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The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

The long-cherished plans of the col
orded people of New York to have a
theater of their own are about to
be put in operation. The Bijou the
ater, Broadway and Thirty-ninth
street, for years one of the famous
playhouses of the city, will be re-
opened as theater for colored peo-
pie.
The scheme is under the direction
of Jerome Rosenberg. who will be one
of the white persons connected with
the venture. Rosenberg will inaugu-
rate a colored stock company at the
Bijou to play musical comedies. and
the opening production will be The
Darktown Follies of 1914"
All the employees of the Bijou will
be colored persons from the man in
the box office to the ushers and the
water boys The orchestra, too, will
be made up of colored musicians.
The Bijou is being redecorated for
the opening. and the price of the best
seats will be 81. On certain after
Moons the management plans to give
performances when white persons will
be admitted
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

The latest report of the director OF
the bureau of agriculture at Manila
says that the rice crop of the last
year was the greatest which has been
recorded for many years in the Phil
ippines, being 100 per cent greater
than in the previous year. AS a
direct result of the bumper crop there
has been a decrease of rice imports
of more than 176,OOO.OOO pounds, rep
resenting in value more than $780,
900.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

Garrison Square in Kansas City was
opened to negroes by the park board
recently. 1t is bounded by Troost and
Forest avenues, Fourth and Fifth
streets. The field house cost 100000.
In addition are an athletic field, wa
ding pool and playground. A large
crowd of negroes attended the open
ing. In the field house are Al show
er baths, % of which are private, a
large auditorium, reading room. rest
room and library. The wading pool
is in commission, but the athletic field
has not been fully equipped yet.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

In southern France the fig tree is
now cultivated almost exclusively foI
the production of fresh fruit, which
has a ready sale in the large centers
The drying of figs has been practically
abandoned in this region, except for
the personal requirements of small
number of growers.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

The heroic Efforts being made by the
comparatively few colored Washing
tonians cannot be ignored, writes Mi
| chael Jones in communication to the
Star of that city. In the city of Wash
lngton, among many other enterprises
owned, operated and controlled by col
ored people, are 500 grocery stores,
large and small; more than twenty
drug stores; two dozen first-class tai
lors, who cater to the finest trade;
about forty dyeing and cleaning estab-
lishments and dozens of barber shops,
undertaking establishments, confec-
uonery shops, etc. Washington col
ored people own and control one shoe
store, one thriving banking institution
and several scientifically conducted in
surance companies.
The continuation of just such steps
as have been taken by the few referred
to above in business efforts, will do
more to solve the race problem than
all the indignation meetings that can
be held between now and the day of
Judgment.
l am thoroughly convinced that If
half the energy, pride, ambition,
thought and money used in promoting
Indignation meetings we're directed
into channels that would lead to the
erection Of a manufacturing plant, the
organization of a corporation or the
establishment of some other worthy
enterprise, Americas most mistreated
citizens would be better able to get
that for which they strive and should
rightly have.
The ten millions of Negroes in Amer
lea buy about 100000 900 pairs of shoes
than 100000 900, but they operate
scarcely a dozen small retail shoe
stores, and there is not in existence
one large shoe factory owned, operated
and controlled by negroes. Every year
colored people in America spend more
than $50,000,000 for hats Gncluding
Easter season., yet not more than
SIC, 900 of this amount finds its way
to coiored hat dealers, haberdashers
and millinery shops combined. At s6
per capita Americas colored popula-
ton pays s60,9o0.0O0 each year for
suits of clothes. but statistics will re-
veal the fact that the combined busi-
ness of Negroes in the clothes busi-
ness does not amount to S250,000 a
year. What is true of shoes, hats,
suits and clothes in this relation is
true of everything that colored people
wear and use.
Is not there something radically
wrong? Surely it is timely and good
to call the attention of a materially
weak race to such existing conditions,
that 1t may be stimulated to build and
strengthen such a sadly neglected
phase of its racial life.
The National Negro Business league,
of which DIR. Booker T. Washington is
president, is rendering an invaluable
service to the country in that it is
helping the Negro to find himself and
succeed as business man. Hundreds
of negro builders, contractors, real es-
tate brokers, managers of insurance
companies, bankers, manufacturers,
undertakers, druggists, general mer-
chandise dealers, bakers, florists, ETC.,
find their way to the annual meetings
of the league. There they go for mu-
tual help. conference and inspiration.
They assemble to learn and teach 9TH
ers how to succeed in establishing and
maintaining business enterprises.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27
AFRO-AMER|CAN CU[[|NCS

An interesting account of how the
courts in many states were enlisted
during the year 1913 to aid the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People in the steady
where for the Negro race is presented
in the report of the associations at
torney, which is made a part of the
fourth annual report of the body. just
issued in printed form. The attorney
is Chaplin Brinsmade of New York.
Included in his work were three
cases before the United States Su-
preme court, namely, an attack on the
constitutionality of the grandfather"
clause in Oklahoma, which. in effect,
compels Negroes to pass educational
tests before being permitted to regis
ter and vote; an effort to win an in
junction against the enforcement of
the Jim Crow" law, which affects rail-
road travel by Negroes in southern
states, the injunction having been de-
MED in lower courts; another test of
the Jim Crow" law as applicable to
interstate travel in sleeping cars.
These cases still are pending.
The following paragraphs from Mr.
Brinsmades report show the various
interests which have been taken by
the legal department of the aesocia-
i ton in behalf of the negro race:
THE segregation idea is spreading.
Madisonville, KY, has just passed a
segregation ordinance. l am commu-
nicating with a committee of colored
citizens of Louisville organized to op-
pose its passage.
THE Jim Crow problem has
reached stage where little can be
done except by legislation to prevent
segregation. 1t seems to me that more
can be accomplished along this line by
appealing to the various public service
commissions than by bringing actions
in the courts.
THE recent statute of Florida, max
ing 1t illegal for white teachers to
teach in colored schools, and colored
in white schools, is perhaps the worst
example of recent anti-negro legisla-
ton. | am in communication with
several church missionary associa-
tions which conduct missions in Flor
| lQa, ana expect 10 cooperate Will
them in testing the act, should it be
applied to private institutions.
Exclusion of colored people from
real estate auctions has been a source
of complaint during the last year. We
are taking proceedings to prevent such
discrimination in the future
The attorney reports further con-
corning cases in which the association
interested itself in behalf of negroes
who were excluded from certain parts
of theaters, compelled to eat at GER
tain tables in restaurants and refused
admission to places of amusement.
According to the report of the chair
man of the board of directors, the as
sociation more than doubled it's mem
bership during 1913, an increase from
| LOO to 5000 members and from IL to
| "a branches. The department of pub
licity and research reports that 72
! lectures were delivered to audiences
aggregating Al 900 persons by the di-
rector of the department.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

More than 1OO,OO0,OOO cubic feet of
gas day has been going to waste
in Guthrie, Okla, where at times five
wells have been blowing simultane-
ously. In order to shut off the waste
1t is necessary to bore through so
as to strike the well below the leak
and to draw it off.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

A, man in Portland. ove.. has taste
which calls for sour things as an ordi-
nary taste does for sugar, At every
meal he eats quart of sour pickles.
making three-fourths of a gallon
daily.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

An apple tree belonging to S. w.
Alexander of Los Angeles county,
California, is exciting considerable
interest because it bore two crops in
one season, and the second crop was
of a different variety than the first.
The apples of the first crop were light
in color and of medium size, while the
second edition were dark reddish in
color and in no way resembling the
earlier crop.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

Native gold miners in Tibet leave
nuggets intact or replace them If dis
turbed, in the belief that they are the
parents of spangles and dust, which
would disappear were the nuggets re
moved
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

Recent statistics credit the United
States with about one automobile iol
each two miles of country road.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

The state free employment bureau
in Worcester, Mass, has filled LII
positions, representing 80 kinds of en-
ployment, in the six months since its
establishment.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-06-27

Great Britain's foreign trade for
1913 reached an unprecedented total.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-16
HOW LONG DOES YOUR CIGAR
LAST?

What is believed to be a world rec
ord has just been set up at congress
of South. German smokers, held at
Frankfort.
A special trophy was offered to the
smoker who took the longest time to
turn a Mexican cigar into gray-white
ash without letting it go out once.
The competition began at II o'clock,
and 200 people contested. By II
o'clock only 20 competitors were in
the running-the rest had regretfully
finished their weeds" or had laid
them at rest in the ash-tray for too
long.
By 1.o'clock only one smoker was
left-Herr HEM, a Sachsenhausen
business man, who actually pulled
away in peace until he had to throw
his diminutive cigar-stump away,
two hours forty-six minutes and sew
enteen seconds after he had set light
to it,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-16

Washington, D. C.-Sec'y Of the
Treasury McAdoo, son-in-law of Pres.
Wilson, is likely to have his private"
yacht taken away from him. The rea-
son is that the private yacht happens
to be public yacht, and, according
to Representative Good of Iowa, can
not be used for sailing parties. Good
charges that the revenue cutter
Onondaga has been used for week.
end trips by Secretary McAdoo in
direct violation of the law.
eff the public had the power" he
declares. ''It would remove from Of
flee secretary of the treasury who
not only fails to enforce the law, but
violates it himself" ~.
The military, cape is. popular. It's
invariably lined with startling stripes
or checks. 49,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-16
OF COURSE, you CAN FIGURE
THIS OUT! 1T ISN'T so HARD

How much money have you got?"
asked Willie, who had just added to
his pocket money by selling a two
pound box of chocolates for a dollar.
Half as much as Tom," replied
Walter. How much have your"
well, 1 would have five times as
much as have" said Willie, eff I'd
four times as much as you, supposing
you had four times as much as you
have"
Now, in order that there may be
no mistake whatever over this little
matter, let me make it clear that
Tom had thrice as much as his sister
would have had, had she possessed a
quarter of the wealth of her cousin
before her cousin spent a third of
her pocket money by going halves
with her best friend in buying the
very box of chocolates which Willie
had just sold.
How much money had Willie?
Why Willie had $3.50, of course.
Figure it out yourself.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30
HERE At HOME
Albuquerque Citizens Gladly Testify
und tuntdently Recommend
nOan's Kidney Iill@.

Il IS testimony like the following
that haas placed Deans Kidney pills
So TAR above competitors when rco-
pie right here az homo raise their
voice n rmisc there is no room left
Lnr doubt Read the public statement
el am Albuquerque citizen.
- H. Brown go Second ST.. Albu.
quorque N. ~. says "On and on
for Three or four years my back and
Kidneys troubled me My back was
Ner painful when / was al work and
In The morning the trouble bothered
me- There was n duh. heavy ache
across ms lons most of the time Now
ana then felt sharp twinEes in m,
h7Dk .ul 10 was hard FOR me 20
|tt1#htlu More than ones / couldn't
snd.Eht.n When | read about Dlan's
kidney Pills i got a box and began
uNHE lHnm I could see a great lm-
pfoNrm.nt in O short time. The pains
were relieved and the kidney sccre-
uous haume natural
lar sale by all dealers. Price 90
cents Foster Milhurn Co, Buffalo.
NN'w lote sole agents FOR the United
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take Ne other.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30
! I'M NOW A
HAPPY WOMAN
Says Franklin Lady, Who Says
She Has But One Regret
After Many Years Of
Trouble.

Franklin. Na II ann NOW I'd hlpny
woman" says Mrs Elizabeth Become.
of ths town. although Tor cahl ,Q
iHue YOURS 7 suffered drcadmy with
wommN troubles and / had Co uc In
Pea tar three on four DAYS. every
month
w4 In such condition, could not
dn mE housrwork, nor could cat
heavy or greasy food of amy kind ]
ra perfect wreck
SOME OF my lady friends advised
me to try 1urdui the womaus tonic.
which J ara ] have now taken seven
bottles aud ann sound and we'll. can
81. III 90 my housgWorN. ass We'll Hs my
laundry work I ana sure Tho bottles
"i ,udW did ma 100000 worth oil
good
have hut ono regret. and'that ~
thHt . dld NOT ctmmenee taking Cur-
dui 8 Nclr sge. J would have avoided
UI mat suHvrlng. besides aNug ul
ihe muprA paid out Tor other mrdl-
'n's mot did me poo good
several Nd rms lady friends art noW
IAlue tardW en- my recommendation
lnd tt Is helping them
lt you sunor from Huv Of thp uu-
mrruuH iiia 50 common 10 women. De.
ein taking Tnfduf to-day II relieved
Mrs Boone tfter her condition he-
came chronic u WIn surely hs'p SOU
Tr Cardul
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30
ATTACHES FUNDS OF
MEXICO NATIONAL BANK

New YORK; April 2e-Thc banking
arm 0t spcyer a 90 brought suit
against th. ranco Naeional die Mexico
tthe National Bank of McNIeW 10 roe
cover $e3s'Go on draft made by tho
bank Maitland Coppcll * Goa it's
New lor6 agents, and RENTED 10
spcyer a co.. for the purpose If meet
ne interest ON certain bonds
hrHH. vi the disturbed conditions
In Mexico mymcnt ON tho draft was
stopped l,r lbs remittance. To pro-
tcct The interest OF their bondholdcrs.
SprNcr a Co... therefore, hrought suit
AGAINST clio drawer Of the draft and
issued an attachment against lts funds
10 thr hands of its New York agents.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30

told my husband to ger me a bottle Of
Lydia h. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and | would try it before | would
submit to any operation. He did so and
improved right along. I am now doing
all my work and feeling fine.
'Ihope other suffering women will try
your Compound. | will recommend il
to all know" Mrs. DANIEL d. T.
DAVIS, ll0I7ranhlin St. Logansport, Ind.
Since we guarantee that an tcstimo-
malls which we publish are genuine. is il
not fair to suppose that if Lydia E
Pinkham Vegetable Compound has the
virtue TO help these women it viii helm
any other woman who is suffering in n
Ike manner?
If you are i'll DO not drag along until
En- operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia L. Pinkham's Vcge,abs
Compound.
Write to Lydia Il. Pinlsham
Medicine Co., (cOnfidcntiaDLynn.
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman
end held IN strict confidence.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30
WOMAN REFUSES
OPERATION
Tells How She Was Saved
by Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Logansport, Ind "My baby was
over year old and bloated till va,

2 Durden to mysclF.
! suffered from Il
male trouble so
could not stand On
my feet and | f.,
lik @ millions Of
needles were pric
ing me all over. H.
last my doctor told
lpe that all that
would save me was
an operation, but
this | refused
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30
RICHEST YOUNG
MAN IN WORLD
T0MARRY TODAY
NuptIaIs of William Vincent
Aston and Miss Helen Dins
more Huntington to Be CeIc-
brated at Home Of Bride


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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30

The following is absolutely the SUR
est and quickest cure known Co sci-
ence Tor AN foot ailments the painful
mushroom corn u.Iudel Dissolve
two tahlespoonfuls of Calocide come
pound in q basin NC warm Watcr Soak
the fectin this for Gum No minutes gent
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30
Eff ICIENCY Of
NAVY SHOWN BY
RECENT EVENTS
Secretary Daniels Tells How
Completely rga0izat.o0Me Met.
Severe Tests imposed by.
Mexican Trouble

WashIuslou AWil ag sooronr,
III tho Navy Daniels issued % Wc-
mcnt today Ia which he said Na IL
the operations IN Mexico have no
olhor results thoy have soryod 10 tcst
."nt tho organization amt prrpud-
moss Of Tho navy
Ii l7 now wen known" rhc o.rt-
tait said, that President Wilson r-
ued orders at 4 O'Clock in the MORN
7 lnR No seize The custom house ~ ~arl
cruz Almost immcdIato} the mat
/ ehmcry was pun IN motion for moalu4
/ me situation thus created. ships were
chartered 10 carry nwny the refugees,
supplies were shipped hy the uad-
sands of tons ship after ship was ill.,
tod ont received her officers. crew
and stores ana Slipped away 20 the
south with hardly O ripple of eou-
fusion.
when the order to take Vera c.lz
WAS given only the active fleet uas
ln service During thc next -Four days
enc number OF ships n service was
nearly doubled. Thc Golfers ana SUPP
ply ships were loaded ana sent away. ,
some aru already returning for their
second cargoos The marines wcre
gathered from widely scattered points. /
collected at the navy Yards from
which the ships were surung ana
marched ON board
lcIl0n Niihout Confusion.
Io tho casual observer the np.,
A'raa appeared comes ot me oi.at- 4
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30

/ pie ot New Haven, former treasurer
of the Billiard company and Edward
+. REID, ioimcI president testified
10 their connection with TINS much-
DISCUSSED concern. These witnesses
when they appC rcd before lhe com
mission Apri 49, refused 90 answer
qucftons pertaining 10 alleged rela-
IONS botW'cn lhr company ana inc
AZ" liaren railroad ana "crc threat
cncd WIN Indictment
Whipple SAID he understood the I'LL
haId company was 2 h'IdinE concern
Ioi the boston az M"lhc I"lIIo'u ana
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-30

Results from Journal Want AIS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29

as second lieutenant Of a company
over so years ago, bound for the
Mexican war. Before reaching the
city of Mexico both the captain and
the first lieutenant of the company
we're wounded and it was Lieut.
Abney who led his company into
the capitol of Montezuma land. In
deed he was the first to scale the
walls which surrounded the old city.
Es Afterwards he was colonel of the
22nd South Carolina regiment of
the Civil War apd received wound
1T Petersburg which caused him to
be sent home. He never recovered
spd died five yeas after the war
from the effects of the old wound.
The grandson, who may lead his
Company to Mexico in 1914, is a
very modest and unassuming young
man who has little to say of the
possibilities of he and his men get
ting into action. When asked yes
terday what he would do in the
event a call was made for volun-
teers he answered that be would
feel called upon to do his duty and
Mheresar ordered he would cheer
sfallyEgo. Augusta Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-29
NO DIFFERENCE.
The Proof is Here the Same as
Everywhere.

For those who seek relief from
kidney backache, weak kidneys,
bladder ills. Doan's kidney pills
offer hope of relief and the proof is
here in Edgefeld, the same as every
where. Edgeield people have used
Doan's and Edgefeld people recon-
mend Doan's, the kidney remedy
used in America for fifty years.
Why suffer? Why run the risk of
dangerous kidney ills, fatal Bright's
disease. Here's Edgefeld proof. In
vestigate it.
Mrs. X i Lowe, Cedar Row,
Edgefeld, S. c., says: My back
had bothered me for months and l
became weak and run down. knew
that my kidneys were disordered.
AS Doan's kidney pills had helped
another of my family, | did not
hesitate to take them. They brought
me prompt relief
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's kidney pi!ls-ths same
that Mrs. Lowe had. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, n. Y.