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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27
PEACE !
PROSPERITY! i!
UNION ! :!
Tbe Catholic Church and the Negro


The colored people in this
country have been considering the
invitation extended to them to join
the Catholic Church. This propo-
sitionis being seriously considered
bv some of the leading represent
atives of the colored race. 1t is
argued that the Catholic Church
is less prejudiced to the Negro
than any denomination in the
world. 1t is also true that most
all other denominations have
adopted rules and passed resolu-
tions to bar out the Negro. The
white Presbyterian Church, the
white Methodist, and a number Of
white Southern Baptist are oppos-
ed to the Negro. 1t is also a
notorious fact that the Catholic
Church is receiving more consid-
Grafton from this administration
than any other denomination,
which shows that it is a strong fac
tor in the body-politic. Since the
Catholic Church is favorably dis
posed toward the Negro and will
give him greater protection than
anyother denomination or political
party, there is nothing for the Ne
gro to do but to join the Catholic
Church. Il all anti Catholic de-
nominations are opposed to the Ne.
gro and the Catholic Church, and
since the Catholic Church get what
1t wants, it will be good politics for
the Negro to look out for himself
and go where it will be to his best
interest. We never read in the pub
lie press of any Catholic conven-
ton or Catholic Church denounc-
ing the Negro and declaring that
the Negro is not good enough for
that Church. This Church has
but one God. The white Metho-
dist, Baptist and Presbyterians de
clare that the Negro is not good
enough for him to serve God with |
them. They must pray separate
and apart from them. The Ne
gro has declared that there is not |
much efficacy in such religion. Till |
man, Vardaman, Williams and
their associates belong to the
Southern Methodist denomination
and SO long as they continue to be
members of that denomination,
there Is no hope for the Negro
baptist, Presbyterian and Metho-
DIST. The Catholics succeed be-
cause they are united and demand
recognition. The administration
Will not refuse this Church. There
IS no department under this gov
ernment that will attempt to inn
pose upon Catholic. When the
rope OF Rome and Catholic church
speak, there is something doing.
Let the Negro try the Catholic {
Ohurch.-W Washington Bee.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

She shiftless, idle, ignorant and
superstitious are the weights upon
our progress and we have them in
far too great a numbers for our
own good, but, "they are ours. "
We shall constantly preach the
doctrine as indicated above and
possibly we may drive home to
some Of the them at least the fact
that if they rise they must DO
SOMETHING.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

When the convicts at the pcni-
tentiary at Jefferson City, Mo.
were called for breakfast Monday
March Goth, Guard J. w. Wood
of Macon, Mo, was pounccd upon
by "Sonny" Anderson, a Negro
prisoner, who stabbed him to
death. Anderson also stabbed
William Sheridan, a murderer,
who went to the guard aid. His
wounds are probably fatal. An
derson then seized a hose and
directed a stream of water on
those who attempted TO capture
him. Thercupon the guards shot
him to death
If you want to show race pride,
- II. f,r tb. Dr trN.Tr- At r-L
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

81 believe in the jury box, the
ballot box and the cartridge box.
Hon Frederick Douglass.
Afro-Americans of indianapolis
are conducting a successful dry
goods store employing five or six
clerks.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has con-
sented to give Wiley university,
Marshall, Texas, $4,000 for a
library building.
Preston Garland, an Afro Amer
lean who died recently at Morris
town, N. J., claimed to have been
IO7 years old.
James Smith, an Afro-American
of Salem, Mass, recently left four
thousand dollars in his will for
the benefit of our people in that
town.
Boone Carter a member of the
race, has been elected to the.
school board in the little town of
Bridgeton, St. Louis county, Mo.
Afro-Americans of Washington,
ID. C., have formed a company
with a capital stock of 100000 to
build a theatre with a seating
Of 1000.
Avil +. Sims, railway mail clerk,
has been promoted to clerk in
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.

Next week the city administra-
ton changes; enter Mr.. Lindsey
exit Mr.. Purcell. Mr.. Chas. Horn
Till succeed Judge Curtis who is
filing out the unexpired term of
the late Judge Grogan. Mr.. Dun
can will succeed Mr.. Kirkendall as
city treasurer. Aside from the
changes in the alderman positions,
there will be a general change in
police department and possibly a
few other changes, but the fire de-
partment will, in all probability re-
main intact.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

Preaching at St. james church
5th avenue and IIoback street, sun
days at IL a. IN. and 8 D. III. by the
pastor. Sunday school at , P. m,
A. Marshall supt., Carrie Dorsey,
Chorister, Florence Anderson, sect.
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Gus Mason has been working at
third in practice. This is no this
position but under the circum-
stances he is doing, remarkable.
The principle work Of getting
everyt,Ing.in working order for a
good team is hard practice. team
work and allegiance to the captain
DO what he says and if it developes
that his Judgement is not for the
best interest Of the team, the same
sources that made him can unmake
him. He's selected to be the team
boss and if a good team is expected
all must obey his orders on the
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lasting quletus in Kentucky by a
bill passed by the legislature
which has just adjourned and the
governor has signed the bill We
need no such plays. The bill pro-
hlblts plays that tend to create
race prejudice.
At Houston, Texas, Ben Wall
plead guilty to carrying a pistol,
and was given a Jail sentence,
His lawyers asked a new trial on
the grounds that the in dictment
was dated nineteen sex" inst cad
OF "ninteen six" and in spite of the
plea of guilty, the application was
granted.
In addition to the four Afro
Americans assigned to type-setting
machines in the government print
ing office, Public Printer Stilling
has appointed about ten colored
men as caster operators. They take
charge of the spools of perforated
paper from the keyboard operator,
and through some intricate process
cast the same into type. The men
are giving satisfaction.
The Negroes of Coffeyville, Kas.
are inaugurating an industrial
movement which they intend to
carry into all the Southern and
Southwestern States. The plan is
to raise money and establish
factories to employ Negros,to buy
farms and sell lots to them on
small monthly Paymentu and to
encourage in Negroes generally a !
spirit of industry and frugality. |
An organization has been affected |
and a company charted with an.
capital of 900, 600. !
The shares are being sold at par.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

A Missouri Afro-American, Chas
5. Baker, after % years of siren
uous effort, has just invented a
friction heater which, it is said,
will work wonders in reducing the
cost of heating. A company cap
italizcd At a million and a half of
dollars has been formed to manu-
facture the apparatus.
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Race News.

81 believe in the jury box, the
ballot box and the cartridge box. "
Hon Frederick Douglass.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

But his sure 'nuff Father want him 10
the Large House up above.
Now he didn't give you dat baby
by hundred thousan' mile.
He JUS think you need some sunshine.
an he lent it for a while!
An he let you keep and love it till yopF
hearts was bigger grown,
An desc silver tears you're shsddin's
jes' de interest on de loan.
Here's your oder pretty childrSn! -
Don't be maxim it appear
Dat your loves got sort o. 'nopilized BY
dis little feller here;
Don pile up too much your sorrow on
de little mental shelves,
Sos to kinder set dem wonderin' If aeEs
no account demselves.
Gus you think, you poor, deah
mounahs,
Creepin' long DER Sorrows way.
What blessed little picnic dis ysrs bAby'S
got today
Your good ladders and good mudders
crowd de little feller round
In de angel-tented garden OBJ de big Plan.
tation Ground
can dey ask him, was your feet sors1'
an take off his little shoes,
An dey wash him, an dey kiss him, an
dey say, Now, what's de newer
An de Lord done cut his tongue LOOSE
den de little feller say,
All our folks down in de valley tries to
keep de Hebbenly way
"An his eyes dey brightly sparkle al de
pretty tings he view;
Den a tear come, an he whisper, But
want my payents too
But de Angel Chief Musician teach dat
boy little song;
Says, If only dey be fait'ful, dey will
soon be comm long,
"An he'll get an education dat will prob.
erbly be worth
Seberal times as much as any you could
buy him on earth.
He'll be in de Lords big school house wId
out no contempt or fear,
While deres no end to de bad tingS might
have happened to hin here.
$50, my pooah, detected mOunHhs, let your
hearts wild Teusus rest,
An dom 90 to critercisln' dat ar One wat
knows de best!
He have sent US many comforts,-He have
right to take away
To de Lord be praise an glory, DOW an
eve.-Let us pray" w. {.
In a cell in the county Jail at
'ittsburg, Pa, u. S. Gray, a Ne
70, bcmoancd the loss of his
crfumcd baths, and held hand.
crchicf to his nose to put out
hat were to him most atrociouS
rison odors. Gray was porter
down town department store,
nd he and three other Negroes
ere arrested, charged with steal
.g over $4,000 worth of goods
ON the store. The police state
lat Gray is the most fastidious
AN they have ever seen. Every
corning he emptied into his bath
llf dozen bottles of imported
Dlogne, and afterward sprayed
.mself from head to foot with
4 atomizer filled with the most
lpensive scents to be found in
lc store where he was employed.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

A well known aspirant for the
highest elective position within the
gift of the people at the recent
municipal election in this city, in
so far as this publication is concern
ed, has proven the assertion which
was charged against him of repudi-
alton.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

The Clansman" and Uncle
Toms Cabin" have been an ever
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

If you want to show race pride
subscribe for the PLAINDEALEK
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

Secretary of State Yoder was one
of the first state officials to encour-
age this publication in its mission
to do good. We have an abiding
faith that others will follow suit
very shortly.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

accordingly. He has twoIWRitc
men under him on the Frisco
run.
Charles ID. Lee, an Afro-Amer,
lean 80 years old, of Kansas CITY
Kansas, has invented a pneumatic
cushion wheel for automobiles.
The new wheel was patented Jan.
no.
81 may be sent to death, gentle
men, but Hayti will live free and
independent, for | have planted
the roots of liberty so deep in
Haytien soil that France will
never be able to tear them up
Toussaint LOuverture.
A big steel plant at West Seneca
n. Y, has been importing colored
labor, two car loads coming from
the south. The whites do not
take kindly to the movement, and
assert that further importations
will cause drop in realty values.
n, b. Marshall, of Boston, has
written play on southern life, in
with H. J. Noble,
Cwhitc), of the Boston Traveller,
which has been accepted by Ernest
Mechan, the well known comedian.
He will produce it as his next
play.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

The coming fall campaign will be
a highly important one, as not only
county officers and congressman
elected, but a United States Sen
atorship is involved. 1t will there
fore be necessary that good and
true men be selected for these
honors all along the line.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-27

The idea of men being elected tc
official positions to serve the people
who are SO stupid and disingenius
as to fail to be ordinarily courteus
in their demeanor toward their con
stituents, will soon be a thing of
the past. There is one or more of
that class in county court house at
present, but they will not be there
after the November election.
Several of the aspirants for po-
litical honors are working on the
theory that the carly bird gets the
worm, and are putting up their
fences for the fall campaign.
THE PLAINDEALER will keep its
readers duly informed of the moves
on the political checkerboard, and
the fitness and records of those who
will ask the people for their suf-
frage.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-15

II was at an afternoon party. The
hostess. anxious for sensation and
desiring something other man the
orthodox thought reader and the fraud
ulent palmist. engaged .. troupe of
performing feas for the entertainment
Of her guests. says the London Tattler.
The party was great success. When
Il broke up loud wall rent the air. It
WAS the voice of the impresario frantic
with excitement. What Is It? Tell
me, I implore you" said the hostess.
Zach, madam. has lost vun of my
nsas. We're has 1t gomez" At that
moment . lady wearing gray gown
brushed past him. Zach. madam, par
DON" said the manager. greatly re-
Heved. lightly picking something from
her shoulder: "vun Of my artists"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-15

Here il comfort for the self-respect-
lnx American. says the London Times:
Americans may dismiss the idea. II
they ever entertained 1t, that the PEG
Die Of this country regard them all as
IN the same boat with the beef trust.
the standard Oil company, the dishon-
est railway managers and the people
who control the yellow dog" funds.
There are Pharisees and foolish indi-
viduals In all countries. We have
some among US. and as they are gem
orally very ready to talk they prob
ably do some mischief. But the mass
Of the people understand very well
that the mass of the American people
are very like Themselves: and that In
America, a. here and elsewhere. so
<iety Is held together by the saving
remnant Of which our correspondent
speaksAthe quiet. inarticulats people
Who believe in probity and honor. and
who try to do their duty and 10 fulnll
their obligations honestly"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-15

Money for Cattle, None for Babies.
These college professors may not be
80 very far ahead Of future legislation
We spend through Washington now
37,000.0 900 year in developing plant
life, but not dollar to discover pre-
tentative of pneumonia. In ten years
the department Of agriculture has ex-
pended nearly 35O.00O.O00 In develop
ing products OF the soil, but there IL
no bureau with money for the develop
ment OF the more than 100000 In
fants every year. 1t Is true that Drs.
Wiley, Atwater and Benedict have
done wonderful work. but within a
limited sphere. in the preservation Of
infant life. While they have worried
for a little money to carry on expert
ments, million has gone in stamping
out cholera among swine. Prof. Nor
ton estimates that during the next
census period more than 100000 Of
infants under two years OF age must
succumb. yet with proper knowledge
Of preventable diseases this number
could be cut In two.
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| Il am almost in the divorce court for
demanding even an envelope. he
cried. My wife sleeps on them. and
thinks am wheedling her a bit Now,
II you feel equal to 1t, come with me to
my hotel and Try all you know to per-
suade her that Elsie belongs to you.
and not to me-
The persuasion took form that The
rich and elderly Mrs. Tenant was not
accustomed to. 1t astounded and graf
iied her happy-So-lucky husband to
sec the way In which she Quailed be-
fore Jimmys wrath. The latter walked
straight into her palatial suite and
thrust some OLD and frayed letters b.
fore her eyes.
you have some Of my correspond
ence In your possession" he said. with
an intensity Of passion that cowed her
instantly. They ere letters written To
me by Mas Elsie stapleton. foa
will recognize her handwriting. Will
you give them to me quietly. or must
1 take them by force?"
"John!" she shrieked. protect mel"
Darling" said her better half. Il
am helpless. This il the other Capt.
]. w. Tenant. You refused to be-
lieve me. ducky. when assured
you"
DO you hear. woman?" Erowlsd
Jimmy. "Your miserable Jealousy has
entangled. perhaps wrecked. the hap
piness Of two people who never inag-
ined that such creature as you could
come between them. Give me my Jet.
tiers. or by the bones Of your martyred
first husband, l will"
That was enough. She produced .
crumpled packet from the bosom OF
her dress. Without word of apology
or further comment. Jimmy stood
where he was and read the blurred
lines, for the lady had wept hot tears
over them, and the paper was almost
in tatters. The silly mistake which
might yet have a tragic ending was
quickly revealed. Elsie had indeed
seen in q newspaper an account OF
the marriage. and her lovers pro-
longed silence at that unhappy juno
ture forced her to the conclusion that
he had Tilted her. Her last little note
Of farewell wrung his heart in agony.
1t was long and dinicult search for
ten days. Jimmy's chief diniculty was
that the only persons who knew the
Stapletons' whereabouts regarded him
a. an unprincipled scoundrel. and re-
fused to SEQ him. Then he found the
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"Dsnatursd Women"

II IL said that some of the club
women of New York complain OF the
way in which the parks Of that city
are Uttered up by parties Of children.
No doubt such complaints have
been made, for there are hnicky WON.
en- everywhere. but we doubt II the
whole burden of the attempt to block
the childish fun should be laid at the
door of the club women, who are
often the objects Of unjust criticism.
We should rather suspect that the
idea originated with those denatured
women, whether mem bers OF clubs or
not, who sport dogs instead Of cls.i-
lren.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-15

SOBbED The
NEVER REALLY DOUBTED YOU"
girls aunt, and the woman knew that
this story was true. She told him that
Elsie. who had been near to death.
was slowly recovering her health in
Florida. 1a.
He went t:,ere by the next steam-
or, and with him travelled Mr.. and
Mrs. Tennant-the latter most unwtll-
ingly, but snamed now into subjec-
ton to her lord and master. With .
soldiers strategy the leader of mount
cd infantry first captured Elsie's ia
Their and made him listen to reason.
Then 1t was thought advisable thai the
dame should be forced to go and fell
her story to Elsie, and thus prepare
her for the coming of her lover.
She played her part honestly. but
with vhimper5. She happened, too. to
hear what Elsie said when Jimmy took
her in his arms.
Somehow" sobbed the girl, Il never
really doubted you. read a descrlp-
ton of this woman-and saw her pho
tograph-and then thought that fever
or hardship had affected your brain"
BY succeeding mails from the Philip
pines came patches Of Jimmy's CORE
spondence, returned through the dead
letter once. and Elsie enjoyed read
ing them, now that they were married.
a great deal more than II he were still
In the far east.
The two Tenants occasionally play
bridge together at the same club. but
the two Mrs. Tenants will never be
real friends. though they meet 1t
times.
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tn. spo,lIne Of sweet Corn.
COLORADO

THE Spelling Of Sweet Germ.
s; Who that has enjoyed the delights
" peas. beans and sweet corn. picked
q the morning with the dews Of the
summer night still upon them and
cooked while you wait" will not
agree with the Tip.of the Tongue Man
n The New York Press. who u speak
ing Of tho difference between really
lrssh vegetables and those which have
1ssa gathered even recently? This
- what Tip says: Ny Jersey farmer
tails Why the green corn We get in the
market here tastes like neld corn.
~Ths sweet corn. loses it, sweetness
.AsSore It reaches the table because OF
tAs condition in which It has to DO
brought to the market writes my
GARNER. "It Gomez In large truck
loads, piled high and packed down.
Stand in the market at night when
The wagons from the farms come In.
II you take the cover on load you
viii SEE sort Of steam rising from It
That, ID the sweetness going up. l
and that my farmer - right. Swset
corn. beans and peas are vegetables
that will not bear prolonged walt
bstween the field and the pot. Neither
Delmonico nor Sherry can furnish
such peas - the humble man may
sick fresh from his own little patch
IN the morning-the ideal time to
s,srk vs1a+.hlas II n the sem0 with
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Billiards at Sea.

Can you imagine playing billiards
in heavy gale?" said the captain.
DO you wonder that our new liners.
with their elevators and telephones
and gymnasium, don't have billiard
tables as we'll? One ship once had a
billiard table-the Great Eastern.
1.-THE wonderful Great Eastern had
q billiard table on swinging deck.
This deck was supposed to counter
act the ships motion, and to keep the
table steady. But 1t failed to do SO,
and very remarkable were some Of
the shots made on the Great Eastern's
table in rough weather.
Nevertheless, the table was kept
for years, and was popular institu-
tion aboard the big boat. But no other
boat before or since has ever bothered
to introduce billiards"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-15

American poetry Il occasional, not
professional; something abide from
tho days work. instead Of being the
days work. !.
Browning wrote . poem . day for
stated period. applying his every
working hour to the task undertaken.
Browning is an example Of profess
sional poet. We cannot boast Of such
an example.
John Burroughs boasts OF only
one poem called Waiting" Haw-
thorne and Webster wrote two or
three poems. Cooper wrote three.
Bryant had a days work to do in
newspaper once, as did Eugene
Field, while Emerson had lectures to
deliver. Sidney Lanier was flute
player in Baltimore orchestra.
joaquin Miller ia writing poems
while he plows-like Burns.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-15

Philadelphia doctors are taking bal
joon trips in the hope of discovering
something that may be Of service in
ttAs treatment Of lung troubles. It
Asn't the first time that doctors have
been up in the air on the question Of
he cure Of disease.