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WE CHEERFULLY PUBLISH ALL ORISP NEWS NOTES FROM ALL SECTIONS. VOLUME X. Harmony Prevailed AT THE MEETING OF THE TRUE REFORMERS OF "THE OLD NORTH STATE." Holmes Gives Figures Showing Assets of Order Sufficient to Meet Death Claims and Gets Assistance of Support From Hearers. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 1.—That the plans of W. W. Browne that made the True Reformers the greatest movement of its kind among Negroes should continue to be a potent factor in the race's progress because of the work the organization did for the uplift of the Negro, especially during the period the founder was at its head, was the consensus of opinion at the meeting held here last week. This was called for the purpose of deciding upon some definite plans for the good of the members of the organization in this State and the entire brotherhood. A majority of the prominent men, of the race in North Carolina was present. The most auspicious features of the meeting were the prevailing harmony and the determination of every person present to conserve the organization and place it upon a sane business basis. Dr. J. E. Dellinger, of Greenboro, presided, and Rev. J. W. Ligon, of this city, was acting secretary. Grand Worthy Master A. W. Holmes, of Richmond, was introduced by Dr. Dellinger. The address of the head of the organization was full of the kind of information that was sought by those present. In a clear and forceful manner he convinced his hearers of his sincerity and endeavors in straightening out the affairs of the organization. He showed by figures presented the conference that the estimated assets of the fraternity were sufficient to meet all death claims now due in all the states. He assured them that in a short time all matters will be amicably adjusted and the fraternal part of the organization placed upon a sound basis. A statement of significance was that all the subsidiary commercial movements of the organization had been eliminated from the order and the fraternal is now being conducted wholly in interest of the policy holders. It was found that the fraternal part of this great movement was solvent and is hampered only because it cannot realize at the present time from investments heretofore made; its monies being deposited in the Savings bank of the organization, which is a separate and distinct corporation from the fraternal part. Insurance Commissioner Jas. R. Young attended the conference and made many practical suggestions which will be of an inestimable value to the organization in its governing of affairs in the future. He made several pertinent statements that revealed the fact that he was for the protection of the members in North Carolina. He did not hold the present Worthy Grand Master responsible for present existing conditions within the order, nor the founder, but he did direct his remarks in no uncertain tones to those who were in the official position to have managed its affairs along judicious business lines. Col. Jas. H. Young assured the commissioner that the plight the order had been placed in was not due to the management of Mr. Holmes. A rising vote of thanks and appreciation was extended the commissioner for his attendance and deep interest manifested in the Negro in movements of this nature. In addressing the conference composed of the representatives of the fraternity and other leading men of the race, Dr. Jas. E. Dudley, president of the North Carolina A. & M. College for the Colored Race, advised his hearers not to become clannish and to lose racial interest by selfish motives. He especially emphasized the necessity of preserving a national organization. Col. Jas. H. Young, a noted character and a moulder of sentiment, said that the two branches of Methodism so prominent in the race were concrete examples of the Negro being able to govern large affairs and that this organization was nationally recognized to this extent—this should inspire every Negro to help save the True Reformers, as it was a native ideal for the children of the race. Prof. John R. Hawking, educational secretary for the A. M. E. denomination, spoke along the same lines, but the sentiment was against a close corporation business as was done by the man who figured so prominently in the executive affairs of the organization for the last 12 years. To look after the interest of North Carolina in the affairs of the organization and to consult and assist W. G. M. 'A. W. Holmes and keep the Insurance Commissioner informed, as his interest in the matter requires such recognition, the following advisory committee was appointed: Dr. J. E. Dellinger, Greenbsor, chairman; Col. Jas. H. Young, Raleigh; Prof. John R. Hawkins, Kittrell; Dr. Jas. B. Dudley, Greensboro; Dr. Jas. E. Shepard, Durham; Prof. F. M. Kenny and A. J. Brown, of Winston-Salem. Plans to Bar Whites From Marrying Blacks SOUTH AFRICA IN THROWS OF RACE QUESTION. IN WHICH CHURCH FAVORS AMALGAMA- TION. Johannesburg, Dec. 30—South Africa is witnessing a recrudescence of the color question. A Dutch member of the Union Parliament has proposed an amendment to the marriage bill forbidding the marriage of whites and colored persons. The heads of the Angelican and Roman Catholic churches declare that if the amendment is carried they will, nevertheless, solemnize such marriages. Other churches, except the Dutch, will probable act in a similar way. The government is trying to burke the amendment, but a large body of Dutch opinion demands the enactment of this restriction. The press here mainly emphasizes the futility of forbidding marriage between whites and colored people without preventing intercourse, which is impossible. The Dutch Church is promoting a private bill to amalgamate the different sections of the church. A feature of the measure is a clause enacting that colored members of the church in Cape Colony lose their membership if they migrate north of the cape, while colored people in the northern colonies will be ineligible for membership. A section of the press denounces this as an unprecedented and cynical travesty of Christianity. Southern Brethern SHOW MUCH SYMPATHY WITH CANDIDACY OF DR. JONES FOR BISHOPRIC. Other Lights Waning Several Leading Spirits in Methodist Episcopal Church Likely to Meet Opposition to Their Further Advancement. (Special To The Advocate) Louisville, Ky., Dec. 2—Since the shake-up in the administrations of Gammon Theological Seminary and Clark University at Atlanta, in which Dr. J. W. E. Brown and Dr. W. H. Crogram the presidents of the two institutions, were moved back a notch or two, rumors have been constantly affloat concerning other likely changes in the future. The failure of Bowen as president of Gammon meant his final failure in his ambition to become a bishop of the M. E. church. It may mean more and it may not. It may mean he has outlived his usefulness altogether at Gammon and as a progressive factor in the life of the M. E. Church. Since his passing as president of Gammon Seminary and a regular candidate for the high office of bishop, there is a growing disposition among many of the influential men of the denomination to look upon Dr. Jones of the Southwestern Christian Advocate as the next man upon whom they will pin their faith. No announcement has been known to come from Dr. Jones upon the subject but your correspondent has met the rumor constantly in his movement among the people of the M. E. Church. Changes have been taking place in the high positions and they are likely to continue for sometime. The Methodist Church is full of well-equipped men who are all ambitious for advancement and they are young men with years of useful service ahead of them. It is reported that there is some growing dissatisfaction over Bishop I. B. Scott, due to some rumor that he has been leaning toward some sort of union with the A. M. E. Z. Furthermore, the great body of the M. E. Church has never looked with approval upon the failure of his wife to join him in the African work. She is known to be a young and capable woman who might have aided her husband to serve the cause better than he is now serving it "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is to be performed in London in the coming spring with the entire American company. THE ADVOCATE. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1911. while his helpmeet remains in America. Many of those who do not agree with the views of Dr. Ernest Lyon are mainly men who are afraid to launch out and embrace a new and growing spirit toward Methodist Unity known to exist among many members of the Methodist Church. Welcome The Reds at some of the young Indians, if told of their tribes, but we receive them kindly. Take, for instance, Justin Clarke, a Wyandot. Clarke's old folks terrorized Ohio 100 years ago, and made life pretty nearly a suburb of the Inferno, but we are always glad to see Mr. Clarke in uniform, while the grandson of some Change for REACTIVE WITH NEGR The Negro leaders of the denomination have made some mistakes. They are suffering from it. Perhaps things will be better when the new men pushing to the front are adjusted to their places. They are trying hard to find them. Many of these men are so able and strong that they will no doubt re-inforce the workers in all phases of the Methodist Church life. Dr. L. H. King who is to fill the English Professorship at Clark and Gammon under their re-organization plan is perhaps the strongest young man of the entire connection. He has the good-will, respect and confidence of the Church to a remarkable degree for a man of his years. He is a bright and scholarly young minister, of strong personality and undoubted ability. There are many who believe that the mantle of Dr. J. W. E. Bowen will yet fall upon Dr. King who was a former pupil of the scholarly ex-president of Gammon Seminary. There is no better man in the church to have it. Clark University, at Atlanta, is gradually recovering itself under the administration of the new president Dr. Idleman. The school had almost lost its power and the change came at the time it was most needed. Gammon is now under the wing of Clark University where it ought to be. The friends of the combined schools expect to see the inauguration of a new period of growth. The policy of the M. E. Church in developing its schools has been a peculiar one anyway. They have been constantly building more schools without equipping and supporting anyone of them as a good school should be supported and equipped by a large denomination. Claflin and Clark University are the best schools of the denomination and they are not what they ought to be. They have had plenty of time but not money with which to develop their work. There was a time when the salaries of either, of the Secretaries of The Freedmens Aid Society almost equalled the entire yearly contribution to Clark University, with a faculty of nearly twenty teachers. There is a great deal of work to be done in the schools of the church. The courses should be, re-adjusted more to the educational needs and demands of the times. In such schools as Walden and Clark University with the professional schools attached, the college departments will never make any remarkable advancement until more is required of the Meharry and Gammon students. Clark University cannot expect its college students to remain in school unless more is required of the men who desire to take up the study of Theology at Gammon. The same can be said of Walden where a similar change of administration would do the entire school good. Heretofore the disposition to make the entrance of the Meharry students a slight matter has been a discouragement to many bright young men who desired and would have remained to complete the college work but saw no need of it. Throughout the entire South there is a rapidly growing disposition among the people of the race to pay for Science and nothing else when they want a doctor of Medicine on its allied branches. They are not paying for color anymore. They expect a race leader in Medicine and nothing else. They are beginning to employ and pay only those men who study medicine and practice medicine and letting the "Secret Society Quacks" and "Race Leaders in everything but Medicine" alone. The men who study Science and practice it are getting in their work and many of the fellows who are coming out half-prepared expecting to "get rich quick" by the Medicine Route are going to be disappointed. / It ought to be so. The higher the standard of preparation the better chance the race will finally have of contributing something new to the Science of Medicine. Clark will have to require more of the men who want to study Theology because the entire church membership is undergoing a rapid change in its standard of intelligence. It is losing its hold upon the young people throughout the entire connection. They are not in sympathy with many of the ministers because of their age and old-fashioned methods. They will not co-operate with many of the younger ones because they are so poorly prepared and are not able to grasp the church work in an intelligent manner. They are breaking from old lines and leaving the churches of their fathers and mothers for the denominations where they can find a larger place for their newer thought and better training Welcome The Reds BUT BAR THE BACKS IS THE CUSTOM OF THE BASE- BALL WORLD IN GENERAL Other Games of Life Find Their Counterpart on The Diamond Where Queen Contrasts in Handling the Color Line Predominate. When you play roulette, that joy- ous game, Two colors on a wheel, You play the red or else the black, With vast, unflagging zeal. Perhaps the black, perhaps the red, Your little bet may bear, But red and black have even chance, If the wheel is on the square! It's different on the diamond, though— You cheer the star of red, But if a black should try to show, The bricks hall round his head! —Scott Too bad Tim Hurst is a little old. From all I hear of his past record, he would be a swell white man's hope.—The Remarks of James J. Corbett. Curious thing, isn't it, how the magnates, players and base ball bugs all stand upon the racial question? They welcome the North American Indian with open arms and loud applause. They give the red man every chance in the world to show his speed and prove his skill. If a young redskin is a good pitcher or a sterling batsman, he has half a dozen ball clubs bidding for his services, and he can draw enough money to make the old home back on the reservation blossom as the rose. And yet, if an Afro-American shows base ball skill they don't welcome him—they don't invite him into the fast company. On the contrary, they bar him out of all organized ball and compel him to flock by himself, as it were—to play with colored teams, or to lie idle. There isn't a word in the statutes of the game concerning a color line, and, so far as the wording goes, the blackest man that ever threw a ball would be perfectly eligible to the game. But he couldn't break in. The darkest Injun is welcome, but the palest Senegambian is strictly barred. Nowhere is the color line drawn so strictly as among the big and minor leaguers, and yet the color line fades away when there is a chance to make any money by playing black teams on the outside. No big leaguer, not even the Georgian Cobb, makes the slightest objection to playing the black men who make up the Cuban clubs, and practice games with Negro nines are far from uncommon during the early months and after the regular season. The black-man is an able and accomplished ball player. That is conceded by everybody. He is perfectly able to take care of himself at the bat, in the field, and on the bases, and, as a cheery comedian and amusing coach, he has no equal. The Indian is no better as a ball player, and is apt to have a grim and sullen disposition instead of the infectious cheerfulness of the Negro. It's a queer thing, this human nature. We respect the Indian and we welcome him into our schools, our colleges, and our ball teams. For why? Because the copper-hided son of Satan is a fighter. Because his folks were never slaves, that's why. Because he met our fathers with a substantial wallop on the knob, instead of going to work for day wages or toiling as a chattel. Peace may be a lovely thing, but the prestige the Indian holds and the respect we give to him to-day is wholly due to his scrapping reputation in the long ago. The unfortunate black man came here as a slave, and we got used to seeing him work. Slaves came, in 95 per cent of all cases, from peaceful and unwartlike tribes that could be casly raided. These black men were not fighters, and so we never had to feel the same respect for their prowess that we had to have for the Big Injun. If the early Americans had been forced to deal with Zulus, Basutos, Gallas, or Masal, the fierce fighting tribes of Eastern and Southern Africa, men who are every whit as brave and warlike as the Indians, it would have been different, and we would have had a different opinion of the African people. It's the fighter and his descendants who command respect and receive good treatment. Consequently, the Indian is welcome, and his athletic sons can get both admiration and big money on our ball fields. Some of our grandpops, perhaps, might feel like heaving a rock at some of the young Indians, if told of their tribes, but we receive them kindly. Take, for instance, Justin Clarke, a Wyandot. Clarke's old folks terrorized Ohio 100 years ago, and made life pretty nearly a suburb of the Inferno, but we are always glad to see Mr. Clarke in uniform, while the grandson of some faithful slave who helped stand off the raids of Mr. Clarke's grandpop wouldn't be allowed to play. Queer old world of ours, isn't ls? Chief Bender is a Chippewa. "His ancestors helped Pontiac do some high and merry burning and massacre around, Detroit, but we welcome the chief just the same. Odd business, isn't it? And just as odd in base ball as in any other class or occupation—Cincinnati Times-Star. Charleston Infant Dies.—The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Jennings died Saturday at their residence on Elizabeth St. and was buried Sunday at 10:00 A. M., the funeral services being held at the house by the Rev. J. W. Carroll, pastor of Simpson M. E. church. Inherits $500.00.—There was perhaps no happier boy in Charleston than Willie Dickerson yesterday when he left for Washington, D. C., in response to telegram informing him that he had been left $500.00 and a $300.00 interest in a cottage by J. B. Sharp, a traveling salesman for whom Willie had worked. Another colored boy in Washington, who had nursed Sharp in his illness, received a similar bequest. Officers Installed.—The following officers were installed by the Household of Ruth, women's auxiliary to the Odd Fellows, last night: Mrs. Mattie Vine, P. M. G.; Mrs. Julia Campbell, R. N. G.; Lizzie Waynesboro, P. M. N. G.; Miss Neva Parker, W. R.; Mrs. Sallie Rayburn, N. G.; Mrs. Willie Scott, Mrs. Ella Phillips, Mrs. Josie Wright, S. & J. S.; Allen Defonney, W. C.; Matilda Parker, Miss Laura Webb and Mrs. Mattie Vine, Trustees; Mrs. Louise Toms, Treas.; Mrs. Betie Hall, W. P. Interesting Announcement.—Of more than passing local interest was the announcement made by Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davis, of Buckhannon, of the marriage of their daughter, Miss Maude Roberta, to Mr. Harry Durward Hazlewood, Thursday, the 29th ult. Mr. Hazlewood had employment here several years prior to his acceptance of the school at Buckhannon whence he went to Parkersburg as assistant principal of the Sumner school. A Luscious Gift.—J. C. Gilmer was the recipient, yesterday, of a box of oranges of a size and flavor seldom found in the local market. The sender was W. P. Crump, a former West Virginian with residence at Ronceverte, who does an extensive wholesale hay, grain and produce commission business at Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Crump has also a large orange grove from which came the fruit shipped here. Mrs. Page Entertains.—Mrs. Jas. Page served luncheon Tuesday evening at her home on Bradford St. complimentary to Mrs. Thos. O'Connor, of Red Sulphur Springs. Besides the guest of honor there were present Mrs. Clarence Napper, Mrs. Roy Mitchell, Mrs. Carrie Thomas Mrs. Mary Burks, Miss Mary Page and Charles Page, of Kanawa City. An 'Enjoyable Function.' The most largely attended and one of the most enjoyable functions of the Yuleleide was the dance given by the Kenawha club at the K. of Pnall, Friday evening. The music furnished by the Freeman orchestra of six pieces was all that could be desired and the pleasure of the dancers was expressed by frequent encores. Among those attending were all of the young ladies visiting in the city and at Institute, among whom were Misses Ardella Smith, of Staunton, Va.; Misses Dorsey and Crawford, of Ohio Wesleyan College Delaware, O.; Lula Gee, Gallopilos, O.; and Estelle Kennedy, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Mitchell Hostess.—Mrs. M. O. Mitchell entertained for the visiting ladies Saturday evening at her home on Sentz St. Those partaking of her hospitality were Mrs. O'Connor, Mrs. Ford anad Mrs. Harrison, Burlington, Va. A very palatable lunch was served. Whist and Dancing.—Mrs. W. O. Terry entertained Wednesday evening with whist and dancing in honor of the visitors, Misses Kennedy and Gee. The center-piece was a Xmas tree beautifully decorated with tinsel and candles. Mrs. Hazlewood served punch and Mrs. F. C. DeHonney assisted in the dining room. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Juno, Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lowry, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hazlewood Mr. and Mrs. Allen DeHonney, Jr.: Mrs. J. W. Viney, Mrs. Jos, Taylor, Misses Estelle Kennedy, Lula Gee Hazel Lucas, Virginia Glimer, (Continued on page slx.) Changes Propesed for Segregation Law REACTIONARIES NOT SATISFIED WITH ORDINANCE CONFINING NEGRO PEOPLE TO CERTAIN SECTIONS. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 4.—The reactionaries who are responsible for the new law to keep colored people from residing in streets where the whites live are not wholly satisfied with their law and are now proposing amendments thereto. The desire for a change in the law followed the arrests last week of Mrs. Catherine Dixon and a white man who rented a house to Mrs. Dixon. When the case was called in the police court both defendants asked for a jury trial. The magistrate went into the evidence, however, and dismissed the case on the ground that the property was rented prior to the law going into effect. It is generally believed here that Justice Tryson, who heard the evidence, did not want the case to go to court, as that would give the opponents of the obnoxious law a chance to test its validity. The proposed change in the law is to allow colored and white people to move into blocks which are mixed the right for one race to move in ceasing when the entire block is once occupied by people of the other race. A HELPING HAND From the viewpoint of the Negro, the beneficence of Carnegie and Rockefeller fades into insignificance in the light of the offer of the philanthropic Hebrew of Chicago to donate $75,000 for the erection of a Colored Y. M. C. A, to any community raising a like sum. Now that the offer has been made, it remains to be seen what cities will qualify. Such an undertaking would perhaps be too great for Charleston. We have neither the numbers nor the wealth to assume even a reasonable hope of success, even if the inclination were ours, but there are hundreds of other cities which have both the ability and the need. In these, as in Charleston, only at a greater rate — Negro criminals are made and are in the making merely because there are no such opportunities for proper training as the Y. M. C. A. affords. It should be their pleasure as it is their duty to begin the campaign at once to secure a Young Men's Christian Association and building. It would be to the eternal shame of the race if every city of size with a considerable Negro population does not make the effort and succeed. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 4—The funeral of George T. Bowen, one of the oldest and wealthiest caterers in the city, took place yesterday afternoon at the Sharp Street M. E. Church. The services were conducted by Rev. W. A. C. Hughes, assisted by a number of other ministers. Mr. Bowen died Saturday, following an operation for tonsilitis. He was born in Calvert county, Md., 62 years ago. After following the sea a number of years he was steward at several of the leading clubs. He is survived by his wife, five daughters and two sons. Rev. L. E. Johnson, pastor of the Madison Street Presbyterian church, is able to be out after an operation for an affection of the eyes. Gives Huge Sum to Aid Negroes RICH JEW, OF CHICAGO, BINDS HIMSEL TO GIVE NEGRO, Y. M. C. A'S. UNDER CONDITIONS. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 1—Chicago is to have a $15,000 Young Men's Christian Association Building for Negroos. This was practically assured by donations today of $52,000 each promised by Norman W. Harris, President of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank, and Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck & Co. on condition that $75,000 additional be raised within six months. Mr. Rosenwald's pledge, however, is not limited to Chicago. He bounds himself to give the same sum for the same purpose to any community in the United States that complies with the same conditions—that is raise $75,000 additional within five years and secures the indorsement of the Y. M. C. A. The six months' limitation as to time and the requirement of a total fund of $125,000 instead of $100,000, were stipulations accompanying Mr. Harris's gift. A remarkable feature is the fact that Mr. Rosenwald is a Jew. Segregation Responsible IN LARGE URE FOR PROGRESS E RACE IS OPIN LYON For Activity in Exposition Movement and Government Lauded at Emancipation Meeting for Discriminating. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 3—That the segregated position which the race occupies in this country has been largely responsible for the great progress made by the race since the abolition of slavery was the view taken by Rev. Dr.Ernest Lyon, former United States Minister, to Liberize in an address at services commemorative of the forty-eighth anniversary of the signing of the emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, field last night at John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. The services were largely attended by prominent citizens of both races, who listened intently as the various speakers spoke words of wisdom and counsel. Resolutions offered by City Councilman Harry S. Cummings, mentioned in glowing terms the great progress made by the Negro since 1885 praised the proposed exposition projected in 1913; extolled the diplomatic services of Dr. Lyon and declare that the race is discriminated against in the United States Navy. In an eloquent address, Judge Robert H. Ternoll, of Washington, Eulogized Lincoln, Summer, Garrison and other immortals who labored for the freedom of the race, and spoke of the present-day opportunities and problems of the race. "The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation", said Dr. Lyon, marks the most noteworthy event in the history of the colored people in this country. It is the foundation for the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution, upon which not only the rights of citizenship and franchise are based, but the right to enjoy every other constitutional privilege, which is the heritage of free men and the citizenry of a common country." After saying that he believed that disfranchisement and other anti-Negro measures would not endure, he said, "Segregation, self-imposed, is not a bad thing. It may have a bad name and a questionable origin but it has helped the colored people in this country. Whenever it prevails, the colored man has become an economic factor; without it we would be without representation in the City Council of Baltimore today. It is a means in disguise to bring the race together. We object to segregation by law, but the race would not get together unless forced by unpleasant methods. This method stops that class that is trying to get away from the race. The super-sensitive might not agree with this, but it is nevertheless true. "Let us profit by this segregation movement by establishing such enterprises among our people as will tend to segregate our earnings. If all our savings in this city were segregated in one or two banks, operated by Negro bankers, we could make not only a respectable showing, but command attention in the financial affairs of this city." Dr. Washington Lauded. "We hereby endorse the effort, "read the resolutions adopted, in part," to hold a semi-centennial exposition in 1913 on a scale commensurate with the importance of that event, at which time the progress of the race will be fully demonstrated, and in recognition of the able services being rendered by Dr. Barker T. Washington in this and other directions in the interest of the race, we hereby extend him an invitation to tour the State of Maryland in the interest of said project. "We also call attention to the present policy of the United States Navy, which by the severe discrimination on account of race and color, has completely forced the Negro out of the seamen's class. Therefore, we respectfully invite the attention of the Navy Department to this distressing fact, and ask as partial remedy that one or more vessels, be manned by Negro seamen." The resolutions end with praise for the services rendered the race by John H. Murphy, the veteran editor of the Afro-American Ledger, and commends the plan for giving a monster banquet in honour of his 700th birthday. W. L. Abington is to join the company playing "Madame X," to play the role of Louise Florlot. CORRESPONDENCE CLARKSBURG John Miller and Miss Janie Morris were married Tuesday morning by Rev. S. P. West. Mrs. Ella Carey died Wednesday night of asthma. She is survived by a husband and four children. John A. Bowyer, a well-known citizen died Saturday night after an illness of three days. The cause of death was a blood clot, causing paralysis of the brain. He was 65 years of age and is survived by a wife and five children. Fred Bowyer and sister, Mrs. Howard Blackwell, who have been in Columbus, O., were called home by the death of their father. Miss Mattie Prouty, principal of the Morgantown school, was the New Year's guest of Miss Jenny Littleton. Mrs. James L. Davis, of Buckhannon, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Maria Littleton. Rev. W. T. Kenney was called to Pittsburg last week to conduct the funeral of a friend. C. A. Ormes and Dr. E. T. Jones have returned from their respective homes, where they spent the holidays. Miss Nell Peyton was a Wheeling visitor during the holidays. Miss Ophelia Washington, who is a student at the W. V. C. I., spent the holidays here with her parents. H. D. Hazelwood and bride, formerly Miss Maud Davis, of Buckhannon, passed through the city Thursday en route to Parkersburg. Accompanying the bride and groom were Mrs. Hazelwood and son of Cambridge, O., and W. E. Jones, of Parkersburg. Many friends gathered at the station to wish the happy couple a pleasant voyage on the matrimonial sea. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis recited Wednesday evening to a most appreciative audience. While not large, yet so pleased was the audience with her readings that she will appear here again Friday night. Mrs. Amelia Lowry entertained Monday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Clyde Jones, of East Liverpool, O. From three to five o'clock the time was delightfully spent in music and conversation. An elegant collation was served at an appropriate hour. Those partaking of Mrs. Lowry's hospitality were Mrs. Clyde Jones, Mrs. Carl Green, Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. James Taylor, Mrs. Lutie Tuck and Misses Florence and Emma Ruffin, Mary Brent, Estella Cambric, Cora Jackson, Cornelia Meade, Effie Lowry and Willa Lee. Miss Lily Allen returned Monday from Fairchance, Pa. Mrs. Gay Lewis, of Sutton, was visiting relatives here during the holidays. Miss Hannah Meade, of Bridgeport was calling on friends here Saturday. Robert W. Sedwick, a small carrie was shot in the back at 10 o'clock today by a stray bullet from a target gun, while he was delivering mail in the neighborhood of the Hazel-Atlas glass factory. He was conveyed in a buggy to his home. The wound is not believed to be serious. As yet it has not been definitely learned who fired the shot Mr. and Mrs. Will Taylor entertained a party of friends at dinner Monday evening at their home in the race of 511 Sixth street. The guests were Mrs. Fannie Smith, of Bellaire, O.; Miss Preston Hayes, of Pittsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Jackson, Mr. Ed Smith, Mrs. Jennie Jackson, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs. Nan Russell, Mrs. Fannie Crutohen, Mrs. Mary Moore, Mr. Thomas L. Higgins, Dr. E. L. Young, Mr. Henry Morris, Mrs. J. Harper and Mrs. Cordella Banks. After dinner the party was entertained at progressive whist MAX EIN Millard Howell, Howard Craig and Marston Miles, who spent the holidays at home, returned to Storer College Tuesday. Miss Georgia Hutchinson, of Pennsylvania, is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Hattie Beauer, of E. Main St. Mr. Small has returned to Unontown, Pa., after spending the Christmas when his wife. Mrs. Grace Robinson, Miss Elva Hail, of Fairmont, and Miss Daisy Hail, of Wueeling, were visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hail, during the holidays. Mrs. Lizzie Sheppard and Miss Nursey Howell gave a party Thursday evening at their home. Music and games were the principal features of the evening, after which refreshments were served. Born, to Rev. and Mrs. M. D. Willis, Sunday morning, a baby girl Mother and child are doing well Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dabney, Jr. gave a party on Tuesday evening. Before the evening came to a close the guests were invited to the dining room where an excellent luncheon was enjoyed. RONCEVERTE. Miss Brunette A. Brown, has returned from Lewisburg, where she spent the holidays with her aunt, Mrs. Brunette Chambers. Mr. and Mrs. H. Y. Miller, last Friday evening entertained a large number of guests in honor of Mrs. A. M. Smith, of Washington, D.C. Miss Eltheda Jackson spent a few days last week in Hinton. Lewis Barns, of McKindree, was the guest of Sandy Holland during holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodson and Mrs. Florence Freeland, of Lewisburg, were guests of Mr. Daniel Thompson last week. Rev. S. A. Lewis filled his regular appointment here Sunday at M. F. church. Prof. W. D. Johnson and Son, Wilbar, of Beckley, were guests of Mrs. S. R. Hickman last Tuesday. Miss Ida Jackson, of Lewisburg, is the guest of Mrs. F. T. Moore. Mrs. L. E. Hopkins, Thursday, entertained a large number of guests in honor of her sister, Mrs. A. M. Smith, of Washington, D. C. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Moore, Mrs. N. B.Rose, Miss Haynes and Miss Myrtle Hopkins, of Alderson. Charles Brinkley made a business trip to Hinton last week. John Eggleston has returned from a trip to Longacre where he spent the holidays with his sister, Mrs. Julla Hawkins. Mrs. Ada Johnson, wife of James Johnson, died Tuesday, December 27 at McKendree, of tuberculosis. The remains were taken to Seebert for burial. PARKERSBURG Tracy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Steward, of 8th street, died at her home Tuesday, after being ill for quite a while. The funeral was conducted at the Wesleyan Methodist Church by Rev. I. S. Mail. Interment in the colored cemetery. Miss Ethel Harding, of Marietta, Ohio, was calling on friends in the city Sunday. Mrs. James Lacy, of 14th street, entertained at 6 o'clock dinner Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Russell Williams, of Zanesville, Ohio. Friends of Mrs. Anna Washington are glad to learn of her improvement after being so very ill for three weeks. Miss Mary Peyton entertained at 6 o'clock dinner Friday evening Misses Mae Giles and Grace Wells. Cards are out announcing the marriage of H. D. Hazelwood to Miss Maud Davis, of Buckhannon, which took place at the home of the bride Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Hazelwood will be at home after January 2, on 19th street. Miss Bernardine Peyton returned Monday morning from Indianapolis, Ind., where she spent her vacation at house party. Miss Estella Mays, en route to Grafton, stopped over a few days here with Miss Esther Colston. Miss Mae Giles has returned home from Pittsburgh, Pa., where she spent some time with her sister, Mrs. Chas. Woods. Prof. and Mrs. J. R. Jefferson arrived home Wednesday from Zanesville, Ohio, where they attended the twentieth anniversary of Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Thomas, pastor of the Union Baptist Church. Miss Julia McClung left Monday for Pittsburgh, Pa., to attend the Carnegie Technical School. Mrs. William Ruffner left Monday for her home in Clarksburg, after a pleasant visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tandy Brown. Miss Mary Peyton left Monday for Harper's Ferry, after spending her Christmas vacation with her mother. HINTON. Christmas week was one of much pleasure for the Hinton folks. Every body seemed to have had a very merry time. Dr. G. W. Holley returned home the night of December 30, with Mrs. Holley, who is a most charming young woman in every particular. Her manners and sunny disposition are such to make friends with all. The presents are many, expensive and beautiful, and all friends wish them a long, happy and prosperous life. Misses Alfeda Smithers and Dorsa Pack returned Sunday morning from Richmond, Va., where they spent the holidays, guests of Mrs. Herbert Mundin. The Xmas tree given at the second Baptist church Monday night 26th was enjoyed by all. The program rendered by the Sunday school, under the direction of Superintendent A. P. Straughter and Rev. A. D. Lewis, was a great success. Each member of the Sunday school, scholars and teachers, received a token of rememberance from the tree. The Progressives started their new years work Monday afternoon with Miss M. S. Booth, at the Holley Sanatarium. The meeting was well attended. After the business was over the club was introduced to Mrs. G. W. Holley and hearty congratulations and good wishes were showered upon the happy bride and groom. Retirements were served and a very pleasant afternoon was spent. BUCKHANNON Mrs. Myrtle Lewis and children, of Sutton, are spending the holidays here with Mrs. Lewis' mother, Mrs. Eliza Mumford. Miss Maud Tyler, who has been in Grafton for the past two weeks, is at home. C. H. Davis filled a musical engagement at Weston, Wednesday night. The play entitled, "Thirty Years of Freedom" at the A. M. E. church, Thursday night, was well rendered and enjoyed by a large crowd. Rev. Gooden, formerly of Kingston, Jamaica, delivered an interesting lecture on "Jamaica" at the A. M. E. church Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Jas. L. Davis and children are visiting relatives in Clarksburg. District Superintendent Rev. Geo. Curry was here Thursday and Friday. Miss Lelia Powell, who is attending school at Institute, spent the Christmas holidays at home. Robert Dabney, of New Brighton, Pa., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Jas. Wade, and Mrs. Isom Taylor. Wirt Jones, of Parkersburg, who was groomsman at the Hazlewood-Davis wedding, was the guest of Miss Beulah Smith, a part of last week. Mrs. Hazelwood and son Buford, of Cambridge, Ohio, attended the Hazelwood-Davis wedding. While here they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Davis. Ed Hunter attended the dance at Weston Wednesday night. Miss Cora Taylor left Saturday for a visit with Fairmont friends. Jas. Wilks, of Clarksburg, visited his wife a part of last week. Rev. Geo. DeYoung was at Clarksburg Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Miss Wilsie Johnson, of Sutton, is the guest of Miss Mabel Mumford. Mesdames Laura Watson, Margaret Deison and Amanda Brown attended the dance at Weston, Wednesday night. Married, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Davis, at 9:30 Thursday, Dec. 29th, Miss Maude Roberta Davis, to Mr. Harry D. Hazelwood, of Parkersburg. The parlors were tastefully decorated with carnations, roses, and ferns. The wedding ceremony was pronounced by the Rev. Geo DeYoung of the M. E. church in the presence of the family and a few friends. Solos were sung by Miss Beulah Smith. Miss Lelia Powell played the wedding march. A wedding breakfast was served after the ceremony. The bride wore a traveling suit of blue, and carried a bouquet of bridal roses. Mr. and Mrs. Hazelwood left on the noon train for Parkersburg, where they will make their home. ANSTED. Julia, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kudolph Cox, had a narrow escape Monday, Mrs. Cox, being in an anjoining room, heard the screams of a child whose clothing was ablaze. She quickly extinguished the flames. The child was frightened but no harm was done! Mr. and Mrs. Claytor left for Tolcott Tuesday to witness the marriage of her niece, Miss Matilda Smith. Rev. Charley Randall left Thursday for Winter Rock, Va., to spend the holidays with his mother after an absence of four years. Misses Mattie and Ora Freeman were guests of Mrs. M. B. Brockman of Mont Hope., Saturday and Sunday. Rev, Stone, of Sylvia, was in town Sunday and preached a heart stirring sermon. Mrs. Bessie Eldridge visited Mrs. Roy, her mother, at Meadow Creek Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Rebecca Eldridge has been sick but is convalescing at the present. Mr.' and Mrs. Sam Fepps were guests of Mrs. Sallie Jones during the holidays. Luther Clayton and Charley McClaim were visiting Mrs. Bettie Clayton last week. ALDERSON. Mrs. Emma Crawford entertained at dinner Friday Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Trice, Misses Mary Page, of Kanawha City, and Gracie Wilson, Messrs. Garfield Crawford, Fred Harris and Lacy Robinson One of the most beautiful home weddings of the season occurred at Mrs. Taylor Crawford's, North Alderson, on the 21st ult.. the contracting parties being Miss Callie Epps of Portsmouth, Ohio, and Mr. John Sweeny of Talcot. The house was tastefully decorated with ferns, the color scheme being green and white. To the strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march played by Mrs. Estel Wilson, the groom entered, attended by his brother, Thomas Sweeny; then Miss Susie Crawford, the maid of honor, followed by the bride upon the arm of Mr. Garfield Crawford. The bride wore a simple but beautiful gown of white mull. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Reed of Talcot. The happy couple left for their home in Talcot followed by the best wishes of their large circle of friends. Leonard Brown, of Charleston, spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Brown. Miss Mary F. Page, of Kanawha City, was the week-end guest of her sister, Mrs. Cornelia Trice. Mrs. Mildred Brown is visiting her daughter, Mrs. I. E. Smithers, at Hinton. Roman Burger returned home Wednesday from a trip to Cincinnati. Mrs. Newton Wilson returned home Sunday after spending the holidays with her parents at Talcot. Angris Hopkins and Arthur Trice spent Thursday and Friday in Ronce- verte DAVIS. Rev. Yates, of Clarksburg, who has been holding meeting at the First Baptist church, left for his home Monday morning. Miss Mamie Thompson, of Thomas, was the guest of Miss Eva Clark, Tuesday. Prof. E. B. Black is spending the holidays with his family at Romney. The fair held at the Baptist church Monday and Tuesday night was a success financially. Chas. Malone, who was visiting friends at Cumberland a few days, has returned. Mrs. Elsie Ferrell, of Harding, spent the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Hallie Grandison. John Coleman, of Romney, is visiting his brother, L. D. Coleman. HOLDEN Mrs. Virginia Newel left on the 23d to spend Christmas with her parents in Rocky Mount, Va. The Christmas tree at the school house on the 24th was a beautiful one. The program rendered by the children was excellent and the teacher, Miss Spears, deserves much credit for its success. Miss Louisiana Brown is spending the week with her parents here. The dance given at the hall Monday night under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, was a very enjoyable affair and a success financially. Mrs. Bettie Williams, of Fire Creek, spent the week with her sister, Mrs. J. D. Johnson. Mrs. Samuel Hylton entertained a number of her friends Wednesday evening. Games were the feature of the evening, after which a Dutch lunch was served. Those partaking of her hospitality were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, Mrs. Lucy Jackson, Mrs. J. D. Johnson, Walter Brown, John Braxton and Miss Cornelia Spears. Mrs. Alice Jones was shopping in Logan Wednesday. Mrs. Lucy Jackson and Bettie Williams left for their homes in Carbondale and Fire Creek, Saturday. George Henderson fell and very badly hurt his shoulder and his eye Saturday night. PT. PLEASANT. Joseph Jordan spent a few days of last week in Fairmont visiting his sisters, Mesdames E. L. Morton and Chas. Hamilton. D. E. V. Jordan, of Charleston, spent Wednesday in town, the guest of Miss Mosella H. Colston. Theodore Palmer and A. Mitchell, of Galliopolis, were calling on friends Sunday. Miss Jess M. Hale, of Middleport, visited her uncle, Chas. Bell, and Miss Mosella Colson Monday and Tuesday of last week. Mrs. A. H. Williams very handsomely entertained a few friends Tuesday. Those present were Misses Ida and Mary Craig, Mosella and Mithue Colston, Luella Roberts, Augusta Rison, Julla Smith, Jessie M. Hale, Messrs, John Davis, Pearl Johnson and Clyde Colston. Miss M. Frances Morton and brother William spent Wednesday in town with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henderson spent last week in Gallipolis with Mrs. Henderson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Howard Jackson, of Plymouth, spent a few days of last week in town, the guest of friends. Frank Hunter, who spent the holidays here with his family, left for Huntington Wednesday to resume his work. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Davis very enjoyably entertained a number of young ladies and gentlemen Saturday evening. Those present were Misses Luella Roberts, Augusta Rison, Mosella and Mithue Colston, Julia Smith, Ida and Mary Craig, Agatha Alexander, Messrs. Pearl Johnson, John Henderson, Thomas and John Davis, Rev. Christian, pastor of the First Baptist church, organized the Christian Culture Congress at that church Sunday. Rev. Pullins of the Trinity Church gave the opening address, which was very pointed and instructive. Miss Ida Mae Craig was made president, Elmer Brown, secretary, and Mrs. Frenchle Brooks, treasurer. Great work is expected to be done by this organization. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. White, who have spent Xmas vacation with Mrs. White's mother, Mrs. Joseph Alexander, left for Keystone, Wednesday. J. G. Patterson returned Tuesday from Romney, where he spent Yule Tide with his wife. Miss Agnes Stevens, of Spillman, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roberts. Miss Ida Alexander left for Red Star Saturday. She was accompanied by Loris and Delaine Washington, who have been visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Joseph Alexander, for two weeks. Mrs. Frenchie Brooks spent a few days of last week in Huntington. Missgez Luella Roberts, Julia Smith, Agatha Alexander, Virginia Lincoln and John Henderson left for W. V. C. J. Tuesday to resume their studies. Hugh Bunoh, of Bidwell, O., was visiting his aunt, Mrs. Alice Davis, Friday and Saturday. Will Watson, of Athens, was the guest of John H. Davies Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Young of Colu mbus,O., spent a few days of last week in town, the guest of Mrs. Young's mother. Mrs. Feshla Jordan. LEWISBURG. John Morris, of Chester, Pa. spent the holidays with his aunt, Mrs. Blanch Pryor. Frank Dunn, of Louisville, was the holiday guest of Mrs. Harry McVey. There was a series of entertainments at the Town Hall, beginning last Monday and continuing through the week. The concert/Tuesday evening, entitled, "The Old Folks at Home," was a most laughable affair. The play on Wednesday evening was quite excellent. Miss Ada Brown won the prize in the spelling contest Friday. Mrs. Julia Williams and son, Mervin, of Alderson, were guests of relatives here during the Christmas. Alex Perkins spent a few days here last week visiting relatives. Edward A. Bolling was home to spend the holidays. Mrs. Nannie Calander entertained Misses Rosa McVey, Ella and Florence Bolling and Messrs. Frank Dunn, Alex Perkins and Edward Bolling at dinner on the 26th ult. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jefferson died Friday. A. D. Seams was home from Serbert to spend the holidays with his family. Mrs. Allice Robinson has been quite sick for several days. Miss Ella Bolling spent her Christmas here. Mrs. J. C. Lewis was visiting in Charleston last week. The play entitled "Holy War," given at the Hall Thursday, under the management of Mrs. Docia Morris, was witnessed by a large audience and was rather above mediocrity. All of the parts were well played. Andrew Smith and Mrs. Blanch Morris were married Sunday night at the residence of Prof. E. A. Bolling. Miss Callie Jackson returned to her school at Stannaford, after spending Christmas with her parents. Mrs. Willie Carter and daughter, Mildred, left Saturday for Fire Creek. Mrs. Jennie Honaday has returned to Columbus. T. H. McQuilla, of Macdonald, was the guest of Mrs. Julia Bush. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodson and little daughter, Ruth, are visiting in Ronceverte. PRATT. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Hill, of Handley, who spent several days here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Holmes, returned home Thursday evening. Miss Jennie K. Foster, who has been sick for a few days, is able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Cyrus, of London, were Monday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rollins. T. W. Holmes attended the funeral of Mr. Sam Hedric at Montgomery Sunday. Mrs. H. C. Washington, of Houghton, were the Saturday guests of Mrs. George Washington and Mrs. T. W. Holmes. Miss Channie Ross of Crown Hill, was the Wednesday guest of Miss Jennie Foster. Mrs. Preston and Miss Junior Chancellor, of Handley, were visiting friends here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Watts are moving to their home in North Carolina. Elmore Lawrence has returned from Washington, D. C., where he has been visiting his sister. Ed. Lewis, who has been sick for some time, is able to return to his work again. Master Edward Jones, who has been spending some time with uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Holmes, has returned home at Handley. CEDAR GROVE Rev. D. D. Davis, of Charleston, preached an excellent sermon Sunday. John Reed was in Charleston last week on business. Mrs. Carrie Anderson was visiting relatives at South Ruffner last week. The Christmas trees at the Baptist and the A. M. E. church were quite attractive, James K. Wilson delivered an able address for the latter. John Anderson visited Point Pleasant and Huntington during the Holidays. Mrs. Lucy D. Hodge, of Montgomery, was here Thursday on business in connection with the Grand United Order of True Reformers. Silas Morris was in Charleston last week. Miss Carrie Buster, of Boomer, were here Sunday, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buster. David Phillips, of Rendsville, Ohio, William Beamer, of Mammoth, Rev. Henry Francis, dined with Mr. and Mrs. M. Reamer, Sunday. J. H. Dingess is visiting friends THE BAUER MEAT & FISH COMPATY 28 AND 30 CAPITOL ST. Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork Fresh Pork Sausage OUR OWN MAKE. 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Mrs. Leona Jones has gone to Glonster, O., for an indefinite stay. B. B. Waynesboro, of Boomer, was here last week. Mrs. Martha Claxton continues ill. BLUEFIELD COLORED INSTITUTE _ SITUATED AT— 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 ’ comfort, and excellent advantages in the way of Library, Laboratories, Student So- . Cieties 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 exper- lence in teaching before beginning their - ‘ regular work. For Further Information Address the Principal : ——_R, P. SIMMS Additional Correspondence \. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1011. MONTGOMERY. J. S. Noel and M, D. Buster were in Huntington, Sunday, Miss Wysor Watson has as guest this week D, D. Turner, of Fayette- ville. Mrs. John Arnold, of Handley, was the Sunday guest of Mrs. W. C. Lawrence. Rey. Warner Brown and V, M. Willis have moved into the new houses of M. D, Buster. Mr. and Mrs. S. M, Markes are spending the week in Huntington, the guests of relatives. Charles Brown of Holden was a business visitor here Saturday. William ‘Taylor, of Ashland, Ky., was the guest of J. S. and E, C. Page last: week, Mrs. Annette Boyd, of Lawton, Was the guest of Mrs. W. J. Miller at her home on Crescent Heights, Mrs. William Wilkerson has re- turned home after spending the week with relatives on Loop Creek. Mr. and Mrs. H, H. Railey enter- tained Wednesday evening at their home on Fifth avenue complimen- tary to the students of the W. Va. Jnstitute and the 8th Grade of Sim- ‘mons Graded School. The Banquet given Tuesday joint- ly by Hiram lodge No. 26 and Bright Hope lodge No. 12, A. F. and A. M., at the Odd Fellows’ Hall was the most enjoyable feature of Xmas week, Installation services were —impressevety—pertormet—ty tit Carper, of Charleston. He gave a most interesting and instructive ad- dress. Supper was served on the second floor. Mr. and Mrs. V, M, Willis. enter- tained at dinner Thursday in honor of their father, Marcellus Willis, of Louisa, Va. Miss Ida M. King, of South Charleston, was the week end guest of Mrs, Ernest Hardy, Mrs. Mayme Taylor, teacher at ‘Page, and Miss Lizzie Washington, teacher at Burnwell, spent the week here with their mother, Mrs. Willa Washington, \ Mrs. Charles Lemons returned home Wednesday after visiting friends in Charleston and Raymond City. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Rogers are the proud parents of twin girls, George Jackson is able to be out again after several days’ illness. Mrs. H. H. Railey and Miss Wysor Watson attended Falls District ‘Teachers’ Institute at Ganley Bridge. Tuesday, Miss Lolo M. Lavender returned to Elk Horn Monday after having spent the holidays here with rela- tives, oe TE Samuel Hedrick was buried Sun- day in the Montgomery, Cemetery. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church by the Pastor and Order of Odd Fellows. L. N. Brown, Nelus H, and Elvin Howard, returned to Institute Wednesday after completing the house of Owen Mdwards. Miss Bertha Redd and Mise Car- rie Watts entertained a few friends with a party Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Paul Thomas. Rev. V. Havrriday filled his regu- Jar appointment at Snow Hill Sun- day, 0. T. Wilkerson has retirned from a visit to his daughters at Mt. Hope. Mrs. D, C. Deans is sick at her home in West Montgomery. Marcellus Willis, of Louisa, Va., spent a few days here last week, the guest of his son, V. M. Wallis. Miss Bertha Deans entertained with a party Friday evening compli- mentary to the visiting students. ae Sein RAYMOND crry. Miss Francis Coleman, of Phila- delphia, who has been there three years, is here spending the holidays with her parents, She will remain here six weeks, Rev. P. P. Holland and family at- tended the banquet here Saturday night given by the Masonic Lodge. Mrs. Minnie May Colby of Temple- ton, Pa., was visiting relatives here last_ week Miss Ollie Coleman, of Charleston, spent the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Coleman, Miss Eliza Dickerson, of Charles- ton, spent a few days here last week. Mrs. Ida Williams has been very il for the past week, but at this writing she ts Improving. M¥s Sarah Lemons of Montgom- ery, is visiting Mrs. fda Williams this week. 2 | Miss Lennie Collins, of Charles- ton, was the Holiday guest of Mrs. Adzonia Cary. Miss Ellen Good, of Charleston, their sister, Mrs, James Duckwiler. | Miss Gretta Roberts, of Bancroft, spent the holidays here. Mrs. Dickerson entertained — last week her two sisters and some friends from Kamo. Mrs. Nanie Stephenson, of —Ply- mouth, spent one day here last week visiting her sister, Mrs, 1, W. Coyle. Miss Mattie Curtis spent the holl- days visiting friends. Miss Lue Wymock was quietly married at her home Monday even- ing. John Johnson, of Monarch, made a short visit here last week. ‘The Taper drill given by Mrs, M. A. Pierson Monday night was one of the features of the holidays. 'The house was packed to overflowing when, at 8 o'clock, the grand Mareh was struck up by Miss Gretta Rob- rts, ‘The banauet given by the Mason- ic lodge Saturday night was @ grand success. ‘They had a public instal- lation and the following menn was served: ‘Turkey, ham, — chicken, pickles. celery. slaw, pie, cake, ice ihn ein ea Peaiibe WINIFREDE. . _ N.S. Alexander and W, N. Shel- fon spent Thursday in Charleston on business. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wiseman and children spent the holiday on Cabin Creek visiting relatives. The faJlowing persons spent the holidays at Montgomery: F, Ade ams, 1. Bell, J. HW. Hendricks, H, P. Day, Herbert Mitchell, P. Sanders and FB, Shelton. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Williams, of Charleston, snent a few days here last week visiting relatives, R. Wilson, R. A. Allen and R.A Neal spent the holidays with their famfties In St. Albans. F, I. McDaniel spent the holidays in Huntington visiting friends. Mrs. W. N. Shelton and Mr. and Mrs, C. A. Allen spent the holiday at Wevaco visiting friends. Mrs. M. A, Randolph and little daughter, Myrtle, spent a few days visiting at Kanawha City. J.J. and C, A. Thomas, of Cabin Creek, spent a few days here last week on business. Born—to Mr. and Mrs. H. E, Har- ris, a fine baby girl. _“ Jubilant Lodge, No. 17, K. of P., has elected the following for the en- suing term: Lee Johnson, G. C.; David Smith, V. C.; Jas, R. Ran- dolph, P.; W. N. Shelton, M. of F.; G. W, Perkins, M. of Ex.; N, S. Al- exander, K. of R. and $.; Jas. R. Randolph, trusteer, Mrs, Dora White and children are the Xmas guests of their sister and aunt, Mrs. Scott Burks, Mis, Cook and dafighter, Miss Agnes, spent a few days last week visiting relatives at Graham, Clarence Harmon died Tuesday morning of pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the M. BE. Church. Interment at Oak ceme- tery. Born: ‘To Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Callender, a girl, Dec, 30. Miss Mary Snead returned Tues- day from her Xmas vacation to re- turn to her school duties. Hack Vest continues quite sick at his home in the suburbs at Ingleside. Mrs. Hattie Burke and _ sister, Mrs. Dora White, were ¢ relatives and friends Saturday after- noon in East Princeton, Mrs. Vina Gardner had a reunion at a family dinner New Year's day, Mrs, Julia Mews left during the Xmas for_an indefinite stay at her home, Bell Springs, Va. Mrs. Roxie Howard had as her Xmas guest her nepew, John Gore. Mrs. Callender has as her house guest her aunt, Mrs. Emma Bur- rough of Buchanan, Va. Richard Thomas, of Center Street, will leave the 10th of January to make Chicago his home. Mrs. Bell Keasley and daughter, Matilda, accompanied by her moth- er and grandmother left Saturday for her home in Green county, Va. Xmas celebration was closed with a union Watch Meeting at the Bap- tist Church. Both pastors were in attendance. ‘The Christmas musicale given at Quinn Chapel, A. M. B. Church, on Wednesday night was a decided sue- cess. Misses Etta Gray, Cella Gray and Myrtle Kelly of Columbus, Ohto, and Mr. Stubblefield were the guests of Mrs. Carrje Hogans Sunday. A whist party was given by Miss- es Ann and Mac-Cox In honor of Ruth Pettiford of Oberlin, 0., Satur: day afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock. Those present were Misses Margaret Cunningham, Etta Preston, Chris- tine Williams, Nellie Redmond, Irene Hicks, Geneva Ross, Kate Preston, Pearl Ford and Helen &. Marshal Dr. 8. 3. Jordan spent the Week- ena in Columbus and Pomeroy.0, James L, Lacas and daughter, Miss Hazel, visited Cincinnati dur- ing the Christmas holidays, Mrs, Jenkins, Mechanic strcet, PRINCETON. CHILLICOTHE, 0. THR ADVOCATE gave a party Thursday night av her beautiful home in honor of her guests, Dr. Steward and wite and Miss Bessie V. Trotter, of Boston, Mass. Musie was furnished for the occasion by the Jackson Orchestra from Columbus, 0. Dr. Steward and wife left Satur- day for Pittsburg, Pa. and Miss Bessie V, Trotter for Washington, D.C. Miss Cora B. Medley visited Frankford Monday. Rev. W. EB. Walker visited Co- easlumbus, O., Monday, James L. Lucas, the caterer, left Tuesday morning for Athens to serve a wedding. Mus. Anna J. Hayes has been in- disposed for a few days. Henry P. Burke and Miss Arona Coleman were united in marriage Thursday afternoon at the home of the bride's mother on Mechanie St. Rev. W. B. Walker, pastor of the Quinn Chapel, performed the cere- mony in the presence of Mrs, Doug- las, Mrs, Marce, Mrs. Ingham, Miss Gertrude Ingham, Miss Maude Fair- fax, Mrs, Anna Brown, Miss Maude Gilmore, Mrs, Flora Ogesse, , Mrs. Jennie Donaldson, Mrs. James Lo- max, Mrs. Virgie Winfield and Miss Nettle Redmond. Mr. Ernest Red- mond sang “O Promise Me.” . Miss Maude Gilmore played the wedding march. Following the ceremony a wedding repast was served, Mr. and Mrs. Burke left on the 5:30 train for Columbus, 0, They will be at home Jan. 3rd, West Main street, Chillicothe. Mrs. Alonzo Harris of the West End has been indisposed for the last two weeks. Rev. W. B. Walker has organized Quin Chapel Into seven districts and appointed seven P. B.'s and will hold a mock conference on the 4th Sunday in February, at which lime he hopes’to raise $500 con- tingent money for the new church —Main Street District, Mrs, Elia- veth Medley; West End District, Mrs. Lizzie Warrick, Walnut Street District, Mrs. Lizzie Dideout, 4th |Street District, Mrs, A. J. Redmond, P. E.; 7th Street District, Mrs. Jen- }tie-Donaldson,-P,12.;-6th-Streat-Dis. trict, Miss Helen E, Marshall, P. ®.; Mechanic Street, Mrs, Sophia Buch. The City Schools opened Tuesdas morning with the teachers at thei Dosts of duty. Miss Bernardine Peyton, of Park ersburg, passed through the city Sunday night en route home. Rey. W. B. Walker and his sister Miss Esther, were entertained a supper Christmas day by Mrs, Bliza beth Medley, 27 High street. John Dixon and Migs Emma King were married Dec,-24 in Faltladel- phia, Miss King having made her home there for some time. Mr. and ‘Mrs. Dixon returned to this city, where a wedding reception was giv+ en in their honor by Mr. and Mrs. J. A, G. Ewards at their home on White avenue. A large number of friends was there to wish them a happy and prosperous life. Miss Julia Dixon has gone to Steu- benville, Ohio, where she will remain. for some time. Miss Ardelia Rich- ardson left last week on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Lougania Dooms, of Greensburg, Pa. Urved Crawford and Okey Ogden returned from Cadiz, Ohio, Sunday evening, where they spent the holi- days. James Coles went to Salt Creek, Va., to spend the holidays visiting his home at Washington, D, C., last Wednesday. Miss Eva Brown, who has been ‘visiting friends in Cumberland, Md., for some time past, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. J. Garner, of Cum- berland, Md., are guests of Mr. and Alexander Richardson, who has been attending the Hampton School, is bere visiting his mother, The Emancipation program given at the A, M. KB. chureh, Beechhurst avente, wag an excellent one anda large crowd was in attendance, de- spite of the rainy weather. Miss Florence Warrick, and broth- er, John, of Rietz were guests of ther aunt, Mrs. John Moore, of Sabraton for the last few days. Misses Frances Morton, Lydia Ter- rell an Mattie Prouty have returned to the city after spending the holi- days with relatives and friendsy Their schools will open tomorrow. Rev. F. B. Smith preached two able sermons Sunday. ‘Tne holiday entertainments were very pleasant. Miss If, J. Roberts has returned from McTonald where she has been spending the holidays. are. A. L. Peck is sick, Mrs. P. B. Bubanks gave an en- tertainment at Peter’s Hall Monday night. * Mise Hester Ferguson is spending the holidays in town, Dr. P. H, Callaway was making professional calls in town Monay. P. EB. Eubanks is able to be out again. Frank McDaniel, of Winifred, spent Xmas with his aunt, Mis, Mag: ie Allen Linwood Walker, of Columbus, 0. event the holidays with Elbert Davia, ~ 7% Wo Wwe er Albert Wilson, Maggio Priee, and Tallie Parrish, of W. V. GC. 1, spent Xmas with their parents, Miss Hattie Hicks, of Ba:bours- MORGANTOWN, STANNAFORD, ST, ALBANS. Capital, Surplus, Undivided Profits - - $1,000,000.00- i ‘ag Resources : - - - - - $3.300,000,00: SSS A savings account stands for thrift, industry and independence; for freedom from the cares of the present and uncertaihties of the future. It represents economy and self-denial and, moreover, | that the possessor has taken advantage of an opportunity, i We offer you this same opportunity now if you will deposit $1.00 or more with this bank. We pay 3% interest, compounded semi-annuelly, on savings, and welcome small accounts as well as large. THE OLDEST NATIONAL BANK IN CHARLESTON L. PRICHARD, President. CAPT, J. R. SEAL, ‘ Vice-President. H, L. PRICHARD, Cashier. J. D. FOSTER, ‘Asst. Cashier. rl ville, spent. a fow days with Miss Alberta’ Wilson, Mr, und Mrs, G. R. Caveness, of Raymond City, spent a few days with Mrs. Mary Shields. J. A, Shields, of Wevaco, spent Xmas with his mother. Miss len Payne, of Charleston, is spending a few days with her sis- ter, Mrs, Kate Waddy, ‘Miss Rhoda Wilson teacher in Charleston spent Xmas with her OO Miss Hattie Peters, of Charleston, spent a few days with Miss Rhoda Wilson, seat Rath, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Wilson, is very ill at this writing, A very delightful time was had ‘by the young people at a reception given by the young men’s glee club. Rey. D. Stratton is spending a few days with his family this week, A new barBer shop has been open- ed on main St, by 'T. R. Roache. Bernard Jones and Elbert Davis lett Mondgy for Columbus, ‘The K. of P. elected the following offices Tuesday night: °C) ¢. Joe ‘Taylor, V. C, Howard Hale, P. Sam Williams, M. of EB. Rev, J. W. Rob- inson, K. of R. S.J. B. Hall, M. of FJ.A. Shields, Mat A, Lewis Hurt, 1, G, B., Jones, 0. G., R.A. Neal. LABOR CONTRACT LAW. Under Which Negroes Were Held in Peonage, is Declared Void, Washington, Jan. 3—The fight Of the federal government to have the “Labor Contract” law of Ala- bama declared unconstitutional. was srowned with success today when the Supreme Court of the United States held~the law to be invalid. fhe government claimed the law ra duced hundreds of Negroes to a state akin to peonage. NOTICE. The Cedar Grove Improvement ‘Company, a Corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia, will on the 24th day of January, 1911, between Yes are too precios to be treated by any but the most skilled and cavetul Optician, Kye examina. tion free, eliability is one of the Most valuable assets of a Kod Feweler, We prize the reputation which wo have for “making good. ever buy a watch whieh does not have the back ing of @ reliable manu facturer and an equally reliable dealer, ilverware which looks well when bought may not wear well. Better buy where you can rely on what the dealer tells you, ruth, Truth, and nothing but Truth, is what we want you to Tearn ty ex: pect from ‘The Jeweler & Mix, Optician, 206 Capitol St.,, Charloston, Enoch Smith, President. Sacer L. M, LaFolletto ce-Prests., Edward W. Brightwell, Cashier, ¥* a J. ©. Morrison ————— llloooealalalaaaeee———— Charleston, W. Va. ach CAPITAL STOOK, $250,000.00. ——_——————————————— lle We solicit the accounts of flrms and individuals and give spectal attention to out of town depositors. We pay three percent interést on savings accounts and invite correspondence or personal inter view In regard to opening ap account. . Accounts with this bank canbe opened by Post Office Money Or- der, Express Money Order or Registéred Mail, and will have the same careful attention as if attended to in person. T. W. HALE. 5 B. H. HANKINSON, H. & H. TAILORS OLEANERS, PRESSERS AND MAKERS OF MEN'S CLOTHING, Phone 1386X, ‘ Shop: 428 State Street. CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK HOURS: 8:30 TO 1:30 P.M. A SPECIALTY 2,00 TO 6:00 P. M. | Dr. James B. Brown | Dental Surgeon | Offive: Room 1, K. of P. Bldg. Home Phone 429. 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M., hold their annual meeting at their Hall. at Cedar Grove, “Kanawha County, West Virginia, for the elec- tion of officers and the transaction of any and all business that may come before this meeting. B. B. WAYNESBORO, President, ‘T. W. MARTIN, Secretary. 1-5-3t “ B. H. HANKINSON. §j H. ORS \KERS OF MEN'S CLOTHING. Shop: 428 State Street. ESN m Pa ea yo Sea ace ie Fe STIS SS eae ye Pa a ae ee Tt ae gO Tek WE eee ma : ee Sie es See Sea ers aN aS wat Te ARS CNTR EN or gOS RN negara : SS 2 : ene rat Sea ne eget es ae ™ a =. nies eke EE ete Se Pe een ee RR she abroopta: a ORSAY, SANTARY 8, 018, e-~eanparee--antnianis Len ..0ts..iaen, Rainn a ve Bi PAGE FOUR wa PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ’ BY THD ADVOCATE PUB. Co. “ce, Pythian Building, Charleston, W. Va. Home Phone 923. ‘The Advocate is entered in the Post-office at Charleston, W. Va, as econd class matter. UODEIE NEUEN Drune nen C CTC SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Phree months .........+++++ $0.60 Bit Months 6.6.6. ceeeee ee 100 Ome your ..eecee eee ee eee e 160 sean ian pennenneennnnnntinnnnneeen THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1911. ADAMS COUNTY'S SHAME | The adage, ‘tis an ill wind that blows nobody good, will probably be further confirmed by the disclo- sures of political corruption in Adams County, Ohio Tho male members of the coun- ty's population are engaged for the most part in: agricultural pursuits. ‘The community is rural in the stric- test, sense of the word, there being Dut one railroad and one telegraph ntation, ‘The people are not, how- ever, one whit lower in intellizence than those of the average county in the State or Nation and they are made up of that stock which has con- tributed largely to make the State and the Nation what it is. Yet, it has developed withiv the past-few weeks thai nearly talt, it not more of the four thousand yot- ers of the county have regularly sold their yotes for the past ten years. To secure immunity from imprison- ment they have rushed before the presiding judge in such numbers as to necessitate the opening of court before daybreak and have gladly ac- cepted ag punishment the payment of fines to the amount of the sum they-watially received for their votes, and disfranchisement for five years. Fathors have confessed that they sold the votes of the whole family. Women have admitted that they en- couraged their husbands to become boodlers that they might obtain money for those fineries so dear te the female heart. Preachers ac- knowledged they were aceustomea to supplement the salaries they re- ceived for saving souls by accepting bribes for voting It has been the ¥ogue, heretofore, to limit charges of wholesale bood- Hing to Negro voters. They are dis- franchised in nearly every State South on this pretext. That there were white boodiers was generally conceded, but it was held that they were Comparatively so few im num- bers, their habitt was so restrictea to the slums of the cities, thetr status so low—the toughs and other undersireables, that it were no ex- aggeration to say the white race is free from this particular form ot political corruption. ‘The developments in Adams coun- ty call for a reversal of opinion. They do not exonerate the Negro, but they do show that “there. are othe:s, thar the color of the skin neither prohibits a man from not incites him to the commission of any particular brand of crime. On broad ethical grountis Adams County's shame is to be deplored, but whe knows that it may not prove a bless- ing in disguise, a blessing both to lia acas Bos cipeaea Mouaah- Nig wes CRE SCOTCHING THE SNAKE. The confidence of the Negro peo: ple in the United States Supreme Court as an unprejudiced body will he considerably inereased by the decision of that ivibunal in the ease arising vnder an infraction of Ala- bama’s contract labor law. ‘The law provides tat if a lahor- er with intent to defraud enterea into a contract to labor for another and quit before money advanced under the contract had been repaid he should be guilty of a misdemean- or. The quitting was made by the law a prima facie presumption of in- tent to defraud Under this law labor in Alabawa’s rural distvicts was virtual peonase The ignorant black makes his mark on a contract bindine himself for a year, is given credit in provisions in excess of his low wages aud finds himself at the end of iweive months if he does not attempt to quit soon. er, bound to his employer by chains though invisable. still almost a: strong as those Abaham Lineott broke The Supreme Court heid that the law in operation furnished a eon venient instrument for the conpeins which the constitution and the y« of Congress forbid; and thar it wa: “an instrument. of compu! sior peenliarly effective as against thy voor and the ignorant. its mos Dikely vietims.” The provisions of the constitutio and laws designed to secure endur ing poosperity which depended upo freedom of contract, “wonld soon come @ barren form,” said Judg: Hughes. "Ir tt were possible (oes tablish a statutory presumption ot this sort and to hold over the heads of laborers the thveat of punishment for crime, under the name of frana but merely ypon evidence of failure to work ont their debts” ‘The court has interpreted, but who is sanguine enough to hope, who has sufficient contideuace in) human nature to believe thar the lot of the ignorant, credalous Negro laborers Will he benefitted by the execution of their interpretation? Public sentt- ment where these labor laws were enacted believes that they are not ouly right, but necessary, and until the employer experiences a change of head and heart or the employe is educated to his rights, peonage In this or some ‘other form will con- tinue. The gnake is simply scotched. —— FLAPDOODLE. : With inverted column rules The Chicago Defender, last week express- ed itself as “In sacred memory o1 200 lynched heroes of the United States."" There ts no sensible, law-abiding citizen either colored or white who does not condemn the American in- stitution of lynching, and it is equal- ly safe to say that each one of this class will view with pity, If not with derision, the manner in which The Defender exhibits its attitude. ‘There may have been here and there among the two hundred whom The Defender mourns a hero, but to so classify the whole lot is flapdoodle rot, punk—a flagrant case of thac form of exaggeration and misstate- ment of facts on account of the ex- cessive use of which by a few the Negro press is an object of scorn and laughter, We are putting on entirely too many frills and making too many pretenses. Our parades are out of all proportion to the show in the big eee | dt fs no uncommon thing to read of “the beautiful young daughter of ‘Mr, Blank? when. in reality, her face would stop any eight day clock The “Rev. Mr. Biblepounder preach- ed a soul-stirring sermon” is the language in which the world is in- formed of an effort at pulpit oratory which does violence to every known rule of grammar, shetoric and logic. Many of our papers convert a com- fortable six-room cottage into a palatial residence, and an ordinary human being living into a consis- tent Christian dead. Once let the subject break through ihe crust of ediorcity and Webster's Univer- sal Dictionary does not contain x superlative which some of us wit Not seize upon with avidity to praise his virwues, or denounce his faults, The Advocate subserides cheer- fully to the policy of giving te Devil his due, bus it believes in hold- ing back the big Words to describe his bis achievements; else how can we differentiate between his snateh- ing a pocket books and seuttling a chip? ‘The Defender and papers ot its like need a governor to prevent the editorial engine from running through itself, They should semem- ber tha; excessive praise makes for ridicule, and habitual exaggeration qualifies for the Annanias club, UNITE OR ELSE! The Republican papers and leaders are advising the eradication of fac- lionalism and preaching the doctiine of unity, and have been since the Waterloo of November Wighth, but the dove of peace is yet a mere speck In the empyrean and harmony pre- vaileth not One needs look neither far nor long for the cause of the failure of their efforts. ‘The trouble is that cach wants the re-alignment to be made by his own little plans and Specifications. ‘The gravity of the situation has not impressed itself upon then to the extent that thes are willins 10 give as well as take: they have not yet come to realize that there can be no getting to- Sether without mutual concessions. To tk about a new State Com: mille is but & poor attempt to shit responsibility, ‘The Stare Commit. teo is a creature in the image of its erealor—the Republican party of [the Stare, Let the leaders of the harty set their houses in order, the committee question will soon be ad- justed SENATOR ELKINS AS The Advocate Bors to press the sad intelligence contes from the Capi of the Nation tha: Senator Fikins’ sands of life are ebbing slowly and soon his soul will vetnen lo the God that gave it The people of West Virsinia have been steeling themselves azainst ine! such a Mow since conflicting reports OL his condition followed so fast one Won anomner, They have learned that when ettempts are made to con real the trne state of the healih o personages in bigh places, there js imminent danger, 95 Students registered at the | West , Virginia Colored Institute. in, the Fall term of 1910." Ten States and Africa were represented. , he Winter Term Begins Jan. 4th, 1914 SS = THES Is the largest and best equipped school in the state for the education of the Negro Youths. 14 courses offered. The school is in the most flourishing Negro community in the state. Healthful climate. No Saloons. ‘ For further information address BYRD PRILLERMAN, Pres. Institute, West Virginia lose its senion Senator. A man of exceptions ability the peerof-ans of his colleagues, he made for him- self and the State a place in ay counetls “of the Nation which” witt not be easily filed. The time is too short, the space too limited to make a proper esti- mate at this time of the man and his work. Let it sullice now to say that ‘The Advocate mourns with the suricken family and the State bereay- ed of its greatest representative. ——_+-___ SAVES TWO LIVES. “Neither omy sister nor myselt might be living today, if it had not heen for Dr, King’s New Discovery" writes A. BD, McDonald of Payette- ville, N.C. 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Bishop Coppin, Rev. | John Hurst, financial ceeretary of the A MoE. chureh: Rev, B. ¥- Watson, secretary of the Church Extension Moard, and other notables are ex- pected to attend the opening services which have been planned on an elaborate scale, : Gethel Church is one.of the old- est in the conntry, and — contends with Bethel Church, Philadelphia, for the honor of being the oldest A M. E. Chureh SOLVES A DEEP MYSTERY. “To want to thank you from the hottom of my heart.” wrote CB. Rader, of Lewisburg, W. Va., “for the wonderful double benefit 1 got from Kleetrie Bitters, in curing me trouble and of rienumatism, from which [had been an almost helpless gutferer for ten rearn, IL sulted. ap ease as though made just for me." Nor dyspepsia, indigestion, jaundice ind to rid the system of kidney poisons that cause rheumatism Blectrie Bitters has no equal, Try them, Every bottle is gnaranteed to satisfy. Only 30. at all drugeistss VeSeAt ie The Copper Interests to Consolidate New York, Jan, 5.—What is re- garded in financial elrcles ax another step toward the eventual consolida- tion of the several large groups of copper interests was taken today. When the stockholders of the Ameri- can Smelting and Refining company Met to authorize an increase of cape ital stock from $100,099.000 to $115,000,000, iu order to convert You Will Find Us| in Our New Location at 103 Capitol Street. READY FORBUSINESS LIBERTY | CREDIT COMPANY, Home Phone 1063 Open Evenings J the newly authorized $15,600,000 0! ber cent debenture bonds of the | America metter Securitics eom- pany. —+-___. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK New York, aJn. 5+ Former Prosi- dent Roosevelt will be the chief speaker at the annual banquet of the Peiiodical Publishers’ Asvocin- tion of America, 10 be Kiven tomor- row night at the | Waldorf-Astoria, Fhe other speakers will include Representative Champ Clark, Fran cis Jo -Heney-of San Francisco, and Vishop Williams of Detroit ALDRICH SOW THE GOVERNOR Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 5.—Simple ceremonies marked the inangura- tion of Chester H. Aldrich as gover- nor of Nebraska today. ‘There was even less formality in the change of other State officers. A public recep- tion was held at the State Honse, but the customary —inangural ball Was omitted out of deference to the wishes of the new governor, Big Real Estate Deal in County of Wayne Williamson, W. Va., Jan. 5.—One of the biggest réal estate deals made ‘uot eon completed tw. WWhEATRO Oy Attorney Harry Scherr and Ik. B. Go- ings, acting for local people. and the owners of the Twelve Pole Coal & Iron company. The pronerty con: veyed consists of about 6,000 acres of valuable, coat, off and was lands cll field, The eonslderation seas tn the neighborhood of $30,000. The purchasers have organized the Weho Oil and Gas company foy the purpose of developing the prop. erty toroll and. Ran and. the: tgauil A be watched with considerable interest in this section, as there has already been considerable gas devel- opment in the neighborhood. Orig- inally the land was thought to be yafnable only for its coal deposits, + TEXAS FIELD TRIALS. Taylor, Texas, Jan, 5,—The ans nual field trials of the Texas itreed- ers’ Club began today on the Stiles ranch, near this city. The rosa of the meet extends over two days, with the Derby stake and the allege stake as the principal events. ee Saal — SAXE-WEDLAR CELEBRATES | Rerlin, Jan. 5.—A dispateh trom Weimar-says that-a general holiday was observed throughout Saxe Wei mar today in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the accession of Grand bay William Ernest to the throne. The Grand Duke, who is exceedingly popular with all classes of his sub- suceeded his grandfather, the late Grand Duke Charles Alexander, on January 5, 1911, when he was but twenty-five years of age. Ten year Combinaion Scuberpiton Cerificate of Membership as devis- ed by he American Werk- menFraternal Insurance Company,of Washing on, D.C., one of ahemot lib- eral, strongest and reli- ble fraternal instituts tions in the field. For further pariculars see D.E.V. JORDAN, BEN. AGENT FORW.VA. Office: Thoom 2, K. VP. Building. CHARLESTON, « W. VA, 9-8-4t. Reflexlier EE Ni Dray) . mi co Alen meee | Sara qj . FISTS No. 4 Special Buggy only $65.00 HIGHEST GRADE tom racToRY To week : C. R. PATTERSON & SONS, GREENFIELD, OHIO. {RGBsT,, nedno CARRIAGE CONCHRN IN Sits RindO GEL HEL. HENRY T. M'DONALD, N, 0. BRACKET, President ‘Treasurer. Harper’s Ferry, W. Va —Founded in 1867— Moro than 490 men and women havo graduated here. The oldest School in the state for Colored students, Magnificent location. Wleva tion high. Remarkably healthful.» Ample buildings. — THRI2 NEW BUILDINGS BEING ADDED TO OU K PLANT THIS XHAR, ‘The resus lar faculty of sictoen highly educat ed, earnest teachers does not Inclede assistants, Our Library catalogued according to the Dewey System, is one of. the largest in the state. FIRS! GRADE CERTIFICATE § ARE GRANTED TO 'THOSH MEM« BERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASSES WHO ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Storer is interdenominational in its faculty and student body. Its whole influenco is toward Christian living. Literary Societies, Christian Organizations, Musical Clubs, Bands and Sano Athletics. COURSES: Academic, State Normal, Industrial, Muste: For Wlustraced catalogue and other printed matter write to The President | of Charleston é 7 , With Resources of a : _ Million Dollars ; : WANTS YOUR ACCOUNT’ : Skyscraper Building : Kanawha and Capitol Streets THREE PER GENT INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS The Light Store 500 Candle Power Light at cost of one cent per day COMMENCING WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 4th. AN EXCEPTIONAL JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE AND WILL CONTINUE FOR 30 DAYS THE REASON for this sale is, that we want to draw out stock in its season, prudence, wisdom and 20th century store keeping demand it. Pack winter clothing away until next winter?—not us—our grandfathers did that, but not the aggressive merchant of today. There's no mistake about our reduction, no juggling with prices. The reputation of this store demands that, and insures your satisfaction. In every garment you'll find the regular ticket with its regular marked price. You Will Find On Sale a Large Stock of Men's Suits, Men's Overcoats, Men's Odd Pants To Fit Your Purse and Person Take Off 20 PER CENT For Cash AND YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT SAVING If you wish to save money in buying Boys' Long Pants Suits, Boys' Knee Pants Suits, Boys' Nice Overcoats, Children's Overcoats, Children's Knee Pants. Take Advantage of This Sale A revolution in medical teachings number of cases, the changes which RELIABLE CLOTHIERS MEDICAL ADVANCE In no field during the past year has human progress been more marked than in medical discovery and advancement. If we were to except the discovery of the circulation of the blood by Harvey (1628), vaccination by Jenner (1798), and the progressive discovery of anaesthetics now used in surgery, it could confidently be said that the advance in medical knowledge and practice since 1879 has been greater than the sum total of medical knowledge in all the preceding history of the world, for it must be remembered that very little remains of medical teaching that is more than a century old. During 1910 it has been made known that Dr. Ehrlich, of Frankfurt, Germany, has discovered a specific for one of the worst diseases that human flesh is heir to. The remedy is not only known by the name of the discoverer, but also by the name "606." Dr. Ehrlich having made 605 experiments prior to the successful one. It is based upon the principle of a poison that is fatal to the parasite, while at the same time producing no injurious effect upon the person. Fifty years ago medical books made no distinction between the two diseases which accompany vice. Today they are known to be as different in their characteristics and manifestations as typhoid fever is from smallpox. Twenty-five years ago reputable physicians almost everywhere refused to treat, except in rare instances, those infected with the diseases which accompany vices, and medical books and medical schools taught next to nothing on these subjects. The afflicted were left a helpless prey to quacks and imposters. A revolution in medical teachings number FRANKENBERGER & CO. and practice began in 1879 when Dr. Albert Neisser, of Breslau, Germany, discovered the germ of gonorrhea. Since then, the microscope has disclosed the fact that a very large percentage of all the surgical operations, both upon men and women, are due to this germ. The infection, instead of being simple and easy to cure, has been found to be not only one of the most difficult, but also one of the most dangerous that afflicts humanity. Instead of the medical indifference of twenty-five years ago, every competent physician today is constantly on the alert in the treatment of all classes of diseases and with patients in every grade of society, for the microscope has disclosed the fact that the disease which accompany vice have so thoroughly permeated society, as to be almost omnipresent. The announcement, therefore, during the past year that Dr. Ehrlich has found a specific which is working marvelous results in the apparent cure of that form of venereal infection which might properly be called the "Jeproys of lust," has awakened universal interest. The bright yellow powder, put up in vacuum tubes is known not only as "606," but by the unpronounceable name of Bloxydlamidoarsenobenzol. Before being injected under the skin, into the muscles or into the circulation, this powder is converted into a liquid solution. Dr. Ehrlich has supplied numerous hospitals in different parts of the world with experimental quantities, several thousand cases have been treated, and while a few have died, some have not been benefited, and others have subsequently released yet in a surprisingly large Take Off 20 PER CENT For Cash AND YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT SAVING have been wrought, even in a few days by a single injection of "C0G," have seemed, even to the most ardent advocates of the new remedy, little less than marvelous. The short period which has elapsed is altogether inadequate to estimate the real value of the new discovery. It has already been found that, at least during its experimental stage, persons whose vital organs are seriously affected by other diseases cannot safely be treated for syphilis with this specific. Even with those who after treatment seem to have lost all visible manifestations of the disease, it is impossible to say whether the cure is permanent. While all indications seem to look in that direction, yet judicious, careful physicians remember the results with remedies which promised similar benefits, where immunity was followed by the saddest consequences. In a few instances the injection seems to be attended with little physical disturbance, while in the majority of cases, conditions which awaken the apprehension of the patient, and sometimes also of the physician himself, may extend over several days or a couple of weeks, and sometimes even a longer period. With the intelligent, the ravages wrought by the disease have always been regarded as the strongest deterrent to entering upon a life or vice. What the first and later effects of the knowledge that now a remedy has been found which seems to be a specific in most instances, is going to be upon the conduct of those who are not restrained by a strong moral sense, is a question of vital moment and tremendous importance to all who have at heart the welfare of the state, the security of the home, and the progress of the cause of human betterment. The value of the new discovery is greatly enhanced by the use of a serum which was discovered months earlier by Dr. Wassermann, which enables the physician to determine the presence of syphilitic germs. If, when tested, the experiment shows a "positive reaction," it is an unmistakable proof of the presence of the infection. If a negative reaction is secured it does not, however, prove that the patient is free from infection, for a second or third test may subsequently disclose the presence of the germs. The disclosures which are made by the use of the Wasserman reaction are most interesting. At the institution at Mount Hope, near Baltimore, there were 262 insane patients; of these, a syphilitic history was secured only in eight cases. The Wassermann reaction test was applied and 86 per cent. of the remaining number, who had denied all syphilitic infection, were proven to be infected. In Europe the Wassermann reaction test was made upon a hundred dissolute women. While only one outward manifestations of infection at the time of examination, yet it was shown that from 83 to 89 per cent. were at the time, or had previously been infected. The Wassermann reaction has also compelled the complete recasting of the former medical teaching that a woman who married a man infected, might herself escape, even if her child was infected in its inception, if she herself did not receive the infection from the child during the period of its nursing. The Wassermann reaction has disclosed the fact that the mother of every infected child is herself infected, even though the disease may be latent in her instance. What these revelations promise for social betterment during this new decade upon which we are now entering, can only be foretold by those who reckon with the fact that thousands of women all over this country in the organizations of the if you wish to save money in buying Boys' Long Pants Suits, Boys' Knee Pants Suits, Boys' Nice Overcoats, Chitdren's Overcoats, Children's Knee Pants. Women's Christion Temperance Union, women's clubs and other associations, have come to know something of the measure of invalidism, mutilation and death suffered by innocent, unoffending wives and children by the widespread prevalence of the diseases which accompany vice, and who are today discussing the subjects of gonorrhea and syphilis with the same unreserve which they do when speaking of chickenpox and whooping cough. These women flave, and are more and more setting themselves for the protection of the home against these awful scourges. They are demanding that the facts be made known and the public be made intelligent. More than any other class, it is the women who today are beginning to raise their voices against the laws that in most states are framed solely to shield and protect men who introduce infection into their own homes, and who expose the innocent and unoffending at drinking fountains, in restaurants, and indeed in all the ordinary contacts of life. These women are set for the accomplishment of such changes in the laws as will require the reporting of the disease which accompany vice to the boards of health, and the requiring of such precautionary measures as are now imposed in cases of scarlet fever, smallpox, and all other contagious diseases. They are set for the abolition of the laws which make it a crime for a physician to disclose even to an anxious inquiring parent, who seeks to save a daughter from disease and death through marriage to an infected man—laws which do not even allow a physician to give testimony in a court of law against those whom he personally knows to be diseased. Not to believe in the accomplishment of all this, and more, before the close of this new decade, is only possible to one who has not marked what has been wrought during the Take Advantage of This Sale OUTFITTERS FROM HEAD TO FOOT first decade of this new century, and who does not have faith in what the men of an intelligent public will do, if not for themselves, nevertheless for the protection of their homes, of their wives and of their sons and their daughters. State House News It is not likely that report of the finding of the court martial before which the case of Lieutenant Leo E. Dannemiller was heard Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, will be made for several weeks. The court was composed of thirteen members, all of whom were officers in the regular army. A number of officers of the West Virginia national guard were summoned as witnesses, twelve of them from this city having been among the number. The conduct of Lieut Dannemiller at Gettysburg and at Hinton was the subject of most of the investigation, the charge having been made that he had been disgracefully drunk while on duty at both points. The national guard officers from this State were given but little consideration by the regular army officers and there was some ill feeling between the two. In fact, one of the witnesses from this city, after one of the United States officers began to question his ability as a professional man, retorted to the effect that the charges applied to Lieut. Dannemiller would very aptly fit nearly all the members of the court. It is said to have been evident that a number of the members of the court had been disrupting before they assembled as a court and bore the marks very plainly during the early hours of the hearing. It is the assumption of nearly all the witnesses who have returned and who cared to express their opinions that Lieut. Dannemiller will be vindicated. The charges originated from United States army sources. Fifteen Miners Injured. During the month of December, fifteen miners were injured in the Fairmont coal region and taken to the Miners' Hospital No. 3 at Fairmont for treatment. No deaths were reported by Dr. J. W. McDonald, the superintendent of the hospital, as none were fatally injured. At the Monongah mine three men were injured during the month and two of them were hurt at the Chiefton mine. At the department of mines the report was received yesterday, showing that the majority of those injured were foreigners, although several of the names are evidently those of Americans. Mine accidents all over the State are fewer now than ever before during the period of extensive operations. Greater precautions are taken by the operators and the mines are in better condition for the safety of the miners and others employed inside. BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Oswego, N. Y., Jan. 5. —Teams of basketball players from many points have gathered here to participate in the national basketball championships of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States. The tournament is to last three days and is conducted under the auspices of the Oswego Normal Athletic Association. ROBERT BASS INAUGURATED Concord, N. H., Jan. 5. —Robert P. Bass was today inaugurated as governor of New Hampshire. At the same time the other State officers-elect took the oath of office. The address of Governor Bass was devoted, wholly to matters of State interest. OPENING OF WEST VIRGINIA'S FINEST MARKET HOUSE FINEST COMPARATIVELY FEW CITIES LATES THE TEMPERATURE AS BY WHICH ICE IS MADE AT A MARKET COULD BE MADE ON A BY THE OLD METHOD OF A MARKET COULD BE MADE ON BY THE NEW METHOD OF TION SYSTEM, WE CAN REGULATING TEMPERATURE JUST AS WE ED BY A METAL PIPE. WHAT THAT MEANS THAT NOT ONLY AT A SANITARY DEGREE OF CO PRODUCTS IN OUR INSIDE DISI ALL KEPT, ALL THE TIME, AT TOUCH THE PIPES SURGUL FRIGERATION PLANT MEANS T AND EXPLAIN FULLY ITS WORK WE GIVE WE SELL WE MAKE OUR PRICES COMPARATIVELY Few CITIES IN THE COUNTRY CAN BOAST A MEAT MARKET WHICH REGULATES THE TEMPERATURE AS DESIRED IN EVERY PART BY PRECISELY THE SAME METHOD BY WHICH ICE IS MADE AT A FACTORY. BY THE OLD METHOD OF REDUCING THE TEMPERATURE, BY APPLYING A PIECE OF ICE, A MARKET COULD BE MADE COOL IN SPOTS ONLY, AS IN THE REFRIGERATOR ROOM. BY THE NEW METHOD OF REDUCING THE TEMPERATURE BY A COMPLETE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, WE CAN REGULATE THE DEGREE OF HEAT OR COLD UP OR DOWN FROM FREEZING TEMPERATURE JUST AS WE PLEASE IN ANY PART OF THE MARKET THAT CAN BE REACHED BY A METAL PIPE. WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU THAT MEANS THAT NOT ONLY THE PRODUCTS KEPT IN OUR COLD STORAGE ROOM WILL BE AT A SANITARY DEGREE OF COLD, BUT THAT THE PRODUCTS SHOWN IN OUR WINDOW, THE PRODUCTS IN OUR INSIDE DISPLAY CASE, AND EVEN THE PRODUCTS ON OUR COUNTER, ARE ALL KEPT, ALL THE TIME, AT SUCH A TEMPERATURE AS TO BE FREE FROM INFECTION. TOUCH THE PIPES SURGUNGING OUR COUNTER AND YOU WILL REALIZE WHAT OUR REFRIGERATION PLANT MEANS TO YOU, OR, BETTER STILL, LET US SHOW YOU OVER THE PLANT AND EXPLAIN FULLY ITS WORKINGS. WE WILL TAKE PLEASURE IN DOING SO. MAKE PRICES WE WOULD KEEP A BET IS NO BETTER MADE. WE PRODUCTS, WHICH WE O POUND, BUT WE PREFER ABLE PRICE. OUR LIST OF REGULAR I MOST CAREFUL BUYERS VALLEY. WE ARE PROU MEN WHO Know What They Buy and WE FIND IT EASIEST TO OURMETHODS WE WANT YOUR TRADE. HOLZ MEATS, FISH AMES ORIGINAL WE WANT YOUR TRADE. OUR ONLY METHOD OF GIVE US A HOLZ BRO MEATS, FISH, OYSTERS AN 713 VIRGINIA WE WANT YOUR TRADE. OUR ONLY METHOD OF SECURING IT IS TO BE WORTHY OF IT HOLZ BROTHERS MEATS, FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME SUPPLIES 713 VIRGINIA STREET HATS At Half Price! We have remaining a few one of which must go. Months of winter remain ing the same hat for months. Here is your opportunity to real value of the trimming alone SAHLEY, GEOR DRY GOODS AND. Entrances: 11 Capitol Street an the hage remaining a few trimmed and pattern hats which must go. months of winter remain and you are already tired of same hat for months. there is your opportunity to get a new one at less value of the trimming alone. HLEY, GEORGE & BSHAH DRY GOODS AND LADIES FURNISHINGS places: 11 Capitol Street and 720 Kanawha Street. We hage remaining a few trimmed and pattern hats every one of which must go. Months of winter remain and you are already tired of wearing the same hat for months. Here is your opportunity to get a new one at less than the real value of the trimming alone. SAHLEY, GEORGE & BSHARAH DRY GOODS AND LADIES FURNISHINGS Entrances: 11 Capitol Street and 720 Kanawha Street. CHARLESTON CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. Maude Viney, Esther Fulks, Aristes Johnson; Messrs. T. G. Nutter, Geo. Stuart, T. W. Randolph, Endam UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1990 INDIA 0444 AMERICA 0117 INDIA 0444 AMERICA 0117 Sperry & Hutchinson Green Trading Stamps LIKE EVERY OTHER RETAILER, WE APPRECIATE CASH TRADE, AND WE KNOW NO BETTER WAY OF SHOWING OUR APPRECIATION THAN BY OFFERING THE GREEN STAMPS, THE VALUE OF WHICH IS, SO WELL RECOGNIZED WHEREVER THEY ARE KNOWN. OF EVERY KIND, EVERY PIECE OF WHICH, BOTH ON FOOT AND AT THE ABBATOUR, HAS PASSED THE MOST RIGID INSPECTION AND HAS BEEN HANDLED IN THE MOST SANITARY MANNER. Fish and Game THAT HAS BEEN PROTECTED DURING SHIPMENT BY THE MOST PERFECT MODERN METHODS OF REFRIGERATION. Supplies, Including Vegetables, in Season, Butter, Eggs. AND MANY PICKLED, CANNED AND EOTTLED PRODUCTS Specialty of Star Ham and Bacon WE WOULD KEEP A BETTER BRAND IS NO BETTER MADE. WE MIGHT KNOW PRODUCTS, WHICH WE COULD OFFEPOUND, BUT WE PREFER TO GIVE YEABLE PRICE. OUR LIST OF REGULAR PATRONS INC. MOST CAREFUL BUYERS OF CHARLES VALLEY. WE ARE PROUD OF THE PATRON WHO Know What They Buy and What They WE FIND IT EASIEST TO SATISFY SUCH THE LABORING MAN'S SILVER IS, COUABLE TO US AS THE RICH MAN'S GO Uniform Price and Uniform Courtes DEFINES OUR POLICY. A CHILD'S OF CAREFUL CONSIDERATION THANTHA YEARS AND JUDGMENT. OUR ONLY METHOD OF SECURING IT GIVE US A TRIAL Z BROTH HIGH, OYSTERS AND GAMES VIRGINIA STRE WE WOULD KEEP A BETTER BRAND IF WE COULD, BUT THERE IS NO BETTER MADE. WE MIGHT KEEP SECOND OR THIRD RATE PRODUCTS, WHICH WE COULD OFFER AT A EW CENTS LESS PER POUND, BUT WE PREFER TO GIVE YOU THE BEST AT A REASONABLE PRICE. OUR LIST OF REGULAR PATRONS INCLUDES THE NAMES OF THE MOST CAREFUL BUYERS OF CHARLESTON AND THE KANAWAHVA VALLEY. WE ARE PROUD OF THE PATRONAGE OF MEN AND WO-MEN WHO Know What They Buy and What They Pay For It WE FIND IT EASIEST TO SATISFY SUCH CUSTOMERS. THE LABORING MAN'S SILVER IS, COMPARATIVELY, JUST AS VALUABLE TO US AS THE RICH MAN'S GOLD. Uniform Price and Uniform Courtesy DEFINES OUR POLICY. A CHILD'S ORDER RECEIVES EVEN MORE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION THANTHAT OF A PERSON OF MATURE YEARS AND JUDGMENT. new trimmed and pattern hats every and you are already tired of wear- to get a new one at less than the no. RGE & BSHARAH O. LADIES FURNISHINGS and 720 Kanawha Street. Green, J. A. Jackson, Drs. C. H. Gray, J. B. Brown and B. P. Brownley. The Priscillas Receive. The Priscilla Art club entertained a few friends Monday at the home of Miss UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 100 YEARS AGO CITY OF WESTMINSTER MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK U.S. POSTAL CODE Lillian Taylor , Washington St. Their guests were: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fornéy, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Misses Hazel Lucas, Bessie Taylor, Estella James, Virginia Gilmer, Lucinda Williams, Esther Fulks, Cornelia Davis, Aristis Johnson, Lillian Taylor, Mary Preston and Maude Viney; Messrs. T. W. Randolph, Edward James, T. G. Uutter, Chas Payne, B. P. Brownley and J. B. Brown. Entertains With Whist.—Mrs. M. J. Hazelwood delightfully entertained with cards Thursday afternoon between the hours of 3 and 7 in honor of her house guest, Miss Estelle Kennedy, of Washington, Miss Maude Viney served the punch and Mrs. Claude Lowry and Mrs. W. O. Terry assisted in the dining room. Those playing were Misses Mary Preston, Lucinda Williams, Aristes Johnson, Hazel Lucas, Amelia Wilcher, Esther Fulks, Amanda Gamble, Cornelia Davis, Maude Viney, Lula Gee, Galliopolis, Estella James, Mesdames Jael Taylor, Russell Forney, Jno. Campbell, W. O. Terry, Alpheus Byrd, Fred Huskins C. H. James, Floyd Morris, Russel Forney, J. W. Viney, Chas. Stephenson, J. M. Carper and Chris Campbell. A Delightful Time.—Mrs. J. W. Viney entertained Friday afternoon from 3 to 7 with whist in honor of her house guest, Miss Gee, at her home on Jacob St. Seven tables were in play and quite a delightful time was spent. She was assisted in the dining room by Miss Maude JANUARY-MARK DOWN SALE HEAVY SUITS, OVERCOATS, HATS, FOR MEN AND BOYS This Merchandise must be turned into CASH AT ONCE, therefore, we have cut the prices down so low that the greatest opportunity is offered to the public to buy fine clothing at a saving of from 20 to 40 per cent on original prices. Suit Specials at 8.45 One.lot Odds and Ends, all good styles. During this sale $8.45 Men's Suits and $15 Men's Suits and Overcoats... $18 Men's Suits and Overcoats... $20 Men's Suits and Overcoats... $25 Men's Suits and Overcoats... HEN One Price Clot and Overcoats overcoats.....$11.95 overcoats.....$14.40 overcoats.....$15.95 overcoats.....$19.95 NRY Clothier Men's Suits and Overcoats $15 Men's Suits and Overcoats.....$11.95 $18 Men's Suits and Overcoats.....$14.40 $20 Men's Suits and Overcoats.....$15.95 $25 Men's Suits and Overcoats.....$19.95 HENRY SMITH officers of Hiram lodge No. 26 and Bright Hope lodge No. 12, A. F. & A. M. Dr. B. A. Critchlow arrived here yesterday to spend a few days with his family. Mrs. Fred Page and Miss Ivory Woods, of Kanawha City, spent Christmas week with Miss Cordelia Wanzer, Donnally St. Misses Nina Clinton and Esella ARE YOU WORKING FOR MONEY? OR IS YOUR MONEY WORKING FOR YOU? PYTHIAN MUTUAL INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION Viney and Mrs. Robert Hamlin, Those present were: Mesdames Chris Campbell, Jno. Campbell, Floyd Morris, Russell Forney, Alpheus Byrd, M. J. Hazelwood, R. A. James, Chas. Preston, Millard Ulen, Claude Lowry, Robt. Hamlin, W. O. Terry, Jos. Taylor, Chas. Stephenson; Misses Amelia Wilcher Lillian Taylor, Estelle Kennedy Washington, Mary Preston, Cornelia Davis, Virginia Gilmer, Bessie Taylor, Estella James, Lucinda Williams, Aristes Johnson, Esther Fulks and Amanda Gamble. LOCALS AND PERSONALS Prof. an Mrs. J. M. Arter left Saturday for Hill Top, accompanied by Luther Peters, who will attend school at the Seminary. Miss Ella Gee, of Pittsburg, Pa., is the guest of Miss Lucy Smith, Fry St. Mrs. Jos. Matz and W. H. Phelps, of Pocahontas, Va., were in the city this week. Mrs. Jos. Matz and W. H. Phelps, of Pocahontas., Va., were in the city this week. Chanticler Puffs at Mrs. Brown's 500 Capitol St. Mrs. Malinda Ford has returned to her home at Ashland, Ky., after a pleasant visit here to her mother and other relatives. Mrs. Thos. O'Connor \ returned Wednesday to her home at Red Sulphur Springs. A. W. Short, an attorney, of Louisville, Ky., was here Monday night on his way to Fayette county, where he will probably locate for the practice of his profession. Miss Estelle Kennedy, the Christmas week guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hazelwood, returned to her home at Washington, D. C., Monday evening. During her short stay, Miss Kennedy made a large number of friends who will welcome her early return. The Loyal Union met with Mrs. Abbie Campbell, McCormick St. Monday evening. The next regular meeting will be held with Mrs. J. J. Caul, Welch St. Mrs. W. O. Terry leaves tomorrow for a week's visit to friends at Cincinnati, O. Misses Katie Wakefield and Ella Winton entertained with a six o'clock dinner Messrs. R. C. Meiver and Gillmore. Thursday evening. John Reed and Silas Morris, of Cedar Grove, were business visitors here last week. Mrs. Hussie Meadows and Miss Minnie Peters spent a part of last week at Cedar Grove with friends. Mrs. Ellen Goode, Misses Ollie Coleman, Ellza Dickerson and Lennie Collins spent the Christmas week with relatives and friends at Raymond City. I, M. Carper went to Montgomery, Tuesday night, and installed the $3.50 Stetson ..... $2.85 $3.00 Special ..... $2.55 $2.00 Guaranteed ..... $1.60 Special on Boys' Hats at ..... 85c vercoats $11.95 $14.40 $15.95 $19.95 Boy's S $3.00 Boy's s $4.00 Boy's s $5.00 Boy's s $6.50 Boy's s RY SN quier 22 DE YOU WORKING If you are working and saving your money and putting it in a bank where you get no interest, keeping it in a trunk or hiding it some where about your house—You Are Working for Money. If you are working and saving your money and investing it in a safe way, where it will be working day and night whether you are working or not, and making you at least six per cent. interest—Your Money is Working For You. The Pythian Mutual Investment Association was organized in order to give us an opportunity to put the money we could save together and then put it to work. The above is a picture of our building on the Capitol Square in Charleston. We have just purchased a splendid three story brick building on one of the main business streets in the city of Huntington. The first floor is occupied by the Huntington Herald, the largest daily newspaper published in that section of the state, the second floor is used for office rooms, while the third floor is a large assembly and lodge hall. This building is sure to pay us well. After the Charleston building had been occupied only eight months our stockholders were paid a dividend or six per cent. Stock is still on sale at $10.00 per share, either paid up or on the installment plan. Ask your agent in your locality about it or write to this office. Boy's Suits a $3.00 Boy's suits and over $4.00 Boy's suits ond over $5.00 Boy's suits and over $6.50 Boy's suits and over SMI 222 Cap Boy's Suits and Overcoats $3.00 Boy's suits and overcoats at.....$2.35 $4.00 Boy's suits ond overcoats at.....$3.10 $5.00 Boy's suits and overcoats at.....$3.95 $6.50 Boy's suits and overcoats at.....$5.20 Greene returned Saturday from their home in Zanesville, O., where they spent the holidays. Mrs. Fred Payne, of Middleport, O., is the guest of Mrs. G. E. Wanzer, Donnally St. T. W. Randolph spent Sunday in Barboursville and Huatington. Mrs. Tyler Jones is seriously ill at her home on Donnally St. G. E. Ferguson, Dewitt Meadows, HATS ARY DOWN SALE JUARY 7, 1911 ON ALL FOR MEN AND BOYS ONCE, therefore, we have ity is offered to the public cent on original prices. Suit Special at $6.60 Special Lot of $10.00 and $12.00 Suits, odd sizes, good values, during this Sale $6.60 its and Overcoats its and overcoats at.....$2.35 its ond overcoats at.....$3.10 its and overcoats at.....$3.95 its and overcoats at.....$5.20 MITH 2 Capitol Street 222 Capitol Street G FOR MONEY? WORKING FOR YOU? tting it in a bank where you get no interest, keep-house—You Are Working for Money. tending it in a safe way, where it will be working you at least six per cent. interest—Your organized in order to give us an opportunity to put work. The above is a picture of our building on used a splendid three story brick building on one. The first floor is occupied by the Huntington section of the state, the second floor is used for lodge hall. This building is sure to pay us only eight months our stockholders were paid a up or or on the installment plan. Ask your WORK FOR YOU ILL INVESTMENT ATION --- THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1911. Daniel Ferguson, of Institute, passed through the city Monday en route to Nuttallburg, where they have positions as teachers. Miss Janie Hale, of Winter Park, Fla., was called home Monday by the illness of her mother. Miss Dorcas Wanzer, student at the Blinefield Institute, spent the holidays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Wanzer, Donnally St. WESTON, W. VA.