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The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-02

San Diego, Calif.-Madame Azalie
gockIev has suffered nervous break
down and is critically i'll. She sue
cumbed to the attack while alone at
her apartment and falling unconscious
remained unattended for several hours
without attention, before discovered.
Her serious condition occasioned
much alarm at first and is still a cause
of much concern, though at this time
much improved.
Mrs. Hackley, who has a national
reputation as n musician and has be-
come noted for her organizations of
community choruses, had lately come
to San Diego and was making plans
for organization of such a chorus
here.-New Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-02
N. A. A. C. P. WINS
RESPITE FOR
CON ID E M N E d
MEN IN ARKAN-
SAS. z

~HE National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
Il 20 Fifth avenue, New York, today
announced that a respite had been OBJ
tained in the cases of the six colored
linen sentenced to die on June 10 for
their alleged connection with the Ar
kansas riots.
Unsuccessful appeals were made to
Governor Thomas Q. McRae to grant
a stay of execution pending the re-
suit of the trials of the other six men
in the Phillips County Court.
Two days before the date set for
the execution of Frank Hicks and five
Others, attorneys for the n. a. A. @. z.
applied for n writ in the Pulaski
Chancery Court restraining the state
of Arkansas from putting the death
sentence into execution. The writ was
granted by Chancellor Martineau and
il restraining order was served upon
the warden at the penitentiary pre-
venting the execution, pending further
action by the court.
Ol JUNE o lllC lltiAAbllttA OAiANN -
celved the following telegram from
Little Rock, Ark:
petition for habeas corpus filed
Chancery Court which stays eXecu-
ton (Signed) Scipio A. Jones"
Meanwhile Il writ of prohibition was
applied for by the authorities in the
Arkansas State Supreme Court, dis
solving this last defense of the con-
demned men. The national office of
the \. a. y. c. Z. Immediately tele-
graphed its attorneys, suggesting that
they apply in the federal court for
writ of habeas corpus to prevent the
execution.
on June 81 the national office re-
ceived the following telegram from
Little Rock, signed Scipio A. Jones:
mo imminent danger electrocution.
Possible writ here from Arkansas SUI
preme Court to Supreme Court United
States, habeas corpus in Federal
Court. Date of execution not named
by governor. Change of venue grant
ed. Trial October"
1t is possible that the cases will be
carried, on Il writ of error, to the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
In the case of Ed Ware and the
other five defendants whose convic-
tions have been twice reversed by the
State Supreme Court, attorneys for
the n. A. A. c. Z. Immediately applied
for Il change of venue, when the cases
were brought to trial for the third
time in the Phillips County Circuit
Court early in May, on the ground
that prejudice against the defendants
in Phillips County would prevent OBJ
tanning fair and impartial trial.
The judge reserved decision for six
weeks on the motion for a change of
venue, when, in the usual course of
procedure, Il decision is rendered in
three or four days. No reason is
known for unusual action. The tele-
gram from Scipio \. Jones confirms
that the change of venue has at last
been granted and that the men will
be tried ut the October term of the
court.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-02
LyNCHING And DEBT SLAVERY
PREVALENT IN THE SOUTH
When Lynchings Occur Ban Negro Prosperity Where
Ivnchings Occur Class Rule and Cause
(By WILLIAM PICKENs)

complicated, of these race troubles,
we will find some economic wrong at
the bottom some trouble about wages
or work or property. The existence
side by side of two races, one power
full and the other weak, simply lends
greater opportunity and freer play to
human greed and social injustice.
The Ban on Negro Prosperity.
at is therefore intelliigble that
when race riots break out, especially
in the South, the prosperous and we'll
to-do colOred men who own business
and property, the really most worth
while members of their race. are the
ones most likely to be forced to leave
the community. They may be COM
PEELED to abandon all their property
post-haSte to get away with their
lives, and not being allowed to return,
they must sell out at great loss
Sometimes when these colored fami-
lies are in Il position to offer some
defiance TO the mob. the officers of
the law they can dare more than the
mob. A committee of prominent citi-
zens.' sometimes including the mayor
or the chief of police or the sheriff.
will call on the colored men and warn
him to leave, either openly espousing
the cause of the mob or declaring their
inability to restrain the mob.
'When colored family is thus
driven out or eXterminated, prominent
mention is always made of their pros
perity' as an indirect emphasis on
their general offensiveness.
Rape and Lynching.
zone of the most successful illu-
sions in the history of human rela-
tions is the opinion that the eXtraor-
binary disposition to lynch Negroes in
the United States is due to some eX-
traordinary tendency of the men of
that race TO commit rape. we call
this Illusion successful because it is
actually believed by many, if not by
most, white people But facts and
evidence point in the opposite direc-
tion-that Africans and their descend
ants are exceptionally uninclined to
this particular violence.
"The appeal has been wonderfully
successful. 1t is an old ruse of the
oppressor He must find motive
that will justify him in the moral SEN
timents of his people.
"But it should be noted that in the
United States the most awful slaugh-
ter and lynchings of colored persons
in the last few years have not been oc-
casioned by any matter of sex; the
massacre at East st. Louis Qll.) in
1917; the multiple lynchings of Brooks
and Lowndes counties (Ga.) in 1918;
the Chicago riots in 1919 the Elaine
(Ark.) massacre in 1919, and the burn
ing of Henry Lowry at Nodena (Ark)
in 1921.
Class Rule the Cause.
"AIost of the lynching evil is trace
able to economic wrong. There is
conviction that the Negro as a class
is to be kept under in human society;
that when a black man works ana
sweats. it is not primarily for his own
GOOD but for the good of the dominant
roce in America. This is class-feeling.
1t is the offspring of the slave system
IF the Negro attempts to rise above
this condition, he is SHINING against
God and must be repressed sternly ana
The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-02
A SEARCHING attack on the system

SEARCHING attack on the system
a of debt-slavery in the South today
L n as the cause of lynching ana mon
violence has Just been published in
pamphlet form by the American Clvh
Liberties Union, with headquarters i'll
New York City. The statements and
conclusions of the author, william
Pickens, field secretary of the Assocl-
otion for the Advancement of Colored
People, are endorsed by the civil Lid
critics Union, which declares in an III
troduction that "in the South today no
man. white or black, is really free pup
liclv TO sneak the truth about the race
problem. We believe this pamphiet-to
be the essential truth. We have CON
sulted Southern white men ana Wolh-
en- who tell us privately that 1t Is the
truth." Roger n. Baldwin, director
.of the Union, pointed out the econom-
ic causes of the recent Tulsa mob Vio-
lence as Just another demonstration
of the truth of the general proposition
Among the striking statements
made by Mr.. Pickens in the pamphlet
are these:
"Lynching and mob violence are on
lv methods of economic repression
Lynching is most prevalent where Ne
gro labor is most exploited; and the
snread of mob violence against col
ored people has followed the spread
of this exploitation. 1t is either uue
Il. to-
directly to efforts of the exploiting
class to repress the Negro, or it is the
Indirect resentment of the laborers OF
other racial groups against the eN-
nloitation of Negro labor to his disad-
vantage. This is the difference De-
tween Georgia and East St Louis
Where Lynchings Occur.
"Tt is instructive to note where
most lynchings take place. In thlrly
vaors tbe seven states which led III
Ivnching are in the order OF thelr eVli
eminence: Georgia, Mississippi, IeAas'
Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas anu
Tennessee. Along with Alabama, Geor-
ola and Texas, therefore, we have the
,,roo+ southern Mississippi valley, re-
gion which might pe
American Congo
"The quest of this Congo is not lor
rubber and ivory, but for cottoh anu
sueor Here labor is forced, anu the
Ioborer is a slave. The slavery 10
cunaingly contrived debt slavery ~
rive the appearance of CIVILIZATION
and tbe sanction of law. A debt Oh
few hundred dollars may Tie pi"CN
man and his family of ten as securely
IN bondage to n great white planter
&c ,f be had purchased their bodies
"Tba only way for this debt-slaVe
to get free from such master Is u
pet some one else to pay ms uep''
that is TO sell himself to another'
with added charges, expenses OF NOV
inc ond honuses. By this method the
enslayer gets his bondsmeh che"pei
+ban in regular slave SYSTEM lor III
+be debt system he does not nave "
nav tbe full market price of man.
"This is the system that obtains III
tba greot Mississippi valley, ana 1t
has NOT been modified for thlrty !eai'
or moro The evil of this system Is re-
snons;hla for all of the massacres OIL
colored people and for nearly al u
tho borrihIe lvnchings and burnings Oh
individuoI Negroes that nave lateis
taken place in this region
"If we examine any, even the most
The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-02

to the American people Of the Patri-
otic Union of Haiti appeal to all fair
minded Americans to insist on know
ing the facts of the violence and op-
preston which are being perpetrated
in their name by United States forces
in the Haitian republic.
EEL PAULEUS SANNON,
"STENIO VINCENT,
"PERCEVAL THOBY."
The Colorado statesman., 1921-07-02

ing to a nearby grocery store he had
the proprietor phone the police.
A Mississippi mob phoned the local
police they were coming to lynch Hill,
but upon learning that extra police
had been provided with riot guns and
that the local race men had decided
there was to be no lynching the mob
changed its mind.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
Realty Deeds Are
Filed For Record

The following deeds were filed
yesterday with County Clerk Lee
IN. Satterfield for recording:
Marie Sergi and husband to
Steve Hajduk, a parcel Of land in
the village Of Barrackville. Con.
sfdeTation S900;0 Alice West Smith
and husband to j. Clyde Morris, a
.parcel OF land on the Tygart's
Valley river In Grant district, Con-
slderation $1,500. Woodlawn
Cemetery Company to Olive M.
Arnett, a parcel Of land in the
above mentioned cemetery. Con.
sideration $3.50; Helen v. Poole
and husband to Robert C. Jones,
"a parcel OF land in the Edgemont
addition to the city OF Fairmont,
consideration $500: j. D. Rogers
and wife to Pearl N. Pitzer, par.
eel OF land in the Bellview Heights
addition to tie city Of Fairmont.
Consideration S1.0O; Helen v.
Poole and husband to Louie T.
James, parcel of land in the West
mont addition to the city OF Fair
mont. Consideration SIS 90; West
End Improvement Company to F.
D. Fanhagen. a parcel of land in
the lakewood addition to the CITY
of Fairmont, CrE sideration $4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
MAYOR D
THII..!!S 10 H|!BIP.REll
Man Up In Court Today
Who Mayor Felt Sure
Would Be There

81 saw you heading this way
yesterday afternoon obseF1aet
Mayor Conaway to o. L. Archer
iii police court this morning. The
Mayors prophetic hunchH came to
HIM at about 4 o'clock when he
saw Archer on the street and sure
enough it came true at $3.50 when
Patrolmeng Digman and Hawkins
brought Archer to the police sta.
tion in a taxi.
Walter Martin a pal of Arch
eTs, came to the city jail at about
1890 with the purpose, laudable
enough under. ordinary circum-
stances OF securing the liberty OF
his running mate. But Martin was
also in a highly picked state and
was locked up.
Aryoung man employed at the
postofffce came into court in ans,
wer TO a summons conveyed on a
tag placed on his car which was
parked beside the government
building on Meredith street and
stated that he was always under
the impression that the govern
ment had Jurisdiction over the
street for a space. Of ten feet from
the edge Of the postofflce lot.
On this point Mayor Conway
set him right lid he went away
with the understanding that no
parking is permitted on this end
Of the street excepting on the side
farthest away from Tie postoffice.
THE rule prohibiting the wear
ing Of masks on the streets of the
city before Halloween will be
strictly enforced said Chief Snider
this morning There is q state
and county law which prohibits
the wearing of masks in public and
inasmuch as a number OF persons
have appeared on the streets Of
late wearing masks and acting in
dlsorderly manner. it has been
decided to enforce the laws with.
out fear or favor. From now on,
until Halloween, anyone wearing
a mask on the streets will be AR
rested.
Chief Snider and City Attorney
Albert j. Kern went to Morgan
town this morning where they
will appear as witnesses in a case
to be tried in criminal court.
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fos u isttcr r. aaFs 1
h 10 Ills Neck sken ~
the SIC n6in
iitiS nn 9el q
f3r laS 81 cur ~
maintained and iEi the nation Rt
Elafge and tie utmost viii be done
81 the Baptist Association to Sc
cure e6f5 Fcement Tor sohrietys hon
cStE and to procure ghteousness,
The plan Of President Harding
to forward the cause OF universal
peace was resolved upon favorably
and the conference on the reduc-
ton Of armament further APPROX
ed, A Recommendation was APP
proved that all churches be rep
recented in this body and to I'M
clude in them an order OF public
service on Sunday November s
with adequate reference made TO
the purpose Of the conference and
on November IL to hold special
prayer for divine guidance and sue
cess OF the conference.
The following men were ap-
pointed to carry out the spirit Of
the resolution on law and order:
George T. Neal, Huntington: E.
Leroy Dakin, Charleston, and Dr..
Purfnton, Morgantown.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
Theatre Notes
Coming show-Polly Moran In "The
Affairs of Anatol.n

Polly Moran has an important
role in Cecil B. DeMille's new Para
mount production based upon Ar
thur Schnitzler's play, "The Affairs
OF Anatol," which will be shown at
the Nelson theatre next week. No,
the famous Coincidence has not de-
serted comedy. Neither is the De.
Mile picture slap.stick comedy.
The irresistible Polly is seen in
the role Of cabaret entertainer in
an elaborate safe setting. At the
head OF corps Of dancers and as
conductor Of the orchestra, she adds
comedy note to this phase Of the
story that surpasses her past rec
ord for laugh-provoking.
Polly Moran is known to a host
of theatre goers as Sheriff Nell"
of Keystone fame and as one OF the
most versatile condolences OF the
screen. Miss Moran appears in as.
ISOLATION with Wallace Reid, Gloria
Swanson, Elliott Dexter. Bebe Dan.
ieIs, Wanda Hawley. Monte Blue,
Theodore Roberts and Agnes Ayres.
Others in the all-star cast are
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
Case Dismissed;
Lack Of Evidence

Even the most casual observer
could see that Rebecca Hawley,
colored, liked Wesley Gilmore bet
ter, far better, than she liked Tom
CASTOR. Had 1t been otherwise,
Wesley would have Jared badly
when he was arraigned before JUS
ttce A. BiIlingslea yesterday af-
ternoon on the charge OF carrying
a revolver.
..AVegley was arrested. last Mon.
day morning by Chief Snider on
complaint Of Tom, who said that
"Wes' had threatened him with a
revolver when he evinced desire
10 Iinger in the immediate vicin.
ity OF the fair Rebecca while she
and IVES were carrying on a con-
yersation. Wesley was arrested a
few minutes later at his boarding
house in Shagtown and turned
over to the county officers. A gun
was found in the room. where he
was captured, but he denied the
ownership thereof.
Both Rebecca and Yves swore
that the supposed. sight OF the re-
volver on the morning in question
was a chimera. a mere Pigment OF
Toms suDerheated imagination.
Or else Tom was lying. For yves"
neve: had no gun on him nohow ),
The case was dismissed.
ives" was ably defended by
Attorney U. A. Knapp and Assist
ant Prosecuting Attorney John W.
Mason, .Ir., appeared for the state.
John Carter was tried yesterday
afternoon before Justice NJ. R
Musgrove on a charge of assault
Ing Monroe Scott and fined S. and
costs when found guilty.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
ELNE RAGEANI

tConttnt1ed from nGGl 6nal
hymns now and then, In added ex'
PLANTATION Of the pageant as 1t pro.
gresged. Next came thef decadei
represented. by five women, gowned
in gray silk with white draperies,
Each told Of the work done during
a certain 10,years.
who will meet the need of the
decade?" the leader asked Mes
sengers representing 10 different
foreign countries took their places
and told how they needed America,
how they needed doctors, schools,
teachers. medical missionaries and
many other things.
A procession OF about rs indi-
viduals including young and old,
the little folks carrying trumpets
answered the call for help. They
sang: We've a story to tell to
the nations" They filed in from
the back OF the church to the plat
form and grouped themselves
there. They included presidents OF
different societies In the church,
guild representatives, crusaders,
volunteers, high school girls with
their books. the last anxious to
help, too.
Yesterday, reports Of various
Baptist organizations were given
throughout the day, sessions being
held morning, afternoon and night.
Sessions today include sermons
and addresses by well known per.
sons among them DR.. William AK
ling, who is q missionary at Japan
and who is here to tell of his work.
Today's program which is in the
last. Of the association, was well
attended. Visitors in the city will
begin leaving this afternoon and
by tomorrow few will remain. To-
nights session closes the weeks
program. The program for. today
is as follows:
Morning,
9:00-Praise Service..J, D. Vannoy
s:15-Report Of Obituaries. -.
......:........... Arthur Hank
works OF Tribute.
9:4o-Report OF Committee on
Resolutions. z
0:00-'A Baptist Prospect in West
Virginia from the Peak OF Past
Success" ......D. B. Purintor
10:45-"Realizing Gods Plan in
West Virginia.. "A. D. Hilton
1:3o-Quiet Hour Bible Study
..............C Charles H. Stul
Afternoon. ~
1:3O-Praise Service. ..J. F. Cost
Session.
2:OO-Report on Foreign Missiona
...................H. S. Mable
2:16-Addresz. DR., VIM. Axling
2:55-"World Ruin and Redemp,
ton Today. Geo. E. Lockharf
3:30-Report of Historical Com
mittee. ..........W. h. Bayles
4:00-Recess.
Evening,
7:S0-Praise Service"G..T. Holland
7:45-"Baptist Progress III Europe.
Illustrated. :. VIM, B. Lipphard
~. DIR. Vim. AxllnE
Adjournment. $500
Among the resolutions offered
at today's session OF the Baptist
General Association was that ofes-
ing thanks for all that has been
done so we'll in behalf of the com,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
HELD MEETING.

A meeting of the stockholders Of
the Federal CarbonIc Co. was held
here yesterday at which plans for
the financing of the. building pro
iect of the company were agreed
upon. The plant is now under con.
struction at Barrackville and will
take about four weeks to complete.
When finished It will be one OF the
most complete OF its kind.
The new directors of the com
pany are NJ. A. Jolliffe. o. M. Doc
little. Marcel Jackson, Of Fairmont;
Thomas Eltins Lee, Of ClRrksburs
J. Calvin Cessna, OF Cumberland
Md; H. S. Halter, Of Philippi; and
Harry N.aKeller, OF Uniontown, Pa,
The officers of the company are (:
NJ, A. Jolliffe, president; Thomas
Elkins Lee, vice president; o. NJ
Doolittle, treasurer, and Marcel
Jackson, secretary.
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.8ds mne oznNNr. r
onst hod heft dntsAf> nlk
p alcR 1pret Tas fls3
m aps q c8af putf
btisil tisr aef
ny tafe M 1een
/ III .np ~ PEI eriiiilt outi ~
by NJ. ~ Cornell sxld An
Ms. Harley DAVIS ot s
was here last night 70
the Pythisn Sisters.
Harry U, Rice Of WSieslin
transactins business here ge
day.
Jordy higgins who spert
summer, on his farm near =
mont has returned ~ epent
winter here.
Mesdamss Floranee petEies
Jessie DaSts Of Worthington
here last evening Attending
ian Sister Lodge.
Mrs. Q, sslyatti has
from visiting ct theS home q
sons Nick sRlYattt at Morgantp
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
Cars Derailed;
Traffic Blocked

Seven loads Of coal of a freight
train drawn by engine 1903 on the
{. & o. railroad east of CASTOR
Junction. were wrecked this morn
Ing at $3.50 O'Clock and blocked both
tracks, interfering with traffic be-
tween Fairmont and Grafton. Both
tracks were cleared by IL o'clock
this morning 1t was reported as
train 81 got through. Train 43 due
at 9:42 a. m. was run around by
Clarksburg and came to Fairmout
on the M. r. Trains SO and SO trans
ferred passengers at the scene OF
the wreck.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
MONoNGAH

The first basketball game of the
season was played last night at
West Monongah' High by the
Freshmen and sophomores. The
score being 9-1s in favor OF the
TtEs Juniors have~an-
nounced they would challenge the
winners in a game that will be
played Friday evening.
The Boys Club entertainer the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14
Union District
Roads Meeting

Union district good roads boost
ers will attend q meeting to be
held this evening, at the Central
school house on the asst Side A
good meeting was held two weeks
ago and tonight named as the
date Of the second gathering. At
the meeting tonight a special COM
mittee composed Of Bert Cielland,
n. w. Morgan, H. F. Barbe, D..
w. Boyers, w. E. Michaels and
C. D. Robinson, will make a re.
port.
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Pathological.


Questions
How old was Noah when the
flood came?
2-What Is the main object of
the writer in relating the Book-of
Ruth?
S-For what purpose was David
anointed?
Twas Job,wealthy2
5-What is the seventh com.
SIN which Testament are the
Psalms found?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
Lots wife looked back and
was turned to a pillow OF salt.
2-John the Baptist dwelt in the
region west OF the Dead Sea.
3-The sixth commandment Isl:
""Thou shalt not kill"
A-The Lord had told Samuel
that He would send him man out
of the land OF Benjamin.
Christ spoke the parable OF
the-sower to great multltudes Of
people,"
file did not explain this par.
able to the multitudes.
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3EslcitE asaE

M63 IL II mi p
IL ~ Yf iN
IfgFiite ~ cihicsgo' nj geEeElI
atrtii "a 81 the Boiiermak efs and
Iron shipbufld ers Association. were
In Eaffinont last night conterrtng
With local officials 6E theft respec.
tive associations.
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THE WEATHER

vest Virginia
FalT and warmer.
local Readings
Ftp. Hall, Oh.
emperature at s
Z! NJ. today 80.
Yesterdays
weather clear;
temperature.
maximum IS;
minimum 80;
precipitation
none,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14

Try This on Your Wise Friend
IS A boy, when asked how many
pennies he had said; If 1 had
shalf as many, third as many
and a fourth as many I'd have
seven more than II l had only
|ehalf as many. How many had
Ehez
Answer to yesterdays:
q 8 and 1s.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14

A Japanese Holstein COW has
produced S7,s2s pounds of milk in
one year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14

ETERNAL LIFE;-Jcsus said
untoher, | am theresurrecGon and
The life; he that bsiieyeth in me,
Ithough he were dead, yet shall he
live; And whososyer livcth and
belisveth in me shall never die.
John Il:25.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-14

A dam in New South Wales holds
10 per cent less water than the
famous Assougn dam in gypt.