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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
CHORAL UNION

The music for the Choral Union has
arrived and regular practice will be-
gin next Monday night, October sixth,
at $3.50 at Library Hall. The work
to be studied this fall is "The Rose
Maiden" cantata by Frederic H..
Cowen, and copies may be had at the
library if any one wishes to get them
before Monday. They sell at ninety
cents copy. To any one wishing to
Join the Union it may be stated that
the only cost is the purchase of the
music. A number of new names were
added at the September meeting and
opportunity to join will be given at
all the early meetings. When the
work gets we'll under way names will
be more apt to be held over until q
new work is begun. This work will
be presented in about eight or nine
weeks, if all goes well.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
PROBLEMS FOR
POSTAL CLERKS
POST CARD FIENDS PRINCIPAL
OFFENDERS IN MANY CASES
NO ADDRESSES

Uncle Sans postal clerks have
some peculiar problems to figure out
sometimes, some Of these problems
are beyond being solved. The chief
offenders are the people who mail
post cards. Many cards are mailed
in the local office without addresses,
and many are addressed with simply
the name and no town, or state given.
A lady mailed a card few days ago,
supposedly to another lady friend,
asking the friend for a particular
recipe for making some fancy cake.
There was no indication on the card,
as to where it should go. Naturally
this lady is wondering why she has
not heard from card mailed. Among
many others mailed without address,
es was one bearing this inscription
GIVE forgotten what your handwriting
looks like-won't you send me sam
ple?" This party will doubtless still
wait to hear from the friend, as there
is nothing to do with such cards but
send them to the dead letter Office,
where they are destroyed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
SHOULD SHOW
CATTLE VALUE
FIVE CALVES MARK ETED HERE
BRING REAL CASH TO THE
OWNER

Here is a news item which would in
dicate that the raising of cattle is a
paying business. Recently Val De-
laney went out to an auction sale and
purchased five calves, which were five
months old. They were brought to
Williston and butchered. The dressed
animals brought $49.80 each in the To-
cal meat market, or $4,000. The
hides from these calves weighed 81
pounds each, bringing total Of
5000, at lac per pound. The total
cash for which the five calves sold in
the market here was $288.9O.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02

List of teachers and scholars Of
the graded bible school.
List of all the members Of the
church from its organization to-date
Picture of the Mouse River Asso-
citation of Congregational churches at
its meeting in Velva June 1918.
Samples of the Graded Lessons.
Copy of the Pilgrim Teacher.
Rally Day Card.
Picture of the floor and basement
plan of the new church
Copy of The Council Manual.
Copy of olive Wires"
Copy of "The Blue and Gold," Far
60 College Bulletin and Catalog.
Program of the State Conference at
Fargo Sept. 1918.
Copy of the "Advance" containing
statement of doctrine, and proposed
constitution and Bylaws of the Ma
tional Council.
Copy of the "Congregationalist."
Copy of the &C. E. World,"; of the
"Well-spring and Pilgrim Visitor; of
"The prohibition Almanac" and copy
of the "Wlliston Herald" and evil
iston Graphic" of last week. A ten
cent piece with the name Bryan carv-
ed on-presented by Mr.. and Mrs. J.
O. Seibert. Two coppers-one found
with the box at Rawson's Hardware
and one put in by the pastor.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
FAIL TO FILE
PETITIONS
THEATRE MAN TO RUN AGAINST
d. C.. DORMAN FOR STREET
COMMISSIONER

Minot, Oct. 1.-The only names to
appear on the ballot at the recall cleo
ton in Minot on Oct 18th will be
those of M. J. Wilson, Pres. N. Davis,
Police Commissioner w. S Shaw,
Police Magistrate John Lynch and
Street Commissioner Dewey Dorman,
the socialists having failed to file
petitions for new candidates with the
city auditor at least 20 days before
the date of the election, as required
by law. ..
The petition of ]. M. Wilson, pro-
prietor of the Orpheum theatre, to run
for street commissioner against Dor
man was filed with City Auditor A.
D. Hagenstein, according to law. But
the socialists evidently forgot.
However, the socialists can still put
their men in the running by using the
"sticker" system or writing in the
names of the men they favor, at the
election.
The petition of J. NJ. Wilson con-
tained 1913 names, which was more
than enough.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
ANNUAL FESTIVAL

The Salvation Army will hold its
Annual Harvest Festival services and
sale on the night of October IL and
13, 1913, and we solicit the help of
everyone in this Special Thanksgiving
services. Anything in line of mer-
chandise that can be sold and made
into cash will be thankfully received.
We believe every citizen will help to
give into this worthy effort. 1t will
help the local to carry on it's work
here, and this effort has become so
we'll known to everyone, that every
one will donate something. The goods
will be sold by auction on Monday
evening, October 13, 1913, at the
Army Hall, west Broadway. Every
body invited.
Ensign Bacon and Capt. Mclean,
officers in charge.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
TEAM OF OXEN
DISAPPEARED
SHERIFF ON TRAIL OF FINE
TEAM OF CATTLE WHICH
DISAPPEARED

Sheriff Erickson left Williston
Thursday morning for Gladys to take
up the search for fine team of oxen
which disappeared from the farm Of
a man by the name of Smith last
Tuesday evening. As soon as the cat
tie were missed the owner searched
the neighborhood for them and fail
ing to find any trace came to Will
liston and got the sheriff. The cattle
were fat and the owner thinks that
they may have been stolen, driven to
some railway camp north and butcher
ed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
WORK STARTED

Work has been started on the base
ment of the new Catholic church on
First avenue west. The fine new
church will be erected on lot south
of the Library, and near the new Con-
gregational church. It is planned to
finish the foundation this fall, and
push the building to rapid completion
early next spring. This new edifice
will be fine big brick structure, and
will add a great deal to that section
Of the city, in addition to affording
the members of that church q modern
building for their services.
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WILLIAM C. LYNCH

Inc sudden death OF william u
Lynch, proprietor of the Great Nor
thern Cafe, was announced in our
last issue and herewith are given q
few additional particulars regarding
the deceased.
William c.. Lynch was born at New
port, r. l., February %, 1861, and
was therefore past 50 years at the
time of his death. He lived in New
York state for number of years, at
Ogdensburg, before coming to North
Dakota. BY profession Mr.. Lynch
was a civil engineer, and came to Will
liston in that capacity in 1907 in con-
nection with the government: reclama-
tion project then under course Of con-
struction. He continued in the gov
ernment engineering service until
about four years ago, when he pur-
chased the Great Northern Cafe,
which he managed until the time of
his death.
He was a member of the Knights
of Columbus Lodge, and member
and Secretary of Williston Lodge OF
Elks.
The funeral services were held at
St. Joseph Catholic church Friday
morning and the remains were ship
ped to Ogdensberg, N. D., accompan-
led by Mrs. Lynch. The two lodges,
of which the deceased was a proml-
nent member, attended the services
in a body. Mrs. T. A. Mckay accom-
panied Mrs. Lynch as far as Chicago
"Bill" Lynch had host Of friends
in Williston, who could scarcely req
lize that he had passed so suddenly
For Mrs. Lynch, his widow, there is
much sympathy upon this sad occa-
sion from the wide circle Of friends
1t is understood that Mrs. Lynch will
return to Williston with her father,
Mr.. Dunn, to make her home and WIFE
continue to operate the cafe.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT

Braddock, Oct. 1.-Ermie Rumler
either suicided or accidently shot
himself at Temvik. He and two or
three others had been drinking the
evening before.
He and his uncle and another man
had retired to room above the pool
hall. About o'clock he started down
stairs and his revolver was discharg-
ed, the bullet going through his head.
It is not know whether he purposely
shot himself or accidentally discharg-
ed the weopon.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
APPOINTMENT
CONFIRMED
.A.MANSFIELD'S APPOINTMENT
AS RECEIVER CONFIRMED
BY SENATE

An associated press dispatch from
Washington under date of Monday,
September 80, states that the ap-
pointment of Chas. A. Mansfield, as
receiver of the Williston land Office,
was confirmed by the u. S. Senate.
The appointment was sent to the
senate several weeks ago. Mr.. Mans
field states that he has not yet re-
ceived official notice of his confirma-
ion as receiver.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
TO LEAVE WILLISTON

The Rev. John J. Cowan, of St..
Peters Episcopal church, who has
been in charge here for some time,
has been transferred from this Mis-
sionary District of North Dakota, to
the Clergy staff of the Bishop of Sac
ramento, California. Rev Cowan will
leave here the latter part of this
month and will assume his new duties
on October l.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
OTHER WINNERS

Other residents of Williston who
drew numbers in the Fort Peck Land
drawing, and which were not an
nounced in our last issue are:-E. T.
Taylor, w. S. Arthur, Robert Kuboska,
w. W. Lykom, A. J. JUL, Sophia Har
ris, E. A. Fox, N. A. Bottom and Chas.
E. Boyle.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
BOYD CASE DISMISSED

Alexander, Oct. William Boyd
was given preliminary hearing Mon
day before Justice of the Peace Hin
man on the charge Of keeping for sale
Intoxicating liquors as a beverage.
States Attorney Converse appeared
for the state and A. J. Bessie of Will
liston represented the defendant. The
court held there was insufficient evil
dence on which to hold the defendant
so the case against him was dismissed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
READ THIS

Planto Silk underwear and Hosiery
is worn exclusively by men, and
women who want the best there is,
both in comfort and wearing quality.
Special styles for large figures. Mrs.
E. Flint, agent, Williston Music Co.,
427 Main St. 1w-15. Adv.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
NOTICE

l have been under the doctors care
for the past few weeks, but am again
able to be out and do auctioneering
as usual. Phone me at my expense
from Williston, long and l short line
10. w. w. Keltner, Williston. 1w15
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
JACKSON HOME

J. w. Jackson, of the state board of
control, arrived home the first Of the
week to spend few days. Mr.. Jack
son has been absent for five weeks,
which time was spent visiting various
state institutions.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02
LADIES

For exclusive styles in Fur Coats
Fur Sets-Cloth and other coats and
suits see Mrs. Flint, Agent, Williston
Music Co., APT Main St. 1w-15. Adv.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02

Without doubt The Jefferson is the
consumate motorcycle. Let us tell YOU
why. f. c. Henry, Williston. adv
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1913-10-02

The Fairview gun club is now in ex-
istence with large membership.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28
WILL KNOWN PHYSICIAN
ON BOARD OF EDUCATION

Washington, d. c., June 2O.-
The appointment of DIR. Greed w.
Childs as a member of the Board
of Education for the District of
Columbia gives general satisfaction
TO ts5~Iace He succeeds Lawyer
K. R. Horner, and the term is for
three years, beginning July 1.
DR.. Childs is native OF Ala
bama, but has long been resident
of Washington and has been ac-
lively identified with every move
ment looking to the educational,
religious, commercial and social
and civic uplift of the people of
this community. He has served
capably in many positions of pub
lie trust, and perhaps no man IN
the nations capital is more wide
ly known, and certainly none is
more highly respected or better
loved by all classes. He has been
physician to the poor of the dis
trict; sanitary and food inspector
of the Health Department, and
medical inspector of the contag-
ious disease department.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28
LEVY ACT IS NOT
AFFECTED BY DECISION

The decision of the United
States Supreme Court, handed
down a few days ago, which de-
clared the Civil Rights Act of 1875
unconditional and not applica BILE
to Federal territory or navigable
waters of the United States, is var
iously regarded by Negro citizens
of New York and elsewhere.
That it does not affect the Civil
Rights acts of New York and 9TH
er States where such laws are on
the statutes is now generally known
despite the attempts of the New
York World, New York Tribune
and other papers to confuse their
readers with the issues involved.
The point was decided in the
case of Mary F. Butts of Everett,
Mass, who sued the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Com
pany for damages under the law
because she was required TO eat at
a second table and use soiled linen
on a "Trip from Boston to Norfolk,
on an occasion when she held a
first-class ticket. She averred that
she was Disseminated against SOLE
ly because of her color
In announcing the courts deois-
ion Justice Van Devanter said
that Congress had not intended to
to legislate separately for the
States, must be held invalid in all
respects.
There were two Civil Rights
bills. One was an act designed to
carry out the intention of the Thir-
teenth Amendment to the Consti-
tuition, prohibiting slavery, which,
it was alleged, the Southern States
were attempting to nullify by pub
lie conyeyances, hotels and thea.
ters.
There were five test cases in the
Supreme Court of the constitu-
tionality of the second bill, decid-
ed in one group, October term
1893. Two of them were for hotel
discrimination, two for theatre dis
crimination, and one for railroad
discrimination.
The court held that certain Sec
tions of the law were unconstitu-
tional as applied to States, not be-
ing founded on either the Thir-
teenth or four teen.h Anne ndments.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

Washington, D. G, June l9.-
Representative James B. Aswell,
of Louisiana, has introduced a bill
in the house having for its object
the segregation of whites and Ne
groes employed in government Of
fees. The bill provides that in all
executive departments, white
clerks or employees shall not be re-
quired to occupy the same Office
or work room with clerks or en-
ployes of African blood or descent.
nor shall any white clerk or en-
ploye be placed under the order or
supervision of any person of Afri-
can blood or descent. Also that in
the railway mail service, white
clerks shall not, except in cases of
emergency. be ordered to-duty in
the same mail car with postal
cleks of African blood or descent.
Legislation also is sought by some
of the Southern Democratic men,
bers of Congress for the purpose
of separating whites and Negroes
on the street cars in the district of
Columbia. In some of the govern
ment departments, particularly
those under the jurisdiction of
Southern Democrats, the process
of segregating the whites and Ne
groes has already commenced, with
out waiting for legislation to COM
pei it. In the postoffice depart
ment for instance, the work of
segregation commenced very
soon after Postmaster General
Burleson assumed charge. and it
is now so we'll under way that seq
regation has practically been ac-
complished, aud the Negro en-
ployes work in rooms in which Lo
white employees are on duty.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

Talking about race progress, Fur,
long Tract, four block section OF
Los Angeles, valued at S375, 900,
is owned by colored people. 1t has
four stores, two churches, bakery
and has many colored machinist,
laborers and contractors. Adding
$4,000 personal property to the
realty, the Negroes of this section
own a total of S45O,0O0 worth of
this worlds goods.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

A generation and a half of free.
dom may not have taught the col
ored man all of the white man S
virtues, but there were few Ne
groes a generation ago who owned
homes or horses, who could read
and write, who had any thought
beyond the crude comfort of the
moment. Some of the hopes and
ideals of the time Immediately fol-
lowing emancipation and enfran-
chisement have faded for the rural
colored man, but he is slowly ac-
curing a new racial outlook and n
new racial outlook and new self
respect. A Negro farmer died re-
Gently in rich wheat growing
region of northern Delaware leav-
ing fortune of $4,000 in lands
and live stock, family of children
to whom he had given a fair edu-
cation and notions of thrift and Il
reputation among his white neigh
bors of Icing absolutely honest
and as respectable as any man of
any color.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28
NO 43
r ACE NE WS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

among the colored people of the
District of Columbia and the
south. The National Capital is to
be the first city where the colored
Salvationist are to work. In
charge of the work among the col
ored people of Washington will be
AdJutant G. n. Roberts, who will
be assisted by two officers, to be
assigned later. Among the plans
of the army for the uplift of col
ored people is tre erection of an
industrial home for down and
OUT colored men; while a colored
training school is also contemplat-
ed fof the near future. The school
according to present plans, is to
be built either in Washington or
some central southern point. This
school, it is stated, is to be under
the exclusive management of col
ored instructors, and it is planned
to conduct it along the same lines
as those that have been successful
followed by DR.. Booker I. Wash
ington at Tuskegee.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

Springfield, Mass, June IL
The Illinois Legislature has pass
ed a bill appropriating $4,000 for
the holding of an exposition in
1915 to commemorate the fiftieth
anniversary of the issuance of the
Emancipation Proclamation. The
consensus of opinion is that at the
next session another appropriation
will be made to further the work
of the commission.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

Aunt Lefty Garner, colored, 1O6
years, three months and 16 days
old, whose friends claim she was
the oldest woman in Dauphin
county died at Harris burg, Pa , at
the city aims house. She came to
Harrisburg in 1868, after she was
liberated from a plantation in Nir-
ginia. Her friends were able to
tell her axact age, as the master of
the pantation on which she work
ed kept a record of all births
among his slaves.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28
NEGRO CHAUFFEURS NO
LONGER DESIRED
(From New York Commercially

Negro chaffeurs no longer are
permitted within the petrol-havor-
ed precincts of many of the best
garages of New York and each day
sees accessions to the list of these
auto-storage places where the
brother in black is not wanted
The chauffeur may be only quad
room, an octoroon even, but stand
ing firmly by the adage "a niger
is Niger even if you white-wash
him" the garage proprietors refuse
sanctuary to the machine he drives.
Whether the white chauffeurs
are bandC d together in league
against the black is not clear, but
certain it is that gnrage proprie-
tors are daily inviting auto owners
with Negro chauffeurs to store
their machines elsewhere. ''If |
keep your machine, zone auto-own-
er was informed, 81 shall lose six
or eight now stored here. It's a
business matter with me-"
Really things are coming to a
pretty pass here in the North.
New York City's Negro popula-
tion is growing steadily, and as
fast as he is driven from one occu-
patton the black is entering those
fields which, either because they
are new OF because hitherto they
have been occupied entirely by
whites, have not yet been closed to
him. From the housebuilding
trades and the mechanical fields
he is largely excluded. The chau-
ffeur is a development of the past
ten years and it is only lately that
he has become a factor. Office
work thus far is limited to Office
boy and messenger service, but if
this thing keeps up he will devel-
op into a bookkeeper, Office man
ager or cooperation director, while
his sister will be seeking employ
ment as hello girl or stenogra-
pber. But the sence of justice so
strongly characteristic of the white
brother in this neck of the woods
will soon see 10 it that the Negro
wins the privilege of holding down
any position which the white man
does not need, provided the Negro
understands that the white man is
entitle d to every available job in
every line of work.
The South handles its problems
in its own way and there the
"downtrodden" black seems really
contented with the fact that no
protest ever is made that he is in
vading the white mans fields. He
keeps to his own, but the southern
white man has arranged matters
so that there is work for every Ne
gro wko will work. The house
building trades, the mechanical
fields and occupations of many
kinds are open TO him, while the
fact that socially and otherwise he
is kept apart has developed large
and growing field of financial and
commercial endeaver in which the
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

Establishment of a Negro uni
versity in the North was the prin-
cipal consideration of the New
England Baptist convention in
session at Washington. The con.
vention went over the question of
TIE proposed institution and voted
$4,000 toward its endowment
fund. The convention also issued
an address to the country decrying
the existence of race prejudice.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

better minds and hands find profit
able employment. The Negro
banker, real estate operator, retail
er, lawyer, physician, dentist and
publisher are found in every south
ern town, and Negro board of
trade can usually be found doing
its part in the promotion of CON-
munity interests.
But then, everybody knows that
the south mistreats its Negroes
while the north calls him "mister"
and sympathizes.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28
Hearty Dutch saIutatIon.

The Dutch are exceedingly sparing
of words, but their God bless you! af
ter someone has sneezed is both quick
and hearty. That sneezing is an evil.
the bad effects of which can be averted
by prayer, is an almost worldwide su-
perstition, but as colonizers the Dutch
had particular opportunity to test its
universality. Sneezing is taken more
seriously in Holland than anywhere
else.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28
JACK JOHNSON
GRANTED APPEAL

Chicago, June 23.-An appeal
from the verdict which sentenced
him to year in prison for viola
ton of the Mann white slave act
was granted Jack" Johnsnn, the
Negro pugilst, by Judge Carpen-
ter. in the United States district
court here today.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28

Commander Eva Booth Cf the
Salvation Army of America has
commissioned six colored officers
of the army, to work exclusively
The Colorado statesman., 1913-06-28
COIored Men S
Department OF
The Y. II. c. A.

being ready to make their pay
ments to Mr.. Patrick when he
calls, or else by sending checks di-
rect to Mr.. S. A. Bondurant,
whose address is 6 E. 18th Avenue,
City.