Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee. Rentiesville, Okla, December 17, 1907. I wish to inform the public that Rentiesville is on the map. Our people are coming in almost daily. On the thirteenth and fourteenth of this month Rentiesville greeted a large crowd of new comers, about fifty in number. These people are from northeast Louisiana and come to us in splendid shape. They have ten good horses and mules; wagons and buggies; farming implements of all kinds. They are splendid types and will be a credit to our town and community. Mr. D. Pugh and C. Green are leaders of the crowd. Mr. Pugh is going to erect a dwelling house at a cost of a thousand or twelve hundred dollars. Rentiesville will play her part in making McIntosh county one of the best counties in the new state. By the way, I notice that the Editor of the Cimeter is a candidate for delegate to the Republican National Convention. I subscribe to the movement. The brave hearted Editor is worthy and well qualified. The Prohibits are trying to make fire for the unfortunates who have escaped from the Federal frying pan. We are glad Col. Robert L. Owen got the long term as United States senator. He has always dealt squarely by our people. It is to be hoped that none of our people will use harsh means or methods in dealing with Jim Crow. Let us obey the law no matter how distasteful it may be. The Negroes as part and parcel of the Republican party should have some representation Vol 9 To the Cimeter: at the National convention. It remains to be seen whether the lily whites can so hypnotize the Negroes as to cheat them this time. When jim crow street cars are put on in Muskogee then every Negro in the city should walk, or ride in his own carriage. It is a duty we owe ourselves and the race. T. S. Brown (T. S. E. Brown we presume) and B. L. Frank lin of Ardmore, Oklahoma ad dressed an open letter to the legislature of Oklahoma asking for something. And as we see it they have presented a case from a jim crow crow point of view. While Brown and his friends may be right yet when the whole article is read we can not agree with them. We do not wish social equality and neither do we enjoy seeing white men given the license to seduce Colored girls and snare Colored women without recourse or redress on the scoundrels. In fact all we ask is our rights under the law and we think that no self respecting Negro could ask for more or be satisfied with anything less. It should not be necessary for us to petition for our lawful rights but if they are withheld then we should fight for them and use the courts and all other means at our command to secure them. The only thing we now ask is that our people from the South come to the new state where lands are cheap and where there is yet a chance to make a record for the race in spite of the fact that some of the hell hounds are in the saddle. After all, a correct summary of present conditions will reveal the fact that there are a few of the supposed superior race who believe in right and one man in the right will eventually become a majority. Friday, Now is the time for our people of means to come and buy homes while lands are cheap and where they have the chance to help build up a new-state. The Negro In Business. There are evidences of good Prof. Booker T. Washington is doing to make the Negro a factor in this country. No matter what his faults have been and may be now, the organization of the Negro Business League has taken the Negro from active participation in politics to that of material progress. Instead of making politics the direct object of Negro citizenship, politics is an incident and in every state in the Union the Negro is scheming how to earn money and make himself a business man and business factor. It was Dr. Washington who first instilled into the minds of colored Americans the importance of establishing business enterprises. Look, if you please, at the progress the Negro has made in business in the city of Washington. He no longer looks to the prejudiced white man for accommodation in drug stores, grocery establishments, restaurants, eating houses, saloons and the like. In the medical profession he is on a par with his white competitor. In law he gets his share of business. Dr. Washington should be commended for this great business organization that has been and is now such a benefit to the Negro. Go where you may, you will see the Negro doing what his white brother is doing. He is getting there and the credit is due to the man who has made the Negro in business a factor. Does he not deserve our gratitude? Is there any gratitude in the Negro? If there is, we No 12 suggest a national testimonial to B. T. Washington by the Negroes of America. Who will second the motion? Ex. EXCURSIONS FRISCO HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS VERY LOW ROUND TRIP RATES TO Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Florida Louisana Kentucky. TICKETS ON SALE DECEMBER 19TH 20TH & 21ST FINAL RETURN LIMIT JANUARY 17, 1908. CALL OR PHONE 302. F. A. Stebbins, A. H. Carter, Frt. & Pass. Agt. Ticket Agent. The Afro - Ameriesn BAKING CO The 311 NORTH CHEROKEE ST. Solicits your trade we are in the front rank in our line and only ask that you give us a trial and we know you will always be our customer. Call and see us. FOR SALE. 3-room house and 50 ft. lot close in, $650.00. Two-room house and lot for $450.00. Lot in Factory Addition, $75.00. Lot in Lincoln Park, $50.00. Write W. H. TURNE, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. It Will Stay There. "In my family medicine chest no remedy is permitted to remain unless it proves beyond a doubt the best to be obtained for its particular purpose. For treating all manner of skin troubles, such as Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm, etc., Hunt's Cure has held its place for many years. I have failed to find a surer remedy. It cures itching instantly." R. M. SWANN, Franklin, La. More men are injured by having things made easy for them than by having their paths beset with difficulties.—C. H. Parkhurst. Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Cleanses the System Effectually; Dispels Colds and Headaches due to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts truly as a Laxative. Best for Men, Women and Children-Young and Old. To get its Beneficial Effects Always buy the Genuine which has the full name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. by whom it is manufactured, printed on the front of every package. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. one size only, regular price 50¢ per bottle. SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Brew Good REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. 160 Acre FARMS IN Western Canada FREE WESTERN CANADA Some of the choice lands for grain growing, stock raising and mixed farming in the new districts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have recently been Opened for Settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations Entry may now be made by proxy (on certain conditions), by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of an intending homesteader. Thousands of homesteads of 100 acres each are thus now easily available in these great grain-growing, stock-raising and mixed farming sections. There you will find healthful climate, good neighbors, churches for family worship, schools for your children, good laws, splendid crops, and railroads convenient to market. Entry fee in each case is $10.00. For pamphlet, "Last Best West," particulars as to rates, routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to $30 AN HOUR Has Been Taken In With Our MERRY GO ROUNDS We also manufacture Razzle Dazzles. Strikers, etc. BERSCHELL-SPILLMAN CO., General Amusement Outfitters. Dept. M. NORTH TONOWANDA, N. Y. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL NOT RUN FOR THIRD TERM NO HIDDEN MEANING TO HIS DECLARATION Decision Delivered to American People in 1904 Is Still Good—Says He Has Not and Will Not Change His Position on Mattur WASHINGTON: President Roosevelt will not be a candidate for a third term. All doubt on this point has been dispelled by the authoritative statement from the White House that Mr. Roosevelt still adheres to the declaration of renunciation made on the night of the election three years ago. In the statement President Roosevelt says he has not changed and shall not change the decision to the American people in 1904. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Who Positively Refuses to Be Candidate for Renomination It appears that President Roosevelt had been awaiting the call for the republican national convention to afford what he considered the proper opportunity for making his position clear and unmistakable. The president's statement follows: "In view of the issuance of the call of the national republican committee for the convention the president makes this statement: "On the night after election I made the following announcement: 'I am deeply sensible of the honor done me by the American people in thus expressing their confidence in what I have done and have tried to do. I appreciate to the full the solemn responsibility this confidence imposed upon me, and I shall do all that in my power lies not to forfeit it. On the fourth of March next I shall have served three and a half years and this three and a half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the president to two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination.' "I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced." INVESTIGATING OWENS WASHINGTON: Secretary Garfield of the interior department has had one of his sleuths investigating the ownership of 3,000 acres of land in Oklahoma just north of Caney, Kan. It is alleged that Owen acquired this big ranch and the government wants to know how he did it. The inspector sent out by Mr. Garfield has made his report, but none of it has been made public. Senator Owen heard a few days ago that he was under investigation and expressed great indignation to Secretary Garfield for moving against him secretly. Garfield's reply was that the government did not hunt big game with a brass band. When you smoke a cigar you want a good one. A poor cigar is a rank abomination and a stench in your own nostrils and in those of your friends within smelling distance. The trouble with most of us is to find a cigar with rich, satisfying aroma and easy drawing qualities without paying an exorbitant price for it. It remained for Frank P. Lewis of Peoria, Ill., to solve the problem for us. His Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigar is without doubt the peer of any brand of 10c cigars on the market. The Lewis' Single Binder cigar is wrapped in tinfoil and reaches the smoker as fresh as when leaving the factory. Its smooth, rich, satisfying smoking qualities are a delight both to the palate and the nostrils of cigar connoisseurs everywhere. In spite of the fact that the Lewis factory employ no traveling men the sales this year will exceed 9,000,000, the demand being created solely on the high quality of the tobacco used. Justice, it would seem, is both blind and deaf. ST PATR Drove all the IREL ST JACO Drives all aches from cures Rheumatism, Ne CONQUERS P 25c.—ALL DRUGGI Farmers— Go to Southwest Texas Simmon 10 to 640 Acres and Two Town Lot Without PATRICK Drove all the snakes from IRELAND MACOBS OIL all aches from the body, theumatism, Neuralgia and INQUERS PAIN ALL DRUGGISTS—50c. ers—Atten st Texas and Look Simmons Ranch. two Town Lots for $210. Without Interest. ST PATRICK Drove all the snakes from IRELAND ST JACOBS OIL Drives all aches from the body, cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia and. CONQUERS PAIN 25c.—ALL DRUGGISTS—50c. Farmers-Attention! Go to Southwest Texas and Look at the Famous Simmons Ranch. 10 to 640 Acres and Two Town Lots for $210. Payable $10 per Month Without Interest. Read the Following: Dr. C. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Tex. Dear Sir—I have just returned to County. I left El Reno on the 2nd ing over Southwest Texas, and espering in Texas, if suited. I spent two nights and a day on the Musgrove, Brown, Turkey Creatures, and made as complete an ex within the limited time that I had the body of land that I have seen in So considerable lands in Texas. I was agreeably surprised at that was much better than I expected the able opportunity for a poor man to do. The soil is what I would call dissonally a little sand, which I consider than a hindrance. I have been engaged in farming have had much experience in raising my mind there is no question but especially adapted to the successful the most valuable farm crop that Antonio, I saw fresh alfalfa hay on per ton, loose hay. With the long irrigation, you should get at least six off this land, and there ought to be. I saw the large artesian well at it is the finest artesian well I ever tions in every respect. If the land is underlaid with and do not see why alfalfa and all other made a success. I consider that you are giving the cheap homes. As far as I have seen, I am per-sented your property fairly, and that literature is not overdrawn. If you desire it, you have my per-about this land to me, and I will be of me with reference to it. I appreciate the kindness extend With best wishes, I remain, Write for literature and views of the DR. C. F. El Reno San Antonio, Texas: just returned from a visit to yo no on the 2nd of this month, fo texas, and especially your land, is and a day on your ranch, an , Turkey Creek, Muley cow complete an examination of the that I had to spare. I consi have seen in Southwest Texas, a Texas. Dear Sir—I have just returned from a visit to your lands in Atascosa County. I left El Reno on the 2nd of this month, for the purpose of looking over Southwest Texas, and especially your land, with a view of locating in Texas, if suited. I spent two nights and a day on your ranch, and while there I was in the Musgrove, Brown, Turkey Creek, Muley cow and Frenchman pastures, and made as complete an examination of the property as I could within the limited time that I had to spare. I consider your land the best body of land that I have seen in Southwest Texas, and I have looked over considerable lands in Texas. I was agreeably surprised at the quality of the soil on this ranch. It was much better than I expected to see, and I consider it a most favorable opportunity for a poor man to get a good home. The soil is what I would call dark and red chocolate loam, with occasionally a little sand, which I consider a benefit in some respects, rather than a hindrance. I have been engaged in farming and ranching about all my life, and have had much experience in raising alfalfa in Kansas and Oklahoma, in my mind there is no question but that the black land on your ranch is especially adapted to the successful growing of alfalfa, which I consider the most valuable farm crop that any farmer can raise. While in San Antonio, I saw fresh alfalfa hay on the wagon, and it was selling for $17.00 per ton, loose hay. With the long seasons you have in Texas, and proper irrigation, you should get at least seven or eight cuttings of alfalfa a year off this land, and there ought to be a yield of at least a ton to the cutting. I saw the large artesian well at the Headquarters ranch, and I must say it is the finest artesian well I ever saw, and is fully up to your representations in every respect. If the land is underlaid with artesian water, as I am satisfied it is, I do not see why alfalfa and all other crops grown upon that land cannot be made a success. I consider that you are giving the people a great opportunity to secure cheap homes. As far as I have seen, I am perfectly free to say that you have represented your property fairly, and that the description you give of it in your literature is not overdrawn. If you desire it, you have my permission to refer any persons inquiring about this land to me, and I will be very glad to answer any inquiries made of me with reference to it. I appreciate the kindness extended to me while on the ranch. With best wishes, I remain, Yours very truly, C. E. HULIT. --- 215 Alamo Plaza, To have a cough that you can't leave off—even when you go to bed? Put it away for good by using Simmons' Cough Syrup. It heals inflammation of the throat and lungs—gives you rest and peaceful sleep. He is not free who drags his chain after him.—French. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKACHE 1875 "Guarantee" RICK. e snakes from LAND BS OIL the body, neuralgia and. AIN ETS—50c. - Attention! and Look at the Famous s Ranch. for $210. Payable $10 per Month Interest. El Reno, Okla., April 11, 1907. from a visit to your lands in Atascosa of this month, for the purpose of look-ally your land, with a view of locat- in your ranch, and while there I was in park, Muley cow and Frenchman passimination of the property as I could spare. I consider your land the best northwest Texas, and I have looked over the quality of the soil on this ranch. It see, and I consider it a most favor-et a good home. park and red chocolate loam, with occa-der a benefit in some respects, rather and ranching about all my life, and alfalfa in Kansas and Oklahoma, in that the black land on your ranch is growing of alfalfa, which I consider any farmer can raise. While in San the wagon, and it was selling for $17.00 seasons you have in Texas, and proper even or eight cuttings of alfalfa a year yield of at least a ton to the cutting. The Headquarters ranch, and I must say new, and is fully up to your representa- tesian water, as I am satisfied it is, I crops grown upon that land cannot be the people a great opportunity to secure directly free to say that you have repre- the description you give of it in your permission to refer any persons inquiring every glad to answer any inquiries made ed to me while on the ranch. Yours very truly, C. E. HULIT. The Ranch, and name of nearest agent. SIMMONS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. Don't It Jar You? S09 “weeny? SS Yay. ie 3 re na se | 5 Ww Weve | Ae ch ae mp a oN WAL. : or AAG (od Ai YUE A, 7 Ap RS asi { i wl i = AS et | OAL ON GN b ex, At he ‘ ch RS fay a apa ae rue ee » eh Ogg ee Lin. oY oN y We jee APRS tae oy Re Bed ig. ered ee ot + A a | pe, ee a, a | fe ee TR ee 2 ee am Pg 2) © ees eT tel } ee eS } ue ef . ; | wee " Lp | A en Ec Manges 5 i gi | a i. aaa ‘ef pa Res. ae et. 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Most of Speckle’s offspring came in twins. ‘There were two fluffy white chickens, two pert black ones, two wee striped bantams, two long legged peevish turkeys, and two perpetually hungry ducks. But when it came to the twin goslings there was only one of them. Of course, the different twins associated together and told each oth- er their trials and joys, their fears and hopes; but the gosling was the yellow sheep of the family, He knew no troubles but his own, he wanted little, and when he found a happy hunting ground of bugs he had it all to himself. He had also a little habit of wabbling in while two chickens fought over a bug, quietly gobbling up the insect and calmly turning his back without even so much as a reminder that there,no longer existed a cause for quarrelling. Others might have gharp bills to dig and fight, but he had a broad one to grasp and retain. In his independent, happy-go-lucky way he waddied through the world, making strange friends, and having feather-breadth escapes known only to himself and the Martin family. May Day dawned warm and sunny. Worms had fairly wriggled themselves into the goslings mouth that morning, and he felt more than content as he squatted in the sun on the back kitch- en step. Suddenly, in turning his head to the left, he spied a tempting red object peeping up from a great, round, whitish looking surface, The gosling made a dash, and splash! he went under the shining white surface, He had that red bit, however, and as he swallowed it he “instinctively struck out with his legs. What a delightful sensation the gosling had then. He seemed born for paddling, and as he paddled he kept bobbing his head down into the white substance and fetching up the most appetizing things. Evidently the world had been made for nothing except gobbling and paddling. By and by he began to feel tired. He determined to jump out on the steps again, but strange to say all his jumps turned to paddles, He couldn't seem to get over a hard, brown object next to the steps. He decided to try no more but just to sit still, so he dou- bled his short legs up under him and floated. After a while he felt himself sinking, but he paddled twice or thrice and got up again. Still it was pleas- anter to drift, so he res.ed once more, Lower and lower he sank, Strange odors floated up around him. Drowst!- ness besieged him, Not much except his head was now above surface, but Noe eas ee ah oe ie app Bay nae. 9 a Neco pan of peelings and dashed them in. “Peep! peep!” murmured the gos- ling, bobbing up and down. “La!” ejaculated Mary Ann, and ran for the shovel. When she had shoveled him out on the grass she finished her exclamation. “La! aint that foo! goose got no more sense that to go swimmin’ in the slop bucket!” “Peep!” replied the gosling, placidly turning over on the grass in the warm sun with a deliciously filled feeling. Lazily the summer months drifted by. Cne day and another “that fool goose,” as every one came to designate him, figured continually before the public eye. So entirely devoid of sens* did his escapades seem that the bired man named him “Simple Si- mon,” for short, With the coming of the snappy De- cember days people began to think of Christmas feasts, and the farmers to look over their poultry with an eye to the markets. One frosty day when Mrs, Martin’s kitchen breathed spicy odors her husband slouched in, “I've just been looking over the poultry,” he drawled. ‘Turkeys are awful scarce this year and prices big. I ‘low mebbe we'd better sell all ourn and eat Simon for our Christmas din- ner, One goose ain't any good and he eats more than any hog on the place.” “'Pears like Simon was just made to die young, anyhow,” agreed Mary. “La! the times I've reskewed him!” Fully a month before Christmas city people began to send out to engage one or two of Farmer Martin's well Known turkeys. A week before tae day Mary Ann sbut up all the salable turkeys and Simon in a couple of large carriage crates which served as coops. They must have the choicest food and be ready to deliver into the hands of the many «iiff backed coachm . who came for them daily. The gob- blers spread their fine young tails and grew red with indignation; but Simon took it all as philosophically as was his wont, contentedly eating more than was his share of food and on warm days wallowing in the basin of drinking water. Soon all but two of the turkeys were carried away. One of the two, a hand: some young gobbler, Col, Robertson and his graiison would call for on Thursday. #roudly and stiffly the young turkey strutted up and down the now roomy cage, and gobblea his protest from morning till night at the top of his voice. Simon lay at his ease in the basin and blinked at his irate*companion as if the air around him did not fairly reek with garlic Whenever the turkey came too neat in his swollen pride it was only neces | sary for Simon to open his mouth and | extend his tongue. At last the Colonel came for his | turkey and bore him away, still pro testing volubly. Only Simon and ar undersized hen turkey remained, ; “It ain’t much of a turkey, that’s ¢ | fact,’ acknowledged Farmer Martin as he and Mary Ann passed the pen Fri day evening. . “She ain't worth much, Wouldn’ ,} you ruther I'd kill her than Simon to ; morrow?” tentatively qneried Mary ,| Ann, with her eyes on Simon, who rar || to the bars to see if more food wat | | forthcoming. ; “Goose is good enough for me, ani ,| Simon ain't no money value. Mebb : that turkey will fatten up ‘gains! spring and make a right respectabl mother hen,” replied Farmer Martin ,| “She's not: likely ‘to unless shi " | makes a better fight for her victuals.’ quacking and hissing. Hastily throw-! ing a quilt around her shoulders and plunging into her shoes, she rushed to the chicken yard. A man fled toward the fence with a bloody turkey in one hand. “Drop that, drop that!” yelled Mary Ann, hurling the cloths stick at him and bearing down upon him at full speed as he neared the barbed wire fence, The thief threw himself over, but his trousers and a turkey wing caught on a barb. Gaunt Mary Ann, in her motley quilt, loomed up before him, armed with a chicken trough. With a desperate wrench he freed himself, but he lost his prize, Mary Ann grabbed up the turkey. Its head had been wrung off. She ran frantically to the coop, It had been overturned, =~ “He's stole Simon, he’s stole SI- mon!" wailed Mary Ann as Farmer Martin appeared, hitching up his trou sers. Suddenly a familiar soind smote her ear. Glancing up, she caught Ga eee WW = ae | ey vi fee me! Ra oF =¥ ei = ee cl — ‘! ARI oo are a aid fears = i 7 =~ = aad i” H ¥ a - e “ a i Ne x’ = 4 " Con) 14 9K eR on EY Cie j 3 a rath ; v A 1 “ ie 4 The Thief Threw Himseif Over. a glimpse of Simon quacking merrily and waddling rapidly through the rusty weeds in the direction of the corn pen “Well, I reckon we'd better have turkey for Christmas after all, Ain’t no use of losin’ two fowls,” said Farm- er Martin, after relieving his feelings. “La!” muttered Mary Ann, as she watched Simon blissfully quacking and gobbling in the middle of the corn pen. “I do believe Simon ain't such a fool after all."—N. Y. Herald, Christmas Hobgoblins. Christmas time in Greece is known as the season of the Twelve Days be- cause over there its observance lasts for that length of time. The children are early taught that during the Christmas period ghosts and hobgoblins are abroad in the land, and they must be very careful of their actions, for fear of punish- ment. Santa Clause, with his good things, does not seem to be very popular in that country, It is on New Year's eve that everyone makes merry and that sweetmeats and gifts are given between friend and friend, Gaily dressed children go about from house to house, singing and playing, and in return for their en- tertainment are given figs, nuts and candy, and sometimes other kinds of food, Two of Them, Christmas is the “hinting” season; hints that would be resented at other times are then permissible, “Now, Eva,” said the fond uncle, wishing to know his best little niece’s mind upon a‘highly interesting sub- ject, and preferring to get at it indi- rectly, “if I were going to buy a doll for a little girl, what kind of a one do you think she would like?” “Oh, Uncle William,” answered the mite, “there is nothing like twins!" Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee Okla., as Second Class Mail Matter. NO PAPER NEXT WEEK. THE ENTIRE FORCE WILL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. THE CIMETER WISHES ALL OF ITS READERS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. A reorganization of the Republican party in this party in this county is an absolute necessity. We can win no victories unless we change our tactics The Demcorats laugh at our efforts. Neither the Democrat nor the Phoenix is very friendly toward the Negro. A stranger may readboth sheets and if the question were asked which was the Republican paper, a candid reply would most certainly force him to answer neither. Next Fall there will be an election again for the purpose of electing congressmen. The Republicans can win in three of the five districts if they put up the proper kind of fight but they can't win by playing into the hands of the enemies. C. B. Douglass, the editor of the Phoenix breaks loose in an editorial showing that the Democrat is opposed to the Negro. We never expected anything else from a democratic paper but we did expect SOME good things of the Phoenix because we supposed that it was republican but we can't see any difference between the Democrat and the Phoenix. The editor of the Cineter is a candidate for DELEGATE to the National Republican Convention and not for the place of ALTERNATE. Under no consideration whatever will the place of alternate be accepted. Some of the white Republicans say that unless we can give $1 to each of the voters we can't win in our efforts to go to the National Convention. Of course we brand the statement as a lie. We don't have to buy our way in. 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. Notice. Let us pay off your mortgage and save your place. I have several neat new houses and lots to sell on installments—Easy terms. Every man and woman who trades with me is able to buy a home. I loan money at 8 per cent interest. Come to see me to-day. WM. P. FIELDS. NO. I ENGLISH BLOCK. T. MILLER. LOAN BROKER Loans on all Articles of Value. 105 South Main Street MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. Every business man, both Colored and white should patronize the Afro-American Bakery. It is the best in town. 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. 312½ West Okmulgee Street 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. 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The above Sfatement is Correct, 4 GREAT FLEET SAILS Muskogee Cimeter. MUSKOGEE. OKLA NEW STATE NEWS Muskogee suburbanites are complaining of entertaining vendors who raise chickens by night. Three big trunks filled with quail were confiscated at Tulsa. The Frisco agent at that place detected the birds and telegraphed the governor who informed the game warden. Bartlesville people will not spend a nickle. And this not on account of any stinginess on their part, but because they expect to use them when the longed-for street railway begins business soon. South McAlester claims the distinction of possessing more high degree Masons to the square inch than any other city in the United States. Judge B. F. Burwell of Oklahoma City, former federal and district judge under territorial government, was granted a notary public's commission by the secretary of state. Announcement is made of the approaching marriage of Dr. J. F. Messenbaugh, former mayor of Oklahoma City, to Miss Laura Whisler, former county superintendent of schools, the wedding to take place on December 24. The congregation of the White Temple Baptist church, Oklahoma City, has extended an invitation to the Rev. W. B. Hinson of San Diego, Cal., to accept the local pastorate of the church, the position having been made vacant because of the resignation of the Rev. Henry Alford Porter. Representative Earley of Oklahoma county, studied law while firing on a locomotive and was admitted to the bar while taking a lay-off as fireman on an engine. The postoffice of Waurika was burned to the ground, sustaining a loss of $2,000. The fire was set by the explosion of a coal oil lamp. Bonded for $75,000, County Treasurer Kilgore of Grady county, has charge of the magnificent sum of $30, all the county funds. This money was collected as fines in the court of T. P. Moore, justice of the peace. A territorial charter has been issued to the Bartlesville, Zinc company, capital stock, $50,000; headquarters at the Borough of Manhattan of New York City; incorporators, Carl McLeof, Franz Meyer, B. Rothschild and Theo. Sternfield, all of New York; Solomon Roos, St. Louis. Twenty students of the state university, headed by Charles N. Gould, dean of the school of mines, left Friday afternoon for the Arbuckle mountains, where they will study geological formations and prepare a topographical map of the mountains. Robert Calvert of Guthrie, was elected editor and Howard Brown of Tonkawa, was elected business manager of the Mistletoe, the annual school publication of the state university. Clarence V. Johnson, who shot and killed his wife in Providence, R. L., is a grandson of Geronimo, the famous Apache chief, who is held prisoner on the Fort Sill military reservation. Business men of Sulpaur, the Commercial club and 30,000 club have requested the secretary of the interior to recommend to congress the addition to Platt National park of three parts of the townsite lying south of the park. These aggregate 255 acres and were isolated by the second segregation which were made for park purposes. THE BATTLESHIP THE BATTLESHIP "CONNECTICUT" Hampton Roads, Va., Dec. 16.—The departure to-day of the great Atlantic squadron for the Pacific is only another of the many great proofs of the nation's marvelous growth and development. The iron clad warship is only 45 years old, yet, passing through a process of swift evolution to its present perfection, this American discovery has revolutionized the science of naval warfare throughout the whole world. There are now 270 vessels in commission in the United States navy where at one time, in Washington's administration, there was not one. Of these there are 13 battleships of the first and second class, carrying guns into whose mouth this country's first and only "commander-in-chief of the navy," Esek Hopkins, might easily have hidden his disgraced head when an outraged continental congress summarily dismissed him. It was in Hampton Roads that the first chapter in the world's history of iron clads was written. It was in Hampton Roads that the nation gathered 16 of her finest sea fighters ready for a trip of nearly 20,000 miles. Where the Merrimac swung clumsily across the channel long ago and drove terror to the hearts of seamen who had never yet seen such a monster, iron clads as graceful and as swift as greyhounds have come and gone all summer until they have become a familiar sight. Among these is the Minnesota, the largest of Uncle Sam's big battleships, and next only in size to the Dreadnaught, which King Edward of England launched with such ceremony a year or so ago, and to the Satsuma, Japan's new monster of the deep. Quick Work of Preparation. The president issued the orders for the sailing of this fleet on August 23, and since then coal mines, railways, provision dealers, and manufacturers of heavy ordnance and ammunition have known the busiest season they have had since the Spanish-American war. Altogether 35 vessels go to San Francisco, and when all have assembled in the waters off the coast of California, "Fighting Bob" Evans will have under his command the largest, most invincible, the most perfectly equipped fleet that has ever mobilized in one place since the history of the world began. The aggregate displacement of the vessels sailing is nearly 42,000 tons, and the aggregate power is 664 guns of four inch calibre and over. The four divisions of this fleet will carry 581 officers and 11,500 enlisted men, as fine an array of jackies as any navy has ever known, and an earnest and eager set, too, for as soon as the news of the cruise was noised abroad enlistments increased rapidly throughout the navy and desertions became practically unknown. The modern wife who puzzles for days over the packing of her husband's grips and lunch basket when he is off for a week's hunting trip, can never begin to appreciate the enormity of Columbia's task in fitting out her 11,500 sons for an outing of 115 days, in which they are not expected to set foot on land at all. Besides all the stores that each ship can carry when her capacity is taxed to its fullest, there will be two ships that carry supplies alone, the Glacier and Culgoa. Immense Supply of Coal. The item of coal alone is not inconsiderable. On October 12, contracts were let for 133,000 tons to be delivered at the six seaport towns where the fleet will stop, Trinidad, Rio Janerio, Punta Arenas, Callao, Magdalena bay and San Francisco. It is mined in West Virginia, shipped by rail to four tide water cities of the Atlantic, and whom there is handled by five American companies in 30 foreign steamers to the ports named, where it is piled on the piers ready for the battleships. Fifteen of these steamers go all the way to San Francisco with their cargoes. The cost of the coal will be about $3 a ton, and the cost of transportation will come to over $755,000. Eight colliers accompany the fleet. The Marcellus, Hannibal, Leonidas and possibly the Sterling accompany the fleet to Trinidad, and then return for more coal. Others will go as far as Rio and return to join the fleet again at Magdalena bay, and all that have free space 'tween decks will carry general supplies for the Mare Island navy yard. The Connecticut carries 150 tons of briquettes made of slack coal and pitch to test them as a suitable fuel for use in the navy. The cost of coaling, exclusive of the amount of coal carried by the ships from Norfolk to Trinidad, will be $1,229,280, a sum more than equal to the bonded debt of the state of Idaho or the state of Washington. WILLIAM T. HENRY DEAR ADMIRAL DOBLEY D EVANS CAPTAIN ROYAL P. INGERSOLL REAR ADMINAL WILLIARD H. BROWNSON As to provisions, Columbia must pack enough in the giant hampers to feed her sons for the long 115 days, and have enough extra goodies for Christmas, New Year's and Washington birthday dinners, and the list shows she has not been niggardly in her selection. There are a variety of foodstuffs, including tons of cereals, salt meats, dried fruits and canned goods, and 593,300 pounds of flour for making fresh bread in lieu of long anathematized hard tack. There are tons of dessicated foodstuffs that have already been tested and found good, and the more recent additions—dried eggs and dehydrated vegetables. New methods of communication between the ships have been installed, and new methods of controlling the fire from the guns. So new is this system of fire control that a retired naval officer was heard to remark when the news came to him: "That is a good idea, a good idea. I am glad to hear it, indeed, for fire is a most dangerous thing aboard a ship!" The Colorado was first in this experiment. Wireless telegraphy has been a part of a battleship's equipment for so many years now that it is quite an old story, but the fleet decided it must have wireless telephony, too, so the past few weeks have witnessed a busy scene in Hampton Roads, and in New York and Brooklyn harbors, where experts have been busy putting in the appliances. Connecticut Is Flagship. Admiral Evans chose the Connecticut as his flagship. Capt. Ingersoll is her commander and chief of staff of the Atlantic fleet. Upon the shoulders of Rear-Admiral Brownlow at Washington, much of the work of preparation fell. The splendid condition of the fleet when it left its anchorage here to-day shows how well he has done it. LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5¢ MANY SMOKERS PREFER THEM TO 10¢ CIGARS You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haires. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, reta!l A TERRIBLE CONDITION. Tortured by Sharp Twinges, Shooting Pains and Dizziness. Hiram Center, 618 South Oak Street, Lake City, Minn., says: "I was so bad with kidney trouble that I could not straighten up after stooping without sharp pains shooting through my back. I had dizzy spells, was nervous and my eyesight was affected. The kidney secretions were irregular and too frequent. with kidney trouble that I could not straighten up after stooping without sharp pains shooting through my back. 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