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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1912-12-20

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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1912-12-20
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Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

ters from speaking for Christ? It
is a glorious thing to have such d
MASTER high exalted privilege to be
a co-worker for God. l pity the men
and women that are trying to serve
the public. What do they gain? They
serve the world all their lives, then
many of them go down to the grave
broken-hearted. 1t is a hard thing
to serve the public, the world, but it i;
glorious thing to serve Christ. |
would thousand times rather have
Him for my Master than this cruel,
heartless. wretched world. To know
that we have only one Master, but
one to please and to serve, to live. with
that idea IN view all the while-one to
please and one to glorify-is q most
blessed thing. / will pray aud trust
in God that He may open the under
standing of the Baptist ministers that
they may help remove the ban from
the women ministers.
May God add blessing to these
Yours in Christ,
ADA RAY.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
PLEASANT GREEN
CHURCH NEWS
(By Mary B. Barbour.)

The services last Sunday were con
Quoted by Rev. w. S. Baker, of Russell
vile, KY. Quite number were pres
ent and his sermons were very much
enjoyed.
The adult class was taught by Rev
Baker and largely attended. The ban
ner remains with the first intermedf
ate class, taught by Miss G. C.. Bar
ber; it is more than likely the ban
ner will spend it's summer vacation
with this class.
The delegates to represent the
school in the Consolidated Education
al Sunday School Convention, which
convenes in Georgetown, KY, next
month, were elected last Sunday. Due
to the fact that the school generally
sens dthe pastor along with the dele
gates. and being without a pastor at
this particular time, the superintend-
ent was elected to take the place of
the pastor The delegates were
Misses S. b. Hays. NJ. G. Whaley and
c. C. Barbour: alternates, Misses
/ f.izzie Washington and Alma Carter.
Visitors last Sunday We're Prof. c.
c. Monroe and Mr.. |. ID. Jones, OF
Chicago. The school decided to pur-
chase from Mr.. Jones Biblical En-.
cyclopedia, which promises to be a
decided help to the different auxilia-
ries of the church, as we'll as to the
school.
The services at the B. Y. P. L. were
conducted by the president: lesson
was taken from the topic cards. The
members enjoyed encouraging re-
marks from the Rev. Baker and a
beautiful solo was rendered by Miss
Alma Carter. The report of the So
cial committee is expected next Sun
day relative to the unions entertain
ment
The Willing Workers Club have in
vited the Rev. T. L. Bal1ou, of
Georgetown. to preach for them next
Wednesday evening for the benefit of
the rally, Members and friends are
urged to be present.
At the services on last Sunday the
envelopes were given out for the rally
on the 9th OF June. Those failing to
get theirs are requested to come out
to the weekly services, or get them on
next Sunday.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
NEGROES LEAD IN
TENANT FARMING
Interesting Census Figures Show
Breaking Up of the Big Wartime
Plantations of the Southern States.
Great increase in Number of Farms.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The
change since 1860 in the method of
carrying on the work of producing
crops, or the substitution of the south
ern small farm and tenant system for
the hired labor system of the North
ern States, in the eight Southern
States east of the Mississippi is out
lined in statement by Director Du-
rand, of the Bureau of Census, De-
partment of Commerce and Labor.
The States considered are: Missis-
sippi, Alabama Georgia, South Caro-
lima, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
lucky and Virginia.
The amount of land in farms was
1616G7 900 acres in 1860 and 163, ,921,
000acres in 1910. This is net in
crease of only 2,314,cH0 acres, or L.
ner cent. The total land area Of these
States is 22S,945.O0O acres. The lane
in farms, therefore, in 1910, was III
per cent of the total land area as com
pared with TOO per cent so years be
fore Thus, while population doubled
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
WOMAN PREACBES
SERMON OF MRS. IDA RAY, THE
EVANGELIST.
The First Message Of God After the
Resurrection.

Dear Christian Friends: You will
find my text in the goth chapter of st.
John and the 18th verse. l had said
that l would not speak about this
scripture, because 1 have tried so hard
since | have been called to the min
istry to convince both men and women
that it is true, that it is a fact, that a
woman is chosen by God to carry His
word. Being led by the spirit of God,
l am compelled to do as He bids me.
1t reads: Jesus saith unto her, Mary.
She turned herself and saith unto Him
Rab5oni, which is to say Master. Jesus
saith unto her, touch me not, for am
not yet ascended to my Father, but
go to my brethren and say unto them
| ascend to my father and your father
and to my God and your God"
Mary Magdalene came and told the
disciples that she had seen the Lord
and that he had spoken these things
to her.
The disciples after hearing about
the resurrection of Christ, some oil
them didn't believe that it was true
Since God chose this woman to tel
these words to his disciples after his
resurrection; since he chose this WON
an to tell his disciples that he was
resurrected from the dead haven't he
the same power to send the woman
out today? Isn't he an Interchangeable
God? Isn't all power in his hands
in heaven and in earth9 God told m.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
APPEAL TO ADVERTISERS.
Newspaper; Cannot Exist en- Subscriptions
Alone.
Local Newspaper at Last Put on Substantial
Basis.

For many years repeated attempts
have been made here to successfully
conduct weekly newspaper for col
ored people, to carry the news of gen
eral interest not uusually noticed by
the big dailies; to shape and mold
sentiment respecting the better inter-
est of the race both locally and gen
orally; to initiate against vice and
crime, and to urge on to higher lev
els the negligent and thriftless of the
race. But apparently repeated failure
Has resulted from each and every at
Tempt. Various causes for these fail
ufes have been given and discussed
time after time, and perhaps a true
synopsis of all of which may be found
in general lack of cohesiveness and
cooperation on the part of the col,
ored people en- masse, together with
the immediate bad management upon
the part of those temporarily entrusted
with this business. Too, during the
last twenty years, the novelty of di-
viding the negro vote politically has
pfaycu pfOIllleHI part III ludt IL
tended to displace several of the
formerly local political moguls of the
race, and putting many to that
most unenviable task of having to run
as fast as they could to stay where
they are.
Another feature that argues strong
against us and to accomplish much in
an organized way is our great ten
aency to split and divide and reor
ganize into clans and small orders. /
And as a result We have divided and
sub-divided, until now we have in this
city more than forty lodges, and fully ;
twenty more in the county. Perhaps
there are not less than thirty-five
churches in this county, including, of
course, the city churches. These things ;
are mentioned only to show how we
are seen by the thinking observer
who easily calculates the distance we
shouId go before absolute failure, and
who lend their encouragement to our
business projects in accordance there
with
In view of the above mentioned con-
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
SUPPORT ORPHAN HOME
PAPER BY LITTLE RosANA TYLER
Read at the K. of P. Rally
Sunday.

To the Honorable President, Ladies
/ Gentlemen and contributors to the
Home of the Friendless, which was
| lost only a few months ago:-We
have assembled here to extend our
most hearty support today in hopes
little mOtherless, fatherless boys and
girls again in their beautiful home
which WAS recently destroyed. The
orphans should be looked after more
closely than ever, so that not one of
them will be lost, as was the misfor.
tune that overlook three of the little
ones. Just think OF poor little chill
dren without mother or father to take
care of them. And then see so many
that have most everything that their
little hearts could wish for then again
turn your attention to the little un-
fortunates with no one to know their
SORROWS and no one to care for them.
/ only wish that all children were
cared for the same, and | am sad to
say that they are not. | have a low
ing mother and father who have loved.
cared for and supplied my wants when
knew not, from my infancy to this
day. Oh, would to my maker that
all children could share likewise.
l feel so sorry when I hear of some
little boy or girl who has no one to
love them all the time. and I only
wish that l could take them home
with me. | am so glad that the good
people of the city have and are still
trying to take care of the poor little
orphans.
AS we have assembled here today
to contribute, if only the widows mite.
let it be with free will to this good
cause. So let everyone lend helping
hand and do their part, and all that do
will be rewarded by the Father of all,
who will say to the faithful ones, come
ye blessed unto my father and inner
it the kingdom of Heaven.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
We Have the Man Now.

/ Mr.. Ed Willis, superintendent of
: the Patchen Wilkes stock farm, hav.
, ing in charge the breeding, train
, ing, sale and exchange of all of mil
lionaire Stokes fine Kentucky thor
, oughbreds, has purchased the entire
interest of The Lexington News and
has taken complete charge of it's op-
Grafton, and hereby makes appeal to
every factor necessary to the success
full operation of such a paper for CO.
operation and assistance. He pro-
poses to incorporate at once, offering
the stock to willing investors, and in
this way expects to set at rest for
ever any uneasiness on the part of
those who formerly contended that
this paper was run on bias plan and
for personal enhancement He asks
the merchants of the city to share
their advertisement appropriations to
this paper in proportion as they ac-
cept colored trade.
Mr.. Willis will place some of the
stock Of the proposed company in
every adjoining county and within a
radius of fifty or more miles, and
especially at places easily accessible
to Lexington trade by car or rail Mer-
chants who are friendly to colored
trade, real estate dealers who let by
rent to colored tenants, mistresses
who desire the best and guaranteed
colored help are all urged to support
this paper with share of their ad-
vertisements.
The colored people are hereby urged /,
to show their pride and appreciation
by paying promptly the small month
1y subscription price, as it is pro-
POSED to put this paper upoif-s strict
ly business basis, and those who have
heretofore escaped paying for it
should not hope to or expect such
immunities hereafter.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
PAPER
READ PRESIDET OF o. H
Welcomes Pythians and Others
at Special Rally at St. Paul
A. NJ. F.. Church
Sunday.

Read SUNDAY, May 26th, at ST. Paul
A. NJ. e. church by Mrs. E. b. Jackson,
President of the c. o. l. Home:
Master of Ceremonies, Ladies and
Gentlemen:-Tom me has been assign
ed the pleasing duty and honor to ex-
tend to you in behalf of our good
friend Mr.. George II. Minnis, and the
Board of Managers of the c. o. l..
Home, the cordial welcome due such
an august body as are here assem-
bled 1t affords me great pleasure to
welcome you upon this occasion, for
to my mind there is no cause so great,
no demand so endearing, no field so
inviting as that of helping the helpless.
Never in the history of the world did
the hills resound and the Masters
voice echo, as the call goes pealing
forth from His lips calling for work
ers. Yes, today can be heard in loud
tones, Who will go and work today?
The fields are white and the harvest
waiting. Who will bear the sheaves
away, Remember friends, He it was
who said, 'Inasmuch as ye did it unto
one of the least of my little ones ye
did it unto me-"
We welcome you because your pres
enee here manifests to us that your
hearts are filled with charity for our
unfortunate little ones. We welcome
you for your support of Mr.. Minnis, a
young man to whom too much praise
cannot be given for the inauguration
of this plan to help rebuild the Home
On the morning of February q, after
returning from viewing the deStrnc
ton of the fire fiend, my eyes filled
with tears and | was sick at heart
to know that eighteen years of haro
but loving work, had all been swept
away in night. 1t was Mr.. Minnis
who spoke the first words of encour
agement to me. He said: Dry up YOU
tears, the people will help you to re
build. l have a plan in my mind nov
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

as citizen of Fayette county rise to
the great opportunity that lies before
us. The Lord will bless our efforts
And now let me leave one seed
thought with you:
An angel paused in his onward flight,
With seed of love and truth and
right,
And said. o Where can this seed be
sown
Where twill yield most fruit when
fully grown?
To whom can this precious seed be
given.
That it will hear most fruit for earth
and heaven?
The Savior heard, and said as He
smiled
Place it at once in the heart of q child
The angel whispered the blessed truth
To weary teacher of precious youth;
Her face grew bright with heavenly
light,
As she led their thoughts in the way
of right.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

whereby expect to raise a good large
sum toward it, AS | listened to his
words of encouragement l felt my
burden lightened, for one of the great
est encouragements in any work is
! the wise counsel and faithful co-opera-
tion of friends. l said: / will cease
repining and go forward, for the cat
tie upon a thousand hills are His, in
whom | trust. We are now living in
high hopes that we may soon have
sufficient means to build a new build
ing. suitable TO the pressing demands
of this work.
Many opportunities for service come
to all who are interested in helping.
May we respond readily to every cali,
believing that the good life is the life
that reaches out, that fulfills itself in
ministration to other lives. The life
that counts is the life that serves !;
the life that counts most is the life
that serves most.
A glance backward is usually help
full in all lines of work, especially
when it tends to increase new interest
and stimulate us to greater effort in
the future. Certainly the Lord has
led US in a wonderful way in our work
of the C. o. l. Home. Last Thursdis;;
we broke ground for our new building.
Our future seems to us as bright as
the promises of our blessed Master
We are undertaking large things in
His name. We are planning for a
fifteen tholsaRd dollar building. We
beg for the prayers and earnest CO.
| operation of all who are vitally inter
ested in the uplift of humanity
/ "Only one life, twill soon be past,
F, Only whau5s done for Jesus will last
And now We return sincere graft
tude to h[r. Minnis and to all who
have, or will, contribute to the build
ing of this Home for the unfortunate
orphans and aged women of our race
May God bless and prosper each o.
you, and when you are called to lay
down life's burden, may you hear the
Masters '1nasmuch." And we pray
that the C. o. l. Home may continu,
and enlarge its blessed mission ant
always remain lifeline thrown on
to the helpless.
And now, dear friends, let US TAX
up the work of rebuilding the c. o. ]
Home with enthusiasm and consecra
ton, and as Carlyle expresses it, lie
: as make the goal of yesterday tn
: starting point of tomorrow" Let u
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

during the half century, there wa
practically no change in the amoun
of land in farms. The net change il
80 years was only per cent.
! On the other hand, there has beer
, an increase in the number of farms
; from 504,009 in 1860 to 1,94S,O00 il
; 1910. Thus, there were in 1910 almost
four times as many farms as there
were in 1860. 1t is clear that the size
,, of the average farm has decreased in
proportion to the increase i'll the mum.
ber of farms. The average farm as
reported in 1860 was 321 acres, While
in 1910 it was 81 acres, or about one
fourth as large as in 1860.
This. shows that the large farms, or
plantations" as they we're formerly
termed, continued to be divided into
smaller parcels of land operated by
tenants or small farmers.
The absolute amount of land i'm
proved was 54,125,0 900 acres in 1860. In
1870 it had decreased to 7,4e5, 900
acres, a loss of G,G50,0oO acres, or 1913
per cent. But by 1850 the amount of
improved land had increased to 58,-
149. 900 acres, which is almost 1000, 900
acres above the amount in farms in
1860. In 1890 there were 81 500, 900
acres; in 1890 the amount was 75000,-
600 acres; and in 1910 it was 81 ,OOO,-
600 acres
1t is clear. therefore, that it was
not until about 1880 that the South
had completely recovered from the
war, so far as bringing land into cul-
tivation was concerned
In 1900 in this group of eight
States one-third of the farms We're
operated by colored farmers and two,
thirds by white farmers Further, of
the colored farmers only about one
fifth were owners, while among the
white farmers nearly two-thirds lived
on owned farms. In 1900 there were
more than 100000 Negro tenants in
those States. In 1910 the number had !
increased to considerably more than
100000. During the last decade the1r i
was an increase in the total number
of farmers amounting to 71,S02, or
l6.2 per cent. The increase in the !
numbtr of whites was 1927, or 1871 I
per cent, while that of Negroes was |
l22,525, or 229 per cent, showing that
Negro farmers are increasing at a !
greater rate than the white.
1t is not only a fact that the ten
ant system is substitute for the !!
hired labor system in other parts of /
the country, but that in these South i
ern States the farmers who report eX-
penditures for labor state an exceed !
ingly small amount. In the New
and middle Atlantic States an
average expenditure of about $500 per |
farm for labor is maintained, while in !
the north Central States the aver
age runs well over 1925. In the
mountain and Pacific States it
amounts to $500 per farm. In five of
he eight states considered the aver
age expenditure for labor per farm
reporting is considerably less than
800.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
MARVELLOUS GROWTH
OF THE INSTITUTION
IN THlRTY-0NE YEARS
(By Arthur M .Evans.)

Especial to Chicago Record Herald.)
Tuskegee, Ala, May, 1912.-Rooker
T. Washington and the Tuskegee In
stitute are doing for the Negro peo-
pie what the University of Wiscon-
sin is doing for it's state. Public serv-
ice is the fundamental idea that makes
the institutions at Tuskegee and at
Madison similar in purpose and ac-
complishment. Roth are striving to
get into close touch with the people
and to exert an influence on the
affairs of everyday life; to teach the
farmer how TO raise larger crops
and better herds; to instruct the
housewife in domestic arts; to i'm
prove the home; to raise the standard
of living; 10 develop raw labor into
skilled labor! in short, to improve con;
ditions of society i'll the mass. WhsSG
the University of Wisconsin, whiGf
all the universities in the land
finest embodiment of the
idea in education, is work
people for one common #.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

ditions, laurels await the brow of him
who shall he able to bring forth a
shapely form from such chaotic condi-
tions.
Lexington weekly news. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
WORKING OUT
RACE PROBLEM
At TUSkEGEE

Staff Correspondent of Chi
caro Record Herald Visits
Booker Washinnton's Great
School in Alabama, and De-
CIares It 10 Be Most Aston
ishing Educational Center on
American Continent, a Veri-
table Industrial City to Itself.