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The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
WASHINGTON SPEAKS AT
PHILADELPHIA.


Booker T. Washington spoke
in Philadelphia last week and in
part he said:
Dear friends. am overwhelmed
by your evidence of kindness. L
thank you from the bottom of my
heart. Your pastor has given me
a text to speak from. L suppose
he thinks no matter what the text
is the sermon will be the same. 1t
is very hard for a preacher, editor
or orator to say anything really
new. No matter from what point
we state fundamental fact. it is
but repetition of fact establish
ed since the foundation of the
world. This is a consolation to
me. | am sometimes asked now
ca, the colored people North help
the colored people South. Let us
bear in mind whether we live
North or South we are one. l feel
myself very much at home tonight,
because I find myself among so
many from the South.
| wish you here in the North
where you have such splendid op-
portunities, would widen and broad
en- your occupations, l scarcely
ever get into a Pullman car that
some white man does not ask me
to make his bed or bring him a
glass of water. No insult to me is
intended, but our race has clung so
long to one line of occupation that
we are unconsciously and intimate
ly associated with it. We are just
little too timid. We fish in the
shallow water for minnows instead
of venturing out on the deep, where
the big fish are. Strike out
Don't shun the hard work oflearn-
ing something. Learn to be thrifty
and lay the economic foundation
for an educated race and drive out
the loafers among you.
Learn lesson from Joe Cans.
You remember some time ago he
had fight with Nelson, and his
friends asked him about his chance
and he answered simply, Put
every dollar on me- Some ner-
vous people ran to Cans and asked
him if he wasn'tafraid of the color
line. But to all inquiries he only
answered, Put every dollar on me.
And he won. He had faith in
himself. But if he had only
moaned about his downtroden race
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
Mr.. Vernon said in part:

Mr.. Vernon said in part:
No man in this American Repub'
lie can afford to lose sight of his
duty to others as well as to him
self. In proportion as he has pros
pered and holds place which en-
titled him to a hearing should he
more carefully weigh his words and
consider his acts, because of the
Influence of the same for good or
ill. With enlarging opportunities
come duties of greater moment.
We can not escape our responsible
tiles. To insist that there is no
problem. and that matters OF racial
development and social content
will care for themselves is to be-
tray the fact that we have no con-
ception of the conditions of today
and have profited not at all by the
teachings of history.
The leaders must have vision or
the people will perish. The ser
iousness of the problem confront
ing us is apparent to all who keep
in touch with conditions in the
various sections of our country:
but the achievements of the Negro,
and his present condition, with the
spirit of helpfulness and fairness
of the best men of the opposite
race all prove that we are to see a
better day.
The possibilities of the race are
encouraging to all those who de-
sire a better era for these people
who have proven well that they ap-
preciate to the full all the oppor-
tunities which may be opened to
them. | submit that a race cap.
able of such achievements, should
be guaranteed the fullest rights
vouchedsafed in the Constitution
This Government of ours from
its incipiency, had for its aim the
fullest opportunity to all mankind.
1t was formed as protest against
discrimination, caste and injustice
of centuries.
The descendants of men who had
been oppressed by tyrants through
generations, braved the dangers of
unknown seas, contests with wild
beasts and aboriginee; transform
ed forests into great citief; re-
claimed deserts; peopled a
thousand hills and built civiliza.
lion today, the wonder of the
world. All the while they profess.
ed and wrought for liberty and jus.
tice. Slavery forever contradict
ing their professions, waxed and
grew apace with all our national
development. The protest against
this wrong became living thing
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01

Ralph W. Tyler, who was ap-
pointed auditor for the Navy De-
partment during the Congressional
recess, has been confirmed by the
Senate, without opposition. He
has made good' as the head of
the office, and the rccounts of the
immense Navy Department were
never in better shape, as shown
by his recent annual report. Mr..
Tyler has been instrumental in Sc
curing the appointment, promotion
and transfer of a number of de-
serving colored clerks.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01
w. 7. VERNON

Register the United States Treasury Greeted with Large and
Enthusiastic Audience Shorter A. M. E. Church Monday
Night to His Address "The Negro
ir America
The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-01

Dothan, Ala, Jan. 20.-The Ne
gro, Grover Franklin, who last
night was taken from Sheriff But
ler and his deputies and hanged to
a tree, is again in the hands of the
law and stands chance for recov-
cry. The mob last night was SO
closely followed by the officers and
law-abiding citizens, determined,
if possible, to avert the lynching,
that they did not have time to get
their victim outside the corporate
limits, and hurriedly stringing him
up to the first tree and thinking
they had riddled him with bullets,
fled. On the arrival of the officers
the Negro was still alive and was
Immediately cut down and placed
in the county jail. 1t is thought
he will recover.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
Why Colds Are Dangerous.

Because YOU have contracted or.
dinary colds and recovered from
them without treatm ent of any kind
do not for moment imagine that
colds are not dangerous. Everyone
knows that pneumonia and chron-
ic catarrh have their origin In
common cold. Consumption is not
caused by a cold but the cold pre-
pares the system for the reception
and development of the germs that
would not otherwise have found
lodgment. 1t is the same with all
infectious diseases. Diphtheria.
scarlet fever, measles and whoop-
ing cough are much more likely to
be contracted when the child has
cold. You will see from this that
more real danger turks in a cold
than in any other of the common
ailments. The easiest and quickest
way To cure a cold is TO take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The
many remarkable cures effected by
this preparation have made 1t
staple article of trade over large
part of the world For sale by
j. Ramsey and Hoffman Drug
Co. W
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
HOW UNCLE SAM HOUSES AND
FEEDS HIS CANAL DIGGERS.
LABOR PROBLEM STILL ON
At the Present Time Isthmus is the
Most Cosmopolitan Country in
World-Tropicai Labor Is Mi
gratory and Uncertain.

Colon, c. T., Oct 6.-The housing
aud feeding OF the 10000 to $4,000
men is no small task, but Uucle sam
is doing this on the isthmus. not
outstanding the fact that all supplies
nave TO come from the United States.
The total force of unskilled laborers
of the lsthm ian canal commission
and Panama railway at the present
time is about 10000 During the per
iod from June /, 1906 to June /. 1907
about 10000 laborers were brought to
the isthmus from the United States,
Europe and the West indies.
The labor problem is still an un-
solved one. but experiments of ths
past year with n diversity of races
and nationalties have improved the
efficiency of the force and promise
TO make the term OF thr service long
er.
Tropical labO' i.' migratory and 1ot
with banding supef'o' wages, housins
and subsistence, there will always be
large periodical changes in the indivi-
dual force. A regular recruiting or
ganization changed from one labor
center 10 another will be necessary
to keep a maximum force available.
The isthmus at the present time is
the most cosmopolitan country in the
world. You can hear the babble or
all tongues, and II is safe to say that
over fifty nationaities make u2 the
unsllilled labor force employed on the
canal.
There are at the present time about
twenty-five hotels In operation for the
white Americans where a good sub
stantial meal may be obtained for
thirty cents. The Americans are all
furnished free quarters. and a great
many have married quarters, although
the requests for the latter far exceed
the supply.
The houses are built about two
stories high and each has a front and
back porch which are screened in
There are at the present time about
l,5Oo houses available for quarterins
European and We I Indian laborers.
These houses are built one story high
and the doors and windows are cover
ed with screening. The congestion
In the quarters OF the common labor
has entirely disappeared, due to two
causes, first, the completion of a
great many houses during the past
year and, second the fact that with
improvements in efficiency Il b. not
necessary to house rs large a force.
About twenty mess halls are opera
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
HOTEL MEMS ASSOCIATION.
Copy Of Resolution Drafted by Com
mittee on Present Law,

Oklahoma City. oct TO the
members of the Oklahoma state
Hotel Mems Association:
We the undersigned committee ap-
pointed at the last meeting to look
up the new hotel law, recommend
that when an inspector calls on yoh
TO inspect your hotel under said
law, you allow him 10 inspect the
same with the understanding that
you will not pay the fee for same
until the question is settled as to
who Is entitled to receive same.
in sixteen counties as to who is
legally authorized as county health
officer.
In the matter of fire escapes aud
fire protection. you should comply
with the law under House Bill No.
29l (the hotel law and not under
Senate Bill No. 100. The Hotel Bill
No POI repeals that part of the
bill No. 100 referring to hotels
and If any fire chief or city mar
shal calls on you TO comply with
Senate Bill No. 100. refer them to
House Bill No. 29l We hope to
have copy Of the new hotel law
forwarded to You later.
II is reported that the bill Gre
ating the board of health and au-
thorizing inspectors is defective, in
that the bill as signed is not the
same as passed by the legislature.
II such is the case. YOU should
not he liable for inspection fees, 4
test case will probably be made
To settle the matter.
J. J. OROURKE.
MIR REED.
GUY V. FERGUSON.
Committee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

The Jamaica negro furnishes n ma
jority of laborers on the isthmus. He
calls himself a British obiec" mean.
ing subject.
When they are put to work they
are given a ticket for their sleeping
quarters. They are renewed once or
twice month. The police make a
raid through their rleeping quarters
occasionally and those who have no
tickets and taken TO jail. This is to
save the Isthmian canal commission
from housing all the negroes on the
isthmus.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
Sulphur's Schools.

sulphur. Okla. Oct. d-Thc Chick
asaw boarding school opened here
today with large attendance. The
dormitory, or boarding department
Is under the supervision Of ex.Goy.
crnor and Mrs. William Guy
Miss Malissa Nelson, a Chlckasaw.
viii superintend the school until
the arrival of superintendent ap.
pointed by Prof. I'mholtz. super
visor of the Indian and federal
schools in the Chickasaw nation
The attendance this year at Sui
phur's various schools, the public
hools, the Oklahoma school for
the deaf, the Chickasaw boarding
school ana the Sulphur CONNER
cial college, totals over fifteen hun
dred children. The population of
the town is about five thousand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
Explosion Of Shell.

Eugene, the little son of J. V
LeGrand at Deese who was in
jured by cartridge explosion, Is
reported better today Eugene is
seven years old. His older brother
and he We're playing with cart.
ridge. The lead had been removed
and the powder was exploded with
"A lighted match The explosion
threw the No. 10 shell into the
boys face and severely injured
him For a time it was thought the
sight of both eyes was' ruined.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
SHENIFF'S DEPARTMENT

No matter will be received for this
column that does not bear the sigma
ture OF member of the Oklahoma
Sherifls' Association
The attention OF the sherlffs and
others entitled TO use this depart.
ment of the Ardmoreite Is called to
the fact that no notice or communi
cation calling for the arrest OF
person or persons by name or de.
scription will be published unless
such notice or communication states
that the party whose name is signed
to the same holds n warrant for the
arrest against said person or persons
charged. No exception In any in
stance will be made to this rule.
Notices contained in this depart
ment are published gratuitously, and
all persons interested are notified
that the publishers do not guarantee
the accuracy Of any statement in
any such notice. nor that any reward
mentioned in any such notice lwil be
paid and will not be responsible for
any inaccuracy or mistake in any
such notice however occurring either
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

ted for the Europeans whore a days
board is furnished for forty cents
The stewards and cook at these mes
ses are usual" Europeans. and me al
peculiar to the tastes of the men
boarding there is served
There are in operation about TWEEN.
ty-live kitchens for the West Indian
laborers. where days board is fur
nished for thirty cents, and is made
up of such food 'upplies as they are
most accustomed to and prepared by
cooks of their own country. The
common .aborer of the West Indies
Is employed on the basis of subsis.
tence being part of his compensation.
This was found advisable On account
of his carelesl habits and the fact
that insufficient nourishment impair
his usefulness as a laborer and sooner
or later landed him in the hospital.
The messes and kitchens are in
spected daily by the supervising en-.
ployes Of the department OF labor.
quarters and subsistence and weekly
by the district physician.
All meats. vegetables and food
supplies are carefully inspected be
fore they are used.
The United Fruit Steamship com
pany has a contract for furnishing
the isthmian canal commission with
all the vegetables, meats, etc. A fresh
supply Is received once week.
The thmian Canal Commission
operates stores at all of the principal
towns along the line. At Cristobal
they have wholesale department
where an available supply of alr
goods are kept. At Cristobal the
commission operates a la,ge bakery,
modern steam laundry and an ice
and cold storage plant. More than
fifty tons OF ice is manufactured daily
at the Ice plant.
A supply train is sent over the line
each day and the hotels along the
line receive a supply of ice, vege-
tables and meats, etc. day.
The water question has been n diff
fcult one for the commission TO
solve, and water is piped for several
miles to supply some of the towns.
All the drinking water is filtered.
Water coolers are furnished the quar-
ter by the commission and as Ice
can be obtained very reasonable. most
of the employees have ice water in
their rooms.
When the Americans first took
charge OF the work on the isthmus 1t
was hard 30 get any kind OF labor
hence 'hc Wrst Indian rer:9 wa
imported. They are paid from soc
to sl.25 a day, and from this is dc
Quoted thirty cents for their board
He is given place 10 sleep without
any extra charge. He is given a
good dry place to sleep and three
good sub tantial meals day, and
this is more than he gets in his trop-
ical West India home.
Now, in Jamaica they carry every
thing on their heads and when ths
Americans first took charge of the
work on the isthmus a number OF
West Indian negroes were set to
work grading the streets. In those
days wheel barrows were ured for
this purpose. The negro would load
his barrow up all right and wheel II
over to the dumping place, but they
had hard work preventing him from
hoisting the empty barrow on his
head and carrying 1t back. instead OF
wheeling it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

Mrs. Ada l.. Groom. the widely
known proprietor of the Groom Ho.
tel, Vaughn, Miss. says; For sew.
eral months | suffered with Sc
we're cough, and consumption seem
ed to have its grip on me, when
"A friend recommended DR. Kings
New Discovery. began taking IT,,
and three bottles affected com
plete cure" The fame of this life
saving cough and cold remedy, and
lung and throat healer Is world
wide. Sold at w. h Frames drug
store. soc and SlOO Trial bottle
free "
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
BLOWN FORTY FEET.
Brakeman Badly Injured When an Oil
Tank Car Esplodes.

Chickasha, Okla. Oct. 6-By the
explosion of a tank car of oil in the
Rock Island yards, George Weston.
berg, brakeman. was blown about
forty feet and seriously injured, his
leg being broken and his face and
hands burned. 1t is supposed that
owing to leak the gas escaped ana
was ignited by the lantern in the
hapds OF the brakeman. The explo-
sion awakened the people of the city
and II was feared by some that a
vault had been dynamlted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

No one is immune from kidney
trouble, so just remember that Fo-
ley's Kidney Remedy will stop the
irregularities and cure any case Of
kidney and bladder trouble that is
not beyond the reach OF medicine.
For sale by all druggists. d&w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
Two Escape From Pen.

leavenworth, Kans. Oct. 1.-Two
cOnvlcts escaped from the state
prison at Lansing. south of this
city tonight by climbing over the
walls by means OF a rope. The es-
capes are Fred Mishler, from Gus
ter. Okla, under sentence for re
ceiving stolen cattle, and stephen
Martin, sent up from western Kan
sas
These two men were working
on the night shift in making some
repairs TO the prison mine shaft
at the time of their escape
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

kodol Is combination of the
natural digestive juices and It di-
gests all classes of food and every
kind of food, SO you see 1t will do
the work that the stomach itself
does. Sold by w. b. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Ha.
eel Salve is the best salve for
piles. BE sure you get DeWitt's
Sold by w, b. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

You take Kodol jusl for little
while when you have slight at
tacks of Indigestion, and you take
1t just a little longer in order to
get relief from severe attacks Of
indigestion or nervous dyspepsia.
Try Kodol today Sold by W. B.
Frame.
Be sure and call up the Ardmore
Supply Co, for estimates on piping
your house. Phone GO 2Otf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
GAS STOVES

Blue enameled body no rust, no
blacking and they are cheap, new
est improved line. No one else has
them.
7. X. KEARNEY
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

BOB HASkINS-Charged with
Grand Larceny of Domestic Animals.
Description; Age from 20 to % years
height about feet S - or . inches;
weight about 100 pounds. light com.
plected. brown hair brown eyes,
crooked mouth and talks out of one
corner OF his mouth, a mole ON the
nose nearly between the eyes.
DAVT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
About % years old, 8 feet or Z inch
es high, weighs about l40 pounds.
light complexion, dark hair, gray
eyes, bony face, long straight nose,
hollow eyed, hump shoulders. Had
on no coat when last seen.
SAM JOHNSON - DE cription:
About 20 years old about feet l 2
inches high, light hair, blue eyes,
broad face, large mouth, scar on left
corner of underlip about ten days old;
iery light complexion.
ROLAND MEEKS - Description;
Age about u or 22 years. about 3
feet s ~ inches high, weight about
l55 or 100 pounds. light complicated,
light brown curly hair. blue eyes
sharp nose and "A little dishIaced.
Wanted for burglary and jail break
ing
ED MEEkS - Description: Age
aboyt 20 years, about feet 10 inches
high, weight about 100 or 1866 pounds,
light complected light hair, blue eyes,
rather long face. Wanted for burg
larry and Jail breaking.
Address Geo. G. Hensley, sheriff or
Jackson County, Altus, Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-07

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The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-12-04
Gard of Thanks

The members of the Ladies' Aid of
the Titusville Presbyterian church
wish to thank all who aided in any
way to the success of the oyster and
ice cream supper held Wednesday
evening in the Gray building, on
Washington avenue, and extend
especial thanks to the following gen.
tlemen: Mr.. John R. Walker for the
use of the hall free of charge; Capt.
James Pritchard for the electric
lights; Mr.. Chas. H. Walton and Mr..
E. B. Wager for advertising the sup
per in last weeks issue of the AdvO-
cate and STAR.
The supper was a decided success
in every way and the net receipts
amounted to $51.13, which will be
added to the painting fund.
MRS. EMMA REID, Pres't
MRS. HARRY WILSON, Sec'y
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-12-04
Church Notes

Rev. VIM. Stones will preach at
Lagrange at IL a. m. on Sunday next
and at Titusville at z p. m.
DR.. ]. B. Hawk will preach at City
Point Sunday, Dec. 9th, at 1870
a. m. and at Eau Gallie at 7:30 p. m.
Services at M. E. church south:
Revival services continue through
Sunday night. Services Sunday at
IL a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school
at 3 p. m. Preaching at Minis at 8
p. m.
Dean RobottOm will officiate in st.
Johns church, Eau Gallie, on Sunday
morning December 9th, at 1920
O'Clock, and in Holy Trinity church,
Melbourne, at 7:30 p. m.
The Sunday school in St. Gabriels
church, Titusville, meets at 10 a. m.
Litany and lecture by Dean Robot
tom every Thursday at 7:3O p. m.
Rev. A. S. Badger, D. D., will
preach in the Presbyterian church at
Up. m. next Sunday. Theme: "The
Last Will and Testament of Our
Lord" The Lords supper will be
celebrated in connection with the SER
vice. Christians of all denominations
are invited to sit at the Lords table.