davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

Ipieces than in the full garment. In
|deed, it's use for the lattnr purpose
seems to be reserved for automobile
wear solely.
Moleskn is another favorite of 9th
er days that has come into its own
Iagain. This little pelt is so tiny and
SC delicate that it takes quite an ap-
preciable amount Of work to fashion
e;en simple scarf. All of the patch
work designs work out we'll in this;
and the pointed and overlapping shin
gle design-just what one sees so Of
ten On the roofs of country cottages
extreme. Certain it is that this pat
tern does bring out delightfully."- all
of the high lights and shadings of
which this furry pelt is capable.
Quite favored comhNnTtion-fo
combinations in furs are still smiled
upon-is that of moleskin and ermine.
A recent novelty shows cape stole
o. the darkest fur, with a collar that
just covers the throat, but does not
ercroach upon the chin, and a chem.
isette in ermine. The moleskin is ap-
! pied in little bias pieces with the V
Point in the middle; and the plain
ends are finished with a thick and
deep fringe of gray chenille thAt ex-
actly reproduces the tint of the gray
| fur. Th muff is similarly fashioned:
and the last touch Of daintiness is
achieved in the chapeau of ermine
with a flat moleskin crown; and
long ostrich plume that shades from
Nhite through pearl into a smoke
s:ay is posed flat across the crown
the full curling ends falling On tn
hair in the back.
Chinchilla is another gray fur that
more than holds its own in the pass
ing modes. A good piece of chinchlla
is by no means cheap: and the pelts
are so tiny and delicate that their
manipulation in itself is quite a mat
ter of some expense.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
Where Ermlne and Moleskin Meet.

There is new shape in the popular
stole this year in which there Isl a
s~mi-hish collar that protects the
throat. and chemisette, usually in
st,ne contrasting fur. The model in
mo,eslzin and ermine shows the soft
stay pelt cleverly arranged in bias
design. the points meeting in the on-
ter. This forms the cape and stole
proper, and the high collar anN clHm
toque is of the white fur, this forming
a border; while the crown is likewise
Of the fur. relieved with full ostrich
plume that droops its fluffy Xnds over
the hair in the back. The muff is OF
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

around the throat, and not expected
j., pieced out with the addition OF
spreading scarf ends, that droop be,
low the waist, and are further length.
ened out with a cord and ball fringe.
The muff is one of the long shapes,
narrow at the top and rounding out al
bottom, and is trimmed with white
chenille tassels, that fall from the mar
rowest portion of the top.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
An Accepted Mode in Ermine.

Those = Hinating neck and shoul.
der pie Il their best expression
IN erm his season this white
and exp, Nr is seen with smart
trimmings of silk cords and chenille
fringes. The collar is a recent addi-
ton, this just coming comfortably
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
ired.

During q church convention in on .
ef our large cities a lady well known
as one Of the most prominent hostess
es of the land was entertaining at her
home number of ministers, delegates
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

The fisherman who has good suc
cess thinks his lines are cast In
pleasant places.
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

her husband had gone off owing him
and that she had to work and pay it
or else he would send her and the whole
family TO the changing.
Mary is a large, stout woman. and
fairly intelligent. but after getting to
Brooks house and receiving a terrible
whipping as a foretaste Of what she
might expect If she failed or refused to
comply with orders. quietly submitted
and went TO work.
II worked for four long years said
the woman. who is also in the Atlanta
jail, being held as a witness, and
did the work Of a man on the farm Mr.
Brooks will tell you that 1 was good
hand
Jim. my husband who had run away,
took a notion that he wanted to see me
and the children and he went to Oconee
county, and. not finding US there, he
came 10 Brooks Sir. you never saw a
man get such a whipping as Jim got.
thought they would kill him. He prom
ised TO stay there and not run away
again and they put him TO work. and
there he stayed until Christmas, when
he picked up and ran away again, say
ing that he did not intend TO work all
his life and get nothing for IL.
II ne was ever paid anything never
saw it. He sent and got the children
and I believe they arc in Alabama. He
got them while 1 was in Oconee county,
where Mr. Brooks had permitted me 70
go with the promise that l would hunt
for Jim When / heard that he had
managed to get our children. 1 de-
cided not to go back 10 Brooks, be
cause I had stayed longer than he had
told me 1 could. and I knew / would be
whipped. Then, before 1 left he had had
settlement with me and paid me g.
which he said was all that was due me.
yet. sir. ! had worked nearly four years
and he said that 1 owed him then.
Mr.. Brooks swore out a warrant for
me charging me with cheating and
swindling. or larceny after trust. or
something else. and he sent a bailiff
named HUFF and Huns brother over to
Oconee after me. They took me. and
just before we got to Brooks we met
him and the justice of the peace in the
road. Mr.. Brooks told the justice that
they had Mary-me-back now, and he
wanted 70 dismiss the warrant
The justice. while sitting in the bug
gy, took the warrant, wrote something
on 1t, and told be L was free 1 got
The Washington times., 1904-03-20
STORIES TOLD OF AND BY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE

1 believe 1t was the late Senator
Cameron who said Never destroy a let
ter. and never write one. % remarked a.
national lawmaker who halls from one
OF the Southern States. There. too.
was another statesman who wrote a.
good many times too often. and some
times closed wita the admonItion. burn
this letter Since all this trouble IN
The Postofice Department, and which is
now causing large number Of fellow
Representative 20 lay awake at night
1t tickles me no little TO realize that
TO matter how deep they may go into an
investigation on the Bristow report or
any other old report. they can never
End a single little misslve asking for
favors which bears my John Hancock.
no. Stree. / have been pretty industri-
Gus since j became "a member Of the
House in looking after the interests OF
my constituents-and God knows they
are a greedy Iot-but there has been no
black and white about il when
wanted anything 1 just picked up and
went after 81. telling the high chief
moguls what ! wanted. and they gener-
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

out of the buggy where I was sitting
with Bailin Huff. and started back to-
ward Oconee. Mr.. Brooks called to me
to stop. but I didn't. He run up to me
and hit me In the back Of the head, and,
Of course. I tried to protect myself. and
then he beat and choked me. Not sat
isfied with this. he called the Huffs and
all three pounded and beat me. They
then took me to Brooks house. carried
me into a room, and while one Of the
Huns held the door shut, Mr.. Brooks
and the othere HUFF 'bucked me over
a chair and whipped me numerically
with a leather buggy strap. From this
whipping l was one mass of cuts and
bruises from my waist TO my knees,
and the clothing 1 had on-fOr I didn't
have a change-two weeks later were
covered with blood spots. This deep
scar across my face and the one under
my left eye were made then.
Il remember nothing about the slavery
days. but they could not have been any
worse than what my husband and my
self have gone through on Mr.. Brooks
farm. I know of other colored people
who have been just as badly treated
right IN OglethOrpe county, but have
been asked TO say nothing about what
hnOh dDUuL THESE OlneE people,
A case which discounts any of the
transactions ever made by the Hopper
centers and shylocks of any city has
been given the writer, but with the
promise that no names shall be used at
present One OF the foremost church
members and leading planters. as well
as being mixe1 up in several money
making enterprises, got hold OF a debt
Of SO which negro owed The com
passionate man sold the debt to another
planter, and the latter hunted up the
unfortunate negro. made a statement
that ne held himself in readiness to as
sist in alternating his depressed circum-
stances and made a fve-year contract
with the unsuspecting negro. He was TO
pay the man SS4 a year and his board.
20 take out the S15 along Al odd times.
and he would never miss it.
This was six years ago At the end of
each year the negro has received from
IS to s.. and the original SIS has never
been paid. the planter claiming that the
man has even accumulated a larger in
debtedness.
II would be no difficult task TO go on
and give case after case of these peon-
age outrages. but those cited are amply
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

About two years ago the eldest girl
then nearly fourteen, met the same
fate as her sister, her baby was dead
too. and the boss" ordered the girls
two brothers to bury fl. The infant was
placed so near the top Of the earth that
the dogs scratched fl up, and then the
brothers secured an old bee gum and
placing the body in it made a second
interment. The girl says the baby's
father is another of Ptttnan's overseers.
The boys and girls. their mother. a
few white people and many negroes give
horrible reports Of the treatment Of
these slaves. The six brothers and sis
tiers were kept at work in all kinds OF
weather from daylight until after dark,
and at night they We're chained in a
room and kept there under lock and
key.
There was but one bed. a nailed-to-
the-logs arrangement, for the six. and
on this there was nothing but straw,
and discarded cotton bagging-the sleep
Ing quarters resembling rat or hos
bed more than anything else. and was
about as offensive and filthy. There was
absolutely not a single piece Of furni-
ture in the room for either comfort or
convenience
Their daily food consisted Of a piece
OF coarse corn bread. and a thin slice
OF bacon. known here as "sow's belly"
Ihis bill OF fare was prepared threr
times a day by the youngest girl. she
cooking breakfast and taking II 10 the
others while they We're at work; she
would work until about 1I.3O. when she
would return 10 the cabin, cook the
bread and bacon, and take it TO them.
aha the supper was cooked after night
"heh work was over.
Ialklng 70 the negroes after they were
IN the Jail IN Atlanta. the eldest bow
aired, aged twenty said:
Boss, dis am de happiest time Of nv
life. L didn't know dat 1 was a free
Niger until got here, an / hafn't
free yit, but I'd sooner be in Jail all
my life dan go back to Mister Pitt
man s, cause he beats and cuffs me an
al de rest Of EN- er roun' I.i-e vqese er
lot er dogs. We couldn't get er way.
boss, case he got dem Niger dogs DAT
run you down an tear yer all ter pieces
Hit was work. work all de time. an
ef yer didn't do jest zactly as de boss
wanted it done ne GIBBS yer de lash.
Ali Of us done work many years ter
pay dat money wat daddy owed him.
but he say hit hain't paid yit, dat we
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

entire family, there is a case Of peonaqe
which is almost as atrocious as this
one.
Morton +. Brooks is one OF the pros
porous farmers and a recognized good
citizen Five years ago. II is alleged.
he hired one James Jackson, a negro
10 work for him. The negro's wife
Mary, would not go to Brooks with him
because. as she states, she was afraid
of Brooks.
She remained in Oconee county with
her three children. Mary does not know
the nature of the contract her husband
made with Brooks. but says that at the
end Of the year Brooks told him that
he was in debt and would nave TO work
another year TO pay it,
Although Jackson had not a penny TO
show for his years labor, he ran away.
and Brooks took his wagon and went
over TO OcOnee county TO the home Of
Mary Jackson and bodily and forcibIy
bundled the woman and her children
and what little household goods and
chattels she possessed into his wagon
and drove to his home, telling her that
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

as he stopped to pass the time o. day
No, brother; jug O. liquor, came
the honest answer
Fer "a log-rolling. house-raising, or
a frolic Brother Grimes|
No, Brother Smith. Deacon Majors
is gwine ter preach at my house ,.ext
Sundy. an he allus thinks he can
preach little better ef he takes er
dram afore he begins.
All, yes, Brother Grimes. but you
don't fetch the nasty stuf?'
Wall, 10 tell the truth. Brother
Smith, l aIlus thinks ] can hear a Iitlle
better ef l takes a little dram. too"
one of the Missouri Representatives
tells this story about the Mormon Pro
phet Joseph Smith:
The great disciple of mormonism was
not a believer in resorting TO shot and
shell save in extreme cases. He adopt
ed the plan Of tantalizisg a man who
was not acceptable until he was glad
10 get out and stay out. You know that
Americans are great whittlers. eter-
nally and everlastingly using their
knives on some soft wood Well. Smith
adopted the whiting plan for Kidding
ms community of obnoxious and rebel
Nous men who refused TO sell out and
leave lie organized a whiting bri-
gade' and IL, was the duty of these men
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

needs so many clothes an shoes dat
he habs ter take money an buy EN-
an at de end of de year we done cost
him mo dan we arm. Wen dat officer
come dar an gifts US ter take US ter
Albums ter trial. he finds US so near
naked dat Miss Pittman pulls off her
frock an gibs it ter Fanny. an den
dey hunts er roUu' an gifts up some
coats and Dritches fer US boys. case dey
was shamed fer US ter go ter town look
IN DAT way. Course we wuz scarf
nearly ter deaf case we spected Mis-
ter Pittman ter take US back ter de
farm. Wen we gifts de new clothes
dat Mister Camp assistant District At
torney) gibs us an he brings SIS here
ter dis place, we is happy. an. boss.
please don't let EN- take US back ter
de farm any more. Daddy an we uns
done paid dat money an we works
hard. too"
That is the simple negros statement.
substantiated by his two brothers and
three sisters, all happy. though con.
hned within prison walls-freer. per-
haas. than they have ever been
When Captain Wright visited Pitt
man 10 take charge Of the negroes
the mercury was down to IS. Yet We
found the three boys barefooted and
with no clothing save thin and ragged
summer overalls. The girls were even
more scantily dressed, their rags barely
hiGIng their persons.
Each Of the six has mementos Of his
seven years sOjOurn in Madison county
one Of the boys has a stiT hand caused
by rock coming in contact with II.
Pittman caused the contact. Another
boy has his ears SCARED up like a dog
lad been chewing them This was
caused by the boy twisting one Of the
tracing while hooking up a horse for
Pittman 10 go to church Pittman took
couple Of rocks and gave the bow a
"head-rubbing' treatment Strange and
preposterous as il may seem, some Of
the negroes had never handled a cent
Of money. and knew nothing about It
except what they had heard It is
claimed that during all these years
Pittman never paid them q cent for
their services. He says the reason they
were so poorly and thinly clad was that
they We're TO furnish their own
clothes"
In the same county-OglethOr
the young fellow Griffith got into trou-
bic and caused his father TO sell and
barter soul and body Of himself and
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

after wandering around in the swamp
for long while he began to shout ar
the tp of his voice:
Help Help! Help! Colin McIvcr.
stated clerk OF the synod of North Caro-
lima is lost. lost His cries reached
the ears Of negro who was near the
church. and the man went in and an
nounced; There's man down in the
swamp and he's calling for help. SAVING
he's the greatest sinner in North Caro-
lima The negro had misunderstood
the fathers cries for help. but some OF
the brethren took lanterns. and soon
brought him out of his lost condition.
After that he was known as the great
est sinner in North Carolina.
The Washington times., 1904-03-20
KFAN AND MACPFAnv

When Edmund Kean and Macready.
intense rivals, played in the same pieces
at Drury Lane il was usual 20 consult
in the course of the evening as Ia. what
they would appear in next. one night
when the prompter was sent to ask ar.
Macready what he would play with Nfr
kean the great tragedian fr0Wncd uDo7i
him till he blushed. sir" lac roared.
how should 1 know what the man
would like 60 playe' The promptcr re-
tired to seek the desired Information
from Mr kean. Sir" said AFR Kean
sharply. how should l know what the
fellow can play?"
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

TO follow the offensive men around and
whittle all the time-not permitting him
TO cast his eye east. north. or south
without seeing one Of the whittlers ac-
lively plying his knife. The brigade
followed him everywhere, and after
few days the fellow would wilt for the
eternal whiting was more than hu-
man nature could stand He would be
simply whitfield out of the Mormon set
Element. and that is why YOU some
times hear the saying Whitfield out of
Nauvoo'
1T may be noticed that nearly every
one Of these Mormons who have come
TO Washington TO testify is addicted
TO the whiting habit"
Senator Berry OF Arkansas seldom
spins a yarn, bat when he dioes il is a
good one. one day this week he en-
tertained a few Of his friends by relat-
ing the fluctuations of the Bender fam
lily, who lived in one of the chins and
fever districts.
Death had about wiped out the en-
tire family said the Senator five
boys and girls having been laid to rest
in the country churchyard. However.
the birth rate kept up in about the
same ratio as the Ccaths SO that the
family was far from childless
zone day there was another death
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

drunk as a goat half his tonne said
Mrs. DoweH
'Moike loves the crathur.' answered
Maggie's mother
And he bates her like holy murdher
whiniver he feels loike ftp
An PLAT Of that? Yer don't ex-
pecht human perfection in livery man.
Mrs. Dowell. We all have our faiIings.
sure.
When p man really wants a drink he
viii invent some kind of excuse for in
dulging, " says Representative Kehoe Of
Kentucky Il know there are a great
many people who say that everybody
and his brother imbibe coffin. varnish in
my State. but this is erroneous; there
are great many people there who new
er take a drink
Il once heard OF a sood old farmer
who never tasted drop in his life and
was eternally Gfter his neighbors for too
frequent nippinE. one day the good old
man met "A brother church member who
had notwithstanding jug swinging TO
the horn of his saddle.
jug o 'lasses? asked the good man
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

ally produced. but they didn't have any
documents 70 file away against me.
Il do not mean by this that ! have
asked 'unIawfuT favors, but / have just
made II a rule TO follow the advice of
the Senator. and. you know,-as Senator
Tillman said, If there's any stealing
sailing around l want my part Of it.
Lawd. Lawd, where is this Il tickle
you and You tickle me" business going
TO end? Let's go over and oil a cog %
Representative MaHon Of Pennsylvania
Is not a believer I'm human perfection.
and tells this really good story:
Maggie. a bright irish girl had mar
ried Mike shenan. and a short time
after the nuptiaI knot was tied Maggie's
mother was asked by a neighbor how
her girl was getting along.
90 'FOine. foine. Mrs. DoweH,' answered
Mrs. Sullivan. 'Moille has a Job at SWIM
teen dollars a wake an they're Twin
like lords in their own house. Maggie
made a good match, dade she did. Mrs.
DoweH"
I've bin tohId that Moike's as
The Washington times., 1904-03-20
Negroes Compelled to
Work for Years With
out Pay.
Pitiful Debts Traps By
Which Families Are
EnSlaved.

A n exhaustive investigation into
n the peonage cases in the coun-
I 4 ties of Georgia, which are to
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

Father McIver. one Of the old-time
Presbyterians. was for many years clerk
of the synod of North Carolina" says
Representative Webb of that State
He was proud of the honor. magni-
fying his Office always and everywhere
Once he was journeying to the plac-
where the synod was 10 be held. and
he lost his bearings" wandering around
In the forests and swamps until night
caught him. That he was confused can
not be doubted. for oui North CarOlin1
swamps are no small affairs. The night
was as dark as the pitch produced from
the native pines. and Father McIver
was in sore distress.
However. he was nearer the meeting
place than he dreamed OF hoped, and
The Washington times., 1904-03-20

in the family. and when the undertaken
called he asked of the tow-head. who
met him at the dooor:
Where is your father?
What do you want to see him for?'
asked the boy.
81 want 10 ask when the funeral
will take place
You needn't see him about that. I
can tell you. Pap always buries US at
o'clock in the afternoon. so that he
can git home in time to feed the
stock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-17
NEW RULING OF
PENSION OFFICE
Those 81 Years of Age Will
Get So a Month.
INCREASE FOR GREATER AGE
PHYSICAL DISABILITY Is NOT
REQUIRED.

Washington. March 16.-COmmission-
or of Pensions Ware, with the approval
OF Secretary Hitchcock. today prOmul-
gated the most important pension rul-
ing that has been issued in a long time.
IL directs that, beginning ApPn ID next,
n there IS no contrary evidence and all
Othe- legal requirements have been met,
claimants for pension under the general
act OF June p, 1890, who are over 81
years old. shall be considered as dis
abled one-half In ability 70 perform
manual labor and shall be entitled 70
So month; over g. years, TO IS; over
6S years. to SO. and over 20 years, 10
So, the usual allowances at higher rates
continuing for disabilities other than
age. The order follows:
Ordered: In the adjudication Of
pension claims under said act of June
-, 1890. as amended, it shall be taken
and considered as an evidential fact.
il the contrary does not appear and IL
all Otter legal requirements are prop
erly met, that when a claimant has
passed the age Of GO years he is dis
abled onehah in ability TO perform
manual labor and Is entitled to be rated
at s. per month: after 90 years. at IS
per month: after 6S years. at SO per
month, and after 20 years, at So per
month
allowance at higher rate. not eX-
0ecding $12 per month, Will continue TO
he made as heretofore, where disabili-
ties other than age show condition Of
inability to perform manual labor.
.This order shall take effect April -,
1904 and shall not be deemed retrOac-
tive. The former rules of the office fix
ing the minimum and maximum at 90
years and 70 years. respectively, are
hereby modified as above"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-17
FRIENDLY SETTLEMENT.
France and England Get Together on
Colonial Question.

Paris. March 1.-THE London CORE
spondent of the Figaro SAYS that the dis
CussiOn Of the friendly settlement Of CO.
lonial questions has been carried on
practically continuously I'm Paris and
London since President Loubet's visit 20
England Great Britaiu's insistence IN
including Egypt caused some difficulty
at first Foreign Minister Delcasse re-
marking that other powers were also in
tcrested. He pointed out, however, that
French interests greatly exceeded those
If other countries. whose consent 20 the
arrangements could be easily obtained as
soon rs that of France had been given,
French creditors being fully protected.
Foreign Minister Delcasse is said to have
insisted on the maintenance of the inter-
national debt commission. French insti-
buttons and the mixed tribunals. Great
Britain is disposed to take a disinterested
attitude in regard to Morocco in return
for France concessions In Egypt
As regards New Foundland, France
would give mp privileges in return for
a free right 10 fish, compensation to the
ship owners having establishments there,
and for territory facilitating cOmmunica-
ton with French Western Africa.