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The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03
SOMEBODY KIDS"
 WAR DEPARTMENT
Charley Stepinthemudd, 13o Years Old, Demands Pay tor
 Scout Services.

They very much fear in the office of the Ouartermaster General al | WashinptOn that some Western was has been trying to have little tu1 with the army If he Is SpOOhng the War Department, Charley Stcplnthc- mudd certainly has succeeded, tor hal d dozen veteran clerks ot the Quarter master Corps have been methOdlcally searching hlcs Of the last hundred years in the hope of finding some rec ord that Charley served as an Indian scout from 1872 almost to date. Charley wants some compensation for the century of ScrVlCc, now thai he is retired at the age of I3o, and he plaintivcly asks If he must 'Wa1ght another 100 years, which rather 1ndl- cates that his financial difficulties are not very pressing.
 And, poor Los story runs thus:
 "Thorp, Wash.
 "First you will haf to excuse my Riting as | onley learned to Rite after 1 waz 100 years old. l am now I3o 1 am a Onida and Senica Indian the Reason OV me riting to you lz thls Have followed the American Army near on too $ years az an Indian Scout scouting and spying for the Army and 1 have never drawn any Pay for my services On account Oi some ov them army officers not turn ing in my name for my services.
 My first service Waz with General Jackson at New Orlens. Fitting the British Rcdcoats then scouting ir Middle West after Bad Indians. was with General Scott in the Old Mexican War then scouting on the Plains. 1 was with A. ]. Smith thru the sivil war then Back West on the Plains and Rocky Mountains after Bad Indians. 1 went to Cuba with Colol Rosefent as a scout with them Ruff Riders and done my Part to help whip the spanyards
 "Rosefelt did not get me my tran sportation home soc 1 had to zoe and work in cane fields and sugar mil until 1 could get enough to build me good tight canoe in which l cam back to the Missipia River and up tC St. Louis and on up the Misurie River to great Falls Montana where l Pro- cured too Horses and came on over to this Place to my old time white Friends House Where l stay must oN the time his great grandfather and were boys tOgeathcr.
 Gan not you Bring it 10 Pass SOC r can gctt just KcCOmpcnCC TOT my services to this olt Bclovid country for all the years ov toll and Hard ships 1 have passed through in my COuntryS service or must 1 Walght another 100 years.
 Respectively
 "CHARLEN STEPlNTHEMUD, "Thorp Wash.
 An cthnological export with a side line of etvmOlOgiCal training might gather from internal evidence that this letter was possibly written by { Caucasian of considerable education.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03

thinking of all the things which make us want to be thankful.
 "Of course we can't always say our thanks, but even then we can feel gratitude or thanks.
 eve can't very well say thank you to the sun for shining or to the rain for coming when the ground is dry and needs a cooling drink. We cant very well say thank you to the flowers which come out in the spring and in the summer. We can't very we'll say thank you to the stars for blinking and twinkling and smiling at creatures by night.
 ''ThG~/stars are too far away and so is the sun and so are the rain clouds.
 ''But, just the same, we can feel thanks and feel gratitude. So you see I feel a great deal of gratitude and thanks to my good friends who are helping me. And I say so to both of you"
 Then the Beetles grinned in their Beetle fashion and crawled off to ask the other Black Beetles to come to MT. Black Beetles party.
 All the Beetles came, and there were many, many Black Beetles at the party. MT. Benjamin Beetle and BIT. Billy Beetle also belonged to the Black Beetle family, and they were very much excited over the party.
 The guests all had an extremely good time. They played games, they climbed on each others backs and had a gay Beetle frolic.
 They had good things to eat and some of them sang little songs, very funny little buZZing, Squealing songs, which they all thought were very lovely.
 There are some creatures" said MT. Black Beetle "who think that the blue lake yonder, which is surrounded by those blue hills, is the lOveliest sight in the world, and others think the shadows which play over the lake are the lOveliest, but to my Beetle mind there is nothing like a gathering of the Black Beetles. That, to me, is lovely. lovely sight!' And all the Black Beetles agreed as mOdestly as they could.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03
k1.pCddd!y5
 D5EveniN8 Fairy Tale
THE BEETLES' PARTY.
6lNNARY GRAHAM BONNER
 -coFTnohT r WESTERN HtVssApEE UtioN--

"Good-day," said MT. Black Beetle. twill you come to my party?" Thank yOu," said MT. Benjamin Beetle, 'I will be glad to come to your party. And what time do you plan to have this party?"
 Right away" said MT. Black Beetle. II see no reason for waiting" "Neither do l." said Mr. Benjamin Beetle. "I like parties that begin at once and don't end for a long time. l trust yours will last for a long time, Mir. Black Beetle?'
 Ut will," said MT. Black Beetle.
 And now," he added 'I must be asking the rest of my guests"
 May l help you give the invita- tions?' asked MT. Benjamin Beetle.
 By all means" said Mir Black Bee tie, "and I will be grateful to you for your help"
 "Pray don't mention it." said Mir. Benjamin Beetle. q will be much pleased to be of help.''
 And may I help, too?" asked Mir. Billy Beetle.
 "Indeed you may" said MT. Black l to you as to MT. Benjamin Beetle. 'I will be very grateful to both of you.
 q have a lot of gratitude in my Bee tie heart, for you know if one feels lots of gratitude one is very happy"
 What does all that mean?" asked Mir. Benjamin Beetle.
 Gratitude" said MT. Black Beetle, lis another word for thanks. A crea- ture who is grateful is a creature who is thankful or who wants to thank for many things.
 "One can't run out of gratitude or thanks like ladies can run out of eggs or butter or milk. They run out of such things when they haven't enough to last for all the meals they plan to have.
 "That is quite natural. But with gratitude it is different. Gratitude is something we can all have. How? By
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03

sonal service and business" of $285, 037-a total average without deduc- tions of $I,323,453.
 The 43,o37 persons having an in come of over $25,ooo in 1918 had an average income of $63,So2, and each of them had left. on the average, after paying their income tax, an income of $44,I4I.
 On the average, onl yone-eighth of the income in 1918 of all persons re porting incomes of 1000 to $3,ooo was derived from property; while seven-tenths on the average, of the income of those in receipt of an in come of $5oo,ooo to $2,Ooo,o 900 was de- rived from property, and nearly 90 per cent. of the income of those in receipt of $2,ooo, ,ooo and over, came from property.
 "Amcrica," Mr. Marsh said, "has a vast source of revenue not yet touch- ed in the tremendous concentration of wealth in a few hands.
 "In 1918 there were about 23,ooo miliOnaircs in the United States. They own property probably worth today about $I 36,OOO, ,OOO, ,OOO, or near ly 10 times our net national debt, and over 27 per cent. of the national wealth. A heavy federal estate or | transfer tax would easily y1eld at least S2O, 1000 OOo,o within the next 10 years, and $2, 500, 900, 900, o $3 ,ooo, ,ooo,- 900 a year for the next few years, and Congress should promptly enact an estate tax which will yield this amount.
 "The Federal estate tax under the rates of the present revenue law yields only about $Ioo, 100000 a year. Under the present law a person who has a net estate of $I ,ooo, ,ooo pays an estate tax of only $5I I,5oo, or about
 5 per cent, and his heirs and bcnehc- laricS receive nearly $05o, 900.
 "A person having net estate of $GOO, 100000 pays a Federal estate tax of only $24, 500, or about 24 per cent. of his net estate, and can be qucath nearly $7O,ooo, ,ooo. There are about 75 persons worth $Ioo,oo ,ooo." MT. Marsh also quoted MT. Richard Spillanc ,thc eminent publicist, who advocated an inheritance tax of 10 per cent. on fortunes of ST ,ooO, ,Ooo, 900, and said: Ut is reasonable to sup pose the 5000, ,ooo, ,ooo (which would be left 10 the cStatc) would grow to $7OO, ,OoO 900 or $500, 900 ooO There is nothing COnfisCatory in that"
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03
STRIKING SAILORS ORDERED TO GET OUT
 OF PORTLAND, ME.

Portland, Me, June 3.-All striking seamen now in this city who are not residents of Port land, were ordered to leave within ~48 hours. The orders, issued by the chief of police, were directed by Mayor Charles B. Clarke in letter in which he said that the seamen's strike had led to so much violence at this port, including a murder which he connected with 1t, that ship ping strike agitators should be run out of town or arrested.
 Chief of Police Irving s. Watts served notice of the de mand to quit the city on local headquarters of the seamen's union, announcing that it ap- piled to all striking seamen or leaders not residents of Port land.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03

There was a Ghetto scene at the Ft. Lee studio Some East Side chil- dren were furnishing local color.
 "Now," said the director, "every- body on his toes. This is the big scene, in fact it's the vortex of the plot"
 Do you know what vortex is Izzy" asked he star of a little boy in the group.
 "Soitenly, Miss" was the reply. "That's the extra cent you pay for an ice cream conc."-O. o. Mcintyre, in Dayton Daily News.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03

The Story of
 Our States
 By JONATHAN BRACE
 I.-DELAWARE
 &@Hz Hs sHazzm zzam TVw 4 A II RE E MARE, &A 1NM falls the honor Knl q4kSsa9DNHA EN of being the VS Mt ATW EV first of the WSSAlsAIN original thir-
 N>>ssssss:::sssN teen states.
 > December z, 17S7, it officially adopted the Con" StitutiOn and thus was made a beginning of our present Federal government. According to the seventh article of the COnStitu- tion, however, it was necessary for nine states to ratify it before it actually came into force. So it was not until the following June, by which time eight other states had accepted the Consti- tuition, that the United States of America actually came into be- ing.
 The early history of Delaware was a varied one. It started in 163S when a small party of Swedes settled at the mouth of the Delaware river and called it New Sweden. In 1855, Peter Stuyvesant, the governor of the Dutch colony of New Neither x lands, annexed this territory. But it did not long remain Dutch, for in 1864 the English took possession. When Pennsylvania was deeded to William Penn he desired access to the SeacOast and at his urgent request Dela- ware was transferred to Penn'S prOprietOrShip. From the be- ginning of the eighteenth cen tury, however, Delaware had it's separate legislature, and at the time of the Revolution it be- came an independent state.
 Delaware is next to the small est of our states, having an area of only 2,37O square miles. Its participation in presidential cleo tions is limited to three electors. This is arranged according to population. Each state is entitled to the same number of presiden- tial electors as 1t has members of congress, so the influence of the different states in voting for the President varies from Della wares three electors to New York's 45.
 As to the derivation of the name Delaware, this was appro- priately given to the state from the river, which in turn was named after the bay and the bay was called Delaware in honor of Lord Delaware, who was gover- nor of the Virginia colony in 161O.
 co by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03
AN ARGUMENT.

"Scnator, would you mind letting me take your place on the commits sion to visit Cuba?"
 Do you consider yourself better posted on Cuban mattcrs?"
 Not at all, Senator, But what's the use of your going2 You don't drink. -DctrOit Free Press.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03
Missionary Work.

Are you a Methodist, grandma? P little Hazel asked.
 No, dear" replied the old lady. "A PreSbyterian?"
 No"
 "Baptist?"
 "NO."
 Don't you belong to any church? P No, Hazel"
 Well grandma, don't you think it's about time you were catching on some where?' asked the thoughtful little missionary.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03
HE EXPLAINS.

FIc-I found this hairpin in my pocket. Is it yours?
 She (scvcrcly)-No, use brown hairpins. This is black.
 He (brightly)-Hm Guess my fountain pens been leaking again. Williams Purple COW
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03

Support your off1cers now, and you will not have the cause to be sorry that you did not later on, if the "open shoppers" have their way
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-03

Uniontown, Pa, June 3.-Plumbcrs have won their demand for wage in crcases after a three-Weeks' strike.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19

causes, that any but a pitiable
minority in Georgia resent the idea
of giving justice and mercy t
a race which is wholly at our
mercy.
As I have before stated, l shall
not be drawn into a controversy
over any individual case, but l place
the facts before you, the people of
Georgia, to whom alone l owe an
account of my actions, and l do this
with the 9upreme confidence that
you, like those Of your fellow citi-
zens with whom l conferred before
acting, will sustain me in my ar-
peal to those who love justice, mer-
cy and the name of Georgia, and
who constitute ninety-fve per cent
of the population of the state. Re-
specially,
HUGH NJ. DORSEY.
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important symptoms. The denial Of
Justice in few small things and
the commission Of wrongs against
them which do not amount to much
within themselves, but the last stage
of the creeping n,alady may biIng
the sufferer to the Jasper county
farm and proximity to the chained
bodies Of yellow river. am not
sufficiently informed to place the
blame on any particular officer or
individuals:
Far be it from me to state that
any judge or other officer OF TINS
state has connived or winked at or
actually engaged in the commission
of any overt act Of injustice to any
negro. What | do mean to say IS
that few, if any Of US, have by word
and act done our full duty as officers
and law abiding citizens at all tunes
and under all circumstances. We
NAV be accessories before the fact
to acts of injustice and wrongs
through Indifference or omissions. II
| am not mistaken a large dose OF
the sunshine and fresh air of publicl-
ty. such as you are prescribing, VIII
do much 10 restrict the spread OF,
if it does not entirely eradicate, the
malady."
When they have thought the mat
ter through. ninety-five per cent of
the people Of Georgia will, | believe,
concur in the judges conclusions,
because ninety-five per cent of the
people Of our state are law-abiding
and humane. The same thought
caused me to lay these 1876 cases be-
fore the group of thoughtful people
whom | asked to come from different
parts of the state to advise with me.
A Futile Effort.
The futility of trying to make it
appear that the statement is an eX-
aggeration is apparent from the fact
that only five cases fof lynching9
are included in the 1875 cases men
toned, when AIS negroes have been
lynched in Georgia since 1885, and
no lyncher has yet been punished.
Eliminate one, a dozen, or more
Of the cases mentioned by me, and
the sum total remaining appalls,
when it is recalled that these cases
have not been collected by agents
of busybodies, but have come to me
wholly unsolicited from people whom
have believed that |, as governor,
could give relief.
Farm Labor.
Senator Olive charges that my
reference to peonage is endangering
labor conditions and adding to the
difficulties of our already overbur-
dened farmers.
Next to my desire to purge Geor-
gia of this insufferable blot and
to protect a helpless people who are
asking only for justice and mercy,
the chief incentive causing me to
place these facts before the people
Of Georgia was the number of farms
in our state from which negroes have
been driven in terror, leaving the
farmers helpless to plant or handle
their crops.
While I mentioned only twenty
cases of possible peonage, | cited 40
cases Of organized lawlessness and
specific acts of cruelty not only cal
culated to run negroes away but in
cases actually causing them to flee
in terror for their lives, leaving their
landlords or employers without la
Dor. | cited two counties in which
not a single negro remains.
As stated by Senator Olive, eighty
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per cent Of the population Of Geor-
gia lives in the rural communities,
and the basis Of wealth Of our state
is agriculture. If the farmer cannot
get and keep labor, there can be no
progress for our state. Experience
has demonstrated that if the small
percentage Of lawless people IN GeOr-
gia are permitted TO run the negro
away by senseless cruelty, they will
DO so. The time has come for the
law-abiding among US, who constitute
the overwhelming majority, to put a
step to their practices.
Spreading Evil.
The letter quoted above calls at
tention to the creeping nature Of
this Iawlessness. Two Of the cases
cited by me show that already it has
spread from threatening the negro
on the farm. One was an instance Of
interference with railroad construc-
ton because negroes were employ
ed. The other was an attempt to
dynamite labor quarters in lumber
camp because negroes were there.
Such conditions cannot continue.
And I cannot but believe that on
reflection, men such as Senator Olive
and my successor in office, Cover
nor-eIect Hardwick, will see the wis
dom of dealing with this situation
in a way to remedy conditions along
the lines suggested by me.
Judge Searcy.
An attack such as that made by
Judge W. f. H. Searcy serves only
to illustrate the difficulties of the
problem. That attack wildly shows
one of the causes for the contempt
for law and order upon the part Of
the few in Georgia. Such language
on the part Of Judge of the super
Tor court directed toward 4 COVER
nor of Georgia can only encourage
that class and cause regret to those
who believe in judicial calm and dig
nifty uDon the bench.
Such actions upon the part Of the
judge only STRENGTHENS my original
conclusions with reference to the
unfortunate instance described as
cases 121 to 1913, county 81, and con
firm the wisdom of my course in
Withholding the names Of the citi-
zens who gave the facts, as they
believed them, to the investigator
who reported to me.
The publicity which has come to
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that county and to Judge Searcy's
court was caused by himself and
not by me. It is regretted net be-
cause of the judge. but because as
| said in my original statement, Il
have withheld the names Of coun-
ties and individuals, because l do
not desire to give harmful publicity
to those counties, when | am con-
WINGED that, even in the counties
where these outrages are sad to have
occurred, the better element
regret them, and ! believe further
more that the better element in these
counties and the whole state, who
constitute the majority Of our people,
will condemn such conditions and
take the steps necessary to correct
them, when thew see and realize the
staggering sum total Of such cases,
which while seemingly confined to a
small minority of our counties, yet
bring disgrace and obloquy upon the
state as a whole and upon the entire
Southern people.
Evidence To Sustain.
In every case mentioned by me,
have signed letters or reports to
sustain the charges made. This
evidence is at all time open to the
gentlemen in whose hands / placed
my statement and who gave that
statement, not TO the outside world,
but to the newspapers Of Georgia,
the clergy of the state, the members
of the general assembly. ard the
eheriffs and Judges of the state, as
the first step in an effort to put
a stop to evils, which even those
who question the wisdom of the
publication Of the facts, admit cx-
ist in a greater or less degree
The wisdom of their action in so
handling the statement has been
demonstrated by the fact that the
press outside of Georgia and those
who are only too fond of trying to
attack Us where. the problem of the
negro is concerned, have united in
praise of the determination Of Geor-
gia to make end of conditions
which all deplore. Georgia has been
cited as an example to the rest of
the South and the world in dealing
with this problem in a constructive
manner.
Surely, it shall not be said either
for political reasons or for other
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19
GIRLS! LEMONS
WHITEN SKIN AND
BLEACH FEECKLES

y
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a
bottle containing,three ounces of Orchard
White, which any drug store will supply
for few cents, shake well, and you have
quarter pint of harmless and delight
full lemon bleach. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion mo the face, neck, arms
and hands each dav, then shortly note
the beauty ard wh,tr.7.s OF your skin.
Famous stage b, ~4%:es use this lemon
lotion to bleach and bring that soft,
clear, rosy-white complexion, also as
freckle, sunburn, and tan bleach because
it doesn't irrit&te.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19
FREEZONE
COrnS Lift Off
with Fingers

Drop a little "Freezone" on an ach-
ing corn, instantly that corn,stops hurt
ing, then shortly you lift it right off
with fingers. 1t doesn't hurt a bit.
Your druggist sells tiny bottle of
"Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to
remove every hard corn, soft corn, or
corn between the toes, and the calluses,
without a particle of pain.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19
KILLS SELF WITH GOLD.

SHANGHAI, May 19.--G@s, 1ope'
knife and revolver are passed as SUI
eide methods here. A Chinese los.
heavily in speculation and deciaeI
to join mis- ancestors. He swallowed
a piece of gold. He's with 'em now
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19
SULPHUR MAKES
P|NPLEs VANISH
Says Sulphur Is Quickest 60 Clean
Up An Ugly Skin

Any breaking out OF the skin ca
face, neck, arms or body IL overcome
quickest by applying Mentho-Sul-
phur. The pimples seem to dry
right up and go away, declares q
noted skin specialist
Q Nothing has ever been found 10
take the place Of sulphur as q pimpie
remover. It 10 harmless and mex
penslve. Just ask any druggist for q
small jar OF Mentho-Sulphur and use
Il like cold cream. q
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19
Don't Always Blame Hens When
Eggs Are Scrace.

Rats may be getting them-U. S.
Government Bulletins prove they
know how to get them. Break a cake
of SNAP into small pieces and
place where rats travel. If there,
RAT-SNAP will get them-positive-
ly. Three sizes, 35c, Csc, $1.25.
Sold and guaranteed by Sparks Gro
Gerry Co., Harris Grocery Co. and
Nathan Murray, Druggist-(2)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19
SKELETON PHOTO FAD

LONDON, May 19.-Photos given
by London society misses to their
admirers look like labels on poison
bottles, X-ray photography is the
latest society fad here. PhotOgra
pliers say it originated in America.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19

Darum wheat. introduced mere
from Russia in 1899, now produces
a crop woth $685. 900 annually