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The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
Cancer ,s Not ineurable.

N Cancer is far from incurable. accord
Cng to DR.. Nicholas Sem, In lecture
ON "The Problem of Cancer" at the
University OF Chicago. DIR. Sem de-
clared that SO per cent. OF the cases OF
1cancer which are brought to the atten'
tion Of physicians in the first stages
may be cured. In the course OF his lee
ture DR.. Sem advocated the establish
ment Of some sort OF bureau to keep
the public informed as to the nature
and the cures OF cancer, as Is done In
some cities OF Europe. Many OF the
victims OF cancer prevent cures by be-
coming Respondent and keeping away
from good physicians. he said.
IF the disease is detected In It's
early stages a cure may be affected
said DR.. Sem. but II 1t is allowed to
60 to an advanced stage nothing can
h done"
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
A Great Outside Remedy,

Most pains are of local origin-a
"crick" in the back. a twinge of rheu-
matism. a soreness all over arising
from cold-are all cured by outside
application. The quickest. safest and
mt-st CERTAIN method is Allcock's
Plaster. kn' wn the world over al a
universal remedy for pain. They never
fail, they acL promptly. they are clean
and cheap. You can go right ahead
with your work while the healing pro-
cess goes on. Sixty years use mas
given them = great reputation.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
Two Strawberry Crops.

Some interesting experiments In
strawberry culture are reported from
tho truck farming districts OF the
southern states. The most recent re
suits are announced from n small val
ley in Tennessee. There the fru!; grow
ers hnve successfully produced sec
ond crop OF strawberries which equals
tho arst OF the season. The work has
been accomplished through culuvatins
the beds and forcing the plants into
bearing for the second time every year
Az n result the New York markets are
10 be supplied with choice berries for
the holidays. The innovation prom
i,es to make big difference In the
demand for cranberries and other
fruits
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
Buck Killed by Lloness.

A desperate fight between largo
lioness and a buck of unusual size oc-
CURED m the mountains on upper
Beaver creek early this week, accord
|. ing to J. w Hun. when riding the hills
! in search OF cattle, who was an eye
witness OF the battle. says the Canon
City, Colorado correspondent OF the
Denver Republican.
He said the fight started on the
scraggy point of a mountain. where
the lioness jumped onto the deer.
which turned and fought the lioness
With Its antlers and hoofs. They
rolled down the hillside into gulch.
breaking down oak trees as they
fought. The battle did not last great
while, as the lioness was much the
stronger. The deer was badly clawed
and chewed and soon fell from loss OF
blood
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
Mechanical Smoker.

The Department OF Agriculture hap
employed cigar smoking machine In
a series OF tobacco tests. The machine
has four mouthpieces. in one end o;
which a cigar is inserted. For ten sec
onds the smoke is drawn in and cx'
hailed. While the smoking is under
way careful note is taken by eSperta
Of the way the filling and wrapper
burn. the ash is examined and the
color observed. The plant from which
each of ;he cigars is made is known,
and from the one making the best
showing seed is selected for planting
Tho experiments are resulting in the
raising OF better American tobacco.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
1Aachersf Books Barred.

The New York city board Of educa-
ton has decided to prohibit the use OF
all text books prepared by teachers
in the city's employ. This will bar
Comrades Grammar and Borachio's
Song Collection Only one member
of the board voted against this action.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goodS when new, owe much of
their attrar,iveness to the way they
are laundered. this being done in a
manner t. enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering you'd be equal
ly satisfac'J-y if proper attention was
given to s'arching, the first escau dal
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to s'iffen. without thickering
the goods Try Defiance Starch and
you will Be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
Money in Popular SONGS.

According to a celebrated compos-
er, the popular song. though sneered
at by the superior, is in reality the
ambition Of most composers. Thou
sands of them, he says. would give
their ears to write tune that
reached the barrelorgans. And when
1t has oeen on the organs some little
time good many other people would
wish to dispose OF their ears.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
Intere sting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
BeneAt Of Our Readers.
PersOAal.

President Castro Of Venezuela Is
growing worse and his condition is
critical.
Henry Watterson and Mrs. Waiter
son of Louisville, Ky, are in Barcel-
onia. Spain, where they are expected
to remain one month.
l.. Klopsch. editor Of the Christian
Hera!l. was the first to respond to
President Roosevelt's call for help for
Chinese famine sufferers.
Gov Hoch of Kansas has issued
pardon to Orrin Beauchamp who was
serving q sentence for criminal care
lessness in handling a revolver.
Gen. Alfaro has been formally elect
ed president of Ecuador for the next
four years.
Immigration Commissioner Watch
orn is authority for the statement that
the number of aliens who land in this
country this year will reach l,050,0oo.
Hicks, the Bakersfield. Cal, miner
who was imprisoned by caye-in
has after l6 days. IN which he lay
on his side without room to sit up.
been released by the gang OF res
cuers who have worked all the time
night and day to dig him out.
Mrs. Susan Caldwell was declared
not guilty of numbering her husband
by jury in the district court at Sali-
ma. Kan. This was her third trial. two
former juries having disagreed.
1t is stated that James Bryce who Is
supposed will become British Ambassa-
dor at Washington has declined peer
age and will be the first plain citizen
to represent that country here.
Martin b. Dunbar. company Z.
Fourth infantry. has been officially
declared by the war department 20 be
the best rifle shot In the army.
The appointment of James Bryce.
TO be ambassador OF England at WASH
ington is now admitted by Mr.. Bryce
himself
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
How'S This?

We offer o1- Hundred Dollars Reward for a-y
tase OF CatArra that cannot be cured BY Hs!Ts
sstarrh Curt.
FL. CHENEY d CO, Toledo. o.
We. the unte-Eign-d. have Know. ,. =. Cheney
for the last 4 year. and believe him perfectly hon.
orabie in al business transactions and financially
able carry any obligation. made by hi. fru
wALDING. kISSAN 4 N.EvIS.
Wholesale DruEgtsts. Toledo. o.
Half's Cstxrrh Cure IL taken internally, acting
directly upur the blood and mucou. surfaces of the
system. Te-tHs0niAls sent free. Price s5 cents per
bottle. SOLD hy a Druggists.
Take Hall, Family Pm. for constipation
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
Public School PUPILS Best

Figures concerning the students ma.
circulated at Cornell in the last 20
years tndica'c that ~ per cent. have
come from priyate schools and 5S per
cent. from public schools. OF private
school pup. l53 were dropped after
the first term and Ill from public
schools, and he percentage of failures
among the public school graduates is
much lew than those of private
schools. Consequently. the Cornell
faculty favors Withdrawing the priv.
ilege OF admission by certificate from
private schools
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

Generosity. when once set going,
knows not how to stop; as the more
familiar We are with the lovely form.
the more enamored We become OF her
charms.-Pllny the Younger.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

DveIng is as cay as washing when
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are used.
Ask your druggist.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

been dug up b. eXcavators in the Ave
nue. BosQuet, Paris.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

The letter carrier expects every
body on his route TO take things a:
they come.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

Mrs. Window Soothing Syrup.
For CHI teethinE sOfirns the curos -educes 10
rsmrlsI 1a alAys pain. cure vtat coils &c bottle
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

Garfield Tea, the Herb laxative, is milo
and potent; take it for constipation anC
to regulate sluggish liver.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

A one-sided affair is all right II 1t
happens to be a bright SIDE.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
PLEA CURED IN TOl4 DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENT IS guaranteed TO cure any ca
OF Itching. Blind. bleeding or ProtrudinG Piles
q To Il days or money refunded. SIC.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04

OF ;wo gratis a politician is apt to
Grab both.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
ToCrKEA COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LANATINE K BRoMu QuIuine Tab eta Drug
Giss refund munes ~ 1t fAils to cure L.
u ROvEs .nAtGre is on each box sc.
The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
ConHr~sstonnl. !.

. preparation Of arsenic.
William c. Anderson. form~ assist
ant payiA& teller of the First National
Bank of Kansas City, who recently
disappeared with $1,000 of the banks
funds. has been captured in Austin.
Texas. and returned to Kansas City.
A train OF so cars OF coal was re-
Gently made up In Superior. Wis. and
rushed to points in Dakota to relieve
the fuel famine.
There are 10 cases of typhoid fever
in El Paso. Tex.
M,sc-IIaneoss.
The report of the postmaster gem
eral shows n reduction in the deficit
for 1906 of more than 100000 or
2I.S3 per cent
The Kansas City Stock Yards COM
pany distributed among its 400 employ
es in amounts OF from five tos20 each,
the sum Of $500 rs Christmas presents.
A desperate effort was recently
made 10 assassinate Probate Judge
Cutting of Chicago by Frank +. FL
lcrbrock at the entrance of the Grim
inal court building. The authorities
believe Ellerbrock is insane.
The president has announced the ac-
ceptance of John Mitchell. president
or the United Mine Workers, and Mar
win Hughitt, president of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway, as members
of the board OF trustees to whom he
will convey the amount OF the Nobel
prize.
Owing to the shortage OF coal the
gas works OF Helena. Mont, has been
compelled to shut down.
A party consisting of ten congress-
men and Senator Flint. OF California.
have gone to Panama to investigate
labor conditions in the canal zone.
At the close Of the investigation at
Kansas City of the freight car shortage
1t was announced that the Interstate
con merce commission would meet soon
in Washington and recommend to con-
gress legislation for the relief of
shippers.
The tipping over Of an oil stove in
a car OF house' ID goods sec fire to
the car and J. S. Gilliland and another
man who were in the car were burned
to death in the Rock Island yard at
st. Joseph. Mo.
For the first time since last August
Cuba Is free from yellow fever.
Joda Hamilton who murdered five
members of the Parsons family last
summer was hanged at Houston. Mo-.
for the crime.
Henry Davis. n negro brute who
confessed to assaulting n white wom-
an. was taken from the jail at An
napoifs, Nd, and lynched by mob.
The fund for the monument to the
late Joseph jefferson, the actor. has
now reached the sum OF 100000.
An explosion in coal mine at Stone
City. Kan, recently caused the death
of five men. and the injury OF nine
others.
Miss Hermione Schenley Of Pitts
burg, Pa, was married in London re-
Gently to Lord marlborough, re-
tired commodore of the British navy.
A merger Of the leading Woolen
mills OF the south, involving capi-
talixation OF $1.225. 900 has been effect
cd at Nashville. Tenn.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23

fair-minded and outspoken of the
American press to today upon the
Negro and all other questions, has
recently published two short adver-
tising paragraphs that thoroughly
reveal its true character.
The Washington Times is owned
and controlled by Frank A. Mum
sey, who also owns and controls
Munsey's Magazine and the Scrap
Book. The paper has from its in
The Times has not only not
sought circulation among the color
ed people, but it has deliberately
avoided it and in its news columns
has shown emphatically that it is a
paper for white people"
Locally no self-respecting Negro
should be found with a copy Of the
Times, and throughout the country
no Negro should have a place for
Munsey's Magazine and the Scrap
Book upon his shelf.
ception always magnihed everything
that would tend to injure the Negro
as a race and now in an advertising
folder giving facts and figures for
the agent and advertiser under the
caption of "Washington's Wealth, -
has this significant paragraph:
Washington, the capital of the
nation, has a population of $4,000,
of which $4,000 are cOlored and are
disregarded in the Times calcula-
tions. What is said below, there
fore, applies wholly to the white
population.
In speaking of the character or
the Times circulation. in pointing
out some of the things that are per
tinent we find this:
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23

side with Thaddeus Stevens and with
Charles Sumner, who in their day
wrought nightly in the interest of
the oppressed black man. If Ne
groes are to be saved, the leaders
must cease to create the impression
that the intelligent Negroes are in
different TO their civil and political
rights. We ought to consider it our
bounden duty to impress upon the
nation that we are contending for
every right guaranteed us by the
Constitution and enjoyed by any other
citizen, be they ever so white. We
must not be deceived as to the in
tention of our enemies. 1t is their
open and expressed purpose, as voiced
by Tillman and others, to reduce US
to a state of peonage. They will not
concede voluntarily, or give us any
of our rights.
81 here and now call upon the col
ored citizens of Chicago-indeed, OF
the whole country-to dedicate them
selves anew to the work of securing
their rights, with a resolve to con
tinue until death, thus leaving to our
children the heritage of manly strug-
gle to save them from serfdom.
"We should by a campaign of edu-
cation arouse our brethren IN tht
South to the duty of the hour. We
urge those who are prepared to meet
the qualifications of the revised Con
stitution to make application to reg
ister. and, if they are denied that
privilege, then they should appeal tc
the courts and petition the Leglsla-
ture and continue to do so until they
saw. like the unjust judge IN the
Scriptures, Though fear not God
nor regard man, but because tins
widow troubleth me, | will avenge
her, lest by her continual coming she
worry me. But they (the legislators
will say, Though l fear not the laws
nor regard the Negroes, but because
of their continual agitation, protest
and petitions, we will give them tlt9r
rights Wherever our brethren are
found unprepared to meet the quail
fcations we must urge them to pre-
pare to meet them. Hard and con-
tinuous work is needed
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
NO EXCUSE.
principal

Have you ever stopped and look
ed a young colored man in the face
and ask yourself the question, What
excuse can he have for his ignorant
condition this day and time? Have
you ever askel yourself the ques-
ton, VIII these conditions continue,
and if so, until when? The col
ored man has been emancipated
about forty-four years. 1t took
about ten years for him to shake
the dust of slavery out of his
clothes, cut his hair and shave his
face. Thirty years he consumed or
threw away supporting the princi-
pies of the Republican party and
pursuing political promises. Many
children of the ex-slave went in
pursuit of education and their
grandchildren and great grand
children are today the hewers of
wood and drawers of water. The
Young cOlored man of today is less
inclined towards seeking an educa-
ton than the immediate offsprings
of the ex-slave. Why is it, is the
question. Our public streets,
courts and alleys are filled with
shooters of craps" Many places
where liquor IS sold are the daily
resorts of many. Not that The
Bee objects to a man drinking
liquor any more than drinking wat
er. Those who drink liquor should
have the same control over it as
they do over water and one is as
dangerous as the other if you in
dulge too freely. There is no ex-
cuse for the young colored man of
today growing up IN ignorance.
But to the surprise of many there
are today hundreds of young col
ored men and women who cannot
read. What a shame! With every
facility for obtaining an education,
with our public night schools and
private schools it is a shame and a
disgrace to see so many of them
ignorant. Many cannot write their
names. The simple answer is: No
Excuse.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
EXPOSITION NOTES.

Prof. w. E. Dubois is to prepare an
exhibit along educational and socio-
logical lines. He is in hearty SYM
pathy with the Exposition idea, and
realizes that in a large measure the
Negro is on trial to show cause why
he should not be convicted of inca
pacity to absorb the virus of civiIiza-
ton. Professor Dubois is of the opin-
ion that whatever may be the private
notion of individuals as to the policy
of separation, it is now the bounden
duty of every Negro to come forward
as a witness for the defense.
Assurance has been given that sew
eral of the most notable of the paint
ings of Henry o. Tanner, which made
him famous, will be on exhibition in
the are department of the Negro Ex-
hibit at Jamestown. One, now in the
possession of the Wanamaker family,
of Philadelphia, for which a round
sum was paid, has been loaned to the
Exposition Company for the occasion.
Mrs. A. NJ. Curtis, fiscal agent,
went to Boston this week to confer
with Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., and
Mayor Fitzgerald, and to conclude ar
rangerents for the transfer of the
Crispus Attucks monument on Boston
Common to the Exposition grounds at
Jamestown. The use of the historic
statue of the famous Revolutionary
patriot was granted largely upon the
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23

the Board of Education have been
grossly misrepresented by ire
sponsible sharks and Prof. Cardozo
for his own salvation if he expects
or hopes for re-statement, should
say to these harmless and noisy agi-
tators that he would thank them if
they would desist their useless,
noisy talks. The Bee wants to say
to the citizens of Washington and
those in the schools that there is
no cause for alarm. It cannot be
denied that there is more trouble in
our colored Normal School each
year than there is in the white.
There are more protests filed by the
parents of the pupils against the
colored Normal School than against
the write. What is the cause? The
people have asked DR.. Chancellor
to investigate and he would de dere-
lict in his duty if he did not give
these protests careful consideration
and an impartial investigation.
J Complaint was made against the
: colorel High School and the mo-
ment a remedy was applied a small
protest went to Congress, At the
time DR.. Atwood was named as one
of the members of the Board OF
Education it was claimed that he
would not be fair. Existing con-
ditions show that he has been the
fairest and the most impartial mem
Der of the three cOlOred members
of the Board of Education.
The records of the meetings will
show this condition of affairs so far
as three colored members of the
Board of Education are concerned.
The Bee agreed with the Board OF
Education in the Cardozo case and
as the evidence did not show acts
of insubordination, The Bee is fair
enough and charitable enough to
say that he is entitled to the benefit
of all doubt so far as the anony-
nous letter is concerned and would
be glad to join responsible Citi-
zens' Committee and make a re-
spectful and dignifed appeal to DR..
Chancellor and the Board of Edu-
cation in behalf of the removed
principal.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
WELL! WHAT DO YOU
THINK?

The Bee has seen many peculiar
and funny things and has heard
many funny speeches, but the most
monumental and ridiculous declara-
ton of discrimination is the adver-
tisement of the Washington Times,
which we herewith print, received
by Gaskin & Gaines, March I3:
The Times has not only not
sought circulation among colored
people, but it has deliberately avoid
el it, and in its news columns has
shown emphatically that it is pa
per for white people only"
Now, here is a paper, published
in this city by white men, who de
clare that they neither want nor
cater for the patronage of the 95,-
900 colored people in this COM
munity. Thi sis a cheap way to
advertise this sheet, but, for the
benefit of the $4,000 colored people
in this city The Bee publishes the
above, and it is hoped that the
colored people will embrace the op-
portuinty by repudiating this sheet.
There must be something in the
cOlOred man. If there were nothing
in his this prejudiced class of poor
white trash would say nothing
about him, and neither would any
thing be said of the colored Amer
lean. If a person amounts to moth
ing we say nothing about him. The
object that we attack is in our way.
So far as The Bee is concerned it
doesn't need The Times in its bust
ineSs.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23

from Ohio weaving the web of con-
viction around the neck of the Adj
ministration in the Brownsville riot
case. Senator Foraker has shown
conclusively that a representative
OF the Administration went to the
town of Brownsville, Texas, to in
vestigate the facts and circumStan-
ces of the alleged riot, and instead
of being fair he endeavored to have
a man swear to a statement of facts
that did not exist. If this is the
policy of the Administration, what
man is safe? 1t matters not what
his character and reputation may
be, he is liable to be convicted on
perjured testimony, as is shown il
the Brownsville, Texas, riot. AS a
matter of fact it has been COnclus-
lively shown that the cOlored troops
had nothing to do with the alleged
riot of August I3, 1906, when the
Texas Rangers shot up the towr
and charged the colored soldiers
with having committed the offense
'Tba end = not vet
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
Just AS SHE WROTE.

Mrs. A. V. Chase, in her book "A
Peculiar People" pages Al and 43,
published in 1905, says, The South
has but to put itself up as a model
and the North will not be very tardy
in taking a pattern" Disfranchise-
ment had its origin in the South and
Jim crow seed burst asunder the
Southern soil, grew and went to seed
in one spot in the Southland; the
seed was blown broadcast, and now,
not only in the South is "Jim crow
nursery, but up in the boasted North.
In the city of New York there are
Christians % who love God, but
prefer not to worship in the same
church with his dark-skinned brother,
page 20. The decision of the Supreme
Court of Connecticut proves that the
Jim crow seed from the Southern
nursery have taken root in the North
ern soil and are throwing as we'll as
in the nursery.
The Washington bee., 1907-03-23
FORAKER AND OUR RIGHTS

From the Chicago Conservator.
Bishop Alexander Walters did not
mince matters in his speech at the
chapel of his name the other night
and left no doubt as to his position on
the doctrine of surrender. In the
course of his remarks he said:
"All honor to Senator Foraker. of
Ohio, the noblest Roman of them all
but for his manly and courageous
stand our brave and loyal black boys
might have gone down in shame and
disgrace. The Senator has always
had my esteem for his great abilities
and his consistent attitude on ali the
questions affecting the Negroes.
when we take into consideration
that the Senator fought single-handed
and alone the President, Secretary
OF War, high officials in the army and
renowned Senators all in the interest
OF these defenseless men, without po-
htical influence or money, and has
won out, our esteem and respect for
him has been heightened a thousand
fold. In history ne will go down as
one Of the nations greatest benefac-
tors; he will take his place side bv