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The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
NOTES INDICATING NEGRO
BUSINESS PROGRESS
Supplied BY The National Ne
gro Business League

s1SThe National Benefit Associa.
ton of Washington, District of
Columbia headed by Samuel w.
Rutherford, employs upward of
500 colored persons.
Among the business plants of
Nashville, Tennessee, are listed
two banks, three undertaking es.
adjustments, two photographers,
two hospitals and two publishing
houses.
In Virginia the total value of
property owned by Negroes increas-
ed from S12,0S9,965 in 1891 to
S32, 944, ,246 in 1911. In this latter
year the Negroes of the state paid
$4,000 taxes.
Leading colored physicians and
citizens are behind a movement to
build $4,000 hospital for the col
ored of New York City. The Nc
Donough Hospital Association,
which is named after the pioneer
colored physician in the city, is
the agency through which those
interested hope to accomplish their
aim.
Of the $4,000 inhabitants in
Meridian, Mississippi, 10000 are
Negroes, Fifty per cent of these
10000, 1t is estimated, own their
homes. There are among the Ne
gro business men one photographer
one fruit dealer and one firm of
undertakers, one milliner, one
blacksmith, two drugstores, two
doctors, four dentist, three shoe
makers, two restaurants, six bar
bershops, four dressmakers, two
real estate men, four contractors,
two markets, four men running
hack lines, ten tailors and twelve
grocers.
The Baltimore Hotel, leading
hostelry of Kansas City, Mo, af-
ter dispensing with colored help
last spring, has been compelled to
discharge the white walters and
recall the Negroes. The patrons
of this hotel found that they were
not served equally as well by the
white help and left and went to
other hotels using colored help.
This compelled the Baltimore
management to employ the cololed
boys.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY. JANUARY 18 1913

of S497, 900 and stockholders re-
presenting twenty-four states, the
District of Columbia and Cuba !;
three branches, in Selma, Mont
gomery and Admission, the direc.
tors of which have holdings Of
their individual capacity to the
amount of $4S0,000. You are in
yopr own six-story reinforced
building, at a cost of 100000.
Your president and cashier, who
led the founding of this institu-
tion, have held these positions for
twenty-five years"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18

Ii has become so in the North
ern States, as it has long been in
the Southern States, that no hor-
rihle crime against the person and
life of n white woman. can be CON-
mitted that the newspapers and
the police do not Immediately con-
meet "a Negro with the outrage and
refuse to be convinced until they
have worked the clue to frazzle.
The damage done to the name and
reputation of the Negro people by
the hue ard cry after them in any
place where such crime has been
committed lasts long after the
crime has been avenged by the
law or the mob, and follows decent
Negroes like ghost of death in
all public places, by the police and
public opinion. and in their daily
employments and efforts to get
honest work, and such efforts are
hard and discouraging enough un-
der the best and most normal con-
ditions.
Even in New York City, when a
great crime has been committed =,
the Negro is first suspected as All
individual and placed under su-
spicion as race by the police,
the public and the newspapers.
If the individual Negro proves to
be the real offender they promptly
discredit the whole race. 1t has
come to be deadly enemy, viper
GUS, impossible for the Negro to
protect himself against, because it
reduces if it does not destroy his
opportunity to earn an honest liv-
ing. 1t makes many good people
afraid to have Negroes about them
in any sort of service. A good
reputation is the best capital any
man, any race, any nation can
have, as bad reputation is the
worst.
We have striking case as illus
traJion in the brutal attack that
resulted in the death of young
white woman on the outskirts of
Trenton, N. j., December 3. She
never regained consciousness, but
in her delirum she murmured some
thing like "a dark man with side
whiskers," and the police and
newspapers got busy, arresting Ne
groes right and left and putting
them through 'the third degree,
whatever that may be, with fiaring
headlines, and kept it up every
day until the last week OF the
month, when a young German con-
fessed that he had committed the
crime. When he found that the
police had the confession he de-
MED it, and they, the police and
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 10
Wnen it was announced some
days ago that Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew j. Napier of Vancouver, b.
c., were in the city, the promi-
nent citizens realized that the ru-
mors of dissatisfaction among the
heirs of the late Robert Church
were true. Mr.. Churcn, Bob
Church" as he was known in these
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
stln AdmIred the Rina.

A few days ago Maud. who was a
little Jealous of Ethel, said: when
you broke your engagement with
Jack, of course you returned the dia-
mond ring he gave you?" Ethel an
swered promptly NO, and l don't
intend to, either. l don't care for
Jack any more. but. my feelings have
not changed toward the ring.
tional Monthly
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
AccnmpushInd.

It is very important that the young
man select his life work early and
bend every energy toward accom-
plishing something. One of the most
common causes of failure in this life
lies in the fact that men do not see
the Importance of being thorough un-
til it is too late-F1orence Vidette.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18

Quite a lively tilt is on between
The Chicago Defender and The
Chicago Broad AK as to the merits
and demerits of Lii Arthur John
son." The former paper loses no
opportunity to boost the champion,
while the latter publication goes
after the prize fighter with ham,
mer and tongs. The recent cpl
spde of johnson and his wife be-
ing hissed at the Eighth Regiment
Ball last week furnished the ma
terial for the principal or big"
story of the Broad AK, in airing"
the circumstance, while the De-
fender devoted more than a column
in an interview of the champion
who tuck" up for himself in a
scathing rebuke of the colored peo-
pie who snubbed him.-Indianap-
oils Leader
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18

parts, was Tepnessee's foremost
man of color. His recent death
was heralded across the globe and
his wealth was estimated at mil
lion or more, He had several
children prominent here and in
other cities, but when his will was
filed trouble began. Mrs. Napier,
his first daughter, became the OBJ
ject of attack from the other chill
dren. They claimed that she was
but half sister and was not en-
titled to share in the estate Mr..
Napier prominent in the insur.
ance and real estate business in
Vancouver, B. c., determined that
the best way to fight for his wife's
rights was to be on the ground.
So with the advice of eminent
counsel in their home city, supple
mented by Il conference with
famous Chicago attorney. they are
here ready as they say for the
fray"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18
r ACE NE EWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

The John Wanamaker store of
Philadelphia gives employment to
300 colored people; 119 in the
dairy, SO on the elevators, 20 in
the tea room, 81 in the helps
lunch room, 3 in the printing de-
partment, 3 in the ware house, 2
in the stables, and 10 as walters
and 10 as porters.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18

Washington, Jan. l3.-A story
of how copies of letters from John
d. Archbold to former Senator
Foraker and other public men
were taken from the STANDARD Oil
company's Office at 26 Broadway,
New York, by w. w. WINFIELD
and Charles Stump, Negro mess
enger employed by the company,
was told to the senate campaign
fund investigating committee to-
day by Gilchrist Stewart, Negro
law clerk. Stewart said he was
employed by Mr.. Foraker to inves-
tigate whether certain photograph
ic copies of letters published were
forgeries. Winfield was found
in Chicago. Stewart said, and
told him story of how he aud
Stump took copies of letters from
the Standard Oil files and dispos-
ed of them to representative of
the New York American. While
in Chicago on December q, Stew
art declared, he was kidnapped by
"gangsters," taken to the office OF
the Chicago Examiner and robbed
Of number of letters and papers,
including two letters to him from
former Senator Foraker.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. s.
Isaac D. Martin, a Negro of Pratt
City, Jefferson county, who raised
two hundred bushels of corn on
one acre of land, today was award
ed second prize of $3.50 in the
State corn contest. This is the
first time a prize in the contest has
been won by a Negro.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18

Washington, d. c., Jan. l.
While in Washington last week
Bishop Alexander Walters was
entertained by Register of the
Treasurer, j. 9. Napier. Among
those present were several promi-
nent residents of Washington and
Ralph E: Langston, of New York
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-18

Two enterprising Negroes of
Austin. Texas, have organized
and chartered THE Texas Colon
ization and Development Com
pany.' They have purchased 10,-
900 acres of land in Houston
County, which is being sold in
tracts of ten, twenty, fifty and one
hundred acres to Negroes only
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
DIR. S. B.. E.

The Board of Direct Ors of the
Greensboro. Female College is to lie
congratulated in selecting as the pres
ident of that institution DR.. S. r. Tur-
rentine.
DR.. Turrentine, the presiding elder
of the Shelby district of II Methodist
church, succeeds Mrs. Lucy Nj. Rob
ertsOn, who for many years as pres
ident of that institution has done a
great work for education. In recog-
ntion of her splendid services she
was unanimously elected president
emeritus of the college for life. She
has done a great work for education
and she resigns holding the high es-
TEEN of all.
DR.. Turrentine is a man of ability
and force. Under his direction it is
to be expected that the college viii
go Onward in all it's affairs. and tina
the future will bring larger thing.
to his college which has done much
for education in North Carolina.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
MRS. BOARD WINS SUIT
FOR INSURANCE MONEY
Husband Lost His Life at Wake For
est Last Year-Nirginia FOurt Rem
ders Decision on Appeal.

Richmond, Va, March o2.-The
State Supreme court today refused the
petition Of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company Of New York for a writ Of
error in it's appeal from the Circuit
u of Alexandria. in which Mrs.
Jessie T. Board was awarded 5000
in as uit against the company.
The case was the outgroWth Of the
death Of her husband, Benjamin 7.
Board, at Wake Forest, n. c., IN
March, 1912, Board having been killed
as a result Of falling from the top of
a sixty-foot windmill on the estate Of
ms brother-in-law. w. r. Powell.
The insurance company contended
mat he committed suicide, while Mrs.
Board insisted that death was acci-
dental.
me supreme cOurt.~however. allow
ca WrftS IN the appeal of the company
from the Alexandria court in two 9TH
er cases. involving the payment Of
policies for $4,000 and s15.v00. in
Wh1ch Two concerns, Of which Board
was thep resident, had taken out on
his life.
IN me lower court these concerns
were also awarded the full amount Of
their claims.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
THREE MENICANS HUNG
TO TFTECRApH POI Ec

Ell Paso, Texas, March 22.-Three
MeXicans hanging from railway tele-
graph poles at SuaZ, between the
Chihuahua city and the border. are
the bodies of Mariana ROdrigues. for
mer police chief of Juarez and Ra-
faeil Esquir, an aged newspaper ven
der of the two border towns. on
the band of the hat worn bv Es-
uulr, who was credited with religious
fanacticism, are printed the strange
words "SOlado De Par soldier Of
peace.
Haunting their victims with this
motto. federal troops last Wednesday
removed EsGuir and Rodrigues from
h luareZ Jail. They had been held
for political offenses. Ii was alleged
that Esquir had written for a weekly
newspaper blaming General Huerta
for the Staying of Madero.
An unidentified political prisoner
AIS was hanged, say prisoners ar
irving here today.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
..WHFRE IS M WANDERING
BOYr"

Some Of the most eloquent speeches.
delivered have been made IN the
cause Of temperance. The fearlui
curse II liquor has brought forth de-
nunciations hat have stirred men :
souls for hundreds Of yeals. Inc SUI
10 Z is old. centuries old-and to many
worn and frazZled. But it is ever new
70 the mother whose boy is going
down the road lined with WhlsKey
hotties and beer crates. To her the
theme is ever and all important. 10
her All other questions seem insignifi-
cant and worthless.
The Saint Louis (Mo.) Times, in It's
news columns, paints the picture OF d
mother in whose behalf the efforts OF
sincere men and women had beer
given to reduce the fearful toll that
King Alcohol exacts Of the race. Here
is what it says:
He is better off, poor lad
was the fearful comment of Mrs.
Mollie Pullum, when she was told
her son, Charles, 80 a old,
had committed suicide.
For ten years. she said, he
has made his life and mine a hell
on earth because he was unable to
conquer his appetite for liquor.
His action drove my other son,
William, away from home six
years ago.
81 stood by him, never got dis
couraged, and did all h a l could
TO help him while he lived. o
that he is dead there is a great
empty, aching spot in my heart,
but my reason tells me it is better
that he is dead
The body of Charles Pullum
was found at 6 o'clock Tuesday
morning lying in a little ravine in
O'Fallon Park, about 500 yards
from Broadway, by a pedestrian
who notified the police. He had
swallowed carbolic acid.
MRS. Pullum said that three
times in the last year she had
frustrated attempts her son had
made on his lie by breaking
down doors and dragging him
from gas-filled rooms in their
home.
"'He was not a bad boy h
declared, only weak. He could
not resist the drink, but when he
began 10 sober up he would be
Respondent and try to take his
life"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
=. ;. TO BREED HORSES
FOX MILITARY SERVICE.
tBy the Associated pr.ss

by the Associated Press.9
washington. D. c., March 22.-The
apartment of agriculture
,uuay mat 1t a accepted for the
paeseh1 the purchase of stations for
Use II me encouragement of the breed
ing of horses for military nnrncses
four morgans, ten standard hreds
e!eNen American saddle horses and
nlne Ihoroaghbreds have been pur-
enased' which. with several morgan
nnu 'horoushbreds, secured in other
m mass. make a total of forty-four. The
New Hampshire, the Embellishments
mainly IN Virginia. the saddle horses
ana s~sAhoards mainly in West Virginia
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
Walt Mason
The Poet Philosopher.
ROBBING THE FARMERS.

The New York World says that
thieNing against farmers by produce
srd commission merchants is common
An effort is being made to secure
some corrective legislation through the
New York Legislature.
The question of securing honest.
.~Sst and inexpensive handling of pro
ducc sent TO the cities is one that in
terests many of our people. North Car
DINA ships many dollars worth of he,
produce TO the cities Of the commit,
every year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25

the dissemination of the fact OF us
existence, it has become essential for
any society or institution that hopes
to live by public support to obtain this
recognition. In some cases the com
mittee intimates that it means to sun
press certain organizations by Legal
means. This will be necessary only n
extreme cases. Not to be on the AS
ISOLATION Of Commences list Of ap-
proved agencies is equivalent 10 beng
tabooed by every sensible Siver.
Now all new movements and organ
jzations that make a public appeal for
money must have their plans approved
bv this representative committee Of
experts which stands between the hun.
CRY hands Of the genuine and bogus
helpers Of mankind and the easy
purse-strings of h people.
The Religious Side.
The committee included within Is
survey the various independent reiis-
ious organizations. 1t exempted those
which were under direct ecclesiastical
control, but the publicity already Sc
cured will cause the denominational
authorities to give s~tricter attention To
the efficiency OF the agencies which
they support.
The cooperative council Of mis-
sions of Chicago has co-operated ac-
lively in the work of investigation and
tabulation.
It is within the field Of religious or
g%anization that the greatest bitterness
is shown by agencies which failed to
| secure recognition. The committee
takes the firm ground that a we'll
meant activity is no substitute for an
| efficient, we'll administered and neces-
! sary institution or organization. The
! amount saved to the churches will to-
, tai thousands of dollars every year.
Standardizing Charity.
The committee has named six STAN
dards which it count indispensable TO
every organization hoping to attain
recognition. These are as follows:
Responsible local MANAGEMENT with
at least four administrative meetings
a year; a work commensurate in value
with the money expended; a disposi-
ton to cooperate with other charita-
BILE institutions; a field not already &C
cupied; satisfactory methods of rails
accounts by public accountants:
Encouraged by Chicago's example
and experience, it is likely that the
federated charities and the inter
church declarations of other cities vii
adopt the same plan. We "a come
to the day of efficiency in religion
Any church board, any benevolent in
stitution, any philanthropic agency
no matter how venerable, that is no
able to stand the full and rigid scrut
my Of trained investigators would bet
ter begin to set its house in order.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
UNCLE WALT

The man who's discontinued. whose
tcmr~r's always frayed. who keeps his
shanty scented with
Discomfort words that are de-
cayed. would do as
much complaining if all the gods on
high upon his head were raining am
brOSia. gold and pie. The man who
bu>ts his gallus because his house is
cheap. would rant il i'm a palace he
could high wassail keep. The vexed
and Napid voter who throws a fire.
Hucnt tit because his ncighbors motor
while he must hit the grit. would have
as many WORRIES. his soul would wear
its scars. If he had seven surveys and
twenty motor cars. The man who
earns his living by toiling in the ditch
whose heart is unfOrsiving toward thu
idle rich. who hates his lot so humble
his meal of bread and cheese, would
20 ahead and grumble on dOwny bed:
"f ease. ~COntentment is a Jewel tina
some wear in the breast. and life can
not be cruel SO long rs it's possessed
u gem makes all things prOper
the owner smiles and sings: it ma,
adorn "a paupcr, and be denied I.
Kings.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
THANKS TO GOVERNOR CRAIG

March PA resOlu-
ton. drawn by President J. Norman
Wills. of the Greensboro Merchants
association, and adopted by that body,
voices the cordial cooperation and
appreciation for the great service al
reardy rendered this town and the
state in general by Governor Craig
and the special freight rate commits
sion. The resolution refers to the eff
forts of the governor and the commits
sion as wise and patriotic and says
that ; the results that already have
been accomplished give cause for the
belief that the demand for reduced
freight rates will be granted in th<
near future.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
THE WYOMING CAN TRAVEL.
(By the Associated Press

VDy ne ASSOCIated PreSS.I
~hocklano. Maine, March 22.-The
oaltieshlp Wyoming, which claims
.ne speed record for American
uieaohoughts. exceeded by a small
nlalSih on her final acceptance trial
today the speed she made IN her
builders trial. The fastest mile today
was al the rate Of 22.14 knots an hour
a % against her previous high mark Of
ouo4 KNOT an hour. The average
" nef top speed runs was about 21.7
knots an hour.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25

The Friedman tuberculosis cure
has been described as "a germ cock
tan. acting as an appetizer on the
white c~orpuscles n sending them
forth to battle with renewed visor
against the virulent tuberculosis germs
IN 'he system of the patient" That's
describing some.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
Weekly Tonic

lHOlmes.)
EVERYBODY likes and respects
self-made men. 1t is a great
deal better to be made in that
way than not TO be made at all.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25

me Atlanta journal tells a recoe-
mzec truth when il says: when a per
son says ! am terribly misunderstood
III generally means that somebody had
gotten thoroughly wise to him
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
ALL FOR $1.70

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for 30 little money as we are Offering
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The Weekly News and Observer, IN
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weekly journal =
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
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CDc year.
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-07
ALL STATES SUFFERING
FROM COLD
Continued From Page One)

Mexican border shows no signs of
abating.
Colorado temperatures fell as low as
80 below today, while Denver expert
cnccd 20 degrees below.
Trains in all directions are stalled
from New Mexico to Wyoming. Cuts
are filled with stOrm-driVen cattle and
sheep, and the loss of livestock viii he
heavy, especially in the southwest.
Some of the weather reports tonight
Indicate slightly rising temperatures:
Sheridan, Wyo, %: Cheyenne, Wyo.,
10: Pueblo, 2: Amarillo, Texas. zero;
Santa Fe. N. M, zero; Roswell, n. M,
zero.
4 popularity Of the temperature is
that a: Corona, on the crest of the di-
vide, the temperature being only zero
Elsewhere the temperature was equally
low at great attitudes, while the val
leys suffered unprecedented cold.
With the beginning Of the snoWstorm
in southwestern Texas today, the races
at Eel Paso were called off. A snow
plow went over the course.
At Roswell. y. M, n through east
crn New Mexico, the snoWstorm was
the worst in 30 years. Zero weather
and binding snow prevails there to-
night with great sheep herds drifting
before the wind.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-07
Order to Show Cause Why Order o
Sale of Real Estate Should
Not BE Made.

In the district court of the Fourth
Judicial district o. she state Of Mon
tana, in and for the county Of Mis-
SOula.
In the matter of the estate of NJ. r.
Stairs. deceased.
The administrator of the estate OF
NJ. i. Stairs. deceased, having filed
his petition herein praying for IN or
der OF sale of certain timber on part
of the real estate of said deCedent, for
the purposes therein set forth.
1t is therefore ordered, by the said
court, that all persons interested in
the estate of said deceased appear be
fore the said court, on Saturday., the
18th day of January, 1913. at 2
o'clock in the afternoon Of said day,
at the court room of said district
court, at the courthouse in the county
of MiSSoula, to show cause why an
order should not be granted to the
said administrator to sell SO much OF
the timber on the real estate of the
said deceased as shall be necessary.
And that a copy of this order be
published at least four successive
weeks in The Missoulian. Il newspaper
of general circulation, printed and
published in said Missoulh county.
Dated December l6, 1872.
+. G.. WEBSTER, Judge.
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