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The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-23

by having the benefit of better edu-
cation and possessing a better. supply
of worldly knowledge.
Remember, words do not count for
anything as far as injuring you or
your cause unless you let them, and
also never be satisfied that you can't
do anything until you have done your
very best, for you have no right to
say just what you can't do until you
have tried. You will hear people say,
Men have tried to form organizations
like the Farmers Union before and
have never succeeded Why, be-
cause they lacked determination and
allowed obstacles to overcome them
and block their way to success.
Great achievements can not be ac-
compIished in day and every great
work that has been done has met with
obstacles that were not thought of be-
fore and perhaps these obstacles stood
lsup before them like the proverbial
lion and roared in their faces, and
may be the first couple of times they
stock back and were afraid to tackle
him, but then they lacked the deter
mination and the faith Now take
heed, you members Of the Farmers
Union, and see that you do not allow
anything to turn you from your pur-
pose. Let's show Ene world what
can be done by determination equal
to Samson, and when any one tries
ito turn you from your purpose, do
little roaring" yourself, and if they
won't listen to good common sense
and see things in the right light, just
let them go, and they will probably
make meal for a lion, although in
a great many cases my sympathies
would be with the lion for having such
an indigestible load on his stomach.
Remember, we don't have to worry
about the other fellow, but each one
must keep his principles sacred, and
first of all he positively must "be a
sticker."
r w VOTING.
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THE NIGHT RIDERS
The Daily Press is Being Filled With the Startling
Announcements Of Night Riders In the Cot
ton Cection
ton Section.

We regret to note the press is be-
ing deluged with reports of night
riding, intimidation and threats to
ginners in this state, and we unhesi-
tatingly condemn the action of these
law breakers and sincerely hope and
trust that there is not one in the
crowd member of our order, as 1t
would indeed be sad to realize that
they could overlook their obligations
which is contrary to such methods
from start to finish. Now of the out
siders who number the elements COM
posing these raiders. we will ask what
good they would do even though they
would burn up every bale of cotton in
Mississippi? What good would it do
if every bale was held without gin
ming? What good would it do if one
half the crop of Mississippi be with
held from governments reports?
Not one bit of good would it be.
The world is too well posted on every
phase Of the crop, every rain, every
drought, and if Mississippi did not gin
a bale, the cotton buyer and specula-
tor would know it is here waiting for
a chance to get to market The very
idea of such methods as night riding
if traced to union members would put
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-23

US back ten years, kill the fruits Of
our labors. Let every union man at
loast be man enough to follow his
obligations, which is Equity, Justice
and the Golden Rule. And if there
is one officer, lecturer or leader of our
order in sympathy with or not con-
demning such criminal actions. they
should each and every one be expell-
ed from the union and ostracised from
the society Of all honest men.
Brothers, beware; night riding is
rot for you. Don't even let a word
#of sympathy escape you for these
1swbreakers. Now is the time to save
the union and show your loyalty.
Stand by the union; do not shirk; be
firm. We ask to repeat
God give us men. A time like this
demands
Strong minds, great hearts. true faith
and ready hands;
Men who possess opinions and will.
Tall men, sun-crowned who live above
the fog
n public duty and in private think
ing,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting
Justice sleeps,
Cod give us men!"
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-23
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES.

Since the advent of man on earth
he has been given obstacles to over
come, and many have fallen by the
wayside for lack of determination to
surmount the difficulties both great
and small as they presented them
selves.
We read in the Bible Of Sampson,
who slew the lion with his hands,
and we marvel when we think of the
determination of this single man
which goes to prove that when man
makes up his mind to win there can
be no failure, especially when he is
in the right. OF course Sampson may
not have been able to slay the lion If
God had not endowed him with the
marvellous strength it took to accom-
plish such deed, but at the same
time he was determined and what is
more, had faith in the power over him
and consequently won the struggle.
Suppose Sampson had allowed the
roar Of the lion to frighten him as
some Of our tottering members allow
the talk Of their enemies to scare
them; he simply would have been
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-23

swallowed up and forgotten about. To
win we must have extreme faith in
our powers and in those who are in
a position to look out for our inter-
ests and who are willing to back us
up. The farmers of the South have
only to stick together and display that
iron win, strength of character and
determination to succeed, standing
sseadfast for the great cause for
which they have organized and they
will overcome their obstacles as cas-
isy as did Sampson, difficult as they
may seem. In Judges XIV-5, 6, you
will read as follows: Then went
Sampson down, and his father and
mother, to Timnath, and, behold, a
young lion roared against him. And
the Spirit Of the Lord came upon
him, and he rent him as he would
have rent kid, and he had nothing
in his hand; but he told not his mo-
ther or his father what he had
done.D
This man feared not the lion nor
did he let him take advantage or get
the best of him just because he made
a big noise and looked formidable
He just went ahead and trusted in
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cur great leader who inspired to help
him win, and with the idea in our
minds that we will let nothing con
quer we will be able crush the lion
of contention and opposition as easily
as we would a spider under foot.
What a great lesson this has been
for us and what massive deeds have
Leen accomplished and can be accom-
plished by any man or body Of men
who will display little of the Samson
determination and will take the lion
cf contention and opposition by the
jaws and rend him.
Now let us take look at the fate
of another Biblical character convey
ed in Proverbs XXII-1S, wherein a
young sluggard also had a few deal
ings with King Lion. His statement
was: There is lion without, and
shall be slain in the Streets Nov
we have never heard any further. re
port from this young sluggard, and
in all probabilities he made meal
for the particular lion.
Now, take the experiences of these
two ancient men and compare them
with the people you meet every day.
How many of them are willing to
stand up for what they think is right
in the face of anything, and how many
do we find who are sure to give up
the struggle as soon as they think
someone is against them who appears
strong and who knows how to make
a disagreeable noise? When we sum
up the two sets of mankind we are
proud to find the balance in the Far
nlers' Union are on the true side and
it makes US feel that we want to grasp
the hand of those we know are out
for the right and not afraid to say
SO.
Is it not so that the man who never
gives up but plods along in his own
manner possessing that will of steel
and who refuses to recognize anything
as impossible, is the successful man
Take plenty of time to make up
your mind. and once made up, never
allow anyone or anything to sway you
from your aim one way or the other,
but keep the helm Of your ship
straight to the point where you wish
to land flying the colors of Justice,
Equity and the Golden Rule, which
should be the motto in every case.
Just because you think others are
stronger than yourself is no reason.
why you should allow them over
come you.
In the modern age it is sad nut true
there are millions of peopletlkho can
be turned aside from their purpose
by a few well chosen words from
some slippery-tongued person who
desires to swerve them from their
way Of thinking, pretending at the
same time to be a true friend, taking
advantage Of the fact that they are
able to intimidate the weaker class
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-23
FARMERs' UNION HAS THEM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
The List is. as Complete as Can Be
Obtained from Official Records, but
There are Believed to be Others
Under Obscure Names.

The following list Of warehouses es-
tablished by the Farmers Union in
Mississippi is as complete as can be
obtained from the records in the Of
fee OF the secretary of state, the
name being largely used as a guide.
and it is believed there are several
others whose names are such as to
make them impossible to distinguish
from those not under the auspices Of
the union
farmers Union Warehouse Associa-
tion of Calhoun county. Calhoun City.
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pic going .to ruin in the hands Of
their new Negro owners, 1t is time
4 white sentiment, was awakening .tc
lessen this alarming tendency before
it is too late, and some of the fairest
and choicest portions of the old COM
monwcalth will pass into the hands
OLA most undesirable population,
The white land owner Of large bou1a
aries should place around him q bet
ter class of small farmers of good
whites instead of the present way of
spreading and extending the Negro
settlement. If this suggestion were
carried out the lands in many sec
tions would rise in value. 1t should
be done as a patriotic duty as we'll
az for sclf-prescrvaticm. There
would be less danger to the lone
white woman at her duties on the
farm, and fewer cases of assault, or
attempted assault, if such a policy
were carried out all over the South.
The fact that the Negroes own so
many small lots explain the matter
of the scarcity of farm labor in many
places. They seem to prefer to sup
port each other first. and the white
people come in when there is no 9th
cr recourse for them.''
At last We find one man who has
the courage to express what has been
apparent even to the casual observer.
1t is not the "shiftless, worthless
Negro" against whom the scnseless
prejudice of the other race is direct
ed. He is not the sole cause, as we
so often hear, Of railway>d iscrimina-
tons and political Acknowledgement.
The, Negro who does not know his
place, who is striving to better his
material condition enters more large
ly into the equation than our friends
and enemies are willing to ackuow-
ledge.
What shall we do TO be saved ?
4, the one hand cur Ignorance and
improvidence are condemned; on
the other, intelligence and thrift are
reprehcnsible.
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tons consideration wll57be given not
only to style, arguments and, facts,
presented, but to the convincing
power, and 1T should be borne in
mind that Members Of Congress are
to be elected as we'll as President
and Vice-President..,' 49,.
No manuscripts will be returned,
but will be the property Of the Com
mittee.
The best article. will be widely
used, both In the newspapers Of the
country, and In pamphlet form. d.
= The award will be made and check
sent to successful. contestant about
August 18th. Manuscripts must be
mailed not later than July 18th to
LITERARY BUREAU, Z.
. publican GonsTessio Committee.
T. - Metropolitan! Bank Buildings
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Our Grand Chancellor,

Says the Pioneer Press: ~..~. x
Hon. W. J. Thompson, of Thorn.
as, Grand chancellor of the Knights
Pythias in West Virginia, was a vis-,
itor I'd this section Of the state DUR
ing the week, and Martinsburg was.
included lin his itinerary. Having
knownAthe Grand Chancellor for
many years, it was our pleasure to;
meet andHgrect him, and congratu-
late. him oh-his elevation to the high:
position which he is now filing to-
the satisfaction of Pythians all over
the State, His headquarters are in
Charleston, ;where he will spend the
most OF his time, He is a man Of
Observation-Disclosures, good Judgment
and Pythianism under his guidance
is bound to maintain the high stand.
ard set BY the late lamented Grand
ChancelloT, Hon. Samuel W. Starks.
When men of the stamp of Mr..
'FhompseR tare elevated to places of
power'andsprominence, it;means that
the Negroes are striding forward.
1t affcrds, The Advocate great
pleasure to reproduce the above edi-,
torial atldSto add word or two, not
that Mr.sThompson needs any COM
mendation from US, but because hs
merits it. !, .. ..
The observation of the Press, to
the effect that the elevation eff men
Of Mr.. 'Hhompson's stamp to places
Of power sis*indicatiye of racial pro
gress, is timely and to the point. We,
unfortunately, have few men of his
class. Qtiet, unassuming and hon
esty persfnlfied, he is exceptionally
we'll .fitte{ to carry on the work OF
his lasnented predecessor. q"
The oFdiirHcf which he IS the head.
demands For its success a man who,
above all flSe, commands the conf.
dence and respect of the rank and
Tile. Hemfst be one one who, though
he may ~ b 30 glhort on words, must be
long on dAads, ,foe1 it, is deeds, not
r'ds, whitIf n,akc for success in
ganiaatiorts Us we?ltas+. ind'yidualE.
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fast acquiring the lands in the black
belt is one Of the most serious phases
of this question before the people of
this state, and should we'll cause
them to pause and consider what is
best under the circumstances. Poo
pie who have the good Of each race
at heart, do not want to see the Me-
gro retrogradr, but the fact that they
are getting possession Of 50 much
of the land in the black counties
is a, serious menace to the future adj
vancement Of the counties most af-
fccted by that trouble. The figures
from the state auditors, report fer
1907 present some startling facts
along this line.
In the black counties taken as
a whole, the Negroes own about II
per cent of the land. They make
their strongest showing in Middle-
SEX, in the Rappahannock river sec
ton where they own nearly II per
cent. Of the land area, while in the
number of separate holdings they
ahomt equal the whites. The next
highest is Hing and Queen, in which
they have /, per cent, and Louisa
and Essex they have 1G 1-2 per cent.
each. There are twenty coun-
tics in the black belt where they
own over 10 per cent. of the land.
Prince Edward. Charles City and
Surry each have over Is per cent.
of their lands in the hands of Ne
groes. They have acquired possess
sion of the land in startling manner
in recent years until in many sec
tons it is impossible to get a farm
that has no Negro land owner adj
joining it."
Such record as these Negroes
have made is unusually pointed to
with pride or else ignored by those
who hold us up to the public gaze.
NOT so with the Press. 1t sees III
this tendency to acquire property a
menace to white supremacy, cone Of
the saddest sights Imaginable"
Quoting again at length from the
Press:
''The Negroes will pay almost any
price for land, such is the fierce and
intense desire they have to possess
it, and they are in this manner driy-
ing out the white people in many To-
calities. 1t is one of the saddest
sights imaginable to go over many
sections of the eastern part of the
state and see nice cid farms given
over to the Negro where once flowed
the hospitality Of old Virginia gen.
tlenlen, and to SEQ the many old fam
lily graves of old Virginia white peo-
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Our race is to TOO prone to attempt

oHrr race is. to too prone to attempt
experiments, to try swapping horses
in the middle of the stream. When
on Of us is elevated above his fellows,
none Is SO humble as not to- think
himself qualified to fill the same
position. We seem to place at
naught ability, fitness and all else
that should be considered in the Sc
lection of leader and too often
place the scepter in the hands of
HIM, who, for the moment, has tick
led the public ear. - .,,Ht, -.
# would be. we'll for the Pythiana
Of this state, :w9to> sse~sS<,safze,,r., rv4
officers for another year. to weigh
carefully the probable result of their
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-06-04

The politico-religious conventions
at Philadelphia, Norfolk and Balti-
more having had their innings. we
may now turn our undivided atten-
ton to Taft, Bryan, ct ais.
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every move, Those who proved sat
isfactory in their various positions
to him who founded Pythianism in
West Virginia should be retained, if
it is their desire. West Virginia
has been blessed with a corps Of Of
fcers surpassed in no other state.
We should let well enough alone.
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MERryan, in the Commoner, On
presses ills opposition to perpetual
franchises How about perpetual
candidacisea
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Whites and Blacks in Virginia.

Under the above caption, a CORES
pondent in the Daily Press of New
port News, Va. drops a hombshell in
to the camp of those who have advo-
Gated the requirement of land as the
remedy for race prejudice.
Says the Daily. Press: ...,
|The fact that the Negroes arc
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s, sStef'ssto Gollingcr, does NOT con-.
sider&the mail subsidy dead. CAL
llnger always was IN optimistic cuss,
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A dispatch from Washington says
the republican leaders never fail to
take dig at the President. Which
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$3.50 FOR REST ARTICLE.

The Republican Congressional
Committee offers $3.50 for the, best
article, not exceeding 1000 words on
the subject: -. -. H. i 'I,<
WHY REPUBLICAN, p AIRY
-aHQukQ. Be SIICGRaaEEI4-
The competition is:oper1 TO alE y.
;. In Judging the merits OF cofftrfbu-
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,SI4E& ,ADvotpATH.

nay he aRother waysof saying that
| IL sal ' sAggirg their. own political.
graves.& ~, - >%r@ 80. % ''''
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JOSEPH HOLT GAINES.
STATE TICKET.
For Judges of Supreme Court.
IRA E. ROBINSON.
w. N. MILLER.
l.. J. WILLIAMS.
KANAWHA COUNTY TICKET.
For House Of Delegates.
CHARLES w. GOOD.
JOHN NUGENT.
JOHN A. THAYER.
SAM. G. HAIRLESS.
f. G. COLCORD.
For Clerk of County Court.
l.. C. MASSEY.
For Clerk OF Circuit Court.
IRA II. MOTTESHEARD
For Prosecuting Attorney.
S. B. AVIS.
For Judge intermediate Court.
HENRY X. BLACK.
For Sheriff.
S. P. SMITH.
For County Commissioners.
Nj. F. MALCOLM.
A. r. SHEPARD.
GRANT CoPENHAvER.
For County Surveyor.
FRANK D. BARRON.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Election November 3, 1908.
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For Congress.
JOSEPH HOLT GAINES.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-26
MANY ENTERTAINMENTS GIVEN
Peruvians UntirInE in BestOwing
welcome Upon American ON
ciaIs and Men.

LIMA, Feb. 25.-The entertainments in
honor of the American naval officers con-
tinue unabated and Lima society is en-
Toying a series of brilliant functions such
as seldom has been witnessed In the capt.
tai. This afternoon there was reception
at the American legation and base ball
match in the bull ring between mines from
the war ships, and this evening the Ma
tional club gives a ball. The gala per-
formance at the Politeana theater last
night brought out crowded house. Lima
society was well represented while among
those present were thirty-three American
officers including three admirals, Minis
ter Combs, Lieutenant Cordier, the Ameri-
can military attache and several members
of the cabinet.
In the final scene of the opera the Ameri-
can and Peruvian flags were displayed on
the stage. This brought out prolonged APP
plause. Admiral Thomas stood and bowed
his acknowledgements to the audience. At
the commencement of the performance the
orchestra played Hail Columbia" and the
Peruvian national anthem. The audience
stood.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-26
DEMOCRATS GETTING READY
HeadquarterE Opened In DenveF by
Committee on Arrangements
for Convention.

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 25.-Headquarters
were opened in Denver yesterday at the
Albany hotel by Sergeant-At-Arms John
l. Martin, of the democratic national COM
mittee and the members OF the sub-com-
mittee on arrangements, which have
charge of the plans for the democratic ma
tional convention. Former Governor John
p. Osborne of Wyoming, is In charge of
the headquarters for the subcommittee on
arrangements of the national committee
The campaign headquarters of the national
committee will be located in Chicago The
principal work of the subcommittee on ar
rangements has already been performed
and the work of letting the contracts for
engraving tickets, printing badges for del
egates, alternates and members of the ma
tional committee is about all that remains
to be attended TO.
The new auditorium, built by the cIti-
zens of Denver at a cost of $4,000 is near
ing completion and will be ready a week
before the convention meets A guarantee
has been given by hotel and restaurant
keepers of Denver to the democratic ma
tonal committee that the rates for meals
and lodging will not be raised when the
convention is held here.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-26
MRS. HAMILTON UTTERS Def
No Proof Smell Letters PurpOrting
to Have Been written by
Her Are Hers.

ST. LOUIS Feb. 6.-The Post Dispatch
today publishes an interview at Biloxi,
Miss, by staff correspondent with Mrs.
Laura Hamilton, wife of Rev. r. A. Ham
ilton, formerly pastor OF the Methodist
church at Newman, ILL.,, in which Mrs.
Hamilton defies the heirs of Colonel
Thomas Smell to prove that she wrote the
unsigned letters introduced I'm the recent
suit at Clinton ILL.,, to break the will of
the deceased aged millionaire.
Mrs. Hamlltons statement in part fol-
lows:
II have suffered a million deaths since
that trial began.
They did not summon me into court to
say whether or not l wrote those letters
and 1 cannot be expected to say now
whether l wrote them. I was I'm Cham
paign, within easy reach of the court, but
they did not summon me. 1 won't say
whether I wrote them. How can l, when
l never saw them2 But they are unsigned
l want them to prove I wrote them. that
is all.
There is not a scrap of my writing SO
far as I know of In Illinois I defy them
to prove these letters are mine. How can
they prove It? Not one of them is signed
Not one has my name on any part of it,"