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The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
FOOD EXHIBIT AND FINE Pro
GRAM TO FEATURE TUSKE-
GEE CONFERENCE.

Tuskeegee, Ala, Dec. 29.-"M Meeting
the Needs of the War Situation" Will
be the topic for discussion at the an
nual Tuskeegee Negro Conference
which convenes at Tuskeegee lnsti-
tute. Wednesday and Thursday, jan
uary 18th and 18th, 1918. In the first
days session, emphasis will be given
to the problems of food and farming,
which have become especially import
ant and urgent since this country has
entered the war.
The Annual Workers Conference
will be held on Thursday, January
18th, and the special topics which Will
be considered are What Is Being
Done, in Spite of the War Conditions,
to Increase the Facilities for Rural
Education" what the Schools for
Higher and Secondary Education Are
Doing to Help Improve the Rural
Schools" and What Is Being Done
by the Rural Schools to Help Improve
the Rural Community Life along
such lines as helping to promote bet
ter farming, improve the home, help
the church, conserve health and di-
rect the social life of the community.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
AUDITOR MooRE's REPORT.
(Richmond Planet.)

We have received copy of the an
nual report of Hon. C. Lee Moore,
auditor of public accounts of Vir-
ginia. 1t is addressed to his excel
lency, Henry c. Stuart, governor OF
Virginia, and Is one Of the ablest and
best, if not the ablest and the best
ever issued from that office. Showing
as it does the success of his own rec
concentrations, which have been eff
fective, it possesses special interest
Mr.. Moore reports that the treasury
of Virginia shows a comfortable bal
ance By summarizing the totals IN
the direct report, he says the reader
must labor and enable one to tell
at a glance, in what respect improve
ments may be noted.
The report shows the value OF the
real estate owned by colored people
to be s32,012,141, and the value OF
personal property S1O,279,6S9, making
a total valuation of property belong
ing to colored people of $42,291,s $50.
The increase in the value OF the
property owned by colored people
during a period of one year is $1,21O,-
$40.
Auditor C. Lee Moore asked for an
increase, of salary and the increase
was denied to him by the legislature
of Virginia. If, after reading TINS
report, it is not forthcoming, it will
be one of the surprises of this gener-
alton. 1t will be well to increase the
salary of the governor to $4,000 per
annum and then this hard-worked OF
ficial would not be drawing salary
on a par with the chief executive OF
the commonwealth.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
THE LYNcHINe RECORD FOR 1917.

Dear Sir:
l send you the following relative to
lynchings for the year. l find from
the records kept by the Division OF
Records and Research of Tuskegee
Institute, Monroe N. Work, in charge,
that there were thirty-eight persons
lynched in 1917, of whom thirty-six
were Negroes and two were whites.
Thirty-seven were males and one fe-
male. Twelve or a little less than
one-third of those put to death, were
charged with rape or attempted rape.
The offenses charged against the
whites lynched were: rape and muir
der, 1; fomenting strikes, 1.
The offenses charged against the
Negroes were Attempted rape, five;
rape, six; murder, three; killing Of
ficer of the law, two; for not getting
out of road and being insolent, two;
attacking women, two; disputing
white mems word, two; entering wom-
ans room, two; wounding officer of
the law, one; molesting women, one;
stealing coat, one; intimacy with
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
THE EAGLE OIL COMPANY.

This oil company is not attempting
to perform miracles, only putting be-
fore the public something reasonable
and advantageous to them, requesting
their investment now that the price
of stock is within reach of every one
Buy now is the slogan which in
sures a big profit with small invest
ment as the shares are going at Five
cents and according to biologists the
property of the company is great oil
producer. The development of the
new oil field near Greeley is anxious
ly being watched. and investors can
not be induced to withdraw their sup
port as they begin to realize the GER
tainty of success. Visit their offices.
215-21G Ideal building, and get full in
formation.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
RACE NEWS S,tisa, S,ti'''' s,1,,,s r''"

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. %. Six
ty of the 100 Race garbage wa
gon drivers in the city enrolled
as members of the American
Red Cross when they received
their monthly pay checks for $65
each last week. The men were
commended by their superiors for
their action as being highly pa
triotic. All did not enroll at
once and it is probable later re-
ports will show possibly a total
enrolment of 85.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
CHARLES BALTIMORE
WROTE BRAVELY, TELL
ING BROTHER OF HIS
COMING DEATH.

Frederick Baltimore, of 205
West Loudon street, yesterday
received the last letter written by
Corporal Charles w. Baltimore,
before he was executed near
Camp Trevis. Texas, on Tuesday.
Baltimore was convicted of mu-
tiny and murder in connection
with the riot at Houston, Texas,
On August 21. The last brave
message, written in a firm hand
the day previous to his execution
and mailed at San Antonio, Dec.
10, to his brother here, follows:
Fort San Houston, Texas.
December 10 1917.
Dear Brother-I write you for
the last time in this world. | am
to be executed tomorrow morn
ing. | know this is shocking
news, but don't worry too much
as it is Gods will. Meet me in
heaven. l was convicted at the
general court martial held here
last month. Was tried for mu-
tiny and murderl 1t is true
went down town with the men
that marched out of camp. But
| am innocent of shedding any
blood. But it is Gods will, so
don't worry. For God so loved
the world that He gave His only
begotten son that whosoever be-
lieved on Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.
am going to meet father and
mother and all the rest of the
family gone before. Good by:
meet me in Heaven.
Your borther in Christ,
CHARLES w. BALTIMORE.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05

After sojourn of two years in the
city of Memphis, DR.. Huff returns
home and reopens an office at 253S
Washington five points. While south
he served as assistant surgeon of Ter
rell Baptist hospital and medical in
spector of Memphis city schools and
feels better prepared to do his work.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05

woman, one; 2ling man in alterca-
ton, one; accid nelly killing child by
running automd' over it. one; va
grancy, one; woS Ing and robbing a
man, one: attack pn officer of the
law, one; OPPOSITE ITO war draft,
one; insulting gir re; writing in
solent letter, one.
The states in wi Hnchings oc-
Cured and number IN state were
as follows: Alabama, pr; Arkansas
four; Arizona, one; Florida, one;
Georgia, six; Kentucky, two; Louisi-
ana, five; Mississippi, one; Montana,
one; Oklahoma, one; South Carolina,
one; Tennessee, three; Texas, six;
Virginia, one; Wyoming, one.
Very truly yours,
R. r. MOTION, Principal.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
Greetings of the seasons:

Greetings of the seasons:
The world is engulfed in the red
ruin of war. The present titanic con-
flict is not due to the inherent devil
try of one nation or the innate good
ness of another. The accumulative
ethical energies of society for gener-
ations have been damned up by the
! barrier of hatred and greed. The
stored up power is now breaking
through the barrier with cataelysmic
loutburst. The social fabric is beins
lhaken to its very foundation. AS out
.ome of the war, the re-adjustment OF
he social structure will be more radi-
sal than that effected by the French
revolution. The Transforming effect
upon the status of the Negro will be
scarcely less momentous than the
Emancipation Proclamation.
The characterization of the world,
coined as fitting phrase. will be
translated into actuality. The Declar-
alton of independence, penned by a
slave holder, sounded the death knell
of slavery, although three-quarters OF
a century elapsed between promise
and fulfillment The democratiZation
of the world is but restatement oil
this doctrine in terms of present day
attitude of the world Political autoc-
racy and race autocracy will be buried
in the same grave. Hereafter, no ma
ton, however strong, will be permit
ted to override weaker neighbor by
sheer dominance of power, and no
race will be permitted to impose
ruthless regime upon the weaker
breeds of men through sneer assump-
ton of superioity Hereafter, England
will treat the East Indians; Turkey,
the Armenians; Russia, the Jews;
and America, the Negroes, with a
fuller consideration than heretofore.
The peoples of all lands who are
heavy lrden and overborne will be
the chief beneficiaries of this war.
The Negro problem is involved in the
problem of humanity The whole is
greater than any of its parts The Ne
gro will share in the general momen-
tum imported to social welfare.
Already, he has been admitted to in
dustrial opportunity in the north with
manifest reaction upon the harsh re-
gime in the south.
National prohibition, which is borne
forward on the wave of the world war,
will immensely improve his moral
status.
Eighty thousand Negro soldiers
have been enlisted, and seven hun
dred Negroes have been commits
stoned as officers in the army OF the
United States. A Negro has been
made assistant cabinet officer whose
function is to adjust harmoniously the
races relation to the pending strug'
gle.
The improved attitude of the white
race towards the Negro is apparent
in two affirmative decisions rendered
by the Supreme Court of the United
States with unanimous concurrence.
The Negro will emerge from TINS
war with a double portion of privilege
and opportunity.
Every Negro should be loyal and
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
Culture Not EnouNh.

"Culture is dust and ashes If the
spiritual foundations are not well laid,
and 1t takes two, man and woman,
to lay those foundations
Garfield.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05

Paris, France, Dec. e.
frances treatment of her colored
soldiers is much fairer and just,
and undiscrimnatory than the
United States treatment of her
black legions that there is no
comparison. In the French army
today there are two colored gen.
erals, four colonies, and one hun
dred and fifty captains, and lieu
tenants too numel GUS to men
ton. This is a much better
showing than is made by the
United States which country has
not even an officer as high as a
colonel in the regular army, al
though the United States popu-
lation numbers more than ten
million of black folks. There is
absolutely no color line over here
in dear old France. Here merit
alone limits a mans possibilities
and opportunities.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05
unfortunate Child.
formation,

Margaret and Helen hre cousins.
One day Helen refused to play with
Margaret. When asked why, she said:
"AIother. I can't play with Margaret; !;
she was born too late and don't know
how to play games"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-05

Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. %. City
Judge Joseph A. Mcconnell made
the fact plain in court here that
the theaters of this city must
give equal rights to all citizens,
regardless of color. His warn
ing came as result of the case
of Christopher Crutcher, known
to boxing fans as Jack Gilbert,
and Joseph Ford against James
Papyanakos, local theater pro
prietor, for refusing to accommo-
date them when they had pur-
chased tickets for the main floor.
Papyanakos contended that his
license to operate the Olympic
theatre was not issued by the
state. and that he had the right
to discriminate. His authority
for this did not meet with Judge
McConnell's approval and he was
found guilty. In announcing his
decision Judge Mcconnell stated
that the great civil war was
fought to give the colored man
equal rights and it was out of
that struggle that the present
statutes grew, and that it was
the duty of the court to see them
observed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13

and then TO chat. But person can't
have it all. And I'd do anything to
have q roof of our own, and to have
1t some place where our Twin don't
depend on a pay envelope. Many a
time I've sat and cried, just from
thinkin' how bad l wanted a little
place of our own, where there was
grass and trees and piece of ground
for a garden. And knew we'd never
be able to buy 1t. We couldn't get
ahead enough"
"Und So" her husband took up the
tale, 81 hear off diss country, we're liant
can be for holdings got. Und so we
scrape ind pinch und safe nickels und
dimes for fife year. Und here We are.
All der way from Wisconsin In der val
gOn, yes. Nit two mules. In Ashcroft
1 buy der COW, so dot We hat der fresh
milk. Und dot ISIS lucky. For Won
mule he die on der road. So 1 am
plaw oop der liant und haul my Wagon
NIT Won mule ind Gretchen der cow"
Hazel had a momentary vision of I'M
related hardships by the way, and she
wondered how the man could laugh
and his wife smile over 1t. Two thou
sand miles in a wagonl And at the
journeys end only a rude cabin Of
logs-and years of steady toll. Isola.
ton in huge and lonely land. Yet
these folk were happy. She wondered
briefly If her own viewpoint were pos
sibly askew. She knew that she could
not face such a prospect except in ut
ter rebellion. Not now. The bleak
peaks of the Klappan rose up before
her minds eye, the picture of five
horses dead in the snow, the wolves
that snapped and snarled over their
bones. She shuddered. She was still
bordering this when she and Bill dis
mounted at home.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13

pound my husband wanted me to try 1t.
/ took it for week and felt little bet
ter. kept itup for three months, and
l feel fine and can eat anything now
without distress or nervousness. Mrs.
]. WoRTHLNE, 2S42 North Taylor St,
Philadelphia Pa.
The majority Of mothers nowadays
overdo, there are so many demands
upon their time and strength; the result
is invariably a weakened, rundown,
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, irritability and depression - and
soon more serious ailments develop.
1t is at such periods in life that Lydia e:
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
restore a normal healthy condition, az
it did to Mrs. Worthline.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

Philadelphia, Pal was very weak.
always tired, my back ached, and ! felt
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13

tween them they threw wide every
door and window. The cool evening
wind filed the place with sweet, pine
scented air. Then Bill started a blaze
roaring in the black-mouthed fireplace
to make 1t look natural, he said
and went out to hobble his horses for
the night.
In Me morning they began to IN
pack their household goods. Rugs and
bearskins found each its accustomed
place upon the floor. His books went
back on the shelves. With magical
swiftness the cabin resumed its old
home atmosphere. And that night Bill
stretched himself on the grizzly hide
before the fireplace, and kept his nose
In a book until Hazel, who was in no
humor to read, fretted herself into
something approaching a temper.
you're about as sociable as a clam"
she broke into his absorption at last.
He looked up in surprise, then
chucked the volume carelessly aside,
and twisted himself around till his
head rested in her lap.
"Vot iss?" he asked cheerfully.
"Lonesome2 Bored with yourselfi
Amt 1 here? Surely you don't feel
yourself neglected because / happen
to have my nose stuck in a bookT
"Of course notp she denied vlgor-
ously. The childish absurdlty Of her
attitude struck her with sudden force.
"Stll, I'd like you to talk to me once
In q WHILE"
Bills eyes narrowed q trifle, but he
still smiled. And suddenly he stepped
around behind her chair, put both
hands under her chin, and tilted her
head backward.
"Ah, you're plumb sick and tired to
death of everything, aren't your" he
said soberly. you've been up here
too long. You sure need a change
I'll have to take you out and give you
the freedom of the cities, let you dis
sipate and pink-tea, and rub elbows
with the mob for while. Then you'll
be glad to drift back to this woodsy
hiding place of ours. When do you
want to start7"
"Why, Bill I" she protested.
But she realized In flash that Bill
could read her better than she could
read herself. Few Of her emotion.
could remain long hidden from thai
keenly observing and mercilessly log
zeal mind. She knew that he guessed
where she stood. and by what path
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13
CHAPTER XIV.
The Dollar Chasers.

Granville took them to its bosom
with haste and earnestness that
made Hazel catch her breath. Tact
fully none so much as mentioned An
drew Bush, nor the flve-thousand-dOllar
legacy-the disposition Of which sum
still perplexed that defunct gentle
mans executors. And once more In
a genial atmosphere Hazel concluded
to let sleeping dogs lie. She learned
from various sources that Bits for
tune doomed big, had grown by some
mysterious process of Granville tattle,
until 1t had reached the charmed six
figures of convention.
There had been changes. Jack Bar
row had consoled himself with bride.
Moreover, he was making good, In the
popular phrase, at the real-estate
game. The Marshes, as she had pre-
viously known them, had been totter-
ing on the edge of shabby gentillty.
But they had come into money. And
as Bill slangily put it, they were using
their pile to cut a lot of social Ice.
Kitty brooks husband was now thu
head of the biggest advertising agency
in Granville. Hazel was glad of that
mild success.
She was Unfortunately proud Of Bill,
when she compared him with the aver
age Granville male-yet she found her
self wishing he would adopt a little
more readily the Granville viewpoint.
He fell short of IL, or went beyond It,
she could not be sure which; she had
an uneasy feeling sometimes that he
looked upon Granville doings and
Granville folk with amused tolerance,
not unmixed with contempt. But he
attracted attention. Whenever he was
minded to talk he found ready lis
teners.
Once or twice she conjured up a
vision of his getting into some bust
ness there, and utterly foregoing the
North-which for her was already be-
ginning to take on the aspect of a
bleak and cheerless region where there
was none of the things which daily
whetted her appetite for luxury, moth
ing but hardships innumerable-and
gold. The gold had been their re-
ward-a reward we'll earned, she
thought. Still--they had been wonder
fully happy there at the Pine river
cabin. she remembered.
They came home from a theater
party late one night. Hazel kicked of
| her Alnpers. and gratefully toasted her
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13
A Life.saver.

Gutzen Borglum, apropos of his re-
port on the deficiencies of the govern
ment's aerial program, said at lunch
con In New York:
''To get results we must use origl-
nality-must show initiative-like the
doughboy's dad, you know.
"My father" said a doughboy, look
ing up from q bad camp dinner with a
grimace-'my father was a very brave
man.
"'Was her said the camp chief.
ayes" said the doughboy. Two
weeks after he enlisted he saved his
whole regiment"
allow did he do It?
"'Shot the cook"
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hear the vibrant hum of the indus
trial hive.
She had no regrets when Bill con-
fined their stay TO the time necessary
to turn his gold into bank account.
and allow her to buy trunkful, more
or less, of pretty clothes. Then they
bore on eastward and halted at Ash
croft. Bill had refused to commit
himself positively to a date for the
eastern pilgrimage. He wanted to see
the cabin again. For that matter she
did. too-so that their sojourn there
did not carry them over another win
ter.
From Ashcroft an auto stage whirled
them swiftly into the heart of the
Cariboo country-to Quesnelle, where
Bill purchased four head of horses in
m afternoon, packed, saddled, and hit
the trail at daylight in the morning.
The vanguard of the land hungry
had already penetrated to Fort George.
Up and down the Nachaco valley, and
bordering upon the Fraser, were the
cabins of the pre-emptors. The roads
were dotted with the teams Of the
incoming. A stable town had sprung
up around the old trading post.
"They come like bees when the rush
starts" Bill remarked.
Leaving Fort George behind, they
bore across country toward Pine river.
Here and there certain landmarks,
craven deep in Hazel's recollection,
uprose to claim her attention. And
one evening at sunset they rode up to
the little cabin, all forlorn in its clear
Ing.
Inside, gray film Of dust had ac-
cumulated on everything, and the
rooms were oppressive with the musty
odors that gather In a closed, unten-
anted house. But apart from that 1t
stood as they had left 1t thirteen
months before. No foot had crossed
the threshold. The pile of wood and
kindling lay beside the fireplace as
Bill had placed 1t the morning they
left.
"'Be 1t ever so humble" Bill left
the line of the old song unfinished, but
his tone was full of jubilatlon. Be-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13

you're on rae rgst track Bln NOD
ded. "It's pity more people DOM
take the same notion. What do you
think of this country, anyway
1T ISIS goot," Lauer answered brief
ly, and with unhesltating certainty.
1T iss goot. Vor der boor man it ISIS
1t ISIS salfation. Nit fife huntret tex
lars ind hiss two hants he eau him
self home make-und lifing be
sure off,"
Beside Hazel, Lauer's wife absent
ly caressed the blond head Of her
four-year-old daughter.
mo, don't think I'll ever get lone
some" sSe said. "Pm too glad to be
here. And I've got lots of work and
my babies. OF course, It's natural I'd
miss a woman friend running in now
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13
Casualties Unknown.

After strenuous days shooting
Giles returned to the house alo2e.
Now, Giles was only an amateur at
the sporting game, and this fact was
well known to the anxious host.
"Haye you shot anytningY he de-
manded of Giles, expecting to hear the
worst.
Dunno" replied Giles. "We'll have
to waite until che rest of the party
come in, anG then we can call the
roll I"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13

softly up behind him, put both hands
on his shoulders.
"what are you thinking so hard
about, Bllly-boy7" she whispered.
"I was thinking about Jake Lauer.
and wondering how he was making Il
CO." Bill answered. II was also pic
turing to myself how some of these
worthy citizens would mess things up
IL they had to follow in his steps. Hang
It, I don't know but we'd be better
Off IL we were pegging away for q
foothold somewhere, like old Jake"
IF we had to do that" she argued,
IT suppose we would, and manage to
get along. But since we don't have to,
why wish for it7 Money makes tbings
pleasanter."
ITO BE CONTINIJEDA
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13

blChiy uuOoS Va Snc
time. i went to q
doctor and he said
/ had nervous indi-
gestion, which adj
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most OF
the time and he
said if / could not
stop that, / could
not get well: 1
heard somuchabout
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13
All Complete.

Katherine was playing In her yard,
where little calf was grazing. A
woman who was passing remarked,
"why, Katherine, what cute little
calf you have"
Eyes" answered Katherine, we've
rot the COW to IL in the barn."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-13
CTo BE CONTINUED,


The granite produced In the Unitsf
States In 1915 was valued at s17.41a
$50, % per cent Of the valps ~ the %
tire stons output