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STARKS RE-ELECTED High Honors Again for West Virginia at the Greatest Meeting in the History of the Order—Unparalleled Progress Shown in All Departments and Uniform Rank Encampment Excels All Previous Efforts. Thirty-Six Thousand People Present on Gala Day and But Few Less Hear Booker T. Washington—All Officers Re Elected—Next Meeting at Kansas City, Mo. VOLUME VI. NO.53 STARKS RE Fifth Time to the Su ship of the Knigh High Honors Again for West Virginia History of the Order—Unparall ect ments and Uniform Rank Encampm Thirty-Six Thousand People Prese Less Hear Booker T. Washington Meeting at Kansas City, Mo. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 11.—The fourteenth biennial session of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythians is now history. Ten thousand people have come and gone, and the grandest session 13 R. R. Jackson, Re-Elected Major General Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. of the greatest Negro organization is now written with the things that were. Yet, it lives, and vitalizes the energies and ambitions of a great and progressive people. Last Saturday night for the fifth time S. W. Starks of West Virginia, was elected Supreme Chancellor and he was elected by a vote that might well flatter one whose deeds and character are not as yet recorded in the inspiring page of history. Men stood on chairs frantically waving their hands, seeking to arrest the attention of the Supreme Vice Chancellor in order that they might put their state on record as seconding Texas' nomination of Sir Starks eloquently voiced by Dr. J. W. Rankin. It was such a scene as I have never before witnessed, full of inspiration, teaching that the Negroes have finally come to know that there is indeed union, in strength and that they stand by anxious to endorse and uphold and ven be crowned consecrated leadership. Of all the secret organizations which enter so strongly and so universally into the life and aspirations of the Negro people this is not only the largest and most characterable, but, if it can, if it does, truthfully may it claim and even boast, that it possesses the finest type of leadership seen on the stage of action within these two and forty years. The idolatry of the Knights of Pythias for their Supreme Chancellor and Commander-in-Chief is not frenzied, rather is it permanent, sufficient, bearing all the marks of sincerity. And this Idol, unlike those who have passed on, bears in his heart friendship, wears upon his brow charity, nor steps beyond the bounds of the golden cordon of benevolence. Men follow Starks not because ```markdown ``` S. A. T. Watkins, Re-Elected Supreme Attorney, Knights of Pythias. they fear him, but because they love and trust him, and because he is the vanguard of nobility. The sessions were held at Leiderkranz Hall and the Supreme Chancellor struck his gavel on the first session Tuesday morning. There sat before him representatives from not only twenty-seven Grand Lodges of the jurisdiction, but those colored men who in their several communities have stood the test, and come to be leaders of their people and examples of business integrity. Unlike most colored institutions, the Knights of Pythias is a business institution. The Supreme Prelate, C. D. White, invoked the divine blessings and the real machinery of the organization which directs the uniform ranks which has attracted much favorable attention since its sessions last Sunday, had begun to move. The morning session occupied only a few minutes. Supreme Chancellor Starks announced his Committee on Credentials, consisting of J. C. Duke, of Arkansas, chairman; H. C. Wallace, of Mississippi; Dr. E. E. Underwood, of Kentucky; J. J. [Name] A. W. Lloyd, Re-Elected Member of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission. Woodson, of Ohio, and Dr. George N. Stoney, of Georgia. The Supreme Chancellor amid tremendous applause of the members announced that a delegation of the Pythians, known as the Eastern and Western Hemisphere, had come to Louisville to attend the sessions of the parent body with a view of uniting. This is considered the beginning of the union of all colored Pythians throughout the world and is due wholly to Supreme Chancellor Starks, who said when he took hold of the reins of government ten years ago, he dedicated himself to this end. One of the pleasant hours of the [Picture of a man in a suit with a bow tie]. Jno. W. Straughter, Re-Elected Member of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission. encampment at Camp Corbin, Monday, was that when the Major General of the Uniform Rank of the Eastern and Western hemisphere, was received with honors into the headquarters of Maj. General Jackson, in command of the encampment. The afternoon session' of the Supreme Lodge was taken up with the report of the Committee on Credentials and the conferring of the Supreme Lodge degree on over 40 candidates, Supreme Chancellor Starks personally conferring the rank. The committee reported no contests, and also that the Grand Lodge of each State presented the full quota of representatives. At night the most important 86- THE ADVOCATE. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, SEP TEMBER, 12 1907 Re-Elected for the Fifth Time Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. cial event of the conclave was held at the Colliseum. To the strains of the orchestra of the Eighth Regiment Band of Chicago exhibition drills were held and music furnished for the formal reception held by the officers of the organization. The second day's session was a most interesting one. It was given over almost entirely to the reading of the reports of several of the supreme officers, including that of the Supreme Chancellor, and to the appointment of the several Supreme Lodge committees. At the morning session Supreme Chancellor Starks made the official announcement of the coming of Booker T. Washington and on motion he was given power to appoint a committee to receive the distinguished educator and arrange the program for his appearance. The committee was as follows: L. M. Mitchel, of Texas; Roscoe Conkling Simmons, of New York; Col. John R. Marshall, of Illinois; the Rev. E. B. Topp, of Mississippi; E. A. Nevels, of Pennsylvania; W. W. Plumb, of Kangas and Dr. Horace Conrad, of Oklahoma. Marvelous Growth of Order. The feature of this session of the Supreme Lodge was the biennial report of Supreme Chancellor Starks. Although it consumed three hours in reading, it was given close attention, and the eloquent periods noting advancement here or progress there were greeted with applause and cheering. The growth of the order during the last ten years is nothing short of amazing. No two years in the history of the regenerated order have been as rich in achievement and in progress as those covered in this report. The present number of grand lodges is twenty six; number of subordinate lodges, 2,632 an increase during the term of 896. Two years ago the number of members in the entire jurisdiction was 66,891; today in the entire jurisdiction there are 108,869 members, an increase of 41,978 in two years. During the term just closing $554,424.40 was paid out through the endowment department to the members, and yet on July 1st last, there was still remaining in the various state treasuries an endowment fund of $259,637.93, besides a distinct Supreme and Grand Lodge fund of $47,215.54. The Supreme and Grand Lodges own property valued at $101,703.01, while the value of property owned by subordinate lodges is $398,637.26 S. W. Re-Elected for the Fifth Time Super- Pyth The women's department, the Court of Calanthe, has a membership of 38,000, so that the total membership of lodges and courts is 146,869, and the increase in membership during the past term is 61 per cent. The total present resources of the Knights of Pythias is $807,229.74. The order owns property in Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Richmond, Nashville, Jacksonville, Winston, N.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Charleston and Huntington, W. Va., and in other cities throughout the United States. WillHelp to Solve Race's Problem. "We have learned to organize and unite," said the Supreme Chancellor. "We have proved that we are capable of self-government. Our business is done in a business way. We are surely rising to a position which in itself commands the respect of men. What we have done simply teaches us what we can do, and the responsibility that rests upon us. The problem of our race must be solved by plain, practical foundation work, such as we are doing. Two years hence we will again come up from our various jurisdictions, bearing greater sheaves than before, our race and order having the credit and God the glory." When Supreme Chancellor Starks had finished he was loudly cheered, and the Supreme Lodge spontaneously give him the Chautauqua salute. Other Reports of the Day. The reports of Supreme Keeper of Records and Seals, C. K. Robinson, and Supreme Master of Execchequer, J. H. Young, were read amidst continued applause. The reports were referred to their several committees, previously appointed, as follows: Law and Supervision—S. A. T. Watkins, Illinois, chairman; Joe P. Crawford, Tennessee, C. J. Creswell, Georgia. Appeals and Grievances—John W. Harris, Mississippi, chairman; W. J. Thompson, West Virginia; W. R. Hill, Texas. Finance—J. M. Hazelwood, West Virginia, chairman; J. W. Strather, Mississippi; J. T. T. Warren, Arkansas. Charters and Dispensation—G. N. Stoney, Georgia, chairman; S. S. Jordan, Ohio; E. R. Jefferson, Virginia; George P. Stewart, Indiana; J. G. Lattie, North Carolina. Grand Lodge Report—A. A. Wesley, Illinois, chairman; Sam Speight, Arkansas; John Mitchell, Jr., Virginia; A. W. Strickland, Indiana; Dave Natt, Indian Territory; A. W. Lloyd, Missouri; P. S. Sampson, Alabama. Mileage and Per Diem—J. J. Woodson, Ohio, chairman; J. D. Fagala, Tennessee; H. H. Ford, Louisiana; H. C. Wallace, Mississippi. Uniform Rank—W. R. Morris, Minnesota, chairman; G. A. Nevills, Pennsylvania; F. M. Cohen, Georgia. Necrology—C. S. Musc, California, chairman; J. L. V. Washington, Kentucky; W. S. Hunter, Florida; C. W. Colly, Illinois; F. G. Head, Indiana; H. C. Smith, Kentucky; P. A. Roper, South Carolina. State of the Order—T. A. Curtis, Missouri, chairman; W. H. Porter, Indiana; M. V. Roberts, Ohio; H. R. Butler, Georgia; H. Brown, Louisiana; J. H. Garvin, Kentucky. The Written Work—The Past Supreme Chancellor, the Major General, the Supreme Chancellor. Printing and Supplies—J. R. Jefferson, W. Virginia; T. H. Henry, South Carolina; W. G. Carter, W. Virginia. Order of Calanthe—R. F. Boyd, Tennessee, chairman; L. M. Mitehell, Texas; Lee Crawford, New York; Dave Campbell. Supreme Chancellor's Report—C. M. Wade, Arkansas, chairman; J. B. Macklin, Louisiana; E. P. Clemons, Ohio; A. M. Prince, Texas; W. B. Jackson, Illinois. Written Work—L. L. James, Colorado; D. G. Adgers, Florida; J. STARKS, reme Chancellor of the Knights of nias. Samson, Alabama; J. B. Scott, Tennessee; W. M. McGuire. The Supreme Lodge adjourned earlier than usual in order that the members might witness the dress parade at Camp Corbin, where 15,000 people filled the grand stands and formed a cordon about the field during the parade. The Supreme Chancellor, surrounded by the supreme officers and his own West Virginia band, occupied the center of the reviewing stand. In the company were Supreme Chancellor Starks, P. S. C.; E. A. Williams, S. V. C.; S. W. Green, G. C.; A. W. Lloyd, John Mitchell, Jr., John H. Young, C. K. Robinson, S. A. T. Watkins, Dr. Tom A. Curtis, J. R. Jefferson, D. A. Miller, Cary B. Lewis, W. R. Hill, L. M. Mitchell and Roscoe Simmons. Thursday was a day forever large in both the history of Louisville and in that of the Knights of Pythias. Camp Corbin, just beyond the city, was a Mecca, a tented city towards which tens of thousands journeyed daily. The Louisville papers said it was the finest camp where tents were ever kissed by Kentucky's sun, or whose men ever trod Kentucky's sacred soil. At the dress parade fifteen thousand visitors, black and white, rich and poor, high and low, elbowed each and the other on the field, and cheered the stalwarts, or applauded when martial tunes were played. Brave Knights came from over fifteen states in the Buton and they swept Louisville before them. Major-General R. R. Jackson, commanding the Uniform Rank, supported by Quartermaster Hazlewood and Adjutant General J. L. Jones, deserves the highest praise for the ability and dash he put in his command. Thursday was Military Day, and such a day for Louisville! Such a day for the Knights! Memory is richer now. This day almost relicerated a race; certainly it educated a city! White citizens wanted tomorrow to be that day. The coming o the Knights of Pythias did more for the Negroes of Louisville and Kentucky than any deed or word of mouth since the Rebellion. The Knights of Pythias is the forward brigade. Its General Commanding knows his is a cause just and inspiring. Here there was no retreat call. "Forward,!" I heard that here, yonder, and everywhere There was a parade like which this city has not seen in many a year, and perhaps the largest and most impressive in the history of the Negro race in freedom. There were 8,000 people, including 3,500 soldiers, who marched like veterans behind inspiring strains of martial tunes. The streets through which, the parade passed was lined with citizens, white and colored, three and four feet deep. The parade was planned and commanded by Maj. Gen. R. R. Jackson, commanding the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, lately a Major in the Eighth Illinois regiment, National Guard. The parade formed at Thirteenth and Walnut streets, led by the band of the Eighth Illinois regiment of the National Guard, which makes the music for the great military displays of Chicago and Illinois. The parade moved north on Thirteenth street to Jefferson, east on Jefferson to Sixth street, north on Sixth to Market, east on Market A. C. D. Creswell, Re-Elected Member, Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission. to Jackson, south on Jackson to Broadway, west on Broadway to Sixth street, where the parade passed in review before Commander-in-Chief and Supreme Chancellor Starks. Makeup of Parade. Besides the soldiers, the parade consisted of the Supreme Lodge officers, Supreme Representatives, Supreme Lodge members and the Supreme Court of Calanthe. Then came the two miles of carriages containing those who came to visit the Supreme Lodge and the colored citizens of Louisville, who followed. On the steps of the old Jewish synagogue, at Sixth and Broadway, where the troops passed in review, there [Image of a man with dark hair and a white shirt and tie. The background is a solid black oval.] E. D. Green, Re-Elected Secretary Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission, were banked several thousand people, and on either side of the streets ten blocks each way a crowd of people watched the parade. There were no end of cheers. One old colored woman standing against the carriage of Supreme Chancellor Starks, tears rolling down her cheeks, exclaimed with perfect joy: "My God, what will dis race do nex" The following uniformed officers composed the staff: Staff—Willis H. Holmes, Chief of Staff; Joseph L. Jones, Adjutast General; B. J. Carruthers, Inspector General; H. G. Ward, Chief Mustering Officer; F. M. Cohen, Chief Engineer; H. N. Smith, Chief Signal Officer; J. M. Hazlewood, Quarter- master General; R. C. Carter, Commi- missary General; Dr. R. F. Boyd, Surgeon General; the Rev. A. H. Newton, Chaplainin-chief. Aides-de-Camp—R. A. Blount, Alabama; John Harris, Illinois; D. G. Adgers, Florida; B. F. Johnson, Kentucky; John B. Snowden, Kentu- ky; Jno. W. Strauther, Mississippi; William H. Hughes, Missouri; B. B. Allmond, New Jersey; Thos. H. Henry, South Carolina; E. G. Galther, Ohio; William H. Ferguson, Ohio; William Bailey, Iowa; H. C. Chase, Texas. Brigadier Generals, Commanding—F. W. Walker, Alabama; J. T. T. Warren, Arkansas; D. Taylor, Florida; C. D. Creswill, Georgia; J. M. Lawrence, Illinois; J. J. Buckner, Indiana; J. H. Wilkerson, Kentucky; S. W. Green, Louisiana; William R. Morris, Minnesota; R. T. Goldsby, Mississippi; William H. Robinson, Missouri; A. T. Davidson, New Jersey; R. Delaney, Ohio; A. M. Burris, Pennsylvania; J. D. Fogala, Tennessee; E. D. Sillski, Texas; John Mitchell, Virginia; J. A. Campbell, West Virginia. # R. A. Blount, Re-Elected Member of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission. Officers in Carriages The first carriages in the parade were occupied by Supreme Chancellor Starks; Past Supreme Chancellor E. A. Williams, Supreme Master of Exchequer John Young and Roscoe Simmons; Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal, C. K. Robinson, Supreme Lecturer L. M. Mitchell, Supreme Attorney S. A. T. Watkins, Supreme Master-at-Arms D. A. Miller, Supreme Outer Guard D. Taylor, Supreme Inner Guard Henry Strawbridge, Secretary E. E. Green, Grand Chancellor A. W. Lloyd, Grand Chancellor John B. Snowden, Cary B. Lewis and the entire Supreme representation, among whom were Harris, Wallace and Topp, of Mississippi; Curtis and Johnson, of Missouri; Duke, Dr. Wade and Warren, of Arkansas; Hill and Prince, of Texas; Stoney, of Georgia; Smith, of Louisiana. One of the sights of the day in the line of the parade were the thousands of colored school children, who watched the procession. The foremost colored citizens of Louisville, including the business and professional elements and the leading white citizens, came out to see. It will be a long time before either the Knights will have so splendid a parade or Louisville will witness the like of it. The session of the Supreme Lodge began promptly at 3 o'clock and lasted until 6. The most important work was the presentation of the Supreme Worthy Counsellor's report by S. W. Green, of Louisiana, Supreme Vice Chancellor of the order. He read a most interesting and valuable report, going deeply into the affairs of the women's department, minutely taking up every department of his office. The courts are rapidly growing in numbers and bid fair early to PETER H. W. J. I. Reed, Re-Elected member of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission. W. J. I. Reed, Re-Elected member of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission. compare with the remarkable progress of the Supreme Lodge. The Supreme Counsellor pointed out that at the present time there are 38,000 Continued on Page Eight. BEA Hungry Clad Halflus Department of Archi History CHARLESTON W By the Hundreds Are Tramping For Canada to Escape Fury of the White Assailants. Bellingham, Wash., Sept. 5.—Sir badly-beaten Hindus are in the hospital, 400 frightened and half naked Silkhas are in jail and the corridors of the City Hall guarded by policemen, and somewhere between Bellingham and the British Columbia line are 750 natives of India, beaten, hungry and half clothed, making their way along the great Northern Railway, bound for Canadian territory and the protection of the British flag. The long-expected cry, "Drive out the Hindus!" was heard throughout the city and along the water front last night. The police were helpless. All authority was paralyzed and for five hours a mob of 500 white men raided the mills where the blacks were working, battered down doors of lodging houses, and dragging the invaders from their beds escorted them to the city limits, with orders to keep on going. The trouble started at C and Holly streets, a district with Indian lodging houses. The houses were cleaned and the denizens started to hike for the Canadian line. The mob then swept down to the water front, and mill after mill was visited, the white employees joining the mob, and every black man was hustled outside. Sent to Jail. Here the police suggested that the undesirable be taken to the jail. This was hailed with delight and the blacks were hustled along. From this time on very few were beaten, and the bloodthirstiness of the mob was seemingly satisfied during the attack on the lodging houses. The mob kept up its work along the water front, until early this morning, when Larson's mill, at Whatcom Lake, was visited and 100 blacks brought in from there. Three women were found this morning among the crowd in the City Building. The city is quiet today, but there is a strong undercurrent of opinion which apparently approves the action of the mob, and it may be found impossible to prosecute the leaders. Racial feeling has played no small part in the affair. Every day whites are being replaced in the mill by blacks. The invaders have become bold and insolent, many instances of women being pushed into the gutter, insulted on street cars, etc., being reported. General uneasiness of the whites is given as a reason for the outbreak. All British Subjects. The Hindus are all British subjects and their case is being placed before the British authorities. Following a special meeting of the city council this morning, Mayor Black took charge of the situation. Fifty armed specials were sworn in, and the mayor declares as many more will be sworn in if necessary to give the blacks full protection. Jobs have been offered the Hindus again by mill men and protection guaranteed, but the Hindus have been so thoroughly frightened that they are drawing their pay under police protection and are disposed to leave for Vancouver. Mob spirit is still rampant, and it is said further attacks will be made if any of the foreigners remain over night. City and county officers, however, say they will be able to cope with any emergency. Larson's mill, at Lake Whatcom five miles distant, one of the largest in the country, will close down owing to the trouble. MAJOR TAYLOR RETIRES. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 5.—Major Taylor, the crack cyclist, accompanied by his family, has arrived unexpectedly in Worcester from France, where he closed a wonderfully successful racing career. When he went there last spring he was unable to show anything like his old-time lightning form, owing to lack of condition, but he soon struck his winning gait and won victory after victory over all the crack riders of Europe, with the exception of Jacqueline, who beat him when he first arrived there. Taylor refused later to take on a return race, as Jacqueline had gone off form and been beaten by second and third rate riders. Taylor defeated Penyon, the Eng- lish champion; Poulain, French champion last year; Ellegard, the Danish champion; Van der Born, the Belgian champion; Varrl, the Italian champion, and Friol, the French champion and winner of the Grand Prix. Taylor announced he had permanently retired. --Correspondence-- MONTGOMERY. Mrs. D. C. Deanes and children have returned home after several weeks' visit to relatives in North Carolina and Virginia. Mrs. Vicle Currer, of Quinnimont, was here last week the guest of Mrs. Virginia Buster. The entertainment given at the Odd Fellows hall by E. N. Kinney, of Staunton, Va., was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Taylor, of Ward, who have been to Charlottesville, Va., stopped over here for a day. A. P. Straughter, of Hinton, was down Thursday. Rev. D. C. Deans left Thursday for Jamestown and Washington. Dr. B. F. White, George Brown, and H. B. Branham were at Thayer Sunday. Miss Lolo M. Lavender, returned home Saturday from a visit to Mrs. J. M. Ellis at Oak Hill and opened school Monday at Cedar Grove. Mr. and Mrs. James Childers, of Ward, were here Monday. Miss Hayes, of Raymond City, who has been in Virginia sometime on her return home stopped over here to see her father, P. H. Hayes. S. M. Davis visited his wife in Charleston Saturday and Sunday. Charles Lemon, who has been quite sick, is able to be out again. Dr. W. D. Gray, of Johnston, Pennsylvania, is here to locate as a partner of Dr. B. F. White. Thomas Johnson, V. M. Willis and Mathew Buster left Wednesday for Lexington, Ky. Miss Mary Shelton was the weekend guest of Miss Carrie Buster at Longacre. William Allen has returned from a pleasant visit in Virginia. Mrs. Mary Perry was a visitor to Charleston Sunday. Mrs. Ruth Henderson, Mrs. L. D. Hodge, Mrs. Julia Bays, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Blaney and S. M. Marks left Monday for Richmond, Va. Mrs. A. L. Topson, of Cincinnati, is here the guest of Mrs. Mary Perry. Mrs. Frank Willis, of Fayetteville, was shopping here Saturday. Mrs. M. A. W. Thompson of Pratt, spent Sunday here. EAGLE. Rev. S. E. Williams filled his regu- lar appointment here Sunday. Mrs. Daniel Marshall returned last week after spending a few weeks in Middleport, Ohio. Mrs. A. P. Straughter, of Hinton, is a pleasant guest of her sister, Mrs. Emma Tiggs. Novil Willis, of Gauley Bridge, was seen in our city this week. Miss Vallie Board, of Charleston, was the pleasant guest of Misses Nanie and Beulah Sanders last week Joe Branch, of Page, was in our city this week. Mrs. E. C. Page and children are visiting friends at Institute this week. Miss Mary Lockett, of Black Hawk, is visiting her aunt, Mrs Nannie Madison this week. John Whiting, of Staunton, Va., is the guest of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Whiting. Mrs. Thursday Sanders is home after being absent several weeks. Miss Carolyn Buster, of Boomer, was the pleasant guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Woods this week. Rev. S. E. Williams leaves for Jamestown and other points in the East this week. Miss Carrie Banner is a welcome visitor to her mother. COVINGTON, VA Jack McDowell had his foot very badly mashed last week while at work on the section. Mrs. Anna Reynolds continues to improve. Mrs. Charles Perrine was called home on account of the serious illness of her brother. Miss Amelia McDaniel left Wednesday night for a trip east including Jamestown Exposition, Washington and Maryland. Mrs. Zenia Moss is guest of her daughters, the Mesdames Pierce. Mrs. Charley Brown and William Neusome spent Sunday at White Sulphur the guests of Harvey Neusome. Henry Mitchell, who had a slight stroke of paralysis last week, is much better. Mrs. D. C. Hunter who has been visiting Mrs. Charles Adams for three weeks, returned this week to her home in West Virginia. Rev. William Jackson spoke to the congregation at First Baptist Church Sunday evening. Rev. Jackson was on his way to the convention in Washington. King's Daughters met with Mrs. William Mills Monday. They will have their next meeting with the president, Mrs. A. B. Brown. Mrs. Mills served ice Cream and fruit. Mrs. John Hunter, who has been so ill with rheumatism, is convalescing. Mrs. Malinda Hackney, sister of Mrs. Mary Allen and Mrs. Grasty, of Dunlap, died last Saturday at above named place. Rev. W. J. Hackett preached the funeral Sunday afternoon. The Fall Festival of the First baptist Church conducted this year by Deacon H. C. Mickens began Tuesday evening. The fair will continue eight nights this year. Mrs. Henry Wright returned from her trip to Gary, W. Va., Monday night. She was accompanied by her son James. Public school will open Monday 16th. The ball game between Craigsville and Covington last Saturday was 32 to 4 in favor of Covington. The Junior team went to the Hot Friday and played a game 8 to 6 in favor of Covington. Rev. Hacket attended the convention in Washington this week. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Steward are home from Elkins where they spend some time. Mrs. Turner is guest of her daughter. Mrs. Lewis Starks. SYLVIA Mr. and Mrs. Reeves, of Ansted, are occupying their new homes in W. Beckley. The Raleigh Reds played the Greenbrier Blues Saturday at Glen Jean. The game was a tie, the score being 1 to 1. Mrs. R. Anderson attended the examination at Oak Hill last week. Wednesday at S. p. m., a pretty marriage occurred at the church. The contracting parties were Mr. W. H. Lipscomb, of Pennsylvania and Miss A. F. Booze, of Ohio. Mr. Lipscomb is well known in this state, having been a student of The W. V. S. C. His conduct and affability has won many lasting friends. He is an industrious energetic young man. Miss Booze is one of the state's most popular teachers and one of Hartshorn's fairest daughters. For several years she has been a teacher in the graded school of Bluefield. The bride wore white silk, the groom was dressed in the conventional black. Mr. Edgar Young and Mr. Sydney Panell were ushers. Rev. D. C. Hunter officiated. LONDON Miss R. R. Booker, after spending some time with friends in Charleston, has returned home. Mrs. Reede, the mother of Mrs. Addie L. James, Hes critically ill at the time of this writing. James Tates, of Thayer, was here on business Saturday. Misses Fanny and Nannie Arthur, accompanied by their mother, Mrs. Burrell Arthur, of College Park, Va., are here visiting their aunt and sister, Mrs. James Hardgrove. Mrs. M. E. Graves is at Hinton at the hospital where she will undergo a serious operation. Mrs. Phil Parks is able to be out again after a serious illness. Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson left Saturday to visit their mother in Richmond, Va. Rev. Kenny spent Saturday the guest of Mrs. Mollie Anderson at Hugheston. Mrs. D. Y. Seay is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. B. Prillerman at Institute. Willis Franklin passed through out town en route to Handley shopping last week. Mr. Standfield was in Hugheston calling on friends Sunday. Miss Junia Chancellor left Sunday for her home at Glen Jean. News has been received here of the death of Mr. Woods, the brother of Mrs. Henry Hill, of Hugheston. The people of this place extend their heartfelt sympathy in her sad bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Blaney, left Sanday to attend the twenty-seventh annual session of the Grand Fountain United Order of T. R. Miss Georgia Preston leaves Tuesday for her home at Elleston, Virginia. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Archie Pack a daughter. Rev. D. D. Davis filled his appointments here Sunday and Sunday night and was granted thirty days vacation. STUMPTOWN. Mrs. Charles Carey, of Parkersburg, who has been the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bone Rattliff, leaves today for her home in Parkersburg. A pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cattlipp Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 12 o'clock, noon, when their daughter, Clara, and Mr. Cecil Smith, of Weston, were joined in holy matrimony. Mr. Ross Perkins, of Weston, acted as best man; Laura, the bride's sister, as maid of honor. Rev. M. S. Gherke officiating. After the ceremony a delicious dinner was served. Many relatives and friends were present. Dora Cattlipp leaves today for Relpre, Ohio, to see her sister, Elizabeth Rudy, who is quite ill. Mrs. Carrie Rattill entertained at dinner Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Smith and Mrs. Dora Cuttlip. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Johnson, Mrs. Mariah, Miss Jessie and Grace Johnson, all of Glenville, were present at the wedding Wednesday. WINIFREDE Miss C. L. Stewart arrived Saturday and opened school Monday. R. H. Allen spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in St. Albans. A. Wilson left for Brier Creek Friday where he has employment. B. L. Mitchell and son Herbert returned from Pittsburg where they have been the past year. W. W. Lewis and T. R. Johnson spent Saturday and Sunday at their homes at Kanawha City. Mrs. Silas Thomas has returned from Charleston where she spent a few weeks. She was accompanied by her daughter Miss Ada. POWELLTON (To insure publication, correspondence must reach this office not later than Tuesday morning. Editor.) Rev. J. J. Turner, Baptist State Sunday School Missionary, preached a very helpful sermon on last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Estella Sharp has returned to her home in New York City. The order of Gallilean Fishermen paid the death claim of J. L. Jones, last Sunday evening at the first Baptist Church to his widow, Mrs. Ida N. Jones. Mrs. Lillian Fairfax left Monday for Washington, D. C., to attend the National Baptist Convention. Miss C. S. Spears has arrived from her summer's labor, for a few days of recreation before opening her school. E. T. Fairfax at his work Monday aimed to leap from a running mine car and was caught by the car and received a sprained foot. [T. H. Carter went to Montgomery to attend the trial of Irvin Diggs. We are anticipating a night school in the coming winter for the benefit of the young men. The Church Aid Society and other Auxiliary branches of the church are very busy raising money for the new church building. WINONA (To insure publication, correspondence must reach this office not later than Tuesday morning.—Editor.) Mrs. Lucy James and Mrs. Victoria Allen are visiting friends in Alderson this week. Sam Sanders was a business visitor at Caperton Saturday of last week. Mrs. Carter, of Nuttallburg, was the guest of Mrs. Miner Sunday. Miss Gertrude Hall and Mr. Sharmon Miller were quietly married Sunday, September 1st. Mrs. E. G. Tillman organized a missionary society at the First Baptist church Sunday evening. Mrs. Julia Green was made president, Mrs. Mary Perkins, vice-president; Mrs. R. D. Davis, secretary; Mrs. Mary Bowles, treasurer. Mrs. Mattie V. Wilson is suffering with neuralgia this week. Jerry Taylor, of Nuttall, was seen in our town Saturday. Mrs. Bays has been in our town for several weeks teaching millinery. PROCTORVILLE, OHIO Rev. B. J. Shadd, of Ironton, was with us Sunday and preached a very interesting sermon at night. Rev. P. P. Holland was here Sunday and preached for us at eleven o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Spencer and G. W. Perkins and wife attended the Hall-Alston wedding at Caryville last Tuesday night. Rev. R. J. Fleming, of Middleport, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Alston and sister-in-law, Mrs. Alston attended the entertainment at Red Hill Thursday night. The supper given at the church was quite a success financially. Net proceeds $25.26. Mrs. Ella Peters is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Perkins. Lawrence Dawson will leave in a few days to take up his school at Williamson, W. Va. Dorothy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Peters is recovering from a severe attack of typhoid fever. Miss Lucile Fountaine, of Huntington and Little sisters are spending a week with their grand mother Mrs. Laura Wilson at Labelle. Mr. and Mrs. Will Scott, of Huntington, W. Va., were visitors in Labelle and Proctoryville this week. Miss Doshia Dolby was a shopper in Huntington Saturday. Mrs. Tennie King, of Burlington, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ralph Wyatt, at Labelle, returned to her home this morning. Master Johnnie Payne had the misfortune to cut his foot very badly on a scythe. B. Banks, of Burlington, was seen on our streets Sunday. QUINNIMONT Mr. Ware and Miss Alma Paterson and Miss Robinson were the guests of Miss Bradley Sunday. Misses Eleazer Shelton, Nattie Bradley Lily Sheikon attended the sockball at the Hill Top College Wednesday night last. J. Hines. Fitzpatrick, is visiting friends here this week. The Golden Circle will give an entertainment the fourth Saturday in this month. To insure publication correspondence must reach this office not later than Tuesday morning. Editor. MT HOPE. Mrs. Lorema Scott and sister, Miss Maud Tarrer, left Sunday for Richmond and Jamestown. L. W. Thompson was a business visitor at Fayetteville Saturday. Mrs. Annie Lee left Sunday for her home at Eagle. The Citizens band, the best in the county, was treated very bad at Red Star last Saturday. The band was engaged by the Odd Fellows of that town to render music on the occasion of their tenth anniversary. The band was on duty from 8 a.m. until 7:30 p.m., one hour longer than the contract called for. Because they would not stay until midnight the order refused to pay them but offered to fight it out. The band is composed of gentlemen, who do not stoop to such. So they simply shouldered their instruments and made their way to Squire Staton's court, who advised them not to prosecute and have the grand old order dragged into court for the misdeed of a few of its members whom the order does not endorse. This is the way the "Sons of Harvey," G. U. O. F. of Red Star treated the Mt. Hope band last Saturday. The order is a good one—none better, but it is imposed upon in some instances. To insure publication correspondence must reach this office not later than Tuesday morning.—Editor. FAIRMONT. Miss Cora Taylor returned to her home at Buckhannon Saturday. She was accompanied by Misses Bessie Meade and Pearl Washington, who will be her guests for a few weeks. Mrs. Bumgarner entertained at six o'clock dinner Thursday in honor of her niece, Miss Beulah Smith, who will leave the 17th for Institute. Covers were laid for seven. Those present were Misses Beulah Smith, Lena Jackson, Nellie Staley, Anna Dawson, Bessie Meade, Pearl Washington and Cora Taylor. Mrs. Dailey Martin entertained at six o'clock dinner Wednesday evening in honor of her guest Miss Lella Lacy, of Clarksburg, who left for her home Friday after a two weeks' visit here. Rev. J. W. Robinson, who has been pastor of the Mt. Zion church the past year, preached his farewell sermon Sunday, September 7, to a large congregation. Everyone regrets to have him leave. Mrs. Florence Ball left last week for Huntington to visit here parents after which she will leave for her future hame at Sutton. Mr. and Mrs. Fortune entertained at dinner Sunday September 1, those present were Miss Bess Jordan, C. W. Hamilton and Prof. E. L. Morton. Miss Mary Shelton, who has been the guest of her annt. Mrs. Fortune, this summer, left Friday for Pittsburg where she attends Avery College. Misses Anna Dawson and Buelah Smith returned last Wednesday from Clarksburg after a week's visit. They report a pleasant time. Dr. Turner, of Clarksburg, was a business visitor here Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arch Meade entertained Miss Bess Jordan and Prof. E. L. Morton at supper Sunday. Mrs. E. L. Morton and baby Bessie Doris will arrive home this week from her home at Pt. Pleasant, where she spent the summer with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Jordan. Mrs. Cora Jenkins died Saturday after a lingering illness of a complication of diseases. Having undergone an operation at Cook's hospital she never rallied. The funeral was held at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon by Rev. Robinson. She leaves a son and a sister and a number of friends to mourn their loss. She was a member of the Baptist church. ST. ALBANS Miss Cornelia Davis and Miss Virginia Gilner, of Charleston, spent Sunday with Miss Rhoda Wilson. A. Wilson is visiting his family. Miss Elizabeth Wilson was a business visitor in town Sunday. Rev. N. Barnett was calling on friends Monday. Dana Gordon entertained a few of his friends Saturday evening in honor of Misses Brassle and Allie Hicks. All present report a delightful time. Miss Urania Davis spent Friday and Saturday in Charleston. Ed Ranson was calling on friends Sunday. Rev. R. D. W. Meadows filled the stand Sunday night and preached two able sermons. Rev. and Mrs. D. Stratton left Monday for Washington, D. C. The public school opened here Monday. The teachers are J. A. Shields. Misses Gertrude Parrish and Virginia Wilson. Robert Parrish spent Sunday with his parent. Miss G. E. Banks was a business visitor to Red House Thursday. Prof. C. G. Woodson will lecture here Wednesday night on the Hollylands. The entertainment given Tuesday BLUEFIELD COLORED INSTITUTE Bluefield, W. Va. A College and Normal Institute for colored students, located at Bluefield, the leading commercial town of the southern part of West Virginia on the Norfolk and Western railroad,205 miles east of Kenova BLUFIELD COLORED INSTITUTE Splendid College Buildings, Beautiful Grounds, Dormitories for male and female students; furnished rooms, a reading room supplied with the best current literature; a good library, and a physical and chemical laboratory. Healthful location and wholesome surroundings. Board $8.00 per month. Tuition free to state students, rates very low to non-resident students. The Bluefield School offers an unepualled opportunity for young men to secure an education, for they can always find profitable employment when at school, during vacation, holidays and on saturdays. For catalogue and other information, write the Principle. night at the residence of Rev. W. W. Scott was quite a success. Dr. O. W. Holloway returned Sunday from Louisville, where he attended the encampment of the K. of P. Mrs. V. D. Robinson, who has been visiting his sister, returned to Huntington Wednesday. Lewis Barnes was a pleasant caller in town Tuesday. Mrs. Lee, of Jeffersonville, Ind., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Halloway. SEWELL. Miss Mary Noel and Mrs. Maggie Lewis spent Saturday and Sunday at Glen Jean the guest of Mrs. M. T. Hutchinson. Miss Mattie Bradley, of Quinnmont, is here the guest of her sister. Mrs. S. J. Vanhook was visiting Mrs. William Carrington at Elverton Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Layne were guests of Mrs. S. J. Vanhook Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson, of Covington, Va., arrived here Tuesday to spend a while. Mrs. Fanny Cary was at Fire Creek Monday visiting her daughter. John Fountain met with a painful accident Saturday. He was run over by a hand car. To insure publication correspondence must reach this office not later than Tuesday morning. Editor GLEN JEAN. (To insure publication, correspondence must reach this office not later than Tuesday morning.—Editor.) Labor Day was spent very enjoyably by all who remained in town. The St. Lukes gave their first celebration on the hill that day, and everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves very much. In the afternoon the Glen Jean Sluggers defeated the Sun Greys in a very hotly contested game. Score, 7 to 5. The out of town guests who were present at the St. Luke's celebration were Mr. and Mrs. White, of Sugar Creek; Miss Webster and A. P. Straightner, of Hinton; Mrs. Anna Hicks, of Stone Cliff, and many others whose names we did not learn. Rev. Jenings, of Buckhannon, Va., was in town Monday. Miss Lula Nichols, of Stanaford, returned home Sunday after visiting here for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Irving, of Winona, were guests of Mrs. Mary E. Early Saturday and Sunday. Miss Mary Noeland and Mrs. Geo, Lewis, of Sewell, were the week's end guests of Mrs. Mollie Hutchinson. Miss Nanie Hale, of Winona, has returned home. Lewis Early returned Monday from Homestead, Pa., where he was summoned to the bedside of his brother, who was very ill at the time he left. Arthur Noel and Edward Hutchinson awill leave for the W. V. I. Monday morning to attend school. Mrs. Annie Woods and daughter have returned from Virginia, where uefield W. Va they have been visiting for quite a while. Leslie, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brooks, is very ill with fever. The Sabbath School will go on an outing Saturday for a picnic. School opened Monday noon by Mrs. Ellis and Miss Calloway with a good enrollment. Miss Jennie Chancellor, of London, arrived in town Sunday. Walter Napper will leave next week for Institute to resume his studies. We hope him much success. The Knight of Pythias are looking forward to a grand time in the last of the month. FINLEYVILLE, PA. Coal City Lodge No. 17 will have an emancipation celebration on September 21st. All sir knights and friends are cordially invited to be present. The welcome address for this occasion will be made by Rev. J. C. Tautlon, of Homestead. Rev. O. S. Simms will be the chief speaker of the day. There will be two basbault games at 10:30 and 4 o'clock. The music will be furnished by the Pricedale Colored Band. On Wednesday night Sept. 4th, a pretty little baby boy about 3 weeks old, was left upon the porch at the residence of E. M. Landran. He was awakened by the cries of the babe and on investigation found the child, carefully wrapped, lying on the porch. GUYANDQTTE Miss Charlotte Campbell passed through town Monday enroute to Keystone, where she will begin school Monday. Mrs. Maggie Holland atten John Robinson's show Monday lost her pocketbook containing $ Mr. Washington, of Huntington was calling on friends Monday. Miss Bessie Johnson was in town looking after the school. Nelson Layne and Banks Agnew have returned from Louisville and report a fine time. Osa Jackson is improving at this wrifting. Mrs. Maud Layne, Miss Lottie Twyman and Miss Louise Smootz attended an entertainment at Burlington Thursday night. Rev. Holland gave an entertainment at the church Saturday night. Mrs. Artie Dickinson spent Sunday with her son. LEWISBURG. Dr. I. G. Penn, of Atlanta, is expected to address the Epworth League of this place Monday night. A good congregation gathered at the M. E. Church, Sunday morning, to hear a sermon from Rev. Joseph Wheeler, of Harrisonburg, but he failed to put in his appearance. Angris Hopkins and James Hill. of Alderson, came up on a visit to friends last Sunday. Miss Mary B. Bush, who has been living in Pittsburg for several months, arrived home last Saturday night. Miss F. V. oWodson, of Selma, O. arrived in our city Saturday. She has been elected one of the teachers of our graded school. Lewisburg Fountain No. 1493 assembled at Mt. Tabor Baptist church last Sunday night to hear a sermon by Rev. E. A. Bolling. He gave a very interesting discourse of the isrealites during their stay in Egypt and compared the bondage and deliverance of the colored people of our country to that of God's people in Egypt. He spoke in eloquent terms of what the True Reformers were doing for the elevation of the race. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Slaughter gave short addresses. They made some very good points which were well received. Lawrence Cooley, while playing ball, had a fall which severely injured his hip. We hope to see him out soon for Lawrence is one of the best young men in our town. Mrs. Nannie Jones left for Charleston a few days ago to spend the winter. Harry Perkins, one of our best loved young men, was buried last Friday. His funeral was conducted from the M. E. Church, Rev. Lake preaching a most able and satisfactory discourse. The death of this young man was quite unexpected, as he had been confined to his bed only a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Perkins came up from Charleston last Thursday to attend the funeral of their son, Harry Perkins. DONORA, PA Excelsior Lodge No. 37, of Donora, is on the increase. On Friday evening, September 6, a public installation was held in the A. M. E. Church. W. T. Green, of inleyville, was appointed by District Deputy J. J. Jones to install officers. Sir Jones being absent Louisville, Ky. A very nice pro-n was rendered before the install. The following officers were install- L. Geo. Green. L. Randolph Meyers. W. H. L. Emerson. ite, Hughes Laws. R. & E., G. L. Gray. F., Richard Morgan. Ex., W. E. Arch. Guard, Lazarus Hendricks. Guard, David Reynolds. WORTHY NEGRO Moss in Fashionable Suburb and House Was Dynamed. Itapolis, Ind., Sept. 6.—Race prejec assumed a violent form in the double suburb of Tuxedo, at midnight last night, when a dynamite bridge was exploded under the face of Alexander Bridges, a world-colored man, who recently bought property in the suburb over the proxies of many white residents. The bridge was tied to the end of a pole, and put through the parlor window with a long fuse attached. The room was completely wrecked and a part of the building torn away. A handkerchief plano was blown to pieces, all the furniture in the room was ruined. John Pressler, a white beaver, was arrested on aus- oe ee Catia: tinge fel Gem Pharmacy and get'a. bottle of Beef, Wiste'and Iron for that tived Feeling. Don’t wait for Spring, is here. The syatem is full of impurities which must be evacuated leat you -will continue. to suffer from [that “‘tired feeling,” peor appetite, headache and fatigue which comes with the ping); 093: wha 6 tie Price per bottle 50c: , Get your, prescription ‘filled at the GEM where 3 you get pure and frésh ingredients put up with utmest care and skill. A new line of toilet articles just arrived for the summer. ~ + Special attention is given the “SODA FOUN. TAIN” where you enjoy ICE CREAM SODA | Choice Flavors. ae : Poe Gem Pha GRE ead Corner Washington and Dickinson Streets. ~ CHARLESTON, - - - WEST V.A IN THE NATIONAL FIELD Rev, Simon P. Drew Purchases New Edifice for His Congregation In the Heart of the Fashionable District of the Nation's Capital the Cos- mopolitan Baptist Church Sccu res the Building of the Northminster “Presbyterian Congregation and Will Spend ‘Thousands ‘remodeling, Making the Largest Colored Church in Americn—Niagara Mocting Said t Be Frost—Railroads (0 Be Compelled to Furnish Equal Ac- commodation—National Baptist. Convention Draws Thousands Por . Their Meeting this Week. 4X IS ALL-IT WILL COST Yoo x te omrite for ou Ui FREE, BICKODE castor = ie BrcveL AS aiREs ee? SUD Is at ERE a F BELOW any othiér manufacturer or dealer in the wontd ny nN 00 NOT BUY A BICYCLE scan be ANY IPR com az And of re ult you have roving oy compete rs Gre: i HH one iene Hes ey Sd a SE lnc Nt ANNI arrest pace nea ha ery Po a Ee Arata dickies wh no midicmcn's pti, oe ee bei? tial rh without @ cent depen he Freight anc COMM tw 0 sen Sec NQRE, rn & co deny, Boy th Protght aad aN WC WME, Bose in the Srorid wit do. 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Whe NOW @ a ” MEAD" CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. “JL” CHICAGO, ILL, _. SHUREDAY: SHEP. 42 4907, By R. W. Thompson. Special Correspondence. Washington, D, C., Sept. 11.—- Rev. Simon P!W. Drew, one of the very ablest and best known evange- Usts, church managers and spiritual shopherdy on the continent, has achieved a distinct triumph in the purchase of the edifice formerly. oc- cupied by the Northminster. Presby- terian congregation,” for the use of the Cosomopolitan ‘Temple Baptist chureh, of which he is the pastor. ‘Fhe new chureh is located on North street, between 9th and 10th streets, in the heart of a fashlonable Cau- castan neighborhood, and is regard- ed as an exceptionally valuable plece of property. It measures. 100 feet by 150 fect, covering three lots and is conservatively estimated to be worth from $100,000 to $150,000. The Northminster congregation trom whom the property was purchased 1s one of the best and richest In the city, and the sale was conducted by Dr. Drew with so much tact and business skill that no one in a. po- sititon to protest against the trans- fer knew anything about it until the transaction had been Irrevocably elos. ed. ‘The Cosmopolitan congregation ‘is now worshiping In the beantiful temple and there is much rejoicing in the fold over Dr. Drew's signal achievement. ‘A word ‘about-the history ofthis wonderful church will be interesting. The Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church is one of the largest, young- est and most progressive ' Baptist churches in the national capital, and boasts of a membership of over 2,- 000, carrying on its rolls some of the most prominent colored peopite in America, leaders of the race ‘tn business and professtonal Hfe. Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, the pastor, who is being 80 loyally supported by his strong and faithful officers and earn- est well-wishers throughout the city, is a young man of unusual energs and resourcefulness. He was licens- ed to preach the Word July 10, 1894 by the St. Paul Baptist Chureh, New York. City, and was ordained October 2.9, 1896, by a Baptist Council in” St. Stephen's Baptist ‘Church, of which Dr, Drew is the founder. He Is one of the founders cf the Negro Baptist Preachers’ Union, and one of the founders of the Inter-Denominational Preachers’ Union of New York City; president of the National Baptist Evangelisti- cal Convention of America, and president of the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School of Alexandria, Virginia. Dr. Drew has gained the friend: ship and,substantial help of some of the best ‘standing colored and white officials and diplomats in the coun- friends: are: Hon: By A: “Warner; who has, alded him. grgatly fnenciatly and whois reputed-to- boa oiultt- miliovatre, aud’ Mayor Richard Syl: vester, superintendent of the Wash: ington Pollce, Fore. During _ his carly career as a minister. in New York City, Dr. Drew, was ushered into’ the portals of -enccess by. the thnely assistance of some of the- mast distinguished divines and Jaymen of that community, and today ha bears letters of commendation “and —t- Yeserved endorsement from such. et- inent clergymen as Rev. W. ‘Te Dix- on, one of the oldest and best-known ministers In the couatry, for forty- four years the honored pastor of the Concord Baptist Church of Brook- lyn, N. Y., and president of the New Kngland Baptist Convention; Dr. R. 8. McArthur, for forty years pastor of “the Calvary Baptist “Church (white) of New York City, whose fearless advocacy of the rights of the Negro has made his name a house- hold word; and from the Hon, Theo- dore Roosevelt, written while the now President of the United States Was governor of the state of New York, Others of national note who have endorsed Dr. Drew’s wonderful work are: Gov. Curtis Gulld, , of Massachusetts; Governor Plaude A. Swatison, of Virginia; Gov. ©. 8. Doneen, of Tilinois; Gov. A. L. Har- fis, of Ohio; Gov. Samuel W. Penny- packer, of Pennsylvania; Gov. J Frank” Hanly, of Indiana; Gov. Henry Roberts, of Connecticut;’ Gov. Geo. H. Utter, of Rhode Island; and Dr. Booker 1’. Washington, president lof Tuskegee Institute; Bishop 3 ander Walters, of the A. M. B. ibn connection, Editor W. Calvin Chase, of ‘the Washington Bee, and many others of equal prominence. Dr, Drew is’ said to have convert- ed more people through his preach- ng than any other colored evanke- list in the ‘world, more than 50,000 conversions being put down to his credit by careful statisticians, He is dubbed the “Negro Dwight LL. Moody” by his host of admirers,” Geo. H. Utter, of Rhode Island; and Dr. Booker 'T, Washington, president of Tuskegéo Institute; Bishop Age jauder Walters, of the A. M. B, zibn connection, Editor W. Calvin Chase, of sthe Washington Bee, and many others of equal prominence. Dr, Drew is’ said to have convert- ed more people through his preach- ing than any other colored evange- list in the ‘world, more than 50,000 conversions belng put down to’ his levedit, by careful statisticians. He is dubbed the “Negro Dwight L. Moody” by his host of admirers, ‘The Boston meeting-of the Niaga~ ra Movement 4s sald to have been a “frost” of the veriest description. ‘The attendance fell far below ‘the expectations of the promoters, there being scareely a “corporal’s guard” present throughout the delibera- tions. ‘Phe keynote of complaint and pessimistic discontent pervaded the assembly, and the address to the country was a final shriek of despair. ‘Ao the real leaders of the country have repeatedly sald, complaint and agitation have thelr’ place in the economy of the. race's progress, but Lehind ‘that complaint and agitation there must be somé tangible work— some definite method of retief pro- jected by which the evils complain- ed of may be removed. Denuncia- tion of distranchising Jaws, jim crow ears and color discrimination are alt right in thefr season. On this point, Dr. Booker ‘T. Washington sald im his recent annual address to the Business League: “It is: the actual doing of things, not talking about them, that is go- ing to convince the world of our capacity for citizenship. ‘The great battle-cry of our race, which should be sounded in every part of the land 4s “overcome evil with good,'—over- come failure with success, overcome injustice with: usefulness, overcome doubt with high endeavor, overcome shiftlessness with lofty achievement. Most {mportant of all, do not make the mistake of believing. that_mere agitation or condemnation of wrong, domanding rights or defending our claims to thoughtful consideration will, in themselves, push forward our cause. All these efforts have a place and a right place in the econ- omy of race building, but these ele- ments In themselves unsupported and not based upon more fundamental masters, will leave us wandering in the wilderness many years hence. “If history teaches any one lesson more thoroughly than another, it is that snecessful effort in constructive productive work ts what counts in getting a race upon Its feet.” Truly, there was a decided con- trast between the handful of theo. nists at Boston the other day and the other two race conventions held dur ing the month: ‘The Business League numbering hundreds of happy, pros perous and thrifty consttuctive work ers along substantial lines of bust hess, professtonal and agricultura effort, all “making good’ and report ing increasing enlargement of thel opportunities and privileges because of thelr contributions to the uplift o the communities in which they live: the other, a convention of akille professional men and women, readin; papers full of information on tech nical points In connection with th practice of modicine, surgery, den tistry, pharmacy or modern hospita management, and. practical demon strations that took rank with th best of any race. ‘There was not on note of complaint sounded at elthe convention of these “doers 0 things.” They simply keep ever lastingly at St, planting good seed 1 industry, in education and in gettin the most out of the things at hand until harvest time comes, as {t 4 bound to come. The Business Leagu and the Medical Assoelatton—th one in Topeka and the other in Bal timore——gave the Boston conventior some profitable object lessons In hoy to really secure the rights of ‘cit zenship by something more positly and more potent than dismal resolu tions and doleful oratory, Tn @ tonversation this week with Counsellor W. HH, Tart, we glean- fd several grains of hope for a galu- tion of the jim-crow car problem in (au Look Prematurely Gic - cana those uy erzayyeray hare, _ “La Creole’ Wair Restorer cortects ths, and males the hair We stalght and geesy or ator” Pree $1.00 etal Poe a aD the near futurecistibe Counsellor and tite-com {tee -tnttwailod on. the-In- terstate Commietig/@pmuission a few days ago, and In mind the recent deciston !@F Commissioner Franklin K."Lag®y {sisted that the southern roads give Ue Negroes. the ‘equal accommodattons provided by law, {€ the Combbffision was deter nitned to legutl@ the separate conch system. ‘Thin SE ‘Members seemed Uisposed to 46, Bocording to Mr Mart, and he fiitther informed us that ‘an order hag'Been Issued to the roads Tunning out bf Memphis, and to others In the game boat, that on and after the ‘fist Octaber, the railroads choosimg, to separate the races must be égutpped with cars for solored passengerg.eausl in every re- spect to those Foenistea to white Passengers. AAyS rou failing to comply with sald order would be ad- Judged in contemph and cited to ap- pear before the federal court and re- quired to show -ieause why they should not be. punished according to the statutes made and provided for such violations. Assuming that thls is a (rue state- ment of the situation, it looks as if the National Afro-American Coun- cil fs justifying its existence and that the agitatiow:bver the Poraker- Warner amendmoelit was not without its effect. If We! cannot secure’ all that we are aakfhgifor, and it inixing is crime, the grating of accommoda- Uons that are egual in every way will make travel far more comfor- table than has $68) possible under the old conditfong; sand we are many per cent Better of Phan before, ‘Thus are we reminde@” that “an inch of progress is Worth a yard of com- plaint,"” and “haifa loat ts better than no bread” *; The National ‘faptist Convention Js holding its {2th annual session this week in thé Metropolitan Bap- tst church, of Seileh Rev. a, W. D. Norman is pastor. This church 1s said to be the mbst commodious odi- fice owned by the colored Baptists in this city, having 2 seating capac- ity of about 2,500 people. ‘The con- vention of the Woman's Auxiliary is being held in the Vermont Avenue Baptist chureh, af which Rev. George W. Lee is pastor. Fully six thousand visitors are already in the clty and more are to cémmie, Special trains have arrived trom Cincinnatl, Louis ville, Pensacola, Atlanta and others are en route from, Texas, Arkansas and points west. President W. C. Morris, of Helena, Ark., was early on the scene, and Secretaries L. C. Jordan, H. W. D. Isaac, R. H. Boyd and Dr. Beckham are’ at his side. Revs. Prowa and Murff, African mis- sionartes, with two natives, are proudly ‘exhibiting the results of their work In the Dark Continent. Dr. Norman and his"¢ommittees on reception have been busy and they are handling the crowd very satisfac- ‘torily, ‘On the opening day, Sept. 11, the addregses of welcome’ were deliver- ed by Commissioner H. F. 1B. Mac: warland, Rev. M. W. D. Norman, Drs, G. W. Lee, W. J. Howard, 8. L. Gortothers, and Lawyer Thomas L, Jones. Rev. W. M. Moses, of Staun- ton, Va., responded for the conven- tion. Dr. N. 11. Pius, of Indianapo- Us, Ind., is in chargé of the muste and it 1 grand. Some of the prin- clpal features of thé week are to be the dedication of the Training School for Girls, under the direction of Miss Nannie H. Burronzhs, corresponding secretary of the Woman's Auxiliary and founder of the iristitution to be @edicated; the address of Booker 1. Washington at Convention Hall or Friday evening; te Feports of the -home and foreitn migatons, the edu: cational and publishing boards, and the Raptist Young People’s Unions, all of which will be ‘received with great enthnstasm by the immenss throng. ‘The convention, which wil last through the 16th, fs sald toh the largest that has gathered withir the history of the organization. ‘The delegates present represent two. ant a half million Haptists, On the 26th vomeg the interna tional convention of the Bpiscopa Brotherhood of Sl. Andrew. ‘Th On the 25th vomeg the interna- tional convention of the Episcopal Brotherhood of Sl. Andrew. The meetings will continue four days in the anditorium of the Trinity P. ¥. Church, corner Sd and C streets, northwest, with certain convocations at the Church of the Bptphany and Continental Hall. Qiiite a number of colored delexalcs from the Broth- erhoods of the coldked Kptscopal churches in all parts of the country fre expected. Nv color Hine Is appar- ent at these meclings, "Gf present conditions prevail un til the sitting of the, tepubltcan na. ‘Monal convention. the, chances for ‘the seating of cvloted delegates in that convention from the State ot Virginia will be very lim, ‘The Lily whites met at Norfolk recently and the body, made uy entlrely of white republicans, conpletelygnored tic colored brother. A movement ha: been set on foot by the colored vot ers to organize tial state thoroughly and to pnt up an Ingeboncent ticket and secure for it «teh. @ showing o! strength that tie natlonal commit tee will be oblizel to dhow the dole gation some cosideratton when 1 appears at the door of the conven- tion. ‘The ‘only republican party th the state worth mentioning is made up of the colored voters and they will fight to the last gasp to be re- garded as “regular,” if they can get hold of enough of the party machin- ery to legalize their conventions, oie FU Me ie Ve wna ) et 5 a a IF NOT WHY NOT? be Do you not know that Bess Knights of Pythias . is. t? a strongest and most progres: 8 sive order of the age? - ee Thé four departments of the« : order are as follows; ee SUBORDINATE LODCE . aa In this the members are) united to care for and pre«’ tect''each other’s interest as“well as sickness and... distress. « (anes y f | ae UNIFORM RANK ae In this department our: young men are receiving a | mititary education whith they can get in no othge way, thus’ making thet Ea better and more useful” | citizens. a a de a LADIES’ COURT eras In this the wives, mothers, © widows, daughters a sisters of KnightS are Une ited for the common pUr-.3 poses of life. ie ENDOWMENT o In this: department we ang paying out thousands -‘of | dollars annually to. the: widows and heirs of dés) _Geased Knights... | 4 'Ifthere fs no lodge in Hee locality, Gonfer with the p uty Grand Chancellor of your | district or write S. W. Starks,” Charleston, W. Va., for ‘terms: upon which to organize a. lodge. he STORER COLLEGE, } Harper's Ferry, : $5 West Va. ( Ke | * Courses ie { a ‘The same situation ts true also of the State of Missourl, Not long ago a body of colored republicans met in Kansas City, and appointed a com- mittee, headed by A. W. Lloyd, of St. Louis, to confer with the repub- Ucan leaders, with a view of pre- vaillng upon them to give the Negro republicans adequate recognition in the republicad nattonal convention, appealing in the name of the 40,000 colored republicans said to bo voters in the State of Missourt, Mr. Lloyd's associates on the committee were: N, T, Ancell, Huntsville; Charles Tur- nor, W. Lewis, Lewis Woods, Kansas City; Homer J. Phillips, Sedalia; Rev. J. Frank McDonald, Kansas Clty; -R. L. Logan, Columbia; Robert ‘Renfro, Momerly; Rey. 8. E. Howard, Independenco; and J. Silas Harris, St. Joseph. If any reply has been made by the white leaders as yet, the faet has not been made public, The Executive Committes in charge of the Negro Wxhibit at ‘Jamestown has the work well in hand and the Negro Building is pointed out by President Tucker and the Exposition commission as the real “show place” of the entire en- terprise, Tho resentment of the early days seems to have disappeared amid the thousands of _light-shed- ding Mterature circulated throughout the country by the press | bureau, and through the testimony brought back by the many visitors who have been there and recetved treatment of the most hospitable character. ‘The personenl of the attendance is an as- surance that all Is well, for in the throng are found bishops, presidents ot colléges; teachers, — professional men of every variety, industrialists and sightseers of all types. The clergy is doing a good work In ad- vising its flocks to go and see the evidences of race progress on dis- play there. The Negro Exhibit has reached a high point in the favor of the colored people, and Chairman Calloway is greatly rejoteod thereat. During the remaindér of September and through the months of October and November, daily attractions are planned, and it {s likely that the at- tendance will reach the racord-break- Ing helghth, as the weather .will be delightful. “The Fisk Jubilee Sing- ers are giving daily concerts and are scoring big in thelr classics as well as in thelr folk songs. ‘With the completion of the ex- position there has come a gratlual elimination of employees. The ap- propriation is running row amt not a few who expected to be retained to the end of the season have been cut off. The work fs betng carried on, however, by those remaining, and there has been the minimum of com- plaint voleed Ly the disappointed ones. Chalrman Calloway is being very efficiently served in the office work by Miss Arsine Elizabeth Jones, of New Haven, Conn., an expert stenographer; Mrs. Mattle &. Tyler, of Richmond, Va. a painstaking bookkeeper, representing Mr. A. ¥. Hilyer, secretary-treasurer;_ Messrs. Robert Kelser, W. F. Hope and Prof. A. 1. Macbeth as Snstallers and gen- eral helpers. Prof. Macbeth’s de- parture was announced, but the com- mitee conaldered him’ too valuable a man to lose and ho was prevailed upon to remain, Those who have not seen the Negro exhibit should not fail to do so in the short time that 1s left, ‘The times and the up-to-date nows- paper men of the race are ripe for a revival of the National Afro-Amert- can Press Agnociation. Tt was a power for good In “ye olden tyme” and it can be made so again with a ttle hustle and elimination of setf- ishness, The Influence of the true Journalism {3 becoming more and more recognized, and an honest In- terchange of views, business expert fences and suggestions from the wise one looking to a betterment of the profesion, would go far to make that influence one of the leading solvents in the much-mooted race problem. A preitminary meeting could be held right here in’ Washington, and a modus vivendi planned in the name of the press gang.» What say you, Mr. Adams? * R. W. THOMPSON. TORER COL E, STORER COLLEGE, | Harper's Ferry, : £3 West Va. i * Courses iy Academie, State Normal, Biblical, Vocal and Tastrumenitas’ | Music, Carpentry, Blacksmithing, | Practical Gardening — ana. | Musbamiry, Cookery, Serving and Dressmaking. H Equipment ae | Amplo Buildings, Beautitul Campus, I aboratory, Teloscope, ik.) | brarles of over 6000 volums, Comm ions Barn, Plggety, 4) Hennery, Dalry, several acres of of gafdons, Cold Frames had } Hot Beds. : 6 gee Expenses Aol Books, Room Ront and Tuition free to West Virginians. Neg: | essary Expense not over $6.50 per month to State studenge: Special Features ie Bight valuable sholarships and six prixes awarded anntiaity)” ) Athletics, Hand, Literary Societies, frequent Lectures’ amd ‘igs; } tertainments, Musteal Clubs, Y. M. C. A. ao ) Storer Is a Non-Sectartan, Christian Inatitutton. =i } For Iilustrated Catalogue send to . q denry T. McDonaélg;* BIG SLACK OF the Congo Kept From Annexntion Ry Leopold's Move. Brussels, September &.—King Leopold made another momentous move on the Congo question today by turning over the “Domain of the Crown In the Congo Independent State to a Joint stock company, in which he Is alleged to be interested, This ts the most important section of the Congo, ten times larger than Belgium, and was to have reverted to Relginm of the most profitable part of the independent state, The decree announethg the — transfer, which appeared in the ofMctal buile- tin today, caused a sensation. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY THE ADVOCATE PUBLISHINGCO., Office, Pythlan Building, Cnarleston, W. Va. Home Phone 923. The Advocate is entered in the Post-office at Charleston, W. Va., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three months ..... $0.50 Sixxx months ..... 1.00 One year ..... 1.60 THURSDAY, SEPTE, 12, 1907. OFFICES. New York: 738 7th Avenue. Washington: 1325 12th St. N. W. Louisville: 1112 W. Madison St. St. Louis: 3137 Pine St. Philadelphia: 702 So. 15th St. Baltimore: 502 W. Biddle St. Boston: 94 a Harvard St., Cambridge. Pittsburg: 461 6th St., Braddock. Columbus: 266 St. Clair Ave. New Orleans: 226 So. Robertson St. Jacksonville 536 W. Union St. Nashville: 706 Bass St. Indianapolis: 1605 Alvord St. Lexington: 567 N. Upper St. San Francisco: 865 Union St., Oakland. Detroit: 261 Elliot St. El Paso: Chicago: 3519 Calumet Ave. OFFICES. THE LOUISVILLE CONCLAVE. West Virginians, we know, take unmeasured and immeasurable pride in the reelection of their favorite son as Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. For the fifth time brave and gallant Knights, 108,000 now, have risen up, declaring their admiration for ability and virtue and crowned with a laurel wreath their Chief Glory, the finest type of leader now engaged in leading a swiftly moving people. S. W. Starks was acclaimed Supreme Chancellor at Louisville with a unanimity that has marked a victory of but few men, live where thty may, engage themselves as they care. The writer has witnessed many an inspiring sight; and he has been carried away with the wild enthusiasm of men lost in the charm of an occasion, but he never beheld so ich a scene as was enacted when Starks was reheralded as the Captain of a triumphant Host. We congratulate the Chief of the gallantry and achievement of the Negro race, and likewise of our own efforts here. The nation may crown him now, but those who know him best crowned him long ago! Selah. The Knights of Pythias did well to gather at Louisville, the city against whose northern walls beat the winged message of sturdy New England; and against whose southern trees play the siren song of the fervid South. That meeting rebelated the Negro race thereabouts, and took no small part in educating the whites who there reside. Ten thousand persons journeyed to Louisville, in the waks of the Supreme Lodge and the uniformed Knights. The Courier-Journal, Marse Henry's own, the Louisville Herald, and the Louisville Times, organ of the Haldermans, proclaimed that within the gates of the Queen of the Ohio, there were never strangers more well behaved, so respectable, or in appearance more fetching and impressive. The Supreme Lodge extorted the most flatering praise by the dignity of its members, and the order and dispatch of its deportment. The remarkable growth of the organization, took the city and state off their feet, and wrung respect anew no less for the Negro race than for the Knights themselves. Yonder was Camp Corbin, holding 3,000 brave men. Towards that city of tents and cots, epaulets and martial strains, from—fifteen to twenty thousand persons daily journeyed. White vied with blacks, blacks and whites with all, in paying tribute to the order and deportment tnd the dash of the camp. The Evening Post declared that it was the neatest and clearest camp whose tents ever reared toward Kentucky's sky. The parade on Thursday, participated in by 8,000 Knights and civilians was the grandest sight ever seen in Louisville. The bluest blood in proud Kentucky, josteled the richest blood of ebony and bronze, eager to behold the procession. As that parade moved, moved also in part hate and malice and prejudice and contempt. It was a great day for the Kentucky Negro. He will yet mark his newer progress from its auspiciousness, as he will mark his broader freedom from the event of that week. All things considered, we dare affirm that the fourteenth bienal session of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias at Louisville, in all its departments, was the most successful and helpful gathering in the life of the Negro people. The $1,000,000 resource of the organization, the 108,000 brave men who lean upon its sufficient and propelling principles we know entered in no small degree into the dignity and influence of the gathering, but in this as in all things else, it was the moral force that appealed and carried home; carried home, we opine, forever. OUR BIRTHDAY. Today the Advocate enters upon the seventh year of its existence. Six years ago with fear and trembling we launched our little bark upon the tempestuous sea of journalism. There was no overconfidence as we left the ways, for had not many another venture in circumstances as auspicious met with an untimely end? But thus far we have been able to weather the storms that arose and to keep aloft our banner. The seas over which we have sailed have not been always calm and time and again we have been blown from our course, but we have always held as our ultimate port the religious, political, social and financial elevation of the people we represent. The methods the Advocate has pursued to attain these ends may not have, at all times, met the unanimous approval of its clientele, but we have done our duty without fear or favor as God gave us to see it. In the discussion of public questions we have been guided by the question of the benefit to the many, not the few, always keeping in view the best interests of the race. It has been the aim of the management to publish a newsy, clean, paper, free from personalities or doubtful witticisms at the expense of the feelings of any one of our readers. We have not been able to print every communication sent us, but for their failure to appear there have been good and sufficient reasons. Entering upon our seventh year, we wish to thank the public for the support it has given us and The Advocate pledges itself to grow in the excellence as its financial support warrants. MARSE HENRY SURRENDERS. Marse Henry, God bless and preserve him, surrenders. Is it conscience in truth? or has Usage unbosemed her hypocrisy? Maybe the language has won her battle—will you say? Perhaps it was the work of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, may we trust? Did Marse Henry come to his shame before the telling figures and statistics of this organization and say in his heart: "Lord, I Come?" Be that as it may. The Louisville Courier-Journal, that is to say, Marse Henry Waterson, beginning last Sunday, and without any herald of the sudden and gratifying, and even highly creditable, change, capitalizes in its editorial page the word N-e-g-r-o! Marse Henry grows; he leads. He has done no nobler nor more proper thing within these forty years. The thing will now spread, North and South, for dare the children stand against Hercules? Clark Howell no more than Villard. We now expect to gather that courage sufficient to slay Usage with propriety and render unto Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's. It is becoming apparent more and more each day that the demand for teachers this year will exceed the supply. Already requests are coming to this office from trustees to be placed in communication with teachers desiring schools, and the end is not yet. Why this shortage? Can it be that the new system of examination is a factor? The present generation can recall the time when a host of young girls hung up the frying pan upon which so many of their choicest creations were born, put away the griddle from whose sizzling surface they were wont to toss the light flap jack high in air and turned their backs upon the warm kitchen for the imaginary comfort of a draughty school room. Many a hand that disguised the festive bacon till it was a dish fit for the gods and baked the bean to a queen's taste, deserted this noblest of all callings for a literary (2) profession. Do they now find it wormwood and ashes? Salaries have been increased and terms lengthened, but they tempt not. In the meantime the harvest is ripening, but the laborers are few. It is only after she finds out how mean her husband is that a woman begins to realize that her father and brothers were pretty decent chaps after all. From Dr. Washington's Address To the Knights of Pythias at Louis ville, Ky., Last Week Very Encouraging. Extracts from Prof. Washington's speech follow: First of all, let me confess myself pleased that I am here. When your invitation reached me through your Supreme Grand Chancellor, S. W. Starks, and your supreme grand officers, I could not resist the temptation to be present and say a few words to you. I have such confidence in your Supreme Grand Chancellor and those who joined him in extending the invitation to be with you in this great meeting that, although well mortgaged with engagements, I have put those interests aside for the moment, and am here. I have faith in what your organization is striving to do. I congratulate you on what you have done, and I bid you Godspeed in your efforts in the future, all of which I hope are constantly to be directed toward the betterment of your fellow-man. Highest Evidence of Progress. I have been interested and gratified because of the deportment of the thousands gathered upon these grounds today. They present a clean, orderly, sober, industrious appearance. This deportment on a public occasion such as this is within itself the highest evidence of progress. Whenever an opportunity to see the slightest evidence of the progress of our race presents itself, there our people should not fail to put in appearance in large numbers. I believe that our people should take advantage of every opportunity, no matter wherever presented, North or South, to show to the world the progress that we, as a race, are making. No battle was ever won by an army standing still or sulking in its tents. Racial battles are to be won by marching forward, not by holding back. There used to be a question as to whether or not the Negro could be educated—that is, in the ordinary sense in which we understand education. There is no longer any such questions in the minds of any people whose opinions are worth considering. There is a question yet remaining and one that is constantly being debated as to what extent the Negro as a race is using and is capable of using education so as to increase his productive ability and in distributing the products of earth among the markets of the world. I repeat that during the last forty years the American Negro has convinced the world that he could be educated in literature, science, mathematics, agriculture, mechanics, household arts and the professions. We have won this victory not by depending upon empty talk, not by depending upon abstract argument, not by abuse of some one, but by actually doing the thing, by filling every public school, every college, every industrial and professional school that has ever been opened for us. We have won this victory by having living, tangible object lessons in every part of the United States that within themselves were indisputable evidences of our ability to receive education. When proof is asked of our ability to receive education we can point to the little, bareheaded and bare-footed child in the Mississippi log cabin school or we can point to the Negro youth in cap and gown in Oxford University, England. So much is settled, but, as I have said, there is still debate and question as to what extent we have ability to apply our education to all concerns of common life—to bring to bear the force of our education upon the soil, mechanics, household arts, manufacturing, trades, and in matters that concern plain, everyday living. Education may be valuable or worthless. Gold may be valuable or worthless. Gold touching the markets of the world is valuable; a bushel of gold dollars in a boat in midcoast lying at the feet of a hungry man is worthless. Gold has got to touch something to impart real value to it. Education has got to touch something in the same way; has got to quicken something into life to be of value. Negro Not Discouraged. Despite much talk, the Negro is not discouraged, but is going forward. The race owns today an acreage of land that is equal to the combined acreage of Holland and Belgium. Negroes own more land, more houses, more stores, more banks, than ever before in our past history. We are learning that no race can occupy a soil unless that race can get as much out of that coil as any other race gets out of it. Soil, sunshine, rain and the laws of trade have no regard for race or color. We are learning that we must be builders if we would succeed. In proportion as we learn this lesson, in the same proportion will we find help at the South and the North. We must not be content to be merely tolerated in communities, we must make ourselves needed. The great economic laws that govern the universe know no racial or color lines. The forces of nature will respond as readily to the Chinaman, the Italian, or the Negro as to any other race. Man may discriminate, but nature and the economic laws that control commerce and markets will not and cannot. But he does not hide her wealth from all black; the rewards of usefulness are open to all, and herein lies the great chance for the Negro race. Underneath all political, educational and even moral and religious progress there are certain economic laws which every race must comply with that would be classed among the successful races of the earth. From this law there is no escape for blacks or whites, red or brown. Overcome evil with Good." The great battle cry of our race, which should be sounded in every part of the land, is "Overcome evil with good," overcome failure with success, overcome injustice with usefulness, overcome doubt with high endeavor, overcome shiftlessness with high achievement. There is something in human nature that compels respect for success regardless of race or color. Most important of all, do not make the mistake of believing that mere agitation or condemnation of wrong, demanding rights or defending will, within themselves, push forward our cause. All these considerations have a place and a right place in the economy of race building, but these elements within themselves, unsupported and not based upon more fundamental matters, will leave us wandering in the wilderness many years hence. If history teaches any one lesson more thoroughly than another, it is that successful effort in constructive, productive work is what counts in getting a race upon its feet. I have thus plainly indicated what our duty and policy as a people should be; others outside of the race can encourage and assist us in certain regards, but we ourselves must be the prime movers. Peace and Harmony General. In nine-tenths of our Southern communities there is peace and harmony, good-will and friendship; but when one goes outside of the Southern States, when one goes into the North, into Europe, as I have done, and reads the dispatches that come from the South, it is always one thing—lynchings. And you never hear of any other news from the South except lynchings. These people naturally get the idea, through this unusual punishment, that we are living in a state of turmoil, at daggers' points, throughout the South; whereas, as a matter of fact, as you go through the average Southern community you will find a feeling of mutual confidence, a feeling of friendship existing between the races—each race interested in the progress of the other. And for that reason alone, if for no other higher consideration, I believe we owe it to ourselves to bring about such a public sentiment as will get rid of this unusual and harborous method of punishing criminals. Social Equality Not Aimed At. In my opinion, and as I have before indicated, one of the reasons why many of the best and brightest Southern men have not taken hold and helped in the direction that I have tried to emphasize, as they would like to have done, has been the scare, the bugbear of what is called "social equality." It is used to frighten off the hinder and very often to check some of the best efforts that our Southern white friends want to put forth in the direction of helping us. Another bugbear that is used is "Negro domination." Negro domination! Now, there is nothing in either of these things. I think I know the ambitions and activities of the colored people throughout this country pretty well, and I am safe in saying to you that it is not the ambition or the desire of the Negro in this country to intermingle socially with the white people. Neither is it his ambition or his desire to domineer the white man in the matter of politics. You can help us, again, by using your influence to check the work in many cases of the sensational newspapers that use these incidents in connection with the Negro to give them circulation, to give them popularity among a certain class of people. You can help us, again, by using your influence by bringing to bear your Christian ideas of citizenship upon the public mind of the South so that in the future they will not, as they have in so large a degree in the past, ride into office or attempted to ride into office, on the Negro. My friends, there are some men in office who never would have seen an office except for the Negro. And on every possible occasion, when they want to go to the Legislature, when they want to go to Congress, when they want to be Governor, or to be United States Senator, these men who have no idea of constructive, progressive statesmanship, fall back on the old idea of "Negro domination." and they just go through the country harping on the Negro all the time. How To Solve the Race Problem. If you want to know how to solve the race problem, place your hands upon your hearts and then with a prayer to God, ask Him how you, today, were you placed in the same position that the black man occupies, how you would desire the white man to treat you, and whenever you have answered that question in the sight of God and man, this problem, in a large degree, will have been solved. The two races are going to be friends and not enemies. The white man in America cannot afford to be unjust to the Negro. Every act of injustice will remain to weaken further generations. Every law so administered as to mean one thing for a black man and another thing when applied to a white man means the moral degradation of the individual who enforces such law. The Negro was invited to come here and here he will stay. The white man cannot hold us down in the ditch without remaining there himself. Finally, above all things, we as a race should not be discouraged. No man discouraged ever wins a victory. There is more in our favor than there is against us. We have a magnificent opportunity to teach the world how, by patience, courage and work, we can overcome difficulties and secure and maintain our rightful place as useful citizens in our common country. SCHOOLS TO OPEN. Wednesday of Next Week and Parents Are Requested to Start Children Early. School will open Wednesday, Sept. 18th. It is very necessary that all pupils be ready to enter school the first day so that the proper organization can be made. The teachers hope parents will see to it that this is done and that their children continue in school from the beginning to the close. It will pay every parent, though you make a sacrifice, to stop the boys and girls from work and keep them in school during the term, and so continue each school year until they have received, at least, a public school education. Too many of our boys and girls are on the streets and at work while school is in session. If this continue we can not hope to have a higher standard and better results among our children. We have in our school, from the Primary Grade through the High School, as good facilities to acquire an education as any school in the state This was demonstrated last May when several members of the Senior class took and passed the State Uniform Examination, each making a good record. Why not give your children this advantage? All pupils who did not attend school in Charleston last year will report at the Garnett Building, Tuesday, 16th, at 9:30 o'clock, for examination. All other pupils who have studied this summer and who desire to make higher grades may attend this examination. The division line between Washington and Garnett will remain for the beginning as last year. That is, all living below Capitol street from the Primary through the 4th Grade will report at Washington School. All others at Garnett. All teachers will meet at the Garnett School. Tuesday, 17th, at 4 o'clock for general teachers' meeting. The following is the list of teachers for the Charleston schools: C. W. Boyd, principal; J. F. J. Clark, principal of High School; H. B. Rice, Miss Nina H. Clinton, G. L. Cuzzens, Miss Rhoda A. Wilson, L. C. Farrar, Miss L. L. Taylor, Miss Fannie C. Cobb, Miss Aristis R. Johnson and Miss Estella A. James, substitute. Washington School. M. Blanche Jefferies, principal; Ammie Hutchinson, Anna M. Alex- ander, L. O. Hopkins. Ax Factory School. I. C. Cabell. GOOD NAME Was Given the Negro by Whites But the Jury Promptly Convicted Him For Complicity in the Riot at Onancock, Va. Richmond, Va., Sept. 7.—John Ussels, the Negro who participated in the recent race riots at Onancock, was convicted before Judge Blackstone this morning. Several character witnesses, among them some of the most prominent business men of Onancock, testified in favor of the prisoner. The case was given to the jury at 6:30 o'clock, a verdict of guilty, with a penalty of three years in the penitentiary, being reached an hour later. It was the general opinion that he would be acquitted, and an appeal will probably be taken. The cases of Burton and Conquest, charged with being implicated with Ussels in the rioting, and with firing on the hack containing a whife woman and United States mall, will be taken up next week. Burton is believed to have been the ringleader in the recent trouble. He kept a store in Onancock which was burned by the whites during the rioting. Governor Swan today stated that he would not at the present time take up the utterances of Judge Blackstone, made from the bench yesterday, in which he is quoted as saying that the Governor was a "spectacular Governor, frequently given to spontaneous combustion." Should Judge Blackstone admit that he criticised the 'Executive in the terms quoted it is altogether probable that the next legislature- will take hold of the matter and that an investigation will follow. A "CURE" FOR CUSSING. The Penitent Scotman Found His Load a Heavy One. A clergyman in Scotland observed with much perturbation that a member of his congregation was greatly given to the use of strong language. Over and over again, he remonstrated with the man to give up the bad habit. In time the man himself came to see the error of his ways, and desired no less earnestly to break himself of the use of bad language. The difficulty, however, was to find a method of doing so. One day the clergyman hit upon a happy thought. "Get a bag," he said to the man, "and every time you swear put a pebble into it. At the end of the month you will bring that bag to me. I will count the pebbles and see what the effect has been." The man accepted 'the idea with alacrity. He got a bag, and, religiously, every time he swore what Mr. Gilbert in the "Pinafore" calls a "big, big D," he duly put a pebble into it. At the end of the month he went to the clergyman, taking the bag with him. It was not an easy task, for, as any one might see, the bag was very full and very heavy. He went into the clergyman's study and put the bag on the table. The minister looked up with a serious expression. "This is very serious, my friend. I am sorry to see you have so many pebbles in the bag." "Hoot, minister!" exclaimed the man cheerfully; "this is only the 'devil's'—the 'damn' are all at the dikeside in another bag. They were over heavy to bring up!"—Excelsior. A CLEVER TRICK. The Way Lord Cockran Once Won an English Election. When Lord Cochrane was a candidate for parliament in Hinton he refused to give any bribes. As his opponent gave £5 a head, Lord Cochrane suffered defeat. The latter, however, sent the bellman round the town announcing that all those who had voted for Lord Cochrane would receive 10 gulneas apiece if they called on his agent. In those preballot days of course it was known how each man voted, and the happy minority marched off to the agent, each getting his 10 gulneas. Naturally enough, the majority began to think they had made a mistake, and they resolved to rectify that mistake at the first possible moment. In due course an opportunity came. There was another election. Lord Cochrane stood again, and the voters, remembering his lavish methods, asked him no questions, but returned him with a roaring majority. Then they conveyed a delicate hint to the noble lord asking what he proposed to give them for this distinguished service. "Not one farthug!" roared his lordship. The unhappy, men reminded him that he had paid 10 gulneas a head to the minority at the previous election. A complacent grin brightened the face of the member as he gave this explanation: "The former gift was for their disinterested conduct in not taking the bribe of £5 from the agents of my opponent. For me now to pay them would be a violation of my own previously expressed principles." `Identified. Tommy made himself the hero of a story, which the Boston Record prints, when he called for "that one about the boy who ate the ribbons and it made him slick." Aunt Ethel was puzzled. "I know of no such story," she said, after searching her memory vainly. Nothing she could suggest answered the description. Tommy cannot read, but he thought he could find the book. He found it. They read one thing after another, until in the midst of the "Night Before Christmas" Tommy gave a whoop of glee. Aunt Ethel was reading: "He rushed to the window and threw up the sash."" "That's it! That's it!" crled Tommy. "You see, it's just as I told you!" A Dutch Ironclad. It is of interest to note that, according to some authorities, the Dutch were the first in the modern period of history to build an ironclad and that during the siege of Antwerp by the Spanifards in 1585 the people of that city built an enormous flat bottomed vessel, armored it with heavy iron plates and thus constructed what they regarded as an impregnable battery. This they named Fins Bell. Unfortunately the vessel got aground before coming into action and fell into the hands of the enemy. It was held by Alexander of Parma to the end of the siege as a curiosity, but was never employed by either side in any action. A Handy Measure If you have a pint jug and wish to measure off half a pint with tolerable accuracy it is useless to try and do so by guessing when the jug is half full. A better way is to tilt the jug until the contents just reach to the upper end of the bottom of the vessel and just touch the lip at the lower end of the mouth. In this way the space in the pint jug is practically cut into two equal portions, each half representing the space taken by half a pint.—London Graphic. Man Is Wiser. Gerryman (at the mirror)—Put a monkey before a looking glass, they say, and he will look behind it. Miss Sharpe—But a man knows better. He knows he won't find anything funnier there than the face he sees before him.—Boston Transcript. All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich.—Lavater. BEST FOR THE BOWELS If you haven't a regular, healthy movement of the many days you'll or will be. Keep your bowels open and well. Keep in the shade of violent physic or pill poison, is dangerous. 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We have also a gift give free advice and counsel to all who wish it, with guarantee. Circulars free. Address ROYAL MEDICINE CO., Marine Blg., Chicago, IL. HARB EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may contact us our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable or communi- tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patent sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through, Minn. & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest calculation of any scientific journal. Terms: e year; four months. $1. Sold by all newadolescents. MUHN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Braugh Office. 651 1st W. Washington, D. BRANCH OFFICE The American Beneficial Insurance Company No. 109 Elk Ave., Covington, Va. JAS. A. PAYNE, Manager ...One of the best organizations in Virginia of its kind. We give you a list of sick claims paid since Sept- tenber last: Miss Fannie Winston, Rivers Ville $4.00 Miss Sadie Wright, Covington, Va. $1.62. Mr. Ernest Brown, Covington, Va. $1.62. Miss Maria Phillips, Covington, Va., $10.50. Miss Bessie Hollins, Covington, Va., 32 cents. Mrs. Edith Girdty, Covington, Va. 94 cents. Mrs. Harriet Thomas, Covington, Va., $6.50. Mrs. Emma Loving, Covington, Va., $4.00. Mr. Joshua Winston, Rivers Ville, W. Va., $8.00. Mr. Hagger Winston, Rivers Ville, W. Va., $8.00. Mrs. Delphia Young, Covington, Va., $6.50. Mrs. Sarah McDowell, Covington, Va., $7.25. Miss Dora Wright, Wright Ville, $6.50. Mrs. Rosa Green, Covington, Va., $2.50. Mr. Jas. Parker, Spruce, W, Va., $12.00. Mrs. Joanna Walker, Covington, Va., $1.25. Miss Modesty Johnson, Covington, Va., $1.06. Mrs. Maria Brown, Covington, Va., $3.25. James E. Printice, Covington, Va., 83 cents. Mrs. Florence Brown Covington, Va., $15.00. Mrs. Carrie Miller, Covington, Va., $0.75. Geo. M. Thomas, Covington, Va., $3.00. Mr. Philip Winston, Covington, Va., $2.50. Mrs. Mollie Patterson, Covington, Va., $2.50. Mrs. Mollie Patterson, Covington, Va., $5.00. Mrs. Mildred Morris, Covington, Va., $1.25. Mrs. Anna Franklin, Covington, Va., $8.00. Howard Gillum, Covington, Va., $2.50. Jas. R. Jackson, Covington, Va., $1.25. Mrs. Idia Shelton, Covington, Va., $2.50. Germany uses two and one-quarter millions tons of potatoes yearly in the manufacture of alcohol, and only 250,000 tons of grain for the same purpose. ENTERPRISE ~ WORLD ‘The ‘Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co., 46th and Bighth avenue, ‘ * N. ¥. The stock of this company has Ancreased. 400 per cont in value with- +s". % © Gn"the past’ five years and has paid * . . an annualdividend of 7 per ct. ‘to its Ae nuemrous stock holders representing yi , Dearly, every state in the union and ~ foréign. countries, ‘This company gives employment to _» | nearly two thousand colored people 7 in its banks department stores: and other offices, : *. Stock, $25.00 per share. , Gold bonds, $10.00 each. Fi Agents wanted: throughout the state ap seh B. F. Graham, Jr., 500 Capitol street, |. Charleston, W. Va. ee eeeniemeeeeeerenaien eeetereensenert re 4 at which time t ah purchasisg propert 5 for charitable pur . ed. At their mec r ¥ a A. Viney, Summer Mrs, S. M) Davis, Miss Fannie C. Cobb, and Rev. H. B. Rice left Tyes- day morning for Washington: to at- tend “fhe National Baptist conven- tion. They “were'.jofhed there by Roys. «1. Vitiipyant “and R. D. W. Megs, of- Huntington, ices commeniorating the late pastor, Bev: Hullan Bullock, were ‘held at the Mist Baptist churgh Sun. day. site es Miss “Esther Fulks, accompanied ‘by Migs Bessie V. Morris, left Satur- day for Pittsburg to enter the Car+ sogle ‘Techn{cal school, where she will piirsue the. course in technical dressmaking, James. Carper returned Saturday to Granvite,sOhio, to resume his studies, Attoriey J. .W. Chappelle lett Tuesday morning for Richmond, where he will attend the annual meeting of the Grand United Order of True Reformers. Mr. Chappelle will visit Jamestown and -Washing- ton before returnisg. Mire. Mary Dillard, who speht. the summer in Clarksburg, ‘has returned to her horiis"“at fristitute, Endom Greet has gone to Tuske- Bee Institute to take the course: in stationery engineering. The Women’s, Loyal Union met Monday with Mrs,. Carrie Thomas, On- Cleaning, Dye- ing, Pressing and Repairing. Ladies’ Work a Specialty. Work'called for and delivered Give us a trial: : THE RIDGEWAY. GLEANING & DYE WORKS 403 Commonwealih Ave., N. E. Roanoke, Va. Bath Room Mirrors Shaving Mirrors Shower Baths Bath Room Fittings We Carry the Largest Line In the City ; ! COFFEY Plumbing Co. | Quarrier Sf., near Capitol | Bt ce a ttl at which time the proposition , of purchasisg property on Morrs street for charitable purposes was: discuss- ed. At their meeting with Mrs. M, A. Viney, Sumimers St., next Monday evening an old time spelling bee will be held to which the public is-Invit- ed. Mrs, Frances Shgw, who has been visiting Prof. and Mrs. H. B, Rice, returned to her home at Staunton, Va., Sunday evening., Mies Bernice Rice is visiting rela- tives at Malden, C. BE, McGhee, manager of the Or- phans' Home and Industrial school near Huntington, is in the eity solic- iting funds for the’ erection of a building at ‘his institution, + Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Hammond are at Columbus, O., this week Is attendance upon the State Fair. The Clippers played two games with Ashland Monday, losing the first by a score of 2 to 3. “The sec. ond was won by the Clippers, the score being 2 to 1. Mrs. Sarah Henderson and Mise Virgie Paris have returned from a week's visit among friends at Hun- tington and Ashland, O. - Misa Flora Haynes has returued from an extended vialt to Buchanon, Va. = ‘Miss>Edith Walker spent a few days here last wéek visiting Mrs. Nora. Caul. Anthony Pate is visiting relatives at. Barboursyille, Beautiful goifture puffs at Mrs. Brown’s, 500: Capitol st. Ady. One of the most attractive show windows in the clty is that uncov- ered for the inspection of the pass- ersby at the store of Frankenberger & Co., on Kanawha street this morn- ing. The exhibit consists of samples of the latest designs in fall and win- ter clothing, in conjunction with an attractive display of the celebrated Regal shoes, and attracts consider- able attention, The window display, however, attractive as it is, merely gives a hint of the immensity and excellence of the new fall stock which is now being placed upon. the shelves of the establishment of this old but none the less energetic firm, Miss Mary L. Yancey and Mrs. ‘. B, Watson visited Raymond City last Saturday. President P. S. Ball, of the Metro- politan Mercantile and Realty Co., of New York City, will visit Charles- ton next week and will give illustrat. ed lectures showing the work of that company, Tuesday night, sept. 17, at St. Paul A. M. Is. church, Court St. Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Mr. Robert B. Cobert and Mrs, Woodard, on Morris streot, ‘Thursday evening, Sept. 19. Rey. W. E. Walker, of St. Paul A. M. B. Chureh is finishing vp his work getting ready for the annual confer- ence, which meets in Pittsburg, Sept. 25th, ‘ The Ladies’ Ald of St. Pant A. M E. Chureh’ will be entertained by Mrs. Viola Wright in honor of Rey. Walker, who leaves for conference Thursday night, Sept. 19. ‘The American Abroad, It has for years neen prougnt home to us—by comment more or less complimentary—that we Americans, traveling abroad, are closely seruti- nized by tho Buropeans. But per- haps we have not realized, says the Youth's Companion, that the observ. ing eyes of the younger—in fact, of the youngest—generation are turn- ed upon us. A Patisian woman, golng to her children’s playroom, discovered her ‘little boy and girl absorbed In a re- -markable occupation, ‘The boy stood, motionless And solemn, on ” small table In the middie of the room; the girl, arrayed in grown-up hat and ‘coat, walked slowly round him, re- garding him thoughtfully, now and then peering abstractedly into a red- covered book tn her hand | “What are you doing, children?” asked the puzzled parent. | “Oh, Paul is-tho Column Vendome, mamma,” gravely explained the als- ter, “and T-am a tourist:trom-Amer- foa—with-a book; yduknow.” * “ THE Z00 BY NIGHT. ~ Gleaming Eyes In thd Blackness Give , 'a Flavor of the Wilde. igi et teats SOL saey ety ‘The average grownup who visits the zoo thinks {t rather a dull gort of ‘show, for the fact that the animals are captive robs them of ‘all the romance that would attiich to them in thelr na. tive forests. But let the blase wWightscer obtain Permission to visit the zoo ‘at mid: night, and his impresstons will be very differént. Darkness hides the bars and the boards, and the eyes of syme wakeful creature gleani-imaliclously at you. For the moment you ‘Imagine that you are in the wilds, on equal terms with the creatures around. Polsed on, the\swings, and platforms at the top of their cpges sleep the monkeys, lustinet surviving ‘thelr loss of freedom, for in the. forests they had to sleep thus to avold the beasts of prey. } Here rests a Honess, prone upon her pack, her legs rigid in the air and her paws hanging Imply, down. ‘There’ re: plines her ford, asleep upon. his vide, his paws turned in..and his ,eseral bose not unlike that of a dog. ‘Lhe more cunning and more coward- ly of the animals do not seem to sleep at all, for gs soon as they hear our ap- proaching footsteps they give us thelr greeting with snarls ant malevolent glowerings ahd watch us susplclously till we depart.—Pearson’s, - TEPEE ETIQUETTE. Nover Pass Between an Iridian and the Fire—The Seat of Honor. “If you should ever go into an Indian tepeo,” sald John H. Seger, “remember they have rules of etiquette that are more rigidly adhered to than In our parlors. : “De not think they are not sensitive, for they are more so than the Japs. If you make fun of his layout the whole family will remember the insult for a lifetime. “The seat of honor ts just opposite the door, across the fire pit. Walt until you are Invited before you take that seat. “If you go bolting into an Indian's tepee and rush over and tu¥. ‘p's ya. chnt seat he may not take ; ou by the ‘nape of the neck and throw you out, but he would like to if he thought it could be done without cutting off his rations, : “In leaying the tepee never pass be- tween any one and the-fire. An old chivalric warrior will crawl around the side of the tent and kick a hole An the wall on the north side} in a bliz ‘zard before he would -vidlate-this, rata of etiquette and ‘pags: between his guests amt the smoking taabers.= Arapahoe Bee. Fite Ny, Soldiers ang. Schiller. ey The Germans are Atorlously a: wel educated people, but’ the popular: King: Ush belief that every German knows everything would appear to be exag- gérated, if we may Judge from a. Ger. man officer's account, published Jn one of the German reviews, of ai examina. tion In general knowledge to which he submitted his company, “Who - was Schiller?” was one of the principal questions, ‘Ten soldiers replied that, though they fancied they had heard the name, it suggested nothing to them, Of those who went into details, one said that the author of “William ‘Tel!” was the “Inventor of printing,” a gec- ond described him as “a man who knew everything,” a third put him down as “a man of science.” a fourth as a “poet who wrote Scripture his- tory,” a fifth as “a musician of great celebrity,” and a sixth ag “a manu- facturer of bells.” One wonders what ‘Thomas’ Atkins would answer if in: vited to state what he knew of Shakes. peare.—Westminster Gazette. He Didn't Dine. Mr. Brown’had just had a telephone put in connecting his office and house and was very inuch pleased with tt. “1 tell you, Smith,” he was saying, “this telephone business isa wonder- ful thing. I want you to dine with me this evening, and I will notify Mrg. Brown to expect you.” Speaking through the telephone—“My friend ‘Smnith will dine with us this evening.” ‘Then. to his friend—“Now, listen. and hear how plain her reply comes back." “Mrs. Brown's reply came back with startling distinctness: “Ask your friend Smith if he thinks we keep a hotel.” ; Didn’t Want Much. - Here isan advertisement from an old copy of an Bngligh provincial journal: “Wanted, for’a sober family, a man of light weight, who fears the Lord ‘and can drive a pair of hotses. He ‘must occasionally walt at table. Join the household prayer, look after the ‘horses and read a chapter of the : Bible. He must, God willing, arise at ‘To'clock in the morning and obey his master and mistress in all lawful com- ‘mands; if he.can dress hair, sing psalms-and play at cribbage, the more agreeable. Wages, 15 guineas a year.” Nerve. “By the way, Jinks, can you pay that hundred T lent you Inst week? I just lost all my ready money at bridge.” “Look here, Bink#, 1 hope you don't think I'm going to pay your gambling flebts.”—Brooklyn Life. ’ His Mistake. Gallyer— What mistakes men do make! Iwas just reading that Colum: bus thought he had discovered the In- fies. Aspley—There are worse min takes than that, When I married first I thought I had discovered paradise! There are so many kinds of mistakes that a man can: go through lite with: out repeating one and yet never do tight.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat, © | TALL UTCRhiNG U aS WIDOW JONES School reel of FasMonable . Boys and Young Men > S t ee US oe 2 gape. ge BOYS’ SCHOOL SUITS ; ; v4 ibe se, are pow it older and : 4 Pig's Ce we’re ready for the Fal Sa VARY st . Pee Ca We're well schooled in ee | lecaliant) the arf of school clothes| He Bil and know exactly what en qs ty the strenuous school boy Ew ¥ ie wants. ie \ ee We've learned our les-| i 9 ‘i VA son by practical exper- ye tu Vi ience and we speak with $ Hi] confidence. ay Our sort of school ™ ~" ® clothes puts a boy on wivow Jones: '* — wioow ones = his metal and his manli- ours Ae wee ™ Mess starts right out. - " ° They're just right. Don’t think of buying cheap or inferior clothes for a school boy. -ff won’! pay. Jt never pays. Our school suits can not be made better or priced lower. Our prices and quality agree. We guarantee every school suit we sell to holdup to the high standard we represent. i Any man that is fortunate enough: ° a to have a wife will do well to bring Young Men Suits FOR SWAN AP her along when ready to select his' LG ri Fall and Winter Suit. The young fellow just emerging from his teens: 3 fo Gl ap sets the pace for the masculine part of the family in ~ és \ Ie We Exiend fo Hera __ mnalters of “dexsoid Al ‘a Personal Invitation an He makes style a en | he j F Se . study, knows what’ a La A woman's eyes see and appreciate F ' he wants and a 4 5 the quality of fabrics, the accentua- yy knows when he ry ba ted point, we call style, the excellent ae \ gels it. The new CT] a0 tailoring, the artistic touch and the he ») Fall Suits are” gt care we give details, and the cut. rg ONE a now ready and’: +L ae Men know whether they like the CP b ig ss 1 i ino ae, te ; young men are. ‘ general style and the feel of the fab-| fy CN » ee Aes ric when they puf on a suit, and,| @ St Ren very much infer- i j after they have worn it, the tailoring] ge) ey ested inthem. |’ \ and look of the suit. Ns a This way, Mr. ‘ 4 But a woman will know at a LP SO 3 : { ‘| s i ‘ Young Man; for a it Fame Soviet glance just what you are getting, how| |} nor hi smart suit thats | Been if becomes you and how well it is|* ioe ee fa} 7 i: sf ma **0%.« co» ~~ worth the price---no matter what Sere es will exactly fill grade ot suit you may. buy, | aie your mind's eye fi ist eu il mele ONLY ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS.----OUTFITTERS FROM HEAD TO FOOT) ee. oa * SNE a : TRAGIC ny 2 ye Was: the End of Charles Wade . ae Former Ohstleiind Boy iy Killed and inca et iinvs Ansonia, Coi¥:) Sept. 3.—News was recelyed if Ansonia, yesterday, that Charles Wade, a weil known young colored Man, had been run over by a-freight train at Elkton, Maryland, last'wpek. Both logs were eut of, Wade" ig a few minutes later." The .aogldont happened Mast Wednesday. Wade was on his way to'see a friend“{gimed Jones in Wil- Infington, DelgWAFe, and was Jump- ing a freight ttaje when he fell and ‘olled under thezwheels. Jones, had invited Wade foyisit him, and’ had prepared ange pr his guest. * (Jones formerly® lived in this. ety, being employed at the Farrel foun: dry. ‘He met Wade two weeks ago, and asked him'té. slop at Wilming- ton to see him., -Wade left here some months ago and had been ‘traveling about the south cawith which section of the country he was familiar. He was considerable“df a rover, and ‘en- joyed_ travoling.: Advisement Reveals. Facts. When he failed ‘to show up at Wil- mington, Wade's friend wondered Breatly, as the tyoung man Had a habit of keeping: his word, and gen: erally did as hé agreed, A couple of days later Jones.gaw an advertise- ment In a. papersasking for -ipfor- mation about the relatives of Charles Wade, who was! killed by the cars : Spécial Low Rates TO THE WEST California, Oregon, Washington, Bel "Gotambta and ‘Mexico ovo} SEPTEMBER 2 TO OCTOBER 31 —via the— as “OHIO CENTRAL LINES | You can reach almost any point you desire on the Coast on these low rate tickets and if you are thinking of going West this is your oppor- tunity to get there at small expense. A complete tariff of information covering the low rates, routes, side trips that can be made and’ stop- overs that will be allowed on your way, {s now in the hands of Agents of theOhio Central Lines and agents will be pleased to give all inquirers full and complete Information. With through: sleeping car servico to Chicago The Ohio Central Lines offer you the best route, making direct ‘connections with trains from Chicago to the Coast. If not convenient to call on one of our agents, write to me and I will be pleased to give you desired in- formation. C. B. DAUM, C. P. A. Charleston, W. Va at. Elkton, ‘The Elkton, authorities were unable to find ont anything about the dead man, excepting his name, and after keeping the body a couple of days, it was buried After learning that Wade had been killed, Jones communicated ‘with the dead man’s relatives in An- sonia and preparations were made to have the remains exhumed and brought to this city. Wade has two sisters in this city, Mrs. P, B. Bur- bridge, wife of Mail Carrier Bur- bridge, and Mrs. Alfred Simms, wife EEEEE fr RCEKEKECEEC ER SEMEN ea @ een DART en ne , ANON: Lae cin hi ; Nog Economy:..4 ea wow ‘ “.oNin - YK 5 aes TK dad “oe | LO— ae a , 2 eal ) ae AS " se oe Cc : pa, | Pe T\\ So onvenie nce ae / > Gal tet. (ae i a k OUR BISIGHT—BIVOCAL lenses are of splendid interest to old peo! | ple who usually require two palrsof glasses. «°°? ates , _ We can now-offer you this latest Invention in optles wilgh cons | sists of a single piece of glass so ground as to have the MOdgpeRrY-» | foci for both reading and for distant visjon. Thus one pair of Eee 3 es take the place of the two which you have had to, use and yéuiare 4 Saved the annoyance of hunting for the other pair overy. tiie xo) | change your range of vinion, a ie | WE KEEP. ABREAST OF THE TIMES... « ‘s | by using the latest and most approved methods of eye exambyation,\? . and by offeringthe most up-to-date lonses and fittings, If you want) them to look right, feel right and be right, consult 2 : yee : 4 i ) % . 1 ¥ ° a Out. Fall line. of'the (Cee) : Newest Styles of o. REGAL Shoes is ys now.,complefe. “aa |i Sizes Cc.) hUr AAtoEE f J Come in fo fA ie see them ) fy " eg i ae | of the chef of the board of trade. He alvo leaves two brothers, one of whom lives in Washington. ‘The whereabouts ‘of ‘the other is. un- known, he remains of (he young man were expected to arrive in Ansonia today, the arrangements for the fu- neral being in charge of Undertaker Kaiser. Wade had live:l in this city for somo time, and conducted the bootblack stand at the Arlington house. He was widely known, and the news of his untimely end. will come as A surprise to his numerpy acquaintances :in Ansonia. ‘The bhi man was a. member of the Rosg.e the Valley lodge, Ke of 5 of (§tt city. ee 1 The deceased was a former GYM leston oy, who worit th AfBoDg i number of years. ago with jig @reag parents, Mr. and Mrs: Harvey. Ipip nings) Although he has never. ‘ig {urned to this city, hes remenips [ea by a host of friends whoy roma his untimely taking off. Peas West Virginia Colored Institute INSTITUTE, WEST VA. The only Industrial Institute for Colored Students in the State. Regular Normal, Academic and Commercial Courses, also Regular Courses in Agriculture, Carpentery and House Building, Steam Fltting, Smithing, Cabinet Making, Painting and Glazing, Dressmaking, Laundrying, Printing. A complete course in Military Training to Cadets. Rooms, Books, Fuel and Lights Free to Normal Students; and in addition Uniforms for State Students. We have a faculty of Twenty-two Teachers Board only Eight Dollars per Month. THE NIAGARA MOVEMENT. Four Day's Session in Boston—President Scored, Foraker Praised—Pope Case to be Pushed—Briet But Strong Address Adopted. The recent conference of the Niagara Movement in Boston was its third annual session. It was founded by a small body of men called together by Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, and proposed mainly to put into distinct and explicit form the desires and demands of the colored people of America, especially in regard to political and civil rights and above all to back these demands by aggressive, courageous action. About one hundred of the four hundred members attended. Encouraging reports were received and plans laid for aggressive work. Much interest centered in the "Pope Case," an action being carried through the courts to the Supreme Court, to test the right of interstate railroads to discriminate among passengers on account of color. Several hundred dollars have been spent on the case and victories won in the lower courts. A largely attended public meeting at Faneuil Hall, "the cradle of liberty," was addressed by Dr. DuBois, Mr. Geo. W. Crawford of New Haven, Rev. R. C. Ransom, Editor W. M. Trotter and others, including Mr. A. B. Humphrey, secretary of the Constitution League. Dr. DuBois' address dealt largely the Dr. DuBois' address dealt largely the White House set them a brave FURNISHD ROOMS 50C UP. MILLOW HOTEL THE MT. CLEM & MINERAL BA THE MT. CLEMENSHOTEL & MINERAL BATH HOUSE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN. Has opened its doors for the a People that may come to Mt. Cliff their health and treatment for Rhea Hotel and Mineral Bath House own colored man at any fo the hea Has opened its doors for the accommodation of Colored People that may come to Mt. Clemens in the future for their health and treatment for Rheumatism. It is the only Hotel and Mineral Bath House owned and conducted by a colored man at any fo the health resorts in the United States WRITE FOR SPECIAL RATES. GEO. I. HUTCHINSON, Prop. 48 WELTS STREET. M t. Clemens, Mich. with economic questions and slavery, this meeting being also a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. The other speakers dealt mainly with the purposes and accomplishments of the Niagara Movement and current political conditions. They did not spare the present republican administration while every mention of Senator Foraker's name created great enthusiasm. There was a pilgrimage to the homes of Whittier and Garrison; a sail down the bay and luncheon given by the city of Boston. The meeting closed with a reception at the end of a four day's session. The address to the country follows: For the third time the Niagara Movement in annual meeting appeals to the world and to America. This has been a year of wrong and discrimination. There sits today in the governor's chair of a sovereign southern commonwealth a man stained with the blood of innocent black workingmen, who fell in the Atlanta massacre, and whose unavenged death cries to God for justice. What answer does Georgia return? The fraudulent disfranchisement of her citizens, and with the echo of her fell attack on democracy sounds the eager voices of a great tribunal dedicated to industrial freedom, which has in unseemly haste scurried to uphold social slavery and the vicious and nasty Jim Crow car. And why not? Has not the man in the White House set them a brave MALS 50C UP. EMENSHOTEL BATH HOUSE for the accomodation of Colored It. Clemens in the future for Rheumatism. It is the only owned and conducted by a health resorts in the United Address. PHONE 245 example by bowing before the brown and armed dignity of Japan, and swaggering roughshod over the helpless black regiment whose bravery made him famous. With such example, why should not the lawless and vicious of the land take courage? Why should not the less civilized parts of our country follow this lead and spread the mockery of the republican government in the South? But we will not follow. We are Americans. We believe in this land. We can not silently see it false to its great ideals. We call for repentance, reparation, reconsecration to the ideals of Washington, Jefferson and our own Hamilton. We demand freedom from labor peonage. We demand a free and fair ballot. We demand the denial of national representation to the states who deny the rights of citizens. We demand federal legislation forbidding exclusion of any person from interstate cars on account of race or color. We ask common school training for every child if necessary at national expense. We demand full exoneration and reinstatement of our shamefully libeled soldiers, and finally, in God's name, we ask justice, and not only do we ask and pray, but we back our prayer by deeds. We call on the 500,000 free black voters of the North. Use your ballots to defeat Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, or any man named by the present political dictatorship. Better vote for avowed enemies than for false friends. But, better still, vote with the white laboring classes, remembering that the cause of labor is the cause of black men, and the black man's cause is labor's own. We are not discouraged. We thank God for life and health and property, for shade and shine and above all for the opportunity in the twentieth century of Jesus Christ to fight the battle of humanity in the very van of His army. Help us, brothers, for the victory which Lingers, must and shall prevail. By authority of the N. M. PRESS COMMITTEE. Will Not StayDead Hottentot Bears Charmed Life and Causes Germany and England Endless Worry by Invention Endless Worry by Invasion. Capetown, Sept. 7.—The Hotten-tot chief, Morenga, with 400 followers, has crossed into German South-west Africa. A telegram from Upington states that the Chief Simon Kopper has entered the colony, and joined forces with Morenga. Cape policemen proceeded at full sped to intercept Morengo, but the difficulty of the country prevented his capture. The Cape authorities are cooperating actively with the German Consular-General here, and every step is being taken to prevent Morenga from τε-entering the colony. This irrespressible Hottentot, Morenga, bears a charmed life. He has been reported dead so often that no one will believe it when he is killed. He is a perpetual source of annoyance to the British and German authorities, and rewards, amounting in the aggregate, to very large sums, have been offered for his capture. The authorities know now that when Morenga is reported dead, it means that he has been committing some new act of depredation. The German Government regards him as You Might Think Gold Certificates Are, but They Are Not. "Gold certificates, silver certificates and national bank notes are not legal tender, but both classes of certificates are receivable for all public dues, while national bank notes are receivable for all public dues except on imports and may be paid not by the government for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations and associations within the United States," says the treasury department. "Gold coin is legal tender at its nominal face value for all debts. "Standard or silver dollars are legal tender at their nominal or face value for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. "Subsidiary silver is legal tender for amounts not exceeding $10 in any one payment. "Treasury notes of the act of July 14, 1890, are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. "United States notes (also called greenbacks) are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. "The minor coins of nickel and copper are legal tender to the extent of 25 cents." - Bulls and Bears. THE TROUT IN HIS LAIR. He Is an Alert and Elusive Unpictured Beauty. Whoever has had the privilege of lying at full length on some mossy overhanging bank while watching a large trout in his fair perceives that a true figure has yet to be drawn of him. Even photography can give no hint of the wavy circles from the spotted dorsal in undulating loosely atwart the broad back, of the perpetual fanning of the pectoral flus, of the capacious gills opening and closing, the half open round mouth, the luminous brown eye, the ceaseless slow vibration of the powerful tail, nor can pen adequately describe the startling suddenness of the dart at some idle fly touching the surface, the quick return to the old position and the resumption of the poise with head elevated at a slight angle, pictureurs all tremulous and floating watery circles emanating from every slight motion of the body. It is also worth while to watch a trout rush four feet up a perpendicular fall of water, pause, tremble violently all over and in a moment throw himself clear of the stream and fall into the basin above at an elevation of about three feet more. Arthur P. Silver in Outing Magazine. Bird or Bee? Two quaint observations about humming birds are, published in "Early Long Island," by Martha Flint, both quoted from letters of the seventeenth century, written from the new country of America. Says one: "The Humbird is one of the wonders of the country, being no bigger than a Hornet, yet having all the Demensions of a Bird as bilt wings with quills, spider-like legges, small claws. For Colour she is as glorious as the Raine bow." Adrian Van der Donck, one of the Hollanders of Nieuw Nederlandt in 1642 writes of a— "Curious small bird concerning which there are disputations whether it is a bird or a bee. It seeks its nourishment from flowers like the bee and is everywhere seen regaling itself on the flowers. In flying they make a humming noise like the bee. It is only seen in Nieuw Nederland in the season of flowers. They are very tender and cannot be kept alive, but we press them between paper and send them as presents to our friends." Value of a Constitution: It happened in the spring of 1860, when Garibaldi was pursuing his expedition in Sicily and when the words "Constitution and Liberty" were on every Neapolitan's lips, "Why are you so anxious for a constitution?" asked a foreign tourist of his guide and donkey driver while they were traveling through the mountains of Sorrento, "Well, you see, your excellency," was the answer, "because I think we shall be all the better for it. It is now close upon twenty years that I am letting out my asses to visitors from all countries—English, French, Americans. All of these have a constitution, and they are all rich." It Didn't Go. "Lady, I'm out of work" explained the tramp, undismayed by the forbidding glare of the Illinois farmer's wife. "I'm a deep sea fisherman; but the fish is all fished out of the Atlantic ocean this year. Bein' a poor, unfortunate, but hotest man, I'm now on my way walkin' to the Pacific coast where the Bein' is good. Can't you help a feller along a bit?" "Yes, indeed." replied the farmer's wife; "I'll just unloose the dog and help you run part of the way."—Lip-pincott's. Family Repartee. "Well," snapped Mrs. Henpeck, "I certainly was a fool when I married you." "True, my dear," responded Henpeck, "and I regret to state you haven't improved any."—Detroit Free Press. Good Beginning. Doctor-Madam, your husband must have absolute rest. Madam-Well, doctor, he won't listen to me. Doctor-A very good beginning, madam-a very good beginning-Binghamton Herald. Appear to know only this—never to fall nor fall—Eoletetua. THE PALACE OF THE PALACE ARE YOU WORKING FOR MONEY OR IS YOUR MONEY WORKING FOR YOU? If you are working and saving your money and investing it in a safe way, where it will be working day and night whether you are working or not, and making you at least six per cent. Interest-Your Money is Working For You. The Pythian Mutual Investment Association was organized in order to give us an opportunity to put the money we could save together and then put it to work. The above is a picture of our building on the Capitol Square in Charleston. We have just purchased a splendid three story brick building on one of the main business streets in the city of Huntington. The first floor is occupied by the Huntington Herald, the largest daily newspaper published in that section of the state, the second floor is used for office rooms, while the third floor is a large assembly and lodge hall. This building is sure to pay us well. After the Charleston building had been occupied only eight months our stockholders were paid a dividend of six per cent. Stock is still on sale at $10.00 per share, either paid up or on the installment plan. Ask your agent in your locality about it or write t ofthis office. LET YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU Pythian Mutual Investment Association S. W.STARKS, President $11,364.49 Raised by Alabama Negroes For Miles Memorial College at a Convocation Held at Tuscaloosa, Last Week. Tuscaloosa, Ala., Sept. 1.—Eleven thousand dollars for Miles Memorial College located at Birmingham, in one effort is the record breaking achievement of the Negroes of Alabama in the Colored Methodist Episcopal church, in a great educational convocation held here this week. This represents the largest effort ever made by the people of the South to collect money for their own education, and the fact that such a large amount of money could be secured from the meagre purses of the Alabama people of the Negro race speaks volumes for the willingness of the people to help themselves. Bishop R. S. Williams, of Augusta, Ga., the bishop of the diocese in which Miles Memorial College is located, led the hosts of black people in this state to this accomplishment simply by showing them the urgent necessity of the work in the state, and from every presiding elder's district and from every minister came money that represented the hardest difficulties in earning and the sheerest sacrifice on the part of the donors. An extensive program was rendered during the week of the convocation, addresses being delivered by Bishop Isaac Lane, Dr. James A. Bray, Dr. John W. Gilbert, Dr. C. H. Tobias, Dr. N. C. Cleaves, Dr. J. D. Hammond of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and many others. The total amount of money contrib- FRUITS, CANDIES, ICECRAM FRUITS, CANDIES, ICECRAM Families Furnished with Ice Cream. Orders for shipment solicited. We make prompt delivery of Cream and Ices for unday orders. I.E. 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THERE'S WHERE YOU LIVE; THERE'S WHERE YOU EAT, SLEEP, LOUNGE, READ AND ENTERTAIN YOUR FRIENDS. THERE ARE FORMED THOSE SENTIMENTS AND INFLUENCES WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN ONE WORD OF WEIGHTY SIGNIFICANCE—HOME. Prindles have made a careful study of that word. We've spent money to learn the deeds of Home-keeping hearts. Therefore, our merchandise is not merely a collection of Housefurnishing generalities, but a studiously assorted display of the finest, up-to-date, that the Furniture and Furnishing markets of the country have produced. You'll never fully realize how closely your home wants have been studled by us until you take a trip through Prindles. of Highgrade Stoves and Ranges at the right prices. We guarantee every stove sold by us to give pation in every respect and if not we will replace such one. Can you find any one to do more than this? Furniture In Furniture we are always foremost in this We have them, but that's too general. We want you to know that these Carpets and Rugs were selected for you; with the most careful regard for your wishes as well as to meet all the demands of Charlestonians peculiar environment. You can't buy cheaper elsewhere; can't buy as well. We turn the large rugs over before you like the pages of a book and show you Body Brussels, Axminsters, Wiltons, Arlingtons, Tapestries in all conceivable shades and patterns until you come to what you want. Our carpet assortment is as extensive as that of our Rugs. Stoves and Gas Ranges The wonderful past business, we have experienced on Stoves and Gas Ranges is sufficient proof that we are selling our line CASH or CREDIT PRINDLE Furniture Co. Stores at Portsmouth, O., Huntington, Charleston, W. Va., 209 Capitol St. THE BAUER MEAT & FISH COMPANY 28 AND 30 CAPITOL ST. Beaf, Veal. Mutton, Pork, Fresh Pork Sausage and Weiner Our Own Make Try our machine sliced The Best Qualities in all the popular kinds of We want your patronage, for we have complete stock in our lines and you can get it when you want it most. Carpets and Rugs We have them, but that's to that these Carpets and Rugs were careful regard for your wishes of Charlestonians peculiar env elsewhere; can't buy as well. you like the pages of a book as minsters, Wiltons, Arlingtons, and patterns until you come to sortment is as extensive as that Stoves and Gas Ranges The wonderful past, business and Gas Ranges is sufficient pro PRIN Stores at Portsmouth EXECUTIVE Board of Sunday Schools Meets To Discuss Plans For Increasing Scope of Usefulness of the Organization. In view of the need of building up the Sunday School work in our state the Executive Board of the West Virginia Baptist Sunday School Convention went into execu- tive session in the New Hope Baptist Church of Mount Carbon, Sept. 5th at 10:30 a.m. with the following members present; President, A. P. Straughter, Hinton; Rev. J. L. Brooks, St. Albans, W. W. Hall, Eagle, Mrs. M. J. Banks, Handley and Mrs. Mrs. Mary S. Reld, Kimberley. After the devotional services by Rev. S. E. Williams, Rev. J. J. Turner was appointed to record the proceedings in the absence of the secretary. The president in fitting words greeted the members, urging them to speak freely in the dispatch of business, but advised that they keep cool and sweet. Rev. J. J. Turner, superintendent of missions, put before the Board the condition of the work in the various of Highgrade Stoves and Ranges at the right prices. In Furniture we are always foremost in this territory. Not only do we have the largest assortment in the state, but the little fads and conceits that appeal to your taste for the "difficult" are always here. We mention one example—a magnificent Bedroom suit in Mahogany, one of the most up-to-date, artistic and all round high grade suites to be found anywhere. About our Prices We do not claim to sell our goods at what they cost us. We make something on every article we sell. But we don't believe in large profits. We believe in Honest Profits alike to the dealer and the purchaser. When we sell a $2 chair we want it to be the best chair that $2 will buy. That's our style. Again we urge you to visit. Furniture In Furniture we are always only do we have the largest as so the fads and conceits that appear are always here. We mention room suit in Mahogany, one of all round high grade suites to About our Prices We do not claim to sell or make something on every art in large profits. We believe in and the purchaser. When we the best chair that $2 will buy you to visit. CREDIT Furniture , Charleston, W. Va. parts of the state, showing that he has spared no pains in pushing the work. He realizes that there are difficulties to be met but none of these things have moved him. He asked advice of the Board as to the manner of doing work the remaining two months of the present missionary term and the Board voted that the work be done according to his own discretion. The colporter department is doing much toward shaping the character of our youth and in the realization of the possibility of doing more. Such work the superintendent of missions was instructed to confer with the Baptist Publishing houses as to planning for the establishment of a regular colporter station in this state. The reports coming up from different sections of the state show "That there is yet much land to be possessed, and the Board feels that our missionary work can be more successfully done by cooperating with the various Baptist organizations of the state. In order to bring about this cooperation, the superintendent of missions was instructed to represent the Board in conferring with the missionary Boards of all the Baptist organizations in the state. And in order that we may be able to do our whole duty in a financial way the Sunday schools and young peoples unions are urged to increase their contributions for state missions in representing in the next annual session in Charleston. The schools that have not contributed to the August Rally will remember that the rally is still going on and are requested to send their money to Rev. J. J. Turner as soon as possible. On Rev. J. L. Brooks' motion a committee of five with President Straughter as chairman, was appointed to arrange a program for the Charleston meeting, viz: Rev. J. L. Brooks, W. W. Hall, Rev. J. J. Turner and Mrs. M. J. Banks. The board has a well organized system for doing its work and it is hoped that all the schools will rally to the support of the work. TOMSBURG. Mrs. Nannie Coleman and family were visiting Mrs. P. A Harris at Thurmond last week. Mrs. Jenneta Roy, of Mt. Carbon, was visiting friends here last week. Miss La Verne Mayhew is the guest of Miss Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holloway are visiting friends at Cotton Hill this week. Mrs. Eliza Scott made a business trip to Montgomery Tuesday. Mrs. Catherine Adams was in Montgomery on business Tuesday. Robert Waller and Arthur Younger were guests of Miss Mamie Robinson and Miss La Verne Mayhew Thursday evening. Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott, of Brumwell, a fine girl. Velma Seams, of Louisburg, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Banks. Miss Emma L. Meadows, of Institute, opened school here Tuesday. Walter Brooks spent Labor Day in Montgomery. Rev. P. A. Harris will start a series of meetings here Sunday. Miss Mayhew will leave this morning for Charleston. The many friends, of Thad Hill, a former resident of this place, were very much grieved to here of his death. Mr. Hill was shot by a white man at Thurmond. John Waller spent Labor Day in Montgomery. By Ohio Methodists From Ruling Seats at Conference After Spirited Argument. Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 5.—The question of great interest to the delegates ta the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Oxford, Ohio, namely, the permitting of Negro Bishops to preside at conferences, came up this afternoon, was voted down. The final vote was and after a long and spirited debate 128 against the resolution to amend the constitution of the church, which was submitted to the last general conference. Only 21 voted for the amendment. The amendment in brief provided that Bishops of the same race should preside over conferences of Methodists of the various races, viz., negro Bishops over Negro conferences, German Bishops for German conferences, and American Bishops over American conferences. Dr. A. B. Leonard and others argued that the wording of the amendment would permit Negro Bishops to be assigned to preside over white conferences. The session was presided over by the venerable Bishop Emeritus John M. Walden, of Cincinnati. The chief advocate of the amendment was Dr. W. P. Thirkield, President of Howard University at Washington, D.C. He stated that there were 300,000 loyal Negroes in Southern Methodism, and urged that if the amendment be not adopted the conference should at least recommend to the general conference that some action be taken to alleviate the condition of the Negroes in the South. "Bobtailed Episcopacy." Dr. J. G. Vaughn, Field Agent of the India jubilee fund, opposed the measure. He said: "I am opposed to bob-tailed episcopacy; it is un-Methodistic, un-American and un-Christian." He predicted that its adoption would be followed by as many kinds of Methodism as there are races in the church. Dr. A. B. Leonard, of New York, added that the Negroes themselves did not want the change, preferring their regular Bishops to preside over their conferences. He also held that the adoption of the amendment would result in bringing legislation into the church touching the race problem, and might eventually result in the disruption of the church. A PIANO THAT WHISTLES An Afro-American Preacher Who is An Inventor. Richmond, Va., Sept. 5.—Rev. James O. Early, a young Afro-American preacher, has invented a whistling piano, and has been granted a patent for it. The instrument has a keyboard arrangement on a scale somewhat different from a piano, but it is capable of whistling the most difficult notes. Rev. Early has had an offer from a New Yorker for his patent but has refused to sell. He will probably organize a stock company of members of his own race to put the instrument on the market. Mrs. M. Lawson, of Birmingham, Ala, is the guest of her mother 218 11th street, S. W. PANBESA'S LETTER. An Account of an Egyptian City Thirty Centuries Ago. Probably the oldest letter in the world is the letter of Panbessa, written fifteen centuries before Christ to his friend, Amenemapt, a scribe. The manuscript is of perishable papyrus, and it is amazing that it should have survived for more than thirty centuries and still be legible. It is preserved in the collection of the British museum. It has been several times translated. It presents an interesting picture of life in Egypt in the time of Rameses II. It is more in the nature of a literary production, a poem composed in celebration of the visit of Pharaoh to the city of Pa-Rameses, than an ordinary letter of today. Panbesa "grees his lord, the scribe Amenemapt, to whom be life, health and strength," and then goes on to describe the verdant fields, the thrashing floors, the vineyards, the groves of olives, the orchards of figs, the great daily markets, with their fish and waterfowl and swarms of purchasers. The citizens had their "sweet wine of Khemi, pomegranate wine and wine from the vineyards," and to these they added "beer of Kati." There was music in plenty furnished by the singers of the school of Memphis. On the whole, Pa-Ramesses seems to have been a pleasant place to live in. "The lesser folk are there equal with the great folk," and Panbesa writes that its maledens were "in holiday attire every day," with locks "redolent of perfumed oil." THE CITY OF CANALS. Venice and the Many Islands Upon Which It Is Built. Venice is one of the most singular and famous cities in Europe and is built upon a cluster of islands in the lagoon. This lagoon is banked off from the Adriatic by a long, narrow sand bank which is divided into a number of islands, six in number. Inside of this sand bank and between it and the mainland is the lagoon, a sheet of shallow water. In parts of this marshy, sea covered plain islets have become consolidated into ground, firm enough to be cultivated. And in the midst of a crowded cluster of such islands, amounting to between seventy and eighty in number, the city of Venice is built. The chief of these islands is called Isola de Rialto, or Island of the Deep Stream. The islands, in many places mere shoals, afford no adequate foundation for buildings, and the city for the most part is built upon an artificial foundation of plies and stones. The Grand canal divides Venice into two equal parts and is the main thoroughfare for traffic and pleasure. The city is subdivided by some one hundred and forty-six small canals or water streets, and the gondola is used for the carriage. Access can also be had to various parts of the city by land, there being over three hundred bridges across canals. The Rialto, the most famous bridge, spans the Grand canal. There are also narrow lanes in among the houses. The Overruling of a Judge The Overruning or a Judge. A judge once awoke in the night to find his room in the possession of two armed burglars. Covered by the pistol of one of the marauders, the judge watched the proceedings with his usual judicial calm. One of the depredators found a watch. "Don't take that," the judge said; "it has little value and is a keepsake." "The motion is overruled," replied the burglar. "I appeal," rejoined the judge. The two burglars consulted, and the spokesman then replied: "The appeal is allowed. The case coming on before a full tribunal of the supreme court, that body is of the unanimous opinion that the decree of the lower court should be sustained, and it is accordingly so ordered." Pocketing the watch, court adjourned. Logic and Metaphysics Jonquin Miller was once conversing with a learned professor who was visiting California. To the poet's query, "What do you do?" the professor answered that he held the chair of metaphysics and logic at a New England university. Whereupon the venerable Miller, with an encouraging smile, reassuringly patted the professor on the shoulder. "Logic and metaphysics, ch? Well, I suppose we must have people to look after those things, even if they don't exist." Torture. "The Carthaginian mercenaries," he said, "incased their prisoners in a cement that as it hardened contracted. You can't imagine how uncomfortable this was." "Oh, yes, I can," she answered. "I once had on a tight bathing suit when it began to shrink." — Los Angeles Times. * Plenty of Old Ones Mr. Chipps (looking up from the paper)—The doctors have discovered another new disease. Mrs. Chipps—Well, I wish they'd stop looking for new diseases long enough to find a cure for my old rheumatism. — London Telegraph. Both Disappointed. He—I suppose, then, we may as well break the engagement and say we have both been disappointed in love. She—There seems to be no other conclusion. You thought I had money, and I certainly thought you had.—Judge. He Told Her. She—I wish I knew how I could make you extremely happy, dear Karl, He—Well, write to your father and ask him to double your dowry.—Megenderer Blatter. THE GLOBE FURNITURE COMPANY 610 Karnwha St. Both Phones Furniture Carpets and Stoves we have cut the prices on our big stock and can save you money in all our departments. Go.Carts and Porch and Lawn furniture at a big bargain. Look at our special picture at 45c. Look us up and we will save you money. We sell either for Cash or Easy Payments. We Are Moving But filling every every order F. F. V. Time. We desire to call your attention to the importance of trading with us Because We save you money. We guarantee to please you. We keep the most up-to-date and neatest store in the city. Our Motto---"Courtesy to All" Home Phone 183 Old Phone 597 Prompt delivery to every part of the city. PEOPLE'S GROCERY CO. Rylee Houston, who is employed by the N. & W. railroad company as brakeman on a local, had his leg broken Monday afternoon. J. Larrle, and family have moved from Salem, Va., to West Virginia. Miss M. Cephas, of 764 Gainslow avenue, is yet under the care of Dr. K. M. Roberson. C. Hicks was the guest of Miss Virginia Wilson, of 212 Chestnut avenue. J. Groves has returned from a visit to Pulaski. Mrs. Anna Woodson, of Blue Ridge, was the guest of Mrs. Hannah Harris last week. Miss Pearl Stoner and Miss Annie Cook, of New York, were the guests of Mrs. L. Crawford, of 125 High street, Sunday last. Miss L. Marvelle is visiting her aunt in South Boston this week. To insure publication correspondence must reach this office not later than Tusday morning.—Editor. While at play in the street Saturday little James, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Logan, of 521 11th avenue N. E., was run over by a wagon. The driver was watching some children on the other side of the street and failed to see the little fellow. His injuries may not prove fatal. Mrs. Alice Scott, of 12th avenue, S. W., left the 7th inst. for Radford to visit his sick mother. Mrs. Maria Coles, of Norwich, is very ill. She is over 90 years old. Mrs. Mary Payne, of Baltimore, Md.* is visiting her mother at 824 Jefferson street. She will spend a month in the city. P. McClure, of Pittsburg, Pa., is in the city on a business trip. Mr. W. O. Ivery, of Danville, Va., is the guest of W. Paxton, 125 High street. Mr. Ivery is a clerk in the postoffice and will return about the 15th inst. Mrs. Nannie Johnson, of 112 Salem avenue, has returned from her several days' visit to Blacksburg. Mrs. M. Taylor, of 506 8th avenue, N. W., died Sunday afternoon. The deceased was about 42 years of age. The funeral was at the Green Ridge Baptist Church, Holland, Virginia. W. H. Jones, of 315 6th avenue, N. W., is very ill with the fever. Mrs. K. Standfield and son have returned from several weeks' visit to Columbus, Ohio. Miss Alice Terry, who has been visiting her sister in Boston, Mass., has returned to her home 238 5th avenue, N. W. J. Cuff and L. W. Hale were guests of Rev. Burke, 203 3rd avenue, N. W., Sunday afternoon. Miss Maggie Harth has opened The' Norwich Mission School. Rev. Reid is visiting Lawyer D. W. Harth on Henry Street. Miss Helen McCoy, who has been We Are But filling every every We desire to call your of trading with us Because We save you money. We guarantee to please We keep the most up-to the city. Our Motto---"C Home Phone 183 Prompt delivery to e PEOPLE'S G Washington St., When Visiting Charleston stop at West Virginia's popular colored Hotel. Rooms 25c 50c and 75c per day. Rooms in suite for receptions, committees. etc, $1.50 per day. 500 Capitol Street, near State Capitol. Phone 1098 F. C. BROWN Proprietor visiting Mrs. J. H. Burke, of 202 3rd avenue, N. W., left Tuesday for her home in Danville, Miss McCoy is a prominent milliner and scientific dress maker. Little Nora Bucker 10 years old in the smallest and youngest Sunday school secretary in the city. Lawyer A. Froe passed through the city en route to Welch, W. Va. Rev. W. D. Woods, of 224 7th aven. N. E., has left for Norfolk, Va., and Washington, D. C. He will be away several days. The Y. M. C. A. gave a banquet at the Reformers Hall on the 4th inst. Mrs. Lottie Washington is very ill at her home, 223 6th avenue, N. W. Miss Mary E. Walker, who was the guest of Rev. Moore, of 369 9th avenue, N. E., has returned to her home in McKeesport, Pa. Miss T. B. Cooper and Miss Lydia Moxley have returned from Washington, D. C., after a pleasant star of three weeks. Miss Bridgeford and Dr. Marshall spent a few minutes in the city on the 5th inst. On their return to Keystone, W. Va., where Dr. Marshall is practicing and Miss Bridgeford is a prominent teacher. Rev. 3. Davis preaches in Norwich on Sunday. T. Toliver left Sunday for James-town and Hampton, Ya. He will stay ten days. Mrs. W. J. Bailey, of Vinton, Va., was the guest of Mrs. R. Scott the 4th inst. Rev. J. Louderback, pastor of the 9th Street Christion Church, has made a great success in its upbuilding since he took charge of it. Moving order F. F. V. Time. attention to the importance SPECIAL SALE OF ALL IRON BEDS Saturday was the, hardest and heaviest day of the sessions, as usual. Most of the important business and the election of officers occupied both the morning and evening sessions. The Camp broke Saturday and the bands, to fervent strains, led the companies to the stations. The Uniformed Knights left a glorious record behind them, and won Louisville. SPE ECIA WE have beds the cheapest once, we have an idea of BED Worth “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ GRA No. 011 For sale ```markdown ``` --- Continued from Page One. Calanthians, and the supreme office alone is handling something like $150,000 biennially. At the conclusion of his report he was tendered an ovation, carrying with him the greetings of the Supreme Lodge to the Supreme Lodge of Calanthians, now holding its session at the Colored Odd Fellows' Hall. S. A. T. Watkins, Supreme Attorney, read his report, an exhaustive and able as well as eloquent document. The entire legal work of the Knights of Pythias, almost enough to keep one man busily engaged, is entrusted wholly to him. Watkins is not only an able lawyer, but a Knight who understands the principals on which he stands. Friday Great Day. Friday was a great day. Ten thousand people listened to Booker T. Washington at White City, thrown open to Negroes for the first time during this conclave. He spoke in the open air, and acres of people 9 J. M. Hazlewood, Re-Elected Member of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission. strained their necks and ears, hanging upon his fords. Dr. Washington must have noted in his mind the magnificent following of the Knights of Pythias, and he must also have felt honored. Notwithstanding the great audiences all over the country he has swayed with his philosophical eloquence, to stand up and preach his gospel before a multitude among which were the strong black men of the four corners of the country. And preach he did, enunciating with clearness and sufficient carrying force his new principles—Human Rights and Liberty, and the spirit and letter of the Constitution. He was introduced by Supreme No.100 Chancellor Starks in fitting and eloquent words. The address he began with a tribute to the leadership and character of Mr. Starks, in whom he said he had faith, and who, he declared was a leader of boldness and vision. The Charleston West Virginia band made music and it seemed a West Virginia day. Gen. J. A. Campbell was there arrayed in his glory. Of this meeting the Courier Journal said: "So large was the crowd that gathered that many could not hear the sound of his voice. Many were prominent Negroes from all over the United States. Prof. Washington accepted the honors in a modest and unassuming manner. Perhaps, never before in his history as a public speaker did he pay the Negro race a higher compliment than he did yesterday. He scored the men of all races who were trying to solve the race problem when they had nothing to show that they had solved the problem of individual success. The speaker in the course of his remarks admonished his hearers not to be ashamed of their race or color. He said that he was proud he was a Negro, and if he had his choice again as to what race he would belong, he would be a Negro. He dwelt at length on the fact that this was a constructive, rather than a destructive, period. He admonished the members of his race to cultivate habits of thrift and industry and, above all things, to surrender no right that they now had under the Constitution. Dr. Washington's entire speech will be found in another column of today's Advocate. The sessions of both the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias, and of the Courts of Calanthe were taken up with routine business and committee work. After a day of debate and resolutions, promptly at 7 o'clock Supreme Chancellor S. W. Starks sounded the gavel, and announced that the fourteenth biennial session of the Knights of Pythias of the World was at a close. The day and night Friday were spent in hearing reports of the various committees. Work of every detail connected with the order was transacted with dispatch and harmony. Every delegate was present when it was announced that nominations were in order for the different offices. The name of S. W. Starks was offered for Supreme Chancellor, and for a while every delegate was on his feet desiring to second his nomination. The Supreme Chancellor was elected by acclamation. The only contest was between Dr. WE have in stock 500 IRON BEDS, which we wish to close out at once. These beds are from the best manufacturers in the country, consisting of beds from the cheapest to the best, in all colors and designs. In order to close this stock out at once, we have cut the price to actual cost on all beds. The following list will give you an idea of what you may save by buying now. BED Worth $ 3.50, now - - $ 2.00 BED Worth $23.00, now - $15.50 “ “ 4.00 “ - - 2.50 “ “ 19.00, “ - 12.75 “ “ 6.50 “ - - 4.75 “ “ 23.00, “ - 16.00 “ “ 6.00 “ - - 4.25 “ “ 17.50, “ - 12.00 “ “ 8.00 “ - - 5.50 “ “ 22.00, “ - 14.75 “ “ 9.50 “ - - 6.50 “ “ 23.00, “ - 15.50 “ “ 12.00 “ - - 7.75 “ “ 19.00, “ - 13.00 “ “ 11.00 “ - - 7.00 “ “ 23.00, “ - 16.00 “ “ 19.00 “ - - 13.25 BED WORTH $25 $17.50 BED WORTH $25 17.00 ```markdown ``` R. F. Boyd and Dr. J. W. Ward, for Supreme Medical Examiner, Dr. Boyd a member of the faculty of the Meharry Medical College, of Nashville, Tenn., received a substantial majority and was declared elected. The following officers were unanimously elected for the next two years: Supreme Chancellor, S. W. Starks, of Charleston, W. Va.; S. V. C., S. W. Green, of New Orleans, La.; P. S. C., Dr. E. A. Williams, of Chicago, natl.; O. S. P., C. D. White, of Steubenville, O.; S. L., L. M. Mitchel, of Austin, Tex.; S. M. of E., John H. Young, of Pine Bluff, Ark.; S. K. of R. and S. C. K. Robinson, of St. Louis, Mo.; S. M. at A., D. S. Miller, of Paris, Ky.; S. I. G., H. Strowbridge, of Birmingham, Ala.; S. O. G., Denis Taylor, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Major General, Robert R. Jackson, of Chicago, Ill.; worthy supreme counsellor, S. W. Green, of New Orleans, La.; R. of D., C. A. Curl; supreme attorney, S. A. T. Watkins, of Chicago. The officers of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission are as follows: Dr. C. M. Wade, C. B. Cresmell, J. M. Hazlewood, R. H. Blount, W. J. 1, Reed, J. H. Strauther, A. W. Lloyd. The leaders in Pythianism were PETER H. BURGESS C. M. Wade, Re-Elected Member of the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium Commission. here and I came to know by their names and signs that they were leaders in a large sense. Strauther and Hazlewood, the finance giants; Curtis, the able, and the militant Lloyd; Hill and Prince of Texas; Duke and Wade, of Arkansas; Mitchell, of Texas; Harris and Wallace, of Mississippi; Watkins, Green and Wesley, of Illinois; Underwood, of Kentucky; and on down to the end of the chapter, all, all were here, shining out, and building for the future. The next biennial session will be held at Kansas City, Mo.; nominated by Nelson Crews in a speech of rare L SA e in stock 500 IRONS are from the best m st to the best, in all o ave cut the price to a what you may save h $ 3.50, now - 4.00 “ - 6.50 “ - 6.00 “ - 8.00 “ - 9.50 “ - 12.00 “ - 11.00 “ - 19.00 “ - ND RAPID --- eloquence and seconded by Roscoe Conkling Simmons. And it will reiterate that city even as it has Louisville, and mark another league in the march of a progressive order, and the strides of a race whose watchword is Faith, and whose morning star is Felina's own child. For Hope leads that even as the Star in the East led those who were wise in another day. The Knights of Pythias are secure. Upholds Sending of Troops To Onancock and Flays Judge Blackstone. Richmond, Va., Sept. 8.—In the course of a lengthy statement Governor Swanson makes public the entire correspondence referring to the dispatch of troops to Onancock during the recent race—disturbances there, replying in pointed terms to the criticisms from the bench of Judge J. W. G. Blackstone, of Accomac, who is now engaged in trying the alleged riot leaders. Judge Blackstone from the bench arraigned the governor and military in biting language. He referred to the Governor as a spectacular performer, and said that he was subject to spontaneous combustion. The Governor comes back in language that is quite as severe. He shows that troops had been requested by the mayor of Onancock and many prominent citizens, and he adds: "It is a matter of utter and absolute indifference to me as to what opinion Judge Blackstone may entertain concerning me or my conduct. When Judge Blackstone is known his opinion can neither injure nor benefit any person. I have made this statement in reply because I thought possibly some credence might be given to Judge Blackstone on account of his official position. Judge Blackstone's remarks concerning me were conceived either in ignorance or malice." NEW COLLEGE PRESIDENT. Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 5.—At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia, Theological Seminary and College, held here this week in connection with the State Sunday School Convention and B. Y. P. U. Convention, Rev. C. H. Parrish, D. D., of Louisville, Ky., was elected president of the institution, to succeed the late Gregory W. Hayes. The Virginia Theological Seminary and College is one of the strongest institutions in the South for the training of young men and women, and is supported by the Virginia Baptist Convention. Dr. Parrish is a native of Kentucky and a graduate from the State University under the late William J. Simmons. He is one of the most noted preachers of the Baptist church. He is pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky., and president of Eckstein Norton University, Cane Springs, Ky. A committee was appointed to notify him of the election. Dr. R. H. Bowling, president of the convention and secretary of the Trustee Board; Dr. W. F. Graham, chairman of the board, and Rev. A. E. Edwards, of Richmond, compose the committee. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. A special meeting of the stockholders of the West Virginia Mercantile and Business Association, a corporation, will be held at London, West Virginia, October the 12th, 1907, for the purpose of raising money to improve said company's lots and to encumber the same if necessary to raise said money. Given under my hand this 9th day of September, 1907. ORDER OF PUBLICATION State of West Virginia, Kanawha County, ss.: At Rules held in the Clark's Office of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, on the first Monday in the month of September, 1907. Jefferson Davis, Plaintiff, vs. In Chancery, No. 1551. Nellie Davis, Defendant. The object of this suit is to obtain a decree from the bonds of matrimony. This day came the Plaintiff by his Attorney; and on his motion, and it appearing by affidavit filed, that the Defendant is a non-resident of this State, it is ordered that she do appear within one month after the date of the first publication hereof, and do what is necessary to protect her interest in this suit. Teste: D. M. SHIRKEY, Clerk. T. G. Nutter, Sol. 9-5-4t Notice to Take Depositions. To Nellie Davis. Take Notice: that on the 4th day of October, A. D. 1907, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., at the law office of T G. Nutter, Esq., 6041-2 Kanawha street, in the city of Charleston, Kanawha county, West Virginia, I will take the deposition of myself and others, to be read in evidence in my healf in a certain suit in Chancery now pending in the Circuit Court for the County of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, in which Jefferson Davis is Plaintiff and Nellie Davis is Defendant. If from any cause the taking of said deposition shall not be commenced or completed on the day aforesaid, the same shall be continued from day to day, or from time to time, at the same place, and between the same hours, until the same shall be completed. JEFFERSON DAVIS. T. G. Nutter, sol. 9-5-4t STERRETT BROTHERS FALL MERCHANDISE We are showing today our new lines of seasonable Dress Goods, Silks, Knit Goods, Hosiery, Waists, Skirts, &c. Also in our Carpet Department, new Rugs, Carpets, Mattings, Linoleums and Lace Curtains. STERRETT BROTHERS Dress Goods New novelty dress materials in plain, plaid and mixed effects. Containing the desirable weaves and stylish colors. We show a complete assortment at 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 yard. Also "Priestley's" black dress goods in all popular weaves ranging from 75c to $3.50 yard. There are no black goods that equal the Priestley's. White Waists Ladles Fall Walsts in Cambric, Lawn and Lhnen tailor made with launched collars and cuffs $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.50. Black Silk Walsts made of soft swiss Taffeta plain tailored effects suitable for travelling and street wear, at $3.75, $4.00, $5.00, $5.75, $6.00 and $7.50. Sirts Ladles' Tailor Made Skirts in the new styles for the season, "Broadcloths," "Voil," "Panama" and "Chiffon Panama," well tailored and perfect fitting. They range in price, $5.00, $5.75, $6.50, $8.50, $10.50, $12.50 and $15.75. Black Silk Underakirta Taffeta Silk Underskirts made from heavy nestle silk at $ 7.75, $ 6.50, $ 7.50, $ 8.50, $ 9.00 and $ 10.50. Silk Ginghams Our new lines in checks, plaids, and fancy effects, Silk Ginghams are now being shown. Just the article for Misses' and childrens' school dresses. Price 25c yard. Tailored Suits Ladies' Tallored Suits in black, browns, blues and fancy cheviots. Made In the new styles for Fall and Winter. They are shown in our suit department. Second floor. Infants White Dresses Long and short white dresses for Infants and Children, 1 to 5 years old. Made from fine white goods with dainty embroidery and lace trimmings, $1.25 to $6.00. You can buy them ready to wear for less than cost of material and trimming. Children's Muslin Underwear in Drawers, Skirts, Gowns and Waists that you can buy at less than cost of material and trimmings. Dress Making Our new dress making department will be opened September 20 to 25th. We propose to make this department one that will meet the requirements of our customers. Work from this department will be shown in the next few weeks. You can better judge of the style and workmanship after the models are shown. Dress making department will be arranged on 3rd floor. Carpet Department New line of Velvet Brussels, Wilton and Axminster Carpets with border to match suitable for rooms, halls and stairs. New showing of Brussels Rugs (room sizes at last season's prices. Brussels Rugs, $9 x 10½ ft...$12.00 Brussels Rugs, $9 x 12 feet...$13.50 Brussels Rugs, $9 x 12 feet...$15.00 Velvet Rugs, $9 x 12 feet...$19.50 Axminster Rugs, $9 x 12 feet...$22.50 We also show a line of Ornamental Patterns in fine rugs 9x12 feet at a special price of $28.50. This rug is shown by no other house, neither are the designs seen in any other rugs, even at much higher prices. BROTHERS EDS No.116 20.10.