The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 18, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 8, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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The Muskogee Cimeter.
NO 18
VOL
MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA.
SvrtJHDW NOVEMIIKR. 8
J919
81 SO Per Year
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That will open in the Held BIclg
December 1st 1919
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TERMINAL COM LCI IOM.lt
l CouitSt.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
In the Superior Court of Mus-
kogee County State 6f Okla-
homa. .
C.L.Nevd3Plantirr No8328!
-Mary J. Nevels Defendant.
The State of Oklahoma to the
Defendant. Mary J. Nevels
will take rotice that she has been
sued in the above named Court
by the Pontiff C. L Nevels. for
absolute divorce and that unless
she aswer the petition ot the
plainfff on or before the 22nd
day of December 1919 the alle-
gations se tforth in said petition
' will be taken as confessed and
iudgment rendered accordingly.
. In Witness Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of saidSupenor Court
. tfch the t4h day of November
1919' L. D. MARTIN
(Seal) Court Clerk.
( -ByDESSACBOICE
Deupty.
II. T.WALKER .
A i -i frr Plnintlfl.
F. J. Gordon H. C. Carroll
Mr. Johnson of Red Bird and
.1 T. Trimble returned from
Boley. where they went to at-
tend the Grand Conclave and the
Grand Encampment and report
a fmo time regardless of the
cold weather. Look out Com-
panions and Sir Knights ; things
have changed. Reporter.
r? LYNCHED IN U. S. IN 10
MONTHS; 11 BURNED 20
SHOT 19 HANGED.
1919 by statas: -Alabama
8 ; 1 white.
Arkansas 5.
Colorado 2 Mexicans.
Florida 4.
Georgia 17.
Louisiana 8.
Mississippi 10.
Missouri 1 white.
Nebraska 1.
North Carolina 2.
South Carolina 1.
Tennessee 1. ' -
Texas 3.
ir
ca" was formed by Negro share
croppers and the dues paid were
to go nni a common tuna to em-
ploy a lawyer. The lawyer was
to make a test case in court of
one farmer's inability to obtain
an itemized statement of his ac-
count. On Octoxer G tenant farmers
on 21 plantations were to ask
t!he owners for a settlement. It
appears that failing a settle-
ment the Negroes were going to
refuse to pick the cotton then in
the field or to sell cotton belong-
ing to them for less than the
market price. Trouble how
ever was precipitated when W.
A. Adkins a special agent for
the Missouri Pacific Railroad;
Charles Pratt a deputy shenfl
and a Negro "trusty" were fired
upon so it is claimed by Negroes
in a church at Hoop Spur. Ad-
kins was killed and Pratt se-
verely wounded. A statement of
one of the persons in the church
at the time however shows that
Adkins and Pratt fired into the
church without provocation and
that iheir lire was returned with
the above-mentioned results
That precipitated the trouble.
One case which will show the
economic exploitation is that Oj
a Netyro on the plantation of It
B. McCombs a white man ir
Ashley County Arkansas. The
Negro's crop was worth $3
322.70 the Negroes share beini
$1661.83. McCombs paid the
I Negro $326 and refused to paj
1 him any more declaring that tht
Negro had taken up the balanci
I in goods. The Negro broughl
suit but' failed to obtain a judg-
I nient the jury being white as is
always the case in that part oi
I the country.
j Another Negro coming frorr
I the State Labor Commissioner's
' office declared that he had work
ed 27 acres on shares and tha
the total value of his crop at
present prices Was Sib06. Th
owner of the land had taken a'
of the crop had refused a settle
combine for the purpose of pro
testing against such outrageous
conditions as these.
NO RAILROADING.
The Negro murderers of J. M.
Williams street car conductor
should pay the extreme penalty.
The law requires that the evi-
dance must be of such a nature '
that every reasonable doubt
about the guilt of the accused be
removed else conviction is a
travelsy on justice.
Unless the police department
has kept some facts hidden that
have not yet been disclosed ti
Times is not convinced that C. L.
Tillry is the guilty Negro.
The Negro woman who told
the police that Tillry confessed to
her that he shot the conductor
said Friday at the preliminary
hearing that she was browbeaten
into making her original state-
ment and then threatened with
murder if she changed her story
on the witness stand.
Three eyewitneeses to the
shooting failed to identify Tillr
is the man.
At the time of Tillry's arrest
he police said they would have a
onfession from him before
ong. The confession has not
icen heard of.
The public wants the murdcr-
:r of Williams punished. All of
s shrink from the possibility of
onvicting the wrong man.
The day of convictions on
'third degree" evidence is past.
There will be no railroading in
Oklahoma county.
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THE YOUTH'S COMPANION
commonwealth Ave. & St. Paul
St. Boston Mass.
tlements then ho has committed
a crime. If this is a crime in a
coi'Miiy where we have been
rpencmig our money and the
lives o four boys to make the
country safe for democracy we
do not understand what the word
means."
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR TAX DEED.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
To Doc Carson Lenard Carson
and Dilca Harris and all heirs of
Ella Malvern deceased owner
of the following real estate situ
ated in the City ot Muskogee
State of Oklahoma described as
Lot Nine (9) Block
Twelve (12) Denn Addition
to the City of Muskogee in
said county and state.
You and each of you are here-
by notified that the undersigned
is the holder of Tax Certificate
No. 1G74 issued on the 29th day
of November 1913 on the above
described property and unless
redemption be made from said
sale within sixty days after the
service of this notice a deed will
be demanded and will be issued
is provided by law.
DOLLIE MULLENS
Holder of Certificate.
Total. 63.
The manner of lynching was ment and the Negro walked 125
as follows :
Burned 11.
Shot to death 20.
tHanged 19.
Beaten to death 2.
Cut to pieces 1.
Drowned 1.
Manner unknown 9.
' The alleged causes are as fol-
lows: Insulting white woman 5.
Altpvcation with white man 1
miles to Little Rock haping to
get a lawyer being absolutelj
penniless. Many similar cases
could be cited and it was a deter-
mination to protest these condi-
tions that led to the formation oi
the organization which is claimed
by the white to have "planned a
massacre."
So far as I was able to dis-
cover after a careful investiga
tion on the ground there is nc
Attempting to pull white worn- basis for belief that a massacre
The National Association for
n Aflvnncoment of Colored
People 70 Fifth Avenue New man's house I.
on -fr-nm ViniVQP 1 .
Trouble between white and
colored mill workers 1.
Assault on white woman 12.
Murder 18.
Insulting white man 1.
Shooting white man G.
Attempted assault on white
woman 4.
Result of race riotf 1.
Talking of Chicago riot 1.
Not turning out of road for
white boy in auto 1.
Leader among 'Negroes 1 .
Circulating incendiary litera-
ture 1.
Misleading mob 1.
Boastful remarks re- killing of
sheriff 1.
Intimacy with white woman
4.
Found under bed in white
The above was clissed from
:he Oklahoma City Times.
A great many of our peoplt
are coming from Arkansas
Texas and other Southern states
to locate in Oklahoma and man
of them are buying afrms. W
are' glad to see these industriou
citizens locate among us and W(
vant to suggest that for the cot-
ton raisers that Mcintosh Wag-
oner Okmulgee and Muskogee
counties arc splendid farming
counties and lands can be pur-
chased at a reasonable price.
Look these counties over and you
will find the best farming lands
in the state.
In the matter of the estate of
Cora M. Floyd deceased late of
the county of Muskogee state oi
Oklahoma.
No. 3333.
All persons having claims
against Cora M. Floyd other-
wise called Cora M. Patton Cora
Patton and Conie Patton de
ceased are required to present
the same with the necessary
vouchers to the undersigned ad
ministrator at 600 N. Kelham
Oklahoma City Okla. withii
four months of the date hereof
or tthe) same will be forevei
oarredy
a Dated at Muskogee Oklahoma
.hifi 'fttttday of Oct. 1919.
mflssk s M l atton
AUiiiiiuaii'Hiui-
TROUBLE
IN ARKANSAS.
was planned by Negroes and in
point ot tact it was the Negroe
who were massacred.
Negroes outnumber whites C
to 1 in Phillips County and if a
massacre had been planned the
casualty lists would not have
been 25 Negroes as against I
whites.
Many white people expressed
doubts of the truth of the "mas-
sacre" stories sent out. It ap-
pears that the purpose of those
stories was to cloak the robber
of Negroes by white landlord!
and agents. Prices charged bj
landlords and plantation stores
as compared with those in the
open market :
Bacon (cheapest grade known
as sour belly) 50c lb. ; open mar.-
ket 20c lb.
Mary Jane Molasses $2 gallon
The coal miners have matched
i scrap with Uncle Sam and it is
only a question of time when
they' will learn that they have
m:io n uprioiia oi'i-mv It a n
matter of history that the fellow j derstand it started because d
or nation that tackles UNULliir-orauon a wnue lawyer irorr
SAM always gets the worst of it. I-ittlo Rock Arkansas was em
ThelNational Association foi
the? Advancement of Coloret
People 70 Fifth Avenue New
York makes public the following
letter from a correspondent neai
the scene of the.race riots in Ar
kansas showing cotton prices
not Negro insurrection as the
cause of the trouble. The cor
respondent whose standing the
Association vouches for writes:
"The whole trouble -as I un-
NOTICB BY PUBLICATION.
In the District Court of Mu-
kogee County State of Oklaho-
ma. Anna Johnson Plaintiff
vs. No. 7186.
Matt Johnson Defendant.
Defendant Matt Johnson
Greetings:
The defendant. Matt Johnson.
will take notice that he has been
lued in the above named Court
iy the plaintiff Anna Johnson
for divorce and that unless he
inswer the petition of the plain
tiff alleging abandonment on or
before the 11th day of Novem-
ber 1919 the allegations'set
forth in said petition will J
taken as confessed fcftd' judg-1
menfrendered &cordliily'X
in triuiesH wnereoi- i v? 'c
hereunto set my hand and af-
Ixed the seal of said District
Court this the 22nd day of Sep-
tember 1919.
L. D. MARTIN
(Seal) Clerk District Court.
By TOM L. FULLER
Deput yClerk.
W. II. TWINE
Attorney for Plaintiff.
We are betting on Uncle Sam as
usual.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
ployed by sixty or seventy col
nvd families to go to Elaine and
rpreset them in a dispute with
hi n'h'te planters relative to the
sale price of cotton. The rumoi
is that the planters had organ
zed to settle with the tenant;
for their cotton on a twenty-five
"(iH basis when in turn th(
planters would sell it for much
more. Quite naturally the ten
ants obiccted to thi? and em
ployed Mr. Bratton to represent
them. A full statement by Mr.
York today made public a state- Expressing himself too freely open market $1.10.
ment showing that 63 persons re. lynching of Negro 1.
were murdered by moos in ine uauses ununown l
United States in tho first ten Total 63.
months of 1919. Of the victims
TER F.
fil were American citizens and STATEMENT BY WAIJ
fwn wore Mexicans. Fifty-nine WHITE ASSISTANT SEC
of the Americans done to eteatn
were Negroes of whom 11 were
burned at stake. '
"Among the causes for lynch-
ing were 'cii dating incendiary
literature' and 'talking of Chi-
cago riot'" says the statement
of the Advancement Association. ;
"Four Negroes were lyncneu ior
RETARY OF THE NATION
AL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF COL-
ORED PEOPLE 70 FIFTH
AVE. WHO INVESTIGATED
1 HE RACE DISTURBANCES
IN ARKANSAS.
The cause of the disturbances
'intimacy' with white women in Arkansas was systematic rob-
Compound lard 56c lb. oper
market 28c lb.
Sack of flour 24 lbs. $2.50
open market $1.25.
in debt and it is an unwritten
law in Arkansas as in many
parts of the South that the Ne-
gro may not leave' the plantation
until the debt is paid.
In one case a Negro waf
charged $50 for two second
hand plows which cost when
new $16 each.
In another' case a set of rope
plow lines which cost 25 centc
In the Superior Court of Mus-
kogee County State of Oklaho-
ma. No. 8304.
J. W. Roberts Plaintiff
vs.
3usie Roberts Defendant.
The State of Oklahoma to the
Defendant Susie Roberts Greet-
ings :
The doiendnnt Susie Roberts Knit ton appears In some of the
will take notice that she has Ul'prings I have sent
been sued in the above named "This 'Federated Union of
Court by th.e plaintiff J. W. America" is camouflage. The
Roberts for an absolute divorce real issue was the dispute over
on the grounds of abandonment the price of cotton between the
and that unless she answer the tenants and planters. The prop-
petition of the plaintiff on or be- aganda published in the press
fore the 5th day ot December i about 'Negroes being armed to
1919 tho allegations set forth in ' Vll all white people and take
3aid petition will be taken as con-1 theii farms away from them' h
fessed and judgment rendered I too ridiculous to be given any
each were sold for $3.50 to the
one for not turning out of the bery of Negro tenant farmers
road for a white boy in an auto- and share croppers. For years
mobile one for an altercation Negroei have been working the
with a white man and one for bo- farms of white owners on snares
ing a leader of his race. Georgia and when tho time came for a
loH the states with 17 lynchings I settlement owners have refused
Missisippi follewd with 10 Ala- to give them itemized statements
hnmn. nnd Louisiana dividing the of their accounts. Necrro tenant
honors of third placo with 8 farmers and share croppers must 100 miles by freight. The actua
lynchings each. The tabulations buy their supplies during the cost could not have been over $5
follow: -yen"! rom rne pruuanon store or mere nas been numreou
Lynchings
Negro.
In another case a Negro waf
charged $58 for a tow sack anc'
4 bushels of cotton seed the value
of which was $4.
In another case a Negro waf
charged $52.60 express for mov-
mg og nine pieces of furnitun
accordingly.
In Witness Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Superior Court
"his the 22nd day of October
1919.
L. D. MARTIN
(Seal) Court Clerk.
By W. II. BALLARD
Deputy Clerk.
W. II. TWINE
Attorney for Plaintiff.
HE BEST CHRISTMAS
PRESENT AT ANY PRICE
How can you make your money
'0 further for Christmas cheer
han with a year's subscription
o The Youth's Companion? It
brings so much into a household
in the Lnitod somo designated store. Thesy3- Ivnchines in the omit when Ne I ores its serious and Informing
State in the first ten months of i tern kept the Negro continually gro have attempted to obtain oontribution its Editorial
Viniifrh
Tlie clipping referred to. is
from the Memphis Tenn. Com
mcreial Appeal of Frielay morn
ing October 3. According to U
S. Bratton. father of the attor
ney accused of "inciting" the Ne
frroes therrin emoted his clientf
I'Vlnimer that it had been impos-
sible for them to obtain itemized
tatemonts of accounts or in facy
to obtain statements at all ane'
that the mar??or was preparinj
to ship their cotton they boinr
"hare croppers and having a half
interest therein off without set
tling with them or alowing'them
to sell their half of tho crop and
nay un tneir accounts. As we
were informed there were some
65 or 70 nf thftsw wlntro rrnnnors
who desired us to represnt thm 1919.
If it's a crira to represent peoplt
in an effort to make honest set-J
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.
In the District Court of Mus-
cogee County State of Oklaho-
ma. ohn Woods Plaintiff
vs. 7191.
Mola Woods Defendant.
The Stafe of Oklahoma to the
defendant Viola Woods Greet-
ings: The defendant Viola Woods
ill take notice that she has been
ued in the above named Court
)y the plaintiff John Woods for
livorce and that unless she an-
swer the petition of the plaintiff
illeging abandonment for more
-han one year on or before the
5th day of November 1919 the
negations set forth in said peti-
tion will bo taken as confessed
and judgment rendered accord-
ingly. In Witness Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and af-
fixed the seal of said District
Court this the 27th day of Sep-
tember 1919.
L. D. MARTIN.
(Seal) Clerk District Court.
By DESSA C. BOICE
Deputy Clerk.
W. II. TWINE
Attorney for Plaintiff.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Matter of the Estato of
Tomes M. Haynes Deceased late
if the County of Muskogee and
State of Oklahoma. No. 3322
State.
All persons having claims
against James M. Haynes de-
ceased are required to present
the same with the necessary
vouchers to the undersigned Ad-
ministrator at 116 Court Street
uicy oi musjcogee Muskogee
County State of Oklahoma
within four months of the date
hereof or the same will be for-
ever barred.
Dated at Muskogee Oklahoma.
fhis 19th day of Sentember.
A. L. WARD
Administrator
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Twine, W. H. The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 18, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 8, 1919, newspaper, November 8, 1919; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc70244/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.