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--- THE ADVOCATE. WE CHEERFULLY PUBLISH ALL CRISP NEWS NOTES FROM ALL SECTIONS. VOLUME XII. Graduating Exercises BLUEFIELD COLORED INSTITUTE CLOSES 14TH COMMENCEMENT WITH ANNUAL SERMON, JUNE 8TH. One Whole W Devoted to Various Exercises by the Student Body and Every Feature Was Attended and Enjoyed by Large Crowds-Alumni Association Banquet. Bluefield Colored Institute closed its 14 Commencement Saturday evening June 8th. The exercise began Sunday, June 2nd, with the annual sermon by Rev. Bernard Tyrell of Lynchburg, Va., who preached sermon, full good instruction, from the following text taken from Zecharidh: "The Power of Woe." He spoke of: 1. The Intimidality of the Word; 2. The Interdulity of the Word; 3. The Woe taking hold of us. He emphasized service as the real object of education. The following program was rendered at the services Sunday: PROGRAM Chorus, The Heavens are Telling, Hadyn. Prayer, Dr. J. M. Arter. Chorus, Gloria, Mozart. Scripture Reading Quartette, Crossing the Bar. Sermon, Dr. Bernard Tyrell. Chorus, Hallelujah, Handel. Benediction. The Annual Musical was held Monday, evening at which time the following enjoyable programme was rendered to a full house: Short Dance, Miss Mary Coleman. Demon Dance, Misses Phillips and Taylor. Pure as Snow, Miss K. Warren. First Valse, Miss E. Carroll. Scarf Danced, Miss L. Pleasant. Lil' Gal, Mr. J. Sinkford. Fifth Noslin, Miss N. Mills. The Swallow, Miss N. Lewis. Polish Dance, Miss S. Hughes. Trio, Misses Hughes, Pleasants and Lewis. Tuesday evening the audience was entertained by the following literary program given by students selected from the 1st year Normal class: PROGRAM Trio, Misses Hughes, Lewis and Phillips. Declaration, "Benefits of the Constitution," by Wm. Luck. Declaration, "Thankful Soul," Phillip Edwards. Declaration, "Spartaeus to the Gladiators at Capun," Jas K. Holley. Recitation, "The Life Brigade," Daisy Roberson. Recitation, "Little Will," Theresa Henike. Declamation, "Vacation," Otis Walden. Recitation, "Hunchback Pollie," Ada Taylor. Recitation, "Bernardo Del Carpio," Mary Saunders. Solo, Miss Mary Brown. Recitation, "I Stood on the Bridge at Midnight," Fanny L. Hicks. Recitation, "The Burning Ship," Virginia Peterson. Recitation, "Custer's Last Charge," Mary Hale. Declaration, "The Curse to Labor," McKinley White. Recitation, "The Last Hymn," Carrie Watkins. Recitation, "Aunt Jemima's Courtship," Sarah Hughes. Instrumental Solo, Miss Isabelle Pleasants. Recitation, "The Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight," Mary Woody. Recitation, "Dying Captain" Hazel Moseby. Recitation, "Lasca," Anna Stovall. Declamation, "Battle of Life," (Continued on page three.) THE ADVOCATE. Dr. Roman Talks To Graduates Visits Several States Speaking to Number of Classes in an Eloquent and Instructive Manner. Nashville, Tenn., June 18.—Dr. C. V. Roman has returned from an extended itinerary, speaking to a number of graduating classes of well-known schools. Dr. Roman is an inspiring talker on many subjects, and from reports received through the daily press, our esteemed fellow-townsman did himself and his community proud at every point visited. Dr. Roman's commencement engagements were as follows: Burrell Normal Academy, Florence, Ala., May 29; Chandler Normal School, Lexington, Ky., June 4; Clark Street High School, Evansville, Ind., June 5; Colored High School, Bowling Green, Ky., June 6; and Lincoln High School, Paducah, Ky., June 7. Principals, students and the people at large were delighted with the fine quality of the addresses delivered, and all seemed greatly benefited. Dr. Roman was the "runner-up" candidate for editor of the A. M. E. Church Review at the Kansas City conference, and would have been trumphantly elected had his case been called prior to the elections at which laymen were victors for important posts in the church. The clergy, fearful of the inroads made upon their "preserves" by the lalty, tightened up the lines and combined against Dr. Roman. No man, however resourceful, could stand up under the fire with which they fought for this remaining "plum," the Review editorship. Dr. Roman, a true philosopher, is accepting the result with characteristic calmness. A great question like an appropriation for an Emancipation Exposition for American Negroes would naturally precipitate acrimonious debate on the race question in the United States senate. Before unanimously passing on April 2, a bill by Senator Bradley of Kentucky appropriating $250,000 for a big Negro show probably in Savannah, Ga., to celebrate the semicentury of the signing of the emancipation proclamation, asperity of temper by some of the Negro-despising element and a surprising vein of broad-minded cordiality, had, to be turned loose in the Senate for sensational press matter. All of it made good reading. Senator Root of New York delivered a passionate eulogy of the achievements of the Negro race; Senator Newlands declared in favor of race separation; Senator Bradley reminded his colleagues that southern Negroes unselfishly protected the white women and children of that section during the Civil war; Senator Hitchcock could see the appropriation misused to give Negroes jobs merely to spend government money. But finally they got together on the proposition and voted in favor of it. If Senator Tillman's pitchfork had not been bent beyond hope of being repaired, could you imagine a United States senate voting unanimously on such a question? But walt! Members of the house of representatives have yet their chance to create a scene while considering the bill. The following invitations are out: Mr. and Mrs. William M. Kennedy requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Estelle V. to Mr. James Arthur Jackson on Saturday evening, June the twenty- ninth one thousand nine hundred and twelve at seven o'clock Nineteenth Street Baptist Church Washington, D. C. Reception from eight to nine-thirty o'clock 1920 Eleventh Street, Northwest. INVITATIONS ISSUED Hymen's Altar will soon be approached by Charleston couple as the following will attest: Mrs. Ellen Franklin requests the pleasure of your company at he marriage reception of her daughter Ora to Mr. John R. Helm on the evening of Wednesday the Twenty-Sixth of June, Nineteen Hundred and Twelve at Nine Thirty O'clock Simpson M. E. Church. Reception 37 Fry Street Charleston, W. Va. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1912 J.H. Stewart With B.&O. J.H. Stewart With B.&O. APPOINTED AGRICULTURAL AGENT FOR THE RAILROAD COMPANY WITH HEADQUARTERS AT MORGANTOWN. Large Appropriation Made by Company for Work in This State in Agricultural and Horticultural Lines.—Agent to Co-operate with Industrial Bureau Also. --- James H. Stewart, formerly director of the West Virginia agricultural experiment station, is now agricultural agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, with headquarters in Morgantown. Mr. Stewart's appointment is effective June 1st and is announced in the following circular issued by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company: "Baltimore, June 1.—Effective with date, Mr. J. H. Stewart is appointed agricultural agent of this company, with office at Morgantown, W. Va. He will be charged with the duty of developing the agricultural interests of the system, particularly in West Virginia; in inducing immigration; aiding in diversification of crops; advising agriculturalists and horticultureurs as to methods and crops best suited to their soil; co-operating with state and federal authorities in the development of the region tributary to the system, and exploiting to other sections of the country the possibilities existing in the territory under his charge. He will also co-operate with the industrial bureau in the location of industries." It is understood that the railroad company has made an appropriation of $100,000 for the work in West Virginia, to be done under the supervision of Mr. Stewart. Although no details have been made public, it is reported that Mr. Stewart will have a corps of assistants in his local office, which will be thoroughly equipped for the carrying on of the agricultural department. The Manufacturers' Record of June 6th comments as follows upon Mr. Stewart's appointment: "Mr. Stewart comes to the Baltimore & Ohio fully equipped, both by experience and knowledge, to render invaluable service in the duties assigned to him. His splendid work as director of the West Virginia agricultural experiment station was largely responsible for awakening the people of the state to the peculiar adaptability of its soils and climate for fruit growing, dairy farming, truck raising and the splendid opportunities available in intensive farming. "As a result West Virginia is raising some of the finest apples and peaches grown in America; the Ohio river valley is becoming a veritable truck garden, throughout the state, in its fertile valleys, coves and table lands, agriculture and horticultural crops are flourishing, dairy farming is steadily increasing, and generally West Virginia has been brought to a realization that it possesses in these resources opportunities for development that in every way match the industrial opportunities lying in its vast supply of coal, natural gas, pertoleum, timber, limestone, glass, sand, shales, clays, etc. "The special attention which the Baltimore & Ohio railroad has been giving to West Virginia as reflected in the millions of dollars it is spending upon its roadbed in that state; the wide publicity it has given in the industrial opportunities in the section traversed by its line, and the new agricultural department that has just been created will prove of incalculable benefit not only to the section traversed by its own line, but to West Virginia as a whole." The Ladies' Aid of St. Paul A. M. E. church will meet at the residence of Mrs. John Barns, on Court street, Friday, June 21st. All are cordially invited. The Ladies' Aid met last Friday night at the residence of Mrs. Bowers and were delightfully entertained by Mrs. Cowers and Mrs. Smith. Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church Red and Blue Contest Rally Closed Last Sunday Night. Final Report to be Made Next Sunday. Last Sunday was rally day. The rally called Red and Blue Contest Rally, closed last Sunday night with the following result: Clubs on the Red Side. 1. Mr. Gilbert H. Beane.....$ 2.00 2. Mrs. S. A. Colbert..... 7.56 3. Mr. George W. Claire..... 1.75 4. Mrs. Nancy Carper..... 10.00 5. Mr. James Hackley (no re- port) ..... 6.50 6. Mrs. Lula Johnson ..... 7.25 7. Miss Nellie Merritt ..... 8.00 8. Miss Lottie Neal ..... 9.00 9. Mr. Chas. I. Parker ..... 1.25 10. Mrs. Rachel Smith (no report) ..... 11.00 11. Mr. Henry Taylor ..... 1.35 12. Mr. Joel H. Taylor (no report) ..... 13.00 13. Mrs. Mary Moore-Williams ..... 20.26 14. Mr. George E. Wauer ..... 75.40 Total for Red Side. $133.32 Clubs on the Blue Side. 1. Mr. John W. Brown (no report) ..... 2. Mr. Isham C. Cabell ..... $ 1.75 3. Mr. John W. Essex ..... 11.20 4. Mrs. Nettie Hackley ("The Children") ..... 5.05 5. Mr. John R. Helm (no report) ..... 6. Mrs. Nancy James ..... 10.05 7. Mrs. Jane Lewis ..... 10.75 8. Mr. Robert Lewis ..... 3.25 9. Mr. Henry W. Parker ..... 4.50 10. Mrs. Mattle Smith ..... 6.75 11. Mr. Edward Stokes ..... 15.00 -2. Mrs. Martia Stokes ..... 34.32 13. Miss Kate Watkins (no report) ..... 14. Mr. A. O. Wells ..... 17.28 Total for Blue Side. $119.90 Totals from both sides ..... 253.22 From Thursday Night Aid ..... 10.00 Penny Collection ..... 5.1 Public Collection ..... 12.97 After Collection ..... 85 Grand Total ..... $277.55 Many of the captains will make a final report next Sunday. We desire to thank all who contributed in this rally. All who have books will please turn them in next Sunday as the rally finally closes on that day. Head of High School of Dentistry Resigns to Devote the Future to Private Practice. (By R, W, Thompson.) Washington June 18.—With the close of the present school year Dr. C. Sumner Wormley severs his connection as superintendent of the department of dentistry at Howard University. The urgent demand for more time to devote to his private practice is given as the sole cause of Dr. Wormley's resignation. He has been at the head of the dental section of the medical school for eleven years. The senior class in dentistry has presented Dr. Wormley with a massive silver loving cup as a testimonial of affection and appreciation of his unselfish efforts in behalf of the class. The presentation speech was made by William H. Whitted, president of the class, who paid a lofty tribute to the character and productive labors of the retiring instructor. In a news article published some weeks ago attention was called to the fact that a movement was on foot to have a national conference of waiters to consider the subject of Negro waiters throughout the country. This is important, vastly important, and we hope it will be done. The fact that all classes of working people as well as captains of industry are constantly holding conventions to consider their condition with a view of improving that condition. People who manufacture wall paper hold conventions; people who manufacture picture frames hold conventions; people who manufacture brooms hold conventions; people who manufacture clocks hold conventions; people who raise pigs, cows and chickens hold conventions. While all this has been going on among the white people the Negro has been thinking far too long that he could benefit himself by simply holding conventions declaring in favor of "manhood rights" and all the rest of it. We have gone on with this nonsense until the Negro waiters have begun to lose their bread and butter. By all means let us have conventions of Negro waiters—New York Age. J. E. Clark spent last Tuesday at Eskdale on business. Summer School AT DURHAM, N. C., TO BE HELD THIS SUMMER WILL HAVE A FACULTY COMPOSED OF THE COUNTRY'S ABLEST MEN. Will Begin July 3rd Various Departments Conducted for the Benefit and Uplift of the Race —Instructive, Lectures to be Given Durham, N. C., June 17.—This city, which is located on the highlands of the central part of the State with a healthy and pleasant climate during the hottest part of summer the weather is ideal, will soon be a mecca for preachers and teachers from every section of the country. The summer school and chautauqua of the National Religious Training School will begin July 3rd with a faculty composed of the ablest men and women who are engaged in similar professions in some of the noted colleges of the country. This institution has become a great educational factor in the development of the race. It has attained its national prominence because of its ability to be unique and yet farreaching in its influence. This is the third annual summer school of this great movement and it is presenting such features that have placed it in a class to itself. Any one interested in any phase of educational work will find at this institution a daily program that will be hard to excel by any great summer schools and chautauquas as many of the instructors and lecturers from the leading summer schools and chautauquas will be featured at this school. A prominent divine says all who are interested in religious work will miss an opportunity if they failed to take in the courses for pastors, evangelists, Y. M. C. A. workers, Y. W. C. A. workers, missionaries, settlement workers, daconesses and special prepared courses for laymen. Noted theologians of both races are instructors. For the teachers' training department, one of the most experienced instructors in this phase of education, Mrs. Clara A. Smith is the head. She is recognized as an authority. Prof. T. Parker Smith, who has attained a national reputation as one of the most prominent directors of commercial departments is the head of a similar department of the school. It is conceded by music lovers throughout the country that Prof. F. A. Clark, of Philadelphia, Pa., is a musical genius. His music is used by some of the leading choirs and singers in the country. By being director of the music department with some of the ablest teachers, Prof. Clark will make this feature of the school a strong one. He will have a trained chorus and a number of noted soloists. The chautauqua features of the summer school is far above the average. Every day some of the greatest lecturers of the country are heard. This phase of the movement is certainly extraordinary. One will not have to go to any other section of the country to be so greatly benefited. Teachers and preachers and those interested in work for the uplift of the race will be doubly compensated by hearing these eminent speakers and come in direct touch with people from all section who are working for the well rounding of the character of every Negro. The summer school will begin July 3rd and the ministers' conference will be held from July 6th to 13th. All ministers in attendance upon the conference will be entertained for the week free of charge. Dr. Jesse L. Hurlburt, the world-famed Bible authority and teacher; Dr. W. W. Y. Chapman, the eminent scholar, pulpiteer and lecturer, will be special lecturers during the conference week. The other instructors and lecturers are: Prof. W. G. Pearson, dean, Prof. Chas. H. Boyer, Prof. W. H. Hannum, Dr. D. Webster Davis, Prof. T. A. Long, Bishop Geo. W. Clinton, D. D., Hon. John C. Dancy, Prof. P. W. Dawkins, Dr. Jas. H. Dillard, Miss Hallie Q. Brown Prof. J. L. Murray, Prof. F. A. Clark, Dr. John F. Ford, Dr. E. H. Hunter, Dr. W. E. B. Du-Bois, Prof. Kelly Miller, Dr. J. C. Massee, Dr. S. N. Vass, Prof. Jesse Johnson, Mr. Edward Brigham, the famous dramatist, of New York; Mrs. Alice M. Dunbair, Miss Josephine Pinoy, Mrs. Clara A. Smith, Miss Ber- Program of Mt. Olivet Baptist Association Thirty-Ninth Annual Session Heid With the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church of Raymond City Interest- and Instructive. The program of the thirty-ninth annual session of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Association held with the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, of Raymond City, W. Va., follows: First Day—Morning Session, O'clock. Devotional Exercises—Revs. D. D. Davis and Mayo. Address of Welcome. Response—Rev. E. C. Page. Appointment of Committees by Moderator. Enrollment of Delegates. Introductory Sermon—Rev. J. A. Scott; alternate, Rev. R. F. Wade. Collection. Adjournment. Afternoon Session, 2:00 O'Clock. Devotional Exercises—Revs. B. A. Brook and Lipcomb. Reading letters and communications. Reports from Corresponding Messengers and Introduction of Visitors. Miscellaneous Business. Adjournment. FARM PROPERTY AMONG NEGROES The value of farm property owned and rented by colored farmers has in the southern states, increased from 50 per cent to 225 per cent. lin the last ten years. In Texas, for instance, it has gone from $56,000,000 to $113,-000,000; in North Carolina from $29,-000,000 to $81,000,000, and in Georgia from $48,000,000 to $158,000,000. Nor has this been merely increased in the value of the same land. In these ten states the Negroes controlled, in 1910, 3,683,154 more acres than in 1900. It is not yet possible to separate the land owners and the renters. We only know that the owners have increased in eight states from 125,413 to 149,235 in these ten years. We dare affirm that no class of white peasantry in any European state has in the face of the most favorable ordinary conditions paralleled this record which the colored people have made.—The Crisis. tha R. Perry, Mrs. Cnarlotte Hadkins Brown, Miss M. E. Phillips, Miss Elia Jackson, Miss Abbie L. Williams Miss Clara E. Scudder, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, Miss Cecelia Holloway, Mrs. Anna D. Shepard and Prof. T. Parker Smith. ADVERSEMENTS PLACED IN OUR COLUMNS BRING RESULTS TRY IT. NUMBER 19 NINETEEN GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE — MEMORIAL HALL FILLED TO OVERFLOWING. Address by Dr. Tillet Exercises Good From Every Viewpoint—Mr. Imes, Master of Arts—Dr. Gates' Present and Makes Talk—Mr. Chas. Kelly, of Columbia, Tenn., Wins Prize. The annual commencement of Fisk University was conclude Memorial Chapel Wednesday ing of this week. The ho as packed and quite a num was standing when the exer egan. And the people continue come until they were fully halt. until they were fully half over. Every participant on the program performed his or her part well and their renditions reflected great credit upon the institution they are to represent. Addresses by members of the class were exceptionally good. They were not of the usual fanciful character; but the young men and women handled their subjects in a masterful manner. The annual address to the class was delivered by Dr. Tillet, Dean of the Theological Department of Vanderbilt University. He chose as a theme for his remarks: "The Asset of a Race." Dr. Tillet is a forceful speaker, and on this occasion he seemed to be fully impressed with the opportunity to render a noble service to a people who are willing to be instructed. While he was speaking directly to the class, his remarks were of such that every one present was greatly benefited by having heard them. He dwelt especially upon character building and good citizenship. And it goes without saying that the people, as well as the class, were very appreciative of the instructions he gave. Dr. Gates who has been granted a vacation by the Board of Trustees, left his place of rest in the mountains of North Carolina to be present at this commencement and to pass out to the graduates their diplomas. He seems to be greatly touched with the importance of the occasion, and often during the addresses of the graduates and of Dr. Tillet he could be seen to wipe the tears from his eyes. It was apparent that the deepest sympathy went out from the hearts of all present for Dr. Gates and Dr. Morrow said well, when he remarked that the people are praying that he will soon regain his health fully. Nineteen candidates received diplomas from the College Department. One a Degree of Master of Arts; three from the Department of Music; two from the Department of Domestic Science and nine received certificates equal to the Normal Grade Diplomas. The first Merit Prize was won by Mr. Chas. Kelley, of Columbia, Tenn; the second contest was so close that a committee had to be appointed to pass upon the same. It was finally awarded to Miss Hattie E. Hodgkins. At the conclusion of the program all members of the present Mozart Society and the members of former years joined in singing the Hallelujah chorus, and the commencement of 1912 passed into history. Following is the program for the week: Organ Prelude—Marche Religiense Guilmant Doxology Invocation Anthem—Sanctus. Gounod's Messe Solenne'le Prof. Work and the Mozart Society. Responsive Reading Scripture Lesson Hymn 795—My God, How End- less is Thy Love Prayer Hymn 762—Soul, Then Know Thy Full Salvation Offertory—I Will Magnify Mosethal Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. Ira Landrith, D. D., President of Belmont College CORRESPONDENCE McDONALD Mr. H. B. Hundley has been in Montgomery the past week in the interest of his insurance business. He reports the work progressing nicely. Mr. H. A. Johnson left Monday for Huntington to be with his wife, who underwent an operation at the hospital there Saturday. Rev. B. B. Martin is visiting his family in Huntington. His wife is reported very ill at this writing. Mrs. E. L. Rann is visiting friends and relatives in Mercer and MacDowell counties. Mr. William Craig is spending a few days with his parents at Sun. Rev. N. Smith, pastor at Dunloup, preached for the congregation of the Macdonald First Baptist Church Sunday. Mr. H. A. Scott, of M' Hope, lost a valuable cow last week. Mr. H. B. Hundley will leave Wednesday for Bluefield to attend to some important business in connection with the Masonic Lodge. The baseball club has organized and the boys are practicing every day. They expect to take on some of the tastest teams in the State. Rev. Gordon, of Hill Top, was down Thursday evening to attend the regular communication of Acacia Lodge or which he is an active member. Master Andrew Callaway is home from Storer College. He will be a freshman next year. Mr. Jordan Bailey is having an addition put on his residence. The peace and quiet of this neighborhood was disturbed last Friday by a shooting affray which took place on Sugar Creek when Bob Walker shot the night fireman. He died Saturday at the McKendrick hospital where he was taken for treatment. No one knows what the shooting was about. PARKERSBURG Dr. Andrew Brown of Charleston, spent a few hours in the city Sunday. While here he was the guest of Miss McClung. Misses Willa Lee, Lilly Allen and Hannah Mead passed through the city from Clarksburg Sunday en route to Institute to attend the summer school. Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson entertained a few friends at her home on 16th LASKY Five years of square feet, by Same Money—The fidence and good today we occupy the entire Kanav We Are Outf We devote Room 105 Capita position to sell We devote entire second floor entire third floor service. Our building everything we second floor be our stock room, goods, and place on. We have re our method of that can be mat PROSPERITY SA BELOW ARE JUST LASKY'S PROSPERITY SALE! THE REASON OF OUR PROSPERITY Five years ago we began business in Charleston in a room 24 by 70 feet, covering a floor space of 1680 square feet, by honest business methods, fair treatment, and following our policy of More Goods for the Same Money—The Same Goods for Less Money, and'alawys selling as we advertise, we have gained the confidence and good will of the buying public, and our business has expanded and grown to such an extent, that today we occupy the two entire buildings 105 and 107 Capitol Street, and Lasky's is a shopping center for the entire Kanawha Valley. We Are Outfitters for the Entire Family in Wearing Apparel We devote seven entire floors, covering an area of 10780 square feet of floor space to our business. In Room 105 Capitol St., we recently added a new and thoroughly modern Sample Shoe Basement, and are in a position to sell you Ladies' Misses' and Children's Shoes at less than manufacturer's prices. We devote the entire first floor of the same building to Dry Goods and Notion Departments. Our entire second floor is devoted to the Ladies', Misses' and Children's Ready-to-Wear Departments, and our entire third floor is occupied by our Miltinery Department. All these floors being connected by elevator service. Our building 107 Capitol St. is devoted entirely to Men's and Boy's Wear. The lower floor solw-ing everything worn by Men and Boys' furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Traveling Bags, etc. The entire second floor being devoted to Men and Boys' Clothing, and the third floor of this building is devoted to our stock room, wherein we always carry surplus stocks, which enables us to carry large quantities of goods, and places us in a position to repleish our departments with advertised articles while sale is going on. We have resident Eastern buyers always in the market, to cater to our wants and supply our needs and our method of buying and selling for spot cash enables us to offer the buying public bargains at all times, that can be matched by no other store in Charleston. PROSPERITY SALE OPENS SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH, AT 9 O'CLOCK A.M. BELOW ARE JUST A FEW OF OUR PROSPERITY SALE PRICES----HUNDREDS OF OTHER BARGAINS EQUALLY AS GOOO. LADIES' COATS Ladies' Long Linen Coats A $2.98 value. On sale at $1.48 RAIN COATS Ladies' Rain Coats, 54 inches long tan and grey. A $5.00 value $2.98 Sale price TABLE CLOTH Bleached, ready made, iron stitched, mercerized Damask worth 98c. Sale price..... 79c LASKY'S D 105-107 CAPITOL ST. street Friday evening. Cards were the diversion of the evening. The Chancellor Hotel Walters had a very instructive sermon preached to them Sunday evening by the Rev. Ford, pastor of the A. M. E. church. Prof. J. R. Jefferson left last week for institute where he will be one of the instructors at the summer school. Mrs. Emma Custis and Mrs. Marla Edmondson returned last week from an extended visit in Washington, D. C. Edgar Carter leaves this week for Oklahoma where he will spend his vacation with his parents. Mr. Carter has been attending Oberlin College and stopped here to visit his grandmother and other relatives and friends. George Washington has returned home to spend his vacation. He has been attending Howard University. Mr. Sains, of Pittsburg, spent a few days in the city the guest of Miss Giles, of Clay street. Carey Williams has installed a soda fountain in his ice cream parlor and is now prepared to serve soda to the public. The following teachers were re-elected at the last board meeting: J. R. Jefferson, H. D. Hazelwood, E. R. Richardson, Misses Esther Colston, Alberta McClung and Bordardine Peyton. The Domestic Science teachers were not chosen at this meeting. The lawn fete given at the residence of Mrs. Emma Briggs, on 7th street, was quite a success. CHILEKOOTHE, OHIO. Miss Anna Cox returned a few days ago from Athens at which place she has been attending the Ohio State Normal College. Miss Elsie Coles, of San Antonio, Tex., and who has been attending the Music Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio, is visiting Miss Georgia Carter, of East Main street. Mr. Philip Harrison, of Quinn Chapel, and Rev. J. W. Carter, of First Baptist church, attended the State Sunday School Convention in Columbus last week. Miss Marguerite West, daughter of Rev. S. P. West, of Quinn Chapel, passed through the city on Wednesday, en route from Wilberforce University to her home in Brownsville. Y'S PROS THE REASON OF ago we began business in Charleston, honest business methods, fair treat, The Same Goods for Less Money, and will of the buying public, and our b by the two entire buildings 105 and 10 wha Valey. fitters for the Entire seven entire floors, covering an area St., we recently added a new and t you Ladies,' Misses' and Children's the entire first floor of the same buil door is devoted to the Ladies', Misses er is occupied by our Millinery Depa building 107 Capitol St., is devoted en worn by Men and Boys' Furnishin ing devoted to Men and Boys' Cloth wherein we always carry surplus st es us in a position to replenish our o president Eastern buyers always in the buying and selling for spot cash en atched by no other store in Charleston. SALE OPENS SATURDAY A FEW OF OUR PROSPERITY SALE PR BOATS DRESS 'S DEPA --- Natural linen, absolutely pure. Extra quality, worth 25c a yd. 15c Sale price, yd. LADIES' SILK HOSE Black only. Re-enforced foot gaiter top. On sale at pr... **23c** 2,000 yds. on sale, edging and inserting to match. 1 to 5 inches wide. Sale price, yd..... Miss T. Hurd, of Knoxville, Tenn., one of the teachers in a school of Huntington, Wl. Va., will end a few days this week visiting her cousin, Mrs. Geo. Carter, of 656 Main street. Miss Hazel Lucas who taught the past winter in Cadiz, Ohio, is home, her school being closed. The Ohio branch of the National Medical Association will meet on Wednesday and Thursday in Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church. The rally at Quinn Chapel last Sabbath week was quite a success, $430 being realized and applied on the indebtedness. The Quarterly meeting at Quinn Chapel last Sabbath was also an enjoyable affair, Rev. Dr. Lee, presiding elder, preached at both the morning and evening services. Rev. J. W. Carter, whom we reported in our last communication as having accepted a call to a church, Is gone. Miss Gertrude Pendleton, one of the teachers of the Wheeling, W. Va. School, and Mr. Archie Strauther, of Columbia, Pa., are the guests of Miss Hazel Lucas, of 178 W. Main street this week. BUCKHANNON. Rev. R. R. Downs, P. E., held quarterly meeting here last Sunday. He was entertained at the hospitable home of Mrs. Malinda Hunter. Rev. W. L. Brown has tendered his resignation as pastor of the A. M. E. church. Another pastor will soon succeed him. Miss Mary Washington, a student of Storer College, before going to her home in Parkersburg, had a pleasant stay with Miss Reta Hunter, her class mate. The home of the Hunters always keeps the door ajar for the ministers. CHARLESTON Atheneum—The Atheneum club held a very interesting meeting Monday evening with Mrs. Louisa Collins on Court street. Rev. B. R. Reed and J. A. Jefferson conducted the devotionals. One of the chief features; of this meeting was to give a leap year banquet in the near future and a committee consisting of R. C. M. River, Alexander Gregory and Rey. B. R. Reed to arrange; to that end and report at the next meeting to be held Monday evening at Mrs. Amanda Taylor's, 519 Court street. The fol SPERITY IN OUR PROSPERI in a room 24 by 70 feet, covering a ment, and following our policy of J. 'alawys selling as we advertise, we h business has expanded and grown to s 07 Capitol Street, and Lasky's is a Fire Family in Wear of 10780 square feet of floor space horizontally modern Sample Shoe Bases Shoes at less than manufacturer's adding to Dry Goods and Notion 'als' and Children's Ready-to-Wear De artment. All these floors being con- tiredly to Men's and Boy's Wear. T ing Goods, Hats, Caps, Traveling B ashing, and the third floor of this bu stocks, which enables us to carry department with advertised articles market, to cater to our wants and su bles us to offer the buying public ba n. J, JUNE 15TH, AT 9 PRICES----HUNDREDS OF OTHER BARGAINS S LINENS DRESS LINENS TORCHON LACE RTMENT CHARLES S. BEN LOAN C Money L Jewel Cloth 60 in a school of will end a few ing her cousin, 56 Main street. who taught the Ohio, is home, and. of the National will meet on tuesday in Quinn h. Chapel last Sab- a success, $430 lied on the in- ting at Quinn was also an en- Lee, presiding with the morning whom we re- communication as to a church, is eton, one of the elling, W. Va., e Strauther, of guests of Miss NTY SALE! GOSPERITY fect, covering a floor space of 1680 our policy of More Goods for the advertise, we have gained the con- and grown to such an extent, that and Lasky's is a shopping center for in Wearing Apparel of floor space to our business. In sample Shoe Basement, and are in a manufacturer's prices. and Notion Departments. Our body-to-Wear Departments, and our doors being connected by elevator Boy's Wear. The lower floor sohw- , Traveling Bags, etc. The entire door of this building is devoted to us to carry large quantities of certified articles while sale is going wants and supply our needs and paying public bargains at all times, TH, AT 9 O'CLOCK A. M. OTHER BARGAINS EQUALLY AS GOOO. Men's Fine Pongee Shirts, collars attached, all colors, $1.50 to $2.50 values. Sale price. 89c BA BRIGGAN UNDERWEAR Men's good quality bleached and natural. On sale at, each 19c Worsdeds, Cassimere and Flannels All sizes. $3.00 and $3.50 values. Sale price..... $1.98 NT STORES CHARLESTON, W. VA. S. BERMAN LOAN OFFICE Money Loaned on Jewelry and Clothing THE ADVOCATE lowing semi annual officers were elected: President, Mrs. Lizzie Waynesboro; vice president, Mrs. Julia Campbell; secretary, Miss Hattie Peters; assistants, Miss Vangee Patterson and Miss Lillian Sellus; treasurer, Norman Haven; critic, Alexander Gregory. At the conclusion of the business J. C. Lewis made a very encouraging address and the hosts, Miss Vangee Patterson, Mrs. Louisa Collins and King Jackson served a delightful luncheon, R. C. Melver tendered thanks, and Miss Mary Miller, Rev. B. R. Reed and Alexander Gregory will be hosts next Monday evening. Missionary Workers—Mrs. B. R. Reed, Mrs. Julia Henley and Mrs. eelen Bailey were pleasing hostesses to Missionary Section No. 2 at the parsonage Monday evening. The session was well attended and a decided interest shown among the members. The club is especially grateful to Misses Neva Parker and Yalo Gallion for the number of sweet piano selections, that lent additional cheer to the social side, and to Mr. Coleman Hammond and Rev. B. R. Reed who delivered very timely and thoughtful addresses. Rev. E. D. Humbles thanked the hostess and the next meeting will be held with Mrs. Mary Rollins on Morris street. Men's Meeting—General discussions touching upon the various auxiliary and church work was the top PONGEE SHIRTS MEN'S TROUSERS 605 Kanawha St. ie Thursday evening at the men's meeting under the auspices of the Tribe of Judah, The attendance was fair and the refreshments served in the basement is said to have netted the tribe a neat sum. Owing to the illness of Mrs. S. A. Thurston, of Huntington, the Rev. Thurston could not be present here to address the meeting as announced. Hotel Arrivals—Wm. Price, Salt Lake City, Utah; Miss Bessie Smith, Covington, Ky.; Jno. Bass, Maysville, Ky.; Robt. Hedrick, Odena; S. Bailey, Red Star; Prof. E. A. Bolling, Lewisburg; Prof. J. G. Fish, Little Rock, Ark.; Prof. Richardson, Parkersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Spearman, Minden; G. R. Davidson, Jas. A. Broyles, Raymond City; Mr. and Mrs. Neal Sanders, Kemberly; E. W. Leach, Middleport, Ohio; J. B. Wormley, Thurmond; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Springer, Boomer; R. Jones, Mucklow; P. Blackburn, Boomer; Mrs. Robt. Harris, Page; H. Johnson, Scotts; H. Hyson, Fairmont; A. Jackson, Plymouth; Mrs. Martha Fortner, Mammoth; Thos. Branch, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Day, Knoxville, Tenn. Personal and Local. Rev. E. J. Woodard filled his regular monthly appointment at Ward last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mickens, of Raymond City, were in town Monday on business. Mrs. Lula Lee is ill at her residence on Washington Court: J. M. Payne, formerly of this county but now located at Washington, D. C., was a mid-week visitor to the city. J. B. McIver, the Macdonald grocer, is in the city for a few days, the guest of his brother, R. C. McIver, on Broad street. Richard Gilmore and Miss Jessie Moore were quietly married Wednesday evening at the parsonage. Rev. B. R. Reed officiated. The young couple are well and favorably known in the city and embark their new life under most flattering circumstances, and the best wishes of a host of friends. They will reside on Welch street, this city. Miss Rhoda Wilson was in the city a few days this week the guest of Miss Gilmer. Mr. Chas. H. James has returned from Cincinnati where he went on business. Miss Charlotte Campbell was the guest of Miss Mary Eubanks last week. Miss Booth, of Hinton, is expected in the city the guest of Mrs. W. O. Terry next week. Mrs. J. M. Hazlewood and Mrs. J. W. Viney leave in a few days for Philadelphia. Miss Esther Fulks is spending a few weeks in Cincinnati and Columbus the guest of friends. The young men of the Physical Culture Club have issued invitations for a hay-ride next week. This event is being looked forward to with much pleasure. Mrs. Eliza Burks leaves today for Cincinnati to spend the summer. Miss Naolo Farrer left for Athens, Ohio, to attend the summer school. Misses Lena Rico, Carrie Fairfax and Bessie Campbell left Sunday for Hampton. Mrs. Anna Gamble left for Detroit last week. Rev. E. Fort, pastor A. M. E. church, spent the week in Cleveland, Ohio. Miss Sara Taylor left this week to spend several weeks in New York city. Jas. Burks, of Montgomery, spent the week with his mother, Mrs. Celia Burks, Capitol street. Miss Hattye Taylor, of Court street, was hostess to the Ladies' Art Club Monday afternoon. Miss Viola Wright will entertain the club at Hotel Brown next Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cash and daughter, Miss Lucile, and Miss Ruth Stephenson, spent last Saturday at Lock Six. St. Stephen Council gave a watermelon and ice cream feast at Hotel Brown Wednesday evening. S. H. Denison, of White Sulphur, is in the city on business. DRY CLEANING Y WA SHOE REPAIRING DO YOU PAY FOR You should have f We sell for cash only and DAMOND S 215 CA YOU PAY CASH FOR YOUR SH you should have the benefit of it if you or cash only and give 10 per cent. off MOND SHOE ST. 215 CAPITOL ST. alo Store Next door to A. RUSK GRO You should have the benefit of it if you do. We sell for cash only and give 10 per cent. off on all sales. The Bungalo Store J. A. RUS J. A. RUSK GRO. CO. SUCCESSORS TO C. A. GATES Superior Quality & Sanborn's Flavoring Extra A. GATES GRO or Quality of Groceries. Sanborn's Coffee. Dr. oring Extracts C. A. GATES GRO. CO. Superior Quality of Groceries. Chase & Sanborn's Coffee. Dr. Pierce's Flavoring Extracts 110 CAPITOL ST. State Summer Colored Third Session, June 17th, the Two Distinct department edemic, which will be devoted to the school course, for which en- tutions. Also in this connection expecting to pass the examin- Professional, which is designed and other advanced students, country has been secured for tinguished educators in this Summer School Faculty, viz. B. Du BOIS, Ph. D., BOOKI This is to be the Biggest enroll. For particulars addre- Va., R. P. Sims, Bluefild, V. Ferry, W. Va.; or M. P. Sha CROWN AND BKH HOURS: 8:30 A. M. to Dr. JAMES State Summer School for Colored Teachers Session, June 17th, to July 26th, 1912, Inst. Distinct departments will be maintained which will be devoted to thorough work on the course, for which credit may be had in the also in this connection thorough drill class, so pass/ the examinations will be maintained, which is designed for principals, high school advanced students. Some of the best has been secured for this school. Three of educators in this country have accepted School Faculty, viz: KELLY MILLER; MIS, Ph. D., BOOKER WASHINGTON, J. is to be the Biggest and Best School Yet. For particulars address: Byrd Prillerman, Sims, Bluefild, W. Va.; H. T. McDonnell, Va.; or M. P. Shawkey, Charleston, W. 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 Office: Room 1, K. of P. Bldg. HENRY T. M'DONALD, President. STORER COLLEGE Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Found More than 400 men and women in the state for Colored students. Remarkably healthful. Ample b ING ADDED TO OUR PLANT THEN been highly educated, earnest tea Our Library catalogued accord argest in the State. FIRST GRade CERTIFICATE ERS OF THE GRADUATING C THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCA is faculty and student body. Its Literary Societies, Christian ane Athletics. COURSES: Academic, State For illustrated catalogue and on 400 men and women have graduated here. For Colored students. Magnificent location. Healthful. Ample buildings. THREE NEW TO OUR PLANT THIS YEAR. The regular educated, earnest teachers does not include aary catalogued according to the Dewey System State. RADE CERTIFICATES ARE GRANTED TO THE GRADUATING CLASSES WHO ARE REG BOARD OF EDUCATION. Storer is interested student body. Its whole influence is toward Societies, Christian Organizations, Musical Arts. Academic, State Normal, Industrial, Musi crated catalogue and other printed matter w The P 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 TRY AN AD IN THE ADVOCATE THURSDAY, JUNT 20, 1912. EANING WAY PAIRING CASH OUR SHOES? benefit of it if you do, 10 per cent. off on all sales. BOE STORE TOL ST. Next door to "Colonial" GRO. CO. GRO. CO. Groceries. Chase fce. Dr. Pierce's School for Teachers. May 26th, 1912, Institute, W. Va. will be maintained: 1. The Acabrough work on the branches of may be had in the various institi- borough drill classes for persons will be maintained. 2. The principals, high school teachers, some of the best talent in the school. Three of the most dis- yary have accepted places on the ELLY MILLER, A. M., W. E. WASHINGTON, LLD. Best School Yet. Prepare now to Byrd Prillerman, Institute, W. a.; H. T. McDonald, Harper's Charleston, W. Va. WORK A SPECIALTY P. M., 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. B. BROWN N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer. we graduated here. The oldest school nificent location. Elevation high. igs. THREE NEW BUILDINGS BEAR. The regular faculty of six- does not include assistants. to the Dewey System, is one of the ARE GRANTED TO THOSE MEM- ERS WHO ARE RECOMMENDED TO . Storer is interdenominational in the influence is toward Christian izations, Musical Clubs, Bands and ical, Industrial, Music. or printed matter write to The President. THE ADVOCATE a dvbA 9nT Founded in 1867 Phone 790 Home Phone 429 THURSDAY, JUNT 20, 1912. MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE DARK AGES SCRIPTURES MISINTERPRETED Pastor Russell Says the Bible Does Not Substantiate Horrible Teachings of Dark Ages—Classes the Spirit Mediums of Today With the Witches and Neoromancers of the Past. Philadelphia, Pa., June 16—Pastor Russell delivered two discourses here today. In one he chose this text: "There shall be weeping and grashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Proph- PASTOR RUSSELL Philadelphia, Pa., June 16.—Pas- tor Russell delivered two dis- courses here today. In one he chose this text: "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the King- PASIOR RUSSELL and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out"—Luke xiii, 28. Bible students in the past, resting under a terrible fear of an eternity of torture after death, were inclined to twist the statements of Scripture into supports for their misconceptions. We are now breaking loose from some of those horrible nightmares of the Dark Ages, finding that the Bible, rightly interpreted, does not substantiate them. The hobgoblins and demons of torture, cloven hoof, forked tail, malignant glance, pitchforks and tongues of flame came down to us, not from the inspired Word of God, but from the pens of misanthrope poets and the brushes of ambitious painters who revelled in the portrayal of blood-curdling scenes and endeavored to make them more awful than the tortures of the Inquisition chambers of their own day. So far from describing Satan and his demon hosts as torturers of the dead, the Bible tells us plainly that the dead are "asleep" and will know nothing of joy or sorrow until the awakening time in the dawning of the Messianic Kingdom, and that Satan and his demon hosts of fallen angels are not far off stoking fires, but near by us, "powers of the air." It tells us also that these seek to oppose the Divine Program and to ensnare our race by personating the dead, using as their channels deceivel spirit mediums as they used witches, wizards and necromancers in the past. Satanic Influence Near. St. Peter, so far from believing that Satan is far off stoking fires, described him as a roaring, angry lion, going about amongst men seeking whom he might devour—deceive, involve in sin, St. Paul forewarns us that Satan and his agents are crafty and are to be expected to present themselves as angels of light—leaders in advanced truth. We are assured that this dreadful, injurious agency has been deceiving the whole world for centuries. The Divine promise is that Messiah's Kingdom shall blind or restrain Satan for a thousand years that he may deceive the people no more until Messiah shall deliver up the Kingdom to the Father. The Scriptures specially forewarn us of great activity on the part of the evil spirits in the end of this Age, and intimate that they will have much to do with the great Time of world-wide Trouble which will precede the inauguration' of Messiah's Kingdom. It is time for us to be on the lookout for those wonderful manifestations of diabolism which for a time will seem to make many of our poor race madly insane, brutal, inhuman, diabolical. This is the real danger from the demons—in the present life, and not in the future. They will deceive and torture humanity to the limit of their permission, when they will be restrained by the King of Glory and the bright shining of the Sun of Righteousness, which will usher in the New Day of earth's blessing and restitution. The words "weeping and grashing of teeth" represent, not new conditions amongst men, but those which may be witnessed every day—sorrow, heartache, grievous disappointment; and this is the use of this expression in the Bible. We should dismiss all thought that the experiences mentioned will be after death and the result of tortures inflicted by demons. Jews' Bitter Disappointment. In our text the Lord graphically pictures the disappointment of the Jews when they shall find out how great was their mistake in the rejection of Jesus and His Message. They will find that the glorious opportunity offered to them of becoming members in the Bride of Christ was the highest favor that Divine mercy could offer them as the children of Abraham. They will become aware of their loss of the heavenly portion and also of the earthly portion of the Divine promise. They will then come to understand that the promise to Abraham dealt with two seeds, one heavenly, the other earthly, and that the faithful ones of past Ages, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the holy Prophets and other faithful ones of their nation, will be rewarded with the highest positions of honor in the earthly phase of Messiah's Kingdom, while they, who had the opportunity of entering the still higher, the spiritual phase of that Kingdom, failed because of unreadiness of heart to receive the Redeemer. They will find that some whom they esteemed as publicans and sinners and Gentiles, by accepting Christ and becoming His disciples, became heirs of the highest promise made to Abraham—became Abraham's spiritual Seed—members of the Messiah, of which Jesus is the Head and the Church. His Body. Alas, poor Jewis! Our hearts may well go out to them in sympathy in their chagrin and disappointment when they shall learn the truth on the subject, when they shall learn that they have lost not only the heavenly glory but also the honorable place of being Messiah's earthly representatives. Most assuredly there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, and contrition of heart and penitence, we trust, toward God, which will bring them into the right condition to be amongst the first of humanity to be blessed under the New Order of things. Very soon, we believe, the blindness is to be turned from Israel—just as soon as the elect spiritual Seed of Abraham shall be completed, St. Paul tells us (Romans x1, 25-33.) Then favor will return to the natural seed of Abraham: "They shall obtain mercy through your mercy." Their eyes of understanding will open; mentally "they will look upon Him whom they have pierced." They will mourn for Him, and the Divine promise is that God will then pour upon them the spirit of prayer and supplication. Other Similar Texts. All Bible students will recall several other passages of very similar language to that of our text. But when we get the right focus upon them we perceive that they all belong to experiences in the present life, that none of them relate to incidents beyond the tomb. A greater care in the study of the Bible might have protected us from the thought that any of these references apply to the dead, because the Scriptures not only tell that they are sleeping and waiting for the morning, but they also particularly inform us that "the dead know not anything;" "their sons come to honor and they know it not, to dishonor and they perceive it not of them;" and that "there is neither work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave [sheol]"—whither all go.—Ecclesiastes ix, 5, 10; Job xiv, 21. This expression, "weeping and gnashing of teeth," is found also in the parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. The context tells us that this parable applies in the end of this Gospel Age, at about the time for the second coming of Jesus—not as a sinbearing Sacrificer, but as the King of Glory. His consecrated, saintly people are likened unto ten virgins—five wise and five foolish. The parable does not relate to the world at all, but merely to the saints. They are all virgins, all pure, all justified, all sanctified ones. The difference between them is in respect to their wisdom or unwisdom. The wise saints of God in the end of this Age, guided by the Divine Word, will walk very circumspectly, very faithfully, searching the Scriptures in respect to all they believe and striving to conform themselves to the Divine will in all that they do and say. Because of their watchfulness, alertness, devoutness and loyalty they are wise and will be in a special position of advantage and knowledge in respect to the things of the Harvest time of this Age. The Master, the Bridegroom, will lead these; and gradually, one by one, they shall go through the door of death into the marriage, experiencing the glorious change promised, "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." They will complete the Bride Class, to which none can be added, because it is a foreordained and predestinated number. With the end of our Age the door to glory and immortality will close, never to open again, because there is to be but one Bride and her membership is limited by foreordination. The Foolish Virgins. The "foolish virgins" will miss their glorious opportunity by reason of unwisdom. They will be so overcharged with the cares of this life and the deceitfulness of riches and the attempt to have the favor of the world as well as the favor of the Lord that it will hinder them from proper Bible study and from faithfulness in walking in the footsteps of Jesus. Because of this they are styled foolish, unworthy of God's highest favor—the divine nature. The parable shows them as finally, in the very close of the Age, obtaining the light which they should have had sooner had they not been overcharged with earthly cares and ambitions. As soon as they obtain the light they realize the situation and ask for admission as members of the Bride of Christ, to which they were called; but the answer is that it is complete, that the Bridegroom can know only one Wife and cannot recognize them thus. Then to them will come weeping and gnashing of teeth, sorrow, disappointment, chagrin, that they have failed to obtain through their own carelessness this highest Prize, to which Divine mercy and love had invited them. At that time will be great tribulation in the world, such as never was since there was a nation, and these "foolish virgins" will have their portion in it—with the hypocrites. The "time of trouble" will be specially upon the hypocritical or "tare" class of Christendom, which has pretended loyalty to God as His Church when in reality their hearts were far from Him. The "foolish virgins" are not hypocrites, but true saints; nevertheless, on account of not living fully up to their privileges, they will fail to gain the Prize and be given a portion in the great trouble time with the hypocrites. This is the Master's own description of the matter. A little later on (Revelation vil) He tells us more on the subject, that only Bible students may fully appreciate and understand. He tells us that after the completion of the Church, spiritual Israel, the 144-000, a great multitude will "come up through great tribulation and wash their robes and make them white in the blood of the Lamb." If these will be honored with a place before the Throne, while the "elect," as the Bride, will be honored with Immanuel in His Throne. This multitude will be granted palm branches, representing a final victory, but they will never be granted the crowns of victory, which will belong only to the elect, "wise virgin" class, the Bride upon the Throne. The Bride class will be the Temple, composed of living stones; but the Great Company, the "foolish virgin" class, will not be stones of that Temple, but will serve God in the Temple. An honorable place will thus be granted the "foolish virgins," who finally get the oil and finally cleanse their robes in the time of trouble, but never will they attain the portion of the Bride. In Psalm xlv we have a description of the Church in glory, the Wise Virgin class. She is pictured as a Bride, all glorious within and clothed in armament of gold and fine needlework. The Heavenly Bridegroom will present her faultless before His Father, the Great King; and then we read, "The virgins, her companions, shall follow her; they shall be brought into the presence of the King." How glad we are that in Divine providence their weeping and gnashing of teeth and sorrow and disappointment at losing a place in the Bride Class will eventually work out for them a contrition of heart and a demonstration of loyalty which God can reward with a blessing upon the Heavenly plane! Wailing In Outer Darkness. These consecrated ones are represented as being gathered into a great banquet hall, radiantly beautiful. In it they tarry, waiting to be ushered into the banquet proper, in an adjoining apartment. The light of these apartments is in the parable vividly contrasted with the darkness that prevails outside, which darkness represents the condition of the world and all of God's people who have not yet come into the light of "present truth." The parable is given specially to show the necessity of the "wedding garment"—that nope may enter into the marriage feast except he acknowledges and uses the "wedding garment." On such festival occasions in ancient times it was customary that all guests should be furnished by the host with garments of white which would cover their own garments, and for the time being, as his guests, this placed them all on the same footing, whatever their ordinary station in life. Thus we have pictured the justification which all God's people receive as a gift through the merit of their Redeemer. Being justified by faith the consecrated have not only peace with God, but they have access to this figurative "marriage supper." The parable is laid in the end of this Age and points out that at this time an inspection of the Church may be expected. "When the king came in he beheld a man who had not on a wedding garment." The implication is that the man had put on the wedding garment, else he could not have gone in at all; and his appearing later on without a "wedding garment" implies that he had rejected the robe provided by his host. Thus he represented a class of Christians in this our day who, after believing in the merit of Christ's sacrifice, and accepting it as the passport to favors and privileges, ultimately reject it and count it common or unimportant. The parable shows what is to be expected now, namely, that the Great King will command that such as ignore the merit of His sacrifice he cast into outer darkness. Outer Darkness General. Outer Darkness General. But let us note carefully that the "outer darkness" is not something beyond death, but that it previews everywhere, all around us. "Darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the heathen." The only ones who are in the light are the ones whom the Lord has specially received and specially enlightened and specially privileged because they wear the "wedding garment" of Christ's righteousness. The casting out of the one without the "wedding garment" into "outer darkness" therefore would mean merely that such a one, despite his struggles and desire to remain in the light, would Divine providence be forced into the darkness common to the whole world and lose those special privileges which he hld enjoyed as one of the children of the light and heirs of glory. About the time that the faithful will be ushered into the marriage the great "time of trouble" will break upon the world, and all who are in darkness will have "weeping and gnashing of teeth" as they behold the collapse of those things upon which they have set their hearts and affections—the things of the present Order. Thank God, their weeping and gnashing of teeth may ultimately be turned into joy, because there is a silver lining to the dark cloud which is about to envelop the world! It will be the dark hour preceding the dawning of the New Dispensation and the blessing of all the families of the earth by Messiah and His Bride, to a place in which, by the grace of God, dear hearers, let us strive to make our calling and election sure. Graduating Exercises (Continued from page one.) Ulysses Prunty. Declaration, "Getting the Right Start," James Lee. Declaration, "Death Bed of Benedict Arnold," Trevalyn Nash. Instrumental Solo, Miss M. Mills. Wednesday evening the Second year Normal and Juniors rendered the following program: Piano Solo, "A la bien Aine," Noy Mitchell. "What the Drums Say," Ethel Kendrick. Quintette "Asleep in the Deep," "The Pointman's Story," Ida Mac Simpson. "Indian Chief to the White Settlers," Arlethia Williams. "The Fiddle Told," Annie Patrick. "True Contentment," J. B. Williams. An Hour With Dunbar. Class of 1914. Piano Solo, "Invitation to the Daneve," Sarah Hughes '15. "Life of Paul Lawrence Dunbar," Ethel Carroll. "Ode to Ethiopia," Jessie Johnson. "When de Co'n-pone's Hot," Cecil Dunlap. "Just Whistle a Bit," Maud Vocal Solo, "Who Knows," JesStewart. sie Johnson. "When Lias Went to War," Blanche Howard. (1) "Scamp," (2) "The Coquette," Olive Gilbert. "Sympathy," Florence Brown. "Pat, Ole Mare of Mine," Hattie Johnson. "The Colored Soldiers," Frazier Harmon. Piano Duet "Golden Youth," E. Carroll, '14, S. Hughes, '15. "A Cabin Tale," Matthew English. "Two Little Boots," Nannie Lewis. "Turning the Children in the Bed," Alverta Thompson. "Little Brown Baby," Theodore Moore. Chorus, "Po' Little Lam"" Class of 1914. Thursday evening came the treat of the week, the dramatic exercises. The attendance at this performance crowded every available place and several persons could not get inside the chapel. The following play was given: "The College Ball" Seniors Tom Bradford - T. H. Moore Dick Adams - D. F. Dunlap Juniors Henry Carter - D. Pleasanits Phil Patten - W. W. Green George Ropes - J. H. Moore Prof. Peters - J. W. Sinkford Kitty Peters, his daughter, Bessie Phillips. Frances Wing - Sallie Stovall Elanor Bradford, Tom's aunt, Melita Koger. Sally Prentiss - Willie Waller A Maid - Annie Stovall A Waiter - W. Lomax SCENE—Stratford College. TIME —Present. SYNIPSIS Act 1. At the Professor's Evening, third day before commencement. Act 2. Tom's Room. Evening, the following day. Act. 3. Senior Dance at the Gymnasium. Evening before commencement. Act 4. Tom's Room. Later the same evening. Friday evening the Alumni Association held its exercises. About three hundred, the smallest attendance of the week, were present. The address of Prof. Hill of Manassas being the chief feature. He spoke of the "Idealist" 1. As to physical health, physical development, as well as mental, depends upon health. Improvements in physical health are possible and should be made especially by those who are being educated in the institutions of the state and who, later, make up our homes. He emphasized especially the necessity of sunlight, fresh air day and night, and bathing every day. 2. As to keeping alive the intellectual and Spiritual faculty. He said we should, by all means, keep up our acquaintance with the best books, that our lives should not be a monotonous round of duties instead of a growth, a development, intellectually and spiritually. 3. The Idealist in marriage. All our future accomplishments depend upon the ideal in marriage. Disappointment in marriage are among the worst evils. The real or ideal marriage rests in seeing in each other the best which each wishes to perpetuate in the offspring. Prof. Hill was with us two evenings, but could not remain until after the graduating exercises Saturday evening. The following program of the Alumni Association was enjoyed by all present: Singing. Prayer. Solo - - - - A. S. Adams Remarks - - The President Solo - - Miss Werth J. Heath Introduction - Prof. R. P. Sims Address - - Prof. L. P. Hill Instrumental Solo, Miss S. Z. Jones. Solo - Mrs. Mary Taylor Adams The Association held its business meeting Saturday, 10 A. M. Saturday evening the Commencement exercises proper were held. By 8:30 the auditorium was filled to its capacity. The following program was well carried out: Music, Chorus. Prayer. Music, Chorus. Oration, "Opportunities that the South offers the Negro," H. J. Warren. Essay, "Value of a Good Library," Roberta M. Woody. Essay, "Need of the Domestic Science," Stella M. Channel. Music, Chorus. Essay, "The Value of Common Food," Regelia M. Carter. Solo, Jessie Johnson. Essay, "Corrupt Influence of Bad Literature," Rosa B. Jordan. Oration, "Advantages and Pleasures of Agriculture," J. E. Campbell. Music, Chorus. Address to Class and Awarding of Diplomas. Class Song. Principal R. P. Sims emphasized service as the chief thing the state expected of the graduates in his short talk to them while presenting their diplomas. We were blessed as never before as both Supt. Shawkey and Hon. George S. Laidley were present and both made short but pointed talks. Both expressed themselves as highly pleased with the type of work we are trying to do. Supt. Shawkey emphasized agriculture as among the kinds of work which should be encouraged among us. He gave several examples of men who were prosperous on small parcels of ground. Hon. G. S. Laidley told us of his years of experience in the school room and said a very few minutes in a school room would suffice for him to know the grade of work being done. He spoke very encouraging of our work from the exercises of the evening. He emphasized the care of our health and service as one end in education. Above all education should not make us above doing menial services. The weather man favored us with beautiful weather. So ends a pleasant school year. At Fisk College (Continued from page one.) Organ Postlude—Preludia from "0th Sonata." Rheinberger Monday, June 17—3:30 P. M. Anniversary of Alumni Associations 31st of the College, 27th of Normal Business Meetings of the Associations in the Parlors of Jubilee Hall. Addresses, 7:45 P. M. College Motto: "Almae Matri et inter nos Unitas." Rev. George Washington Moore, D. D., '81, President of the College Alumni Association. Normal Motto: "Qualis Vita Finis Ita." CLUBWOMEN'S CONVENTION San Francisco, Cal., June 24. Every train coming into San Francisco today swelled the number of arrivals of delegates to the biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and from present indications the prediction that the attendance would establish a new high record will be more than fulfilled. Many of those arriving today came as members of delegations from State Federations, while in some cases the clubs of a single city had chartered special trains for the transportation of their representatives. The elaborate program of entertainment is to be ushered in tonight with a grand concert in the auditorium. Tomorrow afternoon there is to be a reception in the ball room of the Palace Hotel, at which the delegates and clubwomen will have an opportunity to meet the officers and directors of the general federation. The first of the regular business sessions will be held Wednesday morning. Quebec, June 24. The largest and most notable gathering ever held in America of lovers and defenders of the French language was formally opened in this city today by Sir Francois Langelier. Heutenant-governor of Quebec, acting in behalf of His Royal Highness the Governor-General, Louisiana and other French renters of the United States, as well Are You Hunting a Commencement Gift or a Wedding Present? FOR ONE THAT WILL BE "JUST THE THING" GO TO MOORE'S AND ASK TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL NEW LINE OF PICTURES, INCLUDING THE FAMOUS NUTTING HAND-COLORED PRINTS AND THE GRAFON PROOFS OF THE WORLD'S MASTERPIECES. PRICES RANGE FROM $1.50 TO $10. EVERY ONE A GEM AND SURE TO GIVE LASTING PLEASURE. 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An interesting program has been prepared and many noted speakers are scheduled to address the gathering. BECAUSE It tells in two words the whole story of our ability to sell you "Better Clothes" at a price from $15.00 to $25.00 than any Store in this section. We would like the opportunity to talk with you, to show you, and try them on you, in order to convince you of our assertions. We're confident you will quickly come to "Our Point of View" THE ADVOCATE Published every Thursday by The Advocate Printing and Publishing Co., Inc. J. C. GILMER, Editor. M. L. CUZZENS, Business Manager. Entered as second class matter at Post Office at Charleston, W. W., under Act of Congress of March 30, 1879. Office: Room 11 K. of P. Building. Phone 2185. RATES BY SUBSCRIPTION. By mail, one year..... $1.50 By mail, six months..... $1.00 By Mail, three months..... .50 EDITORIALLETTES The "Black Cabinet" at Washington has gone to pieces. Oil and water never would mix. Charleston always has an open door for the bride from abroad. It is pleasing to note that the Napier and Johnson injuries were not received in the coliseum at Chicago. If you did not guess right on the presidential handieep, you are entitled to a second guess. There is always room for more sinners at the mourner's bench. Congratulations are due Gen. Joseph L. Jones and his cohorts of the Knights of Pythias. They "won out" for the race through the broad-minded attitude of the United States Supreme Court. The decision will be far-reaching in its effect. Will Houston has evidently abandoned all hopes of future happiness or ultimate salvation. He has accepted a place on the Board of Education at Washington. If the colored people expect to elect a member of the race, as president of Howard University, it he hooves them to see to it that a united front is made for some one candidate, and it is up to the Negro trustees to make an earnest fight for the candidate agreed upon. Division is fatal, when excuses for failure to reward the Negro are eagerly sought for by appointing powers. The scheme of S. H. Dudley for a chain of colored theaters ought to have the support of the colored capitalists of various localities. Its success will mean the development of capable performers, afford provision for their steady employment and assure colored amusement seekers an infinite variety of wholesome entertainment. Will the Atlanta B. M. C. be simply a "Davis ratification meeting?" W. H. Lewis hits the nail on the head in insisting that some form of athletic training should be made compulsory in our colleges. The powers of mind are made more effective by vigor of body. With the senatorial convention out of the way, the line-up for the campaign will show some startling changes. In the loosening-up process, "vest-pocket leadership" will be smashed to smithereens. Dr. J. E. Shepard's Ministerial Conference and summer school at Durham, N. C., will be the race's rallying point for July and August the big conference opens July 6, our Ministers irrespective of denomination should be at Durham lending their talents to the solution "TAILO IS BECAUSE It tel ability from $15.00 to $25.0 like the opportunity them on you, in order confident you will OUTFITTERS FROM HEAD TO FOOT of the many problems that affect us as a people. Dr. C. V. Roman emerges from the A. M. E. church Review froces with feathers unruffled. In failing to elect Dr. Roman, editor of the church's "Thought - emporium." The church loses far more than does the brilliant son of Nashville. 1912 is a year of "big doings." Dr. Shepard declines to be a candidate for president of Howard University. He is devoted to his life work on the National Religious Training School and would rather be there than at any other place on earth. Bully for Shepard! Dr. J. S. Jackson refuses to "get sore" because of the collapse of the Bishopic fight at Charlotte. But for individual selfishness he would have been elected to the Bench upon the second or third ballot at least. He was re-elected financial secretary by a big vote and proposes to work harder than ever during the next four years, being assured that due reward will follow persistent and conscientious effort. Let's cheer anyhow. It makes things cheerful to cheer, whether its your "win" or not. Get ready for the Chicago meeting of the National Negro Business League. Lost in the shuffle—Y. T. Vernon. The Negro is not more "salable" than a white man under similar circumstances. It just happens that more attention is paid to the weaknesses and short-comings of the fellow who isn't liked by the forces who sit in judgment. Venality, corruption and political uncertainty are the natural accompaniments of poverty rather than of color. The Democrats at Baltimore could go further and fare worse by making Bryan their standard-bearer. "Crow" will be a popular dish among the politicians next week. Real friends do not accept the estimate of you that your enemies furnish. W. Calvin Chase and Senator Dixon are not doing any conferring at Chicago. Judge Terrell, one of the ablest and most popular of the Negro leaders at Washington, seems to have been relegated to the 'inimors' by the "close corporation push" now assuming to dominate the political situation. A man of quantity, like Judge Terrell cannot be kept down by pin-head opportunists, for merit will win in the final analysis. The inane drivel of the Sage of the Potocnae still lumbers up the editorial page of the Washington Bee. The people are sick and tired of the silly attempts of this 2 x 4 scribbler to be funny, and are disgusted with his ill-concealed effort to mark a vein of malice behind a thin coating of "near-wit." Dr. Booker T. Washington is waking up to the realization of who his real friends are. He is the race's biggest and best asset. R. W. Thompson. R TO W S OUR SLOGA Must Move" An Anti-Negro Council Formed in South Denver and issue an Ultimatum Protesting Against the Negro Residing in Certain Community. An anti-Negro council, composed of hundreds of citizens of the J. P. Farmer addition in South Denver, was launched last night in the chapel room of the Ohio Congregational church. "The Negro must be barred. He depreciates the value of property." This is the watchword of the new improvement society, of which H. A. Spanogle is chairman. The addition comprises 12 city blocks. In two of these there are two Negro families, recent arrivals, Race feeling is strong. As a result a permanent organization was formed to draw the line, by peaceful means if possible, by mob rule if necessary. Spanogle was chosen president, Fred Baum secretary and Colonel Merrill treasurer. These, together with W. B. Cox and F. A. Chase, form a committee of five to circulate petitions among all the residents of the district bounded by Kentucky, Mississippi, Downing and Pearl, which will be an agreement that property owners will not rent to Negroes under a penalty of a fine not less than $500 Further, that the sale of property to a Negro, will, in the event of a protest by a certain per cent. of the property owners, revert to the owner with no redress to the purchaser. The next meeting at which will be considered the "buying out" of the Negro families already established, will be held June 14.—Denver Express. Substance of the goregoing is this for Negroes to get respectable homes in respectable communities and we will mob you; if you are a good taxpayer we will humiliate you and your own; if you happen to save a dollar a white man's dollar is worth more in the community than a blackman's dollar. Already in Denver the Negroes do more work for less money under the most humiliating and unsatisfactory conditions, and pay more house rent for the same acomodations than his white brother and is denied equal advantages in public places. Denver is face to face with an antebellum sentiment against the Negro inspired by a rebel colonel, Merrill, and his propaganda. Sooner or later Denver must assert herself for the right kind of treatment for all of her citizens whose homes, families and various interests are here, interwoven alike with every good, lawabiding citizen. Denver is called upon to decide once for all whether certain Southerners can come to our peaceful and progressive city with their rebellious and humanity crushing sentiment and so inject that poisonous fluid of race hatred into our every day life that persons heretofore friends and friendly toward each other are to be hatred and counted as doubtful venal uncertain and unappreciative. Whether Denver will permit these Southerners to come to her city and infect her pure atmosphere of liberty and justice with a prejudice germ instead of having them conform to Colorado's laws and customs. When Denverites go South no matter how much they are char grinned and enraged at the injustices done the Negroes, any act of the EARER" AN whole story of our Clothes" at a price section. We would show you, and try our assertions. We're Point of View" OUR MOTTO The Best at the Lowest Price Northerner, Easterner or Westerner tending toward equality or recognition of human brotherhood is regarded by the solid South, as an act of treason. Why should the Easterner, Northerner, or Westerner allow more privileges and liberty in this regard to Southerners than Southerners allow the Easterner, Westerner? Now if mob rule MUST come and if the Negro must meet force with force to protect his life, the only thing for self-respecting Negros to do is to prepare in peace for war. However galling and deep-seated this manifestation of hatred may seem it is but another evidence of the prejudice germ multiplying in various forms and shapes in our community for the purpose of crushing the hopes of the Negro financially, socially, industrially and intellectually. If Negroes are not good enough to live by, they are not good enough to ride with, go to school with and be on the same street at the same time. WHY NEIGHBORS FALL OUT here Are Some of the Remarks That Often Start the Clothtsline Quarrels. "Yes, I'm going to bring your lawn mower home tomorrow, sure. The blamed old rattletrap is no good, anyway." "Ma wants to know if she can borrow another cup o' sugar of you today? She's keepin' track of all of it." "I wish you'd keep your chickens in your own yard. This is the sixth time I've planted corn in my garden, and I'm getting sick of seeing your hens get it all." "Say, that kid of yours wants to quit his heaving rocks against my barn; or, by heavens, I'll get after him good and plenty." "Why in thunder don't you keep your dog at home? He's chased our cat upon the house three times this morning. I'll shoot the critter sure if you don't keep him tied up." "Can't you put some kind of a muzzle on that blamed old rooster you are harboring? He's the pest of the neighborhood. Nobody can get a decent night's rest around here." "Yes, I ought to have sent your paper right back; but I'll have Johnnie bring it over in a few minutes, as soon as I read the sports page."—Los Angeles Express. WEALTH NOT LOST Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, the great American financier, talking of the money loss by the wrecking of the Titanic to a Paris reporter, said: "Oh, some one pays. There is no such thing as money losses in existence." That is interesting, from so high an authority. The intrinsic value of the ship and the actual cash and jewelry values that were sunk to the bottom of the sea cannot be recovered, but the compensation will be made by wealth out of the sea in other forms, such as fish for food, salt, pearls, and cane like, but the recompensation cannot be got without the expenditure of other values in cost of machinery and of labor. The wealth is not lost, it is true, but is withdrawn from immediate availability for useful purposes. JONES CONFERS PRESIDENT TAFT. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 17.—During the two recent visits of President Taft to the Queen City, Gen. Joseph L. Jones, Supreme Vice Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and editor of the Pythian Minitor, had interesting private conferences with the chief executive. While the exact nature of the interviews is not given out, it is understood that some important phases of the work of the colored K. of P. were gone over carefully and the legal status of the order was discussed at length. In view of the recent opinion on the Georgia injunction case, handed down by Chief Justice White and the Supreme Court concurring (with the exception of Holmes and Lurton), the timeliness of the conference is rendered all the more striking. It is hinted in high circles that President Taft appointed Mr. White chief justice largely because of his knowledge of the federal tinge and broad sense of fair-play possessed by the Louisiana jurist. Since the K. of P. decision, the appointment of the chief justice has grown very acceptable, where unanimous hostility originally reigned. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HONORS GEORGE E. HAYES Confers Doctors Degree Upon Fisks Social Science Professor. Social Science Professor. New York, June 22—George E. Haynes, professor of social science in the Fisk university, Nashville, Tenn., a native of Pine Bluff, Ark., who receives the degree of doctor of philosophy from the Columbia university this month, is one of the few colored men who have been successful in completing the requirements in courses, examining ARE YOU WORKING FOR MONEY? OR IS YOUR MONEY WORKING FOR YOU? If you are working and saving your money and putting it in a bank where you get no interest, keeping it in a trunk or hiding it some where about your house—You Are Working for Money. If you are working and saving your money and investing it in a safe way, where it will be working day and night whether you are working or not, and making you 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. PYTHIAN MUTUAL INVETMENT ASSOCIATION of such prospective candidates by the leading universities of this country. Mr. Haynes is also director of the National League on Urban conditions among Negroes, with headquarters in this city. In preparation for this large field of usefulness Mr. Haynes can refer back to a youth of comparative poverty, when it was necessary for him to go to work after completing the eighth grade in grammar school and continue for three years and to spend two hours in the middle of the day and several hours each night in high school. Following this preparation, he spent one year at the Agricultural and Mechanical college, Normal, Ala.; five years at Fisk university, from which he received the B. A. degree in 1903; two years at Yale, from which he received the A. M. degree in 1904. From September, 1903, to June, 1908, Mr. Haynes was traveling secretary of the international committee of the Young Men's Christian Association and visited the Negro educational institutions, and many cities and rural districts of the south. In this capacity he had the opportunity to observe both rural and urban conditions and to compare the efforts made toward bettering the conditions in each section and to compare the results achieved by such efforts. He gave special attention to the concentration of Negroes in cities and the neglect of many students of the opportunity to attack the problems following therefrom. In studying at the New York School of Philanthropy in connection with his work at Columbia university, he made an intensive survey of the Negro at work in cities with special application to New York City, with the result that his mind was fired with inspiration and the desire to work out plans for ameliorating the conditions which have followed invariably the concentration and subsequent segregation of Negroes in cities. The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes is the consequence of this zeal and the achievements of the league are due in a large measure to his planning and enthusiasm. Dr. Haynes is a type of the younger generation of the Negroes. He is just thirty-two years of age and belongs to that enthusiastic number of young leaders which give promise and hope for the future of the race. BOOSTING AGRICULTURE Agriculture with a big A is in line for a vigorous boosting in West Virginia. With the next administration there is to go into office a commissioner of agriculture who is to be a member of the board of public works and to have all the dignities and powers of any member of the governor's official family. The state board of agriculture will do business as of yore in stimulating the farmers of the commonwealth to more strenuous en- deavor. The Experiment station, under federal auspices, will continue to experiment for the benefit of the tillers of the soil. The Horticultural society will do what it can for the fruit growers. The college of agriculture will keep its doors wide open for all would-be learners along agricultural lines who may come to the university, and the extension department of the same will take instruction to those who will not or cannot come to Morgantown to seek it. And now comes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company and establishes a bureau of agricultural industry with an able and experienced organizer at the head of it. All these agencies will be working along their several lines for the uplift of the business that lies at the basis of all our commercial and industrial life. They will seek to promote the prosperity of the farmer and to increase the attractiveness of life in the country. It is to be hoped that their efforts may be so co-ordinated that the various workers may accomplish the largest results with a minimum of friction and of overlapping. The new venture of one of the state's great railroad corporations is credible to the enterprise and intelligence of its management. The building up of the country through which its lines run and the development of all the resources of that country is sure to yield the road rich returns in the way of increased traffic. It is a splendid example of the power of such a corporation to render a distinguished public service while building up its own business in an entirely legitimate way. Director Stewart is well qualified for the work to which the officers of the road have called him. He knows the agricultural possibilities and needs of the state, and he has long been in practical touch with the problems to be solved. He should be able to render a valuable service both to the road and to the farmers of West Virginia. NEW FISHOP TO BEGIN HIS DUTIES Kansas City, Mo., June 24—Bishop Luccock, who was pastor of the Hyde Park Methodist church in this city until his recent election as bishop of the Methodist Episcopal general conference in Minneapolis, has taken farewell of his former congregation and will leave this week for his new home in Helena, Mont. Bishop Luccock is to have supervision of the Methodist conferences in Moutana, Idaho and North and South Dakota. Pittsburg, Pa., June 24—Nearly 1,000 delegates, consisting of prelates, priests, religious brothers and sisters, and representing practically every section of the country, are attending the ninth annual convention of the Catholic Educational Association of the United States, which assembled in Pittsburg today for a week's session. THURSDAY, JUNT 20, 1012. Trustees Sale of City Property Under authority of a Deed of Trust made by J. R. Johnson and Olga Johnson, his wife, to the undersigned trustees, dated Feb. 4, 1911, and recorded in the office of Clork of the County Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book 38, page 245, to secure to Jackson County Building and Loan Association the payment of a certain loan therein described default having been made in the payment thereof for more than 3 months; we, or the trustees, present and acting on day of sale, shall on Saturday, July 6th, 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m. at the front door of the Court House of Kanawha County, West Virginia, on Court street, in City of Charleston proceed to sell the property conveyed, in said Deed of Trust, at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, that certain lot of land known as lot No. 14 of Block 1 in Vandalia in said county of Kanawha and opposite the City of Charleston, West Virginia, and which lot fronts 25 feet on Eastern avenue, and extends back with Central avenue a distance of 110 feet, together with the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, and being the same lot conveyed to II. B. Lewis by Kanawha Realty Company, by deed dated September 2, 1909, and recorded in Deed Book 118, at page 268, and by the said II. B. Lewis and wife, conveyed to Charleston and Vandalia Realty Company, by deed dated February 21, 1910, and recorded in said Kanawha County Court Clerk's office in Deed Book 120, at page 68, and being the same property conveyed unto the said J. R. Johnson by Charleston and Vandalia Realty Company, by deed dated January 31, 1911, and recorded in the office of Clerk of the County Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 124, at page 241. L. E. M'WHORTER, and N. C. BRIGKE MRS. GRACE MAY Atlanta, Ga., June 22.—It is reported that he prosecute attorney may succeed in having the case of Mrs. Daisy E. Grace brought up for trial early next week, though it is likely the attorneys for the accused woman will fight to have the trial go over until fall Mrs. Grace is charged with attempting to murder her husband, Eugene M. Grace, who was found shot and desperately wounded on March 5 last in the Grace home in the fashionable section of Atlanta. Physicians who examined the wounded man declared that he could not live a week. Despite these predictions Mr. Grace is still alive alive at the home of his mother in Newnan, where he was removed shortly after the shooting. He is paralyzed from the waist down and the medical men are still of the opinion that he cannot possibly recover. AT THE BURLING LATEST MO BALCONY RESERVE 5c. AL 7-1 Commencement Sumner High THREE GRADUATES WITH THE ASSISTANCE AN INTERESTING PROGRA AT THE BURLEW EVERY NIGHT LATEST MOVING PICTURES BALCONY RESERVED FOR COLORED PEOPLE 5c. ALL SEATS 5c. 7-11 P. M. Commencement of Sumner High School THREE GRADUATES WITH THE A ASSISTANCE OF OTHERS RENDER AN INTERESTING PROGRAM. The School Play Presented by the Pupils Was a Great Success-Hcity-Junior-Senior Receptic Presented by the Pupils Was a Great Success—High School Literary Society—Junior-Senior Reception. Street Hall Monday evening, May 27th, was a great success. The seating capacity of the hall had been largely increased by the addition of an hundred more chairs from Patton & Neal's Furniture Company. The audience which turned out completely filled all available space. The boys and girls who took part in the play acquitted themselves with great credit. George C. Grant, who played the part of Singbad, displayed unusual ability. His interpretation of the part assigned him was highly commended. Mr. E. R. Richardson, in the role of Muncho, the Canibal King, was considered one of the strongest characters in the play. His splendid acting was happily set off by a good make up. Mary Patterson as Gulnara, queen of the silent isle, played her part exceptionally well. She was highly complimented for her deportment on the stage and the distinctness with which she spoke. Blair Jones as Hassan Singbad's body servant, was frequently applauded for his ludicrous poses. His song, "Ah's Dun Contented" so pleased the audience that he was compelled to respond to an encore. Charles Carr, as "Ajib," the court magician, received much merited applause. He was the recipient of many compliments for his splendid acting and the skill shown in the arrangement of his costume. Emma Lewis, as "Princess Aminda," Hobart Dandridge, as "Captain of the Guards," and Rosa Lewis as "Zuleika," were exceptionally good in their parts. Their costumes were very pretty and added materially to their splendid acting. Helen Bates "Prize Pupil," in Singbad's music class, was warmly applauded for her solo, "A Woman's Love." The chorus girls and the cannibals came in for a large share of the applause of the audience for their acting, singing and effective make ups. The chorus girls and cannibals were Pearl Robinson, Creda Price. Harriett Grant, Florence Jackson, Lula Ellis, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Helen Peters, Troy Bartlett, Campbell Bartlett, Frank Spriggs, Harry Jefferson, Harry White, Amiss Bartlett, Cecil Fitzgerald, Robert D. Dews, Walter Fitzgerald, Clifford Peters, Bernett Peters, Harlan Dandridge and Joseph Peters, Jr., Harold Comedy played the part of herald to Mr. H. D. Hazlewood, the Caliph. The music of the play was under the direction of Mrs. H. D. Hazlewood. She was assisted by the McClung orchestra which furnished the music between acts. The receipts from the sale of tickets and cash collected at the door amounted to $47.20. This added to $4.80 already on hand made a total of $52.00, enough to more than cover the amount of the scholarship for this year. The money has been placed in the bank to the credit of the Summer High School Literary Society. It will be added to as often as possible and checked out only for the purpose for which the fund was established. The last meeting of the High School Literary Society which was held at the Logan M. E. church, Tuesday evening, was largely attended. The officers for next year were installed after which the following program was rendered: Music—By Society. Essay, "History of Freshman Class—Harriet Grant. Essay, "Immenseef"—Mary Patterson. Music—By Society. Short Talk, "Vacation Duties"—E. R. Richardson. Debate, "Resolved, That the U. S. Owes Its Greatness More to Its Form of Government Than Its Natural Resources." Affirmative — Nathaniel THURSDAY, JUNT 20, 1912. Parkersburg, June 18.—The 22nd Annual Commencement of Sumner High School was held at the Auditorium Theatre, corner of Fifth and Avery streets, Friday evening, May 31st. The graduates were Cecil Edward Fitzgerald, Rosa Belle Lewis, and George Cameron Grant. The program was up to the usual standard and was highly commended by the large audience which turned out to witness its rendition. The stage was beautifully decorated with palms and class colors. Old Gold and Blue. Seated on the stage were the graduating class. Superintendent of Schools, T. B. Bush, the members of the Board of Education, Hon. R. J. A. Boreman, Prof. S. Hamlin Guss, Rev. C. C. Gill, the High School faculty, and pupils of the High School and grades who composed the chorus. Miss Goodsell, the music supervisor, presided at the piano and directed the music. The program began with a chorus, "Out of the Deep," by the pupils, after which the invocation was pronounced by Rev. C. C. Gill of the Logan Memorial church. After another chorus, "The Lawn Party," came the first oration of the evening, on "Manual Training in the Public Schools," by Cecil Edward Pitzgerald. He had a clear and convincing grasp of his subject and gave excellent reasons for its being regarded as of prime importance in school training. His work bench, tools and several finished products, namely: the different kinds of joints, foot-scoil, two styles of tabourets and umbrella-stand and hat rack were, exhibited on the stage and he frequently referred to them in the course of this oration. Rosa Belle Lewis then read a carefully prepared essay on the subject of "Domestic Science." She showed the value of this kind of training for the girls and appealed to them to take advantage of the splendid opportunity afforded in our schools. After another musical selection, came the third and last oration by George Cameron Grant. His theme was "Strikes," and he gave an able discussion of the relations of labor and capital and the effect of strikes. He was warmly applauded for his excellent delivery. Prof. J. Rupert Jefferson then introduced Prof. S. Hamlin Guss, A. B. principal of the Normal Department of the West Virginia Colored Institute, who made the address to the class His discourse on the subject "The School: Past, Present and Future," was both interesting and instructive. He called attention to the progress of education and pointed out that the public expected the schools of the future to prepare the boys and girls for greater efficiency. He was frequently applauded during the course of his scholarly address. The diplomas were then presented to the graduates by Prof. Edgar N. Heermans, a member of the Board of Education, who took occasion to compliment the pupils and teachers of Sumner School on the excellence of their work. Promotion certificates were also presented to the Eighth grade pupils, who were promoted to the High School-Troy Bartlett, Campbell Bartlett, Cameron Spriggs, Frank Spriggs, Creda Price, Blair Jones, Harry Jefferson and Harry White. Announcement was made that the scholarship, founded this year for the graduate who makes the highest average each year, had been won by Rosa Belle Lewis. The scholarship committee which has this fund in charge is composed of Supt. I. B. Bush, Pres. of B. of Ed. James A. Wethgrell, Hon. R. J. A. Boreman, Prin. J. Rupert Jefferson and Asst. Prin. H. D. Hazlewood. The school play, "Singbad, The Griggs Sailor," which was rendered at Ann Phoen Music—By Society. Harry Jefferson, Hobart Dandridge and Charles Carr, of School Society. The judges, Rev. C. C. Gill, J. W. Jones and Miss Sadie Mayes rendered their decision in favor of the anrimate, that side making seven points to their opponents five. The Key of Knowledge was presented to the Junior Class by Cecil Fitzgerald, president of the Senior Class. It was accepted for the Juniors by Helen Peters. Mary Patterson, chairman of the committee on resolutions, read her report which expressed the thanks and appreciation of the society for the assistance and encouragement they had received in their work. Mr. Hazlewood, treasurer of the society, made his report for the year after which the society adjourned. The Junior-Senior reception was held Thursday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hazlewood, No. 1019 19th street. This is an annual affair to which the faculty and two upper classes look forward with great pleasure and they were not disappointed. The Junior girls, Helen Peters, Elizabeth Fitzgerald and Mary Patterson had made excellent preparation to entertain their guests and were gratified to know that their efforts were appreciated. The evening was pleasantly spent in enjoyable parlor games. At a convenient hour the guests were invited to the dining room, which was beautifully decorated with white and blue, where a delectable repast was served. Miss Sadie Mays, the guest of Miss Esther Colston, made one of the party. KEYSTONE STATE BANKERS Bedford Spring, Pa., June 18. William Livingston of Detroit, president of the American Bankers' Association, President B.F. Harris of the Illinois Bankers' Association, and Detective William J. Burns are among those who are to address the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association, which met here today for its eighteenth annual convention. A. J. Hazeltine, of Warren, president of the State association, presided at the opening and delivered his annual address. The sessions will continue over tomorrow. STEAMSHIP MEN Buffalo, N. Y., June 17—An important conference -between members of the Interstate Commerce and representatives of all the leading water transportation lines of the United States was begun in this city today. A uniform system of accounts and a plan of co-operation between the steamship companies an dthe interstate commission are the chief subjects of discussion. VERMONT DEMO- CRATIC CONVENTION Montpelier, Vt., June 18—Democrats of Vermont assembled here today to select delegates at large and district delegates to the national convention and to nominate a State ticket to be voted for at the election next fall. The indications are that the delegates to Baltimore will be uninstructed. NEW BRUNSWICK ELECTIONS St. John, N. B., June 20.—The electors throughout New Brunswick are today expressing their political preferences and on their verdict depends the fate of the Conservative Government, which, under the leadership of J. K. Flemming and previously under J. D. Hazen, whom Mr. Flemming succeeded when the former entered the Dominion cabinet, has been in office for four years. The campaign has been a rather spirited one, the Opposition putting up candidates in practical every constituency. In its campaign for a renewal of its power the Government points to the success of its policies for the encouragement of industry and the development of the natural resources of the Province. The Opposition leaders have confined themselves principally to a criticism of the Government's handling of the finances. The general opinion is that while the Opposition may win one or two seats from the Government, they are likely to lose at least an equal number of seats held in the last legislature, so that the Government will come out of the contest as strong as ever. POSTMASTERS AT FARGO Fargo, N. D., June 20.—The Tri-State Postmasters' Association, embracing the postmasters of all classes throughout Minnesota and North De- THE ADVOCATE kota, began its annual convention in this city today with a large attendance. The sessions will last two days, during which time the members will listen to addresses by officials of the general postoffice department and engage in the discussion of topics relating to the duties of the postmaster and the betterment of the postal service. MINNESOTA LABOR FEDERATION Brainerd, Minn., June 17.—A record-breaking attendance of delegates was present today when the annual convention of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor was called to order by President E. G. Hall. Routine business and the discussion of legislative measures affecting the interests of organized labor are expected to keep the convention busy an entire week. AMERICANS AT LONDON HORSE SHOW London, June 17.—American horses and American horse lovers are much in evidence at the International Horse Show which opened at Olympia this afternoon. In the number of exhibits and the amount of prize money the exhibition is by far the most notable of its kind ever given here. Prominent among the American exhibitors are Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Judge William H. Moore, J. Sumner Draper and H. L. Pierce. WINONA HOST TO DRUGGISTS Winona, Minn., June 18—The attendance at the annual convention of the Minnesota State pharmacetical association' which opened here today is unusually large and it is expected that the three days' session will be highly successful. At the opening session today the members were welcomed by Mayor Julian R. Schroth and Charles T. Heller of St. Paul, made the response. President Teo, F. Lobb read his annual report and the rest of the session was devoted to committee reports and other routine business. HARVARD COMMENCEMENT Cambridge, Mass., June 17.—Scores of crimson banners of Harvard were thrown to the breeze today to denote the opening of commencement week. All through the college section committees began putting pp notices of reunion, class headquarters, and trains brought in delegations of old graduates from every section of the country. The estimate is for upward of six thousand reunionists by Wednesday. CLUB WOMAN FACTS MURDER CHARGE Chicago, Ill., June 17—Hrs. Rene B. Morrow, member of several of Chicago's most important women's clubs, was arraigned in court today to stand trial for the alleged murder of her husband, Charles B. Morrow, who had attained considerable fame and wealth as an inventor, was found shot to death on the rear porch of his home in Michigan avenue, on the morning of December 28 last. At first it was supposed to be a case of suicide, but relatives of the dead man began an investigation that resulted in Mrs. Morrow's arrest and indictment on a charge of murder. The investigation is said to have disclosed the fact that there had been much domestic infidelity in the Morrow home and that on several occasions Mrs. Morrow had threatened to kill her husband. MEET IN SHADOW OF Colorado Springs, Colo., June 18 —Many noted Bible and Sunday School workers from different parts of the country are in attendance at the Thirty-second annual State Sunday School Convention which opened here today in the shadow of Pike's Peak for a session scheduled to extend over three days. Among the features of the program are a Rural School Conference, a Superintendent's and Pastors' Supper Conference, an Elementary Workers' Conference and International Training Schools for men and women. SUPREME, TRIBE OF BEN-HUR Crawfordsville, Ind., June 18. The Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur, a fraternal organization with national headquarters in this city, began its eighth biennial gession here today with a large attendance of delegates. The officers' reports show that the order now has a total of nearly 125,000 members, scattered over thirty-two States. More than $9,000,000 has been paid in death claims since the order was founded. ANNIVERSARY OF WATERLOO London, June 18. Today was the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, and a representative of the Duke of Wellington travelled to Windsor Castle to present a small banner in accordance with the terms on which the Duke holds the estate voted by Parliament. The banner was hung in the guard room over the bust of the first Duke of Welling ton, and that presented last year was taken down. EAGLES AT TRAVERSE CITY Tarverse City, Mich., June 18. Members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles flocked to this city today from every part of Michigan for the annual convention of their State organization. The gathering will continue three days. In addition to the business sessions the program provides for a street parade, band contests, barbecue, baseball games and other outdoor sports. SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH Knoxville, Tean, June 18—More than two thousand students, including teachers of all grades and branches are enrolled this year at the summer school of the South, which is annually conducted here by the University of Tennessee and which opened its session here today for a term of about six weeks, closing July 26. The school has the use of the entire plant and equipment of the University, including dormitories, dining halls, recitation rooms, laboratories, shops, libraries museums, farms, gardens, green houses, etc. KANSAS EXPECTS BUMPER CROP Emporia, Kas., June 20.—Today marked the beginning of the harvest season throughout a large section of Kansas and by the end of the month the season will be in full swing. The expert thresheres who have looked over the fields are unanimously of the opinion that the wheat crop will excel that of last year and is likely to be one of the largest in many years. 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The Howard Presidency—Dr. Shpard Not a Candidate—Bishop Thirkield's Plans—Harris-Kemp Nuptia ls—Negro Interpendents and Democrats to Meet—Napier and Johnson Injured at Chicago. without saying. Among the lecturers and instructors who will take part in the conference and appear at intervals during the summer school term, are: Bishop G. W. Clinton, Prof. Kelly Miller, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Dr. James H. Dillard, Dr. D. Webster Davis, Prof. W. H. Bayer, Prof. T. A. Long, Miss Hallie Quinn Brown, Prof. P. W. Dawkins, Hon. John C. Damey, Prof. W. H. Hammum, Dr. S. N. Vass, Alice Dunbar, Dr. J. T. Ford and many others. Prof. Mr. Houston has served two terms as Grand Master of the G. U. O. of O. F. of the World. His administration is recognized as the most prosperous the order has ever known, and during his four years the membership was brought past the half-million mark. At the 15th B. M. C. he was elected as an Associate Justice of the newly-created Supreme Court of the order, being given the long term of eight years. His friends are now pressing him to become a candidate for Grand OUR Ice Cream Parlor STRANGERS AND TRAVELING PERSONS BEST SODA WATER ONLY 5 CTS. OUR PLANS UP-TO-DATE SERVICE IS OUR WATCHWORD THE PEOPLES' GROCERY CO. WM. H. PARKER, Manager. At The Nation Dr. Shepard's Ministerial Conf W. L. HOUSTON'S APPOINTMENT ON SATISFACTION—DR. J. S. JACK K. THE ZION GENERAL CONF THE BENCH The Howard Presidency—Dr. Shepard kield's Plans—Harris-Kemp Nuptia iss crats to Meet—Napier and John so Washington, D. C., June 19 Dr. James E. Shepard, president of the National Religious Training School, at Durham, N. C., spent the week-end in this city, en route to Chicago to attend the Republican National Convention. Dr. Shepard had nothing to say here about politics, although he may have plenty to say touching men and measures when he reaches the seething scene of action in the Windy City. He had much to say, nevertheless, about the subject nearest to his heart—the National Religious Training School and its numerous forward movements. First of all, D. Shepard said: "I wish you would contradict the report that I am a candidate for the presidency of Howard University. Howard is a great institution, and to be its official head is an honor of which any educator might well be proud of; but. I feel called to a distinct work for my people in the Southland, and I would not leave it under any circumstances. I would rather be president of the National Religious Training School than anything else on earth." Ministerial Conference, and Sunne School. Dr. Shepard spoke enthusiastically on the outlook for the approach of Ministerial Conference and Summer School at Durham under the auspices of the National Religious Training School. The program outlined for the season covers the period between July 3 to August 11, and the attractions offered will be of the highest order. The Ministerial Conference, in which for many months the deepest interest has been manifested by the clergy throughout the land, will open July 6 and continue until the 13th. Ministers of every faith and denomination will be present and take part in the discussion of the race's most vital problems. Dr. Jesse L. Hurlbut and Dr. W. Y. Chapman will be special hecturers during conference week. All delegates will be guests of the school. The topics to be discussed include the normal and religious condition of our people in the several communities; sanitation, hygiene, criminology and corrections, mortality, temperance, Y. M. C. A., and Social settlement work and their effect, educational methods and fitness of teachers and civic opportunities. That these discussions by leading thinkers will be illuminating and profitable, goes without saying. Among the lecturers and instructors who will take part in the conference and appear at intervals during the summer school term, are: Bishop G. W. Clinton, Prof. Kelly Miller, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Dr. James H. Dillard, Dr. D. Webster Davis, Prof. W. H. Boyer, Prof. T. A. Long, Mies Hallie Quinn Brown, Prof. P. W. Dawkins, Hon. John C. Daney, Prof. W. H. Hammum, Dr. S. N. Vass, Alice Dunbar, Dr. J. T. Ford and many others, Prof O.U Ice Cream STRANGERS AND THE BEST SODA --- F. A. Clark, of Philadelphia, will be director of music; Prof. T. Parker Smith will have charge of the commercial course; Mrs. Clara A. Smith will supervise the teachers' course; and Miss Josephine Pinyon will be director of the Pastime Club. There will be continuous religious instruction for missionaries, Y. M. C. A. workers, evangelists, pastors, etc., and a number of Chautauqua features will be introduced. Those planning to attend should notify Dr. Shepard at once, as the final arrangements are being rapidly completed. W. L. Houston On Board of Education. The appointment of Attorney W. L. Houston as a member of the Board of Education comes as a delightful surprise to the people of the District of Columbia. Last Friday he was named by the Justices of the Supreme Court of the District to succeed Dr. W. V. Tunnell, professor of history in Howard University. The term is three years. The Board is made up of nine members, three of whom are colored. Mr. Houston's colored associates are Lawyer R. R. Horner and Mrs. Carrie Wilder Harris. Of the new members, Miss Mabel T. Bordman, president of the National Red Cross Society, is a notable figure. Mr. Houston has accepted the assignment and pledges himself to give to the school system the benefit of his best services. No appointment within memory has been received with such spontaneous popular approval as that of Mr. Houston. "A fine selection!" was the comment heard among the classes as soon as the news became current. For hours Mr. Houston's telephone was besieged with messages of congratulation and his mail has been flooded with letters of like tenor. Mr. Houston is a graduate of the law department of Howard University, and is enjoying a lucrative practice developed in a remarkably brief period. He is a native of Kentucky, and in early manhood taught school at Evansville, Ind. He came to Washington to take a clerkship in the War Department and he filled this position with etdit, until he resigned to enter into a partnership with Edward H. Morris for the practice of his profession in Chicago. After gaining an advantageous experience before the courts of Illinois, Mr. Houston returned to Washington and opened an office. He is now ranked with the ablest members of the bar of the District of Columbia. Secretary at the 16th B. M. C. in September. Besides the Odd Fellows, Mr. Houston is a Mason and a member of numerous other fraternal and civic organizations. He is a young man of fine intellectual attainments, of geat force of character, and is a brilliant and effective platform speaker. Mr. Houston is in hearty accord with the existing administration of the Washington schools, and his advent on the Board is very gratifying to those who have at heart the highest welfare of the 15,000 colored children enrolled in our schools. The Harris-Kemp Nuptials. Friends in this city have received cards announcing the marriage of Mrs. Agnes Louise Kemp, a leader of Brooklyn society, to Mr. George W. Harris, editor of the Amsterdam News, New York City. The ceremony was performed June 5 in Trenton, N. J. After a brief honeymoon on the New England coast, Mr. and Mrs. Harris will be at home to their friends at 118 N. Fulleton Avenue, Montclair, N. Dr. Jackson Cheerfully Accepts Action of Zion Conference. Dr. J. S. Jackson came within a few votes of having enough to elect him to the Bench of Bishops at the recent General Conference in Charlotte, N. C., and would have been able to have secured, the remaining ballots necessary to give him the required two-thirds had one or more of the "complimentary" candidates been willing to withdraw in his favor. However, Dr. Jackson is not east down by the unexpected result, and having been re-elected to his old place as financial secretary, is now directing his energies toward perfecting the best financial plan Zion has ever had in operation. In a letter to his Zion friends, Dr. Jackson says in par: Since the adjournment of the General Conference, I have received scores of letters from all parts of Zion, relative to the action of the conference in not electing more Bishops, and asking me how I felt about the matter, having received on several ballots a majority of the votes cast. I wish to say to all inquiriers and to the delegates who stood unswervingly by me from the first ballot to the last, that I have naught against my fellow-man. As the candidate having the highest number of votes, I retired from the race, feeling that God was pleased with my action, as this was the only course that would permit vital and necessary business to come before the body. The failure to transact this business would retard the progress of the church during the ensuing quadrennium. "I agree with my friends that it seemed unfair that the minority should force the majority to submit to its will on the Bishopric question; still, it may have been God's way, and I am willing to trust Him and wait on Him, for 'if God be for us, who can be against us.' Is it not also a fact that while the majority had to submit to the minority on the one point—no Bishops—was not the same minority compelled to yield to the fair-minded, justice-loving, Zion-interested, God fearing majority in all other cases? I thank God that Zion has within her borders men who are level-headed enough and loyal enough to sink their own ambitions to avert anything that tends toward disaster and promote the general welfare. "My supreme desire," continued Dr. Jackson, "is to serve the church where I can best serve. I return to the Financial Secretary-ship at the will of the largest vote ever given to any candidate for years. I am determined to render another four years' service to the best of my ability. Under God's guidance, I cannot see why even greater success should not be attained in the future, with circumstances more favorable in many ways than has been true of the past. "Be not discouraged my friends. Falter not by the wayside. Let us do our duty wherever we are, waiting upon him to reward us accordingly." The consensus of opinion is that in 1916, Dr. Jackson will be elected by acclamation, as a mark of appreciation for his generous self-abnegation in the hour when the prize of a lifetime was practically within his grasp, and persistence on his part might have won for him at the expense of the wellbeing of Zion. National Independent Political League to Meet. Rev. J. Milton Waldron, national organizer of the National Independent Political League, has promulgated a call of President J. R. Clifford, of Martinsburg, W. Va. for a general meeting of the League July 3, 4 and 5, in the Zion Bap- tist Church, Philadelphia. The call declares that "every member of the race who is independent in politics and who believes in supporting men and measures, rather than parties, and who is a contributor to the League, is eligible to membership." Preference for candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States and other candidates in the several states, will be made known. Lynchings, race hatred, segregation, colorphobia, exclusion from the ballot box and from state militia of the South, peonage, etc., are all named as products of disfranchisement and steps will be taken to find a remedy for these evils. Pastors of all churches are asked to preach a special sermon at some hour on Sunday, June 30, on "Evils of Disfranchisement and the duties and Responsibilities of Citizenship. The colored democratic organization, headed by Bishop Alexander Walters, will hold a conference in Baltimore next week, beginning on Monday, June 24. Colored democratic leaders from all parts of the country will be in attendance. Messrs. Napier and Johnson Injured Word comes from Chicago that two of the race's foremost political leaders have been the victims of serious accidents. Register J. C. Napier lost his footing last Tuesday night while alighting from a street-car in Chicago, and falling to the hard pavement, sustained painful injuries about the face and head, and his entire system suffered a tremendous shock. He is under the care of Dr. D. H. Williams and is said to be slowly recovering. Recorder Henry Lincoln Johnson, on the train nearing Chicago, in company with a delegation of Georgians, ran into some cars that obstructed the right of way, and received slight injuries. Several of the party were more or less hurt by the impact, but seem to be all right now. Bishop Thirkield in Great Demand. Bishop W. P. Thirkield is in great demand these days. A few days ago, he attended a meeting of the Freedmen's Aid Society in Cincinnati. Sunday he preached at the Foundry Church, and on Tuesday he delivered an address to the graduating class of the Central High School. // Thursday he was the commencement orator for the West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon, W. Va. The Bishop will be at Howard University until after the election of his successor, and about July 1 will go to his country seat at Marshfield Center, Mass. In September he will go to New Orleans, to remain until the Bishops' meeting in November After the session of the General Committee in the fall, he will take up his permanent residence in New Orleans. Presidency of Howard University. The presidency of Howard University is an all-absorbing problem. The kind of a man he should be is forming the subject of learned papers in the press and is a leading topic in the street corners and in the church, the school and the barber shop. Shall he be white or colored is also a burning issue, and there are able and aggressive champions of both sides of the question. Sentiment favors the appointment of a colored man, but it is the general feeling that the trustees will find it expedient to choose a white president. It is insisted upon by all that the man chosen, whether he be white or colored, must be a great big man, one who measures tip to the exacting demands of the situation and who "books the part" as well as reaching the intellectual and executive standards expected. Prof. Kelly Miller is far away the favorite of those who urge a colored president. No white man has yet been mentioned who appeals to the popular imagination of our colored citizens. A suggestion has been made that the colored candidate caucus and find some method by which the strength of the pro-Negro element can be focused on a single Negro candidate. This is regarded as the only means by which the colored candidate can as pure serious consideration. There are eight colored trustees on the Board, but they, as well as their white colleagues, are non-commital as to their attitude. The colored trustees are Dr. C. B. Purvis Dr. Booker T. Washington, Dr. J. E. Moorland, Rev. F. J. Grimke Dr. Marcus E. Wheatland, J. C. Napier, Dr. J. H. N. Waring and Dr. J. R. Francis. Dr. Gwathney Entertains Dentists. Dr. A. J. Gwathney, the popular dentist, entertained the Robert T. Freeman Dental Association last Saturday night at Martin's Cafe in honor of his birthday. All of the thirty guests responded to appropriate toasts and paid high tribute to the character and professional labors of the host. Dr. Gwathney graduated from Howard dental department in 1894, but had been practicing in Maine and Connecticut prior to his graduation, owing to his proficiency as an apprentice before coming to Washington. He was a demonstrator of dentistry in the Howard Medical school in the early days of the department, and gave eminent satisfaction. He has also served as president of the Robert T. Freeman Dental Association. He is one of the pioneers in the dental field here and numbers among his patrons some of the best people of the District. The News In a Nut Shell Dr. Julia F. H. Coleman, president of the "Hair-Vim Chemical Company," was in Baltimore last week, arranging for the enlargement of her manufacturing facilities. Mr. W. H. H. Terrell, of the Municipal Building, and Miss Alberta Gertrude Brooks, daughter of Rev. Walter H. Brooks, were united in marriage this week. Owing to the serious illness of Mrs. Brooks, the wedding ceremonies were witnessed by only the members of the families of the contracting parties. The architect who planned the magnificent $100,000 home of the Colored Y. M. C. A. is W. Sidney Fittman, a designer or international fame, and the constructing engineer, who arranged the physical features is Howard D. Woodson, one of the best architectural draughtsmen and engineers connected with the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. The contractor for the brick work on the building was also a colored man. Acting Grand Master Henry Lineoln Johnson, of the G. U. O. of O. F., has appointed W. L. Houston as the district of Columbia member of the committee on transportation for the 16th B. M. C., which is to be held at Atlanta in September. Senator Warren, of Wyoming, is making a strenuous effort to prevent the abandonment of Fort Dr. A. Russell, an important military post near Cheyanne, Wyo., which has been marked for elimination by the War Department economists. At this post is stationed the Fighting Ninth Cavalry, with which Lieut. B. O. Davis, of this city, is connected, and of which Rev. G. W. Pricleau is chaplain and Wade H. Hammond is bandmaster. A new paper for Washington is proposed. It is claimed that the promoters who are discussing the possibilities of such a publication are men of means and represent the most progressive thought of the Negro people of the nation's capital. Mr. Henry Lassiter, who managed the great mass meeting at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, which Dr. Booker T. Washington addressed, and another big affair, of which Congressman Philip P. Campbell, of Kansas, was the central figure, is now planning a third monster rally, to take place at an early date. The principal speaker on this occasion will be Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Alabama. Prof. R. R. Wright, of the Georgia State Colored College, near Savannah, Ga., stopped over a few days ago, en route to the Chicago convention. Lawyer and Mrs. Thomas L. Jones, who went to Ithaca, N. Y., to attend the commencement exercises of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, to witness the graduation of their daughter, Miss Clarice, were the recipients of much social attention during their sojourn there. Mrs. Jones and Miss Jones went on to Niagara Falls for a brief visit, while Dr. Jones returned to Washington, preparatory to a jaunt to Chicago to attend the republican national convention. ADVOCATE-EIGHT At the class-day exercises of the graduating class of Normal School No. 2 in the Armstrong Manual Training School's new auditorium the beautiful bouquet of Killarney roeess carried by Miss Vivian Lucile Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson, was a gift from the conservatories of the White House. BASEBALL NOTES. Waterbury is once more in the Connecticut League having taken over the New Britain team. The Winchester franchise in the Blue Grass League has been transferred to Nicholasville, Ky. / The Providence Club has sold pitcher George Harden to the Fort Wayne team in the Central League. National Negro Business League TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO AUGUST 21, 22 AND 23—PREPARATION BEING MADE FOR LARGEST MEETING IN ITS HISTORY. Chicago Chamber of Commerce Joins With Local League in Extending InvitationSome of Strongest Men and Women of Race to Speak STICK TO STARK FOR QUALITY HE Furnishes all Parties, Receptions and Big Dinners, he is the only one you can get quality of. Olives, Big and Fat, Only 30c Qt. F. C. STARK QUARRIER ST. The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the National Negro Business League will be held in Chicago, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 21, 22 and 23, 1912. The local Negro Business League of Chicago has secured the Seventh Regiment Armory for the sessions. Delegates intending to be present should, as early as practicable, notify W. D. Neighbors, secretary Chicago Negro Business League, 3517 State Street, Chicago, of such intention, so that proper accommodations may be reserved. Last year, nearly every state in the Union was represented at the annual meeting held in Little Rock. Officers of the organization are now earnestly at work to secure at Chicago an even larger gathering. The Little Rock meeting set a high standard in point of attendance, attractiveness of program, and hospitality of its citizens, but the Chicago League is striving to have the coming meeting surpass all previous ones. The Chicago Chamber of Commerce joined with the Local Negro Business League in inviting the National Organization to meet in Chicago, and is co-operating to welcome and entertain those who may attend. Very low reduced rates will be of- ferred from all parts of the country, and especially from the South, for the meeting. Local Leagues are urged to elect delegates at once. Experience has shown that the railroad authorities in every section of the country are willing to arrange for special Pullman or tourist car parties. It is earnestly desired that plans for such parties be arranged for as early as practicable. Some of the strongest men and women of the Negro race will be present and speak at the coming meeting. These gatherings annually bring together a group of hopeful, energetic, aspiring and successful men and women who are doing their part of the world's work. Sessions of the following affiliated organizations will be held at the same time: The National Negro Bankers' Association; the National Negro Funeral Directors' Association; the National Negro Press Association, and the National Negro Bar Association—a group of the strongest organizations in the country among the Negro people. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, President EMMETT J. SCOTT. Corresponding Secretary. J. C. NAPIER. Chairman Executive Committee. The second base position with the Salina team in the Central Kansas League seems to be "Jinkoed." Three men including Manager Lamb have been injured at the middle sack this season. George Wintor, the et-Boston pitcher, is managing the St. John team and Bob Ganley, formerly of Washington, is captain of the Frederickton team in the New Brunswick-Maine League. They call second baseman De Haven is a live wire all right and in the game every minute. The Roanoke Club has refused to sell pitcher Bert Gardin until after the close of the Virginia League season. Manager Griffith, of the Washington team, has put in a bid for the winning heaver. During the second inning of a recent double-header between Yazoo City and Columbus in the Cotton States League, the Columbus catcher was hurt and there was no one to take his place. The Yazoo City catcher volunteered to keep the game going and caught for both teams for sixteen innings, Yazoo INTERESTING WEDDING London, June 24.—A wedding of interest on both sides of the Atlantic took place today in St. George's Church, Hanover Square. The bride was Miss Wera Elliott, daughter of Sir Arthur Elliott, who made his home in the United States before succeeding to his title. The bridegroom was Edward Boles Cowles, a son of the late David S. Cowles, of Rye, N. Y.