Being Shipped MONOGAH, W. VA.: Three charred bodies lying in the improvised morgue, four badly injured men, and 493 men imprisoned by tons of coal, rocks and mine debris in the depths of the hills surrounding this mining town, with the chances all against a single one of them being alive, is the most accurate summary obtainable of the results of a mine explosion which in all probability was attended by greater loss of life than any former disaster in the history of the blituminous coal mining industry of America.
It is reported that the mine officials have ordered 380 coffins shipped to Monogah as soon as possible. The explosion occurred shortly after the full force of 500 men had gone to work in the two mines affected. These mines are Nos. 6 and 8 of the Consolidated Coal company, located on opposite sides of the west fork of the river, at this place, but merged in their underground workings by a heading and on the surface by a great steel tipple and bridge.
There is much speculation as to the cause of the explosion, but the most generally accepted theory is that it resulted from black damp, scientifically known as methame. It is believed that a miner attempted to set off blast which blew out and ignited an accumulation of this deadly gas, that this in turn ignited the coal dust, a highly inflammable substance found in greater or less quantities in all West Virginia mines. However, all explanations of the cause up to this time are necessarily speculative. Only a thorough investigation after the mine is re-opened will disclose the cause, if it ever is ascertained.
THREATENED COAL FAMINE
Enid Has Only About Two Weeks' Supply on Hand
ENID: With hardly enough on hand to supply the town for two weeks, in case cold weather should set in, Enid faces a most critical situation. Coal dealers declare that it is impossible to secure a supply of coal.
A movement has been started to ask the corporation commission for relief in case the situation becomes worse. Many families are without fuel and calls for relief are made daily.
"Two weeks of cold weather and Enid would be out of coal," says L. W. Lyons, a coal dealer. We have been unable to secure a supply of coal from the mines.
"The reason given by the operators for the shortage is the lack of miners. They claim that large numbers of foreign workmen have quit and gone into other business, making the output short. "I hardly think that application to the corporation commission will relieve the stringency. The conditions are beyond the control of the operators and railroads."
A8KS HASKELL'S APPROVAL
New Plan Proposed for Disposal of Oklahoma School Lands
GUTHRIE: The Oklahoma school land lessees adopted resolutions asking Governor Haskell to favor their plan of disposing of the school lands. There are 9,000 school land lessees in Oklahoma, occupying over 1,500,000 acres of state lands reserved for the school fund. The lessees want legislation for the sale of these lands on bids, preference right of purchase reserved to the lessees, and to pay for it on long time at 4 per cent interest. They also want a board of appraisers in each county who will fix the value of their improvements, including orchards and cultivated lands, each county board to work in some adjoining county.
FIVE BANDITS ROB A BANK
Get $4,000 From Safe Cracked by Nitroglycerine
CARNEY: While two men, at an early hour Friday morning, time after time charged the safe of the Bank of Carney with nitroglycerin, and explosion after explosion shattered and broke up bank furniture, three other robbers stood guard on the outside of the building and kept up a steady rifle fire in every direction, shooting at any citizen of the town who made his appearance.
After five terrific explosions, which wrecked the interior of the bank and damaged the building the safe was blown open and $4,000 in cash secured.
The town was thoroughly aroused, and a general alarm was sounded. Church bells were rung and the citizens, arming themselves, were prepared to make a charge when the robbers calmly walked down the main street of the town and vanished in the darkness. The men are known to have walked into town and deliberately robbed the bank, firing cooly at those who showed themeselves. A lage posse, with bloodhounds, is scouring the district. It is thought the gang is the same that robbed the bank of Marshall two weeks ago, and as a result of these robberies bankers in the smaller towns are placing armed guards in their buildings.
Still Under Federal Supervision
GUTHRIE: Questioning the authority of the federal court of the western district of Oklahoma to try a case wherein a crime was committed under territorial government, and particularly in the Osage nation, Attorneys Leahy and Scott of Pawhuska, produced somewhat of a sensation in Judge Cotteral's court. These men represent A. C. Green, Mike White and Frank Williams, who are charged with lynching a negro at Osage, July 16, 1907.
Representing the United States, the assistant United States attorney, in arguing the case contended that the jurisdiction of the federal government should not be questioned, that the crime was committed in the territory under control of the federal government and that the Osage nation is still under supervision of the federal authorities.
MRS. BRADLEY RELEASED
Jury in Famous Murder Trial Returns "Not Guilty" Verdict WASHINGTON: "Not guilty" was the verdict rendered by the jury in the case of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley, charged with the murder of former United States Senator Arthur M. Brown of Utah, at a hotel in this city on December 8, last. Amid the applause of a crowd that filled the court room, Mrs. Bradley, with tear-dimmed eyes, was discharged from custody and a trial that has evoked national attention during the past three weeks was at an end.
Throughout its deliberations the jury, into whose hands the case was delivered by Justice Stafford, practically stood at 11 to 1 for acquittal until the final ballot, when the lone juror, who was holding out for some form of punishment, Juror Julius H. Prigg, gave in and the verdict of acquittal was agreed to.
Mrs. Bradley was immediately discharged from custody and left the court house in an automobile following an ovation. She will leave in a few days to join her sister at Goldfield, Nev.
Ardmore Has Two Fires
ARDMORE: Destroying the stock of the J. W. Banks Mercantile company, valued at $23,000, and damaging the building to the extent of $6,000, fire caught in the Alexandria hotel building. The alarm for this fire was received while the department was fighting a blaze in the Ditzler building About $2,000 worth of photographer's supplies were destroyed in this fire.
El Reno Banks Pay $100
EL RENO: Local banks began paying $100 on deposits this week and it is expected that this limit will be removed within a few days. The financial flurry, it is stated, is a thing of the past and El Reno banks have more money on hand than they have had for some time.
This Is No Joke.
Hunt's Cure has saved more people from the "Old Scratch" than any other known agent, simply because it makes scratching entirely unnecessary. One application relieves any form of itching skin disease that ever afflicted mankind. One box guaranteed to cure any one case.
Reconciled to the Inevitable.
"The only thing I can recommend in your case," said the surgeon, "is a long journey."
"Well, if it has to be, doc," the patient groaned, "get out your whittling tools and go ahead with the operation."
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Catarrh of Head, Nose, Throat.
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experiences which fall to the lot of
these adventurers when they first
play Santa Claus to a barbarian race
that has never heard the glad old
story of Yule. .
The Eskimos’ Real Santa Claus.
Sheldon Jackson, an official employ-
ed by the United States bureau of ed-
ucation to work in the wilds of Alaska,
carried Christmas to the Eskimo chil-
rden there in 1894. He gave a deep-
ly interesting account of how he did
it in a report to the bureau,
“For several days immediately pre-
ceding Christmas,” he said, “I took
occasion to tell the scholars how it
was observed by the whites, and ex-
plained some features about the d@y
as my limited knowledge of the lan-
guage would admit of; so that, by
the close of school the day before,
they pretty well knew why it was ob-
served.
“I told the children about Santa
Claus, and for them to tie their fur
stockings up near their beds, as he
was coming to visit them for the first
time, and would remember every
child.
I made up a lot of little bags out
of empty flour sacks, and into each
one put eight cubes of white sugar,
about a dozen pieces of dried apples
and a dozen raisins—not a very ap-
propriate assortment for a Christmas
present for a white child, but it was
the best we had, and I found out aft-
erward that the selection was very
much appreciated by the little Es.
kimo,
“Although our supplies were very
limited, I concluded to take enough
from such as we had and give each
family the same assortment. It was
made up of a tin can filled with flour,
eight navy biscuits, one pint of
rice, one-half pound of sugar and one-
third pound of tea. There are ten
houses in the village, and about 100
persons all told. The supplies above
enumerated were made up into ten
packages.
“I had the herders harness one of
the deer teams to a sled, and at 12
o'clock started with four natives for
the village, a half mile west of the
station.
“When we reached the first house,
I took a flashlight view of the deer
standing by the little skin window
through which a faint gleam of light
was thrown from the oil lamp burn
ing below.
“It occurred to me that perhaps
this was the first time in the history
of civilization that a live Santa Claus
made his midnight visit upon an er-
rand of mercy with a team of rein-
deer, and that the Eskimo were the
first to actually experience what
throughout Christendom is only a
myth.
“It became necessary to dig away
the frost from one corner of the win-
dow in order to get the packages
through, and in nearly every instance
the operation alarmed those below,
when a package was immediately drop-
ped down and they became quiet.
“The night was a glorious one, cold
and crisp, with the stars shining in
lustrous splendor from the pale blue
canopy above, and not a breath of air
was stirring.
“Across the whole northern hort-
zon floods of wavy light surged and
swept from east to west, sending up
further into the heavens streams of
vapory light, dancing up and down
in graceful shadows that easily led
me to imhgine that they were caused
by invisible spirits.
“For a time I forgot the subject of
my visit and lay watching the play
of the aurora as it shot forward and
| backwara, and when | finally came
to myself I looked around and found
the natives lost in deep and silent
awe at the spectacle.
“The hour I spent in this service
was one of supreme delight to me,
especially so as the little handful of
food I distributed made the bright eyes
of a hundred people glisten with hap-
piness and supplied as many stomachs
with a feast they enjoyed before they
again closed their eyes in sleep.
“It will take too much space to re
cord all the times I gathered as I
peered through theif little skin win-
dows and saw them dancing around in
great glee, old and young, and ex-
pressing their thankfulness for the
many good things received, the like
of which they had never before eaten.”
Where Santa Claus Caused Terror.
Mrs. Bertha Stover, the wife of a
missionary stationed at Bailundu, Af-
rica, tells an amusing story of how
Santa Claus terrified the black chil-
dren at her mission station, where he
first appeared to them a year or two
ago.
They had celebrated Christmas at
Bailundu before, but they never had
Santa Claus, so Mr. Stover dressed
himself up as the benevolent saint.
“He had been padded and powdered
and packed until his own mother
would not have known him,” said
Mrs. Stover. “Presently we gave
the signal and the door flew open and
in walked Santa Claus. But dear me,
what consternation!
“He was greeted with shrieks and
groans and cries of:
“*Let me out!’
“It Is the evil one!’
“‘It Is the day of judgment!’
“The small fry, catching the in-
fection of terror from the elder black
people, fled to the bedrooms, fell down
upon their faces, crept under chairs
and tables—anywhere to hide them.
selves.
“Poor Santa Claus never had such
a@ greeting before. As soon as he
realized the panic he had caused, he
tore off his tall hat and white cotton
beard, and from the bags on bis back
began to throw gifts right and left,
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img the great ‘red breads’ (dough.
nuts), tasting their fruits or nibbling
at the sweets in the familiar little
bags.
“One man wondered which end up
he was to hold the fork Santa Claus
had given him. Another immediately
tried on his new shirt. The giris ar-
ranged their bright-hued handker-
chiefs into nobby turbans, while oth-
ers tried to find some place about
their scanty clothing where they could
stow away the bunch of bread, paper
of needles and cake of soap given to
them.
“Each one tried to talk louder than
his neighbor, so they examined the
costume of good old Santa Claus, who
had frightened them almost to death.
One man said he thought Blijah had
returned, another that it was John
the Baptist. Yet another thought it
was Satan himself, ‘avd all my sins
rose up before me;’ while a fourth
confessed: ‘My only thought was to
hide myself.’”
Among the Head Munters of Formosa.
Through the center of the beautiful
island of Formosa there runs, like a
backbone, a great range of forest-clad
mountains. The original inhabitants
of Formosa, a wild, savage, ferocious
race of men, live upon these moun-
tains. Christmas was first carried
to these people by a brave missionary
named George Leslie MacKay.
MacKay had spent several years on
the coast and in the interior, but he
hesitated long before he took his life
in his hand by seeking out the bar-
barians of the mountains, to whom
no white man had ever ventured.
The favorite pastime of these sav-
ages was to cut off the heads of their
enemies and decorate their huts with
them. They had been indulging in
this sport when MacKay drifted into
one of their villages and spent Christ-
mas day with one of their chiefs,
“The chief's home consisted of one
large room 30 feet long,” said MacKay.
“A fire blazed at either end. The
men, dressed in coarse linen sacks
with holes cut for the arms, and a
broad belt of braided rattan, in which
was stuck a long, crooked, sharp-point-
ed knife, stood around one fire; while
the women, with much the same dress,
gave that in addition they had many
rings of brass around their arms and
limbs, and innumerable ornaments on
thelr bodies, squatted around the
other fire.
“80, on that Christmas night, I sat
there with these rude people, the
room lighted by the fires and by can-
dies made from the heart of the fir
tree. The men smoked their bamboo
pipes, while the women were busy
threadmaking on curivus little ma-
chines of their own; and all, men and
women, were laughing and talking
merrily and making a great noise, It
was certainly a merry Christmas, and
a strange one to me.
“After a time, with the help of the
native converts, who had accompanied
me on this dangerous trip, I sang
some Christmas hymns to these sav-
age mountaineers, who had never
seen a white man before; and I spent
Christmas evening trying to explain to
them the ‘old, old story’ that has been
told so often in so many lands since
the first Christmas morning.”
The savages took great pleasure In
the singing of the Christmas hymns,
and MacKay and his friends came to
no harm by their bold expedition,
Balances of Justice.
No human actions ever were Intend-
ed by the Maker of men to be guided
by balances of expediency, but by bal-
ances of justice. He has therefore
rendered all endeavors to determine
expediency futile for evermore.—John
Ruskin,
Just a Literary Thought. -
What a sensation it would create,
it occurs to one after rereading “Van-
ity Fair,” if Becky Sharp would reg-
ister at a prominent hotel in Pitts
burg to-day! .
THE @C1mecPrER,
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Cc. T. HUME, Advertising Manager.
Published Every Week in the Interest
of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co.
Hotered at the Post OMlice at Muskogee.
Okla, aX Second Class Mail Matter.
Article xxi, Section 2 of the
constitution, setting forth a de
linition of the races reads as
follows:
“Wherever, in this constitu.
tion and laws of this state, the
word ov words, ‘colored’ or
‘colored race,” ‘negro’? or negro
race,’ ave used, the same shall
be construed to mean or apply
ty persons of African descent,
The term ‘white race’ shall in
clude all other persons,”
And the term = ‘white race
shall include all other persons,’”
places the Indian in a) very
embarassing position, By this
the constitution at one fell
swoop makes the Indiana white
man, and by so doing, if indeed
it can doso, the Indian loses all
rights to the claim: on govern
ment. This isa pretty how de
doo Tf the constitution is Strong
enough to do what it says in
this section the Indian has been
placed in a eondition to lose
much of his rights as an tndian,
What next }-State Capital.
This legislature can eall
the moon the sun and the onion
rovese but after all, an Tndian
will vemain an) Indian though
some of them do turn white fron
fear of being called colored,
Thove is a eall for the Nogroes
of Oklahoma to convene at
Guthrie on December thirtieth,
Rishop Tyree appears to le
peesident of the organization
vada dot oof ‘preachers’? fill
out the remaining oftices,
Wonder what has become of
the organization over which
one J. Coody Johnson held
sway t
Is it not tinie that the Nes
aroes of the state get together
cud perfect an organization for
theiy mutual benefit and ppro-
tootion with officers WHO
LIVE IN THE SPARE and at
Tae same time not depopulate
tie pulpit in order to secure
sficidls, We think sa and
hope J. Coody and all other
toads of like organizations will
A REVELATION IN
HARNESS
— MAKING
issue calls for the 30th at Guth-
rie.
The compliment paid Prof,
Glenn and the people at Taft
for the work done in building
Halochee Industrial Institute is
well deserved. We bad occas
sion to visit the school recently
and was very pleasantly sur-
prised at what was seen and
heard, The institution is des
tined to be a record breaker and
will be to Oklahoma what ‘Tus-
kegee is to the South,
i, have recently purchased a LANUVIS wax thread, lock-
stitch, harness machine, This machine uses hard wax and does
work far superior to hand work, pulls the stitches in tighter and
makes more stitches to the inch than hand work, It is abso-
lutely guaranteed that harness sewed on this machine will wear ,
longer than the best hand work.
1 will continue to use the best number one oak tanned
leather, but will reduce the price of harness because the machine
will do the work of ten men and therefore. greatly reduce the
cost of making harness,
A farmer who cradles his wheat cannot afford to sell his
grain as cheap as the farmer who uses a self-binder, This is a
machinery age and the same rule applies to the harness business,
Of course there is a vast difference between “factory”? made
harness and harness made on a Landis machine in my shop
because the factory uses poor material, as wellas cheap labor,
whereas I use the best of leather and thread, and construct the
work myself. Mail orders promptly filled., Send for prices.
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The legislature is not stuck
on the Initiative and Referen-
dum for they have labelled
every measure “emergency”?
which is the one way provided
to render the clause useless, so
far as the desire of the people
to vote upon any proposed law
is concerned,
A Negro nurse is not offensive
and may vide in the white ear
but a Negro) man or woman
who is) independent cannot.
Such is the ruling of the legis-
lature now in session at Guth-
vie.
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Negroes who are looking for
locations should come to the
state of Oklahoma. In spite of
the fact that there ave some
drawbacks, opportunities are
better here than elsewhere and
our people should come here
and help to make this new state
the best in the Union,
God is not dead and the
future will show that all men
regardless of color or creed, can
live here in peace, ‘The recent
threats to deprive Negroes of
their rights will have no effect
as there ave still enough liberty
loving white men who are will:
ing to see that all men shall
have their rights under the law
(No Negro is asking for or
seeking the so-called social
equality.)
Negroes own mueh of the
Jand in this part of the country
and land owners cannot be dis
franchised in any country on
earth,
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Overdrafts
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Real Estate, Furniture and
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LIABILITY
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Merdrafts 5,14
Lands and Premiums 262,00
Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,97
Fish and Exchange 310,71
$1,687,19
LIABILITIES
Loans and Discount 1,098,363.96
Overdrafts 5.146.62
Bonds and Premiums 262,000.00
Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,975.08
Cash and Exchange 310,713.79
Capital
Surplus and Profits
Circulation
Deposits
The above Statement is Correct.
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MEN OF COLored Friends Thro
TO MEN OF COLOR
To Our Colored Friends Throughout
the United States. We send You Greeting.
The Indian Territory and Oklahoma are now a new State. Thousands of our native people are land holders, and have thou sands of Acres of Rich Lands to rent and to Lease. We prefer to rent and to lease our lands to Colored People. Our terms will be found reasonable.
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Present happiness is far better than posthumous fame.
Suspicion and opposite interest will break any kind of friendship.
The milk of human kindness continues to be circulated at the good old rate.
Great excellence is envied in life, but honored and monumented in death.
One of the popular pastimes this fall will be guessing how much the price of meat will advance from hour to hour.
An international yacht race with real boats instead of with freaks would be approved by Americans as well as Britishers.
Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany is taking a course intended to prepare him for the throne. That must be a fine trade to learn.
The Rev. Mr. McPherson's observation that "sin is merely virtue in the wrong place" is suggestive of the ancient truth that "dust is nothing but mud with the juice squeezed out."
Luther Burbank has now succeeded in producing a tree that bears seventy-three different kinds of apples. Since the days of Adam, says the Baltimore American, the apple tree seems to have a fascination for men of the experimental frame of mind.
A West Virginia man had his hopes of happiness blasted by the ghost of the former husband of the lady he was to marry appearing to her and warning her against another matrimonial venture just before the knot was tied. This was, indeed, a mean-spirited interference.
A statue of Zola is to be erected in Paris directly opposite the Palace of Justice. And thus is appropriate honor done to the memory of the man who has made the greatest fight for justice of modern times, and won the battle almost single-handed in face of the most tremendous odds.
The American manager of an English railroad is trying to break his conductors or guards of the habit of dropping their "h's" and to say "Hampstead" and "Higate," instead of "Ampstead" and "Ighgate." The first thing he knows that manager will find himself in the clutches of the humane society at the instigation of his outraged subordinates.
J. Pierpont Morgan is to pay $5,000 a month rent for a house in Europe, and Henry Allen notifies him that he is getting cheated, inasmuch as he can rent one of the most desirable homes in Wichita, equipped for natural gas, for $100 month. But, observes the Topeka Journal, just as like as not, Pierp will insist on going ahead and being cheated just the same. Some people are extremely bull headed.
A Kansas man is convinced that advertising pays. Recently he lost a $5 bill and advertised in one of his town papers. Within three hours thereafter he had the bill returned to him by a stranger who had found it. The next day, says the Ohio Sun, he found the missing bill in his vest pocket, and now declares that advertising pays just exactly 100 per cent.
The 1,002 girls who arrived on an immigrant ship the other day in search of American husbands are described as "fascinating." But if they were not fascinating enough to attract would-be husbands in their own country how do they expect men in the United States, with the high standard set by the American girl to judge by, to be captivated off hand?
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers.
General Manager Goodnow of the Chicago & Alton railroad, is seriously ill at Peoria, Ill.
Thomas J. Wornall of Liberty, Mo., has been elected president of the American Association of Fairs and Expositions.
President Roosevelt entertained his companions on the recent bear hunt in Louisiana with a dinner at the White house. Bear meat was served.
Maj. W. T. Seward, a doorkeeper of the senate, dropped dead while on duty at the national capitol recently. His home was in Guilford, Conn.
Jeffrey O. Heiback professor of Germanic and Slavonic languages at the Nebraska university, is dead in Lincoln.
William Yates, the oldest Mason in Kansas, died recently at his home in Lawrence.
Gen. Pena, ex-president of Argentina, is dead at Buenos Ayres.
H. O. Havemeyer, head of the sugar trust, is dead at his home in Commack, N. Y.
Albert W. Payne, said to be the oldest practicing attorney in the United States, is dead at his home in Bangor, Me.
Dr. Abram Miller, a prominent practicing physician of St. Louis, and member of three medical college faculties there, is dead at the age of 75 years.
Secretary Taft visited Emperor Nicholas at Tsarskoe-Selo and enjoyed several hours' conversation with the Russian ruler, who sent greetings to President Roosevelt.
Thomas Cogswell, an attorney of Crawford county, Kansas, who defended Willie Sell in the famous murder case, is dead.
Rev. Dr. E. E. Chivers, field secretary of the Baptist Home Mission society and former secretary of the Baptist Young People's union. is dead in Ridgway, N. J.
Secretary Taft was accorded a hearty welcome upon his arrival at St. Petersburg from Moscow. He visited the parliament and listened to a debate by the deputies.
Col. Haviland Tomkins, who practiced law in partnership with Abraham Lincoln, is dead at Fairlax, Ill. He was 84 years of age.
Dr. George F. Shrady, who was one of the consulting physicians during the last illness of Gen. U. S. Grant, is dead in New York.
Miscellaneous.
A situation of the utmost and immediate danger exists at Goldfield, Nev., according to Gov. Sparks, who appealed to the president for United States troops. Thirty persons were recently drowned off the Brazilian coast by the sinking of a coasting steamer. The jury in the case of the state of Kansas against the Harvester trust, on trial at Topeka, returned a verdict against the company on 42 counts.
What will probably prove the greatest disaster in the history of American mining occurred at Monongah, W. Va., recently when 400 miners were entombed by an explosion of black damp. Five badly injured men were taken from the mine immediately after the disaster, but all the others were believed to have been killed. President Roosevelt has instructed Gen. Funston to dispatch a sufficient force of regulars to Goldfield, Nov., to control the strike situation there. At Augusta, Arkansas, a negro crazed by cocaine shot seven white persons, two of whom were women.
Secretary Cortelyou has decided to reduce the allotment of Panama bonds to $25,000,000. The average price is $1.03.
The six surviving members of the first Kansas territory free state legislature met recently in Topeka to celebrate the semi-centennial of that historical gathering. A large crowd was present.
Rice hall, at Washburn college, Topeka, was recently destroyed by fire, involving a loss of $100,000.
The jury which will try George Pettibone for complicity in the murder of ex-Gov. Steunenberg at Boise, Idaho, has been secured.
There occurred in one day at St. Joseph, Mo., recently 20 hold-ups by masked men, one murder and three suicides.
The Southwest Bridge company, a Joplin concern, one of the largest manufacturing plants in the district, has gone into the hands of a receiver.
The State Bank of Admire, in Lyon county, Kan., has closed its doors. It had $28,000 in the failed National Bank of Commerce at Kansas City.
The Fort Pitt National bank of Pittsburg, Pa., organized in 1859, has been closed by order of the comptroller of the treasury.
At the suggestion of Secretary Straus the National Council of Commerce was organized at Washington recently. The body will be composed of representatives of the commercial bodies from the leading cities of the country.
The comptroller of the currency has called for a statement of the condition of the national banks of the country at the close of business on December 3.
Tyrie L. Ford, an attorney, has been acquitted of a charge of bribery at San Francisco.
At the opening of the National Rivers and Harbors congress in Washington every state was represented by delegates as well as Alaska and Hawaii. Wichita, Kansas, defeated the commission plan of municipal government by a vote of nearly 3 to 1. E. V. Moorehouse, of St. Joseph, Mo., killed himself at his home there recently. His father, former Gov. A. P. Moorehouse, killed himself in the same manner at Marysville, Mo., in 1891.
Ambassador Aoki has been summoned to Jupan by his government to explain in detail the precise situation in this country in regard to the Japanese immigration problem.
Property in the business heart of Houston, Texas, to the value of $750,-000 was recently destroyed by fire.
H. J. Groves, editor of the Kansas City Post, who, with O. D. Woodward, president and manager of the paper, were shot recently by Gen. R. C. Horne, has died of his wounds.
The first message of Gov. Haskell to the first legislature of the new state of Oklahoma was delivered orally to the members while in joint session at Guthrie, amid the wildest enthusiasm. Leading horse breeders of Kentucky have taken steps to form a new jocky club to govern racing in the west. The jury in the trial of Mrs. Bradley who killed former Senator Brown in Washington a year ago, brought in a verdict of acquittal. The crowd in the court room when the jury reported vigorously applauded.
In a rear-end collision on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad near Baltimore, three persons were killed and 20 others injured.
The senate has confirmed the nomination of ex-Senator Blackburn of Kentucky to be a member of the Isthmian Canal commission.
A bomb was recently exploded under the carriage of President Cabera of Guatemala, but he escaped with a few scratches and bruises.
In an attempt to loot the savings bank at Salisbury, Mo., robbers shot and dangerously wounded the city marshal before being driven away.
Five men succeeded in cracking the coin safe of the bank at Carney, Ok., recently, securing $4,000 and safely getting away.
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The reason, that
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RATHER A POINTED REBUKE,
Minister’s Amendment to Usual Grace
Fitted Circumstances,
A Pennsylvania divine formed one
of a house-party in Philadelphia
where the younger son, in accordance
with what the clergyman observed to
be his constant habit, as soon as he
had seated himself at breakfast im-
mediately possessed himself of a large
slice of bread, the quality of which he
proceeded to test by a liberal mouth-
ful.
The minister, a stickler in such mat-
ters of propriety, gazed blandly at
him for a moment or so; then he fold-
ed his hands and closed his eyes in
preparation for grace.
“For what we are about to receive,”
he intoned with painful emphasis,
“and for what our young friend has
already received, Lord, make us truly
thankful.”"—Harper's Weekly.
ECZEMA COVERED BABY.
Worst Case Doctors Ever Saw—Suf-
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Cure by Cuticura Remedies.
“My son, who is now twenty-two
yeears of age, when four months old
began to have eczema on his face,
spreading quite rapidly until he was
nearly covered. The eczema was some-
thing terrible, and the doctors said it
was the worst case they ever saw. At
times his whole body and face were
covered, all but his feet. I used many
kinds of patent medicines, to no avail.
A friend teased me to try Cuticura.
At last I decided to try Cuticura when
my boy was three years and four
months old, having had eczema all that
time and suffering untold misery. I
began to use all three of the Cuticura
Remedies. He was better in two
months; in six months he was well.
Mrs. R. L. Risley, Piermont, N. H.,
Oct. 24, 1905.”
A Kind Word for Charley.
“TI suppose,” said the caller, “that
your husband expects to win a great
deal of money at the races.”
“Yes,” answered young Mrs. Tork-
ins. “I don’t think that for the next
week or two anybody will be able to
accuse Charley of hoarding his
money.”
Where Others Failed.
“Each spring for five or six years I
broke out with a kind of Eczema
which nothing seemed to relieve per-
manently. Finally I tried a box of
Hunt’s Cure, which promptly cured
me. Two years have passed by, but the
trouble has not returned.”
MRS. KATE HOWARD,
Little Rock, Ark.
Suspicions.
“What does old Symper use @ cash
register for? He's the only person in,
his place of business that handles a
cent of the money.”
“I know it, but old Symper won't
trust even himself.”
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‘Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
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A man must stand erect, not be kept
erect by others.—Marcus Aurelius.
HAD NO DOUBT OF HIS FATE,
Mr. Jerome Evidently Was Aware of
His Wife's Culinary Ability,
Some weeks ago the wife of Judge
Blank, of Pacific avenue, lost her cook,
and since she had no other resource
she rolled up her sleeves and for a
week provided such meals as the judge
had not enjoyed since those happy
days when the Blanks did not keep a
cook. The judge's delight was so great
that by way of appreciative acknowl-
edgment he presented Mrs. Blank
with a beautiful ermine cloak. Quite
naturally, the incident was a good
deal noised about among the social
acquaintances of the Blanks and a
spirit of envious emulation was de-
veloped in certain quarters. It was in
this mood that Mrs. Jerome recited
the story to her husband. “What do I
get, Jerry?” she asked, “if I will do
the cooking for a week?” “Well,”
said Mr. Jerome, “at the end of @
week, my dear, you'll get one of those
long crepe veils."—San Francisco
Argonaut,
Not for Vacation Use.
It seemed to Bobby that there was
no end to the advice and instructions
his mother gave him when he was
starting off with his father for a
week's trip.
“Now I want you to be sure you
have everything you need,” she said,
opening his bag in spite of his assur-
ances that it held all a boy could pos-
sibly require. “Why, Bobbie, where
is your hairbrush? You were forget-
ting it!” ‘
“No, mother, I wasn’t forgetting it,”
said Bobby, looking desperate. “I
thought you said I was going on a va-
cation.”
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MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, R os Ss
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ettecter’ Watters bomabee dealers every peace: whoes mailed proms tacieny Go any part
_ of the world, Jilustrated catalog free. Ww. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass,
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or Fever, Swamp
Fever, Dumb Ague or any ailment due to Malaria that
Schaap’s Laxative Chill Cure fails to cure if taken according
to the Directions. For sale ty all druggists, Price 50 cents,
Prepared only by JOHN SCHAAP, Ft. Smith, Ark.
PILESP a i Sa
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PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMANT 1s guaranteed to cure any cam
of lieing, Blind, Bleeding or Protrading Piles in
610 1d days or money refunded, We.
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a listener who can't get away.
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Quality
appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved , by
physicians, as it is free from all objection-
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine—
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug-
gists.
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What a Settlor Can Secure In
160 Acres Grein.Growing Land FREE.
20 to 40 Bushols Wheat to the Acre.
40 to 90 Bushels Oats to the Acre.
35 to 50 Bushels Barley to the Acre,
Timber for Fencing and Buildings FREE.
Good Laws with Low Taxation.
Splendid Railroad Facilities and Low Rates,
Schools and Churches Convenient.
Satisfactory Markets for ali Productions.
Good Climate and Perfect Health.
Chances for Profitable Investments.
Some of the choicest grain-producing lands ta
Saskatchewan and Alberta may now be ac
quired in these moet healthful and prosperous
sections under the
Revised Homestead Regulations
by which entry may be made by proxy (on cers
tain conditions), by the father, mother, son,
daughter, brother or sister of intending home
steader
Entry fee in each case is $10.00, For pamphlet,
“Last Best West, particulars as to rates,routers
best time to go and where to locate, apply to
4.S, CRAWFORD,
No, 125 W, Ninth Street, Kansas City, Misseert,
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