The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 49, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 17, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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No. 49 Vol 18
MUSKOGEE.! OKLAHOMA SATURDAY
17 1918
Price $1.00 A year
f
stewaiit km:cti:i head
or OKLAHOMA AUSOXS.
The following officers were
elected at the Grand Lodge Ma-
sons this week : Attorney K. E.
Stewart Grand Master; Prof.
Hall of Hennessey Deputy
Grand Master ; Prof. N. J.
Ueasar ol bhawnee Secretary ;imocracy in the name of our
R. N. Watkins of Enterprise re- .country in the name of God I
elected Grand Treasurer; W. II. am using this means to urjfeyou
Twine of Muskogee re-elected . as governor of this great stale
secretary of Burial Association; to use the power of your hijrl
bam Jordan i reasuter M. Ii. A. ;
.Lon luciMctii ol I'Julaula re-
elected secretary Masonic Hene-
fit Association. Minor offices to
be filled by Grand Master later.
De owl wus sotting on a J.m1
on Hartford street when a bru.'-
der put a "hicky" on his olo
'oman's hed cose she wuddent gib
him sum of de money she was
kepling fud him. He raised a big
"nigger me is" but he cudent git
dot little sis to vide up. Deys
curtenly lobbing now since re
fite. Tulsa Daily Star.
KDITOIt SMITIIKKMAA ASKS CJOV-
EK.VOIl TO I'lWlSM
DEWEV MOIL
SAYS M) UlI.E IS WOKSE TIIAX
KAIKKKIKM.
Mot lift of Ilojs Who An rifthtlny
hi Franco Made llitiiiiks lly
llt'IMIoiiuiIs in l)i'c Molt
inUTOU'K TKLKCKAM (JETS FA-
VOItAltLK C0NI!)EI:AT1()X.
As usual Editor A. J. Smith-
erman has stepped forward to a
position in the front ranks U
make a stand in defense of the
race and has put the vital ques-
tion squarely up to the chief ex-
ecutive of the state in a telegram
sent to him by the editor last
night protesting against the ac-
tion of the mob that burned 21
Colored home3 in Dewey Sunda
night following the kiiihig of ar
officer of Dewey by a Negro oi
bad reputation. The mob num-
bering some 500 being unable to
catiate their murderous desire
for blood of the slayer turned
and marched like so many cow-
ardly brutal uns or any other
kind of soulless animal on tin
Colored section of the town aivi
driving all the Colored inhabit-
ants out burned 21 of theii
homes.
A blood curdling story is told
of several elderly Coloredwomen
all made homeless by the mob
making their way afoot out of
the Kaiscrizcd town. They were
seen early Monday morning
fatigued hungry and foot sore
sitting beside the road witl
heavy souls and tear-bedimmeel
eyes homeless by decree of a mob
in our boasted "land of the free
and home of the brave" praying
for their sons who are lighting
for their country in France.
Is this the brand of democracy
that our proud white brothers
are wont to boast of and foi
which our own boys are sacrific-
ing their all un the battle field
of Europe?
Editor Smitherman's telegram
in full follows :
Tulsa Okla. Aug. 13 1918.
Hon. R. L. Williams Governor of
Oklahoma Oklahoma City
Oklahoma.
"Dear Governor : Sunday
night August 11 in Dewey Ok-
lahoma the homes of 21 Colored
American citizens were de-
stroyed by incendiary flames in
the hands of a mob and the Col-
ored inhabitants of that town
driven out by the same rnob. The
cause given for this outrage
against the law against democ-
racy if you please was the kill-
ing earlier in the day of one of
the officers of Dewey by a Negro
of bad reputation.
"The action of the mob ren
dered many good worthy citizens
homeless and destroyed thou-
sands of dollars worth of proper-
ty fro mwhich the county and the
state exacted taxes. At this time
of our national crisis while our
black bovs. along side of our
white boys are fighting bleeding
and dying on the shell-plowed
battle fields of France for the
principles of democracy surely
we will not desecrate the cause
tor which they arc ghinR theii
life blood by permitting the mob
rule which is worse than Kiispr-
ism to steal from us here at home
all the essence of a true democracy.
In the name of the law in the
name of right in the name of de
ofl.ce and your personal inHuenc
to punish the members of this
mcb in or' or that the morale of
our boys in France may not be
distur!ed ..nd that the unques-
tionable loyalty and fjiith of our
people here at home mav not be
shaken. May I cxpeecl an im-
mcdif reply?
lours very truly
A. J. SM1TTIERMAN."
(IOVEKXOK WILLIAMS MAKES
Kh'I'liY.
Editor bmitnerman today ro
!ceived the following
icicgiam.
from the governor :
Oklahoma ity Aug. 14.
A. J. Smitherman Tulsa Okla-
homa :
Referring to your telegram of
the 13th 1 have wired county at-
torney to investigate and report
jmstantum. I have also wired
District Judge to causo investi-
gation to bo made.
R. L. WILLIAMS
Governor.
Tulsa Star.
XOTK'E 11V l'l!! LI CATION.
In the Superior Court of Mup
cogee ounty Slate of Oklahom.
Joseph L. Mathes Plaintiff
vs. No. 7455.
Leander Mathes. Defendant.
The State of Oklahoma to the
Defendant Leander Mathes
Greetings:
The defendant- Leande
Mathes will take notice that sh
nis Leen buud in the above name .
Jourt by the plaintiff Joseph h
Mathes for divorce and that un
'ess she answer the pecition o
he plaintiff Joseph L. Mathes
alleging abandonment and adult
ry on or before the 4th day ol
October 1918. die allegations 3e'
forth in said pelition will t--alien
as confessed and judgment
rendered accordingly.
In witness whereof 1 have
hereunto set my hand and aflixec
the seal of snid Superior -our'
this the 17th day of August
1918.
(Seal.) J. H. GAINES
Court Clerk.
By TOM L. FULLER
Deputy Clerk.
BRUCE & BREWER
At.Drneys for Plaintiff.
XOTICE TO THE XEGHO "URLIC
Ol-' STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
Ol.nEll FOK IIEAMNG PETITION
TO SELL HEAL E?TATE BY
GIAUDIAX.
State of Oklahoma County
Of
Muskogee ss.
In County Court.
No. 2101 State.
In the matter of the guardian
ship of Mamie Primmer a
minor.
Now on this 10th day of Au-
gust 1918 comes Howard King
is the guardian of the estate. of
the above named ward having
filed herein his petition for the
sale of the real estate of said
ward for the reasons in said pe-
.ition stated. It is ordered that
said petition bo and hereby is
set for hearing on the 9th day of
September A. D. 1918 at 10
o'clock a. m. at which time the
next of kin and all persons in-
terested in the estate of said
ward are required to appear and
show cause if any they have
why an order should not be
granted for a sale of so much of
the real estate of said ward as is
necessary for the reasons in said
petition stated.
It is further ordered that a
copy of tl.is order be published
for three successive weeks in tho
Muskogee Cinnoter of Muskogee
Oklahoma and by posting no- jtfle region but in many and wide-
tices in three public places in ly separated parts of the country.
Muskogee County Oklahoma ! There have been many lynchings
and personal services as re-
quired by law.
DNLOE V. VERNOR
County Judge.
Dated this 10th day of August
1913.
II. T. WALKER
Attorney for Guardian.
Boley Gets
Negro Fair
The Negro Industrial State
Fair will hold its' annual fair at
Lo'ey Oklahoma beginning on
.'( dues' y September 25th and
v ill oniinue In session for four
d.iyb closing on the 28th day of
Si ptemljer at midnight.
The Fair Association i strying
to demonstrate to the world that
the Negroes of the State of Ok-
lr.homi are making more prog-
ress than in any other State in
the union and that Oklahoma
enn do thinars that probably no
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pable of accomplishing.
There will be amusoments of
all kinds and exhibits of live
stock and agricultural products
such as never been gotten to-
gether before by the Negroes of
his State. Wo hope to be able to
secure the presence of the Hon-
orable Governor of the State of
uui.v Jii uii; uiim.ii uk..v. -
'Oklahoma to deliver a naddress
during the fair.
Everybody is earenstly urged
o come out to this fair.
J. COODY JOHNSON.
'YJLSOy PLEADS THAT
A'NCHIXG BE ABOLISHED
President Issues Letter to
uymuii u hi inn i kih inv
Bo Respected.
MOBS
AND HUN
GANDA.
PR0PA-
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That Amenrni Democracy
18 ojam.
iir i . 7T or d..-
Washington .July b.iiesi-
lent Wilson oday in a personal
tatement addressed to his lei-
ow' countrymen denouncing
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ipon ihe naiion to .show the
-orlu that w hileit firhts for de-
nocracy o ntoreign neius u is
:ot destroying democracy at
lome.
The president referred not
dono to mob action against those
ynchings and while ho did not
efer specifically to lynchings ot
Nfegroes in the south it is known
hat he included them in his char-
lcterization of mob spirit as "a
jlov at the heart of ordered law
.nd humane justice."
Mobs Aid PropfluandUts.
It is known that the lynchings
f Negroes as well as attacks
lpon those suspected of being
anomies or sympathizers have
jeen used by the German propa-
ganda throughout entral and
South America as vell as in Eu-
rope to contend that the preten-
tions of the United States as a
hampion of democracy are a
tfum. Deeply concerned by the
ituaUon the president decided
o address his fellow countrymon
ind to declare that "every mob
contributes to German lies about
the United State what her most
jitted liars cannot improve upon
jy way of calumny."
The president's statement in
full follows:
"My Fellow Countrymen:
"I take the liberty of address-
ing you upo na subject which sc
vitally affects the honor of the
nation and the very character
and integrity of our institutions
that I trust you will think me
justified in speaking very plainly
about it.
A Blow at Justice.
"I allude to tho mob spirit
which has recently here and
there very frequently shown its
i head amorgst us not in any sin
mspected oi being enemy aliens pe01)jes if wo disgrace our own
r enemy sympathizers; he de- by proving that it is after all no
lenounced most cmphatica y i rotccti n to the weak? Every
nob acfion-6f all sorts especially mob contributes to Gorman lies
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and every one of them hat. been a
blow at the heart of ordered law
and humane justice. No man
who loves America no man who
really cares for her fame and
honor and character or who u
truly loyal to her institutions
can justify mob action while the
courts of justice are open and the
governments of the stales and
the nation are ready and able to
do their duly.
"We are at this very moment
fighting lawless passion. Ger-
many has outlawed herself
among the nations because she
has disregarded the sacred obli
gations of law and has made
lynchers of her armies. Lynch-
ers emulate her disgraceful ex-
ample. I for my part am anxious
to see every community in Amor
Coim-'klQdml a flxe(1 rG3olution
irn imoii ii intm Innl Im'nl with
which no man or set of men can
afford to despise.
Lynchcrs No True Pariota.
"We proudly claim to be the
champion." of democracy. If we
really are in deed and in truth
i let u see to it that we do not dis-.
cmit om. ow say plainiy lhnt
every American who takes part)
'in tno uctio nof u nu)U or gives i
aort of coun(enanCG is no
true son of this grc;it democracy
but its betrayer and does more to
discl.cdjt her by that silg!e (lis.
.. . . .".
iGyaity to nor standards ol law
and of ri hl than lhe words ()f
hei. slatesmen or of thc HnCi'inccs
of her heroic boys in the trenches
can do to make suffering peoples
believe her to be then' saviour
How shall we recommend domoC'
racy to the acceptance of other
about the United States what her
most gifted liars cannot improve
upon by the way of calumny
They can at least say that such
things cannot happen in Ger-
many except in times of revolu-
tions when lav is swept away.
"I therefore very earnestly
and solemnly beg that the gov-
ernors of all the states the law
jflicers of every community and
ibove all the men and women of
every community in the United
States all who revere America
and wish to keep her name with-
out stain or reproach will co-
operate 1iot passively merely
but actively and watchfully to
make ?.n end of this disgraceful
evil. It cannot live where the
community does not countenance
it.
Keep Laws Inviolate.
"1 have called upo nthe nation
to put its great energy into this
war and it has responded re-
sponded with a spirit and a gen-
ius for action that has thrilled
Uio world. I now call upon it
'ipo nits men and women every-
where to see to it that its laws
ire kept inviolate its fame un-
'arnished. Let us show our lit-
er contempt for the things that
have made this war hideous
among the wars of history by
showing how those who love lib-
erty and right and justice and
are willing to lay down their lives
for them upon foreign fields
wtnd ready alo to illustrate to
ill mankind their loyalty to thc
things at home which they wish
to see established everywhere as
a blessing and protection to the
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peoples who have never known
he privileges of liberty and self-
government. "I ca nnover accept any man
as a champion of liberty either
for ourselves or for the world
who does not reverence and obey
the laws of our own beloved land
whose laws we ourselves have
made lie has adopted the stand-
ings of the enemies of his coun
try whom he affects to despise.
"WOODROW WILSON."
CREEK PAYMENT TAKES
NEARLY ALL RESOURCES.
EqualLuliou of Allotment Will
Lrarc Comparatively Little
Tribal Property.
Final closing up of the affairs
of the Creek Indians will be
brouirht much nearer to a reality
ibv the distribution of the $1900-
000 to be paid 6ut in the near fu-
ture in equalizing allotments on
a basis of $852.
1 nfact. the coming payment
will be the last big payment the
Creeks will ever get so far as can
b(J now forecas..
With the exception of the
council building at Okmulgee 89
lmvn lols in Muskogee 30 in
Tulsa one 32-acre tract of land
and approximately $150000 in
th Unile(i states treasury the
. . .. -.
fnuds and lands ot llie l reoK ln-
ian8wjii be exhausted when this
payment is over.
Few Got PV.JD.I Allotment.
Many of the Creeks will never
attain the $1040 allotment
agreed on years ago unless con-
gress makes some special provi-
sion for payment of cash money
to them.
Creek lands available at the
Mme the allotment basis was
fixed at $i0'10 were believed to
be of sufficient value to bring
hat amount of money for every
Jrcek but subsequent dcvelop-
metns have show nthey were in-
sufficient. While many of the
Jreek allotments have proven to
be worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars were oil was found
.hey were allotted before their
fabulous value' was known on a
oasis of appraised valuation.
Only GOO to 700 of the Creeks
got allotments appraised at $1-
040. Others got lands appraised
at lower figures and the govern-
ment has been able to equalize
these allotments only to a basis
of $852 including the coming
payment.
Already Brouyht to I'KJJ Basis.
A few years ago a payment
was made the Creeks equalizng POSITIVELY th Lot remedy for
he allotments up to $800 with u t d d discasa LczeR1JU 'Alt
the excxeption oi the new-borne itch Barber's Itch Ringworm To
and minora. I hese have gotten Ilch Sweaty Gnldcd or Bj
to date only their original ahot- Smcing i?cct. priC8 $1.00.
ments. But tho payment nnv
forthcoming will bring each of' 'MANKIN'S DANDRUFF
them up to a basis of $852 and REMEDY end hair tonic W-
will mofi na cash nnvmnnt. nf snv- lutel' REMOVES tho DandnUL
oral hundred dollars to many of
them.
When the Indian appropria
tion bill for this year was passed
by congress the local Indian
agency immediately began figur-
ing out from the records of pay-
ments what basis ennld ho used
o nwhich tho allotments could be
equalized with tho available
funds. It was found that $1-
tnr rri . .
900000 available lor the purpose
would bring them all up .to $852 j
and recommendations that this1
figure be used as a basis were
sent the department. These hav
been approved.
While thr ale at some futur
time ol the eoinuil building at
Okmulgee the town lots in Mus-
kogee and Tulsa and one littlo
tract of 32 acres of unallotted
land will bring in sme money
to be added to the ? 150000 re-
scned i ntlio treasury it is not
now apparent that money will be
piid in for the Creek Indians
from iin.i r'her "ouiee and fu-
Lire payments will doubtless bo
comparatively small.
When the present payment is
completed approximately 14500
Creeks will have been paid $852
approxim: lely 3000 between
that anioi.it and 1.040 and ap-
proximatelv 800 will have re-
ceded $1010.
MEHon OF DISPOSING OF
GARBAGE AT DENVER.
Apropos of the present garb-
age uiihznlion campaign it is in-
teresting to note the Denver
v'olo. method of using the city's
garb nje. Tho city ollicials make
a yearly contract with a feeding
company to collect and dispose
of the complete garbage output
of the city. A nominal sum is
paid to legalize the contract so
that in effect thc city has its
garbage collected and disposed of
free of cost.
This feeding company is a co-
operative organization ea"h
I member feeding to hogs on his.
own premises the proportion ot
garbage the firm allows him to
collect. The feeding company is
required to give a bond of $5000
to the city. One member gels GO
per cent of the garbage and has a
ranch accommodating 5000 hogs
within five mdea o? the city
To insure prompt flnd sanitary
collection the city assumes re-
sponsibility. All trouble call3 are
tent to the civic department of
inspection. This department
then phones the company which
has a light auto-d "livery truck to
gather all garbfigo that may have
inadvertently been missed by the
re 1'ular collectors. Tho company
also t:m't!oy:s an inspector who
is given official recognition and
standing by tho city and whoso
work it is constantly to inspect
garbage and garbage conditions.
The regular civic health inspec-
tors also make inspections in this
regard.
This arrangement has worked
extremely well in Denver. The
garbage is collected in'an entire-
ly satisfactory and sanitary
manner at no cost to the city and
at a cost to the members of the
feeding company of about $2.50
a ton.
For Weakness attd Loss of 'AppetlU
lite Ulil Sni'ir.i gtn'ril ttrcnrthcnlng tosi.
wKOVE'S 1 ASlI.Lfc.SSchMTONICdrivto
V.alinntl bund uj. tl e ijritter... A true ton
tin tuie Appctli-r. Hot aJu'ti and children. SOa
ECZEMA REMEDY
prevents the hair falling out l
stops all itching on first appli
tion. lJnco Ipl.UU.
MANKIN'S HEALING SALV1
hua no equal for old sort cat
bunclc Inflamalion of any tiad.
Etc. Price 50 cents.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
OR MONEY REFUNDED
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The above Btticlos tor itit ftyaUMI
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