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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11

Its reppri civr-y shows it wants
10 mssc the asa. iatiou exclusive for
white r.su r.. fhS reason the GUST
inE nf-kr. Lew is an injustice, pro
SCI ,idan aimc at the colored race. II
Is an Insult T.. the coIored race in that
It 'ta :, deny 10 all coiored lawyers
~ ,aition as part and parcel of the
American People as far as the, profes-
sion of the law goes to deny them pro
tessionai anti public social recognition
This prescription for color. this de
nial Of recognition as part of the social
and political body. Is what the Guard
ian chiefly fights. We are therefore
entirely against the action of the exec.
utive committee of the American Bar
association in this matter. The person
ality Of Mr.. Lewis has no bearing.
The method used to oust Mr.. Lewis
Is entirely indefensible under the con
stitution and bylaws Of the association.
Mr.. Lewis was solicited to become a
member. He was recommended by
his state council OF the association and
voted In by the executive committee
and In solicitation paid his dues and
was Given 4 receipt Under ita rules
this completes a membership.
The committee. not finding color
stated ~ 4 disqualification In the rules
and constitution. seeks justification In
the usual manner because it did not
know Mr.. Lewis was colored. 1t must
admit his state council knew his color.
and % be was not asked by It he had
no opportunity for deception. The com
mittee has failed to hnow that It has
ths pcwer o. authority to do what Il
ssts oat to do.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11
ABOUT TAXATION

Many voters have sympathized with
Arnold In his candidacy for mayor
because they have accepted literally
the statements that he was thrown
out of office. The facts are that Mr..
Arnold was deprived OF his office Of
assessor by decision of the state
Supreme court, which Is composed OF
a majority OF Democrats. II decided
that the charter granted Denver by
the Legislature. known as the TWEEN
tieth amendment TO the state constitu-
ton. intended that the city and
county government should be Joined
Therefore all county ofiices filled at
the fall election two years ago were
declared vacant All that confiicted
with officials performing the same
duty in the city were abolished. The
other vacancies were filled by the
mayor in keeping with his power as
mayor He chose to supplant Arnold
and appoint Hiltz. Hiltz was In a
hurry to get the place and would not
wait for the Supreme court to oust
Arnold, who refused to abide by the
, courts decision and voluntarily with
draw. So he used crowbars and vio-
lence and took the office. The Su-
preme court thereupon told Hiltz that
he had no right to use mob violence
in u land of law. The law question
decided was the manner in which
Hiltz got the office. not the right of
Arnold to hold on. Thereupon Hiltz
sought to have the court remove Ar
mold legally, which 1t did but said
that Hiltz could not take the vacant
place because he was already state
senator and could not hold two con-
stitutional places at once. Shackle-
ford is now assessor, legally 30, and
Arnold misrepresents his case when
he says he was crowbarred from Of
ficc Asnd gives Go details.
HiS claim of lower taxes is Just as
fiimsy. As assessor he merely sets a
valuation on property. Thercupon the
school board the state. the city. and
the county, say how much money they
need 10 do inc public business for a
year. Having agreed upon this
amount. which Is called the budget" !"
the percentage Of taxation needed is
figured out and the levy" Is made.
It happens that Denver through
Mayor Speer- and the city council
asked for less money this year. SO
taxes have come down-one good act
for which they should get credit. Yet
Arnold, with characteristic gall.
claims credit for that. Had Arnold
cut the valuation in two, the various
departments Of government could
have raised as much money ~ ever
by the simple expedient OF raising
the levy, an act that Arnold could not
have prevented. sac
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11
DELEGATES TO GENERAL
CONFERENCE THRONG CITY.
Bishops Turner. Sehaf!er and Smith
Among FIRST Speakers.

Kansas City. Mo. Representative
Of the United States. the West Indies
and Canada are gathering here to ut.
tend the twcnty-fourth qundrennial
session OF the general conference OF
the African Methodist Episcopal
church, which opeus in the Allen a.
NJ. E. church Monday. May Il. The
delegates will number more than 800
and will represent 500. 900 members>of
the strongest coored Methodist body
in the world. At the Forthcoming ses-
sion reports from all departments Of
and revised. the general needs OF the
denomination discussed and several
new bishops and all Of the general of
ficers elected.
The new bishops are to take the
places of Bishops Edward w. Lamp
ton. Abraham Grant, james A. Handy
and Wesley J. Gaines, who have pass.
ed away since the last general confer
encc. Prominent among those men
toned In connection with the bishopric
are John Hurst. financial secretary of
retary of missions; G. w. Allen, edi
tor of the Southern Christian Record,
er; T. N. NJ. Smith. w. d. Chappelle.
president of Allen university; Joshua
A. Jones, former president of Wilbcr-
force university: ]. NJ. Conner. Little
Rock, Ark; +. Jesse Peck, California;
James Dean. Florida; William T. Yer
non and II. T. Healing.
Revs. A. l.. Gaines, Carl NJ. Tanner
and the present incumbent, II. II.
Wright, are aspirants for the editor
ship Of the Christian Recorder. DR.. Q
v. Roman and the Rev. Il. c. Ransom
are among those mentioned to succeed
Fl. T. Healing as editor of the A. NJ. E.
Church Review, and John r. Hawkins,
commissioner of education for the de-
nomination, is among the aspirants for
the financial secretaryship. DR.. d. ].
Jordan, president Of Kittrell college,
wants to succeed Professor Hawkins
~ commissioner Of education. Rev. NJ.
W. Thornton Of Philadelphia Is among
the aspirants for business manager Of
the A. M. E. Publishing House, In Phil.
adelphia.
The various boards Of the African
Methodist church have met here this
week to receive annual reports from
their agents. These meetings are usu.
ally held In the city, where the head
quarters of the respective boards are
located. Bishop Henry NJ. Turner, tbs
senior prslats,, will cal! the general con-
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11
ARNOLD is GUILTY
This the Charge We Made Saturday Which
He Fears to Answer.

1t is almost unbelievable that any
man seeking public Office would de-
clare upon the public rostrum that
he was so prejudiced against one
class of citizens that he was not Will
ing for them to be employed on pub
lie works. Yet that is the very thing
which Henry J. Arnold has done! 1t
happened this way:
On Thursday, April 25th, at Old
Colony Hall he was addressing an
audience entirely composed of white
people we presume he supposed. As
the climax of bitter denunciation of
Robert Speer and his administration,
he shouted his disapproval of the con-
tract system under which Speer is
having public improvements made,
and wound up with the declaration
that Il don't like to see that work
done by Oklahoma Niggers, and l
don't think you do
He cannot excuse his gratuitous in
suit by claiming that he meant no
harm, for the view We take of this
matter is just what his language
means and just what colored citizen
who heard him, thought he meant,
even though the citizen had been ia
vorable to Arnold's candidacy.
We knew that Arnold was Mis-
souri, Democrat, but We never believed
that he was so foolish as to exhibit
his hatred at this time.
Not since a Republican occupied
the office of mayor in Denver have
Negroes been employed on public
works, and if Arnold wins, he is al
ready pledged to keep Is not. Those
Negroes who believed him a safe
man TO entrust with the city govern
ment. and who believed that We were
overdrawiHs the picture when We
said that the principles for which the
Citizens party stands would soon
mean the loss of the rights we now
enjoy can see that with this begin
ming, Arnold and his party will not
be long in outdoing even our gloomy
predictions.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11

renee to order. AL otn, -,-Sslors rao
bishops will preside in tn, rhe open
ing sermon will be prrn sry Bishop
c.. I. Shaffer of Chi' Bishep
Charles S. Smith will rs quad
Yennial address of the l. =
The finishing touches y. upon
the address few days asu meet
ing here Of all of the bishops A great
array of speakers will take part III the
formal opening service The genera
conference Is ivade up of lay and cler.
ical delegates from ench annual con
ference. Prior to 1865 every elder who
had travelled for six years was n mem.
ber of the general conference. The
next session OF the general conference
will probably be held Mt Mother Bethel
church, In Philadelphia, in connection
with the centennial of African Meth
Ddism.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11
Calls Bar Association committss's 40.
tien Insult to Whole Race.

The attempted ousting Of Hon. Will
liam n. Lewis, assistant attorney gen
eral Of the Unite< States, from the
American Bar assoeiation by its exec
utivs committee is most reprehensible
and iudefensible. says the Boston
Guardian. It Ii frankly done solely
because he is colored man. Therein
lies the most reprehensible part Of It.
It 10 simply pure color prejudice. No
complaint b made against Mr.. Levin
~ to ability or character Such would
not suit the purpose Of the executive
committee.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11
DURANGO SOUNDS
THE WARNING.

Durango colored people are aroused
over the candidacy of Arnold for may
or of Denver, and have poured a bur
den of grief into the office of The
Statesman that makes it appear that
it is risky business to say the least
if the ex-Durango business man is
entrusted with the destinies of Den
yer colored people. The letters
charge him with prejudice and hat
red toward us, and detail transactions
which corroborate their contention.
We are the more certain ourselves,
that Arnold is dangerous to colored
citizens, now that this ghost of his
past looms up to haunt him, though
we were satisfied already by his graf
uitous insult at Old Colony hall and
his studied silence at Eureka hall.
1t takes little man, full of rancor
and meanness to stir up race feeling
when no chance is given US to de-
fend ourselves, and it takes a mean
man, schooled in his bias, to ask Ia
vors at the hands of colored voters
It the same time that he coolly and
contemptuously denies them a mans
open door of opportunity.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11
CITY NEWS.

Mrs. A. A. Ealy and Mrs. M. N.
Keelan entertained the "Datie Club
Saturday evening in honor of their
house guest, Mrs. NJ. Travick-Morris
of Coffeyville, Kansas, former mem
ber of the club. A delightful evening
was spent.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11

The Lorraine has the same moving
pictures ~ the Princess and isis.
spend an hour seeing the pictures at
rs aeth avenue. Just across from the
postofflce.
DressmsS NIX and plain sewing By
Mrs.. Washington Of 314S Curtis
street. Phon Olive $50. Best systsn-
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11


But Arnold knew nnday Night
nfor had
in
cOLORED
and with numerous witnesses to substantiate that
hatred of u.s. for he himself has proven beyond dis
enblazoned for every Negro, AL hope abandoned ye
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11

Mrs. Nora Fairbanks was hostess
of a lovely dinner Wednesday even
ing. complimentary to Mrs. Travick-
Morris
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. Clack Anderson is sick, suffer
ing from fall from street car last
Tuesday.
Mr.. Stofer of 1850 South Logan is
sick.
Mrs. Florence Cooper is indisposed.
DR.. spratlin's two boys are sick.
Mrs. Annie Fitchue is detained
home by sickness.
Mr.. J. waldon Is sufferer from
rheumatism. a..
Born to Mr.. aud Mrs. David Car
negie last week. . fine boy. All doing
we'll.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11
DEMOCRAT HEADS THE CITIZENS TICKET
He And


ARNOLD
~ WILL
PUBLIC WORKS OF
which made that he objected employ
his address cood citizens Eureka Hail. Mon
he affecting
said he
to Denver when
his
With no offer of employment for up to this time,
fact we need not prove that he has expressed his
pute that the door of the party he eads there
who enter hare ,,
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11

Mrs. Laura Finley added much to
the social gaiety of Mrs. Travick-
Morris by entertaining informally in
her honor Thursday evening.
Mrs. Travick-Morris was the inspir-
alton of charming noon breakfast
given by Mrs. R. T. Anderson. Covers
were laid for twelve.
Mrs. Edward Hamilton of Lead.
South Dakota; Mrs. Fred Hudson and
charming daughters of Guanajato.
Mexico. were the guests of Mesdames
Ealy and Keelan Thursday afternoon.
After visit Of two weeks. COM
bined with business and pleasure.
Mrs. TrAvick-Morr returned today
to her home in Coneyville, Kansas.
Mrs. Laura Finley entertained .
few friends Thursday evening. COM
plimentary to Mrs. Morris Of Co&oy'
Vile. Kans.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-05-11

Requires separate Harry W.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-21

girls, three boys, seven other children
and dog. We welcome them into, our
midst. Subscribe for the Bugle.
Jaspar Hawkins who was kicked By
a horse on the % ult. and otherwise in
jured SO bad that Doc Livermore Off
ciated is now able to be up and around
The colt is for sale. Any one needing
quiet gentle colt that woman or child
can drive, see Jaspar.
Mrs. Martha Tucker had bad spell
of toothache last week. Her tooth
ached her so for two days that she
couldn't get any rest at nights. Some
body told Martha that cayenne pepper
poultice was good for toothache. Mar
tina made one and put it on herself a.
directed. 1t cured the toothaehe, but
you ought to see her face.
Subscribe for the Bugle before cold
weather sets in.
Cy Hoskins got a letter last week
from his sister at the Co. seat stating
that eggs is now scarce over there at
present. Cy made trip to the Co. seat
next day taking two dozens with him.
Mrs. Cyrus Hoskins created consider
able exsitement in church last Sunday
morning. She come IN late as usual so
as to attract attenshion and entered the
same seat with Bill Sinlms. Bills little
black hste dog was asleep on the seat
beside Bill where the dog allus sleeps
during the service, but Mrs. Hoslcins
didn't see the dog and set down on it.
The dog yelped horrible and Mrs Hos
kins screeched right oar and come near
fainting. Rev. Moore stopped his dis
course until quiet was restored. Bill
ought 10 have more sense than 10 take
a dog to church with him What docs
dog know about religion?
Eph Higgins our enterprising and se-
commodating postmaster has begin TO
talk about maxim out his quarterly re-
port for the quarter ending March We
desire to announce that when E,ph gets
his report made out it viii appear ex-
clusively in the Bugle. Eph has a.
much as promised il to us by the end of
the current year.
Miss Phoebe Hilderbrand is very busy
dressmakin at present. She made a
basque for Mrs. Jabe Winslow last
week and is now engaged in making a
polmaise for Sary Ann Cunbert of
Snake Bend. Phoebe is a awful good
hand at making ladies tailored thlngN-
Jed Peters, former teacher Of the
Bingville school, who is now, reading
law at the Co. seat and has been re-
elected to teach school next year, Sun
dsyed with his folks in Bmgville last
Sunday. Life IN the Co seat is bring
ing Jed right out. He is a lot smarter
than be used to be.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-21
EDDYTORIUL,

Dogdays is almost once more
again in Our midst and in this same
conneckshion we desire to dash off
a eddytoriul relating to dogdays
which is very important subject
whichever way you look at it.
Dogdays is something which
comes only once year and it is
our humble opinion that if dogdays
come more Less often than that the
general run of folks would be Jest
as well pleased. What causes dog
days seems to be a mystery. Many
people have wrote about dogdays
but none of EN- have ever went and
told how it happens dogdays oc-
cir which is jest what we want to
know. While looking up some in
flamashion on the subjeckt of dog
days tother day we found in a copy
of old almanac of 1779 that when
dogdays occurred the dogstar was
in the ascendency, wherever that
is. This, however don't throw any
light on the why and wherefore of
dogdays. In fact it only makes it
worse.
AS editor and prop. land every
thing else) of the Bingville Bugle
We have never posed as much of
a zoologicalistician, and yet from
what little we have observed we
calldlate that dogdays was invented
for the benefit of dogs. We NAV
be mistaken about this, but we
can't help it if we are. We believe
it was Napofion or Nero or Martin
Luther who said Every dog has
his day." This sounds reasonable
and if every dog has his day it also
sounds reasonable that few DAYS
should be set aside every year and
called dogdays else they wouldn't
be enough dogdays to go round
among the dogs in this locality.
We like a dog as we'll as any
! DOdy Dut afreT mature elaboration
we venture the assertion that the
supply of dogs IN Bingville and Wis
nifty exceeds the demand. There
be more dogs in this neck of woods
than their owners can afford to
support. It is also true that Hank
Dewberry our LATEST and least ex-
pected of citizen has done more to
increase the dog populashion of
Bingville than perhaps any other
citizen. Hank he raises dogs for
sale and swops them and dickers
and barriers and trades in dogs year
in and year out. Just at present
Hank has on hands seven dogs of
various kinds and sizes. Now Hank
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-21

can't afford to support seven dogs.
His dogs prove this by their looks.
Gabe Hardness is authority for the
assershion that Hanks dogs is so
thin and skinny that a person can
almost see through any one of EN-.
Some person has said, "a poor
man for dogs and children, which
we calkilate about hits the mark.
Old Sine Winslow who used to
live down Sorrow Hollow way was
a poor man and Sine had nine
children and II dogs. 1t was tur-
rible chore for Slime to support his
dogs and his children, too. In fact
he couldn't do it and SO he had to
send three children to the Town
Farm, but he KEEP all his dogs.
As for us we will be glad when
dogdays is over. In Our eddytoriul
opinion it is the meanest time of the
whole year. The weather is sticky
and muggy and everything else
mean you can say about it and the
way the flies and muskeeters stick
to a PERSONS skin is simply amaz-
ing and scandalous. What we need
is less dogdays and also less dogs
in our midst. 1t is the general opin-
ion that it is unlucl1y to be bit by
a dog during dogdays. It is our
own opinion that it is unluclly to
be bit by a dog any other time in
the year.
Dogdays is good time to pay
up your subscripshion so that if a
dog bites you and you die of hydro
fobia you will have the satisfack-
ton of passing away without leav-
ing any debts behint you. Pay up
while YOU are alive
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-21
Calamity!
That's What FOIIeTGd ROd Perkins
TOtheT Day From Sunup Till
Dark---Read as Folders the List
of TurribIe Things Witch Hap
pend to HOd in One Day

Hold Perkins had one Of his bad days
again last Saturday, and as a result
several calanlities happened to him and
incidentally he almost lost his life.
Hold has always said that every once
in a while and sometimes more fire.
quenter he is due TO have a day of mis-
fortune. He says there be days in his
life when everything from sunrise 10
sunset pears to go wrong with him.
From the time he gets up Until he gets
into bed at night it seems that he goes
through one continuous performance of
trials and sore vexashions of spirit.
Last Saturday was one of Holds bad
days.
First thing in the morning when he
woke up and found he had overslep
hisself and jumpt outen bed he lit on
a tack which run into his heel clean up
to the hilt 1t seems that his wife Ma
tilda had been lacking down some mat
ting in the bedroom the day before and
she dropped this tack on the floor, and
of course. it had to light sharp end Ut
so as Hod would step on it. Hold spoke
up purity sharp to his wife about leav-
ing tacks around on the floor careless
and then she had to go and git mad al
him and refuse to cook his breakfast
for him, which was calamity No. 2, be
ing as Hold amt much of a cook.
But Hold he told Matilda to 90 TO
thunder or words to that effeckt, and
said if she didn't desire TO cook his
breakfast he would cook it hisself. so
he MKT up a batch of dough with a
view to cooking batter cakes, and put
some lard in the spider and het it W
red hot and then hit the spider handle
with his hand and split all that mess of
red hot lard over his foot, which had
nothing but a sock on IT.
The cakes wasn't as much of sue
cess as if they had been baked by Ma
tilda. They was heavier cakes than she
bakes. Hold he managed to worry down
nine of EN- and about a hour later he
had cramps that he said doubled him
I'D lest like a summer squash. Hold
says he believes if he had of ct ten OF
them cakes instid of nine they would
of killed him.
Hold set around the house hatin his
self until along about 10 a. m, at which
time he begin to feel better, and so he
made I'D his mind he would go troutin
up Crooked Brook, which comes down
out of Moose Notch to the west of
Sawridge mountain. Hold says now he
ort TO of lznowed enough to Of re-
NAMED at home after he seen that it
was one of his calamity days, but he
didn't think of that then, SO he went
and dug his worms and the hoe slipped
and cut clean through the toe of his
boot and into the same foot that he
spilled the hot lard on, but bye and bye
he got some worms and rugged up his
trout pole and started
He made up his mind he would walk
up under Sawridge and fish the brook
down and he arrived at the starting
point about noon and begin to fish. He
dropped the worm into hole Under a
big rock which looked like a likely look
ing place for trout, and regular old
sockdoladger of redspot made dash
fer it and Hold gave q mighty ysnk and