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The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14
The Christmas Gift

Christmas gift idea Thoroughly established that
religion upon gft
may undergo CHANGE the tendency subject the religious
form thought over-ruing popular fancy
fashion good tendncy eravagamt Indulgence mag
compel reforms for societys sake
Gifts to members of ones family friends dear
ressons of abiding Affection whch SOMEHOW does not quite
thoroughly satisfactorily cypress itself ih other The tend
ncy in these gifts hocver dangerous
having conception an the illusion absorbed by the child
Claus has endless supply of gifts choe lauh bu
depends only his good humor The spirit of the gift and its
things consider appreciated
might
cucated the minds of the The gift n expectation of
gift considerable it,
But the charity gift is the real Christmas g whch IN spirit,
character sensation of satisfaction guer
ercVed But By charity gift do not hapasard af
withou purpose We all hare intercourse kind
acith knowledge Of greatly very
little provde The noting the planning and the giving
things during the Christmas holidays r hearts than
of recipients oth pleasure And either
poor this of giving simple service
performed asking Uhou thought of
refusal Just gracious and just
Christmas gift mionaire's check glerng diamond The
spirit Christmas gift as that of beca of
reward the thought that H
to give than to receire''
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14
SOUTH CAROLINA Gov
ERNOR DRIVE WOMEN
FROM MEETING

Richmond, Va, Dec. 5.-M any
women in attendance on the gov
ernors conference today hurriedly
left the hall when Governor Cole
l.. Blease of South Carolina for
the second time defending his doc
trine of lynching Negroes guilty
of criminal assault, shouted the
words: ITO hell with the consti-
tuition"
This sentiment was in response
to question by Govern, ,r Joseph
N. Carey of Wyoming who desired
to know il Governor Blease had
not taken an oath to uphold the
constitution and laws of his state,
if the laws did not protect colored
men as we'll as white men"
81 will answer that question" ;"
replied the South Carolinan, "and
| hope the newspaper men will get
it right, for in my campaign in
South Carolina they found that l
am a fighter and cold blooded
fighter. When the constitution
steps between me and the defense
of the virtue of the white women
of my state, | will resign my COM
mission and tear it up and throw it
to the breezes. 1 have heretofore
said to ito hell with the constitu-
ton"
When women, some of them
wives and daughters of governors,
left the hall on hearing this, Gov
error Blease subsidized.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14
NOTES INDICATING NEGRO
BUSINESS PROGRESS
Supplied By The National Ne
gro Business League

G. D. McClelland, a successful
plumber of Chicago, is the first
Negro master plumber to pass the
Illinois bar of examiners.
Hartshorn College, an institu-
ton for Negro girls, in Richmond,
Virginia, celebrated its one hun
dredth anniversary on October
17th.
Messrs. A. Dejoie and L. j.
Howard, two very successful busi-
ness men of New Orleans. Louisi
ana. have opened fine shoe store.
The New Orleans Business
journal, Negro weekly. has been
changed to a Negro daily 1t is
henseforth to be known as The
Daily Spokesman.
James Baker, one time employ
ed on the Union Pacific Railroad
recently purchased farm at Grand
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14

Oakland, Nebraska. He has re.
tired to this farm. He is also op-
Grating several restaurants.
1t is encouraging to note that
Negro farmers of Alabama are
seeing profit in hog-raising. A
few weeks ago John KING hit. OF
Decatur, Alabama, shipped from
his farm two carloads of hogs to
Louisville, Kentucky.
An sold Line" Insurance Com.
pany, to be controlled by Negro
capital, is now an assured fact.
The Standard Life Insurance
Company, with headquarters at
Atlanta, Ga, and a paid-in capt.
tai of 100000, is now ready for
business. 1t has met all the re-
quirements of the rigorous insur-
ance laws of the State of Georgia,
among which was that the capital
should be invested in Georgia state
municipal or county bonds. This
is very fitting financial achieve.
ment to mark the fiftieth anniver.
sary of our emancipation. That
this amount of money could be
raised by subscription among d
comparatively few Negroes is an
indication of the remarkable eco.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14
JACK JOHNSON BRUTE,
CRY STIRS CONGRESS

Washington. Dec. ia de-
nunciation of the legal procedure
underwhich he termed "a brown
hued, black skinned, thick-lipped,
brutal hearted African Can walk
into an office of the law and de-
mand an edict guaranteeing him
LEGAL wedlock to white woman"
was one of the many sensational
features of a speech in the house
today by Representative Rodden-
berry of Georgia, in favor of a
resolution he had introduced to
prohibit intelmarriage of whites
and Negroes.
The measure, direct result of
the recent marriage of Jack John n
son, the Negro pugilist, with a
white girl, did not get Il vote, out
it enlivened a dull days proceed
ing and incidentally aided In a
filibuster of Representative Gold
fogle of New York that sent the
Burnett illiteracy test immigra.
bill over until January.
"Rodden berry prophesied thai
the legal sanction of mixed mar
riages ultimately will bring this
country to a conflict.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14
COTTON SEED OIL
MILL IN OPERATION

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 3.-Your
correspondent was among consid-
cradle group of men and women
from Memphis who attended the
formal opening of the cottonseed
oil mill at Mound Bayou, Mss,
few days ago. Several present
were heard to say that they did
not believe that the members of
our race in the United States APP
preciated the significance of the
starting of this tremendous COM
mercial enterprise by the black
people of Mississippi and other
parts of the South. Several sur
prises were in store for the party
which went from Memphis to
Mound Bayou. All were surprised
at the tremendous crowd that
gathered in the Negro town to
hear the address of Booker II.
Washington and to witness the
formal opening of the mill by the
blowing of the whistle for the first
time. There were at least from
eight to ten thousand people ON
grounds, coming not only from
Mississippi, but from Alabama,
Tennessee, Texas, Illinois, Louisi-
ana and other States.
The second thing that surprised
the Memphis delegation was the
size of the cottonseed oil mill.
The visitors had no conception
that the buildings were so large or
the machinery SO costly and COM
plicated.
The third element of surprise
grew out of the fact that the city
of Mound Bayou was found to be
much larger than the visitors had
and that throughout the
day, Notwithstanding there were
thousands of strangers in the city,
good order was maintained.
Charles Banks, Isaiah r. Mont
gomery and the board of disectors
of the cottonseed oil mill deserve
the gratitude of the race. 1t
marks the most forward step in
business directions in our opinion
that has been undertaken by black
people. The launching of this
cottonseed oil mill, located us it is
in the heart of the South, will do
more good in the solution of the
race problem than the passing of
many resolutions or the holding of
a long series of indignation meet
ings.
The oil mill was planned by col
ored men, built by the hands of
colored men and with colored mems
money The whole enterprise has
so far cost SS0,OC0 and it has no
debt resting upou it. Charles
Banks and his co-workers deserve
and should have the thanks of our
race.-New York Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Quite a group of notable Negro
educators attended the sixty third
annual meeting of the American
Missionary Association held in
Buffalo, n. Y, the last week in
October. The association decided
upon raising 81 100000 during the
year ending October, 1913, for the
higher education of the southern
Negro. The leading white people
of Buffalo extended open hearted
hospitality in entertaining the del
egates as their house guests.
Among those who spoke were:
Mrs. Ella Shepard More of Fisk
Jubilee Singers; Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell, Hon. VIM. FL.
Lewis and Prof. Kelley Miller of
Washington, D. @.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14

One of the principal speakers
who addressed the City Club Mon
day evening advocating fair play
for the Negro and protesting
against the segregation of the race
in certain districts of the large
cities was Ray Stannard Baker,
editor of the American Magazine.
Mr.. Baker declared that in segre-
eating the Negroes and holding
them down to the lowest occupa-
tions the white people were culti-
waiting race hatred and working
great evil to their own social con-
ditions. 81 no not know which is
worse" he said, 1.-The social disa-
bilities which are placed upon the
Negroes or the moral disabilities
which we incur in so treating the
Negroes. In the words of Booker
Il. Washington, The white man
cannot keep the Negro in the gut
ter without staying there with
him often think societies
formed to elevate the Negro would
do better if their work W, re direct
ed to elevating the white man tc
treat the Negro justly New
York Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-14

Washington, d. c., Dec. 4 =
Negro walters employed in the
various hotels and cafes of Wash
ington are considering the estab-
lishment of a school for walters,
where those desiring to engage in
this employment, as well as men
already working, may become pro-
ficient in the niceties of good SER
vice. A meeting was held last
week in the lecture room of Shiloh
Baptist Church, with about fifty
colored walters in attendance, at
which the establishment of such a
school was discussed, and prelimi-
nary steps were taken. At the
meeting preliminary steps were
taken for the organization of a
Walters Educational Society, and
A. FL. Undertown was chosen tenn
porary president, with c.. j Cole
temporary secretary.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
Social Gathering.

Miss Iva Ayers entertained few
of her friends at her home last Fri.
day evening in honor of her cousins,
Esther Reimai and Evah Thomas, OF
Hillsdale, Kans.
The evening was spent in playing
games after which refreshments were
served. All left at late hour after
spending a pleasant evening. Those
present: Una Judy, Lydia johnson,
Bertha Short, Olive Judy, Evah
Thomas, Esther Reimal, Ethel Grims-
ley, Ola Ayers, Waneta Rankins, Doe
Harper, Roy Emry, Carl Grimsley,
John Turner, Elmer Scrivener, Earl
Burk, Sam Short, Ernest nighttime,
Lester Ayers, Perry Burk and Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Ayers.
ONE PRESENT.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
HIGH COURT HOLDS
u. P. MERGER TRUST
ORDERS DISSOLUTION
U. S. Circuit Judges St. Louis Decis-
ion Declaring Lines were Not
Competitors, Reversed

Washington, D. c., Dec. 2.-The
great Hartman merger, created wher
; the Union Pacific Railway Company
bought As per cent of the stock of the
Southern Pacific Railway System, was
split asunder today by the Supreme
Court of the United States, as VIC
lation of the Sherman antitrust law.
The roads are given three months
to reorganiZe.
Then with the end of the merger
before it, the court sent forth its por-
tentious declaration that, "while the
law might not be able to enforce COM
petition, it can reach combinations
which render competition imprac-
ticable."
F.. Justice Day announced the unani-
nous opinion of the court. Justice
Van Devanter took no part in the
consideration Of the case, but his
principal finding, when he was a
Judge of the Utah Circuit Court, to
the effect that the two roads were not
competitors and, therefore, no viola
ton of the law had resulted from the
purchase, was reversed and annulled.
Instead of following the reasoning
of Justice Van Devanter and Judges
Sanborn and Adams, the court, in
substance, approved the minority
holding of Judge Hook that the roads
were competitors and that it was just
as much a violation of the law for one
road to buy the controlling stock of a
competitor as it was for holding
company, as in the Northern Secur-
tiles case, to buy the controlling stock
of two competing companies.
AS the Northern Securities Company
plan failed nearly ten years ago, so
the Hartman plan fell today.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

By Supt. P. n. Allison
Herrell has an enrolment of 10 ant
z were present. They have installed
a heating plant here and it is doing
all that could be expected. It makes
their room warm in all parts, no one
is too warm or too cold and the air is
fresh and pure at all times. They
could not have done a better thing for
the school. Miss Anne Golladay is
teacher.
Redmond has an enrolment of %
and Is were present. They recently
held an entertainment and charged
an admission fee and cleared $1968.
Miss Mary Sharp is teacher.
Valley has an enrolment of 81 and
l6 were present. They are going to
have pie supper soon, the proceeds
to 60 on a slate blackboard. Miss
Maggie Mcclure is teacher and is do
ing good work.
Fair Play has an enrolment of %
and 81 were present. They are not
keeping with the course of study be-
cause the teacher failed to attend the
August meeting and as a result did
not know what is required. This
was the third attempt to visit the
school, it having been dismissed on
account of the teacher being sick be-
fore. Miss Anna Twomblyis teacher.
Harmony has an enrolment of 50
and 81 were present. The attendance
is not as good as it should be. This
school is seeking honors through
spelling matches and ciphering con-
tests. Mr.. Lewis Keele is teacher
and receives $55 per month instead
of $50 as reported before.
Summit Center has an enrolment
of II and II were present. This
school began with 81 pupils but they
are all moving away so they are Won
dering what will become of them.
Miss Jennie Donovan is teacher and
is one of our very best.
Fry has an enrolment of Is and IS
were present. They haye oiled the
floor and as result have no dust.
It is not so uncommon to get into
school room and find enough dust on
he seats and desks to write very
plainly in. This school had a pie sup
DER and cleared $lO.88. Miss Bessie
Aims is teacher.
Marshall has an enrolment of II
md II were present. They are al
ways present and take good interest.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
Christian Hirni Dead

Chris. Hirni, one of the old and
well known early citizens of Bates
county, is dead, says the Rich Hill
Review. He died very suddenly at
his home near Prairie City last Fri
day, and was buried on Sunday at
Rockville.
Mr.. Hirni was prosperous farm
er, solid citizen and former coun-
ty treasurer. He was a member of
the Masonic fraternity.
His funeral was preached by Rev.
Egger and he was buried in Rock
vile Cemetery, the ,Iasons being in
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
Bombs Can Ruin Canal

Panama, Nov. 80. -Matilde Moisant
the aviatrice, who is here, says that
the canal can be easily destroyed in a
few minutes by bombs dropped into
the lock chambers from airships fly
ing from warships out of range of
the forts
Miss Moisant is a sister of the air.
man of that name who lost his life in
an aeroplane mishap nearly two years
ago.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05

They need some more equipment but
have done well on this considering
the size Of the district. Miss VIII
meta Taylor is teacher.
Olive has an enrolment of 20 and
10 were present. They have some
good spoilers here who will try in the
spelling contest next spring. They
are good workers in every way. Miss
Sallie Howell is teacher and does
good work.
Little Deer Creek has an enrolment
of 80 and Is were present The light
attendance was supposed to be due
to the good dinners they serve in the
district on Thanksgiving. This
school is doing good work too and l
must say that the girls of this school
are as good workers as one could
find anywhere. Miss Cora Rush is
teacher and is teaching good school.
Wemot has an enrolment of ID and
10 were present. The one who was
absent was out on account Of sick
ness. Miss Mary Wayland is teacher
and they will do we'll to keep her as
long as she will stay.
Paddy has an enrolment of 20 and
10 were present. This school is los
ing half of its pupils by their moving
away. Miss Ruth Wayland is teach
err and is doing the best work have
ever seen done in this school. She
does her work in a nice quiet way
without trying to call everyone's at
tention to the fact, but to give to that
district the very best work she can.
| especially approve Of her manner
of handling written work. She, I'M
like some teachers know of, never
returns written paper without at
least marking the errors. Some will
place grade on the paper without in
any way calling attention to the mis-
takes and return the paper. The
pupil looks at the grade and either
smiles or frowns and then throws the
paper in the waste basket or on the
floor. Such written work is burden
some and if it has value no one has
discovered it yet. There are teach
erS in Bates county who are simply
killing time with this kind of work.
Miss Maggie Mcclure reports the
following pupils as spelling all the
words in a two weeks contest:
Maude, David and Zaza Hartel, Frank
e Borum, Matilda Turpin, Frank and
Ray Herman, Roy Evans, Archie Nc
;ormack and Orba Hartel.
Go to Cagley G. Turk for horse
hoeing. Advertisement. 52.tf
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
Hodge Gets Certificate

Topeka, Kan. Nov. 3O.-The Kan
sas Board of Canvassers issued the
certificate of election to Governor tc
George H. Hodges Dem. this after.
noon.
The action followed the denial oil
of the Supreme Court to grant Cap.
per Rep.) a rehearing in the Wau.
baunsee County legal ballot case.
The court also lifted the restrain.
ing order against the Board of Can.
vaSSerS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
A Business Scheme
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
$50 you bought a gold brick and
let the news get all over town." said
the irate friend. Honestly l thought
you knew better.
'T'll tell you the truth" whispered
the barber. Business was bad and
/ only paid 81 for that brick. Now
people come from all over town to
kid me, and business looks good for
a month or more. By that time
hope to have another little scheme. y
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
Ninety-Three Barrels of
Milk in One Year

Blood tells" Likewise, feeC
tells. The combination of the two
enabled the Missouri College of Ag.
riculture to give to the State the
worlds record COW, Josephine. The
same combination has enabled the
College to give to Missouri another
high record milk and butter produc-
err, Carlotta Pontiac.
Carlotta is seven years old. She
was bred on the College Farm. In
twelve months during which time
her milk was officially weighed and
tested she produced 1858 pounds
of milk. This is equivalent to SO 1-2
standard barrels. The milk from
this one cow would have supplied
the needs of 80 average city homes.
Her milk cantained 7O8 pounds of
fat which is equivalent to 1927 pounds
of butter. This was sold at regular
Elgin prices for over 5000. The skim
milk was worth between $50 and $40.
1t required between $50 and 500
worth of feed to produce this gross
return of more than $3.50. At six
cents quart, which is less than the
usual price to city customers, the
milk from this COW would have sold
for over $500.
There are good many so called
dairy herds in Missouri land more of
them in some other states) in which
the entire herd does not return as
much clear profit for feed consumed
in year as has this one COW owned
by Missouri Agricultural College
Carlotta Pontiac.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
M. w. A. Meeting.

Butler Camp No. PASS, Modern
Woodmen of America will hold a So
cial session for members only at
Camp Hall next Thursday night Dec.
5, 1912. Refreshments will be serv-
ed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05

charge of the final rites, which were
conducted by Judge Bruce Campbell.
Mr.. Hirni was aged SO years. 10
months and 26 days.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
Wilson Would Take Oath With,
out Show

Hamilton, Bermuda, Nov. 3d.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson is willing to
take the oath of office as President of
the United States without ostentation
on March 4, and that the formal cere-
monials that every fourth year attract
thousands of citizens to Washington
be postponed until the last Thursday
in April.
To that extent he has Endorsed the
propaganda in favor of later inaug-
uration, which has been advocated in
and out of Congress in order that the
event might be conducted at a time
when the weather usually propitious
at the national capital.
Many persons have urged the Pres
ident elect to sanction postponement
of the inaugural ceremonies without
realizing that this cannot be done
without an act Of Congress, and that
it is impossible now to change the
forthcoming ceremony, so far as the
taking of the oath is concerned.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05

Four buggy or wagon tires set for
$3.50 at Cagely & Turk's.-Adver-
tisement. SIT
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27
HAvRE De GRACE WINNERS.

FIRST RACE-Selling; for fillies
and gcldings; i've furlongs.--Continen-
tai. % Cwol). . to z. IL to 90 and out.
frst: Ringing. 1i3 tByrne), to ], j
to and out second; Insurance Man.
81 (Moore), G to I, s to 8 and I to 10,
third. Time. 1.02 2-5 Little Jupiter.
Brush. Dogwood also ran.
second Race-Selling for three-year-
olds and upward: one mile and seventy
yards-.pardner, los (Byrne). 10 ].
to and to .. won; Fred Mulholland,
III tShuttlnGer), : to :. 6 to and to .,
se cond Col. Cook. 100 CAmbrose), to &.
I to 10 and l to 3. third. Time. 1.i6 10.
Elero and Flying Yankee also ran.
THIRD RACE-IIandicap for two
year-olds: five and one-half frulongs.-
Tartar. 100 CButwelD. even and out fol
place. first; Barnegat, 9s Davies). 16 e
8. 2 to and out. second; Cadcau. o
(Byrne), IL to s. . to 90 and out. third
Time, los. only three starters.
FOURTH RACE--Selllng; for three
! year-olds and up; flvc furlongs.-Mon
! Grief, ia CButwc'n, 4 to I. To . and
| to ., won; Ochrc Court, l0i tMoore). 10
! Moore. 3 to /. 6 to and to >. second
! Coming Coon. l01 GLASS. . to !, to
and / 10 g, third. Time, los 40. j. "
! Houghton, Myles. O'Connell. Kind Sir
Fond Napier also ran.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-27
Wo0DBINE RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-Five furlongs: selling
year-olds.-Mattie L., 100 tMondor
first: Old Coin, 10 (Teahan), second;
Rehearsal. lo6 MARTINI, third. Time
100 IS. Fred Mcllroy. la Sainreua,
Protagoras. Church Hell. Bavel Lutx.
Loan Shark and Sandman also ran.
Mutueis paid: Matte L., straight SN
place $50. show $40 Old Coin. place
g.. TO- show $40; Rehearsal. show $3.50.
SECOND RACE.-About two miles;
steeplechase. four-year-oulds and up
ward Idle Michael. ~ tAllen. first;
Dr. Heard. l3g tF0rd). second, irwin Y.
Digs. 100 Ckulcullen). third. Time. i22.
Cherish fell.
Mutueis paid: Idle Michael. straight,
1910, place, 310. DIR. Heard. place, $40.
No other betting
THIRD RACE-Six furlongs; selling
three ear-olds and upward.-Chemulpo
10s (Mondon,, FIRST; Silas Grump. 1o5
CFergusor), second. Carrillon los MAR
TIM, third Time. lis Id. Elma. Lii
burne. Fundamental, Chiffon Sduaw
Venetian. Cardiff Pluvius also ran.
Mutuels paid Chenulpo, straight
si9S0. place. $40 show. $3.50. Sila'
Grump. place. sl27O. show. $500. Carrll
ion, show. $40.
FOURTH RACE-Isix furlongs: two
year-olds; maidens. Moving Picture
100 cMartin). first: After Glow, IL
| tTeahan), second; Sweet Story. 10
| tAdams. third. Tlme-i.N2-S. Voivode
Bryndown. Wlndburn. Martin, Amorou
and Johnny Harris also ran. Mutual
| paid-Moving Picture. straight A.%
| place $500. show $50; After Glow. plac
100, show 500: sweet story, show $40
FIFTH RACE-About miles; steeple
| chase: for three.year- olds.-Julia Ar
mour, 137 (Allen). first; Brosseau, IA
CTuckey), second: simon Dale, lF CRyan
third. Time. AIS. Clan Alpin, Tom kir
! by and Nottingham fell.
, Mutuels paid: Julia Armour, straight
A2p; Chamblet entry. place. A.2o; show
$3.50. No other betting.