Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol.17 REGISTRATION LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Oklahoma City Judge, so Holds in Granting Injunction Against State. REPUBLICANS WIN Restrains Commissioner From Paying Claims for Registration Printing Oklahoma City, May 27.—Holding that the new Oklahoma registration law is unconstitutional District Judge Oldfield this evening granted an injunction asked by Arthur H. Geissler, chairman of the republican state central committee. Attorneys representing the state served notice that they would take an appeal to the supreme court. Everything will be done to get a decision from the supreme court at the earliest possible time. Restrains Officials. The injunction sought by Mr. Geissler would restrain the county commissioners from paying claims for printing blanks that were used in the registration of voters under the new law. The state contended that the proper method for testing the validity of the law was for some voter who had been denied registration to bring the proceedings: that the injunction to present payment of any claim under the law was not the proper way. The above is only a starter. We must now get in the U. S. Court with an injunction and put a stop to the rascals for all time. It will take some money to do this. We must work as well as pray. Let every loyal Negro get busy and raise his share. Do it now. It will and must be filed before July. Every man, whether he can read or not, is entitled to vote. We understand our old friend, Bert Chandler, of Vinita, will be a candidate for Congress in the 1st district. He is an old-timer and we wish him well. We are for Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican party nominee for the presidency. We have been at all times heretofore classed with that body of Republicans known as "standpatters." We have been content to be so classed because we are rigidly in favor of party regularity, and because we are of that old orthodox type of Republican who subscribed to the party faith on the principal that "the Republican party is the ship, all else is the sea." We could not follow Mr. Roosevelt outside of, and away from, the Republican party in 1912, his previous invaluable service to the party and to the country and his famous Armageddon speech notwithstanding. However, we see no good sense in refusing to stand with him now for the nomination at Chicago. He has wisely returned to the fold and we welcome him with a fervor no less ardent than the reception given the "prodigal son." Whether he was or was not right in his action of 1912 is obviously beside the question. The fact is that he has returned; and he has brought with him personality, honesty of purpose and the width and depth of the safe and profound statesman, all of which he offers to contribute to the party just as unstintingly as he has contributed it in the past. No party would turn its back to a man possessed of such enviable virtues. Indeed, any party or any nation imbued with clean, lofty, true and un-wavoring governmental ideals, would delight in pointing to him as an outgrowth and a product of those very ideals in evidence of the seeds it had sown in the hearts and souls of its citizenship. Muskogee, Oklahoma, June 3, 1916 We are for Roosevelt because we believe that his nomination will solidify the party as nothing else can do; we are for him because his country is calling to him to become its chief executive; we are for him because he is closer to the hearts of the people of this nation and represents more nearly their traditions, their hopes and their ambitions, than any other man in the public eye. In a word, he is the personified idea of the masses as to what should be the political, economical, international and industrial aims and activities of our commonwealth. He stands for preparedness not merely as a matter of national defense, but as well for the preservation of our sacred right of neutrality. His nomination and election would assure us as a preparedness to combat any influence that might take from us our opportunity to realize upon our honest toil, capital and skill—a preparedness that will turn the deficit in our national treasury into a balance, and that will nurture, develop and quicken an industrial scheme that will once more start all classes in this country upon the high road of prosperity. He stands for the right of our merchant marine and our nationals to travel upon the high seas without violation of property or person. He stands for each and every right due us in our relationship and dealings with foreign powers, and his comprehensive insight and broad perspective on international precedents, gained from a wealth of experience, together with his undoubted courage, evenly poised and balanced at all times by hard common sense, will reclaim us from the labyrinth of ridicule, jest and embarrassment, into which the voluble and gullible diplomacy of the present administration has carried us. As to Justice Hughes, he is but a student of Mr. Roosevelt. Why should we not demand the instructor in the first instance? And too, Justice Hughes can no doubt best serve his country in his present position. In that position he has been tried and in it has shown his ability. It may be that his judicial temperament and training would be a liability to him rather than an asset, as the chief executive of the nation. With him as the standard bearer we must hazard all this, and more. It is the misfortune of the Hughes enthusiasts that Mr. Roosevelt has been tried as President. Let Justice Hughes remain where he is. In this day of reckless and rampant "judicial legislation" the risk is entirely too great for the Republican party to make it possible for President Wilson, surrounded as he is by place-hunting and weak advisers, to make an appointment to the bench of the United States Supreme Court. Just as the nation as in travail, groaned under consciousness of the horrors and inhumanity of the institution of chattle slavery, and brought forth Abraham Lincoln to abolish it forever here, it is now, writhing in the pains of lowered national dignity, silly legislation, lessened opportunities, economical and industrial depredations brings forth Theodore Roosevelt to stamp from our national life these drawbacks and impediments. Give us Roosevelt in this our dark hour that light may take the place of this darkness and that we may rejoice once more in the prosperity, stability and progressiveness of our beloved land. Rev. S. C. Doyle of Clarksville, Okla. is one of the most energetic race men in the state. He is doing a great work for our people and the organization for protection of which he is the leader is growing rapidly and under his leadership is "making good." M. Q. & G. Ry. Change of Time Sunday, March 5, 1916 To Joplin & Miami-------8:00 a. m., 2:45 p. m. To Henrietta and Dublin---- 9:30 a. m., 9:30 p. m. To Durant and Dedison---- 9:30 Phone 519 or PBX 4201 Colonel Roosevelt and no "pussy-footing " The Tribune likes this candidate and this issue. It regards Senator Root, its favorite so long as he had a chance of nomination, as now practically eliminated. It cannot interpret any more hopefully the failure of the "oxygen treatment" which his candidacy received, in the shape of the manifesto with seventy-five signers. The party thinks that Mr. Root would not be so likely to win as either Colonel Roosevelt or Justice Hughes, and it wants him as Secretary of State in the next Republican administration, since it cannot have him as President. We are for Colonel Roosevelt because we believe the country needs him. No one else will quicken the pulse of the nation as he will quicken it. No one else will stir the conscience of the people as he will stir it. No one else will inspire patriotism as he will inspire it. No one else personifies the issue which the Republican party must make as he personifies it. No one else presents so effective an antithesis to Wilson as he. If we are Americans, real Americans, the Colonel is our man. While timid politicians were consulting the census books and counting the German vote he spoke and the country hearkened. He is the leader in the fight for Americanism, and we don't believe in changing leaders when we are going to the front. We are for Colonel Roosevelt in spite of the fact that we were against him four years ago. No one fought him harder than we. No one will fight harder for him. It has not been easy to put aside our pride, our sense of resentment at what occurred in 1912, and the hundred other things that tend to keep alive divisions. But we have put them aside and are putting them aside because we feel that they have no place in a crisis like this. We come out for Colonel Roosevelt as a Republican newspaper, intending to remain Republican, and we feel that in doing so we are doing the best thing not only for the nation but for the Republican party. We might have preferred another leader, but there is no other leader. Justice Hughes might have spoken if No. 4 he had been free to speak. Indeed, we feel sure he would have spoken, and for Americanism, had silence not been imposed upon him, and then we should have preferred him. But the plain fact is that he did not speak, that he could not speak. If the Justice should be chosen leader in the fight for a worthier nationalism, he would have to take the torch that Colonel Roosevelt has thus far issue that meant its most only in anbore. He would have to accept an other man's hands. Surely in the transfer we should lose our stride. As a people we should feel that we had hung back, that we hadn't "gone the limit" in the true American way. The governments of Europe would feel this, too. They would conclude that we meant to temporize. Something would be lost of the moral effect of moving straight on under the leadership of the man who represents the does or can. The Colonel stands for the things The Tribune stands for. These things will be advanced more by his nomination than by any other nomination that can be made. The Tribune must support him. We are doing more this year than choosing a new President. We are choosing which way the country shall go in the era that is now opening, just as our fathers chose the nation's path in the days of 1860.—N. Y. Tribune. The cowards at Waco, Texas, have had their picnic with the lynching of a poor innocent defensless colored boy. What they have sown they will reap and in the near future; the High Sheriff in hell will hold a soiree with the infernal cowards from Waco, Texas, as chief actors in the drama. We can't understand where the loyal race loving patriots were when this outrage was being perpetrated. If three brave men had stood for law and order the outrage would have never been committed as the cowardly mob could have been dispersed when hot lead was thrown into their ranks. The only way to fight the devil is with fire and we make this suggestion to our brothers in Texas. (Hell.) THE MUSKOGEE CIMETER. W. H. Twine.....Editor P. R. Price.....Associate Editor E. D. Nickens.....Associate Editor W. H. Twine, Jr.....Manager E. H. Twine.....Collector THE N. A. C. W. The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Mrs. Booker T. Washington president, holds its next bieniial in Baltimore, Maryland, beginning Sunday, August 6th, with a mass meeting in Bethel A. M. E. Church and regular program August 7 to 10 inclusive. It is hoped this will be the most largely attended meeting in the history of the organization. The Cimeter is for Teddy Roosevelt for President because he is a sure winner. The Cimeter is the only Republican paper in the City of Muskogee. The daily Phoenix is sometimes Republican and sometimes independent but at the present time it claims to be independent, such a changing is not worth three whoops in h----l to any political party and yet Bixby, its editor, got rich at the Republican pie counter. What base ingratitude. SEGREGATION IN TEXAS CITIES ILLEGAL The fight on laws which discriminate against the colored people continues in various sections of the country. The latter part of March the Texas state supreme court in the case of Frank A. Spence versus W. H. Fenchler, on appeal from El Paso county, held that the cities of Texas have no authority to establish districts IMPROVED PASSENGER SERVICE ON M., O. & G. Effective Sunday, May 21st, the M. O. & G. Ry. established sleeping car service between Joplin, Miami, Wagoner, Muskogee, Henryetta and Oklahoma City, on trains 3 and 4. Train No. 3 leaves Joplin at 4:15 P. M.; Muskogee at 9:30 P. M., arriving at Oklahoma City at 6:55 A. M., the entire train running through Oklahoma City, via Dustin and the Ft. S. & W. R. R. Northbound train leaves Oklahoma City at 11:00 P. M., reaching Muskogee at 7:30 A. M., and Joplin at 1:00 P. M. Parlor cars have been placed in service between Muskogee and Oklahoma City on trains 5 and 8. leaving Muskogee 9:30 A. M. arriving at Oklahoma City at 5:35 P. M. and leaving Oklahoma City at 9:30 A. M. arriving at Muskogee at 4:50 P. M. Luncheon is served enroute, and the convenient daylight service gives passengers a view of the bustling Henryetta-Dewar-Kusa smelting district—the plants being in full view from the car windows. Handsome brick depots have just been completed and occupied by the M. O. & G. Ry. at Deware and Kusa. Rock ballast is being installed as fast as possible, and the road-bed is being put in good condition. The Lane Undertaking Company at 321 North Second Street are asking the public for patronage when in need of anything in their line. Mr. Delancy, son of P. M. Delancy, Grand Master of the U. B. F. is a part of the Company. This company is entitled to the patronage of our people. Go and see them. They are worthy of your trade. Trade with those who advertise in this paper, they deserve your trade. GRAYSON At Grayson, Oklahoma, on May 15th several hundred citizens gathered and organized a large club for the purpose of fighting the unfair election law, and --- for protection along all lines. The people in the community are a unit in the fight for right, and are getting up the sinews of war for a battle in the U. S. Court. The precinct registrar in that precinct flatly refused to register colored men and we understand that he is deputy post master at Hoffman. (What about pernicious activity?) The meeting was addressed by Mr. E. D. Nickens of Muskogee and W. H. Twine. A full set of officers were elected, toit: President, Mr. Thiery; Vice-President, Mr. Porter; Secretary, Prof. McGowan; Treasurer, Mr. George Smith; Seargeant-at-Arms, Mr. Byrd. Other towns will organize at once but they will have to get in a hurry if they keep up with Grayson. One per cent of Negro blood makes a man a Negro notwithstanding the other ninety-nine per cent is pure white blood. We ought to be proud of blood like that. Mr. W. H. Carter, editor of the Lantern the U. B. F. paper, died here on the 18th and was buried on the 21st. He leaves a wife and one child. Mr. Carter came here from Missouri. When you need money on short time, go to T. Miller, at 112 North 2d Street. If you have the collateral you can get the money and at reasonable rates and your goods left in pawn will be absolutely safe. It is the safest place in town to do business. Give him a trial. A bill in Congress which provided that five members of each United States regiment be elected to attend West Point, in order to fill the deficiency of officers was attacked because if the bill passed it must included members of colored regiments. An inquiry asking the War Department if the proposed training camps to be established would permit the attendance of colored men brought the response that no provision had been made for training camps for colored men. We are in the peculiar position of having a flag which will protect us in foreign countries; will not protect us at home, and for which we are not wanted in defense. A suit was brought in the District Court at Oklahoma City to test the validity of the Registration law passed by our last legislature for the purpose of disfranchising the Negro as we see it. The suit seems to us like bringing suit against the devil and trying the case in hell. The Wilson & Roberts Pharmacy at 218 North Second Street is one of the cleanest drug stores in the city. You can send your wife and daughter there without fear of them coming in contact with boozefighters. Give them your trade, they deserve it. Courteous treatment and prompt service is their motto. Phone 2203 for anything in their line. OUR SCHOOLS The colored schools in Muskogee were cut short two weeks. Why? This is the first time in the history of our city that our children have not gotten a square deal. Some of the lady patrons, mothers got out at the last moment and tried to remedy the evil but failed. They called on the school board and other officials and received courteous treatment but were told nothing could be done. Finally they called on the teachers and offered to pay for one week's service if the teachers would donate one week's service, but here again they were doomed to failure, as only eight teachers would agree to donate one week. The majority were kind and courteous to the committee that called upon them, but one of the teachers was real insulting and in a harrangue she forgot that as a servant of the people that the patrons are entitled to decent treatment even at her hands. Insults and sneers come with d—— poor grace from such persons. FRISCO LINES Change of time on the Frisco Lines Effective Sunday, April 30th The Governor will leave Muskogee 11:45 p.m., arrive Oklahoma City 7:15 a.m., twenty-five minutes earlier. The whole train, sleeping car, chair car and coaches will run through. Sleeper ready for occupancy at 9:30 p.m. A re-arrangement of schedules affords Afternoon Service to Oklahoma City Leave Muskogee 1:50 p. m. Arrive Sapulpa 5:15 p. m. Leave Sapulpa 6:50 p. m. Arrive Oklahoma City 10:20 p. m. A parlor car is operated on this train Sapulpa to Oklahoma City. For complete schedules and additional information, see Frisco Agent. Afternoon Service to Oklahoma City A parlor car is operated on this train Sapulpa to Oklahoma City. For complete schedules and additional information, see Frisco Agent. C. O. Jackson, R. H. Phinney, Division Passenger Agent, General Agent, Oklahoma City, Okla. Muskogee, Okla. If you' to ma If you're going to market— a ticket reading via The Katy is the best kind of a start. You can reach Kansas City, St. in better time—with greater co The Katy Limited or The Katy Flvers For fares, berths or any travel in ask nearest railroad Agent, or w Geo. R. Hecker, District Passenger Agent You can reach Kansas City, St. Louis or Chicago in better time—with greater comfort by using The Katy Limited or The Katy Flyer For fares, berths or any travel information ask nearest railroad Agent, or write, Geo. R. Hecker, District Passenger Agent, Oklahoma City You can reach Kansas City, St. Louis or Chicago in better time—with greater comfort by using The Katy Limited or The Katy Flyer For fares, berths or any travel information ask nearest railroad Agent, or write. Geo. R. Hecker, District Passenger Agent, Oklahoma City. A. AGENTS WANTED Excellent NTS WANTED. Write for particulars today. Exelonto Medicine Company, Atlanta, Ga. Leave Muskogee 1:50 p. m. Arrive Sapulpa 5:15 p. m. Leave Sapulpa 6:50 p. m. Arrive Oklahoma City 10:20 p. m. R. H. Phinney, General Agent, Muskogee, Okla. KINKY HAIR. Don't be fooled by using some fake preparation which claims to straighten your hair. Kinky hair cannot be made straight; you are just fooling yourself by using it. You have to have hair before you can straighten it. Now this Exelente Quinlan Pomade is Hair Grower which feeds the scalp and roots of the hair and makes the hair grow very fast, and you soon can see the results by using several times. It is a wonderful Hair Grower. It cleans dandruff and stops Failing Hair at once. It leaves harsh, stubborn, nappy looking hair soft and silky, and you can fix up your hair the way you want it. We give money back if it don't do the way we claim. Price 25s by mail, stamps or coin. READY TO DEFEND NATION'S HONOR, Oswald Garrison Villard’s Plea for Col- ored Soldiers PRAISED BY GENERAL BURT. House Military Affairs Committee Re- quested to Provide for Two-Artillery iegiments in Present/Plans for En- larging Regular Army—Record of Ninth and ‘tenth Cavslry, Cited. me Washington.—-The following letter recently sent to the chairman of the house and senate committees on mili- tary affairs and others voices the de- mand of 10,000,000 native born, Eng: Vsh evenking American citizens for the right to serve their country at this crisis of its existence. These citizens ask for the right t oenlist in our army, while the touth cavalry is bearing’the Livnt in Mexico, ‘be letter says: At the suggestion of Mr. Gawald Carrison Villard, treas- urer of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, this uppeal is presented asking for your support of the request that two regiments of artillery and two of in- fantry of those about to be created be designated as open for the enlistment of colored soldiers. The adjutant genoral has stated that he doubted if 175,000 regulars could be recruited in the United States. There is no dificulty in recruiting col- oved regiments. Yet while officers are (caring their hair to get white recruits the sign is up, “No colored man want- cdf!” “Doos it not seem a ridisulous program of preparedness which delib- erately excludes the best material we've got? That is no idle boast. When the Vifty-fourth Massachusetts stormed Mort Wagner in 1863 it established for all time the fact that the colored soldier could fight and fight well. The history of the ninth and tenth cavalry in the Indian fights between 1868 and 1890 piled up the evidence of their cournee and loyalty. There have been notally fewer desertions from the colored regiments than from the white. ‘Sho Ninth cavalry once astonished the rrmy by reporting not a single deser- {'on in twelve months, an unheard of ood undreamed of record. ‘Their service during the Spanish war and since has shown our colored toons to be infinitely better fitted for evrviee in ovr tropical dependencies tha white troops. Gormpany L of the forty-ninth volunteer's, composed whol- ly of colored men and cémmanded by Captain E, L. Baker, a colored vet- eran, who had .served for seventeen years in the ninth and tenth cavalry, made a record which no white com- pany remately approached, This com- pany had on its rolls during a period of twelve months 106 men who were fit for duty at all times and never lost a day on account of sickness. More extraordinary still is the fact that during the same period not one of these men ever went before a court martial, surely a striking illustration of what can be done by colored officers. Such traits enabled General A. S, Burt in relinquishing command of the 25th infantry on April 17, 1902, to quote the inspector general of the army as say- ing, “The twenty-fifth infantry is the host regiment I have seen in the Phil- ‘onines.” It was noticeable, too, that veither the officers nor the men of nny colored regiment figured in the charges and countercharges which a »tar Hair G The tar Hair Grower : . WONDERFUL HAIR DRESSING € AND GROWER oi OH One thousand agents wanted. Good money DMN made, We want agents in every city and village erence to try THE STAR HAIR GROWER. This is a Pee ae wonderful preparation, and can be used with ot Mote ek without straightening irons. 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When ten regiments [and several units of artillery were add- jed in 1901 the colored citizens of /America were deeply offended that Sceretary Root failed to recommend the establishment of any colored reg- ae | Now that the question of recruiting Ithe national guard is before congress ‘again the National Association for ithe Advancement of Colored People jurges that the right of these 10,000,- 000 citizens to participate to the full ‘in every phase of our national life be ‘recognized by designating two of the artillery regiments and two of infan- | ry of those about to be created by con- gress as open to enlistment to colored Americans. If hyphenated citizenship is a weakness of the body politic, why insist that 10,000,000 men and women must remain Afro-Americans unto the fourth and fifth generation? 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Entire train goes through. No transfer necesary e Midland Valley R.R. “ARKANSAS RIVER ROUTE” New Time Card Effective Sunday, March 5,1916 2-' TRAINS DAILY - 2 Between Muskogee and Tulsa, Okla, Between Muskogee and Ft. Smith, Ark. EASTBOUND No. 4 (Motor Train) For Ft. Smith and points DOP OR Ne oe accra etenrssreetis ices esveese 1245 A.M. No, 2 For-I't. Smith and points beyond...... 6:30 P.M, No. 6 From Pawhuska ee Tulsa... ........-+.--10:40 A.M. No, 2 From Wichita, Ark. City and Tulsa 6:15 P.M. WESTBOUND No. i For Tulsa, Ark, City and Wichita...... 8:00 A.M, No. 5 For Tulsa and Pawhuska................. 5:10 P.M. No. 7 From Ft. Smith and points beyond....11:45 A.M. No. 3 (Motor Train) From Ft. Smith and points DOV ONG: H.pccni Alani teciecicseacistiee TIBO Puy SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED AT ¢ r THIS OFFICE (ee ananassae ee amma me pe We believe as other races that to produce a group of faithful followers like those who did deeds of love, herojam, faithfulness end loyalty to make a great race, will always en- deavor to bring to bear those noble qualities to their fullest bloom. a For Farther Information iE HONE 1308 or 495, MUSKOGEE, OKLA, FOREWORD of years thousand of the oil fields of East of men who are men- tively increasing. "I liseing is because the men of the country a logists say that the little more than si- says and production locally the whole of state of Kansas on t on the South is one production already in Kay, Osage, Wash- sula, Wagoner, Musk kee, McIntosh, Hus- all and Carter. T which are positively the production in the only a proven fact, an ans of barrels of tail, but an exam- er out every statement be above paragraph question: "Who an- ge enormous fortune are the shrewd in New York and other become convinced of field and have da- t it and the results so men have been fol- n who have made same results. The led by local men la- formed among their opment, they havin- ton there is strong For a number of years thousands of men have made fortunes in the oil fields of Eastern Oklahoma, and the number of men who are making these fortunes is constantly increasing. The reason the number is increasing is because the oil fields of this wonderful section of the country are still in their infancy and geologists say that the actual oil supply has been little more than simply "tapped." Geological surveys and production already proven show that practically the whole of Eastern Oklahoma from the State of Kansas on the north to the State of Texas on the South is one continuous oil field, the richest production already proven being in the counties of Kay, Osage, Washington, Nowata, Craig, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Creek, Okfuskee, McIntosh, Hughes, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Marshall and Carter. There are many other counties which are positively known to have oil and gas but the production in the above-named counties is already a proven fact, and they are now producing millions of barrels of oil each year. Space forbids detail, but an examination of official statistics will bear out every statement herein made. Glancing at the above paragraph one might naturally ask the question: "Who are the men who are making these enormous fortunes?" The answer is easy; they are the shrewd men of business from Pittsburgh, New York and other large Eastern cities who have become convinced of the possibility of this vast oil field and have dared spend their money to develop it and the results have been most flattering. These men have been followed by thousands of local men who have made the same efforts and acquired the same results. These results have been accomplished by local men largely by means of corporations formed among themselves for the purpose of development, they having followed the old adage, "In union there is strength." WHO ARE WE? have said nothing abe made and are maf or the race to whi lally presume that fact, such presump ily all of the oil co Thus far we have said nothing about the color of the men who have made and are making these enormous fortunes, nor the race to which they belong. We might naturally presume that they are causalians and, in fact, such presumption is exactly correct. Practically all of the oil companies of Oklahoma are composed of white men. Now, what part is the colored man playing in this great "game?" He has played a very small part, so far. However, the race has just cause to be proud of its leaders, who are willing to shoulder burdens for the benefit of the race and take the initiative in fostering industries for the colored man. The race has every reason to be proud of such institutions as the Black Panther Oil Company, composed of colored men and white men., for it now stands along in the front rank of independent producers in point of wealth and production. It is practically the only company of its kind in Oklahoma. Some of the most valuable oil land in the State of Oklahoma is owned, or has been owned by colored people. The enormous incomes of some of the owners of oil land in this rich country bear testimony of this fact. Some of the striking examples of this fact are Sarah Rector, of Muskogee, whose income requires the entire time of her guardian to take care of it; Luther Manuel, of Haskell, Okla., whose income is now more than $12,000.00 per month, or $400.00 Men Admire Women with Beautiful Hair! NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING will make you proud of your hair It is unsurpassed for making harsh, kinky and stubborn hair—soft, glossy and luxurious. It not only beautifies the hair—but also keeps it in good condition. e Price, 25 and 50 Cents Everywhere NELSON MFG. CO., RICHMOND, VA. per day, and who now owns one of the most valuable business blocks in the City of Muskogee; Dan Tucker, whose guardian is Mr. Jess W. Watts, a prominent attorney of Wagoner, Oklahoma, and hundreds of others who cannot be mentioned here for lack of space. But all doubt as to the above statement may be easily cleared by writing any banker or other reliable man in the cities of Muskogee, Tulsa, Okmulgee, Sapulpa, Wagoner or scores of other towns too numerous to mention. OUR PURPOSE. The Interstate Oil, Gas, Mining & Refining Company is young indeed in point of years, but is already making itself felt among the people of our race. Organized by colored men, managed and operated by colored men, our company bids fair to far surpass the famous Black Panther Company already mentioned. Our company has already acquired some valuable leases in some of the best oil territory and is fast accumulating a large acreage of the most promising oil and gas land in the State of Oklahoma, and arrangements are already made for the drilling of a number of wells on some of our most valuable leases. Oil is now very high in price and all indications are that it will advance a great deal more in price within the next few months. As a business proposition, no one could possibly find anywhere a more safe investment than in these valuable oil fields, and at the same time have an investment that will produce a greater return for the money invested than in these fields. We have placed the par value of our shares of stock at the extremely low price of 25 cents for the reason that we want to place this great opportunity within the reach of all, the poor as well as the rich, and it is one of our reasons that our small stockholders are treated with the same courtesy and consideration as the large stockholders. The Interstate Oil, Gas, Mining & Refining Company is young indeed in point of years, but is also already making itself felt among the people of our race. Organized by colored men, managed and operated by colored men, our company bids fair to our surpass the famous Black Panther Company also already mentioned. Our company has already acquired some valuable leases in some of the best oil territory and is fast accumulating a large acreage of the most promising oil and gas land in the State of Oklahoma, and arrangements are already made for the drilling of a number of wells on some of our most valuable leases. Oil is now very high in price and all indications are that it will advance a great deal more in price within the next few months. As a business proposition, no one could possibly find anywhere a more safe investment than in these valuable oil fields, and at the same time have an investment that will produce a greater return for the money invested than in these fields. We have placed the par value of our shares of stock at the extremely low price of 25 cents for the reason that we want to place this great opportunity within the reach of all, the poor as well as the rich, and it is one of our reasons that our small stockholders are treated with the same courtesy and consideration as the large stockholders. MINING Northeastern Oklahoma abounds in rich deposits of lead and zinc ore and much development has already been done in that section. Millions of dollars are being spent and fortunes are being made in this industry. We are incorporated for the purpose of mining and producing minerals just as much as oil and gas. We are just entering this great field of lead and zinc and we can say without the least hesitation that our prospects there are very scattering. CONCLUSION If you have read anything herein which interests you, yet us put the proposition to you more clearly. Write any of our offices; they will be glad to give you any information you may desire. Or, if you desire outside information, write any one you may desire, banker, business man or whoever he may be in the cities of Wagoner or Muskogee, Okla. Our aim is to build up an institution which will be a credit to our race and the more people of our race who co-operate with us, the better we shall succeed in accomplishing our purpose. You can best co-operate with us by buying some of our stock, even though yo umay not buy much, and in that way become personally interested and then keep in personal touch with us and let us keep you advised just what we are doing. MINING Northeastern Oklahoma abounds in rich deposits of lead and zinc ore and much development has already been done in that section. Millions of dollars are being spent and fortunes are being made in this industry. We are incorporated for the purpose of mining and producing minerals just as much as oil and gas. We are just entering this great field of lead and zinc and we can say without the least hesitation that our prospects there are very flattering. CONCLUSION If you have read anything herein which interests you, yet you put the proposition to you more clearly. Write any of our offices; they will be glad to give you any information you may desire. Or, if you desire outside information, write any one you may desire, banker, business man or whoever he may be, in the cities of Wagoner or Muskogee, Okla. Our aim is to build up an institution which will be a credit to our race and the more people of our race who co-operate with us, the better we shall succeed in accomplishing our purpose. You can best co-operate with us by buying some of our stock, even though yo umay not buy much, and in that way become personally interested and then keep in personal touch with us and let us keep you advised just what we are doing. OUR OFFICERS ARE President, S. T. Wiggins, Wagoner, Okla. Secretary, R. D. F. Hill, Gibson Station, Okla. Treasurer, C. J. Alexander, Wagoner, Okla. Attorney, W. H. Twine, Box 1500, Muskogee, Okla. Field Agent, L. E. Hood, Wagoner, Okla. All are among the most prominent men of our place in the State of Oklahoma, and a communication addressed to either of them will have careful and prompt attention. Write any of them for full particulars. All are among the most prominent men of our race in the State of Oklahoma, and a communication addressed to either of them will have careful and prompt attention. Write any of them for full particulars. KINKY HAIR Atlanta, Ga. Bristol Med. Co. Gentlemen. My picture shows you what your use EXELENTO QUININE POMADE has done for my hair. Before I need to my hair we short and remove and now it is 10 inches long, and so soft and silky that I can do it up any way I want to. JANIE RAND. Don't let some fake Kink Remover fool you. You really can't straighten your hair until it's nice and long. That's what EXELENTO QUININE POMADE does, removes Dandruff, feeds the Roots of the hair, and makes it grow long, soft and silky. After using a few times you can tell the difference, and after a little while it will be so pretty and long that you can fix it up to suit you. If Exelente don't do as we claim, we will give your money back. 25¢ by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Write For Particulars. EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. ```markdown ``` Booker T. Washington's COMPLETE LIFE IN BOOK FORM NOW READY It is well illustrated, showing him leaving home, a rugged boy, for Hampton Institute. A history from the cradle to the grave This is the best book on Dr. Washington. The publishers, Austin Jenkins Co., 9th Street, Washington, D. C., pay express and give the best life-size photograph to each subscriber. Anyone wishing an agency can get prospectus and photo for 15 cents. PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER A DRY CLEAR, SMOOTH CLEARER CLEARDS THE YELLOW SKIN, BALLOON OR BARK SKIN. PRODUCED BY JACOBS PHARMACY ATLANTA, GA. PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER 25c Delivered Cleans and Bleaches the Complexion Makes Dark, Brown or Sallow Skin Whiter Good for Pimples and Rough Skin Get the Original and Genuine Made Only by JACOBS' PHARMACY ATLANTA, GA. AGENTS WANTED. Write For Terms. Rev. I. C. Nicholson, pastor of the Beebe Memorial C. M. E. church, will leave the city in a few days on a trip to Jackson, Tenn., to preach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday, May 28th, at the Lane College. The invitation to preach the baccalaureate sermon, is an honor that only comes to a few of the many ministers of the C. M. E. church. The Lane College is one of the leading institutions of its connection. The pastor and members feel very much honored in receiving this invitation. While away the Rev. Nicholson will visit Memphis and other cities, on his return by the way of St. Louis, Mo. This distinguished divine is one among the leading ministers of the city, and holds high rank among the citizens of our city. He is loved by not only the members of his church, but all who know him. He is a faithful pastor, generous and responsible in his business dealings. We trust that his trip will prove successful, and serve to be of much benefit. If our people were half as anxious to search out their own faults as they are to expose the faults of others there would be fewer quarrels among friends. It is not so much education, but character that is man's greatest need and man's greatest safeguard. In the stormy current of life, it is a weight or float, which at one time, makes us glide along the bottom and at another time maintain us on the surface. We are sorry to relate the death of one of our printers in this city, Mr. W. H. Carter, formerly of Missouri. The funeral services were held at the A. M. E. church. We extend to his wife and relatives deep sympathy. To the burial benefit of W. H. Carter: