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THE OKLAHOMA SAFEGUARD.
Prcachcr and Tc*cher. 1894
Baptist Safeguard. - 1895
Vol. 11. No 6.
IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE.
The Oklahoma Safeguard.
Published Every Thursday Morning by
<he Bpfhakan Publishing Company.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year, «.00
Six Months, (jo
Three Months, - .85
One Month, • • .15
Per Copy, .05
Positively in Advance.
Entered in the Post Office at Guthrie,
Oklahoma as second class mail matter.
C. A. Buchanan,
J. W. Buchanan,
Editor.
- Solicitor.
Adress ail Communications to the Ok-
lahoma Safeguard or the Editob, 332
West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Okla.
Rev. W. H. JernaKiii was in-
vited by both of the Baptist
Churches in Oklahoma City to
fill their pulpits while he was in
their city. A strong effort is be-
ing put forth to move hint to the
West and we think the thing is
H<>ing to happen.
Our associate editors and local
reporters in the various towns
must have their reports in the
office by Monday noon in order
to insure its publications in that
week, (tf.)
—o~
The 1st Baptist Church of
Guthrie, C. A. Buchanan pastor,
has agreed to intertain the Ter
ritoral Convention this year.
We print minutes and Cata-
logues cheaper than any body.
See us before you place your
order else where. We can save
you money. ' (tf.)
The Baptists of Oklahoma are
getting together. That is right.
"In union there is strength.
United we stand and divided we
fall."
Do you need some note or let
ter heads? Do you want some
can read between the lines.
That is but another blow at ne-
gro newspapers. TheSouth has
waited to long to begin. They
could not stop negroes from
printing newspajjers now if they
were to set up all night. If they
cannot print them in the South,
they will print them elsewhere.
They must be printed.
—O—
Every thing in our office is
new and up-to-date. We em-
ploy only experienced printers
which enables us to give you a
satisfactory job. Try us once
and see. (ti.)
—o—
The Baptist of Mississippi are
apparently calling meetings
weekly to unite their forces.
The meetings only result in the
discovery of the fact that they
are futher apart and the breech
widening. They had better have
less meetings. In fact it is not
the people but the leaders who
are looking out for a job. The
people should not be split up to
satisfy the selfish ends of a few
would be leaders.
We are prepared to do any
kind of job work on short notice.
Terms reasonable. Give us a
trial and be convinced, (tf.)
It has been about 40 years
since the emancipation ana we
think it is time that the negro
should be free. Shall we be en-
slaved forever? Our advice to
every negro is to cultivate the
friendship of those among whom
he lives and stop looking for some
legislation to legislate him into
friendly terms with his neigh-
bor.
Race Pride.
(II, B. DECOSTEB.)
It is so nice to have race pride; the kind
that brings us in sympathy with every
movement for the betterment of the race,
Our advancement as a race depends large-
ly on our race pride. We should rejoice
and feel proud of those who h^ve made a
success. Those who are high in aecom-
We
bill heads or Envelopes? Well pigments give credit to the race,
send to us and have it done in
the latest style.
The Baptist Church at Chand-
ler, Enid and two in Oklahoma
City are needing pastors. What
is the matter with the preachers?
Can't you preach;
Roosevelt for Pres. and Fair-
banks for Vice, is no more a
dream but a reality. Last Sat-
urday, March 4th they took their
oath and were inducted into
office. We will now have four
more years of prosperity and
plenty. The country will be
prosperous and its people happy.
-0-
We have plenty of Elder's
25e earl
should always speak words of encou'ige
ment for every good object. If w/, can-
not give much money, give what \vt' cau,
and cheering words to others, thus be
helpful and not obstructionists. Young
men, cultivate the habit of industry.
Work always, never be idle if possible:
don't always be looking for a soft job; go
down to hard work if necessary. It is a
Vshame for able-bodied men to be doing
little boys' work. .1 you are a man,
be like a man; show your manhood.
Yes, our Creator has decreed that life
should be one of activity; but the way
some people live, it appears that they do
not recognize this fact. Their civilization
will never be a complete success as long
; as they will sit on boxes and barrels all
J day, rather than doing some kind of work,
is a dangerous thing; it often leads to
wickness aud crime. Kx.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, THURSO
it
£
Preacher Safeguard. 1898
Oklahoma Safeguard, 1905
HARCH 9, 1905.
Subscription per year, $1.00
INDIAN CHIEF MAINTAINING
"BIO EAGLE" CRIME REC0RD
!
The Chief of The Otoes
And Missouri Tribe. Young Qirl is Ravished at
NEWS and VIEWS
UiK Institutions for Negroes Run by
Whites—A Word from l)r. Buck-
ner—Dr. Morehouse Speaks
on Missionary Work.
Oklahoma City
Makes a Visit to Th« Oklahoma
Safeguard Office.
NEGRO STEPFATHER.
Credentials, 25c each. Preache
license and Constitutions for wo-1
mens misonary Society, made Ca"5" a w',i,e li,;> to Be ,)ismisE-
On the evening of the 1st inst.
a distinguished character appear-
ed at the front door of the office
and upon being invited in a re
porter took charge of him and
the following discoveries were
made:
The interpetor said, Mr. Ediitor
this is my chief of the Otoes and
Missouri Tribes, George Daily
by name.
It also developed that he was
Well educated and could speak
english fluently. He attended
school at Chiclocco, Oklahoma
near the line of Kansas, and suc-
ceeded his uncle as chief.
He is very wealthy and is out
looking for more. He said, he
had been to Washington, to see
the president and to visit con-
gress, and that this tribe would
draw their "head right" (their
allotment in land and money)
from the United States govern-
ment some time about May.
Mr. C. F. Dillahunty his escort
and interpetor is a citizen of this
city and conduct a nice business
on 1st Street. He is well educat-
ed and makes a citizen of the
very first water.
The following appeared in the
daily paper of this city the next
morning which gave us a further
peep into the mission of these
distinguished personages.
C. F. Dillahunty returned to
the city yesterday from attending
an Indian council on the JKed
Fork creek in the Osage nation.
This Indian council was held for
the purpose of discussing wheth-
er the Osage Indians should
come in as a civilized tribe or
not. The council was held away
from any town in a forest. The
next one will be held sometime
this month, at a point near Kip-
ley, Mr. Dillahunty was accom-
panied home by George Daily,
better known among his tribe as
Big Eagle, who is chief of the
Otoes and Missouri tribes. Big
Eagle is well educated and bis
farm in the Osage nation is well
stocked with fifty head of cattle
and 100 head of horses. His
farm consists of 1,200 acres of
rich land. Chief Big Eagle is on
his way to Perkins, where he
will report to Chief David Tohee,
the doings of the council.
BIG HAUL.
One hunt at Lawton Brings Three
hundred Fifty Rabbits.
in book form 10c each. Send
to us for them and they will
come by mail, (tf.)
ed From Gape Uirardeau School.
What are the negroes in Gutli-
to do about the coming
rje going
spring election; Are you going
Cape Girardeau. Mo., Feb. 17—A great
ileal of comment litis been caused among
the teachers aud patrons of the Lorimer
High School iu this city, because a pupil
by the uame of Carl Williams who is
. . „ living with parents, one of whom is a ne-
to unite > our Strength and applv ^r0i Was allowed up to yesterday, to at
it in such a wa) that Vi e all \\ ill I cml Classes before it was known that the
be the better for it or will you i,0y was living in these circumstances,
tor jealous} and prejudice. set up Superintendent of schools McChesnev
a State of bickering, colli plaining sent a note to President Kage ordered the
and Suiciding and political bush boy to be dismissed from school until the
wackmg and thereby allow the board could take some action on the mat-
enemy to lav us so far under tcr. Tlle boy.s familv movcd hcrt
that we shall not be able to rise recently from Hliui>is. T1„. womaa
when the Statehood horn sounds; u said be „ feet,v whkt, wo.
The negroes in Guthrie had bet- mill, but her llU8bandi8# fuU blooded
ter study the situation closely HcUthe woman., second bus.
and find out what-s best for hnn- band and „K. b 8tl fatber Xhe
self and the community m which famU livC8 witll otbei. colored le
he live and then get up and do and ,b .^dting much curiositv and
it. One all together pull is what : comment and it is thought that the b.y
j will be taken away from the couple and
it is sought that the boy will be taken
4 ! away from the couple and placed in some
1 lie Trustees (white) of Alcorn institution until a suitable home can be
A. & M. College have ordered the found for him.—Ex.
publication of "The Reformer"
the college paper discontinued j
and gives as their reason for so
doing that they don't thiiik it is
doing any good. WTell was it
doing any harm; It is a branch
of industry and Alcorn College is
an industrial school "Doing no
good.'' That is -too thin. vVe
HER UNCLE IS IN JAIL
| AMERICAN NEGHOES AND K
CATION.
BY K. C, BlTKNKn. D. 1).. LL. l>.
I I have gathered from "Everybody's
j Magazine" for February that there are
Emil \\ alter, a (ierman, Charged j ft,404,Ml Negroes in the United States
With the Crime, Shows Signs | and in Porto Rico and the Hawalin
of Insanity—Independent Tick-
et is Named
Special Dispatch to State Cap.
Oklahoma City, Mar. 1.—Emil
Walter, a German, is iu the
county jail charged with the
crime of ravishing his little 13-
vear-old niece, Freda Walter.
The little girl yesterday evening
after an unsuccessful attempt
made by her uncle, told her
story to the police and Walter
was immediatly arrested and
Islands.
Of this ^umber nine-tenths live in the
South. Seventy-tive per ceut of these,
worV od farms; twent-flve per cent are
mechanics and engaged in various trades
and professions.
Iu 1890 fifty seven per cent were illiter-
ate, but now only a little over forty-four
per cent cannot read or write.
If the figures from the magazine are
correct there has been remarkable im-
provement, a decrease in illiteracy of
nearly thirteeu per cent in less than fifteen
years.
This should give great i ncouragement
to its to live sober, religious and Indus
. ^ ^ $ ^
Its Time To Be Looking
m? t'v*.
For your New Spring Shoes. And it' vou will ^
call and examine our large assortment of Shoes A
fa and Low Shoes in Tan, Black and Patent leath- jL
or's, iu all the very lutiest toes and designs. 4I&
\ou will be pleased with the beautiful selections gJk.
we can show you. You will find it a pleasure
to buy your Spring Shoes of us—Because we
can show you the very latest styles in the very
best grades, at lower prices than elsewhere.
We Bid You
welcome to call and examine the best tint! largest
assortment of up-to-date Shoes in Oklahoma.
put ill jail. When be got intojtrious lives, to cultivate tin- head, tin
the cell he began to show signs | beart, and the hands.
of insanity and continued in that
condition. The little girl said
that be had repeatedly attempted
to take advantage of (*«cr. She
thought it wasliot right and re-
sented his advances. Yesterday
evening she t:ai<l he told her it'
11
With industry, economy, soberiety and
moral habits it will not be difficult to give
a fair education to the boys aud girls as
they grow up.
There are several institutions designed
particularly for the education of the
preachers of the race, and I mention here
she (lid not yit?l(I to Llllll he would the remarkably successful efforts to utilize
kill net and her mother both, j a fund of about £2,000,000.00, known as
I lie) vveic all staying in the 1 the John C. Martin fund. It is meant for
same house. Lx. j the education of Negro clergymen of all
denominations. Rev. 8.G. Miller, super
We clip the above from a pap-
er of this city.
These crimes are \^ry horrofy-
ing and any descent citizen shiv-
er when they read them.
It is often said by the white
intendent of the fund lias been organ!/
ing Bible institutes for a yeai past. After
having doue the work for Arkansas, aud
pretty extensively in Georgia, South Car-
olina. and Tennessee, he says: "We
have 1000 students now, and hope to
I have 80,000 before we arc through." "It
Ud.ll) papei boutli that the negro j js • 11C. continues, "the Greatest work for
is peculiarly gh-en to this crime. I the Negro undertaken since emancipa
You can see by this that it is not j
Lawton. Okla., Feb, 16.—Perhaps the
biggest rabbit killiug resulting from one
day's chase iu the history of Oklahoma,
was made recently by the citizens of the |
Sterling community. A count after the
chase revealed the fact that three hundred
(850) fifty of the little animals had V'en
bagged. Half of them were dressed next
day and the whole number were dumped
into a wagon bid, Billing it to the brim
and brought to Law ton and offered for
sale at three cents apiece. It was a curi-
osity few- have ever seen before.-Capital.
we need.
./'r'h'-I.C
id BuflnaM
the ORIGINAL SCHOOL.
Founded In I 890. Succewfu!
graduate# everywhere, j
by bar and law college*.
College Law Course and 1
Law Court*. Liberal Terms.
Special OHarNow.
Catalogue Frn.
Sprague Corraspondenoe
School of Law,
133 Majartic Bldg., Detroit,Midi.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Negroes Petition to Legislature for
Institution in West Tennessee.
A. petition which is being circulated
among the negro population of the city,
and which is receiving a number of sign-
ers, has for its purpose the establishment
by the Legislature of a negro industrial
training school for West Tennessee. It
is claimed iu the petition that nearly ev-
ery Southern State provides such an insti-
tution, and that Tennessee should not
be behind its sister States.
The claim is made in the petition that
the negro college at Knoxville does not
serve the purpose of an industrial school.
This college was erected from funds
raised by the Morrill act. The local ne-
groes contend that the school is too re-
mote from West Tennessee and does not
serve the purpose of covering the whole
State.—Commercial Appeal.
The work of education has been carried
into Africa. I quote the following from
the Baptist Argus of Louisville. Ivy., to
show* what a leading w h i t e Baptist
journalist thinks of it. The Argus says;
"The National Baptist Convention, Ne-
gro, is rejoicing over the opening of their
Lot Carey British Academy iu Queens-
towu; South Africa. They do well to re-
joice, and the Baptist Argus rejoices with
them. Christianity cau make but slow
very imperfect progress among the na-
tives of Afriea without an educated
church membership also. This Acade-
my, properly conducted, will become a
| mighty center of influence aud power, au
essential center. Rejoice on, brethren,
and then double the strength of your first
school and pray for others to follow fast
upon the way."
But the fact should never be lost sight
of that education and schools cannot take
the place of gospel preachiug and church-
es, whether in the home tick! or foreign
lands. Hence the great missionary work
should neither be neglected nor over
shadowed. It is a great fact that "the
gospel is the power of God unto salva
tion," and we are commanded to preach
it to "all nations" and to every creature. "
We are very thankful to Dr. Buckner
for the above facts aud figures. We
know that every intelligent reader highly
appreciates them. The writer breathes
a broad-hearted missionary and evangeli-
cal spirit in his last paragraph, where he
j says .
"The great missionary work should
never be neglected nor overshadowed."
We, if pUnsdo not miscarry, will be in
Montgomery, Ala., when this paper ap-
pears, wrestling with the great questions
of co-operation with the white Baptists of
the North and South, concerning the col-
ored Baptists in the work of evangelism.
For $1.00 Cash sent to
this Office we will for theI .missionary features of the
next educational work of tue
' ' ' ' 1 american baptist home
mission society.
i by henry l. morehouse, d. d., corite-
_ __ j .. 8ponding secretary
send the OKLAHOMA ... ... . „
In the minds of some doubtless there
SAFEGUARD and the is r question whether the large education-
WEEKLY COMHERCIAL al work of the American Baptist Home
Society is, iu any proper sense, Missionary
Work. We endeavor, briefly, to answer
in the affirmative.
1. These schools, largely, were born
true. The crimi- is^xommitted
by the whites just as much as
by the blacks. The whites are
shield while the negro is expos-
ed and lynched. This is the
milk in the cocoanuf. We are
opposed to crime in any individ-
ual. We are in favor of punish-
ing criminals, be they white or
black, and not in favor of lynch-
ing negroes on the slightest pre-
tex while others whose crimes
are just as black are allowed to
go unpunished.
Again, did you know that the
negro has to suffer for all he
does and for one half what the
white man does? Well it is on
this wise, very often when a
white man wants to commit a
crime, he will black his hands
and face and commit the crime
at the expense of the negro.
The negro is not such a criminal
after all as some of these south
ern papers would picture him to
be if he could only get justice
done by him. Give him a
chance and he will make you a
good citizen.
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WANTED-A lady or gentle-
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for portraits. We will enlarge
your photo as a sample free. •
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Morning Star Portrait Co.,
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of the Missionary spirit in Northern Bap-
tists, who had compassion on millions ot
illiterate people, for whose Christian mis-
sion there was no proper provision; * * *
the same spirit they have been maintain-
ed with new adjustments to changing
conditions. The necessity for them as
factors in the elevation of these people
was never greater than now.
2. The Missionary spirit has been dom-
inant in those who have given themselves
to this work. Scores of men and womci
have gone from the Northern homes am
separated themselves from the things that
are cherished by most of us, to live al
most aloof from congenial associations,
practically shut up with those for whon
onh price SHOE dealer.
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jg GUTHRIE, - - - OKLAHOMA.
they labor; with a zeal, devotion and
self-abnegation worthy of missionaries to
foreign lands. A vast amount of Chris
tian service has been rendered by these
teachers apurt from their duties in class
rooms. When the record of Missionary
heroes shall be rightly written some of
most lustrous names will be found among
these.
3. As to the society itself: On no de
partment of its work have more earnest
thought, strenous effort and generous aid
been bestowed than on this, in order that
the appaling needs of millions for capa-
ble Christian leaders should be met. The
weight of responsibility aud care upon the
chief executive officers of the society can
hardly be comprehended by those unfa
miliar with the difficulties of the task.
The Missionary motive aud aim pervades
the entire educational policy of the
society.
4. The supreme object in these schools is
soul culture; uot merely intellectual train-
ing like that given in high schools, aca-
demies and colleges generally, with some
incidental formal religious services. As
a rule regular instruction in the .Word of
God is given daily. Christian students
are instructed iu the way of the Lord
more perfectly: Bible schools and prayer
meetings are essential features of institu-
tional life. Special efforts are made
yearly for the unconverted students, re
suiting usually iu several hundred con
versions annually. Thousands of stu-
dents unaccustomed to such things, dwell-
ing in this warm, vitalizing atmosphere
for even two or three years, have been
transformed into noble men and women,
who have become incalculable blessings
to their people. The production and cul
tivation of Christian character is the up.
permost idea in this work.
5. Furthermore, constantly and em
phatically students are enjoined to con
aider education not merely as au accom
plishment, or to be used for selfish ends,
but rather as the means whereby more
effective service can be rendered others;
and they are charged to consider that
they have a mission to their own strug-
gling people, for which they should tit
themselves as best they can. This mis
sionary spirit is further fostered by stu-
dents' missionary societies in most, if not
all the schools. The result is that thou-
sand have gone forth other than they
came to apply themselves heroically to
their providential tasks, often umler most
painful limitations, aud unobtrusively
and almost unknown to the hustling
world, have wrought superbly for Christ.
This is the best kind of missionary work,
to kindle in aspring young souls that true
spirit of Christian service that shall make
the whole life, in the home, in the social
circle, iu the church, iu the public schools,
where 60 many are teachers, tell strongly
for Christ.
(5. The volume of this great mission-
ary dynamic duriug these forty years
has been immense. It is sometimes said
that the moral aud religious condition of
the large mass of the Negroes is still de-
plorable. But who can depict what it
would have been had these Christian in-
stitutions never been founded; had no
man or woman in compassionate spirit ot
Christ ever gone to them with words ot
encouragement, sympathy and counsel;
had the Home Mission Society never ex-
pended a dollar, instead of nearly four
millions, for the uplift of the race; had
they been left to shift for themselves
with their limited financial resources in
the matter of Christian education for their
neglected children? Darker, inexpressi
bly darker, would be the picture. Wert
every one of these and other Christian
schools now suddenly to be closed or
blotted out forever, American civilization
would shudder at the consequences in
even the next decade.
Surely, every thoughtful, candid man
must admit that such work as this is mis-
sionary indeed, find that here at least
educational and missionary work are not
unrelated enterprises, but merge their
activities forf the production of richer
results than would be possible otherwise.
-Ex.
PRESIDENT CRITICISED.
Excitement Prevailed and Two Wo-
men Faint.
The Agitator Made to Retract.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Criticism of
Booker T. Washington and incidentialiy
President Roosevelt by the Rev. Dr.
Chas. 8. Morris in the Mount Olivet Bap-
tist C'hnrch (African), in West Fifty-Third
Street, has caused a great uproar among
a large audience of Negroes in the midst
of which two women fainted. Dr. Mor-
ris is pastor of the Abyssinian Missionary
Baptist Church. His remarks which
were frequently interrupted, brought hiss-
es and cries of "outrage." Later he was
denounced by a clergymen and laymen.
A committee was appointed to call Dr.
Morrjs before it and ask him to retract.
The church was crowded with Negroes
at a reception in lionor of James H. Hayes,
the Negro Orator of Richmond. Virginia.
President Roosevelt sent a letter of regret,
which was read.
Dr. Morris, who was chairman of the
meeting, then began to talk. He de-
clared Booker T. Washington to be a
Coward in his way, and that since he had
become prominent as a Negro leader live
I Southern States have disfranchised color-
1 ed voters. When the speaker declared
t hat no great harm would been done if
an anarchist had made to attack when
I Washington visited President Roosevelt
at the Whiti House, excitement, which
had been increasing among the listeners,
reached a high pitch. Several of the col
ored men on the platform started toward
Morris as if to protest aud he quickly
brought his speech to a close.
After the meeting the arrangements
committee met and selected a committee
of thirty-eight to meet to-day to investi-
gate. Morris was asked to appear, and it
was declared he would be asked to re-
tract aud send a personal letter of apolo-
gy to President Roosevelt and Booker T.
Washington and apologize to the com-
mittee in charge of the meeting.—Ex.
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