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state sentinel, stigler, haskell county, oklahoma, january 3, 1012.
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PEOPLE AT MULDROW TAKE THE LAW IN THEIR HANDS AND METE
RUT PROPER PUNISHMENT TO DLACK BRUTE FDR HIS TERRI-
BLE ACTION
•Muldrow, oitln., Jan. 1.—Wilbur ' not the, werst crime thenegro liad
Turner a negro, was hanged to the ' committed/ The news that Mrs.
were made happy
limb of a tree here yesterday morn-; Cason had been forced to submit to
ing for one or' the most acrociouf; the brute's lustful desires flew like
• rimes in the history of'Sequoyah I wild /ire over the community.
county. After being allowed to go' There was no longer any doubt
into the home of George Carson, a about the fate of the negro. A mob
prominent white farmer living near ' quickly formed and it meant busi-
liore, to escape the cold, he rnur- lvess. It was about !):30 Sunday
dered Carbon, and then criminally! raoi'ning that'they went to the jail,
assaulted Mrs. Carter three times. In the meantime the news of the
He was ;urested in the house after full meaning of the crime had spread
Airs. < irter had fled from the toi Sallisaw and fifty or seventy-five
house :i mile- and a half over the men started to Muldrow.
ice and frozen grotfnd, in her ban Most of the town of Muldrow
feet, to a neighbor. f tjiere at breakfast as yet unaware oT | brother, Den, and they will probab-
As soon as the neighborhood AVhat had happened. The mob went] ly come up latter part of this week,
found the extent of the crime they .^quietly to the jail, where t tie negro
promptly marched upon the flimsjT was confined, brushed aside all ef-
strueture used as a calaboose here, fort to stqp them, battered down the
brushed the marshal aside, took the j door am! took the cringing negro
negro out and hanged him to a out. 'The rest was short work. A
limp of a tree that grew by the -jail., rope was placed around his neck and
and which looks as if were grown i be was strung up to the troe which
for that very purpose, as a . more stood by, and on which there was a
Henry Shropshire, who was re-
cently convicted in Justice David-
son's court, of shoplifting and given
a fine, appeared before the court
Saturday, of last week, and made
his plea to the Justice of being un-
able to raise the' money, and asked
that he be confined in jail.
When asked by Justice Davidson
regarding the matter he stated that
he had raked and scraped and dug,
and was only able to raise the sum
of §4 on his fine and costs.
He was given a severe lecture by
the "Golden Rule" justice, and when
asked if he would take tlie §4 and
buy a Christmas present for his wife
and baby, and not buy whiskey, a
smile ca; .2 over his countenance,
and he made his promise.
At one of the loqpl churches Sat-
urday night there was present a
happy family, . Henry Shropshire
and wife, and few people present
knew that it was only through the
appliance of the Golden Rule by
Justice Davidson that they were pro-
sent.
There are three other cases pend-
ing against Shropshire and his
frightful polar winds
blow with terrific force at the far
north and play havoc with the skin
causing red, rough or sore chap-
ped hands and lips, that need Buck-
len's Arnica Salve to heal them.
It makes the skin soft, and smooth.
Unrivaled for cold-sores, also burns,
boil3 sores, ulcers, cuts bruises and
piles.
gists.
Prof. T. W. Shelton, of White-
Legal Advertisements
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To the creditors of Zack Ford, De-
ceased.
The creditors of the.aJ?ove named
decedent are hereby notified that the
undersigned was, by the County
Only 25 cents at all drug-' Court of haskell County, Oklahoma,
appointed administratrix of the es-
tate of said decedent, and that all
persons having claims against the
estate of said decedent are required
to exhibit them to said undersigned
administratrix i with the necessary
vouchers, at Keota, Okiahomtt, with-
in four months from the date of the
first publication of this notice, to-
wit: from the 22nd day of December
1911.
Dated December 19th, 1911.
Sirs. Dawn Ford,
Administratrix.
First published Dec, 21', 1911
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ALL PLEAD GUILTY
•/deal gallows could not be found
tor the commission of a lynching.
Turner is a negro who has been
hanging around this section for
some time and 'he Is believed to
have 'lived, at Eufaula! Saturday-
lie went to Van Bureti, Ark., and
is supposed to hae gotten drunk
there. Anyway, he (Stole a locomo-
tive from the vardgFof the Missouri
Pacific railroad, ran it out on the
tracks and "hit 'er up" towards the
north. A message was flashed to
long, strong limb, just the right
height and at the proper angle to
hang a negro on. He was strung
up and left hanging for some time.
In order that there might be no
further trouble, word was passed
aound fo all negroes to keep off of
the streets of Muldrow. The same
order was issued at Sallisaw. Be
it said to their credit, however, the
negroes condemned the act of Tur-
ner as bitterly as the whites, and
tlfey showed no disposition what-
the station agent at Muldrow to ever to resent the lynching.
ditch the engine and the negro. | When the neighbors reached the
The agent ran out,of the station j Cason home, after the crime, and
and threw an open switch, just as | arrest, of Turner, they found two
the drunken negro and the loconio-1 of the Cason children in the blood-
tive came thundering in. The
locomolivf" was derailed and turned
over on its sjde. In some way the
negro escaped in the darkness. He
was not injured.
About mid-night, he showed up
at (fhe home of George Carson, n
farttier, living a mile and a half
north of Muldrow, It was a bitter
soaked bed In which their father
lay dead and two more were in the
bed into which the drunken nergo
had afterward crawled.
Evidently aware that he would
be lynched, Turner, while he was
in Jail, wrote a note add addressed
to his wife, in which he said:
_ r "lapi gojifg to die today. I
Td night, and the negro askedji want you to meet me in Heaven,
permission to come into the house ( And I do not want you ever to
and warm. He was admitted. Af- marry again.''
ter a while Carson went to bed
again and the negro said he would
go out and get some more wood
to keep the fire going. He went
out and when he returned h
an ax as well as the wood.
The note was found on his per-
son after the negro was lynched.
It bore a Eufaula address.
Nobody here will talk about the
had j lynching, but it is understood that
Ho j when Turner was first taken out of
Judge A. L. Beckett was kept
busy for some time last week re-
ceiving pleas of guilty from tftote
who had been engaged in selling
liquor with out the necessarjy
license. Among those were S. <f.
Sallard, plead guilty, and was gil-
en a fine of $50 and 30 days in jaffl.
Harry Howard, plead guilty to tl|e
same charge and received the same
penalty. John Gallaher, sain ft
John Carter and Will Nance, fol-
lowed suit, and were treated witft
the same dispatch and. same fine
and imprisonment as the other*,
$50 aud SO days.
WAS OX A DRUNK
field was a visitor In Muskogee, re-
turning Sunday evening.
SI DO PER PLATE
wa3 paid at a banquet to Henry
Clay, in New Orleans in 1S42.
Slightly costly for those With stom-
ach trouble or indigestion. Today
people everywhere use Dr. King's
New Life Pills for these troubles as
well as liver, kidney aud bowel dis-
orders. Easy, safe, sure. Only
25 cents at all druggists.
Tillie dinger says that although
she dares say her thoughts are as
modest and maidenly as any young
lady's, still she lias often ondered
if kissing a man with a mustache is
anything like tickling her nose with
^ tooth brush. ,
A Gill's Mild Midnight Ride
To warn people of a fearful for-
est fire in the Catskill's a young
girl rode horseback at midnight
and saved many lives. Her deed
was glorious but lives arc often I
saved by I)r. King's New Discovery I and hereby is set for hearing on
in curing lung trouble, coughs and j t!le 22nd day of January, A. I)., 1912
colds, which might have ended in at 1® o'clock a. m., at which time
consumption of pneumonia. "It ! the next of kin and all persons in-
OKDEK FOR HEARING PETITION
TO SELL REAL ESTATE 15V
GUARDIAN
State of Oklahoma, Haskell County,
In County Court.
In the matter of the Guardianship
of Opal Louisa King, a minor,
Now, on this 16th day of Decem-
ber, 1911, comes G. 1). Farrell as
guardian of the estate of the above
named ward having filed heroin his
petition for the sale of the real estate
of said ward for the reasons in said
petition stated.
It is ordered, That said petition
cured me of a dreadful cough and
lung disease," writes W. R. Patter-
son, Wellington, Tex., "after four
in our family had died with con-
sumption, and I gained 87 pounds."
Nothing so sure and safe for all
throat and lung troubles. Price
50c and $1,00. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
Sim Walton, residing near Kan- The main reason that the fool and
inia, was brought before Justice . his money are soon parted is because
Davidson, latter part of last week on | money Is particular about whom it
a charge of being drunk. He plead I goes with.
guilty and was givn twenty days in ] o _
jail and a fine of S10 and the, HERO IN A LIGHTHOUSE
costs. The fine and costs would j For years J. S. Donahue, So.
have easily been disposed of, by I Ilaven. Mich., a civil war captain,
a few days in jail, but. the twenty I as a lighthousekeeper, averted aw-
days was a longer sentence than he ful wrecks, but a queer fact is, he
expected, and when Justice David- might have been a wreck, himself,
son offered to suspend the jaij j if Electric Bitters had not prevented
placed the wood on the fire and • the jail he started to run and as he
when it blazed up, making a bright did so sopeone hit him over the
light in the room, he whipped out head with a hammer with terrific
a big revolver and ordered Cason j force, and that the blow would have
to covef up his head. He also made killed him aven had he not been im-
Mrs. Cason cover up her head. Then mediately swung up to a limb.
the negro seized the ax and chopped
Cason's head open, killing him as
he lay in the bed.
At the point of a sun he forced
Mrs. Cason to submit while he got j
in bed with hei
remain ther
repeatedly assaulting her. She | maB when justice docke
resisted the brute until he struck I the country are' usually
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HKI.lV TllE.M DOWN .
Justice T. H. Davidson, on com-
menting on the unusual quietness
kred me of kidney trouble
and 'chills, "he writes, "after I had
sentence pending
with the uhderstancung thatftl?e
fine and costs be paid, Walton
promptly paid the fine and all
costs.
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Prof. Clias. E. Scott returned
Saturday niglit from Oklahoma
City, where he bad been attending
the meeting of the State Teacher*
association.
Prof. Scott reports an enthuBr | begins talking about new hat
teres ted in the estate of said ward
are required to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why an order
should not bo granted for tho sale
of so much of the real estate of said
ward as is necessary for the reasons
in said petition stated, and that a
copy of this order be published for
3 successive weeks in the State
Sentinel of Stigler, Oklahoma and
posted in 3 public places in said
County as required by law.
Dated this 16th day of Dec , 1911.
A. L. BECKETT, Coun'y Judge
First publication Dec. 22, 1911 .
G. A. Holley, Attorney. 4t
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To the Creditors of J. T. N. Hardy,
Deceased.
The creditors of the above named
decedent are hereby notified that
the undersigned was, byth* County
Court of Haskell County, Oklahoma,
taken other so called cures for years, 'appointed administrator of the es-
wlthout benefit and they' also Im-
proved my sight. Now, at seventy,
i am feeling fine." For" dyspepsia,
indigestion, all stomach, liver and
kidney troubles, they're without I
equal. Try them. Only 50 cent? |
at all druggists.
One of the surest things In this |
world is that when a man's* wife j
he
iastlc meeting this year, r"id is of I will begin grouching
the opinion that much good will mines.
come out of it. The attendance ! _o,
was the greatest yet, and the interest'
displayed was far better than pre*
vioits years. Some three thousand
about hard
THE DANGER OF LA GRIPPE
Is its fatal tendency to pneumonia
To cure your la grippe coughs take
and forced her to j in his court at this season of the j and all were more or less highly j r. i
practically all night, | year, and especially jut after Christ- in favor of a betterment of the pre! j says
ill over
rowded.
her over the forehead with some stat
heavy instrument, probably the I wer
gun, making a scar.
With wonderful presence of mind
Mrs. Cason insisted on the negro
drinking more liquor, which he had
with hiin, knowing that he would
soon be in a drunken stupor. Fin-"
ally when the negro became part-
ially unconscious from the effects
Of the liqu n\ Mrs. Cnson escaped
from him and fled from the house
in her bare feet.
:1 that the holidays just past
the quietest in the history of
case of
speakers were yell attended au^
some good pointers, as well as, good
Stigler, as he had only one case of I information was received by all pte-
druukennss on his dockt. sent. Prof. Scott states that such
He gave as his reason the strenu- j meetings as these are a' great builds
ousness of the new liquor law, and I up to the schools of Oklahoma, and
the fact, that most of those who I that the meeting nex t year pro*
usually indulge in the pastime of j mlses to be even greater than tlie
getting drunk, as a ;way of celebrat- one just passed..
iug the Christmas spirit, were a lit- I — o
members and teachers were present} j Foley', Honey, and Tar Compound
Fisher, Washington, Kas.,
"1 was .troubled wl;h a sev-
sent school system. | ere attack of la grippe that thrciB-
The addresses of the different j ened pneumonia. A friend advis-
ed Foley's Honey and Tar Com-
pound and I get relief after taking
the first few doses. I took three
botttes and my la grippe was cured."
tate of said decedent, and that all
persons having claims against the
estate of said decedent are required
to exhibit them to said undersigned
H. H. Hardy with the necessary
vouchers, at Stigler, Okla., within
four months from the date of the
first publication of this notice, to-
wit: from the 15th day of Dec.,
1911,
H. H. HARDY,
Administrator
Dated April 15, 1911.
First published April 15, 4t
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ESTRAY NOTICE
One mare, sorrel, white face, three
white feet; weight about 1,110.
Call on Mat House, on P. P. Gil-
ham's place, two miles north of Le-
quire.
Get the genuine, in the yellow pack-
age.
Sold at Palace Drug Store.
tie bit leary of taking too many
chances with I'ncle Sam. Then the
justice hlmse'J has been a iittl"
Over the ice and snow in the bit-j bearing on those who make it a
tery cold night, she fled as best she j habit of celebrating with the over
could, to a neighbor, who lived j amount of joy juice, end this pre
more than a mile away. She left 'lably had about as tiiucli to do In
her four children in the house with J the may of putting a damper on the
the drunken brute. One, a Btuall usual drunkenness as the new liquor
baby, was in bed with Mr. and Mrs.
Cason when Cason was murdered.
Without waiting for assistance
the first neighbor aroused, sped to
the Cason tioute, armed to the teeth.
He saw that the negro was not like-
ly to move soon, so he guarded the
house while other members of his
lnv
arrested for vagrancy
family set out to spread the alarm.
As soon as more assistance arrived
the negro was taken out of the
house and locked up In the local
calaboose At that time It was not
known that lie had criminally ' as-
MtHlted Mrs. Cason, and while there
was talk of stringing him up at the
as deemed best to let the
Its own course.
news-of the niurd
tlm
Billy Shockey, of Kanima was
brought before Justice T. H. David-
son latter part of hist week, on a
charge of vagrancy, Jind on enter-
ing Ills -plea of gtrlll.iyais given a
fine of .*10 and thirr^ilyiJ In jail.
Shockey had Intended going to
jail and laying out his fine and
costs, which would have amounted
to about six days In jail, but
when the "Golden Rule' justice
annexed the additional thirty days
he studied very seriously about
the | the matter, and when he was offer-
had I ed the ultimatum of paying the
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
always give satisfaction because
they always do the work. J. T.
Shelnut, Bremen, Ga., says: "I
have used Foley Kidney Pills with
great satisfaction and found more}
relief from their use than from any
other kidney medicine, and I've
tried almost ail kinds. I can
cheerfully recommend them to all
sufferers for kidney and bladder
trouble."
Sold at Palace Drug Store.
-o-
Buy your boy's suit
and \Y
For your coughs and colds take
P.exall Cherry Bark Cough Syrup.
Sold on guarantee. Stigler Drug
Co., sole agents.
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Strongest and longest wearing
shoe in the world, "Stronger Th:in
the Law", sold only by E. and \V.
it
law tnk<
meantliu
been sent to Sallisaw tli* county I fine, and having the jail sentence
seat, and upon assurance ot'the sher-1 suspended during good behavior, the
iff and Judge John H. Pltchford, fine was promptly paid.
the district judge, nnd the County
attorney, that there would be nil
immediate trial, the lynch spirit
was temporarily subdued, and in the
meantime the three officials men-
tioned prepared to go to Muldrow.
Shortly after sunrise It became
known that the murder of Cason was
Any $20, $25 or $30 Suit or Over-
coat In the house now, $16. Okla-
homa Clothing Store.
+
Save big money by buying from
us while the sale Is on, Oklahoma
Clothing Store.
foley'* Hi>nev and Tar Com-
pound "Cures lit Every Case."
Mr. Jas, Mc McC'affery, Mgr, of
the Schlitz Hotel, Omaha, Neb,, re-
commends Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, because It cures in
every case. "I have used It mynelf
nnd I have recommended it 1o many
others who have since told me of
Its great curative power in disease
of the throat and lungs." For all
coughs and colds It is speedily ef-
fective.
Sold at Palace Drug Store.
Do not allow your kidr.ey and
bladder trouble to develop beyond
the reach of medicine. Take
Foley Kidney Pills. Tlicy give
quick results and stop Irregularit-
ies with surprising promptness.
Sold at Palace Drug Store.
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TO THE PUBLIC
Notice is hereby given that, I will
not be responsible for any debts
contracted in my name for the year
,19-12 without a written order from
nie.
W. H. Allen 43-2t
o-- 1—
Durham, Lovington,
ded In finding a poel-
bed wetting, "My
boy wet the bed every nigh'
thro' on the floor. 1
Charles
III., has sum
tlve cure for
little
clear thro on the floor. 1 triei
several kinds of kidney medicine
and I was In the drug store look-
ing for something different to help
him when I heard of Foley Kidney
Pills. After he had taken theni
two days we could se;' a change and
when he hnd takeh two third:* of a
bottle he was cured. That is about
six weeks ago and he has not wet
in bed since,"
Sold at Palace Drug Store. .
'0—
Foley's Honey nnd Tur Compound
is a reliable family medicine. Give
It to your children, and take it your-
self when you feel a cold coming on.
It checks and "?ures courfis (uid
colds and croup and prevents bron-
chitis and pneumonia.
Sold at Palace Drug Store.
NOTICE
I have placed all my notes and ac-
counts in the hands of the Western
Collection Agency, ,1. R. Mathis,
manager,, for collection. Please
call In and settle the same at once,
as I must have my money. This
means you, If you owe me.
Respectfully,
F. A. Fannin, M. D.
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LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN
One strawberry roan, bull-faced
horse, about fifteen hands high
branded S O on left thigh and V on
shoulder. Shod all around when left,
and the horse is one I bought from
John Bryant two years ago. Will
pay a liberal reward for any infor-
mation leading t0 the recovery cf
same, or $5 for bringing horse to
my plucc.
All Woodmen of the World mem-
bers look for this horse. Am a
member of 521, Oklahoma.
Nelson J. Morris,
Kanima, Oklt
12-lt.
Ordinance number go
An Ordinance requiring persons
who conduct the business of pub-
lic weighing in the town of Stig-
ler, for hire, to obtain a license
lor so doing, and regulating the
.price to be charged in said busi-
ness and providing a penalty for
any violations of the provisions
of this ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Board of
Trustees of the Incorporated Town
of Stigler, Oklahoma.
Section 1—That it shall be un-
lawful for any person to operate or
conduct public scales in the Incor-
porated Town of Stigler for hire
without first having obtained a
licence therefore from the proper
authority, and paid for the same in
lawful money of the United States,
as hereinafter provided.
Section 2—For each pair of pub-
lic scales conducted for hire the
sum of fen dollars per year.
Section 3—That it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person or persons to
charge more than ten cents for each
wagon weighed on scales licensed
by this ordinance, and any person
with loaded wagon shall be entitl-
ed to have wagon reweighed when
empty of its contents without pay-
ing any additional sum.
Section 4—That any person viol-
ating any provision of this Ordin-
ance shall be guilty of a misdem-
eanor and upon conviction shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding
twenty-five dollars.
Section 5—For reasons of public
health and safety an emergency is
hereby declared to exist and this
ordinance shall become effective
Immediately upon its passage, ap-
proval and pSblication.
Passed and approved this 2 day of
Jan., 1912.
J. L. Stidham,
President Board of Trustees
L. g. Calloway, Town Clerk.
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NOTICE
State of Oklahoma, Haskell County,
B. F. Walker, Plaintiff, vs
F. D. Chubb, Defendant.
To F. D. Chubb, Defendant:
You are hereby notified that on
the 27th day of December, 1911 an
order of Attachment was issued by
T. H. Davidson, Justice of the
Peace, of Center Township, Haskell
County, Oklahoma; said Order being
to satisfy a claim amounting to
$137.65, due by you, F. D. Chubb,
to B. F. Walker; said order com-
manding the officer to attach any
goods, chattels or property that he
might find in this county, belong-
ing to you, and by virtue of said
Order, W. L. Webb, Constable of
Center Township, Haskell County,
Oklahoma, did attach a certain
horse belonging to you.
You are hereby notified that said
wherein B. F. f Wnlker is
hubb,
aforemen-
tioned Writ or Order of Attachment
was Issued will be heard before T.
H. Davidson, Justice ol' the ePacc, at
his office in the town of Stigler, on
the 31st day of January, 1912.
B. F. Walker, Plaintiff.
NOTICE to THE PUBLIC
yoii are hereby notified that if
you are indebted to any of the un-
dersigned, in the way of a doctor
bill, that you must make satisfne-
toi'y sett'ement on same by February
I, 1012, and have a receipt for same,
or you cannot get medical services
from any of us after that date You
are also notified that after the above
dale all confinement eases will ih-
cash.
S. E. Mitchell
r. F. Terrell
r. m. Counterman
Ernest Thoinu*
T. B. Turner
,1. Culhertson
F. a. Funniu
a. B. Calloway 4'J-;!t
mortgage
cause wherein B. F./• Walker
Plaintiff and yourself,(Fl I). Ch
Defendant, and wherern aforei
SOLD TO SATISFL
goes to muskogee
J. P. Tatum, who has been cm-
ployed by the firm of Dunlap Bros.,
for the past yeur as grocery' sales-
man, resigned his position first of
the year, and left Tuesday morning
for Muskogee, where he will pobably
engage In the wholesale grocery
business. He made many friends
while here all of whom will regret
to hear of his depurture,
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DREW THE SEWING MACHINE
llrud Bollinger, residing In Stig-
ler, wits the lucky person in the
monthly drawing held by Dunlap
Two horses and a hack were sold
by the under-sheriff Parker
Tuesday, afternoon in front of the
court house to satisfy a mortgage
held by Spaulding Bros. Buggy Co.
The vehicle and team was bought in
by the attorney for the company at
$30. The mortgage was given by
W. H. Baker, who formerly resid-
ed on Baker Mountain, near this
place, but who more recently mov-
ed to Arkansas, and turned the stock
and hack over to cover the mort-
gage.
GIN ( LOSES JANUARY 15
The Farmors and Merchants Cot-
ton Gin Is now winding up this
seasons business, and 1 preparing to
cloe down. It will probably be
January 15th before everything can
be gotten in shape, but at present'
they expect to close down on that
date.
Hosiery bought direct from the
are new, dependable
f
IlroB., and he was awarded the sew- and serviceable. You get only new;
ing machine. j clean Hosiery from 1J. and W.
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