The Advocate

THIS ADVOCA WE CHEERFULLY PUBLISH ALL CRISP NEWS NOTES FROM ALL SECTIONS. VOLUME XI. FOR CITY OFFICES GIVES NE GROES A CHANCE TO ELECT COUNCILMAN. Schools Enter Race For Good Government by Issuing Circular for Improvement in Local Conditions Which Are Said to Be Inimical to Good Morals. --- (Regular Correspondent.) Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 2.—The Negroes of Nashville are just now in the thick of a hot city political campaign. They have the best chance they have had recently, to elect a Negro councilman. They are in a fine way to win the everhasting gratitude of Mayor Hillary E. Howse who seeks re-election. If the Nashville Mayor loses the Negroes will have to bear the stamp of disapproval that will undoubtedly be put upon them by an element of the white citizens. If Dr. Gillispie who is opposing House for Mayor wins the contest-without the support of the Negroes, the colored people will be in poor shape for a long time to come because the majority of Nashville Negroes are against "the doctor candidate" for Mayor. The heads of all the large institutions of learning in Nashville have registered themselves against the present city administration. These include the Negro as well as the white institutions of learning. Last Saturday the following address was issued to the citizens of Nashville by the heads of seventeen schools and colleges: "The undersigned represent schools of this city which draw to Nashville thousands of students—young men and young women—from all parts of our country. These students while residents of Nashville are committed to our care and we assume responsibility not only for their education, but also for their general welfare. This welfare is peculiarly affected by the environment in which they live and work; therefore, the moral conditions of our city are as important to us in our work as the educational facilities of our institutions. For this reason we cannot be indifferent to the public welfare of Nashville nor to the public interests which are at this time under discussion. "The present conditions of lawlessness and vice are unparalleled in the history of Nashville. This fact has already rendered it more difficult than ever before for us to maintain the patronage of our institutions of learning. This difficulty promises to increase if the conditions which have created the difficulty continue. Unless the civic life of this city be improved our educational life must surely decline. It is not the publication, but the prevalence of vice that menaces us. We plead for correction, not concealment. "We earnestly appeal to all the people of Nashville to co-operate with us in fulfilling to our patrons promises of improvement in local conditions, against which many patrons have complained and on account of which some have hesitated. We do not feel that it is too much to expect that the mercantile, financial and labor interests of the city that gain large legitimate profit from the presence of these schools should be neither antagonisus nor indifferent, but friendly to the cause of good order, public morals and civic righteousness. J. H. KIRKLAND, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University. IRA LANDRITH, President Belmont College. J. D. BANTON, President Ward Seminary. E. G. BUFORD, Regent Buford College. GEORGE A. GATES, President Fisk University. MRS. J. O. RUST, President Boscobel College. C. B. WALLACE, Principal University School. G. W. HUBBARD, Dean of Meharry Medical College of Walden University. W. F. QUILLIAN, President Methodist Training School. JNO. F. DRAUGHON, President Draughton's Business College. ALEXANDER FALL President of Fall's Business College and Superintendent of Watkins Institute Night School. A. N. ESHMAN, President of Radnor College. A. G. BOWEN, Principal of Bowen School M. T. DUNCAN, Principal of Duncan College Preparatory School. J. W. JOHNSTON, President Roger Williams University. THE R. W. JENNINGS, President Jennings Business College. A. T. BARRELL, Principal of Robert Winthrop School. Howse is accused by his opponents as being the chief sinner of all Nashville's unrighteous people. They associate him with "Sol" Cohn, a notorious Hebrew, who conducts a joint and "free-easy" across the street from St. Paul A. M. E. Church, one of the largest Negro churches in Nashville. The white folks opposing House predict woe and sorrow and a city destroyed if the present Mayor is retained. The regular Democrats, and the majority of Negro voters are behind Howse and from the appeal sent out Saturday the business interests of the city seem very largely behind Mayor Howse. He has the anti-prohibitionists also as his allies. Gillespie who seeks the place as Mayor has the independent Democrats, "illy-white" Republicans, the prohibitionists and the minority Negro vote to support him. he is making a strong fight. S. P. Harris, the Negro candidate for council ought to be elected. If he fails, the fault will be that of the Negroes of his ward. They alone must be charged with his defeat and be credited with his success. He is a clean man, upright, honest and of unspotted character. He is a college graduate of Rust University and a graduate of the law school of the University of Michigan. He lives in a neighborhood where the Negroes are highly intelligent tax payers. They have a clear majority of 262 registered voters in the ward. If they do not elect Harris it will be clear proof that the Negroes of Nashville represent a purchaseable element in city politics and that the criminals are in the ward, where Harris lives—the college settlement around Fisk University. Harris is running on a law and order platform and is in line with the Gillespie people. Those behind him believe he can win and his Negro supporters are contributing of their means and voice to carry him through. It will be to the eternal shame of Nashville Negroes if Harris fails because they work against his interests. Any Negro who does not vote for him is not fit to be free and should be consigned to eternal slavery. Mayor Howse has been a faithful friend of the colored people of Nashville and has done his very best to deal squarely and fairly by all the various interests and people of Nashville. He has helped the Negroes at every turn of the road and given his time and money in a lavish manner to encourage them. The colored people believe in deeds not words any longer and it matters not what the whites think of Howse in the campaign, the majority of the Negroes are squarely behind him and their votes count to such a large degree that Gillespie has the poorest kind of chance in the world to beat Howse. The Nashville Negroes know Howse. Gillespie is an untried quantity and colored people are of such a temper now that they have quit experimenting with "lukewarm Democrats" and "illy-white Republicans." It is straight goods or nothing with them. Widow of Captain Wheatley Expires Widow of Captain Wheatley Expires Aged Baltimore Woman Crosses the Bar.—Murphy Goes to Harvard to Pursue Post Graduate Course, Entered Without Conditions. Baltimore, Md., Oct 4.—The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wheatley, who died here last Friday, was held Monday at Sharp street Memorial M. E. Church. The deceased was born in this city 79 years ago. She was the widow of Captain E. J. Wheatley, who owned several sea-going steamers. Two daughters and two sons (Dr. Edward J. Wheatley and 'Raymond Wheatley) survive. Carl J. Murphy left Sunday for Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., where he is going to pursue a postgraduate course in languages. He was graduated from Howard University last June and enjoys the distinction of having been the last alumnus of the latter school to enter the graduate school of the Harvard without conditions. He is a son of J. H. Murphy, editor of the Afro-American Ledger. Dr. W. H. Goler, president of Livingstone College, preached at the Pennsylvania avenue A. M. Zion Church, Sunday. The Maryland Home for Friendless Colored Children is now located in a 32-acre home on the outskirts of the city. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the talented elocutionist, returns to Bermuda in December for an indefinite stay. She is being urged to produce W. Edgar Easton's historic drama, "Christopher," in which she has a dual role admirably adapted to her commanding genius as a reader and interpreter of strong emotional parts. --- Increased Enrollment MARKS THE RE-OPENING OF THE NEGRO INSTITUTION AT NASHVILLE. Quality of Students At Mehairy Medical College is Improved by More Rigid Entrance Requirements. — Roger Williams Has New Building. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 2.—The schools and colleges have all re-opened and the faculties and student bodies have re-adjusted themselves to school life after their needed vacations. The opening at Fisk was an auspicious one. It is the beginning of the third year of the Gates administration. The outlook is a bright one for the year and President Gates will very likely pilot the great institution to a more brilliant and notable closing next June than any of the past two years. Fisk is in better condition to do thorough college work now than ever before in its history. The spirit of work has been more firmly established. The reconstructive policy of President Gates came at the right time and has all been for the better. There are not a great many changes in the school faculty. Most of those made have been in the lower departments. Meharry Medical College of Walden University has re-opened its doors. The usual formal opening occurred Wednesday, Sept. 27th. Various members of the faculty and ministers of the city made interesting platform talks. Meharry has extended its course and also made other changes to increase its efficiency. The requirements for entrance are more rigid than formerly and consequently there is an improvement in the quality of the student body similar to that at Fisk. It has more dignity and purpose than used to be found. These changes are gradually drawing to Meharry a class of students interested in studying medicine as a science where formerly many began the study of medicine for the simple reason of earning a living. An average wage-earner can make a living but he has neither the ambition or ability to do anything more. So it is that many "semi-doctors" have done nothing more than earn a living when they ought to have made some original contribution to medical science. Today there is not one Negro physician who can reasonably be looked upon as an authority in any branch of medicine. Dr. Hubbard and his Meharry faculty are at at least on the right track. If they continue their present policy, future years will see less of the "lavender and pink hose fiends" as candidates for the M. D. degree. Then the public will hear more of scientific achievements and less about "race leadership," horses and buggies, automobiles and houses, corn and cattle at Meharry commencements. These things sound very well at a business or farmers convention but make poor "shop talk" when out of place. Where is there a Negro doctor who can be quoted as an authority on surgery, anatomy, Physiology, materia-medica or any of the various subjects taught in a high-grade Medical College? Roger Williams University opened on Sept. 26. This is the fourth year in the history of New Roger Williams. It is new because it has been recently built, has a new kind of president, new teachers and new supporters. It is in the hands of the Negro Baptists and all its administrative forces are Negro people. It is supported by Negro money. The old Roger Williams was burned and the present institution is the outgrowth of the changes suggested after the destruction of the old school. Its success is an assured fact and the school is now past the experimental stage. There is a new building and a combined dormitory and recitation hall. President Johnson undoubtedly faces the brightest future of any Negro College president in the South. He is a clear-headed and able men of character and force whom the people like and will rally as time advances. The new State Normal School is in process of erection. The courses have not been published although some teachers have been elected. Among the latter are a Dean, a mathematic teacher, a teacher of Domestic Science and a head of the Science Department. The Southern Smart Set, headed by Salem Tutt Whitney, is "making good" with the "Mayor of New York," in Texas. Ed Tolliver's "Dear Old Mexico" is one of the big hits of the production. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, Oct. 5 1911 ADVOCATE. Howard Theater Changes Hands A. B. Young Leases Washington's Handsome Play-House for Ten Years for Presentation of High Class Vaudeville. (By A-R-W-TEE.) Washington, D. C., Sept. 27.—Papers are being signed this week by which Andrew B. Thomas, a well-known manager of this city, takes over a ten year lease on the new and beautiful Howard Theatre. At first negotiations were entered into on a five-year basis, but Manager Thomas having faith in the future, literally 'took the bull by the horn," and insisted upon a ten years' tenure, and carried his point. The terms of the lease are not to be made public at this time, but the figures would startle an amateur in the business. It is understood that Ford Dabney was also a competitor for the house, but finally decided not to push his bid, having some other big plans in view. The policy of the Howard, under the direction of Mr. Thomas, will be to present the highest class vaudeville obtainable, together with motion pictures of the latest subjects. Road shows of quality will be played when they can be secured, and singers, dramatic readers and artists of every line of talent will be given an opportunity to make bookings for entertainments at the Howard. Mr. Thomas has had a brilliant success at the Minnehaha Theatre, demonstrating that he knows how to give the people what they want. There is no reason why his larger venture should not be as successful in proportion. It is expected that the theatre will be turned over to Mr. Thomas about the first of October, after which announcements of the grand opening will be made. The employees will be colored from box office to stage door. Two performances nightly will be given and the admission will be ten and twenty cents. The New Howard Theatre was opened on the 22d of August, 1910, under what was thought to be favorable auspices, but after a few big nights, a frost" set in, which not even the strongest attractions have been able to dispel for more than a fleeting moment. Every form of amusement has been tried, but with the same disasterous result. The house cost about $100,000 to put up, and the Benedict and Rosenthal management is said to have lost an immense amount of money in the thirteen months that the place has been in operation. The people have refused to "stand for" the inferior melodrama, by even more inferior talent being offered, and existing contracts, covering a period of several months, will be cancelled. If anybody can cut the jinx out of the business at the Howard, Andrew B. Thomas is thought to be the man. Pastor's Twenty Years of Service Pastor's Twenty Years of Service Are Celebrated by St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, in Conjunction With Its Eighty-Fifth Anniversary. Baltimore, Oct. 4.—The eighty-fifth anniversary of St. James Protestant Episcopal Church and the twentieth anniversary of the Rev. Dr. George F. Bragg as rector of the church will be the occasion for special anniversary exercises beginning Sunday. At the opening of the celebration, the Rev. Dr. W. V. Tunnell, professor of history at Howard University will preach. The Rt. Rev. John Gardner Murray, Bishop of Maryland, will preach at the evening session. During the week Revs. L. Z. Johnson, Harvey Johnson, J. A. Holmes and others will speak. Dr. Bragg is one of the best known ministers in the State. He is a native of Petersburg, Va., and has been in the Episcopal ministry for nearly 25 years. Shortly after his ordination he was appointed by Fitzhugh Lee, then Governor of Virginia, one of the State trustees at Hampton Institute. He is one of the two colored trustees of the Maryland House of Reformation and is prominently connected with various movements for the uplift of the race. He has been engaged in journalistic work for some years, and is the publisher of the Church Advocate. He was for a long time one of the editorial writers on the Afro-American Ledger and was at one time Baltimore correspondent of the New York Age. George W. Mitchell, who was graduated from Howard University last spring, has accepted a position in a school in Georgia. Effle King and Lottie Gee,' Ford Dabney's Ginger Girls," are scoring a pronounced hit at the Auditorium in Philadelphia, and are now in their third week They "went big" at Daly's in Baltimore. Will be at the Crescent in New York City, soon. Ground is Broken For New Hospital Notable Exercises Blank the Ground- breaking for the John A. Andrews Memorial Hospital at Tuskegee Institute. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Sept. 28. A joyous event in the history of the Tuskegee Institute was the formal ground-breaking here for the new "John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital," which is to be erected on the site beyond the present Horse Barn. The location is a commanding one and will add greatly to the bird's-eye perspective of the school grounds. Interesting exercises marked the occasion. The program was as follows: 1. Singing, "How Firm a Foundation;" 2. Prayer by Chaplain John W. Whittaker; 3. Remarks by Principal Booker T. Washington; 4. Singing, "The Tuskegee Song;" 5. Remarks by Dr. John A. Kenney, Resident Physician; 6. Breaking Ground by Dr. J. A. Kenney; 7. Singing, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"; 8. Benediction. The new hospital is to cost $50,000 and the money is donated by friends in New England who have requested that their names be not disclosed at present. The structure will be of two stories, 135 feet in length and 90 feet in breadth, composed of brick, fireproof throughout, with hardwood and tile flooring, also tile wainscoating in hallways, with male and female and medical wards, surgical and isolated wards and convalessing rooms, obstetrical ward, diet kitchen on each floor, operating rooms, constructed and equipped in the most modern and aspeptic manner, anesthetizing, sterilizing and recovery rooms, elevator and dumb-waiter, a children's ward, five private rooms, head nurses, and internes' rooms, kitchen, dining room and emergency and class rooms. Dr. Kenney says the new hospital will be the best erected for colored people South of the Mason's and Dixon's line, except the Freedmen's at Washington, the Douglass at Philadelphia, and the Provident at Chicago, is best for Negroes in the world. Dr. Washington's Bits of History. Dr. Washington in the course of his remarks, said: "The name which this hospital is to bear is that of 'The John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital'. I hope all of you know that it is in memory of the late John A. Andrew, for a number of years Governor of Massachusetts, especially known as the 'great War Governor of Massachusetts', who not only distinguisheed himself as Governor, and an antislavery man, but who was especially active in seeing to it that colored troops were put into the Federal army at an early date. He not only emphasized his interest in the colored people during the time the war was going on, but afterwards when peace was declared, he continued to be a firm friend of the colored man, and the descendants, or some of them, of Governor Andrew, are erecting this memorial hospital at a cost of $50,000. I am sorry that the donors will not, and do not permit the calling of their names, but it is only necessary to say that those who give the money for the erection of this hospital are firm and generous friends of the school and have been for a number of years." Thanks were tendered Mrs. Thomas G. Bennett, of New Haven, Conn., who first made hospital work of any kind possible at Tuskegee and to Architect R. R. Taylor and his assistants for the excellent plans, which were enthusiastically endorsed by the donors of the building fund. The hospital is designed to not only care for the sick of the Institute, but will be thrown open to the colored people generally of the South who cannot find proper provisions elsewhere. The structure will be pushed to early completion. Mme. Anita Patti Brown, Chicago's famous coloratura soprano, is to make a tour of the far West, making Seattle, Washington and the Pacific coast. Upon her return eastward she will open engagements on the Atlantic seaboard and the large cities of the South, preliminary to a lengthy tour of Bermuda and the West Indies. EDWARD YOUNG, FARMER SUCGEEDS LEROY HARLESS AT COUNTY INFIRMINARY Mr. Edward C. Young, a young married farmer of Union district, has been appointed Superintendent of the County infirmary to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Leroy Harless. Mr. Young is a man of the very highest integrity, and is a good farmer and gardener, and all persons acquainted with him say he is the very man for the place. Democrats Alarmed By Many Indictments Findings of Grand Jury in Elections Bribery Cases Forbids Evil Days for Democrats and Republicans Chances Grow Brighter. --- Baltimore, Md., Oct. 4.—With near-100 Democratis and Republican election officials already under indictment for alleged cheating in favor of the Democratic organization candidates in the recent Stato primaries and the signing of an order by Judge Duffy calling for the opening of ballot boxes the troubles of the Democrats are increasing daily. The examination of scattered precincts throughout the city show evidences of general fraud for Democratic candidates in the recent primaries, and the general opinion is that men high up in the Democratic organization will be indicted for directing the big steal. The order for the opening of the ballot boxes used in the spring election may show that Mayor Preston did not defeat J. Barry Mahool for the Democratic mayoralty nomination by 20,000 majority, and may also show that Preston did not defeat E. Clay Timanus, the Republican nominee, by less than 800 majority. All these disclosures forbode evil days for Democracy, and Republican success grows brighter daily. Disfranchisement and other anti-Negro measures are being forgotten by the frantic Democratic candidates. NEW YORK PRESS HONORS COLL THOMPSON. A sumptuous dinner in honor of Col. R. W. Thompson, manager of "Thompson's National News Bureau, of Washington, D. C., was given at the cafe of the popular caterer, Mr. William E. Gross, 219 West 134th street, New York City, on last Thursday evening, the hosts of the occasion being Messrs. J. H. Anderson, manager and editor respectively of The Amsterdam News. The menu ran the gamut of goodthings from lobster salad to pigsfeet and coffee. There was much to talk about of general and special interest at such a gathering of representative newspaper men, and the future of Negro journalism had a large place in the discussion that went along with the feast. Col. Thompson, as usual, was abundantly full of helpful suggestions to his co-workers. Each gentleman present paid a glowing tribute to the splendid service which Thompson's National News Bureau is rendering the race, and the guest of honor could not help but appreciate the praise so lavishly bestowed. After the dinner the entire party repaired to the grand reception of the Southern Beneficial League at Manhattan Casino. Among those present, aside from the hosts and the guest of honor, were: Messrs. T. Thomas Fortune, Paul H. Bray, Counselor J. Frank Wheaton, Counselor Philip M. Thorne, W. T. Menard, E. A. Warren, N. B. Dodson, Lester A. Walton, and others. Mr. Thompson was the guest of honor at a number of other notable social functions during his stay here and left Sunday night for Washington, where he is connected with the service of the federal government.—The Standerd-Journal, Yonkers, N. Y. LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE Sailsbury, N. C., Oct. 4.—The work of the various departments of Livingstone College was resumed today with about 500 students in attendance. In the absence of President W. H. Goler, who is in Canada, the school is in charge of Dr. Edward Moore. The college has been promised $12,500 by the General Education Board for the building of a dormitory for girls. This money will be available when the school authorities raise an additional $37,500. Livinstone College was founded by the late J. C. Price and is the leading educational institution of the A. M. E. Zion Church. The famous character comedian, Karle Browne Cooke, has written and composed three new song hits, and they will be published this season by the Alex. Rogers Publishing Company, the new firm established at 4th street and Broadway, New York City. Will Marion Cooke is also a member of the new firm. One of Karle Browne Cooke's popular successes is "Are You An Elk?" dedicated to Harry Pace, the Grand Exalted Ruler, recently elected at Boston. Miss Florine M. Tyson, the popular treasurer of the New Howard Theatre at Washington, under the old management is to be retained by Manager A. J. Thomas, the new lessee. J. Rosamond Johnson and J. Lenbrie Hill are to take the road with "My Friend from Dixie. S. H. Dudley in "Dr. Beans From Boston" has started out from New York. THE ADVOCATE ADVERTISMENTS RELEASED OUR COLUMNS BEING SULTS. TRY IT. NUMBER VI Storer College OFFERS THIS YEAR A FULL COURSE IN COLLEGE PREPARATORY WORK. Four Scholarships In As Many Different Institutions Will Be Held Out As Incentives to Those Pursuing New Course.—Several Faculty Changes Made. Harper's Ferry, Oct. 2.—The opening of the new year has been exceedingly auspicious. The enrollment for the first week was just equal to the largest first week's enrollment in our entire history. Every indication points to a large attendance. Several of the Class of 1911 are returning to an added year of work, preparatory to entering some standard college. This year full college preparatory work is offered and as that work can be done here at less expense than in colleges generally, advantage of the fact is being taken. Then too Storer offers for the first time four very valuable scholarships in as many different institutions. The several institutions agree to give the scholarship to a Storer student on the recommendation of the faculty. The scholarships range in value to $50.00. The schools offering these scholarships are Virginia Union University, Howard University, Hillsdale College and Bates College. It is likely that other institutions, with which negotiations are pending will do likewise. These facts are gratifying in that they bear complimentary tribute to the quality of work done here. Faculty changes and additions deprive Storer of the services of Miss Emma Johnston, who will be remembered by a large circle of Storer students as the one always ready to assist in things musical. She is succeeded by Miss Ida Frances Horton, Boston, Mass., a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. The outlook for a large number entering the music courses is very good. Miss Sarah Benedict, for several years a member of the faculty of Parker College, Minn., herself a graduate of Hillsdale College, adds strength to the teaching force. Beside having done post graduate work at Chicago University, Miss Benedict has traveled extensively in America and Europe. Her work is History and Literature. Miss Mabel Young, a Storer graduate and a recent graduate of the Boston Normal School comes as an additional teacher. Besides doing work in the Normal Courses she teaches callisthenics to the Young Women. Miss Blackwood, teacher of Latin, resigned to assume the same work at Woodbine, N. J. The work in Latin and German is now being taught by Mrs. McDonald. On Sunday evening Rev. George Sale, Sup't. of Education of the Baptist Home Miss. Soc., preached a very interesting sermon at Curtiss Memorial Church. Monday morning at Chapel he spoke to the school on the necessity for having an aim in school life and the possession of determined push. The silo added this summer to the farm and garden department has been filled with a fine supply of silage and promises to be a great benefit to the school. The course in practical farming and gardening offered here is not surpassed in the State. The college is rejoicing in the possession of a fine supply of water. At a depth of 100 ft, a supply of water which has shown by test to amount to 10,000 gal. per day was struck, the authorities are now pushing the matter of installing pumping and sewerage system. The Woman's League gave a fine public program on Friday night. ADMITTED TO BAR Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 28.—Yesterday in circuit court, Judge Frank W. Nesbitt, on motion of City Solicitor R. M. Addleman, admitted Elijah J. Graham, Jr., colored, to practice at the Ohio county bar. Mr. Graham is a promising young lawyer and is a graduate of Howard university and a member in good standing of the District of Columbia bar, and is privileged to practice before the patent office, pension office and several departments of the U. S. government. He is a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and comes to Wheeling with high recommendations from lawyers and business men of his home city, Washington and New York. Mr. Graham enjoys the distinction of being the only colored member of the Ohio county bar and the prediction is made that he will enjoy a successful and lucrative practice in Wheeling. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1911. FAIRMONT. L. O. Wilson, of Weston, spent a few days here, Saturday, the guest of E. L. Morton. W. O. Armstrong spent Saturday in Clarksburg. M. T. Obie is suffering much pain from rheumatism. Miss Lillie Allen, of Clarksburg, was the guest of Mrs. Chas. Hamilton. Miss Lena Jackson left, Sunday, for Howard University, Washington, D. C., to resume her studies. Robert Dawson left, Friday, for Baltimore, to resume his studies at Morgan College. A. H. Williams spent a few hours here, Sunday, enroute to Fairchance. Pa., from Pt. Pleasant, where he had spent his vacation with his family. While here he was the guest of E. L. Morton and family. Mrs. E. L. Morton, assisted by Ms. Chas. Hamilton, very charmingly entertained a number of her husband's friends at a smoker in honor of his birthday anniversary which was a complete surprise to him. Those present were Messrs, L. H. Jackson, W. O. Armstrong, Wm. Fortune, Grant Boyers, Sam Wilson, Henry Bailey, H. W. Meade, A. H. Meade, Fred Meade, Howard Meade, Dr. T. H. Nichols, M. T. Obie, Chas, Williams, Harry Johnson, Chas, Hamilton, David Johnson, and Oliver Meade. A dainty luncheon was served which was heartily enjoyed Many toasts were spoken and Mr. Morton was the recipient of many handsome and useful presents. Mrs. Sadie Crawford, of Pittsburgh, is the guest of her brother, W. D. Scott Rev. C. C. Gill and wife have moved into the new parsonage recently purchased by the M. E. Church trustees. It is located on Spence street. Theo. Rolls has purchased the Meade property, which was lately sold to Arch Hamilton, and has moved his family into the same. Emery Rolls left, Friday, for Wheeling for a few days. The Wright Orchestra, of Columbus, composed of Stape Wright, Arthur Clark and Orral Kendall, spent a few hours here, enroute to Mannington, where they played, Thursday night. The fatal Wedding, played at Dunbar School Hall, Friday night, was well attended and quite a success. The contracting parties were Miss Mary Moxley and Chas. Dawson. BECKHANNON. Miss Maggie Meade, of Bridgeport, who spent several weeks here, returned to her home Monday. Misses Ruth Mumford and Reta Hunter left recently for Harper's Ferry, to attend school at Storer College. Miss Blanche Miller, or Bridgeport, is here the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Jas. A. Davis. A number of persons from Weston and Glensburg attended the Fair here last week. Mr. Washington, of Grafton, visited his daughter, Miss Maude last week. Mrs. H. D. Hazelwood, of Parkersburg, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Davis, last week. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mumford, Sept. 24th, a son. Miss Maria Littleton, of Clarksburg, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. L. Davis, last week Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grant, of Wes- ton, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. South, last week. Chas. Davis, who is filling a musi- cale engagement at Weston, spent Sunday at home. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bolden, Sept. 22d, a son. Miss Florence Ball, of Clarksburg, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Malinda Green, a part of last week. S. S. Stuart, of Beverly, attended the Fair here last week. Rev. C. H. Sheen, of Fairisburg, was the guest of Rev. A. S. S. S. CLARKSBURG. Miss Lilly Allen spent Sunday in Fairmont, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hamilton, Spence street. C. W. Florence, of Grafton, was calling on friends here, Sunday. D. E. V. Jordan, who was a business visitor here for several days, returned to Charleston, Sunday night. "The Trip Around the World" under the auspices of Queen Esther Club of Trinity M. E. Church was a decided success. The W. C. T. U. held a very interesting meeting at Mt. Zion Babbist Church, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Wade Sheffey and children, of Parkersburg, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rumon on Bridge street. Dr. Ferguson, V. S., is in the city and will probably locate here. Mme. E. Azalia Hackley gave a recital and demonstrated her method of teaching vocal music at Pride A. M. E. Church, Monday night. An immense audience gathered to hear this, the race's formost singer and all expressed themselves as wanting in words of appreciation of the beautiful music so splendidly and perfectly rendered by her. It is to be hipped that Mme. Hackley will return to Clarksburg soon. Willis Roberts, who spent the summer in Parkersburg, has returned home. Mrs. Ida Roberts entertained at dinner, Sunday, Rev. Kenney and daughters and several others. Charleston Conference Will Send Preacher.—By favor of the Committee on Religious Services, at 11:00 A. M., and at 8:00 P. M., the pulpit at St. Paul A. M. E. Church will be filled by able representatives of the M. E. Conference (white) now in session in this city. The pastor, Rev. Downs, solicits a good attendance at both services. Married Monday Night.—Monday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Claire, Elizabeth street, Miss Fannie C. Cobb, training teacher at the West Virginia Colored Institute, and Mr. Emery R. Carter, an attorney of this city, were married by Rev. Daniel Stratton. Only the intimate friends of the contracting parties were present. Mrs. Carter will resume her duties at the Institute after a ten days' vacation. Old Folks' Day.—Old Folks' Day will be celebrated at Simpson M. E. Church, Sunday, with preaching at 11:00 A. M., followed by a dinner which the old people will serve. After dinner there will be an experience meeting and Communion services. Rev. R. P. Lawson, who pastored the church in 1880-1882 will preach during the day. Around The World.—The Womans Loyal Union met with Mrs. H. B. Rice, Brooks street, Monday night and after the routine business had been transacted, offered fervent prayers for Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Hackley, whose sons were the principals in Friday's tragedy. Plans were also perfected for "The Trip Around the World," next Monday night. The start will be made from the residence of Mrs. Rice and the public is invited to join the party. Willing Workers Meet.—The Willing Workers held a public meeting, Friday evening, of last week, at the home of Mrs. R. B. Colbert, Morris street. A literary program was rendered and Rev. J. S. Carroll and R. C. McIver made encouraging remarks. Hackley Laid to Rest.—The funeral of Alfred Hackley, who died at the General Hospital, Monday, from the effects of five bullets fired into his body by Henry Smith, Jr., was held Wednesday at Simpson M. E. Church, and the remains were escorted to Spring Hill cemetery by the local lodge of Elks, of which the decedent was a member. The murdered man, who is survived by his mother, wife, sister and several brothers was held in high esteem and the community was shocked by the tragedy, for which no cause has been assigned. Ebenezer Baptist Church.—Rev. R. S. Gordon, of Hill Top, conducted the morning and evening services at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, West Side, Sunday, and preached two excellent sermons. He was assisted by Rev. J. P. Caul. Hotel Brown Arrivals.—Among the guests registered at Hotel Brown this week were: Miss Elizabeth Dent, Pomeroy, O.; Miss Alice Payne, Wellsville, O.; G. C. Kent, Wheeling, W. va.; E. Jones, Page; R. Ball, Winifrede; H Maule, Glouster, O.; E. W. Vlars, Fayetteville; Miss Rosa Rotan, Fayetteville; H. Shavers, Ward; John Smith, Kayford; O. McNorton, Loup Creek; Mrs. R. H. Gaines and daughter, Red Star; John Vane, Thayer; H. White, Eccles; J. F. Ratcliff, Herberman, Taylor, Slab Fork; M. Beamer, Cedar Grove; Wm. Newman, O. H. Ferguson, D. Hill, Ward; Wm. Abernathy, Beckley, W. E. Hawkins, Ashland, Ky.; Wm. Phillips, Gassaway; Gray, Keystone; Mrs. Louise Fishillens; Mrs. Lizzie Craft, Glen White and Floyd Burrell, Baltimore. Aged Citizen Dies.—William Preston, an aged and respected citizen, died, Saturday, of infirmities incident to old age and was buried from the First Baptist Church, Monday, the funeral services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. B. Reed. The deceased is survived by his wife, several sons, daughters, grand children and great grand children. Personals and Locals. J. A. Langhorne was called to Columbia, W. Va., Monday, to see his sister, who is reported seriously ill. The intelligence comes from Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D. C., that J. A. Jackson, who was operated on Friday, is rapidly improving. D. E. V. Jordan has returned from a trip to Kentucky made in the interest of the American Workman Insurance Co., of which he is general agent for this State and Kentucky. Mrs. Mary Gaines, of Red Star, was shopping here, Monday. Mrs. Cora Campbell is ill at the home of her son on Court street. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald are in the city having been called hero from Columbus, O., by the death of the latter's uncle, Alfred Hackley. Mrs. Ethel Burks, of Marrietta, O., was called to the city to attend the funeral of her brother, William Preston, Monday. Mrs. Charles Minters is visiting friends at Hinton. Miss Della Brown left, Saturday, for Quinnmont to take charge of a school of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Jas, McKenzie returned, Monday, to their home at Richmond, Va. Mrs. J. E. Brown returned Saturday from a six weeks' visit to friends in Cincinnati, O. Mrs. Hannah Casey, and Chloe Chapman, of Chicago, who spent a few weeks here with relatives and friends, returned to their home, Monday morning. Mrs. Nettie Courtney went to Chicago, Sunday, to spend the winter. J. W. Viney, left Wednesday, for Denver, Colo., because of ill health. Miss Hattie Peters returned to the city, Sunday, from Sissonsville, where she was caned by the death of her mother. Mrs. W. O. Terry returned home, Saturday, from a pleasant visit to friends in Atlantic City, N. J. She was accompanied home by Miss Maggie Lewis. Miss Della Brown left, Saturday, for Quinninnont, where she will teach school. Miss Elizabeth Green left, Saturday, for Claremont, where she is appointed as teacher. Mrs. Sallie Brownley, of Princeton, N. J., is the guest of her son, Dr. B. P. Brownley. The following persons attended the funeral of Mrs. Elvira Peters, at Sissonsville, Thursday of last week: Mesdames Walter Davis, Nettie Hardin Brown, Barbara Crozier, Annie Smith, Miss Ithoda Wilson; Messrs. Lincoln Davls, David Bowles, Jno. Adams, Gilbert Beane, Sherman Adams and Rev. R. B. Reed. Mrs. J. W. Viney spent Wednesday in Huntington. Mrs. I. M. Carper and Mrs. M. Blanche Tyler will entertain the Improvement League and other friends in honor of Mrs. E. R. Carter, Friday evening, at the home of Mrs. Carper, Bradford street. Merchant Bannister, of Louisville, Ky., is spending a few days in the city on business. Robert Sisousa is a visitor to the city this week. THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT RALLY CONFERENCE FEATURE An'Interesting Meet at First M. E. Church Last Night ENTHUSIASM IS EVOKED --- One of the features of the conference was what might be called the Prohibition Amendment rally at the First M. E. Church Thursday evening. There was every element united to make this a great event, and every available foot, even the standing room, of that great church was taxed to contain the immense audience present to hear the distinguished speakers of the evening. First, the people are intensely interested in early starting the campaign to carry the state for prohibition next year. Second the great aggressive Methodist church was expected at this great conference of its great men "to start the ball to rolling" "to show its hand", to let the world know most well where it stands on this momentous question. Third, the men on the program was sufficiently to draw a crowd on any live question. Then it might be added that weather was model, the night beautiful. Some Fine Speakers. To begin with Dr. A. B. Piker, with his eloquence, his great ability and magnetism is enough himself to stir a great audience, and his ability as a presiding officer last night bore all this out. Mrs. Rumsey Jenness, the first speaker of the evening was a forceful speaker and gave many good reasons why everybody should work for prohibition next year. Dr. T. M. Hare, who has become so common that he is general known as plain Tom Hare, president of the West Virginia State Anti-Saloon League, is so original and inventive that if he would speak to the same audience on prohibition every night for a month would always have some good sledge-hammer blows for the saloons. After Dr. Hare, came Dr. P. A. Baker, National Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, who was on the program for the evening. The people expected a great speech from one holding that position and they went away fully satisfied. The speaker said he believed the present condition was better than the past, for only within the recollection of those still living there was human slavery. Now there is none that is an improvement. The War of Saloons. Once there was no organized fight against the liquor traffic, now there is with hope of winning. A whole mountain of granite might be hurled up across the path of a winding river, and stop its onward course for the time being, but that river 图下 --- would eventually swell up and spread out until eventually it would cut its way through even the solid mountain of granite and take its way triumphantly to the great ocean. However formidable the liquor interest may show itself and however corrupt methods it may practice to carry on its nefarious and deathly work if the people go at it in earnest, like the prophet of old with the valley of dry bones, first the bones will come together, then the skeleton, then the skin and sinow, then corpe, and when the breath of life has flown in there is the real living being. This speaker said that in times past the reason temperance had not won, was because there was not a united effort. One little band one place said it was right while others said they were right. With united efforts the temperance cause will win. The speaker said that the West Virginia was the first of all conferences of the church to put men in the field to fight for the prohibition cause. The conference has agreed to pay a man and keep him in the field for the next year to fight for prohibition in West Virginia for the next year. It may send more than one worker. At the conclusion of the exercise a collection was taken up and subscriptions made to the cause with the view of raising at least eighteen hundred dollars. Subscriptions were made very literally by the members of the conference, the laymen, officials and citizens until a goodly sum was raised. It has been suggested if the other Christian denominations of the State will pursue a like course of the Methodist at this meeting, it would all prove a power in the cause of prohibition in West Virginia next year. COLORED NOTES Mrs. I. M. Carper and Mrs. M. Blanche Tyler held a reception Friday afternoon from 5 to 8 at the home of Mrs. Carper on Bradford street, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Emery R. Carter. Mrs. Cora Campbell is ill at the home of her son, Mr. Jno. Campbell, on Court street. The friends of Mr. J. W. Viney regret that because of ill health he found it necessary to leave this week to spend several months in Colorado. The recital given at Garnett Hall Thursday evening by Mrs. Azalia Hackley, was well patronized. Mrs. Hackley is an artist of rare ability and has a voice of great range and under wonderful control. Mrs. Hackley is spending the remainder of the week at the West Virginia Institute diving demonstrations of voice culture. Mrs. Pearl S. Woods was in the city this week. Rev. B. R. Reed has returned to the city after a three weeks vacation. ORDER OF PUBLICATION. State of West Virginia, Kanawha County, ss: At rules held in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Kanawha county, on the first Monday in the month of October, 1911 R. W. BOHANNON, Plaintiff vs. ) In Chancery No. 2874 ELLA BOHANNON, Defendant. (The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony). This day came the Plaintiff by his Attorney; and on his motion, and it appearing by affidavit filed, that the Defendant is a non-resident of this State, it is ordered that she do appear within one month after the date of the first publication hereof, and do what is necessary to protect her interest in this suit. Teste: IRA H. MOTTESHEARD, Clerk 3. R. CARTER, Sol. NOTICE TO LAKE DEPOSITION. To Ella Bohannon: Take Notice: That on the 11th day of November, A. D., 1911, between the hours of 8 o'clock A. M. and 6 P. M., at the law office of E. R. Carter, at No. 104 1-2 Kanawha street, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia I will take the deposition of myself and others to be read in evidence in my behalf of a certain suit in Chancery now pending in the Circuit Court for the County of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, in which I am the Plaintiff and you are the Defendant. If from any cause the taking of said depositions shall not be commenced or completed on the day aforesaid, the same shall be continued from day to day, or from time to time, at the same place, and between the same hours, until the same shall be completed. R. W. BOHANNON, By Counsel E. R. CARTER, Sol. 10-5-4t. Seattle, October 10.—President Taft arose today and prepared to deliver two speeches here and one in Tacoma, to then visit the Puget Sound navy card and to go to Tacoma. At eleven clock he left the hotel with a military escort for a parade through the tally decorated city. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Chicago, Oct. 10—Wheat closed a 98 1-4; corn at 64 3-4 and oats a 47 5-8. REPUBLICAN EDITORS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA NEWSPAPERS IN CITY blood in the bloodstream. Last evening at eleven o'clock, following the big meeting of Republicans held at the Kanawha County Republican Club rooms, twenty-eight of the Republican newspaper editors of the State gathered in the assembly rooms of Hotel Kanawha, for the purpose of organizing a Republican editorial association and for the discussion of questions that would in all probability come before the State Central Committee at its meeting today. The meeting was called to order by G. A. Bolden of the Daily Mail, who briefly explained the call that had been sent out. Mr. F. A. MacDonald of the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, was called to the chair as temporary presiding officer and Mr. Bolden was selected as secretary. This organization was made permanent, and the business in hand was proceeded with. Until after one o'clock this morning the editors engaged in earnest discussion of the questions presented. At that hour some one awoke to the fact that daylight was approaching, and, on motion, a recess was had until ninethirty o'clock this morning. At this morning's session the first business taken up was the organization of The West Virginia Republican Editorial Association, and the following officers were selected, all of whom were elected by acclamation: Vice President, Mrs. Livia Simpson Poffenbarger of the Point Pleasant State Gazette. Secretary-Treasurer—G. A. Bolden of the Charleston Mail. An executive committee of five was created, and the President authorized to name the members, one each from the five Congressional districts of the State. The personnel of this committee will be announced later by the President. The purpose of the organization is to bring the Republican editors and Republican newspaper correspondents of the State into closer touch, to the end that they may work together to better advantage for the good of the political party they represent, for the betterment of legislation in the interest of the newspapers and for the good of the whole people of the State. The dues were made one dollar per annum, payable in advance, and every newspaper man in attendance this morning became a member The last action of the organization at this morning's session was to adopt a set of resolutions offered by Editor H. C. Ogden, of the Wheeling Intelligencer, transmitting to the State Committee the wishes of the newspaper men there assembled upon the questions that are being considered today. Mr. Ogden, Mr. MacDonald and Mr. R. Ad. Hall, the latter of the Weston Independent, were selected as a committee to present the memorial to the State Committee. These resolutions, it was decided, would not be given to the press until the State Committee had taken action thereon. The Association adjourned at ten o'clock, to assemble again upon call of the president. Another meeting will in all probability be held following the adjournment of the State Committee, as a majority of the editors present expect to remain here until after the committee has taken some definite action. Prominent among the editors present besides those named above were the following: E. W. McKown, of the Spencer Times, Capt. Hilleary of the Upshur Republican, Geo. M. Kittle of the Philippi Republican, H. W. Smith of the Tyler County Star, F. G. Musgrave of the Mason Republican, W. K. Hicks, of the Putnam Herald, Van H. Parriott of the Cameron Star-Tribune, Henry H. Shinn of the West Union Republican, Owen Flynn of the Clay Messenger, J. J. Swope of the McDowell Recorder, Harry E. Stewart of the Wyoming Mountaineer, Wm. W. 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Sizes 19 to 30. Price, $2.00. * Sold At All Stores WEINGARTEN BROS., Makers, 3AthSt. & Brosdway, New York 6 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 191: DR. SHEPARD AT THE NATIONAL RBLIGIONS DRAINING SCHOOL, CONCLUDES ARRANGE. MENTS FOR MISSION- ARY ‘TOUR. Ne Also Issues Call to the Ministers of thé Nation to Meet at His Ins- litution in July, 1912, to Discuss Moral, Civil and Spiritual Condl- ons.—Mrs, Marry Cliurch ‘Terrill ) to’ Deliver a Series of: Lisctures,— Howard Law Class Addressed’ by Lewis. ‘Thompson's National News Bureau Washington, D, C., October 4.—Dr. James 9. Shepard, president. of the Natlonal Religious ‘Training School, at Durham, N. C., was in the city this week, concluding arrangements for an extended missionary tour of the Mid- dle West in the interest of his thriving institution that is dofg so much sub- stantial work for the uplift of the Ne- sro people of the South and of the nation, The plan of this great school is known everywhere, Dr, Shepard, having in mind the needs of the great masses ofthe Negro race, has consented to issue a call for a conference of the ministers of the United States, to mect at the National Religious ‘Training School in Durham, N.C. July 6, 1912. The conference will last one week, and the visitors will be guests o¢ the school, without charge or expense of any kind. Evory possible courtesy will be extended by the institution and by the citizens of Durham, who are among the most progressive in tho entire Southland. It is certain that great good can be accomplished by an interchange of ex- periences and ideas among the recog- nized leaders of race thought and mor- als, and the meeting will doubtless he attended by the most influential clergymen from all sections of the country, ‘The lure of the cities, the weakness of the race along economic lines, and the dangerous tendency to- ward disease and the increased temp- tations growing out of our modern life, render such a conference a crying necessity for the near future, Dr. Shepard’s call, in full, is as follows and {s self-explanatory: Dr. Shepard's Call to the Ministers of ‘the Nation ‘To the Ministers of the United States: At the request of many who are interested in the development of the race along all lines, 1 have been asked to call a Conference of the Colored ministers of the United States at the National Religious Training School, in the City of Durham, N. C., July 6, 1912, , be) 90 This Conference is for the purpose of discussing tue moral, civil and spiritual condition of the Negro, to study sociological problems and to de. vise some means of working along practical lines for the uplift of the race, especially through religious channels, We realize that the colorec minister is the real leader of his peo. ple and that there should be co-opera. tion between him and all others whe are striving for the racial uplift. We believe that the colored minister holds tho real key to the situation, and fo1 this reason we desire to have a heart. to-heart. conference of all ministers irrespective of denominations. Such practical questions as these will be discussed: What is the moral condition of the people in your com- munity? What is the sanitary condi. tion? What effort, if any, has been made to improve the sanitary condi. tions? Is eyimé on the increase? I not, what was the cause of its reduc- tion? ‘To what extent do you co-oper-. ate with the Civic Improvement Loagues? Has settlement work to any extent been conducted in your com- munity, and if so, with what yosulte? Many kindred subjects will bo dis- cussed, ‘The National Religious ‘Training School invites all ministers to be their gucsts for one week, so that you will be at no expense while in the city ef Durham, Phe railroads will be, asked to ca-aperate in this: movement to the extont/ of making very--lberal’ rates, Durham ia regarded as one of the Most Progressive cities in the country, anil It:will be & benefit and a.pleasure for you to come and see what your own race is actually doing in Durham, All ministers who contemplate at- tending this conference are ‘requested tomake the same known by January 1, 1912, so that arrangements can be mede:for their accommodation, We wi!l also be glad to have any practi- cal suggestions that you may see fit to make, and they will be carefully co sidered, JAMES E. SHEPARD; M, D., President and Founder. ‘The excellence of the work that the Ceuference -plans to do and well known energy and experience of Dr. Shepard are positive guarantees tha: th. movement will be a brilliant suc. cess. The event’ will be epocal in thi history of the New South and the New Negro who is making this land blos. ‘son as the rose and prosper ‘beyond the most extravagant dreams of the fathers of the Republic. ‘The -Con- feence will be largoly attended by ‘ths representative ministers of the en- the country. ture. Mrs Mary Church Terrell, coaceded to be the most brilliant platform speaker of her sex that the race has produced, has been paid a gratifying, but eminently derserved compliment by the famous Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science, She as accepted an invitation lo deliver five lectures before that distinguished body In the near future on phases of the life of “The Negro in the United States.” ‘The dates and subject announced are as follows: November 21—"The Bright Side of a Dark Subject,” 2 November 28—"'The Progress of Col- ored Women.” December 5—“Uncle Sam and the Sons of Ham,” December 12—“The Strongest for the Weakest.” December 19—"Harriet Beecher Stowe.” sMys., ‘Teryell’s appearances will ,be a Tuesday afternoons in the series, ‘The course includes lectures by some of the most noted educators, philoso- phers, writers and men and women of affairs im the world, ‘The reputation of the race and its history are safo in the capable hands of Mrs. Mary Chureh Terrell, It may be mentioned in passing that Mrs. ‘Terrell has on hand a limited nathber of copies of her graphic story of “Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe,” and those who wish them can have copies at the nominal rate of 50¢ each by writing her at 326 T street northwest. ‘The demand has been so great because this is the centenary of the birth of the immortal author of “Uncle Tom's Cab- in,” that the first edition has been practically exhausted before halt the country could be served. A secona edition may be necessary, DR. JOSHUA H. JONES FOR BISHOP. Among those whose names are being vigorously canvassed for the Bishop- ric in the A, M, E. Church is the Rey, = + re eRe Sees Sees eer eRe pr. Joshua ii Vouey, b. D.' ot Ohtd, formerly president of the Wilberforce Univorsity. Of the candidacy of Dr. Jones, a well-known divine of the Buckeye State says: “No man should aspire to be elected to any offices within the gift of this church unless he has fully qualified to warrant the General Conference in ‘bestowing such honors upon him, “Not every man of pleasant ways, of promising tongue, and of selt-satis. fled views as to his own ability, is best ‘adapted to administer the exacting duties of this high office, AN but men et proved competency should be dis. jcouraged from entering the race. There are men throughout the country fortunately, in whom the people have faith, whose integrity, ability, and ideals of public duty commend them ‘qrongly for these places of tofty drust and exalted dignity. But such ;men are not clamorous. They do not set themselves upon pedestals. ‘They await, Ilke the Lord’s anointed, to be called. The important thing, at this juncture, is for them to be sure that they are ‘called.’ In this connection, it is noted that Dr. J, H. Jones, of Wilberforce, Ohio, has been endorsed by the A, M. E. Conferences of the State of Ohio for Bishop in that Church. Dr, Jones was a candidate for that high office at Norfolk in 1908 and made a fine showing. He will ) Stand, again, and it is the prediction of those who are keeping track of the trond of sentiment, that next yea he will be triumphantly elected, Mer of such sterling qualities as Dr, Jone: are a credit to the church and repre: sent the type of aivines that should be promoted to its highest. office when the rewards are to be distributed.” HOWARD” LAW CLASSES AD DRESSED BY MR. LeWws The formal opening of the law de- partment of Howard University took place Monday evening at Bvarts Hall, 420 Fifth street northwest. By Invi- lation of the faculty a large audience of prominent citizens graced the oc- casion, The principal address was de- livered by Hon, William H. Lewls, Assistant Attorney-General of the United States, Ie made un earnest plea for the supremacy of the law in adjusting all matters between man and man, and between nations. ‘Through the honest enforcement of ‘the laws of the land the operation of the natural laws of the Universe all | human problems may be solved along lines of justice and equity. Addresses were also made by B. I, Leighton, Dean of the Law Department; W. 1H. Richards, instructor in international law; W. 1, H. Hart, lecturer on torts, crimes and dismeanors, ete; Judge Robert H. Terrell, lecturer on realty and legal ethics; and Arthur A. Bir- ney, lecturer on pleading and practice pat law.and equity. ‘Dhe enrollment so Hfar this year outstrips all previous years and is of an unusually high quality in point of intellectual equip- ment. James F. Bundy is secretary of the law school, ——_++- SOME BIG MEBTINGS AHBAD. In all probability, the mid-winter meeting of the executive committee of the National Negro Business League will be held in Washington in Decem- ber. It is said that Dr, Booker '. Washington is ‘strongly in favor of holding the session in the capital city. If this is ordered, President M, M. Lewey, of the National Negro Press Association, will call a mecting of the executive committee of his organi- zation here likewise, in accord with a provision made at Liltle Rock, for a mid-winter session at some conyentent point. About the same time, the ‘Jeanes Fund Board will hold its an- noal meeting here, gathering at the White House, since President Taft is a member of the Board, Banquets in honor of Dr, Washington and Presi- dent Lewey are being planned, in an- ticipation of their coming. It looks as if there are to be big times ahead, THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. President Taft's tour of the West is being watched with interest, ‘There scoms to be no “enemy's country,” as far as he is concerned. He has more than satisfied the people vhat his ve- tovs of the “pop-gtin” tariff laws wero in accord with safety and sanity. Me has saved the business sitnation. -. The case of Assistant Superinten; dent Roscoe Conkling Bruce is in statu quo, There is no doubt as to his retention as the head of the colored public schools, The Board of Educa- tion will acquiesce cheerfully in the findings of Superintendent Davidson. In the event of a vacancy on the Board of Education, the name of Dr. ©, W. Childs, a publie-spirited citizen of experience and breadth of judgment Will be presented by his friends for consideration. Howard University opened on the 27h ult, with an enrollment, of over 1,500 students, representing a large increase In the enrollment, of previous years. Moré room is needed and additional teachers will have to be provided, At last accownts, Public Printer Don- nelly is “sitting tight” on the case of John Moore, the colored bricklayer ‘who the civil service commission ‘says is competent and the labor un- fons say “Nay, nay, Pauline.” It is being found that Mr, Donnely is man of backbone, and that the United States govermment—and not the labor unions—is running the great Govern- mont Printing Office, Tie deal by which Mr. Andrew J. TATE REPUBLICAN CENTRAL =— COMMITTEE IN SESSION TODAY a 4 At Unls afternoon's session of the State Committee prominent speakers Were Secretary of State Stuart F. Reed, who endorsea the plan pro- posed by the newspaper organiza- tlon at the meeting: held this morn: ing; State Auditor John Sherman Darst, who asked for immediate ac- tion of the State Committee looking to reorganization and the holding of a state wide primary election for the nomination of all candidates; ifon, Chas. W. Dillion of Fayette county, who reitorated his eloquent domund of last night for state-wide primary election, and ex-Congress- man Jos. Holt Gaines of Kanawha county, who suggested the holding of precinct conventions for the selec- tion of delegates to magisterial dis- trict conventions tor the purpose of selecting delegatés to a state con- vention of the party, to be called for an early date, and at which reor- ganization may be had. Congress- man Gaines endeavored to separate the question of reorganization from the queStion of nominations for olfice. Ile made a impressive ad- dress, and it was well received by his audience. Secretary Reed spoke oa behalf of Harrison county, Audi- tor Darst on behalf of Jackson, and Mr. Gaines on behalf of Kanawha. Senator Johnson of Fayette county, also delivered an interesting address during the early afternoon hours, in which he declared that were the Re- Publicans of his district called upon to select new members of the State Committee they would in all pro- bability re-elect the members now serving from that district. The same enthusiasm that accomparied the meetings of last evening and this morning continyes this afternoon. -—— | The West Virginia State Republican Central Committee began it meeting ‘in the audience chamber of The Ka- nawha County Republican Club head- quarters in Odd Fellows building, at shortly after ten o’¢lock this morning, with Chairmaa S. V. Matthews presid- ing, Virgil Highland, secretary, at his desk, and with thirteen members of the committee in attendance, ‘The av. dience room was crowded to the doors long before the committee opened its meeting, and thereafter many were turned away because of lack of room, Immediately following the calling of the assemblage to order, the meet- ing was opened to discussion of the problems now confronting the Repub- lican party of the State. There were in tne audience representatives from a majority of the counties of the State, while all of the prominent party lead- ers who participated in the public meeting last evening occupied chairs well up near the froat of the hall, Because of the crowded condition of the rooms and the presence of so many strangers, it would be next to impossible to give the names of all those who participated in the discus: sion, or to attempt a synopsis of what was said during the day. Prior to ad: journment, at abont 12:45, to 2:00 | o'clock this afternoon, however, prom- ‘ent among those who participated ‘in the discussion were Hon. Taylor ‘Vinson, of Cabell county; Judge Ben- nett, of Fayette county; Judge Camp- bell, of Hancock county; ex-Gov, White, of Wood county; ex-Gov. Daw- and Arnold C. Scherr. of Kanawha county; Hon, Mike Metheny and Hon, Abe Lilly, of Raleigh county; Hon, H, B, Williams, of Greenbrier county, and numerous others. Kditor H.C. Ogden, of the Wiheeling Intelligencer, read a set of resolutions that were adopted at a meeting of the Republican editors this morning, call- ing for a practical reorganization of the state committee, and for the hold- ing of district primary elections for the selection of delegates to the state convention, candidates being given the privilege of placing their names on the district tickets for endorsement. if they so desire, and by the payment of a nominal sum for the privilege, This resolution was well received by the audience, Sentiment for Primary Klection. Thomas takes over the New Howard MARGE BG Lo ee eae Thomas takes over the New Howard Theatre for a term of ten years has been consummated to the satisfaction of all concerned. ‘he new manage- ment will open with high-class vaude- ville and moving pictures on the 28d. Road shows of “The Smart Set” aad Black Patti caliber will be played when available, Soe of the vaude- ville attractions expected are the Sam- bo Girls, Aida Overton Walker, the Georgia Campers, Ten Dark Knights, Nettie Glenn, the Griffin Sisters, Coop- ers ‘Fon itt a Barber Shop," Abbie Mitchell, and other top-liners. The Howard is the largest and finest the- ater in the country for colored patrons and Mr, Thomas is to be congratulated upon his business sagacity and cour- age in getiing it in the hands of the race, It is hoped he will be liberally supported. The lease calls for an an- nual rental of $7,200, or $600 por month, We ed ED The prevailing sentiment, as evi- denced in. the speeches made before the committee this morning, and as shown also in a majority of the many good speeches delivered at last night’s meeting, favors a primary election as the method most demanded for the nomination of candidates for state of- fices next year, ‘There appears, how- ever, to be great confusion and’ not a little misunderstanding of the term ‘tstate-wide-primary-clection.” Many say they favor a state-wide primary election, when questioned, and as frequently crops out im the speeches being made before the committee,d not mean that they favor a state-wide pri- mary clection with the state ag a unit. While there are many who mean, when ‘they say they favor a state-wide pri- mary election, with the state as a unit, just what they say, there are many others who in reality favor a primary election with the magisterial district as a unit, the requirement being that ‘such primary be heul in every district of the state on the same day and at the samp hours and under the same rules and regulations, The sentiment for a primary election, however, is the pre- vailing sentiment, and doubtless, when the matter ig more clearly defined and [to the satisfaction of the, representa- tivs of the party now here, the com- wittee will cater to the desires of the voter along that as well as some other ines. Donand Vor Reorganization. ‘There has been no lessening of sen- timent in favor of a partial or com- pete reorgantzation of the state com- Imittec as it Is at present composed. Nearly every speaker who was heard this morning expressed jt as the desire lof the people of the county he repre. sented that the present commiltec | make way for a new commities, to be | selected in such manner as the best in terests of the party may dictate. And this, too, is one of the complex prob: lems with whieh the committee wil have to wrostle in its deliberations following the conclusion of the roll call of the counties and when all whe desire have been heard, The members jof the committee appear to be wel | aware of the demand in this respect and they have_paticntly endeavored by Qiestidnfiig” dna” in” divers othe: ways (o draw forth the real sentiment It is plainly evident that the whol desire of the committee is to give the majority of the people af the parts all that they want. They appear will ing to devote all the time necessary te listening (o the party's representative: and they nave at no time thus far evi denced any desire or Intention to over: ride the wishes of the people. Upor one or two occasions this morning when efforts were made to bring county squabbles into the discussions the speakers were either quickly rulec out of order or howled down py the andience, ‘The Republicans in sessior here do not want factional fights t enter into the discussions, nor wil they permit it. So far as the meet. ing has gone, up to press hour this afternoon, the committee has shown no disposition to do anything tha would not meet the approbation o! {he people of the party. ai ag cs Tillle Seguin, the agile soubrette of the Black Patti Troubadours, was mar- ried to Ed Bledseaux, of the same com- pany, in Chicago last week, {Saini oiaadaiaaaas > cammmasatiaa, ” semmmmammmmmnmmearcaaids ED combine Ciree important qual- ilies, all of which no other one thing possesses: ry 1 Beauty 2 Durability 3 Investment Value You can use them without deceoaning (heir valuc. ‘They have charm of beauty which no other gem possesses. As evidenco of success in life they give prestige. They steadily increase in We are offering attractive I | The Jeweler & Mfg. Orileinn | 208 Capitel Street. aed snk setctt esha st anne nee soeansos RAG FER cs RE UA COME ary eI ENS SN ¢ . \Xi - yee Vai oe Be a > = Pez wis) Sikes No. 4 Special Buggy only: $65.00 . 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The Advocate is entered in the Post-office at Charleston, W. Va., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three months ..... $0.50 Six months ..... 1.00 One year ..... 1.50 SOWING THE WIND THE SHEPARD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS The Shepard Conference of Ministers, called to meet at Durham on the sixth of July, 1912, offers a happy medium for throwing light upon many shadowy phases of the race problem. The call, issued by Dr. Jas. E. Shepard printed in another column of The Advocate, should be read with care by every clergyman and every layman in the hand. The subjects suggested for discussion touch the life of our problem at every point. Evils, as well as strengths, are to be uncovered in candid, heart-to-heart fashion. Remedies will be evolved for the evils which retard our progress, and methods will be brought forward leading to a more effective conservation and utilization of the powers that reside within us. Say what we will, the minister who devotes his entire time to the moral and material uplift of humanity, and who comes in intimate contact daily with our inner selves, is the natural leader of the people. His influence overtops that of men engaged in any other caring. Hence, when this profound agency is enlisted in behalf of a movement, the entire race is reached and interested. If the ministry of the country can be aroused along the lines indicated by Dr. Shepard', conference call, untold benefits will be garnered by both races, for the welfare of each is so interlaced that what affects the health, prosperity and happiness of the one is bound to affect almost in like manner the weil-boing of the other. It is fortunate that such a convenient and admirably equipped place as the National Religious Training School has been selected for the Conference. The purity of the atmosphere about the institution and the inspiration that progressive Durham will generate, are conductive to high-thinking and right-living. Every local impulse will be in keeping with the spirit of the momentous occasion. In calling the Conference, Dr. Shepard has evidenced a far-sigitedness that shows him to be a leader who knows how to lead. He has sagacity, resourcefulness and courage—prime requisites in a premier who hopes to develop a following. With characteristic generosity, Dr. Shepard invites the visitors to be guests of the school, and their week's stay on the grounds will be without expense of any kind. That the "Shepard Conference" will take long strides toward the practical solution of many of our most intricate problems is not doubted. THE SOUTH THE NEGRO'S NATURAL FIELD. New York is a fine town—liberal, progressive and wide-awake. It does everything on a big scale. It unquestionably offers fine opportunities to colored men and women of talent who are really trying to do something worth while for their day and generation. It is doubtful, however, if any good purpose is served by fulsome exploitation of the nation's metropolis as the "hope of the Negro race." Instead of thus attracting to New York the thrifty, economical and substantial element of the race, the opposite effect is more likely to be the case. There is more apt to be added to the already overplus of undesirable Negroes there an influx of the under-do-well class from the South who have no love for work and who too often mistake license for liberty, degenerating into sports, loafers, pimps and worse. These fellows are eternally in evidence upon the streets and in public places, and are far more conspicuous than the worthy men and women, destroying in a large measure, the creditable impression the latter have sacrificed much to create. We should discourage, rather than encourage, the migration of the Negro, as a mass, to the great cities of the North. They are full of temptations for the weak, and abound in pitfalls for the unwary. The competition is merciless and only the fittest survive the awful ordeal. What is true of New York is likewise true of Chicago and other gittering centers of population. They are flames that lure the Negro north with a deceptive freedom that spells disaster to the greenhorn from the country. To one success there are half thousand failures. Stick to the South, young colored man! Stay in the country districts or in the smaller towns where you have wide opportunities for development. Land is cheap; homes are easily acquired; business, educational and professional openings invite the best that is within us; there is genuine home life and incentive to lead moral and useful lives. The exceptional character, here and there, may find his place in the great city. For the ninety-and-nine the country is the ark of safety. No influential Negro journalist does the best for himself or his people when he exalts a human roulette wheel like New York and Chicago as the "hope of the Negro race." He preaches a dangerous doctrine when he offers encouragement to the Negro masses to forsake the rich fields, happy homes and neighborly sympathy to be found in the South to barely exist amid the glitter and glare of the Sodoms of the North. The South is the Negro's natural field of effort. Aggressive Expansion for Old Zion Church. The laity of the country takes an unusual interest in the upbuilding of the churches. The Zion Church is one of the most highly-regarded of all the religious denominations. It has had a brilliant history and is entitled to a future even more lustrous than the past. It must go forward—never backward. It thought it wise to elect up to ten Bishops at St. Louis in 1904. It did the same thing at Philadelphia in 1908. Two vacancies have occurred since the General Conference of three years ago, and there is an agitation on the part of some short-sighted economists to leave these vacancies unfilled and try to get along for the next four years with the present Bench of eight Bishops, two or three of whom are physically unfit to perform their episcopal duties as they should be performed. This means that the great A. M. E. Zion Church, boasting of a membership of half a million, is plodding along under the management of just about six active Bishops. With possible vacancies during the next quadrennium, it can easily be seen that the church would be in a bad way by 1916, allowing the average loss of two Bishops to a quadrennium. A really effective prelate in not an expense to the church. He is an asset. He brings in more than he takes out. The church is sure of a margin of profit in dollars and cents to speak from the commercial standpoint. Without a Bishop in the broad expanse from Alabama to the Pacific Coast, there is a vast stretch of virgin soil which the Zionites could make to blossom as the rose, with Zion Churches and Zion prestige everywhere. If four Bishops are "made" at Charlotte next May, and stationed wisely, it is not an extravagant prediction that in another four years the Church will have added more in membership and increased more in dollar money than these men will draw in salaries, and the glory of the Church will be 100 per cent greater than it is today, because of the missionary work that it will have done through the infusion of new blood. If the Zion Church wishes to maintain itself as a truly national organization, it will have to adopt a policy of aggressive expansion. ROSCOE. News comes to us that Roscoe Conkling Simmons often called the Watterson of the Negro press, who has been the editorial writer of the New York Age for some time, will establish a newspaper somewhere in the South, Memphis we hear. We hope that this piece of news will prove to be more than gossip, and that before many weeks we shall add to our exchange list a newspaper controlled by Mr. Simmons and printed in Dixie. I; should not be necessary for the Advocate to say aught in praise of Roscoe, who was for many years a valued member of the editorial staff of this newspaper, and whose reputation as an editor and journalist is nationwide. In New York Roscoe has long been the one literatuer of the race, and the people there have given him many honors. Long a favorite with the people of the South he will we are sure receive from them the support so well deserved, and have a place in their affairs not less important than he has had in the affairs of the East. It takes the kind of moral courage that pioneers possess to turn one's back on New York and settle in the South. Nobody will be surprised if Roscoe Conkling Simmons does this. Is there any "team work" among the brethren at the nation's capital? If there is, it is not discernible by the natural eye. Since the dissolution of the once-strong "Black Cabinet," it leeks as if it is "everybody for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost." Dr. Booker T. Washington's reception in Texas was one continuous ovation. It was the most gratifying season of the eventful life of the Tuskegee "Wizard." It is lucky that our best-beloved leader is not held responsible for the actions of his fool "friends." We hope the newspaper fraternity will not have to suffer for the misdeeds of the "con" men who operate in the guise of representatives of the fourth estate. There are too many of these "phony" journalists floating around the country, imposing upon the credulity of a patient and confiding public. What is T. Thomas Fortune going to do—remain in New York and continue to do the thinking for The Age, or go to Washington and give the race its long-felt-want—a "great national Negro weekly?" A palpitating populace is anxious for definite bona fide information. Judge Terrell was a welcome guest. All Charleston voted him a "jolly good fellow." The unknown party who circulated the report that W. T. Vernon was a candidate of the presidency of the West Virginia Colored Institute, can learn something to his disadvantage by communicating with Prof. Byrd Prilferman, the present incumbent. Some of the acute problems of the National Independent Political League might be solved by the creation of a few more offices within the organization. The Advocate names for Chairman of the National Republican Committee, the Hon. Charles D. Hilles, Secretary to the President. No one knows the good side of the national administration better than he, and no one could battle so royally for the success of the Taft policies as Mr. Hilles. He will give the Negro a "square deal," too, and that's a whole heap. We congratulate our friend, M. M. Lewey, upon his successful rout of the crowd that wanted to clean out the existing administration of the National Negro Press Association, and send the presidency to New York. It was "a plot that failed," and the Association will go on in good shape under the firm, but friendly, hand of Mr. Lewey, who is a journalist of the first water and a genial gentleman, withal. Bishop G. W. Clinton will doubtless be elected to the seat on the Jeanes Fund Board, made vacant by the death of Bishop Abraham Grant. Bishop Clinton understands thoroughly the needs of the Negro in the South and would fit in to a "T" on the Jeanes million-dollar fund for the relief of the colored schools in the rural regions of the South. The election of two Bishops is practically assured in advance of the Methodist General Conference. Dr. J. S Jackson, financial secretary of the A.M. E. Zion connection, will go forward and Dr. John Hurst, financial secretary of the A.M. E. Church, is pretty sure to go to the Bench of his domination. The remainder will have to fight for their laurels. Drs. Jackson and Hurst will bring strength to the episcopacy of their respective church- Washington is the logical place for the midwinter meeting of the executive committee of the National Negro Business League. The meeting of the executive committee of the National Negro Press Association should likewise hold its pow-wow at the capital during the same period. The Jeanes Fund Board comes in, too. The saving of time, money and physical wear-and-tear all suggests that the three meetings be held at Washington in December. If the Press Association meets at Washington in December, and Fred Moore, Cal Chase, Dick Thompson, Ollie Randolph, Matty Lattimore, Bob Pelham, John Dancy, Ralph Tyler, "Pup" Lewey, John Murphy, Chris Perry and the rest of the "gang" come along with their red paint on, the Weather Bureau won't miss it far if it prophesies the pulling off of "some scrap." The Negro masses should be urged by our ministers and teachers to remain in the rich agricultural districts of the South or in the smaller towns, and stay out of the cities. The way the Negro population of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington is being recruited from the unprepared men and women from the Southern States is alarming. What to do with them is a problem that is now being wrestled with by both the religious element and the police department of these and other large centers of population all over the land. Fisk, Howard, Wilberforce, Tuskegee, Hampton, and Dr. Shepard's National Religious Training Schools all show record-breaking enrollments this year. The Negro is not slow to appreciate the tremendous advantage that lies in a scientific training of the head, hand and heart. The Washington Bee is away off its base when it sneeringly denominates the examination of the teeth of school children as a "fad." It is one of the most valuable innovations the public schools has ever known, and dental inspection should be adopted in every city in the land. Maybe Chase's candidate for inspector got left. Hence these tears! The "boys" of the press fraternity together with the "Smart Set" on both sides of the river, gave Mr. R. W. Thompson, our versatile Washington correspondent, "the time of his life, during his recent sojourn in Greater New York. Their hospitality was well bestowed. Don't hesitate to give credit wherever credit is due. To do otherwise is to indulge in a narrowness unbecoming a man of affairs. Second only to the royal greeting given Dr. Washington in Texas was the acclaim which they showered upon Emmett J. Scott, Dr. Washington's right hand man. Mr. Scott is a son of Texas soil, and his old friends and neighbors are justly proud of him. "For the love of Mike," don't encourage any more Negroes to locate ha crowded New York City. A lovely place to visit and have a good time, but for a permanent home—scare! THE ADVOCATE. Queer as it may seem, Washingtonians are compelled to read the Advocate to get the best news of Washington. The local scrapers should stick a pin in themselves and wake up. The Advocate acknowledges the receipt and declines with regret an invitation to the banquet to be tendered District Grand Master Fred R. Ramer by Mountain State Lodge No. 4450 and Household of Ruth No. 2238, G. U. O. of O. F., at Martinsburg, his home town, on the 10th inst. Howard University Wilbur P. Thirkield, L. 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News reached the city this morning that Mr Dave Graham, of Raymond City, was run over and killed by K. and M. train No. 4, last night. Mr. Graham was in the city yesterday to look after some business in connection with some oil property on Blue Creek, and before returning to his home at Raymond City, was requested by Special Officer Thomas Cochran, to serve a summons on Mr. James Raines, of Poca. He had served the summons on Mr. Raines and was walking the railroad track on his way home when No. 4 struck him and he was instantly killed. A strange thing in connection with this accident is that he was walking facing the train when run over, and though he was known to be hard of hearing it is hard to explain why he did not see the approaching train. Mr. Graham was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife and eight children. He has three sisters living in this city: Mrs. Perry Smith, Mrs. Hostettler and Mrs. McIntyre. THE WEST VIRGINIA COLORED INSTITUTE Offers Three Literary Courses---English, Academic, and Normal. 23 Various Industrial Courses are Offered. Climate Healthful, Surroundings Goo d CATALOGUE FREE. ADDRESS BYRD PRILLERMAN, President, Institute, West Virginia CLAY COURTHOUSE TO HAVE FINE SCHOOL HOUSE That Clay, the seat of the county of that name, will have one of the finest high school buildings in the state, considering the size of the town, is assured, and those who were instrumental in bringing about the bond issue necessary in establishing the institution, report at the department of schools that every one, nearly in Clay county is proud of the prospects. The building will cost $21,000 and will be constructed by J. H. Perrine, a Clay county contractor and builder. The structure will be 63 feet and ten inches in length with a frontage of 104 feet. Theatrical Chit-Chat Theatrical Chit-Chat By Ar-W-Tee. Frank Brown, the Hoosier tenor, is resting at his home in Indianapolis. The "Mysterious Maxwell" is in Norfolk, Va., headed for Washington. Washington has ten theatres catering to Negro patronage—The Howard Dabney's, Hiwatha, Star, Chelsea, Foraker, Fairyland, Blue Mouse, Minneaha and Lincoln. Jolly John Larkins in "Royal Sam" is now under the direction of R. Voeckle, owner of the Black Patti Troubadours." R. Henri Strange is to go on the road in a repertoire of Shakespearian tragedies, including "Hamlet," "Othelo," "Richard III" and "Macbeth." M. O. Morton has opened a new theatre for colored patrons at Athens, Ga. NOT A WORD OF SCANDAL. marred the call of a neighbor on Mrs. W. P. Spangh, of Manville, Wyo., who said: "she told me Dr. King's New Life Pijls had cured her of obstinate kidney trouble, and made her feel like a new woman." Easy, but sure remedy for stomach, liver and kidney troubles. Only 25c. at all druggists. WALTER SHREWSBURY DIES AT MALDEN AT AGE OF 64 YEARS Funeral From the First Presbyterian Church Thursday At the age of 64 years, Mr. Walter P. Shrewsburg, of Malden, died yesterday afternoon at two o'clock. A nervous collapse, followed by complications, brought about his death. Mr. Shrewsbury was born at Malden in 1847 and made his home there all his life. He one of fifteen children, eleven of whom were boys. Four of the children survive him. The body will be brought to this city today, and the funeral will be conducted from the First Presbyterian church Thursday, the hour to be set later. Interment will be made in Spring Hill cemetery. The decedent was a son of the late William D. Shrewsbury. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1911. MIA COLORED INSTITUTE Library Courses---English, c, and Normal. SCENE AT INSTITUTE INS SEPTEMBER 20, 1911 are Offered. inate Healthful, Surrounding YRD PRILLERMAN, President Institute, West OFFICERS DIRECTING THE MOVEMENT INSTITUTE -English, 1911 groundings Goo d N, President, te, West Virginia THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. ITALIAN OFFICERS DIRECTING THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS: THE MILITARY Photograph by Underwood & Underwood. $ \mathbf{N}_{4}-\mathbf{X}_{4} $ THE FAMOUS ARCHED STREET OF TRE REET OF TRIPOLI. THE FAMOUS ARCHED STREET OF TRIPOLI. THE CATHEDRAL OF THE ORIENTAL CHURCH Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1911. SKETCHES OF THE VISITORS They are coming in droves, these Republican workers from all over the State of West Virginia. Some arrived yesterday, some were already here. All of them are of the opinion that the meeting of the state committee called by Chairman S. V. Matthews for tomorrow will do more to cement the party again and bring about a united working front than anything that has been done since the differences of opinion within the ranks of the party brought about more or less disruption. It will not only be a meeting of the committee, all the members of which are expected to be present, but a bringing together of the party men who do things in their respective communities and elsewhere during a campaign. The type of men who are coming to Charleston are the ones who wish to see harmony the primary equipment of the party, for the fact is realized by them all that the next one must be a concerted light rather than a campaign of internal grumblings and backbitting. From All Directions The visitors are coming from all directions. And they all look and talk like they mean business and will do their part in bringing about a proper solution of the troubles of the party at this time, and to map out a course of campaign which will insure the success of Republicanism again in West Virginia to the extent that old time campaigns and elections will be vividly recalled. "O, everything is lovely with us now," said Chairman Matthews this morning, but I have nothing to say for publication. You reporters will have to wait until the meeting is held and then find out what has been done. The prospects are for a vigorous, but a harmonious session and a great many matters of importance to everyone in West Virginia, Republican and Democrat, allike, will be looked after. I have received replies from nearly all the members of the committee and believe all of them will be in attendance. Not only will they be here but I have been apprised of the fact that leading party men from different sections of the state are coming, aside from the many who are already here." Fine Meeting Promised. There are splendid prospects for a fine meeting of the Republicans and good humor is everything in evidence among them now. Of course there will be some warm debates in committee but it is reasonably believed that this session will suffice to bring about the desired coming together of all dangerous factional strife within the ranks, and that the campaign will be on in dead earnest at the conclusion of the meeting, with all the leaders working in harmony for a cause that can be relied on to be a just and an equitable one, and one that will prove satisfactory to everywhere. The Committee Members. S. V. Matthews, chairman, Charleston; V. L. Highland, secretary-treasurer, Clarksburg; 1st District Robert Hazlet, Wheelering; 2nd District J. E. Doyle, McMechen; 3rd District W. R. Mescervie, Harrisville; 4th District H. C. Woodyard, Spencer; 5th District W. F. White, Huntington; 6th District W. W. White, Welch; 7th District Joseph M. Sanders, Bluefield; 8th District S. V. Matthews, Charleston; 9th District Samuel Dixon, MacDonald; 10th District Amos Bright, Sutton; 11th District A. Howard Fleming, Fairmont; 12th District S. C. Denham, Clarksburg; 13th District E. W. Martin, Buckhannon; 14th District L. J. Foreman, Petersburg; 15th District Charles P. Lignt, Martinsburg; at large O. A. Petty, Charleston; John S. Noel, Montgomery, S. V. Matthews, Charleston; Robert Hazlett, Wheeling; W. F. White, Huntington; W. W. White, Welch; E. W. Martin, Buckhannon; Austin M. Sikes, Secy to Chairman; C. W. Moore, Assistant to Secretary; Charles Brooks Smith, Chairman Press Bureau; H. M. Scott, Chairman Literature Bureau; W. H. Terry, Chairman Speaker bureau. Senator M. Z. White Senator M. Z. White, of the Sixth district, with residence at Williamson, was one of the first of the State Senators to arrive on the scene, coming with quite a delegation from Mingo county. The Senator is hale and hearty and right in touch with political situations, as they present in his district. He is one of the remarkable men of the Senate. He served in the House some forty years ago, but says that as he looks back to that time it does not seem so long ago. Senator White served through the Civil war, giving up a position as school teacher to enlist. We are not telling his age, but he taught that school fifty-one years ago. Hon. Jos. H. McDermott fight against inroads of an affection of the stomach following promiscuous poisoning. His life was despaired of time and again and his case barfed the skill of the world's most celebrated scientists. It was finally determined that a very delicate operation was the last resort, and the same was performed in an eastern hospital. Senator McDermott recovered sufficiently to leave the hospital on the day that Senator S. B. Ellins passed away. Since then his recovery has been a little short of remarkable, and today he is the same healthy, good-natured, hall-fellow-well-met that he was before strucken with disease. Upon his arrival here he was made the subject of many hearty congratulations by his hosts of friends both in the city and from a distance. It makes one feel good to look at Senator McDermott now. Hon. L. J. Forman. Hon. L. J. Forman. Over the K. & M. this morning, among other notables of the party, Hon. L. J. Forman of Petersburg, Grant County, arrived in the city and registered at the Kanawha. Mr. Forman was President of the State Senate preceding Dr. Hatfield, and is said to have been one of the very best presidents the Senate ever had. Mr. Forman has traveled a long distance to do what he can to aid his party. He is one of the good, old-fashioned Republicans who never gets out of tune with his party, and whose efforts are ever at the disposal of the party for the party's great good. The Taylor Twins. Where you find one of them, there you usually find both of them. They arrived bright and early this morning and are quartered at the Kenaiwa-ex-Senator B. F. Bailey and ex-Doorkeeper of the Senate Chas. V. Gough—both jolly good fellows, both good Elks and still better Republicans. Charleston is always glad to see them—now as ever. Senator Enailey has long been a leader in his neck of the woods, and in "Boggy" Gough he has a very able lieutenant. They, as usual, carry the vote of Taylor county in their vest pockets, and that they will use it for the good of the party in tomorrow's gathering we doubt not at all. They represent a welcome addition to the coterie of Republicans from their section of the State. Senator Davis Elkins. There are a whole lot of people in West Virginia who have never had the pleasure of personally meeting Senator Davis Eikins. We wish that we had a newspaper picture of the Senator to show our readers of today a real good-looking man. The Senator, however, and unfortunately for the newspapers of the State, has never posed for a newspaper picture. He is modest from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, and all conceals of the newspaper gentry that he "have some cuts made" have so far been in vain. The Senator arrived in the city yesterday and has been butsy shaking hands ever since. He is looking fine after his European trip and says that his health has improved greatly. He hadn't time this morning to talk politics, but he will be heard from before he leaves the city; and will in all probability present his views to the State Committee at tomorrow's meeting. Senator O. A. Hood. Senator O. A. Hood. Senator Hood, of Keyser, Mineral county, of the Fourteenth district, whom the Demmies declared they had beaten last fall, but who, in reality, was elected by something like the old-time majority in that district, as evidenced when the returns came in, accomplished by Postmaster Hoffman, of Keyser, and offers from his section of the State. is on the grounds, cocked and primed for the party's good. Senator Hood is himself a harmonizer, and his every action tends that way. Ex-Governor A. B. White Ex-Governor A. B. White. Considerable satisfaction is expressed among Republicans upon the presence in the city to attend the committee meeting of Hon. Albert Blakeslee White of Parkersburg, former Governor of West Virginia. Ex-Governor White is one of the party's big men and his voice will count with the committee in its probable actions. Mr. White is being spoken of in some courses as a possible candidate for the United States Senatorship to succeed Senator Watson, but first efforts will be to aid in carrying the next Legislature for the Republicans. President Hatfield of the Senate. Until he arrived in the city this morning no one could say definitely whether or not President H. D. Hatfield of the State Senate could get to Charleston for the meeting. The President is a Doctor, and therefore a very busy man. Being a politician—and a mighty successful one—he is just as busy as he would be at home. Dr. Hatfield is a power in the party. His word of advice will count for much, and it will be given with the fearlessness and surety that characterizes his every action. He represents a large portion of the Republicanism of the Southern section of the State, is an able and popular gentleman, was a spendid presiding officer at the last two sessions of the Senate. Hon. S. B. Montgomery, Hon. Sam B. Montgomery, ex-state Senator, Past Grand Chancellor of the K of P, now Grand Keeper of Records and Seals of the Order and a leader in the Methodist paymens' Association, who has been in the city the past week attending the session of the Association, has remained press for the meeting of the committee and is one of the conspicuous figures about the notet lobbies today. Senator Montgomery numbers his friends by the thousands, is popular with Republicans in all sections of the State and where the party members congregate, either on business or pleasure, there he is usually found. The Game and Fish Warden. Hon. Jim Viquney, State Game and Fish Warden, who resides at Bellington, arrived last evening to participate in the love feast. Mr. Viquney believes that tomorrow's meeting of the committee will result in great good for the party. He has no reason in the world to feel doubtful of the result up in his section of the State when the time comes to count the ballots. Secretary Virgil Highland. Virgil Highland, of Clarksburg, the able willing and courteous secretary of the State Central Committee, came down with Member Sherman Denham to participate in the meeting. Mr. Highland is a well known banker of Clarksburg, Harrison county. He has in the past been an earnest and effective worker for party success. An secretary of the committee he has made numerous sacrifices of time, effort and cold cash and has largely aided in carrying the committee over some hard places. Hon. Howard E. Williams. Among other prominent gentlemen from Greenbrier county who will visit the city and participate in the meeting is the Hon. Howard E. Williams, a leading agriculturalist of the State, and who is being prominently spoken of as a candidate for the new office of Commissioner of Agriculture, created by the late regular session of State Legislature. Mr. Williams has grown up in the midst of the great Greenbrier agricultural country and what he don't know about farming and stock-raising wouldn't fill a very large volume. Should he become a candidate for the Agricultural Commissionership all other candidates will be obliged to sit up and take notice. He is a brother of Judge L. Julson Williams of the Supreme Court, and has many friends and acquaintances in this city and section. Hon. S. B. Montgomery. Hon. S. P. Montgomery, popularly saluted as "Senator Sam" is here for the big session of Republicans and is one of the most active of the visitors, who have been hobbobbing in the lobby of Kanawha this morning. Mr. Montgomery is a Republican of the type that commands respect, for he is what he is and doesn't care a rap who knows what that is. He is from Preston county where everyone likes him for he is everlastingly busy and usually accomplishes what he tries in the way of politics or business. He usually wears a smile and a buttonhole bouquet and of course other habiliments, but the smile is of the kind that never comes off. He is a sturdy fighter in a campaign and knows the whole political alphabet. Hon. Mike F. Matheny. Hon. Mike F. Matheny. Beckley contains some awfully good people, many of whom are Republicans too. Take Hon. Mike Matheny, for instance. He hails from the healthful climate of Raleigh and is a typical example of what good grub, a clear conscience, pure air and an inclination to keep stirring all the time he is awake will do for a hustler. Mr. Matheny is popular where he hails from and nearly ever many, woman and child in Raleigh county not only knows him but has something good to say about him when he is the subject of conversation. He is a lawyer by profession and a Republican by instinct. Hon. A. A. Lilly. They do say that some of these fine days one A. A. Lilly, of Raleigh county, will be in the Congress of the United States. He came near being sent from the Fifth district last time, for he had Congressman Jim A. Hughes on the run during a most heated campaign. It is a 100 to one shot that this Raleighite will be heard from again in the near feature and it may be expected that the explosive he will explode, the oratory he will orate, the hands and the bushes he will snake will be equal at least to the echoes from the Turko-Italian session now in progress. Mr. Lilly is a youngster yet, comparatively, and can afford to wait a little while longer for the honors his friends and supporters wish to bestow upon him as ascertain that the meeting of the republicans tomorrow will be resultant of the healing of any and all the old wounds that have rankled more or less during the past few years. --- In landing a $50,000 contract in Parkersburg, the Moore Construction Company, of this city, which recently completed the Alderson-Stephenson skyscraper at Capital and Kanawha streets, here, won out over a large number of bidders, and have had no difficulty in sub-letting the work among ten contractors. The work to be done is the construction of a cold-storage plant for the Parkersburg Ice and Coal Company. It will be of reinforced concrete superstructure. The work has been started and will be finished within a comparatively short time. THE ADVOCATE GREAT MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN WORKERS FROM ALL SECTIONS Picture an old-fashioned camp meeting and recall for the moment the light-hearted feeling you and when the entire audience sang "Kearer my God to Thee," and you may have an idea as to what kind of a meeting the Republicans had last night in the Old Fellows temple. There wasn't any singing but there was that light-heartedness and that good fellowship that characterizes those who have been acting naughtily for a long time, then undergoes reformation and starts out with a new purpose in view. In fact, that whole audience, and it was a big one, sufficient to crowd the hall of the Kanawha Republican club, underwent a change of spirit that made them feel as if born again, or like a teper who has recovered his real self after a long period of pernicious indulgence. It made one experience a new sensation, much like that when one gets religion and conscientiously looks forward to a new lease on life and a realization of life's good things. "Get Together Boys" is the Republican slogan from this time on in West Virginia and a pledge to himself, if to none other has been made by everyone of the 350 wheel-horses of the Republican party who took part in what turned out to be a real lovetcast in every sense of the word. Staid old workers who have gone through all the fifty-seven kinds of political maneuverings in campaigns gone by, and some of whom let their foot slip at such a time that that slip proved disastrous to the Republican party, have got a new toe hold, are pushing upward, not backward and have concerted themselves as a unit in the campaigns that are to follow. Are Ready Tonight. Are Ready Tonight. By puncturing the Republican echooner last year the Democrats have stirred up the fighting blood of the advocates of Republican doctrines, Republican policies and of Republican pride, until now perfect harmony is promised in the ranks of the G. O. P. in West Virginia and a harpoon laid back for use on the opposition. It was just like convention times in former campaigns at the hotels and on the streets last night. Old agents and newer ones representing the party of Lincoln, McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft, were on the grounds to lend their mite to the cause for which they all promise to fight with a solid front and a front that they won't permit to be broken again. They have all shod themselves with shoes that won't slip any more, they say, and they have buried the hatchet who have been sulking, have taken on new vigor, new intentions and have pointed their battering ram go as to go through their opposition like a well directed darnick through a school house window. No more Coxey's armies, no more soup houses and no more family rumpuses for the Republicans. They have had their share of all them and a repetition, they realize, means disaster and defeat at the hands of a party that wouldn't give them snow water when it is in power. Ex-Governor A. B. White pictured some of the instances where the party that is represented by the donkey refused to give the Republicans a look in at anything when the Republicans were in the minority and when there was an opportunity for the administration to show the same magnanimous spirit that the Republicans have shown them since they have been in the ascendency. Every section of West Virginia was represented at the meeting. Leaders of factions from nearly every country or district were there ready to bury their grouches and forget their personal aspirations, for the time being, for party good. Those who have contributed to party decline, if a decline there be, have promised to be better boys and never again permit themselves to assist in paving the way for the arch political enemy to assume a dictatorial position. Didn't Overdo 16. A large number of men of eminence in politics and business were at the meeting and a many of them were called on to address the big audience. Everyone called on responded but none of them overdid their subject and did not tire the listeners with long winded political speeches such as are heard on the stump during the progress of a campaign. As the purpose of the meeting implies it was a "get together" session and a love feast of the Republican hosts of West Virginia, many of whom have seen their errors and are repentant. In the abscence of the president and vice president of the Republican club, it developed on Secretary E. L. Whitney to open the meeting which he did by calling on Hon. Joseph Holt Gaines to preside. Right, well, consequently, was the function presided over for the e-congressman from the Third district has no duplicate when it comes to the performance of such a duty. Mr. Gaines called on the following speakers, each of whom had something to say that made everyone in the audience sit up and take notice and all those who hurried in times past aided and abetted, many manner, the Democrats in getting a firmer foothold on West Virginia soil looked rather sheepish, but they sat through it all and acknowledged the corn, but made the promise that they will never do it again: Gen. Romeo H. Freer, of Ritchie, former attorney general; ex-United States Senator Nathan Bay Scott, Wheeling; Hon. Charles W. Dillion, of Fayette; Dr. H. D. Hattfield, president of the state senate, of McDowell; Hon. J. Taytor, Vinson, Cabell; Hon. Charles F. Teter, Barbour; Capt. S. B. Avis, Kanawha; Hon. A. A. Lilly, Raleigh; Hon. W. C. Cutlight, Upsur, ex-Governor A. B. White, Wood; ex-Governor W. M. O. Dawson, Kanawna, ex-Governor George Wesley Atkinson, Kanawha, Men of Eminence. Present at the meeting were three former governors. Governor Glasscock could not be present but sent his regrets and will be with the bunch today and tonight. There was one ex-United States Senator, two ex Congressmen, nearly all the Faithful Fifteen Republican state senators, a large number of former members of the legislature as well as those who are at this time members of that body. Fact is, every man in the audience has had more or less to do with Republican activities, some of whom for as long at forty or more years. Some of them present permitted themselves to get off the path of regularity in political matters last year but the majority were those who have long before this time buried their animosities and are ready and willing and really desirous of making up for the time they have lost while remaining in a dormant condition when their services were most needed in the effort to perpetuate the old party which they love but from which they were almost inclined to spray for the purpose of trying some new pastures. They were shown at this meeting where the best fields lie, and like the prodigal son they are back on the old home place ready to take off their conts and help with the plowing, and the planting and sowing, so that they may benefit from the harvest that is to be garnered at or after the next election. Will Obey Injunctions. Aside from the injunction that harmony is the greatest essential, a primary election measure suitable to the masses of the people was the thread of the addresses made by every speaker. It was brought out most distinctly that the people demand to have a say in the selection of the nominees for office and that all is necessary for Republican success is to permit the voters to see where they are getting a fair and square deal. They want to have something to say about whom is to represent them in the way best for their good, at the Capitol, and it was shown wherein if they do not obtain that right they will either not vote at all or will cast a ballo for some other party's candidates. What Gaines Had to Say. There was nothing superfluous in what Mr. Gaines had to say in introducing the first speaker. While extricating himself from the audience he had some dinculty because of the crowd. He was given a unanimous hand. Applause was sufficient to echo for a minute or more from the side of the Y. M. C. A. building, just across the way where dedicatory ceremonies were being conducted. He opened up with the suggestion that after a child gets a spanking he is liked, and I have had my spanking, so I assume from this greeting that at least you are not glloating over the fact that I did get the spanking. This great meeting augurs well for the party," continued the speaker. It has had its lesson and does not care to have the lesson duplicated. For my part I have been treated well by ray party for through it I was district attorney for four years and in congress ten years. I didn't quit holding office voluntarily, I assure you, but was ignominiously beaten. But since I am out I shall stay out so far as seeking office in concerned, but it is intolerable to me to see the state in the hands of the Democrats. I want to get on the stump again, and not as a candidate for any office, but to do what I can in my humble way to bring together the Republican party and to induce the Republican voters to do their part in bringing the state of West Virginia into the Republican colony and make the figures prove that this is a Republican commonwealth with a majority of more than 22,000. Calls General Freer. Had Bedlam broken loose the tumultuous applause that greeted the introduction of General Freer would have made the sound timid in comparison. That old veteran of wars Civil and Political, somewhat bowed with the years of action, assumed the speaker's position and cut in only as one itomeo H. Freer can cut in. He didn't waste any time at all, though at the start there was a quiver in the voice that has sounded from the hustings thousands of times, and it required effort on his part to choke back some of his inner organs which seemed to have lodged near his Adam's apple. He said he believed in emotional religion and in emotional politics, that he has been one of the old and origi- nal Republicans for the past forty-five years, having been adopted by the party, in '66, and was in Kanawha county when he, Wes Atkinson and Stepteo Tinsley were called the Republican triumverite. He asserted that at no during the almost half century of party loyalty has he regretted have taken up with the policies of the party. "Figuratively speaking," said he, we may become a little sick, but all we have is the symptom and not the disease. The Republican party is just as much alive now as it ever was, and I am optimistic in that censure. But there are some pessimists who always look on the dark side of things. The young people should keep the party alive and if they don't we older fellows will. I came here to do my duty for the party. We need complete harmony and unity. If you have ambitions, smother them now, but whatever our ambition they should be subjugated to the party good. The older Republicans have sacrificed often and much and that spirit of self denial should be evident now among the younger bloods. Take off your coats and work for the party." General Freer recited a number of anecdotes and confessed that he had often been subjected to all the indignities that could be imagined while in the field working for the Republican successes. He said he had been stoned and rotten-egged, but lived through it all and finally saw his party step into power. Then he appealed to all present to not permit that power to be taken away just at the time when the most good is being done for the country, just at the time when the schools are becoming more important, when the population of the state is increasing with rapidity and while the material development of West Virginia is attracting the attention of the world. Senator Scott Talks. Senator Scott responded to the invitation to speak, and said the reception he received almost made him shed tears. He referred to a remark General Freer made about being a Methodist, and confessed that he was not of that denomination, and as he had beer brought up as a Quaker he was not much for talking, but that he is willing, as he has been through the 38 years he has been active in the ranks of the party to do all that he can to unite the party and to keep it united. He recalled the axiom that in union there is strength and referred to the story in an old reader about the bundle of sticks which could not be broken when they were kept together, but when separated were easily broken. He compared that lesson to the Republican party and made an earnest appeal to the party men present to keep united and to forget their grudges, their spruces and their personal ambitions and get into the light for the party and not the individual good. He referred to the personnel of the state committee, saying that some of its members were suited for the work they have to perform, for they have proved their honesty and their loyalty to the party to which they belong. He then said there are others on that committee who did not support the ticket in the last election and that they should not be permitted to remain members of the important party instrument. "We vote for the principles of our party and not the man," asserted the venerable statesman. "Now for the sake of West Virginia, for the sake of our party, all of you come to Rouneco Freer's mourners bench and be born again. Gentlemen you will find me fighting for the old party when the campaign is on." Dillon Some Speaker. Bilton some Speaker. That Charles W. Dillon, of Payette is some speaker and some thinker was proved by his remarks to the Republicans assembled. He called attention to the fact that ex-governors, ex-congressmen and nearly all of the Faithful Fifteen were present and recited the fact that all the Republican losses last year were due to the fact that the Republicans did not pull together. "But any disintegration that was evident was due to our great strength. We made mistakes. The candidates made mistakes and so did the leaders. The people did not have enough to say in the matter." I am of the opinion that a great majority of the people of the state are Republicans and believe in the policies and the principles of that party. But we must all get under the big tent and permit the side shows to go. The party has a duty to perform and we must comply. We have no apologies to make for any of our administrations, either national or state. "All we have to do is let the people know that they have made the nominations and they will do the rest. I want to say I am in favor of a statewide primary (vigorous applause) We have promised it and have been found wanting. The people of West Virginia believe they ought to have more to say in the selection of candidates for state offices and they are demanding that prerogative. We must give it to them if we are to remain the majority party. Dig Grave; Bury Grouches. The short speech made by J. Faylor Vinson was a thriller. In truth it was a topliner, and excelled by none made during the evening. The Huntington statesman, an adopted son of the Republican party is an orator and his delivery is splen did. He suggested the best thing for the Republicans to do is to dis a big grave and shame in the name their grouples, their animosities, their personal animosities. He suggested that our troubles in the park when the Democrats ruled for the Democrats alons, should not be forgotten. We, too have made mistakes, but they should be buried in that big grave together with the factional differences which have proved so disastrus to us and dominating power. If we turn this state over to the Democrats we do it through insmangement and because we do not place enough items in that grave. If we show the people that our nominations, are made honestly and squarely they will vote for those nominees. We must eliminate the impression that nominations are not made fairly. President Hatfield. President Hatfield, of the state senate, one of the Faithful Fifteen, was nest on the rostrum. He made a speech that was full of food for thought and one that touched the spot from beginning to end. He asserted that the Republican senators had done all within their power to protect the party, and that while he had not been in favor of a state wide primary, he is now for such a method of selecting the nominees. If this method is provided he promises that no disappointment will be encountered from the lower end of the state and that old McDowell will roll over a full 5,000 majority. He called attention to the fact that one could not be an honest and sincere Republican if he were not willing to make personal sacrifices and forget personal feelings. He asserted that the Republicans in the senate had offered to vote to a man for senate Bill No. 5, if the disfranchising clauses were cut out, but that the Democrats refused to either cross a "T" or dot an "I" in that bill which would have afforded this state a primary election law. He said the state committee wants to do what the majority wants them to do. Then Comes C. F. Teter. Introducing him as his double (everyone knows how Slim Jim-like Mr. Gaines is) the chairman called on Hon. Charles F. Teter to talk (Everyone knows how fat Charley Teter is) When chairman and speaker shank hands the contrast is size caused a hearty laugh. Mr. Teter started out by saying that he didn't believe he looked the part. Mr. Teter waded in without purely and said that he used to have a grouch, "but, gentleman, I long since dug a grave myself and buried that grouch. I left no markers to show where it is buried, no wreaths to call my attention to the place where this is sod of sufficient depth to hold it for sufficient depth to hold it down forever. I am in favor of a state wide primary. Put the selection of nominees right to the people. When you do that you will soon forget that there ever were any differences in the Republican party." Capt. S. B. Avis. Capt. Avis said the people must have what they want whether his hearers at the meeting wanted the same or not. He talked plainly for a few minutes only and called attention to some salient points that must be borne in mind by the party men who wish for the success of the party. Hon. A. A. Lilly Hon. A. A. Lilly familiarly called Abe Lilly, from Raleigh, concurred in all that had been said by those who proceeded him on the platform and recited some near-Bible verses which were to show that if his candidacy for any office were offensive to any one he would not seek that office. He said he believed in primary elections and that the district should be made the unit. Hon. W. B. Cutright. Hon. W. B. Cutright, of Upshu, he of flowing gray locks, an abundance of good common sense and with a power of expression not often excelled, took up just enough time to tell his hearers about some of the mistakes that have been made and why they should not be repeated. Ex-Governor White. Former Governor A. B. White hit right out from the shoulder. There is hardly a man in West Virginia who has not heard him orate and who does not like to hear him. He said things. He called a spade a spade and recited some of the monstrous thefts that have been made in this state by the Democrats. He also cited that when the present administration's term ends that there will be no shortage in any office, something, he asserted, that the Democrats cannot say. "The Democrats didn't lick us the last time," said Mr. White, "the Republicans did it themselves." He made an appeal to the Republicans to not forget the indignities they were subjected to while the Democrats were in power and recalled a number of instances in the history of the Democracy's predominance just to keep his hearers from forgetting the treatment accorded them. He said he did not want anyone to forget. He cited the fact that Governor MacCorkle did not have a single Republican on any board during his administration, no matter how unimportant that board might have been. He also showed wherein the Republicans are always magnanimous and called attention to the ap- (Continued from page five.) GARRETT AND HAZLEWOOD UNDERTAKERS 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. THURSDAY. SEPT. 28. 1911. GREAT MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN WORKERS Ex-Governor Dawson. Ex-Governor Dawson, admitting the lateness of the hour had but little to say but said that the Get Together slopan is one that should be borne in mind. He said that if the people want a primary it would be folly not to let them have it. "The majority man wants a straight out primary without any frills," said he. "and you may as well let them have it." Ex-Governor Atkinson. It would have been possible for Hon. G. W. Atkinson to have kept the audience intact for several hours. He had everyone laughing for the several minutes he pointment of a democrat as president of the West Virginia University, spoke. He was late in getting to the meeting, having been engaged in the work of assisting in dedicating the new Y. M. C. A. He said that he, being a judge could not engage in politics, as much as he would like it. he called attention to the fact that at the last election one-third of the Republicans staid at home and about 8,000 of them voted the Democratic ticket. All the people want is a square deal, "said he," and they don't want the committees empowered to decide contests." BOY SCHOOLS TAKE UP THE SCOUT MOVEMENT BOY SCHOOLS TAKE UP THE SCOUT MOVEMENT PRINCIPALS OF PREPARATORY SCHOOLS FIND SCOUT ACTIVITIES AN EXCELLENT SUPPLEMENT TO THE WORK OF THE CLASS ROOM AND THE GYMNASIUM—SCOUT BADGES PROVIDE FUN AND INCENTIVE FOR THE BOYS. The leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have made arrangements with several boys' preparatory schools throughout the country to adopt the Boy Scout movement as a supplement to their educational work. Many other academies are considering the adoption of it. Scouting activities in a general way have been taken up by several schools and have been found very helpful and popular. The different phases of scouting can be added to the school work and give additional incentive to the boys both in their studies and in their athletic work. For instance, a boy who becomes a scout can win badges for being proficient in various studies, in athletic events and in his tramps on holidays through the country around the academy which he attends. The training which the boys receive by engaging in other scout activities can be used as a substitute for military drills and tactics. In the majority of schools the military training is given simply as a means of discipline. Scout activities provide discipline, body building and character training, and they take the boys' mind away from the thought of war. Educators are enthusiastic over the scout movement. Captain Ferrara, commandant of the Department of Military Service of the State University School, Okla., has taken up scouting. Thomas Aston, principal of the public school in McAlester, Okla., is interested in the educational value of scouting. Captain J. W. Dare, who is an instructor in the Culver Summer Naval School, Culver, Ind., has been teaching boys under his charge scouting for several years, following the principles laid down in the manuals of the British Boy Scouts and the Boy Scouts of America. Captain Bare already has turned out first class scouts. "Our Requirements," he says "are stiff and are somewhat more detailed than covered generally." Speaking about the plan of winning over the boys schools, Samuel A. Moffat, Business Secretary of the Boy Scouts of America, says: "For years emphasis has been placed upon military training by preparatory schools and academies using the military drills and tactics. Undoubtedly this makes a strong appeal to the boy and his parents, but I am firmly convinced that at this time when the dominant note is for peace, that the educational institutions availing itself of the opportunities of the appeal that the scout movement is making to boys by including some of these activities in its curriculum will take a forward step in educational work which, I believe, will prove of great benefit both to the institution and the boys Bell Phone 336. Home Phone 328. with whom it works. I believe scouting will prove helpful. The scout laws provide a program for self-government that cannot be equalled. The boy on taking the scout oath is placed upon his honor to obey these laws which require that he be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, courteous and obedient. The movement places the burden of the demand for recreative exercises and physical training upon the boy. Scouting presents an attractive method of interesting the boy in history, civics, geology and kindred subjects. "Wherever military drill is compulsory it soon becomes monotonous and loses its grip upon the boy. The great variety of activities in scouting will suggest some features that may substitute or supplement the military drill and continue to hold the boy's interest. Such activities as the first aid; the fire drills, signaling, and calesthenics with scout staffs are suggested." NEW INCORPORATIONS Charters have been issued by the secretary of state to the following new coprotations: The Glasgow Woolen Mills Company, of Parkersburg, W. Va., to manufacture clothing and maintain advertising signs. Authorized capital $20,000. Incorporators James Rose, Carrye V. Uhl, Agnes M. Reilley, John F. Laird, W. A. Hersh, all of Parkersburg. Unity Social and Beneficial Association of Morgantown, to afford literary and gymnastic pursuits for its members. Authorized capital $10,000. The incorporators are Samuel A. Phillips, Henry A. Cristy, James A. Barthlow, all of Morgantown. Steer Creek Railroad Company, of Wire Bridge, W. Va., to construct a railroad from Wire Bridge, Braxton County, to Grantsville, Calhouny. Authorized capital $10,000. The incorporators are Cecil Gross, Elkins; G. W. Vanhorn, Wire Bridge; E. Bryan Templeman, Charles E. Peddicord, and Osman E. Swartz, all of Clarksburg. Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 10—Four persons are believed to have perished at Benwood, a bururb of Wheeling, when a large frame tenement containing forty persons was blown up and burned by the "Black Hand" today. THE APPOINTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS MADE BY METHODIST CONFERENCE The following are the appointments made by the conference just prior to the final adjournment in night. The stations not mentioned are to be supplied. Charleston District. District Superintendent—J. L. W. Engle. Barker's Ridge—S. M. McKinney. Buffalo Creek—(Supplied.) Boomer—M. H. Cummins. Bowman—E. J. Westfall. First Church—J. E. Bird. Lawrence—W. A. Byus. Sixth Street—C. C. Stater. Vandalia—D. C. Bayless. Circuit—R. W. Morton. Clay—G. R. Thomas. Clendenin—H. K. Riffe. Clifton-Mason—W. H. Gilmore. Cottageville—William Hunter. Fayetteville—William Coleman. Goldtown—M. E. Hively. Hartford—W. F. Sheppard. Kincaid—D. H. Perkins. Leander—Daniel Wilson. Lockhart—I. N. Smith. Malden—F. G. Rowe. Mt. Zion—F. H. Hughes. Osborne Mills—T. M. McCarty. Pleasant Retreat—H. V. Kingsley. Pond Gap—George W. Morton. Ravenswood—S. E. Jones. Reley—A. M. Bar. Ripley—Alfred Backus. Ryan—A. M. Rhodes. Spencer—William Fallen. Spencer Circuit—George W. Day Valley Forge—G. G. Hamrick. Winona—J. B. Rupert. **Huntington District.** Acme—A. W. Workman. Ceredo-Kenova—H. W. Newall. Crumper—W. F. Hampton. Fairfield—G. E. Richardson. Fort Gay—William Copley. Glenwood—J. A. Perry. Guyandotte—P. Y. DeBolt. Hamlin—E. F. Connelly. Henderson—R. H. Skaggs. Hewett—H. S. Dunbar. Huntington— First Church—A. J. Hlatt. AND HAZLEWOOD HORTAKERS T, LICENSED EMBALMER we can furnish you with the same or less money. We carry a large ance service. Open day and night. 600 Summer Street. Charleston, W. Va. Seventh Avenue—R. G. Backus. West—O. M. Pullen. Logan—J. D. Dickey. Milton-Hurricane—A. E. Gordon. Peytona—William Raybould. Pineville—L. White. Red House—C. J. Baker. Rich—A. J. Harvey. Ruth—H. A. Barlow. Wayne—H. S. Chapman. Winfield—J. E. Johnson. Parkersburg District. Alma—E. B. Moore. Alvy—W. N. Frashure. Bellville—F. S. Bishop. Bristol—Charles C. Reed. Calcutta—Marion Taylor. Elizabeth—W. B. Frazelle. Ellenboro—C. A. Powers. Friendly—C. E. Leatherby. Harrisville—C. R. Shackleford. Hebron—G. W. Nuzum. Middlebourne—H. S. Bumgardner. Murphytown - Volcano—J. N. Newark—G. A. Sydenstricker. Parkersburg— First Church—W. F. Compton. St. Andrews—Archibald Moore. Circuit—A. C. Riffe. South—A. D. Adams. Pullman—Cyrus Poling. Persley—J. J. Kelly. St. Marys—. G. Meredith. Salem—J. S. Robinson. Sistersville—Wm. M. Shultz. Smithton—H. M. Bunting. Smithville—J. S. Pullin. Waverly—J. M. Sutton. West Union—J. T. Hickman. Williamstown—W. E. Craig. Buckhannon District. Adamstown—A. M. Hammond. Alexander—L. W. Roberts. Buckhannon—H. D. Clark. Buckhannon Circuit—A. S. Wolfe. East—W. R. Hennen. South—Joseph Van Sicle. Burnsville—Bascan Trevy. Camden—(Supplied) Clarksburg—O. D. King. Ash Chapel—P. L. Flanagan. Cleveland—C. C. Helwick. Flatwoods—J. W. Holliday. Freemansburg—A. E. Barnes. Frenchton—W. A. Sharp. Gassaway—Richard Aspinwall. Glenville—H. M. Strader. Junior—Adam Bird. Mt. Clare—J. W. Dawson. Philippi—W. E. Anderson. Philippi Circuit—D. B. Grooves. Sutton—Aspbury Mick. Ten-Mile—W. P. Clark. Troy—A. L. Ireland. West Milford—P. L. Bent. Weston—C. C. Lanham. Arnettsville—G. W. White. Barnesville—H. B. Moose. Barrackville—G. A. Federer. Fairmont— First Church—H. C. Howard. Diamond Street—L. B. Bowers. Fairview—C. E. Tramrick. Farmington—S. C. Jones. Grafton— Andrews—J. H. Bickford. East—C. W. Wise. St. Paul—J. O. Bolton. W. Main Street—C. A. Snider. Halleck—F. M. Malcolm. Knottsville—J. L. Morris. Logansport—W. T. W. Sleeth. Lumberport—O. W. Waters. Mannington—C. E. Goodwin. Masontown—W. G. Smith. Meadowvale—C. E. Flather. Monogalia—O. A. Kelley. Morgantown—C. K. Jenness. Morgantown Circuit—C. B. Mere ith. Prunytown—Marcellus Knotts. Reedsville—W. W. Sutton. Sabraton—O. R. Snodgrass. Shinnston—Roy McCuskery. Wise—F. V. Arnot. Wyatt—J. A. Bumbaugh Oakland District. Albright—B. S. Hamrick. Aurora—J. L. Marquess. Bayard—E. S. Withers. Blaine—R. C. Weldler. Bruceton—M. L. Dearion. Brandonville—D. W. M. Feather. Craneville—D. B. Orr. Circleville—C. D. Matheny. Deer Park—J. H. Cuppett. Davis—J. E. Strader. Evansville—H. B. Workman. Friendsville—E. P. Idleman. Gormanta—C. D. Johnson. Grantusville—W. W. Morris. Hendricks—J. E. Wells. Howesville—E. C. Woodruff. Kingwood—A. D. Craig. Montrose—T. J. Lewis. Mt. Lake Park—O. Z. Musgrave Newburg—W. M. Stephens. Oakland—A. B. Riker. Parsons—Gregory. Pendleton—P. W. Shrader. Rowlesburg—O. U. Marple. Terra Alta—W. B. King. Thomas—C. W. Kapler. Tunnelton—M. W. Rider. Ronceverte District. Arboval—W. H. Henderson. Beckley—B. H. Shadduck. Bemis—Arthur Merrells. Beverly—C. E. Bedford. Claremont—T. N. Ryder. Covington—R. B. Ward. Dunlevie—Hary Blackhurst. Durblin—J. W. King. Earle—R. C. Bramlett. Edray—I. L. Rickett. Elkins—L. E. Lovejoy. Falling Spring—D. W. Walter. Fenwick—D. C. Pickens. Maplewood—J. L. Dotson. Richwood—Eugene Weaver. Ronceverte—R. D. Hall. Staunton—J. C. Buckley. Summesville—H. G. Ross and J. W. Claypool. Waynesboro—J. S. Thornburg. Webster Springs—G. W. Marston Wheeling District. District Superintendent—S. K. Art southnot. Benwood—S. B. Hart. Cameron—C. F. Anderson. THE ADVOCATE Dallas and Sand Hill—P. M. Matheeny. Silver Hill—C. H. Ochletree. Smithfield—D. F. Carder. Triadelphia—C. E. Bissell. Unfontown—I. A. Canfield. Wallace—L. A. McNamar. Wheeling— Chapline St.—D. S. Hammond. Fourth Street—C. F. Oliver. Fulton and Greggs—H. W. Law Hope—M. W. Flannagan. North Street—T. C. Meredith. Thompson—F. E. Ross. Wesley—J. B. Workman. Zane Street—M. F. Pritchard. Point Pleasant, J. H. Funk. Lisbon, Oct. 9. The Royalists, after their defeat at Vinhuas, where they lost fifty men, have entrenched themselves in the hills and are awaiting the coming of troops under Captain Couciere. It is reported they have eight pieces and four maxims. The priests are taking an active part in the organization of guerilla bands. REMINSCENCES OF THE DR. JOHN RAY THOMPSON, LATE METHODIST MINISTER Dr. Geo. C. Wilding in his address before the Laymen's Association Friday afternoon, on "The Roaming Sons of West Virginia," in giving a sketch of Dr. John Ray Thompson, once a member of the West Virginia M. E. Conference, and president of the State University, related a most pathetic story in connection with the last days of that most remarkable "little giant" orator, writer and divine. There are many people of West Virginia who remember the small stature, but giant like intellect of this remarkable man when he was pastor of one of the churches at Wheeling, at Morgantown, and as president of the State University, as a great orator. From West Virginia he went to one of the great churches in New York city and remained a pastor in some of the leading churches in the east until his death a few years since. There were so many former West Virginians filling high places in that place they formed a West Virginia society. Of course Dr. Thompson was a beloved member. Dr. W. C. Snodgrass and Dr. Geo. C. Wilding himself were also distinguished members. On account of the great love the members of the West Virginia Society had for Dr. Thompson, and appreciating his worth without his knowledge before hand, they presented him with a gold-headed cane one day with the inscription on the head "West Virginia Mountaineers." That was a good many years ago. Dr. Thompson appreciated the cane very much, partly on account of the donors and largely on account of the strong feeling he still had for West Virginia and West Virginians—his former home and former associates. A few years since when the much treasured cane was laid away, and this great man was nearing his end, he called a member of the family and asked for his cane. They desisted in getting it for him, and told him he was not able to walk and could not use it. But the Doctor insisted on having it until they got it for him, and to their surprise he laid the cane lovingly by his side in the bed as a little child would a favorite doll. When the small form of the great minister was cold in death and his spirit gone to the "great beyond" the cane from his West Virginia associates was still lying by his side, a last token of respect and love for West Virgina and West Virginians. Distinguished among the Republican arrivals is former United States Senator N. B. Scott, of Wheeling. He is stopping at The Kanawha and his rendezvous has been crowded with noted men of the same party complexion ever since he arrived Asked for an interview, the venerable statesman who has been identified with every political campaign in West Virginia for the past forty years, said there was nothing for him to say just now. He admitted, however, that his coming was for the purpose of doing what he can to assist in bringing about conditions that will permit the party to start into the coming campaign with an impregnable and a solid front. "Judging from the disposition expressed by the old wheelhorses whom I have encountered since I came," said the former Senator, "I am confident that the meeting will be a love feast of the kind we used to have when we were in the minority, when we always had an uphill fig and knew that we had to stand together and work against great odds. Our appetites have been whetted that power has been taken away from ARE YOU WORKING FOR MONEY? OR IS YOUR MONEY WORKING FOR YOU? If you are working and saving your money and putting it in a bank where you get no interest, keep it in a trunk or hiding it some where about your house—You Are. Working for Money. The Pythian Mutual Investment Association was organized in order to give us an opportunity to put the money we could save together and then put it to work. The above is a picture of our building on the Capitol Square in Charleston. We have just purchased a splendid three story brick building on one of the main business streets in the city of Huntington. The first floor is occupied by the Huntington Herald, the largest daily newspaper published in that section of the state, the second floor is used for office rooms, while the third floor is a large assembly and lodge hall. This building is sure to pay us well. After the Charleston building had been occupied only eight months our stockholders were paid a dividend or six per cent. Stock is still on sale at $10.00 per share, either paid up or on the installment plan. Ask your agent in your locality about it or write to this office. LET YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU PYTHIAN MUTUAL INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION A Popular Hotel for Colored People. HOTEL SWINN for another great victory and I judge from what I hear from those about me that there is a willingness to give and take, each leader being willing to meet the other half way in the matter of agreeing on one purpose. One of the matters confronting the party now is a decision of the question of the kind of primary that will be made. Some are in favor of one method of selecting the nominees and some favor another, but it is reasonable to believe that they will get together on that subject and will leave Charleston satisfied that they have done their duty and have helped to patch the differences that may exist. "The Republican party, like the Roman empire, became surfeited with too much power and grew careless to a certain extent. Part of us and we must now get our should -:- HO' A Popul 500 Capitol Street --- Office Hours 8 to 11,1 to 4,6 to 9 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1811. OR MONEY? KING 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 love 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. the MacCorkles, the Bennetts, John McGraw, the Horners and others too numerous too mention, and while they have their personal spots they always get down to work as a solid army when the time comes for a battle against the Republican party. We should do likewise." Residence Phone 1493 Home C. ELLIS physician WEST VIRGINIA Office Room 5 K. of P. Building Cor. Washington & Dickinson Sts. Residence 413 Shrewsbury St. OWN -:- ed People. Charleston, W. Va. ```markdown ```