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The Denver star., 1915-10-16

Sn2nnOn, Oh Outtc, MONT, was
one ofthe honored guest. The
Pleasant Hour club of young
naarons were very active So
cially and the writer has lost
his notes of their very classy
and unique reception Tues
day night.
Wednesday morning found
all the delegates at an early
morning fish fry a la chicken,
at the residence Of Mr.. Chas.
Wagner. who though not an
Odd Fellow. had all the char
acteristics of one. Mr.. Wag-
oner married the popular
daughter of Mrs. Lue Butler.
of Las Vegas, N. NJ. the Miss
Laura Butler. a graduate OF
Fisk and a teacher in Trini-
dad. Colo. The time was
nearing the end when our
three days of heavenly joy.
Hospitality, sight seeing and
lodge work would end and
everybody was looking for
the last and the grandest So
cia ] event in the form OF a
Goodbye aud Come Back"
reception at the finest hall in
Spokane. Wednesday night,
Limousines. electrics, auto
mobiles, jitney buses. and
coupes were in evidence and
soon that beautiful white
stone building. magnificent in
appearance. prominent in 10
cation aud commanding in
architecture, was giveo over
completely to the special So
cial event Of Spokane's exclu-
si~e society of color. Amid
waving pennants. banners fly
ing. flags of gladness and
|streamers of welcome bearing
good news and glad tidings Of
our fraternity in harmony
with the other secret societies.
the delegates friends and
guests walked into that tenn
pie of vranduer and delight,
On the right and lett large
tablets. inscriptions and en-
blems. which the eye cf the
unconcerned passed unnotic-
ed. but to the real mason il
means history. art, masonry
linked with humanity.
Words fail to describe the
mems louneing and smoking
room-with everything to make
life happy and comfortable. j.
Just opposite was the ladies
rest room. everything of la.
test service, comfort and &C.
comodation, even maids there
to assist@nd give attention to
those who desired it. The
white Masons came down and
greeting the Odd Fellows
madethem welcome by hearty
handshakes. An orchestra OF
five pieces was playing soft
and appealing music all the
while as the ladies in the Pa
risian gowns, New York Gre
ations and San Francisco
fastest designs and far west
suggestions were promenad-
ing up and down the long
spacious hall. The sight en-.
richened by the men in full
dress can never be forgotten
BY those who attended.
Almost wonderful scene un-
derneath those many colored
electric lights OF soft colors.
Father Bruce, having been
.:...d ..,:eh ehse ;wensraAsnn ~
The Denver star., 1915-10-16
Spokane and Its Hos
pitality as Shown to
Visiting Guests.

CONTINUED from last week)
The other numbers upon
the program were fine and
each did credit to himself and
herself. Especially did the
Spokane Fair Quartette do
we'll when they-endered and
incidently acted the "Goblins
will get you if you don't watch
out" They simply brought
down the house. The many
persons who formerly were of
Denver and who were out
that night. were John Thomp
SON and wife. Rev. and Mrs.
S. l.. Wilson. a Baptist divine
of Cavalry church, Mrs. II.
II. Jones. 1918 W. First ST..
Mrs. J. E. Maps. 1904 Col
lege avenue. and her sister.
Mrs. ]. Barguner. E. i2s and
ave.. both formerly the Reed
girls of Colorado Springs and
Denver. All sent best wish.
es to inquiring friends. Lin
coin B. Burns, of Ritzville.
Wash. a very competent tail
for. was also prominently iden
flied.
All. day Tuesday and at
night nothing but work en-
eaxed the delegates. except
the officers who attended
some social receptions and
dinner parties. Our memo :
rial night witnessed the hall
fairly crowded. Messrs no.
Thompson and Geo. Ander.
son announced that the man :
sger Of the Empress Thea.er.
one of the largest and swell
est play houses in the city.
had invited a. his guest for
Thursday afternoon matinee.
the visiting delegates and
their friends of the district
lodge. The daily newspapers
announced the invitation in
the papers.
The evening of song. pleas :
ure and hearty welcome soon
vanished itself into the wee
hours Of the morning. when
all of the formerDenver cit
izens now living in Spokane,
throughiysmee and heard all
about old homte folks. The
delegates left thinking of the
chairman. Major w ills o n,
whose flashes of apt and rare
wit kept the audience in con :
slant uproar of applause. and
the Doran sisters, whom Mrs.
Turner so nicely accompanied
on the piano.
Tuesday afternoon special
receptions, a dinner party and
a lawn social was given in
honor of Mrs; Taenis Stewart !.
president of the Xxx Century
Art club Of Denver. The club
women and Ruthites. joined
hands and invited the visiting
guests and the affairs were
the most elaborate social sue
cesses ever given in North !
west. The ladies who we're
prominently identified were
Madames Geo. Stokes, c. "A.
Garrard. Halloway,l Joh n
Thompson. John R. Mapps.
May Kitchen Baegioner. H.
ii. Jones, Mary Davis. L. G.
Fulp, wife Of DR.. L. c. Fulp.
H. w. Bagsby, Laura Todd.
Turner and Bessie Simpson.
The attractive Hrs. +. N.
z z. s. I. 80 J. 3. y. Z Z
The Denver star., 1915-10-16

he Advancement of Color
OF the Springfield riots of
was organized and per-
DSember 1910.
oh has been phenomenal.
bout the country and 1000
DIR. w. E. B. Dubois has
%.
on is broad but uncom-
It contains among other
ent and demands:
the Advancement of Col
ored men and women of
ne full enjoyment of their
rts and equality of oppor
aims to aid every kind of
vhich teaches special priv
1t recognizes the national
no sectionalism. 1t be-
;onstitution of the United
!. spirit of Abraham Lin
all men up and no man
{ still more the conditions
the crimes committed by
i by individuals in the
4 the bes. way to uplift
ito aid the white man TO
p other motive than exact
manity.''
~ lenee ef the colored
". E. 3. Dubois:
eeking to deceive our en-
,ing to be content with a
II our friends into a false
present satisfaction. The
y-political equality-and
with ANYTHING less. He
gadocio and with no OBJ
absolute measure of self
assure to the darker races
e industrial freedom. Be-
south. the oppression Of
Of certain trade unions the
ed class in the country,
ev than any other Ameri-
of his labor.
Tort is being made today
States and the SO called
and bootblacks to segre-
e the colored man so as
&C to know and share civ
have power-the power OF
} feel and to express that
Il. He must not simply
" of white folk; he must
over all the citizens to the
ability. He must have a
acy which is building and
dren are not in the next
ills Of society. He must
. with his fellows.
mic individualistic group
erely calls and tea parties:
aters, lectures, organiza-
travel. .hotels-it means,
= methods of thinking, liv-
the world and bid them
y them and taunt them
col steps for action-6rst.
'evivaI of art and litera-
education: fifth. organi.
OF all these ends we must
already has gone far. but
:. Organization is sacri.
OF time. of work and of
eapest way Of buying the
and efficiency. l thank
supports this association
largely proportion must
'rt, but control. this and
n uawaveringly to our OBJ
'ith 81 the prosre.. tha.
The Denver star., 1915-10-16

The National Association for the Advancement of Color
ed People direct result OF the Springfield riots of
1908 After several conferencesR organized and per
manent headquarters opened ih November 1910
The growth of the organization has been phenomenal
Today it has fifty branches the country and
members and the Crisis edited by DIR W. E. Dubois has
he'd acirc clalafion ofo
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05
GRAY ASKS FOR A
SEAT IN CONGRESS
Well Known Citizen OF Inde-
pendence County Announ-
ces His Candidacy.

The Record carries the name Of
A. G. Gray as candidate for con-
gress. In presenting his candidacy
we take pleasure in reproducing be-
low what is said of him by his home
paper, the Batesville Guard:
1t would be superflous for the
Guard to deal with lengthy intro
duction of MIR. Gray. He was born
and reared in this county, and re-
sides at Hickory Valley, where he
has been a leader of community in
terest for many years. He is a
member OF one of the Oldest and
most highly distinguished families
of the state, and while consider
able portion of his life has been
spent in the pursuit of farming, he
began early in life to burn midnight
oil in search of legal information,
which efforts we're rewarded in that
today he is recognized as one of the
best posted men on governmental
affairs in this section Of the state.
During the many sessions of the
legislature with which he has been
identified the legal knowledge he
possesses has stood him and his
constituency in good stead, for on
the statutes of Arkansas today
stand many monuments to his abil-
ity as a lawmaker.
His first appearance in the Ark
ansas legislature was in 1893. Two
years later he was sent to the senate
and was back in that body in 1897
as holdover. Then he was return
ed to the house, remaining four
years. In 1918 his constituents
with petitions secured Mr., Gray's
promise to make the race again. lie
was successful for the sixth time,
and the session Of 1915 marked his
seventh term in the legislature.
Mr.. Gray is intensely individual
in personality, which fact made him
a figure in the legislature and in
the senate. He knew but one guild
ing lieht--duty. He h a 8 never
wandered away with the crowd just
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05
Edwards
Nero. 60.
NORTH ARKANSAS NEWS

A broom factory was put In opera
ton at Walnut Ridge the past week,
the first established there. w. K.
Lane raised his first crop Of broom
corn, and will make the crop into
the finished product. He makes six
varieties Of brooms, and has straw
to make 10000. Six men work In
the factory.
Charged with kidnapping his
own child, Sam Davis Of Powhatan
was arrested In Randolph county
last week. Davis and his wife,
who is a daughter Of DR., and Mrs
E. l.. King Of Powhatan, have been
disaereeine, and finally the hus-
band took their only child, a baby
boy, and left the community, Of
ficers restored the child to Its
mother.
Tom Fine, a farmer living near
Newport, sold a bale Of cotton few
days ago for II cents pound, The
cotton was Of the Durango variety
and was raised from seed sent him
by the government In 1914 With
this seed as q beginning Mr.. Fine
has grown two acres Of cotton this
year, from which two bales have
| been Gathered, and the land on
which the staple was grown is con-
sidered poor
Oscar Keith, agent for the Frisco
Railway Co, at Poeahontas, died q
few days aeo as the result Of an ae-
cidental pistol shot. Mr. Keith
was out on hunting trip with a
party OF friends, and was seated at
the camp when the accident oc-
cured In getting up from his
chair a pistol, which was fastened
In hio belt, caught under the arm
Of the chair and was discharged,
the ball entering his stomach and
passing entirely through the body,
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05

to be in the majority. He has stuck
ia the minority on more occasions
than one because he felt 1t right to
do so, and his friends point with
pride to the fact that he is rarely
wrong
AS one of the many instances Of
his inclination to advocate measures
with merit and stick to them in
spite of the opposition, we cite the
and and gravel statute, which is a
law of his making, and of more i'm
portance than some would believe.
In the year 1918 Mr.. Gray introduc-
ed the sand and gravel bill, which
has for its purpose to collect revenue
from the corporations taking sand
and gravel from t h navieable
streams of the state. twenty-five
years ago the supreme court decid-
ed that all the sand and gravel of
the navieable SIRENS of Arkansas is
property of the state, but it was left
for Mr.. Gray to initiate a measure
providing for the collection of rev.
enue from the quantities taken from
these streams. He met with all
sorts of opposition to the bill from
some who had grown rich selling
sand and gravel that belonged to
the state, and who had not paid
a cent for material. but he won the
majority over to his way of think
ing, and since the law went into
effect more than 100000 has been
collected and placed into the COM
mon road fund of the state from
this source This money is appor-
toned among the different counties
in the same manner in which the
state school funds are distributed.
In Chicot county a suit is now
pending which seeks to collect near
ly $500,0OO from corporation
which collected sand and gravel
from the bed of the Mississippi. Mr..
Gray realized that the measure
would produce much revenue, and
should it apply to the Mississippi
river, a boundary line, then this
service to the people of the entire
state will prove of greater benefit
than was expected.
Many measures applying to con-
ditions in his immediate section Of
the state have been secured by Mr..
Gray's untirine interest In the wei
Continued on page 81
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05

Tom Shell, we'll known citizen
Of Cushmap, Is a candidate for
sheriff of independence county.
A revival meeting in the Meth
odist church at Calico Rock, which
closed last week, resulted in l8
conversions.
By a vote of Is to 8 the quorum
court of lizard county refused to
make an appropriation for farm
demonstration work.
The Batesville School Improve
ment Association purchased a new
$500 piano last week for the high
school auditorium In that city
The Independence county quorum
court appropriated $1,000 for the
purpose Of carrying on farm demon
stration work in that county during
the next year,
The biggest load Of cotton sold In
Pocahontas this season brought
$15286 1t was marketed by Felix
Mock Of Reyno one day last week
and weighed $3.50 pounds.
The residence Of Mrs. Ed Butler
near Salem was destroyed by fire q
few days ago. No one was at home
when the fire occurred but a small
son Of Mrs. Butler, and none Of the
contents Of the building we're saved
Sheriff j, Z. Owens Of Lawrence
county is Offering a reward Of S20t
for the arrest and conviction OF two
unknown robbers who blew the
safe In the S. N. Pitzele & Co. store
at Richwoods, in that county, sev'
eral days ago and took $500,
Thieves at Battle Axe, Jackson
county, have recently stolen oil
song books and Bibles from thu
only church In the village, ant
capped the climax few nights aet
by ransackins the preachet's home
while he was filing the pulpit.
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05

munity can be established except
it be established upon the princi-
pies that the churches stand for,
and the worlds history down to
date will substantiate that state
ment. More than that, you can
get a correct line on the status of
the community first and best by
ascertaining its interest in churches
and church influences. A great
many people may poke fun at the
churches and make caustic criti-
cisms of those who have member
ship in the churches, yet the fact
remains just the same that the
things the churches teach and
stand for are making it possible for
the community to exist in decency
and in order.
These things are worth thinking
about as we 90 along. 1t would be
the most difficult thing in the world
for some men to give a reasonable
explanation for the course they
pursue toward the churches
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05
WHO is THERE TO FIGHT?


Why should this country prepare
for war?
To be able to defend itself by
fighting, of course.
To be able to defend itself by
fighting against whom?
Now, that's the question
Who is mad at us?
Where is there a probability of
war for the United States?
Who wants to fight this country?
And, more than that, who is
able to fight this country?
The principal countries of the
world, exclusive of the United
States, certainly will have had
enough of war for long time to
come when the great struggle in
Europe is finally settled.
Why should this country spend
billions in preparing for war at a
time when the other powers of the
world are exhausted
The war debt that will hang
over Europe at the close Of the
war will be the largest debt in the
worlds history. Grandchildren of
the men who are doing the fighting
will be engaged in paying off that
stupendous debt.
Yet at this very time this coun-
try must prepare to defend itself
but who or where the enemy is no
one seems to know.
The war in Europe Is now being
carried on with American money
and with American-made muni-
tions. Without this country as an
accessory in his heinous work the
war god would cease his operations
in Europe within a short time.
Yet in spite of the fact that this
country Is called upon to support
and prolong the war across the
waters, some must tell US that we
are In danger ourselves and ought
to prepare to make great defense
Who Is 1t most interested in hav-
Ing this country make enormous
war preparationsY
Those who get the money that
these preparations cost-the man
ufacturers, And they are the same
people who are filline their pockets
now from the European war.
Who will foot the billsY
That question Is useless. Every
body knows who foots all The bills,
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05
THE CHURCHES

says that the church pews in the
capital city are practically empty,
that all the churches there are lag
ging in interest and seem about on
the verge of death.
This correspondent says that the
pastor of one of Little Rocks lead
ing churches has a standing rule to
the effect that he will not deliver a
sermon on Sunday night unless
there are as many as ten people
present to hear him, and the cor
respondent adds that this particu-
lar pastor has lately failed to deliv=
er his regular Sunday night sermon
on the account of that rule estab-
lished by himself.
Conditions, so far as they relate
to churches and church interests,
must be very bad indeed in the
states capital city. And, since it
is said that, more or less, all the
churches are down with the same
complaint, the fault cannot be laid
to poor preaching in a particular
instance, as is sometimes done. The
fault of poor support and poor at
tendance must be laid at the door
of the public in all places where
church support and church attend
ance is poor.
Various reasons are given for the
indifference exhibited toward the
churches in Little Rock, and it is
interesting to note that a large por-
tion of the blame therefor is at
tached to the popularity of the
automobile. 1t is claimed that a
vast number of the city's people
prefer the pleasures of an automo-
bile spin in the evening to good
sermon, with the result that the
automobiles are rapidly filling up
and the churches are rapidly be-
coming more empty. OF course the
reason for non-attendance at the
churches in Little Rock does not lie
altogether or principally in the
automobile. Something is making
church members prefer the auto
mobile to the church, and there is
the real reason of the trouble. The
preachers in the capital city know
what that something is, whether
they are preaching it exactly that
way or not.
As a general proposition, great
many people have an inconsistent
attitude for the churches. A great
many people have but little to do
with the churches, and do but very
little for them. Some people have
absolutely nothing to do with the
churches, and do absolutely nothing
for them. Yet we dare say that
should It be anthoritively announc-
ed, in Little Rock, in Evening Shade
or in any rural community, that the
churches were to be permanently
closed and that no further church
services Of any kind would be held,
there would be a scamper away
from the community In which such
an announcement was made. And
those who have the least to 90
with the churches and support
them least would be among the
very first to 90. No sensible man,
whether he be a church member or
not, wants to live himself or rear
his family In a place where there
are no churches and no church in
Huences
For this reason, therefore, we say
great many people are inconsis-
tent In their attitude toward the
churches. They recognize the In
fluence Of the churches, and would
not rear their families In a place
where there are no church inilu-
enees, yet they look entirely to
others to see that these Influences
are maintained and continued. OF
Sharp County record., 1915-11-05

We said last week Of the spouter
who spouts that he is eoine to
SHOW US up" in the campaign that
he lives in this country" not In
this county," as some seem to have
read the article Our county Of
hcers we have found to be a differ
ent type Of men entirely from the
boaster and buffer who imagines
he is saying something every time
his CUTS rattle.
o
The Record Is not so intensely
interested In politics as many
newspapers seem to be. Still we
expect to have something to say
about politics when the proper time
comes. All people ought to be do.
ine something else I his pretty
weather besides talking or thinking
about politics,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-03-03
Notes from Whitewater.

Whitewater, March Especial:
d. h. Nicholson and j. l.. Coward at
tended the w. o. w. meeting at Sa-
lem Saturday night.
Ruglas Burgess was a business Wis
itor at the home of John O'Leary last
week.
Guy Grant, Of Cheohee. and Brack
Lusk, of Little River, were visiting
in this section Saturday night and
Sunday.
Misses Mary Cullender. Mollie
Nicholson and Dora Breedlove visited
Mrs. John Coward one day last week.
On Friday night of last week some
OF the boys Of the Salem section en-
Joyed what they thought to be a fox
race, but 1T turned out to be a sheep
Killing. b. f. and j. l.. Coward
were the losers Of some OF their fine
sheep.
Mrs. NJ. f. Alexander is suffering
from an attack Of grip. Her many
friends hope for her speedy recovery.
This community was saddened to
near Of the death of Major Leonard
Rogers, which occurred at his home
near Salem Saturday evening. His
daughter, Mrs. Mamie Lusk is seri-
ously Ill at this time. Her MANY
friends hope for her early restora-
tion to her usual health.
l.. A. p. Nicholson made a bust
ness trip to Newry last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Breedlove en-
tertained at their home a few of
their young friends Sunday after
noon by giving a singing. Those
present were Misses Mary Culiender,
Mollie Nicholson, Mae Corbin and
Dora Breedlove: Guy Grant. Taylor
Breedlove and Lee Corbin.