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THE ADVOCATE. WE CHEERFULLY PUBLISH ALL CRISP NEWS NOTES FROM ALL SECTIONS. VOLUME XII. Roosevelt Will Stick COLONEL SAYS HE WILL CON TINUE ORGANIZING PROG RESSIVE PARTY Proffers of Help Are so Many That Acknowledgments Can Not be Made to all for Some Time and Leaders of the New Movement to Purge G. O. P. are Encouraged. Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 26.—The issue upon which Colonel Roosevelt is to make his campaign for the presidency was indicated by him today. He purposes to base his appeal upon the assertion that what he has termed the "big sinister influences" have determined to eliminate him from public life because he is the one man whom they really fear. To accomplish this purpose, he believes, they are willing to take up any man who they think can win the presidency over him. Having defeated him at the Chicago convention, he says, they hope to control the Democratic convention to this same end. "They know me and I know them," he said. "It is anything to beat me. I am fighting a lone hand and I am going' to fight it out to the end." Confers With Prendergast. The former President made this remarks after a long conference with William A. Prendergast, Comptroller of the City of New York. Mr. Prendergast came to Oyster Bay to induce Colonel Roosevelt to say definitely that under no circumstances would he withdraw from the fight. "Has any other suggestion been made" was asked of Mr. Prendergast "that any other than Colonel Roosevelt should load the fight for the new party?" "I will answer that question for Mr. Prendergast," said the Colonel. "In the statement, which I made in Chicago on Monday I said I would stay in the fight to the end. Since then I have received hundreds of letters and telegrams urging me to go on with it, and not one of them suggested that I get, out of it. In every case my reply is just what I said in Chicago." The Comptroller said the reason he was anxious to make it clear that Colonel Roosevelt would make the fight was that the "interests" which debated him at Chicago would do anything in their power to keep him out of the White House, and for that purpose would gladly accept any other progressive. In Chicago, he continued some of the Taft leaders asked him to go to Colonel Roosevelt with the offer to give the nomination to Governor Hadley or any other man the Colonel might name. Corroborates the Statement. They have even offered, he said, to put the Roosevelt delegates from Texas and Washington back on the list if he would consent to this. Colonel Roosevelt corroborated this statement, and added that the same interests were hard at work at the Baltimore convention and were willing to take up any of the Democratic progressives, if they thought they could thus defeat him. Comptroller Prendergast said in a statement that he had pointed out to Colonel Roosevelt that the overshadowing issue was "whether the nomination for the Presidency can be stolen and the people given an opportunity to pass judgment on the theft." "The object for which this fraud was perperrated," he said, "was the defeat of Mr. Roosevelt, not the nomination of anybody else. This conspiracy will be successful if any other man is elected to the Presidency." "The object of every honest man should, therefore, be to elect him. Should either Mr. Taft or a Democrat be elected the success of the conspiracy will be complete. If the Presidency, or a nomination for it, can be stolen and the thieves escape unpunished what security can there be for property or order?" Offers of Assistance. Offers of assistance in the formation of the new progressive party are reacling Colonel Roosevelt by mail and telegraph, he said today, at such a rate that he will be unable to acknowledge most of them for some time. When he reached home from Chica- CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR. THE ADVOCATE. Baptist Executive Sunday School Board Donates $500 to Denominational School and Plans to Spread Works in all parts of the State Through Re-elected Superintendent. The executive board of the West Virginia Baptist Sunday School Convention in its meeting held at the first Baptist Church Friday formulated plans for doing a great work during the conventional year. In the distribution of funds the Hill Top School received $500 and all claims against the convention were paid up to date. President A. P. Straughter was chosen as delegate to the National Baptist Convention which will meet in Texas. The missionary work was very earnestly considered, the board being very anxious to spread its work in all parts of the state, especially into the new fields. Rev. J. J. Turner was re-appointed as superintendent of missions with an increase in salary, with the authority to co-operate with the mission board of the West Virginia Baptist State Convention. To promptly pay off the debts that will be incurred doing this work, it is the request of the Board that all schools donate one Sunday's collection every month for State Sunday School missions and that said collections be forwarded promptly to the superintendent of missions. HEAD OF CUBAN INSURRECTION Officially Reported To Have Been Killed—Government is Confidient His Death Will End Revolution. Havana, June 27—General Estenoz, the leader of the insurrection, is officially reported to-night, to have been killed. President Gomez, at 10 o'clock, received a dispatch from General Monteagudo, the Cuban Commander in Chief in Oriente, announcing that Colonel Conseugra has reported the rebel leader dead and his body to Songa. Colonel Conseugra asked for the dispatch to that place of a special train for the purpose of transporting the body to Santiago. There are no particulars of the engagement in which General Estenoz was killed, but the fall of the rebel chief is the occasion of great rejoicing here. The government is satisfield that this will end the insurrection, the hunting down or surrender of the minor leaders now being a matter of only a few days. It is also reported that General Ivonet has been wounded and will probably soon be captured. BODY OUT IN TWAIN Fusillade of Bullets Directed at Colored Woman by Mob as She Swung From Limb of Tree Vienna, Ga., June 25—"We find that Annie Barkdale came to her death at the hands of parties unknown." This was the verdict rendered by the Coroner's jury that investigated the lynching of the colored woman who slew Mrs. B. E. Jordan, at Pinehurst, yesterday afternoon. The verdict was rendered in the face of the fact that the automobiles in which the lynching party pursued the slayer and the Sheriff are known to be owned by some of the most prominent citizens of Cordale, Vienna and Pinehurst. Great crowds attended and saw the shot-riddled body of the woman cut from the tree. Sheriff Bennett has made no arrests and none is expected. The truth is that there is general rejoicing over the lynching and the lynchers are known to everybody. The woman was lynched from an auto. The machine in which she was sitting was driven under a tree, a rope placed about her neck and the other end tied to a limb of a tree. The machine was started at high speed and she was left hanging. Her body was then shot to pieces. Her eyes were shot out and such a fusallade directed at her waist that she was cut in two. OKLAHOMA IN LINE Bartlesville, Okla., June 26.—State headquarters of the Progressive party were opened here today by Frank Frantz, a Roosevelt heutenant. Mr. Frantz said that he would issue a call for a state convention to take place in August, the date to be determined by the time set for the national Progressive convention. CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1912 Excellent Attendance FROM MANY STATES UPON THE SUMMER SCHOOL AT INSTITUTE IS REPORTED Fifty Enrolled During First Week Will Hear Lectures by Dr. DuBois, Kelly Miller Dr. Washington, and Oth's Distinguished Educators of Race. Institute, W. Va., June 25—The first week of the State Summer school at the West Virginia Colored Institute has been very promising in numbers and results. The teachers began to arrive on the 15th and 16th insts., and by Monday morning of the 17th, a respectable number had registered and had been assigned to classes. The enrollment at present is about 50. This is the best in the history of the school, so far, for so early in the term. Prof. Byrd Prillerman, director of the summer school, in conjunction with Supt, Shawkey and Prof. Sims and Prof. McDonald, has been very active in his efforts to make this the best summer school in results that has been held in this series. He has been ably assisted by the gentlemen who have been working with him. Prof. DuBois, one of the nation's ripest scholars, poet, historian and author, began his series of lectures Monday. The enrollment shows that West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Virginia are represented. It is regretted that a greater number of West Virginia teachers are not in attendance. Director Prillerman has applications from teachers who have not yet presented themselves. Prof. Kelly Miller will be present the last two weeks of the summer school. The date for the lectures of Dr. Washington have not been set. The following are enrolled: Nicey Morris, Lewisburg; Laura Brimage, Buckeystown, Md.; Hattie L. Peters, Charleston; Estelle Walker, Clarkksburg; W. Va; Mary Whimbs, Buckeystown, Md.; Clara Stewart, Huntington; Walter M. Chavis, West Liberty, O.; Lee A. Toney, North Kenova, O.; Hannah Meade, Bridgeport, Ohio; Juanite Arter, Bolivar, Linda Scott, Galliopolis, O.; Lelia Powell, Buckhannon; Ella Dorsey, Smithfield, Pa.; Julia Childs, Wellburg; Bessie Smith, Covington, Ky.; Mary Williams, Charleston; Willia M. Lee, Clarkksburg; Eva Maxwell, Grindstone, Pa.; Rosa Jordan, Bluefield; Mrs. M. M. Lowry, Institute; Hattie D. Haven, Charleston; Maydele Bradford, Charleston; Lillie D. Allen, Clarkksburg; Eva Fotan, Fayettesville; Alice Meadows, Institute; Irene West, Scio, O.; W. H. Lowry, Institute; Malcoma Brady, Bolivar; Neportia Allen, Salem, Va.; William O. Armstrong, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. Madaline Paul, Hagerstown, Md.; Julia M. Smith, Pt. Pleasant; Ethel M. Jones, Rendville, O.; Ruby Carr, St. Albans; Myrtle M. Irving, Charleston; Thomas W. Taylor, Buckhannon; Zanphyr Robinson, Institute; Virene Beller, Institute; J. S. Cardwell, Gary; Mrs. J. S. Cardwell, Gary; B. T. Clark, Dun Loop; Adele Freeman, Shepherdstown, Esther V. Bryan, Tarboro, N. C.; Nannie Saunders, Montgomery; Ruth Burke, Knoxville, Tenn.; Julia F. Brown, Charleston; Eva Green, Clarkksburg; Mary S. Noel, Montgomery. This association will hold its 1912 meeting at Alderson, July 3 to 5. The C. & O. Railway Company has promised to so arrange the usual 4th of July rate to take care of this meeting by allowing reduced rate tickets to be on sale July 2nd, to 4th, good returning until July 8th. Consult your ticket agent. Should. you not receive satisfaction write, J. J. Turner, Corresponding Sec'y., Box 64, Kimberly, W. Va. Expects Chicago Meeting, August 21 to 23, to Surprise all Others in Point of Attendance and Interest Manifested. 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 accommodations may be reserved. Last year, nearly every state in the Union was represented at the annual meeting hold 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 Chicako 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 offered from all parts of the country, and e-specially 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 and 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 meetings. 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 Banker's Association; The National Negro Funeral Director's 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. PRESIDENT SHEPARD A "D. D.". Popular Head of the National Religious Training School the First of His Race to Receive Degree From Musketingum College. Durham, N. C., June 26,—Musklingum college, Ohio, has conferred the degree of "Doctor of Divinity" upon Dr. James E. Shepard, the popular president of the National Religious Training School, located in this city. While Musklingum is one of the smaller colleges, it is regarded as one of the truly great colleges of the country. It has sent out a host of noable men, who have made their impress upon the intellectual life of the nation and whose constructive labors have gone far to advance the general good. Among the alumni of this college may be mentioned: the late President Harper, of the Chicago University: Dr. Moorhead, dean of the Xenia Theological Seminary; Dr. Lawrence, Mr. Bryan's pastor; Dr. McClenahan, pastor of the wealthiest presbyterian church in Pittsburg and a host of others—not less distinguished. It boasts of the fact that 55 per cent, of the male graduates of this college are either in the ministry or the missionary work of the world. Dr. Shepard is the only colored man to be honored with a degree at the hands of Muskingum college, and the vote of the faculty on the question was unanimous. NO INTERFERENCE Santa Fe, N. M., June 24.—There will be no interference in the Johnson-Flynn world's heavyweight championship fight at Las Vegas July 4, by Governor McDonald, provided the authorities "enforce strictly the state laws" for the suppression of public gambling. Banks Gets Back at 'Em DELEGATE GIVES HIS VERSION OF THE BREAK BETWEEN HIM AND TAFT. Attempt to Discredit Him With his Delegation and the Race is Resented by Mound Bayou Man, Who tells a Startling Story of the Methods Pursued by Republicans in the South. Chieago, Ill., June 22—What is expected to be the last word in the controversy arising over the return of $800.00 to the Taft forces by Charles Banks, of Mound Bayou, who cast his lot with Roosevelt; was said by him in a circular here yesterday. In the early days of the Republican National convention, Mr. Banks created a sensation by publicly announcing that he had returned to the Taft managers $800, given him to defray the railroad and other expenses of members of the delegation from his state. To minimize as much as possible the effect this statement might have on the other delegations and the public at large, the assertion was made that Banks had retained $200.00 of the $1,000.00 which had been entrusted to him at him own request. In answer to this charge Mr. Banks says: When I addressed the letter to Director McKinley a few days ago I intended to have no more to say in a public way touching the matter during the Convention. While I have known that at their headquarters they have been trying to discredit me with every Negro who visited them, I find now their hand in the open. First, I reaffirm the statements made in my letter of last week. They claim they have some data they could publish which would reflect much discredit upon me. I call upon them to publish it, and insist they vouch for the truthfulness of the same. As to the matter of their trusting me with a few hundred dollars, I again assert that it was their proposition. They say I had the money several weeks; that is untrue. It was not over fifteen or twenty days before the convention. The impression they aim to create is obvious. In support of myself I desire to refer them to the following firms at Memphis, Teen., each of whom have carried a debit against me, based mainly on my word, during the past twelve months ranging from Ten to Forty Thousand Dollars: Messrs. Stewart Gwynn Co., Messrs. W. A. Gage & Co., Messrs. George T. Webb & Co. I also refer them to anyone else, also the Governor of the State of Mississippi, with whom I am personally acquainted and with whom I have had dealings, and my own attorney, one of the leading attorneys in my county. Now as to the bribery publications, back of which is the Taft management, I would state that the man Shumpert, who is a preacher, stated to a man here as a delegate, who is in my employ in Mississippi as an attorney, and who holds a mortgage against Shumpert's home now long past due, that he desired sufficient help to pay same, and when he called to see me I promised to do what I could to help him. I have helped him before these days, and when he tries to create false impressions he knows better than anyone else that he does less than a man, saying nothing of being a minister of the gospel. As to the man Buckley, whose affidavit they publish, he represents nothing and could not be here now by the free and untram-melled expressed desire of the Republican of this district. And speaking of bribery he has stated that Mr. Moseley, the National Committeeman from Mississippi, has promised to allow his to name certain postmasters immediately after the convention is over. This most likely is true because Mr. Moseley will make such promises. (Continued on page three.) Vital Program IS ARANGED FOR MEETING OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS IN COLORED SCHOOLS. In every part of the country large preparations are being made for to external the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools which holds its 9th Annual Session in Chattanooga, Tenn., July 24th to 28th. Chairman of the Executive Committee Mr. M. W. Dogan and Pres. W. T. B. Williams have arranged a program which will be very vital in all its bearings, running through from Wednesday, the 24th to Sunday afternoon, 28th. As in former years Sunday will be Educational Day throughout the city of Chattanooga. Some of the best educators will speak in all the churches at the 11 o'clock services; while at 3 o'clock a great Educational Mass meeting will be held at the City Auditorium where a few of the best speakers and some of the best singers to be had by any people will constitute the program. As in St. Louis last year it is expected that many thousands of people will gather in the Chattanooga Auditorium to hear and cheer the closing notes of the 9th annual session Sunday the 28th. Very low round trip reduced rates have been secured on all railroads east of the Mississippi river. Persons from other sections will find it possible to secure the summer tour rates to Chattanooga and vicinity. Already there is the assurance of more than a thousand delegates at the Chattanooga meeting. "JIM CROW" LAW Leads to Fistic Encounter Between Governor and Judge. Florence, S. C., Jung 25.—Enraged by remarks made by Governor Blease during the joint debate here today, Judge Ira B. Jones, candidate for Governor, struck Blease with his fists. Chairman McCown and others seized Judge Jones and dragged him away. Governor Blease charged that Judge Jones, in voting against the raffroad "Jim Crow" law, voted to have the white women ride in the same coach with "big Negro bucks and wenches." "That's a lie," cried Judge Jones and he at once dashed at Governor Blease. The men had several sharp clashes during the campaign. Governor Blease has charged that his opponents are seeking to get into a fight. Judge Jones resigned his place on the Supreme bench to make the race against Blease. ILLINOIS PROGRESSIVES To Meet in a Few Weeks to Outline Work in Campaign. Chicago, June 26.—A meeting of Illinois Progressives will be called within the next three weeks for the purpose of outlining their work in the state and national campaign, Medill McCormick announced today. No organized effort has been made toward collecting funds for the conduct of the campaign, but voluntary subscriptions are being received. A large amount of campaign literature, including blank pledges of support of the new party, have been ordered and will be distributed from the Chicago headquarters. Voluntary pledges to the Progressive cause, containing 2,000 names, came in from Peoria today, said Mr. McCormick. BOOM IS STARTED Chicago, June 26.—"Roosevelt and Bryan" badges, long ribbon streamers, have made their appearances in Chicago. Several hundred have been distributed to suburban train passengers. At the progressive headquarters it was said there was no opposition to the proposed ticket. THE WEST VIRGINIA BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION The 35th annual session of this convention which was to be held at Wheeling will be held with the Ebenezer Baptist church of Beekley, Raleigh Co. This change was made by the executive committee in a meeting in Charleston June 21 after receiving a letter from Rev. Dr. W. H. Crawley justifying such change. Mrs. M. J. Mason's Hair Dressing plain or electrict massage, shampooing and manicuring. 125 Court, street. Phone 3072-8 Residence phone 2875-m. THE ADVOCATE. ADVERTISEMENTS PLACED IN OUR COLUMNS BRING RESULTS. TRY IT. NUMBER 20 WELL PLEASED, AS ARE NEGROES IN GENERAL, WITH CONVENTION'S ACTION Thompson Thinks Advocate Correspondent Seees Much in Platform which Should Appeal to the Race—Work for Welfare of Colored Porters.—The News in a Nut-Shell. Washington, D. C., June 26.—President Taft has been renominated. The fight at Chicago and during the pre-convention period was bitter. Every point was vigorously contested, and every victory came as the result of clean-cut political generalship and the loyalty of men who believed in the righteousness of their cause. It was a battle of wits a great brute strength—a struggle of arms against expectations—of so much achievement against theatrical y—and the verdict is one to all meet with the approval of sober, far-seeing and unselfish rhetoric elements of the Republic party and the nation when the spots engendered during the campaign shall have been healed up. The angry words uttered in the heat of the titanic conflict will be forgotten within a short time. Disappointments will lose their keen edge and the true-blue Republicans will awaken to the fact that a still greater campaign awaits them—that everybody must get together to avoid the calamities that may lie in the wake of a Democratic triumph at the polls in November. The past now belongs to history. The future welfare of the Republican party is the concern that must be faced in a spirit of generosity and good-fellowship. This is the attitude of 90 per cent of the Americans—black and white—who last week waged warfare against one another with might and main. The battle was fought on a fair field, and the contenders were giants. No reasonable soldier will sneer at those who went down to defeat, if they prove to be cheerful losers. The victors will bear their laurels with becoming modesty. Theodore Roosvelyt fought a game fight, and he had some gallant men in his command. William Howard Taft manfully maintained his side of the contest, and won because he had tradition, achievement, the prestige of the party record and the confidence of the safe and sane factors of the body politic, in solid phalanx at his back. It is regrettable that there should be a "split" over the result. Optimistic Republicans cannot bring themselves to believe that the break is to be permanent. The party has had its troubles and divisions before, and they have been composed happily before serious damage was done. It does not require a long stretch of the imagination to generate the hope that conditions are not so bad this year that harmony cannot be secured long before the campaign is under full headway. Great interests are at stake, and the sober, second thought of the protestants is apt to bring the conviction that it is far better to effect an amicable arrangement within party lines than to play into the hands of the enemy by persistence in a family quarrel. That some white man and some black ones will hold out with the new party is to be expected; but, it is the guess of the cleverest political forecasters that the rank and file of Republicans, of both races, will within the next sixty days be found marching, shoulder to shoulder, under the banner of William H. Taft as the duly accredited standard-bearer of the united party of freedom, commercial advancement, constitutional stability and equality of all men before the law. Whatever course others may take, it can be put down to a certainty that the bulk of the colored voters of the land will give their support to the "regular" nominee of the party. They have wisdom enough to realize that the "old ship" is perfectly seaworthy, and that there is no justification for taking to the boats, to risk capsizing in a tempestuous and uncharted political ocean. Colored Delegates "Stayed Put." The peculiarly gratifying feature of the Chicago convention was the unshakable loyalty of the colored delegates to their pledges and instructions. Cajoled, threatened, tempted by money and patronage, and besieged at every turn by every blandishment (Continued on Page Bix.) CORRESPONDENCE Call 756 And Give Us Your Order For CREAM F RAIN “That Good Beer” Deliveries Made to Your Home in Any Part of the City By KANAWHA BREWING COMPANY PAGE TWO. CORRESP MACDONALD Miss Lorraine Robinson, who has been attending school in Washington, D. C., is home for the summer. Mrs. Eliza Dabney, of Piedmont, is visiting friends in MacDonald and vicinity. Rev. B. B. Martin conducted regular services at the Mt. Hope M. E. church Sunday. J. B. Melver was a business visitor to Charleston last week. Robert Johnson is spending a few days with his father, H. A. Johnson. A large number from here attended the Rally at the Kilsythe Baptist church, Sunday. Mrs. Polly Dickerson continues critically ill at her home in Sugar Creek. Mrs. Annie Johnson, of Piedmont, is visiting relatives here a few days. The M. E. church choir has been invited to sing at Red Star Sunday, June 30. Rev. Marrin and his people there intend to have a house of their own to worship in. Mrs. Mabel Tarrer, of Huntington, was here to attend the funeral of her mother. She returned home Monday. Mrs. H. A. Johnson who went to the Huntington hospital for an operation did not survive it. She died on the 10th and was brought home for burial. The funeral services were held at the Mt. Hope M. E. church, Rev. Martin officiating. The remains were taken to Fayetteville for in-ferment. LEWISBURG Mrs. Polly Bush, of Hot Springs, was the guest of relatives here last week. The Children's Day service at the M. E. church on the third Sunday was declared by many to have been the best in many years. Mrs. Carrie Gardner has been quite ill for several days. Miss Sallie Freeland and Robert Basfield have returned from Richmond to spend the summer. Prof. E. A. Bolling has gone to Institute to fill his position as instructor in the summer school. A large party of young people went on a hay-ride to Frankford Friday night. They report a delightful time. A number of guests gathered in the parlor of Prof. E. A. Bolling's residence on last Wednesday to witness the marriage of Miss Ella E. Bolling Call And Give Us to Mr. Wm. E. Hawkins, of Ashland, Ky. At seven o'clock the bridal party entered to the strains of the wedding march played by Miss Edna R. Bolling, the sister of the bride. First came Miss Valma Hays, the maid of honor, and Mrs. Mary Bolling, the matron of honor, followed by the groom and best man, Mr. Chas, Hays; then came the bride with her brother, Edward. The party formed under a beautiful arch where the ceremony was performed by Rev. Lova. The bridesmaids wore pink gowns, while the bride was attired in a gown of white satin with long veil and carried a bouquet of carnations and bridal roses. The popularity of the young couple was shown by the many and handsome presents they received. After a light repast Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins left for Ashland, Ky., where they will make their home. Miss Ney Morris left for Institute Saturday to attend the summer school. Miss Brownie Beard is here from Huntington to spend a few days. Miss Abbey Chandler and Misses Emma and Alice Berry, of White Sulphur, were over to attend the wedding. PIEDMONT Miss Leah Woodson, teacher in Westernport, Md., left last week for her home in Pennsylvania. Mesdames Ella Dabney and Annie Johnson left here Thursday for Fayetteville to attend the funeral of Mrs. Ella Johnson. A number of people from Keyser, Westernport, Frostburg and Cumberland, Md., and Meyersdale, Pa., attended the first dance given on the 19th by the Piedmont Social Club. Rev J. M Beane, pastor of Walden M. E. Church, delivered a very interesting sermon Sunday night. The first baseball game of the season will be played here Monday by the Frostburg Stars vs. The Piedmont Giants. MORGANTOWN Drewy Franklin, of Springfield, O. is visiting his brother, Harrison Franklin, Hngh St. Mrs. Bessie Dyson, and Miss Bertha Dixon gave a dinner for Miss Mollie Latiny, of Connellsville. Those present were: Misses Julia Dixon, Bertha Ramsey, Kate and Lottie Richardson; Marion and Lillian 756 Hinshaw and Pearl Wheeler; Dr. Mc Daniels, Messrs. Hardly Parker, Robert Settles, Otto Henderson and Gabriel Holland and Albert Dyson. Tom Ward and Benjamin Malone were visitors of Urvel Crawford, of Fairmont, Sunday. Shields Lewis returned to Connellsville, yesterday. Jacob Small, of Grafton, was a visitor in Morgantown, Sunday. A. R. Foster, of Pittsburg, is a new comer in our town. Bishop Turner of Clarksburg, was here Friday looking after business. Miss Mollie Gatlin, who has been the guest of Mrs. Chas. Asberry, returned to her home today. Richard Beasley and Miss Eva Gardiner, were married Wednesday of last week. They will make their home in Sabraton. Rev. J. T. Gibbons of the A. M. E. church is a visitor in Chicago. He will return home this week. Bert Smith, of Fairmont, was a visitor here Monday. EAGLE Little Gladys L. Winston, who has been ill with typhoid fever for the past five weeks, is able to be out again. Mrs. Pearl Smith Woods, field missionary of the Woman's Baptist State convention, was here Sunday night and made a very excellent speech on woman's work. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller, of Gaulley, have moved on Crescent road. Chas. Ross, of Winfrede, spent Sunday with his brother-in-law, James Ross. Miss Beulah Saunders and Mrs. Wiltie Whiteing, of Montgomery, were visiting their aunt, Mrs. Emma Teague, Sunday. Emmett and Sandy Saunders were calling in Montgomery Sunday evening. Miss Joe Willa Morgan and Lizzie Woods of Montgomery were calling on friends here Sunday. Rev. F. R. Roberson, of Cannelson, was a business visitor here last week. Mrs. Willie Miller was calling on Mrs. A. W. Slaughter in Montgomery, last week. Miss Mary Wade, of Montgomery, was the Sunday guest of her sister, Mrs. D. S. Saunders. Miss Carrie May Groomes, of Hinton, is down to spend the summer with her cousin, Mrs. Willie Miller. Luther Brown made a business trip to Boomer last week. Mrs. Martha Noble, of Montgomery was a pleasant caller here Sunday afternoon. Lucy Jones and Gladys Dixson spent Sunday at Crescent road with Gladys Winston and Carrie Grooms. J. W. Miller made a business trip to Gauley, Monday. Mrs. J. W. Miller entertained Mr. and Mrs. Carter of Gauley, last week. INSTITUTE C. E. Mitchell returned from the Chicago convention Sunday evening. Dr. W. E. B. DuBois has arrived at the West Virginia Colored Institute and is delivering some fine lectures to the students of the State Summer School. Prof. Byrd Prillerman and R. P. Sims made a business trip to Wheeling Thursday and returned Friday evening. Mrs. E. A. Dorsey spent a few days here last week. A number of Institute citizens attended the funeral of Mr. Benjamin Brown in Charleston Sunday. Miss Amelia Wilcher was the guest of the Misses Spriggs Sunday. Miss Mary Eubank made a business trip to Institute Monday. Mrs. J. S. Carrol and Miss Woolfork were visitors here Monday. Mrs. C. E. Mitchell left for New York Wednesday. Miss Alice Whitaker is the guest of Miss Julia Dorsey. The summer school at the West Virginia Colored Institute is being well attended. F. J. Higgins, editor of the Clarion, of Clarksburg, visited the school Friday evening. Mr. Ish, of Little Arkansas, was a pleasant caller last week. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lovette gave a party Monday evening in honor of the birthday of their little daughter, Eloise. J. Marshall Jones and C. W. Boyd spent Thursday afternoon here. CHARLESTON To Spend Summer in Vermont Mrs. Claude O. Lowry, of this city, and Miss M. Sodartha Booth, of Hinton, left Wednesday for Thetford, Vermont, where they will spend the summer at Camp Hanoum, a popular resort in the Green Mountain State "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." They will return to West Virginia about the middle of September. Back From Chicago—The West Virginia delegation to the Republican National convention at Chicago, twenty-five strong, returned to their respective homes the first of the week, much chagrined at the failure of Col. Roo-evelt to receive the nomination. S. BERMAN LOAN OFFICE Money Loaned on Jewelry and Clothing THE ADVOCATE S. BE LOAN Money L Jewel Cloth 60 From this section of the state were; F. H. Huskins, J. H. Taylor, W. H. Wright, Levi Campbell, Ernest Porterfield, Henry Burkes, W. H. Simpson, Phil Waters, of Charleston and J. C. Glimer, of Charleston; J. S. Noel, Montgomery; Chas. E. Mitchell, Institute; J. R. Clifford, Martinsburg; Rev. C. E. Gibbons, Morgantown; Dr. S. F. Clay, Lewisburg; Dr. C. C. Barnett, Huntington and M. T. Whittico, Keystone. They were guests at the Palm House' while in Chicago. Gong to Join the Benedicts James Arthur Jackson, assistant state librarian, accompanied by Dr. J. C. Ellis, his best man, and E. L. James, left Wednesday evening for Washington where, on Saturday night he and Miss Estelle V. Kennedy, one of the society belles of the nation's capital will be married Saturday evening. Mr. Jackson will return to this city Sunday noon with his bride. Hotel Brown Arrivals—Rev. B. W. Ford, Parkersburg; T. L. Higgins, Esq., Clarksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Day, Knoxville, Tenn.; J. C. Young, Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Smith, Montgomery; S. L. Stewart, Beverly; A. Mollahan, Chicago, Ill.; R. T. Ervin, Winifredre; Dr. H. C. Hargrove, and C. H. Hargrove, Beckley; C. B. Ramsey, Plant City, Fla.; Mrs. Chas. P. Simms, Mrs. Thos. Gilliam, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. William Guthrie, Roanoke, Va.; Miss Lola B. Elmore, Beliot, Mich.; S. H. Denson, Compton, Va.; E. J. Palmer, Roanoke, Va.; William Chavis, Ohio; E. Lucky, Weycoo; Miss Minie Beard, Ronververte; Howard Johnson, Plymouth, Mr. and Mrs., Auston, Mr. and Mrs. D. Riley, Carbon; Mr. and Mrs. C. Palmer, Slab Fork; F. M. Cousins, Cleveland, O.; Rev. J. B. Mciver, McDonald; John Bass, Maysville, Ky.; J. M. Johnson, Garrison; W. M. Bradfield, Lawton; and A. McClung, Kingston were registered at Hotel Brown this week. In Honor of the Bride Elect—Miss Mina Booker entertained a few friends, Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Mollie Mills, North Rand st., in honor of Miss Ora Franklin, the Wednesday night bride. Claimed by Death—Dr. R. L. Jones received a telegram yesterday announcing the death of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Walter H. Brooks, the wife of a popular Washington, D. C., Baptist preacher. Mrs. Brooks been a sufferer for several months her ailment being Bright's disease. It became apparent to thos around her that her condition was practically hopeless and Mrs. Jones, her daughter, was summoned from this this city, two weeks ago. Dr. Jones will leave today to attend the obsequies. Tribe of Judah McInts—Mrs. Mariah Alexander was hostess to the "Tribe of Judah". Thursday evening at her home on Sentz street. At the conclusion of the regular routine of business J. B. McIver delivered a very thoughtful address. He was followed by R. H. Thomas and the president, J. C. Lewis. Mrs. Lizzie Seruggs and others will entertain the club this week at her residence on Lewis st. Atheneums Install Officers—The Atheneum club meeting, Monday night at Mrs. Amanda Taylor's, Court street, was attended by a large number of members and visitors. The following program was rendered: Solo, A. Alexander Gregory; select reading, H. H. White; solo, Mrs. Marion Green; reading from Shakespeare, by Miss Lillian Sellus. This was followed by the installation of officers by Rev. B. R. Reed, assisted by Mrs. E. J. Woodard. The officers were: Mrs. Lizzie Waynesboro, president; Mrs. Julia Campbell, vice-president; Miss Minnie Peters, secretary; Miss Vangie Patterson, assistant secretary; Norman Dehaven, treasurer. The club meets Monday evening with Mrs. Woodard, Elmwood ave. Club Gives Musicale—Missionary Section No. 2, gave a public entertainment at the church, Tuesday evening. The program had both musical and literary numbers with many comic features. The audience was well entertained and much credit is due 605 Kanawha St. Miss Willie Brown and her assistants for the successful venture, Mrs. Mary Rollins will be hostess to the Missionaries. Tuesday night of next week, at her residence on Morris st. Willing Workers Meet—The Willing Workers of Simpson M. E. church was entertained at the residence of Mrs. Lillian Kent on Young street. The attendance was good and a very pleasant and successful session was held. Visitors present were: Rev. and Mrs. Carroll, and also Miss Marie Woolfork, of Atlanta, Ga., who is visiting in the city. Next meeting place of the club will be announced later. Personals and Locals. Mrs. Sarah Henderson arrived in the city Tuesday from Staunton, Va., to attend the Helm-Franklin nuptials. Mrs. Sarah Dawson, accompanied by her little grand-daughter, Alice, is visiting her son in Columbus, O. Mrs. S. A. Colbert left Saturday for Cleveland, O., to spend the summer. Rev. R. R. Downs spent several days in the city last week with his family. Miss Florence Williams has returned from a pleasant visit of two weeks to friends in Baltimore, Md. Mrs. W. H. Parker is at John Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, Md., for treatment. Two small children of Mr. Girard, Court street were badly scalded last week. T. W. Randolph leaves tonight for Washington, D. C., to attend the Jackson-Kennedy nuptials, Saturday night. Mrs. James Thomas, of Wevaco, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Wright, Piedmont street, several days this week. Joseph Smith leaves Saturday for a brief visit to his aunt at Parkersburg and brother, Henry B. Smith, at Moundsville. Mrs. Gertrude Gough-McIver, of Columbus, O., spent Sunday here en route from Sun to Huntington. Beverly Pannell, of Paint Creek, and J. M. Johnson, of Garrison, were Sunday visitors to the city. Mrs. Daniel Straton, of St. Albans, was shopping here Wednesday. N. V. Bacchus, of Cabin Creek, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Ella Huffman Wilson st. OF ARKANSAS Little Rock, Ark., June 26—The trustees of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville met here today to discuss the selection of a president of the university to succeed Professor J. N. Tillman, who has resigned. The first choice of the trustees is said to be Dr. S. C. Mitchell, who is now the president of the University of South Carolina. It is not known whether Dr. Mitchell will accept the offer of the presidency of the Fayetteville institution. AT GENEVA Geneva, Switzerland, June 26—A notable celebration was began here today of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of the famous philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau who was born in Geneva, June 28, 1712. The anniversary exercises will continue three days and will be participated in by noted savants from America as well as nearly all the countries of Europe. New York, June 26. The management of the Motordome Stadium at Brighton Beach has completed arrangements for what promises to be the greatest motocycle race meeting ever pulled off in this country. The meet, which will open next Saturday and continue three days, will bring together the fastest amateur and professional riders in America. The bowl-shaped track at Brighton Beach is considered the fastest in the country and it is believed a speed of one hundred miles an hour will be attained by the racers 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. 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 . RUSK GRO J. A. RUSK GRO. CO. SUCCESSORS TO C. A. GATES Superior Quality & Sanborn's Flavoring Extra A. GATES GROC or Quality of Groceries. Fanborn'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, to Two Distinct department ademic, which will be devoted to the school course, for which ex- plations. Also in this connection expecting to pass the examin- Professional, which is designed and other advanced students, country has been secured for enguished educators in this o Summer School Faculty, viz. B. Du BOIS, Ph. D., BOOK This is to be the Biggest enroll. For particulars address Va., R. P. Sims, Bluefild, W. Ferry, W. Va.; or M. P. Sha CROWN AND BRIDGE HOURS: 8:30 A. M. to Dr. JAMES Dental June Summer School for Colored Teachers Session, June 17th, to July 26th, 1912, Inst. Distinct departments will be maintained: will be devoted to thorough work on the course, for which credit may be had in the so in this connection thorough drill classes to pass the examinations will be maintained, which is designed for principals, high school advanced students. Some of the best educators in this country have accepted School Faculty, viz: KELLY MILLER, S. Ph. D., BOOKER WASHINGTON, I. is to be the Biggest and Best School Yet. P. particulars address: Byrd Prillerman, Sims, Bluefield, W. Va.; H. T. McDonnell, Va.; or M. P. Shawkey, Charleston, W. V. BROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIAL HOURS: 8:30 A. M. to 1:30 P. M., 2:00 to 6:00 P. JAMES B. BROOK Dental Surgeon State Summer School for Colored Teachers. 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, LL.D. 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, Bluefield, 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. 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 the state for Colored students, immarkably healthful. Ample but ADDED TO OUR PLANT THE en highly educated, earnest lead. Our Library catalogued accord ingest in the State. FIRST GRADE CERTIFICAT ERS OF THE GRADUATING C HE STATE BOARD OF EDUCAT faculty and student body. Its Literary Societies, Christian ne Athletics. COURSES: Academic, State For Illustrated catalogue and 400 men and women have graduated here. 7 r Colored students. Magnificent location. healthful. Ample buildings. THREE NEW TO OUR PLANT THIS YEAR. The regular educated, earnest teachers does not include any catalogued according to the Dewey System. State. ADE CERTIFICATES ARE GRANTED TO GRADUATING CLASSES WHO ARE RECU BOARD OF EDUCATION. Storer is interder student body. Its whole influence is toward Societies, Christian Organizations, Muscal Co Academic, State Normal, Industrial, Musi ated 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, JUNE 27, 1012 EANING WAY PAIRING Phone 79 CASH YOUR SHOES? melt of it if you do, 10 per cent. off on all sales. DE STORE OL ST. Next door to "Colonial" GRO. CO. GRO. CO. Groceries. Chase ce. Dr. Pierce's School for teachers. On 26th, 1912, Institute, W. Va. will be maintained: 1. The Acadough work on the branches of may be had in the various institrough drill classes for persons will be maintained. 2. The principals, high school teachers, one of the best talent in the school. Three of the most disy have accepted places on the BLLY MILLER, A. M., W. E. WASHINGTON, LLD. Best School Yet. Prepare now to Byrd Prillerman, Institute, W.; H. T. McDonald, Harper's Charleston, W. Va. WORK A SPECIALTY P. M., 2:00 to 6:00 P. M. B. BROWN Surgeon N. C. BRACKETT, Treasurer. 1867 graduated here. The oldest school efficient location. Elevation, high. THREE NEW BUILDINGS BEAR. The regular faculty of six does not include assistants. the Dewey System, is one of the E GRANTED TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE RECOMMENDED TO Storer is interdenominational in influence is toward Christian civilizations, Musical Clubs, Bands and Industrial, Music. printed matter write to The President. THE ADVOCATE Founded in 1867 Home Phone 429 The Advocate a Paper for the[Feople. Rest Advertising Meditm. SEUMADAN, JUNE 27, 1019. THE POWER OF GHRIST’S GOSPEL st nvr Bact te Fellowship With God. / * THROUGH JESUS. SACRIFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, Tune 23. — Pastor Russell delivered two addresses hore today, one in the Hippodrome on Buelld avenue. One of bis address- es we report as fol. lows. His text was: “And you who were one timo altenated and ene- mies In your mind ‘aap sees can ee taeae: SOS er foe was as Beir od | (GSWEERUSSED) mies in your mina . by wicked works, yet now hath He reconctied in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamenble and unro- Provable In His sight, {f yo continue in the faith,” ete.—Colossinns 1, 21-23. ‘Our text {8 a wonderfully condensed statement of the grace und power of tho Lord operating in His Churgh—Hls faithful footstep followers. Tho moro we ponder our text and Its context the ‘more wo must admiro the lengths, breadths, depths and heights of the Diviné Power entisted on our behalf, ‘and admire also the faithfulness and ability of tho ‘Apostle as the Divine mouthplece. It ts really too wonderful for the natural man to believe that the graco of God could ever present before tho Divine presence and glory, perfect- ed, holy, faultless, trreprovable, such imperfect, unworthy crentures as wo by nature are! Well did the poet ex- press our sentiments in the words: “I'm ‘a miracle of grace!” The Apostle fs not speaking of a Power Divine working in the heart of & perfect man, fitting him for glory, honor and immortality on the Heaven: ly plane, He declares, on tho contrary, that His words apply to those who Were at one time alienated from God, opposed to Him in their minds as a re- sult of wicked works. Such even Di vine power 43 able to transform. ‘Tho key to this transformation Hes in the human will. If tt be fully surrendered to the great Redeemer He undertakes to, bring about tho grand regu, dee clered ip off fet! ~ Force indeed coul be used, and the Scriptures assure us that force to some extent will be used during the period of Messiah's reign, but now, in selecting those who will bo Jesus! companions in glory, nove are dealt with except such as give to the Lord thelr hearts, tlielr wills, de- siting Him “to work in them to’ will and to do of Elis good pleasure.” Reconciliation the First Step. ‘Tho great Apostle did not neglect to here relterato tho fact that before any- thing could be done by way of recon- clling sinners to God a snerificial work was necessary. ‘The great Creator's sentenco of death upon the race could nelther be ignored by Himself nor by any other. No reconciliation to God could possibly be accomplished which would bring the sinner back into full fellowship’ and the enjoyment of Di- vine favor and everlasting life except as the penalty for original sin should first be met. So the Apostle reminds us that the Ono who 1s able to pre- sent us holy and blameless and unre- provable 1s Ho who has alrendy made reconelitation for us “in the body of His flosh through death." Let us pause here long enough to im. press upon our minds this grent Bib- Neal fact, that it was the death of Jesus which secures for Father Adam (and incidentally for all of his race con- demned in him) a release from the death sentence which came upon him ag a violator of-the Divine Law. And lot us not forget that there is an in- finito difference between a death sen- tence which God did inflict and an oter- nal torment sentenco which the creeds of tho Dark Ages misled us Into be- Meving wns the Divine penalty pro- nounced agalnst tho sinner. It was bechuso tho sentence, “Dying, thou shalt dle," was pronounced against Pather Adam that the death of Jesus was a Ransom-price sufficient to securo tho sinner’s releaso—and tho roleago from death by a resurrection of all of Adam's posterity who shared the results of his sentence, ‘hus we seo the force of tho Scriptural declara- Uon that “as by a man came death, by ft Man also came the resurrection from the dend; for ag all In Adam die, even so all In Christ shall be made ative— evéty man in-hls own order.”—1 Co- rinthlans xv, 21-23, But the Pather’s grace operating in Christ Josus designs more than merely the abolishment of the death sentence. ‘To merely rodcem us and merely bring ws baek Into tho condition in which death overtook us fs not the Divine Program. It J farther reaching; It ulins at our complete uplift out of sin, ax well as out of death, Its penalty— ont of wonkness and out of imperfec- Non of every kind. It alms to make ua holy, righteous; and the Apostle leaves no room for any misunderstand. ing respecting tho degreo of righteous hess, ‘The result t# not to be merely 1 Histibecen <etth. ab ik weelitersun “colin can wee OS aoe Se aro ment, but so thorough’ a}iwork that ‘when tt fs finished wo faultless and unreprovable, not o the sight of-eur Redeomer, but algofin tho sight of qur Heavenly Father. ‘Ab, no won- der ff wo aro astonishedhat the won- derful power and grace offGog ‘which this declaration reveals! Ye Are God's Workmanship. ‘Tho-samo inspired pen explains clse- ‘Where to us: “Yo aro. Gods Iusban- ary," yo are God's, workinenehip. (I Corinthians itl, 9.) Let os not loso eight, of the thought. that, “it. 1s God that worketh in us, both to pl and to do of His good pleasure.” Whilip- plans il, 13) While; the Tord Jesus Oris, ag, on Bldor (Grothe and the Captain of our Salfation tnd the active Agent to our rafemption through Wis Geath, {s associated with the Father in all of this work of our perfecting, nev- ertheless. wo.aro not to logo sight of ‘tho fact thattall things¢aro of the Fa- ther, as all things are bythe Son. ‘The two aro in perfect accord, but tho Scriptures assure us that tho Plan it- self was thoWather’s and that He gra- clously invited the Son to-the particl- pation which Ho enjoys. ‘When wo think of tho Divino crea- tive Powor our aninds go out to the wheeling orbs whfeh encircle our earth, to the millions of: suns and hundreds of millions of planets which’ fill tho spaco abont us and which we call the ‘Universo: “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sboweth Knowledge; there-18:no speech nor lan- guage where thelr+volce 1s not heard”— declaring the ommipotence and omnis- efence of our great God, thelr Creator. ‘Wo say that these are works worthy of a Creator, and wo are surprised that | the Great Eternal whopld in any’ senso of the word interpst Himself and Ils | great Power in a transforming work 4n connection with our hearts'and lives. Novortheless, the more we consider it tho more we are convinced that tho creation of angels was a greater dls. play-of Divine Power than tho crea- tion of tho worlds. Likewiso the crea- ton of man in the image of Goa was a far gieater creation than that of the | material Universe, because man was created in the imago and likeness of His Creator—Adam was 2 miniature copy of God in the flesh, ‘The Divine intention respecting Adam and his raco in general, the Bi ble assures us, 1s Restitution—restora- tion eventually to all that was enjoyed by our first parents in Eden and lost through disobedience—sin. ‘The Heav- enly Mather has arranged that-the sor- rows and tears incidental to the reign of sin and death are not to be in vain. He purposed man’s redemption and restoration from before tho founde- tlon of the world—foreknowing as He id the course of Adam as a free agent, his disabedienco and fall under tho death penaity. ‘Thus the Scriptures assuro us that in the Divine purposo Jesus was “tho | Lamb slain trom before tlre foundation f the world.” And they asqyre us | it 'Bon a8 cc mately to be glven tho dominion over the whole earth, and for a thousand years shall exercise a rolgn of right: eousndss, Justice, love and power with a view to the reclamation and restitu- tion of all tho willing and obedient of the human family—and the destruction of all those who love sin ahd hate righteousness and who therofore aro styled “corrupters of the earth.”—Rev- elation xi, 18 We Are God's New Creation. As wo havo Just seen, the great and Important work of human restitutton the Father has delivered over’ entire to the Son, the world’s Redeemer; as wo read: “Ie must reign until Ho shall have put down all enemies"—even death, the last eneniy. ‘Then He will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, says St. Paul, (1 Corin- thians xv, 2428) But our text ts not Aiscussing that work of Restitution which belongs to the coming Ago of Messiah's glorious relgn of righteous- ness. On the contrary, It denls with tho spectally favored ‘and specially blessed ones who during this Age aro being called, proved, tested, polished, pfepared for Joint-heirship with Jesus tn His Kingdom. ‘These aro-special objects of Divine care, whoso blessing consists riot in restitution to earthly perfection and an earthly Eden homo or Paradise. ‘These ‘are called of God with a “high call- ing,” a “heavenly calling"—to bo “heirs of ‘God and Joint-heirs with Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans vili, 17, ‘hese, St. Peter tells us, havo ‘been granted exceeding grent and precious promises, that by these promises [a8 tho Divine power br energy working 1n thew) they might become partakers of the divine nature.—II Poter 1, 4. Ah, now wo perceive the special sense fn which Divine Power 1s belng ateeciind timeaivh ba LAIlAR ama alan count) God hath ,bighly/exalteg Him, and given Him & namorthat 19 above every name, that sf tiefaarse >of Jouus every knee should bow, both of fhings in heqven and thizigs-on the oagth."— ‘Philippians 1, 6-10. j Nor-did the Now’ Creation ceasg with this exaltation of tho Logos, the Bo- deemer of mon, to tho.Father’s'gight hand qf power ang honor and glory, that “@il_men should: honor th even asythey honor the Father.” (abn ¥, 23) On tho contrary, St. Paujvex- Dining tous a. Myapery, hidden Drevious’ Ages and Djpenngtioos now. made known ual ‘8 sain namely, that the Divine purpose is that a Church class shall po selocted ing this Gospel Age, t9 shaxo with Topo, Jesus, Fis exalted glory ai honér, opinion and power:and nature—as a Bride glass. Thus 5 read: “It became Him (the Father) + * * tn bringing many gon8 to glory, to make tho Captain: of thelr salvar tio perfect through, aultering!"—Em “brows ff, 10. And now, as the Father's Repre. sentative and agent, for eighteen dred years the Redeemer has been & ing the work of preparing this’ clear which 1s to be His Bride and Jotnt- hétr in His Kingdom—the class which 4s to bo associated with Him in the Judging and blessing pf the world of Mankind in general—I Corinthians vi, 2. “Yo See Your Calling, Brethren” St. Paul, pointing out tho, privilegés of thoso who’ are low being called, says, “Yo sce your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not’ many no blo are called,” but chiefly “the poor of this world, rich in faith, heirs of the Kingdom.” ( Corinthians 1, 26; James ‘11, 5.) Those who possess the blessings | of the present life in great abundance are thereby disadvantaged respecting this great High Calling, while the poor of this world havo their compensation, tor tho things of the presont time hav. Jug less attraction for them, their ears and hearts and “tho eyes of their un derstanding” aro moro rerdy to discern tho glorious things of the Divine reve Jation, which the natural eye hath pot seen nor the ear heard—things whlch God hath fn reservation for those that love Him—supremely—for thoso whose love for God manitests fteelf in a full consecration of mind and body to know and to do the Divine will. Our text tells us of tho possibtiiter of our “‘calling"—of what God through Christ 1s able and willing to do for.us— even bringing us to a perfection of ho lines and faultlessness in the Divine presence at the end of our raco course But there aro conditions, our text de ‘clares, namely: “It ye continue in. the faith, grounded and settled, and bo not moved away from tho Hopo of the Gos Pel, which ye have heard and whiet ‘was preached to every creature which was under heaven.”—Verso 23. Since there aro conditions, wermust give them earnest heed; for how’ coulk we be careless or indifferent in re spect to so high a calling, 60 heavenly 8 Prize as this set before 'us? Care lessness, neglect, indifference ineespée to the terms or conditions, would be manifesting a lack of appreclation of the gift, the privilege, the opportunity and this in turn would mean thal thereby we mark ourselves in the Lord's estimation as unworthy ofthe proffered honors and glories. “The Hope of the Gospel.” Yt should not surpriso ug that the ‘Apostle lays great stress upon the “Hope of the Gospel.” God 1s not work- ing In us with tools of iron and steel or gold or silver to transform or to polish us, His fashfoning and trang. forming tool 1s the Hope of tho Gos- pel. It 18 this Hope which the Apos- tle declares wo should “havo as an anchor to our -soul, both sure and steadfast, entering Junto that which 1a within the vell, whither our Worerun- ner 8 for us entered.” (Hebrews vi 19, 20) ‘Thus wo will be settled and grounded and safo tn all tho storms of life, great and small. Our anchorage of faith will give us the assurance of tho Divine promise, that “all things shall work together for good to thoso who aro tho called according to Eis purpose,” to those who aro the 9 “Happy objocte of Tle grxco, Destined to behold His face,” But tho Divine arrangement 16 that in order to continuo In tho faith wo must feed continually upon the prom: {ses of God, and must allow ‘them to havo a sanctitying power in our minds, In our hearts and over our words and conduct, making us more and more coptes of God's dear Son; As our text Intimates and other Scriptures toll us, the Advorsary will seck to move us away from tho glorious promises of the Gospel, putting fear as an incen- tive Instead of love, or attracting us be Sedeldl® ‘wladaten. ov celta an “tian — Gets Back at En [ ” (Spilibied Coa gee one.) Be nee PTOMIZCS -tO revery colored man on the: delega. tion: | Now, for my complaint! against jthe Taft: administration: First) I [have never been satistied with the ‘statement made in hiy inaugural (address. touching Negro appoint. “ments in the south. This he knows. When he came into office we had four Negroes holding presidential ‘Post offices. Today we have none, ‘save in the-exelusively Negro town, Mound Bayou, und there is no one else there to fill i. T have not too much confidence in his promises re- ‘garding my people, for it is for jthem that [am battling. I should phot even be a Republican, were it not that it is a party standing’ for Justice to all, regardless of race, color or previous condition, Mr. Taft promised in my pres. ence to retain Walter Cohen’ in his | place at New Orleans. Cohen, who is a delegate to this conventior and }& Tatt supporter, will tell you tne president did not make good his word, 1, During the recent campaign for | Senator in Mississippi a. certain Prominent Democrat high in the ‘councils of his party announced from Washington that the Presi- dent would soon remove the remain. ing Negro postmasters in south Mississippi. I wrote the President protesting against it, also to some of his advisers, and ‘was told that they would not be removed, but they were removed, and in all enses had the support’of black and white reputable citizens in their commu. nity. | In the ease of ‘Thomas I. Keys vat Ovean Springs, who held the office under Harrison, McKinley -and Roosevelt, the President's ref- veree in Mississippi, L. B. Moseley Sumnmioned him to Jackson and ad. vised him that on account of being a Negro he ¢ould not. have him ‘ap. - pointed aigain: but would try to get yhim a place in Washington, and against all of this I protested all the time, but of no avail. It is given out now at the Me- Kinley headquarters that the Pres- ident signed the new Federal Court Bill in Mississippi at my sugges- ‘tion. Perhaps this is true, but. [ want to add the following for what it is. worth: I did not know the bill “had passed until advised by Mr. Moseley and asking me to join in -# telegram to defeat the bill and ultimately establish the court. at Grenada. To this I objected, and the next day under our agreement to stand by him for National Com. -mitteeman, he agreed to wire the President to approve the bill. A [ecrtain Demoerat high in author- ity called to see him a few hours safter my conversation with him, sand he told him that for his sake he would recommend the approval of the bill. Moseley received a tele. ‘gram that the matter had been ap- proved, so did [. At other times when we were not so near conven- tion time, T have not been able to feeure Mr. Moseley's endorsement for a single postmaster in my coun. ty, where the ratio of Negro popt lation to the whites is five to one, Joven in small villages of three hun: dred people. Mr. Moseley is op- posed to and fights bitterly any “ian of color in Mississippi who jshows any manliness and indepen- |dience in’ polities, and has never sheaded a delegation to a Repub- lican National Convention that was not selected, I will not say elected, ‘by a convention composed in. the imain by officcholders, janitors, pro- fessional jurors of his selection, Democratic policemen are stationed at the door, and some on tie con- ‘vention floor, No man could enter without having a ticket upon which Moseley 's name was printed, Re. ‘publican conventions in Mississippi ‘are a farce, and every one there knows it, Moseley may as well tell the delegates to remain at home and send them word whom he has selected, j One of his delegates selected to come here canvot even write his name; he has him here in Chicago jtoday, having defeated at his in ahically at work attempting to dis- credit me lest 1 might give Mose- ley trouble as National Committee- man, My work for and among the Negroes of Mississippi does not de- pend upon the certificate of Mr. Moseley, not even upon that of the President himself. What [have done with the limited resources at Mound Bayou, and in the state, I bn to the unbiased opinion’ of all. ‘When Moseley, or the Taft man- agers, attempt to tear me down they are simply showing what they would do to any of my people who fare independent in thought and ae- tion. ‘They know of my efforts to induce philanthropists and capital- ists to place money in Mound Ba- you, and if our immediate eash is low it is due to the fact that we are using nearly a quarter of a million dollars to hold intact. the Mound Bayou plan, that we are backing these Negroes in their efforts in the town and on their farms in the country, besides the cotton seed oil mill, costing nearly ninety thous- and dollars, and being the only one owned by Negroes in’ the world. Their ‘efforts to create false im- prossions with those wvho would help up-are understood, but we in- vite the fullest investigation. Four years ago I was the origin- fal ‘Taft’ man in Mississippi. On visiting the manager in Ohio at that time T told him we wanted conditions improved in our state, which he promiged, and T believe even now, at heart desired fulfilled, ‘The net result, however, is that we fare now worse off in Mississippi than ever since emancipation. It was only after the hardest fight and protest that we secured any members of our race as enumera- tors of the census in a state where ‘the majority of the population is Negroes, and having some enumer- ation districts in which not a sin- gle white man resides. Some have asked why have T not made these protests before. It has Just got to the public, but 1 have been fighting the situation from every angle on the inside, and in my judgment this is the first and only opportunity to make effective attack on the outside. It is significant that those who started the administration are the least to have contldence in its fu- ture. This is not confined to my race’ nor section of the country. Even those who say trust him now give as a reason that they believe he will change; that of itself is un- fair to those who are following him ‘on what his position seems to. be now. ‘Touching the organization of the new Federal Court and Judgeship, 1 was told that certain kinds of appointments would he made, it. is fair to presume that they would be made for the good of all con. cerned, if they are big enough for the job such appointments will not be influenced by my position on the presidential candidacy ; results will tell. The die is east; 1 have crossed the Rubicon, and shall leave the results of the battle with those of sober judgment when the smoke has cleared away Charles Banks. ‘THE SAW AND SANE FOURTH Each year since 1903 ‘The Journ- al of the American Medical Assocla- tion has been waging a propaganda agalnst the Insensate maiming and dewh-dealing methods of celebrat- Ing our Independence holiday. It has gathered and collated the In. dubitable facts; and the lay press magazines and newspapers—havo seconded its endeavors #0 that an al- most revolutionary change has been taking place. It is gratifying to observe that more and more the cons!ituted auth- orities have recognized that it is thelr duty to prevent the burning and the erippling of children and thelr death from lockjaw by prohib- destructive agkpeles. — Official ap- agalnst fireworks haa been restrict- proctation of this fact Is evidenced by the enactment and enforcemont of appropriate ordinance. Many of- ficlals have in the most salutary way cooperated with _non-govern- mental agencies Interested in the safe and sane Fourth. Legislation against fireworks has been restruct- {vo or prohibitive. Ths latter, of course, glves the best results. In European countries occasions akin to our Independence Day aro commemorated by means of fetes and othor picturesque coremonics, quite adequately, just as heartity and with as much patriotic fervor as among us. Continental paople have a genius for festivities, national — ax well as all othor kinds. For adult patriotiam, oratory may suffice; but this {8 not satisfying to the youth of the Iand. In the legitimate Ins terest of boyhood and girihood, things equally brilliant and satisfac. tory must be substituted for the noise, the flare and the varicolored flame: and substitutes even moro resplendent have been found in Abundance. We have now mothods by which the Forrth shall ‘ccase to be a day of terror, and shall become Are You Hunting’ a Commence- 4 meat Giftor a Wedding Present? : ———— q MOORE'S AND ASK TO SEE THE ‘TURES, INCLUDING ‘THE FAM- fi ous) NUREING! ‘HANRODLORES PRINTS: AND THE GRAFON wapovs on iin WoRtbe eae. PROM $1.50 TO $10. EVERYONE ek Ras aR ANS AR iene . 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There are tab- leaux, plays, floats devised by artists, representing historic and patriots incidents and achievements; parades in which the Army and Navy, the po- Hee and fe departments, the milita Seno! cnitaren ana industrial oF- ganizations take part; piemies with cweuses and pink Jemonade, peanuts icecream and watermeton ‘sumcrent to sauisty the most anaconaean aigestion; parks ‘ana otner pupue places and buildings, bout public ana private, gorgeously illuminated by electricity; children’s carnivals and dances; school celebrations; athietic sports, with distribution of copies of the Constitution, and go on. ‘And no malmings, no burnings, no killings, no lockjaw! "JUNE 28RD IN HISTORY. June 28, 1177-—Richard the Lion- hearted appeared on the street In a sheet-iron shirt waist. Jung 23, 1633—Henry VIIT swate fies all day, while the courtiers keep tally. ' 4 UNCLE, PENNYWISE SAYS. It cost thirty-six plunks to get w my daughter's dollar graduatin, gown. NO APPROPRIATION. ‘The Congressmal, as statesmen wil Asked for a million cool, And got behind a little bill ‘To dredge a little pool. But nature never rung to form, Now bitter Is hia cup; It seems the pesky sun got warm And dried the puddle up. 6“ ” TAILOR TO WEARER IS OUR SLOGAN ee eeeeeeSSSSSSSSSSSSSsFesesesese BECAUSE It tells in two words the whole story of our ames 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” ; Low] FRANKENBERGER & C0, [S22 FROM The Best at the HEAD TO FOOT . Lowest Price fice FouR 7 4 Published every Thursday by ‘The Advocate Printing and» Publishing Qo., Inc. 3. 0. GILMER, Bditor. @ 1. CUZZENS, Business Manager. Bnlered as second class matter av the Post Office at Charleston, W. Va., under Act of Congress of March 30, 1879. Oflice: Room 11K. of P. Building. % Phone 2185, ~ RATES RY SUBSCRIPTION. By mail, one .yeat......... $1.50 By mail, six months... 1.11.) $1.00 By Mail,.three months... 2. 150 lag clench ts deodorant) ch cha Like the great’ majority of thos. to whose homes it is a weekly vist. tor, The Advocate wonders what the harvest will be from the crop sowed at the Republican National ccaven- tion last week when Theodore Roose- velt was robbed of a deserved nomina- tion by methods whieh woula put a third-rate pickpocket to shame. One of the ten or twelve feeble little week- Nes which dared to voice the senti- ments of the overwhedming majority of Republican voters in this state. The Advocate hoped almost against hope that the national leaders would heed the “imperative demand of the Party in the State and the Nation and give to the peerless leader from Oyster Bay that to which he was en- titled. It prayed that personal ani- Mosities would be forgotten, that Partp success would be the first consid- eration, and that the man upon whose brow had been placed the seal of ap- Proval by the people wherever they bad been given the opportunity to express their preference, would be given a square deal. But the fates, rather, the bosses, ruled otherwise. “It was their pleas- ure to overrule the wishes of the Masses. 10 ignore the appeal whieh went up from Maine to California, from the majority of the States which usually give Republican vores in the electoral college, it was their pleasure to force the nomination of an unpop- wlar candidaty whose chances of election seem even 10 them as thin as a Kossamer veil What shall the harvest be? What’ Will come of the steals committed in open daylight, im the full glare of the midday sun, is a question that can be answered only after the votes are counted sin November, But if there is any credence to be placed in! the Holy Writ; if there is any truth in “What ye sow that shall ye reap" Ml Advocate looks ro the sfuiure With forebodings; it dreads to think upon the future of the party to which it has given the best, all it had to give, during the past decade. Catone! Roosevelt says he is in the fight to stay. ‘The indications ares that the Democratic pariy mow in convention at Baltimore will go to the limits of Progressivism. ‘These iwo are hand- icaps to the November success of the Grand Ol Party which must appal the stoutest Republican heart. What shall the harvest be? ’ PROTECTING HIS HONOR, The pro-Tatt Negro newspapers pretend to find in the return by Charles Banks of the money given to him by the President's: managers, and his alliances with the Roosevelt Hforces, a crime which places him Ddeyond th pale, an act which makes of him an object to be scorned by those who have the fear of God in their hearts. To those whose minds are open to conviction, 10 those who are not yet ready to vole becanse they have heard only one side of the question. at- tention is called fo Mr, Hank's: state- ment printed elsewhere in this. issue of ‘The Advocate, From this i would appear shat Mr, Tanks was wholly justified in the vourse he took at Chi- easeo, and that that course was the only honorable one, Piswding that his actions had been misrepresented and that efforts were being made to dis credit’ him with the other members of his delegation and his race he had the manhood to come out into the open and tell his side of the ease, He showed that he had the courage to protect his good name even though at was assailed by influences in dirvet touch with the White House. Could au honorable man have done less? Sa fhe venomous attacks being mad upon Governor Glasscock and othe Roosevelt sympathizers in this Stat by certain Republican papers are ca! culated to bring about almost any: thing but the harmony so. essentia to the success of the Republiear state ticket, Uc must be as apparent to them as it is to the veriest political tyro that defeat sure and vertain. stares. the Republican party A the face in this State, if it does not have the hearty and active support of Gov rnor Glass- cock, former Governor Dawson, Col- onel William Seymour Edwards, Hon. William P. Hubbard and the thous- ands of other staunch Republicans Who espoused the candidacy of Col- onel Roosevelt. Withont tiem nat only canno: the Site ticket be ebet- cd, but not even car a county or a district hope to remain in the Repub- Tica column, Yet, in spite of this, charges of the most serious nature are. being made daily against these gentlemen and their adherents by -aewspapers hitherto considered mouthpieces of their party, ‘They are being held ap to seorn and ridicule, because, for- sooth, they have not yet announced that Cicy are willing to abide by the actions of a national convention which will go down in history as the perpetrator of the greatest political crime ever commitzed, 2 If the Republican state ticket is to be successful this fall, it is absolutely essential thar some understanding be arrived at between the Roosevelt and the Taft followers to put an end to these eriminatious and —recrimina- Hons A house divided against itself cannot stand, neither can a political party. Pacing a confident enemy, one buoyed up by a recent almost decis- ive victory, it behooves the Republi- can party to hang together on State issues if it would not hang sevarate y. “Something must be did and did soon,” else we shall find ourselves| on the outside looking in for more years than it is pleasing to jal mina LITERARY NOTES: ‘The special tumbers which Serib- her's Magazine has planned and of Which the recent “Water and Power” number was a sample, are designed to show the varjous phases of mod- ern progress, ‘The July number, for example, will be “The New Suburb” number, showing recent experiments for solving the problom of modern living. Frederie C, Howe will tell how it is done in Bugland; Grosvenor Atterbury, the architect of the Forest Hills, Long Island, experiment, will describe it and other American a'- tempts; and Elmer Grey will describe the devlopment of suburban —archt- tecture along the Pacific Coast from Seattle so San Diego. AM of the ar- ticles Will be fully illustrated, Mics Dora Keen, daughter of a fa- mous Philadelphia surgeon, who has just completed the ascent ef Mount Blackburn in Alaska (over — 16,000 foot), will describe fully in the July Scribner, with many photographs, her first attack upon Mount Blackbuen Jast summer which showed the way to her present success, John Fox, Jr. in his serial in Seribner's, Phe Heart of the Hills,” is depicting Kentucky life at a later decade than in’ his previous novels, In the July number he describes the settlement from the point gf view ot A mountain boy and gives glimpses of rabbit hunting and a Blue Grass Christmas, ‘ Robert Shackleton in the July Scribner, tells most sympatiettealty of the remarkable experiences of an Enatishwoman who having been blind for thirty-six years suddenly had her sight restored 0° her. ‘This revela- tion of am cntirely new world in her maturity bas xtraordinary psycholo- gic interest. An insight into a ceriain phase of French life will be given in the July Scribner by Miss Elizabeth Shepley Sergeani, who shows how the moth- er of a French family took charge of a@ number of American girls in Paris and had a great influence upon thelr standards of life and conduct, Rarry Benetield, a new writer of fiction, will have in the July Scribner a tale entitled “The Little Colonel of Lost Hil.” whieh tells the story of a Confederate officer and his romanti= delusion, ‘ Jules Guerin has drawn for “The New Suburb” number of Scribner's piece in color depicting the Station Square at Forest Hills, Long Island-— the model town being built: by the Russell Sage Foundation. Roosevelt Will Stick cn ee. SO Ee D: ro he found hundreds of telegrams awaiting him and today they contin- ‘ued to come in, Many of the letters contained money to be used in the work of organization. One man, whose name was not disclosed, sent his check for $1,500, but most of the donations were of small amounts from persons who wrote that they were giving all they cout The Colonel is keeping in close touch with the Baltimore convention, the outcome of which is regarded of kreat importance to the mew party. Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of Denver, a “Roosvelt, Democrat,” who left Chi- cago for Baltimore, is keeping Col- onel Roosevelt posted upon the situa- tion there. “I'm going to make a good deal more trouble than they ‘think,” said Colonel Roosevelt. “It is perfectly surprising to sep the amount of sup- port. which 1, am xeceiving. For ex: ery man, who was for me up to the Chi- cago convention and is now leaving me I am getting two men who were against me at Chicago. ‘Touched by Reception. “This is the lair of the anarchists,” he said, pointing to his house as he stood on ihe lawn outside. “When I passed through the village this morn- ing the people ran out to the street and shook my hand. It was a most touching reception. It is the people like these—the storekeepers and the gardeners and myself, who form what some of my opponents think is like the French commune.” Colonel Roosevelt. seemed surprised when he was told that Charles R. Crane, of Chicago, and others of his supporters were in Baltimore. He said he did not know what they were deoing there, His chief interest was in (eports which appeared fn the morning mewspapers that Charles F. Murphy, feader of Tammany Hall, was assuming a commanding position the Colonel, who professed Ito see in them a parallel to conditions existed in Chicago. “That's fine.” he said. “Do you suppose they mean Gaynor?” ——_ + Trustees Sale of Cily Property Under authority of a Deed of Trust made by J. R. Johnson and HH ADVOOATH [Olea dobnson, his wife, to the un. dersigned trustees, dated Feb, 4, TOL, and recorded in the oflice of Clerk of the County Court of Ka- nawha County, West Virginia, in ‘Trust Deed Book 38, page 245, to secure to Jackson County Building and Loan Assoeiation the payment of a certain loan therein deseribed default having been made in the payment thereof for more than 3 months; we, or the trustees, pre: sent and acting on day of sale, shall on Saturday, July 6th, 1912, at 10 o’clock alm. at the front door of the Court House of Kana wha County, West Virginia, on Court street, in City of Charleston proceed to sell the property con- veyed in said Deed of Trust, at public auetion, to the highest bid der, 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 Cily 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 improve- ments thereon and the appurtenan- ves thereunto belonging, and being fhe same lot conveyed to IL B. Lewis by Kanawha Realty Com- pany, by deed dated September 2, L209, and recorded in Deed Book IIS. at page 268, and by the said IL. 1. Lewis and wife, conveyed o Charleston and Vandalia Realty Company, by deed dated: February 1, 1910, and recorded in said Kanawha County Court Clerk’s of- ive in Deed Book 120, at page 68, ind being the same property eon- veyed unto the said J. R. Johnson xy Charleston and Vandalia Real- y Company, by deed dated Janu- iy 31, 1911, and recorded in the Hive of Clerk of the County Court f Kanawha County, West’ Virgin- a, in Deed Book 124, at page 241, L. B. M’WHORTER, and N.C. PRICKETT, BOA ‘Trustees. National Independent Political League Wil! Discuss Siany Guesiions of Vital Importance to the Race, says Pres- dent Cilffora im eall tor Meeting ait, Phikidelpla, Next Work At tho Boston meeting of the N. 1. PL. held last August, it was vot- ed to hold the next annual meeting (the fifth) either in Harper's Ferry or Martinsburg, W, Va. It hag since been found impracticable and inex- pedient to hold the next meeting of the League in either one of these pla- ces and, the mapority of the mem- bers of the Executive committee hav- ing indicated their choice of Philadel- phia as the place and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, July 3rd, 4th and 5th, 1912, as the time for the holding of the Fifth Annual Seon of the League, by virtue of the pover vested in me as president of the N. LP. L., I, J. R. Clifford, do hereby give notice that the Fifth Annual mecting of said league will be held. in Zion Baptist church, N. 13th st, above Wallace, Philadelphia, Pa., on July 3rd, 4th and bth, A, D., 1912, and [ respectfully request and urge tliat the members of the executive committee and the president of Iocal Jeagues in each state and territory lake steps at once to select delegates to the annual moeting. [ also :e- quest that the members of said com- mittee and the président and other officers of the local leagues make it a point to attend the annual meeting, ly vote of the League every member of the race who is independent ir politics and who believes in suppor. ing men and rreasures rather than partics and who is a contributor ts the Icague, is eligible to membersh!y in the aNtional body amd to répren- lation at the annual meeting. Among the many things to be at tended to at the annual meeting of the League will be the electior of officers, the selecting by fhe Leagne of those candidates for the Presiden: cy, vice-Presidency and other Nation al and State offices whom it wil support in the fall campa-gn, and ta adoption of measures for the bette education and eMeient organization o the colored voters of the country ti order to sectire to themselves and * their race all of the rights and priv. ileges guaranteed them under th constitution of the United Stat»s The coming campaign will offer 1 unique nd unequalted bpportuntty to every independent, manly, unsel fish and intelligent colored voter strike for the full manhood, political elvil and Industrial rights cf his rac and wo urge every elector to. seiz: the opportunity and act the parg of 3 man. Lynchings, race hatred, colorphoble Industrial discrimination, segregation exclusion from the ballot box an from the state militia of the South and peonage are all products of dis franchisement and will be remedie only when the race learns to us , s 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 Ate Working for Money. If you are working and saving your moncy and investing it in a safe way, where it will be working day and night whether yon 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 opoprtunity 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 bus- iness streets In the city of Huntington. The first door ts occupied by the Huntington Herald, the largest datly newspaper published in that gection of the state, the second floor is used for office rooms, while the third floor is a large assembly and lodge hall. This building ig sure to pay us well, After the Charleston building had | been occupied only eight months our stockholders wore paid a dividend of six per cent, Stock is still on sale at $10.00 per share, elther paid up or on the installment plan. Ask your agent in your locality about it or write to this office, ETRE Is, | LET YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU: PHAN MUTUAL NESTE L. 0. WILSON IN WESTON, W. VA its ballot everywhere in America te force political purtics to accord to alt American cltlzens gquel rights, oppor: luuuities and jprotection, ‘The times are fraught with great possibilitfes as well as great dangers. As loyal American eltizens we are interested in preserving to the people of th's country a Republican form of govera: ment, and a fair show and exact Joe- tice to every citizen of the country We believe that the independent, manly, intelligent, and unselfish col- ored voters are equal to the task and will rise up in their might and: help puts down forever, demagogues, time servers, the rule of bosses, the cor Fupt politician, the possessor of spe- cial privileges, and the oppressor of the common people. To this end t urge a hurge attendance at the mest Ing cf the League in Philadelphia and, on behalf of the League and our op- pressed ant sorely outraged pzople, I respectfully request that the pastors of the race, of all denominations, will, at some hou~ on Sunday, Juns 30, preach. a special sermon to their congregation on the “Evils of Dis- franchisement and the Duties and Responsibilitiés of Citizenship,” and that they request théir people to spend a good part of that day in pray- ey and fasting that God may tra rom ws and our beloved country. the threatening evils which hang like a pall in. this Republic, to be just in neir déaliags with each other and faithful and honest in defending the weak and opprece: against “he ou-- riges ef the etreex and greedy. Yoars for Fynel Rights and Oppor units for ott American Citizens J. R, Clifford, President, N. TP. Attest: Jas. L. Neil, Rec'diag Secertary. Martinsburg, W. Va., June 16, A, D., 1912. NOTES ON RACIAL, PROGRESS Another recent financial institution added to the fifty odd banks already insuccessful operation among the Negroes: of this country is the Lin- coln State Savings Bank, corner of 3ist_and State Streets, Chicago, Ml, I: flung open its doors for business the morning of May 6th umder very favorable conditions, Perhaps the Jargest drug store own- ed by colored men in the United States is the one in Chattanooga, Tenn., the proprietors of which are Messrs. Allen and Wickliffe. ‘Thoy are engaged im a wholesale as well as a retail business, operating upon a capital of about $20,000. Tho cruz store is located in the James huild- ing worth about $15 000 and:.owne:! by a colored imaa of that name ‘Two young men born in Texas but bred in California, have invented en electric device for controlling traffic im conjested districts. The invention looks like a four-sided semaphore It is electrically operated and obviates the necesity of the crossing potice- man. standing in the middle of the street. instead, he may stand oa any one, cf the corners and by pressing a but‘on, sound a signal and charge the ‘'gns. ‘The inventors are C, R. Bailey and W. O. Warren, @. W. Franktin, 610 Chestnut st. Chattancoga, presidcat of the Nation. al Funeral Directors Association, the Urst of tho grown to bo affitated with the National Nogro Business 1. :agoe, Iz one of the most successful under- tikere in the country, He bas an aivp ¢ outfit of every equipment nec- essary in his line. His hearves num- bering three, landaus and othe: ve- hicles fifteen, and ten or twel@ head of horses «te. and fs estimate? to be worth ‘at least $20,000. In adai- Uon to his. undertaking establishmeet Mr, Franklin owns vaimable — city property and two farms aggregating $20.00. * Venry Johnson, a yrosperoue farm- er of Carroll County, Tena, nas suc- cesefully demonstrated what thrift avd constant attention to werk will do for eny momber of the race. He = tbe sroud owner of 1,70) acres of feru's isnd, which he has dl? ed tr- to seven:een farms and es izaied by his tenants whose chief crop is eotton Mr Jonngon frequently hes tn oper- ation at one time thirty‘four plows ea Ms land. He has his own Llack spilt ‘chop, hay-balers, feel «rushors and sorghum mills, Men of Mr. John- son's type are always in a position to command the respect and recegnition cf their neighvors, beth whity asd voisred, ++. NEBRASKA STATE GOL TOURNEY Omoha, Neb., June 26—Under conditions giving high promise of success, the eighth annual tourna ment of the Nebraska State Golf association was started today on tho links of the Omaha Country Club. ‘The finals will be played Saturday. ‘The leading golf clubs of the State, including those of Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings, Nebraska City, | Fremont and several other cities, are repre- sented among the entries. Se ROYAL VISIT TO WALES London, June 26—The long an- ticipated Visit of their Majesties to the west of England and Wales was inaugurated today, when the King officiated at the iaying of the foun- dation stone for the national mus- eum of Wales at Cardiff. On Friday the King and Queen will proceed to Bristol for the formal opening oi the King Edward memorial {nfir mary in that city. —__-+-__ | NORTH CAROLINA BANKERS, Morehead City, N, C., June 26— Many representative bankers and business then have gathered here for the annual convention of — the North Carolina Bankers’ Aeon ion. The convention Rea: its ‘Tor- mal opening today and the sessions will continue over Thursday and Fri- day. A banquet with noted finan- ciers from several States as the speakers will be a notable feature of the program, Prominent among ‘the convention leaders are J. 0. Braswell of Rocky Mount, W. A. Hunt of Mendersonvillo, Col. J. ¥. Bruton of Wilson and H. I. Shait- ner of Winston-Salem. —__+- GUBERNATORIAL CANDI- DATE WEDS. Henderson, Ky., June 26—Tho marriage took place today gf Miss ___ THURSDAY, JUNE 27, Ania. Laura Delker, memver of a pyomt- nent family of thy place, and Ed- ward G. Dunn, who was recently nominated for governor of Iowa by tho Democratic party of that State. ‘After a short wedding trip the cou- plo will take up thelr residence in Mr, Dunn’s homo tawn . of Clead Lake, Iowa, ‘ —~- TO FRAME CopE OF INTBRNATIONAT, LAw | Rilo de Janeiro, Juno 26—The con ference of the tuternattonal commis. slon of jurists, for which the prel- iminary arrangements were made at the Pan-American Conforence of last year, assombled in this. city to- day with delegates in attendance from virtually all of the American republics, The United States has sent as its representatives Frederick Van Dyne, assistant solicitor of the Department of State, and John Ras- selt Moore, professor of internation- al law and diplomacy at Columbis University. The conference is ex- pected to initiate the first. formal code of international law, to which’ all the American states will sub- seribe, and which eventually may be come the basis for tho administra: tion of the great international tri- bunal for which peace advocates have been striving. —+.__. MICHIGAN “UY OBLEBRATES, Ann Arbor, Mich., June 26—With Scores of distinguished educators and other guests In attendance, the University of Michigan ‘today’ cel- ebrated its diamond jubileo, the ex- ercises bing commemorativeo f. tho founding of the institution and the work it has accomplished during the seventy-five years of its existence. The anniversary exercises were held in a mammoth tent on the campus. The address of the day was deliver- ed by Lawrence Maxwell of Cincin= nati, ‘ —— FOR GOVPRNOR OF VERMONT Burlington, Vt. June 26.—The Republican leaders of Vermont are gathering in this city to attend the State convention which will meet to- morrow to name candidates for gov- ernor and other State officers to the voted for in the September election. There are two aspirants in the field to succeed Governor John A. Mead. They are ‘Allen M. Fletcher, of Cav- endish, a millionaire banker and philanthropist, and Jdseph A. De- Boer of Montpelier. ‘The congres- sional nominating conventions will precede the State convention, that of the First district meeting in this city and the Second district convention at White River Junction. Prank lL. Greene, editor of the St. Albans Messenger, is the leading candidate for th + at of the late Representa- tive David J. Foster of the First district. ‘Representative Frank Plumley of the Second district is slat.d for renomination, —_—_+-___ HALF WAY OVER “Isn't the ocean grand and majes- tic?” “Yes; and there ts an indefinable something about it that impresses me strangely.” “what ia it 2° “I was just trying to determine. Ihave it. It’s the utter absence of billboards,” AT THE BURLEW EVERY NIGHT LATEST MOVING PICTURES BALCONY RESERVED FOR COLORED PEOPLE 5c. ALL SEATS 5c. 7-11 P. M. CLAIM STAR PLAYER INELIGIBLE TO PLAY PHOTO BY PAUL THUMPSON. Fred Merkle, Whom Chicago Cub Management Declare Has Not Signed a Contract and Is Therefore Not Qualified to Play With New York Giants. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1012. AT THE B LATEST BALCONY RES 5c. CLAIM STAR PLAYER PHOTO BY PAUL THUMPSON. Fred Merkle, Whom Chicago C Signed a Contract and I to Play With N THE USUAL JUNK The bride just thinks her presents grand, And o'er them fondly croons, Those eighteen pickle dishes, and Eleven berry spoons. A JESTING JUDGE A Chicago doctor was arrested for speeding his automobile. He duly appeared in court and the judge called for the number of his auto. He produced a tag reading as follows: 10,000 Ill. "Ten thousand ill, eh?" said the judge. "Well, if you have that many patients sick at one time, perhaps you were justified in speeding." SOMETHING BETTER "Dad, I want a foreign duke." "A what?" "A duke; a title." "Oh, now, now daughter. Wait a bit. Women will be voting pretty soon, and then I'll buy you a seat in the Senate." TO DISCUSS POLICY Montreal, June 25—Much public interest is manifested in the mission of Premier Borden and his colleagues, who are sailing for England tomorrow on the steamship Royal George. Among those accompanying the premier are Hon. John D. Hazen, minister of marine and naval service; Hon. Charles J. Doherty, minister of justice; Hon. L. P. Pelletier, postmaster-general; Admiral Kingsmill and A. E. Blount, the premier's secretary. It is the general belief that the chief purpose of the Premier's visit to England at this time is to consult the imperial authorities concerning the naval policy to be determined by the Canadian Government. The belief that the naval policy is to be the principal subject of discussion is strengthened by the fact that Messrs. Hazen and Dohorty are particularly well versed on that subject. Mr. Pelletier, it is understood, is going over to consult with the British authorities on postal and cable rates THE GERMAN NAVY IN 1912 (From Commodore W, H. Beehler's "Germany as a Sea Power" in the July Century.) The German naval program provides that the navy shall consist of thirty-eight battleships, twenty-large armored cruisers, and thirty-eight cruisers, to be in active service by 1917. All of these ships are to be modern in every respect, as no vessel over twenty years old is considered efficient, and such must be replaced by a new ship. As the eight battleships still building will be completed within a year, the prescribed strength of thirty-eight will have been attained; but there is agitation in the Reichstag for an enlarged program, consisting of fifty-eight battleships, and other ships in proportion, which seems likely to be adopted. The German navy has 138 destroyers, ranging from 300 to 680 tons, and the law provides for building twelve torpedo destroyers annually. There are twelve submarines, and the Reichstag appropriated $3,750,000 last year for additional submarines. The man who is a bear at home isn't likely to be much of a lion elsewhere. Advertise in the Advocate and Watch Results. THE LADY OF THE ROOM BARTOW S. WEEKS. Chairman American Olympic Committee and All Round Sportsman. [Name] One of Ohio's Six Delegates at Large to Baltimore Convention. PETER H. BURGESS THE ADVOCATE Socialist Candidate For President. In 1904, 1908 and 1912. JOHN H. BURKE JOSEPH B. KEALING. Former U. S. District Attorney, an Indiana Republican Leader. A. B. United States Senator From Ohio For the Term 1911-17. P. B. Mentioned as a Possible Adjutant General of the Army. P. A. THRONGS OF TEACHERS Louisville, Ky., June 25—From every direction in Kentucky, and from Indiana as well as other States on every train and on interurban cars throngs of teachers poured into Louisville today to attend the forty-first annual convention of the Kentucky Educational Association. Present indications are that all previous attendance records will be broken, and that the convention will be the most successful in the history of the association. The prominent speakers to be heard during the three days' session include Dr. Nowell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn, Dr. P. P. Clacton, United States Commissioner of Education; Dr. Charles F. Thwing, president of Western Reserve University, and Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford, Jr., University. OHIO MUSIC TEACHERS MEET Columbus, O., June 25—The thirtieth annual meeting of the Ohio Music Teachers' Association began in Columbus today with a large number of prominent musicians and instructors present from various parts of the State. Charles, E. Davis, of Columbus, is presiding over the sessions. The gathering will continue three days and will include several concerts and recitals in addition to the regular business sessions. When Woman Is Ashamed. A woman is always a little ashamed of the husband of whom she cannot be jealous.—Life. This Week at the Real Value Store Soft Shirts Special At $1.00 THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY offer and should have your attention. The equality and appearance of these SHIRTS are comparable to the $1.50 and $2.00 kind shown elsewhere. MANY different patterns in all the summer styles. Soft double cuffs and soft collars to match fabrics just right for these hot days. HENRY SMITH CO. 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He understands the Negro problem better now than he did four years ago, and we shall reap the benefit of his enlarged vision during his next four years in the White House. The pilots at the helm are not blind to the rocks that menace the craft's coming voyage, but they propose to keep cool and watch the channel closely as they steer down the line of danger. President Taft can be re-elected—if the party will do its The annual commencement exercises of the Clarke Training School of the Bible College were held in their new building, 2422 K street, northwest, the recently purchased home of the school. Dr. W. H. Jackson was master of ceremonies, and the following was the program: Invocation, Rev. M. W. Clair; music, in charge of Miss J. Francis Johnson; address to graduates, Rev. Sterling N. Brown; financial statement, James L. Neill. The certificates were awarded by Prof. 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. (Contlued from Page One.) that human longevity could devise these gallant southerners stood their ground as firmly as the Rock of Glbraltar and could not be moved from their moorings. Sent to the convention by their constituents to vote for Taft, they stuck to him from start to finish and without notable exceptions they demonstrated that the Negro has character and courage—that in great crises he can be trusted. They could not be bought, bribed nor intimidated. The Negro stands higher than ever in the esteem of the nation, North and South, by reason of the strong and incorruptible position taken by these delegates at Chicago. Too much credit for this healthful condition of affairs cannot be given to Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson, of Georgia, who labored early and late to bring the colored men of the South in line for the President's renomination and succeeded in holding them there, despite the desperate odds he was compelled to face week after week, throughout the preliminary canvass of the states. Col. Johnson, flanked by able and experienced Heutenants like Napier, of Tennessee; Cohen, of Louisiana; McDonald, of Texas; Bush, of Arkansas, and Lee, of Florida, was the truly "big man" of the Chicago convention, as far as the Negro's part in the masterly struggle was concerned. His admirable presentation of the case of the "regulars" in Georgia, Florida and other southern states, clearly won the day for the administration, and it goes without the saying that he will be the duly accredited lead r of the colored forces in the field during the national campaign that is now wide open. He has shown himself to be a fearless champion of the right, a skillful lawyer, a clever political strategist and a man who commands the full confidence and esteem of his own people, as well as the friendship and ready support of the most powerful factors of the white race all over the land. There cannot be "Too Much Johnson" in the terrific battle that is to be waged from now until November. Taft Deserved Renomination. As has been said before in these columns, and now repeated for emphasis, President Taft deserved renomination at the hands of his party. It is customary to give a second term to a Chief Executive who "makes good." There was no reason why Mr. Taft should have been denied this honor, since it is as plain as a pike-staff that he kept his pledges to the people, and on the tariff, handling of trusts, foreign relations, protection of labor and the administration of the law, he made up the party's record, the only claim upon which the Republicans could go before the electors of the land and ask for a continuance in power. If Mr. Taft has been a failure, the Republican party has failed to "score." Would it have been wise to have made this admission by refusing the President a vote of confidence and an endorsement of his administration? Without declaring that Mr. Taft has not made mistakes, it cannot be gainsaid that he has rendered excellent service, in more ways than one. He has grown in strength with the colored people, since they have come to understand the real breadth duty and if every element will, in its place, do what it knows best how to do. Due note will be taken of every advantageous situation as it develops. It is stated that a meeting of the "faithful" will be held in Washington shortly, and a comprehensive plan of action will be marked out. The Chicago Platform The Chicago Platform While the Negro is benefited by all of the remedial agencies mentioned in the platform adopted at Chicago, he is most vitally concerned about those things that bear upon his rights as a citizen. Two clauses in the platform appeal to the race with especial emphasis. The language is not effusive, but the very plainness and directness of the phraseology carries more force than if it "slobbered"—or thundered too loudly in the index. These planks are impressive: "The Republican party reaffirms its intention to uphold at all times the authority and integrity of the courts, both State and Federal, and it will ever hastlst that their powers to enforce their processes and to protect life, liberty and property shall be preserved inviolate." "We call upon the people to quicken their interest in public affairs, to condemn and punish lynchings and other forms of lawlessness, and to strengthen in all possible ways a respect for law and an observance of it." The foregoing excerpts will arouse discussion among our people and will be amplified by editorial writers and orators on the stump. President Taft is to talk to the people from time to time, and it is not doubted that he will meet the colored people with perfect frankness, reiterating the sentiments of his recent speech in denunciation of lynching and taking the highest ground for a more vigorous prosecution of all who transgress the rights of citizens. In this improvement of conditions, the firmness of the courts in meting out adequate punishment to offenders against civil rights laws and to classify lynchers as murderers, with a penalty to fit the crime, must be a vital force. Secretary Hilles For National Chairman. The assurance that Secretary Charles D. Hilles is to be chairman of the national committee gives universal satisfaction. The colored Republicans will be especially pleased to have him in charge. Under him, there is certain to be a square deal. Everybody who is worth anything will have a chance to work, and will be given due credit for what he does. Mr. Hilles has shown himself to be a shrewd political general, and he will be followed with absolute confidence by the party. From the outset of the Taft propaganda, Mr. Hilles has been the logical man for the place—a fact pointed out by your correspondent at the time the national committee met here last December. By all means, let Mr. Hilles be made chairman of the national committee. The colored leaders will fall in behind him and hold up his hands to the limit of their capacity. With Mr. Hilles as commander-in-chief, and with the rank and file united—as they must be—the re-election of President Taft in November 13 regarded by our wise-acres as one of the "sure-things" of the year. Clarke Training School's Commencement. combination of brains, religion and Preparations are being made on an civic force that is telling for race extensive scale for the "National Jub Millinery—Lula E. Brown and Anna C. Kelley, Washington, D. C.; and Anna E. Munnelly, Orangesburg, S. C. Hair Dressing—Elizabeth Evans, Mary J. Jackson, Blanche G. Parks, Ella Scott, Amanda Adams, Lavinia Graves, Washington, D. C.; Georgia A. Watson, Staunton, Va.; Alta A. Oram, Montgomery, Md.; Rose Welkins Lee, West Virginia; Mary L. Johnson, Castleton, Va.; Mrs. Julia Irving, Culpeper, Va.; and Claudine E. Burton, Lyby, Va. This school, under the admirable management of Mrs. Addie R. Clarke, who has had years of experience in the domestic arts, has demonstrated its usefulness through the success of the large number of its graduates who have made for the institution an excellent name; notably, Mrs. Frances McNeill in dressmaking; Lula E. Brown, Anna E. Munnerly and Anna C. Kelly in millinery, the work of the latter having elicited much praise at the commencement; Mrs. Rosa Lee has opened up hair-dressing parlors in Elkins, W. Va., with promise of great success. Mesdames Jackson, Johnson and Oram, and Misses Elizabeth Evans and Georgia Watson have taken up, in a most practical way, with every encouragement of success, the hair work so thoroughly taught by Mrs. Bertie Jackson. Works For Welfare of Colored Porters. Frederick D. McCracken, of St. Paul, Minn., associated in a responsible capacity with Representative Frederick C. Stevens, is taking a lively interest in promoting the passage of the bill pending before Congress to strengthen the weak spots in the employers' liability law and to protect workingmen in the matter of compensation. A recent judicial decision, going against a Pullman porter on a technicality, indicated to Mr. McCracken the dangers which lie in the wake of the faithful men who look after the comfort of passengers and who daily risk their lives, with a possibility of recovering nothing substantial in the event of injury in the line of duty. Mr. McCracken has personally interviewed a score or more of the most influential members of both houses, and has laid before them the conditions under which the Pullman and other porters labor—all of them are colored, of course. He has been assured that the rights of these men will be protected, and that the employers' liability law, bearing directly upon their case, will be made rigid enough to guarantee satisfactory compensation in the event of accidents on the road, the responsibility for which the company cannot escape, through any quasi agreement with the employee or otherwise. Mr. McCracken is a great help to the race, especially in matters of patronage and legislation. In more than one instance, when a dilatory Senate held up the confirmation of worthy colored men, Mr. McCracken has been able to stir up sufficient interest on the part of leading senators to pull appointments out of the "pigeon-holes," for action, and has won over members who have been inclined to deny to colored men the privilege of holding places above the level of the commonplace. Mr. McCracken recently brought a bride to the capital and both are immensely popular in social circles here. Bishop Walters at Tuskegee Race Conference. Bishop Alexander Walters, speaking to your correspondent, had many good things to say of the recent World's Congress of Races at Tuskegee Institute, which drew together the ablest representatives of the forward movements set on foot by the progressive peoples of the arth. The Bishop was greatly impressed by all he saw and heard at Tuskegee, and shared with the visitors from abroad the amazement occasioned by a study of the manifold operations carried on by this wonderful school. He was of the opinion that great good will grow out of the full and frank exchange of ideas that the Congress made possible, and is glad that the meetings are to be continued every three years. Bishop Walters is one of Dr. Booker T. Washington's most ardent admirers, and he expresses himself as delighted with the broader view the nation is taking of the virile industrial policy which Dr. Washington has not only made respectable, but has convinced the world that hand-training is the moving impulse that must make head and heart training effective in pushing along the practical things of life. Washington and Walters is a combination of brains, religion and progress and race elevation. Bishop Walters has just closed a highly successful Zion conference at Salisbury, Md., and is this week at Baltimore, wrestling with the national democratic convention, endeavoring to wring from the leaders a declaration of fair-play for the colored brother. The News in a Nut-Shell President Taft has been renominated. There is no reason to believe that he will not be re-elected. Twas a triumph for Secretary Hilles. As a political general the late Mark Hanna didn't have a thing on Mr. Hilles. Prof. Roscoe Conkling Bruce, assistant superintendent of the public schools of this city, has been appointed by the District Commissioners as a representative of the National Congress of Colored Educators, to be held in Washington September 24, in connection with the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the emancipation celebration. Prof. Jesse Lawson is the general head of the movement and Judge Robert H. Terrell is chairman of the executive committee. Prof. L. B. Moore, dean of the Teachers' College, Howard University, delivered the commencement address last week to the schools of Chester, Pa. He is now at Hampton Institute, where he preached the opening sermon of the Summer School, and will deliver a series of special lectures to the assembly while there. At the recent graduation exercises of the Washington Conservatory of Music, the great institution which Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Marshall has built up here, eight students were presented with diplomas by Hon. H. B. F. Macfarland, former commissioner of the District of Columbia. Following the presentation, Mr. Macfarland addressed the graduates upon the subject of their chosen vocation. The graduates were Rosa Anna Bell, Della Anna Bundy, Grace Evangeline Gibbs, Ethel Thelmia Mischeaux, Jane Ryder, Elsie Adele Brown, Jewel Jenifer and Minnie Henrietta Gordon. It is now regarded as pretty certain that William L. Houston will be elected Grand Secretary of the G. U. O. of F. by the 16th B. M. C., which meets at Atlanta in September. The district delegation is solid for him and he has pledges from a big majority of the men who will represent the several states at the Atlanta convention. No better selection for this responsible office could be made. Mrs. Julia W. Shaw, director of domestic science in the Armstrong Manual Training School, will have charge of the domestic science department at the summer school conducted next month by the Institute for Colored Youth at Cheyney, Pa. This splendid school is presided over by that veteran educator. Prof. Hugh M. Browne. Mrs. Shaw is an acknowledged mistress of the fine points of domestic science and will have a large class at Cheyney. Charles C. Curtis, national organizer of the National Colored Personal Liberty League, is serving as an assistant sergeant-at-arms this week at the Democratic national convention in Baltimore. He is also taking an active part in the conference of colored democrats in session there. He hails from Iowa. The 12th Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A. is making a vigorous campaign for an increase in membership. Full membership fees, entlting men to the baths, gymnasium and class instruction, amount to $8 per annum. Limited membership costs $4. The 44 living rooms are rapidly filling up. "The nomination of President Taft will be accepted by the colored men who fought valiantly for Roosevelt at Chicago," remarked a staunch Roosevelt man to your correspondent Sunday. "If we are to accomplish anything and hope to boat the common enemy, we must be amenable to party discipline and abide by the will of the majority." The nearness of the completion of the work on the Panama Canal and the decreasing size of the appropriations will make impossible the appointment of a Negro chaplain to minister to the spiritual needs of the colored employees of the federal government in the Canal Zone, as asked for by the men on the ground and urged by prominent colored men in this country. Register J. C. Napier made a gallant fight for the creation of the place, and made a convincing presentation of the case to the War Department. Ebishop Thirtdield has received a telegram announcing the nomination for the Iowa legislature, George H. Woodson, a graduate of the law department of Howard University, class of '95, how practicing law in the Buxton district of the state. Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson and Former Governor William Pitt Kellogg, of Louisiana, are out in public statements warmly praising the honesty and integrity of the colored delegates from the South, who so sturdily stuck to their guns and refused to sell out to the opponents of President Taft. Preparations are being made on an extensive scale for the "National Jub- liee," in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the issuance of the emancipation proclamation of Abraham Lincoln. It will be held in this city, September 22 to 26, inclusive. Dr. Lucy E. Moten, principal of Normal School No. 2, will be one of the delegates to represent the District at the National Congress of Colored Educators, to be held here September 24. The commencements of the M Street High School, the Armstrong Manual Training School and Normal School No. 2, were events of more than usual importance. Each turned out the largest class in its history and many prizes, and scholarships were awarded to meritorious young men and women. Architect W. Sidney Pittman is planning a fine residence for Dr. J. E. Shepard, president of the National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C. Dr. Shepard was here Sunday, en route homeward, to open the great Ministerial Conference and Summer School. At Manager H. W. Smith's popular "Blue Mouse" Theater, Tim and Hester Moore, John Woods and Little Henry, Elinor Wilson and others, are packing the house to the doors nightly. This West End theater is playing fine attractions and is one of the best paying houses in the country, controlled by colored people. Col. C. W. Fillmore is said to be sorely disappointed over the failure of the New York legislature to enact the law providing for a colored regiment. It is rumored he may return to Washington. For the past year he has been living in New York City, and has been connected with the Internal Revenue Service, by transfer from Washington. A big boom is starting for Col. Henry Lincoln Johnson for Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks. The biennial convention of the order will be held in Dayton, Ohio, in August. Col. Johnson is immensely popular with the Elks throughout the country, and could have the chief office, if he will indicate a willingness to accept. He is also Acting Grand Master of the G. U. O. of O. F., and is mentioned for Grand Master in the event of a stiff fight against B. J. Davis at the Atlanta B. M. C., rendering a compromise candidate necessary. Col. Johnson was the one big man among the colored delegates to the recent Republican national convention at Chicago. He is indeed the Negro's tallest figure, politically. James C. Waters, Jr., is having much fun, yanking the tail of the forces now in control of the Alumni Association of Howard University. Mr. Waters is a young man of extraordinary ability, and made a fine record as secretary of the Association last year, declining reelection this year. Among many other literary and legal productions on foot by Mr. Waters is a comprehensive digest, showing the reasoning and decisions of the United States Supreme Court in all of the cases involving the rights of the colored citizens of the nation. The cub reporters who tried to make "hot copy" of the fact that Justice Charles E. Hughes had some colored neighbors around the corner from his new home at 16th and V streets, have given up the job in despair. As the justice and his neighbors were all satisfied, there was "nuthin' doin'" in what the assinine agitators were aiming at. There are 100 persons connected with the office of the Auditor for the Navy Department, and their aggregate salaries amount to $136,690 per annum, according to the estimates now pending in Congress. The Auditor is a colored man, and there is a goodly representation of colored men and women in the bureau, drawing salaries ranging from $1,800 to $660 per annum. No Negroes are admitted to the lower floor of any of the white theaters of the capital, and they have access to rear seats in the balcony of but one, the Belasco. In some of the houses Negroes are barred out entirely, not being admitted even to the top gallery. This is the situation at the capital of the nation, on federal soil, with the Sumner civil rights law in full force. It is hinted that some test cases may be filed soon, to see if something cannot be done to open the doors of the local playhouses to cultured colored people, who wish to enjoy the dramatic and musical offerings of the best artists of the country. Daniel Murray's "Encyclopedia of Achievements of People of Color" is in the hands of the publishers and it will soon be ready for the bookshelves. 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Vreeland, representative in Congress from the Forty-third New York district, will have a contest on his hands for the Republican nomination this year. After seventeen years in political life, Governor Robert S. Vessey of South Dakota intends to retire from politics at the end of his present term of office and will engage in mercantile business in the East. Thomas Sterling, who has been chosen by the Republicans of South Dakota as their candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator Gamble, is a brother of Representative John A. Sterling of the Seventeenth Illinois district. Benton McMillan, who has been honored with nearly all of the important public offices within the gift of the people of Tennessee, is again in the field for the Democratic nomination for governor of that State. It is an interesting coincidence that both Harry S. New, late acting chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Victor Rosewater, who succeeded him, are the sons of former members of the Republican National Committee. The only ex-Confederate who ever presided over a national political convention was Donelson Caffrey of Louisiana. The convention was that of the Sound Money Democrats who nominated Palmer and Fuckner in Indianapolis in 1896. Representative A. P. Pujo of the Seventh Louisiana district, whose name will long be remembered in connection with the "Money Trust" investigation, is to retire voluntarily from Congress at the expiration of his term next March. George Wingfield, the new United States senator from Nevada, was born thirty-five years ago in Fort Smith, Ark. He was a "cow puncher" in Oregon before he landed in Nevada, where he accumulated a fortune estimated at $15,000,00 as a result of fortune mining speculations. CAROLINA FIREMEN'S Rock Hill, S. C., June 25—The South Carolina Firemen's Association began its annual meeting and tournament here today. Firemen accompanied by bands and citizens arrived on every train. The city is decorated and numerous electrical arches welcome the fire fighters. The three days' program provides for a street parades and numerous prize competitions. A uniform building code and other measures for fire prevention will be discussed at the business sessions. STICK TO STAR Furnishes all Part THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1012. CRICHLOW Charleston, W. Va. DONNALLY ST. - Residence Phone 1118 n.; 2-4 p. m.; 6-8 p. m. HAMILTON FISH TAKES A BRIDE New York, June 25—The marriage of Mrs. F. Delaplaine Amsnick and Hamilton Fish, which took place today at the bride's home in Fish avenue, brought together representatives of two of New York's oldest and most prominent families. Mr. Fish is the youngest son of the Hamilton Fish who was Secretary of State in 1869 and later Governor of New York. The bride was the widow of the late Gustava Amsnick. One of her nieces is the wife of J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line. Today's marriage is the second for Mr. Fish and the third matrimonial venture for his bride. EDITORS MEET IN CHICAGO Chicago, Ill., June 24.—Hundreds of newspaper editors and publishers from all sections of the country are in Chicago for the annual meeting of the National Press Association, which assembled today for a three days' session. The Illinois Press Association is holding its annual meeting in conjunction with the meeting of the ational organization. At the conclusion of hte sessions many of the members, accompanied by their families, will make a tour of the Northwest. San Francisco, Cal., June 22.—One thousand delegates to the eleventh biennial convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs are already in San Francisco, and others are arriving on every train. 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