The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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WEEKLY EDITION
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THE TAHLEQUAH ARROW.
THE OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF CHKROKEK OOUHTf.
TWENTY-FIFTH VLMl.
I'AniiKV1 XH, OKI, \ HOMA, Till KHDAV, MMM'II 28. IIM2.
MMKER 28
NEGRO
Lynched at Fort Smith
for Shooting Officer.
From the Sunday Houthw.-' \iner- i
ican of Kort Smith, Ark
.Mob Irw reigned in Kort Smith <
shortly before midnigh* last night ;
and this Sabbath morning was tish-i
cri'd ill with .1 scene thai it will re-1
quire many veins t<> efface from ihe
memory of those who witu>• > d the
gruesome sicht, while the good
name ol this cit<. h..i suffer d ;i
shame that is regretted by e.ery
citizen both ol Fort Smith .i:i i th<
state of Arkansas.
Frenzied by the shoot hr-- of \nily
< arr, 11 deputy ( ustable, an tin-
known nerro, being < hurled villi
the eri'e , a pro:.! crowd >• n be-
c.,m> . . iiriel.•iit: mob and :i11■ i
the fit> jail where the riegro was
confined. At that hour it w not
known whether the constable had re- J
celved a fatal wound, but as the mob
grew in numbers the •determination
to lynch ihe negro intensified. The
negro was strung up to a street <:nr
pole in front of Hotel Main on <!
rison avenue.
Had ih" officer- of Kort Smitn
rallied to .. • aid of Chief of Police
Harry, who alone and with commend-
able courage sought to avoid the
lynching and save Kort Smith from
the shame of this lawless net 'lie
Duelling would not have taken
place.
Ai 2:30 o'clock this morning Ainli
Citrr was resting easily at St.. Ed-
ward's infirmary under the influence
of opiate; His conlltion was pro-
nounced critical by his physician:.|
the Lira. Stevenson. They say that
there is only slight hope for hi. re-
covery. The ball struck him •bout
an inch above the eyebrow, fractur-
ed the skull there, and drove several
pieces of the skull into the brain.
The ball caino out above the r!,'Ht
temple, the course of the bullet. be-
ing around the inside of the skuil,
and the track about three inche
long. Parts of Ihe brain were shot
out by the bullet and it was torn
along the track where the ball won?
Ti W\ m iUi bl.toii.
He was t. \t 'e to ta'l; save in an
unintelligible way. No attempt was
made to n<k him anything about the
shooting.
As soon as Chief Berry was in-
formed of the attack upon the jail
by the mob he hastened to the build-
ing and in the name of the law call-
ed upon the law-breakers 'o desist.
No attention was paid to his appeal
and the frenzied men tost led him
around without respect to his ofli-
cial position of the law ol 'he state.
Two or three member- of the force
stood around, but did not render
i heir chief officer any assistance,
and finally some of them left the jail
grounds.
Had Chief Harry's force rallied to
his aid they could have saved their
city from this deplorable setting nt
defiance the law of the state lor tlie
proper execution of the law s power.
Criminals and life-takers must
pay Hie penalty, but then; can ho
110 justification of Ihe awful black
deed of last, nigli'. This is particu-
larly so, because there is a serious
question as to who actually shot
Circuit Judge Hen was notified ol
the crime, and after he has m ule
an investigation, a special grand .utry
may he summoned to indict and
prosecute the parlies who were
leaders of the mob.
The negro gave the name ot srtn-
ford l/ewis.
LYNCHERS
Of Fort Smith are to be
Prosecuted
FOR SMITH, Ark., March 2ti.—
The members of the mob whic . a -
urday night lynched a negro will b.
vigorously prosecrted.
ludge Hon, Of the Circuit court,
called a special Srand ury to s
yesterday in the < ase and at a mass
meeting held In the Commercial r '.b
rooms resolutio is were adopted
nledging moral a d financial support
rn the investigttt >n, and demanding
ii.1"n « ■><•
the limit of the liw. .hat the
It is practically certain tb.
lvnched negro was guiltless of
wounding of the officer, whose ron-
hinj by accident.
INTEREST IN KAE1R CORN SPREADING
ll\ persistent agitation aud with personal solicitation we are a *
ured that a large crop of kaflr-corn will be raised this year. However
we want to emphasize the importance of planting at leaf 10 acres to
uafiir-coru. It should not ti" considered as an eyperiment But should
be planted and cultivated as is Indian Corn, which will insure a yield <.i
L'u bushel to 0 bushels to the acre ill a season like la ' year, when
-ea^on ; are favorable to other crops, kali -corn will produce to tin
bushels to the acre To get Ihe best results plant the latter part ol \pi i1
or early May.
The land owner can no' hope to improve his larm unless he reouire--
his tenant to plant a crop ihut will produce enough feed to keep his ^!mt.
• in the other hand the tenant can not po-sihly prosper tmle i he make
bis feed crop his first consideration.
There were 10 carloads of chops shipped into Tahlequah during tie
month of February and each carload averaged 40 pounds. Multiply
1-,#{•<• pounds of chops by 10 cars and that result by *1 >10 per hundred
pound:' and it will be found that $6,830.40 for tee.i alone was s- nt out
of Cherokee County that would have remained if the farmers had raised
i feed crop, Out Interv-' in this matter is sincere. \V< want to see the
farmer prosper. " "'n the farmer makes good you will notice the bank
deposits grow Y....r account is invited.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $100,000.00
W. W HASTINGS, Pres.
ft O. SCOTT, Cashier
H. W. WILSON, Vice-Pros.
.1 ROUT WYLT, Ass t. Cash ;er
SENATE
Is Refused Trust Infor-
mation by Attor-
ney General.
WASHINGTON, l>. C. March 26.
attorney (leueral Wickersham
raised a storm in the senate yester-
day by refusing to supply informa-
tion concerning the re-organization
of the International Harvester com-
pany, which was asked by a resolu-
tion adopted March Id. Senator 11a-
con took exception not only to the
attorney general's action, but to the
manner of communicating it.
Mr. Wickershaom said in his let-
ter that it was incompatible with
the Interest of the United Slates to
supply the information desired be-
cause of the correspondence on file
rel. ed to business which was unfin-
ished.
Mr. Hacon declared the lang-
uage to be discourteous and said that
apparently the attorney general had
forgotten that he was a creature of
congress.
In his letter Mr. Wickersham said:
"I am directed by the president
to say in my opinion it is not compat-
ible to supply the information."
Mr. Borah said he did not see how
the president could give instructions
regarding attorney general's opinion.
"Nor do 1," responded Mr. Bacon.
Several senators suggested that
Mr. Hacon should move that tho com-
munication bo not received, but he
refused to do so and on motion of
Mr. hea it was laid on the table for
consideration at another time.
COUNTY JAIL DELIVERY
Seven Prisoners Burrow Out Beneath the Walls
and Make Their Get Away-Two Remain.
(From Tuesday's Dailv Arrow.) .cattle stealing; Mayes Baldridge, for
• i, m„. burglary at Ray; Sidney Scott, for
At Jome hour last night I it | ja|j breaking; Lon Cooper, serving
internal), who remained, says about Isentence on a whiskey charge, and
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midnight, and the neighborhood dog
were making considerable tuss :it
ibout 3:30 this morning,, probably
Sam Ferreli, serving a ten days' sen
tence for larceny.
Claude Brown and Dirt Bateman,
I about 3:30 this morning,, probably j Claude Brown and Dirt Batema
jcaused bv the stir around ihe jail, I held on inferior charts remained
'seven prisoners in the coun'v iail The delivery was arf-omplished I
the comfy jail ; The delivery was accomplished by
left for parts unknown. TI. j-.-ison-| drigging an avenue of escape be-
ers who escaped are Lee Eastman, a]neath the foundation on the east
negro, held on a charge of horse jslde of the building near the north-
stealing: Homer Stewart, also for least corner and it is said by the pris-
horse aealing; Claude Single, for |oners remaining that the tools used
at the work were a sharpened broom
| stick, a pair of scissors, a spoon and
a spike nail The excavated earth
I was carefully stowed In the beds and
! preparations for (lie escape must
[have been in progress for some time.
'Deputies arc out. scouring the coun-
Itry in different directions in hope of
]obtaining some track of the escaped
i but as yet no find has been made.
I,on Cooper and Sam Ferreli were
.erving out sentences about half of
which had been endurc-d and why
iliey would leave to go scouting is
hardly imaginable unless they knew
the weather was geting fine and con-
finement was becoming unendurable
EXPLOSION KILLS FOl'lt.
MOBILE, Ala., March 25.—Four
men were instantly killed and three
injured, one fatally, in a boiler ex-
plosion at the saw mill of Stewart &
Harding at Holcomb yesterday. The
explosion occurred when one of the
negro employes of the mill pumped
cold water into a boiler which had
run low.
Cherokee Payment
It has been announced that the $ 1 ;*> per capita payment of Chero-
l.ef will probably begin within a few days.
Persons of one-half degree, or more, Indian blood will be required
to make application through the District Agent.
Persons of less than one-half degree Indian blood will be supplied
by tho Government with proper application blanks, and you will be re-
quired "• make application, giving ROLL NFSfflBR and DEGREE of
KI.OOI). When you receive application blanks, il you haven't your al-
lotment certificate or deed handy, and do not remember your ROLL
M MIIK.lt and DKt.ltl'.K of Hl.ooD. as enrolled, we shall be glad to
supply the information.
We have the final rolls of the I III' CIVILIZED I'Dllll'S, and
4i: !l he glad to serve you WITIHH'T ' HAI"(<K.
When you receive your CHECK, bring it to this bank and you will
receive every cent it calls for
\(> CH \K(;K for our service* in connection with the l'\\ MEN'T.
THE FIRST STATE BANK OF TAHLEOUAH
Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Strikers
Victorious
Manufacturers to Re-
taliate by Raising the
Price of Goods.
BOSTON, March 6.—The great
Lawrence strike which brougtt in
its truin increased wages for U75.000
textile workers in New England, was
officially declared off at tho mills in
Lawrence yesterday, having accom-
plished its purpose, in the opinion
of the leaders.
In tills connection it is generally
believed, too. that advances in wages
or reduction in hours to paper mill
employes, bagging and burlap work-
ers, machinists and opetratives in
other industries are all traceable,
directly or indirectly, to the move-
ment which had its origin in Law-
rence. The total number of persons
thus to benefit is considerably up-
ward of 300,000.
Advances in the price of woolen
and cotton goods which have been
made or which are in prospect, will
probably place upon the ultimate
consumer much of the burden of the
additional cost to the textile manu-
facturers. This will aggregate be-
tween $10,000,000 and $12,000,00u
during the next year, it is estimated.
Mill agents in announcing advances
in prices have frankly said that the
upward trend is the result of wage
advances.
The rise iti the price of cotton
goods anuounced up to today is com-
paratively small—a fraction of u
cent a yard In most cases—but seil-
ing agents predict that the net ad-
vance to the retailer may ultimately
reach 2 cents a yard. Some increased
prices also have been rjuoted on
woolen goods and dealers freely pre-
dict higher prices for next season.
New Bedford, where the manufac-
turers of the finer grades of cotton
goods have refused to accede to the
demands of their employes for an
additional 5 per cert, has displaced
Lawrence as the center of interest
In the textile situation.
Unless the mill owners give the
increase demanded within a few day s
it is feared a strike of from 25,00'
to 30,000 operatives will follow
While au increase of 5 per cent has
been offered the New Bedford oper-
atives are insistent that they receive
10 per cent. Secretary Devolt of the
Manufacturers' - Association ha-
promised that the mill owners will
decide early in the week whether this
will be granted. The suggestion
has been made that an immediate in-
crease of IVz per cent be given with
a promise oi f«n additional 2'/£ per
•:ent on a s;lven date- TM? may be
the bus'e of a eoicurpmiso.
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