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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
DENIES AssAiLINo Mr.. HUGHES.
Percy Msckaye Writes He Never
Saw "Authors' Letter" With
His Name Appended.


Percy Mackaye, playwright, whose
name appeared as one of the slgners
Of the so-Called authors letter." pub
liShcd In the newspapers last week,
knew nothing about the matter until
after publication. according to state
ment given out yesterday at Repub-
llcan national headquarters. The let
ter attacked Charles II. Hughes critl-
cism OF President Wilson as mon
constructive" and propounded ten
questions for Mr.. Hughes to answer.
In letter to Mr.. Hughes Mr. Mackaye
said -
"My attention has just been called
TO an open letter addressed to you.
printed In the New York Herald OF
August 2, signed by number OF pro-
fesslonnl writers. among whom my
name Is included. beg TO seni you
this word, to say that | did not. sign
the letter and never saw or heard OF
the letter until II was shown to me
In print"
II wos stated at Republican head
quarters that neither Mr. Hughes nor
any Of his staff had seen the letter
except as II appeared In the news
papers.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
UNITED STATES HONOR.
Hughes Criticism Of Foreign Policy
Approved In West.

(POrtland, ore, Telegram.)
The Republican party has selected
standard-bearer whose utterances
from day to day justify the people
who chose him. Not only does he
bring before the country the short.
ccmlngs of the Administration that
owes its existence to divided Re-
publlcanlsm, but his criticism is every
where constructive.
He tells what must be done and
will be done by the party he repre-
extravaganza In the governmental
expenditures and to put a stop to the
vacillatlng policy that has caused
other nations TO believe that the
United States has no intention OF
backing up It's demands made In the
interests of Justice and humanity.
Most vulnerable OF all points In the
Democratic armOr Is It's foreign pol
ley. Primarily this Is because OF the
spOlls system by which men trained
In the consular and diplomatic serv-
Ice through long years, have been
NI'llu'fh w fOoh ioi pun
ticians and friends Of politicians,
whose sole claim TO preferment wasI
their service to fife Democratic party.
"If am elected president OF thel
United States" said Mr.. Hughes last
night, ~ propose that every man II
put in charge CT an important depart
mont shall be man eminently tit to dis
charge the duties of that department"
The denudlng of the diplomatic serv-
Ice of men Of experience In order
to supply political Jobs, as has been
done by Mr.. Wilson, or with his con-
sent, Mr., Hughes denounces as "a
capital DEMONSTRATING In the good
nnme of the United States and dam
aging It's honor" Nobody" he adds.
has a right TO pay political debts
with the good name and honor Of the
United States"
Which Is clear proof that Mr.,
Hughes has not been unmindful Of
the high principles of government
which must be maintained In order
that this republic shall maintaln its
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
Negro Helpers on T. P,
Strikes
Between $50 and 400 Emplo!
ed at Marshall Shop De-
mand More Paw
ROGERS. In New Yosk Herald


Marshall, Texas, Sept, % Be
TWEEN $50 and 400 Negro helpers in
the Texas and Pstific shop here
walked ont this morning Ihe
strikers claim that by the terms OF
the recent wage inc~ease given the
shop employees, they expected to
participate, and upon learning that
they were not included, met and
selected "a committee of four to call
on the propar authorities and ask
for an increase of i! C an hour.
A letter was written asking for
an interview. According to The
commit'ee, the dicharged yester-
day This morning it is claimed.
all the helpers from one depart
ment called on Assistant Shop
Foreman q A. Weber and were
told to hand in their cards and
get off the grounds " This news
was passed through the shops and
ell Negro helpers walked out and
went home.
The officials refuse to give any
information but il i learnen that
some OF tie men were told TO 60
back to work ani their demands
wou d be consld red. The lncr re-
pllei: We voted Unanimously to
ask for the raise. we went out to-
geather and we will go back to- sea-
ther or not at ALL"
The strikers claim that they have
not received an increase in three
years, The scale for negao helpers
here is, blacksmith helper 22c boil
ermaker Zoe machein,st l9c gang
men iirstclass l7.c, anb gangmen
seconb-class, l5c an hour. The
helpers say they will go 10 Dallas
with thitr b,manb if not given q
hearing
fx" eie sorss. etAw asnsdlss Gsu't cur,
Ihe worst cases. no matter of how lon, ,,,,d;ns
y arg epIfd pr iha vQpderfil old reliahl. Ds
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30

rD 1'ne Commerce Cou,t was sc-
tually abolished during the Taft Ad.
uinistrnu'n, although IT has not been
demonstrated that its abolition was q
wise step.
ANY statement hereafter emanatinC
from Mr. Mccormick will be subjected
10 the closest scrutiny. The errors
IN his FIRST effort are inexcusabie and
can only arouse resentment among
lnhor men. and social workers No
class Is more instant than labor to
condemn and punish those who with.
ou' foundation lay claim to It's graft.
tudc.
"Will Mr. Mccormick explain his
padding Of the Bccord2'
tS.gnCO John WILLIAMS
EN-CommlSsioncr of Labor, New York
State.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
HALF CENTURY Or PROCESS
Negro Year Book, Just Issued, Say
rs Per Cent of Race Can Now
Read and Write

The Negro Yearbook for i9l6.l6
IL Just issued summarizes the gains
that the race in the United States
has ma lie since 1866, when it began
to profit by the league rights defin.
ed by the thirteenth amendment
to the national Constitution.
the $4,000 persons owned hom s.;
now 100000 are so fortunate!
Then there were 10000 farmers
nov there are 9Sl 600 Th'n there
were 2,lOO bu,iness proprietors !;
now there are 45, 900. Thes facts
prove that the half century has
brought much OF that &c onomlc ad-
vancement which Booker L. Wa
shington insisted must be the foun-
dation OF which any social or poll
tical improvement OF status must
rest. Undoubtedly, much OF this
gain in properly owned farms till
ed and homes set up has been due
to the teaching OF Samuel {, Arm
strong, founder of Hampton lns'i-
tute and to DR.. Washington his
most loyal pupil and disciple
They sowed the seed, wich lat
terly both the Southern States and
Federal Government has come 10
fertilize with generous approprla'
tons Education Of the N'gro FOL
service O his iace as breadwlnnel
property owner and trader is now g
su,bboleth that few dispute.
But it is not solely as manual
laborer, tiller of the soil and shop
keeper that the Negro has made
great strides, says the Christian
Sciense Monitor. In 1866 o pei
cent 1f the race Were literate; nov
Is per cent are able to read ant
write. Then there were fifteen col
leges and normal schools, all sup
ported with funds given by North
ern donors; now there are 500 sucl
institutions, many Of th,m supper
ed by general taxation, and formal
ly recognized as essential parts O
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
FROM HUGHES
SPEECHES.

"What is the Presidents pol
icy-docs anyone known Has
the Executive ever had a policy
for more than six months on
the Mexican question:
"lf ! am elected President |
Will see to II that American
rights In Mexico are respected"
There Is no man who could
successfully present to an Amer
lean community the platform
that an American citizens
rights stop at the coas; line"
I'VE will get through with
this old strife between capital
and labor We are not laborers
and capitalists ia this country.
We are fellow-cltizens."
"All that the workIngmen
want Is square deal"
"Wc want the United States
efficiently managed. want 10
see men In Office who believe
In prosperity"
"The Republican Party stands
for a prosperity produced by
sound American policies"
"We have removed from Office
men OF experience and substi-
tuted others to satisfy partisan
obligations. This must stop"
-.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
THESE DOGS HAVE SCENTS;
BEER HOUNDS CATCH MAN.

A special from Des Moincs, In
"dry" Iowa, to the New York Her
aid, declares:
Two beer hounds trailed their
first bootlegeer TO his lair to-day
and helped the police capture him
and his outfits. The hounds, cross.
ed between deerhounds and blood.
hounds, have been taught the scent
Of beer and whisky. They have
proved adept In finding hidden beer.
To-day they were taken into an
alley and after a few moments Of
eager shifting they led the way to
house. The police broke In, found
the liquor and arrested Charles
Holcomb, proprietor Of the place.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
cARRANZA and WllS0N---The Gperts.

In 1866 there were only 100 900
Negroe pupils in public schools; /;
now there are l,736,OoO. Then
the total annual expenditure for
for Negro education amounted TO
100000; nawit totals Sl4 GOO. 900.
Analysis Of these figures shows
that, while the striking gain is due
chiefly to the altered attitude of
State and Nation toward taxation
in behalf of ibe Negro, private
philanthropy by white donors and
generous giving by Negroes also
must be credited with constat aid
to schools. colleges and extension
courses.
A survey of the same peri,
with regard to its effects on the
Negroes political and social status
shows that he has no such repre-
sentat on in the higher Federal Off
ces, legislative and administrative
as be had during the '7Os AMI SCs
of the last century. He has been
compelled, in many of the States
to face laws discriminating agains,
him as a traveller. More recently
he has been forced to see the be-
glnnings If l,gislati, n secreca,ino
him as an owner and tenant of pro
perly. Rulings by the hipl e,
courts as TO fundamental r,gh !
supposedly guaranteed for all time
by constitution amendments have
been evaslve. In the political par,
ty which Lincolp led, and by which
legislation emsncipating and pro
tecting the Negro was enacted
there is diminishing intpr,s. IN tn,
Negro as man and as a voter.
Steadily tie American Of Afri
can descent is big driven into
position of increasing race con
sciousness and race elilnce, will
no favors 10 ask and with dimin
ished desire to fraternize W, tn or I,
initiate the white man. As q voter
also he is besoming less partisan
more in dependent and inclined I,
use his vote as a weapon-thst is
where is allowed To vote.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
TW0.THlRDS o. CASES ARE
FOR LIQUOR LAW
VIOLATIONS
WOMEN INVOLVED
Forty-Six Feminine Offenders
Of Kansas Prohibition Statute
Are Held - Many Are Arrested
in Shawnee County But Few
Brought TO Trial

The enormous proportions to which
bootlegging has grown in dry" Kan
sas. and the large number Of women
enmeshed in these violations is evi.
denced in the following article from
the Topeka (Kas.) Capital:
or the 166 criminal cases docketed
for the September term of the Shaw.
nee county district court, lO9 are for
violations of the prohibitory liquor
law. Nine other cases are for statu.
tory olfenses, and six for assault.
Exclusive of salaries of the officers
Of the court, court attaches figure that
1t will cost the county $50 each u
the liquor cases come to trial. But Il
is not likely that more than one-tenth
OF them will ever cause the legal ma
chinery to reyolve. According to Rob
ert Carver, first assistant county at.
torney. only about one liquor case In
ten gets to the trial stage. The rest
are dismissed, Carver said. The coun.
ty has chance to get the expense of
the trial back through assessing the
costs against the defendant In case o.
a conviction. But in the April term
but four convicted liquay dealers paid
the costs. The rest elected to stay In
Jail and await a parole.
Many Arrests; Few Trials.
Although a great many more ar
rests are made than there are trials
there is no loss through that" Carvei
said And the raids and arrests dC
much good In keeping liquor sellers II
check and hurt the profits OF theil
BUSINESS. Usually we do not go tC
trial with a case unless we are sur,
OF our ground"
Forty-six OF the defendants docketed
to appear for trial for infractlons oi
the prohibitory liquor law are women
according 10 the docket. Several oi
the defendants appear in more than
one case. One OF the interesting cases
is that against Clyde h. Walton, who
as driver for the American Express
Company, Is charged with the unlaw.
ful transportation OF liquor. This
case Is unique In the annals OF Shaw
nee county legal proceedings. Dicl;
Cooley, former owner OF the Topeka
ball club, and his wife are made sepa
rate defendants in maintaining and
selling" cases. The Rev. Jones, col
ored, Is also charged with that ofrense
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
Political Jottings

Mr.. Mccormick follows the same
method In claiming credit for leglsla-
tiOn he does in his predictions. He
includes several acts Of the Taft Ad-
minlstration.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1916-09-30
PUBLIC OFFICER SHOULD
STAND LIKE A ROCK

Government under pressure
10 not American Government.
Whenever pressure Is applied to
any public officer he ought to
stand like . rock and say: Here
I etand until we substitute rea-
son for force. II 10 not an
American doctrine TO leoisIate
first and investigate afterward.'"
MIR. Hughes In His Speech at
Portland, Maine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10
Commercial Club Members
We're Shown Last Week
Reminded of Their Mistakes and Told
of Things Accomplished

The Commercial Club members on
Wednesday night of last week heard
some things they were not expecting.
Each of the speakers sprang a sur
prise.
Judge John T. Gose of Shelbina
talked about preparedness" it
might be said. 1t was a dark pic
ture for the hopes of this country.
In some respects he told many truths,
but there were many present who
thought that guy went away
wrong. But the address was in the
finest of language; classical and log
ical. 1t put everybody to thinking
and was the talk on the streets the
next day.
A. j. Meyer of the Agricultural
College at Columbia was the next
speaker. He praised the Club for it's
endeavors in trying to bring town
and country together. He warned
the Club of some of the mistakes it
had made. One of it's plumbers, he
thought, was in not waiting for the
farmers to first grow enthusiastic in
a matter before volunteering the
Clubs services. The case of the
County Farm Adviser was an in
stance cited.
Rev. w. A. Shulenberger told of
some of the things he thought the
Club had accomplished. He plead
for loyalty to town and country.
and that you should treat your COM
petitor, not as an enemy but as a good
fellow along with yourself. His ad-
dress was full of many good and
pleasing things.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10
Public Sale!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1916.
Having rented my farm, will sell
all my stock and farm implements at
said place, miles north and 1 mile
east of Mexico, and miles southeast
of Moline, at Russell's Ford, on Salt
River, to highest bidder to-wit:
90 Head Live Stock--17 head of
Horses and Mules. Roam draft mare,
15-yr-old, in foal by registered Clydes
dale horse. Bay coach mare, 9-yr-old.
Span coming 9-yr-old geldings, well
broke. Coming yearling draft-horse
mules. Mare and horse, well
matched, Coming 2-yr-old horse
mule. Palr coming yearling mare
mules. Span 3-yr-old mules. Span of
4-yr-olds. One 6-yr-old mare.
10 Head of Cattle One pure
bred Jersey COW, 5-yr-old, fresh in
May. One shorthorn COW, S-yr-old,
young calf by side. 3-yr-old Short
horn with calf by SIDE Two 5-yr-old
Blck Angus COWS with calves by side.
Two 8 yr-old Shorthorn heifers, will
be fresh soon. Two coming yearflng
Shorthorn heifers, good ones. One
COW 7-yr-old. Two 2-yr-old heifers.
Fl HOGS gilt, 3 shoats, sow
and nine pigs, 4 sows to pig in April
and Poland China male.
Farming mplements-One Gift Deer
ing self binder. No. Korn King ma
nure spreader. 2-horse double disk
wheat drill. 4-horse GAINESVILLE disk
and truck. Deering mower. satIey
check-rower and drill ooEn-planter,
eft sulky hay rake. Eyer-best Mo-
line sulky plow. Oliver sulky and 2
walking plows. Harrows, disks and
cultiytors. Steel roller. Broad cast
2 horse power feed grinder. Corn
shelter with pulley Wheat fan. Low
wheal farm wagon. Hay rack. Two
sets leather wagon harness. Set of
chain harness. s-horse power gaso-
1.-The engine.
IA tons good Timothy hay, baled.
500 bushels good shocked corn. ST.
lage and cane. Dinner served by
the ladies Of Mt. Zion church.
Sale begins at 10 O'Clock. II.
Terms; Less than s4e,. cash: sums
OF $40 or more 8 mos. time With
bankable note at 8 percent. s,s
J. G. Ford, Auctioheer, wv
North Mo. Trust Co., Clerk.
WAT. HEsTERBURG.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

Mrs: Nell C. Burger, Pres. VIC.
t. o., whose home is at Clark, Mo-,
says this concerning liquor and the
governments part in its sale: "The
government is in partnership with
the liquor traffic when it accepts
revenue from the same. AS in all
partnerships, it must bear an equal
share of the responsibility. The
liquor traffic debauches manhood,
degrades womanhood, enslaves child
hood. betrays girlhood, destroys
home, creates pauperism. incites
crime, fills prisons, debases justice,
defiles innocence, blights hopes. Stays
regulations and damns souls. The
government is particeps criminis
in this objectionable destruction.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

H. H. Brookhart and wife and two
children of Erskine, Alberta, Cana
da, have been here on a visit to Mr.,
Brookhart's sister, Mrs. A. N. Day
northwest of Mexico. Mr.. Brookhart
knows Dave Gregory, up in Canada,
who used to live near Worcester, this
county. Mr.. Brookhart says that
there is nothing to that published ru-
NOR that young men in vast numbers
are leaving Canada for fear they may
be drafted into the British army.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10
APPROVE COMMISSION FORM.
Nearly $50 Cities Find New System
of Government Successful.

About $50 cities in the United
States have adopted the commission
form of government. 1t acts instead
of celebrates. 1t investigates in
stead of refers. 1t is always in ses-
sion, 1t represents the people, not a
predominating party of faction.
/. Capable men, with the liberty Civ
en- them, are glad to erve on the
commission. Pull for ward i'm
provements to the neglect of the
city as a whole, is eliminated.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

Two or three observations by
Judge Gose were as follows:
Our age is the Commercial Age.
Everything from the common house
hold pin to the monster man of war
and from the food we eat and the
clothes we wear to the training of a
mind and the saving of a soul has
been commercialized. Money max
ing and money losing is gnawing at
the nations heart. Men are gone
mad and insane in their quest for
gold. 1 do not exaggerate. Only
men mad and crazed by the lure of
gold would poison the food of men,
women and babes. Do you ask
proof? Our pure food laws are the
national record of their madness and
crime. Adulterated foods, tainted
meats, infected milk, and patent
medicines that kill Wy day and years
bear witness of our insane greed. The
inside story of commercialism and its
profits is tale to harrow the soul
and freeze the marrow of ones
bones.
when we go little deeper into
the study of commercialism and take
up the question of the distribution of
profits, we find that the law which
controls is something like this: The
strong man for himself and the dew
il take the weak. We discover that
the strong men are the few who
grab and hold with unyielding grip
the means and instruments of pro-
duction. We discover that the weak
are the many who do the actual
work, the toilers of the world but
who can work only by permission and
at the pleasure of the few who con
troll production. We discover that
work, wages and the products of la
Dor are not determined by the needs
and necessities of the world, but by
the dividends of the few. The many
may work and eat today, but not to-
morrow If profits and dividends are
at stake. What does it matter that
the jaded appetites of the few are
tempted by delicacies brought from
distant markets in every season while
thousands search for foul crusts and
rotten vegetables in garbage cans or
cutters of unclean alleys.
I'VE find pleasure yachts, private
cars. and palatial homes that profits
have builded from the labor Of toll
ers whose bed is bench in the park,
the bare ground or the floor of some
slum-infected tenement men
whose eyes never saw the roll and
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

The Boy Scout movement is a fine
thing. 1t is pushing its organization
turnout America and in all civilized
countries. 1t represents a force of
government that works on citizens
"by- courteous suggestion" rather
than by coercion. That's old fashion
Scripture, too.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10
FROM OKLAHOMA.

Darlington, Okla, Feb. Here's
to the Mexico Message, the where
withal to keep the good paper com
ing another year. Mrs. Martin has
just returned from Missouri, but she
did not have opportunity to stop in
and wish you a prosperous new year
Keep the Message coming. Don't
miss sending a single copy. We gel
ur paper Monday morning, and all
are anxious to read it.
Your Friend,
JOSIAH MARTIN.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

Harry Brown had two cars of cat
tie on the st, Louis market last week.
They averaged 1879 pounds and sold
at $3.50. They were conditioned four
months on corn and lastly were fed
lightly on cottonseed cake.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10
FARM and STOCK.

Haul manure.
Test seed corn.
Manure the wheat field
Prepare for all spring work.
Prepare pork and beef for summer.
Good time to repair machinery
harness, and fence.
A supply of bolts, screws, and nuts
will save hours of labor later on.
Every day now means a little adj
vance in price of seed. Buy it now.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

A preacher over at Paris says that
the man and wife who get along all
thru their married lives without any
cross words must be clans. He ad-
mitted that he and his wife were
not clans.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

Everyone in this community deep
ly sympathize with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Duncan in the death of their
son, Sam Lee Duncan. He was one
of the brightest and most promising
of our Mexico boys.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

Hamilton Bros sale last week
footed over $4,000. Among the sales
were; Fitzugh Bros. scottie, price
$3.50; w. E. Parsons, Corso, MO, Bob
Eclipse, $1S5; Houcks jack, $865.
Harry Noel, Martinsburg, MO, Rowen
jac,k$75; Hugh jack. 5000; Hugh
jack, $2655; jack colt,$4O; Nichols
jack, s14O; W. c.DeCIow, Cedar Rap
ids, Ia. Orphan Boy End, 1876; Alex
Carter, Mexico, Reynold Mammoth,
$29O; Everett Burnet, Ill, London
King, $4S5; ]. w. Brewer, Mexico,
Young simmons. $40; King Bee.
price $2e5. Lee Bros. Mexico, Dean
mare 5000; Bruce Robinson, River
side, Ia, Topsy Mcdonald. 5000; w.
e Parsons, corso, Black jack, s235.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

Nate Phillip Sam Locke, Mrs. A.
p. Green and Mrs. w. w Pollock
have been elected new directors for
the Mexico Hospital.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1916-02-10

Pikecounty voted for a 100000
bond issue Tuesday to build two
Court Houses, one at Louisiana to
cost $4,000 and one at Bowling
Green to cost $4,000. The vote was
for the proposition Overwhelmingly.