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Get in The Oklahoma Booster Edition! Covering The Entire State of Oklahoma - To Commemorate The Meeting of The National Negro Business Men's League At Muskogee, August 19-21 1914. Colored Citizens Ratify Editors Stand In Answer to Rev. McConnel's Sermon On "Colored Folks." A FEARLESS EXPONENT OF RIGHT AND JUSTICE Get in T Covering The Entire State of Colored Citizen In Answer to Rev. On "Colore A mass meeting of Colored citizens was held in this city Friday night for the purpose of expressing appreciation and ratification of the stand taken by the Editor of this paper in answering the sermon of Rev. McConnel on Colored Folks, which appeared in last Sundays issue of the World. Many enthusiastic and patrotic speeches were made and liberal donations were made to the Editor who was out of town at the time. Following is the editors answer to Rev. McConnel's sermon. This reply appeared in the Tulsa World, Tuesday morning and caused a deal of comment. Tulaa, Okla., July 13, 1914. Editor of The Tulsa World, Tulsa, Okla. My Dear Sir: My attention has been called to a sermon by one Rev. James E. McConnell, pastor of the Tigert Memorial church of this city, which appeared in your Sunday morning issue, July 12, and after some debating with myself I am persuaded to ask you to give space in your paper for a few lines in reply to same. First, I desire to confess that I was very much surprised to learn that any white church in Tulsa was pastored by a man so unlearned an un-Christlike as the said Rev. McConnell appears to be. One would naturally expect to find the very best and highest thoughts emanating from the brain of one of his profession, but in this case, it seems, the reverse is true. Rev. McConnell is either wholly ignorant of the so-called "negro problem," or he deliberately and maliciously avoided the truth in his sermon. In either case, he proves himself unworthy as a leader of his people, and wholly unfit for the ministry, I am sure the white people of Tulsa, as a rule, are better informed on the history of our country and the cherished "race problem" than Rev. McConnell appears to be, but for the benefit of the latter, and those of his class who might be misled by the pastor's sermon on "Colored Folks," I hope you will allow me the use of columns to reply to the beacon light of "white supremacy" and Christian civilization, in defense of my people. I will not take up my time and your space discussing the "silver-hired statesmen" who framed the constitution, and contorting the immortal words of Thomas Jefferson, but I do wish to say that any 12-year-old negro school boy could enlighten Rev. McConnell as to the real issues that precipitated the civil war in this country. I can not quite understand why and disciple of the lowly Christ, a minister of the gospel, should choose "Colored Folks" as a theme for his Sunday sermon when he had the whole Bible, so rich an dull of God's word, especially when he is so ignorant of the race question, unless some ministers are like some of our narrow-minded, sapheaded politicians, who when they can no longer attract public attention and favor by the virtue of their own good deeds, invariably turn their efforts and energy to --- SUCCESSOR TO THE MUSKOGEE STAR TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY JULY 18, 1914 abusing, maligning and discrediting the negro race. The sooner the public is rid of this class of citizens the better it will be for the balance of the white people and the colored people of this country. Speaking of slavery days, and the condition of the negro then as compared with his condition now as a free man, Rev. McConnell said "They had more to eat and better clothes than they have today, and slept in warmer beds." And he continued: "The stories about the cruelties the slaves suffered are only the exception—as a rule they were treated humanely, and in many instances kindly." Few white man and no negroes at all would believe the above statement. Is it possible, Mr. Editor, that we have right here among us a white man, and a minister at that, who is so ignorant of the dark days of American history? Does not this pious man of God read the history of his own country? Does he not know that the negro race, which he holds in such disdain, which just fifty years ago was loosed from slavery, with nothing on earth save a burning desire for liberty, has advanced faster and accumulated more than any other race of people on earth under similar circumstances, in so short a time? Does he not know that there are thousands of old ex-slaves yet alive to rejoice at and enjoy the wonderful progress of their race, who would frankly tell him that he willfully misstates the facts when he says they had more to eat and better clothes and slept in warmer beds than they have today, or else he is too ignorant to be pitied? Think of a white man, who has always had the advantages of the white man's education and freedom, minister of the gospel, pastor of a church in a city like Tulsa, who is pleased to boast of his racial superiority, displaying such ignorance to an intelligent audience! Why, it is ridiculous. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is not a bold misrepresentation of slave days, as the plious divine would have his people believe, although I will admit for the sake of argument that it is not a true story. Nevertheless, it is more truth than fiction, and there are thousands of human beings to confirm my statement. In another paragraph, the reverend says a fatal blunder was made in putting the negro on an equal footing with the white man and giving him unlimited suffrage. To this I will say, in the first place, the negro has never been on an equal footing with the white man. The environment and education of the two races at the time of emancipation mad it absolutely impossible for the negro to approach anything like equality with the white man..., and the negro has always been sensible enough to recognize this fact. As for enfranchising the negro, I hold no man can be a true citizen of America under the ban of disfranchisement, and no true American citizen would want him to be. If any evil ever came to this government because of negro suffrage, it has come through and by corrupt, evil-minded white men, and for this the negro should not be held responsible. True enough some negroes have been and are still tools for unscrupulous politicians; but the same is true of many thousands of white men. And if negroes should be disfranchised for this reason, then white men of the same class should be disfranchised. "The negro is still illiterate," continues the noted divine, "more than half fo the total number in the United State today are totally illiterate, and (Continued on psge 4) Colored Man Save Life Of Drunken White Colored Man Save Life Of Drunken White Frank Linley, a negro of this City, Monday evening July 13, saved the life of Brooklen Daves, a white man; who had evidently took on too much of the white mule (as it is desribed by the booze army of Tulsa.) and from the effects of it became intoxicated, and selected the Frisco tracks as a place to rest. As he lay asleep crosswise the rail a fast 'rieght was speeding into the yards and was with-in a short distance of the drunk man when seen by Linley. The negro did not hessitate, but proceeded to haul him from the track. Linley says that Davis is a noted mule rider but the old mule thew him at last. NOTICE This Avow To The Public. On Friday July 17, 1914, there appeard on the streets of Tulsa, a hand bill" entitled- Notice! (To Whom It May Concern) in which our name appears as signers; We, the undersigned, deny any and all responsibility for appearance of said hand bill; as had no knowledge of same until copy was handed to us after publication. Signed: H A. Guess, Rev. T. S. Jones, Official Call Will Meet At Muskogee August 18th And 19th To the Members of the Western Negro Press Association: By virtue of the power vested in me as your elected president I hereby call the Association to meet in its 16th annual session in the City of Muskogee, Oklahoma, August 18th and 19th, 1914, for the purpose of transacting the business of the Association, electing officers and discussing such public questions as may be brought before the Association. Every newspaper man or woman in our district are urged to be present and take part in this meeting. We also extend an open invitation to the general public. Signed this 24th day of June, A. D., 1914. A. J. SMITHERMAN, Tulsa, Okla. President J. D. COOK, Millywaukee, Wis. Another Respond to-McConnels View of colored Folks. Colored Pastor Answers Negro Congress Comes to Close President Urges Blacks to Patronize Merchants of Their Own Race. In his closing address before the Negro National Educational congress which adjourned Friday evening. Prssident J. Silas Harris urged negroes to patronize merchants of their own race stating that negro merchants of Oklahoma City had informed him that while the negro population of the city was large enough to support their several enterprises, they were not lending the aid that they should. The speaker stated that this seemed to be the rule in nearly all cities and asked the negroes to show more loyalty to the commercial men of the race. It was the consensus of opinion of the speaker at the evening session that the great cause for objection to the presence of negroes in white neighborhoods was not so much the general deportment of the negro as it was sentiment. In some cases it was stated, the dwellings of the negroes were not in keeping with the general appearance of white localities and that in a number of the larger cities this objection had been eliminated to a great extent by the negroes having erected homes on an equal with those of the whites. A white woman who has been in constant attendance during the congress addressed the meeting and vehemently declared that the only reason for there being an objection to the negroes' presence in white neighborhoods was the lack of intellegence. No intellegent man or woman would offer an objection she declared. Statics were cited that showed the rate of morality to be greater among the negroes than any other race, and delegates who spoke on the subsect stated that the general unsanitary conditions in negro communities was responsible. It was charged that the same attention was not given to the sanitary conditions of negro districts by the health officers in the cities as was shown the white population; that in nearly all negro districts there is an absence of screens and in this manner disease is spread more rapidly. While the matter of selecting the next meeting place was not disposed of owing to the inability of the committee to agree, it is thought the next session of the congress will be held in Chicago. The congress adjourned at 10 o'clock Friday evening after the chairman extended the thanks of the congress for the favorable treatment it had received at the hands of the local press. A banquet was tendered the delegates Subscription $1.00 Pər Year. Edition! Muskogee, August 19-21 1914. l to-McConnels of colored Folks. Sunday morning Jnlyy 12th, 1914. the following sermon was delivered by Rev.Jas. A. Johnson Pastor of Vernon A.M.E church; Subject,"the market places of yore and today," Text,-And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market place: The one great thought in the parable from which our text is selected; Christ the house-holder and the world his field. And too, the market place is worthy of our careful consideration, for in the days of yore these places were resorts for men who had no work, and they went there as sure a place where-in some one would come hunting laborers, and too, they could get their supply of food; But the markets of today are a deal different. In some of these places they keep and sell worthless articles, [viz] the bootlegging places employ men to sell drinks, and it destroys the men and women of our rrice, for by the use of drink the vitality and mentality is so impovished that, we have forced upon us the immoralist the semi-manic, the consumptives, the coakfiend, and the what not. The houses of constitutions, are busily engaged in the selling of the virtue of our women for a coon song and dance, and too, these help hole markets are the incentives that are causing the races to amalgamate and, if for other causes we ought to rise up in our might and have these markets closed; The poolballs are markets that exchange chastity for vulgarity and honesty for dishonesty; The dance halls are the resivoirs where-in our girls are drowned and immersed in the pool's vulgarity, immodesty, for their chastity and virtue are carried away by the wave thereof: It is not my custom to read newspapers on Sunday, but I glanced at the morning paper this morning and saw the head lines that read as follows; Colored Folks" The theme" of Rev. Mc'Connel and, for my life could not refrain from reading what this un-regenerated, unducated"white man" or I think best to say' this white walking machine" had to say, and must confess that I am very sorry that I read it as it necessitates my answering some of his Super-fluous attacks upon us as a race. no I, This Clergy clothed ignorant unconverted white man don't know the cause of the civil (Continued on page 4.) --- OUR SUBSCRIPTION LIST MAKES A VALUABLE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING Phone Black 3077 Liberty Cafe Mrs. Lillie Johnson, Prop. Meals at All Hours Home Cooking a Specialty in Town Call at The First Class M Day and Night J. B. S. Real Estate, L. Lots for S. PHONE 3386 TULSA WELD Staple and Fax and Cure Buy and Sell Cattle, Horse We Do 21 E. 1st St. at the McPhears 120 Carry a Full Line of Up-to-Day Lowest Prices. We Exchange Term Call and Give Us a Trial NE 515 Directory of the v. C. L. Netherland, Press. v. J. F. Kersh, Vice-Press. v. H. G. Griffin, Treasure. v. T. J. 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OKLA., STAR John Gresham came into his place of business like a hurricane, His lowering brow suggested the thundercloud. The girl at the "Information" desk stared at him in open-mouthed wonder. Diggs, the office boy, ten minutes late and just hanging up his cap, tried to fade away from view. He was halted by a stern peremptory challenge. "Late, are you? Don't repeat it!" Diggs wilted. Over behind the rolling Ned Warner, bookkeeper, started, stared hard at his relative and employer and then bent his head over his books, a kind of uneasy half guilty expression on his face. Miss Ina Valle, the stenographer, turned quite pale. Never had there been a more peaceful harmonious office, never a kinder hearted chief. To see Mr. Gresham now—stern, savage, almost brutal—it was chilling—awful. "I want it understood here and now," fairly shouted Mr. Gresham, "that there are going to be new regulations in this office. Diggs late this morning, cashier yesterday. Two of our collectors, I understand, were out all night a week ago. I have been nearing things and it's got to stop. I won't have anybody in my service who appears here for work jaded and worn out with late hours. I'm watching things—look out!" Here Ned Warner groaned to himself and looked worried. A dense silence fell over the room as Mr. Gresham passed into his private office. As he slammed the door to noisily after him, a young man who had witnessed We, the newsmen, His Lowering Brow Suggested the Thunder Cloud. what had been going on from a rear office sped quickly to the side of Ina. "Oh, Arthur!" she gasped faintly, "what does it all mean?" "I can't tell you," replied Arthur Gresham rapidly. "I never saw father in such a mood before." "Perhaps he has heard about—about—" "About our engagement?" interrupted Arthur. "I think not. But he soon will." "You—you are going to tell him?" "I've done it already—by letter. I just left it on his desk. Ina, for mercy's sake hurry in there, quick! Get that letter. It's no time, the present, for father to read it. I'll be less cowardly and go to him openly when he's out of this tantrum." "Oh, I fear! I fear!" trembled poor Ina, but she went to the private office. "Huh! looking for anything? demanded Mr. Gresham, so fiercely that her heart sank." "Why, I—I was looking for a—letter." "That it?", challenged Mr. Gresham, and he held up a missive just opened. "Well, I've read it. You had better leave here at the end of the month." "Oh!" gasped Ina, her senses reeling. How she managed to regain the outer office she never knew. She fell to a chair. Arthur glided anxiously, eagerly to her side. "Well!" he prompted quickly. "He had already read it!" "And he said?" "Oh, Arthur, the end has come! Our beautiful love dream is in ruins! Your father has discharged me!" Arthur Gresham's brow darkened. Real resentment showed in his expressive face. "I shall go to him at once," he said determinedly. "No, no!" dissented Ina in real alarm, arising and seizing his arm. "Oh, Arthur! do not let poor me be the cause of a misunderstanding be tween you two who have always been so harmonious." "But—" "Let us have patience. Please go away now. I beg of you, do not see him until he is in a better frame of mind." Reluctantly Arthur departed. He was in business for himself. Not so Ned Warner. If Mr. Gresham was proud of his strong, manly, independent son, he also loved Ned Warner. The latter was the son of his dearest friend. On his deathbed Mr. Gresham had promised to care for him. He felt the responsibility as a sacred charge. The youth was lovable but weak, and his indulgent guardian dealt with him very gently. That morning Mr. Gresham had learned of his being seen with a gay young card-playing and drinking crowd. This was the cause that morning of his unusual spell of temper, as his employees deemed it. A dark cloud seemed to hang over the office all that day. Mr. Gresham remained in his office until noon. He walked out of the place then, his grim silence adding new uneasiness to his anxious watchers. Ina, pale and sad looking, was starting to leave the office for lunch when Ned approached her in the anteroom. "Can I have a word with you, Miss Vaile?" he inquired. "Why, certainly," replied Ina, who always liked the young fellow. "You have been a good friend to me," he said with sincerity and humility. "I am in deep distress and I feel that I must make a confidant of you. I am responsible for the trouble here this morning, I am sorry to say." "I did not know that," replied Ina, with true sisterly sympathy. "Well, I am. I have been a foolish, disloyal fellow to the kindest man that ever lived, Mr. Gresham, and he knows it. Oh! my sins are not very heavy, but I have wasted time, gone with rlotous companions and otherwise disappointed him. He was hinting at me when he burst out so this morning," and Ned, with honest tears of contrition in his eyes, told Ina the whole story, ending up with: "For the sake of you others I guess I had better go somewhere and make a man of myself." "You will do nothing of the sort!" declared Ina. "There is too much good in you to throw yourself away. Go straight to Mr. Gresham, tell him all you have told me, turn over a new leaf and make him happy." "I'll do it, and I'll reform, I vow I will!" cried Ned earnestly. It was late in the day when Ina timidly entered the room of her employer, little dreaming of how favorably Ned Warner had paved the way for a gracious reception. She noted a marked change in his face as he looked up. "Mr. Gresham," she said, "I have decided not to wait until the end of the month, but leave today." "Why, hadn't you better stay for a few days?" My wife will be back from the country Thursday, and then between you there can be arrangements made." "For what?" gasped the perplexed Ina. "Why, I supposed you would be glad to have her co-operation as to the trousseau and the wedding arrangements—" "Why!" gasped the petrified Ina, "didn't you discharge me this morning?" "What's that? Me? Ha, ha! ho, ho! Bless me, my dear young lady! What ever put that into your head? I simply suggested that, as you was going to become our daughter, it was best that you exchange office life for the home. Yes, indeed—just so!" And, despite the fact that he was not entirely telling the truth, there was such a kind, fatherly look in his good-natured eyes that Ina did not have the heart to gainsay him. Another Typographical Error. The man with the blood-shot eyes entered the sanctum, and before he could say a word the office boy sized him up and said: "I dunnn what it is, but th proof reader done it." "Well, it' was aplenty," said the irate person loudly. 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This lesson is an illustration given to those who accompanied Jesus how they too may reach a place of power, viz., through service and sacrifice. Matthew 20:30-34 tells us that there were two who made the appeal, but Mark seems to have thought that Bartimaeus was worthy of special mention. The healing mentioned by Luke 18:35 suggests that in that case it occurred as Jesus was entering and not leaving Jericho. Mark is telling of one man, Luke of another. Man's Nature. I. Bartimaeus Begging, vv 46:48. The passing throng rebuked the begar. Very likely the disciples joined in this rebuke. This certainly shows the fact that none of them fully comprehended the Lord's teaching as suggested in Mark 10:45. Bartimaeus is an illustration of man by nature. His home, Jericho, was the city under "a curse" (Josh 6:17), and is a type of this world cursed by sin. He was blind, see II Cor. 4:4; Rev. 3:17. His rags suggest Isa. 64:6 and Phil. 3:9. If the rebuke was mainly by the disciples it was that they might save the master during these strange days, Great and marvelous were the works and teachings he was performing, but these were the things that called forth such a wayside service. It was a glad message to Bartimaeus, "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by." There was no one else who could help him. Some one had told him of the power of Jesus. Now his opportunity is at hand, he must not miss it. Jesus never passed that way again. Bartimaeus began by crying out, Rom. 10:13; he called while Christ was near enough. to hear, Isa. 55:6. His cry was that of conscious need, it was direct, it was insistent. He called Jesus "Son of David" e. g., the Messiah, although the people had said "Jesus of Nazareth," see Matt. 9:27; 15:21, 22. His cry for "mercy" is rebuked. Many today are so stiff and formal as to frown upon any religious enthusiasm or earnestness. It was not beneath the dignity of Jesus to be disturbed by a blind begar. Though poor in purse Bartimaeus was rich in faith for he answered those who rebuked him by crying "the more a great deal." He would not be put off. "Come to Jesus." II. Bartimaeus Blessed, vv. 49-52. His command "call ye him" is indicative of the conscious power of Christ. Notice his great interest as suggested by the words, "Jesus stood still." Remember his important mission to Jerusalem and the leaders of the people who occupied his time; yet he does not compel Bartimaeus to follow after, nor to overtake him ere his prayer is answered, see Matt. 11:28. This was good news for the disciples to proclaim, Matt. 28:19,20. There was no indecision on the part of Bartimaeus. Casting his garment aside he sprang up, came and cast himself at the feet of Jesus. Although Jesus possessed all power still its manifestation was confined to the desire of the beggar. The Teaching: First, the readiness of God's mercy. Jesus had been rejected by rulers and councils and is moving "steadfastly" toward the consummation of his earthly career. That journey led him through Jericho, perhaps that he might meet Bartimaeus. At Jerusalem he is to pronounce sentence upon the rebellion of his people. Nevertheless when one of that same people called him by the title that suggested his Messiahship. "Son of David," he immediately turned aside in response thereto, Heb. 3:2. God never destroys the righteous with the wicked or the repentant with the rebellious. His ear is ever open to the faintest cry. Second. The failure of men to apprehend this fact. There are many today as successors of those who rebuked Bartimaeus. Some who hold him in reverence and yet fail to apprehend adequately that he came to "seek and to save the lost." There is no consideration of policy or of expediency, no question of method, nor the importance of rank, that can stand in the way of opening blind eyes, and answering the cry of the beggar. 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The more dignified a man is when sober the bigger fool when full. It is customary for a man with more dollars than sense to accumulate popularity. Not even an ingenious woman can make a really good husband out of poor material. Knicker—Something queer about Jones. Bocker—Yes; he is the only man who can't explain the high cost of living—Judge. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 500. The color of a pearl can sometimes be restored by taking off its outer layer. A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it's a smooth one just the same. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents Occasionally a woman weighs her words—then throws in a lot for good measure. TULSA. OKLA. STAR Everybody Drinks Coca-Cola -it answers every beverage requirement—vim, vigor, refreshment, wholesomeness. It will satisfy you. Demand the genuine by full name— Nicknames encourage substitution. THE COCA-COLA CO., ATLANTA, GA. GREAT AID TO GOOD WORK Sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals Net Much Money for Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign. More than 44,000,000 Red Cross Christmas seals were sold last December, according to a report issued by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the American Red Cross. In this way $440,000 is netted for antituberculosis work in various parts of the United States. The sale in 1913 is a gain of 4,000,000 seals over 1912, or 10 per cent. It is hoped that this year the 50,000,000 mark will be reached. The seal design for 1914 has been selected and orders for the printing of 100,000,000 seals have been placed. Plans for the organization of a larger sale this year than ever before have been perfected. New York led the country last year with a sale of over 10,500,000 seals, or one for each man, woman and child in the state. Of this number, more than 6,825,000 were sold outside of New York city. Pennsylvania came next with a sale of 3,125,000. Ohio was third with 2,800,000. Wisconsin fourth, 2,700,000, and Illinois fifth with 2,500,000. Hawaii sold the most seals per capita, the total sale being somewhat over two for each inhabitant. Rhode Island came second with a sale of two per person. Beginning with a sale of 13,500,000 in 1908, in six seasons the revenue which these little holiday seals have brought to the anti-tuberculosis campaign has more than tripled an aggregate for the period of over $1,800,000 or 180,000,000 seals. What Did He Mean? Dr. Stanley Coulter says the shortest and sweetest introduction he ever had to an audience was by a student at Cornell university. Said this young man concisely: "I do not have to speak many words to introduce Doctor Coulter, for he is too well known already." "I never could make out just what that student meant," said Doctor Coulter—Indianapolis News. Rare. "I heard yesterday of a married man who took his handkerchief and wiped the paint off his wife's cheeks." "Is she going to get a divorce?" "No. She actually smiled while he was doing it." "I didn't think anything like that ever happened." "It doesn't happen more than once in a thousand years." -Baltimore Sun. "What part of Europe pleased you most?" asked the American. "Germany," replied the returned tourist. "Why Germany?" asked the American. "Why, in Germany a man is still considered as being as good as a woman," replied the returned tourist.—Cinelnati Enquirer. It Sometimes Happens. "A smart college graduate came in here the other day and told me how to run my business." "Of course you threw him out?" "No, I didn't. He was right, so I gave him a job." "Have they agreed on a name for the baby?" "No. His wife has selected one." Not Alone. Optimist—The sun is getting higher every day. Pessimist—So is everything else. n Lurks In g or weak, use RENOVINE." Made by V High Price for Dickens' Work. Lovers of Dickens will be pleased to hear that a copy of "Pickwick" has just been sold in the English market for $2,475. This was a first edition, which Messrs. Sotheby up the other day from the late Capt. R. J. H. Douglas' property. The highest previous record for a similar edition was obtained in New York, where the bidding reached $1,400. No Dickensian seems to doubt that the copy sold is the finest copy extant. It has all the points which appeal to a collector; all the parts are the earliest issue; and contains all the advertisements; all the covers of the parts are dated 1836; the plates by Seymour, Buss, and "Phiz" are all in the earliest state. Four parts contain the "addresses" by the author, and three the "addresses" by the publishers. In fact, there is not a flaw to be found. The present possessor of the edition is Mr. Robson. An Irish tenant farmer, returning from a somewhat distant market late one afternoon, missed his way and got into a bog hole, where he stuck fast. His landlord, who knew the locality, chancing to pass shortly afterward on horseback, noticed his tenant's dilemma, and smilingly shouted out: "Hello, Pat! You've got fixity of tenure now!" "Yes, begorra!" ejaculated Pat. "And I'd be mightily obliged if yer honor wud evict me." More things come to those who do not wait for them. It takes a better half to see the worst side of a man. Save the Babies. Save the Babies. INFANT MORTALITY is something of all the children born in civic or nearly one-quarter, die before per cent., or more than one-third, be they are fifteen! We do not hesitate to say that a majority of these precious lives. Nest of these infantile deaths are occasions. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups more or less opium or morphine, deadly poisons. In any quantity, the to congestions, sickness, death. Cas you must see that it bears the sign causes the blood to circulate properly pores of the skin and allays fever. Genuine Castoria always bears the INFANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that of all the children born in civilized countries, twenty-two per cent., or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirty-seven per cent., or more than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen! We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a majority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity, they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas, H. Fletcher. Castoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the pores of the skin and allays fever. "I understand you are working on a new automobile romance," said the motor car manufacturer. "Yes," answered the well-known perpetrator of "best sellers," with condescension. "I am at present engaged on a novel of that sort." "How much would it be worth to have the hero and heroine elope in a car of our make?" asked the manufacturer, Insinuatingly. 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PAYE FOR BELIEF SUNFLOWER BLOOMS P PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM A toilet preparation of merit. Helps to eradicate dandruff. For Restoring Color and Bathroom Cleanliness & $10 at Drugsale. Chas H. Hitchens Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief—Permanent Cure CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS never fail. Purely vegetable — act surely but gently on the liver. Stop after dinner distress—cure indigestion, improve the complexion, brighten the eyes. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature Bent Good Sherman, Texas TULSA. OKLA.. STAR Colored Citizens Ratify Editors Stand Colored Citizens Ratify Editors Stand Published Every Saturday at 501 North Greenwood Street. (Continued from page 1.) only a small per cent can read and write intelligently." In this, as in every other content set up in the sermon of this would-be-intelligent man of the gospel, a deal of unparable ignorance is displayed. To offset the claims of Rev. McConnell about the negroes' illiteracy, shiftlessness and indolence, I respectfully submit the following facts and figures: Fifty years ago, 5 per cent of the negro race could read and write; today more than seventy per cent can read and write intelligently. Thus, in fifty years the illiteracy of my race has been reduced from 95 per cent to less than 30 per cent. These figures are given for the special benefit of Rev. McConnell and others like him who are ignorant concerning the progress of my race. These figures are backed up by the statistics of the United States government, and any man with sense enough may verify them. Fifty years ago, there were no negro authors, poets, musicians or sculptors; today we have thousands of them. Fifty years ago we had no negro olawyers, doctors, pharmacists, dentists or trained nurses; today we have more than 100,000 of such professionals. Fifty years ago we had no newspapers, banks, stores or other businesses of imilar character; today we have more than 400 newspapers and periodicals, 64 banks (an average of more than one bank for every year of freedom), 100 insurance companies, thousands of drug stores, and more than 20,000 grocers stores. Fifty years ago the negroes owned no homes; today we own upwards of 600,000 homes, more than 220,000 farms, embracing more than 20,000, 000 acres of land (not including more than 1,000,000 acres of land owned by the negroes in Oklahoma.) All of this and more the negro has acquired since emancipation, and he is not through yet. No doubt Rev. McConnell could have preached a better sermon about "Colored Folks" had he known about them. A. J. SMITHERMAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER H. R. GRAHAM Associate Editor Mrs. O. B. Smitherman Society Editor A. P. BLAKEMORE Traveling Representative SUBSCRIPTION RATE One year $1.00 Six Month $0.60 Three Month $3 SOMETHING LACKING AMONG NEGROES The Negroes of Oklahoma are among the most prosperous and successful Negroes in the world, and yet there is something lacking in them as co-operative business men. With the wealth and opportunities at the hands of the Negroes of this state there is no good reason why Oklahoma should not have several Negro Oil and Gas Companies, Coal Companies, Wholesale Companies, and in fact any other kind of company. But for some reason these opportunities are going unnoticed and the wealth of Negro men and women in this state is going to enrich thoughtful white men, who are profiting by the Negroes' weak points. The Sermon of Rev. James E. McConnel which appeared in last Sundays World shows to what depts of ignorance it is possible for supposed-to-be intelligent white men to descend on the so called "Race Problem It is a very noticeable fact that it is this class of men who are continuely harpering about the "Negro Problem" and offering theoretical olutions. In the same paragraph, the divine had the audacity to tell us that the negrgo is a moral degenerate. That 90 per cent of our race or more, are diseased from immoral living. It is indeed a pity that any man should be so hopelessly blinded by the unnatnural love of his own race and hatred for another weaker one. If I were a white man I would cultivate the good common sense never to say anything about the moral degeneracy of any other race, for fear it might reflect on my own. The countless thousands of people scattered over this broad land who are neither white nor black, and yet both, is ample proof that there is moral degeneracy in Rev. McConnell's race. I do not here claim that my race is immaculate or perfect morally, but I do claim that if the white people were more moral, my race would be less immoral. "The negro has no conception of purity or chastity," the divine continues. "They have little regard for sanitation or anything that is clean, and as a result of this impure and filthy and intemperate life, the race is going to be extinct in a few decades, unless they can be rescued from the life they live. He has no appreciation for honor or honesty. The negro that will not steal or lie is the exception and such exceptions are rare." What worse could be said of any race? Fine example to be set by a minister of the gospel! Wonder if this preacher thinks he is doing as the lowly Savior would do? Or is he following the trail of the white man's religion. That these hard words were spoken without any regard whatever for the truth no just white man can doubt. If the negro race is so ravaged with disease that it will be come extinct in a few decades, what will become of the proud white race? The two races are so closely identified in this country that it would be all most impossible to destroy one with disease without at least impairing the health of the other. The best solution in our opinion is to give the Negro a man' chance and let him alone. What about our race leaders and others who are taking their printing to down town printers while their own enterprise of this kind goes begging for work? Dont you think we deserve patronage and support? J. H. Hamilton, a successful farmer of Bristow is growing variety of crops in which he is having wonderful success. This is the kind of farmers we need in Oklahoma. When you find a fellow speaking well of his neighbor try to catch the spirit. Remember you are some one's neighbor, and its so much nicer to speak well of your neighbor than to speak ill of them. "It's impossible to keep a fellow down in the ditch unless you stay down there with him," says Booker T. Washington. If this is true (and we doubt it not) there is a big ditch in Tulsa, and some few men are in it. The man or woman who are putting his or her money into farm land and other safe investments are surly solving the race droblem. Co-operation is usually a hidden virtue among Negroes but in Oklahoma we are gradually awakening. The Tulsa Star is now generally recognized as the leading Colored paper published in the State—in the Southwest for that matter. We are going some! But when we consult the birth rate and death rate of this race in America we are reassured that at the present rate the race will be here for several million years yet to come. He says the negro has no appreciation for honor or honesty, but there are women of his own exated race who could testify to the negro's high sense of honor and his trustworthiness. In the dark days of slavery, even when the negro's master was called to the front to fight for the bondage of his slaves, proud southern white men trusted their wives and daughters to the care of these black men, and it has never been recorded that a single negro betrayed the trust. Many of them, however, unflinchingly gave up their lives in the defense and protection of their "mistresses" when brutal, flendifish white soldiers sought to outrage them. I do not know whether Rev. McConnell considers this "appreciation of honor" on the part of the negro, but we shall always cherish it as such. The crops in Oklahoma are in better condition than they been in several years and rich harvest is expected. At any rate there are some Colored people in Tulsa who appreciate real worth. Lhere are many wonderful opportunities for the race in Oklahoma and it is up to the "line ones" to get buisy. Of course the Tulsa spirit will be the dominant spirit at Muskogee in August. The Political pot is boiling again and in a short while there will be something doing Tulsa will be there with the goods in the Star's Oklahoma Booster Edition. The whole sermon of the Rev. McConnell seemed to be based on an inborn fear of social equality with the negro, and blinded by this God of all fools, the noted divine said many things very much out of place and unfit for a man of his high calling. It was a foolish attempt on his part to handle a question of which he is utterly ignorant. Rev. McConnell certainly needs to know more about the There is no record of God commanding Preachers to teach prejudice; wonder if Rev. Mc Connel know this? Don't fail to get in the Oklahoma Booster Edition of The Tulsa Star. negro. The negro is not asking social equality of any race. That is something that regulates itself. All the negro of America has ever asked on the white man is A MAN'S CHANCEL, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR A LIVELIHOOD. Whenever and wherever this chance has been given him the negro has proved himself an equal with the white man. The negro has always been willing to measure strength with the proud Caucasian, knowing odds to be against him. The white man has partially subdued and enslaved the negro, but there has never been a time when the negro would not fight him. Back in the dark ages, when it meant death for a slave to fight his master, the negro fought. And as Dr. Washington, (i mean Booker T. Washington, the sage of industrial education in the world, principal of Tuskegee institute, the greatest institution of its kind in the world), has truly said, we are the only race that has been able to stand side by side with the white man and live. We are fighting the cause of the rigtous. We are contending for our God-given rights and our rights as citizens of a country which is as dear to us as it is to any white man; made so by many long days of toil and hardships of our forefathers and mothers, who have given us so much to this great land; made so by the red blood of our black heros, who have always responded to the callof their country, and sacrificed their precious lives in defense and honor of the Stars and Stripes, and just as surely as God lives and is just, we will yet win the fight, in spite of such men as Vardaman, Hoke Smith, Cole Blease and theRev, James E. McConnell. I would be delighted to meet Rev. McConnell in a public debate on the "Colored Folks," any time, any place. I am very respectfully, A. J. SMITHERMAN. Another Respond To McConnel Another Respond To McConnel (Continued from page 1) war. No 2. He said we had more to eat and better beds to sleep on, this is too rediculous to be printed, I believe we must have heard of the man that Christ was born on, and he jurdged that if the son of God was borned in a manger it was good, therefore he concluded that it's better than we now have, and my brother seven eighths of the trouble that is brought on between the races comes from such ignorant and unscrupulous white men as this Rev. Mc Connel. I advise you to pray God to forgive him' for he knoweth not what he doeth" No 3. He referred to uncle Tom's Cabin as a misrepresentation of the sufferage of slavery, and I believe he has never read nor took the time to even sit and liston to the real condition and suffering of slavery, unless he is so blind to righteousness and truth that he cant understand, yet grant the truth that a part made prejudice greater but to the contary such talks as he gave and nick-name them, sermons; No 4. This devine is afraid of social equality, and I believe I can voice the sentiment of every Negro in America that we only ask for a man's chance in the various walks of life and we will do our part in keeping the races pure and destinct. No 5, He accused us of being totally a race of thieves with only a few acceptions, he doesn't know that there are ten million negroes in this contry, and that only one million have been accused of crimes and that not half of those were accused of stealing, we know that we have some bad people in our race, just as there are bad people in other races. But my brothers, I must not take any more time in refering to this unscrupulous attact, only fear God and He will aboundeutly pardon. Read your Bible and you will find that God said "Out of one Political Announcements I take this occasion to announce to the public my candidacy for Congress from the First Congressional District, subject to the Democratic primary to be held August 4th, 1914. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of County Judge of Tulsa County, subject to the Democratic primary August 4th, 1914. J. W. WOODFORD. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office County Judge of Tulsa county subject to the action of the democratic primary, August 4 1914. H. B. SCHAEFFER I hereby announce my candidacy for County Treasurer of Tulsa County, subject to the Democratic primary August 4th, 1914. ED DALTON. I hereby announce my candidacy for Sheriff of Tulsa County, subject to the Democratic primary August 4th, 1914. JAS. W. WOOLEY. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Tulsa county subject to the democractic primary, August 4, 1914. S. W. Hooker I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of County Clerk- Exofficio Register of Deeds for Tulsa County, subject to the democratic primary, August 4th, 1914. I hereby announce my candidacy for the nomination of County Superintendent of Creek county at the Democratic primary, August 4, 1914. STELLA DONCARLOS COX. Sapulpa, Okla. I hereby announce my candidacy for the nomination of County Treasurer of Creek county subject to the will of the voters at the Democratic primary, August 4, 1914. HERMAN KILLEBREW. Sapulpa, Okla. I hereby announce my candidacy for Sherriff of Creek county subject to the will of the vtoers at the democratic primaries in August. HENRY CLAY KING, I hereby announce my candidacy as County Clerk of Creek county subject to the voters of the Democratic primary Aug. 4, 1914. W. T. FOX. CHARLES BARRETT. Claiming to be a consistent Democrat I respectfully submit my candidacy for the nomination of congressman from the new Fourth District, and will appreciate the support of the party at the primary in August. Mrs. C. K. Maddox hereby announces her candidacy for the democratic nomination of County Clerk of Creek county and ex-officia register of deeds subject to the voters at the primary on August 4, 1914. blood, God made all nations to dwell on the earth," and no effort of a sinful preacher can deprive you of your God given right. And may I say in conclusion that, my candid opinion in that no decent white man in this our great city, will at any time commend this uncalled for, and low down attach upon us. And as to him saying that fifty per cent of our race, are ignorant is not worthy of notice, for every body that has any education at all know that the last governmental statistic showed that seventy per cent of the race ceuld read and write. --- News Around the City J. S. KIRBY, City Circulator RESIDENCE,--215 E. Cameron Go to the East end Studio for good Photos.—Adv. ARE YOU A HOME BOOSTER? Get in the STAR ooster Edition If you want something good to eat stop at A Carr's place G. W. Gurley is visiting South McAlester Mrs. L. M. Taylor of Weleka is visiting Mrs. H G. Griffin of this city. Don't forget-THE TULSA STAR BOOSTER EDITION for Aug. 14. Send your picture home to the old folks. East end Studio.—Adv Have a cut made of your home to run in the Booster Edition. Mrs Dr. Key and C W. Henry, of this city left Tuesday morning for a short visit at Claremore. The Public Library of this City is now located in the rear of the Stradford builden 301 north Greenwood. Don't forget Evans Cafe when you think of eating. Best meals in town. Home cooking a specealty Mrs. D. Moses of Taft is visiting her cousin Mrs. J. S. Kirby this week. When in town call at A Carr's place, in the Gurley Building for something good to eat. Person who have books belonging to the Public Library is hereby re quested to return them at once. J. B. Stradford.--Librarian. Rev. J. F. Kersh and W. B. Woods of this city attended the Grand Lodge of the K of P's a McAlester this week. A number of people were injured n a wreck on the Orcutt Lake car line last Sunday evening. Capt T D. Jackson, of this city who spent several weeks visiting friends in colorado has returned home looking the picture of health. He spent a few days with relatives in Kansas City on his return. Dr. A. C. Jackson, his son will leave in a few days to join his wife who is now in Colorado Springs. A complete line of fall and winter woolens have just been recieved and now awaits your inspection, it will be a pleasure to show them, and you are under no obligation to purchase unless you are pleased. CLEANING and PRESSING Wm Walker. Partee bldg. 218 east Archer phone 2573 NOTICE. George Griffin is no longer employed in any capacity by and for H. Watson Cleaning and Pressing Establishment, located at 305 N. Frankfort St. READ THE TULSA STAR TULSA, OKLA., STAR nd the City WIFE WANTED WANTED--To correspond with a young woman, of refinement and means By a young man age 35 who manufactures human hair and hair dies. Also manufactures Straightening Combs, patent United States Patent office, Washington, D.C. serial Number 798,947 and Hair Dressing school in connection. Who would interest and help me in my profession. Christian Lady preferred I want some ore who will help and appreciate a good husband Matrimony, if mutually sited. In business at the present address for three years. Formorly business in New York, N. Y. Will exchange photographs. J. E. Laing Mfg State of Oklahoma. In the Superior Court of Tulsa County WARREN LEE JOHNSON, Plaintiff; vs. You will take notice that you have been sued in the above named Court by the above Plaintiff, for a divorce on the grounds of desertion, and that unless you answer the petition filed by this plaintiff in said Court by the 24th day of July, 1914, said petition will be taken as true and judgment granting to the plaintiff a divorce, annulling, cancelling, setting aside and holding for naught the marriage contract with you, and for other proper relief, rendered according to the prayer thereof. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of June, 1914. FRANK INGRAHAM, Clerk Attorney for Plaintiff. BUSINFSS MENS LEAGUE To meet in Muskogee July 1921 1914, Business session at Convention Hall South second street. Wednesday Evening, 8 P.M. Grand opening session at Convention Hall. Presidents address. Delegates will be given a view of the City, the Educational and Industrial Exhibits will be on exhibition in Convention Hall throughout the meeting of the Convention The Live Stock and Agricultural exhibits will be at the Fair Grounds where they may, be seen Thursday afternoon. Saturday, August 22, 7:30 A.M. Delegates will leave in Special Train for Boley Oklahoma, the largest and most proserous Negro City in the United States. The train will pass through some of the richest land in the world, not only adapted to all classes of agricultural products, but underlaid with inexhaustible mines valuable coal, and the most extensive oil fields in the world; much of the valuable land is owned by Negroes. FREEMAN L. SMARTIN J. H. ROBERTS Residence Phone 3274 Notary Public SUITE 301-302 WILLIAMS BUILDING PHONE 2157 TULSA, OKLAHOMA 1715 E. 18th, St. Kansas City, M. First published June 13, 1914. PUBLICATION NOTICE. ROSA JOHNSON, Defendant. To the above named defendant: Program Wednesday Morning Aug-19, 10 A.M. Thursday Morning Aug 20. Business Session. Friday Morning, Aug 21. Business Session. Friday Afternoon Aug 21. Friday Evening, Aug 21. Banquet. A very hopeful sign for the race about Bristow is the high birth note Manp new babes are bringing joy to our homes A deal of sickness in the neighborhood is keeping Drs Wakefield and Williams on the go day and night. Bristow was blessed with another shower Tuesday morning which brought smiles to many farmer. Traders Traders The HYPOCRITE BOASTED OF OWNING HIS OWN HOME and that HE was NOT LIKE other men. The POOR PUBLICAN was GLAD to be ALLOWED to be ALIVE and to BREATHE FREE AIR. The world MOVES on confidence. We must TRUST each other. There are more than a THOUSAND different articles and different qualities and different prices of goods in any first-class grocery store. It is easy to pick out a few articles and advertise a price and then sell all the others for a long profit. It is also easy to advertise a low price and get customers and then weigh short to make a profit. Not one woman in every fifty ever weighs what she buys, therefore she never knows how much she pays. Every wife and mother should be careful in buying for her husband and children. She should buy nothing but the best and should know that she gets the best price. We want the word "Traders" to mean that you must be pleased or your money back. We do not ask you to TRUST us, we only ask you to try us. We run our business on the least possible expense, therefore we can sell for less. We find it IMPOSSIBLE to handle our trade properly on Saturdays, therefore we EARNESTLY ask all who can CONVENIENTLY do so to come early. We do our best, but people come in such great numbers that we can not give them the care they deserve. We have a large line of Star Brand Shoes, "NO BETTER MADE." We carry SWEET ORR work clothing. We are putting on a fine line of DRY GOODS of the BEST STAPLE qualities. Please come and see them. Our prices are right. We handle nothing but the best meats. Please remember, money back at all times if not pleased. Traders 106 EAST SECOND STREET. Architect Making Good 5 The above is the likeness of S. L. Morris, architect and builder, who has made a splendid reputation in his work at Okmulgee. A graduate of the Tuskegee institute, Mr. Morris has gone out into the world with that ever-dowell spirit which seems to be a virtue with students of that noted school and step by step has climbed up to success with credit to himself and his school. Some of the best buildings in Boley stand as monuments of this young man's ingenuity and, some of Okmulgee's best business buildings are bearing the trade mark of his work. He does all of his own blue print work and superintends the work from start to finish. He is ready to do work in any part of the state. Those who contemplate buildings would do well to consult him. Mail addressed to him at Okmulgue will reach him. Chas Johnson, real estate dealer of 216 E. Archer, Tulsa, is leading the boys a jungle race among the dealers and some lawyers of Tulsa, Oklahoma, trying to secure 640 acre of oil and gas leases bt among the many hard knocks and competition Chas, Johnson, arrived in the city late in the afternoon from Creek County bringing the bacon home in the shape of 640 acres of oil and gas leases in the new oil field. Chas Johnson, must doubtless be shrewd long winded and energetic, among the many competitors he won the race, and brought the certified copies of leases with him, to save his friends time and money from trying to run after the bell had tapped. For further information call Chas, Johnson, at Phone 3337. NOTICE TO MY FRIEN IT HAS COME TO MY SPONSIBLE PARTIES FRIENDS CONTINUE PLACES OF BUSINESS STREET AND ARE STORE IS KAHN'S OR OF KAHN'S STORE. TECT YOU AND TAKE WISH TO ANNOUNC THE TRUTH, AND I TION. I AM LOCATED BUILDING 15 EAST FI OF THE ALLEY BETW TON, AND AM NOT CO ONE ELSE. MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS: E TO MY KNOWLEDGE BY RE PARTIES THAT SOME OF MY CONTINUE TO GO IN CERTAIN BUSINESS HERE ON FIRST TO ARE TOLD THAT THEIR AHN'S OR THAT IT IS A PART STORE. IN ORDER TO PRO ND TAKE CARE OF MYSELF I INNOUNCE THAT SUCH IS NOT AND IS A MISREPRESENTA LOCATED IN THE OLD BRADY EAST FIRST STREET, CORNER KEY BETWEEN MAIN AND BOSI NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY NOTICE TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS: IT HAS COME TO MY KNOWLEDGE BY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES THAT SOME OF MY FRIENDS CONTINUE TO GO IN CERTAIN PLACES OF BUSINESS HERE ON FIRST STREET AND ARE TOLD THAT THEIR STORE IS KAHN'S OR THAT IT IS A PART OF KAHN'S STORE. IN ORDER TO PROTECT YOU AND TAKE CARE OF MYSELF I WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT SUCH IS NOT THE TRUTH, AND IS A MISREPRESENTATION. I AM LOCATED IN THE OLD BRADY BUILDING 15 EAST FIRST STREET, CORNER OF THE ALLEY BETWEEN MAIN AND BOSTON, AND AM NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY ONE ELSE. RESPECTFULLY, JULIUS KAHN. The Star Clean Up-to-date sanitay cleaning terations a specialty. Let us Suits made to your mea of stylish made-to-measure clo ery color, every weave, every prices to suit your pocket book. Hats cleaned and blocked VISIT US Phone 817 Mme. Z. E Our Cleaning Parlour unitary cleaning methods. Ladies' work and a Let us do your cleaning. to your measure. Come in and see our lin- measure clothing. We have every fabric evi- ave, every pattern and make every style a pocket book. patterns to select from. and blocked. phone 817 N. E. PYRTLE, Proprietor Z. E. Holderness HAIR GROWER Cures Tetter Eczema, and Dandruff. The Star Cleaning Parlor The Star Cleaning Parlor UFo-date sanitay cleaning methods. Ladies' work and alterations a specialty. Let us do your cleaning. Suits made to your measure. Come in and see our line of stylish made-to-measure clothing. We have every fabric every color, every weave, every pattern and make every style at prices to suit your pocket book. patterns to select from. Hats cleaned and blocked. VISIT US Phone 817 N. E. PYRTLE, Proprietor Mme. Z. E. Holderness Mme. Z. E. Holderness A Trial will convince you. My specially prepared Hair Oil will be sent to any on receipt of 50 cents a Box. rt Street TULSA, OKLA. 316 North Frankfort Street Caver's French Hatters NEW SUITS $1.00 Up French Dry Cleaning Matters and Dyers Up We mean that we will make you old suits new, — if you will only let us carry them through our Sanitary minery, which has always proven satisfactor MADE TO YOUR MEASURE Caver's French Dry Cleaning NEW SUITS $1.00 Up We mean that we will make your old suits new, - if you will only let us carry them through our Sanitary Dry Cleaning machinery, which has always proven satisfactory. SUITS MADE TO YOUR MEASURE 500 Samples for you to select from Suits From $16.00 up The Palace of Sweets For Confectionaries, Cold Drinks, Cigars, Tobacco and Hair Goods. SCALP TREATMENT a Specialty. 516 E. Archer St., Next door to Dr. Jackson MRS. GEO. W. HUNT, Prop. A Jungled Race P NOTICE To The Traveling Public When You Come to Sdpulpa Remember THE GREAT WESTERN HOTEL A Strictly First Class and High Class Stopping Place For Transient or Boarding Guests Every Possible Comfort Accorded Our Guests. Private Hotel Buss Meets Every Train. Free Baths And Faee Stationary. E. D. GLASS, Proprietor SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA GO TO STOLE MILLIONS FROM NEWHAVEN SUCH IS REPORT OF COMMERCE COMMISSION TO SENATE. EVERY KNOWN FORM OF GRAFT Was Resorted to by the Directors. Negligence Reached Criminal Stage, Declares Instate Body. Washington—The story of the "reckless and profigate" financial operations of the New Haven railroad, one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of American railroading and American finance, was revealed in part by the interstate commerce commission in a report to the senate of investigations of that road. It told of millions used like stage money, of corporations as pawns in a monster game with all New England's transportation as a prize which led the New Haven in the ten years just passed from the height of prosperity to the point where a dividend has been passed and where criminal suit is threatening and where criminal indictments of many of the directors who figured in deals are at least a possibility. Hampered by unwilling witnesses, by burned books and by all the mazes which lawyers invented to cover the trail, the committee estimated that in the progress toward monopolization of New Haven stockholders have lost between $65,000,000 and $90,000,000 but little of which they may recover. Burden for Years to Come. In return, the report said, they have on their hands properties which pay no dividends, which eat into the earnings of the parent road and which will be a burden on its capacity for many years to come. The New Haven combination, reared by Charles S. Mellen and approved by the late J. P. Morgan and Wm. Rockefeller, the commission finds to be clearly in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and a monopoly in practical control of the transportation of five states. The commission's report scores the board of directors. It speaks of criminal maladministration and negligence, asserts with positiveness that the directors knew they were perfecting an illegal combination and says that the dream of a transportation monopoly was unsound and mischievous. MARINES ARE ORDERED TO HAYTI United States to Stop Continued Anarchy in Santo Domingo. Washington.—Seven hundred marines were ordered assembled at Guantanamo, Cuba, to be held in readiness for service in revolution torn Hayti and San Domingo. The navy department acted at the request of Secretary Bryan, who asks that the fleet be prepared to deal with any emergency that might arise on the turbulent little island. The marines will be gathered from those now on duty in Mexican waters. At Guantanamo the force is only one day's sail from the north coast of Hayti and San Domingo and their proximity is expected to impress on the revolutionary leaders the determination of the American government to terminate activities unless they listen to the warnings given. The situation in San Domingo has come to be regarded as almost hopeless. FIGHT LEADS TO MORE KILLING James A. Thornton Shot Four Times By Bud Garrett. Headrick.—As a result of a difficulty which began over the trivial sum of 50 cents, Bud Garrett, proprietor of a pool and billiard hall at Headrick, shot four times and instantly killed James A. Thornton, aged 30, son of J. C. Thornton, a prominent farmer, on the streets of Headrick. The men quarreled in Cooley's restaurant at Headrick the quarrel resulting in a fist fight in which both men were badly bruised. Thornton came down town, went before Justice J. E. Ernst, plead guilty and paid a fine for fighting. As he passed Garrett's pool hall, the latter is alleged to have stepped to the sidewalk, addressed some remark to Thornton, and drawing his revolver sent four bullets rapidly into Thornton's back, one piercing the heart. Garrett was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ricks, who rushed him to Altus in an automobile, where he was placed in jail. CAPT. FITZHUGH LEE C HARRIS & EWING Among the sons of noted fathers serving in the American army at Vera Cruz, Is Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, son of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. JUSTICE LURTON DIED SUDDENLY HEART FAILURE CAUSES DEATH OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE Appointed To High Position By President Taft in 1910 After Being Made a Federal Judge Atlantic City, N. J.—Associate Justice Horace Harmon Lurton of the United States supreme court died suddenly in a hotel here from heart failure, superinduced by cardiac asthma. He was 70 years old The justice, who came here July 1, was in his usual health before retiring and had taken his customary evening outing on the board walk. Shortly after midnight he complained of feeling ill and although his physician, Dr. Ruffin, was summoned immediately, Justice Lurton died in a few hours. His wife and son, Horace H. Lurton, Jr., of Nashville, Tenn., were at the bedside. The body was taken to Clarksville, Tenn., for interment. It was at that city that Justice Lurton began the practice of law and lived for twenty years. Funeral services were held there, Chief Justice White and several assistant justices of the supreme court, as well as many friends from different parts of the country, being present. Born at Newport, Campbell county, Ky., Justice Lurton was attending the county schools when the war between the states began. Though only 17 years old he enlisted in the confederate army and became a trooper under General Morgan. President Cleveland appointed him a federal judge in 1893 and in 1910. Taft put him on the supreme bench. THE BATTLE OF SAN LUIS POTOSI Final Big Engagement. Before Seige of Mexico City. Saltillo, Mexico—Fighting already has commenced at San Luis Potosi. Engagements of outposts designed by the constitutionalists to establish the federals' strength and position are of daily occurrence, according to reports received here by General Carranza. These actions are careful reconnoisances, the result of which has been checked by scouts. Reports of spies and deserters indicate the federals are in force within the city and strongly entrenched. Their number is estimated at not less than 12,000. It also is evident that the federal commander, General Gustavo Maas has determined to make his stand within the city, behind the fortifications and not attempt a sally such as proved so disastrous for the federals at Ahualulco outside Guadalajara, where General Alvaro Obregon captured the second largest city in Mexico. It is evident, according to reports of the scouts, that the attack on San Luis Potosí will meet a desperate resistance, but in spite of the fact that the federals hold every advantage of position, are well entrenched and strong in numbers, General Gonzales, commanding the division of the northeast, appears confident of speedy victory for his forces. TULSA. OKLA.. STAR MORE IMPORTS BY NEW TARIFF AMERICAN FACTORY OWNERS UNINJURED ACCORDING TO REDFIELD. A BIG INCREASE IN FOODSTUFF Decrease in Exports Totals $145,000- 000; Less Foodstuffs Being Sent Abroad Than Formerly. Washington.—Foreign manufacturers sent into the United States the first eight months of the new tariff system just 8.8 per cent more of their finished products than they did under the old. Secretary Redfield pointed to this as ample demonstration that there was no ground for fears that American factory owners would be driven from business by the democratic tariff. Importations of food stuffs showed a large increase, while foodstuff exports fell off. There was a relatively small reduction in the amount of completed manufactures exported. "The figures," said Secretary Refield, "show the results of the worldwide depression in commerce as modified by our own shortage of foodstuffs arising from the inadequate crops of last year, which condition rapidly is passing away. They indicate also that our competing power in manufacturing is well sustained because at a time when our commercial rivals are eager to sell and unwilling to buy the item of exports of fully finished manufactures is depressed relatively little and the item of imports of finished manufactures increased relatively little." The total increase of importations of foodstuffs, the department's figures showed, was $56,750,437, while the total increase in importations for the period was only $55,136,685. In the line of finished manufactures, Mr. Redfield said the United States is maintaining its foreign business well. "The decrease of exports of foodstuffs," the secretary added, "amounts in the eight months to $97,573,558, a fact sufficiently explained by our not having the foodstuffs to sell. The present large promise of fine crops already has begun to alter the situation. A further decrease appears in manufactures for further use in manufacturing of $30,660,377, reflecting the depressed condition of industries in foreign countries." THE OKLAHOMA CHOCTAWS WINS House Rejects Mississippi Indians' Claims; Bill to Conference. Washington.—After a day of lively debate between Oklahoma and Mississippi delegations the house rejected a senate amendment to the Indian appropriation bill to permit the Mississippi Choctaws to present their claims to participate in the funds of the Choctaw Indians of Oklahoma. The question goes to conference between the two houses. The Oklahomaans changed attorneys were trying to get big fees by drumming up claimants in Mississippi while the Mississippi representatives alleged that Oklahoma had mistreated the Indians of the west. Representative Ferris of Oklahoma said he held in his hand "a document which shows that a firm of attorneys in St. Louis employed three negroes to go around with an alleged fictitious roll and make people believe they were Indians so they could get on the rolls, saying 'Sign this contract, we will enroll you and we will go to congress and you will get $8,000 less forty per cent for attorney's fees.'" THREE SUICIDES IN ONE DAY Doctor and Woman at Tulsa and Chaffeur at Mangum Take Lives. Mangum.—Sitting on the east doorsteps of the Greer county courthouse Anderson Williams of Hollis drank four ounces of carbolic acid and within a few minutes died from the results. A short time after he had swallowed the acid he was discovered by persons who had been attending a speaking by state candidates. Two at Tulsa. Tulsa.—Two persons, a man, 60, and a beautiful young woman, 20, committed suicide here within an hour. The man, Dr. E. W. Doane, of Sapulpa, slashed his jugular vein with a surgical instrument and bled to death in a few minutes in Owen park. The woman, Mrs. A. P. Stewart, of Parsons, Kan., swallowed twenty-five bichloride of mercury tablets while in her room at a hotel, dying several hours later in a hospital. COPERNICUS MIDDLE SRIKI Doctor Uruttia, who was known as "Huerta's hangman" and who fled from the wrath of the dictator to Vera Cruz, relieved General Funston from embarrassment by sailing for the United States. THOUSANDS HOLD RY. PASSES 34,000 PERSONS TRAVEL FREE 11,000,000 MILES ON TWO LINES Three Congressmen, Many State Officials Are On List Brought Out In Senate Investigation. Washington—Characterizing the distribution of free transportation by railroads as "a menace to the institutions of a free people," the interstate commerce commission reported to the senate the results of its investigations under Senator Lea's resolution directed against the Louisville & Nashville and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad. The report says that during 1913 the two roads distributed free passes representing more than 11,000,000 miles of travel, valued at $340,260.61, to more than 34,000 individuals in every walk of life. The report says the Louisville & Nashville gave in the following numbers: "United States senator, 1; representatives, 2; other United States officials, 139; state senators, 1,556; state representatives, 2,183; other state officials, 1,769; judges, 89. "The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis gave to United States officials, other than members of congress, 151; state senators, 5,814; state representatives, 8,439; other state officials, 1,086; judges, 17." GUADALAJARA CITY IS CAPTURED Five Thousand Prisoners Taken By Rebels Under Obregon Saltillo, Mexico—General Carranza was officially advised of the fall of Guadalajara before the constitutionalist forces. The news was received with the utmost elation at constitutional headquarters where it was regarded as preliminary to the occupation of Mexico City itself. The rout of the federals was complete and they have been cut off from Mexico City by forces of General Blanco which had detoured from America to destroy the federal lines of communication. The federals were reported scattered in all directions and great punishment inflicted upon them in retreat, but no figures of losses on either side were available. General Obregon led the main attacking force. For several days it had hammered the Guadalajara garrison which came out from their defenses in the effort to scatter the besiegers. After a disastrous conflict in which the federals lost ten troop trains and more than 600 prisoners they retreated, leaving an unobstructed road to the second largest city of Mexico which offered little resistance when the constitutionalists appeared. Further details of the conflict at Guadalajara said five thousand federal prisoners with much arms, ammunition and supplies were captured. The line of combat extended over fifty-five miles with General Blance commanding Obregon's advance guard. The constitutionalists are in complete control of the city, including the federal palace. General Jesus Carranza is preparing to attack San Luis Potosi and as he has a force of 18,000 men and the federal garrison nearly all has been withdrawn, he is expected to encounter little difficulty. GOING IN SAME DIRECTION One Fact Doctor Was Willing to Admit to Hypochondriac Patient Who Had Become a Bore. Once there was a hypochondriac who used to think that he was dying about three times a week. One day he was driving out in his automobile, and one of these spells came over him. On the road ahead of him he happened to see his family doctor speeding along in his roadster. He felt so sick that he applied all his power in order to catch up with the doctor as soon as possible. But the doctor saw him coming and he used all the gas he had to get away from him. For about three miles they had a close race. Finally, however, the doctor had some tire trouble, and the hypochondriac drew up alongside. "Doctor," he shouted, "stop a minute! I am dying. Darn it all! I'm dying!" "You must be," grunted the physician. "I never saw anybody going so fast as you are!" Abe Martin on Spring Fever. Abe Martin, the famous Indiana funny man, writes an amusing piece about spring fever. Following is an extract: "When a feller gits spring fever he don't rush t' a doctor. He knows what t' do. He knows he needs rest an' quiet. He don't pay somebuddy t' tell him t' cat coffee and terbacker, an' he don't take t' his bed. He takes t' a settee or a bread box. Spring fever don't require no dietin' an' ther hain't no habits t' eliminate but workin'. If ther's urgent plowin' t' be done th' patient has th' cool hours before th' sun rounds th' K. of P. hall an' after it sinks majestic'ly behind th' tile mill. "In a little town where you don't have t' pay $60 for a cotton an' wool fiber business suit an' $50 per month for one-half o' a double house, with your choice o' any three-cent wallpaper, a feller kin afford t' take advantage of spring fever."—American Magazine. Art for Art's Sake. Our friend Reginaald was telling about an artist of his acquaintance. "Why," said he, "the fellow painted cobwebs in all the corners of his studio and made the things so natural that the servant girl worked for all of two hours trying to get rid of them." "Ridiculous," said Ermyntrude,"perfectly ridiculous. I'm quite willing to believe the artist is as clever as you say. But I know there was never a servant girl so industrious." One Way to Kill Ants Take a ham bone, from which the meat has not been entirely removed, and place it on the lawn. The ants will gather on the bone from about a hundred feet surrounding. The bone can then be doused into hot water and the ants killed. "That fellow from the backwoods is as bashful as can be, isn't he?" "Yes. Sort of forest reserve, eh?" WRONG BREAKFAST. Change Gave Rugged Health. Many persons think that for strength, they must begin the day with a breakfast of meat and other heavy foods. This is a mistake as anyone can easily discover for himself. A W. Va. carpenter's experience may benefit others. He writes: "I used to be a very heavy breakfast eater but finally indigestion caused "me such distress, I became afraid to eat anything. "My wife suggested a trial of Grape-Nuts and as I had to eat something or starve, I concluded to take her advice. She fixed me up a dish and I remarked at the time that the quality was all right, but the quantity was too small—I wanted a saucerful. "But she said a small amount of Grape-Nuts went a long way and that I must eat it according to directions. So I started in with Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft boiled eggs and some crisp toast for breakfast. "I cut out meats and a lot of other stuff I had been used to eating all my life and was gratified to see that I was getting better right along. I concluded I had struck the right thing and stuck to it. I had not only been eating improper food, but too much. "I was working at the carpenter's trade at that time and thought that unless I had a hearty breakfast with plenty of meat, I would play cut before dinner. But after a few days of my "new breakfast" I found I could do more work, felt better in every way, and now I am not bothered with indigestion." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter. A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. HEAVYWEIGHTS IN ACTION AT OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR WAR ABOUT COSTUMES Power's New York, Hippodrome Elephants, one of the big vaudeville acts at the Oklahoma State, Fair, and Exposition this year. Power's New York, Hippodrome Elephants, one of the big vaudeville acts at the Oklahoma State, Fair, and Exposition this year. One of the big vaudeville features of the eighth annual Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition, Oklahoma City, September 22 to October 3, 1914, will be Power's New York Hippodrome elephants. For seven years this wonderful act has been staged at the mammoth New York Hippodrome, and it will be seen in the Southwest for the first time. Without question, it Power's New York Hippodrome Elephant at the Oklahoma State Fair and Expo is declared to be the best elephant act in the world. The elephants work as though they enjoy it, and two of them are put through individual routines by ladies. Hooks are never used and it is rarely necessary for the trainers to give the word of command loud enough to be heard by the audience. When charming young ladies out put ponderous beasts through routines embracing all sorts of experiences, such as cat- Ingrediente Should Be of the First Order and Much Care Given to Its Preparation. Beel two pounds of nice ripe tomatoes and cut in two. Remove seeds. Take a stewpan to hold four quarts of liquid, put therein two ounces of butter, one onion finely chopped, and melt together for three minutes to heat only, but not to color, otherwise the soup will be spilled, adding one teaspoonful of caustic sugar and a little salt. Remove from the fire and add a large tablespoonful of flour. Drop all the tomatoes into the mixture and mix well together. Then add two quarts of meat stock (not clarified), boil briskly, stirring all the while; then allow to boil gently for one hour. Skim off grease from time to time and pass through a fine sleeve; return to stewpan, season with pepper and salt or tabasco, and, if not thick enough, a little arrowroot or fecule diluted in a little cold water will slightly thicken and add to the smoothness. This soup is particularly nice with rice, and the starch water in which the rice is boiled will serve to thicken the tomato soup. Almond Cream Squares. Put two pounds of sugar and a little less than a gill of water into a saucepan. Place the pan on the fire and stir the sugar and water until the mixture starts to boil. When it is boiling thoroughly add a little less than a half a pint of cream, stirring it in, and cook until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water. Take off the fire, add vanilla flavoring and stir until it looks creamy, sprinkling chopped dry blanched almonds in while stirring; then pour out on greased paper or a marble slab and cut into squares. 30.1 Wedding Cake. One pound of butter and same of sugar, thoroughly mixed together; 1 pound of eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, putting the whites in first, with the butter and sugar, and blend thoroughly. Add 2 pounds of raisins, 3 of currants, teaspoonful each of clove and mace, 1 tablespoonful each of cinnamon and allspice, $\frac{1}{2}$ cupful molasses, 1 pound of pastry flour, teaspoonful of cream tartar, $\frac{1}{2}$ teaspoonful soda, dissolve in little water, the yolks of the eggs, and $\frac{1}{2}$ pound of citron, cut fine, and added last, when in pans. Makes the good-sized loaves. Bake eight hours in a slow oven. One cupful of sugar, one egg, one half cupful of butter, two thirds cupful of sweet milk, two and one half cupfuls of flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one half level teaspoonful soda, one half cupful chopped raisins, one half cupful chopped walnut meats. A little cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Save a little flour out to mix raisins and nuts. Bake in cup cake tins. Hickory nuts or butternuts make a richer cake. ing dinner at a table, rocking a baby, playing games, and retiring to bed, the very limit of animal training has been reached. Jeanette and Julie Powers are attractive girls, who are costumed neatly, and they display the training of two elephants, one presenting "Baby Mine", a tiny performer, and the other introducing an average sized beast. hants, one of the big vaudeville acts position this year. George Powers later puts several elephants through a series of formations and display of training which is a notable accomplishment in animal training. Three heavyweights are shown in action in the illustration and the Power's elephants are being played up as a big feature at the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition because no amusement place west of New York ever presented an act which can rival it. FOR THOSE FOND OF ALMONDS Desirable Dessert Dish That Is Made With the Addition of Gelatin and Sugar. One cupful of sweet almonds, blanched and chopped fine, half a box of gelatin soaked two hours in half a cupful of cold water. When the gelatin is sufficiently soaked put three tablespoonfuls of sugar into a saucepan over the fire and stir until it becomes liquid and looks dark; then stir the chopped almonds thoroughly into it; turn it out on a platter and set aside to get cool. When the sugar and almonds mixture has cooled break it up in a mortar, put in a cup and half of milk and cook for ten minutes. Now beat together the yolks of two eggs with a cupful of sugar and add to the cooking mixture; add also the gelatin until smooth and well dissolved; take from the fire, set in cold water and beat until it begins to thicken; add two quarts of whipped cream and turn the whole carefully into molds, set on ice to become firm. Spongecake is then placed around the mold or lady fingers, halved if more convenient. Carrots. After scraping four carrots, cut into long slices. Cover with cold water for half an hour. Then put them into a saucepan of stock and allow them to simmer until tender. Drain and pass through a colander. Beat two eggs until light and add them to the carrots with a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper, onion juice if desired, and a tablespoonful of sweet cream. Fill into timbale or ordinary cups. Let them cook in a pan of boiling water for twenty minutes, the cups covered with greased paper. Turn from the cups, garnish with parsley or freshly cooked peas and serve hot. Chicken La Monte Carlo. Melt two tablespoons of butter in an earthen dish or casserole with one carrot, three onions sliced, two bay leaves, salt, pepper and some thyme. Add a young fat fowl, cut into joints and let it get brown. Then add one pint of consomme and cover, air tight. Cook three-quarters of an hour. It must simmer all the time. It the fowl is old it will take longer to cook it. Add two tablespoons sherry, a dozen potato balls fried in butter, a dozen button mushrooms and some chopped parsley. Let it cook ten minutes more and serve in the sauce dish or the charm of it will be lost. Pour 2 cupfuls of scalded milk on 2 tablespoonfuls each of sugar and butter and 1 teaspoonful salt. When lukewarm add 1 yeast cake dissolved in $ \frac{1}{2} $ cupful lukewarm water, then add 2 tablespoonfuls of caraway seeds and 6 cupfuls rye flour. Toss on a slightly floured board and knead in $ \frac{1}{2} $ cupfuls of entire wheat flour. Cover and let rise until it has doubled its bulk. Shape into loaves, put in greased pans, cover, again let rise and bake. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS TULSA. OKLA. STAR In a letter to the Washington Star Mr. Michael Jones has the following to say: As one intensely interested in the best possible welfare of my race, and as one who has and will always attempt to help usher the negro to the topmost peaks within the realms of human possibilities, I want to call attention to the fact that practically all the strides which have been made in business, commerce and finance in America have been made by the thrifty, industrious and enterprising white man in whose midst the negro has lived, thrived and prospered. I firmly believe that the colored race has risen no higher than the present unsatisfactory position it now occupies largely because of its lack of a larger participation in the business, commercial and financial phase of our American life. Doubtless there are many reasons why this is true. However, one of the greatest—if not the greatest—reasons for this lamentable fact is so well explained in a letter I received from Senator Works, and so much in harmony with my conviction, that I take the liberty to quote from that keen-sighted statesman, "I believe," says Senator Works, "that if the colored people would leave off thinking so much about politics and political advantage and turn their attention more largely to advancement along business lines and useful occupations they would succeed very much better than they have in the past and would remove much of the opposition that exists against their race. "They have accomplished absolutely nothing in a political way, excepting that a very few of their number, comparatively, succeed in securing small offices, and the great masses of the people receive no benefits from their participation in politics." I repeat that Senator Works expresses my sentiments in this regard. I want to be correctly understood. I believe that any nation which takes the ballot or any other birthright from any group of her citizens because of race, previous condition of servitude or political advantage commits a wrong, a deep and bitter wrong, and will ultimately suffer—inevitably so; but I am thoroughly convinced that the American colored man, or any other materially weak race in a similar condition, should abandon politics, as such, and strive to build and strengthen the business, commercial and financial phases of its life. With considerable interest I have noted that during the past four months colored inhabitants of the District of Columbia have assembled at eighteen monster mass meetings for the express purpose of protesting against segregating of the colored employees in government departments. With a much larger degree of both interest and satisfaction have I observed that during this same period of time progressive business men of my race in this city have held forty-five meetings for the specific purpose of urging colored citizens of the District to direct more of their energy toward the development of business among the race. I trust that more members of my race, especially in the city of Washington, will realize the great advantage and seize the vast opportunity of conducting independent businesses of their own instead of being dependent upon some obscure government position that in many instances subjects them to humiliation, discrimination and segregation. Free and irresponsible as a colt, oblivious to the events of the world as an Eskimo, in a four-room house on a rocky Oklahoma farm of 80 acres, lives a ten-year-old colored boy who doesn't know that he is one of the richest boys in the state, and if he did, the fact would carry no significance in his brain. Little "Dan" Tucker often sings for his supper, but he doesn't have to—he doesn't have to do anything for his subsistence, and probably never will. This month saw deposited to his credit $12,000, and every day he makes not less than $190. Dan Tucker is the son of James and Elizabeth Tucker, children of slaves of the Creek Indians freed by the Civil war. By virtue of a treaty made between the United States and the Creek Indians at Fort Smith, Ark., in 1868, slaves formerly belonging to the Creeks, and their descendants, were given an equal share with their former owners in the government allotment of the old Creek lands in the Indian territory. And that is how Dan Tucker now owns 160 acres of land lying 15 miles east of Cushing, Okla., in the heart of the newly developed Cushing oil fields. Negro farmers own or control 5,100,000 acres of land in the state of Alabama, or 350,000 more acres than they controlled in 1900, the New York Times states. The colored farmers of the state have under their control 3,563,000 acres of improved land, and are farming 500,000 more acres of improved land than they were cultivating in 1900. In ten years the number of Negro farmers increased 17.3 per cent, and now they own or control one-fourth of all the farm property in Alabama, having an aggregate value of $97,370,000, or 107.5 per cent more farm property than they controlled at the beginning of the ten-year period. The progress of the negroes in Alabama is typical of what the negroes are doing in other states. With its colored population of 908,282, the third greatest negro population in the United States, Alabama affords a striking illustration of what the race has accomplished. The first negro bank in the United States was established in Alabama. In the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, of which Booker T. Washington is head, it possesses the leading negro educational institution of the world. Now Alabama has the first railroad in America to be conceived, promoted, built and operated by negro people, namely, the Dixie line, running from Kowalaga Community, colored, fifteen miles to Alexander City, in the eastern part of the state, where it connects with the Central of Georgia railroad. In agriculture, however, they are making the most progress. Fifty per cent of all the persons in the state engaged in agriculture are negroes. On the other hand, 75 per cent of all the negroes in the state are engaged in farming. There are 110,440 colored men operating farms. The banking business is another line in which the negroes of the state are making progress. There are five banks in Alabama operated by negroes, the Alabama Penny Savings bank and the Prudential Savings bank of Birmingham, the Penny Savings bank of Selma, the Penny Savings bank of Anniston and the Penny Savings bank of Montgomery. A remarkable increase is shown during the ten years in the number of negroes who have established successful grocery stores, drug stores, real estate offices and other enterprises. In practically every city in the state where there are large numbers of colored people they have acquired the ownership of entire city blocks. The negro church has kept pace with the progress of the negro in agriculture, commerce and education. In every city in Alabama where there is a large community of negroes they have built churches costing $20,000 to $50,000. The value of the church property owned by colored people of the state amounts in all denominations to $4,000,000. Thus with the physical progress of the negro churches of Alabama has come intellectual and moral advancement. To solve the problem of disposing of the dead a famous German architect proposes to erect in the chief cities immense pyramids, each of which will hold the ashes of 1,000,000 cremated bodies. It sometimes happens that a woman marries a man to reform him—if she is unable to get a man who doesn't need reforming. American moralists on the false pride of denominationalism have never had need to go to Kiklyu for a text. A plain one is revealed in the John F. Slater educational fund's examination of schurch schools for negroes in the South. In the cities and towns of 12 states it reports 50 cases of the flagrant duplication of effort by denominational schools. The tactful administrators of the fund appeal to a sense of denominational expediency. One co-operative school, founded on that at present strongest, should generally suffice. Each church might put the money saved "into some strong, central college or industrial institute. Or if no one church school might be left with the work, especially in primary education, might not all with draw to advantage and co-operate with the public school authorities in providing better facilities?" No one thinks money for negro education can be made to go too far; and the churches could recite with more fervor the immense need for contributions if their own failure to co-operate were not in part responsible for it.—Editorial in the New York Post. If this describes your present condition you should immediately get a bottle of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS It will help Nature overcome all Stomach, Liver and Bowel Ills, restore the appetite, promote health and vigor. The shortest mile in Europe is the Russian verst, which is only 1,165 yards. Makes the laundress happy—that's Red Cross Ball Blue. Makes beautiful, clear white clothes. All good grocers. Adv. Charity covers a multitude of sins, and tailors cover a multitude of sinners. YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Wash Waxy Eyes and Granulated Eyelids: No Smirking—Just Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eye by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. Ark Lights. 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Conscientious An editor of a New York magazine recently received a story of which the scene 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 Washington. 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 better asking the artist to make a wash drawing of a certain effective scene and forward it as soon as possible. By return mall 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. 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Owing to the limited time left to work up this edition our special agents will find it difficult to visit all the towns in the state. Therefore those who desire to be represented in the biggest publication ever put before the National League will do well to write to this office for particulars. 23. The following statements are true. Which one is false? The Tulsa Star, being the leading Negro paper in the state, has shouldered the responsibility of bringing the Negro business men of Oklahoma closer together and giving them a creditable representation at the annual meeting of the National Negro Business Men's League at Muskogee in August. In order to do this as it should be done the Star will publish a special twenty-page Oklahoma Booster edition as a souvenir of this great national meeting of Negro business men This special edition will be the largest Negro newspaper ever published in America and will be a credit to the entire state. Every Negro business man, professional man or farmer; every Negro woman, girl or boy living within the bounds of Oklahoma, who has done anything worth while will be given space in this special edition if it is possible for our special agents and reporters to find them. The Star photographer will make special efforts to make pictures of Negro farms and business houses as well as beautiful residences owned by Negroes, that we may have cuts made to run in this special Booster edition. Our agents will visit every town in the State where Negroes reside, if possible, and we hope every colored man and woman in the State will help us. 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