The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 26, 1906, Page FIVE, Image 5
PYYING OFF THE ft6kEfB.
How the Indians Received Their
Money and Paid their Debts.'
The Cherokee nation litdrally roll
ed in money when the six and one
half million dollars received from the
sale of the Cherokee strip was dis
bursed among the tribal citizens. The
per capita share was $205.70. The
payment was made usually with two
$100 bills, one $50, one $10, one $5
and seventy cents irt silver.
The money was disbursed by Zeke
Starr, treasurer, and Henry Effort,
assistant treasurer of the , nation.
Most of. the Indians were in debt,
and creditors swarmed 'in towns
where the payments were made. T.
A. Latta, who attende'd these pay
ments, in recalling incidents lately
said:
''Much has been told of the dis
honesty of the Indians, but in this
payment there were many exumples
of integrity. At Tahlequah an old
full blood .womaii, perhaps sixty
years old, a widow, drew for eleven
participants in the fund. She had
traded with many of the merchants
who sat at the tables between which
she had passed. After the money
liad heeni counted out o to her she
swept the entire amount into her
apron and holding a corner in each
hand, she passed from trader to tra
der, pausing before each until each
had taken a sufficient amount to bal
ance her indebtedness. Not once did
she count the change or investigate
the account. She was honest, and
conscious of her own integrity did
not question tle sonesty of another.
This was only one case. There were
scores like it, and, though not pleas
ant to reiterate, the confidence thus
placed was sometimes betrayed.
There are cases where the greedy
creditors took a handful and gave
back no change.
''A mixed blood of some astute
ness came to settle his account with a
trader. Tii looking over his account
lie discovered a charge for a side, sad
dle, amounting to $15. He had not
made such a purchase and had the
bill remedied without trouble, the
wily old trader merely telling his
bookkeeper to place the item to John
Doe's account. The bookkeeper him
self is authority for the statement
that in this way that self-same sad
die was collected for eighteen times.'
The Clarmore bankers were in at
tendance from Coffeyville, seeking
deposits for their banks. One store
in the town had a safe of moderate
diiensions aii( security, and this
store was headquarters for bankers
and colleetors alike. The merchant
himself had a mere bagatelle of some
$120,000 on the payment. After sup
per the colting room was filled with
collectors and bankers. A parlor ta
ble was called into use and money as
high as one's chin was stacked on
e-ry inch..
It was the minut for verifying the
memoraduim of the day. On one par
ticular evening there was on this ta
ble at one time close to half a million
of dollar1s in crisp new trIeasury nmotes.
* Lapsful of money ? There were wag
on loads of it ! 'It was no uncommon
thing to change a hundred dollar bill
for a five cent sale. And the scarcity
of change was responsible for charg
ing twenty-five cents for changing a
b)ill of that denmomiat ion.- Bartles
ville corresp)ondence Kansas City
Star.
4th of July Rates.
Special low, excur'sion rates, one
and one-third fares to all points
South of Ohio and Potomac and
East of Mississippi Rivers including
St. Louis. Via Atlantic Coast Line.
Tickets on sale July 2nd, 3rd and 4th,
finial return limit July 8th.
For further in formation comnmuni
cate with your .nearest ticket agent,
or' write, WV. J. CRAIG,
Passenger TraffTic Manager,
W\ilmington, N. C.
WASHINGTON, D. C. EXCURSION
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Oni June 29thI, .July 2nd and 3rid,
19061, thle Sea board'l A ir Line liyv. will
sell cecursion tickets to'WVashinigt on,
D. C., anmd ret urn at one fare plus1 25
cents, tickets good returning until
.July 11th, but extension of' limit re
tui'ning until August 11th can be
-ob)tained b)y p)aying only 50 cents ad
glitional, making a 40 (lay trip. Ccir
tainly a splendid 'opportunity for
your summer vacation. Full infor
mation at Seaboard Air Line Of
fices.
4th of July ExcursIons
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway.
The Seaboard Air Line Railwvay
will sell excursion tickets account of
4th of July on.July, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
* good to returi until July 8th inclu
sive at one and one-third fares (mini
num rate .50 cents) betwveen all stat
ions in the South i e, South-of the
Ohio and Potomac Rivers and East
of the Mississippi River. Full infor
mation from Seaboard Air Line~
'Agents.
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DRY GOODS, MI
For men, women and child
No housewife should over
that are essential to ones c
thirds the regular price th(
acting for their wares. Or
Mr. R. Baumoel will annou
tonic to the most over wor
Specials F
China Silk in the most beautiful Men's
colors of the rainbow as well as cracker
black and white, positively worth limited (
65 cents everywhere. During this
sale of bargains, your choice,
39 Cents the yard. Drop
in black
We will place' on our counters the corr
during this gigantic reduction sale positive]
Embroideries of the most exclusive S
patterns that are worth and sell theS
Carolinas over, from 15 to 25 cents. Silk l\
During this sale, your pick at shades
8 Cents the yard. most po
Hunt the Embroideries that are everyw~
positively worth 10 and 12 1 -2c. During
the yard on our tables during this sale
At 5c.-per Yard. Yu
Our Embroidery bargains need eleganc
no introduction to you, and during $1.25
this sale they shall be greater than limited
ever, say I, custome
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acks at 10 cents per pair, kerchiefs pos
pair to a customer at everywhere,
Cents per pair. price
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as well as white that are
act Hose for summer wear, LadiesgaL
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le Price 12 1 -2c. while they 1i
lull in the new midsummer 5
and patterns that is the
pular material for summer Heotp
positively worth and sold Helworpope
ere from 18 to 30c. pr. yd.' tewrld o
this sale of sales quantity at
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to one dress pattern to a 3c d
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unheard of before for ten days.
to supply her home with goods
procure them at less than two
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y, and all other days of the week,
nute hurry-up sales that will be a
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