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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15
Working Night and Day

The busiest and mightiest little
tling that ever was made is Dir.
hing's New Life pills. Every pill is
sugar coated globule Of health, that
6 langes weakness into strength, list
lsssness into energy, brain-fag into
ilental power They're wonderful 10
luilding up the health. Only . cents
Ter box. Sold by A. W. Foremans
nd Peoples drug store.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15
VINITA "REMINISCENCES.
DowningviIIe- Some of the
EARLY Residents.

Twenty eight years ago last Au-
gust Vlnita was not even a "wide
place in the road" The M. X. &
T. track had been laid to point
where Adair now stands. That
summer the Frisco survey crossed
the NJ. K.& T. at the section house
south Of Big Cabin creek, about
two and one. half miles south of
the present town of Vinita. The
company would have had to build
but one bridge by using this route,
as the road would have crossed be-
low the mouth of Little Cabin.
The location for town at that
point was much better and far
more slightly than the present one,
besides it would have been health
ier, as the drainage would have
been north and south. This was
the view the settlers took of it and
Judge Parks, Jim Hall, Garbrino
and Purcell held their claims at
top prices, for all knew there
would be a good town grow up at
the crossing of the two roads. No
doubt the town would have been
built there had the stockholders
interests been considered, but Mr..
Pierce, the president of the road,
and some citizens entered into a
scheme to divert the route north
and thus get Whatever profit might
arise from the crossing. Johnson
Thompson thought the road would
cross about the middle Of the or
chard on the Mcclellan farm south
of town, and built a large one-story
stone store building at that point.
After the crossing was made, where
it now is, he had the building torn
down and rebuilt on the east side,
where the Mcclellan stone build
ing now stands. About this time
the chief sent John Vann, Rev.
Joseph Thompson and the venera-
BILE DR.. Miller, then Cherokee town
commissioner, and they laid out
the present town of Vinita and
named it Downingville, and in all
Cherokee legislation and in legal
matters it remained Downingville |
until the present town organiza-
tion. The name Vinita was given
the town by the postal authorities,
at the instance of Mr.. Boudinot,
who was an admirer of Winnie
Ream, the sculptress, and named |
the town alter her. Financially, 1
Mr.. Boudinot realized but little |
from his connection with the town |
company in fact none of the
schemers realized anything from
their venture. with the exception
Of Johnson Thompson. Although
much money bad been expended
in building hotels, fencing and
other Improvements, it had been
done almost entirely at the ex-
Dense Of Mr.. Pierce and the rail-
-oad.
When the town lot sale cane Of
Ir. Thompson bad plenty Of tick
is be had bought at twenty cents
IN the dollar, and be bought ios
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15
Pensacola Items.

Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Martin were in
Adair Friday, shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Mclaughlin have
been visiting near Alton.
e. G. Ghormly and family attended
quarterly meeting Saturday.
The smallpox scare is all the talk
but think it is OILY the itch instead.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cumming, Of
Hart, Mo-, spent a week recently with
their neice, Mrs. r. L. Martin.
r. Lee Martin moved his household
goods from PawhUska last week. He
thinks there is no place like the Cher
okee country.
The many friends Of Miss Victoria
Cole arc GLAD TO know she is slowly
improving after a four weeks seige Of
typhoid fever.
DR.. Hollingswortb, who has been
practicing in and around Pensacola
since last July left Friday to attend
Barnes medical school at st. Louis.
He will return and assume his duties
in April
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15
Looks Incredible.

However much we may all regret it,
it is'nevertheless fact that the as
SCISSORS return will not show so many
people in Vinita as last year. 1t
seems incredible that our population
has diminished
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15
Didn't Respond.

jeff Dick, Bill Woods and George
Mayes were three names called on
the grand jury list at the court house
this morning. JEFF Dick was reported
dead of smallpox and the other two
sick with it.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15

| Nzzu"---P PHONE so.
galore, eventually realizing hand.
some profits. Thompson was the
only citizen who had credit in the
St. Louis and Kansas City markets
and it was through him that the
earlier residents of Vinita and vi
cinity obtained supplies. lumber,
tools, seed, etc. He refused no
one credit at his store, and those
opening farms were enabled by
him to break land and raise crops.
His prices were high, and, though
it was said by some Of the evil
minded beneticiaries of his kind
ness that he charged higher and
longer than any man on earth, and
sometimes twice, all felt that he
was good friend and a public
benetactor. He at one time owned
more lots in Vinita than any other
person, but was always willing to
sell one at a fair profit, and thus
really made the upbuilding Of the
town possible, as many other lot
owners would not sell at any price.
About seven years after Vinita
was located he sold out here and
removed to Tahlequah, where he
now resides.
Among the early merchants Of
Vinita was Henry Armstrong, a
Delaware Indian. He built a large
frame store building and ware
house north of the Frisco and west
of the Katy, about where Bert
Walkers house now stands. Here
is where the postoffice was first
located and Lem Ketchum was
deputy postmaster, He was
stocial, Indian and was
Armstrong; chief clerk. He ha-
ted detail and red tape and made
an unsatisfactory officer, and fin
ally he permitted about half a car
Of mail sacks to pile up in his
office unopened and refused to
further distribute or have anything
to do with the mail. Then
Mr.. Campbell, the landlord of the
Boudinot house, became postmas-
ter. He had handsome wife and |
a skinny, tonguey, old mother, the |
latter was the referee in all mat
ters pertaining to the hotel and |
postoffice. Her meddlesome offici-
business rendered her son very un-
popular, and some time in the !
early spring OF 1878 A. P. Goody-
koontz was made postmaster, with
Johnson Thompson and DR.. Nor
ris Frazee as his bondsmen.
Goodykoontz started a store on the
ground where the Oswego elevator
low has its office. He had but
lille capital but had an aptitude
. trade, was original, cheerful,
md soon built up a good business.
y on after he started, G. W.
'een became bis partner and to
two men does Vinita owe more
Turing her early and formative
triod
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15
The smaIIpox on GRAND River.

Or. owen returned from east Of
Grand river today, where he has been
in the employ Of the board Of health.
He reports about forty cases of small
pox of a very mild form, two deaths
and perhaps one hundred exposures.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15
A Wedding.

Wednesday evening the marriage Of
J. Fl. Butler, our popular postmaster,
and Miss Fan Bryd, will be solemnized
in this city. Owing to the Illness Of
the brides father the wedding will be
q quiet and transformations affair.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-15

al Berger returned from Neosho
this morning. The story that be has
lately fallen heir TO fortune and got
ten married, he regrets to say was IN
both particulars in error.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
CURSED BY 4 NEGRO VOTE.

The political conditions of the South.
especially in States like North Caro-
lima where there is such a large H.
Ilterate negro vote, grow worse with
each year 1t does not take an expert
10 observe this State Of affairs. bat
the most casual observer easily sees
that the negro vote is curse to our
fair Southland and that the. only
remed., for this evil is the di>fran-
chlSement OF this ignorant vote.
The Baltimore san has a member
Of the staff of that paper making a
tour of the South, and in viewing the
situation few DAYS ago had the fol-
lowing TO say, which shows that many
Republicans will join the Democrats
IN plotting out this curse forever:
In Virginia, as in every other
Southern State, the Republicans are
cursed by the negro vote. In every
campaign the race question arises and
instead Of campaign fought out on
state issues or national is ueS the one
question uppermost is that of white
supremacy against negro domination.
Of course IN States with a large negro
vote this Solidities white men in one
party The best thing that could
happen TO the Republican party i'll
the South would be the diSfrarci;sc-
ment OF the negro. Unit hat is
done there is no hope in Virginia for
instance. of building up : stron.
minority party, the need of-w hich is
as greatly felt here as elsewhere. =
Durham Herald.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
AIL.TROUBLE ON FARMS OR PLAN.
TATIONS HAS VANISHED.

line Constitutional amendment
has brought about better feeling 10
the state. In absolute and unGues-
tionablc control, the white men feel
the responsibility Of protecting the
negro in all his rights. The white
people Of North Carolina, regardless
Of party, will miss an opportunity to
put their politics on Il higher plane
if they 10 not adopt the amendment.
They owe it to themselves and their
children to do y hat We have done.
Here the negro is eliminated As an
important political factor fair eiec-
tions leave no excuse for comp! Hlnt>,
the white man and the negro are on
friendly terms, NO natiyc-born IlIt-
crate white man loses hi TOIc-aHd
IL, these blessings have been brought
about BY the amendment.-Go Governor
Foster. Of Louisiana.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
A SPUR TO EDUCATION.

The one bright star in the proposed
Constitutional amendment IS the edu-
catioual clause This will do more
to stimulate education in the State
and remove the stigma OF illiteracy
resting upon our people than any
thing else. Preach against it as they
will and misrepresent it as they may
but these are facts the truth Of which
cannot be controverted. As the Lum-
berton RoJesoniaa well says:
The keenest spur to move the
masses Of the people in this State to-
ward education ever devised is TO be
found in the Constitutional amend
mcnt, on which the people are to vote
in August Every boy in the State
now thirteen wears old has, Of course,
eight wears until he is twenty-one
wears Of age. That year, 1903. the
amendment to the Constitution, which
will then be the law, will say to him
unless YOU have learned to read and
write YOU cannot vote. The time.
eight wears, is all that any reasonable
man could ask. If boy cannot learn
to read and write in eight years he is
certainly wanting in the mental force
needed to qualify him to be voter.
There are to be schools enough for
everybody. In that length Of time
there viii be two and two-thirds
years IF school time. Nobody can
/ plead the excuse that educational
! facilities are wanting. We have AT
! last fallen, we repeat upon scheme
to wipe out the sting Of illiteracy
that has been borne so long by the
! State we love.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
QUESTION ANSWERED.

Yes, August Flower still has the largest
~1e of any medicine in the civilized world.
-FOUR mothers and grandmothers never
thought of using anything else for Indi-
gestion or Bilousness Doctors were
scarce, and they seldom heard Of Appen-
dicitis, Nervous Prostitution or Heart
failure, etc. They used August Flower to
clean out the system and stop fermenta-
ton of undigestcd food, regulate the &C,
ton of the liver, stimulate the nervous
and organic action OF the system, and
that is all they took when feeling dull
and bad with headaches and other aches
You only neet; few doses of Green s
matter with you. For sale by the Dorsey
Drug Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
BEAUTIFUL .ANE APPROPRIATE.


On tie occasion OF Memorial Day
exercise, in honor Of the Confederate
Laol 1T o.,l,d..l. cap,.terv Wi}o;nn-
-
'''''' CIV 81 ''''' "P
fT"Pf'ate prayer va, delivered by
Rev. Calvin 5. Blacknall ID. d.:
..AIniohiv God Of Ab,.,n I.aac
and .JarnL- md tho God of ct,r.v.,Il
jackson and Enhart = -rhv
hl,,,inr, we invnkn unon III. MANI
oriar service. We coma m,r,.}inr to
the uu,ic IF fine. ,,ir,,e with h,unors
fur,eI. Eccan-r we remember the he
| loved and the brave who were and
| are not.
We come /, bees. Thee blessed
| Father for ojr hernia. ,I..,I. fn,. .n.ir
! crayr.-for ,her. j. ,r.ndeur in
,rr,ye. there i glory in .-roc,n We
! 1!l:ul, Thee now hat Tnon diJ.f hind
| about the brow of our Southland the.
irirIe band Of cyrrr.s bec.use She
has had the faith and fnr,j1u1-. -
transmit it into a cpronrt Of INNER
iShab!r GLORY. v. thank Thee that
the b,v, and .giri. h4yr .o,,n ,Ln,,u
with the old veterans to-day t. seek
ont these namcI.,. .,rav,s ~, which
to Law ! fr3iI ti,wcr Tr,rh ,hnm
that beneath each sod lie, = hero and
a sacrifice Nav thes. mouui, be-
come affairs Of liberty am! patriotism,
for our children. where once a year
they may come ana remember that
their father, forgot themselves and
their forliIn,!es ami died for THEN
couyictio,.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
800 RcWdard 500.

The readers of the GOLD LEAF will be
pleased TO learn that there is az least one
dreaded disease that science has been able
TO cure in all its stages and that is catarrh
Hail 5 Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure known TO the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being constitutional disease re-
Quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease. and giving the
patient strength by building up the c0nstj-
tuition and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have SO much faith
In its curative powers that they offer one
hundred dollars for any case that il fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY Il Co.
Toledo, Ohio.
ISold by druggists. 80.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24

OVER confidence Is fatal 10 success
in any cause where great effort must
be expended. Let every Democrat
heed the suggestion and work UNI
ceasingly from now until the amend
mcnt is carried at the August cleo
ton
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24

THE United States Supreme Court
has decided in favor Of Beckhan.
Democrat, affirming the decision Of
the Kentucky Court Of Appeals, in
the Governorship contest. The oPin-
ion was handel down b. Chief Justice
Fuller and the case was dismissed for
want Of Jurisdiction.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24

consider it not only IA pleasure but a
DUTY ON" to my ntighborS to tell
about thn wonderful cure Effected in nv
ca" by the timely use OF Chamberlain :
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhua Remedy. |
was taken very badly with hux and pro-
cured bottt" Of this REMEDY. \ lev
doses OF 1t effected u permanent cure.
tax" pleasure III Recommending il to
Others suffering from that dreadful dis
eaSo.-J. W. LNNCH. Dorr. W Va This
remedy is sold by The Dorsey Drag Go.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
THURSDAY, NAY 81, 1900.

IT looks like the Boer war is draw
ing to an end Mafcking has been re-
leyed and the English are pushing
on toward Pretoria.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
Monday, June 18th, 1900
Executors Notice.

I HAN f THIS DAY QUALIFIED A.
l. Executor OF the estate of Robert B,a.
com, deceased, before the Clerk Of the IA.
perior Court of Vance County, and this /,
to notify all persons holding claims against
said estate to present the same Ia ne on or
before the nth day Of May, 1901. OF Iii,
notice will be pleaded in bsr of recovery
of same
Persons indebted to the said estate Of IL
the estate of J. T. Beacon. deceased. must
make immediate settlement.
This 18th May, 1900.
HAMILTON BEAt OM
Executor Estate of Rubt Beacon decd
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24

NORTH CAROLINA should be rid Of
the humiliation OF being the only
State in the American Union that
sends negro to Congress. The
presence Of White in the House Of
Representatives emphasizes the neces-
sity for the adoption of the amend
ment.-WinSton Sentinel.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24

Zig bargains in shoes and hats. at
II. THOMASO\'S.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
REDUCED RATES VIA SOuTtrn,
RAILWAY.
At the Times and Occasions Raj.
Mentioned the Southern PAIL.
Will Sell Round Trip Tickets :.
Follows:

Annual Session Imperial Cuua,i, H.,
OF the Mystic Shrine, WASHINGTON i T
May 22-2i.-onc limited frs elias, :,
for the round trip from all station. "
its lines. Tickets to be sold MAY % q,
and 30 with final limit May -. lgn-
Annual Reunion United Cnni.d ....
Veterans. Louisville, Ky. NAV "a. H..
Bone a. centper mile Gi>rnn-rtray.
in each direction. Rate fr"w Rail-,
S1335; Durham sl2.So: H,ni,,,
S13.35: Charlotte Sl0.So. Trk.,>,.l
sold May p, % and % with tu4I l,,
June 6, 1900.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
Henderson Tannery.

| am now ready to go to work and will
take hides to tan on halves or will buy a,
many as | can, paying highest II aikp'
price for same.
Fair treatment and a square deal guar
anteed in every instance.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24
NOTICE.

PY VIRTUE OF 4 DEED IN IRI->r
- executed by j. Y. Landi> and Wiz
August 10th, 1894. registered in Book Il.
Page lO4, in the Office of the Register :,
Deeds of Vance County, at the ltqut>t y,
j. Ii. Taylor. holder of the debt scene
thereby, l, having been substituted h,
order of Court trustee therein, Will ,cll h,
public auction for cash to the highr>, hi
der at the court house door in llendc,,cr
Vance County, on
Monday, June 18th, 1900.
the tract of land described in said deed In
trust except ~ acres heretofore sold Ii M
trustees and released from said ilu>t L
is situated on the road leading from vi.
liamsboro to Marlow's Chapel in VII.
liamsboro township, Vance County. !,
known as the Almond Hill tract and Com.
tains 2Il acres. more or less II adior.
the lands of the estate and dcyi~cr> nf he
late MIS-. Susan L. Burwell, MI DNi3
Glover, Allen Z. Eaton, J. II Taylor /
Y. overly and others.
I. I. HIGHS
Substituted Trustee.
Henderson, n. C., May II. 1900.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24

MH- W. J. Hen>cy. Of the New
Orleans Daily STATE. who is orc Of the
foremost editors in the South. saws
this OF the operation Of the CONSTITUTE
tional amendment in Louisiana:
1T has worked admirably in the
last two elections. There hasn't been
kick against it. No specification
has been made of any fraud or wrong.
1t has put Louisiana on the old >vs-
TEN of white basis. brought ii back
to the era when il was noted far and
near for the chivalry Of its people and
the bravery Of its sons. Its adoption
was 4 grand and magnificent revolu-
ton. 1t has put the State on the
high road to prosperity, and | believe
that there is higher tone in public
life than in twenty years. There is
feeling OF relief that the negro queS-
ton has been eliminated and that we
have returned to the old time honor. ="
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24

Nix. Norman +. bennett, the bril-
liant young North Carolina cartooni>t,
has returned from New York where
he has been studying art, and will do
special work on the NctcS and ObSerrer
during the campaign. Tuesday :
issue OF that paper had a timely pic
ture representing the sun, white
Supremacy" partially obscured by
the moon. NEGRO Supremacy" with
dark shadow east upon a large por-
ton OF North Carolina" beneath
which are the words viii the eclipse
be total" Jennett's pen will prove
potent factor in the political contest
now on in this Stale
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-24

Among the distinguished visitors a, -
Confederate Reunion Admiral AM n,
Dewey are expected and will be Civ ,
grand ovation by the Veterans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-27
BOOMING IT.
Kansas Newspapers Helping
Along the Exposition.
Committee on Publicity Will
Supply the News.
AFTER SUBSCRIPTIONS
Books Opened In Every Bank In
Kansas.
T. L. Marshall and G. NJ. Beeson
Elected Vice Presidents.

The newspapers of the state are tax
ing up the Semi-Centennial Exposition
idea and are helping the good work
along by devOting large space to COM
plimentary notices Among the first
papers to be received at Chairman f. d.
Coburn's office are the Argentine Re
public and the Girard Press Both
papers gave liberal space to the project.
The committee on publicity and pro-
motion will in the future endeavOr to
keep the papers of the state as well as
events Of interest concerning the expo
sition-
Two more vice presidents have been
named this week They are T. L Mar
shall, of Usage City, to represent Usage
county, and c. NJ. Beeson, of Dodge
City. representing Ford county.
Subscription blanks for the use of
those desiring to subscribe to the cap
ital stock of the exposition company
sas- This was done for the convenience
of those desiring stock and who were
unable to come to Topeka The shares
are placed at IS each. and subscriptions
of from ten shares up to a hundred or
more will be received. 1t is urged, how
ever, that all those desiring stock get it
as soon as possible, as it should all be
subscribed before the session of the leg
islature in January.
The capital stock has been placed at
$4,000. one-half of which has already
been taken by Topeka parties. Sub
scriptions of perhaps $4,000 more may
be taken in Topeka The matter has
met with favor from all parts of the
state, as capitalists in the western cities
Of the state have signified their inten-
ton of taking from 100 to 200 shares
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-27
USE OF AUDITORIUM.
Hall Has Already Been Put to Good
Usage.

The Auditorium has been a great
benefit to the city; in fact, the residents
of the city did not know how badly they
did need the building until after it had
been built The building has been in
constant demand ever since it has been
constructed and the demand is increas-
ing every day, as the following list will
show.
October 27. Republican meeting, adj
dressed by r. B. Welch.
October 81, Republican meeting under
the direction of the Old Soldiers Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt club, speech by ].
r. Burton.
November l. benefit concert by Jack
sons band.
November 8, meeting under the direc-
ton Of the fusion committees.
November 3, Republican meeting, ad-
dressed by Congressman Curtis.
November %, afternoon, J. e. Nissley 3
meeting for the newsboys.
November 49, night, meeting of the
colored Masons.
December rs. 27 and 2s. state Teach
ers' association.
January to u, Kansas Poultry asso-
citation
January 10, State Temperance union
January 16, presentation of medals to
by the Commercial club.
In addition to these dates there are
a number of other applications for the
use Of the hall in which the date has
not been specified.