The Orlando Clipper. (Orlando, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1907 Page: 2 of 10
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ORLANDO CLIPPER. LOCAL OPTION IS
ORLANDO,
OKLA.
NEW STATE NEWS
The new Rock Island depot at 121 Rena
was opened to the public last week.
The unorganized employes of the Rock
Island shops at Shawnee have petitioned
for a wage increase of two and a half
cents per hour.
Pittsburg county claims to be the great-
est coal producer in the new state.
Purcell has made all arrangements for
the locating of a cotton compress. It
will be ready for the next crop.
The public schools of Lahoma have
been closed and revival meetings by the
Methodists hava been discontinued on ac-
count of diphtheria.
Chickasha has organized a Credit Men's
association among its merchants and will
operate together against the dead beat.
Ben Sawyer, a thirteen-year-old youth,
living near Cement, has been arrested
for rifling and destroying the contents of
a rural mall box.
The Apache house, a two-story hotel
at Apache, was recently destroyed by
fire.
The fifth annual session of the Okla-
homa Eastern Star wilt be held at Enid
February 14-15.
So far this season 3,380 bales of cotton
have been bought at Chickasha.
Ardmore seems to be cleaning up pre-
paratory to entering into new political
relations. All the gambling houses have
been closed.
Sterrell aspires to the distinction of be-
coming a county seat town, and will try
for it when the people are given a chanco
to decide the question.
The McAlester Capital claims that
hunting is very poor in that section. Sur-
veyors are so numerous, running sur-
veys for prospective railroads that they
have frightened all the quail away.
The young lad}' stenographers at Mus-
kogee who are working for tlie commis-
sion to the five civilized tribes have pe-
titioned the powers that be that the
•treets either be cleaned or they be per-
mitted to wear forked clothing.
Shawnee Is shipping $10,000 worth of
pecans to outside markets. The shipment
is being made by Kellar and Clark, who
have paid 11 cents a pound for the pecans.
Dr. Lambin and Judge Bashore of El
Reno have been in Shawnee looking for
a location with a view of establishing
a school for the teaching of an advanced
branch of therapeutics. They will lo-
cate there and teach an advance science
similar to osteopathy.
Two cars of steel rails for the street
railway at Enid have arrived and wore
strung out along Grand avenue. These
rails were shipped from Tulsa, and con-
struction work is progressing rapidly.
Mrs. Nancy Miller, a colored woman
who resides at Shawnee and who re-
cently celebrated her 79th birthday,
weighs 450 pounds. Aunt Nancy has a
clear mind and speaks of times before
the "wah." She Is unable to walk over
20 feet at a time.
A special dispatch from Cold Springs,
n, granite quarry town of the Wichita
mountains, states that during this year
several thousand dollars are to be ex-
pended in that vicinity operating granite
quarries and opening up new ones, the
greater portion of the expenditure bolng
for new machinery.
A golf club is being organized in Mus-
kogee with fine property overlooking tho
Arkansas river. A club house is to bo
erected. The new club is considering a
suggestion of purchasing the magnificent
property of the Town and Country club
at Fort Gibson which Is also owned by
Muskogee people.
ALMOST ASSURED
GUTHRIE: The democratic leaders Sat-
urday decided to appeal to President
Roosevelt to assist them in getting from
between two fires—their pledges to tlie
people, and the possibility tff violating the
terms of the enabling act—which are
threatening to consume them on the "Jim
Crow" proposition.
C. N. Haskell Introduced a resolution
which appeals to President Roosevelt to
declare openly whether the insertion of
a "Jim Crow" clause will cause the presi-
dent to turn down the constitution. The
appeal recites that many of the platforms
of both political parties contained "Jim
Crow" pledges, and that the democrats in
the convention desire to redeem their
pledges, but that they would be inclined
owing to the desire of Oklahoma for im-
mediate self-government "to refrain from
incorporating such a provision in the con-
stitution" if it should meet disapproval.
The memorial was referred to the Judi-
cial comi.iittee. A member of the cchj-
rnittee said that the Haskell resolution
would probably be reported unfavorably
and report a substitute recommending
that the convention adopt a "Jim Crew"
section in the constitution and forward
it to President Roosevelt at once with tho
request that he pass upon it before th«
convention concludes its sitting. If his
verdict Is unfavorable the convention
would then reconsider tho matter and
adopt a section leaving the passage of a
"Jim Crow" law to the legislature.
It is the belief of many delegates that
the president would take no notice of a
memorial such as drafted, but that he
would pass upon the section of the con-
stitution In advance. A number of tho
leaders have received letters from Wash-
ington democrats advising them not to
put a "Jim Crow" clause in the consti-
tution, and C. N. Haskell sent a telegram
to a friend in Washington asking that he
secure the opinion of John Sharp Williams
and the united verdict of all the demo-
cratic senators and congressmen on the
"Jim Crow' proposition.
The convention is on the verge of a big
fight on prohibition. A poll taken of the
delegates claims to show the following
division of the delegates on the prohibi-
tion question: Fifty for local option, 26
for state wide prohibition, 17 doubtful, 15
separate submission, 4 anti-submission-
Ists. This poll indicates that constitu-
tional prchibitionists are whipped and
that is the opinion of some of the most
conservative delegates. As fifty-seven
votes are necessary to carry a proposi-
tion the local optionists teem to have the
best chance of winning.
MUST PROTECT PROPERTY
Otherwise It will be President's Plain
Duty to Turn Constitution Down
WASHINGTON: President Roosevelt
has discussed the Oklahoma constitutional
convention with Delegate McGuire, Judge
Hainer and Chancellor Boyd, all of Okla-
homa. He has been following the pro-
ceedings of the convention closely and
public men of both political parties have
kept him posted upon events at Guthrie.
When the Oklahomans called he talked
with much emphasis. Eater he sum-
moned McGuire from the capltol to the
White House and went over the matter
again, and authorized him to let the peo-
ple know what he thought about things.
The president had the gravest apprehen-
sion as to the outcome of the constitu-
tional convenlon. He said he was much
inerested In Oklahoma, liked the people*,
and counted them his friends: it would
make a good state, and he was anxious
that it get started right. But the enabling
act made It necessary for him to approve
the constitution, and he sincerely hoped
that the document would be up to the
standard of the other states. It would be
subjected to the closest scrutiny and he
said he would not shirk his duty. If
it did not protect property rights it will be
his plain duty to turn It down.
"This Is my position," said he, "and
Mr. McGuire, I should like to have it
understood thoroughly by the people of
Oklahoma and the constitutional conven-
tion.
Franklin's First Almanac.
Benjamin Franklin's first almanac
was issued In 1733. This not only
presented a wide range of Informa-
tion, but It was filled with maxims
that made Franklin famous, even more
than his valuable services to the
American cause In Paris or to scienc*
in ilie discovery of electricity
NOAH SAVLD
IN THE ARK
Sunday School Lesson for Feb. 3,1907
Specially Prepared for This Paper.
LESSON TEXT.—Gen. 8:1-16; Memory
verses, 1-3.
GOLDEN TEXT.—"The salvation of
the righteous is of the Lord."—Psalm
j" :39.
TIME.—Acordlng to Ussher's chronol-
njy, B. C. 2348, but this calculation is re-
garded as uncertain by many of the
most conservative scholars. Very proba-
bly it was earlier.
PLACE.—The ark rested on some
height in the mountainous region of
Ararat, south of Armenia, in the region
of the upper Euphrates. The ark start-
ed further down.
PLACE IN THE HISTORY.—At least
1656 years after Adam. A considerable
population in the world, quite well ad-
vanced in the arts of civilization. The
world grown wicked; but a line of good
men running through it.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. — Psa.
29:10, R. V.; Isa. 54:9; Ezek. 14:14; Matt.
24:37; Luke 17:26, 27; Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet.
3:20; 2 Pet. 2:5.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Crisis of the Race.—We are told
in chapter 6 the depth of moral cor-
ruption into which the majority of the
race had fallen. "The earth was filled
with violence. . . . And God saw
that the wickedness of man was great
in the earth, and that every imagina-
tion of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually."
The Problem of the Ages,—What to
Do with Wicked Men.—This has been
the problem of every human govern-
ment, from the heads of a family to
emperors and autocrats. It forms the
most difficult problem to-day.
The Ark and the Deluge.—Noah was
the great grandson of Enoch, and like
him walked with God. He was a holy,
virtuous, pious man. In a world ruin-
ing itself with wickedness. His was
not merely a passive goodness. He
was a preacher of righteousness (2
Pet. 2:5). Ho was a prophet and re-
former. It is not probable that he was
popular with men,
The Beginning of the New Era.—
Vs. 1-16. V. 1. "God remembered
Noah." He never forgets his people.
V. 2. "Fountains ... of the deep
. . . rain from heaven." The two
s<*uces of the deluge.
V. 4. "Ark rested in the seventh
month." There were two starting
points of the year,—the Sacred in
April, the Civil in September. The
seventh month was either May or
October.
V. 5. "Tenth month." July or Jan-
uary.
V. 7. "Sent forth a raven," which
would feed on floating dead bodies,
and return to the ark, back and forth.
'Hence, Its return would be no test of
the state of the land.
V. 8. "Sent forth a dove" to get in-
formation. The dove returned with
none.
V. 11. "In her mouth was an olive
leaf." One that had just put forth
fresh leaves. "That the olive tree is
found in Armenia is proved from
Strabo."—Dillmann.
V. 13. "In the six hundredth and
first year." Twelve lunar months
after Noah entered the ark.
V. 14. "In the second month," etc.
Making in all 365 days.
V. 16. "Go forth." The work was
complete. The old was e;aded and the
new race begun. The world entered
upon a new era.
Worship (Gen. 8:20-22).—The first
act of Noah was an act of worship
and religion. He expressed his grati-
tude, his faith, his consciousness of
sin, and the infinite love of God which
had saved him.
A Divine Promise in the Heavens
(Gen. 9:8-17).—God averted another
fear that the deluge might be repeat-
ed; a fear which would haunt the
early race at every coming of the
fruit-giving rain, a fear that would in-
terfere not only with comfort, but with
progress.
The Rainbow Token.—"That gra-
cious thing made up of tears and
light."—Coleridge. The rainbow as a
sign of God's promise is peculiarly ap-
propriate and beautiful. (1) It is
formed on the rain itself, the rain
which produced the flood. (2) "After
the appearance of an entire rainbow,
as a rule, no rain of long duration fol-
lows." Indeed, the rainbow is a proof
that the storm is partial, not covering
the whole sky. The sun of God's
m«rcy is shining on the rain. (3) The
darker the storm, the brighter the
rainbow. (4) "As it lights up the dark
ground that just before was discharg-
ing itself in flashes of lightning, it
gives us an idea of the victory of
God's love over the black and fiery
wrath."—Delitzsch. (5) "It is just in
its conformity to natural law that the
rainbow is a pledge that the order of
nature shall continue."—Denio. (6) It
can be seen everywhere in all parts of
the earth; it is all embracing. It
shines on the evil and on the good,
with its rays of warning and of hope.
(7) It is very beautiful and attractive.
God gives a winning beauty to his an-
gels, to his messengers of mercy, and
to his promises, in order to attract
men and show his love. (8) It forms
an arch, wide as the storm, and bind-
ing earth and heaven, God and man,
together in peace. There can be no
rainbow without the sun.
Practical Points.
God punishes men not because he
hates them, but because he loves
them. Sin is a far greater evil than
punishment. The flood that destroyed
most of the people was the real salva-
tion of the human race.
God's covenant and the promised
sign are for to-day.
The ark of God's salvation is large
enough for all who will enter. The
door is open. God's invitations are
sent to all.
Men may help build the ark, and
yet not themselves enter into it and
be saved.
A Zulu Warcry.
The Zulu warcry used, whenever
they take the field, by the South Afri-
can footballers now in London, ha3
puzzled our newspapers, not one of
which seems able to spell it correctly,
says Notes and Q.ieries. The Daily
Express gives it a3 "Igamilzho," and
the Daily Mail as "Gammilio." The
cry really consists of two words, and
should be written "Tgama layo." "Iga-
ma" is Zulu for "name," and "layo"
is a possessive pronoun meaning
either "his" of "their." Thus the Daily
Mail, although quite wrong in its or-
thography of the word, is right in say-
ing that it merely means "That is his
name." The explanationis that Zulu
etiquette does not allow warriors,
when they rush into battle, to men-
tion the names of their enemies, but
the leaders shout out, "That is his
name!" pointing to the victims with
their spears.
Glasses Show Affiliation.
A Berlin journalist has been tak-
ing a census of the short-sighted mem-
bers of the reichstag, and he finds
that out of 397 deputies 105 use
glasses. Party politics may be deter-
mined, according to the German stat-
istician, by the kind of glasses affect-
ed. The eyeglass, he declares, marks
the Anglophile and is rarely seen.
Spectacles are very popular and are
generally worn by the party of the
center. The pince nez seem to in-
licate socialism and revolutionary
tendencies.
Have Fun with Congressman.
Largely because of his name and
his unfailing good nature considerable
fun has been had by the newspapers
with James M. Griggs of Georgia,
chairman of the Democratic congres-
sional campaign committee. Some
newspapers have dubbed him 'Grim
■liggs, though he is generally regard-
ed as an able member of the house.
He served his people on the district
bench several years before coming
io congress and is a lawyer of first-
clas ability.
To improve the golden moment of
opportunity and catch the good that
is within our reach, is the great art of
life.—Johnson.
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