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The Washington bee., 1907-02-23
ESTABLISHED 1880.
NIISCEGENATION

The bill OF Representative SimmS
Of Tennessee was a document that
would make a clown laugh. VIII
the gentleman kindly furnish The
Bee the number of COlored men and
women in his State who have white
fathers? The Bee IS Of the opinion
that the bastardy in Tennessee will
outnumber the colored population in
the District of Columbia. VIII the
gentleman who introduced that bill
kindly explain why there are so many
COlored people in the South with white
fathers? Doesn't he believe that it
would be a great deal better if he
would change the character of his
bill and apply it first TO Tennessee,
his own State, and after he has clean
ed up the refuse in his own State,
then apply the cleaning machine to
other sections of the South? 1t IS
utterly impossible for the colored peo-
pie to keep intact the purity of their
rarce when there are so many white
scoundrels in this country that pur-
sue Colored women like wolves pur-
sue anything in sight to satisfy their
hunger. 1t is not the ColOred man
or the Colored woman who IS pur-
suing and devouring the white race.
1t is the white man who won't let
our women alone. The Bee sees it
daily. Many of our colored women
are not permitted to walk upon the
public streets. They are being pur-
sued and annoyed daily. Some time
ago a certain white professional man
advertised for a Colored girl, and
when she presented herself she was
asked BY the brute if she wouldn't t
be his friend; that she was Just the
kind of a girl that he wanted" =" And
when he attempted to place his arms
around her she Immediately resented
the insult. This IS only one instance
of the many that occur. 1t IS not
the white women who need protec-
tiOn, but our innocent colored girls
who are continually being pursued by
white men.
VIII the gentleman from Tennes-
see allow the white man to take the
"jackass out of MS own eye before he
attempts to take the speck out of
his adversary's eye?
The bill legalizeS prostitution and
makes it crme for two persons of
the opposite races to enter into le-
gitimate marriage. What fools
these mortals BE-"
The Washington bee., 1907-02-23
THE BOSTON PETITION.
From the American Economist.

From the American Economist.
The whole scheme Of Tariff ripping
is swallowed at one gulp-hook, line and
sinker-in the Boston petition to the
President and Congress. If anything IS
omitted we fail to recall it. Tariff re-
duction at the earliest possible moment
reciprocity in competing articles. a dual
Tariff, a maximum Tariff consisting OF
the present Dingley rates, and a mini
mum Tariff reducing those rates for
trading purposes, a Tariff commission
to report from time to time what sched-
ules appear to be in need of modihca-
ton, and an extra session Of the Six
tieth Congress called early in the pres
eat year to take up the Tariff reduction
question in detail. To be sure, the pc
tition doesn't mention free raw materials
and the removal of the duty on hides.
but these are details which need not be
specified, for they will all come in un-
der the head of schedules that appear
10 be in need of modification"
To carry out this Tariff ripping plan
would keep Congress busy for ten or
twelve months. To determine, not rs
such duty demanded?" but Is such
The Washington bee., 1907-02-23
From the Covington Advocate.
The Washington Bee is handling the
Administration without gloves.
From the Chicago Conservator.

From the Chicago Conservator.
DR.. Vernon Is a good man and we
love him for his reported cleanness and
uprightness, but he is too weak to stand
for ami by his race in the time of a
crisis, as he said Douglass would do.
If he as a teacher in the school for the
Negro youth, which he headed, taught
the girls and boys the same sort Of les
sons he handed out TO the Chicago
Negro at Quinn. the white man who
thinks the Negro should be kept in his
place should not be afraid his pupils
will become "uppish," and contend for
his rights as other neglected citizens do.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-23

acrostic spelled Eureka q have for,,
it), and the prize was a lemon T.,
won by Mr.. James c. Wright ,,
numerical enigma, It was stated -
sentence Of three words, readin,
same from right TO left as from L..
right When worked out the So "
was Like gets like" The force 80
meaning was made apparent wba. -
the prize, Mr.. Walter J. Singlero1 :
presented with a typical Ounce
BOBBY.
Much merriment was occasio7ss
the reading Of answers 10 cor-s,.T
dents questions during the dinner - -
ice. These were for the mos,
pithy and sententiOus, and like mos,
erything else, were susceptible Of a,,.'
construction, and as all had bee, =
monished to figure It out the rs.
pretations were made to fit a Dnr-,.
One of the questions asked bv Cor
pondent was why have Messrs g.
Dyson, Decatur, Miller and Toinsr M
teachers in Howard Cniyersity ken. :
quiet since the Gording Departure n,
answer was, you are mistaken ,h,-.
their keeping quiet They have %.
Jointly composed the following vh.s
is now a classic Of the campus and
sung with the college yell":
"Fesser Gording, he has left rs
Gone to think the matter Ger
Fate, so cruel, has bereft Us
Hope we'll see him neyerm5rs"
This was followed with the f5noui-,
yell, the forty Howard graduates p-ev-,
rising (much to the surprise of t,.
seated), and giving It with vim.
Who are we, who are we2
Howard graduates, don't You seel
Sizzle. Sazzle, Razzle. Dazzle. U-a-.s
HOWARD, Howard. Tar-si-rr
The school board. Brownsville affair
lawyers, doctors, and Others presz,
were all made the subjec, Of qup Of
pun.
Following are the members and H.
vited guests:
Officers and Members.
William L. Pollard, president; J. CI
Burlls. yice-president; Thomas A. John.
son, corresponding secretary; A. 81
Gray, recording, secretary; James A
Cobb, treasurer; Henry P. Slaugh.a,
chairman governing board; F. D. Ne. /
Cracken, Joseph H. Stewart Fred N
Sims, Paul H. Bray. Wm L. Board, A
U. Craig, John n. Coins, VIM. L Houg
ton. VIM. A. Joiner, Samuel f. Lacy
Daniel Murray, Robert Pelham.
Guests.
Cyrus F. Adams, John B. Andersen
Frank a. Byron, Eugene Brooks J. H
Butcher, J. Frank BlagburH, Roscoe {
Bruce, AIbertus Brown, Charles f. Co
nick, DR.. Geo. W. Cabaniss. J. B. Chh
| ]. w. Cromwell. Geo. w. Cook, Dr. W
B. Christian. W. R. Clifford, DR.. 4. N
Curtis. James H. Coleman, W. Ca7n
Chase. Lewis H. Douglass, Dr. J. Q
Dowling, Shelby J. Davidson Wal1
Dyson. William Decatur, Maj. Chn K
Douglass, John c. Dancy, Dr. John
Francis, Archibald H.Grimke, DR. SP-'
geon y. Gray. A. H. Glenn, Ulysses I
Houston. Lewis f. Johnson, Thomas l
Jones, 1. MeIendez King, Juds0n
Lyons Dr. ". 5. Lotion, J. A. Ian.
ford, Kelly Miller. WhiteheLd McKn
ley. Napoleon B. Marshall, James =
Neil, Chris. J. Perry, Chas. J. Picket
Robert l. Pendletou. DR.. Albert hdgs
ley. R. B. Spikes, DR.. Z. d. Scott D.
F. P. Shadd, Walter J. Singleton, o
christ Stewart. Robert f. Terrell E
Robert B. Tyler. John R. Wright D
R. G. Walker, George H. White y
F. D. Williston, DR.. james j. "aa'
James c. Wright.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-23
DIR FRIFND,S son.
From the True RefOrmer.

Hon H. P. Cheatham has gone to
Richmond to take his little son to the
hospital for treatment The little boy
was bitten by mad cat We hope he
will get along all right, and the family
has our sympathy.
The Washington bee., 1907-02-23
HON. REED SMOOT.

There are men in this country far
more dangerous than Hon. Reed
Smoot. These so-caIled moralists
should do something more than to
attempt to deprive a man of his seat.
The Senate will act wisely and Justly
in this case. Long live Reed Smoot!
The Washington bee., 1907-02-23
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The Washington bee., 1907-02-23

w. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12
At THE BOARD OF TRADE THIS
MORNING, AND WAS BID IN
BY LEO DAVIDSON AT
THE NICE FIGURE OF
Eighteen Gents a Pound
Bale classed Strict Middling, and the
Bidding Was spirited-Kim-
brought and Bergman Ex-
pect to Have In More
In a Few Days.

At the Board of Trade rooms this
morning at 1890 Anderson cOunty's
first bale of new cotton was sold at
public auction by Secretary Sterne of
the Board. A good number of buyers
and spectators were present. The
bale classed strict middling. and
weighed four hundred and seventy-two
pounds. The bidders were Buyers
Jones. Welborn, Horwits, Davidson
and Brunow. After some rapid fire
bids. the bale was sold to Leo David
son at is cents. In addition to the
sale price, Messrs. Kimbrough and
Bergman, the growers. got n prem
him from the Board of Trade of $500.
These same growers expect to have
other bales on the market within a
Few days. They grew their crop I'M
der the improved methods, using fer
tilizers. and will make a good crop.
Their crop is growing on high red
land, which has suffered as much as
any land in the county from the
drouth of the past few weeks. From
some parts Of the county the reports
on cotton are not so good. but a con-
servative cotton man expressed the
opinion this morning that the county
would not fall far short OF its last
wears record. And he was of the
opinion that the difference in the
price would make up for any shortage
there might be in the number Of bales.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12
STANDARD MUST GO.
Attorney General Davidson at Mexico
City Was Interviewed.

City of Mexico, Aug. lin a recent
visit to this city Attorney General
Davidson of Texas made some very
important statements with regard to
the Standard Oil Company and its
dealings in Texas.
Among other things he said: Texas
viii drive the Standard Oil from the
state il every home within its borders
has to burn candles for light. The
Standard. as it does business in the
state. under the name of the Waters
Pierce Oil Company. is a violation Of
the Texas antitrust law. It is mo-
nopoly and as such it must so.
The Texas laws are not too rigid,
and the antitrust law is one which is
on the statute books Of many states.
In Texas we propose to enforce it.
Texas has enough oil wells inside its
own borders to supply every bit of the
oil needed in the state"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12

"cooK WITH GAS"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12
TEXAS NEWS NOTES.

Foor cotton prospects continue to
be reported.
a meeting in the interest of a Y.
NJ c. A. building at the State Uniyer-
sity was held at Fort Worth.
Senator Bailey and J. II. Kirby
have bought a tract OF oil land near
Tulsa, for S165.lO0.
Railroad Commissioner COlquitt
says the reason railways do not fight
hostile legislation in northern states
is because they fear to arouse public
sentiment and open the way for dem
OCrats
Henry Faulkner. charged at Whar-
ton with shooting Frank Tillar. was
held in $500 bond. Tillar is seriously
wounded. but his case mystifies doc
tors.
Judge Noonan died at San Antonio
Assistant Attorney General Light
foot has gone 10 St Louis for the
meeting Of attorneys general
The state tax rate may be reduced
to[2 IL cents.
Yhe route of the proposed Brown
w5od-Waco railway has been inspect
ed
a textile school in connection with
the public school is proposed at Aus
tin.
a $4,000 fire occurred at Lufkin.
The mayor of Beaumont is to have
charge OF the new sewerage work.
Japs are giving a great deal OF trou-
Ole on the border.
Texas riflemen will leave this week
for the contest at Fort Clifton, Ohio.
Extensive wharf improvements are
TO be made at Port Arthur.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12
METHODIST CHURCH
i PASTOR RESIGNED

Z Rev. II. W. King. who was sent to
be pastor of the Grace Methodist
church in this city by the last Texas
conference. and who has been here
for the past few months. has resigned
as pastor of that church. in order to
take a long vacation and rest, made
necessary by the state of his health.
His nervous condition renders it i'm
practicable for him to continue his
work as a pastor. He intends to go
to his former home in Kentucky and
remain until such time as he feels
able to again take up his work. His
resignation is regretted by members
OF his church.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12

San Francisco, Cal. Aug. lit
was announced today by S. ]. Small.
national president OF the telegraph op-
orators of America, that If by Tuesday
next no way was found to bring about
a settlement in the telegraphers' con-
troversy, general strike would be
called by him. Mr.. Small said fur
Their that he had advised Charles p.
Neill, United States Commissioner of
Labor, that he could agree to an i'm
mediate resumption of work IL the
government would insist on an inves-
tigation Of the telegraphers' griev-
ances.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12
No Telegraph News Today.

The Herald makes its appearance
this afternoon without telegraphic
news service. The paper depends on
the Western Union office altogether
for the Transmission of its service
from Kansas City, western distribut.
ing point for the United Press, and
which comes via Dallas. and the
strike at these two points shuts off
the service. This is a condition over
which the paper has no control. and
Is pOwerless to remedy the situation.
As soon as communication opens up
the full service will be given again.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12
big CAMP MEETING
At BRUSHY CREEK

The big annual camp meeting will
begin az Brushy Creek on Friday OF
this week. The camp meeting at
Brushy is a big religious event in An.
derson county every year. and this
year an especially big meeting is ex-
pccicd. Ample preparations have
been made TO take care Of big
crowd, and a big revival IS expected
Rev. King Of this city has consented
10 go out and assist in the meeting for
ten days before leaving for Kentucky.
Every year a great many people from
this city 90 out TO this meeting. and
a good time Is always the result.
Good preachers will assist in the ser
vices.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-12
TELEGRAPHERS ARE
TYING THINGS UP
THE TIE-UP so FAR AS THE COM
MERclAL WORLD is CON-
cERNED SEEMS TO BE
VERY COMPLETE.
General Strike Tuesday
Says President Small, Unless a Way
Is Found to Bring About Set
tlement-PostaI Men Out at
Houston-Herald Gets
No Telegraph.

Dallas, Texas. Aug. 11.-Eforts Of
striking telegraphers in Dallas today
were directed toward an attempt to
get Associated Press and leased wire
operators to walk out and completely
tie up the telegraph business outside
of railroad business. Associated
Press operators at Dallas, as well as
those elsewhere, decided to stand by
the agreement made Saturday night
to remain in until 1880 o'clock Monday
night, pending action on their demand
for an eight-hour day, a six-day week,
S35 per week and zoe per hour over
time. Leased wire operators stand or
Press operators.
The tie-up so far as the commercial
world is concerned seems to be com
plete.
In Dallas today telegraph business
was "deadeT," if such an expression is
permi ssible. than Il had been on the
two preceding days. The Postal Com
pany did not accept any messages. A
newspaper man stopped at the Postal
Office for ten minutes and there were
several parties who came in at the
time and rendered messages.
we can't send It further than the
city limits" was the ready reply OF
the man who had been placed there to
refuse these messages.
The night wire chief was the only
man in the operating room of the Pos
tai, and he was not attempting to do
any telegraphing. He was acting as a
sort of guardian or custodian of the
property.
There was no change in the affairs
at the Western Union. A lonely
sounder could be heard to click off e
dos and dashes DOW. 1.iu.n.iErw
but the typewriter beside e was as
silent as the closed keys and only an
occasional message was sent or re
ceived.
The receiving clerk was asked how
many messages had been accepted by
the Western Union during the day
and his reply was, Practically none
| One or two messenger boys are kept
on hand, but these little fellows work
on commission and as the business
has not been profitable since the
strike most of them have sought other
employment
II the Associated Press and leased
wire service is shut off newspaper
service will, of course, be greatly han.
dicapped. Dallas would be shut out
from the world and the striking op.
orators themselves would have no
means of knowing what is going on
outside Of Dallas The Associated
Press and leased wires are all that
are being worked and with them stop.
ped the only way Dallas could reach
the outside world would be by mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

rinced in logging operations. and there Is also a serious waste in the manufac- ture of lumber.
 Just as present Pacific coast lumber manufacturers are encountering compe- tition from new source the railroad tic trade with Central American ports being captured by the Japanese. who are send ing over a very good grade of oak ties, which are sold at prices which shut out the splendid fir ties that In the past have been going down from Oregon and Wash lngton ports. Farther east in our own country, our mills are encountering the competition of the mills of the south. which seem willing to deplete their own fine forests for a much smaller remunera- ton than will satisfy timber holders and mill owners in this country.
 But the Pacific northwest in the end will be the gainer by this lull. Cheap timber and cheap lumber are rapidly be- coming things of the past, and every lull that has ever happened in the industry has been followed by a higher level of prices. When our mills began workk on the wonderful forests of the west, their exhaustion seemed a matter of centuries Now 1t is n matter of years, and not many years either. If the characteristic American desire for killing the goose that lays the golden egg can be sup pressed in no other way, these periodical lulls in the demand for lumber and logs should be welcomed. If they faile dto appear, not even the best directed efforts of those who seek to replenish by arti- f1cial forestry methods the failing supply will succeed in preventing the early ex- haustion of our wonderful timber re- eOurceS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

By George Edwin Hnnt
s.O.o.o.c.aso.o.o.o.oso.o.

1 or four days. With a word of warning
 to a few of the boys, he rode out of town. The following day announcement was made of a dance to be given at Bloomer 8 Gulch on Saturday night. All Paradise
 was invited and most of it accepted. Jer- 1 nigan, Windy. Billy Earle Pap Johnson
 and others tried to prevail on Runty to join them, but the marshais conception
 of his duty would not permit him to leave
 his post.
 You fellows g-g-go on and have tho t-t-time of your lives" he said. I'll stay
 right here and see that nobody c-c-car-
 ries off the town
 As nearly every one that had the even- ing free was expecting to attend the dance, Runty's self-appointed guardians could see no risk in leaving him uncared
 for that one night. and it was so decided
 At 10 clock that Saturday night, while all was peacefully quiet in Paradise, four men, masked and heavily armed, rode into town from the Tucson trail. In silence they passed through the deserted streets
 to where the lights from Three-Fingered Petes saloon and gambling house shone across the darkened thoroughfare. Nose- lessly dismounting, they hitched their ponies, readjusted their masks and sur veyed the room from their concealment
 in the outer shadow. Pete's bartender, Dutch Henry the sole occupant, was
 dozing in a chair at the end of the bar.
 With one swift stride he who acted as
 leader of the outlaws was In the saloon,
 a forty four In each hand covering Dutch. Hands up!" short and sharp. A glance toward the door, an almost
 involuntary movement of the hand toward
 the gun under the bar, a sharp report, and Dutch Henry had paid the debt of indiscretion The outlaws hastened to a small safe in the corner of the room
 where Pete kept his "bank roll" Find
 ing it locked, the leader gave quick and
 decisive orders.
 Jake, knock that knob off with the hammer squlnt, get your brace and bit. Here's the dynamite. Jerry, go outside and watch. There may be some one left
 in this cursed town after all.'
 There was. The words were scarcely
 spoken when Marshal Smithers stepped
 into the saloon. Even his defective vision
 could not mistake the visible evidences
 of crime. Hating inside the door, he
 said:
 Men, c-c-come with me-"
 At the sound of his voice the leader
 of the outlaws whrled on his heel-fred-
 and missed. Runty had never been shot
 at before His sand-founded confidence
 fled in flash. His face turned ashen
 gray as his soul was suddenly steeped
 in the agony of physical fear. His frame
 trembled with the wild desde to turn
 and flee. His lips went dry. a cold sweat
 bathed his body and the horror of cow
 ardlce cried aloud within him. But he walked steadily forward, pointed to the star on his coat lapel and sald Men, c-c-come with me-"
 The amazement that an unarmed man, and one of such peaceful appearance, should venture to challenge them held the outlaws spellbound for a moment,
 but now, with an oath, the leader fired
 again. the report of his revolver barely preceding a fusillade from those of his i followers, and Marshal Runty Smthers sank to the floor, murdered in the att
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

, hind the bar, groaned aloud. Billy Earle at the window, let out an audible poor little cuss" and Pap Johnson turned away from the door that he might not see 1t. But at the touch of the hand, at the sound of the voice, Lonesome turned slowly, looked Runty square in the eyes and replied:
 "Certainly, Marshal. Anything you say goes"
 Runty disarmed him and led him to the improvised calaboose, where he was locked up for the night
 You see." explained Pap Johnson, as he related the incident to me, Lonesome knowed that the infant might git up asjl something hot purity soon and might either funk or git hurted. He knowed Runty would be less scared of him than any man In town, for him and Lonesome had been good chums from the first. Then agin, Lonesome wanted to set good eX- ample to the rest of us sorter show Us the law must be obeyed. Drunk? Nav He wasn't drunk He just done that way to kind of educate both Runty and thl boys"
 After that evening Lonesome, Jar Johnson, Big Bin Jernigan Billy Earle Windy Jenkins and one or two others conspired together that Marshal Smith CTS might serve his municipality with honor-and safety. Paradise was blessed In that 1t had a corps of marshals IT, stead of one. The change in the morale of the town was noticeable At intervals one of the conspirators would get on a stage drunk and let Runty lock him up.
 'It didn't do us no harm" explained Windy, "an' 1t sorter gi'e Runty confi- dence in himself. Lord we just enjoyed it.
 Whenever one of the untrustworthy cit izens of Paradise filled up on bad whisky and there was danger of genuine trouble one of the boys would be detailed to keep Runty occupied in a remote quarter while Lonesome or Big Bill Jernigan quieted the obstreperous party.
 |, The months wore on and Runty retoiced In the thoroughness of his work. He walked more erect. He felt he was a man among men and almost cultivated a bold and fearless aspect. Not that he believed his personality was the cause of the change in the moral atmosphere of Para disc. Not at all. It was the natural eff feet of law. Runtys respect for the law was that of a man of good percentage raised in one of the older parts of the country, and he never doubted but that 1t was regard for the law, of which he was simply the accredited representative. that had worked the comparative reform
 in Paradise. He even threatened to put on paper his "Observatons on the Psy- chic Effect of Law in New and Remote Communities.
 One Monday morning Lonesome Linthi- cum received a message calling him to ranch 200 miles up the valley on mis- sion that would require his attention threo