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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
ARCADIA NEWS

New phones have been added to
the line lately We expect to have
connections with the towns around
soon.
claud Dickerson of Yukon, visit
ed with his brother at this place
recently, and has gone for trip to
Texas in order to gain better
health.
MI. Z. and A, L. Sanders visit
ed with E. Z. Davidsons' Sunday
Bro. Mccall will preach at this
place next Sunday, Aug. S.
Misses Mamie Bell, Eva Tweed
and Anna Tweed called on Sulie
Maxey, one day last week,
Z. l.. Dickerson went to Texas
Saturday, July 2I, and has not yeI
returned.
Miss Ethel Franklin has been
visiting in this vicinity lately.
Mrs. Van Vlet and Mrs. Kester,
are expecting to return to Missouri
Tuesday, Aug, /.
Lizzie and Lora Davidson called
on Belle Evans last Sunday. Miss
Evans will probably go to Arkan-
sas right away,
The mowers have begun to hum
in some places.
A telephone meeting is to be
held at Dutton next "Wednesday
night.
Quite a number of people called
on Miss Sulie Maxey, Sunday tc
see the new piano, and every one
says the owner has a right to be
proud of it.
Blue Evee
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02

If all that has been suggested
were put into the constitution.
there would be little left for the
legislature to do. Some of our
amateur constitution makers seem
to labor under serious misappre
tensions as to the nature of the
work before them. A constitution
is nothing more than the frame
work upon which the great body
of laws to be enacted by the legis-
,ature rests. 1t is merely a docu-
ment by which the people grant
powers to the legislature to pass
laws. laying down the broad
foundation upon which the state
government rests, defining the
functions of the various depart
ment of government and prescrib-
ing the powers and duties that are
delegated to them. BY its nature
a constitution must be general in
its terms ard cannot enter into the
minutiae of legislation.
Out of the vast amount of ma
terial that is placed before them,
the great task of the real constitu-
ton makers must he to select that
which is fundamental.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
THE OWL DRUG STORE,
ZIG Chickasha Avenue
UNION CENTER ITEMS.

Mrs. Daisy Winters of Chickasha
visited Mrs. Edd Tucker Sunday.
Mrs. Thomas and sister Mrs
Dodson called on Mrs. L. ]. Daw-
son Monday evening.
Mrs. H. Lewis visited Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. W. Wager Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris have little
girl baby, taking care of it until
they hear from the mother. 1t is
a beautiful little girl and their
kind care of the little homeless is
to be commended by all. The little
babe was left in Chickasha for a
few days and the mother was to re-
turn but has not been back yet.
VIM. Winters returned from
Texas, Sunday and Is visiting with
j. w. Wager for few days.
J. w. Wager was appointed dele
gate from Union Center S. S. to
attend the convention at Cement
next Sunday.
Miss Eva Mollette was shopping
in Chickasha Tueseay.
Mr.. VIM Dawson made bust
ness trip to Purcell the first of the
week.
This is the happiest time Of the
year for this community-(m
are ripe).
The wheat has been damaged by
the continued wet weather, the
threshers resumed work Wednes-
day.
Mrs. VIM. Dawson and Mrs, De-
Lisle visited relatives in Chickasha
Tuesday.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs,
L. J. Dawson Thursday of last
week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
AS TO CONSTITUTION MAKING

Pre-convention constitution maxi
ing goes on with considerable or
der. Everybody with taste for
craftsmanship is taking hand in
formulating the fundamental law
of the new state and the magnitude
and importance of the work make
it desirable that there should be
the fullest discussion Of it. Out of
the vast number Of suggestions
offered the men who are finally en-
trusted with this history making
task onght to be able to gather the
sentiments and opinions of the peo-
pie and formulate a document that
will combine the wisdom of the
many.
But, did you ever stop to con
template how big a document oui
constitution would be if il embodi-
ed all the suggestions offered? The
EXPRESS hasn't made any mathe.
matical calculation, but if a rough
guess may be hazarded, it would
contain more than a lawyers brief
which frequently attains the ex.
IRENE breyity of a thousand Of
more pages. 1t would probably be
more like volume Of state statute.
or a series Of court reports.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.

There is a lesson in the work Of
the thrifty farmer. He knows that
the bright sunshine may last but a
day and he prepares for the showers
whicn are so liable 10 follow. So it
should be with every household.
Dysentery, diarrhoea and cholera
morbus may attack some members
OF the home without warning
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, which is the
best know medicine for these dis.
eases. should always be kept at
hand, as immediate treatment IS
necessary, and delay may prove
fatal. For sale by "a. Druggists. +"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
PAVING AND OTHER STREET
IMPROVEMENTS

chickasha has talked paving till
it has almost been forgotten that
there are other street improvements
just as urgently needed. "citizen"
logged our memories in a very
forcible manner in his article in the
EXPRESS few days ago.
Paving is an urgent issue, it has
not been and can't be agitated too
much till the work is actually ac-
complished. But why should we
relegate all other matters to the
background while paving is under
discussion Why should we allow
the city to 60 undrained and with
little doing in the way of grading
and sidewalk construction while
we are grasping for this big ad-
vance toward metropolitanism9 1t
is a big subject, grant you, but need
1t absorb all our attention to the
exclusion of matters which, if less
and expensive are equally
as important
In the natural order of building
a city it would appear that grading,
drainage and sidewalks should
precede paving but in this busy,
bustliug new country we don't al
ways do things in the natural order.
We sometimes get the cart before
The horse, but no matter, we want
both the horse and the cart; can't
10 without them.
But is there any sufficient reason,
while we are planning an improve
ment district for paving the busi-
ness section why we shouldn't be
the residence sections
INTO districts for grading, drainage
and sidewalk purposesl The peo-
pie in these parts of the city are
just as mnch in need of and just
as anxiaus for these improvements
as those in the business section are
Tor paving.
Il will take some pushing and
agitating to get this movement
under way but it's time for vigor
ous push in this direction. Lets
get busy as the people on Seventh
Street have
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02

New phones have been added to
the line lately We expect to have
connections with the towns around
soon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02

For SALE;-School quarter on
Little Washita. 6S acres in corn
and cotton I-3 of corn and IA of
cotton to go with land room
house, barn 6oxI7, wells, 40 acres
fenced. Will trade for young
stock. Price SI.25o. Jonas Cook.
Real Estate. so-S2,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
chickasha Sundays.

chickasha Sundays.
Miss Nina Hiatt was the guest
of Miss Jessie Brady Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford and Mr..
and Mrs. Brady WISHED with Mr.. and
Mrs.E.A. Sandlin Sunday.
Mrs. Z. s. Pierson and childre;,
visited with Mrs. John Wantland
one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs, E. A. Sadlin' $
cousins who have been visiting
them the past week returned TO
their home at Yonkon Okla. Sun
day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
LUMBER AND THE SYSTEM"

To whatever extent increased
demand and diminishing supply Of
timber enter into the present prices
of lumber, it is evident that these
fa>tors alone do not account for
the tremendous advance in prices
in the past two years. Figures
quoted elsewhere in this paper,
: -Syeal an advance of from so to rs
per cent in the wholesale price Of
lumber during this period. There
has been no such marvellous
charge in the relation sup
ply aud demand as would &C.
count for this unprecedented ad-
vance in prices. 1t is complex
subject. but without going into
critical analysis Of the situation, it
appears evident to the average
mind that the only sufficient cause
that can account for it is deliberate
combination on the part of the big
lumbermen to increase the price
and add to their profits. The foot
points Of unlawful combination and
monopoly appear plainly in the in
vestigation that has been in pro-
gress at Muskogee.
The lumber trust, if such it be,
must work untold detriment to the
progress of the new state where
building operations on a vast scale
are contemplated. 1t will exact
tribute from the humble working
man who would build a cottage
and the rich man who would erect
a mansion; from the men who want
. TO erect Office and store buildings;
from the community that would
build school houses aud churches;
from the farmer who builds barns,
houses and fences. The little
home that could be built for six or
seven hundred dollars two years
ago costs from nine hundred to a
thousand today. True, increased
cost Of labor and other factors en-.
ter into it but the cost of lumber /:
the principal element, People must
be discouraged from building Oh
they must pay the tribute exacted
by "the system.
The situation is one that calls
loudly fcg The most searching in
vcstigation. If unlawful combina
ton is at the root Of it, it should
be relentlessly pursued and stamp
ed out by the officers of the law
Mr.. Garfield, commissioner 0
corporations who did such a sensa
tional stunt" in packers investi
cation, has a chance to add to hi
laurels by probing the lumbe
business in the Southwest, and n,
time should be lost in urging hin
and every other officer who is vest
ed with power to look into sucl
matters to do his duty.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
GOOD INVESTMENTS

so ft. between 9TH and Sth ST. on
Mimi. Ave. Moderate improve.
ments. S52s.
So-S7 Good & Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
BUY ON TERMS

so #. resident lot, seven blocks
southwest. Can be had for SIoo
cash, balance as you like, Price
5000.
so-sa Good & Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02
Crazy Jane.

sigh of supreme sat
isfaction steals Ger one after drink.
ing one of our delightful Sodas.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02

Go to Geo. Kemp and Co., for
bargains in all kinds Of QUEENS
WARE. and GLASSWARE
they are making big
reduction on this line and you can
save money by buying Of them
now. Geo. Kemp & Co. 7Ttf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-02

made from the purest
fruit and drawn from our splendid
fountain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20
NEW ENTERPRISE
Automobile Line Between Ashpofe and
Lumberton.

In a very short time an automobile
line will be in operation between Ashe-
pole AM Lumberton. 1t will carry pas
sengers, and mail also if satisfactory
arrangements can be mad Anyhow.
1t VIII carry passengers.
Mr.. f. g. Jones will operate this
automobile service. He Will run a
machine to begin with that will carry
five passengers and later on will put
on a larger one. The automobile will
leave Ashepole every morning about 9
o'clock and will leave Lumberton on
it's return after the arrival Of the train
from the west. It will also make a
trip In the afternoon, leaving Ashpole
at about 4 o'clock and returning leave
Lumberton after h arrival of the
train from the east, which is due here
at 5:35 o'clock.
The distance between LumbertOn
and Ashpole is ten miles and Mr.. Jones
expects TO make the trip II way in
about an Jour. If the mail for Ash
pole and nearby points is andled over
the line it will give the Ashpole people
their mail service hours earlier than
under the present arrangement. Con-
gresham Patterson is now at work on
the arrangement.-The RObesOnian.
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CrCcnsbOrO's New Postmaster.

Mr.. r. u. Douglas. the new post
master. will probably take charge
within the week and speculation is
rife as To who will be his chief clerk
or the assistant postmaster. Charles
Burton will not, of course. fit for
he fit. bled and died for Blackburn.
A rumOr found its way To this office
today that the position would be ten
dered TO Mr.. Geo. w. White. the eff
fiCient treasurer of GuilfOrd college,
but hat it was feared he would not
accept. There may be something in
the desire to have Mr.. White take the
place on the ground that by his up
pOintment he could allaY the feeling
among the Quaker over the rejection
of Mr.. {. ?. Frazier. It may be that
this is what cause such a report.
The other clerks in the office are un-
der the civil service rules and cannot
be removed without cause. We take
it. however, hat Mr.. Douglas does not
care to discharge any Of the clerks.
all of whom are efficient men. for the
work of the office demands the clos
est and wisest attention. but the as
Sistant postmaster is not protected by
civil service rules and he will. OF
cOurse walk he, plank. Mr.. White
would of urse make a most efficient
officer, but would he give UP the po-
sition he has for a berth like this?
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
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4 NERVY ATTEMPT
TO ENTER \ STORE
Window Glass Smashed in AsheviIIe
Jeweiry Store on Prominent Business
Street.

A nervy robbery or attempt at rob-
berry was committed in Asheville Sat
urday night or early Sunday morning
When a plate glass show window of the
Alexander jewelry firm on Patton ava
nue., was smashed and the robber es-
capped undetected. The robbery Oc-
Cured on the principal business street
of the city and in the glare Of the
electric lights. The robbery was dis
covered Sunday morning about $50
o'clock and the police were notified,
There is no clue and the amount Of
valuables taken if any is not known.
The jeWelry establishment of Mr..
Alexander is located midway between
the square and the government build
ing on Patton eel 1t is in the
same building with the Brown. Nor
thup & Company hardware house,
while the front show windows are set
in from the sidewalk several feet. The
person committing the robbery was,
compelled to operate from the front
and in plain view of any paserby.
The glass, three-eighths Of an inch
in thickness, was broken with a half
brick. The guilty person first struck
the glass near the bottom~ The pane
vas cracked at that point but no hole
was made. The rObber then must have
stepped back a few feet and hurled the
brick through the glass. The bick was
found yesterday morning on the in
side OF the show window while a round
hole was made through the thick glass.
The brick after going through the
show window struck a clock two feet
inside and damaged it. The window
looks as though a small cannon ball
had smoothly cut its way through.
The man who did the work certainly
carried his nerve with him.-Gazette-
News.
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sheriff JuIian.s Good Sen.e.

The good displayed By Sheriff
Julian of Rowan county deserves the
commentator of all citizens OF North
Carolina who deplore a disorderly de-
monstration by mobs. When the Stay
ers of the Lyerly family were remov-
ed to Salisbury and placed in the Jail
there the hot-heads talked of lynch
ing, and fearing trouble the negroes
were hurriediy sent 20 Charlotte. From
all accounts there would have been
no trial by jury had they remained
for the crowd was ~frenZied and il was
determined TO hang the last one Of
the pee TO the nearest limb. The
statement Of reputable citizens that
he prisoners were not in the jail was
not accepted. The mob would not
be satisfied until the building was
searched, but at that moment the ne
gfoes were under guard and almost
within sight of another city. As bru-
tai as was the crime Of the negroes at
Barber Junction il did not justify
anybody in seeking their lives without
due process OF law. II is the rule now
adays to agitate mob law when 4
man is done TO death, a fact and con-
ditiCn which all OF us must regret,
But there will alwars be less possibil-
ity Of thai sort OF thing If other sherifs
act promptly and courageously. There
would be nc lynchng trial at Monroe
today if J. V. johnson had been ssnt
from Wadesb0ro to a place OF greater
safety. and in view Of that Sheriff
Julian has earned the praise Of every
l~aw-abidin9 citizen in North Carolina.
Raleigh Times.
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4 Tragic Finish.

A watchman's neglect permitted a
leak in the great North Sea dyke,
which a child's finger could have stop
ped, to become a ruinOus break, devas-
tating an entire province Of Holland.
In like manner Kenneth McIver, Of
VancebOro, Me, permitted a little cold
to 90 unnoticed until a tragic finish
was only averted by Dr.. Kings New
Discovery. He writes: Three doc
tors gave me up to die of lung infam-
nation. caused by a neglected cold;
but DR.. Kings New Discovery saved
my life. Guaranteed best cough and
cold cure at r. r. Bella1ny's drug store.
SOC and 800. Trial bottle free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, \. c., July Is.
Seemingly one of the most attractive
spots in all Raleigh is room No. 30
at the Marlborough House which was
last night made temporary h~eadquar-
ters for Judge Spencer B. Adams who
is here to consider the pOstOfice situa-
ton. The main hall outside Of Judge
Adams room was converted into an
ante-roOm with many chairs and many
Of those chairs. While the
Judge entertained his callers, candi-
dates. their supporters and a small
sized army Of political seekers the
next in line perspired in the hall, and
out on the curb under the window Of
No. 80, others sat in just as great Gag
erness even after they had been ad-
mitted to conference. This morning
the same condition prevailed and the
hotel presents a scene Of unusual an
nimatiOn. The state chairman eX-
presses great satisfaction over the re-
cent unifying Of the republican party
in North Carolina and IS emphattcally
expectant. In speaking Of the candi-
dates for the Raleigh pOstmastershlp
Judge Aadms said he had never
known so high a type Of rivalry since
no contestant has had aught to say OF
his fellows other than commentator.
The full list of possibilities to date
stands John Nichols, I. 5. commits
siOner. J. W. Harden. a banker, w. NJ.
Brown. secretary to the postmaster,
G.. II. b. Leonard, assistant postmaster
at present, Lester Butler in the United
States internal revenue department,
and Willis G.. Briggs, II Of the state 5
ablest Young newspaper men. IN can
vassing the situation here Judge
Adams assures all OF his callers, re-
eardless of their specific purpose, that
he will. in the matter Of endorsing a
Raleigh postmaster employ his pest
Judgment and most painstaklnS lnVeS-
tigation. following after the presenta-
ton Of such applicants by such tine en-
dOrSerS.
While Judge Adams came to RaielSh
to see Governor Glenn the post once
candidates went to room 80 to see
Judge Adams. Even those in author
itv and close to their political heao
do not undertake to forecast the an
nGunrement Of a winner.
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ONLY 50 Years OIG.

81 am only 81 years Old n don
expect ever when | get TO be real Old
to feel that way as long as can get
Electric Bitters," says Mrs. E. h.
Brunson. of Dublin, Ga. Surely
there's nothing else keeps the old as
Young and makes the weak as strong
as this grand tonic medicine. Dyspep-
STA, torpid liver, infamed kidneys or
chronic constipation are unknown
after taking Electric Bitters a reasona-
BILE time. Guaranteed by K. 4. Bel
Iamv. druggist. Price ac.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20

Farmer Stackrider (ruminatinglyl-
81 kinda b'lieve I'll buy me one o
thesa ere safety razors that l see ad-
ve'+ised so much" Mrs. Stackrider-
Yes, that's just like you, Jason! You
amt got no more consideration for u
toilin' woman than a mill-stun! How
do you s'pose | can rip up seams with
a safety razOr?"-Puck.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20

Wedderly-What's wrong. old man
you look as if you had been disappoint
ed in love. Singleton-You have sait
it. Wedderly-Oh, we'll, don't let
little thing like that worry you. /
might be worse. Singleton-1 don
see how it could. The girl | am en-,
gagged to insists on facing the pa-so-
with me.-ChicagO Daily News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20

You should be grateful for the ap-
plalse your constituents give you.
~"Pernaps,' answered Senator Sorghum
But | an inclined TO regard applause
rs a popular diversion habitually di-
vulgad in. The preteXt is largely 4
matter of chance.'-Washington Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20

Some mean thief ran off with the
umbrella l had today" began Pincher.
"and-" Say" exclaimed Knox.
don't o know its a sign Of approach
ing mental trouble TO leave out words
that way?' What word did [ leave
Out?' The word other before
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20
TWPntY Year Battle.

II was a loser in a twenty a bat
tie with chronic piles and malignant
sores, until | tried Bucklen's Arnica
Salve; which turned the tide, by curing
both, till not a trace remains" writes
A. M. Bruce, of Farmville. Va. Besc
for old Ulcers, Cuts, Burns and
Wounds. l25c at R. r. Bellamy's,
druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20

Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pur blood with faulty d.
gestiOn. lazy liver and sluggish bow
els. BurdOck Blood BitteTs strength
ems stomach, bowels and liver. and pu-
rifles the blood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-20

CASCASWEET for the babies and
children. For Summer complaints,
T%eething. Worms, Pleasant. No OPT
ates. so doses % cts. Prepared by
E. c. Dewitt & Co, Chicago. Sold by
r. r. Bellamy.
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THE COUNTY FIGHT
RcDubIicans are Not Asleep, but are
Playing Il Waiting Game.

Tho republican party in this state
anG in this county in particular are
great fighters, but while they do not
multiply they do not lose; in other
words, they will fight like dogs ana
cats. then walk up and all vote the
straight ticket. They have never been
quite so bitter in their qualrels in this
county as this year, but the hatchel
is buried and they are now seeing VINO
can do the most hugging and kissing.
They are all together again. SO that
it will not do for the democratic party
to rely on ~dissension.
The truth is the republicans are
holding back their convention because
thew hope to find some men who will
run as Independents, when they VIII
OF curse either endorse them or make
no nominations for the places sought
by such independents. This is an old
game and there may be nothing in it,
but it is we'll enough TO watch them,
Ordinarily men might be found who
would run as independents. but with
tn republicans so divided they fear
to undertake il.
In the event the Independent racket
cannot be worked, they are going to
fall back on the men who have been
running or ave held office for several
terms. thinking they can win by some
hook or croOk.-Greensboro Record.