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The Twin City star., 1916-07-08

He has made his mark in his native
state, for over fifty years ago he was
born in Anderson, Grimes county, Tex.
spending his time in the public school,
Later he went to Straight and remain
ed there until he had completed his
course Graduating from there, he
was Immediately called to Fort Worth
to take charge Of the high school.
Fort Worth at the time had only a
high school in name, not even build
ing fit to be termed q school building
Already Professor Terrell had learned
the lesson that in order to get the as
sistance Of the white people our race
must do what it can itself; hence he
started out to raise the standard of the
school and at the same time make
friends among the white people. Pro
fessor Terrell was fortunate in select
ing common sense, educated wife
for companion. Mrs. NJ. L. Terrell
has her place in the schoolroom, being
supervisor of music and drawing. With
the beautiful music rendered from
time to time she sang her way into
the hearts of the people.
Mrs. Terrell established a depart
ment of domestic science and arts. 1t
became popular, and 1t goes without
saying that the girls readily took to 1t.
The next step was how to reach the
school board. A turkey was secured.
kho srlo
So in all his gravy and stuffed to the
taste Of a king it was spread before
the school board, and the girls served
it in the latest style. directed by Mrs.
Terrell, and when the board was
through eating they looked around and
said, "These people need building"
1t was at that moment that they de-
cided to put up real first class high
school, until today perhaps the finest
school building in the south for chill
dren of the race is to be found In Fort
Worth. An auditorium large enough
to seat ZOO people was made I'm the
new building, and it was equipped with
all that goes to make up high school.
It was due to the tact Of Professor and
Mrs. Terrell. When the position Of
principal of the Prairie View Normal
and International college was vacant
there were many who applied for .he
place, but the board selected Professor
I. M. Terrell. This was much to the
regret of the people of Fort Worth.
The school board adopted the following
resolutions:
Whereas, Professor l. M. Terrell has
for twenty-six years been principal OF
the colored schools Of this city and has
labored faithfully, wisely and well to
promote the education Of his race, and
The Twin City star., 1916-07-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONGRESS
WIELDS GOOD INFLUENCE
Session Recently Held at vicksburs,
Miss, Was a Big Success.

Vicksburg. Miss.-The recent eleventh
annual meeting of the Sunday school
congress held in this city for five days
was distinct benefit to the public
generally and to the religious institu-
tions and Christian workers In partic-
ular. Secretary Henry Allen Boyd's
report showed that twenty -One states
were represented and that a decided
increase in numbers and finance was
noticeable throughout the jurisdiction
Of the congress-
Throughout the week. from the time
the delegates arrived and the eleventh
annual session was opened up to the
close. there was Sunday school work
for every department from the cradle
roll and home departments through the
intermediate. primary. advanced. ju-
Nor and organized classes. The pa
pers presented during the general ses.
sion, which attracted widespread at
tentiOn. were requested to be repro
duced in the various journals issued by
the publishing board.
Each afternoon the fourteen various
departments under their special select
ed conductors and assistants held forth
in the various churches Of all denomi-
| nations. Cnustial interest was mani
tested by the workers. who were in
tent upon getting every scrap Of in
formation that would be helpful to
them In their work.
The most largely attended depart
mental meetings were the Bible study
conference, under Drs. John f. Ford Of
Jacksonville. Fla, and William Hicks
Of Meridian, Miss: the B. Y. r. o..
under the direction of Rev. S. r.
Prince. .. D.. corresponding secretary
Of the B. Y. p. U. board of Fort Worth.
Tex; the superintendents, under the
direction Of II. w. Russell Of Atlanta
Ga, and 8. II. Johnson Of Nashville
Tenn, with the advanced teachers
conducted by Mrs. M. A. p. Fuller Of
Austin, Tex: e. L. Cunningham Of
Lexington, Ky. and Leroy r. Russell
Of Fort Worth. Tex.
While it was true that these led in
attendance and had the largest enroll
ment each afternoon. the other de-
partments shared like interest both
from their departmental conductors
and gave evidence to the Sunday
school workers of their devotion and
conservation to the service. The home
department, though new. under the d.
rectiOn Of Miss Morgan. received per-
haps what the workers concluded the
most substantial attention that has
been noticeable in eleven years.
The missionary conference. under
Drs Hubbard Of Ocean Springs and
Lancaster Of Jacksonville, Fla: the
MetoEas and Galedas. under the direc
tion Of DR.. r.. NJ. Reddick Of Atlanta,
Ca; Mrs. L. B. Fouse Of Lexington
KY, and Miss l.. y. Chambers of Pick
ems, Miss. with the National A. F. ca
dets, under General w. Fl. Crawford
and Lieutenant General Harry H. Lott
/ all showed real merit
The Twin City star., 1916-07-08
SCOTT SPEAKS FOR RACE.
Tuskesse institute Secretary Reassurss
Nation Of Our Loyalty to the Flag.

Tuskegee Institute Secretary Reassures
Nation Of Our Loyalty to the Flag.
Tuskegee, Ala.-When informed by
an Associated Press representative Of
the recent killing Of twelve Negro SOL
diers, Emmett J. Scott, secretary of
the Tuskegee institute, called attention
to the fact that eighteen years ago,
when war was declared with Spain. the
late Booker T. Washington, principal
Of Tuskegee institute, called upon the
Negro people Of the United States, and
particularly upon Tuskegee graduates
and former students, to volunteer for
service I'm defense Of their country.
Hundreds Of Negroes followed this ad.
vice.
Secretary Scott states that there are
a dozen or more Tuskegee graduates
and former students in Mexico as men,
bers of the various colored regiments.
Negroes" he states, "will rally to the
defense Of their country now as they
have always DONE" As the first Ameri-
can soldier to lose his life in Mexico.
March "a Of this year, was Negro, SO
the first man killed in the Revolution
ary war was Negro.
The Negro people take pride In the
fact that 1t was the charge Of Negro
troops at San Juan hill in the Spanish
American war that turned the tide
there and that Negroes have fought
bravely in every war In which this
country has engaged. The Negro was
with Jackson at New Orleans, with
Perry on Lake Erie and 10000 Negro
soldiers served I'm the civil war.
"The Negroes Of this country" he
states, twill be no less patriotic In the
Mexican campaign Of 1916 than in
former periods Of stress and storm.
The Negro possesses a patriotism that
rises above injustices and wrongs. He
is an American through and through.
The president will find no hyphenates
among us. The Negro has never fal-
tered in defense of his country. He will
not falter now. II President Wilson
desires to employ sturdy Negroes to
defend the flag he can be assured that
q hundred thousand and more are ut
his disposal
The Twin City star., 1916-07-08

Baptists to Meet at Kansas City, Mo.
The National Baptist convention. OF
which the Rev. DR.. E. ,. Jones OF
vicksburg, Miss. is president. will
hold it's annual meeting at Kansas
City. Mo-, for six days. beginning
Wednesday. Sept. 6. The executive
committee meets in Vicksburg. Miss.
June II, to arrange the program for the
Kansas City meeting.
The Twin City star., 1916-07-08
Prominent Alabama Minister
Given Divinity Degree.
MAN OF BROAD EXPERIENCE.
Career Of q Former Selma University
Professor Who Has Won Distinction
In Many Lines Of Constructive Work.
Church Erected at Admission, Ala, a
Monument to His Genius.

Birmingham. Ala. - After preaching
very able baccalaureate sermon ut
the recent annual commencement eXer-
cises of Benedict college. Columbia. s.
c., the degree Of doctor Of divinity was
conferred on the Rev. j. II. Eason. pas
tor Of the Jackson Street Baptist
church Of this city and for more than
The Twin City star., 1916-07-08
Rise Of Clifton 7. A. French
at New York Bar
FIGURED IN MANY CONTESTS
Judge Disrisses Case of the People
Against Septimus Rutherford Upon
Convincing Argument and Weighty
Evidence Produced by Attorney For
the Defense.
BY JOHN E. BRUCE GRIT"

New York.-In the case of the people
against Septimus Rutherford, a well
known and popular member Of the Sa-
lem Methodist Episcopal church in this
city, recently tried, the legal talent Of
the colored race triumphed gloriously
Mr.. Rutherford was charged with an
offense which required a trial by jury
The Twin City star., 1916-07-08
SUCCESS OF ABLE
TEXAS EDUCATOR
Professor !. N. Terrell Max.
Ing Good In New Field.
TRAINED FOR LEADERSHIP.
Principal Of Prairie View Normal and
Industrial College Won His Spurs at
Fort Worth-Famous Turkey Dinner
Figures In School Boards Consent
For New Building.

Prairie View, Textile race has
given to the world many strong, well
educated men since emancipation, and
some Of them are unheard Of because
they go right along doing their work
well and are not heralded with brass
band sounding their praises. In this
class is to be found one of the most
noted educators of the country, Pro
fessor I. NJ. Terrell, head Of the Prai,
rie View Normal and Industrial col
lege located at this place.
For nearly forty years Professor
Terrell has been engaged in helping to
shape the minds Of the young people
Of Texas, his native state, and for
thirty three years was principal Of the
high school at Fort Worth, being call
ed from that place about one year ago.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
Instead of Peace Time Indus
tries but Normal Hazard OF
Life is Not Increased.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Trlpoli,
the highly inflamabo land of Arab and
Berber, has exchanged its peace-time
industries for the industry Of war,
and, according to statement just pre-
pared by the National Geographic So
ciety at Washington, the newer indus
try adds little to the normal hazard
Of Tripolitan life. The statement
reads:
Danger is the daily bread and meat
Of the dweller in Tripoli, and, In this
country flecked with occasional cases
and fringed with narrow strips OF
coastal vegetation, even the principal
native pursuits for wealth and happi-
ness are accompanied by hidden terror
and grave risk. The three principal
sources of income to Trlpolttan are
those Of sponge gathering, of esparto
picking, and of carrying on the trans
Saharan caravan trade.
"Whether the native son seeks to
make his pile searching the Shiny
bottom Of the Mediterranean for
sponges, or gathering esparto grass in
the morning mists Of the desert, or
following the caravan of a thousand
camels back from the coast through
1900 miles Of Saharan desert to the
distant Soudan, he stakes not only his
labor and capital for profit but also
his health and his life. More often
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26

lowing specimens give an idea Of the
range Of questions
'1How many buildings were rcQuis-
itionCd for use as hospitals before
October /. 1915; how many have been
reuulsitioned since October l. 1915;
how many hotels we're among Them?
"Why are the daily reports OF olhc-
ers in charge OF hospitals sometimes
signed by head nurses
"lf such and such a paragraph OF
such and such section of such ana
such chapter of such and such law
was applied in such a case; If so; why!
If not, why not?"
III 1t is true that in certain hos.
pitfalls the patients Of the same ward
are allowed to take the air only twice
a week and in squads Of only six at a
time, and why?"
"Why in some sections OF the army
do men sleep with their clothes on?
Such cases have done more than
anything else to call the attention OF
the public to the impositions that GER
tain members of parliament make
upon the ministers time. 1t has de-
yeloped decided current Of opinion
in favor of measures to put q stop to
1t. One proposition favored BY the
adjournment OF the session by the
president under the powers conferred
upon him by the constitution OF 1875:
On the other hand, the Socialists and
Republican Socialists have proposed
the nomination OF a permanent COM
mission of forty-fOur members with
power to visit any part of the front
and any military establishment or
quarters behind the front.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
On the Great Vigor and Energy
Of General GaIIieni VINO
Works Early and Late.

Correspondence Of Associated press.)
PARIS, Feb. 26.-General Gallienis
great vigor and energy are being put to
severe strain in the war Office. He be-
gins work at O'Clock in the morning
and keeps at it all day notwithstand-
ing his 81 years. but. with all his ap-
plicatlon. he finds the days work is
never finished when night comes.
To say nothing Of the responsibility
Of conducting the French military
operations. he has TO receive frequent
visits from q considerable number OF
the 600 deputies and 800 senators; he
has TO attend meetings of the cabinet,
participating in the deliberations of
the French war council and Of the
Allies combined war councils; he is
summoned before the war committee
of the chamber and war committee
of the Senate two or three times a
week to give information regarding
the profress of the war, and no has
to attend sessions Of the chamber and
senate on every occasion when mill
tary questions are discussed, and fire.
quently to reply to one or two inter-
pellations by members.
All that would be insufficient to eN-
haust Gallieni's energy. but he has in
addition to reply either from the
speakers stand in the chamber or
through the Journal ofiiciel TO all sorts
of questions posed in writing by the
members of parliament. These ques-
lions occupy from a dozen pages up
wards every day. covering the widest
imaginable range of subjects. The
minister of war, Of course, does not
personally conduct that corrcspon-
dence, but since the reply engages his
responsibility as minister, he must
in each case know that the informa-
ton is exact.
"You force me to follow profess
sion that is not mine" General Gallieni
said in a recent debate from the
speakers stand of the chamber In a
moment Of pathetic despair. Tho pro-
fession to which he referred was that
of debater and Of general intelligence
agent for the benefit of the deputies.
On q single day the minister OF war
was interrogaled 1l9 times. The fol-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
INDUSTRY OF WAR
IN TRIPOLI NOW

than not he reaps disability or death
as his reward.
Sponge-Diyers Hazard.
"Tho wild seas that now and again
boil over tho northern coast of Africa
are tho smallest part of the sponge
divers hazard. Paralysis Is always
Just ahead of this yenturesome labor
er, who, day by day making foolhardy
rapid ascents from the sea bed under
press Of keen competition. sooner or
later experiences the return to ship
board In terrific dizziness, which
forms the usual prelude to partial OF
complete paralysis. Strange as It may
seem, many partially paralyzed divers
are able to continue their calling, and
the untitled, helpless cripple In the
upper mir feels normal circulation re-
turn to arms and legs when lowered
into the sea on the spongs grounds
And tho Arab divers Of Tripoli, believ-
ing the disease indispensable to the
vocation, and Injured to hazard in their
peculiar fatherland, dive phlegmatical-
ly through few fat seasons until
crippled or killed by their chosen
trade.
Back in the plateau lands OF the
Sahara. behind the coastal greens In
the silent, treeless, untenanted desert
wastes, where the alluring mystery
OF the desert broods under the blight
ing heat of day and beckons in fanci-
full shapes over the dunes at night,
stretch vast fields Of wiry esparto
grass, from which paper is manufac-
tured in great mills in England In
these fields, working for the starvation
wage Of twenty cents day or less
picking the grass and tying 1t In large
bales to be loaded on camel trains for
Tripoll City, the port Of Tripolitania
is another corps Of workers who adj
venture their safety in their work.
"Day begins for the esparto picker
in the moonlight of early morning. In
the chill of the desert morning, the
picker leaves his nearby shack for the
field, and begins his rapid task OF
breaking the longest wiry blades, leg
high, from the most matured clumps
And in the heart Of these clumps, ever
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26

and again, turks his danger In the
form OF his arch enemy, the deadly
viper. In the clumps, also, are hidden
the venemous North African rock
scorpions, whose stings now and again
prove fatal. 1t is the poisonous yip-
ers, however, that make the work OF
esparto picking sporting game with
death.
Many Caravans.
"of the 81, OOO, 900 Of export trade en-
joyed by Tripoli before the war, one
fifth OF It was produced by the sponge
divers, more than one-third OF 1t by
the esparto pickers, and considerably
more than one-sixth was brought over
the wide, treacherous desert from the
soudan. Many caravans. some OF q
few and some Of thousand camels,
fitted out in Tripol, and undertook
tho danger-fraught Journeys to the
great marts Of Soudanese trade
Timbuktu, Kano. Kanem, Kuka. Bornu
and Wadl. These journeys sometimes
lasted two years around, and brought
their undertakers into every species
of danger that the desert Affords. Rob-
beers infest all the lanes across the
desert, and, besides these, all the
Inner Desert lies subject to the venge-
full caprice of the masked Tuaregs, the
strange people who are at war with all
who cross their paths and do not pay
a sufficient tribute. The bones OF the
camels and men Of myriad of cara
vans Of the past bleach along inc
desert trails, caravans that mostly
came to harm at the hands Of maralld-
ers, but there are some among them
destroyed by thirst; by the sand storm,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
[lRAFT
of a tentative Rate of Wages
is Being Made by United
Mine Workers.
uy AsseeIAIsp PRESS,

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The United
Mine Workers from the central COM
petitive bultuminous coal fields, hay
ing been given an intimation that the,
western Pennsylvania operators are
ready to concede the mine run de-
mand on certain conditions, went into
caucus Friday to draft q tentative
rate of wages on the run Of mine
basis, to be submitted to the mine
owners. The draft will contain Ger
tain protective measures to insure
clean coal which will include penal
ty clauses somewhat similar tosthe'
mine run contracts now In force ip
Ohio. :ill'
1t was expected by the operators
that the miners would base the rate
on the ten and twenty per cent m
creases they are asking. OperatqEaI
said that II the mine workers incofs
porated the full advance wanted and
showed no disposition to reduce the
rate, the employers would reject the
mine run system. MOST Of the opey
atofs, however. were also Of the
opinion that an early agreemept'
would be reached. A
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
.GOSS|PS ARE
GIVEN NOTICE
BY Physician That He Will Sue
for SANDER if They Con-
tinue Their Talking.

NUTLEY, N. j., Feb. 26,-Dr.
DR.. Frederick j. Darlington, whose
wife left him about three weeks ago,
taking their two children with her to
Toms River, where she is now teach
ing school, has posted the following
notice In the Nutley postohce:
at has come to my notice that
there is a story being circulated In
Nutley asSociating my name with that
Of a former employe and with other
women. This is to warn anyone who
repeats such story that ! have
placed tho matter In the hands OF
my attorney with instructions to pros
ecute for SANDER. My residence OF
ten years in Nutley should have es-
tablished my moral reputation beyond
question. !.
Eyes, | posted the notice." said
Doctor harrington later, "and mean
every word of 1t. My wife left me
ON account of those stories and took
our two children" s
A few days after Mrs. Harrington
and her children returned from a va
cation last summer, a 17-year-old
servant girl, who had been employed
by the family. left to 80 to a family
In Ridgewood.
Gossip at that time prompted
I, Douglas p. Falconer. agent Of the
Children Aid Society, through which
the girl obtained employment In the
!; Harrington family, to summon her
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
VIM, BARKER AND
SON STEP INTO
WENTWORTH LIST
With Better Health Came a
Gain of Six Pounds.

Mr.. Barker lives at 224 Milford
street, Stealey Heights, this city His
words, which follow. will attract
widespread attention:
II have had kidney and bladder
trouble for 80 years and rheumatism
stomach trouble. My food did me no
good.
81 purchased bottle of Nerv-
Worth and my son and l used It and
gained six pounds. =
Il am feeling much improved. Can
recommend Wentworth to be great
remedy. 1t has helped my son and
am wonderfully improved.
WILLIAM BARKER. -
You dollar back at Burke's drug
store if Wentworth fails to benefit
you.-Advertisement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26

or by tho water Of wells poisoned in
inter tribal wars. OF oil three risky
Trlpolitan trades, tho caravan trade
is the most risky; and the old caravan
men will find little In the newer In
dustry Of war for which their peace
time labors have not fully prepared
them"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
In praIse .. ohamberlaIn,s cousl,

In praise Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. B,
II feel tiny duty to write a word
| In praise Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy" says Mrs. Wallace Hayes,
Wateryille, N. Y. ut was used in
my household as much as twenty
years ago. When my children, now
grown up, were small kept a bottle
Of 1t in the house all the time. It al
ways cured my children Of Group,
colds and coughs. have also used II
myself with equally good results. It
Is the only cough medicine we ever
use. !" ohtainable everywhere. Ad-
yertisemnt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
SEVERE STRAIN
IN WAR OFFICE
PURE BLOOD MAKES
HEALTHY PEOPLE

Hoods Sarsaparilla removes
scrofula sores, boils and other erup-
tions, because it drives out of the
blood the humoS that cause them.
Eruptions cannot be successfully
treated with external applications,
because these cannot purify the
blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes rich,
red blood, perfCcts the digestion,
and builds up the whole system. In
sist on having Hoods. Get it now.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26

Resulting from re-examinatlon Of
the mental condition Of Mamie White,
of Quiet Dell, by the county lunacy
board Thursday afternoon, commit
rnent papers were sent to the state
hospital at Weston Friday to be passed
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
PERSONAL
Mrs Charles M. Ernest, who visited
her parents at Oxford. o., four weeks.
TEMPLE FUNERAL MONDAY.

John Quinn, Of Chicago, nephew Of
John Temple. who is dead at Rich
wood went to the latter place from
tbs city Friday and will bring the
tody here Saturday afternoon. Tho
funeral and burial will be held Mon
day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
To Entertain Card Club.

Mrs. Benjamin F. Thompson will
entertain the members of the Five
Table Card Club from 8 to 5 o'clock
Friday afternoon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-26
WATSON DEAD
Lawyer Of, international Repl
tation Expires at Atlantic
City after Illness.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 2e.-word read
ed his home Friday that David TslVAt
son, a lawyer Of international reptita
ton. who represented the Unite
States in the Alaskan boundary dIg
pute, died Thursday night at Atlan0
City, where he had gone to recQperal
after q long illness. Mr. Watson va
~ years old. The body will be brouahl
here for ifterment.