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iTABUSHED 1882, MARTINS BURG, W. Va., SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1913. VOL. 32. >0
he turse Of
Race Hatred
ditor Pioaeor Prei6;
Sir, the letters appearing frgm
e to lime in the press for and
tied the Negro ere cost intercst
g reading aad thoy discover the
ct that there are scm? good heart6
this nation, and some Dot so good,
he latter I am Trilling to believe do
ot kaow the Ifegro as well as the
rmer, and hence do not seem to be
illiag to aeoord bim a white man'a
bancs in hia struggle to rise euperi
r to his condition. The tone of
qose of these letters appear to con
ey the impression that their writtre
?Here til the ;.unkind, uncharllablo
ad unfair statements that thay make
bout us. Their raoe prejudice is
ut of plumb wiih their sense of jus
iee and equity, they do not like the
egro and their reason therefor i*
ike unto ;h*t expressed in the fa
mous line*:
4<I do not like thee Dr. Fell
The reason why I cannot tell,
But this I do know very well,
I do nou like thee Dr. Fell."
Now this is the essence of preja
dice, acd prejudice is only ignorance.
JHow the Negro Race is not deserv
ing of the trajust treatment of which
Rev. Charles Martin spoke a faw
*wseks ego through the medium of
Thi New York World at the hands
k)f that class of white people who
somehow or other seem to feel lhat,
when God made them be finished hie
work. Negroes do not apologize to
those whites for their black skin and
crisp hfrir because none is necessary
*Qod made tfeem and he evidently
?bsw what he was about when he did
?0. There are bl?ck horses aed
? cows, black fowl, etc., in the r.nim?l
kingdom and svery variety of oolor
is to be found la the vegetable kin ?
dam. Their color dore not in tbe
? alightsat degree afTact iheir value or
<?aa, nor la it a criterion of iafcriori
?\j. jL black horse Trill prill *.a much
aa a whit* borae, the miik of a black
? cow is aa whita and aa aweet aa that
' of a white sow; tbe flesh of h'&ak
> aheap tastes ao diffsrect from that o!
-any other celer. Science informs ua
that black ia tbe foundetion of all
.-colors, amd aa oriental poot affirmed
?aeveral cantoris? ?go, that: "Bl'ck
1a the coler that princss wear.1' Bat
"black a earns to have tbe same tff.ci
on some white people?especially
thoie who era carrow betwesn tbe
eyas, that a red rag bos on a Mad
Ball. Tba people who go out of
their way to in*alt and eDnb black
? people and to he up indignities upon
tbeaa merely because tbey are black
have sitber forgotten or tbey do fiot
know, what this despised race bae
gmn to present day civilization,
science, art religion, govcrnrmn'.,
navigation. They do not seem to
Taalize when they are moved to look
dowu on us with a eort of pitjing
contempt and a desire to push us off
tbe earth b*cau?e of our unfasbioca
ble complexion aod ojistit hair?ao
cording to Anglo-{Saxor. standard?,
that they are not insulting ua nearly
ao much as they ere the Almighty
who soade us just aa we >re They
forget alao whet woe said lo PeUr in
the vision on the housetop, record u
in Acts 10:9 28,* bo was as exclusive
and enobbich as some of bis lo' er
day imitators, if Ntgroosure atod
enough to be acceptod of Gcd he w
rauch better ar? prejudice! whit*,
people than ihe A1 might)? Do whit'
bio who !oatb the N-gro as thcag^ (
ha ia a mere beggar at the ?ale,knr,w
that one of the Xligii was a member
of the black races? Tbal when the
life of the young c'uild Jesus wnn
sought bj Herod, Joseph was cuui
marded to rise and flo? into Eg^pt,
wiih the young ohild wture the warm
hearted Afiicane gave bim aeylum
and protection nntil Herod was dead,
that through tba nouthof (be proph
st Amos, God speaking to the Israel
ites eeid: Are y? nol as the children
of the Ethiopians aoto mo O, chil
dren of Israel? And that when the
Christ was bearing tho Croaa upon
which he Buffered an ignominious
death, was it not a black mau, Simon
the Cyrcnian who helpod bim to boar
ii? Do oar critics know that in th9
Church at Antiooh thers were certain
prophets and teachers,- and that
among them wos Simeon, thet wis
called Niger (black) so called to dis
tinguish kiia from another of the
earn? name, H? was one of tho be
lorvd prophets of onr Lord. Tho
early ancestors of the blocks of the
present day, were cooeidtred the
only fit company for the Ol>mpian
Gods and by them were called "The
blameless Ethiopians." These sarly
blacks ware once the schoolmasters
of the world, and tke Greeks and the
Romans made annual pilgrimages
into Africa, to sit at tb? feet of its
ebon philosophers, and drink in wis
<iom. Tho Groeke in compliment to
ihese blacks repieacnted Minerva
tboir favorit" goddees of Wisdom as
?h Aftioan princess. To theee black#
civilization owes more tban it is-will
ing to admit, B?t the truth catnot
be destroyed?it will endure to the
end of time. We are evolving as no
other raee h*? ever dona and th*
process stems to be slow but it U
not a> slow aa it acsos. The cr*b
is Africa's Zodaicsl sign, the crab
i sisniB eyer to bs going b*okward
| wbin even running forward. Like
| tbs crab tbs Ns^io holds on tenac
iously &ad la silenk. Who baa over
beard ih? Yoice of tb? orab7 Bcbol
ars nod Savanta from eraiy clioue
? re today jouraeyicg in Africa Jio
aeaith of wiedo? and knowledge,
| WUy do lUej ran after tbeee "igno
raai btcitben" whcae forbears con
|
| aiructsd the Pyramids, and the
mighty Monolitbe that bar* etood
for centurisa in ill burning eanrla,
and tbe Spbynx wboae riddle h??
f >uad no batibfactory answer? How
can a people wilb inch a pas-, sod a
1 fulnre ao full of prooaiaa be eo utterly
UDworlby of reepect, and eo pereiat
eutly denied tbo christian courtesy
of tbo rtoet christian nation of the
Western world? or tbs opportunity
to dofelop tbo latont abilities witbiu
ibein which have bssn rspreQsed by
years of oppression and slavery, and
wUich are bow boiog stifled by tbe
narrow projudicee and petty mean
ness of wbitt men druok witb power
and calling tbcmielTta oivilized and
christianized? Would Christ ii whom
moat, if not all of our traducers pro
fess to beli?va, treat tbs Ntgro a?
tbey are treating as wort be now on
earth? I hesitate to beluvo it. Toe
attitude of white Christians eo called
toward tbe Negro?tbe tnoral cow
ardice of the pulpit, and tbs press in
some quarters, is the saddest com
tneo.ary im ^ t able on the civiliza
Continued on Second Page,
LANE WORKS TO
1Eiu
Says Deepening Rivers Will
Solve Problem.
WOULD RECLAIM VAST AREAS
Secretary of "Hie Interior Urges State
and Federal Co-operation Sin-.ilar to
That Proposed In Oregon?Systemat
ic Endeavor Essential to Success of ,
the Plan, "He Gays.
Washington.? Franklin K. Lane, see-!
retary of the interior, detailed a plan*
for preventing such lloods as devantat- |
ed Ohio aud ln-iiana. Tho plan, wliich ,
presents i I soli to i lar head of thu do- i
partment of the interior as mi onor-*
moils reel amation project, hinges on:
the deepening and widening of the '
channel?" of ail streams liable to tlood
conditions.
Mr. Lane hopes to see (la? ldeti cur.-'
ried out thrjujrh the co-operation of
the federal government, with the aid I
of the slates hnnusJiately endangered. ,
Tho engineering In connection with
channels is directly in tlie hands of the ,
war department:, and Mr. l.aue taLes I
no exception lo that Hi;I: because of
its reclamation features the plan he
outlines falls within thu Jurisdiction
of his department
Aside from th;> perpetual protection
against flood which he believes his
plan would give to settlers in low re
gions, there are wld^ipread districts
along the Mississippi arid many other
rivers that would ho throwu open to
settlement.
"Tho reclamation service f y i i- Id tllO
secretary of the Interior, "usually Is
re girded as relating U> the.arid lands
of the west, which are reel a I moo by
bringing water from tho mountains,
but In another way reclamation Is a
great problem in tlio Mississippi valley
and the euKt. Here, of cours'*, the land
Is not arid, and there Is no scarcity of
water. But the water is to be remov
ed from tho land, and that Is as fit sutr
ij) 1913, by Arnorlcnn Prows Asfjoclatlon.
BtTILDING DJKE AT liAKWftK. TKD., TO
KJEEP KIVEH IS 1 IB ( ??L'U8I'..
}ect for reclamation work n* that now
being carried on In the dwert lands
OUt WC!?t.
"The reclamation of these overwa
tered lands, however, to he of real
value must be preceded 1?y systematic
work on the channels of the streams
draining the areas to b? improved.
The disaster at Dayton illustrates the
point. The trouble was simply that the
neck of the bottle wav; too small for
the water to run nut. The r.'iin fell in
torrents, and with no "unobstructed
channel to the sea i:;?? water simply
backed up over the river hanks. The
rainstorm, I know. w;ts phenomenal,
i and even with the ..i I have
gested would have doubtless resulted
in material damage und the loss of
some lives.
"It will not do for Ohio or Indiana
or oven the two states together to
spend their money generously in deal
ing the ImhIs of the streams within
their boundaries. That would merely
carry the flood more swiftly to the
state lines to the south, and the water
would back more angrily tliau ever
into what would quickly be great lakes
The thing Is too large for the states
alone. A harmonious scientltic system
must be worked out by the federal au
thorities, and the states must then
make their contributions in the way
that will do the most good to tho whole
valley affected."
Mow this co-operation between the
federal and state governments might
be effected Mr. Lane illustrated by
plans now pendiug before his depart
ment for co operation with the state of
Oremm in roelalinlng 30,000 acres of
arid land. Tho land Is under the gov
ernment's ownership - as the rivers
would he under the government's Juris
diction?and the government ougineo_rs
of the reclamation service are asked to
do the work. The state <?f Oregon sup
plies the water and contributes $l."?0.
000 to the work. A similar sum may
bo put forward by the reclamation
service, but on tho undeivtandlng that
the sale of reclaimed lands will liqui
date the obligations assumed by tho
United States.
AWAY WITH SHAVES
AND HIGH COLLARS
Woiiion Will Legislate Them Out
of Existence For Poor Man.
CLi/aco.?When tho Ohio legislature
nttomptod to legislate aguinst tho ox
ti'oir.o wtylos in women'# d rests It UtUo
knuw what It was ntarting. ilra. L.
liraek^lt RishoL), Indorses! by tho Chl
eoiio Woman's elub, tho National Dre.ss
unikos' association, tho Milliner?' Na
tional organization and the Association
of (ajiuiuwcc, announce* that she in
tends to maintain a "bureau of correct
dress for men" in Washington and try
to bring about legislation against thiiso
things:
High eoJlara,
Pandemonium vmte*
Loud necktie*.
Tho common hairbrush aikd ctxjjb.
Dortyr Labi.
Shares and abort hair cut*.
B tare hod sJiirta.
^Moo aro becoming bald .from wear
ing tight. stiff hfcta." *wald Mra. Bishop.
wonr tight coJitirs auil high
collar*. Tfcoy V>ok blntlin# and mw*m
fortaWtt and luvi. Y&t t).u^ir r/?jemrs
declare th*7 h?#p vrrlnkbc* out of tluj
neck and prevent double china. Ylie
stiff Htraw and the stiff dvrby, tho wt.lff
Hhirt, tho ugly hrogan. tlio nightmare
tie and tho cublHt vest will all bo
eliminated by tho committee If potf
slblo.
"Men keep {heir fac**4 Rhaved. rllx>
off their beard* and wear their hair
short. Nature Intended him to have
IiIh hair rolling nlsmt hLs shoulders,
his benrd protecting his Adam's apple
from tho rhlllln* blnpt and his irnin
tacho keeping tho cinders and dust
fi-om 1)'h month and nose.
"The lmh'brufdi and wmb should go
with the drinking nip, We arc or
ganized for tho prote^ion of man and
we are going to dro?n him ritfht am!
comfortably.*
BITES INTO A FORTUNE.
Mrs. Stutz Finds $2,500 Pearl In an
Oystor.
Passaic, N. J.?August fttiitz, pro
prietor of a casino, 1h tolling his
friends how ho got a pearl worth S2,
fjbO through tho purchase of 44 cents'
worth of oysters.
St 1117, snys his wife bought the oys
ters from a peddler. While she wns
eating one of them her teeth struck
something hard and large and smooth.
If looked like a pink pebble and \v:is
ihe size of a marble. Stutz says a
.<t'\v York jeweler offered him $2..VK)
for it.
Anecdotal
JJtgralure
By W. G.
J Hannah Mokk.
| This excellent English anthoress
I lirod a life of celibtcy, which gave
bar ?o muoh tine to apply the pow
I era of ber mind Id tbe luU iv?U of
humanity. The fallowing rt*usou Imu
I tuen giv?B at tbo cause of her celi
bacy and nsufoi lile.
She was early engaged to a gentle*
man of family and fortune. Tbe
wedding day was fixed. Tbe brido
and bar party moved off gaily
cburcb,where tbe groom w:t? to make
h o oppesranco. 15ut:ber lover cmae
out; instead, a boretman rodo ap lo
Ui? church door, and handrd Mine
Mora a letter, In wbleb tbe faUbleaa
M?v?in declarrd, with many apolo^iea,
ihst be could aot tako tbe responsi
bility of making bar bis wife-"
lie Wil coc.psllcd to m.ikt* a Bnt
tW-iceot upon 1 lie slighted lxdy of
four Lundred pouuda sterling anuual
)y for life
* *
O
FniMCH Blubtdbks.
The French make awful havoc of
Jobu Hull's English in their aiwmpts
at tsDspmtioii. TI.r,y ie-tn to be
ignorant that Kngliah words have
t.-fven many and remote significations.
When Sbakeepear* makes one of bin
ch%racters say that ho ^expected '*to
carve for himself a fortune with his
?word." Voluire rendered it "With
my ?word 1 will make a fortune cut
ting meat "
? *
o
Maurying In I'luto'b Kvalmb,
The followiLg la 11 copy of an epi
taph in the churchyard at No.'tb
8bh'ltis, England. It has beeu tbo
sub], ot of much laughter to many
per*onn on aec'?nnt of ita oh*cnrii v.
"In memory of Jamss Boll, who
riiad IT<*>3 aged 4'i years, Margaret,?
widow of tbo nbovd .limes Bell, di< d
Dec 20 ag?'d 49 years. She w?s wifd,
af>.?r, to Who. Ft-nwick.
The following lioea were written
underneath wi?.h a pencil:
?'Ai In the Scriptures it is eaid
No mftrrigft in Heaven 1h made.
It stems Ihnt Margaret'n ghuwt did go
To Pluto's dreary realuua below.
Where ?he, poor soul, but ahortlv tar
ried.
Till bur friend Will and her got mar
ried,
o
* *
A ruZZLI.
A fstbor promised kie little eon a
wtoioh, if bo would slick four p'?r,s io
socn a way that all would be tqj.illy
rJi*:aui from trie another, be4? v.n/,
it wm inopoaeiblo. But tbe nhrewd
\toy accomplished it,?and b' w did
h?* do \>7
IN BED FOR FIFTY-NINE YEARS
Woman Holder of All Hospital Tim#
Rocords Celebrates Hor Birthday.
I'hilndolphia.?-Tni<on 111 with typhoM
fovor at twenty-one ye>in? of aj-ce awl
still In l>f"l nt Htrhty Is the wxporlewo
of Miss Hybilla N^hnntz, who, after
fifty-nine years, has just celebrated
her hlrthdny in St. Joseph's hospital.
She holds nil hospital time words.
Sim-<? hor typhoid att/ifd: Miss
H'*hn?it7- has been linnbh* to move v/.'t h
out. assistance. She h.*is I?r>*?:j an ar
dent student ?>f scientific ??;!???- ?!*-*. }f'io
has a telephone nt her hed^iiie :?rr<J ?;is
soon trol'e.vs mid automobile fro:> '! ??
Window. but. her irreutest ainu.lion U
to seo ;>*> aeroplane.