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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-20
HOPE OF THE NEGRO
Views of a C0I0red Preacher
of Columbia, S. c.
RACE MUST PROVE WORTHY
Declares It Will Win Respect When
Entitled to It.
URGES INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
Dependence of the Agricultural In
terest of the State-Unreliable
as Laborers in Factories.
URGES INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
BY WILLIAM F.. CT RT1S.

Special Correspondence of The Star ana the
Chicago Record Herald.
COLUMBIA March IL ltIS.
when a colored man shows that he is
entitled to respect and confidence. lie
generally gets it, just like white man.
said the Rev. NJ. G.. Johnson of Coiumpla
this morning And when he shows that
he isn't worthy of respect and confidence.
he doesn't get it any more than a white
man of similar character. That has been
my experience and observation. not only
in Columbia, but in other parts of the
south. and 1 think that others who have
studied human nature will agree with me
that both races are judged and deserve to
be judged by about the same rules.
Honesty. industry and intelligence are not
subject to the color line. and white men
have no exclusive rights to them. They
are just as much within the reach of the
cOlored people, and they will do the color
cd people just as much good when they
are faithfully practiced as they do the
white people That's the doctrine l
preach to my congregation and that's
what l try to convince them is the essen
tial to success in life.
Everybody will admit that there is Il
wholesome sermon In Mr. Johnson's re-
marks. and everybody here tells me that
he practices what he breaches. Every
body knows him and respects him. He
has occupied the pulpit of the colOred
Presbyterian church in this city for more
than thirty years He was born in
adjoining county, educated in the common
schools, and was prepared for the minis
try at Howard University at Washington.
He is an unpretentiouS hard-work1ng,
plain-spoken shepherd of a flock of some
800 souls and has wide influence in this
community
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Special Value inn
Women's Silk Hose.

N~YS7 Z have just received
Il III Ill and placed on sale IS
NAAA dozen more of those
Pure Silk II o c
which we advertised several weeks
ago and sold so quickly. They are
shown in tan, blue. pink, lavender,
bronze, black and white, with
double solcs and high spliced
heels; some have cotton soles.
All sizes in the lot.
Sl.Io a pair: 3 for $500.
Regular value, SI.5o pair.
Main floor. ST.
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This is certainly

them. This is certainly remarkable
sitI,atiou | do not know of any state
that can show similar returns.
The negro population of South Caroillia
&c now as II ALWAYS has been. cOnsidera-
blv larger than the white population The
estimated number of inhabitants or the
state in 1907 was l.41i.13I. the increase
from the census year of 1:aU. being onlS
about 10000 which estimate in the
.oninion of conservative judges is excess
civ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-20
Woodward & LOthrOp
Mems New Spring
Suits and TODCOatS.

TRCE style depends largely on becomngness The more
beconngy clad the individuality asserted
~ and the more style assured
Our Mems Clothing Department has display a
splendid collection Suits opcoats and Fancy Vetscothe
OF subdued character for who dress WE'LL but quiet taste
Others OF ree design and contrast the ultra
being tailored with good good judgment and
finished in the best possible
The shades of brown color blue. gray.
etc, we'll represented
The celebrated 1rsh, Wickwire & Co.'S "Spon' Clothing
largely represented together with the productions of other we'll
known reputable makers.
Prices, $500 to $4,000.
floor feminist
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Attractive Values inn
Undergarrments

IL :S %o: &: :: % ::> S:5;; ::$
brics and nansooks, suit
able for early spring wear. Spe-
cial attention is called to the gen
cral excellence OF these garments
the cloths, the shapes. the styles,
the sewing. the trimmings. all be-
ing high class i'll every respect.
And at the prices We consider
them excellent values:
Muslin and Cambria Gowns high and We neck.
long sleeves. yoke Of embroidery and cluster
incks. neck and sleeves finished with -o,
cambria rufffcs. Each ........... ooN
Cambria and Nainsook Gowns. nigh ard We
ncrk long sleeves yoke OF tine tucks neck and
sleeves trimmed with ruffies. 80
Each ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
xainsook Gowns bishop style neck and sleeves
trimmed with bias bands run with pink --r
blue ribbon, Each. ..............-.... ~
Muslin Cambria and Nain-"ok Gowns. high.
low. V" and square neck: long and short sleeves;
varioIsly trimmed with lHces. insertions. heading.
embroidery edging. fine tucks and rib 81 10
hons Each ...-.-.---..--. --..-..-'.
Nainsoos Corset Covers low neck. full front.
trimmed With vslenciennes lace and insertion or
cmhroideries finished with beading run roc
with pink blue ribbon. Each ........- w
Muslin. Cambria and Nainsook Drawers, with
full rufies Of dne lace embroidery. coc
Fair. observation-disclosures. w
Cambria Short Skirts trimmed with full ruff
fes Of embroidery or valencienpes lace and SOc
insertion Each OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ooN
Also a lot OF White Lawn Dress
ing SacqueS, with loose back and
front. We neck. large sailor collar
and three-quarter sleeves.
Special price, SOC each.
Third floor. Eleventh st.
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Negroes Going to Texas.

OF these 62J.9i1 are white and S4S.'?4
are colorcd The white population is in
creasing faster than the blacks. not from
natural causes or from immigration. but
because the backs are leaving the state
quite rapidly and going west. There is
q constant stream of emigration to Texas.
and il is attributed to the peonage laws.
which permit a white planter to hold
farm hand in slavery provided he can pro-
duce two witnesses to testify that the
negro has agreed to work for him and
has accepted money or provisions from
his hands This law is becoming curse
in several SECTIONS and is not only driv-
ing the negro laboring population away,
but is keeping out foreign immigrants
who have heard sensational stories of Its
enforcement.
The growth of the population Of South
Carolina. for these and other reasons.
has not kept up with that of other states
In 800 she stood number fourteen In
rank of population among the states: IN
1850 she was number twentX-one: in 1900
she was twenty-four. and in 1891 she was
twenty six-falling back all the time. Ac-
cording to the estimates of the statlstl-
clans. the growth of population is less
than per cent for the decade.
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White Labor in Factories.

The factory population of Columbia is
about 10000. mostly employed in the cot
ton mills: and it is exclusively white and
native born, except for about nifty per-
sons of foreign birth who came over with
a party of immigrants from Belgium
about two years ago. No negroes are
emploved in the factories except as sweep
ers porters tiremen. transfers and for
heavy handling. They are not consid-
cred competent to do machine work. Mr.
August Kohn. in his admirable work on
the cotton industry of South Carolina
saws: The history of the early efforts of
the industry in this state shows that
negro labor was very largely used. En-
periment has since been made on several
occasions notably in Charleston and in
Columbia with coiored help, but it has
proven a failure. largely because of the
lack of ambition on the part Of the col
money. and because of the disposition of
the people to work two or three days in
the week and to rest for the remainder
of that period. There are. however. a con-
siderable number of colored people en-
ployed very satisfactorily in the cotton
mills as openers of cotton. as scrubmen.
in the machine shops and boiler rooms. in
the picker room at some of the mills.
and in what is known as the outside force
that attends TO the cleaning of the grounds
and the sanitary arrangements.
Capt F. w Wagner the leading mer
chant of that city. tells me that two re-
cent attempts at negro labor in Charles
ton factories were failures because the
negroes would not come to their work
regularly.
Factory operatives must be on hand
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Special Value i'm Little Boys Suits.

Little Boys Fancy Sailor Blouse Suits made of fine
handsomely trimmed with rich braids Suitable
for best sizes 21a to
S3.25 each. Values, $500 and 5000.
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every day: they must be prompt and
regular, and negroes cannot be depended
upon.
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Few Negro Paupers.

Brother Johnson's views are Endorsed by
several other prominent colored men here
with whom ] have had the opportunity of
speaking and his advice is being ac-
cepted by thousands of young members
of his race. The colored industrial
schools to which he refers are doing a
great deal of good for the Improvement
of the coming generation by fitting both
the young men and the young women
to make better use of their abilities and to
get larger reward for their labors. The
official statistics confirm what he says
about the material improvement of the
negro population. They show that there
are only $50 negro paupers in popua-
ton of SIS. 794. In 1903 there were o9o
negro paupers reported. and in 1903 there
were 26S All of these paupers. | am
told. are either blind or crippled or de-
crepit from age and are SO infirm that
they are not able to support themselves
and have no relatives to take care OF
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Holland Rose Bushes.

First Offering of
The state herald., 1908-10-23
The Standard
Oil Special
BRYAN SMILES UNDER INSULT
OF CORPORATION CON.
TRiBUTloNS.

No better advertisement OF Its abase.
ment at the hands of the corporations
could be possibly furnished by the
Democratic party than the STANDARD
oil" special, now traverslng the state
OF Colorado.
1t is freely charged that this
magnificent train is being financed by
the Standard Oh Company and Colo.
RADIO corporations In the interests OF
Bryan. Charles J. Hughes. Jr.. Jonn r.
Shafroth and other candidates on the
Democratic national and state tick.
cts. Hughes md Shafroth are di.
rectly Identified with the corpo
rations and have been for years.
They are merely masqueradlns
under the time honored tenets OF
the Democratic party. which have
suddenly been abandoned. The pco
pie should awaken to n realization OF
this fact. for II means that the Demo
cratic party Ii now hubsoryicnt 10 the
influences II once dcoried. and for no
other reason than that these corpora
tions are furnishing ready money,
"oh. what fall was there. my
eountrymen."
Eight years aEo william Jennings
bryan went through the country with
fine tooth comb looking for men In
the Democratic party who were belnf
Influenced by the corporations. II,
did the same thing four years ago and
attempted 10 read Roger Sullivan oi
Illinois out OF the party for represent
Ing corporations.
This year he comes TO Denver and
sees tho Democratic party nbsolutol,
dcbauehed by corporations. iic sect
Charles J. Hughes. jr.. n corporation
man pure and simple. running fol
United States senator and contributing
5000 TO the bryan campaign fund. iI'
aeoa plans for tho special train belnf
completed. tho funds being on,Ifei,
furnished by corporations.
Yet Mr.. Bryan comes and goes with
out a word OF feproaoh. Ills old fine
iy.asaumod sense OF shame at oorpor
ate invasion seems 20 have b.oom,
suddenly bluntej. Ito oyeflooks the
things he dsofied a few years ago
Drynn'H desire 10 become President
Of tho United States has never iot
him into a graver Inconsistency ,ha'
, this
The state herald., 1908-10-23

THERE NEVER WAS A TIME
WHEN THE REPUBLICANS HAD
BETTER REASONS TO BE PROUD
OF THEIR PARTY AND ITS
ACHIEVEMENTS THAN AT THE
PRESENT MOMENT.
DO NOT PERMIT YOURSELVES
TO BE DISTRACTED OR ALARMED
BY THE NOISE DEMOCRATIC ORA.
TORS ARE MAKING OVER TRIPLES
AND FALSE ISSUES.
THE RESULTS OF THE CAM.
PAiGN so FAR ARE HIGHLY SAT-.
lSFAcToRY. THE PEOPLE ARE
SHOWING GREAT INTEREST AND
ENTHUSIASM AT OUR MEETINGS.
ALL WE NEED NOW is TO GET
OUT THE VOTE.
PARTY WORKERS AND COMMIT.
TEEMEN SHOULD MAKE EVERY
POSSIBLE EFFORT TO SEE THAT
BUSY AND ovER.coNFiDENT RE.
PusLicANs ARE REGISTERED ON
THE NEXT REGISTRATION DAY
IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS
WHICH is OCTOBER 27TH, THE
LAST TUESDAY OF THIS MONTH
YOURS VERY TRULY,
JOHN r. VIVIAN.
CHAIRMAN.
The state herald., 1908-10-23
The Democrats
The Octopod
Has Got Them
CORPORATIONS IN CONTROL.

The extraordinary display of wealth
by tn Democratic state organization
in Colorado is entirely consistent with
the drift Of the Democracy to corporate
control
1t will he remembered that when 20
litical considerations forced Mr.. Bryan
to real Colonel Guifey. the Standard
oil magnate Of Pennsylvania. out of his
party at the Denver convention, the
fact was discovered that Colonel Guf
fey had made Mr. Bryan present of
stainedglass window for his new home
at Lincoln. And this window. put
there by Standard oil money, still
adorns the Bryan mansion.
The charge that Haskell. Mr.. Bry.
ans national committee treasurer. was
a Standard Oil employc was corrobo.
rated by Democratic attorney gen.
eral Of Oklahoma and other Democratic
4 officials. and Mr. Bryan was Obliged
to throw him out
In Colorado. we find the same lnflu.
ences at work
Mfr. Cassady. an agent OF the Stand
ard on Company. is running on the
Democratic ticket for the state senate
from Boulder county II is also claimed
that Standard on money provided the
Democrats with the luxurious special
train for campaigning In Colorado.
John Shafroth, tho Democratic can.
dlda,e for governor. is corporation
lawyer and while Congressman helped
the Denver Union Water Company to
| get 1000 acres Of land above the Checs.
man reservoir site for il.g5 per acre.
Charles J. Hughes. Jr. candidate for
United States Senator. Is an attorney
for several biz Denver utility oorpo
ralions and ls man of great wealth,
II was some Of this wealth, II Is
claimed. that caused the Denver Post
to shift its support from the Repub
lioan party to that Of the Democratic
party between sundoNn and sunrise
three weeks ago.
Mr I'M. Democratic candidate for
Supreme Court Judge. has been nttor,
ney for the Burlington railway.
charles s, Thomas. Democratic can,
dldatc for presidential olector. Is tho
LEGAL representative OF the big Nevada
corporations and OF several In Co
RADIO
ia Taylor. candidate for congrcs.
man atlafgc. ia ar attorney OF n large
number OF western slope corporations
IN fact th.r. are sixteen lawyers on
the Democratic ticket. nearly all oi
whom are known US having been OF
being now In the employ OF corpora
tons.
Tho ociopod has wrapped Its tentn
clca anugly around tho candidates Of
tho Democratic party from Dilly Bryan
down 10 the bottom Of tho list.
The state herald., 1908-10-23
cDonald vs..
Shafr0th
MCDONALD COMES FROM THE
PEoPLE-sHAFRoTH FROM
THE POLITICIANS.


Jesse Mcdonald has spent his life
among the men who toll with their
hands. His character and his hon.
esty Of purpose are as rugged as the
hills from whence he came. He be-
longs to that great, conservative,
level-headed element Of our people
which does the ruling and the real gov.
erning in this country. They listen
to orators, they read, they understand
and they make their intelligence felt
at the polls.
Mcdonald SelfMade Man.
He Is a self.made man. He has won
success IN life. not by following the
easy. luxurious path of the corporation
attorney. like his opponent. Mr.. Shat.
roth, but he has fought the battle OF
life shoulder to shoulder with the
stout-hearted men whose toll In the
mining industry has made this state
famous the world over.
What he has OF this worlds goods
he has wrung from Mother Earth. not
from his fellow-men.
He has lived the simple life, and
has by his sterling integrity. his keen
and well.balanced judgment and his
high sense of honor won the support
and admiration Of the people Of Colo
rado.
"HonestIohn" Not OF the People.
John Shafroth, or "Honestjohn." az
he is known. has lived his life in an
atmosphere far removed from the men
who earn their bread by the sweat Of
their faces. He feels kindly toward
them; he would not Intentionally do
them wrong. but he cannot understand
them rs Jesse Mcdonald does.
Mr., Shafroth Is n lawyer. 1t is his
duty to defend those who are wrong
or who have n weak case as well as
those who are right and have strong
cases before the court II is his duty
to save his client. to use his knowi-
edge OF the tricks Of the law and his
ingenuity as a lawyer In pleading his
clients cause to make up for the lack
The state herald., 1908-10-23
Doctor Bryan's
Latest NOstrum
NO M DIClNE NEEDED.-THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
NOT SiCki

1T IL apparent that Mr. Bryan Is
much better adapted for n theatrical
press agent than for n President OF the
United states; but IL IL also apparent
that he would shine still better stand
Inv on n red wagon oratoriCnlly selling
some magic preparation like Brynn's
Blessed Balsam FOR Buninns.
Wattorson Ia Courier Journal. 1896.
DR.. Bryan Is travelling around with
choice as Irtment Of remedies Tor
all the Ills OF the body polite. He
has a medicine chest full OF them.
Only this year he is using only the
top layer. Down at the bottom of the
chest are the few bottles left Of the
silver cure. Twelve years ago he sold
about n hundred and fifty thousand
OF those in Colorado ut n vote per
bottle. This year there is no demand
for that. In fact he is not offering II
to the public at all. and gets angry
II anybody asks him for It.
Next TO the bottom layer there are
few vlals OF antl.lmperiallsm dope
This was his chief stock in trade In
1900. II did not sell well In Colorado
and now he never refers to It at all
and does not want anybody to talk
about H.
There is only one bottle OF govern
ment ownership Of corporations-tha
was really the finest panacea of them
warranted to cure everything
from spinal meningitis to pip, bu,
somehow II never caught tho fancy oi
the public. and the Doctor now care
fully oonccals the fact that he is tho
sole proprietor.
The state herald., 1908-10-23
Bryan Ignores
Union Labor

Despite WIN J, Dryan'a profosa,d
love for union labor. collection Of
his books shows that when he had any
printing TO be done he pstroniEed non.
union shops. Aud what Ia worse the
union label Ia absent from the Com,
monor,
Union printers have called attention
10 this matter and much amusement
has been caused by this discovery. Il
,akea the edge on his AiIse,ionate %
attitude toward labor.
The state herald., 1908-10-23

OF strength OF his case. lie has spent
much OF his life In an effort to mike
juries believe things which the law.
yer ON the other side told them wah
not so. To a certain extent he has
lived In an atmosphere OF bluff. blns-
ter and ''make-belleye."
However honest his Intentions. n
man OF this training Is apt to feel.
unconseiously. perhaps. that he can
fool the people In the same way.
Meoerald's Sincerity seltEvIdsnt.
Jesse Mcdonald Is not this sort OF
n man. Shafroth lacks the sincerity
In dealing with the public that is 80
self"yident In Mcdonald.
In politics Mr. Shafroth can say ono
thing and mean another. but this Ia
impossible with Mcdonald.
For instance. shafroth In both by
word and by silence doing his utmost
to make the people In Colorado be
lloyo tho Democratic party will apply
n protective tariff to beet sugar when
he knows positively that the Demo.
cratic minority In the National Con
gress demanded free sugar. that Mr..
Bryan has stood for free sugar and
that tho Democratic platform said.
we jonounco protootloniam ms rob.
berry of the many To protect the few"
Mir. Sbafroth believes this IL honest.
Mr., Mcdonald believes II ~ dishonest.
That IL the difference.
Stands on His Merits.
Mr. Shafroth undertakes 10 win tho
votes OF the people by the use OF po.
litical license" by trying TO make
them believe things that arc not no.
Jehao Mcdonald means exactly what
ho says and makes no dcmasogio ap.
peal for amy mans vote. nor does
he bend tho knee 10 mon Of wealth
and influence. He simply stands upon
his merits an man and n citizen.
The people Of Colorado have tried
Mr. shafroth and they do no, llk.
him. Thoy defeated him four years
aRo when he ran against Mr. Brooks
for Congress. The people have tried
Jesse y. Mcdonald and they like him.
These arc some Of tho differences
between Jesse Mcdonald and John
Hhafroth nj the preaen, time. but th,
most striking difference after Eovem.
bor Ord will be that Jesse Mcdonald
will be- Governor aud John shn'foth
will not
The state herald., 1908-10-23
Shafr0th
on Sugar
"HonestJohn" is Not Honest Enough to
Tell His Audiences the Faets.

Tell His Audiences the Facts.
The one issue which "Honestjoh
Shafroth has taken up In this cam.
paign Is beet sugar. He Is running for
governor. not for Congress. but he does
not say anything about state affairs,
nor tell how he will run the state
house II he gets In. He tells his audi.
ences that Mr.. Taft wants to ruin the
sugar industry.
Mr.. Shafroth is disingenuous. 10 say
the least AS reported In the Denver
News. he said the other evening that
the Philippine Islands contain any
quantity OF the finest sugar land in the
world. that labor can be hired for
$3.50 month, and that 1T would not
be long" II Philippine sugar were ad.
mitted free. before the sugar industry
Of Colorado would be ruined.
Last year We imported about i2.5oO
tons OF sugar from the Philippines.
The daily consumption Of this coun
try is about 10000 tons.
/ For six years past. the importation
from the Philippines has averaged
about 10000 tons per year about tive
days supply.
Last year We imported from foreign
countries 2.l95.sOO tons Of sugar
more than 100 times as much ms from
the Philippines.
Last year we Imported from Hawai-
about al 900 tons. and from Porte
Rico $685. tons. altogether more thar
thirty times as much as from the Phil
lppincs. This came In free Of duty.
Now II the sugar industry grew I,
It's present proportions more thar
doubling In half dozen years last
past while We are importing free 600.
900 tons from Hawaii and Porto Rico
Is the industry going to be ruined by
importing free 10000 tons from th'
Philippines. or 100000. or even a5o.oo'
tons, which is the extreme limit tn
Republicans are willing to allow
In the light OF the facts and figures
Mr.. shafroth's statement is simply ri
diculous,
But now what do the Democrats pro
poso1
All Of them but Mr. shnfroth pro
pose TO let all the foreign sugar In fret
mot only the little 10000 tons from
the Philippines, but the 100000 tom
from Europe.
Mr. shafro,h says that sugar ~ no
u truStmadc article. within the deilui
tion given In tho Democratic platform
because tho trust does no, control q
per cent OF the output. and no. he Hnys
the Democrats would not take on IN,
duty. hut 80 far ms Ia known be stand
absolutely alone In this position. NJ
other Democratic speaker or writer. 81
far M appears. has yet made tho dla
eoyory that the sugar trust ID no
really trust. within the meaning o
tho Denver platform"
Pray. II tho sugar trus, ls not roa
trust, what inT
Mr. Bryan II telling the people tina
Il IL a trust.
Mr shnffo,h has been a,umpins III
state for weeks. and has talked moth
Ing but sugar. and he has no, yet 81
niained, and ho oAnno, explain. how
II tho importation free Of 100000 ton
per year from Hawaii and Porto Rici
has not injured the sugar industry her
ono cents worth. the importation o
$4,000 ,ons-about half as mueh-oal
possibly ruin II.
And everybody knows be Ia no
speaking for tho Democratic part!
when he claims that sugar is no,
! tfustmads article and would no, b.
nut on the free lis, II thsy had
hanes 10 put II there, The part,
-ists on free sugar and he knows /,