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tt m i i & ? FROM THE SOUTH. Below wo publish a loiter from Mr. llolman, received a few days ago from a'frierid'of fiijjiving at Stark villo, Miss. a- .x ' ' "Starkvillo, Miss., Aug. 31, '04. Mr. .J. J. llolman, Topckn, Kas. "Dear friend :trl lake pleasure in writing you because 1 believe any news respecting West Point will be of much interest to you. You know that Buchanan lias moved .from Kosciusko to Wstl'qint, and you have doubtless read' through the papers that wlyte citizens of West Point selected n committee of thirty and ordered Buchanan on Saturday, Aug. 21, to be out of town by (Jiesjjay. Also accord ing to repjrts from seini -responsible sources, they also ordered that all Negro merchants leave and told JiniNCi,ovoll if.'hcwanted to stay he must get off his hack and strike t by the day as other Nogroes. "1 learn today that they have retracted their statement ordering all business Negroes to leave. When, the south bound train pulled up tj the station on Monday, the train that carried Buchanan's fam ily oil, you should have witnessed the bcone. As described to. mo by ovo witnesses, cries and lamenta tions rent the air, and so touching ws the affair that the white pao p.c saw Zieber and, .Qther Negro prearhors and requested that they try -find pacify the colored paoplo by telling them not to leave. 1 'also heard (hat at tho same meet ing they selected tho committee to notify Mivt Buchanan that an or der was discussed to tho effect that every Negro woman in town that had no husband would bo com pelled to take three family wash Jnirs. J. W. Williams. The time is now at hand that Negroes who L Jiave av,oimco of moral courage and manhood can take up the battle cry of freedom for thoso of the race who are try ing to achieve a reputation for manhood, honesty and sobriety in the community in which they live. An order has been given to tho business men of our raco that they leave their respective places of bus iness and hire out by the day. Not only I his, but they have ordered that till colored women having no husbands take in at least three washings per week. This is one of the most absurd and rodiculous .things 'wo have overheard. These poor, white, infernal devils are getting worse every day, and if a stop is not put to these outrages, it will not bo long before tho Negro will have to take up arms and use every means to break up this in- fornal meanness that is treasured up in tho hearts of these rebel's, these poor, white Nogro ovorseors and drivers, who are now trying to gain what they lost in '01. We would to God tho Nogroes would muster up enough courage to de stroy the property of these peoplo in these counties, cities and towns whore they are being so tortured, whore colored peoplo are punished in tho most severe manner for every offense charged against them whether guilty or not. Never mind, Mr. Southern Hell hound, you will change your tune before another two years; if our plans carry as we contemplate in the next few months, we will show you a clip you need never fear. It is time the white people were be ing awakened to a sense of their duty as well as the intelligent and far-seeing Negro, in regard to tho crimes being perpetrated upon tho race. Topoka Plaindealer. We heartily concur with Bro. (Jhilds in everything in this re gard to the depredations perpetra ted against. us in certain localities in -the states also in portions of tho Indian Territory. Wo say likewise that it is time our people wero pluck ing up courage enough to protect their lives, property, and the hon or, womanhood and respect due to our wives, daughters, mothers and sisters, oven to the last qxtromity of giving an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, or in other words, practicing tho same meth ods used against us in such locali ties and sliced blood for blood and destroy property for property. Wo don't believe in such, methods in this christian and enlightened ago, and in portions of our Grand America, where wo have courts and officers too numerous to men tion, but wo say, that in some lo calities througout tho Southland, it seems that the Negro will bo driven to the last extreme, unless our better element of law and or der loving white people and intell igent law-abiding Negroes co-op-orato and devise some means of putting a lawful stop to these de predations practiced only against tho Negro race. Echo. Do Your Banking Business With The Territorial Bank & Trust Co. B Oldest and Strongest Bank in tho Indian Territory. Interest Paid on Doposits.") Abstracts Made. UlUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. Fidelity RnndR Written. 1 TO FOLLOW TREATY. '1 will recommend to tho Creek council," General Pleasant Porter chief of the Creek nation, told the TimesHoiday "that the distribu tion of the surplus lands of tho nation ho carried out strictly in accordance with tho treaty. In fact I will insist upon it. Tho treaty provides that any allottee the appraised value of whose 100 acres is less than $10A0, shall have the right to se lect enough land of the surplus to make ug thodiil'oronco, This must bo done. 1 will recommend that ninety days bo allowed the citizens for this selection. The selections will, of course, bo made in the Dawes commission oflico. Tho bal anco of tho land, after tho time limit shall have expired, should bo sold outright." The Crook council will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Okmulgee, for tho annual thirty days' session. Chief Porter says he will begin working on his mossago within.tho next few days. His recommenda tion as to tho 500,000 or 000,000 acres of surplus land will doubtless bo tho most important. It is known that tho chairman of tho Dawes commission will op pose tho distribution of tho land this way. Ho thinks to soil it all and divide the money Avould bo more expedient and satisfactory. Muskogee Times. R. A. GIVENS, WATCHMAKER & JEWELER. m:hVAi in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Etc. .lust opened in Iront of U. S. Court HoiihO. and 1ms just received my full line of Jewelry which is stiietly tlrst-class and up-to-date in every lespect. J carry nothing but the best goods and of she latest design. My prices are reasonable. Call and see the latest whether you want to buy or not. Nohth SncoND Stuhbt, MUSKOCIHU, I. T. MUSKOGEE TITLE & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING V ABSTRACTS of TITLE. 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