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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-16


girls nerves were relaxing, and some
Of the banished color had flowed back
to her cheeks.
She began to pace up and down in
the twilight, her unfailing poise ad-
justlng itself readily to the exigencies
OF The situation.
Many minutes passed-an hour.
Darkness descended, and a disagree
able chill crept into the air. But still
there was no sign Of .ler brothers re-
turn. Henry had been gone the bet
ter part OF two hours; surely he
ought to be back soon unless-she
caught her breath--unless he had lost
his way in the woods
She schooled herself against her
apprehensions apd waited valiantly
while 80 minutes more dragged them
selves by Then suddenly her cour-
age began TO ooze The girl was no
coward, but the prospect OF solitary
watch through the long night hours,
with only a mutilGted motor for com
pany, In a strange-possibly even a
wild country, she reHected-held ter
rors that were not to be lightly thrust
aside.
After time pale patches of stars
struggled out, blinking uncertainty
through the spaces made by con-
stantly shifting clouds. But almost
Immediately a sticky mist began to
clog the air, rendering II even more
impenetrable than the darkness itself
would have been.
To add to the discomfort. a wierd
chorus of insect songs nagged the
stiffness into downright uncanniness,
and spasmodic gusts OF wind shook
the leafess branches OF the trees with
graesome insistence.
The princess shiyered covering her
face ingoluntarily with her trembling
hands as she battled intrepidly for
salfmastery. Then she commenced
10 walk up and down faster than ev-
or pansing every little While 10
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-16
Strategy.

Tho farm boy was charging a dime
to ferry the pretty summer girl
across tho stream.
"You won't charge me, will you,
sonny?" asked the close girl. coax
ingly
Nom" responded the lad with a
broad smile, "old ladies are always
free"
And the way she "ponied" up
dime was a caution.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-16
Great Induoement.

"In the east" related the Boston
schoolmarm, when the boys in the
class are bad we make them sit with
the girls as punishment"
That wouldn't work in the west"
laughed the Chicago schoolmarm.
THE girls are so pretty out here II
we tried that punishment the boys
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-16
Great Inceed.

Il would like to ask you one more
question" said the youth.
Let It come" rejoined the home
grown philosopher.
would you say that a man has
achieved greatness?"
"When he reserves his own opin-
ion OF himself" answered the n. Z. D.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-16
m = BY LILLIAN LAcToN.

E princess breathed q
sigh of relief. Their
escape haG been moth
ing short OF miracu-
long for the car was
crippled hopelessly.
The half hour that
elapsed since the ac-
oident had been an
interval OF palpitant
excitement; but now
the tension of the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-16
BY WILL SEAT

ColtoDyille found
Jirpmieiny entertain
ing, It was only fair
TO say ,Lat Jimmie
lay found plenty to
interest him in Col
tonville people.
He might have
been q novelist pre-
pairing to write a
book about the new
ttycoforn HoI man en-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
SEVERAL MORE

Says the Star Of Zion: ANY
church would be proud of DR.. Ran
som (meaning Rcvcrdy c. for
what he is, as the real man, and
this reality of the true self often
blooms and blossoms under circum-
stances seemingly at variance with
the laws of growth but It's there,
and like the protoplasm it will not
lose it's identity, like Banquo's
CHEST. cit will not down.
And we had been thinking all the
time that any church placed a
premium on sobriety and chastity
in It's pu1pits. Evidently there is
another thought coming to us.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

-rs q =
or nny man who cansses himself ag GAIN
i'm ;seisvitadc, If nc 10 sh6nestt In his
cqnvictions NJ isilan Yasafe leader by
reason or his weakness and II. hee:s is
mailing the argument. which 3;ttheS mat
aoritS of them are. as paid advocates
of the Republican party. they are un-
worthy Of the confidence and respect
Of the race, The man or woman who
would attempt to obscure all distinct
views OF public good. to overwhelm all
patriotism and enlighten self-.nterest,
by loud Giles Of false danger Is indeed
an enemy~to his race and should be so
regarded. %ENEu ~ $S'tt, 4
It would not Sbef amiss al this ,sttpel
to turn the searehlightsupon the lrebo,ra
OF some Of those standpat leadess OF
tbs race. What substantial progress
has been made by<reason O: their laaft~
ership? Their record shows thatsin
every real crisis they have abandoned
the race TO selfish motives, Their much
boosted leadership had its birth in
self-seeking selfish, iaee1re to snhan,a
their own success at the expense Of the
race.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
RAFTING DRY2SmNES

In their desperate attempts to
estrange Negro voters from Col.
Roosevelt, some portion of the sub
sidized Negro press and all the Net
gro Federal office holders have
harked back 10 the Brownsville af-
fair. These gentlemen have evi-
IDENTIFY not heard of the effective
manner with which Col. Roosevelt
met this same old charge. during
the primary campaign in Ohio. Mr..
Taft, with Mingo Sanders as ex-
hibit " A, made it once. That
was enough Col. Roosevelt asked
him if he had not recommended
the discharge of the Black Batal-
lion and, if he thought an injustice
had been done to them, why he did
not, exercising his authority as
commandcr-in-chief reinstate thAm
Mr. Taft has not replied. Ism t
there something significant in that
ss.ssss s.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

In it's issut, of Oct. 5th, the West
Virginia Register says: eve are
for Taft, and under that heading
lauds the President and condemns
Gel. Roosevelt for his attitude to-
ward the, Colored brother of the
South. - - ..,'. ID >'....$>%,sS -
There is something queer, devil
ish queer about this change of front
on the part of the Register. About
thGee weeks age it's editor expressed
his faith ia Col. Roosevelt and the
Progressive party and stated that
his publication would support both,
if a little, money was forthcoming.
Now, money is as scarce as hen
teeth around Progressive shead-
quarters consequently, there was
nothing doing what he's Was Shink-
ing about. y &
The Register. then Progrsssive,
suspended publications. few weeks
1t resumes, announcing Itself for
Taft. What the answer3 s. 9l
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
THE OLD FOX CAUGHT

The crcdulous ones hereabouts
who we're Him-fammed by r. Il.
Garrett, who struck this burg first
as a newspaper solicitor and, find
ing such rich pickings, opened an
undertaking establishment in par
tnrrship with the late J. NJ. Hazel
wood, these credulous ones, his
creditors. may get some comfort
from the report that he is now
lang1IisEing in jail at Wichita
Kansas, for being mixed up in 4
shady transaction.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

s1Ye party in terms Of modem, pres,
ent day demands. s. - >,'#
~ I'VE Republican Progressives, We
progressive Republicans stand for
the sublime enunciatiCms of Thomas
Jefferson, for the =, glorious ?. declara-
lions of Abraham Lincoln, reincarna-
ted in the equally glorious declara-
tons Of Theodore Roosevelt and the
Chicago platform, of August, 1912!
I'VE are fighting for great cause.
1t is the peoples cause. 1t is not
the cause Of the rich and the few.
It is the. cause of the not-rich and
the many. 1t is the cause of the peo-
pie in plain sight: VIE stand against
those invisible and sinister forces
which make for the stealthy and m H.
lign concentration OF power and
plumber in the hands of the few, the
very few! We stand with Thomas
Jefferson for the common man, with
Abraham Lincoln for the plain peo-
pie, with Theodore Roosevelt for all
the people! And we declare to yol
that sooner, or it may be later, the
people shall triumph and shah rule!
+. Within this understanding. 4 Mr..
Chairman and with my feet planted
upon these declarations, will heel
what I believe to be the call Of the
people, and will go into the campaign
and do my best l will be your can
didate for the senate OF the United
States"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

or the men who have announced
as candidates for the
I n'trh States Scnat0rship from
this Stat" Or have been mentioned
III connection with such candid
a"N. II is not possible to find one
mr." available IN every respect
than William Seymour Edwards.
II ii'IS every requirement Of this
responsible sJDsri ION lacking moth
ING ~ character. learning. .rxppr-
renee nor wealth TO make him thr
peer Of any mar who sits in that
august body. Heretofore III West
\ nglnla rs in many other States.
TOO jntI" att anton has been paid in
tn" selection Of Senators. IT, these
first three qualities possessed by
EoI. Edwards to marked decree
Wealth has been Tie op.n So.
same to our highest legislative
chamber, and no longer than 1911
~" IN (,lrarIcgtcn vas there yrri
ilrHti"n "f Bryc"'S statement to ~,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

why did it not say that the three
independents from that county
voted with the Republicans and
/ the Democrats "to rob the Negroes
tof their secret orders, for thIre
were twentysthree Republican rep
resentatives and only one of theS
voted in the negative.
From p'rsGnal knowledge. the
writer is able to cxOnerate from any
evil intent many of those who voted
FOR the measure, which bore a most
innocent appearance and hao no
united opposition in the House.
The lobby which opposed it was
not organizdl till it was on it's third
reading, and some CT the gentlepr>n
sat in the gallery of the House:
when the vote announcing its pas
sage was read. They had arra1 ,ged
to make their fight in the Senate,
with what success is a matter of his
tory. ,QfeS
" hat is here said is not intended
to ralliatc the otfcnsc of the Demo-
rat who introduced the bill nor
+ these who, knowing it's purport,
it. 1t was a Democratic
measures and the Democratic party
must shoulder the responsibility,
t is not all together fair to link
with the Democrats
md let the Republicans escape
What measure of condemnation is
heirs.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

I fleet that some men are Senators
because they are rich. ,s
If Col. Roosevelt is elected Pres
-idcnt and the prospects are grow.
ing each day that he will he---he
can not carry through his progress
sive POLICIES unless he has the sup
port of Progressive Congress
composed of such men as Col. Ed
wards. lf,Sou are a Progressive,
willing to participate in the move
ment to bring the government back
into the hands of the people, YOU
with vot for Republican candidates
fer the Legislature that these can
didates. when elected, may Iecall
Senator Watson and replace him
with a-man who will be a credit to,
the State. .%a-..> ./,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
Edwards a Candidate
.(Coatinued From Page One. }

bore down upon the feeble ranks Of a
Democratic Legislature, decimating its
honor, destroying its virtue and COM
hitting rape upon the Democracy
CT West Virginia to the eXaltation Of
the Golden Calf and the shame OF a
noble state! . x
mo more of these, no more of
these! 1t is the spirit C service 10
the people that We will take up the
fight for the rule Of the people, To-"
the rights of the plain people, and for
the greatest principles of progressive
tliviag. political action in whose sue
cess We believe the salvation of the
generation of today depends, the hap
Epiness, and hopes of the generations
of this republic yet unborn!
60. And right here, let us clearly DIS
fine our position and declare to all
men, whore we stand: @..'... -..:.
" 1--WE stand for the same principles
that Thomas jefferson and the Revo-
lutionary fathers stood for when
th:y declared that call men are Gre
'ated equal We stand for the same
principles that Abrahom Lincoln
stood for when he declared that
government of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people shall not PR
ish, from the earth"
/ I'VE stand for all these! We are
REGULAR Republicans in these! We
are REGULAR Republicans since,
standing for these immortal, princi-
pies, WI! thereby stand for common
honesty and against THEFT! For
the regularity of HONESTY and not
the IRREGULARITY that depends" ON
| snd is delivered from the womb Of
THEFT! .,~ .-. -. >
$50 we declare ourselves to be
REGULAR Republicans, and we DO
not yield the name to those political
bandits: who have the brazen effront-
cry to dare assume the name of Reg
ular Republicans. in order to shield
their enormities behind the name!
"Wle declare that the Progressive
principles for which we avowedly and
openly stand are no less than tho: g
great principles enunciated. by Thorn
as Jefferson, by Abraham Lincoln ex-
pressed again in this year Of our Lord
1912, in the great Covenant with the
Pepple.-=the Platform of The Progress
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
Novel Boudoirl Clock.

= Among curious clock novelties "a
the shadow boudoir cicck With it
there is no need Of getting UP to
strike light or turn on the Lub. All
that is necessary is to touch a button
and the time Is flashed ca the wall,
after the same fashion that signs are
flashed on the sidewalk. When the
owner Of tho clock retires he turns
night dial to the ceiling and when he
presses a bulb THO electric light re-
fects from the dial through the lens
and appears, giving the correct time
In shadow on the ceiling.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
SAVING the aBabieE,

In England and some other countries
great progress has been made In re.
cent years in the prevention Of infant
mortality. In this country an associa-
t1on has been formed, known as the
American Association for the Study
and Prevention Of Infant Mortality.
The object of this society is to CO.
ordinate all the sanitary agencies for
the express purpose Of reducing the
number Of preventable deaths Of ba-
bles. .-,...--.-.. ....- - ....
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
1T THEIR OLD TRICKS

There is a lvmarkable unanimitv
of opinion among impartial obser7
vers of the political situation as it
exists today, that Mr.. Taft can
not be elected, Mr.. Roosevelt can
be elected, and Mr. Wilson may be
elected. Despite the frantic re-,
iterations of the administration
forces to the contrary, the belief is
widespread that the Presidents
'hopes of reelection are not enter
tanned by any considerable num-
Der who are in touch with political
affairs. These make no secret Of
their belief that Mr.. Taft is going
to find himself. when the returns
are all in, the most Inundated man
who ever tried to succeed himself
as President
Mr.. Taft S defeat being certain,
Just as sure as death and taxes, why
vot for him? 1t will simply be
voting Indirectly for Gov. Wilson.
To &c 50 on the grounds of party
regularity, is to confess one s self
welded to dead issues and reaction
AIRY policies. one to whom the idea
of popular rule is abhorrent and
who does not bcliev1j Thou Shalt
Not Steal! -
The opposition press, the latest
,.IIssE,ult t.. which is the Mcdowell
: Times. attempts tC muddy "ttff1c VA.
tiers BY saying that a vote for Col.
Roosevelt IS vote for jim Crow
cars. disfranchisem Mt and racial
oppression. because the Progressive
party refused to allow Negroes to
control its affairs in the Southern
States. Allowing this to be true
Just for the sake Of argument,
would not vote for Mr.. Taft. who
can, not bCf elected, also be vote
for Jim Grow ears, disfranchise-
ment and racial oppression, in that
it would be cast indirectly fer Gov.
Wilson?
But vote for the Progressive
ticket is not an endorsement Of the
evils to which these gentlemen al
lud', and they know it is not. True,
the Progressive platform does not
make any empty protest against
these, as does the Republican plat
form according to aged custom, but
the leading candidate Of the Pro
grrSSlvc party stands alone in Of
FIRING logical solution Of the vex-
atlolls problem Of the races which
the Republicans and Democrats
alike have helped to complicate.
BY the adoption Of his plans, the
strained relations existing between
the lRack man and th" white man
Of the S,'uth would be wiped out
and the former would in time come
again into his own. That, at least
is the hope. But should that hope
fail Of fr1lltiOn. no harm will have
been dcnr. for surely conditions
can not BE NY worse than they
al now through Republican hypo-
i, rriSy and Democratic III will to-
ward tn" Negro.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
Got Back at the Judae.

A celebrated engineer, being exam
Sned at q trial where both the judge
and counsel tried in vain 70 browbeat
him, made use in his evidence of the
expression, The creative POWER OF a
mechanic" on which the judge rather
tartly asked him what he meant by
the creative power Of a mechanic"
why, my lord" said the engineer, Il
mean that power which enables q
man to convert a goats tail into a
judges wig" .-
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
CHARLESTON DISTRICT TICKET.


THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY
= The Miner, published at Till
Top, in Faycttr Co.. in which there
is an Independent ticket supported
by the Progressive PARTY says:
:. "Thfec Independents we're sent
fo> charleston two years age and
they voted With the Democrats to
rob the Negro Of their secret orders.
let US see TO. that Koran: Midni-
burg and Gordon grNc' the house
Df delegates This year. Let us not
cndangcr our rights by being fool
ed. ..,
That the independents IN tn,
last Legislature did vote, for tho
pasyakc of the Carr Fraternal SO.
eiefE; bin, IS true aszsThc Miner
states, but Tie Minrr d0%S no, civ,
Ill the facts in the cas- The Jour
lIal Of tho '1lot1sc Of Delegates for
the regular session Of 1011-pag,
80, shows that the ubiquitous Car
bill received sixty-four "aycs" an,
four mays, - =, eighteen delegate
being recorded as absent and no
voting. The four who votcd "no
wefe Epling; Republican, Ice, Go
Barbour), Meredith and Smoo
Democrats.
g. If The Miner wanted to b., fai
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

The Progressives having appoint
cd national advisory committee,
the Republicans followed suit.
Which gives rise to the hope that
in their next national convention
they will have a few Negro dele
gates from the North
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
UnweIeome Visitor.

"A -Pa4f-ef- large -eaglesZ which are
nesting on an Inaccessible rock on the
Daserberg ~ mountain canton OF
Schwytz, Bavaria, have during the
past two weeks captured" four
lambs, four kids, and one fox, which
they have taken up to their nest be-
fore, the eyes of the peasants. So.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

When you enter the polls on elec~
ton day mark a cross CT, the ballot
i'll the circle under the picture of
Theodore Roosevelt. You will then
hay done your duty to the State
und the Nation.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
now II ORIGINATED

When Col. Roosevelt was leaving
New York for Chicago to prevent,
if possible, the Republican noimi-
naticn being stolen from him, his
reply to a query as to how he felt
was: "Likc Bull Moose 49,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
Nothjno Much 70 Dol

The conditions Of conquest are al
ways easy. We have but to toll
awhile. endure awhile, believe always,
and never turn back-Semms.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

With three big parties appealing
for his vote, the Negro will begin
to think that he is somewhat of u
political fattorE--before election.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

: 'Thert Il absolutely no hope of
beef getting cheaper, so let 5 retu1f
TO, our muttonS.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

The county courts in the several
counties will sit Monday to revise
the registration books. Are you
registcreds 4. 49,. -. (
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

Your nanny must be Oh the regis
tratioifv bookss otherwise, you can
not vote. g.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

Afteras woman has been married
a few years she quits trying the
plans She c.it out Of newsI$ pers to
make home happy for her Husbands
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

Mr.. Cyrus Filed Adatns having
published his regular quadrienriial
edition Of "Thn Republican party
and thc Afro-Amefican;" will now
return to his bead and drawn work,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10
TRAIToReUS, RACE yLEADERSHIP

h { -
The newspaper patriots of the Re
publican party are exei-ttng every Set-
prt to win baek the SYMPATHY Eof the
Negro voter. No subt,:rfuge is bes
meath their sollcitation.' their last
batch of news, sent out for the CON-
sumption; Of Negro Newspapers CON
tains numerous highly fctolored mis-
statements for the purpos>s of showing
the man of color how awful will sbe
his lot if Colonel Roosevelt is elected
1t is remarkably strange that, the
old line Negro leader still lives, exiHts
and has his being in tho dead past
They are seemingly unconscious snf
The fact that we i've in an age Of pn-
usual intelligence Their charges of
which there Is no proof or probable
ity but which if them selves- - are
wholly impossible to be- true to ShA
effect that the election of Colonel
Roosevelt will mean. the stagnation
of bu2iness and the destruction Of the
Negroes rights in this country are too
absurd for intelligent consideration
Yet it is this class of falsehoods,
which by continued repetition thru
the many Taft paid organs of dis
tructicA and abuse, are circulated TO
mislead those who are already far
misled. Fer forty years this same
Republican Party that\ has the united
support of the Negro voters who set
idly by and permitted the disfran-
chisement Of the Southern Negro with
out. moral protest, yc; We are told
by their chief news dispenser, MI.
Phil H. Brown, whose duty it is t.
convert tEa-eolored brother at any
cost to the co1ored brothers honesty
and responsibility, that the .Referen-
dunn, Initiative and Recall spell dire
distress to the Negro race. Why does
not that distinguished writer discuss
the issue? The Proc ressive Party con-
tends that the supreme duty of the
Nation is the Conservation Of human
resources through an enlightened
measure of social and industrial JUS
tice.
The bone and sinew OF chief Brown
argument IS to the effect that the Ne
gro must help to elect Taft in order
that this remarkable prosperity,
which he lays goes tagging around"
with the Republican administration
be continued There is, of course, n
difference between the kind of pros
.perity of which Mr.. Brown writes and
the kind, the Progressive Party Is
fighting for. The Republican posper-
ity of the past has been distributed
among the favored few, true enough
that few Negroes have feen benefac-
tors and if these few berefactors can
Justify themselves for: having surren-
dered the rights Of their race in or
der that they might accept the puT-
chase price, they then ought to be per-
mitted to rest.in peace. ., 80
8 Prosperity does not come from mis-
managed administration. Prosperity
springs from the boundles, resources
of the earth and with popular govern
ment and Justice it travels hand in
hand, meeting In good faith and re-
turning to the honest toj!er, some OF
his legitimate fruits Of his labor
the Progressive party contends that
) the true test Of prosperity is the me
sasnreless benefits It confers upon the
plain people. The Republican press
Agent seems to take delight in te1l4ns
the country that the Republican part,
ia alone espons1bte for: prosperity
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-10

Mr.. Taft SoliloQujzing: ''<'
u backward east mine eyes on
prospects drear, .,-...s.
And forward though I can not
see doubt and fear. " ,.....