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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
Death Claims Vice
President Sherman
End Comes Peacefully After a Lin
gering illness Of Months Due to
Br1ght's Disease, Heart Disease
and Hardening of the Arteries.

Utica, N. Y, Oct. 30.-After u long
Illness, Vice President of the United
States, James Schoolcraft Sherman
died at his. home In this city at 9:45
o'clock tonight, of uremic poison,
caused by Bright's disease. .T.....
He had been sinking since early in
the morning, and it was realized that
death was a matt;r of a few hours.
Slight relief came after z. o'clock, but
did not prove real or lasting, and at
last gave only temporary hope.
AT 8 o'clock the patients tempera-
ture rose to 100. and from that time
his coalition rapidly became worse
He was unconscious whsn the end
came, and had been in that condition
for hours.
All OF the members of the family
were present. In addition to = Mrs
Sherman there We're the three sons
Sheriff., Richard u, and Thomas M.
Sherman, with their respective wives.
r. M. and Sanford Sherman, brothers :;
a.
Cookinham, sisters. w.. ."
Soon after Mr.. Sherman's death
DIR. Fayette H. Peck, the attending
physician, issued the following article
The. Vice President died at 9:48
p. M, Without r;gaining consciousness SIS
for a moment. He died in the pres
ence OF his wife,, her: brother and
Sister, his two brothers and three
sons and their wives. He had been
entirely conscious since O'Clock
when he had period Of partial con.
seriousness lasting Is minutes. He
died in uremic coma, as a result of
Bright's disease, heart disease, and
arterio-sclerosis." -
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
Bull Moose Numerous
In Tennessee State
Taft Policies DO Not Appeal to Great
Majority of Negroes and They Are
Standing for Roosevelt and Pro-
gressive Party.

Nashville, Tenn, Oct 26.-There
has never been new party intro
duced in Tennessee that has so COM
pletely captured the Negroes as has
the National Progressive Party famil-
1arly known as the Bull Moose"
party.
This was the first thought to be
spasmodic move that would soon die
out. 1t was said that when the
friends of President Taft got all OF
his men and made few speeches
to the Negroes throughout Tennes-
see, they would all forget Mr.. Roose-
Velt and his new party; but despite
the fact that the Progressive cam
pa1gn managers in Tennessee have
been as slow and have managed the
campaign as awkwardly as it is pos
sible for men to do, and have ap-
parently shown no interest in the
matter, nevertheless every day brings
new evidences Of new recruits to the
progressive ranks 1t is said by some
that the quiet manner in which
things are being conducted had ap-
.pealed to the Negro more than any
thing else and that the thinking men
don't require great speeches and
massmeetings to convince them of
the wisdom Of the course mapped out
by ex-President Roosevelt and the
progressive Party; but that these
men were able to judge for them
selves and understand the princi-
pies of the party, and are not waiting
to be arous';d or excited to make I'D
their opinions.
Mr.. T. Clay Moore, who is in
charge Of tho Colored Progressive
headquarters in this city, says the
outlook is most encouraging; that
every day news IS received from Diff
ferent parts Of the state that makes
him feel very optimistic as to the
showing the Progressive party will
make in Tennessee in Novemb Der,
1912 2,--Nashville Globe. ..,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
Negro Walters
to The Front
TAKEN On 10 Break II Strike of
Whites in HoStelries of National
Capitol, They VIII he Retained
Permanently, Say Managers.

., Washington, D. c., Oct. 30.--"It's
an Ill wind that blows nobody good"
BY virtue Of q foolish and unreason-
able slikc on the part Of between
900 and 400 white walters in seVsral
Of the leading hotels and cafes Of
this city, large number Of Negro
walters taken on at first as strike
breakers, have been given permanent
places in the dining rooms Of said
hotels and cafes. The Raleigh, New
Willard AMI Cate ReDublidue, within
whose walls a blackface was o strang-
er, are now fully equipped with col
ored walters, and the managers say
they have the experience and rela-
bility to hold down the jobs for all
time. The strikers have attempted
violence, but haze been pretty we'll
thinned out by Major Sylvesters
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31

surgents now occupy st. Pierre. and
1t is believed that Monte Cristi must
surrender.
General Bordas, With 800 tnsur=
gents -is near Puerto Plata. The
government forces here are barricad-
ing the streets.
Communication with Santo Domdn-
go CITY is cut off, as the insurgents
do not permit the telegraph lines to
work and the government cannot pro-
tect them.
The insurgent forces at Monte
Cristi number LOO. They have re-
ceived 100000 rounds of cartri,1ges
and $4,000 in gold. THE -4nhabi-
tants are suffering from lack Of food.
The capture # the city would
hasten the fall Of the Victoria GOV
ernment, as it 20 lid relieve q tfous-
and men from dl;%y in the province Of
Monte Cristi, and this army would
then move on Puerto Plata and San
tiago and thus end the war In the
north Of the republic.
Apparently "a governor Of p,7t rto
Plata suspects bet General Emilio
Garden is maxi Is preparations to
capture Puerto tn and he is taking
all precautions to guard the city.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
THE STORY OF A MAN, 5.EII'I
A RAILROADs COulllI,' E.sI
AND a COlJRT RULING

/ ls iaxT and its manifest Justice are
n0EM Mmarchingson.' y%f. IL .yy ss5 Y ttss ttsst
! q: Y: fornB sas these, which art.y
ES tss sucial Justice, growing
out FoR,ltke conditions now, the Pf1.
gresslve party seeks to ren1ed y--1no
because OF misfortune In Individual
cases, and sense of a Judge herE, ana
there--but as universal .}prac ties
or the golden rule and the sauareS
deal in the administration ,of law.
Other I :ptries are far ahead {or
US in 8 1>2 eforms. In Australia q.
for ins/ o., when an employee Has
grj o. j., he presents it t0 tho
arbi' p court. The employer is
CIT s. o court, and given The --a5 I, 81.
pr y ~ to answer. There is s \
= 8 and when the case lis! decided.
=. 1ecision stands for three &years.s {
q judge in Melbourne, after care E; |
, + investigation, gave a gold-binins
company the option Of paying living J
wages or, closing down his property
+ We seek. to find some way by (
which the reforms relating to the
employment OF women, their scant
and insufficient wage and their Eesr ri,ss, riii,ss,
ployment in nightly occup cations, +,
shall. be brought to pass with 4in-
shall be brought to pass without; inter-
ference from judicial tribunals nor ba s.
sd on accepted justice. We sesk, in
short, the right to pass our own yFs |,
based on the will of the nlaSofity:3
with due regard to human ftEhfsl
and with proper protection for prop
erty rights; but we place hIman,
rights ilrst. as did Lincoln and{ the
Republican party of 1860. S3Gs n. 81
|, but we stand for still further Sre-,i
terms IN the law1--for expaditfon,
'fcr simplicity of procedure. .foT less
expensive trials for the citizen and
FOR the state-not only as a lielr1 tov
the individual citizen, but as "a les
sening of the burden OF taxation Z
We insist that the trial of the aver
age, law suit is a battle Of wits ana
splitting Of judicial hairs, in which
the fundamental justice OF the ques-
ton at issue is lost sight of. This
we seek to remedy. We also seek
to remedy by legislation some, 0f the
things which have. been left stand Ing
from former days and which fatlea OF
attention " in the rush Of ma iiaatir
growth and in the accumulation OF
precedents.- 1t will snrprisas sdn any
-Americanecitlzens. .perha a pa, aaEss
that q citizen Of one y state s|S5
employ another to 60 into an adj oi IS
ing state and commit d q capital;
crime, and yet If he himself rem aims
out of the state where the crime isS,
committed he cannot be IpunisheG
for his offense in either state. This
is but sample Of tho chaotic .eondi-;
ton OF our laws. s. .jt 'iE3ssIsa $$E
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
Dixon Predicts
= Roosevelt Sweep
Unless Our Managers are Crazy
He'll Win in a Landslide" Says
Chairman OF the Progressive Ma.
tiOnal Committee.

/ New York, Octl s3O-yRoosevhlt
strength will surprise the nation. In
numerous states there will be land
slides for him." .'.
This was the answer last night of
Senator Joseph M. Dixon, Progressive
national chairman, to the cries Of op-
posing campaign chieftains that he had
pnevaricated in predicting a. Roose-
Velt victory. In th':ir replies Repub.
'iican and Democratic managers refus-
ed to consider the Colonel as q SER
ious cfl. ender.
without getting excited" averred
senatooE Dixon, this thing looks like
Ia landslide everywhere. Talking over
the long distance telephone during the
Afternoon, was Informed that Frank
Dingley says a Roosevelt victory is
certain in Maine New York political
jWfiters admitted confidently that our
chances in thu empire state looked bot
ter than ever. The New York Herald
conceded Buffalo to us this morning
and | am sure from our reports that
We Will carry Brooklyn.
There is something on, and our
strength is not bounded by state lines,
either.
'Ot cours'-' we Will carry Illinois.
why. l walked three blocks from
the hotel this afternoon for a. little
airing. In the six squares ! covered
Il counted forty-six Bull Moose pins,
three Wilson emblems, and two of the
Socialist party. Does that mean any.
tning?"
Senator Dixon asserted that his pre-
.diction Of a sweeping victory for the
Progressive cause was not mere specu-
'1atiou but based on cold blooded'
iaftS from every state in the union.
Either the Progressive Leaders
throughout the country are crazy or
we have the battle won," he said 81
nave not permitted myself to get the
Iea:t bit excited but / believe can
read the handwriting on the wall, and
1t spells Il Roosevelt landslide un1ess
i am greatly mistaken"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31

EA man entered into a Contract
m1th q railroad to furnish wood and
ties 10 the company, TO be taRep
1rom the timber lanus in the M;se,sf
s1ppt river bottom In this bottom,
perched upon stills, he built q lop
cabln, and with his wife aud an o,,,
Nesro man who assisted him, lived
enere and worked for five long years
Inc railroad company was impecu-
NOUS and had paid him on account
parely Sufficient to buy meal ana
oacon Tor subsistence, when, it went
INTO the hands OF a receiver. The
"oodman went In person to the Fed.
eral court with hts claim, Flo wore
q coonskin cap. He was long nas+
the meridian of life and too poor to
nlre lawyer. He told the Federal
Judge the company owed him Owe,
seven hundred dollars, all his littK
fortune. The last item in his 40.
couhC was eleven months old! when
the railroad deraulted. Aocordiny
10 the decisions, the payment. or
such claims wa: restricted t" those
which had accrued within six
months, and the judge decided
against the mans claim. The wood
man reached for his coonskin can.
.ano' almost tottering, left the court
room. He was found later at his
nome hanging TO the limb Of tree,
aead. The coonskin cap was found
lying at the foot of the Tree.
That judge was United States
circuit Judge Henry Clay Caldwell,
OF the Eastern District Of Arkansas,
appointed by Abraham Lincoln,
hlmselt of the coonskin-cap tribe
Judge Caldwell Is now living in hon
oraple retirement after forty years
OF continuous service OH the Federal
nench. He never forgot the case of
the man with the coonskin can. He
renected that much of our law was
)udge-made law; that there was tust
as much law and just as. much rea-
son and common sense for sayine
: tnat claims against railroad proper.
ties In the hands Of receivers wer,
valid If they accrued within si,
years, as there was for saying tha
they must have accrued within si,
months. He then and there decided
70 make some law himself. There
aIter ne made 1T a. rule of his Eeour
that no railroad receiver would b
appointed by him. save upon. .th,
rcoho1t1uh that ALI ciaima 8; for labor
supplies and material necessary II
Keep the road in operation: and Al
claims fol. damages, not barred b,
the statute Of limitations, shout,
have preferences over mortgages. II
was new rule Of law, but that was
many years ago; and now, through
legislation in some. of the states, and
by judicial decisions In others. that
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
Cheer T. r. For
Forty Minutes
Colonel's First Appearance Since At
tempted "A Assass siRatie8s- is-G Greeted
With Great Enthusiasm by Thous-
ands Of Followers.

New York, Oct. 3O-Showing no
physical evidence of the shot of the
attempted assassin in Milwaukee, Oct
ID, Col. Theodore Roosevelt tonight
spoke for an hour and twenty minutee
before a progressive political rally.
Twenty thousand fellow New Workers
were present to accord him an up
roarious welcome that lastsd forty
two minutes after his entrance into
Madison Square Garden.
Col. Roosevelt stood at the edge of
the speakers platform, and could not
make himself heard above the din, Of
+cbsers. g.. -"
In part he said:
Friends, perhaps once in a genera
ton, not" more often, there comes a
chance for the people of a country tc
play their part wisely and fearlessly
in some great battle of the age-long
warfare for human rights. TO our
fathers the chance came in the mighty
days OF Abraham Lincoln, the man
who thought and toiled and suffered
for the people with sad patient and
kindly endeavor. To our forefathers
that stretcbsd from the time when the
first continental congress gathered tc
the time when Washington was inaug.
urated as first president Of the re.
public. To us In turn the chance has
now come to stand for liberty and
righteousness as ia their day these
dead tnen stood for liberty and right
eousness. Our task is not as great
as theirs. Yet it is we'll nigh as i'm
portant. Our task is to profit by the
lessons of the past, and to cneck in
itime the evils that grow around us
le:t our failure to do so may cause
dreadful disaster to the people. We
must not sit supine and helpless. We
of arrogance and the brutal selfish
ness Of envy each to run unchecked
its evil course. If WI do do so then
some days mouldering hatred will sud
denly kindle into a consuming fame
and either we or our children will be
called on to face crisis as grim as
any which this republic has ever seen.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31

'strong-arm squad" Of bIuecoafs.
who gave the cololed men ample pro-
lection, escorting many of them to
their ofaeS- eS-aftar--houts. at night.
The guests at the hostelries named
are delighted with the change Said
a Well-known southerner who always
stops at the Raleigh: a24.1. s25s$,sff> ~ q &.
"Negroes should have the first.
chance at this profession Of waiting
for, when properly learned it Ia a
profession. TaeiG opportunities for
employment in business and other
avenues are so limited that they are
entitled to practica1 monopoly att
-calltngs like this, in which they serve
to better advantage than white men.
The white waiter. Uses his JOB as a
means to an end. He is Independent.
often superclious and finds no satis-a
faction in his work. He feels above
1T, and goes into something else tas
soon as he gets IN shape to do So SKI
THE Negro, On the other hand,
makes waiting life calling. He is
naturally polite and ,obliging and is5
never happier, than when = doing
something to please q gentleman or
lady Of what he terms class He isl
proud to be known as first-class
waiter, and grows betteras be goes
along. Besides, he looks the part.
and we southernscs feel perfectly at,
home when we have him about us.
This foreign waiter fad is blowing
over, and we are glad to see the Ne
gro returning to the old field lii
which he Is both useful and orna-
mental. Give me colored walters ev- J
cry day in the week" :, .,5.. lt
In putting colored walters Id their
dining rooms permanently, Manager
Hillman, Weston and others ii have
scored big hit with their "sWeily
patrons, They assert that, under no
consideration, will any of the white
strikers be taken hack. s|j%E,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
R00SEK Welt, MORG GAN AND
Il. 1HES1EELI.T " UST CHARGES J.
AS SEEN BY c: p. CONNOLLY

;dttees is the strongest vice of z the
lneart! :krupp or Maxim never in
vented q bullet or a weapon that
ssWlll penetrate through it. The
'pre9udices Of the average man will
R1il the best grass seed that was ever
sown. Will these people never
realize that Roosevelt Is as incor-
ruptible as it is humanity possible
for a mortal to be-? II n -. - p
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
MONSTER BILL Mt THE HoW.a I'm

Packed houses have again been Che
rule this week at the Howard Theatre
and the standing room only" fegeudt
is displayed nightly long before the
first curtain goes up. The monster
bill is headed by that sterling team,
Hodges and Launchmere, whose act
has a distinct flavor of Broadway and
uammerstein's. Leona Marshall, !, II
great favorite here, does a neat sim
gle turn, and Mc1Sissiek and shadFiay
win favor In assinsings and dSpetTs
'tContinued On page three. j sssss
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-31
FFDEJiAIS
Are Kepulsed by Rebels i'm Santo Do
mingo, and Insurgents May Cap
ture Monte Crieti.

Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Oc-
tober 30.-~ln battle at Monte
Cristi last Sunday the government
forces were repuised twice. The in
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-10-16
First Aid Field Day.

Plans are rapidly being made
for the great First Aid Field
Day TO be held in Knoxville on
tho morning and afternoon
of Saturday, October 20. under
the auspices of the Society of
Tennessee Mine Foremen of
which Mr. II, f.. Bufrat of oil.
yer Springs, Tennessee, is
grand foreman.
In the morning exercises con.
sisting OF music, speeches, Ice
lures and illustrations will be
held in some auditorium of the
main business section of Knox
Vile. In the afternoon the con
tests in first aid work by teams
from the different mines will be
held, for which the Operators
Association has guaranteed one
hundred and fifty dollars in
cash prizes. These will be held
at the ball park at Chilhowee
park on the National Conscrva-
tive Exposition grounds.
1t is hoped that a fare Of one
cent per mile wlll be occurred on
the railroads aud that operators
throughout the Kentucky Ten
nessee field will declare the
day holiday.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-10-16
Sandy Valley
& Elkhorn
New Coal Road Fully Com
pieted from Shelby to
Jenking, Ky.

The Sandy Valley x Elkhorn
Railway, Is miles long from
Shelby to Jenkins, Ky, has
been completed and win be
turned over to the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company which
will operate the road i'm a few
days. This new line was con.
structed Jointly by the Consoli
dation Coal Company and the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad IL
ls built in superior manner
with 30 pound rails to handle
heavy coal traffic from the Elk.
norm mines Of the coal compa.
ny IN the vicinity of Jenkins
which is new mining town
built since the beginning of con
structlon on the railroad. The
cost OF the line ia said to have
been about 50, 900, 900, includ.
ing Its equipment of 2OOO steel
drop-bottom gondola cars.
Langhorn & Langhorn of Rich
mond, Va were the contract
ors.
Connection is made with the
Big Sandy line of the Chesa-
peoke * Ohio Railway at Shell.
by, and the output Of the mines
Is hauled over that road north
ward 20 a connection with the
Baltimore ~ Ohio. The grades
of the new road are easy. 30
that heavy load can be pulled
by each locomotive. Although
the railroad was not entirely
completed, the coal company
has been able to ship over it
for about month and has been
sending ont an average of 2OOO
tons day
The extension of the Louis
Vile q Nashville Railroad
which is coming into the min.
ing region from the west. is ex.
pected TO be finished about De
cember L. There are already
eight coat mines open. an d
when this road is ready five
more mines viii bo developed
on it's line. This extension is
about go miles long.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-10-16
The Need of Public Libraries
in Virginia.

In the great work of aiding
in the establishment and up
building Of free public libraries
at various points throughout
the State of Virginia scarcely
anything at all is being done.
While the public schools of
Virginia have IN d great
strides under the wise and pro-
gressive administration of Su
perintendent j. ID. Eggleston,
Jr., the free public library lags
behind and We are forced to
hang our heads in shame at
the ridiculously small number
of public libraries in Virginia.
IL will be instructive for the
public at large 10 see how woe
fully lacking we are in liabrn-
ries by comparison with other
States. The State of Massachu-
setts gives 800 in books to any
town upon tho establishment of
a free public library. 1t was
decided to offer this inducement
in 1880, and now there is free
library in every town in the
State. In 1903 there were only
"a towns in the State of New
Hampshire which did not have
public libraries. In New York
two libraries organizers are
busy deyoting their time to the
work of visiting and assisting
in the establishment of libre-
ries, and it is their duty to visit
every library at least once a
year. Libraries in New Y ork are
under State supervision and
are given financial aid when
certain conditions are fulfilled.
Wisconsin is another State
which is doing fine work fol
its rural population in estab
fishing many public libraries
in every section of that com
monwealth.
As Mr.. w. Nj. Black, Libra
rian of Jones Memorial Publ,
Library, of Lynchburg, said il
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-10-16
E. II. Fulton Dead.

Bluefield, oct. II. a. m.-E.
l.. Fulton, a prominent attor.
ney, of Wise, Va, died this
morning Mt / 30 at Hotel Matz,
this city. He had been in Blue.
field since September 18th, more
or less sick. He had been SUI
fering with fever a week, but
his illness was not regarded as
serious until within the last
three days. His father, and
mother were with him when he
died.
Mr.. Fulton was 80 years old.
lie practiced law in Wise with
his father, the firm being Ful.
ton 81 Fulton. His father is
Judge &c. NJ, Fulton.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-10-16
Patrons Urged To Visit
Schools.

Richmond, Va, October r.
On the first day of November
appropriate exercises will be
held in every public school of
Nirginia, and citizens are ure.
ed to visit the schools to observe
Patrons Day.
In many localities our school
buildings are in deplorable
condition The houses are in
bad repair and the yards are
grown with weeds. The people
seem to take little interest in
educational conditions. Teach.
ers and parents ought 20 get
acquainted, and n School I'm.
provement League should be-
organized for the purpose of
improving the school. These
things can be done on Novem-
Der |, if the parents will rally
TO the help Of the school.
Last year over GOO schools oh.
served Patrons Day; this year
nearly every school in the State
viii! do SO. The teachers are
working hard to make the day
a success. Will you not visit
your school on November /?