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The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

ter was written into a colonization
scheme, headed by Alfred Charles
Sam, said 20 be chief of an African
tribe, to transport Negroes from the
United States to the west coast of
Africa.
The project, as described by Sam,
was to enable Negroes to go to West
Africa, join colony, and live in COM
parative luxury.
The Liberia, financed, it was said.
by Negroes, left Portland, Me-, in May
and, after stopping at Norfolk, Va.
proceeded to Galveston, Tex, where 1t
was reported to have taken on 40
Negroes and started on its voyage to
the west coast of Africa.
At Anamabu, on the African coast,
the Liberia was seized by British au-
thorities, as the owner was a British
subject. While there the crew was
stricken by fever and removed to a
hospital. After their recovery they
were discharged. They then went to
Liverpool. whence they were sent
home as consular passengers.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06
Sentence Against Cook Affirmed

Denver.-The Supreme Court has
affirmed the death sentence against
Oscar Cook. twice convicted for the
murder of Patrolman William ]. Nc
Pherson. March 10, 1912. Cooks pc
tition for a new trial was refused and
he will be hanged some time during
the week of Feb 20, 1916.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06
EATING Strawberries Yet.

Grand Junction-Frank Balm and
family of Appleton are enjoying the
most luscious Strawberries they have
had this year and they are being gath
cred daily from their own garden.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06
Accidentally Killed Pet.

Grand Junction-While cleaning a
shotgun he did not know was loaded,
Ed Faber discharged bo. b barrels of
the gun into the head of uis pet burro.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06
Tungsten Camp Give Wage Increase

Boulder-A horizontal wage in
crease of 30 per cent has been an
nounced by the Primos and ihe Wolf
tone Mining companies. the principal
tungsten producers in this field. The
advance creates a minimum wage of
$3.50 day. 1t will date back to the
first of the month
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

A correspondent of a Washington
newspaper suggested that the United
States create Negro army of from
100000 to 100000 men for carrying
on the reclamation work and other in
dustrial undertakings in peace, and do
our fighting in time of war. This Is
a most undemocratic and abhorrent
suggestion. Mercenary armies and
vicarious fighters were in fashion $50
years ago. when despotic kings used
them as their tools of oppression. The
odium that attaches to the term Hes
sian, in our own history, is the result
of the intense feeling among our own
forefathers against hireling soldiers
The revolutionary fighters were will
ing to risk their fortunes, their ener-
gies and their lives in the struggle
for liberty, and the English king
brought into the field against them
hired troops. Unprepared and undis-
ciplined as the Americans were, their
superior morale won for them victory.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06
Smith Injured in an Auto Aeeiden.

Longmont.-G. H. Smith of Dem
yer is confined to his room at the
Imperial hotel here, suffering from
injuries received when touring car
in which he and his son P. A. Smith
and w. Babcock of Longmont were
riding. upset six miles south of Long
mont.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06
Posses Trailing HeIburo SLAYER.

Longmont-A large posse of de-
termined men armed with rifles and
shotguns Sunday secured the country
in the vicinity of Longmont for Frank
Balistere, the Italian who shot Victor
Helburg at Louisville.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

One of the most significant of the
many hopeful tendencies in the South
today is the spirit of cooperation be-
ing manifested on every hand between
the white and colored people. Never
in the history of the South, 1t is safe
to say, has there been so keen an in.
terest on the part of the white popula-
ton in the condition and welfare OF
the Negro. In almost every large city
below the Ohio river, from Galveston
and Houston up to New Orleans, Bir-
mingham, Atlanta and even Washing
ton, there has been an awakening in
some one or all of the phases of Negro
life. In the agricultural districts OF
southern states there has been a re-
valuation of the status of the Negro
and a new attitude with regard to
him is being formed.
OF the many causes to which this
awakening is to be attributed two
stand out most prominently. First
the publication of census statistics
showing the appalling death rate from
tuberculosis and other diseases
among Negroes and the absence of
any well regulated effort looking to-
ward sanitation in Negro quarters.
The interest which many people have
taken has been, no doubt, the sort of
interest one would take il mad dog
were loose in the neighborhood; but,
regardless of the motive of self-pres-
ervation, the cleanup" movement
has been responsible for great good.
In the second place, the colored peo-
pie themselves have been so untiring
in their efforts to bring to pass a new
| er and better era in the land of which
! they are in indispensable economic
part that their labors are now bearing
fruit There is larger confidence in
the future of their race. because they
themselves are responding more rap
idly and more satisfactorily now than
ever before.
The South in the next few decades
will become one of the richest sections
of the nation and of the world. 1t Is
therefore important not only that Ia
Dor and capital should work in har-
mony, but it is even more important
| that there should be an interracial
| sympathy and cooperation in all econ
omic and civic endeavor. The laborer
can be kept skillful and efficient only
as his environment is wholesome and
strengthening, and not weakening and
demoralizing. 1t is in the spirit of this
paragraph, reflected in an address de.
livered by Maj. r. R. Motion of Hamp.
| ton institute, that the leading white
people of the South are coming to re
gard the Negro problem. That large
share of their concern in the matter
lies on the side of the economic is
shown by the interest taken in the ef
forts of number of state and city
health officials to improve the sanitary
conditions in which the Negroes OF
their respective districts are forced to
live.-Chicago Daily News.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

For carrying policeman's club
there has been invented a strap to be
worn over one shoulder and extend
through an opening in the coat. obvi-
ating the necessity for a belt.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

If you know a good recipe for max
ing raspberry jam, keep it to your
self Do not let it be said of you that
you held a grudge against the world.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

Ezra Meeker wants the Oregon
trail appropriately marked. Inasmuch
as Mr.. Meeker appears to have more
idle time than anyone else, why not
let him mark it?
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

In giving little Willie present you
can greatly facilitate matters by also
giving him a hammer with which to
break it up.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

Mrs. Ella d. Rowland of zillah,
Wash, owns a vast apple orchard
upon which it is claimed that she
raises the finest apples that are grown
in the United States.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

"Auntie" Mahaley Gibbs, aged nine
ty-nine years. according to city health
statistics, is dead at Memphis, Tenn.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

Farmers in England are now pre-
paring to pay women the same wages
as given to the men called away to
war
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

German scientists have utilized pho
tomicrographs of crystallization forms
of various chemical solutions to pro-
vide new patterns for various arts and
crafts.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

With the arrival at New York on
the steamer Norseman from Liverpool
of 18 distressed Americans, forming
what was left of the crew of the Brit
ish steamer Liberia, dramatic chap
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

The British Royal Navy reserve was
established in 1859; the Royal Fleet
reserve in 1907.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

In reply to the very interesting let
ter in the Times, referring to the es-
say on Southern music, by Prof. AL
bert Mildenberg. as published in your
Sunday Magazine. l venture to add a
few words, the result of great interest
and much research in my personal ac-
quaintance Of many years with the
well-known English Negro composer.
Coleridge Taylor, and the famous
American authority, Harry T. Burleigh.
both of these men being grave and
earnest musicians, yet each pursuing
entirely different paths in the devel-
opment of their art, writes Albert j.
Weber in the New York Times. In
the case of Coleridge Taylor it has
been steady advancement of great
talent for composition along serious
lines, with no leaning toward develop
ment OF race popularity or special
influence, it being simply the following
out of the classical as well as lighter
forh of musical compositions follow
ing those of all of the modern cele-
brated European composers.
Regarding Mr.. Burleigh, his work has
been development of an idea which
has had as it's main inception and es-
sential character the bringing out of
peculiar and individual Negroid quail
ties, so far a. the themes and rhythm
are concerned. of course, seriously
treated, but nevertheless with the idea
of establishing a splendid and delight
full color in his work, and the exis-
tence of a characteristic that he attrib-
utes solely to the Southern plantation
Negro. 1t is but just and fair to pre-
sumo that the charming melodies sung
by the Southern plantation Negro,
such as Swing Low. Sweet Chariot"
and STEAL Away to Jesus and the
numerous other spirituals that l have
heard unlimited times during my in
vestigations in the South, throughout
that glorious Land of Dixie" are of
absolutely pure Negro origin, and this
fact no doubt re-enforces the conten-
ton of Prof Albert Mildenbergs argu-
ment that we must look to these fun
damental principles of melody and
rhythm produced by these very South
ern Negro singers, and maintained by
them to this very day in their orig
inal form, for the very essence Of the
material upon which our American
folk-song exists and may be further
developed.
The more treatment they will under
go at the hands of the trained and
skilled musicians the further away
from their intrinsic value they will be
drawn, the more will they lose their
entire individuality. The natural mel.
odies in their original form, free from
harmonic treatment by technical mu-
sicians, will of themselves be a potent
factor in our future musical develop
ment.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

Fortunate is the woman who is too
busy to have that kind of tongue.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

In proportion to population. Japan
has more suicides than any other CIV
uized nation.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-06

Statistics show that $4,000 of the
165,000 people in Birmingham are Ne
groes. The school census of 1912
showed 21,336 Negro children of
school age The annual report of the
Birmingham public schools of 1913
has 1860 Negro children enrolled in
he schools, 1854 of whom attended
regularly. This report shows 5.445
seats for these children, a lacking
of 439 seats to accommodate them.
Our schools are sadly crowded; many
drop out for this reason, and | won
Ter to what extent are these condi-
tions responsible for the large
amount of work left for the juvenile
court officers, for the restless, ignor-
ant young Negro who crowds the
dives, jails and mines, for the spread
of infectious diseases.-Mrs. Sidney
M. Ullman, in the birmingham tAla.)
Age-Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen Shows
Alexandria Institutions 10 be
In Good Condition.

According to the reports OF ohe
commercial organizations, city oh'e-
ials, clerk of courts, and men con-
nected With the pubic service cor
porasitions, business in Alexandra ou1-
in the past year while of a smaller
volume than in 1918 vas of a salts
factory nature. there being no iaii, ,
ures Of any importance while several
new enterprises were located ID 'hc
city during the year.
Statistics furnished by Newell >
Greenaway. clerk Of courts, $40"
that there were 593 deeds recorded II,
the corporation court as compared
with f59 in 1913, showing an II.
crease in the number of real estate
transfers Of nearly SO ID per cent
! There was a large decrease IN the
number of suits filed. In 1915 there
were only II as compared with .
; in the previous year Chancery SuF'
! showed An increase from 81 in l9l;
to So in 1914. There were also tw'
administrations and two wills filed Il
the last year. .
In the circuit court during oh'
{ past year there were 10 common Law
suits, 10 charcery suits, 20 admins
trations admitted and % wills pro
bated, each figure being d slight III
crease over the previous year.
! The number of marriage license
last year were G6s Of which 499 war'
issued to white persons ard IS!
to co,ored persons. The births il
1914 we're 400 ard the deaths 33l
The number Of dogs licensed showed
decrease. In 1913 they We're III
and in 1914 they were Csc.
: Police Justice Cation collected s.
PA 10 in fines in 1911 as compared
with Ss769 in 1913. a falling off o:
$685..
: There was an average OF 2,20i
pupils attending the public school,:
in 1914, the, total number Of schoo
permits issued being 2,375.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
WHAT WILL THE NAM +; BE:

From out Of great mind wonderful moving picture
serial has just been created That picture will be seen
On the Richmond Screen cry week for fourteen
weeks-you will find Miss Pearl White VIII" navnd
Pauline in the Perils of Pauline to be the
this new great detective series We will n
effort to tell you the Name and Date by
lleXt week. WA
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
RETROSPECT Of YEARIADVENT OF THE new YEAR
Bells, Steam Whistles, Guns and
Pistols Brought Into Requisi-
ton at Midnight.

There seemed to oe more ANIMATION
in Alexandria last night upon Dne
arrival Of the New Year thar Oh any
previous, occasion During the early
part Of the night the sound CT COW
bells and the discharge Of guns anu
pistols were heard in every section
Of the city. AS the night advanced
these Accomplishments OF the New
Years Night hilarity become more
frequer1t. and as the bell IN the City
Hall steeplef at fifteen minutes TO
twelve, began to toll out the year
1914 the animation became more Ill
tense. When the clock began to
strike the midnight hour the enthu-
siasm knew no bounds. ard there was
a general explosion. Bells, whistles.
guns and pistols and horns went oil
simultaneously. and for about half en-
! hour the din was terrific. The tenn
perarure was comparatively mild and
the streets were alive with young
and old
: The greatest number 81 residences
were illuminated and in many there
were social gatherings 1t was real
izeIl that it would be futile TO al
tempt 30 sleep until after the vel
f.; come ceremonies 20 the rev year had
been performed, hence the young and
old o. families remained up until the
close Of the festive scenes 1t was
near one o'clock before the city re-
sumed it's normal condition.
Notwithstanding the fact that mos
people were in the streets all bent
in one way or another, upon enjoying
themselves there was Eothing I'M
secnlly. nor were the police compel
led TO make any arrests. The Off
GERS relieved about dozen cnthusi-
aSric youngsters Of saiuting pistols
IKE watch meetings in churches
were well-attended. These who par
ticipated in the many social gather
in%S which mad been planned had
pleasant experiences.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
The Lion and The Mouse

Dramatized from Charles KIe;n's
famous novel. An American drama
Of human interest.
There is no better way Of starting
the New Year than by becoming
regular patron Of the Surprise The
alter. Try it and see.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
MAY BANQUET GRIFFITH
Cardinals 70 Hold Annual Meeting
Next Sunday.

The Cardinal Athletic Club will
meet at the home Of Sylvester a.
Breer, 1922 King Street, Sunday
evening. January 3, at s P NJ, at
which time officers will be elected for
the yea1. 1915
The Cardinals are out to make the
coming baseball season successful
one in every way and the team will
be composed Of practically the same
players as those on the roster last
year
It is possible that the CLUB will
give another banquet to Manager
Clark Griffith OF the Washington
Baseball Club, of the American Base
bail League. at which time the Old
Fox will have some things TO tell
the fans that will be most interest
ing, and, no doubt will be copied by
the leading newspapers all over the
United States as his popularity as
pilot of the Climbers" With the fans
around the American League circuit
is eQusied by no other manager, and
naturally his remarks will be read
with the greatest interest.
Thofe who. 'desisss ato ,aass.tteqld 1.-THE
banduet Should notifs the president
Of the Cardinals as early as possible
SO that provisions can be made for
their place az the banquet table and
other details arranged TO make the.
affair a success. ,s:,$Y%
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
STOP PAYING YOUR
LANDLORDS XMAS
EXPENSES

The rent you pay each month is max
ing the Landlord rich. You can take
your monthly rentals and buy your
own coZy home. You have nothing
10 show for the past ten years. rent
money, have you? We will gladly
SHOW you some beautiful built houses
in st. Elmo; which may be purchased
as low as $25 per month without any
cash payment, which amount will in
Guide all interest expenses. Let US
have heart to heart talk abo, s
attractive proposition
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
IN MEMORIAM.

In. sad but loving remembrance Of
my husband. WILLIAM f. TOP
PING. who left us one year ago
today. January ], 1914.
One year has passed. my heart s;,ll
sore,
As time goes ON l miss you more,
Your memory is as dear today
As at The hour you passed away.
| often sit and think Of you
When I am all alone,
For n'an.ery is the only thing
That grief can call its owG.
BY Has Wife.
We may not know why death should
come
To take our father from our home.
But though our eyes with tears be
dim.
The Lord Knows best. vel trust in
him.
Father. twas strange you were
called so sudden.
Without saying to one Of Us eoodbv,
we Know You were thinking OF us all
When God called on you to die.
BY His Children. William and Emma
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
DELINQUENT TAN LIST
Alexandria, Nar Dec. 81. 1917.

Alexandria. Var DEC. 81. 1917.
as required by law notice is hereb,
given that the real estate deljqucnt
for 1913 herein mentioned or so much
thereof as may be necessary to sat
lsfy the taxes. levieS. interest costs
and charges due thereon, will be sold
ut public auction on the First.
MONDAY IN JANUARY. 1915
between the hours of 10 in the morn
ing and 4 in the afternoon. in. front
Of the courthouse. unless the amount
for which said lands are delinquent
together with the interest cost ana
charges shall have been previously
paid.
WHITE.
Carnc Cecilia Est, Part Of square
Fairfax, Lee. Green and Church,
So Il.
McDcrmott, NJ. y. < E. r.
house and LOT 100 Queen. ST, 50 90
Peek William II. houses and lots
n. Z. Cor. Princess and West. %G.25
Phillips Annie L., House and lot
427 South Lee. ST.. S2.3
CCLCRED
-Al;el. Adeline, House and lot 3l%
s. Royal ST., Sl.33S
Adkins Harriet. House and lot
sos Duke. ST., So 81.
Barrett Howard A, house and 10!
517 S. Col, st., 50. "a.
Ballard John ". house and lot,
6l7 and % s, Alfred, st. SIG
EllcIiner Hannah +, house and lot,
30G \. Patrick ST.. 81. %5.
Bushrod Daniel, house an;! Lei:
COZ s. Alfred, ST. 81 40.
Brcokcs /. Griffin howsc and Let
S2l Queen ST.. $3.12.
Summary David. Iot 800 North
Pitt. St. 81
Bannaker Mary f. house and lot
ia Franklin st, Sis.
Enos. j. Milton. house and lot
All North Patrick. St., 81. is.
Frazier Ellen, House and lot s.
W Cor, Queen and Payne, 10
Fields james. lot 49, North West
ST., 40
Gordon Woodsor, house and lot
40 North Pitt, ST.. II
Gaskins Aaron. lot 49, \. Payne
ST.. Acc
Gaines Emma. house and lot 1l9
North Henry, ST. Sl.36.
Gray Fannie J.. lot Henry be-
tween Prince and Oronoco. St, zoe.
Hume Roxie. House ard lot 81 n.
Fayette. ST., soc
Johnson William Il. house and lot
1GT 90 North Alfred ST.. 81 IS.
hgSr Lucy Ann nous mouse ana ioo'
4ol oronocc' ST. :'uc
lee Bettie. lot N. 4. 'or' oToho-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
Coming Monday

Tie Million Dollar Mystery
Francis <. Bushman in the 3 part
production THE BATTLE OF LOVE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
SUSPICIOUS NEGROES.

Special Officer Sisson last night
arrested Henry Harris and George
Rice, both colored as suspicious
characters It is alleged that they
had entered a residence on south!
Lee street. There was on session Of
the Police Court today, and they
will be brought before the bar to.
morrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
The SURPRISE THEATER
The Home of Feature Photo Plavs

The management wishes tile peo-
pie of Alexandria and vicinity and
all others very HAPPY NEW
YEAR. And an exceedingly prosper
Gus one.
Program for New Years Day
Lubin presents an extremely interest
ing film play in parts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
NEW ELECTRIC CARS.

Five new center-entrance cars, re-
Gently purchased by the Washington
Virginia Railway Company. are soon
to be ADDED to the equipment used OH
the Alexaadria-Mt. Vernon branch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
Our Annual. J
January
Clearance
Sales
Are now in progress

We beg TO announce to our
many Patrons and Friends in
this vicinity that our JANUARY
Clearance Sale is now at its
he light. Merchandise Of al
kinds both by the yard and
ready to wear garments also
rugs bed wear and draperles
in fact everything has been
materially reduced for a quick
clearance. You will be ably
repaid il you anticipate your
needs for months to come and
supply them from the extraor-
binary values that are obtaina-
bic during this January Clear
ance sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-01
TONIGHTS SPECIAL PROGRAM

TONIGHTS SPECIAL PROGRAM
THE MOVING PICTURE COWBOY
Seig two part Western Comedy in the Way He Told
The Story and what He Really Did This is great big
BELIEVER IN DREAMS
mighty pretty Lubin production
THE VOLUNTEER BURGLAR
Featuring Miss Beverly Bayne, Richard c. Travers and
Bryan WashbuIn in an Essanay Drama.
SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS
BY the Vtagraph Film Company in two parts featuring
Miss Norma Talmadge and MI. GLADDEN. James False
cusations invaded their happiness but all shadows
finally dispeled in the Sunshine Of reunited love-