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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17
ECHOES FROM THE HAMPTON
INSTITUTE CONFERENCE
Prominent Educators Bring Hopeful
Message From Rural Districts.

Hampton, Va.-The sixteenth annual
Hampton Institute conference recently
held in this town was attended by
educators and workers along other
special lines Of racial uplift from
many sections The information re-
eeived from the various speakers win
60 far toward bringing about better
conditions in rural life If properly
used.
Addresses were made by Industrial
supervisors in rural schools Of Vir=
ginIa. Jackson Davis, supervisor OF
rural elementary schools In Virginia,
outlined the work Of the supervising
teachers. Thomas Jesse Jones Of the
United States bureau OF education told
the story Of Negro progress revealed
By the census Of 1910.
The figures show that the colored
farmers Of the south cultivate 100000
900 acres. The buildings on these
farms are worth almost q billion dol
Lara Negro farms have increased %
per cent and the population 10 per
cent White farms have increased IS
per cent. white population "a per cent
The Negro death rate has been re-
duced during the last decade from %
b "a per thousand
Negroes In the United States In
creased at the rate Of lis per cent.
This rate is equal to that Of European
countries securing increases by birth
over deaths. Negro nliteracy has de-
creased from a per cent to 30.
In Virginia the reduction has been
from 44.6 to 80 per cent In 1910 81
per cent Of all coIored farmers In vir-
gfnia owned their, farms. Oolored
owners IN Georgia Increased SS per
cent; farms owned by colored men In
creased from 5000 to $4,000.
J. NJ Candy. Petersburg, Va, spoke
on needs Of Negro rural Life In vIr-
ginia. Robert r. Motion, commandant |
Of Hampton institute, spoke on the |
Negro Organization Society,"" found |
ed for the Improvement Of the Negro |
conditions through state wide COOP |
Grafton E. l. Snyder Of the Tuskegee
institute discussed the problem Of feed
ing students economically.
N W. Reddick. Americas, Ga, dis
cussed methods of raising money for
schools. Round tables dealing with |
problems Of health and farm life were
conducted by DR.. J. J. France, Ports
mouth, Va. and Charles z. Graham
u Hampton Institute
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17

E1mb prints were used IN China
ndrods Of years ago, merchants max
&c a. Impressions "a lieu OF sigma
N4 no this day In the interior OF
1na TIE thumb print Il used on legal
nnument4 especially wiIlA IN place
- tho written nameL The use OF I'm
- prints was transferred from China
- mdla. where the British adopted the
CStsm e. q means Of Identifying the
naffFO troops
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17

Harry Lincoln Johnson's New Client
Henry lincoln Johnson. recorder OF
deeds AZ Washington. has been elected
attorney general Of the National Ne
gro independent Political league. He
win have charge Of the leagues work
p moving against race proscriptive
measures. IS wen as the drafting Of
legislation for the ameliorafion OF
pnejudieed conditions Mr.. Johnson Is
en- aiumnus Of Atlanta university and
the law school Of the University az
Nlc1lean.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17
Wishing For Wealth.

Il don't care If / never become rieh
enough to own a motorcar."
SSoP'
mo. and, what's more, I'm not dead
anxious to be able to AFFORD . TIP to
Europe now and then"
-Contented, chr
Not exactly. Only I'm not IoStng
any sleep because 1 haven't money
enough to build eight or nine two fam-
ny fats"
What II the matter with you, thanr
As I was saying, / haven't any an
bltion to corner the money market
Al ! want Il enough b live on, md
Enough for a rainy dayr
No. I'd Just Ike to be rich enough
10 aRord an Icebox with attachments
&C that I wouldn't have 10 empty ne
pan underneath it every nigh4 and
morning. Detroit Free Press
did your employer say that this ar
rangement be wishes to make with me
e merely a tentative onsT mo, SIR.
he says it's Just to Try how u VII
dosS-Baitimore American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17
HIRAM H. STARR DIES AT IS.
WsaIthy Western Pioneer Leaves Es.

wealthy Western Pioneer Leaves e.
tate 10 Booker 7. Washington.
II Is reported that Hiram b. Starr.
. wealthy western pioneer, died re-
Gently, leaving all Of bis estate to Dr..
Booker 7. Washington, to be used for
educational purposes IN connection
win the Tuskeges (Ala.) insttrts.
Mr. Starr resided In Fails City, Ora,
and was a member Of the Free Meth
odist Episcopal church he was never
married and was eighty-nve years Of
aga A nephew IN Maricopa. Cal, b
said to be the only surviving relative.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17

csmpstsnt Man On Star 81 Y.M a
Ths Young Meas Christian assoeIa-
ticn IN indianapolis Ind. Is fortunats
u securing the services Of Mr.. Joseph
u Hayes on its ofaciaI star. Mr..
Hayes b 4 native Of Terre Hauta, IN
which city be received his earlier e6u-
eAtlon- he was also 4 student at wal
1en university In Nashville, Tenn, for
croe years Mr. Hayes Is fond OF
athletics and music. his special linz
I'm b IN the membership department
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17
oInalnnafg. 60 Fountaln.

- Tyler Davidson fountain, which
pouu1as TIE central position in Foun-
On aunafa Cincinnat1 was designed
~ 1uEBt Won Krsling and cast Gt ne
BnTai Bronze foundry, n Munich, =
1Bf1 KFellng began e. q painter BOT
eDoE fmned % scripture BIS piGn
1B thlB founSain, truly q grandtose
emcsption. had been drawn Tor score
q years before q site was found ana
. patron 20 secure IT. casting.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17
ST.LOUIS GREETS
BISHOP PARKS
~ Honor Head Of Filth EpIssO-
t pal District
SPIRIT OF UNITY PREVAILS

NstabIs esthsrino at St. Paul Chapel.
WhsrS Reception Was HOld-Jeint
EDeamPmsnt Of Knights Of Pythias
and TaberianS-ForNard Movement
IN Business and Politics.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17
ParuIa CIimafa

The climate OF different parts Of
Peru varies considerably. In the val
~ Of the Rimae. for instance, while
Canao near its mouth, has q climate
assembling that OF southern Europe,
@ ChoEiea, thirty miles to the east, one
begins to get conditions not unlike
those IN Cuba.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17

E a turtle, a tortoise nor q tad
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17

tnrty-ssven is q number specially
lpeed for ngurs Juggling. Mutt
neo b. 8 81 becomes III. and, no
eateR what multiple OF 8 Jon use, the
mog n the result WIN Be an alike.
1UslEo times 81 b -. 81 tines q
hnomsg ILL. ana 90 on.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17
Queer citl-.pship rs.G

In central Africa there e q tribe
u1a1 only bestows the privileges Of cit
GnGkp and marriage upon q man
nm he has climbed down q prsetpi-
eW eiiR.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17

Snake bites a. a cure for consumption
- Mentioned IN sanskrit iitsraturs
G having been practieed for 5000 or
Ao00 yean
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17

- Burmese mile which y equal b
~ BnSlish miles. - described b. Q
"a naming ito 81" being the a.
D nat q man walks before be con-
1D g necessary to sc down
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-08-17
Annlanh kn,n

Ksys Of bronze and iron have been
&und In Greece and Italy dating from
. least the seventh century before
Christ.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
STIMULUS WAS
GIVEN TO THE
COTTON MARKET
BY RECENT GOOD PRICES
Number of Bales We're Re-
CGivGd Yesterday

A wagon train of a half score co.,
ton laden craft from the Fifteenth
district rolled into Americus yester-
day, the scene reminding one much
of the busy fall days of October, and
attracting considerable attention as
the wagons proceeded to the ware
houses.
Recent high prices for cotton have
had the effect of bringing out many
bales of cotton held by farmers of
Sumter and nearby counties, who are
willing to sell at ten cents or bitter.
During the first of the week the
price of good cotton-the finer grades,
was 10 IL cents, and hundreds of
bales were sold in Americus at that
figure. During the past two days,
however, there has been a sharp de-
cline of half cent in the contract
market, and yesterday 10 Is to 10 IA
cents were the top level offerings.
There still remain several hundred
bales on farms about Americus, and
with a declining market there will be
no hurry manifested in bringing them
to market.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
ENJOYABLE MEETING CONDUCTED
BY MEMBERS OF LITERARY CLUB
OLDEST and ONLY LITERARY CLUB in The CITY CELEBRATED ANNIVERSARY
THURSD-PROGRAM WAS One OF UNUSUAL CLEERNESS and GENER
Al INTEREST

thursday afternoon at the home of
''IS. II. B. Mashburn was held the
,uIu"lhter festival of the Literary
N'oo' The committee had provided a
p'os'am in which Minerva, Venus and
Nonlus We'd for the supremacy.
AS a curtain-raiser, Shakespeare's
'NoSI Iamentable comedy" Pyramus
%"u Ihisbe, from Midsummer Nights
D'ean, was inimitably presented by
',A members; after which shadow mo-
'0n pictures of NEUROLOGICAL charac-
,e'S and scenes were given, with til
''es that were suitable quotations
'So'H the best writer's.
p AFTER an hour of mirth and joility,
."e guests We're invited into the din
"s room, in itself a beautiful pic
'''e' with table, buffet and window
WI lalns adorned with crimson hearts,
'"'Ie cut flowers and candles carried
'ul the color scheme.
me pace cards were dainty valen-
e''''S and a very elegant and elabo-
".e luncheon was served
'oF next winter the club is prepar-
s 20 study the history and literature
georgia, while some very interest
lug papers will be written on the early
'nnals of Americans
he Woman's Literary Club was or.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
SUMTER HAS
PAID TAXES ON
NEAR BEER
WAS AMONG FIRST TO PAY
Statement in a Macon Paper
Branded as False

Captain John A. Cobb, of the Court
of Ordinary, has questioned the truth
of a statement recently sent out from
Atlanta to Macon paper, in which il
was said that Bibb county is the only
county in the state that has paid it's
near beer taxes for the year. Captain
Cobb says that the statement as 1T
applies to Sumter county is certainly
not true.
In further speaking concerning this
misleading story, Captain Cobb said
that he had never failed since he has
been ordinary of Sumter county to
collect all the taxes due the state for
near beer before the month of Jan
uary had closed The record made
by Captain Cobb in this particular IS
one that is singularly clean and de-
serving of commendation.
The record for this year shows that
on February Captain Cobb sent to
Atlanta to the state treasurer the
sum of $3,700, which represents the
total amount of near beer taxes due
the state from Sumter county for the
current year. 1t is doubtful if even
Bibb county paid its taxes earlier than
did Sumter, despite the bluster that
has been sent out from some corres-
pondent at Atlanta.
While the taxes for the year are
really due on the first day of January,
it is nevertheless true that they are
hardly ever paid by any county ear
lier than the first day of February, so
that it will be seen that Sumter coun-
ty is in the forefront of those who
pay their taxes first There is moth
ing due the state now from this coun-
ty for near beer taxes, as the record
plainly shows.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
south NEEDS
GREAT MANY
LIVE STOCK
HEAVY DEMAND FOR Them
And Great Opportunity For
Stock RaiSeFS

Washington, D. c., February 16.-
The South offers over $1O0,00O,000
yearly to livestock raisers who viii
locate in that section and supply the
demand for meats. The South con-
sumes more meat per capita than any
other section of the country. Fifty
Southern cities are Offering over $22,-
100000 yearly to dairymen who will
supply their demand for dairy prod
ucts."
These startling statements are
made in an unusually attractive book
let devoted to stock raising in the
Southeast which has just been issued
by the Southern Railway system for
distribution among stockmen and
farmers of the West and Northwest
in an effort to induce them to NOV :
into this region and take up the rails
ing of cattle, horses, mules, sheep and
hogs, thereby enriching themselves
and keeping themselves in touch with
the South the vast sums now being
paid other sections for meat and dairy
products Attention is also given to
the great opportunities for profit in
raising poultry
So important to the interests of the
people of the South does the South
ern railway feel the live stock and
dairy industry. that in addition to ad-
vertising to the outside world the
great field open for profitable devel-
orment in this direction, it is now op-
Grating a Dairy instruction Car" ov-
er its lines in the states served by Il
for the purpose of giving all possible
information to the people at homo
about raising live stock and the pro-
duction of milk, cream and butter.
The booklet is filled with splendid
illustrations of stock, forage crops
ideal dairies and pasture lands, az
live reading matter telling of the ex.
ceptional advantages awaiting tn,
practical dairyman and stockman il
the Southeast. The wide circulation
which this handsome booklet will b,
given should prove an effective boos
for the South.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
ATTENDANCE
PLEASING At
CONVENTION
CAPTAIN COBB HAS RETURNED
Matters Of Special Interest
We're Taken Up

Attendance upon the deliberations
of the Georgia Agricultural Associa-
ton whose convention was held this
week in Macon, was unusually large,
according to Captain John A. Cobb,
who represented Americus at the con-
vention. The presence of more than
forty members of the association was
unusual.
Captain Cobb was made chairman
of the committee appointed to confer
with the officials of the State Fair AS
sociation in selecting the premiums
that are to be given to the farmers
of the state at the next annual state
fair to be held in Macon. He was also
made a member of the committee ap-
pointed to arrange the matter of how
many passes are to be allowed to the
members of the agricultural assOcia-
ton.
The influence of the agricultural
association, according to Captain
Cobb, will grow larger and larger as
the farmers of the state continue 70
advance farther in their knowledge Of
modern agriculture, The association
deserves to have a still larger member
ship and to WELD much more infiu-
ence for good than it does
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17

ganized about fifteen years ago with
a membership limited to twenty-five
members. Today only three OF the
charter members are numbered
among the twenty-five, but enthus-
iasm and interest are unabated. The
club has spent many delightful hours
in travels at home and abroad and
in the study of the best literature OF
all lands. Last year they wintered
in Egypt and the Holy Land. This
year they are studying mythology and
the hostess provides items of current
topics each week in addition to the
regular program. The club has two
festal days
The following program was obserV-
ed at the last meeting:
Part 1.-THE Most Lamentable
Comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe"-
Shakespeare
Scene-Babylonia Time-Reign OF
Nebuchadnezzar.
Dramatis Personae - Prologue,
Ounce. the carpenter; Pyramus, Bot
tom. the weaver; Thisbe, Flute, the
bellows mender; Wall, Snout, the tin
ker; Lion, Snug, the joiner; Moon
shine, Starveling, the tailor.
Part IT-Motion pictures( mythol'
ogy)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
why WOODROW
WILSON OPPOSES
LABOR UNIONS
EXTRACTS FROM A SPEECH
In Which Candidate Gave His
Views About Them

Chicago, Ill, Feb. 16.-Governor
Woodrow Wilson must answer the
charge made by the Chicago Pattern
makers Association that he is a foe
to organized labor and a "reactionary,
masquerading as a progressive" An
ultumatum has been sent him by the
grievance committee of the Chicago
Federation of Labor.
Quotations from speeches made by
Wilson when he was head of Prince
ton University and before he became
a candidate for political honors were
sent him to give him an opportunity
to explain the reasons for his attitude
of unfriendliness to the organized
workmen.
One of these quotations was from .,
speech made at the South Carolina
dinner at the Waldorf hotel in New
York, March 1S, 1907, as follows:
"We speak too exclusively of the
capitaliStic class. There is another
as formidable an enemy to equality
and freedom of opportunity as it is,
and that is the class. formed by the
labor organizations and leaders of the
cOuntry-the class representing only
a small minority of the labOring men
OF the country, quite as mOnOpOliStic
as the capitalist, and quite aS apt to
corrupt and ruin our industries by
their monopoly"
The patternmakers charge that this
is the same sentiment as that express
ed by Justice Wright when he sem
fenced Samuel Gompers, John Mitch
ell and Frank harrison to Jail. The
other quotation is from speech de-
livered at the Peoples Forum, New
Rochelle, n. Y, February 26, 1905, as
follows:
"The objection | have to labor uR-
ions Is that they drag the highest to
the level of the lowest. l must demur
with the labor unions when they say
you must reward the dull as you re.
ward those with special gifts"
The patternmakers assert that this
is MISREPRESENTATION. They say the
unions seek to raise the lowest tc
the standard Of the highest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17

the credit for the excellent showing
made by the young players. He has
worked faithfully to secure the sue
cess of the performance, and he has
been aided by others of the High
School faculty Much credit is also
due to Miss Annie Laurie Norton, in
charge of a large and successful class
in expression here, who trained two
or the young players in their parts.
1t is hoped that the great success
that has crowned the efforts Of the
High School management in this plaH
will lead to the production of other
plays in the future The appreciation
of this amateur dramatic work done
by the young students was so great
at the recent production as to suggest
further efforts of this kind by the stu
dents of the High School,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
GOVERNMENT
PROSECUTING
VIGOROUSLY
THE LABOR LEADER CASES
To Resist Every Effort Ten
ding Toward Delay

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 16.-New
disclosures made in the dynamite con-
spiracy cases through forty thousand
letters and kilograms quoted in the
indictments as duplicating practically
all the officials of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
ron Workers will be the basis, it was
declared today upon which the govern
ment will seek to convict the 81 de-
PENDANTS who are charged with COM
mitting or abetting in almost one nun
dred explosions.
The correspondence contained in
one of the thirty-two indictments and
embracing what are termed "uncon-
summated acts of conspiracy, is held
as showing that vast plot, contem-
Ryan, president of the iron workers,
and members of lis executive commit
tee and many business agents, was
carried on for six years to destroy
the property of steel and iron con-
tractors who employed non-union la
bor
1t charges all the defendants with
being equally guilty as abettors 1t
also purports to reveal evidence that
Jobs" became the accepted term to
be sent through the mail to designate
some place that was to be blown up,
and that gradually the officials of To-
cal unions began to call on the inter
national headquarters in Indianapolis
to assist by dynamite and nitroglyce-
rine in increasing the expenses OF
open shop" contractors. Ortie Nc
Manigal, Herbert S. Hockin, second
, vice president and James M. Nc
Namara became, it is charged, am
organized dynamiting crew.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
LOCAL COTTON RECEIPTS HAVE
EXCEEDED $4,000 BALE MARK
FIRST TIVE IN HISTORY OF CITY THAT SUCH LARGE CROP HAS BEEN HAR
VESTED HERE-THS INCLUDES ONLY COTTON HAULED in BY WAGON

Yesterday, for the first time in the
history of Americus as a cotton mar
ket, the warehouse receipts here pass
ed the $4,000 bale mark and the end
is not yet in sight These receipts
are of wagon cotton only, hauled to
Americus from farms in this and ad-
jacent counties, sold here, and the
money circulated here. And as the
fieecy tide continues to flow this way,
despite the lateness of the season, il
would not be surprisinfi if the grand
total did not reach 47,000, or even
4S, 900 bales.
In such event the receipts would ex-
ceed by 10000 bales any previous
years receipts at Americus ware
houses, the greatest total heretofore
having been about $4,000 bales, doz-
en- years ago. The receipts of 49,.
900 bales already, evidences the re-
cord crop made last season, the great.
est one ever produced.
The value of $4,000 bales to the
producers here, even at 10 cents pei
pound. is $2,25O,OOO, fact which pro-
claims cotton still king, the money
crop of the South The unusual spec.
tacle of cotton pickers busy in the
fields late in February is still. to bc
seen on many farms in the vicinity
OF Americus.
Never, perhaps, will Sumter county
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-17
LARGE HOUSE GREETED SPLENDID
PRODUCTION BY STUDENT PLAYERS
@ School Students Made Admirable Appearance in COsme Production Of hG
Merchant Of Venice" Last Evening" Excellent Acting Student Players
Greeted By Large and AppFGCiaive Audience

like veterans of the Thespian art
The members of the Sophomore Glass
of tbe High School acquitted them
o,ves in a manner that brought re-
roated aplause at the production Of
The Merchant of Venice" at the op-
ora house last evening, and all who
saw tbe presentation of the play gave
unstinted praise to the student ac-
tors themselves and to those who pre-
nared them for their parts.
So uniformly excellent was the act
ing of the young players that it was
difficult to pick the stars-in fact, it
was an all-star amateur production.
Each member of the cast deserves the
highest commendation for the man
ner in which each role was interpret
ed. even down to the minor roles and
those of the least Importance in the
DEVELOPMENT of the plot. The spirit
of the play was gripped and inter-
Dreted in a manner that would have
done credit to players of far more
mature years.
No small degree of effective color
was added to the production by the
costumes employed, all of which were
in keeping with those approved by
authorities in cOstuming as employed
in Shakespearean productions. The
fact that those who had the manage
ment of the play in their care spared
no expense to produce an accurate
and graphic dramatization of the play
added highly to the merit of the pro-
duction
As was stated in yesterdays issue
Of The Times-Recorder, there was
no doubt about the merit of the play
and the manner in which the young
actors would present it, but it was
doubly gratifying to all concerned that
such large and appreciative house
greeted such meritorious work on
the part of the young players.
As soon as the sale of seats began
yesterday morning, there was a rush
for the most desirable seats. Before
the afternoon had closed all the
seats downstairs, including the boz
seats, had been sold. Those who fail
ed to get seats downstairs were fore
ed to 60 to the balcony or not to come
at all, unless they wished to occupy
standing room on the lower floor.
Among the large audience present
were number of people from sur
rounding towns, the schools of these
towns being well represented in the
delegations that came in. This, to-
sether with the large and representa-
i've amateur performance by school
students when presented in attract
I've and appropriate manner. The oc-
CaSlon was one which was enjoyed by
all present and which will add pres
tge to the name of the High School
which presented it.
10 Mr. A. NJ. Arnett. head of the
department of English at the High
school, belongs a greater portion of