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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-12

some time with relatives In Sussex. Eng.
land.
'Armsiead Roston. Of Washington speut
the past weekend at tne home Of Judge
u. ; Turner with his mother. Mrs f. II.
Boston.
Miss Ann Scheduled Turner who has been
IN Providence ilospitai. IN Washington, un-
dergoing treatment returned TO Warrcnton
on Wednesday. accompanied By her parents
Judge and Mrs. T. S. Turner and is srcatiy
improved tn health
Mr.. and Mrs William stewart Of Balti-
more. are guests At Garter Hall
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Henry and Ensign
Alfrcd Rcrry. Miss Kerry, Mrs X Fiiley
and Miss Charlotte Fiiiey. who have hoen
guests ~ Carter iIHll loft tho past week
for Orange. Va, whore Tho, will spend some
time rs guests 1T Woo- ncrry Forest School
Mrs Archibald Randolph aud Mrs HARRY
Frost. OF Middcburs "a, we're recent vsi
tors 10 Warrcnton
,r John II. Hicks aud Mutcr Robcr,
Hicks. ''r. ~ Staten Island and Randolph
Hicks, Of Norfolk Va wore tho recent
guests OF pr II. I. Hicks II, his home on
Cuirerer Street. Master Rob-r, Hicks viii
remain IN Warrenton with his grandfather
for some time.
Miss Emily W. Fletcher is tho Eucs, ~
her sister. Mrs. Il. W. Cook, in Baltimore.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

Chicago, May 3l.-The stats
tics of the Missouri Bureau Of La
Dor show that out of 2SO.000 farms
il that state 3.753 are owned by
colored people, it is found that
they are represented by about l
per cent in value. whereas the col
ored population is about five per
cent of the whole. The report as
serts that nearly every colored
farmer of Missouri has hank ac-
count and is able TO take a vaca-
ton in one of the cities once or
twice year. The state maintain
at Jefferson City an Institution for
educating the colored men in agri-
culture.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY. JUNE l3, 1914

Improvement in business, | be-
lieve, depenes entirely on the
crops If the crops are good it will
bring about better business condi-
tions | can see no other pros
pect tot improvement. [ can not
see where it will come from. Peo-
pie have been too extravagant
They have heen spending too much
money and living too fast. What
is true of individuals is also true
oe nations which are but large col
lectlons of individuals. If ii ma
ton spends more money than it
can afford it will suffer the coGse-
quences, just like an individual.
There is no question but that the
people themselves.are to blame for
the present business depression. y
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
Why Africans
Are Not Bar
barianS

mains of these industries in the
locality to-day.
Professor Frobenius has found
sculptures in stone and terra Gotta
in Central Africa presenting strik.
ing analegles with Greek art. He
found ancient royal palaces of sol
id masonry in similar style.
These buildings had court yards
and galleries perfectly planned.
surmounted by heavy roofs and or
namenied with tiles. The inter
ior was admirably planned. In
some buildings he found Chris
tian influence in the form Of By
zantine decoration, grated on the
older local style.
The further he went into the
past the higher the civilization he
discovered. He found that the
Western Coast of Africa, today re-
garded as the most barbarous past
of the continent, possessed high
culture in ancient times. He be-
ieved that the same race inhabited
the country, but it was of a less
crude and servile type than at
,,recent He baliavac that civiIi
zation originated here and gradu-
ally passed toward the north.
The Northern races, forced by
their climate; developed the civili-
zaiion to the utmost for their own
benefit, while the Southern races,
tempted to idleness by a tropical
sun and fertile soil, gradually
abandoned themselves to idle
dreaming.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Ex Minister of Public Works, now
President and Director of the 3d.
ciety for the Establishment and
Maintenance of the Liberian In
dustrial Training Institution and
School, gave twenty. minute talk
Monday night in Cleveland Hall
Chapel. DR.. Barnes dwelt briefly
upon the history of Liberia, and
very forcibly brought to the atten-
tion of his audience the condition
of the aborigines. who comprise
seventy per cent of the population
of over a million and a half Ow-
ing to lack of funds no provision has
been made for taking civilization
back in the Hinterland to the
tribes there who are anxious to be
educated. DR., Barnes, expects
when he returns to Liberia, to es-
tablish elementary schools i'll suit
able centers and also IA higher in
dustrial school at some healthful
location in the Hinterland.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

Washington, d. G, June )
The Federal government is seek
ing by means of a case brought up
to the Supreme Court from Ala
bama, to prove that the Alabama
convict law permits peonage in
violation tc the Federal statute.
The test case is that of a colored
man named E. W. Fields, who was
convicted in Monroe County of
larceny. Failing to pay the fine,
j. A. Reynolds, ii plantation own
er, became surety for him. and, as
permitted by the Alabama law,
Fields contracted to work out the
Indebtedness during nine months
at the rate of $500 month and
keep. The government charges
that Reynolds later had Fields ar
rested for failing to complete the
contract. As result of the ar
rest, Fields, in court, entered into
contract to work fourteen months
for G w. Broughton, another
plantation owner Reynolds and
Broughton were indicted by the
Federal government but the Fed
eral District Court for Southern
Alabama held that peonage had
not been committed. The Su-
preme Court will probably hear
the appeal next October. The
disposition of this case, it is
thought will have an important
bearing on similar statutes in 9TH
er Southern States.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

Washington, d. c.. June B
Notwithstanding the pleadings of
Senator Simmons and Overman
and the threat of Collector Watts
to resign unless he had his way,
the civil service commission has
ruled that Cham bers, the coiored
ianitor of the federal building at
Statesville, N. c., whom Mr.. Watts
fired, some time ago in order to
make place for white man must
be reinstated and allowed full
pay tor the three months which
the collector forced him out Of his
job. Captain Gregory. who sue
ceeded Chambers, it is believed,
will be paid for the time he has
served, but Chambers must be re-
stored 10 his old job and his
full civil service standing.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
BOULDER NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Morrison and
Mrs. Mae of Denver spent Sunday
in Boulder, the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Reeves
Miss Ada Jones, a popular men,
Der of the younger set was among
those graduating from the grade
schools last week. -
Mr.. Mathews and Mr.. Henry
spent Sunday in Denver.
Mrs. Nicely, former resident of
Of Colorado but now residing in
Seattle, Wash, visited with Mrs.
W. M. Barnett and Mrs. M. Smith
Sunday.
We regret that the report of the
flood scare printed in the Denver
Star, last week gives such an erro-
neous impression, the wording
would cause one to infer that the
flood district is occupied wholly by
Negroes; whereas among the popu-
lation in radius of % blocks, who
were awakened and warned of their
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
DENVER PUPILS ABROAD.

q
Information reached us from Wash
ington, d. c., that Miss Susie B. Hall
who graduated from East Denver
High school two years ago, passed a
highly creditable examination in her
graduation from the Howard Normal
Teachers college, June 18th. She was
at the head of her class and made a
great impression on the faculty of the
kind of pupils that Denver sends to
represent her. Miss Hall speaks in
glowing terms of Howard University
and is preparing to take a position in
one of the schools of Muskogee, Okla,
after the holidays.
Miss Gladys Whitmier and Clarence
Holmes Jr.) have done good work
during their first term-the former
wining a valuable prize, taking first
place in the school in geometry, and
the latter making rapid strides in his
educational work as also in athletics,
where he won two medals in the an
nual track meet. Congratulations
from the Colorado Statesman and
abundant success.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

A patent has been issued to Ro-
bert Lewis on an automatic lantern,
specially designed for use of rail
roads, although it is to be used for
the various purposes for which
lanterns are ordinarily used. The
automatic works can be used, it is
said, on autos bicycles and safety
lanterns in mines, signal lights
on railroads, and can be lighted in
powder plants, if necessary, with
out danger The invention is re-
garded as a. valuable one.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

danger, there were not more than
eighteen families of Negroes.
Mr. Frank Hall of Denver was
in the city last week visiting his
parents Mr. and Mrs James Hall.
Mr. Lee Morrison and Mr.. Josh
ua Reeves are in Denver looking
after business interests.
Mrs. w. M. Barnett and MIR.
Curtis Harris will leave in a few
days for Estes Park.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
From the Atlanta Georgian.)

From the Atlanta Georgian
Recent discoveries OF Professor
Leo Frobenius the famous Ger
man explorer and acheologlst'
have proved that Africans are not
the ignorant barbarians we have
usually thought them TO be, They
proyethat a high degree of clyili-
cation combined with high artistic
ability has existed in various parts
of Africa and still exists today.
The objects collected by Froben-
ius have been placed on exhibition
in a museum in Berlin and have
excited great interest by their ar
tistic character.
The professor points out that
African art has a peculiar charac-
ter because the life of the African
is passed entirely indoors, whereas
the mental life of The European is
associated with the interior.
The objects are made directly
from natural material without
great artificial changes. This gives
them a primitive character, but
one thoroughly in harmony with
the material treated. Each mater
it.l has its special ornamentation.
The ornamentation used upon
wood is never the same as that
used upon iron, and so forth.
The professor has come to the
conclusion that the people OF Cen
trail Africa had communication
with the Ancient Greeks and with
the prehistoric civilized people OF
Europe and Asia. He argues that
from them we may learn much
about these prehistoric races.
The professor visited a very in
teresting workshop at Bids, a large
town of Western Central Africa.
There were Negro workmen en-
gagged in carving bars of crudely
prepared bronze into curious and
richly ornamented vases. The
system of distributing the work
was splendidly organized.
The native arts have degenerat-
ed terribly since the arrival of
large numbers of Europeans.
Many native artists used the cheap
metal brought from Europe instead
of the product of their own mines.
Others copy the cheap and vulgar
vases and other objects brought
from Europe. Bida, however, is
one place where native art contin-
ues to flourish healthily.
In the ancient ruined cities
along the banks of the Benody
River Frobenius found large guam
titles of ancient objects of art
beautiful statuettes of bronze and
wood, richly and curiously decora-
ted leaden articles. Nothing re-
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

Austin. Texas, May 30 -Ap-
prcximately 40 colored convicts,
mostly old timers, will be granted
pardons by Governor Colquitt on
June 10, Emancipation Day. The
list is now being prepared and the
records of the lucky ones are being
investigated by the board of par
don advisers Most of these con-
victs have no friend to intercede
for them and only their records to
recommend them for executive
clemency. In granting these par
dons on Emancipation Day the
governor is following a system
which he established when he be-
came governor of granting pardons
on Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

Chicago, June 9.-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals
today affirmed previous decision
reversing portions of decision of
the lower court which convicted
Jack johnson, of violating the
Mann white slave act. 1t was also
ordered that johnson be resenten-
ed. The Negro originally was
fined $1,000 and sentenced to II
year and day in the penitentiary.
He fled the country and is now in
France. In the petition for re-
hearing, the district attorney ar
gued that the lower court should
have been sustained in every in
stance.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
Daily Thought.

Never be unemployed, never be
triiingiy employed, never while away
tlme.-John Wesley.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
History.

Teacher-"What can you say OF
Cain?" Young America-"IIe was the
leader of the young set in the Gardeu
of Eden"
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13
WHY ROSENWALD GIVES
FOR COLORED Y. M. C. A.

(From indianapolis Freeman.)
Julius Rosenwald, of Chicago,
who already has given 100000
toward the erection of Y. NJ. G. A
buildings, for colored men, and
who will probably be called on for
several hundred thousand dollars
more within the next year and a
half for the same purpose was in
the city last Monday to attend a
meeting Of the Jewish Federation
Of indianapolis at the Indianapo-
lis club tonight. With Mr.. Rosen-
waId is Julian w. Mack. judge OF
the United States circuit court in
Chicago. another of the leaders of
Jewish activities.
Indianapolis benefited to the ex-
tent of s25 900 from Mr. Rosen-
wald's benefactions, as he gave
that sum toward the erection of
the Y. Nj. @. A. in this city.
EXPLAINS CAUSE OF OFFER
When he was asked why he had
become so deeply interested in tie
colored people, Mr.. Rosenwald said:
because there was no place for
the colored men to go except to the
vicious saloon. All of the leading
theatres are closed against them,
the leading halls are closed against
them and so are all of the other
places where they might GO. Ev-
en- the high class saloons will not
admit the colored man, and the
only place left open for him was
the low saloon | thought the
colored people were not having a
chance and tuat if places were pro.
vided for them they might show
that they could elevate themselves
so | made IA proposition that if
any city would raise $4,000 for a
colored Y Nj. @. A. [ would give
$25, 900, thus making fund of
100000 Thus far twelve cities
have accepted the offer. Not all
have completed their work, but
some have finished and the others
are at work. No doubt many more
will accept the offer, which has a
year and half yet to run. The
colored Y. NJ G. AS. thus far
built are proving to be successful. |
la Chicago, for instance, the color
ed Y. M. G.. A. is a very popular
place. 1t is filed all the time and
is doing great work.
Mr.. Rosenwald is president of !!
the Sears-Roebuck Company of
Chicago. When he was asked
what he thought about business
conditions and prospects, he said
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

SIoth a Desperate Evil.
Sloth is the most dangerous of vices.
or at least the hardest to be cured
Guesses at Truth.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-13

Hampton, Va, June. 1.-Dr. j.
Edmenstone Barnes of Liberia,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-02
REPUBLICAN TICKET
SURE Of BIG VOTE
Lower End Towns VIII Roll Up
Huge Majority For Brumbaugh,
Penrose and Kreider

In the lower end of Dauphin county
to-day there is little talk of politics.
This is particularly true in Steelton.
The campaign has closed and the heat
ed arguments and discussions of weeks
past are forgotten.
The individual voters have set their
minds as to how they will cast their
ballots on the morrow and men close
in touch with the mass of the voters
confidently predict that the entire Re-
publican ticket will get one ofthe larg-
est majorities in years from lower
Dauphin county tomorrow.
In Steelton alone DR.. Martin G.
Brumbaugh will get majority of over
900 votes. Every other candidate on
the ticket will closely follow him. DR..
Brumbaugh'S close friendship with l..
E. McGinnes, Steelton's popular edu-
Gator, the superintendent of schools,
will bring him to the head of the
ticket. And the peoples determination
to end tariff tinkerings and silence and
free trade clamorings will bring tht
congressional candidates big majori-
ties.
Swatara township, including Oberlin,
Bressler and Enhaut, Highspire, Roy
alton and Middletown will all turn in
big majorities for the entire Repub-
lican ticket. In Middletown, where
the Palmer Mccormick League has
been trying to tell the voters that
they are enjoying q wave of pros
perity," the majority will reach 200
votes for the Republican ticket.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-02
CUTS IN EXPENSES
BRING SMALL PROFITS
Earnings of Pennsylvania Railroad
For September Prove Neces-
sity For Retrenchment

The September statement of earn
ings of the Pennsylvania Railroad sys-
TEN, made public to-day, shows a con-
tinuation of the severe retrenchment
necessitated by the heavy losses in
business.
Only through the most drastic cuts
in all branches of expense was the sys-
tenn enabled to record a gain in net
earrings for the month. Gross revenues
decreased $2,713,630, but $2,96S,192
was saved in expense, the result being
an increase of $254,5SS in net.
Business was much worse on the
western end of the system than on the
eastern, gross earnings in the fest fall
ing $1,352,479 on a volume of "a little
over $10,000,000 of business, a loss
almost as much as that suffered by
the Eastern lines, which did a busi-
ness of nearly S22,000,000. So with
the net, the Western lines reporting a
loss of $20S.569 in profits as against
a gain of S463,15S for the Eastern
lines
For nine months the system has lost
s23,972,S15 in gross and has reduced
expenses by 21,S52,454, the effect be-
ing a decrease of S2,120,S60 in net.
For this period the Eastern lines have
lost S12,420,S67 in gross and $2,2O9, ,924
! net. The Western lines are SILL
552,4 ,447 behind in gross, but show a
small gain, $S9,563, in net.
Pay For Drinking Cups. An
nouncement was made to-day that as
soon as possible the Pennsylvania
Railroad will discontinue furnishing
free sanitary drinking cups on all
passenger trains substituting a cup
that will cost the passenger a penny.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-02
~MIDDLETOWN4 = =
Halloween Parties
Held at Middletown

Many Halloween parties were held
in Middletown Friday evening. At
each affair witches, goblins and other
Wlerd creatures had prominent part
In the house decorations along with
autumn leaves, Jack-o'lanterns and
pumpkins. Dainty refreshments were
served in various forms.
AT the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Keyser, North Union street,
the guests included William Force,
Parmelia Rose, Ruth Murray, Marion
Smith, Beatrice Andrews, Vincetta
Tritch, Marion Shaneor Louise Fox,
Jeanette Brown, Lillian Carver, Mar
Tritch, Austin Kern, william Rose,
Russell Rooms, Roy Deimler Samuel
Grundon, John Carver, Solomon
Smartz and Claude Keyser.
| In the barn on M. II. Gingrich farm,
where the Christian Endeavor Society
of ST. Peters Lutheran Church held
It's annual party, the following guests
We're present.: The Rev. and Mrs. Full
Ter Bergstresser. Mrs. Bruce Berry,
Mary Peters, Mary Gingrich, Geraldine
Brandt, Carrie Hoffman, Mary Long,
Jennie Daugherty, Josephine Ray
mond, Elizabeth Seltzer, Grace Bow
man, Reba Hendrickson, Tillie Nisley,
Frank and Rodney Nisley, Bruce Pet
ers, Maxwell Brandt Harold Kauff-
man, Rufus and Felix Schraedley,
Bruce Berry. Warren Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur King, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Gingrich, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. S. Ger
berich and Holgar Christianson.
DIR. and Mrs. II. W. George were
hosts to a party which included Ruth
Geyer, Margaret and Fannie Men
naugh, Jean Brestle. Martha Jane
Bergstresser, Amarantha Smith, Eliza
beth Howard, Elizabeth Wood, Mar
Garet Lynch, Dorothy George. UneX-
;,,r
Misses Overdeer and Wagner in cos
tunes
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-02
FOOT STRAIN IS
DANGEROUS THING
DR.. Dixon Shows What 1t Means
to the Average Man
and Woman

DIR. Samuel G. Dixon, State Com
missioner of Health, in hisSweekly
talk, takes a topic that has direct
bearing on the war and campaign
marching. He calls attention to the
necessity of looking after the feet and
gives some facts worth reading. The
Doctor says:
"Rudyard Kipling makes one of his
characters in military tale say, "A
soldier is no better than his feet
1.-The man or woman whose occupa-
tion or duties require them to stand
or walk for a greater portion OF the
day come to a certain extent in the
same category-they are no better
than their feet.
This is not alone due to their lack
of mobility but to the ever present
strain on the nervous system when
the feet are partially incapacitated.
Anyone who has suffered from the
breaking down of the arches of the
feet can appreciate how extremely
painful this is and how serious a
handicap. Cases of this sort are of
an extreme character.
What people do not appreciate is
that worn down heels which throw
the weight of the body to one side or
tinuous strain when walking or stand
ing. Many people who are particularly
careful in the care of their hands
pay less attention to their other eX-
tremities.
"Our modern shoemakers are turn
ing out better shoes than have ever
been made in the history of the world.
They are less clumsy and more serv-
iceable. Unfortunately, however, the
dictates of fashion have led women
and men to wear footgear which dis
torts the natural shape of the foot.
"The Roman sandal which permit
ted the toes to assume their natural
position and allowed each one of the
five to bear its portion of the weight
and give spring to the step was OBJ
viously more sensible than the
French heeled pump. The latter
throws the weight of the body on
the ball of the foot and this causes a
strain to keep the body balanced. This
may be an unconscious action. but it is
nevertheless extremely tiresome. 1t
Is possible owing to the craftsmanship
of present day shoemakers for both
men and women to secure neat, trim
looking footgear which is sensible In
shape.
ITO be comfortably shod is no
small factor in tho preparation for
ones daily work and will prove a ma
terial aid in increasing individual ef-
ficiency.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-02
PERSONAL
(other Personals on Page ~
Young Girls Celebrate
the Festal HallOwe' en-

Miss Dorothy Vickery, daughter of
G. S. Vickery Cottage Hill, Steelton,
entertained a merry party of little
friends at a Halloween party Satur-
day evening. There were games, con-
tests, fortune-telling and dancing, fol-
lowed by refreshments.
The party included the Misses Isabel
Hope, Dorothy Hope, Marian Nell,
Mary Wickersham, Margaret Gassner,
Edith Gassner Louise Johnson, Henry
Earle, Katherine Rutherford Carolyn
Chick, Elizabeth Vanier, Virginia
Wren, Jean Wren, Elizabeth Reese,
Katherine Reese, Helen Breininger,
Myra Vickery and Dorothy Vickery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-02
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBURG SIDE

HARRISBURG SIDE
Philadelphia DivisiOn-116 crew first
to go after p. m: l05, 11S, 103. 12S,
112. 115, 121, 124. 10, 1913, 119, 101.
Engineers up: Crisswell Smith, Bis
singer, Young, Heindman, Mcclure,
First.
Firemen up: Barton, Manning, Kegel-
man, Yentzer, Spring, Arnsberger,
HartZ, Wagner, I. L. Whichello, Shaffer.
Conductor up: Mehaffie.
Brakemen up: Hivner. McGinnis,
Kope.
Middle DivisIon-24O crew first to go
after 1890 D. m.
Thirty Altoona crews to come in.
Front end: 16.
Preference: 8, 4, s, /, 2, Z, 8, 6, 10, Q.
Engineer for 4, g.
Firemen for 3, Z, 10.
Conductors for 8, 2. 5. 6.
Flagman for 8.
Brakemen for 2. 6, 10.
Engineers up: Garman Free, We'll
conner, Simonton, Webster Havens,
Smith, Kugler, Mumma.
Firemen up: Schrefher, Buyer, Davis,
BiXler, Pottiger, Reeder, Richards,
stouffer, Seagrist, Wright, Sheesley,
Simmons. Grass.
Flagmen up: Miles, Miller
Brakemen up Schoffstall, Troy,
Stahl, Kieffer, Roller, Kohrll, Bickert,
Plack. Fritz.
Yard Crews-To go after 4 p. M:
Engineers for 707, lis, 954.
Firemen for 1886, 213 707, 322, 1171,
1881. 1856. 30, 1868. 1872.
Engineers up: Meals, Stahl, Swab,
Crist,. SALESMAN, Kuhn, Pelton, Shaver