Perry Enterprise-Times. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 22, 1898 Page: 4 of 8
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Thev will tlilnk that Tucker's running,
w iicn they sp young Johnson running
Kunning on election (lay.
Johnson n^ver ran before.
1 u Ker, he will run no more,
When the people have their say.
,\lt. he stood there smiling, shooting,
\\ • ■ >panlnrdi kept a scooting
Anywhere to get away.
This 1.- what the wople love
\ ., -t k- their «.o<lat>ove—
\ oter cannot say him nay.
HI )ITOKlAL NOTE;
l l.t> Amerion flitf is better than
Mauy uther cloth,"
V k-:> t. men ure born with u suiack-
ii u* f i i"1 crusader iu their hearts
• r 1! irnea* report was the befit
ve r -eut out from th'a territory.
. f 4he A v® Normal—if Gov.
< i ere, what would he Sea> ?
b kp 1 - f safet.- pine, Mr. Tucker
nrglit get 6« me fur hie private cloth.
American tfirle, it ie a case of
•*il u's choice," for he juet about hae
his.
If i: e creamery w ine, this community
i6 i r r cteti i gainst any chance dry year
that may happen in.
I handsome Billie Bowlee imagines
there are any d.siffected rspublicans, he
has a c rack in his tbink-box.
K -.mile Mike Burke" is the way
but a few years residence has caused
our next county treasurer to be known.
1 every street in Perry were lined
with tree*, winib would calm and all
du: j artic es would stay where they be
l0d£.
i . tnct Republicans have said
Fran,; llutt must ^o to the legislature-
He h..~ a solar-plexus way of hitting
dtmc-j op dreams.
While Keaton's audiences are not
large, they ure select, Uusually selected
fr m tt ?e caring more for party fealty
than public prosperity.
u Mr. Keaton's cro66-roads c&ui-
. r e will just about have tit-
t- : 4tiiself fur comprehending the bene
lit Dennis l ynn has been to Oklahoma
.A idi3 K*aton has a Missouri rail-
road pull! "Well, neither Missouri nor
the rai'roads are running Oklahoma
thi.iVear, thank heaven," 6ays a home-
steader.
i k Omaha exhibit is a great credit
to ti se who prepartd it. but not so
much so io the territory. We are show
ing against states that have saved their
bee* for twelve years.
Adknooto parrot has caught the fev-
er, he is now cryirg "see the pop, see
trie j t see hin tlip, see him It )p."
We.1, yes, a populist wants fr«e homes
a> badly iis eny one.
l/ L.uu r has been sp3akiDg to a
is^ e\.*r since be was elected as
I and he made an honest
'' ring this entire campaign he
v. ; .- peak to full bouses.
■ • W hiri'LE has lived in the third
juers district s nee the mind of
nneth nut to the contrary. His
ne _ -i at,%ed for hia nomination, and
hi:.- Lt* isLburs and their neighbors wil|
elect him.
1' - - v is truly a little city—water
e - trie lights and a telephone
Parks and drives, now that
t - who sustain the city have ample
c- pe, are next in order, and the sooner
ordere i in the better.
Rich.\;.d M. White is capable of an
h ;vc can- If elected to the legis-
lature by our peop'e, there need be no
fear but that Guthrie and the territory
1 kco«r Noble county is on deck, and
t: r* hurricane deck at that.
Of Oklahoma's four legislature's, two
have Lid a colored member, Payne
c inty an ther colored recognition
ti t: e l : ua*ion of I. F. Norris for the
ver h 'j;e. He is an Irish darky, th*
ao.tst of I a race >et given this honor.
• I u story of the Two Cloths" is a
beftutfful little comedy in which Mr.
L u er waves the britch-c'o at and Mr
J ; neon unfurls the American Hag. Af-
ter t; first act, Mr. Johnson's role i
that f a hero, while Mr. Tucker imper-
r rates Minerva with a broken heart.
: ev*n tt mp^r, the native equitable
<• . tion, the absolutely unprejudiced
tii-; tion of J. H. Nelson marks him e
one f :ul arly fitte d for the intricate
c .. • of aeb- sor. Added to these, his
experience along this line makes
i d cUc jn a public necessity,
1 k P, L.vksh could not have had
dliog for the lutie* of c utii)
~au the dai'y routine of his past
'p a irk. A model bookkeeper, a
of g^n-al address, his next
gn will run on ahead wilhcu*.
1 nr from other sources than hU
c mpetency.
Dr. W. W. Spear's practice in the
t :t> part of tbe county has kept him
ti* .e *) cksely tbat his ac quaintance
a- * been formed in the northern
t- vest em portions of the county, but
rt than e ger to stand
ejw.r f r the doctor's fitness. He is a
: v retined geot^man of the old
6cbool«
A r pr i r in th s county had per-
f ' lationa for a farm loan with
.V I?ar r On Tuesday, Mr. Hansen
i h iter from the gentleman
rn rg b^s applicatior, saying be
ins convinced that Flynn was
• t" i*. elected Thia is th§ kind of
h t .«rrv go-round F'ynn'n nomination
h.u set Ngjiog,
CAPITAL PDNISHMEHl IN OKLA
HOMA
a legislature is about to Le chosen.
Among ite prerogatives is the revoking
of capital punia* msnt in thia territory.
Hid \ ou ever real z 3 you are one of the
iren who p«> 1 the trap wien a aou' is
driven from its b<>dy by a legal execu-
tion in your cmfnonwealth?
The compounding of a felony is an in .
creasing of the original crime. The ef
fecting of capital puni hment holds a
much closer relation to the cause of its
execution An individual, imi^ining
himself wronge 1,murders. Society, be-
lrg nothing more thau the individual
collectively, feeling affronted, hangs.
The former. ff- rs i-xci'ement as an ex
cuse, the latter presents deliberation as
a reason. Neither is sufficient un'o the
result thereof. As between man nnd
man, if might and right l>e interckange-
able, capital punishment is tenable
The same reasoning would mark mur-
der as no wrong. Aa between God and
man, a majority hae no more righta than
a minority.
Although law boasts itself a preventa-
tive rather than a punishment, It pro-
ceeds to administer the punishment of
everlasting punishment, as the hue and
cry of speedy trial forces conclusions be
fore tke wretch hae time think of saving
his soul, his last few months on earth
having been taken up by efforts to save
his life.
The soul should not be Bent bv man
before called by God: An opportunity
for repentance ahould never be de
med man by man, this ia within the pro
?ia:e of Omnipotence alone.
As secondary to the question of moral
responsibility is the vital consideration
of tinance To kill the body is to destro;
that much wealth producing capita!,
earnings which could be made to go far
toward sustaniug those dependent on the
murderer's victim If none such there
be, and it is seldom the removal of mur
ders werka a hardship on those remain
ing, such earnings might well be used in
adding to the comfort of public prison-
ers, for it ie to be remembered the law
contemplates prevention rather than
punishment.
But there are those who insist on cap
i'al punishment with a view of scaring
othe.-s from crime. Such reasou is falla
cy, as mnrders usually result from im
pulse rather than meditation. And
those coming from the latter source are
by men so near to brutes akin that exam
pie would preaent no barrier. Being
without reason, such know not fear an
til conquered.
The astonishing feature of study on
this subject, as between the pros and
cone, is the former's predisposition to
commit murder. That among them
there is a tendency toward blcxi-shed
cannot be denied. Their very hobby
of capital punishment evinces that pecu
liar montal construction, oar own
territory already presenting
two most startling examples. The tirat
territorial legislature, by a very close
vote, provided for capital puniahment.
The writer of this article reported that
legislature for The State Capital and
criticised the law. A few weeks later,
while he was compiling those statutes,
the original copy of the capital punish
ishment bill beiDg in h;s hands at that
moment, its auther murdered an unarm
ed man in cold blood, just across the
street.
During the second legislature follow-
ing. the writer made an effort to repeal
r-his law, this repeal being defeated also
by a very small majority. As in the for
mer :ase before the laws had even
reached official publication, a second
killing took place.
As in the f )rmer case before the laws
had even reached official publication
and while the writer was compiling
them, a second killing took place. This
time it was also by a member of the leg
is'ature, and the very one whoee active
ffoor work and vote had prevented the
law's repeal. The best interests of hu-
manity, tinance and future auggeet this
repeal. It may become necessary to im
prison those who oppose, so they cannot
kiil anyone prior to the repeal's publica-
tion. Yet there may be method in their
madness, hs neither experienced its pro
visions. The facte are that, public senti
meet is against it. and its eiforcement is
not practical.
windbreak* on th plains of New Merico
Texas, Co'orado Kansas, Wyoming, Ne-
braska and the tw > Dakota*.
At the after noon .-eesion William T
f ittle r* ad a paper on th« feasibility of
articial forests for prnine windbreaks.
The matter was presented very forci-
bly and evoked much favorable discuss-
• an, the d-sirubility of Mr. L ttl«*'s pro
j ct being greatly appreciated in Ne
braska,
Mr. Little went into the whole .juee
'iou of f<>reat / -ition by the federal gov
ernme«t of the "great treeless plains of
the wee',M particularly pointing out the
climatic advantngts of tree planting.
He presented tigures to show the veloc
ity of atmospher e currents at the differ
ent altitudes, and in connection demon
stiab d the effect of a series of wind
breaks upon the climate, agriculture
ana horticulture of the west. After c n
eluding this subject he offered a resolu
tion recommending to c^ngreps the aa
visability of appointing a commission to
investigate into ti e feasibility of plant
ing trees at various points in the great
rftrip, 400 miles wide, *xtending from the
British possession to the Mexican bound
ary. It was adopted as the sense of the
meeting, but no formal action can be
taken in pursuance of it until the regu
ar annual meet>ng of the associ-
ation at W'aebington during the oes
sion of congress, when it will again be
taken up. This psper's reading will im
mediately followed by its wnter'a ap
pointment on the committee on national
and state legialation."
Enough of thia class of work will
place Oklahoma in the list of forest com
monwealths. Farmers can afford to
plant trees for the reduction of wind,
and merchants for the reducing of dust
clouds.
FT RENO BOY GO
Voder Ksrcb.DK O.^eis \V..! Uj to
Camp H«ury C &\ L xiugti-ti, Ky.
Lieutenunt Arrell, who iB over from
the fort oo a farewell visit to his frieoils
ioformeil The State Capital that march
ioK orders had been received by Mpjor
Stone a^d that preparations were going
on to get ready for shipment of men and
effects. The troops willgoassjoa as
transportation is arranged. They will
go over the Rock Island to Kansas City
and St. Louis tu Lexington, Ky. Thoy
will rendezvous at Camp Henry Clay.
The regiment will form a part of the
seventh army corps and will go in Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee's command to Havanna.
Colonel M'Cord has issued general or
ders Xo. 22, assigning a letter to each
company in the regiment.
Captain Birnes' company is company
I; Captain Hoffman's company is cooipa
ny K; Capta:o Ljwrey's company is cum
pany L; Captain Boynton's company is
comgany >1 The Indian Territory com
pany under Captain Edminson, is assign
ed to the tirst batallioti,company D.
The regiment has been designated the
First Territorial liegiuient United States
infantry voluuteers.
THE TWO OLOTHS
When about twelve audiences have
heard Judge Museller'a comparison of
Tucker's talks with Johnson's battles,—
well the j'g will be up with the former.
One or two oratorical Hights,followed by
a concise statement of facts,—and the
thing is done. What? Ad office holder
run against a soldie'? The former, the
owner of a tine city home and a repro-
ductive farm; and the latter, an orphan
boy who went from state to state trying
to enlist after repeated rejections. An
orphan boy, running his country o'er
that he might have the liber'y of dying
for his country, if need be, returns
home. A peculiarly ktting tribute
awaits him. The doer of deeds id war is
to become a register of deeds in times
of peace. From the battlefield to the
blotting book ie his portiOD, parceled
out.
When Mr. Tucker said the God given
red, white and blue, the old glory of a
Dew glory,the blood sanctified emblem of
human liberty,cloth.for which Christiao
and infidel alike faced death and died
with a feeling of having seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord, the Ameri-
can rtag, was no more to him than any
other cloth, he little dreamed his ambi-
tion for a re-election wou'd be subject
to the score card aroused national pride,
and local patriotism. It did not then
ojour to Mr. Tucker that from the
death and carnage of San Juan, from the
human debris of Santiago, from the fe-
ver-stricken hospital, from the festal
board of pork and beans,from our hero's
white-walled bivouac, would come aa or
phan boy to thwart his hope, to make im
possible his re-election. GiveMuseller
twelve speeches and the doer of deeds
will become the register of deeds, and
this campaign will be known as "The
Story of the Two Cloths." Une laughed
at our flag. Another offered to die for
it. "Whom shall I release unto you,
Barra>>as or Jesus, w'oo is called the
Christ? What is it you want, a detrac
tor or a protector?
The shooting of firearms about the
streets at night will some day be the sor
row of Bome one if captured Uy our po
lice.
Married.
A very pretty wedding took place at
McLoud,Okla., Sspt. 7th at the home
of the bride's father The happy couple
being Mr. Walter E. Lacy, of Sumner,
Okla., and Miss Mabel A Palmer, of
McLoud. The ceremony took place at
5:80, Rev. J. D. Vose, officiating, after
which a dainty but delightful supper
served. Every one present declared it a
mo3t plenrant Bffair.
The young couple left for their new
home at Norman, Oala., on theevenisg
train.
Their many friends join in showeriog
best wishes for happiness upon them.
NO NOBLE COUNTY FAIR
While ours is neither the largest
wheat nor the greatest com growing re
gion in this territory, it ia the most
thoroughly, agriculturally speaking, cos
mopolitan county in the entire United
States and, indeed, possibly the world.
Where else does one find the fabric sup
plies of cotton, wool and flax so success
ful? At what other point on earth do
so many bread stuffs prosper? Where
are beef, pork and mutton producing
cereals ard grasses equally as universal?
Is not Perry the largest castor bean mar
ket in the known world, the greatest
hog market in Oklahoma, one oC the
four largest wheat and cotton markets
between Kansas and Texas?
You make answer ba^k "of course k
is," but no reason is presented why we
fail to have b county fair. There are
fairs to the north of us and fairs to the
south of us, and it is to be hoped there
are fa'rs in front of us,
If the democrats and populists who
are talking Keaton I'or the sake of party
h«rmon>)and getting ready to vote for
Flynn would now speak out in meetirg.
there would be no more talk of toe Mis-
souri railroad candidate for congress in
this territory, This is the second Mis
eoun deal tried in our congressional
tights. The other one was defeated, for
one of the many good reasons, because
he did not live here, but no one then
knew of the state's railroad interests
here. No, Missouri, hire your lobbyists
we cannot elect one for you.
"The Story of the Two C'otls," with
illustrations taken from the campaign
of two years ago, as well as life and
death scenes at iantiag^, will play to
•rowded houses during the entire sea
aon. Our beet citizens have already
bought season tickets. The voters o
Noble county, at this early date, have
bought up all the reserve seat for "Mr.
Tucker's, positively, last Bppearance in
November.
"Lend
a Hand!"
is the cry of women whose housework ia
beyond their physical powers. Such
women need to know that all cleaning is
made easy by
6 &i
Washing Powder
It's as good as an extra pair of hands in
the household. It saves time and worry.
Largest package—greatest economy.
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY,
Chicago. fcit. Louis. New York.
Boston. Philadelphia.
by buying your Furniture of
Chas. Christoph.
We arc always in the load with Lovr Priccs and up-to-
date goods and wo are the only dealer in Perry that buyi
furniture bj the car -ad direct from the factory and can
thereby save our ^uers the middle rnan'a profit.
A Word to our Country Trade.
WhencTer you are in Terry, make our store your head-
quarters—you are always welcome. It is a "pleaure for
us to show goods, eeing our immense stock yesterday
is not seeing it to-day. In conncctiun with our gtock of
Furniture, Queenswarewe
have added Undertaking.
I hare secured the services of kr. F. A. Davis, who ha
had over six years experience! in the Undertaking line,
with the leading houses iu Kansas. Undertaker sleep*
in the store. Call attended to promptly day or night.
Chas Christoph,
South Side Square,
Perry, Oklanom
I
A REMARKABLE SCIENTIFIC and
WONDERFUL SCIENCE
4'Solar Biology"
The only true science by which your future can truly and accurately
be foretold.
zarah- the world renowned Egyptian Astrologer, who has beea cvmUm «urh ai-
wmsooMnt throughout Europe the peat Are years, wUl ulre a truthful, accurate* planet
horoscope delineation of your llfn He will *!▼ ! your personal a: ifanmce >]lii« ltloo.
character, ability, tast*, prohahle length or llfn. possible arrMnntg. a-lvlcean.l animations
on love affairs, marriage, friends, enemies simulation, builness matters, etc.
OFFICIAL TREE PLANTING
As ours 16 a county, where art fictal
iitTorcsting ie both desirable aDd practi-
cal. the followirg cannot but be of inter-
net throughout this portion «f the terri-
tory The "Otuaha Bee* hae the -e
thicge to say of our representative at
the national meeting of the men who
have brought about governmental r«cog
n tion of foreet preserve*, and who ai#
now forcing a national consideration of
artificial foreet growth in the internet
of windbreaks for theplmce.
iienry Micbelson of Colorado de'iver
ed a paper on the relation of forests to
irrigation matter**, that was well re-
ceived and exhaustively discussed. In
this corn action, a resolution by W. T.
Little of Oklahoma was adopted, It
said in port:
Whereas, This association believes a
proper series of windbreaks would an
regulate surface air currents r-> to ma
terialiv reduce ev poratun, thereby con
serv ng a precip ition that under thoee
conditions would be ample for grain
huabandr); therefore, be it
ileeoived, By this association that our
national congrees ahouid create a com-
niis^'on for the purpose of investigating
the feaOilitj' of otitiiUttbiug for*;
&
Are your cheeks £
W hollow and your
T OU lips white?
U | Is your appetite
f3|0 poor and your di-
H gestionweak? Is :{^
your flesh soft
and have you lost
— in weight?
These are symptoms of jr
anemia or poor blood,
They are just as frequent
in the summer as in the
winter. And you can be
cured at one time just as :?
well as another. j£
Scott's I
Emulsion j
of cod liver oil with hypo-
phosphites will certainly
help you. Almost everyone
can take it, and it will not
i- disturb the weakest stom-
' ach.
It ciunges the light color of
poor Hood to a healthy and rich
red. ll r.ouruha tht brain i givt
Ewrr to the nerve*. It brings
ck your old weight and strength.
All r>rui*t t . 5ft' «)<111
Srorr CbaniiU. New York.
Newspaper echcoD honors cf th« late
war all fall to the Kansas pity Star,4 the :
Miles interview on A ger having now be !
come a matter of mtamational notice '
E«stern press-workers are all good i
| enough until the questions of energy and
I pointednese arise. Then western go- j
| aheaditivenese asserts supremacy. The j
, eastern press is truly characteristic of
i its people,—g^od enough wh« n politics '
; are convsaient and precedent ample,
i Single answer may lea*you to makke THOUSAHCS of DOLLARS,
-end I1* rents an.1 ntveejart date of tilrth anil I will Immediately return you a truth.
I mik* this oiler
■ te«t trial All com muni atlons strictly confidential A<lfre *.
4.AP.AU the ASTROLOGEE, Lock Bon i03, Philadelphia, Fa.
From Press--/.jrali th- \stroln>;vr, l certainly astonlslilnx thouxuMj Ills won<l«r.ul
1 reflations and tiate are ltased upon ludlsputable and s ■ tentinc Influence,.
! The cha^r.oed demo's papers who
ooce talKed loud and long of "the bon-
eet colored people" who a*eme'l for the
time dt-affectsd from Fijnn are now
sailing thorn "niggers who have so'd
the'r birthrRbt for a chance at free
homes and statehood and protection to
school lessee improvements " This is
just because the colored people have de-
termined of Flynn as the>r man,
! J. E Glise® comee lie'ore the fran-
chisers of the first commissioner di«trict,
1 asking for that oHtee. 1 is essentially a
I district of farmers, and it is to their
I votes,—not bankers or bake s, livery-
| men or liwyn, merchants or mechanics
s —he will owe his eleolion. Elect him
gentlemen. Your confidence will not oe
m.fplaced or your business mismmfcged
A. S. Cddee is hariog his new location
one door weet of the FarmVe Jt Mer-
chants bank painted and otherwise im-
proved He is going mtc the clothing
j and gent's furnishing bus n«-6 instead
of furniture as e'ated in last Evening's
paper
We manufacture a full line of Field and Hog Fencing.
Steel Picket Lawn and Cemetery Fencing, M. M. S. Poultry
Fence, Single and Double Steel Gates, Steel Posts, Etc.
We make a specialty of Stoel Pipe Farm Cate's. Wrfta
for full particulars.
UNION FENCE CO.. De Kalb, 111,
I" 1 e 111 in<4. M ockley & l' .'i n ner, Agts*
F. 0. MOORE,
President
H. A. McCANDLESS
CtehiM
havumr*
Exchange Bank of Perry,
Sohait accounts of Farmers, Merchants ana Corporation
Opposite Pt et OtBc — _ _
Perry, O. T
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