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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-11-26

towards us as race. He seems
to be laboring under the idea that
we are yet child race, and must
not thing ourselves out of the
primary department. He figures
that for us to lose the franchise
in the South wouldn't do the race
any special harm, and besides if
this is accomplished, why, the
gain would be enormous for the
party. Eleven Southern States
would be gained for the Repub-
lican party, and thus the oblit-
Grafton of the Mason and Dixon
line, and sure enough reunited
country, at the expense of the
poor Negro. The Negro, who
has always been true to the Re
publican party, and has helped to
make it what it is, and has even
helped largely in the election of
the president chief executive, is
now to be given what his blessed
Master had offered him on the
Cross-"vinegar and gall" From
one cause and another the Negro
has been a ball, tossed between
the political parties of the country
and charges and counter-charges
have done but little to relieve him
But he is now wounded in the
house of his friends" Will he
profit by the lesson? We shall
see what we shall see.-Freeman.
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made a mockery, and Christian
ity little less than a jest, there
arose out of suffering's night,
star Of hope-the Negro Church.
And so Nat Turner, Denmark
Vrezey and other of that type
were but the product of these
preachments and the light they
saw was a reflected illumination
radiating from the fires that
burned on the alter of the Negro
Church. The Negroes who fled
to the swamps and withstoOd
masters, overseer and blood
hound; the Negroes who follow
ed the North star to a land of
freedom, and who through the
underground railway found the
pathway TO liberty ana
were all influenced to this effort
through the preachment of these
crude, unlettered men who had
faith in God and could deliver
His word with power that only
the cOnSecrated knew.
The Negro leaders in these
Churches joined with the aboli-
tionists. They stood with Gar
rison, Lundy, Phillips and Har-
rison, Beecher, Stowe. The
strongest of them was that
local preacher, slave, who
escaped from Maryland's East
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POLITICALLY, WHERE is
THE NEGRO AT?

We have been watching the
Press throughout the country for
some days to see (l) if Senator
Cullum, o Illinois, would himself
rise and refute the charges that
he has gone on record as favor
ing the wholesale disfanchise-
ment of the Negro citizens in the
South. (2) AS to whether Presi-
dent Taft would deny that he is
wrongly quoted as concurring
with the Senator's views, but the
Associated Press has afforded us
no relief. We have waited in
vain for refutation from either
of the distinguished representa-
tives of the G. O. P. and take for
granted that they must be accur-
ately quoted. That being the case
all we have to say is, words are
inadequate to express our sur
prise and disappointment, es-
ecially when viewed in the light
of what the Negro has suffered
for those very men and the party
since the day of emancipation.
When we think of the oceans OF
blood shed by the Negro and
men-we mean white men-ot
the North to perpetuate the prln-
ciple of the Republican party,
when we think of all this, and
more, we are astonished beyond
utterance that right now at this
particular hour we are wounded
in tn house of our friends, Ia
cerated and thrown overheard,
and now into the sea just where
our late lamented leader, Freder-
ick Douglas said we would be II
we ourselves desert the party
now. What would Mr.. Douglas
saw were he alive today-can any
one guess And what is this sac
r;6ca ON the alter laid, namely,
listen and think as you read: "To
build up a lily white Republican
marty" Where is the Negro at:
The Freeman
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PEACE 4!
PROSPERITY!
UNION u
EDITORIAL

The editor and proprietor o.
naper desires to say to the many
injuries as to the condition OF
our health, that we feel now that
we are on the road to recovery,
and that while our many friends
have been alarmed at the appar-
emf loss of health and the shadow
Of our former self, that we feel
that we have passed the climax
and shall, in time be our former
self.
The following is a misplaced
clipping which we were unable to
publish at time of issue which
has been referred to in these col
umns Oct. %.
We not with special pride that
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
comprising Montana, Utah and
one or two other states at their
recent annual meet conferred a
high honor upon Hon. Jos. b.
Bass, the talented editor of the
Montana Plaindealer by electing
him deputy grand master. Mr..
Bass is a former Topekan and
stands high throughout Kansas
where he built an enviable repu-
tation as a journalist and politl-
clan. He is the father and found
er of the Kansas Lincoln Day
Club, a political organization that
names all the colored men who
have received any political reco-
knition of note. 1t was while
serving as president of this club
that Prof. Vernon was appoint
ed to one of the highest positions
in the gift of the President. Bass
is man of sterling worth and
splendid executive ability and
will do much to advance this
noble order. Kansas congratu,
lates both the Cd Fellows and
Mr. Bass.-Topeka Plaindealer.
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The two churches wied with
each other in their effort to serve
Turkey last Thanksgiving, the
hight waxed so hot that they even
went to the two big daily papers
with both reading and displaying
ade. Race institutions though
they are, they got so busy that
they passed up their own organ
even to the extent of printing
their tickets. While we are as
sured this was an oversight on
the part of St. James, we are
equally as we'll satisfied that It
was a lack of leadership on the
part OF our Baptist people. The
work in itself was Of no cOnse-
quence, but the principle involved
Is such that we cannot overlook
without saying something.
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THE PLAINDEALER
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHY2

Some our people who are 50
fearful OF contract with their own
people do not realize that il they
die or get sick their own people
will have to bury them and even
comfort them in sickness.
Some OF the yound dead beats
do not pay up their just bills.
Some OF our Anslere young
men Just now have begun to
frown down on their fellow mem
bers.
SO much of their business finds
a leak when the star ch2mber
meetings are in progress.
Judge Hart is looking 50 sol
emn since last Tuesday.
Wesley avoids the old gang
that he was one with.
The colored people cannot unite
on Just one thing at the coming
election.
A. J. Duncan should not be re
elected as city Treasurer.
The young lady who Is going
10 AIisoula denies it.
4 certain young man thinks
he IS the circus and parade.
The Protection league does not
| get down to business.
They say the new girl in town
is SO stunning.
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PRESIDENT TAFT AND
THE NEGRO

President TAFT has just recent
" closed a long and most inter
cstirg tour through the South
and West. He has been making
addresses of more or less lmpor-
tarce on matters Of national con-
cern once in a while he has had
something to say upon the race
question. He visited Jackson,
Miss where he eulogized the late
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis, but we are IN
formed that the Negro citizens OF
that CITY failed to enthuse, and
nositivelv declined to make a
spectacular affair OF themselves
saving frankly that they did not
l;l,e the Presidents Negro policy
and we give them credit for their
manhood and honesty. We de-
spise a sycophant. Il you don I
ike a thing, say so. The Free
man doesn't Sc very much en-
couragement for the race in the
oresent attitude oi ---
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Jack Johnson evidently did not
think of belonging to a down
trodden race, but kept at it until
he reached the top in his profess
sion. It shows that there is no
use complaining but go ahead and
do something.
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Negroes with the Spanish discov-
cred, Balboa, and they assisted
him in building the first ship
that was constructor on the Pa
cihc ocast OF America. Cortez,
the conqueror of Mexico, had
three hundred Negro slaves with
him in 1922, the year in which he
was chosen Capthain-General of
New Spain, as Mexico was then
called; and it is asserted that the
town OF Santiago del Principe
was founded by Negro slaves
who had risen in insurection "a
gainst their Spanish masters.
1--WE
| have referred elsewhere to the
story of Esteven, " little Steve"
a companion of Panfilo Narvaez
in his exploration of Florida in
l527, who afterward went in
search of the seven fabulous cit
les which were supposed to ge
located somewhere i'll the present
state of Arizonia, and iscovered
the Zuni Indians.
Negroes accompanied DE Soto
on his march through Alabama
in l54O. One of these Negroes
seemed to have liked the country
for he remained and settled
among the Indians not far from
Tuskegee, and became in this
way the first settler of Alabama.
Coming down to a later date, a
Negro servant accompanied Will
lam Clark of the Lewis and Clark
| expedition of the Missouri River
and gained for the United States
the Oregon country.
Negroes were among the first
adventureres who went to look
| for gold in California; and when
| Tohn c. Fremont, in l848, made
his desparte and disastrous at
tempt TO find : pathway across
the Rockies, he was accompanied
by Negro servant named Saun-
ders.
In the chronicles of the i'll
starred Coronado expedition OF
l54O. which made its way from
Mexico as far north as Kansas
and Nebraska, it is mentioned
that a Negro slave of Aernando
de Alarcon was the only member
who would undertake to carry a
message from the Rio Grande
| across the country to the Zuins
in New Mexico, where Alarcon
hoped to find Coronado and open
communication with him.
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Supt Harmon also at the
head OF the educational interests
Of the state has zealously hade an
excellent record in keeping with
the great educational institutions
of the state.
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A certain lodge in this city has
adopted the name Unity it is a
good one suggestive of the rela-
ton that should obtain in the
name and spirit for the entire
race.
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State Treasurer Esseyleton is
an enviable record in that
position, and he has the state
finances in excellent condition.
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WIN VOTTANA PLAINDEALER

published weekly by The Montana
PlaindeaIer Company
L B BASS, EDITOR
,.,,.ction $500 per year, Strictly in 40
Advertising Rates on Application
Entered as second-clas' matter Apr'l "a
- -, the Post Office at Helena Montana
,ne Act of Congress of March g. 1875
.,,r.,s all Communications to The Montana
pl,indealer, 10 South Main Street,
Helena, Montana.
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ern shore rebauching clavery,-
Frederick Douglas.

DllSSSlu w dlu, NdllC y.
Payne, Henry Highland Barnet,
Alexander Crummel and the
mightiest spirits Of that time,
whose names do not wither and
ton of their teachings the Negro
whose deeds can never pass away
Everywhere under the inspira-
Gospel of Jesus Christ during
those awful years.
In the darkness of that hour
when real religion had been
ing the duty of man to man, The
Church through the centuries, has
been the hope of the common peo
pie, 1t afforded opportunity for
the lower classes to rise when all
else failed.
As the highest opponents OF the
ability of the Church to produce
great men-men who by way of
the Church can rise to promin-
cnce in affairs of State and re-
ligion. and become most morthy
instruments for the furtherance
Of the cause they represent and
the uplift of humanity, we need
bur behold the distinguished
guests of the evening, the Hon.
Ernest Lyons, Minister Pleni-
potentiary to Liberia, and Bishop
/. b. Scott, Missionary Bishop of
the Methodist Church to Africa.
One of the most striking and
interesting things about the
American Negro, and ont that has
impressed itself upon my mind
more and more in the course oi
the preparation of these articles
is the extent to which the black
man has interwined his life with
that of the people of the white
race about him. While it is true
that hardly any other race of peo'
Pie that has come to this country
has remained in certain respects
so separate and distinct a part oi
the populationas the Negro, it is
also true that no race that has
come to this country has so WOW
en- its life into the life of the peo-
pie about it. No race has shar-
ed a greater extent in the work
and activities of the original set
tiers of the country, or has been
more closely related to them il
interest, in sympathy, and in sen.
timent than TIE Negro race.
In fact there os scarcely any
enterprise of any moment that
has been undertaken by mem.
Der Of the white race in which the
Negro has not had some part. II
all the great pioneer work O
clearing, forests and preparing
the way for civilization the Negro
, as | have tried to point out, has
had his part. In ali the diff
, cult and dangerous work OF eN
/ ploration of the country tn,
Negro has invariably been tn
faithful companion and helper o
the white man.
Negroes seem to have accom-
= panied nearly all the early Span
] ish explorers. Indeed it ha
, even been conjccted that Negroe
j came to America before Colum
r bus. carried hither by trade wine
r and ocean currents, coming cur
i rents, coming from the Yves
j coast OF Africa. At any rate on
r of the early historians, Pete
5 Martyr, mentions "a region il
p the Darian district Of South Al
e rica where Balboa, the illustriou
c discovcre Of the Pacific Ocear
found a race OF black men VIII
# we're conjectured to have com
e from Africa and have shipwrecI
i ed on this coast.
y 1t is said that the first ship
IS built along the Atlantic coast va
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We still have an abiding faith
that in "Union There is Strength"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-03-25
By CASTOR LEROUX

pie. were not more incXplicable than
the disappearance If the matter of the
murderer ut the moment when four
persons were within touch OF him. !
speak Of hypnotism as | would Of cleo
tricitv. for of the nature OF both we
are ignorant. and we know little OF
their laws. | cite these examples be
cause at the time the ease appeared to
me to be only applicable by the mex
plicablc that is to say, by an event
outside Of known natural laws. And
vet II ! had had Rouletabille's brain |
should, like him, have bad a present.
ment OF the natural explanation, for
the most curious thing about all the
mysteries Of the Chandler cas- was the
natural manner in which he explained
them.
| have among the papers that were
sent me 10y the young man after the
affair was over a notebook Of his, in
which n complete account is given Of
the phenomenon of the Disappearance
Of the matter Of the assassin and
the thoughts TO which II a V rise in
the mind Of my young friend. 1t is
preferable, think. to give the reader
this account rather than to continue to
reproduce my conversation with Route
tabille.
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DR.. A. w. HYDE.-Physician and sur
geon. Office in Hyde-Harris block.
Office hours: 10 to IL a. M. l to 3
p. m. Phone-Ofice, BAL.
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e. c. MILLER, m. D.-Physician and
surgeon. Hours to 1880 a. m.
1870 to 4:30 p. m Z to 8 p. m.
Phone-office, Main 7S.-Residence,
Red, 275.
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IT'S ALWAYS BAD.
he Best of Backs Are Bad When They
Ache, and ~Brookings People
Know It.

a bad back is always bad.
Bad at night when bedtime comes,
Just as bad in the morning.
Ever try Doan's Kidney Pills for it?
Know they cure backache-cure
every kidney i'll?
Ii you don't, SOME Brookings people
do.
Read a case of it:
Peter Van Leshout, AIS Iowa St,
Huron, S. Oak, says: Il have proven
Doan's Kidney Pills to be specific for
disordered kidneys. l had kidney and
bladder complaint for six years and
suffered severely. My kidneys became
so weak that | was almost constantly
annoyed by a desire to void the Secre
tons and the passages were eco
panied with a great deal of pain. I
first used Doan's Kidney Pills in Iowa
and the relief | received was so great
that later, when / moved to Huron
| procured more The last box used
some months ago, entirely cured me
of every symptom of my complaint. |
value Doan's Kidney Pills very highly
and gladly recommend them to other
victims of kidney complaint"
Plenty Of more proof like this from
Brookings people. Call at F. l.. Villas
drug store md ask what customers
report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-MiiDurn Co, Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
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NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
OF ADMINISTRATION.

state OF South Dakota In County
County of Brookings So Court
In the Matter of the Estate of + r. Co,e.
grove. Deceased.
The State Of South Dakota sends Greeting
to Ella A.. Colegrove, Ina NJ. Nelson and
Letta A. Drew. heirs at law and next Of kin
OF J. l.. Colegrove deceased. and to all whom
these presents may come.
Notice Is hereby given that Ella A. Cole
grove has filed with the Judge of this
Court. a petition praying for Letters OF
Administration of the Estate Of j. L. Cole
grove deceased and that on the 5th day Of
Aprii 1902 at Q o'clock D. m, Of said
day. being a day OF a regular term of this
Court. to-wit: OF the March term, 1908.
at the office of the County Judge in the
City of Brookings. County OF Brookings has
been set for hearing said petition, when
and where any person interested may app
pear and show cause why the said petition
houid not be granted.
Dated at Brooktngs. s. D., this lsth day
March A. D.. 1909.
tSeaD Albert Matson.
Attest: Judge Of the County Cont
Norman A. Hanson. Clerk.
a. 3. cuihane. Attorney for Admx.
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DENTISTS

DR.. L. c. BORST.-Dentist. Office.
front rooms second floor New Bin
ford block. Phone-Main 8; Resi-
dence, Green 233.
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The lurid Glow of Doom.

was seen in the red face, hands and
body of the little son of II. M. Adams.
of Henrietta, Pa. His awful plight
from eczema had, for five years, de-
fed all remedies and baffled the best
doctors, who said that blood poison
had affected his lungs and nothing
could save him. But" writes his
mother, seven bottles of Electric Bit
tiers completely cured him." For
Eruptions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Sores
and all Blood Disorders md Rheu-
matism Electric Bitters is supreme.
Only soc. Guaranteed by C. d. Ken.
dali.
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MlSCEllANEOu

2. ). CARliSIE.-Abstractor. Rooms
20l-2O2 New Century block. Com.
plete Abstracts of Brookings, Co.
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ATTORNEYS
Philo Hall. Wm. n Roddle
Wallace f. Pardy.
A L, RODDLE & PURDv-
Attorneys & Counselors at Law.

OLAF ElDEM.-State's Attorney. At.
torney at Law. Collections will re.
ceive prompt attention. Office over
First National bank.
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hc added:
...I,o YOU know that he has slept II
The upper room Of the donjon ever
since il was rcstored:' And with the
same gesture he pointed to the half
omen door. the ladder, the terrace ana
the window in the off turning gal
lery. which n little while before | had
reCloSed.
What were my thoughts then: !
had 40 time To think. ! felt more than
| thought.
'Eyidently ! felt if the forest keeper
is up there in the chamber Il say II
because at his moment. apart from
,hc presence Of the ladder and his va
cant room. there are no evidences
which permit me even TO suspect I'm
If hc is there he has been obliged to
pass by the ladder. and the rooms
which lie Lchind his in his new lodg-
ing are occupied 10y the family Of the
steward and hy the cook and by the
Kitchens. which bar the way by the
veStibulc II the interior OF the cha-
tcau. And if be had been there during
the evening on any prcteNt 1t would
have been easy for him 10 20 into the
gallery and see that the inc coulu
be simply pushed open from the out
SIDE ms question: u 'ne
WlhGoW c'Sh! H"ii""'" tH'
search Tor the n"'u''c'' ! =
long 10 '"' """9' ~ ~ i"
c"ll'i'l'', """" ! Nv w. ~
had: unless unless Nile. ~Stangerson
h"FNcIi i'' H''I '""' ''''
NOT I'N''''" 'I""' "
thch' "I'' '"'I' I've tue i''7H''"'
cr'i Nhlcll put ''I "n'''t 'no ",N'''
81 DONG away WIZ" "'N'"'''' " ''r
af'l'd h'r from 'l' l"i"rt'i'
i N'i|'u loi' 81 me i'u"ol' an" W.
returned 10 tue h''N u 'Hr 'H'''"" W
see II me WHO "l 'n' Cu"'''Il -
sun nan open. Inc p'iHu N"H ui"""'
but ana not l"Iil ana "!'oNtu " oiiS"'
stream CT II-Hl u Escape "Hu l"" "l'""
lAc pam III "uE I''l' l pl"h''" -
iaIa't unu'I the NIH'""' am az
most sure Ihal Inauc u" no!Se' anu
Wine l'a"uE Jacques reiil"ilcu at 'He
foot pt the ladder mounted II yer!
''N'' -
| held my breath and lifted my feet
with the greatest care. Suddenly Il
heavy cloud discharged itself ut THAI
moment in a fresh d"Wnpour OF rain.
at the same instant the sinister cry
Of the Bette du Bon Dieu arrested me
in my ascent. 1t seemed 10 me to have
come from close by me, only a few
yards away. Was the cry Il signal!
Had some accomplish of the MAJ seen
me on the laddcrI Would the cry
bring the MAJ to the window Per
haps. All, there he was at the window,
| felt his head above me. | heard the
sound Of his breath. | could not look
up toward him. The least movement
of my head and | might be lost. Would
he see me? Would he peer into the
darkness? No; he went away. He had
seen nothing. | felt rather than heard
him moving on tiptoe in the room, and
mounted Il few steps higher. My
head reached To the level of the win
dow sill: my forehead rose above 1t
my eyes looked between the opening
in the blinds, and | saw
"a man seated at Mile. Stangerson's
little desk writing. His back was turn
ed toward me. a candle was lit before
him, and he bent over the flame, the
light from it projecting shapcless shad
ows. | saw nothing but a mOnstrous
STOPPING back.
Mile. Stangcrson herself was mo-
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Are you reading the Register want
ads every week? Why not advertise
that property which you wish to sell
and get in touch with them? At one
cent a word they are a gilt edged in
veStment.
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(To be c%ontinued.)

Mrs. Hurney has been up from Elk
ton visiting at the home of her son
the past week.
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r. ROYS.-General practitioner and
surgeon, also special attention given
lung troubles, piles and chronic dis
eases Rooms 4 and 5 Binford block.
Office hours: 10 to -; 2 to 5.
Phone-Main 10; residence K-270.
Residence, corner Medary avenue
and Williams street.
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PHYSICIANS

E. e. Boyden A. n. Stoll.
Home phone 141 Home phone $40
Physicians and Surgeons.
Hospital and general practice; ear
eye, nose and throat. City offices
rear of First National Bank Building.
Office hours 9 a. m. to II m; 1870 p.
m. to 5 p. N. Hospital Z p. m. to 9
p. m.