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The Washington herald., 1919-07-05
THE PARAGRAPHER'S
NEWS VIEWS.

Two-cent postage will help some.
1t will leave US l cent for spend
ing money.-Galveston News.
1t took force to make Germany
sign. And it will take force to
make her honor the Signature
Kansas City Journal.
The smaller nations signed the in
alphabetical order. y great con-
server of dignity. that alphabet
Baltimore American.
Wilhelm, the man that used to be
Kaiser, says his attitude is un-
changed. The fool and his folly are
proverbially inseparable.-CIeve
Plain Dealer.
The chief concession to Germany
lies in the provision that she will be
admitted to decent society when she
proves her claim to decency. That is
fair enough.-Rochester Herald.
William Howard Taft says he
couIu MOI get the Republican nomi-
nation in 1920 if he desired it. Don't
worry, William; you are not the
only statesman in that box. Los
Angeles Times.
One phase of wartime prohibition
at least is over. With the signing
of the peace treaty the ban has bee
lifted which forbade soldiers of the
Army of Occupation to hirt with
German girls.-New York World.
With concrete freight cars, ships,
houses, etc, standing the tests, 1t
may be by the time our last saplings
are on the way to the sawmill we
shall have discovered a way to get
on without lumber.-Boston Tran
script.
President Wilson seems to care
little for Washington as a place of
residence. On his return another
time from Europe he will tour this
burgh. il Is announced Pittsburgh
Gazette Times.
rates toothbrushes as taxable luxu-
ries. How did the department come
to overlook razors and shoe black
ing?-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Naval furs and feathers are
knocked into a cooked hat by Sec
retary Daniels new order in regard
to uniforms. 1t will make the pay
of officers go perceptibly further
Springfield Republican.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-05

1t may be that alcohol IS necessary for industrial
/ isn't necessary for industry.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-05

The Russian White Guards within nineteen miles
and doubt this makes the Reds blue
The Washington herald., 1919-07-05

We shall have faith in Germany when Heinie d.
cast out the caste system
The Washington herald., 1919-07-05

But think of the front elevations that will be develop
get kick of one-half of one per cent
The Washington herald., 1919-07-05

Two-cent postage will help some.
1t will leave US l cent for spend
ing money.-Galveston News.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-05

In Lithuania each farm is independent kingdom
true of America
The Washington herald., 1919-07-05

J. M. Beasley and Bill Young. OF
the breech mechanism shop, with
their families, motored to Chesa-
peale Beach Sunday.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-05

T. o. Thoman, manager of the
yard lunch room. has gone to John,
son City to visit his father. who 1.
very ill.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-12-27
Rats Can't Keep Warm

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 27.-Steel
mills in Martins Ferry, Ohio, are so
cold that the rats have deserted these
plants, according to dispatch from
that city to a local newspaper. This
is the story that comes from the Ohio
town:
Hardware men report an excep-
tional demand for mouse and rat
traps this year. One dealer said he
had never experienced such rush
for rodent catchers. The steel strike
is blamed, as the animals, which had
lived about the plants where the fur
naces kept them warm, and the scraps
from mems lunches provided them
with food. Two tin plate mills, where
hundred of rats fattened on the bran
used in polishing tin, are idle, caus-
ing rats to infest the city,"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-12-27
Dreamland Has New Band

Teh Amusement World has recent
ly been revolutionized. Bill Bottoms
first time would imagine himself in
the aristocratic envirions of Chi
has raised the standard. He has
spared no expense in decorating his
place. He has exercised rare judg-
ment in the selection of high class
entertainers. One getting a glimpse
at the interior of Dreamland for the
nese palace. A careful inspection of
the famous "Cocoanut Grove" on
Broadway in New York would lead a
fair mind to conclude that Dreamland
is running neck with the Worlds
best. The lovers of amusement will
not hesitate to give him hundred
per cent support. Not merely because
he is Race man but because he has
more to offer them.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-12-27
By Walter F. White.

Early in October the report was
spread broadcast in this country that
Negroes in Phillips County, Arkansas,
had organized to massacre the whites.
A group of Negro farmers, members
of the Progressive Farmers and
Household Union of America, were
charged with having plotted insur-
rection, with might riding, with the
intention to take over the land of
the white men after the owners had
been massacred. Investigation has
thrown a searching light upon these
stories and has revealed that the Ne
gro farmers had organized not to
massacre, but to protest by peaceful
and legal means against vicious ex-
ploitation by INSCRIPTIONS landown-
ers and their agents.
On October /. w. d. Adkins, a
special agent of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, in company with Charles
Pratt, a deputy sheriff, and Negro
trusty were driving past a Negro
church near Hoop Spur, small COM
munity in Phillips County. Accord
ing to Pratt, persons in the church
fired without cause on the party, kill
ing Adkins and wounding Pratt. Ac-
cording to testimony of persons in
the church, Adkins and Pratt fired
into the church, apparently to fright
en- the Negroes gathered. The fire
was returned with the casualties
noted. Whatever the facts may be,
this incident started four days of
rfoting. Negroes were disarmed and
arrested, while their arms were given
to whites who fastened to the COM
mrnity from Mississippi, Arkansas,
and Tennessee; Federal troops were
called from Camp Pike; Negroes who
had taken refuge in the canebrakes
were hunted down and killed; and
the final death roll showed five whites
and twenty-five Negroes killed, al
though some place the Negro fatali-
ties as high as one hundred.
According to the facts gathered
on the scene, the purpose and plan
of the organization was as follows:
The Progressive Farmers and House
hold Union of America came into
being in order to combat a system
of exploitation known as "share-
cropping" which has served for half
a century as convenient means of
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-12-27
FACTS OF THE ARKANSAS MASSACRE

this committee they were seated in
a chair charged with electricity. If
the Negroes did not talk as freely as
the Committee wished, the current
was turned on until they did so. This
committee has declared that it Sc
cured many confessions from Negro
suspects, but so far as could be learn
ed none of the details of these con-
fessions has been published.
The cause of the Phillips County
trouble. according to Governor Chas.
H. Brough, was the circulation of
what he considers incendiary Negro
publications like the Crisis, the Of
fetal organ of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People. Having been a profess
sor of economics for seventeen years
before becoming governor, it is in
credible that he is ignorant of the ex-
ploitation of Negroes in his State. 1t
is also reasonable to believe that Gov
ernor Brough should know that no
publication would have much chance
of creating unrest and discomfort
among contented, justly treated peo-
pie. A further fact for consideration
is that 1876 per cent. of the popu-
ton of Phillips County is Negro =
the actual figures being; white, 7,176;
colored, 26,354. With the white out
numbered almost four to one, it ap-
pears that the fatalities would have
been differently proportional if
well-planned murder plot had existed
among the Negroes.
Now, as to the facts regarding the
share-cropping system which caused
the alleged massacre" Theoretic-
ally, under the system the owner fur
nishes the land, the share-cropper the
labor, and at the end of the year the
crop is divided share and share alike.
From the share choppers portion is
deducted the amount received by him
in supplies during the year, in most
cases these supplies being "taken up"
either at plantation store or COM
missary, or from a merchant desig-
mated by the owner or his agent. In
practice the system for the past fifty
years has worked out in such manner
that the crop, when gathered, is taken
by the landowner and sold by him,
and settlement is made with the share
cropper whenever and at whatever
Continued on page z.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-12-27

gaining wealth by many whites with
out the announcement necessity of
working. This system will be de-
scribed later. Organized at Win
chester, Ddew County, the articles
of incorporation were drawn by Will
hanson and Williamson of Month
cello, white men and ex-slaveholders.
These articles were filed in due legal
form with the county clerk at Win
chester, Drew County, the articles
or lodges were to be formed in other
communities, and it was hoped that
the movement would spread to all
parst of the South, as the economic
exploitation pictured below existed
in all of them. The Farmers Union
was in the form of a fraternal or
ganization or secret order because
the State tax for such an organiza-
ton is much lower than for any other
and because the veil of secrecy with
passwords and grips and insignia APP
itdltu W Liit uutuLOltu VI iuOoL
of the members. Each male member
was to pay $1.50 and each female
fifty cents. The money thus collected
was to go into a common fund to be
used to employ lawyer to make a
test in court of cases where Negroes
were unable to secure settlements.
A careful examination of the lit
erature of the organization does not
reveal the "dastardly" plot which has
been charged. The organization was
declared to be for the purpose of sad
vancing the intellectual, material,
moral, spiritual and financial inter
ests of the Negro race" Applicants
for membership had to answer under
oath such questions as "Do you be-
lieve in God?" "Do you attend
church," Do you believe in courts?"
and "Will you defend this Govern
ment and her Constitution at all
times?" There is nothing in any of
the literature seen or published which
indicates any other motive than that
of aspiring towards the securing of
relief from exploitation.
COMMITTEE of Seven" composed
of white citizens Of Helena held hear
ings for the purpose of determining
the facts in the case. At least
two members of that committee are
plantation owners themselves. Ac-
cording to two sources Of information
when suspects were brought before
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-12-27
Cup STAIRS AND DOWN BELOW
By Miller & LyLes

What can be termed as a play by
Negroes and for Negroes will be
staged at the Grand Theater at 31st
and State Street beginning Monday,
Dec.
The plot of the play is unique. It
deals with the modern every day So
cial and economic problems of to-
day. 1t has moral.
The affect is as pleasing to the
finer moral senses as to the eye. Mr..
Miller and Lyles needs not intro
duction to the Theatre going public.
They are both masters of the foot
lights.
When they were in Europe, they
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-12-27

were headliners in the biggest houses
on the continent. Their record in
America is too well established to
repeat in detail. They have out
stripped the best on the Keith and
Orpheium Circuits.
Mr.. Johnson the Manager of the
Grand is to be complimented for the
first class productions that he is
offering his patrons. He seems to be
a keen student of the social needs
of.the Race to follow up the Smarter
Set, with "Over the Top" and now
this master piece in drama by Miller
& Lyles. up Stairs and Down"
Don't miss this show.-Adv.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-12-27
MASTER PRODUCTION AT THE GRANT
Oh! That Band !

Bill did not stop at his interior
supremacy in appearance but he has
engaged Clarence Jones Dreamland
band. 1t is conducted by Senior E. S.
Washington. Oh, well go and see for
yourself. When you come away you'll
agree with the writer-That it is
the best there is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-25

and was lucky enough TO locate the
kitchen and bring 1t up with h loss
of only two horses. After lighting
six days and nights the First Division
was relieved only to get ready TO
march to another front.
General Pershing inspected u
division a short while ago He thank
ed us for what we had done in this
war. said he was proud of us and ask
ed us to have patience and Keep U
good humor, that we should all be
proud as the First Division was the
first and also the last in the battle.
Perhaps you will be interested in
knowing that I have had h honor
of making a little drawing for for
mer President Rooseveltis wife. When
Roosevelt died we fired a salute OF
twenty-eight shots for him and as
perhaps you know our ammunition
comes in brass containers The chief
wanted Mrs. Roosevelt to have one
of these from the salute and asked
me to draw q design suitable to be
engraved on IL. The chief Is very
we'll pleased with the design I drew.
This Is what IL Is. The American
eagle holding the Liberty bell. around
the bell a fa& with four stars. one
star for each son in the service, I'M
Iderneath a cannon 75mm. two guns
and the wing of n flying machine.
sisnifyfng two sons In the infantry.
one in the artillery and one In the
flying corps. Then to complete the
design I drew a wreath OF laurel
around the symbols. This design Is
now being engraved or b con-
|tainer at Coblenz.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-25
Letters From
Local Soldiers

Extracts from a letter received hero
from Corporal r. A. Olsen. who Is
with the First Division and IL at
present writing stationed ut Hollsr,
Germany.
1 was doing observation work all
through the war, my duty being to
find a place where the movements OF
the enemy could be observed and
then to make drawings to send to
headquarters. Many a time I thought
my last hour had come when / saw
my pals near to me fall.
Ms Dinesen was supplying the can
mons with ammunition which wasn't
always a pleasant job. / have known
him to come back many times having
lost both his men and his horses.
There was a long time 1 didn't see
him at all. 1 didn't know whether
be was alive or dead. so you can
imagine the joy when we met each
other again. / will never forget M
day, after having battled for three
days and nights, We were all hungry
and thirsty rs our kitchen hadn't
shown up. Our captain asked for a
man to go and look for the kitchen.
/ volunteered and going across the
heavily shelled field to my great joy
who did / meet but Ms. For awhile
] forgot 1 was hungry. After speak
ing a few words together I left him
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-22
Try a TIMES Want AID
WHOEVER
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-22

eminent. but perversion ~ il.
The surest index TO advancing civ
ilization is the elevated scale of life
and higher rewards of the men who
tot War has left new levels and We
shall never return 70 the old Ii IS
Just as certain as anything can be
that a new proposition has come in
the division Of the profits CT produc-
ton. and labor's share VIII never
grow less. I do not know that the
war scale OF wages viii abide. but
wages in themselves do not constitute
the true measure Of compensation II
wage scale doubled and the most Of
living IS more than doubled. labor has
lost rather than gained The real
test of compensation Is what remains
between the sale of days work and
the cost in making lit. which Is tha
balance 81 trade underlying All ac-
QuiTement-
The dreamer who expects an old
time cost OF living and present dsy
wages is in need OF waking But IN
creased efficiency. added pride n pro-
duction and earnest endeavor for
better order viii contribute toward
reduction. and stu the restIessness
with which the world Is threatened
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-22

Count Boni De Castellane plans to
come to New York from Paris to
open g fashion advice" shop, where
he will give tips to American women
on the prices and modes prevailing in
Paris shops
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-22
Men and Women

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The Elbert County tribune., 1919-04-25

'ETWEEN EMPEROR CHARLES " AND FRANCIS l.

BY H. IRVING KING

reign. During the captivity of Fran
els there had been n cessation of hos
tilities; but no sooner did Francis
feel himself once more seated on his
throne thar he began to organize for
renewal of the war.
After waiting three months Charles
sent emissaries to Francis, demanding
the fulfillment of the treaty of Madrid.
The king said he would have to con-
suit the Burgundians. The Burgun-
dians refused to be handed over.
Francis would pay an Indemnity for
Burgundy and keep the rest of the
treaty. including the REIMBURSEMENT OF
all his Italian possessions.
Francis Set HIs Army In Motion.
The king of France swore that II
the treaty was not kept he would re-
turn and deliver himself up. Let him
keep his OATH" said Charles. adding
some other remarks about conduct un-
becoming d man of honor. which were
reported back to Francis. Francis set
his army In motion on August 3, and
the war between him and the emperor
began again after truce Of fifteen
months. to last three years longer.
Angered at the charge of bad faith
made by Charles, Francis sent a her
aid to the emperor with a cartel writ
ten In his own hand. saying: you
have lied In your throat In saying
that we have done anything unworthy
of n gentleman of honor. Appoint
time and place of meeting and we VIII
bring our sword for you to cross"
When Charles received this chal-
lenge he consulted the grnndees of his
kingdom. The duke of Infantado gave
the opinion that. whatever might be
the popular opinion, kings were bound
by the laws OF honor as other people.
However, he did not think the fulhll-
ment of treaty was n fit subject to
be decided by duel. Charles, never
theless. sent his herald to Francis, ac-
cepting the challenge and appointing
n time and place for the meeting. He
also gave the herald n long written
argument on the treaty of Madrid. and
treaties in general, with which he was
to preface the acceptance of the chal-
lenge.
When the herald began to read.
Francis stopped him with: 81 will
hear nothing but the time and place.
Does he accept?"
"Pernit me to do my Office" said
the herald.
NAY" cried the king; you shall
not speak before giving me the time
and place"
"Sire, then give me my safe conduct
home" said the herald
Let him have It," cried the king
and so there was no duel.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-04-25
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The Elbert County tribune., 1919-04-25
The GorlIIa's Thumb.

The gorilla and chimpanzee, which
belong to the higher order of apes.
although having many points OF re-
semblancc to man. cannot twIddle
their thumbs. In the gorilla the thumb
is short and does not reach much be.
yond the bottom Of the first joint OF
the forefinger. 1t is very much re
'trlcted In It's movements, and the
animal can neither twiddle its thumbs
nor turn them round so that the tips
describe a circle. There are the same
number of bones In the hand of the
gorilln as In the hand of man. but
the thumbs of the monkey have no
separate fexor, or bending muscle.
'rhis Is why monkey always keeps
the thumb on the same side as the
fingers and never bends 1t round any
object that may be grasped.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-04-25
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