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The Colorado statesman., 1907-07-27
Strong Plea
By Atkinson Negro Address: 1.-The
public: Whittier We Drting?" What Education
will do to help Solve the Problem

Moundsville, July &C. K. At
kinson, judge of the United States
Court of Claims, and former gov
ernor of West Virginia, in an ad-
dress here today before the
Moundsville Chautauqua upon
"The Great Republic: Whittier Is
1t Drifting?" said in part:
"My countrymen, one of the
most important, and at the same
time the saddest of the problems
which confront lis -as. a nation, lis
the race question. The Negro is
among us not of his own volition,
but as the result of the scheming
of the meanest and lowest of men,
who imported him to our country
purely as a commercial commodity.
Such conduct by mercenary scoun-
drels who sought to profit by traffic
in human beings, is too reprehen-
sive, and it is our duty as a nation
to care for him, and to fit him for
the responsible duties of life. He
cannot be deported. He should
not be deported. He is a citizen.
He is a man. He must be reck-
oned with. 1t is claimed that he is
inferior to his white brothers.
True, many of his race are; and
yet many of them, so far as edu-
cation and real ability are con-
sidered as standards, are not. A
goodly proportion Of their num-
ber are literally educated and are,
therefore, worthy of the highest
consideration and recognition. 1t
should be universally admitted
that it is no longer a question of
their ability to advance and to rise
among their fellows if opportuni-
ties are offered wherein they have
an equal chance with the Whites
the superior race. They have
demonstrated the fact that they
are men, and when given oppor-
tunities to assert themselves they
have not been relegated to the rear
ranks. No longer can it be truth
fully claimed that the Negro as an
individual is in every sense an IN
ferior parsonage. Given equal OPP
portunities the Negro will take
his chances with the white brother
and bide results in any reasonable
contest. Consequently we should
stop our talk about the Negro be-
ing naturally an inferior being,
and therefore not entitled to fair
chance in the ordinary pursuits of
life. We should accept him in
the condition we find him to be.
We should be willing to comfort
him at every turn of the road. We
should be willing to confront him
on the platform, at the bar, in the
pulpit, in the school rooms, indeed,
everywhere. If we meet them thus
honestly and squarely we will be
glad to cease talking about them
as inferior beings. have tried it,
and l know whereof | speak.
"My friends, | believe firmly
that time, patience and square
deal will solve the Negro problem.
A race in bondage for a hundred
years ought not to be regarded as
if they had been all that time upon
an Anglo-Saxon basis, and espe-
-cially is such comparison unjust
when they have been allowed free
The Colorado statesman., 1907-07-27

The great conyention of Chris
tian Endeavors, which met at Seat
tie came to a close this week.
Amongst the noted of the race
who attended and spoke at the
convention were Bishop Alexander
Walters of the A. M. E. Church:
The Appeal of North America;
The appeal to Africa, by Bishop
A. Grant of the A. M. E. church;
and Rev. w. r. johnson, pastor of
1st Baptist Church of Richmond,
Va.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-07-27
RACE NEWS
aath.red from variou. Sources.

Terre Haute, Ind Mrs. Matte
Washington, colored, wife of Geo.
Washington on dairy farm East of
the city gave birth to three boys
andtwo girls. Mother and chill
dren doing well. There is no dan
ger of race suicide" in this fam
lily at this rate of births. Keep it
up.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-07-27

Albany, N. Y.-Captain A. j.
Thompson, of New York, who COM
manded an Ohio company in the
Spanish American war, headed a
delegation of about fifty Negroes,
who called on Governor Hughes
and filed with him a petition ask
ing for authority to organize Ne
gro regiment to be attached to the
National guard. The application
would provide for two battalions
in NewY ork City and one battalion
up the state. The governor brief
ly addressed the delegation, prom
ising to give the matter considera-
ton.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-07-27

Continued to page A.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-13
InfOrme del tempo
Semana que termino Ell dia 9
de Enero, 1906.

Ell tempo bueno que rein6 Ell pri-
mer dfa de la semana fue seguido, Ell
lun es, por tempo nublado en- parte,
con algunos ligeros Y repartidos aqua
ceros en- algunas locs lidades. La
temperature mas alta de la semana
sc registro en- muchas estaciOnes ell
dia 3. Ell dfa 5 y dia fueron gene
ralmente nublados y amenazadOre
en- toda la isla. La mayor parte de
la precipitation de la semana ocurrio
en- esos dos dlas, pero la lluvia no fue
de modo alguno general, los aguace-
rOS fuerOn eXtenSamente repart1dOS
y en- muchas estaciones no llovl6, pc
70 sinem barge Ell promedlo en- la is
la durante Ia semana, O.5I pulgada,
es cerca de Ia cantidad usual por es-
ia estaci6n del aflo Los tres l1ltimoS
dfas de Ia semana fueron eXtraordi-
narlamente claros en- casl tOdas las
secciones de la isla.
La temperature fue mas uniforme
que durante la semana anterior. La
temperature mas alta que han infOr
mado fuG O. 2rado, en- Central Agui-
RE, el dia ;; y Ia mas bajo, As Grado,
en- Caycy. el dia 5. La temperature
media en- Ia isla fuG 7o.2 grado, que
que es Al grado bajo ell promedio de
amos anterlores por el mes de Fe-
brero.
La mayor precipita ci6n sema1al
fuG de zoo ptilgadas, en- Las Marias
De seis estacioncs lnforman que
no ha l1ovido.
La siguiente tabla demuestra Ia
varlaci0n dc temperature y Ia can't
dad de precipitation en- estaciones
determinadas:
TEgPFRATTRA PRFCI-
riIitl0I
Viyma N1ima Media @maml
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-13

Il. Acabarnos De reclh.r nm cxtcuso ,ur-
lido de ALroMBRAs EsrERAs cspecia-
les onc ofecemos ( nrecios muy rrou6n,iros
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'''"''o"
fara Sala-tamano-P'cS - una.
ldem 2ablnete, ;. nIgdS 81 X 80 a - una
ldem ld pni@.ts 81 ~ - una
ldem hahtation ;, ;, - Is 20 ctyS ana.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-13
Napor ingl6s "PERSIANA'

Para sa1ir de Montevideo Ell 2S del
corricnte mes, con destino 4 esta Isla
esta 4 Ia carga en- Buenos Aires, y
las 6rdencs para q cNpresado buQue
deben ser inmediatas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-13

RED ~ LINE OF STEAMSHIPS.
Vpue ansrros MvYui Porto R Car,uo 7nnraI
saendo del muelle BROOKLYN juuo *. Ferry
Vapor CARACAS. 1900 Ton. vatoa. 4. lob hsir.
PHILADELPHIA $500 Varor NAtAChtBU. Toes
MERIDA ZrIIA. .
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-02-13

Su2do esecmi ito
Ssnco ea udad comdades e'
ct
o5ssto ssnera,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
NO CARS FOR GRAVEL
WORK OF IMPROVING CARTER HILL
 ROAD DELAYED.
Contractor Cook Reports Regrettable State of Affairs to Board of Revenue at Its Weekly
 SesxtOn.

The regular weekly meeting of the County Board of Revenue was held yesterday morning and many import ant matters were disposed of.
 D. R. Cook. the contractor who has charge of the improvement work on Carter Hill Road, informed the Board that the Central of Georgia Railway had informed him that it would be un- able to furnish empty cars to haul the gravel from the road, as all of Its cars were on the other end of the line. This is new trouble that is confront ing the Board and will probably delay the work 70 some extent.
 The Board refused to co operate with the city in graveling Fielder Street, until the city authorities agree to keep the street in repair. A member or the Board pointed out the fact that the county had graveled this street once before, but that the city authorities had allowed the waterworks company and the gas company to tear up the street for the purpose of laying new pipes. and they now wanted the county to re- gravel It.
 Upon the suggestion and motion of N. J. Grie1. the City Council will De in vited to apoint committee for the pur- pose of appearing before the Board. so the county Gan be reached on this mat ter. ..- v -.-
 The purchase of six new wagons for the road overseers was authorized by the Board and J. S. Edson, member of the Board. was appointed to look after this.
 Several petitions for new roads were presented to the Board yesterday. which will receive their consideration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
HAYGOOD SHOT NEGRO
APPRECIATION OVER SOME COLLEC-
 TI0Ns BY EMPLOYE.
Well-Known Lfveryman in Custody at the County Jail on Charge of
 Assault to Mur-

On charge of suspicion. which later was changed to that of assault with intent to murder, w. w. Haygood, a well-known white liveryman of this city, was at an early hour yesterday morning arrested by Officer J. B. Ruck- CT Of the police department as the party directly concerned in the shoot ing of John Small, a negro employed by MT. Hay good.
 Small was shot in the breast, receiv- ing a wound which Is not looked upon as likely to prove fatal.
 The altercation. it is alleged. started as the result of some trouble, that originated between c. W. .Haynle of lioeman of this city. and the negro. It is claimed that the negro had col lected some money which he refused to give over to the proper authorities, and that he back-talked to Mir Haynie when accosted relative to the matter.
 At this point. the story goes, Mir. Haygood took up stick and began beating the. negro. when the stick broke and the negro, securing one of the pieces, made for the liveryman. In order to protect himself, 1t seems. Mir Haygood drew his pistol. intended to use the butt end on the negro, and as he did so. the owner claims, the re- volver exploded.
 Small seems to be of the opinion that MT. Haygood shot at him with the in the warrant sworn out. The warrant was sworn out before Justice Stokes, after which the liveryman was taken to the county jail and placed in the jaiier's chamber. here he is under sur yeillance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
Released Fron, Prison
 Alter 7Wenty-one Years.

Wetumpka, June 17.-(Special.) )-One Df the happiest persons seen in a long while in wetumpka Is very nice looking, crippled white man, who was released from the penitentiary Friday, having been incarcerated twenty-one years.
 This man, Livingston. has boen in prison so long and the world has made such strides that as many sur prises await him as were in store for Rip Van Wrinkle.
 bp to the evening of his release, he had never seen an electric light and Wetumpka lights were a curiosity to him. Horse cars would not seem so strange but he has yet to see a street car operated by electricity.
 Livingstons mother lives in Texas. and he means to go home and start life anew. Of all the sights to be seen, he says he never expects to see the in side of house where whiskey Is sold. Alabama's Governor shortened his sen tence and the man seems determined to continue in the line of good conduct which rendered him trusty at the
 Al party of ~ten, five young women and five young men, went down the river Saturday afternoon on a pleasure trip. They carried refresh ments and enjoyed their tea taken on the waters. but when it was time to return home. they were mortified to find that the gasoline engine on the launch was not in a WorkfnS moOu. The sparker would not spark, and night was coming on too fast to please the young people.
 Finally the families of the young folks became alarmed as they were expected home at Or 8 o'clock and had not come at 9 or 12.
 Telephones were ringing all night, as each parent called up some other. Finally skiffs and row boats were se- cured, and the pleasure party was found, cold and disconsolate. Thew
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
DIVERSE REQUESTS
HELEN GOULD RECEIVES HUM
 DREDS or APPEALS.
Range All the Way From Sl5 for False Teeth to $1,0OO,0O0 to Plant
 Cuban Col.

New York, June 17.-AccordinE to a statement made public today, the re- quests for gifts sent to Miss Helen week. They range all the way from the asking for $16 for a set of false teeth to $1,o00,000 to start colony in Cuba.
 Miss Gould gave an itemized list of a weeks requests recently to Franz Kalkenbern, the orchestra leader. .- A movement is on foot among the music lovers of this city to make MT. Kal- kenbern's orchestral music a perma- nent feature in New York. For. this subscriptions from wealthy persons would be necessary. Miss Gould was one of those consulted. She encour- aged Mir. Kalkenbern but incidentally cited the fact that this was not the only thing she was asked to encour- age. Then, she gave him the list.
 In the week referred to, Miss Gould received 231 requests for money out right. Out of these, 199 left the amount to her good will and discretion. Miss Gould was asked in that week for $5,- 900 to help form an anti-saloon league In Idaho. She received forty three requests for aid for churches, twenty-seven for educational institu- tions and twenty-six for libraries. More than thirty were for helns for charitable institutions. Four persons, presumably young women. wanted Miss Gould to help them buy trousseaus. Eleven persons wanted pianos and twelve wanted Miss Gould to buy their inventions
 Following are some of the other wants: Bibles bicycles. a farm and three cows, invalid's chair. enough air pillows to supply a regiment of sol diers, one set of teeth, five sewing ma chimes and fifteen railway tickets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
HOUSTON SHOOTING
SERIOUS AFFAIR BETWEENN
 PROMINENT WHITE MEN.
Gcafrey Brothers Engage in Pistol rtght With Frank Rollins and the Latter Ia Perhaps Fatally
 Wounded.

Dothan, June 17-(Special )-News reaches here that a serious. if not fa- tai' shooting affray occurred at Sigma, near Columbia late yesterday after noon.
 It Is said the difficulty started Sat- urday in Columbia. Two sons of Jeff Godfrey, and Frank Rollins. son of Charlie Rollins, were the participants, Jim Godfrey shooting Frank Rollins through the neck
 Rollins is still living but is expected I1r, IF die, Particulars are hard to obtain; brother acted in self-defense;
 Another report is that Rollins was nnarmed Godfrey could not be located The wounded man Is closely con izens.
 It develops that the negro who killed IS said to have also shot and wound ed negro woman at the same time.
 An unknown negro was found dead Central road a few miles below here yesterday morning. The night before, Conductor Martin, took pistol away rom drunken negro. who had shot out light in the coach. and the negro Jumped from the moving train. It is not known If it was the same negro. Rev. R. R. Jones, evangelist of the AidpdAla -Stdte netnOQlSt COnIeTence, began revival meeting at the Method ist church yesterday morning. Three sermons were preached Sunday. The night service was attended by fully two thousand people
 All denominations are cooperating, ana much good is expected to be done. Practically all the business houses of the city have agreed to close their places of business during the day ser- vice-9.45 to 11.f5 a. m.
 The first service in our new Episco- pal Church, was held yesterday by the Rector. Rev. Willis G. Clark.
 The committee appointed by the Houston Farmers Union to locate a warehouse for storing and holding cot ton, have bought the old Alliance Warehouse. This means that Dothan will get practically all the cotton rais- In Houston county.
 Dothan's Board of Trade and the City Council have come to an agreement, by which the city of Dothan Is to hire an extra man to he paid from the city project which tends to Dothan's prog ress, and any extra time will be de- voted to assisting Clerk Lisenby with the city affairs.
 The plan has the endorsement of both old and new council. and all citizens who have been interviewed.
 Dr. Harley Cawthorn, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla, has made arrangements to begin the practice of dentistry here about July 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
TO TALK OF THE SOIL
PROFESSOR ERODE TO REACH
 MONTGOMERY TODAY.
Will Deliver Address, the First of . Series, Over Congressman Wl- Iey's District, at Court
 House at Noon.

Professor D. A. Brodie, agricultural expert of the United States Department of Agriculture, will arrive in Montgom- cry early this morning, and at noon today he will address the farmers of Montgomery County at the County Court House. He will tell of the best methods of farming, in all of its diff ferent branches. and something abo ut the soil of this section of the coun. try. which will be interesting to :hs farmers
 Professor Brodie left Washington Saturday night according to a letter received yesterday by Congressman Wiley. but visited Uniontown before coming to Montgomery. Congressman Wiley will accompany Professor Bro- die over the district. leaving tonight for Troy. The itinerary includes Troy Brantley. Andalusia, Greenville. Ever green. Brewton. Bay Minette and Cam den. 3+
 A day will be spent in each county. After the regular talk to the farmers a visit will be made to different farms that are conveniently situated in the respective counties. It is expected that much good will result from this tour.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
NO MORE DISORDER
SYSTEMATIC SEARCH INSTITUTED
 FOR LAMANA BOY.
Police Express Fear That Child Has Been Killed-Family. Of Youth Arrange Special Mass
 For Him.

New Orleans. La.. June 17.-The Ital- ian disorders and threats of lynching in New Orleans entirely subsided to- day.
 A secret and we'll organized effort to track the kidnapped Lamana boy by the regular detective force has talk en the place of the clustering search of private houses by unauthorized crowds and the rushing of special trains with armed deputies aboard to towns suspected of harboring the kid nappers, all of which characterized last weeks search and made part of 1t e useless display. Wholesale arrests of Italians have stopped.
 The police express fear that the Lamana boy has been killed. but say they have clues enough to be fairly sure of securing him if the child is still alive.
 The Lamana family has arranged for special mass with prayers for the boys recovery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
Child Came Nea Drowning.

Florence, June 17-(Special.) JAWS McGuire. the 18-months- son of MT and Mrs. w, c. Mcclure of Decatur had a narrow escape from drowning yesterday afternoon at the home oi Miss Jamie Hughes on Cherry street.
 The childs mother and Miss Hughes were sitting on the front porch. al lowing the child to play about the front yard and missing him for a few min utes they found him in an artificial pond made for gold fish in corner of the lawn.
 The baby was floating face down and when found was apparently dead, but by hard work Dr. w. J. Galloway succeeded in emptying his lungs and resuscitating him. The fish pond was only few feet across and held about eighteen inches of waterL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-18
FLAGMAN KILLED.
Remains Were Shipped From Gre
 Vile to NOtasulga.

Remains Were Shipped From Green
 Vile to NOtasuIga.
 GreenVille, June 17.-(Special. )-The body of a young man named Freeman was shipped from here to Notasulga yesterday for burial. He was killed seven or eight miles north of here. boose and attempted to pour water on a hot box, when a lurch of the train threw him underneath the car. Ills head was severed from the body.
 The marriage of H. H. Grant of this place. and Miss Nellie Graydon, took place yesterday afternoon at the home of the brides mother, Mrs: J. k. Gray don, seven miles east of here. Judge The groom was accompanied by Cap tain J R. Porterfield. Sheriff Watson and Deputy Sheriff Murphy The at tendants were shelton Graydon and Miss Mosely, Herbert Newton ana MISS Pearl Grant
 A handsome silver waiter was pre- scented to B. M. Lewis this afternoon oy the Truck Growers Association, as token of their appreciation to him for many acts of kindness as freight agent during their shipping season.
 A negro boy was drowned lew miles west of here while attemptlne was found some distance down the stream the suspenders having caught in a root against the bank.
 The Golden Links gave fine pro gram last evening at the Metnouls' Church. It was their first public ser vice since their organization a year ago, and the program reflected credit on president. lady managers and mem bers Of particular interest was me paper read by Mrs. J. G. Reynolds, who has been of great assistance to the society.
 Mrs. J. H. Dunklin and children, and MT and Mrs. J. E. Kendrick are guests of relatives at Dothan.
 MT. and Mrs G. H. McCombs anc sons. of Montgomery, are guests of MT McCombs' mother and sisters.