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The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

tried to- persuade Northern Ne
groes I'd send their children to the
South for at least a part of their
education. But most Northern
blacks Have natural horror for
1.-The land of cotton and strange
tradition As the chief activities
of the Negro lace must be in the
South. as the Herculean labors of
every black giant must for an in
definite time he south of the
! Mason and Dixon's line" it is
exceedingly unfortunate for brill
liant young Negro to reach the age
of twenty-five without first hand
knowledge of the Southern at
mosphers.' If my home and work
were to be forever in Labrador l
would not thank my parents for
deliberately acclimatizing me in
Porto Rico, and vice versa.
Let me say finally that, in spite
of the popular opinion to the con-
trary, despite the valuable conclu-
sions Of Northern white men who
can come south and get from
Pullman car windows a more
thorough and dogmatic knowleds e
of Southern conditions in twenty
days than 1 have been able to get
by living the life for twenty four
years-one of the very best things
of the present day is the contact
between Southern white men and
black men in Northern universi-
ties. Last summer one of the
leading professors in one of the
leading universities of this country
told me that he had reached the
conclusion that it is best for Ne
groes not to enter Northern insti-
tutions; and when | asked for the
basis of so sweeping a conclusion
he replied that he had travelled for
'three whole weeks with the Og,
den Party" Perhaps if we all had
been kept North until we were
forty years old and then suddenly
brought to the South, we. should
have opinions different than what
we hold-especially if we were i'm
mediately transported back to the
North after "three whole weeks
of parlor-car junketing. A North.
ern university is the only place
wherein the cultured white man oi
the South comes face to face with
the cultured black man of the
South. Many preconceived no
tions on doth sides are changed
perforce, of course, but happily
misunderstanding, the one evil OF
the whole situation, is often done
away with. Not seldom friend.
ships are formed to last through
the years. To day the only white
members of Yale class of 1901
with whom l correspond, the only
ones who expressed desire "tc
keep in touch" with me, are sever
al Southern lads. Animals which
would meet as deadly enemies il
their maturity will, if reared in
the same kennel from babyhood
innocently sport together.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

has enemies he will find that the
very first thing they desire is to
make him mad Whom the gods
would destroy they first make
mad" and | know not whether it
is true that men have been cum
ming enough to copy this stratagem
of the gods, or that they have been
audacious enough to impute to the
gods of wickedness which men al
ways possessed. The contestant
has vantage when his opponent
gets mad.
[ have seen a Negro boy enter a
Northern university under the
very acme of all the disadvantages
of which l have limited, and by a
dignified contempt for littleness,
never sacrificing one title of re-
spect by teading, indomitable in
his persistence. insistence and re-
sistence wherever needed, reach
his goal. If he entered class
room and the seat on his right
and the one on his left were vacat-
ed, he coolly put his hat into one
and piled his book into the other;
and as result of abundant
room and the lack of cucumber
ment he would be the only man to
complete the examination or the
written recitation within the re-
quired time. Within three months
everyseat in his neighborhood was
filled, not for the love of his COM
pany, but for the convenience of a
glance at the paper on which he
wrote. He had an object when he
matriculated; that object was not
social preferment.
AS to whether man is loved
depends much upon the lover; as
to whether he is respected, de-
pends absolutely upon himself.
One can force no man to love him /;
he can compel every man to re-
spect him. A man can have the
highest respect for whom he has
the intensest hate. l have heard
white boys in a Northern college
begging black boy to be their
tutor; l have known them to ac-
knowledge, among themselves, the
excellence of his scholarship and
the irreproachableness of his char
acter; and then use all their infu-
ence against his advancement to
certain honors. Yea, [ have heard
them praise him with an oath.
That is an unnatural state of
things; it is the war of two oppo-
site elements-and the right will
win.
Looked at from the other end,
some of the disadvantages" of
the Negro university student are
opportunities. Disadvantages over
come is douoly advantageous. 1t
is not wholly against him that he
is presumed to be a fool when he
is first met. 1t is as he were in
a contest and his antagonist
had greatly underestimated his
strength. Hence the complete
route of his enemy and the uni
versal sensation, if he is extraor-
dinarily strong.
Because of the great advantage
of training in Southern life fol
any Negro whe expects to accom-.
plish anything in the United
States of America, I have often
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

Lebanon, Ind, April 16.-Judge
Stepnen J. Neal, author of the
fourteeth amendment of the con-
stitution of the United States, is
critically i'll at his home in the
city. Judge Neal is past 80 years
old.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

Lexington, Ky.-J. Alexander
Chiles, Negro lawyer of this city,
today filed suit in the circuit court
for $4,000 damages against the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway CON-
pany, for compelling him to ride
in the colored, or Jim Grow" com.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22
NO. 80.

partment of one of their trains.
He claims to have purchased a
first-class ticket from Washington,
D. c.. to Lexington, and alleges
that after the train crossed the
Kentucky line at Ashland, KY, he
was forced to leave the car he was
in and go to the car set aside for
colored passengers. He sets up
the claim that he was an inter
state passenger, and as such was
entitled to ride in coaches for
such passengers, until he reached
his destination.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

New London, Mo-, April IA
In the course of a struggle with
Fred Buckley, a Negro Robert
Herring, was shot to death on his
farm, Al miles northwest of this
city. Buckley is said to have ac-
cused Herring of stealing meat,
and Herring replied with a load of
buckshot, which struck the Negro
in the face and shoulder. Buckley
closed in with Herring, and dur
ing the struggle the shotgun was
discharged a second time. Her
ring was killed instantly Buck
ley is in Jail here, probable fa tally
wounded.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

Huntsville, Ala, Thomas w.
Smith was reelected mayor of
OF Huntsville by majority of 139
over Alderman E. R. Mathews.
For the first time in forty years the
Fourth ward elected white man
as alderman, this being the result
of a wholesale Acknowledgement of
Negro voters by the state constitu-
ton.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

Butler, Tenn. April 10-Lochie
Bunton, a white girl IA years of
age was criminally assaulted by
three white men well known in
this section last Friday in the
woods three miles from this town.
The men are said to have been
drinking. Their victim is uncon-
scious. The men are said to have
overtaken the girl on the road
while driving through the noun
tains and compelled her to get in
the hack and ride with them.
After taking the girl in they are
said to have left the road and com
mitted the crime. A posse headed
ly a well known and desperate
mountain character, Nat Gordon
have been on the trail of the men
since Sunday morning.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

Covington, Ga. April 16.-Near
Broughton, a station on the Can
tral railroad, Is miles east of Cow
ington, Kelsey Crawford, white, %
years old, and his younger brother,
Walter, were waylaid by four un-
known Negroes. Twelve shots
were fired, the elder Crawford be-
ing killed outright. Walter Gran
ford received the contents of one
load of buckshot in his arm. He
outran the assassins and gave the
alarm. Much excitement prevails.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

One Lambert Tree, who has
been studying racial conditions in
the West Indies, and likewise in
the Spanish island possession, is
convinced that the Negro will
sooner or later absolutely control
every inch of territory in these
islands. Even now he has almost
absolute control of the islands,
though the various islands have
governors sent out from the home
government. Slowly, but surely
the Negro is edging the white man
off all along the line and on the
whole the Negro is more exacting
with the white man in the land he
controls than the white man is
with him. For an instance, in
both Hayti and Liberia, Negro re-
publics, Caucasians are not allow
ed to own land in the republic,
which exaction can not be found
in any cauntry controlled by the
white man, as to the Negro.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

Huntingdon, Tenn, April 10
News of an attempted assault
comes from Hollow Rock, ten
miles South of this place, the vic
tim and the accused being men,
bers of the prominent Carroll coun-
ty families. The IA year old son
of Rev. E. R. Condor pastor of the
M. E. church, was arrested on the
charge of having assaulted Ethel
Thomson. The alleged offense is
said to have been committed Sun
day afternoon. The affair has
created some excitement in the
little town.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

Herbert R. Wright, Negro of
Des Moines, Ia, has been appoint
ed United States consul at Puerto
Plata, Dominica.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22
RACE NEWS.
Gathered From Our Exchanges.

President B. F. Allen has Sc
cured an appropriation of S77,40O
for Lincoln Institute, jefferson
City, Mo.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-22

There is some talk of lynching at
Texarkana because of the fact that
Caleb johnson, a Negro postal
clerk on the K. G. S. Ry., stabbed
j. d. Huey, a young Texarkana
white man, in the breast with a
pocket knife, the blade entering
the breast near the heart will prob
ably prove fatal. The stabbing
was done Wednesday and was due
to improper remarks made by
Huey to a colored woman. John
son interferred and Huey struck
him over the head with club,
johnson in turn drew knife and
stabbed Huey johnson was arrest
ed and is now in the county jail
There has been some talk of an at
tempt at lynching, but it is not
likely such an effort will be made.
If justice be done johnson will be
freed. He did what any white or
colored man of principal would
have done under similar circum-
stances.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18
DEPEND ON BUSI-
NESS ACTIVITIES.

Property values in a town de-
ponds chiefly upon it's business
activities and as these increase
or diminish, so do property
Values and for that reason it
behooves every citizen of a town,
whether he owns property or
not, to use every effort to main
tain and increase. if possible, it's
business activities-the man of
property that he may suffer no
loss by shrinkage in values, the
propertyless man that he may
find more and better Opportuni-
ties to gain a livelihood.
Efforts towards increasing the
business activities of a town
must consist of more than talk:
effort backed with money is the
only thing that counts, and the
wideawake community recog-
nizes that fact and promptly
puts it's hand in its pocket when
it wants something.
Now we want the Baton Rouge
Lafayette road among other
things and the opportunity to
get it is offered us on most
reasonable conditions. Surely
Lafayette is wideawake enough
to promptly put its hand in it's
pocket and get it. All that is
necessary is a small tax and the
thing is done. Nobody will feel
the tax, but everybody will feel
the result of increased business
activities. Every propertyless
man will have a better opportun-
ity to get employment and every
property owner will not only
find that his property maintains
its value, but that it has in
creased in worth.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18
SOule Business College.

The Soule Business College of
New Orleans. is entering upon
it's 5Oth Annual Session, having
been founded by. it's present
president, Col. George Soule in
1856. The old saying, nothing
succeeds like success" is GER
tainly true Of this reliable and
favorite school. It's popularity
grows with the years, and last
session the record was broken in
number of teachers. number of
students and number of gradu-
ates, 1912 different students
were enrolled and the COM
mercial and shorthand graduates
numbered 1852. The faculty con-
sists of 20 experienced teachers.
This exceptional record justly
entities the Soule College to the
claim it makes of being 1.-The
SOuth's Greatest School of
Business. Always the Leader"
The practical character of it's
courses of study is we'll known to
over 10000 former students, and
as the school makes it a point to
progress with the age it is now
doing the best work in it's his
tory. A careful reading of it's
circulars will prove of interest to
ambitious young men and young
women who wish to prepare for
better positions, and future pro-
motions.
See it's Ad. in another column.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18
Reduced School Appropriation.

Reduced School Appropriation.
Lafayette Gazette.
The loss of revenue from the town
of Carencro, about $1,000, and the
heavy quarantine expenses are indeed
serious inroads into parish finances.
but should not be allowed TO cripple
the schools. The time will soon come
if it is not already here, when the
present precarious method of securing
funds for schools, will give place to a
permanent system of taxation as re-
liable as that for any other depart
ment of government. The safety and
prosperity of the country depend upon
the proper education of it's youth, and
q matter so primary must not be re-
legated to any secondary or subordi-
nate position in political affairs. 1t
is therefore to be hoped that q way
may be found to furnish the full quota
of funds to the Board, in order that
facility may be afforded for maintain
ing and improving the present efficient
school system of the town and parish,
for why should the children suffer
when full provision is made for every
other class, wen for the care and
comfort of criminals?
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18

that town must have accepted
the mosquito theory in all of it's
bearings. If the mosquitoes are
the only methods of transmission,
a quarantine against people and
things certainly seems like a
foolish transaction. If the cash
were spentin Notwithstanding
we wOuld havenO fever.-Franklin
Waterman.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18

neglect to invest part of their
incomes, in the way of special
taxes, for railroads, manufac-
turtles, good roads and every
other thing that will add to the
business activities of the town.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18
CESSATION OF GROWTH DIS.
ASTROUS

There is no such a thing as
standing still, a town must
either grow or go backward, and
when q town has once started to
grow coming to q standstill is
always disastrous. Good towns
attract men seeking work, be.
cause work is plentiful. business
becomes brisk and men with
capital locate and engage in
business-everybody does well,
homes are built and property
rises in value. Then should
growth stop, building ceases.
people move away, and thousands
OF dollars invested in houses and
lands remain unproductive. An
effort is made to realize on the
property and values fall until
they reach the level of the BUSH
ness activities. often with the
result that men who esteemed
themselves rich become poor.
This cessation Of growth is
sometimes caused by circum-
stances beyond control, but that
= the excsptions Il Is more often
bscause the towns citizens
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18
There are Others, Lafayette fol
Instance.

l1lSk21I(Cs
In no other city and in no
town or hamlet of this or another
state, did the authorities, with
the hearty cooperation of the
people, do anything like the
work done here to thoroughly
clean the city, streets, business
houses and private premises; or
to kill the mosquitoes, to keep
the city clean and to prevent
mosquitoes from breeding to any
dangerous extent. Baton Rouge
Times.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18
UP AGAINST A HARD PROPO.
SlTION.

Lafayette is a good town, as
promising a little place as any
where in the South. 1t has
grown most satisfactorily in the
past five years and it's citizens
take a just pride in it. 1t has
cost us something, however, tax
for water works and electric
light plant, tax for the Industrial
Institute, but considering re-
suits, we have made a splendid
investment.
But Lafayette is now up
against a hard proposition. Our
friends of OpelOusas have put
up" for two new railroads, the
Opelousas, Gulf and North
eastern and the Colorado South
ern, the latter a trunk line, and
are figuring on getting the
Kansas City Southern which is
heading for New Orleans. This
means chat Lafayette will be
shut in by railroads, and sur
rounded by four wideawake,
hustling towns: Opelousas, Crow
ley, Abbeville and New iberia,
all within a distance of about
twenty-five miles, with little
towns in between. presenting a
plainly evident fact that in the
near future Lafayette will have
the fight of her life. for trade and
at a disadvantage. for three of
the four towns will have better
freight rates and will be in a
position to undersell her.
All which means that the
people of Lafayette are so placed
that not only must they get the
Baton Rouge-Lafayette road, but
they must get additional railroad
facilities so as to secure rating
as a competitive point. The
Kansas City Southern will doubt
less build, and Lafayette should
strain their pocket books, if
need be, to get it.
And lastly, but not least, the
most persistent and constant
effort should be made to put the
roads leading to Lafayette in the
best travelable condition. In
sistent care should be given the
roads and nothing but the best
should satisfy. This will cost
the people of the town some
money. to supplement the
amount available from the parish
funds; but money so spent will
be invested wisely and effectively.
A growing town needs money
to keep it, but money spent on
It is money wisely invested.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-18

Act According to Their Faith.
Donaldsonville has raised the
quarantine against all places in
fected or not. The people of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-12
EDDYvILLE.

Eddyville, Oct. 1.-THE funeral of
VIM. Burns, which was held at 200
o'clock Monday afternoon this home
north of town, was largely attended,
and long procession followed the
remains to their last resting place in
Highland cemetery. The services were
conducted by Rev. c.. w. Hampstead,
the Congregational pastor. The pail
bearers We're: Wesley Donegan, John
lager, ST., Amos Gray, F. M. Epper-
son. Phil Stuber and B. +. Gordon.
William M. Burns was born in Ash
land county, Ohio Nov. 10, 1924. He
was united in marriage to Elizabeth
Brubaker, also of Ohio, on November
30, lS47. Two years later, in 1S49,
they came to Iowa, locating in Ma
haska county. Mr.. Burns had lived
wife died in 1877, and he was later
married to Mary Mckinley, of Oska-
loosa. He was bereft of his second
wife in 1898. Five sons were born to
the first union. Two died in infancy.
The other three, Samuel, Daniel and
Frank, all of this place, remain to
mourn the death Of a kind father. Mr..
Burns was the youngest of a large
family, and all but him had passed
away. He had for years sung in the
| choir of the Congregational church and
at various public gatherings, and was
we'll known and highly esteemed for
! his uprightness and integrity. 1t is
said of him that he was the first to
sell land to the Muchakinock Coal Co.,
which later operated extensive mines
| He had for some years made his home
| with his son, Frank. He had been
| ailing- all summer and about
six or eight weeks ago was taken sick
with cancer of the stomach, finally
passing away at about o'clock Sat
urday evening, October T. 1905. aged
80 years, 10 months and 25 days
Born, Thursday, October 5, 1905, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Tharp, of Bluff
| Creek, a son.
Miss Susie Bingham returned to her
| home at Lebanon Monday after ten
days visit with her aunt, Mrs. J. L.
| Griffin.
Charles Garrett and family moved
Monday from Mrs. M. Criswel's prop
erty on North Fourth street to the
property owned by the Odem heirs
and located on North Fifth street.
! Frank Worthy's little son at Pekay
| who has been sick with fever for about
J four weeks, is very low.
Miss Goldie Mater returned Monday
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-12
night from AZ few days visit with hel
friend, Miss Verna Rector, IN OF

night from AZ few days visit with her
friend, Miss Verna Rector, in OF
tumwa.
Aaron Bolibaugh, one of the old and
prominent settlers of the locality east
of town, passed away at about 1880
o'clock Monday, October 8, aged 80
years, months and days. Aaron
Bolibaugh was born March 3, 1925, in
Shelby county, Indiana. He came to
Iowa in 1S4S, but returned to his ma
tive state two years later. On Feb
garet P. Whited. Shortly after his
marriage he brought his bride to Iowa
and settled on the homestead east oil
town where he lived continuously
since. Ten children, four sons and sis
daughters, We're born to Mr. and Mrs
Bolibaugh. The children are all living
and are as follows: Willis Bolibaugh
of Nelson, Neb.; Milan, Grant, Charles
Clark and Ollie Bolibaugh, Mrs. Adam
Embling and Mrs. Lee Harding, al
Of Eddyville or vicinity; Mrs. A. L
Mrs. Belle Oliver, of Nebraska. Mrs
Bolibaugh died December 81, 1891. Mr.
Bolibaugh was the last surviving
member of his family. He had beer
ailing for years, but was only sicl
about ten days. Rev. w. S. Right con,
Quoted the funeral services at the resi-.
dence at 200 o'clock Monday after.
noon, after which burial was made il
Highland cemetery. The funeral was
largely attended.
Misses Mabel and Mollie Gillaspie, Of
Abba, and Mrs. Clutch and son. Roy
Of Lovilia, We're Sunday guests Of rel.
atives and friends here.
A young son of Will Roberts O
White City, had his forearm broker
Sunday while playing ball. The boy
Is about IL years old.
Mrs. ]. t. Johnson, north of town
who has for some time been threaten
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-12

ed with blindness, had one of her eyes
operated upon in the OttumWa hoSpi-
tai Saturday She has been getting
along very well so far Drs. McCrea
and Johnson were with her through
the operation.
Miss Mary scribner spent Sunday
with her brother Will Scribner at AL
bia.
Charles Leyman's baby at Lost
Creek, has been a sufferer from con-
gestion of the lungs
Cal Chord. Frank Coryell and Geo
Weber drove to Oskaloosa Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Johnson, of Os-
kaloosa, We're Sunday guests of Mr.
Johnson's sisters, Mrs. Sam Williams
and Mrs. Mary Danner
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Warren, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Warren, of Missouri, who are visiting
here, spent Sunday with M. *. Pick.
erell and family on Bluff Creek.
Mrs. David Morris, of Pekay, has
been very sick.
VIM. Chapman, south of town, de.
parted Monday morning for EaPlata
Mo-, on business trip.
| Mr.. and Mrs Amos Gray, A. J., Car
son and Jacob Alder were Ottumws
business callers Monday.
A family reunion was held at the
home of Mrs. Florence Dunkle Sunday
All her children and their families
Were present except James Dunkle
who has a position in Des Moines
Those participating We're: Mr.. ant
| Mrs. Cordie Garfield, of Ottumwa
Purl Dunkle and Mr.. and Mrs. c.. M
Garfield and daughter, Mabel, of thi.
+, place; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chisman
south of town; also Mrs. Dunkle's sis
! ter, Mrs. Mollie Clemmons of Dudley
d. L. Belger and family visited OF
tumwa relatives over Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. Sullivan, Of Lost Greek
has been quite sick.
| Mrs. VIM. Henderson, of Coalfield
was operated on for tonsilitis Monday