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w,irrtir nUaHMJf ; THE MUSKOGEE CIMETEK. I. II. Price Assoclato Editor K. 1'. Niel.im.i ...Associate Editor ' W. 1J. Twiiie. Jr Manager K. 11. Twine Collector TIIK N. A. C. W. MEMHCR I NATIONAL NCORO PRCDS ASSOCIATION F The Cime'.tfr ii il.o only Hcpuhlicnn papr in the City of Muskounc. The daily l'hosnix is nomutlmcs Republi CRii r.nd fionWimes independent but at tho mesent lima It claims to lo inde pendent, nucli a d-'njfing i nt worth thr" vlioo) in h 1 to any political parly nn-i et Hixly, it.i editor, got rich nt tho Republican pio counter. Whttt base inuiatiliulc. The Republican parly in the ship and all clue tho son. The Oklahoma Negro in sura - that from bitter experience. REI'l-HLIPAN COUNTY CANDIDATES. For f7nj;tcs.s Uci-ouil DiVtikt Harry W.;r.l. For Sheriff-F. J. Iiaya. For County Attorney II. C Whipperman. I''or County Judge Myron While. For County Treasurer A .A. Cotiplund. For County Assessor J. W. Hubbard. For County Clerk W. S. Ilar 1 sha. For Court Clcri: Dr. J. M. Coon. For County Superintendent Miss Alice M. Kobertson. For County Surveyor M. A. Earl. For County Weigher F. T. Swift. Commissioners. No. 1. John L. Cooper, Ft. Gib con. No. 2-J. C. Rhodes, Webbers Falb. No. 3 In in Blr.uohard, Has kell. Slate Representatives. John Lieber. 0. K Cramer. Geo. Leopold. ,ha Culnf.w That sacs Not Affect Tlu Heao IlKBiii- at 111 tonic aihl Inxntlvc rHeet. I.A.N . VIVIC m-.OMi)Ql,IM::h LcltrrUunaritiiinry Uiilmni fiml iIimm i.ut cause uvrvotimesi nor iliijtlnK lit lif.l Kemrmlier Hie lull nmc nn.J i'MiU Ui the tUsatiitc ol 1C. V. ukOVli JS THE GOUCSD COMPOSITOR IN A DRY STATE. rCuninj: (Okli ) Cltlren Tho vlioo oifhelll Afil eotaoln tnoi Tho whole olllc may hav a Krouch but JC YOU smllo and lcoop on iiinll Wlfo won't ctaoln chrd lmupycwfmm Ing tho rent cn't foel so gruuhy. Wlfa t.'ay bo ouf o'Horts, and tho llvpiurUy may bo lampnnt on this earth, but if YOU aro honest and f.trlAKhtrorwRt'd your oxamplo will act them coins your way. "Hrighlen A slir!h: nwyp olluu ; Ail together, now "Ilrlghtcn turdlu noiafv.-yp usyp dunn i "wiieus aiu: youi- 3TII?EiIC II IK BF MUDS Windsor (Canada). Finds That i 'Dry" Ordinance increases ! Drunkenness Anothor bit of ovldonco that prohi bition ia not a euro for lntompornuco but rather an ally of excess Is found In tho following atory o; Increased drunk CHU3S3 In Canada umUr prohibition, taken fron tha Detroit (Mich.) Froo Itcus: Slr.c3 tho minimum r.r.o for tho of fense of drunkonnois in Ontario had boan increased fron ?3 to ?10 sinm tho provlnco went dry In Soptombor, this chws of offoiiso haa increaBod Ja Wimbor during tho time prohibltlou has boon in effect, according to stalls tics niadu public l'riday by Magistrate J. G. Lccalt. From Koptombor 17, tlio dato of tho birth cf a dry j opinio, to October 27, CO charge of dnm!;onos3 woro dla posojl of by Magistrate Lcggatt, ncalurt 3D casoa during tho samo porlod of last year, nn increase of 20 case. Judging from tho number of fines paid by those charged with tho of. fence, a hotter class of men aro now talcing to o.-itroiao drinking. Ileforo prohibition, although1 thu flno was thou 100 per cent un.tller, a majority of tho "dranW elected' to ccrve a Jail torm rather than pay. Iherj baa also been an all-round Increava in crime this year in tho bor der city. Durlp; tho iirat U mouths of last year C75 cnaci wero trlod by Mnnl'Jtraia 1 or -alt. This jcar thoro kail been -n la' rcao to 033 cuaoa. Pioiurs : 'Ltfw asm.i(jioi. S"'k t' - iripic Alf heat cf i;ljn Mr IkkUv hi '- try' r ', , w li'tlhbij xk. U fufCl 55. V'jaye fun, tlU.tnlt malitm !8S CErni3 close t6 h&ME X. . i. ..1 m SUNDAY SAINTS v f London Anawtra.l futher never read the ppr on tho Sabbath Day, Atks his neighbor! for the "latest," Goti bis news thpt way! IMlly never motor-cycles on tho Sab bath Day, 1 Goes with pals who take their car out, Gats hla ride that way! Susie never sows on buttons on tho Sabbath Day, Asks the kindly maid to do it, Gets them on that way! "Kiddle" munn't play with soldiers on the Sabbath Day, Nearly pulU tho kitten's tall off, Gets his play that way! Mother never bcob "tho pictures" on the Sabbath Day, Criticises neighbors' dresses, Gets hor thrills that way! News Note "In addition ti one million and a half persons directly, en gnrjod In the liquor Indut'-ry, who would be thrown out of Jobs if national prohibition prevailed, maW million others In allied trades would lose their means of livelihood and would try to get the jobs of men In other walks of life." 4 COBB AMD PROHIBITION Irvlnrj S. Cobb, tho great humor ist, v. rites In the Saturday Evening Post, of his oxpcrlancea during a hunting trip out west. In his story, "The Cattle Hen of the Republic," I12 (',-crlbcs Colorado's prohibition law in ths following words: ' ' Every now and then, In the cool of tl)3 day, you seo a small group of t'i2 natlvo yeomanry going home, stepping I il nil upon the heaving and tossing sldawalk, and pausing occa sionally, with arms Intertwined and heads Inclined toward a common center, to rjlvs ' r : rouulng hic cups for the t -w . -' constabulary. It I- tho cloj'. of . p-rf-hlc day." FLAYS m SUNDAY CHURCH ORATOR SAYS LAWS CAN NOT ELIMINATE INTEMPERANCE CRUSADE IN A DRY TIN r Phito by I'uul Tlioinpmni, Now York Cly ( Dut all of this wine Is to drink. It Is for tho French warriors at thiit extreme battle-front, and Is but a portion of the Immense supply thM It con stnntly being furnished the soldiers. This wine, direct from tha" f amoui , French vineyards, is renowned the world over. nnriTniisiiTiTsrp on innnr oREAl QUmllllEb Oh LIQUDt pn&icnycn sis "nov" foho bUNoumtu 1 on Utnih MATT00N (ILL.) MAKES AN OTHER EFFORT TO HALT BOOTLEGGERS FARCE OF PROHIBITION LAV IS SHOWN BY CONSTANTI INCREASING SUPPLY F "WET GOODS" IMPORTED BY THE COLORADO METROPOLIS ' DIVORCES IIS' EVANGELIST Twenty-Five Hundred Separa tions Arc Granted During , the Past Year Dr. W. R. Vasson in Address Warns Koarers Against the Man Who Goes About tho Country With a Patented Cure for All Human Ills - WARRANTS ISSUED Illicit Dealer UnderArrest Seeks Immunity and Offers to Give Evidence Against Fifty Others Raid Is Stopped When the Night Captain and Judge Disagree mi IIIPMEITS Ifl EIGHT III Citizens' Thirst Grows-- Bootlegging Causes Slump in Net Beer Sales-Entire State Follows Example of the Big Town and Gets Unrestricted Amounts Mattoon, 111., a prohibition town, Is again shaken to its depths by tho ac- Tho following appeared in the .,v,Moa nf Unnanra ,, , Omaha (Neb.) Dee: Vmlcr a TopoUa, Kansas, dato line, f j St. Jnnopli (Mo.) NowH-ProsB car i led ti'o following story of Increased cr'.mo and divorces in "dry" Kaniaa: There scro G.05S prisoners in Kan sas jallH la tho fiscal year tram Jii'y ' lF.ir, to July 1, 1916, and C.5C 5 divorces granted In tho titaie, nccordlun to a, roport compiled Yy J. W. IIowo, secretary of tho state board of control, from Htatcmonta of clerks of district courts in the state. Thin nhowB an Incrcaso of 1S6 prison cm In Jail, and lSr divorces over a yoar a.;o. Tho roport statos that thero woro 025 lliiuor convictions, of which 117 were in Choroltoo county, 101 la Slr.neo county, H8 in Iteno county and CI In L'eiluwlck county. Tho number of prisoners in Jail was larj;osl In Shawnoo county, whoro 521 woro ennlinod, according to tho report, iit l-wU'i nhnwnd 5G1, Wyandotte 445, and Montgomery 111. Homo of tho i.mallur wustorn countlo.s roport a iaro numbor nf iluouers, probably tli.o lo I. W. W. trouble, tho roport .ll'.OV'S. In tlio number of dtvorcox granted So'lKwIclc county leads with 292; Wy an lotto, socond with 27S; Shawnou, 15); Crawfsr.l. 1-7. and Cherokee, 103 Tho report shows thero woro 169 boys u'idur slxtoon, end !S0 girls under six loea. In jail during tho year. This bo s .in lmruasu of slxtcou hoys and i'ojrtea.1 girls for tho yoar. In attempting too much tho law accomplishes nothing. If tho American citizen can not bo frustcd to handle his own tastes and desires, then citizenship has deteriorated. Preachers' who turn their churches over to political agitators aro crippling tho power of thu gospel. Ho ware of tho'typu of roformor who goos barking about tho coun try with a patent romody up hU sleeve guaranteed to euro all hu man ills. Temperance Is a matter of indi vidual decision. Kvery man must work out his own salvation. "cruBado" has been launched against theso illicit dealers. Tho Mattoon Star thus reports tho latost cleanup: A goncrnl cleanup of bootleggers operating in Mattoon apparently I about to bo mado by the police From an authoritative source it was declared rccontly that warrants charg ing jnoro than a scoie of men with selling liquor in anti-saloon teirltory, had been Issued. Tho first nrrcst, In what Is believed to bo tho beginning of a cleanup at tempted on a broader scale than any heretofore, was that of Jamos Spur ting. Spurling wns placed under ar rest on a warrant signed by Chief Law son. The man hold had beqn employed by tho Lcgg Poultry company, and was at work, whcn..arrestodi' by Olllcors Chancy and Smith. 4 Knows Fifty Others. A mild sensation inrogard to his av- PROHIBITION AND LIQUOR REVENUES A correspondent of tho Xow York Sun c.i'.ls at tout I in to the fact that while Internal rmoinio returns for the year ended Juao CO, 1915, showod .a fa'llnj off in taxea on intoxicating litjujis, they show an increase for 1910. Tho f.tHJnii off was attributed to tho growth of prohibition sentiment. 1 ho roport of tho commissioner for t'ae fiscal year 1916 shows that al though statewide prohibition laws wont into t'ffuct in January 1, 1916, in tho states of Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Oregon, South Carolina and W.iKhlngtou, with a total popula tion of 9.00,000, thero h&s been au incrcaae of ?23, 003,009 In the taxes paid on distilled and formentod ltfjuoro. If prohibition was tho causa of thin dm line In tho receipts from liquor taxes in 191.1, was tho addition of 9,0t0,COl papulation to prohibition ter'tory tin ra jo of tho Increase in 1916 f t"io . s .londont Inquires. "Tho prohibition problem Is u queH tlou for every man to docido for him self. It Is not a question to bo passed rost threatened to develop whon Spu: on by legislators. Iutcmporauco Is ling, trying to gnln from tho police a as old as civilisation and tho indl-promlso of immunity, declared If he vlilu.nl who oxpocta to wipe It out by was lot go, ho would furnish tho namos tho more writing of a law Is doluded,"ot fifty men in MattoonjWho wcro sell Bald Dr, V. It. Wasson of New York ing liquor unlawfully, and that he In a forceful address delivered at All would furnish -oVldcnco sufficient to Saints' Church Sunday morning. convict. Derating the "Billy" Sunday moth- The only comment tho police would oils of conversion of sinners, attack-make on Sparling's arrest was thai Ing systems suggested by so-called "ho had sold to tho wrong parties' reformers of legislating tho drink evil and his arrest was attributed to tho out of existence and impressing his oversight. audience with the truths of self-con Spurling himself declared that ho trol, will power and determination, had been mado a victim by his friends, Dr. Wasson concluded his nddroBsnnd asserted that for tho past several with tho temark: "Tho law goes farwooks ho had been living straight and enough when It suppresses vlco and trying to mako a legitimate living tor crlmo. Wo require tho Horaces of himself and family, tho pollco and othor officers of tho Plans for wholosalo arrests, ono In law, but tho big struggle Ilea wltliformant declarod, had been mado by the Individual." tho pollco, and ho declared it would Beware of Reformer. bo Piratically usoless for any of those "Salvation Is often confounded anlmonUo"0,a ,n warrants to attempt to confused with conversion. Convor-C tho frmf ?f l lttW' slon Is tho first step for tho man The arrests of bootloggors for a tlmo turned In tho right direction. A mauavr"Rcd ono ftnfhour' , , Is not finally saJed until he Is perfect n Jhonpn"mb"l0f grants Issued, and In holiness. Those bombastic 'conver-ot s0,r.vcd' "WM declarod' numberod sions may bo llkonod to got-rlch.moro than a dozen. quick schomos. No man can bo a dovll one minutes and an angel ofi light tho next. Wo must work out our own salvation. Dowaro of the long-haired reformer who goes about tho land declaring that ho has a pat ent device up bis aleevo that, will, give you salvation at a moment's notice. Who church and tho minister can Possibly . lustr'al depression rausol thu fall'ng off for 1915, and industrial pros cr ty brought about L9J not save you from atn. It is up to you Knoweldge, doslrn aud power are do manded in tho settlement of salvation! us well as the temperance problems Conscience plays a prominent part Revelation is tho voice and conscience! the ear. Salvation Is Impossible with out conscience. Trouble comes whenl men do not act on the knowledge tho have assimilated. Their eonscloncet aro hardened. "There Is no such thing as total de pravity. Thero Is a spark of gpodnsssl In every man if you can but reach It Again 1 say, we must work out our own lalvatlon rather than having iti UP, UP, GO U. S. L.IQUOR TAX RECEIPTS; GREATEST IN HISTORY. V Federal statistics prove that de spite the fact that nlnetoen states are dry, more liquor Is now being consumed than at any time In the history of the United Statss. These figures refute any prohibi tion argument to the effact that the use of liquor Is on the decline. Read this from Washington, P C, to the Cincinnati Times-Star: Internal revenue receipts for Sep tember from spirits were $14,358, 830; In 1915 they were $12,231,584. Tobacco revenue receipts in Sep tember were $8,164,567, against $7,107,324 In 1915. Beer revenues In September were $8,204,867; the year before $8,427,509. Donvor (Col.) !o pointed to as an in stanco of tho failure of prohibition I: is claimed that citizens of Colorado aro disgusted with tho dry law hiei. went into offect only last January 1 Tho Denver TImoa sayo: From January 1 lo August 1, the first noven mouths of tho operation 0.. tho prohibition law In Colorado, 111, 132 shipments of Intoxicating liquors woro received in tho ntate under pro vision of tho Btatuto allowing tho im portntion oMCquor by an individual Tor porsonal use. A ohlpmcnt may rangj from a bottlo to a barrel, or ovon a larger contalnor If any In use for thla purpo30. rioglnnlng with January, up to and Including July, tho shipments oluw u steady monthly Increase Reports from county clerks to tho secretary of stnto aro not complete for August, al thourh of tho eighteen counties which bnvo reported ohht show Increases and ten decreases In number of olilp ments. Tho rucoula of tho secretary of stato tnko no noto of tho quantity of each shipment. " Fair Supply Left Over. Whon tho Btato went "dry" on Jan--uary 1 lait thero apparently was a fair nlzod nupply lot over from tho "wot" year. Thla wan indicated In tho faci that durh's iho month of January only 3,507 shipments of intoxicating liquors camo Into tho stato. Tho lnoreaso bo gan with February. In numbor of ship ment.'! they woro: Fobrunry S,S9l March 1 l.'JO1? April 13.1 ,'0 May 19.927 Juno 21.001 July 25,025 Total ! 111,132 Manufacturers of noar-becr and oth or beer oubstltutoa claim that tholr business waa reasonably good up to August, but during that mouth It foil off materially. They chargo this to an incroaso of boot levying. Tlio rcords in tho olllco of tho tccr?tary of stato nolthor hear nut nor disprovo thi3 claim, oinco tho countlos which have roported for tho month of August nro almost ovenly divided botwoen thosj showing Incrcnsos and thoso bhowins docroasta In liquor shipments, whllo in no case aro tho increases or docroa3c maihcd. a. S3 Per Cent of the Liquor. Donvor has about 25 per cent of tho population of tho state, but, figured on tho numbor of liquor ''packages" ban dlod by railroads and other carriers, it has roceivod within a fraction of 33 per cent of all tho liquor shipped into tho stato. Shipments into Donvor for tho first Eovon months of tho year ag grogatod 37,111 out of tho 111,132 for the vholo stato during tho samo po rlod. Tho Denver liquor shipments havo been compiled for August, and show a sllg'it incrcaso over tho preceding month. f For tho first oight months of tho year tho Denver ohlpmonta wore: January 802 Fobrunry 2.SG1 March 5,18 5 April c.191 May g,J7 1 Jwn 7.3.S0 July 8,1 5 Augilst 8,111 Total -is.nr.r. A Proportionate Increase. It In IntoieBting to noto that, w tho exception of tlio first two mon of prohibition liquor shipments rcc od In Donvor and thoso in a.thor-caj ties of tho stato show a proportion incrcaio mouth by month. Thus April shipments Into Denver appn matoil about one-third or tho shlpnie into tho whole state, and the u continues as tho totals for tho city i stato mount month nftor month.'M Viowc.l broadly, no section of ntato may mako claim of abatlncnct iho dlsndvantngo of any other. Kv county, whether It be jjlvcn to mfiv or ngrlcultuial or other pursuits, poara to havo ita share of citizens n thirst that grows largor monthly, Eomo of tho mining counties ma, shown lo bo ' wetter" than bomo ii cultural counties, ns in tho casa Lako, which started in January m only twenty-eight ohlpmonta and! creased to Sll In Juno and 753 in Jj or. a total of 3.C59 for tho sel months, and Larimer, which had in January nnd 11C In July, or a so months total of 1.9 1G. On thn iA hand, there Is Clear Creek, a mlfl county, with n total of 881 shlntr and Prowers, nn agricultural and sB raising county, with 1,306 for tho en months. j Samo Rate of Increase? Vlth few cxcontlons tho snmn o' monthly .Increase to bo found In figures for tho whnlo ntntn nnd Donvor separately is also found td piy to nil individual counties. Puoblo county stnrtod tho "dry ; wiin us liquor shlpmonts for Jam; Gil for Fobruarv. 1.355 fm u 1,809 for April, 1,21 for May, 2,15( Jimo aim L'.isou for July. Weld sta stronger, with 27C for Jnimnrv. a Fobrunry, C71 for March. 767 for A 837or May, 1.109 for Juno and 1 Mir juiy. i,i t-aao had 17G In Jam 181 In Fobrunry, CSC In March, 81 April, us.) m May, l.o . in Juno 1,228 in July. Tho racordsjof soni mo ouior largor countlos aro: uouidor January, 115; FobrJ auft; .Morcn, -197; April, 718; May, Juno, 815; July, 931. DoltaJoj CI; Fobrunry, 72; March, 105 ; 121; May, 131; Juno, 117; Julflfj Fremont January. 39: Foiinmrv March. 222; April, 2C3; May, 28G; J ..uy; juiy. -uy. iiucrfaro January ruui-unry, io i; aiarch, 2S5; April, May, 3 IS; Juno, 507: Julv. son. .t son Janunry, 28; Fobrunry, 35; M i'i; iviiru, yi invi in- Ti.nn I July, 223. Las Animas Janunry rouuiary, ui; March, 517; April, May, 1,170; Juno, l.GCG; July, n port. Logan January, 119; Fobr ia; antral. iwc; April 230; May June. ;ias; July, 398. Mesa Jan u; I'ouruary, 150; March, 175 222; May. P30: Jnnn. n.'in- t,.i Montrose Jannarv." sr? PMirnnrt , March, 77-. April, 130; May, 115; 157; July, 153. Morgan January, ! February, 220; Mnrch, 219; April. na zm juno, 3S3; July, iU. i --Jcinmry. 100; February,! 211; M 2M; April, 297; May. 22 ii Junel July, 459. To'lor January, S2; rum, 2S7; March, 5J2; April. May, C91; Juno, 8C5; July, C95. I ollco and state authorities mnjj enrrntod Flnco tho first of tho $$ oteni tho tido of Illegal liquor sale thirty two cat os v. Ill bo nrosocut tho district attorney in tho Wostj court miring tho coming week