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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30

Rev. w. II. Griffin, D. D. pastor Of the
New st. Paul s A, M. E.. church at
Twelfth and Crocker streets, who with
his accomplished wife and family re-
Gently removed to his present charge
from Chicago where he successfully pas
tored Hyde Park church for nine years
during which time he built and paid for
one Of the most modern church edifces
in that metropolitan city.
DR.. Griffin is known as one of the
best fnanciers of the A. M. E. connec-
tion and in recognition of his ability
along this line was chosen by the judge
of the bankruptcy court out of all the
BUSINESS and professional men in Chicago
to be the receiver Of the Hunter Bank
and Trust Co., which recently failed in
that city; and is the only Negro in
America ever SO honored SO far as we
have been able to learn.
While he has been in Des Moines only
about two months, he has already under
way a financial rally out of the pro-
ceeds of which he expects to pay off the
twenty-five thousand dollars
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
Negro Methodist Bishop
Sails for Liberia.

Bishop Matthew Wesley Clair, one of
the first two Negro bishops elected to
full rank of general superintendent IN
the Methodist Episcopal church by the
general conference at Des Moines, May
last, sailed on December Is from New
York aboard the Steamship Egba for
Monrovia, Liberia, where he will take
up his Episcopal residence.
Bishop Clair was formerly pastor OF
the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church,
Washington, D. c., and during that time
he rebuilt the edifce and raised the
membership to its present huge proper
tions. With Bishop R. E. Jones Of New
Orleans he was elected bishop at Des
Moines. He has been assigned to
Liberia to fill the place made vacant by
the death Of Bishop A. P. Camphor OF
Monrovia, who died last winter in this
country. Bishop Camphor was mis-
sionary bishop of the Methodist Epis-
He will take charge of the Industrial
copal church. Missionary bishops were
abolished at the last general conference
and all bishops of every race are now
elected to full rank. Bishop Clair IS
accompanied to Monrovia by Mrs. Clair,
DIR. John H. Reed of Liberia, and Mr..
Cyril Henry of Montreal.
DR.. Reed is native Of Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, and a graduate of New Or
leans university. For time he was
pastor Of Wesley chapel, Little Rock'
Ark. He went to Liberia i'll 1908 as
missionary under the. board of foreign
missions of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He was soon made president
of the college of West Africa main
tanned in Monrovia by American Metho-
dists. He succeeded the late Bishop
Camphor in that position. He was also
editor of "Liberia and West Africa'
publication devoted to religious life in
that country. In 1914, DR.. Reed took
out his citizenship papers in Liberia and
was appointed principal of Donovan IN
stitute under the Liberian government:
He is also tax assessor for the city or
Monrovia. He has made five trips to
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30

this country, and has been ministerial
delegate from Liberia to the Methodist
Episcopal general conference Of 1912
1916 and 1920. DR.. Reed will continue
in educational work in Liberia as super
intendent of education.
Mr.. Cyril Henry is a native of
Jamaica and graduate of the English
High school of Boston. He received his
degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agri-
culture from Ontario Agricultural col
lege in 1919. He is going to Liberia as
an agricultural missionary under the
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions.
school and demonstration farm to be
established at White Plains, Liberia,
under the new Methodist centenary pro-
gram
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
COMMEMORATE BIRTHDAY OF
THE LATE MADAM G. j. WALKER

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 23.-The en-
tire plant of the Madam G. J. Walker
Manufacturing company at Indianapo
lis, Ind, was closed Thursday, Dec. %
in silent commemoration of the fifty
third birthday of their founder, the
late Madam G. j. Walker Walker
agents and Walker unions throughout
the land reverenced that day by sus-
pending business, conducting memorial
services and thanking heaven that SO
noble a woman had lived. Employees
and agents of this worthy race enter
prise and the largest of its kind in the
world, are continuously impressed with
the conscientious efforts of Madam
Walker and urged SO far as possible to
emulate her noble life.
Though stopped are her activities
here on earth, her example and precepts
still live and her good deeds stand out
as milestones in our racial development.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30

''The freeing of the slaves,' Atty,
James B. Morris.
''The freedom of religion,' DR.. VIII
lis.
Prohibition for it keeps wives and
children Of drunkards from suffering
from lack Of food, clothing and shelter,'
An experienced one.
"Christian religion and its protection
by the constitution of the U. s. A.'-A.
j. Branham.
The Birth of Christ, L. L. Green.
Speaking impromptu I believe the
French revolution occasioned the great
est emancipation in the world. The age
long power of kings was broken, govern
1nent passed into the hands of the peo-
pie, the mind of man was set free, and
a world wide influence for freedom,
equality and the rights of all men was
begun, which has reached all classes and
will go on through the years.-Rev. T. L.
Griffith.
Speaking from racial standpoint, I
consider the participation of the Negro
in the late great war, and by that mean
the large army of workers and contr1bu-
tors who remained at home and perform
ed the necessary duties as well as the
nearly half million men who were in mil
itary service, as the greatest event since
the issuance of the Emancipation Procla-
nation by Abraham Lincoln transcend
ing in importance the decision of the
United States Supreme Court in the
Louisville Segregation Case.
ELBERT r. HALL, Postmaster,
Iowa State House Postofdce.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
Lynching Of Five
Negroes Liberates
Five Others

Duluth, Dec. 16.-Five Negroes held
since last June in connection with the
assault on young white girl were re-
leased late yesterday when their cases
were dismissed on motion of the county
attorney.
Three Negroes were lynched as re-
suit of the assault, and the prosecutor
declared this had "removed' material
witnesses in the cases pending, without
whose evidence he could not hope roi
conviction.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
DR.. Merrill Dies in NJ.
AT the Age Of 80

Mountain Lakes, N. j., Dec. 22.-The
Rev. James Griswold Merrill, 80 years
old, formerly president Of Fisk Univer-
sity in Nashville, died here today at the
age Of 80. The clergyman retired from
the ministry in 1917 after holding pas
torates in Iowa, Kansas, st. Louis, Port
land, Me-; Somerset, Mass, and Lake
Helen, Fla. He was the author of sew
eral religious books and a grdauate of
Amherst college, Princeton University
and the Andover Theological seminary.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
NEGRO FIRM ENTERS WORLD FIELD
REV. J. C. MERRILL, FORMER FISK HEAD, DIES
What Has Been The Worlds
Gre 1test Emancipation?

''The American public school system
is the greatest emancipation act that
the history Of the world has recorded
I know that it has been the greatest
ching that has ever happened for the
colcred people and it is the only medium
by which they will retain their true
Emancipation!
HON. HARVEY INGHAM, Editor,
Register e. Tribune, Des Moines, Ia.
1.-THE emancipation of the Negro by
the government; and the effort that he
has setforth to emancipate himself from
the many things that binds, is indeed
the most remarkable stride along that
line that the world has ever KNOWN
Ex-senator Young, Editor,
The Des Moines Capital.
1.-THE American declaration of Inde-
pendence, Atty. S. Joe Brown.
"The enaction of the prohibition
laws J. J. Magee and Miss Gertrude
Reeves.
Zone of the greatest things is that of
woman suffrage,'' Miss Francis Banks,
secretary Y. w. G. A.
"signing of the magma charta,' DR..
w. H. Lowery.
''The Emancipation proclamation,
Messrs. e. G. Robinson and J. Frank
Blagburn.
''The act of free Speech Mrs. r. E.
Patten.
tThe economic emancipation MIR.
Wade McCree.
s'The World War has been one Of the
worlds greatest emancipation acts,'
Jidd Cruise.
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of Indebtedness upon the local church ON

of Indebtedness upon the local church ON
or before April !, 1921.
On Monday evening, Dec. 20 he held
his first quarterly conference and the
reports of the various boards and auxil-
iarics ran far in excess Of those Of any
previous quarter i'll the history Of the
church.
DR.. Griffith is also splendid speaker
and has been selected by the committee
Of the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colorcd People to deliver
the princip pal address at their annual
emancipation meeting which will be held
in St. Paul s Auditorium Saturday eve
ming, Jan. l.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
LYNCH ARKANSAS NEGRO
AFTER STREET PARADE
| Mob Takes from Jail Slayer Of Police
man Who Raided Dice Game

Jonesboro, Ark, Dee. 28. - Wade
Thomas, a Negro who last night shot
and killed Elmer Ragland, a policeman,
in raid on a dice game here, was TAX
en- from the Jail here tonight by mob
Of about 400 citizens.
81 After being paraded through the bust
ness streets of the town he was hanged
to telegraph pole near the scene Of
his crime =
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
NEGRO POPULATION IN
CHICAGO Is INCREASING

Washington ID. c., Dec. 16.;--The
Negro population of Chicago increased
65 ,491 in the last decade and now is
today. The percentage Of increases
was l4S.5. The total white population
is 1859 ,1O4, an increase of ,047, or
81 per cent. and. all others numbered
3,007.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
Honor Roll
~ON 0@ 60 80 .

If you have paid your subscription
and did not see your name in the Honor
Roll call Walnut 800 and ask for Mr..
Shedd.
William Dur rs
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30
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Australia
Two Japanese Killed in Disturbance
They Provoked With Malays.

THEY FrOVCKeu WIFI NaIdyS.
London, Dec. 21.-The correspondent
of the Central News at Perth, Australia
says that an armed Japanese, claimin g
racial equality, ran amuck at Brooke
this morning, and riot resulted. In the
course of the fighting two Japanese
were killed and others injured, accord
ing to the, correspondent, who adds that
troops subsequently patroled the town
and disarmed all the Japanese in it.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30

~ Ie Dig JnlH
he meerlng wasr-' e laying
enlarging the q .arters whid
owns. There was a large rel
of the members and much
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30

in the meaning of the naturalization
statue, which limits applicants for citi-
zenship to all free persons Of the white
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-30

Boston, Mass. s.-Boston has been shak-
en- by, the declaration of the Rev. Walter
D. McClane, pastor of the St. Bartho-
lox af
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05
GRATEFUL, BUT
NOT ExU[TANT
Senator Harding Says He Is
More Given to Prayer.
NOT A PERSONAL VICTORY
PresIdent-Elect to Take Vacation Dur
ing Month of November-He and
Mrs. Harding to Visit Texas
and Panama Canal

Marion, O., Nov. 3.-SenatOr Hard
ing sat down in his library and pen
ciIed the following statement:
"ASSuming that the returns are
wholly dependable I do not hesitate
to say that / am pleased.
"Of course ! am happy to utter my
gratitude. but | am not eXultant. It
is not a personal victory
at is renewed expression of con-
fident AmericaniSm and national
call TO the Republican party 1t is
also serious.
Obligations Are Solemn.
''The American obligations are so
solemn that instead of exulting / am
more given to prayer TO God to make
me capable of playing my part and
that all these calls to responsibility
may meet the aspirations and expecta-
tons Of America and the world. / am
sure the people who have voted the
Republican ticket will understand my
feeling that l should make no instant
statement of policies at this time be-
yond the expression made throughout
the campaign
Senator Harding said that through
out the campaign it had been his in
tentiOn, win or lose, to take vacation
during the month of November.
President-e1ect Warren G. Harding
and Mrs. Harding will leave Marion
next Friday night or Saturday morn
ing for a vacation at Point Isabel,
Tex, near Brownsville, as the guest
of ed" ScObey, a close personal
friend of the senator. Mr. Scobey
has a ranch near Point Isabel where
he has resided for Is years. although
formerly he was a resident of Marion.
According to plans, Senator Harding
will remain at Point Isabel for about
two weeks, going from there to Gal
weston. where he will take passage on
a steamer to Panama. Following a
trip through the canal zone the Pres
ident-elect and Mrs. Harding will re-
turn to New Orleans, going from there
to Bedford, Va, where arrangements
have been made for Senator Harding
to address a convention of the Order
of Elks of which he is a member.
Marion Will Be Headquarters.
Marion probably will be the head
quarters of the next President during
the winter and up until the time when
he goes to Washington for his inaugu-
ration in March. 1t is understood
that the visit to Panama will be pure
~ pleasure trip, as neither the SEN
atCr nor Mrs. Harding have ever seen
the canal. No cabinet appointments
are to be determined upon during this
trip. 1t is believed, according to the
best information here, that the Presi-
dent-elect does not expect to take any
part in the final session of the Sixty
sixth congress. He either will be
paired with Democratic senator or
may resign as he feels that as re-
suit of the election the Republicans
will have safe majority in the upper
house.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05
Auto for Sale.

I am offering my 1920 Overland s.
passenger touring car for sale. To be
sold at sacrifice. Phone 157 F Fl. If
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05
First Publication Oct. 20, 1920
Notice to Credi .ors.

Notice is hereby given that at reg
ular term of the County Court for
Rock C County, Wisconsin, to be held Id! at
consin, on March 1st, 1921, at
9 o'clock a. M, all claims against
Arthur HI. Clarke, late of Edgerton,
Rock County, Wisconsin, will be ex-
amined and adjusted.
All claims must be filed in said Court
on or before February Fl, 1921, or be
barred.
Dated October 81, 1920.
CHARLES L. FIFIELD,
County Judge.
Grub & Towne, Attorneys for Es-
tate.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05

had by that time a lead which could
not be eliminated by later figures.
Debs Strong in Cities.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05
Wash them clean
slip them off
Walk into the house uiM scurm, dry feet
that's the nese ~. S. WoIrms

weakest, the u S. Walrus has been made stron6-
est. Every point of strain is heavily reinforced /
Ask your dealer to-day to show you the new
u. S. Walrus. Look over the rest of his u. line
boots, bootees, arctics- whatever you need Touch.
heavy soles-special reinforcements at toe and
heel-and always the highest quality rubber
these points are winning U. S. rubber foot
wear thousands of new friends every year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05

''U. So Arcfics--Made of
sr1oW-fight casflr71erette,
warm ana comfortable.
Reinforced where the
year rs hardest. In one,
TWO, four ana SIX buckles,
al weights and sizes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05
TURKS KILL 10000 ARMENIANs
Town of Hadiin Captured by Nation.
aIists and Inhabitants Massacred,
Says Report.

London, Nov. 3.-The Armenian
town of Hadjin has been captured by
Turkish nationalists who have mas
sacred the inhabitants, numbering TO-
600, according to a dispatch to the
Armenian bureau in London. These
Armenians had been holding out
against the attacking forces since
Norch lost
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05

quickly cleaned under faucet or with
pail of water-buckled or unbuckled in an
instant-warm and water-tight always
that's why farmers everywhere are buying the
new U. S. Walrus. You need pair for alyear-
round use-for dozens Of odd jobs around the farm.
You can slip ON the u S. Walrus right over your
leather shoes-and slip it off with your toe when
you're through It's thick, fleecy lining keeps your
feet comfortable in the coolest weather.
Wherever you go tramping through snow and
splashing through water half foot deep-the
u. S. Walrus gives you perfect protection. And
then at your doorstep-no matter how dirty and
muddy they may be-a moments wash under
faucet leaves them as clean as before you started
out. Every trace of mire washes quickly off their
smooth rubber surface.
Made by the Oldest and largest rubber manufac-
turer in the world, the u. S. Warus is built to last
At the very points where ordinary overshoes
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05
s62 900 LOOT is RECOVERED
Stocks, Bonds and Checks of Illinois
Concern Found In Coal Car at
Terre Haute. Ind.

Terre Haute, Ind, Nov. 3-Papers
valued at several thousand dollars,
stolen from the Farmers State bank
of Newark, ILL.,, October 13, were re-
covered in two sacks found in a coal
car
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-11-05

Chicago leaf house wants all around
man to work in warehouse. Address
Newman & Zach, 315 W. Randolph
ST., Chicago.
For SALE Fine Parlor heater for
hard coal; in excellent condition; with
oven; mica practically new. Inquire
at 2O8 Jensen st. 48tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

Table linen and bed linen wash ed, ironed and delivered to your home for six cents a pound. Ameri-' calu Excelsior Laundry company
 1-28-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

spring rather than twice year. San Angelo, the center of the sheep coun- try, annually handles 5,000,0OO pounds of wool, but this spring between s. 000,G00 and 10,000,000 pounds will be concentrated here for sale in Colonel Richardson's opinion. Based on 1919 prices this wool would be worth be. tween $4,500,000 and $5,0OO,OO0, the sheep producing between eight and ten pounds of wool to the animal.
 Five hundred thousand lambs rais- ed will enrish the sheepmen by an other $5,000,000, being worth S10 each at weaning time.
 Few mutton sheep have been ship ped to market during the past few years, but this year, it is estimated 100000 fully matured animals will go to slaghter, commanding at least s1,- 100000.
 The estimated 35o,ooO goats in this section will produce about 1,575,O00 pounds of mohair this year, which at last years average price of 60 cents q pound should bring $945,000. At least 25,O00 mutton goats, worth $6 each, will be sent to market, while 100000 kids or "baby goats" born this spring will further enrich the goat men by $30O,0O0.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

democratic faction promise enough fireworks" to assure the hardest fought campaigns in the recent his tory of the state, political observer say.
 These factions, known as the "Bai- ley faction" and the regular" party are busily digging in.' while skirm- ishing parties already have taken the field.
 Former United States Senator Jo- seph Weldon Bailey heads the faction bearing his name.
 Interest now centers in the candi- date the regular democrats will SC feet to oppose Bailey, but neither M H. Wolfe, Dallas, chairman of tht democratic state central committee nor Thomas B. Love, Dallas, nationa committeeman, has indicated who ht will be-
 MT. Bailey will make his campaign on issues opposed to the present na tionai and state administrations, op- position to the league of nations as originally constituted, and for "; fuller regard for state rights" whicl he believes are invaded when issues such as prohibition and woman sui fragc are settled on nationwide basis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

ioas. His aged mother is reported to be speeding overseas to him.
 The illness of the owner of the Hove bungalow" at Spring Green, Wis, successively known as Hillside and Tallesin Villa, recalls the series of adventures in love and passion which brought the wealthy architect before the public eye as a shatterer of the conventions of the twentieth century society.
 Until 1909 Wright had devoted his time and energies to his profession and had attained fame that encircled the globe He had been called to Paris to plan French buildings for a worlds exposition. In Oak Park, just outside of Chicago, lived his wife, his mother and his two children.
 He met. Mrs. Edwin M. Cheney, wife of neighbor, at social func- tion. That meeting was electrical, D he said.
 Thereafter, Wright later declared, Mrs. Chaney was indifferent to her husband and he was to his wife. Mrs. Cheney and he went to Europe on what he termed spiritual hegira." Mrs. Cheney obtained a divorce and when the eneSlflStS returned, Wright built the bungalow at Spring Green, where Mrs. Cheney, known by her maiden name-Mamah Borthwick with her two children, took up her abode with Wright.
 In 1914 a crazed negro servant kill ed Mamah Borthwick, her children and two laborers and was shot after he had set fire to the house.
 After the sorrow of this tragedy passed Wright rebuilt the love bun galow and renamed it Taliesin Villa. Shortly thereafter a new soul-mate made her ppearance-Mrs. Maude Miriam Noel, sculptress, whom Wright had met in Paris and later at the Art Institute in Chicago.
 Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright, refusing to divorce her husband, remained in the Oak Park home with her two chill dren.