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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-10-18
Where is the Colored Brother in
The Gallery.
From the Annapolis Capitnl


Two colored Brethren meeting on the
street this morning, the following CONVEX
sation occurred:
Uncle Rastus-'' Sam, does you know
dat hymn about the sheep and de goats?
Sam -"Cose | does, Uncle Rastus.
1t goes dis way:
.'Hear what de Bible say; Hear what
de Bible say;
De sheep on de right, an de goats on de
left
An dey nebber run toSedder any mo.
Uncle Rastus-'' Sam, dat hymn done
come true! When de Dmmycrats had
dare notification meetn' in Baltimore, de
hired hall an said 90 ont into de highways
and bring in all de dimmycrats to hear
what our candidates has got to say. But
what did de 'publicans do? De went to de
Rennert an sent out kyards to de rich
white people snd tole dem to come Did
you hear of any cullud gemmen what got
an invite? | amt def, an | amt hered
none. Den what does de do when de comes
here to 'Napolis De hires de theater and
seq free admission; de white folks i'll de
dollar an half seats and de niggers in
de twenty five cent seats in de peanut
gallery
"Hit seems to me, Sam, dat dat hymn
done come true and de white foxes is
de sheep and de niggers de goats.
Glow about dat dere principle de white
speakers done spekin to US about equal
rights? know de gives us equal rights
to vote, bein' as how we can make de tick
ct; knows dat if it wasn't for de culud
vote dat de 'publicans couldn't touch
sides or bottom. know dat de likes to
see us on lection day, but when it comes
to de conventions an SIGH, dewides de
sheep from de goats. amt gwine to
meetin' tonight, an a ain gwine to de
polls on lection day.
Sam-"Unk Rastus; you've plum right.
amt gwine neider. If Ise a goat one
time, Ise gwine to be one all de time, an
a button Billy goat at dat. .
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-10-18
Lives with Broken Neck.

YORK, Pa, Oct 11-Despite the
fact that his neck was broken several
nights ago, Charles H. Diehl, a prominent
resident of Mount Wolf, is still alive, con-
scious and able to speak, although his life
is gradually ebbing away.
Mr.. Diehl, who assists his son, A. II
Diehl, undertaken and furniture dealer,
was driving along the country road neal
his home several nights ago and while
trying to make short turn he was thrown
from the wagon. He landed beneath and
became entangled in the lines, being
dragged several hundred yards. His neck
at its junction with the collar bone wal
broken, and his arms and legs seemed u
be paralyzed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-10-18
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 10. 1907.
Short Sermons on Democracy

Democracy is the RULE of the PEG
PIE.
Democracy still LIVES because its
principles WILL NEVER DIE.
Democracy is to be preferred to Repub
licanism because the former places lis
TRUST in the PEOPLE whilst the latter
would TRUST only SELECT CLASS
ofpeople.
Democracy is going to ELECT the next
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND because
he was NOMINATED by THE PEOPLE
whilst the Republican nominee was named
by "SYDNEY AND ME.
Democracy favors the POPULAR
ELECTION of our next United States
Senators whilst the Republicans are timldly
asking "Will it be SIDNEY OR Me 2
Democracy is pledged to adopt Cor
rupt Practices Act that will forever PUT
AN END to bribery at elections whilst the
Republicans are "STANDING PAT
after the fashion of SYDNEY AND
ME-"
Democracy presents candidates III EN-
cry WAY QUALIFIED to continue the
GOOD GOVERNMENT Of the Common
wealth of Maryland whilst the Republican
candidates can only be GUARANTEED
to do the work of ''SYDNEY AND Me .
Democracy stands pledged to ELM l.
NATE by CONSTITUTIONAL means
illiterate negro suffrage whilst the Repub-
licans are clamoring for EVEN GREAT
Err privileges for the black man.
Democracy would test the nesros ca
pacity to vote by his ability to read a sec
ton of the Constitution whilst the Repub
licans would be content to let him vote if
he only succeeded in RECOGNIZING on
ballot the HEAD Of MUShRAT or
RAZOR.
Democracy is battling for the CON
TINUED economical and businesslike adj
ministration of State and County affairs
whilst the Republicans are resorting to all
manner of 81 BTERFUGES merely to stir
I'D popular discomfort and induce the peo-
ple to GIVE THEM \ CHANCE Al
THE PUBLIC CRIB.
Democracy will triumph Long live
Democracy
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-10-18
Why the Republican Party Should
Not Control Our State
Government.

First, because the members of the party
do not, it is fair to presume, pay one-third
of our State taxes; the Democrats paying
the remaining two-thirds are necessarily
more interested in the good government of
the State, and are logically entitled to be
its custodians
Second, because the Republican party,
apart from its negro vote, represents small
minority of our citizens
Third, that depending upon the colored
vote for their strength and even for their
life, they are, by reason Of such alliance,
not entitled to be in charge of the historic
old State of Maryland.
Fourth, much as they may demur to the
statement, it is nevertheless true, that with
the Republican party inpower in the State,
the vicious element of the negro population
becomes more unmanageable, under the
impression that they will have immunity
from punishment for their conduct, because
their own party is in power
Against these and other reasons which
might be given, why the Republican party
should not have control of the affairs O
our State, the only one we can imagine
could be given is, that they are ''out ant
want to get in.
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SALE OR RENT.


Fifteen room brick dwelling, formerly the
residence of the late Judge Charles B. Rob-
erts. All modern conveniences, brick stable
and spacious grounds. Reasonable terms.
Address THE REALTY COMPANY,
aug2S If Westminster, Md.
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dividend NOTICE.

The President and Directors of The West.
minister Savings Bank have this 9Th day of
October, 1907, declared semi annual Divi.
dend of Five Per Cent. on Capital Stock and
Two Per Cent. on Weekly and Monthly De-
posts, payable on and after October 10, 1907.
JACOB 81. HANDLEY,
oct IL st Treasurer.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The County Commissioners of Carroll coun-
tv will meet at their Office, in Westminster,
every MONDAY in OCTOBER. 1907, for the
transaction of business. By order,
FRANCIS L. HAM,
oct4 Clerk.
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maya
~pOARDING AND
I'D SALE STABLES.

0S Having rented the large ell
Stables in the rear of Frizzels Restaurant,
we will Board Horses at Moderate Rates, using
the best feed, &c. Frequent auction of Horses
&C., which will be announced later.
III K, G. Up. LYNCH & co.
JOHN 7. LYNCH, Manager,
dec3 If Westminster. Md.
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FoR SALE.


will receive on Monday, May 9th, 1907,
at my stables in Littlestown, carload of fine
& Ohio and Kentucky HorsesA
by express, consisting Off,
AA. drivers, saddlers and mated AZ
teams. Come and see this stock before pur.
chasing elsewhere.
b. A. SPALDING,
maya Littlestown, Pa.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05
HonoRs RESTED WITH BAKER.
Humble Individual Scored Heavily on
oompous Namesako.

Maxim Gorky during his stormy
American visit told quaint little
story at luncheon given by the
young novelist, r. w. Kaufman, a,
the Franklin Inn in Philadelphia.
II believe in class distinction" NJ
Gorky said. Il am a thoroughgoine
aristocrat. II I had my way the
worlds idlers would not be admitted
into polite society.
Alas, l cannot have my way. The
idlers are on top; they ride US. Now
and then we kick up our heels
though. I'll tell you about the two
Nikolais.
I'm Moscow certain Nikolaf in
serted this notice in the newspapers:
"Nikolai Nikolaievitch, landed pro
prietor, In consequence of many an
noying errors, begs to announce that
he Is not the same person as Nikolai
Nikolaievitch. the baker, and that he
has no connection whatever with the
latter
THE following day this second no
tice. In much larger type. appeared:
"Nikolai Nikolaievitch. the baker
who was stated yesterday to be a diff
ferent person from and to be in nc
way connected with NikOlai the land
ed proprietor, wishes, for purposes Of
Identification, to be known in future
az Lucky Nikolai.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05
Are Your eyeIa.hes on stralaht7

ILost, a set Of eyelashes." This "a
the astounding advertisement which
may soon come to pass. since artificial
eyelashes at 500 set have been put
on the beauty market! Talk no more
of the innocent makeup and trans
formations. They are but primitive
accessories to the toilet of lovely
woman compared with these inven.
lions to enhance her physical charms.
and warranted to deceive even her
dearest friend. Ladies' who wear these
eyelashes can never weep and wipe
their eyes. but with kind usage they
wifi last an entire season,
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05
BY GERTRUDE sARNUM.
Organizer Of Woman's Trade Unio'
League.

The Herald is doing an excellent
work in endeavoring to find out facts
about working women from the wom-
en- themselves. Usually the last person
consulted on the subject of industrial
conditions is the worker. the one who.
by all rights, knows most about it.
When hear of an investigation l
tremble. People collect such one-sid-
ed evidence and proceed to issue re-
ports which are accepted as gospel the
moment they are nicely set up In type
and bound in light green with a few
prominent names on the title page.
Meanwhile the situation of the un.
named workers who are holding up the
platform for US to strut on remains as
before.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05

which proves OF special value In
gathering q table Of statistics Of this
kind. In the case of 210 of the re-
plies the correspondents express
themselves vigorously on the ques-
ton Of why they are at work. TWEEN
ty-two of this number declare in con-
siderable detail that they work be-
cause they love to work. and they
would do 80 anyway whether they
had to or not. The other 1888 express
the very opposite sentiment. They
are working, as their letters reveal.
often from stern and bitter necessity
and not at all from choice. All but
81 of the 210 are supporting other
people besides themselves. OF the
total 926 who answered the question
s07 supported. either entirely or in
part, either father or . mother,
younger brothers or sisters, or, where
married. children. or children and hus-
band. OF the 925. ten confessed to
supporting lazy husbands, and Is were
married 20 men either invalids or
semi-invalids. whom they supported
either entirely or during certain por.
tons Of the time. There were $40
married women altogether. and out
side Of those who supported their has-
bands either entirely or in part all the
rest stated that their earnings were es-
sential to piece out the husbands and
fathers wage.
OF the 4.s33.630 women reported as
engaged In gainful occupations at the
time Of the twelfth census, 1,124,383,
or almost one-fourth of the total num-
Der, were returned as servants. The
next most important occupation is
that of farm laborer, and the number
Of women reported as following this
occupation was 45G.405. 1t IL pointed
out that -442,006 OF these female farm
laborers were reported from the south
ern states and that 1851 .S04, or 1913 per
cent. Of the total number, were of the
negro race. Also, 277,727, or sos per
cent. Of the total number, were mem
bers Of the farmers families. repre-
senting the wives and grown-up daugh-
tiers. assisting in the work on the
home farms.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05


shall pass quickly over the hor-
rors that ensued, though they are i'm
pressed indelibly upon my memory.
One by one the men died OF till I
alone remained. mere ghost and
skeleton Of . man. / grew frenSied
and remember little Of what happen
ed. remember last Of taking the
Chinese coin from the pouch around
my neck and tossing It to SEQ II res
cue would come. I remember that it
fell in my hand with the smooth side
up-which meant. a. had distin.
guished between the Two sides, res
cue. / remember that laughed in
Sanely and kissed the coin with my
dry parched lips and then replaced 1t
in the pouch. After that l remember
nothing for a long time.
They tell me that was picked up
by a steamer and gradually brought
back to life. but that fingered in a
hospital In London, whittier the
steamer took me. and nearly died Of =
disease brought on by my exposure
and privation.
The first thing remember II Of
hearing . clink on . stone pavement
and glancing down and seeing tho
Chinese coin laying before me. It
seemed the connecting link and mem
ory returned.
An attendant Of tho hospital ap-
preached me. Come" she said In
the persuasive tone one uses to .
child, You must go in now"
Where am II" I gasped, bewild-
cred. What has become Of the boat?
Where" But doctor approached
and stopped me and refused to let me
talk until after had had time to col
lect myself and get my thoughts ad-
justed.
As soon as possible sent q cable
gram to America. l received the an
swer:
Father dead; fortune left to
charity"
What was / to do? was stranx-
er In a strange land and pennHess.
They promised to keep me longer At
the hospital and hoped to be able
to make some plans in that time.
A few days later I was sitting on
the pavement where had sat whom
memory first returned to me. I took
the coin from the pouch and idly toss
ed 1t idly in the air. Rough for luck"
I said. 1t lit in my hand rough up.
you have been friend to me be-
fore, old coin," said. II hope you are
right.
l sat turning 1t over and over again.
pressing 1t between my thumb and
fore-finger. OF a sudden = circular
part that formed the center Jew open.
How strange!" exclaimed. There
must be spring that my finger press
ed" ! examined the opening. II was
filled with gold dust. poured this
carefully out in my hand. With 1t
came something else. l gazed in as
constituent A magnificent. nat.
pigeon-blood ruby lay glowing. burn
ing in my hand.
Luck. old coin!" murmured soft
ly. Luck! You were right"
It brought me over $4,000. which
was an ample amount to get home
on and have something to live on af-
ter l got there. l did not contest my
fathers will. but went to work to earn
a fortune OF my own. I have 1t now
and l have Alacia too-though she
hasn't the Keang-see tea service-and
sometimes people wonder why wear
heavy brass coin for a watch charm.
|
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05
Most Striking Point.

One thing strikes me at once in
looking over the reports. and that Is
that, WITH pitifully few exceptions, the
women are working without Joy In
their labor and working not from
choice but from stern necessity. be-
lieve that these returns. too. represent
truly the state of mind Of the vast
majority of working women of Amer
ica-that we have In this land of the
free fully 100000 women to-day in
gainful occupations driven and bound
to work from which they shrink with
all their souls. That is why am &C.
customed to speak of 1t as slavery.
1t is not necessary to produce fig-
ures to show that the average wage
earned by women and girls in New
York is not sufficient for them to live
on properly. What sense is there in
spending a years work in finding out
wtSt sort of a life working girl can
live on six dollars per week, when
there is such crying need of spend
ing that year in some effort to raise
that wage-a wage which Is breeding
conditions dangerous alike both to this
0uu buSScCuihs 6ehcidlohS! NOW, dS
to the statistics of the government ex-
perts. we have nothing later than
1900. and even at that time they were
inadequate. We are not to have an
other full report until 1912. Accord
ing to the last census report. taken
seven years ago. 4.s33, $50 women over
16 years were employed in gainful oc-
equations. This number does not In
clude girls under IS, who crowd every
trade and line Of work. and It does
not include the women and young
girls and children who work in their
own homes. About 5000, 900 women
and girls, or Is per cent. Of the total
female population in 1890. including
girls under 1s. worried for pay, and
believe that at least . third asain
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05

Hans vischer. the English resident
at Kuka, on Lake Tchad. In northern
Nigeria, Africa, has discovered . col
ony of cave dwellers around the Cha
ian mountains. The inhabitants OF
these underground residences dig .
deep hole In the ground. which forms
. courtyard reached by means Of mar
row entrances about thirty feet long
by three feet broad. All the rooms
open on this courtyard. To protect tho
jewellers underneath, . well 10 carried
round the courtyard. Absolute clean
illness prevails everywhere. In strange
contrast to these subterranean vii
lagos are remains on all sides OF
dwellings In the Roman style.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05

- many would be found to-day. There
IL vast and everincreasing army Of
women and girls practically enslaved
by our present industrial conditions.
The largest number OF women in 1900
employed for pay were in domestic
and personal service. or more than
1000, 900.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05

Mr.. Jolly-There's one thing like
about Miss Barber. She never talks
about anybody
Miss Sneerwell-No, indeed She
spends all her time talking about her
self.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05

Just because q woman has lost her
heart to some man 1t IL NO sign she's
heartless.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05

The Mature Of the Creature.
"Your COOK"
"Oh. she IL 30 careless that don't
believe she could drop remark with
out breaking her word"
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05
Many Love Their Work.

Many Love Their Work.
Answers such a. these were ~
ceived, not by the score but BY the
hundred. ~ in almost every instance
the women mot only took the trouble
to answer the questions put to them,
but to elaborate their replies with .
rich embroidery Of psrsooal detail
0AAt had bssa quite unAe1ed for, and
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05
THE CHINESE COIN
By MAXWELL Alley

Copyright. BY Daily Story Pub. Coz
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05
OcQlpadOnc

New York.-According to the last
In the United States. It has been
learned that they number almost
5000. 900, or to be very exact, 4.s33,-
$50. Such. at least, were the figures
At the time Of the collecting Of the
last census. in 1900, and in the ensu-
ing seven years 1t 10 generally com
puted that they have increased their
numbers fully 100000.
In the reports Of the twelfth con-
sus the detailed classification of
bread winners, with respect to the
kind of work In which they were en-
gagged, distinguishes 303 occupations.
Women are represented in all but
nine Of these occupations. Naturally
no women were reported as United
States soldiers, sailors or marines;
nor were any reported as members
Of the fire department or as car driv-
srs Though two were reported as mo-
torment. or Is telegraph or telephone
hnemen. or Is apprentices or helpers
to roofers or skaters. or As helpers
to steam boiler makers. But the
reader may note with interest As we'll
~ surprise that there are already
within these United States i've wom-
en- pilots; that on the steam rail-
roads are ten girl baggage smash
ers," 81 fair brakemen, seven con-
ductors, AZ engine drivers. 26
switchmen, yardmen and hagmen;
that We have 40 carriage and hack
drivers.
A. to New York Women.
These figures represent the status
Of working women of the United
States generally. What about the
working women of New York city
particularly! What are they work
ing At, and why do they work.
Are they entirely dependent upon
themselves. or are they working for
pin money or to have q good time or
nne clothes. as is SO often charged
And last Of all but not less interest
ing. are they married.
OF the thousand women asked
these questions by the New York Her
aid, 26 were nurses, 25 milliners, so
bcAubtEeosSS anu uTeSBmAkeFB, lVV
were paper box makers, SO cigar max
ers, 100 department store saleswom-
en-. 80 tailoresses, SO shirtwaist max
ers, so laundresses, a hundred type
writer's and photographers. hum
dred teachers, hundred workers on
novelty goods and workers in fac
tories Of various sorts. such as tin
can making. bonnet making, artifi-
cial flower making. etc.
Nine hundred and twenty-five an
swers were received, from which the
following facts are deduced:
The working women of New York
city are as a general thing working
not for pin money or to give them an
increase in the Injuries of life, but
because they have to work to keep
themselves and perhaps others from
starvation.
Working women of New York city
do not look upon marriage as the un.
mixed blessing, the great and only
end OF woman. While not adverse to
1t on general principles, she does not
accept 1t either with the eaEerness or
the complacency which the working
women Of q generation ago did un-
der the same conditions.
The Meeker herald., 1907-10-05

Testimony Of Womsn.
No better or surer proof Of these
cancellations could be offered than
the words of the women and girls
themselves upon the subject.
II am q laundress,' writes one
woman in two-page communication
accompanying the blank report sent
to her. Il am . laundress and am
not on the job for my health. To
piece out other income! Well, I
guess not. I am working because II
didn't my three kids would be in
the Protectory and I'd be, God knows
where. Yes. I'm married. I'm mar
ried to a man who has never been
able to get along very well. though
he amt drinking man and he has
no bad habits except he's lazy"
Il am paper box maker and I
work because l have to support my
self and my sick mother and two
younger children, which manage. to
do by sewing nights on special work
for department store" writes a girl
who further appends at the bottom
of the blank 4 statement Of her
age, %.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-13
BRYAN'S GREAT
HARMONY PLEA
URGES HIS HEARERS TO FORGET
The PAST AND UNITe'FoR
FUTURE.
ALL RESENTMENT PASSED AWAY
commoner Speaks As Becomes One
Assured Of His Party's
Leadership.

CHICAGO. Dec. civilian Jen-
uings Bryan. who came to Chicago
today as the guest Of the local democ-
racy. made remarkable harmony
talk at a luncheon given by the lro-
.ouois Club at noon. The keynote was
to forget the past and unite in party
,ellowshin for the success OF demo
cratic principles. There was not a
trace of bitterness in the remarks OF
the Nebraskan, and at times his ex'
nression was one of tenderness and
nleading. He referred to the Bible for
his authority in preaching the doctrine
Of forgiveness. His speech was re
markable in more respects than one
for when he spoke of the presidential
campaign impending, he talked like a
man who felt confident he was to be
the party standard-bearer-that this
goal was again in sight.
Where an agreement has been
reached among men as to what ouSh'
TO be done. there should be forgetful
ness for the past" declared Mr.. Bryan
at the outset of his remarks, and his
sentiment was applauded. Men
should have a good forgetting machine
so far as individuals are concerned
Forgive us our debts as we forgive
our debtors is a good doctrine to FOL
low Resentment and revenge are the
most foolish of things. A man may
pervert himself for S65 days OF the
wear in such pursuit"