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The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23
SAM LANGFORD, AFTER II
YEARS OF FIGHTING,
QUITS TO FREDERICK
FULSON IN 9TH ROUND

Boston, Mass. June 19. After
meeting all comers for seventeen
years Sam .Langford of Boston
and Chicago closed his career as
a high class performer tonight
by ignominiously quitting to Fred
Fulton of Hudson, Wis, in the
seventh round of what was
scheduled to have been a twelve
round battle. Langford refused
to leave his chair after the bell
rang in the seventh and to en-
phasize the fact that Sam had re-
signed, the sponge followed.
There was nothing for Referee
Hinkel, who came from Cleve-
land, Ohio, to judge the bout,
but render verdict favorable to
Fulton. The elongated Western
heavyweight raised both hands
above his head and acted like a
boy with a new toy. He was
cheered as he left the ring.
On the other side, Langford' S
attendants slowly gathered their
paraphernalia and moved after
Sam and Bob Armstrong in In
dian file. Sam was led by the
well-known trainer, for his eye
sight was not in the best.
1t was a finish entirely unlock
ed for, as heretofore Sam always
stood up we'll under the wallops
his opponents dispensed in local
rings. But the tantalizing jabs
that Fulton handed out, while
not of the crushing variety,
played havoc with Langston's
dial and his thinking apparatus.
Fulton hit him so fast and often
that Sam was unable to figure
the direction the wallops were
coming from.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23
SHORTER A. M. e. CHURCH AP.
PRECIATES AND ENCOUR-
AGES OUR CHILDREN.

The members of Shorter Church
once more extended their generosity
to our children in showing their ap-
probation of their educational prog
ress and offering encouragement in
their prospective career by giving a
reception last Wednesday evening in
their honor. Summer decorations
were in profusion, and the dainty re-
freshments mingling with congratula-
tory expressions over the success
achieved by the high school and
eighth grade graduates lent an i'm
pressiveness which made older heads
wish to be young again.
Now that the youth has completed
the preliminary educational sphere"
said one, I'VE must give them our en-
tire support in making them gradu-
ates of the School of Experience,
which shapes their destinies'
After spending an enjoyable eve
ming the pupils were introduced to
many friends and wellwishers and
Shorter was commended for her con-
tinuance of doing good for the youth
in our city.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

telegram sent by the War De-
partment to President w. S.
Scarborough of Wilberforce Uni
versity, which read: Minimum
age limit for candidates for Army
Aviation has been reduced to
10 years. Your assistance in
getting this information into the
hands of your best military stu
dents will be greatly appreciated.
The air service needs athletes
who are quick-witted, punctual
and reliable. Intelligent men,
accustomed to making quick de-
cisions are desirable. Men who
ride we'll and sail motorboat or
handle a motorcycle usually make
good air pilots"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23
Is, 900 NEGROES MOVE INTO
STATE SINCE JAN. l

More than $1,000 Negroes
have moved into Colorado since
Jan. l, according to Secretary of
State James R. Noland. The
statement is also made by w. R.
Morrissey. deputy state labor
commissioner who says the Ne
roes are coming as part of a
general migration north in search
of better labor conditions.
The Negroes coming to Colorado
are settling all over the state,
state officials say and have come
prepared to stay. tits estimated
that 1000 have settled in and
around Denver since the migra-
ton began.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23
The Negro and
Self Preservation

man intellect. and the Negro al
ready favored by his perserver-
ance. respect and all-around I'M
provement be ready to offer his eX
perience to open the door of opor-
tunity, to combine every thought
and action with his brother for
perpetration of their righteous en-
deavors and an impregnable de
fence against any invasion of their
right of American citizenship.
Mental Freedom at Last
"Give me liberty or give me
death" the immortal words of
Patrick Henry, echoed and re-
echoed by the 250.000 members of
the race that have left the South
in search of the democracy that we
enjoy, and so much emphasized by
President Wilson as reminder of
the great legacy handed down to
all Americans should find recep-
ton and admiration among us to
the extent of guiding our com
rades in the right path, by our in
stitutions of learning, our churches,
our Y. NJ. C. "A. and Y. w. c. A,
and all other agencies which can
help in quickly throwing off the
manacles that kept their brain so
fast bound in their unfortunate
former condition. Yes! We are
moving from the Southland, whose
terrors will no longer compel Il re-
duction of our very manhood, and
we are entering a promise land for
permanent habitation; where that
fellowship in the truism of Ameri-
can ideals will assert itself with
every certainty by the rewards
won for good and lasting service.
A Necessary welcome.
The COLORADO STATES
MAN and its large list of sub
scribers, advertisers and support
ers, in welcoming the members of
our race to Colorado hope bright
and prosperous future for them,
and that commensurate with the
determination to avail themselves
of the liberty afforded by the laws
of this state, and administered by
our Chief Executive, the Governor,
his most valuable assistants, the
secretary of state. attorney general
and Legislatives bodies, they will
in appreciation of the advantages
of natures beautiful handiwork
presented by our Rocky Mountains,
our mineral deposits and our per-
petual streams prove by their ac-
tions of conformity to law and or
der and their contribution to ev-
cry legal demand, that their pres
ence here will be inestimable and
they will form an invaluable asset
to our Centennial State now and
the years to. come.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23

New Orleans, La, June Is. =
The Holy Ghost Catholic Church,
built and owned by members of
the Race, have astounded the
citizens here by some of its mem
bers desiring to draw the color
line" in the church. Some of the
'half-whites," supposed to be
the leading people of the COM
munity, want all the bright peo-
pie to sit on one side and all the
dark people to sit on another.
The light ones have appealed to
the priest, who is white, to draw
the line, but up to the present
they have not been successful.
An observation of the communi
cants show that those who are
dark are the ones that lead in
business and professional affairs
and whose lives are clean moral
ly, and give the greatest support
to the church.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23

Washington, D. C.-Lieute-
nant Colonel Charles Young has
been ordered to Preside, CAL,
''for observation. In other
words, Lieutenant Colonel Young
has been sent to one of the army
posts to undergo a thorough ex-
animation as to his physical fit
ness. Should he be declared
physically unfit" " the War De-
partment probably will give him
promotion and then retire him.
In sending Lieutenant Colonel
Young to Preside for observa-
tion," some profess to see move
to retire the highest Negro Off
Ger in the army because of his
color.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JUNE % 1917

in the various allies of this city day
after day and barely would make
enough by this labor to earn his bread.
But he kept at it constantly and saved
all that he could of the money which
he earned that could possibly be
spared after paying his board bill And
now, although he began as a rag pick
or without dollar Che says he had ex-
actly Is cents after he landed in Eau
Claire sixteen years ago) he is the
leading junk dealer of this wide-awake
city of 10000 people; and two or three
leading business men of the city in
formed the writer that this gentleman
is worth over $4,000.
Hudson a Hustler.
His name is almost a household
word in northern Wisconsin Mr.. Hud-
son is a hustler and leading citizen
OF his adopted city, and very worthy
member OF the Negro race.
The large, airy three-story brick
building in which he does business,
which is located in the business CEN
ter of the city within thirty steps of
the postoffice, is his; and is worth at
least 100000. He has from eight to
dozen persons working for him all the
time. He operates three auto-trucks,
and several wagons, which constantly
gather rags, paper, tin, lead, iron,
hides, tallow, zinc-and ship all this
stuff and everything else that is han
died by an up-to-date junk dealer. Mr..
Hudson has the respect of all busi-
ness men and leading citizens of the
city of Eau Claire; and he takes a
leading and active interest in the af-
fairs of the community.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23

Chicago, III. Oscar DePriest,
former Alderman from the Sec
ond Ward, was acquitted of the
charge of graft in Judge Barrett's
Court last Saturday, The YER
dict was rendered after the jury
had been in deliberation seven
hours. After the verdict of the
jury Mr.. DePriest gave out the
following statement: Il ex-
pected acquittal. There could
have been no other result. "
Two hours before the jury reach
ed a verdict the attorneys for the
defendant felt confident of vic
tory when a question was sent
out to the court asking whether
Teenan Jones, chief witness for
the State, had explicitly testified
that the So, 800 which he had CIV
en- DePriest was for the alder
mans services in protecting
gambling in the district. Oscar
De Priest was the first to be tried
as the result of State Attorney
Hoyne's campaign against the
alleged conspiracy between for
mer Chief of Police Healey, 9TH
er police and gamblers.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23

L n of state for Colorado gives
$4,000 as the number of Negroes
arriving in this state since Jan
uary of this year up to the present
and ON information received from
various sources. also our own OBJ
servations by personal intercourse,
E'the get-together spirit is estab-
fishing itself in wonderful form
among us at this time when 1t
takes united action to achieve re-
suits beneficial to us individually
and collectively.
The TWo Extremes.
Anxiety runs high in the
great exodus of our people
from the Southland as the
former dictator and controller
sees his commodity is exchanging
hands and a trade relationship in
which there will be reciprocity IN
its entirety springing up in the
North East and West. Worried
over the disaster which is sure to
follow an investment where racial
superiority, playing a great part
on its mere appearance to the
detriment of millions of citizens
whose inferiority, tho based upon
an uncomfortable cause.-The black
ness Of their sllin-will no longer
reap large interests as heretofore
these traders are endeavoring to
interfere with the right of our peo-
ple to travel through and over the
country by enacting laws forbid
ding them to leave the South Tor
other parts where the spirit OF de-
mocracy is exhibiting itself IN such
a practical manner, as to lmpue
and impress us with the idea OF
self-preSerUatiOn. The other Tea
ture comes in the apprehension OF
the Negro who has been away from
the realm of mental tOrpitude for
az long time, and in obedience to
the law of adaptability, asslmllat-
ing every progressive condition
around and about him is wonder
ing if his brother, just emerging
from the terrible strain, will be
able to measure up with the pres
ent environments.
A Cure for AU IttS.
These extremists need not worry
too much, as this problem has been
engaging the minds of the deepest
thinkers for many years, and now
the time has come to prove the
original natural qualifications for
GOOD service, the possibility OF
demonstrating ability for compet-
inc and ensharing in the highest
civilized roles by association with
those who are already in receipt
of such advantages, the "lord OF
the South must make up his
mind to lose forever his hold on
the suppression of developing hui
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23
Waste of Words.

"Politeness costs nothing "Ordi
narily that's true. But it costs some
thing in time every time the telephone
operator mistakes my please for
three"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23
A PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN
NEGRO.
wisconsin Weekly Blade.)

wisconsin Weekly Blade.)
In his last speech to the National
Negro Business League, which met in
Boston in 1915, the late Dr. Booker T.
Washington among many other things
said, There are many white men in
the country who have become million
aires in the junk business. Now.
young man, you can start in this bust
is a common sack and a determination
to succeed-practically no capital is
required" Now, when this statement
was made by this great leader of the
race, it sounded good alright but very
few took it seriously aHthat time; but
there is great truth in those deep
words. Moreover, at least one Negro
has been found who began business
even that humbly.
He Began at the Bottom.
In the bustling, thriving business
center in northern Wisconsin of Eau
Claire, where there are only seven Ne
gro families. a Negro from Omaha
started in as rag picker with nothing
but grit and sack upon his shoulder
just sixteen years ago. He would go
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23

Washington, D. C.-Negroes
are to be used in the Army Avia-
ton by the War Department.
This fact was made known in a
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23

One of the most amusing in
cidents of registration in Thomp-
sonville, Mass, last evening oc-
cured just before the closing
hour, when a young Colored man
appeared for registration and
gave his age as under 81. After
the card was filled out he strong
ly objected to having the corner
detached, and promptly notified
the deputy that he was 32 years
old ond born in Prince Edward
Island, and was not subject to
the registration. His word was
taken and he left the place high
ly angered.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-23

Washington, D. c., June 15-A
goodly number of women of the
Race were appointed as printers
assistants at the bureau of en-
craving and printing by Director
Joseph E. Ralph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
Women Who Smoke.

Smoking by women of the educated
 class in America is so recent habit that we are rather apt to forget that,
 taking the sex all the world over, prob-
 ably the majority smoke, and of those who do the pipe is the form of in- diligence generally favored. In Japan, for example, woman has smoked ever since tobacco was introduced, and in- variably used the pipe of metal with tile tiny bowl holding only sufficient tobacco to provide half dozen whiffs, which was in universal use until the cigarette entered Japan with other western innovations. In Ireland the peasant woman is often to be seen with a pipe in her mouth; and it is generally a clay.-New York Morning Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
EAT LESS MEAT
 F BACK HURTS
Take Glass of Salts 10 Flush Kid-
 neys if Bladder Bcthers You.

Eating meat regularly eventually produces kidney trouble in some form or other, says a well-known author ity, because the uric acid in meat cN- cites the kidneys, they become over worked; get sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts of distress, particular ly backache and misery in the kidney region; rheumatic twinges, severe headaches, acid stomach, constipa- tion, torpid liver, sleeplessness, blad- der and urinary irritation.
 The moment your cack hurts CT kidneys aren't acting right, or if blal- der bothers you, get about fou ounces of lad Salts from any good pharmacy: take tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for few days. and your kidneys will then act fine. This f?mous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity; also to neutralize the acids in the uEne % it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder disor- ders.
 lad Salts cannot injure anyone; makes a delightful effervescent lithia- water drink which millions of men and women take now and then tC keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus avoiding cerious kidney se-Advertisement
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
GETS AGENCY FOR
 DEARBORN TRUCK

The Motor Sales company of Pine Bluff yesterday was appointed state agent for the Dearborn Motor Truck company, which manufactures the Ford Dearborn truck. The transac- ton was completed at a conference between s. M. McGehee of the Motor Sales company and Louis Woods. fac tory representative of the Dearborn company.
 Two of the trucks lave been or dered shipped to the Motor Sales company today by express, to be fol- lowed by a carload of 20 trucks by freight, these also to Ee shipped to- day.
 The truck is built to fit any chassis, according to MT. Woods, and is not only cheaper than other such trucks, but has a number of improve ments and is a more handsome and serviceable truck in every way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
SPoR1s OF MARKETS coTToN-GR N-LIVEsToCK.
New York Cotton,

New York, April 2.-.rhc cotton market opened unchanged to points lower in response to rather a sharp break in Liverpool and reports of showers in the southwest. Private ad vices have said that rainfall had been insufficient, while the outlook was for clearing Weath and the market firm ed up after the call on covering and buying by houses with Liverpool con ncctions. May advanced from 1872 to 1895 and October from f7.6i to HIS, or about , to II points net higher, There was more or less nervousness over political affairs, and the market hcsitatcd around this level with later Fluctuations irregular. Private cables attributed the break in Liverpool to be better weather adViccs from the southwest and continued liquidation.
 The market turned firmcr during inc early afternoon on covering by near month shorts influenced Dy the large exports. firmncss in the stock market, and the continued absence Oi spot pressure. May sold up to l9.l6C and October to l1.95c before o'clock OF about 22 to 32 points net higher. Cotton closed very steady.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
More Appropriate.

One of the big eastern structural companies having q contract to build travelling crane above q coal-handling plant at dock, decided to employ surgeon to remain ''on the job." The honored one was given note which read: "Please hand this to tile fore man ill charge and tell him that you will look after any of the men who may be injured by falling from the york; The doctor without ado went out to the plant. He looked up at the false work that was being built in preparation for the crane, and it was so high that the men on it looked like Lilliputians. He thought of the possi- bilities if one of them should fall to the dock and he said to the foreman: "I think the company made mistake. It should have addressed this letter to an undertaken"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
Pet Animals Sold fer Charity.

In these days, when nearly every body ill Britain is giving up something to the cause of the war, pet animals have played prominent part as a form of war charity. People have giv- en their dogs and cats to charitable institutions to be auctioned off to raise money for wounded soldiers. So many unstable pets have been offered as to make them burden to the animal protection societies. At recent sale decrepit and dirty that no bids could be ob Gained for them, that they were handed over to the societies to be put to death by gas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
WARNING ORDER. Case No. 5563.

Tn the Chancery Court of Jefferson County, Arkansas.
 D. E. Swarm, plaintiff vs. Lilhe Swarm, defendant.
 The defendant, Lille Swarm, IS warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the com- plaint of plaintiff, F. E. Swarm. Given under my hand and the Seal of Said Court this 18th day of Marcn A. D., 1917. ,(SeaD F. M. REEVES, Clerk.
 $. F. VAULX. D. c. 3-13-2O-27-4-3-i0.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
City's Glory Departed.

Lingah, seaport of Persia on the Persian gulf 300 miles southeast of Bushire and once very prosperous port, has fallen on hard times. In former years it was an important cen- ter of the pearl trade and a distribut- ing point for European merchandise, but now Bahrain, where the wealthy European and Indian pearl merchants go regularly to make their purchases, has completely pushed hingah out of the pearl trade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans, April 2.-Poor cables caused a fall of to 6 points around the opening cotton market today but good support was offered and prices almost imcdiatcly reacted. At the end of the first half hour of business, the trading months were 2 to points over Saturdays close. The continued drouth in Texas was the main bullish feature in the news.
 Covering by shorts who were dis appointed over the stcadincss of the market in the face of the opening oi congres kept the advance widening In the trading up to 1:30 the active month went 24 to 31 points over the level of Saturdays close.
 Cotton closed steady at an advance of IS tO 20 points.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
Rich Man Knows Not What s4e Wants
 The Woman's Home Companion has


 The Woman's Home Companion has an article in which this passage oc- CUTS: "The nuisance for the man who has acquired great financial resources usually is that he doesn't know what he wants. Possessing the resources and feeling the moral necessity to have recourse to them, he looks about for something to want, and he selects the most costly thing. The acqufsi- tion of this most costly thing always involves, in practice, the separation of the rich man from society. Thus, he will acquire 9 large estate, or seV- eral large estates, and cut himself off from the world by gates, doors, miles of drive, lodgekeepers, menials and secretaries. Or he will acquire g. OO0-ton yacht and cross the Atlantic privately, though less quickly, less comfortably and even less privately than on a great liner. Or he will keep a private orchestra, instead of being seen at concerts. All which. though magnificent, is antisocial and silly, and Is secretly felt to be so by the rich man when he happens to wake up in the middle of the night and can't go to sleep again"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Pint Bluff Compress x Warehouse Co.,, will te held Apfjl IA, 1917, at 10 a. m., at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Citizens Bank building, for the purpose of electing nine directors for the ensuing year, and transacting such ether business as may lawfully come before them.
 P. P. BYRD, Pres.
 Attest: ALEX STRAUSS, Secretary.
 3-15-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
The Sumatran Widows Flag.

A good many formalities must be ob- served by the women of Sumatra be- fore they can lay aside their widows weeds. Immediately after the hus. bands death the disconsOlate widow places a flagstaff in front of her door, and on this flag is raised. As long as the flag remains untorn by the wind etiquette forbids her to marry, but with the appearance of the first rent she can lay aside her mourning garb, begin to take notice, and to receive offers of marriage. It would seem, therefore, that much depends on the strenuous ness of the season, the favorableness of the gales, and the quality of the material used in the construction of the flag.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
Legal Notices
w ARNING.
Case No. 5556.

In the Chancery Court of Jeffec- soh county, Arkansas.
 Mrs. Mary c. Taylor and E. B. Taylor, trustee, plaintiffs, vs. Mary Terry ct al, defendant
 The defendants, Ethel Terry and Ira Terry, impleaded with Mary Terry ct al., are warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of plaintiffs. Mrs. Mary c. Taylor and E. B. Tay- Tor, trustee.
 Given under my hand and the seal of said court this End day of April, A. D., 1917.
 F. M. REEVES, Clerk.
 o. E. REEVES, D. c.
 4-3-10-17-24-5-1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-03
Hawaiian leland Group.

There are 12 main islands in the Hawaiian group, all classed as United States territory. The, total area is GAO square miles. The inhabited islands number eight-Hawaii, Maui. Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Mauas and Niihau. In addition there are numerous small islands in the chain which are valuable for their guano deposits and shark fishing grounds, but which are not inhabited.