The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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THh r AHLhUUAH ARROW. IAHLEQUAH, OKLA.
FHE TAHLEQUAH ARROW;
ARROW PUBLISHING COMPANY
a. P. * H. B. Hardy, Manager*
faWUbliklKMl, Weekly, IKKfl, Dally.
ion i).
lacorporatml W<«pt«niber, 1006.
All Hume Print.
Entered at the Tahlequah, Okla..
postoffice as Becond-clasa mall mat-
ter.
Suhsrriptlnii Kate Per Year . .$1.00
Published Thursday of Each Week.
THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING BY THE
55bCIA
OENFRAl OfFICBS
NSW YORK Alio CHICAGO
MANCHKS IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
This being the first issue of the
new year The Arrow wished its read-
ers a prosperous year. 'A e noticed
a scarcity of young men and bach-
elors on lh ni'eet lhi< morning and
some one suggested that leap yea'
tnlgu* lit junt for it as ti.e«' in their
coyishneas had slipped out of sight
In order to allow their lady admlrera
to hunt them up. The ladies es-
pecially the older ones, are reported
as quite active. We would suggesl
that If you fail to find him. "it pays
to advertise."
Did you ever go into any place
where there was not some one harp-
ing about high taxes? If you have
you should let it be known and see
If a lot of the fellows who are al-
ways talking on the subject would
no. make a rush for that point. Dc
you think they would? Well, If you
do you are mistaken. Howling high
taxes and trying to break into of-
fice or get some one in who would
deputise him in his vocation. There
rre exceptk ns but generally he is s
li w ..ho pays very little tax him
s,elf but is greatly interested in you
welfare. The beauty of the taxes
you are paying is that they are di-
rect and you know that they are tax-
es, but when you step into a store tc
buy a suit of clothes or some other
needful article, you pay more for
the tax on the purchase than you pay
for the article. This is the tariff or
indirect tax so jealously guarded bj
the Republican party and which ha;
built up In this country a money aris-
tocracy that have lately been known
as trusts. Taxes that go into the
pocket of Bome protected manufac-
turer and not Into a channel that
will be of benefit to any other citi-
zen.
I Was Offered $1,000
Bribe Says W.H.Moyei
ATLANTA, Ga„ Jan. 3.—Warden
William H. Moyer of 'he federal pen-
itentiary, yesterday made the state-
ment to a gathering of newspapei
men assembled in his office that C
W. Morse, the convicted banker, had
offered him what he construed to be
a bribe of $1,000 in 1910 soon after
he became a prisoner in the institu-
tion.
The statement came aut as a re-
sult of the publication in a local pa-
per that a congrescional investiga-
tion into Morse's alleged bad treat-
ment in the prison probably would
be Instituted.
Warden Mo.ver said he had given
Morse permission on March 11, 1910,
to send a cipher telegram to pur-
chase tome gas stock and that sub-
sequently Morse had come into his
office and said:
"Warden, I made $2,000 on that
deal and I want you to have half of
It."
The warden said he told Morse to
forget he ever said anything like
that and never to say such a thing
again. Ho said he advised Attorney
Generr.l Wickersham that he had
permitted the tclcgr: m to be sent.
It developed that the department
of justice made an Investigation at
the prison last spring at which the
episode came out.
Mr. Moyer invited the newspaper
men to the prison yesterday to In-
spei i the "dunpeon" in which Morse
was alleged to have been kept in so-
litary confinement May 13-15, 1910,
for giving a sick boy about to be
discharged a paltry sum of money.
The warden read his report in which
it was stated that Morse was sent to
the solitary confinement because he
refused to tell where he got about
r 50 which he subsequently admitted
'ie had received from a discharged
prisoner, his wife and his business
partner. He denied that it was for
giving money to a sick boy.
The room in which Morse was said
to have been confined was about the
size of an ordinary hotel room, well
lighted and ventilated and with run-
ning water. The bed was an Iron
crated affair suspended from the
wall.
Mr. Moyer denied that he had
strong prejudice against Morse or
that any statement he had made to
the attorney general had any Influ-
ence in determining the president's
latest action in the case.
Presbyterian congregation notice:
Next Sunday Communion Sunday.
Sunday School Lesson S
General Topic for 1912: New Testament:
Lif« of Christ in the Synoptic (ijspeia.
Sunday, Jaouary 7, 19 J2
Prepared Exclusively for the Arrow by Rev. G. S. Sutton
Lesson for January 7, 1012—The
Birth of John The Baptist Foretold.
Leson Text—Luke 1:5-23.
(•olden Text—"Without faitli it is
impossible to please linn."—Heb.
11:6.
Memory verses 15, 16. Read Luke
1:1-4.
The Time—October, 6 B. C.
The Place—'The Temple In Jerusa-
lem in the Holy Place.
This course of Bible study in the
Life of Christ covers two and one-
half years. Since it Is the most
comprehensive series of lessons in
the history of the Sunday School
movement. Why not get a bible dic-
tionary, a concordance and a good
referenco bible and marking ink and
make' the study as valuable as a
course In a college or university?
The lesson for January 14 is the
Birth of John the Baptist, Luke 1:57-
80.
Some connecting links and a few
questions. We closed our 1911
study with Ezra and Nehemiah com- ;
pleting their work of reconstruction
both of walls, temple and nation.
Date about 444 B. C. For 400 years
there is no record of other prophets
to whom God has spoken. Can you
give a reson for this silence?
Why did the Great Creator show
-io much interest In the Israelites?
Why send to them the bulk of the
sjreat men of the past? Men like
Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Amos, Hosea. j
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel. \
107.ra, Nehemiah? Since the times of \
lesus there have been no such men
niong the Jews. Why so? Is Je-
lovah not as greatly interested in
he Jews now as he was in the for-
uer days? If they are not as favor-
;d, why not?
Were they being prepared for
.some special mission? If so what J
A'as that mission?
What was their religious condi-
tion at the time of the lesson?
Things Political—What bearing
lid Alexander's conquest of the world
(330 B. C.) have on the preparation i
if the world for the coming of
Christ?
During this rule of the Greeks a '
new Jewish center was established
n Alexandria Egypt. Here the O. T.
vas translated into Greek. Why?
What bearing did that have on the
preparation of the world for the >
coming of Christ?
The Greeks attempted to blot out
Tehovah worship and substitute
Grecian idolatries in Judah and the
Tews revolted and gained their free-
dom and maintained their Jehovah
eliglon. What Indications of di- \
vine interest in these events can you
iiscover? What bearing did this
have on the preparation of the
vo-ld for the Messiah? Contrast
the attitude of the Jews at this time
with those of the days of Jerobam
md Ahab, who quietly submitted to
the establishment of the Golden Calf
and Baal worship.
It is interesting to watch the rapid
growth of that new empire during
this period of 400 years. Rome
gained power and dominion in a
sort of geometrical progression.
One great fact not to be over-
looked—there were no wars, no
marching and countermarching of
mighty armies through the land of
Palestine or in the known world at
the time of the coming of Christ.
A fitting period for the coming of
the Prince of Peace. The Roman em-
pire was held together by bonds
stronger than armies or navies, the
bonds of trade. Each portion of the
empire was engaged in industrial
and manufacturing pursuits and in
merchandising. They sold their
products in distant portions of the
world empire and ail desired peace.
Did that not have a great bearing on
the preparation of the world for
Christ and his evangels that fol-
lowed his ascension.
Can you see the hand of God in
events today? What do you think
He is bringing out of all this ferment
and disorder—war in China, Russia,
sacking Persia, Brittania looking on
with approval. Shame on her. Italy
seizing Tripoli, France taking Moroc-
co and so on ad infinitum. Do you
believe that the Great Creator is
bringing anything to pass? If so
what?
The lesson—The Birth of John
the Baptist foretold.
"Zaeharlas of the course of Abi-
jah"—Abijah was a lineal descend-
ent of Eleazor, high priest in Josh-
ua's day. "His wife," also a daugh-
ter of a priest. John the Baptist was
a priest in the fullest sense with a
pedigree on both sides of the house
extending to Aaron. "They were
both righteous before (whom?) (1ml,
walking in all the commandments
ami ordinancces of the Lord blame-
less."
That would have been a home
worth looking into. I wonder if they
i were ever too busy to start the day
with family prayers and close it
j again the same way? The atmos-
phere of thaf home must have
pleased God or he would never have
selected it for the nursery and train-
ing school of the great forerunner.
Do you think that Zacharlas and
Elizabeth would have been chosen
for tills great office if either of them
had "tainted blood" flowing in their
veins? Do you know the per cent
of the blind who owe their loss of
sight to the immoralities of either
or both parents? Yea, a young man
must sow hia wild oats, at least that
is fhe devil's argument and God says
he will also reap what he sows.
"They have sown the wind and they
shall reap the whirlwind."
One thing is certain, none of that
class were ever selected as chosen
vessels for the bringing forth of
any of the John the Baptist kind of
men. If the law of heredity "their
iniquities shall be visited upon their
children unto the third and fourth
generations" holds on one side it also
holds for righteousness on the other.
Do you know how many of the emi-
nent men, preachers, lawyers and
doctors, etc., are sons of ministers
in these U. S. ?
Ralph Waldo Emerson was of the
fifth generation in A line of eminent
men and women. A fellow ought to
choose his parents 300 years before
ho is born, but then it's a good thing
we cannot, for there would be so
many childless folks in this world,
kow.e.-clt is right- on a great many
thingK, but there is something more
important than big fatnlies. The less
there are of some kinds the better
for this old world. Let me refer you
to page 109 < f American charities:
Head of the line Max (Juke) 1720
in New York. He is described as a
hunter and fisher, a hard drinker,
jolly and companionable, averse to
steady toil (mark that) working
hard by spurts. Idling by turns, be-
coming blind in his old age and en-
tailing blindness upon his children
and grandchildren. Five (5) gener-
ations—look at the record. Aggre-
gate of this lineage probably 1,200
persons. Pauperism was seven times
as common in this family as in the
population of the state at large.
Of the adult women of Juke blood
52.4 per cent are found to have been
harlots. Intermarrying with the
Jukes, 1. e., inbreeding, intensified
the tendency to pauperism and mar-
riage with those of other stocks re-
sulted in au eveu larger per cent of
criminals among their descendents.
The estimated cost to the commu-
nity in 75 years was over $1,225,000
without reckoning the cash paid for
whisky, or taking into account the
entailment of pauperism, crime and
disease of the survivors In succeed-
ing generations.
Such as this "under run society
like devil grass." Yes, go on young
man or yonng woman. Sow your
wild oats, but don't forget you and
yours after you will have to reap it.
You say what has all this got to
do with "The Birth of John the Bap-
tist?" It took over 400 years for Je-
hovah to get the lust and slime and
corruption out of the line of the
Aaronic priesthood so that a man
like John the Baptist could be given
birth. Is there any reason why so
great a per cent of American young
men failed to pass the tests for en-
trance into the IJ. S. army during the
Spanish-American war? Truly "the
wages of sin is death."
Zacharias was clean enough for an
angel to talk to. He was just a lit-
tle short on faith, but the sign con-
vinced him.
"Without faith it is Impossible to
please Him." Without faithfulness
it is impossible to please Him at all.
The Empress Donates;
President Takes Oath
Or.
Price's
Cream
BaKincf
PoWder.
Made front grape Cream of Tar-
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For sixty years American house-
wives have found Dr. Price's Cream
Baking Powder a guarantee of light,
pure and wholesome food.
the central platform and there took
the oath of office. Afterwards he
delivered an address in which he
promised to disenthrone the Man-
chus, to promote trade and to de-
vote his entire energy to the Chinese
nation, and aid the Chinese people to
realize their aspirations.
When the Manchus had finally ab-
dicated and peace was restored to the
nation, he would, he said, resign his
provisional office.
President Sun then delivered a
long address in the form of a proc-
lamation. In this he announced that
a strong central government would
bo organized, the entire system re-
modeled and modernized and a par-
liament representative of the people
bo elected. The provinces, he said ,
would be autonomous as regards lo- j
cal affairs and each would select its j
own governor.
The army and navy would be made J
national and be under the control of |
the central parliament which would
ilso deal with the finances of the :
country.
The whole fiscal system would be
readjusted, but he was sure that
the whole income of the country was
sufficient to discharge its liabilities
and defray ordinary expenses.
After giving many details as to his
program for the development of the
resources of China, President Sun re-
ferred to the relations of China with
foreign countries. He sxpressed on
behalf of the new republic the thank-
fulness at the consistent neutrality
of foreign nations. He said that the
anti-foreign feeling existing would
not appear in the new republic.
BOSTON, Jan. 3.—The Rev. Clar-
ence V. T. Richeson collapsed in his
cell late yesterday when two of his
counsel, William A. Morse and John
M. Lee, broached the subject of his
recent mutilation. According to Mr.
Morse, the subject had no sooner
been opened than the former Cam-
bridge pastor paled and seemed to
lose all strength, sinking back upon
his bed which he did not rise from
again during the conference.
"When we entered the cell," said
Mr. Morse, "Mr. Richeson was sit-
ting up and seemed quite comfort-
able, although he could not walk un-
til assisted and had to be supported
by his negro companion. Immediate-
ly upon mentioning the act of muti-
lation he had a sinking spell and we
were compelled to turn the subject
and discuss other matters. The min-
ister is mentally weak in the sense
that he easily becomes very nervous
and he certainly will have to improve
very much to be able to stand trial
within two weeks."
PEKIN, Jan. 3.—The empress
dowager, who is desirous of carry-
ing out a campaign against the rev-
olutionaries, yesterday advanced 3,-
000 teals (about $2,000,000), to
Premier Yuan Shi Kal for that pur-
pose. There are many indications
that the northern troops are anxious
to resume hostilities.
NANKING, Jan. 3.—The first of-
ficial act of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, presi-
: dent of the Chinese republic, was
to change the Chinese calendar. He
j made New Year's day the first day of
his presidency, thus marking the
commencement of a new era and
making the Chinese year begin
henceforth the same day that the
New Year begins in most other coun-
tries of the world.
Accompanied by a numerous suite
and protected by a strong bodyguard,
' Dr. Sun Yat Sen left in a special
train for Nanking. The trip was
made without incident except for the
j enthusiasm which greeted the presi-
dent at all the intermediate stations.
He was greeted with loud cheering.
Many prominent men among the rev-
olutionaries met him at the station
and accompanied him to the govern-
ment house, the route to which was
lined by ten thousand soldiers.
I The president-elect proceeded to
Last Week to Get In
The merchants of Cherokee County who desire to get in on The Ar-
row's combination Diamond Ring Contest will have until next Wednesday
to do so. After this date it will be impossible to enter as all announce-
ments of merchants will be made in the next weekly issue of The Arrow.
Don't Kick
if when the contest is warmed up and everybody wants voting certificates
you cannot furnish them. We want you in the contest, but can't call
on you personally as the time is too short. Don't pass up this proposi-
tion without investigation.
The next issue of the Weekly Arrow will give all the names of the
merchants handling certificates and also the names of the contestants en-
tered. Many contestants are at work now and are piling up votes for
themselves.
Read the following rules and get busy now:
1. There will be given three capital prizes consisting of three dia-
mond rings to the persons obtaining the largest amount of cash certificates
or votes—each cent of cash certificates representing one vote.
2. Any person, regardless of age or sex, living in Cherokee county
will be eligible as a contestant.
3. Any person may nominate as many contestants as he may desire,
either on coupons found in The Arrow or on other blanks furnished by
us. We reserve the right to reject any nomination.
4. Only one 1000-vote certificate will be counted for the same per-
son.
5. Official ballots clipped from The Arrow may be voted before the
expiration of time stated therein.
6. Certificates will be issued by The Arrow for now and old sub-
scriptions, old accounts, job printing and advertising. On e"ery subscrip-
tion of $1.00 to The Arrow, if new, 1,000 votes, if old, 900 votes. On
old accounts, 900 votes for each $1.00 paid. On advertising or job print-
ing, 800 votes for each $1.00 paid. Certificates must be called for when
cash Is paid.
7. Certificates shall be cast In ballot box at the office of The Ar-
row.
8.
posited.
Certificates cannot be transferred or withdrawn after being de-
The certificates or votes shall be counted by a disinterested party
or parties and the relative standing of the contestants will be announced
from time to time. Three disinterested judges will make the first count.
10. In case of a tie vote, a special time will be granted as agreed
upon by contestants for further work.
11. No employee of this paper nor anyone connected with it will be
permitted to enter the contest.
12. Issues of The Arrow will not be sold in quantities for the offi-
cial ballots contained therein.
13. A prizs well worth the trouble will be given on all cash sub-
scriptions to each contestant who secures not less than 5,000 votes and
wh® does aot win a rim.
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