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The evening leader., 1919-01-08
Is Last Person to
Hear of End of War

Manchester, Conn. - While
many local citizens were claim
ing the honor of being the first
to hear locally of the news of
the signing of the armistice in
France, DR.. w. e. Greene re-
turned from a trip to Maine,
where he had been hunting in
the woods, and announced that
he was probably among the last
persons in the country to learn
of the end of the war.
The evening leader., 1919-01-08

The man who invented rubber heels
has no doubt healed himself in his eff
4orts at relieving the spinal columns
OF other men, but he has wrought a
hardship on man who has forgotten
how to walk on leather.
The evening leader., 1919-01-08

We understand that a Clearwater
man wrote legislator in Tallahassee
during the special session to be care
ful and not let the "cat out of the
bag" Wonder if he meant more than
one.
The evening leader., 1919-01-08

Powell is advertising for an "eIderly
lady with sliding doors" We would
expect broken Stat if we should be
so foolish.
The evening leader., 1919-01-08
The WAY Of Life

THE thoughtful girls are those who
make life worth while"
Yes, but it is giggly ones who get
married first"
The evening leader., 1919-01-08

Some one 0, pun the door and let
Powell out. It's getting dry since the
state went on the wagon.
The evening leader., 1919-01-08

We are glad of the provincial WAYS
of the dictionaries nowadays. It's
easier to spell correctly.
The evening leader., 1919-01-08

The colder it gets the higher ice
goes. This theory about supply and
demand must have flaw in it.
The evening leader., 1919-01-08
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DO OUR PEOPLE WANT tn
PROGRFSS9

If the people of this city want a
hVe' progressive town they can have
The evening leader., 1919-01-08

1t might be well to put in a bid for
one of those German relics the gov
ernment is getting ready to distribute.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
Armour Employs Negroes.

st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 31.-The pro-
posed importation to st. Paul of 1900
Negro workmen at the new Armour
plant has resulted in the appointment
of a committee by the st. Paul AssO-
citation housing workers to consider
the problem.
The fact that one of the strong
underlying causes of the recent race
riots in Chicago was due to no small
extent to the housing situation, has
prompted the action of taking up the
question here in advance.
Negro citizens in st. Paul are TAX
ing a strong interest in the satisfac-
tory arrangements of housing the large
increase in the Negro population. d.
w. Alberts, member of the housing
committee of the st. Paul Association,
has taken up the work.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER.
OWNERS TO PAY FOR
WEDDING RING AFTER
THIRTY-Six YEARS

Batesville, Ark-Thirty-siX years
ago Charles Mosby, now n local Jew
eler extended credit to n Negro, then
in his employ, for Il ring which the
man wished to give to his bride. Soon
afterward Mr. Mosby moved to one
town and the man to another, and the
man did not pay for the ring. This
week the man came to BateSVille,
hunted up Mr.. Mosby and offered to
pay for the wedding ring which his
wife had been wearing for thirty-siX
years. Mr.. Mosby refused to accept
the money, but instead gave the man
another ring as reward for his good
intentions.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
RACE NEWS S.t;s,st S.t;ss. s..',.. s,s.

ances on Stricken street, where white
youths broke windows of several col
ored hOusekeepers, who were newcom-
ers in the neighborhood.
"The whole situation is fraught
with the gravest danger to this COM
munity," Rev. Brooks said. Il know
the trying circumstances under which
each of these housekeepers has to ex-
ercise utmost patience while vicious
boys destroy and imperial their lives
But l want you to exhaust every
means of the law to stop these out
RACES before you take the shotgun or
the pistol.
"This is the third or fourth time in
the last three months that colored
homes have been stoned by white boys,
and if our lower courts had not been
in the hands of persons in sympathy
with the mob, these offenders against
law and order would have been ap-
pretended and punished.
"The church-white and colored-is
responsible for this lack of enterracial
good will, and unless it applies to the
solution of the problem back of the
prevailing unrest, God will open the
doors for political and military agen-
cies to do the work that we ought
to be doing"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
DENVER, COLORADO. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1919

Georgia, Rev. T. j. Godall, Savan-
nah.
Indiana, J, A. Lankford, Washington,
d. C.
Maryland, Rev W. J. Winston, Balti-
more
Missouri, Rev. John Goens, Kansas
City.
New Jersey, Rev. H. NJ. Bachelor
Ridgewood.
New York, Rev. H. NJ. Mickens,
York
North Carolina, Rev. J. A. Bridges,
Hamlet.
Oklahoma. q. f. Goblet, wenoka,
Pennsylvania, Rev F. A. Scott,
Washington.
Rhode Island, Rev. r. A. Carroll.
Providence.
South Carolina, Rev. f. H. Colt,
Charlestown.
Virginia, Rev. NJ. f. Davis, Rich
mond.
West Virginia, Rev. C. F. jenkins,
Montgomery.
w. Fl. JERNAGIN, Pres.
C. HAROLD, Stepteau, Sec.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
NEGRO WINS DAMAGES FOR
REBUFF BY A WAITER

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 29.-J. o
Thomas, Il Negro, was awarded $4,000
damages by jury in the court of
Superior Judge John Hunt yesterday
against ]. L. Baar and J. p. Petersen,
owners of n restaurant on Fillmore
street, near Post. A waiter employed
by the owner refused to serve Thomas.
The case was first tried in the court
of Justice of the Peace ]. NJ. Coulan,
who awarded Thomas $50 damages.
Baar and Petersen appealed to the
higher court.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
Mississippi Senator
Advised to Talk Less

Charlotte, n. c.. Oct. 29.-Leading
newspapers of the South continue to
denounce Senator Williams of Missis-
sippi for his recent defense of lynching
on the floor of the United States
Senate. One of the most recent is the
comment from the Charleston, n. c..
Observer, which says:
Borah Had Better of Argument.
"However, it must be admitted that
Senator Borah. even though he may be
South hater',) had the better of the
argument for once, so far as it con-
cerned the question of the right and
wrong of lynching. 1t is to be re-
gretted that Senator Williams weak
ened and spoiled his defense of the
South by going too far. The best peo-
pie, the thinkers and the representa-
tives and leading citizens of the South,
are with the Mississippi Senator when
he defends this section against the at
tacks of those from other sections who
would make it appear that the South
alone is the land of lynchings, but
they cannot endorse his advocacy of
Iynching Every time such leader as
the Mississippi senator publicly advo-
cafes lynching he hurts the South more
than it is hurt by its enemies.
Mobs Trample Dignity of Court.
"The great majority of the people
of the South stand for law and order.
There are courts of Justice, and no
matter what crime is charged against
a man, whether white or black, he
has the constitutional right to be tried
in a court of Justice, according to law.
When the mob takes the law into its
own hands it trampes the dignity of
the courts and the majesty of the state
under its feet No good can come of
such course. but irreparable harm.
Senator Williams, when he stands
i'm the Senate Chamber and approves
the sentiment of the Southern people;
he is misrepresenting them. There
fore the South would he better off did
he keep his mouth closed when lynch
ing is the subject under discussion.
OF course. there are those in the
South who will endorse his position,
but they are in the minority. The
great majority of the rank and file of
the people and of the leaders in the
civic and Industrial life of the section
deplore mob violence, from whatever
cause. They agree with Senator Will
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
T orn To Pieces
But Cheerful

Buffalo, \. Y.-Got "the blues?"
Shame on you! Sergt. Jack Mason is
known to his comrades in the United
States army as ''The Human Sieve"
Literally riddled with bullets and
shell particles he still manages TO
look square in the eye and smile.
If the stitches ever come out of
Jack Mason, or the silver plates in
his head and body get loose, he'll just
naturally fall apart But do you think
the contemplation of such disaster
bothers him or chokes in his heart?
Not on your daugerrotype "Sergt.
Jack" only rings up n normal grin and
chuckles every day, but he sings at his
worl-sings old folksongs of his race
in a rich and pleasing baritone which
helped to coax SS,50O,OOO out of the
American pockets for Liberty and Vic
tory Bonds and has helped him TO per-
suade many an almost persuaded" to
enlist in the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps.
Mason received all his wounds in
the service of his country. He got all
but ten of them in the single engage
ment of Belleau Wood THE Gettys-
burg of Europe. The rest he achieved
in the Philippines, Mexico and China.
during his fifteen years service in the
army.
He has practically all of the decor
ations and acknowledgements of
courage, efficiency and resourceful-
ness that the grateful nations could
bestow. He wears the Distinguished
Service Cross of America the Croix
de Guerre and Medaille de Legion
d'Honneur of France and Il British
badge for courage. He also wears Il
special medal issued by the United
States Treasury Department for his
work on behalf of the various war
loans
Sergeant Jack has three silver plates
in his head, three In his left shoulder,
one in his right shoulder, and three
others in his legs, he has long since
lost count of the stitches in his body
at one time or another.
He is as full of holes as ton of
Swiss cheese-yet he lives.
He will be a cripple all the rest of
his life-yet he laughs.
What are you complaining about?
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08

the United States, in conven-
ton assembled, representing 4
u constituency in every state, and
almost every municipality OF the
Union. views with alarm the increasing
tendency toward lynch-law and mop
violence throughout the country as
exhibited by the recent outbreaks Ill
tbe cities of Boston, Gary, hnoNViiie'
Omaha and Washington as well as Ill
many parts of the South, ana cais
upon all fairminded citizens, especiail!
those in high authority to put an emu
at once to such lawlessness.
of the 1000 Negroes lynched in the
United States within the past forty
wears. not more than seven per cent
were charged with the crime of rape
and not more than seven per cent, with
alleged criminal assault. Eighty-siN
per cent have been lynched for OF
renses which range from alleged MUIR
der 10 "impudence" and fifty of TINS
1000 have geen women and children.
This appeal for the suppression OF
lawlessness is not only for the sake OIL
iustice. but for the added reasons that
lynching and mob violence cause the
desertion of farms and overcrowulhS
of cities, and augment the high cost OIL
living by increasing consumption ana
decreasing production. Moreover, mop-
rule is an open expression of utter
disregard for law and order, which
are fundamental elements of all CIVIL
Zation.
Patiently we have submitted to the
many acts of injustice heaped upon us
by an intolerant element of this couh-
trv and still counselling law and order
and the observance of all forms Ok
good government. We say now without
reservation and with firm CONVICTIONS
in the justice of our position tha'
when it comes to matter of self pro-
lection. "A question of life existence
the man who does not rise up in MS
own defense is not worthy of citiZeh-
ship in a Republic like these united
States.
If this nation desires TO maintain It's
proud position among the nations OF
the world and prove that it is a de-
mocracy in deed as well as inword, II
must carry out the letter and the spirit
of its constitution. Any government
which has the right to make its cltiZehs
bear arms in it's defense must by the
same token have the power to protect
them. A nation which proposes
democratic program for the protection
of the weak and oppressed people Oh
the world should inaugurate the same
program at home. Moreover, we be
lieve it to be in the interest of gooc
government and in harmony with the
spirit which gave birth to this nation
that every intelligent man and woman,
North and South, should have the
right of suffrage.
To the end that living conditions Will
tend to reduce the abnormal death
rate of colored residents in the cities,
we call upon the municipal authorities
to provide better sanitary conditions
and surroundings for all homes ana
the establishment of parks and breath
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
ADDRESSTO
THECOUNTRY

ing spaces in the congested sections.
The right TO collective bargaining
between employee and employer should
not be denied to any group of Ameri-
man citizens. We deplore the unjust
discrimination against the colored
workman, by organized labor unions
and by organized capital. We recon-
mend the adoption of a uniform wage
scale and identical working conditions
for all workers of the same class.
Notwithstanding the fact that no
race representative was invited to sit
in its councils, we view with gratifica-
ton the effort now being made in this
city by the conference called by the
president of the United States, to eff
feet an adjustment of the labor
troubles existing throughout the coun-
try, and respectfully recommends the
adoption of similar action on all grew
Gus public questions.
The migration of the cOlored people.
now going on from the several states
is primarily due to the lack of safety
that the Negro is sensible of the econO-
mic value of his labor. This movement
clearly demonstrates to the South that
all forms of prescription, Jim crow
cars. segregation and lawlessness must
cease and better housing conditions,
and better wages must be provided if
the migration is to be crecked. The
influx of a large number of new
groups to the cOngested cities of the
North calls for the active cooperation
of all concerned, so that as soon as
possible, the newcomers may be as
simulated TO their environment.
We advocate obedience to law; strict
morality; temperate habits; the prac-
tice of thrift and economy; the ac-
uuisition of education and property
and counsel our people everywhere to
take advantage of all educational op-
upon the state authorities to make
equal and adequate appropriations for
school buildings, salaries for teachers
and provide for minimum school
term of six months.
We call especial attention TO the
National Race Congress- Memorial to
the Congress of the United States and
to the fourteen articles, setting forth
what the American Negro expects after
helping to win the War for Democ-
racy''
We invite the people and our friends
everywhere to join the National Race
Congress in its campaign of service to
our country. We go forth from this
sessions deliberations with a vision of
the coming of day for better things;
the solidifying of our forces for the
promotion of righteousness and in the
end, the dawn of better day for all,
in a country, from whose borders the
blight of injustice shall be forever
banished.
Washington, d. c., Oct. 10, 1919.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08

zz HE National Race Congress OF
the United States, in conven-
ton assembled, representing 4
u constituency in every state, and
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
"eoo, THE NEGRO AND Moes."

Especial to The Colorado Statesman)
Baltimore, Md, November 9th.
Speaking on the above subject be-
fore an unusual congregation at Bethel
A. NJ f. Church, last Sunday night,
Rev. w. Sampson Brooks took the oc-
casion to condemn the recent disturb
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
DOROTHY CANFIELD
FISHER SAYS LYNCH
INGS DISCREDIT UNI
TED STATES In EUROPE

The United States is discredited and
disgraced in Europe by lynchings, ac-
cording to letter written by Dorothy
Garfield Fisher, the novelist and made
public today by the National Assocla-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People Mrs. Fisher, writing to Sen
ator Dillingham; in favor of Il Congress
sional investigation of lynching, says
that In her three years in France she
observed 1.-THE astonished, amazed alb
horrpree which American lynching
causes everywhere in Europe
Her letter follows:
Arlington, Vermont,
October 24th.
Ny Dear Senator Dillingham;
l am writing you as Vermonter
much Interested in the Negro question
to beg you to use all your Influence
for a favorable action on the Curtis
resolution calling for an investigation
of lynching and mob violence. l have
no need to say anything to you, of
course about the horrible wrongs in
volved in letting lynching go on, as
YOU must know more about that than
we do, and must feel quite as deeply
rs all the rest of the Vermonters who
are looking anxiously for your action
in the matter But as one just re-
turned from three years in France,
can perhaps present to you from much
first-hand experience, some idea of the
astonished, amazed adherence which
American lynching causes everywhere
i'm Europe The whole nation is dis
credited and disgraced and every word
we say about the human rights and
civilization is laughed Mt by Europe
ans who know of the lynching evil in
our country.
II would to some extent redeem our
national honor-even before the feder-
al investigation could actually accom-
plish anything, to have it known that
we took the disgrace seriously enough
70 take national action about ii.
While the keenest hope that you
NAV be instrumental and Vermont
through you, in helping put an end TO
this national horror, | am
Sincerely yours,
(Signed)
DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08

liams when he said: considering the
ultimate welfare of the human family,
there can be no justification for the
lynching of any person, and the man
who breaches it is sowing the wind
that reaps the whirlwind, no matter
how black the skin of the victim may
be"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS TO THE
COUNTRY

Alabama, Rev r. w. Walls, MORT
gomery.
Arkansas, f. A. Young, Little Rock.
d. c. Rev. John NJ. Bean.
Florida, II. G. Lee.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
STEEL WORKERS REFUSE
TO BE SEGREGATED

October 29.-Colored workers in the
Wisconsin Steel Mills have decided
thaat they will not work in their ca
pacity if they are to be segregated
from other workers. The colored work
men state that segregation of the
races does no good to the labor situa-
tion and that it brings about race feel
ing further to the surface. They also
state that segregation has failed to
ally race riots and lynchings in the
south and it can do no good here in
the north
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-11-08
200 Quit Jobs.

Two hundred colored men have al
ready given up their jobs and the re-
manning seven hundred have commit
ted themselves to this effect. We do
not wish to be considered different
from the other racial group, the Irish,
the Jew and the Poles, we therefore
have decided that if we cannot be ac-
corded equal treatment and the same
treatment other people have, we re-
sign or quit as the occasion demands.
Owing to the strike and the present
labor shortage the steel companies are
much pertrubed; it is said the colored
men are determined to stand pat even
if starvation ensues. Several firms
are ready to receive the men, however,
and it is thought that the trouble will
he adjusted.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1919-10-11
Treaty Of Peace.

We congratulate our state and ma
ton on the patriotism Of our people
and the uneXcelled heroism Of our
soldiers and sailors whose sacrifices
and bravery at home and abroad
brought the great war to a victorious
close.
We believe that a treaty Of peace
tased on this victory should permit
no surrender of our independent nat
ional sovereignty. We stand firmly
against provisions which would take
from Congress the constitutional
right to declare war and to determine
when our armed forces should be scrt
TO foreign countries; which would in
terfere with the absolute control over
oar domestic affairs, such as inmi-
grafton and htc tariff laws; which
would in any way abridge the policy
Of the United States as laid down in
the Monroe Doctrine; which would i'm
pose upon this country any obligation
to NEEDLE in the disputes among for
eign nations. We favor reservations
that will preserve American rights
and sovereignty to the American pco-
ole
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-03-11

-svrrc. Liberal applica-
tons Of both commercial fertilizers
and barnyard manures should be Civ
en-. The animal manure will assure
a good supply of potash, which is IA
vorable to the growth Of most vege-
tables. A fertilizer containing per
cent available phosphoric acid, 4 per
cent nitrogen and no potash, applied
at the rate Of 800 to 1000 pounds per
acre, will give good results when the
physical condition Of the garden soil
has been corrected by the addition Of
barnyard manure. If woods soil, rich
IN organic matter, is used instead OF
manure, we suggest the. use Of a COM
plete fertilizer analyzing 8 per cent
available phosphoric acid, per cent
nitrogen and 4 per cent potash, ap-
piled at the rate Of 800 to 1000 pounds
per acre. If no organic matter is add
ed, the S-4-4 fertilizer should be ap-
piled at the rate Of 1,200 to 1000
pounds per acre.
Fertilizers, applied either in the drill
or broadcast, should be thoroughly
mixed with the soil, to prevent the
seeds or plants from being seriously
injured by burning.
SEED SELECTION AND PLANT
ING: The use Of scant quantities OF
cheap, poorly selected seed often
causes a great reduction or an entire
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-03-11
PREVENT SWEET POTATO RoTS
Increase Production, Decrease Los

Increase Production, Decrease Loss.
Clemson College.-Sweet potato rots
take toll from two to four million
dollars every year from South Caro-
lima. and as the time approaches for
bedding, the way in which some Of the
more troublesome Of these diseases
get into the field should be kept in
mind.
Black rot, foot-rot, and scurf live
over winter on the potatoes III storage.
When potatoes affected with these
troubles are used for seed. the dis
eases get on the sprouts and are car
ried directly to the field. Seed pota-
toes should therefore be carefully Sc
lectcd and no tuher used whose sur
face shows any sign at all Of blacl:-
ened or discolored areas.
These diseases also live over from
one season to the next in the old beds.
The potatoes should therefore be bed
ded each year in new place where
potatoes have never been grown o.
Dodded before.
These diseases are so common that
it is almost impossible to secure pota-
toes entirely free from all Of them.
Therefore, it is well to soak the tubn.'s
30 minutes in solution Of formaline
made by adding one pint of formalile
to 20 gallons of water. This treat
ment. which will destroy any disease
germs which happen to be on the sur
face of the potatoes, can be made at
any time before planting, provided the
r%1tatoes are allowed to dry and are
stored in bags or bins which have
baen similarly treated.
Sy selecting and treating your seed
nnt'tno- you can increase yo,Ir pro
Guction and at the same time make
the potatoes keep better next winter.