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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-17

EQUIPMENT
PURCHASED
Property and Appliances Of
DafunCt EpWOrih School VIII
Be Brought 10 Guihrle

Il Purchase at auction OF the greater
H part OF the property Of Epworth uni
| versity, the trustees of the Methodist
! University OF Oklahoma have secured
complete equipment for the school
which is TO be opened in Convention
/ nall on September u The property
and appliances Of Epworth university
/ the Joint venture o the two branches
Of the Methodist Episcopal faith
! wee sold in oklahoma City at auc-
tion. There WAS strong competition
for mucu Of the equipment, The pur-
chases for the W. Z O.. o. Trl-State
university, We're made by a commit
tee composed of A. F. Rankin, Rev
W. G Coleman, Chancellor G H.
| Bradford and Secretafy G., S. Me
Creight
The average price Of the equipment
sold was rs cents on the collar In
cluded are an exceptionally good bio
logical section, Including microscopes
tc several pianos, and class room
furniture This lot. combined with
the furnishings from Fort Worth nm
iyersity win give. it is said. the grea>
school in Guthrie the finest equip
ment in the Southwest. The local
committee representing the trustees
did not bid on the lfbrary for the
-eason that it duplicates In a great
measure the Fort Wot tn library, al
ready taken over. The library Will
therefore, be started with the Fort
Worth books Its nucleus Many
Few purchases viii be made soon
Vice Chancellor Fielder and Rey<
NJ NJ. Go'don are in the field looEsI
Ing for students They viii give Ok
lahona and Texas and part OF New
Mexico a chance to come in at the
start. Marked success is reported
The prospects for attendance are
good It is repo.ted that the en@)ll-
ment the f-st week will be at least
30g. About rs Guthrie students win
be enrolled at once and the Unyer-
sity club Is still making a campaign
Convention hall is rapidly taking
on q school hape The force is con
ident O finishing the alterations
early in September The grounds are
IN excellant condition
Football is already attracting at
tention For the beard of trustees
there has been declared policy ot
for athletics, pa&ic-
alarly for football Carey college |
has landed st. Clair a prize Epworth
f tftfs ~ D ea4I fHN
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-17

The killing b dogs by the police
goes ON steadily
70 5 Aberasihy. aged so. and Mrs
Rachael Porter AGED so both Of Low
Co. secured marriage license here
Yesterday
Information was lied today bg
,ountt Attorney Adams against Wal
yer Wilson bound over on a charge
0t attempting 20 destroy records
The Information was hled n the su
perior court
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-17

Mrs A Meyer has returned from
Forest City Ark. where she was
called three weeks ago by the seri-
GUS illness oi relative.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-17

I 4 ToHr balr oan be Ke7t glossy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-17

DR.. j. n Clark and Miss Flo Jones,
nurse, Of Tahlequah arrived here
last nigat bringing patient for the
Duke sauitarium
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-17

The prospects for attendance are
good II is repo.ted that the enlbll-
nent the Grst week will be at least
BOZ About rs Guthrie students VIII
BE enrolled at once and the Unger
sity club Is still making a campaign
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25
SERIES OF MEETINGS ON
PREVENTION OF DISEASE.
Tuberculosis Society of St. Louis CO.
operates In Health Conference.

The first meeting Of the Negro con-
ference on tuberculosis was held un-
der the auspices Of the Anti-tUbcrcu-
lOsiS society III the Sumner high
school, 81. Louis, from Monday after
noon, Dec. -. to Friday, Dec. 1G, In
elusive. The president Of the local
conference is Professor +. J.. Williams.
who presided at the formal opening
or the conference, ut which exhibits
were shown.
MONDAY nights meeting was con-
Quoted lT public school Teachers who
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25

com mon sense as ogainet all Chrl--
lanlty. Who knows where, tbrouy n
personal malice, it may strike nex
The story ia told in The Sun--very
likely so-of similar case in one Of
he parishes. A sui. for Islander was
brought for calling family co'orea
The sheriff looked up the records and
found the charge sustained. AS the
Investigation amused him, be look Il
farther and found one Of bis own
ancestors recorded as colored-but a
fortunate fire coon destroyed the
proof.
Now, what should be dom? If
LouisiaDa must maintain its iDfam
Gus law against intermarraee, it
should at least set line where tbc
prepotent Negro blood ia TO be beld
as washed out. Set it at one eighth
or one sixty fourth, but at least Sc,
1t somewhere. If We do not nisre.
member, South Carolina has such
law. 1t is adding stupidity TO cru
city to allow the taint TO 90 on for
ever.
And once more, we advise all White
Negroes in Louisiana, or anywhere
else in the South to charge their
residence and leave their . digree
behind. There is such case now in
Baltimore, where the doctors cant
tell whether girl is white or black.
Let them leave as white people and
be received 90 white people. We do
rot doubt there are thousands of
such people, both North und S,uth
who have, by changing their homa,
changed their rece and celor, W.
have known such caees, and not all
Crs oles. Thus, as the bles ching
process goes on, the coDundrum will
cease to concern Them. Wnen is
Caucasian not Caucaeiau?- New
York Independept.
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be tslked with the brother from
whom be had been parted for hslf @
century.
The other dsy the private car of
Charles II. Markham. president Of
the lI.ino Central Railroad, arrived
al Hopsinsville, Ky, and awaiting
the coming of Little Chuck" was
John II. sham, welldigger srd
plas'ereI .-Chicsgo Inter Ocean.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25
VOTING COMPULSORY,

ln some countries voting is COM
pulsory, anil electors are fined if they
do not 90 their duty SIS citizens ard
avail themselves Of the franchise.
According to the universal suffrage
law Of Austria all those on the reg
lister must record their votes, and at
The last general ii. clion in that
c. untr, $4,000 electors were fined
sums tom two dollars downward
because they negl, cted to go to the
pol.
Spain is another country tbst
looks on voting a. Da,ioraI du'y.
1T least in the municipal election.
Should citizen omit to cast bis
ballot his name is puhl-bpd as a
de e'ap]ter, bis taxes are iocr-ased bv
two per CT Dt.. while if he be in The
public service, bis salary is reduced
by one per cent. Should be commit
the fault second time he is de-
barred forever from holding an dec
i've position or an appointment un-
der government.
a fw years sgo bill to the same
IF. CT was Brought before The Dsrlia
ment Of Victoria. Al defaulters
were 10 be Fl ed 81 so unleas thev
showed they were i'll at The time.
were blind, over sky five years Of
age, or were unavoidsbly absent.
A similar idea was mco'fd in Can.
nda, the peraIav bring disfrapcbse.
rns'3 t.r e'v ,ta-H s. -,r & n-;e-
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25
SA1 | ! I.E.

Smile and the world smiles with you
'knock' aud YOU 90 alone;
For the cheerful grin
Will let you in
where the kicker is never known.
G'owl. and the way looks dreary,
l.'"Hh. and the path il bright,
For the welcome emile
bilnEs sunshine while
a fio"h shuts out the light.
Sirg. ard the world Il harmonious.
Erunh T.. "'l 'hiugo go wrong,
tall tho Time
pu me uUL of IhvH,e
WIN 'he hUnv. bu-iling thronS.
h,ck ana there Il trouble brewing,
Whistle. Hnd life is gay.
And the world a ~ tune
Iik" II Gav in June.
And sor1Uw viii melt away.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25
The FATAL GRASP.

a reckless man, in q zooloQicol'
garden, seized venomous seEpentbv
the neck, and held il up before his
companions. The serpent began to
coil itself about his srm and SLOWLY
Igh'ened ite grnsp ill The man was
obliged TO throw it of, and the ser
peu1 quickly turned and bit him,
causing his death.
Ibe mon thought be wss strong
enough 10 play with the serpent, and
then thrust /, from him.
Thus it is with those who think
hey Can daily with temptation with
'mpunlty, but they will find sooner
or later that 1emp'nlon will masIer-
'bem and be their nndoing.
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PLEASE EXPLAIN.

Representative Jonn Sharp vii.
Iiams has new story. During the
recent Mississippi elt ction the Hon.
y Truly was one Of the nnsucoess-
full osplrante for the minority suf.
fruee Of his fellow ci',zpps, bat Pro.
b'bition doctrincs figured in the
a'ruRgle, and Methodist minister
said TO Truly.
"Brotber Truly, l want to ask YOU
Il ques'jon- Do you ever take q drink
Of wbIskey?'
"Brforc / answer that question:"
responded Truly, Il wan. 20 know.
whether il is an inqri7y or an invi-
;A,ioD."
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25

JOS pa Ilnmmer. o. Mitoo,N II ,
who went 10 he'd thirty one years
a9", h'ceuse his father refused to
sliow hln to marry the girl Of his
choice, aHn who has never been IN
s'nc", cr,'ainly picked soft way'
OF gct'i'G even With The pat.r-
" beclIug II & stcr.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25

"A Il man ciuzcA generally had
'hrfc n"me~-A praenomen, denoting
'hr ln"'rIhuM': nOmcn, Indicating
Tie Gr's or elan 70 which he be
io' gt', and cogoomen, specifying
The particular branch of the clan TO
wE'ch he ,e'Ony,d. Sometimes be
hnH "'s' be aouomcn. so that his
inl! Enn.r would run as follows:
l"b'ius e 1ne!ius Scipio Afric 70 u.s.
F"r n irnk time men had but single
n"'n". wb'ch VAS given them TO indl.
ct''' 'hti' el' cinl physical or mental
ecn' "''t'es, as Plato, which signi-
II q "Tnr man with The broad fore
ted. d.'-Chlc,y" Examiner.
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SAW WOOD.

When YOU can It jest see the light,
" hen things amt a-goin' right.
Or the way you think they should,
ait, ard sea how they turn out;
Don,I go bellerin' about!
Jest SAW wood
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25
When Is A Cau-
CaSian Pure-Bred?

HI
Joke. 1t is very serious matte
with maiy Of the first Creole families
OF Louisisna. To MS outside VIII.
look on it is absurdly amusing, as ,b,
autics Of those who make fools o
themselves always are, no matter
how serious to the participants.
Louisiaoa was settled by tb;
French. The FreLch used TO hav,
less tear Of race admixture thar
Eogli=h settlers. Many Creoles, like
Cuoans, have dark complexion, auG
have been suspected of negro blood
which they angrily deny. Louisiana
has an elaborate Technology for III,
successive dilutions, from the mulat-
to and the quadroon downward-o
upvard-which we printed some
weeks ago. When the dilution reach.
es the sixteenth fraction it is almos
indistinguisheble, and at the sixty.
fourth no test can discover it. Fo,
all practca bic purposes the man is .
Caucasian-but not for Louisiana
law.
Or all the States. Louisiana ough,
to he the last 10 enact law forbid
ding intermarriage of white person
with any one who has the least iDfus
ion OF Negro blood. There is nc
knowing where it might hit, for in
Louisiana beyond doubt many pass
for white whose genealogy research
would discover few drops Of Negrt
blood. Such case has lately stir,
up the State,
A youog womao Of a good family
graduate OF fashionable ladies
seminary in New Orlesns, was killed
by being run over in the street. A
newspaper spoke OF her as colored
That put the whole family into O. bor
r'b!e plight. Tuey had always
thought OF the mselves as white and
had associated only with white peo.
pie. Now nobody would associate
with them. They Uust sink, tbe
VIsibly white, to the rank and caste
and association Of Negroes. Hilh
erto they bad been good enough tc
associate with ab, body. Now, with
no fault Of their Own, and 20 Chang
IN Themselves, they w,rc thrust, with
all their whi.,nesH, into the QUE,
blackness.
The dead girl bad q seter happily
married 10 msD Of German orjoin
There WAS no qu, stlnn that he was y
1u'l Caucasian. But he hsd lmbib, d
th' Il ui-'aua pr r'judlce and terror o
lutin',es'ma' nigr,tude II, discov
ered-and bis w,f- d,d-from the
newspaper account tba, she had tLis
bar sinister. He could not continue
to live with such q banned woman
Besides the law forbade it.. He was
liable TO imprisonment for maintain
Ing marital relations with her. II,
appealed to 'be court to have his
marriage snnulled, and th9 cour,
couln DO no less SO shr was zen
adrtt with the rest of h.r family
Tons in this Case two |, Gal 1pox,mt
b'd iIluetret'ons one by its truth
"Summs lex, eumma iniuris,' and
tae other by i's extreme contradc
tlop, "De miuimis lex non curat. ,
Tbe law does care great deal fol
the smallest things. 1t cares ir
louisiana for what ia 20 attonus,ed
az {, - i"-t biz.
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Long Lost
Brothers United

| John L. Marx ham, of Clerksville,
Tenp., wos among those who enlis,e d
on the ride of the Oonfederscy. He
was born in Ire e!and. but in bis boy
hocd bis parents came 10 this coun.
try and ee.tled in The Sunny
South"
He wss 80 years old when be
"marcbed eff 10 the war" in 1861.
leaving behind him on Invalid fu he,
and mother with q baby boy in btr
aims. The buby was chris,ened
Charles II. Mark BAN, but the family
always called him "Chuck."
John Mark hsm was cnp'ured ard
hrougbt 10 Chicago in Sspien. Der,
lSC2. For seven months be was
held prisoner of war q, Camp
Douglas. Then be was excbenged."
Frendlees and peuniess, il took
him many weary weeks TO work bis
way hack to The little home town in
Ten nessee. When be did reach there
it wns ouly TO (nd that bis father
had died during his absence and
that hia mother married again ard
moved away, taking little "Cbuck'
with her.
"Tbey've gone North scme " here,
bn' just where nobody knowe," tbt
o~Dspeople told Jobu Markham
And oil bis efforts 10 find bis mother
aid little brother were futile. En-
ally be gave up the search for them
and went 10 Missiesippi He worked
there snd in other Southern States
as weIIdlgger, brick layer, and
plss'erer. For several yesrs be has
been IN employe Of the Illinois Cen
unI Rail- DAD q. HopkiosviIIe, Ky.
Such has been The life of John r
Marx BAN
In 1881 boy of 20 aeked for and
got oh as a section laborer on tie
Ssn'a F. Railroad in K4nsse IL
did DOT stay long in that 10, for o
chance csme 10 do the rough WORK
at lis,le station on the Sou'hfrr
Poetic line. He had brvine snd
mbl'ioD, sDd they kept bm moving
right up the railway ladder. 10 1887
be became s'a'ion agent himself q,
Dining, New Mexico Ten yesrs
later be was dis'ric. freig b. and pas
sepger sgen, of that compaDy's lines
10 Oregon.
10 1901 be became vice president
of tbe Houston snd Texas Central
R'llrosd, Three years later be cue
ceedtd Jalius Krut,ecbpitt as vice
PRECEDENT sDd general manager of
be Southern Psc fc. Lac, Deem
ber be was eleced president of the
IIlinois Central Railroad.
HIs nsmt? Well, he wac chris
tened Charles H. Markham, bu
when be wss baby The family called
bim "Chuck."
The other day on Old welldigger
and plaseTer working for the Iii
nos Central Railroad chanced 10 set
the name Of CHARLES II. Markham Oh
an order issoed from the affice of IN.
presIden. of the company.
"Tba, may be my brotbe,
"Cbuck," The old man said 10 bic
fellow workers.
Your brother president of The
To'1! You're crezy," shey jaered.
~ u
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AneCdotaI .
Literature.
Rv wy
FALSE FRIENDS.
BY w. q.

FALSE FRIENDS.
The frlends who in our Summer 1.-Two
When Winter comes. nre flown;
ana he who has but tears To give,
Must weep those tears alone.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-03-25

Wbep Napoleon, IN 1912 under.
'ook 10 invade and cor OAR Russis.
the RueeInn em baeaador .nld 10 him.
Sire, rene m Der that mar proposes,
bo' God disposee,"
Napoleon srrogsntly answered, II
wan. you TO understand that l am
be that proposes, and ,ba, / am also
be man 'b"t disposes."
God did not STR from his throne.
bu' sen, one Of bic enables, messen
Rers-eDo" Fl Ike 10 puoirh ,be bias.
phs mer, and Napoleon waa forced to
re,iest from Mnecow.
lie he'd already los, one hundred
Thousand men by war and siok ness.
aud after ell the losses be bad but
tweuty five thousand left.
The off cisls reported 10 The en-
peror Of Rossis tha, they bad buried
21s,61e F'tench corpses and o5 s1e
J...- GN~.sa ~ n..'..' u:s2Iis53s
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BY THE YARD

Ooe day several stuJents sp.
pronchcd bntcbrr'a sail, and one.
or them, intent on ll,yiDg q joke on
the butcher, said, "Plesse let me.
have yard Of pork for a dollar!"
"GIVe me the dollar firs'," replied
'be meat dealer, The student rave
it 10 him, The bu ober went to tho
ICE box, amid The laughter of bis
customers, end returned with tbreo
p,g's feet, end banded them 10 tho
student, and ssid: "Tbree fee. mako
one yard, as your arithmetic tells
you" The studen's retired GREAT.
falen.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-11

been aptly termed-there is dispo-
sition to get away from the depth and
beauty Of mental culture and to at
tempt to veneer and paint over. Dean
Thomas was not in sympathy with
that class. He laid the foundations
deep and strong and upon these the
young man and young woman could
build the practical without danger Of
the structure becoming top-heavy.
He sought essentials rather than
isms. He labored to have his stud
ent become searchers after truth
rather than reciptacls into which
knowledge, pre-digested. should be
poured. Himself scholar in the
academic sense, he imbued those who
came under his personal influence
with the same desire. Seeking out
the hidden beauties Of the culture of
the ages, he fired his students with
the same zeal.
But with all these aggressive char
acteristics, he preserved a poise and
Valance that commanded admiration.
He was an aggressive rather than a
progressive, for while he searched the
future for opportunities Of betterment.
he held fast to the things that had
been tried and found good.
He has labored long and faithfully
for the University Of North Dakota.
He has been a participant in its de-
velopment and a factor in it's growth.
He came to it when it's horizon SEEM
ed limited, and has seen 1t expand
until it has taken its place we'll up
in the ranks of the newer universe
ties. To all these marvellous changes
he has contributed liberal share
of influence. But after all the great
est thing he has accomplished is
been the building of strong characters
in the men and women who have
come under his influence while at
tending the university The records
he has carved upon their lives are
far more enduring than were they
chiseled in marble.
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lomatic life during his stay in this
country, but he will attract attention,
not to mention courtesies from our
American army and navy dignitatries.
Sir Ian has: been in the British
Islands, the Bermudas, and at Anti
qua, and his visits to those British
possessions have been official, as he
is the inspector general of what is
called the oversee forces Of the realm.
This is an important military APP
pointment that requires travel and
plenty of work. The post was declin-
ed by Lord Kitchener, and also by
the Duke of Connaught, who probably
did not care to travel.
Sir Ian Hamilton has had his share
of actual fighting in India and Bur-
nah. He was in the Nile relief party
that went out to join Gen. Gordon,
and he was active in the defense Of
Ladysmtih in the Boer troubles. After
all his actual fighting with the army
he was sent to see how other nations
fight, and he remained with the Jap
anese army when it invaded Man
churia in the little scrap between
Russia and Japan short time ago.
With all his activity as soldier, Sir
Ian has found time to write a few
books, and one Of them referring to
the fighting Of the future has been
given some attention by our Ameri-
can army chiefs"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-11
THE CHILEAN DREADN0UGHTs

The Chilean contract for two dread
noughts of the most powerful type yet
designed will bring the combined
South American fleet up to seven bat
tleships Of the first class, and a pro-
portionate number of auxiliary ves-
sells, mostly of the destroyer class.
OF armored cruisers and scout ships
there is noticeable lack, as if the
Latin-American naval authorities
have come to doubt the usefulness of
the secondary warship in modern
warfare. However, they may be doing
a wise thing since the tendency of
other nations is towards eliminating
the cruiser class. The British are SUBJ
shutting the dreadnought cruiser for
the lighter craft, but the example is
not followed in this respect by other
navies. Neither Germany nor the
United States is laying down vessels
of the British description.
Just why the seven South American
dreadnoughts should be spoken of as
comprising one feet is not clear, for
Brazil, Argentina and Chile are build
ing quite Independently of each other,
it would SEEM and there is no evidence
Of an understanding in the matter.
Whatever opinion may prevail abroad
as to the naval awakening south of us,
the United States regards the move
ment with perfect equanimity. Two
of the big craft are nearing compile
ton in our shipyards and American
firms were among the bidders for the
two Chilean dreadnoughts What
gives US concern is the fact that the
British bids were s1,0O0,o00 lower per
ship. than our proposals. The margin
of cost between shipbuilding here and
in England is an adverse factor that
will tax the resources of the state
department in Its efforts to secure
for American contractors the build
ing of more dreadnoughts for South
America.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-11

Official paper of the City of Grand