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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14

preached by some unattached gentle
man.
Grace motioned to Abbott to sit be-
side her, with concentration OF at
tention that showed her purpose OF
reaching a definite goal unsuspected
by the other.
"I'm so glad Fran has taken a place
in the choir" Abbott whispered 10
Grace. "And look at Simon JEFFERSON
who'd have thought it,"
Grace looked at Simon Jefferson;
she also looked at Fran, but her COM
pressed lips and repnoving eye ex-
messed none of Abbott's gladness.
However, she responded With am
so glad you are here, Professor Ash
ton for I'm in trouble, and | can't de-
eide which way it is my duty to turn.
Will YOU help me? | am going TO
trust you-it is matter relating to MI
Gregory" :,
Abbott was pleased that she should
think him competent to advise her re
speeding her duty; at the same time
he regretted that her confidence re
lated to Mr.. Gregory.
professor Ashton" she said softly
"does my position as hired secretary
to Mr.. Gregory carry with 1t the obi
CATION to warn him Of any misconduc
in his household"
The solo was dying away, and, sWee
and low, it fell from heaven like man
! ma upon his soul, blending dlvinel
with the secretary's voice. Her e1
pression "hired" sounded like tragi
note-to think of one SO beautiful, s
meek. SO surrounded by mellow hymn
notes, being hired!
You hesitate to advise me, Defor
you know ALL" she said, "and you al
: right. In a moment the choir will b
J singing louder, and we can all talk t
! gether. Mrs. Gregory should be CO..
i suited, too"
] Grace, conscious Of doing all th'
one could in consulting Mrs. Gregor
"too." looked toward the choir lo1
and smiled into Hamilton Gregory
ewes. How his baton, inspired by tn
smile. cut magic runes In the air!
:. "Mrs. Gregory" Grace said in a. io
I" voice. 81 suppose Professor Ashton
so surprised at seeing you in church
". It has been more than five montf
In hasn't it? that I'm afraid
W. isn't thinking about what I'm saying
he Mrs. Gregory could not help feeli
at in the way, because her husba
Or, seemed to share Grace's feeling.
Ike stinctively she turned to her moth
g." and laid her hand on the invalid
eg- arm.
"They amt bothering me, Luc
rs said the old lady, alertly. Il ca
a hear their noise, and when ! shut
a ewes I can't see their motions"
81 have something to tell you bot
nat Grace said solemnly.. Last night
,ch couldn't sleep, and that made me s
we sitiye to noises. l thought / he'
!" some one slipping from the house ]
as the clock struck half-past eleven
,ad seemed incredible, for knew II
vas were anyone, it was that Fran, an
inv didn't think even she would do that
ly: It. was as if Abbott had sudde
raised a window in a raw wind.
in temperature descended. The oth'
manner Of saying THAT Franz"
h a scured his glass of the future.
rer. Mrs. Gregory said quickly, IF
aid leave the house at half-past eiev
lur- impossible
,ow "How do you know" Abbott asi
that Fran left the house at such
un. time of the night?" The question
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-11-14
Queer Uses for the croeus.

The crocus is nowadays held to
Justify its existence by its beauty,
but in ,bygone centuries 1t was culti-
waited with an eye to profits saffron
being in high demand both as an
aromatic and as favoring for cakes
and pies. A distinction Of crocus
blossoms, also, was held to be good
for strengthening the lungs and heart.
and Las a preventive Of plague. Evil
dence of the flowers commercial
value survives in the name OF the
chief center of its cultivation. SAT-
from Walden, but saffron nowadays Is
appreciated only by the sparrows
who wreck the crocuses to obtain It
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05
DENVER COLORADO, SATURDAY. JULY 1913

the part of the Negro. The logi-
cal conclusion may follow in the
course of the ages. At any rate
from present indications our hope
lies in the mulatto. A wise states
manship and rational patriotism
will made every effort to conserve
him, and Undue him with his mis-
sion in the interests of the broth
erhood of a better man. The
problem seems possible of solu-
tion only as the mulatto will un-
dertake it, with the earnest help
of the white
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05
NEGRO BANK SAVED
BY RACE PRIDE
indianapolis Ledger

Pride of race and determination
to show that Negroes could show
business courage equal to white
people saved the Peoples Bank
and Trust company, strickly Ne
gro bank, Muskogee, Okla. from
ruin, and it is running today as
usual following stress that would
have wrecked most any bank in the
state under similar circumstances.
A suit brought by one of the stock
holders started an internal strife
within the bank that leaked out
and started a run. This forced the
bank to close its doors. Then the
state bank examiner took charge
and the bank remained closed all
day while angry depositors storm
ed the outer doors in an effort to
get their money out. Meetings
were held in every Negro church
in the city and the Negro ministers
preached ON the subject of the
bank. They appealed to race
pride and to cool Judgment They
pointed out that to get panicky
and draw cut deposits meant to
break the bank, sure. For the
bank to fail would be a sad COM
entary upon the Negro as factor
in the business world, thing that
the Negroes could not afford to
have happen. The Negroes were
advised to let tFeir money stay on
deposit and to put in more. This
had its effect. While the bank
doors were still closed one Negro
merchant stood in front of it with
$4,000 in money in bag stating
he was going to deposit it. Sew
eral others with big rolls joined
him. In the meantime the officers
and stock holders of the bank, all
Negroes, were busy. The bank
examiner demanded. an assessment
of 100 per cent. on the capital stock
of $4,000. This was. promptly
met, and the Negro fnanciers piled
on top of the assessment $4,000
more to show good faith. With
the permission of the bank exam
iners the bank was reopened the
following day. Another crowd had
gathered, but these were deposi-
tors trying to get their money in
to the bank instead of trying to
draw it out. The bank had suffi.
cient cash in its vaults at that
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05
JACK JOHNSON DENIES
HE WILL FORFEIT BONDS

Montreal, June 90 Jack John
son, the Negro pugilist, accompan-
led by his white wife, Lucille Cam
eron johnson, left for Havre on
TIE Allan line steamer Corinthian
this m ,rning They boarded the
steamer last night in the presence
of Canadian immigration officers,
who will watch Johnson's progress
Europeward until he is beyond
their jurisdiction.
Just before going on board,
johnson reiterated his declaration
that he had no intention of forfeit
ing his $4,000 bond in Chicago
and was going to Europe to recoup
by boxing contests the losses he
had sustained in his trials. He de-
clared he would be in Chicago
when his appeal from white slave
conviction is argued in November.
johnson took with him two auto
mobiles, limousine and a high
power touring car.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

Soon as President Wilson chops
off one Negroes head, actuated by
his Christian wife. as reports have
it, his AK is resharpened to execute
another. Surely, such tokens OF
devotion to his Negro devotees
will make all Negroes hereafter
support the Democratic party
Judging the future by the past,
we assume to foretell what may
happen, to.wit, that he, President
Wilson, the praying Christian he
is, will make Bishop Walters in
tine First Assistant Postmaster
General, and j. Milton Waldron
First Assistant Secretary of War.
You two old soldiers to the crown
of thorns orator and his idle Will
son-haye patience-your time is
ooming.-West Virginia Pioneer
Press.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05
SEGREGATION MEASURE
TAKEN TO HIGER COURT

Annapolis, Md, June 25.-Ar-
guments were heard Tuesday in
the Court of Appeals against and
for the decision of Judge Thomas
Ireland Elliott declaring the Bal
timore segregation law invalid.
The case came before the court on
an appeal that had been noted by
City of Baltimore. Attorney Gen
eral Poe represented the State,
City Solicitor Field of Baltimore
the latter municipality and Wilt
lam L. Marbury, strong advocate
Of the repeal cf the Fifteenth
amendment, represented the white
segregeticnists. w. Ashbie Haw-
kias, ~ Baltimore laa firm of
Hawkins and McMechen, made
the main argument against the
contention of those holding the
segregation law to be valid. c..
Ames Broods also made an argu
ment along the line of Mr. Haw-
kins.
The case before the Court of APP
peals was that arisin out of the in
niciment of John I'll. Curry of Bal
timore, for an alleged violation of
the segregation law. Attorney
Hawkins filed demurrer against
the inditment, averring that the
law was unconstitutional, and
Judge Elliott, who was then sitting
in the Criminal Court of Baltimore
decided in favor of Mr.. Hawkins
contentious.
Mr.. Hawkins, in his argument
related the history of the passage
of three segregation laws by the
Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more. He declared that the law
was class legislation and contrary
to provisions of the Fourteenth
Amendment and concluded his ar
gument by saying: "This ordi-
nance is not aimed at protecting
the health, morals or safety of the
community, nor to provide for its
general welfare. 1t is but an eff
fort to protect what one class be-
lieves to be its property rights"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05
r ACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

of Appeals. She was represented
by Counselor Alfred G. Cowan.
The action was tried in the United
Sta tes District Court for the East
ern District of New York, and
was appealed to the United States
District Court of Appe ais, Foster
was longshoreman working on
board of the steamship Amanooga,
which was lying at Pier 6, Jersey
City, when the after guy parted,
permitting a sling of water pipe to
strike and kill him. The jury rem
dered verdict in the first action
for So, 800 1t took three days to
try the action. Mr. Cowan had
against him the ablest lawyers in
the United States.-New York
Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

We see by the daily press of Chi
cago that Mr.. Julius Rosenwald
has again manifested his faith and
interest in the Negro by subscrib-
ing twenty-five thousand dollars
toward the capital fund of the
Mound Bayou Cotton Seed Oil
Mill managed under the direction
of Mr.. Charles Banks, Mr.. Banks
is the first vice-president of the
National Negro Business League,
and is the promoter of the cotton
seed oil mill being built at Mound
Bayou.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

own type feel an instructive repug-
nance to inter marriage. Under
these usual circumstances white
man who will accept white man,
are already of quite inferior type.
One would not expect superior
offspring from such parents if con-
cerned horses or dogs. Why
should we expect the biologically
impossible in the case of man?
If the parents are of good type, so
will be the offspring. And even
with the handicap of frequently
degraded white ancestry, the mu.
latto OF one country forms the
most intelligent and potentially
useful element of our colored pop
ulation.
"The fact, then, is established,
beyond all possibility of disproof,
it seems to me that Negro white
cross does not inherently mean de-
generacy; and that the mulatto,
measured by present-day standards
of Caucasian civilization, from
economic and civic standpoints, is
an advantage upon pure Negro.
In further support of the potency
of even a relatively remote white
ancestor may be cited the almest
unique instance of Moses of the
colored race, Booker II. Washing
ton. As one mingles day by day
with colored people of all grades
and shades one is impressed with
the significance of even small ad-
mixtures of Caucasian blood.
What elements of hope or menace
lie hidden in these mulatto mill
ions? How can they help to solve
or confuse the 'problem?"
Prof. Jordan asserts that the
Negro cannot undergo mental de-
velopment beyond a certain maxi
mum, and that it is possible to
approximate pure" mulatto race
combining the best element of
black and white. We can approach
it he holds, by education and the
fostering of Negro racial pride.
he says further:
"The point seems clear that in
presence of 100000 mulattoes,
steadily increasing in number, we
have key to the solution of our
problem. The mulatto is the leav-
en- with which to lift the Negro
race. He serves as our best lever
for Negro elevation. The mulatto
does not feel the instructive men,
tai nausea to Negro mating. He
might even be made to feel sac
red mission in this respect. Poss-
ibility of marriage with mulatto
would be very real incentive to ser
ious efforts for development on
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

Chicago, ILL.,, June Pat was
rumored here that within the last
few days some very far-reaching
plans, looking toward aiding the
colored people in education in the
South are now being worked out.
1t is said that Chicago philan-
thropist has placed a certain sum
of money in the hands of Booker
T. Washington of Tuskegee, with
the view of having him experiment
in the building of small school
houses for colored people in the
rural districts of the South on con-
dition that Negroes raise an
amount equal to it. Pictures have
been seen in Chicago, represent
ing a number of these small school
houses and they are a revelation
as indicating the extent to which
colored people are able to help
themselves. tits thought that if
the experiment is satisfactory that
enough money will be coming to
extend the plan into many South
ern states if not all of them.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

Prof. Fl R. Jordan, a Southern
Whits man of the University of
Virginia, advances an opinion
which means that miscengenation
.gill be the ultimate solution of the
gro problem. He makes this
ertion in an article in The Pop
ylll!r Science Monthly for June in
shich occurs the remarkable state
s,ienu that the inuiatto is the leaven
With which 10 lift the Negro race.
Erof. Jordan does not hold to the
commonly accepted opinion that
1half breeds are inferior to the race
ii another parent. On the con-
L.ary he thinks that the half-breed
usually better and more useful
ltizen than the man of pure race.
He believes that the solution of
,e Negro problem is facilitated in
.ad of complicated by the pres
Ee of the mulatto, and claims
the breed has been proved
snost effective in some other lands,
notably in the English island col
my of Jamaica. In Jamaica there
re about $4,000 mulattoes in a
stipulation of 100000, and it is
nnhted, he says, that the mulattoes
htribute the artisans, the teach
the business and professional
en. They are the very back
bne of wonderful Jamaica"
There are now two million mu-
Attoes in the United States, and
re will be more, says Prof. Jor-
b, if statements are worth any,
D.hing. He claims that the prevail
ence of defective half. breeds is due
.e the mating of inferior types of
he black and white races, but that
lNeero-white cross does not in
eently mean degeneracy. Dis
Issing this phase of the question
says:
/ admit the general inferiority
lack-white offsprings. Defect
alf-breeds are too prevalent
.btruding to permit denying
pparently predetermined re-
ilt of such crosses. But [ en-
hatically deny that the result is
erent in the ample fact OF Cross
eding. There are not a few
triking exceptions among my
anaintances. Absolutely the
Eulatto family I have ever
race its ancestory back on
he material and paternal
vof high grade white grand
ers and pure type Negro grand
hers. The reason for the fire.
lently inferior product of such
crosses is that the better elements
Of both races under ordinary con-
itions Of easy mating with their
A
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

Springfield, ILL.,, June 24-at
the fifty third annual commence
ment of the Springfield High
School, held Thursday, June 10,
Miss Fannie E. Asey, a colored
girl, was valedictorian. Diplomas
were awarded the largest class in
the history of the institution.
There were forty.two boys and
sixty-one girls, a total of lob.
Three colored pupils, Miss -Asey,
La Rue Davis and Cecil Bruce
Ford, were members of the class.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

Isabelle Foster, who brought
suit against the ,Bucknell Steam
ship Lines for S25, 900 damages
for the death of her husband,
charging the defendant with negli-
gence, has come ont victorious in
the United States Circuit Court
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

The pleasure resorts just out
side of Baltimore are in a fair way
of being closed, unless the street
railway company shall provide
transportation separate for the
whites, they claiming that the Ne
gros who visit these resorts are
vulgar and disorderly. In all fair
ness we must admit that Balti-
more has more than its share of
the rowdy and ignorant class of
race, who are as Objectionable to
their own as they are to the white
race. 1t does seem too bad that
the better element should have to
suffer for what these blots on So
ciety do.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

Montgomery, Ala, June "a
"The Negro Problem" is the SUBJ
ject of a study that is being con-
Quoted at Black Mountain, North
Carolina, by j. L. Sibley, Ala
bama's supervisor of rural Negro
Schools. The study is being con-
Quoted in conjunction with con-
ference of southern white students,
held under the auspices of the Y .
M. G. A. Prof. Sibley, who left
last week for Black Mountain. said
that the conference is for the pur-
pose of interesting Southern stu
dents in the problem, and it is
hoped to obtain beneficial results.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05

time TO pay every depositor in full,
but the money was not demanded
and the bank was saved.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-07-05
5ouSherner For
scegenation

A H. E. Jordan Thinks Plan To Solve Negro Problem
Has Mission In Popular Science Magazine Professor
at University of Virginia Advances Startling Theory
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