The Walters Journal. (Walters, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1909 Page: 9 of 10
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MOB fill PRISON BAR
Paul’s Story of
" His Life
Sondsy Scktl Lum far Nor 21 lMf
- t'Spsdally Arranged for This Pipor
ALL CONNECTED WITH TENNES-
SEE LYNCHING SENTENCED
HE newest idea appropri-
ate to Thanksgiving la -that
wild turkeys should
be farmed — that Is to
say bred regularly un-
der conditions of semi-
domestication Ornitho-
logical experts say that
it is entirely feasible
and in the adoption of
such a plan lies the hope -for
the preservation of
our greatest game bird from final ex-
tinction The wild turkey of course Is a
species entirely distinct from the
tame bird with the white-meated
breast One reason why its preser-
vation is Important is that it is '
meeded to contribute from time to
time its hardy blood and much-prized
game flavor to the domesticated va-
irlety by interbreeding The compar-
atlvely dark ' meat of the breast of
many of the tame turkeys that come
to market nowadays at the Thanks-
giving season is attributable to such
matings which are eagerly sought
by the knowing producer of feath-
ered stock ‘
The wild turkey is so notoriously
hy that most people would be in-
dined to suppose it Incapable of do-
mestication Such an inference how-
ever according to the expert is a
mistaken one As a matter of fact
the bird is not by nature much afraid
of man but rather tame and soci-
able so far as human beings are con-
cerned In Massachusetts during
early colonial days there were great
numbers of wild turkeys and fre-
quently they made themselves at '
thorn e In the close neighborhood of
the dwellings of settlers
To-day the species is entirely ex-
tinct in New England and in other -parts
of the country the fowl is ex-
tremely wild and hard to shoot— not
however because of a natural shy-
ness of disposition but simply for
the reason that it has been hunted
and trapped so persistently If wild
turkeys were bred and reared on farms — a mat-
ter of no great difficulty to accomplish say the
experts — they would be docile enough' and with
(proper protection would multiply rapidly
The fact that wild turkeys have maintained
their foothold to some extent in long-settled parts
of their old territory — as for example in Vir-
ginia and Maryland — appears to indicate that it
would be entirely practicable to restock portions
of their former ranges But Inasmuch as the
country anciently occupied by them is now for
the most part populated by human beings it is
mecessary in order to accomplish the object sug-
gested that their multiplication shall be encour-
aged under conditions of at least partial domes-
tication— that is to say by farming the birds for
(pleasure and profit '
It is believed that if proper " protection were
given to such enterprises by the ’ law sporting
club and wealthy individuals owning or leasing
large tracts would gladly go into the business of
breeding wild turkeys — not for market of course
but for the pleasure derivable from such an enter-
prise At the present time not a few such organl-
xatlons and proprietors of great private estates
maintain similar preserves for the quail or “bob-
white’’ holding field trials in competition to test
the ability of dogs to find and point the birds
These field trials are in reality dog races and no
8booting of the quail is allowed
Where wild turkeys are concerned however
there is no reason why such extensive preserves
covering in some Instances many thousaads of
acres should not afford admirable sport under
suitable restrictions There is no form of outdoor
amusement more delightful than turkey hunting
But if farmers could be persuaded to take up the
Idea and to breed the birds they might sell shoot-
ing privileges to sportsmen at a rate which would
put much more money into their pockets than
they could gain by sending the fowls to market '
If the business were suitably managed farms rj
bOO to 1000 acres' would yield a - larger revenue
from wild turkeys than from poultry sportsmen
'being usually willing to pay several times more
for the fun of shooting birds than the latter would
fetch as marketable game For such purposes of
'course it would be neither necessary nor desir-
able that the fowls should be too tame On the
other hand experience has shown that wild tur-
keys are not disposed to go far away from an ao-
customed source of food supply
The wild turkey is prolific and takes kindly to
civilization Like its tame congener it is a great
consumer of injurious Insects particularly grass-
hoppers and as such would be useful to the farm-
er The female lays from 15 to 20 eggs for a
“clutch” but raises only one brood in a year
Foxes hawks and owls are deadly enemies but It
would be the business of the farmer to protect
the birds from these foes as he does In the case
f his farm-yard poultry As for human poach-
ers adequate laws for protection against them
would have to be passed but the sportsmen If
ence they became Interested in the matter could
be relied upon to exert In this direction a power-
ful influence which has never yet failed of suc-
cess in affairs of the kind
It seems difficult to realise that less than 100
years ago wild turkeys were eo abundant that
they often sold for six cents apiece a very large
one weighing 25 or 30 pounds occasionally fetch-
ing as much as 25 cents To-day a large speci-
men gobbler preferred is worth 5 The species
has been wiped out not by sportsmen but by fiot--'
hunters who kill the birds on the roosts trap
them In pens or lie in ambush for them attract-
ing them within easy shooting distance by imita-
ting the call of the hen or the young "pbult”
On Fisher's island in Long Island sound a most 1
interesting experiment has already been made ir
I '
JBACK FROM THE HURT
the rearing of turkeys under seml-domestlcatlon—
though in this case the species dealt with is the
tame one On this island which is the most suc-
cessful turkey farm in the world the birds are
permitted to run wild and are not even furnished
with any shelter other than they can find among
the trees and scrub But plenty of corn is thrown
about where they can get it
In this artificial wilderness as it might be
called which covers an area of about 4000 acres
the turkeys get as close to nature as possible In-
deed the whole idea of their management is to
let them alone interfering with them as little as
possible'1 In the winter time their heads often
freeze under their wings when they are at roost
But the exposure does them no harm on the con-
trary it renders them exceedingly vigorous and
they attain huge size the gobblers sometimes
weighing as much as 50 pounds when sent to
market
Every spring a few wild gobblers trapped for
the purpose in Virginia or the Carollnas are in-
troduced into the flocks on Fisher's island to con-
tribute fresh blood This is esteemed a matter of
the utmodt importance Our tame turkeys are no-
toriously difficult birds to rear under ordinary cir-
cumstances being delicate and liable to epidem-
ics — on which account many farmers have given
up trying to raise them The reason why is sim-
ply that there has been too much ln-breedlng and
the stock has lost Its hardiness
A number of varieties of the tame turkey have
been developed by breeding the principal ones
being tho Bronze the Buff the Slate and the
White the Black and the Narragansett The
White was originally an albino But all of these
are derived from a single species which is of
Moxlcan origin There Is only one other known
species which is native to Yucatan and Guatema-
la It Is called the “ocellated turkey” owing to
the fact that Its tall is ornamented with eyes like
that of the peacock It is one of the most beauti-
ful of birds Its feathers blazing with metallic re-
flections of gold green blue and bronze
NMtHNMWNIMtMtHMNmNt
The Thankful Heart
Giving thanks always for all things unto God
and tho Father In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ— Ephesians v:20
The thankful spirit Is the true and sure source
of a happy life There are plenty of things to be
thankful for aud it Is wise to make an effort to
find them They are never far away They are
under our control We are their masters God
made us that way We may be in touch with very
disagreeable people but If we do not like dis-
agreeable feelings we need not have them There
are many good things to think of with reference
to such people Be a missionary to them Think
how nice it would be if such a person had a sweet
disposition and let your own radiate Its virtues
We can rejoice and be glad no matter where we
are Paul and Silas sang hymns while In jnll
Why notT It was bad enough to be In jail God
was good to them He revealed to them tacts of
eternal life These were good things to think
about and why should they not enjoy them? To
sing was a reasonable thing to do God had giv-
en them something against the day of trouble and
they used It Why should not we? What is the
UBe of being miserable when we can just as well
be happy? God Is near us in the joys and com-
forts of life as well as In our trials and tempta-
tions We have good reasons to be thankful un-
der all conditions of life The sun always shines
no matter abdut the clouds Daylight Is a good
thing but the best tblrg is God created us iu ms
’
image and after his likeness There
is a divine element in our nature
that enables us to think God’e
thoughts in the facts of nature as
well as in the words of Scriptures
The natural world is a product of
thought developed and governed by
a system of divine laws that are al-
ways in force God has planned and
made laws by which we live
breathe walk see hear think talk
and learn the meaning of things
How our Heavenly Father has
planned the universe for man's com-
fort and how thankful and happy
man should be!
Mark the difference between the
accomplished Christian gentleman
and man in his uncivilized state and
then be thankful for the Gospel and
what the discovery of the laws of
nature has done for you Open your
mind to see how God planned the
laws of steam and electricity In
keeping with man’s capacity to util-
ize these forces and thus bring joy
and comfort to human hearts Go
through your house look and think
as you go You will see things of
art and culture everywhere — books
magazines newspapers pictures
and conveniences and works of art
bearing the marks of the divine in
man which means you who look
When in the city you may look
around and notice the buildings and
works of man and remember that
the people who have done all these
wonderful things are members of
your family God is their father and
he has given them a task you could
not do They are doing the work
and you are getting the benefit of it
God has given every person a re-
ligious nature It is a source of
great comfort and Joy Are you
weary? “I will give you rest” "Let
not your heart be troubled” "My
peace I leave with you” These are
God's promises They should mean
much to us Are you poor and home-
less? Turn your thoughts on the
Saviour’s promises and picture to
yourself the golden city locate your mansion re-
ceive your old friends tell them to come in Thank-
ful? How can one help but be thankful? The
Christian’s spirit is the thankful happy spirit
Every person should have It It is the conquering
spirit It never meets defeat No matter where
one is or how sad the conditions of life the hopes
of heaven are always bright The Christian hap-
py spirit always has something worth while to do
The wickedness of the world is round us Throw
a dash of Gospel sunlight along the pathway of the
sin-suffering friend A light In the darkness is what
he needs Smile on him Let him see your glad-
ness when he would expect to see sorrow
The thankful spirit brings gladness In all condi-
tions of life There are beautiful characters among
the needy as well as in elegant homes on the boule-
vards If the rich can afford to adorn their homes
and beautify them and pay the price I will enjoy
their beauty and render tbanks There is a differ-
ence in men's natural attainments They are God-
made and are needed for the Improvement and com-
fort of munkind Without them there could be no
schools no true progress and what would we do
without the conveniences made possible through
the labor of others They are necessary to the com-
forts of our homes and in every department of the
work of life God help you to look and see reasons
to be thankful every day of your life— Rev J B
MacGuffin
For the Thanksgiving
Dinner
The delicate flavor of the pumpkin Is developed
only by a long and gentle application of heat so
when preparing It for pies always stew It for three
or four hoirs then mix it with the other Ingredi-
ents To each cupful of pulp add two well beaten eggs
half a cupful of sugar a tablespoonful of corn
starch dissolved In a cupful of cream half a tea-
Bpoonful each of ginger and cinnamon and a tea-
spoonful of lemon extract add a large tablespoon-
ful of melted buttor and fill the paste full with this
mixture Bake brown In a moderate oven
Although the observance of Thanksgiving is par-
ticularly a northern custom the following recipe
for Virginia pudding Is given In the Housekeeper
as appropriate to the occasion
Turn one pound of stoned raisins one pound of
dried currants one-fourth of a pound of citron
sliced thin Into a large mixing bowl and dredge
well with flour Add half a pound of fresh suet
chopped small then mix the whole thoroughly In
another bowl cream one-half pound of butter with
an equal weight of sugar add to this mixture the
yolks of six eggs beaten smooth and one pint of
rich sweet milk
Whip the whites of the eggs very stiff then add
them alternately with one and a quarter pounds of
sifted flour to the mixture Then stir Into it the
juice and grated rind of one lemon one teaspoon-
ful each of cinnamon and cloves one-half teaspoon-
ful of mare one grated nutmeg and one-half tea-
spoonful of soda dissolved In a little cold water
Lastly add the fruit stirring and beating vigorous-
ly until the whole Is thoroughly mixed
Pour Into a well floured pudding bag allowing
plenty of room for swelling drop Into a roomy pot
of boiling water and boll continuously for five
hours Serve hot with a sauce made as follows:
Cream together one cupful of white sugar and a
lump of butter tbe size of an egg When smooth
and white beat In the grated rind of a lemon and
the whipped white of aa egg
IMPRISONED foil CBBTEMRT OF 0011111
First Time Federal Government Has
Placed Men Behind Bars aa
Outcome of Lynching a '
Negro '
Washington— For the first time In
American history six men are in
prison for contempt of the supreme
court of the United States For1 the
first time too the federal government
has placed men behind the bars ‘as
an outcome of the lynching of a negro-
' '
At the United States - jail in this
city Captain Joseph F Shipp former
sheriff at Chattanooga- Tenn Jere-
miah Gibson his jailer and Lusher
Williams Nick Nolan Henry Padgett
and William Mayes of the same city
Monday began to serve terms of lm-'
prlsonment imposed a few hours be-
fore by the supreme court of the
United States
Shpp and Gibson had been found
guilty of falling to protect from a mob
Ed Johnson whose legal execution
for assault on a wqman had been stay-
ed by the supreme court' Until It could
review the case Thdothers had been
found guilty of participating in the
lynching of a federal prisoner Shipp
Williams and Nolan' were given 'sen-
tences of 90 days’ imprisonment each
while Gibson Padgett and Mayes re-
ceived sixty days ' 1
As -the big barred doors of the jail
swung open to receive the prisoners
Mnday afternoon Warden McKee
stood before them ' f
“At last we are In' the hands 'of a
soldier” ' exclaimed Captalh' Shipp
who had been In many a fight for the
Confederacy as he espied a G AR
button on the lapel ' of Warden Mc-
Kee’s coat
Then turning to his fellow prison-
ers he said i- - '
“Boys it will be all right”
The prisoners were placed in a
storeroom on the fourth floor of Jhe
Jail formerly used as quarters for fe-
male prisoners All -are well satisfied
witlh their treatment here
A few hours in jail made Gibson
reminiscent He told his companions'
that this was not the first 'time he
hnd been In prison In Washington’'
“But the other time I was brought
here I was a Confederate prisoner”
he said "
This was -the second time in the
history "of the supreme' court of the
United States that that august body
had rnposed a-sentence upon clflsjp
held guilty of disregarding 'Its man-
dates The previous occasion was in
another generation
In 1875 John Chiles a ' business
man of Texas was bi-ought bgforfe the
court for contempt In connection with
dealings In Texas Indemnity bonds
contrary to an order of the supreme
court He was flnetf J25b But that
Instance lacked the Interest of -this
In It were involved no race question
no lynching ho interference with
state jurlsdictonl
The case Monday originated in the
court’s decision In March 1906 to con-
aider the appeal of Johnson from a'
verdict of the Tennessee couYts hold-
tug him gailfy And sentencing him to
be hanged oh a charge of assault The
night nfter the determination of ‘the-
supreme courts to review the proceed-
ings was wired to Chattanooga a mob
stormed the- jail took tbe prisoner
out and lynched him
To Take Lead in Good Roads'
Washington— Woodward county(
Oklahoma was the first Ih the entire
southern states to pay'the way of an
official to the good roads convention
to be held In this city 'Dec 6 to 11
1L 'V'" '
The office of public roads w ill' VoOp'
open house in this city --during that
time thus enabling alUwjia visit In
this city lij cqpftctlon wllh'the South-
ern Commercial' congress’ un'd the Na-
tional Rivers- hhd Harbor’S 'congress to
come In contact- - with some of the
most skilled road englqqorp tn the
country Mr Loijan Wailer Pagg- df
rector of the Office of Ptiljllc Roads
has requested Mr J E -Pentrybacker
chief of road management! to give an
Illustration lecture before-the Smith'
ern Commercial congress!- In addi-
tion to the" lecture the exhibit hall
of the congress will contain enlarged
photographs of bad roads' and good
from Various - southern states- ' alld
photographs showing the before and'
after bf some roads that have been
Improved In addition there will be
models of differeptj types of road con-
struction '
Night Riders' Trial Comlnp
Purcell Okln— Eleven men charged
with being members of n'baitd of
bight riders will be tried here in the
November terra of court their cases
beginning about the 24th (bounty At-
torney Franklin has been busy fjr the
past several dayi’'jeiil’lng' ‘Informa-
tion against violator of the law- The
night riders’ cases will attract con-
siderable attention In (bis county as
It la believed the charges against
them will reveal some sensational proceedings
LESSON TEXT— Cor 11:22-28 12:1-10
Memory verses 24 25
GOLDEN TEXT— “He said unto me
My grace ls -sufficient for thee for my
'strength Is made perfect in weakness"
-2 Coe' 12:9 V -TIME—
Autumn of A D 51 to late In
52 or early in 53 ' "
PLACE— In Macedonia where the Sec-
ond Epistle to the Corinthians was written--
)
8uggestlon:ind Practical Thought
' 1 The church In Corinth was very
young not seven years old from the
first coming - of - Paul who remained
with them only a-year and a half
Since' that time they had grown in '
numbers with ‘but little outside help
from Paul and those who represented
him
' 2 The young church was surround-
ed by Intense worldltDess and heathen
Immoralities and - principles which
were like an intense moral malaria
tin unhealthy atmosphere
3 There was In the city a consider-
able colony of Jews who were opposed
to the whole Christian movement
' 4 An anti-Pauline mission of Chris-
tian Jews from Palestine came to
Corinth with -views opposed to Paul's
teachings concerning the Gentiles
and insisted "that all Gentile Chris-
tians 'should- conform to the Jewish
ritual
5 Cases of Immorality had arisen
In the church for which Paul had
been compelled to reprove them
6 There were divisions among
them one being ' for Peter another
for Raul and another for Christ as if
all were not for Christ - 1
'7 There were attacks upon Paul’s
character and authority
Speaking of those who claimed to
be the real leaders and apostles and
who condemned him Paul says:
22 “Are they Hebrews” of purest
blood one of the nation and language?-'
' ’'
f “So am I” !
"Are t£py Israelites" of the true re-
ligion! worshiping the one God?
“So am' I’f
"Are they the Beed of Abraham” In-
heritors of the promises of the Mes-
dlanfc hopes And the kingdom of God?
"So am I”
-24 “Five "tithes ’ received I forty
stripes save one” from the Jews None
are mentioned in the Acts The Jews
weyq ' forbfddm to- Inflict more than
forty 8 tripes (Deut- 25:3) and lest
they should break tbe law by a mls-
takfi’1in counting they Inflicted only
thirty-nine
25 “Thrlce-Was I beaten with rods”
Once mentionedlb Acts 16: 22 A sim-
ilar Instance is given by Ctcero
against yerres V 62 '
“bnce was I atoned”- At Lystra
(Acts 14: 19) Stoning was planned
once before at IconIum but the plan
wa& 'not '"carried ‘oul (Acts 14:5)
Two-— The seconj test of apostle-Shib-—
12tl-6 Vision1 Insight Com-
munion with God'1 Realization of the
spiritual Paul's second answer to ob-
jectors 1$ that he has a right to speak
in! the nanje pf God for though he
bad pot 'speq Jesua in (he flesh he
had SCen 'eternal things he had re-
ceived revelations from pod
2 "I knew” (better “I know") “a
man In Christ” That he Is referring
to himself! Is' proved by v 7 and the
whole argument lmpltefs It How It
camQ he qould not tell-but he knew
the fact ‘Caught up- to the third
heaven” beyond the visible heaven
to the highest heaven where the
throne of God is" to Paradise the
abode of the juift and of (he angels
Whatever place It- hlay have been It
was Into the Inmost spiritual realities
Note the several visions' which are
recorded In the Acts from this vision
of Jesus at 1)18 conversion to his
Vision In’ the s(orip on the way to
Rome' In' his letter to the Galatians
(1:11 12) Paul declares:
"I certify you brethren that the
Gospel which was preached of me Is
not 'after' man " ’ '
"Rpr J n?Uhar received 'It of man
neither was I taught It J) jit by the
revelation-of Jedua Cfirfst
Something of this vlslonl'- of this
communion of God with opr spirits
of this reUUon of (bear an and Its
life' bf tnis insight Into spiritual
truth 4 necessary to our best useful-
ness pp(j opr hlghpstjlfo'
'' Three— The third test pf Paul's
lAporitleshlp ‘ was his salptly life —
127-1Q Paul shows that the signs of
pq apostle were- wrought among the
CorntthlanB “lii signs apd wonders and
mighty-deeds’ every one of hem for
the good of the -people And' the glory
of God “I seek not yours-'but you"
"I Will very gladly spend and he spent
for you though the-' more abundantly
I love you the less I beMoVed-V'
' The Thorn In the Flesh' One special
form In which his saintliness was cul-
tivated and manifested U described in
vs 7-10 - i I!''- -'
What Paul's (v -7) “thorn' In the
flesh” was we cannoj tell But It ap-
pears to have been something which
be feared wqpld lesseq his power
among them ‘and hinder his work
If a person' bearing a burden that
Is tqo great for his strength" prays
for relief there -are two ways of an-
swering his prayer (1) The burden
may b6 lessened to bis strength or be
taken away In' this case- be -is re-
lieve of hlq burden but 4s no better
able 'to bear other burdens Or (2)
hlssirebgth may be so Increased that
what before was a burden becomes
a mere joy of active life For -what
would crush a child Is gentle exercise
for an -athlete And this kind of an-
swer la far better than the bther for
It gives him streogtb -for all - burdens
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