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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-23
The Unique Adventure Of lLr. Bish
By H7par- Louis Conard
y IlWar. Loals Conara


.H H"HN
on the table Mr. Bish caught tho
CLINT Of the gold and It famed into,
fame his passion for the dice box
Shake you the dice for a. he said.
strengthening up and addressing his
drink mate.
Yes; and an ] to shake for ms
own money!" Mr. Lightioot asked
with a smile.
I beg pardon. Mr.. ColightIy--f
mean Mr.. Lightioot said Mr. Biah.
thickly and confusedly. Mosht "a
meniable mishtake. Must Thought
my money was up Tell you whatll
DO. TIL put TIP my check against tne
gold piece "a that a COZ"
Certainly, my friend. replied Mr.
Lightfoot. Shouldn't have mentioned
Il at all, you know. except that the
rules Of the game require II.
@All right and here goes. announced
Mr. Bish, steadylng himself for tho
play and taking the first shake"
He left four aces up and Lightfoot
quit with five full on fours.
"Horsh on you" Bish remarked To
Ightfoot, and the other nodded
Lightfoot won the next throw.
which caused Ilish to remark. senten-
tiously, Horse on me"
Bish won the next throw, and with
It the coin.
Great game, Mr.. Hotfoot--I mean.
Mr. Lightfoot" said Mr.. Blsh. a. he
got up from his chair, unsteadiIy. test
ing the size OF his load" and taking a
turn around the room to see that hia
legs were still with him. Les shake
again.
Lightfoot assented readily. He wes
no less addicted to diclng than Bish.
and delighted III the rattle Of tha
bones Bish laid the flve-dollar coin
on the table and Llghtfoot covered
Il with ive-d0llar bill.
Nobody Kept tabg on the games
that followed, nobody knew how
many were played; but when the
white-coated beverage bearer an.
nounced that closing time had arrived
and that business must be suspended
Mr.. Bish was just $40 ITO the good
Mr.. Lightfoot did not mention II an6
Mr.. Bish seemed oblivious Of the fact
but strangely enough. this was lust
the amount Mr. Bish had passed to
Mr. Lightfoot In the transaction un-
der tho elevated.
There was time for Just one more
drink Have one with me" said
Bish. Lightfoot agreed, and the last
two highballs were drank quickly ana
in silence.
When Mr.. Bish stood on his feet 8fe
paratory to starting homeward and 4
few minutes later. when he ana Mr
Lightfoot emerged from the side room
and started for the street, ii WAS evi
dent that the president of the Hot
AIR Club had acquired his conven
tlonal Sunday morning load.
they walked arm In arm TO the curb
hailed q passing cab and MI. Bish
gave the driver bis card. Then they
took ELUSIVE leave Of each other
Sorry to leave you old man" hic.
eoughed Mr.. Bish as he rolled into
the cab. after fashion peculiarly his
own and acquired by long practice
Bid you good night and God blesh
you. Hope to meet you again. add
Ing, as the cab moved of, in a social
way, sir; not in business way.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-23

J. ". Palmer, the director Of aerl
culture IN the Orange River Colony
who has returned to Bloemfontein
after holiday IN England. states that
9 large London arm Is prepared to re-.
ceive consignmepts from South Africa
Of locusts for use in the preparation
Of bird and poultry food.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-23

And 50, young man. y0u wish 10
marry my daughterf"
Yes. SIR We love each other
and"
Of courte. But are you sure char
you can giye her the allm0ny 10 which
aha haa ha~T annnainsnAd9"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-23

Coed and Poor Scraps. - Table
scraps very often consist OF deeased
vegetables, old rags and strings, fTokaa
glass, burnt matches, etc. eneh thingB
are not q log henA
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-23

Be Gentle with Hens.-A hen nat
urally disllkes quick movements and
hasty Jerks IN her vicinity. II you
do not regard her feelings IN this re-
Bpect, you pay for It IN lessened egg
supply.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-23

cash Value ef Trees.-Enas a.
Long, in a book on How 10 Plant
Place" says: Certain beautiful
stately shade and fruit trees are
called to mind. which cost their own
era not three dollars apiece all told
but which to-day wonld not be spared
for $500. $500 or $1,000 apiece. RAN.
roads taking planted lands often pas
from $50 to $500 apiece for trees. occu.
pyine the same The writer hnowe of
5000 apiece having been awarded and
paid IN solid cash 70 the owner for
large elm trees that stool on come
land that was needed for e certain
town park. The planting Of these
trees paid enormously; for. beside
the money realized IN the sales aiiud.
ed to. the trees had previously gwen
priceless delight Ia shade, shelter aad
beauty through many years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-09-23

sistant plants were staked and mum.
bered, and each day as the ripe melons
were gathered, these were marked
with the number OF the hnl and the
seed saved separately and the descrlp.
tlon made OF the qualities Of each. Al
the close Of the season the plat was
gone over and notes taken Of the rust.
ed condition Of the various plants:
this revealed the fact that a few Of
the whole number had remained re-
sistant later than others. With the
system Of numbering used, this seed
can be identified and used in further
developing this important quality.
Careful consideration and a great
deal Of time has been devoted to se
lectng melons with view to improv.
ing their keeping qualities. a. well az
favor and other qualities desired In a
perfect melon. The following photo
graph reveals some desirable internal
and external qualities shown IL some
OF the melons OF our selection.
In order to develop early maturity
10 our rust.rosisiant strain. we have
made arrangements for e cooperative
test. by having some Of this seed
grown In Canada, the product OF which
win Be tested this coming year al
Rocky Ford. to indicate the influence
Of latitude on early maturity.
Some lnyestlgational work in regard
to the lie history Of the melon louise,
and the means Of combating It vas
taken up In cooperation with and IN.
der the direction OF Prof. c. p. Gillette.
The oasis., 1907-12-14
IZ<Az
Saturday, Dec. IA, 1907
Board of Trade Meeting.

The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Trade was very we'll attended on Tuesday evening. MT. Chapman of the board, who has been absent with a heavy cold for several meetings past, was again present, and MT. Wise of Calabasas, who owing to his distance from town, does not get to the board meetings regularly, was also pres ent.
 The railroad committee brought in report to the effect that the Morley avenue track was at last a thing of the past. It had been a question as to whether the railroad committee would be allowed to appropriate this choice bit of report material, as the town improve ments committee has considered that matter as their own particular material for some centuries past. However, everything passed off we'll, and a member of the town improvements committee duly moved the acceptance of the report.
 MT. Wise called the attention of the board to the fact that Mark Smith has presented a bill in Con- gress looking toward relieving Santa Cruz and Pima counties from the burden of the bonds lately declared valid by the supreme court. On motion of Mir. O'Keefe a special committee was appointed by the president of the Board of Trade to draft resolutions of thanks to Mr. Smith for his action in this matter. The committee appointed consisted of Mir. Jos. E. Wise, chairman; Judge O'Connor, Mir. O'Keefe and the secretary of the board.
 The board takes the view that the claim of the two counties is so just that our representative should
The oasis., 1907-12-14

stand good chance Co secure favorable action from Congress, and steps may be taken toward in- terestine the two counties in a joint effort to assist Mir. Smith in the matter.
 A letter was received from Mir. Hill of the Reclamation Service pledging his hearty cooperation with the board in the endeavor to secure favorable irrigation legisla- tion for Santa Cruz county as soon as the time is ripe for such action.
The oasis., 1907-12-14
Removed the Eyesore.

Saturday morning the long wished for and antici pated work of taking up the sidetrack along Morley avenue was commenced, and when Monday evening arrived it was completed, making the highway along the street named much wider, and improving its appearance. An imprompt jolli6cation was held, a band was called into acquisition, bells were rung, bombs exploded, and various other methods em- ployed for giving went to the joy of the populace. It has seemed an interminable work to get this ac- complished, and since the railway company signed a lease of the ground to the town in May last there has been great kicking be- cause 1t was not done. But those who were conversant with the facts knew that the railway authorities would get around to it in due time. Now that it is done some few are claiming all the credit. But that IS the way always.
 Subscribe for THE OASIS.
The oasis., 1907-12-14
COFFEE

There is a time for good tea, and a time for good coffee; there is no time for poor either.
 Your grocer returns your money if you don't like Schillings Best: we pay him
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05
YAam EoURTErN
TIE BULLOCK BONDS.

A Full History of GeorgiA's Traudu-
lent Bonds-Why Ihey Were De-
clared Invalid They Were Bonds
Endorsed by the State, But Were
Issued Fraudnulently zAnd the
Legislature Afterward Declared
Them Invalid Henry Clews is
Still Harping on Them.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05
What are the Bullock bondsq

LuaC Is question WHICH tuOuSuIluS
Of people ask, but few know other
than that they were fraudulently iS-
sued bonds which Georgia has slncs
declared invalid.
Thsrs were $6,7O9,000 Of them.
1hey were Issued Ny tne reconsLruc-
ton administration III Georgia 1or the
benenC OF the crowd tnen III charge
OF the state, 1he state received none
OF the dement's supposed 10 be derived
from the issuance OF bonds.
When after thorough lnVestlga-
tion the succeeding state governments
found them to De fraudulent they
were SO aeclared.
1t happened that Henry Clews &
Co., the new I ork BANKERS and Drok-
ers, got control oil a large portlon
OF tneSe bonds at a song, perhaps
knowing their tull character. olnce
they were repudlated Mr. CIeWs has
been str1K1ng at Georgia through his
syndicate newspaper letters. lie has
been Vicious IN his attacks, thinking,
perhaps, by tnat means to SO nJure
the credit OF the state as to tOrce her
to pay these bonds. That, however,
is Out OF the question as under ner
constitution Georgia cannot pay one
dollar on any one OF them.
Mr.. Clews' last utterance on this
subject is as follows:
"The worst swlndle ever perpetrat-
ed upon the men OF Wall Street was
the work of the sovereign state Of
Georgia. Soon after the close OF
the war, the state named, needing
money for internal improvements, is
sued bonds to large amounts, and
these securities were freely purchased
in the north and IN Europe, several
million dollars of good northern
money thus contributing to the en-
hancement of the taxable value of the
property Of that state. These bonds
were repudiated in 1873 by special
act passed by the legislature Of that
state and the confding northern men,
who, believing that no good could
come of trampling upon a fallen foe,
and regarding the south as an erring
brother to be welcomed back to the
family fold as sharer in its mutual
sympathy and material prosperity,
had loaned their money to one of its
most prominent states, were ,swindled
out Of every cent they had thus In
vested.
At the time of the passage of this
swindling Legislative act, held bonds
Of the state of Georgia to the amount
of several millions, while many other
northern fnanciers had also invested
very largely in these securities and
suffered equally with myself by that
Infamous reputation.
Now, let us see what these bond:
were.
Governor Bullock took charge Of
the government of Georgia in July
1868. At that time the indebtedness
Of Georgia was $5,S27, 900, as showr
by the treasurer's report in 1872. HI
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05


creased to $l2,45O,O0O. From that
$12,45O,0OO should be deducted 81
100000 bonds that appear on their
face to be gold bonds OF the state
of Georgia, but which as shown by
the act of the general assembly, were
issued in exchange for the second
mortgage bonds Of the Brunswick and
Albany railroad to bond that COM
pany, and therefore, not properly
classed among the state S own in
debtedness. During the same period
the treasurer reports $5,733,0OO bonds
endorsed by all railroads. To that
$5,733,O0O should be added the 81
100000 in aid of the Brunswick and
Albany railroad. Six hundred thou
sand dollars of this should be placed
to the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Co
lumhus railroad, though only $780,
900 can be found as now outstanding;
but there were $1,45O,000 bonds en-
dorsed during this period in the aid
Of the Macon and Brunswick railroad.
Thus the grand total Of the states
Indebtedness at the end of Governor
Bullock's administration was some
thing over nineteen millions Of dol
lars-an increase in three years Of
from FIVE millions to nineteen mil
lions of dollars.
At the time the press of the state
charged fraud. Governor Bullock
left the state and the succeeding leg
islature appointed committee to in
vestigate the debt of the state.
Ali the bonds issued after July,
1868, were called LII to be registered.
All were examined upon being regis
tered and the committee reported
some Of the bonds were valid and
some invalid.
Outside OF the railroad bonds the
debts Georgia declined to pay was an
alleged on open account to Mr. CIews
of $41 500, an alleged debt to Clews
Hablscht q Co., OF London, Of $780,
600, an alleged debt to Boorman,
johnson & Co of $SO,000, and al al
legged debt to the Button Bank OF
Brooklyn OF $4,000, all OF whom
claimed to hold certain OF her bonds
as collateral to secure their alleged
claims. The amount of the alleged
Indebtedness On her own bonds that
Georgia declared invalid was $252,-
900. Her reason being, that even
admitting the validity Of the bonds
themselves, she did not owe the debts
for which the parties claimed to hold
them as security.
In addition, she found large num-
Der of debts that had been contracted
In aid of different RAILROADS, and she
declared not all of them invalid, but
only the first mortgage bonds of the
Brunswick and Albany railroad, the
bonds of the cambridge, Cuthbert
and Columbus railroad, the second
mortgage bonds Of the Macon ant
Brunswick railroad, the Cherokee
bonds. the Gainesville and Van Wir
bonds and the Alabama and Chatta
II
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05


that NO aid should DO grated to any
railroad or to any private enterprise,
except ON three eonditions: First,
that private parties must have al
ready invested in the company an
amount equal to the aid asked; sec
ondly, that the company must give
to the state first lien upon all the
property that it owned; and, thirdly,
that even when these requisites were
complied with the state had no righ,
to grant aid unless the enterprise
was one for public Improvement.
Now, cn the face Of the act that
provided" for the aid to the Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad Company,
it was provided that the endorsement
should bs placed upon the second
mortgage bonds, second to the lien Of
the state Of Alabama, for $4,000
mile. Acting upon that endorsement
the legislature declared IL Invalid in
1875. There was, further, 10 evi.
dence to show that there was that
proper amount paid in cash by private
parties.
The next was the Bainbridge
Cuthbert and Columbus. Sixty thou
sand Of these bonds were issued.
They were to be issued when twenty
miles of the road should be complet-
ed. Not a mile of the road was ever
built, and not a dollar was invested
in it by private parties. Governor
Bullock himself afterwards said the
bonds were not valid.
Cartersville and Van Writ
The Gainesville and Van Writ
bonds are next. Two hundred and
: seventy-fve thousand of these were
issued when only three miles of the
road had been completed. Then the
old president of this road was turn
ed out. Ii. /. Kimbal was made pres
: ident, the name Of the company was
changed to the Cherokee railroad, and
$300,O00 more Of bonds were endorsed
on the same railroad. Governor Bull
lock placed them in Mr.. Kimball s
hands. Of this Col N. j. Hammond
in a speech before the attorney-gen-
eral Of New York on the Bullock
bonds said:
''Kimban applied to Clews to give
up the Gainesville and Van Writ
bonds, which he held as treasurer of
that road, and he declined. On the
9th of December, 1875, Governor
Conley seized that road under the au
thority granted by the statute fol
failure to pay its debt, and ordered
the receiver of the state to take charge
Of it. He found it levied on by con.
stable for some small debt. He coulc
not take charge Of it for that rea.
son. It was sold by that process
Clews & Co. fled a bill in the Unit
ed States court against the purchaser
at that sale, and against everybody
else concerned, in which they first de
clared that they held these bonds ant
practically renounced all CLAIM
against the state by reason Of it, il
oh,dou- Ho cuhetitutA thamaalvn
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05

out Of holders of che Cherokee rail
road bonds, whose purchasers were
for providing that those bonds were
to be given up, and they, the Chsro-
kee bonds, were to become first mort
cages against the road. All the par
ties being heard, a decree was taken
by Clews in favor Of the Van Writ
road bonds, Judge Woods declaring
that the Cherokee bonds we're invalid.
And the road was sold and bid In
by Clews. He could have stood oft
and relied Oh the states endorsement.
But he preferred to come in and take
the states place by subrogation. He
foreclosed his bonds more than ten
years ago. ceased to make any claim
on the state and took charge Of the
road as the man who bought it. !"
Brunswick and Albany.
Next in order comes the Bruins
wick and Anbany railroad.
Of this, Mr.. Pat Calhoun, speak
ing before the attornsy-general OF
New York, said:
"The Brunswick and Florida, rail
road was chartered in 1885. Prior
to the war it had built slxty-fve miles
Of its road. Some of its stockholders
lived in the north, some in the south.
In 1861, when Georgia seeded, she
passed an ordinance In her secession
convention that she would protect
the property Of aliens. After the war
began, and after Georgia had left the
union, the stockholders that lived
in the state reorganized the affairs
Of the company and got q charter
giving them power to manage and
control the old company and changed
its name from the Brunswick and
Florida to the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad Company. Subsequently
these southern stockholders passed
resolution calling upon Governor
Brown for advice, The resolution de-
clared in it's preamble that the con-
gress of the Confederate States, and
that under the ordinance Of the Sc
cession convention, and the act chang
ing the name the board of directors
believed the property Of the COM
pany could only be sequestrated by a
Georgia legislature. f"
WhereupOn the governor pro-
claimed: a,aas s.as
Therefore, in pursuance Of the
above resolution, and considering it
military necessity that the said
road should be taken possession of
and controlled by the state authority
as means Of public defense, I have,
as governor of Georgia, commander
in-ehief Of the army and navy of
this. state, and of. the militia thereof,
taken charge of said railroad and to
hold and manage the same"
I'm the way the road. passed into
the possession of the state of Georgia,
Governor Browns action was, with
out warrant of law. It was not re-
ouested hy the stockholders. they
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05

South Georgia Farms and
Decatur County Tobacco
Lands for sale: for descrip-
tive price list write to r. l..
Hicks, Real Estate, Balm
bridge Ga.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05
The Railroad Bonds.

The first railroad bonds endorsed
were $4,000 for the Alabama and
Chattanooga. They were issued under
an act of the Goth Of March, 1859.
The act recites that the endorsement
should be placed on the second mort
gage bonds. In the face Of this was
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-19
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
j. S. Carr and Rev. G.. s. Black
well Elected Officers

Norfolk, Va, July 17.-At tOday's
session of the National Association Of
the Blue and the Grey at the James
town exposition the old officers, in
Guiding General Commander Julian
S. Carr, of Durham N. c., were re-
elected with one exception. this being
in the case of Rev. Henry Byron, Of
Connecticut, who declined to serve
again as chaplain general In his
place was elected Rev. Dr.. Calvin S.
Blackwell, of Norfolk.
The features of today's session were
an address by Rev. DR.. Blackwell,
one of the leaders of the Southern
Baptist convention, and the adoption
Of resolutions offered by L. L. Par
ham, of Tennessee, strongly enclosing
the attractiveness of the jamestown
exposition and commencing it to 'all
comrades of either army of the civil
war and to all others"
The association accepted an invita-
ton from Principal H. b. Frizzell,
Of the Hampton Normal and Agricul-
tural Institute to visit that school.
Chaplain General Byron presided
in the absence of General Commander
Carr, who sent a telegram of regret.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-19
Outsiders to be Prohibited From
Using Orders Emblem
Lodge Authorized to
Prosecute Negro Lodge-Mass-
ed Band Parade and Competi-
ton Drills Features OF the Day
Names of Officers Elected.

Philadelphia, July 1.-THE complete
and official returns of the election in
the Grand Lodge of Elks, held in this
city yesterday were announced today
as follows:
Grand Exalted Ruler, John X. Tener.
Charleroi; Grand Treasurer, Edward
Leach, New York; Grand Esteemed
Loyal Knight. w. T. Leckie Dowaiac
Mich; Grand Esteemed Leading Knight
John D. Shea, Hartford, Conn; Grand
Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Eayard
Gray Frankford, Ind; Grand Secretary
Fred c. Robinson, Dubuque, Iowa;
Grand Trustees, Thomas B. Mills, Su
perior, Wis; Thomas F. McNoIty.
Baltimore, and Mayor Charles G.
Schmidt, of Wheeling, w. Va; Grand
Tiler James Foley, and Grand Tuner
Guard E. M. Taylor.
During the sessions of the Grand
Lodge it was decided to establish Il
flag day for Elks on June A. A reso-
luton was adopted calling for the ap-
pointment of a commission to devise
ways and means to prosecute out 'lde
users of the Elks' emblens A sub
sequent resolution calls for the ap-
pointment of commission to confc"
with congress to find means to prevent
the use of the emblem.
The Memphis lodge was authorized
to prosecute the negro Ells Of that
city In this connection resolution
was passed reprimanding the Newark.
N. J., lodge for electing a man said to
be a negro A further measure in
structs the grand ruler to order the
Newark lodge to investigate the man 5
antecedents and if it be found that he
is of negro extraction to expunge his
name from the rolls,
The most spectacular features OF The
davis events were the nassed band
parade. in which the visiting musical
organizations played under one leader.
as they marched through the court Of
honor, and the competitive drills by
marching clubs of different orgariza-
tions. The Toledo, Ohio. "Cherry
Pickers" and the Detroit "Turkish
Zouaves," or Oriental Cadets. were the
stars in this event.