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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05

Bat there is moral ,chich OBJ
frndcs itself, and that is that the
rhitc race 'chich is exploiting the
birck race ~ the heart Of Africd,
con not safely ignore It's Obligations
10 its tclloto human beings.
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with understanding Will not miss II.
No one but Congo Negro could
haze told the story so understand
ing'v or icith such sympathy.
TT is the story OF Batouala. a native
i chief. and his vain plot to revenge
himself on youth who was trying tt
steal the love Of his favorite wife. II
opens with Batouala in his hut waking
in the morning and being waited or
BY his wife. And 1t ends in the same
hut when he dies from wounds In
the abdomen inflicted by tiger at
the moment when he was hurling his
spear at the head of the young man
who was planning to invade his do.
mestic circle.
Between this opening and the dra :
matte and horrible close. Maran de-
scribes many native customs. He in
| dicates the hostility of the blacks to
their white masters as we'll as their
fear of them.
The action Of the story begins we'll
along in the narrative when. in the
course of the love dance which pre-
cedes the annual hunt in the dry sen
son. the youth dances with the chiefs
wife. The dance Is described with
sufficient detail to enable the reader 10
understood its sensual!ty and all its
implications. The account of the beat
ing of the tomtoms to summon the
villagers to the dance with the answer
Ing beat from the ncIghboring hills and
its echo from valley to valley is 70
realistic as to give a thrill even to the
sophisticated.
And then we are told how the chief
and his rival after the climax of the
loce dance plot each others death.
1t Is customary for them to pretend
great friendship for each other. while
they wait for favorable opportunity.
We are told how the youth debates
with himself whether he shall use
poison or whether ho shall lie in wait
in tho forest and slay the chief dur
ing the hunt In such n way as to
make II appear that the death was ac-
c!dental. The chief had decided on
Staying the youth during the hunt.
and II was just ms the tiger appeared
that he hurled his spear. But the
youth had thrown himself TO the earth
when warning cry indicated the tiger )
approach and the spear went over his
head. As already indicated. the beast
ripped open the abdomen Of the chief
in passing. But he could not be at
tended TO then. The hunt was of
more Importance.
When the hunt was over his follow
ers returned to him and carrie,, him
TO his hut. The native medicament
was used IN vain. The commandant of
the white army post was asked to send
q physician. but he said he did not
care how many Negroes rotted TO death.
The book ends with the chief waking
from his stupor to find his wife in
the embraces of his rival and with the
pair fleeing in terror as he rises over
them with his dying strength only TO
fall dead as their Mortified screaming
IS lost in the forest to which they
rushed in their guilty fright
The book contains only about 900
pages, but there is more of the spirit
OF savage Africa in It than in many
larger volume. II is an answer 70
the contemptuous remark of Henry NJ.
stanley about the persons who pro.
tested when he shot holes through n
few blacks 10 let light into the heart
OF darkest Africa"
GEORGE W. DOUGLAS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05
GREAT WORK OF ART
The Heart of Africa Beats
in Rene Maran's Great Book

WHEN a full -blooded African Negro
w writes a book about the natives Of
the French Congo his book deserves
attention. q
When he makes II piece Of lit
erature that does not suffer by compar-
ison with anything done by his white
it certainly deserves
the Goncourt prize which was con-
ferred upon "Batouala,' by Rene Ma
ran.
The English translation of "Batou-
ala which Thomas Seltzer has pub
lished in America, has enough of the
color Of the original French TO enable
readers of English to appreciate its
great qualities.
The book has been selling In France
at the rate of 5000 copies day. No
report of the American sales has been
made, but It ought TO be widely popu-
lar on its merits.
1t Is astounding that an African,
less than a generation from savagcry.
could have produced such book. Ma
ran has sense Of literary form. He
has the ability to use words with such
skill as to produce in the mind of
the reader a preconceived effect. He
writes with vigor and directness He
has a poetic imagination and an in
stinct for characterization which en-
ables him 10 make individuals of the
men and women about whom he writes.
And he has self restraint enough to
tell his story effectively and 10 let it
carry its own moral without the inter
lection of any preachments.
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M NsAs-' @S@''S S'''
w its place in the sun as some day It
T Grenfell will shine
>, high in its national ros-
Srenfeus ter. For years Dr.
Book on Grenfel! and HIS de-
Labrador voted wife have eSpoused
the cause Of Labrador
and j. IS much due 70
their inCesSant preaching and good
works that the land has made az much
progress as It has.
In Labrador Macmillans have
r"ugh' up 70 date Dr. Gronfrll's ear
Her story OF that bleak sea swept land.
II is not a romance except as romance
insists upon creeping into my unex-
plotted country. Dr. Grcnfell is on en-.
thusias. on Labrador and admits II
frankly. His book Is an attempt to OK
plain just what, where and why Lab-
rador is, Every aspect of the land,
geological. racial, geographic, social.
scientific, is taken up by DR.. Grcnfell
or some one else more expert IN GER
tain lines. The geology Is treated by
R".inold 4. Daly; the Indians by VIII
liam B. Cabot, the birds and fora by
Charles W. Townsend and L. Il.
DcIab barre. But the bulk of the recital
falls upon Dr.. Grenfell.
Labrador" IS a life story told BY
Dr., Grenfell with the carnestness of u
real life story.
GROVE SAMUEL DOW. professor
~ Of sociology in Baylor University
has written informingly on Society and
It's Problems Thomas
y. Crowell Company
Soeiefys His instructive book is
Problems nm Introduction 70 the
principles Of sociology
II will be found valu-
ably adapted both for the general read =
er and the college student. Prof. Dow
pTesuppCses no Lpecinl knowledge of tho
subject in his reader. lie outlines step
BY step many OF the problems and per.
plex!ties Of modern social organization
Topics Of immediate present day i'm
portance are discussed and the book is
thus freed from the merely academic.
The book Is a practical and Illuminating
survey of social conditions.
d OBERT FROTHINGHAM has
~ added a fourth to the series OF an
tho!ogies which Houghton. Mif8in Com
pany has published for
him. His first. "Songs
An Anfho<o4y OF Men, was 30 pop
Of ChalisnSs ular that is justified
the next two, "Songs
ofHorses' and Songs
OF Dogs The fourth is "Songs
Of Challenge" 1t is a collection
of poems IN which men and wom-
en- have issued their challenge to
life and death, and have exhibited a
high courage in facing whatever might
come. Some Of the poems are Chris.
tian in spirit and others are pagan,
but they are all brave and manly and
full Of inspiystion for the discouraged.
It Is an anthology that ought to be
more popular than any of the Others
which Mr.. rockingham has compiled.
1t 10 noteworthy that the compiler
has not found 1t necessary to 60 to
the famous poets for the pieces which
he has included. Indeed, the names in
the index Of authors suggest that he
has deliberately avoided them as much
as possible. There are only two So
iectfons each from Robert Browning,
Tennyson and Stevenson. There are
avs tou Frederic ,. Van Dc Water.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05

this work Of literary art. The men
with understanding will not miss it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05
His Amazing
Method Now at
Last in English

self VI astery
hrounh Conscious
I o . u gCegtion."
miie Coues own
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05
Short Notes of Interesting New Books

WHEN Labrador finally is accorded
w its place in the sun as some day II
undoubtedly will-the name of Wilfred
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05
That rare combination
a great mystery story and a
work of true literary distinction.

"7he Ghost Girl. just out. I,
one of the finest pieces of
imaginative engineering n
many, many moons." - III.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
THE Ghost Girl is a mystery
story and a romance in oneC
first and last and all the tim.
a book SO well written, with
a plot SO we'll constructed
that it is a pleasure to read
it. One can truly regret that
Saltus did not live to write
more books of this kind"
st. Louie G1obe-Democ,at.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05

"In this posthumous novel
by Edgar Saltus his readers
will find an enthralling plot
developed with that clever
ness. that power to intensity
each incident and to pile up
the suspense which distin-
guished him in everything he
wrote. How the story holds
you with its constant sugges-
ton of the uncanny, the ter
rible, its partial revelations,
its variations from the tragic
to the grotesque, from both
to the absurd or fantastic"
IN. Y. Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05

It's Problems" CThomas
y. Crowell Company.
His instructive book is
nm introduction 70 the
principles Of sociology.
II will be found valu-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05

GROVE SAMUEL DOW. professor
~ Of sociology in Baylor University.
has written informingly on Society and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05

three from Charles Wharton Stnrk
TWO each from Don Marquis and Edwin
Arlington Robinson. He includes Edith
wharton poem on the death of Roose
VeIt, and the Rev. John White Chad
Wick S IL S!ngeth Low in Every
hrart' Among the other poets repre- :
Seh'ed are Matthew Arnold. Emily
Clough. Louise lmogen Quincy, Rich /.
ard Hovey, Joseph jefferson. s. F..
kiser. Richard LeGalliennr, Lloyd M!f.
min, !.izette Woodwork Reese, Eugene
r. Ware, William Winter and Words
worth.
THE latest volume in Scribner's Mod .
= ern Students Library is a selection
or Poems and Plays" bv Robert
Browning. They have
been chosen and edited
Selections with notes by Kcwette
From BrowningElwell Joyce: assistant
professor Of English
in Dartmouth College
Prof. Joyce has written an apprccia :.
tive and interpretative essay as an in
tr"duCtton.
The volume contains three complete
pays. They are ''Pippa Passes" "A
Blot in the 'Scutcheon" and "In Bal
cony' Among the shorter poems in
",,..nded -nr" ,Th" Lost Leader" "TIow
Ghcnt to AK" ANY Wife to Any Hus.
band" My Last Duchess. The
Ped Piper OF Hamelin, - Fra Limo
Lippi,,". "Abt Vogler," and "Pheid!p-
p!des. w
While the book IS intended primarily
for use IN the classroom, It will be found
most satisfactory bs those lovers Of DO :
etry who wish 20 have in convenient
form the most representative poems OF
one Of the most thoughtful poets OF the
Victorian era.
M'BRIDE has reached "GaIlantry"
A'4 In his publication In a uniform
and revised edition Of the complete
works Of James Branch
Cabell. This collection
J. B. CabeiFs of tales was first pub.
"Gailantyy" lshed with illustra
tions IN 1907. 1t has
since been revised and
in this new edition there is an appre-
ciative introduction by Louis Inter
meyer.
The selection Of a poet to appraise
Csse TS' approprt1ts e for cabsl i.
In prose- This v; Volume is ns ssr,es %s''ef OF
romantic episodes, many Of which would
have lent themselves we'll 20 the poetic
form. The first one, for example, ISL.
mons Hour" which is one Of tho best,
would have made In the hands Of a
narrative poet a thrilling and moving
dramatic recital. The story ia told in
prose with more freedom than would
have been possible in verse. One can !.
not read 1t without wondering why the
volume containing It did not attrac,
more attention when 1t first appeared,
Those who find Cabell's longer sto .
ries difficult to read will find this
collection Of short stories more compre. :.
hensible. Yet It may be doubted
whether those who do not yet appreciate
this remarkable manipulation OF Eng
lish would appreciate him even in small
doses. People either like him very
much or find him !ntolsrable. He ID
likely to have Il permanent place In
American literature. however, for there
Is always a public which finds puro
intellectual delight in the kind of ar
tiaeial and hammered thing that he
a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05

No one but a Congo Negro could
hare told the story so understand
ingly or icith such sympathy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05

60 FAR as I know this is the first
~ time that the voice Of the central
African Negro has been heard in Eu-
rope and America In protest against
exploitation. The book is Of immense
political significance. The statesmen
in London and Paris and Lisbon, the
capitals OF the countries with Negro
dependents in Africa, ought to read
It and ponder on all that Is implied
and hinted in the moving tale. They
may then come TO better under
standing Of the mind Of the people
with whom they have to deal. The
may be a l!;tIe more humane in their
treatment of them and they may then
guide them with more intelligence in
the road toward civilization.
And when they realize that this black
rae" can produce a man who can write
rs Moran writes. they may have q lit
tie more respect for It's intellectual ii
qualities.
The Congo atrocities were rerpo-
| trated because the whites regarded the
Negroes rs beasts Of burden rather
| than as human beings. They were the
same kind Of atrocities that were per-
retrated in the rubber regions of South
! America which shocked the world for
a moment and were then forgotten save
by few persons who make II. their
business 10 protest against cruelty.
II the French Congo can produce
one Maran, it can produce another.
II the Congo Negroes have such in
t"llectual capacities as Maran exhibits
they can be raised TO high degree
Of civilization from their present semi
barbariSm.
Herein IS the great significance OF
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-10-15
Sunday Editorial PAGE of the Amarillo Daily Ne1Us

them and have employed addi-
tional workers.
Reports show that several
cities reported increases IN en-
ployment IN September over
August. The lines in which de-
clIning employment was noted
were iron and steel. textiles.
lumber, paper and printing. metal
products and beverages.
The chemical industry scored
the largest percentage OF increase
in the number OF men employed
with leather and leather products,
stone clay and glassware next in
line.
Texas reports that employees in
the industrial lines were reduced
slightly, while agriculture show
eel a substantial increase. In New
Mexico mining activities were
normal. Highway work and cattle
industry offered opportunities
Tor employment in that state. said
the report.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-10-15
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION.

Employment conditions IN the
United States are not nearly so
SERIOUS as they were a year ago.
That IS the statement that has
gone forth from the L. :. En-
ployInent Service az Washington.
a year ago 100000 workers
faced the winter without jobs.
Although there is some uneri-
ployn-nt now-and there always
S-the situation is held most en-
oouraging by the federal bureau.
The coal strike and the railroad
controversy caused a reduction in
employment IN certain sections.
Both these industries are getting
hack 20 normal. The controyer-
sies mean that both industries are
brhind IN their work, and addi-
'ionai workers viii be needed 10
catch Up.
American business generally
was getting out OF the dumps
aud was approaching period OF
prosperity al The time the coal
AMI rail strikes developed. De
spite these adverse conditions
Many industries have averted
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-10-15

The flare up IN British politics
recently has brough, about dis.
cusSion again oi a general cleo
zion and who will be the next
premier DAVID Lloyd George. the
last ct the great war ministers
in power, IS slipping. Opponents
are wapIng ;!'" most bitter fight
III his career against him
Prediction is made that another
general election will be held hy
the suInmcr Of lg23. Whether the
Conservatives. Liberals or Labor
will rule is the big qucs,ios before
tho people today II seems evil
dent that the Labor party cannot
luic, although il, leader, Arthur
Henderson IS popular with al
elements He Is not considered a
radical. \ Labor government in
England now would bc regarded
almost a. revolution
\ coalition government seems
evident Ii the Coaltion-Libcrals
are III power again, there Is mo-
douh, al,m', either LLOYD George
or Winston Churchill being the
nest premier, Churchill has had 4
remarkable career lie is only %
wears obi the son OF an Americas
mother, able war correspondent.
soldier. an author and has served
4 long apprenticeship in every i'm
portant cabinet post except two.
Ia IS personally popular and has
the qualities ol Cancellation which
IS needed so much IN forming a
co1liliCu government
Lloyd George recent dccisiou
TO WV" hi> ntnoirs for 5000
rs held ~ an indication that hc
iCahlCs tie hand writing is ~.
Tie wall FDt LLOYD George j, an
uncertain factor IN English poi
tbs. lie may head another patty
N"u cant Cos.Iiy Lloyd Georgs
Conservative poS,ibllitic, Tor
"remIrr are Lord DERBY. Ear,
!ialiHCr 'lrlr Law. Austen
Chamherl;,; and Lord Birkhcal.
For the Wee Nee" Liberals It.
choice is between Niscouu, CIR "
md II II. NSauith, former pr
mIcr ihs LASER group is held i'm
possible. for tins division i, bad.
" split between the followers Of
Drcv and .iepuith.
thus. Great Britain has its POI
iti,al prob In's as Ia, Ahcrica.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-10-15
PEklTENTIARY SENTENCES
FOR AUTO SPEEDERS.

California is bearing down on
auto speeders numerically. And
the state is making an example
OF 4 scion Of wealth.
Phil Valentine. heir TO the mil
lions OF the late J. ]. Valentine.
president OF the Wells Fargo FIX
press Company, Is serving term
oi one year 10 five wears Tor reck-
isss driving.
Young Valentine while seeking
20 dodge 4 speed cop crashed into
asother automobile. manning one
occupant for life. Today SanQuen
tin, the seat Of the state pcniten-
tiay, is entertaining its richest
ior an indcterminate period.
Automobile accidents are be
coming more frequent. They are
the cause OF constant worry. But
the regretable thing about most
automobile accidents is that they
happen through carelessness.
Either the autombile driver or the
pedestrian is careless.
Amarillo has had several fatal
automobile accidents. In most in
stances. the pedestrians were at
fault, /, is understood. The old
warning about being careful IN
crossing streets cannot be stress
ed too much.
But the city police should be
just as careful in enforcing the
traffic laws as possible. The slow
and careful driver seldom has an
accident. II is the speed demon
and wreckl,ss driver who usual
by hits some pedestrian.
Carefulness in driving in ANA
RHO should be followed. ANA
rillc does not thave traffic cops
TO tel the automobile drivers or
the pedestrians when they can
cross the streets. Hence. there Is
great need OF care by both the
drivers and the walkers.
The California course seems
rather stiff, but IL seems that Il
vii be the only just way TO pro-
teei the walking public.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-10-15
Panhandle Press

sild that hr knows fairly we'll loo AL.
NAuc. Vh.' his berth win u' although
occasionally miuistr uHtt gen an Js.
siluueut that surprsa him Amarillo
had the pleasure ot entertaining thc
torthW.st Texas ConferouC, last year
That was ihc first time Amarillo had
entertained Methodist Conference m
MANI wears Quannh viii De- tho host
W November with the Now bishop. j..
J.. Dickry presiding That cats h. mak.
ing preparations to entertain iho
Methodist preachers aud lay mon. The
OuiuJh TiNue.Chio .s gOug Co. pub
i'sh suo, Hl 'dition telling souc.
thisg 90 he wonders oi llsrdcman
county. n every Visitor a' Quanah does
not go away O. booster fur that city IL
; will no, DO because 0f any slackncss
in thN efforts ~ the rrhuncChiof hut
the annual MethuC 50 tonfcrrnc, has i,s
air uf politics hecuusc OF the wholesale
assignment U ministers ut tho CLOSE.
lThis Nca q conference probably viii not
hc 81 exciting as that In Amarillo in
1881 when the ,harg.s 81 higher criti.
lc,Em in the various schools were
brought ~. Tho Mcihodists declared
fur sound doctrine and apparently that
= t'lre The issur
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-10-15
4 Ncn Crl,nn Rer,on

Many .c,'s via ~ 'ar0tnd 10 cotton
thc coming SEASON Thr yield this sea.
son hus been very satisfactory consider.
ing the diy weather and cotton will bc
Due ~ tte principal crops ip Roosevelt
'omty boo he future portalrs Valley
Srvs
II this cotton area keeps on spread
Inc u WIN not b. long until all OF the
Panhandle ~ Texas and Eastern New
McNic1 w u b, raising Gotta Portales.
which Gains % De- the seat of the
sweet potato country and furnishes
the rduhaudl, Pros, Association with
"a gene ouN supply every year. nov N
predicting that Roosevelt county viii be
the center ~ e cotton belt As the Pan.
handle country ,a $50 lrc. from she boil
wcryils 10 VIII b. 200 surprise 90 learn
ot the increased cotton acreage. Just
q few digs ago inca from Dumas IN
Moore County were in Amarillo and
said tha, funds were being raised for
a Gin o. hc built 90 Dumas II las bpcn
| thought that Amarillo was in too good
o. climate 10 raise cotton. and now
1 'NN'tt ~ 'fAAAk NA'Ahfhu I'lNN ~ lllf
city. And repcrts show that liansford
county has hccn raising s'me cotton. II
We remcnh cr correct ~ other words
The cotton acreage is spreading To an
~ Northwest Texas Tho Dumas men
received liberal pledges from Amarillo
land owners an Mcofc county fol a
cotton gin. 1t IS aid Owners Of land
In Moore county realize that {, takes
the plow and hoe 20 Increase the value
oi the soil. Cotton Is one crop that viii
do u more than wheat FOR instance.
W course. t is realized that grazing
land will NOT hring IN much returns.
Thus. there Is every reason Co raise
cotton and other crops Ia tho Farmland e..
IL gives greater returns from the land.
II Increases the price ~ the land The
movement Is spreading 10 bring more
dir, farmers % the Panhandl, % Texas
and New Mex CO. Tho campaign should
D. waesd rrlcutlesslv.
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Me,hndist PnlItIcs

The Methodist conference coming %
Qu0nah next month promises % adyor
tiSr our good town 90 the fullest extent.
Preachers and hymcn as iar wcst as
New Mexico and as taI south as Sweet.
Mater "a. GO b.. hcIc.--Quan1h Tribune.
Chief
Tho Methodist conference ~ more
than an annual meeting ~ ministers
and laymcn. OF course. 70 enables the
ministers of the conference Co renew
their friendships after tedious wear :
work. Whatever may come up during
the four or five DAYS - Methodist
conference. that SUNDAY nigh, meeting.
when adjournment takes place. is tho
one "a which ali ministers look forward
That Is the time when ministers hear
the official reading Of appointments Tor
the coming year. There b. not the mys.
tory 4 the assigning 81 ministers a..
day. ii is said hy the hi,hon. When a
man is scheduled Go De- moved h Is