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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-11-09

~ sSrry SAs
evening dress sat on 4 bench I'm this
Riverside park. He had been during
the evening-well, perhaps It Is better
not to say where he had been. New
York is an artificial city and possess
cs many attractions for those inclined
to gayety and at night is an illuminat-
ed pleasure ground. In its streets, some
of them bright almost as day with
electric lights. one may see q mixture
Of every degree. from the highest to
the lowest.
This young man, a student in Colum-
bia college, had been spending the
evening to suit himself and before
going to his room near by wished to
get the air I'm the park. 1t was desert
ed except by himself, and he found
the change from the bewildering
crowds in the streets refreshing. He
sat some time without a single per-
son passing.
Extremely drowSy, he was falling
into a doze when he suddenly became
conscious that there was some one sit
ting OH the otker end of the bench
young girl, her head resting on the
back OF the bench. her face. which
was very pale, turned upward toward
tie stars. She was faShily dressed.
and the student had but little doubt
as to the class to which she belonged
He was about to rise and leave the
park when the girl said in a faint
voice:
Take me to my ROOM"
Are you ill?' he asked.
Unto death"
"Where is your room?"
"Not far. Come. will show you"
She put out her hand for him 10 help
her to rise. and he noticed that it was
cold. In assisting her he did not need
to exert any strength. for she was
light as n leather. Indeed. ii did not
seem to him that there was any weight
ut al in her. She put her arm through
his and leaned on him. but still there
was no weight
'l'avc voU rn home:" he asked
She shuddercd. Don't speak to me
OF home. When a girl comes from the
country to New York home is thing
Of the past"
"NOt all girls
They walked on in silence. The arm
resting on his was not only cold. like
her hand. but there was n dampness
about 1t that seemed to chill him to
the very marrow. Moreover, he fan
cied he heard n faint gurgling, like
running water The route to her room
lay through lonely streets. and the
student would have been glad to be
free from her. But he feared that if
he disengaged himself she would fall.
So he walked on, constantly yielding
to the chill Of her presence as If Il
woman of ice were walking beside
him.
There is park on the other side of
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she came to consciousness k|
herself alone might turn the Ssuie
against her. And yet he was not
sure that she was dead. Suppose he
were found In such a situation with a
dead girl. His whole life would be
bhghted. He knew not what to do.
He tried once more to revive his COM
panion and, failing. resolved to go for
assistance. 1t would be far better for
him to go. find some one to help and
tell straight story than to be found
at dead of night with dead woman.
The park is narrow. and the student,
crossing 1t, entered one Of the streets,
near by. Catching sight Of a police-I
man, he called to him and told him
there was n woman in the park whol
needed assistance. But a few minutesI
We're required to go to her, and on theI
way the student gave the cop a barrel
outline Of what had happened. Asl
they approached their destination the
student was surprised to find the
bench empty.
Thinking he had mistaken another
for the one on which he had left the
girl. he went to the next on either
side. Both were vacant. Then he
looked up ut the cop and said In star
tied voice:
''She's gone"
Il thought you said she was dead or
dying"
'.She was"
The policeman went back to his beat,
and the student went home. The nextl
morning the latter saw in account Of
the suicide by drowning of a girl IA
the hudson river Off Riverside park.
Ihe body had not been recovered.
The student gave up his college
course. II was said that he had studied
too hard. Re this as it may, he went
into snnitarium, where he remained
long while.
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reward, but their work and memory
abide with us still. Many of them suf-
Tered ostracism, abuse and persecu-
tion. Thank God some of them lived
TO help mold sentiment that even
tuaiiy resulted in their being received
and welcomed into some of the homes
OF the best white people of the South.
inere were colored heroes also the
Wilson's, Westons, Middletons, Saspor-
tases, Smiths, Bulkley and Rosemond
and Philips, and many others-men
VINO bore the brunt of battle, some
OF Wnom chose rather to be humble
ministers OF the Methodist Episcopal
church than general officers or even
bishops in some distinctively. Negro
church. l shall now proceed to as
sign some causes for our slow growth
First. The intense opposition to the
mother church on the part of our
Southern white people particularly
those of the Methodist Episcopol
church. Conditions prior to the civil
war rendered this unavoidable.
The southern white people felt, and
rightly so, that the NJ E. church
was more largely responsible for the
Civil War and sent more soldiers into
the field and more nurses into the hos
pltals of the Union army than any
other denomination. AS a result in
tense feeling was manifested against
any white p..son who undertook to
organize among the colored people
a Methodist Episcopal church. Later
the fraternal spirit manifested by our
white leaders caused reciprocation on
the part of such men as Bishops Ha-
good, Duncan, Smith and Galloway.
Dr. Jams Fl. Carslile and men of their
tamp. and allayed this prejudice in
remarkable degree, and provoked
such a fraternal spirit that for several
years We have had a common church
hymnal and church catechism, and In
some localities the pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church is the best
friend our or any colored pastor has
In the community
But for years the attitude of the
Southern white people toward the
colored members as we'll as the white
members OF our church in the South
was in marked contrast to their atti-
tude toward the colored people of dis
g hsifbsd hifd Ind ensoi nsssoiiEssses xssr
Secondly. The liberal appf6pria
:, ton by our missionary societies o
3 money toward the support of ou
pastors and particularly our presid
ing elders, where the changes cou3,
:, have given them adequate support
The ministers OF the distincitvel,
Negro churches having no such aid
were forced from necessity to get 70
the most part, their entire suppo-
out OF their people, and were NOR
aggressive. and in labors more abund
mt. They found that success,
lay more in the heel than the head
and We're ever present among the peo
pie.
Thlrd- The bitter opposition ant
prejudice our people had to encoun
ter on the part of the members ant
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VISION OF A
METROPOLIS
Dr. MAOGE ELL SWORTH
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

There is in New York what is called
the Riverside drive, on which stands
General Grants tomb. A long strip
Of park overlooks the Hudson river
and the heights, or Palisades, ON the
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tlncorporated)

Ineorpo
Church constitutes about one half of
It's membership in the South, and one
tenth of its entire membership 1t
constitutes one fifth of the entire col
ored or Negro Methodists membership
of the world. l believe that more
Negroes have been directly benefited
and ~ lifted by this church than
by any o.aS:. and that more men and
women of eminence and distinction
have been sent forth from it's profess
ional schools and semnaries and from
itScolleges and universities than from
q jse of all the other colored Metho-
Ut institutions combined
Among colored membership we
colleges and universities val
at $l,420,500; valued of equip
100000; total endowment $780,
VI productive and endowment
nS In all and exclusive OF
Sr encumberances, to 81, 700 900
Notal number in facualty Of
bbout that number of college
ave five professional schools
4ildings valued at $16OOOO; |
nt yaAisiit yyaaAiisiit Of $s225, 900; with 5. !
brs and 773 students, 13 q
e women.
Re II secondary schools will
valued at $4sS,ss2; with
mt valued at $1s.s1O: and 6
8towment Of $45.715; with z46
rs and GA scholars. Ou,
hVons for total ministerial
pt amounted last year to s785.
Wtor foreign missions $1S265 62
He board of home missions and
oIth extension. 's2O,6sS15 which
has to be little more than an
the. Rse of six cents a member fol-
''n1nenc CIt'h missions and a little less than
II u cents for home missions and
.Ssh extension.
lis true that the contributions of
our entire membership for these
causes are less than the contributions
oi one or our Southern white con-
- 1erences-the Baltimore conference
- oet we believe than this is partly ac-
counted for by the fact that the total
wealth. OF the entire membership of
'he baltimore conference exceeds
th"' o. the entire membership of our
eoioieo conference. Still, ours is a
very poor showing, and should be
greatly improved. The total amount
raised by the entire church for Freed
mans Aid Society last year was $780,
OOO. The twenty colored conferences
reported $2G.1S5.5O which is nearly
one do'aH for every four compared
with what was received from the en-
tire church. And it is especially
gratifying to me to state that n,y
own conference.-the South C.:G. *,
conferece-has for the last six years
stood at the head of not only all the
colorea conferences, but ofaIi the con.
ferrnccs in the entire church, in the
amounts raised for this cause TO
accomplish this has taxed our pastors
to their utmost and the accomplish
ment will stand to their credit through
all the years. The. foregoing on this
subject is incomplete without special
mention being made of the ceaseless
toll, tircless energy and heoric efforts
of president l.. NJ. Duton of Clafin
University and his faithful and tai
ented wife and co-worker
Besides, these 20 coloTed confer
ences raised approximately $4,000 for
the cause of education, making a to-
tol in round numbers of $33, 5000 rails
ed by the coored conferences of our
church. The total amount
received by the board of edu-
cation last year from the entire
church was $s2.254.56 l feel safe
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the heights from the Riverside drive,
and into this the two descended. Pass,
ing a bench, the girl sank down intol
1T, saying:
II can't go any farther"
Seeing that she was falling from the|
bench. he held her up. and, believing!
she had lost consciousness, he laid her|
out upon it. He chafed her hands and
famed her with his hat. striving tol
revive her. Finding that she still re-
mained unconscious, he put his face
down to hers TO learn II ne could de-
tect warm breath. He could not
Placing his handA on her heart, he
could not feel fits beating.
The STUDENT felt troubled. he was
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
POLITICAL NOTES

To listen to the Republican speak
ers. one would think that the Repub-
lican party in Kentucky had origi.
mated the common school systen,
and we're the only people that could
be trusted to bring II to perfection.
AS every friend of education in the
state knows. there is no law on the
Statute book in regard to education
that was not put there by Demo-
cratic Legislators. and while Ken
lucky has not made the advance
ment in this respect that it should
have done, great progress is being
made, and with the election Of Gov
ernor McCreary, further improve
:nent is sure to follow. The fact
that we have better teachers. who
are paid better salaries. and that
there are more schools in Kentucky
now than ever before, is all due to
the reorganization Of the public
school system under the School
Board. This act was passed in 1905
by Democratic Legislature, and
was drawn by Mr.. j. A. Sullivan.
who is Governor McCreary's close
personal friend. and a member of
his Campaign Committee. The
Democratic party can be trusted to
build upon this admirable foundation
a noble superstructure that will
place Kentucky where it belongs,
among the greatest educational
States in the Union.
The following is the plank in the
Democratic platform on the subject
of education, and while to Judge
O'Rear's narrow mind it doesn't
mean anything, it must convince
every fair man that the party is sin
cere in its advocacy of a more per-
feet common school system:
Section I've favor the enact
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12

Knoxville, Tenn. = Mrs. Mamie
Towe. Of 1O2 w. Main street. this
city, says: IF you had seen me be-
fore | began to take Cardui, you
would not think | was the same PEI
son. Six doctors failed to do ne
good, and my friends thought l
would die. could hsrdlv get t
of bed or walk a step. AT last ! n
old lady advised me to take Cardu'.
and now / can 60 most anywhere"
Allailing women need Cardui, as a
gentle, refreshing tonic, especially
adapted to their peculiar ailments.
1t is a reliable, vegetable remedy.
successfully used for over so years.
You ought TO try it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Cream Of News Com
piled and Collected
From all Sources.
Senator Davis To Wed.

Little Rock. Ark Oct. 10-An-
nouncement was made today Of the
approaching marriage of United
Stated Senator jeff Davis and Miss
Leila Carter, of Ozark. The cere-
mony will take place at Ozark Thurs
day Afternoon. The bride elect is
the daughter of DR.. W. A. Carter,
one of the oldest and best known citi
zens Of western Arkansas. Senator
Davis will leave with his bride i'm
after the ceremony for an
extended trip on the Pacific coast.
Senator Davis is a widower.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
School Girl Webs.

Bowling Green, KY, Oct. TO-
With money given her by her parents
to pay her tuition in the Western
Kentucky State Normal. Miss Eva
Gatten. a pretty twenty-year-oId
girl student from Sacramento, KY,
purchased trousseau. decided that
no further education was needed ex
cept in domestic science which she
would acquire in time from practi-
cal experience, and is now the wife
Of Clarence Blank, welLknown
young business man of Central City.
Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Tuesdays Speeches.

Senator mcCreary spoke al Bard
well. He compared the records Of
both parties. He said the Demo
Gratis had put all the beneficial laws
on the statute books while the Re-
publicans has depleted the State
treasury.
Judge O'Rear. speaking at Bowl
ing Green, charged that legislation
in Kentucky had been tainted and
corrupted by the influence of the
lobby, which he further complained
had been the recipient of official
favors.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12

ing Of such additional laws as will
make our entire common school sy-
stem more efficient and more practi
cal.
We pledge our support to our
school system and the educational
institutions of the State. wisely and
economically administered. Money
appropriated for the education of
the people is an investment and not
an expense; school trustees, school
boards. and all school officials should
be held rigidly responsible for ade-
quate returns on every dollar so in
vested. We charge the Republican
party with neglect of and indiffer-
ence toward our school system.
Recognizing that a large majority
of the teachers of our common schools
are women, and that women are now
eligible to be elected school trustees,
county school superintendent, and
to hold office, and are frequently so
elected, we favor the extension to
women of suffrage in all school
elections. subject to such wise regu-
lations as to qualifications as the
General Assembly may determine. !"
,cpatinued on Fifth PaxeI
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Lexington Primary.

The Democratic primary in Lex
ington resulted in the following
nominations: j. Ernest Cassidy,
Mayor; Thomas A. Combs, State
Senator; David C. Hunter and
Charles B. Nichols. State Represen-
tatives; Frank G. OFT. City Treasur-
err, Hogan T. Yancey. City Attorney;
j. O'Brien, City Clerk; j. W.
Guyn, City Engineer; John McEroy,
City Assessor, and John Massnes
City Jailer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
The New Princess.

The new Princess theatre is now
under roof and the interior work
will be pushed rapidly. The house
is expected to be ready for Mr.. Bleich
by November. The partition wall
still in the part of the building re-
modelled is to be taken out. 1t has
been left for the convenience of the
workmen in finishing the upper part
of the structure.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Muhlenberg TripIets.

Graham, KY, Oct. 11.-Triplets,
two boys and girl, were born to
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Walker, of
this place. on Saturday. The boys
weigh seven and six pounds. respect
lively. and the young lady six pounds
Mother and children are doing well.
DR.. 7. j. Edge was in attendance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Heroic Telephone Girl.

Kathleen Lyon, the heroine of
Austin, who flashed the warning of
the on-rushing waters by phone to
hundreds. was presented with a
watch, check for $3.50 and a raise
in salary by her employers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Cases ReaSSigned.

The United States Supreme Court
reassigned the railroad rate cases
and punched" them to be heard
January 8, 1912. One of the cases
is the l.. & N. Railroad Company
agar st the Kentucky Railroad Com
mission. The question involved is
one of States rights.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12

The opinion is becoming fixed in
the public mind that the scrap be.
tween Turkey and Italy is about like
one of the smaller sized South
American revolutions.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Confederate Captain Dead.

Capt. Thomas Richards, who was
a member of the First Kentucky
Cavalry. G. S. A.. and was regarded
as the best bugler in the Army Of
the Tennessee. died yesterday at his
home at Stanford.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12

Cornelius Newton Bliss. for years
one Of the prominent figures in ma
tional republican politics and other.
wise we'll known as merchant. died
in New York. Tuesday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Walsh Is Out.

John r. Walsh. the Chicago bank
er who has been serving a five-year
sentence for embezzlement. was
pardoned Tuesday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Current Comment

A Chicago girl % years old at
tempted suicide because she never
had a sweetheart. She jumped into
the lake and was rescued by two
firemen.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12

Scarcely six hours after he had
married Miss Gladys Caruthers, Sc
cond Lieutenant John R. Lynch,
third cavalry. u. S. A.. killed him
self at Fort Sam Houston Texas. No
cause is known.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
X. |. 7. BASEBALL DOPE
SEASONS RECORD OF KITTY PLAYERS
HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC.

Official batting averages the entire season Of the Kitty League
have been published by Secretary Gosne Weber of the Hopkins
vile team leads the local team third the list His
was 1854 The local shows as follows ~
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
In Honor of CHRISTOPHER.

All of the banks will be closed to.
day in observance of the new holt
day, Columbus Day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12

The readers OF this paper VIII %
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
Kentucky Fire Prevention Day.

Louisville. Kentucky, Oct. TO-
Fire Prevention" day will be oh
served in Kentucky on October n.
instead Of October 8 as Gov. VIII.
sons proclamation came TOO late 10
perm it a general observance of the
date generally set.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12
First Victim.

Newberg. N. Y. Oct 9.-Injured
while playing football on the New
berg Academy team against Pough-
keepsie High School. a week ago.
Francis p. Topping. 10 years old.
right tockle of the former team. is
deld At ais home here.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-12

icoatinued on Fifth Paxel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-23
MARIA sTENpARo, FAjgNDlNt
WITH MEN OF posrrloM. pG-
MES CRIMINAL coaPL.clrvA
ALlEoEo cARDiNGER0
ooUohr HER AoslSrANcR.
Promised e12 Each For Witnesses ohoi
Might ssours-oniy Woman Among
Thirty elk camerrists on Trial, Oera
Of Poor Parents But Ress - Ps~esA
and Influence.

viterbo. Italy, March :3.-Marto
Stendaro. at whose home the state ale,
leges the assassins washed their hands,
OF the blood OF the Cuoccolos, was *.
amined by President Bianchi at the,
trial OF the thirty-six Camorr1sts today.
prisoners. Tho charge agninst her -
completely with the murders and re-
ceiving stolen goods. In tho course oe
the Interrogation tho accusation wa0
made that she had bribed witnesses %
testify falsely in aid Of the defendanta.
This she denied asserting that on the
contrary the carbineers had offered to-
pay her $12 for each witness whom
she secured to sign . statement We.!
pared by them.
Maria Stendaro. whose defense was
a general denial of the charges. Is un.
der middle age and retains much OF the
beauties that in youth resulted In many,
conquests among the poorer classes and
later made her woman OF ease and
influence both in tho Camorra ana an
the official life OF Naples. Her homo
Is said to have been resort OF desc
pcrate criminals while many OF her
friends were men OF high places. She
Is personal friend OF Nicola Nora,
one OF the actual murderers OF the
Couccolos.
Fardinando de Matteo. who IL acc
oused OF having lured Cuoccolo to his
death. was another prisoner questioned
today. De Matteo. who Is advanced In
years. once had fame as an athlete and
Is known as frequenter Of question:
able resorts. According TO the police
ne Is n vicious character.
Tho particular charge against him 10
that he induced Cuoccoio 20 visit .
lonely spot in the outskirts Of Terro del
Greco. on the pretext that they were
to meet TO arrange q burglary at the
home OF Commander Rossi Romano.
Cuoccolo fell into tho trap and FOUND
hinlself In n place whore evaeythinE
had been prepared for his death. Unoof
examination do Matteo denied parelcl.
patton IN the crime and that he Wao
head OF the Camorra In his district.