The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-02-20
HUNDREDS 10 LEAVE UIlEEED
STATES WITH LEADER OF
"AKlM TRIBE"
ms TALES me- LIKE dreams
Says FARMS, Riehss, HagpesI
s kwaie An On Geld -Css, Bae
There's no Pusas.

folanfi and where cn9ebg aNu NOnF ASA'
r4hines 10 eas may hs gencked from
traes and bUshes, hundr<is OF Negroes,
most Of them living In the Middle Wesi,
hsye ~ armed 20 the standard Of Chael
! Sam, Of the tribe oil Akin, and intend 20
po hack with him to The ssoried G>h
q oaat Of Africs-the land Of tho Boba,
OK CheeAe Tree, tina KArita, or Buaesi
Bush, and the Nata, or Flour Wine
Chief San, usaerss thaf all these easabieA
and more grow in the Ueopia ofshe AKIN
triba and be tells bis Sspsg 80 convincing
~ Ihat tha number Of his follo~ers 4
growing daily. ..,-
y Cop.ing 10 hieago with twenty tonr
negroes from Maniee, Okla ChiAi Sam
announced than sheg were 10 be added 70
; tha band awaiting transportation 10 the
promised land. He sSasSd that he had
found a number of large PaFs'sS Of "col-
onizsrs,' in New York, BOSs0n anS eey-I
. eral other eities, and thai he sxpecse y
eake atleaSe 200 men and gwcraen iss
Africa on his ship, saiAing SOuas eI
kxs
3iIf come beck
%
sSsGs. SsS
s,eons the shipuant b AL negroes Ossk
TO Africa-back Elssre they cams tronn,
the land al plenty onssha Gold OoASs
Chief Sam declares his proposition =,
the negroes Of America eonsisss oG an o.
fer to trsnspors them from New YORK Sr
Africa and 70 give them sixsy.fOnr acre
OF land piece, for the, nominal sum o.
$25 each.
When a representative OF 4he SAtnEuAy
Blade Interviewed Chief Sam in Ohcsgo
the Negro was not aEtired in African rai-
ment, bus wore yellow Snis, an over.
coat of the same color, 3 brown iedofs
hat y Shich ase Mt 40 angie on his bead,
and pair Of rubberS over tan shoes
white folks do not realise the eaaeg-
mity Of the nexro problen in this eos.a-
t.v . he said. ''The negroes ouRhs 10 g.
hack 70 Africa. Farms and gold @ndI
hap,,;pesaawait them there. They IN
Welcome and VIA Fecaiye every aid.
:. "Nhy are my pe6ple inyiting shf
American nearOes % Africa. Eeesiyer
lessersfro black Een IN Sne oa1seo
States Who wanted b return 10 AFsca.
took ,be,r word 10 chiefs Of other tribes,
rho NAV ~ iofn In this enterprise hsae.l
We of The krita Of AKIN, and ShRFe are
many thousands in the ribe, decided 70
hif,s 8 boat and bring them over. TneI
boats which is the oply one Of iss' stSt
ssosrnad hy negroes, iSwaittna for us now.
MS ANSWERS ARE VAGUE
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A"OuSn 80 N - ~. ..sta',,,,,,o a. Z,
Wi'iink sAlN - s.. lo.ss,;,,, ora ma.
ms eouhNJ' nS oAAos -. n =.
eerS oi Siil,"I nA S--..l,.,
because OIL tne 'S'A "a u's'','S - u.
tne en'erpS'se N'A' %a~. I'o - .nn..,osI 80 -
oil tne country n:Ie "S - =. - ~, At
k'ut - ~
r'cah eu'o'' 49,. p,.,,. ...o,.,v ~.
as 'e'''U - - ', - rr~..,o =, -,
- 0'en' .,..,,o1 : 80 - - Ch;ag S.rn 10.
r'0"n "n 'n'eS,'H~''',r - ~ ~, -, :.
c'lVed q 'e''SI 'i". - .,-SnJ D.. =
negro 6" tT ~ s...a IA !, nh;aS s"m =. h;s
I've nau never neAsS s,,,',..s =. - - nsLs
Pr''Fs'' S,.s - ;nns.ti.,.,;on, hefore sbev d.
., ,l'"'.'a" '"., .ha;- ,o. With The Afr;csn
c,ue" .Ea " '"S S,1'...S - 49, ~, h.v,
ehTItaln. I'""rSei'
joined with him believe ne 70 sineeTe An'