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' "(Julius Chambers, in the Brooklyn
Eagle.)'
A friend just back from the oil regions
of Texas and Oklahoma had
luncheon with me recently and inci.
dentally mentioned the fact that at
i
^ _ one of the railroad stations in the
latter state (Tulsa, if I remember)
an Osage Indian drove up in a 10,400
motor car with a white chauffeur.
As he stepped from the car he was
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seen to wear only a , pair of knee
breeches, while a radiant Navajo
blanket was thrown over his bare
shoulders. His feet were encased in
patent-leather pumps, without socks.
* He entered the train bound north and
3ook the one remaining stateroom in
the St Louis car. He had telegraphed
ahead for it, and, for reasons afterwards
seen, was shown unusual
attention by conductor and porter.
He was one of the new oil millionaires.
The Osage reservation upon which
thai tribe, racially belonging to Sioux
stock, was locateti was an almost
worthless section fof Indian, territory,
bounded by the Kansas line on the
north and the Arkansas river on the
west, not so \large as Osage county,
in the present state of Oklahoma. Oil
has been found underneath it and
some of the two thousand Osage natives
are now receiving royalties of
in .
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v.'
The Dr. D. M. Cro:
'"miles from Leesville rig
to 50 per cent, in value
\
through this farm. Th
'?
_ known far and near as
I this plantation has beei
own price don't fail to 1
bought at any price in t
1%
Music by Bn
This property is
are going to be s
crowd of Ho
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wBfcg. *
Who Brok<
morial. Let!
ndian Now
ols His Millions
j $1,000 to $4,000 a week.
j Bulled Market with Six Millions.
The most colossal fortune of all
! history was made in oil. If the Indian
i owners of oil lands in Oklahoma
j should cancel their leases, or buy
: them up. they might very easily form
i a great corporation, as has the Texas
| rival of the Standard Oil company.
I With millions of capital they would
i soon possess, they might invade the
! financial centers of the East and re|
peat much more successfully, than
was attempted in 1S94 the reconquest
; of country once wholly theirs!
j It is a carefully guarded secret
j that the great bull movement in Wall
j Street in 1894 was due to the use of
.the eight million dollars awarded by
| the government to the Cherokees in
! bends and cash for what was known
j / I
las "the Cherokee St rip'** A commititee
of the Indians came to New York
; and sold six million dollars of the
; bonds?chiefly to the Astor estate?*
| and with that cash clever stock- brok|
ers played havoc in the market for a j
| while. When the source of the capi(tal
was discovered?and be it remem- J
. bered tha.t. small as that sum of i
! i
money sounds today, six mililon dol- !
lars represented quite a bankroll in
1S94?some of the professional jokers 1
on the exchange described the bull ;
raid as "an Indian outbreak."
mnOMMBBHI
sson farm, containing 900 acr
fnt on the Capital Highway,
when this highway is finishe*
ere is a station on this farm 1
an extra fine farm, will grow
r kept off the market for mai
re at this sale. Every one kr
his section. This sale will fc<
iss Band?Sale R
nicely located and 1
sold to the highest
me-Seekers an
G. D. GURLEY, Mana
3 the Hindei
's Do Our P
LEXINGTON. S. C., \Y1
Much of the money was lost and all
j would have disappeared had not a
i clear-headed Cherokee, named Boud
i inot, widely known in Washington,
'and the hero of Edward King's novel,
'
j "A Gentle Savage." stopped the game.
I Boudinot lived in the old Willard
j hotel, where I met him often, and a
j very interesting person he was. lie
always dressed in perfect taste,
; smoked good cigars and knew a cork'
tail from a cockatoo.
J Tipped With One Dollar Bills,
i How many Indians will benefit by
! city know, I wonder, that the Indiui-s
! 01 Oklahoma are American citizen*
land, unlike other aboriginal descendi
ants, exercise the sacred privilege m
the franchise? There are fourteen
I tribes in tnat state every member of
1 which, being of legal age and not disfranchised
by crime, can be a voter.
. According to Doctor Chamberlain of
| Clark university, a high authority,
these tribes in Oklahoma and their
j strength are as follows:
j Arapahoes, 900; Caddoes, 550; Cher- j
j okees, 26,000: Chickasaws. 5,500; |
jChoctaws. 17.500: Creeks. 11,000; j
' Datawares, S00; Kansas (ICaws.), 200; |
Kiowas, 1,200; Osages, 2,000; Paw-!
nees, 630; Peorias, 200; Poncas, 600; !
!
! Seminolcs, 2J 00.
1 i
At the present hour fortune is lit- .
I erallv greasing the path of the j
Osages.
How many Indians wil benefit by j
| the very recent oil development in j
Texas I have no means of knowing, j
But my friend who encountered the j
Osage millionaire dressed in a blank- j
et secured speech with the rich "Lo"; I
, i
found hint an orthodox Baptist and '
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es, has been sub-divided into
This highway is being built i
3. This highway will be lui'
mown as Fredonia, S. C. T1
from one to two bales of cot
w vears. Plenty cf weed sr
lows land near Leesville and
A
e ccrducted cut cn the place.
ain or Shine?G
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8 JL J
:his will be a chance
bidder. Remembe
d Speculators.
Sale Cone
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ger
I
nburg Line 1
'art: to Give
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iIDXESDAY, SEPT. 21.
'a rabid anti-Wilson man because the
president br<: vetoed the davllyht saving
1^1.Ool.
. My friend hadu": -earuM thai the
farmers objected to the dew on the
! grass or he might have asked the
| Osage native if he was afraid 01 wet
; feet. That could not have been the
aborigne's reason, however, for he
' removed his hoes as soon as he got ,
! into his stateroom.
j t
i 1 forgot to say that the red man ;
i had his meals brought to hint by the j
: porter and on each occasion gave the i
; ebony-hucd servitor a crisp bill i
i
i as tip.
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' SUNDAY WAS THE
AlTl'MNAI, EQUINOX I
j
j Some lime between Sunday morning I
land Monday morning the sun passed!
{directly over the equator, in its jour-j
ney toward the south p'de. and the
| days \\ Jl now continue to become i
[shorter until approximately Decern- |
| her 22, when they will begin to length- j
on. Sunday was the autumnal equinox, j
'A year from now." said, a weather
expert, "people will remember the!
storm that wrought destruction in U
Texas as an 'equinoxial storm.' but it i,
wnt; nnt "
"If there is nothing to the 'Equinox- |!
ial storm* theory, then why is it that ]
a storm usually breaks loose about the |
time the sun passes the equator?" is j;
a question recently askerl of a weather!
expert from another city. b
"Simplest think you know." replied j
the prognostieator. "This is natural- <
ly a stormy season. A' storm may
i
occur when the sun is passing the
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Lficsvillcj
several small tracts to be sol
now by the Government and 1
It 40 feet wide. The Scuthei
his farm has 14 residences \vi
ton per acre. This faim is r(
d v atei (r. if ] d 1 n.
Bateslurg always sells when
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r the date, place
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\ equator just as it may when the sun is
passing any other given point. The sun
is always directly over some part of
rne eartn, and a storm is as likely to
occur when it is over the Panama
canal as when it is over the equator.
"The- equator is nothing more than
an ordinary imaginary line. The 'equinoxial
storm' is just as imaginary."?
Columbia Record.
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COTTON IS NOW GOING
RITilXT TO GERMANY
.Atlanta, Ga., Sept 22.?United
States Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia
advised cotton men here today
that cotton is going direct to Germany
from Galveston and other
ports.
It was reported a few days ago
that tin; Georgia senator was dissatisfied
with the government reports
he had received affecting the imnie- j
diato future of the cotton export!
business: and that he has wired the
I ollectors of customs at New York
and all other ports to get definite information.
Tho report was an error as Senator
Smith has expresed himself as being
perfectly satisfied with the situation.
Shipments are wide open to and from i
Germany. The senator simply communicated
with the port collectors
for the purpose of ascertaining to j
? Hill tJALCIIC UU' UJJpOi IU >111 p ]
cotton was being used.
Senator Smith finds, as ho advised i
cotton men. that,, cotton is going" direct
to Germany from Galveston and
other ports.
d to the highest bidder. Th
*eal estate cn this highway v
n Kaihoad inns frcm Aupi
C th
some outbuildings. Th<
hv owned by J. A. Nichols,
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If a ci.i vu rit m ire two hurdr
offered, as there is cnlv a f
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3iven Away?L;
.y farms at your o\a
and hour. Join
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iREENSBORO, N. C.
ltting Me4
No. 48.
KKEP l*r IIIK
BOLlb WEEVIL FIG ITT
; Clomson College September 22.?
, Now is the time to plan and begin
i a fall and winter campaign against
the boll weevil, savs the Extension
I
; ISorvice entomologist.
i First, pick cotton as rapidly as
; possible not only on account of the
i bo!! weevil but as wise farming practice,
and destroy every cotton stalk as
j early as possible.
i
j Second follow an intelligent pro|
gram of seed selection, clean farm[
ing, and the planting of cover crops as
, a most important element in the boll
1 weevil fight as well as in the general
. development of Southern farming,
i Third, make early and ample preparation
for increasing your livestock,
: fencing your land, and preparing for
1 pastures and grazing crops to occupy
some of your former cotton acreage.
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CARD OF TIIAXKS.
j 1 want to thank the people both,
white and colored, especially Messrs.
Joe So\* and Roscoe Caughman for
what they gave to help give the picnic
for the colored soldiers on Wednesday,
the 17th, which was quite a
success.
Hattie IT. ITolrnes.
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.Major Broke Kibs in Bathtub.
Maj. H. W. Insley, who had not seen
j a. real porcelain bathtub while in
France, attempted to hoard one on the
transport Zeelandia, while en route to
New York, but it bucked and broke
two of his ribs.
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Carolina
is farm is located two
,ill increase 25 per cent,
ista to Columbia, gees
; Dr. Crcsson place is
and every one knows I
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ed dollar lar.d at your
ew faims that can he
adies Invited
m price as they |
the great
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