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The Muskogee Cimeter. WHUT WHUT WHUT WHUT-1-DAD DAVENPORT MISS OKLAHOMA TELEPHONE DIRECTORY CONGRESS JUDANX Muskogee. AFRRO-AMERICAN VOTERS DEMOCRATS ATTEMPTING TO USE NEGRO ELECTORS AT CAT'S PAW. Progress of the Race Under Republican Rule—World Record is Established. The intelligent Negro does not worship false gods. He is thoroughly familiar with the condition of his brother in the south where democracy is in the saddle. He knows that at heart, the leader of the democratic party do not wish * is association in politics, but only hope to use his mand to disgruntle him against the republican party, in order that they may, without benefit to him, be elevated into power. it does not need the declaration from the democratic party, that it is a white man's party, to convince the Negro with any brains, that his interest and future welfare and that of his race, lie in the hands of the republican party. In Uncle Sam's Service. Under the kindly fostering care of the republican party, that wiped the stain of slavery from the Stars and Stripes, with the blood of statesmen, the colored race has established a world's record, in the progress of civilization and enlightened, aggressive citizenship. Today coloret men and women, to the number of 13,978 are occupying positions in the government service, under republican administration, and draw in the aggregate, the sum of $8,032,355 annually from the public treasury. They are to be found in every position from that of common laborer to that of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. Their salaries range from $600 to $10,000 a year, the latter sum being paid to our colored envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Haiti. Perhaps few colored people are aware that the number of Afro-Americans in the service of the government—exclusive of the army and navy—has more than doubled in the last four years, under republican administration. Their aggregate pay has been increased from $8,000,000 in 1904 to more than $8,000,000 in 1908. Plank in Republican Platform. The present republican platform contains this plank: "The republican party has been, for more than fifty years, the consistent friend of the American Negro. It gave him freedom and citizenship. It wrote into the organic law the declarations that proclaim his civil and political rights, and it believes today that his noteworthy progress in intelligence, industry, and good citizenship has earned the respect and encouragement of the nation. "We demand justice for all men, without regard to race or color; we declare once more, and without reservation, for the enforcement, in letter and in spirit of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution, which were designed for the protection and advancement of the Negro, and we condemn all devices that have for their real aim his disfranchisement for reasons of color alone, as unfair, un-American, and repugnant to the supreme law of the land." The Hon. William H. Taft, in a speech in Plymouth church, Brooklyn recently said: "What the Negro and his friends demand is equality of enforcement of the law under the constitution." * * * Democrats Hate Negroes. Contrast these kindly sentiments of republicans with the following Vol 10 WHUT WHUT WHUT WHUT--1-DAD DAVEN JUDANX Old Lady:--Stop you from democratic sources. W. J. Bryan in his speech at New York, 1908, said. "The white man in the south has disfranchised the Negro in self-protection; and there is not a republican in the north who would not have done the same thing under the same circumstances. The white men of the south are determined that the Negro shall be disfranchised everywhere it is necessary, to prevent the recurrence of the horrors of carpet-bag rule." Hoke Smith, who was a member of Cleveland's cabinet, and who is at present governor of Georgia, said: "I favor the elimination of the Negro from politics and if I am elected, I will urge this with all my power." Senator Tillman, in a speech in the 19th congress said: "Some of the Negroes are so near akin to the monkey that scientists are still looking for the missin- With defeat staring it without a real virile issue except embodied in the "Peerless One," moracy is struggling to win in this present campaign, with the Negro vote in the north, and without the Negroe vote in the south. This seems to be the crowning climax of political idiocy. The Negro, disfranchised in the South by the democratic party, is expected to lick the hand that smites him, execute an about-face movement, and aid the democrats in swinging republican states of the north into the hands of his democratic oppressors! From the days of its birth, the democratic party has not only halted its boasted democracy at the color line, but has bragged about it. There is not a la won the statute books today for the benefit and protection of the Negro that was not placed there by Republicans in spite of the opposition of the democrats. H. Taf Friday, Old Lady:--Stop your cackling, I dont see a THING. Democratic Hypocrisy World's Record of Progress. Undea the republican policies the Negro race has flourished as no race ever flourished before in the history of the world. The illiteracy of the race at the time of emancipation was almost complete. When the census of 1890 was taken, it showed that this illiteracy had been reduced to about 44 per cent. Italy today has 38 per cent of illiteracy; Spain, 68 per cent, and Portugal 79 per cent. These are all white countries with centuries of civilization behind them. There are 40,000 Negro students in higher institutions of learning, pursuing all branches from trade to classical and scientific courses. Forty thousand colored youths have graduated from secondary institutions of learning and $4,000 from colleges. The race has developed 30,000 teachers, 16,000 clergymen, 1,700 physicians and surgeons, 1,000 lawyers and 400 journalists and literary people. It has 200 institutions for higher education in the United States. In 1904 it owned any amounting to $1,100,000,000, 1000 the farm property belonging to Negroes was valued at $200,000,000. It operates 746,715 farms and owns 187,797 farms, or about 25 per cent of the total. This is not a bad showing for a race which the democrats declare to be unfit for citizenship. The instincts of self-preservation demand that the American Negro vote for Taft and Sherman and a continuance of the republican policies. That the Negro is showing a remarkable ability to recover his sober judgment under the most trying circumstances, and reach a conclusion more inharmony with his best interests, is shown by the way they are coming to the support of the republican ticket. They are beginning to realize that after all, Judge William H. Taft is one of their best friends No 2 and that a great wrong has been done him in holding him responsible for the discharge of the soldiers of Companies B, C and D of the 25th Regiment of the United States Infantry. The latest and most prominent convert to this conclusion is Gilchrist Stewart of New York. it will be remembered that it was Gilchrist Stewart who, as a member of the Constitutional league, started the Brownsville agitation; that it was through his instrumentality that a detective was sent to Brownsville to investigate the affair. it was Gilchirst Stewart who went through the country delivering speeches and collecting funds for the defense of the soldiers; and it was he who later prepared all the evidence for Senator Foraker, which was presented to the senatorial committee investigating the Brownsville affair. The announcement is meant the national republican head. that Gilchrist Stewart will take theump for Judge William H. Taft. Charles H. Keating, assistant director of the speakers' bureau of the national headquarters at New York, advised Senator Dison that he has accepted the tender of Mr. Stewart's services and assigned him to West Virginia and Kentucky. Senator Dixon will probably make engagements for him in Illinois, Indiana and Kansas. Inasmuch as Mr. Stewart has offered his services gratuitously, the republican managers have concluded to use him and are inclined to believe that the Brownsville incident is likely to prove of little consequence in the future so far as the Negro is concerned. We call upon Mr. Bryan to tell the Negroes of this country what his attitude is and will be toward the Negro so far as his civil and political rights are concerned. Crack or Break, Fdawin and his mother went for @ walk Sunday afternoon. Coming to ® tree of cherries, the mother bent a low mb so that the little fellow could pick some. Seeing some fie ones higher up, he begged to be allowed to climb the tree, “Oh, no,” sald his mother, “that would be breaking the Babbath.” “And we are only cracking the Sab- hath now, are we, mamma?” {nquired Edwin.—Delineator. 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Station B OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA \y IF YOUVE _ “VX NEVER WORN \ ae > aoe, YA eS ne Sipe " HASLICKER « \ youve yet AS NN \ co \ spt \ «the wettest weather \ MADE FOR ——~ \ HARD SERVICE \\ GUARANTEED WATERPROOF *322 “gus FR a roree ca peor ut a ate caniase os Gare Ton HORTICULTURE reece sam “ae zk : Bree oC ne To Do Successful Work You Need Proper Tools. One trouble with the novice in pruning is that he may not have a clear idea of what he wishes to ac- complish, He may think that the tree is headed too low and so chops off the main limbs and ruins it, or, the top is too thick and proceeds to trim up the limbs, leaving a tuft of branches at the ends, destroying the fruiting spurs and leaving what fruit does grow in- accessible and exposed to the action of heavy winds, Wetter to have no pruning at all than such work as this. The tools needed are a saw, shears, knife, stepladder and occasionally a long ladder. The saw should be the ordinary, narrow, stif/-blade pruning saw, about 18 inches long and with rather coarse teeth so that it will cut freely, The right kind of shears are a great help and with them much of the work can be done easier and quicker than with any other tool, but few of those found in the hardware stores are worth much, Most of them with only one cutting blade whieh works against a shoulder, will spring apart after a little use and they bruise the wood more or less The doublecut shears with both blades alike, while high priced are by far the best thing on the market as they cut close and do not bruise the wood, The handles are of wood and can be had from 25 to 30 inches long. For a knife, the common large pruning knife with a hooked blade is all right. HORTICULTURAL NOTES, The American plums are great bearers, Plums must be protected from the curculio if they are to give. satisfac tion, There In little satisfaction in trying to grow a garden on poor soil not properly enriched. every farmer that has a few frutt trees only should learn the science of protecting them by spraying. An apple grower says that there Ms never an over-supply of good appies The over-supply is of poor fruit In pruning the grape, it is neces: sary to have a good deal of technical knowledge. Pruning too much will prevent fruit’ production on account of removing the wood that should bear the fruit; while pruning too little will allow a large development of vines at the expense of fruit, Rapid Growing Pear Trees. The more rapidly a pear tree grows, the more likely is it to be attacked by blight. The reason seems to be that the texture of the bark is so open that the spores of the blight can get an entrance with the threadlike sprouts that are too fine to be seea by the unaided eye, HANDLING OF GRAIN, Hints by a Farmer Who Thinks He Can Improve on Present Methods. Compared with former years, thresh ing is an easy matter. The wind stacker and the self-feeder have great ly reduced the size of the average threshing gang. The weigher and sacker are each doing noble work. Yet with atl these advantages at hand not more than half of us farmers make such use of them that our grain is handled in the most economical manner possible, declares a farmer in Home and Farm, Threshing directly from the field 1s often a great time-saver, as it saves the time used in mowing away the sheaves, But it is in caring for the grain as it comes from the thresher where most of us lose time. Ordi narily it is sacked and carried to the granary, requiring five or six men. By using an elevator on the separator, and two tight wagon boxes, one man can easily care for the same amount of grain, If no elevator is at hand. ‘it takes but two men. Drive the wagon alongside the machine and lift ‘the grain into the box. One man can do this while the second unloads. - In hauling to market a large box holding 60 or 70 bushels is especially valuable. More grain can be hauled and easier, without the expense or bother of sacks, which are mighty un handy. A box with flaring sides, hold ing 160 bushels of oats, was made for us a a@ cost of $16. STRAWBERRIES FOR HOME USE How One Illinois Farmer Has Growr Good Crops. In growing strawberries here for home use, we plant in rows and culti vate well during the first season writes an Illinois correspondent of Farmers’ Review. The plants from the matted rows are muiched the second and third seasons as often as neces: sary to keep the weeds and grass from smothering the vines. The kind that we have found the most useful here are the Excelsior, Haverland, War field, Dunlap and Gandy. While there ‘are other good varieties, the ones I have named are among the best. In planting for an ordinary family I usu ally put out from two to four rows. rach about 160 feet long. A new plan aon should be set out once in two years, It is better to fertilize moder- ately than too much, for in over-fer iiizing we get plants that are too rank, and, as a result of which, some times have plantations that are un productive. The best fertilizer that | have ever used consisted of well rotted stable manure and wood ashes. Very few farmers in this locality raise all jthe strawberries their families ean ew I estimate that not over two families in 100 do this. FROTECTING TREES, Brace Them So That Windstorms Will Not Ruin Them, Many fine apple trees are annually destroyed by severe windstorms. When there is no wind mY} break around an Bs orchard, it is not MT easy to keep it in ye tact. It is a good PR plan to drive aa stakes on west pm e side of trees, then with a piece of cord pull back’ the E tree till it leans a little to the west | all or southwest or to: he ward the prevail were 1% nO Wind t break around an oad orchard, it is not igh. 48 easy to keep it in pea ee tact. It is a good en oi ns plan to drive * stakes on west pm e side of trees, then with a piece of cord pull back’ the f tree till it leans a little to the west oll or southwest or to: be ward the prevail ing winds and tie firmly to a stake as shown in the cut, The same plan can be followed where any tree is liable to be blown about bys the wind. Wrap several thicknesses of burlap or an old rubber hose around — the trunk of the tree so the twine will not injure the bark. In transplanting large shade trees it’s a good plan to protect them for @ year or two witb three such stays. 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Almost every one you meet has either been benefited by it, or has friends who have In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., any woman any day may see the files containing over one million one hundred thousand letters from women seeking health, and here are the letters in which they openly state over their own signatures that they were cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has saved many women from surgical operations. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is made from roots and herbs, without drugs, and is wholesome and harmless. The reason why Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is so successful is because it contains ingredients which act directly upon the feminine organism, restoring it to a healthy normal condition. Women who are suffering from those distressing ills peculiar to their sex should not lose sight of these facts or doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore their health. SICK HEADACHE 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. FOR FIRST REPAST APPETIZING BREAKFAST TABLE DAINTIES. Dan and Griddle Cakes of Various Kinds—Recipe for Plain Waf- fles—Green Corn Fritters That Are Delicious. French Pan Cakes.—Beat smoothly together six eggs and a half pound of flour. Melt four ounces of butter and add to the batter, with one ounce of sugar and a half pint of milk. Put a spoonful at a time into buttered fry- ing pan and spread evenly on the surface. Indian Pan Cakes.—Take a pint of cornmeal, a teaspoonful of salt, one of soda, pour on boiling water to make a thick mush; let stand until cool; add the yolks of four eggs, half a cupful of flour and stir in as much butter milk as will make a good batter. Beat the whites of the eggs and stir them in. Bake in a well greased skillet. Crushed Wheat Griddle Cakes.—One teacupful of cracked wheat, two pints of flour, two spoonsful of white sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, two of baking powder, one egg and one pint of milk. Boil the wheat in a half pint of water one hour before mixing it. Bake brown. Bread Griddle Cakes.—Put half a pound of bread free from crust in warm water to soak. Beat one egg, half a pint of milk and a teaspoonful of brown sugar mixed together; add a scant teaspoonful of salt and two of baking powder. Drain the soaked bread dry and mix in the milk, thicken with one pint of flour and beat to a smooth batter. Bake on a hot griddle. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Rice Griddle Cakes.—Two cupfuls of cold boiled rice, one pint of flour, one tablespoonful of sugar, half teaspoonful salt, two of baking powder, one egg, and a half pint of milk. Bake to a dark brown and serve with honey. Plain Waffles.—Take a cake of any good yeast and make a sponge in the evening in the usual way. Next morning add two or three eggs, according to how many you have, one will do if the supply is small. Thin the sponge with milk; add a little sugar and they are ready to bake. Green Corn Fritters.—To one pint of grated corn pulp add enough sifted cracker crumbs to hold the mixture together, and half a teaspoonful of baking powder and salt and pepper to taste. Drop the mixture from a teaspoon into hot fat, making the fritters the size of an oyster. Fry to a light brown and drain on soft paper. Serve on a folded napkin. To Clean Silk. For every quart of water to be used in cleaning a silk dress, either white or colored, pare and grate one large potato. Put the grated potatoes into the water, which must be cold and soft; let water stand two days without being disturbed and then carefully pour off the clear liquid from the sediment into a large vessel, into which dip the garments up and down. Silk must not be creased by wringing. When nearly dry, lay it flat on a table and wipe it first on one side and then on the other. If it needs pressing do so between flannel with a moderate iron. For Housekeepers. A cheesecloth of proper size fastened to the edges of a large porcelain dish will permit one to pour in fruit juice and leave it to strain itself. A long-handled bone crochet hook should be kept in the bathroom to pull out bits of lint and hair that tend to stop the outflow of water. Boiling water will loosen grease that clogs up the kitchen sink or other outlets, and a strong solution of washing soda in it will carry the grease away. Potash bought in boxes will clean out the grease, but much of it is hard on the pipes. Roy's Ladies Furnishing 108 North Main Street, Muskogee, Oklaho na 549 The above cut represents but one of the many stylish coats we are showing. We feature this garment largely in the following cloths: Broadcloth, Kerseys, Striped and Mixed Fancies. You will find it only at PEGRAM'S $ 18.75 $25.00 to $30.00 Our Suits range in price from $18.75 to $200.00. We are alive to the fact that our out of town trade requires the best the season affords. It is our pleasure to serve you and make you comfortable while shopping in Muskogee. We cordially invite you to pay us a visit whether on a purchasing or sight seeing excursion. Very respectfully PEGRAM DRY GOODS CO G. A. Bradley & Co. Successors To Western Sales Co at Muskogee House, Wholesale & Retail Dealers in Farm Machinery, Wagons, Buggies, Harness and all strap goods, Saddles, Blankets & Robes, Kokomo Nails, Barb Wire & Field Fence, FIRE PROOF SAFES We are in a position to accommodate our trade in medium and high class goods in all our lines. Prices always right. Call and let us figure with you. 302 & 300 N. Main St. Muskogee, Okla. HAYS THE HATTER Cleans and Blocks STETSON Soft and Stiff HATS, makes them any size or shape. Send them by mail or express. Write for prices and particulars to HAYS THE HATTER, 120 South Second Street. SMITH HOUSE FURNISHING CO. FURNITURE, CARPETS RUGS, QUEENSWARE WALL PAPER, DRAPER- IES, Etc., Etc. . . . Large stock to select from. WRITE TO US. 201-208 & 210 N. Main St. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. THE QUEEN CITY PREMIUM CO. Whole-sellers of Chinaware Specialties, Premium goods and advertising novelties. Southwestern distributors for the largest pottery and silverware companies in the United States SCALES BUILDING 112 So. 2nd St. & 111 So. Main St. Phone 1519 MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. A. B. BELLIS 107 N. 3rd Street MUSKOGEE, OKLA. Complete line of PLUMBING and ELECTRICAL GOODS. Estimates on work free of charge. Mail your orders or call when in the city. PHONE 173. A. B. BELLIS, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA The reported shortage in the price of cranberries will probably be accepted as an excuse for raising the price of turkeys along about Thanksgiving time.—Toledo Blade. It has been decided in New Jersey schools that the children in them need not pray if their parents object. But no hint is given that New Jersey is in no need of more prayers. The Ohio State Journal notes the misprints look much funnier to the editor when they're in some other paper. Yes, but they look about ten times as big in his own paper. The duke of Aosta has been entertaining American officers. As brother to the young prince who is to marry an American girl, he probably feels that he is a relative-in-law to the United States. A Berlin doctor says that most men might with advantage study the manner of eating by the giraffe, which masticates every mouthful 117 times before swallowing it. But look at the long neck he has! Evelyn Nesbit Thaw says that she is not going on the stage again and will not marry again. Let us be thankful. She likewise says that she would like to be let alone. She ought to be accommodated in that respect. An up-to-date farmer in Connecticut insists on having a flying machine clause in his insurance policy, arguing that flying machines are quite as uncertain as tornadoes, for you never know what or when they are going to strike. --- VYHE @CimcPER, WoW. TWINE - «+ - Editor. 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. REPUBLICAN TICKET NATIONAL TICKET FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. SHERMAN FOR UNIPED STATES SENATOR DENNIST. FLYNN, Okla, City FOR CONGRESS Third Oklahoma District C. E. CREAGER, Muskogee, FOR STATE SENATOR Twenty-seventh District HARRY BEELER, Checotah, FOR REPRESENTATIVES Muskogee County JAMES KNOX, Boynton, IED. MERRICK, Muskogee. FOR FLOTORIAL REPRESENTATIVE is Muskogee and Hoskell Counties CHAS. A, COOK, Muskogee. Republican Headquarters—Room: 222, 223, 224 Missouri building, As the campaign comes to a close the Republican party in the state continues fo gain strength and hope foreartying the state grows brighter, The matter is settled in the 8rd Cou gressional District and Creager’s inajovity is growing. Hunt up your register re- ceipts and have them ready ov you cant vote, ‘Phe Denies will not let yeu vote Don't lose the chance to vote for Taft and the Republican candidates, Don't forget to register next week its your list chance. Those who have been changed in resi denee by change of Wards and preeinets should offer to reise tor again, Big Jim Harris is as) far ahead of Tisde! Schuenfeldt and Vharnds as heaven is) above Hill. ‘Phe charge made against Harris by the Democrat and the sang of Republean pirates will have no influence with the rank aid file of the Republican party and its the rank and file that counts in all parties, Honest Jim Harris is the Republican idol, every Negro man should feel it his duiy to vote at the approaching elec ton. A vote for the republican ticket at this cleetion means that the Negro is on the side of progress, of jus- tlee, and fairplay. The most vital Is sue in this campaign so iar as the Negro is concerned is protection in his civil and political rights. That there is a systematic effort on the part of the democrats m_ the south, encouraged by the democrats of the north, to disfranchise the Negro is apparent to every man who carefully studies the sentiment of tie democrats of the south, as well as of the north, Any Negro man who vetes the demoratic ticket this year Is virtually saying that he is in faver of his own disfranchisement and that he does not care wheiber the women O° iis race are pat in Jim Crow cars ov eattle cars. if Mr. Brean has given one word of hope or consolation to any Negroes who are urging his support, we call upon them to tell tneivt foliaowmen what this word of hope and consola ticn 18, And we feel safe in saying that if these would be leaders fail to answer this question they are totally unworthy ef confidence and should be repudiated by every Negro. maa and woman. Is it safe for ten milticns of peo ple to desert their friends and follow the lead of 2 man who shows that his greatest tumbition is to become Prest- dent of the United States, In order to secure these ends Mr. Brean his net hesitated to change his views on every Icading question during the last 12 years. Many of his policies are mere subterfuge, delusive anc we worthy of serious consderation. They are simply made for the purjose of catching votes, In twoxcneraiciec- tions the American people nave indi- cated their lack of faith in Mr, Bryan and have repudiated him and hts policies, Can the Negro siford to trust a man whom the voters of this coun- try have twice defeated? Whenever aud wherever Judge Taft has had an opportunity of meeting tie colored pearle he has made friends. On his recent trip through Missouri he stopped at Kancas City and made « speech at the Baptist ehuren, also one at Allen’s chapel. At boa of these meetings the ecolered people were im- pressed with the seriousness of Mr. faft’s utterances anc his genuine In- terest in their general welfare, Be- fore he left the meetinss resolutions were passed nanimousty pledging him the suppert of the colored vote in that section. We trust it never con be said that the colored people of this country are unfair on mnreasonable in their judg- ment of another. For the negro to hold Judge Taft responsible for the dischurge of the Negro soldiers is dole a frend of the race a great in- justice Not many days ago Lieut. Thompcon of the Filipino Scouts, when asked how the soldiers felt toward Judge Taft said: “Hhe ec:ored soldiers consider Judge Taft the pest friend they ever had. ‘They ave anxious io see him elected President of the United States. In the Philippine Is- lands ve proved himself to be not only the friend of the soldiers but a man who was above. race prejudice or petty jeslousies, Whenever we felt that we had been mistreated and could ger our cause betore Governor Taft, he always the Brownsville affair, Georgia, a few days aso, went De- voeratie by a large majority, in thik election Georgia adopted an amond- ment to her constitution disfranchis- ing the Negro voters in that. state We wonder bow Dr. DuGors vyoied i this election, It will be rememberer that Dr, Dubois declared that he wa going to vote the Democratic ticke at the approaching election, Think of a colored preacher in the state of Maryland claiming that he is intending to vote the Democratic Ucket when the/Democrats of Maryland are preparing to disfranchise the Negroes, From reports and Ietlers we re- ceiving this week, the poziiical situa- thon among the Negroes throughout the country is assuming a more en- couraging aspect. below we print an interview by bishop N. &. Parks ot the A. M, E, chureh. “Our people are loyal to the repub- Hcan party and have since Emancipa- tian, as their record fully and com pletely shows, 1am not of the opinion that the race willvote with the demo- eratic party in November. While I recog ize the fact that many of them in Ohio, Indiana, Mlinois, Missouri and Kansas feel very keenly the wrongs that they have endured as wer: as the indifference which is now being mani- fest toward them, they, neveriieless understand there is absolutely nothing t obe gained by gonig to the Gemo- cratic party, while there is much to be lost. “fhe position of Mr. Bryan and his party, upon every question involving the rights and privileges of the Negro as a citizen, are inimicable to our best interests and those of the republican party, We can not claim cur sell re- spect and support any party or man, or set of men who stand jor class legislation in a repudiiean vorm of government, That the demoeratic varty is married to class ljegisiacion, is a fact that no one of its advocates can deny. The Jim Crow jaw, that is a child of its creation, stands as a liv- \ing attestation of my contention as ; Well as the disfranchisement sots placed upen the statute hooks of ver nearly all of the southern cities. That it is the avowed intention of the party, if given power to pass similar acts of disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws in the western and eastern states is evinced by the position tiken by them in the present campaign in Wesi Virginia and in the recent mrnicipal elections held in Kansas City, *‘o. “I feel assured that if the nation a cominittee in the eastern and western states, where the Nezro’s vote has not heen taken from bim by the demo- cratic party, will see to It that prone: efforts are put forth’ co thorough) awaken and enlighten him upen the issues in this campaign as wer oa assure him of the splendid plattorm o Mr. Taft who is no wrunning fot President, the solid Negro vore wil count for tae repudliean ticket an William Hl. Taft will bo elecced wits a republican house to carr, out the policies enunciated in his platform. William J, Bryan and his national democratic campaign committee are covertly attempting to secure the sup- port of nero voters, In this extremity to force Mr, Bryan's election tipon the country, his campaign managers find themselt es close to a powder maga- zine. They fully understand the at- titude of demoerats in soutbern states o nthe Negroes. Mr. Bryan and his manygers, however, are hopeful thaic the Negro votes in northern demo- they may utilize a certain portion of cratic states, and even tn northera republica nstates, without its being discovered by the democratic voter of the south, it would be interesting to know in deiail just what Mr. Bryan and bis mepagers are offering Negroes in ex- change for their votes, If it be pat- ronage, the southern democrat will have a reckoning on that score ata later day. If patronage has been pro- mised with no intention of Seeping the promise, Mr, Bryan and his man agers would stand discredited as trick- sters and political swindlers, Uf not patronage, the only other offer would be money, anad it cannot be believed that Mr. Bryan would indulge in that kind of thing. The truth is, Mr. Bryan and his managers have nothing to offer the negro fn exchange for his vote, The: eannot give the Negroes office, an, they would not dare give them any: . thing else, eben if the Negro woul be willing to accept it. | Though seeking votes, Mr. Brvai » does not dare publicly to declare nh ; views on questions that affect th ¢ Negro race, » Bruce L. Keenan of Tahlequa, nomi .'nee for presidential elector on th ‘pepublican ticket in Oktaboma, ad | ayosved not long ago a letter to M - Bryan that put the latter's sincerit t| to a severe test. Mr, Bryan receive Mr .Bryan if the latter would make | public his views on any of seven pro- | posals. Mr. Keenan's offer was as fol- lows: | 1. State if you approve in a gen- leral way the course of southern sen- timent on the race question, as indi- ‘cated by constitutional and legislative /enactments on the suffrage question | respecting franchise, and if you would |approve a change in the national con- stitution so that this program could be said to be within and not without | the constcution. | If you approve this course of your southern allies | will support you for ‘having the courage to say so; if you do not approve this course of the | “solid south,” and will say sc, T will support you for having the courage to (tell them wherein they are wrong. The thirteenth amnament to the federal constitution abolished slavery; the fourteenth gave civil rights to the ‘freed people; the fifteenth prohibited _ suffrage on disqualification on account of race, | 2. If you believe these amendmenis - incorrectly prescribe the potitical and .| civil rights of the Negro race, and will / indicate the errer, 1 will support you ‘| for having the courage of your con- - vietions to speak on the subject, On ‘the other hand, if you believe that ' these amendments correctly define the civil and political rights of the Negro trace; then I will support you for hav- -|ing the courage to say £0, $3. If you will give your approval ’ to Oklahoma senate Dill No. 1, de- * | claring that the immediate safety and /| peace of the state of Oklahoma de- ‘ pends upon separating the Negro from the white man and the Indian in railroad waiting rooms and passenger ' coaches, then I will support you pro- 1 vidded you will have the courage at { the same time to say why you never - thought it necessary to advocate the *) “Jim Crow” railroad laws and separate ’ | schools in your own state of Nebraska, e 4. If you believe there is a Negro % issue in the south, and define what f that issue is so that there may be a ' moderately fair understanding of the I issue, then I will support you ror hav- d ing the courage you may have in such “a task. ¢ 5. If you will make clear that there is any national political issue | on the Negro qanesiion, pointing out where the northern and southern © democrats are united, and that ts - issue is opposed to a like tssue of the ) > vepublicans, then I will vote for you ° for your discernment in being abl to find such an issue in national poll- | ties. On the other hand, if there is no defined issue between the partics ‘Ss marking a living ane distinct nationa '8 | policy, and you will tell your southers ‘(adherents that such is the case I wil ’- support you for this act of courageon ot candor. a} 6. If you will come to the souti 1S! and make speeches to the negroes oF of the issues of political economics or i | you will have published addresse in along the Ine of your Interview, ap is the question of the tariff, for example X- | pealing to the negro fer his support o} t- and will cireulate these political doen i ents, among the colored race, to in #) fluence his vote by “appealirg to hi o- | intelligence as well as his patriotism. M8 then I will vote for you for tis ac y ,of high devotion to duty K-! 7, Men like Senator Tillman, wh Ot say that the Negro has no rignt to an WI franchise, and that to conor ty ed Negro it is necessary to use the shot at wun, the bull-whip, and the education ,, al and grandfather restriction, — an Ns that when these fail ocher means wi he | ye invented to prevent the negro fro e” voting, certainly must be facing a nd) issue that requires the use of suc 'Y> measures, If not, theareattemptir Hd to overthrow axgressive and ow spoken leaders of the south, repre a} | sentative, and not exceptional, ay THE INDIAN NEEDS NO PROTECTION. WHY THE DICKENS! LOOK AT ME. I AM A SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES. I BEAR NEGRO DOMINATION IN THE PROFESSIONS. NEGRO LAWYERS ARE GETTING TOO SMART. A JACK SAY WHO HIT BILLY PATTERSON? NEGRO DOMINATION! WHAT CAUSED THE PANIC? NEGRO DOMINATION! I MEET NEGROS DAILY WHOSE CREASES ARE BEEN LEGALIZED AGAINST VOTER Mr. Bryan has joined in condemning the President for discharging the Negro soldiers. It should not be for gotten also that Mr. Bryan condemned the President for standing by Mrs. Cox of Indianola, Miss., for appointing Dr. Crum collector of the port at Charleston, S. C., and for extending to Booker Washington the same courtesies that he would extend to any other American citizen. It seems strange that Mr. Bryan is lauded for condemning one act of the President, that we consider unfair, and is not to be condemned for criticising the hundred and one acts of Mr. Roosevelt that we thought were just and fair to ward our people. Really, the Negro seems to have lost his reason in some matters. We have always insisted that fair treatment is all we want. We should at least be willing to second the same to other people. For, to quote, "We do pray for mercy and that same prayer doth teach us all to render deeds of mercy." In the Probate Court of the County of Muskogee, State of Oklahoma. In the Matter of the Estate and Curatorship of Willie Davis. Minor. ORDER for HEARING PETITION of GUARDIAN for SALE of REAL ESTATE. It appearing to this Court, from the petition this day presented and filed herein by D N. Fink, the curator of Willie Davis, minor, praying for an order of sale of certain real estate belonging to his said ward, that it is necessary and would be beneficial to said ward that such real estate should be sold. It Is Hereby Ordered. That the next of kin of the said ward, and all persons interested in the said estate, appear before this Court on Wednesday the 4th day of November, A. D. 1908, at 9 o'clock A. M., of said day at the Court Room of said Court at Muskogee, Muskogee County then and there to show cause why an order should not be granted for the sale of such real estate. And It Is Further Ordered. That a copy of this order be published at least three successive weeks before the day of hearing said petition in the Cimeter, a weekly newspaper printed and published in said Muskogee County. Dated this 3rd day of October A. D. 1908. W. C. Jackson, County Judge. DR. E. D. MORRISON. Specialist Women and Children, and Venerial Diseases, Chemic and Microscopic Examinations. Phone:1773 H. T. WALKER. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Brown building. S 2nd Street. Room 20. Call on A. T. Clark when in need of Coal, Feed and Groceries. Corner 4th and Elgin Ave. Phone 901. OPEN LETTER An Appeal To Negro Manhood To the Negro Voters of Oklahoma: As citizens of Oklahoma and the United States, and as Americans, we should arise enmasse against the wrongs perpetrated upon us by our political enemies. The democratic party of this state has enacted "Jim Crow" laws and other legislation discriminating against the Negro. Democrats have undertaken to array class against class and race against race and to strike down one of the highest civil rights that we enjoy by establishing voting places away from the community in which we live, thereby putting us to much inconvenience and keeping us from the polls or challenging our vote. They resort to all kind of unfare, means to discourage us and keep us from voting and casting our ballot for the men of our choice, but we must not let anything keep us away from the polls on the 3rd day of November. Lets go to the polls in one solid phoenax and vote the republican ticket straight, by putting the stamp in the circle under the eagle. By rallying as men to the republican party, we do honor to 200,000 black soldiers who fought and died that we might have the right to vote. We do honor to the Grand Old Party that enacted the 13th and 14th amendments, which created us men and citizens. We were created republicans and I am proud to belong to the party of progress and prosperity. By an organization of the Negro voters we can help to change the condition of affairs politically as did our forefathers who died that we might enjoy life and cast our ballot for the men of our choice to run the government for us. Some will tell us that we should The Same Old Scarecrow. vote the democratic ticket in order to get even when we seek revenge for some political wrong or miscarriage of justice. God forbid that we should ever believe such rot, when they held our forefathers as chattles and denied them Christian manhood rights and debarred them from school and state and both civil and political rights. Remember that this is the same old democratic party of anti-bellum days who tried hard for four years to destroy the union and perpetuate slavery. The same old democratic party who has for its motto: "let the people rule" and has done more to thwart the will of the people than any other party. In fact a greater part of the time of the first legislature of Oklahoma was consumed in chickenry and legislation against the poor and weak defenseless Negro than any other one measure. Yet you are asked to vote the democratic ticket. Any man who sells his vote for any price is not deserving of citizenship and should be deprived of the ballot and if he should succeed in perpetuating the democratic party in power, it will only be a question of time when such men will be eliminated entirely from politics and justly so. Let every Negro voter rally to the polls on election day and cast his ballot for the straight republican ticket without fear or favor. Let the republicans of Oklahoma redeem the state from demagogery and Haskellism. CORP. N. O. BRYANT, Colored Voter. Okmulgee. Okla. 3 years practical experience. Desires permanent position as prescription clerk. Address, D. J. Johnson, Ph. G. ess. D. J. Johnson, Ph. G. 1407 Carondaleet St., New Orleans, La. SALES AGENTS WANTED $36 per Week or 400 per cent Profit. All samples, stationery, and art catalogue free. We want one permanent agent in this locality for the largest picture and frame house in America. Experience unnecessary. We instruct you how to sell our goods and furnish the capital. If you want a permanent, honorable and profitable position, write us today for particulars, catalogue and samples. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY Republicans are alive to the issues and are making a winning campaign but a little more effort should be made to get out the stay at home vote of last year. The colored men who are followers of Suake should be seen after, and all means possible used to get them to vote. Its the policy of the Snake Indians not to vote and this means aid to the Democrats as the negro followers of Snake are Republicans. Go after the Snake vote and get it. Creager's Maiden speech is a gem. As congressman from the fighting 3rd district of Oklahoma he will make good. The voters can now see the difference between a real man and donothing Jim. This county, the home of Mr. Creager, is a Republican county and we can, must and will give him a thousand majority. We must get out the 600 Republican voters that staid at home last fall, when this is done the victory is won. H. T. WALKER. Attorney and Counsellor at Law Room 19, Brown Bldg. Phone 1169 MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, EDITOR MUSKOGEE. OKLA Our Big Export Trade. Analysis of the returns of foreign trade of the United States during the last fiscal year reveals some interesting features. Among other things it is seen that there was a large increase in exports of manufactured American goods, a most desirable tendency, which has been pronounced for years. Thus sales abroad of agricultural implements were $24,300,000, against $16,000,000 in 1900; carriages, cars and other vehicles, $22,000,000, against $9,900,000; chemicals, drugs, dyes and medicines, $20,800,000, against $12,000,000; manufacture of iron and steel, $184,000,000, against $122,000,000; leather and manufactures of, $40,700,000, against $27,300,000, and so on. The average total export of manufactures ready for consumption was, for a five-year term, $329,000,000 for the period ended with 1900 and $480,000,000 for that ended with 1907, and in 1908 was $488,500,000. These figures tell their own story of increase in nearly every line, the only item in which there was little if any gain being the export of cotton goods. As this is the great cotton-producing country of the world, our failure to get a better foothold in the cotton-goods markets is discomfiting. The dispatches alluding to this showing point out that the sales abroad are largely the result of a foreign demand that finds here the most convenient source of supply, and that they do not represent "aggressive commercial activity" on the part of American producers. But, declares the Troy (N. Y.) Times, there is growing appreciation of the desirability of foreign markets, especially to maintain industrial equilibrium at home, and presently, no doubt, there will be an arousing to more aggressiveness. The old proverb has it that nothing succeeds like success. In view of what is happening to Count Zeppelin perhaps it may become necessary to remodel the saying so as to make it read that nothing succeeds like failure. The destruction of the count's flying machine proved the very best sort of advertisement, and has resulted in the offer of great sums of money to enable him to continue his experiments, while hosts of sympathetic persons have overwhelmed him with gifts of all kinds, including wines, cigars, sweetmeats, groceries, and even neckties and other articles of personal use or adornment. In fact, there is room for some belief that the thing is being overdone. The attention lavished on the count has aroused the jealousy of rivals, and some of them are rather pointedly reminding the German public that in the matter of aeronautics there are others. More than 65 per cent. of the 800, 000,000 feet of logs cut annually in Maine at the present time is spruce, and much of the rest is hemlock, cedar and other woods than pine, and yet Maine shows no tendency to call herself the Spruce-tree state. The toadstool is figuring with gruesome frequency in the news of the day. The safest rule in gathering supposed mushrooms is: When in doubt, don't; and even when sure, don't be too sure. Ore from the gold mines of Santiago, Cuba, assays $40 to the ton. 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. Miscellaneous. Detroit won the exhibition game at Chicago from the world's champions by a score of 7 to 3. The American battleship fleet arrived safely at Yokohama and were warmly welcomed by the Japanese officials and the people generally. Geo. A. Kimmel, the Arkansas City, Kan., banker, who disappeared from Kansas City several years ago, is alleged to have turned up again in Auburn, N. Y., prison. By the explosion of a nitroglycerine factory at Kaneville, Pa., four persons lost their lives. Two of the dead were sons of one of the employees and were on their way to the factory to walk home with their father. Two deaths by accident occurred in Oklahoma City almost simultaneously. A grocery delivery man was hit by a stray bullet and a seven-year-old boy was run over by a street car. Both died instantly. Bursting shells fired by the artillery at Fort Riley, Kan., caused a prairie fire which destroyed much valuable farm produce. On one farm between 600 and 700 apple trees were burned. An ineffectual attempt was made recently to assassinate Rev. J. K. Fielding, pastor of the Corpus Christi Roman Catholic church in Chicago, just at the close of Sunday school. The would-be assassin fired twice at the priest at close range but missed. He succeeded in making his escape. At Amarillo, Tex., the Santa Fe round house and shops were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $200,000. The cornerstone of the new cathedral at St. Louis which is to cost $2,000,000 when completed was laid recently by Papal Delegate Falconio, assisted by many church dignitaries from all parts of the country. A parade in which 40,000 marchers took part was a feature of the ceremonies. Gov. Warner of Michigan has issued an appeal to residents of the state for aid for the forest fire sufferers, who are reported in a pliable condition. The barn of R. C. Slingsby with 14 head of pedigreed horses and other property was destroyed by fire near Clay Center, Kan. Fire in South Chicago destroyed the International Salt company's docks, the offices of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railway and 50 freight cars. The loss is estimated at nearly $1,000,000. Herbert S. Hadley has appointed Howard Grey as special assistant attorney general to prosecute gamblers and other offenders in Jasper county, Mo. At Rock Island, Ill., fire burned over the yards of the Rock Island Lumber company, destroying 20,000,000 feet of lumber and two saw mills. The loss was $500,000. The death list from the forest fires in Michigan is growing rapidly as reports come in. Fifteen refugees from Metz were cremated when their relief train was wrecked and burned. Several villages have been wiped out and others are threatened. The German balloon Plauen and its occupants were picked up by fishermen in the North sea and taken to Hull, Eng. This leaves but one of 24 balloons which left Berlin on an endurance flight unaccounted for. The story that James Oliver Curwood, the Detroit author, had been killed by Indians in Canada is denied at Winnipeg. The strike of the paper makers throughout the country threatens a print paper famine on the eve of the election. Frederick S. Baird, a Chicago attorney has been convicted in the federal court at Omaha with attempting to defraud the government out of several thousand acres of land in Dawes county, Neb., by means of fictitious entries. Fire at Davenport, Ia., destroyed the elevator of the Rothschild Grain company and other property causing a loss estimated at $150,000. A substitute mail carrier at Lincoln, Neb., has been arrested charged with stealing letters addressed to William J. Bryan's newspaper and containing cash for the Democratic campaign fund. He confessed. The German balloon Busley, the last of the contestants in the international race at Berlin came down in the North sea. The aeronauts were rescued by a passing vessel. The Missouri supreme court has denied the application of the Socialist party for a writ of prohibition to prevent the secretary of state placing the ticket of the Socialist Labor party on the official ballot. For the second time in two days the Taft special train has been derailed in Ohio, the last time at Cadiz Junction. No one was injured in either accident. The semi-centennial celebration of the Lincoln-Douglas debate at Alton, Ill., was held recently. The Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International union has decided to meet in Kansas City in 1911. A wireless telegraph station has been established at Willemstad, Island of Curacao. Contracts have been signed by which a large steel rolling mill is to be built in Coffeyville, Kan. Work is to begin immediately after election. The plant will employ 350 men. Chicago won the deciding game of the world's baseball championship series by a score of 2 to 0. The total receipts of the five games aggregated $94,976, of which the Chicago players get $27,669, Detroit $18,446, the owners $19,681 apiece and the national commission gets $9,447. Two children named James of Stanford, Ill., died from ptomaine poisoning after eating mouldy apple pie. Muskogee, Ok., has voted bonds for $550,000 for water and sewer extension. A memorial tablet to mark the place where the debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas took place 50 years ago has been unveiled at Alton, Ill. In a fire in the Kansas City Southern freight yards at Pittsburg, Kan., 107 freight cars were consumed, causing a loss of $65,000. Six persons were killed and 21 others injured by an explosion of dynamite in the Ingleside limestone quarry near Fort Collins, Col. Henry Behner, charged with the murder of Tobias Sawyer near Independence, Kan., has been convicted of first degree murder. He fainted when the verdict was announced. Treasurer Ridder of the Democratic national committee has made public the receipts and expenditures of the committee up to October 9. Subscriptions of $100 or more were received from 343 persons. The total amount received was $248,567. The Christian Scientists are to begin the publication of a daily paper. Near Ava, Mo., Charles A. Paddleford was found dead by his wife with a bullet hole through the body. The presumption is that he was accidentally shot while hunting. Members of the Socialist party have filed an application in the Missouri supreme court for a writ of prohibition against the secretary of state to prevent him placing the Socialist Labor ticket on the official ballot. The Spanish balloon Castilla, one of the three missing contestants in international cup race, dropped into the sea near Helligoland. The aeronauts were rescued by fishermen. Personal. Miss Carol H. Beck, one of the best known historical painters in America, is dead in Philadelphia. THREE WEEKS. Brought About a Remarkable Change. Mrs. A. J. Davis of Murray, Ky., says: "When I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, kidney disease was slowly poisoning me. Dizzy spelis almost made me fall, sharp pains like knife thrusts would catch me in the back, and finally an attack of Kidney Pills, kidney disease was slowly poisoning me. 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MARKET SQUARE Muskogee Paint and Glass Company WALL PAPER, PAINTS and GLASS PHONE 360 318 WEST OKMULGEE ST. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. Republicans are alive to the issues and are making a winning campaign but a little more effort should be made to get out the stay at home vote of last year. The colored men who are followers of Suake should be seen after, and all means possible used to get them to vote. Its the policy of the Suake Indians not to vote and this means aid to the Democrats as the negro followers of Suake are Republicans. Go after the Suake vote and get it. Creager's Maiden speech is a gem. As congressman from the fighting 3rd district of Oklahoma he will make good. The voters can now see the difference between a real man and donothing Jim. This county, the home of Mr. Creager, is a Republican county and we can, must and will give him a thousand majority. We must get out the 600 Republican voters that staid at home last fall, when this is done the victory is won. Cash For 100 Homesteads. "NOTICE!" I will pay you more cash for your lands than anybody else will. Bring your deeds and get your money, all at once. The money is here in the bank, you get all your money when you sign deed. I have more than 50 houses and lots with good water, for sale on 10 years time. My office is No. 1 English Block, Muskogee, Ok. WM. P. FIELDS FOR SALE. 60 acres of good land $20 per acre; 40 acres of good land $15 per acre; 20 acres of good land $15 per acre. 4 stand cotton gin for $4,500. Will trade for farm lands or city property in Muskogee. 4 stand cotton gin for $3,500. Write to W. H. TWINE, Jr., Box G. Muskogee, Okla. DR. E. D. MORRISON, Women and Children, and Venerial Diseases, Chemic and Microscopic Examinations. Phone 1773. 310 S. 2nd St. Muskogee, Okla. S in the past. We make good advertisements, and thus hold others. MUSKOGEE TE MARKET Muskogee Pa OKLAHOMA DEMOCRACY Let the People, think they Rule.--Gov. Haskell. Don't Be Taken In by false and misleading reports of alleged bargains. Cheapness does not always imply quality. In fact, it very rasely doom so. When we advertise qualities we mean just what we advertise. We give you more than the value of your money, with prompt and polite service that has made us many good friends Dealer in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Tools, Musical Instruments, Clothing and Gents Furnishings. Open evenings Until 10. Saturday Night Until 12 O'clock GOOD BARGAINS IN UN-REDEEMED PLEDGES J. F. JOHNSON, Proprietor. 117 NORTH THIRD ST. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA This Company makes absolutely correct abstracts of title. Go there for correct information. Next to Bank of Muskogee, Muskogee, I. T.