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THE OKLAHOMA SAFEGUARD*
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Prcachcr And Tcachcr, 1894
Baptist Safeguard. - ■ 1895
IN
THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE.
Pre*cb«r Sftfcraird, - 1§9®
Oklahoma Safeguard. It05
Vol. 12. No 24.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1905.
Subscription per year, $1.00
The Oklahoma Safeguard. ELOPED THEN HANGED
Published Kvcry Thursday Morning by White Girl Elopes With Negro And
the Bih-sanan I'ublisuinu Company. k
.— — . He Suffers Penalty of Death fur
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. His Part in Deal.
One Year,
Six Mouths,
.Three Mouths,
One Month,
Per Copy, - .
Positively in Advance.
II ()Q DUMAS, Arkansas, July 6.—A Negro
.<10 named Joe Woodman of Hi vers, Arkan-
sas, was lynched here early today after
; having eloped with the daughter of J. 8.
•Small, a white man. The elopinent oc-
curred yesterday and Sheriff James Gould
' " °' ^ue caQght the couple at Tamo
Entered in the Post Office at Guthrie, on a traiu. The girl was returned to her
Oklahoma as second class mail matter. riQMltl. ... in v « . « • •.
parents and the Negro was placed in jail
. —. I here. All was quiet during the uight,
but today the jail was found broken open
V *i' ^uc^anan' " Editor. ,UUI the Negro dangled from f tree a mile
J. R. Buchanan - - Manager. ,ligtant _Kv
J. w. Buchanan, - - Solicitor.
The aliove is a display of jus-
tice on the democratic grand
Address all Communications to the Ok- ot<inil Tf V.,,,,1 fu„
r.AHo.M v Sakkui'aiid or the Editor, 382 «aml- 11 t,le ^egpj jna tlle
white girl eloped, they must
have done so by mutual agree-
ment. Then, one was no more
guilty of any crime than the
other. Now, if they were both
guilty, why put the Negro in
jail and return the girl to her
home? Why not send both par-
ties home, or to jail and let them
have equal show before the law.
No, you had rather take advan-
tage of the occasion to vent your
spleen on the Negro by lynching
him, and thereby show your
prejudice to the race.
The above case is 110 race mat-
ter. It was an individual affair,
then, why carry your race preju-
dice so far. The Negro is just
as opposed to social equality as the
white race, but we are more law
abiding and will not go so far to
display our prejudice as the
white race. We advise every
The Negro gives as his reason ^('gro to be satisfied with his
for not reading Negro newspa- j own women, and the white men
pers, "I see things in it that 1 the same.
West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie, Okla.
There is yet plenty of mineral
lands in Oklahoma and Indian
Territories to be bought or leased.
The Negroes have plenty of idle
money throughout the United
States to form a first-class min-
ing company. Why not organ-
ize and open a mine? You can
do it, there is no such thiiiK as
can't. First, take a good busi-
ness ulan as manager and organ-
ize properly, nutting the shares
down so low that eveii jbody can
come in who may desire to do So.
Lease the lands, sink a shaft for
coal, sink a Well for gas and oil
and move off. Our white broth-
er is doing this and is succeeding
right along. Now why can't
wer Who will head the move-
ment; The Safeguard will take
stock and can point out scores of
men who are ready and willing
to invest at once. Write to us
for information. (tf.)
are read in the big dailies."
Yes and you see things in the
Negro papers that you do not see
in the big dailies. Why don't
you tell that; You must have
papers of your own to bring your
side of the question. The big
dailies will not do this, unless
CHURCHES TO UNITE
OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRI
TORY BAPTIST TO JOIN FORCES.
KILLED HUSBAND FOREIGN LABOR.
WHILE HE SLEPT
Negro Woman's Bloody Deed
For Birmingham District-Negro La
borers Are Gradually Being
Supplanted.
SAYSSHE SHOT TO SAVE THE
LIFE HE HAD THREATENED.
In the Dead Hour of the Night, Ter-
rorized Wife Slipped Pistol from
Under His Pillow and Emptied
It Into Him.
Memphis, Tenn.—
C. M. College
Soon to Arise from the Ashes
More Beautiful Than Ever
ON THE SAME OLD SITE.
White F-olks Pleased at the Way
the College Has Been Con-
ducted Since Its Existence.
Special to The Commercial Appeal.
BIRMINGHAM Ala . July 0.-A large
amount of foreign labor is being brought
into the Birmingham district to he em
ployed among the many industries of
this section. The indications are that
the foreign labor will replace the negro
labor, and at Bessemer and other places
it is evident that the new labor is to be
used arouud furnaces aud in mills of all
| kinds.
The scarcity of labor has been a prob-
! lem in the Birmingham district for some
time. The negro labor has become trif-
ling. Since the strike of the union min
! ers much of the negro labor has been j
| moved to the mines, they being easily
Brooding over the threats with which | taught the art of coal digging. This , ti,
he had terrorized her life, and fearing I caused vacancies at the furnaces, ore Lexington, M1S8., July 4.—
that if she allowed him to awake lu* mines, rock quarries and elsewhere, and Dear Editor- I want to let the
would kill her as he had theatened, so the big corporations had to look else , , A ' .
Willie L. Anderson, wife of Pete An- where for this labor. pul>LlC, aria alSO tlu friends of
derson, slipped a pistol from beneath his Agencies have been established in the Central MlSSlSSinpl college, know
pillow shortly after midnight this morn- I North and East and especially in New through the columns of your
ing and emptied its contents into his York, andI much labor is being directed journal that ill the Ileal' future
body while he slept. With a frightened to this district A little immigration bu , ,, u,. . -n
cry of terror the man leaped from his reau appears to have been established th|b M&nil old SClloO Will sooll
bed and fell dead upon the floor of their ! is being operated on. quite a success- | arise troni the ashes more beau
humble home on the Horn Lake Road, fol scale. tiful than at first.
near Kirk Avenue, South of the city. Many Hungarians are being brought \\r n receiving hids
After committing the deed, which to the district by the Tennessee Coal, * *
shocked the entire community, the Nc- Iron and Railroad Company, and these 1 loiJ 1 m( uiiuflui < oiiu.u tois,
gro woman, with tears streaming down being placed at the furnaces. These and SOOll the hriclv masons fllld
her cheeks, walked into the city and j men have been long enough in this coun- carpenters will he erecting a
gave herself up. She found Patrolmen 'OJ to understand a little English handsome four story buildillgOIl
Monteith and Crawford at Broadway , While -they do not ccyne in contact with ,nm < 1 1 it,
Rayburn Avenue and told them her union labor they are unmolested here ine same OKI Sll.e.
frightful story. They jent her to the I and appear to he takiug up the new
Police station in the patrol wagon. To ' work with vim.
Capt. Perry, who was on watch, she ' The union miners in this district are
repeated the story of her bloody deed. | inclined to be very orderly, but the fore-
warn going to tell you the truth, as igners as well as others know when there
surely as God is my jodga," she began, is trouble in a district. The Hungarians
will] tears streaming down her cheeks [ understand that there Is more labor here
beneath the spectacles she wore and her : than there are men to do it, consequent j l1;1 V(1 1
hands trembling with terror, "I killed l.v tliey give signs of being satisfied. The ,,.„i . • .
him to save my'own life He was wages being paid these men range be , ~'-VUdl prominent Willie Clt-
asleep, and I dared not allow him to j twcen 1.25 and *1.4<kper day. They are IZells have expressed themselves
wake. There is no doubt in the world "'ready forming a settlement aud will as being well pleased at the Way
but what be intended to kill m. lie | probably live on a* cheap a plan as pos j the college lias been conducted
has been threatening me for a longtime, sioie. ,• i j • iA
and every time ho became more positive,- For the mine work, replacing strking sl,iLC lis (.XlSlUiCe ailU UCSire to
and tonight when he came home from ! miners, Slavs, Italians, Irish aud Eng- see it erected again.
the James Lee, where ho works, he ask- , 1'sh are being brought here, the greater Many who gilVO their BUbscrip
ed me if I had his coat done. I had not, j portion of this labor coining from Penn- f jon fn u. TtariHut
I bad worked on it until my eyes had ! sylvania. As with the furnace labor. Contemplated Baptist
almost gone out, for fear be would want these men are settling in camps of their eij<' '>e erected tnere by
it, but 1 lacked a little of getting it own. The Tennessee Coal, Iron and j tile Peyton faction WOl't) impress
We had reasons to doubt
| whether or not we hail the sym-
pathy and good will of the white
citizens of Kosciusko, Miss., in
rebuilding Central Mississippi in
their town; but such doubts
He said that he was glad that j Railroad Company has erected a large j ed that _
I did not have it done, as he intended to | number ot houses iu their Pratt division j woulfl follow
kill me early in the morning anyhow. ] for the new labor being brought in. j ,. 11 l i t a
He declared when he went to bed that More than one large hoarding house has j college would De abandoned.
union of the schools
Central Miss.
-At a meeting
they are run by the Negroes and of'^'enTepre^nlaUv^canh of the 8ep
tills, We are not able yet to do. arate Baptist conferences of Oklahoma
aud Indian Territory, held in this city
recently, it was decided unanimously
that both conferences be advised to unite
Elsewhere in these columns will j into one state conference, as it seems now
certain that statehood will be secured be-
fore the annual conference of 1906. It
was also decided to hold the separate an-
nual conference of the two territories this
be seen a late move by the white
Baptists of Oklahoma and Indian
Territories towards uniting their
work, looking forward to single
statehood. It is now a foregone
conclusion that the two territo-
year in this city at the same time, Septem-
ber 20, and should the union be effected
at that time, which it likely will, on the
m, . first day, the last two days will be devot-
be Olie state and \\ hen 1 ed to the organization of the state confer-
this is done, the two existing ence. Thit Is the first step of the kind to
state bodies should become one. I bc l.ake.n *;y °/ the churches in the
They are too weak to be divided "^r!!'3 tl'Ht,,,lhcrs
c ill-. I will rollow shortly.—State Capital.
and therefore should unite. One
general convention for Oklahoma
and Indian Territories is the very
thing needed, and the sooner we
begin to shape it, the sooner we
will be able to work.
CHURCH BURNED.
Fire Started by Children Play-
.,, , , ing With Matches.
As will be seen in these col-
umns elsewhere, the foreign la- guthrie, Okla., July is.-—At noon
bor question to supplant the Ne- today, lire was discovered in the old frame
gro is being put to the test. For- I building at 428 South Second street. It
eigll labor is being put in and burned liercely for awhile, but was soon
around Birmingham, Ala., by ! under the control of the fire department,
the car loads. Inisisnear Book- a building standing about f«ur feet North
er i . \\ ashillgton sschool. Novv of it was only slightly scorched. The
il i i is School Is to tlll'll out enough building burned has been used for a col-
skilk'd labor to ever he felt, it
should do it in Alabama. If the
school is a failure in Alabama,
then it is a failure everywhere.
The Negroes of Alabama are
whipped, abused and disgraced
ilist as they are anywhere else.
Then it appears that Industrial
education will not solve this all
important question. You will
have to work out your individ-
ual part of this subject. When
ored church and is owned by them. It
has been condemned now for about a
year. The fire started from children who
were playing in it with matches.—Ex.
The Safeguard reporter was
the first on the grounds after the
tire alarm was turned on, and
when the reporters for the State
Capital, and Leader arrived, he
(Safeguard reporter) had the
the time comes that the Negro j matter all written up and was
laborer of the South shall have ready to quit the field and hunt
been set back, and the foreigners mother more congenial clime
take his place, then the South- . ,
em capitalist, will have strikes here the fire was not so hot
and rebellions to contend with and not much water needed
just as {he Northern capitalists |
nave had for the twenty years
gone by.
my time was short
"He was not joking. When he put the
pistol under his head he remarked that
it would be used before morning. The
idea of killing him had not entered my
mind until that moment. I then thought
that I might as w ell use that pistol as he.
I brooded over the thing until midnight,
and his threats grew more terrorizing to
me everv moment. At last I tried to
dismiss the thought from my mind, but
iSWgggSHSgiHjfi
pistol.
I could not. I felt impelled to use the
"He was lying asleep by my side, aud
I knew that it was wrong to kill him,
but I was convinced that he meant to
kill me. He had no cause to do so. I
had been true to him for seven years
and worked for him like a dog. But,
('apt. Perry, you do not know what a
bad man he was. He told me that he
had killed four men, and that the next
he added to his list would be a woman.
You gentlemen here remember when he
killed Joe Bell on the Robert E. Lee.
where he was captain of the watch. He
also killed Dick Withers on a steamboat.
He has worked for the Lee Line for a
long time. He told me he hail been
tried for killing those men, but 1 do not
believe it. Before God, I believe if I
had not killled him he Would have killed
me."
After telling her awful story the miser-
able woman seemed to be relieved and
offered no protest at being locked up.
She stated that her maiden name was
Willie Nish. daugter of Jim Nish, a
well known Negro living in that section.
She stated that tfac neighbors would
bear good witness for her that she had
been upright, honorable and true to
her husband, and that he was a bad
man. She is 38 years old and far above
the average in intelligence and educa-
tion.—Com- Appeal.
been erected. In oneYouse alone in the
vicinity of Wylan fifty head of this im-
ported labor has been housed in one
building.
The indications are that all the larger
corporations iu the Birmingham district
will participate in the importation of la-
bor from the crowded cities of the East,
and the belief is that before another six
months have gone by no less than 3,500
foreigners will have been brought in to
take up work in the industries in this
State. A prominent manufacturer in the
Birmingham district asserts that the time
has come for all new industries to make
provision beforehand for its labor.
Because of the need for labor the in-
dustrial companies of the Birmingham
District are giving every assistance to-
wards the scheme to induce immigration
Some of the citizens abhor the
idea of having two colored Bap-
tist colleges in their town, but
acknowledge that C. M. C. has
the best claim since it has been
located there for years and she
is not responsible for others com-
ing in.
Central Mississippi college de-
sires the good will of all. She
needs no enemies and is seeking
friends.
To those who are trying to
usurp her influence and support
and desire to see her remain in
ashes, she only murmurs: "Do
to the State. A meeting will be held in Ullto Others as you Would that
Birmingham on July 20 by the committee 1 they should do to VOI1. "
of fifteen appointed at the conference of ■' ' .
commercial bodies of Aiabsma a few J. A. Marshall,
weeks since iu this city, when active Sup't. C. M. C.
steps will be taken looking to the organ-
ization of an immigration society, whose
aims aud purposes will oe to turn the
tide of immigration towards this State.
NEGROES IN THE SOUTH NOTES
Stand as Sheep before Their
Slayer.
SURPRISED AT LEADERS
We Know He is Powerless in the
Prejudiced Sunny South.
Emanuel, Okla., 7-10-05.
Dear Editor:
Allow mo space in your pa|tor
to romance the intelligent and
educated Negro of the South.
(From the pen of A. C. Hayter.)
We noticed In a recent issue of The
Leader In regard to drawing social lines
in the Negro churches. At a recent
Episcopal church congress in Brooklvn
the question was discussed again It
was the consensus of opinion that it is
not In the amalgamation of the races, nor
the dependence of the blacks upon the
whiles that the solution of the problem
lies, but in 1 he Negro himself who, by
identifying himself with the industrial
life of the nation and keep out of pol-
itics has it in him to work out his own
salvation, etc., etc.
The tiling to bc done Is, to so alter the
civil regulations of the community thut
the Negro will not be taught the den
anil dive habit of indolence, vice and
crime ami then leave the Negro with a
free and fair chance to work out his own
ialvation. Make the conditions
as fair
The N'egro of the South reads " possibb; and leave the
At , • n , | individual, whether black or white to do
the Various newspapers of the thereat. ■10,10
country and knows the conceiv- We will notice lirst that it is not in the
able and unjust methods that the :"n«lgan>ation of the races. Our friend
white man of the South is us- "" S<Kro stick close enough
ing to discriminate against him, Xs'l^eiZX and 'society' ^th'Thc
and yet lie stands as a sheep he- 'Wer class of individuals, ami that this
fore nisslayer. We know that should not l c done; while the scriptures
he is powerless in the prejudiced | /Jiat!)"' ,.s!ok ,m',th.1' °!ws that
i i , I r 1 1, need the pli sieian, and if the uner
sunny South to defend himself. Negroes do'not lift up the faSC
both 011 tile I anil anil ill the city who will- And besides all of ihls the
Negro is not the only one that has worn
Bllti""' 8lrlP^,a"d to-day enjoys the liigh-
l'1" r- ' It must lie
in which he livos, and the un-
just courts of his country. But . t .. .-•
J. . • 4U est society his race can give.
there is one great bnvilef,e that considered bv our Mentis that the Ne-
bo does have, antl that IS to gro has only been forty years climbing
leave the South and seek a home ladder of faini. Starting from noth-
in the fair West, where the priv- '"?/ ""'-i':1 "fe ''"J"! "ut in the cotton,
l . j « ftne and corn fields of the South* on-
liege as a citizen call be oxen ised |)r,v,.ry hand, handicapped from
and contend tor tile rights that inrt to finish: school doors slamed in
the constit ution of his' country "" *
bis luce and coming lip through igno-
sanco; yet, he tried to compete with his
superior brother on any ground.
Take for your consideration the school
<|iialitieatlou for the Negro youth. Here
we call it handy, we call ii grand, we
call it magnificent, and say that everyone
should have an education. Yes, they
should. Hut take the Negro that lives
in the Northern portion of this city.
There are schools at his door, but hi' 'is
lid be sUDnressed of rights 11'111Pe 11111' to walk at least two miles
lilw.efv TIibv hnvp 'hrou^r|1 tht'cold, possibly half clothed.
Ill*, rty. ' '1 f } .na^e 1naue As It rule the Negro has no more money
grants to him
1 am surprised at such men as
W. 1. Mitcnel, 11. M. Thompson
and other leading Negroes1 of
Miss. Do as the Honorable and
flnebredC. A. Buchanan and W.
H.Jornagin have done. These
able men saw that they no loug
er could
and libe..-j • , a rule me .negro naa no more money
their refuge in the fair Ood lands than he needi to live on, so the child is
of the West, and they should lie j compelled to stay at home when the
commended fer the able actions. But In the country I
... i.i \* v ii na\e ueen told some children Imve to
We need the Negro of the travel five or six mile. ,to whool or not
South 111 the following branches go at all; yet there Is a school r'ght at
of businssst their door, but it is reserved.
We need him in the pulpit, in ,,'et„!man,? imP rti*1. Kv
ii , i ii 'H man, nnitt or black, with as much
the schools, as teachers, on t he brain a« a catfish, knows how much ed
farms, at the bar to plead for I ucation the Negro bad In '85. Hi; had
justice anil in all branches of "one; no more than a horse or a mule,
business where he can be sue- 14 Makes a mistake he is punished
"if 1 c according to law severely, more so than
cesstui. I the educated man. Now then give the
I hope that the above Will be a old slave of yesterday credit Tor the
hint to the wise thinking Negro | mighty work he has wrought, In saving
of the South and that n
le may
act before it is to lat3.
Sam K. Tolen.
CONDITIONS OF OUR COM-
MUNITY.
VAIDEN, MISS.
WATONGA SPEAKS
Watonga citizens are glad that
Editor Buchanan has decided to
look to the matter of moving his j
plant here for its permanent
home as the matter was men-
tioned some weeks ago by the
rei>orter. Let each one that
wants to see Watonga the ban-
ner town of the term for our
WORK BEGUN ON PARKS
Drives Being Made Bridge
Completed-Trees Trimmed
15 Men at Work.
Work is progressing on the improve-
ments of the parks of the crty at Island
park, the new steel bridge has beed
completed and open to travel, and has
been repainted green instead of red. A
fifteen foot drive has been made encircl
ing the park, and will extend around
the old ball park, which will eventually
be made into a gymnasium. The trees
have been trimmed up and the general
appearance of the park improved great-
ly t
At Highland park a force of about
j fifteen men arc busy with scrapers con-
structing thirty foot drives, and the
underbrush is being cleared away.—-Ex.
In this section crops are in a
bad condition.
Rain has been falling hers for
about two weeks.
Cotton is 11 cents. Merchants
say it will be 15 cts., by harvest.
All the gossip on the streets
and in the conununity is, "the
crops". ,
Rev. E. D. Drakes on return-
ing from his three churches, re-
ports good work.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Young
are welcome visitors in the city
this week visiting parents.
Picnics and dinners have be-
gun now for the season and
hogs and sheep stand a poor
chance.
Rev. A. Nabors passed through
the city last Saturday en route
to his work at West, Mississippi,
CONVENTION ENDS.
ABBOTT, MISS.
jiii I looking the picture of health!
Our crops and low lands are n 1
race to take extra interest in of- j drowned out in Clay county. Rev. J. M. Simpson, ex-pastor
fering this paper inducements for j The highland crops are doing 0f the Baptist church,' preached
on the first Sunday night t.) a
crowded house. All seemed to
Notice is hereby given to all Christian Endeavorers Cease DIs-
sister Baptist churches that the . ., ...
First Baptist Church, C. A. Buch- cuss,on at l!altinM,re-
BALTIMORE, July 10.—The closing
session of the Christian Endeavor Con
vention was held tonight in Amory Hail
under the leadership of the treasurer,
Wm. Shaw of Boston. Fully 15,000 peo-
ple attended the meeting.
Rev. Dr. Howard B. Grose of New
York, vice-chairman of the united society
of Christian Endeavor, offered prayer for
President Clark's speedy recovery. John
Willis Baer, assistant secretary of the
Presbyterian Board of Home Missioos,
and Secretary of the World's Christian
Endeavor Union, read the annual ad
dress of the president, Rev. Dr. Francis
E. Clark.—Ex.
anaiij pastor, and the Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Rev. T. Nightin-
gale, pastor, have withdrawn
the nand of fellowship from the
Macedonia Baptist Church, Rev.
S. L. Lyons, pastor, for taking a
member under the watch care of
his church irregularly. This
state of affairs will remain in
force until the matter is cleared
up by the Macedonia church.
Notice will then be given through
these columns, (tf.)
location. Bro. Buchanan, we fa-ii'ly well.
are ready for you, and will start j-jj enclose $1.00tfor the Safe-
by offering you six months rent, i guard, for 1 hate to be without
yes, a year's rent in a good build- j it.
ing free when you get ready to j We had children's Day on
come. Consider this matter and the 3rd Sunday. Rsv. H. L.
let the reporter hear from you. I Bennett preached for us. Col-
Watonga leads, all others follow.! lection $6.15.
We have the backing to put it | A.C.Johnson,
up. This is the best place iu ai
Oklahoma for a good paper like
this one. The legal work alone
that can be secured will more
than double what the paper now
gets at its present location. We
can only ask "Oh why do you
wait dear brother!"
G. F. Robinson,
Reporter.
PHEBA, MISS.
We are having plenty of rain
and our crops are in bad shape.
On the 3rd of July Mr. Riley
Avant had two mules killed by
lightning.
Yours,
S, A, Spann.
be pleased.
A woman by the name of
Mamie Dolough came here last
week and claimed to be a preach-
er. The deacons of our church
would not let her preach. She
cursed them out, and said she
would shoot and cut hell out of
them. She met me, 1 asked her
some questions, she cursed me,
and told me that I would be in
hell in a few days. Some words
she said, I cannot afford to sav.
She is everything but the right
thing, and I would advise every
true preacher to see to it that
she gets no appointment at his
church.
Yours in Christ,
E. L. Todd.
even a portion of his children from wear-
ing the stripes of dishonor. Speak to
him from the pulpit and from the press.
Tell him that he lias fought a good
fight, a noble light,
I am proud that I am a Negro. When
I look out upon God's green foot-stool
and see the slave of yesterday, strug-
gling for a higher position in life, trying
to veil his face from the stigma of sla-
very aud forget the past, it makes me
speak out to the higher class of Negro
men and women: "Stretch forth your
Plattsblirg, Miss.—I will sav ial"l lift UP the fallen.'' It must
owing to so much rain the farm-! 'i® ''"T' by ?ur V'®;'"8 of "T
s are much behind with their | u,e ^ro ZTl
crops; but at present the weath- glass that would make a mustard seed
looks favorable, and the farm- AS large as a thousand worlds like this.
ers have begun to hustle. " i,h 8U' h 'n™ « of Langston,
Washington of Tuskegee, Vernon of
Kansas City, and Tucker, Scales, Cun-
rson of this city,
gentlemen, will mn teach tli<->c
Rev. W. J. Johns was present little hearts that are blooming into man
i*r i i i f iu;i . Kansas ( itv, and lu
We had a grand Cvhlldicn fe uingham and Hendcr
Day exercise at Mt. 1 leasant these gentlemen, will
and made and eloquent speech ;>ud womanhood that "Good Behavior
... ... . |. " | is Law. not only with man but with
on Children's Day. _ _ | God also.
W. Moore.
ENID, OKLAHOMA.
The K. R. gave a public instal-
lation on the 3rd.
guite a number of people went
on the excursion to Wichita,
Kansas.
Mr. A. (1. Wallace left recent-
ly for Fremont, Neb., to attend
the Fremont Medical College.
Prof. Tucker, of Guthrie, was
here a few days ago on school
business.
Rev. Quars, pastor of Grasen
Baptist church, is now attend-
ing the Sunday School Conven-
tion at Topeka, Kansas.
Mrs. D. J. Wallace is now vis-
iting kindred at Nacogdoches,
Texas.
"A Subscrilier."
NEWTON, MISS.
Now in conclusion I will say again to
the slave of yesterday: You have fought
;i good light on all points visible to the
natural eye. considering circumstances,
j No one can deny that asscrtioq.
There in some trouble that, should be fixed.
Right in your glorious land:
It wt'm* that no one will unmix
Thin trouble between the white and hiack man.
We have had pis.jjlo in our race.
This fact we will admit:
But there are others that set the pace,
And it dont face them a hit.
We have no trains nor bank robbers,
That's placed upon our books;
We haven't a very large set of scoffers.
Yet that's the way It looks.
We've had but forty years to climb
The hill of perseverenre;
Nnw don't you think in that short time
We've made a good appeal aii<;«'v
Three hundred and fifty years enslaved
And sold just like a niule.
We knew not what it was to save.
And never saw a school.
We toiled in cotton, cane and corn
From infancy to man;
And when the curse of slavery turned
We had to start agaiu.
The Rich man of the South has got
The best of all our days.
By toil from an honest heart;
And nothing has he paid.
The school bell rings so nice and clear
And fall- my . hiM with yours:
Give us the same six thousand years
And see us top the Uuor.
We've called on Congress like a mau.
And told our troubles there;
But they don't seem to understand
Just what this was done for.
A. c. HAYTER,
Guthuie, Miss,
NOTICE.
The Eastern Oklahoma Sunday
Dear Editor:
The Women Workers' Asso-
ciation met at the Shiloh Bap-
tist church, Saturday before the i school convention will meet the
1st Sunday. The Sisters are Pilerim Rest Sundav-school. 9
doing a Rood work and are try
a gooa worn aim are try
ing to lift up a standard for the
race. They collected $35.85.
Revs. D. M. Garr, W. M. At-
kins and F. Norman, preached
for them.
Yours,
F. Norman.
are Pilgrim Rest Sunday-school,
miles Northeast of Oklahoma
City on Friday before the 3rd
Sunday in July at 10 a. m. Wre
are looking forward to a great
meeting. All Sunday - school
workers are invited to be pres-
ent.
Wm. Sulcer. President.
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