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The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
SHERIFF REMOVED
NegleCted His Dutv-


MontS Ala, May e6.-The
Supreme Court OF the State of Ala
bama, in an opinion handed down
yesterday morning, decided that Z. W.
Jinwright, Sheriff of Bullock County,
Alabama, should surrender his office.
This was the result of Impeachment
proceedings brought against him for
neglect OF duty in permitting Aber-
deem Johnson, a Negro charged with
rape. to be taken from the Bullock
County Jail and lynched by a mob.
Sunday. April ?
The decision of the Supreme Court
follows closely upon the heels of a
ringing statement made this week bv
Dr. Booker 7. Washington. I'm the
Montgomery Times, coudcmning I'm
strong words the eight lynchings
which occurred in different sections
OF the South last Sunday
The opinion of Chief Justice Il. T.
Simpson Is scatChing rebuke to
Sheriff Jinwright Of his dereliction of
duty. 1T matters not that the pris-
oncr may have been guilty of the
most revolving crime known TO our
laws, he writes. the next wave of
popular frenzy might deprive of his
life one who. upon proper iuvestiga-
ton, would be found to be innocent
1T is vain for us to write in our
Constitution that cherished heritage
Of kngli~h-spcakiug people. that all
persons accused OF crime shall have
a right to a public trial, by an i'm
partial jury, and shall not be deprived
of life. liberty or property, except by
due process Of law. if our Government
cannot or VIII not enforce it. 4 law
not enforced Is not law at ALL The
sheriff who defends his prisoner from
violence is defending the Constitu-
tion of his State. and perchance the
lives. the liberty and the happiness Of
his own family
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
The Landscape Near Jerusalem.

The country about Jerusalem Is es-
senttally a pale country. Indeed, l
often thought 1t looked stricken, as
If its pallor had come upon 1t abrupt
ly, had been sent to 1t as a visitado
l was not sorry that I saw 1t 1rst
under grayness and swept by winds,
The grayness, the winds, seemed to
me to emphasize its truth, to drive
home it's reality. And there was some
thing noble IN its candor. Even ma
ture can take on an aspect Of tricki
ness at times. or at least a certain CO
Quetry, a daintiness not wholly free
from suggestions of artifciality. The
landscape in the midst OF which Je-
Fusalem lies Is dreary, Is sad; IN
stormy weather is almost forbidding.
Yet it hes q bare frankness that rem
ders 1t dignified, large simplicity that
Is very striking. The frame is sober,
the picture within it is amazing, and
neither, once seen. can ever be forgot
ten.-Robert Hichens in Century.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
What Hannanad 70 Bill.

Mrs. Dixon was putting Frank, aged
six, and Willie, aged four, to sleep
with a bedtime story when she was
suddenly compelled to answer the
doorbelL fastening away with the in
tenttOn Of Immediately returning, Mrs.
Dixon was detained by a caller. The
boys grew restless. Finally. running to
the top Of the stairs, where he knew
his mother could get perfect view Of
him, Frank used nearly all bis small
stock Of diplomacy in trying to attract
his mothers attention without disturb
ing the visitor. After several futile at
tempts at gesticulations he called out
In a loud whisper perfectly audible to
both ladies below, Mamma, you'd
better come up" then In a most awe
inspiring tone adding, "'cause Bill's
nose is comm unwiped" - Youths
Companion.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
CHANGES AT HOWARD.
University's Trustees Add to the
Teaching Force.
Report of DR. Thirkield.

The report of President w, p.
Thirkield. of Howard University, for
the year now ending, which was pre-
sented to the trustees At the annual
meeting of that body last Saturday
afternoon. was of especial interest. as
DR. Thirkeld has Just completed his
fifth year as head Of the institution.
The following faculty appointments
were made:
James 6. Thomas, a graduate Of
Wesleyan University. a postgraduate
student in Columbia University. and
a teacher in the Baltimore colored
high school, was elected instructor in
German.
T. w. Frederick. d graduate in cleo
trical engineering OF Lafayette Col
lege, was elected director and instruc-
tor in electrical engineering in the
new department Of applied science.
K. NJ. Dennng, a graduate of the
iowa State College in civil engineer
ing and for three years instructor in
Lawrence University, was elected in
structOr in mechanical drawing and
civil engineering.
Prof T. f. Just was advanced to
the position OF associate professor Of
biology. Prof. B. G. Brawlev was
made full professor Of English Ian
guage and literature. Prof. Charles
s. Syphax was advanced to associate
professor in the academy All these
promotions carry advances IN -ala-
ries
Clifford Robinson. a graduate Of
Virginia Union University and of the
Teachers College of Howard Univer-
sity. was made instructor in the acad-
envy
Judge Robert IT, Terrell. Of the Nu-
nicipal Court Of this city. was elected
lecturer in the School Of Law
Hon J. c. Napier was elected mem
Der Of the Trustee Board TO fill va
Cancy caused by death Of John F.
Cook
President ThirkieIds report showed
that during the FIVE years of his pres
idency the student body has advanced
from 500, in the regular departments.
to 1882, which is the enrolment for
this year. OF these. 345 are in the
school Of liberal arts, I23 in the school
Of theology. SOS in the school Of med
iCIne, IT8 in the school Of law. 76I
in the academy, and II3 in the COM
mcrcial college. \ large number also
are enrolled in the industrial courses.
The international influence Of this
university for the education Of col
ored youth l. shown by the fact that
the students come from 81 States. with
III from TO foreign countries, the lat
ter mostly from the West Indies.
Panama. South America and Africa
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
SHREWD VICTOR HUGO.
Quiet Way In Which He BuIlied the
Theatrical Managers.

'heatTiSal Managers
Here are the methods which Dumas
the elder and Victor Hugo employed
when they had new play to offer to
the theater. Dumas would write to
the director of the Porte ST. Martin:
My Dear Friend-I shall bring you on
Monday d play in five acts ! shall need
Mile. Georges. Nine. DoTval. BOcage. Lock
roy, Provost and five new scenes
This extravaganza would alarm the
director. who would put off the pro-
duction of the play till better days.
Then Victor Hugo would appear and
shyly draw a manuscript out Of his
pocket. He would agree to everything
The stock company would play his
piece admirably, since all be wanted
was a good ensemble; no new decora-
tionS would be needed nor any change
at all
So the piece would be read. and as
the roles were distributed Hugo would
say muSingly. "Dieu. how fine Freder-
lex would be in that part"' That is
true" H0rel would murmuT. and a few
days after be would announce that
Frederick was engaged. Hugo would
then demonstrate that this destroyed
the equipOise of the cast, and RaucOurt,
Laferriere and Mile. Georges would
be engaged. Then Hugo would attack
she stage setting. Old scenes that
She public had tired of were almost
an insult to these great artists. IF
HOrel showed reluctance at this, Hugo
would threaten to withdraw his piece
And so the game would go on till,
little by little. Hugo had obtained ev-
erything he wanted. even to the
changing Of the paper hangings in the
stage boxes.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
BROKE UP THE HABIT.
This Woman Found a Very Simple
Remedy For Rather Big
Annoyance.

What has become of those two chill
dreH who visited you so Often?" asked
one west side woman of another. The
other smiled diScreetly
They are the children of my niece,
and she was making a convenience of
me. OF course / love the children,
but | never allow myself TO become
much Of a victim Of imposition My
niece is an extremely LAY young wild
Ow. and she does not like to take care
of her children. She is fond of shop
ping. matinees, afternoon teas and ev-
away from home, and she got into a
habit Of sending her children over to
my house for me to take care of when
ever she wished to CAD about. / de-
cided 1t was time to break up the
habit, for her own good and that of
the children. as well as mine. so
did"
Il suppose that made your niece
angry"
"Oh. no; IT couldn't l never said
anything about It. The last time the
children came over / spent the after
non teaching them verses from the
Bible. and they didn't find 1t sufficient
ly entertaining. They never came
back. Just how they MANAGED to work
It out with their mother 1 Go not know,
but / suppose they struck or begged
OF. Of course she could not object
to what had done. and it proved
a very simple solution."-New York
Press
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Tihetan PnnaI C.ndA.

The Tibetan penal code is curious,
Murder is punished with q fine vary
ing according to the Importance of the
slain. theft by fine OF seven to one
hundred times the value Of the article
stolen. Here, again, the fine depends
on the social Importance of the person
from whom the theft has been commit
ted. The harborer OF thief is looked
upon as a worse criminal than the
thief himself GTdeals by f-e and by
boiling water are still used as proofs
of innocence or guilt, exactly as was
the custom in Europe In the middle
ages. And If the lamas never infict
death they are adopts at torture.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
AustraIia's Stony pesart.

The great stony desert of north Aus
tralia was discovered by Captain Sturt,
an Australian explorer. in 1856. 1t
is north of the river Darling and is
about 800 miles long and 100 broad.
consisting Of sandy dunes or ridges.
Its want of trees. except along the
creeks, gives the country a sterile ap-
pearance. These ridges were probably
formed by the joint effect Of winds
and a gradually retiring sea. Accord
ing to Captain Sturt. these waters
were gradually lost by evaporation or
carried to some undiscovered sea. The
only vegetation. growing sCantily. is
prickly acacias in full bloom, all Of
stunted growth Wafer is scarce OK
cept in the creeks which are sheltered,
and this is generally brackish Few
travellers care to traverse this inhos-
pitable desert.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
A Solomon-like Decision.

A Rhode Island justice was called
upon to determine the ownership Of
brood of turkeys. The flock. consist
ing Of fifteen young ones. was moth
cred by two hens. a white one and
bronze. and had been running for
quite a time over two adjoining farms.
The owner of the white hen declared
that the turkeys were his. while the
man who owned the bronze hen assert
ed just az positively that they belong
ed to him. The justice was puzzled. At
last a witness came forward who swore
that he had seen a dog chase the
flock; that at the dogs approach the
young birds few up into a tree and
the bronze hen took to the woods.
but the white hen turned and gave
battle TO the dog The justice there
upon decided that the owuer of the
white hen was also the rirhtful own
er of the brood Of young turkeys
New York Press
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
4 Wonap's Wit

The husband OF Lydia ChiIds was an
invalid for many years. He was not
well off In this worlds goods. and
much of the support Of the family was
earned by the wife Thinking Of this
and of his wife's many sacrifices for
his comfort. Mr. Childs once said TO
her regretfulIy. My dear. | wish
were CroeSus"
Wbereupon Mrs. Childs. with ready
wit and gracious tact. responded.
You are Croe>u~. for you are king Of
Lydia."-LOs Angeles Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
lmaqinary Pains.

Don't laugh al hysterical people with
their imaginary pains. says a physi-
cian "deIuSion" is reality to the
sufferer When one believes one has a
pain one has the pain Ali pain is in
the brain. and TO believe one has it is
to have IT, II matters not a whit
whether the message is sent by ones
toe that some kind friend is treading
on or whether it is sent from one part
of the brain to anOther.-New York
Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Tsken Literally.

The tramp approached the pompous
gentleman and asked for a copper.
"Go to the ant. thou sluggard," quot
ed the gent.
"'Taiu't no uSe, mister" answered
the weary one. ME aunts Jist as
tight fsted as me uncle and me other
relatives Exchange.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
a Quick lie.

Presence of mind recently saved an
eminent actor his gold watch and
chain. While crossing a bridge in a
thick night mist a suspicious looking
man suddenly loomed up out Of the
Cbscurity.
Can you tell me the time, gov'norP"
he gTuffiy inquired.
You are too late. my dear sir" re-
piled the actor suavely. a gentleman
who passed a minute ago stole my
watchw-Exchange
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
River Queen.

The River Queen is a safe as well
as clean boat. It is the boat for the
people. Up-to-date service will be
given to all patrons of this boat
Every wharf where the boat lands is
safe, and the parks are we'll lighted
and the people we'll pr Otected from
the weather Select yc ar date now.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
"a Affarrnafh

Mrs. DuPuy-I was so surprised to
hear that Edith and Mr.. Sissingham
were married. You know they always
used to claim their attachment was
merely platonic. Mrs. Eolkremes-
Yes, I remember. BIZ, now. fear.
they wouldn't claim it was even that,
-LippincOtts.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
The Boy Told Him.

Father latter long search)-Well,
here it Is. wonder why one always
finds thing in the last place one
hunts for it? Bright BOy--I s'pose it's
cause after people find it they leave OF
looking.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Much In Little

TOmmy-POp what does multi N In
paryo mean: Tommy's Pop-M,Iltum
In parvo is Latin. my son. II means
er-weIl, haven't you ever seen a fat
woman in a bathing suit?-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
b Hariston.

B. Hariston, the tailor, 8II 9th
Street, Northwest. is turning out
some Of the best clothes to be found
in the city Swell suits from SI2.5o
up are being made at this place. You
can tell the man that had his clothes
made by Hariston The style. quail
ity and fit tell the whole story L is
the place in the city to be ftten-
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
EEeFCIse.

Walking. we are told is q good eXer-
cise-better than riding in an autOmO-
bile The trouble is that great many
Of us are not looking for exercise
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Wilberforcian Orchestra.

The finest orchestra in the city is
the Wilberforcian. 1t is composed of
educated young men, studying pro-
fessions. The music by this orches-
ira is first class. You should hear it.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
UnnaoVed.

81 understand your antagonist Is
calling you every name he can think
OFF,
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum
cheerily. But he hasn't much Of a
vocabulary" Washington Star.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
She Still Lectures,

Mr. Tile-Your wife used to lecture
before she was married Has she givsn
IL up now? Mr.. Milds-W -Well-e-yss
that Is. in public.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Distinction.

Mnly-Is this picture like your IA
ther? Tilly-Of course not. silly. 1t
is ike father when be has his picture
taken.-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
INTERNATIONAL CONFER
ENCE ON THE NEGRO.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
April II, IS and Ie, 1919.

" FNlIACoUdYI I 4It4L oNIslY slA4NI 4 AtN4t3J
April II, IS and Ie, 1912.
For some years past I have had in
mind to invite here from different
parts of the world-from Europe, AT
rica, the West Indies and North and
South America-persons who are ac-
lively interested or directly engaged
as missionaries, or otherwise, in the
work that is going on in Africa and
elsewhere for the education and up
building of Negro peoples.
For this purpose it has been deter
mined to hold at Tuskegee Institute,
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
1onnHNia RAaann-

Tommy" the schoolma'am asked,
why are you scratching your headY'
Cause nobody else knows just whaEs
IL itches"
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
"a nFAHacf

What do you think will be
the end Of the woman question?
Brown-TheTe won't be any end.
They'll always be asking 'em.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10

Praise undeserved is satire In dis
guise. -Broadhurst.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
House and Herman

IF you cannot be satisfied elsewhere
patronize House and Herman
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10

10 bear Is 70 conquer cur faaAy-
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-17
BASEBALL TODAY
 AT FOREST PARK

Forest Park this afternoon beginning ptomptly at i :15 o'clock between Stuttgart and the Voss-Nichol team of this city. Manager Townsend and Captian Mullin announced last night that their crack team IVES in the and that they intended to show some
 fast ball playing whether the Stutt- gart team met them half way or not
 The diamond was placed in good con- alton for the game yesterday GalIi- gher, the classy twirler for Voss Nj
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-17
ODD FELLOWS TO
 DECORATE GRAVES
Annual Memorial Services Will Be Held By Pine City Lodge at
 BellwOOd Sunday.

All members 'of Pine City Lodge No. 156, Jefferson Lodge No. 224, and Re- bekah Lodge No. S5 will meet at their respective lodge rooms Sunday at 3 ?. m. and march to Second avenue and Main street where they will take special cars for Bellwood cemetery at 3:3O D. m.
 On arrival at the cemetery these bodies will assemble immediately in side the gate, when the services will be opened by w. M Swift, acting n2ble grand, H. H. Painter, acting chaplain, will deliver the invocation, followed by appropriate music by the Lagle quartette.
 The assembled brothers and sisters will then proceed through, the ceme7 tery decorating the graves of 9ll Odd Fellows and Rebekahs according to the ritualistic ceremony.
 The memorial address will be de- livered by Mayor w. J. Parkes The services will close with music by the quartette and the ritualistic ceremon- ies by the noble grand and chaplain.
 A. H. Powell will be marshall of the day and have charge of the exeg. cises.
 All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are requested to bring flowers The public is cordially invited to be pres ent at these exercises, particularly Odd Fellows
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-17
s TONEY
 WILL BE THERE

President H. K. Toney, of the State Senate, stated yesterday that he had accepted the invitation of the euter- aiGment committee who has the pro- tram for the Fourth celebration et Gl rksville, Ark, in charge, and that he would deliver an address there on tGat cccas Dn. MT. Toney says the 'nEIttitiCn was not extended to him 1y Senator CoVington. He was inform d that be would Joe expected 70 de- fend the Senate on that occasion, against the charges of GoverGor Don.
 ghey, who had slso accepted an in Vitation to speak. MT. Toney said he would be glad tc meet Governol Don 8ghey in joint debate. It is now believed that G vernon Donaghey will not speak on that occasion, as dis patch to the Graphic yesterday morn ing sid Speaker Frank Milwee, of the House, would be among the speakers. It is supposed That MT. Milv:e vii substitute fo, Gove"uor Donaghey 'on The program.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-17
PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS sArURDA4 MORNING. JUNE r, 1911.

receiving. Gallagher has shown up
 line in practice and he will be a for mldable opponent to the Stuttgart sluggers. The Voss-Nichol team was recently recruited and improved by the addition of Harvey Gillespie and Frank Lieberman, two collegians, who made themselves famous on the dia- ml)nd at their schools. It is stated that Stuttgart will bring Breckin- ridge their star pitcher for the con- test. Breckinridge defeated the local boys some time ago in 1 to 0 con- test. He struck out sixteen men on that occasion. This will be the fourth game |of the season between Stuttgart and Pine Bluff. The Voss- Nichols have won two out of three games and are confident of this one. The Voss-Nichol team intends to ap- the proceeds from this game to cleaning up and leveling the Forest Palk diamond in order to have a good ball field on which to entertain visit ing teams.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-17

see and hear a helpless person strug- gling and calling for help. unable to spring into the water and rescue him
 There is no harder strain on the human constitution than inactivity. To offset the evils of sedentary life there is no better exercise than swim ming. as it brings into activity every muscle ill the body without any undue strain on any one set of muscles No man can keep his mind on his busi- ness while enjoying a swim, and thus does swimming help to preserve men, tai balance as well as muscular sym metry. Swimming is the only sport and form of exercise in which one legged men, the excessively fat. and tre defolmed can engage in on an equal footing with the we'll
 Classes for boys will begin next Monday afternoon at o'clock. The classes for men will begin at 8 D. m. A)f the same day. MT, Corsan, the ex- pert director, will be here but one week
 Why should any man or boy refuse this offer and let this opportunity pass? Nature is very busy extermin- ating the stupid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-17
HANGING NEAR
 THE POOR HOUSE
Contract Let For ScaIfOld Upon Whicl, Jack Blackburn Will Be EXecut-
 ed June 3O--TO Die at II \. M.

Sheriff Edgar Brewster yesterday let the contract for the erection of seaffold upon which Jack Blackburn, 2 negro and double murderer, is to be hanged on June 30. The scaffold will be built on the qounty's property near the Jefferson county aims house. just west of the city. It was originally planned to have the hanging in the jail yard in this city, but the plans have been changed by Sheriff Brew ster. Although no definite announce- ment has been made of the hour of the execution, Sheriff Brewster sid yes terday that Blackburn will die at about Il o'clock in the morning. Dr. J. l. Norris, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, visited Black burn at the county jail yesterday and lad a long talk with the prisoner. The scaffold will be built by Contractor R. w. Lsne.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-17
Was i'll Session Just Eleven Days, Returned 56 True
 Bills and Dismissed q
AFTER CONSTABLES
Many Are in Arrears County Insti- tnti0ns Web kept-Dismiss
 DiNey Charge.

The Jefferson county grand jury made it's final report to Judge A. R Grace in the Jefferson circuit court yesterday, returning four true bills and dismiss four cases. One of the cases dismissed was that of F. L. Dilley, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. The others were against Kin White, colored, charged with burglary; Dan Duprea charged with an unmentionabe crime and Pink Lockley, colored, charged with bigamy.
 The grand jurors were in session just exactly eleven days and returned 56 true bills and dismissed 21 cases.
 Accompanying the report of the grand jurors were reports of the spe. cal committees which visited the county farm, the county hospital end the county jail. All committees re- ported finding the county institutions well kept, in good sanitary condition and the inmates well cared for.
 Magistrate R. s. Gibbons, of Victoria
 township, was reported las having neglected to file his docket as requir- ed by law and the jury also stated that it. found many discrepancies and irregularities in going over the books of the various township officials of this county ft'
 A number of constables are report ed as being indebted to the county in various sums, but number of them have been acted upon by the county judge. Mac Jefferson, a negro, con. stable of Bolivar township, is report ed to be heavily indebted to the coun- ty. Among the other constables who are reported in arrears are. J. A. Hudgens and R. B. Dodd, Dunnington township; w. l.. Harper, Dudley Lake; G. l.. Spellman, Old River; William Bach, Roberts; Lewis Porter, Rich- land; w. s. Young, Richland; J. H. Pill1ington, Washington; J. s. Barra- que, Plum Bayou; J. B. Williams, A. w. Galloway, Ed Bogy and John Watts
 The grand jury did effective work during the brief period it was in ses- sion. The jurors were retained in service for several months by Judge Grace in order to dispose of cases as they were docketed in the magistr ate or other c)urts, thus saving the coun- ty the expense of c2ring for prisoners until the September term of the c1r- cult court They transacted actual business, however, for only eleven days