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--- THE ADVOCA WE, CHEERFULLY PUBLISH ALL CRISP NEWS NOTES FROM ALL SECTIONS. VOLUME IX. Spacious Auditorium WAS FILLED TO OVERFLOWING AT ST. PAULS COMMENCEMENT MERCISES. Address to the graduates delivered by Rev. George B. Howard, formerly of Charleston, and many receive diplomas and certificates. Lawrenceville, Va., May 27, 1910. —Despite lowering skies and threatening clouds betokening momentary rain, the friends and patrons of St. Paul Normal and Industrial School turned out in unprecedented numbers to witness the 22d annual graduating exercises. The spacious auditorium of the Memorial Chapel was filled to repletion; every bench was full and every available place where chairs could be put was used; even standing room was at a premium. In the section reserved for the white friends of the school quite 150 were present, comprising the leading business, professional and social element of the town. A conservative estimate would place the total number at 1200. The number of full fledged trade and normal graduates was 43. The commencement exercises proper began with the annual sermon Sunday, preached by the Right Reverend Arthur S. Lloyd, D. D., Bishop Conjuditor of Virginia. The Bishop took for his subject "Heavenly Citizenship," basing his discourse on Phil. 3:20. From this he preached a most able, helpful and inspiring sermon. The class was urged to attain unto the full measure of earthly citizenship in its highest and best sense as a necessary preparation to the higher citizenship of heaven. This the bishop declared could be done only by leading sober and godly lives and using their influence and talents for the elevation of their race and the betterment of society. Sunday, 8 p. m., the exercises of the religious societies the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.; Monday the 23d the anniversary of the literary societies; Tuesday 24th, 10:30 a. m. the senior middle oratorical contest. The prize winners in this contest were George Townsend, senior, first prize, $10 in gold; second prize, $5 in gold, Emma Fitzgeerid, senior; 3rd prize, $3 in gold, Albert Briggs, middler; at 3 p. m., the exercises of the primary school came off, and at 8 p. m., the industrial department. Wednesday, 10 a. m., class day exercises; 4 p. m. a competitive drill by the school battalion. Company A. Captain Thomas H. Marks, won the handsome sword prize; Wednesday, 8 p. m., the graduating exercises came off. Beatrice Odell Green of Lawrenceville was the valedictorian. The alumni address was delivered by Francis Eger Pree, of the class of '05, Washington, D. C. The commencement address was by the Rev. George B. Howard, D. D., the able and scholarly pastor of Gilfield Baptist Church, Petersburg, Virginia. Both Mr. Pree and Dr. Howard made splendid addresses. The closing remarks by Archdacon Russell were made in his usual happy manner. In the absence of Bishop Randolph, who could not be present Bishop Coadjutor Tucker presided and presented the diplomas, making a most helpful and appropriate address in which he praised in the highest terms the work of the school and the healthy, wholesome christian and moral influence emanating from it. This closed the program and the 22d year of the school, the best in many respects in its history. The graduating class from the Normal Department, was as follows: Olivia Gertrude Bandy, Willie Grace Hamilton Margaret Macklin Boyd, Julia Anh Jefferson, Lillie Lenore Christian, Martha Alma Cousins, Mary Ethel Eubanks, Eissie Evelyn Fields, George Townsend. Robert Harrison Green, Armistead Brown Harrison, Alfred Austin Brooks, Rosa Eta Chisman. Mary Alice Clarke, Bertha Olive Elliott, Ophalia Seth Perry, Ruth Washington Short, Beatrice Odell Green, Ethel Margery Brown, Charles Herman Carroll, Senora Beatrice Johnson, Buena Vista Kelley, Leroy Mowery, Thomas E. Eubanks Emma F. Fitzgerald, Walter Robert Watking. The Trades graduates were as fo Helen Augusta Abernathy, Clarissa Mona Layton, Julia Leonard Snead, Willie Mae Burton, Robert Lee Vaughan, Mamie Katherine Campbell, Irene Estella White, Arthur Antonio Jackson, William H. T. Knox, Annie Lee Baker, William A. Strat, Hattle Virginia Boone, Harrison B. Traynham Beatrice K. Colston, Carman Ursula Webb, Sally Courtney Jiggitts, Algie Alexander Wright, Henry Lee Ames, Ida Lyman Parker, Rosa Anna Brown, William A. Snead, Charles E. Bryant, Floyd Wesley Waddy, Martha E. Gunter, Spencer T. Wise. Pastorate Prosperous REV. J. W. ROBINSON CLOSES A SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S WORK AT ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH, ST. ALBANS. St. Albans, June 1.—Rev. J. W. Robinson, the pastor of the St. Paul Baptist Church, whose cut appears in this issue is a native of North Carolina. His parents died while he was quite young, leaving him in the care of his mother's brother with whom he remained until he was 17 years old. After attending the public schools ```markdown ``` and the Peabody Academy of Truy. N. C., Rev. Robinson entered Shaw University, of Raleigh, N. C., in 1891, where he took the Classical Course and graduated with honors in 1898, receiving the degree of A. B. In 1907 his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of A. M. While pursuing his College course he spent his vacations teaching in the public schools of his native state. Rev. Robinson was elected to the principalship of Roanoke Institute of Elizabeth City, N., C., in 1898, which position he held for three years after which time he resigned to accept the principalship of Water Street High School at Clarksburg, W. Va. After serving for eight years as principal of the Clarksburg School Rev. Robinson, against the protest of the school authorities and patrons, resigned his position to accept a call to the St. Paul Baptist church. After establishing himself at St. Albans, Rev. Robinson was invited to return to the principalship at Clarksburg at an increased salary. Mr. Robinson holds a State Professional Certificate which he received through examination. Rev. Robinson was ordained to the gospel ministry by the Roanoke Association at Edenton, N. C., (the late Rev. Geo. Lee, of Washington, D. C., acting as catechiser.) Before accepting his present charge Rev. Robinson, successfully pastored at Clarksburg and Fairmont in this state. He entered upon his present work at St. Albans on the 5th Sunday in May, 1909. Peace and prosperity have attended the first year of his pastorate. Several members have been added to the church. Besides making many improvements, the church has been enabled to liquidate almost all of its old debts. The church has raised during the first year of Rev. Robinson's pastorate $1,425. The Anniversary sermon was preached by Rev. R. D. W. Meadows, Superintendent of Missions of W. Va. The collections for the day amounted to $225. Mr. Robinson it is also Principal of the Langston School of P. Pleasant, W. Va. THE YALE CREW. New Haven, Conn., June 1.—The Yale eagle departed today for its permanent training quarters at Gales Ferry, where action preparation for the coming race with Harvard will begin immediately. The active training at Gales Ferry this year begins a week earlier than has been the case in former years. This is regarded as of great importance to the Yale oarsmen, as it gives them four weeks instead of three for their final training on the Thames. THE ADVOCATE. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1910. Grevious Errors of the South IN ITS ATTEMPT TO SETTLE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RACES ARE POINTED OUT. BY NEGRO PREACHER TO METHODIST EPISCOP AL CHURCH, SOUTH. Acknowledges obligations of his conection to the parent body and takes occasion to express Negro sentinent on disfuranchsement because of color while allaying fears arising from the growth of fraternal societies.—Speech receives many complimentary references from white press. (Horace D. Slatter.) Huntsville, Ala., May 28—Representing the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in its recent session in Ashville, N. C., Rev. C. L. Bonner, D. D., of Toccoa, Ga., made a noteworthy speech in which he pointed out some of the grievous errors made in the attempt of the South to adjust its racial differences. beats of his heart, the imploring pulsations of his soul, and see the glow of humility in his eyes. Come where the Negro can see the flashes of justice, and equity in your countenance, and the shining examples of your morality and integrity. Let me implore you to come, come not as a social intermingling, but as a saver of soul. The C. M. E. Church is rendering incalculable service in this country by the mon Dr. Bonner was careful to give due credit to the best sentiment of the white South which sought to render aid to the Negro in all his endeavors, and yet did not fail to speak straight from the shoulder in an effort to make his white audience see the real position of the Negro in Southern life. Altogether his address was a diplomatic one, and because of it, he has received many complimentary references in the Southern press. Among other things Dr. Bonner said: "I come to bring you greetings filial rather than greetings fraternal. Porty years ago, by mutual consent, we were set apart by you, to do business in the Negro race for the Lord. At each succeeding general conference, we have appeared by representative to acknowledge our continued love and obligation to you; to represent our earnest achievements, and to invoke your future regards. For this quadrennium, I have been selected to bear you the message of love and respect. Believe me when I say that we as a church have watched with a great deal of filial love and interest your doings in the last four years. We have rejoiced with you in all your great doings, and have with bowed heads and aching hearts, heaving breasts and tear dimmed eyes stood over the open graves of the learned Tigert, the eloquent Smith, the venerable Duncan, the sainted Ward and the Matchless Galloway. In fact, your success has been the signal for our rejoicing and your tears have inspired in us grief. "As an organization, we have been called by others of color cringing syeophants, men who were willing to didi "crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift; might follow fawning." The allegations were brought forward because of the position or the lack of position we took in politics. It has been the desire of us as an organization to put ourselves in the position to serve the country, the South, the race rather than to rule them. For, we believe that the road to God and righteousness is one of humility and altruistic service, and not one of personal greed and ambition. And, as we have traveled this altruistic path, we have been inspired by the shades and examples of Washington rather than Napoleon; of Lincoln rather than Alexander; of Charlemagne, rather than Henry VIII; of Thomas Jefferson rather than Alexander Hamilton; of Booker Washington rather than Frederick Douglass; of L. H. Holsey rather than H. M. Turner; of Francis Ausbury rather than George VII; of Jesus Christ rather than Mohammad. "Incited by such lofty sentiment and inspiring examples, we have been the most self sacrificing in our labor of any organization of color in the universe, operating five colleges and as many Normal Schools, and an educational system in Georgia, both unique and beneficial; hence, as poor as we are, we have placed upon the educational altar alone, over $200,000 in the last four years, the greatest amount for education (though we are the smallest of any organization of the Negro race in the same length of time.) One of the chief reasons why my church has rendered such beneficent service is our close proximity to you, and it will continue so long as you have such men as Dr. George Wm. Walker and J. D. Hammond laboring for the uplift and training of the young Negro. "The absolute segregation of the races is responsible to some extent for the race problem. I hope not to be misunderstood. I am not in sympathy with social intermingling. No intelligent Negro wants social equality. We want no social equality, by day nor do we want it by night, but I do think the races ought to be in studying distance of each other. Let us see you, and see your real size and worth. Then we can realize our actual size and worth. Why the Lilliputians thought themselves giants until Gulliver appeared. Hence he will have false opinions of each other until we get closer together. "So I appeal to the white race through you to come in studying distance of the black man. Come where you can hear the sympathetic beats of his heart, the imploring pulsations of his soul, and see the glow of humility in his eyes. Come where the Negro can see the flashes of justice, and equity in your countenance, and the shining examples of your morality and integrity. Let me implore you to come, come not as a social intermingling, but as a saver of soul. The C. M. E. Church is rendering incalculable service in this country by the men and women that you have trained in both heart and head; men who have been taught to see the real condition of things; men and women who have been trained to see greatness of the whites and the needs of the blacks; who are reaching up to the whites and down for the blacks; who are receiving from the whites and are imparting to the blacks; who are living from the whites, but are living for the blacks. "We have been called the C. M. E. Church, South; the colored democrat Methodist Church; the church that is seeking to enslave the Negro again. All of this was because we were organized in the South and by the South. We accept as a badge of honor any attempt to aspersion that may eminate from our relation with the South, for we admire the South with its fertile fields and towering forests, where the beautiful penciled flowers emit their sweet aroma to tickle your olfactory nerves into cestasy, and pure oxygen to reden the life blood as it pulses through the veins. But, I am glad to say that there is nothing about us Southern now, but sentiment and sympathy. For, we have by our thrift, industry and perseverance transcended the bounds of the Mason, and Dixon lines and are invading the classic precincts of New England, traversing the commercial highways of New York; building churches in the busy buzzing cities and the metropolis of the middle West; forcing far away Arizona to gracefully yield to the magic touch of our progressive forces, and indomitable will, and not only so, but today we are pulling the latch strings on the "Golden Gate." But, wherever we have gone, we have retained the same exalted opinion of Southern ideals and Southern chivalry. The South may not so understand it. We love Henry W. Grady's South; Where by night the cotton whitens beneath the stars, and by day the wheat locks the sun shine in its bearded sheath. In the same field the clover steals the fragrance from the rain, and the tobacco catches the aroma of the rain. Thus, you see, whatever we may have lost or gained by expansion and development, we have retained the same love and respect for our South. Regard for Womanhood. "We have the highest regard for womanhood. We believe not with the ancients that woman was made only for servitude, proscription and oppression and her rights in society eminate from the arrogance depotism and imbecility of man, but they are God given catholic and eternal. We believe sirs, that she is the 'sine qua non' of all development, whether in home, church or state, the crowning archtrave of the great social structure, and the complement of God's creation. We also regard her as the most self-sacrificing of all missionaries, the most philanthropic of all humanitarians, and the most humane of all philanthropists. As a church, we are granting her more liberties at each succeeding general conference. As she shows her ability so plain, we are granting her the privilege to execute upon the principle that to every obligation there should be a corresponding privilege. Upon no class of people ought there be imposed a duty without its corresponding privilege. Hence, if women are required to raise money, they ought to be consulted as to how that money is to be expended. "We have so protected her by legislation in our church that any one disregarding the sclerinity of the nuptial relation and the sacredness of matrimonial vow without Bible causes, can not live and preach among us. And not only do we teach the sacredness of woman's virtue, but we are willing to defend it to the last ditch with every drop of blood that flows through our veins against the assault, the defilement, the ravage of any fiend, of any monster. "We despise a thief. We hate a liar; we ignore an idler; we condemn a murderer; we pity a drunkard; we abominate a profligate; we shun a paranasite; we denounce a fire brand; we are out of sympathy with misefactors of great wealth; but a rapist, a despicable rapist brings into play all the antipathies of our CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE. Baltimore Miscellany EDITOR MURPHY RETIRES FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPER- INTENPENCY. City man appointed supervising principal of schools to fill vacancy created by death of Wharton. —Gaston Medal won by a Negro. (Franklin F. Johnson.) Baltimore, Md., May 31.—John H. Murphy, editor of the Baltimore Afro-American Ledger, has resigned as superintendent of the Sunday school of St. John's A. M. E. church, Mr. Murphy has been engaged in Sunday school work for the past 30 years, and is regarded as one of the most capable and zealous workers in the city. He says he feels some younger man should take up the work. Though nearly 70 years of age, Mr. Murphy puts in the hours every day in the office of the Afro-American Ledger, and is as active mentally and physically as the "devil" in the composing room. Gough McDaniels will receive the Gaston medal for supremacy in debate at the commencement of Brown University, Providence, R. I. He is a graduate of the Baltimore Colored high school, class of 1906. Frederick Douglass, who was graduated from the Colored high school four years ago, will receive this month, the degree of bachelor of science from the University of Pittsburg. R. G. L. Paige, a young attorney, of Norfolk, Va., and his bride, Miss Marcella Land, spent part of their honeymoon in this city. Mrs. Paige is a member of a prominent Norfolk family and has been a teacher in the Norfolk Mission College for the past five years. Rev. Walter H. Brooks, pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Washington, preached to young people at Union Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. His choir of 40 voices furnished music. The eleventh annual meeting of the Baptist Women's Educational Convention was held last Thursday. Reports and addresses were the features of the day. Bishop Earl Cranston, of Washington, preached the baccalaureate sermon of the graduating class of Morgan College, Sunday morning, Rev. M. W. Clair, of Washington, preached the Alumni sermon at night. George B. Murphy has been appointed to succeed the late Heber E. Wharton as supervising principal in the city schools. He has been teaching since his graduation from the Colored High School in 1890. Wonderful Performance WAS THAT OF WEST VIRGINIA GIRL WHO WITH INJURED FINGER EVOKED APPLAUSE FROM CRITICS. Nashville, Tenn., June 1. — The musical exhibition given annually at Aisk University was a great success last Friday evening in Memorial Chapel. The music lovers of the city attended and were enthusiastic in their words of praise for the individual pianists and vocalists and for the department as a whole. Several numbers deserve mention but one in particular merits a laudation that attaches itself to no other. Miss Ethel B. Spriggs, of Institute, W. Va., rendered Phillip's "Firefies," and when the conditions surrounding her performance are considered, her accomplishment is little short of marvelous. For more than a week she had suffered from a sort of felon-like application which had given so much pain that she could not practice her music. With her right fore-finger bound, she took her place at the piano, calmly removed the bandages and executed that selection of such wonderful imitative harmony. What a cost it was to her physical and mental equilibrium will perhaps never be known, but this is known, she "made good." The faculty of the music department feel highly satisfied with the year's work and results. The members are now working diligently toward the successful production of Commencement music. Hon. J. C. Napier is in Washington. There has been much gossip in regard to the future destiny of this wristy man and it is hoped that in a few days or weeks, it will be definitely known what berth in this administration will be fitted for his occupancy. The good wishes, not only of the people of Nashville, but of the whole intelligent country go to ward him. There is no position too honorable, that his merit and ability would not secure and hold. The annual picnic of the Fisk Glee Club was given upon the pretty lawns surrounding the home of Prof. J. W. Work, who is director of the organization. A very elaborate lunch was served to a great number and each one enjoyed himself. Cameras were much in evidence and the day had just enough freshness with its heat, to make tennis enjoyable. The faculty all attended and had as good a time as the younger folks. Toward evening, music, singing and the playing of innocent games was indulged in. At ten o'clock the jolly picnickers wended their weary, though cheerful, way homeward, each one expressing sincerely his indebtedness to the hostess and host, Prof. and Mrs. J. W. Work. Sunday, June 5, President George A. Gates, of Fisk University will preach the baccalaureate sermon of that institution at 4 p. m. In the morning, the annual missionary sermon will be delivered by Dean Tilliby, of aVnderbilt University. Monday, May $0, was observed as Memorial Day and hundreds visited the National Cemetery for decorating the graves. The Jubilee Club attended in order to take part in the program, incidentally and chiefly to visit the resting place of Erastus Milo Cravath, the first president of Fisk University. Faculty Re-elected AND PRESIDENT PRAISED AT CONCLUSION OF A. & M. COLLEGE ANNUALS. Historical drama Written by Mrs. Dudley was a feature in the closing exercises of the school over which her husband presides. (Geo. F. King) Greensbro, N. C., May 30—Beginning with a baccalaureate sermon by the Rt. Rev. L. J. Copin, D. D., L. L. D., May 22, the commencement exercises of the A. and M. College for the Colored Race, in this city, were of especial interest to the Afro-American folks in North Caronua. Bishop Copin's sermon was a masterly effort which inspired the cultured and representative audience, that taxed the seating capacity of the audience in the colony. The scope of the influence of this college with a through trained faculty and officials noted for their executive abilities, and, the potent influences exerted by the graduates of this college for the highest usefulness, influenced the board of education for Maryland until these noted educators highly commended this institution for its great work, and the members of the board personally visited the college several weeks ago to adopt the methods of the college for the contemplated A. and M. college for the Afro-American people in Maryland. With the usual spirit that characterized Y. M. C. A. workers, the progress of this phase of the college activities was an excellent one. The feature of the program for the mechanical society May 23, was the annual address by Prof. A. L. Mebane, principal of Kentucky Normal and Industrial school. May 24th, the main occasion of the day was the anniversary of the mechanical society, Prof. John H. Green, B. S., principal Williston graded schools in Wilmington, N. C., being the principal speaker. His subject was "The Negro Mechanic." A historical drama entitled "How shall I go up to my Father." Was rendered May 26th, excellently portraying the progress of industry and education from the time of Charles II., of England down to the present day, and the achievements of such institutions as the A. and M. College. The author of this drama and the composer of the college song is the brilliant wife of president Jas. B. Dudley. The commencement address was delivered by Mr. Clarence Roe, editor "Progressive Farmer", Raleigh, May 26th. The subject of Mr. Roe's address was, "The Message of the White South to the Colored Race." He said the South realizes that it is no longer benefitted by the ignorant Negro and its demands is that the Negro become intelligent and efficient; that the safety of both races demands that the Negro develop industrial efficiency and worthy character. The report of the board of trustees of the college by president Dudley, for the year's work was teeming with unprecedented records of the college excellent work and glowing results attained since it has become an institution for males only. The entire faculty and employees of the college were elected for the ensuing year. The board's praise of president Dudley's successful conducting of affairs was significant and concrete recognition given him. The alumni anniversary and banquet the evening of May 26, were the social event of the season in Greensbro. THE ADVOCATE ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE BE OUR COLUMNS BRING SUITS. TRY IT. NUMBER XLI Welcome Reception Birmingham, Ala., May 27.—Miles Memorial College, the institution of learning maintained in this city by the Colored Methodist Episcopal church, closed its third annual session here last night with a record breaking attendance, and other indications which point to its successful career as one of the institutions of learning worth while in the Southland. The feature of the wnole occasion was the welcome reception held in honor, of Bishop G. W. Stewart, D. D., of Selma, Alabama, who was elected bishop in the church at the recent session of the general conference held in Augusta, Ga. 'Bishop Stewart resides in Alabama, and is the first prelate in the church to have been elected from this State An extensive program was arranged and addresses were delivered by representatives of the various denominations in the community, as well as representatives of the various professional and business interests of Greater Birmingham. On the seat of honor with Bishop Stewart sat Rev. Dr. V. Washington, of Birmingham, who was also elected general secretary of missions at the general conference. The wives of both these officials were included in the honorary ceremonies. Dr. James A. Bray, president of the institution, acted as Master of ceremonies. The annual report of the president, Rev. A. Bray, D. D., was read to the board of trustees and received with a great deal of enthusiastic approval, many regarding it as the best report of a years work in the varied history of Alabama educational work in the church. Opposition to Dr. Bray's re-election developed however in the candidacy of Dr. R. F. Brown, recently editor of the Christian Index, the official organ of the church, and the defeated candidate for the bishopric at the general conference. Dr. Brown's candidacy in a manner was regarded as an aftermath of the general conference activities, but his effort to introduce the warfare into the local educational institution was resented by the men on the board of trustees, and Dr. Bray was re-elected by a vote of 16 to 8. In the eight voting for Dr. Brown, he himself was counted, while of the Bray adherents Dr. Bray and Bishop G. W. Stewart, who in the absence of Bishop R. R. Williams, presided, failed to vote. All of the commencement exercises were of a very high order. Rev Dr. I. S. Persons, of Jackson, Tenn., preached the commencement sermon. The faculty as recommended by President Bray was re-elected for the ensuing term. At the close of the board meeting, Bishop Stewart expressed his determination to raise at least $8,000 by the conference season, which he hoped to use in completing the new building for boys. Several new additions were made to the work of the institution, which will greatly enhance its usefulness. VOTED DOWN Was the Motion Favoring Suffragan Bishops. Baltimore, Md., June 1.—The Maryland Diocesan Convention of the Protesant Episcopal Church last Thursday voted down unanimously the suggestion to have suffragan bishops for Negroes. Rev. Dr. George T. Bragg, Jr., rector of St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, in a strong speech against suffragan bishops, declared that what the colored people wanted was a missionary bishop of their own race with a right to vote in the general convention. He said a suffragan bishop would be powerless and helpless and a detriment to the race. Leads the Graduating Class in Pennsylvania Town. Colesville, Pa., June 1.—Miss Mae Holland, daughter of a well known family of this place, leads the graduating class of the local high school this year. She received first prize for the best essay of her class. Her subject was "Education the Cornerstone of American Citizenship," and the winner received $5.00. This year is the first time any colored pupil has ever led her class in the history of the public schools of this borough, and Miss Holland's success is particularly gratifying to her friends. The graduating class is composed of 13 girls and 13 boys. ORRESPONDENCE Alice Curtis has returned from Virginia, where she has been visiting relatives for five weeks. The church gave an excellent concert Saturday night at the hall which was a success. At W. Sheed made a business trip to Huntington this week. FAIRMONT Miss Salena Cobb, of Columbus, O. who was the guest of her sister, Miss Florence Cobb, and cousins, Miss daines Hamilton and Morton, left Sunday morning for her home after a two weeks' visit. Miss Lena Jackson, a student at Howard University, came home Thursday to spend the summer vacation with her parents. Miss Cora Taylor returned Saturday from Buckhannon where she witnessed the graduation of her brother from Victoria school. Don Jones left Monday for institute, from which place he was called by the sudden death of his mother. Miss Florence Cobb, primary teacher of Dunbar school, left Sunday morning for her home in Columbus. Miss Cobb made many friends here who were sorry to see her leave and hope for her return in the fall. Prol. E. L. Morton received the sad news of the death of his brother Harry which occurred Friday morning at his home in Pomeroy, Ohio. He left Friday evening for Pomeroy. Mrs. F. H. Johnson entertained a number of ladies Thursday afternoon complimentary to the Misses Cobbs. A number of young people tendered Miss Lena Jackson a surprise party Thursday night upon her arrival home. A dainty luncheon was served and all spent a pleasant evening. Mrs. Perkins and daughter Helen, of Charleston, are guests of Mrs. Wim. Crenshaw. Mrs. Adaline Jones, wife of Chas. Jones, died suddenly Saturday 21st, of heart trouble. She had been in excellent health and spirit until a few moments before her sudden demise. She was fifty-two years of age, a good christian woman, a loving wife and mother. She leaves a husband, son, mother, sister and a number of relatives and friends. Services were held at the house Monday afternoon by Rev. C. C. Gill, and interment Tuesday morning in Fairmont Cemetery. The closing exercises of Dunbar school were held Friday night, at the school building. The entertainment was of a most pleasing nature, and showed careful training by the teachers. W. D. Scott, of Wheeling, is again in our city for permanent location. Mrs. Wm. Lee is convalescing from a recent illness at Cook's Hospital. Berkely Williams, is on the sick list. Mrs. E. L. Morton and Mrs. C. W. Hamilton entertained a few friends Saturday afternoon complimentary to the Misses Cobb, of Columbus. Matthew Obie, who has employment at Clarksburg, spent Sunday and Monday here with his mother. Mrs. Jennie Johnson was hostess to the 4 o'clock Needle Club on Friday afternoon. A union picnic of Water Street School, Clarksburg, and Dunbar School, Fairmont, will be held at Traction Park Wednesday June 1st. A grand time is anticipated. Mrs. Mamie Harris, of Washington, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry Bailey. RAYMOND CITY. J. W. Crosby filled his appointment at Pt. Pleasant Sunday. Rev. P. P. Holland, of Spring Hill, was a business caller in our town Friday evening. Mesdames Ida Colman, Lydia Shores and Luvinia Cogle were business visitors to Spring Hill Saturday. George Cousin and J. H. Lewis, of Hugheston, were visitors here last week. Walter Alexander spent a few days here last week. Airs. Mary Harris, who has been visiting Mrs. Adzopia Cary for the last week left for her home at williamson, Saturday. Edward Alexander left Monday for Pittsburgh where he will make his future home. J. D. Turner and Charlie Alexander spent Sunday in Charleston C. C. Saunders spent Saturday night in Charleston and was accompanied home Sunday by his son John Henry. John Lee, of South Carbon, has moved his family here. Mrs. Adzonia Cary entertained a few friends at her twenty-second anniversary last week. Mable Lewis, Ernestine Coles, Bessie Cary were ill several days' last week with measles. Ed. Dickerson, of Bancroft, was a business visitor here last week. Meathames Covellia Coles and Hopie James were business visitors in Charleston last week. PRINCETON. Rev. R. W. Hill left Wednesday to attend the minister and devon union at Gary. Miss Lola M. Lavender, teacher of Bluefield Graded school, is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. V. W. M. Callender. Scott Burke has returned from Columbus, Ohio. Miss Pearl, Wagner left Tuesday week for her home, Vivar, accompanied by her little sister, and brother. Ruben Wormley, of Elk Ridge, stopped over here a few days last week, looking around, getting an idea of business condition. Mrs. Ida J. Conner, of Lynchburg, Va., is canvassing toilet articles. While here she is stopping with Mrs. W. M. Callender. James Warren, of Bluefield, was a business visitor here Monday. Miss Jennie Mickens, teacher at Stabork, passed through our town a Thursday enroute to Bluefield. While here she was the guest of Mrs. Matilda Beckenridge. Mrs. Malinda Lewis returned to her home. Pearisburg, Virginia, Saturday. Mrs. W. M. Callender attended the commencement of the Bluefield Graded school. While there she was the guest of Mrs. H. P. Woodie. The Grand Rally at the Baptist Church was a splendid success, largely attended by visitors from Bluefield and other points. Mrs. Lizzie Page is some what indisposed. GRAFTON. Mrs. Nina Jackson, who recently came to our city from Charleston, was the guest Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Howell. Miss Sadie Mays spent Thursday evening as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Howell. Mr. Howell went to Davis, Saturday 21, and won his debate without any trouble. Miss Cora Taylor, of Fairmont, called on Miss Ollie Turner Friday, while passing through enroute home to Buckhannon to attend the commencement. Mrs. Lilly Watkins, of Elkins, passed through the city Friday enroute to Clarksbury to visit her sister and son Mrs. Lizzie Daughtery and Alonzo Jones, Mrs. Lizzie Daughtery met her at Grafton and was the guest of Mrs. M. V. Turner while in town. Rev, L. A. Menifee, Rev, M. V. Turner, B. P. Beasley, David Jackson, and Miss Mary Wilburn left for Thomas Friday morning to attend the Ministers and Deacons Baptist union which will convene in Thomas May 27. Miss Sadie Mays left Friday for home at Zanesville, Ohio, to spend her vacation, she will stop off in Parkersburg to visit friends. Byrd Prillerman, president of the W. Va., Colored Institute, was in town visiting relatives Saturday and Sunday. Miss Grace Miner, of Fairmont, spent the 30th in the city and was the guest of her grand mother, Mrs. I. Ross. Miss Maggie Moorehead, of Thornton, was the guest of Miss Grace Trimble the 30th, enroute home from Zanesville, Ohio. Miss Ada Stokes, who was visiting relatives in Hamilton, O. for two months, returned home last week. George Stouts was visiting his parents Monday. Mrs. John Stout, of Fairmont, was in the city Monday, and was the guest of her mother-in-law, Mrs. C. Stout. John Gallaway of Berrysburg, was the guest of his aunt, Mrs. M. U. Turner Menday. Lothan Philpot, of Thomas, is visiting his mother, Mrs. L. A. Menifee. Mrs. Leonie Sanders, of Elkins, was the guest of Mesdames Allie and Lena Sheppard Tuesday, and left Saturday morning for Louisville, Ky. Rev. Charles Smiths daughter, Mrs. Allie Sheppard is still very ill. PARKERSBURG. Prof. Austin Curtis, of the W. V. C. L. was in the city a few hours Sunday from Morgantown and Clarksburg. While here was guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Shelecroft Miss Ethel Carr arrived home Sunday morning from Washington, D. C., where she has been attending school a. Heward University. Mrs. Permina Taylor whose death occurred at the Old Folks Home at Mount Pleasant, grand-mother of Fred. Wilson and Mrs. Jessie Hayes, was brought here Friday. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wm. Toney at Zion Baptist Church Saturday at 3 o'clock. Interment in the colored cemetery, north of the city. Mrs. Jennie Faithful, Matron at the Old Folks Home at Mount Pleasant, accompanied the remains of Mrs. Permina Taylor to the city Friday. George Washington, student at Howard University, Washington, D. C., arrived home Sunday morning. Mrs. William McClung continue to be seriously ill at the home of Mrs. Lacey McChang. Mrs. L. D. Hodge, deputy of the U. O. of T. R., was in the city Sunday and Monday. Miss Sadie Mays, teacher at Grafton, was in the city Sunday guest of Miss Esther Colston, on Latrobe St. Byrd Prillerman, president of the West Virginia Colored institute, and daughter Ednora were in the city Wednesday enquiry to Clarksburg pres. Prillerman delivered an address to the graduates of the Water Street High school. Little Catherine Sheffey is ill with typhoid fever at the home of her parents on Clay street. PRATT Mrs. Lon Hancock had as her Sunday guests Mrs. Martha Billups of Lynchburg, Mrs. Lewis Green, of Hanford, and Dan Clark, of London, Mrs. Mack McClure, who has been spending a few daye in Montgomery, with her husband, came home Friday. Miss Jemina Ellis spent last week in Charleston. Mrs. Champ Hill, of Handley, spent Thursday afternoon with her aunt, Mrs. T. W. Holmes. Geo. Washington was a business visitor to Montgomery, Saturday. William Anderson and Calvin Sanders were guests of Mrs. Thompson and daughter, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Thomas W. Holmes and Mrs. Helen Kimball were shopping in Montgomery Saturday. Jas. West was visiting his mother at Powelton last week. Van Smith, of Handley, grand son of Anthony Powell, who was killed by a freight train Saturday night, will be buried in the Pratt cemetery Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Tillford Burke were guests of Mrs. Jas. West and Mrs. T. W. Holmes one day last week. T. W. Holmes and Anthony Powell were in Handley on business Sunday. Several of our people attended Memorial exercises at Hugheston, Sunday. Miss Nannie Morris, of Mahan was visiting here last Thursday BECKLEY Samuel Hunter, one of the well known resident of this town, and a young man highly respected by every one died at 3:30 o'clock after a very short illness. Samuel was taken sick Wednesday about 5 o'clock and died Thursday. The young man's condition was not thought to be alarming until Thursday morning at 7 o'clock, when little hope was entertained for him, at which time another physician was summoned, and an operation was thought to be the only hope, but owning to the absence of his father it was delayed and all hopes were lost. The deceased was a member of the Red men Lodge of this town. The funeral services took place at St. Joan's Baptist church Thursday evening at 4 o'clock, and were in charge of Rev. P. A. Harris, who delivered an able sermon and a beautiful enology on the life of the deceased. The floral offering were very beautiful. Interment took place in the Sylvia cemetery immediately after the funeral services, a large concourse of people following the remains to their last resting place. The people of the west end held services in the court house Sunday. Rev. C. N. Harris preached two able sermons to a very large audience. That day being rally day for the church, they raised $250.57. They are erecting a fine church, which they hope to have completed by the next preaching Sunday in June. The willing workers sisters of St. John's Baptist church gave a supper Saturday night for the above named church. They met with much success. WINIFREDE. F. E. McDaniels has gone to his home at Charlottville, Va. W. S. Alexander has returned from Charleston General Hospital much improved. J. Davis, of Cabin Creek, is spending a few days here this week. J. W. Perkins spent Friday and Saturday in Charleston on business. A. Wilson spent a few days at his home in St. Albans. J. D. Wiseman, Ed Tyson, H. Mitchell, M. E. Carr and Arthur Mitchell spent Sunday out of town, visiting the Misses Ross, at Crown Hill. C. H. Turner and son Charles spent Saturday and Sunday at their home in Charleston. Mrs. Joe Smoot spent a few days in Montgomery, visiting friends last week. W. W. Lewis spent Saturday and Monday with his family at Kanawha City. DONWOOD. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Clark entertained at dinner Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs. Wicks and daughter, Miss Shelva, and Mrs. L. S. White and Miss Ruth Watson, of Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkens White are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mrs. William Gwin left Wednesday for Danville, Va., where she was called on account of the illness of her father. G. W. Robinson made a business trip to Cattlettburg, Ky., Saturday. Miss Ruth Watson was the Sunday guest of her sister, Mrs. S. H. Clark. Mrs. J. B. Gathra who underwent a serious operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital was brought home Saturday and is getting along nicely. Rev. P. A. Harris, of Sylvia, preached two able sermons at the Zion Baptist church Sunday. Edward Sandridge, of Elk Ridge, was visiting relatives and friends here Sunday and Monday. Mrs. S. H. Clark, who has been sick for several days is much better at this writing. Mrs. William Corghill was called to Charleston Wednesday on account of the illness of her father. Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Florence Bradley, of Elkridge this week. BANCROFT. Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Sergolins, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sawyers, of Betsey, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Linsey Taylor, of Point Pleasant, Monday. Mrs. John W. Cyrus is ill at this writing. R. C. Smith, of Plymouth, is visiting friends in Pratt and Montgomery Mrs. Mae Liggins and sister, Miss Susie Male, and little daughter Luelle are spending some time with their aunt, Mrs. Phillips, of Plymouth. Moses Qualls, of Plymouth, has gone to visit his wife for a few days at Middleport, Ohio. Mrs. Geo. Brooks, of Plymouth, spent Monday in St. Albans, the guest of her mother Mrs. Landon Wilson. The cornet band of Plymouth filled an engagement at the Thomas school house Saturday afternoon. A large crowd heard their excellent music which was well rendered. They also played at St. Albans Monday. The ladies of the Missionary Society, and the Woman's Improvement League gave an entertainment last Tuesday evening at the residence of Mr and Mrs. H. A. Jones of Plymouth in honor of Mrs. Sarah Taylor, of Charleston. Games and music were the past time of the evening, at 10:30 the guests were invited to the dining room where they were served to a delightful repast which had been prepared by the committee in charge. Those present, Mr. and Mrs., J. W. Sawyers, Mrs. Simon Woods, Mr. and Mrs., C. W. Harris and Mrs. Geo. McKinney of Betsey, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wickers, Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Steavens, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Shanks, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hill Mrs. Edward Hicks, Mrs. Geo. Brook Mrs. M. L. Sinclair, Miss Laura Smith Messers John Brown, Joshua Jackson Fred Edwards Howard Jackson Honor Phillips and Archie Mosely Mrs. Taylor in a neat little speech expressed how she had enjoyed the occasion. Among those who attended the district convention Saturday at Big Cherry school house were Chas. L. Surgeins, Hale Dickerson, J. W. Sawyers, Geo. Reed, and Dr. M. T. Sinclair. Mrs. Laura Lawson, of Columbus, Ohio, is visiting friends in Plymouth this week. Chas. Lawson, of Powelton, is visiting his brother, Edward Lawson of Plymouth. C. W. Harris and little son Alphus, of Betsie, spent the day in Bancroft visiting friends. Master Edward Dickerson spent Saturday at Raymond, the guest of his grand-father Winston Coles. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Woods, spent Saturday and Sunday in Charleston, returning Monday evening. Hale Dickerson made a business trip to Charleston Monday. Gee. Brooks, of Plymouth, was visitor in Raymond, this week. Mrs. Robert Dickerson, of Raymond City, was the Sunday guest of her sister, Mrs. Hale Dickerson. Mrs. Sarah Taylor, of Charleston, who has been visiting friends in Plymouth and Bancroft the past two weeks left Sunday morning for Pittsburg where she will make her future home. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Stewart spent Sunday in Middleport. Edward Robinson is some what indisposed at this writing. HUNTINGTON. Miss Ethel Lewis is at home from her school at Kaymoore after a successful term as teacher. C. A. Payne, from Cabin Creek, was calling on friends here last week. Dr. B. F. White, of Montgomery, was a business visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Anna Arrington was the charming hostess at six o'clock dinner Sunday to Misses Lavinia Norman, Josie Barnett, Mesdamines Miranda Watts, Robt. Early and Prof. J. W. Scott. Mrs. Lena Gillard is visiting her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Holmes, of Gallipolis. Rev. B. B. Marfin has been indisposed a few days this week. The rally at the First Baptist church, which began Sunday May 22, was continued during the week. Tuesday evening Rev. E. L. Bell, of the A. M. E. Church preached an able sermon and with his congregation assisted very much in a spiritual and financial way. Wednesday evening Rev. Woodirk, of Macedonia church, preached to an appreciative audience. Thursday evening another rare treat was in store for all present as Rev. B. B. Martin, of the Ebenezer M. E. church, preached one of his excellent germs. Friday evening the pastor, Rev. I. V. Bryant, preached in his usual manner which is pleasing to his congregation. After the regular service the different clubs of the church served refreshments in the basement. The rally closed Sunday evening with splendid result under the circumstances. The amount realized was $£31.51. The pastor and members extend their thanks to all the friends who so cheerfully contributed to this rally. Several persons from the city went to the Macedonia church in Ohio, Monday to attend the memorial services of the honored colored soldiers from that vexulty. Sunday afternoon at 3o'clock p. m., the pupils of Douglass school and their teacher's marched from the basement to the Auditorium of the First Baptist church, and while standing sang America. The pupils were seated and the scripture reading by Rev. I. V. Bryant was concluded with the 23rd. Psalms repeated in concert. Invocation. Rev Bryant Invocation.....Rev. Bryant Singing .....By Choir Juniors honors to Seniors Juniors honors to Seniors. Sermon . . . Rev. E. L. Bell. The subject "Life's Conflicts" was presented in a very able beautiful practical manner, which was highly appreciated by his audience. A very beautiful bouquet was presented Mrs. Foulk, wife of the city superintendent of schools, in recognition of her interest in Douglass school. Benediction . . . Rev. I. V. Bryant. Rev. J. H. Hill, of Ashland, attended the annual services of Douglass school Sunday afternoon. Little James Mickens has been quite ill with the mumps at his home on Eighth Street. Mrs. Fannie Perkins went to Alderson Saturday to spend Decoration Day. Our slick list includes Mrs. Rebecca Carter of Artisan Avenue. The Y. M. C. A. Ball Team won the game from the Waldorf Juniors Monday afternoon. Score 6-5. Mr. and Mrs. Chancellor Johnson have moved to their new residence in Washington place. Miss Mary Dill was the dinner guest of Mrs. Cora Owens, Sunday. Many friends here of Mjss Frances Morton are deeply grieved to learn of the recent death of her brother at Pomeroy, O. Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to the bereaved family. Quite a number of the small school children are out on account of illness among whom are Beryl Winston, Bernice Fountain and Cora Lee Harris. Many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Miller, of Cincinnati, have received invitations to the graduation of his daughter Rhea. Rev. J. Snead, of Stone Cliff, spent several days at the Perkins House last week. Fred Woodfin was in the city a few hours Sunday enroute to his home in Ironton from Howard University where he is pursuing a course in medicine. There was a large gathering at the Colored Orphans Home Sunday the 29th, to the closing exercises of the school. The service was held in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. The papers by the graduating class were as follows. Honesty . . . Hayes Sloan. Little Things . . . Florence Tensley. Missionary . . . Jennie Weaver. Mr. G. W. Winston read a very interesting paper also of the history of the school, after which the diplomas were presented the graduates with appropriate remarks by G. W. Winston. The music was rendered by the Orphan Home choir. Much credit is due the Faculty who spared no pains in making this grand occasion a success. Refreshments were served on the campus and was enjoyed by all. A very nice sum was realized. Mrs. Stewart, of Circleville, O., is the guest of her daughter, Miss Clara. Mr. Cosby and family, of New River, are residing in our city. He has with him his aged grandmother 110 years old and her memory is remarkable. Prof. F. G. Williams has returned from a business trip to Columbus. Rev. C. E. McGhee accompanied the Orphan Home band to Macedonia Ohio, Decoration Day. Wm. Parsons is at home-with his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Poinderter, after a 12 months' stay in the South. Miss Lilly Briggs was the guest of Mrs. Bertha Poindexter for a week. Little Miss Topsy McGhee, accompanied by her friends, Thelma Lee Estella Holt and Lambert Graves, spent the week-end as a guest at the Orphan Home. Harvey Aere, of Carbon, was the week-end guest of James Dickerson of Cottage Grove. RONCEVERTE. Rev. S. A. Lewis left Monday to visit his family at Parkersburg. Mrs. Mary Brown has returned home after a pleasant visit at Lewisburg. Rev. Wm. Freeland, of Lewisburg, preached at the M. E. church Sunday night. Alex Brown visited Alderson Sunday. Ernest Hopkins has returned home after a pleasant stay at Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. A. Slaughter, of We Have a Shoe Made Especially For Your Foot C.F.Ca The Charleston Shoe Company 27 Capitol Street Lewisburg, were the guests of Mrs. H. T. Moore, Sunday. Miss Loda Johnson and brothers, Clarence and Jake, visited their sister, Mrs. D. R. Hickman, Sunday. J. M. Trice, Floyd Hopkins, J. Landgraft, T. C. Hargrove, Angus Hopkins and S. H. Ruecker, of Alderson, attended the Odd Fellows services here Sunday. Prof. W. Bolen, of Brush Ridge, was a caller here Sunday. Sidney Holly, of Sullivan, came up Sunday to attend Thanksgiving services of Phenix Lodge G. U. O. of F. of which he is a member. Huston Skippers has been indisposed for a few days. bers. They later for State Gaines for C. N. B. Scott The club is he and intend to of the G. O. State. Office President; W tary: Ernestu Jno. Egglest Mrs. Harriett Johnson, Mrs. D. R. Hickman, Miss Edith Woods and Mrs. Hargrove were the supper guests of Mrs. Maggie Eubanks, Sunday. Misses Cora May and Evelyne Brown, Gracie Wilson, Mrs. Rosa Davis, Mrs. Jessie Smith and others, of Alderson, were visitors here Sunday. John Baker, of Lewisburg, was down last Sunday. Misses Ada Johnson and Ola Woods were visitors here Saturday. Phenix Lodge No. 6470 G. U. O. of O. F. held Thanksgiving services Sunday afternoon at the M. E. church. Rev. S. A. Lewis preached an eloquent sermon on Odd Fellowship, from a biblical standpoint, and it was a very able and instructive sermon. Rev. Waters addressed the congregation. After services memorial ceremonies were held at Greenwood cemetery and graves of deceased members decorated. Ronceverte Colored Republican Club reorganized last Wednesday night with thirty new men THE BAU & FISH 28 AND 30 Beef, Veal, Fresh Po OUR O Try our ma Hams an OYSTERS, FI The best qualities THE BAUER MEAT & FISH COMPATY 28 AND 30 CAPITOL ST. 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The club is in a flourishing condition and intend to hold up the principles of the G. O. P. in this end of the State. Officers are J. M. Mallory, President; Wm. Eggleston, Secretary; Epastas Brown, Treasurer, and Jno. Eggleston, Chaplain. DO YOU want to learn to resilver old mirrors and make new ones? Pleasant easy work. Profit five dollars a day. Sample and particulars free. THE GROWN CO., 1432 S. St., Washington, D. C. 1-27-3 m. For Sale Houses and Lots Water, Shade Trees on residence lots. For Terms Address J. E. Adams Princeton, W. Va. Box 81. VER MEAT COMPATY CAPITOL ST. Mutton, Pork, ork Sausage OWN MAKE. machine sliced nd Bacon SH, POULTRY s in all the popular ls of tronage for wehave in our lines and you you want it most. PAGE TWO THE HOTEL 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 your home somewhere about your house—You Are Working For Money. If you are working and not 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 publishes in that section of the state, the second floor is used for office rooms, while the htird 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 $1 0.00 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 Pythian Mutual Invesmtent Association. L. O. WILSON, President, Weston, W. Va. ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE CEDAR GROVE. Rev. B. E. Newsome, of Raleigh, preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning, and at the A. M. E. church on Sunday evening. Mrs. Emma Irvin, of Mammoth was here Monday night to witness the eclipse, and to view Halley's comet. Mrs. Ellen Jackson, of Pratt, and Mrs. Amanda Powell, of Hansford, were here Sunday. M. Beamer has bought out the clothes cleaning and pressing establishment of I. S. White. Mrs. Eliza Mayes, of Hugheson, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Austin, Sunday. Rev. D. W. Perdew, of Huntington, preached at the Baptist church Sunday night. Miss Mary Strudwick was at Hugheson, Sunday. Mrs. Fannie Coleman, of Charles- ton, was here Sunday. Preparations are being made for Children's Day. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Buster, were at Montgomery Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Willinms, of Mammoth, were here Sunday, the guests of Mr. Newman. Miss Sarah Belle Dawson, of Charleston, was here Sunday, the guest of Mrs. Jennie Beamer. David Pratt was shopping at Montgomery last week. Miss Hattie Walker was calling on her father at the Hospital at Hansford Monday. Cedar Grove team will cross bais with the Smithers team at the ball park here June 4th. J. H. Richmond, James, and Aupie Jones are sick. BLUEFIELD. The Mt. Zion Baptist Church is having a gala time this week, the occasion being the third anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. W. W. Hicks. Rev. W. H. Mitchell and his congregation assisted in the morning services, Dr. J. C. Sherrill and the congregation of the Raleigh St. M. E. church in the afternoon and Dr. F. C. Patterson at night. The collection for the day was $36.00. The wife and little son of Dr. Sherrill arrived from Atlanta, Ga., and are being welcomed into our midst. The friends of Mrs. Bessie Floyd, will be surprised to learn that she has been granted absolute divorce from her husband, Fletcher Floyd. The various clubs of the Raleigh St. M. E. Church are working hard to raise $500.00 in their rally the third Sunday in June. Dr. J. C. Sherrill will leave this week for Tennessee, where he is to be the principal speaker at Law College graduating exercises. Base ball fans will be given a rare treat on Wednesday, June 1st, when Cobbs Coca Colas will cross bats with the famous Kimball team. The Bluefield boys are out with brand new suits and are doing some snappy playing. They expect to win the championship of rue state. Rev. S. R. Epilock, has now been in charge of the Scott St. Baptist church one month and during that time, there have been 28 occession, 17 of whom being by baptism. The church is spiritually very much alive, being crowded at both morning and evening services. The financial part of the work has kept pace. The collection for the month is $189.47 not including $88 raised in a May fair just ended. Rev. Bullock, is making himself for good in this community and we are proud to say that he was sent to us by Him "who gave the tangleled ram to save the child of Abraham." BUCKHANNON. Miss Jessie Brown, of Weston, is the guest of Mrs. Louise Williams. Miss Iris Hutchinson, of Weston, attended commencement here Friday night. She was the guest of Mrs. J. W. Mumford. Miss Lottie Smith is sick. Misses Sallie Bailey, and Daisy Riddle, of Weston, are visiting Miss Ingie Taylor. Mrs. Amanda Brown entertained the Silver Leaf Club Saturday night. Miss Gertrude Lee, of Weston, is visiting at the home of Mrs. Malina Hunter. Miss Violet Smith, and daughter, of Weston, are guests of Mrs. Emes Mumford. Commencement exercises were held at the City Opera House, Friday night, May 27th. The orations by the graduates were mostly excellently rendered. Rev. L. O. Wilson, of Weston, addressed the class. The music for the occasion was rendered by Davis Orchestra. The closing entertainment of Victoria School, was held at Simpson M. E. Church, May 30th. An excellent program was rendered, much credit is due Mr. Jones, the principal, and his assistant, Miss Heath, for the splendid program rendered. Messrs Lee, Bailey, Jones, Riddle. Wilson and Brown, of Weston, attended commencement here Friday night. Mrs. Myrtle Lewis and children, of Sutton, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Eliza Mumford. Miss Barnett, of Weston, was the guest of Mrs. Jerry Lewis Friday. MORGANTOWN The third quarterly meeting will be held in the Allen's Temple A. M. E. church Beechurst Avenue Sunday, June 12th. Rev. W. H. Thomas, presiding elder, will be present. Rev, Sandy, Christia, pastor of A. M. E. church, will go to Atlantic City the 1st week in June for the purpose of trying to regain his health Warden Parker, has typhoid fever at his residence, 384 Water St. The public school closed last Friday afternoon. Miss Mattie Pronty and Miss Ethel Gordon, teachers of school reports a very successful term. The closing exercises were held at the Beechurst Avenue A. M. E. Church, Monday evening, May 23. Miss Pauline Blue and John H. Lewis, presided at the organ. Garner, Crawford and Odgen, Athletic mandolin club, furnished some up-to-date music for the occasion. The church was packed with a large audience, and Rev. S. P. West, of Clarksburg, was present. Beatrice Jenkins, Emma Ellis, Albert Ellis, Ethel Hunter, Madoline Bruce, Ollie Mead, Maria Hanshaw, Sammie N. Miller and several others gave very interesting recitations. After the close of the exercises refreshments were served down stairs. Tuesday evening May 24th, Rev. S. P. West, of Clarksburg, gave a very fine lecture. The grand rally which was held at the A. M. E. church was successful. There was a large congregation and the music was furnished by three mixed choirs. Mrs. Mabel Brooks club gave a musical on Friday evening, May 27, in Hunt's Hall. Miss Caroline Hanshaw and Mrs. Ridia Harris are away from the city attending the commencement of the Colored Institute. The will be a Steward's grand rally held in the A. M. E. church Sunday. There will be three services on that day. The rally is for the benefit of the pastor, Rev. S. Christian. CHICAGO. A very successful work is now being carried on in this city by the Colored Young Men's Christian Association at St. Mary's A. M. E. Church on Dearborn Street near 45th, under the leadership of the president W. H. Samples. This Association meets every Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the church, and is largely attended by men and women, who are taking a deep interest in the upfitting of the race. The address delivered by Attorney John G. Jones on last Sunday before this Association was not only forcible and instructive, but it was timely, and full of good instructions. This Association is now contemplating buying a house and not at a time not far distant. The officers of the Association are Rev. W. H. Saunders, president, Rev. D. R. Criffin, vice-president; W. H. Elliott, secretary; J. S. Dorsey, treasurer; H. F. Thomas, chirman; George McCree Dr. W. G. Roby, R. G. Ellis and J. M. Lanners, association secretaries. Rev. Thomas Pearson, who has quite ill, whose residence is on the corner of Wabash Avenue and 36th, place, is now improved. Lawyer S. A. McElwae has moved his law office to 260 Clara Street. A. M. Fiells has served his connection with the Chicago Chronicle. The Chicago) Colored Citizen's Association was organized last week. The names of the officers will be given in the next issue. John R. Ware has gone to Marion, Indiana, on a visit for a few days. Thomas Pearson delivered an address at the Wavran A. M. E. church on the north side Sunday. Mr. Manning, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was in the city Monday. CLARKSBURG. Born—to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Monroe, a daughter. The Do-Re Club entertained lavishly at Smith's pavilion, Wednesday evening. Rev. S. P. West was a business visitor in Weston, Monday. The Twentieth Century Club gave a full dress ball at the Academy of Music, Thursday evening. Mrs. Herbert Ransell is quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Turner left Sunday evening for Chicago, Ill. where they will make their future home. Mrs. John Boston and children, of Baltimore, are visiting Mrs. Annie Freeman. Miss Lilly Hinshaw, of Morgantown, is the guest of Miss Velma Snyder. Prof. A. W. Curtis, of the W. Va. institute, attended the "Back to the Farm Movement" meeting here Sat- sarday. Mrs. Elliza Schon, whose serious illness was reported last week, is much improved. On Thursday evening, an immense crowd assembled at Water Street School Hall to witness the closing and "A" division of the third grades. The following program was car- ried out: Opening Song.....Swing and Sing Recitation.....The Sparrow's Nest Louise Farmer. Song.....The Pussy Willow Marie Johnson. Recitation.....Off to School Gladys Green. Recitation—Wynkin, Blynkin and Nod—Ethel Nunally. Song.....Katy in Goose Land The play was well rendered and called forth much applause from the large assembly. On Friday evening the students of the Grammar Department presented a drama in four acts, entitled "The Spy of Gettysburg" to a crowded house. The final exercises took place on Monday evening when James Washington, Mabel Rone and Velma Snyder received diplomas for having completed the prescribed course of study. Every number on the program was well carried out and the class address was delivered by President Byrd Prillerman of the W. Vt. Institute. The program was carried out as follows: Program. Chorus—Hail Alma Mater—Wagner. Invocation—Rev. W. T. Kenny Kennedy to the Negro" . . . James W. Washington Oration "Just for a Day" - Willi- iams . . . Eva E. Green Oration "Needs of the Hour" - Mabel S. Rone. Duet "Carmena Waltz" - Wilson Marie Miles and Dollie Kenny. Address - Hon. Byrd Drillerman, President W. Va. Col. Institute Chorus "Hark! Apollo Strikes the Lyre" . . . Bishop. Presentation of Dickens. Presentation of Diplomas. Benediction—Rev. S. P. West. At the close of the exercises Queen Esther Society banqueted the class and their relatives, the teachers and ministers of the city. A large number attended and the evening was delightfully-spent. Patrons' Inspection Day drew quite a crowd of spectators to the Water street school Tuesday afternoon despite the inclement weather. After viewing the work in the various rooms the visitors registered in the principal's room where ice cream, cake, waters and chocolates were served by the members of the Golden Rule literary Society. Herefore the teachers have assumed the responsibility of preparing refreshments for the guests but this year the responsibility was lifted from them by the members of this society who prepared everything and attended to the serving. The visitors declared the work the best yet seen at the school. Thos. Grant, of Weston, and the Misses Mead, Bridgeport, attended the Commencement exercises. Mrs. R. Harris, of Morgatown, is th guest of her sister, Mrs. Sarah Lee. Mrs. Sallie Swinson, of Smithfield, is the guest of Mrs. M. A. Rone. The sermon to the class of 1910 was preached Spnday afternoon by Rev. J. W. Colbert. Music was rendered by Trinity M. E. Church choir. The Misses Smith, of Morgantown and Thos. Smith, of Sistersville, attended the funeral of Harvey Slaughter, their nephew. Interment at Elk View Cemetery took place Thursday. Mrs. Nettle Brown, of Pittsburg, spent Memorial Day here. Guy Ruffin and Miodus Walker have returned from Washington, D. C., where they attended Howard University. Prof. Byrd Prillerman and little daughter left Tuesday morning for Institute. While here Prof. Prillerman was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jordan. TAILOR MADE SUITS FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN—HIGH GRade MAKE, VALUES UP TO $25.00, SELLING OUT PRICE, $7.50 TO $12.00, BROWN'S SELLING OUT SALE. WEVACO Alex Shoats and daughter were business visitors to Charleston last week. Mrs. Eliza Graham and nephew Johnnie Williams were shopping in Montgomery last Monday. Mrs. Hattie Hanner and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ray, Mrs. Noran Otey, R. M. Miller, J. Isaac, Mrs. Alex-Shoats and daughter, Mrs. O. L. Ray, went to the snow at Estoale Tuesday. Mrs. Allice Bookers was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Ray last week. Kev. D. Stratton and family were here last Tuesday. Kev. Stratton stopped with J. J. Thomas while here and preacued a good sermon Tuesday night. Mrs. C. A.Wormley and Miss Lena Dickerson were visiting Mrs. Tyreo and Mrs. Caveness Sunday. Charley Martin was calling on Mr. and Mrs. Caveness Sunday. K. W. Pannell has returned from Philadelphia accompanied by his wife. They will make their home acre. Rev. N. A. Smith delivered two able sermons here Sunday morning and night. Miss Nettie Pankey and Mr. William Hill were married Sunday at 2 o'clock. Rev. N. A. Smith officiated. Marsh Hill, of Mt. Carbon, was here Sunday to witness his brother's marriage. The marriage took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Kay. John Luckey has returned from Salisbury, N. C., with twenty more employees. Mr. Luckey's daughter Katie accompanied him here from Salisbury. BOY'S SERGE SUITS. $6.00 VALUE, AT $2.98 AT BROWN'S SELLING OUT SALE. HOLDEN. Mr. and Mrs. Keever Paris, of Jellico, Tenn., are in town making this their home at her aunt's, Mrs. Don Wilson's. Mrs. Wm. Smith and Mrs. J. D. Johnston, were down to Cora Sunday calling on friends. Mrs. Hill, from Kitchen, spent Saturday and Sunday visiting friends. John Smith, was up from Cora calling on friends Saturday. Mr. Giles, of Yuma, was up on a business trip the past week. Mrs. Bessie Johnston is out again after being quite ill. Samuel Hues and Sell Palmer, have an ice Cream stand and lunch counter at the upper end of Logan Avenue and are doing fine business. $1 TO $2,000 DRESS SKIRTS 39 TO 79, 1,400 TENNIS MISSIONARY UNION Clifton Springs, N. Y., June 1. A large and representative attendance marked the opening here today of the twenty-seventh annual conference of the International Missionary Union. The conference, which will remain in session six days, has for its general topic, "World Movements Foreshadowing the Coming of the Kingdom." B. & D. UNDERWEAR, 35c, WORTH 50c. AT BROWN'S SELLING OUT SALE. RELICS OF THE REVOLUTION Equipments of Soldiers of King George Found in Manhattan. (From the New York Telegram.) Dating back to the days when the British and Hessians camped on Washington Heights, a large collection of relics which have been found in various parts of upper Manhattan will be placed on exhibition within a few days in the old Jamel Mansion. The relics—shot, buttons, bayonets and various pieces of rusted metal, which at one time formed part of the equipment of the soldiers of King George III—were collected by Messrs. R. P. Bolton and W. L. Carver, amateur antiquarians, who live in the vicinity of the Washington Heights battle field. Although it is now more than 130 years since the alien troops occupied the heights, all the relics found are in an excellent state of preservation. The various buttons found by the excavators when cleaned show the LINEN SUITS seem to be more popular than ever this summer and the hot weather of the next three months will make them "the only thing" for every purpose. We have just received a large shipment of beauties and can supply all desirable colors and shades in all sizes. DRY GOODS AND LADIES, FURNISHINGS. RETAIL STORE—11 CAPITOL ST. AND 720 KANAWHA ST. WHOLESALE STORE—415 KANAWHA ST. coats of arms and other insignia of the regiments to which those who wore them belonged. Most of the reliies which have recently been unearthed by the excavators have been in the vicinity of Fort Tryon and Marble Hill and the Washington Heights blockhouse. The equipment of the excavators is most simple, consisting solely of two shovels, a garden fork and a large sieve. From old maps made by the American spies during the early days of the Revolution and from those made by the British themselves the two men located the sites where the various regiments were camped on the upper end of Manhattan Island. These regiments included the various Hessian companies, the Welsh Fusilliers, the Third Scots Guards and the Seventy-sixth MacDonald Highlanders. Besides the many one-pound cannon balls used in the Hessians' field guns, then known as the amusette, the excavators have found many of Why Not Make U Spare Ti Make Us spare Time Why Not Make Use of Your Spare Time? 1. TO INCREASE YOUR KNOWLEDGE. 2. TO INCREASE YOUR USE. 3. THE The Afro-American School of Corresp L. Jones, L. L. B., President and W. Bishop Secretary, will do these things and more for of its kind for colored people and is conductors. It provides a course in English, Theology College and Business Courses. It will make a course especially for you know and teach you privately and confident from work, studying at home or where you venient, and recite to us whenever you get courses, payable at $3.00 per month, until We furnish text books and there are n five years to finish and graduate you. We teach by Mail. If you know how to you. Send for catolog, or stop in our office now. W. B. Box 2384 Station Office at Second Baptist Church, Thirrd St INCREASES YOUR USEFUL 3. TO INC School of Correspondence ment and W. Bishop Job things and more for your people and is conducted in English, Theology, I courses. o especially for you, of tautely and confidentially home or where you are whenever you get ready per month, until that asks and there are no other graduate you. If you know how to re stop in our office and W. BISHOP Box 2384 Station G. Church, Third Street, b NALD, N RER COL Harper's Ferry, W. W The Afro-American School of Correspondence, incorporated, Thomas L. Jones, L. L. B., President and W. Bishop Johnson, D. D., L. L. D. Secretary, will do these things and more for you. It is the only school of its kind for colored people and is conducted by experienced educators. It provides a course in English, Theology, Law and Special Academic College and Business Courses. It will make a course especially for you, of the things you need to know and teach you privately and confidentially and you will lose no time from work, studying at home or where you are employed, when it is convenient, and recite to us whenever you get ready. $50.00 will pay for our courses, payable at $3.00 per month, until that amount is paid. We furnish text books and there are no other charges. We give you five years to finish and graduate you. We teach by Mail. If you know how to read and write we can help you. Send for catolog, or stop in our office and get information. Do it now. W. BISHOP JOHNSON, D. D., Secor. Box 2384 Station G. Office at Second Baptist Church, Third Street, between H and I Sts., N. W. HENRY T. MCDONALD, President N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer STORER CO Harper's Ferry, STORER COLLEGE Harper's Ferry, W. Va —Founded in 1867— More than 400 men and women have graduated here. The oldest school in the state for Colored students. Magnificent location. Elva institution high. Remarkably healthful. Ample buildings. THREE NEW BUILDINGS BEING ADDED TO OUR PLANT THIS YEAR. The regular faculty of sixteen highly educated, earnest teachers does not include assistants. More than 400 men and women have school in the state for Colored students. Tion high. Remarkably healthful. Amphib BUILDINGS BEING ADDED TO OUR PLAR faculty of sixteen highly educated, ca assistants. Our Library catalogued according to the largest in the state. FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATE S ARBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLA SSES TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCA TION in its faculty and student body. Its whole living. 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Notice is hereby given that, at a meeting of the stockholders of the Schwabe Clothing Company, a corporation, created and organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia, held at Charleston, Kanawha county, West Virginia, on the 28th day of May 1910, resolutions were adopted that this company discontinue business as a corporation and surrender to the State of West Virginia its charter and corporate franchises. I. SCHWABE President of said corporation Use of Your Time? EDGE. YOUR USEFULNESS. 3. TO INCREASE YOUR SALARY. Correspondence, incorporated, Thomas Bishop Johnson, D. D., L. L. D., more for you. It is the only school conducted by experienced educator. Theology, Law and Special Academic for you, of the things you need, be confidentially and you will lose no time. Are you are employed, when it is con- get ready. $50.00 will pay for our, until that amount is paid. Are no other charges. We give you how to read and write we can help your office and get information. W. BISHOP JOHNSON, D. D., Secoy Station G. 43rd Street, between H and I Sts., N. W. COLLEGE Berry, W. Va in 1867— we have graduated here. The oldest, students. Magnificent location. Eleva- ample buildings. THREE NEW PLANT THIS YEAR. The regu- ted, earnest teachers does not include ing to the Dewey System, is one of S ARE GRANTED TO THOSE MEM- SES WHO ARE RECOMMENDED. TION. Storer is interdenominational, whole influence is toward Christian Organizational, Musical Clubs, Normal, Industrial, Music. other printed matter write to The President BATH HOUSE the Knights of Pythias of North Pepe, Asia, Africa and Australia: The only bath house of its kind in the United States for Colored People, receiving its hot water direct from the United States Government. Equipped with all the latest improvements. Experienced attendants. Steam heat- ed throughout. PRIE OF BATHS: $4.00 per course of 21 baths. $2.00 per half course of 10 baths. 25 cents per single bath. Knights of Pythias and members of the Court of Calanthe with certi- tificates of good standing in their respective lodges are entitled to half the above rates. 0 per course of 21 Baths 0 per course of 10 Baths J. R. SMITH, Mgr. HOT SPRINGS, ARK. N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE ADVOCATE PUB. CO. The Advocate is entered in the Post-office at Charleston, W. Va., as second class matter. CONGRESSMAN GAINES. Six years ago when Mr. William Seymour Edwards entered the his against Mr. Joseph H. Gaines for the Republican nomination for congressman from this district. The Advocate supported Mr. Edwards. It reason for so doing was that its management felt that the interests of his Negro constituency was of no concern whatever to Mr. Gaines. At that time it was as easy for a Negro man to see the Pope at the Quirinal as to get an audience with Mr. Gaines. Now, the Dalai Lama of Lhasa is more approachable than he. The truth is that Mr. Gaines is not in touch with either the major portion of the whites nor the Negroes in his district and he is drifting further from them every day. In the distribution of patronage Mr. Gaines has exhibited color-blindness of the most pronounced type, invariably delaying for an inexasible length of time answers to letters, and showing when it came to getting a Negro even a menial job but little of that influence he is said to possess. Though dean of our congressional representation, there is not another of his fellow members from this state who can not show more Negro appointments to his credit than can Mr. Gaines. With his white brother the Negro wants his district represented by a man who will measure up with any man in the lower house of the national legislature, but while his representative is measuring up he does not want him to hold his head among the clouds all the time. The colored brother would like to have his congressman look down at least long enough to distribute those little "pickings" which go along with the job. This Mr. Gaines has signally failed to do and he will have none to blame but himself if Capt. Avis succeeds him at Washington. VALE ELLIS. Without going into the merits of the discussion as to whether Mr. J. M. Allis did or did not receive a square deal in the primary election held in Fayette county last month. The Advocate sincerely deplores his failure to get a sufficient number of votes to have his name placed on the ballot. There is not a Negro in the State who did not experience a thrill of pride when he associated Mr. Ellis name with Member of the House of Delegates. The mere fact that a Negro was on hand to raise his voice whenever an attempt was made to enact legislation unfavorable to the grace, gave us all a feeling of security, fanciful perhaps, but none the less reassuring. They again the thought was rather pleasant that West Virginia was among the few states of the Union unprejudiced to the extent of electing to the law making body a man of color. With the retirement of the "gentleman from Fayette" passes the hope of future representation along this line, for experience teaches that the Negro does not regain in this country a political position once lost. Without the renewal of the arrangement which obtained in Fayette it is utterly impossible for a Negro to win in a primary up there for any office. Over in McDowell county where the Negroes are even more numerous and are the sinew if not the bone of the Republican party, the outlook is anything but hopeful. Here in Kanawha the attempt has been made twice by Negroes to jump over, or crawl through or under the bars but in both instances without success. In view of these facts we are sorry, inexpressibly sorry that Mr Ellis has fallen by the wayside. Even before his enforced retirement there were far too few Negroes holding similar positions, and now that he is lost to us it is excusable if we heave a sigh. BARKUS IS WILLIN Reports from Washington are to the effect that Mr. Napier has been offered and has refused the Miskership to Liberia and that he will not replace, at least just now, Mr. Veronon as Register of the Treasury, such a move being regarded as bad polities almost on the eye of an election. Not that we are opposed to Mr. Napier as Mr. Napier but because he hails from a state which is in the hide-bound Democratic column we can not truthfully say that we deplore either his refusal of the Liberian mission or his failure to succeed Mr. Vernon. In fact, there does not appear to us any reason why Mr. Vernon should be retired now or after the election. He is giving satisfaction in the conduct of his office. He represents a constituency which has voted for years to swell the Republican majority in the electoral college. He is not without influence in the councils of his race. Then why replace him with Mr. Napier or any other man from a Democratic state? Going through the list of Federal appointments made since Mr. Taft's induction into office, one finds a Secretary of War, a Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Treasurer of the United States, all from "dear old Tennessee." Tennessee is not the only State on the map, and if the President is, like Uncle Remus, "his obeledged" to remove Mr. Vernon, West Virginia is willing to transfer her claims on the Assistant Registrarship of the Treasury to the principal position. In truth, Mr. Waters would prefer the switch. AMATEUR ATHLETICS There is grave danger test those in charge of athletics at some of our educational institutions, in their cagerness to win, will pay too dearly for the victory. For a number of years the employment of "ringers" has been taxed by the larger schools of both races. The authorities, after an inexcusable delay, came to the realization that the use of other than bona fide students in their contests did not square with their preachments on morality; they found that their their approval of the participation of outsiders, engaged that they might win from their opponents, was instilling in the minds of the students the idea that victory at any price is justifiable. They came to see that they could not with justice punish the student guilty of receiving aid from another or "riding a pony" in the class room while his school countenanced unfair methods on the athletic field. Primarily, athletic contests between members of the same school or of different schools are held to decide the superiority of the contesting students. If the weak position in the line is strengthened by securing for the occasion one who is not regularly carrying studies, what difference pray is there between such an act and "pony riding" in an examination? THE AGE ON THE RAMPAGE It is time for everybody to sit up and take notice when the staid, old New York Age, the personification of conservatism since it changed pilots, begins to express doubts as to the attitude of the Laft administration toward the brother in black. Under the caption "Shall the Negro be Sacrificed", last week, it "insurged something awful". If it just does not ring the backing bells as it did a few months ago after a protest neither quite so long nor so loud as this last one, the President may be brought to see that those having in charge the appointment of Negroes are repudiating the promise he made to us in his inaugural address. He said, in effect, that Negroes would not be appointed at the South simply because they were Negroes nor would they be removed or rejected simply because of color. The Age has cited a number of instances in which the Negro has been made to walk the plank for reasons which appear suspiciously antagonistic to this platform. It is in the position to discover the true inwardness of the situation, and will soon let us hope, muster up sufficient courage to stand by, re-load and fire its guns again after they have been once discharged. WEEP AND BE LONESOME. "If you are a man, smile!" If you are a dog, wag your tail!" is a bit of ineglectantly expressed but none the less good advice appearing on one of those ever-present post cards. The man with a smile and the dog with the wagging tail are by far more companionable associates than the fellow with a frown, the chronic grouch, or the dog which goes slouching by with his tail tucked between his legs. The world accepts either of the former more readily. Humanity is so constituted that it naturally flees from discontent expressed in their characteristic ways either by ma nor dog. Everybody has heard but it will bear repetition. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep atone. It has troubles enough of its own." The Advocate acknowledges with thanks the receipt of an invitation to the commencement exercises of Douglass High School, Huntington, of which Prof. J. W. Scott is principal. The latest argument advanced as to why the compt gave the earth's such a wide berth is that it wished to escape the June crop of Commencement theses. Wise old comet. Columbus Belcher Gets Fourth Respite For the fourth time since he was convicted of slaying Curtis Carter, in Mingo county, Columbus, Belcher has been granted a respite. This time the execution of the man was stayed by the Supreme Court of Appeals, through Judge Poffenbarger, in Point Pleasant. Belcher is in the penitentiary and was under sentence to be hanged June 16th. Belcher's attorneys have been persistent in their efforts to have his life and each time has appealed to the highest court of the state in their effort to get a new trial. The Canadian Medical Association SPECIAL TO THE MAIL. Toronto, Canada, June 1.—With many physicians and surgeons in attendance from all over the Dominion the forty-third annual convention of the Canadian Medical Association opened in Convocation Hall today, to continue through the remainder of the week. For extensiveness of preparation and elaborateness of detail no such assemblage has been held in Toronto in many years. The program provides for general sessions and departmental meetings each day at which will be presented numerous papers and addresses on subjects of medical and surgical interest. Outside of the discussions on professional topics the chief question to come before the convention is that of Dominion medical registration. It is desired that the present regulations be changed so that a physician registered in one province may be permitted to practice his profession in another province without taking a second examination. Rehearing in the Flour Rate Cases Begun SPECIAL TO THE MAIL. Washington, June 1.—The interstate commerce commission today reopened the hearing of the case of the northwestern millers against the Great Northern railway and other interstate railroads carrying flour from northwestern points to the Atlantic seaboard, which involves the question of freight rates on flour between Minneapolis, Duluth and other northwestern points and New York. At the first hearing the commission decided in favor of the complainants and ordered a cut in the flour rates from 23 to 21 1-2 cents per 100 pounds, beginning May 10. Upon the petition of the railroads the order was suspended and a rehearing ordered. Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis and other milling points in the West are represented at the hearing. Woman Celebrates Her 100th Birthday Collinsville, Ill., June 1.—Mrs. Mary Naputi, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Peter Bassola, at Donkville, in this county, celebrated her one hundredth birthday today, being still hale and vigorous for her age. Mrs. Naputi was born in Italy on June 1, 1810, and had seven children. She survived her husband and si: of the children, the last of whom died thirteen years ago. Being all alone, the old lady came to the United States thirteen years ago and made her home with her only surviving daughter, Mrs. Bassola, Mrs. Naputi never used spectacles and can still do sewing and knitting without aid to her eyesight. She has several teeth left and her physical condition is remarkably good. POPE 75 YEARS OLD Rome, June 1.—The Pope will be 75 years old tomorrow, having been born at Riese on June 2, 1855. In accordance with the traditions of the church, there will be no public celebration of the day, and the Pope will spend the day quietly, receiving only the congratulations of the members of his household and the members of his family. PRINCE HENRY TROPHY TOUR, Berlin, June 1.—The automobiles which are to contest for the Prince Henry Trophy assembled in Berlin today in readiness to begin the tour tomorrow. The first day's run will be to Brunswick and will include a speed contest. On Friday the cars will go on to Cassel, and thence to Rothenburg on Saturday, where there will be a day's rest. On Monday the contestants will proceed from Rothenburg to Strassburg, on Tuesday from Strassburg to Coblentz, and on Wednesday they will finish at Hamburg, when the second speed contest will be held between Limburg and Wedburg, on the Taupus circuit. THE ADVOCATE Charleston Owing to the closing exercises of the public schools the Business League, has postponed all meetings till June 13th, at which time the session will be held at the A. M. E. Church. Mrs. W. H. Terry, who has been taking a treatment for three months under Dr. Gamble, returned much benefitted to her home at Ronceverte, Thursday. Charles Williams, formerly of this city, but now of Cambridge, O., is visiting Noble Mitchell. The Art Needle Club was entertained by Mrs. D. B. Butler, Sentz street., Tuesday evening. Miss Julia Brown will be hostess to the club next week at the home of Mrs. Mary Robinson, Bradford street. Mrs. Isaiah Campbell, accompanied by Miss Ethel and H. B. Smith, attended the funeral of a relative at Handley, Tuesday. Mrs Malinda Shorts, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Adolphus Wright, has returned to her home at Rock Hill, S. C. Miss Alice Jordan, an attendant at the Weston Asylum for the insane, was in the city Tuesday. Abner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, Lewis street, has returned from Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute where he completed the course in carpentry. At the recent graduating exercises of Howard University. Washington, D. C., Jas. B.Brown of this city, was graduated from the dental department. It is reported that Dr. Brown will locate here. Fred Haynes was at Montgomery Monday night. James Washington is ill at his home, 904 Young street. Threatened by white caps who laid a bundle of switches at his door and a notice to get out of the country. William Furbush, a colored boy, at the request of his employer in Lewis county, purchased a revolver to protect himself. Later, when Furbush left his employer to work for another, the employes secured his arrest and conviction for carrying a pistol. He was given the minimum sentence by the court in Lewis county and after serving three months in jail made application for pardon which has been granted by Governor Glassock. Furbish being relieved of further imprisonment and the fine. Walter Harris returned Saturday from Roanoke, Va., where he visited relatives. Miss Rhoda A. Wilson spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Ruth Wilson, at St. Albans. Mrs. Gibson Browder and Miss Della Browder, of Chillicothe, O., and Miss Johnson, of Institute, are guests of Mrs. Mollie Parker, Jacob St. Miss Lewellyn Spriggs, of Institute, was in town shopping Saturday. Mrs. Julia A. Campbell and son, Ernest, spent Tuesday at Handley. A. C. Spurlock, of Huntington passed through the city Monday en route home from Lawrenceville, Va., where he has a position as teacher The Saturday Bridge Club was entta-tained Saturday afternoon by Miss Esther Fulks on Jacob street. Miss Lilian Taylor will be the hostess to the Club next Saturday. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. John Scott died at their home on McCormick street, Tuesday. Mrs. John Campbell entertained the Married Ladies' Whist Club Thursday afternoon at her home on Court street. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Terry entertained J. C. Campbell at dinner Sunday. Ghelbert, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris, is ill with measles at their home on Baines street. Mrs. Lucinda Banks died Sunday at her home on Morris street, after a long illness of fever. The Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Simpson M. E. church. J. C. Campbell spent Monday at Venetta. The Improvement League will meet Friday with Mrs. Anna Fulks-Davis, on Jacob street. Mrs. Richard Lowry is spending the week at Institute visiting her mother, Mrs. Friend. Edward James returned Saturday, after spending the week with his sister in Keystone. Mrs. Mabelle Simpson is quite ill at her home on Washington street. Don Jones has returned from Fairmont, where he was called by the death of his mother. The friends of Miss Cormelia Davis will be pleased to hear that she is recovering rapidly from the effects of the operation which she underwent at the General Hospital, Monday. J. C. Campbell, who has been here the past week visiting his parents, returned last night to Washington. Mr. Campbell is an employee in the census bureau. Mrs. W. O. Lee, who is pursuing the course in medicine at Howard University, Washington, D. C., are in the city yesterday to spend the summer with her husband. They have apartments in the K. of P. building. L. O. Wilson, Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of West Virginia, is in the city on business connected with the Pythian Mutual Investment Association, of which he is president. BLUEFIELD COLORED INSTITUTE BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA On the main line of the N. & W. R. R., and easy of access from all points of the Virginian Healthful location, the very best of school comforts, and excellent advantages in the way of Library, Laboratories, Student Societies and a strong earnest Faculty. Regular Normal and Academic Courses, also courses in Music, Sewing, Cooking and Laundering. FREE BOOKS TO NORMAL STUDENTS BOARD, FUEL, LIGHT AND FURNISHED ROOMS $8.00 PER MONTH. A Model Graded School in which Normal Graduates are given the necessary experience in teaching before beginning their regular work. For Further Information Address the Principal WEST VA. COLORED INSTITUTE INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA The only Industrial Institute for colored students in the tate Regular Normal, Academic and Commercial Courses, also Regular Courses in Agriculture, Carpentry 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 Dollar a month. FOR CATALOGUE AND OTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS Byrd Prillerman, A. M. President Leonard Shelton, aged 37 years of Piedmont Road, died Saturday afternoon at his home very suddenly. He was well known in here and was highly respected. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 from the home, interment being in Spring Hill cemetery. Rev. M. W. Claire, of Washington, D. C., one of the most prominent divines in the Methodist Episcopal connection, will preach Sunday evening at Simpson Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Claire is well known here and the announcement of his appearance in the pulpit never fails to attract a large congregation. After having lost to Institute, Monday, in a twelve-inning game 4 to 3 and again Tuesday 2 to 1, Wilberforce University baseball team won from the Charleston Clippers at Whele Park, yesterday afternoon. The game was one of the best seen in this city this season and was a revelation as to the condition of the Clippers in as much as this was their first game. Wilberforce having played eleven. The score was 2 to 1, Charleston getting the smaller number. Accompanying the Wilberforce team is Lieutenant Green, U. S. A., who has the distinction of being one Institute, West Virginia of the three Negroes holding commissions in the regular army. He has already made a number of friends here. Despite the inclement weather Tuesday evening, the assembly hall at Garnett high school was filled to its capacity by the patrons and friends of Washington school to witness the closing exercises. The little folks went through their parts with that precision which is only acquired by long and careful rehearsals and their perfection was very creditable to the efforts of their teachers. As gnomes and fairies the children received rounds of applause, especially after the rendition of the several vocal selections. Miss M. Blance Jeffries is principal of Washington school and is assisted by Misses Lizzie O. Hopkins, Amy Hutchinson and Amelia Wilcher. J. A. Jackson, page of the supreme court of appeals is at Wheeling in attendance upon that body. The following invitation which, on account of the prominence of the contracting parties has created more than the usual stir in society circles, was issued yesterday. Mrs. Mary J. Brooks will give in marriage her daughter Dr. Willis Wharton Jones on Wednesday Morning, June the Fifteen Nineteen Hundred and Ten at ten o'clock At home after June the 25th, Deanwood Heights, Washington, D.C. Reception Ten-thirty to Twelve WEST CHARLESTON Rev. Eugene Page was in town last week looking after his property on 3rd avenue. C. P. Lucas will be home this week his brother is much better. Norman Haywood, polisher at the Axe Plant, has gone to Louisville to remain this summer. The Rally for Rev. J. P. Caui at the Baptist church last Sunday was a success. Pittsburg, Pa., June 1.—The wedding of Miss Laura Gilpin Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Persifor Smith, and George Sturges Oliver, son of United States Senator Oliver, attracted a fashionable assemblage to the Church of the Ascension this afternoon. Following the ceremony there was a large reception at the home of the bride's parents. --- nature and at his approach, we cry out of the furles of our enraged beings brought into action; Thou despicable character, thou hell-born assailant, thou hydra headed monster of society—thou more than all others art the bane and disgrace of the 20th century. "We stand for the annihilation, at any cost of this fiend who is inculcated with the most damnable penal germs that ever disgraced, excited and enraged society. Not in the range of my knowledge has a single member of the C. M. E. Church, the church I represent, committed this nameless crime. "I said a while ago that we love the South—and we do, but the South's position upon the complex question that confront this country appeals to us as a remedy rather than a panacea. In other words—we endorse the South's position on some things with considerable mental reservation. When the South refused to allow the sword and bayonet to compel it to submit to the destruction of its social ideals, right-ousness rejoiced. When the South unhorsed the 'scallowag' and dispatched the 'carpet-bagger' justice and equity also rejoiced. For we believe that each race ought to remain pure and separate, and that the government ought to be in the hands of the intelligence and wealth of the community, and when it comes to an emlightened franchise, no one can object. "Every thoughtful Negro is a little distressed at foreboding conditions. When we think of the color disfranchisement that deprives us of the ballot, the only weapon of defense any race or individual has in a republican form of government; when we think of the neglect of our school system, especially our rural schools. When we consider the threatening attack upon our skilled labor; and when we consider the actual assault upon our eleemosynary institutions; and many, many other unfavorable signs, there are some of us who quake for fear. "May I humbly say, that the alarm that some of our white friends feel about the Negro secret orders is unfounded and without cause. I declare unto you today as a member of one of the most reputable of them, that there has not been a single motion or resolution offered or passed since Emancipation that would offend the most sensitive of our white friends, and the man or men who sally forth to capture them will be as "Don Quixote" was when he captured the "Mambreno Helmet." I only mention these things that you, a great Christian body might be thinking of them. But let me inform you we are not discouraged. We await the issue. We have faith in God's justice, faith in Southern chivalry, and faith in our own strong resolutions. We believe if we only await the issue, every thing will come out alright in God's own way, in God's own time. Victory for the Church. "All students of history know that each race or civilization has Colored Men and Women, LISTEN If You've Got a Job You've Got a Chance! And the better the job, the better is your chance of improving your condition, and getting ahead. The International Liberty Union of the World will help you get a job if you haven't one, and will help you to a better job if you have one. whether you want what the I-L-U members are working for and getting. Big Cash Benefits Family Protection Self Education Co-operative Buying Co-operative Selling Mutual Uplift This opportunity is open to every one without regard to sex, color or nationality, between the ages of fifteen and sixty years. Send ten cents for three months' subscription to our official magazine. THE UNION JOURNAL and circulars and full particulars of our offer will be sent you. Write Us Today had two peculiar problems to solve or contend with. There has been no race of civilization free from the burden of industrial complications, commercial irregularities, social perplexities and political convulsions. Hence, it is but natural that this country having two separate and distinct races, in temperament, training and development, occupying the same territory, breathing the same atmosphere, and inhibiting the same desire for liberty and independence, should have problems perplexing and aggravating. "We had as well acknowledge this fact as deny it. It will be but playing the ostrich that sticks its head in the sand and imagines itself hidden. We have a race problem in this country. A problem that is stubborn, positive and defiant; one that is taxing the head of the thinking white man, and oppressing the heart of the self-respecting Negro. A problem, we believe mighter than any of antiquity, because in no instance do we recall where there were two races so diametrically opposite in color, temperament training and development, living under a democratic form of government, the preamble of which government declares that all men are born free and equal; a government that insists that constituted authority must get its power from the consent of the governed; a government where every individual must represent himself; hence a government where the bailot is the only weapon of defense; a government, I am almost about to say that is antipodal to the tendencies of human nature. "The ancient civilization, though free from some of the complications that this government entails, were not able to survive their immediate conflicts. Where are they today? Gone, gone, gone! Hence such historians as Gibbon say the world moves in a circle; that it raises, flourishes and then decays. There is one thing that all of us must acknowledge, that none of the ancient nations had the preservative fluid picient to stay their destination. They had all the military tactics and prowess possible; but they were destroyed. They had art, science, religion, philosophy and literature; but they decomposed; they had such lawgivers as Draco, Lycurgus and Salon; but they disintegrated. "If this country hopes to survive the great problem that confront it; if it hopes to conquer in the great internal conflict; if it hopes to be victorious in the great social, industrial and political contention within its bounds, we believe it must learn a lesson from the ancients and not try to win by military prowess and tactics; not try to conquer by literature, law, invention, nor prejudice; but must realize that if it conquers, it will and must be a victory for the church, a victory for religion—the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. * We believe if these problems are to be adjusted; if this country is to be saved from disintegration and final annihilation, it must be saved by the gospel. Christianity as taught by Christ must be the controlling influence of this government; the sermon on the Mount its basis of operation. Hence, as an organization, we are teaching love. We see that Grant's sword, Lincoln's pen, Summer's tongue, nor John Brown's raid were not able to bring about all the desired results. Therefore we as a church, have never depended upon war nor war amendments, courts nor legislative halls; political nor educational attainments; industrial nor academic training, but have done the best possible within us, and now we are looking to the Father of the universe who does all things well to do the balance. So when we are asked for a solution of the problem we cry out, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, mind, soul and strength, and thy neighbor as thy self." "We are inexpressibly grateful to you for the protecting care that you have exercised over us during the last forty years. You have been kind and helpful to us in every way, at no time have you turned us away empty handed. Every one of our efforts has in some way felt the effect of your beneficent hand. In both church and school our needs, apparently have been the object of your sympathy, and our asking has been the signal for your aid. Among all the institutions that you have helped for us, we wish to mention Paine College especially. Paine is one of the monuments of the labor, helpfulness and charity of your great church. You have built, operate and maintain this most worthy college for Negroes. Dr. George Wm. Walker and his competent corps of teachers are elected and supported by your great church. In fact, Dr. Walker, Prof. Campbell and other Southern men and women who operate and maintain Paine, constitute a fertile oasis in the limitless desert of racial prejudice. "In conclusion, I pray that the choice benediction of heaven may rest upon this church, and these consecrated and self sacrificing men and women." LIBRARIANS MEET Portland, Ore., June 1.—A convention of wide interest is the second annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Library Association, which has its formal opening this evening at the public library in this city. Delegates are in the city from British Columbia and the States of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The sessions will continue over Thursday and Friday and will be devoted to the discussion of numerous topics relating to libraries and their management. THE ADVOCATE Negroes Indignant CLAIM ADVANCED THAT ELLIS WAS BUNCOED OUT OF NOMINATION. Meeting called at Montgomery on 15th to express indignation and to adopt plans for placing Negro candidate before the people. Special to the Advocate. Montgomery, June 1—Indigant because of the failure of J. M. Ellis, their representative, to receive the nomination for the House of Delegates at the primary held here on the 21st, of last month, the Negroes of this, Fayette county have called a mass meeting to be held in this city on Wednesday the 15th inst. to express their indignation and devise ways and means to get Mr. Ellis' name on the ticket. Beginning with Chris Payne, now serving as consul at St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, there have been three Negro representatives in the lower hoose of the Legislature from this county, the only county of the fifty-five of the state being so represented. Payne served one term. A few years latter Ellis was sent to the state house, but was retired after one session of the solons in favor of H. H. Raffey. Raffey was not more fortunate than his predecessor, who the next primary election knocked down the plum and served two successive terms. How the Payette county Negroes came to "get it on" those in other counties is a simple tale. Composing nearly half, if not a larger proportion of the Republicans voters, they were allotted one of the three legislative representatives, the understanding being that the Negro candidate receiving the highest number of votes should be declared the nominee. This agreement was highly satisfactory to the Negroes, as it assured their having a man on the ticket, election a representative in the legislature. It was the cancellation of this arrangement that has caused the uprising which, at this time, is of alarming magnitude from the viewpoint of the nervous nominees. The more radical colored men are saying—and they do not put the pianissimo pedal on when they say it—that Ellis was binocured by the election officials. The white Republicans aver that Ellis was not nominated because the Negroes themselves did not support him, there being an unusually light vote cast by both races. So there you are. Take your choice. "Howsumer and yit and still, as one of Ellis' henchmen says, there is going to be something doing at Montgomery when the black insurgents meet. They say there will arise such a storm out of that meeting as will make the cyclone which passed up Elk valley a few days ago look like a gentle zypher. Crookston, Minn., June 1.—In the neighborhood of 600 delegates representing the development associations in about thirty counties of the State are assembled here to attend the session of the Northern Minnesota Development Association, which opens here tonight with a smoker at the Crookston Commercial Club rooms. The meeting will extend over three days, closing Friday with an automobile ride of the delegates. Among the speakers who are scheduled to address the meetings are Dean A. F. Woods, of the State Agricultural College; George Welsh, of the immigration department; W. C. Cooley, of the state highway commission; Prof. A. E. Chamberlin, of Brookings, S. D.; P. E. Dowling, of Evelleth; Willis M. Hays, assistant secretary of agriculture, at Washington, D. C., and Bernhardt Brewgild, professor of the Royal Danish Agricultural College at Copenhagen. ARMY AND NAVY WEDDING Washington, June 1.—June, the month of brides, was ushered in today by three weddings in the "service set." At St. Margaret's Miss Laura Annesley Stotsenburg, daughter of Mrs. John M. Stotsenburg was married to Lieutenant Charles Russell Mayo, Tenth Cavairy. At St. Thomas' there were two weddings, that of Miss Florielle Edson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Romanzo Edson, to Firi Lieutenant John William McKie, coast artillery corps, U. S. A., and that of Miss Mary Remey to Capt. John Winthrop Wadleigh, U. S. marine corps. cannot be sold by any druggist in America today, except under penalty of the law. This is what the Pure Food and Drugs Law has accomplished for the people. Such standard preparations, however, as Lydia, E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which for thirty years has stood the test of time and complies with all conditions of this law, will continue to be sold by every reputable druggist in the land. Springfield copped the first ten games of the season and was running away from the Three-I League teams until they met the Wadorloo team, and then they met their Waterloo Silence! St. Paul must be the right place for Charley Chech. Charley couldn't pitch pennies in Boston last season and was sent back to St. Paul, where he is now standing the American Association batters on their heads. Special to the Advocate NORTHERN MINNESOTA HARMFEL MEDICINES The balance of the stock the BROWN CLOTHING STORE to go now at cost and less than cost of raw material. Don't delay. Buy now even if for later use. Positively selling out to a finish. We must vacate the room within a few days. B. Brown's Underselling Store 226 CAPITOL STREET PROF. HERING TELLS AUDIENCE ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PROF. HERING TELLS AUDIENCE ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Addresses an Interested Audience at the Burlew Prof. Hermann S. Hering, C. S. B., addressed an interested audience at the Burlew opera house last night on "Christian Science: the Science of Salvation." He spoke in part, as follows: In considering the subject of "Christian Science: the Science of Salvation," it is well to have a mutual understanding as to the meaning of the terms. Science means exact, systemmatized and demonstrable knowledge of facts, laws and causes, while according to Smith's Bible Dictionary salvation means "deliverance from temporal evils and earthly destruction," in other words, deliverance from evil—from sin, disease and death. Hence "The "Science of Salvation" means in substance that demonstrable knowledge which affords deliverance from all evil. Salvation To Be Worked Out Then must follow the working out of our deliverance from evil on this basis; our actual separation from sin, from the boudage of this world, from limitation, failure, disease, death. Working out our own salvation means to secure the mastery over the ills of this world, to destroy them by the demonstrable knowledge of God received through Christ Jesus and to establish harmony, health, happiness in everyday life. Hence our salvation is not fully worked out until we have dominion over all discord and everything that causes it. This necessarily includes dominion over evil and its sensation, sin and sorrow, dominion even over death and its terrors. It means to attain to perfect harmonious living, to bring about God's kingdom on earth. Salvation Through Mind. In working out our salvation we must first see that salvation or deliverance from evil is a mental process, takes place in mind; that it is a transformation through mind and is both ethical and philosophical. The Bible declares that "to be carmally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." Ali will admit that evil is primarily mental; that evil aims and purposes, all misjudgment, hatred, envy, jealousy, are mental, and that the correction of these mental conditions must be mental, through education and experience, the awakening and establishment of right thought. We are all familiar with the physical effects of fear, anger and other strong emotions. Such effects having a mental cause obviously can be healed mentally and Christian Science teaches that all sin and disease, whatever its name or nature, has a mental origin and is a mental phenomenon, an experience of the mortal material human mind, which is healed by the divine Mind. In "Retrospection and Introspection" Mrs. Eddy says; "During twenty years prior to my discovery I had been trying to trace all physical effects to a mental cause; and in the latter part of 1860 I gained the scientific certainty that all causation was Mind and every effect a mental phenomenon." Regarding Material Causation. Christian Science teaches that matter and material existence are phonomenae of the mortal, material, finite mind, a concept of existence obtained through the physical genesis, a misapprehension of reality held by human consciousness, when uninstructed by Science, an appearance instead of an actuality. It is simply an imitation or counterfeit obtained from a finite, dimensional, mortal basis. Now it is not the appearance but only the original that has power, intelligence and substance. The manifestation of growth, action or being --- What is the true nature of substance, or what is back of these appearances, material sense does not and cannot determine. Only a sense that can perceive truth and reality can declare this. If we can see existence as mental instead of physical, we have taken a great step onward. The next step is to learn what is true and real and thus correct our impressions and obtain a truer consciousness of existence. Since God is Mind, this Mind is good, and its effects must always be good, never evil. As real thinking is the activity of the divine Mind, the only real thoughts or ideas are good. Therefore everything that is evil, pertains to evil or results in evil is not Mind nor included in Mind, hence is not real. Human thought, will power, hypnotism, mental suggestion or magnetism are all capable of evil, and hence are not Mind or the activity of Mind, are not of God, and so are not good but essentially and entirely evil. Healing Methods. The difference between the method of healing through mental suggestion, or hypnotism, and that of the divine Mind, the Christ healing, must be clearly seen. When the effort is made to heal by suggestion, the operator endeavors by means of mental manipulation to make the patient believe that he is not sick, he attempts to change the belief, and the cause of disease remains and in time mani- in matter is but a material concept of spiritual facts. The objects, action and power expressed in a "moving picture" are not in the picture and we do not associate them with the picture, but with the original which the picture reproduces. Similarly, life, growth, action, power, substance, law, etcera, are not in matter, physical existence or, the material consciousness; but in divine Mind, the only cause and principle of being, and should be so thought of. When we recognize God as the only Mind, the only cause. Truth is reflected in consciousness and existence is harmonious. When we believe causation to be material or in mortal mind, we put our trust and dependence in a shadow, a false belief, and existence, so called, is discordant, liable to disease, disaster. In order to work out our salvation we therefore need to understand causation. Matter a sense-impression Everything that we know or see or believe, all our thoughts, acts, or experiences go to make up our universe, our sense of existence, our consciousness. As we gain our concept of existence largely through the physical senses, it is very important that we be able to weigh and affer their testimony. We all know how deceptive these senses are. The distant house is not actually small because it seems to be so, neither does the sun move because it appears to move. So also hearing, taste, touch and smell are all fallible. In fact, the impressions received by the senses and recorded mentally require explanation and rectification to make them coherent and intelligible. These senses bring to our consciousness only impressions, from which we form a concept of things. If therefore the testimony of the physical senses is so unreliable and unsatisfactory it is apparent that the consciousness gained through these senses cannot be true and reliable. What Is Mind? The ordinary human concept of mind is that which thinks, feels or wills, the intellect, or the activity of the gray matter called brain. Christian Science reveals the fact that Mind is divine Principle, the infinite Life, Truth, Love, omnipotent, omnipresent, omnipresent, the all-inclusive, eternal, unchanging, all-wise being, the only cause and creator. "This is a very different Mind from that which is supposed to result from the action of the "gray matter." Christian Science makes it clear that material existence is not the manifestation of this divine Mind, but the phenomenon of the counterfeit, called mortal mind. It is this false concept of existence that does all the wrong thinking; that believes in sin, disease and death; that claims there is life and intelligence in matter. Healing Methods. fests itself even, in worse forms. The patient is no better off, he has not risen in the scale or being, he has no more manhood, or moral courage, and does not know any more about God and His Christ than before. The true Christian Scientist reflects the divine Mind, stalks on the basis of God, man and the universe as Spirit and spiritual, as Love and its manifestation, as Mind and its ideas — perfect and harmonious. Hence he understands the unreality of matter and evil and knows that man is not sick but that the patient is simply suffering from a false mesmeric belief. From that standpoint he proceeds to correct the errors of belief with the Truth of being and thus establishes harmony on a spiritual, scientific basis. This is a cardinal point in Christian Science healing, that it is God, divine Mind, that does the healing and not human thought. In Christian Science healing the human sense serves only as a vehicle for Truth. It is the Truth alone that effects results. 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The President has accepted the invitation extended by John Hays Hammond, president of the league, and agreed to make a speech, which will sound the keynote of the League's cans. The India A STAUNCH FRIEND THE INDEPENDENT was found, due to seize the freedom of years that have followed, a champion of the Negro Race from promotion Negroes and latties and successes. This antisubversary, but we have the We feel we are publishing a M read. SEND $1.00 FOR To acquaint you with the elders, we shall be glad to for one dollar. Our regular that by reading Our Exposure attitude and position. Exposed Weekly Magazine, and 20 copies for about four years. THE INDEPENDENT 130 FULTON STREET NEW YORK Enclosed find One Pillar INDEPENDENT every week for paign for the fall elections. The President's speech will be looked forward to with great interest, as it is expected that it will not only be the battle cry of the officers of the League for the fall campaign, but will also set a pace to be followed by the general campaigners. Besides the President, there will be present Vice-President Sherman, at least 15 Republican governors, a number of Senators and Representatives, and delegates, including prominent Republicans from all over the country. A New York Event. The convention will be the first political convention to be held in New York since 1888 and promises to be the largest ever held in the metropolis. On the evening of June 15 a banquet will be given at the Hotel Ator, at which President Taft, ependent END OF THE NEGRO In 1838 as a Weekly Mega- composition leaves. In the sixty-two years always be at the friend and We have printed frequent articles closely full and their activi- tion has cost us many thousands and cost of our own convictions, having that every Negro should R SIX MONTHS character and policy of THE INDEP- cept a six months subscription price is $4 a year. We believe that you will realize our fair The Negro there is an Illus- that you will therefore receive much. Use this blank. Regular Subscription Price $3.00 a Year For which please send me Time: Six Months. Vice-President Sherman, and other leaders of the Republican party will speak. It is expected that the banquet will be a record-breaking one, both as to its size and the prominence of the diners. Headquarters will be established at the Hotel Astor on June 15, in charge of Secretary pro tem, D. E. Atherton and his corps of assistants, where a committee on reception to delegates will also be in attendance. A special feature of the convention will be an appeal to the first voters and the foreigners who have become citizens of the country since the last election. This feature has always been a leading policy of the League, and it is the intention of President Hammond and the officers of the League to redouble their efforts to get these two factors out at the polls. Clubs will be organized in addition to the regular League clubs to look after the interests of the League during the campaign and to organize effectively for the Presidential campaign of 1912. Mr. Atherton said: "I feel very much encouraged as the result of letters and telegrams that I am receiving from all parts of the country praising our movement. These telegrams come from governors, from Senators and Representatives, and from presidents and officers of different state clubs, showing us that we will not only have a record-breaking crowd at the New York convention, but that it will exceed in enthusiasm any convention the League has ever held. I believe the League's influence will be a prominent factor in the coming elections, also in the national election." Charleston Man Will Get the Water Contract It has been definitely determined by the officials of Parkersburg to let the contract to Lloyd E. Smith, of this city, for the installation in Parkersburg of Mr. Smith's patented water works system. The contract was granted yesterday and calls for the payment of $50,000. The work will begin at once. There has been considerable wrangling about the work between the officials and there was some doubt until the contract was signed whether Mr. Smith would land it, although several months ago he had the promise of the support of nearly every member of the council and board of affairs, they being favorable to the Smith plan. Mr. Smith is proprietor of the Kanawha hotel here. Chattanooga, the new member, is showing the way in the Southern League. THE ADVOCATE TEACHING HORSES TO JUMP. There Are Three Methods Used—Coaxing, Lunging and Driving. There are three methods of teaching a horse to leap—coaxing, lunging and driving. In the coaxing method the young horse is turned into a small paddock having a low hedge or hurdle across the center. In plain view of the pupil a rider on a veteran jumper should take him over the hurdle several times. The trainer then goes to the opposite side with a measure of corn or oats and calls the horse, shaking up the grain and pouring it with his hand back and forth in the receptacle. The boundary will soon be cleared, and when a few mouthfuls have been eaten the station of the instructor should be at the other side of the hurdle and the lesson repeated. If this be done daily the hurdle may be gradually heightened. The habit of jumping is thus acquired without those risks which attent a novel performance when a heavy burden oppresses the strength and whip and spur distract the attention. The horse's body, says Country Life In America, is not partially disabled by the imposition of a heavy load before the powers are taxed to the utmost and his capabilities are unfettered. The second method is termed lunging. A long rein or cord is attached to the bit, and the animal is exercised in a circle in which a hurdle has been placed or a shallow ditch dug. A long lashed whip, used only to keep him in motion or lightly applied at the proper moment, will keep him up to his work. Soon the horse will enter into the spirit of the occasion and by unmistakable signs will manifest his enthusiastic enjoyment of the exercise. The third method, driving, is exactly what its name implies. At first the obstruction should be slight. Any open space will answer the purpose, an earth or sod surface or tanark being preferable. Long reins, a straight bar or snail bit, a long whip and patience and perseverance are required. All things considered, the driving method is the quickest and surest way of teaching the horse to leap. When he has become somewhat proficient, having thoroughly learned what is required of him, the saddle may be called into requisition and the practical lessons begun. Almost any young horse can be taught to leap. Of course his proficiency will depend on the care bestowed on his training and on his general characteristics of wind, limb and nerve. An ordinary cob or Morgan will attain the proficiency of an Irish hunter, but any horse that is used for a saddler will be of far greater value to his owner if he can be taken occasionally for a cross country ride and put over ditches and low obstructions. Ethics and Morality If a woman's husband has been silly enough to take more wine than is good for him, morality would lead her to send him to bed. Ethics would lead her to send him to Coventry. And ethology would probably lead her to send him to a penal settlement for inebriates. If a man's wife throws a teapot at him (as happened recently in the aristocratic neighborhood in which I live) morality would lead him to go out of the house for an hour or so and give her serves a chance. Ethics would probably induce him to go out of the town and write to her from a garden city that their temperaments were incompatible. What ethology would make him do I hardly dare to think.—Chesterton in Illustrated London News. More Accurate. The pastor and his wife had called upon a member of the congregation, a widow with a small but exceedingly lively boy, and were on their way home. "Well," said the preacher, "she seems to be a very intelligent woman anyhow." "Yes." "And very positive in expressing her opinions." "On the contrary," said his wife, "she struck me as being strongly negative." "Negative? How?" "Everything she said to her little boy began with a 'Don't, Johnny!'"—Exchange. Sympathy of the Flowers More or less credence is still given in England to the old belief in the sympathy of the vegetable kingdom for human suffering. "I prayed all night," writes a gardener whose employer was very sick, "and the flowers on my window sill drooped, and I said to myself they were dead. But toward morning they picked up, and I was sure enough the master was better. And the same thing had happened to the flowers I had sent to his bedroom. They were dying, and they came to life again. And I knew when those flowers picked up that the master was better." The Pins. "Oh, dear," sighed her husband's wife, "I can't find a pin anywhere. I wonder where all the pins go to anyway." "That's a difficult question to answer," replied his wife's husband, "because they are always pointed in one direction and headed in another"—Chicago News. Painter's Colic Mamma—What's the matter with Fido? Tommie—Oh. I was playing with my soldiers, and he came in and insisted upon licking the whole army. Yonkers Statesman. Take a rest. A field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.—Ovid. Maine Republican's will meet at Augusta June 29 to nominate a state ticket. FAMOUS WAX ARTIST Mme. Tussaud Had an Exciting and Dramatic Career. IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. During That Era of Bloodshed She Modeled Some of the Heads That Fell by the Guillotine and Was For a Time In Prison Herself as a Suspect. This is the story of Mme. Tussaud, who was born in Berne in 1760 and died in London in 1850, and who, during the stormy time of the French revolution, modeled in wax some of the heads that fell by the guillotine. Marle Gresholtz was the daughter of an alde-de-camp of General Wurmur in the Seven Years' war. She was born after the death of her father. Her mother was the sister of Dr. John Christopher Curtius of Berne. This Dr. Curtius had made many anatomical and other models in wax and had attracted the attention of the Prince de Conti. This nobleman urged Curtius to come to Paris and establish himself as a modeler in wax. The Curtius studio became the rendezvous of the fashionable world, and in connection with this he had a museum of curiosities. Among his patrons were Voltaire, Jean Jacques, Rousseau, Mesner, Mirabeau, Diderot, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Jones and many other notable persons. In his visits to his sister at Berne Dr. Curtius had taught his niece, Marle, many of the secrets of modeling in wax. She showed such ability in this that her uncle urged her mother to make a home with him in Paris and to allow him to adopt Marle as his daughter. Marle began earnest study with Dr. Curtius, and she was so skillful in the modeling of wax flowers that this art became a craze. Even the royal personages in the palace took it up, and Marie spent some time giving lessons to Mme. Elizabeth, the young sister of Louis XVI. When the revolution broke out Dr. Curtius took the side of the people and sent for Marie to come from the palace. It was rather singular that two of his wax models should have played a foremost part in the opening scenes of that awful period. In his collection of models was a bust of the minister, Necker, father of Mme, de Stalel, and one of Philippe, duke of Orleans. Two days before the storming of the Bastille a mob took these two boots from his museum in the Palais Royal, draped them in black crape to show their sympathy and started to parade the streets with these. As the procession Lied across the Place Vendome a troop of dragoons and one of the regiments charged. A sword stroke cut the bust of Necker in halves, and the man who was carrying it was bit by a musket ball in the leg and received the thrust of a sword in his breast. The bust of the Duke of Orleans escaped injury, but in the fight to defend it several persons were killed. The soldiers made desperate efforts to demolish it. At the taking of the Bastille Dr. Curtius was active and for his services to France was rewarded by the national assembly. A badge of honor was presented to him, and this was inscribed with the famous date and a memorial of his bravery and patriotism. His house was a favorite place of meeting with the leaders of the revolution, so Marie had an opportunity to see them all. There was only one time when Marle was in any danger during this desperate period. She was "suspected" and sent to prison. Here at the same time was Mine. de Beauharnais, who had barely escaped the guillotine and who was later the Josephine of Napoleon Bonaparte. Her uncle was able to get Marie's release from prison, and she came out in time to see the downfall of Robespierre, Danton and Desmoulins. In the days of their power she had been called to model the heads of many who fell by the guillotine. She was obliged to take them just after the fall of the fatal knife. She did this awful work with the heads of poor Marie Antoinette and of the Princess Laumbale, the queen's friend. When the leaders suffered by the guillotine in their turn she modeled their heads. After the revolution her uncle died, and in 1795 she married M. Tussaud. She could not overcome the shock of her experiences during the revolution, and she persuaded her husband to take her and the valuable collections of wax models left her by Dr. Curtius over to England. They established this collection in the Strand. The collection was taken all about the country, and in 1833 it was brought back to London and made a permanent exhibition. Her sons conducted the business, and she took an active share in this till she was eighty years of age—Boston Globe. Naming Their Children. It was a musical man who gave his four daughters the following names: Do-re, Mi-fa, So-la, Ti-do. The first escaped with the nickname Dora, the second answered Miffy, the third owned up to Solly, while the youngest generally got Tiddy. The case of the musical man is matched by that of the provincial printer wh. named his children from the type fonts he used—Ruby, Pearl, Diamond. The first two are no uncommon names for girls, only Ruby happened to be boy. He followed in his father's footsteps and afterward became a prince's manager in London.—London Chronicle. The St. Louis Cardinals made a fine showing during their stay at home. LITTLE SAFES TO LOAN As a convenience and as an incentive to save, we offer HOME BANKS FOR SAVINGS DEPOSITORS. They are especially useful in encouraging the Boys and Girls to save the slippery pennies, nickles and dimes. Ask us for one. "The Bank That You Can Depend Upon" pays Compound Semi-Annual Interest on Savings Deposits. Kanawha Banking & Trust Co. "The Bank That You Can Depend Upon." Capital $250,000 Charleston, W. Va. Surplus $185,000 American Clocks Dwarf "Big Ben," Huge Timepieces National pride in every British institution, both large and small, is probably accountable for the erroneous claim in the pictorial supplement of the current issue of the London Sphere, to the effect that the famous "Big Ben" clock in Westminster tower is the titan of timepieces. According to the English publication, "Big Ben" is the largest striking, most powerful, and most accurate public clock in the world, the first blow on "Big Ben" at each hour denoting correct time. Perhaps the Britons base their boastful assertion on the qualifying adjective "public," and consequently exclude from comparison the Colgate and Metropolitan tower clocks here, as being the possessions of private concerns. But be that as it may, the facts are that "Big Ben" is outclassed by both of the above-named American rivals, says the New York Sun. The famous time-piece, by which every punctual Loudoner sets his watch, has four dials, 23 feet in diameter, the centers of which are 180 feet above the ground. The numerals on the dials are two feet long, while the minute spaces are one foot square. The minute hands are 14 feet long and weigh approximately 200 pounds each; they are made of copper and travel a distance equal to 100 miles each year. The hour hands are 9 feet in length, and the pendulum is 13 feet long, with a bob weighing 400 pounds. Wound by Hand The weights of the clock aggregate two and one-half tons. Two men are required to work five hours three times a week to wind the mechanism up, after climbing 374 steps to reach the clock room. The bell, popularly known as "Big Ben," on which the hours are toled, weighs thirteen and one-half tons, and the hammer that unfallingly does the bidding of Father Time weighs 400 pounds. A quarter of quarter bells total nearly eight tons. Twice daily, as the tongue of "Big Ben" musically proclaims to the world's metropolis All through this hour, Lord, be my guide. And by Thy power no foot shall slide. it is telegraphed automatically to the Greenwich Observatory, where its performance is duly checked. "Big Ben" was so named after Sir Benjamin Hall, first commissioner of works at the time of its erection, and was cast by George Mears, under the direction of Edward Beckett Denison, in 1858. A crack was discovered in the bell shortly after being placed in position, which caused a shrill tone. But the crack was filed open, so as to prevent vibration, and the tone, as a result, became quite pure. It is heard, in calm weather, over the greater part of London. The four-quarter bells were cast by Warner in 1856. High Above the Street. Until the advent of the Colgate company's clock in Jersey City, and the Metropolitan Life Insurance company's clock, "Big Ben" reigned supreme as the masterpiece of colossal clocks. The four dials of the Metropolitan clock are twice as high above the street, being 346 feet up in the air. They are built up of re-enforced concrete, faced with vitreous glue and white mosaic tiles. Each dial is 26 feet 6 inches in diameter, exceeding "Big Ben's" face by three and one-half feet. The figures on the dial are just twice the height of those on the famous London clock, or four feet. The minute marks, being ten and one-half inches square, are a trifle smaller, but the hands, built on iron frames and sheathed with copper, weigh 1,000 pounds for the hour indicator and 700 pounds for the minute hand. The larger hand measures 17 feet from end to end and 12 feet from the center to the point. The smaller hand measures 13 feet 4 inches over all and 8 feet 4 inches from center to point. They revolve on roller bearings, and, like the numerals and minute marks, are illuminated by incandescent lamps under heavy plate, wired glass. Being more modern than "Big Ben," the driving power of this huge mechanism is electricity, and none of the many devices connected therewith require any manual operation, the entire installation being automatic. Controls Many Others. The master clock, which is located in the director's room on the second floor of the building, controls about 100 other clocks throughout the entire structure; besides this, it controls several program instruments for sounding various schedules of bells in the different depart- ments. This clock is a high-grade regulator and adjusted to run within five seconds per month. The chimes comprise four bells, the largest weighing 7,000 pounds (in the key of B flat); the second, 3,000 pounds (E flat); the third, 2,000 pounds (F natural), and the smallest, 1,500 pounds key of G). They are located on the Forty-sixth floor, mounted on uprights, and struck by clappers worked automatically from underneath. At every quarter hour, through the medium of a transmitter, electrical impulses are sent to the hammers on the forty-sixth floor, and simultaneously the tones of the "old, historic Cambridge" chimes peal forth their message of tempus fugit. Following the fourth, or last quarter, the hours are sounded on the 7,000 pound bell, with an impact of about 200 pounds. Looks Small in Comparison. The Colgate clock, which is the largest in the world, makes "Big Ben" seem decidedly small by comparison. The dial of the Colgate clock is 38 feet in diameter. The minute hand measures 31 feet over all, with 18 feet 3 inches to the center to the point. The hour hand is 13 feet from the center to point and 17 feet in total length. The pendulum of the clock is 8 feet long, while the weights sum up 1,650 pounds. Electric lights mark the minute divisions on the dial, at two feet apart, and the numerals measure 5 1-2 feet high and 30 inches wide. The center of the dial is lower than that of "Big Ben," being only 140 feet above the ground, but owing to its peculiarly conspicuous location on the Jersey shore, facing lower Manhattan, its usefulness is not seriously handicapped by this fact. Washington, June 1.—The River and Harbor bill is still in conference and with little or no prospect of an early agreement because eight or ten Senate Amendments are out of line with the Act of 1902, which requires a favorable report from the Board of Army Engineers. The projects in controversy have either been adversely reported upon or not reported at all. Among the eight or ten Senate Amendments which are proving stumbling blocks for the conferees of the Senate and House, the ones that stand out most strongly are the Beaumont and Orange Improvement of the Neches and Sabine Rivers; Lake Contrary on the Missouri River near St. Joseph. The proposed lock and dam No. 7, on the Green River in Kentucky and the Harbor of Arcadia in Michigan. Such items Chairman Alexander and his colleagues on the part of the House absolutely refused to account. The Act of 1902 provides that after Congress has ordered the survey of a project, the local or district Engineer reports upon the advisability, adequacy, cost and commercial importance of the improvement. This report is then referred to the Division Engineer who approves or modifies it in accordance with his judgment. From the Division Engineer the report goes to the Board of Review of Engineers and finally it reaches the Chief Engineers'. At each stage of the proceeding the local interest can be heard, for or against the contemplated improvement, so that the Chief Engineers' report is similar to a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, every question having been several times considered by nine or more Engineers. It is this decision of the Chief of Engineers, that the Rivers and Harbors committee and the rouse of Representatives accept as binding. If it is favorable to the project, and the immediate improvement of other projects in the same locality are not as important, an appropriation is made either to begin or to finish the object most favorably recommended by the Army Board. If the Engineers report is unfavorable, the Rivers and Harbors committee refuses to have anything to do with the project. So, too, if the project has not been reported upon by the Engineers. All the items in controversy in the present bill are opposed by the House conferees for the reason that the Engineers have either reported adversely or not reported upon at all. Meanwhile, local interests which have been turned down by the United States Engineers, have persuaded Senators to insist upon the controverted project regardless of the Engineers' report. The House conferees resent such disregard of sane methods and prefer that the bill should fail rather than yield to local interests which insist that Congress appropriate millions of dollars for improving undeserving and wasteful projects. The Cleveland club has signed Pitcher Ed Demott of the Lafayette college team. President Ban Johnson of the American League is taking his first trip of the season around the eastern circuit.