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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-01

FOR SALE-EARLY BUYERS REAP
the profits. High. dry and level lots In
a promising location for u down. ooc.
ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The colored American., 1903-03-14

school must have hospital of it's own,
but how to get it was the question.
There as no money on hand and there
seemed t be no way of getting any
Some money, about $500, was raised by
concerts and other entertainments, but
that was only a beginning and a very
small one. A meeting of prominent
colored men and women was called in
July 1897, a charter was secured, with
Mr.. James Preston as president, and
an association was organized. A COM
mittee appointed to secure a building
reported in favor of the building the
institution now occupies, which was
offered for sale at $4,000. The terms
of the purchase were to be 1,500 cash
and the balance in annual instalments
of $500. The owner of the building
consented however, to give the Train
ing School possession for a cash pay
ment of $500, provided $1,000 was paid
before the expiration of a year. By
The colored American., 1903-03-14

hard work the $500 was raised and the
first payment made. Possession of the
building was given and on October 4th,
1897, the building was opened as
hospital with appropriate dedicatory
services. The work was begun under
not very encouraging conditions. The
building was old and needed consider
able repairing; there was neither in
struments, nor equipments. Donations
were asked for, and churches Sunday
schools. benevolent associations and
Drivate individuals gave furniture, bed
clothing and money. Patients began TO
come in and it soon became apparent
that the hospital was filling long felt
want. The Hospital and Training
school will close the fifth year of its
work in August next. During that
time the building and grounds have
The colored American., 1903-03-14
BRUCE GRIT DESCANTS ON
CURRENT TOPICS.
Secretary Roots Speech ond its Real
Purport-The Ni'1ifiers at Work In
6be Old Domipion-FitzhUs sh Lee and
Some Of His Tribe-BrAve Negro Sell
diers-The Ex-Slave Pension Bill.

Some of the democratic newspapers
and some democratic statesmen, pro-
fess to be highly elated over Secretary
Roots speech before the Union League
| Club, of New York, February 6th, on
the occasion of the fortieth anniversary
of that organization, and have con-
strued his remarks to mean that the
republican party in view of the fact
that Negro suffrage has proven
failure will now abandon its efforts to
secure to that race it's civil and politi-
cal rights. l recently addressed a
letter to Secretary Root on this subject,
asking him if the construction placed
upon his speech by these newspapers
and statesmen was the correct one.
His answer in part is as follows:
My Dear Sir:
81 beg to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of February 2Sth. l send
you under separate cover copy of the
speech l delivered at the Union League,
February 9th, and | think reading of
it will answer the questions you ask.
Very truly yours,
Yonkers. N. Y, Mar. 9th, '03.
was your Speech DtlOIO Ll1C Onioh
League Club intended to convey the
COL AM-TWO mfwy fwyp w
impression that the republican party
will now abandon its efforts to protect
the Negro in his civil and political
rights? Was it not your purpose
rather to call attention TO the high
handed methods of the people of one
section of the country to override the
constitutional amendments, and defy
the majesty of the law by denying to
these Negroes, rights for which the
republican party and the Union League
of America have contended since the
close of the war of rebellion?
The al swer to these questions are
found on page of the speech delivered
by the Secretary, and make the roi-
lowing citations:
Now I am not discussing the ques-
ton. I am simply showing that the
same state of official treatment or the
blacks meets a change in the pubic
feeling of the South; that the r1ght 10
asnlre to office under the Federal gov
ernment which was formerly unques-
toned is now questioned And 1t is
probably but matter OF time-not SO
very long a time-when the over
whelming weight of opinion OF the
white men will succeed in excludang
blacks from all Offices IN the Southern
states"
4
The colored American., 1903-03-14

The Sunday News of Charleston, S.
c., in its issue of July goth, 1902, has
a most interesting account of the Hos
pital and Training School for colored
nurses in that city. We reproduce the
article in part:
Near the west end of Cannon street
is plain, unpretentious brick building.
It's solid walls and massive pillars and
general style of architecture attest it's
age. A small marble tablet in front of
the wall and bearing date 1898 is hid
den by large sign board, which dis
plays the descriptiOncOshrdlu
plays in the inscription, Hospital and
Training School for Nurses.
The Hospital and Training School
for Nurses is kept WshrdIushrdlushrd
for Nurses is an institution with a
history. The well kept grounds and
neatly whitewashed outbuilding and
the general air of repose pervading
the place gives no hint of the difficult
ties and discouragementS overcome and
the obstacles surrounding ingtShrdushrdlu
the obstacles surmounted to establish
and maintain this institution for pre-
pairing cOlOred women to be profession
al nurses
In the fall of 1896 Dr.. A. G. McClen-
nan called a meeting of the colored
physicians of Charlston at his office
TO consider the advisability of estab-
fishing nurse training school for col
Ored women. There were at that time
IN Charleston six colored physicians
and one dentist, who had, with one ex-
cepuon, expressed willingness to CO
operate in the work Other meetings
were held, the work was organized and
III January, 1897, the course of lectures
was begun. The use of a room in the
Wallingford School building was secur-
ed and here the classes met for lee
lures. 1t was the intention of the ply
SlcanS connected with the work to
give practical training to the nurses
by placing them in charge of cases in
connection with their practice, but this
proved to be impraticable and it be
came evident that hospital training
was necessary if the school was tC
TURN out competent nurses. DR.. Nc
Clennan, who was at the head of the
work. then requested the commission
erS of public lands to establish a hos
pltal ward for the treatment of sicE
inmates at the Ashley River Asylum
oHerlng to furnish medical attendance
and nurse service free. This, however
the commissioners did not think prac
ucable. An effort was then made tC
nave ward in the City Hospital placed
IN charge of the students of the Train
,ng School. This effort was also un
'ccesSful
It now became evident THAT the
The colored American., 1903-03-14
A PACE MAKER
HOSPITAL FOR NURSES IN
CHARLESTON

DIR MoC1ennan's Matchless Werk-
An In nstitution Which has Done and is
Doing Excellent Work for 66e Co1ored
People in South Car oIina-A History
of 5be School.
The colored American., 1903-03-14

Continued on fourth pages
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
STIRRING THEM UP.

Not every coIored man or newspaper, we are glad to note. tries to cover up or defend the faults and shortcomings of the race, though too many of them are inclined to look on every negro as an un- fortunate victim and every white man as the enemy and persecuter of the me- gro, In contrast with that disposition we find this strenuous talk in a recent issue of The Mobile Press, one of the negro organs of the South:
 When will the negro quit laying all his troubles on the white man and be some being low down anu mean and stick to- does not apply to one-half but 1t applies number of mean-eyed. loud mouthed somewhat influential rascals among us who would render the race good service If his Satanic Majesty would do with them we cannot tel They trg , to .tssd be leaders rs or some oficiai in society. Their highest aim is greed and selishness and an oD- portunity to show off. When they are ther crtes of tRe best e element of our people and speak of the greatest men among us with familiarity that is truly disgusting. Thateis pretty plain talk. but will any body say that 1t Is not true? Of course there are good negroes in every commit nifty. and equally of course there are num- bers who are too mean, low. lazy and vicious to be regarded as members of the human race without putting a pretty severe strain on our belief In the unity of created beings. They occupy the low est scale in our population and appear to do so by choice. They are an eye-sore to any community. a disgrace to their own race and a worry to the whites. Some of them can't help their utter worthless ness. but others could. if they would. Let The Press keep stirring them up for their | own good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
TOLD BY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN.
City Pulley Lines Not New to Him
 Used Such Long Ago.
NeW York Sun.

New GOrk Sun.
 Tt makes me laugh every time I look out of the rear window of my fiat here" |" said the old circus man, and see in the yards around the tall clothes poles with pulley lines rigged on them, all supposed to belong peculiarly to modern city con- ditions and to be needed under such con ditions only-it makes me laugh, I say. when I look at them, to think that We had just such poles and pulley lines to hang clothes on long ago in the small Western towl in which our show had its winter qua ters.
 There Was plenty of room around there so far S that was concerned; We could have hal a ten acre lot to hang our clothes il We needed it. We didn't need, in fact, Call clothes poles and pulley lines for any of the reasons that exist here. What We mad to have 'em for was so as we could hlpg out the giants wash on the line without having to drag on the ground
 At first We used to hang the giants washing out with a stepladder. We had stout posts about as big and as high as medium sizec telegraph poles, set up in our back yard and lines running to them | from the house. made fast there at the | level of the second story.
 When we had the giants washing tc hang out, why. we'd get out tall step ladder we had and carry the things uE | to pin 'em on the line on that. But thai was always a kind of clumsy and unsat' i isfactory way of doing things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
JUDGE JONES SUSTAINED.
The State Press Continues to Com mend Him and to Condemn
 Hefin

Rockford Coosa County Democrat.
 The Age-Herald. Montgomery AdVer- tiser, Birmingham News all had strong articles in line with The De- a)crat in re- gard to Judge Jones and the Turner trial. All papers and all right thinking men must know that courts should not be swayed by any influence except justice and whenever it is done. no people can feel safe In their person nor property rights Mems opinions are often govern ed more by their own interest than an idea of right or wrong in the matter.
 Tom Jones Is one of the ablest men in the South and a man that has been admired for his strong conviction ana rugged honesty. He has been admired by men who curse him now. He has not changed, but still stands for what is right and best for Alabama, law and order against lawlessness. Then where is the trouble Is it not fact that men would have Jones to turn traitor to justice and cover the State with shame and disgrace just to shield wrong. Shall the name of the State be besmirched for any ln- divdual or set of men? Would 1t not be better to take the position; that justice must be done regardless of persons and the name of Alabama be saved? The people of the State in the eyes of the world are in keeping with the impression made by the position the State takes along these lines and no one can deny that a shadow is cast over the State that will abide with us for years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
MAKING OF STONE PIPES.
Industry Upon Which an Ohio Town
 Has Become Prosperous.

There is a little known village in Ohio known on the map as Modazore, which manufactures five-sixths of the stone pipes used by the smokers of the United States. It is twenty-five years since the industry began on small scale. and has increased until it is the largest plant of its kind in America, and gives employ ment to fifty men, women, boys and girls The adjoining hills furnish an abundance of a peculiar kind of clay used in the manufacture of the pipe. It is ground in clay mill until perfectly smooth. and then submitted to a piece of machinery, which shapes the taffy-colored earth in long, ausage-like rolls. which are cut in two-inch length bars, or wads, and given to the men called "punchers, who, by placing them in machine. form the shape of the pipe. The dexterity of the workmen in all the departments is won delful. It Is not an unusual thing for a boy to make 16,OOO pipes in one day.
 The mining grinding, running wads and punching is done by male help, but when the pipes leave the punchers table there are bits of ragged clay clinging to them, which are trimmed off by girls, who are styled ''finshers." The only tools re- quired for their trade are a knife and a grain bag. The latter is fastened across the lap. and after the pipe is trimmed with the knife it is rubbed on the bag
 
 smooth as rapidly as a pincher can make them. When the pipes are partially dry they are placed in d sagger. which resem- bles straight butter pot with numerous holes punched in it. and then burned in a kiln about forty-eight hours. Shortly before the fires are allowed to go out salt | is thrown iE the fire to give the pipe its l gloss Kiln burning is a trade of itself and requires considerable experience to | temper the heat to the proper degree. IL | is the all-important part of the work as it Is in the kiln that the pipe receives its color gloss, smoothness and hardness The stems are a cane. shipped from the | Southern States, and come in bundles five | feet long The joints are sawed out on l circular saws and the length made by little boys, who run great risk of losing | fingers The next machine Is also man. l aged by boys. who sharpen the end of the stem.
 l They are then subjected to an immense wooden cylinder, resembling a land roll CT, and rolled and whirled constantly which gives the stem a very respectable polish.
 Passing to the next room they are treat l ed O the bending process. Long, regular rows of stems are placed on a grooveC | lock of wood, and on the top of the l hollowed part Is a hollow iron tube, reach. i ing across a row two yards long A red | hot iron bar is inserted in the hollow, and l in very few minutes the heat will benc
 the cane the shape of the groove. This | completes the manufacture of a stone | pipe and stem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
SOME BAD ADVICE.

When ex-Governor Hogg advises the farmers of Texas to organize flor social, moral, intellectual, charitable and polit- ical purposes" he interjects into their lives one of the worst features that can we'll be imagined-that of politics. We fully agree with The Richmond Times Dispatch that when they organize for political purposes, they will have an or ganization of strife and discord, and all other considerations will be subordinat- ed to politics"
 That is undoubtedly true, It has been tried in Alabama and elsewhere and all ways with disastrous results. Farmers are not of one mind in politics any more than any other class of citizens and they ought not to be. They are as deeply in- terested in political affairs as any class of our population and ought to show it. each man for himself. When they bring their diverse political views into their organizations, they are certain to pro- duce wrangling and discord. They can not hope or expect to unite all their mem- bers in favor of one political party or policy. and even if they could it would be the worst thing that could happen. for 1t would be arraying one class against another. to the great injury of all. Pro- foundly interested as we are in the suc- cess of Democracy. we should much re- gret to see an attempt made to force all the farmers of Alabama into the Demo- cratic party. To organize political party of their own cannot be otherwise than unfortunate, for it will array all other classes against them, to their serious det- riment. The political feature of Hogg advice is very bad. The other features are very good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
Entirely Out of Place.

CrenShaW Crltlc.
 The diatribe delivered by Hon. J. Tom Hehin against Judge Jones was entirely out of place at the Confederate Veterans reunion. Admitting for arguments sake that all he said about the judge was true, 1t was at least bad taste to deliver political barangue before body of men whose bylaws forbid political speeches at reunions. Judge Jones was Confed- crate soldier and a member of the U. c. V, and as such he was at least entitled to the protection of the aforesaid by laws It was like hitting a criple for MT. Hefin to thus assail a man who had, (and will not have) no opportunity to de- fend mseh. Personally the writer does not know Judge Jones; personally we are a friend to Mir Hefiin. It seems to The Critic that. If Judge Jones has ex- ceeded his authority the proper remedy is impeachment proceedings against him. If he has not exceeded his authority 1t is the duty of State officials, including MT. Hefin, to maintain a dignified silence. They should stick to their oaths to up- hold the law. It Is speeches such as MT. Henin delivered that cause people to disregard the sacredness of law; and it
 is this disregard that leads too frequently to lynchings.
 To make MT. Heflin's discomforture the greater, Turner, whom he was defending. has plead guilty, thus vlndicating Judge Jones and condemning the jury that made a mistrial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
A NEW KLoNDYKE.

According to The Raleigh Post there Is a veritable Klondyke now being devel- oped in North Carolina. especially in Montgomery County. This paragraph will give an idea of the find:
 An old and rejected mine-the Iola-in that County, has been purchased by that that energy and judgment. MT. E. M. Armheld of High Point, and other friends whom he kindly let in on the ground floor. ana the work of re-opening and re-working the lola was entered upon Thursday MT Armfield with his practical miner MT: M. J. Jones who has charge of the working ,ing; at Charlotte with just seven Jumps or gold, the result of just one weeks work ing. weighing 72 pounds; which after as as gentlemen a small check for 3.26O. the value of the amount of the basis Of all the money in this country thus deposited.
 And. according to an expert there s plenty more where that came from" and that County is not the only one, though it may surpass other sections in richness. As our readers probably know. North Carolina was formerly one of the richest gold fields in the Union, and up to the discovery of the wonderful California de- posits. the Old North State was famous for it's gold mines. If our memory is not at fault. one of the largest nuggets ever taken from the earth was found in Ca barrus County. in that State, more than half a century ago. As we now remem- Der, it weighed twenty-eight pounds avoir- dupois and long held the palm for big Jumps. If there is no fake or exaggera- ton in the accounts of recent discoveries we will have a Klondyke or Yukon much nearer home and in a much more favor able climate than those of the extreme and frigid Northwest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
Hefiin Very Indiscreet.

Huntsville Mercury.
 It will be remembered that it was MT. Turner's case on which there was hung jury. The jury was discharged after Judge Jones had directed them in very emphatic manner, that under the law and the evidence the verdict of the jury sAould be guilty. The defendant after this, of his own accord comes into court and pleads guilty, admitting in the most solemn manner that Judge Jones was , eminently correct in instructing the jury to declare the defendant guilty. Yet the Hon. J. Thomas Hefiln. the Secretary Of | State of Alabama, rushed with great | haste to the public press to denounce Judge Jones and charge him with play | ing into President RooseVelts hands, in order to get promotion Evidently MT. Hefiin thought he would like to be the first to denounce Judge Jones and thereby get the credit therefor. It would make but little difference with the good people | of Alabama what Mir Heflin said about a law proposition or Judge Jones, were 1t not that he occupies the position of Sec retary of State and away from home this fact will give additional weight to his verbal chastisement of Judge Jones. l The Mercury does not hesitate to say 1 that the great bulk of the people of Alabama are cordially supporting Judge Jones in his efforts to enforce the law against peonage, and they will not con- sent to MT. Hefin's placing them in the attitude of attempting to delay or ob- struct a fair investigation of the mat | ter. If peonage exists anywhere in Ala bama 1t should be extermina ted and the guilty parties brought to justice. Judge Jones as we understand it. only gave the 1 general or affirmative charge to the jury, and all lawyers tell us that when a judge | does that the jury should render the verdict acording to the instructions of the court.
 Judge Speake, who presided in our Cir cult Court for quite twenty-five years. often gave the affirmative charge to a jury and told them, according to the law and the evidence they should render a certain verdict, and We have been told by lawyers that no jury ever disobeyed Judge Speake in that respect
 MT. Hefin in his accusation against Judge Jones has been very indiscreet. and by reason of his official position, his in- discretion in his party seeking of a false
 popularity and notoriety may work d
 harm to Alabama. Mir Hefins assault
 on Judge Jones and his mode of admins
 tration of the law, was based alone on the
 supposition that MT. Fletcher Turner was
 innocent, but al! that is gone for Mir,
 Turner comes into open court and enters
 d plea of guilty. There the curtain falls
 and ''lo where does it leave our valua-
 ble Secretary of State?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-24
ANOTHER DISCOVERY.

From Germany. to which country we are indebted for many more or less re- liable scientific lacts comes the an nouncement of a professor of something or other that all animals really have mu- sical voices, If we only listen at them right What jars us most is his asser- ton that the donkey's voice can be train ed and made pleasantly musical. If he had cut out the donkey. we might have taken some interest in his alleged discov- cry, for not all animals make discordant sounds. Most of us have thought the bark of a dog the most welcome music we ever heard. or, as Byron expresses 1t: 'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dOg's honest
 bark
 Ba ydeep-mouthed welcome as we draw
 near home
 The lowing of the COWS and the bleat- ing of the lambs is not discordant to a lover of rural sounds, an dthe growing of the barn-yard rooster is not unmusical when it doesn't disturb us too early in the morning, and We might cite other anil nal voices which are at least as melo-
 
 willingly listened to. But We draw the line at donkeys. We do not know, of cours, just how much that animals voice can be improved b ytraining and culti: vation, but we do know thst we shall ] not envy the man who undertakes the ob. Donkeys are as stubborn as they are uncertain. We know there is an adage that "a bird that can sing and won't sing or words to that effect, but we doubt l fthat applies to donkeys. Max ing them do things is a tough proposition at best. and the man who sets in tc polish the voice of we'll developed ack | ass has his work cut out for him. This German professor may get music out ot some animals, but the donkey isn't one o | them. we don't think