The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 39, Ed. 1, Friday, July 10, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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The Muskogee Cimeter.
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Vol 9
jlluskogoe Olsla. Friday duly lO
1908.
jVo 39
MUSKOGEE NEEDS YOU!!
Muskogee needs the vote of every
colored property owner to help to
unanimously carry the bond Issues
which will be voted upon next Thurs-
day and as the Negro never fails
to stand up for his country and his
home so will he be found on elec-
tion day voting YES on the bond
propositions which mean a greater
and a better Muskogee. But you
must register with the city clerk be-
fore the close of next Tuesday and
you ought to go to the city hall
AT ONCE and give your name and
residence to the clerk and receive
your registration certificate. The
clerk will have his office open from
it a. in. to 0 i). m. Saturday and
Monday and Tuesday and every vot-
er should not overlook this impor-
tant duty.
NEGRO voters are always for public
improvements better awter and more
ol it; beter schools and more of
them; better sewerage and for every
enterprise which goes to the build-
ing of a great city.
Boys stand by Muskogee and vote
YES for water and sewer bonds.
More water and better water and
more sewers and more paved streets
and all other public enterprises mean
a bigger Muskogee and a better town
to live in a better town to school
our children a better town to find
labor a better town for business.
Help Muskogee to grow by voting
for the bond issues.
Ft is easy to know just how to
vote at this election simply vote
YI2S on all bond propositions on next
Thursday.
But do not fall to register by Tues
day better register to day.
Vote YES on the bond Issues next
Thursday and record another record
breaking union of Muskogee voters
for the building of our city.
Register with the city' clerk AT
ONCE. Next Thursday go to the
polls and vote for Muskogee vote
YES on all bond issues.
Vote YES on the bond issues and
help build Muskogee.
Register and Vote.
Have you thought ol the special
bond issue election to be held in
this city on July ICth next Thurs-
day? Do you know that you must
register with the city clerk by next
Tuesday if you expect to vote?
Boys come to the front and get
busy. Go to the city hall and regis-
ter AT ONCE DO IT NOW. While
ou are there call at the mayor's of-
fice and examine the maps of the pro-
posed improvements and extensions
of the water system and the maps of
the proposed storm sewers and get
a petition and have it signed by your
neighbors so you can have water
mains to protect your property and
your homes.
On next Thursday go to the polls
and cast your ballots YES on all the
bond issue propositions.
Our state constitution limits the
voters in this election to those who
are property tax paying voters that
is. those who pay taxes on either
real estate or personal property be-
cause these are the people who must
build a city. Hundreds of NEGRO
voters in Muskogee have property
and pay thejr taxes and are entitled
to vote In this election but you
must first register with the city clerk.
You simply give the clerk your name
occupation and street number and
he will give you a certificate of re-
gistration. Roys do this today. But
don't forget to call on the mayor for
blank petitions for water mains and
then get busy with your neighbors
for signatures so you can get the wa-
ter when the bond issues have car-
ried. Tell your neighbors to regis-
ter and to vote also and tell them
to vote right VOTE FOR THE
BONDS VOTE YES.
Vote so that it will be known at
the close of election day that the
"The Colored troops fought nobly"
went lesoORding over the wires fiom
San .Juan Hill and all America re-
joiced to know that the Negro sol
diers were in the front because this
meant victory for our country.
There is need today in our city for
the boys in the trenches to rally and
get into the fight for a greater and
a better Muskogee. The colored cit-
izens ot Muskogee are large property
owners and tax payers and we are
as much interested as our white
friends in the progress and upbuild-
ing of the city.
"Our mayor" whom we colored vot-
ers helped to place in office by the
largest majority ever given in our
city is calling upon the voters to
register and to vote for bond issues
which will be used to give us more
water and better water and used to
give us storm sewers to drain our
city: and to generally improve our
condition. We want to say to Mayor
Bennett that the colored voters of
Muskogee will be at the polls on
election day and help to carry this
election for the good of the city.
When it was being said last spring
that it was useless for republicans
to make nominations because our
friends the enemy would not let our
candidates take the office if elected i
when it was openly boasted that byi
browbeating and intimidation colored I
voters would be kept from the polls.
our boys called for their leader a
man in whom we had faith would '
personally see that all voters en-1
'ovpd the blessed privilege of the
ballot and who would take the office
if the majority of votes cast were (
in his faor we nominated Bennett
as our candidate for mayor. Colored i
men know what happened in the.
Madden precinct of the Fourth Ward;
how deputy sheriffs and bullies tried
to annoy and intimidate the voters j
and to give us every possible trou-
ble; and we know how on that elec-
Hon day Bennett came to our rescue
and made good in personally seeing
that our boys were allowed to vote.
And we "made good" too on that
day in rallying our votes. The Negro
voters will again join with the white
voters to make the bond election
unanimous and on the 10th day of
July we will be there to a man and
vote for the growth and upbuilding
of Muskogee.
Bovs stand by our mayor and vote
for the bonds and then watch Mus-
kogee grow as never before.
When you go to register ask Mayor
Bennett to explain fie maps of the
proposed improvements. If you want
water main extensions ask the inoy-
The colored voter will register to-
day and on next Thursday will vote
YES on the bond issue and thereby
help to build the city.
The colored vote will be solidly
with you Mayor Bennett and mem-
bers of the council on the bond is-
sues and we will vote YES and hoi)
you to build our city. The Negro
is loyal to Muskogee and loves to
sec its push and progress along right
lines and he will be with you in
your efforts to give us more water
and better water. He will also he
with you in providing drainage for
our city to protect our property and
the health of our people.
Register at once with the city clerk
so you can vote YES on next Thurs-
day at the bond Issue election.
All property taxpaying voters
should register today and vote YES
on next Thursday.
tral committee. The Journal has con-
tended all along that Hunter was
nothing but a junk politician and not
the man to head the republicans of
or for a petition and get busy with I this state. His failure to inform the
your neighbors and request the lay- chairmen of the county central com
ing of a water pipe into your vicinity
Then Note YES on next Thursday audi
the mayor and councllnieu will get
the water for you.
Hurrah for Muskogee! Our boat
is boosting the town and we will
soon celebrate her arrival at the
Hyde Bark landing. We will also
soon enter upon our Jubilee Week
Celebration of the removal of re-
strictions. Our joy will not be com
plete without a vote for the bond Is
mittees as to their duties under the
primary election law puts the republi-
cans in the humiliating position of
being without republican candidates
for nomination for the legislature.
Hanion disorganized the republican
party by building up a persona! ma-
chine for the common herd to smash
and Hunter has done still worse be-
cause the rank and file republicans
refuse to be led around by the ears.
Before the republican party of Okla-
homa can make any onward progress
It will have to rid itself of bosses
sues for water and sewer The
Negro voters of Muskogee will vote and selfish persons who have been
YES for both issues because they using the party as a back upon which
want Muskogee to grow and pros-
per. We need more water and we need
better water and we need better
drainage and we will all vote YES on
the bond Issues and prove that we
are always with Muskogee in all up-
building enterprises.
JIM CROW CARS MUST GO.
Editor Brotherhood:
Dear Sir: I am indeed happy in
informing you that in the case of Hunter but it is alluded to in order
to ride into political honor or rather
like they did in Muskogee during
the constitutional convention cam-
paign. The writer ol this article paid
$70 for the experience he received as
chairman of a committee during that
campaign and also assisted In the
collection of campaign funds which
were turned over to it bunch of po-
litical grafters who are charged with
turning a portion of said funds over
to the Haskell campaign in Musko
gee ot course tills is foreign to
Reld vs. Pullman Company I made . to make it plain that the republi-
a motion for judgment against th
Pullman Company on the pleadings
that Is that admitting all they set up
in their answer and all they claim
that still there was no defense that
they were not protected in refusing
to allow the plaintiff accommodation
in n Pullman car because the law
of the state of Tennessee prohibited
cans have been in the hands of their
enemies all the time while the ma-
nipulators except Hanion have been
holding fat offices. They have gone
square back on their freinds who as-
sisted them into office and have ap-
pointed carpetbaggers to office in the
face of the "home rule" instructions.
Republicans you will have to got
railroad companies and common car- raedy to do some "weeding out" and
riers from carrying Colored and it is too bad you cannot commence
white persons in the same coach
Further that it was no defense
that the common law rule has been
abolished by the statute of Tennes-
see which rule gives a proprietor
the right to separate his guest pro-
vided lie furnished other and equal
accommodations.
That on the law and authority the
Pullman Company had no right to es-
tablish a rule separating white and
Colored passengers and this whether
the plaintiff was an interstate passen-
ger or was an intrastate passenger.
When the motion was called for
hearing counsel representing the Pull-
man Company arose and stated to the
court that they consent that the mo-
tion be granted for the reason that
they were satisfied that I was right
on the law.
Thus you will see the matter is
disposed of and we win a complete
victory. There Is but one question
remaining that is will the people of
our race take advantage of this and
follow it up often enough to compel
the company to yield the point and
maintain the law which they thus
confess everywhere in this broad
land and common country of ours?
I do not know whether you pub-
lished my former letter or not. If
you have not I wish you would be
kind enough to formulate such men-
tion In your paper as you feel that
you can so as to gho publicity toi
the fact of what the outcome of the
case has been. We want that peo-
people should know what their rights
are and I beg to say that if you do
fail to make mention of the fact that
this case was handled by the Niagara
Movement which I sincerely hope
you will we shall be satisfied with
simply giving the information con-
cerning the case.
Very truly yours
FREDERICK F. McGHEE.
on Hunter. He is going to resign
on the sixtli of next month. He real-
ly ought to be Impeached before that
time. Vinita Journal.
OKFUSKEE COUNTY OKLAHOMA
A Strictly Colored Man's Town.
500 LOTS FOR SALE 5t0
Wow! Wow!
The republicans of Oklahoma ought
to tar an dfeather Charles Hunter
chairman of the republican staet cen-
This town is situated 25 miles
east from Boley the largest ami
best Negro town In the world and
Is on the Ft. Hmlth and Western
railroad.
Plenty farmers made from one
to two bales of cotton to the ncre
in the past year. Good water plen-
ty hay and good amount of forest.
Any thrifty man can come and make
a good honest living freo from the
many set backs found In the south-
ern country. We need settlers and
that bad.
These lots cost you from 135 to
200 each; 25x140 sold one fourth
down and balance on easy monthly
payments. Good titles to any and
all lots.
We have 400 residents a postof-
flee several stores all run by col-
ored men. Come now while there
are many Inducements to good farm-
ers. Plenty land to sell lease or
rent. Call or write
W. L. JACKSON
Townsite Manager and Owner
Clearview Okla.
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