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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-17
THE SAGE OF ANIcosTA.
By King Jefferson.

Out of the mist of Maryland
Appeared sage of thought profound.
Whose fearless nerve and steady hand
Met every test and stood his ground.
2.
Out of the ante-bellum smoke
OF civil strife and insolenee
The thriller of a nation spoke
And gained a nation s audience.
3.
From that machinery which roared
And Numbered in the races defense
With mystic touch was ever poured
The sweetened cream of eloquence.
Whether in the great Underground
In private coup or public hall
Fred Douglass rose and rallied round
The summons of his peoples call.
5.
Whether at home or billed abroad
Interpreting the nation s laws,
He forced his hearers in accord
To yield his utterance applause.
No tapping of those manhood wires
Which led straight to the tempted roof,
Beneath which burned those suffrage
fires,
Met his acceptance or reproof.
Z.
But like the Giddened John Brown
Of steel-edge zeal and bravery,
He challenged, charged. and battered
down
The trenches thrown round slavery.
Not Webster famed, nor Henry Clay,
Nor William Lloyd Garrison
Usurped more forensic sway
Than Anieosta s favored son.
9.
Oh for the strength of Douglass now
To illuminate the nations flaws
Who to encroachments would not bow
Nor barter justice and her cause
10.
His golden voice and silver tongue
Rings to us with cautious hum
Of prophecy or lyric song
Of larger liberties to come
IL.
Where Freedom plants her flowers fair
And yields her stewards recompCnse
No thorns or thistles flourish there
To stifle out her frankincense.
IL.
Aroma rich and pure and sound
From this vineyard shall nesting dOze
While blossomed greatness shall re-
bound
Wherever Douglass fragrance blows.
Chieftains of Douglass style and stamp
The twentieth century truly needs
To light our foggy freedom camp
And sow afresh the freeman s seeds.
IA.
Historians have carved his place
And pictured him with pen sublime
The Nestor of the Negro race
The oral marvel of all time.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-17

The Appomattox Club observed the
centenary of Frederick Douglass and
the anniversaries of Lincoln and Doug
lass, at the Club Parlors, Sunday, last.
The program, furnished by the Civic
& Public Affairs Committee, of which
Beauregard F. Moseley is Chairman,
was splendidly rendered.
Judge Albert G.. Barnes, candidate
for reelection in November and one of
the high class friends of the Race,
spoke for fully an hour, and held his
audience spell-bound with a rehearsal
of the life and conditions surrounding
Abraham Lincoln, for many years be-
fore and at the time of the signing of
the Emancipation Proclamation. 1t
was a story replete with courage, diplo-
macy and frmness No one could listen
to the Judge without having a greater
conception and admiration for the abil-
ity of Lincoln.
As pointed and forceful as was the
Judges address concerning Lincoln, it
had nothing at all on the speech, or
the reverence and applause wrung from
the audience by the speech of DR.. Carl
G.. Roberts on "Frederick Douglass.
In fact, DR.. Roberts was easily the
better orator of the two, and his speech
concerning Douglass, his trials and
tribulations as a slave, his escape, his
early life as lecturer, his stay abroad,
his appointment to Federal positions
and his life and death was all touched
upon in a most convincing way and
from each epoch of his life, parallel
was drawn to some angle Of the pres
ent day complications. 1t was beau
tiful speech, most splendidly rendered,
and the audience went wild at its con-
clusion. DR.. Roberts is a coming ora
tor.
But this was not all that was in store
for the audience. Miss Maude j. Rob-
erts, the queen of soprano was present
and rendered two splendid solos, which
were preceded by a piano solo by Prof
Theo. T. Taylor. At the conclusion of
the speeches, Prof. P. T. Tinsley and
Miss Roberts led in the singing of the
"Star Spangled Banner"
Chairman Moseley had Hon. E. H
Wright and the Hon. VIM. R. Cowan to
take positions beside the speakers and
introduced them to the many ladies
and gentlemen present.
Mr.. R. S. Abbott, Mr.. Julius F. Tay,
Tor, Mr.. T. Webster Brown, Mr.. Chas
s. Washington, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H
Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. R. Cowan
and sister, Mrs. America Brown and
mother, Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, the
song bird and many other prominent
citizens and local celebrities were out
The next public function will be held
at the Club Parlors on the 18th OF
March. The public is invited.-C. F. c
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-17

Mrs. Dan NJ. Jackson, 32i2 Caiun,'
avenue has so far managed 10 pun
through this winter by closely stieAiIe
to the house without catching se'e',
cold and she expects in company VIZ
a number Of other ladies TO attenu -
Charity Ball at the Eighth Regimen
Armory, Monday evening, Febrnaf! "
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-17
NEGRO INSTITUTE HEAD TALKS

The Rev. A. Eugene Thomson, D. D.,
principal of the Lincoln Institute for
Negro Children of Lincoln Ridge, KY,
spoke Sunday before the current events
class of the First Congressional church
of Evanston on the foundation and
work of the institution.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-17

The popular address
whic appears n another column of this
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-17

THE APPoMATToX CLUB IN A BIG
PROGRAM, CELEBRATES LIN
COLIN AND DOUGLASS DAY. DE-
SPITE THE WEATHER, LARGE
CROWD OUT. JUDGE ALBERT G.
BARNES OF THE APPELLATE
COURT AND DIR. CARL G.. BOB
ERTS, SPEAKERS.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-17

who thoroughly believed in
finally bringing about the destruction OF
slavery been exten
throughout the United
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-26


$l18,2OO.77
LIABILITIES.
Due Union c. H.
Bonds -$8,6 10000
Due Masters acc. 1,176.47
Due Pro. j. acc. 1916 1O,5O4.33
Assets over Liabilities ---$1O7 $685.
Stocks and Bonds of
doubtful value -- 41,351. 90
S 66,345.4 AZ
State of South Carolina,
County of Union.
Personally comes J. M. Greer, Sec
retary, and makes oath that the above
statement of the condition of the Sink
ing Fund Commission for Union Coun-
ty, s. c., is true to the best of his
knowledge and belief.
J. M. Greer.
Sworn to before me this January
11th, 1917.
G. G. Sanders (L. 81
Al Not. Pub. S. c.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-26
HOUSE AND LOT SALE.

| will sell at public auction on
Salesday, Feb. 5, at noon, in front Of
the courthouse door, the house and lot
occupied by Dolphus Jeter, situated
on Wallace street, in the town of
Union, and bounded on the East by
Wallace street, South and West by
the estate of Geo. C. Perrin, North by
lot Of c. L. Freeman.
Terms of sale: Cash.
3-3 f. M. Farr
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-26
PURELY PERSONAL

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81 Mr.. Robert Little of Jonesville was
a visitor in the city on Tuesday
Mr.. c. T. Murphy spent Sunday in
, Charlotte, N. c., the guest of DR.. and
= Mrs. Oren Moore.
? Mr.. C. S. Moore of the Columbia
, State spent Tuesday in the city in the
interest of his paper.
= Miss Elizabeth Jeter of Santuc
!. spent the weekend with Miss Mary
: Rice on S. Church street.
Fl Mr.. w. w. Cotton spent the week
= end in Charlotte the guest of his
, brother, Mr.. William E. Cotton.
, Mrs. Watland Henderson of Blairs is
= visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John R. Mathis on S. Church street.
. Mrs. F. M. Farr, who has been in
Columbia with friends for several
= weeks, returned to her home on Sat
> urday.
81 Miss Pearl White of Augusta is Wis
: iting her brother and sister, Rev. and
Mrs. George P. White, at the Baptist
= parsonage.
Fl Miss Belle Gault of Jonesville, who
= is teaching school at West Springs,
4 spent the weekend with her sister,
Mrs. Joe hall.
Miss Rachel Counts left last week
for her home in Hartsville after a
] fortnght's visit to her mother Mrs.
; &c. G. B. Counts.
; Mr.. J. X. Rush of Tennessee was a
; visitor to Union Tuesday. Mr.. Rush
Twill offer fine lot of mules for sale
in Jonesville.
Miss Mamie Oetzel went to Spar
, tanburg Monday evening to attend the
> Paderewski concert at Converse Col
= lege auditorium.
= Misses Ruth and Fanny Cohen Wen
to Spartanburg Monday afternoon for
the Paderewski concert, returning to
, the city Tuesday morning.
Mrs. w. H. Sinkler and little son.
; Elias Prioleau Sinkler of Eutawville
. are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs Elias
Prioleau on E. Main street
Mrs. Emma Lipford of Jonesville
? was called to Cross Hill last week on
, account of the death of her uncle, Mr.
) R. S. Griffin of that place.
Misses Elizabeth Cobb and Gloria
|. Haltiwanger, who have been the
: guests of Mrs. Emslie Nicholson, have
, returned to their home in Greenwood.
Mr.. E. w. Stone, who has been very
; sick for several weeks, is able to be
!. out again, which is very gratifying to
his many friends here and throughout
: the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Maxwell, who
; have recently moved to Union from
Columbia have apartments at the
! home of DR.. George T. Keller on
n Mountain street.
Mrs. Il. B. Jeter, Sr., of Santuc, and
Messrs. Maxcey and Ha nmie Crosby
attended the funeral of their brother
Mr.. v. E. Crosby, in Darlington on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. ]. v. Wix of Carlisle returned
last week from Pryor's hospital, where
he went for an operation for appendi-
citis. He is rapidly regaining his
strength.
Among the Union folk attending the
Paderewski concert in SpartanburgS
Monday were Misses Maude and Eliz-
abeth Garner, Beatrice Wilburn, Nell
Pollard and Louise Purcell, Mrs. Lem
mond and Miss Elizabeth Lemmond.
Mrs. T. C. Duncan left Tuesday for
Columbia to visit friends for several
days. She attended the reception Civ
en- by the Equal Suffrage League TO
the members of the legislature on
Tuesday evening and heard Paderew-
ski on Thursday evening at the Column
bia theatre.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-26
REPORT

Of the Sinking Fund Commission for
Union County, S. c., at the Close
of Business Third Quarter.
Fifth Year, Jan. II, 1917.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-26

SALESMAN WANTED to solicit or
ders for lubricating oils, greases
and paints. Salary or commission.
Address The Harvey Oil Co.. Cleve-
land, o. 4-1-pd
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-26

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Four lots in
town of Jopesville, within one
square of depot. Will sell for cash
or will trade for farm property.
Lots located south of Methodist
church and fronting on Pacolet
street. Titles perfect Blacksmith
shop located on property. Apply AT
once to T. f. Kerr or J. II. Kerr.
JoneSville, S. c. 2-4-vJ
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-26

MONEY TO LOAN on Farm Lands
and Real Estate. Barron & Barron.
Union, S. c. 42-tf
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10
~ es IA IA
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
AND DETERMINATION OF
HEIRSHIP

As required by an order of Court
obtained in each of the hereinafter
named estates by the respective Ad-
ministrators and Administrators
therefore |. Richard McCloud, Judge
and EN-officio Clerk of the County
Court of La Plata County, in the
State of Colorado. do
hereby give notice that said Admin.
istrators and Administrators will on
MONDAY, JUNE 4, A. d. 1917, pre-
sent to the Court their respective ac,
counts for final settlement of ad-
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10
LAST GALE is OUT
FOR OFFICERS RESERVE
Colonel Hcistand Issues An Appeal
haturer Men in Demand

A last call for men who wish to
serve their country by preparing
themselves rs officers has been is
sued by Colonel Heistand as follows:
Application blanks and full instruc
lions may be obtained from any reg
llar army officer ON duty in the cen
trail department, at the military
training division, Room 500, Federal
building, Chicago, and at any office
of the military training camps as
sociation which has branch offices in
all of the large cities.
The central department compris-
es the states of Ohio, Indiana. Ken
lucky, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, North and South Dakota
and Colorado.
By the FIRST TEN THOUSAND
is meant the 10000 officers required
to command the FIRST HALF MIL
LION troops called to the colors. A
memorandum Of the war department
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10
FOURTEENTH

Under the war measure now going
thru congress eighteen army divis-
ions will he organized totaling 49,
53S Officers and 52S,659 men. There
will be 16 regiments of heavy artil-
lery equipped with large calibre how
itzcrs.
Colorado will have a particular In
terest in the Fourteenth division
which will be organized from the SOL
diers from Missouri, Kansas and Col
orado. The enlisted men from Min
nesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Nebraska will be orga-
nized into the Thirteenth division.
Oklahoma, and Texas will organize
the Fifteenth division. Montana, Ida
no, Washington, Oregon, California,
Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona
and New Mexico will be organized
into the Sixteenth division.
Two cavalry divisions will be or
ganized and stationed in this section
of the country it is presumed where
their services may be first needed.
Each infantry division will consist of
nine full regiments of infantry, three
regiments of field artillery, one reg
iment of cavalry, one Of engineers.
one division of hospital and four
camp infirmaries.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10
NOTICE OF CONTEST
Cor Publication)
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Durango, Colorado.

Durango, Colorado.
April "a, 1917.
To SAMUEL w. MITCHELL, of Bay
field, Colorado, Contestee;
You are hereby notified that Agnes
Gertrude Harrington who gives Du-
range, Colorado. as her post-office
address. did on February 26, 1917,
file in this office her duly corrobo-
rated application to contest and Sc
cure the cancellation of your Home
stead Entry No. O36S9, Serial No. O3-
$50 made March ., 1912, for SEH
SEA sec. 10 SlaSWh and SWA
SEh Section IL, Township BAN
Range SW, N. NJ. p, Meridian, and
as grounds for her contest she alleges
that Samuel w. Mitchell has not
established residence or resided upon
said land and he has not in any way
improved or cultivated any part or
caused any Improvements upon any
portion of said lands.
You are, therefore, further notified
that the said allegations will be tax
en- as confessed, and your said entry
will be cancelled without further
right to he heard, either before this
office or on appeal, if you fail to
file in this office within twenty days
after the FOURTH publication of this
notice, as shown below, your answer,
under oath, specifically responding to
these allegations of contest, together
with due proof that you have served
a copy of your answer on the said
contestant either in person or by reg
istered mail.
You should state in your answer
the name of the post office to which
YOU desire future notices to be sent
to you.
JNo. T. JOYCE.
Register.
Date of first publication May 3, 1917.
Date of second publication May TO-,
1917.
Date of third publication May II,
1917.
Date of fourth publication May "a,
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10

n part reads as follows:
"The first ten thousand should
be the best that the country has.
In planning our military forces
we must assume that the war is
by no means drawing to close
and that the country must ex-
pand its military forces as rapid
iy and effectually as the resourc-
es of the country permit. The
sixteen infantry divisions and
two cavalry divisions aggregate
approximately half million
men. The officers of this force
must receive substantial promo
tiona to meet the demands of
forces to be raised later. 1t is
conceivable that many men who
are appointed in THE First Ten
Thousand must be promoted one
grade with each successive addi-
ton to our military forces. For
this reason the war department
hopes the Mature man will seek
appointment in THE First Ten
Thousand
"Other similar camps must
follow this first camp. Young
men must be admitted to the
first camp but not to the exclu-
sion of maturer men. In the sec
ond and following camps young
er men will predominate.
,"The minimum age of those
who attend its twenty years and
nine months. The maximum age
is forty-four years"
Those who have already passed tn
preliminary examinations must ava
their postal card notices before prs
senting themselves at the camp.
"a ~ - -
OUR DIVISION THE
EnIfRTEENTl
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10

Maron Bell spent Saturday and
Sunday in Mancos on usiness.
Fred Ecklev the man who raises
more wheat single-handed than any
man ON the mesa is going 70 set a
new record for himself this year. Mr..
Eckley has fai-med quite extensively
on the mesa for several years and
bears the distinction among farmers
of being the only farmer on the mesa
that doesn't own horse or any other
livestock (not even a wife) having
hired all his Team work and most Of
his cooking done. This year Mr.. Eek
ley is using the Ford ear with trac-
tor attachment and farming more ex-
tensively than ever before. His faith
full old bicycle takes him to the field
where he rides the cushions good
long day, not even being delayed for
lunch as he eats as he goes.
A few days ago the writer had the
pleasure of meeting gentleman on
the streets of Durango who had come
dowA into the San Juan basin in
search of land This gentleman was
quite an extensive farmer and stock
man and man of considerable fl
nancial backing, IN fact he was the
brand of men that the San Juan basin
uoode o,J ,t-ac bara 1nnlfip,r fnr a In
cation. Before looking at any partic-
ular section of the county he chose to
spend few days in Durango and
learn something about the different
sections all of which have their re-
spective advantages and disadvant-
ages. Every section has few men
who are loyal boosters for their own
section and right here is where
would like to call Mr.. Boosters at
tention to his method of boosting.
Boost for your own section we are all
for you there, but while boosting
your own section be careful not to
point out all of the short comings Of
the neighboring sections. This meth,
cd might work in case your section
should suit your man, but in case it
did not, and he should choose to look
elsewhere where would he look? He
has already heard how the wind
blows over this way, how much it
costs to pay water assessments over
there, how much snow they have over
in the other direction and how they
have a shortage of water over on the
other side and how the mosquitoes
bite on the other side and he doesn't
like the section that he has visited
which is supposed to be the very best
of it. so he simply boards the Eastern
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10

John Eppich was here over night
on his return from Denver where he
marketed car load of cattle.
Last nights Eastern had num-
ber of settlers and home seekers on
board who stopped at points along
the line between Pagosa Junction and
Florida mesa.
"a Ns
The sheep men in the San Luis val.
ley are suffering very heavy losses,
according to George E. West who re-
turned from La lara day or two
ago.
After ten days visit with the home
folk, Mrs. Harry Leonard departed
for her home at Salt Lake this morn
ing Her sister, Mrs. Sam Monberg.
is accompanying her as far AS sa-
Ida.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10

The Marvel Motor Co.'S cars are
now making daily trips from Marvel
to Durango with freight and passen-
gers, leaving Marvel at a. m, and
returning the same evening. Passen-
ger fare s1.5o each way or $3.50
round trip. d26-1mo
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the
Mesa Ditch Company will be held
pursuant to the bylaws, on June IL,
1917, beginning at o'clock p. m. at
the Sunnyside School House, La
Plata County, Colorado, for the elec-
tion of directors and for the trans
action of any other business that
may properly come before the meet
ing.
Dated May Z, 1917.
F. l.. LYMAN, Secy.
j. NJ NELSON, Pres.
First publication, May 10.
Last publication June 7.
Weekly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10

WE NEED MORE CREAM. -
Hutter fat ~ cents. We pay express
San Juan Creamery, Durango, Colo
4-1l-tf.S. W
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10

aid the San Juan basin has lost a
good man.
Ea ~
The Marvel Motor Truck is now
making daily trips to Durango, leay-
ing Marvel 8 a. M, loading freight
md parcels each way. Leave freight
orders Mt Ford Garage Marvel or Du-
range. 4-2G-1mo.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10

Federal Farm Loan association has
has It's board Of appraisers out this
week appraising the farms on the
mesa.
The Marvel grange at its last reg
ular meeting took up the matter of
summer sports with the idea of in.
tcrestinR the young grangers in base
ball, basket ball, and tennis. A com
mittee of three was appointed and
ie now busy working on the organ
zation of baseball team. At the
regular meeting, June g. the boys,
and bachelors are to serve the re
freshments. j. w Callahan we un-
derstand is to be head chef.
Fred Hall and f. C. Phillips re
turned from Chama last week with a
fine looking bunch of sheep.
There is great deal of interest
being shown in the Marvel Sunday
school now and all should make a
special effort to attend.
sa No
Our county farmers business agent
is now at his post with temporary
business office at the Exchange and
we hope our farmers from this sec
ton viii try and use this office for
the purpose it was established When
in Durango stop in and have lit
tie talk with Mr.. Lyman. You will
fad him to he farmer of your
kind and an excellent man to do
business with.
Oliver John informs us that he has
finished sheep shearing on the mesa
and will move his crew the first Of
the week to Florida mesa. There. IL
now between $4,000 and 10000 sheep
on the mesa owned by the ranchers
this is not counting the large herds
that are being fed and wintered here
and Mr.. John and his crew have
sheared large number of them this
spring.
Winter wheat is now beginning to
look good and the fields of spring
wheat are beginning to look green
and thrifty, and not far behind the
fall grain. John McDorman, owner of
the big Buckeye ranch has 300 acres
in small grain this year.
p. b. Darrow of Ft Collins was Il
business visitor in town Monday and
Tuesday.
e. d. Smith, county agriculturst
was business caller in town the first
Of the week.
LOCALS AND PERSONALS
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAH.N
II N. Iinebareer is business Wis
itor from Tiffany.
raE
Jim Dennison is down from Hes
perus on a purchasing trip.
~ "a
Fred Pierce spent the day in tht
Cedar Hill vicinity where his rancl
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10
POPE MAY USE
INFLUENCE FOR IRISH

(By U. p. Correspondent Healey)
ROME, May 7. = The Pope may
throw the weight of his influence in
to the Irish situation, according to
unofficial information from high Vat
lean authorities.
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10
mdrvel ncWS

MARVEL, rev the Of the Kline
to Plata
splendid wAch found buildings fine
horse eatte and swinc-AYatc,
Semi-weekly herald., 1917-05-10
RAILROADS ASK FOR
Is PER CENT INCREASE

WASHINGTON, May T. Plead
ing the high cost Of labor and operat-
ing expenses, Eastern railroads are
asking for fifteen percent increase
in rates.