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The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

Ollie ThCrson was born in Denver,
Colo, July 2. 1872, and is A years
old. He has lived in Glenwood
Springs since he was 12 years old,
and as boys do, his first work was
in newspaper office as. Devil" His
next job was in the First National
bank as bookkeeper for six years /;
then he bought book and stationery
business ard conducted that until he
was appointed postmaster. He gave
the office his entire time and from a
third class office he made it 90 into
the second Class office. He held the
position of town treasurer for ten
years and also city clerk for one
term, and at the present time is
serving as mayor of Glenwood, being
elected by both the Democratic and
Republican tickets, having no opposi-
titn. He has at all times been a con-
sistent Republican. having served as
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09


Candidate for Republican Nomination for State
Public Instruction
est interest home the because affects the educa
the boys girls For this the
should consider carefully the qualifications of who
ca ndidate for this office.
nomination for Public instruction
les September r. teacher the North
Mrs Smith university graduate having
Antioch College which degree
A B. She continued her study the University
was graduated with the degree of M. A.
Mrs Smith has been actively engaged in educational
Colorado She has been grades
high school teacher principal the high school Longmon
normal institute instructor AS normal
institutes for eight she has been close student
school problems and has cred the teachers
the counties of the state.
Mrs Smith has held positions requiring educational and
executive ability She has been president
Association of the Denver Teachers Club College High
School Section of the State Association
catona committee of the State Federation of Woman Clubs
has held many other important positions
Mrs Smith has been loyal worker for the Republican
number of years. COLORADO STATESMAN will
remember her when Miss Shoe she spoke
halls and churches She submits the
cord of her loyalty and of
training for this most important office.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

AS the first step in the formation of
cooperative alliance of coloreJ in
dustry and commerce by a group of
coiored men active in advancing the
interests of their people, Charles M.
Thomas of Miner Normal school. also
president of the colored association of
teachers at Washington, has an
nounced an early organization of rep-
utable and reliable colored chauffcurs
and automobile mechanics.
The purpose of this movement Is to
raise the standard of efficiency and to
set standards of conduct for the men
in this industry. Mr.. Thomas sees, in
the present Industrial condition in the
United States, an opportunity for COL
ored men to play an active part in the
real preparedness for American con-
test with rehabilitated European na-
tons after the war, whether in con-
hict or in competition.
Plans for the larger alliance to in
clude colored men and women enrnped
in trndes and occupations generally
throughout the United States are be-
ing perfected under the chairmanship
of Charles Il. Lane, Sr., of North Car
olina.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

member of the state, central commit
tee from Garfield county for fourteen
years, and this has given him wide
acquaintance all over the state.
In 1907 he was married to Miss
Winona Cox of Galltin, Mo. He has
made a special study of accounting
and bookkeeping, is we'll fitted for
tile position that he is seeking, and
asks your favorable consideration and
support at the Republican primaries,
September Il, 1916.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09
AFRO-AMER|CAN CUL[|NCS

dist missions, the building of the Meth
odist college at Monrovia. With Lii
IBERIA he WAS always identified.
Bishop Ferguson's death recalls, of
course, the great Colonization society
that made Liberia open to free Ne
groes. OF this class the South espe-
cially the cities of the South, wished to
be freed. Henry Clay, Charles Carroll,
james Madison were as anxious ror
the plans success as William Ellery
Charming or Gerrt Smith. But per-
haps on young Ferguson's life the in
iluence of Bishop John Henry Hop
kins of Vermont had most effect. Bish-
op Hopkins of the Episcopal church
the Colonization society.
And, relatively small as were the re-
suits of that movement, the characters
developed in Liberia were well worth
studying. What the Negro could do
even after the bighting effect of slav-
cry on individuals and the race. Book
er T. Washington showed. What the
Negro could do never having been a
slave has been shown in dozen of the
strong men of Liberia. OF these strong
men Bishop Ferguson was one of the
most impressive. His consecration in
Grace church. New York city, in 1885,
was landmark in the history of Epis-
copalianism in America.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

In the midst of sentiment he
unwittingly created among the race he
endeavored to the very last to ele-
vate, Booker T. Washington is no
more; and his work of stupendous
proportion follows him. Perhaps we
shall not see his like again in this
generation. There will rise up many
who will try to initiate his manner
leadership through sycophancy,
but there will be few who will do
so with the sincerity of purpose which
prompted his every action for the
Detterment of his people and the
whole country.
Dr. Washington was born in q sec
ton of this country, and lived and
labored in it, in an age and time
that required subtlety that only
those who are brought up in it with
the white man can use to enable them
to succeed in an undertaking neces-
stating their constant presence among
southern people. This subtlety Dr.
Washington possessed in a remarkable
degree. He knew how to tickle the
white man of the south to cause him
TO laugh, and when he laughed to get
what he needed from him. and through
him others who gave, not as Chris
uan duty to the institution he found
ed, but because Washington had in
Jected his personality into their favor
ana because they knew that there were
few other schools where the Negro
could get the instruction that is given
for lbs uplift at Tuskegee.
AS monument to his faith in the
capacity and ability of his race to do
what other men of other races have
accomplished. and his indefatigable in
dustry to bring about results, Tuske-
gee will multiply her army OF educated
men and ring out to future generations
the name of the man self-named. and
who brought it into existence.
The management of this institution
has been without reproach, but its
founder has not always been Credited
with advocating the best interest of
the race in regard to the higher edu-
cation of the youth. Be that as 1t
may, for himself he has left behind an
enduring monument of his work on
the minds of men, and we suggest a
monument of enduring marble be cree
ted in the sight of those whom he has
helped by starting subscription by
all the people of the country, and
have it placed in the capital of the
nation.-Exchange.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09
Roses That Soon Fade.

The roses of pleasure seldom las.
long enough to adorn the brow of him
who plucks them; for they are the only
roses which do not retain their sweet
ness after they have lost their beauty.
Hannah More.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09
Darkest Just Before Dawn.

When you get in Il tight place and
everything goes against you until it
seems as If you cannot hold on min
ute longer-never give up; for that
is just the place and the time that
the tide will turn.-Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09
Couldn't Take Any Chances

What are you doing with the lady's
supper in your pocket? Looking for a
Cinderella?' Nav; my wife wanted
some stockings to match l couldn't
cut section out of the slipper, so L
had to bring the pesky thing along"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

We take the following from a com
| nunication to the New York Evening
Post:
The songs of sorrow, of joy, of hu-
NOR, and of sentiment were the nat
ural growth of a race musically in
clined in Africa, and whose melodious
outpourings were intensified by the
conditions of slavery.
50-1S65-Minstrel songs full Of
character, but less lofty of sentiment,
and less true of real Negro aspiration
and inspiration. (See songs of Jim
Bland and others.)
1S70-Advent of jubilee singers-an
artistic triumph.
1ST5-1SSS-No further development
in Negro music. The Afro-American
had been so thoroughly taught by the
white man that his color, condition,
and accomplishment were inferior, that
the younger generation at once threw
aside all tradition. Any reference to
the past became disgrace. Except
in a few schools of the South, to
sing jubilee melodies to an Afro
| hhiSiiNah audichSC WOuio OC uh ihodil
and would lead to the dismissal of
the teacher urging them. The Moody
and Sankey hymns were used cxclu-
sively in our churches and schools.
! About 1SSS-The starting and quick
growth of so-called "rag-time." AS far
back as 1875, Negroes in the question
able resorts along the Mississippi had
commenced to evolve this musical fig
| ure; but at the Worlds Fair, Chicago,
Rag g-time" got running start, swept
the Americas, then Europe, and today
| the craze has not diminished.
The public was tired of sing-song
monotonous, mother, sister, father SEN
dmental songs. Rag-time offered
unique rhythms, curious groupings of
| words, and melodies which gave the
zest of unexpectedness. Many Ne
groes-Irving Jones, VIII Accooe, Bob
Cole, the johnson brothers, Gussie L.
Davis, Sid Perrin, Ernest Hogan, Will
liams and Walker, and others wrote
some of the most celebrated rag songs
of the day. In other instances white
| actors and song-writers would hear
in st. Louis such melodies as New
Bully" Hot Time" etc, would change
the words (often unprintable) and pub
lish them as their own creations.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09
Would Wait Awhile.

Mrs. Grant has n new baby at her
mouse. wouldn't you like to see it?"
Elmer, who had been out seeing
inter OF day-old kittens, hesitated.
Guess III wait till it gets its eyes
Open"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09
Psychological Problem.

Just as problem in practical psy-
chology. how many can tell the initials
of Mr.. Bailey, one-time partner in the
Barnum X Bailey circus. And who is
there doesn't know, on the other hand,
that MIR. Barnum's name was Phineas
L. T.:-Springfield Republican.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

Fatigued, Pittsfield (Mass.) man
returned home, and, undressing, knelt
beside his bed to say his prayers. He
was in that attitude when his mother
came 10 call him in the morning. He
was not halfway through the Lords
prayer when he fell asleep.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

The minister of foreign relations of
Colombia has ordered the publication
in book form of economic and political
information on Colombia, much of
which has appeared In successive bul-
letins issued by the ministry in his
charge since 1912. The title of the
book will be "Colombia-l913t TO 1y18"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09
ADVERTISEMENT
OLLIE THORSON.

Candidate for the Nomination o
State Auditor on the Republican
Ticket.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

A Baptist pastor in New York has a
He conducts his evening services at
7:15 in front of the church. Besides
the novelty the people find it cooler
and decidedly more comfortable than
inside the church.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

Brazilian city uses a trolley-car
ambulance to transport patients to and
from hospitals in its suburbs.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

have been generally accepted by the bar and people,
rally helped saghn entanged propositions
At the recent Republican assembly he
possible 770 the
for him except
In his position of chief justice of the enjoys the
respect of his of mpeachabe characteristic
features and brilliant experienced urs the
OF public for number of the foremost fearless
dispensers of the law backed his
staunc citizen white oored
the and his
election.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

The perfume industry of Italy annu-
ally makes use of 1850 tons of orange
blossoms and 1000 tons of roses.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

Apple wood is the favorite material
for saw handles. and some goes into
So-called brier pipes.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

valuable relic was recently found
in Riggsville, Me-, in the shape of a
large brass eagle, originally made for
a figurehead on ship. 1t weighs 81
pounds, stands 30 inches high, and
measures IS inches from tip to tip. 1t
is known to be more than one hundred
years old. The age is verified by the
fact that the casting was made in two
pieces and then brazed together.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

La Junta, as municipality, is now
on a cash basis.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

The Rt. Rev. Samuel d. Ferguson,
frst man of his race to be nude a
bishop by the Protestant Episcopal
church, who died the other day at Mon
rovia, Liberia, though Negro, and
born in South Carolina, was never a
slave. His parents were free persons
or color. He was six years old when
they accepted the inviting offer of the
National Colonization society and
went to Liberia, He was educated
In the mission school of the Episco-
palians at Cape Palmas. He watched
our civil war for the freeing of the
slaves only at distance He worked
with all the civilizing forces In a land
where about 5000 o-Americans
dominate real African population of
2,ooo,OoO; worked with the Methodist
bishop, William Taylor, who first de-
veloped industrial education there :
worked with j. ]. Roberts, long presi-
dent, man nearly white, but devoted
to popular advancement; worked with
Arthur Barclay, born British SUBJ
Ject In the Barbados, a pure-blooded
black, who succeeded Roberts: worked
with the present president, Daniel
howard. He saw the establishment of
Presbyterian and Baptist and Metho-
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

When the flags of the Ohio regi-
ments which had been in the Civil war
were taken from storage and placed in
the rotunda of the statehouse in Co
lumbus, Gov. Frank b. Willis carried
the flag of the Forty-eighth Ohio Vol
nnteer infantry, in which his father
had served through the war, and Mrs.
Willis carried the flag of the Twen-
tieth o. V. l., which was her fathers
regiment.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-09-09

Eleven grains Of radium were pro-
Auced In the United States last year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
DRINK A GLASS
OF REAL H0T WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
Says we will both lock and feel
clean, sweet and fresh
and avoid Illness.

Sanitary science has Of late made
rapid strides with results that are of
untold blessing to humanity. The lat
est application of its untiring re-
search is the recommendation that it
is as necessary to attend to internal
sanitation of the drainage system of
the human body as is the drains of
the house.
Those of us who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise,
splitting headache, stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom-
ach, can instead, feel as fresh as a
daisy by opening the sluices of the
system each morning and flushing out
the whole of the internal poisonous
stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
WELL should, each morning before
breakfast, drink glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in 1t to wash from the stom-
ach, liver and bowels the revious
days indigestible waste, sour bile and
poisonous toxins; thus cleansing,
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary canal before putting more
food into the stomach. The action of
hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wonderfully in
| MIGRATING. 1t cleans out all of the
sour lamentations, gases, waste and
acidity and gives one splendid appe-
title for breakfast. While you are en-
joying your breakfast the phosphated
hot water is quietly extracting large
volume of water from the blood and
! getting ready for a thorough flushing
of all the inside organs.
The millions of people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells
stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness;
others who have sallow skins, blood
disorders and sickly compilations are
urged to get quarter pound of lime.
stone Phosphate from the drug store
This will cost very little, but is sufi.
cient to make anyone a pronounced
crank on the subject of internal san
tation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
wOMEN's AND STATES RIGHTS

A strong editorial on the question OF
suffrage as it relates to states rights
is contained in the following editorial
from the New York Commercial:
Let us take for granted that women
suffrage is inevitable. Does it follow
that the sovereignty of the individual
states is to be further impaired in or
der to obtain votes for women at once
F., The right to vote should be regulated
i by each state as long as we have
states. Who will say today that the
fifteenth amendment to the constitu-
ton did any good? To it we're due the
scandals of the reconstruction period
and the evils that followed.
Such an amendment to the constitu-
ton as the suffragists desire could be
adopted in opposition to the majority
of the voters of the United States. If
the right to vote, and other things
connected with it are to be regulated
by congress and amendments to the
constitution, some attention might be
given to the violation of the principle
of representation by population, which
is ignored in many states. Rhdoe Is
land contains pocket boroughs that
out-vote the larger city of Providence.
If the states are to be forced into uni
formity regarding the ballot, let the
reformers make good job of it and
clean up everything.
Woman suffrage is sure 10 come, but
it should be permitted to win its way
without resorting to strong-arm meth
DDS, such as were used to force the
negro vote upon the South. By the
adopted it, serious opposition to it will
have disappeared. Thousands favor it
who also uphold state rights and the
danger is that states upon which it is
forced will resist by direct methods,
Just as some of them practically dis
franchise negroes. Whenever and
wherever a majority of women want to
vote they will get the franchise. AS
soon as the suffragists win the women
to their cause the fight is over. In
order to win it is not necessary to de-
stroy any more of the remaining yes
tiges of states rights.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
Heb COURTS HELPED BY
THE JUOGEsHIPS NAMED

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 22.-Hereaftei
the congestion ad delay in disposing
of cases in the state supreme court
and the court of appeals, which have
greatly retarded the administration OF
justice in Georgia, will be relieved by
the addition of three judges to the
COURT of appeals and the state SUI
preme court.
In many cases the rights of litigants
have gone by default because their
appeals from the lower courts to one
or the other of these higher courts
could not be decided within the limit
allowed by law. And the reason the
court of appeals and the supreme court
we're unable to decide such cases was
the fact that they were literally over
whelmed With work.
Since the passage of the bill in
creasing the number of appellate court
judges from three to six, number of
candidates have announced for the
newly created places.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
HASTEN To MOVE
To ATLANTA SOON

U. S. Hasten arrived home Sunday
from Atlanta Mr.. Hasten expects tc
move with his family to Atlanta with
in ten days or two weeks. and is now
preparing to move. Mr.. Hasten has
responsible position as travelling
representative for one of the big
powder companies, and Atlanta is most
acceptable to him for his headquar-
ters, and for this reason he sees it to
his interest to move his family to At
lanta. Mr.. and Mrs. Hasten have
many friends here who will regret to
learn that they have decided to leave
Americas, but will wish for them hap
piness and contentment in their new
home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
SGdbOdrd Air Line
The Progressive Railway Of the South

Leave Americas Tor Cordele, Re
shelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col.
dns, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond
Portsmouth and points East and South
1881 D m
$3.50 m
Leave Americas for CordeIe, Able
Ills. Helena and intermediate points
6:11 p. m.
Leave Americas for Richland, At
anita, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
lOmery and points West and Northwesi
SOS p. N.
Leave Americas for Ricnland, Col
ambus, Dawson, Albany and interme
late points
IO:OO a. m.
Seaboard Buffet Parlor-Sleeping CaI
m Trains IL and IA, arriving Americas
Eom Savannah 1925 p. M, and leav'
ing Americas for Savannah $3.50 a. m
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
$3.50 a. m- will be open for passen-
gers at 11:40 p. m.
For further information apply to H
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americas
ia. G. w. Small, Div. Pass. Agent
savannah, Ca; .. p. Pvan, G. p. A.
Norfolk, Va.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
OPEN TIE HOMES.

The committees in charge of thf
Confederate Veterans reunion ara dis
az pointed iii not having secured a.
riany Eomes as it was expected. TIE
veterans tegin arriving Wednesday
night and Thursday, so it is impera-
tive that every person who will take
guests in their home communicate with
the headquarters at the Chamber of
Commerce Immediately. The telephone
number is s.
Amel Gus must maintain her reputa-
ton unstained-and we must care for
a thousand visitors who will be here.
The city is proud of her cordial en-
and especially for these
heroes of the sos is it a deserved
tribute.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22

plague come nigh our dwelling is best
answered, however, by rat-proofing
the habitations of man. Modern sani-
tary science has evolved simple and
efficient weapon against the pestilence
which walketh in darkness and strik-
eth at MONDAY, and the U. S. Public
Health Service has put this knowledge
into practical operation and thus
speedily eradicated plague wherever Il
has appeared in the United States
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
LONG BEARD To BE
4 CREE TING HERE

E. H. Cordell one of Sumter's we'll
known citizens, residing on Route No.
y, Americas, can boast of the longest
beard of not the only man in Sumter
county, but any man anywhere in this
section, and it is doubtful If there is
another man in Georgia that has a
beard as long as his. His beard is %
inches long; he wears them wrapped
around so that you would only think
that he had a short gotee, but his
beard is placed under his shirt. Mr.
Cordell states that he will be in the
Confederate Veterans parade and thai
he is going to wear his beard on the
outside of his shirt on that occasion sc
everyone can see it that wants to. His
beard was 16 inches longer, making
A inches its length. before he cut of
the sixteen inches, which he told his
children they might divide among
each other after he passed across the
river.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22

E'aTks over in Alabama got scared
Ansa year about the boil weevil, but
sEsfE year they are rolling in home
raised pork, cattle, honey, beeswax,
spDrn and potatoes, while the weevil
sssxvcs to death in the fields. Good
a sug 70 get "skeered' once in while
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
DUKE WILL JOIN Us.

When womans suffrage comes that's
when we leave.-Americus Times-Re-
corder.
Don't think you'll ever live to see
Georgia so sorely afflicted hut if you
do, call by and we1l go with YOU
Griffin News and Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22
HOWELL PHARMACY ARE TO
INSTALL A SODA FOUNT

Howell's Pharmacy, Eldridge's old
stand, are preparing to install hand
some soda fount in their store. The
material has arrived, and is now being
put up. 1t is an up-to-date soda fount,
and the installation will no doubt add
to the popularity of the store.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-22

Eafa to think there are folks about
mere Hhn would kill fellow for mon
Hx But. the face of the earth of pitted
zaEsA these sore spots.