Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 9 AN APPEAL. Washington, D. C. Jan. 1. 1908. To the Colored men of America: With the echo of the Christ mas bell still ringing in our ears the glorious tidings, "Peace on earth good will toward men," and while hearts are swelling with noble resolutions for the glad New Year, I make appeal to the Colored men of America to protect Colored women from the horrible "Jim Crow" car. Of all the infamous schemes which the white south ever has devised for the humiliation of self respecting Negroes, the Jim Crow car is the most infamous. Naturally the worst sufferers from them are colored women, whom white southerners have studiously sought to degrade and insult for nearly three centuries. It is said that the progress of the race in culture and christian character is noted by the consideration which is shown its women, by the men of the race. Even the moiety of sympathy which the South has been able to excite in connection with its brutal lynchings, has been gained solely on account of the plea which it makes that it is acting in defense of its women. Negro men should yield to none in their determination to force a decent respect for their women. Afro-Americans, nothing can excuse you from your duty in making the attempt to wipe out the "Jim Crow" car. You are no longer slaves and powerless, but free and able to act if you will to do so. Let there begin at once a widespread, far reaching, concerted and purposeful effort among colored men of every class throughout the United States to test these laws. Remember, "the eyes of the world are upon you." Remember, if you do not act in their behalf, you will put upon colored women the necessity of protecting themselves from this iniquity. But we do not fear your answer; we believe our appeal will come to you as a trumpet blast, arousing you to your imperative duty. Will you act now? Yours for respect to womanhood, CARRIE W. CLIFFORD Honorary President O. F. of C. W. C. G. O P. THIRD DISTRICT COMMITTEE WILL MEET AT VINITA MONDAY JANUARY, 27. S. G. Victor, chairman of the Third district congressional committee, has issued a call for a meeting of his committee to be held at Vinita Monday, January 27, at which time and place for holding the district convention will be decided upon. At the district convention a candidate for congress will be nominated and the two district delegates to the national convention will be named. FOUND DEAD IN BED. J. M. Lewis the Negro real estate man who was found dead in bed in a house at the rear of 706 Denver street, was not murdered as was first reported. The investigation made by coroner Bloom disclosed the fact that Lewis died from natural causes. Lewis had not been seen about his accustomed haunts for several days and his friends decided to make an investigation. His room was entered and he was found dead in bed. A small gas stove was going at full blast and the room was so intensely hot that decomposition of the body bad already set in. Lewis was a well known character in Muskogee, having in turn been hotel proprietor, undertaker, real estate dealer and city dog catcher. Of late his health has been bad and he has been unable to do any manual labor. The dead man has, a wife now being on visit to her parents at Sutler, Oklahoma. All subscribers to the Cimeter must pay up when their subscriptions expire. We will take advantage of the year limit as prescribed by law. The call has been issued for State Republican convention to co vene at Oklahoma City March 11, 1908 and for the Congressional Committee to meet at Vinita on January 27. The pot is getting hot and will soon boil over. If the men who are making such strenuous strides to jim crow the Negro would be as anxious for SEPARATE BEDS for the races, it would show they were honest at heart. But the scoundrels fail to speak when that question is presnted. The fight for equal rights under the law is a just one and one that the Negroes must fight to the last ditch. Democrats are perfecting their organization preparatory to to going to battle. Republicans should not lag. FOR SALE. Two acres of land, a four room house, one barn; all under fence. This place is two miles south of Muskogee, adjacent to the oil fields worth $2000. This bargain for $1200 cash. Call or write. C. T. Hume, 211 South 2nd, St., Box G. Muskogee. Notice. Extract from Order No. 907, amendments to the Postal laws No 15 and regulations, dated December 4, 1907. "A reasonable time will be allowed to secure renewals of subscriptions, but unless subscriptions are expressly renewed after the term for which they are paid, within the following periods: Dailies, within three months, weeklies within one year, they shall not be counted in the legitimate list of subscribers, and copies mailed on account thereof shall not be accepted for mailing at the second class postage rate of one cent a pound, but may be mailed at the transient second-class rate of one cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof, prepaid by stamps affixed. The right of a publisher to extend credit for subscriptions to his publications is not denied or questioned, but his compliance or noncompliance with the regulation will be taken into consideration in determining whether the publication is entitled to transmission at the second class postage rates." ABOUT GUTHRIE. Hon. Twine, Merriwether, and Sango of Muskogee were in the city last week looking after matters of political interest. Prof. J.C. Leftwich of Boloy, was in the city looking after business. MONEY WILL Be Raised. Colored people of Muskogee have organized an anti-jim crow league and are raising funds to push the fight to a conclusion. Two men contributed $100 each and others from $1.00 up. The money will be raised. HAVE STOOD TEST Will Bring Back to Many the Joys of Their Childhood Days and the Good Things Mother Used to Make, "18 a singular thing how as we grow older the inherited or childish tastes for certain dishes take prece- dence over the later and acquired tastes. No water is so sweet and re- freshing as that which triekled over the mossy sides of the “old oaken bucket,” for in those days we didn’t bother our heads over such unimpor- tant things as microbes or surface drainage, No frapped drink in erys- tal flagon compares with the pink lem- onade that blissfully crowned a visit to the cireus or country fair. No bread is so delightfully satisfying as the “salt rising,” the fat brown loaf or “rys n‘ingen,” or the spoon bread of the south, though we might find today the first malodorous, the sec- ond coarse and heavy, and the third apt to be soggy Oh, for the “fruit loved of boyhood,” the pies and cook- jes “mother used to make,” the turn- overs and “jolly boys,” the jumbos" and “hermits,” sand tarts and card gingerbread that made our school lunch baskets the envy of our mates. Would you like some of these re- cipes gleaned first hand from prae- ticed housewives, north, south, east and west? Every recipe is not only rich in association, but so good that it is still in use in the families orig- inally brought up on it. High Bridge Gingerbread.—This 1s still in use in an old homestead where the fifth generation is in pos- session. Put in a pan one cup molas- ses, one cup brown sugar and one cup melted butter. Add a dessert spoon- ful soda and stir until dissolved and foamy, Add one cup sour milk in which @ dessert spoonful soda has been dissolved and stir until the whole mixture is foamg. Add two beaten eggs, a teaspoonful grated nutmeg, and a dessert spoonful of cinnamon, a tablespoonful ginger and three cups of flour, Stir until well blended, then bake in a moderate oven, Maple Wood Hermits.—Mix togeth- er two cupfuls sugar, one cup molas- Ses, one cup pure lard, softened, and two level teaspoonfuls soda dissolved in a cup of warm water. Add two well-beaten eggs, two teaspoonfuls cin- namon, one teaspoonful cloves, six cups flour and one cupful fruit, whieh may be seeded raisins, chopped Eng: lish currants or chopped prunes, Mix very soft, cut out with a cooky cut- ter and bake on floured tins in a me- dium hot oven, Auntie Coe's Ginger Snaps.—Boil one pint of molasses. When cooled to milk warm beat into it one beaten egg and one teacup butter and lard, mixed and melted Add two table- spoonfuls ginger, then work iu one teaspoonful soda dissolved in a Spoonful warm Water and enough sift: ed flour to enable you to roll out the dough — easily It must be rolled wafer thin, the snaps stamped out and baked quickly. Remove carefully from the pan and lay on sheets of paper un- To Sew with Double Thread. Here is a simple way to straighten out knots when sewing with double thread, Cut a length of thread from the spool, double it, twist the two eut ends together and thread them through the eye of the needle. Pass the needle point first through the loop of the doubled thread, forming a tiny knot at the eye of the needle. This serves to keep the thread straight and Is flat enough to pass easily through the finest fabric, With this arrangement one can work button holes and do any work requiring @ doubled thread with never @ knotty problem, REASON FOR WOMEN'S “NERVES” | In Very Many Cases It Is Weakened Kidneys, Mrs. Frank Roseboom, 512 8. Wash- ington St., Moscow, Idaho, says: “In- herited kidney trou- ble grew steadily worse with me until so nervous I could not sleep at night. I was dizzy and spots floated before my eyes. My back and hips ached and every cold settled on my Sow iws, sare oe ble grew steadily worse with me until 9 so nervous I could y w not sleep at night. I e was dizzy and spots “4 floated before my ea eyes. My back and sige MMS hips ached and every . cold settled on my kidneys and made me worse. I have used many different medicines and was discouraged when I began with Doan's Kidney Pills, but now the symptoms that alarmed me are gone.” Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. All Lost. David Belasco, the playwright and manager, was talking about matinee idols. “Strange,” he said, “the fascl- nation that they exert upon young girls. I overheard the other day a literary conversation that is apropos. Two men were conversing. “Did you ever read Shakespeare's “Love's La- bor Lost?’ said the first. ‘No,’ growled the second bald head, ‘but I've taken my best girl to the theater, and heard her rave all through the show about the leading man’s heaven- ly hair.” He Was Willina. In the morning mail the busy editor found the following written on a pos- tal card: “Dear Sir—I have just grad- uated from a correspondence school of journalism. Would you like to have me write for your paper? J. Alexander McNutt.” Seizing his trusty pencil, the busy editor dashed off the following reply: “Dear J. Alex.—Certainly we would be pleased to have you write for our paper. Kindly address your letter to the circulation manager and inclose the regular subscription price.” Scattering Sunshine. “Children make life lots brighter and happier.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Sirius Barker. “If it weren't for children we wouldn't have any excuse for going to the, cir- cus in summer nor for fooling with mechanical toys during the holidays.” RAILROAD MAN Didn't Like Being Starved, A man running on a railroad has to be in good condition all the time or he is liable to do harm to himself and others. A clear head is necessary to run a locomotive or conduct a train, Even a railroad man's appetite and diges- tion are matters of importance, as the clear brain and steady hand result from the healthy appetite followed by the proper digestion of food. “For the past five years,” writes a railroader, “I have been constantly troubled with indigestion. Every doc- tor I consulted seemed to want to starve me to death, First I was diet- ed on warm water and toast until I was almost starved; then, when they would let me eat, the indigestion would be right back again, “Only temporary relief came from remedies, and I tried about all of them I saw advertised. About three months ago a friend advised me to try Grape- Nuts food. The very first day I no- ticed that my appetite was satisfied, which had not been the case before, that I can remember, “In a week, I believe, I had more energy than ever before in my life. I have gained seven pounds and have not had a touch of indigestion since I have been eating Grape-Nuts, When my wife saw how much good this food was doing me she thought she would try it awhile, We believe the dis- coverer of Grape-Nuts found the ‘Per- fect Food.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Well- ville,” in pkgs. “There's a Reason.” A Oe NE Ot at TN, Sa EO. ER he a TERS ; e Hi ie [__ MDI | “For Infar‘s and Children, BI ASTORIA The Kind You Have oie" Always Bought a i ALSOHOD 3 PER CENT. BS egetable Preparation fords. he e) ii il i Ba igucicuniee:| Bears the ; aN Signature any eta Bis | | Promotes DigestionCheerful BA) nessaniesconansrenr| OL ee) | | Opiun.Morphine nor Mineral. 5 il NoT Narcotic. | Recipe of Old DeSMMUELPITOUER “ i Dp 4 ial) Sec ( ’ n Rae|| fees Bh, || Sesrte | ; Use iat Qi Aperfect Remedy for Consfipa- "e ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. or ver AO) PacSinle Signarre of ° Bi Zz | Thirty Y | ere Irty Years , PH ‘At6 months old ice). 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The starfish, one of the lower’ forms of life, has on its back about 25,000 jaws or hands arranged in rings and bands. By the aid of these it cap- tures many animals for food, even quick, active fish of considerable size. Prof. Jennings of Johns Hopkins has photographed the starfish at dinner, and has discovered that even this low form of animal life has “habits.” There {s no earthly reason why lightning shouldn't strike twice in the same place—that is, providing it can find the place. The General Demand of the Well-Informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because its com- ponent parts are known to them to be wholesoine and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its ex- cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remark- able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-Informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine—manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle, W. N. U., MUSKOGEE, NO. 3, 1908. NATURE AND A WOMAN'S WORK [Illustration of a woman with a ruffled collar and a decorative frame around her face.] LYDIA E. PINKHAM Nature and a woman's work combined have produced the grandest remedy for woman's ills that the world has ever known. In the good old-fashioned days of our grandmothers they relied upon the roots and herbs of the field to cure disease and mitigate suffering. The Indians on our Western Plains to-day can produce roots and herbs for every ailment, and cure diseases that baffle the most skilled physicians who have spent years in the study of drugs. From the roots and herbs of the field Lydia E. Pinkham more than thirty years ago gave to the women of the world a remedy for their peculiar ills, more potent and efficacious than any combination of drugs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now recognized as the standard remedy for woman's ills. Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 N.C. St., Louisiana, Mo., writes: "Complete restoration to health means so much to me that for the sake of other suffering women I am willing to make my troubles public. "For twelve years I had been suffering with the worst forms of female ills. During that time I had eleven different physicians without help. No tongue can tell what I suffered, and at times I could hardly walk. About two years ago I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice. I followed it, and can truly say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice restored health and strength. It is worth mountains of gold to suffering women." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Muff, it will do for other suffering women. 160 Acre FARMS IN Western Canada FREE WESTERN CANADA 160 Acres Grain-Growing Land FREE. 20 to 40 Bushels 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 all Productions. Good Climate and Perfect Health. Chances for Profitable Investments. Some of the choiceest grain-producing lands in Saskatchewan and Alberta may now be acquired in these most healthful and prosperous sections under the Revised Homestead Regulations by which entry may be made by proxy (on certain 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, routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to LIVE STOCK AND ELECTROTYPES MISCELLANEOUS In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION, Kansas City, Missouri THE FIRST LEGISLATURE LAWMAKERS OF NEW STATE PRE PARING RULES OF ACTION WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SESSION A Brief Review of the Doing's of Oklahoma's Foundation Layers Session Will Run Fully One Hundred and Sixty Days GUTHRIE: The adoption of Senator Brooks' concurrent resolution relating to the improvement of the Arkansas river, the introduction by Senator Franklin of a bill amending senate substitute bill No.11, and the introduction by Senator Little of a concurrent resolution memorializing congress to place the Platt National Park under the supervision of the Smithsonian institute constituted the business of the senate session Tuesday afternoon. An early recess was taken in order that Dr. Samuel J. Burrows of New York United States commissioner of prisons, might be given an opportunity to speak on prison reform. He spoke for about an hour and was followed by Miss Barnard, state commissioner of charities. The state school land lessees's organization, which convened here at the request of the legislature, were given seats in the senate chamber and at the conclusion of the prison reform addresses presented their president, Charles M. Brown of Lincoln county, who delivered a short speech in behalf of the organization. The address was followed by one from Governor Haskell, who assured the guests that it is the policy of the legislature and the governor to make home-owners of the school land tenants. Edgar M. Clark of Pawnee also spoke in behalf of the lessees. Special Message From Governor A special message from the governor was presented. Some or the more important subjects treated are: The constitution provides that the legislature provide for the nomination of all candidates for elective offices. United States senators included by the mandatory primary system. In our opinion no other method of nominating will be legal, but we notice that in one district at least, one of the political parties has called a convention to nominate a candidate for congress. In view of the necessity for early action, I urge upon you that the primary election details be enacted at once. The necessity for laws that will better enforce prohibition (a provision of the constitution) is growing more important daily. It rests with your honorable body to determine what these laws shall be. I regret to notice in many instances what is obviously an intentional misrepresentation of pending bills on this subject. So far I have proposed any detailed legislation to cover this question. You, as well as myself, realize that by the expressed will of the people of the state, we are to have prohibition, and that violations of the prohibition provisions of the constitution are criminal, and it rests with you to provide proper means for conviction and punishment. Prohibition can be made just as effective and complete as the protection of private property against larceny, if similarly exact criminal statutes are provided. We shall hope for the early passage of efficient laws on this subject. Doings in the House The introduction of bills continued to occupy the attention of the house during the day's session, swelling the total number of measures introduced to two hundred and one. The speaker also announced several appointments, as follows: S. A. Lee, Guthrie, stenographer and secretary to the chief clerk; Mrs. B. L. Ford, Oklahoma City, committee clerk; Miss Mable Fasken, Guthrie, official stenographer, and Walter Ferguson, Watonga, committee clerk. TWO REPORTS ON ASYLUM Legislative Committee Splits on Fort Supply Matter GUTHRIE: With several eulogies on the life and character of Andrew Jackson the members of the lower house paid respect to the ninety-fifth anniversary of the battle of New Orleans. Speaker Murray reviewed the life of Jackson, immediately after calling the session to order. Representative Banks of Jackson county and Representative Bryan of Pottawatomie, talked on different phases of Jackson's life. Tandy of Rogers stated that his grandfather served under Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. Other addresses were made by Durant of Bryan-Atoka, Ashby, Martin, Rainey, Hobdy, Armstrong and Bowdre. Majority and minority reports of the joint committee appointed to investigate the appropriation for a state asylum at Fort Supply were filed in both houses. They were ordered printed and will be considered later. An appropriation of $152,000, for remodeling the buildings, care of the inmates and maintenance for one year was advocated by the majority report. The minority, presented by Riddle of Chickasha, opposed all appropriations until the state had a clear title to the property. A resolution to delay the location of state institutions until legislation of more import had been enacted was presented by Senator Stafford and was favorably received. A resolution was presented asking that 200 copies of each of the laws that have been enacted be printed or circulation over the state. This was later amended by making the number 1,000 and the matter went to a committee. House bill No. 150, relating to the remission of taxes for the year 1907, which was passed before the holidays but not presented to the governor for signature, was the subject of some discussion. It appears that the bill did not reach the house from the senate in time for Speaker Murray properly to attach his signature. President Bellamy, when the matter was called to his attention, produced the record showing his receipt of the bill from the house. A bill providing that county commissioners may lease county buildings and lands for other than county purposes was favorably passed by the committee of the whole. This bill was introduced by Senator Cunningham and is prepared especially to legalize the state's lease on the Logan county court house. MUST HAVE HOME HERE Corporations Must Have Headquarters in Oklahoma GUTHRIE: A bill by McCalla of Love county, intended to compel all corporations doing business in Oklahoma to maintain their domicile within the state, was passed in the house in committee of the whole. The bill also provides that any corporation that shall plead before a court that its domicile is in another state shall have its charter revoked by the state. In addition to suffering revocation of its charter such corporation or company shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined from $1,000 to $5,000 for each day it does business in the state after the revocation of the charter is made. The bill extending the time for the payment of taxes from December 15 to March 1, was recommended for passage by the senate in committee of the whole. A bill passed the committee of the whole in the house authorizing the governor to employ such attorneys and accountants as he may seem necessary to audit the accounts of former Oklahoma Territory and declaring it an emergency also setting aside 5,000 to be used in this work. The house sent a request to the senate that the president sign the enrolled bill remitting the state tax for 1907 and return it to the house. Speaker Murray declaring that the bill will die on the speaker's table unless properly submitted to him for his signature. A bill authorizing the leasing of county buildings to the federal government for court and other purposes was passed by the senate and a similar bill was placed on second reading in the house. Often The Kidneys Are Weakened by Over-Work. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. It used to be considered that only urinary and bladder troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all diseases have their beginning in the disorder of these most important organs. A The kidneys filter and purify the blood that is their work. Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your entire body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. If you are sick or "feel badly," begin taking the great kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon as your kidneys are well they will help all the other organs to health. A trial will convince anyone. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases, and is sold on its merits by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may have a sample*bottle by mail free, also a pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. The Chauffeur's Thought. A well-known Englishman tells a good motor-car story. He says that on one occasion, when instructing his chauffeur to drive carefully, he remarked: "I don't mind about grown-up people and dogs, but do be careful about children and babies." Whereupon the chauffeur replied: "Yes, them feeding-bottles do cut up the tires dreadful." STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. Ups and Downs. "I think it is really going to unfair extremes when Mabel gets me on the telephone just to give me a scolding." "Why so?" "Because she calls me up only to call me down." CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. TRADE MARK 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. CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Brewwood REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. All federal soldiers and sailors who served 90 days between 1861 and 1866 and who homesteaded less than 160 acres before June 23, 1874, are entitled to additional homestead right$^a$, which I buy. If soldier is dead, his belts can sell. Talk to old soldiers, widows and heirs. And some sell. Ask for a car and homes eaded government Get busy and make some easy money. Write HENRY N. COPP, Washington, D C, for further particulars 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. It looks like an election will come off soon and in that event the Republicans should be well organized before the battle. Better begin now and maybe we can regain what was lost last fall. Up to date Col. Douglass has not succeeded in having any of the Federal officers removed and in fact Doug's friends declare that he is not after scalps but only after the removal of restrictions from Indian and Freedmen's lands. The Cimeter will have some articles on the county seat situation of the various counties next week where there are county seat fights. Many of our readers in Melbtoh and Wagoner counties are asking for information relative to what town deserves their support. The fight will be interesting. Watch the columns of this paper. The fight for delegates to the national convention from this congressional district waxes Warm. There are now four white candidate living in Muskogee and two colored. To desire to attend the National convention as delegate is a landable ambition to which any Republican has a right to aspire. But this time the editor of this paper MUST go. Next time Soper, Doug, Murphy, Sango, and Ford may have it. Colored people of Muskogee have organized an anti-jim crow league and are raising funds to push the fight to a conclusion. Two men contributed $100 each and others from $1,00 up. The money will be raised. If we must have jim crow laws, let them come after we have exhausted all means at our command to defeat them. Our enemies will respect our courage in fighting for right even though we lose. The Negro who fails to fight for the rights of his wife and children is not worth three whoops in h-1. Governor Haskell will never appoint the cringing, sycophant Negro to an office, who does not speak his sentiments against the jim crow bill so that thrift may follow fawning. The Governor is himself a fighter and if conditions were reversed he would be found in the front ranks fighting jim crowism and all other class legislation. He does not and cannot expect the majly Negro to do other than oppose this measure to the bitter end. If we lose let us go down with our flag flying. There is a big revival going on at Central Baptist Church, Rev. Rose pastor. The public is invited to attend. Let me pay off your mortgage, build, or sell you a home for $8.00 to $12.00 per month, 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 pat ronize the Afro-American Bakery. It is the best in town. STUDY LAW AT HOME THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruction by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by our staff and educators. Experienced and competent instructors. Takes square time only. Three courses—Preparatory, Business, College. Prepare for practice. Will test your condition and prospects in business. Students and graduates everywhere. Full particulare and especial offer FREE. THE OPENDADE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OF LAW, 844 MARSHALL RD. DETROIT, MISSOURI. SMALL PARTNER 10 15 SMALL PARTNER 50 YEAR There are榜样 McCall Patterns sold in the United States than of any other mode of pattern. This is an account of their style, accuracy and simplicity. McCall's Magazine (The Queen of Persia) has more subscribers than any other Lady's Magazine. One year's subscription (10 numbers) costs $600. Latent number, 8 copies. Every subscriber gets a McCall Pattern Free. Subscribe today. Lady Agents Wanted. Handmade premiums or liberal cash commission. Pattern Catalogue (of 20 designs) and Premium Catalogue (showing 20 premiums) out free. Address THE McCALL CO., New York A REVELATION IN HARNESS I have recently purchased a LANDIS 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 absolutely guaranteed that harness sewed on this machine will wear longer than the best hand work. I 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 well as cheap labor, whereas I use the best of leather and thread, and construct the work myself. Mail orders promptly filled. Send for prices. Address all letters to Official Statement of the Condition of the At the Close of Business, Thursday August 22, 1907. 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 $1,687,199.45 The above Statement is Correct. E. D. SWEENEY, CASBIER D. N. FINK, VICE PERSIDEFT. 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. 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H. Carter, Ticket Agent 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 E. A. Estes For your Drugs, Shool B00ks and STATIONERY. SHERMAN BUILDING CREEK UNDERTAKERS BILLINGS AND CULLUM @askets and Funeral Regalai Always on Hand IN OFFICE DAY & NIGHT. PHONES 986 & 481 If you can't get us on one phone, try the oiher. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. Muskogee Cimeter. MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA STATE NOTES The Vinita city council has refused to pass an ordinance prohibiting the sale of Uno, Pablo, Choctaw and Jumbo, all near beers. An ordinance prohibiting the sale of Uno was passed. Central State Normal school of Edmond will have a new building if plans of the board of noraml regents are concurred in by the legislature. An attempt will be made to secure another section of land for the school. The Gracie I. Berryhill, 80 acres, with 21 producing wells in the Gienn Pool, has been sold by the Oklahoma State Oil company to a company of Holland capitalists for $200,000. This is one of the largest sales of oil property made in months. State Superintendent Cameron has received notice that he has been placed upon the program of the National Educational association which convenes in Washington February 25. The subject assigned him is, "School Plans for the Youngest State." Mail clerks, members of the Oklahoma division, will meet in Oklahoma City the last of the month. No definite date has been set but L. W. Boggs, president of the association, may name the time this week. The defunct Choctaw State bank of Coalgate has liquidated its indebtedness and discontinued business. The bank's president, Mr. Christian, will continue in the land and investment business here. The Grant county Poultry and Pet Stock show was organized at Pond Creek last week. A charter was issued to the Anadarko State bank, which has a capital stock of $25,000. Prisoners in the Muskogee city jail will be placed on a rock pile instead of allowed to serve out their time sitting in comfortable cells. A ten toot stockade will be built near the jail. The county commissioners of Washita county have accepted the new county jail building. The building cost $20,000 and is built of red pressed brick. It has three stories and a basement. Wapanucka will have a canning factory if plans of business men and farmers mature. The stock has been subscribed and it is proposed to begin building the plant in the spring. Local men in Waukomis are planning the erection of an overall factory. The new enterprise will employ about forty people. Tryon shipped nineteen carloads of stock in one day during the past week. Robbers entered the postoffice at Dibble, twenty miles west of Chickasha, and secured a small amount of money and stamps. The sate was blown open with nitro-glycerine. Charles Griswold of Guthrie, chairman of the district clerk's association of the state, has received over 100 letters of inquiry in regard to fees since statehood. Under the territorial regime clerks received fees from six or seven counties. Since statehood they are limited to the fees from one county and the fees in United States cases are now collected by United States district clerks. The clerks say, also, that the establishment of county courts has taken away one-third of the fees in county causes by giving the new court jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases. Surveyors have arrived in Shawnee to begin work on the Fort Smith, Checotah & Shawnee interurban. The survey will go east from Shawnee. OKLAHOMA BANK DEPOSITS. Commissioner Smock's Report Shows $16,828,407 in New State. Guthrie, Ok.—Following his recent report of the conditions of state banks on the Oklahoma side of the state, Bank Commissioner Herbert H. Smock Friday issued his first consolidated statement of the condition of all state banks in Oklahoma at the close of business December 11. It shows that the total of individual deposits is $16,828,407.53, of which $11,587,794.40 is on the Oklahoma side and $5,240,610.13 is on the Indian Territory side. There is a total of 465 state banks, 284 on the Oklahoma side and 173 in former Inidan Territory. The fact that the deposits on the east side are not as large as in former Oklahoma Territory is explained by the lack of banking regulations in Indian Territory previous to statehood, which caused most of the larger banuks to nationalize. Even without such regulation, however, it is shown that they have been operating upon a conservative basis by the fact that their average reserve is 44 per cent, only 1 per cent behind the Oklahoma side. The banks on the Indian Territory side show a larger average of loans and discounts in proportion to the number of banks, amounting to $5, 980,242, as against $723,855.13; less cash in banks, $721,821.93, against $1,768,601.43, and about the same average amount due from other banks, $1,768,601.43, against $3,960,457.56; smaller assets in the way of bonds, warrants, etc., $196,447.41, against $461,531.49; but much larger amounts invested in real estate, $248,358.18, against $68,821.22 on the Oklahoma side and considerably larger average capital, totaling $2,398,700, against $3,188.200. TO MODIFY INDIAN LAND LAWS Washington, D. C.—Secretary Garfield will send recommendations for legislation removing restrictions upon the sale of Indian lands in Oklahoma to the Indian committee next week. Several bills removing restrictions on these lands have been introduced, but the Indian committees have not taken action on them. Want a New Bank Receiver. Want a New Bank Receiver. Guthrie, Ok.—Depositors of the suspended Farmers' and Merchants' National bank at Sapulpa have filed a petition in the district court of Creek county asking for the appointment of a new receiver in place of Rufus B. Thompson. The bank closed last November with deposits amounting to about $260,000 and assets estimated at about the same amount, though the petition asserts that $150,000 of the assets are worthless. The bank had a capital stock of $25,000. The petition declares that officers borrowed $145,880 from the bank. The petition says that Thompson was attorney for the bank when it closed its doors. ELOPES WITH HER STEP-SON. Oklahoma City Woman Leaves Note Telling Husband of Intentions. Oklahoma City, Ok.—Leaving a note which read: "Goodby, Papa. Little did you think this noon that I was going away with Carl. I am going to be your boy's wife by the law and by the will of God." Mrs. Gus Youngberg and the son of Mr. Youngberg departed from ths city at a late hour last night. It was found that they bought tickets for Kansas City. The elder Youngberg is employed by the Reeves Harvester Company and was sent from Kansas City some months ago to manage the local agency of the company. Mrs. Youngberg is twenty years the senior of her step-son. Youngberg and his son were separated for some seventeen years, the former having been divorced from a former wife. Some months ago the boy was located, and he came here to live with his father. In the meantime he secured a position with the company in the same office here. An attachment between the wife and stepson began. Mr. Youngberg says he will not attempt to apprehend them. MAY NOT BE EXTRADITED. Henry Starr, Cherokee Ex-Bandit, Was Convicted in 1894. Guthrie, Ok.—The early history of Henry Starr, the Cherokee ex-bandit, is recalled by a request from the governor of Arkansas upon Governor Haskell of Oklahoma for the return of Starr to Benton county, Ark., where he was indicted for robbery, alleged to have been committed years ago. Attorney General West, in passing upon the application, advises the government not to honor the requisition, stating that the alleged crime was committed when tribal government of the Cherokee nation was in full force, and that the authority of an Indian nation for a crime committed when that nation or territory was not a part of the state or territory of the union may be doubted. The opinion also states that Starr was a mere boy of 14 when the crime was committed and has for a number of years been a good citizen. Starr was sent to Sing Sing in 1894 from Fort Smith for killing Floyd Wilson, and was convicted for robbing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas srailroad at Pryor Creek. WIND DOES BIG DAMAGE. Lawton, Ok., Plate Glass Windows Broken by Gale. Lawton, Ok.—A strong north wind prevailed here all day Friday doing several thousand dollars' worth of damage. The top of the wall of the new Masonic temple, under construction, was driven in and the bricks crashed through three floors. Several plate glass windows were blown in. Wants Field Notes Turned Over. Washington, D. C.—Senator Gore of Oklahoma is urging the government to turn over its field notes on all surveys made in the Indian Territory to the various counties in the Indian Territory portion of Oklahoma. He says these notes can be used as a basis for all surveys and if turned over to the various counties will save the people a vast amount of money. FOR EVANS' ENTERTAINMENT. Programme of Receptions Arranged in Rio de Janerio. Rio de Janerio,—The official and final arrangement for the entertainment for the officers of the American fleet under Rear Admiral Evans, which was due there Saturday, was made known Friday. It has been approved by Irving B. Dudley, the American ambassador, and is as follows: January 12—Officers of the fleet will visit the minister of foreign affairs, Baron de Rio Franco. January 13—Visit to Dr. Ponna, president of the republic, at Petropoli; in the evening a banquet at the American embassy at Petropolis. January 14—Breakfast given by the minister of marine, Admiral Alencar, on Mount Corcovado. January 15—Breakfast given by the president of the republic at Petropolis and a garden party at the American embassy. January 16—Fete by the American colony at Fluminense park. January 17—Picnic given by the minister of marine in the botanical gardens. January 18—Banquet given by the minister of foreign affairs in the Monroe pavilion. January 19—Picnic given by the Brazilian navy at Tijuca park. January 20 there probably will be a reception on board some of the American battle ships. The fleet is scheduled to leave January 21. Oil Shipment Tariff Reduced. Guthrie, Ok.—The Oklahoma corporation commission Friday issued a order making a sweeping reduction of freight tariffs on oil shipments within the state of from 20 to 30 per cent. A hearing of objections of this order will be held January 25. The commission also ordered that all depot plans be submitted to the commission by the railroads. Thinks Oklahoma School Lands Should be Leased. Guthrie, Ok.-The declaration that the people of Oklahoma have lost $1,000,000 by the failure of the territorial officials to lease the oil and gas lands belonging to the congressional school lands grant was made by Governor Haskell in a special message to the legislature Friday, recommending a law authorizing the school land board to lease the oil and gas mineral rights on the state school lands so that they may at once bring revenue into the state. The governor states that he has been infomred that the territory received an offer of a bonus of $33,000 with the usual percentage of the output in royalties, if it would lease a certain portion of the school lands, but that it failed to do so. As a consequence, the message states, fifteen producing wells have been drilled within twenty feet of this school tract and have been pumping oil and gas from beneath the school tract for months, and that these operators have paid to the persons owning this land $100,000 in royalties, much of it upon oil and gas drained from beneath the state lands. The message states that the state now has an offer of a royalty of one-eighth the production from this tract if it will lease the land for mineral purposes. The governor by message also commended the rules requiring open lobbying, and recommended that corporations which send their name and postoffice address to the secretaries of both houses may have sent to them copies of any pending bills that have been printed, and may be privileged to send authorized representatives to argue before committees of the legislature. He stated that thus far corporations have showed a commendable disposition to abide by the lobbying rules of the legislature. A third message, asking the senate's permission to withdraw the appointment of M. L. Garrett of Tishomingo as a member of the university board of regents, at the request of Mr. Garrett, was complied with by the senate. This may be looked upon as a rebuff to Speaker Murray from the governor, as Garrett was appointed upon Murray's recommendation The senate adopted a resolution by Taylor which will defer the fight for the location of state institutions until after March 1. 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