The Advocate

Green Re-elected S. C. FIERY SPEECHES CHARACTERIZE STRUGGLE, LED BY JOHN MITCHELL, OF VIRGINIA, IN WHICH ADMINISTRATION WINS. Announcement is Made That Supreme Lodge is Prepared to Fight to Last Ditch to Maintain Existence. Membership of Nearly 150,000 reported and Millions Have Been Paid to Widows and Orphans. Parade of Uniform Rank Big Feature. THE ADVOCATE WE CHEERFULLY PUBLISH ALL CRISP NEWS NOTES FROM ALL SECTIONS. VOLUME XI. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 28—Intense enthusiasm was manifested at the meeting of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, at the Pythian Temple, 101 North Senate avenue, Wednesday over the biennial report of Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green, in which the lodge was shown to have had a heathful growth and to have been victorious in several struggles in which all members of the order are interested. The report was detailed and showed that the colored Knights of Pythias have outstripped all other colored organizations in growth. It showed, also, that the Supreme Lodge has won several injunction suits and other litigation that had been brought against it by the Knights of Pythias which admit only white men. Chancellor Green said that the Uniform Rank is growing and that subordinate lodges in other countries are in a prosperous condition. According to the supreme chancellor's report the endowment department of the Supreme Lodge has surplus and every piece of Pythian property is paying property. The temple at Chicago and the sanitarium at Hot Springs, Ark., have proved wise investments, he said. Before the next meeting of the Supreme Lodge, according to the supreme chancellor, the building of a great temple on the State street property at Chicago will be undertaken. Tells of Expenditures Tens of Expenditures. A "sore spot" with the Pythians and the cause of all the mumblings that have been heard is what is known as the "emergency fund," a special tax authorized and levied by the Supreme Lodge for the protection of the rights of the order in the courts. When Mr. Green had finished that part of his report bearing particularly on the expenditures of funds arising under the emergency fund, there was a general expression of satisfaction. The report of the supreme chancellor to the lodge showed that the requirements of a bond for each responsible officer of the order is rigidly enforced. Applause greeted the announcement that a club of men on the Isthmus of Panama would soon be made into a lodge of Knights of Pythias to be affiliated with the Supreme Lodge. Amid great applause Mr. Green announced that the Supreme Lodge is prepared to fight to the last ditch to maintains its rights as Pythians and citizens in the states of Georgia and Tennessee. In both states the cases brought against colored men by white Knights of Pythias have been won and are now pending on appeal, he said. In this connection the total collections up to July 1, 1911, for the purpose of defending these actions at law, amount to $18,964.43. Employ White Attorneys. Employ White Attorneys. The Supreme chancellor touched on the relations existing between the races in the South, pointing out that in every lawsuit that the colored Pythians have had, they have been able to employ the leading white lawyers to defend them. "It, seems," said the supreme chancellor, "that the selection of the leading counsel in our every case serves as a charm to advance him to higher honors in his state." He told how the lawyers for the Mississippi Pythians, Leroy Percy, was elected to the United States Senate; the Governor of Georgia appointed Judge Bell, the Georgia lawyer to a place on the bench; the Alabama counsel was Judge Tyson, a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of that state, and in Tennessee the lawyer for the colored Pythians, M. T. Bryant, was recently a candidate of his party for a place on the Court of Appeals. Associated with those men, he said, was the supreme attorney of the colored Pythians, S. A. T. Watkins of Chicago, assistant corporation counsel. The supreme chancellor gave the following statistics: Twenty-six grand lodges 3,058 subordinate lodges, 142,569 members; valuation of the property owned by the colored Knights of Pythias, $1,500,000, and in the last dozen years, through the several endowment boards of the order, nearly $4,000,000 has been paid the widows and orphans of deceased members. Memorial Service Held. Immediately after the report was finished the lodge adjourned to meet this afternoon after the parade. Memorial exercises were held at the Pythian Temple Tuesday night. Roscoe Cookling Simmons, colored orator and journalist, delivered the address, taking for his subject. "A Black Mississippian." He paid an eloquent tribute to the late John W. Strauther, supreme vice chancellor of the order. Joseph L. Jones, supreme vice chan celor and supreme worthy counselor, made his report to the Supreme Court of Calanthe. Among other things he said, touching upon the fight that THE ADVOCATE. many make upon colored organization: "There must be an end, and whether we must sit complacently and mournfully by until we are completely stripped of every right and privilege is up to us. Every drop of blood must tingle with indignation and resentment when because of some unkempt and vicious Negro, laws are made applicable to the whole of our race. No race is all bad or all good, and among us are many of the fairest gems of womanhood and manhood without a superior in God's great world. It is ours to bring our taer brothers to a realization of this truth." Officers Elected Excitement marked the election of officers Thursday afternoon and continued far into the night. The result of the election follows: Supreme Chancellor—S. W. Green, New Orleans, La. Supreme Vice Chancellor—J. L. Jones, Cincinnati, O. Supreme master of Exchequer—J. H. Young, Pine Buff, Ark. Supreme Keeper of Records and Scals—C. K. Robinson, St. Louis. Supreme Attorney—S. A. T. Watkins, Chicago. Supreme Outer Guard—Dennis Taylor, Florida. Supreme Inner Guard—G. A. Watty Maryland Supreme Master at Arms—D. F. Miller, Kentucky. Supreme Prelate—The Rev. A. H. Newton, New Jersey. Supreme Lecturer—L. M. Mitchell Texas. Supreme Major General of Uniform Rank—R. R. Jackson, Chicago. Dr. Joseph, Ward of Indianapolis, supreme medical register. Pythian Temple and Sanitarum Committee—J. M. Hazelwood, W. Va.; E. E. Underwood, Kentucky; John M. Harris, Mississippi; C. M. Wade Arkansas, George N. Stoney, Georgia; W. I. Reed, Indiana, and A. W. Lloyd, Missouri. The election and reports by a number of the supreme officers consumed all the time of the convention during the day. Fiery speeches were made during the election of supreme officers. The administration came out with flying colors. The fight followed the report of the several financial committees. The administration forces, led by Dr. Geo. N. Stoney, Grand Chancellor Tidrington and Dr. Smith of Louisiana, although fought bitterly at every step by the "insurgents," were never in danger of defeat. The supreme chancellor, S. W. Green, was nominated by P. W. Kinchen of Shrevesport, La., in a ringing and eloquent speech and seconded by the Rev. James Jones of Arkansas. Almost every state represented seconded the nomination. John Mitchell, Jr., objected to a motion to declare the supreme chancellor elected by acclamation and named J. Rupert Jefferson of Parkersburg, W. Va., who declined the nomination. A vote stood 80 to 24 in favor of Green. Joseph L. Jones of Cincinnati, supreme vice chancellor, was elected by acclamation for two years. He has been serving out the unexpired term of John W. Strauther. C. K. Robinson of St. Louis, Mo., supreme keeper of records and seals, reported that all money was accounted for and the receipts for the last two years had been $8,272.02 and expenditures had been $13,203.39. He pointed out that it was very important that the Supreme Lodge receipts must be made to increase. Edward Green of Chicago, chairman of the Pythian temple committee, told how the fnuds from the rental of that building had been expended and the wisdom of the Supreme Lodge in purchasing the property at Chicago and Hot Springs, Ark. Green is the only Negro member of the Illinois Legislature. John H. Young of Pine Bluff, Ark., supreme master of exchequer, gave an itemized account of every dollar handled by him. It was received with honorable mention. Supreme Attorney S. A. T. Watkins of Chicago gave an account of all legal transactions instituted by him. Praises Uniform Rank. The report of James M. Hazlewood, chairman of the finance committee, showed that financial affairs of the order are in good shape. The report that was given much attention was that of Maj. Gen. R. R. Jackson of Chicago. He said the military department is a great asset to the order in increasing its membership and in affording an opportunity to become informed on military affairs. His report was received amid cheers. Parade Day's Feature. The parade of the Uniform Rank (Continued on Page Three.) CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 31, 1911 Flag of Liberia UNFURLED BY THE SIDE OF THE STARS AND STRIPES WITH GREAT CEREMONY Flag Day Celebrated. By Colored People of Laurel, Md., and Dr. Ernest Lyon, Liberian Consult To this Country, Was Chief Speaker. Laurel Md., August 28.—The Liberian ensign, representing the Lone Star on the west coast of Africa, was unfurled today along with the raising of the Stars and Stripes on a tall pole erected here by the colored people of Laurel and Flag Day was celebrated with enchusiasm. Dr. Ernest Lyon, former American minister to Liberia, and now Liberian consul general to this country, made the principal address. Other speakers were John H. Murphy, of Baltimore; Dr. Stirling Brown, of Washington; Rev. M. J. Naylor, of Baltimore; Dr. Ernest Williams, Rev. V. N. H. Hughes and Rev. William Jenkins. There was a tournament. In his address Dr. Lyon said: "It is fitting on this occasion of unfurling/Old Glory to the breezes that the emblem of the republic of Liberia should he hoisted by its side. Not only is the flag of Liberia similar in design to the American flag, but its history is inseparably connected with all things American. The star and stripe of Liberia is the neglected infant of the Stars and Stripes of America but we are elated over the fact that a reconsiliation has begun which it is hoped will speedily work to the complete rehabilitation of Liberia. "Liberia is not the only independent Negro nationality in the world, neither is it the only English-speaking community on the West coast of Africa, but it is the only independent Negro nationality of English-speaking people in the world, and as such it, undoubtedly occupies a unique position in the family of nations and in the consideration of mankind. "Although Liberia is a Negro state like Abyssinia, Hayti and the Dominican Republic, nevertheless its existence is quite distinct in its origin and history from these. Apart from the idea of an asylum for exiled Africans who desired to return to their fatherland, its mission in the minds of the founders, was to extend Christianity and western civilization into Africa. Liberia was to be the entrance through which the benefits of modern civilization and of the Christian religion were to pass, in the English language, to the millions of heathens in the interior. Its founding marked the awakening of Anglo-Saxon conscience; it showed concretely the penitence of a repenting people for the commission of a great wrong upon a weak and helpless race. Liberia was a compromise and was intended to solve, without the shedding of blood, one of the greatest problems of modern times. "However in the conflict of ideas and the clash of arms, God partially overruled the designs of His creatures, and consequently the plan of American colonization of Liberia simmered down and the country suffered. So desperate had the condition of Liberia become that the American government, reviewing the history of its founding and being reminded of our sentiment, hopes and designs of the founders, felt compelled to stretch a helping hand across the Atlantic, which will prove to be the salvation of this unique republic." Dr. Lyon has received cable Instructions, confirmed later by due course of mail, appointing him agent, of the Donovan Trust Fund. The Donovan Trust Fund comprises a block of valuable business property in Baltimore belonging formerly to the Donovan estate. Mr. Donovan was a slaveholder and became rich under the system. Many years after his death his widow, desiring to do something for the Negroes as a partial atonement for whatever ills the Negro suffered under slavery, was advised by the late Gen. Ferdinand C. Latrobe to direct her efforts to the Republic of Liberia, to the founding of which his father, John H. B. Latrobe, had contributed considerable time and money. Accordingly upon this advice a trust fund was formed with General Latrobe and another as trustees. This fund was ordained for two specific purposes, namely: First, to furnish transportation for worthy American Negroes who desired to emigrate to Liberia, and, second, to aid in the development of public education. The transportation of emigrants was the first charge upon the fund. It was stipulated that at the end of the year, after the transportation expenses had been deducted, the balance was to be sent direct to the Commissioner of Education in Liberia, to be used as aforementioned. It was fur- ther suggested that the American Colonization Society, at Washington, should be the medium of operation. Accordingly, for 20 or more years the dividend accuring from this fund, amounting to $5,000 or more annually has been raismitted regularly and faithfully by General Latrobe and his associates. The first of these two charges upon this fund has been faithfully executed by the American Colonization Society, at Washington, but they have neglected to comply with the second, so that there has accumulated in the treasury of the society about $62,000 in cash and securities for public education in Liberia. The management of the Coloization Society, having notified the Liberian government of the existence of this money and their readiness to turn over the amount into the hands of the proper authorities, requested that a proper person should be designated for the purpose of receiving the money, giving the society a release from further obligation. Thereupon the Liberian commissioner of education, with the concurrence of the executive government, authorized Consul General Lyon, of Baltimore, to act as agent with full power to receive the money and release the society, Harry S. Cummings has been retained as counsel. The accrued amount of $62,000 does not in anywise interfere with the annual income of about $5,000 which the trustees will continue to transmit through the society. Reaps Fair Harvest Does Bogus Pythian TELLS A HEART-RENDING STORY OF BEING COMPELLED TO LEAVE HIS VIRGINIA HOME HURRIDDLY BECAUSE HE PROTECTED HIS HOSEN'S SANCTITY. A hunchback mulatto, giving his name as John Willie Golden, and claiming to be the Grand Vice Chancellor of Virginia with home at Richmond, struck the city Friday and reaped a fair harvest before the charitably inclined became suspicious of his tale of woe. Golden, or whatever his name is, told a heartrending tale of his killing a white man whom he alleged to have discovered criminally assaulting his ten-year old daughter. According to the story, Golden is a blacksmith with a good business and much valuable real estate, all of which he stands to lose by his hasty departure from Virginia where, he said, he would be railroaded to the electric chair, if caught. But John Willie is a fake pure and simple. From intelligences received from Richmond, yesterday, it was learned that there is absolutely no foundation for any of his assertions and that those who respond to his appeals for aid are dupes. He is very likely to "do" other West Virginia towns and will be found very proficient in the mysteries of several secret societies, notably the Masons and Knights of Pythias. Colored People To Have Park. Colored People To Have Park. DR. BARNETT AND OTHER PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS PURCHASE ACRES OF GROUND WHICH WILL BE OPENED AS A PARK ON LABOR DAY. Huntington, Aug. 30—A park for the exclusive use of the colored people of Huntington and other cities will be opened on Labor Day. The park was first conceived by Dr. E. J. Smith who secured the co-operation of Dr C. C. Barnett, Thomas J. Liggins and other substantial Afro-Americans. Seven acres of land, well adapted to amusement park purposes, were secured and the preparations of the opening are now in progress. The initial day will be marked by a big barbecue and public meeting, at which a speech will be delivered by Clifford H. Tavernier, a colored attorney practicing in this city. NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE. 3,000 Men, Women and Children View His Agony Purcell, Okla., August 24—While 3,000 men, women and children stood by, shouting their approval, Peter Carter, a Negro, who had previously been captured by three members of his own race, and identified as the man who last night attacked Mrs. Minnie Spraggins, wife of a farmer, was burned to death on a brush pile in the main street of this city this afternoon. Deputy Sheriff Hayes and Under Sheriff Farris, who attempted to rescue the Negro from the crowd, were overpowered and locked up in the Courthouse. Dr. J. E. Shepard, president of the National Religious Training School at Durham, N. C., went to the convention of the National Medical Association at Hampton, Va., and was a conspicuous figure in that great gathering. Dr. Shepard has a project on foot that will make the natives sit up and take notice. Watch for announcements soon. --- Rev. Harris Re-elected PRESIDENT OF THE WEST VIR GINIA BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION. 33d Annual Session Is Attended by Representatives From All Parts of the State And Much Interest is Manifested in Deliberations. Winona, August 30.—The thirty-third annual session of the West Virginia Baptist State Convention was held here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week at the First Baptist Church, Hev. C. N. Harris, pastor, Rev. D. C. Hunter's people of the Second Baptist Church blended their efforts with the First church in providing for the entertainment of this host of divines that represented all parts of the State. Several members of the Boards arrived Monday night in order to hold board meetings Tuesday. Prelude to the opening of the Convention Rev. W. H. Crawley preached an excellent sermon on Tuesday evening while the executive and the trustee boards were in session at the Second Baptist Church. At nine o'clock Wednesday morning president C. N. Harris appointed Revs. H. C. Gregory and Robt. Daniel to conduct the opening devotionals. After a few timely words of greeting and wholesome advice by the president, Mrs. S. L. Tillman delivered the address of welcome. Mrs. Tillman assured the delegation that the church was willing to do all in its power for the comforts of the people during their stay. She spoke with pride of the achievements of the Baptists throughout the country. This address was fittingly responded to by Rev. D. C. Deans of Montgomery. The chair appointed Prof. J. W. Robinson, Prof. A. P. Straughter, Rev. D. C. Hunter and Rev. J. J. Turner as the finance committees. Rev. Danfel Stratton, Rev. W. W. Hicks and J. P. Caul on New Bodies, Rev. Wm. Jackson and P. A. Saunders on enrollment. At eleven o'clock Rev. R. H. McKey, of Bramwell, preached the introductory sermon from the subject "Co-workers With God." The work of the Gentile apostle was vividly brought before the audience. Rev. Mr. Rupert, pastor of the M. E. Church was introduced and highly complimented the sermon and said many good things in favor of the colored people. After hearing reports from the churches in the afternoon, messengers were introduced from associations and other annual bodies. The Flat Top organizations were represented by Revs. R. H. McKoy, W. W. Hticks, C. A. Fultz, E. G. Holcomb and L. Dabney. The Mt.Zion association, which includes the northern part of the state, was represented by Rev. W. H. Crawley. Rev. J. L. Davis and Rev. W. T. Kenney. The Mt. Olivet association was represented by Rev. I. V. Bryant. Editor, M. S. Malone, spoke a few words in the interest of his paper Rev. J. J. Turner spoke on the Sunday School work advising that great care be exercised in selecting reading matter and showed the need of "Teachers Training." Rev. D. C. Hunter, Rev. W. H. Crawley, Prof. B. Prillerman, Rev W. Brown, Rev. H. M. C. Reed, Rev W. T. Kenney, Rev P. A. Harris and Rev S. E. Williams were appointed as committee on resolutions; Rev N. A. Smith, Rev D. C. Hunter, Rev A. S. Philip Robt Sissua, Rev R. M. Mayhew, Mrs. J. M. Arter and Miss. E. B. Delany on Foreign Missions. After the usual devotionals at the evening session by Revs. G. W. Mead and H. M. C. Reed, Rev. L. Dabney, of Freeman, preached a good sermon on "The Educational Influence on the Church." A creditable collection was lifted for the West Virginia Seminary and College. E. L. Hundley, the real estate agent, was introduced. He showed the advantage of securing homes at Mulems and offered to donate a beautiful church site to the Baptist. The trustees were advised to further consider the offer. The following committees were appointed on place of meeting, Subjects and Speakers Rev. W. W. Wright, Mrs. J. V. Wilkerson, Rev. Warner Brown, Rev. D. C. Deans, Rev. C. A. Fultz, Wm. Green and A. J. Colbes; On obituary, Rev. L. V. Bryant, Rev. S. A. Thurston, Rev. R. R. Yancy, L. S. Bird, R. C. Leffwich, R. R. Pigrat, Lewis Ellison and J. R. Viar. A few pages of the Executive (Continued on Page Two.) Men of Medicine Confer THIRTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION THE MOST BRILLIANT IN ITS HISTORY. Papers and Discussions of Scientific Value. Inspiring Addresses by Distinguished Visitors. Social Functions Galore. Hampton Institute And The Tidewater Section Extended Lavish Hospitality. Gamble Elected President. Proceedings in Detail. (Thompson's National News Bureau.) Hampton Institute, Va., Aug. 25—The National Medical Association, comprising about five hundred representative physicians, dentists and pharmacists of the colored race, has just closed its thirteenth annual session at picturesque Hampton Institute. The convention of this year is conceded by all who have followed the fortunes of the Negro's greatest organization of intellectual leaders since its inception, to have been the most successful, from every point of view that the National Medical Association has yet known. Papers covering every phase of medical inquiry and its allied sciences were presented by men and women acknowledged to be masters along their line, and the discussions have brought out information of incalculable value. The Daily Times-Herald, the authorized spokesman of the best element in this section, says: "The convention of the N.M.A. has brought to Hampton the most distinguished looking men and women of any gathering of colored people ever held here," and each day devoted from three to five columns, recording its proceedings. In consonance with the report of the committee on time and place, offered by Dr. A. M. Brown, of Birmingham, Ala., and concurred in by the unanimous vote of the body, the next convention will be held at Tuskegee Institute, Ala., in response to a cordial invitation extended by Booker T. Washington and the Alabama State Medical Association. Tidewater Extends The "Glad Hand." The convention came to Hampton at the urgent solicitation of the Tidewater Medical Association, and the immense concourse of delegates, visitors and friends, hailing from all portions of the country, are loud in their praise of the lavish hospitality accorded them by the citizens of both races here from the moment of their arrival to the hour of their departure. The Association is particularly grateful to the painstaking and wholesouled committee on arrangements, headed by Drs. W. P. Dickerson, G. Jarvis Bowens, W. E. Atkins and the hosts that stood with them in the great work they accomplished, and to Major R. R. Moton. Capt. Allen Washington and the entire staff of Hampton Institute for the "open door" they so generously placed at the disposal of the organization. Dr. A. M. Curtis Presides. For three days, at largely-attended sessions in the Academic Building on the spacious campus of Hampton Institute, the delegates discussed scientific problems, inaugurated helpful reforms, set in motion machinery for betterment of the physical health of the nation, as well as of the race, and chose captains happily adapted to the task of making these reforms effective. Dr. A. M. Curtis, a surgeon of national note, whose administration, has been phenomenally successful, presided over the deliberations. His annual address, delivered Tuesday morning was a masterpiece of constructive philosophy, abounding in practical suggestions and indicating a thorough grasp of the possibilities for usefulness that lie in the wake of his great organization. He made a number of recommendations looking to the development of the N. M. A. through strong local auxiliaries. He urged a closer union between the national and the state bodies and advised the members to take a more active part with the medical and civic bodies engaged in the campaign against such evils as tuberculosis, the hookworm, pellagra, unsanitary housing and the perils growing out of the economic and industrial discriminations practiced against the Negro people. He urged that public meetings be held at frequent intervals to the end that the masses may be educated up to an appreciation of what the men of scientific attainments are trying to do for the welfare of the whole people. Dr. Gamble Chosen President Dr. A. M. Curtis Presides: THE ASSOCIATE ADVERTISEMENTS PLACED IN OUR COLUMNS BRING RESULTS. TRY IT. place just vacated by Dr. Cannon, who now becomes a member at large. The revised executive board stands, with the three above included: M. F. Mossell, Philadelphia; Amanda V. Gray, Washington, D. C.; C. H. Marshall, Washington, D. C.; M. A. VanHorn, Newport, R. L.; J W. Jones, Winston-Salem, N. C.; M. F. Wheatland, Newport, R. I The victory of Dr Gamble in the race for the presidency aroused a tumult of enthusiasm, and the spontaneous ovation he received is an earnest of the united and loyal support his administration is to receive at the hands of the Association. He is a practical man of affairs, stands for the highest ideals of his profession, and under his energetic and safe guidance the organization is certain to work along enlarged and more productive lines than ever before. The election of this year was free from the heart-burnings of some previous sessions, because of the improved system of having the principal officers carefully selected and recommended by a House of Delegates, after a calm canvas of their qualifications and availability. The choice of the House of Delegates in this instance was ratified without division, amid cheers for Dr. Gamble. In the preliminary canvass, Dr. C. H. Shepard, of Durham, N. C., received a complimentary vote, but his friends promptly moved to take the nomination of Dr. Gamble unanimous. The Resolutions. The committee on resolutions, through Dr. Arthur S. Gray, of Washington, adopted by the Association re-affirms its devotion to the work of a committee to further the development of a closer relationship between the national and the local bodies; and urges that local organizations assume a more active and less spasmodic leadership in the campaign against tuberculosis, high infantile and child mortality, and unsanitary conditions that beset us. The N. M. A. tenders sincere thanks to the officers of Hampton Institute for their kindness in placing their buildings and grounds at the disposal of the Association, and acknowledges its indebtedness to Dr. W. E. Atkins and his associates, on all of the local committees of the Tidewater Medical Association and the citizens at large of this section. The declarations also voice the deep sense of appreciation felt by all visitors, for the gracious welcome address of the Mayor of Hampton, for the very full report of the proceedings of the meetings published each day by the local press; to Supt. B. J. Megginson, of the Hampton Roads Traction Company for the extra facilities extended in operating cars beyond the usual hours and for the uniform courtesy extended by the employees of the company; and to the pastor and members of the First Baptist Church for their generosity in allowing the use of their handsome edifice for a public meeting. Sections in Live Working Order. The work of the several sections stood out in bold relief and was an unusually high order. The meetings were full of life and the programs were carried out as planned, supplementing in harmonious fashion the labors of the general convention. The papers faithfully reflected the rapid advance made in the three-fold professions embraced by the Association. The newly elected officers of the section are as follows: Surgical section—Dr. A. M. Brown, Birmingham, Ala. chairman; secretary, Dr. R. L. Jones, Charleston, W. Va. Medical Section—J. J. France, Ports mouth, Va. Dental Section—Chairman, Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Richmond, Va.; secretary, Dr. C. O. Lee, Winston-Salem, N. C. Pharmaceutical Section-Chairman, Dr. W. L. Board, Washington, D. C. Important Commissions to Continue Labor. Dr. J. A. Kenney's report as chairman of the Commission to investigate the cause and extent and cure of the Hookworm Disease was an exhaustive presentation of the subject. He held that the statistics showing the Negro to be inherently susceptible to this malady are false, and that, an honest investigation will demonstrate that the colored people are not more prone to become victims of special diseases than any other people under like conditions. The leaders to in medical profession are asked to insist upon membership in the national anti-hookworm commission, and thus see to it that the facts are honestly placed before the public. Dr. M. F. Wheatland's report from the Commission on tuberculosis evoked a vigorous discussion. Dr. M. A. M. Townseno a study of pellagra opened a profitable line of discussion, and Dr. Gamble's recommendation that the Commission on Medical Education be allowed suff Continued on page four.) NUMBER I PAGE TWO CORRESPONDENCE ST. ALBANS. Mrs. Maggie Allen was visiting relatives and friends at Winifrede, last week. George Davis, one of the oldest citizens of this town, passed away Monday about three o'clock. He was a member of the St. Paul Baptist church. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Robinson Tuesday at 3:00 p. m. Golden Smith and Grace Wilson were quietly united in marriage Both the bride and groom are of this place. The Odd Fellows ran an excursion from here to Pt. Pleasant Sunday. WINIFREDE. Miss Lula Smoot spent the week here visiting relatives. She returned to her home at Madison. Mrs. R. H. Allen, spent a few days here last week visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. J. C. Coles, who was operated on at Charleston General Hospital, is reported getting along nicely and will be able to come home in a few days. R. H. Allen spent Sunday at his home in St. Albans. W. W. Lewis spent Saturday and Sunday at his home at Kanawha City. BANCROFT. Rev. J. E. Woodard was here Sunday and preached two good sermons. The Missionary Society met Sunday evening at six o'clock. After the general routine of business the delegate Mrs. M. T. Sinchair who attended the Woman's convention at Hinton made her report. All expressed themselves as highly pleased, and pledged themselves to do more In the future. Mrs. Hattie Walters, of Gomoca, was present and made a speech on mission work. Pride Dickerson made a business trip to Raymond Friday. Mrs. Matinda Foreman, of Plymouth, has moved to Winifrede, where she will make her home. Mrs. Homer Phillips spent a few days in Winifrede last week the guest of friends. Mrs. William Mickey and Mrs. M. T. Sinchair, who attended the Woman's convention, at Hinton, have returned. Mr. Winston Coles, of Raymond, spent Sunday here with his daughter, Mrs. Hale Dickerson. Daniel Jackson, who has been quite stick is able to be about his work. Geo. Brooks spent Sunday in Raymond the guest of friends. J. W. Sawyers, who has been employed at Boomer mines, has returned home. Mrs. J. W. Sawyers and Mrs. Geo Barrett, of Betsey, were callers in Plymouth and Bancroft Monday. Hiss Viola Smith, of Plumouth, left Monday evening for Charleston to visit friends. Hrs. Mollie Smith, of Plymouth, has moved to Gallipolis, Ohio. Wm. Mickens, was a business visitor to Charleston last week. Bancroft school will open the second Monday in September with Miss Julia Smith, of Pt. Pleasant, as teacher. BLUEFIELD. The carpenters, plumbers and painters have been at work several days repairing and re renovating the dormitories preparatory to the opening of Bluefield Colored Institute. Tuesday September 12th. The girls will be glad to know that the second story porch has been repaired and their promenades may be resumed. A team, with plow and seraper, has been working on the athletic grounds for several days filling in and leveling. The hollow next to the road has been filled and the grounds will be in first class shape when this work is finished. Judging from the number of applications we shall be crowded for room this year, and the enrollment promises to be larger than ever. Prof. Sims and Coleman were in the coal fields a few days ago. Mrs. Wade and the children left Friday, August 18th for a trip to Louisa, and Richmond, Va. They will return about September 15. Mrs. Dickerson and daughter, Nora formerly of Huntington, but now of Media, Pa., stopped over for a few day's visit to Mrs. A. D. Brown, on their way from Virginia to Huntington where they will spend a few days before returning to Media. Emmett Wood, of Talcott, who has been in Bluefield, all summer, was summoned home last week on account of his father's illness. Earl Campbell, of Talcott, took the last examination at Welch. He is in Bluefield patiently awaiting results. H. L. Dickason has been assisting in the shipping department of Blufield Hardware Company all summer. He will leave about September 10th for Columbus, entering upon his second year's work at Ohio State University. Lagston Brown has made application to enter the Department of Pharmacy of O. S. U. R. A. Shell will enter Mehary Medical. M. N. Johnson is "seeing the world" in the Pullman service. Last heard of him he was in Oregon. Most of the girls of the class have secured schools to teach. Prof. Coleman left last week to attend the State Convention at Winona where he preached a sermon on "Regeneration". It is reported that he preached an excellent sermon on this difficult subject. The Mercer county teachers Insti- tute will hold their sessions during the week in our auditorium. Miss Fannie C. Cole the instructor, arrived Sunday evening over the Virginian. Prof. Sims will assist in the instruction. Prof. Kelly Miller will address them Friday evening on "Race Loyalty". Dr. Lomax has returned from Hampton, werh he attended the Medical Association and before which he read a paper. Dr. Kinglow will leave about September 10th, for Mehary Medical College, where he will both teach and pursue a course in medicine. Prof. Wade is batching during the absence of Mrs. Wade and he says it has been seven years since he enjoyed life as he does now. RONCEVERTE. Rev. Reid filled his appointment au Alderson last Sunday. Mrs. Jas. McKenzie is a guest at Green Hotel this week. Randolph Green, of Charleston, is visiting his father, Richard Green, this week. Mrs. H. T. Moore has been indisposed for the past week. Mrs. N. B. Rose, who has been visiting Charleston for the past week, returned home last Saturday. Mrs. Rosa Cochran is confined to her room with rheumatism. H. T. Moore and J. W. Washington are attending the State Council of Red Mea, at Winona, this week. Mrs. Chas, Turner, who has been at Greenbrier hospital with fever for the past six weeks, is at home again much improved. Miss Laura B. Martin, of Claremont, is visiting relatives here. ing at Mt. Hope, has returned home. Mrs. Mary A. Brown has returned home after a pleasant stay with relatives at Richlaud. Miss Lula, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brinkley, and Mr. John Wird, were married Wednesday night at the residence of the bride. Rev. Wm H. Best, of Southern M. E. Church officiated. Mrs. L. B. Johnson who has been indisposed for the past week is able to be out again. PAGE. — Sunday was rally day here. Rev. N. A. Smith filled his regular appointment, morning and evening and preached two able sermons. Rev. Stanley preached in the afternoon. A neat sum was collected. Mrs. Holland, of Eagle, was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Miller, Friday. Mrs. L. H. Wood, of Powelton, is here visiting Mrs. J. Stanley. Fred L. Queen, of Washington, D. C., is here visiting his sister, Mrs. Stanley. Mrs. Emma Walker has returned from Eagle, where she had been for a two week visit to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Johnson, formerly of Page. Rev. Wallace was a visitor here Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley entertained at dinner Sunday complimentary to Mrs. L. H. Wood, Rev. N. A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dew, Mr. and Mrs. Boarde. BUCKHANNON Miss Ingie Taylor is visiting Elkins friends. Mrs. Lota Teller, of Chicago, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Hunter. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dickerson returned to Clarksburg Monday after spending several days with relatives here. Rev. Scheen, of Parkersburg, was the guest of Miss Ingie Taylor recently. Edward Hunter and Chas. Davis, were at Elkins last week. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Smith entertained the Willing Workers of the A.M. E. church, Thursday night. Mrs. Esther Martin left Thursday for Weston, to be agent several weeks. Charles Davis went to Weston Thurs day, to fill a musical engagement. Prof. H. D. Hazelwood left Thursday for his home in Parkersburg. Mrs. Hazelwood is still here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Davis. Rev. S. P. West, of Clarksburg, was here the first of the week. Miss Maude Washington, who spent several weeks visiting relatives in Grafton, has returned. Charleston St. Paul A. M. E. Church.—The collection cards given out to raise the assessment for Wilberforce University were called in for last Sabbath and are therefore cancelled. It is neged that the cards be reported without delay to the Pastor. So far only two persons have reported—Mrs. Nannie Bess $2.50 and Mrs. Joseph Gray fifty cents. The pastor and officers have placed "Dime Albums" in the hands of volunteer workers to raise money for the church to be reported in the railroad on Sunday Sept. 3rd. This is also the birthday of the pastor. As the pastor is preparing to re-sign his work in this city the members and friends are too honorable to see him depart empty handed. In this none are more earnest and enthusiastic than Mr. Wm. O. Lee. Sunday morning the pastor will discourse on "The Glorified Man;" at night on "The Mountain of Refuge;" these sermons, in all probability with be the last Rev. Downs will preach us the following Sunday morning and night will be devoted to Platform Meetings in behalf of the anniversary of Wilberforce University, notice of whih will be published next week. Ladies Aid will meet at the residence of Mrs. Lettie Johnson on Morris street, next Friday night. Hotel Brown Arrivals.—The arrivals at Hotel Brown this week are: J. B. Duncan, Montgomery; Mr. and Mrs. D. Cook Cannellton; Mrs. Mary E Lovelace Mrs. Ida M. Lovelace, Danville, Va.; Jas. Thomas, Beckley; E. Smith, Bedford City, Va.; R. E. Melver, Lynchburg Va.; Mrs. M. Cosby, Winona; R. W. Miller, Wevaco; J. Hierce, St. Albans; H. McKinney, Lester; Miss Della Brown, Boston, Mass.; A. H. Haynes, Hinton; J. J. Caul, Jas. Smith, Floodwood, O.; M. Green, R. Snow, Bapwood, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. F. Bagby Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson, Andesponville, Va.; William Porter, Roanoke, Va. Abelle Goodow, Lexington, Ky.; B. Woods, Slabfork; P. Young, Dorothy; J. L. Davis, Elkins; W. H. Foreman, Plymouth; Rev. J. J. Turner, Mt. Carbon To Discuss "Cleanliness".—The heavy rain, Monday night did not prevent the attendance of the full membership of the Woman's Loyal Union at the meeting held with Mrs. Annie Jefferson Ross St., Monday night. The hostess served light refreshments after the business of this meeting had been transacted. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Ann Hart, at the home of Mrs. Albert Alexander Monday night of next week, when "cleanliness" will be discussed, Mrs. J. P. Caul introducing the subject. H. W. Chappelle Dead.—Henry William Chappelle died at his residence, 513 Dryden St., Saturday morning. The funeral was conducted from the residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Miss Bell Honor Guest—Miss Aristis Johnson and Miss Mary L Williams entertained, Saturday afternoon, at the residence of the former in honor of Miss Minnie Bell, of Arthens O. Their other guests were: Misses Esther Fulks, Maude Viney Aleta Beech, Edith Merriweather Mary Preston, Alice Wittaker, Lucinda Williams, Cornelia Davis Amelia Wilcher, Mrs. Millard Ulen Mrs. W. H. Burke and Mrs. Robert Hammond. Brough Home The Bacon.—The officers and privates of Carlon Co. No. 1 Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias returned to the city Sunday from the encampment at Indianapolis, Ind. where they won the cash prize of $200.00 and a silk banner in the sword grill contest. This is the third time they have captured the first prize and the boys are justly clated over their victory, although it is reported that they will not be allowed to enter future contests because of their great superiority. Attending Teachers' Institute.—The following teachers are attending the teachers' institute at Mercer school building this week: Mrs. Minnie Hurt and Miss Maude Robinson, Institute; Miss Annie Simpson, Hinton; Miss Minnie Walker, Columbus, O.; Miss Carrie Faifax, Powellton; Miss Mary Jones, Malden; Miss Lola Lavender, Montgomery; Miss Inez Johnson, Institute; Mrs. Lula Bruce, Cear Grove; W. D. Johnson, Beckley; Rev. J. J. Turner, Mt. Carbon; J. A. Shields, St. Albans; Miss L. O. Hopkins, Julia Brown, Amelia Johnson, City; Mary Page, Kanawha City; Alice Whittaker, Maydel Bradford, Beatpice Calhoun, Aristis Johnson, Estella Green, Amy Hutchinson, Della Brown, Hattie DelHaven, Naola Farrar, Amelia Wilcher Mary Williams Maude Viney Flora Webster, Esther Fulks, Garnett Harris, Estella James, Bessie Campbell, Maggie Willis, Mrs. M. Blanche Tyler, Mjs. Minnie Thompson, Messrs, L. C. Farrar, Nelson Davis, Wm. Bowles, W. F. Davis, I. C. Cabell, H. B. Rice and C. W. Boyd, City; J. B. Claip-Union; F. Page, Kanawha City; and LeRoy Hall, St. Albans. Sunday School Gives Reception.—The officers and teachers of Simpson M. E. Sunday School gave a reception Monday evening to the pupils and patrons of the school. In spite of the continuous rainfall, the lecture room of the church was well filled. After an exchange of helpful ideas between the teachers and parents refreshments were served. PERSONALS AND LOCALS Mr. M. F. McCrary, of Jacksonville Fla, spent the first of the week here visiting Rev. and Mrs. R. R. Downs his parents-in-law. Dr. B. P. Brownley left Monday for a ten days' visit in the cast. He will spend a few days with his parents at Princeton, N. J. before returning home. J. A. Jackson left this morning for Charles Town where the Supreme Court of Appeals, of which he is page, will hold a term next week. Mr. Jackson will visit friends at Washington, D. C. a few days this week. The friends of Mrs. W. O. Terry will be pleased to hear that she has so far recovered from the attack of typhoid fever which confined her to HER ROOM FOR THE PAST FOUR WEEKS to be able to attend to her house-hold duties. Mrs. C. O. Lowry and little son returned to the city, Sunday night, after a month's visit to her parents at Pomeroy O. Master Lowry whose life was despaired of before their departure for Pomeroy, is now in the best of health. Dillard Cook of Cannelton, and Miss Lizzie Patterson, of Richmond, Va., were married at the M. E. Parsonage by Rev. Carroll Thursdays. H. P. Tinsley left Sunday to visit relatives at Shawsville, Va. Miss Lizzie Lee and Mrs. Olissa Smith have returned from a visit to friends at Red Star and Buckhannan, Va. Beverly Purnell passed through the city from Cabin Creek, Sunday, en route to Huntington. Robert H. Hall is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Annie C. Hunter, at Fayetteville. T. G. Nutter has returned from Atlantic City N. J. where he spent several weeks with relatives. F. H. Huskins leaves Friday for Rochester, N. Y. where he will attend the Letter Carrier's convention as a delegate. This is the third successive year Mr. Huskins has represented the local carriers Misses Estella Green, of Zanesville, and Flora Webster of Rochester, Pa., are the guests of Miss Amy Hutchinson, Lewis St. Miss Bessie Payne spent Sunday at Institute. Mrs. M. Blanche Tyler, of Baltimore, Md., arrived in the city Monday to resume her duties as teacher in the Public School. Miss Amy Hutchinson returned Saturday from a very pleasant visit to friends in Zanesville, O. Mrs. Anna Fulks-Davis attended the W. Va. Baptist State Convention at Winona, the latter part of last week. Miss Ethel Spriggs, of Institute, spent the latter part of last week in the city, the guest of Miss Esther Fulks. Miss Fannie C. Cobb left for Bluefield this week to assist in conducting the Teachers Institute at the Bluefield Institute. Rev. W. W. Scott, of East Bank, was a visitor in the city Tuesday. Miss Alice Whittaker entertains Wednesday evening at her home on Sentz St. in honor of her guest, Miss Acleta Beach, and Mis Edith Merriweather. Mesdames C. H. James and J. W. Viney returned Sunday from Indianapolis where they attended the Supreme Lodge of the Court of Calanthe. Wirt J. Jones spent Sunday at Institute, the guest of relatives. Mrs. Thos. Mickey and children left Monday for Columbus, O. to visit relatives. Miss Ola Mitchell is visiting friends in Huntington. Little Dallas Forney is able to be up after a few days illness The City Teachers will give a reception at the Garnett High School Auditorium Thursday evening in honor of the visiting teachers, who are attending the Teachers Institute ELKINS Rev. F. H. Alleyne, tendered a reception to the students that are here on vacation and the Rev. Chas Hart Sheen. The students read papers on school life. Ed. Butler has been ill for a few days. He is out again. Harriett Moore returned from Keyser, Sunday. At the A. M. E. church, Sunday Miss Ingie Taylor, of Buckhannon, delivered a lecture and orgaized the Woman's Mite Missionary Society. The followed named persons were elected as officers: Mrs Doliver Braxter, president; Belle Hetcher, vice-president; Jessie Baxter, second vice-president; Alice Brown, secretary; Beulah Brown, assistant secretary; Mrs. C. V. Greene, corresponding secretary; Prof. C. T. Harris treasurer. Rev. Chas Hart Sheen and Miss Inge Taylor left for Buckhannon, Mon day Taylor Daugherty is at home. He is improving. Grace Green is able to be out again after a week's illness. At the Baptist church. Sunday evening Rey. J. N. Fields preached. ning Rev. J. N. Fields preached. Rev. W. H. Thomas left for Sutton, Saturday. The fourth and last quarterly conference for this conference year was held Friday evening at A. M. E. Church, with splendid reports. The members of the church and community are very much pleased with their pastor Rev. F. H. Alleyne and hope for his return next year. Ordelle Miller is at home from Mountain Lake Park. At the A. M. E. church, Sunday Rev. Chas Hart Sheen preached two eloquent sermons to appreciative audience. BALTIMORE PLANS TO VISIT OTHER CITIES SOON. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 30—Dr. Harry S. McCard, Dr. William H. Wright, Attorney W. C. McCard and Prof. Ralph Cook will leave Saturday on a ten day's visit to Chicago. J. H. Murphy, editor of the Afro-American Ledger, Thomas E. Mitchell and T. Waller will attend the meeting of Mystic Shriners at Atlantic City next week. Rev. Harris Re-elected (Continued from page one.) Board's report were read bearing on the amendment to the constitution, and brought about some keen discussions which threatened at one time to disturb the harmony of the meeting. Secretary H. B. Rice claimed the attention of the chair and carnously implored the Heavenly Parent to let His spirit control the situation. At the close of his prayer the delegation was ready to vote in the affirmative, without further discussion. On Thursday morning after the usual devotionals, president Rev. C. N. Harris called Vice-president Rev. R. H. McKoy to the chair and delivered his annual address which showed that the president had given every department of the Baptists work close consideration. He advised that the missionary board give more attention to missionary work and that it be put on a better basis. In referring to the Educational work he showed how necessary it is for the Baptist to run a denominational school calling attention to the fact that it requires more money than the average person thinks. He mildly condemned some of the present methods of the Board in not keeping all the facts of the Hill Top School before the people. He urged that young educated ministers be brought to the front and that young men feeling that they are called to the ministry be required to show studious habits and that they master such studies as are usually laid down in the Normal Course before being ordained. On the motion of Prof. Rice the address was ordered printed in the minutes without any modifications. At eleven o'clock Rev. W. T. Kenny, of Clarksburg, was introduced, in the absence of Rev. A. Clayton Powell, of New York, preached a very instructive sermon choosing for his text Numbers 13:30 "For we are able to overcome it." The speaker brought before his hearers several of the stern obstacles In the way of progress and urged that the conditions be carefully and obediently examined and in God's name be fought and God will in His own way give victory to the Faithful. In the afternoon the Executive Board reported further on the amendments to the constitution. After much deliberation the revised constitution was adopted as offered but the special committee of the Board which had the matter under consideration for more than three years. The superfluous matter was eliminated, changes were made in the appointment and the functions of the boards and the time of meeting was changed one week later. At the evening session, Rev. J. D. Coleman of the Bluefield Colored Institute, preached an excellent sermon on "Regeneration." Rev. Coleman has that peculiar art of moving his hearers without the usual physical ejaculations, as frequently resorted to by preachers. The sermon was prepared and delivered in the most scholarly manner. The following committees were appointed. On Education, Rev B. R Reed, Mrs. P. S. Woods, Rev. L. Dabney, Mrs. M. A. W. Thompson, Rev. J. L. Davis, M. S. Malone, Rev. Wm. Jackson, Mrs. Sallie Mills and Rev. Dr. J. J. Jackson; State Missions, Rev R. D. W. Meadows, Rev Robt, Daniel B. F. Watkins, Richard Wright, Rev H. C. Gregory and F. E. Smith. Friday morning was devoted to hearing reports. Mrs. Pearl S. Woods delivered an excellent address on the missionary work that is being done by the Woman's Baptist Convention. Its president, Mrs. M. A. W. Thompson, in a brief address traced its growth from its infancy to its present strength. Rev. J. J. 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Unique coat construction over hips, back and abdomen, insuring comfort with modish lines. Made of excellent cowl and batiste. Hose supporters. Sizes 19 to 30. Price, $2.00. Sold At All Stores THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911 SITUATED AT R. P. SIMMS Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green, Vice Supreme Chancellor Joseph L. Jones, Supreme Keeper of Records and Seals C. K. Robinson, Supreme Master of Exchequer John H. Young, Supreme Attorney S. A. T. Watkins, Supreme Inner Guard G. A. Watty, Supreme Outter Guard Taylor, Supreme Medical Register Joseph Ward and the Supreme Lodge delegates, among them being Dr. J. H. Westbrooks, grand chancellor of Colorado; Dr. E. E. Underwood, Kentucky; John W. Harris, grand chancellor of Mississippi; J. M. Hazelwood, West Virginia, chairman of the finance committee; John T. Warren of Arkansas; Grand Chancellor A. W. Loyd of Missouri; Grand Chancellor Tidrington of Indiana, with his entire delegation; Dr. H. R. Butler, Dr. George N. Stoney, Fred M. Cohen and Supreme Representative Williams of Georgia. A large number of women took part in the parade. They rode in carriages behind Supreme Worthy Counsellor Jones. It was not possible to obtain enough carriages for the parade and many automobiles were called into use. It took three hours to pass Monument Place. When the parade reached the Capitol the uniform men were reviewed by the officials. SUPREME LODGE NOTES Carlson Co. No. 1, Uniform Rank, of Charleston, Capt. Jos. Jackson commanding, won the first prize of $200.00 and a silk flag in the sword drill contest, Friday night. The other contestants were from Pittsburgh, Pa. and Arkansas and Georgia. At no time was the superior- ity of the West Virginia boys- established at the Pittsburg St. Louis and Chicago sessions, threatened. --- The band and uniform rank company from Parkersburg, W. Va. made a good showing. This was the first time either had attended an encampment. --- In the Supreme Court of Calanthe, the women's auxiliary, Mrs. J. M. Hazelwood, of Charleston, was re-elected Supreme Lecturer. --- It was erroneously reported in a daily here that Jacob A. Brown, of New Orleans, La, had installed the system of book keeping now used by the Supreme Lodge. As a matter of fact the system was installed at Charleston in the interval followlor Starks and the turning over of the books to his successor. --- The petition of W. J. Thompson, of Thomas W. Va. for a reversal of the action of the West Virginia Grand Lodge in electing a Past Grand Chancellor over his protest at the Bluefield meeting was allowed. Thompson claimed the Grand Lodge erred in electing another to fill the station when he, the only P. G. C. by actual service, was neither disqualified nor had refused to serve. He also held that the election of a P. G. C. was illegal for the reason that no dispensation had been secured for that purpose from the Supreme Chancellor, as required by law. The action of the Supreme Lodge leaves Thompson in possession of the office. --- As foreshadowed a week before the convening of the Supreme Lodge, the candidacy of John R. Jefferson, of Parkersburg, proved to be anything but a serious handicap to the re-election of Green to the Supreme Chancellorship. Jefferson had his band, a uniform rank company his Grand Chancellor and Grand Vice Chancellor here, but he could muster but twenty-four votes as against eighty cast for Green. His alliance with John Mitchell, of Virginia the leader of the insurgents, weakened rather than strengthened the West Virginian's candidacy. J. M. Hazelwood, of Charleston for many years chairman of the Supreme Lodge finance committee and chairman of the Temple and Sanitarium Commission from its beginning, was re-elected to fill these two positions during the ensuing term. By his special request Dr. Booker T. Washington on his visit to the camp was taken first to the quarters of the Charleston company where he met many friends and acquaintances, chief among these being Brig. Gen. Jas. A. Campbell. In the band contest the Eighth Regiment band of Chicago was awarded the first prize. The other contestants were. Hamilton's band, Lexington, Ky., and the Pittsburg, Pa. band. Baltimore, Md. captured the next session of the Supreme Lodge which will be held in 1913. This will be the first session ever held in the east. Hampton Deserves Public Gratitude FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BOOKER WASHINGTON ALONE, SAYS PRESIDENT TAFT, WHO DEPILORES INDIFFERENCE OF WEALTH TO EDUCATION OF NEGRO. Beverly, Mass., August 29—Speaking in behalf of the Indian Negro Industrial School at Hampton, Va., of which he is Trustee, President Taft today voiced his indignation at the necessity that such useful institutions must beg for money and at the failure of the nation's many millionaires to come to their rescue with contributions. In the graduation of Booker T. Washington, the President said: Hampton had done enough to entitle it to the gratitude of the country. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. T. Jefferson Coolidge at Manchester, Mass. Governor Mann, of Virginia, "the first Virginian Governor whom we have caught in New England and brought up here for this purpose," as the President smilingly referred to him, many of the trustees and some of the men interested in raising funds for Hampton were present. "I always come in with a living protest—a protest of indignation—that an institution so useful, that is, throughout the country," said the president, "forming, as it does, the basis for industrial schools and suggesting a remedy and method of meeting the Negro problem, still should be on a basis necessitating the organization of such meetings as this, and the begging by such men as you see before you for money enough to run it from year to year. We have lots of millionaires in this country, and why cannot the contributions be sufficiently large to put such an institution as Hampton on a basis that shall be self-sustaining? Hampton graduated Booker T. Washington, and as somebody has said, if it had not done anything else, that alone would entitle it to the gratitude of the country. Booker Washington established Tuskegee, and from Tuskegee have sprung many schools of similar character throughout the South. "Northern generosity with reference to Southern education and the education of the Negro have, of course, its fruits," and I don't want in any way to diminish the desire of those who wish to give. The Negro is a citizen of the South, a very important part of the industrial makeup of the South, and the Negro therefore ought to come and is coming more and more under the guardranship of the South. Maryland G. U. O. O. F Elect Grand Officers ANNAPOLIS MAN IS PLACED AT THE HEAD OF THE ODD FELLOWS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. --- Annapolis, Md., Aug. 28—At the annual session of the Maryland District Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, held here last week, the following officers were elected: W. W. Conway, Jesterville, Md., past grand master; Perry P. Dobson, Annapolis, Md., district grand master; Stephen H. Long, Pocomoke City, Md., deputy district grand master; Joseph Garrett, St. Denis, Md., district grand treasurer; Jesse L. Nicholas, Govans, Md., district grand secretary; and William Booker; Baltimore directors. STILL ORGANIZING Carbon, Aug. 28—The Sixth District Sunday School Union was organized here yesterday by Rev. J. J. Turner, State Superintendent of Sunday School Missions. The superintendent called the house to order about 10:40 o'clock and after devotional exercises, introduced Rev. W. W. Scott, of Barboursville, who preached the introductory sermon for the occasion, taking for his text, John 7:17 "If Any Man Will Do His Will, He shall Know of The Doctrine". The theme was appropriate, the sermon practical, and many helpful things were gleaned from the discourse. Contributions were lifted by H. Woods. Remarks and announcements were made by the Superintendent and the body adjourned until 2:0'clock p. m. At 2:00 o'clock the superintendent after devotional exercises, stated the object and appointed a committee on enrollment. A committee on finance the former consisting of Rev. H. Mc Reed and James Thomas and the later consisting of H. Woods and A. J. Williams. Rev. Scott was selected to take the proceedings. The constitution as suggested by the executive board of the state convention was read and adopted. Permanent officers were elected as follows: President, Rev. H. M. C. Reed; Vice-president, Jessie Carter; Recording Secretary, James J. Thomas; Corresponding Secretary, Carrie Early; Treasurer, Lee Winston; Executive Committee, H. Woods, E. Redmond, H. Carter. The State Superintendent of Missions addressed the audience on "the teacher training course" which met the approval of all present. At the evening session, Rev. Turner preached an inspiring sermon. The territory of the district extends from Handley to South Ruffner, including branch line stations of the railroad connecting the C. & O. TAFT DENOUNCED Mg. Bishop Walters, Fog. Not. Stopping the Lynching of Negroes Boston, August 29—In denouncing at tonight's session of the National Independent Political League the lynching of Negroes, Bishop Alexander Walters declared that President Taft was "one of the weakest Presidents that country has ever had, in view of the fact that he had remained silent in the face of continued reports of lynchings about the country. The following officers were chosen: President, J. R. Cdiford, Martinsburg, W. Va.; Vice Presidentfs, Rev. Byron Gunner, Hillburn N. Y.; L. C. Moore, Mississippi; Prof. Benj. B. Church, Salisbury, N. C.; Bishop H. N. Turner, Atlanta, Ga.; Corresponding Secretary, William M. Trotter, Boston; Recording Secretary, James L. Neill, Washington, D. C.; Financial Secretary, W. F. Ferguson, New York. Indianopolis, Aug. 28—The recent convention of colored Knights of Pythias in Indianapolis has convinced Councilman Charles F. Copeland that this city needs a hotel exclusively for the Negroes. 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Knights or Pythias and members of the Court of Calanthe with certificates of good standing in their respective lodges are entitled to half the above rates. $3.00 per course of 21 Baths $1.50 per course of 10 Baths PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE ADVOCATE PUB. CO. Ice, Pythian Building, Charleston The Advocate is entered in the Post-office at Charleston, W. Va., as second class matter. Three months ..... $0.50 Six months ..... 1.00 One year ..... 1.50 LET THE GOOD WORK GO ON. If the recommendation of the West Virginia Baptist Convention is adopted by the trustees of the West Virginia Industrial School Seminary and College,—and it seems that it will be—that institution will not open its doors for instruction this fall. With all other lovers of education and well-wishers for the school The Advocate regrets exceedingly that such a drastic step is found necessary, but it seems that no other course is open. The withdrawal by Fayetteville school district of the fund from which four of the teachers were paid, and the refusal of the Board of Control, for reasons not yet made public, to turn over the money appropriated by the Legislature, were handicaps which could not be overseme at this time. It is to be hoped, however, that this setback to the progress of the Negro's first attempt in West Virginia to conduct a school for secondary instruction, will not be permanent. It must not be permanent, else his loss will be a very considerable one, not only in prestige but also in actual cash. The Advocate is advised by a prominent worker for the institution that the donor of the fifty acres upon which it is located specified that the land should be used only for purposes of instruction. About $10,000 has been expended by the school for building and other improvements. All this will be lost, if the work is discontinued permanently. The condition of the school is very grave, but not necessarily hopeless. The Baptists who have been supporting it have too much race and sectarian pride to admit themselves defeated until all their resources have been exhausted, and that state is far from being reached. In their struggle they will receive the sympathy and should get the financial support of the general public. REV. R. R. DOWNS From time to time The Advocate has had cause and occasion to speak in terms uncomplimentary of some wearers of the cloth. With this as a foundation critics, either" malicious or ignorant or both, have jumped at the conclusion and endeavored to disseminate that conclusion as a fact that this paper is hostile to the church and its teachings. It is with no intention of dispelling that belief or of denying its truth that we here turn over a page, but because we find the reading thereon much more agreeable and the subject one worthy of greater praise than some of our recent subjects have been deserving of censure. The Rev. R. R. Downs is to sever his connection with the St Paul A.M. E. Church. To those who know the value of a clean educated minister to a community, this announcement will bring anything but pleasure. They will regret his determination, for Rev. Downs, during the eighteen months of his pastorate here, has lived without fear and without reproach. He has exemplified in all his dealings, as far as a frail mortal may, the teachings of Him whose standard bearer he professes to be and, in consequence has won the highest prize of all—the esteem and good will of those who know him best. A correspondent writes in the Christian Recorder, the official organ of the African Methodist Episcopal church: "For many years the Rev. R. R. Downs, D. D., has stood in the forefront of African Methodism in Ohio and adjacent States. He is a gitted son with the pen, and one of Georgia's sons. He easily takes rank with the best writers and thinkers of the race. As a theologian he has but few equals and still fewer superiors. His ability as pastor and Presiding Elder, coupled with his splendid pulpit services rounds him out as a character worthy of higher honors." Rev. Downs is leaving Charleston to be rewarded with some of these higher honors and, though his going will be a distinct loss to Charleston. The Advocate is glad for his sake that he is coming again into his own, that the appointing powers have at last seen the error in assigning him to a charge where his talents could not have full play, and are correcting it by transferring him to Macon, Ga. THE PYTHIAN SUPREME LORGE There was not at the last session any more than at the session immediately preceding, any necessity for a change. The membership in each instance showed a healthy increase and the finances had been honestly administered. None of the chancellors for a change had any thing better to offer either in personal character or administrative ability. This being the case, a change in any of the more important offices would have been both untimely and unwise. In Supreme Chancellor Green, the Pythians have a man both honest and able—a combination to which the Order must cling as with hooks of steel if it would continue to prosper. With Watkins, Robbison, Jones, Hazelwood, Young, Jackson and the others of the "old guard", he has weathered many a severe storm and has thereby gained invaluable experience which will stand him in good stead in meeting those to come. His re-election and the re-election of his cabinet was a blow to the ambitions of those who sought to succeed them, but it was a mighty good thing for the Knights of Pythias—and that's the chief consideration. GATES AND COLOR LINE SHORTLY after the commencement last June at Fisk University a report was sent out from Nashville by a local paper and copied extensively throughout the country by the "yellow" journals to the effect that President Gates was drawing the color line in that institution. He was charged with discriminating against the colored public in the seating accommodations on the final day of the graduation week, and with having dropped five colored instructors presumably for the purpose of making places for whites. Without attempting to verify the report, some thoughtless editorial writers scathingly arraigned President Gates and demanded an immediate severance of his connection with the university. It now develops that they went off half cocked, that they made a mountain of a mole hill and did President Gates rank injustice and Fisk University much damage. From a reliable source at Fisk it is learned that reservations of seats were made for white people, but that this was done at their request, as was also done in the case of colored people requesting such reservations. The dismissal of the five instructors is explained as having been necessary for the good of the institution, no reason being publicly assigned because such a course is neither customary nor beneficial to the persons affected. On the other hand, the only promotions made were those of colored teachers and no whites have been selected to fill any vacancies. Thus is another take story exposed and muckraking proved to be a live art. As was the case with President Thirkield of Howard, the attack on Gates was conceived in mutilate and executed with a vigor worthy of a better cause. Both men are contributing the best that is in them to the elevation of a backward people. Each is endowed with rare intellectual talents, unusual sympathy for the Negro people, and a clearer understanding of the needs and capabilities of the race than many of those arrayed against them. It is no enviable honor for either to preside over a Negro institution of learning. Men of their type command and receive higher honors and larger emoluments for laboring among their own. What they do for us is actuated largely by a missionary spirit which few of us understand and less posses. We mistake their motives and, like some of our brethren across the seas, we would eat the bodies of those who seek to save our souls. The task of men who, as is President, Gates are striving unselfishly and laboriously to throw the light in dark places, is hard enough without our newspapers casting obstacles on the way. We are yet contributing too little toward the support of such institution as Fisk to conjure up grievances against their administration. What these institutions need now and will need for years to come, if they would accomplish the ends for which they were founded, is the united support of the race whose advancement they seek. Any other attitude ca the part of the Negro is an exhibition of the basest ingratitude MAKING GOOD. In these days when color prejudice is rarpant and merit under a dark skin is seldom rewarded, it is gratifying to find an exception to the rule, and such an exception so close at hand as in the case of F. H. Huskins. Mr. Huskins is a member of the carrier force of the local post office. He has served in that capacity for ten years and is rated in efficiency among the best. That in itself is not unusual, for the Negro is making good in all departments of the government. But in one respect The Advocate thinks, Mr. Huskins holds the record. He has been sent three times as the sole delegate to the carrier's convention from an office in which he is one of the two Negro carriers among twelve. There is, then, no gainlaying his popularity among his fellows. But his popularity is not confined to those who work with him, as was attested by the protest made a few weeks ago when it became known that a change in his route was contemplated by the superintendent of carriers. The people who would have been affected by the change are among the most influential and richest in the city. These by written petition and in person objected to the post master so strongly that Mr. Huskins continues to deliver practically to the same residences which have been getting their mail through him continuously for ten years. After all it is not impossible for the Negro man to get what he wants, if he knows how to go after it and goes. The attention of our church authorities is called to the nuisance which they are perhaps unwittingly, maintaining in the crowds of young men and boys who congregate before their places of divine worship on Sunday evenings. Then their numbers are so great that they obstruct the passage not only of those who have occasion to use the walk on the church side of the street, but also of those coming out of the church. Such a spectacle is not presented at the white churches and it certainly does not add anything desirable to the colored. If the practice can not be broken up by persuasion, force should be used, for the disease is a desperate one and desperate remedies are permissible. It appears, from the meager reports that have come this way, that one Fred R. Moore, who claims to be the "editor" of the New York Age, said succeeded in making an ass of himself at the Little Rock meeting of the Press Association. Truly, the "Wizard," needs to be protected from his alleged "friends." The newspaper fellows at Washington are a queer lot. It would take an acrobat to keep up with their numerous and sudden flipflops. A month ago they were flying at each other's throats. Now, they are billing and cooling like turtle doves, and talking about a "press dinner" in honor of the ratification of a new peace treaty. The National Medical Association did itself proud in electing Dr. H. F. Gamble, of this city, as president. This organization is one of the recognized institutions of the country and is growing in strength and scientific importance each year. Dr. Gamble will give a good account of himself between now and the time for the next meeting at Tuskegee Institute. Chicago for the National Negro Business League and Tuskegee Institute for the National Medical Association. Both are very satisfactory selections. TOURNAMENT Sea Girt, N. J., August 31.—Military and civilian marksmen from many parts of the country are here in readiness for the opening tomorrow of the twenty-first annual rider tournament on the famous Sea Girt ranges. The competitions will continue through the whole of next week. The most notable event of the program will be the contest for the Dryden Trophy, presented by former United States Senator Dryden of New Jersey, and valued at $4,000. The contest is open to teams of eight men from the army, navy, Marine Corps, the military and naval academies and the milita of the various States. Howard University Wilbur P. Thirkield, L. L. D., Pres Located in Capital of the Nation Campus of over twenty acres. Advantages unsurpassed. Modern, scientific and general equipment. New Carnegie Library. New Science Hall Faculty of over one hundred. 1332 students from 37 states and 10 other countries. Unusual opportunities for self-government. No young man or woman of energy or capacity need be deprived of its advantages. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE Devoted to liberal studies. Course in English, Mathematics, Lati, Greek, French, German, Physics Chemistry Biology, History, Philosophy, and the Social Science, such as are given in the best approved colleges. Sixteen Professors. Kelly Miller, A. M., Dean. THE TEACHERS' COLLEGE THE ACADEMY Faculty of 13. Three courses of four years each. High-grade preparatory school. George J. Cummings, A. M., Dean. THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE Courses in Bookkeeping, Stenography, Commercial Law, History, Civics, Etc., Business and High School education combined. George Wm. Cook, A. M., Dean. SCHOLL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES. Furnishes thorough courses. Six instructors. Offers four year courses in Mechanical and Civil Engineering and Architecture. PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. The School of Theology—Interdenominational. Five professors Broad and thorough courses. Advantages of connection with a great university. Students Aid. Low expenses. Isaac Clark, D. D., Dean. The School of Medicine.—Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges. Forty-nine professors. Modern laboratories and equipment. Connected with new Freedmen's Hospital, costing half million dollars. Clinical facilities not surpassed in America. Post-Graduate School in Polyclinic Edward A. Balloch, M. D., Dean, 5th and W Streets, N. W., W. C. McNeil M. D., Secretary, 901 R Street, N. W. The School of Law.—Faculty of eight. Courses of three years, giving a thorough knowledge of theory and practice of law. Occupies own building opposite court house. Benjamin F. Leighton, L. L. B., Dean 120 5th St. N. W. (Continued from page one.) client funds to make his investigation reliable and accurate, found favor. The Commissions continue their investigations. The report of Dr. C. V. Roman on the status of the Journal of the National Medical Association, with unique appeal for support, was one of the most impressive deliverances of the week. The editor pointed out the difficulties encountered in getting out a first-class magazine and urged that the profession unite and make it possible for him to give the nation a scientific journal worth while. Noted Visitors To Convention. In addition to the many papers and discussions of scientific value by members of the medical, surgical, dental and pharmaceutical branches of the Association, a number of distinguished visitors were present and offered words of encouragement. Prominent among them were Dr. W. T. Vernon, former Register of the Treasury, now United States Supervisor of Indian Schools, here on official business; Dr. Charles F. Meserve, president of Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C.; Major R. R. Moton, Commandant of Cadets at Hampton Institute; Prof. James B. Dudley, president of the A. and M. College at Greensboro, N. C., and Dr. James E. Shepard, president of the National Religious Training School at Durham, N. C. The public meeting on Tuesday evening at the First Baptist Church, attended by an audience that tested the capacity of Dr. C. R. Patterson's spacious edifice, was one of the profitable and decidedly pleasing events of the series, Dr. W. E. Atkins presided gracefully. The address of welcome by Mayor Thornton F. Jones, and those of Dr. James E. Mills, Lawyer J. Thomas Newsome and others, with responses by Dr. H. S. McCard, of Baltimore, and Dr. John B. Hall, of Boston, were felicitous and hearty. At the surgical clinic at Dixie Hospital on Wednesday morning an important operation involving the opening of an abdominal cavity, was performed by Drs. A. M. Curtis, W. A Warfield Carson, J. A. Kenney, Arthur M. Brown and H. F. Gamble. Some Topics Talked About. Especially noteworthy during the week were the papers on "Ocular Complications of certain Constitutional Diseases; by Dr. M. O. Dumas, or Washington, D. C.; "A Brief Comparative Study of the Negro" by Dr. E. Mayfield Boyle, Washington, D. C.; "Neurasthenia" by Dr. J. A. Robinson, Darlington, S. C.; "Auto-Intoxication, by Dr. Mary E. Britton, Lexington, Ky.; "Modern Abdominal Surgery, by Dr. B. R. Bluitt, Dallas Texas; "Through Preparation for Success in Pharmacy, by Dr. W. H. Barlow, Newport News, Va.; "Side Lines by Druggists," Dr. Arthur S. Gray, Washington, D. C.; "Infantile Gastro-Enteritis" by Dr. E. P. Roberts, New York City; and "Observation, Use and Abuse of Salvarsan," by Dr. U. G. Mason, Birmingham, Ala. All of the papers were meritorious and will appear in the Journal of the N. M. A. Brilliant Social Functions. No previous meeting of the Association has equalled this in the number and brilliance of the social features presented. For the enjoyment of these functions to the full the Association is indebted not only to the efficient services of the very capable reception committee, but to the presence of an unusually large number of ladies from abroad, added to the bevy of beauty always to be found in the Tidewater region. Gowns worthy of the famous Worth were multiplied many times over. Every evening there were dances at Buckroe Beach, at the lawn fate on Wednesday evening free boat rides, auto rides, ox-cart rides and a feast of watermelon, amid festivals of electric bulbs and Japanese lanterns, were provided and the reception given by the Bachelors of dampton was an enjoyable affair. The piece de resistance was the grand banquet on Thursday evening in the Gymnasium, at which 1,500 guests sat down to one of the most sumptuous repasts ever placed before mortal man, with a service that was absolutely flawless. Dr. Atkins made an ideal toastmaster. Responses in a happy vein were made by Major R. R. Moton, C. V. Roman, Dr. W. F. Penn, Dr. F. G. Elliott, Dr. Norman Lassiter, Lawyer J. Thomas Newsome, E. C. Brown, Dr. W. T. Foreman and Rev. A. A. Graham. At the close, the entire party was escorted to the pavilion at Buckroe Beach for the grand ball special cars having been provided for the occasion through the courtesy of the local traction company. With a delightful excursion to Jamestown Island and Claremont Friday, and a farwell "afternoon" at Buckroe ce Saturday regrettful adieux were said and the festivities as well as the serious activities of the thirteenth annual session of the National Medical Association came to an end. ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE Quito, Ecuador, August 31.—Emilio Estrada, who recently defeated Gen. Flavio Alfaro in a bitter contest for the presidency, was induced into office today. The inauguration was attended with the customary ceremonies conducted in the presence of the members of congress and other officials of the republic. Old Orchard, Mo., Sept. 1.—Several automobile drivers of national reputation are entered in the three days' race meeting which opened here today. The course extends two and one-half miles straightaway along the beach. THE WEST VIRGINIA COLORED INSTITUTE Offers Three Literary Courses---English, Academic, and Normal. A RIVER SCENE AT INSTITUTE FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 20, 1911 Various Industrial Courses are Offered. Climate Healthful, Surroundings Good CATALOGUE FREE. ADDRESS BYRD PRILLERMAN, President, Institute, West Virginia Arrest May Expose Terrible Conditions WHITE AND NEGRO WOMEN REPORTED TO BE HELD IN TURPENTINE CAMP BY FORCE. New Orleans, La., Aug. 26—The arrests in a number of peonage and and white slave cases may lay bare a number of nasty crimes in the turpentine camps of Pearl River county, Miss. S. A. Veuters, a turpentine operator has been arrested here on the charge of enticing colored women to the camps for immoral purposes. Thomas Clayton, a powerful colored man, is also charged with beating unruly employees of Venter's camp. A man named Britt, it is said, went to the camp to secure the release of some white women said to be held there, has disappeared. He is said to have been murdered. Three colored women who claim they saw him killed are missrig. HOLLAND'S QUEEN IS 31 The Hague, August 31.—The thirty-first birthday anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina was celebrated by the people of the Netherlands today with the customary rejoicings. The flying of many flags gave to the cities a festal appearance. Messages of congratulation and good wishes from all parts of the world were received by her Majesty during the day. TO MARK SITE OF Estherville, Ia., August 31.—A four days' patriotic celebration was begun here today under the auspices of the Daughters of the Revolution. The chief feature of the celebration is to be the dedication of a shaft to mark the site of old Fort Defiance, a famous reminder of the pioneer days in Iowa. ANNIVERSARY OF CHARLESTON EARTHQUAKE Charleston, S. C. August 31.—Today was recalled in Charleston as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the memorable earthquake which destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property and cost the lives of several score of residents of this city. The shock was the most severe ever felt on the eastern coast. MICHIGAN GOLF TOURNAMENT Grand Rapids, Mich., August 31. The sixth annual tournament of the Michigan State Golf League opened at the Kent Country Club today, to continue through the remainder of the week. Well known golfers of Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Bay City, Kalamazoo and other cities are entered and all indications point to a successful tournament. BARIES PARADE AT ASBURY PARK Asbury Park, N. J., August 31. For the twenty-first consecutive year Babydom today held festal holiday and high revel in Asbury Park. It was the day of the baby parade, the crowning feature of the annual carnival. Babies from every nook and corner of the country, fully 500 of them and all in their gayest raiment, paraded the ocean front and passed in review before Queen Titania and her court, who shared the honors of the day with Governor Wilson and his staff. CHICAGO LETTER Chicago, August 30.—Moving picture film makers of Chicago, who have been invading foreign countries with their picture shows, have been warned by the Department of Commerce and Labor that bad editing is causing American films to be ridiculed or misunderstood in Europe. Foreign houses, securing the rights to Chicago and American films, are in the habit of writing explanations and headlines to elucidate the situations, using the language of the country where the film is to be shown. One film was a story of a cowboy and Indian intrigue, deception and fighting. The costumes of the cowboy-were exaggerated. The label said that the picture had been taken in the limited international motors wore the American national costume. A film showing a holdup in the cattle country had a subtitle stating that this was an event of regular life in America. One film showing the "Customs of the Indian Castes" was labeled "Customs of the Chaste Indians," and another translator made it "Costumes of the Indian Castes." The "costumes" consisted of about four yards of muslin wrapped around each Indian. The prestige of American-made films is hurt by these inaccuracies and the manufacturers are asked to be more strict in their contracts with foreign agents. Work on another $25,000,000 all-road passenger station, is to be started in Chicago in the spring, for the roads now using the antiquated Union Station in Canal street just west of the river. According to Darne Miller, president of the Burlington road, the new station will be built and operated by a union depot company as a holding corporation for the five roads which will use the station. These roads are the Burlington, the Fort Wayne (The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago), the Panhandle (Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis), the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and the Chicago & Alton. Each road will own a fifth interest, instead of being a tenant of the Pennsylvania system as present. A rough estimate of the cost provides for $11,000,000 for the lan'. $5,000,000 for track changes and subways. Electricity is likely to be the motive power used for drawing, the trains into the station or taken them out, though this has not been definitel decided. The train sheds will be long enough to accommodate fifteen-car trains. The West has cut further into the business supremacy of the East by the removal from New York to Chicago of the entire auditing department of the Wells Fargo Express Company. Five special trains, carrying 1,000 employees of the company, their families, baggage and household effects, are due in Chicago from Gotham September 15. There will be at least 3,000 persons in the trecking part. When the company first announced the impending change there were many and strewnons objections upon the part of the employees, and many native sons of New York put in hasty registrations, looking with horror upon the idea of leaving Manhattan island for Chicago. These prejudices soon began to disappear and the company officials expect to have their entire clerical force move intact to the Western metropolis. This migration is the carving out of a plan of the company to have the greater part of its clerical work done from a more central point that New York. The headquarters will be at No. 817 South Fifth avenue. NEW COAL STEAMER COMES TO NORFOLK IN NEW ENGLAND TRADE Will Carry Coal for the New Haven and Hartford R. R. Norfolk, Va., August 31.—The steamer Suffolk, built by the Coastwise Transportation Company, of the Crowley interest, which is chartered for five years by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to carry coal from Norfolk to Boston, has arrived here from Camden, N. J., on her maiden voyage. Aboard her came Captain John G. Crowley, managing owner; Captain Arthur L. Crowley, superintendent of construction; Captain Elmer E. Crowley, commanding the steamer, and a couple of compass adjusters. She is reported to have behaved splendidly on the run, making in the Delaware, wind and tide favoring, a little over seventeen knots an hour. Her contract speed, however, which she will make ordinarily, is 13 knots. That is high speed for a freighter, few such making more than eight or nine knots. The Suffolk is of the lake type, her machinery being pretty well astern, and is a very fine ship. She is the third one built by the company, the "Coastwise" and "Transportation" already being in service. The manager said that the company will proceed to build another shortly which will be called the "Norfolk." The Suffolk is wholly of steel, except a little wood in the bridge. The Crowley Brothers have exhibited great ability and diligence. They built and successfully operated a large fleet of big schooners and but lately begun to supplement this by steamers. These steamers make about forty-two trips a year between Norfolk and Boston and carry each about 7,300 tons coal on a voyage. Each carries, therefore, about 300,000 tons a year. The Suffolk is to take coal from the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, of which Gordon DeCordy is agent at this port, this company selling practically all the coal it brings to tidewater here to the New Haven road. HOLINESS CAMP MEETING Evansville, Ind., August 31.—The annual camp meeting of the Union Gospel Holiness Association will open tomorrow at Oak Summitt park, near this city, and continue for ten days. The proceedings this year will be under the direction of Rev. Charles Babcock of Portsmouth, Va., and Rev. C. W. Ruth, vice president of the National Holiness Association. Portland, Me., Sept. 1.—Members of the Fogg family association held their tenth annual reunion today at the Falmouth House in this city, George Fogg Osgood, of Kensington, N. H., presiding. Samuel Fogg, the progenitor of the family, lived in New Hampshire in the middle of the 17th century, and his descendants are now widely scattered throughout the country. ```markdown ``` I was just a little late in getting in the game, but I am here at 24-26 Summers street and am the same J. P. Clark you all know. I do not belong to any trust or combination whatever- My price list on bottled beers: Can You Do Better? Blue Ribbon, 4 dozen.....$5.00 Hoster-Columbus, 3 dozen.....4.00 Red, White and Blue, 4 dozen.....5.00 Red, White and Blue, 3 dozen.....4.00 Schleer Special, Columbus, O. 3 doz. 4.00 Charleston Beer, 3 dozen.....3.00 Rebate $1.50 on all empty cases and bottles ALL KINDS OF BARREL GOODS, 7 AND 9 YEARS OLD, FROM $2.00 PER GALLON UP. WE ALSO HANDLE IMPORTED GOODS. We also handle a number of other different brands bottled in bond, full quarts at $1.00 per quart. J. P. CLARK 24-26 Summers Street HOME PHONE 134 AND 266. HOME PHONE 134 AND 266. ALL ORDI Give Us a Call GARRETT AND B UNDERTAK ARTHUR L. GARRETT, LICE Why pay large prices when we can f quality of service and goods for less mo stock of goods. Prompt ambulance serv ND HAZLEWOOD BERTAKERS TT, LICENSED EMBALMER we can furnish you with the same or less money. We carry a large balance service. Open day and night. GARRETT AND HAZLEWOOD UNDERTAKERS ARTHUR L. GARRETT, LICENSED EMBALMER Why pay large prices when we can furnish you with the same quality of service and goods for less money. We carry a large stock of goods. Prompt ambulance service. Open day and night. Charleston, W. Va. --- Nation's Capital PLEASED WITH THE SELECTION OF GRIFFIN TO LEAD TRUE REFORMERS. Immense Enrollment. Expected a6 Howard University, Personal Liberty League Gives a feed" Lynch Becomes a Benedict, "Berry Party" Comes from Kentucky. --- (Bureau of The Advocate) (Bureau of The Advocate.) Washington, D. C., Aug. 31—The election of Walter R. Griffin as Grand Master of the United Order of True Reformers gives eminent satisfaction to the Order in this city and to the people at large, all of whom are anxious for the fraternity to get on its feet once more and rise to the full measure of its great opportunities. Under the safe and sane guidance of Grand Master, with the Lewis plan of rehabilitation in operation, there is no reason why the immense property holdings may not be redeemed and all claims settled satisfactorily. The membership has been loyal and with new leadership, they will take courage for the march that is before them. Many regard the temporary explosion as a Godsend, as it enables the order to clear the decks, reform the oil and dangerous system, and to stock the dishonest practices that sooner or later were bound to wreck the concern. The talk about changing th Bell Phone 336. Home Phone 328 ALL ORDERS DELIVERED PROMPTLY. name of the order has about subsided, now that a new captain and new crew have taken the helm. It is believed that the name "True Reformers," is an asset, and the rank and file are loath to part with what seems to be an old and beloved friend. The sentiment for a change in the headquarters is strong however, with a decided leaning toward Washington as the new central office. A fraternity hailing from the capital of the nation has a big ting to its credit at the outset, for here is the center, of the wealth and intelligence and numbers of the race, and it is the seat of government, where everybody in the course of the year must come on one business or another. It is easily accessible from every, and the insurance laws are so rigid that nothing but the most solid can survive To be allowed to exist here, is an argument for the soundness of any institution that claims this city as its habitat. Washington is the logical place for the permanent headquarters of the The National Colored Personal Liberty League gave its annual banquet Wednesday evening at the residence of National Organizer C. C. Curtis, on Carroll street southeast. The night was balmy and the tables were spread on the spacious lawn. The place was a blaze of light from the Japanese lanters, and the decorations were tastefully arranged. The menu was rich and elaborate, and was served in flawless style by Mrs. Mary Curtis and her committee from the Ladies' Auxiliary, Mr. L. A. Wiley, president of the League, called the company to order, delivered a cordial address of welcome and introduced Mr. C. C. Curtis, of Iowa, as the master of ceremonies of the evening. were made by Rev. L. C formerly a member of the Lisbon Legislature, Lieut. R. E. S. Terry, R. W. Thompson, C. C. Mr. Riley, W. C. Payne and write a number of the at- 609 Summer Street. Charleston, W. Va. taches of the Capitol were present. The National Cooled Personal Liberty League is a nonpartisan body, standing for liberal laws in the interest of the masses, and for the protection of the welfare of the Negro. It is expected that the League will cut a figure in several of the pivotal states next year, endorsing candidates of either party, according as they pledge themselves to the measures likely to advance the interests the race. Dr. J. S. Jackson Again Breaks all Records. Again has Dr. J. J. S. Jackson, the energetic and resourceful financial secretary of the A. M. E. Zion connection, broken all records in the connection of revenues for the support of his church. At the recent session of the Bishops' Council of the A. M. E. Zion church, held at Knoxville-Tenn., the report of Dr. Jackson showed that he had handled within the past twelve months $73,958, this amount exceeding last year's report—the best up to that time—by more than $6,000. The standard financial houses in New York, Dun's and Bradstreets—rate the . a. L. E. Zion church, since the advent of Dr. Jackson as financial secretary, as the strongest Negro organization in the country. In a meeting to test the strength of the candidates for the Bishopric with a host of leading Zionites participating, Dr. Jackson received the vote of every one present. His election to the Bishopric at the general conference at Charlotte, N. C., next May is a foregone conclusion. He will prove a tower of strength to the cause of Zion on the Bench. The church has not an abler man in its fold, and the progressive element does well to accord him the recognition he so richly deserves. Howard University's Immense Enrollment. Howard University is to have the largest enrollment this year that it has had at any time in its history. It has been announced at this early date that Prof. Kelly Miller, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences has filed the one hundred and sixtieth application for entrance into the freshman class of his department. A meeting of the executive committee of the University is scheduled for the early part of September, at which session it will probably be found necessary, by reason of the growth of the institution, to appoint several new professors and instructors. The new engineering plant at the University has been completed this summer and a direct current electric power lighting and heating plant for the University, Freedmen's Hospital and the residences of the professors has been installed. Work is advancing rapidly on the new $40,000 home for the nurses con- THE ADVOCATE. nected with the Freedmen's Hospital and the handsome building will add greatly to the beauty and symmetry of the Howard campus. Major John R. Lynch Takes Unto Himself, A Bride. The news of the marriage of Major John R. Lynch, a paymaster in the United States Army, came as a pleasant surprise to his host of friends here. Major Lynch was married August 12 to Miss Cora E. Williams, of Chicago. They will make their permanent home at San Francisco, where the Major is stationed. Major Lynch is regarded as a Washingtonian, having resided in this city during his years of service as Auditor for the Navy Department as president of the Capital Savings Bank. He practiced law here also as the senior member of the firm of Lynch and Terrell. Since the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, he has been a paymaster in the United States Army, starting with the rank of captain in the volunteer service. Continuing in the regular service after the war, he rose to the rank of Major by virtue of the fine record he has made as a paymaster. For many years, Major Lynch was a political leader in Mississippi, and in 1884, at the republican national convention which nominated James G. Blaine for president, he served as temporary chairman, having been nominated for the exalted place by no less a personage than Theodore Roosevelt, a member of the New York delegation. The "Berry Party" from Kentucky. The capital was enlivened last week by a visit of the "Berry Party" from Kentucky. The aggregation of brains and beauty was headed by Mr. R. T. Berry, editor of the Kentucky Reporters, of Owonsboro, Ky., reinforced by a bevy of six charming Kentucky school marms who are enjoying an extended tour of the East as the prize-winners of a popularity contest directed by the Reporter. The ladies in the party were Miss Lillian Camford, Mesdames Addie Isbell and Samia Avent, all of Paducah; Miss Josie R. Higginson, Morganfield; Miss Theresa F. Hollowell, Henderson; and Miss Ion Vaughn, Hopkinsville, Ky. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson, and were shown many social courtisies by the "Kentucky Colony" of Washington. They saw the sights of the capital, and were admitted to the Senate gallery by card of Senator W. O. Bradley. The News in A Nutshell. Prof. Kelly Mille's missionary work is bearing fruit in an unprecedented enrollment at Howard University. The Washington delegation to the National Medical Association's convention at Hampton, Va., has returned, "de-lighted" with Hampton and its environs. The Tidewater people literally "killed the fatted calf" for the strangers within their gates. Assistant Superintendent Roscoe Conkling Bruce has some new and elaborate plans for the school campaign of the coming year. The United States Government has unbounded its willingness to accept Gen. Solon Menos as Haitian Minister to succeed H. Paulus Sannon. The success of the revolution revolution forshadowed the retirement of the incumbent favor of representative in sympathy with the new Leconte administration. M. Sannon has made a capable official and his departure will be regretted. Gen. Menos is a man of great force of character and has been a prominent factor in the politic affairs of the Haitian Republic. The proposition looking to the organization of a Negro Department at the San Francisco Panama Canal Exposition is being examined with the closest scrutiny by those who have a voice in public affairs. Opinions for the present are withheld. More light is needed before a definite conclusion can be reached. Congressman Julius Kahn says he is for it if the colored people want it. An appropriation may be secured from Congress—again, if the colored people manifest any burning desire for the separate plan. Nothing can be expected from the State of California in the way of an appropriation, says Mr. Kahn. Dr. A. M. Curtis, who has just retired from the presidency of the National Medical Association, has gone to Chicago on his vacation. He will mingle some business with pleasure by delivering a lecture and demostrating at a surgical clinic at the great Mayo Hospital in Milwaukee. The Phelps School on Vermont Avenue, between T and U streets, heretofore used for whites, is now to become the Colored Business High School. The white students and teachers will be transferred to the new building in course of erection at the corner of 8th and T streets. Word comes that T. J. Calloway who went to Little Rock, Ark., to attend the session of the National Negro Business League, is ill at Hot Springs. T. Frederick Small, of New York City, editor of Small's Negro Trade Journal, spent a few days in the city en route homeward from the Little Rock meeting of the National Negro Business League. He was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson. Benjamin Washington, of Arm strong Manual Training School, is a home again from an extended visit to Chicago. He was accompanied by his wife. Architect W. Sidney Pittman is arranging for the installation of the new officers of the Local Negro Busi- ness League. It is expected that Dr. Booker T. Washington will be present and deliver a brief address. There is no reason why Washington should not have one of the banner local leagues in the country. J. Finley Wilson, of Norfolk, Va., a leading Elk, was in the city last week, en route to Hampton and home. He was one of the prime movers in the campaign which resulted in the election of Harry H. Pace as Grand Exalted Ruler. Mr. Wilson is associate editor of the Journal and Guide at Norfolk, and is an active force in the Business League of his city. He is also general manager of "Little Bay Beach," owned by L. W. Bright, the noted Norfolk boniface, a place and addressed immense crowd at Big Trest and most fashionable bathing beaches on the Atlantic Coast. W. T. Vernon, Supervisor of Indian Schools, was in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday and an immense crowd at the Big Bethel A. M. E. Church. Dr. Vernon expresses himself as being very well pleased with his new work, and is giving it much close study. He is being mentioned very favorably in connection with the presidency of the Morris Brown College at Atlanta, a school under the auspices of t he A. M. E. church. On this subject, Dr. Vernon is having nothing to say. The trustees meet at Macon, Ga. this week to choose a president of Morris Brown to succeed the late Dr. E. W. Lee. The situation at the Vermont Ave. Baptist Church is still "tense". The matter is in the hands of the court. No pastor has been called, as yet. President Taft is able sustaining his safe and sane attitude on the tariff question. He is standing up for the integrity of our business institutions the foundation of national prosperity. The people who think are with President Taft. THE PERIL OF LYNCHING (Boston Transcript.) What saith the Saxon and the nation now? Why blood is spilled, and one more black man was burned! Strength has spurned weakness, as it should be spurned. And Saxon ire is sated! This will cow The insolent blacks, who must be made to bow— Or butchered—'till th' inferior race has learned Its place!" "Hear! Hear!" the thun dering Press returned. Great God! And is it wisdom to allow The measure of a man to be his skin? And damns men for the color of the face? Menaced this nation, how might black men lean? The North and East and West South must wake. To the great danger of despising men A race is helpless, it may hate, and slake Its hot desire in tears!—To feel: to fear and quake; To burn and bow and still be helpless then; To tear the sky with prayers, and learn again We have been loyal, but we are despised; Teach us. O white men, how to love once more! This courage of lynching has but advertised To all the world: "Restraint has been removed: No Negro here is safe within his door." \nd primal meeting of the Sons o Man, From all the ends of earth we come! Old Night, the elder sister of the Day, Mother of Dawn in the golden East Meets in the misty twilight with her brood. Pale and black, twauty, red and brown The mighty human rainbow of the world, Spanning its wilderness of storm. Softly in Sympathy the sunlight falls, Rare is the radiance of the moon; And on the darkest midnight blaze the stars— The tar-fown shadows of whose brilliance Drop like a dream on the dim shores of Time. Forecasting Days that are to these As day to night. So sit we all as one, So, gloomed in tall and stone-swathed groves. The Buddha walks with Christ! And Al-Koran and Bible both be holy! Almighty Word! In this Thine awful sanctuary, First and flame-hunted City of the Widened World. Assoil us, Lord of Lands and Seas! We are but weak and wayward men. Distraught alike with hatred and vabo glory: True to desire the Soul that breathes within— High visioned hordes that lie and steal and kill. Sinning the sin each separate heart. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1883 Clambering upon our riven writhing selves, Besleging Heaven by tramping men to Hell! We be blood-guilty! Lo, our hands be red! But here—here in the white Silence of the Dawn, Before the Womb of Time, With bowed hearts all flame and shame, We face the birth-pangs of a world: We hear the stifled city of Nations all but born— The wail of women ravished of their stunted brood! We see the nakedness of Toll, the poverty of Wealth, We know the Anarchy of Empire, and loftful Death of Life! And hearing, seeing, knowing all, we cry: Save us, World-Spirit, from lesser selves! Grant us that war and hatred cease, Reveal our souls in every race and hue Help us, O Human God, in this Thy Truce To make Humanity divine! GOAL TRADE OF PACIFIC COAST Washington, August 31.—The fuel requirements of the Pacific coast and the methods of meeting them are of special interest at the present time because of the agitation in regard to the development of manufacturing of Alaska. The report on the produce of coal in 1910, by E. W. Fucker, coal statistician of the United States Geological Survey, now in preparation, will contain some interesting statements on this subject. The present consumption of coal on the Pacific coast, says Mr. Parker, is not large and the successful operation of any coal mines in Alaska will depend on naming prices attract to the development or manufacturing indstries. For railroad and manufacturing purposes the consumption of oil, particularly in California largely exceeds that of coal—in fact for railroad use oil is practically the only fuel. The principal domestic fuels are wood and gas made from oil. Recently oil itself has assumed importance as a domestic fuel. About 15,000,000 barrels of California oil were consumed by locomotives in 1909, as against a little over 18,000,000 barrels for 1910. The total consumption of fuel oil was probably between 35,000,000 and 40,000,000 barrels in 1909 and between 40,000,000 and 50,000,000 barrels in 1910. The probability is that the consumption of fuel oil displaces about 10,000,000 tons of coal on the Pacific coast in 1909 and between 11,000,000 and 12,000,000 tons in 1910. The per capita consumption of coal in California, Oregon, and Washington averages not much over 1 ton, while the average consumption in the United States as a whole is about 5-1-4 tons for each inhabitant. The principal source of oil supply for the Pacific coast is the State of Washington, the output of both California and Oregon being present small. In 1909 the total production of coal in Washington was 3,602,463 short tons. California prod 45,000 tons and Oregon 87,276 tons. In 1910 the production of coal on the Pacific coast was 3,903,983 short tons in Washington, 62,707 tons in Oregon, and 11,164 tons in California. The imports of bituminous coal amounted to 752,046 tons, and of anthracite to 9,116 tons. The exports of coal from Seattle were 26,883 tons in 1909 and 23,771 tons in 1910. The total consumption of coal on the Pacific coast from various sources in 1909 was 4,576,052 short tons and in 1910 4,812,398 tons. The imports of coal to Pacific coast ports (exclusive of Hawaii), as reported by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor were 111,676 short tons in 1909 and 114,161 tons in 1910. Including 761 short tons of coal sent from Puget Sound to Bering Sea, the total quantity of coal shipped into Alaska in 1910 was 98,420 short tons of which 8,178 tons went from British Columbia, and 15,877 tons from Washington. The production within the Territory was reported at 1,000 tons, or about 1 per cent. of the total consumption. MEET ENGLISH HEAVYWEIGHT London, Sept. 1. The Jack Johnson-Bombardier Wells bout is not the only Anglo-American event on the pugilistic calendar. One of the London clubs has arranged to bring Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh fighter who has been on this side for some time, and Fred Drummond, the English heavyweight, together tomorrow night for a twenty-round contest. If Moran defcats the Englishman he will be signed up to meet either Guarner Moir or Fred Storcke, the South African heavyweight, at the National Sporting Club. JAUNT TO HAWAII San Francisco Sept. 1.—A score or more of senators and representatives, nearly all of them accompanied by their families, have rounded up in this city preparatory to sailing; or the steamship Sierra, which departs tomorrow for Honolulu. The party will spend the entire month of September in the islands as guests of the Hawaiian government. August Figures on N. & W. Nearly 13,250,000 THE DAILY CAR INCREASE BIG Bluefield, W. Va., Augustt 31. Today is the last day of August and with the end of the month the Norfolk and Western will have established a new coal carrying record. The new record mark for coal shipments, which is not expected to stand long as tonnage is constantly increasing, will reach nearly a million and three-quarters tons of coal the month will be the biggest month the road has ever had by thousands of tons. In addition to this a new record for car movement will have been established. The daily average number of cars handled will be nearly 200 higher per day than was ever moved heretofore on the Pocahontas division, on which division the greater part of the tonnage handled by the Norfolk and Western originates. The enormous increase in tonnage is not confined to any one district of the field, but is general, even the Climch Valley territory sharing in the new record mark. Unfortunately the prices are not improving except on prepared sizes, which cannot be furnished. If they could be supplied the market for them would perhaps diminish. The outlook in the coke market, due to the building of by-product evens, is not promising by any means, and the shipments of coke are way below what they formerly were. There is considerable splint coal on the cars waiting for shipment to the lakes, while in the Clinch Valley region reports sem to state that the Clinchfield Route is having considerable trouble in getting rid of cars which are loaded and standing on the lines of the company. The southern market, due to causes which were unforeseen, has taken a slump and purchasers are nott over eager to take coal, with the result that demurrage charges will shortly catt up what ever profit there might be in the cargo goes which, att, the current prices, is said to be very small. Pocahontas Slack a Drug. Pocahontas slack is almost a drug on the markett, there being practically no demand for it, with the result that prepared coals cannot be made and mine owners have to sit silly by and watch fancy prices being quoted without their being able to offer anything that the market wants. In order tot meet fixed charges and competition coal has to be mined and all the more so now that fixed charges have increased, due to the installation of new equipment. There is considerable criticism of the Pocahontas coal operators by mine operators in other districts because of their activity in putting coal on the market. These criticisms may be merited to a certain extent, but the coal operators in this section are all men who have had long experience in mining at every stage of the game, and nearly all of them are practical miners and live on the job instead of directing the foremen from distant cities. The result tis that this constant knowledge of conditions, coupled with a thorough understanding of all the problems which come up enables them to meet competition and make a small or large profit where mines in other sections of the country are at a loss what to do to make a cont MR. BORDEN'S MARITIME TOUR Montreal, Sept. 1.—Mr. Robert L. Borden, the leader in the fight to defeat the Laurier government on the reciprocity issue, concluded his Quebec campaign today. At all of his meetings he has been greeted by large crowds and he expresses himself as well satisfied with the outlook in this Province. Tomorrow Mr. Borden will begin his speechmaking tour of the Maritime Provinces. After spending three days each in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island he will make a tour of all the chief cities and towns of Nova Scotia. PAROLE SEEN FOR J. P. WALSH Leavenworth, Kas., Sept. 1. When the parole board meets at the Federal penitentiary here this month the first case to be considered will be that of John R. Welsh, the former Chicago banker. Mr. Walsh entered the penitentiary January 19, 1910 convicted of having violated the banking laws. Recently President Taft refused to grant him a pardon, but it is believed he will be paroled when the board meets. At the direction of Attorney General Wickegaham the outstanding indictments against Mr. Walsh have been enashed, thus removing the last obstacle in the way of paroling the prisoner. Mr. Walsh this week entered upon his seventy-fifth year and is one of the oldest inmates of the Federal prison. PLAN PROPOSED FOR PRIMARY Which Brings Cost Down to the Minimum and Which Gives Equal Opportunity to All PAGE SIX. Some days since there appeared in your paper an able and well written article from the pen of the Hon. J. W. Harman, of Parsons, in which article the writer very ably discusses the republican situation in West Virginia, and makes some suggestions as to what might, could or should be done about the party having a statewide primary for all elective offices to be voted for in 1912. The truth was being told when the writer remarked that the people of West Virginia are decidedly progressive, and desirous of having certain abuses corrected, and certain reforms inaugurated, and particularly do they want the privilege to say who shall serve them in the capacity of public officers, which privilege has been very much denied them in recent years through no fault of their own. The people know something near what they want and intend to have in the way of a primary law, and it is too late for the practical politicians of either party to try to argue them out of the notion. The time for argument has passed, and nothing now remains but to give the people an honest and well constructed primary law under which each man's vote will count one, and be counted as cast. Such a law can be passed by any legislature that is fairly friendly to the primary plan of nominating officers, regardless of its political complexion. At this time it will help the republican party but little to jump up and howl about the record of the democrats in the legislature last winter upon the primary bill, for have not the legislatures of both parties and the organizations of both parties been somewhat to blame, for the people not having a primary law at this time? The election of 1910 was not a democratic victory. It was simply a judgment by default against the republican party, brought about by the republican voters absenting themselves from the polls. In other words, the democratic voters went to the election and found a number of good offices lying around uncalled for; and the republican voters, though thrice solemnly called, came not to claim said ones, so the democrats carried them away. The republican voters will open judgment upon those defaulted offices in West Virginia, next year, if they are given a fair show in saying who the candidates for office shall be, but if such fair play be not given, or if promised, the promise be broken, a large number of them will stay off the reservation as they did in 1910. A good majority of the voters of the state of West Virginia are republican in principle and faith, and many of them have only remained away from the polls after a severe struggle with their instinctive faith in the party, but they have been deeply grieved at the situation as it has developed in the last few years, and their minds are made up in regard to having a change. There is no likelihood of conditions arising that would justify another extra session of the present legislature, so that the election of 1912 will have been over before another legislature in West Virginia will have a chance to give the people a primary law, but there is a fairly good law law now in force which would in a great measure protect any local primary, and if it would protect a local primary why not a state-wide one if the same be held under the direction largely of the local county committees? The state republican committee has issued a call for a meeting of the committee in the early part of October for the purpose of taking steps to put the party in shape to make next year's fight in the state, and why not let the committee get busy and start a move to have a state-wide Republican primary next year to nominate all the candidates for the elective offices in the state from the governor down to the lowest? There is no reasonable excuse why this can not be done, for the state committee has sufficient power to compel practical compliance with any and all reasonable regulations it may establish in regard to holding gald primary. We hear some one say that the poor man can not enter such a primary on account of the cost of holding the same, and therefore the rich man goes in and secures the office. This excuse might work if it were true, or if under the present method of nominating candidates the poor men got the offices when the rich men wanted them. Who ever heard of a poor man having any better show in a delegate convention than a rich one, or one who had money backing him? A great many of the nominating conventions in which several candidates for different offices are nominated simply resolve themselves into log rolling affairs whereby the candidates trade votes among among themselves, and the voters at large never hear of the candidate for many of the offices until he sees the name in the paper as Mr. Smith or Mr. Jones, one of the most prominent and influential republicans of his section of the State, which in some cases is true. Cost of a Primary. In many counties of the state, republican primaries are held to nominate candidates for county and district offices, and the cost of the same primaries are paid by the local candidates. Now, by finding out the cost of these local primaries, we can easily arrive at some idea of the cost of a state-wide one, for the principle of conducting them would be the same. In Upshur county where a republican primary was held in June, 1910 for the purpose of nominating candidates to be voted for in the November election, the total cost of holding the same at nineteen voting places in the county was $134.70, which sum included the cost of poll books, ballots, two commissioners and two clerks each, ($1.00) and also the cost of transporting the ballot boxes to and from the place of election, and, in fact, included all incidental expenses connected with the holding of said primary, except the amount allowed to the secretary of the county committee for his services, which on a liberal basis would amount to about $50.00. Including this last item the entire cost of holding the primary was about $9.25 per voting place, which sum does not appear large. Making a more liberal estimate we have the following amount as the sum for which a voting place could or should be kept open to hold a primary, that is: The amount estimated for messenger, books and ballots will not in all cases be needed, and there is not a county in West Virginian, in which a voting place could not be kept open for the sum of $10.00 if the matter be properly handled by the local committee, and the practice of collecting more money from the candidates than is needed to conduct the primary is to be condemned as having to many abuses, and is sometimes used as a means of squeezing out poor but deserving men. It is estimated that there are fifteen hundred voting places in the state at which it would be necessary to hold open the polls, so that holding a state-wide primary would consist in opening the number of voting places on the same day, but under practically the same conditions as those necessary in holding open nineteen places as they did in Upshur county in 1910, and few complications would arise which could not be readily handled by the local county committee. How are we to get the $10.00 to hold open each of these fifteen hundred voting places? Nothing would be easier we nit is brought down to unit basis. Let each candidate to be voted for by the entire state pay a certain sum for each voting place in the state, while candidates for state senate, circuit judge, and others whose districts or circuits comprise more than one county, pay a certain sum for each voting place in his respective district or circuit. Let each candidate for county offices pay a certain sum for each place in his county, while the magistrate district candidates will do the same in their districts. In this way each candidate will help to hold the primary in the territory in which he is interested. Assuming that there will be at least one active candidate for each of the several offices to be filled, let us make the following assessments and see how near we can come to securing the $10,000 it is estimated we would need to hold open each voting place. Let the candidates for governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent of schools, secretary of agriculture and State Supreme Court pay the sum of fifty cents for each voting place in the State. Let each candidate for state senate and congress pay a like sum to cover his respective district. Let each candidate for circuit judge pay the sum of $1,000 for each place in his district. Let each candidate for sheriff, assessor and prosecuting attorney in the several counties pay a like sum of $1,00 per voting place in the county in which he is a candidate, while the candidates for county commissioner and house of delegates be required to pay fifty cents for each place in the county, and the candidates for county surveyor, an office carrying no salary, be required to pay twenty-five cents per place in the county. Let the candidates for the offices of school commissioner, justice and constable in the several magisterial districts be required to pay fifty cents for each voting place in the respective districts. The above schedule, based upon the fewest number of candidates, will bring in the sum of $11.75 per voting place, and will be entirely sufficient for all needs, while the amount actually realized will be much larger, for there will be more than one candidate for many of the offices to be filled. How it Could Be Worked. Let the Republican State Committee meet early in the year and select a date within the time now allowed by law for holding conventions and primaries, and prepare such regulations as seems necessary, and also decide upon the amount per voting place each candidate shall pay, who desires to have his name on the primary ticket, then soon after let the several county executive committees meet and decide upon the number of voting places at which the primary will be held open in the several counties, and arrange all matters connected with holding the primary such as selecting commissioners, clerks, etc. Let the local committees certify to the state committee the number of places at which the election is to be held in each county, so that the state committee can then collect from all candidates other than for county and magisterial district offices the exact amount due from each based upon the voting place unit, which committee can then apportion the amounts so collected to the various counties as certified to them. To cover the expense of the State Committee for its work in the matter a small sum, say ten cents per each voting place for each candidate for a State office, can be retained by the committee, and this will produce a sum not to be despised. Under the present laws of the state governing primaries, convention, etc., a tolerably fair test can be given to the state-wide primary plan, and. if the state committee will start this movement in good faith and give the people a chance, the rank and file of the republican party will be found on hand next year ready and anxious to redeem themselves and set aside the defaulted verdict of 1910. But talk will not avail. Action, not wind, is what the people want, and if the signs point right or mean anything, action is what they propose to have along some lines in the near future. Once fairly tried, we believe the people will be so well pleased with the result that nothing short of a good, equitable primary law will satisfy them; and so insistent will they be in their demands for such a law that the next legislature, regardless of its political makeup, will hasten to put such a law upon the books. As to the selection of delegates to the national convention to nominate a republican candidate for president; and as to the selection of state, county and district committee, it matters but little to the general voter at this time, for while he may have his own personal choice for president, yet he has no present means at hand for making that choice count when it comes to the actual work of nominating a candidate. As to the question of having a state platform of principles, many have come to believe that a good, honorable candidate is better than some of the platforms which have been adopted in recent years, especially when it comes to carying them out after the election. Let the people have a state-wide primary and you will almost read the platform in the personell of the ticket named. Here is a suggestion as to a platform. Let the Republican nominees for the state offices, together with the candidates for the State senate and the house of delegates, after the primary is over, meet at Charleston or some other convenient point, and prepare a platform upon which they can stand, and then if the state officers are elected and the legislature is republican, what should we expect? W. B. NUTTER. Buckhannon, W. Va. August 22, 1911. Senator Bland to Editor Cornwell To the Hon. John J. Cornwell. The Editor of the Record recently cailed our attention to an article appearing in the Hampshire Review, in which you pay your respects to us. We are glad to see you come out in the open as an apologist for that little coterie of political vagabonds, who, during the regular session of the West Virginia Legislature last winter, sold the Democratic party of this State for a price and who have ever since been striving to deliver it into the hands of its adversary; and will so deliver it unless honest men come to the rescue. We took your measure on the seventh day of last January; at which time our good opinion of you as a simon pure Democrat underwent a change; and we are glad of this opportunity to reply to your attempt to discredit us. We agree with what you say about the responsibility of a newspaper to the public, and of the injury it may inflict if not guided by reason, and that, under certain circumstances, it may be as dangerous as a gun in the hands of a maniac. But, Mr. Cornwell, might not a gun in the hands of a maniac may be even more dankerous? THE ADVOCATE One day, during the regular session of the Legislature, a few Democratic members thereof, believing that their oath of office and their pledges to their constituency impose a duty superior to that of any caucus obligation, declined to be bound by certain caucus action until charges of fraud had been investigated; or that number, the writer was one. On that day we were informed by a member of the House of Delegates that certain individuals whose displeasure we had incurred would accomplish our ruin, political and financial; and he spoke as one who knew of the existence of a determination to accomplish our rain. We accepted the challenge and returned our defiance in no ambiguous language. And then were hatched the stories which you, by interrogatory and innuendo repeat in the Review. After the joint assembly of the two Houses had first met and "elected" Senators Watson and Chilton. Senator Watson went to Washington, only to find that on account of the failure of the Republican members of the State Senate to attend and assist in the organization of that body, Senator Watson's credentials would not be recognized in the United States Senate; and negotiations were opened with the Republican senators then sojourning in Cincinnati to "induce" them to return to Charleston. They returned. Proposition and counter proposition were sent and received until finally Governor MacCorkle expressed himself to the Democratic members of the Senate in these words: "Watson has been down to Washington with his credentials and the Democratic members of the Committee on Privileges and Elections there say they are not worth a _____. The election of these United States senators means more to me than anything else. I am willing to sacrifice everything that we have promised to accomplish their election." The writer and others protested, saying that so far as they were individually concerned those Republican senators could come in or stay out as they pleased; that the Democrats were in their places and that if the Republicans stayed out and defeated legislation, theirs would be the blame and theirs the penalty; but Governor MacCorkle's idea prevailed, and all but five of the fifteen Democratic senators voted to sustain the properrifice their party, we shall protest, yea, resist to the uttermost. These Democrats (?) whose displeasure we incurred because we stood for common honesty and a decent regard for platform pledges have given wide circulation to these falsehoods. They were varied as occasion required, and told always in such form as would be most likely to work greatest injury to the one at whom their infamy was directed. Soon were started also the stories that the Senate was composed of fifteen Republicans, fourteen Democrats and Bland, who would not be bound by caucus, conference or platform pledge and that he was responsible for the failure of the Legislature to enact many of the reforms to which the Democrats stood piedged. These false reports were circulated not only by the press but were passed from lip to lip and over the signatures of those who would destroy. And, Mr. Cornwell, were not sition that they be invited in on practically the terms which the Governor had expressed himself as willing to concede. Of the reforms which the people demanded and which the Democrats had promised, we, under the terms of this agreement, got nothing save the abolition ground when much of this translaw. Mr. Cornwell, you were on the pired, and you know the truth of it all, else you are not so CRAFTY as you are reputed. You complain of the Record attacking Governor MacCorkle and say that we should not criticise a Democrat. We desire peace and harmony as much as you do, but we are unwilling to purchase peace at the cost of honor and freedom; when we see men whom the people have honored betray their trust and action to these reports? And yet you say that some people doubt our sin of the State road commissioner's office and an eviscerated registration you yourself one who gave circularity and good faith. Small wonder they do. You read these stories scores of times in such papers as the Gazette, the Register and the Times, and doubtless in papers whose editors did not know the truth (for news was suppressed so far as it could be done, of which the Record may have more to say at a future day.) And, Mr. Cornwell, you speak or newspapers without reason and of maniacs with guns. You saw in certain newspapers these reports time and again, day after day; you knew they were malicious; and the Review said not one word about the impropriety of attacking a Democrat through Democratic newspapers. But when the Record dares to criticise those who acted in bad faith, Watson holds the stick, Chilton pulls the string and your hands go up in holy horror. You say we must not criticise a Democrat. Consistency, thy name is Cornwell! We mentioned having taken your measure last January. In the Waldo hotel in the city of Clarksburg, we had a conversation with a clisling-ished gentleman about a great many things and, among them, about you. ARE YOU WORKING FOR MONEY? OR IS YOUR MONEY WORKING FOR YOU? If you are working and saving your money and putting it in a bank where you get no interest, 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 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. As your agent in your locality about it or write to this office. LET YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU PYTHIAN MUTUAL INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION 1109 HOTEL BROWN HOTEL BROWN 35 Rooms. Hot and Cold Baths. Lodging 50c Rooms by Week $2 to $3 ONE BLOCK FROM STATE HOUSE BEST HOTEL IN CHARLESTON Recommended by the Leadin$ Clergymen. From a long conversation, we gleaned these from among the many things stated by your friend; that you were not, and would not be, a candidate for United States Senate; that you would allow your name to be used and would open up headquarters at Charleston for the sole purpose of withholding from Colonel McGraw certain votes which otherwise might be nis; and that at the proper time, you would throw your influence to Mr. Watson. AND MCGRAW HAD BENN KOME AND McGRAW HAD BEEN YCUR FRIEND. O gratitude, thy name also is → Cornwell!! You are ambitious; you thirst for office as the hart thirsteth for the water break. Why did you do it? Was it not because you were in- formed that, unless you did, certain sources of revenue would be closed to you, and your railroad would become two streaks of red rust? HO' A Popul 500 Capitol Street Office Hours 8 to 11,1 to 4,6 to 9 THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911 FOR MONEY? KNING FOR YOU? bank where you get no interest, keep- Are Working for Money. a safe way, where it will be working least six per cent. Interest — Your order to give us an opportunity to put move is a picture of our building on old three story brick building on one door is occupied by the Huntington state, the second floor, is used for This building is sure to pay us months our stockholders were paid a the installment plan. Ask your K FOR YOU INVESTMENT N WESTON, W. VA. Mrs. C. O. Lowry, who has been the guest of relatives in Pomeroy for several weeks,, returned home Monday. Mrs. Nannie Wright, of Clarksburg is in the city the guest of her sister, Mrs. Joseph Kent. Residence Phone 1493 Home C. ELLIS sician WEST VIRGINIA Office Room 5 K. of P. Building Cor. Washington & Dickinson Sts. Residence 413 Shrewsbury St. OWN -:- ed People. Charleston, W. Va. ---