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i 4 fHECCXLOBED rHJl COLOBEL OLOBED A Jt1rmRICAN IOA1 I WASH1NGTON DEC Co i A A PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE PEOPLEThe PEOPLEt PEOPLEThe OPLE OPLEThe The Colored People of Arkansas Ark ana as Solv Solving Bolviog Solying ing the Problem ProblemA A New Negro NegroBank NegroBankand NegroBank Bank Bankand and Many any Large Farms and andBusiness iYldBueinfS andBusin Business Busin a terprisesThe terprisea The leaders leadersPine Leaderst aders adersJ i Pine Bluff Ark Special SpecialYou You will willno williirif willc iirif no doubt be pleased to to get a jotting jottingfrom jottingr 4 from our city This squibbling will be beabout beabout 1 about important men and measures measuresYour measuresI I Your good an great Journal comes comes to topur tor toour pur our desk weekly laden down with thef the thebest best race cullings in the world The TheAmerican Theal Thet al American Oh The American Who Whof Wliocould Vhof 4 could do justice to himself and the therace thel therace race rac without taking and reading The TheColored Thet Colored American Ameri an This is the home homeof homeof of Mr Willey Jones A Middlebrook i k11 A St MIDDLEBR00Ktx1 MIDDLEBROOKS MIDDLEBROOKSand 1 x1 and nd Ferdinand Havis These are arestrong arestrong strong men cool calm and deter determined deterj it mined All of them business men of ofthe ofthe the highest order Mr Ir Jones repre represents represents represeats sents with ease 300000 in property propertyof 1 of all kinds kin horses and nd money moneyMr moneyMr i Mr Middlebrooks is a Baptist min minister minr minister ister pastoring in the city of Little LittleRock Littlej LittleRock Rock Ark but has a business in Pine PineBluff PineBluff Bluff Ark supplying farmers on ona a agood I if goodscale good scale He hasbeen in business businessfor in for some years years1Ir Mr Middlebrook re received received rej ceived his educational training from fromthe fromk 1 the Atlanta University Atlanta Ga GaHe GaHe He thinks the less said about the gain gaining gaining 1 ing and accumulation of wealth of ther the themasses thett11 tt11 masses of Negroes in this Southland Southlandthe Southlandi Southlandthe i the better for them and he speaks speaksfrom speaksfrom J1 from experience Rev Mallbrpoks Mallbrpoksowns lillbrooks lillbrooksowns Millbrookst owns and operates a a good business businesshouse businEsshouse businesshouse house in Pine Bluff also two Jeffer Jefferson Jefferson Jefferh son County Count farms and is a stock stockholder stockholder stockt holder in the Capital Savings Bank BankJn Bankin BankEt Et in the the capital city of Little Rock Ark ArkRev ArkRev ArkRev Rev Middlebrooks prides himself on onthe onthe onthe the Little Rock Bank as being the theforemost thefonmost theforemost foremost Negro business concern of ofthe ofthe ofthe the kind West of Richmond Va He Heis Heis Heis is also a stockholder in the Southern SouthernMercantile Southerni i Mercantile Co of Pine 13luff Bluff Ark ArkaiPPIIM ArkaIPpn ArkalPPtW aiPPIIM IM II UOH jo tfoia tlaials tJa TS pa pautTrjuoo paUJ111UO paulnuoa utTrjuoo snranioo SnrnnloIno jno oSs emparaos amnamosOne emilamosOne One who does not know the southern southernpeople southernpeople iL people white will be astonished astonishedwhen astonishedwhen when told some of the therefores and andwherefores andwherefores andwherefores wherefores of this great movement in inthe Inthe inthe the South South during the winter against againstthe againsttne againstthe the colored people in the legislatures legislaturesof of some of the southern states Mr MrMiddlebrooks MrMiddlebrooks MrMiddlebrooks Middlebrooks visited the Arkansas Arkansaslegislature Arkansaslegisla tt legislature legisla ure and spent some two weeks weekswith weeksith weekswith with ith it He says there is is no Negroic Negro Negroproblem Negroproblem ic problem to solve but it is a white whiteproblem whiteproblem problem to solve He says when he hewas hewas was discussing discussingthe the Segregation bill billwith billz billwith with them jets of electric prejudice prejudicetorirxl prejudicetoriil prejudicetonal tonal columns of the white press was wasused wasI wasused I used with paid editorials and at a aset atIme aset set time the church and the press came cametogether cametogether camer together and the bill was laid in the theshade theshade shade where it will take sunshine and andgreat andgreat great nutrition to resusitate the billbrooka bill billbrook Jj brook brooka a sketch of his writings on onthe onI onI onthe I I the school segregation bill before the theArkansas theArkansas theS Arkansas legislature When Mr MrMiddlebrooks MrMiddlebrooks 1 Middlebrooks commenced his agitar agita agitations agitations tions against a hrst the separation of the thejpchool tllejh theY jh jpchool funds of the state between betweenwhites betweenwhites whites and lmdblacks blacks the colored press pressand pressand pressand and people people thought and said Middle Middlebrooks 1Iiddler brooks is up against it for once In Inhis inhis inhis his life But he poured his whole wholeTsoul wholeSoul wholesoul Soul into the matters Laid aside all allother allother allother other business and traveled over the thestate thestate 4 state and got all the conservative conservativewhite conservativeL conservativewhite white men mE enlisted in the work against againstthe againstS 4 the bill In the meantime the edi ediThis edic ediThis This Co has a subscribed stock of 50000 and has 30000 paidup with withHon williHon withHon Hon Ferdinand Havis at its head headi i Pine Pi ne Bluff has more I Negro Jegro business businessconcerns businessconcerns 1 1concerns concerns in its midst than any other othercity othercity othercity city of its size in the world It is the theseat theseat I Iseat seat of a branch of the Fayette Uni University University i iversity versity for Negroes and is manned by byProf byProf i iProf Prof Isaac Fisher a a disciple of the theapostle theapostle theapostle apostle Booker Washigton who if ifleft ifleft ifleft left alone and not dogged to death deathby deathby deathby by men who want his place will make makethe makethe makethe the Branch Normal College what its itsname itsname itsname name means meanswould meanswould meanswould would escape as follows The Nig Nigger Nigger Nigger ger will hang the white man individ individually individuall individually ually uall not this vice versa Do Doyou Doyou Doyou you want us to educate the Nigger Niggerto to come come up and take our places The TheNigger TheNigger TheNigger Nigger is physically stronger than we wehe wehe wehe he will own the country We Ve had hadthe hadthe hadthe the Negro disfranchised and the Nig Nigger Niggerwas Nigger ger gerwas was all quiet till President Roose Roosevelt Rooseveltdined Roosevelt velt veltdined dined with Nigger Washington WashingtonRoosevelt WashingtonRoosevE1t WashingtonRoosevelt Roosevelt dont love the Nigger anymore any anymore anymore more than we do but he is putting the theNiggers theNiggers theNiggers Niggers over us We Ve want to show showthe showthe showthe the President that we will not have havea a Negress for Post Mistress The ThePresident ThEPresident ThePresident President wants to put the Nigger NiggerCrum NiggerCrum NiggerCrum Crum in for Collector but we think thinkthere thinkthere thinkthere there are plenty of good white men menin menin menin in Charleston that would do just as aswell asweIl aswell well as the Nigger Crum Besides Besidesif if we favor the Nigger he will own ownthe ownthe ownthe the country untTyhe he has his share noggOne now nowOne ndw ndwOne One went so far as to say that the theNiggers theNiggErs theNiggers Niggers own 340000 farm and 500000 5500000city 500000city 500000city city hornet hom and 150000 stores and two twobillions twobillions twobillions billions of or dollars worth of church churchproperty churchproperty9 churchproperty property propertySome property9I propertySome I Some strange prognostications of ofelderly ofelderly ofelderly elderly colored men in the South as asto asto asto to the strong conditions of oLthings things as asthey asthey asthey they appear against the colored people peopleOne pEopleOne peopleOne One old man 101 years old says saysWashington saysWashington saysrashington Washington was the saviour of his hiscountry hiscountr hiscountry country countr Lincoln was the thereuniter reuniter of ofhis ofhis ofhis his country Roosevelt The Hope of ofhis ofhis ofhis his country He says every fifty fiftyleader fiftyyears fiftyyears years God raises up a man as a great greatleader greatleader leader to settle great questions He Hesajs Hesays Hesays says Roosevelt has done and said saidthings saidthings saidthings things that no other President has hasever hasever hasever ever said I would not shut the door doorof doorof doorof of Hope against any man These Thesewords ThESewords Thesewords words he says are the beginning of a anew anew anew new era for the oppressed people of ofAmerica ofAmerica ofAmerica America There is not a Negro in all allthe al1the allthe the South opposed to President Roose Roosevelts Roosevelts Roosevelts velts renomination and election electionWhat electionWhat electionWhat What the Negroes need in the South Southis Southis Southis is not so much office but give it a fair fairdeal fairdeal fairdeal deal on the pathway of life If our ourfriends ourfriends ourfriends friends in the East would buy up the thegood thEgood thegood good farm lands and sell them out to tothe tothe tothe the Negroes instead of the manner in inwhich inwhich inwhich which they are now doing the Negroes Negroescould Negroescould Negroescould could and would win We care care not notfor notfor notfor for office officewe we want lands trades tradesshops tradesshops tradesshops shops machinery IDachineryrninds minds cool sons and andthe andthewhites andthewhites the thewhites whites can have all the offices The Thegreat Thegreat Thegreat great divine wheel of the universe lvers is isGod isGod isGod God and He will see that all other otherwheels otherwhee1s otherwheels wheels turn on their proper proper spindles spindlesAll spindlesAll spindlesAll All of our ur state is rejoicing over the thedefeat thedefeat thedefeat defeat of the antischool fund bill billYours billYours billYours Yours for the renomination and andelection andelection andelection election of Teddie Roosevelt RooseveltInteresting RoosCveltI RoosCveltInteresting RooseveltInteresting I Interesting Facts FactsContinued FactsContinued FactsContinued Continued frcm rem fit pace oaceof n3seof paceof of 30 suicides 26 were white and only 4 colored One Tfundred and three threepeople thre threpeople threepeople people died from sunstroke and the thesteam thesteam thesteam steam and street railroads are credit credited credited credited ed with twentynine fatalities Of the thecases thecases thecases cases at the smallpox hospital 26 were werewhite werewhite werewhite white and 13 colored coloredIncluded coloredIncluqed coloredIncluded Included in the th report are long lists listsof listsof listsof of foodstuffs that were examined and andcondemned andcondemned andcondemned condemned and among the adultera adulterations adulterations adulterations tions was that of baking powders powderssome powderssome powderssome some of them containing 27 per cent centof centof centof of pulverized rock rockThe rockThe rockThe The Board of Charities states that thatlast thatlast thatlast last year ear the city hospitals admitted 8339 patients to the free wards in inaddition inaddition inaddition addition to their pay cases Freedmens Freedmensled led with a total of 2413 Providence Providencehad Providencehad Providencehad had 1196 while the Casualty treated trea ed 266 266The The twentytwo physicians who give free fr medical treatment to the indi indigent indient indigent gent ent poor of the city made visits yisi to 6383 persons more than twothirds of ofwhom ofwhom ofwhom whom were wereclored colored Through the themedium themedium themedium medium of this department free trans transportation transportation transportation portation from Washington is obtained obtainedin in in certain instances for which purpose purposeongress Congress ongress makes akes a special sp cial appropria appropriation appropriatIon appropriation tion and last year 883 persons were wereassisted wereiisS wereassisted assisted iisS sted in reaching their destinations I Iot Or this number 749 were white and i 134 colored coloredThe coloredThe lored The workhouse had 4236 inmates I 1492 colored and the enumeration of their occupations embraced almostevery almost almostevery almostevery every known knownvocati vocation with one on not notable notable notable able exception exceptionthere there was not nota notalawyer a alawyer alawyer lawyer in the whole lot About all allthe aUthe allthe the other professions were wer represented representedand and I1d out of the thousands only twenty twentywere twentywere twentywere were rated as having no occupation occupationIn In the Almshouse there were 127 127white 127white 127white white and 85 colored people The TheGirls TheGirls TheGirls Girls Reform School hool on June 30 bad hada 3 white and 61 colored girls while whileThe whileThe whileThe The Reform School chool had a total of 250 250boys 250boys 250boys boys boysTo boysTo boysTo To say that ten per cent of all the thepeople thepeople thepeople people in inthe the District were arrested inthe in inthe inthe the last I 1st twelve months sounds very verysurprising verysurprising verysurprising surprising but the records of the thePolice thePolice thePolice Police Department in the ten precincts precinctsof of the city last year show that the 626 men of the force made 29543 ar arrests ariests arrests rests Though not shown in the report reportthere reportthere i ithere there are 29 colored officers in the de department departmenL department partment partmentThe partmentThe jThe The statement is made in the report reportthat reportthat reportthat that S4815 worth of money and andthings andthings andthings things was lost and 92630 worth worthrecovered worthrecovered i irecovered recovered which looks like the coppers coppersgot coppersgot i igot got a hump on and did some of the theprevious theprevious previous nrevious years work workThere workThere lorkThere There were 298 cases of house housebreaking housebreaking 1 1breaking breaking and under the law on the thesubject theubject theubject ubject in addition to those who really reallyhousebroke reallyhousebroke 1 housebroke it also includes Ua a thief thiefwho thiefwho thiefwho who sneaks into a hallway and steals stealsan stealsan jan an umbrella or into intoa a chicken house houseand houseand houseand and carries away a fowl fowlThere fowlThere There were wer fourteen fo1 rteen arrests for formurder murder and one hundred and fifty fiftythree fiftythree fiftythree three subjects were sent over to St StElizabeths StElizabeths Elizabeths ElizabethsIn In addition to a Secret Service de1 de1ail de detail deai1 tail ai1 40 uniformed policemen help help to touaid toa touatd uaid a the White HouseOf House HouseOf HouseOf Of the 29543 cases 14458 were werewhite werewhite werewhite white and 15085 colored which was wasa wasa wasa a slightly lower percentage of colored coloredban coloredhan coloredhan han for many years yearsLaborers yearsLaborers yearsLaborers Laborers seemed to be the greatestoffenders greatest greatestoffenders greatestJffenders offenders the number opposite that thatitle th thatitle ttjt1ebeing tjt1ebeing itle being 11749 servants were were re next nexttooting nexttooting nextfooting tooting to 2375 while third place was washeld was waslield was11eld held by clerks with 1320 The list listalso listlso listalso also lso includes artists actors and actres actresses actreses ses es editors professors preachers one oneU oneU oneU Senator and 14 policemen Out Outof Outf of the large number of cases cases in 11443 11443nstances 11443Instances 11443nstances Instances nstances there were no penalties eJaIiies en enorced enorced enforced orced This does not mean that thisimmense this thismmense thismmense immense mmense number of arrests was unwarranted unwarranted un unwarranted warranted or that they were made madefor madefor madefor for spite but in many cases the arest ar arest arest est was considered sufficient punish punishment punishDent punishnent Dent or the parties were let go witht with withwarning withwarning warning or those preferring charges chargesfailed chargesrai1ed chargesfailed failed to press them tl em 2880 were ar arrested arrested arrested rested for being drunk and released releasedwhen Teleasedwhen releasedwhen when sober Of these 2272 2272 were white whiteand whitend whiteind and nd 608 colored coloredThere coloredThere coloredThere There are seven colored lored men in the theire thefire thefire fire department the total force num numbering l1umbering numbering bering 282 A GDr I IDr 1 1Dr Dr Orosalane Cr 891ane HomeContinued Home Ho eContinued I IContinued Continued from fisrt page paceray pagera pageray ray ra against us In every position oc occupied occupied occupied cupied by Dr Crossland he bas done donehis donehis donehis his full duty dut No other race leader leaderof leaderof leaderof of his age has received such promi prominent prominent prominent nent and flattering recognition of ofcapacity ofapa ofapacity capacity apa itas as has he May 1ra good luckttend luck luckittend lucklttend ittend him whether he resumes his hisrjlace hislace hisglace glace lace in professional ranks or conclude concludeto con lude ludeto to occupy a still larger space in his hiscountrys hiscountrys hiscountrys countrys service serviceWEDDING serviceWEDDING serviceWEDDING WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARYA A popular wedding anniaersary anniaerSar of ofMr ot1Ir ofMr Mr and Mrs Chas Wheeler Th eel er took tookplace tookplace tookplace place March 3rd at their the residence residenceNo residenceNo residenceNo No 9 Fenton street northeast Rev RevLucas RevLucas RevLucas Lucas officiated and music was furn furninhed furninhed furd inhed by Messrs Lucketf Middleton MiddletonMahamett lIiddletonMahamet MiddletonMahamett Mahamett Ford and Settlers a quin quintette quintette quintette tette from Porters Club Mr Chas ChasJohnson ChasJohnson ChasJohnson Johnson and Miss Cordelia Nickens Nickenswere Nickenswere Nickenswere were the ushers for the occasion Mr MrHenry 1IrHenry MrHenry Henry Wheeler escorted the bride and nd the groom was assisted by Miss Rosa Clark the brides sister Refresh Refreshments Refreshments Refreshments ments were i served erved at 1030 In ad addition addition addition dition to the city guests were friends friendsfrom fritmdsfrom friendsfrom from Hvattsville Bladenburg and andother andother andother other points The presents were nu numerous numerous numerous merous and costly among them being beinga a handsome lamp presented by Miss Bettie Nickensx Nicken The bride and andgroom andgroom andgroom groom received many man congratulations congratulationsand congratulationsand and the best wishes of all present presentThe presentThe presentThe The hayseeds of the Missouri leg legIslature islature who want to pass the Jim Ji Crow car bill evidently endent1 forget that The Louisiana Purchase Exposition is to come com off next year in SL St Louis Cures leak a MenPiee MenPieesuxe YsIl Fl Fl1aasnrerLeye 1aasnrerLeye suxe JLeve Ye and a Happy II Horn Home fa for Br All How any man may quickly cure himself alter years Ye of suffering from sexual weakness lostvi lolt Ti talhy night losses varicocele etc and enluis small weak organs to full size and vigor Simp Simpsend 5impl1 send your name and address to Dr Knapp Med Me ical Co 867 Hull Bide Detroit Mich and they theywill theywill will 1I1 gladly ladb send the free receipt with ith fall direc tions so any man may easily cure himself at hone This ir IfCertaIIlb certainly a most generous offer and the th following folio wine extracts taken from their daily nail nailshow mailshow show what men hink of their ceneroeity ceneroeityDear ienero generoeityDear Dear Sirs SirsPlease Please accept my sincere thanks for yours of recent date I have given Jour joartreatment Jourtreatment yourtreatment treatment a thorough test and the benefit has been extraordinary It has completely complete braced brandme bracedme braudme me up I am just as vigorous as when a boy sad andm sadyou lid lidyou you cannot realize how happy I I Ia IaDear an1 an1Dear am amDear Dear Sirs Your method worked beaotifallj Results were exactly what I needed Strength Strenttaand Strenrthand Strengthand and visor vl or have completely returned and enlarge enlartement enlulCment enlargement ment is entirely satisfactory satisfactoryDear satisfactoryIDear satisfactoryDear IDear Dear Sirs sirsYours Yours was received and I had no notrouble notro1ble notrouble trouble in making use of the receipt as directed directedand duettedand tectic tecticand and can truthfully say it is a been to weak men menI mcnI menI I am greatly improved in Isize size strength and andvisor andIgor dior visor visorAll Igor iorI1 IgorAll All I1 correspondence is strictly confidential confidentialmailed confidentialmailed confidentialmailed mailed in plain sealed envelope The receipt In Infree 111fce Infree free for the asking and they want every man to tohave tohave tohave have It Opportuniy for Toting 1 oung Men MenThe MenThe MendThe The demand a in all pErt ctiJa ctiJacountry ctbiscountry ctbfscountry country and In several foreign countries coun countiles couutrIes trIes lor 10rwell or well trained men of out race tacein racein racein in the direction ot scientific and prac practical practical praotical tical agriculture are so great that thisinstitution this thisinstitution thisInstItutlon institution is 8 willing to offer excep exceptlonal eaceptional cep ceptlonal tlonal advantages to yonng men who whowish whowish whowish wish to come here and take either a aregular aregular aregular regular or post graduate course in inagriculture inagriculture inagriculture agriculture We cannot begin to cap eupply capply 150PpJy ply the demands that come to OB for fortrained fortrained fortrained trained men in the direction of agricul agriculture aKricoltnre agricultare tare The positions for which these thesetrained thesetrained thesetrained trained men are wanted are those In Inmost Inmost Inmost most every case which pay high sal salarlea salaries salaries aries arleaWe ariesWe We are especially anxious to get hold holdof boldof holdof of men who have received as far aspoaaibie as aapossible aspossible possible a good education before com coming commg coining ing here and are ready to enter upon upona train training training training a thorough course of agricultural ing ingFor For farther information address addressBOOKER addressBOOKER addressBooK BOOKER BooK WAEHf WASHINGTON WASHINGTONPrincipal ASHUiGTON ASHUiGTONPdncipal GTOH GTOHPrincipal Principal Tuskegee InstituteTuskegeo Institute InstituteTuskegeeAlaham InstituteTusktgeoAlabam TuskegeeAlaham Tuskegeo 6labam 400 to 8 800 00 a day guaranteed guaranteedto to every person sending name andaddress ana anaaddress and andaddress address to the Scott Remedy Co CoLouisville CoLouisville A ALouisville Louisville Ky Write at once onceThe onceThe onceThe stands high wthe in inthe inthe The District Negro a aconscientious aconscientious aconscientious judiciary as the estimation of our conscientious and intelligent juryman jurymanOne jurymaOne jurymanOne One more argument for better treat treatment trea treament treatment mentWe ment mentWe mentWe We believe in giving credit to whom whomcredit whosncredit whomcredit credit is due du and for this reason we say jaythree saythree saythree three cheers for THE COLORED AMERICA AMERICAronage AMEBI AMEBIof rRICAN rRICANof of Vi Washington ashington for its getup and andget andget get in journalism oumalism It deserves the pat patronage pah pahronage ronage of the people all over the countryTJze coun country countryThe tryThe try The Rock Hill Messenger MessengerIf The Colored Col Colored Colored riber to If you are not a subscriber obtain obtaincopy obta a acopy ored American but desire to nearest new newYou news newsdealer newsdealer copy of it go to your dealer and ask for it if the dealer i it does not handle it have him to get geti gfor i ft ftYou gettnt gettntYou for you and insist on his You will heIpThV help The Colored AmereanCin American Americanin Amen can canin in this way.