The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 163, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1904 Page: 8 of 8
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DAILY EDITION.
THE SHAWNEE NEWS.
AUGUST 19, 1904.
TaKes Good Hot Sun
Sucli as wc are having these days to blis-
ter and sunburn your complexion and it
takes a 25 cent bottle of our Cucuml>er
cream to make and keep your complex-
ion right again. You need it at home or
away on your vacation.
********************* +++*
Mertz
4'/i West Main
New Phone 048.
Get It To-Day.
Old Phone 145.
AS
Cockrell & Roberts, EE I
THE NEGRO
POPULATION
■Washington, Aug. 19.—As a Guthrie
paper has recently for the seventy-sev-
enth time given currency to a statement
that the colored population of that place
is less than that of Oklahoma City, the
official figures from the latest census
have been obtained from the census
bureau which show that in 1900 Guthrie
had a negro population of 3,036, and a
white population of 6,970; total 10,006.
This is nearly 31 percent. Oklahoma
City had 1,219 negroes, or about 12 per*
cent. Shawnee had 207 negroes in a
total population of 3,364, or less than six
percent; and Enid had only 140,
Now if the Guthrie statement is true
there are more negroes today in Okla-
homa City than 111 Guthrie, it means that
12 per cent' of Oklahoma City's total is
greater than 31 per cent of Guthrie's,
which would indicate a present popula-
tion for Oklahoma City of 33,000, allow-
ing that Guthrie has grown 2,000 iu the
past four years. As a matter of fact
there have been no special inducements
held cut to colored people to go to Okla-
homa City land that element of popula-
tion has not increased as rapidly in pro-
portion as the whites, while it is well
understood that there has been a con-
tinual drift of colored people into Guthrie,
aud that their chief gain in population
has been from that source.
The following figures taken from the
United States census reports of 1900 shows
the total colored population of the im-
portant cities of Oklahoma:
Guthrie, 3036; Oklahoma City, 1219;
perry, 399; R1 Reno, 223; Shawnee, 207;
Enid, 140.
SIDE BY EACH
The following marriage licenses have
been issued by the probate court during
the past week:'
F. h. Ward 31 and Mrs. S. A. Morris
30, were married by Rev. G. F. I .owe.
Cyrus O. Grissinger 29 and l'earl
Jones 29 were married by Judge, McFall
last week.
John F. McCall 26 and Ada S. Cling-
an 24 were married by Rev. Lowe last
Saturday.
Ilert Riggs 21 and Rubie Pipig 17.
M. C. Lisman 32 and Mrs. Ida Mayes 22.
Frank Ii. Smith 21 and Alpha J.
Saunders 24 were married by Judge Mc-
Fall, Sunday.
Walter Padgett 19 and Ada Rickerson
24.
TAKEN WITH CRAMPS.
Wm. Kinase, a member of the bridge
gang working near I.ittleport was taken
suddenly ill Thursday night with cramps
and a kind of cholera. His case was so
severe that he had to have the me.libera
of the crew wait upon him and Mr. Gif- j
ford was called and consulted. He told
them he had a medicine in the form of ,
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy that he thought would
help him out and accordingly several
doses wete administered with the result
that the fellow was able to be around
next day. The incident speaks quite
highly of Mr. Giflord's medicines.—
Elkader, Iowa Argus.
This remedy never fails. Keep it in
your home, it may save life. For sale by
Shawnee Drug Co. •
At Rock Creek.
Revs. Scott and Bean are conducting a I
successful meeting at Rock Creek, near
Tecumseh. A large number are attending !
these set-vices and twelve will be baptized I
next Sunday.
Tom Murray would say:
"I weigh only 145 pounds
but buy my goods as cheap
as some of the heavier
buyers."
Close association with the
best wholesale people in
Chicago places us in a
position to secure correct
head gear at a better price.
MERTZ
4Vs WEST MAIN
We Are Now Moving
This is a pretty big num-
ber yet it does not tepre-
sent the full number of
Pictures
we have
Framed.
It proves beyond a doubt
that the people of Shawnee
appreciate first class work
at moderate prices.
110 East Moln Street,
And will hereafter be located at
Main St. and Philadelphia Ave,
in the
Callahan Building.
We Have the Nicest Store
Room in the City and will
be £lad to show our friends
through.
Harry Mead Co,
CALLAHAN BUILDING. SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA.
I BIG HANDKERCHIEF SALE! 1
| FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1
§e We have |ust received Four Thousand Ladies' %
| Handkerchiefs, bought as a ]ob of drummers' f
| samples. There are someexcellent things in the 1
| line and worth up to 50c each. We have as= 1
| sorted them into Five Lots. §
^ WE WILL OFFER THEM IN FRIDAY'S SALE AT THE FOLOWING PRICES: =5
Lot 1 at
4c
Lot 2 at
6c
7c
lie
15c
It will pay you to come and look this beautiful line of Handkerchiefs over and we are sure you will agree! that such values
have never before been offered. Don't forget the day. * —^
t FRIDAY. ONE DAY ONLY. |
| THE MAMMOTH DEPARTMENT STORE |
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Halpin, Harry E. The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 163, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1904, newspaper, August 19, 1904; Shawnee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc137676/m1/8/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.