Phoenix Tribune
Saturday, August 24, 1918
Phoenix, Arizona
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VOL.1. NO.23
ALBANY, N. Y.—"Listen here, black men. I'm coming out on a point and if I make it the whole five of us is going to enlist with Uncle Sam before we get caught in the draft," declared Henry Johnson, an Albany colored youth.
His companions acquiesced, and Henry "came out" on four. "It takes a trey to carry an ace," shouted Henry as he petted the dice and "got them warm." "Waugh! The ace and trey "showed" and the five enlisted.
Henry is now weighted down with a French cross and the golden palm, the war's greatest honors, while convalescing in a French hospital. He went over the top single-handed, carved a few of the Germans who thought him "easy picking," and put the rest of them to flight before he fell from his wounds.
FACTS WORTH KNOWING
Bv A. R. S.
The great European war, which has involved nearly every nation in the world, began August 1, 1914.
On August 2, Germany demanded that Belgium grant her permission to pass through the country for strategic reasons in her campaign against France. Belgium, thus confronted with the choice of granting the demand or protecting its independence and neutrality, chose the latter course.
Under the guidance of her ruler, King Albert, this little countrry, about one-fourth the size of the state of Pennsylvania, unprepared, with a handful of men pitted against Germany's trained armies, has had to pay heavily for that decision, and it has become the battleground of Europe.
Its works of art have been destroyed, its cities burned, its farms devastated and its people killed, maimed or put into slavery.
On August 11, 1807, the first steamboat, the Clermont, made a trial trip on the Hudson river, covering the distance from New York to Albany in 36 hours, a journey which had formerly required from seven to ten days. It traveled at the rate of five miles an hour.
Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat, had invented various machines, flax spinners, rope twisters, and canal locks, and had been continually occupied with these inventions up to the time he turned his attention to the subject of steam navigation in American commerce, which was then considered practically impossible. He had made many failures, but he must have taken for his motto the old saw, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," for he persisted—and succeeded.
There are now no details of the construction and cost of the first steamboat extant, but Fulton left a written description of the first trial trip, which is often quoted. The boat was probably propelled by a beam engine with the paddle wheels unclosed, and may have been equipped with sails.
To this same inventor belongs the honor of constructing, in 1814, the first steam war vessel ever built by the United States.
Like many inventors, he failed to protect his creations properly, and, like many of these patient workers, he died without reaping the benefits of his toil and without knowing how wonderful his inventions were.
Everybody knows that the people of Illinois are called "Suckers" and those of Wisconsin "Badgers," but everybody doesn't know why.
A long time ago, in the lead region of Wisconsin, there were two classes of miners—those who worked at the mines the year around and those who came from Illinois to operate during the summer only. Those who stayed permanently used to dig burrows in the hillside and there they cooked, ate and slept. They were therefore called "badgers" on account of their burrows. And because the Illinoisans usually came in the spring and went in the fall, at the same time the suckers in the river migrated, the term "sucker" was applied to them.
The average weight of a man's heart is eleven ounces; of a woman's nine ounces. And so, in the business of love, in the giving and taking of hearts.
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THE STANDARD OF RESPECTABILITY IW THE UNITED STATES TODAY
A sense of responsibility is the beginning of being respectable. We speak of a man "settling down." In invariably this comes when he assumes some responsibility—a wife, a family, regular work, a home, a future. Let that sense of responsibility awaken, and the man shows signs of developing into what is commonly known as an "estimable citizen." But back of these estimable characteristics, what? Ownership.
The very undertaking of ownership presupposes a willingness to assume responsibilities. Thus, a man buys a house. He is immediately responsible to himself and to his family to keep it in good repair and furnished in good taste; he is responsible to his neighbors to keep the surroundings of that house in good and pleasant condition; he is responsible to the community to maintain the road that runs before it by paying taxes. In short, a man begins to be respectable when his sense of responsibility extends from his own personal creature comforts and pleasures to others and to the locality in which he lives. From this it is only a step to the development of a national conscience, which we call patriotism, and from a national to a cosmopolitan conscience, a conscience which is sensitive to injustice in other lands and is quick to demand its extermination.
During the past year the American people have had their horizon tremendously widened. They found themselves responsible to a vague something called the American ideal of democracy; they found themselves responsible to other people in other lands, and they have been called to shoulder that responsibility and have done it willingly, despite the sacrifices it entailed. But America could scarcely have hoped to sustain such a burden had not the mass of the American people been schooled in the fundamental responsibilities of a home, a garden and a debt to the community.
There is on foot a movement to induce Americans to own their own homes. In addition to the particular advantage this gives the owner himself, the movement is a very vital training in good citizenship. For the backbone of a nation is its everyday people who own their everyday homes and live their everyday lives and do their everyday work. The marvelous spirit of France which has been sustained during these four years of tribulation can be accounted for by the fact that the French peasant owns the soil he tills. The collapse of the Russia national ideal is directly traceable to the fact that 75 per cent of the
population, the farmers, did not own their own land and homes; they had no national responsibility because they had no personal ownership. The problem that England must solve sooner or later is this very same "own your home" question. It is then, a far-sighted move to awaken Americans to the necessity for owning their own homes. It will make a more respectable nation. It will give us a solidarity and a quickly aroused sense of responsibility to the democratic ideal and its establishment in other lands which, in a word, is what this great war is being fought for.
National responsibility has taken very material forms this past year. It has called our sons to the battle line; it has asked us to lend our money to the nation and to contribute to the nation's great work of mercy, the Red Cross; it has imposed upon us—for our good and the good of others—certain necessary dietary restrictions; it has made us dig up our garden and grow
CAMP GRANT. Ill.—John Thodonski of Chicago, a Russian, whose father is fighting in the Russian army, has all kinds of reasons why he doesn't want to fight. He says so himself in no uncertain terms.
First, he doesn't want to get shot; second, he wants to return to Russia; third, he wants to be placed in class 5 without registering.
Uncle Sam is interested in John and will eventually determine what to do with him, via the court martial route. He is interned at Camp Grant.
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our own food. All these things are part and parcel of the development of responsibility and respectability, for the respectable man is one who contributes his share to the common good. It is necessary that we understand the philosophy of this great world movement before we can grasp its practical applications.
Today it is the duty of every American to subscribe for at least one bond in each Liberty loan issue, just as it is his duty each year to pay his taxes. It is his duty to curb excess and waste at his table by following the government rules of meatless and wheatless days. It is his duty to give the Red Cross just as it is his duty to help support the churches and charities and other mediums for good in his community. By these means has the everyday American grown up from a small town man to a national citizen. According to the measure with which he assumes these fundamental responsibilities will depend his future development into a citizen of the world.
The nations of the world are facing the problem of widespread socialistic propaganda. The socialists demand for each man his share of ownership. This is also the basis of American democratic ideals. In America a man has not alone the right, but the opportunity for ownership. The legislation of the present is directly aimed against the people who own more than their share. The day will come when no man can afford to be immensely wealthy, because immense ownership and wealth require more responsibilities than it is humanly possible for one man to carry. This is the price of democracy—that the owner shall be responsible. But it also has its compensations. Ownership means power. The man who owns a Liberty bond controls the power of the money; the man and woman who own a home and pay taxes control the franchise for that home; the man who owns a backyard has the power for supplying his family with food if he will work to grow it.
We stand at the crossroads. In the past, when a nation went to war its landed barons alone assumed the responsibility, because they alone had it. In the travail of the present world conflict is being brought forth the concept of universal democracy. When nations of the future go to war—as God grant they never shall—it will be the sentiment of the whole people, because then the whole people shall be owners.
In this lies the strength of America—that its people are undertaking the ownership of their homes together with the responsibilities ownership entails. That is why, after a long and trying period of injustices, they arose to help crush the malefactor of the world. That is why they are going to float the next Liberty loan, why they will give another hundred million to the Red Cross, why they planted three million gardens last year and why they will plant four million this year.
The word respectable has fallen into disuse and has become a mockery. Nevertheless, it is the state every man aspires to. He wants a respectable home in a respectable neighborhood, respectable clothes a good education for his children and a prospect for their future advancement. There is no other basis for that future or the present save the basis of ownership.
The standard of respectability in America today is to ow na home, own Liberty Bonds and have a war garden. A home, food and funds—in these three lies the power o f the American citizen.
$9,000,000 CARGO IS DISCHARGED AT BOSTON
BOSTON, Mass.—The most valuable cargo to reach this port in many years was recently discharged at the Boston docks. A conservative value of $9,000,000 was placed upon it.
The cargo consisted of 18,657 bales of Egyptian cotton, weighing 13,433,040 pounds, valued at 60 cents a pound; also 3,447 bales of gum arabic, now worth 55 cents a pound. The steamcarrying this cargo was 28 days on the way from Alexandria, Egypt, and passed through the submarine infested waters of the Mediterranean without mishap.
TRIBUTE TO LOYALTY OF BLACK AMERICANS
(Editor's Note: The article below was written by a man from Missouri, and he knows whereof he speaks. He is a full-blood Anglo-Saxon and has the following to say about the black man.)
"A man cannot be judged by the color of his skin, but rather by his acts, superinduced by the quality of his heart, conscience and brain. Humanity is pretty much the same the world over, and education is a development which brings out the latent qualities and gives expression to our thoughts. Therefore, to the colored people of our community, the United States of America, let me give you a message: 'Right is Might,' and eventually must rise to its proper sphere and shine before the world in principle, truth and justice. To the colored people let me say that you have it within your own power to lift up and paint the way for generations to follow. Through individuals and organizations each man and woman can frown upon the baser deeds to such an extent that if within your social reach any man or woman commits an act or gives expression derogatory to the best interests of the negro, it will be unpopular, and when it becomes unpopular it has received its death blow. I was born and reared in St. Louis, Mo., and have lived in the southern states as well as in the northern and western states, so that I have mingled with the colored race and believe I know its people well. In point of loyalty and honor, I have found among them some of the most stalwart characters on earth, true to mankind, honest in their convictions and ready to do that which they know to be right. I believe that the educated negroes must organize among themselves to educate their race in this
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WOMEN WAITERS ON SHIPS IS NEW PLAN
SEATTLE, Wash.—Women waiters for steamships is the latest plan suggested for releasing man power for war work. The steamship companies owning vessels plying in the Pacific coastwise trade are considering this move.
"That's the last straw," said the boatswain of an Alaska liner when told of the plan. "What is the world coming to? They might do in the dining salon, but how about the other work waiters perform at sea? It's impossible."
"It can be done," said an old-time mariner. "They'll all get seasick the first day out and somebody will have to wait on them."
SUBSTITUTES FOR SUGAR
With the sugar shortage more critical than ever, Mrs. Lockwood, home economics director of the federal food administration for Arizona, is urging the wider use of substitutes for sugar in preserving fruits. She says:
"Honey may be used successfully for canning, but at the present price it is inadvisable except where persons have a supply which could not be otherwise used. In canning, use one-half cup of honey and one cup of water to one quart of fruit.
"Corn syrup is an excellent substitute for sugar, as it lacks the strong flavor which honey gives to canned and preserved products.
"In canning, use one cup of white corn syrup and one-half cup of water to one quart of fruit. For preserves, one pint of syrup, one-half cup of water and one half teaspoonful of salt should be used to each quart of fruit. Boil the water, salt and syrup until it spins a thread, pour over the fruit and cook until thick. Seal in jars.
"Or pack the fruit in sterilized jars, fill with the thick syrup, and proceed as in the cold-pack method.
"The following table will be found helpful to housewives in combining sugar and corn syrup:
Syrup A—Corn syrup, 5 cups; sugar, 5 cups; water, 8 1-3 cups.
Syrup B—Corn syrup, 6 1-2 cups; sugar, 3 1-4 cups; water, 8 cups.
Syrup C—Corn syrup, 7 cups; sugar, 2 1-3 cups; water, 7 2-3 cups.
"The above measures are used for producing one gallon of the finished product. The same proportions may be used for making less or greater quantities."
GEN. PERSHING TELLS WOMEN OF AMERICA---WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
From the man who commands "our boys" in France comes this message: "Let everyone who has a loved one on this side, write, write, write. Send long, cheerful letters, telling not of great events but of the happenings in the home—things about friends and all the things that look little to the folks at home, but which the soldiers like to read about. Then, again, don't wait for a reply. Replies may not always be prompt. But let the letters from home be very prompt."
Repeated stories are being told of the absolute joy with which mail is received on the other side. The messages from home, telling of the little intimate things that are happening, mean more than anything else in the world to "the boys" in the trenches. The following, written from the front, is a further call to duty:
"The influence which our women exercise on the army's conduct in this war cannot be over-estimated. They are the army's inspiration in everything it does. The soldier fights not for himself but for the woman he loves—for her and for her posterity. * * * . So, the army's message to the women is that it is here for them. We say to each of them—your fighting man has come to France to take his part in the great war, animated by the same impulses which make an American fight anywhere for the protection of womankind. The soldier knows that the women trust him and that they will encourage and support him."
The importance of writing letters to the boys "over there" cannot be over-stated. It is just as much a part of the work necessary for victory as is the shipping of arms and ammunition. The morale of our troops must be kept up. They need your help. They need the inspiration that comes from friendly words from home.
They are, in a large measure, strangers in a strange land. They are in the midst of death and desolation. They have a tremendously hard task to do, and they are doing that task for us—for you and for me. It is only a small thing for them to ask, but a very necessary thing for us to do—to write, and write frequently.
And when you send letters, see to it that you write and direct these letters in such a way as to insure their delivery. The American Postal Services in France thus urges relatives of American soldiers to exercise extreme care in directing mail to the troops abroad.
"Given names should be written in full. Return addresses should be given, and ink should always be used. Lead pencil writing often becomes illegible in transit."
General Pershing singles this one thing out as among the most vital services that the women of America can render to "the boys" over there.
MEN GETTING $11.65 A DAY DECLARE STRIKE
WALLACE, Idaho.—A company or state guards was ready to come here in case of trouble threatened by a strike of miners at the Morning and Gold Hunter lead mines. A majority of the strikers are earning from $7.65 to $11.65 a day on contract work. They demanded an eight-hour day, a pay day twice a month and Sunday off with pay once a month.
IMMODESTY TABOO AT THIS BATHING BEACH
WILMINGTON, N. C.—Drastic legislation against immodest bathing suits has been enacted by the Wrightsville Beach board of aldermen, following registration of complaints. A fine of $10 will be imposed upon any mermaid who appear swithout stockings or in an otherwise immodest costume.
One-third of the strikers are of draft age. They were called before the Shoshone Defense Council and told to work or fight. They refused to do either and the council urged the draft board to place them in the army at once.
PRICE OF STAPLES TO BE REDUCED
Beginning September 1, the federal food administration for Arizona will start a drive for the reduction of prices in all staple lines. County food administrators and their deputies have been instructed to appoint for every community of any size in the state a fair price interpreting board. These boards will be made up of representatives of the merchants, the consumers, union labor and other interests, and meetings will be held once a week. A table of prices will be published weekly, and this will show the price paid by the retailer and the range of prices to the consumer. It is expected by this means to effect a reduction in prices in several lines, especially in the smaller communities, and without working an injustice with the dealer.
TOWN MAYOR PLEADS FOR SCANT BEACH GARB
SAVANNAH, Ga.—When attention was called to the restrictions Wilmington, N. C., has placed on fair bathers at Wrightville Beach, Mayor James M. Dixon of Tybee said: "There's been no kick about either cut or form at Tybee. I just spose our ladies show to better advantage than those in Wilmington." Mayor Dixon made a strong plea for the one-piece suit for women, urging that they afford the ladies more real pleasure in the surf than the old style skirts and are much safer.
WILMINGTON, N. C.—Drastic legislation against immodest bathing suits has been enacted by the Wrightsville Beach board of aldermen, following registration of complaints. A fine of $10 will be imposed upon any mermaid who appear swithout stockings or in an otherwise immodest costume.
ANGEL FOOD CAKE IS SOLD FOR HIGH PRICE
NEW CITY, Ill.—An angel food cake sold for $57.50 during a Red Cross auction sale here. It was dedicated by the maker to "our boys over there," and was decorated with a small American flag and a card for each soldier drafted and enlisted from the township.
HIS MOTHER
I gave him cheerfully, as I would give a prayer
In offering to God. I smiled and patted him,
And stroked the soft brown of his hair,
Although my eyes were dim.
I made him know that I was very proud;
That, in the spirit, I, too, went along.
And if, at parting time, my head was bowed,
He felt my heart held martial song.
And now—now that the first grim shock is of the past,
A great peace comes to be a living part of me.
I see the sweetest side at last—
The holier decree.
He is not wholly gone—some part of him
Is always here—the Mother-boy of Peace,
He is his room—his books and clothing and his bed:
He is the very memory of yesterday.
The songs he sang—the words he said—
His moods of work and play.
I walk with him and talk with him, although
His other self is at his country's side.
My two dear boys—I proudly see one go,
If but the other here abide.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—For drawing the color line, thereby violating the new Civil Rights Act, the managers of the New York Exposition, conducted at East 177th street, The Bronx, are facing a number of damage suits. One of the probable plaintiffs is Police Officer Rhodes, who had an unusual experience at this summer resort.
Several evenings ago Police Officer Rhodes, being off duty, decided to try and forget the heat by visiting the New York Exposition, which advertises sea water bathing, dancing, exhibits and entertainments. When the colored member of the New York Police force sought to purchase a ticket he was informed that no colored persons were wanted.
So insistent did he become in his efforts to gain admittance that a white police officer was called and told to arrest the intruder. Rhodes was in citizen's clothes and unknown to his brother officer. He did not reveal his identity until the station house was reached. Rhodes was promptly recognized at the station house and immediately given his release. The officer who arrested him acted as if he had been struck by a grenade and offered all kinds of apologies. In the meantime, the managers of the New York Exposition are trying to show the colored officer that a great mistake had been made. Rhodes says he thinks judge and jury will agree with the managers that a big mistake has been made and that someone will hwile to pay dearly for making it.
THE NEGRO SOLDIER
When you speak of the negro soldier,
It makes the blood run fast.
His cool, courageous record lives
In all wars of the past.
When our country is in danger
He is the first to volunteer;
He thinks of naught but the country's
call.
Would that all men were as loyal
As the abused and humble black,
Who is as true as steel in time of need,
Though often he is kept back.
When we are at war he does not stop
To think of the many wrongs.
But takes his place with smiling face
In the ranks with our fighting
throngs.
He feels that God is with him
When he goes into the fight.
And hopes that He who rules the
world
Will some day make things right.
You may talk about your heroes
And the deeds of valor done;
But there is none more worthy of our
praise
Than America's Negro son.
When a man has bee nmistreated
And then goes forth to fight
For those who have cruelly wronged
him,
He is game—be he black or white.
If black troops get a fighting chance—
And pray God that they will—
They'll march right into Berlin
Like they did up San Juan hill.
All honor to the Negro soldier,
May victory his portion be,
All hail the mistreated hero
Who is fighting for you and me.
When this great war is ended,
And the dove of peace draws nigh,
We will all share in Democracy
Or know the reason why.
BRINGING HOME THE BACON
In the vernacular of the street, our boys "over there" will ltake a prominent part in "bringing home the bacon." Advance reports indicate that they are doing their bit and then some. General Pershing is not ashamed to let the world know that in the black troops he has not only the most loyal, but some of the best fighting machinery in the whole army. Already in little spurts they have won distinction and emblems that give mute evidence of their bravery. After the battles to come, wherever they are staged, when the smoke has cleared away it will be said of them, "the black troops fought nobly."
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ever made, It is not strange in a time like this. We have not before seen
such a time and may never see such again. Now, while we are passing
through it we should act wisely. We must remember that every one who
gets more should do more—should do more work and do more in making
proper use of what he receives for work done. We must not make and spend
for that which profits not. The talents are now being given out and the one
who puts his to the exchangers and makes more will hear the “well done”.
‘There are quite a few who want to know what their place will be after the
war, Well, you are fixing that place now. No one is fixing it for you. If you
make it, you shall occupy it. ‘There will be none to fix the place for you,
Dut there will be many to see to it that you occupy a place of your own
making. ‘Then, while things go well, why not get what you will surely
need—a home—and become independent? Quite a few are drawing from
$18 to $30 a week and they will not invest in one foot of land. They make
only to spend for pleasure—pleasure that satisfies not and profits not. This
class of people is found everywhere, There are some right here in Arizona.
They know that their course is not the right course, they think on the better
sone even while reading this—but they will not act. We owe it to ourselves,
we owe it to our country, to make the best of this time and the opportiinities
that it brings. Some of us will pay the debt we owe and some of us are
going to live on and on and then die in poverty.
NEGRO SOLVING HIS OWN PROBLEM
“The white man does not understand the Negro,” says Dr. Means, author.
‘of & book of Negro stories recently published. Continuing he says:
“The Uegro is the great unexplored mystery, the unknown quantity. On
the other hand, the Negro knows all about the white man—what is in his
pockets and what is in his brains; what he is thinking about,
“The Negro goes into.dhe.shite man's house, hears all, sees all, says
nothing, thinks—no white man knows What he thinks. The white man rarely
goes into a Negro church or home, does not know how he lives or what he
talks about.
“The Negro is the great unexplored mystery, the unknown quantity. On
with his folk lore and jungle tales, no longer exists; the Negro of the recon-
struction days who was feared as a menace, is no longer to be considered
as such; the Negro, as we know him today, will not be in existence in a few
years; the black man is solving his own problem.”
OUR BLACK BOYS “OVER THERE”
The Negro soldiers are fighting shoulder to shoulder with the white
soldiers over in France and with just as much courage and skill. We are
told that they are receiving the same consideration in food, hospital service
‘and all other things, This is as it should be, and as we expected it to be.
It could not be otherwise—not now. It should be encouraging to the
mothers, sisters and wives who are left behind, to know that their loved
ones are being treated as American soldiers and not discriminated against
Decause of their color. This is real Democracy—Democracy that is worth
fighting for. If we shall heed the President’s advice and see to it that the
‘mothers and wives af these fighting boys are not lynched, the whole thing
will be indeed glorious.
The Negro soldiers are fighting shoulder to shoulder with the white
soldiers over in France and with just as much courage and skill. We are
told that they are receiving the same consideration in food, hospital service
‘and all other things, This is as it should be, and as we expected it to be.
It could not be otherwise—not now. It should be encouraging to the
mothers, sisters and wives who are left behind, to know that their loved
ones are being treated as American soldiers and not discriminated against
because of their color. This is real Democracy—Democracy that is worth
fighting for. If we shall heed the President's advice and see to it that the
‘mothers and wives af these fighting boys are not lynched, the whole thing
will be indeed glorious.
FAST COLOR
Germany does not seem to relish the coloring that is in the American
army. Well, it is up to her to extract it if she can, for it has been put there
and is very likely to stay put; for it is a FAST COLOR—very fast.
SELFISHNESS DOES NOT PAY
A few weeks ago the government at Washington appointed a long list
‘of newspaper men from members of our race, to aid the government in spread-
ing the gospel of patriotism among the Negroes of this country. The learned
newspaper men of the West are conspicuous by their absence from this long
list of speakers. Only one newspaper man west of Kansas City was appointed.
‘The coast editors were peeved and took occasion to say as much.
‘On @ recent visit of Kelly Miller to that section of the country, he deliv-
ered an address at Oakland, wherein he explained that the attitude of the
‘Negroes of the coast was not conducive to having more of our people migrate
A few weeks ago the government at Washington appointed a long list
‘of newspaper men from members of our race, to aid the government in spread-
ing the gospel of patriotism among the Negroes of this country. ‘The learned
newspaper men of the West are conspicuous by their absence from this long
ist of speakers. Only one newspaper man west of Kansas City was appointed.
‘The coast editors were peeved and took occasion to say as much.
‘On @ recent visit of Kelly Miller to that section of the country, he deliv-
ered an address at Oakland, wherein he explained that the attitude of the
‘Negroes of the coast was not conducive to having more of our people migrate
this way. This proof of selfishness, coupled with the fact that there is no
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ee “THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE—ALWAYS IMPROVING
real co-operation among the Negroes of the West, makes it plain why the | Lewis leading the lit
West was not given consideration. top.
It has always been, more or less, an individual proposition with the —-
Negroes of the West. The fault must be overcome if we ever hope to obtain| The evening se1
recognition as a people. We can never hope to rise to the level of our|ducted by Brother L
co-oprative Eastern and Southern brethren if we continue to be selfish. Let’s|a glorious time.
get together on a co-operative basis and work for the dplift and advance- —
ment of the entire race. Unselfish desires; high ideals and industrious} We are expecting
babits will pay big dividends. Try it. {ide eae aabekineinare
No better time to make that start than now, Today is always here and
it is always good; and one nice thing about tomorrow is that you can never
catch up with it. What you have coming tomorrow, you may never get.
Fifty-fifty. It works both ways. Tomorrow is a jump ahead of you. But we
all have today.
First of all to get the most out of today, we must learn to forget things
of yesterday; and particularly, that one thing that might, and you think
ought to have happened to you—but didn't. If you had only married some-
one else! If you hadn’t lost your job. If you had only bought a home ten
years ago.
Forget the might-have-beens. Put it out of your life. Today is all right
if you treat it right. There is nothing so good that it could not be bettered.
It all depends on you. If you can't look back along the road to yesterday
with a smile, don't look. Forget it.
But if you have a weak character and just must look back upon ‘the
might-have-been, pull off to the side of the road-and keep the tail light on
your flivver lit, so the many happy hearted six-cylinder folks who are on
good terms with themselves and are really going some place, don't bump you
off the road.
AY. M. C. A. for Phoenix or burst. We need it and we must have it.
An Iowa judge was telling stories in a hotel ldbby, and he related an
‘amusing in¢ident that had occurred in his court when a colored man was
brought up for some petty offense. The charge was read, and as the state-
ment, “The State of Iowa against John Jones,” was read in a loud voice, the
colored man’s eyes bulged nearly out of their sockets, and he seemed perfectly
overcome with terror and astonishment. When he was asked if he had
anything to say, or pleaded guilty or not guilty, he gasped out: “Well, yo’
honoh, ef de whole state ob Iowa am again his one por niggah, I's gwine ter
'gib up right now.”
‘TODAY
RAY. ARIZONA
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Mr. J. J. McDonald left last Sun-
day for the coast. He expects to visit
San Diego, Los Angeies, San Francisco
and the beaches, He will return to
Ray about the last of September.
Mrs. J. Miller returned last week
from a delightful vacation spent at
Flagstaff. She intended to go to the
coast, but owing to the flood here she
was forced to return home.
Mose Davis says he feels an awful
draft coming, We can see it.
Mra. Parker of Tempe arrived in
camp last Tuesday and is spending
a few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Smith. :
Mose Davis received a letter from
Mr. McKelvey who ‘left here a shoit
time ago to visit relatives in Waco,
‘Texas, He says he will be back in
Ray soon—very soon.
Mrs. Cassie Cobb returned Jast week
from Prescott where she has been
spending a pleasant vacation.
The children are all getting ready
for school which opens on the 9th of
September.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Harris ‘and Mr.
Ruben Reed motored to Hayden last
Sunday. ‘The Harris’ went to visit
Mrs. Clark and took the old “hero”
along for an airing.
Abe Buford, A. Smith and Mose Da.
vies motored to Hayden last Sunday
in Abe's Maxwell. ‘They left Hayden
about 11 p. m. and they were sing.
ing: “We Won't Go Home Until Morn:
ing,” when bang! ‘went a tire. It
was fixed, then bang! went another.
‘They got home at 4 a. m. Lucky devils.
* DOUGLAS, ARIZONA *
‘+ Rev. Edw. Jones, Representative +
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It is needless for me to pass. any
compliments on the Tribune as every
one appreciates it so much. You may
send me 35 more copies of this week's
issue. By this you can see the paper
is in great demand in Douglas.
Master George James will deliver
the Tribune to our readers every Sat:
urday. He says they are all glad to
see him coming for they know he
brings the news.
Mr. T. U. Branch and Miss Bessie
Perry of Phoenix are visiting in the
city. They are former residents of
Douglas and received a cordial wel-
come from their many friends here.
Mr. Branch has accepted a lucrative
Position at the Elks Club, We hope
he has come to stay.
Mrs. Carrie McAllister, wife of Mr.
T, O. McAilister, who left. Douglas in
April to be at the bedside of her
sister who was ill in Kansas City, and
who arrived just a few hours before
death came to her dear one, has re-
turned to Douglas. She spent about
three months with her husband's rela-
tives in Kagsas, Everybody says she
certainly looks fine, I myself, think
she really does look grand.
Rey. Edward Jones, sister Nettie
Branch and Mrs, Ruth Day, were
called to see Mr. Phoenix, who was
very lll. ‘The sick man sent word to
Rev. Jones that he wanted to join the
Baptist church. When the pastor ar-
rived with his assistant to comply
with ‘the request “of the eiék man, he
changed his mind. Scripture was read
not guilty, he gasped out: “Well, yo"
again his one por niggah, I's gwine ter
to him followed by a prayer for the
poor man and Rey. Jones ‘bade him
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Your last chance to get tye Phoe-
|nix Tribune one whole year for $1.75.
| Mrs. Gertrude Jones, wife of Rey.
Major Jones of Ajo, Arizona, is visit.
ing Rey. and Mrs, Edward Jones of
this city,
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Rev. Edw. Jones received a letter
from his brother, Hamp Jones, wio
is enlisted in the army and is now in
the base hospital at Ft. Riley, Kans.
He asked the prayers of his broth-
ers. There are two more brothers in
the army “somewhere in France.”
| KEEP THE BALL ROLLING—Pan-
sy Smith and Dissie Buds, two Negro
women, who have the habit and cus-
tom of having white soldiers for their
associates, were driven out of the
city last night, These women have
been a regular nuisance to the city
officials and a disgrace to the race.
They have paid fine after fine and
worried the citizens so much, until
it was decided that the only way to
rid the’ city of their presence was to
drive them out of the city. I hope
the readers bf this paper will keep
their eyes open and wherever they
stop, within the bounds of the Tri-
bune readers, give them a send off.
KEEP THE BALL ROLLING.
Mr, and Mrs, Gibson are here from
Boulder, Colorado. The writer is a
|former resident of Boulder, having
| preached ir that city when only a
|licensed minister. We are indeed
glad to meet Mr. and Mrs, Gibson and
hear from the good people of Colo-
rado. We hope they are here to stay
for they are such excellent church
workers,
Rey. Z. Z. Johnson, presiding elder
of the C. M. EB. church, spent a few
hours in Douglas last week. He only
stayed long enough to get a copy of
the Triblune and to shake hands with
Rev. Cook and the writer, He left
for El Paso where he expects to meet
Bishop Phillips in a few days. He
will go over some very important busi-
ness matters with the Bishop and
then he will return to Douglas some
time next week.
Rev. Cook, pastor of the C. M. E.
church here will leave Friday for El
Paso where he has been called to
meet his Bishop. Rev. Cook said:
“When I am out of town, Rey, Jones
is supposed to look after my sheep.”
Rev. P. M. Rickman, pastor of the
A.M. E. chureh, is getting ready to bid
farewell to Douglas. He will preach
Sunday night at the Baptist church.
Rev. Jones, pastor of the Baptist
church, wants all strangers and vis
itors in the city to know that there
will be services at the church every
Sunday and midweek prayer meeting.
Sunday school, 10 a. m.; preaching, 11
a. m. and 8 p. In.j Home Mission so-
[Siey at 6p. m. Eyerybody welcome to
btiend these services. Come early.
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August 31, the price of The Tribune
wil Ibe 2a year, Subscribe NOW.
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HAYDEN, ARIZONA |
(Steve Howard, Representative) :
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Sorry we hive so litile news this
Week, but your representative has
Pippen e fhe! eo) ree w/a
On last Sunday the Sunday school
Was at its highest nojch ‘with our
worthy superintendent’ brother Wm.
Lewis leading the little army over the
top.
The evening services were con-
ducted by Brother Lewis and all had
a glorious time.
We are expecting Rey. J. B. Bell,
the State missionary to be with us on
next Sunday, August 25th. Everybody
come out and hear fim.
‘Two automobile loads of visitors
from Ray were in Hayden Sunday.
Those in the party were: Mr.
and Mrs, Lonnie Harris, Mr. Mose Da-
vis, Mr. Anthony Smith, Mr. Abe Bu:
tord and Mr. Ruben Reed.’ They had
an enjoyable time as the ladies of
Hayden always make it pleasant for
visitors. They showed them the
sights of our little town and bade
them come again soon, for Ray visi-
tors are always welcome in Hayden.
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* TUCSON, ARIZONA *
+ Rev. S. E. Newell, Representative >
An unusually large evrowd attended
the services at the A. M. E. church
Sunday evening, when the presiding
‘elder, Rev. Allen, held his fourth and
last quarterly meeting before the An-
nual Conference, At the close of ser-
vices, four were receicved into the
ehureh by Rev. Allen.
Never before in the history of Tuc-
son were there three deaths in ond
week among our people. Mr, Jerry
Savage passed away bout the middle
of the week; on Saturday night a Mr.
Cooper from Waco, Texas, who had
been lingering for some time, heard
‘the call of the Master's voice and
passed into the great beyond, The
third was Mr, Charles Phillips, an old-
timer of Tucson who, after about three
‘days’ illness, died in the St. Mary's
hospital Sunday night.
Some are dying and some are getting
married. Mrs. Thomas Long and Miss
Thelma Graves were joined together
in holy wedlock by the Rev. W. E.
Washington, pastor of the A. M. E.
church, on last Saturday evening, Aw-
gust 17, at the home of the bride,
297 North Court street.
Mrs. William T. Wilson and her
daughter, Miss Minnie B. Wilson, are
comfortably settled in their new quar-
ters, corner Tenth avenue and Third
street, We are all delighted to see
how Miss Wilson’s health seems to be
improving. She and her mother are
here from Washington, D. C. Miss
Wilson will soon be able to say:
“Hlome was nothing like this.”
‘The members ana patrons of the Mt.
Calvary Baptist church are still en-
gaging in thelr usual big spiritual ser-
vices each Sunday morning and even-
ing. The pastor preached a strong
sermon last Sunday morning. Subject:
“The Badge of Discipleship.” He took
‘for a text the words of Christ, as found
in the 15th chapter of St. John, 12th
verse: “This is my commandment, that
ye, love one another as I have loved
you.” At the close tof the sermon,
when almost everybody in the audience
Was weeping and shouting, the pastor
came down from the platform ~and
sang: “Father, 1 stretch my hands to
thee, no other help I know.” In the
{midst of great rejoicing we received
into the church a Mrs, Allen, formerly
of Globe.
| ‘The Sunday school is still doing a
great work under the leade=ship of
Brother Lee Keys, the superintendent.
‘The B. Y. P. U. is being led to a
great success by its president, Sister
Fannie Robinson.
Through the efforts df Mrs. Mamie
Wuburn and Mrs. B. B. Tidderington,
the colored women of Tucson are now
being given a very creditable place to
do Red Cross work with the other
races of the city. More than half a
hundred were atwork at the Armory
hall last Monday afternoon, sewing
for the “soldier boys.”
Rev. S. F. Newell will leave ‘Tucson
Wadnesday, August 21, for Miami,
where he will assist Rev. W. F. Wat-
‘kins in perfecting » Missionary Bap-
tist church. He will then proceed to
St. Louis, Mo,, to attend-the National
Baptist convention.
The Home Missionary Circle is do-
ing nicely. Its ‘president, Mrs, Jolin-
son, seems to have the real mission-
ary spirit and the ladies are falling in
line with her.
We are indeed glad to have Mrs.
Annie Clemens of Phoenix with us.
She is a former resident of. Tneson
and an aetive member of Mt. Calvary
Baptist church.
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‘The colored churches and fraternal
societies of Jackson, Tenn, are plan-
ning to have an elaborate patriotic
demonsttration August 29, fo ¢ontinue
three days. Speakers of national re-
nown will be on hand, and a stronu-
ous effort will be miade to raise $5,000
for war purpéses. A big parade is to
be ab outstanding feature of the océa-
Sion, dnd it is expectea that 25,000
imarehers ‘wil Itake part. The ‘affair
ig under the management of a local
committee, headed by R. Flippin. *
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__ The appointment of Lieut. Russell
‘Smith, detailed in charge of the sec-
ond battalion, Student Army Training
Camp, Howard University, is the first
time in the history of the United
‘States Army when 2 colored officer
has been placed in charge as com-
manding officer of a training camp.
In the Third Senatorial district of
‘Illinois, the following negroes are as-
Dirants gor a seat in the legislature
from the Second ward: A. H. Roberts,
W. G. Anderson, Warren~ Dowgias,
James Simms and W. R. Robinson.
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P ‘BISBEE, ARIZONA
(meses ‘Threat, Representative)
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\ Mr. Alien Saunders left last week
Nashville, Tenn, where he will
4 up the position of Secretary to
the colored ¥. M. ©. A.
_. Last Friday evening a social, was
Given at the Booker T, Washington
/ 1. ‘The first part of the evening
‘was spent in listening to music on the
Mew Grafanola by some of our. great
colored musiciauns. Ice cream was
goa the proceeds from this sale
‘to be used to buy new records.
| Mr. Earnest Scott of Galveston,
‘Texas, is spending a few months with
‘his father, Mr. 8. Scott of Lowell.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker of Williams,
‘Arizona, are the guests this week of
@Mrs. Walker's sister, Mrs. H. E.
"Thomas
Another “Sunbeam” has come into
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Flemings in the form of an 11-pound
boy, this week, The proud father
does not neglect an opportunity to
tell everyone about this great boy.
Having Spent a very pleasant week
in Bisbee, the guests of Mrs. R. J,
Walker, Mts. A. Smith and Miss A.
‘Smith will return to their home in
Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
‘The people of Bisbee are very proud
of the Phoenix Tribune. The repre
Sentative here experiences no diffi-
culty in disposing of every copy of
‘the paper. ‘The people have always
wanted a means of knowing about
their friends in the different parts
of the state, Now that the Tribune
‘has made it possible for them to know
What their friends are doing in the
various parts of the state, they are
rallying to the support of this worthy
journal.
The Tenth Cavalry regimental pic-
nic will be given on September 2.
Mr. Paul Schadle of El Paso ar-
rived in our city last week and im-
‘mediately secured a position at the
€. & A. hospital.
‘The Tribune one. whole year for
$1.75. Subscribe now.
Messrs. Grant Nevels and Benj,
‘Owens, who left Bisbee in the last
selection of colored boys for the Na-
tional Army in Camp Lewis, Wash.,
Say they like it. Dhe Cochise county
boys are all well and the two named
have been promoted to corporals.
August 31 The Tribune’ will be §2
a year. ‘You'll have to hurry.
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* GLOBE-MIAMI, ARIZ. *
% Mrs. W. F. Watkins, Rep. +
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Who's Who in Globe and Miami
Mr, Theodore Coleman of Miami is
f race man who is making & headway
in the business world. He has an ex.
cellent position and commanas a pig
salary. He owns a Hudson Super-six,
Several furnished houses for rental
purposes and has an enviable bank ac
count. He is very much interested in
the public school. He is a trustee of
the A. M. B, church in Miami and a
man who is very much interested In
the welfare of his race generally. Be
sides his own interests he finds time
to assist others in looking arter thei
Anterests. Mr. Coleman is highly re
‘Bpected by all who know him. He
‘Possesses a quiet, unassuming disposi
‘tion. He does not make much noise
Dut to the close observer he can be
seen “goltig over the top” in Teal 6s
tate, ,
Be sure to watch the Who's Who
‘column from this section.. It's inspir.
ing.
Gleanings from Globe-Miami
A certain lady in Miami called on
the representative of the Tribune say-
ing: “I saw in the Tribune that Miss
— is in this district. Now 1 partly
raised this girl and 1 would like to
‘Axnow if it is true that she is here
tnd if so, where?” We assured, hi
Phat it che saw it in the Tribune, I
‘Was true and proceeded to give her
the desired information. She Jocated
the girl. Moral: Read the Tribune
‘and you too may be able to locate a
“ost friend or relative. It’s worth a
‘nickel of anybody's money.
Rev. SE. Newell of Tucson will be
ee in Miami soon to assist Rev.
. F. Watkins in another series of
eetings beginning August 22, and
ting ten days.
‘The distance between Globe and
fiami is seven iniles and the two
ities are connected with a. beautiful
te paved road. Several acci-
its have occurred recently because
reckless driving. Only recently a
"Sunday picnic was, returning to Mt-
ami. ‘The party was composed of
jaboout 50 little girls and they were
sitting on a» lumber truck with
their legs rae ‘over the side of
the truck. Along came one of those
reckless fiends, drove his car close to
the truck and broke several of the
children’s legs and ankles and othe
wise bruised and maimed them. Again
on last Thursday a man driving @
Cole 8, thought to break the record
between Globe and Miami. He lost
control of his car and failed to nego-
‘tiate a curve and crashed into the
‘beautiful fence along the road. The
‘force of the car tore up two 4x6 posts,
‘smashing them into splinters; @ 2x6
was thrust clear through the man’s
‘body and in order to remove him trom
the car, this 2x6 had to be sawed in
‘two. He died while they were saw-
‘ing the board.
. Sn.
Rey. Allen, presiding elder of the Al
‘bugerque district A. M. E. church,
‘was a Miami visitor during the week.
He held his quarterly meeting while
here. :
| Mr. Frank Hill has opened a barber
shop in Miami for our people.
‘There will be a Labor Day picnic
‘at Wheatfields on September 1, and
the big busses will leave Globe and
‘Miami promptly at 9:30 a, m. The
fare will be $1.00 for the round trip.
‘For further information address Box
103, Miami, Ariz,, and Box 2127, Globe,
Ariz. W. E. Coleman, Mgr. —Advt.
Every good thing has it’s knocker,
but we too have the boosters. Boost-
ing «the Phoenix Tribune is our pet
hobby. It's well worth boosting.
Speaking ‘of honesty, one day last
week one of the local papers in
Globe carried an ad.which stated that
a white lady, clerk in a certain office,
‘had lost her purse containing a good
amount of money. The ad went’on to
‘say that the loser hoped some honest
person would find the purse and re-
turn it as the party who lost the purse
was a poor woman. | ‘The next day &
‘colored lady walked into the office and
‘urned over the ptirse to the owner.
The entire contents were intact. She
was offered a portion of the money,
but Tefused it, She was then asked
her name; but declined to give that
‘even. It was none other than our own
‘Mrs, Susie Durr of Globe.
Mr, James Roberts of Globe, our
popular painter and decorator, has
just refused a contract at $7.25 a day
for Several months’ work at his trade.
Mr. Roberts says he makes more mon-
ey than that and has all the work he
can do. Yes, there is room for more
of our men with trades in this dis-
trict. .
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wart on last Monday and he began
to give us a good tongue lashing. He
wanted to know why we didn't leave
his Tribune at his home as usual. He
was informed that his paper was de-
livered as usual. It was found, upon
investigation that friend wife had mis-
laid the paper. Mr. Stewart then of-
fered apologies and added: “I must
have my Tribune, because I want to
see what is going on among our peo-
ple in Arizona.” Another reason why
the Tribune is popular.
Mrs. S. L. White and niece moved
‘over to Miami from Globe during the
past week. She will keep house for
her uncle, Mr. A. Graves is an em-
ployee of the Miami mines.
Mrs. S. M. Watkins received a let-
ter from her son, Mr. A. Watkins of
Los Angeles, stating that he is very
ill and must undergo an operation.
"The Tesidents of Globe were Shocked
‘when they learned of the death of
Mrs. L. A. Williams of Douglas. She
has a host of friends in this distriet
who will mourn her Joss, She set up
the Hastern Star Chapter ‘here.
| Mrs. "8. M. Watkins of Globe is
spending a few days in the country,
‘the guest of Mr, and Mrs. Coleman on
their ranch near Wheatfields.
‘Mrs. Susie Durr of Globe is spend-
ing a vacation in Phoenix.
‘Mr. J. Sneed entertained the ladies
of St. John Missionary Circle on be
Friday evening. Everyone present
a nice time.
Rey. Loudon of El Paso will assist
Rey, 8, E. Newell and Rev. W. F.
Watkins in conducting a series of
meetings in Miami for the next ten
days.
Miss Allie Wooden, who has been
visiting relatives in Miami the paét
month, left this week for Prairie
View State Normal and Industrial In-
stititte, where she will complete a
Rormal course.
Rey. J. A. Wright of Phoenix ar-
rived in Globe on Saturday. He is vis-
iting his daughter, Mrs. Hddie Kidd.
THE PHOENIX TRIBUNE—ALWAYS IMPROVING
* CHURCH NOTES *
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A. M, B. CHURCH—Sunday school
10 a. m, Preaching 11 a. m. by Rev.
J. A. Wimberley. Preaching 8 p. m.
by Rev. Claude Brodhead. Everybody
welcome. Rey. R. H. Herring, pastor.
| SRcoND BAPTIST CHURCH—Gun
day school 9:45 a. m. Preaching 11 a.
m. and 8p. m. All are welcome to
pen services. Rev. C. A. Gilmore,
pastor.
C. M, EB, CHURCH—Sunday school
10 a. m. Preaching 11 a. m. and 8
D. m. Epworth League 7 p.m. A
cordial welcome is extended to all
Rev, A. C. Caldwell; pastor.
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH—Sun-
day school 10 a. m. Preaching 11 a.
m. Everybody come. Rev. J. H. Jones,
pastor. 2
AJO, ARIZONA
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Mrs. M. Jones left Friday evening
for Douglas, to visit relatives and
friends. She will be absent several
days.
/ Rev. James Robinson is a recent
arrival in Ajo from Bisbee. He has
decided to make thie his home, as he
likes the place so well. The weather
Mere has been ideal and Rev. Robin.
son was at once impressed with it.
‘We are always glad to have good
‘people come to visit our city. Wel
come to our city, Brother Robinson.
‘The Phoenix Tribune gave the Chi.
cago Defender a “knockout” blow asi
week. Send me 18 copies instead of
12, The people here are just crazy
about their paper.
The People’s Forum meets every
‘Friday evening and is always well
attended. Anyone desiring to locate
in Ajo or wanting information about
the town, write Rev. M. Jones, box
161. The Forum leads. Other organi-
Mattonn follow.
The people of Ajo are certainly pro-
Bressing in church work. Both the
Sunday and midweek services are
well well attended, The sinner as
well is the saint attends all services.
‘To the sinner we want to say, keep
| it up.
Tt i as easy to get a Job in Ajo as
it is to prove that the colored man
is no slacker. *
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Through a typographical error, the
names of Mrs. Suddoth, Mrs. Connor,
Mrs. Brock and Mrs. Scott were
omitted from the guest list of Mrs,
‘Young’s party, published in last
week’s issue.
Mrs. Thomas Rose is seriously ill
at her home in Soh Montezuma
street.
Mrs. Annette Burkhardt of Wins:
low is expected to arrive next week
in Prescott and, should this climate
be agreeable to her health, will prob-
ably reside here during the winter
months.
Mrs. Emma Garret of the Bannic
mine spent the week-in town, motor
Jing back with her husband,
Mr. Farlice, who is recovering from
an operation, is now able to spend his
afternoons in a big chair on the porch,
The doctor’s reports are encouraging
‘The Whist Club was entertained
last Wednesday by Mrs. Thomas King
who served a delightfully differen
luncheon, followed by a meeting later
with Mrs. William Yourg ay hostes:
at a ditiner par excellence.
‘The first political datice among th
colored eitizens of Prescott was giver
at Thumb Butte Hall, Friday night
Ice cream and punch were served t
the numerous dancers.
‘The Phyllis Wheatley branch of the
Arizona Federation of Colored Wom
én’'s cliibs Is planning a grand recep
tion in honor of out-of-town visitors
find the colored soldiers invalided a
‘Fort Whipple. The time is August 29
'the place is Odd Fellows’ hall. Don’
forget.
‘Mr. aid Mrs. Thomas Hines have re
turned from a motor trip to Jerome.
Sergeant Bailey, Private Otis Addey
and several other boys at Fort Whip
ple have been put in class’A and wer
in town several timesglast week.
Mr. B. Banks of Suddoth’s Shot
Shop is in Phoenix this week on busi
ness.
Mr. Paris Tabron made a flying trij
to the Junction last week.
‘Mr. Charlés Carter of Phoénix is j
recent arrival and is visiting his wife
|who is the house guest of Mrs. Pau
Connor.
COLTER STANDS FOR
TRUE DEMOCRACY
Senator Fred T. Colter, Democratic
candidate before the primaties for
governor, refuses absolutely to enter
into a war of mud-slinging, muck-
raking or personal vilification. ‘The
senator's high record is too clean tot
anyone to believe he would indulge in
methods that disparage others, either
directly, indirectly or by innuendo.
Senator Colter’s career as a man of
affairs as well as a legislator of Ari-
zona is an open book, and if any
Democratic voters should fail to vote
for him because they have not learned
his true history and have been misled
by false statements, it is regrettable.
His strong fight in the Constitutions
Convention and State Senate shows
clearly his attitude towards those in-
‘terests that seek to avoid paying a
just share and proportion of taxes.
His strong leadership in procuring
Woman's Suffrage, prohibition and
other moral legislation; his ‘attitude
and successful work a8 a legislator
towards the reclamation of arid lands;
the building of roads, bridges and
highways; all show him to be a man
for the people—for all the people.
‘The vast amount of money being
spent by the Copper Corporations to
defeat Senator Colter is but an evi
fence of how soulless are those cor-
porations. Money is their God, and
they worship Mammon ag did Ahab ot
old, and as Ahab was full of wrath
‘against Elijah, so are these copperized
magnates and their satellites full of
‘wrath against Colter.
| “And it eame to pass when Ahab
saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him,
art thou he that troubleth Israel? And
he answered: “I have not troubled
Israel; but thou and thy father’s
house in that ye have forsaken the
commandments of the Lord, and thou
hast followed Baalim.”
And as the Lord did unto the proph:
ets of Baal, so will He do unto these
selfish Interests that would place the
heavy burden of tax paying upon the
poor classes. Speaking a la General
Foch, we would say: “THEY SHALL
NOT PASS.”
Hurrah for Democracy! Hah for
Fred T. Colter, our coming Governor. —
Stockman-Farmer,
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DAT GAL 0’ MINE
Got a gal, her name is Lizy
Baddest gal in town, she is.
‘Tell you, ff she meets you glad,
When she leaves you'll be mad.
Bet ye life, dat she’s @ 10g;
Got a nose just like a frog.
En her daddy is named Ben,
You just ought to see him grin.
En he’s got such ugly eyes,
Just ‘about a saucer’s size.
Yes, his feet is put up wrong,
Dey is most night three feet long.
©, I tell you, he's a Jim,
T think Liz took after him.
‘Tallest gal I ever saw,
Bout de size of a common straw. ~
She is real proppah, too,
‘ahs a number lebben shoe.
, I say, she can't be matched,
Head looks like @ pepper patch.
En she's hump-backed like a squirrel
Ugly—you can tell the world.
Mout shaped lak a table spoon,
Gotter face jest like @ coon.
She's er a beauty fer er fack,
En er face is jest as black.
‘Hugh, I tell you, she’s de stunt,
Got jest one tooth right in front.
Ha! I laff until 1 whine,
Jest erbout dat gal o’ mine.
Dr. J. W. E. Bowen of Gammon
Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga.,
one of the race's ablest speakers, ad-
dressed a monster patriotic’ meeting
recently at Wadesboro, N. C., with
‘more than 6,000 persons in attendance
from Anson and adjoining counties.
Dr. Bowen was introduced by Hon. L.
P. Robinson, member of congress from
the Wadesboro district. He pointed
out in a luminous manner the duty of
the race in support of the war polt-
cies of the government and urged the
people to respond cheerfully to the
call to the colors, to buy Liberty
bonds and War Savings Stamps, to
contrijute generously to the funds for
the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., and to
engage heartily in all of the activities
designed to aid the nation in the win:
ning of the war. Dr. Bowen spoke to
another large gathering at Hickory,
N. C., en route homeward to Atlanta.
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‘Surgedn-Geteral Gorgas ‘of ‘the
United States army has walled for
the enrollment of 8,000. gfaduate
hurses to enter the service at the rate
of 2,000 a week. Says he: “The
American Army is growing faster than
the Nurse Corps is increasing. 1
therefore urge upon the Red Cross,
through its agencies, to bring to the
attention of the frafned ‘nurses of this
country the necessity o fimmediate
offer of service and their enroliment
in the Army Nurse Corps.” With the
rapid increase of colored troops in the
army, the necessity of larger num
bers of colored nurses will be appar.
ent. Women who desire to register
and enroll for this service should
write to Miss Jane Delano, Headquar
ters of The American Red Cross
(Army Nurse Section), o apply to the
Rea Cross authoritie sin the locality
in which they reside.
The Negro Auxiliary of the Knox
County Chapter of the American Red
(ross Society of Knoxville, Tenn., is
joing excellent work, with Mrs, J. G.
Robinson as president. At a recent
Patriotic celebration, Mayor John 5.
McMillan spoke and helpful addresses
‘were delivered by Editor W. L. Por-
ter of the East Tennessee News; Pro-
fessor C. W. Cansler, Hon. W. F.
Yardley, Dr. J. H. Henderson, Rev.
L. St. George McCallum, and others of
‘ike prominence,
Richard D. Stinson, principal Atianta
Normal and Industrial Institute for
training colored ‘youths, is on a trip
through the west with headquarters at
Chicago in’the interest of his work.
In St. Louis, Mo,, colored women are
taking the place of men as bell boys,
elevator boys and faborers in lumber
pec due to the scarcity of male help.
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Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 23,—Lamar
Cobb, former stat) engineer, has with-
drawn from the governorship race in
favor of Sidney P. Osborn, secretary
of state. Cobb's withdrawal from the
Tace was announced this week in the
following letter:
“Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 22, 1918.
“To the Arizona Gazette,
“Phoenix, Arizona, :
“Mr. Editor: I desire to announce
to the public and especially to those
most loyal frignds who have been sup-
porting me in the contest for the Dem-
ocratic nomination for governor that
1 am not financially able to place my
candidacy before the people in such
manner as would warrant asking them
to continue their support. Therefore,
in justice to them with assurances of
my most sincere appreciation for their
efforts in my behalf, I withdraw from
the contest. that they may lend their
assistance to such candidate as may
have a better chance of winning than
1
I hope that the fight I have been
making may have some small influ-
ence in elevating the standard of po-
litical affairs of our great state of
Arizona.
“Believing that the interest of the
whole people of Arizona will be served
best by the nomination of Sidney P.
Osborn, I intend to cast my vote for
him.
“Yours very truly,
“LAMAR COBB.”
Cobb is the second candidate _ to
withdraw from the race and to endorse
the candidacy of Osborn, W. A. Moeur,
state land commissioner, announced
his withdrawal last week, and de-
clared he would give his undivided
support to the secretary of state in his
campaign fo rthe governorship. ‘The
withdrawal of Cobb leaves but three
candidates in the race for the Demo-
cratic nomination, Ady.
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siescoes siacnacrimunoaisars
FOR SHERIFF
I hereby announce my éandidacy
for Sherift of Maricopa County, sut-
jectto the wil of the Democratic
voters at the primaries on September
10, 1918. -1 submit my claims upon my
record Heretofore, and if nominated
ané elected will promise the same
efficient service in the future,
JEFF ADAMS.