The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 14, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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77ie Muskogee Cimeter.
Vol. 16
Muskogee Oklahiuoa Aug nut 14 19 15
No. 17
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An Unmitigated
Fabrication
S me weeks ago when W. A.
Ron tie was arrestt'd for con-
tempt of court by officers from
$apuipa. an article appeared in
the Evening Democrat an art
dubbing him the Black Patriot
Immediately after the arrest
report came to ue from the jail
that the Editor of this paper
and Attorney Price cauped the
arrest. A bigger lie would have
to come from a bigger man
Some fool friends and relatives
continued to circulate it for a
while. The truth of the matter
is and no one knows it better
than all parties in interest that
the County Judge of Creek
County is alone responsible.for
having the man incarcreted.
The man had refused to obey
the order of the Court and had
to answer for hie refusal. The
only part the Editor of this pap
er had in any part of the game
was to beg the court to grant
him time to make his reprot
when he had failed to comply
with the court's order. 'Hie
Judge of the C6unfyr'Co"urt wlff
bear us out in the 'above state
merit Assisted by Attorney
Price we made out some reports
for the patriot and kept of con
tempt proceedings for some
weeks. The pay is what people
sometimes get who try to assist
those asking for aid.
aid
The attempt to make the
prevaracation a fight between
the State Negro and the Citizen
is too foolish for notice but in
justice to all we will make a full
statement next issue as to
the break between the Black
Patriot and the socalled State
Negroes.
The Masonic Grand Lodge
convened at Boley last Wednes-
day and afbf r a successful session
the following officers were elect-
ed G. I. Currin Grand Master
Dover Okla. O. W. Gurley Dep
Grand Master Tulsa Oklahoma
Isaac Kimhrougli G. 6 W King
fisher. I. S. Warrior G. J. W
Brush Hill. R. H WatkinsGr.
Treasure Levisville. F. P. Baily
Grand Secretary Kingfisher.
E. E McDaniel Treas. M. B. At
McAlester Dr. I W. Young Sec
WB. A Boley. 0. F TalliafVrro
Sec. & Tieesiircr Temple Fund
Perry. W. H. Twine Sc &
Treasure Gr M. Burial Associa-
tion Muskogre Oklahoma.
Everything waa harmonious
and the work of th session whs
rapidly performed Thiv were
thirty two deaths during the
past years-
The temple debt has been al-
most eliminated and we predict
all depaitments will u on u
paying ban's within the next
sisty days Wh did notgetthw
names of the fficers of the
Eastern Star but leaui that Mr
W Waid of Muskoie is Gr
Patron and Mis U. I'. Talliafe-
rro. Gr Matt on
MURDER MOST FOUL
Last Wednesday the fiend
known as the hatchet fiend got
busy and another murder was
committed Mr. WmB. Province
a white man who runs a gracery
at 22nd and Okmulgee was the
victim. Several arrefts it is
clarmeii'werHmraV and among
the numht-r was a negro Gent
Jenkins who was afterward dis-
charged who ever the guilty
fiend is be he white black or
red should he purnished as the
law directs.
Soon after the arrest of Jink-
ins there was a rumor started
that a lynching he proposed but
the officers of the taw Chief of
Police Depew and his farce and
Sheriff Barger and his Deputies
able te-infoiced by the senti-
ment of the best class of white
and colored citizens let it he
known that a mob gathering
would be furnishing lots of mat-
erial for the undertaker and the
embiyo mob dissolved We are
proud of the good citizenship of
Muskogee because from the he-
ginning up to this date they
have always stood as a remit
against mob violence.
In tde old days Dr Bennett as
U S. Marshall kept it down as
did S. M. Rutherford when lie
was U. S. Marshall. Ramsey
Wisener Robison and Ledhetter
as Seeriff kept up the good re-
cord and now Sheriff Barger
s parsuin g the same course and
we hope to keep the record clean.
We regret that sheriff Rarger
has seen fit to offer rewarc for
.i big blnrk negro instead of a
reward for the criminal no mat-
ter what his color. There are
so many of us big black ones
that any cheap skate is liable
to tgy to collect that fifty and
made it embarrassing for us big
black ones we would refsect-
fully suggest that the Sheiiff
change t.ho working of Ins ad:
the negoes of the city want the
criminal caught be 1 e a big or
little black white or red and
stand in a solid mass against
lynching of any one white black
orr.'d. Doit according to the
law.
NOTICE ! !
Thei Muskogne Cimeter and
the two dHcUion of the Supreme
Court of the U. S in the Okla
and Maryland ami Grandfather
caseM for $1.26. Agent wanted
good commission piid.
Every negro home should
have h copy of the supreme
coin t decision
W. H. Hirrison the brilliant
and elcquent attorney from
Okla city dehovered one of his
wonderful speeches at Antioch
Baptist Church Tuepday night
A splendid audience greeted him
lis e cinch that County Ally
Branson will hew to the line re-
gardless of race color ar creed
and whoever is guilty of the
last hatchet murder will get the
penalry the law demands. Its
also a cinch that no mob will
take a prisoner for U. S. Jail
while Joe Depew is Chief of
Poliece
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Paticnger Traffic Manager
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DELEGATES OF OKLAHOMA
ALL AIK)Altl! ALL AHOAHD!
National Baptist Convention Chica-
go 111. Sept. 8-1 a 1015.
Oklahoma and Texas will go via
tho Frisco.
For further information consult
the following committees:
Reception Commit too.
Revs. G. W. McClendon J. W.
Porkins P. C. Dandridge II. Pick-
ens S. II. Winston Muskogee; R.
A. Whittaker Tulsa; B. J. F. West-
brook E. W. Perry J. W. Stewart
Oklahoma City; J. A. Anderson Ok-
mulgee; Wm. Harris Sapulpa; N. A.
Robinson Rentiesvllle; T. J. Hale
Eufaula.
Advisory Cominjlttcc.
Revs. S. S. Jones Muskogee; H.
C. Reed Boynton; 13. L. Barber
Red Bird; P. R. Neil McAlester;
J. W. Jones Guthrie; J. II. Ander-
son Conlgate.
Transportation.
Revs. E. Arlington Wilson Mus-
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Further announcements.
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DK. K. ARLINGTON WILSON AP-
101NXEI DELEGATE TO THE
NATIONAL NEGRO EDUCA-
TIONAL CONGRESS.
E. A. Wilson Esq.
Muskogee Okla.
My Dear Sir;
You are hereby appointed and
commissioned a delegate to attend
the Negro National Educational Con-
gress which will bo held in Chica-
go August 16th to 21st 1915. I
trust that it will be convenient for
you to attend and lend your cordial
and sympathetic interest in the work
of this organization.
This letter will be your credentials
as a delegate from tho State of Ok-
lahoma. Very truly yours
R. L. WILLIAMS
Governor.
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Twine, W. H. The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 14, 1915, newspaper, August 14, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc70177/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.