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The Twin City star., 1916-08-26
SUPPORT RACE CONGRESS.
Coming Meeting Of Equal Rights
League to Be Important Event.

Coming Meeting Of Equal Rights
League to Be Important Event.
The call Of the National Equal Rights
league for a congress Of colored Amer
lean citizens, to be held at an early
date In the fall, Is a move In the right
direction. True. there have been dis.
tressing periods of racial existence, up
risings In national and state affairs
\ which have threatened our citizenship,
and In many states the rights Of the
colored citizens in almost every line of
activity have been denied or curtailed,
but there never was q time more i'm.
portant in which the race should act as
a unit than the present.
Segregation. lynchings and other
forms Of injustice against the colored
people are unchecked. No attempt, SO
It seems, is made by the national ad.
ministration either to ascertain the
leaders Of mobs or to bring such muir.
derers, If known, to trial. The race
must take its cause into its own hands
not as flrebrands, disturbers of the
peace or as bomb throwers, but as
peaceable citizens demand in the name
Of the strong arm Of the federal law
the protection which 1t guarantees to
citizens Of the United States.
The proposed race congress should
be a grand success. 1t will be open to
all persons of thought and action who
believe In fair play. 1t is not hedged
in by any political fences. The sug-
gestion has been made by prominent
business and professional men and
women and concurred in by the league
that citizens equal rights committees
be formed in every community and
that these committees elect and send
delegates to the race congress.
All churches, secret, benevolent and
civic organizations are also earnestly
requested to send representatives to
the proposed meeting, time and place
Of which Will be published in the daily
and weekly papers. The Waco CTex.)
lynching is still fresh In the public
mind, and so are segregation jimcrow
car horrors about which no legal steps
by those elected by the people to pro-
tect their lives and property have been
taken.
The late Stewart L. Woodford, one
time minister to Spain, said in an ad-
dress some years ago before the Brook
lyn Literary union, 1--WE never freed
the slaves until we had to, and we will
never accord to the former slave nor
bis offspring all the rights guaranteed
to them as freemen until we have to-"
Truer words were never spoken by
human tongue than those attributed to
General Woodford. Although the color.
ed race Is young according to its years
Of freedom, It Is Of age in size, expert
ences and human proclivities, and II is
asserting its manhood in many ways
and VIII strike blow at unfairness
to its members as citizens at the COM
ing congress that will make the "wel
kin" ring with no uncertain sound.
Education and wealth are good and
essential elements in the lives of indi-
yiduals and races; but when there is
no enforcement Of law to protect one
from the ravages Of mobs. cheats and
evil minded men, then we say. some
what in the words Of Patrick Henry:
FORBID It, Almighty God! I know not
what course others may take; but, as
for me, give me liberty or give me
death"
The Twin City star., 1916-08-26
NOTED BAPTIST LEADER.
Dr.. w. 3. johnson Resigns Pastorate Of
Influential Washington Church.

Dr.. w. 3. Johnson Resigns Pastorats OF
Influential Washington Church.
After completing thirty-five years of
faithful service as pastor of the well
known and influential Second Baptist
church in Washington. the Rev. w.
Bishop Johnson. LII D.. has resigned,
DR.. Johnson is the president Of the
New England Baptist missionary con-
ventiOn, an orator Of national reputa-
ton and the author Of several books
and pamphlets on the race question
and on the colored Baptists Of the
United States.
DR.. Johnson is a Canadian by birth
and was for many years professor of
mathematics and political economy at
Waylahd seminary in Washington be-
fore it was merged with the Richmond.
Va, institute to form the Virginia
Union university. He was also en-
ployed by the government few years
ago to compile the statistics Of the col
ored Baptists Of the United States.
At the annual meeting Of the New
England Baptist convention held in
Philadelphia in June, resolution was
adopted commencing him for his forty
years Of ministerial labor. and also
called attention to his thirty-five years.
pastorate at the Second Baptist church
in Washington. The delegates voted a
gift of one dollar for each year of serv-
ice. DR.. johnson will devote his time
to the Afro American Correspondence
school in Washington. Of which he is
the founder and president. and the
field work Of the New England con-
vention which now extends over four
teen states and the District Of Colum-
bia.
The Twin City star., 1916-08-26
WANTS AN EFFECTIVE SYS-
TEN OF RURAL CREDITS.

We propose to promote by
every practicable means our ag-
ricultural interests, and we in
clude In this program an effective
system Of rural credits. We
favor the wise conservation Of
our natural resources. We de-
sire not only that they shall be
safeguarded. but that they shall
be adequately developed and
used to the utmost public advan-
tage.-Mr. Hughes Speech Of Ac-
ceptance.
The Twin City star., 1916-08-26

READ rHR STAR. IT's NEwsY
The Twin City star., 1916-08-26

Fighting Color Line In Public School.
The various local branches Of the
National Association For the Advance
ment of Colored People located in diff
ferent sections OF the country act as
national vigilance committee for the
main organization. The Portland (Ore)
branch is now fighting an attempt Of
the school board Of Portland to dis
criminate against the colored pupils Of
the public school in the use Of the
swimming pool
The Twin City star., 1916-08-26
Consicerare.

- Consioerate. ..
THAT young Gadsby Is an amiabie
fellow"
"Yes; he has to be amiable to coun-
teract the irritating effect Of the
clothes he wears. Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Home news., 1916-03-03

Miss Ruth Powell of Augusta spent Sunday here with home folks.
 Master Roy Simmons of Au- gusta, spent part of last week in McCrory visiting friends and relatives.
The Home news., 1916-03-03
Vows And Excuses
VOWS

You took the following VOWS on joining the church:
 Question: Will you be subject to the discipline of the church, attend upon it's ordinances, and support it's institutions?
 Answer: I will endeavor so to do, by the help of God.
 EXCUSES
 I don't like the preacher. Did you join the preacher, or the church?
 The preacher isn't social. Did you ever try being social with the preacher?
 The preacher don't know me. Did you ever tell him your name?
 The preacher don't visit me. Have you ever invited him?
 The preacher is preaching for money. How much have you paid?
 Well, the church is so worldly, Are you backsliding too?
 Nobody shakes hands with me at church. Do you offer your hand to anyone?
 There are hypocrites in the church. Are you judged by their hypocracy, or by your own actions?
 Being a member of the church, are you not pronouncing self condemnation, or do you realize that you owe to others what you justly demand of them?
 Never give a listening ear to adverse criticism. Find the good for yourself, if there is any good to be found, and speak of it in words of praise. To all of such faithfulness inspiration has spok- en: T will be a father unto you and you shall be my sons and daughters saith the Lord AL mighty"
The Home news., 1916-03-03
List of County Warrants Issued
Continued from page four.)

Continued from page four)
 A r. Hutchins four months salary as county judge
 county court fund ------------------------ 5OOOO L. Hutchns postage and stationary record fund i975 q Crggs pauper ticket Beaumont pauper fund 25 O0 [. j. Steward sheris work, White County, circuit Augua tel Light Water Co., light and water for S5O Augusta Light & Water Co., light and water for ''0' month of October, ordinary county fund 2215 nqg ana saSeo Co., IS school aao TP9S4e e bsr Tel lcs co phone and tolls Augusta Tramway & Transfer Co.,, freight or
 Free pss ss " SEsa2}y SSGsaz 19s Southwestern Telephone $ Tel. Co., tolls for w. c. Berry, IT,, hauling pauper from New Augusta, w. Berry Berry }r v two loads of splints and team,
 ackson J. 'fen fees State vs York F. fund S
 on ordinary county fund und--------------------- 400 w. E. Jelks services day on Board of Equaliza-
 ton ordinary county fund ,77------- 400 Dr. W. J. Morris services day on Board of Equai-
 zation, ordinary county fund ----------- 400 Free Press publishing road notice, M. H. Patterson T w. Peebes constable fees State Ladd P fund 275 C. L. Jackson, P fees State Boone j. P fund 9.8o Bone Roland, witness fee State Boone, day Wilson "Rd %ab5n S m Ntnes a fee state Boone one day and l5 miles, J. P. fund 51 200 Earl schnebey witness fee State vs Boone one day R. B Mcknight % Witness fee State vs Boone one day Will Moorman making tax book for Nothern Dis
 tc ordinary county fund 215.OO R. R. Givins repairing Riverside bridge, road and Ben Simmons, tearing down and rebuilding Shoupe
 bridge road and bridge fund 286O artilei fund 'llee ooull's llNpe 375o J. M Osborn insanity examination ordinary county R N Smith, salary county physician for October, al
 ordinary county fund 4OOO S. H. Hill, repairing slough bridge road and bridge D" 'last Augusta road district dis H'' aDu $500 John Gaddis labor Franks road district $50 H. A. Simpson, scap ordinary county fund 25O I. s. Gunkle, work Spradlin bridge, road and ~ Fred Rushing, work on spradn bridge, road and
 bridge fund l3lO W. w. Watts work Spradin bridge, road and
 bridge fund -----------------:----- o5o bridge fnd "oA 45o and hridea, f"nd wolA ol 0p' "o''' 'i'NN 555
The Home news., 1916-03-03

Clyde Green work Spradln bridge road and
 bridge fund ------L----. 595 Roy flight work Spradin bridge, road and Tom Conway work Sradln bridge, road and Ed Thompson, work on Spradlin bridge road and
 bridge fund .75
 Garden road district - 27OO M. Vance, repairing bridge, Garden road district 890O Chas. Peebles, work and overseer White River road Mrs M B. Mason three pieces of scrip pauper fund 15O0 Mrs. Rhodes pieces script pauper 1500 Mrs. Ella of fund 1900 STATE ARKANSAS
 COUNTY WOODRUFF
 Will Moorman County Clerk in and for Woodruff County Arkansas hereby certify that the above and foregoing true and complete list of Warrants issued by order of the Wood ruff County Court from Oct 2nd 1915 January 1st 19 and further certify that such allowances all made certified and temzed claims filed in this office.
 In testimony whereof have hereunto set hand and af fixed the seal of this office this the 18th day of February 1916
 WILL MOORNAN County Clerk.
The Home news., 1916-03-03
Candidates Assessments

Following will be required of candidates for the defraying of cost of holding elections. The assessment against each county office is taken in toto, which will be pro-rated among the number of candidates who qualify for each
The Home news., 1916-03-03
List of Jurors

Following is complete list of jurors and alternates for March term of Circuit Court of the Southern District of Woodruff county, which convenes in Cot ton Plant Monday, March 6, 1916:
The Home news., 1916-03-03
GRAND JURORS

c. R. Brinneman J. w. Reneau T. H Hickman L. l.. Cole George Heinrich J. I. Ashby w. P. Dawson w. A. Rives Jacob Meadows J. G. Barnett w. J. Loveless J. R. Shelton J. P. Trice, Jr. D. H. Echols Steve Cochrane c. w. Lowell
 ALTERNATIVES Frank Walters Will Reneau John Jones c. T. Doss Sherman Hunt c. l.. Foraker
 PETIT JURORS Jesse Tucker J. H. Gaddis c. J. Harding Will James Mack Davidson Frank Jones Will Collier V. o. Richey c. L. Terry Cary Beard T. A. Smith Ira Vance Sol Nathan J. A. Diffey J. D. McGregor Albert Chilson w. A. Arthurs Carl Bruner l.. R. Simpson w. F. Horne John Inman Jim Trice, Jr. Chas. Wilkerson Pete York
 ALTERNATIVES Sam Kennedy Geo. Malin J. w. Anderson Olin Crafford Tom Burkett Al Smith J. c. Callicutt Al Let's
 Alex Woods
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-05
BROKE INTO A RUN.

How ye sngerT What might you be and
 My of "and am looking for some catnIp" -.,.-..
 farm and mine is for sale But come of headed Why don't you hossme your and raise a crop of hair?"
 replied Mr. with great dignity heap of back the house Your cat Is ge on I'll sell all the canp you want for ten  the farmer had soon got whole He big of MT Bow  the walk left noticed
 
 pcdes him:
 you bundle You had better get out or
 
 be sucha a row saw!" = direction he grabbed threw the into the gutter his front time The plant which he had brought yowls of delight went right ms looked and what he saw was space They fighting and ag ana looking and boy had gone to turn in an engines MT Bowser had had the mar { his life
 peaceful content within dspese feline oo Copyright Syndicate
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-05
A Habit Stanley Had.

It was remarked of the late Sir H. M. Stanley during his last visit to New York that he stood all the time with his back to the wall during receptions instead of standing out where people would pass behind him.
 Lady Stanley laughingly explained that this was an old habit contracted in Africa-that Stanley always stood with his back against a tree or a bar ricade of some sort when brought in contact with the savages, and 1t had become such habit with him that he took that position no matter where he was,
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-05
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Scurvy During Infancy.

< Infants and young children sui q
 4 fer from scurvy more than is ire |
 < quently realized. The cause of I
 4 scurvy Is due to a lack of acids { 4 in the diet. A mild grade of scur- | * " develops in infants who are I 4 artifcially fed on pasteurized T # milk. Babies fed exclusively on I 4 pastaurized milk need orange q 4 juice between milk feelings to I l. prevent sCurvy. < Young children will frequently . 4 be seen to have spongy, bleeding q < gums, swollen joints and even ! 4 hemorrhage blood spots under ! + the skin, all of which are caused !
 :. by scurvy and all of which | # promptly disappear when fruit [ :. juices are literally supplied in . i. the diet. 4 Children past infancy may have . !. any fruit, such as pineapple juice, " |. raspberry. blackberry, grape or
 + orange juice. Fresh green veg {. etables are needed to keep of . !. scurvy. Spinach and lettuce for 1. young children and onions, aspar- < agus, celery, tomatoes and cab * bage for older children. Give ev-
 4 cry child orange or pineapple . 4 juice for its breakfast. Start the :
 <. meal with 1t and there will be .
 < no scurVy.
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The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-05
SYSTEM AND PRINTING

Don't put 1t off, but order your now which You will need when you put in your new system.
 The Daily Alaskan job department Is better equipped than ever to do your work. Prices right and work executed. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-05
soFTNEss OF sEALsKIN.
EE RIvaled by Human Hair Where
 DandruR Is Eradlcated.

sealskin is admired the world over for its softness and glossiness; and yet the human hair is equally as soft and glossy when healthy; and the radical cause of all hair trouble Is dandruff, which is caused by pestlferous parasite that saps the vitality of the hair at It's root. Newbro's Herpicide is the only preparation that is fatal to the dandruff germ. Without dan druff there Is no falling hair, but lux uriant growth of glossy, soft hair is cer- tain. Securing the scalp won't cure dan druff. XII the dandruff germ. Thous- ands of women owe their beautiful suits of hair to Newbro's Herpicide. Sold by leading druggists. Send 1Oc. in stamps to The Herpicide Co.,. Detroit, Mich.
 Al all Drug Stores.
 One Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-12-05

< 3 5. 5 ss had something tell him she began at AW#M She acting the A
 
 I makey neghbors in here the police
 havehe the hour dinner
 replied "She probably has got fit of kind an
 the sitting he took look Into the IL the middle or the moor quickly made for him. He said nc Wu see could remedy lie went over tatedt the casea and druggist replied:
 I'll tell what thk ah wild about canp It IS a liable to fits got packages the out into
  get honey will go for 1t like fun
 repeated what the druggist had ~ and  remember when they wanted canp am dish of water and some foodin n roOm' " Mr. earlier than usual He about the same con-  Bowser and III gIveo cata will five years"
 miles, When he got off splitting wood every time vigorous 'ha"
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
Foot Faulting an Evil" In Tennis Events

TNOR five years the question of foot
 faulting has received well war ranted publicity. It is a phase of ten- his to which much thought has been devoted with the idea of suggesting a possible remedy, and yet the evil still exists to a woeful extent. During the progress of tournaments throughout the country one is constantly con- fronted by the lack of caution in this regard by those who profess to be authorities.
 In important matches 1t frequently happens that the outcome rests upon the judges idea of what constitutes foot fault. Not that the ruling is ann biguous in it's phraseology, but rather because foot fault judges vary in their opinion as to whether certain players do or do not habitually violate the law.
 At Forest Hills, N. Y last September foot faulting was so prevalent that the subject became a cause of great an- noyance to the committee in charge of the national championship. The ruling is expressed clearly. Nobody with the slightest degree of intelligence could misinterpret the meaning. Briefly, it demands that a player must keep one foot firmly implanted on the ground behind the base line and that neither foot shall cross the service line before the ball is hit.
 The present day revolution in the style of service is responsible for it al This was ushered in by the Califor- nians in 1909, when the highly special Ized twist services were first intro duced.
 The object of the twist service is to permit of a close cover of the net posi- ton. with the likelihood of an easy kill of a weak return from an opponent un- able to successfully manipulate the promoted "break.'
 The reason for the conflicting opin- ions as to a players foot faulting pro- pensities Is due chiefly to the inability of the eye of the judge to watch with certainty three or four things at the same time. The man with the twist service has his left foot close to the line. This must be watched closely to act of serving.
 Next. the right foot must be kept in view to see that it does not cross the line until after the contact of the ball and the racket. Finally, the sphere and the moving racket head must come into the vision of the foot fault judge at the time of serving, so that he can be assured that the contact was made before the body of the player crossed the line
 Watching so many things at the same time a man can hardly be expected to render a decision which meets with the approval of all those watching be- hind And this is the reason that foot fault judge is frequently severely criticised either for his laxity in call
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10

ing faults or for his strict adhering to the ruling.
 The foot fault rule was originated through the desire of the tennis execu- tives to minimize the already great advantage the server has over the re- ceiver. A server, if allowed to follow his delivery to the net regardless of a violation of foot fault principles, would seldom drop his service. The advantage of a strong net position is well known to the tournament player. A foot fault is a violation of a rule and should command rigid punishment The man who foot faults knowingly is just as culpable as the man who calls ball of his opponent out when he secretly knows it hit within bounds. Unless a ruling is drawn up by the national association which will tend to keep a player back from the base line there will continue to be many fragrant violations of the present law. A pos- sible solution for their eliminati tion by the framing of new act was suggest ed by the style of the late Anthony F. Wilding in action during his sojourn in this country, while competing with the Australasian team for possession of the Davis cup.
 While serving, the great New Zea- lander stood at least a foot behind the base line, thus allowing him ample room for the swing of his right foot before it reached the court. A player like Williams would not have to stand back so far, because he hits the serv- ice ball behind his head. But if a standard line or lines could be drawn behind the base line for the server to gauge the distance which his right foot must pass over before violating the principle it might afford a possible so- luton for the prevention of the evil.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
Patriotism Gave Ted Meredith His Sta

the pace and made the first quartet the phenomenal time of 52 secoi The men remained in this order u seventy five yards from home. Me dith never supposed that he had chance to win and, as he said aft ward, was satisfied so long as the VI ner was an American.
 But suddenly Sheppard began to and Braun spurted and moved up even terms with the two Americans
 T may be beaten by an America said Meredith to himself. "but ne by a foreigner"
 With this he dug in his spikes for supreme effort. It took him past Sh pard and caused Braun to collaI Meredith won the race, struck the meters tape in l minute 51 7-lo sI onds and the half mile in 1 minute 5| seconds, both world records. Of cou| Meredith was a great runner, but sturdy Americanism was the contr uting factor.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10

THAT the occidental athlete who will
 devote the necessary time and at tention to training can hold his own in any form of sport the world around has again been demonstrated. Allan Smith, Scotchman employed oy all American company in Japan, mas re- gently been awarded the famous oiack belt given for proficiency III JluJlIsu' In order to win this distinctive honor in the Japanese art of self defense it Is necessary to secure 10000 falls. Up to a few days ago only three foreign CTS had won the black belt, although hnndreds m had tried and failed after long sessions of training and competi- ton.
 As means of self defense Smith as- se,ts that jiujitsu is far superior to wrestling or sparring. He says: "A master of jiujitsu could have defeated Jack Johnson in his prime My friend here," indicating his instructor, would have had no trouble in defeating John son."
 "Dr Jess Willard?" asked a visitor.
 Smith did not reply, but his teacher
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10

PATRIOTISM Is seldom thought o1
 as the motive power in athletics but was a prime factor in one of the greatest middle distance races on rec ord. The event was the combination 800 meters and half mile run at the Olympic games in Stockholm in 1912 and Ted Meredith, the present captain of the University of Pennsylvania track team, was the hero.
 At that time Meredith was a student at Mercersburg academy. He had won a good deal of fame by running a quar- ter mile in 48 4-5 seconds and a half mile in l minute 55 4-5 seconds. But the old timers were sure that his ex- perience would be fatal to him at Stockholm. When the runners toed the mark for the final heat of this event 1t was the consensus of opinion that the fight would be between Mel Sheppard, Ira Davenport and Hans Braun of Germany, with Meredith, the schoolboy, a possible contender.
 Sheppard jumped into the front at the start and took the pole, followed by Meredith and Braun. Sheppard was up to his old trick of setting a killing pace at the start, then gradually slow ing down in order that his prenome nal sprint might beat the field at the finish. But he had beaten Meredith with these tactics once before, and the MerCersburg boy was waiting for him. Meredith moved up, determined to take the pace the moment Sheppard slowed down. With two such men as Mere dith and Braun at his shoulder Shep- pard did not dare to slacken speed, with the result that he continued to set