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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-01-29
NEGRO EDUCATION IN SOUTH.

Editors Register and Leader: l have
just read with painful interest the
printed extract from Governor Varda-
mans inaugural address at Jackson,
Miss, wherein he asserts that the ed
ucation of the negro is curse and
the means of increasing the criminal
population. / have also read your ed
itorial in this mornings paper regard
ing his deliverances.
AS a representative of the Baptist
Home Mission society, OF New York,
an organization which has expended
s3,0OOOOO in establishing and main
tanning twenty-nine institutions of
higher learning for the negroes in the
south during the last forty years, i
feel that something more should be
said, for fear that some should think
that nothing could be said, and that
his utterances were accepted facts.
& During the latter part Of Noyem-
Der, in company with our corresponds
ing and field secretaries, sDrs. Moore
house and Chivers of New York, 1t
was my privilege to attend the dedi-
cation of two fine new brick buildings
on the campus Of Jackson college, at
jackson, Miss, the capital of the
state, where the governor delivered
his address. | am very sure that not
all of the representative citizens Of
the state endorse these utterances.
At the dedicatory exercises the state
superintendent Of education, Mr.. H. L.
Whitfield, was present and gave an
address, and spoke appreciativeiy OF
fhf, Worl- IF odroofinp tfIa npprOaS
DR.. Lowry, president OF white col
lege near Jackson, was present and
spoke, as did number of citizens
Of the place. This college, founded
in Natchez in 1877, has been located
In Jackson for the last twenty years.
President Barratt made the statement
that day, that of the 1000 students
who have attended the college not
one had ever been arrested by the
police while at the college. This does
not look much like that education gen
crates criminality. We can trace
these students after they leave these
schools, going out and in great self
sacrifice establishing schools in black
belts" for the uplift Of their people.
We know them and can give their
names and places of operations.
While in Jackson, / met Gov. A. H..
Longino, who has just retired from
the gubernattorial chair, being pre-
vented by law from running for an
other term. and / found him q very
fine Christian gentleman and Of 8
different type from the new governor.
Mr.. Longin0 greeted the odcers Of the
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the future, but there was one regret
and that was that he had not treated
the colored people as he ought to
have done. He said that he had read
the book ariel" in 1867, which I'M
lertook to prove that the negro did
not descend from Adam and Eve, but
from the lower animal creation. He
believed what Atrial said, and had NOT
treated the negro right. hope that
some others may come to their senses
before they reach the dying bed.
= Two of our missionaries told me of
persons talking that 1t was not
thought that the negroes had souls.
because when they killed one there
was no trouble of conscience.
The great "bugbear' in the way OF
Governor Vardaman is the social
equality" matter. On this trip think
l addressed some 1900 or 1,5D0 stu
dents of from IL to 20 years Of age,
and there was evidence in the com
plexion of nearly one-half of these phi
pills that there is a class of white peo-
pie who live upon criminal social
equality plane in the sex relation.
Much is said by the governor about
the crime of negroes against white
women, but we do not hear anything
of the awful record Of crime of white
men against colored women. | was
told by citizens that for a colored man
to resent an insult offered to his
mother or sister would likely cost him
his life.
believe that better day is dawn
ing for the south, and much of it has
come about. through these schools. ri
all denominations, ana IRONS ara
corporations, as well as the schools Of
the state, combined With moral rain-
ing, but Governor Vorla-sian does not
belong to the cl"ee that is going to
help matters. A hep is reported to
have said recently. Pvt for these
schools you would have a race Of bar,
barians" r y, n. Proonr.
District Secretary Baptist Home Ills
sionary Society.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-01-29
KANSAS CITY, MO. NEWS,
Especial to Bystander.

MI. and Mrs. Il. j. Pierce Of Idaho, ar.
rived in our city to-day where they will
make their future home. Mrs. Pierce Is
an established halt dresser and manicurist
and Mr.. Pierce is one Of the best known
chef cooks west of Missouri river and is
identified with the masonic lodge and
stands we'll in social circles. We are al.
ways glad 10 receive them in our midts.
hoping they may like our city and its
pe.,ple Is we'll - our city people like thsm
and may they continually reside among
US. MI. Pierce has accepted . position on
the DINING car. May success crown
their future.
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NOTICE or EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF
REDEMPTION.

To e. n. Jennings, being the party in
whose name the property hereinafter
described is taxed:
You are hereby notified that on the
9Th day OF December, A. D., 1900, the
following described real estate, ,o-wit:
Lot number one hundred and eighty
two (is2) OF Lake Park, an addition
now included in and forming part Of
the city OF Des Moines. and all situated.
within the County OF Polk and State of
lows. was sold for the delinquent and
unpaid tax OF the year 1899 20 Geo. d
Parker; that the undersigned is now
the legal owner and holder Of the GER
ti6sake OF purchase issued In pursuance
~ Mo above mentioned sale: and that
the right Of redemption will expire
saad : dssd tor The land b made unless
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-01-29
Defendants.
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
! eaoh of said defendants:

To each OF SAID defendants.
You and each of you are hereby noti-
fed that there is now on file in the
Office Of the Clerk of the District Court
Of Polk County, iowa, the petition OF
plaintiff, claiming that he is the abso-
lutte and unqualined owner OF the fol-
lowing described premises situated IN
Polk County, Iowa, to-wit:
Part OF the Northwest Quarter ~.
VIZ of the Southwest Quarter 6. W.
"a OF Section Six {6), Township Eighty
(sO) North, Range Twenty (24) Vest OF
the 5th p. NJ, described as follows:
Beginning at point II rods south OF
the northeast corner OF said forty acre
tract, thence north II rods, thence
west ( rods, thence southeasterly to
the place OF beginning; said premises
also being known as Lot One ID OF the
Official Plat of said forty-aore tract;
Also, part Of the Northeast Quarter
IN. Il. N Of Section One az Township
Eighty $50 North, of Range Twenty
ave 1857 West Of the 5th P. A.. describ-
ed as follows: Beginning At the north
east corner Of said forty-acre tract,
thence West $50 feet thence southeast
erly to the southesss corEer OF taid
forty-acre tract, thence north to the
place Of beginning;
And, fourteen ga acres of OF the
north side OF the Southeast Quarter Is.
e. N Of the Northeast Quarter IN. e.
N Of Section (l2), Township Eighty
(sO) North, of Range Twenty-Five t25)
West Of the 5th z. NJ,
And praying that II be adjudged that
John Boaseker and John b . enker.
whose name Rppeor in the chain OF
title to said premises, are one and the
same party; that it be adjudged that
Reuben Fl. Linvill and Reuben Il. Lin
vile, whose nsmes appear in the chain
OF title to said premises, are one and
the same party; that said Reuben d.
Linyille was unmarried August 10,
1854; that it be adjudged that John
Leichty and John Liechty and John
Lichty. whose narnrs appear in the
chain OF title to said premises, are one
and the Same party; that 1t be adjudg.
ed that Madalina Leichty and Magda-
lena Leichty. whose names appear 10
the chain Of title 10 said promises, are
one ana the same partT; that the sever.
II cunyeyances in The chain OF title OF
title ~ said hereinbefore described
property containing erroneous descrip-
1ions thereof may be reformed and adj
Judged to be conveyances Of the prop
erty hereinbefore described, and as In
tended for the c0nveyances thereof;
Akat 70 Is Adiudged thst each and every
of I'D Aefendsnts and Tint ~ M
brown dcfsndants 70 said pFenisee
nna1 ~ baxeed and forever seeoHpsd
- AAsia4 - slaining ~ saght q
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-01-29
In the District Court Of the state
iowa. Il, and for Polk County.
In Equity.
81 A. E. Swim, Plaintiff,

John BoasekeS, John Boesenker,
Renben II. Linvill, Reuben II. Linviile,
sheldon s Spencer, John Leichty,
.Iohn Liechty, John Lichty, Madaliua
I,aichtv. Magdalina Leichty, John
Aaron Sehaai, J.. Adam Schaal, McCor-
MIDI Harvesting Machine Co., John
Houser. Mrs, John Houser and the un-
known claimants TO the following de-
seribed premises situated IN FOLK
County, Iowa, to-wit: =,
Part Of the Northwest quarter y.
w. ~ of the Southwest Quarter -. W.
VI Of Section Six (6). Township Eighty
(s0) North, Range Twenty.iour ls4)
West OF the 9Th P. NJ, describe as ioi-
lows;- Beginning at point " roos
south OF the northeast corner OF sara
forty-acre tract, thence north ~ rods,
thence west A. rods, thence southeast.
erly to the place OF beginning; SAID
premises also being known as Lot One
"a q the official Plat of said forty.acre
tract;
Also. part OF the Northeast Quarter
IN. Il n OF the Southeast Quarter y.
3. u Of Section One tD, Township
Eighty 1907 North, of Range Twenty
Ave RS, W est of the 5th z. NJ, describ-
cd as follows: Beginning at the north
east corner of said forty tract,
thence west $50 feet, theuce southeast
erlY to the southeast corner OF said
forty acre tract, thence north to the
place of beginning; !,
And, fourteen (lD acres off the north
side Of the southeast Quarter 5. f. "a
Of the Northeast Quarter On. + "a OF
Section Twelve (l2), Township Eighty
fso) North of Rang Twenty-Five (S5)
West OF the 5th P. NJ.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-01-29

REDEEM ption is made within ninety days
from the completed service hereof, as
provided by law. n. l.. Parker. d
Owner and Holder Of Certificate. y
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
Ultimate Fate Of N a n

We have from two distinguished
sources rear and forward views Of
man. and it is to be regretted that
from niefher standpoint is there much
reason why the highest of creation as
ne exists to-day should vaunt his pride
rhe past robs him OF part OF his glory,
and the future holds the awful pos
sibility of his reduction to second
place in the animal kingdom.
First. we may travel back a few
thousand years with the famous Assy-
biologist. Prof A. H. Sayce, whose
words have the weight OF authority. In
reading the facts of the ancient monu-
ments he finds that the Oldest inbabi-.
tants we're really very gifted persons.
Egypt and Babylon had their literary
-activities, their great libraries and
their strenuous politics. I'VE have
learned many things of late years
from archaeology" he writes; but its
-chiefest lesson has been that the age
of Moses. and even the age of Abra-
ham. was almost as literary an age as
our own" OF course the writer's of
those times did not have to send re-
turn postage on their manuscripts
It would take few bushels of 2-cent
stamps to get back a hieroglyphic slab
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01

but they write as persistently and
quite as well as the people do to-day.
So why should man boast of his prog
ress during the thousands OF years
that have come between?
But that is not the worst H. o..
Wells, who has dipped into the future
far as a novelist's eye may see, and
who makes 1t pay. delivered before
one of the important scientific asso-
Citations OF England this year a serious
and able address on The Discovery
of the Future" Near the end he made
the remarkable declaration that ne
did not think much of man, and ne
went on to say that If evolution had
produced him from its long labors.
starting with the lowest form and
building up to the present biped, there
was excuse for believing that at some
great moment in the distant future II
would find higher expression OF its
handiwork.
So there he is-a clothes-wearer,
troIIey-chasing animal. whose thoughts
are little better than they were in
Abraham's time, and whose ultimate
fate may be the monkeys place at
Newport inner!-Saturday Evening
Post.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
Democracy in the White House.

In view of the recent entertainment
of John Morley by the President the
New York World says: Such a gath
oring as met Mr.. John Morley. at his
own request. in President Roosevelts
dining room, could not have been
brought together under similar condi-
tions at the table of any European
chief of state. Labor leaders, capital
lists and students of social problems
found themselves equally at home as
they compared their widely varying
views of industrial questions under the
stimulating leadership of the President
and the keen and open minded inter-
est of the chief guest.
The fact that our chief magistrate
can put himself in this intimate touch
with the various elements of our citi-
zenship is one of the great advantages
he enjoys over those foreign potent
ates who, hedged in by impenetrable
etiquette, must depend for their in
formation about popular feeling upon
third and fourth hand reports filtered
through relays OF officials interested in
concealing the truth.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
Japs Make Record March

It was a matter of less than half an
hour, writes Harper's Weekly cor
respondent. before the Japanese held
the main ridge to the left, or west. of
the village of Suitean-za, and the great
danking movement over the hills was
ready to begin, from the point gained.
about O'Clock.
It was broiling hot at this hour, and
the motionless air. and the glaring
sun promised to make the land YER
table furnace before nightfall The
dirty khaki uniforms Of the stockily-
built soldiers we're wringing with wa
fer. but they marched forward briskly
and with no display of exhaustion.
though they had been up all night and
had already worked three hours in
Swelter of heat.
The fourteen hours march made by
that regiment of the guards, In the
fanking movement. would have killed
or half the men in any European or
American force long before the Jap
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01

anese had finished it and were still
keen to fight, and, Notwithstanding
this, the official report says that the
left-wing division did not do so well
as was expected! Only salamanders
could have survived the heat and toll.
1t was marvellous performance,
and one which, at first blush. seems
impossible, for it necessitated travel
ing beneath the crests of the noun
tains, in order to be screened from
the enemy. They moved ahead on
mountain slopes whose angle was of
ten 60 degrees. They toiled through
thick underbrush and around the
bases of rocky pinacles 500 to 500 feet
above the valleys One would have
believed the feat impossible for load
ed men, let alone heavily laden pack
horses. The left-wing regiment
marched six miles in this fashion, and
threatened Yoshirei (Yangtsz' 'ling). in
the rear OF the main position. at 5
o'clock in the afternoon.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
To Subdue the Furnace

cline that, like the last fly of autumn,
Is anxious to get inside before the bell
rings. To care for this Nebraska
chill the furnace man has accommo-
datingly arranged what is called a
cold air intake" Cut it out!
1t may do for Kentucky, but 1t is
not the thing for Minnesota. The first
thing you want to do is to get stout
furnace surgeon and excise the cold
air intake appendix. About 100000
yards of the Arctic circle are trailing
around the house, moaning to get into
the cold air intake Cut it out,
Let the cold air get in around the
doors and window castings. 1t will get
in, anyhow. but it is not necessary
for you to provide it rapid transit
facilities. Cut 1t outl
Have major operation performed
on it. Leave nothing below the dia-
phragm except, perhaps, the lower
limbs. After this your furnace will
make quick recovery and you will
be surprised to see 1t come up in the
morning and eat out Of your hand
Minneapolis Journal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01

The local Society of Fine Arts has
started its fall classes in furnace-craft
There is popular opinion that all
that It is necessary to do in the way
of running the cellars coal eater is
10 throw on the diamonds, let the fire
get we'll under way, shut 1t up, shake
It down at night and empty the ashes
Sunday morning These are the very
crude ideas of immature thought
The furnace. like the locomotive.
must be petted, groomed and cared
for by a furnacier who makes 1t
labor of love. or he will never get out
OF 1t the quid pro quo to which the
house Is entitled. Quid pro quo is
Latin for that variety of hot heat
which. like that letter. is longed for,
but sometimes never comes Heat is
n funny thing. 1t is just as well salts
fed to go up the chimney or out into
the cellar as into the drawing-room or
bathroom. And there is always lin
gering around on the outside of the
house a climate fresh from Nebraska
or Athabasca. or some other polar
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
Slang Was Bad Break

Talking about fright and gray
hairs" said a travelling man, my
hair never came so near turning white
In a single night as it did couple
of weeks ago when | was in town in
one of the widest patches of country
In the West. entered a cafe and
started IN To. ingratiate myself with
the boys. and: was getting along fine.
There was one old fellow who hung
around the bar a great deal and seem
ed to have everybody scared. I made
up my mind that he was a chap I
wanted to havelon my side, so | start
ed in and madq up to him the best |
knew how. l tbld him all the funny
stories / knew. Every time he laugh
ed everybody elae laughed. and when
he didn't seem I'd like it, there was
general attack OF the blues. After
awhile he told story himself. l laugh
ed as hard as could and slapped him
on the shoulder and said:
"I've heard of you before
"'You have?' said he. looking sus-
picious all of a sudden.
Eyes said l, and you're all right.
You're bird!'
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01

Il never saw such swift change Of
scenery in my life. The floor was
cleared all of sudden and all the oc-
cupants of the place except the old
man and myself were looking up from
behind tables. He had a six-shooter
pointed at me, and il his finger had
trembled I'd have been the subject fol
"a dearest Willie. thou hast left us,
piece Of poetry then and there. Just
then young girl rushed into the place
and threw herself between u.s."
"Of course" commented a listener.
"this IL about chapter III. She ex-
claimed: Spare him! Spare him.
for my sake!'"
mo. She didn't say anything of
the kind. She merely said Don't be
a fool. dad. He didn't mean anything.
He amt heard a word about it.
Then she turned to me and said:
"'You want to be keerful about how
you talk about anything in the fowl
lire before dad. He was tarred and
feathered week before last. He amt
got clear over it yet. an he won't
staad the jolin' about 1t. you see.'"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
A Teacher,s Testimonv.

Hinton, KY. Nov. 2s.-(Special.)-
1t has long been claimed that Diabe-
tes is incurable, but Mr.. e. ]. Thomp-
son, teacher in the Hinton school.
has pleasing evidence to the contrary.
MIR. Thompson had Diabetes. He took
Dodd's Kidney Pills and is cured. In
a statement he makes regarding his
cure Mr.. Thompson says:
Il was troubled with my kidneys
for more than two years and was
treated by two of the best doctors in
this part OF the state. They claimed
| had Diabetes and there was little
to be done for me. Then l started
to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and what
they did for me was wonderful 1t
is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney
Pills that l am now enjoying good
health"
Many doctors still maintain that
Diabetes is incurable. But Diabetes
is a kidney disease and the kidney
disease that Dodd's Kidney Pills will
not cure has yet to be discovered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
Traits Of the Ate s

Like all southern Indians. their
complexion is of ruddy chocolate
brown. and they are not particularly
good-looking. Most of the women
now have large hands and feet, prob
ably the inheritance of generations OF
hard workers. And they are strong
In the warehouse of a wine merchant
an Aztec porter was seen to take 4
cask of claret on his back and carry
it quite a distance. The load certain
ly weighed not less than 400 pounds.
and no white man would have thought
of lifting it. The law requires the
people in the cities to forsake the
Indian breechcloth and poncho, and
assume the regulation garb of the
poor working class of Mexico-the
wide. loose trousers of cotton cloth or
manta with jacket to match-but tho
breechcloth is worn outside of the
trousers and thereby replaces the CIV
ilized penders.-Southern Work.
man.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01

The Aztecs of old were rot only
great soldiers. but also diligent cult
yators of the soil. and had acquired
considerable proficiency in agricul-
ture, although they had no horses.
oxen or other animals of draught. To
thfs day the men earn their living
chiefly as day laborers in the fields
now owned by the Mexicans. The
staple product now as of yore is the
maize. and next to 1t the maguey or
agave. the sweet sap of which is the
principal material for the famous Mex
fcan pulque. Some species are culti-
vated as vegetables, others for the
sake of their leaves which yield
strong fiber that can be woven into
fabrics. Hence the saying that the
agave supplies the people with drink,
food and clothing. The men have lit
tie ambition to excel in handicraft.
Farriery and carpentry are about the
only trades they care to take up. In
the cities they work as porters. car
riers or peddlers, in small way.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
SOLDIERS Remembered.

Several Japanese charitable organic,
ations. headed by the ladies of the pa
triotic societies, are arranging to send
New Years presents to every soldier
in the field. The contributions already
assured indicate that there will be
enough to give each soldier two pres
ents. The people OF Toxic are contrib
uting thousands of packages, each con
tanning a number of useful articles
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
GUARANTEED MINING INVEST.
MENrc

We are the largest mine operators
In the vest and cordially invite you
TO write for prospectus and full partic-
ulars about OUR NINE ASSOCIATED
COMPANIES, which have joined In
forming our INVESTORS GUARAN-
TEE ASSOCIATION. with 5000. 900
capital. TO GUARANTEE ALL OF
OUR INVESTORS AGAINST LOSS.
Write for free information and be con-
vinced.
ARBUCKLE-GOoDE COMMISSION
COMPANY,
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

oy local applications, as they cannot reach the dis
eascd portion of the ear There is only one way to
cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an inhamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachan Tube When this
tube is innamed you have rumbling sound i'm
perfect hearing and when It is entirely closed Deaf
ness ia the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored lts normal cond
ton hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
out of ten are caused by Catarrh which is nothing
but an infamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any of
Deafness lcaused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F. ]. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. T5c.
Take Halls Family Pms for constipation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01

1t was an old bachelor who said that
it was futile to discuss the question
whether a genius would make good
husband. No real genius. he said.
would ever marry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-12-01

The Santa Fe road will herea after
run on their train leaving Denver at 8
p. m. daily a tourist sleeper through
to California without change. This is
a vast improvement over the service in
years past. The Santa Fe also an
nounceS the Inauguration on Novem-
ber 14th of daily service of the fa-
nous California limited. the train
leaving Denver every day at s:45 p. m.