The Independent. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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Largest Circulation
in Okfuskee County
52 Weeks for
Only $1 00
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TRAGEDY AT
HENRYETTA
Albert Bates Shot and Killed by
James Garden a Negro
Wednesday
NEGRO IS LYNCHED
Taken From Henryetta Jail and Hun(
Up to a Telegraph Pole and Then
Riddled With Bullets
The first lynching in the state
'of Oklahoma has taken place and
it is on the Indian Territory side
that it has ocourred Under fed
eral rule only in one case was
lynch law resorted to in the In-
dian Territory This was prob-
ably due to the fact that it was
well known that the federal au-
thorities would thoroughly in-
vestigate all cases of mob vio-
lence and severely punish all the
participants
Tuesday a negro at Henryetta
named James Garden went to a
livery stable conducted by Al-
bert Bates and tried to hire a
livery rig Bates refused to let
him have the rig whereupon the
negro went across the street and
going up to another negro asked
him for his revolver The negro
thus accr ed threw his revolver
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FURNITURE
Corner Broadway
Second Street
on the ground Garden picked
up the weapon and ran back to
the livery stable and shotJ3ates
dead the bullet penetrating the
heart
'Garden then fled from the town
but a pursuit was organized and
the fugitive was Boon captured
and lodged in jail in Henryetta
Soon a mob gathered and break-
ing into the jail took the prison-
er out and hung him to a tele-
phone pole His body was also
riddled with bullets fired into
him oy members of the mob
Two other negroes were ar-
rested as accomplices and they
only escaped lynching by being
spirited out of town by the sher-
iff Then a race war threatened
Henryetta From Wildcat and
other negro settlemedts oame re-
ports that the negroes were arm-
ing in hot haste and preparing to
march on the town Bloodshed
may result at any time
Albert Bates the man killed at
Henryetta was formerly' well
known at this place He is a
brother-in-law of Nathan 'Rogers
a farmer and stockman who lives
a few miles southwest of this
city
Returned With a Wife
J F Raney arrived Friday of
last week from Beaver county
but he did not come alone He
went to Beaver county a single
man but returneda benedict be-
ing married on the 12th of De-
cember to Miss Carrie Wallace
J F Raney the groom is the
son of J L Raney a prominent
citizen of Morse well known in
Okfuskee oounty political circles
National Stoves
and Ranges
UNDERTAKER
Calls Answered Day or Night
N L EATON
OKEMAH OKLA '
and
The bride is also well known at
Morse where she lived with her
parents until a year ago when
they moved to Beaver county
The young married pair will live
on a farm near Moree
Report of the Condition of - ’
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company
At Okemah Oklahoma in the Htate of
Oklahoma at the ©lore of business
December 11th 1907 ‘
Resources
Loans and Discounts - - $2116131
Overdrafts secured and un-
secured ----- -
“tocks Bonds Warrants etc
R inking House - - - -Furniture
and Fixtures - -Other
Real Estate Owned -Expenses
- - - - - -
Checks and other cash items
Cash and Sight Exchange -
Total
263126
4468 33
2500 00
1016 57
12710 13
316 24
138 90
5408 61
$50358 35
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid In - $15000 00
Due to Banks - - - - 633 90
Individual Deposits Subject
to Check ----- 17703 14
Time Certificates of Deposts 9550 00
Certified Checks - - - 168 00
Bills Payable - - - - 7403 31
Total
$50358 35
State of Oklahoma!
County of Okfuskee J
I MB Flesher Cashier of the above
named Bank do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true and that said
Bank has no other liabilities and is not
endorser on any note or obligation other
than that shown in the above state-
j ment to the best of my knowledge and
belief so help me Ood
M B Flesher Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 21st day of December 1907
John Jones Notary Public
My commission expires June 22 1911
Correct — Attest :
H G Malot 1 Directors
WHDill Ulrec“rs k
Phone Store 28 Res'
94 two rings
SOUTH AMERICA
Nogoya Entre Rios Nov8 1907
To my friends of Okfuskee Co
I am at Nogoya Entre Rios
about 300 miles north of Buenos
Aires 1 landed in Buenos Aires
September 4 from New York
City after spending twenty-
eight days hard sea life I was
on board S S Saxon Prince a
small passenger and oargo boat
owned by the Prince Shipping
Co Ldt of England After
spending ten days in Buenos
Aires I was &9ked by tie com-
pany I represent to report at Cha-
oabuco a nice little town on the
Ferro Carril Pacifico I was in
Chacabuoo forty days While
there I mounted two sample ma-
chines The nationality of the
people of Chacabuoo is mixed
but - mostly Italians of native
birth and Spanish tongue On
September 20 they had a "Fies-
ta” or rather they celebrated as
we do on the Fourth of July in
the United States ' If I under-
stand it correctly the rebels cap-
tured the city of Rome on Sep-
tember 20 since then it has been
Italians feast day They march-
ed the streets with several good
bands played beautiful national
airs of Italy they shot sky rock-
ets high in the o oml and made
more noise in general than a
herd of Kansas farmers shooting
for rain I left there October 23
was in Buenos Aires four days
The parks plazas and some of
the streets in the city of Buenos
Aires are very pretty at this sea-
son of the year It was quite cold
when I landed there September
4 I wore my overcoat and over-
shoes for a couple of weeks
These people don’t know what a
heating stove is if it comes a
cold Bpell you can just grin and
take it You can excuse me I
won’t winter here'
I left Buenos Aires on a river
boat for hero I come off up the
river to Uruguay it is about 24
hours run from the city I had a
nice cabin and good accommoda
Uons in general I had to trans-
fer my luggage from the boat to
the train at Uruguay a distance
of about two miles Speaking as
little of the language as I do it
makes traveling here for me
quite disagreeable The station
here at Nogoya is a mile or more
from the hotel On my arrival at
the station I got in a ooach and
told the driver to take me to a
first class hotel Of course that
was easy for there is but one
hotel here and the devil himself
knows it’s not first class The
clerk took my grips into an old
dark dirty room and of course
I followed to see what the room
ooked like I was so mad then 1
couldn’t speak a kind word to
anybody and the looks ot the
mom didn’t help my rabbid tem-
per a litttle bit It was a Sunday
afternoon the natives were most
all visiting another little town a
few miles away This all added
to the deserted appearance of
Nogoya The streets here are
narrow and hot I left my room
went to the bar and had one said
drink of “booze” trying only to
drown my troubles I walked the
streets on the shady side of
course for perhaps an nour On
my return to the hotel who did I
see? Another North American —
James McDermott a boy I knew
well He had been in his room
asleep Now it is useless to say
it was a happy meeting between
us boys
Things have turned out muoh
better here than I thought they
could the day I reached this
place I have been here nearly
two week9 and I am still alive
and enjoying good health This
is grasshopper year in this coun-
try There are milllions of those
old Kansas grasshoppers and the
oountry is paying a bonus for
their bodies dead or alive The
grasshoppers are worth ten cen
tavos per kilo A kilo is two and
one-fifth pounds Ten centavos
4
is equal to four and twenty-hundredths
cents So you can see
that the kids here that cutch and
sell grasshoppers realize about
two cents per pound
Harvest will begin here the
last of this month The crop in
general is good The land here
in Eutre Rios is rolling The high
land is covered with omething
like mosquite bushes I will be
up in this section about three
weeks yet and will then return
to Buenos Aires and go south
near the southern coast I will
reach the United States some
time in February 1908
Hoping that this finds you all
free from Creek Nation chills
and fever I beg to remain -Yours
fraternally
W W Bacon
Report of The Condition of
The Fanners & Merchants Bank
At Okemah in the State of Oklahoma
at the close of business December
11th 1907
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts - - ' $7013 36
Overdrafts secured and un-
secured ----- 420 60
Stocks Bonds Warrants
etc (School Warrants) - 70 00
Furniture and Fixtures - - 2465 65
Other Real Estate Owned -Farm
Lands ----- 362 50
Checks and Other Cash Items 106 54
Cash and Sight Exchange 3642 86
Total
$14081 51
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid in - - $6550 00
Undivided Profits less Ex-
penses and Taxes paid - 60 77
Individual deposits subject
to check 4156 24
Demand certificates of deposit 1574 50
Time certificates of deposit 1750 00
Total - - - $1408161
State of Oklahoma!
County of Okfuskee f 88
I A V Skelton Cashier of the above
name4 Bank do- solemnly sweat that
the above statement is true and that said
Bank has no other liabilities and is not
endorser on any note or obligation other
than that shown in the above statement
to the best of my knowledge and belief
so help me Ood
A V Skelton Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 17th day jjf December 1907
W C Cook Notary Public
My commission expires February 7
1908
Correct — Attest:
G F Guier !
L C Parmlnter f Directors
A Christmas Wedding
Herman Griffith of McMiun-
ville Tennessee and Miss Viola
Hipp of Prague were married
at the Broadway hotel in this
city Christmas Judge Doyle of-
ficiating The ceremony was wit-
nessed by Mr and Mrs L P
Caldwell Mr and Mrs Kern
Judge and Mrs John Caruthers
Mr and Mrs Williams and Mrs
Perkins besides the relatives
of the bride
After the wedding Mr McMa
hon showed the newly married
pair over the city returning in
time for the wedding party to
take the 3 p m train for Prague
The bride is a niece of Mr Mo-
Mahan and Mrs R B Jones
She has been a resident of Okla-
homa about four years and has
recently been teaching school
near Prague She and the groom
were former school mates stu-
dents of Dibrell college Ten-
nessee Public Notice
Publio notice is hereby given
that on the 10th day of Decem-
ber 1907 the undersigned either
by himself or deputy will attend
at the office of W C McIntosh
on Broadway opposite the United
States postoffice in the Incorpor-
ated Town of OkemahOklahoma
formerly Okemah Indian Ter-
ritory for the purpose of receiv-
ing -taxes due said town and
thereafter will attend at the same
place each Monday until Febru-
ary 1 1908 to receive such taxes
from all persons wishing to pav
the same and after February 1
each day until February 10 at
which date the books will close
This December 10 1907
Charles T Farrow
Town Marshal and Ex-officio Tax
Collector
WILL BUILD
SIDEWALKS
All Cities over the Fourth Class
May Do So Decision of
Attorney General
WILL BE PUSHED
Proposed to be Constructed on Each
Side of Broadway from Sixtn Street
to the Depot ‘
Mention was made in the In-
dependent of last week of the
faot that Mayor Smith had taken
up the question of building side-
walks and was in correspond-
ence with the attorney general
of the state seeking information
and advice regarding ' the legal
aspect bf the question Mayor
Smith was determined to become
fully acquainted with every fea-
ture of the law touching the sub-
ject before taking the initial step
and his investigations have es-
tablished the fact beyond any
doubt that in the class of cities
to which Okemah belongs side-
walks may be constructed at the
ex vMise of the abutting property?
This mkes it certain that side
walks will be built in Okemah
Mayor Smith informed the Inde-
pendent today that the work will
be taken up immediately and
will be pushed as rapidly as pos-
sible The sidewalks whioh will be
first constructed will be on Broad-
way on both sides of the street
from Sixth street to the depot
The sidewalkfr as-before stated
will be of conorete and of regula-
tion width Grade was establish-
ed during the administration of
J E Galloway
Gooch-Strother
At the home of J A Allen
living northeast of Castle a wed- ‘
ding took place at 10 o’clock
Sunday a m December 22 the
contracting parties being Miss t '
Ethel Strothers and Henry Gooch I
both of this neighborhood Rev
G W Ray officiating
Miss Strothers is one of Iron
Post’s most beautiful and aj-
complished young ladies and has
a host of friends who wish for
her a happy married life while
the groom is a popular and pros-
perous young farmer and has
many friends in this and sur-
rounding neighborhoods
The bride was handsome-
ly dressed in a brown traveling
suit the groom was dressed in
black After the ceremony the
wedded pair droye to the home
of the bride’s parents where a
nice dinner was served to a few
friends of the contracting parties
The entire neighborhood joins
in wishing them a happy and
joyous life
At The First M E Church
The Cantatta and Christmas
tree in our churoh was a success
many having to stand The
Cantatta was a pronounced suc-
cess under the splendid mange-
ment of Miss Pansy Sherrick and
Mrs John D Richards who spent
much time in putting this enter-
tainment on
The pastor will fill his pulpit
morning and evening Sunday
The orchestra will furnish
music Sunday evening at our
church
The Epworth League have 1
organized a missionary Btudy
class under the management of
the president and will begin the
study of India at once the object
being to create a missionary
spirit Robt L Nuckolls will
preach in Ca9tle Thursday even-
ing for Rev Ray this being a
point on the Okemah Circuit
Rev Nuckolls will hold the
quarterly conference for the
oircuit in the First M E Church
in Okemah Saturday the 28th
at the request of the Superin-
tendent Dr Stockwell
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Donahue, L. E. The Independent. (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1907, newspaper, December 26, 1907; Okemah, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2042897/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.