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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
cOLORED WOMAN MAKES
COMPLAINT.

Washington. D. C.-Georgie
Edwards. a Colored woman liv-
ing in Chattanooga, Tenn, has
filed a complaint with the inter
state commerce commission
against the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and St. Louis Railroad
Company. operating the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, stating that
the passenger coaches furnished
passengers purchasing first class
tickets on the Western and Allan
tic road are dirty and filthy. The
plaintiff asked that the company
be directed to furnish Negro pas
sengers with suitable cars and
accommodations in consideration
of the first class farese paid.
Prof. Booker T. Washington
and the other big leaders of the
race, have been too cowardly to
protest against the filthy cond.-
ton of the cattle cars which the
respectable Colored people are
compelled to ride in while trav-
cling through the South, and it
remained for a woman to protest
against the Jim Crow car law.
All honor to Mrs. Edwards fol
starting the ball to rolling in
this respect.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
Notes Concerning Tbs Phylli:
Wheatley Woman Club.

The eleventh anniversary Sc
mon of the PHYLLIS Nhyarlcr
Woman's Club will be delivered.
bv Rev. II. +. Stewart al the IN
stitutional Church. .3S-5 Dear
born street. SUNDAY. March ~.
at s p. m. The public are cor
diallv invited To- be present.
The regular meeting of thl~
club will be held at the Frcdcr'tt
Douglass Centre "Wednesday.
March 20. at , p. III. Pr"Sr@"1
under the auspices Of the Ih''a"-
thropic Section. Mrs. Fannie Eat
ties. Chairman.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16

Gladys Walters 32lO Armo.g .y.
has been i'll for the past wcrs.
Annie Busl S443 Dearborn Is
confined to. her home with s.3rr,r
fever.
Mrs. valetta Dresden. -. $ -au.
renee ave, mas been on Oh. .... ...
far the past week.
Mrs. Fred Pratt. &I2$ Wa5r a..
lefr the city Monday 70 spraG .....
in Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Mr. Chas. l.. Lewis. %i$a 3. ...
ST.. expects To take up o.. ... .r
dentistry il The = Ir uur
Mr.. Ferdinand own. r..-
arrived il thc Cit sr.u y
Toln.. where ho E.s h..a ...
school.
~. Wm Sm.t. Of Fsr... &,
SPENDING q WI fl D.. O..
lis old friend Andrew ...... ~.
Dearborn st.
Nr. and Mrs. Fraaa -....
Evans ave. cnt,:,liay! q ...
friends at their home Ta..
at whist and dancing
Mrs. Minnie Pace. 30 g.. &c..
was cat with a razJr Wei. -.
her husband and is now .a t......
hospital in a critical coGdi...
Thrca Whit men in T.. AL. ST..
convicted Of manslaa"arrr r.r .....
a Negro child W., given Jv.., s-
in Jail. All three are pu.a". .
Mr. and Mrs. John ParJcr, ~ "
Lake ST.. entertained mum. o.
young folks. Wednesday nigh, ta . =.
or Of their daughter Bc@;ha'- bath.
day.
ur Fisher, .9io :. Park ave. .a--
tor Of OHvct Baptist church wl. So.
fered an attack of heart :a..... o..
Sunday last while in the TIpi, /. w.
much improved under ia, mr"ca.
care of DR.. VI. j. Brown.
John Alexander Dowie wis .' ar--
ed this life early last Saturday mo-a-
ing. was buried Thursday. al Z.o-
City which he had founded with al.
his faults and the many mistakes
which he had made during his journey
through life. he was a mos r"ma-aa-
BILE man. for he was absolute tls
from race prejudice. this applied -
the Negro as well as to men Of "'..-
nationalities. He had the coura@. no,
only. to voice his honest convictions
in public in this respect bur BE- aL~"
reduced his ideas to practice. and
whenever his white ROBBED choir assem-
bled to sing unto the Lord. CuIn-.i
men and women sang side 10y sd.
with the whites. which was evident.
that John Alexander Dowic. knew a'
enc by the color of their skin and this
will always be to his everlastins c.g-
dit.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16

Van Houten, a white man, was ar
rested in this city this week on the
charge OF having criminally assaulted
his own 10-year-Old daughter. If he
is found guilty, no punishment will be
too severe. Crimes of this kind are
on the increase, and as yet it con-
fined to the white race-The Advo-
cate. Portland, Oregon.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
Entered It the Post Office At Chicago
Il as Seeond-class Matter.
PERSONAL MENTION.
PUBLISHED WEEK. 7.

Walter NJ. Farmer, for 16 years an
honored member of the bar in St
Louis, Mo-, is now engaged in the
general practice of law. Suite 7OS,
III Washington street. Phone Main
4153. Residence 1856 Langley avenue.
Phone Drexel 1902.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
L w. Washington, General Agent for
The Broad Az In the Hyde
Park District.

From on and after this date until
further notice to the contrary, L W..
Washington, 56I3 Jefferson avenus.
will act as the general agent for Tie
Broad Ak. and news items and adver-
tisements left with him not later than
Wednesday evening or early Thursday
morning prior to the day of publication.
win find their way into its columns.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
FARMERS HAIR TONIC
AND CREAM.

When all else fails try Farm
er's hair tonic and cream. On
sale at The Peoples Pharmacies
2oth and Armour Ave-, and 27th
and Dearborn Streets, also at
4S32 and 4856 Langley Ave.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
NEGRO IS RHODES
SCHOLARS
Harvard Senior Will Represent
Pennsylvania Il Oxford.

Philadelphia. Ia. - Special
Milan LcRov Locke. Colorcd. OF
! Philadelphia. who will be grad
uatcd from Harvard university
in June. has been awarded the
Rhodes scholarship al Oxford
university. which this year was
allotted 10 the state 81 P.nnSvl-
vania. The selection was mads
l.y committee headed by Pro-
vest Harrison of the University
Of PENNSYLVANIA. Locke was
chosen over four other candidates.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
A Good Home for Children.

Wanted children, either White or
Colored to board and room. they win
receive the care of a good mother;
charges reasonable. Mrs. L Coleman,
ESQ Armour Ave. I'd fat.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
THE sTRoTHER VERDICT.


10 the Strother verdict in Nlr-
ginia because of two other cases
involving the "unwrittcn law
which have attracted public at
tentioR. One of these is the
Thaw case and the other the
Favrot case, in Baton Rouge. La.
These three cases, however,
present a difference in degree and
might be compared TO three hur-
dies in a hurdle race. The Stroth-
er case was the lowest hurdle,
because there had been criminal
intercourse, producing indellble
DISGRACE and social ruin. The
iury vaulted over ii almost with
out noticing ii.
The next higher hurdle is the
Fayrnt case. in which family
physician merely Slandercd
woman patient and refused 4 r.
traction and apology. This case
has been halted by 4 plea III
abatement and an appeal. but no.
body who is acquainted with pub
lie sentiment in Louisiana doubts
that the Jury will Jump This hur-
de Is easily as the other.
The highest hurdle 81 The three
IS The Thaw case. i'll which 4
husband tool; the lie IT \ man
who wronged his wife five wears
before he. with a perfect kn"w!-
edge of this fact and of her sub
scquent intimacy with this man.
married her. This i pretty
high Jump. and New York is not
Virginia nor Louisiana but tie
expectation IS that the jury will
clear this hurdle also.
The '.unwritten law" seems 4"
be in great favor just now. BY
ghastlv coincidence il Is being
reasoned out and fought out all
over the country at the same
time. and no one has a word Ia
saw against it. On the other hand,
il has for the first time been eulo-
gized from the bench. Said Judge
Harrison after the acquittal of
the Strothers:
Law books NAV Law down
correct doctrines. but American
iurics will not punish a man who
kills another it that other. by ag-
gravating and damnable treach-
erv. invades the sanctity of the
home circle and DESTROYS its
peace. | am proud of the fact
that YOU come from a county in
nv circuit. and | thank YOU for
your verdict
The "unwritten law" is like ali
other lawleSSneSs. 1t seems adj
mirable until. as is inevitable. II
is perverted and abused. There
have been many cases already in
which women deceived men and
brought bogus charges against
them in order to give their hus-
bands a justification for shor:'r
them down.
lust as bad is the case in which
Jealous husband murders a man
for whom his wife has TO liking
because of her relations with this
man wears before. in which every
thing thew had done together hal
been amiablv condOncd wears be-
fore the marriage. This is the
"unwritten law" run mad. and if
it is sustained in this shape bv
Judge and jury civilize cities are
no better than mining camps and
the abode OF savages.-The Chi
cago Chronicle.
The whole ground respecting
the unwritten law. which at best
s nothing more than mob and
lynch law and anarchy turned
loose. has been thoroughly
knocked into a cooked hat bv
this short and logical editorial in
The Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16

The black men elected to the Fifty
ninth Congress are again frozen out,
because the Republican majority on
the committee on elections have not
the courage Of their convictions. A
carload Of the sand would do them
good-The Freeman, Indianapolis,
Ind.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
BLACK DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY
Now Out of the Woods and On Its
Feet for Good

This CmPary after passing through long period of
tain and strenuous efforts to raise enough develop ITS
resources and put paying basis by offering its stock way
below par to skepca and udced public has least sue
ceeded IN placing all of the stock it has for sale at the present
the market and has thereby all necessary
fully develop its properties and market its products.
10 the who have doubted both the genunenes
OF the enterprise and the ability company accomplish
what it has absolutely To these persons has
now been made plain that they were in
All investors easy and securely while their
money in this Company will be working for them while they are
awake and while they asleep as it will not cease work
while the gas holds out to burn.
We have many wells 70 drill. We only drilled
onehtt (I-5 of the number intended But income from
those already drilled win furnish increasing ratio ample
means to bore the remainder complete development
any conceivable IN short while There will increasing
surplus going into the dividend fund which will declared in
reasonable time within discretion of the Board of Directors
Black Diamond Development Co.
A. Wdberforce Williams, Pres.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16

What grew my hair where It was
not and covered mp a bad bald spot,
Farmers Hair Tonic and Cream.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
PRESIDENT GIVES BIG JOB
TO SOUTHERN DEMO
Graf.
Rewards Sen. Blackburn for Raj
lying Southern Democrats
Against Colored Soldiers
Gives Him Place on Panama
Canal Comnission-Presidenl
Redeems His Bribe.
(Springfeld Republican,

Those who are guessing the
reason for Senator Blackburn'S
lift into the Panama canal COM
mission NAV have forgotten the
assistance the Kentucky senator
brought to the president by his
Blackburn amendment to Mr..
Foraker's Brownville inquiry
resolution. The minority leader
rallied his party to the side of
the president in that case with
real effect. and, as it now appears,
with substantial personal results.
WHITE HOUSE DEMO
Gratis HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN WELL CARED FOR.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16

were present to swell the att,nia,c.
but had very little to say in sub, -.
Of the ticket.-"T."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16

chicago's famous detective, who rem
dered the people of the United States
= lasting service by traPcing and ex-
terminating "w:Iiest Insurance ccm-
pan-cs.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
TIMBER.
Value OF Wood That Has Been
Through Flames.

Value of Wood That Has Been
Through Flames.
The traveller who has wondered
why some use Is not made Of the
timber that has been fire-killed all
over the country will be interested to
learn that the United States Forest
Service at the University of Washing
ton, Seattle, has discovered a means
of utilizing this timber, which in the
past has largely gone to waste.
In testing fire-1killed timber-that
is, timber which had it's bark de-
stroyed by a fire not severe enough to
entirely consume the tree, and which
left it standing-it was found to be
thoroughly sound, and to all intents
and purposes, thoroughly seasoned
lumber. If such lumber is cut within
the first year after it is injured it can
be used for any purpose for which the
original wood is satisfactory, but If
allowed to stand the timber checked
SO badly that it cannot be worked UP
to advantage.
1t has also been disclosed by inves.
legations undertaken that good rail-
road ties have been made from timber
that in some instances was killed 50
years ago.-Philadelphia Record.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
sanacitx of an Arizona poa.

A correspondent sends the follow
ing interesting bit Of testimony tt
Harper's Weekly: I'm connection will
the Animal Controversy being dis
cussed by the prominent naturalist!
and nature-writers of the country,
would like to cite the following CASE
in support of DR.. Hornaday's belle
in the reasoning powers of animals
that they do reason from cause t.
effect.
"Mr. William Roberts, who drive!
the stage from here to Quartzite, he!
a dog who accompanies him on hi
trips. When the dog gets tired O
running along beside the stage b.
jumps into the stage. between thu
seats. When the stage is moving
slowly, he jumps into the stage from
the side, just clearing the rear wheel
but when the stage is moving swiftly
he jumps from a position a little
to the ear of the wheel, alights OF
the ear wheel, and the momentum
throws him into the stage. 1t sure
ly was not instinct or a natural i'm
pulse that led the dog to jump on IL
the swiftly moving wheel. But whel
We think of the little we know of thu
workings~of the human brain, is 1
not too much to presume to analyzi
that Of an animal?"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
Flowing in a ships Hold.

A common, everyday farm plow was
used in unloading the cargo Of the
Ammon at San Francisco. The entire
hold was filled with 1900 tons of nitre,
which had frozen into one solid mass
and very hard. Explosives could not
be used, and picks and shovels were
too slow. AS a joke a b%ystander sug-
gested they better use a pillow.
The captain, however, decided to try
the plan, d<bought a good-sized
pillow, and by means of block and
tackle and steam winch pulled it
back and forth the length OF the hold.
The pillow loosened the nitre as fast
as a big gang could shovel it into the
steel buckets. This is probably the
only instance on record where a ships
cargo was discharged in this way
Popular Mechanics.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
"Air Hoos" the Latest.

"Air Hog" Is the epithet applied by
The author of one of the typical
growls the English send to the edi'
tor of 1.-The London Times" The
correspondent was sitting reading IN
his garden, he says, when he noticed
a balloon pass overhead and pretty
soon after received a shower of the
ballast that was nothing more or less
than dirt" He goes on to work up
indignation against the time when
air-travel becomes a fad of the vul-
gar rich: Suppose l am peacefully
tracking a snail to its lair, n l am
suddenly assaulted with the tea-slops
and h~eel-taps Of a millionaires tea
party. Multiply the instance,
and you have a country oppressed as
If under the domination of the Puri'
tans." This promptly elected a reply
from the Aero Club. It's secretary
pointed out that the ballast is fine
sand. and is dispensed by a small
SCOOP, representing about a handful
The balloon in fight is so nicely bal
anced that the smallest quantity
thrown out commonly suffices to
change it's position as desired. More
over, the material is so fine that be-
fore it has dropped a few yards from
the balloon it is diffused over a very
large area. Even when a whole bag
is dropped In an emergency, the e1
feet upon anybody On the ground
would not be more Of a whirl of dust
than is often stirred~up by a motor
car. Balloonists are very careful tt
select the place where they throw
cut anything as heavy as a bottle.
as they know that an ordinary marble
falling from the height Of a thousand
feet would kill a man like a bullet
fired at close quarters.-Boston Tran
Scri0t
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

In a paper read before the Colorado
State Horticultural society by w. s.
Haswell he gave the cost and results
of spraying in 1906. When 1-2 to 2-3
of the petals had fallen and bees had
stopped working he made his first
spraying, using a double, course YER
morel nozzle, turned so as to force the
spray into the calyx. He drenched
every tree thoroughly, intending to
cover every blossom and every leaf.
The second spraying vas applied 10
days later using a finer nozzle. Thirty
days later the third spraying was COM
menced, using a fine nozzle, with care
to cover each apple with a fine mist.
He considers the first spraying the
most important. If the first brood of
codling moth is mostly poisoned but
few should appear in August. He
used 400 pounds of arsenate of lead, at
a cost for material of $53, on 100
trees; SO percent of his apples were
free from worm
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
undrawn Cold Storage Poultry.

The department of Agriculture at
Washington, D. c., has noted the re-
suits of a Chicago cold storage inves-
tigation on the effects of storing I'M
drawn chickens.
Bacteria normally inhabiting the
intestinal tract" 1t is stated, ARE not
destroyed by cold storage, neither are
the eggs of the blowfy. These BAG
terra and maggots develop during the
rise of temperature that takes place
after removal from cold storage be-
fore they are killed by heat. The
bacteria pass through the walls of the
intestines into the p~eritoneal cavity
and liver, while the poisons formed
by the bacteria are yet more penetra-
ting and pass deeper into the muscles.
These products of bacteria, called pto-
maines, are poisonous. They are not
destroyed by heat. In large amounts
this ptomaine poison results in death.
For it there is no known antidote."
1t is also stated that when chickens
r kept for a long period undrawn,
the fluid portion of the intestinal con-
tents may pass into the adjacent
flesh to the injury of the quality of
the product. With freshly killed poul-
try the matter is very largely a ques-
of the purchase of something which is
~yalueless.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
PioIess Britain.

Eggs and bacon being the real pal
ladium of British liberty, for few self
respecting Englishmen consider their
breakfast complete without them. 1t
is really serious news to hear that
the supply of native pigs is falling off.
So marked is the deficiency that the
Butchers and Pork Butchers Trade AS
ISOLATION of Birmingham and district
have thought it necessary to issue a
special circular calling attention to it.
From this we learn that for the year
ended June, 1905, there vas a decrease
in the number of pigs in the United
Kingdom of 500, 900, and that 1906
showed a further decline of more than
20, 900, which should have been much
greater but that Ireland had an in
crease of more than 80, O00.-London
Globe. J
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

The United States Animal Indus
try Bureau people have been collect
ing information regarding the rela-
tive proportions of the two OIL
pigs at birth. Reports were received
from 80 breeders located in rs states.
Eight breeds were represented: Berk-
shire, Chester White, Duroc Jersey,
Hampshire, Large Yorkshire, Ohio
Improved Chester, Poland China, and
Tamworth. The number of sows
whose filters were reported was 1477.
The number of boar pigs was $500;
sows, 6625; total 1925. The average
per SOW a Bears, 4.51! sows, 4.48;
total, 500: In 40 cases second htters
during the year were reported for the
same sows wsich somewhat raises
the average per sow. The may
be regarded as equal in number at
birth. The proportion was 1905 boars
to 1000 sows.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
Protection Against Borers.

1t is admitted that the only treat
ment for apple and peach borers con
sists of some protective measure. The
adult female insect must be kept away
from the trunk of the trees at or neal
the ground. Scores of remedies have
been suggested; many are injurious,
useless, unsightly or expensive. The
apple specialist suggests a preventive
that has the merit of cheapness both
in cost of material and application. 1t
is worthy of trial: Mix cement with
milk and apply with stiff brush. Mix
only a small quantity at a time, as it
may set Apply in a somewhat thin
condition and make a second applica-
tion." Remove the earth from around
the trunk a few inches below the sur
face and apply the mixture, say six
inches below the surface and a foot
above. Of course any borers In the
trunk should be first dug out or punch
ed with wire before the mixture is ap-
plied.-Country Gentleman.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
GRADING up Fowls.

The grading up of our common
stock Of fowls is a matter that snould
receive more consideration than IL
usually gets. Even in instances wner
attempts have been made to accomplish
this object failure has often resulted
by reason of wrong ideas entertained
by the breeder. If your are to grace
up your flock you must use pure preo
males of one breed only. Little or
no progress can be made by using
pure bred males of more than one
breed in the same flock. Mixing OF
breeds means rapid degeneration. A
scrub is a typical mixed bred animal
whether it be bird or beast. Grade
UP your flock if you will, but choose
the breed you prefer, and use males OF
that breed only.-Farmers Home Jour-
nal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

NGH0t tIttVItb
Writing on the modern department.
store In the Everybody's, Hartley
Davis says:
The fixed charges of a depart
ment store must the loss OF
breakase and general destruction, the
failure of goods to sell, and theft.
The cheaper stores suffer more seri-
ously from thieving than the higher
priced ones, because their employees
are less trustworthy. For years the
proprietors estimated that their theft
losses were due half to their dishon-
est employees and half to outsiders,
but not one of them would venture TO
estimate the total. There Is a curl
Gus standard of ethics among some
of the employees. They do not re-
gard taking articles for their own
use as theft, whereas to take them
for some one else, even a member OF
the family, is plain robbery. Al
most never are these guilty ones
prosecuted even if they are detected
and the proof is conclusive. They
are discharged, of course, and no.
tees are posted in the dressing
rooms, explaining the reason. But
when an employee steals goods to
sell and is caught, arrest follows.
Professional shoplifters have been
largely eliminated, owing to syste-
matte prosecution. BY far the great
est number of thefts committed by
outsiders are traced to women, u.s.
ually reputable, who yield to a sud
den temptation. Incidentally, the
newspapers never name a store in
which a person is arrested for shop
lifting, for the simple reason that
it would brighten away customers. A
retail store on Broadway that did a
large business was actually ruined
by the publication of the details o!
several arrests within its doors"