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Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
THE LLANO COLONY

No richer or more productive
soils are to be found anywhere.
1t matters not whether the crop
is to be general farm produce or
general truck gardening, the re-
suits are invariably the best.
But fruits, especially the univer-
sal favorite, the Bartlett pear,
and prunes produced here in An
telope valley, cannot be excelled
anywhere for either quality or
quantity. Peaches and grapes
also produce heavily and are of
excellent flavor. Walnuts and
almonds, as well as pecans, ale
profitable. Apples do real well
on the higher attitudes. Alfalfa
in superabundance and of quality
unsurpassed anywhere, is staple
crop, but is not sold on the mar
ket but is used by the colony in
concentrated form. Hogs, cows,
chickens, hares and rabbits eat
it and they in turn produce meat,
milk, butter and eggs, which are
all used by the people.
The soil of Llano is formed by
decomposition of GRANTEES, fel-
spars and lines from the mount
ain range, giving deep, light
soil that never bakes. 1t con-
tains potash, soda, carbonate of
lime, magnesia, sulphides, OK
ides of iron, etc., etc. In fact,
all the minerals necessary to sus-
tain plant life, requiring only the
oxidizing influences of water and
air, obtained by irrigation, plow-
ing and cultivation to render
them soluble and easily assin-
ilated by plant growth as food.
The average elevation of Llano
del Rio (plain of the river) coun-
try is $500 feet. The elevation,
combined with the close proN-
unity of the mountains, where
the extremes are not so noticeable
as they are on the southern slope
of the range, make the summers
very pleasant, and the contour
of the section shelters this part
of the valley from the high winds
that prevail during certain sea-
sons of the year in the northern
and central portions.
The winter months are, as a
rule, pleasant, varied at times by
a slight snow fall. 1t is some
times cold enough to form ice
one-quarter to one inch in thick
ness on still water.
Epidemics of contagious dis
eases do not cause trouble here
and are only known by reading
of them from outside sources.
Doctors do not amass fortunes
here.
The new printery is a dandy
ann is kept busy all the time on
colony work, to say nothing of
outside job work. Two papers,
the Western Comrade and the
Llano Colonist, are published and
are marvels of neatness in the
printers art.
More next week.
adv-1t VIM. MOORE CLAYTON.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
A LA BILLY SUNDAY

Observing the success of the
Billy Sunday methods in the mat
ter of conversation, Puck arises
to suggest that the attempt be
made to apply the same methods
to other church ceremonies and
activities, proposing the follow
ing formulas:
Pastor christening infant)
What do you want to call this
hunk of excess baggage, Bo"
Presiding Parson: What
miserable mutt giveth this skirt
to be married to this gink?
The Brides Father: 'T'm the
guy"
Industrious Usher: Slide you
ice carts! Slide!'
Passing the Plate: Come
across with the iron men, you
low-life tight-wads!"
Sunday School Superintendent:
"All of you little flivvers that
want to swat Satan stand on one
leg. "-Exchange.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
WILSON'S SERVICE TO
AMERICAS FARMEAS
Remarkable Record Set Forth In
Letter by the President.
NEW LAWS AND NEW OUTLOOK

Farm Loan Act. Federal Reserve Bank.
Provisions For Warehouse and Mar
ketins Facilities Are Only Part Of
Large Program Executed by the Dem
ocratie Administration
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
Are You Looking Old?

Old age comes quick enough with
out inviting it. Some look old at
forty. That is because they neglect
the liver and bowels. Keep your
bowels regular and your liver healthy
and you will not only feel younger
but look younger. When troubled
with constipation or biliousness take
Chamberain's Tablets. They are
intended especially for these all
ments and are excellent. Easy to
take and most agreeable in effect.
Obtainable everywhere. adv.29.5 5t
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
Sloan's Liniment for Neuralgia
Aches

The dull throb of neuralgia is
quickly relieved by Sloan's Lini-
ment, the universal remedy for pain.
Easy 10 apply; it quickly penetrates
without rubbing and soothes the
sore muscles. Cleaner and more
promptly effective than mussy
plasters or ointment; does not stain
the skin or clog the pores. For stiff
muscles, chronic rheumatism. gout.
lumbago, sprains and strains it
gives quick relief. Sloan's Liniment
reduces the pain and inflammation
in insect bites, bruises. bumps and
other minor injuries to children. Get
bottle today at your druggists,
25 cents. no2
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

Milwaukee, Wis.
Sept. "a. - Pastor
Russell gave q
characteristic ad.
dress before the
|. B. g. A. Conyen.
tion here today.
His text was John
SIP: II am the
Lig ht OF b Q
world; he that fol.
loweth Me shall
not walk IN dark
ness. but s h q II
ha We the light Of
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
RISING OF, THE sun
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
1.-The Sun Of Righteousness
Shalt Arise with Healing"

Jesus Now the Libht Of the World Only
In Prospsot--sun Of Righteousness
Not Vet Ris<n--Jssus' Followers
Merely Candies Shining In the Dark.
nsse-Ths World Has strivsn to
ousneh TheIr LIeht-satan's King.
dom Of rarknsss Now Rulins-Isno.
rance ard Blindness the Result-Ars
Now In Early Dawn Of New AGE.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

Large Program Executed by the Dem
ocratie Adn,inistra alton
No administration has ever done so
much TO adEunce the agricultural In
terests Of the United SiaIes as that OF
President Wilson The record Is set
forth briefly aud effectively In letter
written by the president to Congress
man 4. +. Lever chairman of the com
miitce Oh agriculture Of the house OF
representatives. as follows:
The White House, Washington.
Aug. II. 1916
My Dear Mr.. Lever-It has given me
much satisfaction to approve today the
bill making appropriations for the de
partment Of agriculture for the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1917. and for 9th
er purposes. because the bill not only
makes very generous provision for the
improvement Of farm production in the
nation and for Investigations and dem.
onstrations In the tield of the market,
ing Of farm crops and Of the Organiza
tion Of rural life. but also contains
three well conceived measures design
ed 10 improve market practices and the
storage and financing Of staple crops
AS the passage Of this bill marks the
practical completion of an important
part of the program for the betterment
Of rural life which was mapped out nt
the beginning Of the administration. ]
feel that | cannot lei the occasion
pass without conveying to You and to
your associates in both houses my ap
probation Of the services rendered to
the nation In strengthening its great
agricultural foundations
The record. legislative as well as ad
ministrative. Is n remarkable one. II
speaks fm itself and needs only to be
set forth:
First - Appreciation nf the lmpor'
tancc Uf agriculture has been shown
through greatly and intelligently In
creased appropriations for its support.
Second. Particular pains have been
taken to foster produ, tion by every
promising mnans and careful thought
has been given especially to the mat
ter Of increasing the mcai supply Of
the Eation
Third. Greatly Increased provision
| has heen made through the enactment
of the cooperative agricultural eSten.
sion act for conveying agricultural In.
formation TO farmers and for inducing
them to apply II This piece Of legis'
latiun Is niie Of the most significant
and farrcarhng measures for the edu
cation of adults ever adopted by any
| government II provides for co.opera
tion between the states and the fed
cral government This is highly i'm,
portamt and significant principle. Whet
the not IL IN full operation there will
he expended annually under its terms
from federal and state sources alone. o
total of over SSHN.OOO In the direct
education OF the farmer. and this
amount is belng and will I've increasing.
Iy supplemented by contributions from
local sources 1t will permit the plac'
ing In ca h of the 2S5O rural counties
of the nation two farm demonstrators
and S',cciaIiSts who will assist the
| Demonstrations in the more difficult
t-ub,cn,S confronting them
Fourth. Systematic provision for the
| .rst time has been made for the solu'
fi"n of problems IN that important hall
nf agriculture which concerns distrlbu
| tion- marketing. rural france and ru
| r.; 0"rp ni"n tion
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
Everybody's Doin' II.

Everybody's Doin' II.
Everybody clean up; don't let the rubbish
lie
Everybody clean up and chase the typhoid
fly.
Clean your yard with all your might.
Everybody clean up. and clean up right
Bang! SLANT Bingi
II you want to clean UP leave no rubbish
there.
Everybody does IT, and every one should
care.
Everybody stir about and clean up any
how.
Everybody clean up now!
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
Constipation the Father OF
Many Ills

Of the numerous ills that affect
humanity a large share start with
constipation. Keep your bowels regu-
lar and they may he avoided. When
a laxative is needed take Chamber.
lain's Tablets. They not only move
the bowels but improve the appetite
and strengthen the digestion.
Obtaintainable everywhere. ad- 49, 5
Good Roads for Graham County
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is THIS RETRlBUTION?

The first lynching by burning a
human being at the stake took place
in Paris, Texas, many years ago, when
Henry Smith an innocent colored man,
CHARGED with assault on a white
woman, was saturated with kerosene
oil and burned to death in the public
square. 1t was gala event. Thou
sands of people, including many of
the leading citizens" came from miles
around to witness the human holo-
caust. The woman who made the
charge lighted the fire and as the
flames cracked about their victim the
elite of Texas danced like demons
about the pyre.
The woman afterwards confessed
that the colored man visited her not
only with her consent but at her
solicitation. Remorse over her
fiendish act so preyed upon her mind
that short time after she died a
raving maniac.
That was twenty years ago. =
Now the fire fiend has again visited
the Texas city and Paris is in ashes
This time millions of dollars worth of
property of many of the Heading
citizens who took part in that man
burning has gone up in smoke.
Is this retributiOn?
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"BAsIs OF SOCIAL STRIFE"

In a recent address before the Sun.
day Evening Club, Bishop Charles D.
Williams handed out some straight
goods. We quote three sterling para.
graphs:
"Nine-tenths of our social strife
come from trying to know people by
labels or numbers. We REQUIRE a
great deal more temperance and virtue
from the tramp who comes to the back
door and asks for cold victuals than
We do from the society youth who
comes into the drawing-room and asks
for our daughters hand.
Think of the simple Russian, Ger
man and French peasants across the
sea tonight, numbering each other. II
you went through the ranks most Of
them wouldn't know what it is all
about. They are doing it just because
some one in authority has labeled the
other fellow-'enemy.'
THE secret of nearly all our hatred
and Indifference toward our neigh
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PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE.

Last week the st. Paul Pioneer Press
contained a very remarkable editorial
which has been so generally and favor
| ably commented upon that we repro
duce it for the benefit of exchanges
| and some people who did not see it..
1t certainly has the right ring. The
occasion which inspired it was a meet
ing Of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People:
PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE. +
1T is the duty laid upon every
American to rid himself of race
prejudice so far as may be. And, this
being America, race prejudice should
be entirely banished from our national
life, if not obliterated from our per-
sonal attitudes.
I'm any event, no American has a
right, the smallest personal right, to
speak or think his race prejudices in
public. That is un-American and
registers him as not an American. It
is a difficult thing to do at best, this
Kidding ones self of prejudice, particu.
larly of race prejudice. There appears
to be no corollary of tolerance to the
American proposition of liberty. But,
never was there a moment in our his
tory when the call to this difficult
achievement was so loud, or the op-
portunity so large.
"And, at this moment when every
man feels prejudices and every man
knows it is laid upon him to act so
far as possible free from prejudices,
there is a very large opportunity to
consider and Danish certain race
prejudice. We have had the race with
us almost from the beginning and will
have it to the end. Much injustice has
been wrought and will be wrought if
we do not confirm or grant of not
only liberation but friendliness to this
race. s.-E
ION Tuesday night at the Plymouth
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
SEGREGATION IN ST, LOUIS.

Only one daily paper in St. Louis
had the courage and manhood not only
to fight against segregation but to
severely rebuke the other papers which
stood for the unholy thing.
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch, the
Pulitzer paper, in an admirable edi.
torial, set forth it's view of the situa-
ton as follows:
The forces backing the segregation
movement were so powerful that thew
were able to control newspapers and
induce them to abandon their princi.
pies. That they should mislead for
time large number of voters is not
matter of wonderment.
"Of course the ordinances adopted
under the initiative will have to stand
the tests of the courts. We do not
believe that they will survive. If thew
do not we. do not look for a solution
OF the problems they were planned to
meet. We believe that they are mis-
takes and that they will be recognized
as mistakes and set aside in favor of
the principles they violate. We hope,
however, the experiment of segregation
Will not lead to serious consequences:
The racial problems with which
they are planned to deal must be solved
on sounder basis of justice and lib
erty and with broader spirit of hu.
mainly than are embodied in these
measures"
1t is said that the intelligent COL
ored people of Saint Louis will fight
segregation to finish and that thew
must do, for upon the proper settle
ment of this question depends their
very existence. Segregation is spread
ing all over the country and money
must be raised to carry the question
to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
A. THE APPEAL hereby subscribes
five dollars to the fighting fund and
and has forwarded that amount to the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People at New York,
the same to be added to the fund for
carrying the matter to the court of
last resort. Who will follow suit?
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they would be greatly pleased if the
colored people would accept that view
of the matter and get off the earth or
at least out of the country; in fact
some of these "statemen" have sug-
gested the deportation of all colored
citizens.
The average American knows that
this is the colored mans country as
we'll as the white mans country and
history tells us that the colored man
is worthy of the citizenship.
In many things the country is I'M
just to it's colored citizens. Both pub
lie opinion and legislative enactments
are in many cases un-American, but
that does not change the basic fact
that all persons born here are Ameri-
cans and people who teach their chill
dren that this is white mans coun-
try" and advise them not to salute
the flag, are traitors to the land of
their birth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
HONORABLE SECRETARY VISITS

"The Honorable, the Secretary of the
Treasury" w. G. McAdoo, has started
for South America. He is accompanied
by Senator Fletcher of Florida. The
United States is reaching out for Cen.
trail and South American trade and
these two worthy segregationists will
NO doubt receive rousing hearty well
come from the warm hearted Latin
Americans.
In Brazil the Honorable Secretary"
will meet many prominent citizens,
high officials and merchants who are
colored men of various shades, from
a bright yellow to lustrous black,
and he has made a great mistake if
he has not included among his i'm
pedimenta samples of the famous seq
regated water closet which was in
vented by former Honorable Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury" Will
Jams and installed in the treasury
w " okoAAA6COA Wy 1u0 t1Ol-
orable, the Secretary of the Treasury"
McAdoo. Doubtless this new-fangled
Democratic continuance would greatly
impress many of the men of various
mixtures of Indian, Negro, Portuguese
and Spanish bloods, "The Honorable,
the Secretary of the Treasury" will
have the HONOR of meeting.
And it is appropriate that ''The Hon
orable, the Secretary of the Treas
ury" should steam away on the u. S.
armored cruiser Tennessee. The name
Tennessee, as we'll as that of every
other state in the murder zone of the
United States, is one for segregation
lists to conjure by, reeking as it does
with civic injustice, race prejudice,
jimcrow laws, religious cant, hypocrisy
and lynching. -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
THE REASON WHY.

A distinguished foreigner who is
touring the United States had this to
say relative to his Impressions of the
race question in this country:
Il have always been interested in
what is called the race question in
the United States and since my arrival
l have endeavored to study it from
every viewpoint and if possible find
some reasons for it's existence.
After had met so large a number
OF intelligent, we'll educated, refined
and cultured colored people l was at
loss to understand the reasons for
the bitter race prejudice and the at
tempts in various parts of the country
to segregate people of color.
1.-THE problem was largely solved
when I attended at Evanston, Illinois
recently a conference of the various
branches of Methodism and in which
the colored branches had representa-
ton.
THAT a body so-called Christians
should find it necessary to even dis
cuss the question of segregating any
class of people was so contrary to
the spirit of Christianity that I was
greatly surprised; but after South
ern delegate had in a vigorous speech
opposed segregation, I was dumb.
founded to see a bishop of a colored
methodist church arise and make a
speech favoring the separation of his
branch from the proposed union of
Methodism. He referred to his mem.
bers as white folks Negroes" and
said they wished to be set apart.
1t was a disgusting revelation.
1.-The whole thing is now clear. Some
ignorant, short sighted self-seeking
leaders are seeking segregation in the
church for some personal reasons.
Evidently they are not versed in his.
tory or they would know that they
are playing with fire. If they are
segregated in the House of the Lord
segregation civilly and socially fol.
lows as natural sequence. Old col.
ored men who were reared in slavery
are apt to have slavish ideas and
the only hope of the colored people
is that the young men, the clear.
headed thinking young men, will take
charge of the situation and push to
the rear the trucking leaders who
are willing to sell their birthright
for a mess of pottage."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
THE LIAR AND HIS LIES.

Recently in Richmond in the more
or less grand old commonwealth of
Virginia." colored citizens according
to the Daily Times-Dispatch, honored
a Catholic priest who had worked
among the colored people, by present
ing him silver tea service. So far,
so good, but in his speech the colored
brother who made the presentation
speech said that "the white and COL
ored people of Richmond lived side
Dy side in most harmonious relations
and that there was not the least
sign of race prejudice
Now somebody has lied. Either the
T1mes-Dispatch has misquoted the
speaker or he has deliberately falsi-
fed. The Planet, the Reformer and
the st. Luke Herald newspapers pub.
ilshed by colored people has stated
scores of times that rank prejudice
exists and certainly the enactment of
the city segregation ordinance which
does not permit colored and white
people to live "side by side"
In truth the talk about "harmoni-
GUS relations" is mostly bunk and it
has been handed out for years by the
bootlickers who for personal reasons
desire to curry favor with their OPP
pressors.
Harmonious relations" mot the
least sign Of prejudice" and such ex-
pressions are lies and the man who
utters them knows that he is a liar.
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church and for the society which ma
tionally is pledged to urge the ban
ishment of this prejudice, the society
for the amelioration of the conditions
of the colored people, President Vim
cent of the University will speak on
The Psychology of Prejudice' It is
an illumination of which we are all
in need. Too often our prejudice
is matter of instinct, without any
psychology, any mental side to it. To
discover where we err, and where we
fail to manifest any intelligence,
should go far to cure us of our
medieval i'll. And at this moment
there is nothing which we, as Ameri.
cans, an amalgam of all races, are SO
much in need of as an understanding
of prejudice, leading to it's elimina
ton, or at least it's subordination in
public affairs"
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BE JUST TO THE LIVING,

Recently the New York Age pub
lished excerpts from different race
journals which. took notice of the
comment, made by Editor w. E. B.
Du Bots in The Crisis, on the death
of the late DR.. Booker T. Washington.
The virulence of the attack, by these
papers upon DR.. Dubois, was more
untimely than anything he had said
about Mr.. Washington. Editor Du-
Bots gave public utterance to his con.
victions, and in so doing allowed the
world to know the estimate he had of
DR.. Washington. Many others may
think like the editor of The Crisis, but
will not dare to express it, Mr.. Wash
ington would not have been a man,
if he had been without fault. AS a
man he made mistakes of Judgment,
though honestly we believe. The
editor of The Crisis recognized not
his personal mistakes, which had to
do with his personal character, but
those acts which had to do with the
shaping of the destiny of the race in
this country. In criticising the public
acts of a man, no one should be held
up as an enemy nor as unjust if the
criticism is just Those editors who
abused Editor Dubois did not at
tempt to show that he was wrong in
his Judgment of Mr.. Washington. It
is grossly unfair to appeal to abuse
when one is in a combat The very
fact of appealing to abuse indicates
that the opponent is correct and
there is not an argument to meet him,
but assaults upon him must be the
alternative. Truly, Dr. Washington
stood out as an educator of no mean
ability in the industrial world. He
achieved his prominence in that Dor.
ton of the country where great an
tagonism to the advance of the race
existed. He had to "stoop to con-
quer." He made great concessions in
order that he and his institution
might accomplish a good for the race
which they otherwise could not. In
the opinion of the editor of The Crisis
Mr.. Washington conceded too much.
There are certain facts that stare us
in the face and we must consider
them.
First: Tuskegee has grown, but
the common school education of the
race in the South has shrunk almost
to nothing.
Second: During the height of Mr.
Washington's popularity almost every
Southern state tried to segregate the
school fund
Third: Though Tuskegee has
turned out many worthy students, the
rank and file of our children in the
South are worse off today than they
were thirty years ago.
Fourth: The financial backing of
Tuskegee institute, by the most in
f1uential men of the country, resulted
IN an alarming decrease in gifts to
higher educational schools to prepare
leaders for the race.
Fifth: In spite of the Cancellation
OF Mr.. Washington, the South during
his lifetime destroyed more of our
men by lynching. and lawlessness
than at any other period of it's his.
tory.
Sixth: The advising of our people
to eschew politics and get material
wealth, did not make their lives one
Whit better, for as fast as the race
got wealth every device for segrega-
ton and oppression was inaugurated.
Seventh: Mr.. Washington lived to