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The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
SECURING SYSTEM ON FARMS.
Organization Of Farming Class and
Cooperative Methods Will Give
Farmer His Own.

It is only by organizing the farming
class of people and by a cooperative
move with all laboring classes from
small to large enterprises, is our only
relief, and move of that kind would
not be impracticable, and it does seem
to me that 1t would be high time for
readjustment, and the progressive ele.
ment Of the farming people Of this
country will take up the cause, in a
way to accomplish good and substan.
tial results. We are divided, unor.
ganized, we have no way to do bust.
ness with the organized element,
writes c. w. Junken in Co-operator
The call for the farmers organization
is at hand, and seems very much a
necessity, in order to bring about a
relation that would make us more co.
operative and bring us to better I'm.
derstanding with all other enterprises,
such as manufacturers and the rail
road enterprises.
We as a farming and laboring class
are producing the wealth of the coun.
try and no debt can be paid unless
the wealth Of the debt had been pro
duced some way, either on the farm
or out of the mine It is plain to me
we are the first owners of all luxuries
Of life, and must produce sufficient to
keep all other enterprises moving and
prosperous.
Now why are we deprived Of our
most necessary Of privileges, such as
making our homes comfortable and
having time to send our children tc
school in the country? It is simply
for the lack Of organizing and taking
more interest to get relief.
We furnish the freight to the rail
road, we furnish the material fol
bread and clothing, now why not have
way to become Independent and gel
system on foot to live at home:
Let us produce what we need al
home for a living, and grind our flour
for bread, and manufacture our owl
cloth out of our own raw material In
our own mills, and keep out Of debt
and thereby become able to have 6
system on the farm that would en-
able us to demand a living profit or
our surplus products that some other
country must have or can't produce
The farmer should carefully take into
consideration who is depending or
his welfare. The merchant, the bank
er, the railroad and every other en-
terprise is depending on, the prosper
tty Of production Of agriculture anc
mining. Let this wealth-producine
business cease, and you have cloggeG
the wheel that circulates and moves
the business Of the world.
Let us have system on the farm
is my desire.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

Engineers at work on the Panama
canal propose to leave as little as
possible to chance. They are now en-.
gagged in experiments to determine
the effect of sea water on concrete,
an enormous quantity Of which is en-
ployed in the construction Of the canal.
Concrete in different stages Of prep.
aration and with various forms Of
protection will be subjected to the &C.
ton Of the salt water and the results
will be carefully noted. Probably
there never was a great undertaking
.of this kind In which SO many pre-.
cautions were taken to guard against
future risk.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
ADVANCE MONEY ON COTTON
Texas Commissioner Of Insurance and
Banking Makes Ruling Of Much
Importance to Farmers.

The commissioner of insurance and
banking of the state Of Texas recently
made ruling on advancing money for
the handling of the cotton crop, which
is Of great Importance to all classes OF
people of that state. especially the
farmers. It is as follows:
The farmers being interested along
with all other classes Of citizens of the
state, the >ruling Of the commissioner
Of insurance and banking who has
again notified all state banks OF the
ruling made last year relative to hand
ling the cotton crop which Is now
coming on the market, will be Of i'm
portance to them at this time. The COM
missioner is sending out the follow
ing:
Section SO Of the state banking
laws, digest Of 1909, reads as fol-
lows:
"'All state banks and trust COM
panies shall be permitted to loan or
discount commercial or business paper
secured by lien upon cotton and cotton
seed products o'the same extent and
upon the same conditions as is now or
may be provided for national banks
under the laws of the United States
I'm a letter to a state banker max
Ing inquiry upon the subject, the COM
missioner Of insurance and banking
ruled that, In view of this provision of
| the new law, which became effective
August 8, 1909, state banks and trust
companies may make advances to any
one person, firm or corporation upon
the security Of cotton and cotton seed
products in excess of Is per cent. OF
the capital stock of the bank or trust
company in either of the following
ways:
H. A bank or trust company may
discount or cash drafts drawn by the
seller of cotton or cotton seed prod
ucts on the purchasers thereof for the
purchase price, such drafts having at
tached thereto bills of lading of ware
house receipts for the commodity pur'
chased. These drafts may be carried
in this way during the time the com
modify is being compressed, or assem-
bled or stored for shipment, or until
it is sold a second time and the or
iginal buyer has authority to draw an
other draft against the new purchaser
This second draft may then be carried
by the bank or trust company in lieu
of the first draft issued until paid by
the purchaser and the transaction
closed. Advances made in this way
must be by the discount Of drafts
drawn by a seller against buyer.
q. A bank or trust company may
also discount notes given by the pur
chaser of cotton and cotton seed prod
ucts to the seller for the purchase price
thereof; that is, buyer desiring to Sc
cure an advance in excess Of the loan
limit to be used in purchasing cotton
or cotton seed products may give his
notes in payment for the commodities
to the persons from whom they are pur
chased, and such notes may be dis
counted for the sellers, when endorsed
by them and accompanied by ware
house receipts assigned to the bank OF
trust company.
This ruling is based upon lette,
received from the comptroller Of cur
rency constituting the national banking
law bearing on the subject, and all
the state banks and trust companies
have been notified Of the ruling by cir
cular letter."
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
WHAT S
Your Health Worth!


You start sickness by n1istreating nature
and it generally shows first in the bowels
and liver. A 1oc box (week S treat1nent)
of CASCARETS will help nature help
you. They will do increasing them
regularly as you need them-than any
medicine on Earth. Get box today;
take a CASCAREr tonight. Better in
the morning. It's the result that makes
millions take them. ISL
CASCARETS 1oc box for a weeks
treatment all Druggists Biggest seller
in the world. Million boxes mouth.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Grain for Breeding Ewes.

Breeding ewes should have little
grain, but not enough to make them
fat. Ground wheat and corn are given
for fattening lambs, two plnts Of
wheat and one of corn. The sheep
that 60 into winter In poor condition
are under a disad Vantage all through
the cold weather.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Prevention Of ricketts,.

Stop feeding corn to pregnant and
nursing sows and to young pigs and
there will be little, II any. trouble
from this form Of paralysis, which Is
associated with ricketts,. It comes from
oyerfeeding heating and fattening
foods, and giving too little bone.buildt
Ing material.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

Germans usually do things thor
oughly, and the announcement that
there is no cholera in Berlin, although
the disease has broken out in the vi.
cinity, no doubt testifles to the ef.
fectiveness of the safeguards EN-.
ployed. Modern medical science is
usually victorious over the ailments
once regarded as scourges, against
which It was almost useless to con.
tend. Yellow fever, cholera and the
like are no longer the terror they
were formerly.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Care in Gathering Fruit.

Fruit should be gathered with the
same care that melons are pluoked
from the vines. Leave all unripe fruit
to be gathered later, even II this does
necessitate going over the tree again.
This will cause the late crop to in.
crease in size and favor.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

Al Chicago professor says that the
4 law Is a hindrance to some people. II
by some people he means burglars,
pickpockets and grafters, we might
add that that is exactly what the law
Is intended to be.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

my name in your testimonies, -
H.W. MITCHELL, Box 8, sabattus, Me-
Another Woman Helped
Graniteville, vt. 90 was passing
throughthe Change of Life andsuteiea
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham,S yeges,
table Compound restoredmyhealt anu
strength, and proved worth mountains u tai as
of gold to me. For the sake OF other
suffering women I am willing you
should publish my letter" MIS-
CHARLES BARCLAY, RID, Granlte~
vile, Vt.
Women who are passing through
this critical period or who are sun !33,
ing from any of those distressing lil s
peculiar to their sex should not lose Sc,
sight of the fact that for thirty years
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable CON- !
pound, which is made from r1oots anu 5
herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every CON-
munity you will find women WHO
have been restored to health by Lya1a
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

a New York man is taking his plano
for a voyage to restore It's tone.
Probably 1t got q little shaky On the
high G's.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

Farmers will not become greatly In.
terested in aeroplanes. monoplanes
and biplanes until they have worn
4 out their automobiles.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

Man has at last beaten the pigeons
at flying. but with fair woman's help
he long ago distanced them In the
pleasanter art Of billing and cooling.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

General information concerning In,
fantile paralysis is meager, but since
I woman Of sixty-six has died Of the
malady, the fact is plain that the
scientists who gave 1t name were
not oyercrowded with information
either.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28

We imagine that Esperanto would
ba 8 good language to use when talk.
! ang hack to your wife.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-10-28
Her
PHYSICIAN
APPROVES
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound
sabattus, Maine.-"You tod me aeh ~
+oIa Tvdia D. Pinkham's VegetaDl95

Con Pc u III 80 -
Liver Pills before
and we
are all surprised TO
see how much goo!d
it did. My physl::
clan said Without
doubt it was the
Compound that t
helped you. l
thank you for your
kindness in advising
me and give you tu l
permission to use
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
THEY SAY

That Dorothy Dare will soon sug-
gest a colored four hundred limited
to those drawing salary not less
than 81 600 a year as clerks.
That the jealous man or woman
will often speak i'll of the successful
one.
That the other candidates for the
municipal judgeship will file their
papers later.
That President Taft will desig
nate the kind of work he wants col
ored Americans to have.
That Booker T. Washington will
be appointed Director-General OF
the Negroes worlds Exposition.
That small fry correspondents
will not be appointed on the COM
mission either.
That no more banquets will take
place soon.
That the driver Of one of the
Commissioners wagons will dictate
colored society.
That BOOkmakers often lose their
gold and reputation
That Bob Douglass is a level
headed individual.
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08

f5ti .s-E-,s
the only town or city in the country
where letter carriers are exclusively
Negroes.
DR.. Ludwig Nond's magnificent
collection of old Italian Masters
formed under the advice of the emil
nent critic, DR.. Richter has been
left to the National Gallery in
London. The value of the collection
is estimated at $I,ooo,ooo.
A French inventor announces he
has achieved Telension, NJ. Georges
Rignorix, has made an apparatus by
means of which it is said, one may
see the person to whom one is tele-
phoning at a distance.
Mr.. Wilfred Stevens, of Mimi,
transla, n in the service of the
United States, has a working knowl-
edge of twenty-odd languages and
can converse in as many dialects of
various other tongues as may be
demanded of him.
North Carolina has 3I2 cotton,
woolen and silk mills, with 3I43,-
5II spindlers, $500 looms and 55,-
I28 employees, of whom 1888 are
females.
A monument of imposing beauty
is being built in North Carolina
near Mount Airy, over the grave OF
noted officer in the Federal army
Gen. Reynolds, who was shot from
his horse during the battle of Get
tysburg in 1868. The monument IS
being erected in sections and the
sculpture work will cost $4,000.
The Alexandria Gazette, the only
daily paper published in Alexandria
is one hundred and eleven years old
The nineteeth annual session OF
the Tuskegee Negro Conference
will be held at Tuskegee Institute
February 20, 1910. The Conference
is composed mostly of those interest
ed in the educational moral and civic
uplift OF the Negroes
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
ADDRESS BY JAMES Fl.
HAYES

The we'll known attorney, Jas. Fl.
Hayes of Richmond, Va, addressed
the Bethel Literary last Tuesday
evening, subject, tPictures on the
Wall" Attorney Hayes was greeted
by a large audience and his address
was most favorablely received. Mr..
Hayes is a forcible and eloquent
speaker, and his subject was most
eloquently and logically handled.
Mrs. Jessie Kink Neill, a soprano
soloist of some merit furnished the
music.
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
THOSE NEGRO MELODIES

From the New York Sun.
We are glad to note that some
casual remarks of ours about the
Howard University rebellion have
stimulated a controversy. Possibly
that controversy may lead to some
thing like illumination. We ven
turcd to remark, regarding the re-
ported revolt of the colored students
against the so-called plantation mel
odies' that, although the music IS
usually very pretty and plaintive it
Is not Negro music at all, but in
most instances was composed by
white men to meet a purely imag-
mary situation and answer a purely
maudlin tendency. Now we have
communications Of protest and de
NAL, one correspondent writing tc
say that perfectly trustworthy per
sons have compiled Negro songs ii
large quantities, impaired to them
bv the Negroes themselves.
It seems to us, however, that the
question goes further than that Such
men as Gottschalk and, later, Laf
cadio Hearn, spent long months il
New Orleans hearing these queer
melodies "from the Negroes them,
selves" Both of them in their diff
crent ways consOrted with the Gus
todians of the so-called Congo mu
sic and imbibed it thoroughly. They
attended the annual voodoo celebra
tious near the mouth of Bayou St
John. where the wild chants were
Ia be heard in their perfection, anC
where Marie LavauX, the queen,pre
sided to maintain the ancient tradi
tions and control the ancient songs
They heard the grooming Negro nurs
es with their inherited cradle songs
"Deux CanardS," "Le Crocodile" -
a hundred others, They went init
the question deeply, Gottschalk as ;
composer and inspired musician, Laf
cadio Hearn as a poet and patien
student. But Gottschalk wrote th
'Bamboula" and other barbaric ex
travaganzas without believing he ha,
ever heard a Congo melody"
conviction since confirmed by mucl
more enlightened inquirers who ar,
also qualified musicians-and Hearl
frankly abandoned his quest afte
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
PARAGRAPHIC VIEWS
BY
Miss Goncvia B. Max6eld

May good fortune prosper you
this year, 1910 in all you do, and
you in return prove true.
The new double track bridge of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
across the Susquehanna river 1000
feet long, and costing about s., 500,
600 is now open for traffic. 1t was
begun May 9, 1907, and completed
January 3, 1910. During the con-
struction y men were killed and IS
injured,
1t is said that about 5000 Negro
enumerators will be employed to
take the census, and 1000 will be
used in the South.
Census Director Duran says Ne
groes doubtless can obtain the in
formation required from their race
more accurately than white enum-
orators"
Americans have been taught in
Cuba that all blacks and whites are
on a plane of absolute equality. An
American House Hotel Plaza refus-
ed to serve two Negro Congress
men drinks. This resulted in a
riot. The clerk of the hotel was
fined seventy dollars in court
That the Indians should be taught
how to use the land, and produce
from it a livelihood for himself and
family is one of the main recon-
mendationS Commissioner Valentine,
made in his report, and that the
Red Man should have the same
laws as TO marriage and divorce as
his white brother.
1t is rumored that Dr. Frederick
Cook is very i'll, in some remote
corner of Europe, and that despite
the verdict of the Copenhagen Uni
versitv, he will prove that he reach
ed the North pole.
A report of the State auditor
shows that the Negro race in Vir-
ginia owns in personal and real
property $4,000 900. Richmond
comes first in the estimate, Norfolk
second, and Petersburg third There
are eight banks owned by Negroes
and five insurance companies
Mr.. Maxwell Hayson, one of the
coming American poets contributed
to the January issue of "The Goth
Century Magazine" an article en-
titled "The Arena"
J In an article written by Jesse F.
| Moor1and, one of the international
Secretaries, of tht Y, NJ. c. A, in
charge of the colored department,
says that the Association owns
twenty-one buildings in the L. s.,
valued at $4,000. There are
twenty-eight paid secretaries, two of
whom are employed at Tuskegee In
stitute and Howard University re-
spectively.
1t is said that all letter carriers in
clarksville, Tenn, are Negroes.
Clarksville is a city of about $4,000
people and there is no friction be-
tween the races. This they say IS
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
DR., DREW
MEMBERS URGED TO COPY
EXAMPLE OF THE SAVIOR
Resolutions Adopted at Revival
Meeting Held in Cosmopolitan
Rantist Church ColOred

Meeting Held in Cosmopolitan
Baptist Church, Colored
Resolutions urging every Negro
in the District, and the United
State as well, Ito try to live as Christ
would for the next thirty days were
unanimously adopted at the great un-
ion revival meeting at the Cosmo-
politan Temple aBptist Church, on
N street near Ninth street north
west, last Sunday evening. Rev DR..
Simon P w. Drew is the pastor of
the church.
These meetings began New Years
Eve and will continue for thirty
DAYS. Those who will be in charge
of the various meetings are: Evan
gelist Rev. DR.. Simon P. w. Drew,
Evangelist Rev. William Perry OF
New Jersey, Evangelist Rev. DR.. G.
w Bailey of New Jersey, Evangel-
ist Rev DR.. George H. Sims of New
York, Evangelist Rev. DR.. Charles
T. Walker of Augusta, Ga, better
known as the Black Spurgeon of
America, and the woman evangelist
Mrs. Scott of Maryland.
Election of Trustees
At 2 recent meeting of the con-
eregations the trustees for the en-
suing year were elected as follows
William Warren, Robt. T Moten, H.
D. Johnson. w. H, Strothers and
Randolph Cotrell.
The officers for the Sunday school
for the ensuing year were elected
as follows: Superintendent. Mrs {.
Blanche Drew; assistant superin-
tendent, Chapman Walker; secreta-
~. Mrs. Lizzie King; assistant sec
retarv. Miss Francis Little; treas
urer. Mrs Eliza Little: librarian,
Alonzo Little. Department superln-
tendents-L. T. Brooks, senior de
partment; advanced department, Rev.
w. H. Ferris; junior department,
Miss Hattie P. Ivey; intermediate
department, Prof. w. A. Adams
primary department Clarence Lyons
infant department, Miss Lucy John
son; Cradle Roll department. Miss
Caroline Roerts; pianist w. A. Ad-
ans.
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
GaIbTaith Church
ANNUAL, REVIVAL OF GAL
BRAITH CHURCH
1910 Resolutions

The usual Watch-night devotional
service was held at Galbraith A. N.
E. Zion Church on 9th ST, northwest
last Friday night. The church was
filled to its capacity, while a large
number could not be accommodated.
The meeting was great overflow
service held in the auditorium and
chapel. Rev. S. L. Corrothers was
in charge. His review of the work
of the past year was full of interest.
He told of the large number thar was
saved and that come into the church,
protesting a hope in Christ, of the
faithful members who passed over
Jordan and into the unveiled beyond.
He referred to the church, the CO.
operation of the various departments
and the pleasant relations between
pastor and people, not only during
the twelve months of the year just
closed, but during the whole of his
administration at Galbraith for the
past seven and a half years. He said
"This great Prayer and Praise SerV-
ice is so near the birthday of the
Saviour of the world, the founder OF
the Christian Church until the Child
of God by faith can still hear the
angelic chorus and see the star IL
the East, hear the shouts of the
Shepherds and Simeon and Anna IL
the temple" This service was one
that left a lasting impression on the
great audience.
The music of the choir and the
congregational singing was full OF
the spirit and swept the hearts and
minds of all heavenward. With this
service the annual revival meeting
began and will run through several
weeks of the New Year. A great
harvest of souls is expected. Many
notable divines are to assist DR.. Cor
rothers in his great revival of this
year. Among them will be Bishops
Warner, Smith and others.
The congregation renewed its
vows. 1910 resolutions were made.
Galbraith will move on a united Gal
braith. The pastor will stand by his
flock and their leader be, and togeth-
er they will work to save men and
women and to add to the sum of hu-
man happiness.
J The INSTRUMENTATION Colored
Preachers Union of this city viii eat
: their annual dinner at the residence
, of Rt. Rev. Bishop J. w. Smith, D.
ID, 1900 r street, II. w, on Tuesday,
| January II, 1910. The program will
be an elaborate one Many of the
pastors of the Philadelphia and Bal
timore and the Virginia Conferences
will be present and the occasion will
be a great social event. Members OF
all the different industrial associa-
! tions are united.
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08

Jennie Cabannis-Guide.
Sarah Young Steward Bearer.
Margaret-Steward Herald
Gates-Inner Guard.
Daisy Roberts-Outer Guard.
The 10th annual meeting of the
Masonic Building Association was
held Thursday, December 23rd, and
was largely attended by the stock
holders
The report of the auditor was read
aid approved. After which the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
Bro. Henry Coleman-president.
George WebSter-vice president.
Eugene Brooks-Tr.
N. E. Wetheress-hnanciaI sec.
John z. Turner-corresponding
secretary.
w. H. Myers-auditor.
Board of Directors:
L. c. Baily, w H Judd Malvin,
w. II. Grimsbraw, Vim. NJ. George,
Rev. w. Warfeld, Peter Walker,
| Mrs. f. w. Marshall. and L. H
Wayne.
Grand Lodge-Ofhcers-I9Io
NJ. w. NJ, II. Z. WetherIess-Gr
Master.
| R W, VIM, Brown-Jr. CIR. War
der.
R. w, J, Thomas Tascal-Sen. Gr
lWarder.
R. w, Henry Coleman-Gr. Tr.
R. w, VIM. H. Myers-Gr. Sec
lretary,
R. w, Shelton Muller-Gr. Chap
lain.
R, W. John E, smith-Gr. Lectur
er.
/ R. w. Primus Simmons-Gr. Mar
shall.
/ r. W., Joseph H. Rapier-Asst
CIR. Marshall. &
| R. w, E. L. Conway-Sen. Gr
lSteward.
i R. W., R. w. Pinkett-Jr, Oh
; | Steward.
], R. w, Walter 7. Abrams, Ser
? CIR. Deacon.
R. W., Chas. Young-Jr. Gl
! Deacon.
r. W., a. H. West-Gr. Pursur
: mount
- r. w, H. c, Irving-Gr. Teller.
The Washington bee., 1910-01-08
SECOND BAPTIST LYCEUM

Tomorrow afternoon at the Sec
ond Baptist Church lyceum, Hon.
Henry Lincoln Johnson, of Atlanta,
Ga, will deliver an address. He
will be introduced by Mr.. w. Calvin
Chase. Special music has been ar
ranged. Exercises will begin at
$50 p. N.
Lieut.. r. F. Toony, president OF
the lyceum.
CHRISTMAS TREE CATCHES
FIRE
The burning of a Christmas tree
last Monday evening in the house OF
DR.. F. D. Wiliston, 1907 S street,
northwest, caused damages estimat-
ed at SIS. A lighted candle came in
contact with the decorations and
caused the blaze. Firemen hurried
to the house in response to an alarm
from box 24o.