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INDIANOLA, OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY, MA^ 21. P.MU .
\\ IIOLK NO. 2:tT
News From All Over The State
A Fine Summer Meeting. 1 He Turned 'Em Out.
Lovers of tine racing will have Judge Halley of Chickasha, who
the pleanure of seeing thi> finest was appointed a special to
Thoroughbred* In the West In Ok hear the run text cases In Okfus-
lahoma this season. The Spring kee rounly. i end. red u decision a!
Meeting to be belli In Oklahoma City. Okemah giving the republicans the
June 15th to lv ('.Hi by the Texas county offices which are now held
Thoroughbred Association will bring j hy democrats. ^
to this state soil).' of the most re|e
brated horses in the 1 nit. .1 States Reversed Opinion
This Meeting follows San Antonio. 1,1 opinion In ( hi
Houston. Beaumont and Ft. Worth. K«ne <•>" wipr-me court ha
Teens, and over 4.10 head of 'I hor
ougtibred horses will participate. I hr
rucoH will open with a $i 00.00 Dim*
by June 1Mb in which there are 3* |i:,00tm.
entiles. This race promises to be * __
the most celebrated race ev«T h« Id in
Just let
rev «rsed
ind remanded the case of Zeke
Moore > t! t National Oil and De-
velopment company from muskogee
county, Involving oil lands valued
Ohio Teacher.
Announcement is made by the Nor
nial School regents ol the election
of Dr. .1. S Scott of Kuclid. ()., to
the chair of biology in the north*
eastern normal school at Tahle-
qi 'nKPinents have also been
n olding "f a summer
To Tour Districts.
Tin board of rege
U.ltural schools
ihn district* to r
Atfalfa Crop Breaks Record
lit* of the district Oklahoma's f.'.OOU.OOO alfalfa crop
will begin a tour is tio\ being harvested ^ The tlist
r'C«MVH institution tutting in going on m Central Ok
fun*
t It'll:
V\ ill
and will announce
Iwlore .lime -U Th<
be to the Panhandle
Contract for Printing.
The State Board of Public
Is- awarded hc contract for print
ing il.OOO copies Of tile State I fit
v ersltv catalog tie to the Morntnc
Democrat of Ardmore Its bid wa>
$ 1ST ■>$, the lowest offered.
Sunday Schopl Attendance.
Sunday school attendance in
rant brokt all pre\ioii> remrds Sum
da when as a result of a united
effort that has been in progress foi
the past six week more than 1
wen- gathered in
dav schools,
Dti
various Mm
this state, and ill attract thousands
of victors. During the meeting there
will be two Handicap races for $100
each and two for $100 each. There
will be six races each day with no
purse less than $200.00. The races
will he held each afternoon except-
ing Sunday. The fine track, stables
and grand stand on the Stale Fair
(.rounds will be used and visitors Recjuctj0r 0f Rates
are assured" the finest aecommoda j- ^ tW:;.*, assistant general
tlons. The fine transportation facili fr,.^iu nROnt of ti-- Frisco .it St
ties consisting of the double track i^mj^ sent word to Oklahoma
electric car line steam railway eer- ,i!;it in a reduc
vice and asphalt boulevard will great- m freight rates on lro| beds
ly facilitate the handling of the enor- vv111 prevail on all railroads in this
mous crowds expected. state. The rate, which Is now GJ
cents a hundred, will be reduced to
Education of Indians. cents a hundred in car lots.
Miss Estelle Heel, Superintendent
of Indian Schools, has submitted a Killed 0\«r a Horse Trade.
report to the Commissioner of In- A1 Boone, a horsetrader. and Oil
dian Affairs upholding the system of, ver Davis, a young Creek Indian,
day schools and their influence up quarreled over a horse trade Friday
on the older Indians. She also says at Tulsa and Boone was shot and
that the introduction of industrial killed. Davis surrendered himself to
training as the foremost feature of the sheriff He is a member of the
the Indian schools is proving most Hodge family, one of the wealthiest
beneficial. clans of the Creeks.
Among the evidences of the good 1
results of Indian education are the Towns to Entertain.
Chairtaan Love to Spcuk.
Chairman Love (if the State Cor
poi lion Committor vvill deliver an
address before the oklahoma C.rain
Dealers* assoeiatiou in Oklahoma City
ne*t Thursday on the subjects of de-
murrage, Interstate freight and ac
counting.
a muiiicl
Means No Election.
1'nder the new Oklahe
pal eh-cliou law a ii" \ '
election and the occupmr
flee holds over for another t Tin At
least that is Attorncv (. Mieral West s
Interpretation of the law in .«n opln-
to ti. J. Smith of Perkins.
Thirty three towns in Oklahoma
are preparing to receive the 100
members of the Interstate Merchants
Association of St. Louis, who will
visit this state on a trade extension
trip soon. The itinerary also In-
cludes Arkansas, Kansas and Texas.
The "boosters" will leach Oklaho-
ma City May 22 and will also visit
Guthrie about that time.
reports of the careers of returned
students, which show that they are
endeavoring to overcome the environ-
ment of camp life and prove them-
selves worthy of the education they
have received.
A feature of the report Is the evi-
dence it gives that the Indian is al-
tering his ways of living to meet
the requirements of civilization
through the educational influence of
the government schools. Requisition Honored.
Miss Heel rails special attention An Arkansas requisition was boo**
to the necessity for increased effort ored Friday for the return to that
on the part of physicians and Indian state of Jesse Stoval, wanted in
agents to protect the Indians from Arkansas county for assault with a
the ravages of tuberculosis. deadly weapon on Morris Fitzpat
; rick and under arrest at Sallisaw. A
Moving Mill to Boggy. requisition was also issued on th«
The I todd l.ear Lumber company of Bovernor of Texas for .1 F. Bond
wanted in Johnson county for re
moving mortgaged property and now
Texas,
Don't Fear "Skidoo.*
Oie selet lahoma During a favorable season
first visit five rutt'iijk* of alfalfa ha> can be
u4 . had in this state, making this crop,
I the bl^-.-t piodib er m proportion t-
•the .-en-age sown of any known to
Aff iirs i the *■ ience of agriculture
The total acreage of alfalfa In Ok
lahoma In UWH. according to the last
report of the state board of agticul
' mre, v*. > 1 ! < ,.• >S, which produced 1
1 is'.i..ls;i ton* of hay. valued at $1 •
I «H9,1 D*> and 1 ,sv' bushel* of need
'which brought $l'">u7. baking the:
' total value of the crop for last year
j $1 .vnfi.The banner allalta coun
I i> c f the state in I HON was tirant
which sov\ed 1 is\ acres and re
oeived $:' 'yl for its crop Alfalfa
'county, which was named b> the con
stituional convention for its lead
ing product, hohls second rank and
raised 10.0S4 acres. which yielded 1 •
U90 tons of ha> and l.°^t bushels ot
seed it a total value of f 101,741.
The area devoted |o altalia in ok-
lahoma is Increasing annualh Thi
product is rapidh being recoglilted
in Oklahoma as the king of forage
crops and as one of the best pro-
ducers financially.
Oklahoma soil sr. 1 to be esp.
daily adapted to the culture of at
falfa It > l« |d* a much larger amount
ans no I of ba per acre than native gi at e
the of I and. hesid -s. the seed « | alfalfa ts
valuable On upland soils the total
yield per acre of alfalfa in Oklahoma
is from two and a half to four ton-
while native grasses vvill yield fron*
one to one and a half tons.
PRESIDENT TAFT
CHARLOTTE
ATTENDS
CELEBRATION
Three Days' Carnival in the North Carolina City Marks
the Anniversary of the Famous Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence.
Wedding at Tahlequah.
'he wedding of Mlu Mary Trim-
ble of Tahlequah and I'rof. Snowdeii
Parli'lte of Okiahoni.t City, took plaee
Saturday In TahleQuah, with Rev. A.
It. Nicholas of (iuthrie offielatln«
Prof. Parlelte wax formerly prlnel-
pal of the l.ogan County High
school.
Grant, Okla., is engaged in moving
its saw mill from the mouth of Hog , . „ „
gy, on the Oklahoma side, to this in (or.'eli county
side of the river below Slate Shoals,
near the mouth of Pine Creek. John
McCormick of this city owns 1,400 -lake Hamon. who was defeated foi
acres of timber land on the river, niayor of Lawton in the recent 11111
on which there is some of the most \ nicipal election there l>y a majority
valuable cottonwood in Ked liver bot-!°f twenty-three, has no tear of thf
tom. Following the big overflow a skldoo number, and has instituted
year ago, which submerged the land 'I*10 warranto proceedings against
for two or three weeks, making the] pnry Bovle. the mayor-elect. Con
ground sott, there was a heavy wind' slderable interest Is manifested ovci
which uprooted and blew down tiuin- the contest In political circles lor
bers of giant cottonwood trees. I n reason that Hamon was formerly
less the timber is used soon thous- i chairman of the state republican
ands of dollars' worth of valuable committee and is known to be a
cottonwood will rot on the ground. ,lard ngmpr-
The Dodd-Lear company has bought I _
the right to saw up all the tallen | Young Men Organize.
timber. i A novel club of young men to co
- —. operate for the benefit of church
Indian Department Rules. work has been organized at Beaver.
The Indian Department has adopted The young men of the First OhrK
some new regulations. They will I "an church here have organized
not approve withdrawal of money by themselves Into a oluh for the cut
Indians to pay their individual debts t?" of broom corn' Hfly acres °'
Civic League at Cushing.
A Men's Civic league was organ-
ized at Cushing this week with n
niemiiershlp of twenty-ftve 'l'lie of
fleers are <). H. l.llley, pi'esldi'nt; It
S. Luce, vice-president; Ira Fuson,
secretary and treasurer, und T. O.
Moffit, assistant secretary
Rural Mail Carriers Meet.
Rural mail carriers of Tillman
county met at Manitou and methods
of hauling mail, horses and wagons
were discussed. T. F. Welt/, of I'hv
Idson watt elected as delegate to the
state convention to 1 < held In HI
Reno in *'uly and H. H Williams, al
ternate.
Standard Oil Buying Land.
The Gulf Pipe Line company a few
days Hgo purchased the holdings of
Mrs. l.uclnda Pittmau in the Glenn
pool oil fields, paying therefor $400.-
DOO. Thus is tlie Standard oil
through its allies picking up a large
territory of good oil land all over
Eastern Oklahoma.
Charlotte, N C With three days of
military drills. hand concerts,
spet-cliea. athletic contests and other
kinds of entertainment, the one bun
died and thirty loiirtti anniversary of
tin- Mecklenburg declaration lias been
r.'I.-hinted, and all North Carolina Is
happ> ill the knowledge that its pet
lt-K«*ud lias been recogul/ed by the
pi. I,lent of the 1 lilted States: lor
Mi I .lit ga\i' the oiciiwlon the otlli ml
sanction of his presence and was the
cliiet feature of the celebration.
The carnival begun Tuesday noon
when the Charlotte tile companies
^:i\i' all exhibition of their skill und
speed Al tlirei o clock there was a
drill by a body of 1'nlted SlaleH cm
all* and a band concert at the fair
grounds, lollowed hv a league ball
tame The evening was given up to
a ill ill I>\ the Charlotte drum corps ami
a concert by ti ;*e hands.
Governors' Day Program.
Wednesday was designated as go/-
mors day and the main event was
the delivery of addresses by Gov.
Kltchln of North Carolina and tlm
ehlef executives ot several other
stales, at the fair ground These were
preceded by a big athletic meet and
Important Oil Ruling.
Secretary llalliiiger of the Depart
incut or the Interior Monday made
a ruling of far-reaching consequence
to oil men who hold oil lolu>w„(1 ,iy „ ,.uvnlry .mil. military
the Indians under the Department 01 *
the interim He lias ordered that maneuvers and band concerts, with
hereafter oil nu n in making settle another ball game thrown in for good
nieuts with Indians for royalty shall measure.
settle with the Indians on Hie basis Two events made the evening not-
of the highest cash price for oil. It able The first was a May musical
is further ordered that the price of festival at the Auditorium which eu
41c us a basis for settlement shall i nmed the services of a number of ex
Superintendent ReElected.
The School Board selected Prof. W.
T. Dodson superintendent for the
coming year. Tue school board of-
ficers elected yere .1. T. Davih, pres
Ident; K. C. Boyd, vice president:
J. A. Gills, secretary. The salary
of the superintendent was raised
from $1,200 to $1,400.
0f!the crop will be planted on land
furnished by .lini Crabtree. It will
In the future. R. G. Valentine
lawton, acting commissioner of the
Indian Department, says in his in-.
Issued to Indian cIub anrt the Proceeds will be do
i be cultivated by members of the.
•tructions just
; nated to the church.
agents and superintendents: "in or
der to put in effect more fully the ,,, ,, , .
, ., ... , Woman Murdered in Bed.
policy of the office in regard to;
the administration of iudividual In- Mrs. George Hooks, wife of a res-
dlan moneys, you are informed that taurant keeper, was found dead m
on and after July 1, 1909. application i bed in her home at Hartshorne Fri-
of Indians to he allowed to withdraw day. She evidently had been tnur
any of their individual moneys forjdered with a butcher knife which lay
the purpose of paying for merchan near the body. The body had been
dise food or clothing, purchased af- hacked and one arm broken, as If in
ter 'that time, without prior author ! a struggle. The body was found by
Ity from this office, will not be ap-jthe husband. There i* no clue to
proved" tbe 'nurderer, nor is a motive known.
Traction Line Controversy.
Old Tariffs to Remain.
A controversy between the city of The corporation commission has
Muskogee and the Muskogee Traction' received word from the interstate
company which has been brewing for j commerce commission of the cancel-
some time came to a climax Monday lation by the railroads of the new
when the city, with a gang of work ! tariff which was to become effective
men, took possession of the com- May 27. raising all rates into Okla
pany's tracks on Fast Okmulgee and hotna from New York. Philadelphia
began to move them to the center of: and the Atlantic seaboard territory
the street after the company had de via water routes, many of the raises
clined to do so. The company has running as high aa Is to 20 cents
left this section of its line to the per 100 pounds.
city and pulled off its cars. A con-: Attorney General West recently
ference was held for the purpose of: received a telegram from C. Haile
adjusting the trouble, but no agree general traffic manager of the Katv
ment was reached. People who live stating that the roads Intended tc
far out on this line walked Monday, take such. This will have the effect
—— ! of leaving the old rates in effect
N«w Telephone Lines. At the time this tariff was received
The Pioneer Telephone company of, the corporation commission had it
Okmulgee began a campaign of im- carefully examined and announce!
remain in force until lb** Secretary
of the Interior sees lit to change the
figure.
The Standard Oil company pipe
line pa>s tie for the oil It takes In
its pipe line, but the Gulf and Texas
Pipe Line companies pay only Me.
Oil men say that this ruling will re-
sult In the pipe lines buying out
such leases at their own prices as
thev and then paying the In-
dians whatever price the Secretary
of the Interior may lix for the oil.
The producers admit that they are
not clear just what effect the rul-
ing will have on the oil situation in
Oklahoma, but they believe It will
prove disastrous for the Individuals
or companies that lease from the
Indians, and must take whatever the
oil company will give for their oil
and pnv to th«* Indians the sum
which the Secretary of Hie Interior
fixes for the oil.
Press Association Meets,
The Oklahoma Press association
met at Claremore Friday and Halm
day. May 14-15. with a good attend-
ance. The craft waH here from all
parts of the state, fully enthused
with the Importance of their mis-
sion. One of the features of the
meeting was an address by Col. Sid-
ney Suggs of Ardmore on the subject.
"Money and Brains." It was well
Want Pythian Home Location. I -elved and enjoye^ by _ all ^ .in-
El Reno will enter the cainpa.fcii ,,n j)V ,|1(. citfz<-iim of Claremore Fri-
for the new $20i>,ouu I ythlan horn* ; Iy i^lit was one of the most eli-
to be erected in this state by the | |(,y:<blo occasions of the entire meet-
grand lodge. A resolution was passed j jng> Saturday morning the associa-
tion was addressed by Governor llas-
at the meeting just closed at Chick
asha which provides for the organi
zation of a stock company to build
a home for the Knights of Pythias
in this state, the home to cost about
$200,000. The location is to be de
termined later.
lteli and others, after which the bus-
iness of the association was com-
pleted by electing I' S Itussell of
Shawnee, president, and K, S. Brou-
son of Thomas, secretary.
The next meeting of th# associa-
tion will go to Enid.
More Tankage at Union Station
Three passing tracks have been or | Lawton Pension Examiner
dered from approved plans for the j jjr
Jackson Brashear of Lawton
en appointed a |
er surgeon at Law ten.
union station of the Rock Island and ,|as a|ipo|nt«-d a pension examin
Frisco systems In Clinton. The
tracks will be built ea.-,t of the depot
and the space in front of the depot
will be bricked-paved between. Thus
passengers may be received and (lis
charged at the same time and bag
gage transferred directly from oie
train to another. The tracks will be
more than a n.lle ii length.
Another Insurance Company.
State Insurance Commissioner T
J. McComb has licensed the Great
Western i.ife Insurance company of
Kansas City, Mo., to do business ill
Oklahoma.
Locating District Schools.
The commission on agricultural
and industrial education, composed of
State Superintendent E. D. Cameron
provementg and extensions that will
cost between $25,000 and $28,000. The
Improvements will Include central of-
fice and outside equipments and when
completed will provide facilities for
taking care of 850 subscribers, the
present being 440.
On the outside work there will be
that it was one of the most arbi
trary rates ever (ssued.
Wants Information.
Attorney General West has re
fused to give an opinion in regard
— - to the matter of the payment o" a
82,000 feet of lead-cm ered c^a '''3' a' reward in the John Bullette case
erasing 250 wires, making a total of
1,600 miles of copper wire inclosed in unless he is furnished with further
lead ctbiea. i Infor.asuoa.
Act Cuts Down Schools.
According to the statement of Sn
perintendent Benedict, supervisor of
Indian Schools, one-half of the coun
try schools now being srpported by President J. P. Connors of the stale
the congressional appropriation will board of agrlcultule and President J
be discontinued with the present II. Connell of the Oklahoma A. and
school year. Instructions to this ef M college, is in session at Guthrie
feet have gone forth to the boards giving hearings to the represents-
of trustees of the schools effected tives of the various towns which are
Tills action is necessitated by thi candidates, for the new district agii-
action of congress in appropriating cultural schools to be established this
but $150,000 as a maintenance bud year. The board will proceed at
once to the task of locating the
schools and will probably visit the
various towns which are considered
possibilities.
There are six towns in the Third
supreme court district which are can-
didates for the school to be estab-
lished in that district, eight in the
get, in lieu of the $100,000 appropri
ation of 1908. This act of congres«
further provides that when the new
state is fully capable of maintaining
its own schools independent of fed
eral aid this practice of government
maintenance of country public schools
will cease.
| Fourth district, fourteen in the Fifth
district proper, and only one in the
Panhandle district.
Old Building Removed.
The oldest store building In Cu* \
ter county Is being torn down. It is j ~
the old Noyes building, located on Brakeman Decapitated
the corner of one of the principal
business blocks of Arapaho. It will
be replaced by a modern two-story
brick building. For a long time the
Noyes building was th<> largest store
house In Arapaho. It was rudely
constructed of rough lumber.
J. W. Narcauit. a brakeman on the
Rock Island, was killed at Wilburton
late Saturday evening while riding
on the engine pilot The pilot caught
a guardrail, flew up and decapitated
him. He was brought to McAlester
cellent soloists and a Inrge and well
trained chorus The second was n(
Illuminated parade given by the Order
of Red Men.
President Taft Arrivti.
Just at ten o'clock Wednesday
morning the booming of a 21 gun sa
lute by the charlotte artillery notified
the people that President Tuft had
arrived on his special train Nearly
all the Inhabitants and the thousands
of visitors were at the station, and as
Mr. and Mrs. Taft alighted from their
car they were greeted with a mighty
roar of applause. A special reeep
lion committee took the distinguished
guests in charge and conducted them
to the Selwyn hotel, where they were
welcomed by Gov Kltchln, Senators
Simmons and Overman and the mayoi
of Charlotte
After meeting all the committeemen
and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Taft, to-
gether with Mrs Stonev 'I Jackson
the governor and mayor and other
distinguished visitors, were escorted
by a guard of old soldiers to a review
lug stand and witnessed a great pa
rade of all the military and civic or
ganlzatlons that could lake part In the
celebration.
Mr. Taft Speaks Twice.
A second Installment of the music
festival In the Auditorium was
graced by the presence of the city's
guests, and then all returned to
the reviewing stand, where President
Taft delivered an address. His words
were listened to with close attention
and frequently elicited loud applause.
Later in the afternoon the president
made a speech to the colored people
tnd the students of lllddle university.
From 8 to 9:110 In the evening Mr.
md Mrs. Taft held a public re-
ception In the parlors of the Sel
wyn hotel and shook hands with 'liou-
<ands of people.
Military drills, band concerts nnd
other entertainments were provided
for the crowds all Wednesday after-
noon and evening, and the great cele
bratlon closed In a blaze of glory.
Old Controversy Renewed.
The people of North Carolina, whose
proudest boast has been that their an
cestors were the first Americans to
throw off the yoke of Itrltlsh rule, now
rejoice in the feeling that President
Taft lias recognized the juBtlce of
their claim, but the century old con-
troversy has broken out afresh. Many
historians refuse to accord to the pio-
neers of Mecklenburg county the
honor that is thus accorded them.
These historians allude to the story
as "the Mecklenburg myth," and
thereby arouse the anger of North
Carolinians.
According to those unbiased Investi-
gators who have looked most deeply
Into the matter, the Mecklenburgers
did hold a public meeting on May
31, 1775. and did adopt resolutions
quite abreast of the public sentiment
of that time, but not venturing on the
rteld of Independence further than to
say that these resolutions were to re-
main In force till Great Hritaln re-
signed its pretensions. In 179:!, or
earlier, some of the actors In the pro-
ceeding endeavored to supply the rec-
ord from memory, unconsciously Inter-
mingling some of the phraseology of
the Declaration of July 4, which gave
the resolution the tone of a pro-
nounced Independency. Probably
through another dimness of memory.
the\ affixed the date of May 20, 1..5.
to them.
Case for Mecklenburgers.
The cane for the Mecklenburgers Is
sel forth as follows In 1818 there
arose a great rivalry between Masaa-
« Inn .cits and Virginia as to which com-
monwealth should receive the credit
lor the Philadelphia document, and
the controversy was brought up tn
congress It was t Ibis time thst
Davidson, a representative in con-
gress from North Carolina, announced
that Mecklenburg county bad declared
her independence LI months before
the promulgation of the document tn
Philadelphia.
While the statement created some
surprise it resulted in an Investiga-
tion Into the facts as to the Mecklen-
burg declaration. This Inquiry was
made by Nathaniel ,,ii, who pre-
escnteil North Carolina In the senate,
aud through Gen. Joseph Graham and
Representative Davidson, Senator Ma-
received from Dr. Joseph McKnltt
Alexander, the son of John McKnltt
Alexander, a full account of "the
event," which Dr. Alexander said he
had "copied from papers left by his
father " This statement, which In-
luded the May 20th declaration, Sena-
tor Macon sent to Raleigh. N. C.. and
it was published in the Register on
Friday, April :I0. 1819.
Dr. Alexander's Story.
Dr. Alexander related at length how
the farmers of Mecklenburg county
In the spring of 1775 had called a con-
vention to be composed of two dele-
gales from each settlement In tho
ouiity to meet May 19 to devise
means for llie assistance of tho "suf-
fering people of Boston anil to eitrl-
cato themselves from the Impending
storm." "Official news, by express, ar-
rived of the battle of Lexington." ac-
ordlug to Dr. Alexander's report to
Senator Macon, and the influence of
the news from Lexington, he added,
resulted In the unanimous adoption of
the Mecklenburg declaration of Inde-
pendente.
The declaration, as written by Dr.
Ilrevard, and approved by the conven-
tion on May 20, 1775, reads:
"1. Resolved, That whosoever di-
rectly or Indirectly abetted or In any
way, form or manner countenanced
the unchartered and dangerous Inva-
sion or our rights, as claimed by
Great Hritaln, is an enemy to this
country—America—and to the Inher-
ent and Inalienable rights of man.
"2. Resolved, That we, the citizens
of Mecklenburg county, do hereby dis-
solve the political bands which have
connected us to the mother country,
and hereby absolve ourselves from all
allegiance to the llrltlsh crown and
abjure all political connection, con-
tract or association with that nation,
who have wantonly trampled on our
rights and liberties and Inhumanly
shed the Innocent blood of American
patriots at Lexington.
Declared Themselves Free.
"3. Resolved, That we do hereby de-
clare ourselves a free and independ-
ent people, are, and of right ought to
be, a sovereign und self-governing as-
sociation under the control of no
power other than that of our God
and the general government of the
congress to the maintenance of which
Independence we solemnly pledge to
each other our mutual co-operation,
our lives, our fortunes and our most
sacred honor.
"4. Resolved, That as we now ac-
knowledge the existence and control
of no law or legal officer, civil or mil-
itary, within this county, we do here-
by ordain and adopt, as a rule of life,
each and every one of our former
laws, wherein, nevertheless, the crown
of Great Hritaln never can be consid-
ered as holding privileges, immunities
or authority therein.
"5. Resolved, That It Is also further
decreed that all. each and every mili-
tary officer in this county Ib hereby
reinstated In his former command and
authority, he acting conformably to
these regulations. And that every
member present of this delegation
shall henceforth be a civil officer, viz..
a Justice of the peace, in the charac-
ter of a committeeman,' to issue proc-
ess, hear and determine all matters of
controversy, according to said adopt-
ed laws, and to preserve peace and
union and harmony In said county,
and to use every exertion to spread
the love of the country and lire of
freedom throughout America, until a
more general and organized govern-
ment be established in this province.'
"Blind Tigers" Even In China.
For retailing Intoxicating liquor#
without a license at 389 Chapoo road
on the 29th instant., F. Zlffenburg was
fined ten francs at the French con-
sular court yesterday. He was also
ordered to take out a license or close
bis establishment al once.—Shanghai
Times.
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Williams, B. W. The Indianola Enterprise. (Indianola, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 21, 1909, newspaper, May 21, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc269273/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.