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QUIT TALKING PROHIBITION AND STOP FOOD HOARDING Congress Is Defeating Aim of President in Quibbling Over Prohibition and Other Irrelevant Subjects—People Are Losing Patience Foodstuffs and fuel were the only commodities mentioned in the original food control bill proposed by the administration, and it is the original bill which President Wilson supports in his recent letter to Senator Martin. The prohibition, steel, iron, cotton, lumber and other irrelevant clauses in the Senate's version of food control were inserted without sanction of the authors of the bill, and their only effect has been to delay passage of a measure vitally needed by the nation. There is more than a suspicion that some of the amendments, including the prohibition amendment, were promoted by the food speculation interests for the purpose of delaying enactment of regulatory legislation. The delay has meant hundreds of millions of additional profit for the food speculators, and with the string of amendments remaining in the bill no action on it could be hoped for before August. He knows, and the treacherous politicians and food lobbyists know, that the country will not develop any strong enthusiasm for war while its people are being plundered through the machinations of a food band. He knows that the conscription of men can not be a very happy occasion while the families of men are left exposed to the attacks of a band of robber barons who aim to profit from 50 to 100 per cent on food deals. Rural Speculators. He knows that the arrest of men for verbally attacking the government can not be a popular practise while the government imposes no punishment upon men who undermine patriotism by destroying the foundations of democracy. The food scandal has reached the point now where the public will not be satisfied merely with preventing robbery in future; the public wants to see Drop Side-leaves. We have repeatedly urged that the Senate drop all these side-issues (most of them of political origin) and pass a food control bill exclusively devoted to protection of the consumer. That course will be followed if the public continues its clamor for fair prices. President Wilson evidently realizes that the throwing of a half dozen or more violent political issues into the food control bill will defeat its real aim. He wants the measure stripped down and passed at once. MORE DANGEROUS THAN SPIES 【84. Louis Post-Dispatch.】 RATHER BE "DRY" THAN PATRIOTIC Baltimore Star Criticizes Anti-Saloon League for Refusing to Aid Red Cross Anti-Saloon League superintendents and professional prohibition agitators generally suffer from a peculiar form of strabismus by which they see their cherished cause paramount over everything—supreme over the national welfare and supreme over the needs of the country at the present critical time. That is the conclusion one draws from the attitude of James A. White, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Ohio. Col. W. F. Galbrath, commanding the First Regiment, Ohio National Guard, had suggested that for the present a trace be established between the prohibition and liquor forces in that state in order to save the money which a prohibition campaign requires, for the Red Cross. This fall, we must note, the voters in Ohio will again be asked to pass judgment on a prohibition measure. Colonel Galbraith addressed identical letters to the Ohio Anti-Saloon League and to the Ohio Wine and Spirit Association, proposing that the contest this year be deferred. As each of these campaigns cost approximately $1,000,000, Colonel Galbraith says that it was a The Muskogee Cimeter. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY AUG. 18, 1917. He knows, and the treacherous politicians and food lobbyists know, that the country will not develop any strong enthusiasm for war while its people are being plundered through the machinations of a food band. He knows that the conscription of men can not be a very happy occasion while the families of men are left exposed to the attacks of a band of robber barons who aim to profit from 50 to 100 per cent on food deals. Rural Speculators. He knows that the arrest of men for verbally attacking the government cannot be a popular practise while the government imposes no punishment upon men who undermine patriotism by destroying the foundations of democracy. The food scandal has reached the point now where the public will not be satisfied merely with preventing robbery in future; the public wants to see just punishment meted out to the robbers of the present. We have said that the food situation is a scandal. And we say that Congress, by permitting delay in passage of the food control bill, perpetuates and fattens that scandal. Will Congress pass a fair food bill, or will it make the proposed food law an omnibus political bill dealing with everything from shingles to gin? The people have passed the point when they glory in the virtue of their patience.—Boston (Mass.) Journal. cles are raked against the food control and conservation which are essential to the United States and its allies. To have been fully effective the bill should have been passed before July 1, and the longer the delay continues the greater the problem with which the food administration must deal. Incidentally, the greater that problem the more profit various interests can extort from helpless consumers. Congress has not been honest in this legislation. It has not been honest even with the prohibitionists whom it has pretended to coddle, for they have been used to mask the operations of food speculators and extortionists who dared not fight the bill in the open. The enemies of the measure are still working under cover and with characteristic fatuousness the prohibitionists in Congress and out of Congress have been playing the game of as sordid a crew as ever plotted for its own pockets. This controversy can be straightened out very quickly if the Senate wishes to straighten it out. Unless the Senate disposes of this measure without further delay the American people may rest assured that there are influences at work in Washington which are far more dangerous to the United States in war than anything that has yet been done by German spies. great economic waste, and just at present, when the Red Cross is in need of every penny it can get, a wicked waste. Louis H. Gibson, president of the Ohio Wine and Spirit Association, immediately replied, accepting Colonel Galbraith's view and offering to contribute to once $250,000 for the Red Cross. Not so the superintendent of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League. Prohibition is first, last and all the time. American soldiers may die at the battle front, supplies may be lacking, hospitals manned and relief for the widows and children of these slain soldiers be wanting—prohibition is more vital than all these. Mr. White, of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, says that prohibition is an issue supreme over the war and could not step aside for any problem created by the war. In other words, prohibition is above patriotism and humanity. That is the peculiar form which certain prohibition fanatics take in the State of Ohio.—Baltimore Star A JULEP THOUGHT. [Arkansas Gazette.] It is not only A drowning man Who would be glad To clutch at a straw Nowadays. QUITE POSSIBLE. [Detroit Free Press.] King George of England is reported to have taken to eating dried herring for breakfast. This may explain why he is on the water wagon. But Who Gots Wealth? It may be possible to show that the increase consists in money saved that would otherwise have been spent for liquor, in greater production by those previously rendered inefficient through drink, and in reduced cost of living by increasing the supply of foodstuffs to the extent of grain and other commodities previously used in liquor manufacture. However it does not necessarily follow that those who thus save, or become more efficient, will be better off financially. Improvements and inventions have been introduced before this which have made for efficiency and economy. But they have invariably caused land values to rise at the same time, so that in the long run the landowner got most of the financial benefits. Has Mr. Randall any reason to believe that the same result will not follow from prohibition? And if the people must pay in increased rent, what they formerly paid liquor dealers, will it not be an added burden to them should new taxes be put on labor products to make up for liquor revenue? A TRIBUTE TO DISTILLERS "The Insurance Field" pays a very noteworthy tribute to the character of the men engaged in the distilling business in the United States. Under the caption of "Whisky Lines Up For Scrutiny," this valuable journal discusses the question of increased moral hazard to insurance companies carrying policies on stocks of whisky in bond and on the distilleries and bonded warehouses. From Chicago managerial offices the opinion is expressed that there is no disposition "to cancel off whisky and distillery lines." The opinion further states: "The vast bulk of distillery property is in the hands of high-grade men, and consequently there is little fear of any increase in the moral hazard, no matter what the government may do." Quoting from another agency source, the following is the belief expressed: "We have for a period of over forty years specialized on distillery insurance lines, and from an intimate acquaintance with distilleries, not only in Peoria, but elsewhere, we can say that there will not be found in any other line of business a higher class of men or with a higher standard of honor and integrity. 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CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE LOBBY Liquor Fight in Colorado Several Years Ago Drew Public Attention From Clash Between Rockefeller Intarests and Unions—Inquiry May Cover Alleged Boycotting In the New York World, under a Washington date line, appeared the following story of alleged corrupt practices of the Anti-Saloon League of America in conducting a brazen job by at the Capitol, and declaring engaged congressmen are going to demand an investigation of the league: The Anti-Saloon League of America, which has conducted a persistent lobby in the Capitol for years, will be investigated. Its leaders will be called to tell where they get their money and abo their methods of campaigning. 1. That it is not a sincere institution, but one owned and controlled by a few men who have high salaries and other advantages. Although working in the name of prohibition, it is declared to be opposed to straight-out prohibition. 2. That it is an agent of the Standard Oil Company in opposition to organized labor. 3. That it maintains a system for the purpose of influencing men and conditions in both church and state. 4. That it uses the housewives of the nation and children in starting boycotts of trade in order to swing influential business men to support The forcing to the front of the bone-dry' proposition at a time when the country demands action of important war measures has focused attention on the activities of the league's representatives in Washington. These men, known by every Congressman in Washington, are: The League's Representatives. The Rev. Dr. James Caeff, Jr., of Richmond, Va.; Art. Burton, of Waco, Tex.; Wayne W. Weller, Columbus, O., and the Rev. John C. Dinwildie, of Washington. These men form what is known as the "National Legislative Committee of the Anti-Saloon League of America." They are to be seen in the Markle Room of the Senate, on the very threshold of the chamber, consulting with Senators while bills are being considered. They threaten Congressmen, with backfire movements if the latter do not come to the scratch on all important anti-liquor matters. While other lobbyists dodge about the Capitol trying to keep their presence a secret except to a few, the anti-saloon worker goes into equally the Senator's private rooms or to public places to give him orders. The financial headquarters of the Anti-Saloon League is at Westerville, Ohio, where great printing presses run day and night to get out anti-saloon literature. The "American Issue" is the organ of the organization. It goes into every state with special items for each state. Branch In Every State. Every state in the Union has its branch of the league; and it requires, but a brief telegram from Dr. Cannon or the Rev. Mr. Dipwiddle to start a backfire campaign against any member of Congress. Wayne B. Wheeler has been identified with anti-saloon campaigns in Ohio for years. He has prosecuted more than 2,000 saloon cases. Members of the House of Representatives are planning to introduce a resolution to investigate the Anti-Saloon League in all its ramifications and particularly with regard to its lobby here. Incidentally the resolution will call for an investigation as well into the lobby representing the liquor interests. Roused By Lobbying. The wealth of members has been raised by what one of them today denominated as the "open and brazen lobbying down in front, at the very doors of the chamber of the House of Representatives." Last Saturday night, when the Horse voted on the amendments to the food bill, a well organized "surveillance system" was in operation, with agents of the Anti-Saloon League in the House galleries ready to take note on the voting of members, while other agents kept hot a path from the gallery to the front door of the House, where they called out members. It was by this method that the league forces, although they could not gain admittance to the floor, actually engineered the light that was staged there. The two men who were most frequently seen at the front door were Mr. Dinwildie and Mr. Wheeler. It was pointed out also that the real victories won for prohibition came on the "teller" vote rather than on the "division" vote. It was explained that a person in the galleries could more easily ascertain how members voted during the "teller" vote when they filled through the telllers, than when they stood on the floor. Its Large Operations. Members are preparing data showing the operations of the league not only in Washington, but in every state capital and in practically every Congressional district in the union. It is conceded to be the most thoroughly organized institution of its kind in the United States. Charges to be made against the Anti-Saloon League are: 1. That it is not a sincere institution, but one owned and controlled by a few men who have high searches and other advantages. Although working in the name of prohibition, it is declared to be opposed to straight-out prohibition. 2. That it is an agent of the Standard Oil Company in opposition to organized labor. 3. That it maintains a system for the purpose of influencing men and conditions in both church and state. 4. That it uses the housewives of the nation and children in starting boycotts of trade in order to swing influential business men to support the immediate proposition it has in hand to work out in the community, state or nation. 5. That it takes petitions to Legislators and Congressmen. 6. That it makes threats to force prospective legislative officials to "bind themselves by secret pledges" to support the measures it undertakes. Some of the men in its Washington lobby are said to draw nearly three times as much money as members of Congress. With a total income of $1,200,000, of which $800,000 is said to be guaranteed at the beginning of each year, the league has an unlimited source of supply. The Control of Votes The full effect of its operations is shown by the vote on prohibition in the House and by what is now taking place in the Senate. There was no busier place in Washington today than the national headquarters of the league in the Bliss Building, located within a stone's throw of the Capitol itself. Mr. Dinwiddie held a number of conferences with State Superintendents summoned here by telegraph. A statement making a "patriotic backdash" from its original position on the anti-iliquor rider in the food bill was said to be in course of preparation. Has Plenty of Money. Members of Congress point to the record of the league as an indication that its work has been done with small respect for the real principle of prohibition involved. It is asserted that from the beginning the organization created a mighty antipathy among prohibitionists, who were fighting for a principle. From the time of its creation in 1902 at Berlin, Ohio, with Dr. Howard as the first president, the charge is made that its operations have not been purely altruistic. It is declared that men have grown rich since they affiliated with it. The league also has received public money from Congress. A fund of $50,000 for the investigation of certain industrial conditions, abroad was granted to it, and Dr. Dinwildie was a powerful factor in the transaction. It was then that Dr. Baker is said to have realized the worth of Dr. Dinwildie, and as a result the latter was put in charge at Washington. The League and Labor. It was pointed out today that the league has always been active in state legislatures when labor questions were being agitated. This was noticeable when the prohibition fight in Colorado served to draw attention away from the controversy between the Rockefeller interests and the miners. In other states prohibition measures, it is declared, have crowded into the legislative "hopper" ahead of labor measures. Concerns that have fought organized labor have contributed to prohibition in the name of the Anti-Saloon League. One of the league's methods to secure support, it is charged, is through a plan of boycotting worked out through auxiliary organizations of women and children. Housewives by this scheme are organized to assemble from grocerymen in small towns if they will support the league, the influence being that trade will be lost if support is not given. The movement to pledge members of Congress to prohibition gained strength in the fight to secure the adoption of the Sheppard-Hobson amendment. A letter to this effect was sent members: "The people of (name of state) are very much interested in your stand on the prohibition amendment. We would like to know, whether, if nominated and elected, you will vote for the Sheppard-Hobson amendment. Should your answer be in the affirmative this will not be used to embarrass you either in your nomination or election, and if you desire it will be kept strictly confidential." ON THE SHELF PROBATION AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES no calculation enjinco esentamos com no bna bined ni yewm no exoce naw beumed bna contiellab ar obsequi sobilio lariapamum legamom mont estant bari beesanxia ni no nigo ar no leonso ol' noiestendulo on al " sonil viellitab bna yeww ont" soakse sentilent nominat mont al vihonga viellitab ol' ol'ud saw bna nem obengdil taohne ol' ol' ast artil ol' asent vihongapam bassal lamen eni assent vim to smanmsevog eni faww testam on objem vomage seismica mont genoud halod ent al galvotical ent vomage DEFEAT THE DRYS IN LOS ANGELES By Unanimous Vote Council Turns Down Prohibition Petition—Need the Money By a unanimous vote, the Public Welfare Committee of the Council yesterday turned its face against a "bone dry" Los Angeles. The petition of about 4,000 Prohibitionists requesting the Council to pass an emergency ordinance providing for the absolute elimination of liquor will be filed today, but it is believed that any future attempts to resurrect it will be futile. "Drya" Oppose Measure Councilmen Conwell and Cleaveland of the committee advanced strong arguments against the petition, notwithstanding both are in favor of prohibition. Mr. Criswell, the third member of the committee, made no remarks, but did not hesitate in voting with his colleagues. "There are four outstanding reasons why the Council should not act upon this question now," said President Conwell. "First of all, the largest and most responsible governing body in the United States has the matter in charge and no doubt will find a proper solution of the problem. Against Popular Sentiment. "Secondly, the people of Los Angeles voted overwhelmingly against prohibition eight month ago; thirdly, we are asked by $400 petitioners to vote the city dry and are implored by $3,000 others to keep our hands off, and fourth, those opposed to prohibition would demand a referendum election if we pass the ordinance, and it seems only just to everybody to let the people decide the matter among themselves." Mr. Cleaveland referred to the city's finances, pointing out the fact that the liquor industries are paying more than $600,000 annually into the city treasury, and stated that as no arrangements were made in the budget to take care of such a deficit, prohibition would be a staggering blow—Los Angeles Times. --- DRYS CHASE NEW IMP-NOW IT'S "DEMON WHITE BREAD" The eternal subject of prohibition soon will attract our attention and stir our fighting qualities once more. What new form the fight for prohibition will take is a matter of conjecture, but we think we can detect a cause in which the man who would control his neighbor's appetites can fight with a will. A lecturer remarks: "Everybody who makes white bread should be in the penitentiary." There you have it. No sooner is Demon Rum soaled up in his tomb than Demon White Bread becomes a target for the prohibitionist. All kinds of bread are good, we understand, except white bread. It is species of our daily bread is not the kind referred to in the Lord's prayer evidently. It is of the devil's bread it spreads disease and death. It causes indigestion and bad temper. THE FUNNY SIDE OF PROHIBITION They Need Something. [Cincinnati Times-Star] Perhaps some vodka would do those Russian soldiers on the Galician front a little good. Charleston News and Courier.] Of course, the way to whip Germans is to divide this country into two h95 file camps over the prohibition is sire. When Congress gets through wrangling about the prohibition of liquor, it might pass a law prohibiting the manufacturers from, putting more than twenty-five pins in a new shirt when they doll it up for the market. [C. T. Davies, In Annals of Gazzette] One good thing About this near-beer is That when some one Buys you a bottle of It is not necessary For you to buy Another round. THEN HAVE US SHOT. While Congress is at it, why not finish the job by tacking an amendment on to a war measure and abolishing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and making the week consist of seven Sundays.—"Luke McLuke," in Cincinnati Enquirer. MORE DANGEROUS and breaks up families. Its ravages are terrible and yet there are those who defend it and who would argue that personal liberty is being invaded by those who urge laws against it. But we know that those same more talked about personal liberty when it was a question of abolishing Democrat Rum. They defended the saloon and now they will defend the bakery that bakes white bread or the convenienceless housewife who shamelessly pronches the baker's counter handlected by a screen—and orderly bread for her toopen of a husband this even permits the children to mingle in the deadly concoction. Such ravages would defend the Chinese opium trade just as they defend the white bread slavers. Soon we shall see the police arresting white bread bootleggers trying to get home with a parked car to contraband staff under their covers. There will be white bread holes in the wall, white bread clubs to which degenerate men will resort in defiance of the law. Salt Lake Tribune has GETTING EVEN WITH CONGRESS. Washington, (Spokane) The Army and Navy Club has been leasing for members of Congress Chained at the lace which hibits the sale of alcoholic liquor to anybody wearing uniform of the United States the fashion club has got back at Congress by closing its bar altogether. "It's somewhat of a sacrifice," said a prominent club member, "but we decided that if members of the service could not drink in their own club there was no cascade under we should maintain a moon for the Senate and House. The framers of the "dry" law were taken off their feet and refused their morning duties on the way to the Capitol today. Olinnati Commercial Tribune reports TIGER HUNTING A posse of citizens of georgetown, Ind., headed by Charles Roy, town marshal, yesterday raided an alleged "blind tiger," seizing a quantity of whisky, beer and wine. Volley Quinn, who is alleged to have been operating the place, was arrested. Quinn was taken to New Albany, where he was arraigned before Magistrate Thomas E. Fogle and gave bond for his appearance for trial. The liquor seized was turned over to Charles W. Long, County Sheriff. Georgetown is a "dry" town, and the raid created much excitement. Men, women and children crowded the streets during the raid and theville Courier Journal. in every respect in M. K. and T. K. miles to give up on our country "GIVE THE PUBLIC THE VERY BEST SERVICE WE CAN." This is only one of many reasons why you should travel by the AIR TO so much ECRO AIR Midland Valley K. K. County, at 10 A. M., and will end on the 9th day of September, 1917. There will be exhibited some of the finest stock that can be grown in the United States by our people. There will be farm products of all kinds, there will be machinery, and in fact an exposition of every conceivable industry in which the Negro is engaged. There is no state in the Union, where the Negro owns as much real property, and good real property as he does in the state of Oklahoma. Some of the best Negro blood in the United States may be found in the state of Oklahoma, and we say unhesitatingly that there is no other state in the Union that can give an exhibition of the various industries in the way as can our people in the state of Oklahoma. At the same time the National Negro Baptist Association of the United States, will hold its annual session in the city of Muskogee. There will be from out the state and from all over the United States an aggregation of Negroes of not less that twenty thousand people. These people who come to Oklahoma and view this fair in which the Negroes of Oklahoma will display their wares will carry away with them the news of what our people are really doing. It means that other people of our race will 90 Haiti (H. K. Menggong) (1918-1988) born Haiti in Menggong minor came FRENCH IN DIRE PERIL IMQUOR WRAITH OF AVEVENLY AMTI-SALAOON LEAQUE MEMBERS Wiley, Prentice Might Be A online Lipsum, national guide for A sag evitum ginisim to obloq eid no estatimim reque sasigna the will no oat owl land lamb ginisim lafered sanenosigilobique the will no sanenovil bus sigil whatson ginis so to boba ginisim lafered no so eliqeq bloq eid penisess to eliq eid business and alifend no benefit so to asso alifend aqon business hoe ex segameved sasigna no F 9972 to j80qq() m a 00.8 m q 10.21 m q 07.8 m 05.7 A few of the leading members of our race got together in the city of Muskogee during the month of May, 1917, and formed an organization to be known as the Co-operative Negro Farmers and Industrial State Fair Association. This Fair Association aims to represent the progress, wealth and varied industris engaged in by the Negroes in the state of Oklahoma. These ideas and forms for the State Fair Association for our people were first given impetus in the demonstration held in Muskogee by the Negro Business League on the last visit of our distinguished citizen, Booker T. Washington, to the state of Oklahoma. That is the first date in the history of our lives that we realized what the Negro in a small section of our state was doing. This idea has been kept alive in our mind until it took different shape in the form of a Negro State Fair Association. In this Fair Association, which belongs exclusively to our people, we propose to show to the world what the Oklahoma Negro is capable of doing and to this end we have fixed the 4th day of September, 1917, for the beginning of this fair. The fair will be opened at the State Fair Ground in the city of Muskogee, in Muskogee hee the bestest b that is treated b that is used vithin that is unwaited.1 W. madal b song ead b bues out w ooo ooed wiw banks gnin add avies of oison typhus backasis bad around ot will some not to a salled be gossess so because anly to our people show to the wo job of lahoma Negro a art of sowing and tand to fixed the 4th de year 1917, for the 4th fair. The sisla alaxia galababba at the State F city of Muskok mosb bibon yahad ila iba mose avad yahad adi wol ol anolilah bovah adi ol tabbalalqa a basa blow adi ol nwob leg ol alasan Trian No 1 For Tales, and Woolfies, bespoke Trian No. 2 (delete) for Tales, Trian No. 3 For Tales and Woolfies, bespoke Trian No. 4 For Tales, and Woolfies, Trian No. 5 For Tales, and Woolfies, Three Light Templates, Childrens Materials and Three Templates are used. model. (1) global normal to straight visible diag but small alignment SEPT. 314 315 316 317 albiM be induced to come to good Oklahoma. It means that more money will be brought to the state of Oklahoma. The several Expositions that have been given by the different countries of the world were but Fairs on a larger scale, and they served to advertise the business to the world of the countries that gave these Expositions. What is true of the Worlds Fairs or Expositions is true also of the State Fairs. Our farmers get a chance to exchange ideas with their brother farmers, and get a chance to see what the other fellow is doing, and at the same time they show the other fellow what they are doing. The stockman gets a chance to exhibit his stock to the other stockmen, the mechanic his machinery, the poultryman his poultry, and the women folks their fine needle work. There will be premiums given for the best of every industry that is exhibited at this fair. Over $3,500.00 will be given away absolutely free in premiums. This will be the greatest fair ever exhibited by Negroes in the United States. The Fair Association has been organized and incorporated under the laws of the state of Oklahoma, with a capital stock of $25,000,00 in shares of $1.00 per share. Every Negro in the state ```markdown ``` Wanted 500-A gents At Once MUKOGEE 114. si and si, si and despoikM insa oA u uuuggU m uu uu of it bian bian van no dailef yooil ano yovev bian vieve oi and wow malloc obavd daid si and binofe GIRDAW T A AO 4-8,- Pisanoa, guaranteed to do work or money refunded. Will buy all worn out harness and leather any where in the state. Cash paid on delivery. of Oklahoma is invited to become a stockholder. Even if he purchases one share, the dividend from this immense undertaking will more than pay you for what you have invested. The men who are at the head of this fair are men of our own color and are men who stand among your people. J. Coody Johnson of Wewoka, Okla., is President of the Fair Association. There is probably no Negro in the state of Oklahoma, or elsewhere, who is more widely known than Colonel J. Coody Johnson, the lawyer, stockman and financier. He is the organizer and originator of the famous Black Panther, Oil & Gas Company, one of the richest corporations in the state of Oklahoma. Dr. R. H. Waterford of Muskogee, is Vice President. He is the leading physician in Oklahoma, a man of excellent habits and full of energy. T. J. Elliot of Muskogee is Treasurer of the Fair Association. Mr. Elliot is the Negro merchant prince of Oklahoma. He owns a number of stores, his principal store being in Muskogee, and is, without a doubt, the finest Negro Dry Goods, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing store in the United States. W. L. Twine, an attorney at law and a great race man, is Secretary of this company. Mr. 1917 CHAPTER 2. FUNCTIONS Muskogee, OKla. Twine has been in the state of Oklahoma since 1891. He livse in Muskogee and has a lucrative practice in his profession as lawyer. He owns several tracts of oil bearing land and is an all around good fellow. Mr. T. H. Traylor of Oklahoma City, is a member of the board of directors. Mr. Traylor is truly the biggest and best known Negro in Western Oklahoma, and owns some very valuable property, also several brick buildings and an elegant home in Oklahoma City, the capital of Oklahoma. Mr. O. W. Gurley is a leading Negro business man of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Gurley is reputed to be worth anywhere from $75,000 to $150,000. He is a successful business man and one of the boys that came up from the grass robs. Mr. John W. Simmons, retired merchant of Coweta, Oklahoma, who is now giving his individual attention to his vast real estate holdings and fine stock raising is another member of the board of directors. Mr. Simmons is a native born Creek Negro with very limited advantages, but has crept up step by step through the darkness and the maze of a business career while others were asleep. It can be truly said of him "that he was climbing upward through the night." MECRODEM HISTORY TEATRO MORTIEME 11.11.15 mico oggettamento mico yamol w of ovnd ow ind vihils oi al midt valboid animal owl to mullig a boon trov ow bon dallad valboid the boon ow owl ind vihls oi al hood owl al midt bag analog to shoal hood owl al midt bag analog to dolg hood owl al midt servel to shoal owl owl owl owl bon coomilated owl owl owl owl owl bon coomilated owl owl owl owl owl bon coomilated owl owl Any further information that you may desire about this Fair or the purchase of stock, we cheerfully refer you to Dr. R. H. Waterford First Vice President and General Manager, at 200 1-2 South 2nd St., Muskogee, Ola. Dublin asso Dublin' makes no look is the gentleman the legal end of association, and we say that there is no such men as these this Fair Associa-well ever go to the or lack of funds or management. et the date, Sept. M., city of Muskoka. Lasts until the Wanted 500-A gents At Once ```markdown ``` Dudly's Polish makes old harness look NEW Wanted at once 500 agents to sell Dudly's High Class Fair Leather Polish for Auto. Buggies. Pianos, guaranteed to do the work or money refunded. Will buy all worn out harness and leather any where in the state. Cash paid on delivery. Harness of all kinds made to order on short notice. Address. Saumel L. Dudly, 116 So. Main St. Muskogee. Okla. Dudley's Polish make old buggies look NEW 1 Dudly Polish makes old saddels look NEW Dudly's Polish makes old Autos look NEW 75c Bottle for 35c THE MUSKOGEE FURNITURE COMPANY Muskegee, Omaa., 2-15-17. To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that we have used a gallon of the famous Dudley Furniture Polish and are very anxious to say that we have used all hinds of polish and this is the best polish we have ever had the pleasure of using. It leaves the finest gloss on furniture and you can use same on all grades of furniture. Yours truly, JIM ADDINGTON Dealer in New and Second Hand Furniture. Thi sio to certify that this Polish is the Best we have ever used and if you try it you will be convinced. J. F. ADBINGTON. 297 Knight St. Providence, R. I. I have recently taken the agency for the sale of Dudley's Fair Polish and I can say that wherever it has been used it has given perfect satisfaction and the preparation does all it promises. LOUIS C. AVENDORPH. CRABTREE & RAYMOND. ?Iuskogee, Okla., 2-15-17. To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that we have used Dudley Furniture Polish in our furniture store and like it very much. and heartily recommend it to all housewives. CRABTREE & RAYMOND. 434 26th St., Denver, Col. I have the agency in this state for your Dudley Fair Leather Polish and I take pleasure in saying that it does everything it agrees to do, sells readily and an experiment with it makes a demand for it, always. L. H. DONIPHAN I am using Dudley's Auto Body Polish on my line of Moon Bro. Buggies, and every customer is well pleased with its working qualities D. J. DANIHY. Harness, Saddles and Buggies, South Muskogee, Okla., June 12, 1917. To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that I have tried Dudley's Auto Body Pelish and may say it is the best I have used. I recommend it to all housekeepers. COL. E. D. JEFFERSON. Muskogee, Okla., June 12, 1917. I am using Dudley's Auto Body Polish in my home, and my wife is well pleased with same. REV. A. R. NORMS. Muskogee, Okla., June 12, 1917. I am using Dudley's Auto and Body Polish on my car and find it to work fine in every way. Every one should use this high-grade Polish. DR. A. T. WARING. Muskogee, Oklahoma, June 12th, 1917. We have a large amount of Dudley's Auto Body Polish in our store, and find that every customer is well pleased with the high-class gloss it leaves on all grades of furniture. It should be in ever yhome. WARON TRADING CO. Muskogee, Okla., June 14, 1917. I have tried the famous Dudley's Auto Polish, and must say it does high-class work. I recommend it to every home. HON, W. H. TWINE, Lawyer. Service! In every respect the M. K. and T. Ry. tries to live up to this motto: "GIVE THE PUBLIC THE VERY BEST SERVICE WE CAN". This is only one of the many reasons why you should travel by the KATY to or from St. Louis Kansas City San Antonio Galveston Sedalia Oklahoma City Ft. Worth Dallas Parsons Junction City Houston Waco Hannibal Muskogee Shreveport Denison Gutnrio Tulsa Wichita Falls Austin 81 MKT DELANCY'S UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER Successor To Miller and Delaney We Can Serve You Far and Near We Can Save You Money 323 N. 2nd. St. Phone 1286 Muskogee, Ok T. Millers Money to Loan Midland Va Midland Valley R. R. NEW TIME CARD Train No. 1 For Tulsa, and Wich Train No. *7 (Motor) for Tulsa, Train No. 5 For Tulsa and Pawhuska Train No. 3 From Ft. Smith Train No. 2 From Tulsa and Wich Train No. 4 For Ft. Smith Train No. 2 For Ft. Smith Train No. 7 From Ft. Smith Train No. *8 From Tulsa (Motor) Train No. 6 From Pawhuska and *Daily except Sunda For further information. Phone PBX 4260 M Train No. 1 For Tulsa, and Wichita, depart ..... 8:00 a.m. Train No. *7 (Motor) for Tulsa, depart, ..... 12:01 p.m. Train No. 5 For Tulsa and Pawhuska, depart, ..... 5:10 p.m. Train No. 3 From Ft. Smith arrive, ..... 7:30 p.m. Train No. 2 From Tulsa and Wichita, arrive, ..... 6:15 p.m. Train No. 4 For Ft. Smith depart, ..... 7:45 a.m. Train No. 2 For Ft. Smith depart, ..... 6:20 p.m. Train No. 7 From Ft. Smith arrive, ..... 11:45 a.m. Train No. *8 From Tulsa (Motor) arrive, ..... 9:45 p.m. Train No. 6 From Pawhuska and Tulsa, arrive, ..... 10:40 a.m. For further information. Phone PBX 4260 Muskogee, Oklahoma. 109 Morning Glory T. Holdenville. Lillie Wilkerson, W. S. Frue Light L. S2, McAlester. Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. St. Mathew L. 3, Porter, Okla. Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday nights of each month. Sunshine T., 61, Oktaha. Meets 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. Mrs. C. S. Alexander, W. P. Birda Johnson, W. S. St. Thomas Lodge No. 67, Oktaha. Meets 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. Alex Robinson, W. M. Lennie Robinson, W. S. Light of Boley L., 56, Boley. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday nights of each month. W. H. Tatum, W. M. Ed Robinson, W. S. St. Lawrence Lodge, Stringtown Meets 1st Monday nights of each month. E. Neal, W. M. Dr. A. J. Whitby, W. S. True Light Temple, Chickasha Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. Mrs. R. A. Bass, W. P. Mrs. Minnie Dixon, W. S. 815 S. 2nd St. Clayton Lodge, Boley Meets 2nd and 4th Friday nights of each month. J. S. Lockhart, W. M. L. D. Bright, W. S. Route 4, Box 2. Golden Eagle Lodge, Claremore Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday nights of each month. Ell Eastman, W. M. A. W. Robinson, W. S. Queen Eather Temple, Coweta Meets 2nd dand 4th Tuesdays of each month. Silver Leaf T., 39, Eufaula. Meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. Mrs. S. P. Abrams, W. S. Mrs. Annie Smith, W. P. 212 N. 2nd Excelsior T. No. 107 Wilburton. Meets 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. Crystal White L. No. 38, Alsuma. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. Maboll L. No. 49, Mabell. Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights of each month. Chesokee L. No. 48, Roland. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday nights of each month. St. Lawrence T. No. 68, Atoka. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Mrs. Geneva Crunk, W. P. Mrs. C. B. Chambers, W. S. 11 Bright Prospects, Spiro. Meets at Masonic Hall 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. Mrs. Frances Jennings, W.P. Jennie Holenshead, W. S. 99 Fall City, N. Muskogee. Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights of each month. 14 Penly ate Gate L., Porter. For stationery only. J. D. Whaley, W. S. 80 Virdegris, Wybark. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. Calvin Jones, W. M. S. A. Watson, W. S. 97 Union Grove T., Wybark. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. W. C. Perryman W. P. Alberta Smith, W. S. Estell T., No. 105, Muldenville. Meets 1st and 4th Thursdays of each month. Mrs. Tamar Olden, W. P. Mrs. Amie Taylor, W. S. Mrs. Della Parker, W. P. Mrs. Fannie Cherry, W. S. J. A. Fonvill, W. M. J. W. Williams, W. S. INCUR WRATH OF HEAVENLY ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE MEMBERS SAMMIES GET WINE If "Drys" Had Their Way, President Poincare Might Be Arrested for Presenting Liquor, and General Pershing for Accepting It On the point of taking active part in the war against super-militarism, General Pershing finds himself face to face with super-righteousness. Being naturally light and frivolous, and never having heard of a bone-dry State or statute, the good people of France on Bastile Day presented the American troops with cases of wives. In France these beverages are used about no doubt and immediately as water in houses. There is a law of Congress, however, which makes it a crime to give or sell spirits, wine or bear to an American soldier in uniform, and there you are. First and foremost are the laws of the United States operative in France? If General Pershing distributes the drinkables, can he be indicted by the Grand Jury, and, whatever he does with them, can the people of France, who have grievously violated an act of Congress, be run in by the first copper to sweat out a warrant? Ain't It Aw-fu! Having no precedents to guide us, we shall not undertake to hand down a decision in this case, preferring to lot General Pershing wrestle with the weighty problems involved and take the full responsibility. But we think the prohibition lobby is in duty bound to start for France at once, and, if the Anti-Saloon League can forego the pleasure of holding up war measures at Washington for a few weeks, it also should go to the front with its entire equipment of men and money. The issue is urgent, for that wine is likely to be disposed of in one way or another or very seen, law or no law—New York World. Concerning this incident, The Cincinnati Bulletin says: In proper order and with the utmost decorum in the way in which the American soldiers in France are described in the official dispatches as having imbibed at their meals the French Government's gift of a half pint of champagne and a liter of ordinary red wine. No doubt this deceptive language, which appeared in the official gazette, was used to prevent the instant dispatch of Hon. William Sunday to France to supersede General Pershing who, to prevent offense to the French Government, which supplies wine to its soldiers as a part of their regular ration, weakly permitted his soldiers to approach the very brink of damnation. Such Goin's On! In this country, had President Poise care offered to do this holious thing he would have instantly been soiled and committed to Ft. Leavenworth for several years at hard labor. With him, no doubt, have gone the miscreant at Bordaux, who served these same soldiers with black coffee—eat noir—containing cognac brandy. It is incredible to receive the report that after this debauchery none of these ruined soldiers had attacked the civilian population, set fire to churches and orphan asylums or ran amused slaying all within reach of bullet or bayenet. We are told in the censed call dispatch that there was instead a oorum and, perfect order. No doubt this is merely a device to deceive the watchful Pressians. Alas, it is to be feared that our army in France are occupy padded cells in some inebriated hospital, poor doddering skeletons with misled minds and slaving jaws As Hon. Mr. Sunday would describe them they have each and all beco "hog-jawed hellions so low that a would need a stepladder in the Tombless Pit to get down to them." FAIR OFFER THIS Westheimer Presents Inducement To Find Buyer for Distillery. In view of the claims made in the Anti-Saleon League that distillery plants in dry territory can profitably converted into manufac- turing plants for other lines, Mr. Mirle F. Westheimer, President of the Susquehanna Distilling Company, ye- terday made the following offer: "If Congress prohibits the man- facture of whisky, as is now templated, we will sell our plant 50 cents on the dollar of its praline value, not including g will as is exact. This offer is ma- n in good faith and we will pay per sent commission to any finding a buyer for us on the terms—Cincinnati Enquirer.