The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 19, 1915 Page: 2 of 4
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Muskogee Cimeter
W. II. Twine Editor
13 II. Twine Collector
ii i id Asst. Mmiiiger
MEMBER
NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS
ASSOCIATION
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
In the District Court
Of Mu3kopeo County
Stote of Oklahoma '
Dona Mitchell Plaintiff
vs. No. 3995
James 8. Mitchell Defendant
The defendant James S. Mil
chell will take notice
tint he has been Blind in
the above named Court by thj
plaintiff Dona Mitchell for
divorce and that unless h inif--wer
tho petition of the plaintiff
Dona Mitchell on or befoic the
20th day of June 1915 the a I
legations set forth in said peti-
tion will be taken as confuShed
and judgement rendered ac
cordingly.
In Witness Whereof. I hm
hereunto set my hand and affix-
ed the seal of said Dintiict Court
this the 29ih day of April 1915
C. H. Shutter
Court Cleik
I By JohnZufull
peputy Cleik
Spencer E. Sanderp
Attorney for Plain! if
Parker Simmons PltiiutilT.
vs. No. 5531
Joey Simmons Defendant
The Defendant Joey Simmons will
take notice that she bus been sued in
the above na rued ourt by the PlaiutHT.
Parker Simmons (or Divorce and that
unless sbo answer the pltition Hied by
the PlaintiiT alleging r uelty on or he
fore the 30th day of June 1015 the
allegations contained in Paid petetion
will be taken as truo and confessed and
judgemont rendered accordingly.
IN WITNESS WI1KUEOF I June
hereunto set my hand as lerk of said
tourt and affixed the seal thereof this
lis 18th day of May 1015.
. (I. Shaffer . n lok.
Hy K. A. Hill
J. J. Bruce Attorney for IMniiitifT
First Published May 22 1015.
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ORGANIZED FOR PROTECTION.
Association Started In Wilmington
N. C on Account of Race Prejudice.
By GEOUGC F. KING.
Wilmington N. C That the young
men of our ruce in thjs section of the
country ure dally becoming more In-
terested In movements that will make
for bettering conditions In the south
generally is being strikingly evidenced
by many in this city who have mo do
remarkable progress In the fuco fJf
grent obstacles But for a uumbw of
years commercial enterprises umong
them seemed to be at a standstill.
This economic Inertia was not due.
however to it financial stringency
among the colored people who receive
wnges In this city equal to that paid
Afro-Ameticans In other sections of
the south. Negroes own and conduct
most excellent farms and there is not
any city in North Carolina wherein
our people pay more tnxes on renl es-
tate than Is true of those living In Wil-
mington. Another encouraging feature to be
considered is that ns n rule the Afro-
Amerlcnn residents are not so closely
segregated here ns they are In some
TUOMAS U. WILLIAMS.
of the larger cities but there Is a ten
doncy to keep them out of desirable
sections ouce a member of the raco
moves from such a section. Skilled
workmen of the race ure doing well.
Tho carpenters have held their own in
tills section and control much of tho
work In their line. This la also true
of members of the race In the bricklay-
ing trude.
But the white mechanics In the lines
above named have combined against
them to some extent which is strongly
Indicated by the fact that tho majori-
ty of the white building and loan asso-
ciations will not allow Afro-Americans
holding shares In their associations
when making loans to build homes to
give contracts to Afro-Americans but
tho work must be done by white men
under the supervision of the associa-
tion. Such discrimination aroused the
better clement of the race in this sec-
tion whom tho Uev. Dr. Richard
Splller Interested In organizing the
Worklngmcn's Building nnd Loan as-
sociation the ofllccrs of which are Dr.
P. W. Avnnt. president; Dr. Richard
Splller vice president and Edward
Story secretary and treasurer.
When this movement was being con-
sidered one of the lending factors in
the effort was Thomas n. Williams a
native of this city and a young man
with broad conceptions of the possi-
bilities of tho race to succeed along
business lines. lie is a member of the
board of directors and also a member
of the (lnance committee of this pro-
gressive association. Mr. Williams has
Interested a largo number of young
men here In this organization.
Mr Williams is a concreto example
it Jimi4mfiMirnriiiiirirmTiiJ)n-iii i ji ' flu -
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PERSISTENCE IN
BUSINESS WINS
Row Miss CleoM. GIbbs Mas-
tered Her Difficulties.
TELLS A THRILLING STORY.
S
Rote From Obscure Clerical Position to
Chief Clark In Big Business Concern.
Attributes Much of Success to Deng
the Little Things Well nd Sticking
to Her Job.
Birmingham Ala. The story of suc-
cess no matter who the individual oi
what the Held Is most always thrillins
and Interesting and commands public
attention. That story must be more
interesting und thrilling If the narra-
tor happens to be an obscure colored
girl who In the very nature of things
tarts out In life handicapped by ivu
on of meager opportunities und ad
vantages.
Miss Cleo M. Oibbs the chief clerk
of the &thtnTti(Ahi.) Special Bcnclit
company of which Mr R. W llowell
Is the president and manager is one
of the niOAt efficient clerks In Binning
ham and assumes with entire satisfac-
tion much of tlie harassing details of
the management of the big company
She is u young woman who In her own
way tells how she rose from n mere
machine lu the work to one of the
really dependable characters
Miss Glbbs says:
' "When I first entered the work as
an obscure clerk the outlook for suc-
cess seemed unusually dark. I could
not see my way clearly 1 always
looked for the road to success what-
ever It might be I worked hard In
school nnd succeeded In finishing with
class honors nnd came to Birmingham
from Meridian. Miss. Jan 20. 11)10. I
was In the city about n month before
I applied for work Then I applied at
the office of E. W. Howell who. was
at that time the secretary of the At-
lanta Mutual Insurance association.
In about two weeks there was a va-
cancy to be filled and uiy application
was accepted'.
"At first 1 did not like the Insurance
work and experienced difficulty In
keeping all the details straight such
as the difference between lapses nnd
transfers life schedules what to do
when one name appeared on the lapse
and transfer sheet nt the same time
making up office books showing the
cash the arrears the advances and
soon.
"The first week seemed enough for
me. I wns ready to give up but my
people insisted on my sticking to tho
job and making good. I fully decided
to quit and did so. 1 did not remain
away from work long however and
nmmlng up new courage reported for
wofk the same day I quit
"Starting off again. Mr. Howell
would send one of the agents or the
special men iuto the office to show me
what I had to do. Each day It seemed
that one would show me in a different
way from another always telling me
that the other was wrong. When the
state inspector came all of my work
Was wrong and I bad to stand tho
consequences because It was In my
handwriting. Everything seemed to
work at a disadvantage. I only knew
that I was sticking to my job and I
was then fuHy determined to stick
mmtll things went right
"I did not get the work right until
Mr Howell told me to make) bo
ftanges until ha directed r.to do so.
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Twine, W. H. The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 19, 1915, newspaper, June 19, 1915; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc70172/m1/2/: accessed May 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.