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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-10-18
Domestic

connection with the dynamiting of
the Los Angeles Times building
year ago, opened in Los Angeles.
Senator Stephenson's chief accuser,
State Senator John J. Blaine, failed
signally to make good" when called
before the senate Investigating COM
mittee at Milwaukee. Confronted with
his own sixteen specific charges that
Stephenson had spent the major part
Of $107.793 corruptly to influence
voters, Blaine admitted he had
only newspaper editorials. political
speeches and hearsay to back his
accusations.
Governor McGovern of Wisconsin
ISSUED proclamation calling upon
the citizens Of the state for financial
air to relieve the flood-stricken people
of Black River Falls. This action is
taken In response to an appeal sent
by the common council OF Black
River Falls, calling upon the presi.
dent of the United States, the gov
ernor Of the state and the mayors Of
cities throughout the land to send
aid. and especially money.
Charles R. Heike. sugar magnate
and former secretary of the American
Sugar Refining company, lost his ap-
peal in the United States circuit court
of appeals at New York and Jail SEN
tence Of eight months was imposed
upon him by the circuit court.
What is said to be the longest cleo.
trical transmission line in the world.
from beyond Charlotte. N. c., to Dur.
ham, N. c., a distance of 173 miles.
was formally opened.
Police Of all cities are looking for
Kingston Singh, the favorite grand.
son Of Sigmund Lubin. the moving pic
ture king Of Philadelphia The boy
disappeared the same day his father
quarreled and deserted his wife.
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott schley
in his will. filed for probate in Wash.
ington, left to his three children and
their heirs all the presents given to
the admiral by the people of nv
country" and devised the rest of his
estate to his widow.
George Johnson, a student at a Kan.
sas City (Mo.) veterinary college.
was stabbed to death by a gang of ten
negroes, who accuse him of invading
their quarter Of the city. All of the
ten members Of the negro gang were
arrested and confessed.
For the convenience Of the travel
ing public postmasters in all cities
where free delivery IL operated have
been directed by the post Office de-
partment to place street letter boxes
1t all railroad stations as soon as nos.
fible
Representatives Of over 800 New
Jersey Democratic clubs at the annual
convention Of the Federation Of Demo.
cratic Clubs Of New Jersey. Endorsed
Governor Woodrow Wilson for the
Democratic nomination for The presi-
dsncy.
80 n
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-10-18

Personal
Charles M. Schwab. president Of
the Bethlehem Steel corporation, has
arrived at Pekin, China, probably in
connection with the development OF
the Chinese navy.
Harry W. Kerr, q well known actor
and member Of the Bohemian Girl
Opera company. was drowned in the
Delaware river at Easton, Pa. He was
rowing with other members of the
company when their boat was cap
sized.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30

barrassments and disadvantages which
for the time being, must be endured
are not to be compared with the far
more exceeding weight of privilege
aud glory which admits you, if you
rise, to these high demands For
such a privilege well may you forego
the pleasures of civilization for sea-
son.
Your world consists of. ten million
souls, who have wrapped up in them
all the needs and necessities, powers
aad possibilities of hul,an nature
hey contain ali the forms of cIvilizd-
ton, from its roots to its horescence;
yours is the task to develop and vital
ize these smOtheTed faculties and pO-
tentialities. Your education will prove
to be but vanity and vexation of spirit
unless it ultimates in this task; you
are the salt Of this earth, and if the
salt loose its SAVIOR, wherewith shall
it be salted? If the light within the
racial world be darkness, how great
is that darkness?
The highest call of the civilization
Of the world today IS to the educated
young men of the belated races. The
educated young manhood of Japan
China, India, Egypt and Turkey, mus
lift their own people up to the high
level of their own high conception
They must partake of the best things
in the civilization of Europe and show
them unto their own people. Your
task is the same as theirs, intensified
perhaps, by the more difficult and in
tricate tangle of circumstances anC
conditions with which you must deal
You cannot afford to sink into
slothful satisfaction and do your little
job, draw your little pay, and enjoy
your tasteless leisure, and with inant
-
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30

Continued on Page J
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30
EDUCATION THAT COUNTS.
Miss Mamie H. Burroughs the Most
Eloquent Female Talker in The
United States-The Greatest Fe-

Miss Mamie II. Burroughs the Most
Eloquent Female Talker in the
United States-The Greatest Fe-
male of the Age.
When Miss Mamie H. Burroughs
addressed the Bethel Literary a few
weeks ago. She said in part, among
other things. that education Is a
force at work, purging. purifying and
lifting man nearer to God, and at the
same time, bringing him closer to his
fellowman. The ultimate purpose of
an education IS to put helpful force
to work to improve society, there
fore, the education that counts is the
education that IS usable. Its results
must be visible
1T is to be feared in this genera
ton, when men are trying to get
away from God, instead of getting
closer to him, and thus having more
power with him, that our schools are
developing a lot of inhdels and relig-
ious faddists, who will so pauperise
us spiritually, that we will forget that
the way to prosperity and plenty is
by way of the throne of God, and
that the old cross is still the center
of the highest civilization, and that
men must look to calvary if they de
sire to live. There is a great need of
having all men, who are preparing to
be Of service in this world, to realize
that the greatest of all teachers is the
man of Galilee, and their education,
etc. Education, to be of service, must
fit one for everyday life and everyday
living. It must be broad and practi-
cal.
There are hundreds of men and
women today, trained in our institu-
tions, who are sitting down, waiting
for positions and harassing their
friends to death for jobs, when there
is work, and plenty of it, right under
their noses. They may find it neces-
sary to fell the trees, lay the founda-
ton and rear the superstructure. but
who should be better prepared to do
this work, and plenty of II, and to
rejoice in the fact that God calls his
best ones to stand in trying places,
because there are trying places
where some one must stand, and the
careless and indifferent are not great
enough for such a service; to what
uplifting force must we look?
There are hundreds of incompetent
young people, who take out their
working papers every June and can
do absolutely nothing satisfactorily.
They drift from one trivial job to
another, and when they have been
knocking about for three or four
years, huntiL 2, find job and then a
square meal, they become disgusted
with themselves, and decide to go
somewhere and learn something at
which they car make living"
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30
EX-IUDGE HEWLETT GOES
WITE PROGRESSIVES.
Calls on the Colored Voters to Leave
Mr.. Taft-A Caus5ic Letter to The
Bee.
Washington, d. c
Dacannhnr % rnTT

Washington, d. c
December 20, 1911.
Editor of The Bee:
After considering carefully your
strong appeal in behalf of Mr.. Taft,
[ am compelled to say, I shall never
forget and always hold dear the mem
ory of the late Judge Taft, who had
no patience with those .-hO attempt
ed to draw the color line: Who be
lieved in the enfranchisement of the
Negro, and, when Attorney General,
rendered the opinion upon which
Grant acted in sending troops to pro-
tect the Negroes at the polls: who
was opposed to the separation of the
races. I shall always remember his
son William II. Taft, our President,
as the man who declared for the color
line in office holding; who, instead OF
condemning. COndoned disfTanChlse-
ment on account of color: who, from
the White House, declared that the
Negro must always be considered as
separate and distinct race IN this
country: who refused to say one word,
in his message to Congress, against
lynching. The time has come for the
colOred men to stand together and
demand every manhood right that
other citizens enjoy I will confess
that believed when President Taft
was nominated, that being the son of
his father, we, as a race, might feel
safe with him as our President: and
thus believing l left my business and
remained on the stump for about six
weeks, neither asking nor receiving
compensation. I now declare that /
cannot support Mr.. Taft, unless lay
aside my manhood and race loyalty
and this is out of the question.
shall support the Progressive Repub-
lioans, and do all III my power tc
elect their candidate whoever he may
be, for l firmly believe they intend
to treat the Negro as a man and d
citizen, and I hope colored voters OF
the country will do likewise
Yours truly,
+. NJ. HEWLETT.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30

self-deception hide your little head
under the shadow OF your wings, like
the foolish bird, which thereby hopes
to escape the wrath TO come.
As you look over the field the whole
sweep of racial movement seems to
be retrograde. The race has been dis
franchised and jim-crowed and segre-
gated; lynching and burning OF Ne
groes amid horrors of indescrlbable
atrOcity, has become a fIXed Ameri-
can institution. The Christian con-
science has become sere, and only
Christ in Heaven weeps.
There IS no other source OF help
but God and you The white race,
through philanthropy, has done much;
bat its yicarious task was practically
completed when it developed you.
You must do the rest. Our gratitude
can never repay the debt we owe.
They spoke for us when our tongues
were tied; they pleaded for us when
we were speechless. But now our
faculties are unloosed; we must
stand on our own footing. The great
est gratitude that the beneficiary can
show to the benefactor is, as soon as
possible, to do without his benefac-
ton. True, we are not yet able to
cut loose wholly from the benevolent
assistance; we still need some more
earrings and fnger-rings and other
furnishings from the Egyptians. But
the great outstanding fact remains,
the task of race craftsmanship and
reclamation is not primarily the white
will depend its success or failure.
As far as righteous insistence upon
inalienable human rights will premit,
live at peace and helpful cooperation
with all men, North and South, East
and West. But never, under any in
ducements of cOwardice or prudence
or thrift, should you deviate from the
straight line of righteousness, which
| alone points out the way and points
| the way out.
Moral energy and race loyalty
/ should be brought to bear upon yOul
/ task whether you be engaged in the
production of wealth or in the more
cOndite pursuits, which administer Il
the highest needs of man.
The white race is fast loosing faitl
in the Negro as an efficient acceptable
factor in the equation of our civiliza
ton. Curtailment of political, civi
and general privilege and opportunit,
is but the outward expression of thi
apOstasy. As the white mans fait'
in you decreases, your faith in your
selves must increase. Every Negr
in America should be taught daily
with his face turned toward the ligh
to utter this prayer: Lord, ! believe
help thou my unbelief"
Through courage, expressed in III
active IS well as in the passive voic
courage to do and courage to endur
you must so assert and exert you
manhood, that you will not only bt
. lieve in yourselves, but the rest {
; the world will be compelled to bt
, liese in you. Then, and not till thel
: all Will be we'll
Such is the mark and the high cal
> ing to which you are called. May yo
: rise to the level of it.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30
NEW YEARS GREETINGS.
The Hope of the Colored Race-Prot.
Kelly Miller Gives Timely Warnl
ing.
(By Kelly Miller.)

(By Kelly Miller)
To Educated Colored Men: Greetings.
l am taking advantage of the ap
preaching New Year to address you
a few words of serious greeting. You
represent the first generation of your
race, now grown to fullness of the
stature of manhood, under the inau
ence and power of education. You
are the first ripened fruit of philan
thropy, and by you alone will wisdom
or folly be justified. The hope Of the
race Is focused in you. You are to
furnish the headlight to direct the
path through the dangers and vicissi-
tudes of the wilderness. For want
of vision the people perish; for want
of wise direction, they stumble and
fall
There is no body of men in the
world today, nor in the history of the
world, who have, or ever have had
greater responsibilities or more COW
eted opportunities than devolve upon
you 1t is indeed a privilege TO be
a Negro of light and leading iii such
a time as this The incidental en-
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30

message is expected from him at this
time. The ladies are especially in
vited, and it is announced that the
doors will be open at 3 P. NJ. Mr..
Thomas, manager of the Howard, has
given the use of his house free OF
charge to the association, in honor
of the great victory OF the Y NJ. c. A.
in securing the $4,000.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30

taxi-cab from Mays Landing to At
lantic City to secure the cited reports
and within an hour and a quarter the
Atlantic Reporters were before the
Judge, who, with marked courtesy and
apology to Attorney Nutter, reversed
ais former rulingO and insisted that
the defense should call the witnesses.
To this the State offered no further
objection.
DIR. P. L. Hawkins in the Case.
During the trial the defense was
assisted by DR.. P. l. Hawkins, who
has always figured as an expert in all
the murder cases defended by Nutter
and Crandall. An amusing incident
occurred in that the physicians called
bv the State refused to qualify as
experts when they became apprised
of the fact that DR.. Hawkins was in
the case with the defense. The local
physician had gained quite reputa-
ton by the way he has always assist
cd the defending attorneys IN tying up
his brothers in white of his profess
sion.
lures that closed the case. When AS
sistant Prosecutor Schwinnhammer
opened the case on Friday morning
he announced that the State had aban-
dOned the plea for a first degree YER
diet, but asked for a second degree
verdict and Attorney Nutter fought
hard for an acquittal. 1t was also a
surprise that the State made no at
tempt to rebut the testimony of the
defense.
1t was on the evening of the goth oi
May last that the murder of Charles
Peck occurred, and at that time Law
yer Nutter was attending the Alumn
meeting at Howard University. Or
the morning following Lawyer Nuttel
left Washington to attend Morgan
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30
WINS A GREAT CASE
Attorney Isaac H. Nutter with
Ex-Judge J. j. Crandall
SUCCESSFUL IN MURDER CASE
Jury Acquits Mrs. Peck of Murder
Charge-Defendant Swooned ana
Carried Out of Court When YER
dict of "Not Guilty" IS Returned
Decision Not Unexpected.
Special to The Bee.
Atlantic City, \. J., Dec, Is.

Special to The Bee.
Atlantic City, \. j., Dec 10
Mrs. Emma Peck, of this city, was
acquitted of the charge OF killing her
husband. after the jury had been out
three quarters of an hour, Friday last
at Mays Landing.
When the jury came in with its
verdict at $3.50 o'clock, Mrs. Peck,
who was sitting before the bar, faint
ed and would have fallen unconscious
20 the floor had not constable Ernest
Jones, who, during the trial was the
prisoners personal custodian, grabbed
her as she fell from her chair, and
for a moment there was suspension
of business III the court until the de-
fendant was revived.
Clad in deep black garb, Mrs. Peck,
who is a very frail woman, sat for the
two days of the trial facing the jury
and the table on which the defense
had its papers and exhibits. There
were not many points on which either
the prosecution or the defense wanted
specific charges, and as result JUS
tice Kalisch charged the jury for
about three quarters of an hour. Then
the jury went out and fOrty-hve min
utes later returned with the verdict OF
acquittal for which Lawyers Isaac
II. Nutter and ]. ]. Crandali had
fought for two days.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30

Tt has become known that Miss
Violet Edmands, the Brookline heir
ess, Who was engaged to marry the
The Washington bee., 1911-12-30
Justice Kalisch Reverses His Ruling.

During the progress of the trial
there occurred a lively tilt between
the prosecution and Lawyer Nutter
as to the admission of testimony
of witnesses testifying to the fact
that Peck had threatened to kill his
wife, and that the same threats had
been communicated to his wife. The
Judge sustained the States objection
in the absence of the Atlantic Re
porters cited by Mr. Nutter. To this
Nutter and Crandall noted exception.
At his point in the case, Lawyer J.
A. Lightfoot, who bad assisted in the
preparation OF the defense, took a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
VACANT LOT ON TAYLOR
Brings A RECORD PRICE
Nearly $50 Foot For Camp
bell Property

Five thousand five hundred dollars
was the round price paid yesterday in
the sale of the vacant lot of the A.
B. Campbell property on Taylor street.
The purchasers were Messrs. T. /.
Bell and w. A. Humber, who thus ac-
ouire the last remaining vacant lot
on Taylor street.
Each purchaser thus receives a
frontage of sixty feet for 500 and
both Messrs. Humber and Bell viii
build soon an attractive bungalow
upon his property.
The Campbell lot was upon the mar
ket only for day, and there We're sew
eral home seekers who desired to bay
either the vacant lot, the small dwell
ing adjoining and belonging there
with, or both lot and house inclusive.
One offer of $4,000 for the entire
property was made and declined, it IS
said, and now that the vacant lot has
been sold at $1,000 the sale of the
dwelling adjoining will easily run the
aggregate sum to $10,500 or perhaps
81 900, in proportion to other sales
made here.
Property values have run rampant,
and Atlanta dirt is not in it with that
here, the same distance out
On the Southside several residence
lots offered heretofore around 81 POO
for sixty foot lots have been taken off
the market and when again offered the
price will be $1,000 each. One only
has to wait here to see his property
double in value in. a little while, such
is the demand now
That property owners have their
sights raised away up is quickly evil
denced when one asks the price of
lot here.
A sale of interest yesterday was
that of pretty residence property 1T
Furlow and Barlow streets, built by
Mr.. T. M. Furlow several years ago.
This pretty little home was purchased
by DR.. J. Edward Prather around ST.
600. Within an hour he was offered 4
nice profit upon his purchase
But he had bought it for a home
and will go there to reside as soon as
possession is given.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
DRAINAGE MAPS WILL
SOON Be PUBLISHED
Government to Furnish 1000
to Sumter County

Soil survey maps of Sumter county,
date and measurements for which
were secured by the United States
government some time ago through
it's special representatives, will be IS
sued by the government presses some
time during the present month. Sum
ter county will receive its share If
these printed maps as soon as they are
issued.
Secretary Clarence J. White, of the
Board of Trade, has received nOtitica
ton from Congressman Dudley Hughes
that the maps will soon be issued and
that 1000 copies of the maps will be
sent to Americas to be distributed
through the agency of that trade or
ganization as soon as the government
printing office shall have completed
the issue of the edition.
1t has been some time since the soil
survey of the county was made, and
the preparation of the maps has been
long delayed. They will be prepared
in handy and convenient form, so that
the greatest amount of useful informa-
ton for farmers, real estate men and
any others interested in the lands of
Sumter county may be readily Access
sible at the shortest notice.
One special need which the maps
will meet is that of supplying to real
estate dealers a conveniently arrang-
ed folder to show to prospective buy
ers the location of any lands desired
and also the general drainage features
of such lands. In this way, as we'll as
lit many others, the maps should
prove valuable and useful to the peO-
pie of this county and section. Defin
lite notice will be given upon the arri-
val of the maps, so that any who wishes
them may secure them by applying to
the secretary of the Board of Trade.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

we'll over 600 students and this year
they will reach nearly 700.
The new Joseph Brown Whitehead
memorial hospital will be ready, fully
equipped, at the opening of the term,
and the new shops will be ready for
use soon after the term begins. The
departments of electrical and expert
mental engineering and Of architec-
ture have been enlarged and improv-
| ed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
IAN FURNISH A SPOON,
THE Lemon and SUGAR
RDt Locker Clubs Cannot Fur.
DiSh Booze

Atlanta, Sept. If Judge John T.
psndIeton, of the Fulton Superior
Court. is correct in his charge to the
rrasent grand jury of this county,
practically all the locker clubs in the
state are operating in violation of the
nrohibition law, or rather in evasion
of it, The judge declares that locker
crrb is not legally authorized to serve
q man with a glass a spoon, sugar,
water. ice and such things, including
o piece of lemon peal, and can charge
him for the service, but that it can
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08
TECH WILL OPEN ON
SEPTEMBER THE TWENTIETH

Atlanta, Sept. THE Georgia Schol
Of Technology will begin its regular
fall term September goth, but the en-
trance examinations will commence on
Monday, September 18th. Indications
are that the attendance on the Tech
will taxi the capacity of the institu-
ton to it's umos. Last year there were
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

The Seaboard officials will hardly be
foolish enough to stir up tempest in
this part of the state by tampering
with the satisfactory schedule Of its
only local train.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

not serve him the whiskey. He de-
clares that no member of the club has
a right to go in and plank down mon
ey for a drink; that the whisky must
in real fact be the property of the
members and not the property Of the
club
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

The fact that Mr.. Humber is build
ing an exact duplicate of The Hum
Der Ideal Home" on Harold Avenue,
in other part of the ity, is fairly good
evidence of his own esteem for the
beautiful Bungalow which l offer for
sale at $3.50 on easy terms. Geo. d.
Wheatley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

Occasionally you meet woman who
is almost as much afraid of her hus-
band as she is mouse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

The man who earns his living by
the sweat of his brow is often brow
beaten.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

OF course, we are never too old to
learn. The difficulty is that sometimes
we are too young.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

At any rate you can't say that q
rolling stone gathers no experience
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

Some people follow advice all their
lives without ever catching up.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

Many a man spends most of his
life wishing he had it to do over again
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

Naturally it takes lot Of sand 10
start a seashore resort.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

Fortunate is the man who can pick
his own brand of success.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-08

There is more truth than poetry Il
life; also in the magazines.