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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

The following interesting story per
taining To the Colored Shareholder
lin the South before the War of tn,
Rebellion. is reproduced from The
News and Courier of Charleston
{ South Carolina, and in some in
stances the Colored shareholders
were fully as cruel and as mean as
the white shareholders.
There were a good many Negroes
who owned Negro slaves in the South,
before the war In the List of the
Taxpayers OF the city of Charleston,
1860. published by Evans and Crogs-
well in 1861. the names of one hun
dred and thirty-two Colored people
who owned and paid taxes on 800
slaves in Charleston.
The tax on slaves was s. per cap
tia. and the amount paid on the Ne
groes owned by Negroes was sl1.7o.
Doubtless there were other Slave-hOld
erS among the Negroes in other parts
of the State. but Of these We have
no record.
There were Negro shareholders al
50 in other parts of the South Mr..
J. J. Wood OF Columbus. Ga. recently
told IN" Enquircr-Sun of that city. an
interesting story about free Ne
gro persons who owned slaves in
their own right IL thar community. .
ON" of th"S" Slav,. holders WAS Bob .
Parker. who ran Il line a. drayS in
Columbus. owning his hands ana
drayS- He also owned Negro women
and children. BilS"y Pope, owned her
husband and hired him out and wnru
he offended her in some WAY she gor
rid of him 10y selling him Ia Colonel
Seaborn Jones. Joe Clark. anorhrr
Negro in Columbus. a barber 10y trade
owned and worked Negroes whom a-
bought. II the DiIS"y POM plan
could only be- adopted nowadays
among the white Pcopl" it might be
To rid the community ar
som" very rriilinr husbands. brr rhr.
another matter
There wcr" more. Negro sI1,.. bu-J
nrs in Charleston than in any other
in the South. with thu on
reption. probably OF New Orleans In
this class were seven Indian families
who had consorted with the Negroes. J.,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

= Some of the family names of the fires
: persons OF color who fOurished here
p and who owned slaves are still To b,
found in the city directory. and there
are many of their descendants still
living. but most of the old slave hold.
ing Negroes have left no sign that
they ever existed. The Weston fam
lily was the largest and most impor
tant of the free Negro families living
here. and they We're all very good
people. The free Negroes generally
held themselves in high esteem and
were much RESPECTED by their white
neighbors.
3 There were 36I taxpayers there
who paid taxes on real estate that
was valued at s75g,g70. The rate of
taxation on real estate was 81. 40 per
cent. so that these people paid into
the city treasury on account of their
real estate holdings, slave property F..
and other eXaCtiunS of the municipal
government about $l2.2uSI4.
The largest owners al slaves amona
IN" Colorrd people here were. Il +
D"rr"f nndianI and Maria W,srnr
each Of whom had II slaves. Amo,
iiaNr"r owned -. Elizabeth Duprat
and G""rs" Shrewsbury each owned
-. Ph""h" Lewis owned II. lame.
Johnston owned I". Samuel Weston
Nru>'"'I owned y. Peter -. Matthew,
ana Jacob Weston each owned one
and 81 number 81 others who's. maine,
al" n"r s." familiar owned from Ia
The largest taxpayer among the ire.
i"r~"n> OF color Wa Maria Weston :
VII" owned $i".u7" worth o. real go.
tate and paid $GI% raN">. other Iar-r ,
TAXPAYERS among th,.~,. people Were.
a. follows:
Robert Howard real estate. So .nu .
slaves =. IdN"~ $I9I
H. +. D"rr"f real estate. sea.onn. il
slaves u. taxes S%Ni {
VIM. MckimIan. real estate So. 400 h
slaves =. raN,< $%54.4>. +
Joseph n"r"cf undianI. real rsra,c. 4
'l"""'. slaves q. LAKES s2i3. "
Elias Garden HndianI. real estate. u
- i.""". slaves :. taxes 1927.
John l.. Francis. real estate. 81 500.
slaves :. taxes $3.50.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

life. but he also believes in teaching
his boys how Ia work. For every
evening except Sundays. William
Harrison Emanuel. and Floyd Saun-
ders Emanuel. perform first-clasS
chriOpudist WORK. for the convenience
of the Pros South Side customers. in
one of The parlors of his elegant
home, G252 Rhodes Avenue. phone
Wentworth 2i9
When business is concluded for the
day. Prof Emanuel. a. we'll as Mrs
Emanuel delight in participating in
the social side of life. and occasion
ally they give brilliant social func-
tons in their fine home tn their manv
friends and as an evidence of their
popularity. recently. PrcT. Emanuel.
was electcL president of the Apo
mattox Club. and Mrs Emanuel was
chosen president of the Frederick
Douglas Center Womam'S Club. and
now they are known far an. near "a
the two presidents.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

hin To collect all the rents ,..
upon what The tenants sho1ld r...
and should Lot have. in The w. "a.
cleaning and repairs. Hc also a...
ali th" coal and other supplies. W..
al" used ia connection with Tie bglt.
ing
Then" ar" .-y + ~ CoIur-d D..
III Chicago. Who ar" t.u-trd hv lar
property owuor>. so any greater ,v.
tent than NJ. Paracr.
January 10Th. 1885,. Mr.. Parker ,..
cam" united in uIarriagr 10 Mis- /
Benson OF Richmond. Ind. and tho
married lie is a happy one. and
their dau@.t'r. Hiss Rcna. who is Is
bright az a u'w silver dollar. is q
great fav"rir" among the scholar, q.
tending IL" Lincoln school.
Mr. Parkc.. j. very modest a.i
domestic in her make up. believes in
living the simple life. she is a mem
her Of III" Truc Reformers and has
greatly assisted her husband. TO g..
cumrla'" nee bank account.
Mr.. Parser j. Il member Of X. p.
Lodge NJ. >. Minneapolis. Mimi. q
h"avE stakeholder and director in m.
Sandy w Tricr 4 Company Depart
m"nl store. 29l> State street. And
hy hard work and steady habits. AMI
10y lrarnin" how To save the create
p"r'I'H "t his earnings. he has stead.
lily strivcn upward which enables him
to command respect and to he a man
among men.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28
MRS NELLIE PHELPS
Continues to Run the Most Up-To-
Date Confectionery, Grocery and
Cigar Stores in the Town of Lake.

Among the many confectionery.
fancy grocery and cigar stores in the
Town of Lake, none of them are more
up-to-date than the well stocked store
OF this kind, conducted by Mrs. Mel
lie Phelps, 131 w. 51st Street, between
Dearborn and Armour Avenue. Mrs.
Phelps, handles none but first-class
goods, consisting of fancy and staple
groceries, candies, milk and cream. to-
bacco, cigars, stationary and other
notions, which she sell at rock-bottom
prices, and she is kept constantly busy
in waiting on her many customers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

Prof. William Emanuel started in
business in small way for himself
in 1887, without much money and
after many struggles on the part of
himself and Mrs. Emanuel, he finally
succeeded in forging to the front as
one of the most successful business
men among the AfrO-AmericanS in
Chicago.
For some years Prof. Emanuel has
been established in business at lG9
Wabash Avenue, phone Central Gi21.
where he conducts the finest ana mos
extensive ChiropOdist and MaEicurin-
parlorS in Thu city o. the Middle
West. Employing - or II first-class
assistants. both men and women whn
make good wages and always look
neat and tim. while politely waium-
on his numerous patrons.
Prof. Emanuel believes in not only
in working real hard himself. in order
to accomplish something. in order TO
have some of the good things OF this
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

VI. Miller %%45 State Street. contin-
ues TO do rushing business in coal
and wood. expressing. moving and
storing furniture.
The special matinee given for char
ity, at the Pekin Theatre Friday after
noon. was well attended by the social
set of the city. Mrs. VIM. Emanuel
under whose management the affair
was given, deserves much credit for
her efforts in behalf of charity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

Mrs. Clara Belle Barley is critical
Ill at st. Luke's Hospital, where shr
recently underwent an operation fOr
appendicitis.
Mrs. L. l.. Jones. 3S47 Dearborn
street. has been seriously i'll for the
past two weeks. but to the delight of
her husband and many friends, she is
regaining her health.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

MIS-. Katherine r. Hamlet 5O2s Ar
nour Avenue; carries a fine line of
cigars tobacco. candies. notions, plain
ana fancy groceries and she is doing
nice business.
James A. Cobb, a Negro, has been
appointed Special Assistant United
states Attorney for the District of Co
lumbia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

B. H. johnson 1915 State State, who
is greatly assisted by Mrs. johnson in
conducting his business, closed a
prosperous year, and he looks for
ward to doubling his furniture NOV
Ing expressing and his coal and wood
business in 1908.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

Joseph Ii. Hudlun, who succeeded
his father years ago in having charge
of the Board of Trade building has
the respect and confidence of each
and every member of the board and
they will swear by him every day in
the week.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

Til" ball given Christmas night BY
ia" Triangl" Inner Circle Club M the
Armory for the benefit of the Home
for the aged and Infirm Colured PEG
pie. was well attended.
Mr.. VIM. ]. Allen. G00G Center ave.
has been granted an absolute divorce
from his wife The court has also
given Mr.. Allen the care of his son
Harold. fine little fellow of four
years
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28
COlored Men
AS Slave Owners

. pit Of CHARLESTON HISTORY THAT is NOT VERY
GENERALLY KNOWN
SOME RICH COLORED FOLKS WHO OWNED AND CON
TROLLED NEGRO SLAVES THE SAME AS THE
WHITE PEOPLE UP TO THE CLOSE OF THE CON
FEDERATE WAR-THEY WERE VERY INTELLIGENT
AND STOOD WELL AMONG THE WHITE PEOPLE
IN THEIR SEVERAL COMMUNITIES.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-28

--''AA'N -. sollllD SOll. 100 state
Street, will spend the holiday season.
with friends at South Bend, Ind.
Peter p. Jones. who succeeded
Harry Shepperd in the PHOTOGRAPHIC
business at 1881 State Street. cannot
be excelled as an artist in his line
OF business, and he is making port-
rats for many Of the best people in
Chicago. Mr.. Jones has had a LONG
experience in many of the leading
white studios in this country. and il
you want first-class work, call and
see him.
In the State of Mississippi alone
there are thirteen banks run bv
Negroes and in this same State and
Louisiana the Negroes own more
farms than the whites.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
FEES ARE CLERKS OWN.
Vital Statistics Collection Carries Re.
Enumeration

The legislature Of last winter, in
chapter 24O OF the Session Laws,
makes clerks Of courts ex-officio super
intendents of vital statistics, and re-
quires certain duties of them in re-
gard to the collection Of such Stats
tics, providing a scale of fees for
each service.
In Lawrence county, Clerk of Courts
Starr claimed these fees as his own in
addition to any other salary, which
contention on his part was not ad-
mitted by the county commissioners.
The matter was submitted to Attorney
General Clark, who holds thai these
duties are extra official, and as such
entities the official called upon to per
form them to the fees for the service
in addition to any other pay he may re-
ceive.
In the Lawrence county case the
fees amounted to several hundred dol
lars, and while In most counties Of
the state they will be small, each
clerk will find that they make an addi.
ton to his former salary.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
FIRE HITS NEW YORK HARD.
Twenty-Four Hours Record Is Eigh
teen Deaths and 81, 900, 900 Loss.

New York, July 31.-ShOCklng loss
of human life and destruction of prop.
erty estimated at more than 81 900, 900
were caused by fires in New York and
it's vicinity in the twenty-four hours
ending at s o'clock yesterday morn.
ing.
Eighteen persons are dead and at
least fifteen are seriously injured as
the result Of a fire early yesterday in
a tenement in a house on Christie
street. All of the occupants of the
house were Italians. There il no clue
to the origin of the blaze. 1t was at
first reported that the fire was proba-
bly, the result of a bomb exploded in a
grocery store in the basement of the
buildings, but the police after a care.
full investigation said that there was
no evidence to sustain this theory OF
to show that the fire was of incendiary
origin.
The fire wave first struck Coney
Island, and before it subsidized Steeple.
chase Park. a score of hotels and
many amusement attractions We're in
ruins and many persons were home.
less. The next fire was the steamship
fire. Then came the Christie street
tenement disaster, and next the Long
Branch hotel was destroyed. The 500
guests were all in their beds when the
flames were discovered, but all left the
building in safety. The hotel burned
like finder and within a short time
was a smoldering mass of ruins. It
was three stories high and nearly COO
feet in length, and when filed to its
capacity housed LOO persons. The
loss is about 100000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
GETS SIOUX COLLECTION.
Historical Society Receives Gift Of
Indian Relics,

The State Historical society, ever
since its organization, has been col
Letting relics of the Sioux and earlier
Indian inhabitants Of South Dakota.
This has been largely increased by the
presentation by DR.. De Lorme W. Rob-
inson of his entire museum of Sioux
Indian trophies which he has been
years in collecting at a heavy expense
In cash and time. The collection con
slsts of clothing and ornaments, pipes,
games, implements, pottery and relics
OF the stone age. This collection will
be preserved in the museum of the
society as the de Lorme w. Robinson
Indian museum" and to this will be
added the specimens already owned
by the society and received from
other sources. DR.. James Walker of
Pine Ridge, the author of a work on
the games Of the Sioux, now is get
ting together a complete outfit of the
paraphernalia of Sioux games for
presentation to the society, and it is
hoped to build up here the most repre-
sentative museum of Indian relics in
existence.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
LIMIT CITY TO TWO SALOONS.
State and County Legal Departments
to Act.

Attorney General Clark, while at
Pierre a few days ago, visited Fort
Pierre to look over the situation in
cegard to the licensing of four saloons
N that town, which is entitled to but
Two under the provision of chapter
liza Of the Laws of 1907.
When the applications were made
Cor licenses, they we're all from men
who had been operating in the town,
and all of whom were property own
ers. Neither the county commission
ers nor the council Of Fort Pierre
cared to decide the respective claims,
and granted the four licenses.
States Attorney Hughes OF Stanley
county does not intend to let the mat
ter go In that manner, and If he starts
actions he will have the assistance
Of the state legal department In case
ne desires it.
Just in what n the suit will
De brought is an open question as be-
tween the different methods available,
but no doubt suit will pc brought in
some form against the last two
licenses granted, and in this suit the
law will be given a test on all its
points, and other towns can be gov
erned by the result of the suit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
State News of Interest
BOARD SPENDS WISELY.
Big Lump Of State Institution Fund
Isn't Used.

Through the courtesy Of w. e. Tip
ton of Mitchell, secretary Of the board
Of charities and corrections, some in
teresting facts and figures have been
cleaned from the records Of his office
relative to the conditions Of the vari-
Gus penal and charitable institutions
of the state. At the close Of the fiscal
year, June 80, 1907, the population of
the various institutions of the state
was as follows:
Training school, Plankinton, 81
males, IA females. total Il; feeble
minded school, Redfeld, 50 males, Sc
females, total 1925; school for blind,
Gary, 80 males, II females, total 40;
school for deaf mutes, Sioux Falls, 80
males, SO females, total 70; peniten-
tiary, Sioux Falls, $50 males, 2 fe-
males, total 1872: hospital for insane.
Yankton, 430 males, 243 females, total,
678.
This makes a total Of 1853 people OF
the derelict and defective classes in
this state out of a population Of less
than a half million people. and 1t is
an exceedingly low ratio as compared
with other states. There are some
thing more than 200 Of the feeble-mind-
ed and blind and deaf classes in the
state who are not In the institutions.
Financially the board has made an
excellent showing during the year. OF
the money under the control of the
board for running the institutions for
the year $~63,S59.7S was saved and COW
cred back into the state treasury. and,
better still, the institutions as regards
the standard Of care for the inmates
have never been In better condition.
all Of which reflects the wisdom of
having a strong and experienced board
at the head of this arm of the state
government. This indicates a radical
change in the management of the in
situations, for the time was in this
state when the funds every year In the
institutions not only were used up to
the last dollar but the legislature was
This has all been changed under the
present management, and it is
thing for which the people of the
state have to be thankful.
The board has met with considera-
BILE difficulty in securing help at the in
situations, and at the present time no
less than fifteen people could secure
employment at the hospital for the in
sane at Yankton. Wages have been
repeatedly raised at Yankton, we are
informed, as at others. but this does
not entirelJ give relief.
New buildings are being constructed
at the penitentiary, at the school for
deaf mutes n at the insane hospital,
for each of which special appropria-
tions were made by the last legisla-
ture. The construction of a Irvine
plant at the ~penitentiary is being
pushed forward as rapidly as possible,
and when this is completed and in ope-
ration farming will be practically elm
mated from that institution.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
GETS PIONEER FLAG.
Banner Used at First "Fourth" ID
Given to Historical Society,".


Henry I. Stearns of Medary has pre-
sented the state historical society with
the flag which was floated over the
first Fourth of July celebration in the
upper Sioux Valley on the Fourth OF
1873. When the settlers begun to pre-
pare for their celebration they found
they had no flag for use on the occa
sion, and the one now in the posses
sion Of the society was manufactured
for the occasion. The red stripes were
made from an old scarf, and the white
ones from a petticoat donated for the
purpose by n Of the women of the
party. The field was made by paint
ing a piece of white cloth blue, after
blocking out the stars, which were
left Imprinted. The banner is four by
seven feet in size. With the flag was
an old pair Of blacksmith tongs, which
were brought to Medary by the first
settlers in 1857, and which were with
other articles cached when the party
was driven out by Indians. Later set.
tiers opened the cache and took the
articles inclosed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
RELEASE Of MOyfR ON BAIL
CO-DEFENDANT WITH HAYWOOD
TO GIVE BOND IN THE SUM
OF $4,000.

|, Boise, Idaho, July 81. - Charles H.
Meyer, president of the Western Fed,
Grafton of Miners, and co-defendant
with William D. Haywood, acquitted of
the murder of Former Governor Steu-
nenberg, was ordered released on $25,-
600 bail yesterday by Judge Wood,
who presided at the Haywood trial.
The attorneys for the federation X
pected to have the bond ready last
night, but the arrangements had not
been completed at a late hour. Meyer
will probably be released to-day and
will leave at once for Denver, his
home.
Date for P~ettibone's Trial.
No application for bail was made in
the case of George A. Pettibone, the
third of the alleged conspirators, but
the motion was made for a speedy
trial, and his case was set down for
Tuesday, Oct. l. Counsel intimated
yesterday that they might apply for a
bond for Pettibone later, but it is not
believed that the states attorneys will
consent. 1t has been generally claimed
that the state has more discriminating
evidence against Pettibone than
against any of the others, while it has
been generally conceded that the case
against Meyer is the weakest.
Haywood Congratulated.
Haywood yesterday continued to re
ceive congratulatory kilograms from
all sections Of the country. They came
from officials of labor unions, from 10.
cal unions of the Western Federation
and socialists organizations.
The messages nearly all expressed
the sentiment that labor has triumph.
ed over the oppressive measures OF
capital"
Haywood spent the day at the cot.
tage occupied by his family and re.
ceived many callers. He expects to
leave for Denver Thursday.
Homecoming for Haywood.
Denver, June 80. - Secretary-Treas
urer Haywood's return to Denver will
be made the occasion of a great dem
onstration in the city by the Western
Federation Of Miners and other labor
organizations.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
WIFE MAY KEEP LAND,
Hitchcock Says Husbands Legal Resi-.
dence Elsewhere Doesn't Count,

By one Of the most important de.
cisions this year the secretary of the
interior has just declared that a wife
who has taken up homestead land
prior to her marriage may maintain
her title to the land, even though her
husband makes his legal residence
elsewhere. The decision was in the
case Of Mrs. Augusta Raymond Of
Whitewood, who has been fighting two
years to hold her land. David Per-
kins of the same place contested her
right to the land on the ground that
Der legal residence was with her hus-
band, who is employed in another Sec
ton of the country. The land office
at Rapid City decided against the
woman, as did the commissioner Of
the land Office at Washington, but her
attorney appealed the case to Secre-
tary Hitchcock personally, and has
just been notified of the decision that
will make an important precedent for
future cases.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-08-02
MUST BE PAPAs TO GET ESTATE
Six Sons Shall Wed or Lose Rights az
Heirs.

1mbued with the sentiments enun.
ciated by President Roosevelt in his
propaganda against race suicide, James
Madison, a wealthy cattleman of Butte
county, who died recently, left an
unqualified Endorsement of the stork
IN his last will and testament. In this
instrument he bequeaths a snug sum
to each Of his six unmarried sons
upon certain conditions.
The first condition is that each shall.
within two years Of the date of the
probate of the will, provide himself
with a wife. Within the next ten
years the legatee, in order to inherit
the estate left by his father, must have
accumulated a family Of no fewer than
four children.
The instrument provides that the
estate shall be held in trust for the
sons for ten years, and at the end Of
that period 1t shall be divided equally
among those who have complied with
the conditions imposed.
Any son who shall have failed to
marry within two years or to have be-
come the father of four children with
IN the decade subsequent to the de-
mise OF the testator shall receive no
part of the estate, his share being d.
vided among those who have carried
out the wishes of the testator.