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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-05-29
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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-05-29

~ ths larger citiss. but there In n ten.
dsncy ~ keep tb.In out Of desirable
sections once n member ~ tho rnce
bSves from such u section. Skilled
work iDen 0f tho rncs aro doing we'll.
Tho carpenters have held thcir own In
this section nnd control much 0f the
work IN their line. This n also trus
VI ne,Dbers ~ tho race In tho Dricklay.
Ing trade.
I,ut tho white mechanics In the lines
above named have combined against
them ~ some extent. which is strongly
Indicated by tho fact TINT tho maJ0ri.
~ ~ tho white building and loan asso.
Citations will not allow Afro. Americans
holding shares IN their associations
whom making lonDs to build homes tO
give contracts ~ Afro Americans, but
tho work must be done by white mon
under tho supervision ~ tho nssocin.
ton, huch discrimination aroused tho
better element of tho rncc In this scc.
tion. whom the Rov Dr, Richard
hpi,lcr Interested IN organizing tho
Workingmcnm building nnd Loan M
socin t,on, tho officers ~ which nro DIR,
w. w Avant, prcnidrnt. DIR. Richard
tpi,ler. Vice president. ana Edward
story, secretary and trcnsurcr,
when this movement was being con.
widercd ono ~ tho leading factors IN
tho effort was Thomas II. Williams. n
native or thls city and n young man
with broad conceptions ~ tho possi'
bllltloa ~ tho race a. succeed along
hua'nra lines Ito IN n member of tho
board or directors AMI also n member
" the nnance committco of this pro.
grcasivc association Mr.. Williams has
Interested n large number of young
mon here In this organization.
Mr.. Williams In concrete example
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-05-29
1W Miss Cleo n Gibbs Mas.
torvd HM OiffIcuItjes.
TELLS 4 THRILLING STORY.

SNVbDSNS0 11SN - WSN~SSS ~ SNFfO
ths Little Things wei sod Sticking
- Hss Job
Birmingham, Ala~-Tbs story ~ sue
esss. no matter who the individual ~
what the Gsld, In most always thrilling
and interesting snd commands pubIir
attention. That styry must " Dors
Interesting sbd thrilling n the narrs
Tor happens ~ ~ an Obssurs cOiored
girl. who In the very nature of Things
starts out IN lifs handicapped b; IVA
son NJ n,ssger opportunities Snd nd
vsntsges
Miss Cleo N Nbbs. the chief clerk
- this Atlabtn tAIn., Special Benefit
company. NJ which Sir r. W Howell
y the president and mnnnyer ~ one
of the D0sa efficient clerks iD BirninK
ham and S~sum.~ with entire sntisfac
ton much Of III. hnrnssins details Of
the management ~ the big r,mtmny
bhs In N young wODnD who In her own
way tells how she roac from n mere
machine IN the work ~ one ~ the
really dcpsndobi. characters
Miss Gibbs says:
"Wben ! nrst entered the work M
an obscure clerk the outlook for sue
cess seemed unusually dark ! could
not see my way clearly always
looked for the rond a. snccens what
ever II might b. I worked hnrd In
school nnd succeeded IN finirhing with
class boDOrs md came ~ I'Irmingbam
from Meridian. Miss. Jnn ~. ID,O
was In the city about n month before
] applied for work Then ! applied ~
the Office ~ " W Howell who was
st that time the secretary ~ the A.
lsntn Mutnni Insurance nssocintiOn
In about two weeks there wns va
cancy "a BE- fiilcd. and my npplicHNiOn
was accepted.
AT first ! lid not like the Insurance
work and experienced difficulty In
kesping MI the d-tnils straight such
as the difference be-, wccn lnpacs and
transfers. life schedules. what 10 do
when one nnmc appeared on the lnpsc
and transfer sheet nj the snnc time.
making up Office books. showing the
cash. the arrears, tho advances and
% on.
''The rrrt week seemed enough for
mc. was rcady to give up. but my
people insisted on my sticking 10 the
Job and making good. | fully decided
b. quit ana did NO. did not remain
away from work long. however. nnd,
summing up new courage. reported for
work tho samc day ! quit
starting or again, Mr.. Howell
would send one of the agents or the
special men into tho office To show me
what had 10 do Each day II seemed
that ono would show mo In Y different
way from another. always telling me
that tho other was WRONG. When the
state inspcctor came all Of my work
was wrong. and ! had to stand the
CONSEQUENCES because II was In my
handwriting Everything seemed to
work at q disadvantage. I only knew
that was sticking to my Job, and
waa thcn fuzzy determined ~ stick
until thingS went right.
n did not vet the work right until
IT. Howell told me to make NO
GHAnYcu unkil hU directed P>~ u do %
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-05-29
No. 666

Thls 10 . prescription prepared especially
ior MALARIA or CNl.ls Z FEVER.
Five or elk doses will break any case, and
taken then % tonic the Fever will not
eturn. II acts on the liver better than
Cslomel sod doe ~ 0Vs - sicken. 2sn
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-05-29

;srs old Sores, Other hsIeil,; VAST curt
Ihe worst eases, no matter Of how long standing
ue cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
Portvr's NntiseWic Healing pl. Ii relieves
Pain and Heals AZ the same time. Nc Soc Sl 90
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-05-29
M|LESTONES N
OUR HISTORY
Progress Made BY tho Race
ln Fifty Years.
SOME HISTORICAL FACTS.

Now the Csisssd People Regard Dsy so
Whieh Lincoln Issued Emancipation
Proclamation - impertsnss 81 ths
Coming Gsessitien 70 d Hold "
Risk~s~1. vs, In July.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-05-29
D. n. BARNETT DODsON.

WsshWe~0s Vs. IN Jvsy.
- n. BARNETT DODsON.
Since Jan. !. 1893. the day On which
lincoln Issued the emancipation procla-
nation which had for In object the
abolition Of slavery In the Unitsd
States. the coIorsd people have held
celebrations on the 0rst day Of sash
succs<ding year In honor Of tAs event
Il was not. however. until altar ths
surrender ef Lee st Appomattox Court
House. Va. on April .. 1906. that the
sct " Jan. I. 1854. became truly sf.
fective and . general freeing OF the
dawes thrvughOst the country took
place.
The orst slaves were landed q
Isin~etOws. Va. IN 1919. said 70 b
twenty In number. AZ the cl0os Of the
civil wst this number had increased to
'.OU,.UU. and nifty years later. or rsck.
sning from Jan. !. 1913. tO the present
ume. the colored vacs In America 10
vsriously estimated at from 100000
~ l2.UOOO. II IN therefore Of bis.
tOricn! Interest " note that between
Jamestown. where the drst slaves were
landed. and AppomhttOy Court House.
where Lee surrendered. q great expo
siiipn IN to I've held this year near Rich
nond 10 commemorate the Hftieth an.
aivrrsnry Of the freedom Of the cOlored
pcople and to show what progress the
race hns made along different lines
snce lAEi
The ~xpositi0H viii be held under the
auspices of the Negro Historical Asso.
e1ation Of Richmond. Of which the Hon.
Giles R Jackson In the president and
Who Ia nlso the recognized head OF the
commission appointed by the governor
Of Virginia To arrange for and carry
W.T. the celebration Mr.. Jackson Il q
Man of wide experience and In known
throughout the country AZ q man Of
ability and great capacity to handle
successfully sueh lnrge undertaking.
a. IN" coming exposition.
The pr'gr~s Of the race has been
quite phenomenal considering the CIR.
e,mstan"r> under which this progress
has been made A glance at the sue
rrSs ~ the rncr IN agricultural pursuits
which toiiows here vii, give the reader
very cl"nr k!ra of what the Negro
nas accomplished M a farmer and the
circumstances under which he has Ia
bored to bring about such marvellous
sesults.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
PROBLEM OF CITRUS GROWERS
PRESENTED IN Three PHASES
many CONFLICTING MARKETING PLANS SUGGESTED LEADING
SHIPPERS CLAIM IMPROVEMENT Will COME GRADUALLY
100000 Acres of Bearing Trees and $4,000 Acres Not Bearing 1913
Carloads Oranges and 9 Carloads of Lemons Have Been Shipped
So Far This Season-Pces Is Cents Lower Than Previously

lowest possible cost; how to extend
the market or consumption to keep
pace with the rapid increase in pro-
duction.
The producer, according to these fig
ures, receives only little more than
one-fourth of the consumers dollar
and less amount than the retailer re-
quires for handling the fruit.
Wide as the disparity may seem in
the above table, the cost of getting
oranges from the grove to the con-
sumer is much less than it used to be.
In 1895, when what is known as the
California Fruit Growers exchange
was organized, the output was 5000 to
1000 carloads year. Now it is nearly
$4,000 carloads.
1t cost so to rs cents a box to pack
oranges. Now it costs 80 to 35 cents.
Then it cost 4 to per cent for selling.
This has been reduced to about 21a
cents. Losses from decay have been
largely overcome, and various other
economies have been put into practice.
Suggested Changes
Many growers believe that the fruit
should be sold in Los Angeles at auc-
ton or direct from the packing house.
thus eliminating the Eastern market
They contend that the dealer should
bear his share of the risk, and that
the grower should be assured of a
stated price before he consigns his
fruit. The stated objection to this
plan is that the dealers will not pay
more than is safe, and that any men
acing market conditions that might
affect the returns to the grower other
wise would be discounted in the price
offered here.
There are 100000 acres of citrus
groves in bearing now. There are S5,-
900 acres of non-bearing trees. That
means that the percentage of increase
in production will be maintained, and
that efforts to create a stronger de-
mand and to let the people of the
United States know that oranges are a
healhful and useful as we'll as de-
licious article of food must go on un-
ceasingly.
To date there have been shipped
32,19 carloads of oranges and 4,179
carloads of lemons, about the same as
last year. The returns for navel or
anges have been almost as much as
last year, although the price per box
in many shipments has been as low as
IS cents to the producer.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
CITY CEMENT PLANT
LEASED BY COUNTY

LOS ANGELES, June S.-A definite
agreement has been reached between
the board of supervisors and the coun-
Gil whereby the county has obtained a
lease on the big cement plant at Mono
lith owned by the city. This question
has been pending for several months,
and has resulted in a series of confer
ences between representative of the
two bodies.
Under the terms Of the lease, the
county is to take over at once and
commence the operation of the plant
as All experiment, and see if it can
make it pay sufficiently to warrant a
continuance.
The lease is for one year, with an
option to extend it for four years
more, but the county retains the right
to ask the city at any time during the
year to advertise and offer the plant
for sale at a price of $550,000, thus re-
1ieving the county of any burden
which may be attached to the transac-
ton. The county is to pay rental of
5 per cent on the valuation of $55O,OO0,
plus 2 per cent for irreparable depre-
citation charges.
1t is also to pay royalty of So
cents per barrel on all cement manu-
factured for sale, except on such ma
terial as is furnished to the city in lieu
of rent.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
ESTIMATE UNITED STATES
WEALTH AT $lS7,739,O0O,O
CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES ESTI-
MATE FOR YEAR OF 1912
Average of $1,965 for Each Man, Wo-
man and Child in the Country
More Than IS Per Cent
Exempt From Taxation

WASHINGTON, June S.-The cen
sus bureau estimates the actual tan
gible wealth of the United States at
$1S7, ,739, 600, ,000-an average of $1,965
for each man, woman and child in the
country.
This wealth consists of land, build
ings, livestock, machinery, merchan-
disc, shipping, rolling stock, gold and
silver, and other universal products
and personal effects. The estimate
applies to 1912, when the calculation
was made.
In 1850 the national wealth was
$7,136,00O,OO0, or $30S a person; in
1900 it was $S2,3O5, 100000, or $1,0S3 a
person. Thus in the last siXty-fve
years the national wealth has in
creased 2.25S per cent, and the wealth
per capita has grown 1896 per cent.
Each Americans theoretical equity in
his country's wealth is six times as
great now as it was in 1856.
More than Is per cent of the ma
tional wealth, or about $12,314 100000,
is real estate that is exempted from
taxation. This includes public works
and property used for religious and
charitable purposes.
Of the present national wealth,
$98,363, 100000 is in taxed real prop
erty and improvements; SIG, 9,000,
900 represents railroads and their
equipment; $14,694, 100000 is in manu-
factured products; $8,463, 100000 is in
furniture, vehicles and the like $6,-
238,00O,00 is in livestock, and $6,O91,-
100000 in manufacturing machinery,
tools and implements.
The richest state is New York,
with $25,O11, 100000 of property wealth.
Then comes Illinois, with SIS ,4S4, ,000,-
900, and Pennsylvania, with $15,458,-
100000.
Britain's national wealth was esti-
mated year or so ago at $10S,280,-
100000, and Germany's in 1908 at $77,-
864 100000.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
LARGER JAPANESE \
ARMY AUTHORIZED

TOXIC, June 1.-THE governments
policy of military development was
approved by the house in an exciting
session.
BY vote of ,232 to 131, the house
adopted the provision for an increase
in the standing army of about $4,000
men. 1t then approved the entire bud
get, including the naval program,
which provides for construction of
three submarines and eight torpedo
boat destroyers.
The victory of the government was
emphatic. There was no such strong
opposition as appeared in the previous
diet, which was dissolved by the en-
peror for rejecting the cabinets mill
tary program.
Speeches of government and Opposi-
tion leaders showed that all parties
favored some form of military and ma
val development.
M. Inukai, leader of the Kokuminto
party, or the Nationalists, opposed the
budget on grounds that the increases
to the army and navy which are con-
templated were insufficient.
Speakers on behalf of the Seiyuai,
or Liberals, based their opposition on
similar grounds.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
FRESNO COUNTY WILL
VOTE ON HIGHWAY BONDS

FRESNO, June S.-Fresno county
will vote on a $3,OOO,OOO bond issue
for good roads in this county on Octo-
Der 26, that being the date set for
special state election. The petition,
with the required number of property
owners as signers, has been secured
by the Fresno County Chamber of
Commerce, and will be presented to
the board of supervisors some time
during their session next week. Two
attempts to secure signers for a good
roads bond election have been at
tempted in Fresno in the last few
years. One attempt failed because
sufficient number of legal signers had
not been secured, and the other be-
cause of a legal defect. Now the
Chamber of Commerce directors feel
certain that the petition will succeed.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
LOOK WHAT CHILDREN
DID AT REDLANDS

REDLANDS, June S.-Reports have
just been given out on the "Clean-Up"
day celebration recently held here. The
work done by the school children in
their contest shows that ten miles of
fences we're repaired, forty miles of
gutter hoed out, 2,OS9 back yards
cleaned, twenty miles of parkings
cleaned, S,196 pens, corrals and sta
bles cleaned, $50 vacant lots cleaned,
2,460 sacks of rubbish hauled away,
1882 flower beds hoed out, 1,641 lawns
moved, 70 fences whitewashed, and
1854 walks trimmed of grass
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
BILLS FOR LABELLING
CHINESE EGGS SIGNED

SACRAMENTO, June S.-The three
anti-Chinese egg bills we're signed by
Governor Hiram w. Johnson. They
provide for the labelling of all eggs i'm
ported from foreign country. The
word "imported' must be stamped on
the egg cases. Where imported eggs
are used, as in bakeries. or where they
are sold, signs must give notice that
this class of eggs is on sale.
The bills are designed to protect the
California poultry industry. Chinese
eggs are sold at a price lower than the
California product.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
STATUES AT FAIR TO BE
GIVEN TO VARIOUS CITIES

SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.-The
statuary at the Panama-Pacific expOsi-
tion probably will be preserved at the
close of the exposition, when the build
ings are torn down, and will be distrib-
uted among the cities cf the country,
according to announcement today.
Letters have been receAked by expo
sition officials from hundreds of cities
making request for one\ or more
statues. Nearly half of the cities have
asked for The End of the TraI (which
represents an Indian rider anuS horse
in the desert.
The plan to preserve the statuary
originated with the exposition Off
cials, who wrote to various cities, offer
ing it.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
SEA TRAFFIC CUT TO
MEET SEAMAN'S ACT

SAN FRANCISCO, June S.-Restric-
tions on traffic because of the impend-
ing operation of the seaman's act, eff
fective November 4, were announced
by officials of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company. Freight engagements
from San Francisco are not being
made beyond July 81. The last sailing
date on the schedule is that of the
steamer Mongolia, November 2.
The vessels of the Pacific Mail in
the oriental trade are manned largely
by Chinese. Compliance with the sea-
mans act would be ruinous, Pacific
Mail officials announced some time
ago.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12

LOS ANGELES, June 8.-How to get
the best possible returns from our
$200,000,000 investment in citrus
groves is a problem that has engaged
the best thought of many able men for
years. This year, when various condi-
tions throughout the country have cut
down the returns to the producer Is
per cent or more, the question in all
it's phases appears to be more Obtru-
sive and important than ever before,
particularly as the industry has
reached such enormous proportions.
In every citrus-growing district in
California the price of oranges and
marketing methods constitute daily
topic of discussion. Scores of sugges-
tions have been made by shippers and
growers, and two or three plans for
obtaining better prices for the pro-
ducer have been put into effect
For the past few years, with only one
or two exceptions, net return of 81 a
box has been the rule, and this has
spelled prosperity to the industry. This
year, naval oranges have returned
about IS cents. To the man who pro-
duces oranges for so cents, this only
means smaller margin of profit. To
the man whose producing cost is 80
cents, it means a disastrous season.
But, on the whole, this years condi-
tions prove that a few cents box
difference is of tremendous Importance
to everybody interested in citrus cul-
ture.
The Consumers Dollar
Figures carefully compiled in large
number of principal cities in the
United States and Canada give the fol
lowing comparison of cost to consum-
er and return to producer, assuming
that the latter gets 81 box, figure at
which the industry is admittedly pros
porous:
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
1888 See Fair at San Dieqo

SAN DIEGO, Cal, June S-Official
figures on the attendance at the Pan
ama-California exposition for the
month of May give the total at 1888.
This makes the largest monthly at
tendance to date, even including the
opening month of January, and brings
the attendance since the opening to
79S,440, according to the statement
made by President G. A. Davidson.
The daily average attendance dur
ing May was $500, this also being
greater than the daily average in JAN
uary, the next best month in point of
attendance. =
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
HOLD CONQUEsTS,
CRY TEUTON LIBERALS

AMSTERDAM (via London), June
7.-Resolutions adopted unanimously
by committee of members of the
National Liberal party of Germany at
a meeting held in Berlin, as reported
by the Cologne Gazette, state that of
the territory Germany now holds in
the west, she should retain what is
necessary to strengthen the security
of the empire by land and sea.
This territory, the resolutions say,
should be annexed, politically, mill
tarily and economically"
In the east, according to the resolu-
tions, such territory should be held as
would not only improve Germany's
position strategically, but would offer
new territory for colonization.
The Parker post., 1915-06-12
EDITORS FROM ALL over
U.S.. MEET IN Los ANGELES
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Newspapermen of Whole State Unite
to Welcome Party-EIaborate
Plans to Greet Visitors
by Local Associations

LOS ANGELES, June 9.-Editors
from every section of the United
States will meet in Los Angeles June
29 for the thirtieth annual convention
of the National Editorial association,
and elaborate plans are under way for
entertaining the visiting newspaper
men and their families.
A special train will bring them over
the Santa Fe, which will leave Chi
cago June %, and stops will be made
all along the route, in Kansas, Colo
rado, New Mexico and Arizona. The
last stop before reaching California
will be at the Grand canyon, where
the excursionists will spend Sunday,
June q. The next day they will ar
rive at San Bernardino, and they will
be entertained in the orange belt
cities. Side trips to Riverside and
Redlands have been planned.
The editors special will reach Los
Angeles Monday evening, June 28, at
$50 o'clock, accompanied by delega-
tions from the California Press associ-
alton, Southern California Editorial
association, County Press association,
the Press club of Los Angeles and the
1915 Entertainment committee. AS
signment of hotel quarters will be
made at the Huntington hotel, and the
official headquarters for the convention
will be at the Gates hotel.
The convention will open on the
morning of Tuesday, June 29, and will
adjourn at noon On the afternoon of
that day the women of the party will
be entertained at reception given by
the Women's Press club, and the 300
editors will be taken in charge by the
Press club of Los Angeles for very
unique affair at InceWille, the moving
picture city of the New York Motion
Picture company, down where the
Santa Monica mountains join the Pa
cific ocean. 1t is planned to be the
entertainment feature of the conven-
ton.
The big event of the afternoon will
be mission barbecue" SO called be-
cause it will be staged in big mission
"set'' at the Inceville studio. Plans
for the entertainment of the visitors
are being worked out by Thomas H.
Ince, director-genera1 of the picture
company, and Alfred A. Cohn, chair
man of the entertainment committee
of the Press club. Governor johnson
will be- present and speak at the bar
becue, and wild west stunts will be
pulled off, by the "buckaroos" of the
studio The food served at the studio
| will come from the Ineeville ranch, anC
Inceville steers and hogs will donate
the meat. The detailed program will
| be announced later. The affair will be
| limited by invitation to the editoria
visitors, Southern California editors
and members of the Press club.
The convention will last for three
days, and sessions will be held at SaT
Francisco and Sacramento, after {
visit to San Diego, where the editors
will see the big Panama-California eX
| position. The election of officers is
slated for Sacramento on July 13, un
less this business can be reached al
the San Francisco meeting July 7, bu
the editors do not propose to have
their fun spoiled by too close attention
| to business.