Pauls Valley Sentinel (Pauls Valley, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1905 Page: 1 of 16
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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN
with malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right."
VOL. II.
PAULS VALLEY, IND. TER, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1905.
NO. 14
i. o. 0. F. Memorial Day.
The I.O.O.F. lodge No. 16held their
annual memorial services last Sunday
and a beautiful and inspiring program
was rendered. On the Saturday be-
fore the graves of eight departed
members were cleaned off and re-
filled and early Sunday morning a
committee was appointed to decorate
these graves. The dead members
who were thus remembered were as
follows:
H. B. Leewright
F. A. Doyle
John Stallcup
Fred Melschow
Jame6 Rennie •
H. B. Anthony
P. K. Melvin
L. C. Austin.
At 2 p. m. the members of the
lodge met at the hall and marched to
the Baptist church where a large crowd
greeted them. The opening address
was delivered by Prof. J. M. Osborn
and was on a general line of thought
pertaining to the Odd Fellows' life and
work. It was a fine effort., appropriate
to the occasion and well received.
The next address was by Hon. j
Moman Pruiett and his subject was;
"Memories of the Dead." His re-j
marks were deeply impressive and :
they were delivered with an earnest-;
ness and eloquence ihat moved his j
audience profoundly. The last speaker j
was Rev. J. B. Reaves who gave a
scriptural lesson, choosing "Death" j
for His subject. His address was also
impressive as well as instructive. His !
subject was the most momentous word
in any language and he handled it
with a master's hand.
The program was interspersed with
beautiful music given by eight young
ladies, who were the daughters of
lodge members, Miss Nettie Childress
being their leader.
Much credit is due the committee
on management for their judgment
in arranging the program. The day
was very warm and they wisely avoid-
ed a long march to the cemetery in
the heat of the day. The lodge ex-
tends thanks to the young ladies of
the choir for the assistance they ren-
dered in the services.
Peace Terms of Other Wars.
In
In a demand for cash indemnity
from Russia, Japan would have few
predecedents for its guidance. Wars
of recent times have usually been set- j
tied by the cessions of territory. The j
Franco-Prussian conflict is the most j
notable exception.
The treaty that terminated the Cri-
mean war made few radical demands j
on the conquered power. Russia was
forced to cede a little territory along ,
the Danube frontier to Roumania. It
consented to neutralize the Black sea,
, and to maintain no fleet or war vessels
| on its waters. But for its expense of
several hundred million dollars Eng-
land received no material recompense. |
The Russo-Turkish war a quarter of a
century later was ended by a rear
rangement of the Balkan pincipalities
and by a cession to Russia and Turk-
ish ports on the Black sea and of the
territory given to Roumania after the
Crimean conflict.
The United Slates in its two foreign
wars with non-English speaking peo-
ples has exacted cessions of territory
but has itself paid the losing nation an
[indemnity to heal the injured feelings.
! The Mexican war cost this govern-
ment ISO million dollars. In return it
; acquired the territory from Texas to
; California, paid Mexico IS million
' dollars and released it from claims of
: American citizenship aggregating 3 Y\
millions. The recollection of the 20
million dollars paid to Spain in return
for the Philippines is still fresh.
j The great indemnity of modern
! times was exacted by Germany from
France in 1$71. Besides insisting on
the cession Alsace and part of Lor-
raine, the conquerors demanded 5,000
million francs—nearly 81,000,000.
' By the term of the treaty 200 million
dollars was to be paid the first year,
and the rest in three annual install-
ments with interest at 5 per pent. To
the surprise of Europe the French na-
tion demonstrated its thrift by paying
the whole amount a year before the
final payment was due. Russia, how-
ever, is believed to be less able than
France to sustain such a burden. But
Germany is one power that is hardly
in a position to" join with the others in
protesting that abillion dollars would
be too much.—Star.
Whites Lead In Population
Indian Territory.
Indian Territory figures in the popu-
lar mind as a locality peopled by the
Indians soely. This is a mistake. A
larger number of Indians are in it,
however, than are located in any other
community. These belong to the
five civilized tribes. At the present
time there are enrolled 25,25S Chero-
kee*, 23,573 Choctaws, 15,359 Creeks,
9,713 Cickasaws and 2,753 Osages.
Then there are in the northeast corner
of the territory, near the Missouri line,
about 1,500 Indians, remnants of the
Shawnee, Peorias, Quapaws and other i
.
tribes living on reservations.
These 88,000 Indians comprise only '
a small portion of what the general
public understands by Indians. Among
the 86,653 members of the five civi-'
; lized tribes there are a little less than |
; 25,000 full bloods. The rest com-
prise mixed bloods (41,629) of various
i degrees of dilution up to 99 per cent
j of white, most of whom could not be
distinguished from pure whites, inter-
married wiiites (1,338) and freedmen
(18,790) who are the slaves of the
days preceeding 1865, or their des-
cendants. All of these are classed as
Indians for the purpose of participta-
tion in the disbursement of the tribal
property. As the five tribes have
been governing themselves for many
decades, it can be easily understood
that the term civilized as applied to
them is something more than a figure
of speech. They have towns, schools,
banks, merchantile establishments,
manufactories, newspapers, churches
and all the rest of the accomplish-
ments of enlightened communities.
The white inhabitants of Indian
Territory outnumber the Indians, actu-
ally and consecutively, at least five to
one. There were in the neighbor-
hood of 550,000 or 600,000 people in
Indian Territory in 1904, all except
88,000, of whom are whites who have
emigrated from the rest of the country
or from Europe, or the descendants
emigrants. They are as progressive
people as are found in any other part
of the United States.
A Hard Fought Iiattle.
A motion was made Tuesday night
by the attorneys for Driggers, recently
convicttd of murder, for a new trial.
Twenty odd reasons why he should be
granted a new hearing were elaborately
discussed b y counsel. Among
other reasons was this: That whiskey
was furnished the jury during its re-
tirement and while in the jury room
considering their verdict. The prose-
cuting attorney then had subpoenas
issued for each member of the jury
and ten of them were brought before
the court Wednesday morning and
interrogated as to whether or not this
was true. The examining of wit-
nes es, including the jurors, and
further arguments of counsel consumed
all the forenoon. The motion was
overruled and the defendant was sen-
tenced to lift imprisonment at Ft.
Leavenworth, Kas.
W. J. Long,
President.
J. F. Myers,
Vice-President.
S. B. Kimberlin,
Cashier,
Capital Stock 50,000 Surplus and Profits, 73.000
The First National^ Bank of Pauls Valley solicits
accounts large and small and with its Capital stock
of $50,000, and surplus funds of $73,000, offers
to the public every facility consistent with safe and
prudent banking G*®
The National Bank of Commerce
CAPITAL $50,000
SURPLUS and PROFITS $10,000
Pauls Valley, - Ind. Ter.
Courtesy, Promptness and Security is guaranteed to all
who transact business with us. We
...want your business...
• directors
W. J. Long, Charles S. Smith,
J. F. Myers, L. Roi^ke, T. C. Brannum,
S. B. Kimberlin,
O. W. Patchell
A. C. Conner,
N. H. Byars,
Mrs. Katie Byars,
J. L. Johnson
C. B. McClosky,
L. Rodke,
M. M. Gubin,
W. D. Gibson,
Mrs.J. G.Campbell,
stock holders,
R. A. Cowling,
A. E. Brooks,
S. B. Kmberlin,
J. C. Lewis,
J. F. Myers,
W. H. Paul,
W. G. Kimberlin,
Ed. W. Patchell,
Mrs. A. Roudebush,
O.W. Patchell,
J. T. Blanton,
T. C. Branum,
J. E. Ventress,
J. W. Carter,
W. J. Long,
Chas. S. Smith,
J. E. Eldridge,
Alb. Patchell.
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