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By .Chas. R. Graggs.
There cou.-J be no history without
"bio&raphy; no biography without the
actions ot human beings; no autlong
without aa incontive.Tbe greatest In-
centive which brittires an intelligent
liberty to deliver the message which
God 8mt him to deliver the message
of. unli-nlted and unbound goodness
whether that goodness bo In the c
paclty ot shoe shine boy Bcrub wom-
an ditch digger or stenographer in
a municipal building; postal clerk
In a post oflice; legislator congress-
man school board representative
text-book author or patriot on the
buttlclleld.
Therefore the one weak point In
our educational system today which
has no place In the domain of de-
mocraiy is the endeavor of Ameri-
can historians magazine writers
newspaper correspondents and lec-
turers to omtt the names of Illustri-
ous Negroes and their deeds and
achievements. For example no one
will deny the fact that the letter
"Z" is a necessary to the completion
of the alphabet as the letter "A"
13 necessary auu ho iuiut vku uc
ii.Hitn.voH without AlTvtlne th alpha
bet nor without affecting the Eng-
lish Language. Imagine the omis
sion of any letter of the alphabet!
Thus to elemluate the faces of the
darker sons and daughters from the
nagea of history to - deny tbera ccr
tain courses of study and training
and to permit the student In the
school room to rehearse the worthy
deeds aad heroic acts only of white
men are to rob human history of
the rich deposits that are also neces
sary to the sum total of human
knowledge and hence to render the
student's knowledge of human his-
tory narrow and Incomplete. Yes
the mission of scholars scientists
thinkers sages and heroes Is not to
be hid behind the hill nor to be
bound by mere racial tlos. What vir-
tue would there be in the divinity of
Jesus Christ If His grace were min
istered only to the JewT
Coming now to the subject of my
essay at that period when the con
science ot men was awakening as
to the sin and curse of American
slavery there was also born in the
midst of those stirring days a black
hero a slave fed on ash cakes who
was destined to help to arouse fully
that conscience. That hero was
Frederick Douglass abolitionist ora
tor statesman and diplomat who was
bom on the Lloyd plantation In Tal-
bot County Maryland in February
1817. Douglass' mother herself was
a slave to whom he gave credit for
his aspirations and talent. But his
father was a white man an Incident
which was common during the two
and a half centuries of American
slavery so common that had slavery
remained a half or three quarters
of a century longer there would hot
have been a full blooded Negro de-
spite the fact that during all slavery
there was no howl of social equality
and not even one lynching. But to
turn on even moro light and thus
to condemn lynching all the more
and the pretext of Its cause the
U. S. Census estimates the number of
mulattocs In 13(i0 to be 13.2 per
cent of the total Netrro population;
auJ 20.9 per cent In 1010 an Increase
of 7.7 per cent. This la social equali-
ty pure and simple In no little de-
gree to the contrary however snak-
lnsly and Illegally 'It has been exer-
cised by the white man (perhaps by
the lyncher and the maker ot Jim
crow laws.)
While in his teens DotiElass found
his way to Baltimore where he ac-
quired the rudiments ot education.
Although it was a penitentiary of-
fense to teach a slave to read
Douglass became more and more ac-
quainted w'Ui books. He shined
shoes for a few pnnnies with which
he bought his first book Ue Coium-
blun Orator. When only tuieen years
old - he was purchased by a Balti-
moreABhlp builder. But at the age
of twpitly-one" Douglass escaped to
New York thence to New Bedford
Massachuetts where he met the
abolitii nlnt William Lloyd Garrison.
Upon tho friendly invitation of Gir-
riaon Douglass frequently attended
the abolition meetings In New Eng-
land. It was at aa anti-slavery meet-
In; fn 1841 at Nantucket Massachu-
setts that Douglass made a speech
that urat made hi in a national char-
acter. The question at ones aroe
Shail this eleoquent fugitive slave
be sent back to Maryland? Tnere
was already In Massachusetts an
Anti-Slavery Society founded in 1832
: for th pm-poso of making sentiment
: against slavery 1 Douglass became a
tiavellng agent of this socky mak-
ing fearless speeches in : irthern
states. He also edited "Tne North
Star an abolition paper at Roches-
ter New ytk l-rdly less potent
that Garrison's Liberator.
In 1815 Doitg'abs visited England
where be advocated the cause of his
black brother in . bondage. His
friends in England raised tho sum
of tToO.Q'' with whteh his freedom
was purchased. In 1849 Governor
Vise of Vi'inia made a requisition
on thi gorwnor of Michigan for the
arrest of Douglass wIk was charged
with conspiracy in the John Brown
aid. Douglas made a aecend .visit
to England tnereby avoiding another
eomMoaUon. of which he ald "I
ed ros; the talons ot th American
pukIi. to nestle in the mane of the
British lion." . .
Besides Garrison those who were
Douglass closest associate and who
'(rfre his etrciest supporters were
Wendell l'hillips Gerret Smith.
Charles Summer William E. Chain-
ing E. P. Lovcjoy. -John Brown
Harriet Beeeher Stowe Sojourner
Truth and Harriet Tubman the he-
roine of the underground railroad. On
one occasion at sn anti-slavery meet-
ing while ' ouglass was making
epeech in which he showed to be de-
spondent. Sojourner Truth arose and
said. "Is God dead Frederickr
After the emancipation of the
slaves Douglass held various posit-
ions of honor and trust Of these
in 1881 he was ma.'o marshall of the
'istrfct of Columbia; in U2 he was
appointed to tho position of RecosJer
of Deeds of tho District of Columbia;
Besides editing" 'The North Star"
in) wrote ''.My Bondage and My K.-ee
ioin." "Life tnd Times of Frdorick
IXMuliiss" and several pamphlets.
1n 3k8;t I'reaiden Harrison made
him minister to ifaytf.
WLilo a rUietf 'in Nw Bedford.
served on the Union e!do in the Civil
War. Of his descendents his grand
son Joseph became one of the great-
est vlotlL-flt America has produced.
After her death he married Helen
Pitts a whit J woman who was a
clerk in the office when Douglass
was Recorder of Deeds.
The voice of Douglass was hushed
and he folded his arms to rest from
his labors on Wednesday evening at
7:00 o'clock February 20 1895 at
Cedar Hill Just beyond the outskirts
of Washington. All Washington New
England and the Negroes generally
throughout America mourned his
passing. Douglass left an estate
valued at $200000. He was tall' ro-
bust well developed and wore his
hair long leaders who have risen
since his death he was un-
yielding and uncompromising la ex
posing wrongs tnd advocating jus
tice for a struggling people. Note
the contrast ot conditions of the
decades preceding Douglass death
and the decades following his death
Dlirtn?. th lnut 24 vonr- if hit Ufa
' " j a J UJ.V
Negroes held many positions ot honor
and trust up to the United States
Senate while the 24 years following
his death they have seen all these
positions floe from them. Without
comparison measuring men by the
proper angles the final verdict of
opinions is that Frederick Douglass
was the most remarkable Negro
America Has produced. No man's
life story In all history reads more
like a romance than that of Douglass
May God I pray send us another
Douglass with -the vision faith and
hope of a prophet with the sympa-
thies and gentleness of a lamb and
yet as bold and as fearless as a lion
wno win shake this nation until
DiacK men are given tholr full liberty
to vote the liberty to live the liberty
to atuay the liberty to insure proper
ty ana we liberty to hold office.
SUPERSTITION AN OLD ONE i .
vvv V A A " ) .
Hon Emmat J. Scott1
Special Aut. to Sec'y of War
War Department '
Washington D. C.
My dear Mr Scott:
The Director of the Bureau ol War
Risk Insurance Col. Henry D. Unds-
ley has handed me your lotter of
January 29th enclosing communica-
tion from E. L. Blackshear Field
Agent Agricultural Extension Work
Negro Division.
I a n very glad indeed to have this
communication and thank you very
much for having brought it to my at-
tention. This is to advise you that plans
are now being worked Jilt tor a very
extensive campaign look towar.d the
conversion into some standivrd' form
of policy the term insurant) now
carried by soldiers and sailors. I
wish you would write Mr. Blackshear
and tell Mm Rt this tlmn he can
be moat e jctively useful la urging
upon the yroee of Texat. the neces
sity for ho' Jing on to their prosont
term policies in other "words urge
them to kMn nn" tt a virmiivn n..
l;e married a n'onun cl whom there ments. These payments cu be made
(-co lom two sons Lwvlq anil I hv umicj nwt n1 v..i.i v. j.
Both sons prtrablo u he Treasurer of theUuifrd
WHE3T SOLDI KR LIFE IS A BE
TREAT.
When the war Is over and the world
Is free ' '
And Bill Kaiser' wills Germany to
me
And his palace becomes my lyre
I'll like the army life.
I am crazy to get' back to the land
- of the snow
Where I can't here the bugles blow
No more revielle no more retreat
No more lining up to eat
No more drilling in hob-nail shoes
No more lining up in column of
twos
No more feeling like' I'm in Jail
No more going off on cold details
Lieutenants and Captains do well
But the Sergeants and Corporals
give us li I
When I get home I'm going to tell
an my friends
i was giaa when the war came
to an end
No more eating things that don't
taste nice
hen I get out of army I can
tell any mans wife
When wbalea go to rooBtlng In the
trees .
And the birds go to swlmmlm in
the seas
When the Pacific Ocean turns to
Holland gin
'1 hen maybe I'll Join the army
again.
-By-HARRY
L. i JORDAN.
THE FOLLOWING LETTER RE
VEALS THE CAKE MKOICAL AT.
'JKRTIOJ AJ1 tri r.KAIi HOPI
TAL1TY THAT EXISTS LN BASE
HOSPITALS Di FRANCE. .
From E. A. Holmes Chief Nurse
Base Hospital No. 24.
American Expeditionary Forces
Linoges France.
Mary Fuller Jacksonville Texas.
. My dear Mary: You have by now
received the- official announcement
of your dear son's death and I feel
sure that you are anxious to know
the (fetalis and. being one of the
nurses near him I wish to render
you this service.
Private Earl Fuller Labor Bat-
talion was admitted to our hospital
Oct. 22 suffering from a s ere at-
tack of acute' pleurisy which caused
his death Oct.. 28. Notwithstanding
the fact that everything possible was
done for him he had as excellent
medical and nursing care as he
would have bad In our best hospt
tals at home. He was In the same
ward with white soldiers and was
nursed by white southern nurses.
Our hospital la situated In a quiet
and beautiful part of France and well
equipped for. the proper scientific
care of our soldiers. He was burled
In a small new Amerlcm ce. ietery
in the town of Linoges. I attended
his funeral with tte nurses and mem
bers of our command when the bugle
blew he watf lowered into a soldier's
grave under an American flag. . The
Inscription on the head board is care-
fully and well done nowem from
the nurses are planted on each aide
of the gr. ve. Everythtes was done
for him in life and In cath as you
would have wished it done. His per-
sonal belonging will be cent to you
later froa the Effects Department if
there Is anything you vould like
to know I will be glad to write you
again with deepest symps.' xy to you
and ;c T8 1 am most slnct .ely yovrs
E. A. 'HOLMES.
E. L. BLACKSHEAR INTERESTED
W. GOTERNMENT INSURANCE
FOR THJ5 KEGR0. . '
In All Ages the Belief In "Crystal
Gazing" Has Bean Mora or Less
Strongly Held.
Crystal gazing or "scrying'' as wrlt-
fers on the subject term it has been
practiced pretty well over the world
from ancient times to the present I"
early time they used to scry In springs
and bowls oi water. In the British
museum there Is a crystal ball said
to have been used by Dr. Dee a wizard
bf the time of Queen Bess. Cagliostro'
that sublime hurabng of the eighteenth
century used to place a pall' of water
on the stage and request some child
to come out of the audience and gaze
into it. The child would babble of
castles pageants and other marvelous
pictures he could see In the clear
liquid. The society for psychical re-
search certain of whose members one
would nlmoftt conclude are ready to
swallow whole superstition" In any
shape has done some crystal gazing
and at last accounts bad glass balls
for sale at Its headquarters In London.
The late Andrew Lang stated his be-
lief that some people have the faculty
"of seeing faces places persons In
motion In glass ball. In water Ink
or any clear deep" but scouts the no-
tion that scrying can accomplish any-
thing In the way of finding lost prop-
erty or in foretelling the future as has
been claimed for it by crystal gazing
enthusiasts. As a crystal ball la not
absolutely necessary by all accounts
and a glass pitcher of water will do
Just as well almost anybody mny make
experiments In scrying. The liquid first
turns black It Is claimed then come
the pictures. Some of us may feel that
It would require a wait of at least a
hundred years before anything could
be seen.
HOW ROMANS GOT THE NEWS
Bulletin Boards Furnished Information
to the Citizens of th "Capital
of ths World."
Calus Julius Caesar knew the value
Of publicity. As far back as when he
was consul (00 B. C.) he ordered the
publication of senate acts and discus-
sions. These "Acta Senatus" were
published on a whitened wooden board
called "album" the neuter of "nlbus"
which means white. In imperial days
at least as early as 29 A. D. there was
an official publisher "Curator Actor-
um." This news corresponded to what
we get in our Congressional Record
and contained as our record once did
the Interruptions and the applause.
In 60 B. C Caesar also ordered pub-
lished "in albo" the private news of
general Interest "Acta Dlurna Popull
Bomant" " '
Tho bulletin boards of the modern
newspapers had their precursors In
these white tablets ordered to be dis-
played publicly by Caesar. In New
York there are men who haunt the bul-
letin boards of the metropolitan dall-
ies Jot down the news displayed there
on and later telegraph the Items to
the dallies In small citieg which do not
support so extensive a news service as
that furnished by the United or the
Associated Press. Bo In Rome the
writer of news letters or circulars cop-
led the news published "in albo" and
sent the most Important Items to bis
subscriber out of the city. Scandal
was featured In "Acto Dlurna" and
society news In modern fashion was
furnished by families concerned.
From the QullL : .
Flnt Bottled Beer.
One of the funniest of accidental
discoveries relates to bottled beer. In
the reign of Queen Mary a certain
dean of St. Paul's and master of West-
minster school had to fly to the con-
tinent for his life. He was angling by
the silvery Thames at the time the
warning -reached him. Some yean
later he returned not on'y to Eng-
land but to the very spot for the
very same purpose with red and Hue.
Growing thirsty he remembered that
he had left a bottle of beer In the
hollow of a neighboring tree when he
had suddenly taken flight some years
before. The bottle was there but
when he removed the cork It went
off with such' a bang as to make him
think It had been changed by th fat
ries to a run. . ;
Tim for Politeness
There Is nothing chivalrous about
the young man who steps aside to al-
low a woman to enter a ca before
htm and then in his haste ttteps on
her heels or on her dress. There Is
nothing Mr j generous or' kindly In tha
iavar of a business man who gives
souiecae an Interview at the same
time making the Interviewer fsel that
he Is encroaching on the time of c
man who & sua several dollars an hour.
There Is no virtus In the hurried hand-
shake that Is not accompanied by a
welcome light In the ey ; no affection
!n the klsi that Is given from force
of hablf: or from custom. Every per
sonl t'uch that does not bear ths
stamp of genuine courtesy la akin
to rn insult.
Ths Ephemera'
Man loves the thins that doesn't
if it He Ilres on the ephemeral. His
newspaper with Its passl ig quips and
rapidly fading scenarios is his dall?
I reading. ' :. ii r -' v-c
The death of aa actor who will be
forgotten the wek aftev his burial
moves a people profoundly. Thousands
sit up all night to read a book that
they "scrap'' the next day '
Man does not seek trnta. hat va
riety; he seeks sensation not perma-1
nency. uis health lies in his Incon-
sistencies. For to be ephemeral Is
human ; but to be eternal Is to be dead.
C harks) avid a di;iit;liter.
State Government and enclosed In
an envelope addressed to the Premium
Receipts Department Bureau of War
Risk lusurance Washington D. C.
As soon as the details of the Con
vention Campaign have been agreed
upot I will make it a t lnt to see
that Mr. Blackshear is supplied with
all of the necessary information. It
may bd ttat we will rely upon him
to s rery considerable extent In
hacHIns the wwk in his district
tfiitcercly yours
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This Name Was Chosen For the
Fact that Our Holdings Are In
Block M Red River Valley Lands
Biirkhurnett V ichita County
Those who know claim sections of this block are "toil of oil." If we can live up to our name
"Lucky 76" and tind our lease one of those sections under which Mr. Oil Is simply waiting
for man and machinery to bring him forth then everything will be rosy. If we strike a (luster well
we are "not like Jetferles" we can come back.
IF YOU can afford to lose $i.oo or more come in with us and help to develop this tract but if
friend wife or the kiddies need the money stav out for the oil game should be played by those who
can afford to lose. ' .
YOU CANNOT truthfully be promised anything
but a gambler's chance and he who promises more is
not truthful to you or himself.' The biggest company
that has been the most successful in the past may
strike a duster this time then again they may strike
oil. Your chances with us are just as bright or
brighter than they would be in any other company
in the proven field.
LOOK AT both sides of it; consider the amount of
dusters that have never paid a penny in dividends.
Then consider the many investments like the $125.00
one that brought back $50000; also the many com-
panies that have paid dividends as regular as day
and night;
in
OUR HOLDINGS
Consist of 5 acres injthe proven field which as you know is worth many times as much as several acres
unproven neias. io ary noies nave been drilled within one and one-half miles of our holdings.
The famous Humble well lies less than a mile south of us the Marine and Woods wells about one mile
southeast the Hammond about three-fourths .of a mile east the Burk-Waggoner just northwest the Hammond-
Art just southwest and the city of Burkburnett about one and one-half miles southeast; adjacent' to us there are
more than 200 wells on the verge of completion. . "
Oil .has" been found on four sides of us in paying quantities so you really have more than a rambler's
chance. ' . . ' 0
Consider that a producing well brought in on any adjacent lease means a demand for part of our acreage
and should we decide to sell a part you will receive a handsome dividend from this source alone. Don't forget
that just south of us holds the record prices for acreage in Texas F. W. Evans of Joplin Mo. paying $20000
flii acre.- .
ASK ANYONE
who really knows (we are willing that you accept their word) to draw you the lines of what they
consider the oil trend of Burkburnett; they may vary as to direction but you will find they all
include Block 76 and we are right in the center of the block.
JUST TRUTHS
Come in with the organizers; if they make money
you will. Do as they did; make your check for as
much as you can afford no more no less. Think
. of what a ten dollar bill will bring you if we strike
a gusher.
More than 200 oil companies in Texas are paying
dividends ranging from 10 per cent to 100 per cent
"per month." Our location is in the big production
field; therefore there is no reason why we cannot
. pay big dividends.
During February in the Burkburnett field there
were 77 wells completed 5-were dry think of it
94 per cent were producers. This record against
the entire record of the United States for all of last
year shows why it pays to invest in this field. Total
wells drilled in United States 29948; of these 5607
were dry holes and 79 per cent were producers. Your
chances in Burkburnett are i$xi per cent greater."
SALARIED PEOPLE
The officers of this company fully analyzed this
proposition before offering itt at such a low figure
as $1.00. per share. If the working men and women
"those with only a small salary" invest but a small
sum and on that sum realize a handsome profit they
become our boosters and advertisers and when we
organize another company which we are sure to do
"for we want to be known as the most successful
oil company in Texas" we are sure to sell all of
their friends.
Foreign capital is coming into Texas fast for the
oil business is only in its infancy invest now and
make or lose some money. Plodding along will
never break you and it sure will never make you.
' ' ' THE TRUSTEES
Your money is handled by men tried and proven men whose records show that they are successful '
and conservative; not promoters just plain every-day executives. :
They are just as positive that this lease contains oil as they are that there is daylight and darkness;
they have invested a large sum in this lease and if you are able to afford it they want you to
invest with them. . '
- -. YOUR COMPANY
These two words tell the complete story. There is no preferred stock no assessments no one can buy more
than 5000 shares. The man or woman with one share of stock receive their dividends as promptly as the officers
of the company. All monies received must be used in the development of this lease and no other property can
be acquired without a two-thirds vote' of the stockholders.
In the event of the sale of part of our lease the money must at once be pro rated among the stockholders
in the form of dividends. Should the first well drilled bring oil in paying quantities no other well can be drilled
until the stockholders have received 100 per cent on their investment unless consent is obtained by a two-thirds
vote of the stockholders. ' ' .
Th Trust Agreement provides for a spen'al fund of $25000 to be deposited with a Dallas bank "name
given in Trust Agreement" to be used for no other purpose except drilling; should it not be necessary to use
all of said amount balance is divided with stockholders in dividends.
This gives you a real run for your money. You can sleep nights knowing that your ioney is being useji '
for the on purpose the development of your lease instead of using the money for the development ' of
other fields as some companies do.
. . YOU WANT OIL
and according to every rule of nature and geologijt it lies under Block 76. Therefore we only want
to seil one-half of the capital stock. Just as soon as this is accomplished our Trust Agreement pro-
vides that we let contract for drilling. 'This gives you until March 27th to buy at par so don't even
hes'tate but buy now.
Don't even hesitate mail this coupon today. The men and women who never take a chance are always
found working for someone else plodding along in a rut. They are just like a clock a'ways oh the go but
standing still. .
Lucky 76 Oil ' Company. .
' K;nnard Sales & Investment Company
Fiscal Agents
1812 Main Street Dallas Texas.
' I herewith make application for
..shares ot the Capital Stock of the Lucky 76
Oil Company of Dallas Texas' at the par value of One Dollar ($100) per share said stock being
Non-Assessable and with No-Individual Liability. f
It is also understood that I tender this subscription upon the representations contained in this
adve: tisement. " ... '.'' .' ' 1 " "'v.' ' " ''''.
" 1 ' . Name a.... .'
Street and No.
City U
-State.
Make all checks and money orders payable to Warren A. Gilbert Treasurer.
Lucky 76 Oil Company
The Company reserves the right to return' this subscription and money for same within "24 hours of date
received at Dallas Texas. ' . . .
1812 Mai l Street . DALLAS; TEXAS Phone Main wit
A' Trust Estate' Under the Common Law Capital Stock-$125000 Par Value $1.00 Per Share
Non-Assessable. . ' No-Individual Liability
: T' UMtam . cU eys w A- -w2&
The chap who said "Old Man Opportunity" only knocked once is deaf dumb and blind The old U
comes often but he doesn't hammer the door down and it takes backbone not wishbone to let him in
f -We want a few good agents. If you have a clear record write or call on Mr. WMte 1812 Main St D 11
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