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The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-05
Booth Lowrey's Mishap

The following account OF Booth
Lowrey' narrow escape from death hA
asphyxiation. rs given In a news dis
patch to the Commercial Appeal from
his home at Blue Mountain. Miss. will
be of interest to mis- many friends ana
admirers here. Mr.. Lowrcy was here
one week a platform manager during
the recent Chautauqua, and i sched
uled for lecture here a the closing
number OF our I.yeeam Course thu
coming winter.
Advice- have been received here FROM
Stoughton. Mich. 10 the effect that
Booth Lowrcy of this place. who j. the
night attraction of the opening day Of
the Lincoln ChautauQua system, mar
rowly escaped death 10y asphyNlauon al
the pallmeyer Hotel MIR. LowreS
was taking his bath, preparatory To
his lecture an the evening, and the =
Gaping gas from the heater, when
seemed To have gotten out OF order
after he entered the bathroom, almost
suttocated him. Tho clerk Smelled the
fumes and broke INTO the room. where
he found Mr. l.oWreV unconscious.
Physicians We're summoned but could
neither detect heart beats or respra
ton After 80 minutes of heroic work
on the part of the doctors he was Re
NiVed He Is ahle 70 continue his tour,
according To a late report
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-05
Died in Little Rock

\. A. SalIa. aged To- died at the rail
road hospital in Little Rock last Satur-
dav. after an illness of little over one
week. He was an employe of the
Iron Mountain railroad company, hay
ing been in charge of the railroad
pumping station here for several
months. He had no relatives here
His remains were brought to Dermott
Sunday for interment. the funeral be
ing held under the offices of the Odd
Fellows lodge. of which he was mem
ber
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-05

for furnishing all material and constructing pile
and bent bridge across Bayou Bartholomew IT the
old Crenshaw Place west Of Dermott. up to twelve
@ clock noon
Tuesday. August 18th. 1915.
at the office of the County Clerk at the Court
House in Lake Village Arkansas
sand bridge will be of total length of about
$50 feet to consist of about l0s feet pile work.
being four pile bents fourteen feet from center to
center and pile b.nts "a feet center to center
across the thread Of the stream. and the bent
work to consist of hents fourteen feet from center
to center.
sixteen inches in diameter at the small end and to
be firmly driven to hard ground, and not less than
nine feet of penetration.
All stringors to be , l2 of cypress white
oak and all flooring to be- y wide Y Ia feet long
and to be of good white oak OF red heart gum.
Al mud -ills to be buried and hewn the up
per side all posts to be- 10 inches for bent
work or hevyn cypress may be substituted: ali
banisters. posts. hub boards braces to be of cy-
press or good quality white oak.
All caps to be II IL of white oak cypress.
a material to be- furnished by the Contractor;
all bids to be- on a cash basis. bridge to be paid for
IN cash when completed. and to be completed by
fifty days from the time of letting of contract
All material and work must pass inspec ton and
approval Of the Commissioners. Plans and Spec-
hcations will be on file IN the office of the County
Clerk "a, Lake Village and at the store of Porter
Bros. 4 kirkpatrick in Dermott.
II; f. biount' c,-,.
&, X, Kirkpatrick.
H. F.. COOK County Judge
Attest Geo Elder County Clerk 2t
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-05
Otherwise Engaged

Miss Leah Wilson. VINO had accepted
4 position as teacher Of voice. piano
and expression in the permott school
for next year last week announced
herself otherwise engaged and re
signed that she might enjoy a honey
mood trip 10 the California EXpositions
She yesterday became Mrs. Opal
EIarkey. her husband being a promi
neNt young business man Of Ola.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-05
Barbecue at Eudora.

Senator John l.. Carter, as chairman
of the entertainment committee, ia an
nouncing big barbecue to be given ct
Eudora on August 18th, to which the
public is invited
The address of welcome will be given
by County Judge Harry +. Cook. The
candidates for governor and congress
have also been invited to speak.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-05

Your dog tax license is past due, and
if not paid within ten days from this
date. action will be commenced to col
lect same. with all costs and penalties.
Alb Parrish, Collector.
Dermott, Ark, July %. 1915.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-08-05
Notice of Bridge Letting.

Notice Is hereby given that bids will be we'd
for furnishing all material and constructing pile
and bent bridge across Bayou Bartholomew IT the
old Cren shaw Place west of Dermott. up TO twelve
o cIoek noon
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16
DANGER OF RACE RIOT
IN COATESVILLE

Coatesville, Pa, Oct. 6-This
town is throbbing with repressed
danger, with strong proba bility of
racial friction, following the shoot
ing of a white man. Assia George,
by Negro, Alexander Fisher, and
the stabbing of Fisher by Joseph
Korgus, white, friend to George.
The trouble started with an al
legged attack by Fishers dog on
Georges child. After rescuing
his baby. George attacked the dog.
Fisher resented the action and
shot George in the right leg be-.
low the knee. Korgus crept up
behind Fisher and plunged knife
into his back, stabbing him twice.
George is in the hospital and will
loose his leg. Fisheris also in the
hospital and Korgus is in Jail.
Rumors that band of 200 men
was forming to take Fisher from
his cot in the hospital and lynch
him, aroused the Negroes. A few
years ago Zack Walker, another
Negro, was brutally lynched it this
town, and recalling that tragedy,
the colored men Immediately pre-
pard to defend Fisher. Many
rushed to the hospital in automo.
biles and wagons. A party OF
twenty or more men, armed with
rifles and shot guns, marching
down Main street, arousing great
excitement. The authorities
promptly disarmed the men.
Burgess Jones assured the Ne
groes that Fisher would be pro-
tected and swore in a large mum.
Der of firemen and special officers
Fifty additional police were also
sworn in.
There is a heavy guard of Ne
groes at the hospital to protect
Fisher, and others are stationed at
every exit to the local prison, to
prevent the release of Korgus
9randywine creek, which divides
the town, is being patrolled, and
citizens are not allowed to cross
The town authorities have de.
cided to ask outside assistance il
the matter gets beyond their con.
troll.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16

these Local Leagues would furnish
working nucleus with which to
get such campaign launched.
In communities where local
Leagues are not already established
any representative citizen may adj
dress letter to Emmett j. Scott,
Secretary of the National Negro
Business League, Tuskegee, Inst,
Alabama, and he will gladly for
ward complete information re
garding the plans fer organizing
them.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

may know something about it.
The Two men, after the killing,
went to the house of Bill Harris,
brother to George w. Harris, edi-
tor of the New York News, and
rented room, Harris, from all in
dications, had no connection with
the men or knowledge of the crime,
but the police arrested him for
possible completely. The white
people are sore and incensed, and
besides arresting many of the Ne
gro men, some of the Negro wo-
men of the town have been COM
PEELED to leave. Others are ex-
pecting to receive similar notices.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16
JEWS IN FRISCO
STAND BY NEGRO

San Francisco, CAL, Oct. e.
Clay Ford, the tailor, 1918 Valen-
cia street, and his wife, were invi-
ted to an entertainment given by a
Jewish society on September 26 in
the hall at Van Ness avenue and
Sutter street, but the proprietor of
the hall, Southern white man, at
tempted to force them to leave the
building, giving as reason.
Il am a southerner and have
lived among yonr people. They
have several times tried to rent my
hall and l refused because [ did
not intend for any of them to stand
on this floor
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford had been cor
daily received by their hosts, and
the more than two hundred Jews
presest had shown every sign of
friendliness After they had par
ticipatued in several dances the
Southerner, who is the proprietor,
approached them and said to Mr..
Ford, Here is dollar; you and
your wife leave the hall. Mr.. Ford
refused to accept the dollar and
immediately went to the manager
of the entertainment. The mana
ger said to the owner: That man
has a card of invitation and he is
as good as you are. "
More than Lalf of the guests
present were attracted by the dis
turbance and when they had
learned the cause of it, much in.
dignation was expressed. One of
the most Indignant asked the own
er, Are you Georgia lyncher?"
He was told most pointedly that
the hall had been rented by their
organization, that Mr.. and Mrs.
Ford were their guests, and as such
would stay as long as they did.
The proprietor chagrined and
disgruntled, left the hall, and the
Jewish hosts paid extra attention
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ford, trying to
remove even the remotest remem-
brance of the unkindly action of
the preiudiced Southerner.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16

Springfield, Mass, October g -
"I'll never consent to the showing
of The Birth of a Nation i'll
Springfield SO lorg as | am mayor.
Petitions from citizens will not
change my mind I've seen the
picture and | think it is unfit to
be shown here" This was Mayor
Frark E. Stacy's answer last Sun
day night when he was questioned
about Promoter George r. Miller's
newest effort to bring the motor
ious photoplay to this city, now
that West Springfield has barred
it. Mr.. Miller today expects to
get long list of signers to peti-
ton 10 Mayor Stacy. I've already
committed myself asserted the
mayor, land l still believe | was
right. Petitions will not make
any difference. Ill not let that
picture come here so long as | have
the power to keep it away"
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16
Anlnjustice To
The Negro Press
An Open Letter to Negro Merchants

get this business and that is TO go
after it in definite and deter
mined way.
The burden of educating and
cultivating this trade rests with
the business men themselves and
should not be left to the colored
papers. They have their hands
quite full in getting our young
folks educated and in protecting
our rights.
To accomplish something that
would really justify the effort, the
merchants must of course realize
the situation as it is and then de-
termine to work out plan which
will accomplish the desired results
First, have a common underst and
ing on the question OF service.
White merchants are their compet-
itors and no step towards securing
bigger Negro trade can be made
without studying the methods of
competitors in order to meet them
with methods equally as effective.
Service has been one of the impor
tant contributing factors to the
success of white business enter
prises and service is fifty per cent
of any selling plan.
This appears to be the era of
"getting to gether." Every maga-
zine aud daily paper tells of some
class of men and women getting
together to solve their problems
and primarily to get more business.
If the 25,000 colored retail mer
chants would each contribute So 0O
wear TO General Extension and
Publicity Fund, there would be a
fund of $125,O00 a year which
could be invested in educating and
cultivating Negro trade and in
making Negro business places
more attractive. This Fund could
be appropriated about as follows
l. A strong national campaign
of education and advertising
through Negro newspapers to show
the many advantages of patroniz-
ing Negro business enterprises.
2. A set of competent men to
plan and carry out this national
advertising campaign.
3. A few trained men 10 travel
and organize local advertising cam.
paigns, decorate show windows,
arrange attractive displays of
goods and otherwise co operate
with the national campaign by
arousirg local interests in patron
izing Negro business enterprises
With such big movement the
colored business men would have
the active support of the Negro
newspapers and the National Ne
gro Business League through its
six hundred Local Leagues and
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16
FIFTEEN HOUSES BUILT
FROM BEATEN BISCUITS

Columbia, Mo, Oct 4.-Mrs. Annie
Fisher couldn't consistently get
cross if some one did tell her that
her beaten biscuit were like bricks,
because she lives in a house built
with them. Moreover, she collects
the rent from fourteen others also
built with them.
Mrs. Fishers biscuit always just
naturally melted in the mouth. No
one in Columbia ever has been able
to describe them, any more than
rainbow or a bird-song or any other
natural wonder can be described.
The only outlet for the emotion which
the eating of one of Mrs. Fishers
biscuits evoked was telling the next
person one met: You certainly
ought to taste those biscuits"
And, of course, that was how it
all started, this buiscuit business that
bought SO ,muehxreal estate and solid
independence
One person told about them, and
another fellow did likewise; and so
Mrs. Fishers fame grew and grew,
and flowed over the state line, and
trickled into the four corners of the
states, and finally went meandering
across the ocean.
AS the receipts from grateful din
ers kept coming in, Mrs. Fisher
turned them all into real estate, and
stayed right on the job, only rolling
down her sleeves long enough to
have her picture taken the other
morning. Another odd thing about
Mrs. Fisher is that she doesn't raise
her prices ION account of the war" or
the high cost of living, or even for
the commonest reason of all-suc-
cess. Those biscuits of hers started
their career at 121s cents per dozen,
and at 12h cents they have stayed
| While her biscuits are her main
stay, on the side Mrs Fisher makes
fruit cake and wedding cake and
other symbolic and dangerous concoc-
tions, and also on the side she car
ries on quite a large catering busi
ness.
This pleasant home of Mrs. Fishers
has fourteen rooms, and is equipped
with all the modern conveniences.
OF course, colored women are the
traditional best cooks" and it isn't
strange that numbers of them have
very successfully entered the cater
ing business. Another profession for
which ther race traditionally fits
them is that of nursing; but, so far
at least, ambitious young colored
nurses have had a hard row to hoe
in our hospitals, because of the race
antagonism they meet there.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16
True Enjoyment.

Wife (returning from matinee) -
"Oh, it was too lovely! She had on a
pale Nile green silk, with bands Of
passementerie down the front, and the
grandest diamonds you ever saw, and
when she died, in the last act, she
rolled over four times, and every wom-
an in the house was crying. l never
enjoyed play so much in my life."-
Puck.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16

AS one reads the Negro news
papers from week to week, they
cannot but feel that as class the
Negro editors are just about as un-
selfish as any set of people in the
country. They are, in fact, the ul-
ira exponents of unselfishness.
No less than a dozen of these
papers take their turn each week
and speak editorially to the race,
urging them to patronize the mem-
bers of the race who are in busi-.
ness. That appears to be one top
ic on which all of the publishers
agree and in agitating for more
liberal and sustained patronage for
Negro business enterprises they
are prompted by no loftier motive
than their pride of race and their
absorbing desire for the races up
climb into the more important ave-
nues of commerce. and industry
For this they are to be commend
ed and should be encouraged.
By continually urging the race
to support its business men, these
papers are extending the trade of
the Negro business men. But
what are the Negro merchants as a
group giving back to the Negro
papers in return and what are they
doing to cooperate with all this
agitation? 1t must be granted that
auite a fsw individual merchants
give their printing of stationary to
colored printers aud not'a few in
sert small advertiseme ats In Negro
newspapers which in many instan-
ces is ''traded out" but there is
entire absence of group apprecia-
ton on the part of Negro mer.
chants for the great work now be-
ing done for them by the Negro
editors.
Here are some questions which
suggest themselves as we read the
Negro papers and see how earnest
ly they are pulling for the Negro
business men:
WHY do the colored merchants
not speak up for themselves?
Why do they continue to let the
Negro newspapers pay their adj
vertising bills?
Why are they content with the
business which drifts in?"
Why do they not combine and
oo after the races business in a
big way?
The business is certainly there
for the asking. The race is spend
ing now about $600,ooo,0o0 a veal
for food and only about fourth Of
this is going to colored merchants
the race is spending $5O,OOO,OOO
wear for shoes and only about one.
twentieth of this is going to Negro
dealers. There is but one way tt
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16

New Orleans, La, Oct. 5.-The
Republican party of Louisiana in
convention here today virtually
eliminated the colored men from
it's ranks. The delegates met in a
hotel inaccessible to colored men
and organized a State central CON-
mittee composed of white commit
teemen. The colored branch of
the party will organize and send a
delegation to the next Republican
national convention to claim full
recognition.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16

Portland, Me, Oct. 6.-The
killing of night watchman in one
of the business stores, the crime
being charged to two strange Ne
groes supposed to be from Boston,
has aroused considerable feeling
among the people. The authori-
ties have put out drag net and
all the Negroes are being locked
up on the supposition that they
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16

Suffolk, Mass. Oct. 6 Among
the bequests in the will of the late
Horace w. Berry, are one of $4,000
to Storer College Harpers Ferry,
w. Va, and one of $1,000 to Tus-
kegee Institute.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16
ATLAS DRUG CO., 26TH AND WEI
TON AND 2701 WELTON ST.

The Atlas Drug Co. now handles a
full line of Madame c. J. Walkers
toilet requisites.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16

Baltimore, Md, Oct. 6.-Dr.
Ernest Lyon, Liberian Consul to
the United States, has received a
cablegram from the Liberian Gov
eminent authorizing him to ap-
point Isaac W. Gillespie of this
city, United States Army, retired,
to captaincy in the Liberian
constabulary, and William Round
tree of Xenia, Ohio, to lieuten-
ancy.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-16

Hagertown, Md, Oct. 6.-Mrs.
Mary Jane Reeder, probably the
wealthiest and one of the oldest
colored women in Maryland, died
here to-day, in her ninety-frst
year. She owned property valued
at about $4,000. Her home was
on Potomac street, the finest resi-
dental street in the city.
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05
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Sharp County record., 1915-11-05


to another Is probably the surest way
Of carrying the disease. However,
when hogs that die of cholera are al
lowed to lie in the open and decay,
birds, dogs or any animal that comes
in contact with them can very easily
carry the disease to the surrounding
country.
Crows and birds that carry the in
fection on their feet can easily visit
dozens of feeding lots in a day, thus
injecting the healthy herds. Dogs
quite frequently carry the infection by
running through different pens. BY
merely walking through infected pens
or handling infected hogs, may may
spread the disease to herds that have
not been infected before.
Sometimes the farmer is at loss to
know how his hogs became infected
when all the hogs In the immediate
vicinity are healthy. This can usually
be explained by one of the factors pre-
viously mentioned, namely, that 1t has
been carried from infected pens many
miles away by birds, dogs, men and
other agencies. c. L. Macarthur.
Arkansas Experiment Station.
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05
BAD SEED OR BUGS, WHICH?
Combat Southern Corn Root Worm
Which Is Prevalent In Arkansas.

Although the scotsman is blamed
for every poor stand Of corn and cot
ton, an investigation will show In
many cases the poor stand is caused
by either wire worm or by the South
ern corn root worm. These insects
and the cut worm are to be controlled
to a great extent by common sense
farm practices.
Wire worms are long, slender vel
lowish or brown grubs, with smooth,
glossy and unusually large bodies
They are the insects which bore In
TO kernel OF corn or a cotton seed
or In fact any kind of seed, usually at
the time that It is terminating These
worms are the larvae OF the BEETLES
which are variously known as jack.
snapers, click-beetles, snap-jacks or
MEXICAN fieas. The most important
step In the control OF this insect Is
late summer or fall breaking, the
earlier the better. After breaking, the
land should be allowed TO lay in fal-
low for about month, during which
time It should be plowed thoroughly
number Of times. II may be seeded
In the fall with some cover crop In
order to lessen the damage to growing
crops one should practice anything
that will hasten the growth of the
plants, This Is to get them past the
stage when they are In the most dan.
ger.
Southern corn root worms or drill
worms. These are slender, yellowish,
white grubs about one-half an inch
long, which drill into corn stalks and
cause them TO wilt or even die. They
are the larvae or grub Of tho little
green cucumber beetle 30 common dur.
Ing the growing season. Where they
are numerous enough to warrant spe.
cial treatment the only practical
means Of controlling them is to plant
the corn late, about May 5, for the
southern part OF the state, May ~ for
the central part, and nay 10 for tho
northwestern corner, Land should be
well drained, we'll cultivated and well
fertilized TO avoid injury
Geo, q, Becker,
Entomologist University Of Arkansas.
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05
Distress ln The Stomach

There are many people who have
a distress In the stomach after
meals. It Is due to indigestion and
easily remedied by taking one Of
Chamberlain's Tablets after meals.
Mrs. Henry Hadehan, Vietorn, N. Y.
writes; For some time | was troubl-
ed with headache and distress In
my stomach after eating also with
constipation. About six months
ago began taking Chamberlain 9
Tablets. They regulated the action
OF my bowels and the headache and
other annoyanees ceased In O short
tine. Clttiitllt tltilVlue.
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05
THE COURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
trict-First Monday in January
and Second Monday in July,
Southern District-Second Mon
day in February and August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oc-
tober. Northern District. t.-4th
Monday in January, April, July
and October.
Probate Court-Northern Dis
trict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Southern District-Second Mon
day in March, June, September
and December.
Chancery Court Southern Dis
trict-First Monday in May and
November. Northern District
Second Monday in March and
September.