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The Denver star., 1917-03-10

which are from 10 to 20 miles away. besides
their mail orders and shipments from Den.
yer and other places
The products Of the farms are increasing
and there is now a marketable crop in this
community Of $25O.000 per year produced
by the Negro and white settlers in and
around Dearfield. There is also a great de-
mand for mechanics and farm laborers
The opportunities offered in Dearheld for
location and investment are unsurpassed in
the United States for Negroes Of business
ability and small capital. There is An open
Ing in Dearneld for every branch Of business
that is conducted in any established COM
munity. Now is the time for the young
man to start in and grow up with the pros
perity OF Dearfeld. The farmers have had
nve years the start OF the town. and anyone
establishing a business in Dearneld has the
prosperous farmers, colored and white. ~
q guarantee OF support to his business
No class Of people Is more welcome in
Colorado than the good farmer or business
man or woman. Colorado needs 10000
farmers and farm hands. business men and
women, to grow and handle the products
we are now importing from other states for
our own use.
COLORADO mas an area Oh OOsVVV,VVv ~SAes
Of land with q population OF only 100000.
and only one-eighth Of the land occupied.
and two-thirds Of her population In the
cities and towns. thus leaving open the
greatest opportunity for good farmers and
for the building Of thousands Of new COM
munities by white and colored settlers. The
white settlers are here and are yet coming BY
the thousands. The Negro will have to
hurry II he expects to partake OF the golden
opportunities Of Colorado. which NO other
state in the Union offers. At the rate the
lands and resources of Colorado are being
eobbled up by foreigners land southernsrs
tho last call will soon be heard. Shall we
az a race put OF until at last too late?
pearileld Town Settlement has laid great
foundation for the building of the wealthiest
Nepro community in the world because OF
,ts productive soil, its climatic conditions,
,ts close proximity to water, fuel, railroads,
md the best market in the world wnicn
,,ways has a demand for your product.
Now is the time for the young Negro to
hecome interested in the Town OF Dearheld
.ra bc counted in its history as one OF
no,rfeld's progressive pioneers In business.
ro ,hos- ~ lots or tracts within the
roxt ak .nonths beginning February !.
,o17, for business purposes We will give
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SLoAN'S LINlMENT FOR RHEUM-
ATlSM.

The torture of rheumatism, the
pains and aches that make life un-
bearable are relieved by Sloan's Lini-
ment, a clean clear liquid that is easy
to apply and more effective than mus
sy plasters or ointments because it
penetrates quickly without rubbing
For the many pains and aches follow
ing exposure, tsrains, sprains and
soreness. Sloan's Liniment is
promptly effective. Always have
bottle handy for gout. lumbago, tooth
ache, backache, stiff neck and all ex-
ternal pains. At druggists, csc
The Denver star., 1917-03-10

o. T. Jackson, founder of Colorado Town
Dearhed Colo
The Dearfeld Settlement has Townsite
plated on state land consisting of $50 acres.
There are eight blocks OF town lots for bust
ness and residence. and unplatted blocks OF
S and 10 acres 0ess streets) surrounding
the Town adapted to dairying. poultry rails
ing, and truck farming.
In the Town there is a city well. a cement
block factory. blacksmith shop. telephone.
and = church building. The Town is now
building up and all kinds OF business IL
wanted to supply the farmers. as they are
prosperous and are spending from $4,000
to $25. 900 per annum in the towns around
The Denver star., 1917-03-10

DEARFIELD AGENCY.
2100 Arapahoe Street,
Denver, Colo.
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every inducement possible. for WE NEED
YOUR BUSINESS NOW to furnish the farm

Inspecting Cement Blocks by Prospective Builders
ers with supplies and to handle their market
able crops.
We want so families to build up the Town
of Dearfeld.
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Negroes Farming In Eastern Colorado.

INAr ihEN years ago farming was dis.
Il cussed among leading Negroes in Colo.
raao as new avenue for employment
anu self-help. May 5, 1910, a Settlement was
started upon Government land in Weld
county where 10000 acres in one body was
opeh LOT honesteading One settler filed on
'1o acres as desert claim, and one filed on
lou acres AS homestead claim. These men
talked with their friends and got others in.
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Building Dearfeld Land Office

terested in the plan, and now there are sixty
families occupying $4,000 acres of the TO-
600 acres. The other 5000 acres has since
been taken up by a good class Of white set
tiers. Within a radius Of twenty miles
around Dearfeld Settlement there are ~
many more colored families and farmers.
There are now in Eastern Colorado nve hun.
dred colored families on farms and two
thousand Negro farmers and farm hands.
The Denver star., 1917-03-10
BY D. WELLINGTON BERRY.

BY D. WELLINGTON BERRY.
Memphis, Tenn.-One of the most
striking and farreaching tributes ever
paid to a member OF the Negro race
by q distinguished ana cultured mem
ber of the white race was rendered re-
Gently in the course Of public ad
dress in this city by Mrs. Isaac Reese,
noted civic worker. member of the
city board Of education and president
Of the Nineteenth Century club, one of
the strongest and most influential or
ganizations Of white women in the
United States.
In the course Of her address Mrs.
Reese spoke in part as follows:
THE Negro race has no ground for
discoura cement in view of the fact
that within a short period of fifty
years 1t has produced Booker T. Wash
The Denver star., 1917-03-10

W~B. Townsend's law office is 929
18th St, rooms 3 and 4. Phone Main
2797.
The Denver star., 1917-03-10

Senator John F. shafroth,> Senate Cham.
Der, Washington. D. G.
Ex-Governor Elias NJ. Ammons, $40 Gas
and Electric Building Denver.
Ex-Governor George A. Carlson, Fort Col
Inns. Colo.
Governor julius c. Gunter, State House,
Denver. Colo.
W. H. Malone, BIT First National Bank
Building Denver. Colo.
Weld County Commissioners, Greeley,
Colo.
Ex-senator T. ]. Ehrhart, State Highway
Commissioner. Denver.
Professor Netherton, State Agricultural
College, Fort Collins, Colo.
William ]. Galligan President The City
Bank and Trust Co., Denver. Colo.
DR.. E. F. Cantey, President Elite Drug Co.,
21o0 Arapahoe St, Denver.
DR.. P. D. Lee Elite Drug Co.. 21oo Arap-
ahoe ST, Denver.
DR.. Charles Harris. Elite Drug Co., 2100
Arapahoe St. Denver.
Miss Kate White. Teacher Dearneld
School. Virgins. Colo.
Saul Epsteen, Cashier First State Bank,
Virgins, Colo.
Mrs f ]. Goodall, Dearfeld, Masters.
Colo P. o.
W. T Fields, Dearfeld, Virgins, Colo
PURCHASERS AND TRACTS IN TOWNSHIP
Mrs. A. ". Lewis, Omaha, Neb
Thomas Bass, Mexico. Mo.
VIM. Dow, Rouse, Colo
David Scott. wathens, Kan.
". H. Rogers. Denver, Colo
F. T. Bruce Denver. Colo.
Basil Hill. Denver. Colo.
Claud Davis, Denver, Colo.
NJ. G. Harding Denver, Colo.
Bert Grifhth. Denver. Colo.
c. W. Brown. Denver, Colo
Mrs. James Manuel, Denver Colo
Rev. R. W. Smith. walsenburg, Colo
Mrs E. J. Goodall. Dearneld, Colo.
A. S. Goodall. Dearneld. Colo.
Miss Rosalia Rice. Denver. Colo.
Robert Alexander. Pueblo Colo.
B. p Branch. Pueblo. Colo.
Joseph X. Alston, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rev. J. A. Thomas HAZEL. Denver. Colo.
Linzy NJ. Burrel, Tobasco. Colo.
C. P. Linthecomb, Rouse, Colo
Thomas Jones. Tobasco, Colo
Jesse Dalton. Tobasco. Colo.
E. F. Halsey, Denver. Colo.
J. ]. Houston Dearheld. Colo.
B. c. Curtis. Denver, Colo.
Edward F. Tichenor. Eaton, Colo.
]. H. Patterson, Dearfeld, Colo.
S. A. Mcclure. Denver. Colo.
Nc. c. Rusan. Denver. Colo.
Noble Steele, Walsenburg, Colo.
Dr. w. A. Jones. Dearneld, Colo.
Joseph ]. Garden, Omaha, Neb
NJ. A. Eilonth, Canon City, Colo
James H. Weston. Salt Lake. Utah.
Fred Jones' Eaton, Colo.
G. Mccartney, Cameo Colo.
w T. Fields, Dearneld, Colo.
Victor c. Walker
THE FARMING SETTLEMENT
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IN THE FARMING sErTLnMENr

]. N. B. Anderson
F. D. Mcpherson
Carl CLANCY
j. w. Price
J. M. Thomas
Robert Thomas
Lee Ford
]. M. Williams
Mrs. c. B. Franklin
]. NJ. Holley
DR.. w. 4. Jones
James Haskins
s. e. Bell
]. F. Bruce
Vanburen Brown
Geo. Collier, Sr.
Bert Grimth
Ell Burrell
w. T. Fields
Ed. Jones
Mrs. Rosa Carter
Fred Brown
John Greear
Mrs. John Cook
Mrs. Joe Young.
The Denver star., 1917-03-10

]. ]. Houston
c. H. Hicks
James Smith
Newton Hicks
H. w. Clay
o. T. Jackson
Harvey Page
Mittie Williams
A. s. Goodall
Mrs. H. B. Rothwell
Earnest Miller
J. A. Thomas-Hazell
w. E. Danforth
Chas. Stewart
Walter Spates
Geo. Collier, Jr.
Will Brown
Newton Clark
Clarence Collier
VIM. Rice
A. e. Robbins
John Carter
A. B. Cannon
]. H. Patterson
Thomas Bailey
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TRIBUTE PAID TO
NEGRO THINKER
6rlggs Has Founded New
School Of Philosophy.
He IS RANKED WITH PLATO

Work Of Able Scholar 10 Laudsd by
White Woman Loader Of His City,
Memphis, Tenn. - Following His
Teachings Will Help to Elevate His
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02
to ARKANSAS. TUESDAY MORN

of the whH
 try was V
 moons sbille~
 tents of the
 information
 tained the Il
 plants in V often opera | cr1lDlent ste A gain the the storeke, sinners most anlazir | hat of tllhf1 llisti1lers' N advised the '1ent of SIT oartnnent N 'lacing N1 ;eals on tlY
 his henn In
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02
i IHlISS',yORY OF VAST M InaoI?NSHINE PLOT "'y 'yy> LIht FICTION
 Tn Band of Criminals Mode M led Government of R0111 M\ lions in 25 Years.
\TED STILLS opERAXN FIVE STATES
Hns Promised When Startling RevelatiG, ,ao Trials of Ring-Leal, v. cnted at Fort Smith. | coyery of Plot First. t. 1S.s, s.y, sye'
 ~t ,7:'

Fort Smith, Jan. 1.-How modern band of moonshiners robbed the unit ed States government out of millions of dollars in revenue, how they oper- ated wildcat stills day and night with out the slightest observance of the federal laws, and how the conspiracy moved from Southern state to South CT nstate until it was exposed here Tn 1914 after a career of 20 years or more is expected to be told in the United States district court at the term commencing next Monday. TT startling revelations are promised l. the hearing of charges contained in indictments returned against the al legged moonshiners whose cases come m at this term. The dates of the trl- als have not been set. but it is be- leved they will be decided upon the first day of court.
 The defendants include Thomas F~' Mccoy of Asheville. N. C., prominent business man and politician and for mer internal revenue agent: James ii Surber of Atlanta, Ga, former inter- nl revenue agent; Newton c. Sprad- l ling of Aurora, Mo-, former gauger; 1 A. w. Williams of Fayetteville, Ark. 1 former gauger: Moses B. Brock oi 1 Salisburg. N. C.: Guy L. Hartman o1 Pennington, N. C., and John l.. Gas
 per, sentenced to nine years in the United States penitentiary at Leaven-
 worth Kan, amd pardoned this week
 Owing to confessions Hartman ant
 Casper have given the government ant
 i,, ciY,O
 acy as it existed previous to the ad
 vent of the moonshiners into Arkan
 sas the charges against these defend ants probably will lnot be pressed a
 this time and probably will be permit
 ted to die.
 Hoodwinked Uncle Sam.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02
,LEG BUSINESS lA ] COUNTY INCREASING
Records of Circuit Clerks Office Shows Activity Nh Land Market
 and in Courts,

An indiClation of the activity in the land market of Jefferson county as well as of the increasing volume of business being transacted at the cir cult clerks office is provided by the records Of the real estate transac- tions. which show that 3130 instru- ments relating to the sale or mort gage of real estate were filed during the year 1916. There were 2639 chat tel mortgages filed during the same period.
 Activities in the courts are also steadily increasing. the records showing that 720 suits were filed in the chane cry court and PA in the cir cult court during the year. One nun dred and twenty-five of the chancerF cases were filed in December, mak- ing a new record for a month's Ill., Iings. An unusually large number of criminal cases were disposed of III 1916. during which there were 137 in- dictments returned by the different grand iuries at their several sittings Considering the population of the county. and that there is such a large proportion of negroes-many Of whom find it difficult to avoid minor in fractions of the law-+he number o1 | indictments is not large.
 Attorneys and others who have l dealings with the circuit clerks office
 have commented favorably upon the fact that, despite the steadily increas-
 ing business being transacted there 1 the force manages to keep the records
 posted up to date, and the affairs C 1 the office in the best shape in whicl
 they probably have ever been. Cir
 cult Clerk F. M. Reeves gives larg'
 share of the credit for this systemasl'
 work and satisfactory service to th'
 people to Sam F. Vaulx. who IS MT 1 Reeves chief deputy. II is frequen
 that the force works overtime, but i
 is infreuuent that a day passes with
 out all transactions for the day hay
 ing been entered in the proper re: ords, and the public has not failed :,
 notice the methodical manner ill wh1c it's business is being conducted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02
A-r-
 2FRt1s \ ... ''E E[AY IN RE. &l5O,OOO LOAN
Unless Gunter Closes Con- tract by Monday, His S2,-
 00O Bond Be Forfeited.

Discussion of finances of the city, and the arranging of loan whereby the city might be able to meet it's payrolls and other expenses. and the adoption of the street car ordinance, were the principal feat ures last nignt or 1he regular session of the city council
 After lengthy discussion, it was de- clded that unless there is sucdess- ful termination by Monday next of the efforts now being made by Mr. Gunter of Little Rock, to place a loan for the city, for s150,000, the contract with Mr. Gnnter will be declared void Monday night, at an adjourned ses- sion Of the council, his $200O forfeit "'ill be declared forfeited, and the city will advertise in local papers, for bids for city warrants amounting to S60,- 0G0, hearing date February 1, 1917, and due February i, 1918,
 The coundl adoptel resolution that an incandescent street light be placed in Ohio street, between Second avenue and the river.
 The council also appropriated the sum of S10G. to be placed in the governmental incidentals' fund, and 10 be used, in common with other such funds appropriated by the other cities of Gyie state. ii the effort to have the legislature adopt such bills or meas ares as will tend to make more secure the financial status of the d,ties anc towns of the state. TAe money ma9 not be needed it was explained, but if it is needed. it can le drawn upon having been placed in such fund.
 Alderman Well strongly opposed the appropriation. saying the clti could not afford it. but other mem bers of the council took the stan' that if the money was expended, would be with the intention of better ing the financial condition of the city and thus would be an investment n the most valuable nature, to the city
 The police report showed cash fine of sG97. committed $500. total Sl,0S1 Cash pound fees dollected aggresate' s56.75. The cemetery sexton reportei receipts s91. disbursements s13.4o, i. deficit for the month of $34.4O.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02
BREWERY CEASES BUSINESS.

St. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 1.-The Excel sior brewery, one of the oldest estab- lishments of it's kind in St. Louis, closes down permanently today on account of the progress of prohibl- ton. According to official announce ment, the brewery has made little money during the past two years and the owners finally decided to close down because prohibition "is inevita- ble and will come in si xor eight vaarc''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02
FIRST 1917 SUIT.

The first suit instituted in the chan cery court of Jefferson county this year was filed yesterday, and is en- titled Mrs. Mary J. Allen ct al. vs. Nancy Walls Washington ct al The nurnose is to reform a deed of trust
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02

for the purpose of correcting the de- scription of the real estate mentioned therein, and to foreclose lien on lot three of Havis' subdivision of the north half of block five of Taylor's ad- dition on a note for $260.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02

Heartburn. indigestion or distress of the stomach is instantly relieved by HERBINE. It forces the badly di- gested food out bf the body and re- stores tone in t4e stomaela and bow els. Price soc. Sold by W. L. De. woody & Go. cod
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02

Cardinal Gibbons, now in his eighty-third tear, has just completed six-volugfe series of his reminis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02

Sir Ian Hamilton, the celebrated British military commander. IS the author of numerous poems that nave : been published under various pen names.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-02

Ideographs preceded alphabets.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-21
SPECIAL CROPS
YOU CAN GROW
eY A. GARDNER.

You will find It advantageous to
grow small quantities Of certain spec.
ialttes which will add to the attrac.
tiveness Of the family fare. Among
these may be mentioned okr,a or gum.
DO, mustard green's and parsley.
Soups. stews and grayies may be i'm.
proved by little okra. Gumbo sour
can become meal, almost, by itself
Cut into slices and spread alternately
with rice and tomatoes in a casserole,
with butter, in which curry powder
and sale has been mixed. Baked
three hours 1t is an appetizing dish.
The young pods OF this plant are
the part used. The best pods are
grown on young plants, but IL the
pods are removed before they are al.
lowed to ripen, the plants will contin.
ne to produce them until killed BY
frost.
The seeds of okra should be sown
in the open about the middle Of NAV
or may be started In berry boxes in
the house before then.
A row 80 feet long will do for the
average family. The seed should be
planted an inch deep and sown about
two or three inches apart. When the
plants are about two inches tall thin
about foot and half apart, letting
the healthiest plants stand. The pods
may be gathered the day after the
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FINANCE, OIL AND GAS
Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, April 81. - On the
Pittsburgh exchange the bulk OF the
business consisted of mining shares.
The price movement in the dividend
paying industrials was irregular. Man
utacturers Light and Heat closed 81
higher at 70. buying being based upon
o report that the company had bought
In two more good wells on its Greene
county property. Pure Oil was weak.
declining from 23N to %. Ohio Fuel
Supply and Columbia Gas and Electric
each closed Y lower for the day.
American Window Glass Machine
preferred sold at par, being quoted ex-
dividend of $12 a share. Pittsburgh
Plate Glass was u higher at 1874. La
Belle Iron common and preferred each
closed " higher.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Trustee; Bellview Improvement
Company, corporation; and George
w. Toothman and F. B. CLAYTON.
partners doing business as Tooth.
man and Clayton, defendants:
In the Circuit Court of Marion county,
west Virgtnia.-In chancery.
You and each of you will take no.
tlce that pursuant to decree of the
Circuit Court of Marion county, West
virginia. entered on the 18th day of
March, 1917, in the chancerv cause
therein pending wherein you are the
parties complainant and defendant, /
have fixed upon Saturday, the 2Sth
day of April, 1917. at my law office
In the city of Fairmont, Marion coun-
ty, West Virginia, as the time and
place for beginning the discharge of
my duties under said decree of refer.
ence, an abstract of which is as fol.
lows:
Upon consideration of all which It
is adjudged, ordered and decreed that
this cause be, and the same is, hereby
referred to A. L. Lehman, one of the
commissioners in chancery of this
court, to take, state and report an &C.
count showing
First. All the real estate owned
by the judgment debtor, Joshua E.
Shuttleworth, where situate, its de.
scription, and the quantity thereof
Second. The liens upon said real
estate, by whom held, and their respec.
tive amounts and priorities.
Third. Whether said real estate
Will, in five years rent for a sufficient
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A. T. JARRETT. Clerk
U. S. D. c., N. D. w. Va.
SPECIAL NOTICES
NOTICE ro LlEN HoLnERs

NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS.
To all persons holding liens by judg.
ment or otherwise on the real estate
or any part thereof, Of Joshua E.
Shuttleworth:
In pursuance of decree of the Cir.
cult Court OF Marion county, Yves,
Virginia, made in cause therein pend,
ing to subject the real estate of said
Joshua E. Shuttlesworth to the salts
faction of the liens thereon, you are
hereby required to present ali claims
held by you and each of you against
the said Joshua E. Shuttleworth, which
are liens on his real estate, or any
part Of it, for adjudication to me, at
my office in the city of Fairmont, Ma.
rion county, West Virginia, on or be
fore the 28th day of April, 1917.
Given under my hand this 31st day
Of March, 1917.
Commissioner in Chancery,
Apr. 7.14.21.2S.
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New York

NEW YORK, April 21,-speculative
stocks, notably those when are likely
to bear the greater burden of the gov
ernment's Forthcoming policy of war
taxation were more extensively liqui.
dated yesterday at gross declines OF 2
to points. Foremost among these is
sues we're the leading munitions and
equipments, oils. motors and tobac'
Goes, with an admixture of kindred
Fpecialties.
Selling was largely of professional
origin, but the severe shrinkage later
forced investment offerings of high
grade issues. The setback embraced
fertilizers. papers and utilities, espe
cially gas shares.
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OH and Gas.

On Denis Run, Warrington district,
Marion county, the Carter Oh Com.
pany drilled second test on the E.
Haynes farm into the top Of the 80.
foot sand 1t made q flow of 25 bar.
rels. They have shut down to move
the boiler. In the same district, To-
Gated on Bartholomew Run, the same
company drilled No. on the ]. M.
Campbell farm into the Big Injun sand
and 1t is showing for 10.barrel pump
per- In the Fairmont district, Marion
county, the Fairnont Window Glass
Company completed test on its own
property. 1t is dry In all sands.