The Advocate

RELATING TO THE CARRYING OF CONCUALED WEAPONS. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section 7 of chapter 148 of the Code be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Sec. 7. If any person, without a State license therefor, carry about his person any revolver or other pistol, dirk, bowel knife, slung shot, razor, billy, metallic or other false knuckles, or any other dangerous weapon of like kind and character, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be confined in the county jail for a period of not less than six nor more than twelve months for the first offense; but upon conviction of the same person for the second offense in this State, he shall be guilty of a felony and be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years, and in either case fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court; and it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney in all cases to ascertain whether or not the charge made by the grand jury in the first or second offense, and if it shall be the second offense it shall be so stated in the indictment returned, and the prosecuting attorney shall introduce the record evidence before the trial court of said second offense, and shall not be permitted to use his discretion in charging said second offense nor introducing evidence to prove the same on the trial; provided, that boys under the age of eighteen years, upon the second conviction, may, at the discretion of the court, be sent to the reform school of the State. Any person may obtain a State license to carry any such weapon within any county in this State by publishing a notice in one newspaper published in the county, in which he resides, setting forth his name, residence and occupation, and that on a certain day he will apply to the circuit court of his county for such State license, and after the publication of said notice for at least ten days before said application is made and at the time stated in said notice upon application to said circuit court, it may grant such person a license in the following manner, towit: First. Such person must prove to said court that he is over twenty-one years of age; that he is a person of good moral character, of temperate habits, and is not addicted to intoxication, and has not been convicted of a felony or any other offense involving the use on his part in any unlawful manner of any such weapon. Second. He shall file with said court an application stating the purpose or purposes for which he desired to carry any such weapon, and shall show in such application, and prove to the court, good reason and cause for carrying such weapon. Thereupon, if such circuit court be satisfied from the proof that there is good reason and cause for such person to carry such weapon, and all of the other conditions of this act be compiled with, said circuit court may grant said license; but before the said license shall be effective such person shall pay to the sheriff, and the court shall so specify in its order granting the license, the sum of ten dollars, and shall also file a bond with the clerk of said court, in the penalty of three thousand, five hundred dollars, with good security, signed by a responsible person or persons, or by some surety company, authorized to do business in this State, conditioned that such applicant will not carry such weapon except in accordance with his said application and as authorized by the court, and that he will pay all costs and damages accruing to any one by the accidental or improper, negligent or illegal discharge or use of said platol. Any such license shall be good for one year, unless sooner revoked, and be co-extensive with the State, and all licenses collected hereunder shall be accounted for to the auditor and paid over by the sheriff as other license taxes are collected and paid, and the State tax commissioner shall prepare all suitable forms for licenses and bonds and certificate showing that such licenses have been granted, and do anything else in the premises to protect the State and to see to the enforcement of this act. Provided, that nothing herein shall prevent any person from carrying any such weapon, in good faith and not for a felonious purpose, upon his own premises, nor shall anything herein prevent a person from carrying any such weapon (and if it be a revolver or other pistol unloaded) from the place of purchase to his home or place of residence or a place of repair and back to his home or residence; and, provided, further, that in case of riot, public danger and emergency, a justice of the peace or other person issuing a warrant may authorize a special constable and his pose to carry weapons for the purpose of executing a process, and a sheriff in such cases may authorize a deputy or pose to carry weapons, but the justice shall write on his pocket the causes and reasons for such authority and the person so authorized, and index the same, and the sheriff or other officer shall write out and file with the clerk of the county court the reasons and causes for such authority and the person authorized, and the same shall always be open to public inspection, and such authority shall authorize such special constable, deputies and posses to carry weapons in good faith only for the special purposes and times named in such authority, and upon the trial of every indictment the jury shall inquire into the good faith of the person attempting to defend any such indictment - under the authority granted by any justice, sheriff or other officer, and any such person so authorized shall be personally liable for the injury caused any one by the negligent or unlawful use of any such weapon. It shall be the duty of all ministerial officers, consisting of justices of the peace, notaries public and other conservators of the peace of this State, to report to the prosecuting attorney of the county the name of all persons guilty of violating this section, and any person willfully failing so to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, and shall, moreover, be liable to removal from office for such wilful failure; and it shall likewise be the duty of every person having knowledge of the violation of this act, to report the same to the prosecuting attorney, and to freely and fully give evidence concerning the same, and any one failing so to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, provided, further, that nothern constable shall be so construed as to prohibit regularly elected sheriffs, their regularly appointed deputies, who collect taxes in each county, and all regularly elected constables in their respective counties and districts, and all regularly appointed police officers of their respective cities, towns or villages, from carrying such weapons as they are now authorized by law to carry, who shall have given bond in the penalty of not less than thirty-five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective duties, which said officers shall be liable upon their said official bond, for the damages done by the unlawful or careless use of any such weapon, whether such bond is so conditioned or not. All other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. TIME AND PLACE TO GET A HOME. Time is now! The place is Tuskegee, Macon county, Ala! Every man who is at the head of a family or plans to have a family, should buy a home, either a lot in a village or a farm. Colored people can find no better place in which to permanently settle than in Macon county, Ala., in which the Tuskegee Institute is located. In the first place, the white people in Macon county are among the finest and fairest in the world. No racial friction exists, justice is meted out to black and white alike. In the second place, there are 10,000 acres of farming land in Macon county, which can be bought for cash or on easy terms. Third. If persons do not wish to buy land, but wish to move into the county and rent, and work by the day, they can easily arrange to do this. Fourth. Aside from the land scattered in other sections of Macon county, there are 1,400 acres of land in small tracts for sale within sight of the Normal school. Fifth. The public schools for colored people in Macon county are the best, in our opinion, in the South. Sixth. Aside from the Tuskegee Normal Industrial Institute, the town schools, as well as the country schools throughout the county, are in session from eight to nine months every year. These schools are taught in first-class buildings, neatly ceilled or plastered, and whitewashed or painted on the outside, and nothing but the best teachers are employed. Seventh. The churches in Macon county are among the best in the South, and the ministers are improving every year. If you wish to buy a lot, a farm, or locate in this county on any termis for any purpose, please call and see or correspond with Clinton J. Calloway, Real Estate Agent, Tukegee Institute, Ala. Adv. OF FOUR SEVERE WOUNDS RECEIVED IN BATTLE. Des Molnes, Iowa, June 1.9—Severely wounded four times in battle, the scars of which he will carry to his grave, Arthur Draber, colored, aged 98, still lives to tell war stories to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is confident he will live many years past the century mark. Pinned to his old vest, at all times, is the badge being the only Negro member of that G. A. R. To him belongs the distinction of being the only Negro member of order in Iowa. He is held in the highest esteem by the members of the G. A. R., and, despite his advanced age, always manages to take a prominent part in whatever exercises or celebrations the order gives. Many are the stories which the old man relates of incidents in the Mexican and Civil wars. His description of Lee and Grant, as related in his dialect, is interesting to the extreme. During the Mexican war, according to Draber, Grant could not afford to smoke cigars and was constantly pulling on an old Missouri meerschaum. This, declared the old man, was his constant companion, and Grant did not care whether anybody was around or not. At that time, the old Negro declared, nobody thought that Grant would amount to much, while everybody predicted that Lee, some day, would be a general and commander in chief of the army. One fact Draber always tells his friends and visitors, and which he is proud of, is that he worked on the barge which carried Martin Van Buren to his final resting place. The solemn ceremonies have left a deep impression upon the old man's mind and in relating the story his eyes fill with tears. Of all men, says the need Negro, "the best was Abraham Lincoln. He is associating with the angels up in heaven. He was the greatest American, the greatest man the world has ever produced. He was the friend of my brothers, and they can never forget him." Draber was born in Indiana in 1811, one year before the second war with Great Britain was declared. He has survived four wars, war of 1812, Mexican war, Civil war and Spanish-American. In two of these wars he had been actual service, each time under the national flag. When the Civil war broke out, Draber was one of the first Negroes to collist in the cause of the Union. Although he was close to 50 years of age, the recruiting officers did not notice it, and he passed with little difficulty. PYTHIANS TO MEET IN GRAND LODGE SESSION HERE IN AUGUST. Grand Chancellor Thompson Issues His Proclamation Calling the 17th Annual Session of the Grand Lodge. To all Grand Lodge Officers, Deputy Grand Chancellors, Chancellor Commanders, Officers and Members of the Order of Knights of Pythias, State of West Virginia: Greetings: At the last meeting of the Grand Lodge, the city of Charleston was chosen as the place for holding the next session. 1st. You are hereby notified that the 17th annual session of the Grand Lodge is called to convene in the Caste Hall of the Pythian Mutual Investment Association building; at Charleston; Tuesday, August 3rd, 1903, for the purpose of transacting such business as shall legally come before it. 2nd. Mack Lodge is entitled to two representatives and one additional representative for each additional 40 members or fraction thereof, when its membership exceeds 80. 3rd. Each lodge must send its per capita tax (unless the same has been paid) and semi-annual report by its representative, otherwise the representative will not have a value in the Grand Lodge. 4th. All lodges will please send in their endowment reports promptly on the first day in July in order that complete reports may be prepared for the Grand Lodge. IS AGAINST NEGRO FIREMEN, SAYS COUNSEL FOR STRIKERS. Arbitrator Are Rud That Violence Will Follow Restraint of Colo- ored Men, and Migrants of Cities Will So Facility. Atlanta, Ga., June 22.—In his statement of the striking firemen's side of the controversy with the Georgia Riffload before the Arbri- tration Committee this afternoon, Attorney Reubn. Arnold declared: "This commission will have to take into consideration the state of the public mind in so far as it affects the safety of passengers or the safety of other employees of this railroad. "We propose to prove that the people of this state are so bitterly inflamed against the Negro threnem, that were you gentlemen to restore them to their positions, or were the railroad, under your decision, to put them on the engines again, that there would be violence and bloodshed, and that the lives of neither employee nor passenger would be safe. We will bring here the Mayors of cities and others who have investigated and who know. "They will tell you that the people of the state will not stand for the Negro in the case, and that if you try to force them there, there will be trouble." "Are any Negroes running now? Inquired Abitrarian Hardwick." "Yes," said Arnold, "but" only pending a decision by this commission; and to get event this concession Vice President Kelly had to go down the line and explain to the people that the restoration of the Negro was only temporary". The arbitrators were evidently impressed by this statement of Arnold. The commission adjourned after Arnold concluded until 10 a.m. tomorrow, when the firemen will begin their testimony. Because they had forgotten to secure permission of the Treasury Department to use the United States courtroom, the board was refused admission to the Federal building today by the custody. When sold that the law forbid their occupancy of Federal property without permission, they wired for the permit and held the meeting at the Piedmont Hotel. New York, June 18—Joe Gans is not dying of consumption, as he has been reported. His wife wired from Baltimore tonight denying the story from the coast, which said that she had written two letters to Willie Keefe saying that Joe was very low and had not long to live. Keefe is the man who trained with Gans for many of his important battles, and he claimed to have received a letter from Mrs. Gans saying that Joe was coughing a great deal and could not hold out much longer. Later she is said to have wired that Joe was in a critical condition. When a message was sent to Gans's hotel in Baltimore tonight the following message was received from the wife of the former "old master." "I never wrote any letters or sent any message to California stating that Joe was all in. Joe is asleep now, and the matter is not worth waking him about. This gossip about Joe was started by Johnny White, of the National Club, in New York, after his fight with Jabez White, the Englishman. He claimed then that he found Joe in the dressing rooms coughing so badly that he felt inclined to call the bout off then and there. 5th. All Past Chancellors desiring to take the rank must have their credentials. The fee for same is $2. We have secured the full paraphernalia of this rank and the exercises promise to be hibbly interesting. 6th. Don't forget the business department, the Pythian Mutual Investment Association. Every lodge and every Pythian Knight should be alive to this noble work and come to the Grand Lodge prepared to put it forward. 7th. The lodges and courts of Charleston are making extensive arrangements to provide for the pleasure and comfort of those attending the session. 8th. While a pleasant time is assured all who attend the session, lodges must send representatives, not to have a good time, but help transact the important business which means so much for the upbuilding of the order and race. 9th. Visiting Supreme and Grand Lodge officers will receive a hearty welcome. Great cherry-colour Attest: H. H. RAILYE, G. K. or R. S. OF WHATEVER CHARACTER, IS NOT OF ITSELF SOLUTION. Race Problem Can Not Be Settled Either by Education or Political Rights, Says Kelly Miller, After Western Trip. I have just completed an itinerary through the middle tier of states reaching from the Atlantic ocean to the Rocky mountains. The territory covered embraces Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, making a zone of two states deep, two hundred miles in latitude and two thousand to the main. It had previously been my good fortune to visit all sections of the United States north and south where colored people are found in considerable numbers and to make observations and receive impressions of the racial situation. My recent itinerary was purposely planned in order to study certain peculiarities of the critical zone of states forming the border region between the north and the south. I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the people everywhere for the hospitable reception and generous appreciation all along the line. The message which I had to deliver was everywhere received by the people gladly. Immediately upon the closing of Howard university, on the 26th of May, I entered upon this tour with several objects in view. In the first place, I had received a number of invitations to deliver commencement addresses and lectures before schools and colleges and other organizations. I was able to accept only such of these invitations as could be arranged into a smooth and regular itinerary within the region covered. My stated engagements were in Kansas City, Kans., Kansas City, Mo., Quindaro, Kans., Lawrence, Kans., Topeka, Kans., Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colorado, Des Moines, Iowa, Chicago, Ill., St. Louis, Mo., Indianapolis, Ind., Chicago, Ohio, and Baltimore, Md. The necessary limits of this article will not permit me to give in detail my impression of the several communities visited. The reader must therefore be content with a more general view covering the entire zone. I had previously visited different cities within this section and previous observation and reflection served to confirm and strengthen recent impressions. In the second place, my object was to call attention of the people to the significance and importance of Howard university as a national institution for the higher and professional education of colored youth. I found graduates and former pupils of Howard university in every city who were filling the higher stations as ministers of the gospel, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, lawyers, editors, school teachers and workers for the general uplift of the people. The world at large has but a faint idea of the widespread influence and power of this institution. It is only when one travels all over the United States as I have had the good fortune to do, and meet with the men and women who stand in the high places of authority and leadership, and notes that large proportion of the outstanding leaders of the race are products of Howard university, that he gains an adequate conception of this institution as a great national Negro university. It is the purpose of the university to focus the loyalty and enthusiasm of her three thousand graduates and fifteen thousand sometime pupils about their alma mater and to utilize their potentiality and power in developing and fostering the greater university that is to be. I hold various conferences with these graduates and organized local alumni associations in cities where they did not already exist. I found undying loyalty everywhere and the eagerness to respond to the rallying cry of "Dear Old Howard." In the third place, my object was to make general observations upon racial conditions as is my universal custom. The educator is apt to look first in educational conditions and, in this regard, the zone under study furnishes a most interesting situation. In the southern tier of states including Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, there are separate schools for the two races. In other portions of the upper tier of states, the schools are partially mixed and partially separate and still in other portions they are wholly mixed. By observing the operation of this three-fold arrangement, one has a peculiar opportunity of determining the value to Negroes of mixed and separate schools. Here, as elsewhere, the careful investigator will not be too hasty in reaching sweeping generalization. I find that the sentiment of the people is divided on this policy, the general drift of judgment being to the effect that mixed schools in communities where sentiment is such as to give the Negro the full ad- vantage and inspiration which the school should afford, are desirable. But, wherever the Negro constitutes a considerable fraction of the whole community, public sentiment, unfortunately, is such that the colored child misses the requisite inspiration and incentive. It is a notable fact that wherever separate high schools exist, although the standards of admission are uniform and invariable, there are three or four times as many Negro boys and girls in proportion who undertake the secondary stage of education as in cases of mixed high schools. Here again rash dogmatism should be avoided and a wise educational adjustment of the races must be left to a just and pivudent local sentiment. Throughout this entire zone, with the possible exception of a single state the Negro has ample educational facilities. In Kentucky and Missouri, the Negro schools are notable for their excellence. There are a number of Negro public high schools in this belt which are equipped and maintained up to the standard regulated secondary institutions. Baltimore, Washington, St. Louis and Kansas City have Negro high schools which are well-known for their high standards and efficiency of work. St. Louis has under erection a colored high school whose building and equipment will cost between three and four hundred thousand dollars. This will be the largest and best equipped building for the education of Negroes to be found anywhere in the United States. In the lower states, there are several institutions for the higher education of the Negro—some supported by private philanthropy and others by the several states. Through the state of Kansas where public schools, generally speaking, are separate in the grades but mixed in high schools, the state supports two educational institutions for Negroes—one at Quindaro and the other at Topeka. Hon. W. T. Vernon, registrar of the treasury, is president of Western university at Quindaro. This school has one of the most picturesque situations of any institution of the United States. It sits upon a knoll in the midst of a 130-acre tract overlooking the silvery stream of the beautiful Missouri river with the wooded mountain side as a background in the dim distance. Prof. William R. Carter is in charge of the school at Topeka and is pushing the work forward with energy and vim that portend great things in the future. In those states and parts of states where the schools are mixed, the Negro child has opened to him all of the educational facilities provided for the more favored class. Throughout this entire region, the educational situation is a marked contrast with that of the farther south where the school system is so meagre and imperfect as to be entitled to that designation only by courtesy of language. Politically, the Negroes in these states enjoy free and unhampered privilege of the franchise. If restriction of the right of suffrage has been suggested in West Virginia and threatened in Maryland, it has not as yet been put into execution. Maryland and Kentucky alone have separate car laws for local travel. I find, however, that in all cases the Negro has to maintain a ceaseless effort and eternal vigilance to safeguard the civil privileges which it is sad to relate, are everywhere being restricted and confined to narrower and narrower limits. There is little enthusiasm upon current political issues. The general attitude toward the present administration is one of complacent expectancy. There is a large exercise of political faith which, like its spiritual prototype, is the evidence of things not seen and the substance of things hoped for. Everyone is impressed with the kindly, genial, generous, personal disposition of President Taft, but when his attitude toward the vital rights of the race is broached with hope and fair struggling for the ascendency, the universal response is "it does not yet appear what it shall be." Negro politicians are singing in concerted chorus the old familiar song: "Behold, a stranger at the door, He gently knocks; has knocked before; Has waited long, is waiting still, You treat no other friend so ill." Economically, the Negro workman finds himself confronted with the inexorable law of Anglo-Saxon competition which may be expressed in the motto: "Where there is work enough and to spare, the black man may have what there is to spare, but the white workman must receive first choice." The sceptre of the hotel and the barber shop have already passed from the Negro race. Negro workmen are found, however, in the packing houses and smelting works which employ them in large numbers. There is also a tendency to organize and develop independent business enterprises and one sees everywhere neat and orderly Negro barber shops, restaurants, drug stores and groceries. These are most encouraging indications, for the same kind of calculation, orderliness and business shrewdness here demanded. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE. My Dear Dr. Jordan: I am crying a little his a. m., as I have a boy with a cut arm, another skin and myself a little sick, with no need cline here, even if I had the money to buy it. This place is not only hard for Christianity, but for the ordinary supplies of daily life. The merchants import only articles that suit the native trade, as a rule. To find such needs as buttons, needles, plus cotton, slates, pencils, copy books, charts and garden seeds, etc., is out of the question. There is no money here. The government cannot pay her officers; and hence, no money is current. The policy of these foreign merchants is to get all that they want for as near nothing as possible. There is so much of that bad gum imported upon these poor blind people, with the consent of the government, yea, with the pleasure of the government, because of the heavy duty, that God cannot see His way, and chance to bless Liberia. These foreign merchants combine, with the politicians, and legislators, by these wholesale influxes of rum and gin, driven all the home merchants who are Christians, out of trade. The poor, weak heathen go wild after the rum and gin. They give a home merchant, who offers him a dollar for his trade, and takes 50 cents, where he can get the rum or gin. When God, in His word, promised we to the man, who gives his brother the bottle, He meant nations as well; as they are not only composed of men, but are under the same moral laws. I am asking God in my prayers, if the great temperance wave, now passing over the world, is to leave poor Liberia but led in ship loads of the silver alcohol the world ever knew. It is a hard and continued fight here with rum, Mohammedanian, Sabbath breaking and superstitious idolatry. These have a firm hold upon these old people and the united sentiment of the church and mission forces here is, that we must secure the children of the Bush people and train them up in the way they should go. The evolution may be slow, but this is what God told us to do. In the heathen land, we should no more depend wholly upon the preaching of the Good to the old Ephraims for good results, than we do in Christendom. Our schools for heathen boys in our mission stations correspond to the Sunday schools in Christian churches. I will not speak of how much more we need them. If you could have only heard your boys this morning singing, "We praise Thee, O God, for the gift of Thy love," "We are little travelers." "What a Friend we have in Jesus." "Dare to be a Daniel," you would have said: "American boys can do no better." But it required hard work, as two-thirds of them never saw a civilized person until they saw me. I never miss my preaching appointments except for sickness; but if my teacher is sick or absent, I will remain to look after and teach my dear little boys. They answer to good training. They are as much worth saving as our own sons. This training work is sweet to me. All know the Lord's Prayer, and in acting it, so much sweetness and now lights have come to me. You said in our Mission Herald that "He prays not who mentions not the kingdom of God." How true; for the kingdoms of this world are not only not ours, but are diametrically opposed to the kingdom of grace. Tell the dear brethren and sisters to not tire in clothing, feeding, teaching, and in short, civilizing these poor little benighted boys, who are so willing to learn, once you got them started. You must remember that they have never heard of Jesus until you send them the message through your mission here. Their fathers and mothers have not as you heard of your loving Savior, O. how inspiring it is to hear them saying the Lord's Prayer every morning in concert before leaving their kills! One of them leads in the prayer and another leads in the song. When the bell rings for them to get up to say their prayers, I get up and go in my room—our prayers going on together. Angels have no better ployment than you have kindly given me. But you will get the reward; for, "How can their prayers accept they be sent?" Now, God bless you, all our agents and loving confidantes, in my never-ceasing prayer. --- Clemsont Lodge, No. 31, A. F. and A. M. Turned out in full regalia and marched from the hall to Scott street Baptist church, Sunday, at 2:30 a.m. where they met a large audience waiting to hear the principles of the order revealed by Rev. Mitchell, of Kempton. Quite a number of citizens are preparing to go to Giatto and Princeton to meet Dr. Booker T. Washington on June 25-26, as he passes through those points, in order to hear what he might have to say in regards to 'the future progress of the Negro along the line of the Virginian railway. S. E. Taylor and Prof. E. L. Rann left, Monday morning, for Clarksville, by way of Kenova, where they have been sent as delegates to the Grand Lodge, of Maspnns. After returning it is rumored that Prof. Rann will make an extended visit to his old home in Michigan, but will return in time to meet the Grand Lodge of K. of P., in Charleston in August. Sunday night there was a big time at the Scott street church, being the fourth anniversary of Rev. P. H. Edwards, the pastor. Sunday being, Children's Day at the Raleigh street M. E. church, a large crowd was out, and a very unique program, both interesting and instructive, was rendered by the children. The railway employees are very proud of the fact that the return of prosperity seems to be an assured thing. The board of directors and members of the Colored Railway Y. M. C. A. are very much elated over the fact that the N. and W. railway has put their own electric light in the building, also has assumed the water rent, this being a great help to the members of the Y. M. C. A. towards reducing the current expenses. N. M. Martin has been trying hard to get Dr. Booker T. Washington to come over in Macedonia and help us both, white and black would be glad to see the Wizard in this city. An article in the Daily Telegraph of June 20, under the Graham items, reports that Charley Hester, a colored brakeman on the C. V. 86, was shot at one night last week. He personally knows nothing of the affair. MONTGOMERY. Alex Beaulford entertained the Ladies Aid at the home of Mrs. William Brown, Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Rebecca fodge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, died, Saturday night, and was buried, Monday afternoon. Funeral services by Rev. Warner Brown at the First Baptist church; Mrs. H. H. Ralley had as guest for dinner, Monday, Miss A. Blanche Burke, of Huntington. Rev. D. C. Hunter, of Sylvia, is a business visitor here this week. Chauncey Tucker entertained with an enjoyable birthday party, Saturday evening, at the home of his sister, Mrs. George Gough. Games and music were indulged in until a late hour, when the host served delicious lunch. He received many useful and valuable presents. The Douglass Literary met, Thursday evening, in the Odd Fellows hall, and elected the following officers: President, David Dean, Jr.; vice president, Mary Noel; secretary, Rosa Hardy; treasurer, Mrs. F. Donnally Railey; critic, Bertha Deans; reporter, Mrs. S. E. Marks; chaplain, Silas Marks; and Sergeant at arms, Fred Parrish. Revs. I. V. Bryant and R. D. W. Meadows, of Huntington, were here last week on business. Mrs. W. A. Briton is able to be out, after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Charles Vickers, of Lawton, spent last week here, the guest of Mrs. Mary Robinson. Miss Mollie Garrett is home from Sorer College to spend the summer with her uncle, S. H. Clark. Mrs. L. D. Hodge is home from Clarksburg and other points. Chorister V. M. Willis is instructing his choir in some new music which they hope to sing in the near future. Miss Ethel Brown is home from Lynchburg, Va., where she spent several weeks visiting relatives. Mrs. W. J. Campbell returned Monday, from Washington, D. C. where she has been visiting the last two weeks. Nona Bailey, who has been working at the Gem restaurant, took sick and had to go to his home in Charleston. Mrs. L. A. T. Gough made a trip to Eagle Tuesday. Mrs. Charlotte Kenney, of Elkridge, was shopping in town this week. Mrs. Monterey Rogers is still improving. Rev. V. Harriday was in Charleston, Monday. The Handley baseball team, 12 strong, came up last Wednesday, to even up for the defeat sustained at the hands of the Montgomery boys. BLUEFIELD. After the hotly contested game at Handley a few days ago, Manager Brooks campaigned the conclusion that one good man could win the day, and at once sent for Joe Poindexter, better known as "Country," the crack pitcher of the W.C. I. team. So sure of victory were the rooters of Handley that they turned out in masses to cheer, for their "Pets." Handley scored one in the first and two in the second amid storms of applause. After that they were tame as jams. Montgomery scored three in the first on a single by Jas. Hardy, triples by Williams and Wilkerson, and a long fly by John Hardy. Ross was taken out in the third and Poindexter went in, but was given poor support, and the tide was never changed. When the game closed with the score of 13 to 4 in favor of Montgomery, Brooks and his supporters were dumb-founded. Chas. A. Payne, of Parkersburg spent Sunday of last week in town, the guest of relonds. Mrs. A. H. Williams and children, of Morgantown, arrived here, Saturday, to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Jordan. Mrs. John Craig and little daughter spent Sunday in Parkersburg guests of relatives. Miss Bess Jones, of Gallipolis, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Frank Henderson. Mrs. Georgiana Kent and granddaughter, Miss Mary Bowyer, of Mason City, were guests of Miss Moselle H. Colston a few days last week. Misses Mosella and Mithue Colston were hostesses to the Reading Club, Thursday evening. After a very interesting reading and discussion, the hostess served a refreshing lunch. Rev. W. W. Scott, of St. Albans, filled the pulpit of the First Baptist church, Sunday; for Rev. G. R. Kenny, who was having a rally at Barboursville. Rev. Scott preached two very able and interesting sermons. Miss Agnes. Stevens, of Spillman was the guest of Mrs. Fred Roberts a few days last week. Ralph Stribling, of Parkersburg, is spending the week here the guest of his sister, Mrs. John Craig. Miss Agatha Alexander, who has been quite ill for the past month, is very much improved. Charles Harris, of Gallipolis, was in town, Monday, visiting his wife, who is here the guest of her sister. Mrs. Joseph Jordan. Misses Amelia Lowry and Beulah Smith returned, Wednesday, from the West Virginia Institute, where they attended school. James Wilkes was married, early Wednesday morning, to Mrs. Kate Smith, at Institute. The happy couple arrived here the same evening, and are now residing on Monticello avenue. Myledu Walker has returned from Woshington, D. C., where he attended Howard University. Ashby Grayson left, Sunday, for Berlin, Va., to spend the summer. Miss Bertha Lee passed through, Monday, en route to Atlantic City, where she has employment as stenographer. Beulah Lodge of Masons and Daughters of Sphinx turned out in goodly numbers to hear the annual sermon preached by Rev. J. W. Colbert, at Trinity M. E. church, Sunday. A very fine appearance was made by the orders and a most excellent sermon was preached. Splendid music was furnished by the choir. William Bassell and Miss Katherine Starbelle Covington planned an eloquence, Friday, owing to parental objection to their marriage. Just as they were about to board an cast bound train an officer, who had been hurriedly sent by the unforgiving parent, intercepted and urged them to return that all barriers were at last removed. The couple were married later and left for eastern points to spend their honeymoon. The lawn fete given by the Silver Leaf Club was well attended. Mrs. Lulu Brown is visiting in Buckhannon. Mrs. A. J. Green and Mrs. Jenny Jackson attended the funeral of Mrs. Alice Fountain at Parkersburg. The Grand Lodge meeting of the Masons is in session here. Quite a large number is in attendance. The W. M. M. Society was entertained by the Misses Lacey. Dainty refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. Mrs. John Lee leaves this week for Mountain Lake Park, Md. Wm. Lewis, who has been ill for some time, is on a fair road to recovery. M. P. Smith is convalescing slowly. PT. PLEASANT CLARKSBURG Mrs. Doward Brown has returned from Pakrersburg and Belpre, Ohio, where he has been for some time. Miss Bertha Scott is in the city hall, after spending several months in Washington, D. C. with her father. Miss Dorsey, of Parkersburg, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Lipscomb. Miss Hannah Meade, of Bridgeport, was shopping here, Saturday. Matthew Obie, of Fairmont, is now working with Wm. Wilklason, contractor and builder. Rev. Samuel Beane, of Martinsburg, is shaking hands with old friends here. INSTITUTE. Miss Bessie V. Morris left for Chicago, Thursday, to attend summer school at the university. Mrs. T. O. Friend is visiting her son Peray at St Albaus. Misses Amelia Lowry and Beulah Smith left for Clarksburg, Wednesday. Prof. S. H. Guss delivered an address at Roncoverte, Monday. Mrs. Solomon Brown left for Washington, D. C., Friday. A. G. Brown paid Institute a short call this week. Mrs. C. E. Mitchell has returned from Boston, and will spend the greater portion of her vacations at Institute. President and Mrs. J. McHenry Jones leave, Thursday noon, for Seattle, Wash. James Wilkes, of Clarksburg, and Mrs. Kate Smith, of Fairmont, were quietly married. Wednesday morning, at 0 o'clock, at the residence of the groom's cousin, W. H. Lowry. Rev. B. B. Martin, of Huntington, officiating. They left on the 7:30 train for Clarksburg, where they will make their home. HUNTINGTON. Freeman Lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. M., held its Thanksgiving celebration, Sunday, June 20th, in the K. of P. hall, Ninth street, at three o'clock p. m. The following program was rendered: Scripture Reading, G. W. Hughes, S. W. Prayer, T. C. Peters, P. M. Music, 16th Street Baptist church choir. Address, Rev. B. B. Martin. Solo, Miss Lula James. Paper, Prof. E. R. Harvey. Music, choir. Address, Guy Calloway, S. D. Music, choir. Address, G. W. Hughes. A large and appreciative audience was present. A collection of $8.05 was offered. 'L. H. Holmes, of Gallipolis, Ohio, came down, Sunday, to accompany his wife home, who has about recovered from her recent illness. Isham Scott, who is a delegate to the Grand Lodge meeting of the Masons, left for Clarksburg, Monday. Hev, Rogers, of Union City, Pa. is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dickerson. Mrs. Edmonds, who has been quite ill, is better. Dr. C. C. Barnett, who was appointed assistant city physician, will assume the duties of that office, July 1st. Many friends of Miss Rosa Bell Winston have received invitations to her marriage to Samuel Holmes, of Youngstown, Ohio. The wedding to occur at 16th street Baptist church, the 30th. The Y. M. C. A. night school held its closing exercises at 16th street Baptist church last Thursday evening. A very interesting program was rendered and diplomas presented to those finishing the commercial department. The I.K. of P. hall, on Ninth street, has been much improved by the placing of new gas fixtures. This was a much needed improvement. Mrs. S. R. Bullock and niece, of Charleston, terminated a very pleasant visit, last week, with Mrs. O. B. Smith, of 8th avenue. The ladies, while here, were the recipients of much social attention. The choir of First Baptist church, assisted by other talent, are preparing to repeat the sacred cantata, "Saul." Mrs. Harriett Nash, of Uniontown, Pa., is spending some time here with relatives. ANSTED. Miss Lena Eldridge, accompanied by her brother and his children, visited friends at Montgomery, Saturday. Children's Day exercises were conducted, Sunday, at the church. Quite a number were present. Charley Randall preached a sermon to the children, in which he beautifully pictured a scene and characterized the youth, and parent. Refreshments were served to all present in the school house, under the supervision of Samuel Clay, Miss Erma Johnson and Mrs. Virgle Ekipper. Mrs. Saraa Edmonds is able to be out again. Mrs. Bessie Eldridge left last week to witness the marriage of her brother at Meadow Creek. James Allen made many short calls in Ansted, Sunday. The cry at Ansted at present is on to Montgomery, Sunday, to hear Booker T. Washington. William Reese filled the pulpit, Sunday night. A splendid sermon was delivered. SMITHERS AND LONGACRE. There will be preaching here, HIGH GRADE FOOTWEAR LOW GRADE PRICES BELL SHOE COM'Y 708 KANAWHA ST. Sunday, by the pastor, Rev. F. E. Smith. Mrs. M. Hawkins, of Cannellton, was the Saturday guest of Mrs. B. B. Dalton. The missionary society is growing. Mrs. Pearl Woods, of Hugheston, gave a lecture on missionary work last week. Mrs. Saunders and mother left last week for Virginia. Mrs. W. M. James and Mrs. B. B. Dalton were in Montgomery, Monday, attending the Court of Calanthe. Misses Maggie Saunders and Maggie Gilmore were the Sunday guests of Misses Lillie Mosby and Sallie Reynolds. The teachers meeting was entertained at the home of Mrs. Williams. The Queen Esther Club will meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Yda James. KANAWHA CITY. Mrs. R. B. Johnson was visiting her son, W. H. Jackson, of Charleston, last week. Miss Russie Sellers was the guest of her mother, Mrs. A. Slater, Sunday. Rev. Eugene Page, of Charleston, preached two excellent sermons, Sunday. Mrs. Minnie Page and sister-in-law are visiting in Pomeroy this week. Rev. Mason, of Charleston, was visiting Clinton Johnson, Sunday. Johnnie Woods is ill this week. G. L. Jackson is a business visitor at Sewell this week. Miss Amelia Johnson will leave this week for Rockbridge Alum Springs. Misses Mary and Sallie Burks were visiting Mrs. Lawson, Sunday. Miss Ivory Woods visited the Misses Johnson, Sunday. F. D. Page was in Charleston, Saturday. SEWELL Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Hargrove and Miss Lola Carrington left for Sylvia Monday, for permanent residence. Mrs. S. J. Vanhook, and children and Miss W. A. Freeland, were business viiitors to Thurmond, Wednesday. Frank Chambers was calling on friends here, Tuesday and Wednesday. G. W. Johnson has been indisposed this week. The Masonite lodge had their annual Thanksgiving sermon preached here, Sunday, by Rev. P. A. Harris. A number of out of town people attended. With regret we announce the death of little Miss Lawson, the 18-months-old student of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lawson, Sunday. She was buried, Monday, in Lone Oak cemetery. J. W. Calloway was a business visitor here, Saturday. Mrs. Violette Wells remains, very ill. Rev. D. Stratton was with us last Tuesday night, and preached an able sermon, after which Rev. N. Stratton gave a lecture and organized a missionary society, with Mrs. Patsey Agnew as president. Mrs. Charlotte Brooks and Mrs. Patsy Agnew were shopping in Huntington, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Holland are building an addition to their home $ _{N} $ Saturday, June 19, born to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mullens, a boy. Mrs. Laura Wilson, of Labelle, Ohio, passed through our town, Saturday, en route to Midway, to visit her sister, Mrs. Mary Johnson. Mrs. Patsy Agnew moved to her new residence, on Richmond street, Monday. John Wells and sister, Mrs. Fannie Johnson, of Huntington, were up, Sunday, to see their aunt, Mrs. Violette Wells. Clifford Mullens, of Burlington, and Sanford Mullens, of Huntington, were calling on relatives and friends here, Sunday. BOOMER Sunday two able sermons were preached by the pastor, Rev. H. H. Williams. Rev. Harriday, of Montgomery, pastor of the M. E. church, was calling on friends, Friday. W. M. Banner, of Eagle, was a business visitor here, Friday. w Miss Caroline Buster was calling on friends in Montgomery, Tuesday. Miss Maud J. Robinson of Institute, is here to spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. Anna Robinson Buster. Thomas Buster, of Cedar Grove, was here, Wednesday, visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Dow, of Eagle, were visiting friends, Saturday. B. G. Grey, of Longaere, were visiting here, Sunday. Frank Scott, of Kayford, was visiting his uncle, Floyd Buster, the first of the week. W. W. Whiting and Master Leonard Wade, of Eagle, were calling on friends, Tuesday. Mrs. C. C. Woods is indisposed this week. C. C. Woods and Lloyd Buster were in Charleston, Saturday. Newton Buster made a trip to Gauley, Sunday. Henry Fisher is on the sick list. Sellis Willis was a business visitor or here, Monday. 28 AND 30 CAPITOL ST. Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork Fresh Pork Sausage OUR OWN MAKE. 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Band, Literary Societies, frequent Lectur ents, Musical Clubs, Y. M. C. A. is a Non-Sectarian, Christian Institution. Illustrated Catalogue send to Eight valuable scholarships and six prizes awarded annually; Athletics, Band, Literary Societies, frequent Lectures and Entertainments, Musical Clubs, Y. M. C. A. Storer is a Non-Sectarian, Christian Institution. For Illustrated Catalogue send to HENRY T. McDOZ LD, Press. FRUITS, CAND Families Ice Cream. O ment solicited. We make prompt delive day orders. I. E. N TS, CANDIES ICE families Furnished cream. Orders for issolished. take prompt delivery of Cream and E. Nich FRUITS, CANDIES ICECREAM Families Furnished with Ice Cream. Orders for shipment solicited. We make prompt delivery of Cream and Ices for Sunday orders. WINIFREDE Mrs. Phil Napper has been dangerously ill the past week. H. P. Day spent a few days out of town on business last week. T. B. Giles and C. A. Allen, of Cabin Creek, spent a few days here last week. G. W. Kelley, of Washington, D. C., who spent the week here visiting his daughter, Mrs. Alice Smith, left for his home, Wednesday. R. K. Allen spent Saturday and Sunday at his home in St. Albans. Miss Kitty Ross, of Crown Hill, spent the week here visiting her mother. W. E. Carey came home from Cabin Creek to spend a few days with his grandmother. J. W. Walker returned, Monday, Lapus, Laboratory, Telescope, La- Comm dious Barn, Piggery, of gardens, Cold Frames and nses free to West Virginians. Nee- d per month to State students Features six prizes awarded annually; fewest frequent Lectures and En- M. C. A. Christian Institution. and to IES ICECREAM Furnished with orders for ship- ry of Cream and Ices for Sun- ichols from Weyaco, where he spent a few weeks. Mrs. B. B. Allen was on the sick list a few days last week, but is able to be out again. Mrs. Alice Smith and daughter, Miss Sadie, spent a few days on Paint Creek, visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Wooding. N. S. Alexander was a business visitor to Charleston and Kanawha City last week. Ed Robinson and O. Hall, of Plymouth, spent a few days here, visiting friends and relatives last week. A. C. Chapman was a business visitor to Charleston, Saturday. Rev. F. F. Smith filled his regular appointment here, Sunday, and delivered two excellent sermons. The “s Reflexlier = aieeeceammnsscmahne 500 Candle o Power Light at he a cost of one aes cent per day ° a “TeRow 90 PER CENT of its light downward. The best and “cheapest” light ever placed on the market. I will place on trial in any busi- ness house or residence one of these famous lights and con- vince you of its great value. P. A. 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It was my good fortune to meet with two young Negro college graduates who are enthusiastically devoted to farm- ing activities. One of these is the son of the famous Kansas Black Potato King, who operates something like four thousand acres and,who, I believe, is the largest potato grower In the state of Kansas. *He has under con: struction on his farm a residence at a cost of $17,009. ‘The Negro shows no unusual crim!- ys. COLLEGE 7 gy Sth St. and Peon Ave, PITTSBURGH ‘mere,PEtparatory,. Commercial, Stenography, ‘Tetegraphy, atiecitelty: Miginecings Deatliog! Matitenintlc, Languages au Civil Service: Day and evening sessions. all year, Good “Hquipment, est Location, stxcet- lent Light, Able Bacuity, Strong Courses of Study. "CATALOG PREE! gi MARTIN JENNINGS CATO" *.1., D.. Pres, iw yy tae Al \dtspoeition ‘except. a ‘reckless’ few: |whg,.ke-the outlaws of any race, be Jong toa hardened criminal and ante soclal element, 3 : ‘The upper class of Negroes, compod- ed of the niinisters, coctors, lawyers, editors, and business men, are keenly alive to the needs of the race and are exerting’ a ‘wholesome Influence upon thelr ‘general_betterment and uplitt. One meets with nothing of that spirit of supsrellious aloofness from. the gén- eral mass of. the people who are work- ing togethier"In the common cause, . : After sucha tour as this, one feels. able to unravel the tangled web, of the Tace question and to reveal. its inner spirit and meaning. In the first place, one is convinced that education of whatever. kind or character {8 not’ of {tself the solution of the race problem; @lge the. phéblem would ‘be. solved In this section where the Negro has all of the educational. opportunities. ap- Piicable to the most favored members of the human race. Education is es- sontlal but. not adequate. If every Negro of the United States. carried in his knapsack a Marvard diploma with a Tuskegee certificate added, we should still view the race ‘problem. In the second place, political rights, [ecessary as they are for any race or class in a democratic republic, do not afford the desired solution; otherwise the problem. would be solved in all the northwestern states where the Ne- sro votes as freely as any other man. If every Negro in Missippi exercised: the untrammeled right of suffrage as they do in Kansas, there would still be a grevious residue of, the race Problem..- ‘This ~ problerh. . prevails throughout the entire United States; where the Negro is intelligent as where he ts Ignorant; where he {s, dis- franchised as where ‘he has political: freedom; ‘where he is thrifty as where he is indolent; where he, is virtuous as where he ‘Is viclous. Political rights, education, industry and vir- tue are human -values and. have their own reward. They constitute essential factors in the race problem which, however, is broader and deeper and moro profound than any one of these or than all of them put together. The equation of the race problem is great- er than any of its factors, The Rev. Quincy Ewing In a notable article in the March number of the Atlantic Monthly has told us that the heat of the race problem consists in the atti- tude of the white race toward the Ne- gro. If the white man's disposition towards the Negro constitutes’ the es- sence of the race problem, the quint- essence of the proklem is the Negro’s attitude towards himself. Race loyalty and union built upon Political rights, education, character, thrift and good will, constituted the burden of the message-which I had to deliver. I firmly bélieve that the Ne- gro will ultimately become~one «in hope, aspiration and destiny with the great body ofthe American people, but.as a condition Precedent, he must j become ‘himself.’ BUCKHANNON. Adam Green, who has beon sick, is able to be out again. Mrs. Mary Powell entertained the ‘Eades ~ Ald. Bootety, Friday attor- Boon, at-hav residence, on Pranklin ipreot, Ser" Rae (Mis Lela Powell, Thomas Taylor atid Ray McGee, ; who . attended sghool ‘at Institute, are at home for tHielr ‘vadation, ——, Mra “Micheal Brown entertained ‘the Silver Leaf Club, Friday evep- fhe. fo$ g 1 het irhen shes -W.-Mumiord is’ suffering. with yeurnat{am, Se } Mrs! ‘Lulu Brown, of (Clarksburg, 1a. the, pleasant guest of Mrs. Lulu Stawatt, . Mrai‘Igom Taylor, ‘who was quite Mi] last Week, is some better. * Mis@.'Buste Jones is on: the stek Mist.” oun Taylor was at Weston, Fri- day. | ; ” ¢ Chikaren’s Day was.‘appropriately Observed: at Hall's chapel, A. M. B chureh, Sunday evening. r ‘The ttlends of Mrs,-John Walker are slag to know that sho 1s tm- proving.’ 7 H. D.| Hazlewood ‘left, Wednesday noon, for Parkersburg, after a pleas. ant visit at the home of Jas. A. Da- vis. | — —-—*AYMOND CITY. + 7 Sunday was a busy day at First Baptist church. ‘Sunday school at half-pust 9 o'clock. Rev. Holland filled:the pulpit at 11 o'clock. After which baptizing took place. Seven ‘gandidates wore immersed. At 3 o'clock an interesting. lecture. was delivered to the Masons by Dr. M. ‘7. Sinclair, of Baneroft, '. Mra. P. P. Holland, of Spring Hill, spent ‘Sunday here with’ friends, A number of friends of Bancroft attended preaching here, Sunday. Roland Williams left Monday, for Clarksburg, where he represents the Masonic’ lodge in the Grand Lodge. Mrs.’ Bertle Parker, of. Charleston, Was.the week-end guest of her sister. Miss Bliza Dickerson is spending a few days here with relatives, Mrs. W. A. Pierson, of Charleston, spent Sunday here. » Rey, Carrington, of Sisteraville, 1s ‘spending a few days here preaching. * ‘Thomas Coleman is reported very | at the home of his sister, on Pled- mont road. H. By Good, C. B. Saunders, and Granvijle Williams spent Sunday ir Charleston. . iA . Miss Lucinda Coles is contemplat Ing a trip to Templeton, Pa.,. to. vial her brother. 1 eee RONCEVERTER,_ Sunday, at the M.-E. church, was Womaus Day. Special services were held anda large congregation was ‘present at 3 p.m. Children’s Day exercises were held. By the diligent trainitg of Mra. Mary A.’Brown, su- perintendent, the children rendered an, okéeltipt “Dragram<-~ An—address was deliverad by Rey. Best, of the Southern (M>-K. church. — Rey, Wm: K. Jefferson and Wm. Eggleston al- 80 spoke. The total collection for the day was $30. Rev. M. Robinson passed through, Saturday, for Marlinton, to fill his appointment there, Sunday, Mr; and Mrs. Conner and Mrs, Su- ste Fill and daughter, Mias Beulah, Miss; Carrle Carter and others, 1 Alderson, were visitors here, Sun day.} | é J.W. Thompson, of Clitton Forge, was Ihere, Sunday. , . Mfrs. A. Slaughter and Ea. Shet- fey} and family, of Lewisburg, were ahdpping here, Monday. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Phillips and grand- daughter Jeft, Monday morning, for Hnttonville, to spend the summer. . Mrs. Mary H. Lewis was a visitor to Talcott and other placos last week. . Mr, and Mrs. Owen Price, of Me- Kendree, stopped over here, Friday, en route to Roanoke. Master W. T. Allen accompanied them on ‘their trip. Henry and Clarence, Johnson, of Frankford, were visiting here, Mon- day. Mr. and Mrs. B. F, Brackenridge returned home, Monday, to Marlin- ton, | Henry Brinkley was visiting at Brush Ridge, Sunday. |, Charles Perkin is home with his family and friends. _ Miss. Ola Woods returned, Mon- day, to Lewisburg, after a pleasant Viet with Mrs, Debba Terry. Prof. §. H. Guss, of Institute, will lecture.ijo the ¥..M..C. A,, Tuesday night, ai} the Baptist church. | Mrs. Perlins, of Covington, was the guest, Saturday, and Sunday, of Miss Wtta Green. Mrs. : Rucker and daughter, of Hinton, were visiting Mrs. Mary H. Lewis, Bunday.\ Mrs. Frank Perkins, of Lewisburg, 1s visiting hor sister, Mrs, Rose Brown. | ST. ALBANS, ‘The Masons held thelr ‘Thanks. giving services mt the St. Paul Bap. tat church, Sunday. Rev. J. W Robinson, the pastor, preached the sermon, Charles Brooks, George Wilson and Charles Harris, of Black Betsey were in town, Sunday, to attend the Thanksgiving serv \cos of the Masons, Prof. L. B. Jordan, of Institute, was calling on friends, Sunday. Miss Théna Presiton, of Charles- ton, is visiting her inother, Mrs. Ap- na Harris. mA Quite a number of boys wont down to, Hurricane, S sturday, to play ball with the Huntington boys, who were to meet them there, but for ome unknown. reason the Hunting: ton boys did-npt come, consequently no game was played, k oe ie Be tg PE any ee eee a Sy Wet Aad ee eR eae none Ones ere PORE Lee re LApyoo! cited " Bath ale VA Ren Key ideas aba i COSTE . eee FEATS SOP Ra ELT Sy ee ae sco el aa ae teD cent VDISQUIUINE 9° 4 eae ON , a PRINCES DRESSERS For this week ONLY, we are offering a special discount of 25 per e centson Princes Dressers, Oak and Mahogany.. First come, first ea ‘served. All goods.marked in plain figures. oe . e 214-216 Capitol Street i PARKERSBURG. Mrs, Alice Fountaine, who had been | confined to her bed for the past four months, with dropsy of the heart, died last Saturday morning at § o'clock. The funeral was held at Lagan Memo- rial M. E. church last ‘Tuesday atter- noon at 2:30. The sermon : was delivered by Rev. John W. Carroll, the pastor. Mrs. Fountaine was one of the leading citizens wf the city and will be missed by a host Jot friends. She. leaves\three brothers and a sister; Henty Lee, of this city, jand Chas, and Win, Lee, of Wheel- Yhg, and Mra. Belle Dixon, of Park- raburg, besidés a*aigpber of other more ‘remote relatives, . }. The picnic given by, Blennenhassett Lodge Nd. 77 K, of P.:at the Blenner- asset Island. last’‘Thursday was a success notwithstanding the inclemeh- ‘cy of the weather which kept a goodly muinber away. A neat little sum was realized. The surprise party given Thurs day night by Mrg. Edward Smith, in 1onor. of Hen lnushand vila ‘bat zhi te 4nd highly “appreciated” and enjoyed by-all present. ee The private picnic given at City park Friday by Miss Grethel Peters and others, was an enjoyable affair. ‘ The reception given the Class of 1909 by the Class or 1908 of Sumner High Schoo! Tuesday evening, of last week, was unique and much appre- elated and enjoyed by those for whom it was given. Mrs. Henry Simpson and little Vir- ginia Davenport went to Wheeling ‘Sunday where they vistted Mrs. Jesse Dixon and attended the Rock Springs {Plcnic, an annual affair‘ of that city. H. D. Hazlewood left Monday for ‘his home in Cambridge, 0., where he }will sepnd the summer. He was ac- companied by Master Harry Jefferson Who will visit him for a time. J. R. Jefferson left Monday Yor ‘harleston where he attended a meet- ‘ing of the Board of Regents of Blue- lel Colored Institute. Mrs. Pet Griffin and daughter, Jo- anna, left Friday for Oklahoma, where they expect to make their home for some time. Miss Bertha Scipio left Saturday evening for her home in Virginia, where she expects to spend her sum- mer vacation, Miss Jeannette Layne was called. to Guyandotte Thursday of last week oni account of the death of her grand- mother. Mrs. Hayes ‘rematns quite il at ‘her home on Ninth street, + }. Mra. Stewart and Mra, Custis left for Dayton, 0., Saturday noon, » Miss Bernardine Peyton, who was quite Ml several days last weok, is much improved at this writing. H. Dz Pislewooll fyaa indisposed Hor several days, but™: getting all right again, | Fred Cambric passed through tho jelty Monday enroute to his home in ‘Clarksburg from Charleston, where he jias been employed as teachet inthe public schools, be SIMPSON. The membership of Simpson M. F, church are glad to note the rapid re. eovery of their pastor, Rev, J, W. Waters, ar, The Lifters met this week with Mra. R. E. Muse on Piedmont, The Rev. J. W. Waters, Jr., who {s pending the week at the bed sido of his father and brother, left Sat- urday for his home In Lewisburg. | Miss Marie Butler haa returned trom Fort Spring where she spent some time for the benofit of her health, + » Mrs. Philip Waters, acompanted by her daughter, Miss Phyliin, ar- iived at tho bed side of her husband, lant woke. I< The Rev, J. W. Basex filled the pul- pit at Simpson M. W. church last Sunday morning and preached : in- structively on tho subject “Profit and, Ios”. The Rev. Harridy of Mont- gomery, preached at night,. _ Ed Waters arrived from Cleveland, Qhio, last week on account of the iiiness of his father and brother. Miss Annie Simpson, tacher in Hin- ton school, {s spending a few days In the city with her sister, Mrs. Olive Hamilton, : ‘Mesdames Nannie Winston and Mary Brown left for their home on Cabin Creek after spending a few days with their parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Bowyer on Morris street. ‘The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jackson was buried from the home of the latter's father, Charles ‘Taylor, Dentz street, last Tuesday. ' ‘There will be a display of moving pictures at Simpson M. E, chureh next Friday evening. —_—+___ MOUNDSVILLE. . The Board of Education for the Independent, School District of Moundsville, at their meeting last Monday reelected C. A. Page teach- er for the colored school. + Children’s Day was observed at the Bdptist Church Sunday. A pleasing program, well rendered, was the ‘fea. ‘tnre of the afternoon. . The church was beautifully decorated, and the ser- ies throughout the day were well attended. "Saturday, June 19, was observed as Babies’ Day at the court housg .lawn, from 2 till 4 o'clock in the afternoon. There were’no prizes but just a turn- ing out of all the babies in the city rR one, big gathering. ‘This was a novel and pretty sight and it had the hearty co-operation of all proud fath- ers and/mothers. The ‘First Baptist Sunday School will elect a delegate to the convention Sunday, which convenes at Clarks: burg in August, : ‘Miss Mae Anderson, of Bridgeport, ., was in the clty last Thursday. | 'T. H. McCoy was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Jaminson, at Pike Creek Sunday, ‘Mrs. Kyle Wallace and son are vis- iting relatives at Cannonsburg, Pa. Mrs. John Pryor and children, of Mannington, attended the children’s exercises at the last Sanday, . While here she was the guest of her uncle, TT. H..MeCoy and family. J. H. Campbell attended the annual sermon of -the Masons at Wheeling, last Sunday. ‘Those who attended the Odd Fel- Jowg Pienle at Rock Springs last Mon- day. were: Mr. Alex Armstrong and family, Mr. and Mrs. Doc Adams, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Knall, Mrs. Fannle Haregraves, Annie Johnson, and An- site Blue: WILL BE HOST_TO 2,500, Joseph Levenson Will Entertain Blaine Club at Cranberry Lake, » I N. J. New York, June 23.—Something new in the line of political outings fhas been planned by Joseph Leven-~ son, Republican leader of the Sec- ond district. He ts going to take all iho members of his district organt- zation, the James G. Blaine Club, with thelr families, to Cranberry Lake, N. J., In a special train and provide ali kinds of novelties in the way of entertainment. Heretofore the excursions, ike most others, have been by boat, Mr. Levenson’s club is ono of the biggest Republican district organi- zations in the city, and It Is erpect- od that more than 2,500 persons will attend the outing, which will be held June 27. Several Republicans of prominence have accepted inylta- fons to epeak, aes An officer, at a state camp, decided to see for himselt how his’ entries were doing thelr duty. He was somewhat surprised at overhearing the following: “Halt! | Who goes there?™ wre “Friend—with a bottle.” 7° “Pass, friend. Halt,” bottle."— BBverybody's ‘Magazine. Knieker—What Is the crying need now? “ Bocker—An auto that knows ita master’s voleo.—Harper's Bazar. _ WILL RESIST PETITION Embree Iron Company Claims It Is . Solvent, Bristol, Va., June 23.—The Em- bree Iron Company, the big New Xork corporation owning a largo! amount of property near here, against which an involuntary peti- tion in bankruptcy was filed in the United States court last week, is pre- paring to resist the motion, and will undertake to establish its’ solvency, ‘The company owns 40,000 acres of mineral lands not far from ‘Bristol, in addition to the big fron furnace. at Embreeville, and has nearly $500,- 000 in assets in this section alone, while it is charged that its Habilities are $250,000, in addition to a bond- ed indebtedness of $100,000. —— Poor Cuba! Will They Never Let You Alone. ees see) et eee Ne ee |, Although the Republic of Cubs has beon re-established scarce:y long enough to get into good woricny or- der, there starts un ay atenuy th- splred movement on the par:. oi cer- tain interests'to keep the ‘country stirred up and make 1t’ appear that the United States 14 Hkely to reluter- vene-at-any time, — AB if this were not enough, Spain comes’ forward and requests Cuba to meet the debt incurred.in the at: tempts to permanently subjugate the istand—a trifle of $339,000,v00. In- terest upon this at five ‘per ‘eont—to Bay nothing of redeeming the princl- ple—would amount to $17,000,000 a year. The impossibility of carrying Such a burden Is evident from the fact that the budget of $33,000,000, which becomes effective July 1, will severly tax the revenue raising re- sources of this island, ‘there 1s, however, no reason why its people should assume a dollar of thin debt. It was through the Her- ald’s special cable despatches from Madrid that the Cuban government recelved the news that the clam would be made, and the opinions of authorities given in our columns clearly indicated that the ttle re- public need not and should not en- tertain it. “A special cable despatch from’ London giving the views of Mr. Whitelaw Reld, who was one of the American commissioners to negotiate the treaty of Paris, was particularly lucid and convincing. ‘The reply made by the Cuban sec- retary of state to the Spanish Minis- ter’s note, as reported In a special ca- ble despatch from Havana in the Herald of yesterday points to the fact that the American Peace Commission ers at Paris rofused to burden the Is- land with a debt. He further notes that the Cuban constitution provided that the country should enter the family of nations free of debt, and contends that Spain accepted this in recognizing the Republic of Cuba. ‘The presentation of the claim, how- ever, has stirred up much feeling and creates annoyance, if nothing worse, for the Cuban government and people, As for the alarmist rumora set afloat to the offeet that the United States is Iikely to again Intervene, they are absolutely unfounded, as, shown by the official denials that fol- low every one as regularly a8 day follows night, The true value of this antl-Cuban campaign cannot be real- ized until the tdentity of its organiz- ers and the nature of thelr motives {8 discovered. Ono- thing, however, ig cortain, and that is that there in not the slightest foundation for be- Hef that the United States will need to intervene In Cuban unless preseny conditions completely change. The Cubans during the last four months have displayed admirable po- litieal Judgment, and there 1s no rea- son to doubt that they will continue te do a0. MINER FOUND DEMENTED. Wandered for 30 Hours in Mino in Dense Darkness, A miner at the York Run mines tn Fayette county, Pa., was found at- ter he had wandered in dense dark- ness for thirty hours in the mine, He was demented when found, but it is expected he will recover his rea- son, He was in a gaseons portion of the mine, Bloodhounds were sent,on hin trail and they stopped at the door of a room In which he was found, . We have . ge a new line of, GAS STAND LAMPS Come in and look them ° - over= | COFFEY Plumbing Co. Quartier St., near Capito» TRED 10 COMPEL MAN TO DRINK; BADLY LICKED Huntington, W. Va., Jute 23.—Ae the result of a savage encounter dp- tweom himself and Cleve Creel Joti Munsey {8 now in the city. jailvert: fering from injuries, while. hot ‘damit serous, are, to say the least, serious: The fight between Munsey and Oréel started In the Davis saloon on Second avenue at eleven o'clock, anid trowe what can be heard was entirely: due: to Munsey'a thirst for battle. |, The current story of the affalr 1a, that Munsey asked Creel to arta With him and that Creel re i whereupon Mungey seized him ‘by bn arm and, applying a vile epithet, die clared that he would make. hint drink. Creel resented this attitndsr, cursing Munsey in his turn. “Thay: were then ordered out of the salook and when they reached the outside, Munsey attacked Creel. Creel ts, young man of gigantic strength: aa hroportions and Munsey was ng, thatch for him In the battle that lowed. Munsey’s wounds are. suahy as to give rise to the hélof thie e Was strick by a weapon of some sp but persons who witnessed, the, teat” are positive In stating that Creel’ nest nothing more formidable than “Ha fists. The men- were not sepiirs hdl until Munsev was almost, completely, done for. | Officer Blake then -~arrivieG, and ‘placed the two «ten: uhdet hy: rest. At the pollea station. Meth: sey's wounds were dressed by De. C. T. Taylor. Creel, who seemed oi have suffered no injury in. the. if ave bond for his appearance to- me i a nines” e's ‘Phe mine bosses refused to parmitcms search to be made in that portion, bigs’ cause of the danger from gas, but wife, torwards It was entered and the tha’ was found, 5 ak) eget PHIL WATHRS BACK Sy 4 The office of Clerk W. B.. Mathews; haa resumed a natnral ap eer: Phil Waters, who has been.’ vieting © of typhotd fever, has recovered: Sif!) ficiently to allow him to retard (@r. his duties at the ofBce bs Dm Dlags, the former stendgrapher, fit back in the offtce trom Point Biedg. ant to artlet for nome’ tlie ue . A political plum sofa dis ins td the tap of «Hat ihe fora tenis” tng it) ag THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909 For the closing exercises of Garnett school for the year 1908 the Advocate Publishing Co. furnished advertising matter, programs and tickets to the amount of $12.50. After rendering the account three successive months, we were advised that, owing to his moving his old house and erecting a new one, the principal found it inconvenient to settle at that time. The account was settled about two weeks before the closing exercises this year, one year after the bill was made, and then only after the strongest representations had been made of calling the attention of the Board of Education to the transaction. At the time of settlement, the delay was excused on the ground that the principal was compelled to pay the money out of his own pocket to make up a deficit created by the junior class banquet, he wishing to make a good report to the Board, an excuse differing materially from the first. In these circumstances, it seems pertinent "to ask to know" for whose benefit is the public being charged admission to witness the closing exercises of the public schools. 'I'll till the present year the public was urged to attend because the money was needed to pay for the piano. This year no statement was made as to the disposition of the proceeds of the various exercises. One would naturally presume, then, that the piano has been paid for. If so, to what was the money collected this year applied? If not, how much is yet to be paid on the piano? The columns of the Advocate are open for the statement which the principal says it is not necessary to make. Regardless of whether Republicans or Democrats are responsible for the bi-partisan charter under which Charleston is now being governed, there is no question but that the dally organs of both parties are beginning to regret their advocacy of its imaginary good qualities. The unalloyed bliss, which certain leaders of both parties anticipated, has turned out to be wormwood and ashes. The element from which they drew their strongest support has been put out of business, and the fat jobs created for their especial benefit have become so attenuated as to require their standing twice in the same place to cast a shodaw. 'Tis well, well especially for the Negro whose elimination as a political factor this new form of government was, according to current report, designed to bring about. But his friends overshot the mark, for, in saving him from himself as regards the sale of his ballot, they, at the same time, unwittingly and, perhaps, unwillingly closed to him the avenue down which he is going to destruction. In the closing of the saloons, the Negro will benefit more than any other class of people. The idle and the vicious who made the saloon their loafing place, must hie themselves to other pastures. The working man, who wasted his week's wages. Saturday night, on liquor, will now give his family many of the comforts of which they have been deprived by the saloon. But even though the saloon has been such an enemy to the people it represents, the Advocate is not prepared to endorse the method adopted in bringing about its close. The men engaged in the liquor business have had the sanction of the law. They have a certain capital invested, and it would be but simple justice to allow them a reasonable time in which to dispose of their stock. To do so would redound more to the credit of the city fathers than the course which they have pursued. MISDIRECTED ENERGY While joining in the universal expressions of regret at the untimely end of the overzealous lady missionary who lost her life at the hands of the Chinaman whose conversions to Christianity she had helped to bring about, we see in this deplorable affair another confirmation of the belief that too much energy has been and is being misdirected. Instead of wasting so much time on the wily, pig-tailed sons of Confucius, who, in most instances, accept religious instructions only as a means for closer contact with its women exponents, why not reap the larger harvests which are to be had with an expenditure of less energy, the exposure to fewer dangers. There is another heathen at the door. He speaks the white man's language, thinks the white men's thoughts and has a soul to save. His redemption means far more to this land of our's than the salvation of all the Inhabitants of China. True, he has not the fascination of his almond-eyed brother, but it will be found that his naturally religious disposition will lend itself more readily to cultivation, he will respond more easily and less dangerously to that influence which the "heathen Chince" so often abuses. Why seek the alien burden when one may be found at your door? JACK-JOHNSON EXAMPLE Taking pugilist Jack Johnson as one of his illustrations, Dr. Boker T. Washington preached a lay sermon at New York, a few days ago, on the elements of success which deserves the widest publicity. Said Dr. Washington; "You remember when a certain man of our race started for Australia, the question was showered upon hom, 'Aren't you afraid of race prejudice in that white man's country?' Warnings were sounded that the color line would be drawn sharply. "He held himself acre," continued the speaker. "He brushed away others' fears and advised his friends 'never to mind about that color line, but put your dollars on me.' Somebody telegraphed by wireless from Boston asking him if he were not afraid his color would defeat him, and he wired back. 'Send me no telegraphs about that color line, but put your dollars on me.'" "Suppose he had gone to Australia crestfallen, shouting he was much opposed and the whites would not give him a square deal, would he have won? Ah, it is a godsend he did win. It shows the Negro race what determination will do. Hold up your success; don't herald your gloom. What the German, the Italian and the American has accomplished it is possible for the Negro to do." Admiration for a brutal prize fighters, says the carping critic. Yes, but the same admiration for the same qualities exhibited by Peter Jackson in which Fred Douglass took so much delight. It is because so many of us are lacking in these same qualities of confidence and pluck that we fall by the wayside. Determination to win in one's chosen calling, whatever it may be, is indispensable to success. LIBERIA'S SHAME If the statement, published elsewhere in this issue of the Advocate, of the African missionary is true, and there seems to be no grounds for doubting its veracity, Liberia is doing far more to dehauche the natives within its bounradies than to civilize them. Cheap rum and gin, which have always exerted a more harmful influence over the untutored savage than the civilized man, are sold in the "Black Republic" almost without restrictions simply because the government derives a large revenue from their importation. The government evidently has eyes only for immediate returns. It does not see that such a foundation as they are building can not stand; that the peace and prosperity of its citizens must be conserved, else the very deplorable state of affairs which now confronts our brethren across the sea will most surely follow. Ignorance is perhaps the largest factor in Liberia's shame, but that shame is none the less glaring than if it had been brought about knowingly; and now that it has reaped, in part, the harvest of its wrong-doing, let us hope that its system of revenue will be built upon a more enduring basis than rum and gin can ever prove to be. WHAT IS WHSKEY? Some of our exchanges seem to think that President Taft will have some difficulty in deciding "what is whiskey." If he has ever had a taste of the brand sold in "dry" territory, he will decide that it is that liquid which when drunk by a rabbit will give him the courage to spit in a bull dog's eye. A Pennsylvanian, last week, brought suit against his sister-in-law' for a week's board because she overstayed her invitation that length of time, and was awarded damages. Husbands annoyed by visits of mothers-in-law will please take notice. Really we hate to appear presumptuous, but all the same we can not refrain from asking for a statement of the Garnett school piano fund. FOURTH OF JULY EXCURSION RATES on the OHIO CENTRAL2LINES One and one-half fare for the round trip between all stations, minimum excursion rate $1. Tickets on sale, July, 3rd, 4th and 5th Good returning until July 6th. Tickets will also be sold to points on other lines in the territory outlined in instructions on file with agents. Call upon agent for full partleaulars. Children, half excursion rates. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL The Liberian Commission, as has been told by the Associated Press dispatches, is on its way home. The flagship "Chester" was joined by the scout cruiser "Birmingham" just before leaving Monrovia, and the "Salam" became a member of the fleet at Cape Verde. The arrival of the trio of vessels at Cape Palmas is noted, and the commission now on the broad Atlantic, is expected in New York about the end of the month. For the next few weeks Liberia will have a place in the foreground of America's public questions. It is understood that the Liberials want American experts to run their finances, the customs service, the departments of mining and agriculture, education and the army. The desire for this expert guidance is sincere, and reports intimate that the government would be willing to surrender absolute control of its revenues for the protection and future prosperity such a course would guarantee. It is now conceded even by those who doubted the expediency of the commission's creation, that its labors have been crowned with success. Dr. C. W. Childs, one of Washington's best known practitioners and public-spirited citizens, has returned from Philadelphia, where he participated in the dedicatory exercises in connection with the $100,000 Frederick Douglas Memorial Hospital, of which Dr. N. F. Mossell is founder and surgeon-in-chief. On this occasion many of the Keystone state's foremost men of both races were present, among them being Senator Boies Penrose, Mayor Reyburn, State Treasurer Sheats, Dr. Roberts, Former Congressman Geo. H. White, Editor C. J. Perry and others. A proof of the pride taken in the institution by the state at large is found in the fact that the legislature not long ago granted it an appropriation of $60,000. The sum of $20,000 had been subscribed by the colored people, and on dedication day fully $2,500 were realized. Dr. Roberts delivered two telling addresses and made a deep impression upon all who heard him. In describing the progress of the race and pointing out the benefits accruing from the Frederick Douglas Hospital and kindred institutions, he said we are rapidly anilhating the dismal prophecies made by the white pessimists who predicted that the Negro would fail to keep pace with the times if given his freedom and the rights of citizenship. Dr. Childs aroused the audience to the highest pitch of enthusiasm when he said, with a pathos almost dramatic: "You all remember John T. Morgan, Alabama's veteran senator and supposed logician of the first water. You will recall his disgust at the idea of clothing the black man with the mantle of citizenship and all the responsibilities of the white man. You know how he declared again and again that the Negro could not learn law and science and ethics—that he could not acquire judgment, initiative and constructive power. Yet, my friends, less than half a century removed from slavery, this despised Negro race has accomplished a feat that seems almost like a Divine rebuttal to the dismal theories of Senator Morgan. The irony of fate is illustrated in a startling fashion. At 315 John Marshall Place, in Washington, in the very home where the Alabaman spent the major portion of his years since the Civil War, there sits in full legal panopoly, a Negro municipal judge, holding a diploma from proud Harvard and a commission from the President of the United States, dispensing law and equity to white and black alike, and recognized as the very ablest jurist on the bench of six judges." Mr. Edward C. Smith, special messenger to Secretary of War Dickinson, accompanied his chief to the Canal Zone last month to investigate at first hand the conditions surrounding the digging of the great Panama waterway. He was delighted with the remarkable progress that was being made and was not a little surprised and gratified to find so many Negroes working faithfully and drawing good wages. Chief Engineer Goethals spoke in the highest terms of the colored man's work, says Mr. Smith, and pronounces the story that they are idle, shiftless and unreliable, a falsehood of the deepest dye. Mr. Smith has travelled extensively, has had ample experience and is a keen observer of current events. He is filling the bill in the office of the secretary of war, and enjoys the confidence of all with whom he has dealings. The announcement that Bishop E. W. Lampton and family had been forced to leave their home in Greenville Mills, on account of some complications growing out of the refusal of the storekeepers and telephone operators to address Miss Lampton by the title usually accorded to young ladies, came as a shock to their many friends in this city. It is known that Bishop Lampton had a multitude of important interests in his native state, and a hurried leave-taking would spell disaster for him. He is Grand Master of the Stringer Masons, a prominent factor in the Masonic Benefit Association and a leader of the Odd Fellows, be- sides being the preaching Bishop of the A. M. church in Mississippi. The belief is general that the matter has been angered by the press and that an adjustment will be reached by which the Bishop and his family may return to Greenville and live in peace. He enjoys the respect and confidence of the best whites of the entire South and it is inconceivable that a temporary misunderstanding will be allowed to embarrass him for any considerable period. The death of Collector J. H. Deveaux, of Savannah, Ga., is likewise regrettable. Col. Deveaux was well-known in Washington and was looked upon as a leader of race wisdom by the "Georgia Colony" here, and always had the ear of the administration from McKinley's time down to the present. He has held the Savannah collectorship for upwards of twelve years and had been in the customs service in one way or another for nearly forty years, giving in every capacity complete satisfaction. At one time he was the ranking military officer in Georgia and was at the head of the republican state central committee. He had by thrift, economy and executive ability accumulated a goodly share of this world's goods. It is stated by the-acres in Georgia that the vacancy in the collectorship will probably be filled by the appointment of W. L. Leaken, a white man, whose name has been mentioned frequently in connection with the office. Major John R. Lynch, paymaster in the United States Army, has been ordered to report to the commanding officer at San Francisco for duty. Paymaster Lynch ranks twelfth among the Majors on the staff of disbursing officers of the army, and has been in the volunteer and regular service since 1898. He left Manila, P. 1., May 15, on the transport Thomas, en. route to the United States. He has to his credit a total foreign service of four years, seven months and 10 days. Lieut. Benjamin O. Davis, who has been visiting relatives here, has gone to Wilbrforce University, to attend the commencement and to wind up his affairs as instructor in military training at that institution. He is to be succeeded in the fall by Lieut. John E. Green, who comes from the Philippines. Lieut. Davis will serve as instructor for the First separate Battalion, District National Guard, at the encampment and maneuvers in August, after which he will join the 10th Cavalry, which will be stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. Prof. Richard Theodore Greener, one of the ablest men of the race—the typical "scholar in politics," the Henry Crobt Lodge of the Negro people—is in the city on legal business. Prof. Greener is now located in Chicago, and has built up quite a lucrative law practice. The Professor has held several very responsible positions under the government of the District of Columbia, and was among the early principals of the Washington High School. He was secretary of the Grant Monument Fund in New York for a number of years and was a member of the civil service board of the City of New York, inaugurating many productive reforms in the conduct of affairs in that great municipality. He made an enviable record as United States Consul in Vladivostok, Russia, serving with distinction in that capacity during the trying Russo-Japanese war. Prof. Greener rendered conspicuous service for the republican party in the last campaign, and it is not unlikely that President Taft will again draw upon his splendid abilities for the public service. Dr. H. W. Furniss, minister to Haiti, is expected in the city next week. He will report to the State Department for instructions and then sail from New York for his post at Port-au-Prince. The latest political gossip is that Mr James C. Napier, one of the South's brightest and best men, is to be named for an important place in this city—a station of the $4,000 grade; and it is also stated that the appointment is to carry special significance from the fact that the position to be given him has not previously been held by a colored man. The local wise-acres are patiently awaiting developments. Mr. Napier was one of the original Taft supporters, and did much to swing Tennessee into the Taft column at a critical moment. That he is deserving of handsome recognition, goes without the saying. Some years ago Mr. Napier declined the Bahian consulate, his large business interests making it inadvisable for him to leave the United States at that time. He is chairman of the executive committee of the National Negro Business League and has been a vital force in the organization since its inception at Boston in 1900. Work on the new $100,000 home for the Colored Y. M. C. A. has been suspended for a short time, until $10,000 can be collected. Secretary L. E. Johnson, International Secretary J. E. Moorland and Brigadier- Alexander Hamilton, Bills the ship or State and Gain, Bills the bar. prising Things Were Made by Other Nations. The Educator, of which State superintendent M. P. Shawwatson, or, publishes some of the most amusing replies to questions asked in the last uniform examination for teachers' certificates. Some of the most surprising bit of information imparted were as follows: "Alex. Hamilton was a great man. He was the one that built the Ship of State and his name was on the end of it." "Alexander Hamilton was a great statesman called the Ship of State." "Alexander Hamilton was a noted ship builder." "Alexander Hamilton was a Major General from W. Va. in the Civil War." "Alexander Hamilton shot Aaron Burr in a duel and was tried and hanged." "S. F. B. Morse was the inventor of electricity." "S. F. B. Morse was the inventor of the first telegraph operator." "S. F. B. Morse is noted for the drawing of electricity from the lightning." "S. F. B. Morse discovered the necessity for a surgical operation." "An exposition at Washington celebrating the building of the Potash Station." "An exposition at Gettysburg to celebrate the birthday of Christ." "Sam Houston, President of Texas, 1793 to 1863." (We believe the above, if true, would be the longest reign on record. The prices alleged to have been paid for Alaska ranged from $24.00 to $7,000,000,000. "An important battle fought on land was Commodore Perry victory on Lake Shamplane." "The cause of the war of 1812 was the compressment of American scamen." "The constitution was framed a short time after it was adopted." (We presume it was then hung in a prominent position in the White House drawing room.) "50-40 was the name of regiments sent ahead to fight." "Alaska is a valuable possession and is noted for its rich climate of various kinds." A single applicant bunched the following startling information: "George Washington won the battle of Harpers Ferry. Braiddoon won the battle of Bull run. General Gage won Point Pleasant." All the above engagements were supposed to have taken place in the war of 1812. Another applicant presented the following list of surprises: "Stephen Douglas invented the Cooking Stove. S. F. B. Morse invented the Telephone. Sam Houston invented the Sewing Machine. W. L. Wilson sold a quantity of pork." WHAT DID HE GET? "Wot's yourn?" asked the waiter of a quick-lunch patron. "Doughnuts and black coffee," was the reply. And the waiter sent in the order to the cook by wireless: "One in the dark an' two rubber tires."—Chicago Tribune. Mabel—But you don't seem to grasp my meaning. I'll try to make myself a little more plain. Marion—Don't do anything rash, dear. One is foolish to interfere with the work of nature.—Stray Stores. Bridegroom (expectantly)—"Now, my dear father-in-law, I wish to say just a word about my debt."— "Father-in-law (slapping him on the back)—"Did you say debts? Why, my boy, I'll bet my debts exceed yours three to one."—Fligende Blaetter. General Ralph W. Tyler, in charge of mustering up the current and delinquent subscribers, are putting forth strenthous efforts to raise the required amount and it is thought the building operations can be resumed within the fewest of weeks. The gossips say there may be a change in the principalship of the M. Street High School this year. If the present incumbent, Prof. W. T. S. Jackson should be retired, the names of Messrs. Nelson E. Wetherless and Garnett C. Wilkinson are mentioned as possible candidates for the place. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, of the Board of Education, is delivering a series of commencement addresses. Among the institutions visited by her are the State College at Savannah, Ga., the High School at Cairo, Ill., the Agricultural and Normal School at Enfield, N. C., the High School at Paducah, Ky., and the High School at Covington, Ky. She returns to Washington in time to attend the joint commencement of our High and Normal Schools. Before Mrs. Terrell left the city President Taff promised her that he would present the diplomas to the graduates of the M Street High and Armstrong Technical and Normal School, No. 2, June 18. R. W. THOMPSON. Schwabe & May "FOR BETTER CLOTHES" Money in Politics. (From Parkersburg Dispatch-News). Some of the most ardent supporters of Senator Scott, for re-election, we gather from the news of the day, his bonhousiness in spending money, the party is one of the strongest, he should be returned to the senate. Fitness and not money, nor the spending of money, should always determine any man's election to office. Spending money often shows a devotion, which is in commandable. Liberalism of the virtues. But money must always be minimized as a reason-why any one should be elected to office. One of the best and greatest men that ever was, elected President of the United States, had hardly enough money to go to Washington to be inaugurated. Senators Scott and Elliott would each make just as good senators deserve re-election just as much if they were good. It is bringing and nurturing. It is ability to fill the office and serve the people, that make good. United States senators—money forms, no part of these qualifications. Enough good can be said in favor to the re-election of both our United States senators without urging that which should not elect any man to office. Money does not man that makes it honestly are all, but this country will be better off theoner money has no influence in the electing men to the United States senate. The Black Hand (From Wheeling Register.) It is hoped that the arrests of Black Handlers in this and neighboring states will have a two-fold beneficial effect—teaching the alien maudurers that American law is a match for them, and encouraging those who have been intimidated by the society to hide the authorities by telling what they know. The record of crimes committed by the Black Hand is almost appalling, and much credit should be given to the postal authorities, whose activities have resulted in a dozen or more arrests, and in the gathering of indubitable proof of guilt. The most vigorous measures should be employed in stamping out this evil, and the limit of punishment provided by the law should be meted out to offenders as an example to others of their ilk. Hundreds—possibly thousands of persons have paid tribute to this gang of blackmailers. The recipients of their threatening demands for money have been terrorized by their murders, abductions and other crimes, and for that reason, in a majority of cases, have yielded to the demands of the Black Hand, instead of notifying the police and aiding them in detecting the criminals. The punishment of the leaders of the society ought to have the effect of breaking up the gang. Coal Shipments (From Bluefield Telegraph.) The official statement of coal shipped from mines along the Norfolk and Western railway for the month of May, which will be found elsewhere in this issue, be another evidence of returning prosperity. From Pocahontas field alone more than three-quarters of a million tons were gipped, while the Tug River and Thacker districts showed gratifying increases. There was a slight falling off in the Clinch Valley region, but this is not significant. The total shipments for the month increased in round numbers to 1,434,294 tons, an increase of 103,512 tons over April, when the total shipments reached 1,039,627 tons. --- Northcott May Earn His Money from Washington has the following: Elliott Northcott, the new minister of the United States to Colombia, sailed from New York yesterday and will arrive at Bogota, the Colombian capital, 'about July 10. There is fear among the friends of Minister Northcott that the disturbed condition of things in Colombia may give the new diplomat.all else in the way of trouble than what he has expected. Northcott had led to believe that peace reigned in Colombia and would enjoy the hospitality and cordiality of the American ruler. Just as Northcott took ship at New York for his poet the papers came out with tales of friction and the departure of President Reyes for England with no intention of coming back. This means of course> a very troubled period in the South American country and the Huntington diplomat may get much more excitement than the yearned for when he left the plains scenes of the Guayabandite region. Last week there was talk that Reyes was on his way to Washington and, that he hoped to get home aid from friends in this country. Then he reported that he and changed his plans and might land in some European port of La Cañada and awash a better political慕斯 in Jalisco. Northwest of it is beautiful foothills, plexing situation in Colombia as he spent much time while here with the retiring United States minister and also with members of the Colombian legation, but when he said farewell in the Willard, Northcoast had no idea of going to a country without a ruler. For some time back, efforts have been made to ratify a treaty between this country, Colombia and Panama, but ratification was not accidental. He was the victim of an accident and he was much disgusted with his congress for the failure. Of course a revolution is not a novelty in any South American country and our West Virginia diplomat may see much of interest as he comes back to the political troubles of his own state and congressional district. Foaming and Frothing. (From Farmhouse, west Virginia.) Little Mr. Weir, of the Randolph Enterprise, is foaming and frothing the trying people, the poor think, they are being taken to death by the Republican party. Foor Jimmy, if he had such a thing as a tax receipt to make a comparison he might know different, but so long as he hasn't, we suppose he will have to rant on. Relations With Russia. (From New Orleans Picayune.) The Russian Foreign Office has declared its willingness to negotiate with this country a new treaty of amity and commerce. The existing treaty dates back to 1832, a fact which serves to remind all concerned that despite the good relations which exist between the country and Russia there actually exists fewer written treaties and conversations than can be accredited any other civilized country. Although Russia took n decided interest in the Revolutionary War States, it was not until 1832 that a and was always friendly to the United formal treaty was arranged between the two countries. Although that treaty followed several conventions covering special subjects, there has actually been no revision of the original treaty or any supplementary agreements in reference thereto. For a time Russia actually claimed exclusive rights in the North Pacific, which, although they were by no means altogether neglected, were asserted for a long time and only terminated on the acquisition of Alaska by the United States. The Prosperity Schedule. (From Cleveland Leader.) Tariff bills are judged, after enactment, by their results more than by the rates which they establish. The prosperity schedule is the one most interesting to the country. Nine voters out of ten are little concerned with tariff percentages, but all of them are intensely alive to the good or bad times which follow the passing of a new tariff law. We should argue successfully that the tariff should not be credited with prosperity or charged with a panic. If such a disaster follows a sweeping reduction or increase in the duties or imports. The change, favorable or adverse, may be a coincidence, and the new tariff law is judged accordingly. This may not be scientific. It is not always fair or sound. Yet the fact remains that such reasoning is well nigh universal. It springs from the very roots of human nature. In the last analysis, the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill will be judged by the times which follow its enactment. If its prosperity schedule turns out well all of its faults will be overlooked and it will be a popular law. Its results will count a great deaf more than its merits, if the two do not happen to be well balanced. Mr. Jagsby (welcoming Mr. Jagaby at daybreak)—Up all night again, eh? Mr. Jagaby—Yes, m' dear, thash jush it. Went up with Misher Wright in his sairship hash even' an' he couldn't get it down—Puck. THE STATE HOUSE Are You Working for Money? Or is Your Money Working for You? If you are working and saving your money and putting it in a bank where you get no interest, keep it in a trunk or hiding it somewhere about your house—You Are Working For Money. If you are working and saving your money and investing it in a safe way, where it will be working day and night whether you are working or not, and making you at least six per cent, interest—Your Money is working For You. The Pythian Mutual Investment Association was organized in order to give us an opportunity to put the money we could save together and then put it to work. The above is a picture of our building on the Capitol Square in Charleston. We have just purchased a splendid three story 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 third floor is a large assembly and lodge hall. This building is sure to pay us well. After the Charleston building had been occupied only eight months our stockholders were paid a dividend of six per cent. Stock is still on sale at $10.00 per share, either paid up or on the installment plan. Ask your agent in your locality about it or write to this office. Let Your Money Work for You. Investment Association. WestVa.Colored Institute The only Industrial Institute for colored Students in the State. Regular Normal, Academic and Commercial Courses, also Regular Courses in Agriculture, Carpentery and House Building, Steam Fitting, Smithing, Cabinet Making, Painting and Glazing, Dressmaking, Laundering, Printing. A complete course in Military Training to Cadets. Rooms. Books, Fuel and Lights Free to Normal Students; and in addition Uniforms for State Students. We have a faculty of Twenty-two Teachers Board only Eight Dollars per Month. minced flue. A dainty and seasonable fruit salad is made of white cherries, bits of orange and bananas, served on lettuce, with French dressing. Another salad combination is seeded raisins cut in pieces, broken nut meats, and chopped celery. Watery custard is caused by cooking in an oven that is too hot. Set the custard in a pan of hot water, and see that it does not boil during the baking. (From Indianapolis News.) Beautiful effects are made with HINTS FROM THE CHEF (From Philadelphia Bulletin.) A cupful of ripe olives added to the beef stew just before it is taken off improves it wonderfully. To make baked or boiled custard perfectly smooth, scald your milk and set aside to cool. Then make the custard and cook as usual. A tasty addition to ham sandwiches is a pickle or two minced with the cold meat. For this purpose broiled ham is often preferred to that which is boiled. For a change add to the scrambled eggs half a dozen mushrooms, cut into bits and cooked in a teaspoonful of butter with half a green pepper FADS AND FANCIES polka dot designs on hand-embroidered fingerie. Pearl buttons are seen with elaborate decorations in gift, and in colors. The effect is novel, whether we like it or not. Manue is a favorite color for lining suits, although it fades quickly. Any of the leather tints, chestnut brown and dull navy blue are all more practical. Some of the prettiest white serge suits have white crochet buttons. Colored cotton crepes are having a considerable popularity. They come plain or in fancy stripes and designs. Girdles are being sold in the shops which allow for the dipping waist. Mrs. J. M. Hazlewood is in receipt of a telegram announcing the death of Mrs. Mosle Burbridge, Tuesday, at her home at Ansonia, Conn., after an illness of two hours. Mrs. Burbridge was the wife of Prof. P. B. Burbridge, former principal of the colored schools of this city, and is survived by her husband and three sons. J. R. Jefferson, principal of the Sumner school, at Parkersburg, spent the first of the week here in attendance upon the final meeting of the Board of Regents of the Bluefield Colored Institute. Mrs. Florence Jones Green, of Dayton, Ohio, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Green, on Young street. Mrs. Sam Johnson entertained a few friends, Friday, in honor of William Eggleston. Those present were: Mesdames H. F. Gamble, J. H. Taylor, H. Mickens, Misses Amolia Wilcher, Lillian Taylor, and William Eggleston, Mr. Newton and William Wilson and Luther Jefferson. Mrs. Ellen Taylor, who has been confined to her bed for a week, is convalescing. The regular semi-monthly meeting of Phyllis Wheatley Court of Calanthe, at which Prof. H. B. Rice was elected Worthy Counsellor, was addressed Tuesday night by J. R. Jefferson, the Grand Worthy Counsellor of the order. Rev. Ballard Brooks filled his regular appointment at Malden Sunday, preaching both morning and evening. Mrs. Lenora Cowser, who has been ill at her home on Elizabeth street the past week, is reported convalescing. J. M. Hazlewood and J. C. Gilmer left this morning for Indianapolis to attend a convention of the "Dokies." They expect to return Sunday evening. The members of the Grand Lodge K. of P. entertainment committee are requested by the chairman to meet the Advocate office Wednesday evening of next week at 8:00 o'clock. Leaving home last week, ostensibly to visit relatives at Columbus, O., Miss Stella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. James notified her parents and several friends, a few days after her departure, of her marriage to Robt. L. Foy, who left this city several months ago, after a residence of two or three years. Coming so soon after several other unexpected marriages, Miss James' nuptials strengthened the belief that our young people are infected with the marriage bacillus. F. C. Brown contemplates a trip to Boley, Okla., an exclusive Negro town, in the near future, to confer with the business men there concerning the erection of a hotel and office building, which, it is claimed, is much needed. The Woman's Hospital Association will serve ice cream at Hotel Brown Monday evening. Admission free. No improvement is noted in the condition of R. B. Colbert, who has been seriously ill at his home on Morris street. Invitations have been received here to the marriage of Miss Rosa Belle Winston, niece of Mrs. Belle Perkins, of Huntington, to Mr. S. A. Holmes, of Youngstown, O., June 30th. Miss Susie Chandler, of Mound, was a guest of Miss Rosalynde Friend yesterday. Mrs. Harry P. Stewart is ill at her rooms, Hotel Brown. Mrs. Charity Robinson, of Lewisburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. B. Colbert. The mother of Mrs. Wright died at her home on Piedmont street, Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Richards, who spent the past week with her sister, Mrs. Henry Smith, has returned to her home at St. Albans accompanied by little Clifford Davis. Mr. and Mrs. James Watson entertained a few friends at their home on Hansford street, Tuesday evening. Sherman Watts is visiting his father at Natural Bridge, Va. Mr Tucker Gore and Mrs. Barbara Rose were united in holy wedlock on Wednesday evening by Rev. W. E. Walker at the parsonage, 804 Donnally street. The ladies aid of St. Paul A. M. E. church will meet at the parsonage tonight. They will give an entertainmen on Friday night in the A. M. E. church. Court street. The trustees of St. Paul A. M. E. church will have a rally Sunday at which time each member is requested to give two dollars. Rev. W. E. Walker will baptise several candidates Sunday morning, in the Kanawha river. The baptismal sermon will be preached at 11 a. m. and all the candidates are requested to be present at the church at that hour and take the vows. The Historical literary Society held an interesting meeting in St. Paul A. M. E. church Tuesday night. W. O. James, of Huntington, and Dr. B. F. White, of Montgomery, were business visitors here yesterday. TO PRESERVE BLANKETS (From Philadelphia, The) To preserve blankets that are badly worn, patch all holes too large to be darned; then cover, with cheese cloth and tack with colored yarn or wovened. Buttonhole with the yarn across the ends. SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS AT BLUEFIELD INSTITUTE Will. Furnish Unexcelled Opportunities for Those Who Wish to Prepare Themselves for Higher Grade Certificates. Beginning June 14, 1909, and continuing for a period of six weeks, Bluefold Colored Institute will hold a summer session. Every progressive and enterprising teacher should take advantage of such an opportunity. And if you come with the spirit and desire to help yourself, it will surely mean to you increased efficiency in your work for the coming year, and it may mean an increase in the grade of your certificate. While this second end may be desirable the first is the primary reason for teaching, education today is an aggressive, progressive movement interested in bettering all legitimate activities for a community. The teachers' training then must be many sided, they are in constant need of the contact and the study that keep them acquainted with the best and most practical in their work In this need the summer school finds the reason for existence. Courses of Study. There will be offered courses in primary work. A review course covering all the branches required in the uniform examination. If you have failed to secure a satisfactory certificate in the May examination, here is your opportunity to secure one. Courses in pedagogy. Courses in modern languages. An elementary science course, in An elementary science course, in physics, chemistry and agriculture. Among the instructors will be Mr. William Pickens and Miss Fannie Cobb. A tuition of $5.00 will be charged for the full term or $2 per week for a less period. Board at the Institute will be $3 per week to those who bring their own bed clothing and linens. For further information address the principal, R. P. Sims. SECRETARY WILSON MAY LEAVE THE CABINET IN DECEMBER Washington, June 23.—James Wilson, of Iowa, the Secretary of Agriculture, who has heaten the record for length of Cabinet service, will retire from office in December, according to reliable information. Charles Frederick Scott, Representative in Congress from the Second district of Kansas, has been selected to succeed him. Mr. Scott is chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. Mr. Wilson had an ambition to serve in the Cabinet for a longer continuous period than any other man. That ambition has been realized, and he will now be able to retire with entire satisfaction to himself. Mr. Wilson is nearly seventy-four years old. His service as the head of the Agricultural Department has been marked by many important and valuable improvements in farming methods, due to his initiative, and he has been praised highly for his work. He entered the Cabinet in President McKinley's first term. Mr. Scott is forty-eight years old. He is a newspaper owner. He is serving his fifth term in Congress. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Says Educated Negroes Don't Bother About Social Equality Norfolk, Va., June 21.—That the educated negro of today has no idea of social equality, was asserted here today by Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee, before a large audience. He said that those who are in touch with the race and its needs know that all that is needed to accomplish its salvation is education, not in the confined sense of the term, but in its broadest meaning. But, he continued, the Negro, properly educated, wants some of the good things of life, and will work to secure them. Every careful housewife should have plenty of waxed paper or paraffine paper about the house. It is of the greatest value in preserving eatables from the air and keeping them properly moist. In the sandwich basket it is indispensable. Cake wrapped in it will keep moist and fresh for a much longer time than if put directly into the box. When the paper has become sticky, run cold water on it, and it may be used again. Cheese wrapped up in it and put in the refrigerator will keep a week, looking as if freshly cut. Fruit merchants wrap fine fruit in it. This is practicable also for the picnic basket. If a plate of sandwiches is prepared beforehand for a luncheon on any other purpose, where they must be daintily perfect, it is a good plan to pile them up on a plate and then wrap plate and all in the paraffine paper. Mrs. A.—Aren't men awful? Mrs. Z.—What now, my dear? Mrs. A.—Why, when I showed George my beautiful mushroom hat he said I looked like a toadstool. FREE With every cash value of Wall Paper (of $1.00 or more) An Illustrated Souvenir Directory of Charleston. New Wall Paper Just In Big Bargains in Remnants MOO RE'S CHARLESTON'S LEADING WALL PAPER HOUSE; 118 Capitol Street. Is the largest in the City and our Prices as usual the lowest that can be made, up-to-date Merchandise. No. 1. It is an incentive to save the dimes and dollars which you now spend carelessly. These sums seem small when you are spending them, one by one; but for the entire year, they amount to a worthy sum. No. 2. Your Savings Deposit here earns Compound Semi-annual Interest, and it is easy to get ahead when capital, as well as your brain and muscle are working for you. No. 3. A Savings Account in the Bank increases your self-respect and self-confidence, as well as the confidence and respect of others. No. 4. Your deposit forms an ever ready protection against what is sickness and misfortune, and an assurance of comfort in the age OUR DISPLY OF Ladies' Misses' Wear garments, M Is the largest in the City and our F can be made up-to-date Merchandise GIVE US The People's A CALL JOSEPH, SCHW 602 Kanawha, cor. Alderson St., LATER RETURNS Brown—I hear you celebrated your silver wedding a few weeks ago? Green—So we thought at the time. Brown—What do you mean by that? Green—Late returns show that it was a silver-plated affair. SEASON'S DISHES (From Baltimore Star.) Never put tomato salad or jelly to harden in a tin or iron vessel. The acid of the tomato acting on the tin gives a disagreeable taste, and the black pan is likely to leave a rim around the mold. To have fresh mint during the summer, keep several sprigs of it in a rose bowl in the sunshine. It will grow rapidly in the water and will furnish all the mint one will need. It flourishes as well in water as in the earth. The Dutch are very fond of asparagus, and it is claimed by tourists that in no other place on earth is this delicacy prepared in a more appetizing manner, but the secret is that every piece is scraped the same as new potatoes before being cooked, even that which is very young and tender. Most women have found the mop handle with the handy clasp a general utility tool. There is a great deal of unnecessary bending of the knees to the household gods. It is a painful attitude, and work that can be done just as well in a standing posture should never be done in a kneeling one. The summer's wondrous alchemy Now sets us in a whirl. "Your wife doesn't seem to care much for that friend of yours." No; he's the man I lay the blame on when I'm detained down town."—Pittsburg Post. Four "Reason YOU SHOULD HAVE A SAVING Kanawha Banking You can no doubt recall the collection of roots, herbs and harks your grand-mother made every fall for the family medicine chest. It is interesting to note that the most successful remedy for female lilis had its origin more than 30 years ago in one of these home medicine chests, and Lydia E. Pinkhanna Vegetable Compound is made today in immense quantities from these same roots and herbs with extreme accuracy, care and cleanliness. One man's success may spell disaster for another. The word wouldn't move quite so fast if it depended on some people we know to push it along. Postmaster—This letter is too heavy. You'll have to put on an other stamp. Coon—Sah, will that make it any lightah?—Princeton Tiger. The Young Man—I wish to thank you, sir, for giving me your assistance in persuading your daughter to marry me. The Old Man—Sir, I was violently opposed to the match. Department Commander. Dr. D Mayor of the G. A. R., of West Virginia, will go to Washington on June 3rd where a monument will be unveiled to the memory of General Stephenson, the first commander in chief of the G. A. R. President Tall will accept the monument on behalf of the people of the United States. On his way to Washington, Dr. Mayer will stop at Harper's Ferry and institute a post of the G. A. R. Harper's Ferry was where the John Brown raid occurred and probably the point of the first engagement. A post was established in that town years ago but was abandoned in 1880 owing to the sectional feeling, but now 45 years after the war the post will be re-established. "How do you know Bilggins enjoys trouble?" "Because he'd rather be the umpire in a baseball game than one of the players."—Washington State It Pays to Please THE EMPORIUM We think our cream is the best--if you will give us a trial we can convince you of the same fact. A free fan as long as they last with each 5 and 10 cent purchase. Ask for them. 1321 WASHINGTON STREET. STUB ENDS OF FACT AND FANCY (By R. W. Thompson.) Leave base minds to harbor suspicion Small ones to trace their defects; Let ours be a noble ambition— For base is the mind that suspects We know not one of another, "We all into error may fall— So, let us speak well of our brother, Or speak not well of all. Tariff revision downward was pledged by the republican party in the Chicago platform. The Negro is the "ultimate consumer" who feels the burdens of exorbitant tariff first and shares in its benefits last. The Negro hospital ranks with the Negro church and Negro school in every community where we have a considerable Negro population. "The Young Allenite" is the name of a neat and sparkling publication just started at Nashville, Tenn., under the auspices of the A. M. E. Sunniay-school union. It is edited in a happy vein, especially adapted to the information of children, by Ira T. Bryant, who is more than living up to expectations as business manager of the church's great printing plant in Nashville. The brutal murder of poor Eskie Sigel in New York by a "mission Chinaman" is apt to dampen the ardor of those philanthropic folks who follow after the strange god of attempting to proselyte the fixed discipies of Confucius, when there are enough ignorant, pagan and vicious American citizens really open to conviction to keep them busy for a century. The infusion of the Chinaman, the Jap and the Fillipino into the Anglo-Saxon civilization is making a new race problem, compared with which the so-called "Negro problem" pales in to insignificance. The "yellow per ADVOCATE SIXTEen il" contains far more dynamite than the putative "Black Peril." The south will rue the day she gives encouragement to the introduction of the labor union, with train of petty tyrannies and spirit of bossism, fostered by the walking delegate, the professional agitator and industrial graftor. The backbone of southern prosperity rests upon the tractable, faithful and homogeneous Negro laborer. Mississippi's "best citizens" place too high a value upon Negro leaders of the type of Bishop Lampton to allow a few "crackers" to drive him out of a community to which he has contributed so much, and to watch his uplifting example has been an inspiration Sacrifice Sale of BELTS For a few days only we offer Belts for only 21c See display in our Kanawha st best selection. Remember, we carry PICTORI The only 10c. and 15c. kind th CONSTRUCTION GUIDE—S. TERIAL. For a few days only we offer a large assortment of excellent 50c. 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Old Wilberforce has taken on new life and a more vigorous purpose since Prof. Scarborough assumed the reins. In the passing of Edward Everett Hale, preacher, poet, scholar, benefactor and statesman, the Negro race loses another sturdy friend. He, was a fearless champion of the right. Of his kind but few are left—more's the pity. Good health is a business asset. The Negro should lose no opportunity to co-operate with his white fellow-citizens in the movement to stamp out tuberculosis and to clean up the plague-spots of the cities in which too many Negroes are forced to abide and meet untimely deaths. Health is wealth. Durham, N. C., is fortunate in having within its borders such a constructive force for good as Dr. J. E. Shepard. Within a short time this growing center of thought and industry will have a $50,000 school for the religious training of the Negro race. Dr. Shepard is being encouraged because he is doing a work that appeals to the judgment of all considerate mankind, and they wish to help a people who exhibit such a willingness to help themselves. It doesn't pay to fall out with a man who has done nothing to you, merely because some one of your friends does not like him. Puerile complaint, without seeking a practical remedy, availeth nothing. "Hope, but hustle," was the keynote of Charles W. Anderson's admirable address to the Washington high school graduates last week. Brother J. E. Wood, editor of the Danville (Ky.) Torchlight, evidently prefers to see our people striving for the commerce that brings tangible good, rather than that which caters to the momentary appetite. He says: "Our people should learn in business, as well as other things, that the needful should go before the ornamental and pleasure-making. One shoe store or grocery is worth more to our people than a hundred theaters or merry go-rounds. The man who wants to --- help his race will consider the influence, of his business upon the people, as well as the pecuniary benefits which will come to himself." This is a nugget of wisdom. The Negro chauffeur is gratifyingly in evidence. We shall next hear of the Negro "aviator." We are always up-to-the-minute if there is one chance in a hundred to get into the game. "Take it from,'—Jeffries will never meet Jack Johnson in the ring. He is afraid of the "Black Wonder," and is not going to take any chance of getting licked by him. It is his plan to stack Al Kauffman, Stanley Ketchell or anybody he can induce to take a try-out against the dusky champoan, in the hope that some one of the bunch will, through some lucky blow, save him from the impending danger. The big boiler-maker is putting up an exhibition of stalling, four-flushing and bar-room bluffing that is disgusting to even the most narrow-minded and prejudiced of the devotees of pugilism-on-the-square. Real sports have no use for a dub—and that is what Jeffries is proving himself to be. Like Dickens" "Joep Bagstock," he is "sly—devilish sly." Plums fall more rapidly from the federal tree when there is a change of parties. Since McKinley's first election, each succeeding administration has simply inherited the policies and hold-over officers of their predecessors. For this reason, President Taft has been freer from a siege of place-hunters than any other chief executive in many years, and the changes so far have been comparatively few. Up to this writing, no member of the "Black Cabinet" has hung out a "C. D." signal—that is, not so as you could notice it. The Negro is not without his negative virtues. No colored woman has yet appeared in the new-fangled "trouserette skirt," and no man of the race is identified with the "Black Hand" outrages. The colored laborer spends every cent he earns among the merchants of this country. There are other better-thought-of-poples who live on next to nothing, hoarding their earnings, and skurrying back to their motherland as soon as they have accumulated a fortune. Let us stand by the workingmen who build up American institutions. Notwithstanding the vicious left-jabs of Correspondent F. H. M. Murray in the Boston Guardian, the public schools of Washington continue to do business at the old stand. There is a general feeling that those who accepted Secretary Taft's nomination with a whole handful of salt have no right to complain if President Taft associates their claims to official recognition with a few grains of the same substance. It looks as if the present national administration is superseding the Rooseveltian "Ananias Club" with the Taft "Don't Worry Association." The evangelizers of New York's Chinese might find a productive field for their labors among the heathen "po' whites" of Georgia and Mississippi. "Mississippi Day" will be a big feature of the Louisville meetings of the National Negro Business League. No success is possible among races, corporations or families without "team work." It may not be fashionable to say, so, but the hard fact remains that the most comfortable "summer resort" is —home. President Taft's critics would be left without a leg to stand upon if they would read his speech fully and in a spirit of fairness. It is easy to find flaws in any utterance if sentences are isolated from their context and essential modifying clauses are omitted—thus changing the entire meaning of the speaker. Dr. Booker T. Washington is "capturing" Tidewater Virginia this week. PHILIPPINES ISLANDS ARE DISCUSSED Washington, D. C., June 19. The status of the Philippine Islands was discussed in the senate this week. Of course, there was a divergence of views. On this subject both Senators Elkins and Scott declared themselves. The opportunity for this declaration came on the Philippine tariff schedule. Senator Elkins stated that be believed that the Filipinos have the same rights as the people of any other territory. And in this declaration Senator Scott joined. The position of both senators is that the Philippines either are a part of the United States or they are not a part. If they are a part of the United Staates, they should be so treated. If they are not, they should be treated from that basis. It has been a busy week with the West Virginia senators. A number of paragraphs in which they were interested were up for discussion. One or two were passed over for a few days, only postponing the fight. Among other paragraphs coming up was that of barytes. Senator Scott took this matter up with the finance committee directly. A number of West Virginians are interested in barytes mines in Kentucky. The house gave a duty of $1.50 and then South Charleston Factories Employing Over 400 Men Dunkirk Window Glass Co. Banner Window Glass Co. Kanawha Chemical Engine Mfg Co. Terms: 1-10 cash, balance in monthly payments to suit. Discount for all cash. Bell Phone 750; Home Phone 1214 the senate finance committee cut it down to 75 cents Senator Scott was able to have it restored to $1.50. During this debate he announced that so far as he was concerned he was not much in love with the free list of the bill anyhow and that he believed that the people of his State felt as he did. The junior senator was able to good naturally call down Senator Nelson in first class shape during the debate on sago flour. Mr. Nelson is one of the ultra-free-traders of the Republican party. He voted for the MHIs bill a number of years ago when a member of the house, and is also in favor of cutting down duties, except when such a cut hurts Minnesota. He has opposed almost every duty that has been laid by the finance committee. When that committee reported placing sago flour on the free list, Mr. Nelson was on his feet, at the first opportunity, and was loudly insistent for a duty because the farmers of Minnesota raise potatoes out of which starch is made. He claimed sago flour was used in the making of starch, etc., by cotton manufacturers and others and therefore entered into competition with potato starch. Senator Scott called attention to this position of the senator from Minnesota in a most emphatic way, and the senate saw the point. Mr. Nell Robinson, of the West Virginia Coal Oeperators Association, has been in the city for several days. He dropped in to see how matters wer going, and said: "I have called on both senators to tell them that the coal men of our State appreciate their work on the coal schedule. We know that they have been insistent in season and out of season in our interests. No men could have done better." It is now reported that coal will be on the dutiable list at 50 cents a ton, with culm and slack at either 15 or 20 cents; in addition to this, a definition of slack will be inserted, which is to be made satisfactory to the West Virginia men. It has been a hard fight, in this bill, to even hold what West Virginia already has, especially on coal. While the house of representatives is in session only every third day, yet all the congressmen are now present in the city, except Mr. Sturgiss. Mr. Woodyard, of the Fourth district, is seen in the senate chamber most every day doing what he can to help along in looking after the West Virginia interests. Hon. Charles W. Swisher spent a day in the city, on his way to New York. He was going there on business, and had his children with him. PEPLE IN SOUTH CHARLESTON NOW. THERE APRIL 1, 1907. Room 501 Charleston National Bank Building packing his household fixtures. After he had shipped them to New York for loading on the South American steamer, he learned that the railroad, running to Bogata, had been knocked out of commission. A large landslide had occurred, and it was reported that it would be nearly a year before it was fixed up. This necessitates the transportation on his household effects on mules, so in New York he was forced to repack all his furniture so it could be placed in bundles of such a size as to go on a mule's back. He will be forced to travel for several days on mule back to reach Bogata. It is thought he will have a mule train of about 20" mules. He sailed on Saturday. Simply to show how this debate is dragging out and to illustrate the tactics of the "free trade," Republican senators, Mr. La Follette's speech, delivered a couple of weeks ago, has just been published in the Record. It fills 135 pages of that document. WHEN LINCOLN FIRST MET GRANT. On the 29th of February, 1864, congress passed an act reviving the grade of lieutenant-general in the army, and within a few days Grant was appointed and confirmed to this office. On March 10 he was "by executive order assigned to command the armies of the United States." It is stated in Nicolay and Hay that Lincoln neither advocated nor opposed this legislation. The bill was introduced by E. B. Washburne, member of congress from the Galena district in Illinois, an old political friend of Lincoln and a great admirer of Grant. Just why Lincoln was neutral in the matter does not appear. An ungracious comment in Nicolay and Hay reads as follows: "Whether he was or was not the ablest of all our generals is a question which can never be decided. * * Grant was, beyond all comparison, the most fortunate of American soldiers." There are no facts whatever to justify this depreciation. Grant owed his success solely to his clear-sighted appreciation of facts and to the tremendous energy and resourcefulness with which he carried his plans into effect—as Sheridan expresses it, to "the manifold resources of his well-balanced military mind." Grant was ordered to Washington to receive his commission, and met Lincoln for the first time on March 8, 1884. Grant says in his "Memoirs" that both Stanton and Halleck cautioned him against giving the President his plans of campaign, because Lincoln was "so kind-hearted that some friend would be sure to get from him all he know." a piece DON'T NEGLECT YOUR EYES The bright rays of the Summer's Sun is trying to the eye and slight defects of vision will grow rapidly worse. You cannot afford to neglect so important an organ as the eye. You can get along very well with a wooden leg or false teeth, but there is no substitute for the natural eye. Especially should the eyes of the young be looked after carefully. It costs nothing to have the eye examined by us. Trust none but the most CAREFUL and SKILLFUL optician. Traveling spectacle vendors not only will probably not help you, but will probably do you harm. of advice which, in view of Lincoln's discretion and Grant's reticence, seems quite superfluous. Grant's only comment is that the President did not ask him for his plans, nor did he communicate them to him—nor to Stanton or Halleck. Lincoln said to him that "all he wanted or ever had wanted was some one who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed," and he "pledged himself to use all the power of the government in rendering such assistance." In short, Lincoln believed that at last he had found the man competent to command the armies, and he promptly retired to the background, limiting his military activities to the still mighty task of giving Grant the full support of the government in every branch.—From "Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief," by Major-General F. V. Greene, in the July Scribner. RED SULPHUR SPRINGS. Rev. J. M. Roape filled the pulpit at the Mount Carmel church, Sunday. Children's Day exercises were held at Mount Carmel church at 3 p. m., Sunday. A splendid program was rendered by the children. Miss Mamie Nickel has returned home from Athens. W. W. Williams has had several thousand feet of very valuable lumber sawed off his farm. J. P. Williams has returned from Bluefield. We are having an epidemic of whooping cough among our children. Rev. J. M. Roane and Mrs. Wilson Nickel dined with Mrs. W. W. Williams, Sunday evening. Miss Osie Williams left, Thursday, for Hinton. THE VIRGINIAN RAILWAY TO BUILD BRANCH TO POCAHONTAS Roanoke, Va., June 23. It is announced that the Virginian Railway is clearing the right of way for a branch line from Rock, W. Va., to Pocahontas, Va., a distance of twenty miles. Contract for the grading has been let, and 200 men will, it is said, be set to work within the next few days. This will bring the Virginian into direct competition with one of the Norfolk and Western's best feeders. It appears to have been the policy of the late Henry H. Rogers to build his road to the seaboard, by the shortest possible route regardless of mountains, valleys, coalfields, leading cities, or anything else, and then to construct side lines to the coalfields or to any other locality that promised business. This, it is estimated, will entail an expense equal to more than half the first cost of the main line. However, it is admitted by those who claim to be conversant with the situation that it will place the road in direct touch with one of the greatest coal areas in the world. When the branches under construction and those contemplated are completed, the Virginian will reach both the New River and Kanawha fields the Raleigh field in the Winding Gulf, the Boone and Logan fields, and the great Pocahontas fields. "Do you believe in miracles?" asked the telegraph operator. "Well, not exactly," replied the passenger conductor, "yet some queer things come to pass on railroads." Chicago News. NEGLECT OR EYES Summer's Sun is trying to the eye and grow rapidly worse. neglect so important an organ as the eye, with a wooden leg or false teeth, but no natural eye. eyes of the young be looked after care-ave the eye examined by us. CAREFUL and SKILLFUL optician.ders not only will probably not help you harm. Jeweler and Mfg. Optician. Cor. Virginia St. and Arcade. CHARLESTON, W. V.