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The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31
EMANCIPATION ADDRESS DELIVERED
BY FIELD SECRETARY THOMAS Of
THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE

~ ENMARK, s. C.-"The National
J Urban League has program for a
second Emancipation of the
American Negro" declared Jesse O.
Thomas, before an audience of several
thousand white and colored people at
Denmark, S. c., on January 1.
Citizens of hamburg county heard
an Emancipation address by Field Sec
retary Thomas of the National Urban
League, who described the conditions
under which Negroes have lived since
Emancipation the handicaps and op-
positions they have struggled to over
come; the prescriptions, legislative
and otherwise, and humiliations they
have encountered the substantial pro-
gress and achievements they have
wrought in the past; and outlined n
definite program for greater progress
and achievements for the future.
Referring to the great transforma-
tion through which the Negro race has
passed, the speaker said:
1--WE went into slavery without Il
language; we came out speaking the
proud Anglo Saxon tongue. We went
into slavery pagans; we came out
Christians. We went into slavery with
chains about our wrists; we came out
within our hands the American ballot.
We went into slavery numbering twen-
ty savages; we came out numbering
four and one-half million patriotic
American citizens. No race has under
gone greater transformation in all his
tory. No race has suffered more hui
Mutations, insults and indignities and
remained hopeful and optimistic than
the black man. As Dunbar put it:
No other race, white or black,
When bound as thou vert to the rack,
SO seldom stopped to grieving;
No other race when free again
Forgot the past and proved them men
So noble and forgiving.'
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31

of the brief school terms. In this CON
nection the conference urges upon
school boards the Importance of Civ
ing Il larger and fairer share of the
public funds to Negro schools to the
end that they may have larger and
gro youth in intelligence and eff
cheney. The South has in the Negro,
not only an enviable amount of tract
able and potentially capable laborers,
hut group of citizens thoroughly
American, who are eager to make
their best contribution to the life and
spirit of the nation, but in order to
give their richest and best they should
be encouraged to achieve their high
est possible development
The conference suggests to planters
that they offer more favorable renting
conditions to Negro tenants, that they
make regularly stated settlements, and
that they provide more comfortable
and attractive homes. Far too many
OF the plantation houses are no bet
ter today than they We're in the lean
years forty years ago. And we call
upon all people, who rent or supply
in any way houses for Negroes, to
furnish them better homes with more
sanitary surroundings, that Negroes
NAV have a chance to live and rear
their families in decency and in
health.
Better Railroad Accommodations
Asked-Lynching DepIored.
The conference wishes to re-affirm
its opposition to the discrimination
practced against Negroes by rail
roads and other common carriers.
This discrimination is unnecessary
and unfair There is an indefensible
injustice in charging Negroes first
class fares and providing them with
third and fourth-class accommodate
tions.
This conference believes in law ana
order. and asks for Negroes only what
the courts above other agencies
should give-impartial justice. If Ne
groes commit crimes they should be
punished by the courts and not by
mobs We especially deplore lynch
ings, and we restate what is apparent
ly too little known and seldom re-
garded, that rape is not even the al
legged cause of so per cent of the
lynchings. We insist that better and
fairer methods must be used for ad-
iusting so many of the ordinary diff
ferences arising between man and
man, than lynching and the subse-
quent terrorizing of a whole people
Nothing is doing more to drive the Ne
gro out of the South. Lynching is the
cure for nothing. 1t merely creates
further disregard for law and order
This conference believes that the
hest methods of meeting the difficult |
ties that arise between the races In
any community is to bring together
the leaders OF the TWO rdceo III W"
ference. And we call upon the whlte
and colored people in every commuh-
itv to cooperate and help make the
South what it should and can be made
the finest example in the world oil
neople of different races living to-
gether in mutual respect, heipIui CO.
operation and peace.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31
SOME INJUSTIcES.

''From the year 1885 to 1918 inclu-
sive. there were 2,SS1 members of our
race lynched mobbed and burned with
out trial of judge or jury A large
number of these were women, several
of whom were shortly to become moth
ers. We have been subjected on in
adequate travelling accommodations.
We have been given third-class accom-
mediation after paying first-class fare.
Our educational facilities have been
inferior. Where the schools for other
races have been open from seven to
nine months in the year, schools for
our boys and girls have been open from
three to five months in the year.
Where there has been SIT per capita
spent for children of other groups,
S2,9S has been spent for our children.
"The National Constitution provides
that a government shall derive its just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned, vet we are denied voice in
the government we are compelled to
obey, whose laws we have no part in
the making We have been handi-
capped with poverty and Ignorance,
the two greatest handicaps any people
can suffer. And yet in spite of all of
these difficulties, we have made mar
velous progress in all of these funda-
mental directions.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31

the South better place fer all of us
to live in. We must insist upon ability,
vision, courage and sterling integrity
as requisites for leadership"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31

The meeting was presided over by
the Rev. o. ]. Mcpherson and was held
under the auspices of the fraternal and
religious organizations.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31
WHAT THE RACE MUST DO.

"In order to justify our demands for
these things there are certain things
that we ourselves must do in the fu-
ture in a larger measure than we have
ever done in the past. We must CON
tinue to buy homes and land and in
crease our economic and financial in
fluence that we may become a greater
commercial factor in the Nation. We
must encourage the fruits and posi-
bilities of organized capital. We must
seek to improve the condition of our
soil, buildings, the condition under
which we live and work and our own
efforts, wherever it is not done by
other agencies, that we may have a
healthy and happy environment in
which to live and rear our children.
We must discourage idleness and shift
lessness, vice and crime, and encour-
age respect for law and order. We
must cooperate with the school and
other public officials in reducing illit-
eracy. We must support and encour-
age our white friends who are trying
conscientiously and earnestly to make
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31

have increased to 100000 in 1919.
From 2,1OO businesses in 1866 we have
grown where we operate $4,000 bust
nesses. at present. Our wealth has in
creased from S20,0OO,OO0 in 1866 to ST.
10O,000,00O We have reduced our IL
literacy from 90 per cent in 1866 to 20
per cent in 1919 We had 100000 in
the public schools in 1866; we have l.
100000 at the present time. We had
700 churches in 1866; today we have
43,O0O. We had 100000 COMMITMENTS
in 1866; mt present we have 4,SOOOOO
Our church property has increased
from $1.50O,000 in 1866 to $S5,9OO,OOO
in 1910. From two newspaper in 1868
to 400 at the present time.
-, .'.gsshe Negro contributed approxi-
mately 100000 of his man power to-
ward the prosecution of the war and
more than S2OO,OOO,000 of his earnings
that the world might be made safe for
democracy and, as he supposed, that
America might be made safe for his
race. These contributions of this con-
crete nature made in the spirit of gen.
erosity and patriotism as characterize
the conduct of the American Negro,
ought to entitle him to every consider
alton on the part of the State and Ma
tional Government that are accorded
every other American citizen. This,
however, is not true in actual practice.
1--WE must conclude that thrift, in
dustry, patriotism and loyalty as such
so far as our racial group is concerned
will not solve our problem in this
country. The National Urban League,
its program and policy of operation of
fers the other element necessary to
put our program across: contact and
federation. 1t brings both races to-
gether on n social welfare program,
asks the one to forget that he was
once the master, asks the other to for
get that he was once the slave and
asks them to remember only so far as
each other is concerned that God has
placed us here together to work out
our destiny side by side, and that it
is the duty of sane members of both
groups to show how this can best be
done for the mutual well being of all
concerned
The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-31
PROGRESS OF RACE.

beginning in 1865 homeless, today
we have 100000 buildings we call
homes. From 2O,O0 farms in 1866 we
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
GERMAN TEACHERS REBEL.
Low Wages and Hard Times Force
instructors to Leave Homeland.
Ry Associated Press.

Low Wages and Hard Times Force
instructors to Leave Homeland.
BY Associated Press.
Berlin, Oct. 1l:--Hard times In
Germany. marked by high prices and
deprecated money values, unemploy-
ment and Industrial reorganization,
have forced read3ustments in uni
versities and public and private
schools which, the newspapers say
will mean that many professors. lee
turers and private instructors either
PEELED by low salaries to seek em-
ployment in other countries. A num-
Der already have gone to Mexico and
South America and it Is reported
scores have made arrangements to
leave.
In some papers it is suggested that
perhaps, the hard times are not
alone responsible for the attitude the
professors have assumed for it is
known they are keenly sensible OF
the outrageous times and their, loss
Of dignity under the republic.
The difficulties Of the situation
have increased by the advent OF
hundreds OF teachers formerly en-
ployed in the province of Posen. Re-
greet is expressed that in Posen 49,
600 children of German parentage
will be without German instruction
and that these probably lin q short
time will become Polish. Il *
suggestions have been made in
some quarters that the state should
consider means by which the services
OF professors who propose to leave
could be retained for German schools,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
Grape Packing i. Science.

Ten years ago no industry existed
that was capable of placing Ameri-
can grown varieties of European
grapes upon the market for Christ
mas trade, say marketing experts of
the United States department of ag-
rculture. Then the department de-
vised a method OF packing the grapes
in redwood sawdust in veneered
drums, and Of handling the product
under refrigeration In transit and in
storage from the time of harvesting
until the period OF the holiday mar
kets Today the Industry ships more
than 500 carloads of grapes annual
ly. few years ago the supply Of
redwood was threatened. Once more
the department Of agriculture aided.
1t experimented with various kinds
Of wood and demonstrated that
spruce could be satisfactorily used.
The supply of spruce is practically
inexhaustible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
Every Druggist In u. s. In
structed to Refund Price.
While You Wait at Counter
If Relief Does Not Come
Within Two Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immediate
Relief, Quick Warm-Up.

The sensation OF the year n the
drug trade is Aspironai, the two
minute cold and cough reliever, au-
thoritatively guaranteed by the lab
oratories; tested, approved and most
enthusiastically endorsed by the high,
est authorities. and proclaimed by
the common people as ten times as
quick and effective as whiskey rock
and rye, or any other cold and cough
remedy they have ever tried.
All drug stores are now supplied
with the wonderful new elixir 70 all
you have to do to get rid Of that cold
Is to step into the nearest drug store,
hand the clerk, half aidollar for
bottle OF Aspironal and tell him to
serve you two teaspoonfuls with four
teaspoonfuls OF water in q glass.
With your watch in your, hand, take
the drink at one swallow and cali for
your money back in two minutes IL
you can not feel your cold fading
away like a dream within the time
limit. Don't be bashful, for all drug
gists invite you and expect you to
try it. Everybody's doing It.
When your cold Or cough is re-
lieved,. take the remainder OF the
bottle home to your wife and babies.
for Aspironal is by far the safest and
most effective, the easiest to take and
the most agreeable cold and cough
remedy for infants and children.
Advertisement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
From Cow Roper to prize R;no.

If Buck Jones, top hand at cook
ing for the Lazy x ranch out in
Wyoming, where the sheep herders
harried the cattle owners. and later
oil drillers drove both to seek green
err hills and f1atter bottom lands for
their focks and herds, had not re-
ported with consuming thirst and
q crouch, Eddie Anderson might still
be a horse wrangler, writes Frank
ONeill in a New York paper. But
Buck reported with hazy memory
of what had gone before on the night
previous, and he was in no humor to
listen to the wise sayings Of any
mere lad who had not risen to the
dignity of leather chaps and rowelled
spurs. So when Eddie Anderson, a
fresh kid from Casper, out near the
Idaho line, made inquiries about an
overdue breakfast Buck went into
action swinging both hands.
History proves that Buck was q
bad matchmaker. To begin with.
he was used to shooting away the
cowpunchers with volleys Of billings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
BURMESE WIVES GO UP.
Even The Better HaIfD Enhanced bv
Higher Cost of Livino


Higher Cost of Living.
BY Associated Press.
New York. Oct. .a7.-The cost If
wives has increased In the far-ofr
Chin Hills of Burma where thew are
obtained on the dollar down. plan.
Men matrimonially inclined are de-
manding lower and easier terms from
the prospective fathers Jaw. who
are compensated for the loss of their
daughters labor, declares a report hv
Kew J.. Herbert Cope, representa-
tive of the Baptist Foreign Mission
Society at Haka.
This year lively discussion grew,
out OF the resolution that selling Of
daughters cease" the report con
t1nued. The custom has grown into
an abuse, Men are demanding more
and more until young chan who
marries goes frightfully into debt
which he is years liduidating. And.
If While paying slowly for his wife,
the husband incurs the anger Of her
father, the daughter is promptly
called home and in some cases sold
tc another man. We have been trying
&c get them to reduce the charges %
Efforts to induce the natives to
follow the customs of white men are
being made In educational institu-
tons opened in these districts as a
result of the New World, Movement
OF Northern Baptists, DR.. Cope said.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
Excavations at Ninevah show an
elaborate system OF sewage and
drainage.
BETTER THAN
WHlSKEY FOR
COLDS AND FLU

New Elixir, Called Aspironal,
Medicated with Latest Scion
tific Remedies, Used and En-
dorsed by European and Am
erican Army Surgeons to
Cut Short a Cold and Prevent
Complications.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
HER FRIENDS SEE
A GREAT CHANGE
Lyons Woman Says She Feels Better
Than For-Years-Gives
Tanlac Credit.

sSince began taking Tanlac my
friends say l am looking whole lot
better. and it must be so, for GER
tainiy feel better than l have in
years., said Mrs. Helen Cawley.
Lyons. Iowa, a few days ago.
MY stomach. and kidneys bothered
me for several months before | got
Tanlac and was generally run down
and weak. had no APPETITE. and
what little l forced myself to eat
would not digest properly, but would
ferment and form gas which pressed
up into my chest and caused such
telStble pains around my heart that
got afraid l had heart trouble.
Il was weak and nervous all the
time. and scarcely sved a moment
without suffering severe pains in my
back right over my kidneys. Just
felt worn out and tired all the time
and didn't seem to have a particle of
energy.
IT read lot about Tanlac and also
learned that it had helped my mother
wonderfully. so I decided to try it.
and I am certainly glad I did. for it
has helped me so much that I don't
feel like the same woman,
My appetite has come back to me
and even eat foods which used to
nearly XIII me- without feeling the
least pain or discomfort. The palms
have disappeared from around my
heart, and never feel tired and
worn out any more. In fact. am so
much stronger that, my homework
seems ten times as easy as It did
before. and as Tanlac is what has
restored my health. / Just can't praise
it highly. enough 50
Tanlac Is sold In Marshalltown ty
the Old Reliable Drug Company and
by all the leading druggists In other
towns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27


John McGraw, of the New York
Giants, is not certain he will even
have a chance for the National
League pennant in 1921, but he is
certain that his forces will enter that
race with more harmony in their
ranks than the 1920 machine. had.
According to reliable information
which might be said to have come
direct from Giant headquarters, sew
eral players who wore New York re-
gala the past season will appear in
other yaiment in 1921. if. McGraw is
able to- negotiate the trades he now
has in mind. slim" Sallee, former
Red pitcher whom McGraw landed at
the waiver price, is said to be des-
tined for the auction or trade block.
Phil Douglas is another. Douglas &C.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
LiDe Sports NelDs and Comment

gate, which went all right In the
rough. workaday existence of the
ranch. He boxed the ears OF his
Chinese assistant and walloped the
ranch kids, who were something
above the "Chinks" but quite a bit
below the riders and ropers. But
Buck swung a tentative right at
Anderson. and right then things be-
gan to happen chiefly to Buck.
1t wasn't quite the thing for fresh
kids to beat up the most popular
man with the outfit, and many re-
marks were addressed by the boys
to Anderson. Before the day was
over Eddie had won all the titles
from bantam to. light heavyweight.
Likewise he had drawn his time and
was ready to hit the grit for home.
The foreman declared that Eddie
was fired. but the latter insists that
he beat the range boss to it and quit.
At any rate. he wandered into Cas-
per and discovered that bantam
weight tournament was being held
and he entered, He must have
thought that all the entrants were
won the title with ease. He next
wandered to Denver and won another
tournament there. still lighting out
his grudge with Buck Jones.
Fighting appealed to Eddie, for he
is a descendant OF the sturdy north
OF Ireland Irishmen, and since fight
ing Is bred in the bone over there 1t
has come out in the blood whenever
that blood Is found. In the rings
around Denver Anderson fought
nfteen professional bouts and every
one OF them was stopped by him in
side OF four or FIVE rounds AS he
said recently: II have two good
hands Nand I'm not afraid to use
them
Eddie Anderson is now In New
York seeking engagements in the
ring. He is clever performer and
he has the greatest assets Of all
the wallop. He will make his New
York debut at Madison Square Car
den this month. and If he lives up
to his western reputation he will be
riot and buzz saw rolled into one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
"Man o. War in Pictures.

Man O. War, the Horse Wondar,.
is the title Of a single reel special
lust released for state rights buyers
by the G. 3. c. Film. Sales Corpora
ton, a specially posed picture Of the
care and routine of this marvellous
horse in his stable. in the paddock
and on the track in races. The pic
ture also shows Samuel Feustel and
the horses breeder and former own
err. August Belmont, and includes
some OF the best race scenes ever
filmed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
oh. my God! I'm done!" He COL
lapsed In his chair.
(To be continued).
HOLLANDS CUSTOMS STRANGE,
Democratic outehmen Cling to Queer
Old Ceremonies.

Democratic outehmen Cling to oueer
Old Ceremonies.
BY Associated Press.
The Hague, Oct. 10.-The Dutch
people cling to the pageantry that
surrounds the movements OF their
queen on state occasions. tho sturdy
democrats In their business life. The
opening of the Dutch parliament ex-
emplified this.
This parliament opening Is quaint
old ceremony. The queen rides in a
gilded carriage thru the streets OF
The Hague to the old Knights Hall
in Parliament Square and, with her
crown on her head and her gold
| braided prince consort at her side
sits on her throne for once each year.
At this ceremony the Dutch cabinet
ministers are compelled by tradi-
ton to wear giddy uniforms resem-
bling an d-time minstrel man in an
admirafs hat. For some reason this
tradition decreed that the ministers
on this solemn occasion must wear
! long white duck trousers which con
trast strangely with their tremendous
black, gold and orange hats shaped
like an inverted gravy dish.
After this one day OF pomp the
ministers and members OF parliament
Put on their working clothes and get
down to business while the queen.
who pride4 herself on being typical
Dutch woman with domestic tastes.
lays her crown aside for another
year.
This years ceremonyGhad one note
at discord with Its ancient pomp.
Thru the crowds who watched the
parade marchedsa number OF discon-
tented minor government employees Of
the post and telegraph department
carrying placaEds asking when this
parliament was going to raise their
pay
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
Taking The h
Out Of Indigestion
Stuart's Dyspepsia TabletssArs Nice
.Iy Balanced to Enable You to
Eat What You Like With
Out Distress.

Indigestion Is about the most uni
versal complaint Of mankind. And
when the stomach Is sour, gassy.
bloated-like and you get that pecu-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-27
Restoring Tahiti. Lore

The ancient lore of Tahiti, is to
De resurrected, and the ruins of the
temples Of the South Pacific islanders.
ordered destroyed century ago by
Christian missionaries. are to be un
| covered by excavations. Efforts To
gather the relics of forgotten Wor-
ship are being vigorously prosecuted.
! says a letter from Papette, the cap
ital Of the islands.
Interest centers upon the great
central temple of Marae of Atehuru,
on Tahiti island, where human sac
rihces were offered ito the blood
| thirsty god Of war, Orc
SO completely were the wishes of
the missionaries carried out that
nothing remains save traces of the
foundations Of this extensive temple.
| Excavations are expected to bring
to light some interesting objects
which, it is hoped, will reveal the
| purposes and uses of this ancient
structure.
Marae. while being the chief temple
| OF Tahiti, was not the oldest or most
| important in the islands. The temple
at Opoa, traces Of which still remain
| on the island of Raiatea. was the
sacred center Of religion in the east
ern Pacific, and not until stone from
this had been Incorporated in the
structure did the Marae temple on
Tahiti become consecrated.
1t was at Marae that Capt. Cook
witnessed the ceremonies Of human
sacrifices chronicIed in his Voyages F"
The natives while processing
Christianity, and manifesting II by
most active church attendance. have
deep fear OF these places Under no
circumstances will they approach the
temple sites at night, nor venture
near them by day without great trep-
idation, believing that should they
in any way offend the sleeping gods
vengeance will come.