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H Negro Caught Robbing Store.
Help Good Roads Cause.
re all done enough talk
about our present neglected
Door roads. There is no
the mind of anyone
sir real condition nor is
less uncertainty in
any citizen, who has
matter the least
;ht, that good roads will
le farmer, the merchant
land-owner,
must come to some
tion to realize this
citizen who has
the movement
cope should feel
in ac
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who has been one of the leaders
in the fight against the Tee-Jay
revenue bill, arrived last night
with a suit-case full of referen
dum petitions. These and many
others from other sections of
the state are to be filed with the
Secretary of State by Thursday,
September 7, which allows one
day of grace before the act be
comes effective, under the con
tention that it is not already in
• effect. There are over 12,000
* names on the petition submitted
by Senator Friedell, and only 7,
500 are required to refer it to
the people at the next general
election.
~ Those who are opposing the
, bill will have another chance at
it in the courts oh Sept. 18, when
Attorney-General Norwood will
argue his motion to dismiss the
suit of the Tax Commission to
compel the Pulaski county offi
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Ciais to assess uie uikue xvuva.
street railway company at $4,
200,000 instead of $800,000.
Many think the act will be de
clared invalid by the courts, and
that there will be a stoppage in
transit before it reaches the
people in the general election of
1912.
On the other hand, Goy Dona
ghey, who has been an advocate
of the measure from the first,
comes out strongly for the bill,
and declares that upon it he
will stand firmly or fall. He
says that between now and the
general election there will be
such an educational campaign
conducted in the state that the
people will be properly informed
where they are now being mis
led ; they will be shown that the
act wds designed primarily to
lift from their shoulders the
burden of taxation wrongfully
placed there by the tax-dodging
corporations. His Labor Day
speech, elaborated, is to be pub
lished later and scattered broad
cast over the state.
Good Roads Meeting.
A call has been issued for a
good roads meeting to be held
in the £ity hall at 4 o’clock
,y afternoon and every
interested in better roads
; only invited, but urged to
McHugh went to
this morning.
ation grand president oi tne
Royal Circle of Friends, the ne
.gro fraternal order in second an
nual session in this city was the
principal feature of the second
day’s meeting in the court house
Tuesday afternoon.
The reports of other officers,
including the Grand Governess,
the official having in charge the
young people’s department,' the
vice president, the commander
of the military department and
the Grand Medical Examiner
were also heard at this session.
Besides giving, a report of "his
official duties, and declaring in
favor of healthy risks in the en
dowment department, Dr. D. J.
Williams, Grand Medical Exami
ner, went into an exhaustive ex
planation of the new $600 policy,
which can be had by members of
the order. This policy, he ex
plained can be had in lieu of or
in addition to the $300 policy, by
the payment of $2.50 per quar
ter Thus those who desire may
have $900 insurance by the pay
ment of $14 per year, which he
declared to be the cheapest in
surance offered by any negro
order in the state
“The negroes have been grop
ing in darkness from a fraternal
standpoint for nearly 40 years.
Three thousand, six hundred ne
gro secret orders have been in
troduced to our people, some
with good principles and some
with bad principles.” Dr. Wil
liams explained the difference in
the class of insurance offered by
the Royal Circle of Friends, and
declared that the trouble with a
large number 6f negro societies
was in the fact that a large
number of'* old and decrepid
members have been allowed to
slip in. He declared that com
mon sense must be used in solic
iting members and that the best
kind of medical examination
must be passed before admis
sion.
He gave statistics showing
that of the 11,975 members of
the order 8,000 are less than 40
years old; 5,000 are between
the ages of 15 and 30; 3,500
between the ages of 30 and 40;
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50; 975 are over 50 and the av
erage age is a little over 34
years, which he stated was five
years less than that of any oth
er ngro company.
He gave'a good health lecture,
and declared that even with this
good, showing, 64 per cent of all
the deaths in the order were
from tuberculosis
The session yesterday after
noon was presided over by Rev.
T. J. Strong, of Jackson, Miss.
The Grand Circle of Friends
got down to business this morn
ing after devotional exercises
led by Rev. O. L. Moody. The
Circle was called to order by Dr.
D. J. Williams, Grand Medical
Register.
The following resolutions
were introduced:
Monthly dues and all dues to
local circles must be paid before
a member is eligible to ndow
ment—Isabell Ransom.
All laws printed and one reg
ulating finance—Bart Mosely.
Regulating attendance to Su
preme Circle.—J. E. Thomas.
Regulating attendance. —Dr.
preme Circle.—J. E. Thomas.
Regulating attendance. — J.
W. Monroe; ruled out of order
by the president 4
Increasing allowance f or
Grand Circle delegates.—S. L.
Short. !
j Making educational qualifica
i tion and requiring regularity of
. attendance.—Ada Westbrook.
I President of any Circle hold
ing member subject to suspen
sion, himself liable to suspen
sion.—I. T. Reed.
Making local president legal
representative.— Amanda Wab
ker.
Any member eligible to be
delegate but must rmain until
close of session.—Allen Wash
ington.
Making moral character a re
quisite for membership.—W. M.
Scott
Secretaries failing to adjust
mistakes subject to removal.—
Anice McClain.
Regulating attendance and
dues.—Mary Gaines
Regulating attendance in lo
cal and Grand Circles.—Mattie
J. Ray
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i rroviauig iui suitauic icjjuu
and record blanks. Regulating
burial expense. Providing for
salary for Grand Medical Exam
iner, naming board of emer
gency for epidemics, etc. To
maintain religious tendencies of
the order.—G. W. Crump
Increasing burial assessment.
Mattie Wilson
Making standing per capita
tax to cover various items. Pro
viding for suspension of delin
quent members.—W. M. Burke.
Making more than one mem
ber of a family eligible at same
time for local president and se
cretary and exempting local pres
idents from payment of dues.
Regulating collecting of dues.
—J. R. Sands.
Making members for one
year requisite for holding office.
!—L. J. Jarrett, W. S. Seals, R.
Jarrett and S. G. Gibson.
A musicale will be given to
night at First Baptist church.
Miss Mattie Bell of Memphis
will render several instrumental
selections. The Royal Circle
band of Helena and prominent
local negroes will appear on the
program.
Horace D. Slatter,
Colored Reporter.
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Battle Axe.
Health is improving.
F. C. Richie seems to be very
busy of late.
Mr. Hawkins and family of
Lawrence county came down to
visit their mother, Mrs. Lang
ston on Friday, returning Sun
day.
Mrs. McAnally had a very se
vere chill last Saturday.
Charley Polston and family
visited Mrs. Ritta Lockamy last
Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Lula Moden was a pleas
ant caller at G. S. Seaton’s last
Sunday afternoon.
James Holland, who has been
visiting relatives here, has gone
to Diaz to visit his aunt, Mrs. M.
A. Dameron and other relative.
The Christian denomination
closed their meeting last Sunday
night.
Hay cutting and hauling
seems to be the order of the day.
G. S. Seaton and wife went to
Newport on last Thursday, re
j turning home Friday.
Mrs. F, C. Richie and Mrs. M.
A. Seaton made a business trip
over in Elgin neighborhood on
last Tuesday. *
What about the correspond
ents’ picnic ? Don’t all speak at
once.
Success to the Independent
and its many readrs. *
A Reader.
Bandy’s Chapel.
Mr. Sexton’s baby was buried
on the 24th.
Mrs. Dunn’s arm has been in
bad shape, but she thinks it is ,
doing well now. -
Jim Bailey has a boy with a
broken arm. •
Estel Westerfield has been
tusseling with a spell of bilious
fever since he and his folks have
returned from the hills.
Two m,ore weddings in Battle
Axe neighborhood.
Mr. Jas. Fortenberry and fam
ily visited at J. H. Davis’ the
27th.
Cool weather was fine and dry
too.
Hay saving is a great work
now.
There is some sickness in the
country now.
Jas. Bailey’s baby was taken
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