The Advocate

AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL SENSATION IN THE DINING ROOM OF CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDING IS GREATLY EXAGGERATED. Southrons Needlessly Excited by Register Vernon and a Friend Lunching in Room Prepared for Use of Employees.—Sudden Death of Bishop Franklin Shocks Washington.—Smart Policeman Disciplined for mis treating Pelham.—Minister Furniss Looks After His Fences, and Other Items of Interest. Washington, D. C., May 19.—The so-called sensational episode In the dining room of the office building of the House of Representatives, in which Register W. T. Vernon and Grand Master W. L. Houston figured, has been greatly exaggerated by the local papers, which always appear anxious to emphasize every thing that savors of race friction along the line of equal accommodation in public places. Register Vernon and Grand Master Houston went to the House office building last Thursday on business with a representative and while there decided to take luncheon in the room, which, when finished, will be used for the accommodation of the employees of the building and passing customers. The room designed for the exclusive use of the members of the House has not yet been fitted up. Not being familiar with the situation and fearing that their divine right of exclusiveness was being infringed upon by the presence of two well-groomed colored gentlemen, it is said that a handful of fire-eating southerners allowed themselves to get "all hat up" over the thought of being compelled to eat in the same room with the man whose name adorns all the securities of the government they are sworn to serve, and with another who controls the destinies of a massive fraternal order embracing a membership of over 400,000 souls. It is further reported that at least two of the insulted ones rushed pill-mell to the outer office of Speaker Cannon and breathlessly laid their grievances before that polished diplomat, Col L. White Busy, secretary to the Speaker. Mr. Busley acquainted them with the facts we have just outlined in connection with the dining room service and they concluded to cool down in the region "where Fannie wears the schu". They got over their alleged burning desire to boycott the restaurant keeper's business. They managed to make up their minds not to carry their brushed sensibilities to the Speaker, nor did they think it would profit them anything to appeal to the House and give the northern and western Congresson a chance to fatten their majorities at the next election in the districts where the Negro votes in large numbers. In fact, they found out they had made asses of themselves and took the advice of wiser heads that the better course would to to let the whole thing drop. The southerners said to be concerned in the episode are Representatives Garner and Dies, of Texas; Stanley, of Kentucky; Candler, of Mississippi, and Sims, of Tennessee, with Garner in the role of the "heavy villain." Messrs. Vernon and Houston very sensibly refuse to discuss the affair with local newspapers, as they are more likely to be misquoted than otherwise, and it seems that the least said about the incident the better. Nobody is hurt. Colored men can go to the restaurant whenever they please and will be served as politely as any one else. No manhood principle has been on the rack, and the episode is vanishing as "ships that pass in the night" has done no greater damage than to rob the penny-aliners on the Washington dailies of some fat space matter. From the statements made by Messrs. Vernon and Houston the alleged "furore" was simply a fragment of the reportorial imagination. Bishop George Wylie Clinton, of the A. M. E. Zion church, was in the city last Thursday, the guest of Bishop J. W. Smith. He was accompanied by Mrs. Clinton, and both had been attending the New Jersey conference of Zionites, in Newark, and a missionary convention in New York City. Bishop and Mrs. Clinton are favorites in the capital. For several years he presided over the conferences of this district, and the ears of our citizens have been frequently charmed by the beautiful voice of his talented and accomplished wife. Bishop Clinton expressed himself as being greatly pleased with the showing made by the ministers of the New Jersey Conference. There are forty churches in the state, with about 3,800 communicants, and the pastors are, without exception, men of earnestness and power. The recent conference was the thirty-sixth, and the Bishop describes it as the most successful ever held within the history of the connection in New Jersey. It opened on the fifth of May and closed on the 10th. Associated with Bishop Clinton were Bishop Alexander Walters of New York, and Bishop J. S. Caldwell, of Philadelphia, and several of the general officers were in attendance. The churches of Zion in the conference are in a healthy condition financially, said the Bishop, and during the past year over 200 conversions are reported. Upon reaching Washington Thursday morning, Bishop Clinton received a telegram from Atlanta, Ga., announcing the sudden death of Bishop M. R. Franklin, eighth Bishop of the connection, who was just elevated to the bench at the general conference in Philadelphia last year. The news came as a shock to this community where the deceased was well-known." "Zlon suffers a sever loss in the passing of Bishop Franklin," said Bishop Clinton, feelingly." He was a man of lofty character, of indefatigable energy and sterling worth. He was faithful to every trust and rose to the highest estate in the church through sheer merit and patient service. A native of Georgia, he went North and carried the banner of his beloved Zlon into old and new territory with signal success at every point. As pastor of Big Zlon in New York, and at leading charges in Pennsylvania, as a Sunday school worker in Boston and as a presiding elder, he achieved results that brought prestige to the entire connection, as well as to himself. In 1904 at St. Louis he was elected financial secretary, and during his quadrennium in this office, Zlon reached her high-water mark in receipts, while the expenditures brought better results to the church than had been true of any previous administration. As a Christian gentleman, as a loyal friend, and as a man of business, Bishop Franklin was revered by all who had the honor of his acquaintance, and his promotion to the bench was hailed with satisfaction throughout the connection. His untimely death, at the comparatively early age of fifty-seven, is an unexpected blow, from which we shall not soon recover." The sessions of the police trial board in the case of Robert, A. Pelham against Officer "Jack" Watts attracted large audiences to the police court at each of the three hearings. In the throng were men of the greatest prominence in legal, medical, journalistic and business circles in Washington, and the proceedings were watched with the deepest interest. After a hard-fought battle between Lawyer W. H. H. Hart, chief counsel for Mr. Pelham, and Lawyer Cusack, who made a feeble attempt to justify the actions of his client, the board found Watts guilty of "conduct unbecoming an officer and prejudicial to the good name of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia," and assessed a fine of $20 against him. Watts was severely reprimanded for his ignorance and brutality in connection with the matters involved in the case, and has been assigned to an outlying district where he will not be liable to arrest orderly and respectable colored men for the purpose of humiliating them before the public. The inside history of the case is familiar to the country. It will be remembered that on the evening of April 17 Mr. Pelham was one of a crowd which witnessed the cowardly assault made by Officer Watts upon a colored woman whom he was endeavoring to place under arrest. As an act of humanity, he interested himself sufficiently in the woman's behalf to take the names of a few of the bystanders who had also witnessed the incident. While complying with the officer's activity to "move on," Mr. Pelham's activity was noticed by the offending policeman, and he without the color of justification, insisted upon taking Mr. Pelham to the precinct station. The latter went without any show of resistance, preferring to carry his protest to a higher and more intelligent tribunal. At the station, in the presence of a score of more of personal friends who had come on to render any assistance that might be needed, a charge of "disorderly assemblage" was entered against Mr. Pelham's name and he was released upon depositing $5 collateral. Had Mr. Pelham needed $200, the amount would have been immediately forthcoming, for green backs were flourished from every pocket in the indignant group. In the police court, Mr. Pelham scored a clean-cut victory. Not only was he triumphantly acquitted of his charge, but he surprised Judge Kim ball and all the persons present by bringing forward as his counsel no less distinguished an individual than United States Senator William Alden CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE. REFUSE White Firemen and Engine Wipers on Georgia Road Strike and Trouble May Spread Over Entire L. & N. System. tonlight every white fireman and hostler employed on the Georgia Railroad went on strike as a protest against the employment of Negroes by the company. Knowing that the men intended to strike the road has been discharing them all day as fast as they came in from their rune. It is said that Negroes are being employed by the road to take the places of the white men who have been discharged and who have struck. The officials of the road claim that the strike will not interfere with the operation of the trains. The trouble between the road and the white firemen over employment of Negroes has existed for some time. The white men allege that they were discriminated against in favor of Negroes and that the Georgia Railroad intended to man its trains with Negro firemen entirely. There is a good deal of public feeling against the road because of its action. The white firemen are backed by the Brotherhood of Firemen, and Eugene Ball, of Toronto, Vice President of the order, is here directing the strike. It is said that the engineers will refuse to work with Negro firemen and may be involved in the strike. The Georgia Railroad is leased to the Louisville and Nashville and the strikers intimate that unless their demands are granted the trouble will spread over the system. HAS HIS EYES ON SENATOR SCOTT'S TOGA. Millionaire Packer of Wheeling Balts His Trap To Catch Big Game Long Before Season Is Declared Open. Parkerburg, W. Va., May 15—The return of pilgrims from the Senatorial shrine at Washington, singing paens of praise for Senators Elkins and Scott, with emphasis and length on the song of the latter's industry and achievements in behalf of their constituents, may have caused misgivings in other Bosoms, but not a misgive in the bosom of the Honorable Albert M. Schenck of Wheeling. He singa taunting song back. He isn't scared and fooled, not to say frazzled, by the boosters' chorus-chanting interviews to the reporters about how hard Elkins and Scott are working; how continually, vigilantly, laboriously they are on the job looking after the sacred sacrament of high protection as applied to the raw resources of West Virginia. He knows that to believe all that is being said about the Senators along these lines would compel the belief that they are overworked to the point of absolute exhaustion, hence cannot be on the job at all, and ought to be taking the rest cure at a mountain resort. And the Honorable Albert knows another thing, which is that the boost is a worn-out card that has been played in campaigns since the time of Noah, and that it always and invariably comes into play the season preceding that time when there is an office to be filled. This time it is a right hefty office, too—a seat in the American House of Lords held by the Honorable Nathan Bay Scott. Schenck's Way of Doing Things. No, the multimillionaire pork packer isn't up in the air and alarmed over these compliments, and he has answered them with an open challenge that he is willing to wager a trifle like $25,000 that he will beat Scott—the tang of gambling being divorced from the proposition by a provision that the pot shall go to some institution of charity whose work is State-wide in its influence. Do you get it? He's willing for the wager that he will beat Scott—not that he will succeed Scott. There is a slight difference there, to be sure. The fact is, and it is a fact, that, however much others may question Mr. Schenk's candidacy, that gentleman is very much in earnest about it, and his earnestness is beginning to permeate places where doubt hertofo existed. While new in the political game, the Schenk party is a keen business man and a pretty keen observer, too, and he has learned a lot about politics and its methods which he now purposes to turn to his own use. He has a rather picturesque, if not, indeed, luxurious way of doing things, such as his banquet to the legislators and others of political, professional and business prominence in Charles. ton last winter, which was one of the swollen feeds ever fed in these parts. Money was no object—it was spent in gobs, and say! it did make some show, you may believe. Schenk is one of your self-made propositions. He does things, and does them differently. Folks criticize the way they are done because they are not done along Conventional lines. But they are done successfully. That's the point with your Schenk sort of a party. Get what you go after, though you may have to go after it differently from the methods customarily employed by others. That is his way of doing things says he and his friends are willing to prove by results. Is After Scott's Seat. Schenk made his start in a butchery shop, grew to be one of the biggest independent meat packers outside of the trust, so large, in fact, that the trust prefers to work in harmonious agreement with him rather than fight him, and in recent years he has gone in strong for traction lines, gas plants, toll bridges, banks and a score of other things that make for riches. And now, last but by no means least, he is going in for political honors, and is going bagging for the biggest game right at the start, the said game being nothing less than Senator Scott's seat in the upstairs house of Congress. He says he is in to stay and to win, and that he can match Scott's resource for resource, which is going some, even in these swift-pacing times. In the meantime there are several distinguished statesmen, and good many near-statesmen, who will applaud Mr. Schenk's efforts to reach the Senatorial goal, and they are not likely to dissuade him, not even the Honorable William M. O. Dawson, ex Governor, for whom the Honorable Charles W. Dillon and the Republican newspaper at Charleston have announced their fealty if he but says the word. But Dawson has not said the word. He hasn't said anything, in fact, which is very much the Dawson way. The Honorable Charles Wesley Swisher, in preparation for his candidacy for Governor the next time, is bringing in a few oil wells in the Tyler county field, and is husbanding the usufruct in preparation for his second battle. Mr. Swisher makes no bones about his candidacy. He said, when he got out of the race last year, after he had received the nomination, to promote party harmony and success, that he was, and would be, a candidate for Governor four years hence. And so he is. He frankly announces it in that good natured breezy way of his, that he is a candidate, thinks he is entitled to just treatment by the party from now on, and expects to stay in and win. And those who know Charles Wesley, and everybody in West Virginia knows him now, knows that what he says he means, and that if he is beaten for the nomination something will happen to him that has never happened before. He has never missed getting a nomination he went after, and he has gone after not a few. And those Tyler oil wells will help some. Politics is business in West Virginia and has to have large capitalization. COLORED ELKS DENIED CHARTER. Superior Court Sustains the Decision of Judge Marlane in Interesting Case. Pittsburg, Pa., May 17.—In the appeal of Iron City Lodge No. 17, Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, from the decision of Common Pleas Court No. 1 refusing it a charter judgment was affirmed yesterday by the Superior Court in a per curiam. This opinion does not enjoin the Colored Elks from doing business under their name, but the same law which prevents their obtaining a charter would be sufficient to obtain an injunction in all probability. The question of proceeding for an injunction will be referred to the Grand Lodge of the (white) Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at its meeting in Lost Angeles next July. Pittsburg Lodge No. 11, B. P. O. Elks, opposed the granting of a charter to the colored lodge. Negroes are excluded from the Elks. Judge McFarlane refused on the ground that it would produce confusion and consequent injury to the exceptants, inasmuch that the colored members of the fraternal organization designed to adopt the insignia of the white order. VICES, BUT NO VIRTUES. Are Adopted by Negroes in Prussian Army, Hence they Are Ousted. Berlin, May 14.—The Prussian military authorities have decided to discontinue the enlistment of Negroes in the army. This ruling applies chiefly to the military bands in several of which there are African drummers. The explanation offered unofficially is that the Negroes in question have adopted the vices and none of the virtues of German civilization; that they have degenerated rapidly, and are not amenable to discipline. Most Prosperous Year in History of Institution Will Be Brought to a Close With Appropriate Exercises. ard University has just experienced the most prosperous and successful year in its history. Over twelve hundred students have been in attendance and there has been a quickened interest in all the departments and branches of University activities. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given a library building costing fifty thousand dollars which will accommodate the fifty thousand books and pamphlets already on hand and make room for future growth and expansion. Congress has been most liberal in its provisions for the institution. The total appropriation for the year amounting to one hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars. This includes ninety thousand dollars for a new science half with laboratory accommodations for the departments of physics, chemistry and biology. The Alumni Association has agreed to raise funds for a much needed gymnasium during the coming year. The Commencement takes place on the 26th of May, which promises to be an extraordinary occasion. At this time the corner stone of the new library will be laid. There will be the Annual Alumni Reunion and Banquet, President Taft will deliver the Commencement address to one hundred young men who will take their degrees in Arts and Sciences, Theology, Medicine, Law, and Pedagogy. Besides these there will be about sixty graduates who will be awarded diplomas in several branches without a degree. During the next school year President Thirkield expects to have completed the new library and science hall, and the gymnasium, adding over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the permanent plant and equipment of the institution. The program for commencement is Monday, May 17-8 p. m. University Glee Club. First Annual Hospital Tuesday, May 18-8 p. m. Normal Training Classes: Class Day. Exercise. Wednesday, May 19-8 p. m. The Training School for Nurses. Graduation Exercises. Address by Professor Kelly Miller, A. M. Thursday, May 20-8 p. m. The Teachers College: Graduation of Normal Training Classes. Address by Rabbit Abram Simon, Ph. D. Subject: "The Teacher and Modern Leadership." Friday, May 21-8 p. m. The School of Theology Graduation Exercises. Address by The Rev. S. H. Woodrow, D. D., and the Rev. D. F. Rivers, D. D. Saturday, May 22-2 p. m. The School of Theology: Alumni Reunion. 8 p. m. School of Theology—Alumni Banquet. Sunday, May 23-4 p. m. Baccalaureate Sermon by President W. P. Thirkield, D.D., LL. D. Monday, May 24-3 p. m. The School of Liberal Arts (College of Arts and Sciences and Teachers College.) Class Day Exercises. Tuesday, May 25-8 p. m. The Academy: Graduation Exercises. Wednesday, May 26—9 a. m. Annual Meeting of and Reunion of the Alumni of the University. Address by the Hon. J. Van Vechten Olcott. 3:30 p. m.—Commencement. Conferring of Degrees and Laying Cornerstone of the Carnegie Library. Address by the President of the United States. Exercises in the Open Air Amphitheatre. 8:00 p. m.—General Alumni. Banquet, Miner Hall. All exercises will be held in the Memorial Chapel unless otherwise designated. A MONTH OF GRACE GIVEN DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTIONS (State Capitol, May 19, 1909.) One month of grace was extended to the Boards of Directors of the several State institutions by the Board of Control bill which after July 1st vests the control of these institutions in the Board of Control. The terms of the Directors of the institutions expire on May 31st, but the new law extends their terms until July 1st. Shame of the Boards of Directors, not cognizant of this section of the new law, were preparing to close their affairs on the 31st of the present month, but the Board of Control does not assume control until July 1st. Nashville, Teen, May 17.—The graduating piano force recital by Miss Mamie Louise Copeland at the Fisk Memorial chapel, Saturday afternoon, was one of the features of the commencement exercises of the conservatory of music of Fisk University. No small amount of the praise being received by Miss Copeland for her faultless rendition of very difficult selections is due. Miss Chelb B. Springs, of Institute, W. Va. who ably seconded her with the orchestral parts. Each number of the program, which follows, was liberally applauded by the audience composed of many of the best musicians of Nashville. Grieg - Praeludium, Op. 40, No. 1. Rigaudon, Op. 40, No. 5. Erotik. Dennee—Forest Sounds The Rainbow. Chopln—Polonalise in E Flat Minor. Schumann—Novelette in E Major. Arensky—Bigarrure. Schubert-Liszt—Soleares de Vienne, No. 6. Schuett—Romance in G Flat. Finale, Op. 41, No. 8. Mendelssohn—Capriccio Brillante. Orchestral Parts on Second Piano. SENATORS GOT IN THE LIMELIGHT LAST WEEK IN SENATE. Pottery and Glass Schedules Give Them Opportunity to Defend a Leading Industry in West Virginia Which is Threatened. Washington, D. C., May 15.—Both the West Virginia Senators have had a buoy weeek. The pottery and glass schedules were up for consideration in the Senate and West Virginia has a decided interest in each. The largest pottery in the world is in the Pan-Handle State and the State has some of the finest glass plants. Senator Elkins had a very fierce running debate, Wednesday, on window glass. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, had taken the statement of a manufacturer named W. R. Jones, of Morgantown, West Virginia, who wanted rates reduced. The Iowa Senator overlooked the statements of every one else, except this manufacturer, and proceeded to build his tariff argument on this foundation. Senator Elkins was able to show that Jones is a "free trade" Democrat; that he is opposed to paying large wages to working men and knows if he would get free trade these wages would all have to come down. Senator Scott had an opportunity to make one of the most telling points in favor of a tariff yet presented on the floor of the Senate. Under the glass schedule he showed in the Senate pitcher's formerly selling to the jobber for six or eight dollars a dozen now turned out by the manufacturer to the jobber at ninety cents a dozen. He showed goblets which used to bring from $2.50 to $3.00 a dozen, when there was no protection, now selling at 25 cents a dozen to the Wholesaler. This exhibition of glassware and statement of prices by Mr. Scott was most carefully, followed by the Senate and he was heartily congratulated afterwards. Senator Hale, of Maine, the leader of the Senate by continuous service and also through ability, has openly referred to this argument several times. The day Senator Scott made this statement Senator Hale addressed the Senate at length along the line and on Wednesday, the 12th, said: "I said yesterday that the wit of man can not devise a wiser system of protection against foreign competition than was disclosed yesterday by the junior Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Scott) when he brought forth the wares—glass—the different manufactures that under Republican protection were manufactured in the establishments protected by the Republican policy of protection. It was a revelation to me—the cheapness—and yet I knew as a protectionist that that is what protection does—that it builds up these great hives of human industry throughout our whole country and produces materials for the people at a cheaper rate than could in any other way be produced. The presentation by the Senator from West Virginia of the glass products showed the result that under our system of protection against the foreign manufacturers could produce for the people at a rate which the article never could be sent to our market if we gave way to the foreigner." All the Representatives are now in Washington. Those who were away were called back on account of the Philippine tariff bill, which was taken up Thursday. This is likely to occupy the attention of the lower house for several days. Among the visitors to the Senate this week were a number of officials who were attending United States Court at Martinsburg. chief topic of discussion here during the past week has been the great T. M. C. A. meeting, Colored Man Branch, at the Belasor Theatre last Sunday, before which Dr. Booker T. Washington spoke. The audience was made up entirely of men, and Prof. Kelly Miller is quoted as having said that it was the largest meeting of men he had ever witnessed. One of the features over which considerable discussion arises is whether or not the Sunday address of the great educator was not his best and greatest effort in Washington. The friendly rivalry seems to be keen in an effort to fix the status of that address, but most of all we hear comments about what a great many have termed the meeting's "stage writing" that is, how it appeared from the audience. The greatest living Negro as he was introduced there, came up on the stage from the left, and, as in the drama of life, he occupies the front of the stage, so did he at Belasco's Theatre at this meeting. United States Sonators, members of the House of Representatives, clergymen, professional men, business men, newspaper men, and, in fact, men from nearly every walk of life, formed a great prominent background. One of the most notable features, however, of this back ground scene, was the presence of, to a man, a certain class of our most respected citizens. All the country does honor and recognizes, proudly, the lofty heights to which the Tennessee educator has risen, but there is nowhere in the land where this lofty station is appreciated more than it is hope. The truth is potent, and everyone known and recognized that Dr. Washington is one of the most powerful and influential citizens in the land, and there is nothing upon earth of which Washington is more afraid or to which it gives more respect than it does to justice. Quite a few of the respected citizens here whose newspaper names always appear with the "Hon." prefix, have been hosting that they never attended a Y. M. C. A. meeting, but it was noticed that when Dr. Washington addressed the Y. M. C. A. gathering they occupied front seats. Everyone of them was there sitting straight up where he could not be overlooked. It was investing, too, to see this same class of "Hon." citizens in the front row, teresting, too, to see this same class drawing thin pocket books and check books when Dr. Washington threatened to read the names of those who had not made good their subscription. It could hardly be credited by the good people away from the scene—the fact that when Dr. Washington comes to this city the "Hon." big colored men, many of them about whose great deeds and mighty powers, political and otherwise, you are permitted so often to read about may be seen trying to get close enough to touch the hem of his garment and become politically whole. The Board of Education of this city has been singularly honored by the appointment of Prof. W. V. Tunnell, of Howard University, as one of its members. There is not to be found a man better fitted for this work, and the colored people of this community could not have a better representative on the school board than Dr. Tunnell. His appointment, however, came as a great surprise to Hon. Ralph W. Tyler, Auditor for the Navy, and some others who had favored another prominent colored citizen. At a meeting of Mr. Tyler and the friends of the opposite movement, held in LeDroit Park, plans were made to take up appointments and other school matters. I have positive knowledge of certain influences here in Washington that have taken it upon themselves to discredit the correspondence I send to the press by sending around after it a lot of slanderous matter. An official of more or less promisees and his "man Friday" are sending this discrediting matter to some of the Washington papers who refuse to publish it. The remainder of it is not our for foreign consumption. It is a thinly veiled and cowardly not worthy of only those who are attempting it, but I notice that they have not branded as a "lie" any of my references to "Wilgeria Oll.". Then "staff hands" will be "called" if the cowardice of puttees. CORRESPONDENCE HUNTINGTON Mrs. Maria Manggrum was called to Ironton Saturday on account of the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Mattle France. Mrs. L. O. Jackson and son Harold, left for Cincinnati, Sunday, after spending the winter here. The May Bazaar at the First Baptist Church being held this week, is quite a success. Mrs. Sara Gillard spent Saturday at the Institute where the executive board of the Women's Federation met. Among the visitors at Douglas school during the last month were Dr. Downs, of Wheeling, Dr. Taylor and wife, Columbus, O., and Rev. T. T. Brinkley, of Giatta, also a number of students from Marshall College. Mrs. Georgia Scott Cooley, who was called here on account of the death of her sister, Mrs. Peck, will remain until after commencement. The commencement exercises of Douglas High School will be held at the Huntington theatre, May 28th. The graduates are Misses Lucile Fountain, Magnolia Allen, and Regelia Carter. Mr. and Mrs. John Page are the proud parents of a new daughter at their home. Miss Revella Hughes, who has been attending school at Hartshorn, will arrive home, Sunday. A. D. Mills is making extensive improvement on his residence on Eighth avenue. Mrs. Virginia Scott attended the funeral of Mr. Watson at Montgomery last week. Miss Pearl Martin is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Scott, this week. RAYMOND CITY. Rev. P. P. Holland filled his pulpit here Sunday. He preached an excellent sermon Sunday night. Mrs. Julia Wallace and Miss Cora Gaurland, of Charleston, are spending a few days here with relatives. The members of the First Baptist church organized a choir Monday evening under the direction of L. H. Duckwiler. The members and friends of the church donated $25.37 to the pastor at the close of meeting. Mrs. Jennie Brown Williams is reported sick. Dr. M. J. Sinclair, of Bancroft, was in our town Monday. RED SULPHUR SPRINGS. Mr. Edward White was the guest of Mrs. W. Williams Sunday at dinner. Rev. M. Roan preached a good sermon Sunday. Mrs. H. C. Nickle entertained at dinner Mrs. Thomas Connor. Lawrence Hains, of Sinks Grove, was here visiting friends Sunday. Otie Hambleton left Monday for Terry. Mossie and Hubert Pack left Monday for Terry. Miss Zula Johnson has returned home from Hinton. Miss Marie Johnson is reported ill at this writing. Mrs. Lizzie Williams was the guest of Mrs. Wirt Williams, Sunday. James Walker Left Monday for Hinton. Charles Johnson has returned from a short trip to Hinton. The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. Robert Walker Thursday afternoon. LONGACRE AND SMITHERS. The Queen Esther Club met with Mrs. Ethel Allen Monday and the following officers were elected for the next three months; Mrs. Laura B. Daulton, president; Mrs. Maggie Saunders, vice president; Mrs. Ethel Allen, secretary; Mrs. R. Wicks, assistant secretary; Mrs. L. Wicks, treasurer. Charley Saunders has returned from the hospital. Mrs. B. S. Brice has moved to Berwind. The teachers meeting was held with Mrs. G. A. Lewis Tuesday evening. George Massoy was the Sunday guest of Mrs. Henry James. Mrs. James Banks is improving very rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. William Wade, of Charleston, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Saunders Sunday. B. B. Doulton gave the Sunday school a Bible lecture Sunday evening at 7 p.m. Subject: "The Business Side of Religion." Ama Whifton and Miss Ulama Whitlow, of London, was visiting friends here Sunday. The Daughters of Pocahontas gave an entertainment Monday evening. INSTITUTE. Dr. J. McHenry Jones addressed the lodges and patriarchies, G. U. O. of O. E. of Wheeling, Pittsburg, Washington, Altoona and Wellsburg, at Wheeling Sunday afternoon. William Eggleston and Oliver Wil- lamson are spending a few days at Institute. Robert Parrish is one of the plasterers employed to finish Dawson Hall. The Senior Class made an excellent presentation of a drama, in three acts, entitled, "The Girl from the L Triangle Ranch," Friday evening to a large audience in Hazlewood Assembly Hall. Mrs. Mary Dillard, Miss Rebecca Green and F. D. Cambric were among the number who attended the Senior Play Friday evening. Mrs. W. A. Spriggs is able to receive her many friends at home. Rev. Mayhew, of Charleston, preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning and baptized eleven candidates. GUYANDOTTE Mrs. Nellie Layne has been on the sick list for the last few days, but is better at this writing. Miss Ursula Edwards, of Proctorsville, was over to see her sister, Mrs. Rosa Harris, Thursday. Mrs. Irena Parsons, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs Holland, returned to her home at Keystone Friday. Joseph Layne went to Charleston on business Monday. Miss Jeanette Layne, of Parkersburg, was down to see her Parents Sunday. B. E. Agnew and Osa Jackson were in Huntington Sunday evening. Miss Carrie Robinson, of Huntington, was up to call on her mother Sunday evening. Miss Carrie Robinson, of Huntington, was up to call on her mother Sunday evening. Miss Louise Smoots returned home Sunday evening from Keystone where she had been visiting her sister, Miss Bertie Smoots. MONTGOMERY. Sunday being the 30th anniversary of the First Baptist church, appropriate services were held in commemoration of the event. Rev Warner Brown, the pastor, preached a very excellent anniversary sermon at 11 a. m., after which the history of the church was given by Deacon Avery Johnson, who helped to lay the foundation, 30 years ago. Rev W. W. Scott filled the pulpit at 7:30 p. m. The anniversary supper was served, Monday night, in the Odd Fellows hall, and it was a success. Institute ball team visited our town, Saturday, and played the Montgomery team, and won the laurels. The Institute team was in charge of Prof. Albert Brown. C. V. Harris, Leonard Brown, Elvin Howard, Herbert Banks, J. G. Patterson, Bernard Burton and Joseph Polindexter, of W. V. C. I., were entertained at dinner, Saturday, by Miss Erna Hardy. Chas. Hamilton, of St. Louis, Mo., who was en route to Washington, D. C., spent Thursday afternoon with Miss Erna Hardy. Rex, and Mrs. Brown entertained at dinner, Thursday, Mrs. Poindexter and her niece, Miss Wysor Watson. A. P. Slaughter, of Hinton, passed through town, Monday, en route to Decota. Mrs. Nannie Carter, of Hugheston, was in town shopping, Saturday. T. L. Thompson, of Powellton, spent Sunday night in town, guest of Dr. and Mrs. White. J. S. Noel spent Sunday with his family. Mrs. Clara Powell spent Friday in Handley, visiting friends. S. J. Jackson made a business trip to Pratt, Monday. V. M. Willis spent Monday in Charleston on business pertaining to the Odd Fellows. F. L. Rogers, who has been complaining for some time with rheumatism, is at this writing confined to his bed. Mrs. Lizzie Brown is on the sick list this week. Mrs. H. H. Ralley returned from Sylvia, Tuesday, where she spent a very pleasant time visiting her sister, Mrs. Pack. T. W. Wade, of Eagle, passed through town, Monday, en route to Charleston. ST. ALBANS. Rev. R. D. W. Meadows preached two able sermons at the St. Paul Baptist church, Sunday. Quite a number attended the Senior Play at Institute, Friday night. Mrs. Lucy Holmes, who has been visiting her brother, Floyd Waddy, for the past month, has returned to her home at Richmond, Va. R. A. Neal spent Wednesday out of town. Robert Allen spent Saturday and Sunday with his family. Floyd Waddy, fr., Oscar Williams and Tallie Parrish, students at the W. V. C. L., spent Sunday with their parents. Miss Georgia Banks was calling on friends at Charleston last week. Rev. J. W. Robinson, pastor of St Paul hasn't church, will preach here next Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hale are visit- ing Mrs. Hale's mother, Mrs. Anna Harris. George Sullivan was calling on friends last week. PAGE. Rev. Jones preached hero Wednesday night. Anderson Wilson, of St. Albans, was the guest of H. H. Washington, G. Board was called to Loop Creek by the death of his piece, and brother-in-law. Mrs. H. H. Hendeson and sister, of North Carolina, have returned to their home, at Page. The niece of Mrs. Baine is here visiting her aunt. The Pocahontas Lodge is preparing to give a strawberry entertainment. PT. PLEASANT Mr. Joseph Jordan, who has been the guest of her slater, Mrs. Chas. Harris, for the past few days, returned Monday, accompanied by little Lucille. Mrs. Margaret Settles, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Stevens, of Pittsburg, returned Monday. The Reading Club was entertained Thursday evening by Miss Virginia Lincoln. The usual pleasant reading and refreshing lunch was served and enjoyed by all. Rev. G. R. Kenner is in town attending the May Fair. Gus Bell and Fred Payne, of Middleport, spent a few hours in town Monday. Rev. Curry and Rev. Muse arrived here Monday to carry on their quarterly conference. T. F. Davis and Clarence Henderson spent Sunday in Gallipolis guests of the Misses Carter. A number of Gallipolls people attended the baseball game May 16. The Ladies Ald met with Mrs. Fred Roberts, Monday evening; Miss M. Frances Morton spent Saturday and Sunday at home in Pomeroy. Fred Jackson, of Middleport, was in town Thursday. Quite a number of people turned out to see the game between Teddy Bears and Gallipolls, May 16. The game was very interesting as the Teddy Bears won the game in the eighth inning by a score of 8 to 7. RONCEVERTE Wm. Eggleston left Monday for Institute to resume his studies. Mrs. Mary L. Johnson, of Hot Springs, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Debha Terry. Jno. Ward left Friday for Newport News, Va. Miss Josephine P. Jackson, of Lewisburg, met the Pocahontas Lodge here Wednesday night. She was the guest of Mrs. Mary H. Lewis. Arthur Harris is indisposed. Mrs. Minnie Barber, of Charleston, is visiting friends on Summers street. Miss Marcella Ross is much improved at this writing. Master W. T. Allen returned home Saturday from Beckley, where he has been attending school. Mrs. Eliza Conner, of Alderson, was up Friday on business. On last Sunday, the 8th, our community was shocked to learn of the death of Mrs. Mary E. Turner, which occurred during the night. She was a member of the Daughters of Pocahontas and St. Luke's and was much loved by both. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Her funeral took place at the Baptist church Monday in the afternoon. A large crowd of friends was present. She leaves a devoted husband. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Lewis left Monday for Beachwood to attend to business. Charles Perkins arrived here Monday from Newport News, Va. Master Edgar L. Johnson, of Frankford, is visiting his sister, Mrs. D. R. Hickman. J. W. Thompson left Monday for Clifton Forge, Va. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of this place had their Thanksgiving sermon preached at the M. E. church, Sunday, the 9th, by Rev. Jefferson. The Odd Fellows at Lewisburg and Brushvidge and Alderson all turned out with them. A large crowd was present. Jno. Chambers, of Frankford, was visiting Mrs. E. R. Brown, Sunday. On Sunday night, the 9th, was celebrated at the M. E. church, Mother's Day. Many of the people gave interesting talks on the subject. Misses Lula J. and Emma A. Brinkley are home after spending a very successful term of school at Bennett College, Greensboro, N. C. Mrs. Richardson left Sunday for Charleston, after spending a month with Mrs. H. T. Moore. EAGLE Mrs. Carrie Dow and Miss Bessie Dow were visiting friends at Boomer, Sunday. Miss Ethel Brown continues ill. Mrs. Ada Clark is on the sick list. Miss Hinder Banner was visiting friends in Charleston, Monday. F. R. Robinson was in Charleston, Thursday, on business. Mrs. Annie Viney, of Boomer, was visiting friends here, Sunday. Mrs. Ellen Jones and Misses Emma and Hattie Cosby were visiting Mrs. Cora D. Gerrant, who continues ill at Lock Two. Mathew Banner was visiting his parents at Eagle, Sunday. HIGH GRADE FOOTWEAR LOW GRADE PRICES BELL SHOE COM'Y 708 KANAWHA ST. MOUNDSVILLE. School closed, Friday, for the summer vacation. C. A. Page, the teacher, gave the children a picnic at the camp ground. It was largely attended by the parents and children. John Law moved his family to Pittsburg last week. The social given at the church, Saturday night, by the Ladies Needle Work Club, was a success, and a neat sum was realized for the benefit of the pastor. The members of the Bible class presented their instructor, C. A. Page, with a box of handkerchiefs, Friday evening, as a token of appreciation of his faithful work to the class. Shirley Wade, and sister, Miss Mamie, and Earl and Ernest Armstrong attended the play "Snow White," an operetta in four scenes, which was presented by the pupils of Lincoln school of Whealing, last Tuesday evening. Miss Mae Anderson, of Bridgeport, Ohio, attended the picnic here last week. A party was given at the residence of Mr. Armstrong, Thursday evening in honor of C. A. Page. Several people from this city attended the sermon of the Patriarchs in Wheelling, Sunday. It was preached by Dr. J. McHenry Jones, of Institute. Mrs. J. H. Campbell was the guest of Mrs. Marla Jones at the Glendale hospital, Wednesday. Mrs. Lulu Mitchell is on the sick list. Mrs. Fannie Haregraves and Miss Blanch Wallace were guests of friends in Wheeling last week. Mrs. Laura. Walters is very sick at her home, east of the city. Freda Campbell has recovered from the measles. CLARKSBURG. Mrs. Robert Sedwick is much improved in health. Hiram Sorrel, of Baltimore, was a business visitor here, last week. Mrs. Ida Roberts entertained Sunday evening at dinner, complimentary to her sister. Mrs. Grace Lomac, who leaves Thursday for Columbus, Ohio, to reside permanently. Patron's Inspection Day was Monday from 2 to 4 p. m. A short program was rendered by the pupils of the first and second grades. The exercises were well attended and the many patrons expressed themselves as being well pleased with the work done this year. Coffee and wafers were served to the guests after all the rooms were visited. John Greene spent Sunday in Wheeling with his brother, Carl Greene. The local order of Odd Fellows attended the sermon to Odd Fellows at Fairmont, Sunday. The farewell reception tendered Prin. J. W. Robinson of the Water Street school was a very pleasant attair. A large number met to pay tribute to one who has labored assiduously for the past eight years in this community. Ten dollars in gold was presented him by the Mt. Zion Baptist Sunday School of which he was superintendent. The program as printed in last issue of the Advocate was carried out with two exceptions. Many visitors from our neighborhood attended the circus here, Friday. The closing exercises of the Grammar department of the Water Street school will take place on Thursday evening. Friday afternoon the closing exercises of third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades will take place and the play by the high school on Friday night, will conclude the exercises for this year. Rev. Colbert and family have moved into the house recently vacated by Rev. Watson and family. Master Willis Dunkley is quite ill. Rev. S. P. West attended the Odd Fellow's sermon at Fairmont and took part in the exercises. LEWISBURG. Miss Josephine Jackson was guest of Mrs. A. P. Straughter in Hinton last Saturday. Miss Mayme Curry, the efficient assistant in our graded school, left for her home in Gettysburg, Pa. She will stop at Staunton and other points on route. Mothers' Day was observed at the Baptist church last Sunday. A forceful sermon was preached by the pastor, Rev. Wm. Jackson. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Robinson a boy baby. The Married Men's Club went to Union and gave one of their rare musicales, Thursday. The program was a rich treat. The officers of the Epworth League were chosen, Thursday night. They are as follows: President, E. A. Bolling, Jr.; vice president, Mrs. Mary F. Stewart; second vice president, Mrs. Eva Waters; third vice president, Mrs. Janye Woodson; fourth vice president, Mrs. Burdette Chambers; secretary, Miss Ella Bolling; treasurer, Henry Woodson. Abraham Becks and John Sheffy were visiting here, Sunday. Miss Minnie Freeman was home from Charleston, Sunday. Frank Perkins left for Philadelphia, Tuesday night. Miss Callie Jackson is home from her school at Carew to spend the summer vacation. Prof. E. A. Bolling was a business visitor at Marlinton last Friday. 28 AND 30 CAPITOL ST. 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The Elks are preparing to have their annual sermon preached here Sunday, May 30th, at 12:30 o'clock. The Elks met Tuesday night and Prof. E. A. Bolling will open a review school for teachers here on May 31. This will give the teachers of Greenbler and adjoining counties an opportunity to prepare for the July and September examinations. Miss C. E. Bennette was in Charleston-Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Brooke Hendriks, of South Caperton, spent Wednesday and Thursday here visiting Mrs. Ernest Vanhook. Miss. Lola Carrington spent Sunday here the guest of Miss Fanny. SEWELL Campus, Laboratory, Telescope, Li- Comm dious Barn, Piggery, of gardens, Cold Frames and enses free to West Virginians. Nee- d per month to State students Features six prizes awarded annually sites, frequent Lectures and En- M. C. A. Christian Institution. and to IES ICECREAM Furnished with orders for ship- ery of Cream and Ices for Sun- ichols Cary. Cary. The Elks are preparing to have their annual sermon preached here Sunday, May 30th, at 12:30 o'clock. The Elks met Tuesday night and initiated five members: G. A. Coleman, J. P. Hale, Floyd H. Johnson, P. M. Billups, J. H. Winston. Madison Jones spent Sunday at Edmonds, visiting friends. Alfred Carry left for Page Sunday to visit his daughter, Mrs. Nell Vanhook. (From Boston Horald.) When the Roosevelt campaign for the mayor of New York really begins, if ever it does, "the ablest politician." In the United States will see to it that his candidate is announced by a person with an unimpeachable record of success. Mr. Roosevelt is more concerned just new about a rhinoceros than about a Tammany tiger. West Va. 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This year Howard, University will depart somewhat, from its usual plan of holding commencement exercises. In view of the fact that the cornerstone of the new $50,000 Carnegie Library is to be laid and that the President of the United States will be present, it has been decided to make the occasion an outdoor affair, as to accommodate the immense crowd that will wish to attend. An amphitheater, capable of seating 3,000 persons will be erected at a convenient point on the campus. It will be protected from the sun by an awning. The exercises in connection with the laying of the corner-stone, and the regular commencement, together with the conferring of the degrees, will begin at 3:30 o'clock, after which President William Howard Taft will deliver the address of the day. It is expected that he will make some exceptionally valuable suggestions touching the education of the Negro and his relation of the race to the general uplift of the nation. Weather permitting, the largest gathering that has ever assembled on the campus of Howard University will be on hand on the 26th day of May. The Howard University Alumni Association is making elaborate preparation for its annual Reunion Extraor-DVOC—SEVEN Nat Capital-Three-dinary, which takes place on commencement day and evening. The exercises will be held in Andrew. Rankin Memorial chapel. At 9 o'clock p.m., a business meeting will be held, at which very important plans are to R. P. SIMS, Bluefield W. Va. be considered. At 11 o'clock the Association and its friends will listen to addresses by Representative J. Van Vechten Glott, of New York, and Dr. James R. Wilder, of Washington, D. C. At 1 o'clock the Alumni will be the guests of the University, and the class and departmental reunions will be the order of the hour. At 3:30 the body will participate in the corngestone laying and commencement exercises, and at p. m. the grand banquet of the Alumni will take place, appropriately winding up a day of pleasure and profit. The committee on arrangements for the Association is made up of James A. Cobb; Miss Cora B. Jackson, Dr. James R. Wilder, Miss Alma J. Scott, Mrs. Daisy B. Glenn, Dr. W. V. Tummell, and Dr. D. E. Wiseman, secretary. Prof. Kelly Miller is president of the Association and E. P. Davls is secretary. The next annual session of the National Medical Association, which is to be held in Boston in August, will measure up to the high standard set by New York, Baltimore, Nashville and other cities in which the body has met in recent years. Dr. A. M. Curtis, of Washington, the chairman of the surgical section, has outlined an unusually comprehensive and varied series of clinics, and will make arrangements with two of Boston's leading hospitals to have a number of important operations held in their lecture rooms. Dr. Curtis will bring forward, as one of the special features of the occasion, some new methods in the treatment of surgical cases. It is understood that the session of 1910 will be held in Washington. The big meeting of the Y. M. C. A. at Belasco's two Sundays ago netted over $300 in cash and subscriptions, besides inspiring many delinquent subscribers to come forward during the following week with overdue installments. Senator W. Murray Crane, of Massachusetts, sent a check for $250, and the Board of Directors of the Main Branch of the Y. M. C. A. of Washington have agreed to donate $5,000, provided the colored branch will raise a like amount. The American flag has been holested upon the roof of the magnificent building on 12th street, and it is expected that it will be ready for dedication by Thanksgiving day. Hon. John C. Dancy, the popular Recorder of Deeds, handsomely entertained a number of his personal friends last Saturday at a delightful luncheon at Grey's. Wit and humor, with a dash of politics, were on tap and everybody went away happy. Those present were Former Governor P. B. S. Pinchback, Judge Robert H. Terrell, Auditor Ralph P. Tyler, Register W. T. Vernon, Assistant District Attorney James A. Cobb, Dr. E. D. Williston and Mr. James W. Gray. If Mr. Dancy's future is left in the hands of this distinguished company, he will remain Recorder of Deeds for the rest of his natural life. Dr. Henry W. Furniss, United States Minister to Haiti, was in the city several days of last week, circulating among old friends and making new acquaintances. He spoke instructively of Haiti and the resources of the West Indian Republic to the students of the M Street High School and the Armstrong Technical High School, and paid his respects to Secretary Knox at the State Department. Dr. Furnish is looking the picture of health and in bearing and address is the ideal ambassador and diplomat. He was accompanied by his wife, and during her stay Were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Charles I. West. Dr. Furnish has gone to his home in Indianapolis to visit his parents and brother, but will return to Washington before sailing for his post. He will be in the country about two months. The new Lucrelia Mott school house for colored children was dedicated Monday afternoon with impressive ceremonies. The building contains sixteen rooms, is equipped with all modern facilities and is pronounced by competent judges to be one of the finest schools erected for colored children anywhere in the country. The principal address was delivered by Mrk. Mary Church Terrell. Her subject was "The Life of Lucrelia Mott." Mrs. Terrell was personally acquainted with this noted woman and she gave many incidents and experiences growing out of intimate association hitherto unpublished. Short speeches were made by Commissioner Marfarland, and Capt. J. F. Oyster and R. R. Horner, of the Board of Education. The school is located on the border of what is known as Howard Hill Park, and the citizens' association of the neighborhood was given a prominent part in the program. The new "Dunbar Theatre," named after the noted Negro poet has been opened at 1219 U street northwest, and is being patronized by the best people of the city. The pictures presented and the musical program are identical with those given at the theatres on fashionable Pennsylvania avenue, and the subjects include classical, education and religious themes. The house opened with "The Passion Play" and the succeeding productions have been in keeping, with the high standard set at the beginning. Mr. Ralph H. Hawkins, the manager, is from Grand Rapids, Mich., and he comes well recommended. A magnificent Palm Garden has been opened in connection with the Dunbar theatre and it is admirably conducted. Mr. J. A. Lankford, the widely-known architect, builder and business man, is the designer and supervisor of the architectural work on these two places of amusement, and he deserves much credit for the taste, skill and ability he has displayed in their construction and arrangement. Bethel Literary and Historical Association, the oldest organization of its kind in the capital, founded twenty-eight years ago by Bishop Daniel A. Payne, Frederick Douglass, Dr. Alexander Crumml and kindred spirits, has elected as its president for the ensuing year, that brilliant and dignified young lawyer, Mr. Lawrence T. Gregory. No better selection could have been made. He has scrupulously avoided all factorial entanglements, is in touch with all the elements necessary to the maintenance of such organization as Bethel Literary is designed to be, and can be relied upon to balance the scales o justice so evenly that none can complain. It is freely predicted that he will be able to bring back into line the "in surgents," who parted company with the parent society three years ago on a personal issue. They constitute an Grand Rapids Furniture Co. Swings from $5.50 to $16.50; Porch Chairs $2.50 to $5.00; Setters $5.00. asset of value, to the main body and their return would add materially to the effectiveness of the work of the organization and assist Mr. Gregory in the development of certain plans he has in mind. The new president is a native of South Carolina, is a graduate of the law department of Howard University, and holds an important position in the Treasury Department. The other officers elected are: first and second vice presidents, Garnett C. Wilkinson and Mrs. Millie G. Lewis; recording secretary, Mrs. Carrie W. Clifford; corresponding secretary, Miss Parthenia Woodson; treasurer, Miss Mattie R. Bowen; sergeant-at-arms, E. G. Evans; lecturer and attorney, Prof. W. H. Richards; historian, Miss Marie A. D. Madre; chaplain, Rev. I. N. Ross, D. D. The regular annual competitive drill of the High School Cadets will be held at American, League Park, Tuesday, May 25, at 4 p.m. There are five companies in the battalion this year, and the contest will be all the keeper from the act that Companies B, C, D and E will make an extraordinary effort to wrest the prize banner from Company A of M Street High School, which has carried off the trophy in the last two years. The event is always a notable one in society circles and the audience which will crowd into the park on the 25th will be a vast array of beauty, fashion and brilliant summer costumes. The Lion's share of the credit for developing this wonderful cadet organization is due Major Arthur Brooks, military instructor in the public schools. In the recent review beore President William Howard Taft, the evolutions of the colored cadets were watched with especial interest by the Chief Executive, and on the grounds and later he complimented them in the highest terms. The commencement exercises of the M Street High School, Armstrong Technical High School and Normal School No. 2, will be held on the evening of June 18 at Convention Hall. The principal address will be delivered by Hon. Charles W. Anderson, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second District of New York. Mr. Anderson is popular in the capital and his friends will be out in force to greet him. Wilberforce University...is fortunate this year in being able to secure the Hon. William T. Vernon, Register of the Treasury, as its commencement orator. President W. S. Scarborough, who is an excellent "mixer," as well as a scholar, is infusing new life into the time-honored school, and is rapidly placing its finances on a solid basis. The commencement period will be an event in the history of Wilberforce and it is expected that the eloquent Register will make "the speech of his life." Dr. Vernon will then go on to his own school, the Western University, at Quindaro, Kansas, to hold his graduating exercises. He announces that His Excellency, Gov. W. R. Stubbs, of Kansas, will be the commencement orator. Rev. I. N. Ross, who has been at "Big Bethel," Atlanta, Ga., for a number of years, has taken charge of Metropolitan A. M. E. church, of this city, as the successor of the late Dr. J. W. Welch. Dr. Ross is widely known throughout the country as a pulpit orator of force and a financier of ability. He has filled some of the most important charges in his connection, among them the principal churches in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio. He is meeting with a warm welcome here and the outlook for the future of Metropolitan is bright. The Mu-So-Lit club held the last session of the current season last Friday evening. Lawyer L. G. Gregory presided in the absence of Dr. W. Bruce Evans. As special guests there were present Mr. W. L. Houston, Grand Master of the G. U. of O. F. in America; Judge Mifflin W. Gibbs, of Arkansas; Attorney Gilchrist Stewart, of New York; Mr. H. P. Slaughter, and Mr. James C. Waters, all of whom delivered short and spicy addresses, after which a collation was served by Caterer Martin. At the previous session Mr. R. W. Thompson delivered an address on "The Correspondent's Place in the Journalism of Today," and gave a few pictures of what transpires behind the scenes in the life of the man who tries to tell things as they appear. The special guests on this occasion were Lawyer Albert S. White, of Louisville, Ky. dean of the Central Law School of that city, and Lawyer S. Laing Williams, of Chicago, Special Assistant United States District Attorney, who talked interestingly on questions of national import. Auditor Ralph W. Tyler and family Davenports In g'chine leather, $65.00, $75.00 and $85.00; Imitation leather $25.00 to $40.00. LEATHER Couches from $77.50 to $60.00; Imitation Leather $15.00 to $80. 214-216 CAPITOL STREET. have taken possession of their beautiful new home at 928 T street, northwest. The house is finished in the most modern style and has ten rooms, and is located in one of Washington's most exclusive neighborhoods. Is It To Be a Scramble? (From Bellington Observer.) From the press reports the indications are that our Republican friends will have a scramble over the senatorial contest in two to see who is to succeed Senator Nathan Bay Scott who is now servis his second term in the U. S. Senate. The genial Senator is playing the game to the galleries all he can which means that he is an expert at the game. He is not quite so much interested in the tariff bill as he is in Scott it is said. The re-election appermost in his mind is the re-election of Scotty which takes precedence over everything else and why not? He has rumblings that the wily Dawson is afraid to scam and he knows that when theuck-wheat statesman starts after a common ordinary foe like himself he will have to hustle. Dawson seems to be lining up the southern part of the state solid against the Junior Senator and it may be that the fine Italian hand of the Senior Senator is back of the whole affair but Dawson is a past grand master in politics and could teach both of the Senators' politics many years yet to be. It will be a scramble in Dawson gets lined out after it as he seems to be worried. It was thought that a fight like the Governo to the Celestial Kingdom to study "plig tags," but it is very clear now that W. M. O. will pitch his tent on West Virginia soil and will make it warm for the gallant Junior Senator, the spectacular performer to the galleries. Now Scott will have to get a hustle on himself and begin getting a line on the situation. In the event that Hubbard and Sturgis should be drawn into the fight for Senate and Blue-Sand Island - Holt - Forman - Keim-Hetzel - Holtgomery should get in a mix up with the Second - District Congressional race and Swisher would get in on the government affair there would be something doing in politics and especially if Charley Teter should hit the trail for governor on the prohibition ticket. Watch for further developments soon. Declaration of Principle3. (From Parkersburg Dispatch-News.) The Dispatch-News will allow no one to go before it in love and loyalty to the Republican party. Only one thing on earth in its estimation stands above the party, and that is that there should ever be a conflict between the party and country, this paper is in its worst side. Really, our only reason for being Republican is the abiding conviction that the country's welfare is safest and surest in the hands of the Republican party. The real interest of any party, like that of an individual, demands that its true friends be absolutely honest with it. We believe we are more secure enough in our friendship for the Republican party not to conceal from it any of its faults, nor hide from it any of the pitfalls or dangers toward which its course may lead. One of the grave dangers to the party in nation, state, county and city is the disposition and inclination of those entrusted with the distribution of patronage to look to their own personal interests, rather than that of the public in making appointments. This applies to the principle involved, and has no reference to any special instance. But persons generally, who exercise the appointing power, do not consider whether the appointment they are making is best for the public, or even best for the party, but the sole question, considered is, "Is it best for me?" This principle will be found from the rind to the core of all political appointments to office. It is direfully wrong. How much better for the public, and how much more respect the official having patronage to distribute would have for himself. If he would not consider how the appointment would affect himself, nor think of his own interest, but look solely, as his duty requires, to the interests of the public. In fact, an officer bribes himself every time he makes an appointment because of personal advantage he will derive from making it. He would be no more guilty if he would accept gold, instead of other contemplated personal benefits, for exercising this official duty. Schenk's Wager. (From Gratton Republican). It is being stated that Albert M. Schenk, of Wheeling, is offering to wager twenty-five thousand dollars—the proceeds of the bet to go to the office of the institution that he will beat Senator Scott to that United States Senate. Beat him mind you. It takes a whole lot of self confidence to offer a wager like that. Will he have some takers from Senator Scott, Hons. Dawson, Mann, Vinson, Dillon and others? LOVE, ROMANCE AND LAW IN CLASSIC PINEVILLE A Romance of Ritchie and Wyoming Counties That Had Its Ups and Downs, Bright Dreams and Also Nightmares. The Reflexlier THROW 90 PER CENT of its light downward. The best and "cheapest" light ever placed on the market. I will place on trial in any business house or residence one of these famous lights and convince you of its great value. Autoos and Go-Carts from $10.00 to $35.00. The best on the market. BRASS Beds from $22.50 to $55.00. Best Quality. 214-216 CAPITOL STREET. LOVE, ROMANCE IN CLASS A Romance of Ritchie That Had Its Ups Dreams and A Pineville, W. Va., May 19.—Cupid, usually so successful in bringing to a happy conclusion the tenderest dreams of lovers both young and old, has, alas! allowed a golden opportunity to disintegrate almost within his grasp, and the matrimonial machinery of an erstwhile would-be-benedict has slipped a cog and gone a smash within eye-shot of a supposedly hallowed goal, and as a consequence, a declaration filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Wyoming, county tells of a maiden's heart broken by a man who wooed, won, but refused to wed. Some years ago, the story goes, Col. Childers, a gentleman filled with legal lore and a love for the ladies, especially pretty ones, became acquainted through the efforts of a mutual friend, with a demure mademen by the name of Miss Jeannie Bartlett. The introduction and early stages of the courtship that followed when she met by correspondence, and this fatherhood an agreement to meet at Huntington go thence to the Jamestown Expositor down by the sad sea waves, and it is posed that this trip encompassed so many delightful moments that the colonel became desirous of perpetuating his happiness and he forthwith inaugurated the program consisting of two hearts that beat as one, two spins that have but a single thought, and a pocketbook that would do double duty, by asking Miss Bartlett to change her name. She agreed as usually do. However, and for reason have not yet been set forth, the college infatuation for his fair prospective began to wane, as was shown by the affranchice of his missives and the absence of sufficient warmth to keep aglow that sweetness of temper and tranquility of mind so necessary to the malden's heart once it gets a touch of that which makes the whole world akin. The letter writing rack- Refle ```markdown ``` THROW 90 of its li The best and ever placed o I will place on t ness house or re these famous vince you of P. A. D The Light tore et failed to work any wonders in rejuvenating or rekindling the spark that was fast ebbing away, and the unhappy lady packed her grip and headed for Pineville, the habitat of the recurrent lover. To further augur her troubles the colonel gave her the toy soldier, and after drying her tears she, she came about for relief. It didn't take her long to decide to "court" the colonel in another way. She needed legal advice, but if the thought to employ a Wyoming lawyer ever entered her head, she at once viced it, for reasons that are apparent. Consequently, Kidd and M. F. Matheny represent her Kidd and M. F. Matheny $5,000 damages allotted to have been wring from her bosom by a ship that looked promising but failed of fruition. Colonel Childers'a lawyer of more than mediocre ability. He is well and favorably known in a wide circle, and besides enjoying a very remunerative practice, has means stored away to guard the door against any possible onlaught of the proverbial wolf, but just how much of this is available for the liquidation of adverse breach of promise verdicts is not emblazoned on the walls of public intelligence. He is probably fifty years old, is a widower and has two grown sons. The lady in the case is said to be on the shady side of forty, but her good-natured hospitality, winning smile, gentleness of heart and attractive features outweigh the age encumbrance, and added to these accomplishments is a family tree that is to be envied and a prospective legacy that lends enchantment to the future. Her father is dead and she resides with her mother a few miles from Pennsboro, Ritchie county this state. She is highly educated, refined, has a legion of friends and enjoys the distinction of being as shrewd as a Sherlock Holmes. xlier 500 Candle Power Light at a cost of one cent per day. PER CENT right downward. --- PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY THE VOCATE PUBLISHINGCO. 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 Six months 1.00 One year 1.50 THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION. The address of Prof. H. T. Kealing, of Nashville, before the National Peace Congress at Chicago, and the pamphlet written by R. R. Wright, Jr., will go far toward giving the world a just conception of what the Negro is doing to help himself get an education, and the falsity of the arguments advanced by those who are proposing a division of the taxes, received for educational purposes, along rachal lines. Mr. Wright, in his pamphlet published by the Committee of Twelve, goes into the marrow of the question, and shows by evidence unimpeachable that the South is not growing hunch-backed because of the burden imposed by educating its Negro citizens. He has levied upon the reports of State and county superintendents of education, national and state statistics, and finds that the black man is not receiving even his share of the school funds. While Prof. Kealing affirms: The South is spending $32,068,851 on her public schools; $4,736,375 of this is for Negro education. This is only 14.8 per cent. while the Negro constitutes 40 per cent. of the total population of the states considered—Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee. In the three states of Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia, where complete separation in statistics exists, the following taxes paid by the Negro and the educational appropriations made to him show that he receives less than he pays: Virginia, Negro taxes $507,205 Virginia Negro taxes.....$507,305 Virginia Negro appropriation .....489,228 Virginia Tax excess .....$18,077 North Carolina Negro tax .....$429,197 North Carolina Negro appropriation .....402,658 North Carolina Tax excess .....26,539 Georgia Negro taxes .....$647,852 Georgia Negro appropriation .....506,170 Georgia Negro excess ..... $141,682 Returning to Mr. Wright's pamphlet for specific instances, we learn that 155 counties scattered through thirteen southern states—including Delaware—reported 4,137 school houses of which 1,816 or 43.9 per cent. were owned by Negroes. And this we are told is not the story in a nutshell; it does not mean that the counties erected the school houses and presented them to the Negroes, but rather that the Negroes have not received full credit from their efforts in helping themselves, for the reason that several of these states required the buildings, erected and owned by their black citizens, to be transferred to them (the states) before they were rated as school buildings, and, thereby, deprived the Negro people of their full credit. The conclusions which he draws from his investigations are safe and sound and fully justified by the data gathered. He concludes: If it is proper to measure progress by the depth from which one comes as well as by the height which one reaches, the efforts at self-help in education by Negroes deserve praise. Their contributions have been far from adequate for even meagre education, and, today, half of their children of proper school age are not in school, and two-fifths of their race are unable to read and write. But the history of civilization does not show one other instance of a wholly illiterate race or nation reducing its illiteracy in half of a single generation. It probably also true that the Negroes pay possibly a larger percentage of the cost of their schools than any other group of poor people in America. The Negroes have paid in direct property and poll taxes more than $45,000,000 during the past forty years. The Negroes have contributed at least $16,000,000 to education through their churches. The Negro student possibly pays a larger percentage of the running expenses of the institutions which he attends, than any other student in the land. A single generation has produced 28,000 teachers, 20,000 ministers, 200 newspapers and magazines and other agencies of self-help. ORGANIZED LABOR AND THE NEGRO. The stand taken by the officials of the Georgia railroad in opposition to the wishes of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen will meet the approval of all right thinking people. It appears that the white railroad men refuses to work with Negroes simply because of the color of the plat: ter. There are no charges of inefficiency, no talk about unfitness; all that there is in the strike is that the white men want the jobs for men of their own race and are not at all particular as to the means employed in securing them. This outbreak in Georgia confirms our suspicion that labor organizations are no less despotic, no less unjust than the capitalists against whom they are always complaining. Founded upon the principle of securing to the laborer his rights, they have grown arrogant with power, and recognize neither position nor condition in those who oppose their demands. They have, it is true, improved the condition of their members, but might have often been regarded as right by them in attaining this end. Where it could be done with impunity, they have barred the Negro from membership and, in certain communities, refuse to affiliate with those who have received cards where color prejudice was less intense. At the north, where Negro skilled laborers are in small numbers, but few of them have been able to gain' admittance within the charmed circle, and now that the labor organization of the south, where the Negro numbers have forced recognition, are taking concerted action to place the train crews on a white basis, it requires no extraordinary vision to see what will follow. Let these Georgia men win their fight, and others, more disastrous in their results to the black workman will come on apace. AN OLD, OLD STORY The successful fight which is being waged by the white Elks against the Negro organization of the same name in various sections of the country is THE ADVOCATE'S excuse, if an excuse be needed, for again reminding Negro fraternal organizations of the imperative necessity of their combining their means in a common defense fund. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks have found themselves defendants in suits in which adverse decisions were rendered, yet no one of these fraternities has taken steps to create a national fund for the protection of their rights. Each has been content to allow the local or state organization, as the case might be, to bear the burden, assisted by the voluntary contributions from those not yet endangered. The defense in every case has been seriously handicapped by the lack of funds and the consequent inability to retain the best legal advice and to take appeals. Is it any wonder that we lose? The remedy for this state of affairs is 'so simple that it is a greater wonder the score or more of Negro secret societies do not apply it. What would be easier than for them to mutually agree upon a small rate of taxation upon each of their thousands of members for the endowment of a fund along the lines of the Friendly Society Movement? Further delay to take some steps is dangerous. Once let the question be definitely decided that the Negro Knights of Pythias shall no longer bear the name in Georgia, or that the black Odd Fellows of Alabama have no legal existence, then we shall see how long it will be before both organization are put out of business in every southern state where they are not incorporated Upon this subject ours has been a lone voice crying out in the wilderness, but we are not discouraged even by the failure of every official newspaper organ to devote so much as a line to the discussion of this question. Without any claim of prophetic powers, THE ADVOCATE ventures the prediction that time will yet bring them to its way of thinking. TEXAS STRIKES AT LYNCHERS is the subject of a timely and forcible editorial expression of the Atlanta Constitution upon the indictment and arrest of nine whites charged with complicity in the lynching of an innocent Negro. If public sentiment were ripe, one might entertain the hope that the trial would be something more than a farce and that some convictions with adequate punishment would result, but the time is not yet. If the lynchers of four white men can escape punishment, are there any grounds for believing that Texas will legally avenge the death of a Negro at the hands of a mob? Not yet, nor soon. The situation is not, however, an dark as it was. One by one the influential newspapers of the south are coming to see that the victims of lynchings can no more be confined to Negroes than an epidemic of yellow fever or smallpox will limit itself to those only whose skins are dark. The mob spirit is so deep rooted, it has fed so long on immunity that it knows now neither color nor condition. Its tolerance has fostered a disregard for law and order which is exhibited upon the slightest provocation, and lynchings have now reached such proportions as to call forth protests even from those who were wont to uphold this punishment as fit and proper for the crime against womanhood. No public sentiment is not yet ripe, but it will be as soon as a few more white men of prominence, such as the victims of the Reefoil lake affair, come to their end at a mob's hands. The Fly a Dangerous Pest The common house fly, which has always been regarded as an annoying, but harmless, pest, is coming in for some hard knocks at the hands of the health officers of more than one state. They claim, and produce evidence to show, that the house-fly is not equalled as an agent for the transmission of typhoid and other intestinal diseases; so active in fact has it been in spreading the disease first named that one authority proposes "typhoid" instead of "house" as a prefix for this particular species of fly. The house-fly is so universal and its habits are so well known that the most ignorant layman can readily see how it may be guilty of the sins with which it is charged. It subsists entirely upon fluids and feeds with apparently equal gusto upon fresh manure, decaying vegetable matter, sputum or the daintiest culinary preparations. It is only necessary for discharges from patients suffering from typhoid fever or other intestinal diseases to be exposed in open vessels or poorly constructed out-houses in order to secure the spread of the infection. The hairy legs of the fly are fouled with thousands of deadly bacilli and countless numbers are swallowed. Shortly thereafter the fly may appear in the house and incidentally contaminate the food, to the great peril of the consumer, with germs adhering to the limbs and those deposited with undiminished virulence in the familiar fly specks. This, while disgusting and abhorrent to every sense of decency, occurs repeatedly in nature and is apparently ignored by the masses, despite the deadly peril thus incurred. It is, therefore of the utmost importance that some precautionary measures be taken at this season of the year, when files have begun to make their appearance. Since it is not possible to exterminate the fly unless all join in a campaign to wipe out its breeding places, it behooves each householder to protect with screens to the end that his food be not contaminated and one source of infection be thus avoided. BRICKS WITHOUT STRAWS. The refusal of the white firemen of a Georgia railroad to work with Negro firemen is but another step in the economic phase of the vexing problem of the races. In Georgia, as is true in most of the southern states, Negroes in large numbers have been employed on the railroads as firemen and brakemen. They are not admitted to the trainmen's labor organizations, which, with the hope of ridding themselves of strong competition, have succeeded in having several roads refuse to appoint in the future any man not eligible to the highest places in train operation. The shaft was aimed directly at the Negro who, regardless of his experience and fitness, was never promoted to the position of engineer or conductor. It is very evident that this scheme is too slow in bringing about the desired result; hence, the strike. With the opposition to his employment in any labor but that on the farm, gaining strength daily, the black man is beginning to find himself occupying an anomalous position. He is indiscriminately charged with laziness, yet denied the privilege of working. His poverty is a byword, still the forces continue to combine against his securing a competence. How shall it be possible for him to furnish his tale of bricks, if he be not furnished with the straws? Granting that the business is hurtful to the community and should be suppressed, there is no getting around the fact that liquor selling is licensed by the government, national, state and city; that about fifty men or firms have thousands of dollars tied up in stock and fixtures; and that a refusal of licenses, on a fifty day notice, is virtually a confiscation of property. The city council should give the saloonists a square deal. ADVOCATE—TENI Tis well for Minister Furntus that the season for insurrections and revolutions in Haiti is closed for the time being. Else, how could he have taken his summer vacation at a time so opportune for fixing up his fences, which White, of Kentucky, has been tearing down? Close confinement with a diet of bread and water was found to be very efficacious as a cure for race prejudice in the Chicago jail, where white prisoners refused to exercise in the same corridor with Negroes. It is a pity that the same remedy can not be universally applied. If the editorial expressions of the Charleston Mall index its opinions, it does not regard the bi-partisan plan of government the unmixed blessing it loudly proclaimed it about six weeks ago. The new laws relating to forest game and fish have been printed in pamphlet form and are now ready for free distribution. A copy should be in the hands of every citizen of the state and may be had upon request from J. A. Viqueeney, State Warden, Bellington, W. Va. Whether Charleston is "dry" or not after July 1st, it is very evident that the days of the bi-partisan charter are numbered. Drawal by White Prisoners, and They Were Disciplined. Chicago, Ill., May 17. —Jaller Will T. Davies today setted an insurrection of 32 prisoners serving in the county jail, who refused to take exercise in the same corridor with Negroes, and who had been put in solitary confinement with bread and water until, they agreed, to submit to discipline. The strike, which was kept secret, happened Wednesday, and today the leaders sent word to the jailer that they would submit. LONDON-HUGHESTON The Improvement League met with Mrs. S. B. Graves, Thursday. After the regular routine of Business, Mrs. Graves read a paper the subject being, "Be Thy Self" and Mrs. Preston read one entitled "Good Morning." They adjourned to meet next with Mrs. M. E. Jackson. Miss Francis James has returned home after spending two weeks visiting friends at Charleston. Mrs. Chas. Reid and Mrs. S. B. Graves spent Sunday in Handley visiting Mrs. Hughes, the mother of the latter. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Coats were in Charleston shopping last week. The Court of Calanthe gave an entertainment Saturday night and it was a grand success. Rev. W. W| Scott passed through our tows Monday. Mrs. P. S. Woods organized a missionary society Sunday night. Mrs. Harriet Gray, of Smithers was calling on friends Thursday. Wm. Hargrove spent a few days in our town last week. S. Blaney got his foot slightly mashed in the mines, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shawver, of Ward, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alex Shawver, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bates, of Ward, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitlow, Sunday. Rev. Newsome was the guest of Mrs. Burke, Sunday. Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in His infinite wisdom to remove from among us our beloved sister and Worthy Chief in the person of Louise Brown Trusa, who departed this life very suddenly on the 14th day of March, 1909, age 34 years and Whereas, Our dead Sister was one who will be greatly missed, we as a token of respect to her memory, offer the following resolutions; 1st. That we recognize God's wisdom in dealing justly toward His children, and although, there is a vacancy in our Council, He is able to provide for the same; Then as brothers and sisters of the deceased, let us look to Him who doth all things well, for guidance and strive with all diligence to promote the cause in which she was so deeply interested. 2nd. That we extend to the bereaved husband and relatives our warmest sympathy and sincerest prayers for their welfare through their earthly pilgrimage and a final reunion is the realms of glory. 3rd. That since our fellowship in the Council Militant shall be no more May we endeavor to re-unite in the Council Triumphant. 4th. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to "The Advocate," "The Sentinel," "The St. Luke Herald" and the secretary record them on the record of the "Silver Cross" Council, No. 701 of the Independent Order of St. Luke's of Brownsburg, W. Va. (From Bluefield Telegraph.) The Wheeling Register says that Isaac T. Mann is fighting Senator Scott in the southern part of the state, where he was from the truth. We know what we are talking about when, we say that Mr. Mann is a friend of Senator Scott and desires his return to the senate, and has no interest in any manipulation looking to Scott's defeat. "What do you think of the present-day styles?" "I think the're all right. They enable a poor girl to look just as ridiculous as 'a rich girl."—Kansas City Journal. Mrs. Hyup—I was so disappointed in Dr. Pullen. Mrs. Hyer—In what respect? Mrs. Hyup—I understood he was a great bridge expert, but he was only a dentist.—Puck. So much so, that they'd give their lives. To get him to "revive" their wives. —Truth. Golden Text.—We believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Acts xv.11. Verse 1-5.—Are good men liable to hold wrong opinions? When good men differ in opinion what is the better way in order to reach an understanding? When a professed Christian gets angry with another Christian, on a more matter of opinion, has he or not backsidden from the love of God, and what spirit does it show? (This question must be answered in writing by members of the club.) Circumcision no doubt originated from supposed purposes of health, and physical cleanliness, and afterwards became a national institution of the Jews. State when God first made circumcision the sign, or token of the covenant between him and Abraham and his seed, and to whom the rite of circumcision and God's covenant extended. (See Gen. xvii.) Is circumcision now essential to salvation? Is the belief of any doctrine essential to salvation? Verses 6-11.—In experience of God and his dealings with us, conclusive proof of the will of God in the matters which the experience covers? Is thorough discussion in church courts, a perfectly right way to arrive at the will of God on any matter? Were those who taught that circumcision was essential to salvation, as well as being narrow, necessarily untrue men? ABOLITION OF NEGROES AS WORKMEN IS PLANNED BY LABOR UNION. General Manager Scott of the Georgia Railroad Says Plan Precipitated by Strike Has Been Brewing For Five Years. Atlanta, Ga., May 18.—The labor unions are planning to abolish Negroes as an industrial factor, according to General Manager Scott, of the Georgia railroad, which is crippled by a strike of the white firemen because of the employment of Negroes by the road. "This strike," said Scott, "is the akirmish of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in its plan to drive the Negro out of employment on railroads altogether. "This plan has been smoldering for five years. This strike on the Georgia railroad is just the first step. I have reason to believe that the same demand will in-time, be it sooner or later, be made by officials of this firemen's union to every other railroad in the South. "The magnates of this brotherhood happened to choose our road as the first wherein to begin the fight against the Negro. And the Georgia and Southern railroad run by Southerners in a Southern State, is thereby the first to refuse to lie down and yield humbly to the warfare on a race." Assistant Grand Chief Burgess, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who is here, announces that the brotherhood will not aid the striking firemen, will force engineers to keep their contract with the road. Deadly Threats. (From Pittaburg Dispatch.) Chester, West Virginia, is not alone in its interest in the capture and punishment of the men who threaten destruction to the town unless a prominent citizen yields to a demand for blackmail. The entire public has a stake in this matter. The communication in this case is signed "River Boys, instead of Black Hand, but, crime is the same." It is one that cannot be torched in a civilized country. It is not enough to have a few detectives employed on the matter, but it should enlist the efforts of every citizen. Blackmail and violence have become common. They menace citizens in every walk of life. The recent example given by Mercer County of swift justice has tended to discourage the kidnapping form of extortion, and a few of the same kind of examples might serve to lessen the number of efforts by threats of violence. If the constituted authorities are insufficient to get these chaps the people will have to neglect their business for a few days and all take a hand. The cause is worth the effort. That is an old-fashioned idea of catching criminals, but it used to work well. RACE PREJUDICE Does Not Exist at San Antonio, Say the Daily Express. --- A member of the Legislature proposed an amendment to the appropriation bill striking out the entire appropriation for the Prairie View Normal School. In support of his amendment, he declared that the cotton field is the proper place for the Negro, and he What is the difference between the "yoke" of the law and the "yoke" of Jesus? (v. 10.1). Verse 13.—Recall some of the wonders done through Paul and Barnabas, among the Gentiles, and say what bearing they had upon the dispute concerning circumcision? Verse 13.21.—Who was James, who next addressed the council? James, the brother of Jesus, was the president of this council; it is probable that his address was of the nature of the judgment of the council on this question? Verse 22.29.—There seems to have been no formal motion passed by the council, but they appear to have reached an unanimous decision as outlined in the address of the president; say whether we are bound to take this decision as the voice of God? In what particulars is the great wisdom of the council shown in setting this dispute? Were each of the commandments given in verse 29 intended to be of lasting obligation, or were some of them only temporary? From whom are Christians to get guidance on all matters in this day? Verses 30-35.—There never will be a time when disputes may not occur in the church and between individuals; how should they always be settled? Did this trouble in the church help it or hurt it, and does God always over-rule trouble, whoever may be the cause of it, for the good of his children? Lesson for Sunday, May 30th, 1909. Believing and Doing. James 11:14-26. quoted from the author of "The Clansman," an arraignment of the Negro in Africa for his savagery and want of progress. Promptly and emphatically the amendment was disapproved by viva voce vota, as it should have been. For the Negro in Africa the people of Texas have no concern. For the Negro who is a part of the citizenship of Texas they have the same concern as for the white citizens. The Negro in Africa may be and may always have been, and always to be a semi-savage, he Negro in America is an American citizen, with the same rights, the same aspirations, and entitled to the same consideration as the white citizen. In the days which tried men's souls the Negro slave in the South remained on the plantation and helped to feed and clothe and protect the women and children while his master was far away fighting the battles of his country. Never was greater loyalty displayed than by those good old Negro mammies and their progeny in the darkest days through which this country has passed. There were bad Negroes, then, of course, but there were also bad, white men, more of the latter, perhaps, than of the former, but there is not on record a case of bad behavior on the part of a Negro slave toward the white women of the South at a time when their natural protectors were away from home in the service of their country. The bad Negro, who has been the cause of so many lynchings, is a development of a later period, of an exaggerated idea of freedom and civil rights instilled into him by political adventurers, fanatics and marplots. The Negro's place is in the cotton field, of course, but so, also, is his place in other fields, in the workshops, and wherever his capabilities may assign or invite him, and his fitness for any place of intelligence by the education, however limited, which he is able to secure. To elevate the Negro in the scale of being is to make him a better and more desirable citizen, and the white property taxpayers of the South have submitted to taxation for Negro schools, not only for the If You Have an interest in BOYS' S this liberal offering. About two hundred Boy tire assortment which h their actual value. $10, 8.50 and 7.50 Suits Reduced $6.00 and 5.00 Suits Reduced $4.50 and $4 Suits Reduced Boys' Knee Pants Good $1.25 and $1.00 Knicker Pants $1.00 Straight Bottom Pants Good 50c Pants Reduced to Schwabe & L "FOR BETTER CLOTHES" SEE SAMPLES IN OUR CAPITOL STREET WINDOW. SAHLEY, GEORGE AND BSHARAH Entrances, 11 Capitol Street and 720 Kanawha Street. Negro's sake, but for their own, because they realize that the Negro's advancement is for the common good. The Negro School at Pralrie View is a State institution that has reflected credit on the State, as well as on those who are in charge. Not long since a Legislator was proudly wearing a hat that was made at this school, where industries are taught and where manual training is a part of the curriculum. The school has done and is doing a good deal for the Negro, for his education and industrial training, and for the elevation of his standard of citizenship, his moral welfare and his general advancement, and this school should be, as it is, liberally supported by the State. There is, and always must be, race distinction, but there is absolutely no excuse for race prejudice—The San Antonio Daily Express. Homes and Investments FOR SALE—1,000 properties in this city and states. Free Sales List to buyers and sellers. Additional properties wanted for new Sales List. WASHINGTON SHEELOOK 124 pages, 1,000 pictures—public men, buildings, views, ten cents for porchage. See our Special Agent in your town or for all information online. AMERICAN REALTY CO. WASHINGTON, D. C. 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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 it 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 block 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 htfrd 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. 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If it is true that Senator Rayner is to be called on to put up something like $17,000 for his share of the expenses of a Senatorial primary in Maryland in which he is to have no opposition for re-election to the high office he now holds, there is something radically wrong somewhere that needs a righting. If the ability to put up $17,000 as a condition precedent to participation in an election as a candidate before the people he accepted as just and equitable, then the field for the selection of Senatorial timber is at once sharply defined and rather def- nitely circumscribed. And it embraces only men of wealth or, at least of financial resourcefulness sufficiently ample to insure the easy command of a large sum of money with which to further an ambition probably now altogether too alluring to very rich citizens. The possession of great wealth is by no means necessarily a' bar to Senatorial preference, nor is it. Indisputably desirable that all our Senators be poor men first and Senators second. There is no objection to a Senator being abundantly blessed with the world's goods, nor is it a matter of vital importance that he must depend on his salary alone for his creature comforts; but neither his wealth nor his poverty should operate within itself either to the progress of his honest purposes or the retarding of the same. If Senator Rayner, or any other Senator, is called on to pay considerably more than one-third of the salary for his entire Senatorial term to come (provided he live it out) before he may even become a candidate without opposition, it stands to reason that men of large intellect but small purses will hesitate generally before entering the lists for preferment along senatorial lines. Maryland owes it to herself to return Senator Rayner to the seat he has filled so ably, and without any such tax upon him as is proposed. BOUNDARY FIGHT COMES UP IN SUPREME COURT The Long Pending Controversy Between Maryland and West Virginia to Come Before Highest Tribunal in October. MAJOR BROWN'S TRIBUTE TO 9TH. CORPS HEROES Washington, May 19. — Attorney General Isaac Lobe Straus appeared before the United States Supreme Court today and asked for t late during the October term of the court when arguments could be heard in the long-standing controversy "between Maryland and West Virginia over its real estate border between the two states, at the m m west, diving line of Maryland. Chief Justice Fuller and the associate justice listened attentively to Mr. Straus and assured him that the earliest data possible would be named Petersburg, Va., May 19.—Upon the occasion of the unveiling of the monument to the Third Division, of the Ninth Army Comps of the Federal army, here today, Maj. Isaac Brownell Brown eulogized the men of both the blue and the gray, and expressed the hope that the government of the United States, and all the states of the American union may, in a fraternal and loyal spirit, unite in the building of a joint monument to the Confederate and Union soldiers, "which shall be commensurate with the great sacrifices and the unsurpassed bravery which characterized the American soldiers in the great sieve of Petersburg." A Familiar Phrase. A Familiar Phrase. "Here, 'Near Petersburg,' a familiar phrase of old war days," said Major Brown, "upon the sacred soil of old Virginia, made forever hallowed in the unprecedented clash of arms and the shedding of American blood, do two great commonwealths extend fraternal greetings. Looking backward; not in bitterness, not in resentment, but in pathos and veneration—in tears for the sacrifices of their chivalric sons, and in veneration and pride for their limitless valor. Yes, reverently do we obey the command look backward when it is given in the name of American blood and American bravery, but in all these our thoughts are of the future; our enterprises, our energies, our ambitions, our fondest hopes are in the promising future wherein we look for the advancement, the uplifting and the greater instrumentality for good of this reunited American republic." Fatios in the Pines. "There was pathos," said Major Brown, "in the sighing of the pines, grown to great dimensions on the time-worn fortifications, for eloquently and sweetly do they sound a requien for those whose blood crimsoned their soil on which they grew. The feathered tribes flutter through their branches, carol their songs, build their nests, and rear their young, as joyfully as though peace had here dwelt in these habitations, unmolested, for a thousand years. Thus does nature, sublime and sweetly, in her rythm of music and in her processes, furnish an example of "Peace on earth, good will toward men," worthy of our emulation, and in this almost divine spirit are here met, in their old age, these survivors of the great Confederate and Union armies and in this meeting bless our country and in this posterity in commemorating the valor of the American soldier. Pen never could portray, songs of poets or eloquence of sages describe, the campaigns between the Army of the Potomac and Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in the struggle for supremacy around the beleagured city of Petersburg. "It was a fierce, protonged unprecedented, most mansuinary siege, in which the valor of men was put to its most crucial test—a struggle covering then seemingly endless months—a death grapple—a test for supremacy wherein human lives seemed but atoms of dust and scarcely considered in the plans of campaigns." "Into such a stage, in the fall of 1864," said Major Brown, "appeared the banners of six Pennsylvania regiments, whose survivors were now gathered around the monument erected by their commonwealth. Becoming the Third Division of the Ninth Corps, those regiments were reserved and were sent rapidly from place to place, as necessity required, and thus rendered service in nearly all the territory embraced within the great siege. "It pierced the darkness of Stedman's carnage, to meet, to check and to repulse the last grand extensive movement of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Here it fought in the presence of Abraham Lincoln. Here it met the flower of the Confederate army as it came surging through the broken embattlements of Fort Stedman, and, like a resistless avalanche, passed on to sover the Army of the Potomac in twain. Here it won fame, and its conduct in the grand picturesque array in the final assault for the recapture of Stedman, was most highly commended by the great military chieftains." Soldiers of the Third Division. Major Brown congratulated the soldiers of the Third Division that they had lived to see the day and meet with each other again on such a sacred spot. "How meaningless would this obelisk be," he said, "had the men who fought here not been among the bravest of the brave? No classic, no anthem of praise; no enconium of glory, no Athenian panegyric for her for the argument. The assurance was given Mr. Straus that argument will be heard during the October term and thus will be taken another step in the settlement of a dispute between the two states which had been hanging fire for over a quarter of a century. The Supreme court is already in possession of voluminous maps and documents which were deposited by W. S. Bryan when he was attorney general of Maryland. The Maryland survey was made by State Senator Brown, of Garrett county, who is an engineer, and Mr. Edward H. Small. rolsom on the fields of Marathon could too strongly accentuate the valor of the Confederate soldier, who here fought for his convictions and stood in decimated ranks by his colors until the last gun was fired at Appomattox. Every measure of commendation which the soldiers of the Confederacy merited, was most generously bestowed by the veterans in blue. Oh! my countrymen, it was American versus American, and but for the disparity of numbers and resources who shall say when Appomattox would have come. Therefore, this monument is a tribute to the American soldier, no matter whether it in particular names the Third Division, Ninth Corps, or Grimes' Division of Gordon's Corps, that defended these lines in the memorable assault. Sacred Territory Forever. "The territory within the siege of Petersburg," said Major Brown, "would be forever sacred to every true American. Lamentable as was the fraternal strife here enacted, with all its cruelties and malligancies incident to civil war, yet, thanks be to Almighty God, all is turning to glory now, all will be an inspiration to the student of American history, and all will contribute to the brilliancy of American arms and the perpetuity of the American republic." In conclusion, Major Brown urged a movement to convert into a battlefield park, the territory in which Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac fought. STATE PRINTING COMMISSION IS ANNOUNCED (State Capitol, May 19, 1900.) To revise the State printing laws and inquire into the advisability of establishing a State printing plant, in accordance with Senate Joint Resolution, No. 11, Governor Glasscock, this afternoon, announced the appointment of the printing commission. The members of the commission are: W. C. Hedrick, of Princeton; Calvin F. Young, of Charleston; Jas. W. Holt, of Morgantown; John B. Morrison, of Sutton, and Thomas H. Dennis, of Greenbrier county. Under the provisions of the resolution, which authorized the Governor to make the appointment of the commission, the members are to revise the printing laws and make an investigation of the needs of a State printing plant. Governor Glasscock also announced the appointment of Clarke Hamilton, Jr., of Wheeling, to a place on his staff as Chief of Ordnance, with the rank of Brigadier General. The appointment was made yesterday, but was not handed down by oversight. What greater service could Elthu Root render to himself than to make the American consumer his client in this contest against greed and privilege when it is now going on in the United States Senate? What course could Mr. Root pursue which would more completely obliterate his record as a corporation lawyer and give to him that national prestige and popularity, which rightfully belongs to such remarkable intellectual resources as he possesses? The Senator from New York has already made very effective inquiries as to the justice of the window-glass schedules. Why stop there? Why should he not turn the light upon every schedule that can directly or indirectly affect the cost of living, and demand reasons in every case that will both satisfy him and satisfy the people? (From Woman's National Daily.) San Francisco has an organization called the Outdoor Art League, one purpose of which is to create public sentiment in the United States against the use of the abbreviated term "Frisco" as a name for the Golden Gate City. Certainly San Francisco's art league's requests should be granted, but it can not have any more just ground for complaint than Philadelphians have against the calling of their hometown baseball club by the name of "Phillies." 118 Capitol Street. CHARLESTON Mrs. G. P. Porter went to Cincinnati Sunday to purchase supplies for hair dressing establishment. The revival is still in progress at St. Paul A. M. E. church. Mrs. Ida Howard is in Cincinnati this week on business. The Women's Loyal Union will meet with Mrs. Mary Lewis, North Rand St., Monday evening. We fill orders daily for hair goods. Mrs. Brown, 500 Capitol. Adv. Mrs. Jennie Clews, one of the oldest citizens of the town, died at the home of Phenoy Wade, Pledmont St., Tuesday morning. The funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church, with which she had been connected for a score or more years. Mrs. Edward Tuck, Sentz St., is ill. R. B. Colbert, who went to Rock Hill, S. C., several weeks ago with the hope of bettering his health; is expected home Friday, the change of residence not having brought the desired results. Hotel Brown is fully equipped to meet all demands of comfort and service. Strict attention given to ladies. Ministers at half rates. 500 Capitol St. Mrs. Solomon Watts died at her residence in West Charleston, Saturday afternoon, of a complication of diseases. Nelson Dawson has returned from Alexandria, Ind., where he went to look after his real estate. The May Fairs in progress at Simpson M. E. and the First Baptist church, this week, are drawing large crowds nightly. Is your hair Harsh and Stuborn? If so, make it Pilant, Soft and Glossy by using Nelson's Hair Dressing. The OUR DISPLY OF Ladies' Misses' and Children's Ready-to-Wear garments, Millinery and Dress Fabrics Is the largest in the City and our Prices as usual the lowest that can be made up-to-date Merchandise. GIVE US A CALL The People's Store "That Popular Trading Place." JOS EPH SCHWAB, Prop. 602 Kanawha, cor. Alderson St., CHARLESTON, W. VA. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. 10c. The Above Represents 10c a Day For the Month of May Most men waste or spend foolishly 10c a day. Most any man could save 10c a day if he would. 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John Young was called to Hickman, Va., last week because of the death of his brother. Charles Williams has returned to the city from Storer College. the city from Storer College. Miss Gertrude Campbell was ill the latter part of last week. The commencement exercises the year promise to be most interesting. The graduating class is the largest in the history of the school. Each member of the class will appear on the program on the evening of June 9 at the First Baptist church. The great attraction on commencement night, June 9, at Mercer Hall will be the address by Hon. J. Tharp as Newsome, Newport News, Va. It is said to be one of the most successful lawyers in the country, and noted as an orator. $100 & Week No Better Clothes Than Ours 1221 and no better way to buy them. Whenever you feel that you want to get new clothes, come here and get them. No red tape, no trouble in finding what you want, no inflated prices for the credit accommodation. You can open a charge account at any time. 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It is driving Negro churches into disastrous divisions and even disgraceful court fights. It is foimenting the spirit of division and disunion in the race. It is making of the high calling of the preacher of righteousness a cloak of corruption and a hollow mockery. In short, the immorality of a large part of the Negro ministers is putting in dire peril the progress of the Negro race. First of all, every Negro minister should be married. He will thus avoid the ever-ready blackmailer and the more aggressive tempter. That young divine who feels he must indefinitely postpone matrimony would do the manly thing if he should follow the example of our brilliant New England friend, who has gone into business awaiting the day of sufficient wealth to get married and enter his profession. But far too many of our preachers are neither saints nor students. They have not been called by those high qualities of soul to the service of mankind after the example of the lowly Nazarene. Nor are they devoted to the study of the Divine Word. They are consecrated to the simple life—but to the simple life of self-indulgence. In conclusion, let us say, no man, however eloquent and sanctimonious, if loose and lustful, should be permitted to desecrate the sacred position of a presacher. No man, however, brilliant, if a drunkard, should be tolerated in a pulpit. No man, however shrewd and successful in a rally, if a thief, should be supported for one minute by sensible people. It were better for the race to go on preserved as it has been; in ignorant and emotional worship, than that these wolves in sheep clothing should be permitted to bring sorrow and shame upon it. TAFT WILL ATTEND DEEP WATERWAYS CONVENTION New Orleans, May 19.—That President Taft will visit New Orleans in the fall is a certainty and that he will attend the Convention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association is also assured, though in the latter case it may be necessary to change the dates of the Convention from Nov. 11, 12 and 13 to dates that will fit Mr. Taft's itinerary. This is the statement made by President Philip Werlein, of the Progressive Union, yesterday, he having recently returned from Washington, where he went for the purpose of seeing the President. "We were most hospitably received by the President," said Mr. Werlein, "and he assured us beyond a doubt that New Orleans would be included in the itinerary of his trip on his return from the Pacific northwest. This itinerary has not yet been completed, nor will it be fore July, hence it may be necessary to alter the dates set for the Waferway Convention to suit the President's arrangement. Speaker Cannon also promised to be present at that time. We discussed the big project with Mr. Taft and as he is already committed to it, there was no question of that kind to arise. The opening of the Mississippi River from the lakes to the gulf is a necessary corollary to the operation of the Panama Canal, as Congress is beginning to realize and the strengthening of the defenses at the mouth of the river are equally important. So likewise is a survey of the gulf and Carribean Sea and tropical waters between the United States and the Latin-American countries. These movement have their stanch supporters in high quarters and eventually will be brought to fruition. "The strengthening of our forts is not merely a "war scare" idea but a commercial necessity. As it now stands, we would have either to blow up the jetties or sink rock-laden buks in the channel in event of hostilities, for the guns at the fort would be futile. A most eminent authority told me in private conversation that the defenses below New Orleans, compared with modern conditions are not as good as during the Civil War. "The lakes-to-the-gulf project means not only a great deal to ocean tonnage. It will mean the maintenance of ample depth of water over the bar. Even as it now is the entrance to the Mississippi River is far safer and more navigable than a few of the so-called star points on the north Atlantic coast. For instance, the river at Philadelphia, the present home port of the battleship Mississippi, is said by experts to be one of the most treacherous in this country, due to tide and current. At the Brooklyn navy-yard in North River, the conditions are notoriously dangerous. There the swift current and the ocean tides make entrance to the ships a perilous undertaking. It is said that United States war vessels are forced to go in almost at full speed and must barely shave the corner of the ship to make it. Do such conditions exist in New Orleans? We know differently by experience. Even supposing a ship does run her nose into the mud of a bar, what damage is done. There are no rocks or reefs to smash into her as on the north Atlantic seaboard. And in the harbor of New Orleans we have water ranging from thirty-five to over 200 feet in depth. A harbor which extends virtually from the forts to Natchez and beyond. The navies of the world could line up in such a hand-locked fresh water harbor. "The most spectacular demonstration of the pre-eminent safety and convenience of the New Orleans harbor was the morning of the big battleship Mississippi alongside our wharves—the first instance of its kind in the United States Navy. "The Lakes-to-the-Gulf Convention will develop these facts still further, and also will show the accompanying necessity for swamp reclamation and the storage of the surplus waters in huge reservoir, to be fed to the streams as needed to maintain depth. "To bring New Orleans up to its proper dignity as a naval post, we must have the Navy Department assign certain of the war vessels to New Orleans as their home port, where also these vessels may use the dry dock and Naval Station as they should be used. The idea of sending vessels to Guantanamo, Cuba, remote from the base of supplies and from the skilled labor which is necessary is preposterous despite the opinion of certain influences in the Navy Department which do not propose to see New Orleans recognized if they can help it." "And is she engaged to the Count?" "Only tentatively. Nothing but an option has been paid yet."—Philadelphia Ledger. "Congratulations, old man. I suppose you're tickled to death because it is a boy." "Yes; in a few years now I'll have an excuse for going to the circus."—Detroit Free Press. Principal—Johnnie, I'm surprised that your French is so weak. Now, think. Chapeau. What is that? What does your father throw up when he's merry? Johnnie—Tis job, sir.—Tit-Bits. Papa and Popper. (From Springfield Union.) If that Alabama man who proposed to 200 women before he was accepted has any children, they will have the right to regard him as the most wonderful popper in the country. SENATOR SMOOT DECLARES UNTRUE CLAY'S STATEMENT Washington, May 19.—Decharing that Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mormon Church and president of the Beet Sugar factories of Utah, every year fixes the price of beets in the interest of the beet sugar factories of Utah, rather than in favor of the producers of beets, Senator Clay in the Senate called forth the characterization of his statement as absolutely untrue, by Senator Smoot, himself an official of the Mormon church. KANAWHA MEDICAL SOCIETY DISCUSSES MANY QUESTIONS The Kanawha Medical Society met at the assembly rooms of the Kanawha Hotel last night, with twenty physicians present, and about forty absent. The program consisted of clinical reports as follows: "Complete Restoration of the Tibia after Removal," by Dr. H. L. Robertson. "Removal of Orbital Tumor," followed by Meningitis and Death," by Dr. P. A. Haley. "Cerebro Spinal Meningitis," by Dr. W. A. McMillan. Dr. Robertson had the lad present, from whose leg the whole tibia bone had been removed. The periostial covering of the old bone had been left and a new bone grew within it. The lad was apparently as well as it it had never occurred. The case presented by Dr. Haley went to show that in spite of the best efforts of the medical profession, cases will not get well. Most of the physicians present had had cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis, and there was a general discussion of this subject. The new treatment by puncture of the spinal column and letting out of the spinal fluid and then injecting a curative serum in its place, is still on trial, with prospects very favorable for good results along that line. A pleasant interchange of various opintons and experiences was enjoyed by all present. A New Up-State Railroad Planned Morgantown, W. Va., May 19. — Aroused by the attempt that is being made to bottle up this section so that the development of the great coal field extinguing from the Mononganhela to the Ohio river be retarded and deplayed to serve the purpose of the big interests back of the United States steel corporation and the Pennsylvania and Br. & O. railroads, several Morgantown men are quietly taking steps to revive the project of the construction of a short line railroad from this city to Wheeling. In case plans now under consideration are carried out, an appeal will be made to all the citizens of the four counties interested—Monongalia Marshall and Ohio counties in this state and Greene county in Pennsylvania—urging upon the property owners the importance of the undertaking and asking the voters in each county to approve a bond issue, the proceeds of which are to be used in the construction of the line. Cost Five Millions. The line would require a capitalization of about $5,000,000. Of this about each county will be asked to appropriate $500,000, giving the company a working capital of $Z-, 000,000, which is considered by local men sufficient to insure the construction of the line. The route of the road has been mapped out, although no surveys have been made except for a short distance. The men who are talking up the proposition among themselves are the same ones who made an unsuccessful attempt about two years ago to secure eastern capital for just such a venture. At that time the route was picked out, and the local people had about landed a big New York firm when the panic struck the market and one of the eastern failures so crippled the firm that it had to give up the proposition. When the untimely failure came the eastern firm had already appropriated money to be used in the formation of a company to make preliminary surveys and buy up rights of way. The whole matter was kept in the utmost secrecy at that time, as the men back of it feared that other railroads might take too much interest in the proposition and succeed in quercing the deal. According to the plans the eastern terminus of the road will be in Morgantown. From this city the line will run down the river to the mouth of Robinson's run, up that run to Mt. Morris, up Dunkard creek to Blacksville, across to Tom's run, up Tom's run to the divide near Wheeling creek and down Wheeling creek to Wheeling. As estimated by the backers of the proposition the line would be 167 miles in length, just seven miles longer than the proposed short line from Uniontown to Wheeling, and would open up the biggest untouched coal field in the entire world Not only is the field the best, but it is situated so near the lake market, that it would be able to compete most advantageously with the whole western Pennsylvania section. South Charleston Terms: 1-10 cash, balance in monthly payments to suit. Discount for all cash. Bell Phone 750; Home Phone 1214 We Know How Solof Brothers Watch Us Grow 230 CAPITOL STREET, OPPOSITE THE BURLEW THEATRE, CHARLESTON, W. VA; Don't Forget to be on Hand at our Great Saving Sale. Commences on FRIDAY, MAY 28, and Lasts Ten Days. Everything in the House will be Greatly Reduced. IS SCORED BY CHICAGO GIRL AT WASHINGTON. Miss Wright's Debt With Coleridge-Taylor Society. Was a Success and Supprised Effete Washington. Washington, May 19.—A typical Washington audience, filled every part of Lincoln Temple Congregational Church, 11th and R. streets, last Friday evening to hear the "May Musicale" given by the S. Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society and it was well repaid for doing so. The program embraced classic studies and the rendition was, in each instance, of the most praise-worthy character. The newly furnished church gave the entertainment a setting that appealed to the taste of all lovers of the beautiful in art. The occasion was made especially notable by the first appearance here in concert of Miss Blanche Wright, of Chicago, who came with a fine reputation as a soprano, and was given a cordial welcome. Her selection was "Robert, Robert, I adore Thee" from Meyerbeer's celebrated opera, "Robert Leidable," and the scored an instantaneous hit. In response to the enthusiastic encore, Miss Wright gave a humorous ditty entitled "Fishing," which miss Wright possesses a voice of rare power and sweetness, covering a wide range and showing excellent control. Her coloratura work in the difficult passages gave evidence of careful training, as well as a keen personal conception of the spirit of the composer, Mr W. H. Hackney, of North Carolina, a tenor of great promise, rendered a solo, "Thou Art Mine All," by Bellin and won a hearty recall. Mr. H PEOPLE IN SOUT CHARLESTON NOW. THERE APRIL 1.1907. Room 501 Charleston National Bank Building Leonard Jeter, 'cellist, ally sustained his reputation of Choppin's "Notturno, Op. 9, No. 2," and J. Ph. Rameau's "Tambourin," with "The Last Rose of Summer" as an Encore number. Mr. Jeter also appeared with Miss Mary L. Europe, pianist, and Mr. Walter H. R. Jeter, violinist, and the trio rendered in exquisite fashion Mendelsohn's "Gazonetta op. 12." and Dvorak's 'Slavische Tanze.' The work of the chorus, under the painstaking direction of Prof. John T. Layton, could not have been improved upon. Two choral ballads, composed of especially for and dedicated to the S. Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society by the great Anglo-African musician, were impressively rendered by the 100 voices, bringing out the full effect of Prof. Layton's finesse as an instructor and leader. "The Haunted Stream," (Phelps) by the male chorus was one of the best female chorus 'Song at Sunrise' (Manney) is deserving of commendation. Other selections by the full organization, which evoked much praise, were "The Phantom Chorus," from Bellini's "la Sonnambula," "Come Away," composed for the Worcester Musical Festival by Horatio Parker, and closing with Handel's climax of musical inspiration the "Hallelujah Chorus" from "The Messiah." After the conclusion of the program, Miss Wright, Messrs. Hackney, Jeter brother, Miss Europe and Prof. Layton and the management were overwhelmed with congratulations upon the great success which they had jointly achieved. The committee on arrangements responsible for the excellence of the entertainment this year was made up of Messrs. Benjamin Washington, chairman, Andrew F. Hillyer and John T. Beason. The S. Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society was organized about eight years ago for the study of classic music and has maintained itself by giving occasional recitals of the high- est type. Its appearance* is always regarded as a stellar event in social and musical circles. A specialty has been made of the productions of S. Coleridge-Taylor. The latter's "Hiawatha" has been presented here and in Baltimore and Philadelphia most effectively, and upon one occasion, the work was directed by the eminent composer in person, having come to Washington as the guest of the organization which bears his name. The officers of the organization are: President, Eugene Brooks; financial secretary, Arthur S. Gray; recording secretary, Benjamin Washington; treasurer, Andrew F. Hilyer; director of music, Prof. John T. Layton. CARRINGTON-HARGROVE Marriage Witnessed by Few Friends and Relatives of Contracting Parties. Guyandotte, May 17.—The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jackson was the scene of a pretty marriage when Miss Maude Carrington of South Caperton, became the bride of Dr. H. C. Hargrove, of Sewell. Promptly at 8 o'clock the ceremony was performed by Rev. Martin of the M. E. Church, of Huntington. She was given in marriage by her uncle, Henry Jackson. Miss W. A. Freeland was maid of honor and Ocle Jackson, best man. Attendants Misses Anna Johnson, Bertie Johnson and Peter Hamilton. The bride was attired in white silk and carried brides roses. The groom wore the conventional black. Miss Freeland wore white crepe de chine, Miss Anna Johnson silk finished batiste. The parlor was beautifully decorated with roses and foliage. After the ceremony supper was served by Mrs. Henry Jackson, the aunt of the bride. Only relatives and few friends were present. Out of town guests were G. L. Jackson, Mrs. Ella Fountain, Mrs. Florence Carington, Miss Lola Carrington, Miss W. A. Freeland and We have a new line of GAS STAND LAMPS Come in and look them over COFFEY Plumbing Co. Quarrier St., near Capilo Dr. Hargrove is a young physician of Sewell. Mrs. Hargrove is an accomplished young lady of South Caperton. The young couple will make their home at Beckley. "Mister, you're wanting time sketching that old ruined bridge." "Indeed?" "Yes, there's a fine new steel bridge just a mile further on."—Louisville Courier-Journali. "Miss Emma, I love thee." "Well, now you are down on your knees you may as well tie my shoe laces."—Flegende Blatter.