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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-15
Genesis And Science

Mr. Editor; see another champion
has entered into this discussion, writ,
ing under the name of John Marcus
He seems TO be carried beyond the
bounds of all reason by the exuber-
ance of his own yerboscity. He makes
the startling assertion, THAT all
through the past among the children
OF men the doctrine that men must
have Christ has been current
thought of the race" will examine
what he calls prophecies and see if
he can prove in the whole of the Old
Testament where the coming of Christ
was foretold an dabide by the truth.
Marcus claims Genesis 4:15 to be such.
and makes it to read: And | will put
enmity between the Stan and the wo-
man and between thy seed and her
seed ii shall bruise thy head and thou
shalt bruise his heel" Now let me
draw the readers attention to the fact
that there is no such word as Satan
in Genises and there is no such word
as Satan known to the Hebrews. 1t
is mentioned in the book of Job for
the first and only time Spinoza and
Abzereuzra, two Hebrews celebrated
for their learning both claim that there
was no idea to correspond with the
word Satan in existence with the jew
ish people and claim that the book of
Job if of Gentle origin And as far as
the sons of Eve having bruised the
head of the serpent is concerned they
have bruised the head of every other
living animal as well. Yea and each
others heads also. But what could that
have to do with foretelling the birth
of Jesus. What the Jews longed for
was character to arise and organize
them and recover their country What
can be more absurd than to try to
prove thing true and bring forth
witnesses that says it is not true, as
every Hebrew claims that Christ is
not the Misiah spoken of, we do the
Hebrew people an injustice they had
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the Darwin idea, and that is the unan
Unity. or similarity OF all animal crea.
ton
Take the Vertebrates and the Com.
paratiye Anatomist will tell you that
all the bones found in the skeleton of
human being can be found in any of
the balances OF them. II is true per
haps that in some instances. as in the
horse. the homes are grown together
as in the case of some of the bones of
the foot. but by careful dissection. the
analogues OF the bones Of the human
arm. forearm. wrist and hand, can be
found in the front leg and hoof of the
horse. In like manner you can lind
the analogous bones in the fiippers OF
the seal. and leg and foot of the ibex
Il is the same in the muscles and
vicera of animals and man. While the
identical muscle or organ can not be
found, the analogue can, and there is
no exception to this law, thus proving
the sameness of life. Now go back to
the first cell. the lowest form of life
and we find tnat all life has the same,
type OF cell The old Latin Proverb:
Everything comes from an egg" is
verified all through animated existence.
Rationalists believe that God in Gre
ating a pair to start a world with,
should have made them the highest
type mentally and endowed them with
the learning as far as the brain of man
could reaeh-to the zenith of intellect
uality-and they also believe that God
should have killed the devil kept his
children fro interpolation or rubbed
out and started in again.
Ii is an undisputed fact that Charles
Darwin, the kindly gentleman, the man
that gave his best years to the pursuit
of truth. and would have trayersed the
world to add another fact, threw more
light on the problem of human exist
ence than all the priests or other re-
ligious parasites that ever lived. No
nobler man has ever lived-no man
who studied with more reverence
reverence for the truth.
He knew more about his mother,
Nature. than any child she ever had,
his writings are accepted as author
ity in every civilized land and by every
person who understands what he real
ly taught would suggest in closing
that his detractors read his works be-
fore making further comments.
OBSERVER
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no idea Of one man dying for another,
no idea OF a personal Satan. and by
the way the word devil first appears
With Matthew Now ] will look over
some OF the prophecies claimed by the
New Testament writer's to pertain to
Jesus Matthew now al lthis was done
that il might be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the prophet,
saying behold virgin shall be etc,
and they shall call his name Emanuel
which being interpreted is God be with
us. This chapter eth verse 14th of
Isaiah Mathew tries to make it mean
Jesus it never could Isaiah lived about
seven hundred years before Christ and
to make the meaning of the passage
plain We must see why it was written.
At this time the people Of Israel were
divided and had two kings. Ahas was
king of Judah, Jekah was king of Israel
and Joined himself to Resin king of
Syria to make war against Ahas. So
powerful was che army of these two
that Ahas and his people became
alarmed at the danger and Their
hearts We're moved as the trees of the
wood are moved with the wind"
Isarah Chpt l verse 3 it was then that
Isaran came to Ahas and assures him
in the name of the Lord that these to
kings should not succeed against him,
and tells Ahas to ask a sign and when
the king refused went on therefore
the Lord shall give you a sign behold
a virgin shall conceive and bear a
son. Butter and honey shall he eat
and before he shall know to refuse the
evil and choose the good the land
which-thou abhorrest shall be forsaken
of both her kings" Now there is the
sign what has that to do with the birth
of Christ seven hundred years after
wards. Now let us see what the sign
amounted to Chron Chap. 2S verse,
first 'tAhas was twenty years old when
he began to reign and he heigned six
teen years in Jerusalem, but he did
not that which was rigt in the sight |
of the Lord" yer 9th wherefore the !
Lord delivered him into the hand of
the king of Syria and they smote him
and carried away a great multitude of |
them captive and brought them to
Damacus and he was also delivered in
to the hand of the king of Israel who
smote him with great slaughter ver
6 and Pekah slew in judah an hum
dred and twenty thousand in one day"
Say that was going some contrary to
the sign of that old being traitor. He
bobs up again and says Behold | am
the children whom the Lord hath Civ
en- me are for signs and for wonders
in Israel" and these be your prophets
oh Marcus, Marcus Matthew End
chapt, verse first, for thus it is writ
ten by the prophet" and thou Bethle-
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thorough belief in the Bible. as the
word of God in revealing Himself tc
the children of men.
will speak to you next time upoT
The Set of the Soul"
U. S. Water Wagon is For All.
Editor Chieftain:
have noticed in two or three items
published recently, that the L. S. gov
ernment viii appoint a small regiment
of deputy L. S. marshals. and take
full control in enforcing the prohibi
tory clause in our state constitution;
and that all persons who bring OF
ship any liquor into the Indian Terri
tory part of Oklahoma viii be subject
to heavy fine and imprisonment
Since L. S. Marshal Victor published
this order. we have noticed printed
statements from our city police Office,
and county sheriffs office; that these
two offices viii now begin making I'M
usual efforts to arrest bootleggers,
liquor using lodges. etc, and turn them
over to the L. S court for punish
ment.
Here is the puzzle II Uncle Sam
is in full control, then where do our
brave army of police and deputy sher-
IFS come in? Is the city and county
to pay them for doing, for nothing, the
work the deputy T. S. marshals are
paid for doing?
Then again. under the U. S. inter
Of the law, every man, who
has a drop of liquor in his home, is
equally guilty with the man who sells
It, in the Indian Territory part of Ok
ahoma. Then why subject bootleg
gers alone, to prosecution? Under
this law my little bottle of Medical
which l keep hid under
the refrigerator, makes me equally
guilty with the professional bootleg
ger. A SUBSCRIBER.
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hem in the land of Judea art not the
least among the princes of Judea for
out of the shall come a governor that
shall rule my people Isreal." This pas
sage is in ldicah ehapt cerse End
prophecies about some one but gives
no name but evidently it is not Jesus.
For it says and this man viii be the
peace when the Assyrian shall come
into our land and when he shall tread
in our palaces, then shall we raise up
war against the Assyrian And they
shall waste the land of Assyria with
sword and the land of Nimrod on
the entrance thereof" This describes
a military chief or ruler but. with truth
it can never apply to the meek and
lowly Naberene. Besides the times
spoken of in the above when the
Assyrians were the foes of the Jews.
Can not refer to the time of Christ as
they were tlen under the Romans,
and in place of him driving them out
the Roman ruler signed his death war
rant Now Mr.. Marcus, if you know
of any prophecies that actually apply
to the birth of Christ let us have them
verbatim fro mthe Old Testament, but
don't go to do like the politicians, in
sert a satan or devil where there
is none, and if you don't like Captain
White get the hook worm we will try
to understand each other better But
say don't try to link Genises with
science Remember Gladson's proem
of Genises was short lived for so great
a man. RATCLIFF.
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NOTICE OF ACCOUNTS FOR SET
ELEMENT.

State of Oklahoma, County of Craig, SIS.
In the County Court.
Notice is hereby given that hearing
will be had on or after Monday, April
1st, 1912, at the April, 1912, term of
this Court, on the final report in the
following matter, which said report
shows such estate ready for distribu-
ton, to-wit:
No. 2032 In re estate of Cynthia
Lynch, deceased, B. A. Mcfarland, Ada
ministrator.
No. 1884. In re estate of Eliza
Henderson. deceased, Davis Hill, Ad-
ministrator.
2195. In re estate of Eliza Mills,
deceased, j. A. Mills, administrator.
All persons interested in such es-
tate will take notice and govern them
selves accordingly.
This the 18th day of March, 1912.
1884 County Judge.
S. F. PARKS,
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MAN PERIOD.

Such is the record given by God in
His Word and in the Book Of Nature.
And the wonderful thing Of it all is
that man by investigation and study
can, at this extreme distance of time,
ascertain and give to the world these
remarkable facts. Is it not a little
strange that the eyes of infidelity are
closed to these wonderful facts2 That
after having lain buried for thousands
of year. God has caused the very earth
and soil to substantiate the record
given by Moses? But
An old poet wrote
The owl with blue-fringed eyelids stin
sits and blinks,
And cries out, Where is the SUM,
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Permanent Results Of Biblical Criticism

| permanent Results OF BIBLICAL Criticism
(By Jerome L. w Williams, past OF
the A. NJ e. church. SOC South Third
lst)
Editor Daily Chieftain;
| desire for a few moments to ad-
dress myself to the proposition of the
critical study of the bible.
When we come to consider the OBJ,
iect and purpose of criticism it seems
to me that we should be governed in
such criticism by whether it is calcu-
lated to imperil or fortfy the word OF
God as the record of his revelation cf
himself to the children of men,
While il is true that the Old Testa-
ment in large measure received It's
authority, through its use by Jesus
Christ and his apostles, ii is also that
the first critic of the Old Testament
was Jesus Christ himself
When he came to consider the usage
and customs of the time that he had
TO meet in their dealings with the peo-
Pile who transgressed the law. Jesus
Christ wholly disregarded the exist
ing law of his time, he said 4 come
not to destroy. but to fulfil the law, !"
but at the same time he determined
aud ennuneiated what was the law
from his viewpoint. For said he 4
say unto you. thou shalt love the Lord,
thy God with all thy soul and with
all thy heart and with all thy mind,
and thy neighbors as thyself
On these two commandments hang
all the law and the prophets. Iu this
pronunciamento Jesus Christ took up
on himself to criticise both the letter
and spirit of the Old Testament; he
repealed the law therein enunciated
and promulgated a new law. shorn of
rituals and ceremonies. and based only
on the love of God aud man
Jesus Christ thus set the first ex.
ample OF criticism of the Bible, and
all true Christians may if guided by
similar motives do the same without
permanent injury to the cause Of
Christianity
1t is useless to tell the intelligent
layman of these days and times that
he must accept everything in the
Bible as literally true. They will not
do it. Ii they are told that
they must take the whole Bible |
as literally and historically true.
as condition of their affiliation with |
the Methodist or any other church, !
there is a grave danger that they may
disregard the whole No intelligent |
layman can possibly fail to note the
of the Old Testament |
when he reads the two different de-
of creation and of the food, |
the two different descriptions of the |
origin of the names of Bethel and |
Israel and other such diversities. SO /
It seems to me that the Office and |
functions Of higher criticism of the
Bible should be and is. to bring all
such varianees and inaccuracies into
eoncensus with the revelation of God
o man in accord with the enlightened
conditions of our times.
I believe that through the criticism
# the Bible. it has come 10 pass that
nen generally recognize that for one
0 say be believes in its literal inspira-
ion and that all the putatiye authors 1
herein contained is not essential to a II
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For Sale ehean.

Good fence posts, or will trade for
hogs or cattle R. ]. Wright at San
ders-Wrig- It store. 3d-2w
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Petersburg COcn-Cola Bottling
Works.

Some people refrain from drinking bot
tied beverages through a prejudice form
ed before the modern sanitary methods
of bottling were in force, or because OF a
lack Of knowledge Of the methods now
employed. Fifteen minutes spent in the
Petersburg Coca-COIa Bottl:ng Works
would convince any one of the cleanli-
ness Of their products All bottles are
soaked ten minutes in a solution OF caus-
tic soda heated to 12O degrees. After that
they are given three interior and two ex-
terror washings and receive four rms
ings in clear water. and are then thor
oughly drained. Their automatic bot
Ting machine bottles twenty-three per
minute. and the plant has a capacity or
Sc1 per day This plant has been in
operation for five years and is under the
mana cement Of II. A REM. u bother or
twerty y-seven years experience.
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Southsidc Realty Company.

The Souths!de Realty Company was es-
tablshed twelve years ago by the pres
ent members r. l. Young. r. E. Long,
and W. p. johnson. three hustling. ener-
getic young boosters for Petersburg.
They handle property Of every descrip-
ton and at the present time have over
40 farms for sale in addition TO num-
ber OF large timber tracts and a long
list of city property. They recently pub
lished a handsome little booklet desCrib-
ing many Of their listed properties, and
will be glad to send this book free of
charge to any one interested in this sec
tion. Three men, four turnouts. and an
auto are at the service of prospective
buvers
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VIM. =. Atkinson Co.

People who have or contemplate the
purchase Of an automobile living in or
near Petersburg. will appreciate the IA
cilities offered by the above firm. They
are the oldest auto supply house in the
city and have a modern equipped shop
and garage, centrally located. and can
furnish anything necessary for every
make machine. Their garage is open day
and night, feature all tourists will ap-
preciate. They are sole agents for Vir-
ginia for the Marathon automobile which
is rapidly gaining favor with the public.
This Is one of the strongest built, best
equipped. and at the same time incest
proportioned cars on the market to-day
for medium price. They are also agents
for the celebrated HupmobiIe. which
needs TO Introduction: the Kissel Car
the finest in America. and the Peerless.
which ranges in price from 5000 10 5000
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Laycnstinc Brothers.

One of Petersburg's most popular busi-
ness houses is Lavenstine Brothers De-
partment Store, situated at the corner
of Sycamore and Franklin Streets This
is a strictly one-price store. as can be
attested by those who patronize 1t. The
building is well ventilated and clean and
the contented employees give prompt and
courteous attention to customers. The
entire establishment will soon be moved
to new and more commodious quarters
just opposite their present location.
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Peterson a Joyner. Inc.

The Peterson & Joyner Hardware Com
pany. Inc. is one of the leading and
most progressive firms of Petersburg The
present company was Incorporated in
1907. succeeding John W. Bradbury. The
progress made by the firm has been most
gratifying and in keeping with the rapid
strides made by the business men OF
this city. They carry n complete and
up-to-date line of hardware. agricultural
implements. carriage materials, paints.
oils. varnishes, glass, sash. doors. blinds,
mantels. tile. CRATES. and roofings. They
are also agents for the celebrated Impe-
rial plOws, Fairbanks scales, Mccormick
harvesting machines, and Brown Eagle
Claw cultivatOrs.
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r. o. EGerton Company.

Petersburg is not without its beautiful
suburban residential district. The r. o.
Egerton Company. one of the most pro-
gresslve real estate firms in the city, are
the agents for Walnut Hill. which has
but recently been put on the market. and
is now the scene OF much activity in the
erection Of many handsome homes. The
restrictions on this property are such as
will permit only the most desirable class
OF people becoming residents. The r. o.
Egerton Company was founded in 1885
and after twenty-six successful years of
square dealing il is known .to-day
throughout this entire section as the
most progre ssive firm in their line Of
business. The officers of the company are
r. L. Watson and w. J. Moore. II. c.
Southall is the manager of the rental de-
partment and w. L. Motion is in charge
of the Office force.
Petersburg Investment Corporation
The purpose Of this company is to as
sist in the development OF Petersburg.
II has made itself popular by the erec-
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ton OF over fifty homes for the local
people on the easy payment plan. small
installment each month. This method
of doing business makes il possible for
the man Of limited means to possess his
own home intead of constantly paving
rent. This company was organized in
1907. The officers are NJ. c. Jackson. pres
ident; II s. Seward. vice president; Will
lam Budd. secretary. and Wilkes Msdi-
son. treasurer. all reliable and conscien-
tious citizens Of Petersburg. They have
an excellent variety OF properties on hand
suitable for persons Of various means.
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r. ID. Butler Company.

The person who is erecting a modern
new home as well as the one who has an
old one requires an artist 10 take charge
of the interior decoration and add the
artistic effects necessary to make his or
her home complete The above concern is
under the management OF owen Gilmore,
who Is an artist in his line and employs
several skilled men to carry out his de-
signs. He has a modern store and car
ries a complete line of artistic wall pa
per, mOlding. shades. awnings. sc. and
makes picture frames to order. This firm
is successor to E. D. Butler. established
in 1887, and under the new arrangement is
daily increasing their field of operations.
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Petersburg Furniture Co.

This firm. established in 1887. and re-
organized twenty years ago. has been a
success from the very day of its founda-
tIon. The stock Of furniture. carpets.
stoves. and general house furnishings
carried by this company is complete. and
the goods are purchased from the very
best sources Of production and therefore
are the best. Goods may be bought for
cash or on the instaIment plan at the
lowest prices and most liberal terms. The
officers are \. ]. Winfield. president and
manager. and J. D. MCKenny, secretary
and treasurer.
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Petersburg Builders supply Co.
Friend 4 Company, Inc.

Friend & Co. have been in business in
Petersburg fourteen years. This is a
branch of the old Marks & Friend firm
which was in existence thirty years. The
firm of to-day is composed Of younger
blood. and is full Of the push that all
young American business men Of to-day
possess. They are enlarging their field
OF operation constantly. In the summer
months their business is largely in lime.
plaster, cement. and builders supplies.
while in the winter they handle steam
and domestic coal, both bituminous and
anthracite. in large quantities. The man
ager is Thomas Whyte.
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f.. II. Titnus.

For fine diamonds, fashionable jewelry.
perfect timepieces. handsome silverware,
&C. go TO E. Fl. Titmus. the jeweler.
This is one OF the highly popular stores
Of Petersburg. and is we'll established.
II is conveniently located near the heart
of the business district, and the patron
age is with the best class of people in
the city and vicinity. Mr.. Titmus makes
a speciality of repair work.
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n, +. Iupsford 4 Co,

This company entered the field Of COM
petition in very modest way in 1889
Since that time their trade has steadily
increased until to-day they are doing an
immense wholesale business in hats. caps.
and gloves. Five men are kept con-
stantly on the road doing business in
North and South Carolina and Virginia.
This firm owns the celebrated Cockade
City Special and AppomattoX Pocahon-
tas brands OF hats
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Geo. d. Carter.

Sixteen years ago a small bicycle and
repair shop was born in the city Of Pet
ersburg. George Carter. the father Of
the business. tenderly and carefully
watched over his venture. Under his
management ii has grown into one of
the leading institutions OF its kind in
the city. He occupies a building twenty
feet wide and l25 feet deep. which is
stocked with bicycles guns. motorcycles
and sporting goods of every description
He is also agent for the Regal automo-
bile, and keeps automobiles for hire He
also runs bicycle. auto, and gun repair
shop. properly equipped. and a corps of
skilled maChinists are always on duty
All work is turned out under guarantee
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Petersburg Hardware Co., Inc.

One of Petersburg's leading wholesale
and retail hardware companies is the
above named. Mr.. Cashon. the president
Of this company, who has been identi-
fed with hardware concerns for about
seventeen years, started this business
ten years ago, and since the day of Its
birth IL has grown steadily Besides
doing an extensive local business in cut
lery. tools, rope. twine, pumps. tin, gran
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j. T. Morrtss & Son.

This is an old established firm having
been in existence since 1856 II is the
leading undertaking establishment of Pc
tershurg. and has been under the able
management of Charles I. Morris since
1899. They are funeral directors and en-
balmerS and are at the service of the
public day and night Mr.. Morriss is
ably assisted by a corps Of trained and
effiCen. Co-WOrkers