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NEGRO EUGENICS.

(From the New York Times.)
MT. Bryan Cummings, lawyer OF
Augusta, Ga, referring to our recent
discussion of a list OF distinguishes
Negroes, asks The Times how much
white blood was in the veins" Of
these persons, and whether their ca
paclty for development along intel
lectual, artistic, and mechanical lines
was not lin direct proportion to, the
infusion of white blood"
Some Of the colored people, espec-
tally Booker Washington. are of pro-
nounced negroid type. >. Toussaint
L'OVerture was blooded black We
Will say, however, for MI Cummings
information, that most, Negroes VINO
eicel in the arts and professions do
possess an infusion Of white blood
But SO, also, do nearly all Negroes
on this hemisphere, and in most in
stances previous aGmixture is dis
coyerable through African ancestry
with the ancient Hamitic and Semitic
stocks. There are few pure-blooded
Negroes even in Africa.
The Investigations Of DR.. Robert
Is. Bean have determined that the
average Negro brain is fundamental
~ different from the Caucasian brain.
ment; the back area, the. proper seat
OF the senses, emotions, and passions,
is developed beyond the whites.
with a cerebrum to match his cere-
Dellum, We are not sure that the Ne
gro would not outstrip the white in
exhibitions of genius. But with his
unstable control over the lower,
basic, and instructive faculties, the
black can with difficulty rise to a
higher civilized plane.
Disciples and prophets Of eugenics
say that higher type of man may
be evolved by the scientific crossing
OF dMerent races and nationalities.
IhG M8Ee fact Of a mixture, and not
at al its relative proportions,
whether white or black, may bring
| into play unknown potentialities
Luther Burbank, the creator Of new
plants, predicts astonishing results
| from the crossings of human species
| in America. But he adds, warningly,
| that mere intermixture of blood, un-
accompanied by selection and wise
supervision, Is often most vicious in
it's tendencies" Two types Of mu-
lattoes in the South, remarked DR..
Bean in his Century article last year,
represent in the worst individuals
| one Oh the BraVeSt menaCeS to So
ciety, one of the most dangerous ele-
ments Of the population"
| The norticulturist's experiments
involving the. determination Of tens
or thousands Of the unfit for the pro-
Eduction Of one best ancestor, may not
be practiced amng human individ-
uals. But Mr.. Burbank hopes reas-
onably that, where intermixtures take
place, the powerful forces Of environ
ment and education may accomplish
indirectly the selective procession
criminals quick penalties and segre-
CATION, and every encouragement for
| types that are approved
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ton Of endowment, were those that
gave the commission any real serious
trouble, or produced any protracted
debate, as it was plainly to be OBJ
served that a majority came to talk
and seek union. Proposition after
proposition presented by Mr.. Starks
was readily accepted, the motion for
acceptance usually coming from
commissioner representing the smaller
organization. In this connection it
might be well to mention that so in
terested in union Is the F.. and w. II.
Grand Lodge Of Maryland, that several
Of the leaders came to New York es-
pecially to attend the session and
learn what really is the cause of the
continued division in the order
Among those who sat in the chamber
were l.. E. Williams, Grand Chancel-
lor George Watty, G. V. G. Col. George
II. Carter and James Blackwell.
Each of these leaders were loud in
their prorestations that they did not
before exactly understand either the
nature Of the difference, or the sys-
tenn Of the endowment department
of the organization which had been
thoroughly explained by Supreme
Chancellor Starks. There was no real
opposition at any time, save for a
speech in explanation by Sir William
Grandson, s. K. of r. and S. in the
Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
1t developed during the debates
that there was only one thing in all
these years that has kept the T.. and
w. Hemisphere Supreme Lodge from
accepting the oyertures Of the parent
body, and that was the fear Of humil-
iation. Both Mr.. Starks and Mr.. Green
were eloquent in their speeches in dis
abusing the minds Of those who had
thought his way. "The moment"
said Mr.. Starks, "the moment this
commission agrees on something de-
finite, that moment will division cease
to be" For the moment he said that
division began to disappear.
subcommittee of two were aDpoin-
ted to deal with the vexing questions
Of the conference, r. r. Jackson and
e.. e. Gordon were appointed to con-
slider way out Of that. AS to endown-
ment, s. w. StarkS and Josiah Digs
were appointed to Hagree for the com
mission as to the solution of the prob
lem. Both these committees succeed
ed in arriving at conclusions satisfac-
tory to majority Of the commission,
and they will report to the Supreme
Lodges.
After the articles of agreement had
been signed by the commission, each
man there fel as IL Pythian's problem
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-07
MILITIA FORMS ASSOCIATION
State Guard Of Kentucky Unite In
Effort to Bring About Better
Results.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. G.-Oflcers
Of the state guard Of Kentucky in
session here today formed an associ-
alton to be composed Of all commits
stoned officers and which will take
proper steps to become affiliated
with the interstate national guard as
ISOLATION OF the United States.
Maj. Austin Of the first Kentucky
regiment, was chosen president OF
the association and Captain A. G..
Chapman Of Hopkinsville, Captain
Vernon Richardson Of Danville and
Major Ellis Duncan Of Louisville,
vice presidents. A special commit
tee composed Of Col. w. 3. Halde-
man Of Louisville and J. Embry AL
len OF Lexington and Major Talbot
Berry Of Union county, were deputed
to submit to the next general assem-
bly, a proposition to compensate. non
commissioned officers and privates
for attending drill. Regulations Of
the national guard for physical ex-
animation were adopted.
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Istood and fought, it was necessary
to wage battle, and sad to relate, the
Negroes had then. nor have now, nor
will have tomorrow, one of their
number to enter the fray: Can they
forget those long hours of debate?
tlinching way in which he stood
against the aSpersiOns and inSinua-
tons Of the Senators from the
south? the fortitude with which he
ON is own side? the carelessness with
which he received and welcomed
message after message from the
White House abusing the soldiers?
this and they pray for the dumbness
of speech and the wantOn arm when
they do forget it, even for the
twinkling Of an eye. Remembering
Senator Foraker in this his latest
battle, for they we'll reason, that
gratitude belongs to this man, and
he shall have it; better that the
Negroes should have the friendship
of Foraker than ten Negroes hold
ing office in any state in the Union.
These are the phases of this ques-
ton which give us deep concern
ment, and both to assure Senator
Foraker that, as far as the Negroes
are concerned, he may deport him
self with reference to Tyler as he
sees fit, and to reassure the Republic
at large that the Negro is in the
morning Of new day, and sleepeth
not, do we set ourselves at length
Tyler associates with that faction
Of the Republican party in Ohio
opposed to Senator Foraker. Is he
willing to stand up and take his medi-
cine like any other enemy of Senator
Forakers? If he understands poll
tics, he is, nor beg accept what would
not be given another.
Let it pass, our readers under
stand the position of the men upon
the board; we content ourselves in
the knowledge that the truth has
been told, and in the belief that
right will prevail.
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ENGLAND STANDS BY SWETTEN-
HAM.

Following closely upon the heels
Of President Roosevelt's letter to
Admiral Davis, in which the Presi-
dent congratulates him for his con-
duct in Jamaica, and tells him that
the United States is more than proud
OF It's militant commander, came re-
port after report that the English
Parliament, man after man, came
out in open interviews in praise Of
the course pursued by Governor
SWettenham Of Jamaica, who, it will
be remembered, ordered Admiral
Davis, and his jackies to pack up
and get out, after these soldiers Of
this Union, had disgraced themselves
and their country by going into ia
maica, in it's stricken period, and
maltreating part OF the population
because of its colour, and overlook
ing them in administering reliefs on
the same account. 1t is all right for
the President to hurry to cover up
q bad error Of high official, and
close an 'incident"; for we perceive
that the Administration IS fairly
burdened down with international
questions, most of them arising from
the question Of colour, which, added
to the acuteness Of that question at
home, are enough for one bad mans
feast and desert. But it Is extreme
~ invigorating to note that old En-
gland, with its rich history and her
itage, Is standing by Gov. Swetten-
ham, because he dared stand up in
the face Of American epaulets for
British honesty and British justice
Wherever an American white man
has set foot in foreign soil he has
planted his prejudice, and he tried
to do that in Jamaica. He met q
warrior Of forty years against that
very thing. Rara avis. Not so rare,
but more inspiring is noble ma
TONS stand against perfdy and
meanness. The United States can
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has been accustomed to the economi-
cal methods of older communities.
This leads him to write:
But little attempt is made to util-
iZe by-prOducts in any OF the enter
pr1ses in this province. 1 will call
attention to a few Of the opportuni-
ties that exist for making fortunes
from materials that are at. best
thrown away, more often disposed
or at considerable cost Of labor and
expense. There are in the province
from 200 to l 500 coke overs and
the number Is constantly increasing,
yet there Is no attempt made to util-
lze the coal tar, which is available in
large quantities. Persons familiar
with the numerous valuable articles
or commerce which coal tar Yields
can but wonder that some chemist
with capital does not seize upon the
opportunity here presented.
.Inere are now many smelters at
work night and day in several por-
tons of British Columbia. Most OF
the ores smelted contain sutphur,
which must be disposed Of before the
ores can be successfully treated. The
ores are roasted, and the sulphur Is
VaporiZed and allowed to pollute the
atmosphere, and often to kill the
vegetation In the vicinity. Yet there
IS great demand for sulphur and
sulphuric acid.
The supply Of timber here seems
lheXnaust1Dle. SO 1t seemed to the
people or New England not so long
ago. put they would give much today
FOR the great white pine and spruce
logs they rolled in heaps and burned
IN the process Of clearing their
lands. 1t would be we'll to conserve
the great forests Of British Column
ola. AS l understand, only the larg-
est or the fir and cedar trees are
taken and only the better portion OF
these: The tangled brush that COW
ers the so-called "logged-off" lands
presents the best possible opportuni
ty Tor the spread Of forest fires.
But 1t Is not In the forests alone
put at the saw mills where we see
much waste. At most mills q large
hre burns from years erd to vear.a
END, consuming the waste. | do not
RnoW just how this can be avoided
VI course, much Of this waste is sold
10 the people in the vicinity Of the
mllls Tor tire-wood as. they will buy
at very reasonable figures. Some
tiine ago | visited at BelHngham
Wasn.' large plant which was dis
- TAR, pitch and turpentine from
'he douglas fir. 1t would seem tn
me that similar plant near each ~
me saW-mills might result In the
utillzation Of some part of the waste
mat IS now disposed Of by fire.
IN the salmon fishing the heads
lails' ms and offal are mostly vast
eo. Some attempts have been maze
upon upon a small scale to utilize some of
thls by-product by saving the oil and
turning the residue into fertilizer
nave seen no attempt to make fieh
glue nor other valuable products TO
one VINO has been at Gloucester,
Mass and seen how every part or
Lhe goldfish Is utilized the waste seen
here Is appalling. '00i
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UNCLE REMUS ON THE NEGRO,
(From The IN. W Snnl

(From The IN. ~ Sum-
We see no occasion for the aston
ishment that has been aroused in this
part OF the country by the eloquent
and touching tribute to the Negroes
virtues Dy Mr.. Joel Chandler Harris
u Georgia. 1t Is by no means the
hrst time he has spoken to the same
enect, nor is he the only Southerner
or his class who has proclaimed sim
mar opinions. 1t ought to be per-
lectly we'll known to the entire coun-
try that the better class Of whites
dwell in peace and kindness and good
will with their colored fellow crea-
lures, and what practically all of the
st-called race conflicts" are the pro-
duct OF an ancient hate rating back
far beyond the civil war and invol-
wing, now as always hitherto, no one
of whom either race it at all proud.
This is fragrant truth which
Northern people have had the oppor-
tun1ty OF assimiliating any time dur
Ing the past forty years. The eman-
cipation of the slaves, effected In
reality after the surrender of Lee,
Johnston and Kirby Smith, made no
change in the purely personal rela-
tons between the freedmen and their
former masters. Not even the abom-
Unable episode of reconstruction
aVailed to eradicate the affectionate
entente Of the classes and turn them
against each other to the evil ends
Of animosity and vengeance The
old shareholders knew that their
were innocent Of vicious purpose.
The latter understood full we'll that
when in need, Of help and sympathy
and plying ministration the former
offered them their only sure refuge
and relief. No actor in this mourn
full tragedy has forgotten anything.
NO political or social transmutation
has changed anything SO far as these
two are concerned. The quarrels and
the violent and bloody clashes of
which so much Is made in our news
papers, whether through honest ig-
norance or malign intent, are far out
side of the philosophy of any impor-
tant element of the Southern popula-
ton.
Joel Chandler Harris tells the sim
pie truth when he says that the Ne
grOes Of the South are moving on
ward, accommodating property, max
ing themselves useful citizens and ce-
menting the hallowed ties of respect
and confidence between. the classes
" hiCu represent Tic oOulu
eOusness and civilization, mu CHI with
the insignificant. minority We ac-
cept the testimony of the educated
few on the Negro side-educated to
little more than a fruitless smatter-
ing Of vanity and conceit-and we
much too easily imagine that the
Southern cracker" stands for the
ideas and illustrates the methods Of
the whites. No falser or more mis-
leading hypothesis could be present.
ed. The Negro who typifies violence
and barbarism IS one in ten thousand.
The white man who employs the
shotgun and the torch is quite as i'm
portant. We shower our solicitudes
on the pesuferOus exception and
overlook the wholesome rule
Uncle Remus. knows what he is
talking about-knoWs it to its deep
est depths.
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votes, has all but succeeded In hav
ing Jim crow bill reported favor
ably by committee, the majority
Of whom are Republicans. The con-
dition Of the West Virginia Negro.
between the devil and the deep blue
sea, is. a precarious one. but he will
wait with pleasant anticipations to
see the futile efforts these gentle
men wiln&make to extricate them
selves from the quagmire of their
own making. He will not Judge
the party by a few ingrates, but he
those who hereafter shall receive his
support
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-07
WANTED-A SCARECROW.

The Primary Election and "Jim-
Crow" bills have exposed. an alarm
ing detection on the part of some
Delegates in the Lower House whom
we had reason to believe would prove
Veritable Gibralters of defense
against any attack upon their black
constituents.
The former provides that the nom
ination Of all candidates for Office
shall be made by primary elections
held throughout the state on the
same day, all parties voting at the
same time, but in different ballot
boxes, the rules governing general
elections prevailing. In effect every
voter would have an opportunity to
say who the standard bearers or hts
party should be, at each general cleo
ton
The placing Of such powers IN the
hands Of common voters is not at
all to the liking Of the peanut poll
tlclans. They have WaXed fat in
ONCE through their ability to pack
conventions, name candidates and
railroad resolutions and the fight to
XIII the measure developed the saut
that because of fear less the Negroes
OF Mcdowell, Mercer, Mingo and
other counties in which their num-
Der is considerable should be repre-
sented upon the ticket and get an
elective office or two, the Delegates
from these counties enrolled them
selves with the opposition.
1t thus appears that these repub-
mean gentlemen are content, nay
anxious to have the colored brother
WhOOp it up"-after the candidate
| is chosen; they expect the Negroes
| to toss their ready caps in air and
split the very heavens with APPROX
ing yells-When the nominee is Sc
lected; and vote early and often
on election day But when it comes
to the point where Negroes are to
| nave voice in the selection Of the
men for office, our lily white friends
see Negro Domination" more fear
some than any bogyman Of thei,
childhood days.
Our readers will remember two
years ago, when the Republican
party, divided against itself, hung
over the abyss Of inglorious defeat
how some of these men, with broker
voices and (crocodile) tears fiowine
down their cheeks, implored their
Negro hearers to rally around the
old nag as Of yore. They will re
member in what lurid colors disfran.
ch1sement and Jim croWism, the De
doctrines of Democracy, were painted
and held up for the inspection q
| Negro voters by these men who nov
fear Negro Domination" We read
lily recall the campaign Of last fal
when the same old scare crow, which
mas done duty for many year, was
again dragged from the closet anC
placed upon pedestal for US tc
bow before with the superstH ious
fear that the heather worships hi.
wooden god.
with what specious argument will
our suffrage be solicited hereafter
surely not by taxing the Democrat.
with the desire to disfranchise us
FOR Republican Delegates from the
counties having the largest Negro
vote are ready in effect to DO tina
very thing, in that they are unwill
ing to give us the right to nominate
candidates. The jim crow ca,
argument will fall fiat, for a Repub
1can Delegate, elected by Negro
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THE TRIAL OF MAJOR PENROSE

AT San Antonio, Texas, is now
being held the trial before a regular
court-martial of Major Charles w.
PenrOse, of the Twenty-fifth Infant
~, who has been charged with neg
lect of duty, etc, on the night Of the
Brownsville fray. 1t is expected that
the Major will plead guilty to each
Of the several charges, and thereby
save himself the expense Of long
and tedious trial, and the humilia-
ton of testimony the damage OF
which might effect both his army
record and his promotions in the
years to follow, if not lead directly
10 his withdrawal from the service
What we are particularly inter
ested in is the detestable failure of
the War Department 20 order this
trial Immediately after the secre-
tary had received report of the
disturbance at Brownsville, instead
Of making victims of the privates in
the ranks. There has been so much
confusion since the Presidents orig
inal discharge order that that phase
of the question, this vital point we
may say, has been overlooked since
the first day the discussion began
to pour forth. 1t is not only mill
tary custom, but military law that
where disturbances break out in field
nr tnn h@
commanding officers are to be held
accountable to headquarters; and
they, not the privates, are to receive
whatever punishment there is to be
meted out. Not only was this not
done in the case Of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry, but it is only after the
soldiers have been two months under
dishonOurable discharge orders, and
on the very day the Senate Commit
tee on Military Affairs began it's in
quiry into the events that led up to
the affair, and the affair itself, do
we find the commanding officer of
the post brought face to face with
the charges of negligence lodged
against him. Major Penrose's quon-
dam soldiers have already received
double the punishment that he
might have well stood in fear Of.
But we should not be surprised,
for we have been led to expect any
thing under the government of the
United States, which at this time
seems to be well in the hands Of
academcians, golf-players and ten
mis- ShOuterS. If this Brownsville
regret had occurred under any other
government in civilization, it would
have been settled altogether differ
emily from the manner in which
those in power sought to settle 1t.
And one Of the first steps taken in
the settlement would have been the
cOurt-martial Of Major Penrose and
his associate officers. All Of which
reminds us that insofar as govern
ment is concerned, we are but chill
dren yet
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learn much of justice and patience
from the mother-land.

The plan adopted by the people
OF Winiffede to have a longer school
term might be followed with meal
culable advantage by other commun-
tiles finding themselves situated as
is Winifrede- Realizing that term
Or six months Is inadequate, they put
up the money--the indisputable ar
gumeQt of sincerity or purpose-for
two months more, eighty-fve dollars
being subscribed by patrons OF the
school for the teachers salary.
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KEEP STEPPING.
(From the Denver Republican

Keeping stepping, joe" was tho
telegram sent by Mrs. Cans to ber
son, the colored pugilist. before he
new Years Day battle.
los mighty good advice for MI
:, Keep stepping;
~ holds In hovel or in hall
On this old rushing, frenzied boil.
% pay attention to the cali
Keep stepping!
Don daily on the primrose wav--
c. Keep stepping;
count not single wasted dow.
Just think what Mrs. Cans wonld CO..,
ana let this be your joyous Law,
Keep stepping!
II parson or II pugilist, N"A'&AsA
Keep stepping;
II using brains or neels or fiat
ION Jet another get the grist
VI ny inc world you'll ne'er no
missed 0 q oe
Keep steppingA
II hfte on. you the cards has staokedA
nh KY stepping,
- crying, that's a fact
Uoth pW@1ls you have lacked =
40 legless wonder act ~
/ Keep stepping -. a.
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UNION

Continued from Page One.
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WASTE OF BY-PODUCTS.
Loss to Commerce OF Valuable Ma
terial i'm the Northwest.

In the, new and rapidly developing
country of. British Columbia, Consul
l.. e. Dudley, Of Vancouver, finds in
commercial enterprises a degree OF
wastefulness that appalls one who
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has been solved. That night at a
banquet rendered Supreme Chancellor
Starks, the joint commission sat
around the guests table. Verify, the
lamb and the lion lay down together.