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ff- if. TMWTKHJ a Hih.hhpw MUK001B CIMCTKR. BYTHE SEA, BY THE SEA, ETCwj V. H. Twine. Editoi WHILE MEN GO FIGHTING r. it phm.. ....Aiaociirte Editor .D. Nkkoas Associate Editor . H. Twin. Jr.. Manser IN WEST . M. Twins .. Collector THE N. A. C. W. .U MEMBER national. NEono pncas A8QOCIATICN Tho Cimeto li the only Republican Bor in the City of Muskogee. The !jr Phoenix la sometimes Kcpubli M and sometimes indrpendent but at o present time it claims to be indc- Biont, ouch a chenBiiif; is not worth M wnoopB in h 1 to any political fftrtr and yet Bixby, its editor, Rot tUk at the Republican pio ecuntcr. What base ingratitude. fc NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Is the District. Court of Mmkogco County, State of Oklahoma: Viola Brown, Pluint'ff, vs. No. 5504 Harry Brown, Defendant The defentnnt Harry Brown, will take notice Ihnt lie tins been J lutd in the above n inicd Court by ( the plaintiff, Viola Brown, for Divorce for Desertion nud that un JeM tie answer the purtition of the plaintiff, Viola Brown, on or be fore the 12th day of March, 1017 the allegations set forth in said petition will bo taken as Confessed amd judgment rendered accordingly In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the teal of said District Court this the 23rd day of ianuary, 1017. C. H. Shaffer, Court Clerk, By Tom L. Fuller, Diputy, Chrk. Geo. W. Parker, Attorney for Plaintiff. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. In the District Court of Musko gee County, State of Oklahoma: No. 5498 H. Foutch Plaintiff, Vs. Neter Foutch Defendant. The defendant Netter Foutch, wiU take NOTICE that she hay been sued in the above named Court by the plaintiff, II Foutch, for Divorce, by reason of Deser tion and that unless she answer the petition of the plaintiff, H Foutch on -or before the 5 day of March, 1117, the allegations set forth in aid petition will be taken as con. feeted and judgment rendered ac cordingly. In Witness Whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said District Court Ibii the 10 day of January, 1017 C. H.Shaffer, Coutt Clerk, By Tom L. Fuller Deputy Clerk Geo. V. Parker, Attorney-for riaintiff. PALMER'S Skin 25c Delivers Whitener Cjeen sad Bleaches the Compiexwa IfaU Dm, frowa r S JUw SU WKut CU lot PimU tad Ras Skit Gst aVs (Msm1 mi CmuIm M J Ooly ty JACOBS' PIARMAtT ATUUfl. . jlUliTSaBgJ .j u,. ir.i n n.-nnn of French cnllors drliklna en tho beach and havlno a fine time all by themr,olves. Wo can't -scj Iho cca, for It was hack of th photographer, but we can see the bottles and It doesn't take Sharloelc Holme to detect that there is no Prohibition In the scrappy French Republic. pfiQTnM Hi np UinTCQ !f Q 0Vfjirr inKai wttagnuHri ti mb in iEi i n n m p. ?s h uannuuiiuj h h r n a u u r. a a m m ri mi k ? c .i c -j n nu ru ra a r n i: n u w s LIUUUII Uflll BIG VICTORY IS A Sl.AP AT "RILLY" SUNDAY, THE DUST EVANGELIST," WHO TRIED TO "SAVE" THE HUB CITY CHHHGH PGPIREB1IKE1UIUI METHODS Oasl Ballots For Liconso, Regulation and Control After Hearing Tirades Against Rum New Is Net a Vital Religious Question Abraham Lincoln's famous remark .vhlch ondfd with the stiluisout, "but you can't fool all of the people all the ..mo," Is iciallcd by the following tory whed from lloston (M:sd.) to he Cincinnati Enquirer. Doston docidoil nt Us election today n roinaln vot by ono nt the large.it uiajor.tlos It ccr has ylven lor fLC.nro. Tho final fl3urc3o3.459 for licence and 29.977 a.w.nst amaze J even the inor men who have spent rloso to iioojjlo suppose. If total nbstlnonccBtltutlonallty of tho wobb-Konyon law 0f mlshohavlor on Main strcot last $;03,000 In tho campaign, and rinrsea , v.o.o to be enforced In tho churches. ltntil they had studied the text of the night. jro lioing nude to.iight by momho: a of I niort congrogatl'jns would shrink per-opinion. Tho statuto forbids ship- h a btato of Intoxication ho was I'c Mna3arht:rctts Anti'Liecnso Loaguo i (optlbly. It h where so-called prolii- mont of liquor Into Stntcs that have foind In tho corridor of a sulto of of .! at religious organisations fiom which blt.cn ha3 been aimed chlclly at tho enacted embargoes ngainpt It. Thoro j-- they hoped for support workoJ usalnst them. Gundcy Falls Down. I'ti.il early thi3 ovenlng Hov. IJIlly Sunday who 1.C3 boon making a vigor- ous r.o-lkxiiEO (ampaign. aided by ' s-l3i, pouucai ami ousinoss prouiom v,'as inado, howovor, by Morris K West thoiranda of mombors of Protestant10 llm,I,t thniieands of men who nrciloinjor, former president of tho Nat .'lurchci, helloved that the llcinso voto would at least be cut In two, hut, histoad It was more than 7.000 moro than it was lnt year, and tho no - 11 onco ote fell off. Last year iho vote was AG.V.T) for and 31,877 agaliut. J Among tho l'quor men tho voto to day Is accepted as a rebuke to Ullly Sunday and his methods. j Ho has rerohod a blow, they do claret that has robho.1 him of much of his pre3tlgo, and thoy look for a fallln? off In tho attondanco at his tubcrnaclo , during tho renr''us weeks of his Hostnn revival Sunday roalizcs, and It is a'mlttod among the liquor forcos. that the rollg lous Issue which hai figured In many recent noston campaigns plavd its ' part today. Thousands who ordinarily j k'oto no-llconso votod for lojallzod sa-, "oons simply hocausa had tho city gone dry most of the cicdit lor tho victory would have gone to Sunday Duslncss Aids "Wets." I Tho liquor men were aided In their' campilgn by many of tho wealthiest ' cal citato owners of tho city and It Is ten own that largo contributions to tholr fund were mado by loading business men who stipulated though, whoa they ; mado tholr contributions, that the pub-1 Sic bo kept in ignorance of their sup-J port of llcento, ns they fear iho stuto Ald boycott which thofoon ofv liquor, are to inaugurato cgiiiiat all Individ uals and firms who have been prom inent on tho Bide of the brewers and liquor dealers. Pastors of various Protestant churchc3 have promised to nld In the dlroctlon of tho boycott, and they and tholr parishioners will join in the fight that is to bo mado In tho coming year's liquor legislation. The New York World Says. An edltoi'Ial 'n tho Now York H'AfM nnfltlo.-l "llfiBtnti'H Itnnlv tn Mr. I Sunday," siyn: I On the day that Doston was rolling in a reat popular majority In fuvor of licensing tho liquor trado for another year, tno uniteu states senate oy tio vote, tho Vice President being ab- bllo (Ala.) Register: 0Q Westheimer pointod out that sont, refused to submit the question to Tho police department reported tho tH0 Btat0 feeling of West Virginia con ,i reforeudum In tho City of Washing- following raids yesterday: J. N corning tho highly restrictive liquor ton. Thas Boston, whether wisely or Lynch, northwoHt Hamilton and Elml-iawa was evident In tho dully lnvas unwisely, contlnuos to regulate Its own jiousonoiu, wmiio tno national capuai ust how to bn authority beyond its control. 'Hie fact that Boston is moro era - phatlc than usual at this time, In tho prosence of Mr. Sunday's great revival, will cause nstonlBhmont In somo quar - jr- ! . . . .. it Ii..ilnli ti Vf Vrtllr fMV JCAtA - wmi' York World Declares Liquor tera, hut it wai what might have beon exreetcd. llo conducted the campaign on :u'lg!ous Hues, and the more pro foundlj ho stlried tho town tho nioro . tortaln becanio his defeat. A largo vote meant disaster to his causo, and i ho succeeded In arousing much Inter- est in tho balloting. v Diuercnt tactics might have pro ducod Hiiothor result. Tho traffic i liquor and the ueo of liquor arc notmemt on tho tlcclsions or tno u. J. 'emit vital rollglous quostlona na many fjupromo courL in upholding tho con- aaloon that It hau won ItB most notable vjilcrlcs. V. lino Mr. buralny was making tlicr0Bard to a State paeatng laws wh. matter an Issuo of religion and &alvu- t on. 1U3 opprnerts presented it as a enncr pnrcyors nor consumers o - intoxicants voted f?r llconco on these (Jroumw r.ru njectoa tho religious ap J Pal altogether. NATIONAL PROHIBITION Some Defects In the Proposed Con ctltutionnl Amcndmrnt. New York (Jlube The worst thing about prohlbl t'3M has been that It has not pro hlbltcd. Aiena of dryneso havo ,, lltlcinnB nnich good will result." foro tho Women's City Club, of Clevo bcen surrounded by wetnesc. And To UlQ c'iiiciiinatl Post Mr. West- land, nt the Hotel Stutlor. Mr. Con pr.rt.al and Incomplete enforcement ,,-,.,, ...,,.. won BDOve on "Tho Economic Asnoct has developed a train of collateral evils, outweighing In vlclousnezs the admitted cvllo of the liquor traffic. Corruption In Ito wo ret forma has often donned tho foot- ( steps or prohibition, and the eonvlc Man has been bcrn that it did more harm than ood. It also i a He, though proposing an Immense destruction of property, to provide compensation In any way. Men have been allowed, even encouraged, to Invest In a business, end cur people have not been friendly to confiscation. We en dure a land ownership system gravely faulty largely because of tho Investments made In good faith and with public consent. 'Except as to tlave holding wo have never confiscated, and as to slavery there would doubtless have been com pensation except for the madness of the slave-holding states In plung ing In a war to defend their par ticular Institution. LAW VIOLATED Alabama is "dry" by net of Iogisla - turo. Those who think that tho pro hlbltlon law Is offoctlvo are roforrcd to tho following, taken from tho Mo - ra stroots; Harry O'Connor, northwest , r.imira anu scon street aim j. i. juo Namara, 210 South Wilkinson street. Five raids wero reported by Sheriff ,W. II. Holcombo last night, and two ( raou wero docketed at tho county Jail charged with violating tho prohibition 1 laws. . . . Invade Bordor Towns to Pur chase Liquor "Whisky Specials" Provided The following is a spoclal dispatch to the Cincinnati Encalror from llnut tngton, W. Va.: The pIlErlnmgos of Wont Virginians to border Kcutuoky and Ohio towns for supplies of Intoxicants lias this wcok taxed tho capacity of railroad and traction lines, according to ollV-clJ.s. WETS" BELIEVE WE0T VIR GINIA WILL SEEK RELIEF '1" Hf BIB DECISION p Westheimer Cincinnati Distiller, Says U. S. Supreme n . ., ,, . , .. . iiii,l Court's Upholding of Wobb-bOBr Kenyon Act May DO Good If Pilcasure Protects Licensed rtoalorc Trnm "Rnnllrwinprc" uudiuib nuiu ouuuuyyui and Grafting Politicians Tho Cincinnati TIniesSlar says: "Cincinnati liquor dealers woro In - lncIinud TW willll11 lhe,r t0IU- Waa cxpressod In some circles doubt ,i3 to the meaning of tho decision with Would dlsrrlminato ngulnit Interstate fihipmonts. Tin- followin' statement onal wholosalo Liquor Dealers' Asho- ciBtion: 'Wo welcome any law that wm moot tho approval of public son- Umontt. chief .Tuatlco White, In hlu (lccisipn saya: 'Theio Is no Intention of Congress to forbH Individual ubo of Honor.' " Obeys tho Law. W Tho National Wholcsalo Liquor Dealers' Association has always stood for obrdlcnco to law, and if tho do- clston of tho Sunremo court on tho Webb Kenyon act will aid In piotoct 'Ing tho public and tho lawful llcotisod '.l..,',.r -iv.ni flu ImntloL'sni- nil.' irnft ,.,, H,nniM1.. inprnnsliic dRinnn.1 for SS'tho inca-o 0.107 ter i-llni-v la mnnr -n.irl ,.U n th.-if tho , " ll-. -w..w..-- - -..-. poople do not Int'.nd to glvo up tliPS" jntic,c1 for jnf,V,iuaj u.0, which, Chlof Jastlco Wlwtp, of tho Supreme communion service, in a fow homos court, sas in his decision there Is no and In tho penitentiaries nud oleomosy intcnt'on to forbid on tho part of con- nary Institutions." gross O Mr. Conwoll assortod that tho uvor- "Thoro haB been too much conns- ago person believes that national pro cation of proporty by people who drum hlbltlon moans national abstinence, 'wot' and voto 'dry.' Lot us hopo that Tho Hobson bill, if adoptod, howovcr, In tho futuro pooplo will voto as they he added, would moroly rob tho govern drink." mont of ?32C,MO,000 received annually Tho belief is oxprcssed by C'nclii in taxos and permit Indlscrlmlnato natl liquor men that tho voters of manufacture and salo of liquor for any West Virginia will now seek relief other purposo savo for bovorages. from tholr prchcnt state laws, which, "National prohibition In a dangerous sustained by tho Supremo court, make experiment," remarked Conwoll. "No it a felony for them to receive liquor effort has ever beon mado to sAp the from other states for nrlvate consumu- uso or consumption of liquor. "That tlou. Why They Votod "Dry." This view is taken by Loe Wost hoimer, distiller, and Potor Horback, rotallor, who formudly shipped largo amounts of liquor to West Virginia for private usors "I formerly livod In Woit Virginia," said Horbcck. "I know that tho pooplo or ti,at Htato in voting out tho saloons neV(ir intended to Htop tho shipping of jjauor j small quantttlos to private individuals." & j0nB 0f "wot" Ohio and Kontuck) cmes 0y "dry1 "West Vlrglulans. ........... Mnul INQUIRING TO know. Clurleuon New mat tour'ur.J But can tho Democratic party carry out Mr. Bryan's plans nnd still remain Ui pnpinorpHp party? F I'liotj CupyilRlitctt by Aincilcnn I'rpiia i'i-i i n Now Yotk City. Among the ncv occupations which tho fair sex of Eng'and have entered since their men went away to war, lo the making of beer. n thlB photograph, female brewery workers at Durton-on-Trent, who have forsoktn dresses, wcro napped at the noon hour. Tho beer In being shipped to the soldiers at front, VIRGINIA "COP" SUSPENDED ON DRUNKENNESS CHARGE - s Alleged That Ho Also. Drew This Happened In Prohibition State Which, When "Wet," Used To Make Presidents , , An entire nation waited eagerly to lh0 nrst ncWH rrom VIrglnlBi wnore prohlblton hocamo tho law last Novomhor 1. now would tho state which has boon called "Tho Mother of. ir03ldontM." take to this drastic form I orroornmcnt? Would tho authorities not only enforce tho law, but follow Itu dlclatos In tholr own lives? j Hal Direct from Danville- (Va.) to tho Richmond News-Leader comes tho i following: PoHco officer W. C. Hall has becneity. fiUaj)cmiet until somo action Is taken j i,v ,i10 ,)0iiCn commissioners as a result , 5K0 STATES REALLY I Mai;nnal Prnhihitinn a ninnnr. &ail0liai rrOlllDmon a Uangcr- QUS tXDerimeni, lillSSOUnail Tells Clubwomen Tho following Is taken from tho Vjl ' " ' ..... Tll demand for national prohibition In tho United Statos Bprlngs from tho utter failure of sUto-wIdo prohibition, declared Paul S. Conwcll, an attorney ( llf ICilllPliq CltV. IO.. Ill an IlllUrCBH UO- of Prohibition." Is Zchry y 7n the UnUod" lntna- ptrlrtlv BnoiiUIni?. tlinrn Is not .4v...w.., H..V..rf ,. o, ...... v - an inch of It, except In nomo of tho churches whoro grapo Juice is used In must bo accomplished by tho conquest of tho individual." NATIONAL PROHIBITION "We can not decently destroy the property or the rights of thoso whose business Congress has sanc tioned since the beginning and from whom perhaps a third of our Na tion's revenue hat been derived. It would result In poverty, lawless ness, taxation, and distress. Where would we lay this new taxation? Would it be upon the churches nnd charitable Institutions, which me now exempt, or would we lay U upon the backs of the peop'o whor we havo already taxed to the vc, limit of endurance?" Represent tlve J. Hampton Moore, of Pennsyl- I vanla. His Revolver On a Citizen ficcs with his rovolvcr drawn on II. H. Hvans, a local autoiuohllu Halusman. Five polho ofllcora, aided by tho chlof of police, knowing Hall was di Inking, hastened to tho passageway on Main stroot and closed with hlu. a dosperato strugglo ensued In tha dark and Hall's rovolvor wont off, tha bullet, howevor, striking no ono. Pacified, Hall was taken to a hotol, whoro police dotuctlvun watched him all night long. No warrant hus boon sworn oiu iiuiii8t nun. nu ib ui uu- Domoitlc troubles appear to be at tho bottom of tho affair. I'rovious to tho sceiio referred to, Hall followed Hvaus down Main street, abusing him loudly and creating a scono among tho nnvio crowds. 5 REQUIRE WINE Govornmont Domands That the Fiyhtcrs Be Supplied With Favorite Bevorage Franco io far from Prohibition. This is shown in tho following from the Chi cago Tribune: Franco apparently does not bollova that hor soldlors can light tho war with water, or oven coffee, as tholr bovor ago. For her sons who man tho trouch cs at Verdun and along tho Sommo the best red wine she has is ilono too good. She Is, thcrnfoto, conserving her stocks I " ,o vhHage has been I 'ln (' ll-''" BrcatOSt ailXiOtlOS llurlllg tho war. Last year's vlntago failed and the nation has now requisitioned 200,000, 000 gallons of ths year's wine, which, together with 40,000,000 gallons from Algeria, Is being stored nway lu vari ous parts of the republic for tho uso of tho army. This enormous quantity Is only one fifth of tho wlno production of Franco, so It will he seen that tho noncombat nnts of the nation will only suffer a slight reduction In tho amount of their usual drink. In spite of wliat tho pro hlbltoulsto have said France Is a far way from being on tho water wagon. PLEASE READ THIS I Tho real reason for prohibition ac tivities lu Kiiglaud Is contained In the following oxcorpt from an article in tho Now York Times: "It Is understood that Lord Devon port's control of food Is to extend to drink, and It Is said that ho has lu view tho suepensiou of tho salo of all spirituous liquids, for diluu.ng pur poses, until tho ond of tho war. The British Islos are to become as dry. as any prohibition town In Now Hngluud until tho roAtoratton of ponce. Not be causo Lord Doouiiort considers that there Is too much drinking or becauRo ho is a fanatic on the subjoct of tern peranco, but morel) berauso tho alco hol ard tho uu'tr'.'H from whUh It s di i Ucil aro net Ud for tho war. Ahohol la on? of tho main Ingredi ents usod lu tho muklug of amokulejui 1 1 powder, t ., a -v.