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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-02-13

A grange was recently organized at
WilliamsyiIle, VT. with sixtytwo char
fer members. The outlook In the Green
Mountain State Is promising
4. III. DARROW,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-02-13

Work in breeding for milk produc-
tion at the Canada experiment farms
seems to show that (al superior dairy
cows may be found In all breeds; CD
pure bred females are not essential to
success In dairy farming, but a pure
bred bull should always be used,
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

literary and musical program was car
red out. Mr.. H. M. Burns made the
opening address. MI. w. S. Amos
sang a solo, Blue Bells Miss Minnld
Simms read a paper. Mrs. Lena john
son sang "PeOple who live in glass
houses never should throw stones.
Mrs. H. A. Duff recited. Mrs. w. a
Amos sang a solo; Mr.. P. A. Simms
sang a solo. Prof. Clemmons rendered
several musical selections. ThS
guest list included DR.. Lynch ana
Miss Merrill, DR.. Walden and Miss
Lucy Wells, DR.. Stout and Miss Jen,
ME Moore, Prof. Clemmons and Miss
Farnell, Miss Minnie Simms and Miss
Johnson, Mrs. w. S. Starks and Mr.
Ralph, Mrs. I. A. Nicholson, Mr.. II
Floyd, Mrs. William James, Mr.. P. Al
Simms, Mrs. John Bramlett, Mr.. Sid
ney Bond, Mrs. Duncan, Mr.. w. s
Amos, Mr.. P. A. Washington, Mr.. I'll
NJ. Burns. The out of town guescs
We're Mrs. Cora Phillips and Miss u
sic Rhodes, Of Indianapolis. At ele3
en- o'clock the guests were invited t
the dining-room, where ar elaborate
t~hree-course men was served will
ices.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17
HOUSEHOLDS OF RUTH G. u. o
OF o. r

The Households of Ruth Union meet
ing was held at their regular BIZ
monthly meeting at the Odd Fellows
Hall, the first Monday evening I'M
January, it being the occasion of the
electing and installing of officers for
the ensuing term. The following were,
elected and installed: Mrs. CaIlie MI
Voorhees,, P. NJ. N. G.; Mrs. Rosie
Hoard, M. N. G.; Mrs. Bell, R. N. g.;
Mrs. Dan Keeble, w. r., Mrs. Josie
Britt, N. G.; Mrs. Mollie Pickett.
Treasurer; Mrs. Sarah Melvin, W.
S.; Mrs. Jennie Wooden, w. u; Mrs.
Nancy Tate, w. c.; Brother Ii. A. NAL
10y, w. P; Miss Eugenia Young. r. S.
;. Lawyer j. w. Grant, Worthy Grand
Supervisor, was present. After bust
ness was transacted refreshments
were served. The next meeting Viii
be held the first Monda, evening in
February.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

Of his people everywhere, because OF
the worthy and helpful service he has
rendered the race. Yes, by his tire
less and faithful efforts he has bought
golden opinion of his fellowmen
which should be worn in their
newest gloss, not cast aside too
soon. There need be no doubt that
the good sense that has sustained him
thus far will marshal him the way he
should go at the critical time.
Mr.. Washington knows that it would
be suicidal, in a sense, for any one
nan, or dozen men,or a score of men
to cross the will of the people o by
an ~espousal of the cause of Taft. The
times are all out of joint for such an
attempt as that. 1t would be equiv
alent to Haunting a red rag in the face
of a maddened bull. On n side
of an impossible gulf stand Roose-
welt and Taft, and on the other ten
million insulted and injured people,
and the mar who attempts to bridge
it will be guilty of a piece Of folly that
a people will memorabilia eternally
with their e%Xecration. The big Roose-
Welt administration will line up for
Taft and may land him, but if any Ne
gro leaders try to stampede the Ne
grOes from Foraker to Taft, they will
hear something drop and the rumb-
ling Of it will be in their ears for a
long time to come. Something more
dreadful and damning than Banquo's
ghost will push them from their stools
in the peoples hearts and respect, if
the attempt is made to lead them from
following the fortunes of Foraker.
The people (if not the politicians) are
going to follow him with their prayers,
their blessings and their gratitude,
and woe betide Negro leaders who
would essay to betray them from
Foraker, the courageous man and
fighter. The Negro people are going
to follow him to the last ditch, if need
be, and they are going to fight his
battle as CALAMITY as he fought theirs
If Foraker goes down to defeat, they
are going down with him. He may
be defeated for the nomination, but
he has won a more glorious victory
an abiding place in the honor and
hearts of ten million grateful people
He that writes his name in the graft
tude of men, writes it where it viii
be more lasting and enduring thar
were it carved upon tablets of brass
!; or stone. This Joseph B. Foraker has
5 done to his everlasting honor. Hi
/ defense of the Negroes was greater
than anything done for them by thu
2 immortal Lincoln, for the reason tina
r his was an unselfish act with no III
terror object save that of seeing jus
3 tice done to men who were unable tt
g defend themselves.
All the world knows of the Presi
y dents unwise order and Sena
5 tor Foraker's exposure of it's in
justice. This is why the Negro pee
> pie stand for Foraker against Roose
+ velt's candidate, Taft. And it is 70
this reason, that it is morally certain
4 Mr.. Washington will side with tn.
millions Of his people. The paper
may rant and rave about Mr.. Wash
u ington yet it is safe to conclude tina
2 he will be as safely sane and sound q
- ever.
JAnECEE
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17
CLUB PARTY.
JADECEE.

A charming event OF last Thursday
night was the party given by the Car
nation Club at the residence of Mrs.
H. M. Burns, Tenth avenue, South,
Mrs. Burns home was beautifully ar
ranged for entertainment and its pref
ty interior was enhanced Thursday by
the holiday decorations of red an /
green. The dining-room was very at
tractive, the same decorations being
carried out in every detail. The table
was very pretty with It's drawn linen
cloth, and had for a center decoration
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17
TO THE PUBLIC

ARy erroneous reflection upon the charae-
ter, Standing or reputation of any person.
krm or corporation, which may 2pear IN the
columns Of THE NASHVILLE GLOBE will
BE- gladly corrected upon being brought 10 the
attention Of the management
Send correspondence for publication % .ss
10 reach the Office Monday. Ne matter in
tended for current issue which arrives - late
40 Thursday can appear in that number, ~
Thursday Is press day.
All news matter sent us for publication
must be written only on one side Of the pa
per, and should be accompanied BY the name
" the contributor: not Aecessanly to- publ
sation, but as an evidence Of good faith
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17
BOOKER WASHINGTON AND TAFT.

BOOKER WASHINGTON AND TAFT.
Representative Richardson, of Ala
hama, is made to say in a special dis
patch to the Richmond, Va, Times
Dispatch that Booker T. Washington
will soon declare against Secretary Of
War, William H. Taft, for the repub-
lican nomination for President. Mr..
Washington, says the Alabama con-
gresham, will be forced to come out
for Senator Foraker by the strong SEN
timent for the latter shown among the
colored politicians of that state.
Those predictions concerning the at
titude of Mr.. Washington as to who is
to be the candidate to succeed Mr..
Roosevelt would be interesting if they
were but true. But no n who has
observed the close friendship which
exists between Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Wash
ington has any idea that Tuskegee's
famous educator will do anything Of
the kind. As far as Mr.. Washington
is concerned, he undoubtedly will fol.
low the same course as heretofore:
keep his mouth shut concerning can
didates until after the election and
then, when the newly elected President
takes his seat, let his interest be in
evidence.
Mr.. Washington, however, is in a
different position in regards to the
coming political contest than to any
heretofore. He has usually main
tanned, and very properly, that his vo.
cation was that of an educator and he
had not the time nor the inclination
for politics. But now, according tc
the statement of T. Thomas Fortune
formerly a bosom friend, who wa I'm
tremendously kicked out as editor, be
cause it is said he would not endorse
Taft and Roosevelt, Mr.. Washington
owns almost a controlling interest il
one of the leading weekly papers o.
the country and it is still further al
legged, has his private secretary a!
editor. Consequently, whether MI
Washington takes sides or not thu
newspaper which his private secretary
is supposed to edit will be credited
with voicing the sentiments of thu
celebrated hero Of the now famou.
lunch incident in Washington. If /
were legal to make books upon al
election. it would be a safe proposition
TO give odds that Mr.. Washington
New York paper will be found boostini
Taft before the republican convention
meets in June, even though he observe
a position of neutrality in Alabam;
politics.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

company should fail to meet the expec-
tations of its promoters, is a source
of general regIot, but the effort to over
come discrimination made by the COM
pany, the exhibition of a righteous, in
dignation because all that is due the
colored inhabitants of Jacksonville as
citizens had not been granted them,
shows a spirit that sooner or later is
bound to overcome all hindrances.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 6.-Henry M.
Endicott, Jr., of Boston, Mass, to-day
bought at public auction for 100000
the property of the North Jacksonville
Railway and Town Improvement Com
pany, popularity known as the NE
gro Street Railway"
The sale was made to satisfy the
judgment in a foreclosure of a mort
gage in which w. d. Barnett was trus-
tee.
1t is reported that the road now will
become the property of the Jackson
vile Electric Company, and that the
sale was carried through principally to
make the transfer Of the property
wholly legal.
This road was built here several
years ago by Negro capital, and was
the only line in the United States
owned and operated by colored people.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
What Is Booker T. W~ashnqton's
Position2

This question is agitating the minds
of some who are interested in the
candidates for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination. Several leading
Southern papers have ventured 10
answer. Some of them say that Mr..
Washington will line up with the Taft
forces; others hold that he Will an
Swer "Here!" in the Foraker camp.
However, these papers may be giving
out this advanced information on MIR.
WaShington's position, it is hardly
probable that they are doing so on re-
liable authority. 1t is more likely a
shrewd move on their part to make
him commit himself. One thing is
sure they are trying to draw him out
and force him to show his hand.
When it is taken into consideration
that some papers are saying one
thing and others just the opposite,
it is to be seen that none are sure of
the reliability of their source of in
formation, and the whole thing re-
solves itself into a sort of running
fire of speculation and contradic-
tion-a kind of Smelling of the woods
to force Mr.. Washington into the open.
Whatever the Southern press may be
doing to ascertain Mr.. Washington's
position as to whom he favors as
presidential nominee of the party, it
is reasonable to believe that he will
speak out frankly at the proper time.
He is not a man who wears his mind
on the end of his coat sleeves, nor can
he be juggled into saying what he does
not want to say; and it is just as
improbable that he would make @
statement prematurely upon so i'm
portant a matter, as his preference
with reference to men in the race for
the nomination.
Mr.. Washington is one Of the strong
men of the South, and a knowledge
Of the fact that the race looks upon
him in that light makes him a very
careful and cautious man. This is
as it should be. 1t is not be
lievable o to be thought of
chat Mr.. Washington will allow him
self to be hoodwinked into support
ing Secretary Taft, who is opposed
NY IL DluOoOo VI LIS pCOplG IL
the entire South, and the entire coun
try as well, for the very good reason
that they do not believe he possesses
that breadth of craftsmanship that will
allow him to administer the govern
ment on a high plane of justice alike
to all. Despite the fact that Mr.. Tai
is Mr.. Roosevelt's avowed candidat,
for the presidential nomination ant
Mr.. Washington his personal friend
yet Mr.. Washington will not dabbl
with Mr.. Taft.
The newspapers of the South would
have it believed that Mr.. Washington
sees and is vacillating between
divided duty = President Roosevelt
and his would-be-successor, Taft, in on,
side of the balance and the Negr,
: people and their friend and champion
Foraker, in the other; but the fact i
Mr.. Washington is a sensible mar
he will meet the situation. He know
his people and he knows TIRE.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17
is 1T A POLITICAL TRICKg

Is IT A POLITICAL TRICK?
The full proceedings of the meeting
of the district executive committee, to-
gether with that of the county repub-
lican committee, held at the Tulane
Hotel on last Saturday, have only in
part been divulged. A Globe repre-
sentative, in speaking to one of the
members present, was informed that a
new departure from the regular pri-
maries had been adopted. This new
move is the presentation of a poll tax
receipt at the primaries before one
would be entitled to vote.
1t appears from the action of this
meeting that the Taft forces have
adopted this plan to capture the en-
tire delegation. There is one peculiar
criticism that is being made in many
quarters. Especially is this directed to
the Negro members of the committee.
With possibly one exception they eth
eI voted for the proposition or sat sill
ent without offering their protest, not
only against the endorsement of Sec
rotary Taft, who is by far not the IA
yorite Of the Southern republicans,
but they refused 10 register their pro-
test against the adoption of the poll
tax receipt move, which can only be
considered as one step towards dis
reimbursement.
The republican primary is soon to
be held. Every ward in Nashville,
where the republican ever voted of
consequence, is largely represented by
Negro republicans who have not here
tofore exercised their party rights.
But a close investigation and a care
full canvas has proven that this will
not be true during the coming selec.
ton Of delegates. There will be NO
walk-over for the political forces and
machines, which seem to be so well
organized, to get an endorsement fol-
Secretary Taft, or to get an instructed
delegation. The Negro vote is a DO
tent factor in the republican party il
Middle and West Tennessee. Thu
elimination of the Negro in these sec
lions of the state in the past republi
can conventions can be accounted fol
by the fact that the proper recognition
was not given in the county and dis
trict meetings. This will not be tn,
case this year.
The announcement that Mr.. Newell
Sanders makes from Chattanoog;
means nothing whatever to ninety pc
! cent of the republicans of Middle Ten
nessee and nothing at all to West Ten
; nessee. The people of this state will
not accept and endorse Mr.. Taft as raI
idly as some may think. Only tn
selection of the delegates will prov
this fact. There will be at least tw
Negro delegates at large from tn
state Of Tennessee and one from tn
district to the next republican nation
al convention. This is the sentimen
of the majority of the republicans G
; Nashville and Davidson County, VIII
will cast a heavy vote at the comm
primaries and select their own deli
) gates to the district and state CONVEX
| lions.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

The article of Rev. Sutton E. Griggs
in Thursdays American on the brutal
police was to the point, and we hope it
will bear fruit. We wish, however,
that he had mentioned the capers of
one of the DULLES, whose beat is in
South Nashville, who had used the
most insulting language last week to a
young man and lady of two of the
best families in Nashville. Some day
one of the hoodlums in uniform will
run up against the wrong man unless
a curb is placed upon their uncalled
for and reprehensible actions.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

1t would seem that the Davidson
County branch of the republican par
ty, at least that portion represented by
the county executive committee, Of
which Lee Brock is one of the most
active memt rs, is trying to get away
'"0m the Negro wing of the party by
ing It's meetings in hotels where
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

The panic" the weather and every
thing else is gradually giving way to
who will be the next republican
nominee" Men who disfranchise them
selves by refusing to pay their poll
lax a give more reasons why this or
that candidate won't succeed than a
certain gentleman by the name of Car
ter, had oats.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

We acknowledge the receipt Of a
copy of the National Baptist Sunday
School Commentary for 1908, published
by the National Baptist Publishing
Board of this city. The book, of which
the Rev. R. H. Boyd, D. d., is editor,
and Rev. w. S. Ellington, B. A., asso-
ciate editor, maintains the high stand
ard set by this house for this publica-
ton. The book deserves and doubtless
will have a wide circulation, as it is
one of the very best of it's kind upon
the market.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

this mean that an effort is being made
to make the organization of this dis
trict purely a lilly white" affair?
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17
THE PASSING OF A RACE ENTER
PRISE.

The press dispatch reproduced be-
low, which has been published in many
of the leading newspapers of the coun-
try, marks the passing from
troll Of the race of one Of the%
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17
ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED
UPON APPLICATION.
READING MArTEH RATA.

: cents per line fG G9ch insertion
eenn per line FL each insertion (bSack
hee.)
Contracts for 1000 lines to be taken In q
car, made at J cents per linz.
Advertising copy should be in the once
pt later than Tuesday. 3 4 n. Of each week.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-01-17

Just as Nashville begins to freeze,
New York begins to try a Thaw.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-05
POWDER HOUSE HORROR.
Four White Men and Twenty-eisht
Cinnamon Blown to Atoms.

Berkeley, Cal-With force that
shook the entire bay region like an
earthquake, aud defamation heard
for miles, the Judson packing house
OF the Hercules powder works at ri.
role, fourteen miles north OF here.
blew up at O'Clock Thursday after
noon, and In the explosion four white
ren and twenty.four Cinnamon were
Killed Ten tons OF dynamite went up
In the terrific blast. SCATTERING the
sheds TO dust and splinters. w w.
Stillwell. foreman OF the packing
house. was blown to atoms at his post
OF duty, Not particle of his body
was recovered, Manuel Enos, Joseph
Grace and w. A. Rodregues were the
other white men killed The twenty.
eight dead include every man who
was at work In the packing house.
None escaped
The Hercules plant is owned by the
Du Pont DE Mours powder trust. and
Is used for the manufacture oil black
powder of high explosive power. The
loss to the company due tor the acct
dent Is placed at about 100000 As
Is usual In such cases. no definite
cause for the accident can be given.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-05
PLEADS FOR MAIL SUBSIDY.
Senator GaIIinser Declares Merchant
Marine of United States Is in
Bad Way

Washington. Speaking in favor of
the passage of the ocean mail subsidy
bill in the senate on Monday, Senator
Gallinger reviewed conditions under
which the merchant marine of this
country Is operating and cited many
advantages that he believes will ac-
crue to the commercial interests of
the United States If better mail SER
vice to South America and other
points is established. The bill raises
no new issue. introduces no new prin-
clple," said Mr. Gallinger. 1T leaves
existing and prosperous steamship SER
vices exactly as they are now, and
without changing one iota the tried
and approved methods of the present
law, increases the compensation on
routes which sixteen years of expert
ence have conclusively proved to be
inadequate-the long, costly and i'm
portant routes to South America and
the Orient. the routes where our lack
OF steamship service Is severest and
our need of such service most imper-
ative." Only eight of fifteen ships
that were plying across the Pacific
ocean last March are left, he said
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-05
sToEssEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
Lieutenant General Condemned for
His Surrender at Port Arthur.

St rsburg--Lieutenan General
Stoessel was condemned to death
Thursday evening by a military court
FOR the surrender of Port Arthur TO
the Japanese. General Fock. who
commanded the Fourth East Siberian
division of Port Arthur, was ordered
reprimanded for disciplinary offense
which was not connected with the sur
render, and General Smirnoff. acting
commander OF the fortress, and Major
General Reiss, chief of stan to Gen
eral Stoessel, were acquitted of the
charges against them for lack of proof.
The court recommended that the
death sentence upon Lieutenant Gen
eral Stoesse be committed to ten
years Imprisonment In fortress, and
that he be excluded from the service.
General Voder. president of the
court. read the sentences amid tense
silence. BY a great effort OF self.
control, General Stoessel maintained
rigid, soldier-like, impasslvity. General
Smirnoff also was seemingly unmoved.
but there were tears In the eyes of
General Reiss
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-05
BOMB EXPLOSION CHARGED
TO BLACK HAND SOCIETY
Property Destroyed Was Owned by q
Brooklyn Man Who Had Psfused
to Pay for immunity.

New York.--An Italian bomb explo-
sion similar In character to many
which have taken place in this city
within a year occurred in Brooklyn
on Monday. when Peter Locates
music store In Morgan avenue was
wrecked. Locate had received many
so-called Black Hand letters, but. hav-
ing refused to pay for immunity, his
store was first blown up last spring.
In December last another bomb was
left on the steps and the windows and
doors demolished Since then h. has
received several letters demanding
money, but has ignored them, which
resulted in the third mysterious at
tack. The lives Of Locate. his wife
and his three children. who occupied
rooms in the rear of the store, were
endangered by the last explosion, but
they escaped with slight injuries.
A, few months ago the body of an
Italian was found in the street near
Locates store. There was a bomb in
the pocket of the dead man, and it
was believed that he had been dele
gated to commit some outrage, had
failed, and had been murdered by his
associates for his failure to carry out
his instructions.