The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 37, Ed. 1, Friday, June 26, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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The Muskogee Cimeter.
Vol 9
jVluskogGQ Okla. Friday Juiiq 26 1908.
jVo 57
SOUTH EAST CORNER
OF HELL
On June 21 '08 nine Neurons
were lynched near Hemphill.
Sabine Co. in the S. E. corner
of Hell (Texas) and it all grew
out of the killing of a white
man who had attended a Neg.ro
festival if reports are true. As
a matter of fact the white man
had no business at a Negro fes
tival and as a rule in Hell (Tex.)
when white men go to Negro
gatherings at night they go for
immoral purposes and lo prac-
tice social equality. This the
Negro condemns as bitterly as
the white man does when a Ne-
gro presumes to come to his en
tertaiu monts on a social base.
The white who goes to such
places probably in quest of a
worthless Negro mistress de
serves what he gets as does the
Negro when the case is reverse.
Tt use to be the case that such
of the debased degraded and
libertine hellish whites could de-
bauch Negro women at will but
the young Negro of today wont
stand for it even if lives must be
thrown away in protection of
right. Decent white men ought
to commend the Negro for this
admirable trait.
The Negro does not force him-
self upon the whites in (HelD
Texas and even at fearful cost
he will teach the treacherous
white devil to stay on his side of
the fence. No respectable white
man could ask more and no de-
cent Negro will stand for less.
To -white men we say respect
our women and keep your dis-
tance and the Negro will return
the same treatment otherwise
we are hooked up for the region
of Pluto in the same wagon.
ESTRAYED
On June 10 '08. a roan mare
branded li on right hip; has one
white ring aiound the right
forefoot. Owner can have the
mare by paying for advertising
and keeping.
Taken up by Henry Harrell.
Lives one half mile East of
Spaulding Bridge on South side
of Arkansas River. Post office
Muskogee Ok la.
UNWISE NEGRO
MINISTER
Anyone who wishes the black
men of this country well can
not but depreciatet.be wild eyed
and senseless things which
someone induced a colored de-
vine to deliver from his Chicago
pulpit on Sunday. This gentle-
man of the cloth advocated the
formation of a Ku Klux clan
and other things that trenched
upon the province of anarchy.
Nothing but evil can come
from such a move. No one
whose judgment is worth any-
thing is moved by such words
but their reflex action is serious.
Lt serves to show that the Ne-
gro as a class has a great way
to go before he is worthy of
many of the privileges he now
enjoys in the lust place it is
to be noted that the true leaders
of the black race are not taking
any part whatever in this dis
cussion. Men like Booker T.
Washington who is not only a
credit to his race but any race
realize that while the colored
man has made a greater ad-
vance in the last half century
than probably any other people
have ever made in a similar
period in the world's history
and while as a whole it has no
part in these mouthings about
injustice still their salvation is
not completely achieved and
what they need is not talk but
work.
The black man liasnopecu
liar rights because of his color.
Neither is he denied any politi-
cal privileges because of his
race. Consequently lie must
expect to be measured by the
same standard as his white
brother. Had the Chicago ut-
terances been made in Hoboken
and the men been white instead
of colored the speaker and part
of the congregation would have
been jailed. No one expects
anything serious to happen
whether the black men in Chica-
go vote for Tuft or against him
but there is still a certain senti-
ment which the negro has to
overcome in his upward pro-
press towards a more complete
manhood and every such utter-
ance not only reflex upon the
entire race which countenances
it and even applauds but even
upon the cloth and the pulpit
THE SEASON'S
NOW IN
Lei-vsii Mower
Garden I lose
R e fir i e x ei t o r t
Fitslniing Tacl-cle
Croquet Set ei 1 1 oJ
w; l-i i gIti. Ve Have
And clout forget we are the largest dealers in Mus-
kogee in Fine Buggies Harness and Wagons
all kinds and styles.
iiookerHendrix
SUCCESSORS TO HUBER HARDWARE CO.
137 - PHONES - 78
fr
that are profaned thereby.
Dem. (i 23 '08
There is much food for
thought in the above even if it
does fccoine fiom the poisoned
bag of a venomous reptile.
NEGRO LOAFERS
MUST HIT TRAIL
The police have decided to put
a stop to the practice of a gang
of negro loafers who have been
making a practice of congrega-
ting on South Second street
and insulting white women as
they walk by. Sunday aft r-
uoon Wiley Mcintosh one of
the prominent offenders was
ordered to move by Officer Wil-
liams and when he failed to do
so was placed under arrest.
He became demonstative and an
additional charge of resisting
an officer was placed against
him.
Democrat.
The falsehood above stated is
made of whole cloth. The Ne-
groes do not insult white
women. There are some Negro
loafers on South 2nd street that
should be made to move on and
there are lots of white loafers
that should be made to hit the
i
GOODS ARE I
DEMAND
Hardware Co. 3
44
trail. There is no difference be-
tween loafers white or black
but the Democrat is that kind
oi a cuss that exalts the white
loafer and maligns all colored
people because some black loaf-
ers violates (be law. The Ne-
groes are opposed to white or
colored women being insulted
by men of either color and we
are in favor of all loafers re-
gardless of color or creed being
made to hit the road. The Dem-
ocrat belter known as the Race
Riot Review belongs to that
class of Democrats that are
trouble breeders. There are.
hundreds of decent Demojrals
who do not subscribe to such
ideas. Every decent Negro will
standby the officers in ridding
the town of loafers theives and
things of every class whether
they loaf on Second street or
any other street. Clean out the
loafers both white and black is
our motto.
There was no color line at
Chicago the Steam lioller ran
over all the opposition alike.
The Oklahoma bunch got it no
worse than the others but just
as hard. The Taft organization
was perfect the machine well
greased and nothing could stand
before them.
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Twine, W. H. The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 37, Ed. 1, Friday, June 26, 1908, newspaper, June 26, 1908; Muskogee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc70107/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.