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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-12
Gard Of Thanks

We wish to thank all the friends and
neighb0rs for their kindness shown Us
during the illness and death Of our be-
loved mother. and also for the many
beautiful flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Neddo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Matott.
William Neddo.
SLella LaKinlnfte-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-12
Memo COrsets

Just before you go to your
dressmaker for your first fit
ting, be sure that your Corset
is the style you want a new
dress fitted to.
Your Corset is the most es-
sential part of your whole
clothing outfit. You should
take care that it is right
right for style, quality, price
and comfort.
Memo Corsets have the larg-
est sale of any Corset in this
country. Exacting ladies can
tell you why. One pair will
put you in that class.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-12
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A. P. ABBOTT & co.
Foundation OfAll Business is Confidence

absolutely confidence We know this and
absolutely dependable We advertise values exaggerated the slightest de-
sale Whenever possible buy merchandise only
will This
secondly because
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07

burning homes and also tore off
the clothes from their bodies. Well
dressed girls and women. hair
flying and clothing covered with
the blood of their victims led units
of the mob. Two girls, not more
than 10 years old. dragged an old
Negro woman off IA street car and
beat her into insensibility with
their shoes. A white woman
dressed in a blood-spattered frock
hit one of group of Negro chill
dren over the head with an iron
bar as they were about to be
rescued, while Negro man. who
had been hanged to IA telephone
pole and shot, was afterward cut
down and "A number of women and
children tore his body literally to
pieces and roasted it in a fire they
had made. Two Negroes were
lynched at point in the city and
four were killed by snipers.
Police and Militia Powerless to
Policemen and guardsmen of the
militia were said to be overpow-
cred by the mob and We're prac-
tically useless. Only here and
there did they accomplish little
rescue work. Three or four sol
diers, disarmed and cowed by the
mob were forced to join the riot
ers. One was forced to kill a
Negro at the approach to the
bridge leading to the Missouri
side. Col. S. o. Trip succeeded
in rescning an aged Negro who
was being dragged at the end of a
rope by more than hundred men.
The Colonel jumped from his auto
mobile, and forcing his way
through the mob was allowed to
take charge of the man without
further molestation. A lad of Is
from Effingham was injured while
rescuing IA dozen Negro women
and children. Very commendable
for these two instances of hearts
that pulsate with the feelings of
humanity. Did other authorities
adopt such fearlessness, the success
of the mob would be frustrated
Expressions and Opinions.
cit is the most terrible sight [
have ever witnessed" said Adult
ant General Dickson. In the opin-
ion of the Chamber of Commerce,
had the militia acted vigorously,
much bloodshed might have been
averted. They also demanded to
know of the Adjutant General
why the troopers had not dis
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07
NEGROES TOLD TO ARM-WiLSON
DENOUNCED BY CHICAGO
SPEAKERS

Chicago, July 4.-"Arm yourselves
now with guns and pistols said Fer
dinand l.. Barnett, former assistant
states attorney in speaking to 100
Negro men at a mass meeting held
this afternoon to protest against the
riots and blodshed in East st. Louis.
Don't buy an arsenal, but get enough
guns to protect yourselves. You may
be victims in Chicago within fort
night of such murders and outrages
as have taken place in East st. Louis.
And when trouble starts let us not
hesitate to call upon cur Negro mill
tiamen to defend us"
Barnett and A. r. Roberts. another
speaker, sponsored resolutions con-
demning Governor Lowden and other
public officials 'laxness of duty" be-
cause the riots took place, and de-
manding punishment of the partici-
pants in the riots.
"The fact that the governor let this
mob run its course is forever black
spot on the executive record of the
state" said Barnett "The officer who
told the militia not to shoot should be
court -martialed and branded a traitor
and murderer | don't know who is
to blame, but a mob is mob. and
ought to be dispersed or killed.
We are going to rectify this in some
way. The 100000 of our race Will
not stand for massacre.
Behind an army go the guerillas-
looters. towards and thieves. Behind
this riot is the public defense council,
whose fulminations are written with
out consulting a single Negro. They
breathe the same spirit as the mop of
East St. Louis did.
Get guns and put them in your
homes. Protect yourselves. And let
no black man permit policeman to
come in and get those guns
81 love my race better than my coun
hoped God would demand 100000
white lives in the war for each Negro
slaughtered in East st. Louis.
L love my race better than my coun
try," he shouted. This country
under Woodrow Wilson. is asking us
to cary the flag OF democracy tc
Europe God forbid that he take
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

day and his future. In an inter-
view, published next day in the
Baltimore Evening Sun, Compt-
roller Thrift admitted that the
utterances of Mrs. Terrell had
riled him and that he had told
the audience he did not think the
time would ever come in this
country when there could be a
general breaking down of the
barrier of races, such as Mrs.
Terrell had in mind. The Comp
troller seems to be imbued with
the absurd notion that Jim
Grow" cars, segregation, dis
franchisement and other indig-
mites resented by the race
should be looked upon in mat
ter-of-fact way and without pro-
test, Negroes in Baltimore assert.
Memphis, Tenn, June 20
An automobile killed a white
man right on the spot where Eli
Pearsons was burned. Another
white man, his wife and child
were killed by lighting a few
days ago in storm. The man
had one of the fingers of Pearson
on the day of the burning. Is
the hand of God at work.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07

outbreaks tending to terrorize the
Negroes and compel them to 90
away. When these failed. the mob
spirit gained control and things
were done by white people that
cannot be excused.
Unquestionably the blood lust
that is upon the world today was
responsible for the severity of the
outbreak against the colored race
in a city where they cut no great
figure. We are creatures of en-
vironment and we are at present
surrounded by millions who see red
and who have no other thought
but to kill or be killed. 1t would
be impossible for this section of
the globe, so intimately wired with
the European abattoir. to escape
the contagion. The blood thirsti-
ness. exhibited for so long a pc
riod. against the colored popula-
ton must be traced back to what
has been taking place in three
years in large part of the earth.
Even then the excuse is a thin
white5ash.
Thefenthreak against the col
ored race was economic. when it
was not due to rank race hatred,
dislike of colored skin. Negroes
were brought into the town by cor
porations to work. The whites
took umbrage. White labor was
supposed to be in jeopardy. The
Negro must be taught terrible
lesson
We hope it may be possible for
the federal authorities to take a
part in the punishment of the
ringleaders. Otherwise nothing of
consequence is likely to be done.
Much will be heard from foreign
quarters regarding this ~ace out
break. 1t came at most inOppor
tune moment. Let the nation bow
its head in sorrow for a moment
today for the crimes committed by
the relatively few
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07
PLUCKY RACE WOMAN
DEFEATS SCHOOL BOARD

West Chester. Pa, June 26. -
Judge Butler sitting here in the
County Court, handed down a
decision in favor of Mrs. Rebec-
ca Simms, who refused to send
her children to a basement school
room in Downingtown, Pa. The
decision ends a bitter battle be-
tween Mrs. Simms and the board.
The school board hopelessly beat
en-, was not represented at the
time of the trial. They decided
to accept the judgment of the
court.
The fight against the School
Board was begun last August,
when the colored children were
separated from the whites, and
sent to the basement of the
school building.
A number of indignation meet
ings were held, and plans laid to
carry the fight to the courts.
1t was agreed not to send the
children to school. Some were
of the opinion that this would be
carrying the matter too far. But
not Mrs. Simms. She not only re-
fused to send her children to the
segregated class room, but re-
fused to pay fines levied-by the
police authorities. Public spiri-
ted citizens offered to pay the
fines on several occasions but she
refused to accept their offers of
assistance. Mrs. Simms was re-
leased, but ordered to appear at
Court, with the before mentioned
result.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07
A GAIN the blood-thirstiness of
~ the white people of East st.

A GAIN the blood thirstiness of
~ the white people of East st.
L n Louis. Illinois, shows no
sign of being satiated as by the
terrible happenings of murder and
incendiarism from Sunday even
ing, July 1st, estimates of the dead
and wounded number as high as
$50 and thousands of Negro fam
lies are left homeless. 1t is said
that this action of the mob eclipsed
anything prior to it and reduced
the riots of last May to the mere
semblance of street brawl.
Appalling Incidents in U. S. Civil
ization.
The following gives an account
of some of the many atrocities and
losses from fire that took place be-
tween Sunday to Tuesday evening
of this week.
Fires started at noon in three
Negro sections of the city by the
rioters and famed by high wind
soon got beyond control. AS the
Negroes rushed from their houses
panic-stricken into the streets they
were shot down like rabbits. Many
bodies were dragged to creek
and thrown into the water.
Il killed seventeen tonight,
said big white man, grinning as
he shifted a bloody axe he was
carving from one hand to the
other. "and m going to get few
more if | get chance.
The mob divided into groups of
from 200 to 1000, scattered over
all parts of the city got their
supply of 80 and ,3S caliber shells
from automobiles that dashed
through the streets stopping at
the various points where they con
pregated and added to the scenes
of destruction and slaughter by
emptying the contents of their guns
into the bodies of Negro men, wo-
men and children, fleeing for
safety.
AS the mobs went from section
to section. Settlng more DldZes W
Negro homes, the unfortunates
ran from their cottages, the rioters
firing at them and many falling
back into the flames.
White women and girls took a
prominent part Gas was done at
the Eli Persons lynching in Geor-
ola recently in this, one of the
most disgraceful chapters of the
history of the beauty of American
Democracy, when they beat Negro
women as they fled from their
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JULY 1917

played more energetic activity in
the whole affair. Members of the
Chamber were not slow to charge
the soldiers with inefficiency bor-
dering on cowardice. The police
force was also charged with negli
gence in attempting to quell vio-
lence.
Cause of Riot.
Honest Negro citizens in their
search for improving their condi-
tion obtain employment in large
firms. Dissatisfaction arises with
the Central Trades and Labor
Council who. though they refuse to
admit Negroes in their union, com
plain that these Negro workmen
would not unionize and would not
strike and are therefore taking the
places of white men. Managers
of the plants say that not white
man had been deprived of work
because of the Negroes. The Colo
RADIO Statesman specially requests
its readers to read between the
lines and make their deductions.
We ihave newer and will never
stop to deaounee this internal law
lessness and barbarous display and
in our editorial in this issue bear
ing on this subject we will cham
pion the cause with the same fear
lessness and express ourselves in
the same bold and naked manner
as before. In the midst of all these
sufferings we have members of the
white race who will place Citizen
ship, National Honor and Human
Liberty above Race Hate. as is
proven by the following editorial
of Wednesday. July 4, of the
Rocky Mountain News, that we
have often highly commended for
its stand for right regardless of
the species of human color. This
journal. realizing the essence of
the National Independence Day,
which gives to all its citizens the
right to move to and fro in this
country in the grand and great
privilege given to the exercise of
a free people does not hesitate to
remind blind color prejudice
race in this country of the quint
essence of a Democracy and warns
the government of the support
offered to enemy nations by the
act of such undemocratic and
criminal actions of the members of
the white race
The Stigma of East st. Louis.
What has taken place in the
past week at East st. Louis, Hi
nois. L. S. A., indicates that much
of the common world talk about
''no nationalism or international
ism and the immediate abolition of
race prejudices. all leading. of
course, to world confederacy, is
foolish talk and fails to take into
account present day and world old
history and the mob psychology.
Before we 90 too far along the
will-o' -the-wisp road we ought to
remove the beam from our own
eye. and not say overmuch about
the mote in other nation S eyes.
The reign of terror, the mob
outbreak. the brutalities commit
ted on women and children as well
as men in the American city can
not be condoned. 1t is a blot upon
the nation. There was very little,
if any. excuse for the orgy of
bloodshed and incendiarism. 1t
could not be alleged. as had often
been done further south. that the
Negro population was dangerous
ly in the majority. Neither was it
a matter of moment $ thought
over an assault that made the
blood boil The attack upon the
Negro quarter of the town was
premeditated and inspired by sell
fishness. For days and nights
there had been threats and minor
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07
EAST ST, LOUIS RIOTERS
WREAk DEATH AND DE-
STRUCT|ON ON NEGROES
An IneffaceabIe Blot on Our
Great American De-
moCraCy

Negroes Lynchd Burned Families Homeless
Through Fires Started by the Mob White Girls and
Join in Butohery. Better Glass of White
Citizens Hang Their Heads in Shame and
Call Immediate Action
Federal Authorities.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07

Washington, D. c., According
to official figures just given out,
1859, 382 Americans registered
for selective army draft, be-
tween the ages of 21 and 81, of
whom Z, ,347, 749 were white and
953, S99 were colored. The In
dians who registered numbered
6,001. The claim is made in some
quarters that hundreds of Ne
groes who have no difficulty pass
ing for white registered as
white, some taking offence at the
unnecessary reference to Afri-
can descent printed on the cor
ner of the registration paper,
and others because they are
known in their respective com
munities as Caucasians.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07

across the Atlantic any of the democs
racy of East st. Louis
L. w. Washington, another speaker,
told the Negroes to organize.
Tell the governor that every Negro
in Chicago and Illinois is behind these
resolutions" he said, "and If we don't
get Justice from him. then send them
to the president of the nation
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07

Fort Des Moines, la. Several
of the local restaurants and pic
ture houses in the city of Des
Moines have refused to accom-
modate members of the Reserve
Officers Training Camp, have
been notified by Lieut.. Bell, pro-
vost guard commander of the
City of Des Moines, that the
men in training at the Fort are
here because the United States
Government has ordered them to
come and any discrimination
whatever shown toward them in
restaurant, church rooms or thea
ters would not be tolerated by
the military authorities. Conse-
quently all owners and proprie-
tors who have been known to
have Disseminated against one
or two of the cadets have been
notified that at the first unfavor-
able report against them their
license will be revoked. Dis
elimination in the city has not
been widespread. 1t was only
shown here and there by some
narrow-minded proprietor. The
city as a whole has been frank
and open in its welcome of the
cadets
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07

Baltimore, Md. When Comp
troller Thrift, who represented
Mayor Preston, started to pre-
sent the diplomas to the men,
bers of this years graduating
class of the Colored High School,
he sharply dissented from the
views Just expressed by Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell, of Wash
ington, that the European war
would aid the Negroes progress
in the United States. The
Comptroller evidently "lost his
head, " for his remarks were
such as to arouse the ire of many
in the audience, who hissed him.
Mr.. Thrift was born in Virginia
and of course has some peculiar
notions about the Negro of to-
The Colorado statesman., 1917-07-07

played more energetic activity in
the whole affair. Members of the
Chamber were not slow to charge
the soldiers with inefficiency bor-
dering on cowardice. The police
force was also charged with negli-
gence in attempting to quell vio-
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-02
SLIGHTLY MIXED.

Inhandling the Linotype slugs
which make up the lines of a news
paper, and in separating the various
items, the makeup man sometimes
gets the lines mixed and they natur-
ally read rather queer. As an illus
tration Of what can happen, we cite
the makeup Of the Bangor, (Pa.)
News, when the printer got a wedd-
ing and an auction sale mixed up,
with the following results:
William Smith, the only son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. Smith, and Miss Lucy
Anderson were disposed of at public
auction at my farm one mile east in
the presence of 10 guests including
two mules and IL head of cattle.
"Rev. Jackson tied the nupitial knot
for the parties, averaging 1880 pounds
on the hoof. The beautiful home of
the bride was decorated with one sulky
rake, n feed grinder and two sets of
harness, nearly new, and just before
the ceremony was pronounced the
Mendel and Sons wedding march was
rendered by n milch COW five years
Did, M Jersey COW and one sheep,
who, carrying a bunch of brides roses
her hand, was very beautiful. She
wore one light spring wagon, two
rates Of apples, three sacks of hay,
one grindsone of mousselien de sole
and trimmings, with bridal party left
yesterday on an extended trip"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-02
NEGRO DOCTOR ON TRIAL.

B. T. Williamson, a negro doctor,
who has p~racticed medicine in Green.
wood for several years, is being
tried this AFTERNOON before Justice
R. H Hicks on a charge Of refusing
to sign the death certificate of a pa
tient who died with tuberculosis.
Williamson was plead guilty in the
City Court when he was charged with
failing to report an infectious disease
and paid a fine of $25 and costs. He
said he was ignorant of the city ordin-
ance requiring physicians to report
to the city health authorities all cases
Of infectious diseases coming under
their observation.
The patient vas a negro girl who
was moved here from Jackson several
weeks ago and died in this city. It is
alleged that the case of tuberculosis
was well developed when she arrived
here. Williamson in failing to report
the case to the city authorities violat-
ed a city ordinance and in refusing
to sign the death certificate violated
the state laws. The woman died last
Saturday night.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-02
TRUSTEES SALE.

Under and by virtue of the power
and authority conferred upon and
vested in me as the trustee named in
and designated by that certain deed
of trust executed on the 10th day of
April, 1915, by C. M. Benjamin to me,
as trustee for the benfit of W. r.
Humphrey and s. L. Gwin, to secure
the payment of the indebtedness
therein described, all of which has
now been declared due and payable,
which said deed of trust is recorded
in book II, at page 1872, ct seq, of
the Records of Mortgages and Deeds
of Trust on Lands of Leiore County,
Mississippi, l, E. L. Mounger, as trus-
tee, as aforesaid, will, on Saturday,
March 18th, 1917, within legal hours,
at the request of the owner and holder
Of the indebtedness secured thereby,
default having been made in the pay
ment Of said indebtedness, and in or
der to pay the same, sell, in the man.
ner required by law and provided by
said deed of trust, at the South door
of the courthouse of Le1ore County, !
Mississippi, in the City of Greenwood,
at public auction, to the highest bid
der, for cash, the following described
property conveyed by said deed of
trust, to-wit:
Lot eve ca, in block thirty-three
1887, in the Boulevard Addition to
Greenwood, in Lefore County,
Mississippi, as shown by the map of
said Boulevard Addition recorded in
Book 2, at page 10, of the Reco.d of
Maps Of said County, together with
all uses, ways, rights and privileges
conveyed or granted to the said C.
". Benjamin by the deed from W. R.
and s. L. Gwin to the said
N. Benjamin dated April 10, 1915,
md recorded in book 45, at page 303,
# the Records of Land Deeds of Le-
lore County, Mississippi.
Witness my signature this the 22nd
Of February, 1917.
E. L. MoUNGER, Trustee.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-02
THE CRICKET.

Little inmate, full Of mirth,
Chipping on my kitchen hearth,
Wheresoe'er be thine abode
Always harbinger Of good,
Pay me for thy warm retreat
With a song more soft and sweet;
In return thou shalt receive
Such a strain as l can give.
Thus thy praise shall be expressed,
~Inofensive, welcome guest!
While the rat is on the scout,
And the mouse with curious snout,
With what vermin else infest
Every dish, and spoil the best;
Frisking thus before the fire,
Thou hast all thy hearts desire.
Though in voice and shape they be
Formed as if akin to thee,
Thou surpassest, happier far,
Happiest grasshoppers that are;
Theirs is but a summers song
Thine endures the winter long,
Unimpaired and shrill and clear,
Melody throughout the year.
Neither night nor dawn Of day
Puts a period to thy play;
Sing then-and extend thy span
Far beyond the date of man.
Wretched man, whose years are spent
In repining discomfort,
Lives not, aged though he be,
Half q span, compared with thee.
William Cowper.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-02
TRUSTEES SALE.

Under, and for the purpose Of pay.
ing the indebtedness secured by, the
deed Of trust from Katie Stephen and
James Stephens to R. v. Pollard, as
trustee for the benefit of B. T. Will.
hanson, dated January 3rd, 1918, and
recorded in book II, at page 4s, Of
the Records Of Mortgages and Deeds
Of Trust on Lands of Lefore Coun-
ty, Mississippi, I, S. L. Gwin, as trus-
tee substituted instead of the said
R. V. Pollard, by appointment re-
corded in book II, at page 1888, at said
records, will sell, at public auction, to
the highest and best bidder, for cash,
in front Of the South door Of the
courthouse Of LeAore County, Missis-
sippi, in the City Of Green
wood, Mississippi, within legal
hours, on Saturday, March
18th, 1917, the property conveyed by
said deed Of trust, lying and being sit
uate in the said City of Greenwood
in Leflore County, Mississippi, to-wit:
The West half Nv. 1-2) Of lot nine
(s) and the West half wv. 1-2) of lot
twelve (12), in block thirty five 1857,
in. the Henry Addition to the City Of
Greenwood, and also a strip of land
twenty five (25) feet wide off of the
West end Of lots numbered thirteen
(13) and sixteen (16), in the McShane
Addition to the City of Greenwood,
lying adjacent to and South of the
East half (E. 1-2) of block thirty
(35), in said Henry Addition, as
shown by the may of said McShane
Addition recorded in book 2, at page
7, Of the Records Of Maps of Leaore
Mississippi.
Witness my signature this the 23rd
lay Of February, 1917.
s. L. GWIN,
Substituted Trustee.