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The colored American., 1902-02-01

land should interest themselves In the
passage of Mr.. Princes timely meas
ure. Church S. cl It's or associations of
various kinds in tie several sta e.
should petiti IN their representatives to
vote for the b Ii and point out the keen
nece isity for the relief prop SEQ undo T
1t. The second section provides:
That for the purpose of relmbuTsi ng
said depositOrs the sum of one mil lon
d, dollars, or 80 much thereof as may be
necessary; be approprased. Jut of any
money 10 the Treasury Of the United
States not otherwise appropriated, said
amount 10 be placed in the Treasury to
the credit of an author zed comm
missioner or by the Secretary of the
Treasury for the purpose in tbs Act
specified; but no part of the money
hereby appropriated shall be pad to
any assignee of any such dep1sitOrs
and the bsnefit and relief provided by
this Act shall exterd only to those de-
pOsitOrs In whose favor such balances
have been or which shall be properly
verified within ten years next after the
the passage of this Act.
This matter is very important and it
behooves the body of our race, as well
ne those directly affected. to study care
fully all the conditions imposed, SO
that intelligent action can be taken.
Whste YER is to be done should be, done
promptly, as the bill is now in COM
mIttee for examination and recon-
mendation.
The deep significance of this meas
ure brings its author into closer touch
with the Negro people than ever be-
fore, although his merits have long
been known and appreciated by the
loyal Afro-Americans In his district.
Mr. George w. Pnnce Is q lifelong re-
publican and has spent the Al years OF
his existence On Illinois soil. He repre-
sents the 10 ih district, and is now serv.
Ing his fourth term In Congress He at
tended the public sch 'ols of Gslesburg
end graduated from Knox College !
The colored American., 1902-02-01

IF the bill recen'ly intr pdrc ID in
Congress by Fl IN George W Prince ot
Illinois b coiness law, the depO7itor
In the fate q Freedmen's Bank will be
paid the balance due them
L. is siucerely Hoped that this de
Iayed act of justice can h brought abo 1t
aud the coIOred peo / eli over the
The colored American., 1902-02-01
A PROMINENT AFRO-AMER
ICAN DEAD.

The dest1 of Mr.. George E Jones, of
Little Rock. ARK, this week removes
from that community one of the most
enterprising and successful mtn the
The colored American., 1902-02-01
MAY GET THEIR MONEY.

Hon George w Prince Cham
pionins a Bill to Reimburse
Depositors of the DefUnct Freed.
mems Be ank-How Success May
be Achieved
The Canton times., 1902-09-05
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN-
TION.

Programme for the Madison
County Sunday School Conven
tion, to meet in the Methodist
Church at madison Station, Oct.
% and Oath, 1902.
Address of welcome-Lamar
S. Fields.
Response to address of well
Gomez. A. Howell, of Canton.
Sermon-Rev. N. B. Harmon.
Subject for discussion-What
is an Ideal Superintendent l..
Foot, Canton.
How tointerest the large boy
Mrs R. w. Stewart Madison
Station.
The Teachers Responsibility
as a soul winner-Rev S. G..
Cooper.
The relation of a church mem
Der to the Sunday School G..
w. Galloway, MadisoDville.
How to MAINTAIN interest in the
Sunday School-R. E. Spivey,
Sharon.
The best method of preparing
a lesson-J. C.tHudson, Flora.
Benefits of the Sunday School
to the church-E. w. Melvin,
Camden. g
Each Sunday School is. entitled
to five delegates.
Annual dues for Canton Pres
byterian, Canton Methodist and
Pearl River Methodist 81. so each.
The others Sl.00 each.
A full delegation from each
Sunday School is urged. Dele
gates should be appointed at
once SO that they may prepare to
take part in the discussion.
Executive Committee-Geo. r.
Owen. w. A. Falkner, L. Foot,
G A. Spivy and D. c. McLaufin.
The Canton times., 1902-09-05

A Pessimists say that Americ;
is bound to decline, just as thu
Roman, republic did, They for
get that the race has improved
\ since that time--that men are
| better and wiser. There really
iss such a. thing as progress
4 While human qualities remain
essentially the same, the powers
of selection and self, control have
increased so that the lower quail
tiles are subOrdinated to the high
er. To be sure, atavism is a sub
terranean force running parallel
bursting forth when degeneracy
has paved the way, but the great
majority Of men have made gem
unine progress. There is more
honesty, justice and courage to-
day than ever before in the hisN
tory Of humanity.
| Full seventy per cent Of men
are upright in their dealings. #
is the other thirty per cent who
make all the trouble, and for
whom courts, judges and prisons
are maintained
Business is transacted upon
confidence and good faith. There
are comparatively few breeches
of trust. Where one man en-
bezzles; thousands are proved
trustworthy, The single case of,
theft is heralded all over the
land no one gives a thought TO
the honest man doing his duty.
The sight is too common to at
tract attention.
The bad doctor is the excep-l
tion. Most'of them go on day
after day, devoting their tim 9,
brains, and often spending their
money for medicines, for those
whom they know, in their hearts,
will not pay them a cent, and will
probably, prove ungrateful be-
sides.
1t is the same with the law.
Lawyers are plentiful who will
take the case Of client, and de-
vote their best energies to it, well
aware that there is small
chance of their being repaid for
their efforts.
There are rogues III all trades.
but they are steadily getting
fewer. America will make mis-
takes, and will learn By them.
She will have her share Of trouble,
and fribulation as well as pros
perity, but she will emerge from
her trials purified, made strong
er, her people, Of mixed race,
welded closer together. - Medical
Brief. +
The Canton times., 1902-09-05

A girl cannot be too careful
about her character, for, like a
snowy lily, the least blemish
tarnished it's beauty. Some girls
really do not mean any harm,
but they seen to Jack a delicate
sense of propriety and frequently
invite criticism of AN unkind ma.
ture.A They laugh loudly. make
atquaintances too freely, and
consider reticense requisite
bestsuited for our grapdmothers'
day. A girl who is slow to make
acquaintances is, generally speak
ing, the best sort of a girl. When
you get to know her you feel her
worth, and place her on the list
Of your friends with a feeling of
pleasure. A little dignity is an
excellent thing. 1t checks the
familiarity of others, and affords
a asuperior attitude of mind. The
girl who is truly up-to-date in
6ef ideas follows the dictates of
Good form. Thus she proves
Herself to be well bred and smart,
shielding herself from the un-
pleasantness that is sure to come
from careless demeanor.-Ex.
The Canton times., 1902-09-05
THE r ABB 0R QI IJESTION.

III j@- #
There S1Iy one solution .
the labor 4uestion, and that is t
recognize every mans right t
work Az inalienable, and to pro
tect him ia its exercise, if it takes
u the whole army of the United
States to do it. The constitution
guarantees this right, and The
army is maintained to make good
the provisions Of the constitu
tion, says the Medical Brief.
No labor union, medical SO
ciety, or similar organization,
should be allowed to stand be-
tweenSa man and his fundamental
right, to intimidate, coerce. Of
punish him for carrying it out.
The man who wants toy own
himself, 10 make his own con-
tracts, to sell his own labor
where, when and ito whom he
chooses, is entitled to the recog-
milton and support Of every other
man In the commonwealth.
Thin is a government for in
dividua1s. Every man his owr
ruler, and fair play for all. a
man must work out his own des-
tiny without favor or hindrance.
Nothing is his except that which
he can grasp and hold by his own
powers. But no man, or associa-
tion OF men, under any name or
for any purpose, should put arti-
ficial obstacles in his way or inn
pose arbitrary conditions upon
rim. A man must find his place
and fill it, his value and accept it.
Nature has a place for him, and
q price set on him. Human ef
forts to- alter these make trouble,
results in misfits, friction and
discomfort.
1t IS an old saying that s.you
cannot keep good man down; =
neither can you keep q bad one
up, orStwo differently endowed
men on the same level.
Here is a natural physician,
born with the gifts of diagnosis,
and an instinct for making cures.
Is he to be debarred from prac-
tice because he does not profess
to follow the dogmas Of a particu-
lar pathy? All that is scientific
IN medicine, the ascertained /
truth OF anatomy, physiology,
surgery, obstetrics, etc. lis COM
mon 70 all pathies; therapeutics
will probably remain more or less
IN the domain Of experiment, be-
cause OF the variations in results
produced by temperament. con
stitution, condition, ETC., which
teaches the doctor to
slow for. The physician, grad
lated by reputable college y
should have the right to practice
under the American
lag.
Every man must be allowed to
work. There can be no two ways
II thinking about this. When
le shall work, what he shall
It, for whom, and the price are
,etween him and his employer.
Tradition, based on custom and
latural conditions, govern the
rice of labor, which nevertheless
ends steadily upward in>prosper-
us times. A free country can
lot let its citizens be terrorized,
pied upon, shot at, way-laid and !
mbushed, prosecuted and mall
reated, simply because they
lect to work for a living. This
the twentieth century, and bri- +
'ands are not to the taste of
I'm ericans.
a orirI nannnk L., --1e..tl
The Canton times., 1902-09-05
N. M. C. "A.
Star Course.
For the Season Of
1913.

4 4 w. = ss N d y { ~
! HELEN NAY BUTLER-And
Iher Ladies Military Band and
| Talu.a Orchestra. Twelve ladies'
Only Ladies' Band at the Pan
American Exposition. They fur
nished the music for the Elks
National Carnival, Washington,
p. g. They furnished music for
the Charleston Exposition.
GEN JOHN B. GORDON
Last Days Of the Confederacy. 4
|"He speaks rs no other living
American can
IA. w. HAWKS of Baltimore
Sunshine Hawks The chief
among humorists.
PANKLEB AND COMPANY.
Four people. Dealers in laughter.
and instructions. Pankled is
one OF the most famous clay mod
elers, artists and sculptor. He
has been employed TO furnished
the models for the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition at St. Louis.
He has his material on the plat
form and shows his powers TO the
landience, by reproducing in rapid
succession likenesses of famous
men, including some Of the local
celebrities. His company gives
an entertainment OF excellent
variety.
N. X. NOVELTY QUARTETTE.
Violinist, Pianist, Whistler and
Reader.
]. MOZART SYMPHONY CLUB.
All Artists.
Double Season Tickets, in
cluding reserved seats. $4 90.
Single Season Ticket, includ-
ing reserved seat, So 80.
To be paid October 1st.
The X. M. C. A. has planed to
bring to Cantonthe finest attrac-
tions that can be secured. Does
The people want them?
The Canton times., 1902-09-05
National Baptist Convention
(COLoRED.)
BIRMINGHAM, AL ABA MA,
SEPT. IL to "a, 1902.

For above occaoion, Queen and
Crescent Route will sell round
trip tickets TO Birmingham, Ala,
at rate of one fare for the. round
trip. Dates of sale Sept. 14th,
18th and 18th. final limit Sept.
~ 1902. This rate open to all.
Quickest and most direct route
to Birmingham is via Meridian.
Miss. For particulars call upon
or address nearest O. & c. ticket
agent. or -
r. W. BONDS, IT. p. A..
Meridian, Miss.
The Canton times., 1902-09-05

Phone l4o when you want Job
Printing
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stone Notifications, standing to this
day at Charlotte Amalia, the port of
st. Thomas, are called the castles of
Blackboard and Bluebeard, whose
history, fanciful to some degree per-
haps, has fascinated and thrilled the
American youth for generations.
Who knows that the harbor of Char
lotte Amalia, just mentioned, is the
finest, with perhaps one exception, in
the West Indies, furnishing safe
and commodious shelter in the time
of storm? How interesting when we
begin to get beneath the dry crust of
current events.
The value of the islands to the
United States is found in their
strategic Importance. The Island of
St. Thomas lies only SO miles east Of
Porto Rico, and furnishes what that
island does not, a large and safe har-
Dor. St. John, although small and
insignificant isle, has also harbor,
Coral Bay, which is sometimes said
to be the best harbor of refuge in the
Antilles during hurricanes, though
it is seldom visited by any vessels
more important than fishing smacks.
The island is only five miles long and
one wide, but it lays claim to pos
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CITY POOR NOT wRETcHED.
Many Sources of Happiness Remain
Where Vices Are Not In
Evidence.

Life is not necessarily altogether
miserable for those who have poor
clothing, poor food and narrow house
room. There still remain some sources
of happiness, not perhaps very many
but enough, where vice and drink are
absent, to make men cheerful, women
patient and children merry, says the
London Spectator. Granting then that
a family living below the poverty line"
is sober and respecta ble-it would be
manifestly absurd to deny those vir-
tues to good quarter of the whole
popuia t1on-what are the consultations
open to them? First of all, the happi-
ness deriyable from the affections be-
longs alike to all, though among the
very poor we think strong affection is
generally limited to that existing be-
tween parents and children. Secondly.
there is a pleasure to be got from the
general social life of a town. The
fascination exercised by the perpetual
procession of the streets is inconceiy-
able to those who do not feel it, but
almost all the poor do feel it. How
many people does this fascination draw
from the country? How few who have
once fallen under its spell ever tear
themselves free from it? Movement,
light company, mates for the man,
neighbors for the women, playfellows
for the children, all these things a
town offers to the poorest of her in
habitants.
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When the century plant which, through its years. has gathered
strength proportions and vitality the fruion of its life
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sessing the best water of all the 9TH
er islands. St Thomas was the island
which figured SO prominently in the
war with Spain, especially as a cable
station. Its port furnished coal and
supplies to American warships at
times, and newspaper correspondents
as well as naval officers often had to
sail thither to reach the nearest
point in cable communication with
the United States. Germany, which
has no coaling station near the Unit
ed States, is said to be anxious to
buy these islands, and this fact
strengthens Uncle Sam in arguing the
Importance of making them part of
his possessions.
While these islands were uninhab-
tied at the time Columbus discovered
them and claimed them for Spain,
the larger islands to the south were
the home of the Caribbees, fierce and
warlike people, practicing cannibal-
ism in it's most hideous forms. But
this native race soon gave way be-
fore the coming of the white man,
and the English and French estab-
lished themselves in the islands upon
the ruin of the Caribbees. ST. Chris
topher's island was divided between
them, but spain's jealousy was
aroused, AID she sent strong feet
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found with letters of marque from
England or France, which gave
semilegitimate aspect to their daring
enterprises. The cruelty of the Span
iards towards the natives also
aroused great Indignation, and in
many men created the idea that to
war upon that nation was simply to-
vindicate the wrongs of an outraged
humanity.
Under this impression, people wha
We're neither licentious nor actuated
by love of plumber, joined the free
hooters as the readiest means of pun-
ishing the Spaniards. Montbars was
a notable instance of this, and while
still at college he swore to avenge
the wrongs done the Indians. On at
tanning his majority he dedicated his
patrimony to the fitting out of a
ship, with which he joined the free
hooters, and far and wide over the
Caribbean sea he was known by the
ominous soubriquet of 'tThe De-
stroyer."
Other noted freebooters of this
period were Van Horn, Grammont.
Laurent de Graft, Morgan Harris,
Sawkins and Deviot. Olonois, anoth-
er one of these bold buccaneers, hav-
ing lost his ships and narrowly es-
capped from the Spanish with his life,
managed to arm two small vessels
with 81 men possessed of as daring a
spirit as himself, and started to pill.
lage the city of Los Cayos, in Cuba.
| Having been appraised of his inten-
ton, the governor of Havana dis
patched six-gun frigate, manned by
80 men, to the assistance of the in
habitants. Four other smaller boats
were also ordered to join the frigate,
so that Olonois found unexpected diff
ficulties in his path. The governor of
Havana was so confident of the caps
ture and destruction of Olonois and
his ship and crew that he sent ne
gro executioner along to carry out
the orders of no quarter. Olonois,
nothing daunted, sailed straight on,
came up with the frigate in the night,
fearlessly boarded her and after a
desperate hand-to-hand struggle, put
all 90 men to the sword. He them
went in search of the other four
boats, captured them all and threw
their crews into the sea.
This is but one of the many thrills
ing incidents which have occurred I'M
the past in the waters which wash
the shores of tba little islands of
Santa Cruz, st. John and st. Thomas,
of which the United States is about
to secure possession. Doubtless the
harbor of st. Thomas, which will
shelter the American ships of war
and provide coaling station for our
fleets have in times past furnished a
haven for the ships and men of the
bold buccaneers, though not of 80
formidable a character as those of
to-day nor with SO honorable and
worthy an object in view.
WILLIS S. EDISON. i
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where there is marked deposit of lime
in tho coil

where there is marked deposit of lime
in the soil.
1t is scattered irregularly through
the Maritime pine belt, which crosses
Alabama with width of about IS
miles. 1t terminates slowly, but it
grows quite rapidly after being started.
The tree keeps on growing for fully
$50 years and often reaches height
of so feet. The trunks somet times are
% inches in diameter.
The forestry division finds that the
red cedar reproduces itself freely espe-
cially because of its power to endure
shade. 1t recommends protection from
fire and live stock and a slight modifica-
ton of numbering methods. On bar
rem flats and dry hills it recommends
that dense underground and large
number of seed trees be left standing.
The division reports that the attempt
to establish forest of pure cedar in
Germany has prosen success. The
trees were planted in the seventies
and are now thrifty and promising.
The by-products of the cedar are of
large value. The waste of the sawed
wood is made into shavings like excel
sior and is used in place of camphor to
protect wooden goods and furs. The
waste is also made into paper for put
ting under carpets. The leaves and
twigs also furnish volatile oil used in
drugs
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and drove them out, and they fed to-
the other islands.

and drove them out, and they fed to-
the other islands.
In Hispaniola, or Hayti, these
rough, hardy adventurers established
themselves, hunting the wild cattle
and hogs and curing their flesh.
These men came to be known as buc-
cancers, from the colonial word bou-
can, which means fire made in the
woods, at which they smoked and
dressed their food in kind of barr
barian way. But the blind jealousy
of the Spaniards was again felt, and
these hardy hunters were driven out.
Exasperated to desperation, and with
hatred in their hearts for the Span
iards, they began to seek every means
possible for retaliation.
Here we begin new chapter in the
history of the buccaneers and the
island hunters have soon become the
rowing, daring pirates of the sea. At
this time, in the latter half of the
seventeenth century, Spain monopo-
liked the rich trade of the West
Indies, and it was but natural that
tht buccaneers should seek reprisals
in that direction. The jealousy of
the other powers of Europe was
aroused when they beheld the wealth
of the new world pouring into the
Spanish treasury, and hence they
viewed with no disfavor the efforts
of these few lawless men to divert
the stream of wealth, careless of the
means employed by these people in
gaining their ends. AS result, it
must not be matter of wonder that
these freebooters were generally
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: PUBLIC AIFE
3 BY HON. GEORGE f. HoHR,
States sna tor fronoM Mass aehuset
BY HON. GEORGE f. HoHR,
United States Senators from Massachusetts.

If young should ask for advice upon entering public
life would him result OF and observation
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a LESSON
): FOR The WORLD
. Blu HON. JAMES R. MANN,
United States Congressman from Illinois.

Towering of the great objects of mankind for flower
which will fade and decay but which will be everlasting
in its
Other nations have been great public enterprises
Portugal which ccumnavigaed Africa Spain which
cred the New Word it mainly England and France which
planted and noushed the settlements in the wilderness
Continent Russia contributed greatly Europe
and in ASIA the progress of mankind Germany spreading
influence throughout the globe.
In the building of shman canal have the right
contemplate with satisfaction the proposition making
country and of its treasury
contribution aid from other peoples nations
mighty forward in the march of civilization
vantage, benefit ourselves gain preference
neighbours of the whole world for the good
people? pay EXPENSE they share equally the
submer conception great enterprise entertained
mar by spirit
glory the thought that leading the world in
and ndustry but while be doing this doing
something grandr and hgherwe giving the world
international amy and charity working and building
for ourselves alone, but for all.