The McAlester Messenger. (M'Alester, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1905 Page: 2 of 6
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The McAlester Messenger- 1 are indifferent,
are indifferent; if parei
Published E\ery I riday
B Wilson Edgell, Editor and Manager
SUBSCRIPTION SI PER ANNUM
Klitrreil »t the float iirtlcr at McAiralrr, I. I
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FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1905
children also
parents are inter-
' ested in school work a new impulse
is given to the chiHoen's interest.
Parent* shoilid strive to understand
the teacher and to hold her at the
highest standard. No teacher can do
' justice to himself and pupils if lie is
nude an object of constant and se-
! vere criticiam; expressions of disa-
pproval should never he made in the
presence of children; antagonism he-
it ween t lie home and school destroys
the value of school to the children.
P. A, DOYLE,
JEWELER.
LOCAL WATCH INSPECTOR M K
At Springer's Drug Store.
McAlester. Ind.
* B. F. COOK, *
UNDERTAKER.
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Coffins, CasKets, Hears.
Ter. Nortl Mam S're?t Afcllestsr, Ind Tur.
The Russians have many times
since the war started been in had
straits hut the Corean Straits appear
«>f straits
I he l.egal Profession l.s It, "Nit."
Jndg Alton M. Parker's assertion
tliii' lawyers hold the highest place
,, . . ' | mrmiii uui ine L'orea
In he world foremost, in politics, war to vm. w „Mt ki|1(,
and peace, shown something of the i.. .. i
stick - up individual he late preside,,- j ' l,ltvt-
tial candidate on tiie Democratic t • . '
ticket is Hi.i i...i I. i . . America makes more beer than
k* l h. iiut .Judge p.'irlcHr ih floulit- [n
It-hH haniitfeil uifi. ti it <J»»nnany more caviare than Kuh«iu:
" 1 "diiiimii with tin* recollect ion 11 • i, , ...
that a lawyer Was no! foremost! , 'V ^ V "v"r,'il"lm« ,UI>' '» «*•» "l'»"
<n politic, along In November, 1W.I. 1*" ',77", f°r. Dutf,h
However, Judge Parker's opinion is ' ,l^« - Holland ih nowl.ei- in com-
lib--ely consistent with the inference !! " We l,»v" »
monopoly hi cotton, are far in the lead
UN a producer of todacco make 'em
all still when it comes to corn and ask
low of them any odds as to wheat.
But we must not become to proud or
puffed Up. We lead the whole World,
except Russia, in profrssionall graft-
ers; our crop of predatory trusts dis-
tances competition in ^recd a,,,) |aw.
defiance, and as a nation we have less
regard fo, human life and les* respect
for law enforcement than any people
oil earth
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• to Iw drawn from the statement of a
Missouri lawyer the other day in his
a«'dress before the Missouri Htate H«r
Association, that: "Hundreds of law-
yers are admitted every year to the
bar who arc hardly tit to practice
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, or
even to teach a school." Kvidentlv
this Missouri chap is big with the Idea
that members of all other professions
and occupations are mere lobsters as
compared to a "sure enough lawyer." j
I'nder existing crazy conditions the I
legal profession occupies a prominent Russia Is beginning to look like a
position but about I he best Ihnl can i • i
., . ' ' " '!a" ' skinned mouse instead of a "bear that
be said for It is that It is a parasite walks like a man »
and seems to contuse and make more —
crazy rather than simplify matters. I Mouth MeAlest
Members of parasite professions who
become so Inflated with the Idea of the ,
great superiority of their measly call-
Bargains
Unexcelled.
At our Grand Avenne Store. The prices are cut in
two; everything at slaughter prices until the stock is
so reduced that we will have room in our ChScta w
$ Avenue store for the remainder of this stock. Our
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$ stock at the Choctaw Avenue store is very complete
0 and we are making prices to suit the hard times.
^ It you are in need of anything in house furnishings
J we have it, and you will certainly do your pocket-
J book an injustice if you do not take advantage of
# our big cut prices. Youre for bargains,
j Landes,McLure&Co j
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union
lug are very much like some hired
men who develop a bad case of the
swell-head over the idea that they Hr«
absolutely essential to their employ-
ers' success. If every lawyer in the
land were to quit the profession to-
morrow there are plenty of sane peo-
ple who believe thut the country
Would suffer no loss thereby, hut,
er mivy w»m~i
with McAlester it remains to be
*e«n if McAlester wants to be hitched
up with the fast old girl at the
roads.
cross
If Russia does not sue for peace the
powers should interfere aiwl bring
pressure to bear to end hostilities; not
through any sympathy for the czar or
his advisers, but out of sympathy for
^ the Russian soldier whose wife and
in- children are being permitted to starve
S. F. BROWN,
Attoi#»ky-at-Law
Practices in all the coarts. Real estate
agent. Notary public in office.
McAlester, I„d. Ter.
BROOKS FORT,
Attorney at Law.
rtotith McAlester, I T.
Office in Hchreiner Buildinu.
Grand Leader.
lit. 7/faynarct,
Builder Of The
Western Farm Wcgon!
And Fine Carriages.
stead, be benefited. Iiut is it so about al home while he gives hi* life lor his
farmers and mechanics and laborers j country In a war the cause of which
and school teachers and merchants, lie knows nothing about.
and even newspaper editors and pliv- I
slclansof the best kind? Iiut the law t'nless Russia resorts to tactics oal-
> ei may be an honorable and useful ciliated to draw other nations into tho
eitlaeti as compared with the Individ- war, she has evidently played her last
ua! who regards the calling of preach- card in her tight with Japan
iiiK the gospel of t'hrist as merely a
commercial profession and "enters J. M. Lathim will take old or second
t ic ministry' merely as a means of hand furniture in exchange for new
earning a livelihood. Ho, after all. and will sell you a new stove and take !
twjers may not he the worst and your old one in on the deal. Figure
uu.st useless people In the world, and I with him before purchasing elwe-
some of them may even be very good when..
leiiows, but such are too sensible and
modest to permit themselves to he- Pertinent Question.
con e possessed of the egotistical hal- Rfhsngr
Uu.nation thut merit and honor arc l>ld you ever see a man 'sic " his
found only In the legal profession, as dog after a hog, see the dog chase
Judge Alton H. Parker and the Mis- 'around and fln'i everything with*
-i i. i limb « t the law tpioted above !In a half mile, except the hog with
have evidently done. out concluding the dog was a fool or
~~~ friend to the hog? » there anything
. c. ester i-not buying gold bricks In the manner that government offi-
il »e .lays and knows too well how to dais go after the trusts that reminds
let well enough alone to go against
any get-rich-ipiick schemes. In
other words, McAlester knows a dry-
land town from a seaport.
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| ill kinds ot re/iair work ilone on Vehi- ♦
4 cles and Farm Implements All kinds 1
j ol repairs kept m stock. Horse Shot -1
ing a spenalty. All work guaranteed j
Main St opposite'P 0 , McAlester 1
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S°O»EBIHH BBBOBBHajamMaaMwi q
a
you of tlie dog?
A Black Sheep.
Tu the czar
yet to come.
"Kvery Hock has Its black sheep,"
, says a Kansas paper During the re-
heer up, the worst is ,.el„ fnlted Brethren conference in
Topeka a stranger threw his arms
around one of the leading society
woman of the town one evening and
tried to drag her into a stairway. She
fought back and tore a quarter sec-
tion containing one pocket out of his
coat, in the pocket was a commitee
report of the conference
It is very important that between
the home and the school there should
exist cordial and sympathetic rela-
tions. As a ride the chlldrens prog-
ress at school Is rpgulated by the
home attitude toward the school. If
Now is the season to begin feeding
Stock ?, Poultry Food
A large stock of which we have, of both
PRATT and INTERNATIONAL
v* In sizes from 25cts to $1.60.
C. Springer Drug Co.
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Edgell, B. Wilson. The McAlester Messenger. (M'Alester, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1905, newspaper, June 2, 1905; McAlester, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc284089/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.