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It is a breeder to strife and racial friction and in no state whee it is practiced are the people living in harmony. A true spirit of Christianity cannot exist in a state whose statute books are poisoned with the sbuialid venom of "jim srowisms. The law as applied on the street cars of this city is simplp repulsive to any self respecting person. It is enough for us to suffer the natural humiliation of this law, yeo, it is too much. But when insolence from an egotistic low, unsophisticated cuss of a conductor is thrown in with this humiliation the patience and endurance of the aest of men will waver and though he may be as blacd as ebony in Africa, the red blood of a man boils within him. We demand justice at the hand of the grasping corporations as well as of individuals. We suggest that conductor No. 36 on the Hyde Park car line be given a few lessons on "Public Courtesy," in the form of a severe reprimand from the company for his conduct to two colored men who condescended to board his car last Sunday. Reporter. IT LOOKS BAD FOR THIS NEGRO. Manuel Green, a notorious negro, who has a reputation for insulting white women, is at last to meet his just deserts. Sunday night he went into a Second street restaurant and insulted a white girl named Hattie English. He was immediately arrested and taken to police station. The Muskogee Cimeter. Monday a delegation of negroes, headed by Archie Jones, tried to get him released, but City Attorney Sullivan refused to stand for this, and demanded that he be given the limit. In the meantime word had been brought to Justice Bailey and he had an officer at police court ready to re-arrest Green. It was decided to put the case over until this afternoon and Green is sure to catch it both ways. The county will prosecute him for it is intended to make an example of him.—Democrat, Feb. 1, 1909. The above is unfair to the negroes and mainly untrue in almost every particular. A drunken negro used insulting language to a white girl and the negroes do not approve of such conduct and desire that all drunken brutes, white and black, who are guilty of such outrages be punished. The charge that Archie Jones and a delegation of colored men tried to release him is as false and is only another exhibition of a class of cusses who desire to stir up trouble between the races and give some fellow a chance to make a grandstand play. Judge Bailey gave the drunken negro a stiff fine and a good jail sentence which was right, and he would have done the same had the drunken man been white. There was no example made, but the punishment due a criminal was given without fear or favor. ETHEL GRAY NOT A WHITE GIRL. Romance Between White Man and Negro Woman. It was reported in this paper last week that Ethel Gray, the girl convicted for perjury in the case of John Cieloha, a white man who was recently convicted for murder and sentenced to prison for life, was a white girl. That was a mistake which we desire to correct. It seems that Cieloha and Ethel held no regard for the laws of the state respecting the color line. Ethel is a colored girl and her lover is a white man. And it was a white man who has legislated against her and her race. The white men of this state—a certain class of them—have everything they could possibly do to repress and humiliate the negro. They have passed laws which are a disgraceful reflection upon the commonwealth, and a crimson blemish upon the statute books of the constitution. They have reached the limit of rascality and the reaction will soon set in. Where is the justice of a law that makes it a crime for the negro to intermarry and permits a white man not only to marry Muskogee, Oklahoma, Friday March 5, 1090. the Indians, but to lower the womanhood of the negro race by unlawful cohabitation? Ethel Gray is now awaiting sentence for perjury. She must face the hardships of prison life because she tried to save her white lover—if he may be called such. After all, do the average white men encourage the Jim Crow law in a true spirit? BOTH CONVICTED. Richmond, Va.—Probably the most unique and pitiful case in the history of Virginia has developed in Farmerville where Marcus Lindsay and his wife, both believing themselves to be negroes, have been sentenced to 18 years each in the penitentiary, the court having adjudged the man to have sufficient white blood in his veins to be legally white. Marcus Lindsay is the son of a white woman. He always accepted the story, however, that he had colored blood in his veins. Believing this he had associated with negroes from his infancy, lived with them and attended their churches and school. Some months ago Marcus was married to Sophy Jones, a negress, and the widow of a negro, and has since lived with her. Both Indicted for Intermarriages. Born intended for intermarriage. Indictments were brought against Lincoln on the grounds that he is a white man who has married a negro woman and against his wife, Sophy, for having married a white man, being herself a negress. The laws of Virginia prohibit such intermarriage. The court, while dwelling at length upon the tragedy that has made this man and woman criminals without any intention on their part of committing a criminal act, declared the marriage null and void and sentenced the prisoners to the penitentiary for having committee en interracial marriage. The court added, however, that while under the law he was forced to pronounce sentence, he would personally petition the Governor to pardon the prisoners without allowing, them to be taken to the penitentiary, but upon condition that all marital relations between them should cease. The above shows to what a hellish extent American prejudice can go. Is it not far better to live as man and wife than to live in the immoral state and raise children who are bastards? Such is the case in every Southern state and is the cause of so many people being unable to tell to which race they belong and when they make a mistake are sent to prison for trying to do right. SEAVER IN THE RACE. "I believe in honesty, and the only way to be honest is be honest." The above words were uttered by the Hon. W. F. Seaver, candidate for police judge, to a representative of this paper, when asked what he stood for in public administration. Mr. Seaver is an old resident of this city and enjoys the implicit confidence of the best people. He is now sixty years old, and since he was 18 he has been a staunch supporter of the Republican party. But this is the first time he has ever appealed to his party for a position. Mr. Seaver says he believes that all men in public trust should be clean, honest men. From all indications the distinguished gentleman has a splendid chance to win. When the Foraker bill was on its final passage in Congress and being opposed by some Republicans and some Democrats, one Democrat who supported the bill closed his plea as follows: Capt. Hobson, of Alabama roused the House in a three-minute speech, strongly advocating the passage of the bill. He said. This three minutes will cost me a contest in my district and may cause my defeat for re-election. I wore the uniform of the United States for eighteen years and I have never known of a case where an officer or an enlisted man, was punished at all severely without a court-martial of inquiry. I know that he is not allowed to be punished to the extent of thirty days' imprisonment without a court-martial. When these crimes were committed at Brownsville the President of the United States should have ordered all officers and men to remain within the barracks and should have ordered a court of inquiry, followed by a court-martial, and should have established the guilt and punished the guilty there. (Applause.) But he did not. He has scattered the guilty and the innocent of the four winds and prevented acknowledgement of justice. Mr. Speaker, I saw black men on San Juan Hill. I have seen them before Manila. A black man took my father, wounded from the field at Chancellorsville. Black men remained on my grandfather's plantation after the proclamation of emancipation and took care of my mother and grandmother. The white man is supreme in this country; he will remain supreme. That makes it only the more imperative that he should give absolute justice to the black man, and we ought not to make a party measure of this. (Loud applause.) The bill passed under a suspension of the rules and justice will at last be done to our black heroes. Mr. Jas, T. Bush, of St. Louis, Mo., special agent for the Misi- souri State Life Insurance Company, left Saturday after spending one week in our city. While here the following took out in insurance in his company: Mr. T. J. Elliott.....$5,000 Mr. George W. Elliott.....2,000 Mr. Lou E. Billings.....5,000 Mr. John H. Escoe.....5,000 Lawyer P. R. Prince.....3,000 Dr. A. E. Johnson.....2,000 Mr. Ernest B. Young.....2,000 Mr. Samuel D. Hooker.....1,000 Prof. C. B. Bryant.....2,000 Mr. James H. Martin.....2,500 Mr. Bush made a number of friends with the leading men of our city and will return again in the near future. In the mea- ntime anyone desiring insurance will call on Mr. John H. Escoe, Assistant Cashier of the Peoples Bank and Trust Co. Thoughts Worth While. Fear God and love your neighbor—those whom, you can. Deal honestly with all. Trust few men—watch all of them. Allow no man to treat you better or worse than you are willing to treat him. It is better to be what you are a thousand times, than to try to be what you are not. Our Prices ane Terms are the Fairest. YOU can buy a Rifle! Hopkins & Allen RIFLES Single Shot and Repeaters $3.50 to $12.00 Shoot where you aim every time Come in and see them SOLD AND RENTED BY THE EAST SIDE HARDWARE CO. Corner Cherokee and Broadway. Speak well of your neighbor if you can; if you can't don't speak at all. If your neighbor wrongs you tell him, not some one else. Never ill use those who are unfortunately in your powers. Kick a sick dog and he will never forget it. Nurse a sick dog and he will love you to the end. Never take a man at his word or a woman for what she looks to be things are not always what they seem. You cannot hate your neighbor without degrading yourself. Stand up till death for virtue; Die for true womanhood. Don't bore your friends by telling them of your troubles. Remember we all have little troubles of our own, Coudemn no man for what is said of him—the same right be said of you. Ignore the rights of no man; respect the rights of all. Judge not in haste—tis better not to judge at all. If you would be happy yourself, help others to be so. Don't tell your friends of their faults—couquor your own. Don't wait until you are asked to do a good deed. Look for the opportunity. Is it Justice. Report says that on the East side of town they are extending the wuter weeks and sewerage even out into the country and especially to placas that never have the enormous in room added to our are prepared to Public Better Than Ever in Titure, Carpets, Waste & Queensware Lines es are Terms are the Fairest. never paid more than one year's taxes. While down on South 4th and South 5th streets where the properly owners have paid taxes for ten years there is nothing doing. Who is responsible for this inequality? What does the present city administration say? Is this fair? LOCALS. Miss Beatrice Murphy and her brother, Mr. Charles Murphy were visitors in the city last Sunday. Miss Murphy left on the M. K. & O., for Evans, where she is teaching school. She was accompanied as far as Wybark, by her brother and A. J. Smitherman. Mr. Murphy is a bright young man with exceptional business qualities. They had been visiting their sister, Mrs. A. J. Temple of Checotah. THE CIMETER CHAPERON COLUMN. After this issue we will open a Chaperon column for the benefit of our readers. This column will be devoted to answering questions and giving desired information as far as we can. You are invited to write us. If you are unhappy and need advice, write us. If you are in doubt concerning any question write us. In short consider in us and put your case before us frankly and we will help you. It will not cost you any thing except the stamps. If you do not wish to sign your name just write your initials or any other character you may choose. Address: Chaperon, Muskogee Cimeter, Box G. Great is Muskogee ON TO WASHINGTON. D. C. To the Inauguration. A handsome set of gentlemen from this city in a Pullman sleeper, under the leadership of Messrs. Wiley Jones and A. G. W. Sango, left for Washington. D.C., last Monday at 4:38 p. m. Mr. T. J. Elliott of Elliott Bros., will visit St. Louis, Chicago and New York markets to buy his fell gre How Many Matches? The American people use up the enormous total of seven hundred billion matches a year, but a statement of the number of cable feet of wood actually converted into matches conveys a very indefinite idea of the number of trees required for the industry. It is the general belief that matches are the by-product of planing mills and other wood-working factories, but as a matter of fact the best grade of two-inch lumber is used for matches, whilst sash, doors and blinds are the by-products of the match-timber saw mills. In a single year the manufacturers cut 225,000,000 feet (board measure) of pine in the Great Lakes region; and one of the 150 odd factories used up 200,000 feet of sugar or yellow pine logs every day. The deduction is that, in common with other industries of the United States depending upon existing forests, the matchmakers are within sight of a shortage in the wood supply, declares Technical World Magazine. When the present timber holdings have been depleted they, of course, cannot be duplicated in a generation, and the people of this country may have to get along with fewer than twenty-five or thirty matches a day each as at present. In their insistent way they will probably demand that the practice of Germany and France be followed, that foresters plant and grow timber especially for matches. This could readily be done if forests were placed under management and were no longer left to run wild, and produce cordwood and brush to fall before the devastating forest fires, instead of growing merchantable timber. In the issue of November 26 the Youth's Companion told of trees in this country which had been named after famous Americans. In each case they were so named because of some personal connection with their namesakes. A correspondent from Seattle writes that at Ravenna park somewhat the some custom prevails. In this case, however, a tree is selected and named much as a monument might be reared in honor of a great man. Paderewski, Roosevelt—"the largest for tree in the state"—and Adam are some of the most recent ones to be chosen. The last, unfortunately, "is beyond christening, as he is very dead." Gen. Robert E. Lee was to be named on the birthday of that famous soldier, January 19. The exercises at the dedication of the last tree included an address of welcome, a speech on "The City of Seattle," on "The State of Washington" and on "The United States," after which came the ceremony of naming the trees. The promotion of Frank A. Vanderlip to the presidency of the National City bank of New York, said to be the largest fiduciary institution in the United States, adds another to the list of young men for whom Secretary Gage opened the way to successful careers in the world of finance. Mr. Vanderlip went to Washington in 1897 as Mr. Gage's private secretary. Having been a financial writer on one of the Chicago newspapers, Vanderlip had attracted Mr. Gage's attention in Chicago as an exceptionally brilliant young man. The treasury department is becoming in its various branches a great training school for men for the privately owned financial establishments of the country. Toadylism has seldom been more fittingly rebuked, or the right perception of duty more fittingly recognized, than by the king of Italy at the scene of the earthquake tragedy. On his arrival at Messina a man met him with the remark, "Your majesty's presence will go far to compensate the people for the disaster." "Stop!" commanded the king. "Don't talk nonsense!" To a group of photographers he remarked that they ought to be ashamed of themselves to be taking pictures when hundreds of persons were dying for want of assistance which they might render. It is rather hard on a certain New York paper which undertakes to offer its readers a copy of a letter written by George Washington to have the document appear in print bearing the signature "Geo. Wadington." Writers who quote from a famous English poet and have the anguish of seeing his name get into type as "Wadsworth," remarks the Indianapolis Star, can sympathize with the New York editor. An imaginative person in New York, who went by the gas route, left a note suggesting that the government furnish a park where the despondents might go and die. It would be a cheerful place, wouldn't it? However, the suggestion calls attention to the fact that it is against the law to die in the parks now provided. If the would-be sulcides care for anything it is to observe the strict letter of the law. "C. Q. D." threatens to become the slang signal of distress. LEGISLATIVE MATTERS A big fight occurred over section four of the original bill which relieved state banks from giving additional security for state funds. The majority report recommended that this section be stricken from the bill and the report was adopted. Wortman of Cliremore made a hard fight to have it retained, declaring that the state should show enough faith in the guarantee fund to consider it sufficient protection for state funds. Tillotson, Jones, Maxey and others opposed this idea, contending that it is useless this idea, additional burdens on the guarantee fund and that the fund was created for the small depositor and not for the protection of the state. Maimed and mutilated the Keys fish and game law passed the house finally Wednesday by a vote of 74 to 21. It is practically certain that the senate will not concur in the house amendments. The house Friday passed finally the following bills: By Anthony, amending the gross production tax law; by Lovelace, appropriating $133,000 for maintenance of the state school of mines; by Wortman establishing a university preparatory school at Claremont; and bills providing for the terms of the court at the following towns: Temple, Comanche county; Crowder, Pittsburg county; Lenapan, Nowata county; Eldorado, Jackson county; Welleetka, Okfuske county and Chant, Haskell county. Both houses adopted concurrent resolutions authorizing the state auditor to pay mileage, per diem and expenses of the legislature and authorizing the payment of $6,200.02 to the Leader Printing company for printing. The house judicial committee. In answer to a message of inquiry from Governor Haskell, reported that the state school land department is not authorized to pay its running expenses out of the funds received from rentals of school lands and is not authorized to employ attorneys. The senate advanced to third reading the Ross bill making it a felony to give away or sell liquor to minors, habitual drunkards or persons of unsound mind, with imprisonment of from one to five years. The object of the bill is to make the enforcement of the prohibitory law more easily in cities. The senate also advanced to third reading the bill creating the office of state supreme reporter to edit and compile the state supreme court reports. The senate passed finally the uniform negotiable instrument law now in force in thirty-six states. Governor Haskell today approved the Russell bill repealing the county high school law and the Brownlee bill legalizing a $6,000 bond issue at The establishment of a home for ex-Confederate soldiers and appropriating $10,000 for buildings and maintenance was introduced in the house Friday by Glimer and Maxey. The house refused to concur in the senate amendments to the Boyle bill repealing provisions of law for the taking of explosives into mines and appointed McCalla, Boyle and Jones as a conference committee. The house agreed to the senate amendments to the house bill making an appropriation for the regents of the various state educational institutions and passed finally the Smith bill defining the duties of the state examiner and inspector and advanced to third reading a bill by Ross making Temple a county court town. It is considered doubtful whether there will be any action on the contest of A. M. Felton, republican, against Anderson, democrat, before adjournment of the house. Action on the contest was again postponed today until March 1. Felton claimed a majority of nearly 300 in McCurtain county, but that enough returns were thrown out to seat Felton. The house passed the bill by Senator Billups defining procedure for the mortgage or sale of the homestead of an insane husband or wife; the bill locating the Eastern University Preparatory school at Claremore, by vote of 66 to 18. Senator Frank M. Colville of Mustang has just issued a small booklet of poems for presentation to his fellow legislators and other friends. The booklet includes in addition to "The Oklahoma Girl," which gives its name to the volume, "The Girl With Boyish Ways," "The Mistletoe," "The Call of the West," "The Idols of Yesterday," "The Fightin' Man on the Flirn' Line," "My Oklahoma Corn," and "When the Stuckin' Peg is Busy." The senate passed finally the joint resolution by Japp authorizing the state treasurer to turn over to Comanche county the money received from the government for the rentals of the Wichita forest reserve, and the four bridge bills, one by Taylor, authorizing county commissioners to issue bonds to build, repair or acquire bridges, on vote of three-fifths of the people of the county; one by Meminger providing the procedure for the purchase by county commissioners for the joint construction of bridges by adjoining counties, and one by Newell authorizing county commissioners to replace or repair bridges destroyed by floods. The house adopted a resolution giving the seat from McCurtain county to C. M. Anderson (democrat), as against George L. Felton (republican). A minority report of committee asking that the ballots be recounted was voted down. Information secured from the state auditor shows that the legislature has spent about $60,000 of the appropriation of $125,000 for contingent expenses and salaries. The average cost is about $1,200 or $1,500 per day. Both bodies are talking of adjourning sine die about March 15. the senate passed finally the bill by Senators Brownlee and Cunningham, being a general act in regard to negotiable instruments, and a literal copy of the laws of thirty-six other states, and of England; passed Mr. Maxey's bill requiring that public monneys be deposited with the bank paying the highest rate of interest; legalizing the incorporation of Arnott, Ellis county; the same of Texoma, Texas county; house bill making Prague, in Lincoln county, a court town; and Senator Wynne's bill authorizing citizens to build a bridge across the South Canadian river between Lexington and Purcell. A large number of bills were recommended for passage, among them the house bill by Mr. Ross, making it a felony to give or sell intoxicating liquors to minors, persons of unsound mind or habitual drunkards. The Keys fish and game bill was also passed by the house, among its porvisions being a prohibition against Sunday hunting, and to be out with a gun and dog is prima facie evidence of intent to violate this provision of the law. The senate passed on third reading the Taylor bill, Monday, providing for a complete city election law with the emergency section attached. The Price bill from the house, raising the salaries of assistant bank commissioners to $1,800 per year and creating eight such assistants, was passed finally in the senate, but the emergency lost. The house passed a bill by Smith of Grant, fixing the duties of the state examiner and inspector and aurorizing him to inspect the accounts of all county officers; also giving him an assistant, one stenographer and eight field deputies. The house also advanced to third reading the bill by Bryan and Tillotson, prescribing a method by which lost court and public records might be restored. Smith of Custer introduced a joint resolution reciting that the alleged salt trust of Kansas has a monopoly of the salt business in Oklahoma, and providing that the state go into the salt business. Declines Nomination at Ardmore. W. I. Cruce has declined to accept the nomination for mayor on the nonpartisan ticket at Ardmore, and C. M. Joiner was nominated. A lively fight is expected for the city offices between the democrats and nonpartisans. Hurt in Runaway. M. Blumer was badly injured in a runaway accident at Stillwater last Friday. He in company with Ludwig Unrecht was driving a team hitched to a buggy, when the horse became frightened and both men were thrown out. Unrecht was not badly hurt, but Blumer received a bad cut on the head. For Oklahoma City Park. The campaign for a special election to vote $400,000 in bonds for park mirovements at Oklahoma City will be inaugurated next week by the Park Commission board. The improvements contemplate twenty-six miles of boulevards, in connection with several new parks. Boys With the Fleet. The following Oklahoma City boys were with the American fleet which has just finished a trip around the world: H. W. Bateman, B. C. Baylor, H. C. Clarke, A. J. Colt, C. J. Grimes, W. B. Hensley, T. J. Ottara, G. F. Ross, Clyde Sopher, B. W. Tull, E. S. Wiars. Quarter Million in Oil Deal. The E. P. Whitecomb holdings in the Shallow oil fields, centering around Chelsea, have been purchased by capitalists from Pittsburg and Altoona, Pa., $250,000 being the purchase price. These holdings comprise 3,000 acres, 105 wells and sixty-six tanks and a daily production of 1.200 barrels. This deal is the largest in Oklahoma oil properties in the last year. To Sell Bar Fixtures. M. E. Smith, special contraband officer, working in the interest of the prohibition law enforcement, is in Oklahoma City, arranging for the shipment of confiscated bar fixtures to Guthrie. Sheriff Garrison has five wagonloads of fixtures in his possession, which he confiscated from time to time. Garrison first decided to destroy the fixtures by fire, but on second thought has agreed to turn everything over to the state for sale. Officers Doing Duty. The special Grand Jury, called by Judge Cole in the Fourth District Court at McAlester, at the request of State Enforcement Attorney Fred Caldwell, made a final report Friday finding that all the county officers are faithfully performing their duties. A Grand Jury immediately preceding this one, of which L. C. Featherstone was foreman, had made a lengthy report, finding no accusation against Sheriff John A. Harrison, but reciting a number of little incidents tending to show carelessness in handling county prisoners. The report Friday fully exonerates the sheriff. Naturalization Papers. Of thirty-one applicants for final naturalization papers in the District Court Tuesday, only one secured them, the others failing by reason of a recent decision of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia requiring them to have present their original witnesses. To call other witnesses they must post notice for ninety days. The Department of Commerce and Labor had an attorney present to examine applicants. LEWIS' "SINGLE BINDER." A hand-made cigar fresh from the fable, wrapped in foil, thus keeping fresh until smoked. A fresh cigar made of good tobacco is the ideal smoke. 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The water ran out of it so that I had to wear medicated cotton, and it was so inflamed and sore that I had to put a piece of cloth over my pillow to keep the water from it, and it would stain the cloth a sort of yellow. The eczema itched so that it seemed as though I could tear my face all to pieces. Then I began to use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and it was not more than three months before it was all healed up. Miss Ann Pearson, Northfield, Vt., Dec. 19, 1907." Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Sole Props., Boston. They Mean Business. A Chicago stage manager was telling of amusing incidents of blunders and errors caused by stage fright. In a romantic play, recently revived, one of the minor characters, a dairy maid, comes forward at the end of a recital of a love romance, and comments as follows: "Hope filled their youths and whetted their love; they plighted their troth!" But at one of the performances the girl who played the dairy maid was absent without notice. At the last moment the manager gave the lines to a shepherdess, who had never had lines to speak before, and who was excessively nervous when her cue cane. This is what the astonished audience heard: "Hope filled their trough and blighted their love; they whetted their tooth!" Freddie's Impression. This little boy attending Sunday school for the first time was greatly impressed by the teacher and the larger boys of the class. On returning home his mother questioned him in regard to what was said and what he must learn for his next lesson. The child in a frank way, replied: "Oh, mamma, it was all about God and love and a lady named Eve, and how she gave an apple to a man called Adam, who never gave her a bite." The mother, to lead him on, said: "Who was Eve?" "Why, mamma, she was Mrs. Eve Adam, a friend of God's, who kept house in a garden!" NEW IDEA Helped Wis. Couple. It doesn't pay to stick too closely to old notions of things. 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The government of Canada now gives to every actual settler 60 acres of land and to each land free and an additional 160 acres INCARE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE The government of Canada now gives to every actual settler 160 acres of wheat-growing land free and an additional 160 acres at $3.00 an acre. The 300,000 contented American settlers making their homes in Western Canada is the best evidence of the superiority of that country. They are becoming, growing from 25 to 50 bushels wheat to the acre; 60 to 110 bushels oats and 45 to 60 bushels barley, besides having splendid herds of cattle raised on the prairie grass. Dairying is an important industry. The crop of 1908 still keeps Western Canada in the lead. The world will soon look to it as a food-producer. "The thing which most impressed us was the agricultural purposes" — National Editorial Correspondence, 1908. Low railway rates, good schools and churches, markets convenient, prices the highest, climate perfect. 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It exactly meets all iny ree quirements. | “LT have come to rely stud it almost entirely for the many little things for which I need medicine, I believe it to be especially valuable to old people.” Isaac Brock. — ‘The Present Fashions. Stella—tien't it all you can do to dance in your new gown? Belle—Yes, but it's too tight to ait down in. Look at the Carfare You Save! It’s like visiting the country to chew delicious, fragrant, WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT. Tell a married man he doesn't look ft and he will be terribly flattered, hh x DODDS gl DNEY i Wns A Mae es sen 4 Ker F A reath. 30 or on i ooti ‘ in : on | Wey si Vay, oe Lee SLICKERS £407)" nd ont G Fa ay walle aero Vl OF, ‘Wearing them t \ #290 | a EVERYWHERE stoyen.ca poeron ui Se” Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relleve Die tressirow Dyspepaia, tie TLE Juiversion snd tnrtecrts i Eating. 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Cobb and Wiliam Jarvis, | Seven accusations were returiied against Justice of the Peace McCantz and his immediate removal from office was requested, Ed Dunn Sick. Ed Dunn, chairman of the house appropriations committee, who is gly: en the credit for making Ben Wilson speaker, is sick at his room at the Tone hotel hera of pneumonia, Dr. J. B, Rolater of Oklahoma City, Mr. Dunn's family physician, arrived’ here Sunday. Mr, Dunn's sister, Mrs, Au: frich, is also bere from ‘Oklahoma City. Finish March 31. Announcement is made here that the Osage alloting commission will close its work March 21, The com: mission was organized in 1906, and in the two years’ time has allotted 11,150 tracts of land to 2,230 members of the tribe. The deeds to these lands have been executed by the commission and are now in the hands of the department Cuban Pack Train. ‘After a service of two years in Cuba, the United States army pack train’ consisting of sixty-five mules and thirteen men, in charge of Dantel Fi. Maig, packmaster, has returned to Fort Sill, with the outfit where they will be stationed indefinitely Packmaster Maig states that they did good service in Cuba. Medford Patriot Is Sold. Having continued under the present ownership of Palmer & Son since 1893, when It was first published in a boxcar on the Rock Island railroad, the Patriot of Medford was sold to W. W. Welter of Wellington, Kan., who will take charge of the plant April 1, It is the oldest publication in Grant county, and one of the old- est In the state. ‘tn Mafenee of Printera, Representative Anthony, himself 6 newspaper man, came to the defense of the newspaper men of the state by replying to what he termed “insinua- tions” made by Representative Marly against the fraternity in his argument fon the Japp-Burnette bill to appro: priate $16,344.26 to pay for the print- Ing and other necessary expenses in- curred by the county election officers in the constitutional election of 1907, which was advanced to third reading. Maris called attention to discrepen- cies in the prices charged for printing ballot in various counties, declaring that In some the same items of print- ing cost nearly twice as much as in others, and intimating that some of the editors had overcharged for such printing. “L want to resent the insinuation of the gentleman that the newspaper men of the state have been guilty of grafting In their charges,” declared Anthony. “This house Is not respon siuie for the tgnorance of any mem ber or ofr his lack of knowledge of the business of the printer.” Anthony then explained that the Jaw required more matter to be in chided in the printing of ballots on the east side of the state than on the west, which accounted for‘ the lf ferences in charges for printing ‘This 1s the bill that failed to pass last eyar and represents items rang: ing from a few dollars to several hundred dollars expended under the direction of the temporary county of ficers appointed by the constitutional convention before the various new counties’ were organized. Vouchers for these expenses were therefore turned down in most counties on the ground that the election was held before the admission of the state and that the expenses of holding — the election properly belonged to — the state rather than the counties. Bartlesville Schoo! Row. On the eve of the election of a new board of education, as the school term 18 closing and directly follow. ing a row which involved the pay of elght pretty school teachers, three members of the school board met in executive session Saturday at Bartles: ville and gave each other evidence and discharged City Superintendent ‘Lynn Glover. Professor Glover says he will pay no attention to the board's action, and trouble is expect ed when school opens Monday morp- ing. The first step toward the building of a new city hall at Okmulgee was taken here Friday and attended by unusual ceremonies. All ‘business houses were closed, At the site for the building a large crowd gathered to watch the excavation of the dirt, Mayor Severs, who is the oldest res: ident of the’ town, lifted the first shovel full of dirt, ‘The new city hall is to codt $15,000 and following this & $60,000 high school will be bullt, and ‘$15,000 expended in ward schools, besides $109,000 for paving and $85,000 for the extension of the water works system, Malis Velacen: Beiiaes &. &. Biake, Of near Bi Reno, Was for the past two years has made ex- tensive experiments in raising tobac- co, will this year go into the business on a more extensive scale with the purpose of making it a permanent crop. He has employed two men from the Ohio tobacco fields and an- other from Kentucky, and they will look after the crop. He will try sich varieties as Red Burley, Light Burley, Spanish seed and Connecticut seed, which have proved very successful, Mr. Blake raises the tobacco on bie farm near this city. “THE MARRYING SQUIRE.” Justice George E. Law Has Broken All Records, George F. Law, Justice of the Peace, 13% Franklin St. Brazil, Ind, i« known far and wide as the “Marrying Squire.” from the fact that he has mar: ried more couples than any other off: clalin indiana, Judge Law wrote a letter in 1906, recommend: {ne Doan’s Kidney ‘i known far and wide as the “Marrying Squire.” from the fact that he has mar: ried more couples than any other off clalin Indiana. Judge Law wrote a letter in 1906, recommend: 4 ing Doan’s Kidney Pills, which he said had made a bad back well, enabled him to sleep bet ter nights and feel more fit for work. ‘The treatment also cleared up the urine, On January 6, 1909, Judge Law confirmed his previous testimony, “I have recommended this remedy to many people since I first used it," said he, Sold by all dealers. 9 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co,, Buffalo, N.Y. Wise Men, Once ‘pon a me a man climb ® tree ter git rid of a mad bull, a hur. ricane come ‘long an’ blowed him an’ do tree down; den he crawled inter a hole in de groun’, ter hide frum de hurricane, an’ please God, here come @ yearthquake an’ swallowed ‘im— shoes an’ all, 1 tell you, folks, i a wise man what know how ter dodge trouble! —F. L. 8, in Atlanta Consth ees How's This? We offer One Hundred Doilars Reward mee oP Muar that Santo he ‘area by aire MAT CatG 1. CHENEY & C0. Toledo, 0. We. the undersighed, have kone FJ. Chriney tor ihe ‘nae ‘18 pears: and lien hen periet'y one Srvc, tn all Goninon transactions ah" Roahetaly Sbin to carryout any oblications made by is hon Wain, Kiwnay a Mant, Whormais brugesta: Tote. 0. Hal's Catarrh Cure ie taken Internally artine arent nthe‘ ‘and na aur the Bettie kota by at oruceita ee 7) Seale Bee ake Hal's Family Pais fo constipation Noted Woman Press Agent. Mrs, Charles Neave is the latest English woman of birth and education to go into business. She has become a press agent, and it is raid by her friends that some of the best singers at Covent Garder, London, are large: ly indebted to her for their success this season, Mrs, Neave is the daugh. ter of a man of title and the widow of an army officer The Humar Eye. A marvelously constructed Instru- ment, delicate in the extreme, re: sponding to the slightest iniuence. What a crime agatost nature to drug the eys. 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A woman wouldn't mind being poor eo much if all her acquaintances were just a little poorer, For relieving Coughs, Asthma and.Bron- tagiee Coats, utes oa Prax Sectiver so" centa "a, bos, Gammplee. fre Tohn" Browne ‘Bom “Boston, “Mase, A man without thought for the fu- ture must soon have present sorrow. —Confucius. Now — then — everybody! Chew WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT. I's fine for breath—fner for digestion. Even in fishing for husbands it is generally the big ones that get away, WESTERN CANADA'S SPLENDID CROP YIELO FOR 1908. This Lady Says “Tam your friend,” writes Miss W. M. Wiesman, of Dorsey, Ill, ‘and send you my thanks, for what Cardui has done for me. My health was bad for two years. I suffered dreadful pain in my left side and headache and fainting spells every month. Since I have used Cardui, I am on the road to Wellville and I cannot say enough in favor of Cardui.” This famous medicine grows more popular every year, and when you have tried it, you will under- stand why its sales are constantly increasing. Qu us It Will Help You Cardui is a good medicine—for women. It does the work. It is pleasant and harmless to take and seems to go to the sick spot and coax it back to health, Headache, backache, sideache,— hundreds of other symptoms of fe- male trouble—have all been driven fi away by the use of Cardui. Try it. AMERICANS PROFITED LARGELY AND SEND BACK SATISFAG: TORY REPORTS. The census branch of the Depart ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, has completed fis returns of the show: ing of Western Canada's grain yield for 1908, and the reports: make very interesting reading. In the three prov: inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, which comprise what may be known as Central Canada, there was @ total wheat yield of about 107,000,000 bushels, worth to the farmer about $85,000,000; in addition to this the oat, barley and flax crops were worth an: other $25,000,000, Letters have been received from many of the settlers from the United States, From these, that of Rey, Oscar L. King has been selected. He lives in the vicinity of Edmonton, Alberta, and what he says Will be of Interest to those who con: template moving to Central Canada, Every line of the letter fs Interesting. ‘Those who wish for the particulars as to how to secure homesteads and pre emptions should write any Canadian Government agent, Mr, King says “Mr, M. V. Melnnnes, Detroit, Mich: gan: 1 am well satistled with Al berta, This country offers excellent opportunities for anyone to make a good home for himself and family Hit he is willing to put ap with a few hard knocks for the first two or three years, Hut it is worth a few hard Knocks to get a 160acre farm of rich, produe'ive land with no mortgage on it, This provines ts well filted for grains, stock raising and dairying, We jhave found the climate generally healthful, more healthful than Mich: igan, and although the thermometer [sometimes drops to 40 degrees below | zero in winter, yet we do not seem to fect that tomperaturs any more than | we did G oF 10 dezrees below zero in | Michizan, We like the winters, | "The Government takes great inter | est in the education of the people and Jauiekly aids the settlers fn establish Ing schools where they are called for. ‘The schools, though graded differently than those in the States, are efficient and advancing. Our great drawback has been the limited and inadequate railway facilities, but new roads are being rapidly bulit and many: more are projected through various parts of the province. The new policy of the Alberta government to construct a great many branch lines throughout the province will greatly help all parts of the country. If those new settlers who have to go back a conatderable distance from existing railroads and towns to find free homesteads will but locate along the line of a project ed railroad they will In two or threc years be near both town and railroad When I first came to this country three and a half years ago the home stead I took was 75 miles from a rail road town; now there {x a railroad 2f miles north, another 25 miles south and a third ts being built through my neighborhood. | “I think the prairle conntry or coun | try that is partly prafrie offers much | better opportunities. than the hilly cor saene, = Ro “= Way Lt For KS ee Lame RRR Back WS X ac | he WD Ps =e ’ i N ae, z= fs & = aa a An aching back is instantly relieved by an application of Sloan's Liniment. This liniment takes the placeof massage and is better than sticky plasters. 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It | overcomes constipation and regulates ver and kidneys, Satuples sent upon. request, | Garfield ‘Tea Co., Brooklyn, Ne ¥. | Happiness ix measured not by the | enlargement of the possessions, but of the heart—Ruskiu, | amar QYRY OXE.BROMO QUININE. mao LAXATIVG MMOMU QS ESE tou for [Tie ldmetnne ct Wet We GMGve.. Cand cas Word [ore ea a eas ‘se. | It never did yet burt to iay gown | Mkelihoods and forms of hope.—-Shake- | speare. More enjoyment chewing than eat- | ing—if you chew WRIGLEY'S SPEAR- MINT, Silence isn't always golden, Some- times it is an admfusion of guilt. apd OINTMANT Toguntunteed os ented | shennan, seating adr Pic "a Our powers owe much of their en: ergy to our hopes.—-Johnson. coy ™ PINK EYE Si. 9 noacc oC ie GREAT ri WIZARD OIL A YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY, Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue, All grocers sell large 2 02. package, 5 cents, Faith is obedience, not confidence. Macdonald jica See Sevieied tyres: por alts, Winter's Sorthing Wyres, 5 Ings nse sere eee About the easiest (hing in the world for some people to make ts a break. 1 teat Bint Area ec Bae BS SRE nN pater tgs Life does not make us, we make life.-—Kavanagh. THE CIMETER. Published Every Week in the interest of the Negro by the Climeter Publishing Co. Enteaed at the Post Office at Muskogee, Okla., as Second class mail matter. Why don't some one announce for city assessor, for chief of police, for street commissioner, for treasurer, for city attorney. All of these officers are elective. The silver platter business is a thing of the past. Get busy. Benjamin Mossman is after the place of Assistant Secretary of the Interior and it is said has the support of Congressman Creager. This should be enough to land the place. The Evening Democrat has a fit of negro-phobia again and is spewing up the same old annual mess of negro domination hoping thereby to frighten the illly whites into spasms and thereby gain some places. We need the streets opened into Reeves Addition and water and light extended out there also police protection. The city administration should look into this matter now and act. The political pot in Muskogee is boiling over as both Democrats and Republicans are determined to put out a straight ticket and make the battle a hard one from start to finish. The cloums of this paper are open for announcements and the candidates are invited to come in and place their work with us. The Republicans should begin to select their timber now and get only good timber as we can't win with bad timber be our cause ever so just. Out of 18 firemen 14 of them are democrats and put in their time cursing out the Republicans. While we don't favor politics being injected into the fire department still we don't believe in "fattening frogs for snakes." A. G. W. Sango and 13 others left on Monday evening for Washington and will take in the Inauguration of President Taft. They left in a special car—a pullman. Hon. A. V. Jones left Tuesday for Washington D. C., where he goes on business and will probably be gone one month. Mr. Jones is a member of the Republican state committee and will doubtless make medicine while in the National Capital. The legislature is nearing adjournment and we can say for them they have been more sane than their predecessors. While they may have not engaged in any vicious legislation and have done something to encourage capital to come into the country and invest and that is what we need. Announcement. J. B. Campbell announces himself as a candidate for Police Judge. Mr. Campbell has repeatedly been elected by the Republican party to that position. He is an old timer and a good runner. He promises if nominated to enter the fight with all the vigor in him and if not the nominee to support the ticket as he has always done. He would rather see the party win than to win a personal victory. ANNOUFCEMENT. We are authorized to announce Captain Ira L. Reeves a candidate for Mayor. The Captaid is an old and tried Republican and is a heavy weight sluger for the party. His chances are good. Services at the Mt. Triumph Baptist church were good Sunday. Sunday school, under the direction of W. H. Tardy, superintendent, is succeeding and being greatly considered and disciplined. Brother John Hammer, one of Dr. M. C. Claiborne's students, a young preacher, preached an entertaining sermon on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. The B. Y. P. U. held a successful Christian culture course at 3 p. m. The conductor, Mrs. Ela Cranford, was a little indisposed and W. H. Tardy took the lead. Mr. Bruce was the cent of attraction in the lesson. Dr. Claiborne is the minister of Jerusalem Baptist in North McAlester and they had and awakening service at 3 p. m. Dr. Claiborne will turn his service over to Bro. Hamner. Prof. G. L. Prince, president of the Baptist University, preached a strong sermon at Mt. Triumph Sunday night to a crowded auditorium. Twenty five young men and women gave their hands for prayer. Dr. Claiborne has accepted an invitation to preach the sermon Sunday at First Baptist church, Muskogee, at 3 p. m. Sunday is covenant service at Mt. Triumph Baptist. Rev. Whitaker of Wilburton, Rev. Westbrooks of Oklahoma City and Rev. Perkins of Ardmore, were in the City Monday enroute to Muskogee on business, in company with Dr. G. L. Prince. Mrs. Mattie Richard began office work for Dr. E. S. South Monday morning. ATTENTION! ATTENTION! By invitation of the Board of Regents of the State Baptist University, Dr. R. H. Boyds, D. D., L. L. D., the great head of our Baptist Publishing Concern at Nashville, Tenn., will be in Muskogee April 2, at the closing of the Baptist University, at which time he will speak to more than ten thousand of the Baptist men, women and children. Let everybody press forward to hear this great man. He can tell you much. On April 3 an Educational Congress will be organized. Try and be one of its founders. There will be representatives from every association, church, Sunday school, Woman's Home and Foreign Mission and B. Y. P. U. of the state. Do not be out of the number. All well wishers are invited. Business men and women, teachers and friends. All Baptists must be present. All denominations are respectfully invited. THIS WIEL BE THE CIMETER CHAPERON COLUMN. Do Not Ask For Private Address. B. Y. P. U. Program. The following program will be rendered by the B. Y. P. U. at the First Baptist church Mar. 1, Opening. Prayer, Song service. Topic: Life's lessons for me from Psalms.—Ps. 46; I 11. 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