The Gisborne Times. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908. AMERICA’S COLORED PROBLEM.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2227, 26 June 1908, Page 2

The Gisborne Times. FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908. AMERICA’S COLORED PROBLEM.

The information' published in yesterday's cables with regard to the lynching of negroes in the United States serves as a reminder that America's color problem still remains unsolved. In fact, tlio experience there is the samo as in India and Africa., where tho education of inferior raoes has apparently only intensified the difficulties of dealing with them. Quite recently a dinner was held by the Cosmopolitan Society of New York at which twenty white girls and women dined side by side at table with negro men and women. Speeches wete made in which it was urged ijiat the negroes and whites should inter-iuarry until the dark race would gradually bleach and thus solve the race problem. Tho general ■trend of the utterances made was that the negro should I educate himself and then insist upon being placed upon terms of absolute equality with the white Americans. This sort of thing could mover have taken place in any of the Southern iStutes of America. for there the mere suggestion of equality between the two . races, is looked upon as a nuil.ioii.nl peril. The intermarriage which was prod timed at tho New York meeting as the true solution of the race problem lias long been prohibited in all the .Southern States. 'Here and there in the South some micegenation prevails, but it is said to be decreasing. In an ■article strongly denouncing the action of those Northerners who'have been encouraging the negroes in their theories of micegenation and social equality, tho New Orleans “Times Domoera t’ ’ says :

V r o of the South are fully capable of solving the problem satisfactorily and have no fear that wo will not solve it right. We have mado marked progress on the right road of late, with the result of a

steadily improving peacefulness, absence of race hatred, and advance in tho material, educational and moral condition of tlie negroes. They are hotter off in the South than ■ they have ever been before and bettor educated, and there has been a marked improvement in their moral condition, although there is .much yet to bo desired in this 'respect. But this progress and improvement lias been conducted on the basis of complete opposition to

anything having the slightest taint of social equality. As tlie negro ■has improved and advanced, tho wall of social separation and segregation between, tho races has been built higher and higher. We have not only separated them liu tho hotels and restaurants, hut on the railroads, steam boats; and street cars; and tho tendency is toward their separation in all towns and cities, where certain sections are given up to them and othens kept free of 'negroes for the whites alone. A Bill to make miscegenation a crime punishable .with imprison-

ment will come before the Louisiana

Legislature, at its session this summer. That it will be passed no one can. now doubt; and it will bo a disgrace if the vote on it is not unanimous. We would only warn the Legislature to make the law so searching and effectively far-reach-ing that there can he no doubt of its enforcement. Let it be so framed that tho failure of any District Attorney to act to eufoitco tlie statute against all delinquents will vacate the offico and substitute in bis place a man who will seo that the danger to our race and civilisation Is gotten rid of. The evil must no longer be tolerated, but completely exterminated from tho South.

Whether or not the Southerners are correct in their v.iew of tho negro problem there can be no question.but that feeling is still as strong as ever, against the admission of negroes to what they may reasonably term the rights of manhood. The bitterness which this reeling arouses is at the root of the lynehings which still occur in great numbers in .the Southern States, and which stand as a dastardly blot upon the renntayorfagof the American*- 1 X

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Two first offenders stood before Mr. Barton, 63. AL, at. the Police Court yesterday morning and pleaded guilty to tho charge of drunkenness. Both were lined 5s with costs. 2s.

•Mr. Charles S .AlcFarlanc, who has just 'returned from Wellington, lias been offered .2700 for the patent rights of loaded-air gas, for the Gisborne district, but wo understand ho has refused it. A syndicate has also desired to control the gas, but this offer, also, has been refused.

Mr. Lealio Reynolds, who has boon engaged by the Gisborne Harbor Board to 'report on the outer harbor site, will arrive from Wnirpa by coach this ovoning, and a special mooting of tho Board will be held at 8 p.m. to meet .Mr. Reynolds, and discuss tho terms of his engagement.

Captain Bcero has boon advised that a Maxim gun is being forwarded for tho uso 0 f the Gisborne Rides. It is intended that each section of tlio corps shall in turn be trained in gunnery, and it is hoped to give a display on tho occasion of the opening of the Garrison Hull.

Tlio seventh annual ball of the East Const Mounted Rides will be held this evening in Llis Majesty’s Theatre. Extensive arrangements have boon made b.v the ball committee and, ■ns has boon the case in previous years, this one will no doubt prove itself to be one of the most successful functions of the year.

A mooting of ladies was hold .in the To Arai School on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the matter of providing funds for the proposed Maternity Home ill' Gisborne. After some discussion, it was decided to bold a social at Te Arai in the early p irt of July. Mrs.. Kirk will also go to Morere to endeavor to raise funds thero. for the Home.

A further game in the billiard championship was played at the Victoria Saloon last night, when W. Nickoln land E. Austen met. A close game eventually resulted in a win for the former by tlio narrow margin of 11 points. Austen is still leading in tlie competition, as this is only the sucond defeat lie has sustained. The tournament is now drawing to a close, and only a few games remain to bo played. *

On Thursday night, during tlie passage across Lake Rotorua, a punt laden with sulphur, was being towed by one of Mr. Roger’s launches, turned turtle. Mr. Rogers was at tho time on board tlio punt, bailing out water, and wont down with the punt. Fortunately lie succeeded in getting from under it, and was taken on board tho launch, suffering from a wetting only. The punt was loft whore it capsized, and tlie launch proceeded to Rotorua. $

The entire tram service was temporarily disorganised in Auckland on Saturday morning by a peculiar accident. A small fox terrier by some ■mysterious means got. umlornoath tho guard of a Kingsland car, aud was entangled in tlie under gear. Tho car was promptly stopped, but it took some time to extricate tlio dog, and before lie was set free there was a long line of waiting cars behind tlio Kingsland one. 'When the dog was got out ho was. uninjured, and frisked delightfully away.

While Mr. C. Taylor, accompanied by his wife and Mrs. Fanning, were returning from a drive to Matawliero yesterday, in a buggy, the horse took fright at a motor car driven by Mr. J. M. Gouldsinith, and bolting, threw the occupants of the vehicle into tho ditch on tho roadside. The horse then continued its career along tlie road, lint one wheel of the trap getting into a ditoli, the vehicle overturned, and the animal continued to show its antipathy to motor cars by kicking the buggy to pieces. Neither of the ladies nor Mr. Taylor were injured, but the trap was broken almost beyond repair.

The Tapanui “Courier avers that the Government is making a. terrible blunder in trying to retain sheep and deer on the same ground. The squatteds kill deer whenever they can, says the “Courier,” and destroy their feed and cover by burning. A lessee of mountain runs recently applied'to,tho Land Board to clear the ground: on the runs. The 'mountain yields a larger revenue from deer licenses than tlie run-holder pays in rent for grass, and, therefore, stalkers are entitled to some consideration. The Government, it is considered, should proclaim some deer forest reservations as national parks throughout the country, and not attempt to run sheep and deer on the same ground.

“When I look round and see tho many faces of bearded men who came to me as little boys, it makes •me think that the Kauri Timber Company is not a bad place to be employed in,” observed Mr. White, manager of tlio Auckland mill of tho company, when responding to a presentation made to him by bis,fallow-em-ployees, prior to his departure to Sydney, to take oyer the managership of the office in that city. He had himself been in the company’s employ for nearly 31 years, and there wore many around him whose services extended over 25 years. It might surprise them to know that 50 per cent, of the employees of tho company had been in its service for upwards of 15 years, which lie thought was a, record.

At tlio Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., judgment by default was granted in tho following civil cases: —Mackrell aud Colley v. John Scott, claim £3 Is 7, with costs os; same y. Gerald Bartlett, £5 7s Bd, costs os ; Williams and Kettle (Mr. F. V. Nolan) v. John Brigham, £4 13s 7d. costs 10s; Bennett and Shermtt (Air. G. Lysiiar) v. William Evans, balance of claim, £lO 6s 3d, costs £3 4s; D. E. Dustin v. John Win. Clampitf, £1 0s Id, costs os; Allred Wade,(Mr. T. Alston Coleman) v. William Devery and William Grump, £25 6s 9d, with costs £2 17s. On the application of counsel an order was mado that all moneys paid into Court be handed over, as no notices under the Workmen’s Lien Act had been received. In tho judgment summons case of Frank William Pettio (Air. F. 4V. Nolan) v. Herbert Frederick Gush, an older was mado for the immediate payment of the debt and costs £5 13s. in default six days’ imprisonment.

The liquor question is still a troublesome one in tlio King Country (says the “Dominion.”) The thriving and growing town of Taumaruiiui is legally u Maori kaiuga, and, there, fore, no alcoholic drinks may bo brought within its boundaries. During 6'ir Joseph Ward’s late visit to tho Rohe Potae, a deputation of Tauniarunui residents asked him whether au accommodation license could bo granted. They stated • that tourists often complained of the want of such facilities, and they also pointed out that just across the railway line, which forms the boundary of the township, the “kainga” restrictions did not apply. They stated that To Kuiti also was formerly a kainga, but was not so now. and they suggested that a similar change might be mado at Tauinaruinii. The Prime Aliuister, in his reply, said that the restrictions had been imposed for the protection of the Natives, and it would be .a very difficult matter to get them lifted. The matter would receive consideration. A Te Kuiti deputation asked whether legislation could not be passed to give them the right, enjoyed by other Europeans throughout the Dominion, to vote on the issue of licenses in their own district. To both deputations Sir Joseph stated that there was no prospect of any licensing legislation being passed this year. One of tlie most amusing features mt the garden ’-■arty for children held W Lady Alcomon at her country " use was a game of dipping for [ i .'ill coins in a bath charged with I tricitv. One precocious youngster 1 rorcome tho difficulty got a dipt 1 o bail tho water out, and this ' it’s tin dippers for sevenpenco at Parnell's Popular Saturday s, inst- only.

Tlie victim of the Pakarao shooting case, Alisa Petersen, was brought into .Gisborne yesterday, and admitted to Miss Harney’s nursing home. Slio still continues to make good progress, and is rapidly regaining strength-

A tablet to the memory of tho late Veil. Archdeacon Oholmondeley lias just been placed on the south wall ot the Christchurch Cathedral. It is a handsome piece of work in beaten bronze, executed by Bonham and Son, London.

A young man named John Miller mot with a painful accident at Tiniroto on AVcdnesday. lie was riding to tho post office, when his horse shied at a bridgo, throwing him to the ground and breaking his leg. The sufferer was convoyed to the hotel, mcdicql assistance from Wairoa being summoned. Dr. Swansegor reached Tiniroto tlie same evening, and after attending to the unfortunate young follow, ordered liis removal to the Wairoa hospital.

A mooting of the sub-committee of tlie Gisborne Volunteer Drill Hall Trustees and officers of local corps and citizens’ -committee, appointed tn make arrangements for tlio opening of the Garrison Hall, was held yesterday. Tlie committee Tesolved that the hall bo opened, subject to its completion by that date, with a ball (military and fancy dress), if possible, oil tho night of tlio first show day in October. A ladies’ committee is to be formed to provide and take charge of the supper. The prices of tickets were fixed at 5s and 2s 6d, and the City Band is to be asked to provide the music: Tlie committee further decided that Professor Borooni be engaged to give a week’s carnival, to bo held during race week in February, 1909.

•Last ovening a. very successful euchre tournament, promoted by the ladies of St. Alary’s Church, was held in AVhinray’s Hall, when there wore about 130 persons present. The prizes were won by Afrs. P. Barry and Air. N. Goldsmith, whilst Airs. A. J. Smith and Air. J. .Boyle were the recipients of the unenviable booby prizes. At the conclusion of the tourinament a dance was held, for which excellent music was supplied by the Vita Bros.’ orchestra. A tasteful supper was supplied by tlie ladies. It is intonded to bold a series of six euchre tournaments .in. St. Alary’s Schoolroom, commencing shortly, and a prize of a ton-guinea- phonograph will be offered to the player scoring the highest aggregate points. Further particulars will he announced later.

At the llalelutha Court (says the “Clutha Loader”), Air. Kenrick laid it down that before a summons could succeed against a person for a debt a demand must first of all bo made for tlio money. If lie gave an order for goods, for instance, lie must be furnished with details of avhat lie bad bought, and an account or demand for payment. Unless this was done, the plaintiff could nob succeed on a summons. The opinion of council at the bar was contrary to his AVorship’s dictum. The general accepted law on tlie point- was, tliat if a person incurred a debt it- was bis duty to ascertain wliat it- was anil settle it—it was not incu'mbant on a creditor to make any demand before summoning. Tlie fact that he had not done so might be taken into account ill fixing costs, but it could not- in (tlie least imperil the claim.

A man in tlio employ of Air. F. H. Steele, butcher, of Colombo Street, in February last went for a trip to Australia (says tlie “Christchurch Press”). AVlien about 250 miles from Sydney Heads, lie enclosed in a bottle, which lie threw overboard, a postcard, on the back of which is a photo of Air. Steele’s shop. On the postcard was written, “AVlien found, please post to 178 Colombo Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. Cast overboard from the Wimmera, Monday, 24-2-’OB. Having a good trip.— R.T.R,” The sequel to the incident is that tho identical postcard, having tlie appearance of some wear, was handed to Air. H. F. Steele in his shop a few days ago by a Air. M’Gregor, who picked up tho bottle at Tomnkin. near Broiiller Island, South Coast, N.S.W., on file Bth ATny last.

According to the Aliuister for Lands,.there will be no attempt made this session to deal by legislation with tlie question of child labor on dairy farms. “Wo hope,” Air AlcNab informed a Wellington “Post” representative, “to be able to control the regulation of child labor through our inspectors. I have not hoard anything about tlio subject for a long time, but in the 'midst of .the divergent views expressed, the department alone can get at the truth through the dairy inspectors. Our inspectors go into the byres, and any steps wo take hereafter will be the result .of any information they may obtain. They will be constantly visiting the 'farms -and dairies, and will not be a small body of reformers making unexpected visits, and not knowing tho conditions of the industry. The enquiries will be made by men who have a maximum amount of knowledge of tho whole question.”

Tlio German savant who is experimenting with a view to ascertaining the duration of dreams might get some useful information from patients who have passed the dentist’s chair. One of them not long ago sat down, took gas, aud dreamed for all lie was worth. He s'aw UiimVelif finish Ms work, go- to his club, leave for the station, run for the train, and miss it. He returned to his club and lay on a settee in tlio library. There he passed a restless night, getting gradually colder .and colder as the lire died down, and with a pain gradually growing about his head and face from the hardness of his couch. Fivo o’clock in tlio morning came, and tho steward roused, him to say that the club must now bo closed. The sleopor got up, feeling very seedy, and stiff—-to find that the night’s adventures had lasted exactly two minutes and forty seconds.

Four Axis deer and four Bharal sheep, consigned to the Tourist Department for acclimatisation purposes,' will arrive in New Zealand by the Rimiitaka, which is due on July 29. The Axis deer, which is related to the sambur, and belungs to tho jungles of Southern India and Coylon, has been liberated in this country before. The Bharal sheep, sometimes called tile blue sheep of Tibet, is found on most of the plateauz of Western Asia, but never conics below 10,000 feet above the sea level. It is •i strong, prolific animal, roving in herds of up to 50 in number, and an agile climber. Owing to its color, it is difficult, to detect on rocky country,, but can be approached with ordinary sportsman’s caution. The male has curving horns from 24. inches to 26 inches long.

It was stated in the “Lyttelton Times” some weeks ago- that the skeletons of two rabbits had been found on the Chatham Islands and that it was thought that they were those of pets, there being no wild rabbits there. A resident of the Cbatlianis, writing to the “Otago Daily Times,” says that at one time rabbits could have been found on the 'islands in fair numbers; but from unexplained cause they have, as far as, tlie Chathams are concerned, become as extinct as tho moa. This is .the. more surprising when, from all appearances, everything was in their favor; there was an abundance of vegetation and free sandy soil in many parts, but perhaps tho unadulterated air of the Pacific proved too much for them. However, the fact remains that there is not a rabbit left on these islands. A's to the statement that cattle on tho islands destroy some of the vegetation the writer says that it is obvious that in order to Jive they must eat what vegetation they can get, but lie has not heard of any native plants having been exterminated by them. He adds that the phormium tenax growing on the islands contains so little fibre that its destruction by stock is of no consequence. For Bronchial Coughs taF" Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. K ' ’ d