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The Denver star., 1915-11-27
Makes Bequests To
Colored Folk.

Beouests for $1,000 each are
made to the Church Home
for Children. Day Nursery
the Hampton Normal School,
the Booker L. Washington
School, the William G. Ed
wards School, at Snow Hill,
Ala. and the Children's Aid
Society, in the will OF Miss
Margaret Newlin, a member
of one of Philadelphia's old
families. who died ON October
1, at15Io Arch street, leaving
property, valued at Slo5,ooo
The will was admitted to pro-
bate. 1t gives her interest in
the Shipley Farms, in Della
ware County, to her sisters.
Mary and Katherine, and di.
rects that they share residue
of the estate with a brother,
Thomas.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

At Fayetteville, North Car
olina, there are between 400
and 500 colored girls and boys
employed in a silk mill, by the
Ashley and Baily Silk Com :
pany Of Paterson, New Jersey,
One of the proprietors said OF
this colored labor, in compari-
son with labor IN other parts
of the State, that: The labor
at Fayetteville Mill is better
bred. better behaved. more
Industrious, more elastic and
with all of this it is more
cleanly."
The Denver star., 1915-11-27
DAMAGES FOR BEING
CALLED A NEGRO.

Bristol, Va.-Because the
question was raised as to
whether or not Negro blood
ran in his veins and he was
for this reason reduced in
rank and forced to take a run
he did not desire. |. S. Cousins,
member of the Clinchheld
Lodye of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, at
, Erwin, +. tennessee. brought
suit against the lodge in the
Federal Court at Greenfield,
seeking TO recover damages
yin the sum of $4,000 for al
legged libel. Cousins won in
his contention and was this
week awarded damages in the
sum of s 3,Soo.
1t was revealed in the evil
dence that the lodge had writ
ten a letter to officials o. the
Carolina, Clinchheld. an d
Ohio railway charging that
Cousins was not a non full
blooded white man and de-
manding that he be removed
from a preferred run. The
railroad authorities acceeded
to the wish Of the lodge and
Cousins was tranferred. The
Jury decided that Cousins was
a white man.-Ex.
That is queer. Up here in
St. Louis, white minister
was in charge of the First
Colored Baptist church for
more than a year. and is we
understand taking steps to
sue the parties who called him
a white man. There is no
doubt:that ana St. Souls jury
would give him $500 for
being called a white man. for
the simple reason that he
brought colored woman
here and lived with her as his
wife, and when he left, he
carried off another one. He
would have no trouble in get
ting $500.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

and may be dear to let get together and with solid
phaanx fight the common Arouse your white g. A.
re nds Stir your Relief women of Negro
blood; politicians rattle the SHELTON of square deal ALL
hands friends: visit enemy his ask
him why persecuest US? Ministers of the gospel who have
shown interest far Revs Washington and Over who
have consented to be the first private presena
White ministers who God they don't see as
we'll their brothers, whom they and know ought be
also. Negroes have short which to act
Let everybody do his fight down this destroying
evil The Birth of Nation must not show in Denver
The Denver star., 1915-11-27
Colored Men Register This
Year.

Charleston, S. C.-Numbers
of colored men for the first
time in years registered last
Monday, after having been
denied the right because of
the Grandfather Clause. They
were qualifying for the mu-
nicipal election, which takes
place December l4th.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

outrages of white on black?
Which race even to the pres
ent days has the better right
to complain Of the unfairness
and brutality cf the other1
The very name of The
Birth of a Nation" is an in
suit to Washington, who be-
lieved that nation, not mere
ly a congeries of independent
states, was born during the
common struggles Of the Re-
volutionary War, and devoted
himself to cementing the
union. 1t is an insult to Lin
coin and the great motives in
spring him when he was call
ed on to resist the attempt to
denationalize a nation. This
nation of ours was not born
between 1861 and 1865, and
no one will profit from trying
to pervert history.
White men in this country
have never been just to BLACK
men. We bore them from
Africa and brought them over
as slaves. For generations
they toiled without recon-
pense that their white owners
might have unearned wealth
and ape the ways of aristocra-
cy. The nation finally freed
them, but has but slightly
protected them in the enjoy
ment of the legitimate fruits
Of their freedom. We nomi-
nally gave them the vote, but
looked on inactive when the
right was invaded. We do
not, in any state of the Union.
grant to the Negro economics
and political economy. No
white man of proper feeling
can be proud of the record.
The wonder is that the
Negro is as good as he is.
Then to the injury is added
slander. To make a few dirty
dollars men are willing to
pander to depraved tastes and
to toment a race antipathy
that is the most sinister and
dangerous feature of Ameri-
can life.-Globe & Comment.
cial Advertiser, New York.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27
COMING DOLLARS FROM RACE
PREJUDICE BY SPREADING
THE DISEASE. WHO PAYS?

national reunion what should
be the attitude of every right
minded person toward at
tempts to revive the passions
of the Civil war period. re-
light the fires of sectionalism,
and intensity race prejudices
that are uuhappily still much
alive? The questions sufhci-
emily answered themselves,
and when they are answered
there is no reason to ask the
further question of whether it
is desirable, for purely sordid
reasons, to exhibit such a
moving picture film as the So
called The Birth of a Ma
ton.
Few of US are competent to
pass judgment with respect to
the tangled facts Of the re-
construction period. A fair
and impartial narrative has
never been written and prob
ably never will be. But Ger
tain big facts shine out in the
confusion. One is that never
in human history did a victor
show more consideration for
the defeated. Men but lately
in arms were restored to full
citizenship, states in rebellion
were received back in the Sis
terhood of the states. Let US
rejoice that the Stonemans of
Washington were magnani-
nous, but let US not dishonor
ourselves by calling in ques-
ton their great merit by pre-
senting them as the para
mours Of quadroon mistresses,
moved by petty spite. 1t is
insulting to every man of
southern birth to assume that
he is pleased by misrepresen-
tations so colossal.
Another big fact of the re-
construction period is that the
100000 former slaves, sud-
denly emancipated but with
no way Of earning their live
hood except by working at
small wages for their former
masters, displayed. all things
considered, the most exems
plary patience. They had
protected the women and
children on the plantations
while the struggle went on
which was to decide whether
they were to become men or
to remain as chattels. and the
great body Of them continued
to exhibit, under the most
trying circumstances, docility
and kindness. To present
the members of the race as
women chasers and foul fiends
is a cruel distortion of history
Bad things occurred. bu,
what man will say that the
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

Jersey City. N, IA new
racial enterprise which will
probably assume large pro
portions is the Frederick
Douglas Film company, or
panized in this state by some
of the leading Negro citizens,
with 100000 authorized cap
ital stock. The offices are at
I8 Kearney avenue, Jersey
City.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

Among the plans Of the
Kentucky Exposition to be
given next year are a pllgri-
mage to Lincoln farm, and an
extended program Of Negro
music. Tennessee, Ohio and
Indiana will cooperate with
Kentucky in her EN- ancipa
ton Exposition,
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

Mound Bayou. Miss.--The
Mound Bayou bank that fail
ed last year has re-opened.
Mr.. Chas. Banks, former cash.
ier. furnished the largest part
of tie capital.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

The Illinois conference OF
the Methodist Epis cop a
church refused to offer reso-
lutions to petition the General
Conference for colored bis
hops to represent their people
n the South.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

The Washington County
Colonial School of Maryland
took first prize with their ex-
hibit at the recent Richmond
Exposition.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

The Lincoln jubilee Expo
sition brought to notice the
fact that over one thousand
patents have been granted to
colored inventors inthis coun-
try.
The Denver star., 1915-11-27

A number OF colored actors
4 are filling engagements in
vaudeville houses in Lond on
England. with great uccess,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

Quences to myself II can manage it
without taking an unfair advantage of
your frankness."
What will you do?"
1T would be bad faith now for me
to try to run away from the steamer,
as l meant to do. So far. you have
bound me by your candor. But be-
yond that l make no promises. My
parole will be at an end when the OFF,
GERS appear, and I shall do what can
to dodge, or to escape II I am taken.
Is that fair?"
1T is more than fair; l can't under
stand"
what is it that you can't under
stand?"
How you can do this; how you can
do such things as the one you did last
night, and still"
He finished the sentence for her
"and still be a common robber of
banks. and the like. fancy 1t is
bit puzzling-from your point Of view.
Sometime. perhaps, we shall all un-
derstand things better than we do
now, but to that time. and beyond 1t,
shall be your grateful debtor for what
you have done tonight. May I go
now"
She gave him leave. and when he
was gone, she went to her stateroom
to write as he had suggested. An hour
later she gave the newly written letter
to the night clerk; and the thing was
done.
In the ordinary course Of things.
Miss Farnham's letter should have
reached New Orleans in time to have
procured Griswold's arrest at any one
of q score of landings south Of Mem
phis. When the spires of the Ten
nessee metropolis disappeared to the
southwark, he began to think that her
resolution had failed.
He had no means of knowing that
she had given her letter to the night
clerk within the hour of their inter-
view on the saloon deck promenade;
nor did he, or anyone else, know that
II had lain unnoticed and overlooked
on the clerks desk until the Belle
Julie reached Cairo. Such, however,
was the pregnant fact; and to this
purely accidental delay Griswold owed
his first sight of the chief city Of Mis-
souri, lying dim and shadowy under its
mantle of coal smoke.
The Belle Julie made her landing in
i the early evening. and Charlotte was
busy up to the last moment getting
her own and her aunt's belongings
ready for the transfer to the upper
river steamer on which they were to
complete their journey to Minnesota
Hence, it was not until the Belle Julie
was edging her way up to the stone.
paved levee that Charlotte broke her
self.imposed rule and slipped out upon
the port promenade.
The swing stage was poised in the
air ready to be lowered, and two Of
the deckhands were dropping from
the shore end to trail the bowline W
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
It Was EVER THUS
Another Proof of How Sentiment
Rules and Governs Even the
Most Dignified.
BY ALvAH JORDAN GARTH.

Jarnigan sat at his desk In the bank
supremacy satisfied with himself. with
the institution of which he was an
efficient and valued official, and with
the results of a good days work.
There was no sentiment about jar
nigan. at least SO he told himself.
System was his hobby. Face. manner
and methods were all made subser-
Went to q dignified unvarying rule.
To Jarnigan men fitted into the bank
measure, or didn't In one case they
were taken into fostering financial
arms protectingly. Per contra. the
useless, the delinquent and the utter
ly bad were cast as rubbish to the
void.
No scheming promoter or mot suf-
ficient funds" man had ever put 1t
over" on Jarnigan. He had the record
of the bank for sizing up borrower
just right, and shutting him OF dead
short at the first hint Of shrinking
deposits or insipid collateral. Two
or three cases in this category had
passed the shrewd cynosure Of the
efficient cashier that day. Jarnigan
had been congratulated for discover
ing q defect in q bond issue the In.
stitution had come very near han
ding. He felt pretty good, and rub
bed his hands together with pleased
sense Of being a strict follower of
banking ethics. with no sentiment
standing between his good judgment
and the best interests Of the bank.
A bank book was passed across the
counter slab and directly under his
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

Il i.eresora. brother OF Lou Deces and
sportsman Miss GravesSawe daughter of Rear
Charles GraveSawle who to be married Robbie By
he popularity known is veteran Of the Boer In which
the title hero Ct Kimberley He has been buying horses
for the allies
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
-Gropine for q Genius.

Anybody. from the millionaire down
to . cook, can write . good play. This
b . fact. and must be true. because
all Of them. laying aside for the mo-
ment their overmastering mode. viii
tell you 80.
This u what the manager Of Q
great theatrical business in New York
said the other day.
TT 10 the hardest thing imaginable
to ind a good play. Our concern has
read q Thousand plays a year for the
last seven years. = total Of seven thou
sand and out Of that number we have
not found . single play worth using.
Anybody can write play but mighty
few can write 1t right."-The Popular
Magazine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

money to Miss Dalziel himself Why
not?
Everything about the little fat and
it, two occupants bespoke reanament
as Jarnigan entered the Dalxiel apart
ments. He was asked to sit down.
Before he knew 1t. his mission OF
business ended in An hours stay.
Miss Da,ziel told . pitiful story.
Her brother, Ernest, had been for
years the trusted employe of q large
diamond house. One day he was ar
rested. Forty thousand dollars worth
Of gems were found missing. Dalziel
was accused. A few small diamonds
were found In bis desk, placed there
by some one. he declared. The stolen
gems were not found. and he was
sentenced to the penitentary for ten
years.
Innocent" insisted Ida. In tears.
And we know the guilty one"
"You are sure of THAR" inquired
Jarnigan. eager and interested.
yes, 1t was James Hope. the chief
clerk. He placed the guilt ON my
brother. Ernest says he knows that
Hope has hidden the gems away until
he can safely dispose Of them Hope
il a bad man Ny brother found q
letter to him, In which . convict In
the Ohio penitentiary charged him
! with getting him into trouble. and
| then leaving him to bear the brunt
Of the crime. He wrote that he lived
for but one thing-to escape. and then
he swore to kill Hope"
Have you that letter." asked Jar
nigan.
"Yes," replied Ida
GIVE 1t to me. want to think
over the case"
Somehow the progress Of the case
furnished An excuse to the bank man
to call twice during the next week.
The one following he appeared with
suppressed excitement and satisfac'
ton In his manner.
miss Dalziel," he said, az they
were seated alone. II have good news
for you. The missing diamonds and
James Hope. the man who stole them
are in the hands of the police"
"And my brother?" cried Ida, clasp
ing her hands in suspense.
will be q free man within . few
days"
There the overcome young lad,
tainted away. and, holding her in hi
arms and gazing on her lovely face
| y>rl~~p toOlx Anal SteD-he KISSED
her.
"That letter." he told her later
gave me q clue. I acted upon thu
theory that Hope was in mortal terro
of the man he had sent to prison.
bribed a newspaper friend near tn
Ohio penitentiary to print story o
the convict's escape. I saw that Hop
got It. Our bank detective shadowe'
him. He went to lonely house AM
secured the stolen gems. Thence h
proceeded to a railway ticket ONCE
and then we nabbed him. finding tn
gems upon him. The chain OF ev'
dence was complete"
"Oh, how shall we thank you!
cried Ida, her eyes suffused wit
mingled tears of Joy and gratitude.
Jarnigan, the man with no sent
ment, looked her in the eyes.
"By giving me your love. If 20
cam" he said. and for reply sh
!, placed both her hands within his owl
Copyright, 1912. by W. @. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
FIRST OF WORLDS MOSQUES
interesting Lesends That Are Con-
neeted with Famous St. Sophia In
Constantlnople.

Famed throughout the world for its
beautiful architecture. the mosque OF
st. Sophia has a legend that acquires
sudden interest now" writes Euro
pean correspondent Of the Daily
News. "Originally the mosque was
Christian church. The priest
was in the act of celebrating mass on
that memorable goth Of May, 1888.
when Sultan Mohammed rode his
horse into the sacred edifice, follow
ed by his victorious Turks. and be-
gan slaughtering the Christians. The
priest fed from the altar. passing
through a small door behind 1t, but
when the pursuing Turks reached the
spot, intending to follow the priest,
they found but blank wall-the door
had disappeared. and all traces Of the
fugitive were gone. But the story
goes that when once again the mosque
Of st. Sophia becomes Christian
place Of worship, the wall will open of
its own accord and reveal the secret
door out of which the aged priest will
step forth to conclude the celebration
Of the mass at the altar.
Another legend, recounted even by
the Turks themselves. tells Of two
monumental candles built into the
apse of the mosque. On every high
Christian festival these candles are
supernaturally set alight. When these
candles are quite burnt down into theiI
| sockets the Turkish domination will
be over, and the mosque Of holy wis
dom win be q Christian church once
more.
The Balkan allies are now wonder
ing how far the candles have been con
sumed. and hoping that the present
year may witness the fulnllment d
this ancient prophecy"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

eyes. Usually chary of glances or
greetings that took time. and there
fore cost money. as was his wont.
Jarnigan was about to give the case
the attention it might require. when
he noticed that a shapely gloved hand
had pushed the book over to him.
The bank man looked up sharply
to stare steadily He was looking
into the fairest face he had ever seen.
1t was that of young girl, very neat
ly but plainly dressed. A wistful
mournfulness in her eyes seemed to
appeal for sympathy and kindly atten-
ton.
what is it, miss" spoke Jarnigan.
a trifle less percmptory than was his
custom. "Ah soe," he added as he
opened the book ard found enclosed
check for FIVE hundred dollars,
signed. Robert Dalziel."
"I see. Ard this is his bank book.
Very good" continued Jarnigan. "Iie
wishes to draw out his entire bal
ance and the check is made out tc
you"
81 do not wish the cash." explained
the young lady. Il would like to have
| the account carried In my name
now"
"Could not your brother come with
you-for purposes Of Identification?
! "My brother" replied the girl in
a voice very near to tears, "is-in
prison"
Jarnigan did not reply. He felt a
strange wave Of pity sweep over him.
Then, methodically, as usual, he made
out a new book, and presented 1t with
the necessary documents to the girl.
Him." he soliloquized, as she thank
ed him In low tone, and he watched
her graceful form clear to the door
way.
Somehow the incident fingered In
the mind of the bank man. Some
how, too, he hoped the girl would
come again. Several days passed by,
and one morning an elderly lady pre-
scented a check for twenty dollars,
signed by Ida Dalziel." The receiv-
ing teller sent her to Mr.. Jarnigan.
"That 10 all right" observed Jarni.
gan, scanning the signature. but you
will have to be identified"
IT fear l do not know anybody
down town." said the lady. Il live
with Miss Dalziel."
II am sorry" said Jarnigan, but
we have a strict rule as to strangers
BY the way" and he felt y conscious
flush, tell Miss Dalziel I will send
the cash by messenger. who will ex
plain to her how she may o. x hel
: checks, SO there will be no further
trouble when they come IN"
All that afternoon Jarnigan was II
strange mood He went to the banl
files and got the card address Of thu
fair deposition. He caught himself
I thinking of her in the very midst o
] important business. Then he arrivet
1t a decision He would take thu
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28
CHAPTER VI.
Quicksands.


On the morning following the rescue
Of the mate, Charlotte Farnham awoke
with the conviction that she had been
miraculously saved from mourning the
penalties dealt out to those who rush
bilndly into the thick Of things with
out due thought and careful consid-
GRAFTON.
But the Puritan conscienceJwas not
to be entirely silenced. Reason sits
in a higher seat than that occupied by
the senses, and reason argued that
man who would forgive his enemy.
and instantly risk his life in proof Of
the forgiveness, could not be q des-
perate criminal. Conscience pointed
out the alternative. A little careful
investigation would remove the doubt
or confirm it. Somebody on the
boat must know the deckhand, or
know enough about him to establish
his real identity.
Charlotte worried over the wretched
ENHANCEMENT all day. and was so dis
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-28

the paved slope to the nearest moor.
ing ing There was an electric arc
light opposite the steamers berth. and
Charlotte shaded her eyes with her
hands to follow the motions OF the
two bent figures under the dripping
hawser
/ One OF the men was wearing cap,
and there was a small bundle hanging
at his belt. She recognized him at
once. At the mooring ring he was the
one who stopped to make the line fast.
and the other. negro, stood aside At
that moment the landing stage fell.
and in the confusion of debarkation
which promptly followed, the thrilling
bit of byplay at the mooring ring
passed unnoticed by all save the silent
watcher on the saloon deck.
While the man in the cap was still
on his knees, two men stole from the
shadow of the nearest freight pyramid
and flung themselves upon him. He
fought fiercely for a moment. and
though he was more than doubly out
weighed, rose to his feet, striking out
viciously and dragging his assailants
up with him. In the struggle the
bundle dropped from his belt, and
Charlotte saw him kick It aside. The
waiting negro caught 1t deftly and
vanished among the freight pyramids:
, whereupon one of the attacking pair
wrenched himself out of the three-man
scufie and darted away in pursuit.
This left but single antagonist fol
the fugitive, and Charlotte's sympa
thies deserted her convictions for the
moment. But while she was biting
her lip to keep from crying out, the
fugitive stepped back and held ou
his hands, and she saw the CLEAN o.
polished metal rejecting the glare o
the arc light when the officer snapped
l. the handouts upon his wrists.
It was with q distinct sense of cul
pability depressing her that she wen
back to her aunt. and she was careful
not to let the invalid see her face. For
tunately, there was thing to be done
and the transfer to the other steame
l. came opportunity to help her to re
establish the balance of things dis
torted.
She was sorry. but. after all. tn
man had only himself to blame. Non
the less, the wish that someone els
l. might have been his betrayer wa
promising to grow later into remorse
i full and lasting regret when, with he
i aunt. she left the Belle Julie an
walked up the levee to go aboard tn
y Star OF the North.
(To Be Continued.)