The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-01-09

Poiititiahs Ride into >0ttice by Elk.
plotting Race ProJadtce-''Jin
Grow" Law In Effect, Dis ,'
francfisement In Feb
.r rr1aIy. .'.

'ne esPOt1htClanS llnV9ct1veS and the on,
aggerated coloring ,of a local press.
the slumbering fires Of raciaI pre-
ludice. common to the average
Southern heart, has become q raging
flame Of Negro hatred in the new
state Of ~okIahorna. - ::
In. every village, town ana cltx IN,
the state he is looked upon with dis.
| favor. .N..~. :.
The political de ma gog4e, realizinp
the advantage, rides into office on
this issue alone. ,s.~ - VI =,
Men from the North, East and
west, and those from the South. in
ehned to look upon the question with
calmness' have imbibed the spirit and
reason mas been cast to the wind. =,
In many towns Of Oklahoma he is
not peSmitted to live, and in two not
even allowed to- walk down the
street.. Such is the "unwritten law -,
Recently In the state legislature
while the vote ON the Jim. Crow"
car law was being taken, and rep-
resentat1ve Joseph Sherman. a de-
scendant of the famous general Of
the ClvH war, declared In explafu.
ing his vote that he wouldn't vote
for such law because he did NOV
oeileve 1T to be- right, and would no,i
sIultI1y the name OF Sherman by do
Ing so. was greeted with Kisses from::
Doth the floor and the galleries. This
IS indicative Of the spirit that pres
vaiis. The once seeker OF social
oiftlnction,~ is forced. ; for seff-pfos
lection, to take q radical view; of thS
race question. -. ~. -. :
The Henryetta Ly4aelaAais. ,'@.
a nigh. state of%aexcitement nre.
walls, ~ the little town of Henr7etta,
i Okannlgee county, in the Creek
Natl1on. s'et 10 formerly the Indian ,Terri-
= aaxesSa syaozae4i We
Isipegs es Chrfsfh1as, Eve kent vigil over
+ sleeping and restless children, while
rtneE husbands and sons and brothers
patfolled the streets, secured thu ad.
joining countryside and guarded the
town from threatened attacks bv re-.
ported armed blacks,
Henryetta formerly had large
Negro population, but since the race
trouble began an males have been
deported from the town, and onlv tho
unprotected women and children re-
main. .'.s-
1t was reported that the blacks
were arming all over the country in
that vicinity within a radius of AO
miles OF Henryetta but it is now
thought that race war, which might
nave spread all over the entire state.
mas been averted by cooler minds IN
both races.
The Negroes have sworn vengeance
Tor the lynching OF James Garden
one Of, their race, who Tuesday no.
cenDer "a, shot and killed Albert
Bates, business man of Henryetta
over a wrong, either real or fancied
interpreted by the Negro to have
Deen done him because of his color,
Garden Yass captured by John VIII
son, country youth l8 years Of age
VINO met him on the road while he
was attempting to escape from the
mob that pursued him
The Negro confessed to the crime
and told the story before being
lynched and while in the custodv NJ
:he city marshal The door to the
jail was broken down and the pris-
oner brought forth SO great was
the hurry that his hands we're MOI,
even tied. a, rope was placed over
a convenient telephone pole IN front
OF tne Jail and The Negro ha,llsd into
tne air :,
With ais tree hends Garden grasna
ad the rope above his head and com.
menced climbing upward. Realizin,
.hat the prisoners life was being pro-
ionged dozen, fired revolvers at the
! dangling body, still the struggling
FORM went Upward hand over hand.
until another volley came. and the
man dropped, breaking his neck more
eHect1Vely than the most ingenions
oeath~trap, with his body riddled
with bullets.
Governor Haskell has been keepinp
close watch on the situation and
nag had Company G, Oklahoma Nat
'onai Guards, ready at an instant
warming to depart for the scene OF
the late tragedy, where an even more
| terrible one Is threatened Ito be cen.
acted
Fourth Negro Lynchine.
This last lyhching makes the
| fourth In what was formerly the twin
territories within the last 18 months
Three of these took place in the In
dian territory side of the state. Two
were. for criminal assaults on white
women.
1t Is this last more than annhino q
else that has melted the white man
to hatred -
1T Is the ambition of their lives tn
nave white; vile an old and sub: