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The Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee. THE SEASON'S NOW IN Lawn M Garden Refriger Fishing Croquet which we H And dont forget we are kogee, in Fine Buggies, all kinds and styles. Hooker=Hendrix SUCCESSORS TO H 137 - PH THE SEASON'S GOODS ARE NOW IN DEMAND Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Refrigerators, Fishing Tackle, Croquet Sets, all of And dont forget we are the largest dealers in Muskogee, in Fine Buggies, Harness and Wagons all kinds and styles. Hooker=Hendrix Hardware Co. SUCCESSORS TO HUBER HARDWARE CO. 137 - PHONES - 78 Eufaula is still in the lead as county site of McIntosh county. There were several large meetings this week all well attended in which our people went on record for Eufaula. There will be three meetings next week. One at Grayson, one at Rentiesville and the other in the black belt along the river and we feel certain that before the wind up on Saturday nine tenths of our people will vote for Eufaula. The action or Checotah's mayor in the jim crow in the matter cooked her goosse in so far as the Negro vote is concerned. Let the majority be so great that no contests will arise. Dunbar Douglas exhibit this year is better than ever before. PROF. CHAS. WINTER WOOD Renowned Elocutionist Coming Soon Prof. Chas. Winter Wood, the renowned elocutionist, and who is librarian at Tuskegee Institute, is coming next month to assist in raising funds for Halochee Industrial Institute at Taft. Of Prof. Wood the Atlanta Constitution says: "Chas. Vol 9 S GOODS ARE DEMAND Flowers, Hose, ators, Tackle, Sets, all of Have the largest dealers in Mus- Harness and Wagons— Rock Hardware Co. UBER HARDWARE CO. ONES - 78 fusing coach, had be ville a They b plea o gers content separat apply t Winter Wood stands in the front rank of readers and impersonators." To principal W. E. Glenn, Prof. Wood has written the following: "Dr. Washington is glad to have me come and speak for your school and help you and I shall be glad to do so." Balance of Power In the following states the Negro vote is the balance of power: Illinois 33,000 votes; Indiana 20,000; Ohio 35,000; New York 35,000; Penn. 60,000; Kentucky 50,000. Remove this vote in any of the above named states and the republican party loses. Is there not food for thought in the above statement? NEGROES WIN IN JIM CROW TRIAL. BASE DEFENSE ON INTERSTATE PASSENGER PLEA, THOUGH THEY ARE NOT. Bartlesville, Okla., May 13 — In justice court here today J. D. Strafford and children, Negroes charged with violating the "jim crow" law last Monday by re- Friday. Okla., fusing to move to the Negro coach, were discl argued. They had bought tickets at Coffeyville and were going to Tulsa. They based their defense on the plea of being interstate passengers. The justice upheld their contention, deciding that the separate coach law could not apply to them.—Ex. Prof. C. W. Reynolds, Principal of Dunbar High School. Prof. C. W. Reynolds principal of the Dunbar High school of this city is one of the most successful teachers in the South west. Under his supervision and management the school has made wonderful improvement in the matter of discipline, orderliness, regularity of attendance, scholarship and in all those things that make for success in school work. But perhaps his greatest achievements lay in the fact of the marvelous discipline and control under which he has the pupils of his schools. This influence is as noticeable after school hours as it is during its active progress nor does it lose its force in the months of vacation. Too, the manner in which the exhibits from the school have been received at the state exhibit at Oklahoma City some time ago and the one held here at the close of school is not to be passed lightly over. Both of which received favorable comments from the leading news papers. The Prof. deserves the support of all the patrons of the school. Principal Glenn of the Haloochee Industrial school at Taft urges a correction of the statement made to the effect that Dr. Washington of Tuskegee is to No 51 1908. visit Taft's big school this summer. The Educator, while encouraging Prof. Glenn expressed his desire to visit the school. Taft, Okla., May 14.—1908. I noticed in the Evening Democrat of Tuesday that the postmaster at Taft has been getting threatening letters called Black Hand. The fact is, we have a peaceful, law abiding community and the letters supposed to have been received by Dr. Rogers are in our opinion myths gotten up for the purpose of bolstering up Rogers and keeping him in the postoffice. Although he is a bourbon democrat of the worst kind there are a few Negro henchmen here who are the tools of those who wish to give our town a bad name and these tools could have been used for writing these letters. Rogers will come to no physical harm but he is frightened because he fears some republican may get the postoffice, he is therefore putting on the martyr act and of course the democratic paper in Muskogee and the Negro democrats of Taft help to give color to the reports sent out by the wily docor. - Reporter. Items From Grayson. Grayson, Okla., May 7, 1908. On May 5 we had speaking at the public school. Rev. Bryant came and delivered a splendid speech in favor of Eufaula. He gave a splendid account of the conditions as they exist in the two contesting places and showed to the satisfaction of all present that our votes in protections of our rights should be given to the present county seat town, Eufaula. Rev. Bryant took the meeting by storm. When Chairman Wm. Watson asked if any were present representing Checotah, W. H. Harrison and three apostles took their text and made a very lame effort claiming that prejudice of our people was driving the white men from us and said they would rather have the county seat in Kansas City. One speaker said that one road lead to hell (meaning Checotah and the other to destruction (meaning Bond Switch) and immediately an old deacon said "If dat be true dis ole darky am gwine de roads to Eufaula." The great majority of the voters here will vote for Eufaula. REPORTER. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor MUSKOGEE. OKLA. HOW TO WASH CHAMOIS. Gloves of That Kind Should Be Cleansed in Bath of Soapy Water. Every woman is under the impression that chamois skin gloves are grand till she has tried to wash a pair. They are said to wash so easily that the one who has a pair seldom makes any attempt to keep them clean in the beginning. She is sure that all she has to do is to give them a careless scrubbing to make them as good as new that she doesn't take even the ordinary precautions. Wait till she has tried washing them just once, and then hear her denounce anything made of chamois skin forever after. They can be washed to look like new, however, if one but knows the little trick of leaving the soap in to keep them soft. Again, it is bad policy to wash them on the hand, as they are sure to stretch this way. Rather cleanse them by the squeezing method, rolling them up in a little ball in the palm of the hand. Wash in several waters, all soapy, and finally pull into shape without rinsing. Do not stretch them in the least, but after working the fingers into shape hang them in a current of air, but not near heat of any kind. When dry give them a vigorous rubbing with a brush to bring up the nap. OLD-FASHIONED STYLES LIKED. Odd Shapes in China Are in Favor This Season. Old-fashioned styles in china will prevail this season, and to the uninitiated much of the new dinner ware will appear cheap because the shapes are odd rather than pretty. For this innovation possibly the craze for mission furniture in dining-rooms is responsible, for many of the designs are in keeping with this style of furnishing. As to the decoration on these—mission sets—small, plain-looking nosegays of flowers in one color are used throughout each service. This ornamentation is in just such plain shades as green, blue and red. There is a marked change in the shapes of the dishes, for the square vegetable dishes and sauce boats, the latter made in one piece, with the dish it rests upon, have returned to favor. Flat meat dishes follow the lines of the covered ones and are decidedly angular. Small butter plates are shaped square to match, and so are many of the smaller side platters. Pumpkin Pie. Three pounds of pumpkin, six ounces of butter, six eggs, three tablespoonfuls of wine, two of brandy, the rind and juice of one lemon, as much cinnamon as can be put on a dime. Cut the pumpkin in slices, pare it, take out the seeds and soft parts, cut it into small pieces and stew in a small quantity of water until tender. Then press in a colander until dry. Turn it out in a pan, put in the butter and salt and mash fine. When cool whisk the eggs until light and stir in, add sugar to taste, also the brandy, wine and cinnamon. This is sufficient for three or four pies. Line the plates with paste and bake in a quick oven. Dolly Varden Cake. One cupful white sugar; one-half cupful of butter beaten to a cream, whites of three eggs beaten to a froth, one-half cupful of sweet milk, two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful soda, flavor with lemon; beat the yolks of three eggs with 15 spoonfuls of powdered sugar; put the frosting on the cake as soon as removed from oven. NEED SMALL TOWNS NEED SMALL TOWNS THE DULWARK AND THE HOPE OF THE COUNTRY. CENTRALIZATION AS AN EVIL Building Up of Large Cities, with Their Crowded and Discontented Population, One of the Perils That Menace Nation. There are many country merchants who see their trade gradually slipping away from them—leaving the country and going to the great cities by the channel of the mail-order trade, writes George H. Maxwell in the Michigan Tradesman. There are many country editors who see the prosperity of their towns depleted and circulation and advertising income reduced for the same reason. There are very few, however, who realize that their problem is a national one, and that it is wrapped up in and a part of the great fundamental question whether this nation shall be perpetuated or shall be destroyed by the physical degeneration of humanity, the social unrest, industrial discontent, moral and political corruption and class hatred bred in the city slums and tenements and certain to culminate in anarchistic crimes, riotous mobs and all-destroying social upheavals as the result of some long continued period of industrial and commercial depression. The solution lies in checking the further growth of cities as the homes of industrial workers and scattering those homes into and among suburban homecroft villages and in country towns and rural settlements. To do that, trade and industry must be decentralized. Industries of all kinds must be established in the suburbs of the cities or in the towns instead of in the congested centers. That is something that requires an organized campaign, but first it requires a current of right thought in the minds of the people. It requires that everything should be done that can be done to hold in the existing towns and villages the trade that now naturally centers there. Any part of it, small or large, that is diverted to any of the huge central mail-order concerns in the big cities, and thereby taken away from the locality where it originates and belongs, is an influenceee that promotes just to that extent the growth of the evil that is eating at the heart of our national life. Whatever is needed to supply the needs of every household in every rural community should be sold over the counter of a local store and not through the postoffice and the mail trade. Then comes the question of the growth of towns and villages. There is where the country editors and merchants can help themselves. Once get it into the minds of the whole American people that the salvation of the union depends on the upbuilding of the country towns and suburban villages—get the idea planted and deeply rooted so it will grow itself—and a thousand influences will enter the field and enlist for this great campaign for rural and country town and village development to check the overgrowth of cities with all its resultant evils. It can not be done all at once. The first thing is to get public thought actively aroused and turned into right channels. There must be a complete common conception in the minds of millions of people of this new national ideal. Then there must be united, concerted and vigorous action to realize that ideal. The facts and arguments to support it must be disseminated through a great educational campaign—entirely separate and apart from politics. Every country editor and country merchant should be a leader in the movement in his locality. RIGHT KIND OF PUBLICITY. How to Use Newspaper Space to the Best Advantage. It is the hard blows from the blacksmith's hammer that welds the iron. It is the continual chipping away of the sculptor that is necessary to finish the statue. It is the word after word written down by the writer that constitutes the completed novel, and it is the constant advertising that brings success to the merchant, combined with the ability to carry out all business agreements. If you will note the successful merchant in any locality, you will find that he is the persistent advertiser. There are exceptions, of course, where business has been built up perhaps without ever a cent being spent for printer's ink. The pioneer storekeeper in a new country may have such a demand for his goods that he may be able to succeed. He may be able to retain his customers and thus go ahead for awhile. But his business is not likely to be permanent. Some advertisers will start in his field, and by liberal use of methods of publicity gain in a few months' time trade greater than the pioneer took years to build up. Any merchant who has common sense essential to success should have all the qualities required to construct a drawing advertisement. He knows the quality of his goods, the prices, the class of customers he has in his neighborhood, and with these points as a basis he should be able to arrange matter for an attractive advertisement. He no doubt can secure pointers from his home editor; that is, if the editor has any ideas, and most of them have. One reason why advertisements in the country papers sometimes do not show up well is because of the scanty supply of type the editor is compelled to struggle along with. It matters not how good the wording of an advertisement may be, it must be well "set" to attract attention. A clumsy printer can spoil the pulling power of the best-worded advertisement. CITIES AND TOWNS. What Is Essential for Their Upbuilding and Permanency. Cities and towns are built up where there are certain natural advantages that afford economic means for manufacturing or for the distribution of products. Towns and cities may be classified as manufacturing towns and commercial towns. Large cities are built up by support from industries that employ people. There are few communities that can exist within themselves and upon home resources without the assistance of other communities. The city must draw from a large trade territory. All parts of the world contribute toward the sustenance of such great cities as New York, Boston and Chicago. It is the support thus received that makes these cities great. The country town has its trade radius limited. Unless the proper effort be made to protect this trade, to care for it, to cultivate it, it is likely to drift elsewhere. It requires push, continual exercise of energy to build up a good trade center. Competition is constantly growing keener. It is pulling together and constant work, push and enterprise hitched up with common sense that always wins. Investment of Surplus Cash. It appears that any legitimate money-making proposition need not seek to sell its stock among the people all over the land. There is always ample capital securable for sound enterprises that will pay even five or six per cent. on the investment. It is well to beware of the companies that advertise their stocks for sale with the promise of a rapid advance in values, and large dividends. If there were a certainty of these accomplishments it would not be necessary for the promoters to go beyond the first good banking institution in their way to secure all the funds necessary to carry on the business. A. B. This woman says that sick women should not fail to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as she did. Mrs. A. Gregory, of 2355 Lawrence St., Denver, Col., writes to Mrs. Pinkham: "I was practically an invalid for six years, on account of female troubles. I underwent an operation by the doctor's advice, but in a few months I was worse than before. A friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it restored me to perfect health, such as I have not enjoyed in many years. Any woman suffering as I did with backache, bearing-down pains, and periodic pains, should not fail to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. Cut the cost ½ You can decorate your home with Alabastine year after year at one-half the cost of using either wall-paper or kalsomine. Alabastine The Sanitary Wall Coating comes in 16 beautiful tints and white that combine into an endless variety of soft, velvety Alabastine shades which will make any home brighter and more sanitary. Sample tint cards free at dealers. Write us for free color plans for decorating your home. Sold by Paint, Drug, Hardware and General Stores in carefully sealed and properly labeled packages, at 50c the package for white and 55c the package for tints. See that the name "Alabastine" is one each package before it is opened either by yourself or the workmen. The Alabastine Company Grand Rapids, Mich. Eastern Office, 105 Water St., N.Y. City. LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION, Kansas City, Missouri PATENTS Send for my "Special Offer for Simple Inventions." Full advice without charge how to obtain a patent. Send for my free patent booklet EDGAR M. KITCHIN, Ouray Bldg., Washington, D.C. WIDOWS' under NEW LAW obtained by JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, D.C. If afflicted with more eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water A GOOD COLD. Ty, = RET) C2) Bc , ‘) wr c “4 P " Ns . \ ¢ / #) ; -$ beh" “That seems a very bad cold you'vs got, my little man!” “It's a very good cold; it’s kept me awey from school for two weeks now! BOY KEPT SCRATCHING. Eczema Lasted 7 Years—Face Was All Raw—Skin Specialists F2''ed, But Cuticura Effected Cu, “When my little boy was six weeks old an eruption broke out on his face. I took him to a doctor, but his face kept on getting worse until it got so bad that no one could look at him. His whole face was one crust and must have been very painful. He scratched day and night until his face was raw. Then I took him to all the best specialists in skin diseases but they could not do much for him, The eczema got on his arms and legs and we could not get a night's sleep in months. I got a set of Cuticura Reme- dies and he felt relieved the first time 1 used them. I gave the Cuticura Remedies a good trial and gradually the eczema healed all up. He is now seven years old and I think the trou- ble will never return, Mrs. John G. Klumpp, 80 Niagara St., Newark, N. J., Oct. 17 and 22, 1907.” Economical Physician. _ Ambassador Wu _ Ting-fang was once, it is alleged, telling about a cer tain selfish politician. He said: “The man reminds me of a doctor of Shang- hai. A mandarin came to this doctor for advice. He could not sleep, had no appetite, suffered a good deal frora depression and nevertheless was tak- ing on fat at an alarming rate, ‘We'll s00n put you in condition again,’ said the physician. ‘What you need is ex- ercise, good, hard exercise. Four times a week you can come here and put in the morning polishing my floors.’ ‘But why not my own floors?’ the mandarin inquired, ‘Mine,’ said the physician, ‘are larger.’” A Household Necessity. T would almost as soon think of running my farm without implements as without Hunt’s Lightning Oil. Of all the liniments I have ever used, for both man and beast, it is the quickest in action and richest in results. For burns and fresh cuts it is absolutely wonderful. I regard {t as a house- hold necessity. Yours truly, S. HARRISON, Kosciusko, Miss. ~ Compensation. - Mrs. Baker—My husband costs me a good deal of money. Mrs. Barker—Yes, and he isn't very good to you, either. Mrs. Baker—I know it, but IT got a dandy lot of wedding presents with him. TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA AND BUILD Ul THE SYSTEM. Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTKLESS CHILL TONIC, You know what you are taking The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing itis simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form, and the most effectual form. Bor growr people and children. ble, The Reason. “Wouldn't you be better off without your husband?” “I don’t think so—his life isn't in- sured.” SORE EYES, weak, inflamed, red, watery and swollen eyes, use PEPTIT'S LYE SALVE, 25c. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. Alike. Working for a living {s I!ke Shake speare’s plays—always praised, but avoided as much az possible. Garfield Digestive Tablets From your druggist, or the Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 25¢ per bot- tle. Samples upon request. Those who await no gifts from chance have conquered fate.—Richter. What is Pe-ru=-na? MEAN TRICK OF THE PARROT, | And Just After Ite Mistress Had Made Neat “Bluff.” Is it a Catarrh Remedy, or a Tonic, or is it Both? Young Hankinson (making a call)— You have had that parrot a long time, Miss Laura, Miss Laura—Yes, we have had him several years. Young Hankinson—Quite intelligent, 1s he not? Miss Laura—Very. Can imitate al: most anything. Young Hankinson—They have a re- markably clever parrot over at the Casterlins’, Miss Laura. It can imi- tate the sound of a kiss to perfection. Is that among the accomplishments of our feathered friend here in the cor- ner? Miss Laura (indignantly)—No, sir. He does not attempt an imitation of a sound he is not accustomed to hear, Mr. Hankinson. Of that I can assure you. The Parrot—Wait, George, dear, till I take this bird out of the room.— Tatler. Some people call Peruna a great tonic. Others refer to Peruna asa great catarrh remedy. Which of these people are right? Is it more proper to call Peruna a ca- tarrh remedy than to call it a tonic? Our reply is, that Peruna is both a tonic anda catarrh remedy. Indeed, there can be no effectual catarrh remedy that is not also a tonic. In order to thoroughly relieve any case of catarrh, a remedy must not only have a specific action on the mucous membranes affected by the catarrh, but it must have a general tonic action on the nervous system. Catarrh, even in persons who are otherwise strong, isa weakened condi- tion of some mucous membrane. There must be something to strengthen the circulation, to give tone to the arteries, and to raise the vital forces, Perhaps no vegetable remedy in the world has attracted so much attention from medical writers as HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. The wonderful efficacy of this herb has been recognized many years, and is growing in its hold upon the medical profession. When joined with CUBEBS and COPAIBA a trio of medical agents is formed in Peruna which constitutes a specific rem- |edy for catarrh that in the present state of medical progress cannot be im- | proved upon. This action, reinforced by such renowned tonics as COLLIN- SONIA CANADENSIS, CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED, ought to make this compound an ideal remedy for catarrh in all its stages and locations in the body. From a theoretical standpoint, therefore, Peruna is beyond criticism. The ‘use of Peruna, onfirms this opinion. Numberless testimonials from every | quarter of the earth furnish ample evidence that this judgment is not over ‘enthusiastic. When practical experience confirms a well-grounded theory the result is a truth that cannot be shaken. Manufactured by Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. The New Baby. A young woman of a religious turn of mind wished to announce to a frieud the birth of her first-born child. She sent the following telegram: “Isaiah, 9-6," which, being interpreted, read, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.” The friend, more literal and less familiar with the prophets, read the message, and said to her husband: “Margaret has a boy, but why on earth did she name him Isaiah? He must be a healthy chap, though, for he weighs nine pounds and six ounces."— Woman's Home Companion. Cheapness ° vs. Quality In the matter of food you can’t afford to sacrifice Quality for Cheapness. Economy is right and good but inferior food products are dear at any price. KG} POWDER n bal : i is economical—not Cheap. Try , Gy it. The best at any price or i. { NY your money back. Eee JAQUES MFG. CO. F QUES want Chicago. re vonntansas ye Guaranteed “Makes It Go Way.” We simply can’t do without it. We are not going to try. When Bobby stubs or cuts his toe, it’s “Ma, where's the Lightning Oil?" When Lizzie burns her hand or arm, it's “Where's the Lightning Oil?” When little Dick's been playing with a bumble bee, it’s “Where's the Lightning Oil?” The echo of all our afflictions is “Where's the Lightning O1i?” It’s the balm that makes the pain go way. Sincerely yours, P. CASSIDY, Montevallo, Ala. Amiability Plus Science, The public expects much of the modern nurse—the same self-sacrifice, righteousness and pureness of liv- ing as in the past, but combined with a technical skill and an amount of learning unknown to our predecessors. —Tho Nursing Times. Lewis’ Single Binder straight 5e cigar made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your deal- er or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, Il. Living well is the best revenge we can take on our enemies.—Froude, One trial will convince <a you that 3 e y Sloans &9 2 Liniment‘@ gam will relieve soreness and [Tat@rat x. J stiffness quicker and easier ‘ Von an any other preparation sold for that purpose. ree oa lt penetrates to the bone, ‘nae quickens the blood, drives ae: s away fatigue and gives strength Wants) canna and ‘elasticity to the muscles. a hi Thousands use Sloan's Liniment (gan a y for rheumatism, neuralgia, toothache Se sprains, contracted muscles, stiff joints, cuts, bruises, burns, cramp gm or colic and insect stings. PRICE 25¢,50¢, & $1.00 fj Or.Earl S. Sloan, Boston,Mass,USA, STV & NO MONEY TILL CURED HEE RnEns Teas le Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue, Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. To see what fs right and not do it is want of courage.—Morris. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrap. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces tn flamination, allays pair, cures wind collu. ' 25c a bottle. A well-informed physician is fre quently ill-informed. 71 Positively cured by CARTERS these Little Pills. They also relieve Die WT TE [iieeatiowand tec necete IVER aoe a POtiOes Some y for Dissiness, Nau- HAPS re, Parancee, Be ed Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE, SNA NUSNTETNEES OTED Genuine Must Bear CA S Fac-Simile Signature IVER PILLS. (Wee ard REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. THE @IMETER. 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. On account of the inclement weather the school picnic that was proposed by Mr. Wm. Ragsdale and others was called off and the money collected returned to the donors. Our city schools after a pros perous year close to day. There will be some additions made to the teaching force before the beginning of the next school year. Restrictions have been removed from the Freedmen's homesteads and from the surplus of the mixed bloods. Those who have too much land will now sell in order to lessen the expenses of taxation. Now is the time for new comers to buy a home. Buy 20 acres if you can't buy more but, whatever you do buy a home. Land will treble in value within the next twelve months. Dr.Ridulle, a sapheaded members of the legislature who is opposed to Negro education made a ranting harrangue last week against colored schools in particular and the Negro in general The so called Dr. is a man of small calibre and a man of little ability and we are glad to say that he does not represent the progressive white people of the state but is an exponent of the beliefs of the moss back element from the twin hells. The recent meeting at Wy bark and Stonebluffs in the county of Wagoner were regular showers for Wagoner. It looks like a unanimous vote for the present county site. The deal between Porter and Coweta to deliver the colored vote to one or the other town but the colored voters can't be fooled that way so when they get their deal on the colored voters will not be there. They can't be delivered in that kind of way, they are not s'aves but free men and will not be sold or traded like cattle. No set of men can deliver them bound in chains to Coweta or Porter. One of the fellows became so elated at the bachelors' ball that he screamed: "Dar was only two real blacks thar." Wonder who they were? Are the boys getting up a blue vein "siety?" It might be that their "bar" and color ar making them mad. It is a shame that the republican party can't find anyone but a democrat for postmaster at Taft. The party organization is responsible for the conditions out there. The party can't expect the voters of that place to come to their rescue unless they get a square deal. W. Durant of Tulsa was in the city yesterday fighting for Coweta. The boys gave Durant some hot shot. He is game and says he will go to Wagoner and keep up the fight. Durant is not serious but makes a good bluff for Coweta and is having a good time. He does not hurt Wagoner and makes Coweta feel good, hence there is no particular harm done. The boys will laugh at Durant's jokes and vote for Wagoner. Mr. Overall and Mr. Jackson of Eufaula passed through the city enroute to Grayson on Wednesday. They are due the interest of their home town for county site and are doing good work. They will win. NOTICE. State of Oklahoma, Muskogee county; No. 1263 in county court. In matter of the Estate of Dave McNae deceased. Notice hereby given that Jeannetta McNae, the duly appointed and qualified administratrix of the estate of Dave McNae deceased has rendered and presented for settlement, and filed in said court, her final account and report of her administration as such administratix and that Monday the 25th day of May A. D. 1908, being a regular term of said court to wit: of the May term A. D. 2908, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the coonty court room in the city of Muskogee in said county of Muskogee has been duly appointed by the said court, for settlement of said account, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions in writing to the account and contest the same. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 4th day of April, 1908. W, C. Jackson, County Judge. Walrond & Cramer, Attys. Muskogee, Okla. OKFUSKEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA A Strictly Colored Man's Town. 500—LOTS FOR SALE—500 This town is situated 25 miles east from Boley, the largest and best Negro town in the world, and is on the Ft. Smith and Western railroad. Plenty farmers made from one to two bales of cotton to the acre in the past year. Good water, plenty hay, and good amount of forest. Any thrifty man can come and make a good honest living free from the many set backs found in the southern country. We need settlers and that bad. These lots cost you from $35 to $200 each; 25x140, sold one fourth down and balance on easy monthly payments. Good titles to any and all lots. We have 400 residents, a postoffice, several stores, all run by colored men. Come now while there are many inducements to good farmers. Plenty land to sell, lease or rent. Call or write. W. L. JACKSON, Townsite Manager and Owner Clearview, Okla. AGENTS WANTED—16x20 crayon portraits, 40 cents, frames 10 cents, and up, sheet pictures one cent each. You can make 400 per cent profit or $36 per week. Catalogue and samples free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY. 1208 W. Taylor St. Chicago, Ill. T. MILLER, LOAN BROKER Loans on all Articles of Value. 105 South Main Street MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. The C Hardw (INCOR Capita DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES, SUPPL J. B. 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Atwater has given it is necessary that we should first of all appreciate the standard, so to speak, by which its work is to be judged. It was Lavoisier, the great chemist, who first showed that the changes through which food is utilized in the body represent a process of oxidation or chemical combustion. When a food gives forth heat as the result of its union with the oxygen we inhale, the measure of its heat production may be taken as that of its power of giving forth "energy," which last is "the power of doing work." The standard by which we measure the heat-power ```markdown ``` Interior of the Respiration Calorimeter in Which a Man May Live for Three Weeks. of a food is called the "calorie." The test of a food is applied by noting the quantity of water the temperature of which can be raised one degree by the complete burning or oxidation of a gramme (15 grains) of the substance. Prof. Atwater has applied the prin- A LONG-FELT WANT. Able Editor—Want a position, eh? Do you understand the tariff question? Applicant—Um—to tell the truth, I don't know anything about the tariff. "Are you familiar with international law?" "No, I can't say that I am." "Have you followed up the various African and Polar explorations, the various theories regarding a probable war between the United States and Japan, and have you all the localities at your finger-ends, so that you could write column after column on any of these subjects without exhausting yourself?" "I—I never took any interest in such things." "Are you thoroughly familiar with English, French, German and Russian politics?" "Don't know anything about European squabbles, and don't want to." "Young man, take that desk there, I shouldn't wonder if you could make a ciple of the calorimeter to the actual investigation of the income and output of the human body in an elaborate fashion. His "respiratory chamber" has five concentric compartments, the innermost being made of red burnished copper. A special apparatus conveys to the outside, and registers there, the exact temperature of the chamber. Into this chamber the subject passes for a longer or shorter period. In the room are a table, chair, bed and a M. J. 2022 Apparatus for Separating the Respiration Products from the General Ventilating Current. fixed bicycle, this latter a means of demonstrating the amount of physical energy expended. The temperature of the chamber is constant to a degree. The air for breathing is brought into it dry, and of the same temperature as the interior, and the volume of air can be measured with exactitude. The food excretions and the air exhaled, as well as the perspiration of the subject, can all be exactly computed and analyzed, and their chemical constituents separated and measured. Here we find an apparatus which enables the investigator to determine with the nearest approach that can be made to absolute certainty the daily and hourly income and expenditure of a human body, and the extent to which this food or that is utilized in maintaining that body and its powers in a state of efficiency. For example, by comparing the increase or decrease in the carbon and nitrogen of the excretions with the amount of carbon and nitrogen known to be contained in the food given, the experimenter can calculate the gain or loss of the subject in the body-building elements and in the case of fats. So, also, the exact quantity of heat generated by the subject can be estimated, and the water given off from skin and lungs (a product of heat-production) is also carefully collected outside the chamber and measured. The fixed bicycle can register the amount of physical work performed through its use. paper that sensible people would like to read."—N. Y. Weekly. Just the Very Man. Miss Queensbro—Officer, where is that green goods man the police arrested yesterday? Officer Googan—At headquarters, ma'am. Did yez want to seey him? Miss Queensbro—Yes; I thought he might match a sample for me. I simply can't get the shade I want at any of the stores.—Puck. Going Ahead. "No, sir!" said the manager, "no house in the country, I am proud to say, has more men pushing its line of goods than ours." "What do you sell?" the other asked. "Mail-carts." One Reason. "Miss Brown often sings for charity." "Now I know why the poor are so miserable."—Detroit Free Press. AT A CRITICAL TIME. Women Are Likely to Suffer with Dangerous Kidney Disorders. Mrs. John Kirk, R. F. D. No. 2, Detroit, Mich., says: "Five years ago at a critical time of life I was on the verge of a collapse with kidney troubles, backache, dizziness, puffy dropsy swellings and urinary irregularities. I lost flesh and felt languid, nervous or unstrung all the time. a critical time of life I was on the verge of a collapse with kidney troubles, backache, dizziness, puffy dropsy swellings and urinary irregularities. I lost flesh and felt languid, nervous or unstrung all the time. As my doctor did not help me I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. In a few weeks all these symptoms left me. I now weigh 163 pounds and feel in excellent health." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Counting a Billion. Speaking of counting the hairs of your head—suppose you undertook to count a billion, how long do you think it would take you to do it? A billion, according to the French notation, which we follow, is a thousand millions. If you had before you a pile of silver dollars containing a million, and could count one every second, for eight hours every day, it would take you 35 days to complete the task. But suppose you undertook to count a thousand of those million-dollar piles—you would be at work eight hours a day for 35,000 days, or about 100 years. How He Got Rid of Rats. A farmer describes his method of clearing the premises of rats in the following manner: "On a large number of old shingles I put a half-teaspoonful of treacle each, and on that with my pocket knife I scraped a small amount of concentrated lye. I then placed the old shingles around under the stable floors and under the cribs. The next morning I found 40 dead rats, and the rest left the farm for parts unknown. I have cleared many farms of the pests in the same way, and have never known it to fall." Rough on the Candidate. "There's a candidate outside, wantin' to see you," said the hired man. "Hang the candidate!" exclaimed the farmer. And the hired man went out muttering: "I hain't lynched a man in a mighty long time, but ef he ain't too much fer me I'll foller instructions!"—Atlanta Constitution. CHANGE IN FOOD Works Wonders in Health. It is worth knowing that a change in food can cure dyspepsia. "I deem it my duty to let you know how Grape-Nuts food has cured me of indigestion. "I had been troubled with it for years, until last year my doctor recommended Grape-Nuts food to be used every morning. I followed instructions and now I am entirely well. "The whole family like Grape-Nuts, we use four packages a week. You are welcome to use this testimonial as you see fit." The reason this lady was helped by the use of Grape-Nuts food, is that it is predigested by natural processes and therefore does not tax the stomach as the food she had been using; it also contains the elements required for building up the nervous system. If that part of the human body is in perfect working order, there can be no dyspepsia, for nervous energy represents the steam that drives the engine. When the nervous system is run down, the machinery of the body works badly. 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First Cheap Sport—I saw McGann comin' out of the poolroom lookin' like a hard loser. Second Cheap Sport—He lost all he had. First Cheap Sport—How much? Second Cheap Sport—The price of his morning's eye-opener.—Illustrated Sunday Magazine. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made ir Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Duggett, Prices 25c, per bottle. Bold by Drugkists. 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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. Congressional. A committee from the Methodist general conference called upon Speaker Cannon at Washington to urge the passage of laws to protect prohibition territory from the liquor interests. Gov. Hanly of Indiana and Gov. Hoch of Kansas headed the committee. They met with very little encouragement. The caucus of the Republican members of the house on the financial question resulted in the approval of the Vreeland bill, which makes commercial paper a security for emergency currency. A commission to study the financial question was also recommended. Representative Murdock of Kansas has introduced a bill in the house which provides for the payment of $3 a day to union soldiers captured by the enemy during the time they were imprisoned. The house has agreed to the conference report on the bill reorganizing the consular service. The senate has adopted a resolution asking the interstate commerce commission for information regarding the inforcement of the commodity clause of the railroad rate bill. The house and senate have reached a complete agreement on the army appropriation bill, thus insuring an increase in pay of officers and men of about 35 per cent. The bill carries an appropriation of $95,382,246. A bill for the establishment of a central bank of issue of the United States was introduced in the house by Mr. Burton of Ohio. The senate has passed a bill appropriating $5,000 toward the erection of a monument to Pocahontas at Jamestown, Va. The nomination of William R. Wheeler of California to be assistant secretary of commerce and labor has been confirmed by the senate. The postoffice bill has been reported to the senate in skeleton form by the committee. Congress has accepted a marble bust of Abraham Lincoln from Eugene Meyer, jr., of New York. The house by a vote of 167 has gone on record against the re-establishment of the canteen in national soldiers' homes. The house has passed the sundry civil appropriation bill. Miscellaneous California Republicans at the primaries which selected delegates to the state convention for the election of delegates to the National convention expressed a preference for the reelection of President Roosevelt. Secretary Taft has held a series of conferences at Panama with representatives of Panama and Colombia and the boundary, and other diplomatic questions are likely to be settled in a manner satisfactory to all parties. Speakers at the meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections at Richmond, Va., declared that the alarmingly large percentage of illiteracy among white children of the south called for more adequate compulsory education laws. Austria-Hungary is celebrating the diamond jubilee of the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph. The battleship fleet, after its 14,000 mile journey from the Atlantic, made its grand entry into San Francisco exactly on time. The vessels were given a royal welcome by thousands of visitors from all parts of the country. The May option on corn reached 74 cents a bushel in Chicago recently. The Wright brothers, who are experimenting with an aeroplane near Manteo, N. C., have made three successful flights, the last one covering 60 miles with the machine in perfect control. The steady inflow of money into New York increased the deposits there $12,560,700 in the last week reaching the record figures of $1,270,324,900 for the members of the clearing house and an aggregate for all banks and trust companies of $2,157,183,500. A medallion head of President Roosevelt is one of six of the medals to be awarded Isthmian canal employes. A ban has been placed against rats and mice on the Panama canal zone in efforts to prevent bubonic plague from gaining a foothold there. The Kansas supreme court in deciding a case from Ness county holds that school land can not be sold in tracts of less than 40 acres. The old soldiers and sailors preference law has been upheld by the Kansas supreme court but at the same time the court stated that the appointing power had full authority to determine the competency of the applicants and if other applicants were considered more competent they could be legally appointed in preference to the old soldiers. The two organizations known as the Veteran Army of the Philippines and the United Spanish War Veterans have been merged into one with a membership of 60,000. Four girls were drowned at Hartford, Kan., by a gasoline launch be coming unmanageable and going over the dam on the Neosho river. Secretary of the Navy Metcalf reviewed the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets at San Francisco recently. There were 44 vessels present, ranging from battleships to torpedo boats. Rear Admiral Evans was unable to appear on the Connecticut and the command devolved on Rear Admiral Thomas. The 72 men stranded on the crumbling hulk of the German steamer Peter Rickmers off the coast of Long Island were successfully brought to shore by the life savers after facing death for 48 hours. Two solid business blocks in Atlanta, Ga., were destroyed by fire the other day, causing a loss of $1,500,000. For a time the entire business district of the city was threatened with destruction. Mrs. Russell Sage has offered the American Bible society a fund of $500,000 on condition that a like sum shall be raised by the end of the year. The purpose is to establish a permanent endowment for the society. The Kentucky delegates to the national Republican convention have been instructed for Secretary Taft. The Japanese military authorities are preparing to dedicate a monument to the Russian dead in Port Arthur. The bishops' address to the M. E. general conference in session at Baltimore noted a gain in membership during the past four years of 278,359. There are now 20,161 pastors who preach the gospel to 3,307,275 communicants in 130 languages and dialects throughout the world. A grand military, naval and civic parade was the principal feature of the opening day of the entertainment planned by San Francisco for the officers and men of the battleship fleet. Fifteen thousand men were in line. Four additional bodies of murdered people have been discovered on the farm of Mrs. Guinness near La Porte, Ind., making a total of nine thus far unearthed. The authorities believe that most of the corpses had been shipped from Chicago to hide traces of crime committed in that city. The search for other bodies will continue. The general conference of the Methodist church has began its 25th quadrennial session in Baltimore. At a meeting of stockholders of the Union Pacific railroad the directors were authorized to issue $100,000,000 in bonds for improvements and the purchase of other lines. W.L.DOUGLAS SHOES $300 $350 SHOES AT ALL PRICES, FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men's $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world, because they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other shoes in the world to-day. W. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Be Equalled At Any Price CAUTION. W. L. Douglas name and price is stamped on bottom. Take No Substitute. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Shoes mailed from factory to any part of the world. Illustrated Catalog free to any address. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. COMPLAINTS ABOUT PAINT. 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Please allow space in your very excellent paper to say é Word to your may readers re specting our stay in Nowater, We were calied here a few days ago to conduct a meeting, On reaching this place we found the church almost gone to sleep and that little or no interest was meaniferted on the part of the members—there being only six or sever Who matifested any interest in the church, Sunday school was almost a thing of the past. But we are truly glad to say that amid the the disadvantages that confront ed us, We changed the sittution; capturing with God's aid, satan’s arms. Zion now has the right of way as never before, Nis is declared by older citizens There were twenty seven at cessions; ten for baptism and seventeen testorations, Tais battle was fought during tie time when there were rains nearly every day throughout the meeting which greatly hind: ered us. Splended order was Hiaintained amen the young men during the entire period of services. Indeed, L have never had ,better order at any of uy meetings. ‘The outlook here for our people is greatal they will take the proper steps. Tb is Lime that a great miaiy of them Were own Ther homes, There are men here full of business tact viz, Messrs Grant Wolff, Fred Bailey, Turks, Cheley Claget, John Forenian, Jessie Anderson, Win, O'Neal, Dogan, Davis, and Revs, Tlend. erson, Smuth, ‘Paylor and many others, We also tind in Nowa ta, De J. HL Dodd, who has a very creditable standing among both colored and white people, He has built up a good practice hore dn the city: which makes for the credit of timiself and the medical fraternity. 1 visited the public school «f which Mrs, Dr. Dodd is) princi pal, She is amexcellent teacher and deserves much appreciation for the pains amd care she gives the students in her charge. Pie homes of the citizens of Nowata were thrown wide oper and they with their pastor, Rev, A. Smith, did all in their power to make it pleasant forme al of which was highly appreciates by yours in bis name, — HH. MeMillan, St. Luke’s Pharmacy A. Johnson, Proprietor Corner Court and Second St. Opposite Federal Court House, Phone 172 FOR SALE. 60 acres of good land $20 pret acre; 40 aeres of good land $15 per vere: 20 acres of pood land BLS per vere fostand Cotton gin Fors 1500, Will trade for farm tanned. or city property in Muskogee { stand cotton gin for $3500 Write to W.TE. Twine, Jr, Box G, Muskozee, Okla, Go TO THE New Restarant and Rooming House 106 WEST COURT ST. Kor first-class fare in every particular, Beds 25 cenis and rooms 50 cts. Cigar stand, the best of cigars. Short orders and full meals. The public is invited to pat. ronize us. J.P. HARRIS & BRO., Proprietors. FOR SALE. S-room house and 50 ft. lot close in, $650.00, Tworoom house and lot for $459.00. Lot in Factory Addition, $75.00, Lot in Lincoln Park, $50.00. Write W. H. TURNE, Box G, Mus- kogee, Okla. The county seat campaign goes merrily on in Wagoner county and as the date set for election comes nearer, it is not out of place to ad- vise the voters to vote early and avoid) the possibility of loosing e vote on account of challenge thet will be resorted to by the enemies of Wagoner who will do this to pre- vent the colored vote being counted. The inspectors who will) be in charge of the election will all be non-residents and its not possible that all of them would attempt to fraudulently take the election. It must be remembered by the voters that the sentiment of the — three towns toward the colored voters will eut quite a figure with the colored people, The white people of Wag- oner, who are largely under the control of Hon, James Harris and his followers are and have always Soon in favor of the colored) man having the right to vote and have that vote counted as cast. The his: tory of each of the other towns is to the exact contrary and for that reason alone the solid vote of the colored people of the county should and will be cast for Wagoner. Many persons are asking — the question; Is Supervisor Walter Fal. well using his influence — against Wagoner? They say that Six Shoot er Sango, Superintendent of ‘Tul lahasse Mission, Prof. Whaely, the son in Jaw of P, B,J. Hudson, wh) jis a teacher and BE, L. Barber, Past ‘Master in Hoodooism and dispenser of school patronage at Red Bird, Prot Van Allen and other teachers, ‘all being opposed to Wagoner, looks like the fine Italian hand of Fal- well being played against’ Wagoner The action of the white republi- cans of Coweta sometime ago when they assisted in the nomination of Prof. Hudson for member of the constitutional convention and then entered Into a deal to nominate A. D. Oreut, styled as an Indian repub- lican, and later switched and sup- ported the democrat, Hosimer, and defeated Hudson, should be suffi- cient to convince Hudson and all colored men that the white republi- cans in Coweta and Porter voted for the democrat and they should now be paid for their treachery. Hud- son was later elected one of the county commissioners for Wagoner county, He was assisted financially by Wagoner republicans and when elected it was Wagoner men_ both republicans and democrats who made his bond. The wealth of the bonds- men aggregate $1,000,000. Has Hud son forgotten this? Does two daughters and a son in law out- weigh all? Was the Falwell whip used? The Coweta county seat gang at Red Bird composed of the Mins- trial Quartette, Barber, Drakes, El- Ns and Craven, failed to get Prof MeGowen — indicted. The Hoodco failed to work, the charm had no effect upon the grand jury. —REPORTER. Wagoner the Place. | E. M. Steven's talk for Wagoner ‘at the Sodom meeting Saturday night: Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and Fellow Citizens:—We are here to consider the permanent location of a county seat for Wagoner coun- ty. I wish to speak directly to my people, the Negro voters. It is right, just and proper that every man_pro- tect himself and his race. The Ne- sroes of Wagoner county should view this matter from a Negro's stand- point. Iam not in favor of locating the county seat at Porter because she bas only one small house for Ne. ‘groes, However, I wish it was pos- sible fer Porter to win and to be able to take care of the county ‘Seat, but I see the writing on the wall against her. Porter is una- ble to control the votes at her own ‘door. Tam not in favor of locating the county seat at Coweta because so far as Negroe’s accommodation ts concerned she is only one per cent better than Porter, _ T am for Wagoner because she has the accommodation, Let you ‘be white, red or black, Wagoner has the accommodation, Those who ‘are clamoring for Porter and Cow: eta say that Wagoner is not ae oes sible on account of the Verdigris river and the roads leading to Wag- ‘oner, But, gentlemen, what if the jcounty seat be located either at | Porter or Coweta? Is it not a fact |that all citizens of Wagoner coun- ity living cn the other side of the Verdigris river would have to tray: Jet the same roads and cross the same stream, rendering either Por- ter or Coweta equally inconveniently Laccessible. | Some say it is not proper to dis cuss the race question in the mat: jter of a county seat, But gentlemen the condition in and abovt a county seat should be such as would afford |the best. accommodation of all. coi ors, OF three towns mentioned tn the race for the county seat Wagoner comes nearer to the requirements than either Porter or Coweta. Gentlemen, this is not a political fight but a fight affecting the inter est of every citizen of Wagoner county, let him be lawyer, doctor farmer, merehant, mechanic, repub lican or democrat, white, red or black—their interests are equal and should be determined with the great- est intelligence of the people of Wagoner county, Therefore I appeal to your intelli gence and your patriotism in the support of Wagener. The race will be between Wagoner and Coweta and a victory for Wagoner on the 23rd day of May will be a victory in the interest of all the people. Gentlemen, I hope and trust that in the interest of all the people. vote for Wagoner.—Record. The county seat fight in Meln tosh county goes merrily on and the gallant fight being made by the supporters of Enfaula is attract- ing attention throughout the state. The entire citizenship of the coun- ty are working night and day for their favorite place. In Melntosh county the situation is so close that the colored vote will decide the con- test and there is and should be strenuous work among our people to show them the right way. As has been said in this paper by a correspondent from Rentisville, Eu- faula is the best place in the coun- ty for a county seat and should win in this contest. As we see it the colored voters of the county should to a man vote for Eufaula as against Checotah or any other place, as it is to their best inter- ests as well as best for all the people. It is not a_ political ques- tion and no one injures their par ty standing in voting for Eufaula. The colored voters have the op portunity to make the good people of the county forever feel greatful to them by saving the county seat for the best location and best town in the county by voting and work- ing for Eufaula. Such a large ma jority should be given Eufaula that it will be impossible under any and all circumstances to steal the elec: tion if that sheuld be attempted and ‘judging by past county seat fights im ‘other states the thing is likely to be repeated in this state. The fate ‘of the county seat is in your hands. Do the proper thing by condemning ‘the action of Checotah’s mayor. ‘Vote for Eufaula. For Sale. Lot 100 feet front, two houses on the lot one four room house and one two room house. Houses rent $18 per month, Good location high and level. Lot in block 235 Mus kogee price $3,000. See or write W. H. Twine, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Oklahoma, THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. Instruc- ton by mail adapted to everyone. Recognized by courts and educaters. os Experienced and competent ingtruct- ers. Takes spare time oaly, Three courses Preparatory, Business, Col. LAW lege. Prepares for practice, Wilh better your condition and prospects a ee im business. 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