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Milford chronicle., 1905-04-14
GLENDALE.

Last Sunday was presented the quick varia
tions OF the season in the morning IL was
cold and frosty, while the afternoon was an
ideal al tmosphere for the maids and their ad-
mIrers to wander afar for the sweet smelling
arbutus flowers; so that we may properly
term the day "arbutus Sunday" aud on Mon
day the postmaster says that whole bag Of
arbutus was shipped to the city cousins,
A valuable horse owned by Elmer snort
died last week from lockjaW, which resulted
from stepping on rusty nail. This is the
second horse he has lost recently, and in the
busy season and the hi prices for hOrst
makes tie loss severe; but he has yet leit l3
fine young horses to get along with. He is
the most extensive grower OF horses IN this
part OF Delaware.
The Reed brothers purchased last Saturday
the large new saw mill Of Henry Laundry,
which Is located near this town. The price
maid was $500 cash. The mill is being moved
10 the tract Of timber In slaughter Neck
known as the Thomas Davis tract, but now
owned by John Townsend, OF Dags sboFo. ~ Ine ne
Reed Bros have paid Mr.. Townsend Sl5O0 for
"a h al interest IN the timber leave" II is
SAID 70 be one OF the few really good tracts OF
timer IN Cedar Creek district. Win their
oih-r mill this will make lots OF work for the
lutn ber workers and woOdsmen. This Will
make four saw mills operating IN ana about
hllei dsie, and with the basket iectorles, the
Reed Brothers will have a busy time this sea-
son. Farmers will dad II hard to get help at
The MarylRnd, Delaware and Virginia Rail-
road Company has established new section
gang here with Mr.. Hitch from Hickman as
moss Mr. Hitch fnds II impossible 10 rent
hOuss here for his family, and others are
making the same complaint who desire TO
make Glendale their home. Here is chance
TO make good Investment Tor some one All
VINO bring money here to invest, appear to
want farms but those who have productive
farms are reluctant te SELL hence the great
advance IN land values. All want TO stay
bere and none leave.
Onr people appear 10 have the fever to set
peach trees, aDd all want larger orchards.
fohn TIndla Of Magnolia. Is The largest planter
SO FAR, His tenant Curtis Milman, has just
set seven Thousand on the New Market farm,
and WiIbert Deputy, ]. A Fllegood and Elijah
Peitviohn are also large planters this spring.
The recent freeze and frost has done no
damage 10 the fruit prospect in this vicinity,
a I'd a full Gre D Is enticip pated.
The n est fields or crimson clever about here
are on the lands Of s. E. Reed aud that Of w.
81 Dick ersOn; both adjOin each other, and
are good to look upon. PAUL FRY.
Milford chronicle., 1905-04-14
Letters to the Editor.

Mr. EDITOR :-In connection with the IT.
QuOr question quote the words of an ardent
temperance maH, an N. f. minister OF Will
III we can eet rid Of the liquor tax, we can
abolish that Internal trahie within nve
How does this agree with the usual tenn per-
ance ideas OF local option. prohibition, high
/ license, etc. -
blessing, why charge high iicense3 II a
curse, why license II at all2
/ Snail we Iegalize a curse2 Shall we ham
per blessing Prohioltlon Goes not pIO- pSs
4 hibit; Il only stirs the spirit OF contrarlness
L.ecai option would have some oppOsers,
aud they would see that liquor was not want
How much better could the high license do
for 0ur state? II there was no revenue 10
come from il, would the state or public, put
mn with the evti2 PAY officers support lock-
ups, jais, almshOuses, etc? Is intOxleatien
an active cause for these enectsY without
tax without license, high or low, would MI
ford Town Council allow the traffic IN your
who believes the saloons have ever at ded
to the public good In moraisY 10 the value
OF property ? To the putting down Of poverty;
and increase OF happiness, health ana indus
try?
taxed to support he effects OF intemperance?
or that the state 10 granting license, high or
low, accepting evenue nom the tarih. Is not
shelterfng the lion, whs's claws are sinking
again, / ask why place high tax or Hne,
upon the selling OF liq ,fit be right aetionY
"Wrlte it on the woTkhOuse gate,
Write II on the sehOolbOy's slate,
Write Il on the copy-book,
That the young may often look,
Where there's drink there's danger!
Write II on the churchyard mound,
Where the rum-sl tln dead are found;
Write II on tne gallOw high,
write 1t for the passers-by,
'Where there's drink there's danger!
Write It on the Nations Laws,
Write &c on the License clause;
Write Il on each ballot white,
So II can be read Alright
where there's drink there's danger"
Write It over every gate,
On the church AID walls ofStatei
In the hearts OF every band,
on th= laws Of every land,
"Where there's drink there's danger'
Is that repeated assertion untrue when the |
drink is intoXicant? II true, shall 1--WE, the |
people" set the seal OF respectable legality |
upOH this trafHc, in the form OF license2
We make the making Of criminals lawful, /
but imprison. often hang the criminals (the 4
work or our hands, the creature victims, of
the tenn ptatiOns, we respectfully ~ place be-
fore them. 80, consistency, thou art 1
jewelv'
Through the medium of the nallOt, we tenn
perance advocates cooperate with intemper- 1
ance and (seemingly) through intemperance, 1
with all the powers Of hell.
Is that a place too horrible for polite men
tion? Shall we encourage license? the trAi-
dc which means nothing less TO many OF our
elow-beiugs?
Let "Our Editor" speak first. Can we justly
place "high license" on low trafiic2
INQUIRER.
Milford chronicle., 1905-04-14
FROM FREDERICA.

The Junior baseball unknown as the 'fe urth
nine . crossed bats with the = elton Juniors III
fhat town last SATURDAY. afternoon. The game
resulted in a victory for the trederica boys; the
score standing to 8
Tbe @Holiness Meeting at the Methodist
Protestant Church last sunday, was attended by
large crowds Even standing room could not be
obtafned, aud the crowd overhowed into the
street The services were enjoyed BY an present.
me Methodist Episcopal sunday school VIII
hold special service Easter morning. All are
invited to be present. 49,. ,...
rhe MARYLAND Fire Proof and Paint Company
wifi yive al exhibition Of their Gibraltar Paints
ss.uTdav afternoon or evening, on vacant let
vel 10 be selected. A miniature frame house VIII
K constructed and painted withthe above paints,
.a, are built around It to test the paint as hre
r.sistine preparation. lecture Will ne given
.e4-piaiuinq the merits OF the paint me agent
for the Gibraltar paints in his town Is honer'
r. Harrington. -.-.,.,, ..,;i, hold
an aii-dav service in the Methodist frotestalt
Church next SUNDAY, April 18th All are invited.
b r. Burton is In Philadelphia on business
' Mrs s. Edith Fisher spent Monday with relatives
aiiss Rose virden and Miss Blanche Brown
.r.,.I sunday with Mrs. Iohn w Eau
W. rhofnas Is in Pbiiadelphia TINS week
~, .,..y goods for the spriug trade
,tg Great saehem. Frank Kelley, was "a
lhia week for the purpose q faisna ~
Milford chronicle., 1905-04-14
CALHOUN'S DISTRICT.

The T. j. Draws tract Of timber will soon be
turned into lumber by the steam saw mills Of 5.
T.. Reed & Brother, who are setting mill TO dc
the work.
Harry Jefferson is getting around again after
severely cutting his foot with an axe two months
ago.
Reynolds NJ p. Church has had a very success
full festival for the benefit Of the church fund.
Fruit trees of all kinds give promise Of q bOun-
teous yield and unless some calamity befall them,
we shall have fine crop.
good COW and calf died last week at William
Prettyman's.
Constable King is yet looking for George Evans.
who stole a lot of meat from VIM. Prettyman
three weeks ago.
Whippoorwils are calling in the evening now,
and it reminds us that il is time TO plant corn.
Farmers find help scarce and difficult to get
satisfactory labor at any price; but the work
must go on.
Wheat looks well about here.
T. B. Harrington is painting the house on the
lands purchased from John Clendaniel.
VIM Wilson is moving 10 Milton. W.
Milford chronicle., 1905-04-14
GREENWOOD

Instead Ofthe regular service In the n. r.
Church next sunday, AN address will be made
by Mrs. Barney. the well known lecturer for
the w. c. T. U. The service will be- held at
10 80 a. m. and all are invited to attend.
The delegates elec ed to attend the NJ. Il.
Sunday school Convention, whicn viii be
held at Newark, Del, on the goth aud 2lst
inst, are }. p. Kelley from Greenwood.
Superintendent Brooks visited the public
schools here this week.
The purchaser OF the W. G. Jones farm near
town, has mo, ed his family to It,
Frank Elliott j. +. Hayes, and H. q. John
son attended GEORGETOWN court last week.
The visitors to salisbury NJ. p. Conference
from here were, j. Z. Isaacs, Frank Porter
". II. RaIc life and Miss Overs.
Mrs. Davidson, of Washington, ID. c., Is the
guest OF Mrs W. fl. Hopkins.
Milford chronicle., 1905-04-14
OCEAN VIEW.

A reception was given Rev. Mr.. Conway and
family by the congregation of the N. E. Church,
on Wednesday.
Captain Tracey's house has been rented for the
parsonage.
Several carpenters are at work on Congressman
Graham's house on Bethany Beach,
Mr.. and Ms Frank W. Holloway, Of Millville,
have been visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. W. Tunnel, at Philadelphia,
E. c. Dukes attended the NJ. P Conference at
Salisbury.
The Literary Society met at james NJ. Evans
on Friday night and a debate was held by Miss
Salie Hall aud Miss Ethel Burton, affirmative /;
and Rev Walters and MT. James, negative. sub
ject Resolved, that medical missionaries can
do more good than the ministers.
Capt James n. Benefits family have moved to
Philadelphia for the summer. as the Captain
has accepted position of tug Merrick.
VTLANTIC
Milford chronicle., 1905-04-14
Stole a Bottle Of Whiskey.

Raymond Hudson stole a bottle Of
whis ey from the bar of the National
Hotel last Saturday night, and on Tues
day The officers got him and arraigned
him befOre Esquire Truitt, who held
him IN 500 bail for his appearance at
court
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15
The Preacher and Temperance.
Nelson Williams, Jr Editor of The Sunday School Era, of
Richmond Va, Delivers Some Telling Blows
Against the Clergyman who Partakes
of Intoxicating Spirits.

in the eyes of weeping America
because he did not have the man.
hood, the back bone to practice the
doctrine he SO often preached to
others. How often have we hung
on the words of the great orator as
he has swayed thousands who sat
before him.
The Negro of to-day is up
against the drink demon. The
welfare of the American Negro on
the Christian soil is measured by
his visits to the bar-room more
than by his calls at church. The
drinking man will SO from the bar
room to the church, and he will go
from the church to the bar-room,
or the club-room. How many
men can drinking preach
er invite from the bar-room9 How
many men who drink will heed a
preacher who gets his dram on the
sly in the ally behind the door,
and with Sister So-and-so when
the old homemade wine is set out
What does a Christian community
think of a preacher who favors the
bar-room, and who will not attempt
to push it away from his own
door? What is the matter with
the preacher who cannot come out
for temperance? The preacher
gets his bread by the Gospel. The
man who earns his salary ought
to receive il, but the whiskey
preacher has no right to get pay
for preaching a rum Gospel, or for
advocating a dram policy. The
true Gospel frees mems bodies
and their souls also; but a grog
Gospels damns mems bodies, and
their souls as well.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15
Where the Whites are Negligent.

The Nashville American says:
A white citizen of South Carolina
recently addressed colored school
and because his conduct was .criti-
cised by some of the white citi-
zens, who can hardly be a credit to
their race, he published the follow
ing apology in a local newspaper:
81 had left my place of business
here on a business trip few miles
below. Upon returning 1 came
by the above mentioned school
(the Prince Institute, colored) and
was held up by the teacher and
begged to make a few remarks to
the children. Very reluctantly |
did so, not thinking that publicity
would be given to it or that / was
doing anything that would offend
anyone. | wish to say here and
now that L am heartily sorry fo1
what 1 did, and l hope after this
humble confession and expression
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15

1--WE covenant together to alb
stain from the use and sale of in
toxicating liquors and beverages
This is a fundamental principle of
the great Baptist church, and oc-
ours in plain words in the coven-
ant of that church.
mo drunkard shall enter the
Kingdom of Heaven" "Woe un-
to him who giveth his brother the
cup ''Wine is a mocker and
strong drink is raging, and whose
ever is deceived thereby is not
wise" We could continue this
class of quototions for some time,
but these are sufficient to call the
attention of our subjuct The
preacher is a leader of the people
in moral and religious matters who
shuts his eyes to the great ques-
ton of drinking is indeed a blind
man-blind to the highest sense
of humanity of which he is lead
er, blind to the need of the COM
munity of which he is a part,
blind to his religious duty in the
highest sense, blind to his own
competency to lead confinding
people, blind to the awful twist in
his own crooked nature through
which true religion cannot pene-
trate, blind to the cry of perishing
millions who tread their weary
march to destruction-to hell
The preacher who is morally blind
on the whisky question, and who
will not have his eyes open is the
most dangerous man of the present
age. His own liquor-smelling
breath, his own tottering step, his
own private small indulgence and
his own absolute silence are steps
that lead more men and women
and boys and girls to the bar room
and the devil than all his great
sermons and pleadings will ever
lead toward heaven. His church
may be large or small, his friends
may be numbered by the thous-
ands, his own personality may
draw host to hear a sermon, his
howery eloquence may enchant
the very hairs of your head, his
oratory may swell with the breeze
of the gentle Pacific, but as sure
as mortal eyes rests on the floating
crest of yonder rushing billow-
"to die unwept, unhonored, un-
sung" will be the just lot of such
a preacher.
John B. Cough, the great Apos-
tie of temperance, came up from
the gutter and made the whole
world ring with his fiery eloquence
and sturdy manhood as he stood
against the demon that once had
him down. 9. N. Granderson, the
great orator, preacher and tempor-
ance advocate, has brought tears
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15

AT Pine Bluff, Ark. A Negro de-
tective, j. j. Williams has had his
commission evoked because of his
eagerness to make arrests. Will
Jams could find no culprit upon
whom he might vent his author
ity and to make things lively went
to Redfeld last Saturday and
drummed up crap game in which
he participated. AS soon as the
bones started to rolling pretty
lively Williams pulled his gun and
attempted to arrest the crowd.
He succeeded in bringing three to
Pine Bluff. He had no warrant
and the jailer refused to receive
his prisoners. Williams case will
be investigated and when over, his
man hunting zeal will have con-
siderably abated.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15
NO. 30.

that Margaret Sophia Ridgley, of
Il family that is looked upon as the
fountain head of the colonial aris-
tocarcy of Maryland and the South
and famous in the Southern ante
bellum history, is to lay aside sta
ton and wealth, magnificent homes
i'll town and country and go to Lii
IBERIA to aid in uplifting the Negro
race
Miss Ridgley is preparing her
self for the new work at the Epis-
copal Deaconess' home in Phila-
delphia. The family, in confirm
ing the announcement, does so
with consideration reluctance, but
as Miss Ridgley is 2S years old
and the mistress of her own large
fortune, her people can do nothing
but acquiese.
Miss Ridgley's determination to
enter the missionary field of West
Africa has not been taken lightly.
IL las been a fixed plan with her
for several years, and she delayed
only because of the opposition of
her late mother, Mrs. Charles
Ridgley, of Hampton.
On the death of Mrs. Ridgley,
six weeks ago, Miss Margaret at
once began her preparation. 1t is
said she will convert the larger
portion of her estate into nego-
table securities, and that her for
tune will be devoted to the work.
Although Miss Ridgley has en-
tertained occasionally at her beau
tiful Hampton home, and once in
a while has appeared at the more
exclusive entertainments given by
the local smart set. she and her
elder sister have devoted the larg-
er portion of their time to working
out schemes of broad charity.
Miss Ridgley, as the daughter
of one of the largest shareholders
of the South, never has appeared
to give the Negro any particular
;,,,>o,+,,o, =, l,or educational o-I
charitable enterprises, and that is
one reason why society wonders
at her course. The Ridgley fami-
ly, however. declare that the idea
is an old one with her.
Descended from two governors
of Maryland, Charles Ridgley and
John Edgar Howard, Miss Ridg-
ley comes from a race of men and
women who owned estates and
slaves from their earliest settle
ment in Maryland and the Ridgly
family is one of the few families
of Baltimore whose old retainers
have remained in their service
since the emancipation.
Some of them, it is said, would
follow their beloved mistress,
Miss Margie," as she is known
among them, to Liberia, were it
not for their advance age.
As the leader of New York's
400" is known by the simple title
Mrs. Astor," so the chief lady of
the Hampton estate long was
known by the quiet title Mrs.
Ridgly, of Hampton" The Mary
land family of Ridgley bears the
same coat of arms as the Ridgleys
of Staffordshire, England, and the
crest of bot families is a bucks
eraced.-Portland Advocate.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15
DENVER, COLORADO SATURDAY, APRIL Is, 1sO5

Of regret that all whom I have Of
Tended will forgive me-"
This is pitiable and contempti-
BILE beyond expression. The Char
lotte Observer, edited by two rep
resentative and worthy Southern
ers who are an honor to the journ-
alistic profession, makes this COM
ment:
"a man would better be dead
than to thus abase himself. This
man did right to address the pu-
pills of colored school, but has
spoiled all by apologizing for it.
Few people have conceived that
race prejudice went so far even in
South Carolina, as is here indicat-
ed. Logically, it is to be assumed
that this jelly6sh was about to be
put under the ban, and to secure
exemption from this published this
abject card. To it was appended
certificate from certain citizens,
saying they ARE as anxious to see
the colored race elevated as any
people but by all means let it be
done inside the color line If this
means anything at all, it means
that for a white man to address
colored school children is to at
tack the color line in educational
affairs. If this is true this line
has received many assaults in
North Carolina, for it is common
in this state for white men, from
governor down, to deliver address
es to colored school children, and
we have yet to hear the first criti-
cism of one of them for having
done SO. The rarrowness and
malignity betrayed in this Orange
burg incident is exceedingly un-
worthy and those guilty of it
should be ashamed of themselves.
Not enough white men address
colored schools. There is too
much drifting apart of the races,
as compared with the old days
when the whites and the blacks
better understand each other. If
more white men would take to col
ored schools, advice them direct
them and show that interest which
exert wholesome influence upon
the Negroes, we would have bet
ter condition of affairs and wiser
appreciation and a more intelli-
gent sympathy between the two
races would be maintained. The
Negro is among us. He is here to
stay. Is it not wises and better
to show friendly interest in him,
to advise him, encourage him, i'm
press upon him the honor and dig
nifty of labor, the value of charac-
ter, the necessity of the white
mans friendship, the virtue of
honesty, self-help, Independent
effort, ETC.? Many white people
have little conception of what the
Negroes are doing. White men
would have far more influence
with Negroes if they would visit
their schools, churches, business
places, note what they are doing
and manifest a friendly interest in
their endeavors to improve their
endeavors to improve their race
and win the approval and sym
pathy of the whites. For some
phases of the racial question the
whites are to blame.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15

C6ifeyville, Kan, April,-As a
result of an assault this morning
by an unknown Negro on Mrs.
John Griffith, white woman,
great excitement prevails here.
Fears of race war are entertain
ed. The authorities have ordered
that no Negroes leave the city
pending the efforts to capture Mrs.
Griffith's assailant.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15

Batesville, Ark, April 6.-John
Dow, a Negro, who went to Sui
phur Rock to see his wife, who
was at her fathers home, and be-
cause she refused to return with
him he shot her dead. Then he
shot and killed his wife's mother
and an other Negress. His father
in-law secured a gun and shot
Dow, but not fatally. The latter
returned the fire, killing his father
in-law.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15

Fulton, Ky, April 4.-Barricad-
ing himself with few prominent
citizens who came to his aid, in
side the city Jail, Mayor Wall beat
off two furious attacks by a mob
last night and saved three Negroes
charged with shooting Policeman
Baker.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15

Quincy, Ill.-Cyrus Greenleaf,
colored, an inmate of the state
soldiers home, claims the distinc-
ton of being the oldest man in the
Uuited States. He says he was
born in North Carolina in 1776,
where he was held as a slave until
the civil war. when Re Joined the
Northern army. At the close of
the war he went to Tennessee,
where he made his living picking
cotton until he sought the Illinois
soldiers home. Authorities at the
home received his story with som e
allowance, but the records show
that when he. was admitted, in
1893, his age was placed at Ill
years, which would not make his
age 123 years.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15

New Orleans.-After having re-
ceived letters from members OF
Mississippi, warming him not to
visit that section under penalty of
death, j. G. Hoyt, a Chicago Pink
erton detective, employed by Gov.
Vardaman for that purpose, has Sc
cured over 300 signed statements
from whitecaps confessing their
methods of numbering and chasing
Negroes out of the country. De-
tective Hoyt has submitted his re-
port to Gov. Vardaman, who will
order county officials to prosecute
whitecappers indiscriminately.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15
RACE NEWS.
Gathered From Our Eucbanass.

A new lodge, No, 81, knights
of Pythias, consisting of 223 men,
bers, was institutued at Indianopo-
lis, Saturday, March 25. That is
said to be the largest ever organi-
zed anywhere in the world.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15
Gives Up Wealth to Help Negro.

Society in Baltimore is dunn
founded over the announcement
The Colorado statesman., 1905-04-15

Lynchburg, Va.-Two suits were
entered in the United States Cir
cult Court of Washington, for
Richard r. Jones, colored Bap-
tist preacher who, during the ex-
citement connected with the as
suit on Mrs. Shields III Roanoke
by Negro with the consequences
that a mob on the evening of Feb
ruary 3, 1904, went to his house,
attacked it, and fired bullets into
it. compelling him to leave hastily,
to walk seven miles through the
woods at night to "A railway station
and to secretly take a train and
leave the state.