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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-31
GUrrA pERcHA FROM PEAT.
A Discovery In Germany That MAJ
Cheaper the Cost Of Great
Ocean Cables.

Advices from Germany are TO the
effect that a very satisfactory arti-
fetal gutta pereha has been derived
from peat, and great things are ex-
pectcd to result from the discovery
in cheapening the cost Of insulating
ocean cables. Gutta percha is the
only substance thus far discovered
for protecting a wire against the
corrosive action of salt water, and
the product is not only limited, cut
IS controlled by an English firm OF
cable manufacturer, who own the
forests In the East Indies from which
the gutta percha IS obtained.
Experiments TO find a substitute
have been going on for years
throughout the werld but thus far
eothing has been entirely successful.
The price Of gutta percha has been
advanced considerably BY the de-
raauds OF the manufacturers Of golf
balls. which has almost doubled the
cost Of cable manufacture, says the
New York Times, and if this German
inventor is able to make an equally
good insulator out of peat he will
mako a very important contribution
10 the worlds economy, for peat can
be found in almost every country on
the globe in quantities almost unlim'
stoI
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-31
A PATHETIC EXPERIENCE.
An Instance Where Wireless Telegs
raphy Was Anything Bat
BIeaaiRg.


A pathetic experience has been that
Of Capt. Jorgensen, Of the hghtShup
On Nantucket shoals That lightsbip
is anchored out in the Atlantic some
distance from Nantucket Communiea-
tion with the island Of Nantucket IS
kept up by wireless telegraphy, says
the Rochester Democrat and Chnon-
icle.
The other day the mysterious elee-
trio impulses from the land informed
Capt. Jorgensen that his beloved l9-
year-old daughter a Braintree was
dangerously ill., AT the time aud since
the wild Atlantic was sending its
mighty rollers against the hghtship,
and il was impossible for the father
to get away from it: Every day the
wireless messages came freighted with
eloomier tidings, until the announce
ment Of the young girl's death was
made. And still the captain could NOT
be taken from his floating but an
chored prison. The winds and the
waves ragged about the hghtship, and
10 vessel could get near enough to take
him of.
This is one Of the eases in which
wireless telegraphy was not blessing.
Many hours Of mental anguish would
have been averted had Capt. Jorgen-
sen not had intelligence daily from his
daughters deashbed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-31
rhe ni,cr.. Llmit ID perth.

Submarine divers have not ,rSs sue.
ceeded in reaching 500 feet below the
surface with an the advantages Of ar
NOR. air supply ard weights to sink
them. The effort has been made 10
reach a wreck IN 240 feet ofwater. The
accounts state that at $50 feet the
diver began to experience serious
trouble. al 200 feet, after suffering
terribly he lost consciousness and was
hauled up. Divers cannot work much
below 100 feet,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-31

The expenses attached 10 the Unit
ed States army arc something over
n million dollars a week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-31

School opened Monday. Sept.
the 9ih.. High class, with the
extra branches OF algebra. book
keeping. shorthand and typewrit.
ing $500 per month; lower class
es, S1O0 per month-paid in ad-
vance. Parents are requested to
call and make arrangements with
the Sister SUPERIOR. MusIc-Piano,
mandolin and guitar lessons. 25c
for school children and soc for
outsiders. Violin. s1.00 per lessor,
Every Saturday afternoon, needle
work from 2 q. m. until 8 p. m,
and painting lessons from 3 p. m.
until 4 D. M Regular attendance
is required.
boarding school, with musfc,
2f5 % per month.
En-. IsiDoRE, Pastor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-31

In Grippe, coughs often con-
tinue for months aud sometimes
lead to fatal results after the pa
tient is supposed to have passed
Che danger point. Foley's Honey
ard Tar affords positive protec-
fion ard security from those
coughs. Sold by Jas. Pettyiohns.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-31

W C.. Williamson, Of Amherst.
Va, says: "For more than a year
I Suffered from ium hsgo. ! finally
irisl Cha MERRIAM s Pain Balm
aud IL gave me entire relief, which
all other remedies had failed to
io.' Sold by the Palace Drug
Store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1902.
REPUBLICANS on THE RUN.

For the last few days TIE country has
been treated to harangues by certain
republican senators on events in my
thology and history from the feeding
of the minotaur on Greek young men
and maidens down to the last lynching
in the south, as an argument to prove
that the war in the Philippines is just
and humane.
Senator Pritchar6's line OF argument
to the southern democratic senators is:
White people in your state lynched =
negro the other day for criminal assault
on a lady, and you have not publicly
denounced that deed; therefore you
are estopped to denounce the use of the
cold water cure on a Roman Catholic
priest in the Philippines because he
would not tell where certain gold was
secreted; the duke of Alva harried the
Netherlands, then General Smith is
justified in laying waste the island Of
Samar. The democrats have put the
republicans upon the defense in this
Philippine debate. They have them on
the hip badly and the republicans know
it. They have no answer TO make to
the arguments based upon the facts
developed by the investigation of affairs
in the Philippines. They realize their
helplessness; hence the recent manner
of discussing the question INDUCED IN
by such senators as Lodge, McComas
and Pritchard. They wish to muddy
the waters with outrages on the negro
at the south; to draw the attention of
the people away from the true issue ana
the correct state of facts.
Let the heather rage" The more of
this lire of argument we have from
them the better it will be for the demo-
Gratis. The latter should not attempt
to answer such stuff. Why try to de-
fend the white people of the south
when Senator Pritchard charges them
with refusal to let the negro rule here
Let the democrats keep quiet and
these republicans will soon hang their
party with the Manila rope they are
making.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
THE CONDITIONAL PARDON BY
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR.

The Raleigh News and Observer, re-
ferring to the pardon OF a negro by the
governor Of Arkansas on condition that
he removes to Massachusetts, within
thirty days and makes that state his
permanent home says:
THE idea Of making Massachusetts, a
penal colony is original with the COVER
nor of Arkansas. If the men in Massa-
chusetts who have made such loud pro-
feSSionS of love for the southern negro
show their sin Gritty ty helping Thomp-
son to a job and to reformation, other
southern governors may pardon negroes
and send them to Massachusetts. How
long, think you, before Massachusetts,
would protest against being made a
penal colony for southern criminals"
It is not new thing for convicts to
be pardoned or judgments Of courts
suspended on condition thai the party
leaves the state. No doubt the COVER
nors and judges of Massachusetts, have
in times past unloaded some of their
Objectionable citizens on communities
Of other states. What is to prevent the
governor or judge going further and
designating the safe III which the con-
vict is to establish his citizenship?
How can Massachusetts, object and
what good will her objection do If the
southern governors and judges see fit to
adopt this method # getting rid of
some of our criminal class"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
ELECTION OF JUDGES.

The Greensboro correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer quotes Clement
Manley, ex-democratic state chairman.
as saying he mad received letters from
friends urging him to become a candi-
date for the nomina ton Of chief justice.
Mr. Manly says:
But while there Is not an honor IN
the world which I would prefer to the
chief 5usticeship of the supreme court
Of my state, and the position would fill
my soul with delight, and do not hest
tate to say it, one thing absolutely COM
pels me to put the dream away. 1t Is
the short tenure, dependent upon the
whimS, capriceS and bedevilment OF the
political factions and influences. Were
the term for life or good behavior, 50
an incumbent could be a judicial ex-
ponent, regardless of the fluctuations
Of party, I could safely trust myself,
and would covet the nonor. Built as ]
am, there Is no consideration which
could induce me to seek or accept the
position as 1t is now restricted to a
short term Of years, and dependent on
the mutations of political parties
Mr.. Manly is not by any means alone
In his position regarding the election of
our judges. Under the former system
Of appointment for life or good be-
havior" men were selected for their
legal ability, integrity and moral worth.
There was no giving OF nominations to
men as rewards for party service. There
were no newspapers controversies over
questions involving character and moral
qualifications OF avowed candidates
There were no cases of lawyers nomi-
mated by their party as a mere matter
of compliment, with no idea of election
to be followed up by :, political revolu-
ton resulting in their election-greatly
to the surprise Of the PARTY nominating
them.
We do not suppose the people Of the
state will ever give UP their right tC
elect their judges every eight years. A
| return to the old appointive system
would now be regarded as all infringe
| ment of the rights OF the people. We dt
not suppose n man could bs elected t.
the legislature in sny county in tht
| state, who on the stump advocated suct
| change in the constitution. Still fol
| nearly hundred years the PEOPLE hat
| no voice in the selection OF their judi
| cial officers and were content Will
| the then existing mode Of appointment
until changed by the reconstruction
constitution of 1858.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
LovERING's BILL
CONGRESS LOvERINGS BILL.

CONGRESS COVERINGS BILL.
The New England cotton mill men
will not succeed IN their efforts to
strike serious blow vt the mills Of the
south through their proposed amend
ment to the federal constitution. giving
congress power to establish uniform
hours of labor in the manufacturing es-
tabiishments OF the country.
This bill was introduced by Mr.. Low
ering. Of Massachusetts,. and referred
to the proper committee. The news
comes from Washington that the COM
mittee will report the bill adversely.
The real motive ac.uating this move
was, not to protect CT benefit the mill
laborer, but put the hours of labor at the
north on the same footing as those at
the south, in other words to take from
us that advantage which has already
induced many New Englanders to move
their mills south or take stock in south
ern cornpanies
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13

Creenville Reflector: From things
The Reflector hears there will be more
truck growing in this vicinity another
season than in the past This idea
should have taken ruct long ago. Act
ually not enough early Vegetables are
raised around here to supply the home
demand. to say nothing of the good
money that could be made from ship
ments-
Greensboro Record: Major Glenn who
is to be court-martialed for mis- connec-
ton with the water cure in the Philip
pines. is native OF this place. a broth
er Of r. G. Glenn. The Army and Navy
Register, publication that keeps track
Of all the officers IN the army. says
there are no fears as 10 the out
come; that ii will be found tnat he act
ed under strict orders from his su-
periors.
Charlotte Observer: The proposition
of the Tapp-Long Company TO give 10
per cent. OF the gross receipts OF its two
stores Saturday, u the educational
board has delighted the friends Of the
educational movement IN Mecklenburg
The Tapp-Long Company seems 10 have
struck a keynote. for the Andrews
Davenport Company has followed suit
with a proposition TO Sive 20 per cent.
of all ofits sales next Saturday to the
same praiseworthy object.
Bladenboro correspondence Clarkton
Express: rhave learned that the fence
suit heard in Fayetteville last week fell
through. II is to be hoped ;nat we will
hear no more OF such ;uits. Our coun-
ty will have to pay III lawyers fees and
otherwise probably oEC TO two hundred
; dollars. This agitation OF the stock
law has done great deal OF harm and
no good has or will grow out of II. Ig-
norance and prejudice have caused most
OF the trouble.
Washington Progress: Rev. +. II
Harding, son Of Rev. y. Harding, has
gone to Baltimore and entered upon his
duties as first assistant curate to Grace
church parish. This is a very wealthy
parish and the one which Rt. Rev.
Bishop Lyman was rector of at the
time he was elected bishop. While
North Carolina, and our people especi-
ally, regret to lose Mr.. Harding, yet we
congratulate him on thus being hon
ored. Our best wishes go with him.
Warfare on vagrancy IN this city is
systematic. Every week policemen 60
to the bar-rooms and other places
where negroes congreSate to loaf and
take a personal inventory. The name
of a very idle negro, his address and his
means of livelihood are jotted down
and if his answers are not satisfactory
he is carried to the police station and
runs the risk Of being sent to the chain
gang. Within the last three months al
least IS men, white and black, have
been tried for vagranCy, and a convic-
ton was secured in almost every case
THE committee on the Shipp monu-
ment has sent an invitation to the pres
ident to be present at the unveiling, on
the 2Oth, OF the monument to the late
Lieutenant VIM. E. Shipp, ard has ask.
ed the North Carolina senators to urge
the invitation upon him.-Charlotte OBJ
server.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
THE POLL TAX VOTING QUALIFICA-
TION.

Since the closing OF the time for pay
ing poll tax as necessary prerequisite
to voting there has been much specu-
1ation as to what effect this constitu-
tional provision will have upon the
status of the voting population of the
state. 1t has been estimated by some
that as many as $1,000 to $4,000 white
men in the state failed to pay the tax
in time.
All reports and returns show that as
III rule there are fewer democratic de-
IinQuents than republican. In the east
especially is this the case, where large
Numbers of negroes failed to thus quail
fy themselves, in many instances where
they were not disqualified by the edu-
cational qualification.
1t is claimed by the republicans that
in the western counties more democrats
have failed to pay than republicans.
This matter is, OF course, all surmise
yet. Even after the returns of the
sheriffs on the blanks that have been
sent them have been made and tabu-
lated. there will be good deal Of guess
work in the makeup of the figures
The accurate results cannot be known
until the registration books close.
We see from an exchange that a
Wilkes county citizen. 40 years of age
paid his poll tax the Other daJ for the
first time in his life. There are prob
ably many other similar eases in the
state.
The failure of crops last year mas haG
a very marked effect in Increasing the
number of delinauents in several sec
ton of the state. With a good crol
year the number of roters will be great
Iy increased.
In answering the republican chargt
against the democrats of dIsfranchise
ing men for inability to pay their pol
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13

In a govrnment by the people, like
ours and with growing Industries many
and various in different sections, not
only the tariff but everything else be-
comes in some sense "a local question. -
At late meeting OF the Fusion state
committee, Of Nebraska, in an attempt
to get union of the democratic and
populist parties in the state an illumi-
mating incident occurred. A democrat
proposed resolutions against the beef
trust, and this was objected to and vot-
ed down by the populists OF the commit
tee Ion the ground" as stated in re-
ports of the proceedings, that with
beef steers at seven cents Z pound il
wasn't safe to make this particular
trust the target of political attacks -
Petersburg Index-Appeal.
And so it is the country over. There
is the politicians cry against high tariff
and trusts, but when it comes to act
ing IN individual cases each has some
reason, good in his own opinion, foI
making an exception i'll its favor to the
demand for lower tariff and no trusts.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
SENATOR'S VEST AND CARMACK.

What a contrast these two southern
senator's made on the floor of the senate
Thursday. The venerable senator from
Missouri had for his sIbject a theme of
intense interest to Lis entir" audience.
and. in fact to the whole country. His
manner was dignified, lis bearing noble
and his words touched the heart OF
every member of his audience, the
northern republican as we'll as the ex-
confederate.
Now turn to Senator CarInack in his
discussion of the Philippine bill. Could
two scenes. one following the other so
closely. be in greater contrast-the
coarse. vulgar language and gross de-
nunciation, the undignified bearing. fol-
lowed by the ostentatious display Of
cordial feeling toward the senator who
had opposed him in The discussion?
The Tennessee senator's language had
the smell of the stable and the ring Of
the beer garden
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13

F.A. Outright, A. b., Principal of the
Georgia Normal and Industrial Insti-
tute, and editor and proprietor of the
Georgia Helping Hand" writes the
following glowing words concerning
Peruna, and its efficacy in the cure OF
catarrh.
He says: II was induced to try Peru
ma by the advice OF a friend, and GER
tainly believe that suffering humanity
would be relieved if they only gave Pc
runa Z fair trial. Would that / could
frame words sufficient to express my
gratitude for the benefits derived from
its use."-F. A. CURTRIGHT, Greens
boro, Ga.
Hon. W. n. Roach, United States
Senator from North Dakota, in letter
written from Larimore, North Dakota,
says:
"PersuaSed by friend, 1 have used
Peruna as a tonic, and am glad to testify
that it has greatly helped me in strength
vigor and appetite. have been advised
by friends that it is remarkably effica-
cious as a cure for the almost universal
complaint of catarrh."-W. y. Roach.
Senator Roa IBIS wife recommends Pc
runa also. She says. "T can cheerfully
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
GENERAL. SHERMAN KNEW

When General Sherman said war is
hell he knew what war wa5-when he
made it. Page 494, OF the serial volume
70 of the Federal War Records. is cred
tied with the following order OF General
Sherman, sent October %. 1864. to Cen
eral Watkins: Cannot you send over
about Fairmount and Adairville. burn
ten or twelve house of Known secession
lists, kill a few at random and let them
know that it will bc repeated every
time train is fired On from ReSaca to
kingston?" The expression Kill a few
at random has a fine flavor OF barbar-
ity that would do credit to an Apache.
On October 19 OF the same year he
wrote to General Grant the details OF
his method OF converting war into
hell" Il am perfecting arrangements
to break up the railroad in front
of Dalton, including the city Of Allan
ia, and push into Georgia, break up
all it's railroads and depots, capture its
horses and negroes and make desolation
everywhere" Sherman and Sheridan
have the distinction IF having set the
hand on the dial OF civilization back
two centuries and fixed lower stand
ard of conduct in war than has been
reached by any civilized nation since
1S65-Baltimore Sun
We suppose these orders of General
Sherman were in accordance with Gen.
eral Order No. 100. about which so much
has been said of late In connection with
the conduct OF hostilities in the Philip
pines-the order issued during the civil
war to give protection 10 those commit
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
A COLLEGE PROFESSOR.
One of Georgia's Useful Educators is
Grateful For What Pe-ru-na is Do
ing For Suffering Humanity.

recommend your excellent remedy, Pc |
runa. Indeed, I know Of no other rem
edy as good as yours. It is . grand tonic,
and many Of my friends have used it for |
catarrh with good sults."-Mrs. W. n.
Roach.
The most common phases Of summer
catarrh are catarrh OF the stomach and
bowels. Peruna Is specific for summer
catarrh.
Mr.. VIM. Hebiey, DuqueSne, Pa,
urifeS-'I am cured Of cafarrh Of the
stomach of two years standing. Thsd
n so bad that could NOT eat anything
but milk. Tdoctored with several doc
tors and they could give me relief for
short time only. ISaw Peruna recon-
mended and thought would Try IL.
and now think am cured Of cafarrh.
have worked two months and did nor
lose q day. "--.Wm. Hebiey.
Mr.. Moses F. Merrill, Columbus, Cher
okee Co., Kansas, Rural Route No. ),
writes:
"I had been troubled with systemic
catarrh, which affected the lower bowels
especially. Twas troubled with running
| off OF the bowels and troublesome cat@rrh
of the bronchial tubes which caused
splitting OF thick ulucus. Since fcSirg
Peuna my improvement has tScn
wonderful Ny bowels are regular IS
cIOck.work. lean now eat Ike Other
people and my yifuais digest 49,
| Moses F. Merrill
Hon. Willis Brewer. Representative
in Congress from Alabama, writes the
| following letter 10 Dr. Hartman:
/ House of Representatives,
Washington, u. c.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.
Gentlcmen-.I haze used ono bottle os
Peruna for la5situde, and I take pleasure
| in recommendiE,, it - those who need a
good remedy. AS tonic it is excellent.
In the short time l have used it it has
done me a great deal OF good. d.'-WiIlis
Brewer.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the Use OF Pcruna,
write at ouce 10 DR.. Hartman, giving n
full statement OF your case and he. viii
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Cpium bus.
Ohio.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-05-13
PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT
In Western North CaroHnn-The
Great Turnpike Across the Noun
trins-HappcninEs Around Green's
DOro.
Correspondents of The Messenger.)

Correspondent of The Messenger.)
Greensboro. y. c., May 9.
State Superintendent Of Public In
struction Joyner returned from Wilkes
county yesterday, and left this morn
ing for oxford. where he addresses the
graded schools tonight.
Mr.. Joyner says that the people of
Wilkes county are thoroughly aroused
on the subject of public school educa-
ton, and that he saw on every hand
evidences OF progress and development,
materially and otherwise. The mag
nificent resources of the county and the
splendid wealth Of it's fields and forests.
especially the beautiful valley OF the
Yadkin, were a revelation to me, despite
the fact that was prepared to see a
fine country, vas the way Mr.. ]. Yad-
kin Joyner expressed IL. He said that
fully thousand people were present at
the school turn out at Boomer. where
he delivered ard address, or three sec
tions of it. Wednesday. There was an
immense and continued downpour OF
! rain during the exercises, and the
speaking having to be made out OF
doors, was necessarily dealt out be-
tween showers in broken doses This
! was the only damper to the meeting.
Speaking OF Wilkes and its progress
I Thirty three convicts passed through
here this morning on the train. bound