Tulsa Star

THE TULSA STAR EDITOR CHARGED WITH LIBEL! Freeman L. Martin Makes Another Effort to Put The Star Out of Biz. Martin Then Gets Permission and Files at Criminal Charge himself against the Editor of the Tuisa Star. Editor Is arrested but Is Imediately Surrounded by Friends Who Quickly Furnish bond and Legal Talent. Another blow has been aimed at the editor of the Tulsa Star by Freeman L. Martin, of this city, and as a result the editor was arrested Thursday and taken into court on a charge of criminal libel, field by Martin. The hopes of our prosecutor was to land the editor in jail and thus stop the circulation of the Star, because of an article which appeared in the paper last week publishing a few facts about him. But our friends, the better element of the colored citizens of Tulsa, manifested a spirit of loyalty and speedily made bond, that the Star might continue its fight for decency, honesty and against corruption of every kind. So the editor is still on the job and will proceed to convince the public that all we have said about Martin, and more, is true. The information filed by Martin alleges that the article in the Star of last week exposed him to public hatred, contempt, ridicule or obliquy and injured his business." If The Star has exposed Martin to all of this, Martin himself has made it possible. There could be no exposure without something to expose, and in telling the public of the actions of Martin in his untowards conspiracy against us we maintain that we were within our rights, and justified in the premises. We have not libeled him because every word in the article is true, and will be proven in open court. Both his actions and his words stands out in bold letters against him, and before this case is over the public will know all. The editor of this paper has never been guilty of libeling any one. We have never falsely or maliciously accused any one. We have never entered into a conspiracy of any kind against any one—not even our enemies—and we will never be guilty of any of these mean things. The better element of the citizens of Tulsa know the real source of our persecution and prosecution. The Star stands for certain manly principles and we are opposed to any one who opposes these principles, hence our opposition to Freeman L. Martin. Martin went to the County Attorney's office Tuesday with his charges, but the County Attorney after reading the article it is said, refused to prosecute the editor because he did not think the article justified the charges. Martin thereupon asked for permission to draw up the information, filed the same himself and will prosecute the case in court. The editor was arrested at an early hour Thursday morning, and willingly went to the sheriff's office. Before he left the sheriff's office to go to the Superior court room a number of loyal friends, headed by some of the true leaders of this city, had gathered and SUCCESSOR TO THE MUSKOGEE STAR TULSA, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 1913 with Lawyer Guess as our attorney the editor was arraigned and bond fixed and signed and in a few minutes surrounded by these true friends the editor left the court room and returned to the editorial sanctum to continue in hisight against lawlessness, vice and corruption of all kinds. The curtains are drawn and the light will be turned on in full blast. We will not resort to anything unmanly and untrue. Ever Martin is entitled to a square deal, and will get it from us. Martin started this controversy when he entered into a conspiracy against us, and when he deliberately took from us that which belonged to us and lied about it. And now, because we dared to expose his acts he hauls us into court to answer to his unjust charges of criminal libel. That the public may not forget, we reprint the article below for which we stand accused of criminal libel. Read it. Every word of it is true: Two weeks ago it was announced in the editorial columns of this paper that another conspiracy against the editor was about to be unearthed and we served notice that the fireworks would be pulled off when all details were in. This conspiracy was lower, baser, meaner and more cowardly even than the rumored conspiracy a few weeks ago to do personal violence to the editor. It was planned and eaten into primarily by two men, one a sorehead ingrate who had been discharged as manager of this paper and the other an inscrumpulous pedant, who had no other reason to seek and encourage the downfall of the Star and its editor than the general principles peculiar to his character. The former was W. H. Carter and the latter Freeman. Martin. Carter has circulated many evil and malicious falsehoods against the editor of this paper and tried in every manner he could to do all the harm possible, revenge. He was joined in his mase undertaking by Freeman L. Martin, a local lawyer, whose name, even his picture, has often appeared in the columns of this paper boosting him at the expense of the editor. Together these two represent went to Savulpa two weeks ago for the express purpose of inducing Dr. Humjurey and Mr. Hutton to borrow money from the endowment department of the K. and L. of H. to buy the Star printing plant, circulating the false report that the Star had gone out of business and that they would buy it out. Their plan in this case, however, did not carry and they returned to Tulsa sadder but wiser phools. There is no class of new verse then or innate and this M. H. Carter has proved himself to be, "The editor of The Star has in his possession letters from Carter while he was in Sedalia begging for a job and asking for money to come to Tulsa on. His request was granted and he came 'call to the bad.' Soon after his connection with The Star he began "conspiring and consigning" against the editor, his emer 'yer and bene factor, which restated in his dis- missal. After 'ais he went about town circulating false reports re- flecting the editor. But the pub- lus was found him out and will consign him to the same fate that alawts all of his kind somewhere along the wayside. Martin's connection with the conspiracy was for personal gain and notoriety, but his hopes in this case, like his erstwhile Haytian ambassadorship dream, went glimmering. The curtains are now drawn and Martin, the great leader, the race man, will be revealed to the public in his true colors. It is with much regret that we are thus drawn into this fight, but every man has a moral right to fight in self-defense and since our enemies have placed us in a false light it is our purpose to defend ourselves by showing our enemies in their true light that the public may know the full truth. We are loath to say that Lawyer Martin, in our opinion, is a disgrace to the profession he follows because he is not an honorable man; a menace to the community for the same reason, and a traitor to his race. He pretends to be a race man but his actions belie his words. About two weeks ago $20.00 worth of printing was sent out from Sapulpa by Martin to the Tulsa Star. It was fraternal work for a secret order of which the Star is the official organ and supposed to do all the printing of said order in this State. Martin is a prominent figure in the ranks of this order and had he been half the MAN that he pretended to be and swore he would be to become a member of the order he would ahve delivered the work to the Tulsa Star. Even had not the editor belonged to the same order and his paper not the official organ, he would have delivered the work to us had he been true to manly principles. But instead he took the work to a white printing office where not even a co-lored janitor is employed after telling the editor that he had it and would deliver it to him. The editor called at his office for it and he mistated facts by representing that he had returned the copy to Sapulpa when he knew full well it was at that time in another shop here in town. We leave it to the public whether this was the action of an honorable race man. There is no excuse that he can offer which will excuse his actions in this unjust and malicious conspiracy. We are not publishing this because we feel "sore" because we did not get what was justly ours, but because we want the public to know why Martin and Carter are circulating false reports about the Star. If either Martin or Carter desire to reply to this article the columns of this paper are open to them. This now is the calibre of the men who are trying to discredit and retard the progress of The Star. We submit our case to the public in the merits alone and we are willing to abide by the verdict. JACK JOHNSON A FRENCHMAN Pugilist Files Petition for Citizenship Papers in Paris. Paris, Aug. 20.—Jack Johnson wants to become a real Frenchman. Through his counselors the champion heavy-weight pugilist today filed declaration of his intentions to become a French subject. Obnoxious House to Go The house at 216 East Archer is doomed to go. The assurance comes from the Chief of Pohee who has taken an active part in trying to improve public morals in this city. The Star will now go into truce pending renovation of this house, which is a white sporting house in a respectable colored community, surrounded by little children who are contaminated and debauched by evil examples. The Star is asking that this house be riddled of white prostitutes the same as it was black ones, and it will be done, because Chief Yoder is a man of his word. Dry Farming Congress Notes Colored Building for Exhibits at The executive committee of Colored Dry Farming Association met in this city Tuesday and completed arrangements with the local Board of Control for the building and grounds to be set aside for the exclusive use of colored people who plan to put on exhibits at the International Dry Farming Congress, which meets in this city in October. A plot of ground 100x100 feet just inside the main entrance was given the committee on which a building 60x60 feet will be erected at once, and new interest will now be boosted up among the colored farmers in order that they may make a credible showing. The executive committee consists of Inman E. Page, president of the association, H. A. Guess, J. P. Stradford, W. L. McKee and S. L. James. Mr. Guess is chairman of the committee on concessions. A mass meeting will be called in this city for the purpose of creating a lively interest in the coming event and at least 1,000 circular letters will be mailed out to farmers in this state by the executive committee. Every farmer in the state should take a personal interest in this great congress, international in its scope, and profit all he can while it is here. The colored farmers will doubtless acquit themselves with credit. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR LIBEL! Colored Man Has Been Named President Wilson Nominates a Prominent Indiana Physcian for U. S. Minister to Liberia The name of Dr. Geo. W. Buckner, a colored man of Eansville, Ind., was sent to the Senate by President Wilson last week to be confirmed as the new ambassador to Liberia, the colored republic on the south coast of Africa. Dr. Buckner, was recommended for the position by Secretary of State William J. Bryan, and his confirmation is already conceded. NATIONAL PETITION AGAINST JIM CROW And Color Segregation by the Federal Government. Read, citizens, sign your names and address and mail to the editor this paper. Get several names. Petition. States, Hon. Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D.C. all Sir: This is to certify that we the undersigned, are surprised and indignant that under your administration there should be any rules made by members of your cabinet to segregate employees of the national government by race or color. We portest against this as a plain insult, public degradation, and insufferable injury to Colored Americans, the establishment of caste in this free republic. We petition you to reverse, prevent, and forbid any such movement by your bureau chiefs, in accord with your promise of fair, friendly, just and Christian treatment of your fellow citizens. Name Address Name Address Name Address Boy Scouts Addressed by U. S. Army Man A few months ago the Star took up the question of organizing a company of Colored Boy Scouts, and agitated it continually. Some said it could not be done, but Tulsa has lived to see a real company of colored Boy Scouts organized and in active service, under the leadership of Captain Taylor. Last Tuesday night N. Armstrong of the U. S. army addressed the boy scouts at the A. M. E. church, and a new interest has been aroused. Boys who join the company will be given free the carpenters or blacksmith trade. High School Soon Be Reaay WANTED INFORMATION REGARDING Farm or Business for sale. Not particular about location. Wish to hear from owner only who will sell direct to buyer. Give price, description and state when possession can be had. Address: S. DARBYSHIRE, Box 8000, Bristol, N. T. The contract for the erection of the new high school building for colored people in the East end has been let and the work on the new structure will be in full blast in a few days. The building will add much to the appearance of this end of town and besides will relieve the congested conditions of the schools. REDUCED RATES ON ALL RAILROADS OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION SEPT.23 OCT.4 BETTER BABIES CONTENT ENCAMPMENT OF U.S. SOLDIERS MATIELLO AND HIS BAND-FAMOUS GRAND OPERA SINGERS FIFTY COUNTY EXHIBITS GREAT PATTerson SHOWS - SHAW'S ANIMAL CIRCUS THE THREE BUTTONS ALEXANDER THE GREAT PRIZE WINNING CATTLE OKLAHOMA CITY WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS HORSES GREATEST LIVE STOCK SHOW IN THE SOUTHWEST HIGH CLASS HARNESS & RUNNING RACES DAILY HORSE SHOW-SEPT.29-OCT.3 Pit Silo Costs Little In Money or Labor El Reno.—That within a few years a silo will be as common a sight on Oklahoma quarter sections as barns now are, is indicated by the serious consideration farmers are giving to the proper construction of the silo and the eagerness with which they are seeking information concerning the proper packing of silos and the method of feeding silage. To those farmers who are unable to construct a silo above ground, the pit silo can be dug and made to produce the same quality of silage as the most expensive. The chief difference between the silo built beneath the surface and the one towering thirty feet above lies in the accessibility of the latter when feeding time comes. This is the information given out by the lecturers on the Rock Island silo train. Experience has shown that depth is one of the chief requisites of a silo, in order to obtain gravity pressure. The doors in the side of a silo built above ground from which the silage can be removed for feeding purposes are practically the only advantage possessed over those built beneath the surface. The object in constructing a silo round in shape is two-fold; first if it is above ground no unequal pressure will cause the walls to spread, and second, it gives to the silo a round shape which enables the silage to settle evenly, precluding the possibility of air pockets. At Very Little Cost For the tenant or farmer of moderate means who desires to have on his farm a silo in which to store winter feed for livestock, an excellent underground or pit silo can be constructed with the outlay of but a few dollars. The pit silos that are being used vary in diameter from eight to sixteen feet, and from twenty to thirty-six feet in depth. Silage usually is fed to cows and beef cattle at the rate of from thirty to forty pounds per day, therefore a cow or steer in 200 days would require from three to four tons of silage. A silo with a depth of twenty feet and a diameter of eight feet would contain approximately eighteen tons of silage, which would feed through the winter at least five head of livestock. The ground in which the silo is to be dug should first be given a smooth surface, to facilitate the walls being Extreme of Adoration. The admiration entertained by a Trenton boy for his uncle includes all the latter's attributions and even possessions which the uncle himself is not wont to deem destruable. "Uncle," said the lad one day after he had been studying his uncle in laughing conversation with his father. "I don't care much for plain teeth like mine, I wish I had some copper-toed ones like yours." "Getaway" in Gotham A New York newspaper has received a number of letters on the best method of accomplishing a graceful "getaway" when making a call. Oen correspondent says he manages it by exclaiming suddenly: "Oh, can the prifile; I guess I gotta be goin'." Heavy Penalty for Carelessness A fine of $5,000 for losing a lock of hair belonging to the German poet, Goethe, was imposed on a St. Petersburg, Russia, lawyer recently. The lock had been pawned with the lawyer for $102 by its joint owners, the sisters Bochme, of Welmer, Germany, Goethe's birthplace. ..... kept perpendicular. The ground should be firm. For a person desiring to construct a pit silo eight feet in diameter, a perfect circle can be marked off by driving a stake in the center of the ground to be occupied by the silo. To the top of this stake affix a board fully four feet in length. At the far end of the board, one large nail should be driven, projecting through the board, and then six inches closer to the central stake a second nail should be driven. By revolving the stake two circles will be described on the smooth surface of the ground. Small Trench for Concrete The space between the two circles should be dug out to a depth of at least eighteen inches. This branch, six inches wide and eighteen inches deep should be filled with concrete. If sand and cement is used to fill the trench, the mixture should be in the proportion of one part cement to four parts of sand. If the sand contains coarse gravel, one part of cement and five parts of sand should be used. This concrete curb should extend above the ground a foot or two, to protect the silo from wash water. When the concrete has settled for twenty-four hours, excavation of the inside of the pit can safely be commenced. The diameter of the pit, including the coating of cement, should be even at every point with the inside of the curb, to permit an even settling of the silage. After the pit has been dug to a depth of five feet the walls should be carefully trimmed and given a coating of cement. This coating should be from three-fourths to one inch in thickness. The advantage of coating the walls with cement is to make the pit airtight and to prevent moles and rats burrowing into the pit. By coating the walls of the pit as it is dug, no scaffolding will be necessary. The dirt from the pit, when it has been dug to a depth which precludes the use of a shovel, can be removed by the use of an ordinary block and tackle and bucket attached to a derrick. A cement flooring is not an absolute necessity, but the pit probably will be more nearly airtight if one is laid. The cement flooring will in addition to excluding the air, serve to keep out seep water from the bottom of the pit. Way to Rest. Lying flat on the floor is a good way to rest and relax, but a much better way is to lie flat on the floor with legs up to the knees resting on a chair. This changes the entire circulation and is the very quickest way to rest. To rest the eyes and make them bright, while lying down have them bandaged with a soft black silk handkerchief. Keeping Tab on the Hen. In the effort to secure an accurate record of the hen's egg achievements, an aluminium crayon-holder has been invented by which the chicken makes her mark as she leaves the nest. The crayon is mounted on the foot and the color of the crayon indicates the particular bird. He Listens to All. Fontenelle listened to everything and he offended no one by disputing anything. At the close of his life he was asked the secret of his success, and he replied that it was by observing two maxims. "Everybody may be right" and "Everything may be so." TULSA. OKLA., STAR PROFITABLE AS EGG LAYER Brown Leghorn Hen, Six Years Old, Stops Laying Just Long Enough to Hatch Out Brood. As to the age limit of profitable egg production there are many exceptions to this rule. Some hens are never profitable egg producers, while others may be profitable for years. I have a three-fourths grade Brown Leghorn that is nearly six years old and she has not stopped laying since early last spring long enough to hatch a brood of chickens, says a writer in an exchange. She got broody last April and was given eggs, but she sat but a few days until she quilt her nest and was laying again in a short time. She has been almost a continual layer up to this date, and is still laying. Much of the time she laid an egg every day. The regular profit of $1 per fowl seems to satisfy the average poultry-man. This is wrong, for no one should be satisfied in any line of work. Rose Comb Brown Leghorn. but constantly striving for better results and larger profits. Two and three dollars per fowl is a possible profit and is being attained by some men in the poultry business today. The secret does not lie in the fowl or the variety, but in the human brain. Let us all study more carefully the rules and principles that govern poultry culture. Let us strive to increase the profit in our flocks, and thus each year set up a new standard for the succeeding year. By thought, perseverance and persistence great things can be accomplished with poultry. INJURIOUS HABITS OF HENS Pulling and Eating of Each Other's Feathers May Be Cured by Allowing Them Free Range. Sometimes a flock of hens acquire the habit of pulling and eating each other's feathers. In some cases they are so bad that the flesh of the fowls become torn and sore, and the whole flock is nearly naked. When they first show the signs of this vice measures should promptly be taken to cure them. The trouble is caused by too closely confining the fowls and allowing them to be idle. Where possible they should be turned on the range where the fascination of chasing bugs and eating the green stuff will make them forget the bad habit. When they cannot be turned out they should be made to scratch for their grain in deep litter. Bundles of wheat or oats, or sunflower heads may be hung up just high enough that they will have to work to get the seeds. Give them some turnips or mangle beets or cabbage heads to work at—anything to keep them in exercise and busy. Feed them plerery of green food, meat, meal, beef scraps and green cut bone. Rub carbolated vaseline on the plucked fowls where the feathers have been pulled out. POULTRY NOTES Cleanliness is more important than medicine for poultry. Plenty of buttermilk and clabber saves buying meat scraps. Sanitation is the great chick remedy. In other words, prevention. Patient attention to the little things is what makes success with routrax is what makes success with poultry. Cull all your young chickens, keeping those nearest to the standard of perfection. Late hatched chickens need as much care as early ones; don't think they can rustle a living. The goose is a grazing bird, while the duck thrives with a limited amount of green food. For table it pays to hatch chicks from February to November, but the number should be limited. If duck eggs are set under the hens from this time on, it will be best to make the nest on the ground. Economy Drug Store Dealers in Fresh Drugs, Toilet Articles, Perfumes, and Other Sundries. Cold Drinks and Ice Cream a Specialty. DR. A. F. BRYANT, Prop. 108 N. GREENWOOD ST. 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The harder you fall the Be proud of your blue It is not the fact that you But how did you fight Published Every Friday at 501 North Greenwood Street Elected as appointed clerk matter April 1, 1862, at the Point Office at Tuson Oklahoma, under the Act of March 2, 1879. The star is still twinkling Have you sighed the position? Put it in the Star want colon. Will you kindly mail your eldest? What has become of the Chancellor? There are those who would re-why? We are still doing job work for our satisfied patrons. Who remembers the mass meeting a colored library? Has it been common people are with us. We will therefore succeed. Letters are coming from far and wide just a little flattered by every one. We don’t believe in waging war to. But when we start we go, we always fight for a good cause. Now, Uncle Sam will undertake a list of our enemies with the reference. This enables us to deal with men who wantonly oppose us. We realize that we are not yet energy fighting corruption—like in Tulsa, but we also realize that we ask no quarter from the deal. Don’t fail to sign the petition just the insult of Jim Crowism on the front page. Do your duty, sign it. Then cut out the petition, Okla. The Chamber of Commerce sets out the effort on the part of the effort after two years of inaction at Martin. The colored people have faced in this man and in this case fled. Is rumored that Martin and O’Neill future for the avowed business. The Star welcomes the antagonizing us. We would energy fighting corruption—so. Now that Patrolman Dillard likely arises: “Who will be the next one?” It is necessary to have two good people of East End and we wonder will do his best to get a people of this community. Whoever, he is, he should have cities of a gentleman, a full set of paths and deference for He should be fearless in the favoriteite. Any police office, community and to the department. DODAY. Corner Archer a Put it in the Star want column for quick results. Will you kindly mail your check to us for one year's subscription? What has become of the Chamber of Commerce? Has it died so soon? There are those who would rejoice at the downfall of The Star, but why? We are still doing job work and a much better grade at that. Ask our satisfied patrons. Who remembers the mass meeting called for the purpose of establishing a colored library? Has the committee reported? The common people are with us. That means the masses are with us. We will therefore succeed in spite of our enemies. Letters are coming from far and wide commending the Star, and feel just a little flattered by some of them. But we welcome them, every one. We donot believe in waging war against any man until we are forced to. But when we start we go the limit. Another thing, if you notice, we always fight for a good cause and our fights are therefore rightious. Now, Uncle Sam will undertake to restore peace in Mexico in the name of a friend. Why not in the name of God and common justice establish peace for colored Americans at home? "Charity begins at home." Filed away among the records in our sanctum sanctorum we have a list of our enemies with their public records which we keep for reference. This enables us to show the public, if need be, the class of men who wantonly oppose and villify us. We realize that we are not very popular with a certain class of their energy fighting corruption—if they can make up their minds people in Tulsa, but we also realize that every good cause has its enemies. We ask no quarter from our enemies. We ask only for a square deal. Don't fail to sign the petition to President Wilson protesting against the insult of Jim Crowism in the White House which appears on the front page. Do your duty. Sign it yourself and get others to sign it. Then cut out the petition and mail it to the Tulsa Star, Tulsa, Okla. The Chamber of Commerce seems to be a thing of the past in spite of the efforts on the part of Mr. Wells to revive the organization, after two years of inaction under the leadership of Freeman L. Martin. The colored people have demonstrated their lack of confidence in this man and in this case at least their judgment has been justified. It is rumored that Martin and Carter will launch a newspaper in the near future for the avowed purpose of putting the Star out of business. The Star welcomes the advent of another weekly even if it comes antagonizing us. We would suggest however, that they spend their energy fighting corruption—if they can make up their minds to do so. Now that Patrolman Dillard has been removed the question naturally arises: "Who will be the next patrolman appointed to fill his place?" It is necessary to have two good men to insure proper protection for the people of East End and we feel confident that the police commissioner will do his best to get a man favorable to the better class of people of this community. Whoever, he is, he should have all the courage and other good qualities of a gentleman, a full sense of duty, with a high regard for his oath of stewardship and deference for his superior officers. He should be fearless in the performance of his duty and blind to favoritism. Any police officer should be a material help to the community and to the department. This is all the recent people ask ..... THE TULSA STAR Printing and Publishing CO. very Friday at 501 North Greenwood bounded clause matter. April 11, 1912, as the Pro- thesis Act of March 8, 1912. ACBSCRIPTION MATER harder you fall the higher you boomer groud of your blacken eye; it the fact that you are whipped that how did you fight, and why? It is not the fact that you are whipped that counts, but how died you right, and why? the star want column for quick result indly mail your check to us for one North Greenwood Street. in L. 1931, at the Post Office at Tulsa EDITOR AND PUBLISHER higher you bounce, on eye; he whipped that counts, and why? for quick results. back to us for one year's subscript of Commerce? Has it died ce at the downfall of The Star. and a much better grade at that. ing called for the purpose of es- the committee reported? That means the masses are in spite of our enemies. wide commending the Star, and some of them. But we welcome or against any man until we are the limit. Another thing, if you lose and our fights are therefore to restore peace in Mexico in name of God and common just Americans at home? "Charity to in our sanctum sanctorum we public records which we keep now the public, if need be, ther villify us. popular with a certain class of they can make up their minds that every good cause has its en- er enemies. We ask only for a to President Wilson protesting the White House which appears Sign it yourself and get others and mail it to the Tulsa Star, as to be a thing of the past in ear. Wells to revive the organizer der the leadership of Freeman demonstrated their lack of con- t least their judgment has been arter will launch a newspaper in pose of putting the Star out of ment of another weekly even if it suggest however, that they spend they can make up their minds been removed the question nat- patrolman appointed to fill his men to insure proper protection el confident that the police com- favorable to the better class all the courage and other good of duty, with a high regard for superior officers. performance of his duty and blind should be a material help to the This is all the decent people ask --- TULSA OKLA STAR Local News in and in and Around Town. Local News in and Around Town. --- Let Us Print The Next Job For You We'll It Now Rev Jones will spend a few days in Napoli conducting a revival meeting Young People Literacy Society will meet at First Baptist church Thursday night to render an interesting program the Public is invited Deputy Sheriff Barney Cleaver made a raid in a gambling den in the Gutney addition Monday night and arrested H. Diekerson Wm. Daniel James Weaver. A naturalized Mrs. Minnie Spive left the city Wednesday for her home in Houston Texas Miss I. A. Hutchin of this city left for Chicago a few days to visit her cousin and friends The public is hereby notified that W. H. Carter, former manager of the Star, is no longer employed by the Tulsa Star Printing Company in any capacity whatever. The editor will assume all responsibility for subscriptions to the paper and contracts for job work given prior to August 9th, 1912. Editor and Manager. The National Baptist Conversion convenes at Nashville Tenn Sept 17. All parties will please give their names to Rev. J. F. Keish or Rev F. K. Whit by the 1st Sunday in September The public sore and nuisance at 210 E. Archer is still running wide open, in full view of the passing public and in contemptuous disregard for all decency, either in open defiance of the law or in spite of it. The house in question is on the principal thoroughtfare for the citizens of the East End, and is inhabited by a reckless class of white prostitutes who may be plainly seen by the passerby, prancing about the house in kneedresses or sitting on the laps of their drunken and dissipated consorts in a manner highly disgusting and shocking to respectable people who must pass along this way. A month or two ago all the houses in this vicinity were occupied by colored people of the same class, and because of the rotten conditions caused thereby the Star began a successful campaign against them, and all of the houses were cleaned out and most of the inmates forced to leave town. Subsequently the houses, except 210 E. Archer, were exposed to respectable colored people, most of whom have children, and one door west of the house question living or quiet, respectable family with several little children, all of whom are entitled to and ought to have ample protection from the evil examples of the underworld. These families moved into these houses because the officers had announced that these princes of vice and shame would not be permitted to ploy their trade in this district. Caesar would not Have went down. Madero fought in Mexico For the honor of his land. His soldiers conspired against him. His blood is on their hands. Had his soldiers been loyal In their country's wars Madero would live today And would have won his cause. Inside the walls Of a Baptist church, Where warring factions fought: For possession of the church Each side were fought: To gain possession of the church Many votes were bought. Christians are often saved By rescuers from a flood. Victories are not always Honestly gained by Other men's blood. Had Dr. Jones' friends been loya' In time of their church wars, At the First Baptist Church Today he would be, And would have won his cause. When coming from our homes, Stepping over sticks and stones, for these Deep in our heart we should that forbids Honor Dr. S. S. Jones The Star was embittered and determined in its fight against certain conditions caused by the presence of Negro prostitutes alone this street, and when the game or worse unwholesome conditions obtain now because of the presence of white prostitutes who have substituted the black ones, the Star will again shoulder areas for the cause of the common people and not continually until the proper relief is given or until our own flag trails the dust. It may not be against the organic laws of this city for these there is a moral law that forbid --- NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC A. J. SMITHERMAN WILL LAW AND of Tulsa, white and black, should take up the fight and push it to a successful end. The Colored tenants, it is said, have appealed to the owner of the house, but in vain. If there is not already a city ordinance ample to protect decent people of this city from such damnable outrage as this the Christian people should visit the city council and insist that such ordinance be enacted, how long would a house of Negro prostitutes stand in a respectable white community? Not many hours, because the torch would be extolled and the inmates driven out like so many dogs. Here is a respectable Colored community, made so by cleaning out the lower element of Negroes and renting the houses to respectable Colored people, where the tender minds of little children are being trained, infected with reckless prostitutes, engaged in daily practice of vice and immorality in its lowest form. Heaven must frown upon those responsible for these conditions and hell smiles a welcome to them. A petition to Mayor Wooden will doubtless bring the desired relief. Those who wish to sign a petition asking that the house at 216 E. Archer be closed will please come to the Tulsa Star office, 501 N. Greenwood. J. The above is the likeness of O W. Gurley of this city, who has built several new houses for renters and will build more in the near future. Also agent for the famous Colored addition to Cushing. If you want to buy real estate homes or if you desire to rent. If you want to get in on the ground floor in the Cushing boom see O W. Gurley, 114 N. Green wood, Phone 361. Poetical Eulogy of Rev. Jones. By L. O. Conner, a tailor of this city. Honor Dr. S. S. Jones, A man of noble bones. Are you loyal to your cause? Inside the walls Of Jerusalem sit King Caesar on his throne. Enemies conspired against him And many wars were born. Had Brutus been loyal To the crown The Lone Star TONSORIAL PARLOR A Strictly First Class Place to ge a First class Shave, Hair Cur- any style, Seafoams and Massage Cold Sodas and Fine Cigars Special attention to Ladies Barbers, Tucker, Lawson, Howard M. T. TUCKER, Prop Call and Come 606 East Arobe ```markdown ``` Jefferson City, on legal business returning home Wednesday as pleased from his trip Look Look For The Battle Between Okla & Mexico this w come off at the C. M. E. church th secnd Sunday in Sept. The church is devided into two clubs. Mr E. Ellis captain of the old people better known as the Mexico club and M. E. L. Cherry captain of the your people known as the Oklahnma clu so get into the fight and stay with your captain as a brave soldier. W are calling for volenteers Brown Chaple C. M. E church Rey. Griffin Pastor COLORED AGRICULTURAL AND NORMAL UNIVERSITY, LANGSTON, OKLAHOMA. The regular session of this institution will open on the first Monday in September, 1913, and will continue nine months. This institution has the following departments: Elementary College Preparatory, Normal, Collegeate, Agricultural, Commercit, Mechanical, Nurse Training and Musical. Tuition in all departments free Board, including furnished room light and heat, $6.00 per month. A larger number of students can be accommodated for the reason on that the dormitories are to be enlarged. Sanitary conditions will be better than ever, for the reason that a waterworks and sewerage system will be installed. For further information, address INMAN E. PAGE, President MONTHLY REPORT OF FCOL ORED PUBLIC LIBRARY The total number of books in the library July the first was 2 and during the month fifteen new were added, making the total no 255. The following books have be donated to the library during past month: Mrs. Lofton, 12; Mrs. B. Lancaster, the librarian, 3; M. Berry, five volumes of magazine Mrs. N. J. Phillips, two magazine Stories will be read to the children every Friday evening at 5 p. Contributions to the library all books that are donated will gladly received. LEVADA W. WILLIAMS Libra. Okla., City Coup! Tours the No. Okla., City Coup! Tours the No. Prof. and Mrs. T. R. De of Oklahoma City returned last week after a six week of the North and East, ta Chicago, Lake Michigan, St. Kansas City and Dalton, M where their oldest boy, returned with them, attends Prof. Debnam, is principal Douglass school at Oklahoma and his wife has taught until recently. They w pleased with their trip. Gentle Mint Professional Beggar (in office)—I've been out o' work a year, mister, and aln't go of a night's lodgin'. Can y thing to help me out? Hardupp (sardonically)—i but I strained my foot on a besterday. K. and L. of H. Of The World. Grand Officers Directory Grand Protector—Dr. W. B. Humphrey, Box 667, Sapulpa Okla. Grand Past Protector—W. M. Henry, Box 101, Ft. Gibson, Okla. Grand Vice Protector—W W. Maxey, Okmulgee, Okla. Grand Secretary—Rev. W. H. Buchanan, Wagoner, Okla. Grand Treasurer—Mrs. M. M. Humphrey, Box 667, Sapulpa Okla. Grand Chaplain—C. W. Henry 118 N. Greenwood, Tulsa, Okla. Grand Guide—Mrs. Chanie Smith, Wagoner, Okla. Grand Guardian—Mrs. Alice Smith 554 So. Main St.. Muskogee, Oklahoma. Grand Sentinel—J. W. Griffith, Box 126, Depew, Okla. Grand Sec. Treas. of Endow- ment—H. T. Hutton, Box 478, Sap- pulpa, Okla. Grand Medical Register—Dr. G. W. Haynes, Box 251, Wagoner, Okla. Grand Matron—Mrs. H. Will- iams, 310 N. Frankfort, Tulsa, Okla. Grand Lecturer—Rev. T W. Kidd, Tulsa, Okla. Grand Trustees—Rev. A. Turn- ner, Box 531, Okmulgee; Rev. E. D. Williams, Sapmulpa, and Mrs. F. P. Alexander, Wagoner. Grand Attorney—Freeman L. Martin, Tulsa, Okla. Grand Auditing Committee—S. T. Wiggins, Chairman, Wagoner; W. I. Nall, Sapulpa, and A. J. Smitherman, Tulsa, Okla. Every lodge in the state will be expected to send in their reports for publication in the Star at least once a month. Such reports should reach this office not later than Wednesday of each week. The above directory is to keep each lodge member posted as to the Grand officers and should any member of any lodge desire to communicate with any Grand officer this directory will give the full name and address of such grand officer. Send all communications to The Tulsa Star, Tulsa, Okla. ACTORS ON STRIKE AGAINST JOHNSON. London, Aug. 20.—If Jack Johnson, Negro pugilist, appears at a London music hall at which he is booked beginning Aug. 25, none of the other performers will appear, according to a statement issued to the newspapers this evening, which resentment is expressed in theirical circles at the engagement of a man under bail on a slave charge, being regarded degradation to the profession. Variety Actors' Federation expected to take formal action at meeting tomorrow. Several newspapers and a number of clergy have cooled their opposition to Johnson's appearance on the stage. The Sunday School Convention of Western Creek Baptist Association, Rev. T. W. Stevenson, president, is holding a five day's session at the First Baptist church at Stowtow, which will close Sunday. A. Hamilton, a resident of Brownsville, was in the city Monday and said he anticipated a large number of delegates and visitors at the convention. Gensagentious. An editor of a New York magazine recently received a story of which the story was laid in the state of Washington. He wished to have the story illustrated, and in order to obtain the best local detail he sent the manuscript to a young artist out in Washburn. Before doing so, however, he scrawled hastily across the top of the first page the address of the writer, which did not otherwise appear on the manuscript. It was Shelton Wash." With the story the editor sent a letter asking the artist to make a wash drawing of a certain effective scene and forward it as soon as possible. By return mail the editor received an anxious reply from the youthful artist, saying: "I note that you wish me to use Shelton wash. I do not know of any such wash, nor do any of the dealers out here. If you can send me a tube I shall be glad to make the drawing." The members and visitora of the Baptist church had a gay time Sunday installing their newly elected pastor. Rev. J. F. Kersh D. D. of Tulsa queached a noble sermon In the afternoon Hon. Freeman L. Martin Attorney-at Law delivered a speech that held his hearers spellbound. The services were enjoyed by all Rev. M. D. Brookins of the A. M. E. church and Rev. C. H. Houston of the C. M. E. church made addresses of welcome in be half of their churches. Mr. D. S. Sanders Nodle Grand of Sapulqa lodge No 7986 C. U. O. of O. F. is pushing things along for a successful Picnic Sept. 5&6 Sir W. I. Nall G. D. of the Knights of Harmouy spent last Week in the Eastern part of the state in the interest of the order. Mr. Nall is a hard earnest worker for the orber. Mr. H. T. Hutton, Sec.-Treas. of the K and L. of Harmony was accompanied to Muskogee Tues. morning dy grand Deputy Nall, where they swooped down upon the good people accepted the easing their lot with the Knights and Ladies of Hamony for the reason the order is in thevery best of condition and the public well know that. Editor Smitherman, of the Tulsa Star was in the city, Monday. Miss Gertrude Oglesby, left Monday for Ohio, where she re-enters school. Miss Oglesby graduates next term her return takes from Sapulpa one of its most accomplished young ladies her associates will greatly miss her. The Star reporter wishes to correct an error of last week and say Mr Harry Woods instead of Mr Matthew, was visiting his brother and sister. There may be another lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Harmony in the City of Tulsa. Tulsa is a gerat City and generally do what ever she undertakes. Large member ship is the thing needed in all lodges the jodge in Sapuipa certainly has a long list of financial members [Picture of a man in a suit and tie, with a mustache, set against a brick wall background]. The hotels and other public places in New York cannot discriminate against the Colored people and other races after September 1, when the new civil rights law passed by the last legislature goes into effect. Under the new law it is a fine of $100 with imprisonment for the proprietor of any hotel, rooming house or any kind of public place where discrimination is allowed on account of race or color. This is certainly a progressive step on the part of the Empire state and it is hoped that such civilization will eventually come about in other states. TULSA. OKLA. Church Directory Wesley Chapel M. E. Chu Cor. Easton and Frankfort St. Monday night Official Board Tuesday at 3:30 P. M. I. Sawing Oracle. Wednesday night, Home Mis Thursday night, Prayer & Meeting. REV. T. J. JONES, P. C. BROWN'S C. M. E. CHURG Sunday School 9:30 Preaching 11:00 A. M. Preaching 8:00 P. M. Rey, H. G. Griffin, P. C. Vernon A. M. E. Ch Sunday School at 9:30, A.M. Preaching at 11:00 A.M. & Christian Endeavor, 7:00 P Love Feast, Sacrament and shipping of members the first Sunday each month. Official Board every Monday night. Teachers meeting Tuesday night. Choir practice, Wednesday night. Class Meeting, Thursday night. **Jas. A. Johnson, D. D., Pastor.** CHURCH DIRETORY Mt. Zion Baptist Church Services every Sunday 9:30 A.M. Mrs. Johnnie Adams Supt. S.S. Preaching 11:30 a.m. 3 P.M. service B. Y. P. U. 6 P.M. Preaching 8 P.M. Weekly Services Mon. 3 P.M. W.H. Mission. Tues. 8 P.M. Choir recital, Metoka and Galeda classes Wed. 8 P.M. Prayer meeting Fri. 8 P.M. Teachers meeting and Choir rehearsal. Rev. F. K. White D. D. Pastor. Mrs. Johnnie Adams C. Clerk. Croquet - Garden 512 E. Archie St. A first class place to enjoy a social game of Croquet, a good dish of Ice Cream, a glass of Soda Pop or a Slice of Ice Cold Water Melon, also Lunch these hot days and nights Walker and Wilhite, Props FOR SALE 1913 Modle, Motor Cycles and Motor Beats at bargain prices, all makes, brand new machines, on easy monthly payment plan. Get our proposition before buying or you will regret it, also bargains in used Motor Cycles. Write us today. Enclose Stamp for reply Address Lock Box 11 Trenton Mich LYRIC AIRDOME Amusement Resort POPULAR MOTION PICTURE DAILY WITH FIRST CLASS VAUDEVILLE ACTS. MRS. LOUISE ROGERS, Cash'er The Paper Boat. Bobby's Aunt Bess had been telling him about her travels in Switzerland, describing particularly her visit to Lake Luzerne. "We got aboard the little newspaper boat that sails all over the lake. Bobby," she remarked. Bobby listened to this statement it sounded wonder, but made no comment. Later he said to his mother: "Mamma, do you know people go sailing in paper boats on Lake Luzerne? Is it it awful queer?" "Nonsense, Bobby. People couldn't sail in paper boats. Where did you get such an absurd notion?" "Aunt Bess told me that she and Uncle Bill got aboard a little paper boat and sailed all over Lake Luzerne," insisted Bobby. Then Bobby's mother explained. --- The Star Cleaning Parlor The Best Place in Town for First Class Workmanship All kinds of Fancy Cleaning and Pressing. Our work is guaranteed We carry a side line of Gents Notions, not surpassed in town VISIT US Phone S15 M. E. PYRTLE. Proprietor Dr. A. C. Jackson Physician & Surgeon Corner Archer and Greenwood S. POE, Ratai Dealer in Faucy and Staple Groceries and Provisions FRESH MEATS Fin line of gart. Tobaccos Soda Pop C Me 521 N. Greenwood Save half your money BuyWomens Sample Garments LEWKOWITZ 2n dFloor Old Robinson Bldg THIRD & MAIN Fashionable Dress-making Guaranteed by Mrs J, E, TUNCIAL 29 S. 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If you want work, if you want work done, if you have lost, found anything; if you want to buy or sell anything; if you have any houses to rent, sell or lease, it will pay you to advertise in this column HELP WANTED Wanted young colored boys and girls to learn printer trade and to feed press. Tulsa Star printing Co. Wanted good live agents and correspondence in every town in Oklahoma to handle the Star on liberal terms. write Tulsa Star. 501 Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma WANTED AT ONCE A boy to work in Williams confectionary 103 N. Greenwood Mrs. Williams Prop. READ THE STAR 15c per month. READ THIS 14 We are pleased to announce to the public that we are now prepared to put out a first class line of high grade job work, not surpassed by any printing office in town. We have engaged the services of an old-time fine art printer, who is well known in Missouri and elsewhere for his high class workmanship in the printing business. We can now accept job work from out of town patrons and deliver it to them in a remarkably short time, always guaranteeing perfect satisfaction in both workmanship and in the price. When you buy clothes and groceries you look for the place where you are sure of good material and reasonable prices. You should be just as particular about your printing. We can save you money on your job printing and at the same time guarantee satisfaction. Give us a trial and we will make a regular customer of you. We print anything, any size, any time. No job too large or too small to receive our careful attention. Call or write us today. The Tulsa Star Printing Co. 501 North Greenwood, Tulsa, Okla. --- THE AMERICAN HOME 2010x Mr. William A. Raddford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF OBTI on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experiences as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Raddford, No. 178 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, Ill, and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. The majority of people have to figure pretty closely in approaching the building problem. At least, it is well for them to do so, even those who have an abundance of the "withal." This is a cottage house plan, 32 feet 8 inches wide by 42 feet 8 inches long, exclusive of the porch. Ten feet of the length, however, is accounted for by the kitchen extension, so that the main part of the house is not very large. It is intended to be a cheap affair. The word "cheap" in this instance is used in its better sense, meaning good value for what it costs. The word "cheap" has been shamefully abused. Such slang phrases as "cheap skate" "cheap John," etc. has given a slude value to a good old fashioned English 2010x word which originally meant "bargain." As this little house can be built under favorable circumstances for about $1,000, the word "bargain" should apply without any qualifications. The value of a house is not always in its size. It is more in after comfort and continuous convenience. There are many small families living in crowded quarters who would have much better accommodations than they are accustomed to if they lived in a KITCHEN 96X100 DINING ROOM 120X100 PED RM 86X100 LIVING RM 120X100 PED RM 86X100 PORCH Floor Plan. little house like this, erected in the outskirts of town, where fresh air and sunshine may be had in quantities sufficient to promote health and good looks. The arrangement of the rooms is very simple; and while the finish is good and neat, there is nothing expensive about the house. The plan calls for a good cellar with a concrete wall, or with stone wall properly laid and coated on the outside with a half-inch layer of Portland cement mortar to insure a dry cellar. There is room in every town and city for hundreds of such houses. Transportation is so easy, quick and convenient on account of the new electric trolley lines, that there is no longer any excuse for people huddling together in small, badly lighted, unventilated apartments, except in very large cities. The large veranda across the front gives the house a good appearance. S N BSCRIBE TODAY. TULSA. OKLA. STAR A. RADFORD, EDITOR It takes away the plainness and in fact, is the main difference in outward appearance between this little modern cottage and the old-fashioned one-story house that everybody avoided if possible. But there are other and more important improvements in the new construction. Modern methods of using building paper, cement, better mortar, and better plaster, are working wonders in the comfort of such little houses. It is just as cheap to use these materials as to build a house in the old-fashioned way. In fact, in some instances, a saving of money and labor may be effected while improving the building. The specifications provide for good mortar that is to be saved with cement when used in grade lines, and beam filling between and side-side of all joists on top of the wall by fitting brick closely underneath the floor. It is also provided that the cellular bottom shall be leveled off and paved with brick, or it may be laid down in the more modern concrete if the foundation bed is properly prepared. There are a stop sink and catch basin provided, the same as for larger and more expensive houses. THE HOME OF THE MAYOR Another feature never seen in cheap houses until lately is the cement wainscoting in the kitchen. The use of cement for this purpose has many advantages. It is dry and rat-proof, and it has a good, smooth, hard surface that may be stained or painted any desired color. For the first time in her life she stood at the railway station about to make a trip. She was much agitated. Gazing about, her eyes fell on the train announcer as "the friend in need." "Young man," she spoke, "can you tell me where to get my ticket?" "Right there at the ticket window," he replied, jerking his thumb, "through the pigeonhole." She regarded the hole and the train announcer. Her face grew crimson at the fancied insult. "You be off!" she yelled, as she recovered her breath. "How on earth am I to get through that hole? I ain't no pigeon." The banality of a sea poem by Alfred Noyes led a Philadelphia sonneter at the Franklin inn to say: "This poem of the sea reminds me of a young woman from illinois who saw the Atlantic for the first time last week at Cape May. "As she stood on the windy beach, gazing dreamily out over the vast blue expanse of tumbling water, I said to her: "So this is the first time you've ever seen the sea, eh?" "Yes, the very first time," she answered. "And what do you think of it?" I asked. "Ah," she said, with an ecstatic smile, "it smells just like oysters!" Overcame Handicap of Blunders The Rev. Frederick S. Atwood, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Minnesota, is blind, having lost his sight several years ago. Despite this handicap, he has continued in active work for the order and is now serving his second term as grand chancellor. He travels extensively and generally alone. To enable him to attend to his voluminous correspondence he uses a special make of typewriter. Corner Archer and Greenwood Thought He Was "Fresh." It Excited Her Appetite AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS To serve and uplift the negro race by training its girls and young women to be good cooks and good laundresses is the purpose of the National Training School for Women and Girls—an awkward title for one of the most interesting experiments in vocational education yet made in this country, says the Baltimore American. The primary object is not to train girls to be servants, but to train them so that if they do become servants they will be good ones, and if they become housewives in homes of their own they will be efficient there. To this end this school has subordinated the conventional three R's of the conventional school to the unconventional three R's of this particular school. To quote from the school catalogue: "The aim is to make practical use of the three R's—the Bible, the bathtub and the broom. The Bible is the text book for all students, and by daily study and teaching students will be brought to value it as the best guide for action. The positive power of the bathtub in refining and developing one's physical powers is dwelt upon; physical cleaviness is required. The broom holds third place in importance in the practical scheme. The negro home is suffering more from the lack of women who know how to make and maintain a home than anything else. This school is established to train housekeepers and home makers. Every student is taught how to work and must not be lacking in a disposition to do so. A clean life, a clean body and a clean home are all that the humblest member of the race needs to insure real advancement. We shall conform to the actual needs of the race regardless of present educational methods and notions." The Grand Imperial court of the Daughters of Isis closed its annual session at Indianapolis with the selection of the following officers: Grand imperial commandress, Mrs. Cassie Melker, St. Paul, Minn.; grand imperial deputy commandress, Mrs. Priscilla Smith, Baltimore, Md.; first grand imperial lieutenant, Mrs. Anna D. Groves, St. Louis; grand imperial treasurer, Mrs. Laura Williams, Washington, D. C.; imperial grand recordress, Mrs. Laura Harris, Memphis, Tenn.; first grand imperial ceremonial daughter, Mrs. Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.; second ceremonial daughter, Mrs. Marion Price, New York city; oriental guide, Mrs. Anna Fisher, Pittsburgh, Pa.; grand imperial inner spy, Mrs. Gertrude Pritchett, Indianapolis; grand imperial outer spy, Mrs. Anna Crooker, Chicago; imperial recorder, Levi Williams, Jersey City, N. J.; imperial treasurer, J. Frank Blagburn, Washington, D. C.; imperial oriental guide, George H. Wharton, Philadelphia, Pa.; imperial grand marshal, Howard W. Pinn, Boston. The next meeting of the council will be held at Pittsburgh Pa., the first week in August, 1914 The State Colored Farmers' congress met recently at Prairie View, Texas. The subject of scientific farming is one that the colored people can address themselves to with the promise of benefits no less substantial than result from similar meetings on the part of the white people. The possibilities of Texas agriculture are unlimited, and intelligent co-operation in placing the industry on a higher plane of intelligence cannot be too strongly presented to the congress, who constitute so large a proportion of the working forces on the farms of South Texas, particularly. "The Negro Yearbook" is a publication prepared by Monroe N. Work, a member of the staff of Tuskegee Institute, to summarize facts concerning the negroes. It ought to have a wide circulation, for it presents material of great interest, showing the really remarkable progress made by a race just out of slavery. Fifty years ago, for instance, the negroes owned only a few thousand dollars' worth of church property. Now their church holdings are valued at $57,000,000. In 1867 there were 800 schools for freedmen, with 2,000 teachers and 111,000 pupils. Last year there were 1,700,000 negro children enrolled in southern common schools, and 100,000 in normal schools and colleges, with 34,000 teachers. An official statistical review of the silk production of mulberry leaves and silk cocoons in Spain from 1901 to 1910 shows that this industry is confined to 12 provinces, which yielded in the decade 346,772 metric tons of leaves and 12,674 tons of cocoons. Manila is to have a new brewery, a plant being moved in from Hong Kong. Negross in New York say they will boycott an exposition which will be held in that city in October to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of their freedom, unless the governor heeds hundreds of letters protesting against the work of nine negro commissioners he appointed and orders the commission to change its course. Hunter C. Haynes, a negro who helped draft the bill passed by the legislature last April, appropriating $25,000 for an industrial exposition and celebration, says the commission is planning an exposition to consist of sociological congresses, charts and African curios. Others of the colored race are demanding the work and progress of the negroes of New York state be portrayed, since the bill specifically states the exposition is to be for that purpose: "Fifty years of my race's most serious history," Haynes said, "have been connected with political degradation. Now, when we plan an exposition designed to do good, this commission makes a partisan affair of its work. It will be impossible to give a creditable exposition in such a short time. Nothing tangible has yet been done. More than $3,000 has been spent in salaries and in carrying out impractical ideas." In appointing Madison R. Smith minister to Halti. President Wilson broke through a custom of giving this post to a colored man. Mr. Smith is a, former member of congress, having served in the Sixtieth congress as representative from the Thirteenth Missouri district. The present minister to Halti is Dr. Henry W. Furniss, colored, of indianapolis. This is the second important post given to colored men in the last administration which has been filled by President Wilson with a man of another race. The register of the treasury, a position which has for years been held by a colored man, is to be filled now by a full-blooded Chocktaw Indian, Gabe E. Parker of Oklahoma. The president originally appointed Adam E. Patterson, a colored man, as register, but when it became apparent that he could not be confirmed Patterson asked the president to withdraw his name. The United States bureau of education, in co-operation with the trustees of the Phelps-Stokes fund, has announced that it is making a study of private and higher schools for colored youths. A report of the equipment of the different schools, their work and their place in the educational system with which they are connected, will be publisher later. The Phelps-Stokes fund is the residuary estate, amounting to about $1,000,000, bequeathed by Miss Caroline Phelps-Stokes of New York for various philanthropic purposes, among which is the education of colored boys and girls. Gilts have been made to the University of Virginia, University of Georgia and to the Peabody college in Nashville, Tenn. for the maintenance of fellowships and research work in the field of colored education. A number of smaller sums also have been given for related purposes. Emphasizing the importance of self-help among the negroes of the south, leaders in the negro Methodist Episcopal church in Alabama have laid plans whereby it is hoped to raise at least $16,000 during the summer for the work of Miles Memorial college, the connectional school for negroes in this state. The election of officers of the imperial Council of Colored Mystic Shriners was the most important incident of the closing of the fifteenth annual session at Indianapolis. John H. Murphy of Baltimore, for the last eight years imperial recorder, was unanimously elected to the office of imperial potentate. Mr. Murphy is a native of Baltimore, where he conducts a large job printing establishment, and has for the last 21 years been owner and publisher of the Afro-American Ledger. He has been identified with the colored Shriners since their organization and has been prominent in colored Masonic circles for 38 years. The other officers are deputy imperial potentate, Joseph L. Sherwood, St. Paul, Minn.; imperial chief rabban, George McKing, St. Louis, Mo.; imperial assistant rabban, Clarence E. Dunlap, Indianapolis. Among the gifts to the kaiser's daughter at her wedding was a clock sent by the city of Ifamelln. is made from a wine cask sawed in two. The hours are champagne corks. The hands are corkscrews, and the weights are bottles filled with champagne. In many parts of the world—Greece, for instance—the believer in witchcraft still gets hold, by hook or by crook of hair, nail parings—and so forth from an enemy's head and hands and burns, buries or does something else with them in order to entail unpleasant consequences upon that enemy. And universal folklore reveals the concern of savages to dispose of their own hair and nail clippings to prevent an enemy from getting at them. Australian native girls, having had a lock of hair stolen from them, expected speedy death as a certainty. Takes Sand—Also Rocks He—I wonder why there are so many engagements made at the seashore. She—Possibly the beaching supplies the young men with the required sand. Not Fit For Ladies Public sentiment should be against it, and we believe it is; there can be no reason why ladies should have to suffer with headaches and neuralgia, especially when Hunt's Lightning Oil gives such prompt relief it is simply a question of getting better. Hunt's Lightning Oil is Hungary's Hunt's Lightning Oil in 25c and 50c bottles—Ady. Morely a Theory. Susceptible Youth—Life to me was a desert until I met you. Hard-Hearted Maledan — Oh! And is that why you dance like a camel?— Puck. His Trade. "That glazier looks very unhappy." "No wonder. His life is full of panes." To Prevent Blood Poisoning Apply a generous amount ofatable DR. PORTER'S ANTIBEPTIC HEALING OIL, a surgical dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same time. 250, $00, $1.00. Germany uses 118,000 tons of American lubricating oils annually. Its total consumption of such oils reaches 280,000 tons. Liquid blue is a weak solution. Avoid it. Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that is still blue. Adv. Patience is the finest and wealthiest part of fortitude, and the rarest, too.—Ruskin. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays a pain, painless wind colds. So bottle. Even the intoxication of love may result in a severe headache the next morning. "Back on the Job" again and very quickly, too, if you will only let Hostetter's Stomach Bitters help the digestion to become normal, keep the liver active and the bowels free from constipation. These are absolutely necessary in order to maintain health. Try it today but be sure it's HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters Opening Fort Peck Indian Reservation Uncle Sam's last big land opening—1,345,000 acres of rich prairie land thrown open to white settlers. 8,406 homesteads of 160 acres each are waiting. Located in Northeastern Montana, just north of the Missouri River, on the main line of the Great Northern Railway. Rich, sandy loam soil capable of raising 20 to 30 bushels of wheat and 40 to 60 bushels of oats per acre. Register at Glasgow, Havre or Great Falls, Montana Daily Sept. 1 to 20 inclusive Drawing at Glasgow, Sept. 23 This land has been appraised at $2.50 to $7.00 per acres. can be taken up under United States Homestead laws. FREE illustrated map-folder and full information about this big land opening will be sent free if you write at once. Send a postal or letter to E. C. LEEDY, General Immigration Agent Dept. 0000 Great Northern Ry. ST. PAUL, MINN. See America First GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY National Park Rural AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS "Suwanee River" is no more characteristic of the Negro than "Dixie" is typical of a Fiji Islander. "Old Black Jos" depicts the life of the Negro because many of our folks believe in deathbed visions. "Poor Old Ned" is another favorite of ours, the first verse running thus: Lad down de shubble and de hoe, Hang up de fiddle and de bow; Dar's no more work for poor old Ned— Aes gone when de good niggans go. Most white folk seem to think that the banjo is a familiar instrument of black folk of the south. It is used mostly by what are known as the roustabouts. The men of this type usually wear felt hats with four creases, which indicates "Work I will not." He sings such songs as "Railroad Bill," while the banjo all but talks as he sings, and plays "Can't Get dr Letter From Down the Road." The jewsharp is used by the cornfield men of color. The guitar belongs largely to the better class of Negro men. Ethiopian damsels are somewhat like the Spanish maids—they like soft music and love songs. If you wish to hear plantation melodies with variations sung with natural harmony, go to the important cities and towns of the south and get in touch with those sons of Ham who go about serenading nights. Of tentimes when Miss Sailie and her suitor are sitting on the piazza inhaling the fragrance of the night as the moon sends down its soft gray light, they'll be surprised to hear a sudden sound of voices ring out on the big lawn: "Oh, darkies, won't you meet there, where the moonlight seems to glitter?" But if you wish to hear real, soul-stirring songs, go among the camp meetings and hear them sing "Little David, Play on Your Harp." This is the verse: Little David, play on your harp, Hallelu! Hallelu! Little David, play on your harp. Hallelu! "D" for little David, "G" for Goliah, And "D" for little David, who slew Goliah. Little David, play on your harp. Hallelu!—Henry Allen in the New York Tribune. Fifty years ago virtually all negroes were farm hands, and few owned their own farms. Now, while agriculture is still the predominant occupation, there are negroes in every line of work, and 900,000 farms are operated by them. They own more land than is embraced in the state of South Carolina. Thirty thousand negroes are engaged in business. They own 64 banks capitalized at $1,600,000. The "Yearbook" says: "No other emancipated people have made so great a progress in so short a time. The Russian serfs were emancipated in 1861. Fifty years after it was found that 14,000,000 of them had accumulated about $500,000,000 worth of property, or about $36 per capita, an average of about $200 a family. Fifty years after their emancipation only 30 per cent of the Russian peasants were able to read and write. After 50 years of freedom the 10,000,000 negroes in the United States have accumulated over $700,000,000 worth of property, or about $70 per capita, which is an average of $350 per family. After 50 years of freedom 70 per cent. of them have some education in books." When such facts as these are considered, it is evident that the negro is making good progress. The harvest season is the most trying of the year. There is so much to be done, so little time to do it in and so few hands to accomplish it, that we are often at our wits' end. Let us, however, have a care lest we attempt too much and lest we put too great a burden upon the wife and daughter. The sanitariums are filled with men and women who have broken down from work and worry at middle life. The utmost that we can hope to gain is not worth such a fearful sacrifice. Thomas B. Kalane, a native of Africa and a student of Wilberforce university, smoke at the colored men's branch of the Y. M. C. A. at Indianapolis a short time ago on "The Habits and Needs of Africa." The dormitory of the new building is filling a long felt want as it gives to the young men the opportunity of having good, alry, clean and comfortable rooms. The rooms are filling fast and the committee of management is elated over the success thus far attained. Vigo. Spain, has 43,000 inhabitants, who depend largely on fisheries. The remarkable progress which the Negro race has made in America since its emancipation is strikingly shown in the fifteenth anniversary edition of the "Negro Year Book." While the Negro race is known to have achieved many notable things during its period of freedom in America, the tabulated record shown in the Year Book will prove astonishing, even to the warmest friends of the race. The chronicle of attainment is really staggering when it is realized that this race has been under handicaps which probably have no parallel in modern history. In 1862 having practically nothing of its own in the United States, with all but an almost negligible portion of the race held in bondage, the Negroes of the country today own hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of land, securities and other property. Negro farmers in the south are cultivating about 42,000,000 acres of ground, of which they own more than half. In the state of North Carolina alone Negro reality holdings are estimated to be worth $29,982,328. The race owns church property valued at $57,000,000, has built or aided in the building of numerous educational institutions for its own uplifting and upbuilding, fosters charities and fraternal organizations has its own financial institutions, has produced notable contributors to art, music and letters and boasts a quota of really great men who compare favorably with those produced by any other race of the same stage of development in the same period of time. Statistics are offered to show that the ratio of Negro criminals to the Negro population is not much greater than that of the whites, while it is less than the proportion among numerous classes of immigrants. Appeal was made to President Wilson by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People against the agitation looking to the segregation of the Negroes and whites employed in the government departments in Washington. Since the new administration came into power pressure has been brought to bear upon the executive and legislative branches of the government to bring about such a reform. The appeal to the president declares such an act would be not only a "gross injustice" to the Negro race, but that it would be also "the most hateful kind of discrimination." Segregation, it is contended in the petition, not only would limit the chances of the Negro for promotion and advancement, but that it would be cited as the excuse for "new racial outrages." --- The corner stone of the eastern negro branch of the Louisville free public library was laid at Louisville, Ky., recently. Mayor Head presided during the ceremony. Many negro ministers, principals of the schools and teachers gathered to express their appreciation. Aside from the program Mayor Head called upon three different members in the crowd to speak a few words that the audience might know of the gratitude of the negro people for this library. This is to be the second negro branch of the Louisville free public library, the first one erected being at Tenth and Chestnut streets. --- According to an English parliamentary committee the production of all of London's electric power in a few large stations would save 6,000,000 tons of coal a year and greatly lessen the smoke nuisance. The Maryland court of appeals, in a preliminary opinion, holds "that the mayor and city council of Baltimore may, in the exercise of its police powers, validly pass an ordinance for the segregation of the white and colored races without conflicting with the provisions of the Constitution of the United States or the state of Maryland." The opinion, however, declares invalid on technical grounds an ordinance approved by the mayor in 1911. An ordinance will be drawn up to meet the legal exactions. Henning Berger, whose play, "The Deluge," has been taken from American production next season, is a Swedish dramatist, but for a time lived in Chicago. He is now a resident of Stockholm, where the play was first acted. When he came to this country he was unknown, and after arriving in Chicago he was compelled for some time to do odd jobs to make a living. A glass bottle blowing machine invented in Germany has a speed of 2,000 bottles an hour, equal to the work of 250 expert glass blowers. AN IMMENSE NEW INDUSTRIAL PLANT FOR CHICAGO CALUKEY BAKING POWDER COMPANY SCHNEIDT GARDEN MUNTDL ARCHITECT TULSA. OKLA. STAR AN IMMENSE NEW When completed, the new plant of the Calumet Baking Powder Company, now under course of construction, at South 41st avenue and Fillmore street, will prove a fitting monument to the ability, honesty and progressiveness which have rendered possible the tremendous growth of one of Chicago's most prominent industrial institutions. This immense plant, the estimated cost of which is $250,000, is a strictly modern five-story and basement, fire proof, re-enforced concrete building, Size, 260x100 feet. One of the novel and interesting features of this, the largest and most efficiently equipped Baking Powder plant in existence, will be a cantilever shipping platform Be Kind to the Animals. Be Kind to the Animals. This is the time of the year when domestic animals need most considerate treatment from human beings. The hot weather takes the life out of many a horse that could go on working comfortably for years in a moderate temperature. To the dogs extreme heat is as exhausting as it is to their masters. The cats are not so much affected by the heat, but this is the time of year when the majority of cat owners seem to feel free to go out of town and leave their household pets to the tender mercies of their neighbors. So every city church yard and school yard and every spot which can occur coolness and safety in the heart of a city has its population of neglected cats to whom it is a mercy to minister in July and August—Hartford Times. She Got Even. Little Lucy, aged five, had been to church. "There was such a crowd, mamma," she explained, "that I couldn't find a seat and had to stand in the aisle; but I got even." "What do you mean, my child? How did you get even?" asked her mother, curiously. "I didn't say any prayers." Not Able to Be Pecked. "What does 'impeccability' mean?" asked the teacher in an eighth grade school. "Not able to be pecked," was the prompt reply from the bright pupil. LIGHT BREAKS IN Thoughtful Farmer Learns About Coffee. Many people exist in a more or less hazy condition and it often takes years before they realize that tea and coffee are often the cause of the cloudiness, and that there is a simple way to let the light break in. A worthy farmer had such an experience and tells about it, in a letter. He says: "For about forty years, I have had indigestion and stomach trouble in various forms. During the last 25 years I would not more than get over one spell of billious colic until another would be upon me. "The best doctors I could get and all the medicines I could buy, only gave me temporary relief. "Change of climate was tried without results. I could not sleep nights, had rheumatism and my heart would palpitate at times so that it seemed it would jump out of my body. "I came to the conclusion that there was no relief for me and that I was about wound up, when I saw a Postum advertisement. I had always been a coffee drinker, and got an idea from the ad, that maybe coffee was the cause of my trouble. "I began to use Postum instead of coffee and in less than three weeks I felt like a new man. The rheumatism left me, and I have never had a spell of bilious colic since. "My appetite is good, my digestion never was better and I can do more work than before for 40 years. "I haven't tasted coffee since I began with Postum. My wife makes it according to directions and I relish it as well as I ever did coffee, and I was certainly a slave to coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Write for copy of the little book, "The Road to Wellville." Postum comes in two forms: Regular Postum—must be well boiled. Instant Postum is a soluble powder. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with the addition of cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage instantly. "There's a reason" for Postum. projecting over to a switch track on a level with the second floor. Automatic machinery, modern appliances and passenger and freight elevators of the latest type will be installed and employed in manufacturing and handling the company's product. Plans which make possible a maximum amount of glass area and the highest degree of sanitation have been carefully and scientifically prepared. Spacious and splendidly appointed rest rooms are provided for employees. One entire floor will be devoted to laboratory and research equipment. The installation of a modern bakery for experiment purposes insures the TIME A MATTER OF MOMENT Something Poultry Dealer Had Forgotten to Explain to His Very Much Disappointed Patron. Mr. Timkins of East Orange had bought six new hens from a poultry dealer in Plainfield. "Didn't you tell me that you got as many as ten and twelve eggs a day from them?" asked Mr. Timkins a few weeks later. "That's what I told you," said the Plainfield man. "I've had those chickens several weeks now and I never got more than four eggs on any one day. How do you account for that?" "Well, I don't know," said the guileful dealer, "unless it's because you look too often. If you would look only once every three days, you would probably get as many as ten or twelve eggs in a single day, just as I did."—New York Evening Post. Double Trouble A story is told by the secretary of state about one of his doubles relates a certain head waiter of a Chicago hotel. Bryan had been stopping at the hotel and soon after he left a delegation of college boys from a nearby institution came to vist him. The head waiter, who happened to be coming off duty, was corralled in the lobby of the hotel, and, amid enthusiastic cheers, was compelled to make a speech. He gave the college boys much kindly advice, told them to persevere, and intimated that some day they might rise to his position. The next day the college students were looking for the speaker with clubs, for a morning paper had published this headline over an account of the speech: "Students Get Advice From Head Waiter." "It all depends on the point of view." "Well?" "I see where a cigarette firm advertises free with every package of cigarettes a 'large rug' four inches wide." Among Other Things "I suppose you saw many ancient things in Egypt." "Yes, sir. They had a trolley line there that must have been a thousand years old."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of Charles Fletcher In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Had to Have It. Had to Have It. "I must have a wig." "Why must you?" "Because it is a bald necessity." Don't buy water for bluing. Liquid blue is almost all water. Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all blue. Adv. Some people are almost as stuck up as though they had been tarred and feathered. You can't satisfy a hungry man with empty honors. maintenance of the high standard of excellence for which Calumet Baking Powder is famed. The Calumet Baking Powder Company was organized a quarter of a century ago by Mr. Wm. M. Wright. The company first began the manufacture of baking powder in a comparatively small way, with limited capital. Modern methods, combined with high grade materials and an unwavering determination to produce an article of superior quality have created a demand which necessitated the erection of the new Calumet plant—have made the Calumet Company a substantial factor in the industrial life of Chicago, and won for it a patronage which is a benefit and a credit to the city.—Adv. dia Bust. Daniel C. French, the sculptor who was commissioned to make the bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson which is now in Memorial hall, Harvard university, tells this story: "At one of the sittings Mr. Emerson rose suddenly and walked over to where the sculptor was working. He looked long and earnestly at the bust, and then, with an inimitably droll expression, said: "The trouble is the more it resembles me the worse it looks." DEEP CRACKS ON JOINTS P. O. Box 378, El Paso, Texas.—"My trouble began December, 1911. It commenced on me by causing a scurf-like skin and my too joints, finger joints and lips commenced to crack and split open. My finger cracks would bleed all day long; the cracks were very deep and my thumb seemed to be cracked to the bone. My hands were so bad that I had to sleep with gloves on. The cracks in my lips would bleed often during the day and I used to put adhesive plaster across them to try to keep them closed. My toes would bleed, and I would find blood in my socks when the day's work was done. The skin around the cracks was red and inflamed. I wore shoes one size too large on account of my feet being so sore. I used to become frantic with pain at times. My hands and feet used to smart. "I suffered agony for four months. I went to town and got some Cuticura Soap and Ointment. From the time I commenced with the Cuticura Soap and Ointment until completely cured was just nineteen days." (Signed) Jack Harrison, Nov. 19, 1912. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston." -Adv. Not Much. "What did that old skinflint give when his daughter got married?" "He gave a contented sigh." And she who loves and runs away may have a fit of regret later. TAKE FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS For Backache Rheumatism Kidneys and Bladder HOSPITAL FOR THOSE LESS ABLE TO PAY The Post Graduate Hospital of Oklahoma City, Okla., furnishes room, board, nursing and medical and surgical services for $15.00 per week. Patients taken care of in private rooms which are formerly $25.00 per week. Patients must bring a letter from their local physician stating they are unable to pay more than the hospital fee. No other hospital to our knowledge conducted along these lines. No better line of all lines connected with any hospital in the southwest. Address DR. CAMP, Superintendent POST GRADUATE HOSPITAL Oklahoma City, Okla. FREE TO ALL SUFFERERS. a ; oo. : Star i isc Fiarrow \ | a Sy A ' 1 | ae a BCE . Gere we ad, ‘NW BART AZ A beet: ed 4 are provided with weed besa | ue eres “ pier a calas free Mes. Lolli wttending the Grand Lodge of Knights & Lades of Ta bor which convened in Boley thig week Jas J Jackso. a carpentor and puilder lately of Muskogee is now in this city and says he intends to stay here and help to build Tulsa Mr J. B Stradford of this city spent ‘Thursday in Muskogee on business ‘Phe National Baptist Conven- tion convenes at Nashville Tenn Sept 17. All parties will please give their names to Rev. J. F Kersh or Rev. F. K. White by the Ist Sunday in September OW. Gurley left Tuesday nigh for points in Arkansas Mrs. 'Telen Litt ejoha,wife of Tulsa’s only colored Dentist, is visiting in Washington D.C Dr. Littlejohn is preparing to make his future home in NewYork Hiss Loraine Goyd formerly am- ployed in the Star office has accept. ed aschool ay Sapulpa where she began teaching Monday The Williams Confectionary is now loeated in ite new buildina, the on three story strueture in the East end, and is dei at ely basines ¢ fiterary Socinty hay been rear ved in thiseity which will afford jood for thetieht for the young peo: ple here Me OWL Morris and J. RB, Gireen of \I ’ vere visitors iu this City Monday and Tuesday Mrs. Maris and ctul trea who are vis iting relati the country were also in the city Puesday PABORS MEET Ai oe The Grand Lodge of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor Was in session thi eek at Boley and from all reports it was a very wecessinl and interesting meet ing Huong those who attended from this city were Mr, and Mrs. B.S. Cleavers. ‘The ‘Taborian or der is said to be one of the best and strongest in the state, “GABSCRIBE TODAY. ~ {ec COLORED — AGRICULTL AND NORMAL UNIVER SITY, LANGSTON OKLAHOMA The regular session of thi- stitution will open on the Monday in September, 101%, . will cotitinne nine month This institution has the fo ing departments: — Element College Preparatory, Normal, legiate, Agricultural, Com citl, Mechanical, Nurse Train and Musical. Tuition in all departments Board, including furnished light and heat, $6.00 per mor \ larger number of stu can be accommodated for the on that the dormitories are enlarged, Sanitary conditions will lx ter than ever, for the reason a waterworks and sewerage fein Will be installed, For further information, dress INMAN E. PAGE, Presid: CURIOUS BITS GF HISTORY A REMARKABLE Fruity ok By AW Mary. In 1753 John We |. an & lish theatrical manager, of a match betwee his daugt and a member ot his compar not wishing her to marry » actor, He finally gave consent however, consoling himself wiv the thought that the young may was not much of an actor. | this he was mistaken, for ¢ young man, whose name wa Roger Kemble, not only su ceeded well in his professio but became the founder of « family that Is remarkable in th annals of the English stag ‘Twelve children were born ¢ the couple, of whom eiy reached maturity; and ever, ‘one of the eight made some ¢ fort on the stage. The elc> child, Sarah, became the nowned Mra, &iddons, The est son, John Phillp, wae p ably the greatest actor of | day, and was known as + great Kemble.” The elever child, Charles, was a renows comedian, while bie daug! Fanny Kemble, was prob i the best known to the publi all the family. Her si Adelaide, attained consider. popularity as a public sing: Her son married the daughter «/ General Grant. Wopyright, WAL, by Joseph BB ys.) Corner Archer and Greenwooa TULSA OFLA, BTA® The event of the greatest interest to the people of Oklahoma and more espectally the Eastern part of the State will be the Fourth Annual Fair and Live Stock Exposition at the Ne State Fair at Muskogee, Okla. the week of October 6th to 11th, 1915. | The management of the New State be have been working incessantly Mince the close of the Fair last Octo- ber, in preparing for the visitors to ‘the Fair of 1913, the greatest Pair and ‘Live Stock aud Agricultural Exposi tion ever given in the southwest | Since the closing of the last Fair the grounds have been improved and improvements of many kinds have been made preparing for the Fair of 1913. With the prospects for the Most abundant crops and business in all commercial lines improving and a Beneral feeling of prosperity over the country, every thing points to the largest attendance at the New stat Fair ever held in the State of Okla homa. In the speed ring department the Association is offering some $17,500.00 in purses and stakes and the fastest and highest class of race horses arc entered at Muskogee, for these events With 426 of the best horses in the country entered it these events the contests ate sure to be fast and fur fous. In addition to the above num ber of harness horses there will be Kathered at the track to contest fur the liberal purses offered in the run ning races and the fastest thorough breds in the country will take part Exhibitors and breeders of the hivh eet grade of Standard bred and dealt and saddle horses will exhibit their Stock at the New Sta'e Fair and coy test fn the show ring A thoroush Inspection of the cattle, sheep, swine &nd poultry exhibits will be a treat to those interested In better bred stock and more of It, and an education to the farmers and stock raise All of the space ip the Merchants Building, in which the wholosal 0) retail merchants will exhibit thei Wares to the visitors of the Pair | already been engaged and one will be repaid by a visit to this departm cut In the Implement and Machinery department there will be exhibited the latest improvements in ali lines and the most labor saving farm machinory | Will be on exhibition. To any one interested in agriculture, farming or Bardening @ visit through this depart. ment will amply repay them The Association has made a large tucrease tn the premiums offered this year in the Agricultural Department and thousands of dollars will be paid in premiums in this department alone One Thousand Dollars is offered in prizes to the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of the State, divided among the Corn, Cotton, Kaflr and Canning Cinh, Reaa The Tulsa Siar FINE POULIRY SHOW ASSURED WONDERFUL APRPAY oF FINE Bros Sere vias NEW 15 LOVING CUPS TO BE GIVEN Every Poultry Fancier In the State to Se Reoressnteg at Mvshoge Je Evi Sell ta toe sy : a a : “ “ice Ye x _— 7M ey Liberal premiums are provided tn this department and it is the desire the New State Fair that every breeder of poultry in this section shail exhibit at least a pen or pair of birds and in that way learn our way and Manner of conducting a bigh class poultry show fteen silver loving cups are of- fered in addition to the regular prem- ms and 4 win at thie show will place @ fancter in the front ranks of poultry breeders Write Wm. ©. Boon, Secretary, for premium Met. FINE ARTS AND PANTRY STORES Splendid Exhibits in the Liberal Arte Department of the Muskogee New State Fale The department of the most interest to the women of this section fe prob- bly the department of Fiue Arts and Pantry Stores. Very Wberal premiums are offered this department and the building Il be filled to overflowing with the pecimens of hand and necdle work embroideries, crochet work, ete. Here n be seen the patterns of fancy ork of the latest fads and fashions, and the women visitors at the fair can *pend many hours in looking over and unning these specimens of work. Pxhibite of fine paintings tm oil amd water colors and specimens of all work of arts and crafts can be seen on exhibition In the Pantry Stores and Culinary department, thousands of Jars and cans of fruits and preserves will be shown and breads, cakes, ples, etc, made by the women of the state will be on display rhe premium st giving the prizes, classes, etc, in this ae well as all other departments 1s now ready for listribution and a copy of this cata: low Will be gladly sent to any one who vil drop a card to the secretary, Wm, C Hoon, 209 Lombard St, Muskogee, Okla, with a request for same. B/G AUTOMOBILE SHOW. All Makes of Machines on Exhibition at Muskogee, Oct. 6-11, 1913, Visitors to the New State Fair who ate interested in automobiles and mo- leveyeles will see a display of auto- mobiles and motorcycles at the fatr tut will be quite an education. ‘The Jilleren’ manufacturing firms of auto: wobiles of a great many different makes have already engaged thetr spoce for thelr display, and thi show wii be cue of the features of the fair. To thot interested or contemplating he purchase,of machines, not only the show will be of great interest to them, but the owners and drivers of many makes of cars will be in attendance during the week of the fair and It will be of interest to the prospective pur chaser to tulk to the owners of the many different makes of cars Don’t sail to visit this department of the fair if Interested in automo biles. fo ee ¢ 4 iss + ae § ed i bare af ease eo “PORD COLLEGE” Largest Goliegs of ind in the world. i ™y00 PINE STREET: ST- L.oUtSy MO: 7 y ua GUARANTEE bi Every be of “ORO” J tty guarantend without resets A ebacarntens te sm aa id may be roteened 2° 62 & conse, stating wl va gurehased, if aan asa fee ema unt 2 e ae i @ She | ie Me Gy ell * SOP eed TN 4 ‘i oe » hen hea rz ima Coe ee? ESET See ea GREATEST EVE\i g OF THE YEAR pola STATE FAIR AT MUSKOGEE , BIGGER AND BETTER | THAN EVER. HUNDREDS OF NEW FEATURES Speed Prizes of $17,500 Have Attracted 425 of the Best Horses in the vee ee” Sane ee Colored Man las -.ew Remedy For Cleaning e } Urug Store is sell " preparation for cleaning The article is; known es Ob SPOTS which was dis is raancufactured by M { seolored man, Who wil ve With his preparation Saturdey at the Eeonumy Drug The adversing price of the le is 15 ets per dox or two for 25 ors. I exular price is 25 cents: * saturday Mr. blam = wilt ean dies gloves free of charge luring demonstration 1 ’ ie At Halow’s Big Bankrupt Sale 0 he biggest and bess To The season is said to he XK mm the Harlow Hroéer © on South Main stypet tis 1s tikes a busaess. hooug bankrupt stocks and seli ng it to the buying publie a wan es One noticeable store is the excell troy of salesladies and. sales: i Whom ere very court Albi 10 seve the pur Mir. Harlow, the pro (ina of exceptional: “ ol deserves the trades a 4 a “estous Trahux selates @ he eulnal, the mule @ , Ar Btractor took some mud yy Inte ) for use upon some @ jy atr ork there, and upon * in, ron. of the contract Ure yg the tutes back to Texas The ‘ty, Some otictals tnaisted upon bie gyin duty, vot the contractor clatinw €' tre. ent the mutes ag “arttg “ey Aine srowty returned | withor: being advanced in value” ¥ phe of clals declared. however, that che noal of appraisers has wustaing 1a thers. that niules are not “articky ,” Whe: PAS APO they? Lt theyag gs ceraon,, they are certainly entithy , ¢ con « back hore Since the dist aston that hen is nota bitd, the cia toma weryi. | hes eo: (ts natural bay tory feartul's tod © Jortully mize @. 2 Gentic tus Tere onal far (in Hardup, ; Cb eo WORK for oF 4 utr got the pri r Deven Bon yer doa f t-d Uke Aw) 1 56 eA ® collem POND FORGET THAT \ STILL DO JOR WORK