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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
GIRL UNABLE To
SAVE DROWNING
YOUNCH HERO
Atlanta Youth Dies in Surf as
He Goes to Assistance of
Companion.

Miss Emma Adele Fincher, $50 Spring
street, reached her home today hys-
terical. She narrowly escaped drown
ing in the surf off St. Simons island
yesterday w E. Halves, of Atlanta,
with whom she was enjoying the wa
ter, was drowned. He had refused to
seek safety when he saw she was en-
dangsred. She barely was saved. be-
cause she recognized his peril and tried
to help him to shore.
Young Halves had an engagement to
take an early morning surf bath with
Miss Fincher and another young wom-
an, both of whom were stopping at the
Arnold house at ST. Simons. Mr.. Halves
was making the new hotel his head
quarters and he was late for the surf
bath. Just as he arrived the young
women were preparing to return to the
bath house, having been in the water
for some little time, but the young man
insisted that Miss Fincher remain in a
little longer.
There was little surf rolling and but
fact that they were gradually ventur-
ing cut a little too far, the couple were
struck by a wave which separated them
1t was then that they both realized
that they had gone out too far. and be-
fore they had recovered from the first
wave another came along which knock
ed both of them off their feet.
Xy4..@6 UoTY1IxY
To Save Girl.
The young man made an effort ia
reach, the young woman who was near
er the beach, but he was unable to
swim and had never regained his foot
hold on the bottom after he was knock
ed over by the wave. They both strug-
gled for their lives, the young woman
being able to touch the bottom at times,
She made repeated efforts to aid her
companion.
Leo Arnold, who is connected with
the Arnold house, was standing on the
beach and he rushed into the surf in an
effort to rescue the young couple. He
reached Miss Fincher just in time, but
Halves had gone down and did not APP
pear again. His body was recovered
yesterday afternoon when the incom-
ing tide washed him ashore almost in
the identical spot where he had lost
his life.
Young Halves arrived at the hotel
at st. Simons only a few days ago to
spend his vacation. He was connected
with the T. S. Lewis Cracker Company
of Atlanta.
In the morning mail, which reached
the island few hours after the drown
ing, was a postal card and a letter
from the young mans mother, wishing
him a pleasant time and warming him
to be careful while in the surf.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
THE COLORED DELEGATES.

(Bluefeld,. w. Va, Weekly NeaoS.)
The regular Negro delegates who
We're elected delegates to the repub-
lican national convention were seated.
Irregular Negro delegates were not
seated. Roosevelt and his managers
charge was that they weren't Seated
because they were Roosevelt delegates.
Why! o why didn't manager Dixon
and Roosevelt seat them in their con-
Vcntion? Because the southern white
mun didn't want them seated Why
did the colonel specially mention Gil
mer and James, Because West Vir-
ginia Negroes hold the balance Of
power and can throw the electoral
vote of the state the way it wants it.
This species of sophistry on the part
Of an ex-president should be resented
at the polls by every Negro with one
grain of manhood
Why was Gilmer there? He is 20
manage the coloners campaign for
the colored voters with headquarters
at Charleston, in this state.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
MITCUELL'S POSITION

Mr.. John Mitchell, Jr.> of the
Richmond Planet, Indignantly re-
scnts the nomination of himself by
this paper for membership in the
Ananias club, and says anybody
who would suggest such thing is
no gentleman.
The Advocate has the highest re-
gard for Mr.. Mitchell, but it fears
his Judgment on the question of
gcntiity is as faulty as his reason
ing that Col. Roosevelt is oppos-
ed to Negroes holding any office
that white man wants. Mr.. Nit
chell s trouble appears to be that
of all the other old-school poll
ticians of his race who have worked
along theoretical and sentimental
lines and have closed their eyes to-
actual conditions. They know
that the success Of the Progressive
ticket will expose their folly in vir-
gin nakedness and uncover to the
rising generation the incompetcncy
(not to use harsher a term Of the
old leadership.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
BRAVERY HIS VIRTUE.
(DdnWlle, Ky., TorchHght.)

The Advocate of West Virginia
praises Col. Roosevelt for his cour-
age in speaking plainly his sentiments
in the Chicago Convention on the Ne
gro question. The Advocate says:
Ellis outsDoken utterances received
endorsement from Negroes them
selves" Is his courage all the Negro
finds in Mr.. Roosevelt to endorse
Ben Tillman and Vardaman have
plenty Of that; and Mr.. Roosevelt has
not been much more emphatic than
these gentlemen in shutting the Negro
out Of the council of the government
To be consistent the Advocate should
now espouse the cause Of Tillman, and
show to its readers that all Tillman
has said and done against the Negro
was for his real good. In fact when
the secrets of mems lives are reveal
ed it will be discovered that Roose-
velt's heart is ten times blacker than
Tillman's.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

statement of w. e. Mollison pub
hshed in our news columns Oh this
subject, In passing it might be
stated that Mr. Mollison, a colored
lawyer and fraternal society man
who has doomed large in NIississip-
pi and national affairs for years,
was present at both the Chicago
conventions and has always been
rated rs stamch Republican.
The Advocate does not think it
necessary to comment upon Mr..
Mollison s contribution to the con
troversy which is now attracting
so much attention. His statement
is not academic nor sentimental, !,
but plain, unvarnished tale, set
ting forth the facts rs he knows
them. There is no "long distance"
firing such as characterizes the mis-
guided brethren Of the opposition.
Mr.. Mullison lives in the South
and he knows what he is talking
about
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
SOMEWHAT MUDDLED.

{ Clarksbr0, w. Va, Clarion.)
t Our good friend editor CLINE, of
the Charleston, wv. Va, Advocate, has
worked himself up considerably over
your nerves, brother, Roosevelt will
not put you in his cabinet. We agree
with our brother editor Of the Rich
mond Planet that when he says that
sit is unfair to say a word to any one
Of the contesting Roosevelt colored
men, who were at Chicago. They suf-
fered enough humiliation there with
out being asked any questions"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

WHY GILMER WAS THERE
why was Gilmcr there" asks
the Blucfield Weekly News in it's
comment upon the Progressive Ma
tlonal convention. 1t answers its
Question by saying, "Hc is to man
age the Coloncl's campaign for the
colored voters with headquarters at
Charleston, in this State.
Really, such pcNpicacity should
have broader field of expression
than is possible through the col
|umns of a Negro weekly published
in a city like Bluefeld, so far from
the crowds ignoble strife. New
York or Chicago should claim the
writer of such tlubdub as it's own
and not leave him to blush unseen
and waste his sweetness on the
desert air.
"Why was Gilmer there?" He
was there because he was a delegate
tie was there because he believed
in the principles cnunciated by the
candidates chosen by that convcn-
ton. He was there because he be-
llcved and believes the nomination
was stolen from Colonel Roosevelt
IN the June convention, and that
the gentleman from Oyster Bay is
the only leader who can save West
Virginia from Democracy and all
that entails, in November.
The thought of managing the
colonel campaign for the colored
voters IN this state did not induce
Gllmcr to go to Chicago. He knew
before he was elected as a delegate
that provisions had been made for
the selection Of five Negroes, pre-
one from each congress
slonal district, as members Of the
Progressive State Committee, and
that these five would be expected
along with other members of the
commlttce-to look after the color
eel voters.
IT these reasons are not suffi-
clcnt, further information will be
given gladly upon request at this
office, or they may be had from
these columns from week to week.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

tlcns of the size and Importance of
the State Librarian, where white and
colored men come in personal contact
with the aforesaid official is not good
public policy and they must give way
to some white appointee. ."
We\have always opposed this policy
and condemned this doctrine. This
is why we are criticising the distin-,
guished citizen of Oyster Bay, New
York. .<-
When J. G. GilmeG though, would
intimate and say that john Mitchell,
Jr., is qualifying for the Ananias
Club or that he has deliberately dis
torted the truth by what he has said;
then further discussion of the subject
with him from a gentleman's platform
must cease. GA, the pity that some,
folks were not raised with good man
nerS -..--... ..--..-......- . . -,.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

lying.
We said that according to Col.
Roosevelt's policy, Mr.. J. c. Gilmer,
the State Librarian will part compa-
ny with his job the next &C round
We said what we meant and we meant
what we said
Col. Roosevelt has adopted the Me-
gro-haters policy that no Negro shall
mold office in the Southland and that
no colered man shall be recognized as
a legal delegaue to the Progressive
Convention even though the majority
of the Progressive electorate send him
there if that majority is largely CON-
posed of Negroes.
This policy will in all probability
give the State Of West Virginia to
the Democrats who have always adj
vocated this policy. 1t is alleged that
the holding by colored men of posi-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
WHY WE FOLLOW ROOSE-
TETT


The Granville, KY Torchlight
thinks The Advocate "to be consis-
tent should now cspouse the cause
OF Tlllman, and show it's readers
that all Tillman has said and done
against the Negro was for his real
coed, because it praises Col.
Roosevelt for his courage in speak
ing plainly his sentiments in the,
Chicago convention on the Negro
question:
1t is difficult to believe that any
Negro who has even passing
knowledge of Senator Tillman and
Colonel Roosevelt could make a
suggestion SO utterly absurd. Our
Danvlllc contemporary must surely
be affected with a distorted vision
II 1t can see any similarity between
the expressed opinions of these two
men as to the Negro. The worst
that it can say about Col. Roose-
welt IS that he would leave it to
the several States to determine
whether their delegations should
be composed Of all whites or should
be mixed, and that he tod the
truM about the Negro IN politics
IN the South.
AS has been said in these col
umns before, we have been treated
so long us a child race, and used so
much as children to further the de-
signs OF schcming politicians, that
when an opportunity is given us to
declare ourselves men and to act
as the millions of other men who
compose the electorate of the ma
ton, we yell like a baby deprived
OF It's sugar teat. Because the
Republican party in it's national
conventions has "viewed with
alarm' disfranchiscmcnt, jim
crowism and lynching, and has
pledged itself to correct these abus-
rS-plcdgcs made every four years,
but never fulfillcd-we have de-
ludcd ourselves with the belief that
other parties which do not indulge
III these hypOcrises are hostile to
our political wcll-bc1ng.
That Colonel Roosevelt had suf-
ti"lcnt courage to give expression to
what all Of us knew deep down in
our hearts to be true but were too
, cowardly to express, does not likcn
him to Senator Tillman or any of
| those who have advocated the elm
}nation Of all Negroes for all times
from the political life Of the ma
ton. Co.. Roosevelt is for that
representation in conventions
which really represents something
somebody, not merely the repre-
sentative himself or the boss who
, selected him This, as The Advo-
cate secs if, is the law and the Cos
/ pclS, and this is why we "follow,
follow we will follow Roosevelt. "
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
CANNOT RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH
(RiChm012G PIdnct.)

We are not disposed to handy cpl
thets with a journalist Of the type Of
Mr., J. G. Gilmer, Of the Charleston,
W. Va, Advocate. We have been
trained to conduct an argument along
the lines Of gentleman's standard
and to realize and understand that
two honorable persons may disagree
upon given subject without either
the one or the other being guilty of
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
rs PROHIBITION GOOD FOR
TIE STATE?

bollltOut mas NCllllctt HlSloIS do
philosophy teaching by example.
Surely there has been no lack of
such teachings as to effects and
consequences on prohibition where
ever tried in this country.
Among the states which have
made a more or less disastrous trial
of prohibition and have abandoned
it for license, we may name Yer
mont, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Michigan, Iowa,
Illinois; Nebraska, Pennsylvania
and South Dakota.
These members Of our common
wealth have, at different times but
with almost equal emphasis, ans
wered the question propounded
above: they have replied that pro-
hibition was not good for Them.
But why was prohibition not
good for them?
Prohibition did not benefit the
States named, and cannot benefit
any State, for certain moral and
material reasons. On the. contrary
! it did them great and positive
harm.
Let us first barely glance at the
moral evils wrought by prohibition
evils which it must always pro-
ducc, as the tree bcarcth fruit ac-
cording to its kind.
Prohibition refuses to recognize
natural laws, and it has therefore
failed where every condition and
circumstance seemed to favor it.
Prohibition is the parent Of ILL
cit traffic, which enormously ag-
grevates the drink evil. 1t is a vio-
lation of the American spirit and
a. contradiction of our theory Of
government.
It is an axiom that laws which
are not founded in right and rea-
son can never be enforced. The
habitual disregard for prohibitory
statutes wherever they are prcsum-
ed to be in force tends to create
disrcspect for all law.
On this very point the Commit
tee Of Fifty (headed by such men
as President Eliot Of Harvard
Bishop Potter, Seth Low, Hon
| Carroll d. Wright, Hon. Chas. J
Bonapartc, DR.. Felix Adler, Prof
w. O. Atwatcr and Richard Wat,
son Gildcr) has made a searching
report in which they say:
"There has been concurrent evil o
prohibitory legislation. The effort!
to enforce it during forty years hav'
had some rrllooked for effects ON pub
liz respect for courts, juNlcia1 pro
ccet;)ngs, oaths and laws in general
| and for officers Of the law, legislator:
and public Eervants.'
The Committee goes on to point
out that "thc public has seen law
dcfcd, q whole generation Of hab
itual law breaking schoolcd in eva,
sion and shamclcssncss, courts in
effective through fluctuations OF
policy, delays, pcrjurlcS, ncgllgcn
cics and other miScarrlagcS Of JUS
ticc, officers Of the law doublc-fac
eel and mcrccnary, legislators timid
and insnccrc, candidates for office
hypocritical and trucking and Of.
flee holders unfaithful to pledges
and reasonable expectation.
Through an agitation which has
always had a moral end, these inn
moralities have been developed and
made conspicuous" Is
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

II III OT lar Oh VI II lON
In an editorial which, taken as
a whole, is somewhat mixed in
meaning, the Clarksburg Clarion
advises the writer not to get "hct
up about Roosevelt s placing him
III his cabinet, and then expresses
its agreement with the Richmond
Planet about the unfairncSs Of say
ing "a word to cOntcsting RO0sp-
welt colored men who were at Chi
cage"
Eos the benefit Of the Clarion $
editors and all others who think
as they do, theswritcr takes pleas
ure in stating that he never had
and does not now have any such
foolish hope and, further, that he
believes that much Of the political
Ill favor in which the Negro finds
himself today arises largely from
the entertainment Of such imbcciIc
notions as The Clarion is pleased
to attribute to us. FOrtuntclv.
there yet remains in this office q
faint conception of the eternal fit.
ness of things.
While engaged in this delightful
task of imparting information, il
would not be amiss to inform fur
Their the lawycr-preacher editors
Of The Clarion that no humiliation
was suffered at Chicago by tn
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

A Cleveland preacher is reported
to have designed an official flag for
the Negro race. Most Of them in
West Virginia have already adopt
ed the red bandanna.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

The attention Of those Negro
editors who are losing sleep o
nights trying to find new maledic-
tons to- hurI at the head of Col.
Roosevelt because of his alleged be-
trayal Of the race, is called to a
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
Garter in Philadelphia Times.

sought by legislation ON to foster
the native wine and brewing in
uustrics. And it may be pointed
out that in more than one crisis of
our history the public revenue de-
rived from these has proved ex-
ccedlngly good for the State"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

President Taft announces that
ne is out Of active politics. That
has been a matter Of common
knowledge ever since the returns
from the recent presidential pref
crence primaries were counted.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

Roosevelt Colored delegates from
this State. Their seats were not
contested; therefore, they are not
among those to whom it would be
"unfair to say word.'
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

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1--WE STAND Ar ARNIAGEDDON
AND WE BATTLE FOR
THE LORD"
PROGRESSIVE-REPUBLICAN
TICKET
For President,
Theodore Roosevelt, Of New York
For Vice President.
Hiram Johnson, of California.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
DR.. H. d. Hatfield.
For Secretary of state,
Stuart F. Reed.
For Supt. of Free Schools,
NJ. P. Shawkey.
For Auditor,
John s. Dart.
For Commissioner of Agriculture,
Howard e. Williams.
For Attorney General,
A. A. Lilly.
For State Treasurer,
E. l.. Long.
For Large,
Howard Sutherland.
For Judges of Supreme Court,
George Poffenbarger,
Chas. w. Lynch.
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET
For Congress, Third District,
Samuel B. Avis.
SENATORIAL TICKET.
For State Senate, 9Th District,
E. T. England
JUDICIAL TICKET.
FOr Judge Of Circuit Court, 10th
District,
S. G.. Burdette.
KANWAHA COUNTY TICKET
For Sheriff,
Bonner H. Hill.
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KANWAHA COUNTY TICKET

hANWAHA COUNTY TICKET
For Sheriff,
Bonner H. Hill.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
Thos. G. Townsend.
For County Commissioner,
DR.. NJ. P. Malcolm.
For Assessor,
Henry A. Walker.
For House of Delegates,
John BannisteT,
G. G.. Reynolds,
Adolph E. Scherr,
A. G.. Vandine,
w. w. Wertz.
CHARLESTON DISTRICT TICKET
For Justice Of the Peace.
G.. w. Dering.
Marion Gilchrist.
For Constable,
G.. D. AGREE,
Hansford f. Jenkins
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JUDICIAL TICKET.

For Judge Of Circuit Court, 10th
District,
S. G.. Burdette
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SENATORIAL TICKET.

For State Senate, 9Th District,
e. T. England
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For Vice President.
Hiram Johnson, of California.
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1--WE STAND Ar ARNHAGEDDON
AND WE BATTLE FOR
THE LORD"
Observation-Disclosures
TICKET

For President,
Theodore Roosevelt, Of New York
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET

For Congress, Third District,
Samuel B. Avis.
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Finally this eminet and unim-
peachable Committee reaches these
conclusions, which would seem to
settle decisively the moral side of
the uunStiOn.
The evening world., 1912-01-03

SYNQrsIs or PREcEmSp cHArrrRs.
% ,s,,;,. and s.s't &C., Of ,.TrnS q ScaPs q
Man. lie Z: hired by stsrnri, manager Il lie
cattle this0. who has been dsvsstasins tbs Two
cstsnsibly a. . se.t.r Tor stray c.iue. on The
.:'si from death y s'ssss *. :nii z Ss1. 's &C., !.
OF Hen RAdford. . nriHhkps1ns rAncher. Map has
son falls In love With her. 10 do Dave Isy,att.
s~snoris rsnss i.~. and mq-t- q II. I.,i~ :
eovboys. Betvssn IsvAa and rerri-on an N.
.tioef,s hatred spdne w. Nons but stafford
fce. Fsrguson's. prsseNos ct ths Two Diamond. lev.
iatt publicly insaits hrSuson. The isstss. WITH
that IthsN i; tsnit var Sst~ssn tSsm. f.r,.S
The .rntling," I've manssss to let LSvtait hnos
Of hts snspicions Without openly aor,sinS him.
I~evAtt'. hatfed q Fsv,scn Il furthsr strsnsthsned
~ the .helicf thA Msry Rsdford love tSs Two
Gun" Man.. From. . hilltop Mar and Ferguson
.s two. cstle su.,ie~ mrrler Iopr' JONES. :
friend q Feryusonis. Ths 'TvoISun Mar" starts
on thar trail. Lsviatt .ccnsts Masy one day a.
shs. h Writing her move, and the 70 uAhs lpvs
tedford. her 6rothsr. that Ferguson Il paasnins "a
NIL him. Ferluson unsuspectins. goes ndins again
with Man. Tbey become engaged. On HE way
homo Ferrson meets RsdkoI. who threatsps 70
shoot him. but IL soon con,inoei that Ferguson 4,
innccent He returns through the dust to his
oahu.
The evening world., 1912-01-03

Girls Of fourteen are perhaps getting
too old for dolls. but school and skating
should absorb all their energies. Forced
emotions, like forced roses. quickly
wither and are never so beautiful as
naturally grown products.
You have to grow up soon enough. BE
little girls as long as you an. There
will be time enough for the love stories
by-and-by.
1he Popular Firm.
A man who signs himself Up. D."
writes;
In addressing q letter to a widow
should you use her given name OF that
Of her, deceased husband2"
Use her husbands name.
A gtrI who signs herself "F. E."
writes:
"My lance seems Indifferent How can
The evening world., 1912-01-03

A man who siens himself II. X"
/, writes:
Every evening I see . young lady
whom I wish vsry much to meet. but I
have sought In ain for Q mutual friend
What shall I DOR
am AFRAID o must continue your
search. a. you can't speak to the young
lady without an introduction.
A girl who signs herself IL. G."
writes:
What would be . nice present to take
to tho birthday party Of . boy OF SIX
tsenf"
Why not take him something con-
nscted with his fsyorite sport2 A book
about baseball heroes. for example.
A girl who signs herseif M. NJ"
writes:
II am thirty-four and a young man
Of twenty-six wants to marry me. Do
you think It would Be wiser"
Frankly. I think such . marriage Is
not likely to succeed. Remember, you
will be nifty whom no In only forty
two.
A gir who signs herself B. M"
writes:
II am always quarreii,ng with tho
young man who pays me atten tons.
and my parents object to him. What
would you advise me to dor
think you would proba bly, BE- hap
pier II you sent him away.