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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26

the duty ot 25 rpnts.n bushpf
IN wheat although the price
III The Liverpool market has
nlaa,s determined the pricp
IN the Liverpool uinrkpt has
nlwnys determined the price
pf American wheat. n Ow.
'ow"vcr. n short crop IN this
country has put up h q
prize to the nnillers and il re-
ally affnrdina some benefit
TO the farmers and OF rOu' So
the millers protest aud find
va way, with the rOnnO-
vanrp of the Secretary of the
Treasury, of robbing the lar
mprs of tie enhanced price.
which would. in a measure,
make up 10 them for the par
tia loss of their crops The
result OF this ruling, which is
expected daily, will he to com
pei the northwestern farm
prs 20 sell their wheat tor the
saup price as the Canadian
farmers about AZ rents d
husbpl less than they are
now getting.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. KilIner's Swamp-Root is not rec.
ommendcdfor everything but II you havekid-
noy, liver or bladder trouble 1t will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in SO many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful ii
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble,
When writing mention reading this generous
ssIsI ssns iao4 IN this s5sass, gspss and I'd tx
DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Bing SA q a
bamton, N. Y. The ~ La
regular fifty cent and Home Of susIapRoss
dollar sizes are sold BY all good druggists
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26
WONDERFUL NERVE.

Is displayed by many a man en-
during pains of accidental cuts,
wounds. bruises, burns, scalds. sore
feet or stiff joints. But there's no
need for it. Rucklen's Arnica Salye
wilLkill The pain and cure the trnu
hle, It's the best ,.ilye on earth for
rilee, 10, - II n. 4 D'ackburn's
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26

At AsheAille on the 10th
O. A. Whitaker of Paragon,
Iud, a student OF Bingham
Military Academy cowmittpd
suicide by hanging himself.
1t is thought that the act
was due to hOmpsickness.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26

When you have a whole
lot of money yOn ran ride in
a street car and be- respected
for it
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26
W. II. BOW ER,
b-ATrORNEY At LAW
Lenoir, N. G.

Practices in the conrts of
Caldwell, Watanga, Mitchell,
Ashe and other surrounding
counties.
Prompt attention given to
oil legal matters entrusted to
his care.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26
BrAln Laaks.
The Coniinnner.


Men who wait ior reforms
never lead PROFESSIONS.
Stygian contractors are
never short on paving ma
terial.
We wish We were young
enough to wish We were oldrr.
Good ideas and envy TO
no; spront from the same
soil.
Scandals tongue will With
er when ears Sara turned away.
The older y man gets the
better he could skate when u
boy.
The man who is afraid Of
falling nrvprclimbs very high.
The man who hunts for
trouble never has to follow a
long trail.
Too many people blame BE-
redity ior their personal at
quisilionS.
The best way to solve the
labor problem is to do your
whole duty.
1t is a golden rule t h a /
works both ways With salts
factory results.
When n man is starving it
is = luOr 'l,ur tu talk to hiH}
about his soul.
The work done tomorrow
does not pay the grocery bills
OF yesterday.
The cloak of religion is
Transparent when used hy ii
sinner as IL hiSgnisa.
The dollar you give does
more good than the millions
ron wish yuu could give.
Some mon who wuu'ld not
steal a po"k-,hnok do not
hesitate to stra II state.
Those WHO boast much of
th~lr ancestry are not KEEP
ing np the average OF pr$ter.
itv.
\ great many things prej-
udicial to the people are dom
in the name nf party harmo-
ny.
There are Christians who
think they hnvl,Iona their foil
|
duty when they pay the prra
cher.
The mon who does his du-
ty has precious little time to
"riticise the work Others are
doing.
We have ont doubts about
the Christianity that has TO
get into a mans heart
through a bullethole.
Billiard players put chalk
on the cue to keep it from
slipping. Some meu nee q
chalk on their cOnsrienc"s.
A great many people ha v"
a habit of expressing snrpris"
atthe exposure OF rOrrnptiUn
that they were rOgnlzHnt OF
all the time.
Some men drop a dime IN
the contribution box Sun
day and imagine they have
bought enough Christianity
to last them the rest OF | h q
week.
|
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.

the next Congress in sppclal
session, which has been an-
thDritatively although not
officially made has occasion
ed CONSERVATION in the SEN
ate where the old line, ron.
spryat;ve leaders regard ev-
cry proposition having for
Its purpose the extension OF
federal control over the rail
roads OF the country ns so
cialistir" and abhorrrni
Senator Elkins. chairman at
the committee which has to
deal with this class of Ipgisln
tion. and Nh, l,vs 10 seq
his name in the pnhlir press.
as champion Of railway re-
forms, but who is always to
he found plaring Obstacles in
the path OF any reA. reform
is in open rebellion and plain
ly intimates that the special
session will accomplish moth
ing. "Yon may lead a horse
to water, bnt yOn can t make
him drink" is his fayurilp
mode Of declaring that moth.
ing will be accomplished. /.
Meanwhile he Otests that
Of Importance can
he effected al the regular ees-
siOns of Congress and then
wastes all the time OF t h q
committee in gi,ing "hear-
ings' to the representatives
of the railroad interests. to
cranks, and, in fact, to any
one who will kill time and So
cure notice Of the committee
and its chairman in the news
papers.
There is no doubt in the
minds of those in a position
closely to observe that the
Republican administration is
in 4 very delicate situation.
War to the knife between the
President and the majoritit :
In both houses OF Congress is
likely to break out at any
moment and If it does the
majority in the House after
the Fifty ~ninth Congress, j.
certain to he Democratic
Meanwhile the Democratic
press is contributing its am
pie share to the strained rpla
tions between the President
and the Republican leaders
and his iinpetuous even il SIN
rere, efforts to accomplish
legislation which will pros
mote "the square deal" are
proving and constant thorn
in the sides OF the ponderous
statesmen who @ institute the
conservative element ~ Re-
publican party.
Every once and a while the
President makes a real break
as in the ease of the letter he
sent to Senator CullOn regar
ding the arbitration trea ties.
The consideration of h @ g e
treaties is executive business
OF which the pDplic ls suppos
ed 10 know nothing and yet,
with a franknnss which prov
ed a shock TO the old fogies,
the President not only sent
the letter referred To hut took
pains tc make it publir, fur
nishing it to every newspa-
per man who called at the
Write House and asked for
a copy. When Mr.. Roosevelt
makes these little slips the a
mount OF enjoyment it af-
fords the Democratic Stna-
tors is UNLIMITED. and they
never fail to take occasion ia
rub it in" to their Republic
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26

spite the fact that the Presi
dent has announced that he
viii withdraw them If they
are altered. The Democratic
Senators nor obly regard
them az iEiinirnl tn the inter
psts Of the South, hut they
feel that they we're nego,ia>
ted chlsf f1y for political effa.t.
during the campaign and for
the purpose OF disproyine
that the President was a
"wnr-Lord" +" TIL" Presid nt
now has assured them that
the treaties will NOT hn pero
mitted to work any harm 10
the Southern States while hp
is President aud as they run
five wears his successor would
have but one year in which
to work mischief under their
provisions; hnt the Demos
cratic statempn insist that
trea ies which would bn sns-
rpptibln of preservation or
which would enable an III dis
posed Pr, sident to work inju
rs to any section of the coun
try ought not to be ratified
Irrespective of the promises
Or the honesty OF a particu>
lar Chief Executive.
Democratic members OF the
Senate have adopted a wise
policy in their agreement not
to filibuster or place ohst tac>
lesin the way Of any tariff
bill which may be introduced
at thu special session which
the President proposes to
call. They have yielded, per
haps some political advan-
tagp, but they have made for
the general good of he pubs
Ii" by removing q real or fan
riad obstacle from the Prpsi-
dents proclaimed wish to
lower thu tariff duties, and
the thinking portion Of t h q
American people will Doubt
|rss recognize and realize the
the spirit in which political
advantage has lhls far been
sacrifirpd'
Despite tho protests Of Re-
puhliran members Of Cons
gress from the Northeast,
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw seems determined to
rule that the Minneapolis
millers may import Canadi--
an wheat, uiX it with Anpri
can wheat and grind it into
-four for expor, and then re
reive back the duty paid on
such Canadian wheat az hey
|'hllege to be in the exported
-four in the form of "draw W.
back 1t has h 'en clearly
pointed ont to the Secretary
that the law provides that
the amount of the imported
wheat on. which the draws
back is allowed must he zap
parent, but Mr.. Shaw IN
siSts that the proportion OF
the Canadian wheat, whpil
vouched for by the miller,
will be "apparent to t. b g
eve although not to I he eye.
! Ot course, the reason that
Secretary Shaw INDUCES in
such a falla,.y is that any
other dprision by him would
iaterftre with Il common and
cherished practice of the SteeI
Trust: namely, the inporta'
tiOn OF foreign ore, the blend
ing it with AaDerIcan ore and
then claiming and rereiving
he ,ira wback on the export
ed article, on the Trusts ass
sart ion nf hp prODOrtiOn Di
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26

cures made by Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emil
nent kidney and blad-
der enecialiSt and l.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26

A Paris phvsic' an has d;scver-
ed that laughing wilIcure dys-
pepsia. But what dyspeptic raA
work himself into a laughing
moO,!?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26
DIR. II. ID j n NINGS,
PRESIDENT DENTIST
BANNER ELK, N. c.

Nothing but the best material
used and all work done under a
positive guarantee. Persons at a
0stance should notify me a few
days in advance when they want
work done. After March the 1st,
/ have arranged to be at t h e
Blackburn House in Boone on
each first Monday. Cab on me.
1923.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure TO know Of the wonderful
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26
DR.. j. NJ. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N. Z

NO KNIFE; No BuI ming Out.
Highest references and endors,
ments of prominent persons sue
cessfully treated in Va. Tenn.
nd N. G. Remember that there
isno time TOO SOON to- yet rid OF
b cancereus growth--no matter
how. small Examination free.
letters answered. promptly. and
satisfactlona warantecd.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1905-01-26
TOM lcH TROUBLES AND coN,TIPA-
Tlt,N

"Chamberlain's Stomach aud Ii
yer Tablets are the best thing for
stomach troubles ard constipation !
have ever so!d' saws J r Cullman
a druggist of Potterviile, Mich
81 hey a~e easy 10 take aud alWavs
give satisfaction I tell nv cs7io-
mcrs to tly them and if,not satiofac
tory 10 come back AID act HEN mon
ey but have never had a com3lipt"
For sale hg j. NJ. Moretz.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Dlgests what you eat.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

M. Witte has been created a count.
Henry Lear, former president of the
Doylestown, Pa, bank, has been con-
victed in the federal court of willful
of the funds of the
bank.
The cruiser Boston is at Mare ISL
and, after participating in the semi-an-
nual target practice of the Pacific
squadron.
The Russian government, through
France as Intermediary, has made
representations to Japan concerning
the treatment of Russian prisoners OF
war in Japan who have been sentenced
to terms of Imprisonment as ordinary
prisoners by Japanese courts for at
tempting to escape, such offenses be-
ing considered disciplinary rather than
criminal in Russia.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
Another Theft in New York.

New York, Oct. 2.-The loss of $12,'
600 worth of negotiable paper is an
nounced by c. d. Halsey & Co., bank
ers and brokers. The securities were
stated to have been lost by client
Of that firm. A representative of the
firm declined to say whether they had
been stolen. There was report that
they had been stolen by the person
who recently secured 100000 worth
of securities from the National City
bank on a forged check.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all It's
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
m edical fraternity Catarrh being constitu'
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
surfaces of the sy stem, thereby destroying tho
foundation of the disease, srd giving the pa
tent strength by building up the constitution
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address. II. ]. CHENEY 81 CO., 100000, y.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
Grand Trunk Pacific Buys Rails.

Montreal-It is officially announced
that the Grand Trunk Pacific has Civ
en- an order for S4,000,000 worth of
steel rails to the Dominion Iron &
Steel company of Sydney, G. B. The
contract calls for the delivery Of the
rails within five years.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
Good Year for Wage Farmers.

Albany. N. Y, Oct. BIN its last
quarterly bulletin, published recently,
the state department of labor calls at
tention to marked improvement in
trade which began in the middle Of
1904 and has continued almost unin-
terruptedly. The department says
that now there are relatively fewer
idle wage earners in New York than
there were even in 1902, the most
prosperous year of the decade.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

BY breeding and feeding his fowls
in a special way, a Wiesbaden chem
list has been able to increase the nat
ural quantity of iron in eggs that they
are medicinal and useful for the cure
of various diseases.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Leicester. Mass, Oct. S.-Mrs. Mary
O'Hare, As years of age, of Cherry
Valley, walked into pond in the rear
of her home with her IL months old
baby in her arms. Both were drown
ed. No cause is ascribed for the
tragedy.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
Ball PLAYER Stabbed Another.

Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 81 - While
intoxicated and in fit of Economical
temper, Charles Dexter of the Des
Moines baseball team. stabbed First
Baseman II. @. Bateman of the Mill
waukee association team. Bateman's
condition is very serious, and he is
hardly expected to live
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

would you die for me?" she muir
INJURED.
"Gladly, my darling" he asserted.
"And would there" she murmured
softly, ''be anything left for me after
the undertakers bill was paid?'-
Cleveland Leader.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Sir Alfred Jones contemplates build
ing in the center of London a large
hotel, in which every luxury of bed
and board will be provided for 81 a
day.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

TIIO after first days of DIR. Kne's Great Nerve
Restorer Send for Free Sc trial bottle and treatise
DR.. r. H. Kline, Ltd, 981 Arch St. Philadelphia. IA
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
Northwestern Wheat.


Are you acquainted with
"a? Is it tea that you
low? Are you sure you
NV tea?
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Official figures show that only 20
persons in Great Britain have in
comes exceeding s250,000 a year.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Mayme-Daisy is going to keep her
engagement to young De Smyth Sc
cret
Edyth-How do you know?
Mayme-Why, she told me so her
self.-Chicago News.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Two Munich scientists have, by
means of the Roentgen ray, succeeded
in photographing the human heart be-
tween beats.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
SPOKANE.
Wholesale Feed Prices.

Bran, SIT ton; bran and shorts, SIS;
straight shorts, $40; white shorts, $21;
corn, $3.50 cwt; cracked corn, s1.60
cwt; timothy hay, s14 ton; alfalfa, s12
ton; oil meal, 50 cwt; grain hay, $12Q
10 ton; rolled barley, $1.25 cwt; whole
oats, $1-25 cwt; chopped oats, $1.S5
cwt; wheat. $1.15 cwt.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live stock-Steers, $2.5O@2.75 cwt;
COWS, $2@2.25; calves, 81; sheep, $50
$780, pigs, $6.25.
Dressed meats-Steers, 4@415c lb;
COWS, 31sc lb; veal, 5@6hc lb.
Hides-Green steers, SC lb COWS,
Sc; sailed, 1c higher; dry hides, 100
161sc lb; calf skins, green, Sc; kips,
Sc; sheep skins, 75cQ$1.
Poultry and eggs-Chickens, hens,
12c lb live weight; roosters, SC live
weight; broilers, 1Sc lb; eggs, $3.50
case.
Creamery products, f. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat, 261s
cents per lb.
Hay and Grain-Timothy, $11@12
ton; alfalfa, $10W11 ton; oats, $40
Ito.
Potatoes-40@60c cwt; cabbage, 81
@1.25; cooking apples, 6OQs5c; beets,
Coo; turnips, Coo.
Northwestern Wheat.
Portland.-Club, 71@72c; bluestem,
74@75c; valley, 71Q72c.
Tacoma.-One cent lower; bluestem,
73c; club, zoe; red, 66c.
Walla Walla.-Bluestem, 641sc; club
611ac f. o. b.; market quiet.
Lewiston, Ida.-Bluestem, $4,000; ;
club, 55@76c; fax, 97c.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Gossips' are not the only
tongues tea loosens.

A coroner in England points out the
little known fact that all persons there
over 70 years of age can be called up
on as jurors.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
PalIada Floated.

The Russian cruiser Pallada, which
was sunk at Port Arthur, has beer
relocated.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
To Break In New Shoes.

It cures hot, sweating, aching swollen feet.
Cures corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. At
all druggists and shoe stores, Doc. Don't accept
any substitute Sample mailed FREE. Address
Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

HOWARD e. BURTON, Assayer and Chem.
list. Specimen prices-Gold, silver and Lead,
81; Gold andsilver, 75c link or Copper, 81;
Cynide test. Mailing envelopes and full price
list sent on application. Control aud Umpire
work solicited Leadville, Colorado. Refer
ence, Carbonate National Bank.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Walls do not make the place of wor-
ship.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during teething period
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Charles Henry Treat, who became
United States treasurer recently, is a
direct descendant of Robert Treat,
who for 80 years was deputy royal
governor of the colony Of Connecticut.
Mr.. Treat lived for a number of years
in Delaware and later in Maryland,
before moving to New York.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

What did they do for tea
two-hun lred and fifty years
ago!
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

The self-willed are but weak-willed
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

At a recent automobile meet in Eng
land one of the competitions was to
test the capacity of the chauffeurs to
Judge the pace at which their respect
i've machines were travelling.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Three quarters Of the tea
In this country is not very
good.
The fraction is not too
high.
Your grocer returns your money you don't like
scllillln.'s best
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Matilda Serao, wife Of Naples edi-
tor, Is one of the most popular Italian
novelists.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

For coughs and colds there 10 no bettel
medicine than Piso's Cure for Consump
ton. Price rs cents.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

Spokane n. U.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
TEA

Your grocer returns your money you don't Ike
Schillng's Beat.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
Mitchell Sees President

Mitchell Sees President.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. BY invita-
ton President John Mitchell of The
United Mineworkers on Tuesday call
ed on President Roosevelt.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06
TEA

We are friend to you and
your grocer; faithful to both.
schlling's Best Is good foot-raI. to measure him
~ih.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-10-06

No. 40. 'O5
The statesman., 1905-09-29
PREJUDICE AGAINST COLoRED
PROFESSIONAL MEN,

One of the most unaCcountable Opin-
ions which exists among colored peo-
pie and one which seems the harder
TO eradicate because of its very lack
of foundation, is the ore that the col
ored lawyer, doctor or artisan is nee
essarily inferior to his white compet-
itor Worst of all, this opinion has
greater hold upon the so-called intel
ligent Negro than upon his illiterate
brother 1t was not long since when
the editor of this paper had occasion
to see a body OF men refuse to give
some legal work to a Negro because
This white man can do it better and
quicker than cOlOred man" The
colOred doctor meets the same unrea-
sonable stand in the refusal to give
him a chance or in the determination
to judge every colored professional by
the one that fails This needs atten-
tion from each one of us. Meet the
issue squarely. Make yourself boos-
ter. Patronize the deserving Negro
and encourage others to do likewise.
Combat prejudice wherever It shows
its head.
The Statesman some six years ago
made itself officious and almost OBJ
noxious by pushing the claims Of the
colored musicians In fairness it must
be said that their service at that time
was not up to the standard of what
the public wanted. But slowly they
were given an opportunity to make
themselves and the presence of musical
The statesman., 1905-09-29

organizations in this city today which
draw crowds of themselves for various
entertainments is the direct outcome
of their being given a chance.
1t is an old slavery notion that We
cannot give good service. The de-
fense which Lawyer Stuart made for
W. T. Fields in his case this week
could not have been improved upon
had he been white. 1t would not have
had more weight with the jury We
will go further and say that If It would
have, the Negroes need never expect
to become anything in this country if
they grant IT, We have got to learn
the lesson that our own is as good as
anybody has. color, hair, talent, tenI-
permanent If the other fellow does not
like it. it is his business. but for us,
our own is good enough, provided only
that we cultivate our talents to the
highest.