herald
!'/First Negro Paper
i» Oklahoma.
The >^L Qes rride
, . pOI.I.AK YEAR.
VOL. VIH
JiTOI CITY HERALD
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- q(T p of II I’sury taw' Yes.
t <rrMt chance for ayoung man
r lady pharmacist, with Bin.nl!
Write: City Drugstore,
o. T. (’are Dr. Alston.
Hekf- i- 1! ‘ chance for the grum
blers to put up or abut up. The
Herald if you will keep it there,
will run for you for SLD. Then,
vou mav change the tray.
I’iie Herald will sell to any one
desiring to maintain and run it in
and to the interest of Langston
To auy one desiring to
moveitii’-va} and run it in the inter
of anv other town for $l,OOO.
\ow ihat 11 united and red-hot
campaign hv the American press,
pulpit and public, has kicked poly
runv -u. I polygamous Roberts
(i.vtp, dead ".nd out the next thing
iiionlci leaching. Let the same
reined’- applied and the cure
h- . min and lynch law and
Jr' liri*. ill go. W ill the speak!
io I HE PUBLIC.
L\ng/I‘>\ oiler* the greatest
i
h w ;,m < hanee on record for a
hi : - A > ank on a small cr a large
■•l i'-'i Lutjston L almost as rich,
i-.i ’han a Klondike or Capo
mind. It is a great
1 opening with great chanc-
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onsmvs'A uuo“‘t;tsv
Write: Langston Mer
inutile Association, Langston,
o. r.
AS BEST IT CAN.
Sr.;;, yc >p’e object to the lIekVLD
bviuiM. 1 it docs uot alwayssnvgood
unJpleasing things of'them. The
ii- .u.n cannot please everybody
s:i! ib>f> not try. A newspaper
Uiit does is no good and does not
•i>ih duty to the public. But the
IlntAi.n is liberal and willing to
acminodate, as best it can. either
friend or toe. therefore, any one
thinking they can run this paper
’•etter than the present managers
und owners can have the job by
fu ing us E>ack our change where
iu)i>n we will turn the shop over to
them.
STAND BY HIM.
It is right : md proper that the
People stand by Rev. L. H. Holt.
1 ntil the ranters have pat up
Wiinst him something stronger
than wind, give them no attention,
koine people are chronic kickers,
lnvaVfi have a sore that somebody
drubbed and like the Pharisees,
false as hell and hypocriti
them selves, and though they
■Toe eyc 3 tilled with beans and
“Tid. arc continually upbraiding
betters and endeavoring to
r‘nck motes from the eyes of other
n ple. It is purely the doctrine
'* devil to always be foment
creating disturbances,
an ‘l Hsing h-11, and those who do
t 'he devil and devlish.
I people arc tired of being ho-
A humbugged and hoodooed
/’ rthc sake of bob tail and unbal
' - < sensations. What the peo
: and should have are facts
lu ‘ until these and figures proving
t&em are forthcoming their rant
■ng', shou.d tail upon deaf ears,
tome up with facts and figures an
*c'il hear you, otherwise tegone
THE LANGSTON CITY HERALD.
you faithless, renegading “knock
ers.”
TiTe President Rev. L. H. Holt
and other members of the board of
regents are entitled to the confi
dence and respect of the peo
ple. Bob-tailed journalism to the
contrary notwithstanding. As to
President Holt being a baptist and
a clergyman it is rank and fool
hardy nonsense of which the men
tion as a fault or cause of com
-ptaiut brands the mentioner as lit
tle short of an idiot. A christain
and scholary gentlaman is the
highest order of man and is just as
acceptable under a Baptist banner
as any other. And what is more
such men are the only kind to
whom should be commniitted the
important trust of such an Institu
tion. But we supixise that the
kickers want a “honky r -tonk” mana
ger put in control. It would be a
nice pass if the chief gambler, the
leading sport, or may hap some
“Alabama Rube” was put in
charge. Would the people like
it? Then how ridiculous, how ab
surd, what folly to talk of a man
being a minister and more foolish
still to say Baptist. Some day bis
successor may be a Methodist, a
Congregational!st, Presbyterian,
etc: Then would it be wise to howl {
No. It is cheap devlish nonsense.
USURY.
Be it enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Ok
lahoma:
Section 1. That it shall be un
lawful for any person, firm. com-.
pan vx>r persons to de- j
mand contract receive or take in
tcrest of any person, firm. emu
pany, corpnratt >n or person!
above the rate fixed by law.
■ Section 2. The lawful rate of
interest i.< hereby fixed for the Ter
rilory of Oklahoma ut 12 percent
per annum.
I Section 3. Anv person, firm,
company, corporation or persons,
accepting, receiving, taking, con
tracting or demanding a higher or
greater rate of interest than 12
per cent per annum shall forfeit
, both interest and principal and
lx? estopped from a recovery of any
! part of said principal or interest.
Section 4. Any person, firm,
company, corporation, or persona
violating the provisions of this
l sot shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor and upon conviction be
fined not less than $lO. nor more
than $500,00.
Section 5. All acts and parts of
acts in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
Section 6. This ?ctto take ef
fect from and after the date of its
approval.
This or a very similar la?y should
be passed by the legislature
and placed upon the statute books.
Let the people cry aloud for relief
and it will come. A law like the
one proposed would shut off the
blood sucking vampires from drink
ing (dishonestly) the life blood of
the poor, the needy and the ig
norant. It would choke the shy
locks loose from their helplosj and
defenseless victims. For ten years
we have silently wept, suffered, and
patiently borne these heartless
monsters. Hence, it is now time
that we say: Wretch’ “a pound and
no more’’shall you cut. If you
take mure you shall give up even
that which thou hast and pay that
thou bast not (a right to have.)
The Negro newspaper is the bla?k
man’s only forum where an impar-
MOTTO:—WITHOUT FEAR, FAVOR, OR PREJUDICE, WE ARE FOR THE RIGHT, AND ASK NO QUARTER. SAVE -JUSTICE"
LANGSTON CITY, O. T., SATURDAY JANUARY 27, 1900.
tial nearing is guaranteed. It is
not a luxury, but one of the most
pressing necessities of this age.
The Negro who refuses to sustain
an honest race journal is blind to
his best interests.—Col. American.
More than that, Brother Cooper.
A Negro who refuses to sustain an
honest race journal is, more often
than otherwise, not only blind to
his best interests, hot so prejudic
ed and chock full, of enssedness
that even if he seas the good in a
Negro journal, he pretends that he
doesn’t see it, and never is so hap
py as when engaged in the nefar
ious work of crippling the influence
of the paper and speaking ill of the
men who make saci ifices that the
race may have this most effective
champion of the rights and liber
ties of a long oppressed and pros
cripted people.—The Progress.
■; PAGE DOI GS CULLED FROM J
: OUR EXCHANGES.
An enterprise is not necessarily a
failure because it is controled by a
Negio or Negroes,
Howard University, Hamptom In
stitute, Atlanta University, Tuskegee,
Pish University, and ; iie Washington
colored public schools will have ex
hibits at the Paris Exposition.
Mr W. Bush,- a prominent col
ored man, is elected mayor of Mason,
Term. Er was elected ever a white
candidate, add is the fir.-t colored
man to fill such a position .in the
the state.
When the 48: h and 49th volunteers
reach the Philippine Island B , nearly
3,(W colored troops will be engaged
against the Filipino soldiers.
Xfa.ly one hiiir'of the r'few of the
Gunb-’at Texas, which will be »-tation
cd at Bri’UK.vic . Ga., during their
fair, i« cenftposed of co'orod men. It
•s eatd that lh* Coxae has mor<» col
men as rneirbsrs of her crew
than niiy ether boat on ths wa'vr
The N< gro Eaptistn of Georgia have
purcataed 235 acres of laud near Mac
ci’.u poo which they have established
a college. The building in which they
propose opening the college is an old
antibellum man&iou containing eight
commodious rooms in every way suit
ed for a school. 'I ha promoters have
collected $1,348,71 in two mouths ami
have enrolled about 100 pupils.
THIRTEEN YEAR
OLD WIDOW
Files Letters of Guardiarslrp Tester
day.
Guthric, Jan. 2A—Yesterday the
pretty young widow of the lato Mr.
; Bayles, who was recently murdered
by her father, .Mr. Thomas living
north of McKinley, appeared before
Judge Fester asking for letters of
guardianship. She claims in her pe
tit ion that she is only thirteen years
of age and wants her brother appoint
ed guardian- It will be remembered
i that a few months ago, her late hub
band applied for a license to marry,
but on account of her age the judge
refused to grant the license. They
went to Oklahoma City on the same
mission and was refused there. 1 hey
went over into the Creek country and
were married. The young widow’s
• father was to receive eighty acres of
ground for bis consent for Mr. Bay
les to marry the young girl.
The young widow is a minor and
1 that disqualifies her from acting as
j adminis’rator for the eslate. In that
I case the next eligible person would
be the heirs, which is an older son of
Mr. Bayles, who in all probability wdl
be appointed administrator on th»»
27th. He and the friends of Mr.
Bayles will claim the marriage
was illeg il and v >i.i and th it she is
not the widow of Mr. Bayles. The wid
ow will ask th-* Court to set aside the
farm and all person d property under
$1,500 for her use and benefit The
matter is a complicated one and the
first skrim'fh will commence
on next Saturday.—Scat* Capital*
LEASE QUESTION
INTHEINDIANTER,
Secretary oftlic Interior Makes
Important Ruling.
THE FEDEHtI COURTS CON-
TROL.
Nave Executive Jurisdiction Ever all
ths Leas* Lands.
Cortis Act,
Washington. Jan, 23.—The Secro- 1
of tho interior has given out a ruling
that will in a large measure settle the
lease question in the Indian 1 errilory,
and the decision of the secretary in
favor of the lease holder. It was be
lieved that the Dawes commisson
would have absolute jurisdiction over
the lease question in tho Indian terri
tory, and especially in tho Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations, but such is not
the case, and he Dawes commission
have no more jurisdiction over lease
•’ altera in these nations than they
have over laud titles iu Texas.
'I he s» cretary of the interior has
handed down a decision to govern the
Dawes commission and United States
Indian agent to the effect that rec.
tion 3of tao Curtis bill is the law in
the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations as
in the other three nations of the In
ludian territory and that the federal
courts of the Indian territory have
ext lusive juriadicticn over nil lease
lauds and title questions.
The at*crneys for the cit’S-nn who
seek to dispossess the lease holders in
the Ciiick-aw cation claim that sec ion
3 of the Curtis bill, applies lhe Chero
kve and Creek nations a* they have
made no treaty but that it conflicts
with the \toka agreement and there
fore it does not apply to t 1 /'hy'i’n-
r ' - | land or
;aw and Lhoctaw nations/ f ro m the
»gm meat cnuclause? ’• J but
IheT/uftd Staten t-hall put each al
lot ee in possession of his allotment
and remove all i ersous therefrom, ob
jectionable to the allutee.”
i Mdiiv cf the noncitizens holding
loates in the five eiviliz jd tribe-/ poss
’ essions ad plied to the Dawes commi—•
( sion for a ruling as to their rights. The
1 Dawes commission in turn referred
the complaiants to the Indian
,al. Muscogee. The Indian agent, held
‘that, on January 1, 1900, all leases in
1 the Indian terntoly expired, and that
i citiz jus demanding pofisfesson of their
( laud could have it, and that the lease
holder must vacate, improvements or
no improvements. A great many of
the lease-holders meved out of tho ter
ritory and those remaining took the
matter up to the secretary of the in
ferior. atd from him obtained the rul
ing ’hat section 3 of she Curtis bill is
the law governing these matters m d
that the lease holder may held his
lease claim until he disposed through
due process of law. This in many
cases, will mean that the lessee may
hold his claim indefinately, and in
many cases the majeritj' in fact, tho
i Indian citizen cannot make a cost
bond to have tho lessee removed and
cannot get into court.
The ruling was expected to apply to
the Cieek and Cherokee natiors, but
it. was a surprise that it was stretched
over tho Chickasaw and Choctaw na
i tions as well, and it will be carried to
the higher courts by the citizens in
the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations.
The United States government is
bound by the Atoka agreement to put
the Chickasaw and Choctaw allottees
in peaceable possession of their allot
ments and this cannot be done with
out the lessees are removed, and if
tho lessees choose to hold on under
the ruling of the secretary of interior
they can do bo indefinitely or until
his ruling is reserved,
OUT OH BOND.
Guihrie, Jan. 21 Attorner D. W.
Buckner, leturned yeaterday from
Kingfi-ther. He whs the attorney for
J. E Walcherit* ♦bec-’se h f t-' Judge
Eostei. that oill watcher
and Mrs. J. E. Walcher are arrested
on the charge of being accesory be
fore the tact of the killing of John
Stone. They waved preliminary ex
examination before Probate Judge
MpGe* of Kujgs*heT»nd gate bond
of $2,000 each for their an-earan<*
a. fort- gTO’d jury !nv 1 --.u, 2
JE, ¥- e!-her **:itlire L.r n-
(In Afro-Ameriaw, Newspapers
1898-1901, no. T“. —• J
in law nt Norman. .I E. Walcher is
still at large and many officers are in
the neighborhood making a diligent
search!
OPPOSITION®
TO PIECES.
Opponents of Governor Barnes
Are Quite Disheartened.
FAVQUBLE REPORT ASSUR
ED.
Stere ary H'tchcoci Satisfied With Ex
planations atd wilt so Report to
the President.
Washington I). C. Jan. 2‘2.-The
opposition to Governor Barnes, of
Oklahoma is entirely disheartened
and is rapidly going to pieces. Un
til arrival of the governor, hist
enemies had it al! their own way
and prepared and tiled charges
with lavished prodigality. But the
governor had his “day in court’’
and proceeded to brush away the
cobweb alegations made by his po
litical enemies, and show the ani
mus to have its origin in party
bickerings and petty jealousies.
Governor Barnes and hisfriends
have succeeded in putting matters
in a true light before the depart
ment and Secretary lliehcock has
prepared a favorable report that
will be submitted at the cabinet
meeting tomorrow and acted up
on in a favorable manner and Gov
ernor Barnes will not he disturbed
as chief executive of Oklahoma Ter
ritory.
< t AOR war.
Canadian Troops Sail Foi
South Africa.
Haulax, H. S. Jan. 23-A wildly
enthusiastic crowd, e tunated to num
ber i-0,000 people, biide good-bye to
the first artiiley Canad >in cortingcui*
which embarked thia afternoon for
South Africa on th? Allan Liner Laur
eutaiu.
The section comprised twenty offi
cers, 32 i meu, four mirses, twelve guus
and 348 horses. The troopers march
ed through the streets io the Koyul
Navy yaid, escorted by a de»a<hiuent
of the imperial regulars, of the t'ann
diau dragoons cf VVinuepeg and the
Northwest mounted police. The
chcutiug was incessant. Iho build
ings along the line of march were
gaily d 'corated with bunting, a
large American flag floated from the
window of the American consulate.
The embarkation took place during a
heavy rain storm follpwed by a dense
fog. Thetrans.iort w lost to view
»hundred pords from the warf- A
salute of seveu guns was exchanged
with one of the forts- The voyage to
Cape town is expected to occupy at
hast twenty-five days.
COULDN'T RESIST.
Chicago, Jatt. 22.—Clyde
Wallace was today held to the
federal grand jury in $7,500
bond on the charge of steal
ing a sack of gold from the
United States sub-treasury in
Chicago, in which he was
clerk. Government officers
whotoldofan alleged con
fession made by Wallace de
clared that he had asserted
that he had received overpay
of $5,000 in gold when he
requisition on the vault olerk
for $lOO,OOO to be counted
and that while this was evi
dently an error on the part of
the vault clerk, it had placed
him in the way of temptation
au4 Ue h 4 Ute
sack. Wren hd had
.4 r - * ■ - |\ ‘ ''/ ' ’ ‘ ‘ •■*
1 ’-n u_, e e i ; 1 L
-TO THE PUBLIC!
BIC CUT IN PRICES for the
next
30 Days.
Come now iayour time and chance. It is our offer and out,
goods. If wesel) cheap or give them away it is
.NOBODY’S BUSINESS.
Ooxcte ano. See.
C. R. RENFRO.
Oklahoma Ave., Guthrie, 0« T.
I. B, BEDEB 4 MALLOW,
Furniture and Undertaking.
The cheapest place for furniture and
carpets and undertaking goods in
Guthrie. I want your tr. de and if
First Class Goods low pricesand Fair
Treatment are an inducement, 1 will get it.
An old house with new Values.
120 &122 HARRISON AVE,
Q •cutlxxi.o, Olrlo,.
t’s a
Pleasure
To Please a
Sood Customer,
»■“ ■ -7 - *r-
UN-
Jrcceries, Corn, Huy, Bran,
Chops and Wood.
West Guthrie, Deli ™ re(l « n P» rls " f
Just across the R. R. ,ec ’h-
Henry Shelby.
MONEY.TO LOAN!
5S sOn Improved Farms,-
§>’s Advances Made to Make
Final Proof, Balance of
Loan When Papers are
s ~ Executed. Ten percent Int.
H.H. HAGAN, Over Bank of Indian Territoty.
Gr-a.tlxrie, Ofelalxozctxa.
replace them it is said he put
the partly filled sack in his
pockets and spent the money
in gambling and on the laces.
DESTROYING THE CHILDREN.
‘‘Do Americcn ireu aud womeu rea
liz» that in five cities of cur country
alone there were daring the last
school term over eixteen thousand
children between tho sgas of eight
and fourteen taken out of the public
schools because their nervoua sys
tems were wrecked, and their minds
were incapable of going ou any fur
ther in the infernal cramming system
which exist? today in our schools?”
inquires Edward Bok in the January
Ladies’ Home Journal. “And these
sixteen thousand helpless little
wrecks,” he continues, “are simply
the children we know abiut. Con
servative m°diea! men who have giv
en their lives to the ttudy of children
place the number whose health is
sbatiered by overstudy at more than
fifty thousand each year. It is put
ting the »rutb nriidly to state that, of
ail American institutions, that wbjch
deals with the public education of our
„ n))( . o rnngt faulty, (he
: u aaJ the most
or cot ”
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NUMBER 42
BLOW PAST, O WIND OF
MEMORY.
Blow past, O wind of memory!
I must be calm tonight,
j M hat would they say of one who
bore-
T he trace of grief in sight?
Across the lighted hall you show
My mother’s face to me,
Within a room whose windows wide
Look out upon the sea.
The young moon peeps behind the
panes
Upon her slender hands
And kisses tenderly a form
That there beside her stands.
, The group I love grows wider noi\,
All, all are gathered there
Mv father grave, my sister sweet.
My brothers tall and fair.
Oh, once again to feel the hands
Giaap mine in love of old!
Oh, once again t*v press the lips
lhat now are dumb and cold!
Haste on, O rime! and bring
there
To where they wait above.
It must be sweet, it mint be s wcet
lu that fair Land of Loro.
Oh, hush, my heart! I
No grief must reign in sight,
Blow past, O wind of memory !
I must not weep tonight.
Anna B. BetoSel.