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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
NEGRO DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT

Tallahassee this week is the meet
ing place of the Negro Business Mems
League. 1t may not be called the
Negro Business League. 1t may be
called the Colored Mems Business
League or the AfrO-American Busi-
ness Mems League. Notwithstanding
the popularity Of the appellation that
may be used to designate this meet
ing, it is in fact a meeting of a Bus
mess Mems League composed Of ne
groes.
I regard this meeting of the negro
business men in the Capital City of
more than local Importance. It is
of state importance-in~fact, it may
with propriety be regarded as of i'm
portance to the entire country. It
is indicative Of the development of
the negro along the lines that the
Southern white man, who is his best
friend, is ENTIRELY WILLING for
him to develop, and in which devel-
opment the Southern white man will
ENCOURAGE the negro.
THERE is NO COLOR LINE IN
BUSINESS.
ALI lines Of business activity are
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11

Of spool Of thread will not incon-
venience many people and will be
paid without protest. Let us see,
however, what the effect will be with
respect to results from the view
point Of the thread manufacturers.
Before the increased price was an
nounced the thread manufactures
priced his goods at 55 cents per doz-
en- spools. This price, however, was
subject to several discounts whereby
the dealer finally secured his thread
from the manufacturer at 45.12
cents per dozen. There are 5 1-3
dozen spools to the pound Of Gotten,
hence the manufacturer sold his fin
ished product at the fat price of
$2.40 per pound.
The new price which has caused
the retailer to add a cent to the
price Of each spool is given as 81
cents per dozen, but being subject
to the usual three discounts is final
ly found to be 54.97 cents per doz-
en-, or $2.93 per pound for the fin
ished product. When compared to
the price Of other cotton goods this
price seems extraordinarily exorbitant
Notwithstanding the fact that the best
thread is manufactured from the fin
est grades of long staple cotton. AT
cents per spool, the present re
price Of thread, the farmer is buy
ing his cotton back at $3.4S pr
pound.-Augusta Herald.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11


this planter alludes should be one in
which every municipality in Georgia
should earnestly interest itself. The
south has many times through the
press complained that it can handle
its labor and negro problems, two
questions that cannot be separated,
if other sections would only cease
to Interfere and meddle with matters
in which they have no interest a7d
knowledge. Doubtless this is true,
but we cannot hope to successfullv
deal with this serious question un-
less those laws already on the
statute books are rigidly enforced
throughout the country. There is
way to make men work in Georgia.
There are laws sufficient and officers
to enforce them. What We app
to need is better realization of the
consequences of inactivity along this
line, and unless we do realize the
harm that may result the effect may
be even worse than is anticipated by
those who are most affected.
Here in Augusta we are not i'm
mune from the same conditions that
obtain in other parts Of Georgia. The
Herald believes that many more loaf
ers might be caught in the net of
our vagrancy laws if a serious and
continuous effort in that direction
were made. One Of the best wavs in
which Augusta can help the farmers
of Richmond county and the sur
rounding territory will be to inaugu-
rate in this city an energetic cam
paign against vagrants and loafers,
lasting from July to July or from
December to December. It is the
long period of "let up" that makes
loaing possible. It is easy enough
for the vagrant to hide out or dis
guise his laziness for a few short
weeks, but it cannot be done the year
round.
There is plenty Of labor in the
state right now. What is needed is
to make it efficient. The Herald be-
ieves that this can be done if the
authorities go about it with enough
determination. IF the farmers in
Richmond county fail to secure
enough cotton pickers this season it
will be because the vagrancy laws
are not enforced in a manner which
will make them Acknowledgements
Herald.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11
GROWING CROPS AND LABOR
CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA.

According to The Herald s special
dispatches from Atlanta the planters
in many sections of the state are an
ticipating the same serious labor con
ditions which constituted such men-
ace to profitable farming in Georgia
last year and during previous sea
sons. The trouble seems to originate
from the old complaint of "labor
that won't work. +" The Herald s
correspondent recently wrote as fol
lows concerning one instance in
point:
"One planter and lumber dealer,
who is prominent in the central part
of the state, declares that much of
his crop is in poor condition SIM
ply because the negroes that infest'
his territory won't do the farm work.
He declares that there is no lack Of
farm hands, but lack of enforcement
of the law which requires all able
bodied men to work. Conditions
surrounding him are not at all pc
culiar to his section. They are prac-
tically the same in many parts of the
state and are described as much the
same as those with which Richmond
county has for some time been IA
miliar. 1t is evident that the best
informed among the planters are of
the opinion that the cities and towns
throughout the state are not maxim
a serious and conscientious effort to
cooperate with the rural districts
by properly handling the question of
vagrants. They are Of the opinion
that a great deal of good would re-
suit should the cities inaugurate
revival of the recent agitation against
vagrants and thus serve in part to
drive out both the loafer and his bad
influence. The more worthless ele-
ments are inclined to congregate in
the more thickly settled districts,
and, unless vigorous movement is
at once set on foot to discourage this
inclination, the same difficulties ex-
perienced last season in harvesting
the crops will be repeated again
throughout the state"
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11

not better administer the laws if
they were allowed to administer them.
because Of their lack Of experience.
The white man has developed suf-
fciently to insure TO the negro, and to
all other races, JUSTICE, and that is
all that they should ask until they ar
rive at that stage Of their develop
ment which fits them to cope with the
white man along the lines Of moral
ity, courage, fidelity to trust, and
SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT, that
will make him the equal of the white
man, which point the negro has
SMALL CHANCE OF REACHING,
because Of the centuries that roll be-
tween the beginning of his develop
ment and the beginning of the white
mans.
The negro should have an oppor-
tunity to make his own social atmos-
phere and to be protected in his rights
by the laws which insure his ability
to get what he is able to pay for
of EQUAL EQUALITY with the
white man, provided he does not OBJ
trude upon the social sphere of the
white man.
There was large delegation of
these negroes en- route to Tallahassee
from various parts of the state. A
good many of them started from
Jacksonville. The railroad companies
had noticed that these negroes would
travel along certain routes. They
knew that this meeting was to be
held. 1t was their duty to provide
accommodations for them. There
should have been a sleeper provided
for those who were willing to pay
for it, and who were entitled to this
accommodation. IF it necessitated
the sleeping car company putting
aside one or more of its cars for the
SOLE USE HEREAFTER Of ne
groes, this was not too much to re-
quire of this company which enjoys
special privileges from the state.
The population of Florida is nearly
equally divided between negroes and
whites. There are hundreds of ne
groes travelling every day on the rail
roads who are able to pay for sleep
ing accommodations. THEY SHOULD
HAVE THEM. The company oper-
ating should be compelled to provide
them.
The day coach given to negroes to
ride in is reported to be inferior in
point Of furnishing and cleanliness
to the coach provided for the whites.
My own observation convinces me
that this claim is justly made. The
negro coach should be equal in ev-
cry respect to the white coach if the
negro pays the same rate that the
white man does.
This man and most Of the other ne
groes who have prOspered like him,
DOES NOT SEEK SOCIAL EQUAL
ITY. He does not wish to intrude
himself upon the white people, but
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-11

OPCA w tAc ASSAO duO uC AAdy CAlnU
as high as he desires, not only with
out hindrance from, but also with
the help of, the Southern white man.
am not acquainted with the de-
tails of the business transacted at
this meeting of the negro business
men. They are doubtless the same
as those which are looked after at a
meeting of any other business men.
AS general proposition, it is true
that the South offers UNRIVALED
OPPORTUNITIES for the negro to
develop upon PROPER LINES.
One man with whom I talked,
whom [ knew in Jacksonville, show
ed me statement from his renting
agent for April. There was a list
of some forty or more houses and
the net income from these houses was
over three hundred dollars for one
month.
This man is a doctor. He has made
all of his money in Jacksonville by
attending to his business and not
seeking to force himself in any OBJ
jectionable way on the white people.
He has had business relations with
the white people Of Jacksonville. He
has NOT SOUGHT any other kind.
He has prospered.
Tt is entirely possible for any 9th
er negro who will conduct himself as
this man has done, and who has the
same amount Of industry, brains and
frugaGty, to succeed as well as he
has. He is by no means the richest
negro in Jacksonville. There are
number of them whom I know per-
sonallv who are worth considerably
more than he is.
I now know MORE THAN FIFTY
who are worth upwards Of ten thou
sand dollars, and I do not know all
the negroes in Jacksonville There
may be as many more. AS the city
has grown, it has become impossible
for me to keep up with its citizens
as 7 used to when it was a village
There are negroes living in other
cities Of the state who have property
which they have acquired themselves,
for very few negroes INHERIT
PROPERTY, and the gathering of
these negroes in Tallahassee from all
parts of the state is an eloquent and
convincing answer to the stories told
of the treatment Of the negroes by
Southern people,
There is no obstacle put in the
way of NEGRO DEVELOPING,
provided he is willing to develop AS
A NEGRO and not as the social or
political equal Of the white man,
In the dim far distant future, the
development of the negro may reach
a point where he will be entitled to
POLITICAL equality with the white
man. He has not reached that point
yet, although his development has
been marvellous. In forty years he
has risen from state Of slavery to
7 n.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

The South Bisbee band will cp9:l the new Iris Theatre, Lowell Monday night. August 12. A big program for the occasion. .....-
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

s. 36 deg. and 06 min. and 30 sec w. 600 it. to Cor. No. 3; thence s. 22 deg. and 39 min. E. 1426 it. to Cor. No. 1; thence N 36 deg. 06 min. and 90 sec. E. 6S4 1t to Cor. No. 1, the place of beginning.
 MOUNTAIN TOP:-Beginning at Cor No. 1, whence U. S. M. M. No. l, H. D. brs. ... As deg and 56 min. F. 2349.6 1t; thence s. 36 deg. 0G min and 3Osec. w 6O3.4 it. to Cor. No ?; thence s. 47 deg. A min. and 30 sec E. 15OO it. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 36 deg O6 min. 30 sec. E. CO3.4 it. to Cor. No. I; whence the S. E. Cor. Sec. 20, T, g S. R. 20R E. brs. s. deg w. 244.5 it; thence N. 47 deg. A min. and 30 sec ". 1900 1t. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be- ginning.
 ADJOINING CLAIMS:-NOrth Un- surveyed claims, and owners un- known. East: Camp No. 1, and Camp No. 2, unsurveyed, A. P. Phon- dorf. owner Alice, unsurveyed, liar ry Stoddard, owner. Other claims and owners unknown. South: O'Neill and Rigby, unsurveyed, A. P. Phondorf, owner. Other claims and owners unknown. West: Triangle, Alright, and Old Timer, unsurveyed, owned by applicant herein. Bluejay, unsur- veyed. estate of Joseph Mckinney, owner. Apex, unsurveyed, l. Scarce, owner. Other claims and owners un- known.
 LYMAN w. WAKEFIELD,
 Register. First publication August 3, 1907.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10
FIRE ENGINE s5a5o.

The Mott Engine company of Min neapolis secured the contract to fur nish Douglas with a steamer fire en- zine. H. H. Avis representing that company, bid S5250, which was $50 under the other two bidders. The en- zine will be of the most approved type and was not purchased by the council until telegrams, praising the efficiency of the engine, were received from the fire chiefs of a number of the largest cities in the United States.
 The letting of this contract was the feature of most interest of a special meeting of the city council held last Int.-American.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

Look over this list, you will find something that will help vary the meals Daily shipments of the fol- lowing:
 NEW CABBAGE, NEW POTATOES, RHUBARB, PARSNIPS, SQUASH, STRING BEANS, WHITE WAX BEANS. CHILL PEPPERS. BELL PEPPERS, CARROTS r....
 New potatoes, 5 pounds dsfor..............,,s1 for. s1e1 New Potatoes Csack lots) per cwt. t.......s.. SAYS Fresh tomatoes, per pound ................... toc Fresh tomatoes, per baske t...-.............. foc Young Onions, punches for ..................1oc Cucumbers' Tor .1oc Fancy Lettuce per head ......................1o 1oc Fancy Farm Cabbage, pounds for ............ .25c Fancy Green Apples, per pound ................ 1oc FANCY RANCH EGGS Absolutely fresh; doz 75c
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

Constable E. P. Els, of Naco, accom- panied by his family, drove up from the border town this morning and
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10
SANG NOT WELL, AND ALSO TOO
 LOUDLY
Bunch of Merry Makers Who Disturbed Peace and Quiet of South BiSbee Gathered in By Officers.
Review Branch. Telephone 69. Lowell. Aug. g, 1907.

What was evidently intended to be the grand finale and wind up. of a pleasant evening spent at Bisbee over a few quarts of the product that made Milwaukee famous, was brought to a rather abrupt ending last night about II o'clock when Special Officer Garner of South Bisbee swooped down upon a quartette of merry ones who were try. ing to tear of yard of The Holy City in High c. much to the discomforture of the residents whose musical edu. cation had not advanced that far When this bunch of rowing song birds got to the bar minor they all stopped and began telling each other how good they were, with the result that every one in the neighborhood thought there was a riot in progress, and the hurry up cali went in for the bull, who sue, ceeded in pinching the bunch.
 The case was called this evening at 5o'clock before Judge Grier, and the defendants all entered pleas of not guilty and had their cases set for Mon day morning at 10 o'clock. with a de mand for jury trial.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

For Review job ana business office call Phone 39.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10
BAND FOR LOWELL.

For Review job and business office call Phone 39.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

Red" Johnson, who was member of McGonigle's band of steer tyers that showed here during the forepart of the year. arrived in Lowell this evening from his old home at Midland, Texas. Red" took part in the grand roping tournament at Cheynne. wyo., and was awarded second money. He left to night for Moore's ranch in the valley.
 Last night there was a complete change in the program at the Iris Theater. the pictures shown being among the best ever seen in the Ter ritory. The program opened with the Slave" picture founded on poets be- fore the war; this was followed by Disturbed Bathers," The Seaman's s Widow" "Out for a Walk" Scratch My Back" and the "Humor of River Picnic"
 In connection with these pictures Harry Lorain, the well known and popular baritone, sang Roll Around This song is a big hit throughout the east and was written during the roller skating craze. Mir. LOrain also sang Honey Boy" The illustrations for this song were made at the Jamestown Exposition and are alone worth the ptice of admission.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10
MANOR HOUSE coFEEg-2ln sealed can for ss.

Club House Grape Juice (quart bottles) each. .6oc Club House Grape Juice (pint bottles) each. BOG Ross Lime Juice (quarts) each ............. .65c Crosse & Blackwells Raspberry Vinegar (pints) 45c Crosse Blackwelrs Paragon Vinegar (pints) .45c Crosse & Blackwell's Malt Vinegar (quarts) each 4oc Golden Star Bird Seed Q-lb packages), each 15c Standard Corn Starch Glib packagesC, each 1oc Standard Gloss Starch (1-b packagesD each. 1oc Fels Naptha Soal, 10 bars for ............... FOG Kirks Jap Rose Glycerine Soap, bars for. .25e Kirks Oneida Borax Soap, bars for ..........2 25c Fairbanks Oval Fairy Soap, 3baTs for 25c Fairbanks Gycerne Tar Soap bars for. .25c MEADOW GOLD BUTTER, in eern-Proof Packages.
 per pound ....................-...... 35c
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10
COChiSe County and BiSbee Suburbs

spent a few hours shopping. They re turned to their home this evening.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

Country" Bob Frazier. who was for merly in business in Lowell, but is now located in Naco, was a visitor in town during the day.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10
s. w. TRAINS ON TIME.

The Fl Paso and Southwestern is making every effort to run the pas senger trains, both on the eastern and western division of the system, on the schedule time. The agents and station men along the line have teen instructed to cut out ali unnec- essary delays to the trains and to report all delays that may occur at their stations.
 Each agent is now required to re- port the reason for every minutes de- lay al his station, whatever the cause, and the irainmen have been ordered to get trains out on time at all sta tions where stops are made
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

For Review lob and business office call Phone 39.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-10

The only two real enterprising in stitutions in the business district of Douglas are the Postal Telegraph company and the city hall. Each pro vides seats out front for friends and patrons, and at no other place down town can such accommodations be had Both places are well patronized.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-27

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-27
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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-10-05
YERINGTON TO BE
GREAT PRODUCER

Frank M. Smith, who has been making
an inspection of the Yerington copper
district in western Nevada, has reached
the conclusion, as many others have
done, that this well' known district is
going to become one of the great copper
producing regions of the United States.
1T has the most wonderful surface
showing imaginable said Mr.. Smith.
There is not a doubt in my mind that
Yerington is going to be one of the big
gest cities in Nevada when exploration
has developed the full extent of the
great copper deposits. AS you travel
about through the immense section. lit
tie dumps of green copper ore meet your
eyes on all sides. These seems to be no
limit to the extent of the mineralized
zone. Roughly estimating, / should say
from my own knowledge that the dis
trict is fifteen miles in length and twelve
miles broad. All this great territory is
staked, and I know, of no property where
any work at all has been done that does
not show copper ore close to the sur
face"
Mr.. Smith is interested in a group
known as the Sunset group, which lies
close to the great holdings of the Ne
douglas, which latter company
now owns and controls the famous old
Ludwig mine.
The last report of the Nevada-Douglas
company gave a very flattering account
of the finances of the company, and de-
clared the company's intention of erect
ing a 1,OOO-ton smelter in the near flu
ture. This big plant is to be put up at
the edge of the dry lake in Smith Valley,
about four miles from the mine. The
water has been obtained at a depth of
40 feet. The Truckee Power company's
line is already in and crosses the ground
of the Douglas, so the power difficulty
is already solved. The railroad COM
pany has already surveyed a line from
Wabuska, seventeen miles away, to
Yerington, and this passes close to the
Douglas. Altogether. the outlook for
the rapid development of the section Is
very good.-Yerington Times.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-10-05
BROCK oPPoGIrIox DxsA1PEAns

Official action b y the Tonopah Mining companys directors on Friday. settled
for cea I'M all the dividend disbursement rate FOR thu presentq quarter 25 cents.
TIL sam a. last quarter being tn figure decided pom No action was taken re-
garding the deposition If Mr Brock from the presidency of this company, III
pen opposition having disappeared when MI Brock appeared upon the scene II
the rchinstgators of the schemese emfngly prferring a warfare with The
afar, rather thna m ncount at close quarters
Mr. Brock who has occupies the w offices as presidento of The Tonopah Mining
company AM president Of the Tonopah Railroad mpan simultaneously has ex-
pressed a desire to be relieved from the duties of the latter omce on account OF
the heavy duties of the first, which axe his i'm to the utmost
At thsm meeting it was also decided Ito re-Hect the same directorate as nov
at the annual meeting for this purpose to be held in October.
o. What the dividend rate has been declared the writer car see no reason
why quotations will not suffer somewhat. Any contemplating purchaser SHOULD
hold back Tor the me being rs quotations should in de curse touch The $40
mark, if not go over he market already shows a tendency 20 sag he stock
having sold at 100 today. a drop o a dollar IRON high sales " days