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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

wife. visited in Stafford county last
week
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Mike Sweeney was last week nOmi-
mated for the legislature by the popu>
lists and democrats of Pawnee County
Mike will wake up old Topeka, when
he goes down there.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

The chief of police of Topeka has
resigned, and there is a general up>
turning of city affairs all around; all
because of the saloons which Topeka's
hypOcritS saw are not
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Station Agent Jim Baker, at Otis,
visited relatives in Barton county last
week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07
a new baby girl at Tom Parish's
west of HOisington, last week.

Mrs. Ellen Coughlin is now at Mer>
rill, Wis, to spend q month or SO.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

For SALE, CHEAP-A new, 12~hoe
McSherry Hoe Drill. G, E. Wyman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

g B. Morgan returned from Kansas
City last week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Report drifts in that the German
u. E. church, near Dubuque, was
struck by lightning last week and
burned to the ground. Loss about
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Democrat and populist county con-
ventions in Great Bend tomorrow, the
Sth. to send delegates to the Congress
sional convention at Hutchinson next
Tuesday, the 11th.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

w. F. HanHing and wife made
visit to Kansas City last week. Mrs.
81. will remain in Kansas City for
few weeks; W. F. returning Sunday
m0rninn
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

The corn>huskers from Raymond
did not "do thing tor the Great
Bend third warders, Saturday after-
noon. % to sand it was good day
to plaV ball. too,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Mrs. O. w. Dawson and Mrs. Harry
Tnrck and their children, returned
from their eastern visits Sunday even
ing, and, 0. ". and Harry again fud
life worth living.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
g B. Morgan returned from Kansas
City last week.
Mrs. Sophia duncan visited at Lar
ned last week.
Dan Lamoreux and family visited in
st. John last week.
The Hoisington schools open next
Monday. Sept. 10th.
McCullough's-the most popular
restaurant in town.
a new baby girl at Tom Parish's
west of Hoisington, last week.
Mrs. Ellen Coughlin is now at Mer>
rill, Wis.,. to spend month or so.
Sunday picnics at Dalziels grove {
are the proper capsr these fall days.
For SALE, CHEAP-A new, 12~hoe
McSherry Hoe Drill. G. E. Wyman.
The Central Normal College, at this
place, is now fairly started on the fall ,
term.
Station Agent Jim Baker, at Otis.
week. !,
Dave Gray, of HOisington, made a I
trip to Chicago and Kansas City last t
week.
A whole lot of ''fggerin" is being ]
done on plans for new houses in this f
town. i
: e. L. Wood, the harnessmaker, and l
wife. visited in Stafford county last
week. y
Mrs. John Wesley visited her par
ents, John Gallons, at Albert, this 8
week.
F. S. Mitchell, the tailor, returned
from his eastern visit Sunday evening, n
the I'd. III
Howard Diffenbacher and wife
came in from Hutchinson Monday b
morning.
Feed your face at McCullough's 8 r
place, and your stomach will rejoice t
at the pace. b
EOh OAkE-tS uc6O VI pigs. OCO. | I
n. Taylor, 10 mites southwest of
Great Bend.
Call at your station for seed wheat t
you have ordered from me. II
AUGUST GARLING. G
John TiltOn says he would not do
lick of work last Monday, because it i
was labor day. e
AL Johnston made the DEMOCRAT a
family present of a fine, 40 pound t
watermelon. Saturday. Is
John Myers, of this city, has received
long delayed increase in his pension,
from SIT to S24 a month.
That base ball diamond ought to be
laid out on the Fair grounds now, in
front of the grand stand. /
A. S. McCracken, out on the Wall ,
nut, has been improving his farm
residence the past few weeks.
". H. Rice Was down from the I
north side Monday. He is we'll, and I
of course was talking ''welI' also.
One month in which to get ready for
Barton County Fair. Get ready some
of the best you've got, for exhibition.
Eirick Cole made trip to the
mountains last week, to take on some
| brown and fiatten out his pocket book.
Webb McNall will speak at Hutchin-
son next Tuesday, the 11th. He is a
"stemwindeI" and will arouse the
natives.
Ask to see those Sash Locks and
| Broom Holders-the neatest thing
out. You will sure want them.
| CHAs. PREssL, Agent |
Walter and Newt Tyndall are enter~
tanning their father. late of Tonga
noxie. He will probably remain here !
for the winter.
Chas. Lundblade. of the firm of
Lundblade & Bolinger, made q busi- |
ness visit to Kansas City and Chicago,
the first of this week.
Joe Toilet was over on the Mo. p. |
line last week, placing few thousand
more of his popular cigars. Good
Runs'' and s.Speciais.''
u Four thousand people daily was the
attendance at the Stafford county fair
Iast week Re with tho crowds next
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Mccullough 's-the most popular
restaurant in town.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

The Hoisington schools open next
Monday. Sept. 10th.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Mrs. Sophia duncan visited at Lar
ned last week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Dan Lamoreux and family visited in
St TOhn laat maok
The colored American., 1900-11-24
10TH Street Baptist Church.

The annual report of the board of
trustees of the 10th st. Baptist church
is one encouraging TO the members of
that institution. The receipts 1899, 1900
were 81, la. rs. and and the expenditure
amounted to S2,SOs SO. leaving a bal
ance of 1874 81. In the preceding
year '9s and '99, the receipts were
$3, 704.S4; the expenditure for that year
81. 924 Il, leaving balance of $3.50 IS
By comparison 1t will be seen that du.
ring the c1rrent year there was re.
ceiysd 1859 II more and the expendi.
lures were S1l5 SO less than the proceed.
ing year. The past year for the church
has been prosperous one, and the re.
port speaks well for the members, and
the pastor, Rev Walter IL. Brooks.
The colored American., 1900-11-24
DRESSMAKING ACADEMY;

The de Lam Orton Famous French
Perfection Tailor System Academy
NINE ]. A. SMALLwOOD, Sole Agent
1913 Madison st. Northwest.
Morning class from 9 q. NJ. TO o. N
Afternoon class to r. N. daily.
Evenings from $50 to 10 O'Clock.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridsyl
Dressmakers and ladies who wish to do
their own dressmakIng.
- WANTED-To learn the wonder
full De LamOrton French Perfection
Taylor System, Seamless Bssques,
without one inch Of visible seam, In
lining or goods, not even on the shout
der. Successful Dressmaking requires
as much earnest progressive study a.
successful work in any Of the profes-
sions. No detail Is too small to DO
carefully looked after. We teach you
to make dresses with or without seam
and guarantee perfect fits, and COM
plete your course with q diploma.
Pupils can enter at any time.
Winter classes now forming.
The colored American., 1900-11-24
LOIS FOR SALE.

WE have at Colemanviile, Mineral Springs
Va, TWENTY-FIVE BUILDING LOTS
which must be sold at enes. This is a great
opportunity for any one who wishes TO pur-
chase property at the only mineral sprtr gs
owned by colored people in the country
This is nne place, and Will be q great mon
ey making summer resort. Title guaranteed
lots for cash or on tnstalment. If Won want
one, write To DR. B. PARKER READ, Pres
INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION, 1857 sontb
street, PhiIadelphia, PennR.
The colored American., 1900-11-24
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Observation-Disclosures

ing business, and whose notes are ae'
ceptable snywhere. The Capital Say.
ings Bank in Washington, D. c.; the
True Reformers' Bank in Richmond,
Va. and the Penny Savings Bank in
Birmingham, Ala.
Probably the largest catering bust
ness in this country, run by colOred
man Is the mammoth business of J. III
James in Pen acOla, Fla. Mr.. James
does business to the amount of s55,.
600 per year. He employs nine men in
the day and nine at night. His doors
are never closed.
Mr.. w. FL. Houser of Char ole, NC,
Is the largest brickmaker in lis county.
Competitors have fallen in his section
because they aimed at him instead Of
the bricks. Mr.. Houser carried on the
contracting business in connection with
the brick work, at one time, but con-
cluded TO attend solely to the making
Of them.
r B. Fitzgerald of Durham, n. O.,
makes the finest and best brick in the
State. He works more hands and
makes more brick than any other dealer
In North CaIolina. Besides this bust
ness, Mr. Fitzgerald owns a large drug
store, and is the proprietor of large
cigar manufacturing establishment. he
employs in all of his works about thIr-
ty men and women.
Mr.. ]. H. Lewis of Boston, Mass, is
the leading tailor of that city. The
Harvard set, the ruling class of Bos-
ton, forms the bulk of his patronage.
Mr.. Lewis has $40 600 Invested In his
business, and does $125, 900 worth Of
work per year. He employs ten tailors
and bis establishment Is one of the
leaders in point of taste, situation, and
comfort, in the Hub.
J. W. Adams, of Montgomery, Ala,
owns the largest dry goods establish
ments among the cOlored people in the
United States. MIR. Adams employs
eight clerks In his Montgomery store
and four III the Decatur store. In his
millinery department, Misses Pierce
and Robinson, graduates of Tuskegee
have charge. At the annual openings
of this department as many whites as
colored attend.
The colored American., 1900-11-24
TO THE DEAF.

a rich lady cured of her deafness and
Noises in the Head by DIR. N1cholsou's
Artificial Ear Drums, gave SIC. 900 to
his Institute, so that deaf people unable
to procure the Ear Drums may have
them free. Address No. 1929 The
Nicholson Institute, $50, Eighth Ave
nue., New YORK, u. 9. A.
The colored American., 1900-11-24
MRS. G. CARY
Celebrated
AStrOlOSiSt
and ClaiTVOyant.
..ife From Cradle TO Grave

Gains fhe love OF those you desire. capss.
happy marriages 10 the one you love Gpt,
separated long or short distance - peyar tt' es
makes your enemies your friends, Oyerco%lns, y,
spells, conJETation, bad luck and InvsieptInes o,Ies
sickness or all kinds. Luck anu sueeoss
give ID TO last q life time.
rs Never fails in any case uuderfakar
DO net invest in Policy. Lottery. or on.
speculation, until on consult me- Won Drixx x
gain by my advice, fee SLIGO. Cons1Itations
daily, q. IN. 10 p. M, except SUNDAY.
Patrons attended to in any part az tho
world, satisfaction guarantees. An IettetS
answered on receipt OF two two cent stamT.
The colored American., 1900-11-24
The AFso.AmERicAE IN OHIO POLITICS.

with the election or november o,
and the campaign that closed on that
date there passes from the political
arena a man who has done perhaps
more than ssy one colored man i'll
Ohio to.secure recognition for his peO-
pie. George A. Myers the stalwart
republican of Ohio; the man who had
no personal favors to ask of the party
in the shape of Office, has for the past
few years been recognized as the lead
ing political factor in Ohio when it
came to Afro-Amerieans. He has
fought more successful battles, and Sc
cured more recognition for the race
than any dozen men Of color in Ohio
True and loyal as friend he gathered
around him cOterie of able and pro-
gressive colored men who were with
him to the end in every battle. Now.
fairly and well upon the crest of the
wave of success, having achieved vic.
tory in every contest he entered, he
voluntarily retires from politics, state
and national, and like Cincinnatus, re-
turns to the plow. In all the years
that he was in pefitics Mr. Myers new
er asked for office for himself, but at
every opportunity made a fight for
recognition for his race. While it is
true that the time 10 retire from poll.
tics, in order to be remembered with
gratitude, is when one is in success,
yet there are thousands of colored men
not only in Ohio but throughout the
country who will regret to learn thatMr.
Myers has decided to quit the exciting
and fascinating game OF politics, be-
cause of the great good they feel he
could yet accomplish for his people.
He says, however, that he willingly
and gratefully yields the palm to who
ever wishes to take up tho work, and
In retiring he does so with full
knowledge that whater success has at
tended him has been through the fdel-
ity and loyalty of friends who were al
ways With him in every contest. He
would have retired last year, but
yielded to the pressure of friends and
his own desire to assist in the re elec-
ton of President Mckinley. With
fine business to yield up the beautiful
coin of the realm, a handsome home
luxuriantly furnished, and a most in.
terestiDg family, Mr.. Myers will turn
with pleasure from the excitement, the
animosities, the fire and heat of poll
tics to the pleasures that happy home
and compensating business affords.
As to who will take bis place; be
come the acknowledged leader. there
is considerable speculation, and wheth.
er his successor will be able to hold
together the organization that MIR. NY
ers built up, the friends that he made, |
depends largely On the man and the |
circumstances leading to his selection. |
Myers, Parham, Green, Brown. Gilt
tord, Tyler, Cottrill, Copeland. Doll, |
Hill, jackson ct al have been
combination hard to beat. They
nave stood together in every contest,
heir motto being, Together we stand
n victory or defeat" but defeat they
lever experienced.
Ohio has so many bright and able
nen that it will doubtless be a hard
natter for them to decide on any one
o take the leadership as Myers held it
md the retirement of Myers, right in
The colored American., 1900-11-24


make no pretense at giving sketch OF
these mems lives, but to chronicle
their success in the commercial lines.
The recent Business League proved so
interesting that some practical sample
of Negro thrift and economy, is not
misplace at this time. These men and
women are those of the race, who are
doing and not talking. They are in
deed representative and are Of the kind
who must help Us solve this question
the greatest confronting the American
people.
There are four drug shops owned by
Negroes In Montgomery, Ala.
No colored person, who has attempt
ed to run a hostelry in the District of
Columbia has ever failed.
Mr.. F. G. Stedman is manufacturer
of bells and pals in Connecticut, and
has an extensive business.
D. J. Cunningham and Alexander
Oliver are two of the largest grocery
dealers in Florida, and are powers IN
their home town, Pensacola.
One million dollars WAS represented
at the Boston meeting of the Negro
Business League. Upwards OF three
hundred delegates were present.
The largest grocery store In the town
of Tuskegee, Ala, is conducted by a.
J. Wilborn, q coloTed man who Is q
graduate OF the Tuskegee Institute.
G. T. Walker, is president of min
ing company in Alabama. which has
developed and sold coal. The Office is
at Birmingham, Ala. The company
is q stock company.
Messrs. NJ Gary and Johnson Of Pen.
saeola, Fla, confeetioners, and cigar
dealers are young men not of age, who
conduct profitable and paging busi-
ness, In that city.
The True Reformers' organization Is
the strong financial project Of the col
ored race In the Union. Is was form
ed by Rev. W. w. Browne. DR.. G. W,
Taylor is the present President.
Mr.. J. r. Hamm conducts one of the
large bookstores in Boston, and has q
paying trade. He does the great bulk |
OF theatrical business. The theatres |
are In his section Of the city.
Lloyd G. Wheeler owns one of the
largest tailoring establishments in Chi
cago. Mr.. Wheeler was once q prac'
ticing attorney in that city but now at
tends to the workings of his great es'
Enlistment.
The Insurance Company of North
and South Carolina OF which E. j.
Young is Secretary and Manager, Is
one of the substantial business projects
of the race. The head office is at
Charlotte, II. c.
Mr.. Geo. c. Jones, is the proprietor
of the largest undertaking establish
ment IN Little Rock, ARK, 1t is said
that no undertaken in that city can con.
duet an important funeral, unless the
carriages and hearses Of Mr.. Jones are
used.
B. w. Smith Of Macon, Miss, is
merchant of prominence in the coun-
c1Is. He does q 900 business per
year. Mr.. Smith furnishes large plan
totions nv the wear, A few yeaFs ago
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-01

New York Tribune: A novel sort OF
monument is to be erected on the Get
tyshurg battlefield in September by the
survivors OF the Thirteenth Vermont
Regiment. The statue viii show the
bronze figure Of an officer his right
hand upraised holding a hatehet. The
story as to the design Of the statue is
told as follows: First Lieutenant
stephen F. Brown Of Company X. Thir-
teenth Vermont Volunteers. was the
model for the statue Just before the
battle he was placed under arrest and
was relieved OF his sword for having
forced a guard from a well in order to
get a drink of water while on the
march to Gettysburg During Pickett's s
charge Lieutenant Brown. not having
any sword. SCI. ID a hatchet and fought
with It through the charge. After this
heroic conduct Lieutenant Browns
sword was returned to him without a
trial He was afterward promoted to
be captain.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-01
RADIooRAPHs
BY a New Process Made as Quickly a.
Photographs.

BY New Process Made as Quickly as
photographs.
Heretofore it has not been possible
TO make radiograph as quickly as a
photograph. Ordinarily from one to
three minutes are required to make a
satisfactory radiograph Of a hand. Mr.
L. w. Caldwell, however, has brought
the achievements of the X-ray pretty
close to those of white light. In the
New York Electrical Review he pub
fishes two reproductions of radio
graphs; one made in one-five-thou-
sandth of a second, the other in six
teen-thirty- y-fourths of a second: the
latter is strong and brilliant. These
pictures were made without any new or
unusual method, but it was, Of course,
necessary to use very efficient tubes
and exciting apparatus. and to develop
the negative with care The exciting
apparatus consisted of a good, oil-in-
sulated induction coil, giving a four
teen-inch spark, and a liquid inter-
rupter making thirty-four breaks per
second. Current from the Edison
mains at III volts was used. The neg
atiyes we're made on celluloid films laid
face down upon a calcium tungstate
screen. AS Celluloid offers much less
resistance to X-rays than glass. the
film so arranged utilized the fiuorescent
screen to the greatest advantage.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-01
SmaIlnox AT Magoner.

Five cases OF Smallpox have de-
veloped among the colored people
in the southwestern portion of the
city. That part of the town has
been quarantined and every pre-
caution is being taken to prevent
the disease from further spreading.
Pest houses will be established
and nothing will be left undone by
the board of health and the city
authorities to protect the public
from exposure TO the terrible mall
ady.
Everybody is ordered to be vac
cinated, and we understand that
the order is going to be enforced.
Sayings.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-01

of which he is regularly elected
member, when it is remembered
that nearly half of that body can
not speak an English word and
three-fourth average the half
breed Globe Democat.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-01

What is it, A cure for coughs, colds,
Group, whooping cough, hoarseness. sore
throat, and ali bronchial affections Of the
throat chest and lungs 50 doses for 50
cents. Money refunded II il fails to give
satisfaction; we mean Dr. Simmons
cough syrup. A. W. Foreman.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-01

Uriah Jones Hezekiah Brown and
John Peter Smith viii testify to the
wonderful curative properties Of Dr.Sim-
mons cough syrup. Sample bottles
free. Satisfaction or money refunded.
A. ". Foreman.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-01
The CHEROKEE SPEAKER.
First and Probably Last White
Man to Hold the Office.

Amonst the most CONSPICUOUS
personalities in the Cherokee ma.
tional council this year is the
young, smooth. faced, light.co
plexioned, purely Caucasian
speaker OF the lower house. He
is the first, and, as has been pertly
remarked. very likely the last
white man TO occupy such posi-
ton in the affairs of the Cherokee
Indians This enyiable parsonage
is unquesiionably one Of the com
ing men Of this country.
james S Davenport was born
and sp nt his earlier years on a
farm in middle Alabama; removed
i. 10 Arkansas on attaining bis ma.
jonsy, whereupon 40 took up the
profession OF the law. But short
Iy after admission 10 the bar he
came 70 the Indian Territory and
united bis citizenship with the
Cherokees BY taking in marriage
"a exceptionally charming and ac-
complished daughter Of one Of the
purest and proudest strains Of
Cherokee blood-lhe celebrated
Ross family, in whose keeping the
chieftaincy and we'll. being Of the
Cherokee nation was for forty
years intrusted. After locating at
Yinila about five years ago, he set
out upon what was then consider
ed most difficult road to success
the practice Of his profession.
Until the act OF congress approved
June 2S, 1898, The Cherokees con-
Quoted their own courts and made
their own laws; and it is q we'll
known fact that no white non-citi-
zen lawyer dared enter their courts
with a case. And when Mr.. Daven-
port became a citizen by adoption
he Immediately acquired lucia-
tive practice and scored legal tri-
umph after triumph in The "rougn
aud tum Bile species Of legal ethics"
then prevailingin the tribal courts.
Here it was that his truest and
best character frequently disclosed
itself, for soon was answering
to his clients and sterling
integrity TO his citizenship estab-
lished that Lincoln sobriquet,
Honest Jim, "wss conferred upon
him by the public without no.
iice." 1t was in these courts, also,
that a mental triumph not inire-
quently required physical "back
up" in counsel argument; and here
i was that Davenport's 2O0-pound
,voirdupois and skillful use Of bis
sluggers oiientimes "had weight
With the authorities. A more
mild. gentle, pleasing and yet
'earless character than he it has
lot been the lot OF one man TO
meet; ard these enviable gualifi-
iations soon put him on one or the
,ther side Of the more important
,ases in the Cherokee courts.
Naturally enough, he was forced {
nto politics. And in the morning 4
# his career a most remarkable !
tar dawns upon him. The aver
re full and even helf-blood In
Iian's antipathy 70 the white man s
! wholly blottsd outin Mr.. Daven- !.
lort's case, as is without a doubs !
xempliiied by his cali to fiji the S
peaker's chair Of the lover house c
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-01

The change from 1900 to 1900
which takes place today in the
dates of the world suggests many
a fruitful vein Of thought. 1900
has marked the best century the
world ever saw. We can ali agree
upon this proposition for we have
all belonged to it, 1t has given us
steam boats, railroad trains, the
electric telegraph and telephone,
electric lights, dynamite to blow
up the mountains and newspapers
10 blow up the people, the new
woman and the bicycle, new theolo-
gy, and the Maxim and the Mau-
ser rifle to kill each other with.
1t has given us the slick politician
to run the government for us.