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THOS. C. TOWNSEND J. B. Candidate for the Republican Nomination for Prosecuting, Attorney of Kamayha County. Candidate for the Republican Nomination for Prosecuting, Attorney of Kamayha County. THE ADVOCATE. WE CHEERFULLY PUBLISH ALL CRISP NEWS NOTES FROM ALL SECTIONS. VOLUME XII. Candidate for the Republican Nomina Kanawha "Yes, I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County," said Hon. Thomas C. Townsend to an Advocate reporter last evening, upon the question being propounded to him direct, "and you may as well make my announcement for the honor in your columns to-morrow." Continuing, Mr. Townsend said: "As is doubtless known, I have been entertaining the idea for some time past of becoming a candidate to succeed Capt. Avis, but it was not until the meeting of the Republican County committee, held a few days ago, that I finally made up my mind to announce my candidacy. The action of the committee taken at that time, permitting the five candidates for the sheriffalty nomination to name the election officers for the primary called for June 4th, impressed me so favorably, and was so decided an indication of fairness to all candidates for nomination in the coming primary, that I at once decided to enter. "I think the committee was exceedingly wise in taking the action it did. The determination of the committee to permit of five rival candidates for office naming the election clerks and commissioners this year should remove from the minds of the voters all fear of unfair play on the part of the committee, and should satisfy every man who will be a candidate for nomination from governor down to constable. I am well pleased with the committee's solution of the problem, and will say that the clerks and commissioners as may be selected from the list furnished by the candidates for the sheriffalty will satisfy me. "I might say also that I have received very strong encouragement to announce for prosecuting attorney. This encouragement has come to me from all parts of the county, so I do not feel that I am going into the race alone, but that I will have with me the hearty and earnest support of a large number of leading Republicans in all districts of the county. I will most heartily appreciate any effort that may be made in my behalf by my friends and by Republicans generally, and if I am nominated and elected to the prosecuting attorney's office I promise to discharge it if duties of that office with the same intelligence and faithfulness that I have heretofore discharged the duties of the important offices ennured to my care." Thomas C. Townsend was born and reared in Fayette County, West Virginia. Obliged at an early age to earn his living, his boyhood years were spent at hard work in and about the coal mines. Later he took up the study of law and was admitted to practice at the bar of Fayette County in 1903. His varied experience in many avenues of employment has been such as to give him a true appreciation of the conditions of life and to fit him pe Mrs. Henry Smith, Lewis street, will be hostess to the Loyal Union, Monday night. The Ladies Art Club will meet with Mrs. S. A. Colbert, May 7th. THE ADVOCATE. culially for the important office of prosecuting attorney. In the practice of law, Mr. Townsend attained an early success. He came to Charleston in January of 1905, when he was offered and accepted the chief clerkship in the newly created office of State Tax Commissioner under Commissioner Charles W. Dillon. He was retained in the office as chief clerk under Commissioner A. B. White, and, when the latter resigned, was appointed State Tax Commissioner. He served two years and three months with great distinction, and was pronounced by many to be the ablest Tax Commissioner the State ever had. Notwithstanding that the statute provides that the Tax Commissioner shall not succeed himself in office, Mr. Townsend, by request of Governor Glasscock, served an additional three months and until his successor was appointed in the person of Hon. Fred O. Blue, the present able Commissioner. During his term as State Tax Commissioner, Mr. Townsend conducted to a successful determination some of the most important and far reaching litigation affecting the public welfare generally that has ever been before the courts. Governor Glasscock, in his message to the Legislature of 1911, under the head of State Tax commissioner, had the following to say of Mr. Townsend: "The present State Tax Commissioner has been connected with this office since its creation, and for the past two years has been its able and efficient head. I believe it is not too much to say of him that no man in the State is so well acquainted with our tax laws and the administration of the same as he, and it is due him to say that the laws during his administration have been vigorously but impartially enforced." Mr. Townsend is the known author of some of the most important legislation at present on the statute books of the state, although he has never served in the Legislature. Since coming to Charleston in 1905, Mr. Townsend has been one of the city's most progressive citizens. He has supported numerous enterprises and has taken an active interest in all questions of public improvement. His ability as a lawyer is unquestioned, and, if nominated and elected to the position which he desires, the people of the county, regardless of politics, may rest assured that the affairs of his office will be carefully looked after, that the laws will be rigidly enforced, that the criminal will be required to answer to the law for his crime. All who know Tom Townsend know that if he elected prosecuting attorney he will enforce the laws without fear or favor, the same as he did when State Tax Commissioner; and this is certainly something that is needed in a public prosecutor of Kanawha County as in all the larger and more important counties of the State. Mrs. Emma Brue left Thursday to spend the summer with relatives in Louisville, Ky. Jones Allen, of the West Side, who has been sick for the past three weeks, is still confined to his bed. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912 Roosevelt Gets Them BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IN KANAWHA COUNTY DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. Wm.S. Edwards Choice For Delegate to The National Convention and National Committee-man-at-Large. All Delegates Instructed to Vote for The Colonel. The Charleston district Republican convention for the selection of delegates to the State and Congressional conventions, held at the court house Friday afternoon of last week, beginning at one o'clock, was quite largely attended and as enthusiastic as a convention of the kind could be. It resulted in the selection of a Roosevelt-inspired delegation to the State convention at Hwatington, May 16th, and also to the Congressional convention of the Third district to be held at Charleston on May 17th, the day preceding the State convention. The Charleston district delegates to the State convention selected this afternoon are as follows: Hcus. W. M. O. Dawson, Arnold C. Scherr J. A. Huling, L. M. LaFollette, L. D. Vickers, Dr. J. E. Robins, Cal. F. Young, Gen. N. S. Burlew, Col. I. Schwabe, M. F. Matheny, Jno. B. Floyd, A. H. Curry, Marshall Jones, Allen Dehoney, J. L. Heizer, C. H. Gebhart, S. P. Smith, J. F. Hudson, Morgan Owen, O. A. Petty and Phil Waters—21 in all. Fourt en of these are Roosevelt supporters, and the last seven named are known Taft men. The state convention will elect delegates at large to the National convention, nominate two judges of the Supreme Court, and elect presidential electors. The delegation to the Third District Congressional Convention, to be held in Charleston May 15th, are as follows: U. S. Albertson, Chas. F. Morris, J. W. Dawson, J. V. Suiwuan, Chas. W. Good, T. R. Farley, Friend Cochran, Geo. B. Gillespie, H. B. Buster, James White, Frank C. Burdette, E. J. Thomas, Phillip Nearman, C. E. Kimbrough, B. A. Wise, Geo. E. Breece, Edw. M. Burdett, T. G. Nutter, J. A. Thayer, David Dick and Jno. C. Bond. As in the delegation to the State convention, the first fourteen are Roosevelt men, and the last seven named are Taftites: Prior to the convention being called to order in the circuit court room, an address was made by former Governor Wm. M. O. Dawson, which was attentively listened to and enthusiastically received by the Roosevelt supporters, present in a large majority. Committeeman Heizer then called the convention to order and named as temporary organization J. W. Dawson, chairman; Cal. F. Young and G. A. Bolden, secretaries. Mr. Dawson, on ascending the chair, made a brief speech that was very well received. The temporary organization was, on motion, made permanent. On motion the following committees were appointed: On resolutions—W. M. C. Dawson, chairman, Jno. B. Floyd, A. E. Scherr, Ed Burdette, Morgan Owen. On naming delegates—J. H. Huling, J. V. Sullivan, S. P. Smith While the committee named were out preparing their reports, the assemblage was addressed by Hon. M. F. Matheny and Judge S. C. Burdett, both of whom made splendid speeches and received liberal applause. The committee on resolutions, through its chairman, W. M. O. Dawson, reported as follows: "Resolved, That it is the sense of a majority of the Republican voters assembled, that the nomination and election of Theodore Roosevelt to the Presidency of the United States will re-establish the supremacy of the party in both the State and Nation, and that the delegates selected by this convention to attend the Congressional and State convention to be held respectively at Charleston, W. Va., upon the 15th day of May, 1912, and at Huntington upon the 16th day of May, 1912, be, and are hereby instructed to cast their votes for delegates to the National Republican convention at Chicago, who will vote first and last and all the time for Theodore Roosevelt. "Resolved, That said delegates to the State convention are hereby instructed to support and vote for the Honorable William Seymour Edwards of Kanawha County for delegate-a-large to the National Republican con- (Continued from page four.) Colonel Roosevelt HAS ONLY HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON GIVING WORK TO NEGROES. Colored and White Work in Perfect Harmony and Presence of the Former is not Without Effect in States Where the Race can Express its Preference. Washington, D. C., April 30.—If anyone will take the trouble to analyze the vote in the recent primaries cast in Illinois, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and other states where there is a very large percentage of colored voters, it will at once be seen that Mr. Taft's colored adherents are fast deserting him in this pre-convention movement. There must exist some good reason for this departure, as Col. Roosevelt, up to the present time, has made no special effort to secure colored voters in the primaries. The only reason that can be assigned for this apparent slump in the casting of the regular colored vote in the primaries is the fact that President Taft in his opening inaugural address when elected to the Presidency, as some of the colored voters believe, attempted to draw the color line on Republican officeholders, which is the view now taken by a large number of the colored Republicans in all parts of the country. Then, again, when Mr. Taft first opened his pre-convention campaign, it is asserted, little or nothing was done to keep the colored vote in line, the managers taking it for granted that very little missionary work was needed to be done to influence that class of Republican voters. A visit to the several political headquarters here in Washington demonstrates the startling fact that only at the Roosevelt headquarters can be seen colored persons daily engaged along with the other workers in the regular operations of sending forth campaign documents and the like. A number of bright and intelligent colored young men and women are employed there as stenographers, typewriter-operators, clerks, messengers and folders of documents, all working in perfect harmony alongside of their white coworkers. This used to be the case in other campaigns here in the capital city, and it is well known to all Washingtonians that in previous political contests one could always find, especially at the Republican political bureau, the always obliging colored man as a messenger whose duty it was to make the visitors feel fully at ease upon entering the headquarters. Just why there should be any change at this particular time it is hard to comprehend. And why there should be any ignoring of colored persons at the various political bureaus the managers alone can possibly explain. All of the political managers who are in charge of the various political headquarters are doing their level best to persuade the colored voters to line up with their particular candidate in the primaries. This is true both of the Democratic and the Republican managers, and it is said that even the Champ Clark managers are making a special move in that direction. But they seem to entirely forget that this slight to the colored citizens of Washington will have a bad effect upon the colored voters in the States, and will undoubtedly revert to their political disadvantage in the primaries. A visitor at the Roosevelt headquarters said yesterday that wherever a Roosevelt headquarters has been opened colored persons have been employed in some capacity, and further stated to the Roosevelt manage s that: "At the very threshold of your bureau I find a colored man on duty. I find here, and only here, a living evidence of Col. Roosevelt's now famous declaration of good cheer to the colored people, that 'the Door of Hope' should never be closed agains' the man account of color or previous condition of servitude. "I find," continued this visitor, "at your very door the usual genial, business-like and courteous colored messenger, in the person of Mr. George L. Lee of New York City, who is the right hand man of Senator Dixon, and who is on duty all of the time, day and evening. A man who enjoys the confidence of all connected with the Roosevelt headquarters. He is well (Continued on Page Three.) Tragic Was The Ending OF J. M. HAZLEWOOD, WHO FELL DOWN STAIRS, SUNDAY, AND BROKE HIS NECK Skull Crushed Also Prominent in Secret Society Circles and Factor in Business World was the Deceased, Whose Death is Mourned by Hundreds Here and Abroad. The element of tragedy loomed large in the sudden termination of the life of James M. Hazlewood, which occurred at his residence on Lewis St. Sunday night about eleven o'clock, resulting from a fall down stairs by which his neck was broken and skull fractured. The accident occurred as he turned from the telephone on the stairlanding to greet a visiting neighbor. He stepped back to allow her to pass, lost his balance and fell to the stair-foot against a closed door with the result mentioned. Considerable effort was required of Mrs. W. O. Terry and Mrs. Allen DeHonney, the only persons present at the time, to get him from the narrow stairs in which he was tightly wedged. A physician was called, but before he arrived life was extinct. The news spread quickly through the city and created the greatest excitement and most profound sorrow. Mr. Hazlewood had been in poor health since June last, but with the approach of spring he seemed to gain in strength and become more confident of ultimate recovery. The fates ruled otherwise and he now sleeps in Spring Hill cemetery in the shadow of the obelisk which marks the last resting place of his most intimate friend and business associate, S. W. Starks. A Short Biography. The funeral services were held at the late residence Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock and were conducted by Rev. J. S. Carroll, pastor of Simpson M. E. Church, who was assisted by Revs. B. R. Reed and E. Fort, pastors of the First Baptist and St. Paul A. M. E. churches, respectively. Appropriate hymns were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. J. S. Carroll, Mrs. Annie Fulks Davis, Messrs. A. A. DeHonney and G. L. Cuzzins. As set forth in the obituary read during the service: James Monroe Hazlewood was born at Pomeroy, O., July 30th, 1859, and died in this city April 28th, 1912, aged fifty-two years, eight months and twenty-eight days. Mr. Hazlewood came to this city in 1883 and the following year was married to Mary J. Hale. Immediately after his arrival here he identified himself with the business interests and ever since has been active along that line. Early in his career he became associated with the late S. W. Starks, and the two, working together, were able to advance the interests of their fellow townsmen to an appreciable degree. Mr. Hazlewood did not limit his endeavors to the business world. He was equally active in politics, and soon came to be regarded as a factor in the party of his choice. When that party first came into power it gave substantial evidence of its appreciation of his worth by appointing him a member of the Board of Regents of The West Virginia Colored Institute, the first Negro in the State to be so honored. In this capacity he served for twelve years, the greater portion of which time as treasurer, handling thousands of dollars so carefully as to merit unstinted praise from the Board of Control which succeeded the Board of Regents. In Mr. Hazlewood, the West Virginia Colored Institute had one of its most active supporters. To his influence was due largely the generous support it received from the state, both from its own funds and those of the nation. In recognition of the good work he was doing, his fellow members gave his name to the assembly hall at the institution, a name which it yet bears. It was in fraternal society circles that Mr. Hazlewood was probably the most conspicuous through his labors. For sixteen years he was Grand Master of Exchequer of the Knights of Pythias, retiring last year with an enviable record. In the national organization he held many places of prominence and honor. For almost a decade he served as chairman or member of the finance committee of the Supreme Lodge, was from its begin- J. M. HAZLEWOOD Prominent Charleston Citizen Who Clleston Citizen Who Met With a Tr alius R. Hirte Prominent Charleston Citizen Who Met With a Try Death Sunday, ning to the day of his death a member of the Temple and Sanitarium Commission, which has control of the sanitarium at Hot Springs, Ark., and the Temple at Chicago, 111. The Uniform Rank Department honored itself and him by retaining him in the position of Quartermaster General term after term, and he gave to this work, as to all other, in which he was engaged, untiring devotion. He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, sister and numerous other relatives and sorrowing friends. Calanthe; M. T. Roach, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mitchell, Institute; Mrs. E. A. Dorsey and Miss Mary Eubank, Institute; Miss Estelle V. Kennedy, Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Viney and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Terry; Elk Lodge No. 130; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hughes, Huntington; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lowry, Institute; Charleston Woman's Improvement League; C. H. James and family; Capital City Lodge No. 1, K. of P.; Married Ladies Club; Trustees of Simpson M. E Church; Grand Lodge K of At the conclusion of a very touching sermon by Rev. Carroll, R. R. Jackson, of Chicago, major general of the Pythian Uniform Rank department, delivered an eloquent eulogy, and the funeral services of the Elks were read by Exalted Ruler W. O. Terry. Those who had not availed themselves of the opportunity earlier in the day viewed the remains and the long, sad journey to the grave was begun. the cortegue was led by the general and staff officers of the Uniform Rank from Parkersburg, Huntington and this city, and the local company whose ranks were swelled by the addition of many visiting non-commissioned officers and privates. The Pythians had charge of the ceremony at the interment and went through the usual rites, then all that was mortal of J. M. Hazlewood was consigned to the earth that gave it. Beautiful Floral Tributes. The floral tributes were numerous and of beautiful designs. Among those who thus expressed their sorrow and sympathy were: Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Curtis, Institute; Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Carper, Miss Mary Booth, Hinton; Phyllis Wheatley Court of E. T. ENGLAND Candidate for the Republican Nominator Eighth the Republican Nomination for State Sena Eighth District. M. B. Candidate for the Republican Nomination for State Senator from the Eighth District. FOR STATE SENATOR. I hereby announce my candidacy for the nomination for State Senator from the Eighth Senatorial District composed of the Counties of Kanawha, Logan and Boone, subject to the deci- ion of the Republican voters in the primary, held June 4th, 1912. Your support is earnestly solicited. Respectfully, E. T. ENGLAND. Logan, W. Va. Met With a Trout Death Sunday. Calanthe; M. I. Roach, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mitchell, Institute; Mrs. E. A. Dorsey and Miss Mary Eubank, Institute; Miss Estelle V. Kennedy, Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Viney and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Terry; Elk Lodge No. 130; Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hughes, Huntington; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lowry, Institute; Charleston Woman's Improvement League; C. H. James and family; Capital City Lodge No. 1, K. of P.; Married Ladies Club; Trustees of Simpson M. E. Church; Grand Lodge K. of P.; Grand Court Order of Calanthe; Uniform Rank K. of P., and Mrs. Cora Campbell. ing of Negro Colonizer. Jackson, Ga., May 3.—With the finding of the body of Henry Etheridge, a Negro, in the Towaliga river, facts of the lynching of the black became known. The body was riddled with bullets and the arms and legs were tied together. A mob went to the home of Etheridge Wednesday night, it is alleged, called him out and began firing. It is said that Etheridge has been active in securing recruits for a proposed African colony. This is supposed to have caused the attack upon him. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Patterson left Monday for Salisburg, N. C., their home. While here they were very active in religious circles and will be greatly missed. Misses Ella and Virginia Smith, of Winifrede, were guests of Mrs. MaLida Foreman this week. nation for State Senator from the District. ion of the Republican voters in the primary, held June 4th, 1912. Your support is earnestly solicited. Respectfully. Monthly Clearance Sale of BOYS' SUITS On account of our immense Sale of Boys' Clothing we have naturally accumulated quite a large number of broken lots--one and two sizes to a lot--all excellent styles and patterns. To close these suits out quickly, we have put them on sale for Friday, Saturday and Monday One lot of odd sizes, good patterns of grey and tan. Sale price $2. ONLY A LIMIT E HENRY DON'T DELAY THE H DON'T DELAY ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER SEE OUR WINDOW THE HENRY SMITH CO. ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS CORRESPOND ONDENCE CORRESPONDENCE meal was served beautifully. The food was well and deliciously cooked and was greatly enjoyed. The college play entitled "The Sophomore" was given in the College Chapel, Friday evening, under the auspices of the Third Year Normal class. The play was spicy and full of college life. The young ladies of the Junior cooking class gave a picnic on Island Park, Friday afternoon. The family and the young men of the class were their guests. The lunch was neatly and artistically packed. Many good things were served and games were played before and after the luncheon was served. At seven o'clock they returned home delighted and happy. Mrs. T. W. Wade and children of Montgomery, attended services here Sunday morning, and visited her daughter, Mrs. D. S. Saunders, and Mrs. Emma Teague, in the afternoon. Sunday school was well attended last Sunday morning the lesson was very plainly taught by Wm. Whiteing and discussed by the Rev. R. J. Hazden. R. J. Hazden was elected delegate of the Sunday School Convention that meets in Montgomery May 2d and 3d. Marion Rowley and Novel Lemons are at home from Lawton for a short while. Mrs. John Godfrey and the twins are getting along nicely. Little Earl Williams is sick with the fever. Misses Nellie and Leona Hazden were shopping in Montgomery last week. Emmet Saunders made a business trip to Montgomery Saturday evening. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leagan a girl last Wednesday. Mrs. Marta Steptoe and daughter Miss Francis Goodwine, of Detroit, Mish., are yet here with the husband and daughter of their deceased relative, Mrs. E. M. Hazden. John Martin and E. W. Manley, of Montgomery, were business visitors here last week. Mrs. George Ramey left Thursday, for Charleston General hospital, where she will undergo an operation. A. Wilson spent Saturday and Sunday out of town. R. H. Allen and John Wilson are spending a few days at their home in St. Albans. H. P. Day and G. W. Perkins went to East Bank to attend the Republican convention. J. M. Wooding was elected by the Sabbath School as delegate to S. S. convention at Montgomery. W. E. Cary left for Cleveland, O., to visit his uncle, J. H. Cary. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Randolph entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr and Mrs. J. E. Coles, Miss Minnie L. Walker and Lee Johnson. N. S. Alexander is spending a few days at his home at Kanawha City with his family. C. H. Turner is at Charleston visiting his family. A very sad accident happened here last Thursday night in the death of Signora, the Baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Allen, the child was in PAGE TWO $2.10 CLARKSBURG. The semi-annual convention of the B. Y. B. U. and Women's Missionary Society of Mt. Zion Association met at Mt. Zion Baptist church Friday and Saturday and was largely attended. Many pastors and messengers were present and a very profitable meeting of both bodies was held. Rev. W. H. Crawley, of Wheeling, preached a splendid sermon at Pride A. M. E. church Sunday morning. Rev. R. W. D. Meadows, of Huntington, delivered an excellent sermon to the congregation of Trinity M. E. Church Sunday morning. Rev. A. J. Taylor, of Wheeling, preached ably to Mt. Zion Baptist congregation Sunday morning. In the afternoon special services were held and the convention closed with a splendid service on Sunday night. Miss Lilly Allen spent Saturday and Sunday in Fairchance, Pa., with her parents. Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Wilkinson, a daughter. Sunday was the jubilee service at Pride A. M. E. Church. A mortgage debt which has been on the church for eleven years, has finally been cancelled and the mortgage burning will take place Tuesday night. Dr. E. L. Youngue has returned after spending several days in the east. Mrs. Velma Snyder McCoy is very ill at the Kessler Hospital. A play will be given at Trinity M. E. Church Tuesday night. The reception to the delegates on last Thursday night at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, was a very pleasant affair. The Sewing Circle, of Mt. Zion Baptist church, was entertained Monday night at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Dougherty. Mrs. Bessie Simms was hostess. HARPER'S FERRY The Y. M. C. A. of Storer College, as is customary, had its annual sermon preached the last Sunday in April. Some noted Y. M. C. A. man is usually present on this occasion. Secretary David B. Jones, of Washington, preached the annual sermon. Special seats were reserved for the Y. M. C. A. in the front of the church. The men in a solid phalanx with their white ribbon emblem were a pleasing sight. Saturday evening a concert was given in Anthony Memorial Hall under the direction of the Y. M. C. A., the proceeds of which are to be used in defraying the expenses of the delegate which is to be sent to the King's Mountain Student Conference of Young Men's Christian Associations. (Colored Men's Department.) The conference is to be held at Lincoln Academy, Kings Mountain, S. C., from May 24 to June 2nd. The Young Ladies of the Third year cooking class gave their annual Demonstration Meal last Thursday, a moon luncheon was prepared by the class to which the faculty was invited. The domestic science teacher was present but she was treated as a guest. One member of the class was host, another was hostess. The serving and waiting was done by the members of the class. The demonstration room was decorated with the colors of the class. The One lot of odd sizes, excellent values Sale price $2.60 WINIFREDE. EAGLE. D NUMBER SER Y SMITH charge of Miss Virginia Smith who was to care for it while its mother was confined in the Charleston General Hospital. It was kept in Charleston a few days, was brought here Thursday evening in very good health, during the night seemingly suffering from a cold, began to worry and fret, the nurse being aroused got up and gave the child a dose of carbolic acid, through mistake for cough medicine, a physician was called but the child was beyond human aid. Interment took place Saturday at 2 o'clock in Massie-Hill cemetery. MACDONALD. The Sunday School rally at McDonald Baptist church was held Sunday. Rev. Deane of Montgomery, preached two excellent sermons and the Red Star M. E. Choir furnished music. $27.00 was collected. Mrs. Anderson has been indisposed this week. Miss Murray, of Hill Top, was a business visitor in McDonald Saturday. Mrs. Philip Cyrus was very ill last week but she is out again. Mrs. H. A. Johnson has just returned from Huntington, where she spent a few days with her daughter, Mrs Thos. Farrar, she reports a very pleasant time. Mrs. George Morton, who has been seriously ill for about 3 weeks, is improving rapidly. Mrs. Polly Dickerson and Mr. Bradley are sick. Wm. Craig is on the "Gulf" this week attending to business. Clem Calloway visited at Kinney's Mountain last week. Rev. B. B. Martin filled his pulpit Sunday at Mt. Moriah M. E. church, and preached three very excellent sermons. Frank Lewis was called home to Radford, Va., on account of his father having been struck by a train. Mrs. Mary Locke was summoned to Pocahontas, Va., to the bedside of her husband who, a few days ago, received serious injuries in the mines at Pocahontas. PARKERSBURG. Chas. Wells left last week for Athens, Ohio. B. E. Carter and M. T. Whittico were here last week and spoke at a political meeting held in the U. F. club rooms. The dance given at the K. of P. Hall Monday evening by the Walliams Saxaphone Trio was well attended. Mrs. Wm. Toney, Rev. Williams and Mrs. Bartlett returned Monday from Clarksburg where they attended the B. Y. P. U. convention. Hugh Washington, of Clarksburg, is in the city. Louis Jones has arrived home from Fayette county where he taught a successful term of school. Chat Grant is ill at his home in Redwood. An excellent program was rendered Tuesday by the Phoenix Literary society at Ann street church. Profs. J. R. Jefferson and H. D. Hazelwood attended the funeral of J. M. Hazelwood at Charleston. Mrs. Virginia Giles left Tuesday for Pennsylvania, where she will spend the summer. Miss Gestis, of Marietta, spent Sunday with Miss Marthenia Dixon. Sale of JITS nothing we have nat- roken lots--one and erns. To close these or Monday One lot of odd sizes,very fine patterns, $4.50 and $5.00 values Sale price SEE OUR WINDOW TH CO. 222 CAPITOL STREET Mr. and Mrs. J. Curtis entertained the P. and M. Whist club and a few friends Wednesday at their home in Park street. Cards were the amusement from 5 p. m. until a late hour when refreshments were served. THE ADVOCATE $3.25 Mrs. Ferguson left Tuesday for Baltimore, Md. The social held at the M. E. church Monday in the interest of Morgan college was a success. The following program was rendered: Prayer, Rev. Gill Selectica by High School girls; reading, E. R. Richardson; Instrumental Solo, Almeda Brown; Solo, "The Rosary." Mrs. C. A. Williams; Prof. H. D. Hazelwood presided, Mrs. Hazelwood pianist. Dr. Lavender, of Tennessee, is a frequent visitor to the city. Mr. Sams, of Pittsburgh, is expected in the city, as the guest of Miss Leota Giles. Mr. Singer, of Wheeling, spent Sunday here, the guest of Mrs. Ina Hillard. CHARLESTON Death Was Sudden—Augustus Young died Sunday evening at 8 o'clock as the result of heart failure, at his home at No. 2 Eagan street. Young and a friend had just returned from a visit to the show grounds, where the Wallace-Hagenbeck aggregation were pitching their tents and had lain down for a, rest. When a few minutes later, a member of his family went to his bedside to awaken him, it was found that he was dead. He had evidently passed away immediately after lying down. Coroner W. W. Lively viewed the body and pronounced the death due to heart failure. The deceased was 61 years old and had lived here all his life. He is survived by three children. Good Program Rendered—Miss Minnie Adams, R. C. McIver and Mrs. Janie Amos were hosts to the "Tribe of Joseph" at the home of the last named Friday night of last week. The following program was rendered: Recitation, Mrs. Lewis Patterson; solo, Miss Beatrice Calboun; readings from Shakespeare, Miss Minna Booker; history of the Tribe, R. C. McIver. The receipts for the evening were $1.80. George Smith, J. W. Jarrett and J. P. Caul will entertain the club at the home of Mrs. Charles Walker, Young street, this week. Hotel Brown Arrivals—Miss Addie Nelson, Carbondale; Benj. Otey, Ferndale; Miss Maggie Williams, South Carbon; Mr. and Mrs. Watts, Huntington; B. Johnson, Weston; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jones, Slab Fork; A. Holland and wife, Metoka; C. Banks, Ashland, Ky.; Wm. Green, Martin; Ida Martin, Elbert Davis, St. Albans; O. Day, Decota; H. B. Hundley, Macdonald; H. H. Woods, Raymond City; C. Davis, Wm. Bell, Cincinnati, O.; Jas. Henderson, Longacre; J. M. Johnson, S. A. Hope, G. A. Hope, Garrison; Miss H. A. Cleveland, Sun; C. D. Ford, Dimmick; Lavine Norman, Marie Smith, Burnwell; Tereda Allen, Montgomery; J. L. Williams, Kimberly; Lee Johnson, Winifrede; Wm Venable, Plymouth; Claude Hurt, Shrewsbury; H. Strange, Winona; R. R. Jackson, Chicago, Ill.; M. T. Whittico, B. E. Carter, Keystone; Rev. Geo. E. Foucain, Glasgow, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. H. Jones, Boomer; J. H. King, Riverside; John Carpenter, Parkersburg; E. L. Morton, Fairmont; Dr. C. C. Barnett, Huntington. On Political Mission—M. T. Whittico, editor of the McDowell Times, and B. E. Carter, attorney at law, both of Keystone, are in the city with the purpose of working up interest in the candidacy of Dr. Hatfield. They are returning home from the northern part of the State where they claim to have found much sentiment for the man they are representing. "Tribe of Judah"—The "Tribe of Judah" met in the public reception room of Hotel Brown, Thursday evening of last week. Forty-seven members and visitors were present and $3.66 was collected. A delicious lunch was served by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brown, Mrs. Wm. Bauton, of Columbus, Ohio., Mrs. E. J. Woodard and Rev. E. Fort, of St. Paul A. M. E. church, made encouraging remarks, Mrs. M. J. Preston, J. C. Lewis and Miss Willie Brown will be hosts at the residence of Miss Fannie Thomas, this week. Miss Waters Improves—Phil Waters, deputy clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals, returned Sunday from Ann Arbor, Mich., where his daughter, Miss Phyllis, was operated on last week for appendicitis. He is in daily receipt of telegrams, all of which are of an encouraging nature. The temperature of the patient has been normal the past few days and it is believed that her recovery will be rapid. A Pleasant Affair—A very pleasant social function was held at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Woodard Wednesday evening, complimentary to their daughter, Mrs. With Banion, of Columbus, Ohio, who has been spending the past three weeks with them. During her short visit here Mrs. Banion made a number of friends who eagerly availed themselves of the opportunity to honor her in a social way. A light collation was served and the evening spent very enjoyably. Atheneum's Big Meeting—At Rev. Woodard's home also was held Tuesday evening, the best attended meeting the Atheneum club has yet had. Sixty-three members and friends were present and brief remarks were made by Mrs. Margaret Cobb, and Misses Virginia and Ella Smith, of Wintfred, Misses Mary Miller, Vangee Patterson, Mrs. Woodard, W. A. Wat s. and J. Q. Adams served lunch and the thanks of the club were expressed to the hosts by R. C. McIver. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Vergie Jefferson, Sentz street. A Farewell Reception—A number of friends and neighbors assembled at the home of Mrs. Purnell, Second avenue, Thursday evening and tendered a farewell reception to Mrs. Annie Jones, who will return shortly to her home at Jeffersonville, Inn. Those participating were: Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hammond, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bickett, Miss Cordelia Wanzer, Mrs. G. E. Wanzer, Mrs. Pope, Mrs. Hallie Crozier, Thomas Frame, Frank Boyle, Miss Mattie Merritt and Mrs. Adeline Peden. The departure of Mrs. Jones is deeply regretted by the community. On a Sad Mission—Among those who attended the funeral of J. M. Hazlewood, Wednesday, were: Mrs. M. Carty, his mother; Mr. and Mrs. Wells, Miss Laura Wells, Mrs. Mattie Crenshaw and Bruce Wells, of Pomeroy, O.; Mrs. Anna Watson, Columbus, O. Mrs. S. T. Warren, Columbus, O.; Mrs. M. A. Rone, Clarksburg; Thos. Jones, Clarksburg; L. O. Wilson, Weston; E. L. Morton, Fairmont; H. D. Hazlewood and J. R. Jefferson, Parkesburg; H. H. Railey, Montgomery; Dr. C. C. Barnett, Huntington, and A. P. Straughter, Hinton. Personals and Locals. J. D. Morris, of Fire Creek, was a business visitor here, Wednesday. The Teacher Training class of Simpson church meets every Wednesday after prayer meeting. Rov. J. W. Coleman, of the West Side, has gone to Montgomery to attend the Sunday School convention. H. H. White has gone to Limeton, Va., to visit relatives. "The past and present" will be the subject of the morning discourse at St. Paul church, Sunday. In the evening the pastor will talk on "What of the Future?" Rev. B. R. Reed, C. W. Boyd, L. C. Farrar, F. C. Brown, Frances Starks, Mrs. Helen Farrar, Mrs. Rosa Thompson and H. S. Price are attending the Sunday School convention at Montgomery. Rev. S. F. Boston, of Huntington, editor of the W. Va. Register, was a visitor here Wednesday. Mrs. Sidney Jackson was the guest of Mrs. Fred Huskins on Summers street last week. Mrs. Mary Starks entertained the Ladies' Ald Society of the First Baptist church Thursday of last week at her home on Shrewsbury street. Mrs. Julia Jones, of Paducah, Ky., Mrs. Anna F. Davis and Mrs. Sallie Brooks THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912. When a boy he attended the public school of Charleston. Afterwards under the instructions of his father he learned carpentry, and of him it is said he stood in the front rank of those pursuing that trade, being thoroughly equipped In the theory as well also the practice. Mr. Wright has been a life-long Republican. During the administration of the city when J. A. Jarrett was mayor, he was appointed city patrolman, served, for a period of 28 months, and right well did he acquit himself. Beginning with the term of Gen. J. A. Holley as mayor, he was appointed city poundmaster which office he filled with credit and general satisfaction. At the end of two years, that being the tenure of has office he did not apply for re-appointment having decided to return to his trade, which he has diligently plied since leaving the employment of the city. Mr. Wright is well known by the voters of this district, and is liked by every one. Hicks' Capudine Stops Headaches Some derangement causes every headache. Capudine removes the cause—whether from heat, cold, stomach, or over-tense nerves. Capudine acts quickly, is a liquid — pleasant to take. It is good for colds and gripp also. Try it. 10c, 25c and 50c at drug stores. State Summer School Colored Teachers Third Session, June 17th, to July 26th, 1912, Two Distinct departments will be maintained demic, which will be devoted to thorough work on the school course, for which credit may be had in institutions. Also in this connection thorough drill expecting to pass the examinations will be made Professional, which is designed for principals, high and other advanced students. Some of the country has been secured for this school. Three-tinguished educators in this country have accepted Summer School Faculty, viz: KELLY MILLIE B. Du BOIS, Ph. D., BOOKER WASHINGTON. This is to be the Biggest and Best School Yet. P. enroll. For particulars address: Byrd Priller Va., R. P. Sims, Bluefild, W. Va.; H. T. McFerry, W. Va.; or M. P. Shawkey, Charleston, CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SP HOURS: 8:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M., 2:00 to Dr. JAMES B. B July 26th, 1912, Institute, W. Va. It will be maintained: 1. The Acad- thorough work on the branches of lit may be had in the various insti- tion thorough drill classes for perso- nions will be maintained. 2. The for principals, high school teachers, Some of the best talent in the this school. Three of the most dis- tinctly have accepted places on the KELLY MILLER, A. M., W. E. R WASHINGTON, LLD. Best School Yet. Prepare now to s: Byrd Prillerman, Institute, W. Va.; H. T. McDonald, Harper's key, Charleston, W. Va. GE WORK A SPECIALTY 1:30 P. M., 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. B. BROWN State Summer School for Colored Teachers. Third Session, June 17th, to July 26th, 1912, Institute, W. Va. Two Distinct departments will be maintained: 1. The Academic, which will be devoted to thorough work on the branches of the school course, for which credit may be had in the various institutions. Also in this connection thorough drill classes for persons expecting to pass the examinations will be maintained. 2. The Professional, which is designed for principals, high school teachers, and other advanced students. Some of the best talent in the country has been secured for this school. Three of the most distinguished educators in this country have accepted places on the Summer School Faculty, viz: KELLY MILLER, A. M., W. E. B. Du BOIS, Ph. D., BOOKER WASHINGTON, LLD. This is to be the Biggest and Best School Yet. Prepare now to enroll. For particulars address: Byrd Prillerman, Institute, W. Va., R. P. Sims, Bluefild, W. Va.; H. T. McDonald, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.; or M. P. Shawkey, Charleston, W. Va. CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY HOURS: 8:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M., 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. Dental Surgeon J. E. 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Its whole influence is toward Christian liv- ies, Christian Organizations, Musical Clubs, Bands and Elemic, State Normal, Industrial, Music. Catalogue and other printed matter write to Founded in 1867 More than 400 men and women have graduated here in the state for Colored students. Magnificent location Remarkably healthful. Ample buildings. THREE NAMING ADDED TO OUR PLANT THIS YEAR. The retrete highly educated, earnest teachers does not include Our Library catalogued according to the Dewey S largest in the State. FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATES ARE GRANTED BERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASSES WHO ARE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Storer is in its faculty and student body. Its whole influence is in ling. Literary Societies, Christian Organizations, Musi Sane Athletics. COURSES: Academic, State Normal, Industrial. For illustrated catalogue and other printed matter. More than 400 men and women have graduated here. The oldest school in the state for Colored students. Magnificent location. Elevation high. Remarkably healthful. Ample buildings. THREE NEW BUILDINGS BEING ADDED TO OUR PLANT THIS YEAR. The regular faculty of sixteen highly educated, earnest teachers does not include assistants. Our Library catalogued according to the Dewey System, is one of the largest in the State. FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATES ARE GRANTED TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASSES WHO ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Storer is interdenominational in its faculty and student body. Its whole influence is toward Christian living. Literary Societies, Christian Organizations, Musical Clubs, Bands and Sane Athletics. COURSES: Academic, State Normal, Industrial, Music. For illustrated catalogue and other printed matter write to Mrs. Anna Wells Watson, of Columbus, Ohio, was called to the city because of the death of J. M. Hazlewood. While here she is, the guest of Mrs. Anna F. Davis. Mrs. Amanda Johnson, of Malden, was a visitor to the city Wednesday. Miss Emma Goff entertained Mrs. Wm. Bannion, of Columbus, Ohio, and Miss Willie Brown, at dinner Thursday of last week. Mrs. Susie Marks, of Montgomery, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burks Monday. Mrs. Johnson, of Cambridge, Ohio, left Friday for her home after spending a week in the city with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Williams, Elmwood avenue. Mrs. Haffine, of Montgomery, was in the city Thursday on business. The Improvement League will be entertained Friday by Miss Esteje'i Greene at the home of Mrs. J. W. Carroll, Brooks street. Will Wright Comes Out for Constable Will Wright Comes Out for Constable POPULAR COLORED MAN ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR LOCAL OFFICE. W. H. Wright, who announces his candidacy for constable in the columns of this issue was born in this city and has lived here all his life. Office: Room 1, K. of P. Bldg. Our Ambulance Service. HENRY T. M'DONALD, President. Home Phone 429 N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer. The President. Everybody Visits DANIELS for all Carpets, Room Rugs, Shades, Lace Curtains, &c. Zion Methodists in Session TWENTY-FOURTH GENERAL QUADRENIAL CONFERENCE AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. To elect two bishops, reorganize Episcopal Districts, Reform Financial Methods and improve Administrative Policies are among the matters claiming Delegates Attention. Word on the Political Outlook. News Notes of the Nations Capital. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912. Everyb for all Carpet Zion Methodist TWENTY-FOURTH GENERAL QUAD CHARLOT To elect two bishops, reorganize E Methods and improve Administra claiming Delegates Attention. W Notes of the Nations Capital. Washington, D. C., May 2.—The 24th quadrennial session of the General Conference of the African Methodist Zion Episcopal Church opened yesterday morning at Charlotte, N. C., with upwards of 400 delegates in attendance, representing forty-one annual conferences, with a total membership of nearly 600,000 persons, organized into ten Episcopal districts. The church was organized at New York in 1796 by James Varick, Abram Thompson, Peter Williams and other pioneers, followed later by that constructive Christian statesman, Christopher Rush. In 116 years the church has grown to international proportions, covering nearly every state in the American Union, with conferences in Africa and the West Indies, and now owns property valued at $8,000,000. There are now eight living bishops, of which number the Rt. Rev. James W. Hood is the senior and presiding Bishop, who, at the age of eighty-two years, is considered the oldest prelate in the world, regardless of denomination or color. The other bishops are Rt. Revs. C. R. Harris, Alexander Walters, G. W. Clinton, J. W. Alstork, J. S. Caldwell, G. L. Blackwell and A. J. Warner. The two vacancies existing by reason of the death of Bishops M. R. Franklin and J. W. Smith during the quadrennium, will be filled by this conference within a few days. Prominently mentioned in connection with Episcopal honors are such enterprising ministers as Dr. J. S. Jackson, pronounced by the church to be "the best financial secretary Zion ever had, and whose election on the first ballot is conceded; Dr. George C. Clement, at present editor of the Star of Zion, the church's official organ, at which post he has given a splendid account of himself; Dr. S. L. Corrothers, who has just celebrated his tenth anniversary as pastor of Galbraith church at Washington, D. C.; Dr. W. L. Lee, pastor of the Wylie Avenue Zion Church at Pittsburgh; Dr. R. A. Morrissey, secretary of Missions; Dr. J. B. Colbert, representing the western conferences; and others whose work entitles them to marked consideration. For the other offices there will be a spirited contest, but the field is amply stocked with fine material and it will be difficult for the delegates to go far astray in their choices. The contests have been characterized so far by the dignity and broad spirit becoming to "men of the cloth," and all will abide cheerfully by the outcome of the struggle. Word About Dr. J. S. Jackson, "Bishop to doe." Dr. J. Simpson Jackson, who has the solid backing of Alabama (the second state in Zion Methodism), the Great Southwest and strong supporters from every section of the church for the bishopric—thus assuring his triumphant election on the first ballot, is a native of Alabama, having been born forty-six years ago near Demopolis, Green county, in that state. He graduated from the normal course o. the State Normal School at Marlon, Ala., now at Montgomery, Ala., in 1884 was converted in July, 1880, and joined Birdine A. M. E. Zion church. He filled every office in the local church, and after entering the ministry, was at the outset assigned to one of the most responsible churches in his conference. His rise has been rapid, and it was not long before he was recognized as a leader in his state and throughout the Southwest, both in church and secret societies. He bears the distinction of being the only Odd Fellow ever elected as treasurer in the State of Alabama, without opposition. By dint of industry and natural business tact, Dr. Jackson has accumulated a great deal of this world's goods, owning valuable real estate and personal property. He is rated A No. 1 in business circles, and his credit in his home state and in Philadelphia, his official headquarters, is regarded as extraordinary, and far above that expected to be enjoyed by a member of our race. He has proven in the four years of his incumbency to be the most energetic and resourceful financial secretary the A. M. E. Zion church has ever had, and has earned for his denomination a reputation at the banks of the country as stable as the Rock of Gibraltar. At the recent semi-annual Council of Bishops, at Fayetteville, N. C., his report outranked all of his previous record-breaking showings, and indicated that the financial standing of Zion was unexcelled by any other Negro Methodist church in the land. A demand was made by the Bishops for $9,500. Dr. Jackson "got busy" with the wires—and in less than nine hours telegrams were received from his banking firms, North and South, that his drafts would be honored "at once and with pleasure." Not only is Dr. Jackson a marvel as a financier, but is a gospel preacher of power and intellectual grasp and has brought many souls to Christ through his great spiritual revivals. He is a statesman of quality, and his letter, giving unanswerable arguments showing the unfitness of Judge Hook for the Supreme Court of the United States, weighed heavily in influencing President Taft to reject the Kansas exponent of the "jim-crow" car law for Negroes. Before many hours shall have elapsed, the General Conference at Charlotte will have made up its verdict as to the Bishopric. With the earnest and sincere support pledged to him his election is a foregone conclusion. It is the unanimous opinion of the people, in the church and out, that Dr J. Simpson Jackson has richly earned the promotion that is shortly to be his. He will be an honor to the Zion Episcopal Bench. Some of Zion's "Big Questions." Some of Zion's "Big Questions." Some of the "big questions" that will be met and settled by this session during the three weeks that it will last are: (1) The reformation of the financial plan whereby ample funds may be collected from the full membership of the church, to do away with the false alarm of poverty every time a question of church advancement arises; (2) a study of methods by which Zion's natural expansion may be brought about and how the virgin fields of the great Northwest, West and Southwest may be entered and vitalized by the church of Varick; (3) the re-arrangement of the Episcopal districts so as to form each district of contiguous territory, thus minimizing the distances to be covered by the Bishops and reducing travelling expenses, as well as facilitating the administrative work of the bishops, presiding elders and general officers; (4) enacting a law which shall require a bishop to reside within his own district, to the end that the people may be inspired by the frequent presence of their bishop and to economize on time and traveling expenses; (5) making more definite the functions of the general officers, to avoid unnecessary duplication of duties, with the consequent multiplication of expense—consolidating or transferring labors, as the good of the service may suggest; (6) the election of two bishops, to fill the existing vacancies, and choosing such other officers as may be provided for in the Book of Discipline. The enlargement of the Star of Zion and provision for the A. M. E. Zion Quarterly are other problems to be considered, and the business system in vogue in the publishing house will be carefully examined. The home missionary work and the operations of the church in Africa and the islands of the sea will be given due attention. It will thus be seen from this outline that the Zionites will have plenty to do in the three weeks they have set apart to legislate for their brethren. During the session a daily edition of the Star of Zion will be published. The people of Charlotte are "the last word" in hospitality and, led by Bishops Clinton and Warner and Editors Clement and Bruce, they will give the visitors" the time of their lives." Bishop Walters in Town. Bishop Alexander Walters, accompanied by his charming wife, Mrs. Lelia Coleman Walters and son, Newell Dwight Hilles Walters, spent a few days of last week in the city, leaving for the Charlotte conference Sunday night. On Sunday morning the bishop delivered a powerful discourse at John Wesley Church on "Faith in God." Rev. C. C. Alleyne, the pastor, was also assisted in the services oy Rev. J. J. Pierce, director of the missionary work of Zion in Liberia and principal of the school at Monrovia. Mrs. Florence Randolph, an ordained minister of the Zion church, Mrs. Lelia Walters, Mrs. J. J. Pierce and RW. Thompson were introduced to the congregation by the Bishop. In the afternoon Bishop Walters spoke at Trinity and at Baltimore at night. Rev. C. C. Alleyne has gone to Charlotte, strongly endorsed for the editorship of the Star of Zion. It is said that Mr. John C. Dancy, former Recorder of Deeds for the District, is to be offered one of the important stations in the church, if he does not care to remain as editor of the Zion Quarterly. Dr. Shepard Wins Laurels in the Far West. Word comes that Dr. J. E. Shepard, crossing the Continent in the interest of the National Religious Training School, is winning new laurels in the Far West. His itinerary is carrying him to the Pacific Coast, where he will plant in fertile soil his wise advocacy of the saving power of religious training as a solvent for the ever-present "race problem." Chicago, Des Moines, Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and San Francisco are some of the principal points which have felt the electrifying touch of Dr. Shepard's eloquence. A notable stop on Dr. Shepard's tour was that made at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, where he spoke to a crowd that packed the town's largest auditorium. Here he addressed the famous 9th Cavalry, which is stationed at Fort D. A. Russell, giving a talk on "Life" that struck home the great truths of his philosophy of right living as the guiding force of right living. Only two civilians have been honored with a special invitation to address the 9th Cavalry—Bishop Grant (deceased), and Dr. Shepard. So, Dr. Shepard is the only living person enjoying the distinction of being the recipient of the favor of the 9th and its officiary. While at the Fort, Dr. Shepard was royally entertained at the home of Chaplain G. W. Prioleau, having been escorted from the railroad station by the chaplain and Bandmaster Wade H. Hammond, formerly of Durham, N. C. At Chaplain and Mrs. Prioleau's state dinner in honor of Dr. Shepard there were present Lieut. B. O. Davis and wife, of Washington, D. C., and many others of like prominence. The distinguished guest was accompanied to Denver, his next stop, by Rev. D. E. Over, pastor of the Zion Baptist Church. Dr. Shepard concludes his tour this week, halting at Washington en route, planning to reach Durham in time to greet President Taft, who is to visit the National Religious Training School within the next few days. All Washington is still ringing with the admirable address delivered here a month or so ago on "Religious Training the Hope of the Negro Race." Negro Chaplain for Panama Canal Zone. A strenuous effort is being made by the colored people employed in various capacities in the Panama Canal Zone to have a Negro chaplain appointed, to minister to their spiritual wants. In the Zone at present there are quite a number of white preachers of the several denominations, but, for one reason or another, the colored residents do not take to them, and insist that they will feel much better satisfied if they have one of their own race to counsel with them, preach to them and pray for the afflicted, and perform the last sad rites for the dead. Influential representatives of the Negro zoneites have taken the matter up with Register J. C. Napier, and he has laid their case before the War Department for proper consideration. It is expected that speedy action will be taken. It is understood that The political situation continues "tense." The lines between Taft and Roosevelt are closely drawn and both candidates and the hosts back of them are fighting a fierce battle to the last ditch. We close this report on the eve of the great struggle in Massachusetts, which some are describing as the "Gettysburg" of the war. The summary of delegates for Sunday accredit's Taft with 415 votes, with 125 yet necessary to give him a majority. Roosevelt is apportioned 207, with 333 still needed. LaFollette has 36 and COLONEL ROOSEVELT (Continued from Page One.) posted, and understands every detail pertaining to his position." If the 50,000 colored voters of Illinois, the colored voters of West Virginia and Pennsylvania, could have heard the utterances of this visitor upon this apparent discrimination and neglect on the part of the political managers of the several headquarters here in Washakagton, perhaps it might well be assumed that this among other reasons too numerous to mention is why the Roosevelt management has been able within such a short space of time to capture almost the solid colored vote in all of the primaries which have thus far been held in the states where they are a perceptible factor. DIAMONDS combine three important qualities, all of which no other one thing possesses: 1 Beauty 2 Durability 3 Investment Value You can use them without de- creasing their value. They charm of beauty which no other gem possesses. As evidence of success in life they give prestige. They steadily increase in market value. We are offering attractive prices on choice diamonds. ERNST The Jeweler & Mfg. 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RATES BY SUBSCRIPTION. By mail, one year..... $1.50 By mail, six months..... $1.00 By Mail, three months..... $50 JAMES MONROE HAZLEWOOD. The formal eulogy, always difficult, seems most unsatisfying and insufficient where the affections are engaged, where the stroke of death has fallen all too soon, where a gap has been made in friendship which may close but can never be filled. "Jim" Hazlewood is dead and in him passed the last of the triumvirate which was famous in its time for the deeds it wrought. But a little over four years ago "Sam" Starks embarked upon that journey which we must all take sooner or later. Summer flowers blossomed upon his grave, winter with jey fingers draped it with a mattle of snow, summer returned again and, as the leaves began to fall, "Jimmy" Jones launched his bark for an unknown harbor on an unchanted sea, following the wake of him who had gone before. The seasons came in due order, the months were torn from the calendar and recorded among the things that were, till thirty-one of them had passed, when Hazlewood's flickering light was suddenly extinguished and he went to join those in death with whom he had been so closely related in life. It is eminently fitting to associate these three men thus closely in these columns because they were the founders of The Advocate, Mr. Jones as editor, Mr. Starks as managing editor and Mr. Hazlewood as business manager. As they put out to sea one by one, their duties were assumed by those that remained till the last had crossed the bar. Those that remain who knew, Mr. Hazlewood intimately will miss him sorely, miss him in more ways than one, for they know his worth to his race and to the community in general. They will recall his willingness to cooperate in any and every movement toward the advancement of his people and his readiness to help a brother in distress. He had enemies—and who that is worth while does not?—but they were largely those who did not and would not understand his motives, which, in the final analysis were for the good of the whole. The writer will not soon forget the unselfishness with which Mr. Hazlewood labored in and about the capitol where none was too high for him to approach when legislation hostile to the race impended. The writer knows, and none better, what time and energy he gave toward the dissemination of knowledge among the race while he was connected with the West Virginia Colored Institute, and his solicitude for the success of that institution. He was a leading spirit in the several attempts to organize a Y. M. C. A. here and was among those who bent their efforts toward the formation of a business league. He had abiding faith in the capabilities of his race and blazed the way in more than one direction where the less sanguine hesitated to follow. As a pioneer in the barbering business he was able to furnish employment to a large number of the race in the face of rapidly growing opposition from white shops. Resenting the discrimination against the Negro in places of public amusement, he had the temerity to open for him a theatre where he could go without being molested or made afraid. These and other evidences attest his unbounded interest in the uplift of his race and willingness to show that interest not so much in words as in deeds. Knowing this, it is hard for us to realize that his work was finished and that the time had come for him to rest from his labors. Yet it is not for us to question; it is not for us to doubt. Within the sacred portals of that home, now the abode of sorrow and affliction, we would not intrude, yet to the broken-hearted widow, who for so many years had been his companion, we offer the sympathy of a friend. To her it may now seem as if there was no ray of light from out the future, yet "Him who deeth all things well" has said to those so sorely afflicted, "I will not leave true nor fosake thee." Her faith teaches her that this is not the end; that surely there is an after life where light and peace shall come, where the burden shall be lifted and the heartache shall cease; where all the love and hope that slipped away from us here shall be given back to us again, and given back forever. Blessed as that faith may be, we realize that in time of sore affliction it is difficult to accept it uncomplaisingly, and hence our great sympathy for her who now mourns the loss of a true and devoted husband. Deprived of his counsel, his support and his love, she sits amid the ruins of a broken family circle, and at her lonely fireside alone "waiting, waiting, waiting for the touch of a vanished hand, for the sound of a voice that is still." WRIGHT'S ANNOUNCEMENT The attention of our readers is called to the announcement of the candidacy of Wm. H. Wright for the Republican nomination for constable of Charleston magisterial district. Mr. Wright needs no introduction to the public. There is hardly to be found among us a man better known than he and few who have more friends. The Adrocate endorses Mr. Wright's candidacy for reasons which it thinks are good and sufficient. Mr. Wright is a Negro and he is qualified. In this case we do no more than we have done in others which are similar. Never yet has a Negro, in the field against those of the other race, if he were available, failed to receive our hearty support. We, therefore, would urge every Negro in Charleston to show his race loyalty by going to the polls on June 4th and casting his ballot for E. R. Carter, candidate for the nomination for justice of the peace and W. H. Wright, the two Negroes and the only two in the city and county among the two-score or more who aspire to elective office. There are those who think a Negro should not seek election to public office. They profess to see in such ambition danger to the whole race in the State through the increase in prejudice which may arise because of this natural aspiration. The Advocate does not agree with them. It thinks the West Virginia Negro has fallen far short of receiving what is due him in this respect. Although he holds the balance of power in this and several other counties in the State, in but very few—just two, to be exact—is his worth to the party of his choice recognized even partially. Here, in Kanawha county, we have sat by and seen every office from that of sheriff to constable go to others when united effort would have given us one of the lowest at least. If the colored voters of Charleston will rally around the two candidates mentioned above, they will be nominated. If they are nominated, they will be elected. So, let us just this one time, put aside petty jealousies, stand together as one man and make them Squire Carter and Coistable Wright. They are as much entitled to and as well fitted for these offices as any others who seek them, and it should be our pleasure, as it is our duty, to assist them in landing them. Let the slogan then be "Carter and Wright." SENATOR ENGLAND ANNOUNCES. When a man has filled a public office acceptably to his constituency, it goes without the saying that his constituency will return him to office, if he so desires. This The Adroate thinks will be the case with State Senator E. T. England, of Logan county, who desires to succeed himself as senator from this, the eighth district. The writer has personal knowledge of Senator England's work in the State Senate in past sessions. During that time several occasions have arisen when it was necessary to ascertain the attitude of the legislature toward proposed measures affecting the race, and to solicit their support for or against them. There was never any doubt as to Senator England's position. He could be depended upon always to protect the interests of his Negro constituents with as much zeal as he protected the interests of the whites. He listened with as much patience to the pleas of the one as of the other and gave both the same consideration. Having shown himself to be the man he is, Mr. England deserves the renomination he seeks, and he should be re-elected. To this end *The Advocate* will strive and it urges its clientele to do likewise. TOWNSEND FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. Now that it is conceded that Capt. S. B. Avis will retire from the office of prosecuting attorney after giving Kanawha county twelve years of the best service it ever had, it behooves his party to exercise great caution in selecting his successor. There should be no lowering of the standard. The aim should be to keep the office as free from the taint of suspicion as it has been through the past three terms. For it was the pardonable boast of all acquainted with the facts that race, color nor condition entered into the question of the guilt or innocence of the accused whom Capt. Avis prosecuted. Of such material should his successor be made. Of such material is T. C. Townsend. In this issue of The Advocate Mr. Townsend announces his candidacy and solicits the support of the Republican party at the primary June 4th for the nomination for prosecuting attorney. Whether he gets the nomination or not will depend largely upon the desire of the electorate to have a clean, honest, fearless, impartial candidate to represent them on the ticket in the general election, or one of a different kind. If they wish one of the first class, they will select Mr. Townsend. If he is selected by them, their choice will be ratified by the people, for he is the type of man who has and will retain the people's confidence and respect. Mr. Townsend represents no clique nor faction, no color nor creed. His record shows him to be above these little things. In Fayette county where he lived and worked before he entered upon the duties here of State Tax Commissioner, he stood among the foremost of his profession in ability and every day reliability, always dependable in his every professional and personal relation and ever ready to heed his party's call. As State Tax Commissioner he held alight the standard of that office and gave the State an administration to which both he and it may point with pride. The Advocate believes that with the same zeal and fidelity he worked for the people of the whole State, Mr. Townsend would work for the people of Kanawha county. It, therefore, submits his candidacy to them with the hope that they will consider it with care and vote as their best interests shall direct. Announcements FOR GOVERNOR: You are authorized to announce through the columns of the Advocate that I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor subject to the will of the Republican voters in the State primary. C. W. Dillon. I hereby announce my candidacy for the nomination for Governor of West Virginia, subject to the decision of the Republican voters of the State as may be recorded in the State-wide Primary called for June 4th, 1912. Respectfully, CHAS. W. SWISHER, Charleston, W. Ta. We are authorized to announce the candidacy of Dr. H. D. Hatfield, of Eckman, McDowell county, for nomination for Governor, subject to the Republican Primary Election to be held on June 4th, 1912. FOR STATE AUDITOR To the Republicans of West Virginia: I hereby declare my candidacy for re-nomination and election to the office of State Auditor, subject to the decision of State-wide primary election to be held June 4th, 1912. Respectfully, J. S. DARST. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 12, 1912. FOR STATE TREASURER. Editor The Advocate: I hereby announce my candidacy to the office of State Treasurer, subject to the action of the Republican Primary to be held June 4th. C. F. RATHBONE STATE TREASURER I hereby announce my candidacy for re-nomination and election to the office of State Treasurer of West Virginia, subject to the approval or rejection of the Republican Primary Election, June 4th, 1912. Respectfully. E. L. LONG. Charleston, Feb. 1st, 1912. STATE SUPT. OF SCHOOLS I hereby announce my candidacy for the nomination for State Superintendent of Free Schools of West Virginia, subject to the decision of the Republican. Primary Election. Respectfully. M. P. SHAWKEY. Charleston, Wt. Va., Feb. 2, 1912. FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT The Advocate is authorized to announce the candidacy of George Poffenbarger, of Pt. Pleasant, Mason county, for the Republican nomination for Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals, subject to the action of the state convention to be held at Huntington, May 16th FOR SUPREME COURT JUDGE. I hereby announce my candidacy for Supreme Court Judge, subject to the action of the Republican State convention at Huntington on May 16. H. M. WILLIS. New Martinsville. For Committeeman At-Large. To the Republican Voters of West Virginia: I hereby nannounce my candidacy for Committeeman at large, subject to the approval or rejection of the Republican voters of the state, in the primary election to be held, June the 4th, 1912. I will heartily appreciate the support of my many friends and Repub- lican voters of the party generally. The Advocate is authorized to announce the candidacy of Dr. C. C. Barnett, of Huntington, Cabell county, for committeeman-at-large, sub THE ADVOCATE object to the action of the primary election to be held June 4th. To the Republican Voters of Kana-wha County: I herewith announce myself a candidate for the nomination for Sheriff of Kanawha County, subject to the approval or rejection of the voters in primary election. My record of three years service as County Commissioner is offered in evidence of my ability to administer the affairs of the office of Sheriff, if nominated and elected. Your support is earnestly solicited. Respectfully, A. R. SHEPPARD. March 5, 1912. FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce my candidacy for Sheriff of Kanawha county subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican primary election. If nominated and elected, I promise to personally conduct the affairs of this office and give honest treatment to all, with special privileges to none. Your support is earnest solicited. To the Republicans of Kanawna County: I hereby beg to announce my candidacy for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of the County, my candidacy being subject to the decision of the voters as may be recorded in the primary election for nomination of county candidates. Respectfully, U. G. YOUNG. Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 12, 1912. I hereby announce my candidacy for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of Kahawha county, subject to the decision of the primary election, when held. I will heartily appreciate your support. McLEAN NASH, Charleston, W. Va., March 26, 1912. COMMISSIONER COUNTY COURT I hereby announce my candidacy for the Republican nomination for Commissioner of the Kanawha County Court, subject to the decision of the voters in primary election or by such other method as may be decided upon. I hereby announce my candidacy for nomination of Justice of the Peace of Charleston Magisterial District, subject to the Republican Primary when held. Your support is earnestly solicited. E. R. CARTER. FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE I announce myself a candidate for Justice of the Peace of Charleston District, subject to the Republican primary, when held. I earnestly sofft the support of my friends. A. M. PAULEY. Subject to the approval of my party, I am herewith announcing my candidacy for the Republican nomination for Justice of the Peace in Charleston district, and solicit the support of my friends. If elected I shall be on the square. Yours in earnest. JOHN H. BLOUNT. I hereby announce to the voters of Charleston Magisterial District that I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for Justice of the Peace of said district, subject to the decision of the voters as may be rendered in primary election. Respectfully, C. W. DERING. Charleston. Feb. 13, 1972. Charleston, Feb. 13, 1972. I hereby announce my candidacy for nomination for Justice of the Peace of Charleston District, subject to the Republican primary when held. I solicit the support of all Republicans, pledging the faithful administration of the duties of the office if elected. Respectfully MARION GILCHRIST. February 20, 1912. To the Republicans of Charleston District: I am a candidate for the nomination by the Republican party for Justice of the Peace for Charleston District. If nominated and elected I shall, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of the office in an honest and efficient manner. Your support will be appreciated. Sincerely yours. FRANK A. McGREW. FOR SHERIFF OF FAYETTE CO. Editor The Advocate: Please announce through the columns of your paper, that I am a candidate for the nomination for the office of Sheriff of Fayette county, subject to the action of the Republican primary to be held June 4th, 1912. To my friends I promise that they will have the honor of being with a winner, or loser, but no quitter, as I now promise that I will stay until I am elected or defeated. I further promise, if nominated and elected, that I will conduct myself and the business affairs of the office in a way that will bring no discredit to those who have honored me with their to administer the affairs of the office in a safe, conservative fair and bus- The Summer School and Chautaqua are candidates for the editorship of tune, Cape Town, South Africa. ARE YOU WORKING FOR MONEY? OR IS YOUR MONEY WORKING FOR YOU? If you are working and saving your money and investing it in a safe way, where it will be working day and night whether you are working or not, and making you at least six per cent. Interest—Your Money is Working For You. The Pythian Mutual Investment Association was organized in order to give us an opportunity to put the money we could save together and then put it to work. The above is a picture of our building on the Capitol Square in Charleston. We have just purchased a splendid three story brick building on one of the main business streets in the city of Huntington. The first door is occupied by the Huntington Herald, the largest daily newspaper published in that section of the state, the second floor is used for office rooms, while the third floor is a large assembly and lodge hall. This building is sure to pay us well. After the Charleston building had been occupied only eight months our stockholders were paid a dividend of six per cent. Stock is still on sale at $10.00 per share, either paid up or on the installment plan. Ask your agent in your locality about it or write to this office. iness-like manner, treating all in an impartial manner. Very truly yours, T. J. DAVIS. Montgomery, W. Va., March 7, 1912. ROOSEVELT GETS (Continued from page one.) vention; and we favor the election of Mr. Edwards as the member for West Virginia of the National Republican committee." The report as read was, upon motion of Mr. Dawson, unanimously adopted. J. V. Sullivan of the committee on delegates, reported the list as given above, accompanying the report with a motion to adopt, and this motion carried unanimously. No further business appearing before the convention, upon motion adjournment was had. The convention was harmonious throughout. The Roosevelt and Taft leaders had gotten together and decided upon organization, committees, delegations, &c., and nothing further remained but to follow out the plan laid down, and there wasn't a dissenting voice heard. TO THE MINISTERS OF THE U. S. The National Religious Training School and Chautauqua extends a cordial greeting to the ministers of all denominations to be the guests of the school for one week, beginning July 6, 1912, and closing July 13, 1912, for the purpose of discussing the following and kindred questions: What is the moral condition of the people of your community? Is crime on the increase? If not, what is the cause of its reduction? What is the sanitary condition? What effort, if any, has been made to improve the sanitary conditions? Is the death rate increasing? To what extent do you co-operate with the Civic Improvement Leagues Has settlement work been conducted to any extent in your community, and with what results? What has been the effect of the Temperance organizations, and have you co-operated with them? To what extent has the work of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. been effective in your community? Do you approve them? What has been the attitude of the day-school teacher towards the Church and Sunday School? What is the real religious condition of your people? Revivals, how conducted? Rev. Dr. Jesse L. Hurlbut and Rev. Dr. W. Y. Chapman will be in charge of the expository features during conference week. All ministers who intend attending this Conference should make it known at an early date, addressing the President National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C., so that reservation can be made for them. There will be no charge while in attendance upon the Conference. Of the National Religious Training School will open July 3, 1912, and continue for six weeks. The most complete and most up-to-date Summer School for the Colored Race in the United States. For particulars and terms address PRES. JAMES E. SHEPARD, Durham, N. C. Candidates Gather for the Quadrennium DELEGATES AND VISITORS NUMBER BERING OVER 500 TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE ARE PRECEDED BY HOST ANXIOUS FOR OFFICE. Kansas City, Mo., May 1.—Prominent ministers and laymen of the African Methodist Episcopal Church are gathering in the city to attend the twenty-fourth general conference of the denomination, which begins here next Monday. The delegates and visitors will number more than 500, and will come from South Africa, West Africa, the West Indies, South America, Central America, Canada and all parts of the United States. The session will cost the church $50,000. The bishops of the church met here this week to consider the final draft of their quadriennial address, which is to be read to the General Conference by Bishop Charles S. Smith. An elaborate program has been provided for the opening session, which will take place in Allen A. M. E. church. The session will be called to order by Bishop Henry M. Turner, of Atlanta, the senior bishop of the church. The quadriennial sermon will be preached by Bishop C. T. Shaffer, of Chicago. Besides considering reports from various departments of the church, debating proposed legislation and discussing the pressing needs of the denomination, several new bishops and all of the general officers of the denomination are to be elected. The new prelates are to take the places of Bishops Edward W. Lampton, Abraham Grant, James A. Handy and Wesley J. Gaines, who have died since the last session of the General Conference. Prominent among those mentioned for the bishopric are: John Hurst, financial secretary of the denomination; W. W. Beckett, secretary of missions; G. W. Allen, editor of the Southern Christian Recorder; W. T. Vernon, former Register of the Treasury; W. D. Chappelle, president of Allen University, Columbia, S. C.; H. T. Keatling, president of the Western University, Quindaro, Kan.; T. N. M. Smith, Savannah, Ga.; J. M. Conner, Little Rock, Ark.; F. J. Peck, California; M. M. Ponton, Alabama, and J. H. Jones, former president of Wilberforce University. Dr. C. V. Roman, of Nashville, and the Rev. R. C. Ransom, of New York, are mentioned in connection with the editorship of the A. M. E. Church Review. A. L. Gaines, C. M. Tanner and R. R. Wright, the present incumbent. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912. the Christian Recorder, the leading denominational organ. For the other positions within the gift of the denomination there are numerous candidates. A number of boards of the denomination will meet here this week. Financial Board In Annual Meeting SECRETARY MAKES DETAILED REPORT OF MONEY RAISED IN THE EPISCOPAL DISTRICTS DURING THE YEAR. Kansas City, Mo., May 2.—The annual meeting of the financial board of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was held here today (Thursday). Rev. John Hurst, financial secretary of the denomination, made a detailed report of the working of the department during the fiscal year, which ended April 1. The money raised by Episcopal districts during the year is as follows: First, $14,339.14; second, $16,374.80; third, $6,705.46; fourth, $15,432.35; fifth, $14,076.03; sixth, $30,588.45; seventh, $20,074.54; eighth, $16,288.70; ninth, $15,205.55; tenth, $11,410.35; eleventh, $16,408.35; twelfth, $25,367.30; thirteenth (West Africa), $364.00; fourteenth (South Africa), $4,650, which is a grand total of $207,224.98. The money passing through the department is known as "dollar money," being raised in subscriptions of $1.00 each. The "dollar money" collections during 1908-9 were $182,397.11; $198,540-25 was raised during 1909-11 and $202,663.17. During the four years that Dr. Hurst has been financial secretary, the total "dollar money" collections amount to $790,825.51, the largest during any quadrennium. Dr. Hurst is regarded as certain of election to the bishopric by the A. M. E. General Conference. Of this sum 36 per cent, $284,697.18 has been retained by the various annual conferences for the support of superannuated ministers, widows and orphans; 10 per cent, $79,082.55, turned over to the Board of Church Extension; 8 per cent, $63,266.04, used to help in the general educational work of the denomination, and the remaining 46 per cent, $363,779.73, retained in the general treasury of the church to be used in paying the salaries of the bishops and general officers and in furthering the general work of the denomination. Bishop H. B. Parks, chairman of the board, presided. The members of the board are the Revs. A. L. Murray, Jersey City, N. J.; J. T. Jenifer, Chicago; Charles Bundy, Cleveland, O.; J. R. Ransom, Topeka, Kan.; R. V. Branch, Atlanta, Ga.; N. B. Stergt, Charleston, S. C.; W. T. Strong, Jackson, Miss.; J. M. Conner, Little Rock, Ark.; P. C. Hunt, Houston, Tex.; A. J. Kershaw, Tallahassee, Fla.; C. H. Shelto, Memphis, Tenn.; C. H. Johnstone, Liberia, West Africa; A. Tortune, Cape Town, South Africa. R MONEY? ING FOR YOU? where you get no interest, keeping it ing for Money. away, where it will be working day and t. Interest—Your Money is Working to give us an opoprtunity to put the picture of our building on the Capitol rick building on one of the main bus- e Huntington Herald, the largest daily for office rooms, while the third floor . After the Charleston building had of six per cent. allment plan. Ask your agent in your K FOR YOU INVESTMENT N WESTON, W. VA. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1012. Massachusetts Republicans, Not Ing Big Roosevelt Wins In West, Deride Standpat-ters Who Insist on Party Suicide. COLONEL HAILED AS "INDUSTRIAL MOSES." Lawrence Strike Makes Voters Think, Also Slur on Pennsylvania Victory---Rank and File In Victorious Line. Boston. — Whatever the so called "Taft sentiment" might have been ten days ago, today it is all for Roosevelt. The conservatives in the Republican ranks—educators, lawyers, business men, farmers, operatives, the backbone of New England—were the first to hear the note sounded by Illinois and Pennsylvania, then taken up by Nebraska and Oregon, and today rock ribbed New England is in line for the one leader that can lead not alone the party, but all the people, to victory. The "third term" cry is today too weak to echo. It is lost in the sane ridicule that meets Congressman Gardner's unconsciously humorous demand that the colonel meet him in "Joint debate." The colonel has shown so strongly as THE man, THE leader, that all classes of Republican voters, assured until now that Taft alone could win, turn toward the mishinformers and smilingly utter Missouri's unwritten motto. Of the incidental happenings that have kindled Roosevelt sentiment to enthusiasm none has been stronger than the sneering comment of a Boston newspaper that the Roosevelt victory in Pennsylvania was "a triumph for professional reformers and the coal miners." This awakened indignation among the workers, the rank and file of the party, who are always keenest to detect the popular trend. The Pennsylvania workers knew what they wanted and voted accordingly. Those of Massachusetts will do likewise on Tuesday, April 30. The Real Progressive. In no state more than in Massachusetts have the silent voters had more striking cause for real deliberation on the presidential issue, and the leading element in this cause has been the spectacular Lawrence strike. Whatever individual circumstances went to make up that calamity, the fact remains that the strike itself proved the existence of an industrial unrest that could mean only one thing—namely, that the people were dissatisfied and demanded and would bring about a change. Would they re-elect President Taft? How could they re-elect him when the demand for a change was so obvious? Would they elect a Democratic president? Perhaps since there must be a change. But when has the election of a Democratic president ever meant anything but industrial disaster? Who, then, was the real progressive, the man of vigor—an initiative and a referendum in himself—the man of deeds, to whom all the people could look for leadership out of an industrial wilderness? The Workingmen Answered. The Massachusetts workingmen asked this question. The candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt answered it immediately. But Massachusetts, one of the oldest of states and perhaps the most conservative, pauses to breathe before it begins to shout, and in the interim its own child, Maine, declared with emphasis for Roosevelt-Maine, in which the need of a strong, magnetic leader was not half so immediate as in Massachusetts. Nor was Massachusetts deaf to the shouts of Illinois and Pennsylvania. In its conservatism perhaps the Bay State was a little surprised at the magnitude of the Roosevelt victories in the west, but they were the spoken reflections of its own opinion rather than arguments for falling into a line of which Massachusetts was already a part. All For Roosevelt. The clamorers alone—the standpatting machine, backed by an almost unanimous party press—did the premature shouting, invoked the dubiously sacred name of "precedent" as argument in favor of party suicide. The silent voters were silent still, wafting for the echo of their own thoughts. They heard it, not from one quarter, but from many, and perhaps no more impressively than from the Connecticut convention, in which the name of Taft was heard in silence, while that of Roosevelt called forth cheers that were more than significant. New England is aroused and is all for Roosevelt. His candidacy stands for national expediency, surmounting any possible question of precedent. Massachusetts Republicans know it, and they will so vote. T. R. LEADS TAFT BY 154. "Standpatters" Swamped In the Drift Towards Colonel. Of 644 Delegates Roosevelt Has 239, Taft 85 and 118 Are Uninstructed. Contested, 160, Including 88 From New York—Senator Dixon's Figures Show Nation Wide Trend. Washington, D. C.—Senator Dixon at the Roosevelt headquarters today said: "Six hundred and forty-four delegates to the Republican national convention have been elected up to date. Of these 230 are for Colonel Roosevelt, 85 for Mr. Taft, 6 for Senator Cummins, 36 for Senator La Follette, 118 are uninstructed, including 88 from New York state, and contests are pending in the cases of the remaining 160." *Lorimer's district COLONEL ROOSEVELT MAY WIN IN OHIO Indications Are That He Will Carry Taft's Own State. Cleveland, O.-In the present contest for the nomination for president the indications are that in Ohio, President Taft's own state, Colonel Roosevelt will receive forty-four out of forty-six delegates to the national convention. This will be a bitter pill for Mr. Taft's managers to swallow. The progressive movement has not only stirred the voters of Ohio, but of the whole country—the plain people—to assert their rights of enfranchisement as guaranteed them under the constitution, and the wholesale breaking away from the rule of the bosses in this state and elsewhere is like a tidal wave sweeping over the land. Never in the political history of this country have the voters given so much thought to the right of the people to rule as is manifested in this campaign, and when the Ohio state convention takes place on May 21 the policies of Colonel Roosevelt will be indorsed by the voters in no uncertain language. NEW JERSEY JOINS THE MOVEMENT TO STOP BOSSES Indications That Roosevelt Will Secure Every One of the Delegates. Trenton, N. J.-Interest in the campaign for the Republican nominee for president is growing hotter and hotter in this state as the day for the New Jersey state convention, May 28, approaches, and the indications are that Colonel Roosevelt will secure the whole number of state delegates, twenty-four, to the national convention. "The right of the people" to rule and the desire to break away from the "rule of the bosses" are just as strong in this state as in any throughout the country, and as Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine, Nebraska, Oregon and other states have set the example of indorsing the progressive movement as enunciated by Colonel Roosevelt, showing that this is a country "of the people, for the people and by the people." MARYLAND TO BE IN LINE. A Solid Roosevelt Delegation Expected From State Convention. Baltimore, Md.—The Maryland Republican state convention will be held on May 6, and the interest in the outcome of the contest to secure the Republican nomination for president is becoming more intense each day. Colonel Roosevelt's candidacy and the principles for which he stands have caused such an upheaval in the political history of this state and the country at large as has never been known before in the history of the country, and Maryland will be in line with the other great states which have emphatically gone on record as indorsing the progressive, and it is predicted that a solid Roosevelt delegation will go to the national Republican convention at Chicago to register in no uncertain manner its choice of Theodore Roosevelt for president. Manager of Administration Campaign In a Panic, Which Has Become a Rush to the Roosevelt "Band Wagon." REPUBLICANS IN LINE THROUGHOUT NATION. New York.-The present indication in the political race for the Republican nomination at the Chicago convention in June is that President Taft, is expected to withdraw from the contest this week. It is quite evident that the managers of the administration campaign are in a panic, and the efforts of the senators and congressmen who have been fighting for Mr. Taft to get "on the band wagon" are interesting, for they realize now, as they have not realized before, that Mr. Taft cannot secure the nomination. The results from those states where the people have had an opportunity to express their choice by presidential preference primaries show that should Mr. Taft receive the nomination his defeat would be inevitable. In Illinois the progressive movement showed its popularity with the people by the overwhelming majority of 133,000 votes in favor of Colonel Roosevelt. The entire state delegation to the Chicago convention will be solid for the colonel, with the exception of the two delegates from Senator Lorimer's district, a fact significant in itself. In Pennsylvania the people voted as they shouted, and when the ballots were counted it was found that the Taft forces had been routed by nearly 200,000 votes and it was found that the machine politicians, the professional politicians like Penrose, Governor Tener and Oliver, were buried in the debris to such an extent that they cannot be extricated in time to be allowed in the convention hall at Chicago or to have any voice in the proceedings. Mr John Wanamaker, the merchant, and Mr. Stotesbury, the Wall street magnae, are two of the six Taft delegates from Pennsylvania who will be able to get into the convention. The situation in the west is the same. In Oregon and Nebraska, where Senator La Follette, with his progressive ideas, was a strong factor, the people showed that they preferred the progressive ideas of Colonel Roosevelt by giving him a majority in Oregon of over 7,000 votes and over 30,000 votes in Nebraska, and the delegates in these and other western states who are now for Senator La Follette will at the Chicago convention on the second ballot cast their votes for the colonel. Already the southern delegates are beginning to break away from the Taft camp. The machine roller methods, based on federal patronage, had for a time kept the southern states in some sort of line, but even they are now beginning to wake up to the fact that it is useless to hang on to a losing proposition any longer and are willing and eager to cast their lot with Colonel Roosevelt. Six of the South Carolina "Taft" delegates have wired Senator Dixon to the effect that they are delegates at large from that state to the Republican national convention, having been instructed for Mr. Taft at the state convention, held Feb. 29, at which time Colonel Roosevelt was not a candidate, and that it did not appear that Mr. Taft could now be elected. Since the colonel has entered the field, however, it is evident that he is the choice of the great mass of Republican voters in the states that elect Republican nominees and that they had reached the conclusion that it was their duty to the party and the country demanded that they should vote for Colonel Roosevelt, and they stated they would so vote. In the east Maine is solid for Colonel Roosevelt, and, while the Vermont delegation is now divided, there is no doubt but that this state will cast a solid vote for Colonel Roosevelt at the convention in June. The indications are that a great surprise is in store for the managers of the Taft campaign when the results in Massachusetts have been tabulated. Colonel Roosevelt's position is growing stronger and stronger each day, and President Taft is becoming weaker and weaker in the fight, and by the time set for the national convention it will have been that the voices of the plain people have been raised so loudly for the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt and the sentiment so strong for him that it will not be well for the welfare of the Republican party to ignore the emphatically expressed wishes of the people. Standing in West Virginia Counties. Votes. Taft. Rooselt. Monongalla . . . 21 1 20 Barbour . . . 14 .. 14 Monroe . . . 10 .. 10 Berkley . . 18 7 11 Morgan . . . 8 .. 8 Boone . . 7 .. 7 McDowell . . 41 28 13 Braxton . . 16 .. 16 Nicholas . . 12 .. 12 Brooke . . 9 5 4 Ohio . . 49 11 38 Cabell . . 33 8 25 Pendleton . . 6 3 3 *Calhoun . . 7 .. 7 Pleasants . . 7 3 4 Clay . . 9 .. 9 Pocahontas . . 11 .. 11 Doddridge . . 12 0 12 Preston . . 26 .. 26 Fayette . . 39 4 36 Putnam . . 14 .. 14 Gilmer . . 7 2 5 Raleigh . . 17 .. 17 Grant . . 9 .. 9 Randolph . . 16 5 11 Greenbrier . . 16 1 15 Ritchie . . 15 4 11 Hampshire . . 5 5 .. Roane . . 16 .. 16 Hancock . . 8 7 1 Summers . . 13 .. 13 Hardy . . 4 .. 4 Taylor . . 14 .. 14 Harrison . . 33 20 13 Tucker . . 13 .. 13 Jackson . . 17 3 14 Tyler . . 14 .. 14 Jefferson . . 8 8 .. Upshur . . 17 .. 17 Kanawha . . 64 .. 64 Wayne . . 16 4 12 Lewls . . 15 .. 15 Webster . . 6 4 2 Lincoln . . 15 .. 15 Wetzel . . 15 9 6 Logan . . 5 1 4 Wirt . . 7 .. 7 Marion . . 29 11 18 Wood . . 31 27 4 Marshall . . 25 8 17 Wyoming . . 8 .. 8 Mason . . 21 10 1-2 10 1-2 Mercer . . 28 17 11 Totals . . 923 222 1-2 700 1-2 Mineral . . 13 2 11 *Calhoun—Only 4 of 7 delegates Mingo . . 14 7 7 elected. THE ADVOCATE Standing in Counties. Votes. Taft. Roosvlt. Barbour 14 .. 14 Berkeley 18 7 11 Boone 7 .. 7 Braxton 16 .. 16 Brooke 9 5 4 Cabell 33 8 25 *Calhoun 7 .. 7 Clay 9 0 9 Doddridge 12 0 12 Fayette 39 4 36 Gilmer 7 2 5 Grant 9 .. 9 Greenbrier 16 1 15 Hampshire 5 5 .. Hancock 8 7 1 Hardy 4 .. 4 Harrison 33 20 13 Jackson 17 3 14 Jefferson 8 8 .. Kanawha 64 .. 64 Lewls 15 .. 15 Liacoln 15 .. 15 Logan 5 1 4 Marion 29 11 18 Marshall 25 8 17 Mason 21 10 1-2 10 1-2 Mercer 28 17 11 Mineral 13 2 11 Mingo 14 7 7 Telegrams Altest Sorrow of Friends AND HIGH ESTEEM IN WHICH J. M. HAZLEWOOD WAS HELD BY PROMINENT MEN IN THE STATE AND NATION. Hundreds of telegrams and letters expressive of grief and condolence were received by the bereaved family of the late J. M. Hazlewood. A few of them follow: Winston-Salem, N. C.—I; was exceedingly to us to learn of the death of Sir J. M. Hazlewood. The news came too late for us to attend funeral. The family has the heartfelt sympathy of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. J. W. JONES G. C., J. S. FITTS, P. C., J. G. LATTIE, S. P. Thomas, W. Va.—Accept my sympathy in the hour of your profound sorrow. W. J. THOMPSON Tuskegee, Ala.—Sincerely regret to earn of death of your husband and my good friend of many years standing. In your bereavement you have the sincere sympathy of all of us here at Tuskegee who knew him. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Birmingham, Ala.—You have my heartfelt sympathy in your bereavement in losing all and one that was so dear to you, your husband. May the Lord strengthen you in this your saddest hour. R. A. BLOUNT. Moundsville, W. Va.—Please accept our sympathy in your sad bereavement. MR. & MRS. J. H. CAMPBELL. Richmond, Va.—Shocked, to hear of death of Hazlewood. Extend condolence to family. JOHN MITCHELL, JR. Meridian, Miss.—God will bless you in your sad hour of bereavement if you will only trust him, accept his sympathy. JNO. F. HARRIS. Fort Smith, Ark.—My heart aches for you. M. JOSHENBERGER. Hinton, W. Va.—Sympathy; if In any way I can serve you please wire. MARY S. BOOTH. Ansonia, Conn.—Mrs. Simms, and I extend our sympathy in your trouble. May God help you bear it. P. B. BURBRIDGE. Indianapolis, Ind.—The state of Indiana sends sympathy in this hour of your bereavement. We have lost a faithful friend and you a loving husband. Our hearts go out to you. A. W. STRICKLAND, GEO. P. STDWART, E. G. TIDRINGTON, REMUS MOORE, J. H. WARD, W. J. I. REED, and WM. H. PORTER. New Orleans, La.—The news that my good friend has passed away is shocking to me indeed. You loose a good and devoted husband; the order loses one of its best and most valuable members and the country a splendid citizen. Accept my deepest sympathy in the hour of your bereavement. J. A. BROWN. Weston, W. Va.—Accept my deep sympathy in the loss of your husband. L. O. WISLON. Chicago, Ill.—Your letter bringing the sad intelligence of the death of Supreme Representative J. M. Hazelewood just received. While I felt at Indianapolis that Iro. Hazelewood would not recover from his illness, still I was not prepared for the sad news when it came. He was a great worker in the order, a good and faithful friend and a hearty good man. He will be greatly missed. He followed early his devoted friend, S. W. Starks. I am sorry indeed that I am unable to attend the funeral. I thank you so much for your letter. Illinois units with the other jurisdictions in extending sympathy to the bereaved widow. May the Supreme Ruler watch over and care for her. Yours in F. C. & B., ALLEN C. WESLEY, Grand Chancellor. Hot Springs, Ark.—Grand Court of Arkansas mourns with you. Accept our sympathy and earthly love but heaven's gain. J. T. T. WARREN, G. W. C. New Orleans, La.—Supreme chancellor not at home. Cannot reach there Wednesday. Accept my sincerest sympathy. MRS. S. W. GREEN. Pine Bluff, Ark.—You have my deepest sympathy in this your saddest hour. J. H. YOUNG. HAMPTON INSTITUTE Hampton, Va., May 3—One of the big events of the forty-fourth anniversary of Hampton Institute, which was celebrated here on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, was the stirring address of Dr. Booker T. Washington, the well-known principal of Tuskegee Institute and "Hampton distinguished graduate," dealing with the problem of improving race relations throughout the world. His address at the final meeting, which was held in the large school gymnasium, was listened to by a most representative and intelligent audience of over two thousand of the best white and colored people from the North and South. Dr. Washington at Hampton. Referring to the recent Interna- tional conference held at Tuskegee, Dr. Washington declared that the representatives from eighteen governments and colonies were looking to the Negro in this country for light and guidance, for what the Negro in America does is likely to be followed by the millions of Negroes outside of America. Further, he asserts that the white people, especially the Europeans have been watching the conduct of the white man in this country in his relation toward the black man, and that white people outside of America are likely to be guided in their treatment of Negroes by the example which the people of this land set. He said that Negroes should be thankful that they have the opportunity of coming in contact at Hampton with influences that tend toward the making of good citizens. He declared that the graduate of Hampton Institute, instead of seeking work, is sought by work. There is the opportunity for all who finish Hampton's course to engage in constructive and definite work for the uplifting of humanity. Dr. Washington, in addressing the Hampton students, said that their opportunities bring great responsibilities, and that they must do the helpful and sensible thing when they return to their homes. They must face bravely the attitude of the average white man of the South toward Negro education. They must disappoint their critics by being simple and modest in their education. He urged them to be humble, useful, Christian men. He said that they must not talk over much when they return home about "domestic art." If they mean to teach cooking, they must say that they are teaching cooking. If they teach dishwashing, they must use terms that everybody can understand. Dr. Washington urged the young people of Hampton School to get hold of the white people of their communities and show others what is being done to make the life of the Negro higher and better. He declared that the Negro talks too much about the white man and not enough to the the white man; and, in turn, the white man talks too much about the Negro and not enough to him. Will the white man come to the Negro school or church? In answer to this question, he said that the best people of the South are never ashamed to show that they are interested in Negro progress. "There are hundreds of white men who want to get closer to the best life the Negro is living. Take them to your schools and churches, and you will get the encouragement you cannot otherwise obtain." The white man, too, has a responsibility" ill seeing the work of the best Negroes. At present he knows more about the criminal Negro than he does about those members of the race who are hard working and reliable. It is cheaper to save a race before it gets down than it is to try to raise it out of the ditch. The Negro is not in the ditch. The average American farmer earns three hundred dollars per year. Every Negro farmer that does not earn his three hundred dollars per year is drawing on the surplus of others. "The Southern Negro understands the Southern white man better than anyone else on earth." This is Dr. Washington's corollary to the statement that no one understands the Negro so well as the Southern white man. Dr. Washington, addressing the students, paid the following tribute to Hampton's principal: "You have the opportunity e very day to come in direct contact with a man who possesses high executive ability, culture, modesty, and combines with all these qualities unselfish devotion, and is a man of supreme tact." "You should thank God that you are connected with an institution that has led and is leading in the best type of education the world has yet seen," he added. In closing, Dr. Washington advised his white hearers to use a little more praise and a little less blame in dealing with the Negro. He urged his own people to develop body, mind, and soul in order to make the black race the most useful race that God has ever put on earth. The following interesting addresses were delivered: "The R's at Hampton —Religion, Respect, and Responsibility," Vida H. Herriford, Kansas City, Mo.; "From Darkness to Light," Jas. D. Aiken, Dover Del.; "Extension Work in the Rural Districts of Virginia," Mattie Holmes, 39, Bowling Green, Va.; "A Changed Life," Saunders Marshall Horntown, Va.; "My People, the Cherokees," David W. Owl, Cherokee, N. C.; and "My Struggle for an Education," Julia A. Calvin, West Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Ogden's Address. Mr. Robert C. Ogden, president for many years of the Hampton board of trustees, presented the candidates for certificates and diplomas: academic diplomas 40; special diplomas, 6; and certificates, 41. "Life at Hampton," he said, "is real and life is earnest and the quality of the application of the students here will challenge comparison with that of any other institution in the country. "The average man is the man that runs the world. He is the force that makes for righteousness and for real progress. "There is a very earnest spirit behind you as you go forth from here. "One night last week I had a dream. I dreamed I was here at Hampton and the figure of General Armstrong appeared. He took me past the church and past the new building being erected for religious work, and indicated to me very clearly with paper and pencil, rule and measure, two buildings that he instructed me to see erected. "Armstrong is alive and with us now in the persons of those carrying on his work—his spiritual successor. Here is the spirit of Armstrong, which is the spirit of Christianity. Go forth, brave and strong, and conquer." Dr. William R. Taylor, of Rochester, N. Y., said: "What a wonderful illustration this school is: the value of a good institution as the instrument through which a great man can do his work for the world—an instrument which gathers up, combines, organizes, and multiplies the purposes, the individual interests, powers, and units in a community. "I have thought of the Hampton spirit as the spirit of Christianity, the spirit of Jesus Christ, earnest, kindly, loving, unselfish, self-sacrificing, and yet, at the same time, real, sincere, practical, wise and firm." On Wednesday evening, "Historic Scenes at Hampton Institute," a series of eight tableaux representing the development of Negro and Indian education at the Hampton School, were presented on one of the expansive lawns. The following scenes were effectively staged: A little white girl giving a slave girl her first lesson in the woods; Colored soldiers singing around the camp fire near General Armstrong's tent during the war; The first school for freedom; Class-room at Hampton in 1868, with its two teachers and fifteen pupils; Booker Washington's examination at Hampton, as told by himself in his book "Up from Slavery;" The midnight arrival in 1878 of Indians who had been prisoners of war at St. Augustine Fla.; Hampton's "grand-children"—sixty-five pupils whose parents or both, have been students of the school. Throughout the pageant, well-known "spirituals" were sung—"My Lord delibered Daniel, why can't he deliber me?" "I'm arollin' though an unfriendly world;" "O freedom over me;" "Git on board, little children;" "O, my sister, did yer come fer to help me?;" and "I don't feel no ways tired." Special Hampton Trip. The "Special Hampton Trip" was a marked success. A party of 150 ardent friends of Hampton Institute from New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Springfield, Philadelphia, and other Northern cities, arrived at Old Point on Tuesday evening. At nine o'clock the next morning they were brought in a special steamer to Hampton Institute wharf. There they were met by the school's brass band of forty Negro and Indian boys. They began at once a careful observation of the Hampton School. Special arrangements had been made for giving the men and women an opportunity of visiting the academic classes and the trade-school shops to see just what Hampton is doing in training Negro and Indian youth for efficient service in the South and West. On Thursday morning the party visited the Whittier Training School, a Negro elementary school in which the students take their teacher-training work and observe skilful teaching in the grades. After listening to the young Negro children sing plantation songs and give their flag salute, the company went to observe the Hampton Institute senior class in a recitation in the principles of teaching, which was conducted by Miss Sarah J. Walter, who is in charge of the Hampton Training Department. The hour from eleven to twelve was spent in visiting agricultural classes in butter-making, soil tillage, animal husbandry, potato culture, farm machinery, and the principles of agriculture. On Wednesday and Thursday, at the noon hour, there were reviews of the whole Hampton student body. Hampton Trustees Meet. The Hampton trustees present during the anniversary celebration were: Robert C. Ogden, president, New York; Rev. Alexander McKenzie, first vice-president, Cambridge, Mass.; Rev. Francis G. Peabody, second vice-president, Cambridge, Mass.; Hollis B. Fissell, secretary, Hampton, Va.; Arthur Curtiss James, New York; William Jay Schieffella, New York; Lunsford L. Lewis, Richmond, Va.; Frank W. Darling, Hampton, Va.; Clarence H. Kelsey, New York; and Samuel C. Mitchell, Columbia, S. C. Hampton a Demonstration Center. At the trustees' meeting on Wednesday, Dr. Frissell presented his annual report as principal. This year Dr. Frissell outlined in detail the position of the Hampton Schol as a demonstration center which is visited annually by over 20,000 people from all parts of the world—casual visitors, public officials, educators, social workers and philanthropists, students of race problems and educational methods. TRY A BOTTLE OF REAM F RAIN THAT NEW BEER BOOST HOME PRODUCT----NONE BETTER THE GERMAN OFFICIAL LABEL NOW BEING USED--LOOK FOR IT. FOR SALE AT ALL BARS. KANAWHA BREWING COMPANY CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA A GLANCE IS ALL YOU NEED TO SEE THAT THE NEW YORK JOBBING HOUSE Have Desirable and Dependable Merchandise at the Greatest Bargains ever offered. A full line of Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Ladies' and Gent's furnishing goods. 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That a tremendous fight is on for the national committee at Chicago, and another mighty conflict is imminent before the people of the country after that. The colored brother is doing his part in noble fashion, and in all the states where his vote is a factor, he is standing up and being counted for what he believes to be for the best interests of his party. The Taft orators are finding ample material in the President's record to ask that their brethren give him hearty support. President Taft's attitude on the Brownsville discharge, his sympathy for the oppressed Liberians, his recommendation of the reimbursement of the Freedmen's Bank depositors, his appointment of worthy Negroes to high offices not previously occupied by men of our race, his letters opposing disfranchisement of the Negro, his friendliness to Negro education of all kinds and active interest in Howard, Hampton, Wilberforce, Tuskegee and 801 Kanawha St. Durham, and last, but not least, his pronouncement against the lynching evil, are all being used as effective weapons of defense of the President by his colored friends. Much satisfaction is expressed by the leaders over the fact that Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the New York Evening Post, gives the entire credit for the rejection of Judge Hook to the representations of Messrs. Napier, Johnson, McKinlay, Lewis and others in a heart-to-heart conference with the President, in which the "jim-crow" record of the Kansas jurist was laid bare. President Taft is praised in the Hook matter for refraining from making the appointment, in deference to the wishes of his colored friends. While the fighters are fighting, the conservative on-looking are awaiting the outcome with feverish anxiety. The News in a Nutshell. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell may "come back" as a member of the Board of Education. Good! Rumor has it, that genial "Phil" Waters, the "Boy Orator of the Kanawa," one of West Virginia's real political leaders, may soon be appointed to a high federal office in this city. Our gates stand wide open for thoroughbreds of the Waters type. The House Committee in charge of the Page-Wilson bill, providing for government aid in the extension of vocational education, gave a cordial hearing the other day to a delegation of prominent colored men, who came to argue for an amendment which might allow colored people to share in the benefits of the law in such place where they might not be Charleston, W. Va able to secure such benefits in the absence of the proposed amendment. The delegation was made up of Register J. C. Napier, Rev. John Hurst, Rev. A. C. Garner and Rev. J. Milton Waldon. J. Leubrie Hill is at the Howard Theater this week with his inimitable "My Friend From Dixie." Brown and Shelton, the "new Williams and Walker," and Miss Evon Robinson, Miss Lillian Bradford and Sam Gaines help to make this company one of the strongest attractions on the road. The speech of Mr. Roddenbury, calling upon the government to put Negroes out of the federal service, has produced an incalculable amount of indignation among the colored people here and in the country at large. It is regarded as a fore-runner of what the Negro employees in the departments may expect if the Republican party is not continued in power. It is noteworthy that not a single daily paper called attention to this phase of the Roddenbury deliverance. The citizens of the District are to give a testimonial shortly to Capt J. F. Oyster, president of the Board of Education, in recognition of his splendid services in behalf of fair play for the colored people in all matters relating to the public schools. F. D. Henry, late of the Postoffice Department, has been appointed chief clerk at Freedmen's Hospital, to succeed Mr. Harry L. Cardozo, resigned. Miss Argine Elizabeth Jones, of New Haven, Conn., is assistant clerk and stenographer at this great institution. Col. Henry A. Rucker, of Georgia, formerly collector of internal revenue, was in the city last week on business. He was chaperoned by Col. Judson W. Lyons and called on a host of his old friends here. Mrs. Julia K. Shaw, directress of domestic science in the colored schools, has been invited to take charge of the summer course at the Institute for Colored Youths at Cheyney, Pa. Mrs. Shaw is an earnest believer in the efficacy of domestic science in the promotion of human happiness. Delegation Leaves for A.M.E.Conference PROMINENT MINISTERS AND LAY MEN OF AFRICA METRODISTS GO FROM BALTIMORE TO KANSAS CITY CONVENTION. Baltimore, April 30.—The Baltimore Conference delegation to the African Methodist General Conference left for Kapsas City Monday. The delegates are: the Revs. C. H. Murray, A. L. Gaines, C. H. Stepteau, P. J. Jordan and D. G. Hill, Thomas J. Hilliard and J. Frank Blagburn; Rev. John Hurst, financial secretary of the denomination; Dr. W. W. Beckett, secretary of missions; Dr. I. N. Ross pastor of Metropolitan Church, Washington; the Rev. L. C. Curtis, of Annapolis, Md.; the Rev. W. D. Jimmerson, of Hampton, Va., and E. H. Hunter, of Norfolk, Va., were among others in the party. John H. Murphy, editor of the Afro-American Ledger, is in St. Louis, the guest of prominent Shriners of that city. He will also attend the A. M. E. General Conference at Kansas City. William H. McAbee has been elected principal of School No. 112. The Poster and the Neighborhood Whist Clubs held a tournament at the residence of Dr. H. Stanton McCard last Friday night. A whist tournament between a team from Washington and a local team was held at the residence of Dr. William H. Wright the same evening. Rev. Dis. M. J. Naylor, Ernest S. Williams and W. C. Thompson and Mr. George A. Owens are in Minneapolis to attend the session of the E. General Conference. The local Alumni Association of Howard University is aiding in raising funds for the erection of a gymnasium on the university campus. Bishop Alexander Walters occupied the pulpit at the Pennsylvania A. M. E. Zion Church Sunday night. Rev. E. D. W. Jones preached the baccalaureate sermon at the commencement exercises of the Edenton (N. C.) Normal and Industrial School Sunday night. Beckett Endorsed for A.M.E.Bishop SECRETARY OF MISSIONS RECEIVES RESOLUTIONS FROM WEST INDIES AND SOUTH AFRICA LAUDING HIS WORK. New York, May 1.—Rev. Dr. W. W. Beckett, secretary of missions of the A. M. E. Church, left this week for Kansas City, Mo., where he will attend the annual meeting of the board of missions this Saturday and the General Conference of the African Methodist Church, which follows: Dr. Beckett has ended a most successful quadrennium as missionary secretary. He is being strongly urged for the bishopric by influential churchmen in various sections of country, and his election thereto is regarded as most probable. He is a native of South Carolina and was educated at Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. Before his election to his present posi- tion he filled some of the most prominent positions in the South Carolina Conference. A delegation of ministers from the churches of the denomination in the West Indies and South America called at the missionary headquarters at 61 Bible House, last Saturday and presented Dr. Beckett resolutions extolling his work as missionary secretary and wishing his election to the episcopacy. The resolutions were presented by the Rev. R. A. Sealy, a presiding elder in Barbadoes, West Indies; the Rev. A. T. Collins, Demerara, British Guinea, and the Rev. R. A. Butler, of Touschen, British Guiana. John Atkins, former president of the defunct Metropolitan Mercantile and Roalt Company, who last Wednesday for alleged fraudulent representations in the sale of building lots, was given a year in jail and fined $500 Monday. WOMAN COUNSEL Causes Jury to Disagree in Case of Negro Charged with Murder New York, May 3.—The first murder trial here in which a woman has appeared as chief counsel was half won by Miss Lucille Pugh, counsel for defendant, when the jury came to a disagreement tonight in the case of Leroy Poindexter. The defendant is a Negro, charged with killing Thomas Brown in a quarrel over a game of dice. He asked Miss Pugh to defend him in view of the fact that in the old slave days his family has served on the Pugh plantation in North Carolina. MISSOURI'S ESTIMATE OF JAS. M. HAZLEWOOD It is with supreme sorrow and regret that we received the sad tidings of the death of Supreme Representative J. M. Hazlewood and I wish to express for the entire grand jurisdiction of Missouri our heartfelt sorrow for the loss of Bro. Hazlewood who stood out so prominently as one of the leading lights of Pythianism in our Supreme Jurisdiction and one of the greatest fraternal promoters of our race and country. My long association with Bro. Hazlewood in the Supreme Lodge together with our work as members of the Pythian Commission which was instrumental in the purchase of the property in Chicago and the Sanitarium at Hot Springs, brought Bro. Hazlewood and myself very close together, allowing me to appreciate his real worth both as a man and a Pythian and establishing between us a strong bond of friendship lasting throughout a course of many years. Aside from the fraternal regret the loss of Bro. Hazlewood to me is a cause for personal grief in as much as I have learned to love him as a personal friend and have had him as a personal associate in our Supreme Lodges for nearly twenty years. We feel that the loss of Bro. Hazlewood is not only a loss to the Supreme Lodge and the Jurisdiction of West Virginia but that each Grand Jurisdiction will feel that she has sustained a personal loss in the death of this noble Pythian. It is with a feeling of deep regret that I must say that previous important business engagements make it impossible for me to attend the funeral of Bro. Hazlewood, but in view of the fact that I had already arranged my itinerary for the next twenty-two days beginning with today, makes it impossible for me to leave the state of Missouri at this time. You will kindly express my personal sympathy as well as the sympathy of the Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri to the wife and family of Bro. Ha- THE BAUER MEAT AND FISH CO. 28 and 30 Capitol St. Beef, Veal Mutton, Pork Fresh Pork Sausage, Our Own Make Try Our Machine Sliced Hams and Bacon The best qualities in all the popular kinds of We want your patronage for we have complete stock in our lines and you can get it when you want more. Bluefield Colored Institute A school in a healthful lo-cality, with the best of school comforts and conveniences at the lowest possible cost. 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