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The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Claims Contract was Broken.

Council Bluffs, Sept. 30.-Claiming
that Frank J. Laughlin. formerly a
Pullman car conductor, had signed a
contract waving all claims for dam
ages for death or injuries, the Pull
man company has brought suit In the
federal court here asking that he be
restrained from prosecuting a suit he
filed at Independence, Mo-. for $4,000
damages for injuries, alleged to have
been received In wreck last March.
The suit is against the Union Pacific
Railroad company and Pullman peo-
pie assert their interest Ia the case
10 that thoy hare unidentified the rail.
road against claims from ia EN-
ployees.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Quarrel Over Woman,

Des Moines, Sept. Bop. A. Flynn
was fired upon three times shortly
after midnight this morning by man
said to be George Shelly, one OF his
roomers. One of the bullets struck
Flynn in the back, inflicting serious
wound. A quarrel over a woman is
said by the police to be responsible
for the shooting . Sheely is reported
to have shot three times at Flynn,
one bullet entering the left side OF
his back under the shoulder blade and
coming out near the back bone. After
firing the shots, Shelly witnesses
say. went to his room and took the
shells out of his gun and left the
house. When the police arrived he
was not to be found. Sheely came to
Des Moines from Pella and is EN-.
ployed as porter at Huser's saloon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
HORSES

You are especially requested to make
entries at Mahaska Fall Festival, OF
October 9Th, of draft horses, colts,
farm teams (horses or mules), driving
or saddle horses, also ponies. In all,
there are about seventy-five different
premiums offered. No entry fee. Free
stable room at Beeman's or Mcclure
barn. Good treatment. Stock must
be entered before 8 O'Clock on Wednes.
day of next week, and is not released
until after parade on afternoon of the
same day. The judge in this depart.
ment will be Prof. Rex Beresford, OF
Ames. Street on west side of public
square will be roped off and used for
live stock exhibit field.
Live Stock Committee
j. G. LYTLE. Chairman.
H BARNES.
w ftfI. N TAYEOR. VI
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Farmers Are Mulcted.

Kamrar, Sept. 3O.-Officials are
looking for two men who secured a
large sum of money from farmers in
this vicinity on the strength of their
claim that they were agents of the
Orphans Home in Des Moines. They
drove bay team and went from
house to house and nearly every one
of them gave them money. Agents
of the Home in Des Moines say they
have no such agents travelling in this
vicinity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
IOWA
PROMOTERS meet
FLOCK WILD cANARlEs BLINDED
BY CITY LIGHTS AT KEokuk.
SLICKAGeNTS(7)MULCT FARMERS
Quarrel Over Woman May Prove Fa-
tai at pes Moines--Wife Of Mason
City Cigar Dealer Wants an Ae-
counting-LandIord Robbed.

Des Moines. Sept. 30.--Fred Beck.
man, head of the department of Jour
nallsm of Ames State college, Fl. H.
Harwood, head of the publicity de.
partment of Iowa City State Univers.
ity, and Howard Fl. Whitley, press
agent for the State Fair Board, met
at noon today in the Des Moines club
with Ralph Bolton, secretary OF the
Greater Des Moines Committee, to
talk over the plans of the latter body
to advertise the state. Over 200
newspapers in the state have agreed
to devote at least a page a month to
advertising the state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Wife Wants An Accounting.

Mason City, Sept 30.-Joseph Ed
munds was surprised when he was
served with. a. writ Oh. of attachment
holding $500 worth of property pend
ing settlement with his wife. Mrs
Pollak, the wife, resides in Chicago
Since 1892 she says she has earned
by keeping boarders and doing wash.
ings at night $1,000, which has been
expended in the support of three chill.
dren, one of whom is a deaf mute.
Edmunds, or Pollak, is well known
here. He is the proprietor of the
cigar business at the Cecil hotel. He
is said to own land in South Dakota
worth $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
CRICKET

Mahaska Fall Festival next week.
w. A. Johnson is under the doctors
care with very sore foot, caused by
having corn removed while he was
in Des Moines.
Mrs. Tom Albers has returned from
a pleasant visit with her sister in Ill.
inois.
Cricket mines are working every
day.
Harve Mcdowell spent Sunday at
home with his parents.
Sept 81. II.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Arrested Eor AduItery.

LeMars, Sept. S0.-Mrs. Ed Pendle-
ton and Jam esRobertson were arrest
ed at Vail and brought back here to
LeMars by Sheriff Maxwell on a
charge of adultery. Both are in jail.
Mrs. Pendleton is the wife of well
known farmer living in the west part
of the county and is the mother of
seven children. She eloped with Rob-
ertson, who is her cousin. two weeks
ago. Her husband condoned a for.
mer offense but says he will prose.
cute this case.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Tomato PACK Cut Short.

The frost last week put crimp in
the tomato crop in this section, which
promised good despite the drouth. II
the frost had been postponed three
or four weeks the crop would have
been close to normal, but as II is
the pack at the Anderson canning
works will not be more than one-third
of the usual volume. Some toma.
toes that were in weedy patches or
In, protected places escaped and IRE
still being delivered. hut they are
comparatively lew. a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Railway cashierM issinn.

Keokuk. Sept. 3O-Charles Warner,
cashier for the Rock Island freight
department, has been missing from
Keokuk since the middle of last week
Auditors of the company are now
checking up his books. The railroad
officials refuse to say anything fur
Their, other than Warner left suddenly
and that they know nothing OF ms
whereabouts,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Horse Killed; Auto DAMAGED.

Mason City, Sept. 30.--0ne horse
was killed and two men were near
death this afternoon when the driv-
ing horse OF Silas Parker, a farmer,
plunged into an auto driven by Clar-
ence Mabie. The auto was nearly de.
molished, but Mabie was not badly
hurt. Parker escaped with few
bruises. The horse had been fright
ened.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Flock of Canaries Blinded.

Keokuk, Sept. 30.-A flock of wild
canaries on their way south became
blinued by the lights of the city last
night and settled in yards and on
houses in droves. Their chirping
and peeps brought people to their
doors to witness the sight. The
birds were evidently flying low and
had struck the lighted belt and were
blinded. A number of the birds we're
easily captured
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
CORN.

We urge upon every raiser to make display of
Seed Corn Mahaska Fall Festival Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of next week. No entry fee. Cash pre-
mums splendid exhibit quarters (the Schee garage
buding.) Corn remains your property We are working
hard get big display of corn. Will you not help us
in this audabe effort by bringing in Corn for display?
Please telephone member of the committee that you
have the Corn already selected "Korn is King.
Corn Committee:
A. R. HELLINGS, Chairman
w. l. RICE,
E. T. HANNA.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02

are: President, Mrs. Mamie Clark;
vice president, Martin Wiser; secre.
tary and treasurer, Winnifred Lock
wood. There are five schools in the
township. Two report cradle rolls
and one home department.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Harold. of Os.
kaloosa, spent Saturday night and
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
RIVE RSIDE,

The Jefferson Township Sunday
school convention was well attended.
The program was of interest to all.
Two cornet solos were given by C. L.
Farmhouse, Calvary and Serenade,
The music always attracts. The Off.
GERS chosen for the following year
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-02
Robbed Their Landlord.

Boone. Sept, 3O.-Tony Brediska
and Frank Lipounous were arrested
at Ogden, charged with stealing
money from their landlord and bury
ing it in an old sock in the yard. The
money has been found. 1t amounted
to several hundred dollars and was
to be used to pay off mortgage.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06
ADAILY
NEWSPAPER

prospect of a life time service.
Leaders who wish a daily news
paper should begin missionary
work. among their own tribe
The daily newspaper field is Gov
cred by our white contemporaries.
They furnish news and that is
what the average colored man
wants when he buys-a daily paper.
A white publishing company sells
it's product at the minimum price
of one cent to both white and col
ored people and a colored publish
ing company would be forced to
sell it's product at the minimum
price to colored people, who do
not want it and to white people
who would read one copy as a
curiosity.
In Southern localities some col
ored folks will send lone of the
children" a mile to borrow a paper
that costs a penny to be delivered
at the rural free delivery letter
box, just as they do now i'll order
to read colored journal at from
Sl.O0 to $1.50 per year.
Anyone who can figure out the
wisdom, then, or at least the fnan-
cial advantage of publishing a
metropolitan daily journal for col
ored folks must be as wise as Sol
omon and as inquisitive as the
Queen of Shebd.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

1t is said that a bunch of Negro
postmasters may grow out of the
new system of appointing these of.
ficials through competitive civil
service examination, in which the
best man is supposed to win the
plum regardless of race, color,
creed or politics. The leaders are
advising educated colored men
North and South to enter the ex-
nations and take their chances
with all other citizens. If the
principle of the survival of the
httest' is lived up to, there is no
doubt that some Negroes will be
able to get by"
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

on through the State Department
at Washington. Mr.. York is in
Washington looking after his
transportation and other matters.
The new lieutenant in Liberian
Frontier Forces is 30 years old
and was born in Springfield, Ill.
He saw four years service in the
Philippines, short time in Cuba,
and has travelled extensively in the
West. He is graduate of the
scientific department of Wilber-
force University. While at the
institute ho was connected with
the military department and was
captain of Company B for two
years.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06
NEW BUILDING
FOR TUSKEGEE

Tuskegee Institute, Ala, Nov.
2S.-Dr. Booker Il. Washington's
work is still having it's influence
felt in the East. Another new
building will adorn the campus.
Two friends in New York City
have just provided the money with
which to erect and equip an up-to-
date building at the Tuskegee In
stitute, to be used for the purpose
of canning products of the insti-
tuition aud teaching students the
latest and best methods of canning
all kinds of garden and farm pro-
ducts.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06
.OKLA LAHOMA NEGROES
lUPED BY |MpOSTOR

Clearview, Okla, Nov. 25.--The
Negroes of this section are being
fooled out of their money by an
alleged African from Gold Coast,
Africa, by the name of Alfred G.
San rs, and who represents him
self as the chief of the Guinne
Tribe in Africa, on an African col
onization scheme. He is going
from community TO community
preaching immigration back to Al
RIGA and telling the ignorant that
they can get transportation there
and land and concessions on the
payment of S25. He assures them
that the $25 they pay gives them
an interest in the $4,000 ship
that is to be purchased to carry
them to Africa.
Many are too ignorant to realize
that a $4,000 ship would not be
seaworthy for voyage across the
ocean, or that concessions in Gold
Coast are the property OF foreign
nations and not Chief Sans to
give. Many ignorant Negroes,
some of them old and decrepit, are
selling out their homes and lands
at great sacrifi ce in order to raise
as much money for this alleged
African imposter as possible. 1t
is tragical TO observe how blindly
they follow this imposter.
AT meeting here Wednesday,
attended by the ignorant members
of that race, $4,000 in one day
was raised and turned over by
these ignorant dupes to the man
ayers of this immigration scheme,
and other communities are pour
ing their savings into it. They
idolize this imposter as If he was
reincarnated. Many who are op-
posed to the movement believe
that white men are behind it, and
it is but another scheme to secure
profitable lands from ignorant land
owners. Chief Sam is reaping a
rich harvest in s ,uthwestern Ok
lahoma, and this monumental fake,
when he leaves Oklahoma, will
have left many poor Negro in
poverty who before his coming
owned a farm or homestead.
The "Back to Africa" movement
is mulcting ignorant. Negroes OF
this section out of thousands of
dollars. The people are selling at
a sacrifice, their old homes and
farms.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

1t was a graceful and merited
tribute to the fidelity and long ser
vice of Mr.. Archibald Lewis that
five justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States attended his
funeral last Saturday. They were
Chief Justice Howard Douglass
White, Justices Willis Vandeven-
ter, Joseph Lamar, William r.
Day and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The exercises took place at the
home of Mr.. Lewis, 426 M.
street Northwest, and the people
who came to honor the deceased
far exceeded the capacity of the
place. The justices remained
throughout the services, mingling
freely with the host of friends who
passed in and out 10 pay their re-
spects and to say a word of condo
lence to the bereaved family. Mr..
Lewis had been connected with
the Supreme Court as official rober
and general attendant for sixty
four years, having been appointed
in 1949 during the incumbency of
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
He had an enviable record for ef-
ticiency and fidelity, and all of the
long line of justices were fcnd of
him. He was one of the pillars of
St Lulle's Protestant Episcopal
church. He was freed long be-
fore the beginning of the Civil
War. Archie Lewis was a man
of great character said Justice
Vandeventer He had wonder
full disposition and endeared him
self TO my associates and myself
by his unfailing courtesy and kind
ness of heart. He was one of the
best Informed men l have ever
met and possesses a momory of
faces, Incidents and historical facts
that was little short of marvellous.
He filed his place at the court up
to few days ago, and his death
after so brief an illness was as sad
as it was unexpected. Such men
as Archie Lewis are credit to the
nation, as we'll as to lis race. He
was faithful to every tust. He
will not soon be forg ,tten."
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06
MONEY WE'LL SPENT

Enough money to priut and dis
tribute ten million copies of the
speech of Judge Kavanaugh on
the American Negro would be
money well spent. Ten million
white men, who think, ohght to
find this speech in their mail some
morning. The speech was deliv-
cred before the Irish American
Society, aud should be a good
reason for sending the Judge to
Congress.-Pythian Monitor.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

| LYNCHING SLIGHTLY
DECREASING

At the end of six months of the
present year there had been "a
lynchings, At the end of 10
months ( November y there had
been 45 lynchings, a reduction of
four as compared with the same
period for 1912. Within the past
four months-July, August, Sep
tember and October-since [ last
called attention to the subject,
there have been 21 lychings, max
ing a total, as / have said, of 45
lynchings for 10 months. Of this
number only seven individuals, or
Is per cent. were charged with
rape.
1t is worth while, l think, ito
note few typical cases for which
human life was taken by a mob.
July 27, Negro, at Dunbar, Ga,
supposed to be burglar, charged
with shooting the proprietor OF a
store. Also in July, two colored
farmers were lynched near German
town, Ky. The commercial APP
peal, the leading white newspaper
of Tennessee, in commenting up
on the lynching said: 1.-Two ap-
parently inoffensive Negroes, good
farm hands, real wealth producers,
were ssassinated. No motive
was assigned for the lynching.
The Commercial Appeal further
said: "As far as any one knows,
they were quiet, orderly people. "
August Is, the Sheriff at Spar
tanburg, S. c., in spite of the fact
that dynamite was used, prevent
ed mob from lynching Negro
accused of assaulting a white wo-
man. He was tried later before a
white jury and fonnd not guilty.
August %, a half-witted Negro
near Birmingham, Ala, for frigh-
tening women and children.
August 25, Negro accused of
MURDER at Greenville, Ga. A few
days later another Negro was ar
rested and confessed. An inno-
cent man had been lynched.
August 27, Negro at Jennings,
La, for striking an Italian mer
chant who had swept dirt on the
Negro's shoes as he was passing
the store.
In 10 months, as stated above,
40 persons have been put to dealh
by mob law. A reduction of the
number of lynchings by four,
though small, means something
in the way of IA higher civilization.
BOOKER Il. WASHINGTON.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

Washington, D c.. Nov. 20
William H. York of Chicago, has
been appointed lieutenant in Lii
berian Frontier Forces by the Lii
berian Government at IA salary of
81, 200 year. Mr.. York was Sc
lected for the position upon the
recommendation of Major Charles
Young, military attache at Mon
rovia. Negotiations were carried
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

The following editorial appear
ed in the Richmond, Planet:
The New York Age expresses
the opinion that when there is an
honest demand for daily news
paper for colored people, that de-
mand will produce an honest sup
ply We are of the opinion that
this is self evident declaration OF
a truth. The colored leaders of
the country should agitate the
subject and produce this demand.
No citizen with money, be he col
ored or white can be expected to
invest money in a losing enter
prise.
This kind of hysteria, however,
exists in many of the publishers
of colored journals, who wear
themselves and their families out
in the effort to serve an unappreci.
ative people. 1t may be taken as
a fact that the New York Age will
publish a daily edition of that
journal when it's present business
grows and an inviting field for the
investment of capital in daily
newspaper is seen in the distance
through the journalistic telescope.
Most theorists who advocate the
establishment of daily journal do
SO under the impression that it
would do a great deal of good in
the way of combating existing pre-
judices against our people. This
is all true, but we must count the
cost A daily paper will not do it
alone. 1t must be an influential,
we'll edited, we'll patrouized paper
and with large subscribing and
advertising constituency to sup
port it.
Where are these to be obtained? :?
Colored people of wealth are the
''stingiest" folks on the globe
when it comes to the support of
not only race newspaper, but race
enterprises of any kind. They
have a weakness for spending their
money where it is not only not
needed but ofttimes where it is not
wanted.
This comes as a result of two
hundred and fifty years of training
in racial dist1ust, and some of the
best of us are afflicted with this
"fever." Daily newspaper grave
wards" are to be found both North
and South among the colored peo-
ple and the mourners who invest
ed in them are still in the land.
A race journal may be likened to
an electric lamp. 1t is charg-
ed to last twelve months
with Intermittent use, and about
one month with constant burning.
Change the New York Age from
weekly journal 10 a daily and
with our present guessing as to its
financial backing, it would last
about six months as against the
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06
Business, Not Friendship.

The friendship that keeps II "er
and is always balancing accounts Is
not friendship at all. The lear that
one may give more to his brother than
he receives from him, that must have
every favor returned as though it
were loan, every gift, visit, invita-
ton, even expression of affection. paid
back in kind-tbat may be pleas
ant business proposition, but it has no
claim to be called friendship.-Great
Thoughts
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 20
The Montgomery Journal, one of
the leading white daily papers in
this part of the country, devoted
10 columns recently to showing
the progress of black people in the
State of Alabama in advertising
their various business enterprises
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

Greensboro, N. c., Nov. 25.-On
Friday, November 2l, the Odell
Hardware Company, reported to
be the largest hardware firm in
the South, closed and draped its
doors in memory of it's old and
faithful colored employe, Robert
Harris. When consideration. is
given to the Importance of this
firm, its extensive business and
its large force and that all of this
work has been suspended to pay
respect to a Negro, the citizens
here see in this a very rare exam
pie of overlooking color and Civ
ing recognition to merit.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06
Duty PIainest at First Sight.

There is nothing like the first
glance we get at duty, before there
has been any special pleading of our
affections or inclinations. Duty is
never uncertain at first. 1t is only
after we have got involved in the
mazes and sophistries of wishing that
things are otherwise than they are,
that it seems indistinct. Considering
a duty is often explaining it away.
W. Robertson
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

The $4,000 Colored Pythian
Temple at Evansville, Ind, will be
ready for occupancy in December.
The first, or ground floor, will have
a motion picture theatre and store
rooms, the second floor will have
office rooms and an auditorium,
while the third floor will be fitted
up with lodge rooms.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06

Louisville, KY, Nov. 25.-Be-
cause they were being forced to
ride in tie same compartments
with Negroes while travelling be-
tween Huntington, w. Va, and
Louisville over the @. & o. Rail-
road, James Malone and john Nc
Carly were each given judgment
for $3.50 damages in Judge
Smiths court last week. The Pc
titions alleged that in being COM
PEELED to ride in the same com
partment with Negroes the rail
road violated the separate coach
law of Kentucky.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-12-06
Crea.t is Lus.
farms.

a man believes he is a hero If he
amuses a baby for three minutes. But
he never gives a mother credit for
amusing it "a hours DAY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-15
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Yesterdays southwestern storm cen
ter has moved from Kansas to Min
nesota and another barometric depres-
sion which has developed over west
ern Canada is central over northern
Alberta and northern Saskatchewan.
These disturbances have been attend
ed By precipitation on the north Pacific
coast in the northern Rocky mountain
actions. and from the eastern Rocky
mountain slope and the Missouri and
Mississippi valleys and the lake re-
gion to the north Atlantic coast
Thunderstorms occurred in the Mis-
souri, and upper Mississippi valleys and
the lake region. An area of relatively
high pressure and cooler weather is
central over western Nebraska and
western Kansas, and the barometers
are also about normal on the Pacific
coast. The eastward movement Of