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TULSA STAB. Saturday, October. 10, 1920.
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Special Warning ,
to Bond Owners
Washington,!). C, Oil. 15 The
professional men niiil women of
tlic race have taken a strong stand
against Ilii' vicious propaganda
which is inducing holders of Lib
erty Bonds mill other Government
sccuilitrs to distrust their lnvest
niens mill dispose of tliein at a loss.
Realizing that the Intrinsic value of,
theso government obligations is nil-,
changed iinil that any recession in
iirlej- if these securities means onl.s
an opportunlh to buy for aihleil
profit hy wise investors, the exe
cutive board of the National Meili
cal Association has pledged itself
unanimously to urge anil forward
hy every menus the purcliase of
government .securities anil llielr i e
tention to maturity.
Hie National Meilical Associa
tion, made up or phssiclans, sur
geons, dentists and phuininclsts
numbers among Hs members, lead
el's In thoiiftht and education and
progress of thc. Colored race
throughout the South. At n meet
ing of the executive himrd In At
lanta It was decided thai each doc
tor presest would, on his return
home, advise his people at every
oxrtilnlt to cvnsoy selling their
Libertv Honds and War Savings
Stamps and hold them until thc
mature and also to suggest that
they add to their holdings.
HAYNES WANTS COTTON
PICKF.RS
ViMr. T. M. Hayne.s, well asd fav
orably known citizen of Oklaho
ma, wlio is now located at l)ecw
on his fann, was In the City Frl
dny of last week looking for Cot
ton jilckcrs.
Mr. Dcpcw Ikis about 5Q0 acres
of fine cotton to he picked and is
offering top prices for pickers.
(Information concerning location
etc., of tin Has ties' farm may be
ouniucii til wuue i nomas iiarueri
Shop at Dcpcw.
OKl-'EKS $500.00 FOR CONVIC
TION OK FLORIDA LYNCIIEIIS
The National Association for tlic
Advancement of Colored People, 70
Fifth Avenue, New York to-day an
nounced thc offer of 3500.00 re
wtard for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of any
person or persons guilty of lynch
ing four Negroes t McClcnny, Flo
rida, yesterday. A statement signed
by Jame.s Weldon Johnson, Acting
Secretary of the Association, says:
"Tlic National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
pursuit to its policy of fighting
mob violence offers a reward of
$500.00 payable upon conviction of
any one of the lynchers at McClcn
ny, Florida, to thc persons giving
tlic information leading to the ar
rest. "This latest ntrocit in Florida
adds weight to thc evidence which
this Association has placed before
Congress in favor of a federal law
against lynching."
VICTORY OVER VICTORIA
Tuisji gained n victors, of one citi
zen over Victoria, Texas, when
Owen F. Williams of that Texas
town and son of our well knosvn
financier und land owner, Mr. F.
It, Williams, arrived hero to make
tills his home and take charge of
tlie Elgin Aw., Onfe established by
ids father. Things are likely to
pick up in Cafe line on Elgin from
now on.
PROMINENT OKUVHOMA C1TI
ZEN VISITS TULSA
Mr. S. D. Lyons, proprietor of the
East India Toilet Goods Mfg. Co.,
of Oklahoma City, was in the City
Friday having driven overland in
his $1,000.00 Pierce Arrow.
Mr. Lons has made a pro
nounced success in his lino and is
credit to Uie Hnoc. He left Satur
day for Okmulgee.
VUSKKGKK INSTITUTE NOTESc
Mivs Jane E. Hunter, fotuider and
dlirostor of the Phyllis WheaUe
Home for girls of Clevelandl, Ohio,
Visited the Institute during the past
week.
!r. H. R. Moton, Prludp.il tmdl
Mr. Warren Logan, Vice Principal
attended the opening exercises of
the. Calhoun School of Calhoun,
Alabama, Octobr 7lh.
More llian two hundred teachers
and itudeuU resondcd to thc call
of Prof. H. F. Hubert, Director or
thc Agricultural Department, for
volunteers to enter a "Pea Picking
Contest" The first prize was a-
wnrded In Dnvlil llrttx rr I1u mnlnr
class. More than .sixty ImshcJ of
peas wcregathered by Uie contestants.
Grand Master Webber Visits Tulsa
Grand Master S Webber of tin
Masons is a visiter in the city
Moni.i and i uesday and rimrsda)
of this week, looking after the inter
lvlabor.ile preparations are being
madle for the annual Tuskegee In
stitute Chr.NxintluNimm Show
which will be heldl about the 2ndl
week in November. This event
was established by Dr. Washington
in order to arouse the interest of
the colored people in the vicinits,
is beautifying their front yards.
Prises will be awardler as usual,
an excellent floral exhibition is
expected.
A veny busy week was brought to
a cJose Sattirdlay evenisg, October
ilh witli a concert y Mndlani Chris
line Langc.nlian. Drituuntic Soprano
given in the Institute Chapel. Ma
deline l.angeiihan iscing in lingli.sh,
French nndlHussian; the numbes
were very etitliu.siacall reeeivdl
A wr) interesting meeting of tlie
Tuskegee Isstitutc Hducntiosal As
sociation was held recently. Re
ports of the sessions of theNational
Colored Teachers Associatioos, thc
National Negro Bsiness League and
also the tour of the Southern States
tv the Institute Hand ad Glee Club,
by Mrs. W. T. U. Williams, Mr. A. L.
Holsey and Captain A. J. Ncely,
respectively.
Maj. W. H. Waleott, Commandant
of the Instituts was proftiotcd to
Uie rank of Lieutendlant Colonel to
Social Orders No. I of the Exe
cutive Council. By paragraph 2 of
the some Ordler (.apt. A. R. Stew
art, Assistant Commandant was
promoted! to the rank of Major. The
Commandants Staif lias tiecn con
sidlcrnbly Mrenglened this year.
Haitian lrf asion Called Vlolatloa
of U. S. Constitution by Moorfield
Storey, Ex-President of Ameri
can Itar ARROcintion
Octolier 0, 1020 Moorllcld Storey
of Iioston, ex-previdest of the A
mericiis Par Assoclatin asxl presl-
dest of tlic National Associatios for
the Advancement of Colored People
to-diiyt authokized the following
statement of Haiti, which was given
out at the office of the Advancement
York.
"General Lcjcune's repont on the
condlucl of I'uitedl Stales Marine in
Haiti onl.s cunphnsirrs the fact that
there lias liven no ispveifie dlenial of
the .serious ohargs iii.idle against tlic
American occupation of tha Lsland,
The charges nude lis Mr. James
Weldo Joiilisou acting secretary of
tlieN.itional Asmiclatinn for tlie
dvncvinent of Coloreil People, and
by Mr Herliort J. Seliguiau, were
to the effect that some 3,000 Haitian
had been killed by Murines; that
men audi wvincn had been oorturcd
that unlue nressire had been exert
ed upon the President of Haiti and
other officers in beluir or an Anier
ican lunking iivxtitutiou; and that a
rigid censorship was excluding the
facts alHHit the Haitian situation
from the United States.
"In ans-wer to these specific
charges it is liardls sufficient to
assert 'that some Haitians are grate
ful for what has been done and that
the American adventure in Haiti
has been heneficient.
"Our sshole intervention in Haiti
is in violation of the principles we
proiess anil of our Constitution,
and wharevet Uie Hal'iaivs have
done has been obtained by force.
e have made war on Haiti with
out authority from Congress."
Cotton nir kincr U tlto rtnltr nf
the cav. The M,x.r I. Vvt nnl Ar.
tluir Cannadly, Iwth bachelors anil
caadlidlalcbi for tlie ntwvrlnin ,vi
of iiiatrliiiony, are thechampion cot
ton raisers so far.
fcfTSi;,
ests of the Masonic order. He also
visited Sapulpa and Claremore and
returned to Tulsa to be present at
the consistory reunion here Thursday.
! Pass ThlB Alonp to Greenwood Hush
Houses Please!
The daily news dispatcli in the
Eastern ncwisiiaiiers brlnu ns. flip
gladsome tidings Uiat in the East,
larueuiarly tlie great world mclrop
ilis, New York City, the prices for
!7 out '! 1 stundnrd food articles have
alien betwven July 15 and August
5, last. Sad to relate, thin has in
10 wise reached dear old "Green
wood" for the war prices on every,
thing from a hum sandwich to a one
half NPriim chicken fried still linlil
g( ' in the rcstaurnts along Uicbig
"in 0M Way." According to tlie
dispaches iwtatoes fell 44 per cent
;md cabbage 11 ier cent in price.
riiesp lirice CUtilll's am nesirlv rvnn
half of the recent cJiarges on these
articles, but these is no evidence to
tlie cafe and restaurant natrons ilmi
cabbage and pototoes are cheaper.
i ne price or sugar lias rallen ncar
y 20 ner cent and on nmnmt of
these it is said hotels and boarding
nouses ure reducing heir racs in
ironortion. The averaue rnt rnllii.,,
on food articles in isonie of the lead-
nig cities is as follows: Minneapolis
It per cent, St. Paul. 10 per cent, I)c.
troll, I) ver cent and New York 6 per
cent. It seems that thc truin bearing
this news lo Tulsa has l)Cn ditched
.ouiewhere up the line. Will you
Miwiy pass lite word along?
PASTOR SAYS NORTH IN BAD
WITH RACE PROBLEM
(A. N. P. Service)
Macon, Gn., Oct. 8 Rev. Dr. Win
Russell Owen, white, pastor or the
First Raptist Church of this city,
recently returned from thc North,
vherc he visited Atlantic City and
ither points. He becamc so "alarmed
it what he saw" in the way of so
la! justice lo thc jieople, that he
uslied into print with an inter
rfiew as soon as he returned and
las been "sounding a warning" to
he iieople through his pulpit, based
in the things he saw. In one of
us interviews hc said:
"The North is in for a bad spell
.vith the Negro problem. I round
in this trip more growing hatred
ictween the races in the North than
ne ever discovers in the South. Ne
;ro cooks and maids is some cases
ire making as much a S25.00 a week
There is a growing inter-marriage
lelween the whites and backs and
i flaming racc hatred. Thc whites
ire losing the tolerant spirit that
'ooked uimmi the blacks as the wards
f the Northern states to be pro-
liiestion as old as Moses, of racial
ectcd. Now the question is the old
ntipathy. Ncgroe at Atlantic City
tow have jK-sseSision of several of
he most promincnts parts or the
bathing beach"
lawyer A G. W. Sango of Mus
kogee, sas a business visitor In Uie
City Saturday.
Mr. L. H. Burns of Richville.
Washington and Mrs. G. V. Gray-I
son or McAlestcr, sisters or Mrs.'
A. C. Jackson of this city, were en
tertained at a reception at the
homo of the latter Tuesday
afternoon or last week.
Race Men Avert
Riot in Okmulgee
The Negro quarters- or Okmulgee
is an armed camp this morning, ac
cording lo SpecLil Officer Grant
Cowan, who made a tour of inspec
tion throughout that section of thc
city. Pickers are posted at street
intersections and the Colored oeo-
ple arc prepared for any attack
which may lie made upon them.
After tb8 burning of the house nt
Tenth Slreot mid Morton avenue
(his morning, the Colored people
feared that the mob wlilcli was
Seeking the Negro might make an
assault riie mot), however had no
intention of visling the Ncgro iiuar
ters.
A Marmon car with several Ne
groes in it dashed up and down
Fifth street and Muskogec avenue
early .this morning and the occu
pants fired shots into the air. A
disturbance occurred among a mini
her of Negroes on the east side, ac
cording to a report to the police,
and one Negro was shot. The vol
ley of sdiots which resulted from
this nffray alartmed a number of
Okmulgee rcsfdents who heard it.
Tlic Negroes have armed them
selves in solT defense. Officer Cow
Jii stated but at 3 o'clock this morn
tug the streets were practically de
serted and thc city was quiet. A
small portion of the mob was still
on guard at Uie court house, how-js-er,
at ithnt hour, although it had
been searched twice.
A call for a mnss meeting of the
men of Okmulgee in the district
court lUiis morning at 3 o'clock to
devise ways and means to make
Okmulgee Safe for women, thc
avcntfng a lynching by prompt ac
tion of Shcrirf Henry S. Tucker in
removing the suspect to Muskogee
on the way to McAlesler, and a
mass meeting or Negroes which
adopted resolutions denouncing law
violation and especially crimes a
gainst women and pledging lull co
oicration wiUi thc white race in
Uie detecUon and capture ol crimi
nals, were high spots yesterday in
thc situation created by several as
saults on svhite women and brought
to a rocus by tli attempted assault
on Miss Helen lAnnour Friday night
by a man of our race
Thc lynching was prevented last
night by Shcrifr Tucker when he out
wittcd sin angry mob In front of
the courthouse at thc corner of 7th
avenue as they were about to rush
Uie county jail in quest of Joe At
chison thc Colored man, who had
been arrested earlier in 'the day as
the assailant of Miss Helen Armour
a well known and highly esteemed
young white woman.
Only prompt work on Uie part
of Uie shcrirfs forces saved the
prisoner from the mob, which had
been steadily increasing fn front
of the courthouse since th falling
of darkness. At about 9:30 o'cloek,
which, strangely cnougk was the
exact time the Negro is charged
with having made his unsuccessful
attack on the girl the evening be
fore, tho mob about 500 strong,
surged over the lavn toward the
tlie east courthouse entrance and
demanded the prisoner. The move
inent was partly organized as it is
said Uiat guards had been stationed
by the mob at the back of the court
houe tOp.watch any Attempt on the
part of. the auUioriUes to secretly
hurry him out of town.
Sheriff Tells Mob Suspect ia Gona
As the mob surged up to the
doors Sheriff Tuker, who had evi'
dently been waiting for just such a
movement, stepped eut and slated
Uiat the Negro had been removed
from the couuty jail at between -1
and 5 o'clock in the afternoon and
taken to Muskogee from where he
would be seirt on the night flyer to
McAJester where be would be kept
in lie state iienitenUary for the
time being.
The, reason he did this, the sheriff
jraid, was because he fully under
rtooH that tlic people of th city
had lost patience because ot the
number of recent assaults on white
rirls by Coloreil men, and that he
was not sure that Atchison was the
right man. Ho had dnimeditely
arranged to get him out of town
fter his nrrest, he said, for fear
thai Uie mob would lynch an Inno
cent man.
.Rev. F. F. Walters, pastor of the
First Christian Church, also spoko
of the mob and helped quiet them.
After hearing the sheriff and the
pastor speak Uie mob immediately
began dispersing and alUiougli
there -was me talk later of getting
Mitomobllcs and going to Muskogee
after the prisoner. It is not ber
lUved the threats Trere carried out
in time to got the prisonr befors
re was aboard th train bound for
McAIesster.
There was some douH thrown on
the IdenUty of Atchison as being
the Negro who attempted Uie
crime through tho faet that hc had
fiecn IdenUried by the pirl. Earlier
h the day the sherirf had taken Uie
Nergo to the girl's liome at -111 W.
Twelfth street, bmt owing to the
shock alie had sustained he was not
allowed to see her. However shu
escribed him as w curing u suupea
6iurt aim Kiiuki trouscis, wiucii Ue
scnptiou is said to nave tallica witJj
.uiiLson'h clothes wlu-'u ai rested,
ilw uiieuip'eii crime was one o
Ujo mo6i levoiung wiucii iuu oc
curred in Okmuigee ii) recent years.
iWiHB Armour aIU'-KmU
MisT Armour, who is tlie daugiir
iei' o( Yviu. is. mmujui, 4 loun nuti
jimciM, is it pn ti bjiouvus lepuny
nuu, uitu ib T.eU utc uj &X fiy
kiiuv, uei'.
ilie uttciiuis tlio Uktuulgea tiusi
(less UoilejfC unciu suu i: siuftjiui
eveiliyys to become u sienogi.-ijiit;i'
JU i'iiuuj infill siu: ien tue Uusl
uess cojiege us eusoi una ssus oi
ner a iiume. Ue nad upuosi
ruudicu it wneu liev assailant
jiuirjMt Iiuiii uciuud and Biuspud
ln,f u Uio uuxiut. He uiso loicca
a tai) over her iusc ana mouth, Uie
attack ueaug nudo so ssiiu sue
wua uuuuie to utter a sound. Her
assailant tueu diugged ner turuugu
Uie lulej wiucii runs uesule ner
uoiLse lo the gam go just behind a.
Ailhougli Uio girls was nut uu
conscious she was nearing luseusi
uiiiiy from strungulaliou wlien tue
Acrfio UiugKLU Her into tue garage
and believiug he was about to kill
her she leigned unconsciousness. It
was this quick-witted action that
saved thc girl, for tlie Negro, think.
mg sue wus unconscious, lx'inoved
tlie cap lroni her face and released
his grip ou her throat. The in
stant ho did iso she screamed and
the Negro immediate lied. She is
badly marked trom the encounter,
there being black and blue marks
on her throat and her eyes were
blackened.
Sheriff Gets Bloodhounds
For some treason Sherirf Tucker
says, he was not informed of the
attempted assault by the police un
til Uiis morning. Hc immediately
Iut in long distance calls to Mus
kogee and Tulsa for bloodhound
owners. Muskogee nnswercd first
and Hj pair or hounds reached here
shortly before noon.
The dogs were taken to the scene
of the attempted crime and the Ne
gro's cap which he had left when
he Tied, was used to start the dogs
on a scent. Other evidence which
the Negro had left also helped
the dlogs to pick up Uie trail as well
as indicaUng Uiat his attempted
crime had been well planned.
The dogs led the orficers two
blocks north and straight to Atchi
son's house at 11th and Morton.
There was no one in Uie house
when tlie police arrived. But- thc
inquiries netted them the informa
tion Uiat Atchison lived there and
he was employed as a barber in
Sheppard's barber shop at 17 East
Firth Street.
Arrested in Restaurant
Upon going to 'the shop Uie po
lice wcrc told that hc had left there
and wrs ffoing home to get pair of
shoes. About 1:30 the sherirf trailed
him to a restaurant, where he was
eating dinner.
When he was informed that he
was under arrest charged with the
attempted assault Atchison is reiort
ed no to have shown any sign of
surpriseor to have made any resis
tance. At thc barber shop where he
worked, J. S. Shcpperd the proprie
tor, said that Atchison had worked
for him for about two years and a
hnlf and that he had always borne
a good reputation as Tar as he knew
He snid lid had never known the
prisoner to be in any kindl or troub
le before, and that he had lived in
Okmulgee about Uirec years.
When the cap was found in the
garage and was brought to him to
identify, Shepprd said hc had nev
er seen Atchison wearing such a
cap. Hc said that Atchison usually
wore a grey cap or a hat. The cap
the police brought for him to iden
tify, Sheppard said was green.
Negroes Adopt Resolutions
At a mass meeting of Colored citi
zens held at the office or Wallace
and Stephens yetstcrday, which
meeting wa's! presided over by 1). J.
Wallace, the following resolutions
relative to recent and flagrant vio
lations of the law, were unanimous
ly adopted and pledges made to
carry out thc spirit of the same:
"Whereas, there appears to be .'I
reign or crime and law violation
nproading over the country and
threatening tho fair name of our
city, and including in Its wake as
saults and attempted assaults upon
women, thereby making it unsafe
for women of any racc; and,
"Whereas, Joints and loafing dens
are the breeding places of these
crimes, and vagrants and perpetra
tors Uiereof.
"Resolved, therefore, tht vc ex
press ourselves as unalterably op
posed to crimes of any kind, nnd
of assaults in particular and do
hereby subscribe our portion of
thecitizcnsldp or Okmulgee as here
by and herein pledged to exert eve
ry crfort on our part to prevent the
perpetrators hereof, and secure
their conviction and punishment by
a just action or the law thereby
preventing any probability of the
fair name of our city and state be
ing further disgraced."
The resolutions were signed by
the following: J. A. Roper, chairman
W. . Fort, principal Dunbar school,
secretary; Dr. A. M. Carpenter, E.
R. Tyler, barber; M. C Hayes, real
estate dealer; D. J. Wallace lawyer;
R. S. Gamble, lawyer: C. A. Brooks,
merchant; J. B. Thompson, plumber
ii. r.. rmier, uanicr; j. .si. iiue,
phyfcician; O. Douglas, merchant, E.
M. Madden, minister; Will Shealey;
(Continued on Page Eight)
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Come North Come to the
NORTH I
MAIN I
Department t
Store
And Shop Tor the Whole i
Family at BIG SAVINGS S
Men's Overcoats
$12:98 to S35.00
Men's Khnki Trousers
S2.50
Carpenter's Overalls
$2.75
Painters' and Paper Hang
ers Overalls
$1.50
Men's Blue Overalls, heavy
gradlc, Urdon .Made
$2.2:i and $2.50
Men's Dress Pants
$2.50 to so.r.o
Men's Flannel Shirts
$2.00 to $5.00
Men's nnd Boss' Sweaters..
98c to $G.0O
Men's Hats .
$2.50 to $8.00
Men's Suspenders .
19c
Men's Sox, pair
19c
Men's Blue Work Shirts
Men's Suits
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Very Latest Styles, Wo0I,
Worsted, Serge, Cheviot.
Plain and Fnncv, Noting
Men's and Conservative
Models, A 83.-i.00 value,
Our Price $22.50
Boy's School
Suits
Including Blur Serges, Cor- W
uuiojs, worsteds Sizes 3 to
18, exceptional values at
$3.00 to $12.50
Ladies' Suits
$18.50 to $50.00
Ladies' Serge
Dresses
Prices range from ...
$7.98 to $30.00
Ladies' Silk
Dre$$2s
Prices range from
$10.00 to 35.00
Children's Dresses, Ladies'
Houhe Dresses and Bunga
low Aprons at One-Half
Price
Ladies' and Chilldrcns coats
$1.98 to $65.00
Ginghams, Percales, Nain
sooks, Muslins privedl low
er than any other istore in
town.
BLANKETS
Plain and Plaids, Wool and
.Mixtures, double
$3.98 to $5.98
PILLOWS
1 pound pillows, each
98c
COMFORTS
$3.50 $4.50 $5.50 $6.50
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