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NUMBER IL
GABElL MAN MARRIED
But DIDN'T KNOW IT
Knot Was Tied When Drunk
--Awakes Next Morning
to Learn Predicament.

Huntington, Mar. 2.-John X.
Day OF the east end, is charged with
grand is'csny OF the most peculiar
kind known to the Cabell county
authorities. A warrant vas issued
this morning by Magistrate Stuart
on the complaint of Rev. John r.
Lambert, charging Day with the
theft of his own marriage license.
10 make the charge grand larceny
the complainant placed the value of
the marriage license at twenty one
dollars.
The preacher stated on SATURDAYS
night Day and Miss Ella Pancake
came to bic home iu the east end
aud presenting marriage license re-
quested that he tie the nuptial knot.
The ceremony was properly per-
formed. the license retained by the
preacher and the apparently happy
couple departed rejoicing.
He says on Sunday morniag Day
returned and ask that he might look
over the license as he believed there
was mistake in it. 1t was present.
ed to him whereupon Day placed
1t IN his inside coat pocket and bade
him adieu. This placed the preach
er in dire predics ment as il is his
sworn duty to file license with the
Cabell county clerk after perform
ing marriage ceremonies.
lie Immediately secured a warrant
charging him with the larceny Of
his own marriage license.
The matrimonial adventnrer has
also tale of woe TO tell. He s.ates
the license was secured and the mar
rage ceremony performed while be
was under the influence Of liquor
and did not know lie was playing
one Of the leading roles.
On Sunday morning he awoke to
find himself with Mrs John X. Day
who ne had formerly known as Miss
Ella Pancake. He stated he believed
he would go home.
The woman said, "Why, man,
you are already at home. We we're
married last night" The truth of
the situation sooD dawned upon him
and for the first time in bis life, Mr..
Day realized he was the head of .
house and was able te enjoy the
privilege of being called chubby"
He did not like the idea of set
tlingdownt to the notony ofmarried
life and especially under such oir-
cumstsnces as be entered the mar
ital state. He went directly to the
preacher who had tied the knot and
by a ruse puFloiued the evidence,
he believed, of bis marriage.
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last third than that of an ordi
nary person. However, it was the
opinion of some at the time that tt e
leg was that of some person small
In stature.
AT the time it was thought some
person had been murdered and part
Of his body brought to Kenova, al
though no other portion was ever
found.
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kenova News.

Mrs. F. Z. Way continues quite
i'll.
Mrs. j. w. Breeze is reported in
disposed.
Mrs. ID. b. Lewis is much better
at this time.
Dewey Meredith is numbered
among the sick.
Mrs. w. p. Harris was a recent
visitor at Huntington.
"Boge" Smith is erecting a new
residence in Park circle.
Mrs. K. K. Partlow was a visitor
at Ashland last Tuesday.
We noticed DR.. w. f. Bruins OF
Ceredo on our streets yesterday.
Mayor Reuben Osburn recently
transacted business at Huntington.
Miss Kathleen Holt was calling
on Ceredo friends Friday evening.
+. r. Peck was business call.
er at Huntington Friday afternoon.
Miss Matte Ke-inger called on
friends at Huntington last Satur.
day.
Mrs. l.. w. Queen, whose illness
we reported last week, Is improv-
ing.
Mrs. Fred Cyrus and Mrs. Frank
Hart were Ashland callers Satur.
day.
Mrs. Ii. T. Breeze was a visitor
at Huntington Wednesday after
noon.
Misses Matte and Rachel Brown
were Huntington visitors last Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fry were
shopping at Catlettsburg Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Joe Andrews has returned
from a visit with relatives at
Prichard.
Mrs. Will Harris was calling
on friends in Huntington one
evening last week.
Mrs. Harry FARRELL of Ceredo
was the guest of Kenova friends
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. A. A. Wilson and daughter.
Janet, Of Ashland were guests of
friends here Sunday.
Mrs. w. w. Jackson and Mrs.
@. s. Knapp were Huntington
shoppers yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Damron and Mrs.
Burnie Hudgins visited friends at
Portsmouth Tuesday.
Mrs. Jennie Percival was shop.
ping in Huntington one day the
latter part of last week.
Mrs. s. o. Wood and daughters,
Misses Wilda and Coltice, were visi.
tors at Ashland Saturday.
Miss Ruth Cook was the pleasan,
guest Of friends At Callettsburp foI
a few hours Saturday evening.
Mrs. H. M.Piles of West Hunt.
ington was the guest of her moth.
or, Mrs. ]. H. Lam bert, Thursday
Miss Laura Justice of Pittsburo
has returned to her home after {
pleasant visit with her sister, Mrs
Gertrude TieTnan.
/ Mrs. Everett Brown has beer
suffering from a severe attack o.
rheumatism for several weeks, bu
is somewhat improved.
There was a leak or break II
the gas pipe along Beech street
Thursday evening, that caused
very serious inconvenience to sew
eral families, an elaborate dinner
being IN progress IN one home
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Special.

Chocolate Cherries, pound, 900
Assorted Chocolate Creams,
pound 29c
These delicious Chocolate Cher
ries and Chocolate Creams will be
on sale for a short time. They are
regular soc a pound candy, and just
fresb from the factory. Try box.
Wild and Boette, Druggists, Floren-
tine Hotel corner, Huntington, w.
Va. adv.
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Best FamIIu Laxative.

Beware Of constipation. Use DIR. Kings
New Life Pills and keep we'll. Mrs.
Charles f.. Smith of West franklin :,
Me-, calls them "Our family laxative. 4"
Nothing better for adults or aged. Get
them today, 25c. All druggists or by
mail. II. r.. Bucklen 81 Co., Philadei.
phia or st. Louis. adv.
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The Ere insurance companies rep.
resented by T. T. McDougal insu
against lightning, whether FIRE en-
sues or not. Lightning Is liable to
damage your property any day
during the summer months. Get
policy today. If.
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Never Lend Money.

Never lend money. II is a bad
policy. You lend your friend
money and he forthwith ceases to
be your friend. As the Cincinnati
Enquirer puts it:
"I bad a friend,
/ loaned him ten:
/ bavn't seen
My friend since then"
And wbile We are about it, we
might a. we'll remark it is also poor
policy to go on your friends bail
bond, and in this connection the
Boston Evening Transcript sagely
observes
81 had one, too,
went his bail;
/ wish he now
Was back in jail"
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Arrangements for the great State
Sunday School Convention are going
forward rapidly at Huntington and
will be complete before the great,
three days gathering convenes on
Wednesday, April 8th.
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T. T. McDougal still writes fire
insurance. He represents the best
companies and notifies his patrons
when their policies expire, thus
dreventiDg lapses.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-04

Ger the grave where our hero we
buried" ...... ..~.: .s..
mo useless coffin inclesed his breast,
Nor in sheet nor in ! shroud we
-, wound him, . -. -. -
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-04

mot a drum was heard, not fu-
neral note
AS his corpse to the rampant we
hurried -" ..'
Not a soldier discharged his farewell
shot 49,. ....-.-.-,-,,.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

A campaign, the goal of which
is the conversion of 150,000.00o
native blacks, is discussed in a
statement by Bishop Joseph G.
Hartzell, who has just returned
from an eight months, tour of At
rica in his capacity of missionary
bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal
church. The most serious prob
lem" Bishop Hartzell said, that
confronts the Christian churches
in Africa is to stem the tide of ad.
vancing Mohamendanism. AT
present the Christian churches are
being far outdistanced in the
struggle to convert the natives.
On the other hand the sword has
been taken from the hand of the
Moslem in Africa, holy wars are "a
thing of the past. Moslems can
become Christian without fear of
death. and the methods of peace
ful propaganda are being unified
and enlarged by the Christian
church. Bishop Hartzell praised
the civil governors of the French,
Belgian, Portuguese and British
colonies and spoke specially of the
educational work being done by
these governments Voice of Mis-
sions.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
Scholarship To Honor
The Late Pres. Kendall

Lincoln University, Pa, March
25.-The Alumni Association of
Lincoln is planning to honor the
late DIR. L. N. Kendall, for over
forty years president of the univer-
sity, by endowing the j, n. Rem
dali Memorial Alumni Scholarship.
The sum required for endowing
the scholarship is $4,000, and this
amount is being raised among the
graduates.
Every Lincoln man is requested
to contribute to this fund AL
ready over S1,S00 have been col
-leen,d ard a special effort is now
being made to raise before the
June commencement. The alum
nj officers are confident that the
sons of Lincoln will respond to
this worthy appeal.
The executive committee of the
alumni met at the home of the
Rev. VIM. A. Credit in Philadel-
phia Wednesday, March IS, and
arranged a program for the dedi-
cation of scholarship, which will
be a special feature of the June
commencement.
This will be the first scholarship
endowed at Lincoln by colored
men. DIR. R. B. McCrary of Lex
ington, n. O., heads the contribu-
ton list with $50.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

South Bend, Ind, March 90
The A. B. G.. of this city have Sc
cured large tract of land and
will start the erection of colored
baseball park at once. Much en-
thusiasm is manifested by the COL
ored fans of the city and various
functions of social nature are
planned to raise money to finance
the scheme.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

Washington, d. O., March 10
Something in the nature of curios-
ity with reference to Mexican sit
uation was introduced today by
Representative Park of Georgia,
in the share of a joint resolution
directing the President to ''ac
quire by purchase. treaty or con-
quest all of the territory of Mexico
above tne Goth degree of north lat
itude, comprising the state of Low,
er California, Sonora, Sinaloa,
Chihauhau, Durango, Coahile,
Chihauhau, Zacatecas, Nuevb Le-
on, Tomalipas, San Luis Potosi
and Tertepig, from the authorities
of the republic of Mexico to be re-
served and used as territories OF
the United States for the coloni-
zation of and the preemption OF
homestead of colored races inhab.
iting the United States.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

Through the interest and gener-
osity of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
wife of the President, Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins and Miss Alice Jay,
a modern lauDdiy plan has been
installed at the Colored Settlement
House, Is l.. street, southwest.
The plant will be open to colored
women in the neighborhcod, who
will then be enable to do their
laundry work in sanitary way.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
Black kandWhite
In TheSOuth


my superintendent, anu ne heartily
sanctioned it."
In letter to the Montgomery
Advertiser" December 90, 1910,
explaining why the black counties
of Alabama, Macon County excep-
ted, had lost population from 1900
to 1910, [ said: Il do not believe
that the leading people, and espec,
tally landowners, of the Black
Belt counties know how little
money some Negro schools receive.
More money is paid for Negro
convicts than for Negro teachers
in Alabama. About $40 per
month is now being paid for first
class, ble-bodied Negro convicts,
$50 for the second class, and S26
for the third class for the twelve
month in the year, while in some
counties Negro teachers get from
SIS to SIT month for period of
three or four months in the year" !"
While have dwelt a great deal
upon conditions in Mississippi,
South Carolina and Alabama, do
not mean to imply that these are
the only States where such condi-
tions exist. / have used them
merely as examples of conditions
existing in some portions, at least,
of practically all of the States of
the lower South.
On my visits to the country
schools in these and other States
L have seen some very pathetic
sights. In some of the so-called
school buildings the roofs leak,
the winds blow up through the
cracks of the floors and down
through the ceilings. [ have seen
in many of these schools five little
boys and girls trying to study out
of the same book. In some cases
two children would occupy the
front seat with the book between
them, with two others peeping ov-
er their shoulders, and fifth try.
ing to peep over the shoulders of
the four.
Now, as l often say when speak
ing in the Southland | never say
anything out of the South that |
do not say the South-in those
counties and districts in which
this color line is drawn in the mat
ter of fitting these people for the
duties of life under free conditions.
no color line is drawn in the pay
ment of taxes or in the punish
ment of crime. The colored boy
who has 81 so year spent on him
for his education is punished by
the same court under the same
rules of evidence as the white boy
who resides in the county and has
SIS year spent on him for his ed
ucation. Aside from other results
of this kind of short sightedness
and injustice, this lack of school
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

Wilmington, Del, March 25-
The colored women of this city
have organized a club to study fe-
male suffrage, with the following
officers: Mrs. Alice NJ. Dunbar,
president; Mrs. George j. Sykes,
vice. president; Mrs, Bessie Dorrell,
secretary, and Mrs. Fannie damil-
ton, treasurer.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

Washington, March 20.-From
a farm Of 81 acres, owned by John
Jones, an ex-slave, in Shelby
County, Tenn, has come to the
Supreme Court of the United
States a question affecting colored
persons all over the country. 1t
is whether or not ex slaves are en-
titled TO inherit from their broth
ers and sisters, who likewise were
ex slaves. The Supreme Court
of Tennessee decided that ex-slaves
had no inheritable blood. viii
Jones, one of Johns brothers, has
brought the case TO the Supreme
Court, seeking reversal. This is
not a question of social right be-
tween the colored and the white
race, but the question involved in
this case is "A question of civil
rights said the attorney for Jones.
IF a decision of this character
, were allowed to stand" he added,
then would open the let way for
discrimination and abuse of tie
rights and privileges to mankind,
white or coloied."
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

elimination is practiced in the
Navy. A colored man cannot en-
list as a seaman, ordinary seaman,
appretice seaman, landsman, ship
wright, blacksmith, plumber and
filter, sailmaker's mate, machin-
lists mate, boiler maker or in any
branch of the skilled or unskilled
service. A mess attendant may
earn from S22 to S33 per month.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
(The Outlook)
Continued from last issue.

Continued from last issue.
Some of the mere touching and
heart. reaching lettess that L re-
ceive regarding accommodations
for colored children come from
Southern white people of both
sexes. The following is one ex-
ample of many. A Southern
white lady, the wife of former
official in Alabama, in letter
speaking of the rural schools IN
her county, says:
"Dr. Washington:
Since being elected Presi-
dent of the School Improvement
Association of this country, L find
conditions gloomy enough for both
races, but it is strictly relative to
the colored race that | am writing
this.
There was some irregularity in
the application to DR.. Dlllard' OF
New Orleans, for the supervisor
of the colored schools, and
this leaves me absolutely without
means with which to supply this
crying need.
Now 1 am asking you to send
me one Of your best teachers-l
mean most conscientious teachers
to visit each colored school in
this county in the capacity OF su-
pervisor. If once quarter would
be too much to ask, then let them
come at least twice during the
scholastic year. The county sup
erintendent has promised to ap-
point me a president of the School
Improvement Association, and L
shall personally undertake the di-
rection of her work. Ii only you
could see the heart-breaking need
as ] see it!
You have been called the Mos
es' of your race; then this call is to
you to help lead your people out
of the wilderness of ignorance ard
ineficiency. This is one OF the
opportunities to prove your SINGER
ity.
ALLOW me to recall to your re-
membrance the liberal and SYM
pathetic attitude held toward the
Negro race by my husband, not
only during his incnmbency as
State officer but in all his dealings
with them in private as well as in
publie life. The matter of improv-
ino the schools of this country has
become question OF conscience,
and something must be done.
This appeal goes to you in the
name of our Christ in behalf OF
his needy little ones. Yours for
betterment, etc.
"P. S.-We have only sixteen
colored schools After | had de-
termined on this step, L consulted
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
The Division.

Three Germans had been doing an
odd job of repairing and agreed to
split the pay evenly. They received
81, and. after several unsuccessful ef-
forts of two of them to hit upon the
correct division of the amount the
third settled the business transaction
thus: Here iss it, two for you two,
and here iss it, two for me, too. Amt
i'd d?-Philadelphi Public Ledger.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
Absinthe.

The principal poison in absinthe is
vegetable substance known as
thyion. 1t is found in wormwood.
which is used in making absinthe.
France is the largest consumer of abb
sinthe, taking more than all the rest
of Europe. The consumption has been
steadily increasing, so that n 1911
over 100000 gallons of absinthe were
used in France.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

facilities is fast driving some of
the best colored farmers from the
farms, where they are of best SER
vice to the white people and to
themselves, to the large cities,
where, in spite of certain disadvan-
tages, they are reasonably sure of
finding some kind of school for
their children.
Any one living outside of the
South cannot realize how heavily
the Southern States have taxed
themselves within the last quarter
of century for education and
what tremendeo oas sacrifices they
have made. 1t is hard to put IN
word s true or adequate descrip-
tion of the awakening that is now
spreading all through the South
in educational matters. While all
this is true. we must not fail, how
ever, to look facts in the face, even
though they be disagreeable and
discouragiug facts. The best
friend of the South is he who will
tell the truth.
| was born in the South, have
lived in the South, and am just as
proud of the South as any white
man could be. For this very reas-
on [ want to see it get to the point
where it will cease to be continu-
ally held up to the civilized world
as the most criminal section of
our country. But we can get rid
of this reputation only in proper
ton as education replaces ignor-
ance, as thrift and industry re-
place idleness and laziness, as
high moral character replaces i'm
morality.
These bad and unhealthy con-
ditions exist in many parts Of the
South, ] repeat, because liberal
and thoughtful white people too
often do not actually know what is
going on with reference to Negro
education. These white people
are so absorbed with their own
personal business, or in matters
that concern white people, that
they do not have time, or take
time, to find out the actual condi-
tions in which colored people live.
This leads me to hope that what |
have said in this article may i'm
press the leading white people in
the South with the importance of
locking into and making known
the facts in regard TO Negro educa-
ton.
In some parts of the country
public attention has already been
directed to the Importance of this
matter. In Russell County, Ala.
bama, for example, where | have
recently been, the white people are
pleading for more Negro schools,
more Negro teachers, and they are
not ashamed to let the world know
that they are in favor of Negro ed
ucation. The same is true of many
counties and cities in the South;
but, when all this is said, we must
face the fact, disagreeable as it may
be, that when we consider the
growth in population among the
colored people in the rural dis
tricts Of the South; where eighty
five per cent Of the Negro popula-
ton lives, the Nation still has
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

A young colored man of Norfolk
applied to the United States Naval
Re cluiting station in New York
for enlistment as tailor, and re-
ceived a curt note from the depart
ment saying that lat present col
ored men are only being enlisted
as mess attendants" In spite OF
the printed regulations which dc
not specify color, this gIoss dis
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

Marion, S. c., March "a B.
General, the largest Negro farmer
in South Carolina, owning 1,7OO
acres of land, sold a few days ago
in this city l05 bales of cotton,
which is a part of last years crop,
netting him 5000.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
Concerning Nothing.

We are told nothing is impossible.
Wrong. Lots of men are very accom-
plished at doing nothing.-Norman
Hapgood.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

serious problem which we must
meet in spirit of generosity and
handle with wisdom, and, above all
things, with courage.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04

Negroes in Charleston, S. c.,
have opened ten cent store which
gives employment to twenty-five
colored people.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
Daily Thouaht.

Gratitude is fruit of great culti-
vation; you do not find it among gross
people.-Samuel Johnson.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-04
Many Have Tried.

No man has ever gained distinction
because OF the excellence Of his jew
elry.
Newark post., 1914-10-28

on Thursday and Friday, was at
tended by workers from all sec
tions of the county. Rev. Lewis w.
Hainer Of Norristown, Pa, gave
the leading address, holding that
the value of the boy depends not
only upon his home surroundings,
but upon the influence of his
church and associates. |. Elmer
Perry discussed "The Kind of
Superintendents We Should Be"
and George Simon spoke from the
viewpoint Of county superinten-
dent. DR.. Hainer also spoke upon
"The Crowned Worker" The
following officers were elected
president, Harry E. Link; vice.
president, L. B. Jones; recording
secretary, G. IL. Gray; general
secretary and treasurer, E. Ross
Farra; State executive committee,
Charles w. Bush, NJ. E. Rothwell,
d. B. Maloney; department sup
erintendents, Miss Mabel Baird,
Miss Grace Baird, Prof. E. l..
Cross, Miss Laota Powell, Mrs. j.
H. Cabbon, William E. Grimes
and Charles w. Bush.
The officers and the following con-
stitute the executive committee /:
Appoquinimink, d. B. Maloney !;
Blackbird, Theodore Ferguson
Brandywine, George Simons; Chris
tiana, William Frederick; Mill
Greek, Ferris j. Yearsley; New
Castle, r. A. Pender; Pencader,
John R. Butler; st. Georges, Mrs.
Frances Mccoy; White Clay Greek
Prof. Thomas F. Manns; Whining
ton, Albert G. Pierce, William j.
R. Hill, William B. Smith, Jr., j.
G. Pyle, III. G. Downward.
The Hundred secretaries follow /:
Appoquinimink, A Walter f. Hart /;
Blackbird, Mrs. Thomas Ferguson
Brandywine, Harry Meeck, Edge
Moor; Christiana, Ella M. Win
chester; Mill Greek, Frank F.
Yearsley New Castle, Miss Mabel
Clewell; Pencader, William b.
Walton; Red Lion, John Carrow,
Sr.; st. Georges, Miss May Enos,
Odessa White Clay Greek, War
rem Singles; Wilmington, Mrs. Lii
han Reeves, Miss Lillian Humph-
rey, Mrs. Anna Baldwin, Mrs. Es-
tella Marine.