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The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21
Dunbar'S Mem
ory Honored
AT Dayton

thing; those against whom there is
nothing said, are neglible quanti-
ties-people talk about those who
are doing good. You go ahead,
like the ancient philosopher, who,
when ne was asked by an apparent
friend, who really desired to help
the old sage, what could he do for
the philosopher, the philosopher
replied: sPlease stand out of my
sunshine. THAT is all the alert,
energetic aspiring young person
asks; "stand out of our sunshine. "
We are going forward; we care not
like Hannibal, for the attitude of,
and the snow ON the Alps-the
Alps must be crossed, because that
route is the only one from Rome
to Carthage.-The Forum, Spring
field, I'll.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21
NOTES ON
NEGRO PROGRESS
FURNISHED BY THE Ma
TIONAL NEGRO BUSI-
NESS LEAGUE

AT the recent annual meeting of
the stockholders IF the Prudential
Savings Bank, at Birmingham,
Ala. DR.. Z. g. Mason was elected
president and w. W. Hadnot
cashier The financial condition
of the bank was so excellent that a
large block of unsold stock was
quickly pben. The Prudential is
one of the most coIservatively con-
Quoted Negro banks in the country.
There is big revival of inter
est in the Kansas City Local
League, and seventy-fve new
members is the result. f. j.
Weaver. the president, largely at
tributes he increased member
ship and Increased interest to the
recent :lsit of the National Or
ganizer.
A new coloIed theatre has been
opened in Washington, ID G, it
being the Majestic, at the corner
of Ninth and Pennsylvania Avenue,
1t is under the management of
Frank Brown, colored man.
This gives Washington two large
modern vaudeville theatres, opera
ted by and for colored people.
One Of the most successful groc
cries in Canton, Mississippi,
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

whether conducted by white or col
ored, is the Anderson grocery, con.
Quoted by a colored man, and loca-
ted in the very heart of the busi-
ness district of the town.
K ID. Taborn conducts the only
dry goods and notion store in Tul-
sa, Okla, owned by a colored man
Mr.. Taborn is a former Tuskegee
Student. and has introduced the
Tuskegee spirit in Tulsa.
G Gage Young, colored me-
chanical engineer, is in charge of
the intricate and extensive electri-
cal plant of the Fort Smith, Ark.
post office. He is also custrdian
of the building.
j. Finley Wilson. formerly con-
nected with The Baltimore, Md,
Times as managing editor, is now
in charge of the advertising de-
partment of The Advocate Verdict
at Harrisburg, Pa.
A colored school teacher, Mr.
Johnson. near Guthrie. Okla, re-
Gently refused an offer of 100000
for a piece of land that did not
cost him one tenth of that amount.
An oil we'll has been sunk on his
land which yields him a royalty of
$50 per day.
w. NJ. Douglass, colored man,
has recently opened up a thorough
ly modern photograph gallery at
Natcbez, Mississippi, in the Du-
mas block, and is doing a splen-
did business. Mr.. Douglass also
conducts a sign painting shop and
paints most of the best signs paint
en- in that section.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

Dayton, O, Feb. 11.-An audi
ence of 500 person, composed OF
two races, heard glowing tributes
read on the life and work of Paul
Lawrence Dunbar, Dayton's fam
GUS Negro poet, during the memoir
ial service held in his honor Sun
day afternoon at Zion Baptist
church, Sprague street, near
Third. The service was one OF the
best attended ever held in the city!
The church was packed to the
doors by those who knew the fam
GUS poet, during the memorial SER
vice held in the city. The church
was packed to the doors by those
who knew the famous poet end
were acquainted with his works.
Prof. E. j. Brown, superinten-
dent of schools, paid glowing tri-
butte to the deceased poet in giving
his personal "reminiscences. He
told of the studious habits of Mr..
Dunbar during his schoolboy days
and the unassuming manner in
which he went about his work in
later days. Prof Brown gave MIR.
Dunbar credit for being a great
student and one quick to grasp an
idea.
One of the most interesting pa
pers was that written by w. l..
Blocher, who aided the poet in the
publication of his first book, SOAK
and Ivy" The paper was read by
Arnold Shaw, a friend 'of the de-
ceased poet.
Mrs. Dunbar, mother of the poet,
was the guest of honor at the ser
vice. Gray haired, her shoulders
bent with the weight of years, she
occupied seat in the pulpit and
not word that was spoken during
the afternoon escaped her.
The program opened with Sc
lection by the Zion Baptist choir.
A scripture reading was then led
by William o Stokes, one of the
leading colored attorneys of the
city. The Wesleyan trio then
sang. g. B. Higgins then told OF
his boyhood "reminiscences OF Dun
bar.
Samuel McGregor, one of MIR.
Dunbar's closest friends, then
sang Holy City" the poets fav-
orite selection by the Wesleyan
trio.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

Washington, d. c., Feb. IL
The United States Government
will probably spend $50, COO TO show
the progress made by the Ameri-
can Negro in fifty years at the
Panama. Pacific International Elk.
position, to be held at San Fran
cisco in 1915. A joint resolution
has been introduced in the Senate
by Senator O'Gorman to increase
the sum of S5O0,O00 to provide for
the participation of the United
States in the Panama Pacific In
ternational Exposition to S535, 600
for the purpose of exhibiting the
material and Intellectual progress
of the "colored race" in the United
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

Washing ton, d. C.-Records of
the colonization of Liberia, the
nearly century old endeavor of the
American Colonization Society to
solve the Negro problem of the
United States, have found an hon
ored place in the Library of Con-
gress. to be henceforth of value as
rare historic documents and relics
of unique project. With these
printed reports. periodicals and or
iginal manuscript correspondence,
much of it bearing signatures of
the highest officials in the land in
their day, also are deposited in the
Library of Congress, examples of
tthe flora of the Liberan County
and of the industries of the colon.
ist of the aborigines. Engravings
of Liberian subjects which came
into the posse s'ion of the Ameri-
can Colonization Society in the
course of It's activities are in the
same depository. The Cororau
Art Gallery has become heir to
quite "a number of oil and water
color paintings, most of them por
traits of former presidents of II
organization, mauy of them of ex-
cellent art value.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21
RACE NE w S
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Cleveland. o., Feb I3.-The fa-
nous Griffin sisters, who are play
ing at the New Pekin theater in
Cleveland, sustained a great loss at
this house on the morning of Feb
ruary 10, between the hours of 3
and 6 a. m. The theater was
broken into by three young colored
boys, the locks on the strong
trunks which contained the val
liable costumes was broken COM
pletely off and the costumes taken
out and torn and ripped and thown
around over the stage floor. One
gown costing $500 and another
$3.50 was wrecked and many more
elaborate ones were ruined.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

Washington, Feb. Ii Saturday
the Senate passed the agricultural
extention bill. A proposal by Sen
ator Jones of Washington to
amend the bill so as to distribute a
portion Of the appropriation among
race colleges in the South was de.
feated by a vote of 30 to %. An.
other amendment by Senate 81 tch-
cock of Nebraska. providing that
the demonstration work shall be
carried on without discrimination
as to race was adopted. The bill
was passed without a roll call.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

Negroes and Indians are barred
from the Seamen's Church insti-
tute, 25 South street, the building
to which the late j. Pierpont Nor
gan contributed 100000 and John
D. Rockefeller $4,000. The
church institute is advertised 'for
the seamen and poatmen of the
world" But in this institution
the color line is drawn on the
American Negro and the Ameri-
can Indian. While sailors in need
from foreign lands will be admitted
without any hesitancy. Arthur
r. Stamen, Siwash Indian, who
has been five years sailor, was
not permitted to remain in the in
stitute because of his oolor.-New
York Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21
lust a SUGGESTION.

Neighbor-"Every time you feed
your dog, he brings the bones over
and gnaws them on our premises.
Isn't there some way to stop it?"
Owner-"Suppose you feed him here
after; then he'll probably bring them
over and gnaw them on my premises"
Puck.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21
BE STEADFAST.

Do not be alarmed because you
heard that some one said some
thing not complimentary about
YOU. People have always said
uelv things about those who strug-
ole to be, and are achieving some
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

Roanoke, Va, Feb. 9.-Fire
Sunday morning destroyed High
Street Baptist Church aud wreck
ed the parsonage next door, en-
failing loss of $4,000 The fire
was one of the most serious that
has visited this city in years, and
was discovered a few minutes af-
ter the Sunday morning service
had begun. The auditorium was
filed with the congregation, but
every one got out aud there Was
no panic. The building was erect
ed in 1907 at cost of SAT, 900.
Insurance ON the church amounted
to $4,000. The property adjoin-
lug the church was the second
largest colored church in tue
State The fire was due to a de-
fective hue in the furnace.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

States. The State of Pennsylvan-
la appropriated nearly 100000 to
show the progress made by the
Negroes of that state in fifty
years.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

Macon, Ga, Feb. 12.- That a
home might be built to make CON-
Portable the few remaining years
for about dozen colored mammies
and aged colored men, former
slaves, the Old Pilgrims Home is
SUES an appeal to the council for
financial aid. Mrs. Katie Clayton
founder and keeper of the home, is
the signer of the petition. She
says that a lot has been bought on
Cresswell Heights, and in order to
build dwelling about $500 will be
needed. II 5 expected that the
city council will take favorable
action.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

The National Association of Col
ored Women's Clubs, representing
fifty thousand Negro American
women engaged in the work of up
lifting Negro womanhood, is solic-
iting the cooperation OF colored
newspaper and members of the
race in protesting against the car
featuring of Negroes on billboaIds,
in newspapers, magazines, food
products and wherever found.
Such ugly pictures are humili-
ating to the race and hinder us in
our efforts to instill racial pride in
our youth" is the reason given by
the association for waging fight
on ugly pictures, in statement
sent out by Mrs, Katherine ID. Till
man, head of the Department of
Public Posters and Prints.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-02-21

Muskogee, Okla, Feb. 10.-Sarah
Rector, the IL year-old colored
girl, has received $42,677.43 in
royalties from the oil on her allot-
ment from October l to December
81, 1913. This is shown by the
gross production tax return filed
Wild the State Auditor by B. B.
Jones. who operates leases on her
other properties in the Muskogee,
Tulsa and Gushing fields. The
money went to Sarah's guardian,
T. l.. Porter, white man. Jones
paid about 81, 500 to the State in
gross production tax for the quar-
ter named on the Sarah Rector
lease, at the rate of one-half of one
per cent.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

E%ITWNFChlp island with girl he loved and his
Paul Lockwood confessed
y ~ in her
Miss Adams On
GdcI bolster When reached New
1nl ( o up The history.
4 It him
he
Join her could be married
as soon as r L
yilany sailed the
of
udoeH where death them the
nevertheless Paul. finding sticks drft"ool, constructed
to
pushed with the Then all
suit
departed the thai he would marry Ruth if they saved
ri while
Of Paul Lockwood xrows Adams
are portrayed tAIj1np
p r..
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30
tbs ii.i.A.

oyilla, Dec. Is Rain, rain till
We are getting tired Of rain. 1t was
muddy times Tor Santa Claus. There
were several turkey dinners ia this
neishborhood Christmas
A crowd gathered at this place
Christmas night to shoot off their
fire works. Mack Witherspoon was
burned on The back of the neck by
a Roman candle and Bert McElIog
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30
WHENEVER Y0U NEED
4 GENERAL tonic TAKE GROVE
Tie Old Standard Groves Tasteess chill Tonic is Eou
Valuable General Tonic because il Aet5 on the Lv
Drives Out Malaria Enriches the Blood aad Builds Il
the oleSysten. For Crown People and Children

Hoa know what taking VIXEN you take Groves Tss
formula printed label showing that
properties Of QetEIl9 aud IRON. strong strongest
tonic and in Taseess Form Il has equal for M C-is
Weakness, general debility and loss OF appetite G
Mothers and Pale, Sickly Children Removes Eoues
Relieves depression and low spirits
the blood Tonic Sure Appetizer Complete
family should be wthoutit Guaranteed by Dtugg
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30
DER KAISER IND DER GROW y
PRINCE.

fThe following poem was left at
the Daily Light Office by that popn-
lar young salesman, ". ii Neisill-
ger. who has been visiting MaHa-
nacuio tae past rs years. The poem
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

Luke McLuke says when Woman
starts flood Of tears man starts
constructing a let of dams.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

Ii man is determined TO commit
political suicide in Texas, We know
of no surer way 70 accomplish the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

There is no Disgusting the fact
that the allied powers will realize
that they have been in scrap by
the time they get through with the
Kaiser
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

Don't 20 TO Kicking abJot The
droutb II is liable to rain again III
due time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

Don't let your sympatbies for the
poor and needy peter out with the
holidays, says the Cieburne Enter
prise
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

Other people may insist ON being
prepared for war, but we prefer TO
live in country which is at all
times prepared for peace,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

It does not follow that IL fellow
with the bighead has plenty OF
brains.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-12-30

II Won are al outs with ANY human
being go to him by tomorrow ana
talk it over start the new year
right
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OFFICERS


c. W. Simpson. Ed. r, Cunning
ham, I. A. Ferris, A. VI. Bro#a-
ag, {. ". Kent, " A. O~uby,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-30
WAGING WAR ON IGNORANCE AND
POVERTY OF midas MILLIONS
BY
BY IDA CLYDE CLARKE.

Reading ont Of the book OF ex-
periences, Rev. Rockwell CLANCY, Of
Muttra, tells of the problems faced In
India by practical educators;
1T is generally known" he says,
that this country is denseiy ignorant
But unless one has worked right
among the people, it ia difficult to un
derstand the degrading effects of CEN
turtles of heathenism. The masses are
little better than slaves tn the better
castles Their poverty is appalling,
The failure Of a single harvest means
famine, as ninety-five out of every
hundred people live in mud villages
and are cultivators. most Of them he
ing servants OF the native landlords.
Very few can read. The people are
so poor that even the little boys and
girls have To help earn the living for
the family, and there Isl usually little
time or inclination for education,
The government is spending $500,
600 q year for primary education here
In the Northwest provinces. and within
the next five years Is planning to
spend $l.766. GEO a year, so that pri-
mary education may be placed within
reach of every village boy, The masses
are too poor TO take advantage of ii.
our Christians, for the most part, be-
long To the depressed claSses7--tle
'untouchable." as they are called
and the government schools are prac-
tically closed to them because OF
caste"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-30
Richmond. va, March 22, 1914



AT the jefferson hotel in Richmond this even
ing two expert dancers win give a nexhibition
Of the modern steps, the tango and it's variations
perts the "McAdoo Dip" and another the Flea
Rose"
Not long ago newspapers OF the country and
especially those Of Roanoke. were denouncins
the tango and its tntiInates with virid and thun-
derous emphasis Words Of the English Ian
Cuage mustered out in mighty phalanxes
and hurled at the enemy with a viCor that
brought lightning flashes from the heavens and
styrockets from the mountains The air shone
fro the mountains. T Sf1RDLowishv, d ETA OF
with sulphurous hues and smoked with Iurid
fulmnations.
And vet, the tango steadily pursued its wav
1t captured first one bulwarl< an dthen another
and it is almost everywhere. In The White
House it is a feature Of social festivities and in
the executive mansion in Richmond 1t is an
important feature of social gatherings
The old well the young, the middle aged
the professor and the toiler have surrendered
And the words that sprang in 1nnrderous vim
from editorial precincts, have been like the rnists
of a summer morning They are dssipated and
forgotten.
What is the nature Of the dip or this rose
we do not know. The only dip we know any,
think about is dipping a dpper Into a bucket
of water and the only rose we know is the
beautiful and fragrant flower that smiles to a
snnlit sky And the bucket of water and the
rose have but small relation to the dips and
the " roses Of tango fame and for this there
is reason to he Observation-Disclosures World News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-30
With the State Press
Tobacco and Peanuts.

Commissioner of Agriculture George w.
Koiner has issued bulletin the tobacco in
dustry in Virginia, showing what a valuable
crop the weed" is to the State. The value Of
this crop last year was nearly $4,000, 600. one
fourth OF the counties in the State grow to-
hacco. The yield of this crop has Increased
several hundred pounds per acre during the past
five years. which shows tina tour tobacco farmers
are progressing in growing this crop. Many
farmers last year realized 5000 per acre
from their tobacco crop.
In colonial days, tobacco was the money
crop Of the Peninsula, and few years ago
some of the finest tobacco ever seen was grown
on a farm not far from Newport News. If we
are not mistaken, it took premium at the
state fair What has become of the movement
then started to grow bright tobacco in this
section?
In connection with the recent fire at Durham,
the Baltimore Sun tells how Durham acquired
its reputation n tobacco town ut was at
Durham" SAYS the Sun. "at the close Of the
War Betwecn the States General Joseph f.
Johnston surrendered to General William T,
sherman. Before the surrender both armies
were quartered in the vicinity they got to smok-
ing the leaf tobacco raised by the neighhoring
farmers. and when the Confedcrates went South
and the Fcderals returned to their homes in the
North. they spread tho fame Of the golden
lear tobacco. When they sent back for fresh
supplies tho people began TO make smoking
tobacco. little at the time to supply the de-
mand. soon some little factories were built.
William r. Blackwell, Washington Duke and
Others grasped the opportunity and in twenty
years the little railroad station near which
Johnston and sherman met had become lively
manufacturing town"
The peanut industry in Virginia got II sstart
in much the same way. The Yankees tasted
our parched peanuts when they were camping
along James river and In the vicinity of Peters
burg ard whom they returned to their homes
after the war. they took along their appetite for
tho ola virginia "goober" They ordered the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-30
Levy and Monticello.

Jefferson Levy denies the report recently sent
out from Washington, that he willing to sell
Monticello the home of Thomas jefferson. We
have taken Mr.. levys part IN this matter. for 1t
has seemed to us that the activities of Mrs.
Martin w. Littleton amounted to persecution.
The property is the posse ssion Of Mr.. Levy, he
keeps It in good repair. he allows the public to
visit the grounds and the tomb of jefferson, and
he has repeatedly declared that it would be a
genuine bereavement for him TO part with the
estate at any price
We do not see what right either the lerisla-
ture of Virginia or the congress Of the United
States has to annoy him about his private pos
session, and for congress to condemn the prop
erty for public use and force Mr.. Levy to sell
1t would be a high handed outrage and a ira
Testy upon the teachings of jefferson.
But throughout the persecution Mr.. Levy
has shown "A patient and forbearing spirit and
In recent interview, he said IF congress
should pass bill seeking to acquire Monticello
would be obliged to give the matter serious
consideration, for the bin would be construed
as representing the people. But / do not ex-
pect the passage of any such BILL and assurediy
Monticello is not for sale
We do not believe. however, that n majority
of the members Of congress will vote to deprive
this man Of his property, without his consent.
If so, President Wilson would veto the bill
Newport News Times-Hera
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-30
BOOSTING YOUR HOME TOWN.

This little paragraph from the Chase City Pro-
gross brings to mind some reflections and an
endless train of nominations:
w hat do you say about your town when you
away from II? Have you thought how
much good you could do by speaking we'll of
it,"
The writer is reminded by It OF the enterprise
Of st. Louis drummer who stopped recently at
Savannah hotel. Some guest had registered
from Louisville. If memory serves us right, and
tho St Louis travelling man wrote in a beautl-
fully legbe hand under the name of the Louis
yillan-"he could have done better in St Louis"
The novelty Of the idea caught on" Every
man who registered at the Savannah hotel that
day read what the enterprsing st. Louis drum.
mer had written and laughed over It, and yet
it left its impress. The slogan Of the Rotary
club 'Itichmond ii good town" might be
written after the name OF every travelling man
out OF Richmond on the hotel registers Of the
South. It wouldn't do any harm to let the
people these travelling men visit know that
they have faith in Richmond and are not afriad
10 confess It, The Tvginidn passes out the
Savannah incident embracing an excellent idea
for Richmond travelling men to take up